New Night Course
Listed at SOC
Another course has been
added to the list of night
classes scheduled for South
ern Oregon college, it was
announced today by college
officials.
Speech 239, oral interpreta
tion, will be instructed by Dr.
Dorothy Stolt, starting at 7
p.m. tomorrow. This class will
meet every Tuesday night in
room 3 of the college library.
Students may r register to
morrow night or may contact
Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, regis
trar. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford", Oregon, Monday, Januiry 5, 1939 7 f
What Is
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TUs column is prapartd
as a public isrTic by th
Collag of Law, Willamatt
UniTarsily, Salam, to ax
plain basic legal principles,
not to proTide legal adrica.
The reader is cautioned not
to apply these cases to his
own problems without an
attorney's advice, for dif
fering facts may change
the outcome.
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TESTIFY IN COURT
Daniel Williams is on trial
for the murder of his wife
by strangling her after a heat
ed quarrel. Two people were
present at the time of the
homicide. One is the small
daughter of Williams, age six.
The other is an uncle of Wil
liams who is now in the State
Hospital, " having : been de
clared insane afer the killing.
At the trial, the district at
torney wants to place each
of these two witnesses on the
stand to testify but Williams'
attorney objects, claiming that
the child is too young to ap
pear and that the fact that the
uncle is insane disqualifies
him from testifying. What
should the judge do, permit
them to testify?
Neither age nor insanity
are a bar to testifying. Capac
ity to testify as a witness de
pends on a certain minimum
ability to observe, recollect
and tell what he has observed
and remembers.
Intelligence Is Test
There is no technical rule
that disqualifies a child below
a certain age limit. Intelli
gence, and not age, is the test.
Nor is there any technical rule
that disqualifies an insane
person from appearing as a
witness.
People mar be placed in
mental hospitals for any num
ber of mental illnesses. Some
of these are in no way 're
lated to one's capacity as a
witness. Others may be suffer
ing from a type -of mental dis
ease that impairs the memory
and the person affected may
be unable to recall accurately.
- Capacity of a witness to
testify is a question of fact for
the judge to decide in every
case. Frequently, he will have
the Jury leave the room ond
then talk to any child in
volved, questioning him about
his understanding of the im
portance of telling the truth.
In ruling on the capacity of a
witness who is now insane,
the judge may seek the coun
sel and advice of a doctor. He
wants to determine the ability
of the insane person to recol
lect and recount what he saw
and heard.
LAMPREY-KILLER .
, St Paul-flJPD-A new "super
weapon" against the lamprey
has been developed by con
'ervationists. It is a chemical
"Iamprocide" designed to kill
the eel-like parasites before
they wander from the stream
beds where they are born,
Hjalmar O. Swenson, fish
eries chief of the Minnesota
Department of Conservation,
recently watched a demonstr
ation of the "lamprocide."
The chemical was spread
over a stream bed. Within
three hours, the young lam
preys were dying. Swenson
said the chemical is non-toxic
to other fish. While it is ex
pensive now, it will become
more economical as cheaper
means of production are
found. .
CHURCHILL TO VACATION
; Marrakech, Morocco - (UPD -Sir
Winston Churchill and his
wife will arrive here Jan. 12
for a three or four-week vaca
tion in the sun, it was dis
closed today.
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NEW PRESIDENT Dr.
Manuel Urritia (shown in
file photo) has been named
as provisional president of
Cuba by rebel leader Fidel
Castro, to succeed deposed
dictator Fulgencia Batista.
Now Many Wear
FALSE TEETH
With Mere Comfort
FASTEETH. a pleasant alkaline
(non-acid powder, holds false tee in
more firmly. To eat and talk In mora
comfort, just sprinkie a little FftS
TEETH on your plates. No gummy,
gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Checks
"plate odor" (denture breath) . Get
FASTEETH at any drug oounter.
CELEBRATING OVERTHROW of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship, mobs run wild
through streets of Havana. This littered street is outside Plaza Hotel's casino.
Jokesters Busy Dusting Off Old Texas
Gags, Crediting Them to Newest State
By FRED DANZIG
United Press International
Alaska comes in with a
smile. '
For the past few months,
the jokesters have been busy
dusting off old Texas gags, re
furbishing cold climate
stories, and crediting them all
to Alaska, the newest state
in the union.
Some samples:
Noting that Alaska's 586,-400-square
miles make her
the largest ' of our 49 states
(Texas, the deposed champion,
has a mere 267,339), Sen.-elect
Ernest Gruening of Alaska
American Gamblers
Hibernating; Wait
To Revive Business
Havana (UPD American
gamblers were hibernating
behind their smashed casinos
and shuffling for a deal to re
vive their multimillion dollar
business under Cuba's new
revolutionary regime..
