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3 UAK THIgUNt, HtiUti, Ortf, Frithy, Miy 12. 138 Comic Hypnotized To Stop Gambling T VERNON SCOTT Wid Pr Correspondent Jlolly wood (W Comedian Tommy Noonan, an inveterate Aarabler and horse player who 8Js for a 20-week stand in SUb Vegas next month, has Jtal himself hypnotized to nk his betting instincts. Sleepy-eyed Noonan and his partner, Pete Marshall, invad ed the home of Hypnotist Xnile Franchel seeking help. It was mid-morning and Noonan. was in a confessing wood. . "I gamble on everything ards,' pool, dice, horses," he gambled. "Once in a while I "Sfi a couple grand at the races, but mostly I lose." "He has a compassion to loH," Marshall filled in. "He's miserable when he wins be cause he wishes he'd bet more ntoney. Tommy is never more cfteerful than when he blows st couple of hundred bucks." "Hmmmm." said Franchel studiously. "Gamblers want to lose. Their subconscious mind figures it's a way of punish ing themselves." Against Gambling ' Tommy flinched. "My wife Pocahontas Crowfoot - is against my gambling, too," he complained. "I'm taking her and my two kids to Vegas with me this trip. Maybe that will keep me from betting." Marshall put a consoling arm around his partner. At one time they were brothers-in-law. Pete's sister is Joanne Dru. Tommy's brother is John Ireland. At one time Joanne and John were Mr. and Mrs. 'TU give you an example of my gambling," Tommy said. "When I came to Hollywood in 1945 I managed to save S3,000 from my early picture work at RKO. I withdrew it from the bank to buy a laun dry business in Beverly Hills. Everything was fine when I stopped on my way from the bank for a drink with my brother, John. "After we'd belted a few we decided to go to Santa Anita to play the nags. Broth er John said I wouldn't like the laundry business anyhow. "The first horse I bet on was a dog named 'Cracks.' He was an even-money favorite, so I bet a thousand on him to win. He broke down right out of the gate and walked around the track. My next horse, another favorite, fell down in the middle of the race and they sent an ambu lance out to take care of him. I blew $3,000 on him. I ended up the day broke. Dubious About Outcome With that, Franchel led Tommy away to another room for the hypnosis. The hypno tist was dubious about the ex periment. Tommy seemed hopeful. They were gone an hour. During that time Pete re called a cross-country saga with Tommy which they began in a new and highly expensive sedan. "Every time we stopped in a town Tommy would trade our car for a cheaper one using the money for gam bling," Pete said. "By the time we returned to Hollywood we were driv ing an old wreck. And to top it off, Tommy's wife had di vorced him and taken posses sion of the car, leaving us on foot." Presently Tommy returned, more drowsy than before. Franchel appeared slightly groggy himself. "Did jt work, Buddy Boy?" Pete asked suspiciously. "Sure did," Tommy said. "Ill lay you 8 to 5 I'U never make another bet." 1 1 y& JjC rife CSJ 1 -H ftJ EAGLE POINT Judging Contest Held Br LAURA A. McFALL Eagle Point The first an nual Rogue-Umpqua soil judg sing contest was held at Eagle Point recently. Teams partici pating were Phoenix, Crater and Eagle Point Future Farm ers of America. Arthur King, soil conserva tion specialist from Oregon State college, assisted in the first contest of ths kind ever held in Jackson county. Other visitors were Oscar Muler, U.S. Department of Agricul ture soil scientists from Med sbrd, Earl Jossy and Cliff Cor iy, county agents. Eagle Point and Crater tied r first with 260 points each nd. Phoenix third. Participants earning highest stores were Ray Bitterling, Cagle Point with 100 points, Xen Ryan Crater with 92 points Cogging, Phoenix with 01 points and Bob. Roger, Zagle Point with 90 points. Word was received by Mrs. Norman A. Dunford from Minden, Nebr., that a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Syisel in the hospital at Hast ings May 21. The baby weighed 7 pounds, IS ounces. Mrs. Sinsel was formerly Kay Dunford of Eagle Point. Mrs. Gerald (Jerry) Symens and daughter, Julie Anne, Spokane, Wash., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey H. Tibbits, and her ftwsband's parents, Mr. and Mis. John Dickenson, of Shady Cove. Mrs. Jake Olsen returned home May 14, after spending 10 days at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Lacy, and family, Vancouver. Mrs. Warren Foran and family left May 14 for Ber muda, where she will join her husband stationed with the U.S. Navy. Mrs. Foran has taren making her home at Warren's parents, Mr. .and Mrs. Emmett Foran. Mrs. David W. Clover, twins, John and Jean, Debbie and Janet, Mrs. Charles Kin ney and children of Ashland were the guests at the home of Mrs. Clover's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Force, Alta Vis ta orchards, May 18. Debbie and Janet visited until May 21 when Mrs. Force and Mrs. C. A. Lusk went to Ashland to take the children home. A surprise birthday party was held for Mrs. R. T. Weid man May 19, at the Weidman home. The party was given by I her daughter, Mrs. Jackie Al len. