Masked Men Rob
Wealthy Widow
Omaha," Neb. (U.R) Two
men, one of them wearing a Hal
loween mask, broke into the
home of a wealthy widow Tues
day nieht and robbed her of an
estimated $120,000 in cash aria
jewelry.
Police said the bandits crash
ed through French doors into
the living room of Mrs. Margar
et Kellogg, where she and three
lady friends were watching tele
vision. One of the bandits, wearing a
silk stocking over -his head,
brandished a gun and demand
ed that Mrs. Kellogg open a safe.
' "If you don't move and move
fast, we'll kill you," he said.
Mrs. Kellogg, widow of a
wealthy Missouri Valley, la.,
banker, opened an office-type
safe and turned over an estimat
ed $15,000 to $20,000 in cash
and about ' $100,000 worth of
jewelry.
The two men then fled out
side to a parked car, where an
other man was waiting, and
drove off.
The bandits'- car narrowly
missed netting a police cruiser,
which reached the scene seconds
after they left.
Grange
JAPAN TO BUILD TANKERS
Tokyo U.R) The Japanese
ministry of transportation has
approved construction of two
83,900-ton tankers which will be
the largest afloat, it was an
nounced today.
Lake Creek Grange
Jackson County Pomona
Grange will meet at Lake Creek
Grange on Saturday, Oct. 22.
It will be a day meeting. All
members of our Grange are
urged to attend.
A Halloween party will be
given by the ladies of the Lake
Creek Extension Unit at the
Grange hall on Saturday, Oct
29. Pies will be sold and recrea
tion games will be held. Every
one is invited to attend.
All are very happy to know
that Mrs. Ed Meyers is at home
and improving. Sorry to report
that one of our charter members
is seriously ill at her home, Mrs.
George B. Brown, our most sin
cere hopes for her improvement.
Murray Bartling, fire insur
ance agent, reported that he
wishes all members would con
sult a chart he has showing the
many ways of starting a fire.
Last week was Fire Prevention
week making us all conscious
of our need to examine our
homes for fire hazards.
During the winter months our
Grange will start at 8 p.m. All
Grangers are extended an invita
tion to meet with us.
The election of officers will
be held at the meeting Nov. 10.
COOL VERDICT
Waterbury, Conn. (U.R) A
lawyer told Judge Michael A.
Ciano ' his client fled . police
headquarters because he didn't
want to go to jail "during the
heat wave." Reported the judge
icily: "Fifteen days in the cooler."
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Wednesday? October 19. 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
NEW PLYMOUTH HARDTOP Shown above
is the new 1956 Plymouth Belvedere four
door hardtop. The new Plymouths will go on
display Friday, Oct. 21, at Hamlin Motor com
pany, 121 North Bartlett st., Dick Knight com
. pany, 33 South Riverside ave., and Parsons
Motors, 315 East Fifth st. The Belvedere four
door hardtop is an. entirely new model fea
turing Aerodynamic styling, push burton driv
ing, and a new Hy-Fire engine. Safety door
latches and other safety items are standard
equipment. . . . ,
Mother's 'No' Saves
Life of Youngster
Chicago (U.R) Mrs. E. J
Padal said today she may have
saved her 10-year-old son's 'life
by not letting him go to a movie
Sunday. ,
The boy, . Richard, wanted to
tag along to the movies with
three of his friends. But Mr. Pa
dal ruled in favor of a family
auto trip to the Williams Bay,
Wis., area.
Richard cried when his moth
er said "no."
But about five hours later his
three friends, Robert Peterson
and John and Anton Schuessler,
were murdered somewhere on
Chicago's northwest side.
Use Mail Tribune Want Adi
Aptitude Tests May Ree place Book Knowledge
To Select College Entrants on Scholarships
Editor'! Note: An organization
backed by a S20.000.00o (rant from
the Ford Foundation has been set up
to provide as many as 4000 college
scholarships a year to U. S. high school
graduates. One of the country's lead
ing educators has told United Press in
the following exclusive interview that
the scholarship program may lead to
significant changes in V. S. educa
tional practices. .
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG
. United Press Correspondent .
Bonn, Germany (U.R) Dr.
James B. Conant believes a sys
tem of "aptitude tests may opment in American education.
have to replace the conventional i Competitive Selection
tests of "book knowledge to
choose candidates for the unprec
dented number of college schol
arships to be offered in the Unit
ed States.
