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o Vinson Iniroduces Measure To Force Competitive Bids Vshington U.R) Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) introduced legis lation yesterday to curb what he termed the administration's "shocking" practice of letting de fense contracts without competi tive bids. Vinson, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said the Pentagon has wasted billions of dollars by using secret, nego tiated contracts. Under present law, competi tive bidding on government con tracts may be waived in 17 in stances, including a national emergency declared by the Pres ident. Vinson' bill would per mit the Pentagon to avoid com petitive bids during a national emergency declared only by Con gress. His bill would, however continue the other exception?. Basis for Skip Vinson'said the administration mostly has been using former President Truman's 1950 nation al emergency proclamation as its basis for skipping competitive bids. He said his bill was aimed at Vinltinff thic v He said the Armed Services Committee will start hearings on his bill next Tuesday. a a i r : T. h Subcommittee, under vin- 1 1 .-..'11 Unnin ViaMntfC suns urucl a, win v:g,ui "tui "'faj this month in an effort torlearn whether aircraft manufacturers are reaping excessive profits un der the administration's procure ment policies. As We Live By ELIZABETH HU.1LOCK. PH.D. Young Husband Should Welcome In-Law Help When a man loves his wife, he is willing to do anything he can to make her happy. (Q) "I am 20, my wife is 18, and we have a ihree-month-old baby. For about two months, my mother-in-law hat been mierier- ing in our busi ness and now 1 my wife has 4 taken the baby . i ana nas gona to live with her mother, Her mother lives in an other state and my wife insists Dr. Huriock that I come there so she can be near her mother. "I asked my wife if she loved me and she said she did but she won't come back lo live here. I love my wife and baby very much and I don't want to be away from them but if I go there her mother will be inter fering in our affairs. So what shall I do?" R.B. (A) As you are still very young, you are doubtless not well enough established in any job that you could not get an equally good job in the commun ity where your wife lives, if your in-laws are willing to to help you locate a job. Give this a try and see how it works out. Your wife is still a child her self and doubtless feels incapable of managing a home and taking care of a baby without the . help and advice of her mother. Your mother-in-law can be a great help to your wife and you if you are willing to let her help without resenting what you con sider to bher "interference in your affairs. Tako Firm Stand You can see that she does not try to run your lives by tak ing a firm stand in matters that affect you and your wife. How ever, you ase expecting too much of an 18-year-old girl when you expect her to play the role of a grown woman, assuming the duties and responsibilities of a wife and mother. Living close enough to your mother-in-law that she can help your wife to learn to play this adult role may solve many of the problems that are sure to arise as your baby becomes old er and makes more demands on you and your wife. Then you should be, glad to have the help and advice of an older and more experienced woman who can help you solve these problems before they become so serious that they lead you to the divorce courts. (Copyright 1956, General Features Corp.) OUT ON A LIMB Fireman John Von Bergen, trapped in tree (top) in front of his Chicago home, is helped down a ladder by a rescue team of fellow firemen. Von Bergen was sawing a limb from the tree which fell and broke his ladder leaving him stranded. The first fireman, Frank O'Shea, trying to rescue him fell and broke his arm and wrist when his ladder gave way under his weight On The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Future Syndicate, Inc.) My heart is a lute, whereon you have learned to play! For many - years it was mute. Until one summer's day You took it, and touched it, and made it thrill. And it thrills and throhi, and quivers still. Anne Barnard. ' Michigan estimates that vaca tioning tourists to this state spend an average of about $400 per family unit. What are the dangerous years of marriage? That is, in what period of a marriage is serious domestic dissension most likely to occur? Research indicates it is the period between the eighth and 15th years. It is dur ing that period that nearly 50 per cent of divorces and separ ations take place. A wide var iety of reasons have been ad vanced for this situation. The major cause seems to be that after eight years of marriage, husbands grow restless, long for more liberty and are harder to hold. For the wives, after eight years, boredom begins to set in. Asking ' Queries fronj clients. - Q. Who introduced the song pitied "Cud dle Up a Little Closer," Baby Mine" and when? A. Bessie McCoy, in the musical "The Three Twins" in 1909. The song was written by Karl Hoschna and Otto Harbach. Q. What is the correct pronunciation of the name of the thoroughbred sire, Alibhai? A. "Alley-baa-he." Get It Right Note "that remarkable basket ball aggregation, the Harlem Globetrotters, referred to as "a product of the Harlem section of New York." The Harlem Globe trotters did not originate in Har lem. The team was originally organized in Chicago by its pres ent owner, Abe Saperstein. Passing By Maggi McNellis. Elegantly attired airwave -queen. She is said to have the ideal figure for the wearing of fashionable at tire and being chosen for inclu sion in "best dressed women" lists. Maggi's measurements are: Height, five feet seven and three-quarters inches. Weight, 120 pounds. Bust 35; waist, 24; hips 35. , Asides Augustus II, Elector of Sax ony in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, was the father of 365 children. Augus tus attributed his health and strength to the drinking of To kay wine ... A pipe smoker challenges me to name a great singer who was a cigar smoker. John McCormack was a cigar smoker. Please Note Am asked if many successful women have been named Hazel. Offhand I can only think of Hazel Dawn. Discussing this name brings to mind the case of the young Irish couple, who, returning from the christening of their first child, met an old friend who asked, "Well, what did you name the little darling!" The mother answered, "Hazel." "'Hazel." The friend said, "Glory be, there's 13 saints in the calendar and you have to go and name your daughter aft er a nut." Dangerous Curves ' What highway in this country has the most dangerous curves? Toughest highway in that re spect I ever drove was Califor nia's Redwood Highway.