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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, February 28, 1956 Sampling of Farmers Shows Two-Thirds In Favor of Benson Los Angeles vU.R) Farm Management magazine said to day first returns of its poll of 50,000 western farmers indicates that nearly two-thirds think Ag riculture Secretary Ezra T. Ben son is doing a good job. The vote was strictly along party lines, with 65 per cent of the 4,000 first returns declaring the. Republican Party this year, showing 64.5 per cent for Ben son, against 34 per cent for the Diphtheria Outbreak Reported in Indiana Michigan City, Ind. U.R) Michigan City's school children lined up for immunization shots today to protect them against a mysterious outbreak of diph theria. There have been 21 .cases of the choking disease in ? the last few weeks in Michigan City and a surrounding area which includes 40,000 persons. Thir teen of the cases were reported during the week-end and all but one of those stricken are chil dren. Modern diphtheria serums have made the disease a rarity in modern America and there were only 28 cases in all of In diana last year. None of the diphtheria vic tims here has died or is in criti cal condition and most of the cases are localized to an area on the west side of Michigan City and in nearby Coolspring town ship. ' r . Former Jazz King To Enter Monastery Milwaukee, Wis. U.R) Boyce Brown, once rated the na tion's hottest man on an alto sax, gave up the world of jazz today for a lifetime in a Catho lic monastery. The 45-year-old jazzman was scheduled to take his vows as a lay brother of the Servite ' Fa ters, order of the Servants of St. Mary, at the monastery near Granville, Wis. He looked forward with hap piness to a lifetime of religious contemplation, menial labor, and possible missionary work. He will play his alto sax only on feast days. Brown, who has been a novi tiate in the order for a year and a day, said the explanation for his new life is simple. "It isn't a gloomy life," he said. "To me, it's more exciting than musip was." Democratic Party with 35.5 op posing Benson. Favor Soil Bank The magazine, which is aimed at the "big" farmer rather than the small individual, said the survey showed most western farmers take a dim view of price supports, favor soil bank restric tion and divide on the question of restricting federal -payments to farmers "with certain annual income levels. - ' The continuing compilation of returns beyond the first 4,000 show no significant changes in percentage figures, the maga zine said. Survey questionnaires were mailed to 212,437 "commercial" farms with incomes of $1,200 a year or better in the seven west ern states Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. More Questionnaires Due A magazine spokesman said another 50,000 questionnaires on the same subject will be mailed out this week to give nearly 50 per cent sampling. ' The questionnaire asked "do you think the secretary of agri culture 1 is doing a good job? 2 is not doing a good job?" A random sample of 300 question naires from among the 4,000, separated by political party pref erence, gave this breakdown: Democrat: Opposed to Benson 87 per cent;. pro-Benson 12 per cent. Republican: Pro-Benson 89 per cent; opposed to Benson 11 per cent. Grange Shady Cove Grange A potluck supper preceded the Shady Cove Grange social meet ing Feb. 22. Master Elsie and Reuben Cook of the Illinois Val ley Grange were guests. Master Cecil Kee conducted a short business meeting. Most of the lecture hour was taken up by officers' practice. Little Ce cilia Kee entertained with dance numbers and Group singing was enjoyed by all the members. The Grange was represented at ' the Friendship. Follies held in Medford recently by the Tra vis Littlefields. ' Mrs. Ed Houston and Mrs. Phil Motchenbacker niece re ported ill. Several of ' the HEC ladies spent the day Feb. 20. at ...the Lit tlefield home' making new pil lows and quilts to have ready for emergency use. in case of fire or flood disaster. The next regular HEC meet ing will be at the home of Mrs. Lewis Dusenberry March 13. A desert luncheon will be served at.l p.m. . t -"" ii n ir if i i n I rnir-rr i lining MIDWEST HIT BY TORNADOES This house was ripped apart and blown up against a tree at Summerfield, EL - The winds killed six in .Illinois' St. Clair County. At least a score were injured and property damage ran into "mil lions of dollars." Quotes From the Mews By UNITED PRESS London Prime Minister Anthony Eden on atomic warfare: "I observe that Soviet leaders sometimes say that the use of the hydrogen .bomb would mean the end of capitalism but not of Communism. I think that is a fantastic illusion." United Nations, N.Y. Secretary Dag Hammarksjold on the Middle East crisis: "I do not see any reason for panicky reactions." London Foreign -Secretary Selwyn Lloyd on Soviet arms shipments to the Middle East: . . " "Since the. inyasion of Korea no other single action has done more to bring nearer the danger of war." Milwaukee, Wis. Boyce Brown, alto saxophone jazzman, on his physical preparation as a lay brother of the Servite Fathers, Order of the Servants of Mary: "I began taking jobbing dates, so that I could get used to sleep ing nights. We get up at 5:20 a.m. here. That used to be when I was getting in. Hollywood Jack Webb, the Joe Friday of Dragnet fame, on withdrawing from the nominations for television s Emmy award "I am so terribly confused by the academy's method of nomina tions and choice of categories, the only solution is" to withdraw.' Aurora, 111. Mayor Paul Egan, who suggest thai American mayors visit Russia, as quoted by Mrs. Ernest Van Auken. whom he fired because of a row over the city's Leap Year observation: "Who the hell do you think you are, the mayor? 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Rogers. 26. a Drof essional drummer who works for an en gineering firm during the day, expects to beat the mark of 67 hours, 11 minutes and 47 sec onds set by Sam Ulano. a Bronx. N.Y. drum teacher and free lance drummer. Before Ulano came to a stop, crowds of curious had snarled up traffic in Times Square. To set a new mark, the 5-foot 7-inch 240-pound Rogers must keep his drum sticks going until 7:12 a.m. Thursday and he can't pause more than one second be tween strokes according ' to American Drummer Assn. rules. He began at noon yesterday. Riles Thursday for Sweetheart of AEF Hollywood -(U.R Private fu neral rites for Elsie Janis, Sweet heart of the AEF during World War I, will be held at nearby Forest Lawn Memorial Park Thursday without "fuss or flow ers." The retired vaudeville star, considered an outstanding mimic in show business during her heyday, died Sunday at her Beverly Hills home where she had lived in seclusion in recent years. She was 66. 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