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f T2 MAIL TRIBUNE, MJfrf, Ortgofi, Friday, February , 1939 Hearing Called for Closing Clark St. Railroad Crossing The Medford city council last night called for a public hearing April 2 on whether to close the Clark st. railroad crossing. The planning com mission has already recom mended that the crossing re main open. A hearing was called for the next regular meeting, Feb. 19, on a zone change to com- mercial use for property on the north side of Jackson st east of Genessee St., where the Rogue Valley State bank plans to erect a branch office. The planners have recom mended this change. The councilmen awarded a contract for supplying the city with fuel oil for the coming year to Signal Oil company, The total sum is $16,245.10 A contract for lubricating oil was awarded to Texas com pany, in the amount of $831.65. Embankment Extension The contract fdr erecting the embankment for the Eighth st. extension east of Bear creek was awarded to F. L. Somers, Medford contractor in the amount of $4,900. The Temple dr. sanitary sewer contract was awarded to I W. H. Conrad company, Medford, . in the amount of $4,798, 14V4 per cent above the engineer's estimate All four of the companies awarded contracts were low bidders, according to city records. The council, at Duffs re quest, continued the matter of granting a zoning vari ance to the apartments at 825 East Ninth st. Duff reported that Watkins Construction company has started erecting a fencing along the lot lines where a substandard setback now exists. ApproT Agreement The councilmen approved an agreement with Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company for setting up a private branch exchange to meet city hall's administrative tele phone needs. Duff said it was "imperative that certain im provements and extensions be made." Richard House, Medford in surance agent at 113 East Eighth st., asked the council to consider allowing variances to the city's sign ordinance He said the ordinance require ments created a hardship for his office and that of his neighbor, George ' Lewis of Rogue Travel Service, 111 East Eighth st. The council asked Duff to study the matter and make a report at the next meeting. Bids were called for instal lation of the Woodrow lane water main. No date has been set for. bid opening. Orders Extension The council ordered in the extension of Columbus ave. from West Jackson st. to Mc Andrews rd. The proposed U.S. Army Reserve Center is to be situated on the west side of this extension. Also approved -were the re lease of an easement in the Earhart Park subdivision and an extension of time to Ches ter A. Hubbard and associates for improving Siskiyou blvd. from Fortune dr. to the IOOF cemetery to Dec. 31, 1960, The council also accepted the Ear hart Park subdivision storm drain. The purchase of a parcel of land belonging to the heirs of Sophinia J. Ish Gore in the airport clear zone for $1,200 plus title policy cost was ap proved on Duffs recommendation. The council approved the transfer of a liquor license for 124 South Central ave. from C. H. and Una C. Cannon to Frank B. Miller and Lawrence LeRoy Taylor Jr. Improvement district funds were established for the Riv erside ave. and Biddle rd. water mains. Applications Being Taken for Positions Applications far engineers' positions with the bureau of reclamation are being receiv ed by the civil service com mission. Jobs are available in the northwest for civil, electrical or mechanical en gineers. Additional information and application forms may be ob tained from L. B. Nelson at the Medford post office. Oregon News Briefs NEW ATTORNEY Eugene- (UPD -Herman Hen dershott, who has practiced law in Eugene for several years, today was named Eu gene's new city attorney. He was named by City Man ager Robert Finlayson to re place John Pennington, who recently was fined $5,000 and placed on probation for two years after pleading guilty to filing false income tax re turns. .' SCHOLARSHIP FUND Portland- (UPD -A new $50, 000 scholarship trust fund available to men students at the University of Oregon law school has been set up. The trust was set up by Henry E. Collier, prominent Portland attorney, who died in 1954, according to terms of his will on file in Probate Court. Scholarships are not to ex ceed $500 a year to worthy students. SHOOT FROM ROADS Salem -llTD- Sen. Anthony Yturri (R-Ontario) introduced a bill Thursday to permit hunters to shoot from road sides. At present it is against the law to fire a gun from any part of a road or highway right-of-way. Yturri proposes to shrink this zone to the "main-traveled portion" of the right-of-way. Weather Control Plan Sponsored Washington (UPD Twenty senators and congressmen sponsored a bill Thursday night to set up a 10-year, $10 million weather control pro gram aimed at increasing the water supply in the Colorado River Basin states of Wyo ming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, "Arizona, Nevada and California. Sen. Clair Engle (D-Calif.), was the