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o O 2 t t 4,, ne&w &f&i ? 4 . SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Celebrates 83rd Birthday Saturday Last Survivor of War Leaders to Observe 83rd Year Saturday By JOSEPH W. GRIGG United Press Correspondent London rtfl Sir Winston Churchill celebrates his 83rd birthday Saturday a very ,-pld man working against the in exorable march of time. The last survivor of the great Allied leaders of World War II, Churchill is hurrying to com plete his monumental "History of the English Speaking Peo ples." begun in 1930. The third volume was publish ed this year. A fourth and as far as is known final volume is scheduled for publication in Army Engineers Get Airr Soldier Medals Portland (Ut Army Engin eers here today announced award of the air medal and the soldier medal, respectively, to Wesley G. Lematta, Portland helicopter pi lot, and to Col. Jackson Gra ham, Portland district engineer,) for th?ir roles in rescuing crew members of a sinking Army dredge at Coos Bay. Lematta was piloting Col. Gra ham on an aerial inspection tour when they noticed the dredge Russell sinking between the jet ties of the mouth of Coos bay Sept. 10. The dredge had been rammed by a Norweigian freight er. Lematta was cited for making repeated trips back and forth from the sunken dredge to shore oroa two-hour period rescuing stranded seamen. He operated his helicopter perilously close to waves and to rigging of the sunken' ship. Col. Graham was cited for his "quick judgment (and professional approach" in de vising rescue operations. Effort to Delay Beck Trial Fails Tuesday Seattle iff) An effort to delay the grand larceny trial of Dave Beck Sr. failed Tuesday when presiding Judge Malcolm Douglas denied a motion for a continuance. Beck's attorney, Charles S. Burdell, had asked that the trial, set for Dec. 2, be delayed on grounds there was "extreme hostility" against Beck because of recent publicity involving the Teamsters union and because Beck is scheduled to appear as a witness in a trial in Washing ton, D.C., also set for Dec. 2. Douglas stated that "on the face of it, the importance of the Washington case is to be con ceded, but on the other hand, that is a civil and this is a crim inal case. I believe that civil cases should yield the right of way to criminal cases." He also pointed out that the date, Dec. 2. was set for this case before that scheduled in Washington. 1958. But time is the great uncer tain factor. Friends say Churchill's tow-u ering mental powers and mas tery of the English language remain as supreme as ever. But physically he has declin ed noticeably in recent months. His once rotund figure is sunk en and bent, his step is that of a very tired man and he walks painfully with the aid of a stick or supported on Lady Church ill's arm. At the urging of his wife and doctors he is doing everything to husband remnants of his strength. Much of this year Churchill has spent on the French Riviera to escape the raw dampness of England which has plagued him with chills and bronchial trou ble. He spent two months at Ro quebrune last January and an other three weeks there in May. In September he spent several more weeks at the Cap D'Ail home of his old friend Lord Beaverbrook. He expects to leave for the French Riviera again soon. Churchill Writes. Paints During his visits there he di vides his time between painting and working on the "History of the English Speaking Peoples." His visits to London are rare. When in England he generally stays at Chartwell, his beautiful country home about 30 miles southeast of London. The old warrior, who retired from the premiership under the weight of his years on April 5, 1955, still holds his parlia mentary seat for Woodford. It is a "safe," solidly Conservative constituency, and he has an nounced he will retain it for the rest of his days. But his visits to the House of Commons are rare and he no longer speaks in debates. Grow ing deafness and the tax on his strength rule that out. In fact, Churchill's public ap pearances have become rarer and rarer of late. Sir Francis Cassel to Make Debut In Piano Concert at Carnegie Hall By DOC QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York OP Sir Francis Cassel, a blond, blue-eyed, heavy sweatered. lanky English man who spreads himself me dium thin running a farm, a hos pital, a potted-plant nursery, race horses, and international fi- Six Men Appear In Circuit Court On Check Charges Six men appeared in circuit court recently before Judge Ed ward C. Kelly, five in connection with check charges. Alfred Smith Price Jr., 26, Portland, pleaded guilty to charges of uttering and publish ing a false check in circuit court Monday morning. Also appear ing at the same time was Charles B. Peterson, 46, Portland, who pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses. He had previously been bound over to the grand jury by district court and was being held on S1500 bond. Price will be sen tenced pending pre-sentence re ports while Peterson's sentenc ing is pending the arrival of Fed eral Bureau of Investigation re ports. Price was arrested by Oregon state police Friday after telling olice he had cashed more than 140 checks in the Pacific north west during the past year. Others Appearing Others appearing in circuit court were Loyd G. White, 39, Altanta, La., on a charge of ob taining monev by false pretenses; John B. Ford, 44, of 2190 Spring st., Medford, charged with forg ery; and Stanley A. McEvoy. 34, Sparks, Nev., on charges of ut tering and publishing, a false check and larceny by bailee. White was sentenced by Judge Kelly to the Oregon State peni tentiary for an indeterminate period not' to exceed 18 months, while Ford was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary. The execution of Ford's sentence was suspended on condition he refrain from drinking, make re stitution within 60 days, and re port to the probation depart ment. McEvoy entered a plea of innocent to the charges and the court appointed John Cheney, Medford attorney, to represent him. Sixth man to appear in circuit court was L. R. Phillips. 