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ton's Motorists Have No Worry About
Gasoline Rationing as Result of Crisis
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gtfcets erillioe. motorists
fjoerj a tout possible
pjetl) rttioeire a result
gf. tht)StSle last explosion.
,ivMi if r ith Russia
br out ouU he in far
bfier shDe for oil supplies
than forJfl War II when
careful rationing had to be
invoked.
Responsible government of
ficials gave those assurances
today through United Press
International.
They said in event all the
Middle east's oil 27 per cent
of the world's supply were
cut off the United States
would have more than enough
gasoline, fuel oil and other
bv-Droducts to fill both do
mestic and Western European
needs.
In addition vast supplies
would be available from Ven
ezuela, the Dutch Caribbean
refineries and Mexico.
Could Seize Pipelines
In case of war with Russia
the Eastern Seaboard would
Qbe first to suffer shortages. It
is almost entirely dependent
on oc?an-going tankers to
keep its pipelines filled Tank-
O ers are vulnerable to submar
ine as aptly demonstrated
by U-boats in World War II.
But the government has an
ace in the hole.
It could pre-empt from
nresent owners the Big and
Little Inch pipelines running
parallel from Texas to Penn-
svlvama to helD Keep tne
Eastern Seaboard supplied
These lines have a combined
daily capacity of 435,000 bar
rels of crude oil.
They were built during
World War II to ease the east
era supply crisis. The govern
ment sold them under a stand
by clause allowing it to re
claim them in an emergency.
The Little Inch is now carry
ing petroleum products. The
Bigs Inch is carrying natural
gas but could be reconverted
to oil swiftly.
West Coast Self -Supplied
The rationing lesson learned
in World War II also has paid
dividends in other areas. The
Midwest, for example, is now
fed by pipelines rom Texas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Wy
oming. None of these existed
in the early 1940s.
The West Coast has its own
supplies and has nothing to
worry about.
There is more than enough
refinery capacity from coast
to coast and from Canada to
Mexico to meet all emergency
gasoline needs. In addition
domestic oil production, cut
back sharply by inroads of
foreign imports, could be
stepped up quickly. This was
ilustrated by the 1956-57 Suez
Canal crisis which forced
Western Europe to get 90 per
cent of its supplies from the
United States.
The jet warplane age also
has altered the gasoline sup
ply picture for the better. In
'Passports' Are
Offered by Firm
Portland "Passports to
Oregon" are being offered to
residents in the other 47 states
by the Blitz-Weinhard com
pany as part of a promotion
al program to advertise the
state centennial next year, ac
cording to President W. W.
Wessinger of Blitz-Weinhard.
The passports offer honor
ary citizenship in Oregon, ac
cording to the company of
ficial, and several pertinent
facts about the natives and
the land are printed on them.
He said that each passport
points out that "English is
understood" in Oregon, "fra
ternization (with the natives)
is encouraged" and regarding
"legal tefiuer dollars are still
popular in Oregon (and go a
long way)."
) Several "Oregon Ground
Rules" are also printed on the
(documents, according to Wess
inger. Among the "Rules" are
0"no more than 500 colored
pictures may be taken of any
one strategic attraction or
smilinjonative an tnere is
a "2,000-pound limit on trink
ets" while visiting in Oregon.
Regarding the "length of
visit," tl passport says "for
ever, if you like.
O Oregonians wanting pass
ports to send as invitations to
Oregon and the centennial
may write Blitz-Weinhard
company, post office box 4286,'
Portland 8.
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PRESS CONFERENCE
King Hussein of Jordan
holds a press conference in
the Royal Palace in Am
man, Jordan. Radio broad
casters from Syria, Egypt,
and Iraq have appealed for
an uprising against Hussein.
Quotes From the News
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Washington President Eisenhower, in replying to Rus
sian Premier Khrushchev's bid for an emergency summit
meeting on the Middle East:
"The manner in which you have chosen lo express your
self is hardly calculated to promote the atmosphere of calm
reasonableness which, you correctly say, should replace the
presently overheated atmosphere."
