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WovrtcJ Please Song Writers, Publishers
Nttt YorkeJU.B Ask a song
writer what he'd like Santa
Claus to bring hkpi for Christ
Stasnadj the S:a.(i might be:
"touO more oweeks
ThanksgiOng and ChriMmas.
This cWlendar-stretching woti'd
he.!come to him because oj an
unwritten distojocky law which
0. in 'ec. "No Coriatmas
music until after ThanSseiving."
Andjn many ejasesg tfe rule is
en stricter too musical Yule
ticei) spirit until Dec. l:"
It wasn't a!ayt li'ep that for
Christmas arrives, the song just
would be getting off the ground.
The record company might re
issue the disk the following
between ' year, provided the first exposure
showed promise.
"The effect of the time limit
is that it now takes at least two
years to discover whether a new
Christmas song will be a popular
success," said Marks. "But most
of the new songs are dropped
after the first go-round."
Marks said ladio and televi
sion stations imposed the ban
because too man Christmas
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uur lungwniers, puDiisningi ... . ,
i , . ".novelties were coming out. And
firms, resrd corrcjaa;ej and re-l . .
cording artist. o
In 1943, ff(5 exnp!e, "Rud
olph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
poked Q.is ruby schnoz into our
lives in theiiddle 8l September.
The deejays play9fj it all through
October, NoviOiber and Decemb
er plenty of time for it to sink
in and register at a fantastic hft.
TwoOtari Needed0
In recalling those wekj, com
poser Jjinny Marks sa6l,o"We
knew we had a solid hit by the
end of September."
It can't happen that way any
more. For ofl thing, the new
Christmas songs don't st played
until the last week in November,
at the earliest, iy the time
armv
work
each soeig meant a small
of song-pluggers were at
looking for action.
Good and Bad .
The situation got pretty bad,
and finally the station managers
and sponsifrs decided it was silly
to give the public ditties about
Santa when Hallowe'en was still
waiting in the wings.-
"The ban, said Marks, "puts
big television shows at a disad
vantage, since they plan their
Christmae shows well in ad
vance. Nowadays, they can't tell
what new Christmas song will be
the most popular, so they con
centrate on the tried-and-true
ones."
Marks, whose publishing firm
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For Christmas Trees
Promotes Longer Life
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Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.R) The
best wayOo keep your Chriaimea
tree sprigh!y isoto treat it as
gervttf jgs you would baby.
"ft tei15 to 20 year to
growthe average Christmas tree,
but it tak'.vno time at all to dry
e outltiff mishandled," warn
ed ProfrStephan H. Spurr, Uni
rsify of Michigan Xorestry e
TEert,0 Heory tfcat the itiii'i 3,
000,000 Ghriatmas tree industry
began moving' trees to market
with CJiristmaa 32 tree-drying
days away.
mafces JitOa difference U
yU buy a tree now or wait till
a day or two Ijetore Christmas,"
Spurr pointed out. "Moat tree
have already been cut anyway."
Buyers Jhbuld bu wisely firit
and then "baby" a trea along,
said Spurr who anient the World
War II years testing tree for
the Army ft determine which
varieties last lontj'st and make
the best camouflage. Scotch
pinefjred pine and Norway
spruce are the molt popular yule
trees in Michigan, he noted.
"We Ifcund they hae about
the same life expectancy after
they're in the nouse week
toTIO days," ha said. "But you
can doubt their life span by
keeping ,tteoJ tnoiit."
Hope Grows Slim
For 11 on Plane
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Vancouver, B. C. U.P.)
Weather stalled Air Force
searcher today and hope grew
O alio that any of 62 persona
C aboard a Trans-Canada plane
n jsirg in the mountains of Brit
ish Columbia could be alive.
J As the sun rose on the third
day of the search for the airliner
that vanished Sunday night in a
snews orm, the mountains about
I0O inlet east of here remained
wreathed in clouds, at they had
been, almost since the hunt b
go
T Nothing more was known of
e planes fate than when the
search began. But tha eearch
: Barer, Squadron Leader George
Stieeao, wns confident that
acme S'gn of the airliner could
oe foo'u U th weather eleared.
-Givtt ona hour of unlimited
vis)tiil,!y. wa. would be almost
D ce?tai o irui some trace of the
piar-e.Je aatJ.
