Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 16, 1956, Image 15

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Newspaper Page Text51st Year Medford Price 10c United Presi Full Leased Vir Tribune United Press Full Leased Wi Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16,. 1956 Pages 1 to 8 Life in America Has It All Over Europe, Writer Gone 7 Years Says rdltor'i Not: I'. p. CorrDondnt Robert F. Jarkson ha fflurnpd to hi native land after a seven-year align ment In Kurope. four vears In London and three in Rome. In six week! at home, he has cone home again to Mount Alrv. N.r., traveled the Fast ern Seaboard, bought a ear and a TV let, and rented a house In the "ft urbla" of Hestport. Conn, where he rommutes to his New York Job. In the following, dlsparrhes he tells how Am erica has changed in seven years. By HOBERT E. JACKSON United Press Correspondent New York UR) For seven years I lived in a world without automatic gearshifts, frozen cheeseburger or Elvis Presley. I had to beg salesmen to sell to me. I did practically nothing around the house. Neither did my wife. We had a full-time $7.50-a-weck live-in maid, a built-in baby sitter. For us there were no installment plans, no television, no motels, no base ball. This Iow-fi existence was not on Mars. It was in Europe where I spent four years in London nd three in Rome. To some it might seem like heaven on earth to escape the post-mortem nausea over James Dean and the men who threaten social disgrace if you choose the wrong razor blade. But to me, a North Carolinian, my wife Peggy, a New Yorker. and our sons, Roger. 6. and Blair, 3 London-born and Italian-speaking this, not that, is the promised land. America in 1956 is a material paradise. It is this impression which first rocks, rolls and reels the expatriate come home. We expected it to be. We had heard that and little else about America. But what we had not expected and what excited us more than washing machines and dish dryers was the change in the American people since we left in 1949. Americans have calmed down. Even New Yorkers. They also seem more conservative. Moderation Is By-Word "Moderation" is the national password. Security is a must. The average person in this exub erant, friendly, over-generous, often zany and sometimes taste less country of ours, has stuck by the solid virtues. He may be whistling past a graveyard by worrying more about the Dodgers than Suez, but he is concerned about the schools, the morals and the fu ture of his children, the slaugh ter on the highways. His con science, whether southern or Edmund E. Hass Vice-President CIFIC NORTHWEST tOMPAJJl Since 1913 HOTEL MEDFORD LOBBY Phone 2-8379 Consult With Mr. Hass on INVESTMENT and RETIREMENT Programs Using the Securities, of . . . Utilities Banks Insurance Industrial and Investment Company Shares. Incomes ol 3? to 6.6 Can Be Obtained. Other offices in Portland. Eugene, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Aber deen, Bellingham. Yakima. Wenatchee and Walla Walla. northern, is torn by segregation. This surprised us, because in the seven years away we had read and heard so much slander of an envied America that we were, I will admit, almost afraid to come home. Expatriata Americans Liberace and Presley were the "real America," not Eisenhower and Stevenson. Americans had lost their liberty and freedom. The machine age had swallowed them. In the atom age, they were trigger-happy for war. They were cultural baboons. This we had heard from Euro peans, from the new breed of Americans who have exiled themselves to Europe and from traveling Americans themselves. In the seven years we were away the years of Korea and McCarthy there were serious crises for peace and liberty. But when we landed here on Labor day, whisked in 17 hours from the old world back into the new, we found ordinary and nice peo ple leading an incredible life. It was good to be back. Fund Appeal Starts For Youth Group Ashland Annual appeal for funds for the Ashland-Talent youth drive opened Monday, and campaign headquarters are lo cated in the lobby of the Lithia hotel. Goal of the drive this year is S14.300 for support of four youth organizations in the com munity the Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts, YMCA and Camp Fire Girls. Allan Harris is general chair man of the drive with Mrs. Jean Polk, co-chairman. Headquarters in the Lithia lobby are open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. from the opening date through Oct. 30. Harris said that while a complete canvass of the Ashland-Talent area is planned, contributions will be accepted at headquarters. Committee chairmen are Bill Warren, special events; John Billings and Gordon Hays, busi ness solicitations; Ken Jones, ad vance gifts; Chet Squire, schools and colleges; Don Lewis, indus trial solicitation; Mrs. Lorena McNair, residential solicitations; and Sam Davis, publicity. Election Results in Illinois Uncertain Because of Scandals Editor's note: This ts another of the dispatrhes on the most interesting and important election contests across the country. By AL LEECH I United Press Correspondent Chicago tU.R) Scandal has clouded the state election cam paigns in Illinois and lent added uncertainty to the outcome of the presidential balloting in the home state of Adlai Stevenson. Political experts