- It is said the world's most dangerous highway is one near Caracas, Venezuela. This highway rises 3,000 feet in seven miles and has over 300 dangerous curves. Briefly "Registered nurses are usual ly lovely girls and some are good looking," writes a San Francisco bachelor, " but you can be certain practically every nurse you meet is in love with some doctor." ... How close do you sit to your television set? If you want to protect your eyesight, according to one spe cialist on the subject, sit a dis tance that is ten times the dia meter of your television screen. Big Truck Runs Wild; Three Persons Killed Castaic, Calif. (U.R) Offi cers said today it was a miracle that not more than three per sons were killed when a huge truck-trailer streaked out of con trol down a grade in heavy holi day traffic and smashed into three cars. The .truck, loaded with an es timated 72,000 pounds of lumber and with its air brakes gone, dodged most of the traffic while bolting down a five-mile grade on the Ridge Route Monday with its horn blasting. But event ually, it slammed into the cars. One of the cars caught fire and burned. The dead were identified as Leonard Leroy Slee, 47, of SyL mar, Calif.; Charles Lawrence Hoffman, 43, of Glendale, Calif.; and William John Thomas, 40, of Los Angeles. California Highway Patrol of ficers said the truck possibly hit 100 miles an hour down the U. S. Highway 99 grade. When it plowed into the cars, the ' cab tore away from the truck's trailer and raced another four miles downhill before rolling to a stop. Lumber was strewn along the highway. About 108 miles of cable must be laid for every 100 miles of actual distance for under the ocean service to provid. for the necessary slack. ' PARSONS choice USED CARS . LISTEN! 1955 FORD V-8 RANCH WAGON HARD TO TELL FROM NEW 1ST CHOICE GUARANTEED TU-TONE GREEN PARSONS M TORS DODGE - PLYMOUTH HEADQUARTERS 817 North Riverside Ave. Phone 3-4421 Two Girls Perish In Lane County Fire Eugene U.R) Two small girls burned to dath Monday night in the flames of a cabin on Deadwood mountain near the Lane-Lincoln county line. Rosa Elaine Martin, 2, and Stella Mae Martin, 4, daughters of Robert Milo Martin, 30, were in bed when the flames con sumed the small remote cabin. Martin told the Lane county sheriff's office that he had just put the two girls to bed and gone to the neighbors to give them money to buy groceries for him and his family. He said he had been gone about one-half hour and when he returned he found the cabin in flames. He said he and neighbors smashed open a window but the heat was so in tense they "were unable to rescue the children. The children's mother is sepa rated from their father and now lives in Texas. Man Sorts Milk Bottles; Prefers Cardboard Type Springfield, Mass. (U.R) Milk bottle sorter that's Leo LaMountain's unusual job. He operates an exchange where dairies bring in bottles from various other dairies that they have collected on their routes. LaMoutain sorts them and returns them to their pro per dairies. He now handles about 2,000 milk bottles a week. And he's thankful for the popularity of the cardboard container, because he once had to handle about 15,000 glass bottles per month. 4-H Club News Antelope Livestock Club The Antelope 4-H Livestock club met Dec: 15 at the Ante lope school house. After the business meeting Doreen Boh nert gave an interesting report on her trip to the 4-H Congress in Chicago. New members were added to the club and individual livestock clubs elected officers. The . Beef club officers are President Don Bradshaw, Vice President Ann Higday, Secre tary Diana. Gardener and Song Leader Ricky Anderson. Officers of the Dairy club are President Linda Malloroy, Vice-Prersident Ronnie Anderson, Secretary Alice Woolfolk, and Song Lead er Raymond Bitterling. The Pig club officers are President Billy Hubbard, Vice-President Fred Jossy, and Secretary Sharon Coffman. Mrs. Edith Bohnert led the group in singing Christmas car ols. Exchange gifts were passed out and refreshments served. The next meeting will be held on Jan. 19 at the Antelope school house. Jo Anna Malloroy, Reporter. India has an estimated 1,000, 000 cases of leprosy. Wednesday, January 4, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBTJIW VfBBS PROTECTING MASTER, Trixie warns photographer he's being watched as Clyde Frasier of flood-ravaged Yuba City, Cal., eats in Red Cross shelter at Colusa. Frasier is typical of thousands made homeless by record floods. (International) ' Franklin Appointed Head of Local Firm Dave M. Franklin has been appointed general manager of Commercial Transfer and Stor age company, 340 North Fir st., it was announced yesterday. The transfer company moved Tuesday from old offices at 320 North Fir. It is now also the southern Oregon agent for the Aero Mayflower Transit com pany. ! Franklin, who has applied for purchase of the company pend ing public utilities commission approval, is from Coos Bay where he was owner-manager of Coast Freight lines. Previously he owned Isham's Transfer, Grants Pass. He has been in the transportation business for 20 years. Present owner and former manager of Commercial Trans fer and' Storage company is Owen Walker. The homicide rate in the U.S. is twice that of Canada and Aus tralia, three times that of Scot land and about six times the rate found in England in mod ern times. . For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads Just Call 2-6141 Clubwomen Claim Comic Curb Credit Washington (U.R) The Gen eral Federation of . Women's Clubs claims "much of the cred it" for-cutting the sale of crime comic books in half. Results of a campaign that be gan in September, 1954, "to get objectionable comic books off the newsstands" were published in the current issue of the Club woman, the federation's maga zine. The federation cited published reports that comic books sales have been cut from 80,000,000 to 40,000,000 to back their claim. The report said 26 states now either have passed laws control ing distribution of crime, sex and horror comics or have com missions to study the situation. One-half of the world's people eat rice every day. Buy At Builders Supply r QUALITY . BLOCKS Bricks, Fines Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 SIEGLER USES HEAT THAT'S n OVER YOUR FLOORS! 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