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A MAIL TRIBUNE, MtHoti, Ori. Friday, May 30, 15g Northwest Pears Praised by British, Aariculture Attache Tells Bureau "English fruit imDorters are very satisfied with the quality of the Pacific Northwest and California pear pack and I want to congratulate the growers for them," remarked Leslie W. Crawford, British Embassy agriculture and food attache. Crawford, with headquar ters in Washington, D.C., spoke before the Oregon-Washington-Calif ornia Pear Bureau during its annual meeting in Portland recently. The attache had visited Hood River, Yakima, Wenatchee and Medford. While visiting Medford, re cently, Crawford and his wife were the guests of the Med ford Pear Shippers associa tion. Bill Williams, vice presi dent of Bear Creek orchards. and Russ Jamison, Medford public relations man, took the couple on a quick tour of orchards and packing houses in this area. Crawford told Jamison he is hopeful the increase, in ex port shipments of years this year would continue. Biggest block to any increase is the availability of export ex change dollars, he said. The state department and depart ment of agriculture are con stantly working with the Brit ish foreign office to alleviate Japanese Scientists To Assist in Study Of Ocean Currents Corvallis Two leading Japanese scientists have vol unteered to cooperate with an Oregon State college oceano grapher, Dr. Wayne V. Burt, in a study of Pacific Ocean currents that carry glass fish net floats from Japanese wa ters to Oregon beaches. Burt, who has been making an extended study of Oregon's ocean geography for the past five years, believes the glass floats may provide some new information about circulation oi currents and driftspeeds between the two countries. Dentists Guests Of Kiwanis Club At Luncheon Here Jackson county dentists participating in the Medford Kiwanis dental clinic were special guests at the Kiwanis club's noon luncheon at Rogue Valley Country club yesterday and Curt Nesheim, warden of the southwest district of the state, department of forestry, spoke on fire prevention. President Bill Sineler pre sented a plaque honoring the dentists. It was accepted for the group by Dr. John Dick son, president-elect bf6 the Southern Oregon District Den tal society. The clinic, which provides free service for needy young sters selected by city and county school nurses, has op erated since mid-March. Since that time it has handled 351 appointments. Dentists, who contribute their time free of charge one-half day per month have filled 572 teeth and have extracted 150. The clinic will be in operation until the end of the school term and will resume next fall and continue five days per week through the school year. Among Guests Among guests at yesterday's meeting were Mrs. Audrey Reise, dental nurse at the clinic. Nesheim outlined the fire protection program of his agency in the state and partic ularly in the southwest dis trict. He declared that there is "no glamour to putting out fires, just plain hard work." He said the forestry depart ment has not gained in cut ting down the number of fires but pointed out the significant fact that total acreage of fires has diminished despite in crease in population and the woods industry. Most forest fires are light ning and man-caused Nesheim stated. He said that emphasis" is on prevention of man caused blazes through 'educa tion and the forest code of laws. It was loud shirt day at the Kiwanis meeting and Warren Fairbanks was judged the winner. He wrote Japanese research leaders for information last month, shortly after hundreds of the colorful floats were found along the Oregon beaches. He asked about types of floats being used, float losses and storms. Joint Study Suggtsled Dr. Koji Hidaka of the geo physical institute, Tokyo uni versity, and Dr. Michitaka Uda, Tokyo university of fish eries, immediately suggested a joint study. Burt has been asked to col lect information from coastal residents about float recov eries, especially during past years. Information needed by him include.? color of floats, markings, numbers of Hoats found, and where they have been found. Photographs of any unusual types are to be taken and sent to Hidaka and Uda for identi fication and investigation. To help him in gathering data, Burt is asking that coast al residents who have infor mation and records about find ing floats write to him. The fact that large numbers of floats were found during the record April storm may mean that floats are being concentrated in ocean eddies for long periods of :me and then brought ashore in a group by wind or current changes. Or, it could be that some storm or accident has freed a large number of floats at one time, he explained. The cooperative study with the Japanese scientists may provide the answers, he indi cated. Burt's oceanography re search is supported by a con tinuing grant from, the office of naval research. the condition, he added. During the tour, the Craw fords were impressed with the amount of mechanization in the packing industry here and complimented the local ship pers on their modern methods of handling pears. Crawford observed that the soil types in the Medford area are similar to those in French orchards. The couple was particularly impressed with the acreage of pears grown in the district. He said such large blocks do not exist in English orchards. He added that England is one of the world's largest consum ers of fresh ?nd dried fruits. The Crawfords have been on the west coast before (in San Francisco) but this is the first opportunity they have had to make a field trip into a pear producing district. As a footnote to the tour, Crawford seemed interested in the modern methods of orchard heating and secured information on the success of the hail suppression program in this area. The Crawfords have been in the United States for three years and will be sent back to England at the end of their tour of duty in August, Craw ford told Jamison. They live in a small town near London. (They have one daughter who is graduating from a nurse's course in a hos pital near Paddington station in London. The English cou ple have a small acreage near their home. He remarked that Cornice pears from Rogue val ley are particular favorites in England. The couple said they have a Cornice tree in their garden and plan to send back a Bosc tree when they return. (The Bosc tree is considered good for pollination purposes.) During his talk in Portland, Crawford said the British government is now much con cerned over the so-called United States recession. He pointed out the importance of reciprocal trade and was hopeful congress would pass reciprocal agreements act now before it. Cummings Receives Cummings Award Corvallis Karl Douglas Cummings of Medford gained special recognition this week at Oregon State college as a winner of one of the impor tant all-campus honors and awards. Cummings' was selected to receive the E. A. Cummings award given annually to out standing freshman men stu dents. Selection is based on scholarship, success in student activities, and qualities of manhood and leadership. He is majoring in engineer ing. