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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1955)
o o o o 1 p. Lake o' Woods Road Proposal Refused Klamath Falls OJ.R) Klam ath county yesterday refused an Oregon State Highway Commis sion proposal for development of a highway connecting Medford and Klamath Falls via Lake-of-the-Woods. But it left the door open for possible counter pro posal, The first proposal was that Klamath county and Jackson county place the highway seg ments on their federal aid sec 0 4 lovely Moderntone Colors: (Burgundy, Forest Green, Gray ani Chartreuse Yellow Anything liquid looks bet ter, tastes better, in these gay mugs. They'll add cheer to your table . . . brighten your cupboard. Gefcyours today! Gifts galore with the "premium" milk When you buy Sego you let quality PLUS. Yes, creamy smooth double -rich whole milk plus a val uable coupon on eery can. Coupons good for hun dreds of gifts in the Sego Catalog. See instructions on label. 6tt your mugs at these redemption stores fomeilordm,plta ASHLAND BAUDER'S HARDWARE I APPLIANCES 296 E. Main MEDFORD HIBBARD'S HARDWARE 310 E. Main 0 IslWUIN 'J 1H' V' BEATS! BLENDS! STRAINS! & m w .aw w m tjt DRAINS! ondary system, provide FAS funds up to 60 per cent of the cost of construction, provide rights of way and assume main tenance. The proposal involved about 16 miles of Jackson county and about five miles in Klamath county. The biggest single consumer of water in the United States is irrigation. f-i ru " ?3(&inBtto WHIPS! ktXESI Pioneer Hardware HEATING DIVISION 128 North Bartlett St. Phone 2-8043 Your Headquarters For Siegler Heaters ujui nave jvycclo Across Nation in Wake of Rainfall By UNITED PRESS A brisk autumn cool wave sliced across the nation today be hind heavy rainstorms. Temperatures dropped 10 to 29 degrees from the Great Lakes southeastward through the Mid dle Mississippi Valley and parts of the Central and Southern Plains. Heavy rains ushered in the cool wave, dumping an estimated three to four inches on Jones boro, Ark., and flooding some of the .city's streets with three to four feet of water. High winds accompanied the rain, blowing over some signboards. Rains in Florida Rains also hit Florida, damp ening the American Legion con vention at Miami for the second straight day when a 2.67-inch downpour hit the city yesterday. Also at Miami, weathermen kept a close eye on a wide band of squalls in the Western Carib bean Sea which might develop into Hurricane Katie. The clus ter of showers could grow into the 11th hurricane of the year, they said. Elsewhere in the nation, other heavy rains included 1.11 inches at El Dorado, Ark., and 1.10 at Memphis, Tenn. Heavy coastal fog, plus anoth er smog attack, plagued Los An geles. The fog was so bad yester day that it snarled traffic and caused many minor accidents, in cluding a 37-car bumper-to-bumper collision on a freeway. Jewelry Cache Left by Peron Buenos Aires (U.PJ A fabu lous collection of jewelry worth possibly as much as $7,250,000 was left behind by ousted Ar gentine dictator Juan D. Peron, it was estimated today. Government officials Wednes day night gave newsmen a glimpse of part of the Arabian Nights treasure trove accumu lated by Peron during his 10 year dictatorship. The newsmen watched govern ment officials inventory, the con tents of Peron's safes in the presidential residence and two houses he maintained in Buenos Aires. The jewelry alone was estimated to be worth 60,000, 000 to 100,000,000 pesos ($4,350, 000 to $7,250,000). Earlier, it was .reported that the government recovered more tha'n $20,000,000 in gold and United States and Argentine currency. GOOD FRIEND Wichita, Kan. OJ.R) Mrs. Arvilla Whitehead, a school teacher, skipped six weeks' va cation this summer to do a favor for a friend. Mrs. Whitehead took over operation of a cigar stand at the post office so Joe Griffith, a onetime college pro fessor who now is blind, might take his wife to visit her home town, Erie, Pa. WHILE m74 THEY LAST -k , PofintMl HEAT TUBES in every Siegler Heater use heal that's 4 TIMES HOTTER ever your floors! You ' get heat in every room of your home cuts fuel bills, tool Worm Woor MATERS TRESTLE GIVES WAY This general view shows what Is left