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Councilmen Give
Go-Ahead for Plan
To Vacate Alley
The Medford city council last
night instructed City Attorney
Frank Farrell to prepare docu
ments for vacation of an alley
in the Crowell subdivision. Va
cation of the east-west alley was
recommended by the planning
commission Monday night.
In other action, the council
denied a request for no parking
zone at 654 South Grape st. The
post office requested the no park
ing zone to provide space for
mail trucks unloading at the Red
Martin company.
City Manager Robert Duff
pointed out the unloading prob
lem was acute only during the
pear packing season, and that
the space was necessary to pro
vide parking space for em
ployees. .
The council suggested tem
porary no parking in the area,
snd Vernon Thorpe, public
works director, was instructed
to study possibilities of tempo
rary rjp parking.
An extra width driveway was
granted Alber's Milling company
on Norttj Fir st. upon recommen
dation of Duff.
V" (See story on Page 1)
Clackamas Judge
Takes Marriage License
Salem (U.R) Clackamas coun
ty judge Wallace Rudolph Tel
ford, 67, and Madeline Landis
Nelson, 37, took out a marriage
license at Marion county court
house here yesterday.
Both gave Boring as their ad
dress. Each has been married before.
The bride-to-be is a widow and
Judge Telford is a widower.
Wednesday, October 5. 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUN&Q-FIVE
Neglected Children
Wards of Aid Society
Astoria (U.R) Three little
children who were left unat
tended by their parents, were
made permanent wards of the.
Boys and Girls Aid Society of
Oregon by County Judge Guy
Boyington yesterday. The society
has power to arrange for their
adoption.
Judge Boyington's decision
followed a hearing in which Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Rabell, the moth
er and stepfather of the children,
admitted leaving the children
unattended.
Last Friday the Rabells were
sentenced to a year each in the
county jail on charges of con
tributing to the dependency of
minor children.
Federal Trade Commission Keeps (Guard
For Public Over Misleading Advertising
Editor's note: Few persons in this
scientific-technical age are competent
to judge the worth of the things they
buy. The old let-the-buyer-beware rule
is outmoded. To protect the consumer,
and the honest business man. too, a
small federal agency works unceasing
ly to expose and stop unfair or fraud
ulent trade practices. Following is the
first of two dispatches on the Federal
Trade Commission.
By JOSEPH L. MYLER
United Press Correspondent
Washington U.R) The man
said, okay, he'd stop touting his
pills as a restorative of "lost
youth" for men past 40.
He'd give up such promotional
phrases as "Don't let the joy of
living escape you . . . new hope
and heir.-. . no need now to
despair in darkest gloom , . . why
be a weakling!"
He would and did sign what
the Federal Trade Commission
calls a stipulation, an informal
agreement to go home and sin
no more.
No punishment attached, ex
cept for such publicity as the
case received, because the pill
purveyor manifested every in
tention of abiding henceforth by
the rules.
Anyway, his pill did contain
vitamins and iron. It couldn't
make an old man young, but it
might be good for him if he
needed vitamins and iron.
The FTC procedure in this case
is an example of one way in
which it carries out its legisla
tive mandate to protect the pub
lic against
Lying or misleading advertis
ing, cheating or unfair trade
practices, including conspiracy
to keep prices up.
Complaints Hit New High
The FTC said recently that
its complaints and cease-and-desist
orders in these fields hit a
high in fiscal 1955 which "sub
stantially exceeded the average
of the previous 10 years." The
1955 total was 161 complaints
and 112 orders.
In addition the commission
issued a record number of indus
try, trade practice rules and got
hundreds of business men to sign
be good stipulations making the
complaint - and r order procedure
unnecessary.
Everything the FTC does is
calculated ultimately to protect
the consumer's pocketbook or his
health or both.
A case, or a series of cases,
may involve billions of-jiollars
and millions of persons. An
example: Investigation of some
1400 companies selling health
and accident insurance resulted
last year in 31 complaints charg
ing false and misleading adver
tising. Whatever the FTC accom
plishes, it accomplishes with an
annual budget of around $4,
500,000 and a staff of 600, in
cluding 80 attorney - investiga
tors. It is a quasi-judicial agency
The fire-man commission issues
complaints, which are compar
able to grand jury indictments.
It also issues orders, which may
be likened to a court verdict
and judgment. In effect, it plays
the roles of prosecutor, judge,
and jury. Sometimes it is even
the complaining witness.
