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a MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdferd, Oregon, Tueidar, February 10, 193t A. Robert Smith Tells About Being Named in Libel Charge By A. ROBERT SMITH Washington Correspondent ; Washington - A U.S. mar shal once served me with a ubpoena directing my ap pearance be fore a local libel attorney for question ing about an article under my by-line. . There was, I was assured by another libel lawyer. a. Kbt. smitfc nouung lioei ous about my story. But in an instance of harassment di rected more at the newspaper involved than at me, a libel GO suit was filed for $ J 30,000 In the normal course of things, both sides subpoenaed the parties in the case to come in and give depositions- that is. to answer questions directed by the lawyers. The main thrust of the ques tioning directed at me was to elicit the source of certain in formation which appeared in the story. There is no law here in the District of Columbia to pro tect newsmen from divulging their sources. There is no such law in the state in which the newspaper was published. Not in Vulnerable Position The source of my informa tion, fortunately, was not in a SAMS VALLEY Centennial Program Set By MRS. CLYDE KELL Sams Valley-All grades of the Sams Valley school will join in observing the Oregon Centennial, William Brewster, principal of the school said. The seventh and eighth grades will be observing the centennial Friday, Feb. 13, when prizes will be given to the boys and girl who are dressed in the most authentic styles of 100 years ago. ' Several of the students are making plans to ride their horses to school and an as sembly will be held in the school's auditorium at 10:30 a.m. featuring contributions of historic significance from all classrooms. j John Dean's intermediate fifth and sixth grades have made plans to participate by exhibiting placer mining equipment and a covered wagon manned by Oregon bound immigrants. Since Lin coln'! birthday is not to be overlooked, these students will also feature split rail fencing and a log cabin in this exhibit. Mrs. Susan Ambrose's third and fourth grade pupils will represent many of the "firsts" in Oregon, especially people who traveled the Oregon trail, the famous white men, In dians, and fur-traders. The first and second grades under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. Mildred Mack, are contributing a glimpse of Oregon before the white man came. ' j. . lie yuiuiKsicis wm uicscut , Indian enncic pamps ana dances. They plan to take a waik to visit the Lindsey Houston house, a part of which was built for a pioneer Sams Valley family nearly 100 years ago. Many parents, as well as pupils of the Sams Valley school, heard a talk given re cently during an assembly by Dr. Arthur Taylor from South ern Oregon college. Dr. Tay lor spoke on the subject of the Oregon trail. Numerous col ored slides of remnants of the Oregon trail were shown at this time by Chet Squires, Mr. Brewster said. they presented moving pic tures taken while they were touring Europe. The films shown of Italy and Greece were especially in teresting to the youngsters, Mr. Brewster said because they had been studying these countries in their class work. In addition to the movies the upper grades watched a 20-minute presentation of col ored slides of the Holyland, Italy and Greece and had the opportunity to have their questions . answered by the Andersons. Youngsters of the Sams Valley school, and their teach ers received a high recom mendation a few weeks ago, when Fire Chief, L. C. Lisen bee, and the assistant chief, Robert Mclvor, of the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district made an inspection and held a surprise fire drill. Chief Lisenbee said the out side doors were all cleared within 20 seconds with no confusion. William Brewster, principal of the school, said that practice fire drills are held once or twice each month to be sure the pupils clear the building as they should. He stated that drills are held when youngsters are in the cafeteria during the lunch hour, as well as when they are in the classrooms, so they will be trained to clear the building at any hour of the day. Monday, Feb. 2, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Sweet Home, who were visitors in the Rogue valley, came to the Sams Valley school where Talent Youth Charged With Petty Larceny A 13-year-old Talent boy, who said he was shopping for a Valentine's Day present for his mother, was arrested Sat urday afternoon on a petty larceny charge, Medford po lice reported. Police said the boy admit ted in a signed statement that he had taken a jeweled dice key chain from Van Lee's 88- Cents store, 227 East Sixth st. The case was referred to the Jackson County Juvenile department and the boy re leased to his mother by po lice. YOUNG PREACHER Reform, La. -0JPD- Warren C. Vaughn, 13, has become a licensed preacher. Warren, a seventh grader, was licensed by the Hebron Baptist church vulnerable position. He could not be hurt professionally by his identity bein disclosed. He told me to go ahead and name him if the question came up, and I did The suit never went to court. The man who sued would have settled for $1, in stead of $150,000, if the paper had agreed not to print a story on his retreat. The paper refused to hush up the settle ment, settled for