Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1955)
TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Around Hollywood Hollywood (U.R) European women look better from behind, Robert Mitchum. world traveler, -3 decided today, but from the front view he thinks they're over - adver tised. This is I one observation of for eign cul ture the out spoken actor has to make Aline Mosbj about Europe after a 4V4 month tour df the continent. Mitchum insists he enjoyed his sojourn while he starred in a full-length movie version of the popular TV series, "Foreign Intrigue." as he puts it, "I can ' enjoy myself in a closet." Yet he has a few other well honed remarks about Europe that might quiver the travel ag encies across the pond. He thinks Europe is noisy, the citizens money-grabbers (except in Spain), the food not so fabu lous, the beaches dirty and the dry cleaning terrible. "The prettiest girls are right here in the United States," the traveler said as he slouched, eyes three-fourths closed, in his chair'. Good Behinds "A lot of good behinds over there. The girls in Europe are not so nervous about girdles. But I didn't see any good-looking Cfcirls. "You look down the Champs fliitta in cut fat a. f REE 'CHECK-UP 1 UK. Dyeing Repairing . We Match Any Color Leather Coats Repaired Zippers Replaced HAVE THOSE SUMMER SHOES DYED FOR WINTER WEAR! MEDFORD. SHOE SERVICE 110 East Main Next to Pick's (mmmw World's easiest tuning! World's easiest viewing! Eye-Conditioned from huge 24 tube to Eye-Shade filter. Handsome metal cabinet shelf size in Qos- samer Bronze. Model 24T3. (Much lost If Incl. Fed. Tex, Orh. c Special Closeout On All 1955 Models Reconditioned and Guaranteed Used Sets .m$7500 P liCTRONIC S ERVICE Authorixed Motorola Factory Service 18 NO. GRAPE PHONE 3-1971 By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent Elyssee in Paris and a pretty woman is one of two thing! prostitute or an American, some Smith College tourist." Not too long ago Mitch was a near-penniless itinerant hopping a freight to California. But today the continent-hopper lounged in a Frenc hsidewalk cafe (Beverly Hills version), sipping French pernod (best described as a lethal soda) and discussing life in. Eu rope. He even tossed around French and Italian phrases as easily as the unprintables that often pepper his conversation. "In Genoa they were refur bishing, the sewer system out side my hotel and the Italians were talking at the top of their cultured baritone voice s," Mitchum said. Likes Spaniards 1 "The Swedes are a little em barrassed to be- caught working so they work at night cutting rock in the streets. In Paris I could hear somebody rattling cups outside our hotel door. It turned out to be the cafe down stairs. You can hear everybody. "I came home to California," he said, "to get a good night's sleep." Then there was "livestock crawling around the salad." And his sons didn't like the trip be cause "the milk had lumps in it, and their eyes got infected from swimming at the French Riviera the . sewer empties there." "Ah, the gay and golden cote d'azur," sighed the actor: "People were always short changing my wife," he con tinued. "Except in Spain. They don't cheat. They're too proud. "The Swedes are kind of smug and superior. The Spaniards are gracious and wonderful. It's great for a public freak like me to walk around Spain. They en joy your being there." News Suppression Subject of Hearing Washington (U.R) A House subcommittee on suppression of government news will hold pub lic hearings here Nov. 7 through 11, Chairman John E. Moss (D Calif.) has announced. Moss said a panel of promi nent editors, publishers, report ers and experts on the question of freedom of information will be on the subcommittee's first witnesses. Names of the panel members will be announced later. 279 95 you havs an old on to trade 0 1-yar warranty on stcturo tub o. low nt 1 nCQ 1 0 M Friday, October 14, 1955 I f - - Af SOUGHT Ralph Reno, 27, ex-convict accused of crush ing his 57 -year -old father's skull and stabbing him twice, is believed to be holding his 34-year-old stepmother as hostage. Fighting for his life in Hollywood General Hospi tal, Andrew Reno gasped, "My son has death in his eyes. If you find him shoot him down like a dog." Police Search for Suspected Killer Of Stepmother ' Los Angeles (U.R) Police said today they are convinced that a 27-year-old ex-convict who stabbed his father also has kill ed his youthful stepmother. The father urged police to "shoot him down like a dog," if they find his son. An all points bulletin was out for Ralph Reno, wanted for stab bing his father, Andrew Reno, 57, who is in critical condition in General hospital. "We're convinced he killed his