Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
"VOKEL nudged the sword swallower at a circus side show
' 1 and urged that he give a slight demonstrationAf his skilL
The sword swallower obligingly picked up a handSul of nails
and needles and gulped
them down.
"Hold on there," protest-"
ed the yokel. "Them wasn't
swords."
"I know" soothed the
sword swallower, "but I'm
on a diet."
Paul Pride's "Capsule
Course In Human Relations":
5 Most Important Words:
-1 am proud of you."
4 Most Important Words:
"What's your opinion?"
3 Most Important Words:
"If you please."
2 Most Important Words: Thank you."
Least Important Word: "V
.'
My son Jonathan, 11. point out that every zoo boasts a man
eating lion and a man-eating: tiger, but you have to go to a delica
tessen store to aee a man-eating herring. (For this I send him to a
private school!)
O b Bennett Cert Distributed bjr King Textures Syndicate,
Local and
Meeting Set The Bakers
union, local 404, will hold a
special meeting Tuesday, Jan.
7, at 6:30 p.m. in the Labor
, Temple on Grape st.t between
Main and Eighth sts., accord
ing to Jess Wagner, secre
tary. To Speak Jack Mace, of
the state department of for
estry, will speak to the Jack
son county chamber of com
merce roundtable group on
Monday, Jan. 6, at noon in
the Jackson hotel. Topic for
the talk will be on the South
ern Oregon Christmas tre? as
sociation and how the for
estry department is involved.
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Stove Fire The Medford
fire department reported
answering an alarm about
3:35 p.m. Saturday at the
home of Phillip R. Johnson,
57 Summit ave. Firemen said
grease in an electric oven
spilled and caught fire. No
damage was reported.
High Scorer Donald J.
Millage, Portland, was recent
ly notified that he scored
among the top eight of ap
proximately 9,000 candidates
in the nation on the Certified
Public Accountants examina
tion taken during November.
Millage, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Millage, 1515 Oregon st.,
Ashland, is a graduate of Tal
ent High school and the Uni
versity of Oregon.
Mother Dies Word was
received here recently of the
death of Mrs. Mildred
Wrench, Beloyt, Kan., Jan. 2,
mother of Mrs. George G
Roseberry, Hollywood ave.
Mrs. Roseberry flew to Kan
sas last month due to the ill
ness of both of her parents.
Dr. Roseberry, pastor of the
First Methodist church, Med
ford, left Medford Friday
night for Beloyt to conduct
the funeral service.
About seven million Amer
icans are rheumatic disease
victims.
Liberia's current estimated
population is 1,500,000.
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Bi-Partisan Policy Needed to
Insure Support, Truman Says
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The nation and the free
world expect strong leader
ship of a President. And no
President can risk facing up
to the responsibilities such ask
confront him and the nation
now without a real day to
day bi-partisan policy to en
sure bi-partisan support.
President Roosevelt did not
hesi:ate to include prominent
Republicans in his Cabinet.
During my Administration I
called on Republicans for
service to the nation in the
Cabinet, on special services
and on special missions. A
proper bi-partisan approach
should have included Demo
cratic Senate and House lead
ers in the delegation to the
NATO conference.
If we are to maintain the
security of the free world, we
must take the initiative for
peace by a bold course of ac
tion in the face of a shower
of Communist peace propa
ganda which masks the ag
gressive expansionist purposes
of the Communists.
Every Opportunity
I believe Prmier Bulganin
of Soviet Russia and Com
munist Boss Khrushchev
ought to get every opportuni
ty to prove they really want
peace.
Khrushchev may be making
a virtue of necessity since the
maintenance of the still very
large conventional Russian
cround forces is a serious
drain upon the labor supply
of the Soviet economy. The
Soviet Union labor supply is
beginning to feel the pinch
caused by the low birth rate
and high infant mortality of
1941-1945.
I have had some experience
with the makers of Kremlin
policy. From my first day as
President, when I told Molo
tov that peace was two way
street and that Russia would
have to make her contribu-
Tax Officials
To Meet Monday
Portland Ray Smiih,
49, former state tax commis
sioner, said Saturday he "defi
nitely" plans to run for public
office this year. Smith said
he may file for the Portland
city auditor's job.
He also said he has been
thinking about running for
the seat on the city council
now held by Nathan A. Boody
but would do so only if Boody
did not run again. Boody has
not yet announced his inten
tion. Grange Notes
Live Oak Grange
Live Oak Grange will hold
their first meeting of the
year on Thursday, Jan. 9, at
8 p.m. Installation of officers
will be held for those not yet
installed.
A potluck dinner will pre
cede the meeting beginning
at 7 p.m.
STORE - WIDE
Everything
:!
