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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. 4 Wednesday. April 9, 1958 MedforimSTribune T very one So Southern !reeon RmHi Th 1LT:i r.-l.. Published Daily except Saturday by 33 North Fir St Ph. SP.2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager mnALU laiham, Business Mgr. ERIC ALLEN. JR. Managing Editor iahl a a ua Mb, city Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teieg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Societv Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr An IndeDendent Ntwsnawr Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1891 SUBSCRIPTION RATES P-7 Mail In Advance: Codv 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.23 Sunday only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Med ford Asiuana, Central Point. Eagl Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill i-noenix, Shady Cove. Rorue Riv. er Talent, and on motor route Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 uaiiy ana sunaay l mo. 1 50 Carrier aria Dealers copy 10c au ierms Cash in Advance Official Paper of Cliy of Medford mnciai t-aper or Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU ' OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC, Of fices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B. C. 0T NEWSPAPER . PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION N A I I O N A I EDIIOKIAl gn Asg0CTrgN Flight ro Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 9. 1948 (Friday) Formal opening of the new West Coast Trailways bus depot, Fifth and Front sts. will be held tomorrow after noon. The free flight model air plane contest originally sched uled for last Sunday by the Medford Prop Nuts will be held Sunday on Agate desert, near Camp White. 20 YEARS AGO April 9, 1938 (Sunday) Medford has been chosen by the French government tourist bureau as part of an experiment to acquaint peo- pie with all pertinent data on travelling to Europe. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "G. Gates is behinda mustache of visi bility and virility." 30 YEARS AGO April 9, 1928 (Monday) ' The Girls' league of the junior high school sponsored a most successful egg hunt at the Legion playground Easter morning, according to re ports. The city council commit tee on streets and the city traffic officer will hold a I meeting this afternoon to take further action on motor traf fic regulation in the city. 40 YEARS AGO April 9, 1918 (Tuesday) Johnson prairie reservoir site is not practical as it re quires a dam two miles long and 50 feet high, according to a report from the Medford Ir rigation district engineer. From local and personal column: "Several auto loads of men and women from Yreka were here last night to witness the Kolb and Dill per formance at the Page theater. What's Your I.Q.? Nine er ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five of six is good. 1. Schipperke is the name of a breed of cats, dogs, or cattle? 2. Bible: How did St. John, the Apostle, die? 3. Of which South Ameri can country is Rio de Janeiro the capital? 4. Name the author of the best seller, "Below the Salt"? 5. Hoover Dam was former ly known by what name? 6. An invidious remark is most likely to provoke laugh ter, ill will, or good will? 7. In sports, the initials "A.A.U." stand for what? 8. Herring bone, sidestep, snowplow, telemark, and Christiania are terms used in which winter sport? 9. In poker, a flush beats a full house; true or false? 10. Who is the present Sec retary of Agriculture of the United States? . . . . . Answers: - 1. Dogs. 2. Nat ural death. 3. Brazil. 4. Thom as B. Coslain. 5. Boulder Dam. 6. Ill will. 7. Amateur Athletic Union. 8. Skiing. 9. False. 10. .Ezra Taft Benson. Editorial Correspondence . . . San Francisco, April 7 "Men may come and men may go but the rain goes on forever." This is the 12th consecu tive day there has been rain in "Sunny California." It breaks all records since 1880. We don't remember much about what happened in 1880. We were 3 months old on the 21st of April. One of the worst features of the current weather pro gram is the early morning sunshine. Easter Sunday started in a burst of glory. At 10 a.m. it was raining. This was fol lowed by hail. All in all it was a hail of a day. But that did not prevent 250 faithful worshippers going to the top of Mt. Davidson for the annual Easter services. According to the morning paper, there were 200 umbrellas and 239 raincoats in the assemblage, also. This is Monday but nothing "blue" about it. The sun is pouring into the window from a cloudless sky. Showers are forecast by the Weather Bureau however. The boys and girls going to work don't believe their eyes, they 'believe the Weather Bureau, all armed with rain-repellents of some sort. With the record what it is no one can blame them. If the Hollywood tradition since the days of Fatty Ar buckle holds, then