S100, and printed a front page story about the matter, Had the circumstances been only slightly different, my di lemma would have been the same as that of Marie Torre. the columnist who recently went to jail for 10 days when she felt obliged to protect her source because of his vulnerability. The person who sued me for libel was a former govern ment official, a lawyer who knew how to use the law to his advantage even though he didn't have a libel case. He was in the news because of his position as counsel for a local public power board in which there was an internal struggle going on for suprem acy between two factions. Formal Complaint My story named this man as one who had made a formal complaint to the Government against two board members who were also employed by the Department of the Inter ior. He claimed they were guilty of improper outside ac tivities which interfered with their government duties. The point of recalling these details is this - the Interior Department steadfastly re fused to divulge the name or names of those who made the complaint. Interior Department offici als said their policy was to protect these sources of infor mation. They said that even a court could not compel the department to identify its sources of information. What I am advocating is that newspapermen have the same privilege to protect their sources of information. This will make newspapermen no less responsible than they must be today, for a libel ac tion could still be taken against them for reporting false and damaging informa tion. But it will offer a safe guard for free flow of more candid information about gov ernment than is often found in the official press releases. Alabama, Arizona, Arkan sas, California, Indiana, Ken tucky, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania have all recognized the merit of such a law, and have provided one covering their courts. The Oregon leg i s 1 a t u r e could well give this serious consideration. PRESS MAN DIES White Plains, N.Y. - (UPD -Don O. Gilbert, 46, chief of the New York Bureau of the Canadian Press, died Monday while undergoing surgery for a stomach ailment. Radium's activity lasts for centuries and even after 2.000 or more years is only one-half dissipated. Severe Weather Climax in Change Of Circulation Suitland, Md., (Science Service) The severe weath er that has crippled much;of the country recently is the climax in a change of world wide circulation to a more stable pattern. Beginning of the chain of events leading to the devas tating storm can be traced back several weeks, Jerome Namias, head of the Weather Bureau's extended forecast section here, told Science Service. He said this does not mean that the birth, growth and path of any individual storm since then could have been predicted then or can be forecast today more than a day or two in advance. . Orderly Series It does mean, he said, that there was an orderly series of atmospheric events that set a stage favorable to de velopment of the crippling storm. The developments consist of gradual changes in the pat tern of the planet-circling belt of winds high in the at mosphere that seems to con trol surface weather. Known as the planetary wave, this belt shows up as a wavy line of troughs and crests on me teoroligists' maps of the up per atmosphere. During November, the planetary wave had four crests and four troughs, one of which was located just east of the Continental Di vide. Today it has five crests and troughs, Namias said. As part of the. changeover, the troughs stretched so far apart that the one over Texas "crashed," and a new one has taken its place. Warm Pacific Air Associated with this exces sive spreading out, Namias explained, is an inflow of warm air from the Pacific When the trough breaks down, or "crashes," cold air spills in from the polar re gions. The storm feeds on the en ergy of this strong tempera ture contrast. Moist air over runs the cold, resulting in snow, sleet and strong winds where the two air masses clash. The new regime set up by the five - trough planetary wave is likely to be a stable one, Namias said, bringing moisture and storminess to the East Coast. The four- wave pattern, he noted, was stable for awhile as long as the westerlies remained strong, but broke down when the westerlies weakend. Federal Agency Positions Open A variety of positions in federal agencies are open, ac cording to the Eleventh U.S. Civil Service regional office in Seattle. These positions include management analyst and bud get examiner, stock control clerkv clerk, electronic scien tist, metallurgist, physicist, leacher, livestock inspector, and air reserve technician. For additional information contact the Medford post of fice. