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SPORTS Akins To Speak At CHS Banquet Central Point Al Akins, head coach at Southern Oregon college In Ashland, will speak at the annual -football' banquet for Crater High school Tuesday night. The banquet ii sponsored by the Gold Hill and Central Point Lioni clubs, and will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Crater High school cafetorium. Akins played football at Wash ington State college and for the Cleveland Browns. Trophies will be presented for down-field blocking, sportsman ship and the most valuable play er. Tickets for the banquet are available at Crater Department store, Faber-Stratton Insurance or Panter's Richfield in Central Point and from Gold Hill Lions. Rogue Snowmen Elect Officers The first meeting of the 1955- 56 winter ski season was held by the Rogue Snowmen at the YMCA Friday. William Brooks was reelected president, Hal Todd, vice-president and Mrs. Edward Sickels was elected sec retary-treasurer. Plans were announced to set up a ski tow on Garfield slope at Crater Lake National park Sunday, Nov. 20. The club's small tow will be operated for beginning skiers on one of the gentler slopes at the park. Membership in the Rogue ' Snowmen is open to any inter ested parties. Dues entitle mem bers to use of the tows during the winter. Membership blanks are avail able at Lamports and Sam's Sporting Goods stores. Members also receive ski instructions on Sundays. CROSS-COUNTRY RACE Portland (U.R) The annual Oregon Intercollegiate Cross Country championship, post poned rro mlast Thursday be cause of the weather, will be run Tuesday at 3 p.m. over the Uni versity of Portland harrier course. UNDERGOES SURGERY Santa Monica, Calif. (U.R)- Irv Noren, New York Yankee outfielder, will undergo surgery at St. John's hospital Monday to correct faulty cartilage con ditions. ioren was Hampered by recurrent knee trouble through out the 1955 season. American Priests Say Their Spying Charges 'Mockery' In China Hong Kong (U.R) Two American priests, pale and thin after two years of solitary con finement in Red China, said Saturday their trials on charges of spying were a "mockery" of justice. One of the Priests, the Rev. Martin Vincent Garvey of Union City, N. J., said he was given "rough treatment" if he failed to cooperate with his Communist captors. He said he was threat ened with execution if he did not confess. Garvey and the Rev. Marcellus White of Waltham, Mass., were set free early Saturday after about four years in prison, the last two in solitary confinement. Breaks Under Strain White broke under the strain of his long confinement and wept as he and Garvey crossed the border to freedom at Hong Kong. With the release of the two Roman Oatholic Priests of the Passionist Order 22 Americans now have been freed from Red China since talks got underway between U. S. and Communist Chinese Envoys at Geneva last Aug. 1. At least 15 others still are held. The Reds had promised to re lease Mrs. Homer V. Bradshaw of New York, wife of a Presby terian Missionary also in Red China. She did not appear at the border, however. Garvey and White said they did not see her on the train that brought them from Canton to the border. Mrs. Laura Lau, American wife of a Chinese Mis sionary, said when she was freed last week that Mrs. Bradshaw as very ill when she left. Wear New Clothes The two Priests, wearing new clothes given them in Canton, appeared in reasonably good health when they crossed the border. They were greeted by U. S. Vice-Consul Robert Ayl ward, Father Anthony Moloney and British officials. White said the Reds charged him with passing economic and military information to other Priests'. He said he was arrested in 1952 and kept in prison in Boy Finds Bodies Of Mother, Sister Frozen in Barnyard Enterprise, Ore. U.PJ An 11-year-old boy found, the froz en bodies of his mother and a younger sister in a farmyard south of here Saturday. Dead were Mrs. Victor Crow, about 38, and her three-year-old daughter, JeniLe. Authorities believed Mrs. Crow may have broken her back or neck falling from a haystack ladder Friday. They thought the tiny daughter may have followed her out as she went to feed the stock and died of exposure. The father is employed in La Grande as a carpenter. Wallowa county coroner Len thal Bollman said the bodies were taken to a funeral home here. Mrs. Crow's son, Philip, found Hunan Province until last Oct. 29 when he finally was tried. He said he was sentenced to four years and released in advance for "good conduct." Garvey said he was accused of resisting the revolution, coop erating with the Nationalists and spying. Arrested Dec. 21, 1951, Garvey was tried the same- day as White, sentenced to five years and let off for good behaviour. 