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10 MAIL TKtBUNg, Medfonf, Or9en, Tueiday, Auguit 12, 195S MajorCharlton Reviews History Of Building, Sailing Mayflower when I told the man itting next to me on the plane winging its way from London to New York that the 'last time I visited the United States I went across on the Jlayflower he ordered a tjuick drink." So said Maj. Warwick jCharlton, the moving force Jehind the construction of 4he Mayflower II, and a mem Jer of the crew of 33 which -Sailed it to the United States Jast year. "I consider the original Mayflower the forerunner of ill the ships which have come o America bringing people nvho were seeking an escape 'Tagalong' Suffers From Sag, Trick Ending, Ewald Says By WILLIAM EWALD United Press International i New York d'PD Views and reviews: CBS-TV's "Studio One" drama, 'Tagalong." was one of those good - intentioned things about prejudice that suffered from sag around its jniddle and a cavalry-to-the-rescue trick ending. James Gregory, as the meanie who turns goodie, delivered with his customary competence. Princess Margaret's brief spiel from Nova Scotia, car- Tied by NBC-TV last evening, jyas a mediocre American live JTV debut. She was quite poised, but injected only a smidgin of animation into her talk. She didnt really light up until her spech was finish ed, but I can't say I blame her she may have been as bored by the yawny conven tionalities of her discourse as I was. Shari Lewis sat in for Jinx Falkenburg on the panel of CBS -TV's "Masquerade Party" Monday night Jinx .was virus-bugged . . . One of the clowns on ABC-TV's "Cowtown Rodeo" Monday night suffered a bruised leg in a mix-up with a bull. The elowns are the best feature of ''Cowtown Rodeo" the cow boys they can send back to Wyatt Earp. It's a shame there are no plans afoot to keep ABC-TV's "Stars of Jazz" on through the winter it's one of the few really nourishing shows left on .TV. Paul Desmond on f Stars of Jazz"- Monday night 'rotted out some marvelous ly fertile horn on "Someday My Prince Will Come" and it .was heartening to note that Tave Brubeck is beginning to .nove, away a little from those nassive chunk chords of his lhat have almost become a stylistic cliche. Dr. Wade Ruby is starting to move on NBC-TV's "Twen ly One" Monday night he Jtnocked over two opponents to boost his pile to S46.000. Gordon Polk's comedv caper -on the NBC-TV "Jack Paar Show" was funny, but far out somewhere west of Saturn. Adolph Green and Betty Comden were a pretty tedious tandem on the Parr show, but Jiidy Holliday was rather re freshing, if wacky. 1 The Channel Swim: "North west Passage," the half-hour eolor series originally ticket ed for Friday night on NBC TV this fall, now has been Shifted to Sunday in the spot iust above Steve Allen's hour. Some of the gals scheduled for featured roles in "North yest Passage" should give it fin international flavor Ziva fcodann. a former Miss Israel, Jaino Elg of Finland and Lisa Jlontell of Mexico, t "Rawhide." the 60-minute Western that CBS-TV wasl touting for the fall, now looks . like a doubtful starter. How- ever. "Rawhide" films will continue to be produced with "an eye toward shoving them tinto a breach later in the sea ". son. "Pursuit." a one-hour ;'live. series from Hollywood "with Norman Folton as pro- ducer, has bobbed up as a 'probable starter for Wednes- day night on CBS-TV. " "County Fair," a daily af ternoon variety half -hour with Bert Barke as emcee, ' will unpop on NBC-TV Sept. . 22. "'Modern Romances" and ' the last 15 minutes of "Queen ; lor a Day" will be dropped to : Peddicord Sentenced : To Five Years in Jail : Portland TPD William ; Clarence Peddicord, the "blind bomber" of a Portland department store was given . a five-year term in prison Monday in federal court here. ' The, five years, for a mail fraud conviction, will run concurrently with the 20-year term Peddicord is serving for " the extortion and bombing "conviction. from tyranny," Charlton said. It was his idea to build a sec ond Mayflower and present it to the people of the United States as a symbol of the ties between them and England, he continued. Maj. Charlton, a guest of Dave Franklin, local agent for Aero Mayflower Transit company, Inc., was guest speaker at the regular Mon day luncheon of the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce at the Jackson hotel. Included Stipulation "When I let the contract for construction of Mayflower II," the speaker reported, "I included the stipulation that make room for