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o Stevenson Prepares Full-Scale Drive on Ike's Health, Kefauver Minneapolis, Minn. (U.R) Adlai E. Stevenson took dead aim today or,. xthe President's health issue and Sen. Estes Kefauver's bid for the White House. He set out on a strenuous, five-day stumping tour of Minne sota, where he and Kefauver will have their first headon clash when the state's Demo crats vote in the March 20 presi dential primary here. Attacks Policies Stevenson got his five - day Minnesota campaign rolling with an attack on administration farm and labor policies last njght. He was expected to set off more fireworks today with a major sech on the racial segregation issue at the University of Minne sota. Before he even got to Minne sota, the Illinoisan served notice that he will not keep quiet on the question of President Eisen hower'c health. He charged that Mr. Eisen hower is asking the people to elect a "part time" President and that "he spent 20 minutes in his Wednesday night TV-radio appearance "telling the Ameri can people not what he ,is going to do but rather what he is not going to do." Amazed at Statement Stevenson, who lost to Mr. Eisenhower in the 1952 elec tion, said he was "amazed to hear him say on his return from News About Books Front the Library Br MISS HELEN WEBSTER Medford Librarian For sincerity and honesty of presentation, for factual correct ness, literary excellence, ana a contribution to man's under standing of himself and the times in which he lives, a group of notable books published in 1955 has recently been selected. under the sponsorship of the Public Libraries division of The American Library association Among those books available in the Medford Public library is "The World of Albert Schweit zer," by Erica Anderson, a vivid picture record of a great man and the worlds in which he lives. "The World We Live In," a group of superbly illustrated articles about the earth and its natural wonders by the edgorial sferff of Life Magazine, is an other of the year's notable books. New Sea Book Rachel Carson has given us a beautifully written and scien tifically correct study of the strange artf abundant life of the seashore between high and low tides "The Edge of the Sea." William Bridgeman tells us of supersonic flight at 15 miles above the earth i "The Lonely Sky." The sky is also the subject of Fred Hoyle's "Frontiers of Astronomy," discussing contro versial implications of the new ideas in astronomy. In "New Dimensions pi Peace" Chester Bowles review the in ternational scene in Europe and Asia. The author is a competent observer with vital ideas about United States foreign policies. John Gunther gives us import ant information about a vital area in "Inside Africa." LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that School District Ng. 29 of Jackson County. Oregon sell at private sale to the hiehest bidder for cash at anv time after the 10th day of MarclvJ 1956. the following described reaVl property, belonging to said District and being situated in Jackson Coun ty. Oregon, tc-wit: ' COMMENCING 12.50 chains south of the quarter Section corner be tween Sections four (4) and fiv (5 in Township thirty-seven (37) South of Range one (1) West of the Willamette Meridian, and run ning thence south 3.00 chains; thence west 3.20 chains; thence north 3.00 chains, and thence east 3.20 chains to the place of com mencing, containing one (1) acre, more or less. Prospective purchasers may sub mit bids in writing to the under signed at her address: Coker Butte Road. Medford. Oregon. ' Dated and first publishedOthis 24th day of February, 1956. Eleanor D. Payne, Clerk School District No. 29 Jackson County. Oregon n NOTICE In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Jackson County In the Matter of the Estate of Vinnie Kyle Cook. Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed his Final Ac count in the above entitled matter and the above entitled Court has fixed the '12th day of March, 1956. at 10:00 o'clock A.M. . in the Circuit Court Room, in the Court House in Medford. Oregon, as the time and place for hearing objections to said Final Account and for the settlement thereof. ROBERT F. KYLE Executor SKYRMAN. OUELLETTE & HEISEL Attorneys for Executor NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF JACKSON Probate Department In the Matter of the Estate of BESSIE DENHAM, also known as Bessie M. Denham, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that I. the undersigned, by an Order of the above Court duly made and entered on the 8th day of February, 1956, was ap pointed Executor of the above named estate, and that I have duly qualified as such Executor. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same, with the proper vouchers, to me at the office of Van Dyke & Dellenback, No. 8 Goldy Building. Medford. Oregon, within six months from the date of first publication of this notice. Dated and first published Feb. 10th. 1956. Frank J. Van Dyke another long absence that he has fully performed the duties of the President for the past few weeks." Everybody was willing to ac cept the fact that Mr. Eisen hower 'would be temporarily unable to fully manage the hard est job on earth" after his heart Pope Observes 80th Birthday; Thousands Flock To Pay Tribute Vatican City (U.R) Pope Pius XII today observed his 80th birthday and the 17th anniver sary of his election as spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church with prayers for the peace to which he has dedicated his life. Thousands of pilgrims flocked to St. Peter's Square to pay tribute to, and receive the bless ings of, the pope, now in ex cellent health for a man of his years despite a slight hoarse ness developed Thursday. In the Vatican, the pontiff re ceived the homage of little chil dren, members