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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. '
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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. .
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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.
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