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American Tourists
''Just Ain't the Same1
Rome Vendor Charges
Rome (U.R) "American tour
ists just ain't the same anymore.
They just ain't got any more
big spender over there."
The authority for this is
Frank Maniscotti, who for eight
years has been perfecting his
fircoklynese English while ped
aling to American tourists in the
iteadows of the Coliseum and
abiding them to after -hours
oought spots.
"Two, three years ago, they
tfeewe here, they had a good time,
ifbey spend'spend, spend." Frank
"Now all they think about is
(feney, I don't know what's hap
Jpsied over there. They just
c&n't the Americans I used to
Iteow. ,
"You take them to a shop, and
i they look at the stuff they
jrt? No. They start complaining
Bout the prices. Right away,
d&ey complain about prises."
forest Law Changes
To Be Discussed'
Changes in forest laws and de
partment policy will be discussed
t each of four operator's meet
ings held by the southwest Ore
jrm district of the Oregon state
&nard of forestry this April and
Way, according to Curt Nesheim,
aJistrict warden.
Meetings will be held at 8 p.m.
'Tuesday, April 30, at southwest
district headquarters, Table
Sock rd., Medford; Wednesday,
Say 1, at headquarters in Grants
Vass: and -Thursday, May 2, at
American Legion hall, Cave
Junction.
According to Nesheim the
tfuirth session will be a dinner-
meeting Friday, May 24, of the
(Southern Oregon Conservation
c$al Tree Farm association.
Business at the meetings will
larlurie review nf Last vear's
iire season, new legislation and
a discussion of the recent su
preme Court decision on opera
tor and landowner responsibil
ity and liability on operator's
fires, Nesheim said.
Residents Warned About
$fnrk-at-Home Schemes
Jackson county residents have
tasen warned about a "work-at-i
eerie scheme" where certain
romoters and salesmen misrep
resent themselves about the sale
of knitting machines to prospec
tive investors.
Citing a bulletin from the
National Better Business bu
Nau, Don McNeil, manager of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, noted that certain
promoters use misrepresenta
tions regarding the nature of
ie proposition, the ease and
ataeed with which work can be
accomplished on the machine
mni the profits which investors
at the machine may expect to
rn by knitting garments at
aomt in their spare time.
VHICH CAME FIRST?
Kendall, Fla. (U.R) A Judge
tore up a parking ticket present
ed by Marine Maj. William Mc
Cormick (Ret.), because of a
"wet paint" sign. McCormick
explained that a city painting
crew painted a "bus zone" sign
alongside his car after he had
parked it and a policeman had
tagged It before he could move.
Ride the famous
SAN FRANCISCO
via daily bus to and
from Dunsmuir
YouH enjoy this interest
ing way to San Francisco
and back. Leave after
lunch by special S.P. char
tered bus which connects
with streamliner Shasta
Daylight at Dunsmuir. Ar
rive San Francisco 11:30
p.m. (PST). Returning,
leave San Francisco on the
Shasta Daylight in the
morning; be home in time
for dinner. Daylight con
nects with other trains to
and from Los Angeles.
Fares are surprisingly low.
For Information can your
local or nearest
S.P. Agon.
Southern
Pacific
C. B. Stevens, Agent
Phone 2-2846
Frank said that this "lack of
money" and the growing fear
of tourists for "sidewalk men"
has ruined his trade.
"Trouble with this town," he
said, "is we got too many crooks.
"Everybody goes back to
America and talks about all the
bandits we got on the street
over here. Now it's getting so
bad these American tourists
jump three feet when you go
near 'em. Think you want to
pick their pocket. .
"There are a lot of street
crooks around, but the cops are
getting onto them now.
"I know a guy who used to sell
Parker pen downs by the forum.
In 1953 he was selling 20 pens
a day for $5 a head. Now he
can't make enough to cover his
fines."
(Note: The "Parker pens" in
question were Japanese imita
tions which wrote just long
long enough for the vendor to
duck behind the nearest marble
pillar).
Had a Ball
"But the real trouble Is,"
Frank moaned an, "they just
ain't got any more big spenders
over there.
"After the war, in 50, 51, 52,
wa got the money people over
here. Most of them for the first
time are in Italy, so they cut
loose, had a ball.
"Now we get 'em the second
time around. Or get the ones
that have been saving for 10
years for the trip.
