Dazding Signs on Gay White Way Have
Counterparts in All Parts of the World
Ey FRED DANZIG
Ur.ited Press Corresponcer.t
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prod,
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rand n o:ie.
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rr ;.r.y a;i pronjcra oy
kr.-.f. S'rau Sin Corp.. have
'v. -.oki.r.jj brother - under - the
rf'in i.-: of our big cities
ar;d in fr:2n lands as well.
"I:.? Artkrft people recently
f.r::-::f-d a briiht marquee for a
ho'r-I in Curacao. Netherlands
a theatre in Boaot. Colombia,
and a marque for Loew s, Cal
cu?a, India.
V.'hen candy company in
Ron I'aly. wanted a big sign,
tiit- local cjn maker wrote to
An''iT t;
a .En for a :
tre ;n Icria:
cooif d "'
Starr also
mf'n'.s ocean
are handy f
cians. are!.:
and drill pr
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5S ''P'-ra'.o: g.a?-
blowers. engravers. rr.-i'.r.
sheet metal workers and st'.-f pie- j
jacks have b'Jilt pr-su:'e "a.ir.-j
for Air Force rran truck-, wide
screens for outdoor thea'er-. :
arid a modernistic bell tower for :
the Massachusetts Institute ot ;
Technology at Cambridge. No. j
jod is too big or too small. Art-1
kraft also dors gold leaf letter
ing on office doors.
But it's those sign-, or ' ,-pec-
Artkraft for ad'-irr on building taculars" bordering Times
Program to Observe Moons
Described by Fay Bentley
Br FAY B ANTLEY
"Of all sa.i words from
tongi. or pen
Tr.e saddest are these;
It might have been" realisti
cally wrote the poet. This state
ly er.t ;s just as true today as
when the poem was new, even in
rraters concerning artificial
earfi satellites.
A" announcement contained
in " Bulletin No. 4 for Visual Ob
servers of Satellites" issued by
the Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory last December, read
as follows: "A Hundred MOON
WATCH Stations Ready for
December 8th Alert."
Shortly before the date set
fir the i:rst MOON WATCH
Came another announcement!
fro,- the Smithsonian Astro
p'nsual Observatory, "MOON-!
WATCH Alert Postponed from!
reremher 8, 1956, to Spring, !
1D57." j
Explanalion Offered
The explanation offered
be seen only at evening or morn
ing twilight, when the sun snines
on the satellite and the observer
is in shadow.
On Friday evening. May 17.
1957. 75 MOON WATCH stations
in the United States took part
in the first nationwide test alert
There was a turn-out of more
than 1200 MOON WATCH ob
servers, in spite of unfavorable
weather conditions. Less than 20
stations observed under clear
skies.
Leaders reported to headquar
ters in Cambridge. Mass., that
the alert had served to greatly
increase interest in the visual
observing program. ;
q iare ::a . z- ' most o: X'tp a -'
r.'.'.n. Th -tee! skeletons -.:p-;:or.::g
thc-o enormous si.;::?
i'c:-. i.xe the framework
i , i . f) f - bi i i d ir. 2 -.
r: r-'f-r ho.1.' bi ti:e ?:2n or
' (.'-.!'.'. ti ry all r.av nne
' . .:. !: i r.:r:v. ;-r.p!.c''.y.
S'..rr --lid t.-.ey can bear only a
radf mark f,:.d the brand name,
to t.-.ak" a quick impression. T
c p: for re animation that must '
ca'rii eye. ail else is gingcr
i j : ,i '
Liquor Next lo Aspirin
PU,.::.z a sign can be tricky.
Years ?go. a company made the .'
.! :.-ta!-:e of placing a liquor sign
:.::'. to a sign for aspirin.
T:.;. 're more careful now.
R'-ccr.tiy. Artkraft installed a
sizn a. Times Square for a Las.
Yenas gambling club. An auto-j
matieally-uperated roulette
wheel was the feature. Some j
gamblers on the street below
usi d to bet on the play of the
w!' e i.
