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1 5 1 EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. August 4, 1957 1 MARILYN LOSES HER BABY Covered by a sheet, Marilyn Monroe is rushed into Doctors Hospital in New York on a stretcher. Her husband, Arthur Miller (dark glasses) stoops to lift her luggage. The actress was rushed by ambulance from their Long Island home because of a miscarriage threat Pregnant only four or five weeks, Marilyn lost her baby by an operation. The hospital reported her condition as "satisfactory.' FBI Follows Trail of Widow Suspected of Embezzling $100,000 Atlanta (IT! The FBI Sat urday followed a bizarre trail of furniture vans, expensive cars aid cocker spaniels in an at tempt to find a 40-year-old wi dow suspected of embezzling $100,000 and skipping town with most of her possessions. Agents said that Mrs. Janet R. Gray has apparently jettison ed most of her belongings in an attempt to avoid a meeting with auditors to discuss a $100, 000 shortage at a suburban clin ic where she worked as a book keeper. Mrs. Gray, a "solid citizen" type who belonged to the right clubs, knew the right people ard collected fine things, includ ing a champion cocker, failed to appear Wednesday at a sched uled meeting with auditors to dUcuss the shortage.' Stcrecy of Circus She apparently left town with the secrecy of a circus. Her car avan including three moving vans, packed with her possess ions, three big cars, several em ployees and her 16-year-old tiece, "Candy." FBI Agent J. K. Mumford said all three of the furniture vans, two of the three cars and 42 cockers have been located. Mrs. Gray apparently abandon ed her pink air-conditioned Lin coln and continued her flight with her niece in a 1957 Pontiac, Agents believe that Mrs. Gray took "three or four" cockers. In cluding champion "Rise And Shine" who took the nation's top show dog honors at the Westmin ster Kennel club show in New York in 1954. PGlPresident Has Capital Appointment Cincinnati, Ohio (ID Neil McElroy, $285,000 a year presi dent of Proctor and Gamble, said Saturday he is going to Washington Monday but he would not discuss the posibility of becoming Secretary of De fense. "This is not my news," McEl roy said. "Obviously something u cooking but this is a matter that is going to be settled by someone in Washington." In Washington, the White House declined comment on re ports that McElroy had been of fered the Defense post. The Concinnati Enquirer re ported Saturday morning that McElroy will succeed Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson. The secretary told a news confrence last week he had discussed his possible resignation with Presi- j dent Eisenhower but gave no sol- j Id hint of when he might leave j the cabinet. McElroy, who rose to the top ! of his concern through its adver- : tisingadepartment said the pub lishetf reports were "news I ob- : viously cannot talk about." He said he had an "early aft-'. ernoon" conference scheduled ! in Washington but he would not ! say with whom. 'I am going to ' Washington, Monday," he said, "but not for anything I would consider as anything more than a routine sort of thing." Mumford said 17 of her dogs were found near Atlanta, 25 oth ers at Rocky Hill, Conn., where they were taken by employees, and her big air-conditioned car was found abandoned in Green ville, S.C. , FBI agents intercepted the three vans loaded with Mrs. Gray's furniture and clothing. 4-H Clubs to Vie For Home Ec Honors One hundred thirty 4-H club members will try their skill in home economics contests and demonstrations Monday through Friday in the Jackson county courthouse auditorium. The 4-H club members, both boys and girls, have made more than 200 entries in such contests as breadbaking, cakebaking, muffinbaking, browniebaking, sewing, knitting and ' various demonstrations. Visitors are welcome to ob serve all events.. Judges for the week-long event are Mrs. Virginia Wait, Mrs. Ron James, Mrs. William Townes, and Mrs. Gene Cham berlain, all of Medford, and Miss Jane Gates, Douglas county 4 H club agent. Schedule of events includes: Monday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., cake baking; Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p. m., clothing, knitting, home liv ing contests, and dollar dinner contest; Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., breadbaking contest, and junior canning contest; 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., clothing contests; Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., dol lar dinner contest and food dem onstrations; Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., browniebaking contest; 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., muffinbaking contest. Sacred Heart Parish Hall to Open Today Sacred Heart Parish hall, re