"The ones that's been here
before think they know it all.
What do they need a guide for,
they say. After all, they can
even say 'Arrivederci Roma'.
"And the new first-timers
count every little lira like it was
a dollar bill."
"I wish," said Frank as a
tourist gave him the cold eye,
"I would have been a painter."
Northwest Orient Lines
To Add New Flight
Portland Northwest Orient
Airlines will offer Portland-Chicago
passengers a forenoon, sec
ond non-stop DC-6B tourist serv
ice, in new schedules effective
April 28, J. W. Speer, district
sales manager for the airline in
Portland, said today.
The new service, flight 504,
will leave Portland at 8:20 a.m.,
and arrive in Chicago at 5:35
p.m. Flight 504 will fmerate non
stop from Chicago to New York,
arriving in the latter city at
10 D.m.. to nrovide 0 hnnr. 40
minute transcontinental service
at low-cost Silver Dollar Coach
fares, Speer said.
FLORAL BEAUTY Rob
erta Brown charmingly call
attention to the first gor
geous sprays of rhododen
dron blooms in San Francis
co's Golden Gate Park,
which signal nature's yearly
painting of the coastal land
scape of the Redwood Em
pire with their floral beauty.
Musical interlude Will Be Pert of Dinner
Big Fire Damage
In U.S., Canada
Said $330,156,000
Boston U.R) Big fires in the
United States and Canada in
1956 caused an estimated $330,-
150,000 loss the worst in
history.
The two countries reported
430 large fires last year with in
dividual loss of at least $250,
000. And 86 of them caused $1
million or more damage.
The report was released by
the National Fire Protection As
sociation in its annual study of
fires in North America.
The NFPA said the previous
high fire loss was in 1953 when
damage in the United States and
Canada was set at $274,374,500.
Industrial fire losses topped
the unprecedented fire destruc
tion. More than 100 large loss in
dustrial fires were reported and
14 large loss church fires equal
led the total number over the
preceding three years.
More than 400 persons perish
ed during large loss blazes, 333
the result of aircraft fires. The
previous year's total from big
fires was 296.
The largest structural fire in
1956 occurred in Brooklyn when
the Luckenbach Steamship Co.
pier exploded. Ten persons were
killed and damage was estimated
at $7,600,000.
A total of 403 of the large loss
fires occurred in the United
States, 34 in Canada.
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A 20-minute "musical inter
lude," with numbers ranging
from traditional choral singing
to calypso, will be on the sev
enth annual Roosevelt Memorial
dinner program Saturday, be
ginning at 6 p.m. at McLough
line Junior High school, accord
ing to Democratic County Chair
man Larry Sheehan.
Gov. G. Mermen Williams of
Michigan will be guest speaker.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes will in
troduce Governor Williams and
Congressman Charles O. Porter
will act as master of ceremonies.
Mayor John Snider will wel
come guests on behalf of the city
of Medford. Invooation will be
by the Rev. George R. Bolster
of St. Mark's Episcopal church.
Early in Evening
The "musical interlude," un
der the supervision of Jerry
Dryud, will be presented apart
from the regular dinner pro
gram and will come early in the
evening.
It will open with the senior
high mixed chorus, directed by
Two RC Officials Are
Attending SF Meeting
Mrs. Frances Flinn and Mrs.
Yvonne Dalen left for San Fran
cisco Tuesday to attend a Pacif
ic area meetkig of Red Cross
hospital representatives and al
ternates. They are members of the Jack
son Hospital council, which in-
nlnHoc tha Pncohnrtf voforanc'
hospital and the Camp White
domiciliary. The meeting will be
held Wednesday through Friday. '
Lynn Sjolund, with Melody
Pierce at the piano. The Ander
son trio will present a calypso
number, "Big Man of Michigan"
written for the occasion and sup
posed with calypso dancing di
rected by the Colleen Hope stu
dios. A spoken memorial num
ber featuring Greg Milnes and
Bob Bright against a musical
background furnished by the
chorus will conclude the pro
gram. Tickets for the dinner are
Program
available at Lamports, Walt
Young's Stationery and at the
Labor Temple in Medford, and
at McNairs Drug store, the Mag
nolia Lumber company and at
Southern Oregon college in
Ashland, as well as from mem
bers of the ticket committee,
headed by James Redden, chair-
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