Rio De Janeiro Earl Belle, 26, so-called "boy. financial
wizard" of Pittsburgh, Pa., reacting to a United States fed
eral indictment issued against him Tuesday on charges of
fraud and conspiracy:
"I did nothing wrong. J don'l understand this." '
Harrisburg, 111. Fred Hallwood of Millington, Mich., for
giving the policeman who shot and killed his eloping daugh
ter during a high speed auto chase:
"I know what they (the police) did was in the line of
duty and I have no ill feeling toward these men."
Newark, N.J. Jack L. Marks, director of the Portland,
Ore., Zoological Gardens, complaining about the treatment
he received from one of four beavers which arrived at New
ark airport Tuesday en route to the Bussels World's Fair,
where they will be traded to Russia for four bear cubs:
"I was trying lo get the water pan from the cage when
one of the beavers resented the intrusion and chewed my
finger."
Hollywood Pianist Oscar Levant, telling a television
audience Tuesday night about his widely publicized quarrel
and reconciliation with his wife, who had said earlier that
she probably would withdraw her divorce suit against her
husband:
"I'm the house-broken cobra who made headline stories
today. I had a minor domestic difference which ended when
I ran out of lighter fluid and clean shirts."
Is That So?
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
Amman The jerboa, some
times called a "two-legged
mouse," is a friendly looking
little fellow who seems more
like a diminutive kangaroo
than anything else. '
They live in the desert
areas usually beginning their
day at sunset when they come
out of their labyrinthine tun-
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nels to hunt for the seeds and
insects on which they feed.
I watched one the other
sunset as he sat on a stone,
munching a seed held be
tween his tiny forepaws. He
seemed to be quite at peace,
but not for long. Suddenly he
took off in a long bound, and
disappeared behind another
stone.
The cause of his sudden
flight soon appeared. It
seemed to be a large brown
rat, one of the very same kind
found in the United States and
in nearly every country of the
world. He was hunting the
jerboa, as he soon showed by
the way he tried to follow
him. Later when I examined
another brown rat killed on
the edge of the desert by one
of the men, there was no
doubt of the rat's identity.
In light of j the brown rat's
history he is sometimes
called Norwegian and for no
good reason it is not surpris
ing to find them in the desert.
Up to 250 years ago, he was
pretty well confined to China
or Central Asia.
At the time, a somewhat
smaller rat, darker and with
out the short rounded ears of
the brown, was the dominant
rodent of the rest of the Eura
sian and North African land
mass. He had been ever since
the 1200s .when he, too, came
out of Asia taking control of
rodent society and bringing
the plague with him.
Followed Black Rat
But in the early 1700s, the
brown rat followed the black
one, mercilessly wiping out
his smaller predecessor to the
point where he is compara
tively scarce today.
A main cause of the brown
rat's exodus from Central
Asia was the need for food
combined with a birth rate of
20 to 50 a year. And because
rodent control measures in
the Near and Middle East are
primitive to put it mildly,
their population growth alone
would compel some of these
rats to take to the desert
areas in their struggle to survive.
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Selection of Grand
Jury Is Completed
District Attorney Thomas
Reeder recently completed se
lection of a new seven-man
Jackson county grand jury.
Eugene J. DeVoe, 2200
Woodlawn ave., Medford, was
chosen foreman of the group,
Selected to serve with htm
were Mary Morgan, post of
fice box 246, Jacksonville;
Marie M. Bosworth, 2425
East Main st., Medford; J.
Blaine Beardsley, 116 South
Keeneway dr., Medford; La
dene Chiamulera, post office
box 251, Rogue River; Elmer
L. Landing, 2957 Barbara st.,
Ashland, and George K. Frie
sen, 115 Reager st., Medford.
Four grand juries are cho
sen every year, each for a
three month period.
Free: By special arrange
ment with the editors of the
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
Jack Webster Baker, no emer
gency brake. $10.
Andy C. Mead, overwidth, $15.
Young I. Shim, fail to dim lights,
Ruth J. Sullivan,'fail to stop, $10
Paul B. Wilson, fail to stop, $10.
Wendell H. Session, fail to stop,
Lester McFall. fail to stop, $10.
Elmer L. Raber. overload. $50.
Edward A. Ekwall, fail to stop,
Paul E. Jones, Insufficient bind
ers. $10.
Dwight L. Edwards, overload,
$177.
James Stewart, no operator's li
cense, $10.
CIRCUIT COURT
Frances J. Biddle vs. Richard F.
