Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 18, 1956, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Textysfery DevelopingRegar'ding Poisoning of Envoy Clare Boothe Luce Washington -"J.? Something ' complete explanation to back up i or accidentally, a paint with an ! tion arose as to why other per very much resembling the mys- its report. These newspapers rie-: arsenic compound of sufficient sons in the ambassador's resi tery of the month seemed to be voted thousands of words to the strength ... to cause illness dence were not poisoned. Rome developing today :n the story of blonoe Clare Booth Luce and the . arsenical Eorgian roses in her j Doudoir. Mrs. Luce to Italy, is U. S. ambassador uffc-nng from ar senic poison And the ques tion anv-s: How did she get it? According to Time Magazine, of which .Mrs. Luces husband is editor in chief, the ambassa dor has been g'-tling slow doses of ar.senic-cont.iining paint dust and particles from the bedroom ceiling of hf-r 17rh century villa j near Homo. j Got Into Food, Coffee The "fallout'' came from the Borgian white roses which adorn the ceiling of the room. It not only drifted into the air but got into Mrs. Luce's food and morn ing coffee, the magazine re ported. This, said Time, explains the recurring illness which Mrs. Luce hs been suffering. Time credited agents of the Central Intelligence Agency with discov ering the source of the poison-1 ous particles But qustions have been raised about the accunicy of CIA's de tective work, although no one was suggesting a definite poison attempt or foreign intrigue. Italian newspapers in Rome asked if the CIA had given a A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Future Writer Washington (U.Pj What's new in Washington: During the last fiscal year, th 1 American Red Cross spent $31,300,000 for ! f -4 relief in disas ters. That's a new high in the history of the RC. There were hurrican es, floods that mm followed, fires tfl I If Harman Ntrbnls the building of homes for homeless. and fixing roofs and damaged cellars. Not to mention feeding the destitute and buying go-carts for babies and helping small businessmen get back on their feet. Worst pre vious year was 1936-37 when the Ohio and Mississippi valleys were done under by flood wa ters. The drag on the Red Cross kitty that fiscal year was more than 523,000,000. The Police Association News here has a cartoon in its current issue showing two unhappy cop pers aboard a spavined swayback horse. The caption underneath says: "I told you the captain would do this if you put another dent in the new squad car." Washincton drivers have been warned they had better not leave their keys in their vehicles or walk away with the doors un locked. Auto thefts were up 26 per cent the last fiscal year. There seems to be a shortage of paper on Capitol Hill some times. A House Judiciary sub committee's anti-trust hearing was brought to a fast halt the other day. A gal, who had been hitting at her stenographic ma chince for three hours stopped and said: "I'm sorry Mr. Chair man, but I'm out of paper." Chairman Emanuel Celler, the New York Democrat, pulled up a little shocked and then said maybe it was time 'for a recess. Rep. Hush Scott. Republican of Pennsylvania, couldn't hold his tongue. Said he: "I never knew anybody in Washington ever to run out of paper." The "Quantico Marine Sentry'" would like us to know at this late date that the ricksha used in the Orient today was invented by one Jonathan Goble. a U. S. Marine who stopped by in Japan with Admiral Perry in 1854. On the political scene it is in teresting to note that down in Texas, running for state treasur er are Warren G. Harding and Jesse James. Mr. James is the in cumbent. The Minnesota Auto club, ac- WEARING inevitable dark glasses, Greta Garbo boards plane in New York bound for Faris and her native coun trv, Sweden. (Inierruiiional) . it jr-.- i A story in dispatches from New ! York and Rome. They were j splashed across the front pages ! with black headlines, photo- "Paint forms a tough, hard graphs and questions. j film that has no pigment fall- But II Tempo of Rome re-jout," he said. "A good example ported that one of the two toy j is the murals. hundreds of years poodles that Mrs. Luce had . old on celiings all over Italv. brought to Italy apparently was j Todav s modern paints are spe a victim of the poison. j cialiy formulated to withstand Deductions Questioned i ,,,',,,,,- rr,,hhln- -nri "To tell the truth, the one who got caught in this was a small beast a little white dog who apparently was a victim of poison." II Tempo said. Even though II Tempo gave credence to the CIA report, other newspapers questioned the agen cy's deductions. "The American public is await ing some explanations how