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o TEH MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Secret Records of Congressional Trips Abroad Ordered Bared for Public Look Washington (U.P.) The De fense Department today ordered closely guarded records of con gressional junketing unlocked in preparation for making them public for the first time. The Pentagon, acting on the urging of a non-junketing mem ber of Congress, said it would disclose how many congessmen used military transportation for overseas travel and how many took their wives, aides and "guests" along. The decision became known at the same time the government-owned Panama Canal Co. clamped a lid of secrecy on how many congressmen are taking 15-day cruises to Panama at tax payer expense aboard company liners. W. M. Whitman, company sec retary, told a reporter that it was a "long standing" policy of the company's board of directors to keep secret how many con gressmen are taking the free cruises. Records in Storage The Defense Department said "several thousand" flight mani fests must be hauled out of stor age jn Kansas City, Mo., and examined along with records of "hundreds of changes" in con gressional itineraries before full details of congressional junkets are made public. The depart ment said it would take between six and eight weeks to compile the records. Members of Congress, flock ing to all parts of the globe, probably racked up an all-time record for overseas junkets this year. About 400 members are believed to have made trips abroad, mostly at taxpayer ex pense. Many went to Russia. The military services, which supply most of the transporta tion and some of the meals and lodging, never have disclosed how many congressmen were ac commodated. And many mem bers of Congress have been happy to let that information stay bottled up in the Pentagon. Member Critical Catholic Crusade On Movies Planned Washington (U.R) Ameri can Catholic bishops today an nounced a crusade against im moral movies which they said -have reached a record high in the United States. The bishops accused Ameri can movie producers of laxity in applying the Hollywood produc tion code, which is designed to eliminate objectionable films They criticized both producers and theater operators for "re luctance . . . to accept their full responsibility for the moral and social .character of theater enter taiament." They said their campaign will include revitalizing the Catholic Legion of Decency which screens movies and other art forms. Use Tribune Want Ads For Best Results! 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Col. Wade M. Fleischer, De fense Department liaison officer, They'll Do It Every ...... -w , YELL.7W4T SETTLES MERE'S ALL THE DET4ILS VOW) HENU.tV)KE,FLCWB?S, 4NDt4EJ?E'S$5 ORCMESTR4-IM FOR yOU SURE WE CAN SIVE gy THE VOUR MUStfTER THERE'S A WEPDltfS EECEPTIOW LITTLE things YOU'LL BE COULD PROUD OF-, FOR H RECEPTION , I THINGS yOU ff LIKE DOIN& THE ROOM OVER nPROUD0F-y VFORME-y C4SE OF WHITE DOVES-vJf I Bomb in Iowa College Endangers Ames, la. '(U.R) Authorities began a needle in a haystack search today for the person or persons who planted a home made bomb in an Iowa State College dormitory, endangering the lives of 136 co-eds. The device was found, chained to the bannisters of a stairway. An automobile horn blared out in the early morning hours Mon day, awakening janitor Arthur Larson. Larson found the box contain ing an automobile battery, five sticks of dynamite, and an ingenious" triggering device, with a note thumbtackd on the outside. "Read carefully!!" it said. "No one need get hurt. The device will detonate 20 minutes after horn sounds or on movement of box." Police Chief Orville Erickson said Larson risked his life by ripping the. device apart, dis connecting the detonator cap. The detonator circuit ran through a mousetrap, held open by an alarm clock. Twenty min utes after the warning of the auto horn first sounded, the trap would have been sprung, setting off five sticks of dynamite. Considered Prank College officials apparently considered the affair a prank, Erickson said, and authorities Phone 3-1931 1955 Wednesday, November 23, 1 953 replied that the information would be supplied. "I wish to point out, how ever," Fleischer said, "that due to the numerous last minute changes which occur in the mem bership of congressional groups traveling abroad plus hundreds Time w. $100 1 PAYMENT HEHWAlTLL YA HEAR & tt SHELL WANT MORE EXTRAS H HAS ANY SENSE, HELL - OH - 9 WAY" A FEW EXTRA you DO ME y IHAN THE" HAO IN OUNfe 5CRAMTDVVNj ' Ks WITH THt WINU ' If Coeds; Planter Hunted were not notified until yester day. They began an exhaustiva check, theorizing that a rejected suitor might be responsible, or an emotionally unstable "me chanical genious." "We can't fathom it yet," "Sgt. Warner, Pleisch Return from Meet W. J. Warner, president of Jackson County Federal Sav ings and Loan association, and John H. Pletsch, manager, re turned this week from Florida where they attended the 