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- ' cs a o o O G 0 o IGH(g-MSDFORD (ORECO) "MAIL TRIBUNE Thaniay, Cecembat 29, 13SS A Ncho Worj of . i Edforent On This and That U V HAIMAM W a.ington (U.R) What's i.ew in Washington: Most people coming out of the W h i t .e o Houie over the week-end Q were loaded a with a 1 f t s. ICMOLS J - U la Many of the packages sent in were ad dressed merely to the big es tate on Penn sylvania a v e. After the pres- eras were ex amJ) (ff. geiis arid bombs, thev igpi distributed ramong the Wie (House sCf. -9 - (Across the street at 'Blair House sat poc Victoria Ceany, ti(iflVply h&tess,ho probabiy u(S5ows mo. ofthe high and migl in e wbrld than any woma,r) alive. Mrs. Geaney was u all alone, e;.pt for hi two ca naries, ''Golden Boy" gn 'Yel low J3oy' and her parakeet, "Bl, Bojr." (She prepared and aJe her Gferistlhas dinner alone. MBi-etty fife meal, o, even if the lady guardian Biair House giad to stir (it) up herself. G'l was "ftj-eick and tired of turkey," she o s. capon "thfi I deel .(fid) tS) have party at the Yuletide. But this year they forgot about the suds and ISid something pretty nice. They put their beer money into th purchase of Christmas bas sets for the needy. The parcels Were peddled around by the youngsters Cbf the 435-man unit. This might be an idea there for other groups. Salesgirls in a lot of depart ment stores were a little upset because diplomats in their shop ping complained bout local sales faxes. That calls for a lot of paper work. So a lot of the girls solved all that by dipping ir.to their own pockets to chip in the pennies themseves. Mist Store Owner Killed in Accident Clatskanie (UP.; Robert Jamc Wiester, 46, was killed early Tuesday when his car plunged over an embankment two miles east of here. Wiester's wife, Julia, was rush ed to a Longview, Wash., hos pital where she was reported in critical condition. The two were returning from Everett. Wash., where they had spent the holi days with Wister"s mother. The victim was owner of the general store at Mist, Ore. ickin' Pears New and Notes From Camp Whit ! trimmed basket cf fruit for each one and also handed out bags of candy for delivery from the Salvation Armv. Algiers, Algeria (U.R) The death toll in five days of terror ist activities and French coun teractions in Algeria reached 159 today. By BIU. HURN The Saturday night observ ance of Christmas Eve for gifts to Camp White members was ar ranged by F. J. Glonning, chief of special services. With a group representing 24 organizations participating, individual repre sentatives were given . various ward assignments at an indoc trination meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Glonning introduced Man ager E. K. Ricker who expressed thanks' and appreciation of him self and the VA staff for efforts toward making Christmas a pleasant one for members. Accompanying carts of wrapped and tagged packages were group of the Accordianas from the Eve Prentice studio of Medford. Considering weather and trav el hazards, some 60 people gave up Christmas Eve plans on be half of the Camp White men. Groups from the Legion, DAV, VFW and their auxiliaries and respective district and state of fices and posts of Medford, Ash land, Grants Pass and Klamath Falls; Cooties and Lady Bugs, Trench Rats, Spanish American War veterans, Red Cross, Elks, Gold Star, Navy, and, Blue Star Mothers were represented. Christmas day the VFW and auxiliary visited each ward with piano In reviewing credits, mention should be made of a display in the decoration of the Chapel by the Medford Garden club under the direction of Mrs. A. O. Floyd, district director for Ore gon. Mike Tanzell, a member who has been in charge of visitors reception rooms for the past five years, had decorated rooms set aside for those visiting home members. Sunday evening vespers were held in the theater by Chaplain Feller with scripture readings by Mrs. Feller, seven canticles by Miss Marilyn Feller accom panied by Mrs. Glonning at the Jsf Ceil 2141 Use Tribute Wtrftl &) (J2Y EAGLE sighted ew xorit wfj a group of bird watchers