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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1956)
o ro 5 O o c o O o o 0 o O O o O O o o o O O o o e 0 O o oO O o G Q O Gq Jew State of Shasta Would Have Freedom From Income or Sales Taxation O Q , : : . 05 est Year - o , r T ' Price 10c ' MedfordITribune tefceJ Pra ull taua ue ' Lnited Pre is ull L,eaam r S UPageso MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1956 b zz " -r : t- - HIPrHlr ROORAYl Joyful members of Britains First Royal West Kent Regiment whoop it up as they prepare to board troopship at Port Said, Egypt. They are heading for Cyprus as United Nations Emergency orce mr ed in to reinforce Norwegian sol diers aireaSS' in .Port Said. 8 0 Communications Field in Peacetime Not for the Birds, Army Brass Decides n ' r' Untild Press Correspondent Fort 'Monmouth, N.J. U.RJ-- The tmy pigeon is- a dead ducir.o The, Ar?yD has decided that the r-ommuncia.tinujs field in peacetime. t, least is not for ; the birdi.0The electron is taking CO That wa. the purport of a sweeping decision announced Tuesday nii:htfrom the (Treat Pentajion ryri in Washington. Thf) piron i is bcrnc retirrd Umn rp duty grounded, so . to speSk. e ? The Washington nnouncPment said poeris in electronic com-(i-muniietions has "virtually sus pended" aner prjaCf'time need" for pigeon, The- swift wirts and stout hearts that hare done com bat for yicri in tw-n world wars andeKorca are being de activated. Last Su& Aeiivity "v, "' The Airily Signal Corps pi geon cfffitrgr gcre long a heari quarteg for training.,, billing, cooing, and breeding is" the test sruchCeVxivity in the country. If sfn'ilf bC' closed and some I,0(i0 bircS offered 2for sale. Eightf(n feathered heroes. livinpOhere in hrmored rrtire mrnP ft the srwciiii "Churchill lirft" whicfPis reserved lor. those birdsQhat jhave saved American q livep In (ombat. will be given extra consideration. The Army hopes to place them in public zoos or institutions. That's the respect that puf a heart-tug in the retirement' of Ihe homing pigeons as com pared with Uie recent announce ment that the Army is deactivat ing its last tactical mule unit. The mule, though noble, was seldom glamorous. . Rent Hero One pigron here is credited with saving hundreds of lives. He's a 13-ycar-old. pearl-eyed speed merchant named C.I. Joe , a dark racing pigeon with white head markings and white flight feathers in; his wings. In World War If Joe flew 20 miles jn 20 minutes probably the fastest military pigeon flight on "record with a, message calling off a bombing. It saved a British bricade which bad entered tile tareei'arca ahead of schedule. The lord mayor of London awarded G.I. Joe the Dickin Medal. . Joe's ChtfrchiH-loft. mates in clude Yank. 14 years old, a light gra bird with a larre beak and orange eyes! and. Caesar 12 dark with checked wih,gs. Yank de livered the news of the fall of Gafsa ia Tunisia, and. another time, flew a Gen. George Patlon. message 90 miles in 100 minutes. Caesar carried 44 combat messages in. North Africa and once flew an important message 300 miles acros? the Mediter ranean to Tunisia. Best of All The bodies of four hero pi geons are mounted i' glass cases here. From World War I, there are President Wilson who return ed to his post in the. Meuse-Ar gonne with his left leg shot off and Spike, carrier of 51 mess ages. From World War II:' Lyle's Boy (carried 46 combat mess ages in Italy) and Jungle Joe fcarfied messages for OSS agents back of the Japanese lines- in Burma). The last-. AEF pigeon fa die .here was Mocker, who oh Sept. 12, 1918, was .released with s message- locating a concealed German -battery that had been inflicting frightful damage on the Americans. Twenty - five minutes later;- he flew' into, his station, his head- a mass of clot ted .blood, his left eye gone. Using data in the message,' American artillery silenced the German battery. . In a Hurry The : Army's ' pigeons, accord ing to Otto Meyer, technical ad visor for the pigeon center, have been fed on one penny per day per bred, with a mixture of 12 different grains and .seeds. What makes a pigeon travel, even through withering fire? Some special dedication. to'duty? No, saidl Meyer. It's just that he loves home. And, he's in a hurry to get there. ' C'C e O G G j . O r-3 ft " 1 " r"'SiZ"'"""'' ""7t ' ji go i '4f mm : Ol? Q ' 1.1111-. nyw ' ' Jl V fsSLa Jff - " : o 0o Present :..wi O o th.a. future Wnu giC"orf tlsin mmrt wh.it m give a savings . racrourit in an insured Savmcs and Loan Association. eu ftve -msone0a hrari stast on the n-in& hithit ... on getting many ot?irr worthwhile thmes