Miss Lana Turner is through. You can get away with "murder" in Hollywood if no one knows what is going on, but let the papers put it in their headlines and the "Powers That Be" in the -movie capital refuse to take a chance with an outraged public opinion. It remains to be seen, of course, whether or not public opinion in this coun try is as susceptible to outrage as it was in the early 20s. In one of the items from Hollywood is the comment that it was love and devotion to her mother that prompted Cheryl, her daughter, to plunge that carving knife into Stampanato's midriff and thus save Miss Turner from harm and perhaps death. Well that may be true, but we doubt any competent psychiatrist would make as simple a diagnosis as that. A girl in her teens who could deliver that "coup de grace," as Miss Crane did, show no signs of regret or emotion, and with zest and gusto eat a hearty breakfast, including ham and eggs. toast, jam, orange juice with a hardly be classified as perfectly normal emotionally. At least it is to be hoped that is not crop of teen-agers. ' In any analysis of Cheryl question of which is the dominant factor in adolescence, in heritance or environment, would come up for extended dis cussion. We don't believe one blame both. Again thanks to our "clipping service" we are indebted to Editor Robert Ingalls of quoting the former editor of Streeter, as follows regarding communications to the editor: "Former Editor of the Grants Pass Courier Frank Streeter wrote that he throws into the waste-basket all letters in answer to editorial statements made in that newspaper or which question .the correctness of its news stories. That policy is plain enough but it has its limitations." If that quotation is correct then it surely is PLAIN tions it is plain lunacy. At proper newspaper policy. Any newspaper following cease to be a NEWSpaper and become merely a personal propaganda sheet. It might be somewhat extreme to say that what the Courier would not print in its SHOULD print, but surely if bility in the editorial department, then top priority regard ing communications during a campaign or at any other time, should be given to letters which do answer "editorial state ments" and those questioning Throwing all such offerings we see it, be to violate one of the most important of proper and self-respecting journalism's "10 commandments." We have never been to the have always hoped, one of these days, to go there. Cur curios ity regarding India dates far back to Rudyard Kipling and his Barrack Room Ballads, and to childhood tales of Alexan der the Great and Marco Polo. (Did you know the game of polo originated in India?) Well we don't expect to make the trip now, for we have been there. And it only cost took only two hours. The answer is Lowell Thomas' "Cinerama" up at the Orpheum called "Search for title it's a phony. But the show is something difficult to de scribe it is so fabulous, so amazing, so terrific. We are glad we did not see it before seeing Kwai" or the latter scenically would have been a terrible anti-climax. Here one flies the Atlantic, goes aboard an army bomber to see the paratroopers jump with their packs on their backs into space, skim the towering Himalayas only a few feet it seems from their snow capped peaks, shoot the rapids of the Indus m a rubber boat, enter sacred Budda temples never before photographed and attend the Durbar and coro nation of some remote Maharajah with an elephant parade that would make Ringlings' .look like County Fair one-ring circus. A ride on an elephant swaying through the narrow crowded streets of the prehistoric village is thrown in for good measure. Here of course is another movies shine, and occupy a sightseeing world which no tainment can approach. We musical score it fell far below there was something to be desired in Lowell Thomas' mono logue but it wasn't bad. All in all this Cinerama show is the greatest entertainment AND educational value in our experience. It's a long road that has no turning. It is now afternoon and there isn't from our window at least a cloud in the sky. For the first time since our arrival two weeks ago the benches at Union Square are filled King Richard at long last is himself again! ' Well for. once the boys and girls who toted their umbrel las to work made a mistake. Put down April 7, 1958, as one of the rare days of the year, warm, clear and summery. The Weather Man is sore he predicts that the storm now 1500 miles out in the Pacific will strike the Golden Gate probably Wednesday. Even so that will mean two days of decent weather, which sets a record for the first quarter of 1958. R.W.R. CBS Has Shaky Evening Without It's By WILLIAM EWALD United Press Correspondent New York (TP) CBS. strapped in the second day of a technician's strike, had an unsteady evening Tuesday night. "To Tell the Truth" a panel show, was beset by all sorts of bumpings, rumblings. chairsqueakings