principal author of the Senate bill. Rep. Craig Hosmer (R-Calif.), introduced a companion measure in the House. The proposed program would be carried out by the Interior Department and the National Science Foundation Engle said the plan would include engineering and meteorological studies "as well as investigations of modi fication devices including, but not limited to, cloud seeding to increase precipita tion and techniques to con trol snowpack storage and run-off. Portland-UPD-A federal me diator met today with offici als of the Weyerhaeuser Tim ber Company and the Inter national Woodworkers of America to try to settle a dis pute over firing of a truck driver in the Coos Bay Area. SHEEP ON ROAD Salem (UPD Rep. Fayette Bristol (R-Grants Pass) said today he was preparing a bill to clear sheep from Highway 101 from Curry county south to the California line, in the Brookings and Gold Beach areas. He said the sheep are a hazard to traffic. AUCTIONEERS Salem - (UPD The House passed a bill Thursday pro viding for reciprocity for li censed auctioneers from states which agreed to go along with Oregon in such a program. It would remove the need for licensing auctioneer helpers and allow sale of jewelry by any licensed auctioneer. ESTIMATE ASKED Salem-flJPD-Chairman Clar ence Barton of the House Tax ation Committee asked Thurs day for a new Tax Commis sion estimate on the approxi mate $30 million surplus ex pected to be on hand June 30. He said the "tax paying pat tern and tax refund pattern now being developed in the Commission might indicate an upturn in business, and could have a profound effect on the tax program that will be com ing from the current legisla tive session." New Respiratory Viruses Found In Science Study Washington (UPD - Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney re ported today that two new respiratory viruses, which cause influenza-like illnesses, have been discovered. Burney said a recent study by Public Health . Service srientists showed the viruses caused more acute respiratory illnesses among hospitaiizea children and infants than Asian flu last year. Officials told a reported a vaccina is heine developed as nrotection asainst the highly contagious viruses. Burney de scribed the discovery as "an important advance against one of our major public neaitn problems." Study Indigent Children The studv was carried on among hospitalized indigent children in the Washington area during 1957-1958. "Results of the large-scale study on the role of these viruses," Burney said, "show that on a year-round basis they cause 50 per cent more respiratory illness in children than does influenza." Officials noted that the viruses also strike adults. The study covered a range of infections from mild, fever- producing illiness to pneu monia and to croup, a child hood disease characterized by labored and near suffocation breathing. Great Strides Made Commenting on results of the study, Burney said "re spiratory research has made ereater strides in the last sev eral years than in the pre vious generation. Health officials said anti biotics alone won t do the trick against such viruses. Such illnesses, they explain ed, are treated like a "com mon cold" demanding "lots of rest." The so-called "hemadsorp tion" viruses were shown to be responsible for approxi mately 20 per cent oi tne total respiratory illnesses during the period under study. Asian influenza ac counted for only 13 per cent. Hatfield's Ideas Proposed in House Salem -(UPD- Three bills rec ommended in Gov. Mark Hat field's inaugural address were introduced in the Oregon House Thursday. They included homestead tax exemption bill, a bill to transfer the capitol guide serv ice from the secretary of state's office to the Highway Commission and a bill to abol ish the advisory board of the State Boxing Commission and make the attorney general the Commission's advisor. The $7,500 homestead tax exemption would go to per sons 65 years old or older with an annual income not exceed ing $2,500. Senate OK's Housing Bill in Excess of lice's Proposals Washington-fllPD-The Demo cratic - controlled Senate knocked back President Ei senhower s economy cam paign today with a $2,675, 000,000 housing bill, a billion dollars in excess of his pro posals. It turned promptly toward action by nightfall on the $565 million airport construction SPECIAL! a IO ENGLISH IMPORTED TEA CUPS 2.29 Values For ENGLISH BONE CHINA -ALL DAINTILY PATTERNED IN FLOWER AND IVY DESIGNS.- $ Flying Boxcar Crash Kills 3 Oakland, Calif. - (UPD -Two civilian test pilots and an en gineer were killed Thursday when an Air Force C119 Fly ing Boxcar crashed and burn ed shortly after, takeoff from Oakland Airport. The plane was the last of 50 C119s that were overhaul ed and modified for the Air Force by AEMCO, a sub, sidiary of Transocean Air Lines. It was on its first test flight. The dead were identified as the pilot, M. L. (Ted) Vin son, 46, Castro Valley, Calif.; the co-pilot, C. W. Clampitt, 49, Alameda, Calif.; and the engineer, Russell Hansen, 44, San Leandro, Calif. : Vinson was the chief test pilot for AEMCO, which has overhauled some 4,000 planes for the Air Force since 1948. A witness to the crash said the plane climbed steeply, then appeared to stall. It crashed in a marshy area just south of the airport and about one and one-half miles west of Nimitz Freeway. bill he vetoed, last year and is opposing again in 1959. 