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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, February 5, 1918 Lack off EfeaO National Effort Seen As 'Real Tragedy' by Walter Ekuther B7 LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent , .Washington HP) "The real tragedy is that the Rus sians are pulling ahead not because they are superior but because we're not try ing." That is labor leader falter Reuther's answer to the ques tion which the United Press asked of six prominent Ameri cans: "What troubles you most as you look at America to day?" "I am most disturbed by our failure to comprehend the true dimensions of the Soviet challenge," said Reuth , er. "We are not moving ag gressively and effectively to . .'mobilize America's human and material resources to meet thig challenge. We're - taking piddling, half-hearted I . measures when we ought to ;be going all-out." Reuther is president of the United Auto Workers, and vice president of the AFL CIO. His red hair, his out spokenness and his ever readiness to wade into a fight have earned him the adjec tive "fiery." But at times dur ing the interview, he sounded more like a worried college professor than a scrappy uni on chief. He did not once mention his current battle with the auto industry over UAW de mands for a profit - sharing system. In fact, his only ref erence to labor -management relations was in reply to a question' about the economic outlook. "I don't think we face any thing like the depression of the early 1930s. There are too many cushions built into the economy. But we do need corrective steps now to re verse this trend quickly. If we let it drift to the point where unemployment breeds more' unemployment, we're going to get into very serious trouble." Reuther emphasized that the domestic economic situs- Young Girl Joins Starkweather in Innocent Plea JACKSONVILLE PTA Smorgasbord Set By BETTE HOSKINS : Jacksonville The Parent Teachers association will hold ' -its annual smorgasbord at the .-Jacksonville High school gym Feb. 15 :. Serving time will be from "3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Charge will I-b'e adults S1.50 a plate and -children under 12, 75 cents. -Free baby sitting will be pro- -vided from 5 p.m. until 10 .;p.m. There will also be Z square dance. -: The PTA will hold their February meeting at the high . school gym Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m A short business discussion -;will be held with reports on !the playground project and a " short skit pertaining to the smorgasbord will be present- ed, followed by refreshments ' Upper South Third street ; neighbors reported a "dog 6tory" which resulted from last week's near-flood condi tions of Daisy creek, which " runs through Jacksonville. The story concerns the rescue of a pekingese dog named "Duchess" owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Ober at 1041 South Third st. The two heros in volved were "Jiggs" a black labrador retriever owned by the Woodrow McCormacks and a part doberman pinscher (who hates water) named ' "Frisky" owned by Mrs. Neva Clarke. Their owners also live on south Third st. about a Half mile down the creek from the Ober home. The plight of the dogs was discovered by a small girl who saw the three dogs in the creek.. The two larger dogs had apparently helped the small half-drowned Pekingese up on to a narrow ledge and were fuarding and keeping her from falling back into the churning deep water, in which she had evidently been washed a half-mile downstream from home. Unable to get up the steep slippery banks on either side, the heros patiently waited and watched-the helpless peke until human assistance arrived and helped all three out of their predicament. Offenbacher 'not again. who exclaimed A recent luncheon was held at the home of Mrs. Paul Godward honoring her sister, Mrs. Tom Burnfiel, and wel coming her to the neighbor hood. The Burnfiel's have moved onto the house on South Oregon st. vacated by the Charles -. Offenbachers. Guests present at the lunch eon were Mrs. Lois Tretwell, Mrs. Albert Hackert, Mrs. Clintin Smith, Mrs. Otto Hackert, and Mrs. Anna Wolff. The Women's Missionary Council of the Jacksonville Assembly of God church held a sewing day meeting at the home of Mrs. Mabel Griffin one day last week. The wom en worked on various sewing projects. .Jacksonville Garden club met Jan. 30 at the Jackson ville Community hall. Mrs. Lee Wright and Mrs. Harold Reed were co-hostesses and Mrs. Albert Burch and Mrs. R; Tetreault poured. Guest speaker was Boyd Kline, who showed color slides on various varieties of lilies. Some shown and dis cussed were Aurelian hybrids, native western lilies, Bolan deri, Washingtonianum and Parryi. Mrs. 