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Italian Climber Tells Of Ordeal in Alps Editor's note: risniin t-.t - d chauffeur, wii the ?ri Iurvlv?- nn, four men who foTli r Hi EU" """in. In the L,!Ju ?f- lptrh diruted from a ordeal and hu dramatic rescue. By CLAUDIO CORTI At Told To United Presi Copyright 1957 by United Pren Interlaken, Switzerland (W -l have just lived through eight days of snowy hell eight days and nights on the Eiger north wall In the Alps. Few men, perhaps fortunately, taste such adventure of climb ing into the unknown, reaching Girard Could Get Fine of About $3 Honolulu Wl Army Spe cialist William S. Girard, facing trial for manslaughter in a Jap anese court, can be found guilty only of negligence and fined about S3, a former U. S. chief justice in Germany said Tues day. William Clark, 66, outspoken jurist who was fired b;' Ambas sador James B. Conant over a policy dispute, made the com ment as he arrived here en route to Tokyo for the Girard trial. Clark said the Japanese may charge the GI with intentional killing but "I don't see how they can prove it." He said the death of a woman on an American firing range was "a fluke" as she was struck by an empty cartridge case Girard shot from a grenade launrfher and this would not ordinarily prove fatal. Clark, of Princeton, N. J., and former judge of the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Phil adelphia, quoted the Japanese criminal code which states that "persons who cause death of an other through negligence shall be punished with a fine of not more than 1,000 yen (about $3)." the point o fno return, sudden realization that one is lost and finally the agonizing happiness of rescue. But of all the memories, two others mean th most. Couldn't Speak One is a strange one. It is that I never got to speak to two of the men with whom I shared nearly a week on this wair of death, and who now are dead. They spoke only German and I spoke only Italian. We shared life and, almost, death but only through sign language. The other memory is one of vast sadness. For five years I searched for a partner to take with me on the Eiger climb. But now he too is dead, my friend Stefano Longhi. My survival seems al most unfair, for I am a bachelor and Stefano left a wife and chil dren. I am happy to have survived without permanent injury be cause it will be easier for me to help care for them. Loved the Mountains Although' I am dictating this from a hospital bed in Interlaken I won't say that I'm through with climbing. As far back as I can remember I have loved the mountains. But now I have had enough for the time being. I am a chauffeur by trade from Lecco, in Como Province. I have lived near the mountains all my 29 years. My biggest wish always was to scale the north wall of Eiger. I think I was well prepared to try. HOUSE OF DOORS Romford, Englad (IP Philip Tomkins, 53, began a month's jail sentence today for stealing 423 door handles from the hard ware store where he worked. Tomkins confessed he stole the handles because he thought they would come in handy in his new home. TheyH Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo THE G4LS FROM THE OFFICE CO TO LUNCH- rr's Really more TO GOSSIP TH4M E4TOH,WELL you KIN 04 EXPECT IT FROM THE FEMME5- BuT GET 4 LUMP OF THE WAY THE BOYS DO THE OVER-THE-B4CK-FENCE BfT" OkaX MO A M4TLO H4T TIP TO WAITER.? B4LMOIWL, MUMI,FU). , r? r in ri rr- i. n rr V 1 1 1 r f-v j Ail Y was supposed to f was in the HAVE A BARREL A L4U6MlN(3 OP DOUGH BUT fci ACADEMY- I HAPPEN TO KNOW-- S' CESS f HOW MUCH ! a " i s yA GOT HIS JOB- ' 2? Sv-v-rf . s - n r i -i i - ' rtaf i Portland Csf Case Youth Held by Cops Portland (IP) Police said today a teen-age youth whb was in trouble in June for taking part in the torture deaths of two cats was picked up as a suspect in a group, of juvenile burglaries. Detective John Caldwell said the youth and six others ranging in age from 13 to 16 were being questioned about burglaries at a food store, a drug store, barber shop, and a cabin, plus stolen automobiles. SUSPECT GOOD BEHAVIOR New York HP) State parole officer David Speck is beginning to wonder if he isn't wasting his time. Speck suspects that one of the parolees who reported to him on good behavior may have stolen $146.55 in petty cash from his desk drawer. nC-" TnTcu. FT. jj Upright Freezer, Spec. 259 BIG SAVINGS! TOP VALUES! Thafs what's in store for YOU during ACME'S sensational . SUMMER APPLIANCE SALE! 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Free Delivery Oregon Congressional Delegation Asks ICC To Reconsider Rates Washington HP) The Inter state Commerce Commission was asked today to reconsider the action of its suspension board in refusing to suspend reduced freight rates on fresh meats and packing house products shipped from the east to Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wash., and other West Coast points. The request was made by Sens. Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neuberger, and Reps. Edith Green, Al Ullman and Charles O. Porter, all Oregon Democrats. They asked ICC Chairman Owen Clarke for "immediate re consideration" of the board's action. The delegation said there should be a suspension of the proposed rate reduction in order to provide time for public hear ings on the matter. "Unless the ICC appeals board suspends the proposed drastic rate reductions, irrepar able harm will result to an ex tremely important segment of the economy of the West Coast," they said. Washington Iff) The three per cent federal freight tax danv ages economic and ipdustrial de velopment in the Pacific North west more than in any other re gion of the nation, Senator Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) de clares in the August issue of Railway Progress magazine. Neuberger claims in an article titled, "The Tax that Chokes the West, that Oregon lumber, can ned fruits and similar products are placed at a serious competi tive disadvantage by being "saddled" with the levy. More than half the entire population of the countr yresides in a rela tively small area around eastern cities, he said, and yet the North west must ship its products over long freight hauls to be sold, with all the transportation sub ject to federal freight tax. "To ship a carload of lumber to Pittsburgh," Neuberger said in the article, "the Oregon saw mill must pay a 40 per cent higher transportation