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In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS According to Clifford W. Ferguson, Oregon director of rail transportation, another freight car shortage is loom ing just beyond the horizon. The trouble lies, he says, with the Eastern railroads, which are not building enough new cars. They are depending instead on holding on THEIR lines rolling equip ment from the Western rail roads. Mr. Ferguson says he has written officials of eight Western rail systems asking them to take steps to get their cars back from the Eastern lines. He adds: "If business continues at a normal pace, there won't be enough cars in the West. If business INCREASES, there will be a drastic shortage of cars." YITHAT cooks? ' Well, when one sees a trillium beside the road when one is out for a drive in the woods, one says SPRING IS ON THE WAY. Similarly, when one begins to hear of impending car shortages, one says THE LUM BER MARKET IS LOOKING UP. SO lt Mr. Ferguson is right Happy days are here again -or, at least, just around the corner. IT'S an odd world. We seem to be always in a state of feast or a state of famine. Never is everything just right. In the newspaper world, we have a phrase of our own for this fe?st-or-famine busi ness. We shrug out shoulders and mutter cynically: "When we can get it we can't set it and when we can set .it we can't get it." SEARCHING question: Is it the world that is wrong? Or is it PEOPLE that are wrong? MORE of this weird modern world: Down in Mill Valley, in Marin county, the other eve ning a fast-walking PEDES TRIAN was seriously injured when he collided with another fast-walking pedestrian. The dispatches tell us that Otto Lindskog was taken to Marin General hospital with a -broken hip. The other party to the collision, Vincent L. Clemente, was not seriously injured. It isn't enough that a jet plane, flying eastward with the wind, should make it from Los Angeles to Washington in three hours and 36 minutes and that the same plane, fly ing westward against the wind, should make it back from Washington to Los An geles in four hours and 58 minutes. PEDESTRIANS have to get into the speed whirl. N conclusion: I School officials in Mem phis (Tennessee), concerned about continuing night-time mischief in and around school buildings, announce that they have decided to try out a jig ger called the "tattler"-a de vice that transmits radar waves over a 50-foot radius. When movement occurs with in the monitored area this gadget automatically: Telephones the police. Sets off a bright floodlight. Triggers a siren. TAKES A PHOTOGRAPH of the intruder. DAILY'S Body & Paint Southern Oregon's Oldest and Finest 29 S. BARTLETT Phone SP 2-2395 . Hmmmmm. It looks like we're applying the prin ciples of automation to crime detection. It sounds like a good idea. If we could make it automat ically CERTAIN that every body who breaks the law would GET CAUGHT, there might be less law-breaking. Chance To Avoid Draft Said Better Washington - (I'PI) - Mathe matically, a young mans chances of avoiding military service are getting better every year. Nevertheless' if you're heal thy and reasonably intelli gent, the topheavy odds are that you 11 spend part of your life in uniform. These conclusions " were reached today from statistics gathered during hearings by the House Armed Services committee on a bill to extend the draft act for four more years. Currently 70 per cent of the men who reach the top draft age of 26 have been in mili tary service. By mid-1963, this will have dropped to 55 per cent. Labor Examiner Enforcing Power Said Essential Salem -(UPD-Elections held by the state labor examiner under a section of the anti picketing bill passed in 1953, now threatened with repeal, would be a fine thing if the labor examiner were given en forcement powers. This was testimony given by Labor Examiner Francis Reagan who said that, under the present law, he had no way in which to enforce his findings. "But I think the labor elec tions procedure would be ex cellent if the Legislature would invest the examiner with some powers to enforce his findings," Reagan said. Behind in Cases He told the Senate Labor and Industries Committee, which is considering a bill to repeal the entire 1953 law, that his predecessor in office had 45 cases referred 'to him over a four-year period. "And since Aug. 1, 1957, when I was appointed, to the present time I am a little be hind him in the number of cases," Reagan said. In reply to a question, George Brown, educational di rector for the state AFL-CIO, testified that he did not favor referring an anti-picketing law to a vote of the people. "All you have to do is look at the experience of other states