built after the old building was destroyed by fire, will be open ed today with a public ham din ner from 1 to 5 p.m. today. The hall is at Holly and Grape st. Finished with pumice blocks and white fire, the hall and ad joining kitchen form an annex to St. Mary's gymnasium and and make the gym available for large gatherings. Meeting and storage rooms are also included in the structure. Tickets for the dinner will be on sale at the door. More Power Plants Needed, AEC Says Protest Against New Rail Rates Is Filed San Francisco IW Western meat producers have informed the Interstate Commerce com mission that the proposed re duction in westbound freight rates on meat products would cause "irreparable economic damage" to the Pacific Coast and Intermountain industry. The assertion was contained in a petition filed with the com mission by 14 western livestock producer, feeder and packer or ganizations, requesting the com mission to suspend the new rates pending an investigation. The new rates are scheduled to go into effect Aug. 15 on all western transcontinental' rail roads, unless suspended. The railroads announced the new, lowr rates recently with the avowed purpose of under cutting westbound truck com petition from the midwest meat packing centers. Washington (IP) A major ity of the Congressional Atomic Energy committee reports the government must step up de velopment of nuclear power plants if the United States is not to lose world leadership in the field. The four Republican House members of the group retorted that the majority in some in stances reflected "a strong bias in favor of public power, gov ernment ownership and Social ism." The conflicting reports were filed with Congress Friday night on a committee-approved bill to authorize a $259,239,000 pro gram to speed development of atomic weapons and commercial power. A Democratic-sponsored provision of the measure would set up a 58 million dollar pro gram to speed atomic reactor development. The majority report declared "the joint committee over the years Has not been satisfied that the AEC has been making suf ficient progress in the develop ment of prototype reactors to test the practical problems of achieving nuclear power." The report cited estimates, made by commission experts in 1955, that the U. S. would have several times the nuclear power producing capacity developed by the British in 1965. It said it now appears, how ever, this prediction will be re versed by a greatly expanded British program coupled with "slippages" in the U. S. pro gram. The minority report said "there are other ways of foster ing the atomic industry without having the government enter into all of the expensive con struction and operations envis aged by this bill." NavytoMoyeTwo Offices to Oakland Oakland, Calif. OH The Navy purchasing office in San Francisco and the Navy region al accounts office in Seattle will be moved to the Oakland Naval Supply center by Oct. 31, Navy officials have announced. An "economy move" will trim the office staffs by 55 civilian employees for an annual sav ing of $242,000, the announce ment said. The San Francisco staff would be cut by 36 civilian workers and two of its four officers, said Rear-Adm. R. J. Arnold, chief of the bureau of supplies and accounts in Washington. Nine teen workers would be trimmed from the Seattle accounting bur eau for a savings of $83,600. i - RUNS IN THE FAMILY Three-year-old Lori Black looks like a "chip off the ol' block" as she goes into a song and dance routine as her mother, the former Shirley Temple, plays the piano in their home in Atherton, Calif, on the San Francisco Peninsula. Accompanying his sister on his ukulele is five-year-old Charles Alden Black Jr. Borneo is about 800 miles long and 700 miles wide. OPEN TO PUBLIC San Diego (If) Three naval vessels will be open to the pub lic 'this week, the navy has an nounced. They are the fleet tug USS Molana, the destroyer USS Gurke and the submarine USS Pomodon. SECRETARY VISITS BASE San Diego Iff) Secretary of Navy Thomas S. Gates Jr., ar rived Saturday for a four-day visit. His schedule includes an address Monday night before the National Naval Aviation Society Forceps in Mans Body Contributed to Death Chicago (IT) A coroner's! jury ruled Friday that a pair of forceps found in a dead man's body contributed to his death. But the jury wan still no closer to solving the mystery of how the instrument got there in the first place. The five-inch forceps were found ,jnt he stomach of Joseph Olson, 59; when an autopsy was performed on his body July 26. Olson, who had been operated on three times earlier before turning at at Woodlawn hospital with acute "gas pains," died July 25. The coroner's jury said that the forcepts, "a foreign body in his abdomen," contributed to death from a heart ailment. Dr. Francis