LEAVING prison after 32
years, Floyd Hall, 51, noto
rious gunman and killer of
two in Twenties, pledges he'll
"go Straight" (International)
Genera! Motors
Lists Record Pay
Detroit, Mich. KU.R) General
Motors reported today workers
in its United States plants re
ceived an all-time record week
ly pay averaging $102.41 during
, 1955.
"General Motors people had a
good year in 1955," Harlow H.
Curtice, company president, and
Alfred P. Sloan, chairman of the
board, reported in a special
statement made in advance of
the company's annual report.
The pay of the workers was
up an average of nearly $11 a
week from 1954, when the
weekly average pay was $91.44
The number of workers draw
ing the pay checks also was up
sharply. In 1954 hourly-rate em
ployment averaged 367,462 in
United States plants. In 1955
hourly-rate employment was
up to 410,022.
Workers in the car, truck,
body and assembly divisions did
even better than the average for
all General Motors ' workers
They drew weekly pay checks
averaging $104.77. In 1954 their
checks had averaged $95.34.
Total employment in all GM
plants throughout the world
was 624,011 salaried and hourly-rate
workers, who earned $3,'
127.145,514, the report said.
India To Ask Antarctic
To Be UN Trust Territory
New Delhi, India (U.R) India
will ask the next General As-
sembly of the United Nations
to proclaim the entire Antarctic
area as a U.N. trust territory,
government officials said today.
Indian delegates to the United
Nations said overlapping terri
torial claims in the Antarctic
could "open up a new cold war
arena."
Is That So?
Welcome quizzees! Collect a
score of 95 on this Natural His
tory roundup of foregoing col
umns and you rate the degree,
Park Naturalist; 85 qualifies you
as a Ranger Naturalist; 75 as a
Ranger! below that, 65 makes
you a Woodsman, 50 a Dude
Wrangler; and 35, a lowly Drug
store Cowpoke. Answers with
their values follow questions.
Leave us essay it! (Five each; 50
points.)
I. As long as you live and
breathe, people will bombard
you with astonishing facts. By
nature you should believe some,
disbelieve others. What about
the following ten? Which are
false?
1. The smallest new-born
mammal in the world is the
young of the opossum.
2. The ' male gaff-topsail cat
fish incubates the female's eggs
1-20-56
in his mouth; and in doing so,
may abstain from food for 80
days.
3. To serve as ballast, a sea
lion has been known to carry a
six-pound load of rocks, many
as large as hen's eggs) in his
stomach.
4. A single cornstalk during
one growing season . has been
known to give off a quarter ton
of moisture.
5. There is no spot within the
48 states which is absolutely
exempt from frost.
6. Owls regurgitate tightly-
packed pellets, about three
inches long and one across,
which contains such unpalatable
things as rabbit's teeth, bird's
claws, feathers and fur.
7. A ruffed grouse may drum
during the middle of the night.
8. The night hawk, a close rel
ative of the whippoorwill, is an
insect feeder.
Dig Tunnels
9. The belted kingfishers dig
tunnels in a bankside which may
be 10 feet long, at the end of
which they incubate the eggs.
10. An early frost can be de
cidedly beneficial to a fruit tree
even after it has started to
blossom.
'II. Everyone knows there are
,a lot of birds on this earth. Of
the following figures, which one
comes closest to the approximate
total number: 100,000,000,000;
10,000,000,000; 1,0 0 0,0 0 0,0 0 0
500,000,000; 10,000,000 (Fifteen
points), '
m. Some fish reproduce in as
tonishing ways, including the
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
Siamese fighting fish; sea catfish;
the convoy fish; the sea horse;
and the grunion. Match the ap
propriate fish with the statement
which applies. (Seven each; 35
points.)
1. He builds a bubble nest.
2. The male incubates the
eggs in a special abdominal
pouch.
3. When danger threatens her
young, the female opens her
mouth and lets the young take
refuge in it. After danger is over,
she releases them.
4. This female lays her eggs
during the night high up on a
sandy beach out of the water.
5. Among several kinds of
this fish, the male takes the fe
male's narble-sized eggs in his
mouth and hatches them there.
Answers: I. Among these ten,
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 are correct.
No. 3 is wrong the rocks are
there to help digest the food; and
5 is wrong because in some Key
West islands it has never frosted.
H. 1. 100,000,000,000 birds,
in. 1. Siamese fighting fish;
2. sea horse; 3, convoy fish; 4.
grunion; 5. sea catfish. Now,
start counting!
(Copyright, 1956,
by Eugene Burns)
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Portland Factory To
Be Plywood Plant
: Portland (U.R) Meyer Win
kleman, executive officer for
Doernbecher Properties, Inc.,,an
nounced Saturday the formation
of the Rose City Plywood Cor
poration to operate the plant of
the long closed down Doern
becher furniture factory here.
Winklemari said the corpora
tion would be a worker co-operative
with approximately 100
working shareholders at the be
ginning and twice that number
a? the company reaches its po
tential goals.
The new plywood organization,
capitalized at $600,000 was
formed .by Mark H. . Renhard,. a
veteran plywood organizer in the
Northwest.
Monday, February 20, 195B
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRES
COMFORTS DYING WIFE Edwin Larson holds head of
his dying wife as ambulance attendants try to cull him
away. Larson and his wife were walking along a country
road near Seattle when they were struck by a car dr'ven
by Antone J. Himple. Police charged him with hit and
run driving.