and muddled camera work. "The $64,000 Question" had its troubles, too the intercom system be tween the control room and technicians could be heard frequently and Hal March seemed to - have a little trouble leading into the mid dle commercial. At one point, March had to ask the stage pot of coffee on the side, could normal for our contemporary undoubtedly the time honored would be far off in this case to the Corvallis Gazette-Times for the Grants Pass Courier, Frank that paper's policy concerning and we have no doubt it enough and it has no limita least from the standpoint of that procedure would at once "letter box" is all a newspaper there is any sense of responsi the accuracy of news reports. in the waste-basket would, as Orient or the Far East, and $1.50 for the round-trip, and Paradise." We don't like the "The Bridge on the River demonstration of where the place in the educational and other medium of visual enter did not think so much of the that of "Eighty Days" and Technicians manager right on the air if the commercial was ready. At another moment during the show, the confused off-camera announcer said: "We have a special event for our audience . ... so, I think we have a contestant coming on." March signed off the show with: "I'll see you next week . . . if I'm still in "business." On an earlier show, "Wingo," the scenery didn't come completely into place during one shift, part of a mike boom floated on the screen and to top it off, the pencil points of contestants kept breaking while they were writing the answers to questions. Dennis the Menace APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS Sampling Indicates In Major Problems By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (IP) The most urgent questions con fronting Republican and Dem ocratic politi cians alike in this congres sional cam' p a i g n year are these: Which is sues and problems do the voters rate as most Lyle C. Wilson imporwuis l AO How do they stand on those issues and problems? The campaigning politician who knows the answers will know, also, how to get him self elected. It is almost as simple as that. With that in mina, consider . . - .. . the poll being conducted now by Sen. Thomas E. Martin (Il ia .V Martin has published a compilation of first returns from what he describes as his ninth annual question naire to the people of Iowa He reported that in Febru ary he mailed 40,638 question naires to lowans, addressed to everv 20th household in town and. country. The senator obtained the names from rural directories, city directories and telephone directories. No ordinary poll ster is Martin. He reports how many questionnaires he dis tributed and tabulated replies in terms of people instead of percentages. Moreover, he breaks the returns down oc cupationally and ' between men and women. 16 Issues Martin asked his lowans to indicate among 16 suggested issues those which they con sidered most important to day. Laboring men, business men, white collar workers and miscellaneous respond ents made government spend ing the No. 1 issue. Farmers made farm prices and farm policies No. 1 by a lop-sided margin. Profes sional men named American foreign policy. Women voted overwhelmingly for maintain ing peace. The women's sec ond choice was . government spending. Their third, farm prices and policies. Laboring men rated taxa tion and maintaining peace after government spending. Farmers put government spending in second place and maintaining peace third. Bus inessmen voted second and third places to peace and la bor policies. Second and third choices of professional men were peace and spending..1 Try (ind if 1 & ffi& lire -By BENNETT CERF- A BIG STORE recently moved its book department from the main floor to larger space on the seventh. Only complaint came from a lady who had been seen "browsing" rather fre quently in the old location. "Disgraceful!" she expostu lated. "I only had three chapter to go in that novel I was reading, but if the management thinks I'm go ing to traipse all the way to the seventh floor to finish them, they're very much mistaken." And out she stalked! Exactly 100 years ago, notes Historian Mike Connolly, one Snora Maria Rita Valdes sold her Rancho de Lu Azuas for $1,300: $500 down, and the balance in 50 easy payments. Well within the confines of the Senorfc's former ranch today nestles the entire city of Beverly Hills, Calif. Explains & French producer after a visit to New York, "American girls and French girls both know full well what men are like but French girls don't mind." O 1958. by Bsopett Cerf. PUtributea by King Features SyoiUst. of lowans Interest White collar workers rated taxation and American for eign policy two and three, Miscellaneous respond ents named peace and taxation. The Returns These preliminary returns were from 5,638 replies re ceived of which 1,242 were from farmers and 2,295 from women. Labor contributed 651, businessmen 