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rr j J, KiVfiL peg pr - ---it- m itp' ii ii "ii a ' n in' 1 1 ARRIVES IN MEDFORD S. J. Stephenson (on steps) is greeted by Ben Trowbridge of Trowbridge and Flynn Electric company, as he arrives in Medford to study local market conditions and help . prepare for the election campaign broadcasts to be sponsored by Westinghouse Electric corporation. Stephenson is manager of Westinghouse'i portable appliance division. Firm Official to Study Market Area Stan J. Stephenson, manager, portable appliance division of the Westinghouse Electric cor poration, is in Medford this week to study local market conditions and to help prepare for the elec tion campaign broadcasts which Westinghouse is sponsoring na tionally. - Stephenson is one of a team of three executives of Westing house's consumer products div ision moving throughout the Northwest this week. They are among 125 Westinghouse offic ials that are devoting this week to contacting dealers all over the country. During this week, Westing house will effect "Operation Landslide," a $10,000,000 mer chandising event planned for the electrical merchandising in dustry. Westinghouse is investing S5,- 000,000 in television and radio coverage of the political conven tions this fall, Another $5,000,- 000 Is being Invested in . mer chandising and advertising pro tects to make sure that retailers capitalize on the broadcasts at the local level, according to Westinghouse. Chicago Continues To Battle Polio Chicago U.R) Every effort was being made today by Board of Health authorities to crush the polio outbreak in Chicago before the peak polio season ar rived in less than a week. The polio count neared the 600 mark despite the all-out inocu lation campaign launched against the crippling disease. Since Jan. 1, there have been 582 cases of polio and 13 deaths from the disease. . The outbreak was the worst in Chicago's history and ran far ahead of 1955 when 161 cases and 10 deaths were reported dur ing the same period. In 1952. when the city's previous biRgest polio outbreak occurred, only 76 cases and three deaths had been reported in the corresponding period. Meanwhile, health authorities pressed a drive against itinerant food and confectionary vendors on the polio-infested West Side. Dr. Herman Bundesen, Board of Health president, said the action should not be construed as meaning that all street vendors should be considered unsanitary. "We just don't want to take any chances," Bundesen said. SEAL'S ALL WET Orlando, Fla. (U.PJ The next time James F. Divine sees a bargain, he'll be a little more wary. Arriving late Monday at a county' land auction. Divine bid for four lots, which he fin ally purchased for $705. The shock came when he went to look at his new properties near the edge of town and found them right in the middle of - Lake Olive. When You See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickers PHONE 2-6779 LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON Cypriot Gunmen Scheduled To Die Nicosia, Cyprus (U.R) Gov Sir John Harding today con firmed the death sentences of three Greek - speaking Cypriot gunmen, who probably will hang within 48 hours. The EOKA underground was expected to retaliate for the executions of Andreas Zakos, Charilaos Michael and Iacovos Patatsos by murdering any Brit ish captives who fall into their hands. The underground seized a 78-year-old schoolteacher last week and threatened to kill him if the three men were hanged. The underground eventually releas ed him, however, at the request of one of the doomed men. Two power stations on this strategic Mediterranean island failed Monday night, perhaps as a result of sabotage, and two time bombs were set off at the Radio Cyprus studios. The bombs caused no casualties and only slight damage. The bombs were an apparent attempt to retaliate for the offi cial station's broadcast of a de nunciation of EOKA by Dro soulla Demetriadou, a Greek girl whose Maltese fiance was mur dered and whose mother was beaten up by the underground. Convicted Red Refused Payments Washington (U.R) The Board of Veterans Appeals today re fused to reinstate disability pay ments to convicted Communist Robert G. Thompson. It said that Thompson's speeches dur ing the Korean war aided the enemy. The board:-upheld the VA's Central- Committee on Waivers and Forfeitures in an earlier action denying the disability benefits. , Thompson was one of the first 11 top Communist leaders con victed under the Smith act