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Interim Committee Approves Draft of Surtax Repeal Bill Salem (U.R) The legislative interim tax committee Saturday approved a rough draft of legis lation to repeal the state surtax on incomes. The committee, which has .been studying a re-written draft of the three per cent sales tax bill, decided that the legislation should hike dependency credits and personal exemptions from S500 to $600 and should include the emergency clause for tax legislation. John DeMouIly, chief deputy legislative counsel, also present ed the group his views on var ious ways of simplifying state income tax structure and forms Discussed were the "Alaska plan of basing state taxes on : a percentage for the federal tax and a plan now being used in several states of basing state taxes on a percentage of federal gross income. Least Complex State Sen. Rudie Wilhelm committee chairman, said the Alaska plan was the least com plex, but that it would increase the variability of state income because of changes congress might make in the federal tax when the state legislature was not in session. Wilhelm said bas ing state income taxes on a fed eral adjusted incdme would be a bit more complicated, but would be more stable in that it would not depend on U.S. con gressional action. "The average person is par ticularly interested in simplify ing income tax forms," Wilhelm said. But he added that the prob lem was quite difficult. Committeemen estimated that a state tax based on 25 per cent of the federal tax would raise about 120 million dollars. They indicated that should a state sales tax be passed, a state in come tax of 12 per cent on the federal tax should meet the state's needs. Father Forrest to Conduct Masses Here Father Forrest of the Mary knoll order from Seattle, Wash., will conduct all masses 'Sunday, Aug. S, at Sacred Heart Catho lic church in Medfor d. He is on a speaking tour to acquaint west coast audiences with the Maryknoll order; the only Catholic order completely staffed by Americans which in cludes in its . training medical instruction as well as religious. Business to be discussed at a meeting Sunday evening will be the present status and future plans of the parish, according to the Rev. Nicholas Deis, pastor. Plans will be formulated for the formation of a lay council to take part in the work of the parish. JORDAN WATER Sanford. N.C. (U.R) Water from the Jordan river was used in the christening of 14-month-old Paul Erskine O'Neal at Steele Street Methodist church here. The water from the Holy Land was brought here by friends of the O'Neal, family. Hoover Named Honorary Chairman of Fund San Francisco (U.R Former President Herbert Hoover, Stan ford University's most illus trious alumnus, has been named honorary chairman of a vast two-stage S42.290.000 fund for the development of new medical teaching facilities on the uni versity's campus. Construction on the first unit of the initial $21,950,000 stage is expected to be started this fall. The second stage, costing $20,340,000 will be launched at a later date. Establishment of the Stanford Medical Center Fund was an nounced here Friday by Mr. Hoover and Stanford trustees. One Killed, Five Injured in Crash Trukee, Calif. (U.R) A head on auto crash killed one man t and critically injured five other people Saturday 5V4 miles east of here on Highway 40, the California Highway Patrol re ported. Albert G. Siebenaler, 57. of Anaconda, Mont., was killed in the accident. His wife, Lucille, 40, and his daughter, Cheryal, 5, were taken to Tahoe Forest hospital in Trukee where of ficals said they were in critical condition. All three people in the second car were on the critical list at the hospital. They are Frank R. Ekstrom, 60; his wife Martha, 64; and Amelia Scheer, 87, the mother of Mrs. Ekstrom. They are all from Willows, Calif. The Highway Patrol said the Siebenaler car crossed the cent er line and smashed head-on in to the car driven by Ekstrom. Columbus' Trip Is Celebrated in Spain La Rabida, Spain (U.R) This storied town celebrated Saturday its great moment in history Aug. 4, 1492, when Christopher Columbus led his exploratory expedition out of the harbor towards the unknown west. ' U. S. Ambassador John Davis Lodge was to unveil a plaque commemorating the spit from which Columbus'1, three frail ships sailed. Friday La Rabida paid tribute to the dedicated seamen by cele brating a mass similar to the one heard by Columbus 466 years ago on the eve of his fa mous voyage to the then undis covered "New World." Mossadegh Freed From Tehran Prison Teharan (U.R) Former Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, who broke into tears and threat ened suicide when sentenced to prison for attempting to over throw the Shah, emerged in pa jamas and dressing gown three years later Saturday. The grey pajama suit, sandles and dressing gown were the same he wore throughout his trial. Virtually his first act was to appeal for military protection. He tottered across the prison courtyard toward his waiting family weighed down by two suitcases of medical books he he had studied during his im prisonment. He was greeted by his wife, two sons and three grandchildren. He was whisked immediately in his son's black automobile to his country estate at Ahmed abad. 60 miles northwest of Tehran. An Army captain and the col onel of the prison rode with him in the limousine but his request for Army guards at his home was turned down. Mossadegh, who brought na tionalization to the Middle East by seizing the giant Ango- Iran ian Company oilfields in 1951, apparently feared assasination. Mossadegh was sentenced to three years imprisonment on Dec. 21, 1953, for treason against the Shah. SHADY COVE-TRAIL Canyon Toured by Greeters Sunday, August 5, 1356 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE News About Servicemen OFFICERS PROMOTED Four officers of the 9417th Air Reserve squadron in Med ford have been promoted. They are Darrol E. Davis, of Med ford, from captain to major; Al len Norton Smith of Medford, from first lieutenant to captain; Robert F. Kyle Jr., of Medford, from first lieutenant to captain; and William B. Hunter, of Med ford, from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. Charles H. Lewis, of Medford, of the 9091st Air Reserve group staff in Medford, has been' pro moted from captain to major. Surgeon General Named By President Friday Washington (U.R) Dr. Le- roy E. Burney, assistant U. S. surgeon general, has been named surgeon general. President Eisenhower an nounced Burney's interim ap pointment Friday. It will be sub mitted to the Senate for confir mation next year. Burney, a former Indiana health commissioner, succeeds Dr. Leonard A. Scheele as head of the Public Health Service. Scheele resigned July 31 to be come consultant to a pharmaceu tical firm. ' GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE COUNTY IS CELEBRATING 100 YEARS AUGUST 8-9-10-11 4 REALLY BIG DAYS! 4-H & FFA EXHIBITS! CONTESTS! SHOWS CARNIVAL! CATTLE - HOGS - SHEEP - POULTRY - GOATS -RABBIT EXHIBITS - COMMUNITY, AGRICULTURAL and HOUSEHOLD ARTS - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS HORSE RACING! HORSE SHOW! Christiansen Bros. RODEO FLOWER SHOW! PHOTOGRAPHY1 ENTERTAINMENT GALOREI WED. t THURS. - RADIO TALENT CONTEST, ETHEL MARS DANCERS, RODEO, 9 p.m. DANCING. FRIDAY - FAT STOCK AUCTION, CALF SCRAMBLE, SQUARE DANCING (Harley Smith, caller), RADIO TALENT SHOW. DEMOCRATIC DAY! MARS DANCERS. SATURDAY - KIWANIS KIDS DAY, POPO the CLOWN, HORSE SHOW, HORSE RACES, GYMKHANA, RADIO TALENT SHOW FINALS! CENTENNIAL PAGEANT! SATURDAY IS REPUBLICAN DAYI SUNDAY ADDITIONAL HORSE RACING. A BIG FAIR - THE BEST FAIR IN YEARS! BRING THE FAMILY! MEET YOUR FRIENDS! So much mors than is mentioned hare. SOUTHERN ORE GON'S ONLY COMPLETE FAIR! BE SURE yeu buy a "lucky Fair Program" from the Sheriffs Posse - IT TELLS ALL EVENTS TO REPORT A3c Richard E. Kenner, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Kenner of 327 North Oakdale ave., is scheduled to report Aug. 6 to Parks Air Force base, in Calif., for three years active duty in Japan. Kenner has been on leave in Medford since he gradu ated from Sheppard Air Force base, Texas, July 10. Kenner graduated with highest scholas tic honors in his class and was chosen Airman of the Week. Kenner is a statistical specialist. HOME ON LEAVE Aviation Cadet Lieutenant Merlyn Guss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Guss, 721 Pennsyl vania ave., is home on leave from San Antonio, Texas, where he has completed preflight train ing. During his training he was voted first in the students rating and was graduated eighth in his class of 114. . . After spending several days in Medford he will report to Stall ings Air Force base, Kinstdn, N. C. where he will continue his pilot training. FINISHES TRAINING I Pf c. Donald B. Burwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orval Burwell, 485 Gilman rd., Medford, completed four weeks of combat training last month at the Marine corps base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The course covered infantry tac tics, first aid, demolition, field fortifications and advanced schooling on weapons. McLAREN RETURNS