Biddle. divorce decree.
Byron E. Craven vs. Shirley
Craven, divorce decree.
Grace Leora Elkins vs. Joel Don
ald Elkins, divorce complaint.
Lula May Marsh vs. Roger C.
Marsh, divorce complaint.
May Irene Drinkwater vs. Reggy
Drinkwater, divorce complaint.
Barbara Joan Calkins vs. Elvind
Dean Calkins, divorce complaint.
Joyce Delores Oden vs. James
Russell Oden, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Robert LeRoy VanSickle, 53
Myers Court. Medford, and Iris
Lenore Hill Pierce, box 334, Cen
tral Point.
Dale Mead Chapman and Joan
MacHenry, both of Prospect.
James Joseph Wehren, 520 Crater
Lake ave., Medford, and Patricia
Louise Minnis. 1022 West 10th St.,
Medford.
HUNTERS
BE SURE TO
EXTINGUISH
YOUR
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World War II there were no
jets and military demands for
gasoline were tremendous.
Now the military uses jet fuel
ordinary kerosene al
most exclusively.
Gas and Jet Fuel
Gasoline must be extracted
before the fuel becomes kero
sene. Hence every gallon of
jet fuel produced means more
gasoline for other use. Storage
tanks currently are bursting
with it.
There also is an ample sup
ply of 'high octane aviation
gasoline. The military uses
this in its transports and other
conventional planes but now
it would prove only a small'
drag on civilian supplies in
an emergency.
Domestic crude oil output
is now about 6,500,000 bar
rels a day. Full capacity is
9,500,000 barrels. This means
the 21 producing states, top
ped by Texas, Louisiana and
Oklahoma, have idle capacity
of about three million bar
rels a day.
Medford Man Fined,
Sentenced in Court
Ralph Wendell Wier, 22, of
route 4, box 375, Medfofd,
pleaded guilty Monday to a
charge of furnishing liquor
to minors and was sentenced
to six months in jail and fined
$100 plus costs by Judge
James M. Main in district
court.
The jail term is subject to
suspension with Wier then be
ing placed on parole if the
fine is paid.
In other court action Judge
Main continued until July 28
the case involving Joel Don
ald Elkins, 1464 Orchard
Home dr., Medford. Elkins,
charged with assault and bat
tery, requested time to secure
an attorney. Bail was set at
$105. ;
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SITTING on Dallas, Tex.,
curb, Mrs. Robert Collins
awaits Col. Collins, com
mandant of James Connally
Air Force Base, who drove
50 "'miles without realizing
he had left her behind.
School District Gets
Permit to Remodel
Medford school district re
cently was issued a building
permit for $356,770 for re
modeling work at Medford
High school.
Other permits were issued
to Armin Richter for an $8,000
residence at 369 O'Gara ave.;
C. W. Brooks for a $14,000
residence at 248 North Barne
burg rd., and a $16,000 resi
dence at 248 North Barne
burg rd.; Rogue Valley Con
struction company for a $13,
000 residence at 1556 South
Jasper St.; and Owen Kunkel
for a $15,000 residence at 1411
East McAndrews rd.
Openings Available
In Swimming Class
Openings still are available
in the Tiny Tot swimming
classes at the Medford YMCA,
according to Wilson Gilinsky,
acquatic director.
Openings are in classes
starting at 9 a.m. different
week days. Tiny Tot ages are
6 and 7 years old.
Gilinsky said registration
for the classes is limited. Ad
ditional details may be ob
tained from the YMCA at
SPring 2-6295.
PATIENCE PAYS
Maud, Tex. (UPD Justice
of the Peace Paul Jones didn't
succeed on his first attempt,
so he searched the waters of
Lake Texarkana every day
for a month and a half. He
proved the time - honored
theory that persistance pays
off by finding a wallet he
had dropped in the lake six
weeks ago.
Cockroaches!
Insect Pests of all kinds
California's Great Insect Powder 80
rears Old still Best and Safest.
