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Monday, October 1. 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN 4 v I ' COUNTRY FAIR These employees of Mann's Department store examine a poster announcing the company's 46th anniversary celebration, which is now in progress. Left to right are Harry Barker, fabrics, bedding, linen, draperies, toys and houseware depart ment head; Raun James, advertising and dis sits' i'tot'i ' f K PRIZE WINNERS An array of 1910 style costumes were featured Saturday morning when female employees of Mann's Department store held their costume judging contest. Shown wearing winning costumes are, left to right, Mrs. Bar bara Rukovina. first prize; Mrs. Lucile Anders, second prize; and Mrs. Madge Gates, third prize. The store is now celebrat ing lts46th anniversary. California!. Booked M II I un Muraer marge Portland (U.R) Leroy Dedrick, a fugitive from a mur der charge in San Francisco, was booked on another murder charge Sunday after he fatally stabbed a woman during an argu ment about a meal. Killed was Mrs. Nehoma See gar the wife of Robert Seegar who was a prominent witness In the recent grand jury inves tigation of vice conditions in Portland. Witnesses said Dedrick enter ed a restaurant here Mrs. See gar worked and after finishing his meal complained about the quality of the food. When Mrs. Seegar refunded his money and asked him to leave because of his "loud and profane" language, witnesses said, Dedrick pulled out a large knife and stabbed her 14 times In the chest. Dedrick was arrested two hours later at a mission where he had been living. He told po lice he "blacked out" and could not remember stabbing Mrs. See gar. Dedrick Is wanted in San Fran cisco on charges of fatally shoot ing Alsie Reese, 63, and perman ently crippling Frank Hall, 27, during a shooting spree Nov. 19, 1955. Dedrick told San Francis co police he shot them when he fired through the door of an apartment a former girl friend Jiad entered. Dedrick told police Sunday he " ' J, k,,.at) KMED ft., .. play manager: Bill Moffat, assistant to Bar ker; and Ed Culbertson, men's wear depart ment head. During the month-long event, em ployees of the store will wear 1910 style cos tumes. Theme of the celebration is an "old fashioned country fair." Bloomingfon Paper Supports Stevenson Bloomington, 111. (U.R) The Bloomington, 111., Pantagraph, partly owned by Adlai E. Stev enson, will abandon the "neu tral" stand it took in 1952 to support Stevenson this year, the newspaper announced Sunday. In a five-point explanation oc cupying the entire editorial sec tion, the newspaper called the President's health "a major is sue" and criticized the adminis tration's conduct of foreign pol icy. The Pantagraph said domestic policy was largely a continua tion of Democratic policies. The newspaper called Stevenson a "free man" who won his nom ination against the opposition of former President Harry Truman. Stevenson also was favored, the newspaper said, because he is younger than President Eisen hower and because he is from Bloomington. Stevenson was reared in the central Illinois community and received h i s early education there. He is a stockholder in the Pantagraph along with his sister and brother-in-law, Mrs. and Mr. Ernest Ives, but they do not hold a controlling inter est. held up two liquor stores and two drug stores in San Francis co "to get money to blow town." He came to Portland five weeks ago, he said. "To retain WORLD PEACE we must nave men who will back Eisenhower's fair and strong leadership" He Will get help front DOUG McKAY He cannot get help from Wayne Morse who ridiculed Eisenhower's plan to end the Korean War, calling it "a grandstand play" and who bitterly fought the President's plan to prevent war at Formosa predict ing the Chinese Reds would call the President's bluff w ithin 120 days and who now attacks Eisenhower's handling of the Suez crisis. Let's elect a man who will help us retain peace - vl - 'if . Swift Pianls Get Ready to Receive Meat; Strike Ends Chicago (U.R) Swift and Co. today readied its plants to re ceive livestock for the first time since members of two unions walked out on strike Sept. 20. The strike ended Sunday. Both sides agreed to a contract which contains wage increases totalling 25 cents over a three year period but omits mention of a union shop, one of the big issues in the dispute. A company spokesman said the 25,000 employees involved on the work stoppage would be called back to their jobs as soon as they are needed. He said full production would be under way as soon as possible. Claim Victory The unions claimed a "tre mendoi'.ts victory" in spite of their failure to gain the union shop clause accepted by most of the other major packers. "We regret that Swift has not shown- the same understanding of modern labor management regulations as have other meat packers," the unions said. "This is especially true on the issue of the union shop." The AFL-CIO United Pack inghouse Workers and the Amal gamated Meat Cutters will meet here Oct. 7 to ratify the agree ment with Swift. The pact calls for an immedi ate general wage boost of 10 cents an hour, 7V4 cents more Sept. 1, 1957, and a VA cents increase Sept. 1, 1958. Wages also will be hiked by increasing rates for job classifications by as much as 13 cents. Each J4 point rise in the con sumer index will bring wages up 1 cent an hour. Other provisions call for improved sick pay bene fits, separation pay for men who lose their jobs because of in creased use of automation, and reduction of geographic pay dif ferences. Before the agreement Swift employees received an average hourly rate of S2.38. WANTS A PERFECTIONIST Jersey, Channel Island (U.R) Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, millionaire artist, is look ing for another wife his sev enth. But she s got to be a per fectionist," he said. "I'm a great admirer of perfection. The U. S.