Medford
Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1956
8 Pages
Walter Reed Army Hospital Lives Up To
Reputation As Eisenhower Goes in Door
By PATRICIA WIGGINS
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U P) Sprawling
Waiter Reed hospital which
equipped lor very important
people began living up to its
reputation when an ailing Presi
dent Eisenhower wa carried
through its doors last Friday.
Before the President had left
the White House, reporters asked
Press Secretary James C. Hager
ty if the hospital was making an
operating room ready. Hagerty
retorted that "a place like Wal
ter Reed always has an operat
ing room ready."
He could have said the same
thing concerning quarters for
VIPs. The hospital, and its more
than 4000 military and civilian
personnel, is accustomed to high
American and foreign officials
seeking treatment from its medi
cal experts.
Important Patients
Philippines Ambassador Car
los Romulo and retiring Gen. Al
fred M. Gruenter were two re
cent patients in VIP Ward 8
where the presidential suite is lo
cated. Besides Mr. Eisenhower,
occupants of the suite itself have
Move May Block
State AFL-CIO Merger
Portland UR) Possibility
that some building trades unions
in the state will seek to block
the state level merger of the
AFL-CIO in Oregon was voiced
here yesterday.
Volney Martin, executive sec
retary of the Oregon Building
and Construction Trades Coun
cil. said he had heard reports
that some unions in the state
were planning to attend the
merger convention next week,
armed with a resolution against
the merger.
Richard J. Gray, head of the
AFL-CIO building trades depart
ment, has been urging that the
state level merger not be
adopted until jurisdictional dis
putes between unions have been
ironed out.
State labor leaders strongly
favor the merger and reports in
dicated that any attempt to
block it would stand li'.Je
chance of success.
Rend and Use Classified Ads . .
The Community 's BiKEest Marketplace
included Harry S. Truman, there
just once when he was presi
dent; General of the Army
George C. Marshall, a more fre
quent visitor, and Mohammed
Mossadegh when he was premier
of Iran.
The late Gen. Hoyt Vanden
burg died of cancer in one of the
suites in Ward 8.
The installation is made up of
four main components: the hos
pital, the Army Medical Institute
of Research, the Central Dental
laboratory and the Armed Forc
es Institute of Pathology. Build
ings are connected by seven
miles of winding streets on 113
beautifully landscaped acres.
Walter Reed Army Medical
center, as the installation is offi
cially known, was established
Sept. 1, 1923, by a War Depart
ment order signed by General of
the Armies ' John J. Pershing,
then Army chief of staff. Persh
ing also spent his last years in
honored retirement at the hospital.
Best Medical Car
But the hospital itself, now 47
years old, was going strong long
before the center was created.
All enlisted or retired person
nel of the Army and Air Force
and their dependents are eligible
for treatment at the hospital. So
are certain high-ranking civilian
officials.
In addition to the best in me
dical care and treatment, facili
ties include a modern gymnas
ium equipped with everything
from punching bags to bowling
alleys outdoor lighted tennis
courts and a Softball diamond.
Also on the grounds are a chil
dren's nursery, a post theater
with a ramp for wheelchair pa
tients, a non-secretarian chapel,
a branch office of a Washington
bank, and clubs for both non
commissioned and commissioned
officers..,
It was named "Walter Reed,"
in honor of Maj. Walter Reed,
the doctor who conquered yel
low fever.
Portland (U.R) Gerald
Meindl of Portland has been el
ected state chairman of Lions
International.
Lakeview (U.R) The
Lake county fair will be
Aug. 28, 29 and 30.
1956
held
Read and Use Classified Ada . . .
The Community's Biggest Marketplace
Judge Prescribes Way
For Safety of Couple
Trumbull, Conn. (U.R)
Town Court Judge John P. Ev
ans wasn't impressed with reas
ons given by Eugene H: Dillis
ton, 28, as to why he was caught
driving while his license was un
der suspension.
Dilliston said his girl friend
had forgotten her glasses, and
he volunteered to take the wheel
of her car. In imposing a $100
fine, the judge said:
"If your girl friend, needs
glasses to drive, you two ought
to sit home on Saturday night
and watch Jackie Gleason. Then
you'll both be safe."
4-HCIub News
Antelope Club ,
The Antelope 4-H Livestock
meeting was held at the home of
Bob Hayes on June 8. During the
meeting it was announced that ,
the Dairy Club would have a
separate meeting on June 26 at j
the Bitterling home to practice j
dairy showmanship. All new i
members should be sure to at-
tend.
Bill Bigham said that the tour
to see all the livestock member's
animals was successful. Bigham
also announced the date for the
Antelope Local Fair which will
be Aug. 1.
The next meeting will be held
on July 13 at the Woolfolk home.
Before the meeting the mem
bers judged two classes of sheep
and Bob Hayes and Linda Mal
loroy gave a short demonstra
tion on showing a beef animal.
After the meeting cake, ice
cream, and punch was served.
Reported,
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Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
New York Fire Capt. Seymour Schoichet on the landslide
that killed six Brooklyn children:
"The doctors said the insides of the kids were crushed. Some of
the bodies were pretty mangled. They all were such little tykes."
Washington Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty on
whether the President feels some pain from his recent operation:
"He does not feel like getting up and doing a jig."
Paris Former President Truman answering Russian charges
that the United States ussd atomic bombs against Japan for politi
cal reasons:
"Stalin knew we had a weapon but he did .not know what it
was. He was in complete agreement with Mr. Winston Churchill
and myself that the 'weapon should be used."
Washington Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in caution
ing against undue optimism about Russian denunciations of Josef
Stalin:
"There is only one cure for the tvils of the imposed Soviet dic
tatorshipthat is government which derives its power from the
consent of the governed."
Chicago Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler in
charging that some of the doctors attending President Eisenhower
are propagandizing:
"They apparently do a terrific job of saying that anyone who
has-had a heart attack and an operation for Crohn's disease is much
better qualified physically to be president than anyone else."
Mew York Playwright Arthur Miller, when asked about his
rumored romance with Marilyn Monroe:
"It's my business, frankly."
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