it. Jack Barry pulled a funny boo-boo on last Friday's NBC-TV "Tic Tac Dough" a cartoon character for his toothpaste sponsor fin ished off the commercial with "Look, ma. no cavities" and Jack mumbled, "Look ma. no teeth," thinking his mike was off the air. It wasn't. Rearrangement at Airport Proposed By City Manager A proposal by the city man ager to move the Avis U-Drive office as part of a general re arrangement of the Medford airport lobby has stirred up a lively dispute. Fred Wilcox, the Avis agent, is in favor of the shift. But James H. Daily, who rep resents the rival Hertz agency, has protested. Both men appeared at last week's city council meeting to state their cases. Wilcox spoke briefly in favor of the proposal, which would change his location from the south end, of the lobby to a point near the entrance directly across from Daily. The pro posal also includes the instal lation of baggage lockers at Wilcox'svpresent location, and the relocation of . the tele phones and soft-drink ma chine. Daily charged Wilcox with incompetence and with rent ing "antique models." He said the Avis office was not man ned on Sundays and holidays and only part-time, on Satur days, while "Hertz is always manned." There was no question of competition. Daily assured the council. He was interested only in the welfare of the customers. Wilcox has agreed to pay the costs of shifting his office and the telephones, which would be moved from his pro posed new location. The city manager proposes that a new 10-year lease be drawn up to replace Wilcox's present lease. The councilme after hear ing both sides, agreed with a suggestion by Mayor Snider that they visit the airport within the next two weeks to see the situation for them selves. Bos Drivers Walk Off Jobs in Eugene, Salem Eugene (UPD Eugene and Salem residents were without city bus service Monday when drivers walked off the job after apparently reject ing a plea from the president of the City Transit Line that he was going out of business. Louis Soukup, who runs the line, said he had appeal ed to the drivers to remain at work for "a while" pend ing the creation of a coopera tive ownership deal. He had notified the Eugene city coun cil last week end he was go ing out of business and at the time said he thought the driv ers would keep working in the two towns for a while. Services Held for San Dimas Publisher San Dimas, Calif. (LTD Funeral services were con ducted today for Robert E. Lee Aldrich, 66, editor and publisher of the San Dimas Press. During World War II, Al drich managed the Temple City (Calif.) Times. He also published the La Verne (Calif.) Leader. Aldrich died Saturday fol lowing a heart attack. He leaves his widow, Kathleen, two daughters and six grand children. Matches and smoking ac count for 26 per cent of all fires in the U.S., according to the National Board of Fire Underwriters. the builder must help sail the ship to the United States. This I feel helped insure a very sturdy ship." Twenty months were re quired in building the ship which included masts and spars of Oregon Pine. While he was trying to raise fi nances for construction, the Major said, he encountered numerous ways in which peo ple could say no. Although he needed only a crew of 33, Maj. Charlton said that there were 3.000 volunteers to make the trip, including 500 women. "I left it up to the captain, Alan Villiers. whether or not we would take women on the voyage," he said. Villiers later decided on an all male crew. Delivery of the ship was four months late so it was decided that sea trials would be conducted during the ac tual voyage. The crew set sail from England on April 20, 1957, on what proved to be a 5,400 mile, 54-day trip. Carried Canned Food "Although we carried canned food on our voyage,'' the speaker said, "we didn't gain much over the Pilgrims because our cook was capable of spoiling anything, and usu ally did." The canned food, installa tion of a wheel for the helms man, and a two-way radio for emergencies were about the only basic variations from the original ship. However, the Major said, the Pilgrims car ried more wine than water during their trip. "We car ried no intoxicants other than some rum for special occasions such as birthdays. Consequently there were 33 birthdays during the voyage." The only power' machinery used in the construction of the ship were power saws, he reported. And in many cases, 17th century tools were used. Ship Becalmed After about three and a half weeks of the trip had elapsed, the speaker