where so called 'right- to-work' laws have been on the ballot and see the dissen- tion such campaignscaused," Brown said. "If a bill such as you talk of is referred to the ) people, you would break down years of work done to build up good labor - management relations in Oregon." James Marr, executive sec retary of the Oregon AFL CIO, said: "Labor has made no at tempt to influence the votes of this committee or the Leg' islature on this issue. We have not flooded the members desks with letters urging re peal of the law. We feel it is up to this legislature to resolve the issue." The Committee will con sider the bill at its meeting Wednesday. Lesser Sentences For Shoplifting Gets House Approval Washington - (UPD - Walter Adams, a Michigan economist, has suggested that tariffs on foreign cars be abol ished as a step to force U.S. firms to produce smaller and I has been airborne since Ieav cheaper autos. I ing Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 4. Salem - (CPD - The Oregon House has passed unanimous ly a bill providing lesser sen tences for the crime of shop lifting. Under present law, shop lifting outside of cities which have shoplifting ordinances is a felony punishable by a sen tence of up to seven years in the state prison. The bill provides for substi tution of a county jail term instead of the prison sentence. Rep. George Van Hoomis sen (D-Portland) said the bill corrected an "obvious inequi ty" in the law. He said that in the past, district attorneys had had to resort to subter fuge by having the shoplifter West's Economy Said Threatened Portland -(UPD The presi dent of the National Associa tion of Wool Growers declar ed today that a bill to pre serve wilderness areas for re creation threatened the econ omy of the 11 western states. Don Clyde, Heber City, Utah, told the 94th annual gathering of the sheep men that the wilderness bill was "special privilege" legislation which was not for benefit of the "whole people." He said proposed wilderness areas without roads or modern fa cilities, would be reserved for "less than one per cent of our population." He said the measure was threat to food needs of growing population and call ed upon the association work against it. He said if it can't be defeated "then we must amend it." Endurance Fliers Enter 54th Day Blythe, Calif. (UPD Two fliers, who have been up in the air without landing longer than anyone else, today droned into the 54th day of their record - setting endur ance flight. The pilots, Bob Timm and Bill Cook, hoped to stay aloft another week. They set a world endurance record last Friday in a light plane which Disc Jockey Enters 7th Sleepless Day New York-(UPD-Disc jockey Peter Tripp, 32, neared the end of his seventh day with out sleep today with grim de termination to stay awake for 200 hours-rbut he was weak ening. Dr. L. J. West, in charge of the scientific ' experiment in which Tripp is engaged, said the disc jockey was "having an extremely difficult time of it" this morning. "I don't know whether he'll make it-I just don't want to say," West said. "But I want to assure the public that this experiment should cause no permanent injury to Tripp's health." West said Tripp was "fad ing in and out of focus" as he passed his 163rd hour of wakefulness at 3:15 a.m. (pst), For the man who is fed up with paying too much for look-alike cars m EDSEL made to be the most distinctive car on the road -yet it's priced with Ford, Chevrolet and Plymouth. And Edsel gives you many "eye-opening" extras that the low-priced field either forgets or charges extra for. Look it this "Eye-Opening" Economy! Extra Economy when you buy you get more for your money more size, room, comfort Extra Economy when you drive you choose from four engines, including two V8's that give you spirited performance on regular gas, and a thrifty Six as well. Look at these "Eye-Opening" Extras! Extra built into every Edsel self-adjustingbrakes, Diamond Lustre finish that never needs waxing, wall-to-wall carpeting, electric clock, aluminized muf flers that last twice as long as ordinary ones, foam-rubber seat cushioning, and many others. If you want to hear real enthusiasmtalk to a 1959 Edsel owner MEDFORD MOTORS, INC. 225 South Riverside plead guilty to some other charge rather than put a shop lifter in prison. Bills for Budgets Five other bills for budgets of boards of barber examin ers, chiropractic examiners, cosmetic therapy examiners and dental examiners and for a budget for the public em ployers' retirement system were approved. Rep. Clarence Barton (D- Coquille) said no general fund appropriations were required for the retirement system as all agencies shared in paying its costs. He said it was "minimum budget." A package