Be Sure
You Gef
Sf laiy Te Use Iconamicoi
B U II AC II
SPACE MEN Two Navy pilots, in Space Man suits, enter
a small gondola for a 24-hour isolation test and trial
run, prior to an actual high-altitude balloon flight to be
made July 24 from Crosby, Minn. The Office of Naval
Research has announced that the two men will pilot the
balloon to an altitude of about 16 miles, in order to test
equipment for later flights. Shown climbing through the
hatch is U. S. Navy Cmdr. Malcolm D. Ross, 38, while
waiting his turn is retired Cmdr. M. Lee Lewis, 45.
Geographic Cenler
Oi Nation To Shift
Washington" (UPI)
When Alaska becomes a state j
the country s geographical
center will shift from Smith
county, Kansas, to somewhere
in - southeastern Montana or
western South Dakota.
. Officials of the geological
survey and the Coast and Ge
odetic Survey aren't yet sure
exactly where the new center
will be.
But the betting, on the basis
of preliminary rough calcu
lations, is that it will be on
a line between Rapid City,
S. D., and Miles City, Mont.,
with the chances likely that
it will be just inside one state
or the other.
The calculation is tough be
cause no one is exactly sure
wljere the geographical cen
ter1 of Alaska is. That has to
be figured first.
Washington (DPD Desig
nation, of Champoeg state
park in Marion county, Ore.,
as a national historical site
has been asked,by Rep. Walt
er Norblad (R-Ore.).
SMITH-DYNGE
Lumber Co.
Fir St.
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Woman Jailed After
Clatsop County Death
Astoria (UPD Mrs. Helen
Berna Freeman was being
held in Clatsop county jail to
day in connection with the fa
tal shooting of her husband,
Hubert Freeman, 53-year-old
Milwaukie .truck driver, at
their beach home south of
here Sunday night.
No charge had been filed.
Mrs. Freeman told Clatsop
County Sheriff Paul Kearney
that the shooting climaxed an
argument, and that she shot in
self defense.
The worlds' largest natural
arch soars across a dry creek
in the canyon country of
southern Utah, the National
Geographic Magazine says.
Known as Rainbow Bridge,
the arch is almost as long as
a football field and wide
enough to carry a two-lane
highway President William
Howard Taft in 1910 pro
claimed it. a1 national monument.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
Sen. McClellan's Son
Dies in Plane Crash
Conway, Ark (UPD Four
men, including James M. Mo
Clellan, 25, son of Sen. John
L. McClellan of Arkansas,
were killed Tuesday in the
crash of a twin-engine plane
10 miles south of here.
Salem IUPB Gov. Robert
D. Holmes plans a flying trip
to Alaska, possibly next
month.
PLANER BLOX
Clean Quick Delivery
Medford Fuel Co.
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Do you know what
Frankenstein said
his teenage son,
"Frankie" (he always
calls him Frankie)?
No you can't go to
The Craterian to see
"THE FLY"I Ifs too
scarey even for you
it might scare the
bolt out of your
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4000 MORE BRIDES DAILY MEAN MORE BUSINESS COAST-TO-COAST
4000 new families a day ! They'll need homes-and everything .
that goes into them. Meeting these needs means bigger-than-ever
opportunities for all of us.
In 1956 America's 53 million families spent an average of:
$1350 for Food $475 for Clothes
$1300 for Homes $575 for Transportation
. Now multiply these figures by 60 million-the number of
families there will be by 1965. This will give you some idea
of America's growing needs and your opportunities.
7 BIG REASONS FOR CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA'S FUTURE
1. More People . . Four million babies yearly. U.S. population
has doubled in last 50 years ! And our prosperity curve has always
followed our population carve.
2. More Job . - Though employment m some areas has fallen off,
there are 15 million more jobs than in 1939 - and there will be 22
million more by 1975 than today.
3. More Income . . . Family income after taxes is at an afl-tinie
high of $5300 is expected to pass $7000 by 1975.
4. More Production . . . U. S. production doubles every fcu years.
We win require millions more people to make, sell and distribute
oar products.
5. More Savings . . . Individual savings are at highest level ever
$SU0 bilUonA record amount available for spending
6. More Research ...$10 billion spent each year win pay off in
more jobs, better living, whole new industries ! '
7. More Needs ... In the next few years we will need $500 bUlion
worth of schools, highways, homes, durable equipment. Meeting
these needs will create new opportunities for everyone.
Add them wp and yoa have the makings of another big upswing.
v Wise planners, builders and buyers will act now to get ready for it.
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