Dishes, Cutlery, Cook
ing Ware, all House
wares, Hardware, Elec
t r i c a I Appliances &
Supplies, Guns, Fishing
tackle, Sporting goods,
Toys, Barbecue equip..
Crystal, Giftwares,
Paint, Plumbing. Yes,
Everything is reduced.
Buy Now!
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OR REFUNDS 3
tion by backing her words
with deeds, I have had reason
to have little faith in the
promises of Communist lead
ers.
Present Aim
Their present aim Is to in
timidate and frighten into ac
ceptance of their terms those
peoples and nations they can
not control for their own im
perialistic purposes. And it is
dangerous business to appease
dictators who boast of their
ability through modern sci
ence to annihilate those who
would oppose them while pro
fessing at the same time to
seek peace and international
accord.
The Soviet Union has hith
erto refused to cooperate with
the free nations on real dis
armament or control of arms
and ha used every confer
ence or international discus
sion on disarmament merely
to further their own design
for conquest.
But we must not allow the
Communists to deceive mil
lions of people around the
world into believing they are
apostles of peace for lack of
any initiative on our part, no
matter how often we are re
buffed in stating and restat
ing bur proposals for disarm
ament and peace.
Constant Adjustment
Peace is not a quiet or stag
nant pool but a dynamic and
rushing river of constant ad
justment to changing condi
tions and unexpected oppor
tunities. In the face of past failures
and even realizing the Rus
sians still are seeking only
further grist for their peace
propaganda mills, while they
arm for imperialistic pur
poses, we ought to put the
burden of proof on the Rus
sians by answering them with
a concrete counter-proposal.
The American reply to Pre
mier Bulganin and Commun
ist Boss Khrushchev should
be an invitation to start im
mediate talks through diplo
matic channels between
Washington and Moscow
seeking to arrive at some
minimum yet verifiable and
practicable agreement on arm
ed forces or weapons.
Diplomatic Channels
If a basis for even such a
minimum accord is possible
through negotiations through
diplomatic channels and
through diplomatic channels
only then Bulganin and
Khrushchev might be remind
ed that three Presidents of
the United States traveled
thousands of miles to meet
with Russian leaders. The
Russians now in their turn
must travel to the New World
to prove their sincerity.
A proper meeting place for
the Russians to sign an accord
already agreed upon through
diplomatic channels could be
Washington, or in New York,
where the United Nations org
anization is located, or in San
Francisco where United Na
tions was organized.
But we should meet with
the Russians only if our
friends and Allies of NATO
are in full agreement with
us that the Russians were
making a concrete and useful
step towards peace and con
trol of arms. We must never
make the mistake again of not
consulting our Allies at all
times.
No Series Objections
There can be no serious
objections to the Russians
raising any question mili
tary, political or economic,
provided they are raised
through diplomatic channels
and not through phony peace
propaganda speeches or let
ters and attacks on this coun
try or our Allies.
The door ought to be left
wide open for the fullest and
frankest exchange through
diplomatic channels.
But there must be no secret
agreements. And there must
be no doubt in the minds of
the Kremlin leaders that we
intend to take any and all
measures to keep our armed
I strength powerful enough to
maintain our security and
freedom and that our Allies
until the Soviets abandon
their program of world con
quest. Vigorous Steps
We therefore need prompt
and vigorous steps to fill in
the serious gaps in our de
fense requirements.
The most important thing
is to co-ordinate the missiles
program. Some one with
authority to compel the arm
ed services to agree to a pro
gram should be appointed.
Only such a "boss", able to
appeal directly to the Presi
dent and having the Presi
dent's absolute support, can
meet our badly lagging mis
sile needs and those of our
Allies.
But missiles alone are not
a total basis for a defense
program. All branches of our
armed forces must be main
tained at a high state of ef
ficiency to meet any emerg
ency. It would be a mistake
to depend upon any single
service to meet any challenge
whether by conventional or
new type weapons. W must
have a strong Army, a strong
Navy and a hard-hitting Air
Force.
And what we should be pre
pared to meet is the danger
ous threat of the Rsusian sub
marine fleet, greater than any
submarine fleet in history.
Nuclear Fleet
We already have the be
ginnings of a powerful nu
clear fleet and nuclear sub
marines that ought to be con
structed in greater numbers.
The cruising range of these
submarines submerged is fan
tastic and they constitute
launching platforms elusive
to the enemy.
Until we can get some
workable agreement on arms
limitation we must face frank
ly the tremendous cost of
modern defense.
We believe in economy, and
a balanced budget. Therefore,
a tax levy should be made
to meet the increasing costs of
essential security. And the
sooner we face up to the need
for such a tax the sooner we
will avoid piling up the Fed
eral debt that might become
unmanageable.