366, pro fessionals 324, white collar 432 .and miscellaneous 328. Each category gave a fav orable majority vote to this question: . Do you approve increasing the federal debt to build hos pitals, highways, schools, flood control projects, etc., to stimulate the economy when needed? All categories save labor favored federal law to pro hibit the union shop, the so- called right-to-work law. The labor vote was 312 to 314 against such. Women voted most heavily for a law to re quire unions to report their financial operations to the government. The combined votes of all categories made peace the No. 1 political issue of 1958, government spending No. 2, farm prices and policies No 3 and taxation No. 4. Least interest was in the adminis tration of outer space pro grams. 34 Graduate In First Aid The completion of a stan dard first aid course for 34 Ashland "residents has been announced by LeRoy Wil liams, chairman for first aid in Jackson county for the Red Cross. Graduating were Carl M. Ericson, William R. Hall, Mer- el E. George, Raymond R. Kannasto, Danny R. McMil lan, Jack H. Nichols, Albert A. Grabher, James R. Carry, Alfred F. Moore, Palmer Hanson, James M. Graham, Archie O. Houtman, Gordon E. Moore, Sidney W. Ross, Richard T. Wright, Mrs. Helen Hall, Michael Jacoby, Mrs Velma T. Jacoby; Macson D. Peck, Joe L. Hayes, Clyde B Hecht, Chester Foss, William Callinson, D..W. Brown, Louis J. Curtis, Charles E. Westfall, Phillip D. Hay, Frank Cun ningham, T. L. Anderson, Lee Rodgers, Ted Underwood, Harley E. Lowe, Fred Pool and Alfred Schmidt. . Instructor for the course was L. K. Simon of the bur eau of reclamation. Stop Me In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS Oregon's Senator Neuberg er, who is at home for the congressional Easter recess, held a news conference the other day at his Portland resi dence. He told the reporters that Oregon has gained a repu tation in congress as the "tin cup state." Because, he added, he has refused to go around with the tin cup out (pleading with his colleagues for help for poor old Oregon, who is unable or unwilling to help herself) he has been threatened with po- litical reprisal from some members of his own party. He said he has been told by some Oregon Democrats: 'You'll STAY AT HOME after the next election." TJE went on to say to the newsmen that Democrats have criticized him for not being "liberal." To that he replied that one Can be lib- eral, and one can be RESPON SIBLE and for his part he has chosen the course of re sponsibility. He said he be lieves, for example, that if he had voted for a . pay in crease for postal employees without voting for an increase in postal rates to finance it ne could De accused oi tinru CRISY and he doesn't pro pose to be a hyprocrite. DEFENDING his record, Senator Neuberger said he has helped to win support for large federal appropria tions for: 1. Forest access roads. 2. A survey of a site for a postal annex in Portland. 3. Senate passage of a dui for Fort . Clatsop Memorial park. National ALL this, of course. calls for money from Uncle Sam. But Uncle Sam owns a wnaie . of a lot of our forest area It seems reasonable that he should build roads so that his timber can be got at by buy ers. Uncle Sam runs the postal system. So he should provide the money to run it adequate- ly. Since he is doing it all over the country, it isn't unreason able that the old gentleman with the chin whisker should provide a national monument at historic Fort Clatsop. YfJHAT does Senator Neu ' berger mean by "tin cup" activities? Let's cite one. Oregon is in trouble with its unemployment compen sation reserve fund. For var- ious reasons including too many increases in benefits without corresponding tax in- creases to pay for them in the pinches the fund has dropped below the safety point. So the tax must be increased sharp- ly as much as NINE TIMES m the case of certain em- ployers. Instead of facing up to it as an Oregon responsibility, Governor Holmes has trotted nize their government and im to Washington for an interest- nosed uDon them the cold free federal LOAN of some 14 million dollars. That, of course, will put off the evil day, but in the long run the loan will have to be paid back. TOLLERING for help from Uncle Sam to save us from the immediate consequences of our own short-sightedness is a reasonaDiy gooa example of what Senator Neuberger i 1 calls a "tin cup" policy on the part of Oregon. Federal Child Law Violations Found Wasshington (IF) The Labor Department found than 1 000 children be tween the age of four and nine employed on farms in violations of the federal child labor law durine the past fis- ml var ' Secretary of Labor James P Mitchell. - in a reDort to Congress Tuesday, deplored this "exploitation" and cited it as one of the reasons that Vhild lahor laws are still very much needed." The report said more than 5,860 children were illegally employed in non-farm jobs and 5,477 in agricultural work. Besides the children in the four-to-nine age bracket, nearly 3,000 others illegally employed on farms were from 10 to 13 years old. A Labor Department official said most were the offspring of migra- tory workers who often had ger signal was given our edu nothing else to occupy their cational system when the Eng time. lish children, who had been TfuBVtfftuja DAIRY-SMITH East Main St. 