32, of 255 Charlotte Ann rd., Medford, on a parole violation charge. Judge Kelly revoked his parole and sentenced him to one year in the county jail. Police Clerk Hero of Of the Day in London London IIP) Superintend ent's clerk William Wood was the hero of the day to the other members of the Brixton police force today. He picked the soccer pool ticket that won them S120.495. Wood, 76 other policemen, and one policewoman at Brixton are in a syndicate which collectively bets S22.40 in a soccer pool each week. After many months of dis appointment, they learned Tues day that Wood picked this week's winner and that the whole group will share the top prize. A flying fish does not flap its wings, he spreads them airplane fashion, vibrates his tail on the water's surface and soars. Flying fish have been timed at 35 miles an hour, for a length of about In a typical peacetime year, nine states use 80 per cent of the U.S. supply of steel. They are New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon sin. Michigan, California and Texas. Frances9 Furs Formerly Frances Dallaire 1100 Crater Lake Ave. Telephone SP 2-6526 Open Hearth Hospitality For the Contemporary ,lf A Free-flowing Functional lines A firepfoca in modern design to fit-in with your scheme of simplicity and smartness. 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He works fast, hopping from one business to anther, and a typical day goes like this: Typical Daily Schedule Up at 7:15 piano practice for an hour s tudy the financial papers practice another hour tend to farm and nursery busi ness to London for a hospital administrative meeting to the races no lunch back home, piano practice two hours din ner to bed and study financial papers half hour making fi nancial decisions to sleep. Si:r Francis began playing the piano at age four, gave his first public concert at 17, and has toured Europe as a concert ar tist. But cffiring the last few years his concerts have been confined to one a year, at Lon don's Royal Albert Hall, which he packs to 7,000 capacity. Of all his activities, he says, "I like the piano best but I be lieve I'm naturally better at fi nance because it's in my blood." His great uncle was Sir Ernest Cassel, a financier of interna tional repute and builder, among other things, of iron ore mines and the great Aswan Dam. His father .was judge advocate gen eral and a man who did not think small boys should be seri ously interested in the piano. Heard Finance, Music From childhood, Francis was accustomed to hearing talk of the ways -of finance but he also got an earful of music "my grandmother was always having people like Paderewski and Mel ba in to visit." As a result: "I seem to do well financially even at concerts. Not many peo ple sell out the Albert Hall." Sir Francis was the first Eng lishman to play alone at Albert Hall foreigners had done it but never before an Englishman. This was in 1942. At intermis sions, he would hurry out to see how he was doing on the horses. It was fine. During the concert he won, in all, 250 pounds, which at that time was worth about S1.200. Besides piano and Interna tional finance, Sir Francis' inter ests include board chairman of Cassel Hospital, which threats functional nervous disorders; owner of Putteridge Nurseries, which he has built up to a 180, 000 potted-plant turnover every six months; operator of a farm producing milk, chickens, meat and field crops; race course rep resentative for Miss Dorothy Paget (29 flat racers, 20 jumpers). He insists his theory of life is that "it's better to do a lot of things badly than one thing well", but it hardly seems to fit him. After all, what's he doing badly? Wednesday, November 27, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TH1X8 Campaign to Make Ship Shrine to Start Honolulu tlPi A national campaign to build a shrine over the sunken battleship USS Ari zona at Pearl Harbor will get under way on December 7th. The USS Arizona Memorial Headquarters will conduct the campaign. The Japanese sunk the war ship in the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. It still contains the bodies of 1,102 men. The Navy says that more than 60.000 persons visit the rusting hulk each year. A color guard raises and lowers the flag every day. The Navy still considers the ship in commission. Contributions already have been received for the fund. Walter H. Annenberg, presi dent and publisher of the Phil adelphia Inquirer, has con tributed S1,000, the largest sing le contribution to date. He re cently visited Pearl Harbor. Contributions may be sent to the USS Arizona Memorial Fund, Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Pakistan Government Cancels Visas to Reds Karachi, Pakistan HP) The government announced today that it had canceled visas grant ed to a Soviet troupe invited to take part in an international cultural festival here. The government said the invi tation was withdrawn in view of public resentment against Russia, which has threatened to use its veto against Pakistan on the Kashmir question in the United Nations Security Council. Couple Observes 67th Year of Married Life Ontario (IP) Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jones of Ontario celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary here Tuesday. Jones is 92, and his wife is 86. Jones, former justice of the peace and Malheur county clerk, first came to the Oregon terri tory in the 1880's but returned to his home town of Henderson, Ky., to claim Stella Staples as his bride. The Jones' have two daugh ters, one grandson and four great-grandsons. Let us put new sparkle Into your clothes! Hale & Kathryn Wheeler MEDFORD CLEANERS 34 No. Holly SP 2-6500 Free Pickup and Delivery Use Mail Tribune Classified Ada The Low Cost Way To Sell 9. ,too, have this Real Wood-Burning FIREPLACE NEEDS NO MASONKT COMIS COMPLETE with its own chimney INSTALLS IN 1 DAY I ... in most new or existing homes CAN BE PAINTID to blend with any color scheme APPROVED by Underwriters Laboratories iiiiMMi,?f&wirtriiii i See it NOW of... Unibilt FIREPLACE ) BIG PINES LUMBER COMPANY West 6th, Corner of Fir Ph. 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