agree that the Democrats need the Illinois vote if they intend to defeat President Eisenhower. At first, the Democrats ap peared to be getting the breaks when a fradulent check scandal drove Republican State Auditor Orville Hodge out of office and into prison. It was a blow to the whole GOP state ticket from Gov. William G. Stratton down. But then the Democrats suf- ' ft fW V-tV i ? " I tm i-iAVMitirrmrTrmTPmmm GGEGQ 02SB GGQ OHBGE) fflGLTIBS '7 am against high taxes and big government" Q. Do M really think taxes can be cat? Ao Taxes can be cut. They hare been cut was there. Big government and big taxes are inseparable. When the Eisenhower administration cut big government it was able to balance the budget and at the same time give the people of this country the biggest tax cut of all history a whopping S7.4 billion dollars. And 62l went to individuals. Q. Is big goremnMnt and big taxes an issue? A Emphatically . . . yes! The spending proposals of my opponent, if adopted, would make government bigger and would require the largest tax increase of all time. He has promised a slice of the treasury to every pressure group of record going far beyond the Democrat party platform. He would hare to ask for tax incrcases. Q. Can yoa prove yon can cut taxes? A Let's loot at the record. As Secretary of Interior we turned the continuous red ink annual toss of the Alaskan Railroad into a So million dollar profit in three years while improving service. In another department we streamlined the processing of applications, speeded serv ice, and saved over S28O.0OO. We saved 515,000.000 oa another item of operating costs. This administration has prored cost and taxes can be cut without sacrificing essential services. Q.' How can we cot taxes without losing highways, schools and other things we need? A We cut government costs but we did more. We put hve million more people to work. They pay taxes and thai eases the load for everyone. We achieved the highest peak of national income in all history. People earn more . . they pay more taxes even at lower rates . . . and the additional tax income can be divided between lower taxes and the expansion of needed government a Q. Row does all this affect my family budget? A It will add to family income and family dollars will go farther, lower taxes mean more take home pay. The sound policies of this administration stopped nra away inflation that in seven Truman years raised the coat of living 49 We slowed that down to a 2.7 increase n four years and we are stiH working on is to make your dolfars buy more . . . and wage increases meaji something. fered a setback when Cook County Treasurer Herbett C. Paschen, the Democratic candi date for governor, was forced to withdraw from the race after al leged irregularities were uncov ered in a welfare fund for em ployees of his office. He was replaced on the ticket Sept. 5 by Judge Richard B. Au stin of Superior court, who took a leave of absence and set out to accomplish in 60 days what it takes most candidates as much as seven months to do. Furthermore, he was up against a formidable opponent in Stratton, a veteran of the "poli tical wars at 42. Austin is vir tually unknown except in the le gal profession in Chicago. Strat ton became a political boy won der when he was elected to Con gress in 1940 at the age of 26. The Republicans hope to counteract the Hodge scandal with the claim that they acted speedily to straighten out the mess. They are confident of resti tution of all the money Hodge took from the State Treasury more than a million dollars in all. Democrats are trying to keep it alive. The Senate Banking committee headed by Sen. Wil liam Fullbright (D-Ark) is con ducting Chicago hearings on rati fications of the case involving Chicago banks. The Democrats contend that the Patschen case was small po tatoes compared with the Hodge scandal and that Paschen him self has not been found guilty of wrong-doing. The case revolv ed around the fact that banks which had county money on de posit contributed around S29.250 in two years to the welfare fund for Paschen's county employees. Bankers said this amounted to about 1-1 0th of 1 per cent of the county funds the banks had on deposit. Grand Jurors Named For Coming Term Seven persons were sworn in by the clerk of the circuit court to serve on the Jackson county grand jury Monday morning. Those who will serve on the grand jury and be subject to calj during the next three months are Charles V. Reeves. Prospect: Clara Spatz, 20 North Grove land, Medford; Viola Ragsdale, P. O. Box 16, Trail: Walter J. Carr, route 1. box 598, Central Point; John P. Daugherty, 564 Ashland St.. . Ashland: Robert G. Germer. 4585 South Pacific highway, Medford: and Claudina M. Smith. 