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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1955)
i O CD piowr ttroitt (omrGOH) mail tribune os " Bernarr MacFadden Made Fortune With Health, Publishing Thursday, October 13, 1953 .Tersev Citv. N.J. U.R) Ber narr MacFadden, who parlayed a physical culture and publish ing career into a fortune, died in a hospital here last night. MacFadden, who once said he expected to live to be 120, built a multi-million dollar publish ing empire on sex and raw car rots. He was derided as a char latan, arrested as immoral, and O lauded and adored as a prophet. Born in a two-room cabin in Missouri, Aug. 16, 1868, he started his climb to fame and fortune as the puny, poverty stricken son of a drunkard fa ther and an undernourished mother. , Orphan J Early Orphaned at an early age, he made his way through the world with experience gained through combining some knowledge of printing, muscular skill and clean living. The money that he made teaching courses in "heal ing disease by movement" aundtted him on a $30,000,000 publishing career that was the talk of the Roaring Twenties. By the 1930s his publishing empire had grown to include 10 newspapers and about as many magazines. One of his most fa mous and least successful news papers was the New York Eve ning Graphic, started in 1924. The MacFadden publishing empire also included such maga zines as Liberty, edited by Ful ton Oursler. The health culturist also pioneered the "confessions" and "love-story" magazines. Nearly always in the lime light, he continued to make the headlines well into his final years, selling health and sex. He made his first parachute jump on his 81st birthday, slept on the floor, walked barefoot to absorb "the earth's magnetism" and reared his five daughters and two sons in family nudity indoors and out. Harriman Schedules Clackamas Speech Portland (U.R) Gov. Aver- ell Harriman of New York, a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, will speak in Clackamas county Dec. 22, State Democratic Chairman Howard Morgan said today. Ex act site of the speech has not been decided. WRONG SIGN Boston (U.R) Thieves hit the jackpot at the Builders Special ty Co. Here because they didn't believe a sign saying, "Please don't break the safe. There's less than $50 in it." The safe con tained $300. "THE ASTRID" . . . Exquisite 15-DIAMOND WEDDING BAND In a 14-Karat gold mounting NO MONEY DOWN ONLY $1.25 WEEK . (Illustration enlarged to show detail) 122 E. MAIN ST. MEDFORD STORE HOURS: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wed. 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. m ROUTS BEVAN Hugh Gaitskell (shown above at Margate, England), right wing candidate for leadership of the British Labor Party, routed Aneurin Bevan, long the hero of British Social ism's left, in a contest for the key post of party treasurer. Tokyo Top Contender For Largest City Title Tokyo (U.R) Tokyo's popu lation has passed the 8,000,000 mark, challenging New York and London for the title of the world's largest city, it was an nounced today. The metropolitan statistics sec tion said the announcement was based on a known Sept. 1 popu lation of 7,997,699 and an aver age monthly increase of 19,000. Chief Points Out Dangers of Fire To Small Children Children should never be left home alone, and baby sitters should be trained and capable of protecting children, especial ly in time of fire. The National Fire Protection association, which sponsors Na tional Fire Protection Week in cooperation with the Interna tional Association of Fire Chiefs, reports that each year more and more children are trapped and killed by fire because no one has been available to help them. Medford Fire Chief Gordon Barker urged local residents not to leave children alone, and baby sitters should be thorough ly fire-conscious! He stressed the importance of the baby sitter knowing location of front and back entrances", and the most di rect route from ' the children's room to the outside. Should List Number She should know the loca tion of the telephone and there should be emergency numbers listed in plain view near the tele phone, Barker pointed out. Baby sitters should be instruc ted to remove the children from the house on the first smell of smoke. Barker said the baby-sitter should not waste time dress ing the children, but wrap them in blankets or other available clothing and move them out of the house. Once the children are safely out of the house, the sitter should then notify the fire department, Barker said. The sitter should use a neighbor's telephone, and not take a chance on returning to the house if she knows there is a fire. Egypt Lowers Draft Age to 18 Years Cairo (U.R) The government today announced a tightened conscription law lowering the draft age from 19 to 18, but said it had nothing to do with the present world situation. The new law requires every male of 18 to serve three years of military duty. Those physical ly unfit also will be drafted, but for non-military tasks. Mine Congress Urges Immediate Return To Gold Standard Las Vegas (U.R) The Am erican Mining Congress complet ed a three-day convention by urging the United States to re turn to a gold standard and for the establishment of a free world market for gold. The congress said since infla tion has devalued the dollar be low 50 cents while a fixed rate of $35 an ounce for gold has been maintained for more than 20 years, a changeover to the gold standard would be "a simple step." Would Lift Restrictions The AMC, in a reslution adop ted at its closing session yester day, also recommended removal of restrictions on the sale, own ership and purchase of gold by American citizens. It said the gold mining industry could be revived