'Albert Burch spoke on the different species, where each is grown and its history. Several members were absent 'due to illness. Mr. and -Mrs. Ben Lynn of Elm st., new-comers to Jacksonville, expressed their thanks to the Jacksonville vol unteer fire department for their prompt action last week in saving their home and be longings from fire. Mrs. Lynn stated that the help from their new friends here and the thoughtfulness of the firemen will never be forgotten. Lincoln, Neb. rtfl Charles Starkweather, 19, confessed mass killer of 11 persons, and his girl friend, Csril rugate, 14, have pleaded innocent to murder charges. Starkweather, a swagger ing, boastful outlaw when ar rested in Douglas, Wyo., last week, barely mumbled his in nocent plea vhen arraigned Monday. Caril later pleaded inno cent to identical charges. The diminutive teen-ager, stand ing with her father's arms about her, spoke in a soft, wavering voice. They were charged with! first degree murder, with pre meditated malice and first de gree murder in the perpetra tion of a robbery in the gun slaying of Robert Jensen, 17, of nearby Bennet, Neb. The maximum penalty up on conviction would b death in the electric chair. Jensen and his high school sweetheart, Carol King, 16, were shot to death a week ago Monday and their bodies dumped into an abandoned storm cellar. Starkweather and Caril also have been charged with ' the murder of Miss King. The red-haired Starkweath er, who appeared witnout an attorney, will next be brought to court March 1 for a pre liminary hearing. The district court is expected to appoint a defense lawyer for him by then. Preliminary hearing for Caril was set for March 8. Starkweather pleaded in nocent despite a 213-page con fession to his many murders. The plea apparently was ad vised by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Starkweather, as a means of protecting his rights. tion is only part of his con cern for America; he is also deeply troubled about our position in the global struggle with Communist tyranny. "We can beat the ears off the Communists in any field you name science, tech nology, production if we try," he said vehemently. "But we've got to have a real national effort." Reuther said he is con vinced Americans are ready to make the kind of effort that is required, but they haven't been asked to do so. "The American people have responded to bold leadership in every crisis the country has faced. But if our leaders define the challenge. as very small, naturally they get a very small response," . "I think we need to streng then our military posture quickly. We must greatly ex pand our educational efforts, and quit treating our schools as if they are some kind of fringe activity. We must fa-1 curtate greater scientific re search. "Above all, we need a more dynamic foreign policy. It should be built around an expanded long-range program of economic aid to undevelop ed countries. Fluoridation Undergoes Comprehensive Analysis Ifcditor s note: This is another in a series of ar ticles on dental health pub lished in cooperation with the Southern Oregon Den ial Society and the Ameri can Dental association in observance of National Children's Dental Health week this week.) Western Air Lines Offers Negotiation Los Angeles UH Faced with a strike deadline of 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Western Air Lines Tuesday night of fered to resume negotiations with the Air Line Pilots' As sociation.. The company offered to re sume talks when the National Mediation Board said it was ready at its Washington head quarters to assist Western and ALPA to adjust the dispute. Federal Mediator Robert Boyd returned to Washington last week after negotiations between the pilots and com pany were broken off ALPA turned down a compromise proposal and set Thursday's strike deadline. Doctor, is drinking fluori dated water really neces sary for my youngster's teeth? Why can't I see to it that he gets the same effect with pills or with milk? The case for water fluori dation as a protection against dental decay rests. Dental and medical scien tists are agreed that probably no health measure of recent history has undergone the searching analysis of water fluoridation. There were dec ades of research before the procedure was tried out. Then there were 10-year tests in several cities. No Other Record No such record exists for any other method of fluorida tion. There are those who ad vocate putting fluorides in milk or other foods or' admin istering fluorides in pill form. Dental scientists