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EiaHT MIDFORB (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. October 14, 1953 Unemployment Continues at Low o Levels in Oregon Salem (U.R) Insured unem ployment has continued at low levels established in mid-August, ccording to the State Unemploy ment Compensation Commission. Claims for compensation have remained below 7,000 for seven weeks, almost equalling ldw Cm arks set during the summer of O 1952 and well under later years. With the beginning of cold and wet weather, particularly in the higher elevations, the number of claimants is expected to rise dur ing the remainder of the fall and winter. Lowest Since 1952' Payments to those unable to find suitable jobs dropped last month to 8476,516, lowest since July, 1952, and more than 57 per cent under September, 1954. While nearly half of this amount went to those in the Portland four-county metropoli tan area, the drop in this district was even more pronounced than in mart of downstate. Greatest improvement over last year, however, came from Tillamook, M i 1 1 o n-Freewater, Eugene, Klamath Falls and Hood River. Only one office, Ontario, paid out more than in 1954. Few Construction Man Idl With 4968 checks paid to the unemployed during the last week of September, retail and whole sal trade accounted for nearly 25 per cent. Lumber and logging was but little over finance' and service, miscellaneous manufac turing, and food processing. Con struction personnel out of work numbered only 265 and most of them were in Portland. Keller Bound Over On Bad Check Charge Warren Eldridge Keller, 30, Trail, has been bound over to the Jackson county grand jury on a charge of obtaining money unJer false pretenses, according to "District Attorney Walter Nunley. Keller recently was extradit ed here from Eureka, Calif. He is charged with passing a worthless check at the Prospect cafe in Prospect. Bail has been set at $2,500. Speech Therapy for SOC Students Offered Ashland Special group speech therapy for college stu dents is now being offered in the SOC speech clinic in the basement of the college library on Monday afternoons from 4 to 5 p.m., according to Leon C. Mulling, director of the Speech and Hearing clinic. No credit is given for attend ance, it was pointed out by Mull ing, but assistance will be given to students who have special problems in articulation, voice, and in other aspects of speech. The next meeting will be held on Monday, Oct. 24. Americans spent 12 per cent of their income after taxes for leisure activities in 1954. IT FLIES' ON WATER Donald Campbell (left), English speedboat king, and Chester -Barrand, jet engineer, inspect Campbell's jet engine boat, Bluebird n, at Las Vegas, Nev Campbell will attempt to break his record of 202.32 m.p.h. on nearby Lake Mead Oct. 16 A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United tw FaataM Writer Nil USJ Washington (U.R) It was only natural that Mary Cather ine Lewis eventually would drift into the hotel business. The lovely lady was born in the Grand Hotel in Cin cinna ti 7T years ago. Her g r a nd father and her hus band were ho tel people. And Mrs. Lewis Human Nichol right now is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Lewis Hotel training school here, the only one of its kind in the world. She and her staff train everything from the sweepers of the lobby carpets to the bellhops to the house keepers. Her father was steward for Abraham Lincoln, when he was President. "Dad," Mrs. Lewis told me, used to go out to the barn every morning, hitch up the bays' and drive down to the Centre Mar ket to do the shopping. It was his job to buy the meats and the vegetables and the extras. My father was a good hand at thump ing a melon to test it and he didn't waste the government's money. He made sure he had made a good buy for the table of Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln." Those were in the days of nine to 14 course dinners, and Mrs. Lewis' dad had himself quite a big daily chore. What To Do In her school, "Mrs. Hotel" teaches the new- help how to handle and influence people. As an example she tells bellhops that they should enter a room first, turn on the lights, pull up the shades and inspect the room. The guest always is right behind the lugger of the bags. "In hotel business, by the way," Mrs. Lewis said, "we con sider the word 'tip' means 'to in sure promptness.' The prompter and the politer the bigger the tip." Mrs. Lewis married Clifton Lewis after he had hired her Bf a salad torse. Lewif at the time was steward at the old Gor don Hotel. "I really tossed him a salad," she said, "lots of them." One of the funniest things that ever happened to the Lewises was in 1912 when they were opening the spanking new Pow hatan Hotel, now the Roger Smith. "We had everything" all set," Mrs. Lewis said. "And at the last minute we discovered that our license to serve liquor hadn't made it through channels. Guests began to arrive for the opening all of Washington society. Everybody was bone dry." The Solution I That didn't bother the Wash ington society in the year 1912. Everybody walked two blocks to the nearest pub, bought some thing on the rocks and came back with a glass in each hand. The cops couldn't do a thing. Mrs. Catherine Witherall, one of Mrs. Lewis' most celebrated pupils and the executive house keeper of the Mayflower Hotel, was selected (on advice of Mrs. Lewis) to supervise the recent opening of the new Hilton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. "The poor girl had her prob lems," Mrs. Hotel told me. "At the last minute pillows hadn't arrived. So Mrs. Witherall got on the long distance and order ed 300 flown in from Holland. That wasn't enough, so she stuff ed pillow cases with towels. Uni- Six Enlisted in U. S. Air Force Five men and a woman were enlisted into the United States Air Force here recently, accord ing to MSgt. Carson W. Camp bell, local recruiter. Reenlisting were Donald Glen Skinner, 135 Clover lane; Carl Patrick Henry, route 1, box 73, Talent; and Verne LeRoy Hal terman, 312 Hertzong are., Yreka. Enlisting In the Air Force were Arnold Gene Pence, 604 Berrydale ave., and Joseph Ed ward Parham, route 3, box 348. Enlisting in the Women's Air Force was Phyllis Rita DeVore, 36 Janney lane. Parents of Missing Girl Ask Help From Residents of Area Parents of 15-year-old Joan Marlene Starr, who has been missing for approximately 10 days, today asked the aid of any residents of this area who may have information which would help in determining her where abouts. The girl was last seen at her home at about noon on Oct. 4 when a school friend gave her a ride home. She gave no indica tion to the boy who gave her a ride, or to two girls she talked with earlier, that she planned to leave home. When last seen the girl was wearing a gray tweed full length coat, a tan tweed skirt, an olive green sweater trimmed with an- Maybe Police Should Watch This Movie St. Paul. Minn. (U.R) A gunman tobbed a movi thea ter of $110 while the patrons were watching the motion pic ture. "To Catch a Thief." gora fur, and white oxford shoes. She took no clothing from home with her, and had no money. The girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Starr, 4009 Pacific Highway South, has relatives in French Police Break Up Student Demonstration Paris (U.R) Police Thursday night broke up a students' dem onstration on the Left Bank against governmental policy in North Africa and arrested more than 40 demonstrators. The students defied a police ban and formed a silent protest procession. The procession was broken up by police after a se ries of clashes. Israel's merchant fleet con sists of 31 vessels, with a gross capacity of 200,000 tons. When the state was founded seven years ago, there were 19 ships with a capacity of only 40,000 tons. the midwest, and it was believed that she might be planning to go to that area, or to southern California. She is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weights about 145 pounds, has short blonde curly hair, brown eyes, and a fair complexion. Anyone having information concerning the girl is asked to telephone her parents, at Med ford 3-5866, or state police, Med ford 2-6113. Firm Gets Stolen Truck A Back Along With T&ket Jersey City, N. J-(U.R) Po-' lice notified A. Peltz and Sons, a New York firm, Thursday night that hey had recovered the firm's stolen truck. They also notified the com pany that the truck had been found parked in front of a drive way and accompanied the re turned vehicle with a summons for illegal parking." Us Mail Tribun Want Adi TIm. Una Cunft.n rin.iifiMl ' at noon Saturday. FOR SALE! 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