Apprenticeship Week
Noted by Mayor; Job
Done Here is Praised
The program of apprentice
ship training, which has been
developed in Oregon over a pe
riod of years, was noted today
by Mayor Earl Miller in a proc
lamation designating the week
of Nov. 13 to 19 as Apprentice
ship Week.
He asked citizens "to take
cognizance of the benefits ac
cruing to our youth and to the
community as a result of this
program."
The m a y or ' s proclamation
gave some of the background of
the program. He said:
Standards Established
"The leaders of management
and labor in our community,
assisted by representatives of
vocational education and gov
ernment have established stand
ards which provide an effective,
planned training program, pre
paring our youth through pre
apprenticeship vocational in
struction, on-the-job training,
and related apprenticeship class
es, to maintain- a high quality
of craftsmanship and to provide
a continuing supply of skilled
manpower. . .
"Under the guidance of labor
management apprenticeship com
mittees, in cooperation with the
Medford schools, the U.S. De
partment of labor, bureau of ap
prenticeship, and the Oregon
state apprenticeship council, the
youth of our community, after
completing their general educa
tion, may enter into apprentice
ship to acquire the skills and
related knowledge of a trade. . .
"Our community and its in
dustrial leaders, recognizing ap
prenticeship training as the key
stone of craftsmanship in our
skilled trades, have given freely
of thei rtime and effort to per
petuate our skilled work force
that we may continue to enjoy
a high standard of living and to
prosper as a community," the
mayor concluded.
A TV panel discussion on ap
prenticeship is scheduled for im
mediately after the professional
football game Sunday. It will
feature a general discussion of
the program and its aims and ob
jectives, and statistics on ap
prenticeship in this area.
Participating will be Charles
W! Crary, union leader and
chairman of the local appren
ticeship council; Fred Morlan, of
the industry council, and Wil-
REVERSING FIRST STORY, Paul Wirths (right), now admits being at scene of shotgun
death of William Woodward, Jr., millionaire horseman. Mrs. Woodward said she shot hus
band in their Nassaau County, N. Y., home in belief he was prowler. Wirths' new story is
that he was in hallway of home when shooting occurred. Diagram traces his course after
climbing tree at right from which he jumped to roof terrace and into window '.(International) ;
Washington Court Rules
. Olympia (U.R) The State Su
preme Court, by a vote of 7-2,
ruled yesterday that Washington
can reimpose tolls on the Colum-
liam Tucker, of Copco, represent
ing employers; Lindsey Vinsel,
director of vocational education;
C. A. Guderian, state appren
ticeship council representative,
and Myron D. Johnston, appren
ticeship representative of the
U.S. Department of labor.
On Toll Over Columbia
bia river bridge at Vancouver
and that the decision, is binding
on Oregon.
The decision upheld a 1955
contract between Washington
and Oregon for construction of a
new toll bridge and reconstruc
tion of the existing interstate
span. '-
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Atomic Electricity Seen
To Have Hold in 50 Years
Tokyo flJ.R) Former Ameri
can Assistant Secretary of State,
Dr. Willard L. Thorp predicted
Thursday that atomic-generated
electricity will account for four
fifth of all power in the United
States in 50 years. The econo
mist, director of the Merrill Cen
ter for Economics and professor
at Amherst College, spoke be
fore the America-Japan society.
Friday, November 11, 1953
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Two Named lo '
Examine Wolf
Portland (U.R) Two psy
chiatrists were named yesterday
to examine Victor Laurence
Wolf 45-year-old confessed slay
er of Portland attorney Oliver
Kermit Smith.
Circuit Judge James W. Craw
ford named Drs. Herman A.
Dickel and John W. Evans to
determine if Wolf was sane.
Judge Crawford said the exam
ination would probably be held
next week.
Wolf a former electrician
awaits sentencing for the car
bomb slaying.
Smith's widow Marjorie was
exonerated by a trial jury at
McMinnville Ore. last week.
Charles E. Raymond one of
Wolf's attorneys s a i d that if
Wolf is found insane he would
ask permission to withdraw his
client's plea of guilty to the mur
der charge and enter a plea of
innocent by reason of insanity.
Mrs. Smith faces a civil action
at San Jose Calif, where Smith's
sister Mrs. Ellen Hightower has
brought suit to win custody of
the Smith's three-year-old daugh
ter. ' -
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Verne Athanas Story
Appears in Magazine
, Ashland A story of the early
day Rogue valley entitled "The
Knife and the Lash," by Verne
Athanas, nationally known Ash
land author, appears in the
Saturday Evening Post this
week.
The novelette deals with the
early history of the valley when
Ashland was a town of less than
a thousand population and in
cludes references to the plaza
and the Ashland House.
TV MISTAKE
Covington, Ky. (U.R) Mrs.
Francis Cutter reported to po
lice here that somebody stole
the family television set. Later
she called to apologize, saying
it was all a mistake! Her daugh
ters, Kay, 12, and Andrea, 11,
had given the set to the Salva
tion Army, thinking the collector
was a television repairman.
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