1306 South Colurrfbus ave., Medford. Four grand juries are chosen each year for a period of three months each. r Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent Issssi t itmn- i Hollywood (U.R) Dick Haymes now is building a new career in New York, but on this side of the country the singer faces a burden: An es timated S225, 000 in debts and two war rants for h i s arrest. The war rants, issued Aline Mosby last week at the order of two of his four ex wives, point up Haymes' posi tion as the most troubled star in show business. Critics agree Haymes still has one of the best balad voices, but he also has had a penchant for muddling into marital-financial trouble since he hit the big time with his record of "You'll Never Know" in 1943. His second wife, Jeanne Drn. has the law out to nab him the minute he steps across the Cal ifornia border for $4,478 in sup port payments for his three chil dren. Wife No. 3, Nora Haymes, also wants him arrested for $12, 150 in back alimony. Federal Claim Unsettled The records show he still is trying to settle a government claim for $18,800 in back taxes and penalties. Three years ago Haymes was involved in one of the all-time legal headaches. The good-looking singer hopped over to Hawaii to court voluptuous Rita Hay worth, and the rendezvous al most cost him his right to live in the United States. The government charged that Haymes, an Argentine-born al ien., had no right to such a visit without a visa for his return. After a two-year fight that in cluded hearings, appeals, vari ous decisions and legal docu ments, the government finally gave up its case. Attorneys Claim Nonpayment But the attorneys who sweated through two years of the bitter legal battle and guided Haymes to his freedom claim they haven't been paid for their efforts. Re cently one of his lawyers. David Marcus, sued Haymes for his bill of $25,000. Nora's attorney, Saul Ross, says Haymes' excuse for getting behind in his bills is that "he says he lost $100,000 through his divorce from Rita Hayworth. The crooner's pals say that was the amount Dick would have re ceived if he and Rita had formed their production company. But a month after he finally won his immigration case the red-haired star walked out on him. She told friends. "I'm fed up with his troubles." Since their divorce Haymes has been singing in nightclubs and is up for a new York TV show. He has, said he never will marry again and that he's trying to settle his back accounts. Gouverneur, N. Y. fU.R) Mrs. Milinda Richards celebrat ed her 101st birthday here Sunday. Spray Trees Soon, Agent Advises Peach and apricot trees-should be sprayed before Oct. 25 to con trol leaf curl on peaches and blight on both peaches and apri cots, according to C. B. Cordy, county extension agent. Cordy stated that where these disease have caused trouble, or chardists should apply a second spray during January. Recommendations Given He pointed out that orchard ists use either seven pounds per acre of spracop, five pounds of COCS. five pounds of orthocop, five pounds of copper A, or 10 pounds of copper hydro. In air blast sprayers, Cordy said, increase the dosage to eight pounds per 100 or 15 pounds per 100 and thoroughly wet the trees. For small sprayers, he ex plained, orchardists' should use one-fourth pound of any of these materials in three gallons of wa ter. A "good sticker" is essential, Cordy said. He advised orchard ists to use two quarts of summer oil or one-third pound spreader depositor per 100 gallons. Mix sticker and fixed copper with a little water and pour into partly filled tank with agitator running, he said. Cordy added that the trees should be sprayed thoroughly. The 1,042-foot television anten na of station KCMO-TV in Kan sas City, Mo., is the world's tall est self-supported tower. The Eif fel tower in Paris is 98414 feet in height. Florida's Myakka river . Stat park has 27,000 acres. Less than five per cent of Fin land's domain is suitable for agriculture. -LOCATIONS O -HOUR SERVICE! 702 West Main 844 South Riverside Finest Qualify Cleaning , plus Quick 2 Hour Service Latest Type Equipment Free Ford Tickets Convenient Drive-Up Windows DRIVE-IN CLEANERS Oil Progress Week lasts all through the year at Standard : s -.Sf "'(r fWfHi.f Ft Ji 4 SVor? Finding new oil is vital. By 1965 America's needs will rise 20. To locate additional oil deposits, Standard geol ogists explored 33 U.S. states and 40 foreign countries last year on foot, in planes and even in specially designed "swamp buggies" (above). As a result, we found substantial new reserves for your future use . . . this is Oil Progress. Producing oil for more and more uses led us to far places . . . even to man-made "islands." Last year, in the Western Hemisphere alone, Standard drilled 107 test wells many in remote spots. But even with new sources harder to find we added nearly three times as much oil to reserves as we took from the ground . . . this is Oil Progress. I Standard puts oil to work for better living in hundreds of products . . . asphalt roads for safe, comfortable driving; gasolines, oils and tires; wrinkle-resistant fabrics; stronger plastics; detergents to make housework easier; wax for , candles and food cartons; plant foods; even cosmetics, salves and ointments . . . this is Oil Progress. Research in oil promises new products . . . plastics strong as steel; new synthetic fibres; better insecticides. Even commercial atomic power is closer, with new Standard developed oils. In atomic machinery they last two to three times longer under radiation that makes some petroleum oils hard enough to drive nails . . . this is Oil Progress. October U to 20 is OH Progress Week, a reminder that 15,000 oil industry researchers produce an average of six new inventions every working day ... six new possibilities of serving you better. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA puts petroleum progress to work for yoa W.UMtwio.Cka.1117 i. W.W.