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ISOLATING HOMES in Stockton, Calif., flood waters fill streets in San Joaquin Valley city as torrential rains pour water into low-lying areas. (International Soundphoto) (CiMJEMUDAIHL Tuesday: 7:30 p.m. First Presbyteri an church, Women's associa tion circles: Candlelight, with Mrs. Dewey Wilson, 508 North Berkeley way; Vesper, with Mrs. W. E. Hercher, 1608 Stratford ave. 7:30 p.m. Lone Pine PTA, in school gymnasium. 8 p.m. American Legion auxiliary, Medford unit, home of Mrs. Earl Bigalow, 104 King st. 8 p.m. Oregon Nurses as sociation, Nurses residence, Camp White. 8 p.m. Pythian club, Mrs. George Bryant, 3384 Forrest ave. 8 p.m. Roguette circle Mil itary Order of Lady Bugs, at 42 North Front st. 8 p.m. Woman's Society of Christian Service, circle 10, Mrs. Richard Jewett, 903 Winchester ave. 8 p.m. Zion Lutheran Wo men's guild, at church. 9 a.m. Christian Women's fellowship workday, at First Christian church. 10:30 a.m. Lake Creek Ex tension unit, home of Mrs. Joe Arens, Brownsboro. 11 a.m. Medford Town send club, Carpenters hall, 123 Vz West Main st. 12:30 p.m. Women of Ro tary, home of Mrs. John Dickson, Old Stage rd. 1 p.m. AAUW Book re view, home of Mrs. J. L. Holmes, 303 Willamette ave. 1 p.m. Roxy Gardeners, with Mrs. H. C. Drew, 3528 Delta Waters rd. 1 p.m. Woman's Society of Christian Service, Circle 8, Mrs. Oliver Gass, 721 Penn sylvania ave. State President To Visit Groups Mrs. Evelyn Olson, Canyon ville, president of Oregon FL clubs, will be a visitor in Medford Thursday. The Med ford and Central Point clubs will hold a joint meeting in the Central Point IOOF hall at 7 p.m. to honor Mrs. Olson. A salad supper will be serv ed, and members not con tacted are asked -to take a salad. Booklets Ready For Left Handed Copies of a brochure con cerning left-handed children and their handwriting needs are being distributed by the Medford public schools. Representatives from the 12 private kindergartens in the district received the book lets at a meeting March 29 with Assistant Superintendent Elliott Becken and Miss Laura York, penmanship supervisor of the Medford public schools. Supplies of the material, which "present a pre-school approach to caring for the handwriting needs of left handed children, are avail able at the kindergartens and elementary school offices. The use of left-handed scissors is also discussed in the brochure. Becken said the school of fice hope for eventual distri bution of the information to all parents of left-handed chil dren. Parents may discuss general questions concerning the booklet and left-handed-ness with the kindergarten teachers, according to the as sistant superintendent, and specific questions may be dis cussed with Becken or Miss York. Keuberger Raps Interest Rates Sweet -Home HP) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) told a luncheon meeting of Sweet Home service clubs to day that high interest rates, with their adverse impact on new housing construction, have been the major factor in Oregon's economic decline during the past five years. The 45 -year -old Oregon Democrat said he had strong hopes for the new housing bill originated by the Democratic members of the Senate. He said a general revival of the American economy was need ed before Americans would begin building and buying homes, which provide the principal market for Oregon lumber products. Monday night, Neuberger told the Washington county Democratic Central Commit tee in Hillsboro that Russia's vast river developments should awaken the United States to the "folly" of sacri ficing the great hydroelectric resources of the Columbia basin. He said the Russian govern ment had 25,000 engineers planning major water-supply projects as contrasted to only 12,000 in America's Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation. RHEE POSTPONES TRIP Seoul, Korea (IP) Presi dent Syngman Rhee has post poned his state visit to Viet Nam for several days because of a slight illness. Officials said the 83-year-old president suffered a "light cold" several days ago while taking a stroll but is now recovering. SunshSne Brings End To California's Longest Spell of iiain in 109 Years MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tueo'ay, April 8, 1958 3 San Francisco IP) Sun-J shine returned to California today ending the longest spell of wet spring weather in 109 years. But 850 families, driven j" p8MiB,,M,M'a iiihiiiiihiii mini iwagm j ? : v NOT ' III ' SUCH ' MM fell TRIMMSD AOWN IQI button up your wallets Mill Friday! uH p j ... it's worth it ! jw PENNEY'S ANNIVERSARY H jr I BARGAINS ARE THE GREATEST R W: ' SINCE THE DAY WE WERE BORN! M p -MEYl -J CBS TV, Radio System Struck For Higher Wages New York (tP Colum bia Broadcasting System radio and television stations across the nation were on the air to day with supervisory workers behind the cameras and con trol panels in place of 1,300 technicians. Film was substituted for some scheduled live television shows in which the camera work was considered too in tricate for the inexperienced hands. This will include to night's scheduled Red Skel ton show from Hollywood if the strike is still on, the net work said. An old Skelton program will be shown from film. The 1,300 members of eight locals