said, they were becalmed for sev eral days despite the fact that they kept picking up the Washington weather bureau's report saying there were good winds. "I can only as sume that the reason for this report is that there should have been winds and the bu reau didn't expect anyone to be in the area day after day to check up on them." Cargo space on the ship was sold to help defray ex penses, and gifts were brought to many persons in the United States. Maj. Charlton said, "We brought presents to a number of in dustries, the President and other government officials but I assure you we didn't bring anything for Sherman Adams." When the ship reached this country a reenactment of the signing of the Mayflower Charter was conducted. "I am sorry to report that the signing was done with ball point pens," the speaker grimaced. Shortly after landing, Maj. Charlton returned to England to write a book on the voy age, "The Second Mayflower Adventure." He returned to this country about six months ago and has been on a speak ing tour since then. Before this adventure, the Major was an author and newspaperman and he report ed that he intends to return to the writing field when this tour is complete. He arrived in Medford Monday morning from San Francisco and has now moved on to Eugene. The Mayflower II belongs to the Plymouth Plantation of Plymouth, Mass., an his torical society, he explained. That organization is now de veloping' a national shrine where the ship will be put on permanent display. The speaker at next Mon day's roundtable will be Lewis L. Huelsdonk of Downieville, Calif. He is chairman of the gold commit tee of the Western Governors' Mining Advisory council, and secretary, treasurer and gen eral manager of Best Mines Corporation, Downieville. His topic will be the domestic gold situation and monetary policy. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Doree M. Anderson, no operator's license in possession. S10. Dick O. Rhoten, overload, S81. Edith E. Baker, failure to stop, S10. Morris D. Cobbs, no motor ve hicle license. S15. Vada S. McCough, no operator's license. S10. Fredrick D. Parker, failure to snop. 55. R. W. Jacks, failure to fell snags, S55. Leroy Stubblefield. failure to yield right of way. S10. Joseph Gentile, drunk on High way, S4. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Clarence Ijeroy Cole, O'Brien, Ore., and Laura Leona Laborde, Rogue River. James William Holsapple, Tal ent and Sharon Laree Self, Ashland. COLD SHOULDER President Gamal Abdel Nasser (right) of the United Arab Republic talks with special U. S. envoy Robert D. Murphy in Cairo after keeping Murphy cooling his heels for 10 hours, in what was be lieved to be a deliberate snub. It was believed the U. A. R. leader was angered by a statement by John Foster Dulles that Nasser does not represent true Arab nationalism. Quotes From the News By United Press International Chicago Anthony Sherer, explaining to authorities why he carried a 20-millimeter anti-tank gun around in his taxicab: "You don't want me to keep it home, where the kids can get at it. do you?" Minneapolis, Minn. Air Force Capt. David G. Saunders, on the balloon flight later this week which will send an Air Force officer up nearly 20 miles locked in a sealed capsule: "It will be the closest step to a space flight that could be made." Hamilton AFB, Calif. An Air Force spokesman, shrugging off any serious implications in the nation-wide grounding of the fastest, newest fighter-interceptor, the F-104 Starfighter: "It's just like an auto. Afisr six months you stop and tighten the bolts." Pittsburgh Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, "father" of the atomic submarine, predicting better things ahead in underwater craft: "The first plane which the Wright brothers flew amazed the world, but every plane built since has been better. The same holds true of atomic submarines." New York Rotund comedian Buddy Hackett, on the un reality of Hollywood: "I get the feeling that any minute, someone will come cut on Sunset Boulevard and yell 'Okay . . . Take it all down.' And they'll carry away the palm trees, the buildings and the people in trucks." PRESS CONFERENCE In his first press conference since July 2, President Eisenhower said he would attend the United Nations special assembly meeting on the Middle East if he finds it desirable. Here he is shown pointing to reporters standing to ask a question. Seated beside the President is Press Secretary James Hagerty. The conference was held at the White House in