-air force has a cur rent shortage of about 40,000 air craft mechanics. DOUG McKAY. .3 4 Most States Campainging To Attract Industries Into Borders Edltor'i note: One of the new as pect of American economic! Is the battl amonr sections of the country for new Industry financed directly by government. The following dis patch, first of a series of tnree. is based on a survev of United Press bureaus across the country. By EVERETT R. IRWIN United Press Correspondent Chicago (U.R) Every state in the nation with the exception of two is in the business of bring ing new businesses and indus tries within its borders. They are scrapping for bigger and better slices of an economic melon that has been swelling for 15 years and shows every pro mise of getting even bigger. A United Press survery shows that only Texas and California spend no state funds for such promotional purpose. They leave the job to chambers of com merce, private development groups or local governments. But the other 46 are openly competing with one another. Ar kansas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Flor ida, Idaho and Nevada have es tablished industrial agencies within the last 18 months. The size of the prize they are after is shown by the Depart On The Side (Distributed by King Do you know a girl named Carol? Does she know that the most dangerous and damaging storm in U..ited States history was "Hurricane Carol" which took place during August, 1954? Presidents A native of Belfast, Northern Ireland, calls attention to the fact that of the 32 presidents the United States has had so far, 10 were of Northern Ireland ances try. These included Andrew Jackson, Polk, Grant, Buchanan, Johnson, Arthur, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, ' McKinley and Wilson. So They Say Are the astrological claims as to matrimonial compatability worth considering? Let's check some celebrated marriages. Some that failed. Some that suc ceeded. Take Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. Marilyn is Gemini. Joe, a Sagittarian. As trologers say these signs are "in compatabile." A Sagittarian (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) cannot forget his first sweetheart. It was prob ably the wife of a Sagittarian who exclaimed bitterly, "My husband's old flame is burning me up." Sagittarians are easy to get, hard to hold, are "mar ried bachelor" types. Takes a woman of strong character and much patience to break them into matrimonial harness. Sagit tarian males dislike people who talk boringly about themselves. ; They favor simplicity in femi- j nine attire and make up. Gem-: ini (May 22-June 21) females can never decide whether they really love a man. Usually have six sweethearts before they marry. After marriage they keep won dering if they made the right choice. They are difficult to un derstand, hard to get along with. Are very independent. A hus- j band who tries to regulate the life or career of a Gemini wife or in any way dictate to her is flirting with domestic dynamite. Or so say the stargazers. Pleas. Not. When the Dolly sisters. Rose ; and Jenny, first came to this country they lived in the bor-: ough of the Bronx. To be exact, Grants Pass Girl Remains Serious Grants Pass U.R) A four-year-old girl was still in serious condition at a local hospital to day" after a shotgun shell ex ploded in a fireplace Saturday, inflicting serious abdominal wounds to the child. Officers identified the tot as Carol Sue Bowman, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bow man of O'Brien. She was staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morgan during the absence of her parents. I Mrs. Morgan said she could not explain the presence of the shell in the fireplace but said the child had been putting pa pers and trash from outside the home into the fireplace and pos- j sibly had picked up the live , shell. I Texas and Illinois lead In the number of miles of railway mile- age. Texas has 15,355 miles and ! Illinois has 11,385 miles. j ment of Commerce survey of current business. It reported that in the first six months of this year more than S16.6 billion was spent on new plants and plant expansion and equipment in all industries. Record Expansion ' A department official said that despite this summer's steel strike it appears 1956 will surpass the record industrial expansion year of 1953. That year plant and equipment expenditures totaled S28.3 billion. All around the country, yawn ing excavations and rising walls of brick and mortar testify to the industrial boom: Marquardt Aviation Co. broke ground in July for a $5 million-plus ramjet engine plant near Ogden, Utah. Chrysler Motor Co. is build ing an $85 million plant near Akron, O., and Olin Mathieson Corp. is constructing a $94 mil lion aluminum plant in South eastern Ohio. Reynolds Metal has a $145 million expansion near Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee river in Alabama. 