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o EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Chicago President Eisenhower's message to the Republican National committee meeting to draft plans for the 1956 GOP nomi nating convention: "I shall do everything in my power next year to help you re port the record accurately and fully tt the country." Tokyo Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemiisu in a policy statement at the opening session of the Diet: "Let me say that Japan has maintained and will continue to maintain close contact with jhe United States and will cooperate n all problems of mutual concern." Buenos Aires Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz on his return to Ar gentina tootake back his confiscated newspaper La Prensa: "I am returning to this country to meet my friends, relatives and countrymen after an exile of four years brought on by the terrible dictatorship of ex-President Juan D. Peron." Los Angeles Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D.-Tex.) in a plea to both parties to be "big enough" to maintain a bipartisan foreign policy: "I have faith in the ability of America to maintain a common front against danger. There will be strains and stresses that im peril our unity. But the people have wisdom and the people have strength and together we -will remain united in our determination to preserve our freedoms." St. Louis T. Lamar Caudle, head of the Justice department tax division until he was fired in 1951 after his indictment Thurs day on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government: .?.. "Why -am I used as a scapegoat and offerd to public sacrifice? I've done nothing wrong. I've done only good." Jackson. Miss. Sen. James O. Eastland (D.-Miss.) on urging the South to take the offensive to maintain racial segregation: "We in the South cannot stay longer on the defensive. We must take the offensive. We must carry the message to every section of he United States." Friday. December 2, 1955 A Nich0J5 VVorffl of . . . Comment On This and That 5-Year Probation On Kidnap Attempt Portland (U.R) Jesse W. Moore, 64-year-old Portland ma chinist who attempted to stage a kidnaping for ransom to fi nance his marriage, yesterday was placed on five year proba tion by Circuit Judge William 3VI. Dickson. Moore has been held in jail for about five months since his arrest for the attempted kidnap ing June 6 of one of the six-year-old twin sons of Mrs. Lillian Weinstein. He pleaded guilty. Mrs. Weinstein and her hus band, Jack, pleaded with the court to impose a prison sen tence. They said their 10-year-old daughter was still suffering from shock of the kidnap at tempt when Mrs. Weinstein fought with the intruder in her sons' bedroom and a neighbor fired a shot at Moore as he fled. The judge warned Moore to stay away from the woman he had intended to wed with the ransom money. BURNS TO DEATH Astoria U.R) Victor W. Piekkola, 51, of Westport, burn ed to death early yesterday when fire destroyed his small bunga low. Neighbors said the small dwelling burned so fast they were unable to do anything. So smooth it leaves you breathless mirnoff tte preeciest -name . -VODKA BO proof. Made from 1 00 grain neutral spirits. Ste. Pierre Smirnoff Fls. Inc.. Hartford. Conn. faMMifrrt'flt'iriifctwvrtt-Wira.- Elderly Woman Missing Near Bandon Bandon (U.R) Search parties today hunted an elderly woman missing in dense brush south of here since last Sunday evening. Bandon police identified the woman as Mrs. Lily Downey, 74. She was believed to be from "somewhere in the East," and had come to Oregon to visit relatives. Police said the woman got off a bus from Portland Sunday, and started out to walk to the home of a relative who lived south of town. She was last seen walking along Bill's Creek road. While the ground party was being formed, a Coos County Aero Squadron? plane took off from the- field at North Bend, and planned to circle the area "as long as weather permits." SOME HANDLE! Manchester, N.H. (U.R) When George Leo Albert Thomas Yvon Adams gets big enough to play cops and robbers, there's no doubt about which side he'll be on." The baby was named after four policemen who assisted at his unexpected birth. The fifth name comes from a grandfather. ' Prompt Vaccine