tax than a competing softwood sawmill in Georgia or Alabama." Wednesday, August 14, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN FBI Agenls Hunt For Spy's Money New York HU FBI agents searched today for a large sum of money supposedly buried in the New York area by Russia master spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel for use in financing his espionage ring. One high official said the So viet intelligence officer had hid den an estimated $50,000 in New York City and in parts of Long Island. A search for addi tional money also was reported in Poughkeepsie, 75 miles north of New York, where Abel al legedly had sought to set up a short wave radio station for espionage purposes. The search for the money was disclosed " shortly after FBI agents Tuesday found $15,000 in cash in a safe deposit box Abel had rented in a branch of the Manufacturers Trust Company under the name of Alan Wins- Five Measles Cases Reported in Medford Measles cases in the county returned to the list of communi cable diseases reported during the week of Aug. 9 after being absent from the report the pre vious week. Five cases were re ported in Medford according to the Jackson county department of health. Other diseases' reported last week include pneumonia, four in Medford and one each in Ash land and Jacksonville; one in fectious mononucleosis in Med ford; two strep throats, one each in Central Point and Eagle Point; one impetigo in Medford; and one case each in Central Point and Eagle Point of whooping cough. ton. When arrested June 21 at his hotel room here, Abel had S6.000 in cash, according to the FBI. Authorities have speculated that Abel was aware he was under FBI surveillance and had planned to use the money to flee the country. H $365 it's a fcgllgr vodka and tonic with CHATEAUX vodka Jn'tK .0r.,B,',sllllto rR0M I0( rU SL SP""TS CLE,B SPRING DISIIUINB CO DIVISION Of MMES 8 BEAM 0IST UH CO.. CLERMONT. KIT.. PRODUCT OF U S K Use Tribune Want Ads r Grange News Upper Applegaie Grange Danger that the National Grange Headquarters in Wash ington, D.C., will be swallowed up in a proposed federal build ing project has been averted for the present, Sister Anna Scott; legislative chairman, reported when Upper Applegate Grange met in regular session Aug. 9. No funds were appropriated by Congress for erection of the proposed building during the fiscal year 1958, and although the matter may be revived in January, if is believed the Grange site may be omitted from any "future legislation due to the storm of protest from Grangers all over the country. Sister Scott also called attention to the National Grange Monthly which she recommended as a non-partisan publication. Agriculture Chairman James Corson reported one bright spot in the farm picture in the pres ent abundance of feed and rea sonable prices for hay which have resulted in better returns to the producer for beef cattle. Since the subject is one of vital interest to everyone in the area, the agriculture committee plans to present a speaker on the Rogue Basin development program during the lecture hour ?i the next Grange meeting Aug. 23, Brother Corson announced. Chaplain Kathleen Scovell, re porting for the relief committee, stated Brother Wilfred Pearson, who recently underwent suf gery at Sacred Heart hospital in Medford, is convalescing at home, and Sister Grace Pearson is recovering from a sprained leg and foot sustained in a fall. The young daughter of the Har lan Cantralls, who fractured her collar-bone in a fall from a bi cycle, is also convalescing at home, it was stated. Chairman Edna Sawyer of the home economics committee pre sented an estimate of $60 as the cost of drapery materials and rods for the meeting room, the drapes to be made by members of the Home Economics club. Since the committee had a $15 cash balance on hand, and the remaining $45 required was pledged from among those pres ent at the meeting, the commit tee was authorized, to proceed with the project. Two new songs were intro duced by the music committee FALSE TEETH That Loosen Need Not Embarrass Many wearers of false teeth havr Buffered real embarrassment because their plate dropped, slipped or wob bled at just the wrong time. Do not live in fear of this happening to you. Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH. the alkaline (non-acid) powder, on your plates. Hold false teeth more firmly, so they feel more comfortable. Does not sour. Checfes "plate odor" (den ture breath ) . Get FASTEETH at any tirug counter. for use in Grange meetings, and were well received by the group. Tentative plans for having the remainder of the chairs for the meeting room brought down from Portland where they are now in storage, were discussed. The matter' of weatherproof ing the exterior of the Grange hall was also discussed and Worthy Master Menno Bachman agreed to secure comparative prices on standard weather proofing solution used on this type of structure, and on paint, and to bring this report to the next meeting. Sister Betty Nicholsen was presented and brought greetings from Tualatin Grange of which she is a member. She has been visiting at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Scott on Little Applegate. Gratitude was expressed on behalf of Upper Applegate Grange to Brother Menno Bach mann and Sister Maude Bach mann for their gift of an elec tric sign for the Grange hall. At the conclusion of the busi ness session, some time was de voted to practicing floor work in lieu of a lecturer's program. During the refreshment hour, Sister Stella Winningham, a charter member, was presented with a birthday cake and the felicitations of all present. Sister Winningham, one of whose hob bies is knitting, recently com pleted a beautiful knitted lace altar cloth which she presented to the Grange and which is now in use in the meeting room. Ladies of the Home Economics club composed the hostess com mittee for the evening, serving refreshments of ice cream, cakes and coffee. They were somewhat inconvenienced by the lack of dishes and silver occasioned by the rifling of locked kitchen cupboards by burglars sometime during the preceding week, but refusing to be daunted by the situation, which had not been discovered until they were ready to serve, they dispensed coffee in water glasses, and offered forks in place of spoons for the ice cream. 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