of 40 freight cars after an old wooden trestle near Gowanda, N. Y., cdlapsed, dropping most of an Erie Railroad freight train to the creek below. No one was injured in the accident. Constitutionality Of . Washington U.P.) The Su preme court hears arguments to day in the case of Robert W. Toth, young Pittsburgh veteran flown to Korea to face an Air Force court martial on a mur der charge. . At stake in the case is the con stitutionality of the 1950 Uni form Code of Military Justice which gives the military power to arrest and try veterans ac cused of serious crimes while in service overseas. Toth, 25, was arrested by mili- Portland Mother, Die in Fire Portland (U.P.) Mrs. Eileen McCormack, 39, and her daugh ter, Sheila, 3, died in a fire which damaged their one-story home here last night. v Fire Capt. Walter Stickney said the blaze may have started from an overheated electric heater, matches or a cigarette. The woman and her daughter were the only occupants of the house. m mm Carnation Instant the Dflferent Hot Cereal, Mow Better than Ever! MORE PROTEIN NOURISHMENT! WHEATIER FLAVOR I COOKS INSTANTLY! Famous Idaho Bart Wheat makes the difference. Today's Carnation Instant Wheat now has the "wheatiest" flavor you ever enjoyed in a hot cereaL . Contains all the nourishment of whole kernel wheat plus all the B vitamins. Now wonderfully improved. Especially suitable for low salt diets I Get this fine new Carnation Instant Wheat... at a big introductory saving. Hurry. Offer good only while special packages are available. Special Introductory Offer LOOK FOR THESE SPECIAL PACKAGES Military Law Will tary police while at his job in a Pittsburgh steel mill on May 13, 1953, five months after his hon orable discharge. The former Air Force sergeant was flown im- World's Tallest Man Dies in Portland Portland (U.P.) Clifford Marshall Thompson, known as the world's tallest man, died in a local hospital yesterday. He would have been 51 next Tues day. : Thompson, a practicing attor ney in Oregon since 1950, was eight feet, seven inches tall. His widow, Mary, said death was due to gall stones and "an ailment of the liver" and not to any affliction connected with his great height. She said he had been ill for some time. Thompson was born in Rugby, N. C, and was a graduate of Marquete University where he received his law degree. He used his unusual size many times in helping promote civic enterprises. N UTRITIOUS WHfch4 T00! t H5?"T H tJb-k- i WITH- Thursday. October 13, 19SS Be Decided mediately to Korea to stand trial. But on orders of a federal judge he . was returned to this country where he has been free on bond pending the high courfs decision. The Supreme court heard ar guments on the case last term but ordered further hearings this fall. Toth's i attorney, William A. Kehoe Jr., contends that it is un constitutional for the military to retain indefinite control over veterans. He argues that every American outside of the armed forces has a right to trial by jury in this country. Toth and two other soldiers were acused of killing a Korean civilian near an Air Force dump in Korea. The other two soldiers since have been freed. i BULB BLUNDER Cynthiana, Ky. (U.P.) Wilbur Smith likes hamburgers, but he'll be more careful in . the future when he reaches for the onions. Smith was finishing up a midnight snack of hamburgers when his wife informed him the "onions" he had used were narcissus bulbs. Wheat l-LB. PACKAGE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Flagship Center Of Tokvo 'U.R) The once croud flagship of the imperial Japa nese navy, now rusted and stripped of its glory, has become the center of a hot deoate in Japan. Fifty years ago the Mikasa was the most powerful battle ship afloat. It helped defeat the Russian navy in the Russo Japanese war. Only 10 years ago its guns roared defiance at American ships in the Battle of the Japan sea. Today the Mikasa sits virtual ly unnoticed in the cement docks at the U.S. Navy's big Yokosuka Naval base south of Tokyo. But white haired John S. Rub bin, 77, remembers the ship as Peaches 303 Save at Paulsen's Thrift Market! 33 FLATS SLICED lip Pineapple 6 ..100 5? Tomato Juice 4 ..,1 E3r& '46-oz. 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