Tuesday chalked up a rarity for these parts a bald eagle, and a lazy one at that. The bird watchers saw the eagle riding o)an ice floe in the Hudson river. ? Wednesday evening the Bed ford chapter of American Red Croes will f-.aye grogram for Camp 'White mmbKf) c' Sen. Estes Kefauver, the gen tleman from Tennessee who has an eye on the White House, ran afoul of the language barrier when he was in Sweden. The pa pers over there called his fancy bonnet with the tail behind a "washing bear cap." Turns out' that was pretty: close to right, j The translation means "rac coon," almost. ! She ba3c)ti(b)irI witS) one tclligtnt people hand and did a little dusting I bscfc in the bus?" withki)ie(e)thbr. The next import ers guest wii; oe bir Atwneny CRniriKSSSielih (Infantry O ($er; unit) hei as (St (Beef Russian Braves Cold Freedom Flight Oslo, Norway (U.R) A young Russian soldier braved sub-zero Christmas temperatures and made an Arctic Circle flight to freedom, Norwegian sources disr closed today. 0 Name and rank of the Russian werdEhot disclosed by police who took him into custody at Kir kenes in Northern Norway, but , fiSormed sources said he was Either an officer or a non-com. The sources Said he was in civilian clothes when found by a police patrol and had spent two nights in the country in tem peratures ranging around 22 de grees below zero. Norwegian sources said the Russian has asked political asy lum and will be held depending a decision by the justice ministry on whether to grant asylum. Bill Gold of the Washington Post swears the following was cvefheard cn a crowded Wash ington bus. Seems that the driver was irritated and yelled ut: '"Will some of you more in please move There wasn't a dummy aboard. The American Legion, at its ; convention in Los Angeles next year, will hold its parade off ; the sffree? for the first time. It 1 will be held in . the Coiliseum and IlO.OOa will be able to see ! S. it. wiVti last from six to eieht i tzr w o i hours and will open the big hoe down instead of closing , as in th9 past. l o TOP QUALITY COURTEOUS SERVICE A MUST AT THE QUALITY - Plus An Absolute Guarantee With Every Purchase VERY ill km Pfope Willing To Ad Tfe fMoral Mediator' o Vatican City (U.R) Vatican sources said yesterday Pope Pius XII is willing to serve as a "moral mediator" between East and West jg) hopes' of preventing an atomic war. . These sources said the Pope Qvill make0 no formal offer of his serQces, but that he is ready Hg)do what he can to solve out standing difffences in atomic control if he is asked to do so by leaders of the Western and (Sommunist rlds. The sources emphasize) also tat y help ora She pontiff dwyld be puiy $r$, in'hii role as a soiriti! authority. They safiT) he could hazily b expected to take Dart in talks "on political or technical level. Pendleton (U.R George Ma son, 67, Pendleton city council man since 1950, died Tuesday after apparently suffem) a heart attack while on a drive with his wife. vHe was geflgral ianager of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association at Pendleton. ' . ew Delhi, India (U.R) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru plans to visit West Germany ,-riext June. TYPICAL REFUGEE Shock and fatigue mirrored on the face of this woman flood eva cuee at Eureka, Calif, is typi fid of the tdns of thousands who had to flee their homes as wees'long storms battered California, Nevada and Oregon. MEDFORD'S FINEST PRODUC A DfiimvRists Shetl Isbntf of.Queinoy Xaipeh, Formosa (U.R) dbm- hnuniss) shore batteries fired 501 shells at the Nationalist on shore "island ef Quemoy in " a lengthy artillery, duel yester day, the Nationalist Defense Min istry announced. A communique said Commu nist big guns on AmiSy and Ta teng islanSs opened fire and were silenced by a Nationalist counter-barrage after two hour nd 15-minute duel. Arnoy is about four miles west of Quemoy and Taen$ Island is five miles north of Quemoy. . Thirty eight civilian houses were destroyed and three civil ians were wounded by the Red guns, the communique said. 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