point out, however, that fluoridation of water is the only method that has been subjected to ade quate tests. These scientists assert that the use of any other substance would require another 10 years or so of clinical testing. Additionally, they note that the amount of water con sumed by an individual is more nearly constant, than that of any food. For the first time, dental science has at hand a large scale weapon against what is probably mankind's most com mon disease. As the program continues to reach out into more and more communities, it means that a new genera tion of children will be grow ing up throughout the United States without the vast rate of dental defects that are the lot of their fathers and mothers. These children will become adults with up to about 60 per cent less tooth decay then those who have grown up in fluoride-deficient areas. Another technique has been worked out, not quite as effective as fluoridation, for rural areas where there is no common water supply. The technique is called "topi cal application of fluoride" and refers to the use of a fluoride solution on the sur faces of the teeth. In making the application, the dentist or dental hygien ist cleans the teeth, dries them thoroughly and then applies the solution, letting it dry on the teeth. Dentists recommend that a series of applications be given to children at the ages of 3, 7, 10 and 13 years. Research studies indicate that these treatments will re duce the rate of dental decay by an average of about 40 per cent. . Application$ Being Taken for CS Work Applications are now being accepted for trainee helpers, tabacco inspector and tabacco inspector's aid by the civil service commission. Applications and informa tion are available from Chest er W. Silliman in the Medford Post office or by writing the commission at Washington 25, D.C. Space Existence With Comfort Seen by Data Pasadena,' Calif. op Heat measurements returning to the earth from America's sat ellite Explorer indicate that humans probably could exist with reasonable comfort in outer space, it has been dis closed by scientists at Cal Tech's Jet Propulsion labora tory. With the protection of a new protective process devel oped by the laboratory here, the scientific satellite is cir cling the globe undergoing temperature changes that could be withstood by future spacemen, said Dr. Lee A. Dubridge, Cal Tech president. Dr. Dubridge said that im portant information filtering back from the U.S. launched moonlet indicated that space travelers would not be both ered as much by cosmic rays and meteorite particles as previously believed. And even more significant. he added, was the data that average heat inside the satel lite ranged from about zero to 30 degrees centigrade, even though the variances on the outer skin go from minus 100 degrees to plus 300 de grees centigrade. The outside temperature varies, as the satellite passes from sunshine into tdarkness of the earth's shadow, he said. But the secret of maintain ing stable internal heat has been solved by aluminum ox ide stripes which ring the satellite and keep the more sweeping outside tempera ture changes from bothering the precious instrument cargo. Announcement Eugene V. Meyerding, M.D. Announces the Removal of His Offices . FROM the Medical Center Building TO the MEDICAL DENTAL BUILDING ' 832 E. Main (Suite 6) MEDFORD For the Practice of General Surgery; Effective Jan. 30, 1958 PHONE SP 3-3248 Salem Ml Ferrin M. Woll, livestock officer with the State Agriculture Department at Ontario since 1933, has resigned. WEIGHT LIFTER DIES New York (W Charles J. Phelan, a professional weight lifter who billed himself as the "Brooklyn Strong Boy," died Sunday in Forest Halls hospital here. He was 53. FREE Silver Dollars THE ONLY TRADING STAMP You Can Put in the Bank! Silver Dollar Trading Stamps LEON'S and Leon's Tots-to-Teens 0 GREAT 2 Fg D n rx n r i CONTINUES ALL THIS WEEK "Sgt. and Mrs. Leonard Wick sten of Augsburg, Germany, announced the birth of a daughter, Lisa Gayle on Jan. 10. This is the Wicksten's sec ond child born in Germany since Wicksten has been in service there. Arthur Backes, accompanied by: F. C. Hudson, drove a pick up and pulled a trailer owned by Hudson, a former resident here, now of San Diego, to North-Port, Wash., near the Canadian border last week, where Hudson's father re sides. On the return trip home the last 250 miles were very hazardous driving, with froz en ice and snow on the high ways, Backes said. . Mrs. Stella Diess of Eu gene, Ore., spent the past two weeks visiting at the Arthur Backes home. 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