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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.
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nancial interests such as oil and
nuclear power, is here on
anther professional labor of
love.
He makes his American debut
tonight in a piano concert at
Carnegie hal. This is his first
visit to the United States, but he
cant afford to tarry long: "I'll
just see the supermarkets and go
home."
He doesn't really think of
himself as busy. 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.
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