60 ie 28 Vole The housing measure was approved late Thursday night by a vote of 60-28 after two days of hot political debate. Eighteen Republicans joined 10 southern Democrats against it; 13 Republicans and 47 Democrats voted for the bill. Final Senate action was pre ceded by Democratic charges that the Eisenhower adminis tration had unduly raised in terest rates and Republican accusations that Democrats were trying to throw the President's budget out of kilter. Democratic and Republican leaders agreed that the Sen ate bill would pad Eisenhow er's fiscal 1960 budget by be tween $35 and $135 million. It would go $750 million be yond the administration's pro gram on slum clearance by providing $2,100,000,000 over six years. Single-Shot Bill The Senate measure in cludes a single-shot bill the House approved Wednesday to boost the interest rate on GI housing loans from 4 to 5V4 per cent. The House approved this at Eisenhower's request but tacked on $300 million the administration did not want for housing loans to veterans in rural areas.' As an economy compromise, the Senate sliced this $300 million in half. It also chopped a proposed $400 million fund for college housing loans by $100 million. The administra tion wanted still another $100 million lopped off. ..' Park Personnel Receive Awards Two members of the staff at Crater Lake National park this week received cash awards from the interior de partment under the Em ployees' Incentive Awards act, Thomas J. Williams, sup erintendent, has announced. District Ranger Roby R. Mabery received $175 for su perior performances in first aid, accident prevention and fire training, and Richard O. Varnum, foreman of roads, received $50 for inventing a rock sling to increase safety and efficiency in- moving large rocks with power equip ment. The awards were presented at a-meeting of the National Federation of Federal Em ployees at the park. They were the eighth and njnth awards made to park employees ' for accomplish ments, .Williams said. The awards act provides a means for recognizing those who contribute to improved government management. It rewards employees for special acts or services performed in the public interest, including suggestions, inventions, or accomplishments contributing to efficiency or economy in government operations. Debbie Reynolds Treated for Clot Hollywood - (UPD - Actress Debbie Reynolds was in Mt. Sinai hospital today for treat ment of a blood clot in her left knee injured during a dance rehearsal for a motion picture. The 26-year-old actress who is seeking a divorce from sing er Eddie Fisher was admitted to the hospital Thursday. She received the injury Monday Applicants Sought For Postmaster Job Applications for examina tion for fourth-class postmas ter for the Applegate post of fice will be received by the civil service commission un til Feb. 24, the commission has announced. Applicants must live with-, in the area served by the post office. Additional infor mation may be obtained at the post office in Applegate. Application forms must be filed with the civil service commission, Washington 25, D.C., and must be received or postmarked not later than Feb. 24.: . :s' Mario Lanza Stars In West Berlin Film West Berlin - Mario Lanza is currently raising the tem perature in West Berlin where he is starring in a new inter national musical color film to be titled. "Serenade" or "Silent Melody," according to the Berlin Tourist office. The picture is the story of a cele brated singer, Lanza, who falls in love with a deaf Ger man girl, played by the lovely Berlin starlet Johanna von Koczian. Singer Gels Custody Of Two Children Los Angeles -(UPD Sineer Herb Jeffries has been award ed temporary custody of his two children while his estranged wife undergoes ICICLES STOP TRAIN Bishopton, England - (UPD -Icicles stopped a heavy loco motive Thursday night. Rail way men said the icicles hang ing over the mouth of a tun nel were so big that the en gineer was forced to stop after hitting them and wait 35 minutes until they were clear ed from the track. South Carolina's chief in dustry is cotton processing. treatment for an emotional upset. Superior Court Judge A. Edward Nichols gave custody of the children, Feme, 11, and Romanie, 6, to Jeffries for the next six months. He ruled that Jeffries and his wife, Mildred, should share custody at the end of that time. Mrs. Jeffries has a divorce suit pending. We Give GREEN STAMPS CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main and Central BIG DOUBLE LOADS Dry Cedar $1)00 or Dry Fir Uj& McGINTY FUEL CO. PHONE SP 3-6297 GLENHAYEN SUIT S. YOU t jt" fey '"eksame X. 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