of nine bille was introduced at the request of the Department of Agricul ture. One bill would authorize brand inspections of livestock tor prevention of disease as well as theft. It would auth orize police officers or others not under the department to mspect brands. Rep. Ben Evick (D-Madras) introaucea a Dili at tne re quest of the Oregon Cattle men's Association to include horses in regulations govern ing meat-food slaughtering Property Assessment Barton and others intro duced a bill providing for property assessment of motor carriers by the State Tax Com mission m tne same manner as some other utilities are now assessed. The bill provides that the real property of the carriers would be on the county tax rolls and all other property taxed at the average tax rate on personal property in the state. Revenue would be deposit ed in the state highway fund with 60 per cent apportioned to the counties and 40 per cent to cities for construction of roads and streets A resolution providing for a constitutional amendment to permit .the state legislature by a two-thirds vote of both Houses, to submit a revision of the Oregon constitution to the people at the next pri mary election or at a special election, was introduced 4-H Club News The Happy Stitchers Sewing Club The meeting of the Happy Stitchers Sewing club was held Saturday at the borne of our leader, Mrs. Arthur Beck er. Nine girls attended the meeting. We worked on our overall boy applique quilt. Then our assistant leader, Mrs. Van Calhoun, showed us how to adjust the sewing ma chine for so many stitches per inch. The announcement was made that our next meeting will be held Friday, Jan. 30, after school when we will make a visit to the Singer Sewing Machine company for a demonstration. After the meeting was adjourned, we had cookies, and our assistant leader, Mrs. Van Calhoun, took us home. Cherylee Becker, Reporter. Funeral Conducted For 'Alfalfa' Swfzer Hollywood -0JPE- Carl (Alf alfa) Switzer, former child ac tor in the "Our Gang" movie series, will be buried today following a coroner's jury ruling that the man who shot him to death last week acted in justifiable self defense. The jury's ruling Monday brought dismissal of a murder complaint against Moses Sam uel (Bud) Stiltz, 38, who fa tally wounded Switzer, 32, in an argument over a $50 debt last Wednesday. General Fund Budget Approval Predicted Portland-(UPD-The 1959 Ore gon legislature will approve a state general fund budget of around $310 to $315 mil lion, it was predicted Monday by Walter W. R. May, editor and publisher of the Oregon Voter. May told the Chamber of Commerce he thought the fig ure would be reached with out a state bond issue, and would include from $10 to $15 million in building funds. Northern Oregon Rivers Said Rising Portland -(UPD- The weather bureau said today light flood ing was expected in the lower Santiam river and in the Mary's river near Philomath because of continued rains. Other streams will rise mod erately to substantially in the next two days. T.R.'i BUGLER DIES San Diego, Calif. 0IPD Maj. Henry Frank Schroeder, 84-year-old veteran credited with sounding the bugle charge which sent Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders up San Juan Hill, was buried Monday with Lost Portlanders Make Way To Safety Portland-dTE-Tvvo 21 yeai old youths feared lost in the Larch mountain area east of Portland during the week end walked out Monday afternoon and were picked up by a Multnomah county deputy sheriff. They were identified as Jim Swain and Mervin Bal lentine, both of northeast Portland. SPY TRIAL STARTS Warsaw -0IPD- Leaders of an alleged spy ring went on trial Monday in the provincial court at Katowice, the Polish news agency PAP reported. Coos Bay Pickels Appear at Klamath Klamath Falls -(UPD- Weyer haeuser Timber company's Klamath Falls operations were shut down today when pickets from the Coos Bay area appeared at local points, i company officials reported. Last week pickets appeared at the North Bend plant of the firm because of a dispute over the discharge of a truck driver. About 780 persons were idled in the Coos Bay area and 1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, January 27, 1959 5 about 1100 were affected here. J. B. Bishop, branch man ager for the firm here, said "there is no labor dispute at Klamath Falls operations." He added that the local plants are open for work. BIG DOUBLE LOADS Dry Cedar $ or Dry Fir II 00 McGINTY FUEL CO. PHONE SP 3-6297 I with gentle, even heat that surrounds clothes New speed, new safety! This amazing new MAYTAG will fast-dry a load of cottons in 26 minutes at little more than body temperature (100 to 1 10). 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