The Artkraft company traces;
itself back to 1897. When it was!
the Ben Strauss Sign company j
located over Gentleman Jim
Corbett's saloon and specializ-i
ing in window lettering. In
1910. a young blacksmith named
Jacob Starr went to work for
Strauss, who was then doing
electrical signs. Starr launched
his own company, Artkraft. in
1923 and in 1937, merged with
Strauss.
Jake Starr, now 61, still is ac
tive. His son Mel is called presi
dent while he is called "Boss-:
man." "Titles don't mean much
around here." Jake explained, j
Democrat Caucus
Agrees on Backing
Of Tax Reduction
!
Monday, October 21, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
tended b v 2
crats of the
resen tati
unanimous! v
T A caucus a
' of the 35 Demo
tate house of rep
res here Sunday
agreed that a 10
per cent across-the-board cut in
state income taxes would be sup
ported at the special session of
the Legislature opening Monday.
Oct. 28.
The caucus also agreed to an
increase of S10 per census per
school child to the basic school
fund annually.
Speaker of the house Pat
Dooley announced that all house
committees of the regular 1957
session had expired and new
committee members would be
appointed by him after the
special session opens.
New Faces Possible
He indicated that many of the
members of the regular session
committees would be reappoint
ed, but said it was possible that
some new faces would be seen
on the few committees to be
named for the special session.
The caucus agreed to a strong
rules committee through which
all bills must be submitted be
fore introduction. Through this
committee, it is hoped to keep
out all bills other than those
dealing with the taxation mat
ters. A half dozen Democratic mem
bers of the Senate, including
chamber president Boy Over
hulse. sat in on the caucus but
took no part in it. The Demo
cratic senators had previously
met Sunday morning in Port-
Fair May Attract
National Attention
The Southern Oregon Safetv
J Fair, scheduled for Nov. 16. is
j expected to attract national at
was ! tention, according to officials of
hecaue of the large number of i the sponsoring organization
ne voluntrer observing stations Medford Safety Council,
ihat are being organized at pre-! Tne alr- planned for the new
serf." The announcement also j National Guard armory, i; coa
s'aiei that the alert would take sidered an experiment in safety
plaie in the early spring of ecmcauon. ine idea ot present-
157. the exact date to be pub
lished lar.
What is a satellite? A satellite
is any body that constantly
trae!s around a larger body.
The moon is a satellite of our
plane?. The earth is a satellite
cf the sun.
The earth satellite program is
a part of an unprecedented study
of the earth and its atmosphere
carries j, rjv scientific institu
ing the safety story in the form
of an exposition of safety de
vices, displays and demonstra
tions is not completely new.
However, the public sponsorship
and participation features are
considered new, according to the
spokesmen for the event.
"The state and national safety
groups are anxious to discover
if the southern Orrgon event
Fred acMurray. Jane Russell.
will secure needed public sup-
tion"? rf iitprna tional imnortanre I Port." according to Myron Tcr-
an the leading geophysicists of i Pining, general chairman of tiie Holen Hayes and Marie McDon
the world. iGeophvsicists are in-! Safety Fair. "If it is successful 1 aid.
teres-el in the way electricity, i tne idea may ue adopted by : Some, like Hope, go tnrough
... -j i "'! other areas in the nation" licensed agencies. They run the
ff,.t .arthi cnarge will te made exlu- icasi riK ot complications. ine ! "" ".- ...u.c Pn-i. iu
bitors Tbe event will li fcn comedian and his wife adoDted , everyone. Fallon said. Miss ll-
AND IT FLIES
Chicago IP The St. Rita
High School aviation class de
signed and built a single-seat
sport plane that '-flies beautiful- j land.
ly." according to the class in-j Much of the time consumed
structor. ex-World War II flight I in the all-afternoon caucus was
engineer Robert D. Blacker. The ! devoted to organizational mat-fuil-sied
plane now is stored at I ters pertaining to the special
Lew College, Lockport, 111. I session. Dooley said.
