A Nieho's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
Br HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Prau Future Writer
Washington (U.R) A kid in
the South went to visit a buddy
on a neighboring farm and ask
ed "W here'i
Johnny?"
J o h n n y's
mommy said
her lad was
"down in the
hog house cool
ing off."
It wai no
joke. A lot of
hog houses are
,.. Krl.oi. air condition
ed these days. And so are a lot
of cow barns, and even side
walks, according to the Air Con.
ditioning and Refrigeratoin In
stitute.
The University of Missouri
made some notes not long back
and found that air-conditioned
cows give about two gallons
more milk a day than their sis
ters suffering from the heat. A
cartoon in one paper "quoted"
one cow as saying to another:
"What we need is bigger buck
ets," meaning "Where will we
put all the extra milk?"
Dugouts Will Bs Cooled
According to the air coolers.
baseball players soon will have
air-conditioned dugouts. That
could cool off a few hot-headed
managers, also.
In some places in the South,
sidewalks are air-conditioned,
but that sort of thing has not
yet come to humid Washington.
When July and August hit this
town the coolest place to hit for
is the White House open five
morning a week for us hot tour
' ists.
The Forrestal, the new air
craft carrier, has an air-conditioning
unit "big enough for two
big buildings." That statement
would take a lot of proving, but
suffice it to say that the vessel
is well cooled.
Gold mines in South Africa
couldn't operate down deep a
mile or more without air cool
ing. Neither could the copper
mines in Montana.
Air conditioning also has
something to do with the fast
development of the polio vac
cine. Without cooling, some of
Stevenson Plans
Labor Day Speech
To Open Campaign
Chicago U.R Adlai E. Ste
venson will open his campaign
for the presidency with an ad
dress at a Labor Day rally in
Detroit's Cadillac square, it was
reported today.
Sources close to Stevenson
said the Democratic candidate
would follow his Detroit appear
ance with a speech before the
American Legion in Los Ange
les some time later in the week.
Other talks by Stevenson
were scheduled Sept. 11 at the
Liberal party convention in New
York and Sept. 12 at a $50 a
plate fund raising dinner in Har
risburg, Pa.
His campaign manager, James
A. Finnegan, said Stevenson
would conduct a campaign us
ing whistle stop train trips and
airplane hops for key addresses
around the nation.
TV Address Slated
He said Stevenson will delivei
the first of six scheduled half
hour television addresses Sept
13. The Democrats also have
purchased 89 brief television
spot announcements plugging
the Stevenson-Kefauver ticket
at the end of popular television
programs, he said.
Former President Harry S.
Truman will be used "to full
capacity" in the coming cam
paign, Finnegan said.
Finnegan also made it clear
that President Eisenhower's
health would be soft-pedaled as
a major campaign issue.
He said the "average Ameri
can rebels at the thought of a
man's illness becoming the focal
point of a campaign."
the important tests might have
been delayed.
Church Attendance Up
The rest of the country is
looking with envy to New York
where a whole fleet of taxi cabs
are air conditioned.
A lot of churches are cooled,
too. Air conditioned clergymen
around the country say attend
ance is up as much as 44 per
cent, and that collections are
considerably, too.
Even Abraham Lincoln's tomb
in Springfield, 111.,' is air-conditioned.
Air conditioning is fine while
you are sitting in front of a
gadget that chills. I don't worry
too much about small boys who
run to the pig house to share
the pleasure with the boars and
the sows.
All I know is, when the lit
tle boys get back out under the
boiling sun they will be as hot,
or hotter than they wre in the
sty.
Me, I'd rather sweat than
freeze to death in the summer.
Sometimes these cooler peo
ple get it too cool. A man can
stand just so many summer
colds-.
Ike, Nixon Photos
Posted at Convention
San Francisco (U.R) Al
though nominations aren't in yet,
there are two immense pictures
of President Eisenhower and
Vice President Nixon at one
end of the Cow Palace where
the Republican National Con
vention is being held.
At the other end a large sign
bearing the slogan "peace and
prosperity" from 1856 to 1956
commemorates 100 years of the
Republican party. Also on the i
sign is a painting of a gold coin
bearing the likenesses of Presi
dent Eisenhower and Abraham
Lincoln.
Oregon Accidents
Claim Two Lives
By UNITED PRESS
Traffic accidents claimed at
least two lives in Oregon over
the week end and three other
persons were presumed drowned
in a boating accident.
A 21-year-old Woodburn truck
driver, Charles Bilyeu, was
killed Saturday when a fuel
truck he was driving plunged
off the Woodburn-Molalla high
way and rolled over. He was
pinned in the cab of the vehicle.
Mrs. Helen Frasch, 79, of
Spirit Lake, Ida., died in a
Pendleton hospital Saturday as
a result of injuries received in
a two-car crash 31 miles west
of Pendleton Friday. Six other
persons were injured.
One person was known
drowned and two others pre
sumed drowned at Taft Satur
day afternoon when two fishing
boats capsized while trying to
cross the Siletz bar on an ebb
tide.