It can deal only with inter
state commerce cases, but inter
state commerce is a broad con-
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cept. For example, a man who
never wanted to do anything but
sell neckties to Manhattanites.
can get in trouble with FTC if
he bugs radio advertising time
and doesn't tell the whole truth
in his commercials.
Broadcasts Interstate
That is because New York
broadcasts can be heard in neigh
boring states and conceivably
could inspire residents of nearby
New Jersey, say, to invest in the
false advertiser's merchandise.
An FTC case can get started
in a number of ways. A sunburn
victim may write in complaining
that the sunburn lotion ' he
bought is no good. A business
man may call attention to a
competitor's fraudulent- trade
practices.
The complaint may stem from
the commission itself. Four FTC
lawyers spend all their working
time reading newspapers, mag
azines, and radio and television
commercials in a cluttered up
perstory room that smells of
paste and newsprint.
They are expert at sniffing
out phony ads. Any pill promis
ing simultaneously to cure arthri
tis, high blood pressure, and the
debilitating effects of age excites
their suspicions. So does "bait"
advertising purporting to offer
something for practically noth
ing. Investigations may results in
stipulations or formal com
plaints. If a complaint is not
answered, the next step is an
order, which is binding. If a com
plaint is answered, a trial before
a hearing examiner follows. His
initial decision may be that a
cease-and-desist order is war
ranted. This may be appealed to the
commission members who,
though they issued the original
complaint, must now enact the
role of impartial judges. Appeals
from their decision may be taken
to the federal courts.
(Tomorrow: The FTC can nerer
relax.) .
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
Mt. Clemens, Mich. (U.R)
Robert Eastman announced Tues
day that he will be a candidate
for Congress in the 1956 Demo
cratic primary. He made the an
nouncement during a hearing
on a charge that he ran a red
traffic light.
Court Records
POLICE COURT
Clyde Alvin Severson, failure to
stop at stop lieht. $5.
Winifred Lucille Foster, failur. to
stop at stop lieht. S3.'
John William Langston. failure to
stop at a stop sign, $5.
Virginia Mae Garner, failure to (top
at a stop ugnt, $3.
Carlton Joe Branum, falure to stop
at a stop light $5.
Willard Nelson, violation of the ba
sic rule, S10.
William Henry Hukill. failure to
stop at stop lieht. S5.
Arthur William Glockler. no tail
lieht. S5. .
George Bennett McGill Jr., failure
to stop at a stop sign, SS.
James Frederick Armpriest, viola
tion of the basic rule. S10.
Thomas Holmes Emmens, passing at
an intersection, S5.
Shirley Jean Harmon, unnecessary
noise, iu.
Lauren D. Hardy, violation of the
basic rule. $10.
Donald Lewis Peters, violation of
we Dasic rule, $10.
Wayne Ralph Harris, violation of the
basic rule, $10.
Daren Milo Martin, failure to yield
right of way, $10.
John Ronald Fall, violation of the
basic, rule, $10.
DISTRICT COURT
Dee Alton Eastridge, drunk on a
public highway, $15.
Richard Grant Phair, failure to stop
ai a stop sign, siu.
Ralph Fred Miller, drunk on a pub'
lie highway. $15.
Mick John Sallas, drunk on a 'pub
lic highway. $15.
Eugene Roger Richmond, failure to
operate on the right side of the high'
way. $15.
John Raymond Evott. $10. -
Dallas L. Grove, failure to stop at
a stop ugnt, SlU.
Lawrence Lester Sanderson, viola'
tion of the basic rule. $15.
Ira Herschell Imhausen, no opera
tor s license, $iu.
Bill Max Evans, failure to tag veni'
son, $30.
William John Hutchinson, violation
of tne basic rule, $13.
CIRCUIT COURT
Bette Lu Hamm vs. Gordon Z.
Hamm. divorce decree.
Evelyn Jean Todd vs. Lester Frank'
lin Todd, divorce decree.
Muriel I. Heavilin vs. Lewis Ray
tieavnm, divorce decree.
Peggy Joan Cuddie vs. Donald
Everett Cuddle, divorce complaint.
Breith S. Hall vs. Frank C. Hall,
divorce complaint.
Nell K. Strickland vs. Frank O.
Strickland, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
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Judith Ellen Coiner, 16, of 1112 Ben's
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Calif., and Nancy Lee Jerry, 19, Fort
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