Marie Wilson Adoption Tiff
Stirs Other Stars' Pangs
By VERNON SCOTT "The laws of California pro-,
United Press Writer j tect adoptive parents to a much ;
Hollywood When Marie : greater degree when they adopt
Wilson gave up the 3 1 2-month-i through an agency ."said the di
old baby she hoped to adopt j rector of one of the state's larg
est adoption organizations.
Red Tape Feared
"Many movie stars avoid agen
cies because they dread the red
tape involved. Some are too old
to qualify. Some have unforun
ate family backgrounds. There
fore, they take their chances on
arlonlinf thrniich nthpr n-i(an:
Among those who have j friends ; doctors or lawyers."
Blonde Marie Wrilson and her :
TV-producer husband. Bob Fal
lon would have had small chance
of keeping Christine had they
gone to court.
"We believe that further air
ing of the incident would have
made a legal football of the
this week, many movie stars re-j
experienced pangs of fright from :
their own adoption problems. j
A high proportion of screen!
couples have adopted children. :
It's easy for them. j
Their incomes are high. They!
are able to provide fine homes'
and educations for foster chil-l
dren
taken foundlings into their fam
ilies are Bob Hope. Joan Craw
ford. Roy Rogers and Dale Fv
ans. Jack Benny, Dinah Shore
erfect the earth.)
To the Smithsonian Astro-
pical Observatory under the i to tlle Public, according to the
direction cf Dr. Fred L. hippie, j PlannmS committee. Everything
an internationally known astro-! needed for the successful stag
ing ol tne event is expected to
be contributed by interested in
dividuals and firms. Any minor
expenses incurred will be paid
by the State Industrial Accident
commission from the budget al
location for accident preven
tion, it was explained.
nomer. was given the task of
organizing and establishing an
optical tracking program for the
earth satellites.
Visiu&l Observing Program
What is a MOONWATCH station-
MOON WATCH (entire
worr! always spelled with capi
ta; is the code name for the
visual observing program. Vast
amounts of time and energy
have ben given by volunteer
observers throughout the United
S a4ee m an effort to establish
an operate MOONWATCH
satellite stations.
lie rrosram. s'arted in the
spring of 1956. has aroused great
interest among amateur as well
as nroff s.-innal astronomers, and
a network of MOONWATCH
station operated by groups of
aiert ky-watchers has been or
ganized. The "lone wolf ob
server hs no place in this pro
gram. Kor v. haf are these people
watchm-1 For any earth satel
lite, artificial or natural that
they may chance to see. (The
Tnoon would be called a natural
Safl'itP of the earth.'
Plans were made to launch
or e or more artificial satellites
rfurin the year 1957-53 and to
observe and record their raove
rrents in an effort to learn more
of the conditions of the air at
aitif.ifs too high to be reached
by rockets. This knowledge is
tighly important in planning
any ?y?e of space travel. j
I! h.a been reported by the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob-
sorvatory that the first satellite
will be polished metal ball. 20 j
inches in diameter which will j
travel at an sverage of 500 miles !
above the surface of the earth, j
This artificial satellite will move j
rapidly through the observer's
sky. Only the meteors will travel j
faster. In 10 minutes it will cross '
the United States and in 100
minutes go entirely around tne
world.
Sone Conspicuous
None of the satellites will be
conspicuous. Like the planets
and noons, reflected sunlight
will cause their illumination.
Lare binoculars, monoculars,
or telescopes must be employed
and then the elusive object can
The official motto of Montana,
the Treasure State, is "Gold and
Silver."
all four of their brood. Linda,
18. Tony. 17. Nora. 11. Kelly,
10 from "the cradle" in Il
linois. But most stars refuse to be
quoted on their adoptions or ev
en lo discuss them off the rec-
son was so upset, she said, "I
don't even want to think about
adopting again. They ought to
change the laws."
The US. Army's expenditures
from 1789-91 were S633.000. By
ord not through fear of distur-; 1792. they were S2. 500. 000. In
bing the children, but as a safe-; 1919 they jumped to nearly nine
guard to protect themselves ; million, and in 1954 reached al
from "natural parents." i most S50 billion.
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