'uoijuajjy spean Jno uo Arab Trend Defying Analysis By Diplomatic Experts in U.S. By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The present trend in the Arab countries seems to be defying analysis by the diplo matic experts of the United States and its allies. . , It has been two weeks since King Saud of Saudi Arabia handed over sweeping power to his Crown Prince t Faisal.' Nobody in the State Depart- Y0 bJktXwJ Charles SC. McCann Communications Letters to the Editor must bear,the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case Challenges Drummond To the Editor: I have writ ten' the following letter to Roscoe Drummond, concern ing a recent column of his. In your article in the Med ford Mail Tribune of March 17, you made the statement that the Russians started the Korean War. After reading every bit of evidence on which I can lay hands, mv verdict is that it was our own coun try and our puppet ruler in South Korea who started it. The United Nations was in veigled into action by our fi- nancial power and the popu lar allergy to Communism. Yet, you expect the Soviet Union to entrust their destiny to such a prejudiced bunch. If the case were reversed, we i ' would never submit to such handling of our domestic af fairs. The cold war and the arma ments race will continue until our country is bankrupt f i- nancially, morally, and spirit- uaiiy, because the military establishment and the arma ments business is the biggest financial racket known to man. Mr. Dulles said that Khrushchev's promotion would make no difference. Of course it won't, because the 'administration repr esenting big business intends that such big business should go on. You seem not to have gone very far in your science books that teach there is a cause for everything, or your Bible that teaches that what a man sow- eth he shall also reap. In the first two years of the Russian revolution when those people -were fighting to rid them- selves of the tyranny of the czar, we invaded their land and wrought death and de- struction among them. Have we repented of the wrong that was done them and sought their forgiveness? No, we re- fused for 16 years to. recog- war because our masters know 0ur frightened citizenry will submit to almost any kind of exDloitation if the fearful state of mind is fostered in them. Can you honestly think that installing top Nazis, their ar,ch enemies, in key positions even before the fall of Berlin cre ated a feeling of confidence? For that the NATO organiza tion and rearmament of West Germany was something to convince them that a coven ant was naught but a scrap of paper? Bert Harr, Box 77, Copper Road, Jacksonville, Ore. About Schools To the Editor: This is writ- an response to Dorothy Wood's request in the Tribune fr Apr. 8 for comments on Roger Babson's article -in the Tribune for Apr. 4. Since I am probably the nIy person in the valley who has taught the full 12 months tor more man one year, I can speak from experience. The 12 months system was tried in Bisbee, Ariz., in 1919, '20 ajjd 21. By the end of the third year the teachers were worn out, the pupils were worn out, the parents were worn out, and everyone hated the sys tem, so it was discontinued. No one in any way connected with the Bisbee schools during those years would ever advo cate the 12-month system. But as to eliminating the frills, I heartily agree. A dan- at Genessee jiiojl 49 04 puirjs ll,M ment or in the foreign offices of other allied countries ap pears to have any real idea of just what this apparently im portant move means. Even more important is the policy to be pursued by Ga- mal Adbel Nasser in his new capacity of president of the united Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria. The Saudi Arabian turn over has been greeted as a victory for Nasser over King Saud, who has refused to rec ognize Nasser as the leader of the Arab world and has shown leanings toward the United States. Mail Tribune reserves the right to here during the World War. II years, returned home. It was reported that scholastically they were behind their cou sins who had remained in Eng land. . Furthermore, our schools must take their share of the blame for the fearful increase in juvenile delinquency. From the first grade on our chil dren are taught to expect to be entertained. This idea reaches its culmination in a high school pep fest for the team. These are not condu cive to scholarship. And it is far more important to be a football hero than to win in an essay contest. Any effort that has required wide read ing and mental -ability gets little recognition in the aver age high school as compared with the athletic hero. And it sometimes happens that high school athletics are conducted ii such a way that teenagers are actually taught to be dis honest. Well do I remember when a star athlete, out of high school less than a year, robbed a local restaurant in order to obtain money so that he and his girl friend could elope. On the. morning of his trial the math teacher remark ed to the rest of us: "Suppose it comes out this morning the school's share in making Roger what he is!" Anna M. Streed. 