in the futurePArid. a o seventeen million American O ltnopsaving,inrin Insured Savints and Loan Asso-' i,finn mfis imoorfon flrfcnnfsf e s. Excellent' ) returfi from vour mone- is one advantage. Efficient, -J . . . , 'O 3 r ...1 l,, k,,r frn forward-looking serre i-m m w -. O make your dollars work harder for you is mother. And.'of course, your mone' is s?e'Decaiie.in In- . O sared Associations j'oiir savio C are protected bymnd manament and substantial resenes. Thes- are in ured ur $10,000 h he Federal Sawnes and Loan insurance C,:jr?oratin-m agency of the U.S.Covem (genfejThee re the reasons hy Aaiericaa are putting mnre of trieir'savinps aeeoont dnlTara into-Insured Savings and Loan Ao ciations.than anywhere els-e! And, with over S3S' billion of assets, these Insured Associations are a great force in encouraaing thrift and home ownership. ' Tmi can invest in the future with as little as $1 to ' 53. Plan now to eive . ; someone in your fam ily (or yonwelf) this "present with a fu ture." Why not start with a part of your Christmas bonus . , . "watch it grow . . . more, quickly than vou'd think. " hi wete UVINSt UO ltll sayeuriea -MEW LOCATION -29 N. IVY- lverment mad by th 0fti' rciv divicUds.at of th Ut FIRST FEDERAL - 3iTiii;t I Lei Assi, cf Ksiford c 29 North Ivy K. F. Kyle, President Gambling Would Be Legal; Group Said Dead Serious Redding, Ca lif . (U.R) Citi iern of this area laid plans to day for eight Northern Cali fornia counties to secede and set up a 49th state, featuring leg alized gambling and freedom from income or sales taxes. A small group met this week and wired Rep. Clair Engle CD Calif.) to advise them how to proceed to form a new state of '"Shasta." A severe snowstorm prevented attendance of all coun ties involved. The dream of a new state re flects long-smoldering problems of the thinly populated, unde veloped area. It was triggered by an expected battle in the 1957 session of the California legislature over water develop ment. The eight counties, Siskiyou, Modoc, Del Norte, Humboldt, Shasta, Trinity, Lassen and Plumas, comprise about one fifth of the state's area. The bulk of California's undeveloped water originates within borders of, the proposed state and the hills and valleys abound with wildlife and trout. Small Population However, the counties have but 1.7 per cent of the state's registered voters. They are rep resented in the 120-seat state Legislature by only two assem blymen and four senators. In contrast, the city of Los Angeles alone has 31 assemblymen. Patrick Hanratty,' 35-year-old department store operator at Mt. Shasta, and a co-signer on the telegram to Engle, . said ' the group is dead serio.us. . "We don't plan to set up any armed roadblocks or send our militia to march on Los An geles," Hanratty saidl "We'll have to go to the. county gov ernments and set up a plebiscite election." Hanratty said the group also has asked State' Attorney Gen eral Edmund G. Brown for ad vice. . . "As " a separate state, we would be masters of our own destiny," Hanratty said. "We would have two senators in the U. S. Congress to represent us." Water Dispute Arid Southern California, des perately in. need of water, has the majority of the state's popu lation: and taxpayers.- It will have to bear a large share of the cost of developing ' Northern California water resources. Leg islators from the South have shown a marked reluctance to vote any money for dams until they get firm water rights.. Hanratty said the-area's chief difficulty is that it lacks the poyri'lation or. funds to carry on its fight or bring about develop ment. "For instance, the annual bud get of the Mt. Shasta Chamber of Commerce is about 81,200," he said.."You can't hire-research men to provide statistics with that. And you can't attract new industrv." Waiver of British Payments Expected Washington OJ.R) Initial congressional .reaction indicates that Congress will agree to waue an $81 million interest payment j from Britain for 1956. Britain needs the dollars to help pay for emergency U. S. oil ! shipments made necessary by the blocking of the Suez canal. " i The British government asked the United States Tuesday to waive the 1958 interest payment on its 1946 U. S." loans and the World War II lend-lease debt. ' State Department ' Press Of : ficer Lincoln . White said the j "British request will be submit j ted to Congress for approval. . ' The original Anglo - American agreement covering the interest 1 payments already provides for waiving them under certain con ditions. By going to Congress the administration will be ask ing it to share, responsibility for waiving the payment. Use Tribune Want Adi Tha Low Cost Way to Sell wi i ) 1 A OB A Rtprettntatiw A$timbly Scheduled Oregon Education association representative assembly will be held in Portland. Dec. 7 and 8. Alf B. Mekvold, county school superintendent, and Leonard Mayfield, city school superin tendent, will help the group of county delegates attending the assembly from -this area. The assembly helps formulate policies of Oregon Education association. OO o o Girl, 14, Confesses Poxtlanof (U.R) &- A pret) 14-year-old girl has been taken into custodv in connection with a series oof home burglaries in north Portland. 