The American people will
understand the need for such
a tax if it is put up to them
frankly.
The American people are
always ready to follow a lead
er, but not blindly. They must
know where he is going and
that he speaks the truth.
Strike Still On
Against Papers
Peoria, 111. OP) Striking
newspaper, workers and the
management of the Peoria
Journal Star Saturday said
plans for conciliatory meet
ings were as cold as the weath
gr. The newspaper suspended
publication Friday when the
Peoria Newspaper Guild
struck and craft unions re
fused to cross picket lines.
"There are no meetings in
sight, as far as I know," a
management spokesman said
today.
A union representative said
"neither side has asked for
another meeting."
The walkout idled about
500 regular employes of the
morning and evening paper
owned and published by Hen
ry P. Slane. .
The guild said it struck over
sick leave benefits that would
provide pay starting on the
first day of employe absence.
Spokesmen for the newspaper
said it would offer to continue
a 8-year-old policy of granting
up to 26 weeks of sick leave
after the first week.
News About
Servicemen
COMPLETES TOUR
Seaman Donald D. Forsyth,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Wright, 352 Stewart ave.,
BMedford, recently returned
to Long Beach, Calif., after
completing a five-month tour
of duty in the Pacific. Forsyth
served aboard the USS Prich
ett, a radar destroyer.
PROMOTED
Sgt. William L. Brewster,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Brewster, Trail, recently was
promoted to sergeant in the
Marine corps. Brewster has
been stationed in Seoul,
Korea.""
CLUB
NEWS
Sam's Thumpers Rabbit Club
Sam's Thumpers Rabbit
club will meet Sunday, Jan.
6, at the Darryl Zapell home
in Talent.
Linda Sommer,
Reporter.
London (IP) The Lambeth
town council has invited lus
cious model Janet Burt to
take a bath in front of all
male members next Tuesday.
The accasion is the opening
of their new $375,200 baths.
Janet 36-23-36 said "I'd rather
were a bikini but I'm told
there'll be plenty of bubbles."
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Obituaries
LAWRENCE H.
RENTLEMAN
Funeral services for Lawr
ence H. Rentleman, 65, who
died Wednesday, will be held
in the Conger-Morris chapel
Monday at 10 a.m., with the
Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman of
Zion Lutheran church officiat
ing. Burial will be in Siskiyou
Memorial Park.
Mr. Rentleman was born
Feb. 16, 1891 in Germany. He
was a veteran of World War
I. He came to the valley 12
years ago from West Wood,
Calif.
IRENE BECHDOLDT
Ashland Irene Elizabeth
Bechdoldt, 91, of Ashland,
died in Sacred Heart hospital
in Medford early Saturday.
She had been ill for some
time. She was born Sept. 2, 1865,
in Forest Grove. Her husband,
Frederick preceded her in
death several years ago.
Survivors include three
sons, W. S. Bechdoldt and
Claude Bechdoldt, both of
Bonanza, and Earl Bechdoldt,
Medford; two brothers, Oscar
Low, Ashland, and Henry
Low, San Diego, Calif.; nine
grandchildren, 19 great grand
children, and two great great
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held at 1::30 p.m. Tuesday at
the Bonanza Community
church. The Rev. William Al
sop will officiate. Interment
will be in the Lost River cem
etery. Litwiller Funeral home
is in charge of arrangements.
SARA STERTON
Funeral services for Mrs.
Sarah Jane Sterton, of 59
Summit ave., who died in a
local hospital Friday, will be
conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tues
day in the Zion Lutheran
church. The Rev. G. H. Hit
lerman, pastor of the church,
will officiate.
Burial will be in Siskiyou
Memorial park.
Casket bearers will be Her
bert J. Masterson, Clayton W.
Lewis, Stewart B. Milne, John
D. Shortridge, Harold L'.
Snodgrass, and Paul Zeleznik.
Honorary pail bearers will be
Otto A. Ewaldsen, Mark A.
Goldy, Elwood C. Hedberg,
Frank A. Morgan, and R. Bur
ton Thierolf.
Those wishing to pay their
respects are asked to call at
the Chapel Mortuary, where
the body will lie in state until
noon Tuesday.
Mrs. Sterton, the daughter
of Gregor and Sigrid Moe,
was born in Gary, Minn., on
March 30, 1906. She was mar
ried in Ada, Minn., on Aug.
30, 1924, to Adolph Sterton,
who survives her. The family
came to Medford from Bell
wood, 111., 17 years ago. For
the past 15 years, Mrs. Ster
ton has been manager of the
Jackson County Housing Au
thority, and Mr. Sterton has
been superintendent of the
housing project.