Lewis G. McLaren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. McLaren, 1820 Crown ave., returns' home soon after finishing six weeks of training at the summer ROTC artillery camp at Fort Sill, Okla McLaren is a student at Ore gon State college and a mem ber of the Army Reserve Officers Training corps there. By EVALYN P. WATSON Shady Cove-Trail Members of the Rogue Wonderland asso ciation of the Upper Rogue area met with members of the Jack son County Chamber of Com merce at an outdoor breakfast held July 26 at Uncanny Can yon. Following the breakfast mem bers and guests were taken on a tour of Uncanny Canyon after which local business people were introduced and interviewed on radio station KMED. Those present were Norm Oberst of KMED, Medford; Don McNeil of the Jackson County Polio Cases Reach 500 in Chicago Chicago (U.R) The num ber of cases in this city's polio emergency stood above the 500 mark Saturday with the latest Board of Health report boosting the 1956 total to 516. Doctors hurried to administer booster shots of Salk polio vac cine to children under 19 and pregnant women before arrival of the polio season peak in little more than one week. Inoculation units on wheels moved into four West Side neigh borhoods showing highest inci dence of the disease Friday. The mobile units were preceded by loudspeaker trucks broadcasting appeals to parents to bring out their children for shots. The West Side pockets are marked by crumbling slum build ings and indifference on the part of parents toward attempts by health officials to prevent an epidemic. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, pres ident of the Board of Health, em phasized the present polio situa tion was still classed as an "em ergency" rather than an epi demic. A disease generally must reach 35 cases per 100,000 population before it is considered of epidem ic proportions. Chicago's popula tion is more than four million persons. The polio outbreak in Chicago nevertheless remained the most serious in the nation. The num ber of cases was increasing much faster than during the city's pre vious record year in 1952 when 122 cases had been reported by Aug. 3. . . Embargo Placed on Cars In Mexico Mexico City (U.R! The ministries of finance and econ omy said Saturday a virtual em bargo on imports of automobiles and trucks was intended to favor the sale of Mexican cotton abroad. The government ruled Friday that effective Oct. 1 Mexican im porters will be prohibited from importing motor vehicles from the United States and other countries unless they are paid for in Mexican cotton. Some sources interpreted the move as Mexico's "aggressive" answer to American "dumping" of government surplus cotton abroad, in competition with Mexican cotton. Earlier this week, the govern ment notified U. S. auto manu facturers with assembly plants in Mexico that effective Nov. 1 all parts imported for assembly in their plants here must be paid for entirely in Mexican cotton. Officials' said many other im ported items like machinery, chemicals, typewriters, adding machines, sewing machines, steel and artificial fibers will be sub ject to the same barter system in the future. ON LEAVE Two young men are home on 14-day recruit leave from the Naval Training center at San Diego, Calif. They are Lucein Heber LeBaron, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover H. LeBaron, box 183, Medford, and Jacob Paul Germann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Germann, route 1, box 596, Central Point LeBaron has been assigned to the USS Philip pine Sea for duty and Germann is returning to the San Diego training center for a course of instruction at the class A engine man school. COMPLETES INSTRUCTION Rex Wade Slye, seaman ap prentice with the Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren E. Slye, 1980 Table Rock rd., has completed an eight week course of instruc tion at the Navy Dental Techni cal school in Bainbridge, Md. Slye enlisted in the Navy last November. BASIC GRADUATE James D. McCamant, a gradu ate of Stanford university and son of the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas McCamant, 300 Oak wood dr., has recently been graduated from a 26 week officers basic course at Quantico. Va., as a Marine second lieutenant. Use of water for all purposes in the U. S. doubled twice in the last 50 years and is expected to double again In the next 25 years. ' This man can girt you dependable delivery of THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR eft daily empeje Housewives, businessmen, teachers, ond students oil over the world read ond enjoy this