Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 13, 1956, Image 24

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OHZSOID MAIL TBTBT7NB 'Wednesa'aT. -Jirn IS. "!! Daniels Shooting Indictment Dismissed New York U.R) Indict ment charging cafe singer Billy Daniels with shooting a fellow patron of a Harlem bottle club last Jan. 31 have been dismissed. General Sessions Judge Ja cob Gould Schurman ruled that Grand Jury testimony failed to stablish that Daniels even had a gun.. Dist. Atty. Frank S. Hogan, who has been feuding with Judge Schurman over the hand ling of several recent cases, said his office would appeal the dis missal. The victim of the shooting. ' James Jackson, 33. a fight train er, had told police and the Grand Jury he did not know who fired the shot that wounded him. Schurman said Ramona Davis, sister of entertainer Sammy Da vis. Jr., the state's key witness against Daniels, had told the Grand Jury four different ver sions of the late at night shoot ing, all of them at variance with Jackson's testimony. Brink's Informer Slain; Clues Hinted Boston U.P) Fingerprint experts today examined a 1956 Cadillac found burning in a rail road yard Monday night in a hunt for clues to the gangland slaying of Brink's informer Wil liam F. Cameron. The automobile, bearing New Jersey license plateS, was dis covered aflame in the sprawling New- Haven railroad yard in Roxbury. The cars owner, a Union City, N.J., woman visit ing relatives here, was being questioned by police. Authorities were hopeful -the automobile would provide a link with the murder early Sunday of Cameron, who was reported to have had two bullets pumped into his head because he "squealed" on the hiding place of the last two suspects arrested in the $1,219,000 robbery. - Rainier, Grace Host Sir Winston Churchill Monaco !U.R Prince Rainier and, Princess Grace had Sir Win fton Churchill as guest of honor yesterday. Churchill was accompanied by has actress daughter, Sarah. Dad line Sunday CUwiflrd is at fiiMR Saturriav: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other daya 3:30 previoua day. Gold Coins Clink Again On Watches and Bracelets Washineton Gold coins. svmbols of a bygone era of American money, are in circula tion again. Under broadly relaxed Fed eral restrictions, gold coinage sales remind many dealers of 'the aood old days'' when father wore a S3 piece on his watchfob and th youngster got one for his birthday. Seekers of orna mentation and gifts again are causing a demand for golden money. "Many people are buying gold pieces a charms for bracelets," a Washington. DC, dealer re ported, adding that "there will always be interest in gold coins." Those stamped $5 (half eagles). $10 ("acle). and S20 (double eagles) are currently most pop ular. Collectors Active The fascination gold coins hnirf fnr thousands of hobbyists has nevrr flagged. Even with the April. 1933. recall of United States gold coins, bullion and gold certificates, collectors were allowed to retain "rare and un usual coins." A problem immediately arose: Who qualifies as a collector? And what is a rare coin? Claim ants at first were directed to send their rare and unusual holdings to Washington for offi cial decision. Subsequently, collectors were permitted to send mere descrip- Five More Rebels Shot in Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina (U.B Five more rebels died before firing squads Monday, the gov ernment has announced. boosting to 43 the number' exe cuted since loyal Argentine forc es smashed the week end Peron ista uprising. There were unconfirmed re ports that as many as 200 rebels had been executed on orders of summary military courts for par ticipating in the abortive at tempt to overthrow the govern ment of President Pedro E. Ar amburu. Argentine military courts were weighin3 the fate of hun dreds of persons rounded up in the wake of the short-lived re volt. The nation is under mar tial law and persons found guilty of taking part face death before the firing squad. ' jT&&$?frf shaves Srz aRCUS fy ' JF jufr J around fpT J&y 0,1 FATHER'S iyr -rsl other DAY W-r1 f i . Electric JUNE 1 7th 01 Shavers because you shave with & circular motion the way your beard naturally grows. Exclusive, Dig Single Head Onfv the Shavm-iaster has the Exclusive BTG, Models ewilobl SMOOTH, sinple head that shaves SMOOTHER, CLOSER. FASTER than any other method mow l. iiati wet or dry. Shaves beards tough as wire, yet 2B will not irritate tenderest skin. Became of the yovr Shavem aster's powerful, brush-type REAL motor, u . and other superior engineering features. Sun- 0 Mo-wal beam offers a FREE five year service guarantee troda-i on the