ysfery 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-.-
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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
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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.
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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.
Montreal is known as the sec
ond largest French-speaking city
in the world.
Replacing Bad Tubei Cum Most
T.V. Trouble
Tube Testing Free
Steve's Music Co.
3608 So. Pacific Highway
Open Until 10 P.M.
Shoe
ALES
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VatiMtfay, July 18, 1938
Heat, Smoke Damage
Results from Fire
Fire at the Rogue Valley
Country club last night extend
ed through vent ducts to the
walls, attic and roof above the
kitchen and caused extensive
heat and smoke damage to the
kitchen and an adjacent store
room, city firemen reported.
They said the blaze started
from a broiler in the kitchen.
Two pumper trucks were dis
patched to the country club
when the alarm was received
about 11:30 p.m.
Montana is three times as
large in total area as New York.
It is equal to the combined areas
of the United Kingdom plus all
of the Netherlands and Belgium
as well.
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