stepmother, Mrs. Stella Reno," said Detective Lt. C. C. Forbes. The attractive 34-year-old Mrs. Reno disappeared shortly before the stabbing Wednesday night. She has not been seen since. When the son attacked his fath er with a butcher knife, he told him: Something Terrible "I love you, Dad, but I've got to kill you. I've done something terrible. She has no clothes on. I'll get the gas chamber anyway!" The elder Reno was stabbed in the chest and back and suf fered a skull fracture in a fran tic fight to save himself from death at his son's hands. "My son had death in his eyes" the father said. "If you find him shoot him down like a dog. He's been in trouble all his life. I've been supporting him all his life. He's a bum." The younger Reno served two years in the federal reformatory at El Reno, Okla., for car theft and also served a term in San Quentin prison for burglary, po lice said. One Complaint Reno said that his wife of 12 years and son got along 11 right although she once complained about the youth, "look at his eyes, I think he's on dope." The father said when his son said he had done "something ter rible" and "she has no clothes on," he told him, "for God's sake wrap her in a blanket." At first police thought that the ex-convict may have kidnap ped his stepmother and held her hostage as he fled in a black and whie automobile carrying South Carolina license plates. But Forbes said later they be lieved Reno had killed the wo man before he attacked his fa ther. North Dakota's cattle popula tior continued its upward trend for the fourth straight year in 1954, according to the Agricul ture Department marketing serv ice. INDUSTRIAL Frank Wilkinson, Manager PHONE 3-3989 16 S. Central . Medford jr Censotidate all your f btHs Mo a popetar f ALL-IN-ONE LOAN I (Up to $2500 or more) t Make one payment, oae place. Take opto J' 24 months to pay! Jr BMSM Of MHHtt PACIFIC p Talenf-Ashland Fund Drive Aids Campfire Girls Ashland A goal of $14,300 has been set up for the current Ashland-Talent Youth Fund drive. This fund, which was figured on the actual budgetary needs of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, and the YMCA, will be divided on that basis at the campaign's end. One of these groups, the Campfire Girls, is for all girls who are in the fifth grade at school or are 10 years old. The girls are assisted by a Guardian and usually are spon sored by one or a group of in dividuals or by another organi zation such at the PTA or any one of the various service clubs. Once a Campfire Girl, work is begun on earning credits or honors toward the four ranks in the organization. These ranks, Trail Seeker, Wood Gatherer, Fire Maker, and Torch Bearer, are emblematic of the work and function of each group. Honors are earned by doing useful deeds in the home, school or community. They may be earned in seven crafts, includ ing Home, Outdoors, Creative Arts, Frontiers, Business, Sports and Games, and Citizenship. Campfire Girls have "little sisters" called Bluebirds, and "big sisters',' belonging to the Horizon Club. Escape Proof Building Springs Another Leak Los Angeles (U.R) The city's two-month-old "escape proof" po lice building sprung another leak Thursday. Walter L. Simmons, 27, being held for San Jose, Calif., police on a grand theft charge, escaped. Another prisoner made a get away the week the building was opened. Now give ye extra protection from major hazards. Ford's Lifeguard safety ' features include: the deep-center Lifeguard steering wheel to cushion you in case of accident . . . Lifeguard double-grip door locks to give 1 added protection against doors springing open under shock . . . optional Lifeguard cushioning for instrument panel and sun visors to lessen injuries from impact ... optional seat belts to hold riders in their seats. AS VV LlVQ Leaving Little Children Alone Is Dangerous Policy Having no comprehension of possible danger, little children need constant supervision. (Q) "1 would like you lo settle an argument between me and my husband regarding our children. We ihave Iwo children a boy of three and a girl nine months old. Since they take naps in the afternoon, I use this time Jo shop, chat with neighbors Dr. Her lock and get a change of scenery. Before leav ing the house, I put the children in their cribs and shut the door. The baby, of course, cannot get out of her crib. The boy knows he will get a good spanking if he leaves the crib before I get home. It seems perfectly safe to leave them. I lock the doors so no one can get in and I rarely stay away for more than an hour. My husband, however, thinks I take a big risk. He ob jects lo me leaving the house without the children. Don't you think this is unreasonable?" Mrs. Dulles Said Sowing