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
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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."
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Soviet Press Fails To
Comment on Ike's Letter
Moscow (U.R) Moscow news
papers today published without
comment on their front pages
President Eisenhower's letter to
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin
offering to accept a Soviet pro
posal for an exchange of military
ground inspection teams.
forms for the maids hadn't come,
either. So she hand-sewed" suit
able attire from the fancy1 goods
from the luxurious beauty sa
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