63rd annual convention of the United States Savings and Loan league. The convention, held at Miami Beach, Fla., was attended by more than 3,000 delegates. Primarily the business con cerned industry's position in the field of finance, and also stud ied were problems - of construc tion of new homes and refinanc ing homes already built. A con tinued growth in the home building field is anticipated be cause of the increase in birth rate, Pletsch reported. Pletsch made the trip both ways by United Air lines and stopped over in Chicago to visit savings and loan companies there. He is first vice-president in the Oregon state league, and is also secretary and treasurer of the Medford firm. At Granville, 111., he visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Pletsch, who soon will ob serve their 52nd wedding anni versary. Pope Silent on Vision of Christ Castel Gandolo, Italy (U.R) Pope Pius XII made his first pub lic appearance today since the announcement of his vision of Christ, but he did not refer to it in his cheerful conversation with pilgrims. Looking bronzed and in ex cellent health,, the 79-year-old Pope said farewell to the resi- ! dents of this Alban Hills vil j lage outside Rome preparatory to I returning Saturday to the Vat I ican for the winter. I The pontiff acknowledged the ! cheers of thousands in the court yard of his summer palace. ' For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads - He JACKSON HOTEL DINING ROOM Why Don't You? PHONE 2-6231 of changes in their itineraries while outside the United States, it has been determined that an examination of each flight mani fest is the only manner in which this information can be assem bled with a reasonable degree of accuracy." ' By Jimmy Hatlo r - i . RSIE'D BETTER TAKE THAT TIP HOW IF THE 6 ROOM HAS ANY SEHSE.HElL SCRAM TOWN AND DOMT THINK THEy DOtfT EXPECT WEDDlNS PRESENTS FROM THE BOSS 4ND MARGIE occupajiohal he40 acues of the 6al who Arranges the weddins-p4rty THAN ANO A TIP OF THE HATiP Mr TO -"KACKI" MILLS.CAUF. Dormitory Thomas Lyttle said. "We don't know what he had in mind." Curfew for the co-eds sounded at 10:30 p.m. Sunday night, and police believed the bomb was planted some time after that hour. Biggest Christmas Buying Spree Seen Washington (U.P.) Ameri cans probably are starting on the biggest Christmas buying spree in history, government ec onomists said today. Last December, they broke all previous records and depart ment store sales were 4 per cent higher than in December, 1953. Now there are even more people with jobs and they are making more and spending more. This is bound to have an effect on the Christmas buying. For one"thing, the Bureau of Statistics reported yesterday that the average factory worker's pay and purchasing powers were at new record levels in October. Quarles Enters Into - Army-Air force Tiff Washington (U.R) Air Force Secretary Donald A. Quarles has stepped into a long smouldering Army-Air Force feud over how the Army should use its own air arm. Quarles disclosed last night that he overruled an Air Force general who tried unsuccessful ly to block the Army from test ing its new "sky cavalry" unit during Operation Sagebrush, the Louisiana war games. But Quarles emphasized that he acted "without prejudice" to the basic issue of whether the Army should operate its heli copters and light planes as it sees fit. He said he overruled Air Force Gen. O. P. Weyland only to permit the Army to test its air unit. . Bombay Police Stoned In Aftermath of Riot Bombay, India U.R) A party of police in North Bombay was stoned today in an aftermath of Monday's rioting which killed 12 persons. Property damage in the riot ing was estimated today at two million dollars. , The rioting, was in protest against proposed partition of Bombay State into three separ- Rates a Halo! He's Taking the Family Out for THANKSGIVING DINNER At The Small Private Dining Rooms Available for Family Parties. Deepening of Yaquina Channel To Get Support Newport, Ore. (U.R) Four members of the Port of New port board will go to Washing ton, D. C, to protest army en gineers' opposition to a proposal to deepen the Yaquina channel and bar. The members will appear be fore the engineers board of re view next Monday and Tuesday. Engineers claimed the channel and bar project would be too ex pensive, but they approved a smaller project to lengthen and deepen a turning basin in the bay. Pickin' Pears BILL HURN Jim Rea, pianist and leader of the Camp White orchestra finds his services as an enter tainer justified by an investiture made by Special Services of an Electronic Solovox addition for the auditorium piano. This is the latest type and was pur chased locally to augment enter tainment efforts and possibil ities for the members. Its use will find special adaptation on the piano in the several ward trips of the Christmas season. Navy Mothers were bested by the snow on their plans for Wednesday's parties, so Special Service filled the gap in the eve ning with bingo, followed by "coffee and" to