a sit uation discovered and remedied 17 months ago has continued to affect Mrs. Luce's health at least two months after she returned to America," the newspaper Gaz zetta del Popolo of Turin said. The right wing II Giorno of Milan said it was another chap ter of the perils faced by Amer ican women in Italy, especially in Rome." Joseph F. Battley, president of the National Paint. Varnish and Lacquer Association, said he would "question that some one could formulate, deliberately This and Thaf cording to the American Auto mobile association here, is cam paigning to change the rules so that motorists in Paulding coun ty can pay their license fees with animal skins instead of money. Things like coon skins and the hides from doeodorized skunks. John C. Matcalf was having supper in a crowded restaurant in Nuremberg, Germany, not long ago. There were empty seats at Johnny's table and three Am erican soldiers asked if they might sit down, only the GIs put it this way: "Okeh we sit mit you." Mustached Metcalfe said. "Sure, glad to have you." One of the soldiers said, "you speak pretty good English." "Well." re plied Metcalfe: "I hope so. I live in Silver Spring, Md., and lec ture all over the United States." The talker picked up the check and spent a wonderful evening with new-found friends. The labor movement is going in for lovely ladies. Miss Organ ized Labor's lovely figure is pic tured prominently on the front page of the AFL-CIO paper here. She is Joyce Elder, from Mis sissippi. Perfect measurements, too. California Pilot Escapes Jet Crash Cedar City. Utah OJ.R) A 26-year-old California pilot escaped injury Tuesday when he bailed out of his F84F jet fighter just before it crashed and burned in the Cedar Breaks National Mon ument park east of Cedar City. 1st Lt. Carl F. Richards, Pasa dena, attached to the 366th Fighter-Bomber Group at Eng land Air Force Base, Alexandria, La., landed about 20 miles south of where the plane crashed, and was picked up by a passing motorist. Richards was taken to a Ce dar Citv hospital for a checkup. but attendants said he was not hurt. The plane disintegrated when it clipped the top off a tree, ex Dloded and smashed into the ground. About 4,100 trains are operat ed each day to and from Chi cago. NESBITT'S at Your Favorite -- GROCER 11 K tmr II Get Luce suffered.'' Paint Form Tough Film ing. Battley said arsenic trioxide "has been used extensively in Italy for agricultural sprays. It is conceivable it could be used against house insects or rodents, but it is inconceivable that it was used intentionally in a paint film." In Italy, Ansa, the semi-official Italian news agency, quoted Rome scientists as saying the use of arsenic compounds in paints was "generally aban doned" at least 30 years ago aft er experts warned it might be dangerous. The scientists went on to ex plain, however, that when ar senic compounds are used in paint, a poisonous hydrogen arsenic gas develops very slow ly under the influence of air and moisure and through the ac tion of moulds. A National Institute of Health toxicologist pointed out also that old paint from a previous century containing an arsenic compound might have flecked off with new coats on the roses and dropped down on Mrs. Luce. Or, he said, arsenic might have been added to a paint, made from a milk derivative, to ward off insects. No Others Poisoned But if there were an arsenic compound in the paint, the ques- Johnson Praises Legislative Record Washington U.R) Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas patted all Sen ate members on the back today for what he said was a fine leg islative record. Johnson said that in its first session last year and its second session through July 16 this year the Senate passed more bills and acted on more presidential nom inations than any Senate of the preceding four congresses. And. he added, the Senate achieved its record "in a much shorter period of time." Congress was driving to ad journ next week. The Senate to day debated a bill for the gov ernment to displace a private power company now building a dam in Hells Canyon. The House was scheduled to continue debate on civil rights. Johnson said the present Sen ate has passed 2.607 measures compared with 1,703 by the Sen ate of the 83rd Congress, 2.144 of the 82nd, 1,857 of the 81st, and 1.889 of the 80th. Evidence Lacking On Captive Fliers Washington (U.R) Sen. Wal ter F. George said today the State Department does not have "enough evidence to indicate firmly" that Russia actually is holding long missing U.S. air men as prisoners. The Georgia Democrat, chair man of the Senate Foreign Re-1 lations Committee, said after a closed door meeting with a top State Department official that 1 the department "hasn't any 1 very good documentation" of