A Alienor Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
y HARMAN W, NICHOLS
United fwm hMw Wriw
Washington (U.PJW. Wads
worth Wood and his pretty wife,
Ardietta, have just returned
a nine-week
trip to 22 coun
tries in which
they made col
or movies of
housing in the
foreign lands.
After they
got home they
dub bed their
films in with
sound and
gave it a pri-
Kaxman Nichols ate sho wing
here at the National Convention
of Home Builders. The films will
be shown around the country.
"Waddy," a salty old guy who
ovflks his own yacht, but prefers
the airlines when he is circling
we globe, also publishes a couple
of home magazines.
I saw the film and it's pretty
good. It gives you an idea that
people in other lands like the
better way of life.
"One thing we found out,"
Waddy said, "is that the differ
ence Qbetween Capitalism and
Comawnism is owning your own
homeThat seemed to be demon
strated every place we went." ,
Big Plans
The hope of West ' Germany,
he said, is to produce 600,000
new units a lot of them nice
new .homes, this year. That
would put that part of the world
cor0 only to the United States
in production. ,
"The people in most of the
57 New Members
Join Chamber
Some 57 new or delinquent
members have joined the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce, representing, an income
of mere than $1,500, in the or-
taiunugn s memoersnip arive
which includes a bonus trip to
the Hawaiian islands for the
membe)who solicits the most
new members.
- ' Chamber leaders anticipate
more activity before the Oct. 15
deadJtne, by which time all re
turns must be submitted to the
Chamber office by membership
committee members.
The good-will tour flight to
Honolulu, worth $296 including
transportation and hotel ex
penses, will leave Medford Nov.
5.0 , '
The Chamber membership ac
tivity is spearheaded by. Chair
' man Ken MacDonald, and is open
to all Chamber members. Ac
tivity is spearheaded by' Chair-,
new members are Bert Pree, Bill
Mitchel and Al Hiebert.
countries we visited," the editor
discovered, "give a lot of thought
to youth. Playgrounds for the
kids. In the public developments,
there are playgrounds. The peo
ple, a lot of them anyhow, are
looking ahead."
Things differ according to the
climate. In Bangkok, the new
homes have wide overhanging
eaves and shuttered windows to
protect them from the hot rays
of the sun.
In Austria, a lot of places
typify the designs of the Alps,
with balconies and shutters in
abundance.
The windmill hasn't disappear
ed from Holland, but the "ranch"
home: is popping up there, ac
cording to the Woods.
In Bagdad, both oriental and
occidental influences are seen in
the, architectural designs. In
Pakistan, where it gets . hotter
than Washington, the roof often
is used for sleeping. No mos
quitoes. "
Fancy Houim
Sweden' doesn't have to look
far for materials for new homes.
Native lumber is used, and the
designers have come up with
some pretty fancy houses.
Hong Kong, the travelers
found, is beset with 500,000
refugees.
- Some of the places in China
now resort to plastic swimming
pools, following the ' modern
trend.
One of the most trying things
about racing across the acres of
the earth is going through cus
toms. In nine weeks," Wood said,
"we went through customs 44
times. The time we spent watch
ing people go through our dirty
laundry would have taken us
around the world several times,
I imagine."
No Indictments Seen
For Highway Workers
Salem (U.R) Marion
County District Attorney Ken
neth E. Brown said , today his
office had found no evidence to
seek indictments of two State
Highway Department employees
suspended Aug. 29 for "irregular
conduct. .
The two suspended men are
Edgar O. Ferguson, assistant
resident engineer, and Charles
O'Neill, transit man, both of
Salem. They have appealed their
suspensions to the State Civil
Service Commission.
Arthur T. Garrow, street in
spector who was suspended at
the same time, pleaded guilty in
Dallas Monday to a charge of ac
cepting $180 from a contractor.
Dead line Sunday Classified Is at
noon Saturday: 1 a. m Monday for
Monday: other , days 9:30 previous day
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HAY! HAY! Getting in a little
barn work at San Francisco's
Cow Palace is Joanne Cope
land (Miss Grand National
1955). Joanne will rule over
the rodeo part of the live
stock exposition, horse , show
and rodeo Oct 28 through
Not. 6 at the Cow Palace.
Friday, October 7. 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRU
Auto Industry Reports September
Sales Soar To All-Time Record
Detroit (U.R) The automo
bile industry reported today
sales soared to all-time record
levels in September, indicating
the boom in the nation's key in
dustry was getting even bigger
instead of leveling off.
General Motors, which pro
duces more than half of the na
tion's automobiles, said it ' sold
more new cars during Septem
ber than it ever sold in any prev
ious month in its history.
Ford Motor Company said its
sales in the last 10 days of Sep
tember were higher than in any
previous 10-day period in its his
tory. The record sales, coming in a
mortth when automobile sales
usually are at one of their low
est points of the year, were
viewed as a strong indication
that even all-time record sales of
1955 models might be in danger
in the 1956 market.
Significant Figures
Both company figures were
considered significant.
Ford's figures 1 included the
first week of selling 1956 models.
Some persons had predicted the
market for 1956 models, which
generally are face-liftings of the
radically re-designed 1955 cars,
might fall oii because the new
models didn't put enough cars
out of date.