'Can't Be Me Pic. Says Of Driving Count Honolulu (U.R) Marine Pfc. Robert J. Cnstplln. 20 of Vjenver, Colo., received a New York City Traffic Court letter Saturday accusing him of reck less driving on Aug. 2 and order ing him to pay $50 fine or have his driver's license revoked. "Can't be me," Costello said. "I've never been east of Colo rado, I've been stationed at Pearl Harbor since June and besides, I don't even know how to drive." the pair Saturday morning, pos sibly 24 hours after the acci dent. The boy said his mother told him Friday morning she was going to attend a meeting and a choir practice in the eve ning. He and his sister, Lou Ann 8, went to bed Friday night thinking, she would be home later. Mrs. Crow's body was found face down by a haystack and two bales of hay were found nearby. The coroner said the bales of hay may have come loose and knocked Mrs. Crow from the ladder. The daughter's body was found about 15 feet from her mother. Phillip drove a tractor to Jo seph to inform City Marshal Anah Jennings of the deaths. Sunday, November 20, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINK UN Observers Seek Safeguards For Peace Jerusalem, Israel (U.R) United Nations truce observers sought Saturday to provide "safeguards" against new fight ing demanded by Egypt as a condition for restoration of the Egyptian-Israeli armistice agree ment. The UN truce commission de nied an Israeli foreign ministry charge that Egypt had flatly rejected UN proposals for eas ing tension along the border. The commission, in a state ment Friday, said Egypt had expressed the opinion that "more extensive' measures are required in order to revert to conditions of the . armistice agreement, with safeguards pro vided to both parties by these conditions." , , Joseph Tekoa, director of the Israeli foreign ministry's depart ment of armistice affairs, said his country accepts the propos als in principle and is ready to proceed with them as a basis for future arrangements. the window looked unusually lifelike. The patrolman watched the "mannikin" from afar and when he sauntered out of the window arrested him as a burglar. FURNITURE MOVING PADDED VAN x Dependable Service Rates Reasonable Iamson SAMSON Officer Finds Window Mannikin To Be Alan Vicksburg, Mass (U.R) A patrolman walking past a store window thought a mannikin in FURNITURE STORAGE CONCRETE BUILDING -DRY & CLEAN "A Safe Pace for Your Household Goods" Furniture Moving Furniture Storage F. E. SAMSON CO., Inc. "ANYWHERE FOR HIRE" 4TH & FRONT MEDFORD PHONE 2-5295 TENNIS TROUPE New York (U.R) Tickets will go on sale at Madison Square Garden- next Monday for the only New York appear ance this season of Jack Kra mer's newest professional ten nis troupe, which will launch its world-wide tour at the Gar den, Dec. 9. fj dWith Holsum Bread Herb Dressing, CRANK LETTERS (U.R) Three leading college football croaches reported that thy received "crank" letters during the past few days, threat ening them if their teams won. The coaches were Art Lewis of West Virginia; Jim Tatum of Maryland and Bill Murray of Duke. PLAYERS DEFEND COACH Dallas U.R Southern Meth odist football players have 1 3 . . t " i r i- jusneu iu me aeiense oi cuacn Wood yWoodward in the form of a letter to the college news paper refuting "scandalous re marks and petty insinuations." Some NW Glaciers Growing, Expert Says Portland (U.R) Some gla ciers in the Pacific Northwest are increasing in size by 250 feet a year, in a downward di rection. That was- the assertion here Saturday by A. E. Harrison, glacier expert at the University of Washington. Harrison told the Pacific Northwest section of the American Geophysical Un ion that other glaciers in the world have started to grow in the last 10 or 15 years but that the ones in the Northwest are outdoing all others. He said growth is concentrat ed in the northern Cascades of Washington. It is caused by cold er summers and heavy winter snowfall. Santa Says: Buy ffiibeam Appliances at Specialists in Homewares . Medford Central Point FREE PARKING Stuffed Peaches and fresh iolsum Bread Feast your eyes on your grocer's rich array of Holiday food ideas Herb Dressing for best flavor use Holsum Bread with herbs marjoram and thyme Stuffed Peaches broil canned mincemeat in large yel low peach halves and fresh Holsum Bread Your youngsters might disagree over who gets the drumsticks, but they'll agree on delicious Holsum Bread. Holidays, everyday Holsum supplies them with energy vita mins, minerals and Calcium. CIOUS BROWM W SERVE O FRENCH TRIPLETS OCLOVERLEAF ROLLS O DINNER ROLLS O ROMAN MEAL ROLLS Ready Baked Rolls O POTATO ROLLS O DINNER ROLLS O PARKERHOUSE ROLLS O BUTTER FLAKE ROLLS O DOUBLE RAISED BISCUITS PLAIN OR SPICED Plus body-building Vitamin D you need MAKE IT TASTE BETTER Serve it With HolSUIll nn f: -mm, iiwiinrifur- 1 Mm FINE PASTRIES