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Lockheed Machinists
Authorize Strike
Hollywood (U.R) Members
of the International Association
of Machinists yesterday voted
their negotiating committee
power to call a strike against
Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Union officials estimated 7500
members of Lodge 727 of the
IAM attended the mass meeting
in Hollywood Legion Stadium.
They said vote for the strike au
thorization was more than 96
per cent. ; . .
The members also rejected a
company proposal to settle nego
tiations. The - contract between
Lockheed and the union expired
last Wednesday.
The machinists seek a 10 per
cent pay boost, protection of job
security in event of plant disper
sal and a retirement program.
John Siiider, president of the
union, said a strike would be
called as a last resort and not
without another mass meeting
of the workers.
The first - photo-electric cell,
forerunner of modern television
transmission and reception, was
developed in 1888.
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The supreme court ban on
school segregation affects the
District of Columbia and 17
states where segregation was
compulsory . and four states
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News nd Notes
From Camp White
By SID HOLLINGSWORTH
Los Angeles There are few
world war veterans in these
United States who have not
heard of Sawtelle, and many of
them have spent some time in
the environs of the present VA
Center located on the site- of
the old soldiers home, now re
Ccflled only in memories.
But there are not many domic
iliary members at Camp White
or elsewhere who know just why
the name Sawtelle persistsAct
ually, the facility is bisected by
Sawtelle blvd., but this does not
account for the name.
At the beginning of the cen
tury a small town was located
in what is now West Los Angeles
called Barrett. Since there was
another place in California called
Bassett, the post office objected
and so the town was named after
its leading citizen of the time,
W. E. Sawtelle. '-
The Santa Monica Outlook re
views the story of the founding
of ' the veterans home, and in
many respects the story is simi
lar to the incidents leading up
to the establishment of Camp
White in the Rogue River Valley.
"Many political maneuvers
marked the selection of the pres
ent site of what earlier . was
known as the Soldiers Home.
Cities in all parts of the state
vied for it, but a group of Santa
Monicans, headed by Senator
John P. Jones, wort out by offer
ing the government 640 acres
and some cash," according to
this report.
A legend still persists that the
land was deeded by Leo Carril
lo's family with the stipulation
that it was' to remain in. per
petuity as a soldiers home. And
so today the heart and center of
"Sawtelle" is the domiciliary
which remains like a dwelling
house in a city surrounded by
tall office buildings. The home
itself is completely surrounded
by hospital facilities.
Work started on the first build
ing here in 1888. "Ward Memor
ial Hall, primarily an amuse
ment . building - and boasting a
stage, was opened in 1898 and
was the scene of many plays
and concerts," the Review states.
"Members were not idle,
either, but worked their acreage.
They raised hay, grain, citrus
fruits, cattle, horses and hogs
and sold . the surplus. During
the 1903-04 growing season thoy
netted $25,069 from farm products.-
Another bit of history is-related
as follows:
Col. A. G. Smith was trans
ferred to the home in April,
1897, from " the Leavenworth
Home. He was a strict disciplin
arian and made numerous rules
and regulations for the conduct
of the men.
Needless to say, he was not
overpopular," many of the resi
dents taking the attitude that he
was interfering with their per
sonal liberty. One man, who had
been wavering on the brink of
insanity, settled the matter once
and for all.
As Col. Smith walked through
the grounds on Sept. 26, 1898,
the man shot him. He recovered,
but his health was gone and he
resigned the following January.
The present manager is Col.
R. A. Bringham, who-has become
an institution. He is a West
Granqe
Gold Hill Grange
The Gold Hill Grange met
Feb. 16, with a good attendance
and sll officers present.
Business consisted of commit
tee reports, buying of music box,
and motions to take part in com
munity projects, including the
improvement of the grange
grounds, and the cleaning up
and maintaining of the rinlr? will
cemetery.
The box social given Feb. 11
was a success and enjoyed by
all. Boxes were sold and games
and dancing furnished the enter
tainment. Tl, 1 4-. 1. ' "
.me icuiuici program was
celebrating Lincoln's and Wash
ington's birthdays, also a valen
tine exchange. ,7
A gift was presented to th
Rev. and Mrs." Dierdorff and
Master Herman Kamping gave
them their Grange pins..
They are moving away from
Gold Hill to Medford.
The Grange closed atihe reg
ular time, with the retiring drill.
The lunch, served in the dining
room, consisted of pie, ice cream
and coffee, and was enjoyed by
all. -
Point trained officer, now re
tired, and has won the respect
of all. The street flanking the
west approach to the station, now
in course of construction, is to
be named Bringham avenue in
his honor.
Not many of the original build
ings and houses of Sawtelle re
main. The chapel and three of
the wooden structures in - the
domiciliary area were designed
by the famous architect Stanford
White.
Dead line Sunday Classified i t
noon Saturday; 10 am. Monday for
Monday; other days 5:30 ore vious day.
plays with the toaster
instead of eating
Make breakfast taste better
Serve it with EEoIsum
JVo need to consult a book on child psychology. Just pop
a slice of fresh Holsum Bread into the toaster. Then watch her eyes
sparkle when she tastes Holsum's tender goodness.
Eating is fun when it's Hot buttered Holsum toast spread
with jelly. No wonder breakfast tastes better. .(
c She's bright as a new pair of shoes
all morning long now that she's getting Holsum
energy. Buy a loaf for your little miss moppet today.
MAKE IT TASTE BETTER
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