Dr. Conant, for 20 years pres
ident of Harvard university and
now U.S. Ambassador to West
Germany, believes the new schol
arship program announced last
month is a "very splendid devel-
Conant was asked for his
views on the creation of the Na
tional Merit Scholarship corpor
ation which will provide a min
imum of 350 scholarships for
students selected competitively
from the country's 25,000 secon
dary schools. The corporation,
backed by an initial grant of
$20,000,000 from the Ford Foun
dation, aims ultimately at a tar-
ail
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One of the most significant
implications of the scholarship
program, in uonant s view, is
the necessity to workout a sat
isfactory method for selecting
candidates. :
"Because such a large percent
age of American youth is enroll
ed in high schools a much
larger percentage than in most
European countries it may be
necessary to devise special meth
ods for selecting scholarship
students," he said.
"Instead of using methods
which are quite orthodox in Eur
ope, where the examinations are
based on the content ' of school
courses, it may be necessary to
conduct some form of aptitude
tests.
Real Capacities
"Such tests would bring out
the real capacities of the student
and reduce the hazards of the
particular type of schooling
methods to which he had been
exposed."
Conant recalled that he had
proposed a national scholarship
program for Harvard university
when he made his first report
to the board of overseers as pres
ident there in 1934.
"The whole idea of providing
some assistance to able students
from families with limited fi
nancial means was given a big
boost by the G. I. Bill," the ed
ucator said. "Since then much
has been- done to convince the
U.S. public of the importance of
supplementing special talents
through a period at college." -
"He said there was considerable
worry a generation ago that the
privately-endowed colleges with
necessarily high tuition fees
would find their students limit
ed to sons and daughters of well-to-do
families, while state col
leges and universities would be
come institutions solely, for stu-
dents of moderate' means.
"This danger was foreseen at.
least 25 years ago," Conant re
called. "It would have resulted
in two separate type of institu
tion of higher education based
on differences in family incomes,
which would be very unfortun
ate. Broader Base
"The danger was recognized
by educational leaders and
many of us have been working
on it for 24 years. It was this
danger that helped give birth to
the drive for a broader base for
our school system." '
Conant does not believe the
new scholarship plan will ser
iously increase the pressure on
already- overcrowded colleges
and universities. 1 1 '
"The number of scholarship
students will be too small to
add to this problem,1' he said.
"The big wave of new stu
dents resulting from the snarp
increase in birth rate immed
iately after the war will hit the
colleges in about 10 years. There
will be about twice as many po
tential students then as there
were three, or four years ago.
"I beliere the way to meet this
problenj is not to double the size
of the existing universities and
colleges but to double the numb
er of two-year colleges."
Already, Conant said, about
50 per cent of students leave col
lege anyway. He believes many
people who go to college for a
general education would get as
good a, one in a two-year col
lege as he would in a four-year
college.
CRAM & aOHD HARDWARE
SELLING CUT -
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Crain & Mohr Hardware slashes prices right and left to sell out stock
quickly. Just a tew short weeks and this fine store will be a
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Sale Continues Daily!
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Open Wednesday Eve 'Til 9 P.M.
WEDNESDAY - 7 P.M. SPECIALS!!
Regular 45c
CANVAS WORK
GLOVES
Heavyweight 12 oz. duck Red
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Cut-Slash
Price 'C. .
Regular $1.25 FLOOR,
CLEANER
Famous "Floorlif e" brand.
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WE QUIT AQr
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ENTIRE STOCK OF TOYS-
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ENTIRE STOCK ALUMINUM
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25 Off
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25 re"
Regualr $11.00 WATER PROOFED C CI
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Dog Collars
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Memory of Boats
To Live in Pockets
Niagara Falls, N. Y.-ttJ.R)
The two Niagara gorge sight-seeing
boats which were badly dam
aged by fire early this year will
live on in memory and in ;
people's pockets.
The Niagara Falls city council i
approved a program under which I
wooden nickels will be made :
from .the remains of the two oak- j
hulled craft named Maid of the j
Mist.. Both had to be removed
from service and replaced be
cause they were burned beyond
repair.
The wooden nickel plan was
originated by the Greater Niag
ara Chamber of Commerce. The
non-clinking "coins" will bear
a sketch of one of the historic
sightseeing vessels on one side.
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