Seeds of Suspicion Tkyo (U.R) Communist China's official newspaper today accused U. S. Secretary of State John -Foster Dulles of sowing "seeds of suspicion" between East and West. Radio Peiping broadcast a summary of an editorial appear ing in the Peiping Peoples Daily criticizing Dulles' speech to the American Legion convention at Miami. "There is no question that Dul les' speech last Monday was aim ed at destroying the good atmos phere created after the Geneva conference," the editorial said. greatest Ford Lifeguard design The fine car at half the By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. C. B. (A) No, I think your husband is absolutely right. Locking the doors of your house, for instance, merely in creases the danger. What would happen to the children if fire breaks out? Even if the older child called for help, it might be too late to save them. Nor can you guarantee the fear of a "good spanking" will keep your son in his crib. If he leaves the crib, he could get into all kinds of trouble. Play safe. Don't leave the children out of earshot until they are much older. (COPYRIGHT 1955. GENERAL FEATURES CORP.) Klamath Water AgreementReached Klamath Falls iu.R) Califor nia and Oregon Klamath River commissions yesterday announc ed a "final agreement in princi ple" on a proposed interstate compact regulating the use of Klamath river waters. . Commissioners will write the final text of the compact at a drafting committee meeting in Sacramento next Wednesday. Following the formal drafting of the compact and a planned public hearing, the document would have to be approved by California and Oregon state leg islatures and Congress before its conditions could be put into ef fect. Commissioners also said they would write a letter to Califor nia Oregon Power company gen eral manager John C. Boyle out lining the steps the company must take before the river groups' opposition is withdrawn from a proposed Copco-Bureau of Reclamation contract. Copco, which proposes to build dams totaling $70,000,000 on the Klamath, has offered to agree to commissioners' de- safety advance ever See Thunderbird style throughout the line! Every one of Ford's 18 models has the glamorous Thunderbird's distinguished flair. You see it in" the long, low silhouette ... in the sweeping line from hooded head lights to graceful tail fins. You see it in the tasteful design of its massive grille ... in that "hug-the-road" look. And Ford's fabulous new interiors are more evidence that it's truly the fine car at half the fine car price. fine car price Food Shortage In Shanghai Told Kobe, Japan U.R) An Amer ican businessman and his wife arrived in Japan today from semi - detention in Communist China and reported 'serious" food shortages in Shanghai. The couple were Howard L. (Cappy) Ricks, 65, and his wife, Lydia, 61. They were the latest Americans to be freed from Red China under a repatriation plan negotiated at Geneva. They arrived in this southern Japanese port directly from Shanghai aboard the Dutch ship, Straat Bali. : Ricks, a native of Boscobel, Wis., had lived in China for 40 mands that domestic, municipal and irrigation uses of the Klam ath have prior rights over the company's needs. However, members of the river commis sions asked for clarification on several points. " AMERICAN Finance Corp. ANNOUNCES. A NEW LOAN SERVICE LOAMS $25,00 to $1500.00 ATJTO FURNITURE SALARY Phone 2-8886 123 West Main o CONSOLIDATE YOUR DEBTS NOW And the 202-h.p. Thunderbird Y-8 Engine, too! This mighty, new Y-8 engine is packed with GO-power ... yet runs quiet and smooth as a breeze. Its deep-block Y-design makes it more rigid . . . makes the engine last longer! It not only gives you lightning "GO" . . . but gives you assurance in its split second passing power. You may have this 202-h.p. Thunderbird engine in all Fordomatic Fairlane and Station Wagon models. Ford PHONE 3-4547 years. Mrs. Ricks was born la Shanghai of British parent! ' They were the 15th and i&h Americans to leave Red China under the Geneva agreements. A total of 41 Americans in China was named by the State depart ment but Red China recently has hinted there were 66 there, ap parently deluding 16 turncoat' soldiers from the Korean war. The Ricks were met by their son, John, a Tokyo businessman whom they had not seen since 1947. "The food shortage is quite se rious in Shanghai," Ricks said, "but people can manage some how. Rice was rationed but we used to eat rice frequently. We often saw . children crying for food in the slums." Use Tribune Want Ads Low in Cost QD&ffl Quote 0 ; So smooth it leaves you breathless mirnbff CI . ft 80 proof. Made from 100 (rain neutral spirit. Ste.PierreSmirnoHFU.Inc.Hinford.Cooo. . O H MAIN AND FIR STREETS