Kdie than) 50 planes were on
. call. But mil the wouid-be rescu
i, enj could do was wait. o
"Christmas trees may be twice
as old as the kids unwrapping
presents beneath- them," Spurr
explained, "but it's wise to treat
them as gently as you would a
baby."
Skake Tree
Spurr said there's no trick to
recognizing a good tree.
"Just shake it," he advised.
"If a shower of needles falls to
the ground, the tree has begun
to dry out. The less needles that
fall, the better the tree. Color
is another indication. Look for
a rich shade of dark green.
"It's best to wait till tree-trim-mfng
time before bringing the
tree indoors. Keep it outside in
the shade, standing in water or
snow until needed."
Indoors, where heat threatens
the tree's life, moisture is doub
ly important. Water is needed to
keep the tree fresh and to cut
down the fire hazards.
Cut Trunk at Angle
Spurr suggested sawing off
the bottom of the trunk or cut
ting it at an angle with a very
sharp knife to keep the trunk
greater absorbancy.
Other tips:
The water should be kept level
at all times by . refilling daily.
The trea should be placed
away from furnace registers,
radiators and fireplaces.
Never use candles.
Make sure the wiring on tree
lights is in good condition.
If needles start to turn brown
near a socket, move the tree
light.
Never leave children alone in
a house with a lighted tree.
Don't overload circuits.
Kayy Missile Escapes
Electronic Controls
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
!U.P! A Navy Regulus guided
missile slipped free of its elec
tronic controls Tuesday end out
raced a pursuing jet plane be
fore crashing on the eastern
edge of Death Valley.
Navy officials said the 33-foot
crsft's guiding mechanism failed
shortly after it was launched on
a routine test flight. The jet
plane was sent to bring the mis
sile bsck under electronic con
trol. Officials said the missile out
distanced the jet and crashed in
an unpopulated region near
Furnace Creek about 120 miles
from here.
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REAL EXCITING NEWS!
Home Appliance Co,
115 EAST MAIN - MEDFORD
Your General Electric Dealer
is called St. .Nicholas, has also
penned such Yuletide songs as
"Everyone's A Child At Christ
mas Time," "When Santa Claus
Gets Your Letter" and. this year,
"I Heard the Bells On Christ
mas Day."
How does he feel about the un
written law concerning Christ
mas music?
"My honest opinion," he said
"is that the rule is bad for me,
but it makes sense. After all,
you've got to thing of the man-in-the-street.
As far as he's con
cerned, five weeks of Christmas
music is sufficient."
China Expecled To Release Prisoners
Washington (U.R) American
diplomats are on the alert for
possible release soon of the last
10 Americans imprisoned in Red
China.
They think the Peiping gov
ernment may be planning such a
move on the eve of Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's vis
it to Washington next week.
The release would be aimed at
backing up Nehru's expected
plea to President Eisenhower
that the United States soften its
present attitude toward Red
China.
Diplomas emphasize that Red
China has not given any solid
hint that release of the Ameri
cans is forthcoming. They simply
think that such a step would be
a smart move for the Peiping
government to make now are
therefore preparing for the pos
sibility. Nehru will arrive Sunday for
four days of talks with Mr. Ei
senhower on world problems. He
has just completed a round of
talks with Red Chinese boss
Chou En-lai.
HEADS CHAMBER
Pendleton (U.R) Ford Rob
ertson, a 42-year-old tire dealer,
yesterday was elected as presi
dent of the Pendleton chamber
of commerce. He succeeds Dr.
John Murphy in the post.
Wednesday, December 12, 19SS
MEDFORD (OREGON) MArL TRIBUNE NINK
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Night Fire Damages
Portland Buildings
Portland (U.R) A two-alarm
fire in the downtown section of
Portland last night damaged a
toy shop, a jewelry store, a
super-market and an unused
lunchroom: Damage was esti
mated as high as $30,000.
Damaged by the blaze were
the Columbia market, Peterson's
Jewelry Store, Cook's Toy Store
and Roy's Lunch, a closed cafe
teria. The businesses were all
located near the corner of SW
5th ave. and Yamhill st.
About three million persons
in the U.S. change their home
every year, and the trend ij be
lieved increasing.
Oregon orlgirayed state gaso
line taxa in 1919, but within
about) Q years all the states had
similar tax laws.
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