Medford
Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY,JUNE 19, 1956
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AGREEING NOT TO TEACH POLYGAMY, Mrs. Vera Johnson Black (left), regains cus
tqdy of seven children in Provo, Utah. Children were taken from Mrs. Black after sen
sational raids on polygamous cultists. Six of children are, from left: Elsie, 11; Wilford,
8; Vaughn, 4; Orsin, 20; Emily, 9, and Ivan, 6. (International Soundphoto)
Judge Refuses to See Slovenly Children
Chardon, O. (U.R) J u d g e
Robert Ford has made sure no
more slovenly, dirty youngsters
come before his bench.
He has adopted a new court
policy by which he refuses to
hear a case until "the child is
properly attired and behaves re
spectfully in court.
Washington's Letter
Found at Museum
Philadelphia (U.R) Washing
ton scholars were excited recent
ly when a letter signed "G. Wash
ington," dated May 9, 1789, was
turned up by a woman cata
loguing old documents at the His
torical Society of Pennsylvania.
The woman, believing, right
ly, that she had "found" some
thing, took the letter into the
office of Harry Givens, head of
the society's manuscript depart
ment. "We believe that most of
Washington's letters have al
ready come to light," Givens said
later, "so this document is some
thing of a find."
. Givens, in turn, took the let
ter to Richard Norris Williams,
the society's director.
"This letter," Williams ex
plained, "was written to Chief
Justice of Pennsylvania Thomas
McKean, one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence,
then representing Delaware. It
was Washington's acknowledge
ment of receipt of a letter from
the jurist."
He said that evidently the let
ter will be displayed at the
aoriety.
On his taboo list are: black
leather, metal-studded jackets,
levi-type trousers, engineer
boots, six or eight-inch trouser
cuffs or "any adolescent varia
tion of said items." Hair must be
clean and well-groomed. Boys
are ousted from court if they
have "heavy sideburns, marcels,
dyed hair, duck-tails or varia
tions thereof."
Both parents are required to
appear in court with their child,
and if a hearing must be post
poned twice for improper dress
or behavior they face contempt
proceedings.
"Too many otherwise decent
children adopt 'costumes of de
fiance' because they are afraid
or because of lack of parental
guidance," the court order said.
Amplified Master TV
System for Ship Crew
Philadelphia (U.R) The USS
Boston, recently recommissioned
at the Philadelphia Naval Base
as this country s first guided
missile warship, has four launch
ing racks for "Terrier" anti-aircraft
missiles to provide fleet air
defense. Also TV receivers for
the crew's enjoyment.
The Boston's crew will be able
to watch TV shows by means
of an amplified master television
antenna system whenever the
cruiser is in port. TV receivers
in the cruiser's recreation areas
will be connected to a single TV
antenna array mounted on a
portable-type mast. The antenna
will be taken down while the
Boston is out to sea.
'Heart Leakage'
Repair Successful
Philadelphia (U.R)-rA new
"purse string" technique for re
pairing leakage of a main heart
valve, has been reported suc
cessful by Dr. Robert P. Glover,
director of cardio-vascular re
search at Presbyterian hospital.
The new operation,, which
was developed at the hospital,
has been performed on only 15
men all of them on the point
of death. Dr. Glover said. Al
though only half of them were
saved, he continued, "without
the operation they could not
have been saved."
The operation corrects leak
age of the mitral valve, situated
between the left auricle, which
receives oxygenated blood from
the lungs, and the left ventricle,
from where the blood is
pumped to the body.
Rheumatic fever often causes
this valve to "back up," causing
overstrain on both chambers of
the left side of the heart, Glover
explained. To cinch the valve
and seal it during the pumping
action of the heart, the purse
string stitch is used.
Glover said that it is too early
to know "all the answers to
this operation," but from the
immediate results it , "looks
good."
Washington (U.R) The Cen
sus Bureau has estimated that
the nation's total population May
1 was 167,649,000.
Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith
has reappointed Robert L. Jones
of Clifton as a member of the
Oregon State Fish Commission.
She shall
have money
wherever
she goes
STith a U. S. National Bank
checkbook youH have money
at the point of your pen. It's a wise woman
or man who doesn't carry large
amounts of cash. Put your money in a
U. S. National checking account where
you know it's safe.
You'll also enjoy the convenience and
prestige of paying by check. And you'll
have an accurate record of expenditures as
well as legal proof of payment with
yotir cancelled checks.
