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FOTrflTEEW MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. November 17, 1S55 Action Would Impose Choice On Delegates Chicago (U.R) The Demo cratic National Committee today wji expected to adopt a com-1 promise "loyalty" pledge impos ing the choice of the party's 1956 presidential convention on all delegates. The proposal had the backing of Democratic National Chair man Paul M. Butler, who said he would recommend its appro val when the committee opens a one-day meeting today. Butler predicted the commit tee would approve the proposal, which is designed to settle a ma jor dispute between Northern and Southern Democrats. Under the plan, the seating of a convention delegate would "constitute a pledge by the party's leaders of that state that the convention nominee will be placed on the ballot." Signed Statement Urged Some Democrats had pressed for a signed statement binding delegates to support the man chosen to run for president at next year's convention. Others had wanted no loyally pledge at all. The new proposal was regard ed as a compromise between the two points of view and was drawn up by a special commit tee headed by Stephen A. Mitch ell, former national chairman. ' The loyalty issue caused a ma jor party split in 1948, when "Dixiecrat" states refused to place Harry S. Truman on their ballots. In 1952, some Southern states dodged a rule that dele gates are obliged to support a nominee they voted for. They simply didn't vote. Butler conceded that the new plan depends on the "good faith" of state party leaders. Thre Vice-Chairmen The chairman was also sched uled to recommend the appoint ment of three vice-chairmen to represent Democrat state gover nors, senatprs, and representa tives on the national committee. It was reported that Butler would recommend Gov. Robert W. Meyner of New Jersey, Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana, and Rep. Hale Boggs of Louisiana. All three men are regarded as backers of Adlai E. Stevenson. Stevenson, the party's 1952 candidate, will climax the cur rent Democratic meeting Satur day when he addresses a huge $100-a-plate fund-raising ban quet. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten nessee and Gov. Averell Harri nan of New York, both regarded as possible candidates, also will speak. HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A JUDGE If you think you're pretty good at pick ing beauties, circle the one you think should be named Tournament of Roses Queen and six others to be named her princesses at Pasadena, Cal. Save the clipping and see how you compared when the winners are named. Here the girls are still known only as numbers to the judges until the final round is over. Wyoming Expects Legal Trouble As Uranium Prospectors Gather Gillette, Wyo. (U.R) More than 300 half-frozen uranium prospectors huddled around fires early today on the borders of the desolate Pumpkin Buttes area to begin a land rush which could erupt into frontier days violence. By federal decree, 46,440 acres of public land around Pumpkin Buttes was to be open for staking mining claims today. Beyond that, the legal picture is badly snarled. Wyoming authorities feared that claim-jumping disputes might be settled on the spot with fists or guns. Highway Patrol Capt. R. O. Galloway had eight patrol cars in the area to reinforce Camp bell County Sheriff Ted Holder man. Both were frankly worried that the prospectors would prove too much for the officers. Ranchers in the area, who hold grazing leases on 38.620 acres of the land, threatened to protect their interests with rifles last spring. So the land rush was postponed until today, when the range is snow-swept and barren of grass. Low Temperatures The temperature dropped be low zero during the night, but between 300 and 400 prospectors braved the cold in sleeping bags and the shelter of pickup trucks I to be ready for the rush. wnetner mere is any appre ciable amount of uranium in the Pumpkin Buttes country is not known. Some experts have said the land has "fabulous" poten tial value. Others said it was "worthless." About 200 persons in the area organized a mining district, em bracing all the land being opened in Campbell county. This dis trict has a special recorder for Dr. William Thompson Named to Committee Dr. William Thompson, Med ford, has been named to a four year term on the executive com mittee of the Governor's Com mittee on Children and Youth, it was reported here today. Dr. Thompson, chairman of the Jackson county Committee on Children and Youth, was named at a reorganizational meeting held this week in Salem. Also elected at the Salem meeting were Mrs. William Klet zer, Portland, chairman; Dr. Harold J. Noyes, Portland, vice chairman, and Andrew Juras, Portland, recording secretary. Mrs. Kletzer succeeds Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, Portland. 4-H Club Central Point Cooking Club New 4-H Cooking club held its first meeting Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m. at the Junior High school in Central Point. We elected as officers: presi dent, Alison Pinkham, vice-president, Marsh Watson; secretary treasurer, Charlete Meyer; re porter, Bobby Jane Darras; games chairman, Shirley Savage and song leader, Kathey Fred- drinks. Plans were made for the com ing year. Next meeting will be Dec. 5 at 3:30 p.m. We will name our club. Joan Dobrat is our leader and Mrs. Ivan Skyrman is co-leader. Bobbie Jane Darras, Reporter. lous' yjESw make M-M-Marve ,PC FRUIT CAKES j .jpf RADIANT MIX j FRUIT MIX for delicious Fruit Cakes Civil Service Exams Announced Civil Service examinations have been announced for medi cal biology technician and for dietetic intern. Salaries for the medical biology technician posts are $2,960 to $4,525 per year, and for the dietetic intern, $2,000 a year. Further information and ap plication forms may be obtained from 'Chester W. Silliman, Civil Service commission representa tive, at his office in the Med ford post office building. Cook Finds Himself Deep In Real Stew Princeton, N. J. (U.R) Paul Miller, 52, a cook, found himself in a real stew Wednes day night. Miller faces charges of drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident, driving