if the federal govern ment was removed as the sup plier of gold for manufacturing needs. Sen. George W. Malone (R Nev.), criticized the AMC in a speech for advocating a protec tive tariff "without teeth." The AMC had recommended that au thority over tariffs be administ ered by Congress instead of the Federal Tariff commission. "American markets are the ob jectives of every ( nation in the world and every nation in the world with the exception of Can ada and one other has a dishon est currency," Malone said. Would Have Been Stronger He said the AMC resolution should have been stronger so it could have been used as a basis for U. S. negotiation next month at the Geneva conference on tar iffs and trade. The Nevada Sen ator is an advocate of high pro tective tariffs. Other resolutions adopted yes' terday called for: Tax revisions to allow for de pletion in the mining industry; setting of a maximum 50 per cent on income taxation; elinv ination of double taxation on corporate dividends; removal of limits on expenses for explora tion; lower capital gains taxes, and adjustment of taxes on in comes earned abroad. Spr rogue River Man Killed in Argument Klamath Falls (U.R) Jason Charles, 50-year-old Sprague River farm worker, was fatally injured when he was shot in the stomach with a .30-.30 calibre rifle during an argument. He died in Klamath Valley hospital. George Dumont, 54, Chiloquin, was arrested in connection with the case and lodged in Klamath county jail. ft , DfiffiWIIVAIL dEMTTIEIKl ESQUIRE THEATRE Main Street at the Bridge WILBUR A. HENRY, DIRECTOR - BY FILM 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY 7:30 P.M. ORAL ROBERTS PREACHING ON - THE BURNING BUSH. ALSO WILL BE PRAYING FOR THE SICK 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY 7:30 P.M. JACK COE PREACHING ON THE JOY OF THE LORD ALSO PRAYING FOR THE SICK 2:45 P.M. SUNDAY 2:45 P.M. WILLIAM BRANHAM , SUBJECT: "THE DEEP CALLETH UNTO THE DEEP" 7:30 P.M. SUNDAY NIGHT 7:30 P.M. REV. W. DeVRIES BEGINS A SALVATION HEALING REVIVAL COME EARLY FOR A SEAT Conciliator Meets ith Phone Strikers. San Francisco (U.R) Federal Conciliator Arthur Viat meets today with representatives of 22,000 striking telephone work ers and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company to see if there is any way to end a three-day-old strike in Northern California and Nevada. At the same time, the strike atmosphere became somewhat tense as a result of a tomato throwing episode involving non- stnking telephone operators here. Police declared a barrage of tomatoes was hurled 'from an automobile at a group of oper ators leaving work at 11 o'clock last night. The incident took place before the telephone . ex change at No. 1 McCopin st. No one was hurt. The union. denied any of its members was respon sible. Bodies Found Hear Carver Badly Beaten, Autopsy Discloses Oregon City U.P.) An autop-isame type of injuries, although Lions Club Official Speaks at Gold Hill Gold Hill William B. Miller of Coos Bay, district governor of Lions International, will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Gold Hill Lions club at 7:30 p.m. today at The Dardanelle. Miller will speak in connec tion with District Governor week as set up by the Interna tional organization. ' Between 75 and 100 people are expected to attend the din ner meeting, including several zone chairmen and deputy gov- e r n o r s. Representatives and members of other clubs in the Rogue valley have been invited sy indicated today that a young woman and her three-year-old son, whose bodies were found in dense brush near Carver along with that of a 31-year-old Port land man, had been' beaten to death. . The man, Leroy Condray, was dead from a shot through the forehead. Authorities said he apparently shot himself with a .31 caliber revolver after fatal ly beating Mrs. Shirley F. Kompst, 24, and her son. Stan ley. She was the wife of a sol dier stationed in Germany. Revolver in Hand The revolver was still clutch ed in Condray's hand when he was found. The bodies were found yester day by Paul Scheef, Oregon City, Condray's uncle, who ear lier discovered Condray's auto mobile parked on a lonely road one mile south and east of Car ver. The three bodies were lying some 40 feet from the car. Coroner Leslie Peak estimat ed the three had been dead since Sunday. Skull Broken Dr. Mitchel Heinmaan, pathol ogist from Good Samaritan hos pital in Portland, said an autop sy showed that Mrs. Kompst s skull was broken in several places. The child suffered the GLADIOLUS CHAMP Earlham, la. (U.R) Wilbur Frederick, who farms five miles southeast of here, last year took 52 out of 53 prizes in gladioli contests at the Iowa State Fair. Fifteen years ago he bought a handful of gladiolus bulbs. Last year he sold 11,000 bulbs. To be successful in raising gladioli, Frederick " recommends ' deep planting and frequent cultiva not so severe, he said. He added that Condray's fists were badly bruised. Relatives said Mrs. Kompst had been planning to join her husband, Albert O. Kompst, overseas. She lived in a trailer camp near her mother's home. .-essiiBisliiiiaask- ( MARKET I 1202 North Riverside I OPEN EVERY i NIGHT TIL . MIDNIGHT J Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday. 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 6:30 previous day. NO HARNESS Chicago (U.R) For the first time in 70. years, Montgomery Ward's special farm catalog lists no harnesses for work horses. S(7 Choice of Colors 1 1vn 8 21-INCH PULLMAN CASE Shi i J 1 T JS 21 -INCH WEEKENDER CASI ' '4"'CH VNITY CSE ssaw. m Tsj i "a. m BUY NOW AT THIS LOW. LOW PRICE! 03ID Essysswim Less Trade-in 10,00 Allowance l3 I I WJ 1 WRAPPING I YOU PAY ONLY . . . 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