The Ford report was the first
return on how the public would
respond to 1956 cars. The report
that sales were the highest of
any 10 days in history couldn't
have been a more cheering one
for the industry.
Ford officials said they were
almost certain already they
would be keeping their, assembly
shifts running at full speed, a 53
hour week, through the first six
months of ndxt year at least to
try to meet car demand. -GM
Report on 1955 Sales
General Motors' report was on
1955 car sales. It is cleaning up
its 1955 model run and shifting
to 1956 model production at pres
ent. The normal trend has been
for car sales to lag badly at the
end of the model run, despite
cleanup sales. ;So the GM report
that its September sales were
at the highest point in history,
running exactly counter to the
normal trend, was viewed espe
cially significant.
. .The spurt in car sales during
August and September, when the
companies expected a downturn
in sales, has caused officials to
predict that 1956 will be just as
big a year and probably a big
ger year for car sales than this
year when sales ,will approach
the 8,0U0,000 mark.
The size of. the boom can best
be understood by pointing out
the industry never, has achieved
even a 7,000,000 car sale year
before. ,
Dead line Sunday Classified Is at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: otner days 5:30 previous day
Hoover Confers
With Syngman Rhee
Seoul, Korea -jOJ.PJ Under
secretary of State Herbert Hoo
ver Jr. conferred with President
Syngman Rhee for about an hour
today but they avoided discus
sion of Korean, hopes for more
American aid. . - .
Hoover, at a brief press con
ference following the meeting,
said "We did not touch on sub
stantive questions at all.',' "'--Asked
directly if he and Rhee
had talked about Korea's request
for about- $100,000,000 in addi
tional economic aid this year
plus restoration of a military
aid cut, Hoover replied that
Rhee "never referred to .that at
all." .
TEACHERS TICKETED 1
Detroit (U.R) Red-faced Red-
ford Township school officials
said today they were glad police
answered their complaints and
installed electric speed timers
near a school even though four
teachers were ticketed the first
day. -
More than 7t,000 retired Army
veterans are drawing retirement
checks amounting to approxi
mately $15,000,000 (M) a month.
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Eight Medford
Students Attend
Press Conclave
Eight Medford High school
students left this morning for
Eugene to participate in a high
school press meeting on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus today
and Saturday. .
,The conference is sponsored
by the school of journalism.
Mrs. Frank Bash is, accom
panying the group. ."
Representing the Crater, Med
ford High school yearbook, are
Deanna Bruning, Nancy Mc
Keowen, Jane Bash, Pat Callo
way, Nancy Eck, Jim " Materie,
and Greg Milnes. The one repre
sentative for the Hi-Times, week
ly high school paper, is Lois
Kelley.
The sessions opened today at
noon and after a coffee hour the
delegates visited exhibits in the
Allen hall reading room. The ex
hibits are representative of Ore
gon high school yearbooks and
include prints from a national
photo contest. Fifty of the top
photographs taken by high
school students throughout the
country are included in the dis
Play. This evening a banquet will
be held in the Student Union
ballroom.
. Speech topic for the main
speaker, William E. Drips, will
be "You're the - Big Picture."
Drips is a "retired" journalist
and veteran of 35 years in radio
and ' television work. Saturday's
schedule includes a series of
roundtable discussions on news
paper and year book planning
and policies. Discussion will be
led by staff members of the
Emerald and the Oregana with
conference delegates acting as
panel members. . :
Personal Income
In August Declines
Washington "(U.R) The Com
merce deaprtment reports that
the annual rate of person income
in August dropped $300,000,000
below the July rate to a total of
$315,000,000,000.
The department said the por
tion of this total represented by
wages and salaries eased off
from an annual rate of $212.-
400,000,000 in July to $211,600,
000,000 in August.
, But it said the annual income
rate for the first eight months
of this year still was $13,000,
000,000 higher than for the same
period of 1954.
Court Records
POLICE COURT
Gary Rea Rupert, violation of the
basic rule, $10.
Eugene Earl Lawson, violation of
the basic rule, $10.
DISTRICT COURT
James Earl Holt, failure to stop at a
stop si En. $10.
Gerald Clinton Walker, failure to
stop at a stop sign, $10.
Robert Mattes, failure to operate on
the right side of the highway, $25.
(bail forfeiture)
Kenneth Merle Callison. viola
tion of the basic rule, $10.
Donald Raymond Minkler. violation
of the basic rule. $12.50.
Timothy Jay Hamilton, violation of
the basic rule. $10.
John Fein, overload. $129.
Robert Carl Metschan, violation of
the basic rule. $15.
Edward Joseph Fogel, violation ef
the basic rule. $10.
Milton Francis Gorden, no emer
gency brake. $6.
Gayle Donald Christlieb. violation of
the basic rule, $10.
CIRCUIT COURT
Jesse Archibald Storm vs. Irene
Storm, divorce complaint.
James Thomas Roach vs. Donna
Anna Chambers Roach, divorce com
plaint. Inez Vera Williams, vs. Elmer Leroy
Williams, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS - ,
' Bennie Dale - Kinney, 20. of 1806
Spring ' st.. and Florence - Suzanna
Sprague. 19, route 3. box 69. Medford.
Kenneth - Merline Nelson. 19, Box
496. Jacksonville, and Patricia Gail
Brown, 16. of 551 Fifth st.Gold Hill.
. Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday-, other days 530 previous day.
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