Use Urged in Malheur . Nyssa (U.RXU.R) Oregon . state health officials today recom mended the prompt use of Salk vaccine to extend polio immun ity of Malheur county residents. Dr. Grant B. Hughes, county health officer, said protection against paralytic polio provided area residents by emergency gamma globulin shots during the recent polio epidemic would end in a few days. Dr. Hughes urged local resi dents to contact physicians to arrange for Salk vaccine, and recommended that all children up to 15 years, and all pregnant women, participate. More than 40 persons, most of them in the- Nyssa area, were stricken with polio before the emergency gamma globulin clin ic finally halted the disease. By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Prwt Fohir Wrir Harman Nicbol Washington (U.R) This is a piece about a man who was nick named the "Red Fox of Kinder- h o o k," t h e "Am e r i c a n Talle y r a n d" and the "Lit tle Magician." It's a good quiz question. Who was he? ' Well, he was the eighth President o f the United States (1837- 1841). And Monday next, Dec. 5, is the 1 am anniversary oi nis birth. He was born in Kinder hook, N.-Y., in 1872. His name Martin Van Buren. Historians describe "Little Van" as small, dapper and ele gant in his manner and dress. He was picked by his predecessor, Andrew Jackson. And they were opposites. Jackson was the fly-off-the-handle type. Van Buren was mild of manner, a fancy-dan when it came to clothes and our first leader who was not bom a British subject. A Description The research team of John and Alice Durant in their Pictorial History of American Presidents picked up an item which de scribed the "Red Fox" as he looked in 1828 while down on the kneeling stone at church one Sunday: "He wore an elegant snuff-colored coat with a velvet collar; his cravat was orange with modest lace tips; his vest was of a pearl hue; his trousers were of white duck; his long furred hat with a broad brim was of a Quaker color." When the eighth President was aboard, Washington had grown up a little from the muddy streets of its early days. It had a population of 40,000, but pigs and chickens still roamed the streets without challenge. The area was swampy and cursed with malaria. Sewers were open. Slaves still could be bought on the auction block. Charles Dickens at the time was moved to write that the na tion's capital was pretty much of a mess. "Avenues began at noth ing, and led nowhere," he said. Southern Belle When Van Buren came to Washington he already had been a widower for 18 years. He moved into the White House in 1837 with his four sons. Soon, his son Maj. Abraham Van Bu ren, a West Point graduate, walked down the middle aisle with a cute little Southern .doll named Angelica Singleton. She probably was, the Durants say, "the most beautiful hostess the White House ever has known." But the mistress of the big house on Pennsylvania ave. didn't make much of a hit "with the triple-petticoated old ladies around town. She and Abraham had a honeymoon in Europe and when the couple returned, the whisper among the local 400 was that Angelica wore airs. Worse than that, the young lady always wore three plumes in her locks and when guests came she poked out a dainty hand while sitting in an armchair on a platform. Goodness! And even more shocking, per haps, she was the first White House hostess to sport a hooped skirt. Into Local Jaycees Eight members were initiated into the Medford Junior Cham ber of Commerce this week at the Jackson hotel. C. G. Ex strom, national director from Ashland, conducted ceremonies with Don Hagedorn, district six vice-president from Roseburg, and J. D. Pierce of Medford as sisting. ; New members are John Gus tafson, Leonard Howe, Glen Jen nings, Gene Piazza, Morris Van derwilt, Neal Wadley, Art Bos tock and Ray Bostwick. Hagedorn talked on work of the state Jaycee organization and Exstrom reported on national Jaycee projects and the nation al convention in Atlanta, Ga., Also attending the meeting was Robert Dye, president of the Ashland Jaycees. A film of the Oregon State California football game will be shown at the next meeting of the Jaycees. N. Y.