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TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuasday, January 22, 157 Portland Officer Arrests Brother For Attack on Girl Portland (U.P; A Portland police officer arrested his own brother yesterday for criminally assaulting an 11-year-old girl. Patrolman William M. Wal ters, member of the Portland police bureau since 1951, said his suspicions were aroused when he heard the description of the car which was used by the assailant of the little girl. The officer said his brother had no previous record. Danny Dale Walters, 22, was booked on a charge of rape and held for investigation under 110.000 bail. Detective Rudolph Bauman said the arrested man had signed a statement. Oldar Girl Attacked The 11-year-old girl and an ight-year-old companion were picked up near a skating rink Sunday. The eight-year-old was let out of the car after she cried. The 11-year-old girl was attack ed before she was let out of the car. Police Chief William J. Hil bruner commended Patrolman Walters for his action in a "most difficult decision." Chief Hilbruner said that ". . . he did not hesitate in doing his sworn duty. The officer ad vises me that when he approach ed his brother regarding the incident, that the brother imme diately made an admission and stated he intended to tell the story to the officer Monday evening." Illegal Parking on Buffalo Campus Costly Buffalo. N.Y. (U.R) Illegal parking costs errant motorists a pretty penny on the Univer sitv of Buffalo campus. : The fine for parking in a re stricted area, as sorry offenders have found out, is $5; twice that for a second offense. The university doesn't stop there. For any student (or fac ulty member) who fails to pay the fine within seven days, the ante is upped another $5. As a comparison, illegal park ing on Buffalo city streets gets a motorist a pink tag for which he has to pay only $2. The university, under its rules and regulations, even can expel a student if the fine treat ment doesn't reform him and he persists in careless parking. Egyptian Film Censors Hold Up Russian Movie Cairo (U.R) Egyptian censors held up the showing of a Soviet movie intended as the showpiece of a Soviet film fes tival here today on grounds it is Communist propaganda. The film was an adaption of Maxin Gorky's proletariat novel "Mother." Church Delegates Gather at Salem Salem (U.R) About 150 dele gates from churches through out Oregon gathered here today for the opening of a three-day convocation of the Oregon Coun cil of Churches. Presiding over the convoca tion in the First Methodist church will be Dr. Charles Derthick, Salem Council of Churches president. A panel of what influences legislators and how the council can be more effective in legis lation will be held Thursday aft ernoon. Members will be former State Sen. Philip S. Hitchcock; George W. Brown, Portland labor lob byist: Pat Dooley, speaker of the State House of Representa tives, and Freeman Holmer, as sociate professor of political sci ence at Willamette University. Original Gettysburg Handbills Donated Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) One of the six original hand bills announcing the program for dedication of the Gettysburg National cemetery in 1863, where Abraham Lincoln made his famous address, has been presented to the Gettysburg col lege library. The six collector's items were found by James D. Mack, Le high College librarian, in a clos et at the library- Another of the original copies was presented to President Eisenhower for his farm here. The handbills gave the "order of procession for the inaugura tion of the National Cemetery" and "programme of arrange ments and order of exercises." Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was listed on the program as "dedicatory remarks by the President of the United States." The main speech was listed on the leaflet as an address by Ed ward Everett, the era's foremost orator. Funeral Rites Held For Salem Publisher Salem (U.R' Funeral serv ices for Bernard Mainwaring, editor and publisher of the Sa lem Capital Journal and mem ber of the State Board of Higher Education, were held today at Salem First Presbyterian church. Mainwaring, 59, died last Sat urday after suffering a heart attack almost two weeks previ ously. The Capital Journal and States man plant were closed from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. so that staff members could attend the fu neral. Active pallbearers included Don Lynch, Ontario; Hawley Taylor and Edson Deal, Nampa, Ida.; and Glenn Cushman, Ger ald McFarland and Alfred C. Jones of the Capital Journal staff. Honorary pallbearers were former Governors Elmo Smith and Charles Sprague; George Putnam. E. A. Brown. Salem; Emil Siebert, Corvallis; and John Alsip, Nampa. Truman Sees No Plan In Ike's Address Kansas City, Mo. U.R For mer President Harry S. Truman said today that President Eis enhower's inaugural address was "a nice collection of beau tiful words," but it outlined "no plan of action." "Peace in this present trou bled world can be obtained only by action on the part of the Free World, and it will require the leadership