0 Policeosaid,, the yirl .uld t her alarm (floclt fo S a.m. and leave her home quiStly. oSSe would returrj before sunrise. At least four (tuirSaries Jiave been cleared up, officers (Said. i j ' " Y'fl'iil' 't .'I'jft'lP TURNCOATS COME HOME British police inspector es corts American turncoats Axlie Pate (center) and Aaron Wilson (right) from the Sino-Hongkong border to turn them over .to the American Red Cross in Hongkong. Pate, 26, Carbondale, 111., and Wilson, 23, Uranai, La., were among 21 American prisoners of war who refused repatriation at the end of the Korean War and chose to live under Communism. Peiping radio said the two men left China "at their own request." Quotes From the Mews Bf UNITED PRESS " . United Nations, N. Y. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U. S. ambas sador to the United Nations, on Hungary's rejection of a proposed visit by U. N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. "This is an affront to the secretary-general and to the whole civilized world, particularly after the attempt to hornswoggle us last night." ' ' ' Tokyo Turneoaf Arlia Pate, 23. of Carbondale. 111., after three years in Red China: "Communism is for the people that want it. I don't want it." Menominee. Falls, Wis. Mrs. Stanley " Nadwocki,. whose 6 year old son. Dale; is dying of cancer: . "You never find out how kind people are until a time like this." . . ' . ' . Honolulu Territorial ' Sen. Ben Dillingham on. longshore-, men's leader Harry Bridget: "There isn't a dictator anywhere in the world who has any more power." New York-Adm. Arlelgh A.' Burke on historians' assessment of the U. S. 6th Fleet's contribution to peace in the Middle East: "I suggest that they will find the contribution to be substan tial." . . '. '.. London Mrs.- Vera Stravinsky, wife of- She composer: " "It may surprise, you, but I don't like classical musifc." : iewe 1 1 umsimas ouse Gifts for Everwnll RECAL STYLE . Six diamond duet. Su- ', except . perb quality, VV a"y Pr'ced. Diamomi Rinj MJ Vatchmg linsSlGO.OO bedding Ring $35-000 VV-Ptl SPARKLING AtAUtV 5 5Sp gorgeously Tasniona ?JZ&1 bridal pr of nine radt- i ant diamonds. 14 Karat yLiTYM ' 60, mountings. f Diamond R-n $225.00 ar s o ummona V- Wedding Ring $ 75.00 1 tadlM ELGIN17Jtwl"Martit Dura power mainsorLng. 10 Karat natural or white 4if!"d gold plat st mi case. High curved crystal. Cord . . . $33.75 iRdtching bracelet $39.75 Larfla' HAMILTON 22 Jvwol "Aur1" 10 Karat yellow or white gold ftlied case, sterling silver dial. Shock resistant. Bracelet $75.0tV Cord . . . $69.50 -" Men's HAMILTON IT iewal "Paxtt '10 Karat rolled gold plate stainless staet case. Shock resistant Embe-sed dial. ' Strap . . I . .e $39.50 Bracelet. . . , . . . . 445.00 Man CLGINlTJawel'-CatMtewn" Self winding shockmaster. Nite gio dial: sweep second hand. 10 Karat filled gold W.P.case. Padded leather strap . . $71.50 Gold filiecP O expanwn band .. . . $79.50 ieMaUeeeeelirilt llsjii CHAPMANS JEWEL HOUSE Across From Penney's Medfoj;cf " . 1 : BEWARE or IMIUTIQMS LOOK fOII TNI urru doo TOPS IN QUALITY! low in phicb Specials for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7, 8, and 9 HAUEL MM 144 Size 1 Doz S3C CABBAGE Crisp, Solid, Medium Size o o Compare Our Everyday Dliir f U Shelf Prices rlUJ J Qt U 3 Green StampSc CHOCOLATE CHIPS 33 MARSHMALLOVS O o o 1-1 V u j c- J t t il o o ni" u HORStnooi - u-oi. rs(.. . .rug. 19 DATES - Dessert Sweet Fallf-lb-Pki. o o KIDNEY BEANS Standby f $100 J03 Cans for II GREEN .GIAiVT PEAS 3Q3 ' ..ff $100 H . Cans C9 for o e O FARTY TIME CATSUP LARGE, 24-01. IOTTLIS ,...., .9.EAf H 25 MISSION CREAM CORN 303 (B $1 00 Cans O for I H00DYS PEANUT BUTTER 60-pz- .o59 Cookie Jar 1 each SWIFT'S FRANKS Mb. Cello Pk. '. Tasty Meaty 39 U.S. Grade e O 0 "GOODoBEER ROAST .' Blade or .n tit Arm Cut fi-V Lb. . WINTER STORE HOURS: Weekdays, 1:30-7:09 -Sunday, "10:00-7:00 , Thank you to all th'o wonderful people who attended our Anniversary last weeK eiyl. i? inner t posted in market. . " G o O o o