Roy Smith, about 45. of Cutler
City, was drowned. His teen-age
son. Ron Smith, and Wendell
Kuhlman, about 40. of DeLake
were still missing and presumed
to have drowned in the sea.
Two other members of the
fishing party were saved by the
quick action of Russ Bailey, the
owner of a boat moorage at
Taft.
DO NOT DISTURB
Beccles, England (U.Ri T h e
start of the annual regatta here
was delayed by a small cabin
cruiser moored in the middle of
the river. An official' went out to
the cruiser to ask it to move but
returned redfaced. "It's a honey
moon couple," he said. "They
don't want to be disturbed."
Death Certificate
Expected for Hitler
Munich. Germany (U.R) A
Berchtesgarden court will issue
a certificate the end of this
month officially declaring Ad
olf Hitler died 11 years ago, au
thoritative sources said here Sat
urday. Once the death certificate is
issued the Berlin denazification
court can proceed with its at
tempt to confiscate Hitler's pro
perty for the West German Republic.
Father Saves Tot
From Lake Drowning
Oswego (U.R) A two-year-old
girl was saved from drowning
in Lake Oswego yesterday. Little
Karen Louise Roskoski, Port
land, was pulled from the water
by her father, alerted by shouts
from the child's uncle who was
in a second-floor room of his
lake front home.
Clem Roskoski told police he
saw from the room that his niece
was floundering in the water
and called to his brother, Clar
ence, father of the child, who
was near the lake but had not
seen his daughter's difficulty.
The little girl's father dived
in and pulled the child ashore,
according to Clackamas County
Deputy Ray Bevens.
Californian Swims
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Victoria. B. C. (U.R) Amy
Hiland, Long Beach, Calif.,
Saturday became the first wom
an to swim the frigid strait of
Juan de Fuca.
She swam the 18.3 miles in
the 50 degree saltwater in 10
hours, 51 minutes and three
seconds, the fastest time the feat
was ever accomplished.
Government Costs
Decline Reported
Washington ;;U.R The Cen
sus Bureau reported today that
the cost of running federal, state
and local governments in the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1955,
was down almost $1 billion from ;
the year before.
The drop was due primarily ,
to a S6 billion cut in defense i
spending by the federal govern-,
ment, which more than offset a j
10 per cent rise in outlays by
state and local governments, the
report said. j
Total spending in the period j
ran to $109.7 billion, of which i
Monday, August 20, 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
S20.4 billion was spent by states.
Local governments paid out
S26.2 billion. The federal gov
ernment's outlays for nonde
fense purposes totaled SI2.4 bil
lion. Defense spending in the
period amounted to some S40.7
billion.
On a per capita basis, govern
ment cost S664 for each of the
165,271.000 persons in the coun
try on July 1 last year, the bu
reau said. National defense
spending was S246 for each per
son; and spending for all other
functions was $418.
Revenue collected by all lev
els of government in fiscal 1955
amounted to $107.6 billion,
about $1.6 billion less than the
previous 12 months.
Violent Storms j
Leave Eight Dead j
Eight persons were killed !
when a row of violent storms ;
ripped across Ohio and West-;
ern Pennsylvania Sunday, leav
ing more than $500,000 damage.
Two of the dead were counted
at Sharon, Pa., where a tree
toppled on. the roof of a shelter
housing 80 persons at a reunion !
party. Fifty-seven of the guests i
were treated for injuries. I
Storms, triggered by an in
vading cool front, hit hardest in
Northern Ohio. Winds up to 75
miles per hour flattened power
and telephone lines in the Cleve
land area.
The cold front sweeping down
from Canada dropped tempera
tures and brought rain as far
south as Texas. i
San Angelo, Tex., was drench
ed in a five-inch rainfall while
rains of more than two inches
fell over the Texas Panhandle, i
North and Northwest Texas. i
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Family of Five Dies
In Auto Collision
Camden. S. C. (U.R) A
family of five from North Olm
stead, Ohio, died when their
automobile smashed into a
bridge abutment Sunday and
burst into flames.
Police identified the dead as
Robert Gray, his wife Betty, and
their three children. Sue, 6; Gary
8; and Douglas 13; all of North
Olmstead.
The state highway patrol said
Mrs. Gray, driving at the time,
apparently fell asleep. She was
thrown clear of the car, patrol
men said, but the others died in
the wreckage. A passing motor
ist found them after the fire had
burned itself out.
Patrolmen learned after trac
ing the license plates that the
family was traveling to Ft.
Lauderdale. Fla., to visit Mrs.
Gray's mother.
Pilot Bails Out
Of Damaged Plane
Salem (U.R) A Naval re
serve pilot bailed out of his flam
ing Navy AD-5 attack bomber
just south of Salem Saturday
night, minutes before the crip
pled craft crashed about a mile
from the city.
State Police identified the pi
lot as Lt. Jg. Donald John Play
ans, 34, Portland.
Playans bailed out of the plane
and landed in the back yard of
a nursing home about one mile
south of here. He was given first
aid at the home and transferred
to Salem General hospital. His
injuries were reported to be not
serious.
Officers said the plane crash
ed into an open field south of
the city but tore down power
lines and damaged a shed when
it plunged to earth.
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