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G FrMr, May 14, 1938 JrUIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORL Family Council Myrna F. My husband won't return I want to mar ry again. Mrs. L. F. I am sure he'll come home someday. Myrna F. I am a widow; of 24 with a terrible problem. My husband was reported missing in action in Korea six years ago and I have been given no reason to hope he will ever return. I want very much to mar ry again. I loved my husband, but-I have been terribly lone ly. Besides, I have a son and . I think he should have a father. A very nice man wants to marry me and adopt my son. He can provide us with a nice home and other com forts. My in-laws are very much opposed to this marriage be cause' they still have hope my husband will return. They have been very good to me and I don't want to hurt them, but how long can I go on like this? I just don't share their hope. Mrs. L. F. I just know my son will come home someday, I have had many dreams, viv id as life, that he will walk right in the front door. How will Myrna feel then when she is illegally and immorally living with another man? How will she and he both feel when another man has taken his place as father to the boy? We are sympathetic with Myrna's loneliness and we have tried to help her by pro viding her with companion ship, free time and treats such as shows and sports events. We are really shocked that Myrna should consider a thing like this. It would kill us to nave our grandson bear an other man's name and look upon him as a father. We know the man Myrna wants to marry and he doesn't-come anywhere near our son. The Council: There are two separate problems here a le gal and a human one. The Army's "administra tive finding' of -death, Issued xafter 12 months, suffices for insurance purposes, but has no. bearing on Myrna's mar ital status. It does not make her legally free. Her status depends on the state she is liviifg in, and she must con sult its laws. In most cases a waiting period of several years is required. Myrna would also be wise to consult a clergyman and get the po sition of her church in this matter. If the road to a second mar riage is clear from a legal standpoint and if Myrna is clear about her position from a moral point of view, she should deal with her in-laws ' as gently and firmly as pos sible. She should not let them play on her feelings in a way that makes it impossible for her to create a new life for herself. -; Mrs. L- F. 'should recognize that, while dreams sometimes do materialize in real life, one cannot accept them as proph ecies. They are more likely a fulfillment of wishes. It is ; cruel to crucify this young woman's future because of a ; dream. Surely Mrs. L. F. re : alizes the companionship and : "treats" she provides , are mighty poor substitutes for : life with a husband. . We do feel, however, out of deference to the feelings of : her in-laws and her son, Myrna should not commit her self to permitting her'son to be adopted. It is natural for the L. F.s to want the boy to bear his father's name. v In later years, if the boy himself wants to be adopted by his stepfather, the matter might come up for considera tion again. But it would be best to leave the decision up to him when he understands the many factors to be consid ered. (Copyright I9S8. General Features Corp.) Nixon's Visit Seen Spark To Set OH Anti-ID.! By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington iff) The ele ments of an anti-United States explosion have been building up in Latin America for a long time. Vice President Richard M. art Nixon's visit was merely the spark that ignited them. A c c o rding to the best in- a.ouis Cassels formation available here, there were two principal ingredients in the combustible mixture which erupted in mob violence against the Vice President. One was deliberate instiga tion by the Communist Party, which has made substantial advances in Latin America in the past two years, and which now has a disturbing degree of influence in several key countries. The other was widespread population resentment of U.S policies, particularly trade arid foreign aid policies which many Latin Americans blame for their current economic difficulties. It can be stated authorita tively that U.S. intelligence foresaw the likelihood that these two ingredients would unite noisily during Nixon's trip. Warnings to that effect were weighed, before Nixons departure, against the possible good will to be won by the Vice President's appearance in eight neighbor nations. It was not a surprise to in formed officials here al though it may have been to the general U.S. public that the Communists have enough Beck's Traffic Case Postponed Tulare, Calif. OR A traf fic violation case involving former Teamsters Union "boss Dave Beck Sr., 64, Seattle, has been delayed until June 4. Justice Ward G. Rush grant ed the postponement Wednes- day when an attorney at tempted to enter a plea for ; Beck, who is charged with driving on the wrong side of the road. Rush said he Wanted ' Beck to appear in person. Beck was cited April 25 by a highway patrolman for driv i ing south in the northbound ! lane of U.S. 99 freeway about four miles north of Tulare. ;Beck told