international newspaper, pub lished daily in Boston. World famous for constructive news stories ond penetrating editorials. Special features for the whole family. The Ovation Science Monitor One Norway St.. Boston- 15, Mom. Send vour newsoooer for the time chocked. Enclosed rmd my check or money order. I yor JIS O month! SS O 3 months S4 City . Zone State si Chamber of Commerce; Russ Jamison, chairman of the Med ford Greeters committee; Irene Grigsby of Klocker printing, Medford, one "of the Medford Greeters: Bert Pree. Medford; Pauly Bright, Medford; Mrs. Dorothy Simpson representing her mother, Mrs. Mary Craven of the Trail Store, Trail; Robert C. Bush of Sunset-on-the-Rogue store, Trail; Sheldon Hughes of the Shady Cove locker plant; Mrs. Wendell Stalker of the Cove Drug, Shady Cove; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Witt of Sunset-on-the-Rogue motel and Mrs. Witt's mother, Mrs. Alice K. Augustus, of San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. William Ducker of Valley supply. Shady Cove; Mrs. Ray Chubb of the Cove Variety, Shady Cove; and Mrs. Carroll Watson of the Treasure Trove, Shady Cove. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Klein of Klein's Gar dens, Tumsville, Ore.; and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gibson of Ka puni, New Zealand, tourists of the week at Uncanny Canyon. Host and hostess for the break fast were Mr. and Mrs. John Dunlap of Uncanny Canyon. The regular meeting of the Cub Packs of the Cub Scouts was held on Monday evening, July 30, at the home of Den Mother, Polly Hammons in Shady Cove. Cubs present were Jimmy Brew er, Arthur Tepper, Frazier Ham mons, Hank Davis Johnny and Stevie Lowery and Carl Jenkins. Committee members present were Jimmy Davis and Carroll Watson. Guests present were Mrs. Melvin Jenkins and daugh ter, Lorraine; Mrs. Charles Brew er and sons, Scotly and Billy, Mrs. John Lowery and Sheri and Lane Watson. . Following the meeting and induction of the newest Cub Scout, Carl Jenkins, a marshmellow roast was held' by the river. Mr, and Mrs. Kenneth Oliver and daughter, Daun Cheri of Lancaster, Calif., were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cassal during their va cation stay here. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cassal and Mrs. Claude Close, all of Trail, made a trip to Glide, Ore., over the weekend to see, who is work ing there. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Williams of Shady Cove returned from a business trip to Portland and va cation trip to Victoria, B.C. In Portland they met Mrs. William's sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, who accompanied them to Victoria. While, there they visited tthe Butchard Gardens and the gov ernment museum. Mrs. Davis, whose real home is in Council Grove, Kan., will spend several weeks in Shady Cove visiting the Williams. Mrs. Richard Wood and daugh ter, Stephanie, of Redwood City, Calif., have been visiting Mrs. Wood's parents, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. J. P. Vachon at Tottering-on-the-Rogue. Shady Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Buck Jenkins of Los Angeles stopped briefly to visit the Carroll Watsons of Sha dy Cove Monday, July 30. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers and family of Elk creek. Trail, have had as guests recently Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rogers and son, Mike, of Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Baysinger of Stock ton, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hale of Bakersfield, Calif., and Mrs. R. G. Clifford and Mrs. Clif ford of Santa Barbara, Calif. Several local men have been on fishing trips recently. Just retured from Charleston, Ore., near Coos Bay where they were deep sea fishing are Ed Strother, Ray Briggs, Dick Pfeifer, Miles Williams, Jimmy Davis and son. Hank. Previously, another trip to the same place was made by Gus Olsen, Ray Briggs, Ed Strother and Peter Vachon. BIG VALUE IN GARDEN HOSE Tire cord reinforced SPECIAL Can be shut off art the norxia and left in hot sun under full water pressure far days! Too coo jm the trceg hro-oxd reinforcement through liunifimool outer jacket. RoinforceeHMt oneree long itrvke. A "moil" with gee spray eotslei end avtenofic shut-off sprieklen. lATTACHAIlE COUMmtH eioke roooir of occidental donofe quick and easy. J IEU (MAHAHTCt SO ft. $49 25 ft. $3" 7Sf,.9 tftvVs rmhm mda cost SPECIALISTS IN HOMBWAKBS I Free Parking Free Delivery Drexei Presents SCAYflE COLLECTION! The Bl New Usefulness, Great Value! 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