Washington. Restraining Order Vacated by Judge Portland ' (UFD A temp orary restraining order that had prohibited Harvey Alum inum company from using non-union workers to unload an ore ship here was vacat ed Monday by Judge Alfred T. Sulmonetti in Circuit Court. The court's ruling permit ted Harvey Aluminum to re- Coast-to-Coast Buys Marshall - Wells Portland (UPI1 Coast-to-Coast Stores, Inc., with head quarters at Minneapolis, Minn., Monday announced purchase of the Marshall Wells wholesale operation here. Officials said the pur chase was effective Aug. 1. The Marshall-Wells whole sale house here has been in operation since 1912. Sale price was not disclosed. Coast - to - Coast has 637 stores in 18 Midwest and Northwest states. APPRECIATION Osaka, Japan (UPD Musi cians today expressed their appreciation to the city's cab drivers for reducing their horn-blowing by giving a free concert in their behalf. City police also were invited. WILL AUCTION SHIPS Washington CPD The Fed eral Maritime Administration has put 47 mothballed World War II Liberty ships on the auction block. Except for cer tain machinery and equip ment the ships may be used only for scrap. sume unloading alumina ore from the Canadian ship Lake Pennask, despite protests of the Portland local of the Longshoremen's union that the work represented a vio lation of the union's jurisdic tion over the Portland water front. Judge Sulmonetti, however, ordered Harvey Aluminum to post a SIO.OOO surety bond that would cover any damages the union might collect as a result of court action. The dispute will be , tried early next month. In vacating the order issued last Thursday by Judge James R. Bain, Judge Sulmonetti said "In weighing the equities, I feel the defendants are suf fering the most damage and therefore I will vacate the temporary restraining order." Lawrence A. Harvey of the Aluminum company said that the firm would lose S9,000 per day without the ore which is needed to operate pot lines at the new aluminum reduc tion plant at The Dalles. Phone SP 3-3613 for replacement of BROKEN WINDOWS SELBY GLASS CO. 303 North Bartlett Englishman Given Y Camp Award Richard C. Poulton, Devon, Eugland, was awarded the D. Ford McCormick award in ceremonies at the Young Men's Christian association Diamond lake camp. The "McCormick" award is an annual memorium award presented to the outstanding leader in camp. It bears Mc Cormick's name because he exemplified high leadership characteristics. The award is in its second year, having been presented to Ona Liles of Roseburg last season. Poulton served as camp unit leader. He was respon sible for the program of 24 boys each period. An older boys' unit, it took many hikes and participated in older boys' camping programs. Poulton arrived at Diamond lake camp from Massachusetts where he attended Wesleyan college. He is an exchange student from England. Immediately after camp, Poulton left for the east coast where he is to board the Queen Mary for England, where he will attend Cambridge university. The McCormick award plaque will be on display at the YMCA all winter. In other activities, 14 camp leaders received the white 'rag" award. The white rag is the highest honor in the ragger system. The leaders re ceived their rags for services during the summer. Meatcutters to Get Wage Increase Sept. 1 Seattle (UPD Charles J. Mentrin, international vice president of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen, said today about 4,000 packinghouse workers in Washington,. Idaho and Ore gon will receive a 7'2 cent hourly wage increase Sept. 1. 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The key rate for random length green fir two-by-fours was quoted as about $67 a thousand board feet, up from S64 last week and $59 nearly a month ago when the price strength first appeared. This was compared to a figure of $62 a year ago. The article cited increased demand and lowered produc tion as accounting for the strength. It said orders in the past five weeks have report edly exceeded production by 40 per cent, and have surpass ed last year's orders in this period by 23 per cent. Pro duction, according to the re port, is off 6.4 per cent com pared to last year. While some wholesalers warned the strength might not last, the article said most lumbermen were optimistic. SAFETY BILL PASSED Washington (UPD The Sen ate passed and sent to the White House Monday legisla tion authorizing states to set up point traffic safety pro grams. 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