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Judy Garland Makes Debut Las Vegas, Nev. 'J.Rj Judy Garland, calm and unfnghtened j for the first time in nine years, j made her nightclub debut last . night as the highest paid saloon entertainer in the world. j For $55,000 a week a record , in this town of skyrocketing sal-: anes Judy sang to a capacity of 850 cheering customers at one of the most star-packed openings in Las Vegas. Only One Appearanc Judy performed at only one i show on opening nignt, a privi lege never accorded any other star. Entertainers from other ho tels in this Broadway - on -1 he desert, including Martha Rave. Jimmy Durante and Sophie Tucker, thus were able to leave their own shows to fill the sup per club at the New Frontier hotel and cheer one of the last belt-'em-across singers in show business. Juriv. trim but still slightly overweight in a tight-fitting black sequinned dress, sang old favorites such as "Come Rain or Come Shine." Sh was one of Hollywood's last Las Vegas holdouts, never having sung in a nightclub be fore except for brief engage ments in small clubs when she was nine years old. Didn't Get III After the show at a celebra tion party Judy confessed that for the first time in her stage career she did not get ill before the opening. After four weeks here. Judy will take her troupe of 11-male dancers to the Palace theater in New York and then to the Palla dium in London. Las Vegas crit ics rated the show "a tremen dous hit" for the girl who once , Unafraid, in Nightclub tried to take her life in despair over a faltering film career. "I turned down Las Vegas of fers for years because people said it wasn't dignified." she said. "But after Noel Coward played Las Vegas, I thought why shouldn't I?'' 2,000,000 Acres Due in Soil Bank Washington 'UP. The Agri culture Department reports farmers have agreed to deposit nearly 2.000.000 acres of sur plus producing crop land in the government's new soil bank. The department said Monday payments to farmers under these agreements will total more than $37,000,000 dollars. A total of $1,200,000,000 was authorized by Congress for tin soil bank this year. The "preliminary and incom plete" report of soil bank parti cipation is the first issued since farmers began signing up late last month. Acting Secretary of Agriculture True D. Morse said it indicates "widespread inter est" in the program. Cornelius Logger Killed in Accident Forest Grove URi John Burns, 52-year-old Cornelius logger, was killed yesterday when a log rolled across him. The accident occurred at the Shelton Bros, logging operations off the Sunset highway in Tilla mook county. Burns was employed as a chas er in the woods, securing cables around logs as they were pulled from a canyon. Gangland Murders Seen as Possible Start of Baffle Chicago 'U.R Police are checking today to determine whether the gang-style murders of two underworld characters signaled the beginning of a bat tle between rival hijacking mobs. Chief of Detectives Patrick J. Deeley said there was little doubt of the connection in the slayings of Peter Salanardi, 44, wanted in New York for robbery and assault, and Joseph Restag no. 27, awaiting trial here on hi jacking charges. Salanardi's body was found early Sunday on the floor of an abandoned auto at Carpenters ville, 111., about 40 miles from here. He had been shot seven times. Stuffed in his socks was S3.900 in large bills. True Identity Revealed Salanardi at first was identi fied as Restagno who had been missing since July 5. A finger print check later revealed his true identity. California license plates found in the car were linked to Restag no. Then police recalled the find ing of a bullet-riddled body wired to a log in a canal near here Friday. Another finger print check identified the dead man as Restayno, who had been dead about two weeks. Restagno had been charged in connection with a hijacking of women's clothes valued at S300, 000. Police theorize it was pos sible Restagno was killed by representatives of an Eastern "mob" and that Salanardo was murdered in revenge. Minister To Tell Son Eyesight Will Be Lost Orlando, Fla. (U.R) A sor rowing Baptist minister said he would take his four-year-old son for a last look at the ocean to day, and then tell the boy he must lose his sight. The Rev. James M. Sibole said he and his wife would take their son. Mike, to New Smyrna Beach, about 55 miles north of here, to give the boy his last glimpse of the sea. Then, Sibole said, thetime will come to tell the boy about an operation scheduled for Wednesday which will remove Mike's only remain ing eye because cancer of the retina threatens his life. The minister said he would try to sum up the courage to tell the boy tonight, but indicated he might delay breaking the news until Wednesday morning, just before the operation at an Orlando sanitarium. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Nixon's Father Said In 'Good' Condition Fullerton. Calif. (U.R) Vice President Richard M. Nixon's 71-year-old father, Frank Nixon, was reported in "satisfactory" condition today at Cottage hos pital where he received trans fusions for hemorrhaging stom ach ulcers. The elder Nixon was taken to the hospital Monday with the recurrent ailment, but doctors said his condition was not critical. Tlie vice president was noti fied of his father's hospitaliza tion by telephone, but was not expected to come here. Donald Nixon, another son, 'was at the elder Nixon's bedside. Charles Porter, Eugene attor ney and Democratic candidate for Congressman from Oregon's fourth district, Sunday renewed his charges against Congressman Harris Ellsworth for his stand on the housing bill. Porter spoke at a meeting of his Jackson county campaign committee at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norton in Phoenix. "I call on Congressman Ells worth to change his vote in the rules committee and work to permit the housing bill to reach the floor of the house before ad journment," he stated. "To my knowledge the Oregon press failed to report Congressman Ellsworth recently used his po sition on the house rules com mittee to help bottle up the housing bill. If it fails to reach the floor of the house, he should be to blame," Porter declared. The candidate pointed to the declining number of housing starts and said the Oregon lum ber industry would be directly benefited by passage of this bill. "Ellsworth's o b s t ructionism and that of those who voted with him holds up amendments of fered in the senate to aid in the construction of privately fi nanced homes for elderly fam ilies," he said. "The housing bill not only provided for aids in construction, but for modifica tions in the FHA home improve ment program to help modernize and rehabilitate millions of ex isting homes." Only one of eight men regis tered for the draft in World War I actually became a member of the nation's armed military forces. Tuesday, July 17, 1956 Ellsworth's Stand On HniKinn Rlarforl Alaska MentallV l!l VII llVUJIIIJj UIUJIvm r . MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Washington (U.R) The Sen ate passed and sent to the House yesterday a compromise bill al lowing Alaska to set up a pro gram for the care of its mentally ill. The measure $6,300,000 for one or more hospitals or clinics in the territory, and additional money for expenses of the pro gram. For more than 50 years. Alaska patients have been sent to a private sanitarium in Port land, Ore., for treatment. A comptroller general's report re cently accussed the president of the sanitarium company of mak ing improper charges totaling nearly $250,000 against tarium receipts. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Dclbert Lewis Seers, overload. 5200. John C- Banks, overload. S1.17. James Vander Steen. illegal posses sion of fireworks, S15. William Edward Shreeve. illegal possession of fireworks, Si5. bail for feited. Lloyd Allen Shreeve. illecal posses sion of fireworks, $15 hail forfeited. Calvin J. Hansen, truck speeding. 57 50. George Eskeeld Darting, no opera tor's license. Slfl bail forfeited. Thomas Charles Rigshy, defective lights. $10 hail forfeited. James Edward Tizekker. violation of basic rule. $20. Robert William Johnson, failure to stop at stop sign. S10. Eugene Edwin Eads. no motor ve hicle license. $5. Richard Dorey Mavnard, overload. $400. Arnold Leonard Winslow, failure to yield right of way. S15. Morton Oliver Gossett. passing on crest of grade. S15. Eugene L. Edwards, no operator's license. S10. David Louie Hicken. drfYinjj without headlights. $6. Herbert Franklin Morris, defective brakes. $6. Donald Raymond Gordon, failure to stop at stop sign. $10. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Leonard C. Hudson. Crescent Citv, Calif., and Ruth Ann Refenback, 1131 Pinecroft. Medford. Red Wine can be made from while grapes and conversely white wine can also be made from red grapes. Replacing Bad Tubes Curs Most T.V. Trouble Tube Testing Free Steve's Music Co. 3608 So. Pacific Highway Open Until 10 P.M. sani- Canadian Swimmer Spans English Channel Dover, England (U.R) Cana-' dian swimmer Jacques Amyot of Quebec swam the English chan nel from France to England to day, the first person to make the crossing this year. The 31-year-old French-Canadian plunged into the cold wa ters of the channel at Cap Gris Nes. 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