36 North Peach St., Medford. To Shame Elders To . the Editor: This is the true story of four children who this Easter walked five miles to attend the sunrise service at the Church in the Pines. The pastor was supposed to pick the children up but because of. the rain de cided their parents 'probably wouldn't let them come. The sunrise service was at 6 a.m. and at 7 a.m. here came the children, ages rang ing from 11 to 9, Easter bon nets all drooping, white Easter shoes all muddy. One of the girls had two big raw places on the back of her heels where her new Easter shoes had worn big blisters and the boy looked tired enough to drop. Sorry to say they came too late for the sunrise service, but they came in time to eat. The pastor cooked them a eood rib sticking breakfast and they all forgave him and even pitched in and helped him cook. I wonder what adult today would walk five miles in the rain to attend a church ser vice. Maybe this will shame a few who have been neglect ing church and they will go to the church of their choice. A little "child shall lead them. Isiah 11.6. The Rev. Catherine Casey, ' Rt. 1, Box 368, Central Point. April Fool To the Editor: The "atom- test halt" announced by the Soviet government through the mouthpiece of Andrei A. Gromyko appeared in morn intr newspapers all over the world and was read by hun-l Concerning CORONER We favor the Rotation Plan as sponsored by "Frank Perl, as the only fair method proposed. To all our many friends, we can heartily recommend him and solicit your enthusiastic support at the Polls in the May Primaries. Thank you, C. M. Litwiller Paid Political Adv. by . . LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND C M. Litwiller We Never Close Some reports say that Crown Prince Faisal intends to shift Saudi Arabian policy toward close cooperation with Nasser. Other reports say that Saud has not really given up any power and that he will con tinue cooperation with Iraq and Jordan, which have formed a federation as a coun ter to Nasser's Arab Republic. The State Department has adopted a policy of determ-, ined optimism in the Saudi' Arabian situation. It may well be right. Saud is a pow erful and influential man. . Nevertheless, the Washington I attitude is reminiscent of the boy whistling past the grave yard. To Visit Khrushchev The latest development in the Middle Eastern situation is that Nasser is going to visit Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev late this month while, at the same time, he is negotiating for aid through the World Bank for improv ing the Suez Canal. The one certain thing in the present Middle Eastern situa tion is that Nasser is doing fine. His successful t merger of Egypt and Syria, and the turnover of power in Saudi Arabia whatever that may really mean has greatly in creased ' his prestige in the Arab world. Nasser seems to believe that he can play off Russia against the United States and profit by his relations with both countries. Requiem Mass Set . For Drama Critic New York (IP) Dramat ic critic George Jean Nathan, who long proclaimed a disbe lief in "the ambrosia of the gods, the lovely angels, etern al blue skies and peace, the music of the golden harps," became a member of the Ro man , Catholic church six months before his death Tues day, it was disclosed. It was announced after his death, at the age of 76, that a solemn requim mass will be offered for him at St. Pat rick's cathedral. The date of the mass was withheld at the request of his widow, actress Julie Haydon, who became a member of the Roman Catho lic church a month after her husband last fall. Both of Nathan's parents were part Jewish. dreds of millions of people. I wonder how many of those readers noticed the date on the newspaper: April first: April fool's day, an institution well known in Russia? Montgomery M. Green, '1 Sion Hill, Havre de Grace, Md. Washday Needn't Mean Drudgery for You All the toil and trouble of wash day will be banished forever when you let ui 'de the work for you at modest cost. ' Use Our Wash, Fold, Dry Service 15 lbs. $1.25 Each Additional Pound, 9c PHONE SP 2-6165 For Pickup and Delivery Service DUMAS' MEDFORD Domestic Laundry AND DRY CLEANERS 30-32 North Riverside Mrs. Litwiller "It is better to know us and not need us than to need us and not know us"