But even the canniest of
these 200 oddsmakers-who in
clude such men as Meyer Lan
sky and George Raft-are not
ready to call the turn on their
Cuban future. ,
Cuba's rebel leaders have
pledged the provisional gov
ernment will protect America
business, but they haven't yet
pronounced their policy in re
spect to legalized gambling.
While most gamblers are
reluctant to speculate openly
on the future, Lansky, a long
time gambling wheel in both
the United States and Cuba,
was more sanguine.
"All we know now is that
there is a new government in
power and we want to do
everything possible to coop
erate with it," he said. "I have
reason to believe that all ca
sino operators want to do
likewise."
Lansky and many of the
gambling colony erroneously
were reported to have fled the
country when President Ful
gencio Batista went into exile
in the early hours of New
Year's day.
If the revolutionary govern
ment elects to revive the casi
nos, it seemed certain only a
few would be ready for oper
ation before the winter tour
ist season comes to a close.
Mobs of vandals, taking ad
vantage of the temporary
breakdown of law enforce
ment following the Batista
flight, stormed into most of
Havana's casinos and wreck
ed them. Furniture was
smashed, gambling wheels
were wrecked and bars were
ransacked. -.-
Owners estimated it would
require a month or two to re
equip and refurnish the sa
offers his favorite definition
of claustrophobia: "The way
an Alaskan feels when he
visits Texas."
Will It Melt?
In Texas, of course, it's
only a temporary setback.
"We'll just wait 'til Alaska
starts melting," they say. ;
' Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon Johnson offers this
word of solace to his fellow
Texans: "Texas is still the
biggest state south of the
North Pole." He added, "we
now have an outlying state
one that can out-lie Texas."
Heard about the millionaire
oil man in Texas who install
ed well-to-well carpeting on
his ranch? Now meet the
wealthy Alaskan who furnish
ed his igloo with walrus-to-walrus
carpeting. Or how
about the Alaskan who cut a
hole in the top of his igloo
so he could stand up when he
hears "The Star-Spangled
Banner?"
Jack Paar had the answer
for a new American flag:
"Why not 48 stars and an ice
cube?"
Found Southern Hospitality
Singer M o n i q u e Van
Vooren said Alaska must be a
driver's paradise because they
have no parka problem. Rob
ert Q. Lewis told of two
Alaskans who visited a friend
in Maine and, overwhelmed
by his kindness, said "now we
know what they mean by
southern hospitality."
Singer Johnny Desmond
tells about the Martian who
landed in Fairbanks, Alaska,
buttonholed a passerby and
said, "take me to your
heater."
Church May Face
Shortage of Clergy
Washington -UPD- The Epis
copal church, traditionally
proud of its highly-trained
ministry, may soon face a
shortage of clergy.
This warning was issued
by Dr. Clifford P. Morehouse,
editor of the Episcopal Church
annual. The yearbook showed
that the number of baptized
persons in the Episcopal
church grew 3.5 per cent in
1958 to 3,274,867.
But the number of clergy
increased only 2 per cent to
8,234 and of these, 1,073 are
on the retired list.
FARM PHONES
De Moines-(UPD-Iowa leads
the nation in the number of
farms with telephone service.
Nine out of 10 farms in the
state had telephones at the
end of 1957, the State Depart
ment of Agriculture said. The
total number of phones was
174,000. -
, An inexpensive process re
cently developed extracts a
wax semilar to carnauba from
sugarcane.
4-H
CLUB
rIEVS
Phoenix Knitwiti
The Phoenix Knitwits met
at the home of Mrs. Jeanett
Grove in Phoenix recently.
Refreshments were served
by Nedra Harris. The next
meeting will be held Wednes
day. MARILYN KANTOR,
Reporter.
ASSEMBLING ON STEPS of Virginia's State Capitol,
crowd of 1,000 Richmond Negroes demonstrate with
prayer, hymns and resolutions for end of 'Virginia's anti
integration policy which has closed nine schools.
"
, CELEBRATING INAUGURATION as New York's gover
ernor, N. A. Rockefeller and wife dance at Albany balL
Dancer Gretchen Wyler
tells of the Texan who visited
Alaska and was told by a
proud Alaskan that there's
enough gold in Alaska to
build a solid gold bridge all
the way to Texas. The Texan
thought a moment- and said:
"Okay, start building it. If I
like, I'll buy."
Anyhow, welcome Nome,
Alaska.
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