-Pverto Rico Waqe Equality Suggested ban Juan, Puerto kico iu.kj -Gov. Averell Harriman of New York has suggested an 'equitable relationship" be estab lished between the wages of workers here and in New York state, a visiting congressman re ported Thursday. Rep. Herbert Zelenko (D N.Y.), amember of a House committee which will hold hear ings here on Puerto Rican mini mum wages, put a letter from Harriman into the record. Harriman said that his state's economy is not greatly affected by competition with Puerto Rico but there are a few industries in New York in which "the lower wages in Puerto Rico may have some unfavorable effects." New Britain, Conn. (U.R) Mrs. Omer Guilmette complain ed to police that someone drove an automobile into her 400 pound deer and broke it in sev eral pieces. The deer was a metal statue on her lawn. Oregonians Will Share Insurance Dividends K About 5,000 Oregon poldy holders in the Phoenix' Mutual Life Insurance company of Hart ford, Conn., will share the 1956 dividend increase, which amounts to about $500,000, Wil liam Salade, local representative, has announced. The new dividend scale will, reduce family and business pro-' tection costs, Salade said. goee HOT AND COLD Winneconne, Wis. (U.R) The mercury was hovering at 99 but a water pipe froze in a restau rant here. Mrs. Juanite Kleiber, operator of the restaurant, said a coil used to keep carbonated water chilled froze a near-by tap water pipe so solidly that hot cloths had to be applied to thaw it out. Use Tribune Want Ads Abnormal Weather Noted at Portland Portland (U.R) A list of new records were set in Portland by abnormal weather conditions last month. The weather bureau said the Nov. 15 low of 13 degrees at the airport was the lowest tempera ture recorded that early in the fall. It was the second lowest reading in November in the 84-year-old operation of the weather office. Another ' mark tied during November was recording of six straight days of sub-freezing tem peratures. The November snowfall of 6.4 inches was the greatest for No vember since 1875, and the third greatest on record. And the 8.87 inches of precipitation during November brought the 1955 total to 33.55 inches, which is .74 in ches above normal. NEW LOCATION! APPLIANCE STORE e Moving to 225 East 6th Street formerly Grain & Mohr Hardware SATURDAY, DEC. 3 Serving you with the world's Finest in Home Conveniences: Admiral Appliances, Amana Freezers, Speed Queen Washers and Dryers. PHONE 3-5433 Court Records POLICE COURT Edward Lee Howell, failure to stop at a red light. So. Robert Merrei Carr, excessive noise (tires). S10. DISTRICT COURT Kenneth H. Patterson, no signal de vice, S10 bail forfeited. Jack N. Wooldridge, failure to stop at stop sign, $25 bail forfeited. George A. Graves, no tail light, $6. Jack B. Patterson, overload. $10. CIRCUIT COURT Louise Hale vs. Jay Hale, complaint for annulment. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Carl B. Johnson. 55, and Eunice K. Johnson. 43, both Roseburg. One-sixth of all patents grant ed by the U. S. Patent Office have been for automotive inventions. S ' JFEW PENNIES! fc- Reddy really comes to the rescue on washday... i 2 especially in cold, raw, winter weather. That's 0 S 7rr'r'-fcS why housewives, everywhere, are hiring Reddy fTTym to wash . . . and DRY the clothes. With an Electric V- iZx. Clothes Dryer and Reddy on the job, drying is -s-S2p eosy, safe, quick! Best of all, clothes are dried jffjfV""" ""z" softer, fluffier, whiter . . . and you never have to jff Vf--r worry about changes in the weafher, air-borne JF illV?! v "rt' an ray onimals that might ruin a wash. f VS''1 v Ye . . . when it comes to drying clothes, Reddy .HjgPPlf Kilowatt is really a wife saver I G i&f&S . 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(8-ft. box available at low extra cost.) o ' you flu r your money Most Safety Features with safety design found in no other truck. Only in a '56 Ford will you find such safety features as the new Lifeguard steering wheel that helps "protect driver from steering post in case of an accident; and Lifeguard door latches that help keep doors from jarring open in the event of collision. Also biggest brakes in the J-ton field. Safer tubeless tires are now standard on all Ford Trucks, at no extra cost. See your Ford Dealer for a "prove-it-yourself ride" today. T. MAIN & FIR STREETS PHONE 3-4547. Make EVERY day SAFE DRIVING DAY
