Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 15, 1956, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFOHD (OREOOIO MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Movement To Close Stores on Sunday Gaining Momentum Throughout Nation Friday. June IS, 1958 Labor Unions, Churches Join Merchant Groups Washington (U.R) Churches, labor unions and merchants' as sociations in many parts of the country are joining forces in an effort to curb the growing tend ency of retail stores to conduct "business as usual" on Sunday. Sunday selling, once confined largely to drug stores and deli catessens, has been spreading rapidly into other lines of busi ness during the past few years. In many communities, the "Open On Sunday" sign is now . com mon place in automobile agencies, appliance, hardware ' and furniture stores, and even supermarkets. Leaders Alarmed Both Protestant and Catholic . leaders are alarmed by this new i challenge to the already-battered j tradition of Sabbath observance. They consider it a far more fund- amental threat to the church's , teal-mugs man ounaay movies . and baseball games, against j wnicn some religious groups fought a losing battle half a gen- eration ago. Sunday amusements could be defended on the grounds that they were a form of rest, at i least for the audience. But lib- i eral as well as conservative theo- j logians can see no such justifi- s cauon ior me seven oay retail j business week. J CUarcut Denial I It is, they feel, a clearcut de- i nial of the ancient insight, in- ; corporated In the Third Com i mandment and strongly support- 1 ed by the findings of modern ! psychology, that man needs to set aside one day a week to re ; fresh his spirit with worship and ; rest. j Church crusades against Sun ; day selling are getting powerful ; support in some areas from labor ; unions and from businessmen I who are suffering from "open : on Sunday" competition. ' Such a three-way alliance was formed in Minneapolis, Minn., ; recently when some large food . stores tried to remove from : union contracts provisions which : prohibit Sunday work. Union ' resistance to the demand was backed up by the Retail Grocers association. Then the churches got Into the fight. The coordin ating council of the Methodist church issued a strong statement calling on "the members of our churches in particular and so ciety in general to refrain from all unnecessary business activ ity on Sunday." Lutheran and Presbyterian churches followed suit, and Minneapolis Baptists went even further by urging their members to boycott any store that remained open on Sun day. . Storm of Protest Confronted with this storm of protest, the food stores which had proposed Sunday operation backed down, at least temporar ily, and dropped their demand for a change in union rules. In New Jersey, Catholics, Pro testants and merchants are wag ing a common fight. The Catho lic Press association recently presented a special service award to the Newark Advocate for "arousing public opinion throughout the state of New Jersey by its effective crusade against Sunday selling." Pro .testant groups, including the Lord's Day Alliance of New Jersey, have also been roundly condemning the rapid spread of Sunday retailing. Lately a group of some 500 businessmen, called the New Jersey Association for the Sunday Closing of Non essential Industries, has thrown its support to the cause. Other Reports Reports from other areas show that the issue is being joined all over the country: In Toledo, Ohio, Catholic churches urged their members to "withhold patronage" from grocery stores that stay open on Sunday. In Indianapolis, the Automo bile Dealers association voted at its annual convention to seek a state law making it mandatory for automobile dealers to close on Sunday. The Florida Furniture Dealers' association c o n a e mnea "non essential" Sunday business. In Dayton. Ohio., where many chain groceries began opening on Sunday last fall, some unions have served notice they will strike, if necessary, to get a "no Sunday work" clause inserted in their next contracts. Nationally - circulated church Harriman Heads West in First Acknowledged Quest for Votes New York U.F New York's Gov. Averell Harriman, his hat still bouncing from its toss Into the presidential ring, flies west to the mountains Saturday on his first acknowledged hunt for convention votes. Harriman supporters from 11 western states convene at Den ver Saturday morning to form a regional Harriman for Presi dent Committee they hope to bonfire into a national