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Allen and children, Ashland; Mrs. W. E. Allen, Mrs. Julia Patrick, Mrs. John Breazeale, Mrs. Don An drews, Mrs. Mabel Andrews, Medford; Mrs. J. H. Hanna ford, Mrs. Phil C. Hannaford, Miss Georgia Weidman and Mrs. Charles Hanscom, Eagle Point; Mrs. Millard Robertson, Shady Cove, and Mrs. Avon Bostwick, White City. LEANING FROM CAR during New York ticker tape parade in his honor, Van Cliburn. 23, Texas pianist who won Moscow's international Tschaikowsky competition, shakes hands with youthful well-wisher. (ln.Urnationa.1) Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Detroit Henry Ford, II, in re-iewing current negotia tions between Ford Motor company and the United Auto Workers union: "In recent years, labor unions with monopoly power have forced labor cost increases far in excess of increases in pro ductivity. Sharp price inflation has resulted." Berkeley, Calif. Larry Fanning, assistant executive of the Chicago Sun-Times, in saying newspaper must cover the broad middle ground between magazines and TV: "If our newspapers are to be really good enough we must operate in a climate of continuing self-criticism; a climate in which new ideas and experimentation are not merely countenanced but encouraged; a climate in which we strive always to think first of our readers and how best to get through to them." Houston, Tex. The Rev. Montague Cook of Moultrie. Ga., opposing a resolution passed by the Southern Baptist convention calling for contact with every race and nation ality: "I do not bring up the merits of integration and segrega tion as such. But I do not believe such a resolution should go into the records when it is not the wish of the majority." Mr. and Mrs. Willard Cave returned . May 21 from Long Beach, Wash., where they vis ited Mrs. Cave's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Milford Butts. The Eagle Point elementery Parent Teacher association will meet Tuesday, May 27, at 8 P.M. in ; the grade school cafeteria. There will be instal lation of the new officers, program by the students from Mrs. William Pomeroy, Mrs. Otis Hill and Mrs. Floyd Mc- BUSINESSMAN GUESTIONED-American businessman Joseph Crowley (center) is flanked by Japanese detectives in Tokyo as he is led from investigation room after being questioned in the death of his brother-in-law, T. A. D. (Tad) Jones, 45, son of late Yale football coach Tad" Jones' Crowley, Jones and Fredrick M. Kissinger, Maryland accountant were in Tokyo to investigate purchase of an oil tanker. Kee, fifth grade rooms. Re freshments will be served by the sixth grade parents. A special invitation is is sued to all parents of eighth grade students to attend the last meeting this year. A drive-in church service is being held at the Eagle Point grade school grounds Thursday, May 22, by the Apostolic Faith church of Medford. Everyone is invited to attend. Mrs. Norman A. Dunford, Sarbara - Brugger, and Mrs. eseie Tycer, spent the week ad of May 17 at Eugene. Bar lara attended the senior visi tation day at the University X Oregon, Mrs. Dunford vis-1 ited her son, Boyd, and Mrs. I Tycer visited her son and j daughter-in-law7, Mr. and Mrs. i Lewis Tycer, and family. i Ellen Callaghan and Shir ley Hanson, Eagle Point stu lents, won the state double tennis championship at Cor vallis the weekend of May 17. They defeated three Portland teams and one team from j Corvallis. i Asthmatics! We give S3 trade-in Iowance for your old neb (even broken) on a new Breatheasy et precision pyicz nebulizer; tattle ei inhalant; aipper earry- (jij i tm M r u"-w r"T"i it Tw Dratfi INDUSTRIAL AIR PRODUCTS CO. wans SHOW See ill that's new! Factory specialists demonstrating latest scientific welding and cutting processes. . Refreshments Door Prizes at Hiway 99 North in Medford FRIDAY and SATURDAY May 23 & 24, 2 to 9 P.M. INDUSTRIAL AIR PRODUCTS CO. Reuther Suggests Wage Scale-Down Detroit (W United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther goes before the union's national bargaining councils Friday to deliver a report on the state of auto contract negotiations. With a week to 10 days be fore expiration of contracts with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, Reuther was ex pected to tell the councils the union must scale down its ori ginal bargaining demands. The UAW promised that the first official and formal state ments of actions taken by the UAW, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler national coun cils, would be made this after noon. It said there would be "no formal statement or press con ference" with Reuther follow ing his address to the joint councils. Reuther is scheduled to hold a news conference Saturday on the actions reported by the councils Friday afternoon. Reuther had already indi cated the union will demand gains on at least four issues before signing the two-year contracts the industry wants. These issues are supplemental unemployment benefits, pen sions, job transfer protection and skilled trades wage boosts. If the UAW cannot get its minimum demands, Reuther said it will seek to extend present contracts on a