of the United Slates to accomplish that ac tion," he said. f As he handed copies of his statement to newsmen, Mr. Tru man remarked, "I have had sev eral requests for comment on Mr. Eisenhower's message, so I wrote this statement. That's all I will have to say on the matter." Heavy Rains in Brazil Fatal To At Least Two Sao Paulo, Brazil (U.R) At least two persons were re ported dead today as the result of heavy rains in Sao Paulo state. Floods caused by the rains have destroyed bridges, washed away railroad track, marooned scores of vehicles and inundated low sections of Sao Paulo and nearby cities. Operation, History of Housing Authority Discussed at Luncheon Mark Goldy, executive secre tary of the Jackson County Housing authority, yesterday discussed its operation and his tory as well as plans for con struction of a federal armory for the use of armed forces re serve units on part of the auth ority site. He spoke at the noon lunch eon of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce round table at the Jackson hotel. Goldy said in 1939 the Ore gon legislature passed a statute permitting the housing author ity. According to an agreement with the federal government, all profits accruing from the auth ority would be returned to the government, he said. The authority paid through school district 49, the city and county, about $5,000 to $6,500 a year in general taxes until 1953, he said. Director's Salary No directors were given a salary until 1951 when the hous ing authority board authorized $150 a month to Goldy. He said the reason for the salary was because the housing authority had become a business. Under the law he is the only director who can be paid. Success of the authority is due chiely to its manager and main tenance superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Sterton, the secre tary said. He commented Mrs. Sterton is one of the finest social work ers he has known and that Ster ton has kept maintenance prob lems at a minimum. Return Cost Goldy noted by 1953 the auth ority had returned to the gov ernment nearly 70 per cent of the original cost of the project. After World War II a housing emergency developed and 32 units were purchased from Portland bringing the total to 157. Profits from the additional units totaled about $5,000 or $6,000, he said. About that time the govern ment wanted to demolish the buildings, Goldy said, but op position from veteran's groups prevented that. As a result, Goldy explained, the Federal Housing adminis tration made the housing auth ority a local problem, selling the site to the local authority for about $16,000. Public Entity He said in 1953 the housing authority became a public en tity similar to the water board or library board. It was the op- - SV- . V.; Tty had nevar flown bafora. But early one morning Zdnek Machiher, 19, and Karel Kucera, 20, tied up a Czech guard and wobbled to the safety of West Germany in a stolen plana. fJeifber could fly. bu flhey soloed fo freedom These fwe escaped but 70 million others re main captive behind the Iron Curtain. And these are the people at whom Radio Free Europe beams its daily broadcasts. Escape is not its aim. Radio Free Europe penetrates the Iron Curtain to spread truth ... to strengthen hope and resistance. Said the youths above, "It ( Radio Free Europe ) added courage and strength to strained nerves." "It offered us... a hope for a better future," said a young nurse who fled to the West "Everybody is listening even the Communists," said an escaped Czech skating champion. From 29 powerful transmitters, Radio Free Europe broadcasts up to 20 hours of truth a day to five key satellite countries Poland, Czecho slovakia, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria. And how the Communist bosses fear it! Each dollar you contribute sponsors a Minute of Truth on Radio Free Europe, How many minutes will you give? Support Rodio Free Europe Send your Truth DoKer to: CRUSADE for MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FREEDOM vo local t inion of the board at this time that it should not be in the housing business or compete with private enterprise, Goldy said. The obstacle was that law had provided for a housing auth ority, but had no provisions to terminate an authority, Goldy said. He noted later in 1953 the Oregon legislature passed a law that upon dissolution of the au thority its profits would be re funded to the political subdivis- Grace's Baby To Be American Citizen Washington (U.R) The State Department ruled today that Grace Kelly's baby will be an American citizen. The heir of Prince Rainier III and his movie star wife also will be a citizen of Monaco and thus will be what is known as "dual national." The department sent the rul ing to U. S. Consul General Louis Thompson at Nice, France, who had requested it. "The consul general was ad vised that since the mother is an A.merican the child will be an American," a department spokes man said. The ruling was contrary to a declaration by Prince Rainier that the child will be "uniquely" Monagasque. Porflanders Said Not Deprived of Work Portland (U.R) There is no truth in reports that Hungarian