organiza tion. Harriman toured the area shortly before he declared his candidacy with a literal hat toss at a hatters' convention last Saturday. He will arrive on a flying round-trip in time to ad dress the closing lunch and head back for New York 24 hours later. His New York backers will be conspicuously absent from the flight to the wide open spaces. Both Tammany professional Carmine De Sapio and the big wheels of the governor's busy but still undeclared New York campaign headquarters are stay ing home. Look To West The Denver meeting is sched uled to stress Harriman's par ticular appeals to the West his lifetime Union Pacific Railroad association with the region, his views on development of West ern resources and on agricul tural income which Western sup porters claim are generally pop ular in the area. Maj. Gen. John Russell Deane (Ret.), who headed the U.S. mil itary mission to Moscow while Harriman was ambassador there, will come from Orinda Calif., with first-hand praise of Harriman's competency in for eign affairs. Another speaker will be Gov. Raymond D. Gary of Oklahoma, who'll take 28 unit votes to Chicago for Harri man. Altogether the 11 states Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Ne va, Arizona, New Mexico, Okla homa and Kansas command 200 votes in the Democratic na tional convention. That many could put Harriman, with some 90 of New York's 98 votes al ready in hand, in second place and within shouting distance of front-runner Adlai E. Steven son on the first ballot. But he won't, and can't, get them all. ' Votes Committed , - Montana's 16 votes are com mitted to Sen. Estes Kefauver by its primary vote. Harriman forces say only that they expect to have "most" of the votes from the other 10 states. Oklahoma's 28 are sure. A United Press tab ulation shows delegates of the other involved states either un selected as yet or unofficially expressing scattered preferences for Harriman and four other candidates. The 11 states gave Harriman 19M of his 1231 votes at the 1952 convention. With large blocks already commited to Stevenson and Ke fauver and others reserved for favorite sons, Harriman support ers are generally refraining from the first ballot numbers game, however. FORESTRY -U.S.A. fjLr THC Ui FOREST PRODUCTS WBORATORHIH COOPERATION rrn inouSTRY. uas weioped WAYS OF GUJIH6 TWH.SIWRr BOARDS W6ETHERtoPP0D0C LAMINATED T1MBEBS0FMAHV USEFUL SHAPES AHO SIZES. THIS TAILORED TIMBER K STAUNCH ENOUGH TO FRAME A NAVY MIME SHEERER HULL or to FORM THE ROOF ARCHES Of A CHURCH. ffixreufo product RIPRESEftTSASAVIN60F n'WiifJ""i IQrVWftS OOR FOREST RESOURCES. PflOTECT THE FORESTS AND USE THEM WISELY Population of Dogs Figured at 23,000,000 Chicago U.R) Population- wise, America seems to be going to the dogs. The last census figures put the human population at 167,000,000. A dog food manufacturer esti mates the dog population at 23, 000,000 and says it's increasing four times as fast as the human population. Almost every other household has one dog; (according to Quak er Oats Co.), and nearly 15 per cent of all American homes boast two or more canines. This means big business for the dog food industry, with sales last year totaling a quarter of a billion dollars. Like their masters, dogs are enjoying a higher standard of living than ever before. Dogs are larger, they eat better and they live longer, the study showed. ONE-THIRD PLYMOUTH Plymouth, Mass. (U.R) Tourists who think they have seen Plymouth Rock actually have seen only one-third of America's birthstone. That part of the rock visible above ground weighs 6,997 pounds. But the other two-thirds of the rock lies directly beneath. The huge boulder broke while efforts were being made to move it back in 1774. Dutch Government Denies Rumor of Royal Divorce Amsterdam OJ.R) The Dutch government took the un precedented step Thursday night of denying rumors of . a divorce between Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard because of the queen's trust in a faith healer. And the faith healer. Miss Greet Hofmans, a 61-year-old spinster, told the United Press today she exercises no influence over the queen and that her sole mission in life was to dedicate people to Christ. Strict Rule Broken The governments official denial broke a strict govern ment rule that no statesments are made concerning the per sonal affairs of the royal family. Dutch newspapers already had departed from tradition by re printing fhe foreign rumors about the queen. Both developments indicated that the reports of a rift between Queen Juliana and