Mrs. Sterton was a mem
ber of the Zion Lutheran
church of Medford.
Besides her husband she is
survived by her mother, Mrs.
Gregor Moe, of Ada, Minn.;
two sons, Rodger Sterton and
Allen Sterton, both of Med
ford, two brothers, George
Moe, Red Wing, Minn., and
Gilman Moe, Ada, Minn.; four
sisters, Mrs. Peggy Beebe,
Medford, Mrs. Sophie Dan
line, Moorhead, Minn.; and
four grandchildren. One bro
ther, John Moe, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Esther Ultig, preced
ed her in death.
BERKELEY J. PARSONS
Services for Berkeley
James Parsons, 87, who died
Friday, will be read by a
Christian Science Reader in
the Ashland Mortuary chap
el, 4th and C sts., Monday at
3 p m.
Burial will be in the Moun
tain View cemetery.
Mr. Parsons was born Oct.
17, 1870, in England. In 1900
in California he was married
to Ethel Robertson, who died
in 1936. He came to the Unit
ed States from England when
he was five years old, settling
in the Mid-West. He later liv
ed in Minnesota and Montana.
In 1915 he moved to Calif
ornia and in 1925 moved with
his family to Keno, Ore. In
1929 he moved to Ashland ;
and has made his home here j
until his death. Mr. Parsons j
was a . retired rancher. j
Survivors include three:
daughters, Mrs. Bill Wright, ;
Ashland; Mrs. Ray Dallaire, j
Medford and Mrs. E. Boyd j
Lawrence, Oakland, Calif.; !
MYSTERY
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Throughout
The Year
Sunday, January 5, 1958
Warning Reports Given
Before Fatal
New York (W Police
said Saturday a psychiatrist
had found Howard Rushmore,
former Communist and ex-editor
of Confidential Magazine,
was approaching "the danger
point" some' time before he
shot his wife and himself to
death in. a taxicab.
Mrs. Frances Rushmore, 37,
had heeded warnings to stay
away from Rushmore until
she let her guard down for a
few minutes Friday night dur
ing which she and her hus
band went for what turned
out to be their death ride.
Rushmore, who had re
ceived high salaries for his
journalistic work after he
broke with the Communists
over a review of the movie
"Gone With The Wind," was
reported to have been broke
and talking about suicide.
Asked For Work
An editor of the Police Ga
zette said Rushmore came to
his office this week asking
for a writing assignment be
cause he needed money.
Police found a valuable gun
collection in Rus.hmor e's
apartment along with an ex
tensive collection of porno
graphic pictures.
It was disclosed that Rush
more had been under investi
gation by the police commis
sioner's confidential squad. A
member of the squad recently
Prisoner To Pay
For New Sheet
Madison, Wis. (IP) The
daring escape of Richard Pan
k6w from Dane County's
"pent-house" jail will cost him
$2 and it could have cost him
his life.
The jail is six floors from
the ground. Pankow, 19, es
caped by lowering himself
two floors at a time on a
string of bed sheets and one
of . the sheets tore half-way
through from his weight.
Sheriff Fred Goff said Pan
kow must buy a new sheet for
$2. Pankow objected that the
sheets were on sale for $1.77,
but the sheriff said "we're
not buying this sheet on sale."
Pankow escaped New Year's
Eve and visited his step-mother
in a local hospital. Ha gave
himself up the same evening
after consulting with his min
ister. two sons, Kelvin A. Parsons
and James W. Parsons, both
of Ashland; a sister, ; Mrs.
Madge Ferrell, of Oakland,
Calif.; a brother, Arthur G.
Parsons, Glendive, Montana
and eight grandchildren. A
son, Austin, preceded him in
death in 1937.
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Shooting
questioned Rushmore, but po
lice would not say why.
Rushmore, 45, shot his es
tranged wife twice and him
self once through the head
during an argument over
money after he forced his way
into a taxi she had hailed.
Mrs. Rushmore ordered the
driver to hurry to the nearest
police station and the cab was
en route there when the shots
were fired. Both passengers
were dead when the cab
reached the police station.
Police found S39 in cash in
Rushmore's pockets and only
$10 in his wife's handbag. A
commando knife with a seven
inch blade was tucked in the
waistband of his trousers.
Police said that Mrs. Rush
more had been warned to
stay away from'her husband.
This warning was substanti
ated on Dec. 20, police said,
when Rushmore chased his
wife and her daughter, Lynn,
16, by a previous marriage.
out of their apartment at gun
point. The mother and daughter
fled to Greenwich Village to
stay with Mrs. Rushmore's
other daughter, Mrs. Jean
Dobbins, 20. Then Mrs. Rush-
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friends until she could find
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