hearsay and second hand reports ' that some of the missing airmen are in Red prisons. However, George said, the de partment hopes its protest note to Russia and the resulting pub- i licity may lead to disclosure of j more firm information. I of the type which Mrs Arsenic reports said Mrs. Luce was the only one living in the villa who was affected. A State Department spokes man said the situation which led to Mrs. Luce's case "has been correctd." The roses have been covered with heavy tarpaper re done in a different type of paint. "Let me emphasize." the State Department spokesman said, "this was purely an accident and there is absolutely no implica tion that it was otherwise." Francis Scofield, chief of tech nology for the paint association, said "Arsenic of lead (the com pound in the Luce residence) paint has never been used in the paints in this country." He doubted if it was used in Mrs. Luce's villa. But if it was, he said, "it was added deliberately either to kill some one or to kill flies." State Agricultural Prospects Improving Portland :U.R) Agricultural prospects in Oregon for the year appear to be on the upswing, the Oregon Crop Reporting service said today. The reporting service said prospects for dryland crops con tinue favorable throughout the state, after frequent showers during the first three weeks of Tune gave crops a new lease on life. Production of the main field crops harvested will be about 12 per cent larger than last year and about 14 per cent above average, the report said. Prospects for fruit crops are improved over a month ago but still indications are the year's production will be about 19 per cent below a year a'go and 17 per cent below average. Forecast is for a 23,479.000 bushel wheat harvest, larger than last year but 12 per cent below the 1945-54 average. A record large acreage of barley and yield is predicted. CP Flower Show Set For Thursday "Summer Symphony," the tenth annal flower show of the Central Point garden club will be held Thursday in the Crater High school cafetorium. North Pacific highway from 2 to 9 p.m. The show is competitive, so entries will be received from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Thursday. Any entries entered after that time will be exhibited in the non-competitive division. The exhibit will be planned around four divisions: horticul ture, arrangement, junior, and education. The public is invited to attend the show. Safeway Reports Net Earnings of $1.41 Share San Francisco (U.R) Safe way Stores Inc. report net earn ings per common share of S1.41 for the 12 weeks ended June 16. This is a 96 per cent increase over the 72 cents reported for the similar period last year. Net income for the first 24 weeks totaled $9. 925,271 or S2.51 a share. This compares to S5, 553,500 or SI. 29 a share for the similar period last year. This is the Shoe Sale you have been Waiting for! gsuster SHOE STORE Will Be Cloesd All Day Tomor row, THURSDAY, JULY 19, in Preparation for Their ig earance SALE OF ALL SHOE S Starts Tomorrow at 9 a.m. ! f pi I NLA Telephoto MISS O-l-H-0 Serima Kifer, Ohio's representative to the Miss Universe contest at Long Beach, Calif., stands on platform, unaware that her state banner is upside down. The error was dis covered after official photo graphs had been taken. X-Ray Clinic Open At Sacred Heart The Jackson County Public Health association x-ray clinic at the Sacred Heart hospital will be open to the public Thursday afternoon, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health phys ician. Clinic hours are from 2 to 5 p.m. on Thursday and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. the first Wednes day of each month. Public health officials of Jack son county have urged a yearly x-ray to detect tuberculosis in its early stages. Chest x-rays will also reveal early lung can cer, heart conditions and other chest diseases, officials said. The federal government spent S307,000,000 in the United States because of tuberculosis be tween July 1, 1951, and June 30, 1952, Dr. Robert J. Anderson, of the United States Public Health service, announced. State and lo cal governments expended S259, 000.000 and non-governmental agencies S55, 000,000, he said. Jaycees Here Open Membership Drive Invitations to join the Med ford Junior Chamber of Com merce's Booster membership have been mailed to professional men of Medford, Jaycee offi cials reported today. Membership entitles the mem ber to two tickets to the distin guished service award banquet which honors the outstanding young man of the community each year, officials said. Funds from the drive will be used for civic and community activities of the Medford Jay cees. Robert Boyer is chairman of the drive. 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