Archer, a patho logist, said he found the instru ment while performing the au topsy and showed it to one of the doctors who had operated on Olson previously, Dr. Edward Goldberg. Goldberg removed the forceps while Archer went to call "the coroner's office, Archer said. Earlier, there had been some doubt the forceps-existed, when they "disappeared." Goldberg told coroner Walter McCarron he was "absolutely certain" he left no forceps in Olson's body when he operated on him previously. They did not show in 1 X-rays taken after the operation, he said. A nurse, Bertha E. Strauch, said she had counted all instru ments before and after the op eration. There were 145 at the start and 145 at the end, she said. "Next, you doctors will have him (Olson) putting them in there himself. He was a car penter, not a magician. All I want to know is how in .God's name they got there," McCfrron said. The coroner's jury issued no statement as to how the forceps came to be in Olson's stomach. General Electric Makes Grants to Colleges Richland HPI General Elec tric company has awarded $2, 500 each to Whitman college. Walla Walla; Reed college, Port land, and Linfield college, Mc Minnville, Ore. The company said the awards are part of its newly- instituted college science grants program. The grants were made to th3 schools's physical departments. HERE'S fP A TIP! ly W HAPPY HARRY "Borrow The ... American Way" LOANS $25 to $1,500 AUTO SALARY FURNITURE For Any Worfhwhilt Purpota Payment! To Fit Your Budget! American Finance Corp. Phone SPring 2-8886 123 W. Main Medford State Seeks Space For Department - Salem (IT) The state of Ore gon is seeking 40,000 square feet of office space in the city of Sa lem to house its Department of Motor Vehicles now scattered through three state buildings in the capitol mall area. John F. Richardson, director cf the department of finance and administration, said he is asking for. bids to lease space needed for the department. The bids, which must include off-street parking facilities for at least 80 cars, must be in the finance department's hands by 3 p.m. Aug. 23, Richardson said. The lease would be for either a five or ten year period. Six-Year-Old Dies of Gunshot Wound Friday Roseville, Calif. OH A 6-year-old Blue Canyon, Calif., boy died Friday when a bullet from a .22 caliber rifle accidentally discharged into his head. The victim was Tommy Saw yer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. Mclntyre of Blue Canyon. He died en route to a hospital here after being shot by his 11-year-old half brother, LeRoy Mc lntyre. Undersheriff Fay Bates said evidence indicated the young boy jumped into range as the brother fired and the bullet en tered his right ear. Shakesp earean Festival- We extend to the Oregon Shakespearean Festival Association heartiest congratulations upon the celebration of their 22nd season. This season's offering promises to set a new record for enjoyment of devotees of the Elizabethan theatre, and attendance at the gate. We also salute the people of Ashland, who have been among the leaders in sweeping Shakespearean revival throughout the United States. The annual Festival draws people to Ash land and the Rogue River Valley from all parts of the coun try, and this outstanding cultural attraction thus becomes an important economic factor to this section of the state. To all who manage, direct and participate in the Oregon Shakespearean Festival this year, we offer the best wishes of this community and the gratitude of those who appreciate truly fine stage presentations presented in historically faith ful settings in lovely Ashland Lithia Park. Medford Pharmacy, Inc. We Are Open Today 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. PHONE SP 2-6253 101 N. CENTRAL LET' Don't Miss The BUCK 5th ANNUAL rr Friday and Saturday AUGUST 9 arid 10 Jackson County Sheriff's Posse Round Up Grounds Next Friday and Saturday are the two big day you've been looking forward to ... -the annual Rogue River Roundup. The first thow is Friday night, (8 p.m. the big parade at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, starting at the Hotel Medford, and the big final show at the Posse Grounds at 8:00 p.m. Saturday. Be sure to attend this grand show. arranged and sponsored by the Jackson County Sheriff's Posse. The program charge of the Jackson County Junior Chamber of Commerce. is in o o o nccffi After the thrills and spills of the annual Rogue River Roundup, enjoy a cool, refresh ing dish of your favorite flavor ice cream . . . and just to be doubly sure that you're getting the VERY BEST, insist upon Jorgensen's FIESTA ICE CREAM. Only Jorgensen's has that added nutrient NUTRIMIX to give it added goodness and make it more than ever nutritious, creamy, luscious and flavorful to the last spoonful! jr.-. -. THE TOP TASTE TREATS O