of the Sacred College of Cardials arid a group of high church and lay officials com to praise his life of serv ices to church ad humanity. Cake From Children This morning 200 children from 25 nations, including the "The Tiger ofSthe Snows" is an original version of the su cessful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, told by Tenzing Norkay, the Sherpa, in collaboration with James Ramsey Ullman. A parti- cipant s account of the atom bombing of Hiroshima is given by Michihiko Hachiya in "Hiro shima Dairy." Two novels on the list of Not able Books are "Nectar in a Sieve," a realistic novel of In dian peasant life which contains emotional universals the world can understand, by Kamala Markandaya (pseudonym), and "The Cornerstone," b y , Zoe Oldenbourg. The ' cornerstone is Christianity on which real and believable characters are able to bvld in differsntways. "Life and Language in the Old Testament," by Mary Ellen Chase is an invaluable considera tion of the Old Testament as a work of literary art and a keen analysis of the mind of an an cient Oriental people. This book is on order but has not yet been received by the Medford Public Library. The most popular book of the entire list locally, and one of which the library owns several copies, is Anne Lindbergh's "Gift From the Sea." In poetic prose the author describes her search for inner peace and ex presses insights which should help any woman reader to great er happiness. You are invited preserve any of the titles mentioned at the Medford Public library or any of its Jackson county branch li braries. Brucellosis Reactors Discovered in County Sixty-seven reactors were dis covered in Jackson county in 1955 through the Oregon federal state brucellosis testing program, according to the state depart ment of agriculture. The number was .523 per cent of the 12,802 cattle tested. A total of 2,566 calves were vac cinated. Tests in January in Jackson county showed . no re actors, according to Agricultural Agent Earle Jpssy. Slightly more than one-half of one per cent of tRe 296,852 cattle tested for brucellosis (Bang's disease) were reactors. Last year 1,635, or .55 per cent, reacted to the test, compared with 1,620 found in 295,107 cattle tested in 1954. . In .another phase of the eradi cation program. 84,839 calves were vaccinated last year for an all-time higb. In 1954, 74,868 were vaccinated. Three Oregon counties Was co, Gilliam and Benton were entirely free from the disease last year on the basis of testing done. Eleven counties had less than one-fourth of one per cent; eight had between one-fourth and one-half of one per cent: and five had between one-half and one per cent. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most pictura tubal can be restored to original brightness at only a fraction of Hie cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronie Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 attack, Stevenson said, but now "he evidently proposes to make this condition permanent." Stevenson refused to admit that Mr. Eisenhower's entrance into the presidential race has hurt his own chances. In fact, he said, it may prove a Steven son boon. United States, presented the Pope with a birthday cake dot ted with 80 candles. The cere mony was unprecedented in Vatican annals. Ronald Charles Kimball, nine-"year-old son of the Cairo sta tion manager of Trans-World Airlines, represented the United States. Following the cake-presentation ceremony, the pope receiv ed high lay and church officials. The group presented the pontiff a book of parchments contain ing essays of tribute to his life and reign. Next came an audience to Mysterious Allergy Turns Alcoholics Into Teetotalers c .Grand Rapids, Mich. Health authorities today sought the cause of" mysterious allergy that could turn en alcoholic into b teetotaler. o The allergy already has made abstainers of seven employees at a cabinet and hardware plant here. s The workers gave up drinking beer tend liquor at least tem porarily last fall when they found the beverages turned their faces bright red and gave them severe heart palpitations. Workers 'Lit Up' A new employee laid the case before the State Health depart ment recently when he learned oth.er workers complained they also "lit up like Christmas trees" after a little elbow-bending. "Horseplay," said unbelieving health authorities. They suspect ed a prankster put antabuse a drug which causes a violent re action to alcohol into the plant's drinking water. A thorough investigation con vinced them it was no joke. " " Samples of floor sweepings, air and other possible sources of the allergy were sent to the de partment's laboratories. Other workers will be . questioned . when results are known, they said. In Scattered Sections The firm employes about 100 persons and the seven workers j affected were in widely scat tered parts of the plant. . George E. Tubich, regional supervisor of the Health depart ment's division of Industrial Hy giene, said the reaction may be "synergistic." That means one drug is felt only when a second drug sets it off, he said. "Any one of a million differ ent things may be causing the allergy," Tubich said. "We haven't had a complaint from a teetotaler yet," he added. "But if this keeps up we'll soon have a whole plant full of ab stainers." Reno Harold's Club Sold To SF Investor Reno U.R) Fabulous Har old's club, the world's largest gambling house, was sold today to a wealthy San Francisco in vestor for a reported 14,000, 000. The seven-story casino which has become a byword to gam bling minded tourist , f r o m Maine to California was acid to Jules J. Agostini Jr., president of the Morgan and Agostini Properties Co., a .San Francisco business management firm. The sale was announced by Raymond I. Smith, maior stock holder in the club. Smith will continue as general manager of the casino and as chairman emeritus of the board of direc tors. , The sale is subject to .appro val of Agostini by Nevada gam bling control authorities. It has been estimated that 2,500 .different makes of autos have been manufactured i-n the United States. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Spray Man Lands Gasless Plane at KF Klamath Falls UPJ A plane piloted by- Norval Evans of Spray, Ore., ran out of fuel north of Klamath Falls yester day and was forced to land. After refueling at Klamath Falls, Evans, his wife arid their infant child continued their flight to Modesto, Calif:, where the family had been called be cause of the illness of Mrs. Evans' mother. the Sacred College of Cardinals Among the foreign princes of the church on hand was James Cardinal McGuigan, archbishop of Toronto, Canada. Around the world, 450,000,000 Catholics who look to the pon tiff as their spiritual leader join ed him in special prayers: For peace, for the persecuted mil lions of the "church of silence" behind the Iron Curtain, and for all those who suffer.'. Except for the children's au dience, today's ceremonies are of a private nature the Pope had wanted no personal atten tion at all. The official ceremony marking his twin anniversaries are scheduled for March 11. The Pope was working at mid night when his 81st year began, only a short distance from the third-floor apartment where he was born in the shadow of the, Vatican. He went to his little red chapel to pray before re tiring. ' ?o.- 1 r 127 North Central Avenue Medford, Oregon Phone 3-5306 PGE To Disregard Pelton Ruling Portland (U;R) Portland General Electric company said today it would disregard state ments of Oregon Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton and proceed with plans for Pelton dam on the Deschutes river. Thornton had claimed that the project was in violation of state laws. Thomas Delzell, chairman of the board of PGE, said "it is dif-l ficult for us and our legal coun sel to comprehend upon what basis Mr. Thornton, who is a lawyer, has been able to "reach a professional opinion running exactly contrary to that of the highest legal authority in the land the United States Su preme Court." The high court had upheld PGE's right to proceed under a Federal Power Commission li cense, despite objections from state agencies. Thornton con tended that Idaho Power com pany was also violating state law by proceeding with construction of a hydroelectric project in the Hells Canyon reach of the Snake river. Thornton said neither firm re ceived permits from the Oregon Hydroelectric Commission. TERRY SCHRUNK FILES Portland (U.R) Sheriff Terry Schriink filed for mayor here yesterday by placing 123 nomin ation certificates with the city auditor instead of paying the .S25 filing fee. "I can use the money in my campaign," he said. FREE HOME TRIAL! 'Jackson County's OPEN WED. Tli: 9 P.M. Friday, March 2, 195S Man Sets Up Own Funeral With Minimum of Trouble Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) Wil liam H. Rost, 79, did not want to cause trouble for anytone. Since the death of his wife about two months ago, he Had become a frequent visitor to the jtves and Warren Mortuary which handled her funeral ar rangements. This week Rost completed arrangements with Franklin Ives of the mortuary for his own funeral rites. Rost drove his car into a drive way next to the mortuary last night. In the car's back seat was a suitcase containing a suit of "burying" clothes. Sticking out of the suitcase was a note addressed to Ives. It read: "Here is what's left. It's up to you now. I'm trying to make it just as easy as possible for everyone. Consequently I'm making a personal delivery to you . . . goodbye. Good luck." Rost then placed a .32 pistol against his head and shot him- Tillamook Lighthouse Hearing Attracts Few Astoria (U.R) Historic Tilla mook rock lighthouse had few friends herS yesterday when the Coast Guard held a hearing on its plan to abandon thg facility as too costly to maintain. Only objections to the aban donment plan were voiced by three fishermen who said they depended on the light and the fog horn for their safety and a representative of the Port of Tillamook who said the light was a tourist attraction. own all-porcelain tun i m c Exclusive Hotpoint Dealers' MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE-THRE self to death. Mortuary attend ants hegrd the shot, walked out onto the driveway and found Rost. A postscript on his suicide note took care of the final detail in his heath arrangements: "Will you see that the gun in the car gets back to the house. Thanks." Swearing TV Actor tfticki To Script Hollywood 0J,R) Actor LJ.oyd Bridges stuck to th'e script last night in a live TV drama. Two weeks ago Bridges touch ed off a furor in New York when he got carried away dur ing an emotional scene and used two swear words, both describ ed as "mild." Bridges appeared last night on a CBS-TV "Climax!" drama. He portrayed a man who confesses a murder to a priest. The actor was not "carried away" during his performance. He used no profanity. v EARN FROM THE U AT.... I SAVINGS & LOAN ASS0CIATIOM SHtCE 1909 itt to Main Uedfo'd 0 Oil HofDoJnf ns'de and an H0TP0I NT AUTOMATIC for as little as I - a week 9 L 137 East Main Street Ashland, Oregon Phone HITCHCOCK FILES Salem (U.R) Phil Hitchcock, former state senator from Klam ath Falls, filed his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U. S. senator yesterday after- PLANT these NOW! SHADE TREES Sycamores From 6 to 8 feet Crimson King Maples From 6 to 8 feet Chinese Elms From '8 to 14 feet White Birch From 6 to 12 feet GARDEN CENTER NURSERY (Formerly Newhalls) ' 4631 Pacific Highway South BHONE 2-7601 out! 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