of conspiring to advocate the over throw of the U.S. government by violence. He is in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Ga. Thompson s payments were stopped under a provision of public law 144 which permits the Veterans Administrator to cut off the benefits if he convinced that the recipient is guilty of mutiny, treason, or of rendering assistance to the enemy. Payment of $30.15 monthly to Thompson's wife and children will not be cut off. But the $67 a month disability payments Thompson would receive will be stopped. Thompson, a World War II veteran, was awarded the Dis tinguished Service Cross for heroism ih battle. He contracted pulmonary tuberculosis after be ing wounded. The disease is now arrested, a VA spokesman said. Seven American Soldiers on Trial On Rape Charges Wuerzburg. ' Germany (U.R; Seven American soldiers go on trial today for the mass rape of a 15-year old German girl. The verdict could have an important effect on recently disturbed German-American relations. The seven Americans, four of them teen-agers, were accused of raping the young girl in a woods near here on July 9. The act brought to a head a wave of Ger man criticism of brutal actions by U.S. and other troops sta tioned along the Iron Curtain in West Germany. Equal Interest The Communists and the non Communists were observing the trial with almost equal interest the Communists for powerful propaganda material and the non-Communists to see a test of American policy and friendship with the West German republic. Every German newspaper on both sides of the Iron Curtain was giving the trial wide publi city. The trial was before a mili tary court, with five Army law years appointed to defend the men. The seven accused faced death by hanging if convicted. Investigating military police have reported all made "impli cating" statements. Could Renew Demands Observers said if the seven are given light sentences, or sen tences lighter than the German public thinks they desrve, a nw wave of demands is expected to swell across Germany calling for the expulsion of all foreign troops. The Army named Brig. Gen. Parmer Edwards of St. Louis to head the nine-man court. Maj. John F. Kearns of Fonda, N.Y., was designated law officer. The men, all members of the 85th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Division, were: Pfc. Edward L. Brown, 18, of Norwalk, Conn.: Pvt. Melvin F. Carter, 24, of Harrisburg, Va.: Pfc. James E. Wilson, 18, of Wilmington, Del.: Pvt. Clifton Franks, 20, of Omaha, Neb.; Pvt. James Gor don, 23. of Alachua, Fla.: Pfc. Fred Chandler. 21, of Kansas City, Mo.; and Pfc. Raymond I. Kasey, 18, of Roanoke, Va. aBBBVHMIsMlissssssssssssssssssaaMMNMHBMBBMMa mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm'mim:.. m w.in. ji.i..,..,u.i wm HAMLIN MOTOR CO. COLONEL KEHOE Assigned to Medford Girl, 12, Quizzed In Death of Boy Milwaukee (U.R) A 12-year-old girl was questioned by police and juvenile authorities today about the fatal shotgun shooting of Kenneth Dykes, 11, Milwau kee. Dukes died at a hospital here Monday afternoon, a few hours after the girl shot him because he was teasing her, police said. The girl was expected to face juvenile court trial on a police charge of homicide by reckless conduct with a firearm. The girl told police Dukes was throwing a rock at a house in which she, another girl and a boy were playing. She said she pointed the shotgun out of a window and told him to stop. Dukes persisted, she told po lice, and walked yj a flight of stairs to the house. The girl came out holding the shotgun and told Dukes she would give him to the count of five to leave. "That old gun won't shoot anyway," she quoted Dukes as saying. She told police she counted to five and pulled the trigger, but added she did not know the gun, which belonged to her father, was loaded. 1956 Chrysler sales to owners of other makes are going up! Percentage of owners switching to Chrysler from the six major competitors in our price range is up 48.9 over 1955! Here's proof that Chrysler is the biggest buy of all fine cars! Come in . . . and see for yourself! POKXHTMI BASrQ ON LATEST AVAJLAU PtaUHCS. THE YEAR AHEAD CHRYSLER Colonel Assigned Advisor for Units In Medford Area Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Regular Army Lt. Colonel Frank M. Kehoe, recently returned from 14 months in Korea, has been assigned as the senior ad visor for Army reserve units in the Medford area. Colonel Wil lard B. Carlock, chief of the Ore gon Military district