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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, December SO. 1955 A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Prn fwhm Wrir Washington (U.R) Civilians often don't fuss about little legal technicalities until it's too late. But mem bers of the armed forces get profession al advice for free before something aw ful happens.' Particularly in the Army, ac cording to the Pentagon. The advice is pro- vided bv me ovinoa flicnou - Army legal assistance office found in almost every post, camp or station here and abroad. Other branches of the armed forces provide similar help. Some personnel want to know about divorces. Others about will. Some ask questions about power of attorney for wife, hus band or parent. When a divorce is mentioned, the soldier is advised if there are any legal grounds for such action. The legal department talks over questions relative to the support of children. Learn the Hard Way Some of the personnel learn the answer the hard way. There was in the following case, of course, no question of support of kids. This WAC ran into the legal assistance office, yelling for help." What she wanted, she said, was a quick divorce. "When were you married?" the lawyer asked. "Saturday," she said. "What Saturday?" - "Last Saturday." That was just three days be fore. She was told, in a daddy sort of way by the legal depart ment, that she would have to look around or give out with ome pertinent details. But while she was sitting there, wiping away at her tears, she was told that maybe she should give her marriage more than a three-day trial. Improves Morale The Army legal assistance program started in 1943 in the interest of soldier morale. It's a pretty important thing now. The thought behind the business was that a soldier who has legal problems is a worried soldier. And a worried fighter doesn't have his mind on lugging a mus ket and pn the enemy in war time or playing footie in a cold 2 Firms Announce Free Replacements Two applaince firms have an nounced free replacement of parts damaged by flood waters. Hotpoint company officials aid free replacement parts will be furnished for Hotpoint appli ances damaged by flood or land slide. Service dealers are co operating by making installation and repair labor available at re duced rates, according to How ard Colburn, branch manager of Graybar Electric company, dis tributors of Hotpoint appliances. City Appliance, Inc., Medford and Ashland, is the Hotpoint dealer in this area and will serve Southern Oregon and Northern California homes where appliances have been damaged. The offer ends Jan. 31. Westinghouse Electric also an nounced established reoperation centers, including one at Med ford for Southern Oregon lam ilies having Westinghouse ap pliances. Company officials said deal ers will be supplied with free parts for major appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, ranges and laundry equipment which flood conditions have made in operative. 'The company also au thorized dealers to offer replace ments at a low cost, including installation, delivery and service if appliances can not be restored to service. For smaller appliances, such as irons and vacuum cleaners, the company has authorized dealers to reoperate them with out cost. The Westinghouse dealer in Medford is Trowbridge and Flynn Electric company, 214 West Main st. war. The association apparently is doing all right. Last figures are .for the first six months of 1955 when legal assistance officers made a total of 153,459 contacts with servicemen. Col. Charles M. Munnecke of Linstrom, Minn., boss man of the division, says: "We feel we have a very ben eficial service for the service men in connection with their personal legal affairs. The vol ume of wills and powers of at torney is more current in a soldier's personal legal affairs than the average citizen." The legal office in most camps is a beehive rlong about April 15, when the federal income tax man is breathing hard on every body's neck. Lumber Inspecting Firm Changes Name Portland (U.R) The west coast's principal lumber inspec ting and grading agency today announced that it had rechrist ened itself, effective Jan. 1. Instead of the West Coast Bur eau of Lumber Grades and In spection, the agency said it would be known as the West Coas- Lumber Inspection Bur eau. Headquarters for the organi zation is in Portland, with branches in Seattle, Eugene, Medford. Los Angeles, Washing ton, D. C, and New York. New York (U.R) Charles E. Campbell, 61, former secretary of the United Press, died yesterday. Additional Surplus Butter tor Export Washington (U.R) The gov ernment has thrown another 10,000.000 pounds of its rapidly dwindling supply of surplus but ter on the export market. It is the second 10,000,000 pound batch of - surplus butter offered for commercial export this year. The Agriculture De partment said yesterday com petitive bids for the new batch will be accepted immediately. Butter was one of the adminis tration's biggest farm headaches last year when Agriculture Sec retary Ezra T. Benson was buy ing millions of pounds a day under tha price support pro gram. But officials said the surpluses have dwindled from a high of 461,000,000 pounds in mid-summer of 1954 to 50,628,000 pounds. The government actu ally has 211,000,000 pounds on Triplet Sons Of Jim Rolls' Celebrate First Birthday Robert Jonathan, James Thomas and William David Rolls, triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs.' James Rolls of 512 Summit ave., celebrated their first birthday yesterday. Each, had his own angelfood cake with ice cream, and each, according to Mrs. Rolls, had ice cream and cake all over the kitchen. The three, now weighing over 20 pounds each, gave Mr. and Mrs. Rolls and their grandmoth er, Mrs. Walter R. Siders, a full year of laundry and feeding chores, but "Its been worth every second," Mrs. Rolls said. Greatest Problem Hot water not enough to keep up the baths and laundry has been the .biggest problem, their hand, but most of it is committed to various relief and sale programs. mother said, and housework took a back seat to keeping the trio clothed and fed. None are alike, Mrs. Rolls said. Bobby, a golden blond with a pink and white complexion, is the shy, cherubic type while James (Buddy) is slender and taller, darker coloring and the extrovert clown. Billy, who has medium coloring, is built like a "football tackle" and shows the most determination, she added. All are walking, although Bobby and Buddy must hold onto furniture for support. The biggest joy is "just watch ing," Mrs. Rolls said. "They have their own private jokes, and have a 'herd instinct' of staying together on the floor." Mrs. Rolls hopes laundry and feeding problems will slow down long enough next year so she can play with the children. New Postal Building Planned at Hermiston Hermiston (U,R) A new post office building to be leased to the government here will be built by Columbia Builders Sup ply Co. of Hermiston, the firm said today. The post office department accepted 'the firm's bid for the construction work which is due for completion June 30, 1956. The government will lease the new building for 15 years with two five-year options Galveston, Tex. (U.R) Dr. H. W. Paley has confirmed that Babe Didrikson Zaharias, famous womfen athlete, who already has cancer, also is suffering from pneumonia, but that her condi tion "is not serious as of this moment." Algciras, Colombia (U.R5 An estimated 30 persons were drowned in this southeast! 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