refugees are taking jobs away from Portland workmen, Bill Way, Portland Central Labor Council president, told council members last night. Way said he investigated a re port that an employer had dis charged six employees to re place them with refugees and found it untrue. "It seems some one is trying to stir up trouble for reasons best known to himself," Way told council delegates. ion in which it existed, in this case, Medford. The housing authority is a non-profit organization and the S40.000 it had accumulated through the years were kept in a reserve fund to cover possible losses, he said. Goldy stated the community is now entitled to have the hous ing authority removed as its buil dings are substandard. One thing holding back immediate elim ination of the housing units is the lack of local housing facili ties to absorb families now liv ing on the site, he said. The 14 to 15-acre housing area is now providing for about 100 families. According to Goldy, the board feels the authority profits should be turned over to the city in the form of a park along with a swimming pool, as west Med ford now lacks recreational fa cilities. Army engineers have been appraising the land recently but a purchase price with the board has not been reached, he said. The board will still be enabled to build a pool and meet all building requirements, he added. The units on the housing site will be eliminated gradually giv ing tenants time to locate other living quarters, according to Goldy. Inception of the razing is not scheduled for any particu lar date, he said. Goldy said no official notice has been issued tenants to va cate. Publicity was given the matter only to prepare tenants that soon they would have to move, he said. The point is, Goldy added, is "that the hous ing authority in Medford should get out of business." Prisoner Designs j Reformatory Chapel Washington (U.R) Blue prints for an interdenomination al chapel at Lorton Reformatory at Lorton, Va., drawn up by an inmate who has never set foot inside a real church are being studied by authorities here. If the commissioners of t h e District of Columbia approve the project, funds for the chapel's construction $192,000 - will be included in the District bud get for 1958. . And if Congress approves this budget item, convicted coun terfeiter Farmer C. Thomas, the architect, will have the satis faction of seeing his chapel rise at the institution. Farmer, 30, was converted to religion in jail and later baptiz ed at Lorton. He and a fellow inmate, 21-year-old Ronald Je ter, devoted nearly 500 hours of their leisure time to con structing a scale model of the chapel. Farmer studied architectural engineering for three years while serving time at San Quentin, Calif. The $192,000 construction ap propriation would buy what normally would be a $500,000 building. Provision has been made for extensive use of pris on labor and prison-made ma terials wherever practical, thus greatly reducing costs. TREE TEST Ithaca. N. Y. (U.R) Cornell University professors recently completed tests on the flamma bility of Christmas trees. They touched off five well-known types. Red pine burned the least and slowest, white pine burned the fastest and the most. CALENDAR Calendar notice and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writins and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m. of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 p.m. tha day before publication. Tuesday 6:30 p.m. DAV auxiliary. DAV hall, 1515 North Riverside ave. 7:30 p.m. Bethel 55. Inter national Order of Job's Daugh ters, Pythian building. 7:30 p.m. Natural Foods as sociates study group, room 28, Medford High. school. 8 p.m. Elta Deuel Hubbs, tent, county courthouse auditor ium. 8 p.m. Howardi PTA, at schoolhouse. 8 p.m. -i- Nevita chapter OES, Masonic temple. Central Point. 8 p.m. Pythian club, home of Mrs. Audley White, 532 North Riverside. , 8 p.m. Bethel 55, Job's Daughters, Pythian building. 8 p.m. Xi Mu chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, home of Mrs. Verl G. Walker, 2642 Merriman road. Wednesday: 10 a.m. Mistletoe club, with Mrs. Frank Hussong, 56 Barne burg rd. 12:30 p.m. Chapter AA PEO, home of Mrs. Fred Lorish, 830 Minnesota ave. 12:30 p.m. Crater Lake aux iliary, home of Mrs. Hazel Rumsey, 21 Summit ave. 12:30 p.m. Townsend club. Carpenter's hall, 123V4 West Main st. Retiring Agriculture Director Gets Thanks Salem (U.R) Republican members of the House express ed a vote of confidence and thanks to retiring Agriculture Director James Short yesterday. Gov. Robert D. Holmes last week named State Rep. Robert Steward. Keating Democrat, to replace Short following this leg- ' islative session. BIG -FIE Slabs and Rough Blox Green Dandy to Burn with Dry Wood Big Double load or Single Load MEDFORD FUEL CO. Telephone 2-21 1 1 Court & McAndrews mm INTEREST ON SAVINGS at FIRST NATIONAL BANK r" i i fiWif jitttf-iiiiiilii ml Certificates of deposit maturing in 3 years will earn interest at a rate of , cJjo . i MAKE SAVINGS DEPOSITS at FIRST NATIONAL BANK earn interest at this new, higher rate! MEDFORD BRANCH OF PORTIAND "lET'S BUILD OREGON TOGErHEaT