a goodly num ber, who also stayed in because of the weather. A cavalcade of 67 cars (and that a hurried count made in the rain long before show time), caravanned the troupe of the Darrel Holt Studio of Grants Pass to Camp White for a Sun day afternoon presentation. The large accompanying rooters' sec tion for their kiddies on the program brought gramps and grams, parents and tiny brothers and sisters in -arms to augment, an already SRO group of Camp White members. So the visitors balcony was as well-packed as the main floor. In a program of 39 -numbers of solo, novelty and team danc ing of tads from three to 17 years of age, there comes a list ing of 114 participants, many however doubling in acts. The group representation comprised some 40 homes, some coming irom as tar away as Glendale. F. J. Glonning, chief of special services, presented Katte Clas sic as the first of the three junior girl emcees announcing the pro gram. Tvo of them featured in solo presentations later, Bobbe Lou Davis with two appearances. .The third, Lavone Pool, has been temporarily side-lined with an injured shoulder. Mention is due little Katte Classic, for her ability 'out front' but her Baton Twirl was a real Classic. VFW Auxiliary gets credit for sponsorship and that group can well feel on this show just as you do when you score from second on a bunt, with a 50-yard touchdown pass, caging a basket from behind the center-jump circle, making that eagle for hol ing out of the rough and into the cup, which picks up the 7-10 split for a spare. An especially gratifying turn out greeted F. J. Glonning, chairman of VAVs advisory com mittee, . at Elks Temple Friday night for the November meet ing of this group. VA staff representation head ed by E. K. Ricker, manager, and his assistant, J. H. Denning, the two chaplains, special ser vices, recreation, nursing and library executives were present. Fourteen organizations compris ing the Legion and Auxiliary. Red Cross, Blue Star Mothers, BPOE, DAV auxiliary, Military Order of Cooties, and their Lady Bugs, National Woman's Relief Corps, National Catholic Com munity service, Navy Mothers club, Spanish War Veterans aux iliary, and VFW with its auxil iary were in attendance. The minutes detailing the agenda, reports and progresses comprize two and one-half typed sheets single Spaced in listing accomplishments of the past month and outlining pro jects and aims ahead. ' Special guests were intro duced and brought brief mes- TABU DINNER HOUSE Will Be 1 P.M. To 9 P.M. COMPLETE TURKEY DINNER INCLUDING SMORGASBORD Tiny Tots $1.00 Children $1.65 Adults $2.25 305 South Riverside O Phone 2-2870 rmy Revises Security Rules Protect Washington (U.R) The Army today revised its person nel security regulations to pro tect the individual soldier against unsubstantiated or 4 anonymou6 charges. The revised regulations pro vide that information which might prejudice an individual's reputation shall not be included in his official personnel file ll News and Notes From Camp White sages, the American Legion Na tional Field Representative, Dennis A. Sullivan, and Glen Howe, department service offic er. A new addition to the com mittee of the National Catholic Community service, introduced W. E. Driscoll, representative, and William Driscoll, alternate, to the welcoming group. A goodly turnout was harl at the bi-monthly VFW auxiliary Monday night dance. A surpris ing number of new faces was noted, both of ladies in attend ance and of new member addi- ;aons into the Domiciliarv. all of the newcomers being expres sive oi surprize and pleasure from the evening. Chaps Roadside Rascals also made an initial appearance for dances here and save an eniov- able musical evening to dancers and the large group of specta tors. Veldon J. Diment, contact of ficer, is in reception of congrat ulations for escaping of injuries from the accidental skidding into the ditch on his trip to Portland last week. He and Shirley Bran- nock of the Medford VA office were driving in the Brannock car and near Cottage Grove struck ice and snow and piled up. Neither were injured but some $300 damage was done to the car. They proceeded on to Portland for the contact officer refresher course by bus and train and returning, picked up the car at Eugene to complete their tou of duty. Ashland Elks 944 under state district chairman for . National Veterans Service commission, Emil B. Kroeger, brought a va riety show to Camp White Frl day evening, the 18th. The talent was wholly local to the Rogue River area, with an exceptional program. Some bf the songs were even local, being from the pens of members of the So-Ore Song Writers club, featured by the four vocalists from Ashland, Nancy Kaylor, Betty Caldwell, Ernestine Hart ley and Ken Zimmerman. David Ashton of Medford, a guitarist with songs was of the vocal group numbers. The show was opened with a piano-organ duo comprising Miss Edna Dougherty, at the console of the VA chapel organ, and Foss Kramer at the piano and they closed the bill as