day-by-day basis while negotiations continue, or work without a contract. There is no inten tion to strike since the auto industry has a large supply of unsold cars on hand. Car Safety Check Set For Cities Salem (IP) Motorists in a number of Oregon cities have a chance to have their cars safety-checked free of charge this week and the Oregon Traffic Safety commission urged as many persons as pos sible to take advantage of it. Check lanes will be ready at eight locations in Portland this Saturday. Cars will be safety-checked in Albany and Corvallis on Thursday and Friday and in McMinnville and Medford on both Friday and Saturday. Pendleton, Prineville and Tillamook will hold a one-day safety check Saturday. Grange Notes Central Point Grange Grange met Friday night with Overseer Ben Darris in the master's station. Report on agriculture by Arnold Boh nert stated hay weedy, pas tures short, and considerable damage in alfalfa crops. The market price on some grains and concentrates up. Delmar Smith reported Willamette valley seeding very late. Chet Wendt stated a top price of steers at the auction yard was $29.49 a hundred Friday. Edwin Gebhard said the re ported short crop in California pears might be an advantage to the Oregon growers market; Gebhard also gave some point ers on regulations in labor and employment insurance. Delmar Smith reported more help needed for the cem etery improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Win Arnold were elected as delegates to the State Grange session at Eugene in June. The janitor sent his resigna tion in as he has recently sold his home and is moving to an other district. The Grange took out a mem bership in the Water Re sources association. A memo rial service was conducted by the chaplain. Several recrea tional games were directed by Mrs. Effie Kurts. Fred Kuest was reported ill. The display table contained some grotesque pieces of drift wood and some unusual flow ers and plants. The juvenile matron announced that post- WORKING WIVES LEAGUE Knoxville, Tenn. (IB Eighteen wives of graduating seniors at the University of Tennessee have received "Ph. T." degrees. The letters stand for "put Hubby .through." Court Records DISTRICT COURT Marvin Maloney Jr no opera tor's license, $10. Raymond B. Chamberlain, over height. $15. Samuel J. Morehouse, overload, $113. Fred E. Zabell, violation of basic rule. S15. Gary A. Winetrout. failure to display two license plates, $10. Joe B. Berriman, improper muf fler. $15. Stanley G. Parrish, failure to stop. $10. Richard T. Gravelle, overwidth, $15. Derald M.. Lawrence, violation of basic rule, $15. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Michael Szpak. 933 Kenyon ave., and Fay Louise White, Grants Pass. L. D. McCollum, route 1, box 461, Central Point, and Irene Cath erine Mallon, route 1, box 460, Central Point. ers and essays will be ready for the Pomona Grange meet ing. The HEC chairman an nounced next meeting to be a work day at the hall, members to bring a sack lunch. The serving committee, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jeffries and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lydiard served angel food and orange sauce. . Geddes to Speak At Eugene Meeting Salem Fourth District Congressional Candidate Paul Geddes, Roseburg, heads the list of speakers slated, to ap pear at a regional Republican conference scheduled in Eu gene today and Saturday. Geddes will deliver the prin cipal address at a Saturday night banquet in the Veteran's memorial building which will be the wind-up event of the two-day policy conference. State GOP Chairman James F. Short, Salem, is to deliver a kickoff speech Friday night at a 7 p.m. dinner. John Merrifield, Portland, Chairman of a statewide GOP committee on Candidate's As sistance, is to speak at a Satur- 4-H Club News G.E. Stitchers The G.E. Stitchers met with 10 members present on May 10 at Edgeoaks Dairy. A short business meeting was held. The meeting with Mary Lou Garner was discussed. In the absence of Mrs- Edge, Mrs. Wheeler assisted Mrs. Gard ner. Joyce Moore served as hostess. The next meeting will be Saturday, May 24. Diane Wheeler will be hostess. Connie Goerking, Reporter. ; Chicken Every Sunday Lots of old fashioned noodles, hot biscuits and honey Chicken and Noodles or Fried Ham $1.50 Fried Chicken, or Pork Chops 52.00 T-BONE STEAK $2.50 Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 12 noon to 8 p.m.; closed Monday and Tuesday . SPECIAL TREAT FRIDAY NIGHT For a REALLY DELICIOUS HOMECOOKED MEAL Try ... . TWILA BLOCK'S .COUNTRY KITCHEN 1490 South Tolman Creek Road Ashland, Oregon i Turn to Your Right at the Flaihing Signal on Highway 99, 2 Miles South of the College day luncheon. , . Study committees composed of delegates from Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Linn and Lane counties will consider the problems of education, lum ber, agriculture, port develop ment, labor, taxes, natural re sources, and industrial development. COMING AMERICA'S THIRD LARGEST WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS ' PRESENTS . COL. 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