1v E. V. Durling Futures Svadtcato. Inc.) at 669 Caldwell ave. Perhaps there should be a tablet on that house reading, believe it or not, the Dolly sisters once slept here." Among the Married Is your charming matrimonial mate over 40? Don't tell me. It is none of my business. How ever, she may be interested in knowing that in 1952 in the United States over 83,0D0 worn-' en in the 40 to 44 age group had ' blessed events. Some for the ; first time. Some on the same j day that their daughters became j mothers. Also in the same year j 5,578 women of 45 or over gave I birth! And some for the first time. So, mister, just because 1 your wife is crowding 50 don't , get the idea you will never pace : the hospital waiting room floor ! again. Most assuredly that is i something about which you i never can tell. What Do You Know? ! Are you a well informed : sports fan? Or do you just think ! you are? If you can answer the ! following quick as a quarter of a flash you are on the beam, i How far is it from home plate to the pitcher's box? What does ; a baseball weigh? What is the ! length limit of a baseball bat? On a basketball court, what is the height of the basket ring? YOUR NEWSPAPER FREEDOM'S TO BETTER LIVING! "Our liberty depends on freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost." Thomas Jefferson. Tyranny's first target is a free press, but so long as truth is made available to the people, we have no need to fear for the future of our democratic system. Our uncensored American press guards the open door to a better way of life, not only for Americans, but also for oppressed peoples everywhere, who seek freedom here. Medford Mail Tribune American Oil Company's $35 million refinery is scheduled to go into operation next winter near Yorktown, Va. Omaha, Neb., captured a new Western Electric plant that will cost $50 million and employ more than 4,000 workers. Acme Steel Co. recently an nounced plans to build steel making facilities near Chicago's new world port. Steel companies are invest ing more than a bUlion dollars in Minnesota's taconite. A new tractor plant for Au rora, 111., an auto parts plant at Dyersburg, Tenn.; an aircraft factory at St. Petersburg, Fla. New factories mean more jobs. More jobs mean greater tax re ceipts to build highways and schools, more money in consum ers' pocketbooks. The swelling consumer market creates a de mand for more industries. So far it's a merry-go-round. And states like Arizona, Nevada, and Washington, which once stood aloof from smokestacks and machines, are climbing on board. In tomorrow's inslallment, Et erett Irwin says that stain ar battling for new industry with weapons ranging from high pres sure advertising gimmicks to an alytical surveys and low - key fact sheets. 1. 3. The Eisenhower administration raised tnterest rates on home mortgages. A sharp decrease in home building naturally followed. This caused the lumber market to drop sharply. Oregon's No. 1 industry has slumped as a result, and jobs and economy are now threatened. WHAT CAN BE DONE? 14. Get the Full State Democratic Central KEY tSng ZZ rM ut "Xenrariei Old City Freiburg, a centi"io I city in the south we. lot Germany wit Venmcancfy L MARILYN'S PORTRAIT Arbroath, Scotland (U.R) The Royal Navy petty officers mess was minus its prized dec oration today a 12-foot nude portrait of actress Marilyn Mon Memo from COTV JElectric LCIothesBtycd in SEE and HEAR SENATOR MORSE Story From Senator Wayne Morse Committee of Ore. Bob Boytr, Chmn., Loyaly Bldg., Portland A Plant m van wuyg and' B, international ABaden-WuJs aerg' fof Machinists, an- govemment-siionsci esieraay iney nave new two-year con- ovenng wage Increases I Presented Symbol The officer presented Prea- wn Mt rinnhAwap with t f .. 1UUI, WWWillVnVl . V. . M W tnaiu if-miiiar rorl "Sword of un " riinrai. viv'ci Chll- hnl In tnarlr tris start rrf uj a drive for J26,000,(Xvf o r; research, educv m to cance'i The FA i roe. Petty Officer Albert Potts said the painting was removed for fear it would upset visitors. Use Tribune Want 4d Easy, Just Dial 2-6141 leddy... Explain how the Eisenhower Administration has thrown our Plywood - and Lumber Industry Into a Tailspin. Tonight KBES-TV 5:55 p.m. Monday, October 1 c"shJ ST. JOHNS. JSS The stl i2.rnl " m JsaeV" tute for Current H Munich to look Into! Egypt and Jordan- their full co-operatioi 1 Hammarskjold im I Iv accented the aaJ J 1 . and promised to dri He called for VhtA all interested ciuoing mow tast National NEWSPAPER WEEK JAA maomtxt I I fvBs TO strra i r )) UtiV uvm0' W MONDAY 7:00 P.M. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport 1-4. Mck, (M.VajMlMi.. I. 4E.Ul!'l,ll4M.Cter. 11 1 7 S. . msi. rnUMd. Or.