Prince Bern hard had deeply shocked the nation. A Dutch government spokes man said the government was issuing the denial "notwith standing the silliness of these rumors" that the queen was con templating a divorce. The brief statement was telephoned to cor respondents here: "A government spokesman emphatically denies any rumors which have been circulating in the foreign press relating to di vorce proceedings having been planned on initiated." Reports Reprinted The reports originated in the West German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel and were reprinted throughout the world. They were not published in newspapers in Holland until Thursday, one day after the Dutch parliamentary elections. The reports said the queen had gone to Miss Hofmans in hopes of restoring the sight of her half blind daughter, Princess Mari jka, nine, and that Prince Bern hard had broken with the queen over the issue. It also said Miss Hofmans' influence extended to matters of state. NINE TIMES FIFTY Royal, Neb. (U.R) When Mr. and Mrs. William Kess observed their 50th weding anniversary with a party here, their guests included eight couples who had been married 50 years or more. Retired Man Has Over 8,00 License Plates Bella ire, Mich. U.R Charles Sextno, 80, a retired railway worker, may. have the largest automobile license collection in the world. Sexton began collecting li cense plates in 1909 and today has more than 8.000 of them from all parts of the world. A few years ago Sexton built a shack behind his home here to house his license plates and other odds and ends he collects. License plates are everywhere in the shack. The floors are cov ered with them and so is the roof and outside of the small building. , , In addition to license' plates, Sexton collects advertising signs, beer caps, ball-and-cap shotguns, mounted moose and deer heads, old pictures, ancient carpenter's tools and scores of other items. publications meanwhile are re minding their readers that there is one simple thing that every Christian can do to check the spread of Sunday selling: Quit buying on Sunday. ; "They won't stay open on Sun day very long if they don't tj any business on Sunday," said the Christian Herald in a recent editorial. ' "For this infringement of the Sabbath, the buyer shares the blame," said the Catholic Week ly of America. "It takes two to make a Sunday sale." TOMBSTONE TRIUMPHS Los Angeles U.R) Tomb stone Smith, 145!-j, Los Angeles, outpointed Charley Sawyer, 147, Los Angeles (12). Buffalo nickels were minted in the U. S. beginning in 1913. 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NAME ADDRESS-CITY Phone How Long- Where Employed- Credit References- Zone State How Long Dam Tailwafers Said Good Fishing Area Pierre, S. D. U.R) The new Fort Randall Dam tail- waters and reservoir have be come one ot the best fishing areas in the Middle West. The dam is on the Missouri River in south-central South Dakota. South Dakota's Game, Fish and Parks Department said 42, 000 anglers fished in the dam tailwaters last year and 41,000 fished in the reservoir. They caught nearly 230,000 frsh weighing 111,000 pounds. The department said the tail waters produced one of the heav iest catches of fish in the coun try last year. The catch av eraged 632 fish per acre of water fished. The tailwaters produced most ly sauger, crappie and catfish. (Firm Names and Where Located) 122 EAST MAIN STREET - MEDFORD Store Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. . HIGHER CLOTHING Washington (U.R) Men will have to pay more for. tailored suits, trousers, topcoats and overcoats next fall, according to Louis Rothschild, executive di rector of the National Associa tion of Retail Clothiers and Fur nishers. Rothschild called the increase "overdue." He attrib uted the hike $2 to $5.50 per garment to an industry-wide wage increase negotiated by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of 'America effective in June. and the reservoir produced largely bass, bullheads and blue-gills. Marblehead, Mass. (U.B The, original of the famous painting, "The Spirit of "76," by A. M. Willard now hangs on the wall of the selectmen's room in Ab bot Hall. MERCURY so ft w7 1 I xl IN PHAETONS ED SULLIVAN'S '425,000 MERCURY CONTEST JUNE 11th AUQUST 4th J 1st PRIZE: MONTCLAIR PHAETON one each week , 2nd - 10th PRIZESt MONTEREY PHAETONS 9 each week PLUS 200 G.E PORTABLE TELEVISION SETS 25 each week - 2400 ELGIN AMERICAN LIGHTERS 300 each week MERCURY CAR BUYERS DURING CONTEST . 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