Open your checking account now
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MEDFORD BRANCH
IUMI MHlit tlrOSIt KIIIOCE COIrOtMION
Portland Decorator
Here for Fair, Show
Portland decorator Charles
Wakefield has arrived in Med
ford to work on the Do-It-Your-self
fair and home show which
will be held this Friday, Satur
day, and Sunday at the Blue
Moon ranch.
Wakefield has decorated and
lighted such shows as the Pacific
International exposition, Boat
Show and Rose Festival in Port
land, and the state fair. He has
also done shows in Seattle, Ta
coma, and in Idaho.
The show here features ex
hibits by local manufacturers of
home building, finishing, and
furnishing materials. '
Roseburg Company -Discontinues
Service
Roseburg The Roseburg
Transit Co., the only local bus
service firm in this city, will dis
continue operations on June 27,
city officials were informed last
week.
The move is being made be
cause the company has been los
ing money. It proposed the city
take over operation of the transit
system, which has two buses, but
has only been using one.
Cheaper Baffle
Drop Under Study
University Park, Pa. (U.R)
The government paid 51,200 for
a jeep manufactured during the
Korean fighting. To air drop and
deliver this jeep to a battle area
cost $3,400, roughly $1 a .pound.
How to reduce this air drop
cost per pound of supplies from
SI to 10 cents or less is the aim
of "Impact Project" at Pennsyl
vania State university.
The project, given top priority
by the Department of Defense,
is being carried on in the shock
and vibration laboratory of the
Department of Engineering Re
search. The man in charge is
Dr. J. Norton Brennan, assistant
professor of engineering re
search. Dr. Brennan said the univer
sity's role in "Impact Project"
is to analyze the dynamic prop
erties of structures and materials
of which military supplies are
made and to rate their durabil
ity, ruggedness and resistance to
impact shock.
He said researchers have found
it is possible to make air drops
at higher speeds than had been
thought feasible. While the im
pact shock is greater, high speed
drops are more economical.
Smaller parachutes are used,
greater ccuracy is obtained and
the danger of enemy interception
is reduced.
The' researchers have come up
with better cushioning and pro
tective devices. They use a new
machine which simulates the im
pact shock on different kinds of
materials at various speeds. A
new velocity meter is being de
veloped to help in this work.
Often, Dr. Brennan said, com-
Body of Holland's
Nazi Puppet Stolen
Tokyo, Japan (U.R) The body
of Holland's executed war-time
Nazi puppet has been stolen
from its secret grave in the capi
tal, it was disclosed yesterday.
The body of Anton Mussert,
who was shot by a firing squad
for high treason ten years ago,
was removed from the General
Cemetery of the Hague sometime
early Sunday morning.
Why the body was stolen and
who stole it was not known. Po
lice alerted all border points
should an. attempt be made to
take the body out of the country.
The last known person to visit
it was his widow who died in
1947.
Mussert was one of the found
ers of the "Dutch Socialist Move
ment," and ultra-rightist group.
He said in April, 1940, he would
stand with his "arms crossed"
should Hitler invade Holland.
LADIES CAUSE FUSS
Shreveport, La. (U.R) More
than 300 law officers and Barks
dale AFB airmen searched the
woodlands near here for eight
hours in an effort to find Valda
Kay Humphrey, 5, and Janice
Coutee, 3. The frantic search
ended when the two little girls
finally managed to unlock the
restroom door at a service sta
tion where they had gone to
buy some candy.
plicated measurement problems,
make it necessary for the re
searchers to design and build
their own instruments.
Brennan said the project,
started last July, is expected to
be of three to five years' dura-j
tion. 1
Texas Man Sells
Skunks and Secretion
Pilot Point, Tex. U.R) John
Anderson runs the skunk works
at. Pilot Point, a north-central
Texas town.
Anderson traps the little ani
mals and sells deodorized ones as
pets for as much as $50. He sells
their pungent gland secretion to
perfume companies for $100 a
gallon.
"They make wonderful house
pets," he said. "Just as sweet as
they can be."
Anderson is a real artist at
skunk hunting and reputedly can
"bag a dozen live skunks in an
hour."
Anderson wears goggles and
the same pair of overalls each
time he goes trapping because a
brown stain made by the skunk
secretion "just won't wash off."
Anderson washes himself in
tomato juice to get rid of the
stench.
MOTHER DOING FINE
Hollywood (U.R) Actress
Janet Leigh, wife of actor Tony
Curtis, was reported "doing
fine" today after the birth of a
daughter at St. John's Hospital
in nearby Santa Monica. The
baby, born Sunday afternoon,
weighed six pounds and was the
couple's first child. Curtis was
joined in the waiting room by
Rosemary Clooney and Jose
Ferrer.
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