of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) walked off their jobs at 1 p.m. Monday in a surprise strike. Their con tract had expired Jan. 31, but negotiations had continued in Washington with officers of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service sitting in on the talks. The strikers man CBS owned radio and television stations in New York, Los An geles, Chicago and St. Louis, TV stations only in Hartford, Conn., and Milwaukee and radio stations only in Boston and San Francisco. Wage Increase Offered William C. Fitts Jr., CBS vice-president in charge of la bor relations, said the action was "an economic strike for exorbitant wage demands." Fitts said the company had offered a seven per cent wage increase over two years that would bring base pay after three years service to $185 a week. Union officials said the company offer was six per cent rather than seven and would not cover the cost of living increase since their last contract. TROOP TERMS SPECIFIED Rabat, Morocco (IP) Mo rocco announced today that all treaties on the stationing of foreign troops in Morocco must explicitly recognize this country's right to demand withdrawal of such troops. The United States has. been negotiating quietly concern ing the Strategic Air Com mand's five bases in this country since Morocco be came independent in 195S. School News... CP Junior High School By Gary Asher, Bertha Hasler, Richard McCann, and Gloria Williams A "Dress-up Day" was de clared for April 7 by the stu dent council at the meeting held April 1.. At the same meeting it was decided that "Slack and Jean Days" are to be every Friday of the re maining school year because girls' softball intramurals are to be played each Friday. The nominations for next year's student body officers had to be turned in to Mr. Traylor, council advisor, by today. This will enable teach ers to check all grades, as a qualification for office. A special skating party for the eighth grade is scheduled for April 30. Members of Central Point beginners' band visited the advanced band" on Friday. Many of them will play in the main band next year. Harry Meyers is director of both bands. The next performance will be April 24, which is Open House. Plans are being made for eighth grade promotion and other actiyities. The promo tion exercises will be on June 2. The eighth grade class will visit Crater high school early in May. Pre-registration will follow the visitation. Eighth grade students are working on decorations for the promotion, cafeteria, and the reception in the library. The theme of the decorations is based on. the class motto, which is "Not to the top, but climbing." The members of Hobby Club are making costume jewelry, and copper material is being used for this project. The advisor is Ralph Murphy, and there are seventeen mem bers. The purpose of the club is to develop hobbies for the future. from their homes by floods, were still in shelters waiting for waters to recede enough so they could return. Tulare county officials dis tributed emergency food ra tions to 9,523 members of storm-idled farm laborers' families some of whome faced near-starvation. The San Joaquin river was still overflowing its banks in a number of areas. A total of 100,000 acres was under water but draining slowly. Damage Estimate High Damage from floods in Cali fornia was estimated at S20 million since January. Of this total, $13 million was in the last week alone. This estimate came from Brig. Gen. William F. Cassidy division chief of the Army Engineers. It did not include damage to crops and private property. The Red Cross reported 4309 families had to leave their homes in the past week. It said floods destroyed 20 homes and damaged 2171. More than 230 small business es were damaged. Red Cross workers in San Jose, Santa Cruz, Concord, Pittsburg and Stockton set up headquarters to handle appli cations from families for re pair of homes and replacing furniture. The Federal Small Business administration declared Ven tura and Los Angeles counties disaster areas because of the recent floods. The Red Cross opened a shelter in Costa Mesa, south of Santa Ana. for 125 persons forced from their homes. Highways Open U. S. Highways 40 and 50 across the Sierra were open to autos and light trucks. Rep. John F. McFall, (D Calif.), arrived here from Washington Monday on a flood damage survey. He sur veyed flooded areas of the San Francisco Peninsula, the East Bay and the Stockton delta region. He said he would report on his findings to the House Public Works commit tee when he returns to Wash ington on Wednesday. - j f BE SURE TO MENTION OUR NAME Never settle for less than the vodka of vodkas I When ordering any vodka drink, always specify "with Smirnoff." Qmirnoff the greatest name in YQDKA (Q & 100 Proof. Distilled from inia. Sto. Piem Smirnoff Fit. (Div. if Heublein), Hirllori, Con. r Of Our STORE WIDE....TrilRD W II I DVJOVJ You still have time to save many dollars on your spring and summer clothing. If you have already been out .... come again as there is lots of new merchandise on sale. O Hurry! Hurry! Stocks Are Limited! mm STORE HOURS: Week Days 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. Saturdays 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. BUY NOW! SAVE NOW! 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