the officer he had ; missed an access road to a 'restaurant, made a "U" turn and attempted to drive back. Date Entended To File Petitions The county board of equali zation has extended the dead line for petitions until 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, according to County Judge Rodney Keat ing. , Keating explained the board could not receive peti tions for corrections of assess ments Friday since the court house will be closed for the primary elections. Approximately 12 petitions were received when the board met Monday. Five petitioners were heard, it was reported, i "Majority of requests for review of assessment are from people who are objecting to their taxload and not to the valuation," a spokesman for the board said. "Valuations over which the assessor and equalization board has control are according to market value and most assessments comply with this," he added. County Assessor Ray Schu macher said one reason for the small number of petitions is that the assessot's office takes requests during the whole year for reappraisals. An explanation is given, then if the property owner still is not satisfied a reappraisal is made. of a foothold in Latin America ! to stir up considerable mischief. Communist strength in South America is now esti mated at 200,000 card-carry ing party members, plus about 500,000 active sympathizers or fellow-travelers. The most rapid Communist gains nave been made in Argentina. Venezuela, where the worst rioting against Nixon took place, has 9,000 known Com munists. A Communist week ly newspaper published in Caracas, Tribuna Popular, has Bids Opened to Take Down Housing Units H. H. Hall, Medford, sub mitted the high bid for demo lition of four Jackson County Housing authority units. Bids were opened Thursday morn ing, Mark A. Goldy, member of the authority committee, announced. ' " . Three units on Clark st. and one unit on Jackson, st. will be torn down by Hall. Bids on demolition of other units will be opened during the summer when the build ings are vacated. Residents in the housing' project were notified early this year to vacate the build ings by July 1. Goldy said there are now 29 families living in the units, and that vacating the project is proceeding on an orderly and satisfactorily basis. The housing authority plans to sell part of the land for a new reserve armory, and to work with the city for a recre ational area at the site. LABOR RETAINS SEAT London (IP) The British Labor Party Thursday night retained its parliamentary seat from suburban North Islangton in a three-corner by-election. Laborite candi date Gerald Reynolds polled 13,159 votes, more than dou ble the number received by the Conservative Party candidate. Time tested Time honored FOR COLD RELIEF Original Tmax Ointment, . the original Doctor's prescrip tion lor chest and nasal con gestion due to colds. Pene trating vapors loosen phlegm give warm welcome relief of stuffiness, acne. pain. Ideal for infants and adults. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. 2 ex. S5e; 4 e. SL2S. Exclusive at MEDFORD PHARMACY HUDSON'S PHARMACY a-circulation of 100,000. The Communist Party has recently gained both prestige and in fluence in Venezuela because of its participation in the four party "Popular Front" sup porting the military junta that ousted dictator Perez Jiminez last January. The hard fact is, Latin Americans don't feel that Uncle Sam has been doing very well by them. They are keenly aware that of all the billions the United States has spent on foreign aid since World War II, only two per cent has gone to nations in this hemisphere. And most of that has been in the form of repayable, interest-b earing loans. An even greater grievance is the conviction held by many Latin Americans that U.S. trade policy is undependable, short-sighted and often dis astrous to nations which must depend for their livelihood on exports of raw materials. Clamor for Oil Quotas Venezuela, for example, re lies heavily on oil exports. When U.S. purchases of Ven ezuelan oil are limited by "voluntary" quotas as they Feeling in Latin America are at present and when do mestic producers clamor for even stricter curbs, Venezuel ans feel that the knife is being applied to their economic throat. Similar examples can be cited for, every South Ameri can country. Chile, which once sold most of its copper to the United States, is upset about the ad ministration's proposal to im pose a two per cent duty on copper imports. Chile recent ly accepted a Russian order for 18,000 tons of copper a normal year's output of its mines. U.S. purchases of Uruguyan wool have dropped from $100 million a year to $13 million a year in the past six years.. Colombia and Brazil are suffering from a drop in cof fee prices and smarting from U.S. refusal to enter into a stabilization agreement. Argentina and Uruguay re sent the absolute ban on ex ports of then: meat into the United States a ban which is officially based on sanitary reasons. Peru is distressed about its declining shipments of lead and zinc and particularly about the drive now - under way in Congress to amend the U.S. trade law to impose im port quotas on those metals. 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