well. They re sponded to the enthusiastic 'hand' of the audience to the ex tent of playing all during the re freshment serving. The refresh ment and a cigarette distribution was handled by volunteer assist ants of the lodge. i Chairman Kroeger announced that the Elks , would bring a Bingo evening to the Domicil iary Friday the 25th. The mem bers are beginning to realize that BPOE may really stand for Best People On Earth. Office Burglars Do Job the Hard Way Atlanta, Ga. (U.R) Police' said burglars who broke into the office of a manufacturing firm apparently believed in do- j ing everything the hard way. j The burglars smashed a win-; dow although the front door was unlocked. They wrecked a bus iness machine to get at a cash drawer below although they could have opened the drawer by pushing a button. Then they got their only loot, a few nickels, by smashing a soft drink mach- Open For To individual Soldier such information ig "unsup ported." Rebuttal Opportunity The regulations also provide that in general, no adverse in formation can be made a part of an individual's record without his knowledge or without an op portunity to make a rebuttal to the charges. The new regulations resulted from an overhauling of the se curity program ordered by Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker last summer. "They follow by only a few days a new Defense Department directive specifying that draftees suspected of being security risks will be investi gated before, rather than after, being inducted. The Senate subcommittee on constitutional rights called Je- St. Peter's Lutheran Sets Special Service Thanksgiving day services will be held at St. Peter's Luth eran church, 1020 East Main st, at 10 a.m. Thursday, according to the pastor, the Rev. Kenneth Korby. The service will be different in that there will be no organ ized sermon as such, but instead a continuous meditation on the Communion liturgy, a sort of liturgy in slow motion, the pas tor said. He added that the central act of the Christian congregation at worship is the act of Thanks giving, both for the Word of God and for God's grace. The meditations on the Liturgy are designed to emphasize thanks giving, and to . concentrate on the Christian foundation for thanksgiving. All people of the vicinity are invited to attend, especially those who have no other church connections. Special Thanksgiving Services Announced A special Thanksgiving. service is announced by First Church of Christ, Scientist, for 11 a.m. Thanksgiving day. The service will be held in the Odd Fellows lodge hall, 221 West Sixth st. Open to the public, the service will include voluntary testi monies of gratitude by Christian Scientists and a special lesson sermon for the day, "Thanks giving," will be read. Included will be selections from the Bible and from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy. The lesson will emphasize the importance of expressing gratitude. LOWEST TAX BILL Coos Bay, Ore. (U.R) This should end arguments about who has the lowest tax bill: A re forestation tax statement made out to C. and E. E. Isaacson of Coos county amounts to SO. 02 two cents according to Deputy Collector Albert E. Armstrong. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 orevious dav MON Wishes Your Special Thanksgiving DINNER $3.00 Salad Assorted . Relishes Soup du Jour Turkey de Luxe Dinner Dressing, Baked Yfliti5r, Pickled Pears, Vegetable . " Virginia Spiced Baked Harn with Fruit Sauce, Baked Yams, Pickled Pears and Vegetable DELICIOUS Prime Ribs of Beef Au Juis Baked Yams and Vegetable Thanksgiving Basket of Assorted Fruits SPECIAL DESSERT Tea or Coffee OPEN AT 3:00 P.M. -For Reservations Phone NO. 4-2513 rome D. Fenton, the Pentagon's specialist on personnel security, for questioning today. Fenton handles the security program for civilian employees in the de fense establishment and the in dustrial security program at de fense plants. The new Army regulations state they are designed to pre clude two types of information from being filed in an Individ ual's record: ' 1. "Unsupported or unacted upon adverse matter, other than counter intelligence information, which will prejudice the indi vidual's reputation or future in the military service." z. Allegations which have been satisfactorily rebutted and or have not resulted in elimina tion or disciplinary action." Opportunity To Reply The regulations state flatly that "no anonymous communica tion will be made a parf 6f the individual's record." To give an individual an op portunity to rebut allegations, the regulations provide that "no adverse matter . . . will be made a part of an individual's record without his knowledge and an. opportunity being afforded him either to make a written state ment in reply to the adverse in formation ... or to decline, in. writing, to make such a state ment." $atA Wort U VMM on BUY THE NEW G E AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC Water Heater Wash a Load of Clothes. 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