on a permit without a licensed driver accompanying him, driving on an expired permit, not having a driver's license, not wearing corrective glasses and going the wrong way on a one-way street. mining claims, and a "code of ethics" as well as a set of rules and regulations for filing claims. The code of ethics demands that all prospectors check their guns at a ranch house near Pumpkin Buttes. But it isn't likely that many will heed this part of the code. Legal Question The legal status of the mining district is also in question. Some prospectors may decide to file notice claims with the county clerk. This could produce a flood of law suits, since two claims might be filed on the same land with different authorities. A single claim is limited to 20 acres, by federal law. A prospec tor must erect a "stake" usu ally a rock pile in uranium coun try and affix to the stake a claim notice, describing the phys ical features and boundaries of the 20 acres. Then the prospector must go to the uproper agency and file a notice of location. Prospectors are riot limited to one claim. But federal law re quires that they work the prop erty and use it for mining, with due care for the rights of ranch ers who have grazing leases. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday; 1 a. m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday. Mayflower Replica Under Construction in England Washington Hewn from stout English 'oak, a new May flower is slowly taking shape in a British shipyard. Devonshire shipwrights in the little Channel port of Brixham east of Plymouth, turning their craftsmanship back three and a half centuries, are reproduc ing the historic vessel of the Pilgrims. In July they laid her oaken keel. Next July, if all goes well, the second Mayflower will sail on a two-month crossing to the "stern and rock-bound coast" of New England. It's crew and pas sengers, many of them Mayflow er descendants, will land in garb of the Puritans of 1620. Gesture of Friendship Gesture of friendship to the United States, the project is financed entirely by voluntary contributions in Britain. Long research by historians on both sides of the Atlantic guides the work. Little is known of one of the most famous shins ever to sail the Atlantic. No precise records, specifications, or descriptions survive, nor any known paint ing or sketch of the "fine ship," as Puritan deacon Robert Cush man described the Mayflower. Christopher Jones was her master, a native of Rotherhithe beside London's Thames. She was likely a 180-ton vessel, fair size for her day, broad-waisted, with high superstructures or "castles" fore and aft. Yet for the poverty-bound Puritans in Holland exile to have afforded her, the May flower in 1620 must have been a somewhat decrepit and or dinary old merchantman. She bore an ordinary name; there were some 20 Mayflowers in Admiralty registry about that time. The ship now building at Brix ham is patterned on the most careful models of ships of May flower's type and tonnage. Nav al historians assume that Chris topher Jone's vessel was stout and chunky, 90 feet in over-all length, 26 feet in beam, 11 feet in depth of hold, with three masts to have been called a "ship," two of them square rigged. She was jammed to overflow ing with her 102 Pilgrims (the new Mayflower will take only 50, plus a crew of 21). William Bradford's journal tells that the voyage was rough, cold, and stormv. There was much sea sickness, ?but only one passen eer died, young William But- ten. This remarkable record points to the probability that the May flower was a "sweet" ship, her bilges well disinfected by leak age from wine kegs during years of trading with Bordeaux and La Rochelle. There must have been traces about her, too, of the fish, tar, turpentine, and other smelly cargoes she had carried. Unknown End What finally happened to the first Mayflower is unknown. She returned to England and in late lozi was uniuauuig French salt at London. Captain Jones died in 1622. Two years later, the last Admiralty record of his ship and had her lying in poor condition at Rother hithe, with "one suit of worn sails," valued all told at less than $750. One marine scholar attempt ed to prove that Mayflower beams are part of an " existing barn in the village of Jordans, Buckinghamshire, but the the- ory is challenged. Whatever her fate, in late 1955 the ship of the Pilgrims is coming back to life in England. POLIO POSTER BOY Tom my Woodward, 5, of Balti more, McL, has been chosen Poster Boy for the 1956 March of Dimes (Jan. 3-31). With his mother, Tommy will tour the country to seek con tributions for the care of the nation's polio victims. ' ! i ip'r'" Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can ba restored to original brightness at only a fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 EARTHQUAKE REPORTED New York (U.R) The Rev, Joseph Lynch, director of the j sixth children to die in Western Two" Children Die In Washington Fire Annapolis, Wash. U.R) Two children died yesterday when a fire broke out in their bedroom and destroyed their five-room frame home here. The children, Reinhold James Crave, 9, and June Carol Crave. 2, were left in the care of their" 12-year-old sister Mary Ann while their mother went to the Post Office. The victims were the fifth and Fordham University Seismologi- cal observatory, reported today that two "fairly sharp" quakes shook an undetermined area some 4500 miles from New York at 2:04, and 2:13 a.m. (EST). He said the tremors had an inten sity rating of five on a scale of 10. Washington fires yesterday. Four children of Donald R. Evans, a Tacoma fireman, died in a, fire earlier In the day. E FOR j RESULTS' 1 -USE- il Tribunb ADS I -9 I Use Iribune Want Ads l "All I did was serve him j! BLUE BELL Potato Chips... CSN jnAyWOlLCUtq Sardines for scrumptious snacks! ::onvsisn Sfyle with delicate . Hickory Smoked Flavor PACKED in. OLIVE OIL Tempting os oppetizers . . . tantalizing in salads . . . pleasing for light lunches and suppers. Vl FOOD STORE J7 GRADE A CANNED FOODS O.K. Market has bagged some real pan try filling buys Here they are Popu lar size 303 cans. 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