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cummings of 1900 Cherry Heights. Canby Dairyman Seeks State Senator Job Oregon City (UPI) El mer Deetz, Canby dairyman and former state representa tive, said today he would seek a spot on the November elec tion ballot as an independent candidate for state senator. He said petitions would be cir culated to obtain signatures necessary to validate his candidacy. JUSTICE IS BLIND Copenhagen (UPI) Po lice today were looking for the thief who stole the 30-inch statue of Justitia, the goddess of jrstice, from' a warehouse. m ! win n "iLi JEWS-FASCISTS BATTLE A plainclothes policeman (right) is about to arrest a Jewish demonstrator during incidents involving the Jewish community and neo-Fasc-ists in Rome. Demonstrations started after the Rome synagogue was defaced by unknown persons who wrote on the shrine walls: "Convert if you want to live in peace." Man Pleads Guilty To Strangling Employer Portland (UPI) Elmore Walker, 33, was sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in the state penitentiary Wednesday after pleading guilty to a man slaughter charge in connec tion with the fatal strangling of his employer, Ira A. Mar tin, 80, last August. Martin operated a cleaning establish ment. ; . Auto Workers Ask Mediation Service Detroit (UPI) The United Auto Workers Wednesday asked the Federal Mediation and Conciliation service to step in- to end deadlocked, final-hour bargaining with General, Motors, but the com pany said it is opposed to me diation. UAW Vice President Leon ard Woodcock said mediation is needed because General Motors has stood pat on a two-year, contract extension offer and refused to bargain on the union demands. Woodcock said he saw no hope at this time for a settle ment before the contract cov ering 325,000 GM workers Railroad Car Tax Fund Distributed Salem (UPI) Checks to taling $20,539 representing property taxes collected from small railroad car companies, are being distributed to 24 counties, State Tax Commis sion Chairman S. W. Horn an nounced Wednesday. Horn said the amount was 13 per cent greater than last year. The taxes are collected by the commission from tanker, refrigerator and private car companies having a true cash value of less than $100,000 in Oregon. Larger companies pay property taxes directly to the counties. expires at midnighf Thursday. He asked that the contract be extended on a day-to-day or week-to-week basis while ne gotiations continue. Immediately after Wood cock called for outside bar gaining help, GM Vice Presi dent Louis S e a t o n said, "Based on our experiences, we are convinced that inter vention of a third party at this late date would make no contribution to a peaceful and equitable settlement prior to the expiration date of our agreement. PLANER BLOX Clean Quick Delivery Medford Fuel Co. OPEN TODAY Y 1 TILL MIDNIGHT I To Serve You. j Assault Charges Dropped on Shooting Portland (UPI) A Cir cuit Court jury found Willie Smith, 42, Vancouver, Wash., innocent of a charge of as sault with intent to kill in connection with the shooting and wounding Emma Elliott, 36, Portland, at her home.. Awards Presented Al Illinois Valley Cave Junction Richard (Hick) Rauber, valedictorian, was presented with $250 per year scholarship to the Paci: fic university at the annual awards assembly Tuesday at Illinois Valley High school. Norma Martin, salutatorian was given the local PTA scholarship, renewable tui tion scholarship to Southern Oregon college were awarded to Jim Peninger and Mrs. Carmelita Hussey. Other awards earned by outstanding students in the high school were Elk's Foun dation award, Shirley Clark, Norma Martin, Bill Young and Gary Meredith; Ameri can essay contest, sponsored by the American Legion aux i 1 i a r y, Mike McDermott, Mike Whitley, with honorable mention given to Merna Gib bons, Linda Deaton and Car mel White; Pfizer company award, gerald Gibbons, Ken neth Deaton; Memorial band award for outstanding musi cal achievement, Mary Bos kins; the Betty Crocker Home makers award, Shirley Clark; Bausch and Lomb Science award, Bill Young; and the Curtis Publication awards, Lorrayne Frost and Howard Ollis. The Stem Citizenship awards, Hamiltop wrist watches, given by Guy C. Stem, local jeweler to the boy and girl senior judged by the faculty to be outstanding citizens, went to Marie Adams and Bill Young. Dione Quintuplets Say Two To Have Babies Montreal (UPI) The four surviving Dionne quin tuplets celebrated their 24th birthday Wednesday with the revelation that two of the famous sisters would soon be mothers. Cecile, Mrs. Phillippe Lang lois, and Annette, Mrs. Ger main Allard, expect babies this year; Cecile in August, Annette in September. j "We're hoping for a boy," Allard told United Press In ternational before he and An-, nette :eft for a quiet birthday party at the apartment of Marie. Marie and the other surviving quint, Yvonne, are unmarried. The fifth quint, Emile, died in 1954. Doctors caring for the sis ters whose birth 24 years ago made headlines around the world said neither expected a multiple birth. Neither Cecile nor her hus band could be reached for comment, but sources close to the family confirmed that she was pregnant. New Jet Launcher Said Successful Edwards Air Force Base, CsJif. (UPI) The Air Force has reported develop ment of a successful system for blasting jet fighters aloft without a runway. The system, called Zero Length Launch (ZEL) was tried out here by North Am erican test pilot Al Black burn, whose F-100D Super Sabre was rocketed aloft from a mobile launcher by the jet's engine and an astro dyne rocket. The jet was winched into position on the launcher and the solid propellant rocket, packing a 130,000 - pound thrust, was attached to the fuselage. Blackburn started the jet's engine, cut in 'his afterburn er, and fired the rocket which thrust the jet skyward at 10 times the force of its own engines. In less than four seconds, according to the Air Force, the jet was streaking at 275 miles an hour: "I didn't even hear the rocket go off," Blackburn said. "It was smoother than a steam catapult shot from a carrier deck." Gen. O. P. 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