motor. allowance Take advantage of this modern electric way to feminine daintiness ONLY THE tions of their prizes, with the Smithsonian Institution acung as referee. Later, still, even broader relaxation came, reviv ing general use of the coins for ornamentation and sentimental giving. No gold has been minted since 1933. although the government itself maintains an accumulation of gold-coin rarities at the Smith sonian. Included in a $$ gold coin of 1822, valued at $15.000 an ex treme rarity. Another $5 speci men of 1815 is valued at $3,000. One of $20 denomination dated 1849, the only one made, drew an offer of 35,000. It was re jected. Many of the skillfully-engraved gold pieces were as much admired by United States Mint mnlnvpp as hv the public. Mint kworkers called the eagle's pic ture "The Goose." They knew the technical aspects of their product: One thousand dollars of United States gold coin, for instance, weighed just 8.685 pounds avoirdupois, an easy handful. Commemoration in Gold nnlrt coin occasionally were struck to commemorate national! events. One. of $50 denomina tion, honored the Panama Pa cific Exposition of 1915. The head of Minerva adorns one face; the reverse shows an owl on a pine branch. Some collec tors place its value now at above $1,000. Gold dollars greeted the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1903); the Lewis and Clark Ex nnit(on M904): the McKinley Memorial (1916); the Grant Me morial (1922). A quarter eagle commemorated the Sesquicen- tennial of Independence (1926). The nso of Bold as -money in the United States dates from the heeinnine of the monetary sys tem in 1792. Gold money may still be freely passed today as exchange in many nations. Few, however, mint gold coins. though Switzerland recently au thorized a new series, with re strictions aimed at smugglers. Gold has not been cornea on a regular basis in England since 1917. In 1949, however, 138,000 gold sovereigns were minted "just to keep our hand in, '"Brit ish officials explained. - Young Polish Archer Makes Freedom Break London (UP.) A young Pole brought to England as a member of a visiting archery team made dramatic break for freedom Sunday under the very noses of his Communist teammates, it has been disclosed. The refugee was handsome 22- year-old Roman. Kazimierczyk who joined his brother and mother in England. They , were deported by the Russians in 1941, escaped to England and had noi seen Roman in 15 years. His rescue was staged with the help of a group of Polish refu gees now living in Britain and carried out despite the careful watch kept on the archery team, whose members were making their first visit outside the Iron Curtain. The Polish Embassy joined in an unsuccessful search for Kazi mierczyk and forced the re maining members of the archery team to move from a small Brit ish hotel to the Embassy itself. They'll Do It Every Time i . - By Jimmy Hatlo rf 4R00NO1HEStULS.TWEy pf "TOOAY THE DOC REMEMBER J QOT IT 1J POP S CflLUMIIVceTilS J I WRaNT COUlC" I TM6QOUJMNC3N I1OITTU4T0L '- -HeJinSfVJ SOMEBODVLt H4VE ALCOHOL? WE 4U.TUE OlOtCE rJf00 IT r . TO BURP OL I 60T THE BUND A (TEMS-HbU- A tuSr i v mar-Kar - - uii m wv. ir" i van Kii FCATCUta MSCltATX. m.. iotU KICgW W VTP '13 ,7 Waicumg the hvpo chomori4c lincftvpb -opep4tor let mis IMdSlrUTON RUN P(OT- TH4UX AHO 7W O TUB mTLO JttT TO JOHN MUL6RBW, i tub LcruanaSEHEiULB, Kansas GOP Picks Youthful Elector Wichita, Kan. UR! Kansas, the home state of twight D. Eis enhower, may have the nation's youngest Republican presiden tial elector. To a post normally reserved for veteran workers in the party, Kansas Republicans have nomi nated a 23-year-old university senior. 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Six Swiss and five Swedish inspectors arrived at Panmun jom from a two-day train trip from North Korea. It was not disclosed how many Czech and Polish inspectors returned to the truce zone. Salem U.R W. E. Upshaw, Portland office manager for the State Apriculture Department, has been elected president of the western, area standardization conference. VACATION DIVIDEND - add extn dBjs . . poaT vacation start 9 mo- . stent yo step aboard UNION PACIFICs an- . - new City oi Portland Domeliner. Arobd higfe way basarde and fattgua. Enjoy hrxurioas firing od wheels at ao extra fara. CALL BJUO FAClfiC LUUOAJ the Young Republican Club of Kansas' largest county, Sedg wick. Having served a year as president of the Kansas Col legiate Young Republicans, he said the GOP leaders should not overlook the enthusiasm, en ergies and talents of Republican youths in colleges and univer sities. 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