has an nounced. Colonel Kehoe is coming to Medford as a result of increased Army reserve activities by the activation of the 417th engineer aviation brigade and the Armed Forces Reserve act of 1955 which permits youths 17 to 18' 4 years of age to enlist in the Army re serve. As the senior unit advisor in this area he will also be responsi ble for Army reserve units in the Klamath Falls and Grants Pass area. A veteran of more than 14 years service, Colonel Kehoe served in France, England, Ger many, the Philippine Islands and Japan during and after World War II. In 1949 he returned to Germany where he served until 1953 with the Hanau and Rhine engineer depots. Colonel Kehoe and his wife, Madge, with their . two sons, Stephen and Philip, will make their home at route 1, box 363C, Medford. COOL, MAN, COOL Chicago (U.Rj The Drake Ho tel has announced the comple tion of a 100 per cent air condi tioning program started in 1954. The system consists of a 100-ton refrigerating compressor, a wa ter chiller, a circulating pump, and an evaporative condenser. The individual room units are in stalled in the closets and vary in power with the size of the room. BRING BACK THOSE BELLS Grand Rapids, Mich. ;U.R) Mrs. Allen E. Waite appealed to police to help find her husband's bar-bells and weights before he starts adding more weight. Mrs. Waite told police her 230-pound husband, a contractor, "is lost without them." The bar-bells were taken from the Waite home while they were away. . " - Biggest buy of I Tuesday, August 7, 1956 Sullivan To Miss Sunday TV Show Derby, Conn. (U.R) TV star Ed Sullivan has not improved "'rapidly enough" from traffic in juries to appear on his Sunday night program, a hospital medi cal bulletin said today. Comedian Phil Silver will sub stitue for Sullivan on "The Ed Sullivan Show" this Sunday and until Sullivan is able to return, the Columbia Broadcasting Sys tef announced. A CBS spokes man said it was expected Sulli van would return to his program Aug. 19. A. J. Deluca, administrator of Griffin hospital, issued the bul letin 32 hours after Sullivan was injured in a two-car accident at Seymour, Conn. The medical bulletin said Sul livan "spent a comfortable night. Temperature normal. Condition has not progressed rapidly enough to warrant his appear ance on the TV show scheduled for Aug. 12." Deluca said he did not know how much longer Sullivan would be required to remain in the hospital. i WHO IS ELVIS? New York (U.R) Elvis : Presley may have the sympathy of 71 per cent of the nation's ; teen-agers and the idolatry of 11 ; per cent. But 18 per cent hasn't the vaguest idea who "The Pel vis" is. A youth research insti tute survey said many of the 18 per cent never had heard of the rock-'n'-roll singer, while j others misidentified him as a comic strip character. Southern , senator, evangelist, mystery nov- el detective and radio news com-j mentator. i FATHER St SON Boston (U.R) For the first time in its long history, the uni formed branch of the Massachu setts state police now has a father-and-son combination Lt. William J. Sullivan and rookie Trooper Richard Sullivan. BAR BELLS STOLEN , Tampa, Fla. (U.R) Police : searched today for a muscle bound burglar who stole William Nunally's set of bar bells over the week end. ; .v w . What's the reason for the big switch? Simply this: There' t mart that's new in Chrysler than in all competitive ears combined! All new styling . . . longer body . . . sen sational Pushbutton Drive Control . . . full-time Power Steering . . . mighty V-8 airplane-type engine . . . revolutionary new brake system . . . Instant Heating System . . Nylon Safety Tires. And that's only a all fine cars 121 North Bartlett 'Don't Miss the BIG 14th Annual ROGUE RIVER ROUNDUP 3 Thrilling Nights! August 10-1 1-12 at the Posse Grounds MEDFORD, ORE. See the O HORSE PARADE FRIDAY AUGUST 10 at 5 P.M. O MAIN PARADE SATURDAY - AUGUST 11 at' 2 P.M. Rodeo Tickets Available in Downtown Medford . . Watch for Horse Trailer! (Friday Night Is Family Night Special Prices for Children) Yiljtffll rmti-j!tWti i,firMi t-fr. iSm - few of the great advances that Chrysler has that competitive cars may have some day. No wonder they're coming over to Chrysler in record numbers! No wonder Chrysler re-sale value is rising at a record rate! Come see your Chrysler Dealer today and get a close-up of The Year-Ahead Car Better still, get in it and drive it. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE HDTB rMMf'fttMr - A - tiliia4r 'A Phone 2-6286