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 'Cheerful as its Egggigi . name" !gP9; i 1 'i sl? note to ;? BRou: BLEND !s! m'2SI BUYERS: If ,"r .... M.nd Ak tat I W$ m WINNING THE WEST I ifttr iht famtut American mtu,, FREDERIC REMINGTON 'Firkl ftr the Water Helt The great bourbon of the Old West Enjoy the smooth Kentucky flavor and quality of this generations-old Western favorite now winning new friends everywhere! so proof $j go RETURNING TO FAMILY after being given reduced sentence for desertion, Wayne Powers is looking for work at Mont D'Ongny, France. Yvette Bleuse sheltered him for 14 years while he was fugitive from U. S. Army. Their five children are, from left: Dorothy, 12; Jimmy, 10; Freddy, 2; Haxry, 5, and Douglas, 8. Yvette supports family. Senior Activity Center Announces Weekly Events Events scheduled atl the Senior Activity Center were recently announced at the monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Rogue Val ley Council on Aging. Showing of travel pictures began this week and will be shown each Monday from 10:30 a.m. until noon. Dr. Frank Roberts, who took the pictures to be shown the first several weeks, will show them and will include seven Euro pean countries. A shuffleboard game has also been included in the ac tivities and is held Fridays from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. along with j other informal types of entertainment. The hostess, Mrs. Elsa Walker, is on hand to help those who wish to learn the game. Records suitable for the in termediate level of dancing are needed for the Thursday morning dancing class, ac cording to James Forbes, in structor. The class is continu ing its instruction in basic dance steps - waltz, fox-trot. and two-step. The class meets from 10 ajn. until noon. Any gifts of records may be left at the center, 601 East Jackson st. Also needed at the Center 'Blue' Salt Aids In Making Rain New York - (Science Serv ice) - "Blue" salt in th at. mosphere may play an im portant role m making rain, a Canadian scientist tnlH tho American Meteorological So ciety meeting here. Dr. Henrv M. Parp nt Vio division of applied chemistry, iationai research Council, Ottawa, said lahoratnrv stu dies showed '''blue", salt -absorbs water vapor much more readily than normal salt. The "blue" or activated salt, he suggested, is formed in the atmosphere by "radio-chemical excitation." He prepared the "hlup" salt by treating microcrystals of sodium chloride with ra diofrequency waves. The sur face of the treated salt de creases much more slowly than that of normal sodium chloride when exposed to water vapor. Dr.. PaDee re ported. The blue color is due in colloidal sodium on the outer surface and is "remarkably stable" at room temDeratures. he said. Whether rain is formed hv the melting of ice crystals or the growth of tiny drops of water vapor, there must he a minute particle around which tne crystal or the raindrop forms. Weathermen rail such particles condensation nuclei. JJr. Papee reported that the treated salt would provide a "much more efficient conden sation nucleus" than ordinary salt. is a piano in order that vari ous musical activities may be started. An orchestra is being organized by Edward C. Root, a member of the Center co ordinating committee, it was reported., It will be formed as soon as a piano is located. All persons interested in learning to play a musical in strument or participate in mu sical activities may contact the Center at SPring 2-4163. Visiting Program The second training session of the Friendly Visiting pro gram will be held Feb. 25, Mrs. S. D. Earhart announced at the meeting. She explained that about 50 more volunteers are needed for this program that visit nursing homes in the area. Additional activities sched uled at the Center include Monday, Great Decisions, 2 until 4 p.m.; Tuesday, oil painting, 1 until 3 p.m.; Wednesday, woodcarving and clay modeling, 1 until 3 p.m.; Thursday, intermediate dance, 10 a.m. until noon; and Fri day, shuffleboard, magazine exchange, reading and visit ing, 10 a.m. until 1 pjn. GOLD HILL 'Pioneer' Day Planned Eager Fireman Forgets Tillerman Pittsburgh -(UPD- A damage suit pending today against the city attested to the eagerness displayed by one fireman at getting to the scene of the fire. Driver Joseph Conrad of Engine Company 24 streaked his long ladder truck out of the firehouse en route to a fire when the rear swung out and struck two parked auto mobiles. Much to his dismay, there was no driver handling the rear of the double-jointed truck. ' The shocked drived saw his tillerman chasing the vehicle down the street on foot. By MRS. CLYDE KELL Gold Hill - Youngsters of the Hanby and Patrick schools in Gold Hill will observe the Oregon Centennial, Friday, Feb. 13, when children of all grades, who wish, will come to school dressed as pioneer boys and girls. An assembly program fea turing the centennial theme will be held between 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Special selections will be provided by the music departments. Gilbert Mack, principal of the two schools, said that Valentine parties will be held in the classrooms following the assembly. Refreshments will be serv ed by the room mothers. Oth er parents who wish to assist with the room parties may contact the room mothers in their youngsters classroom. All principals in district 6-C are now working on their school's budget. EAT AND RUN Kentfield, Calif. -4DPD- Au thorities today sought three youths who dropped by the "Eat and Run Drive-in" and took the name literally. They ate $4.50 worth of hamburg ers and milkshakes and . ran, without paying. The month of February has many activities for Mr. Rus sell Carr's eighth grade stu dents. Several hearts, with the date of each event, are posted on the bulletin board in the classroom. On Friday, Feb. 13, the Huskies will meet Rogue Riv er here for a game at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, is "mystery night" between 7 and 9 p.m. Another game is scheduled here Feb.. 20 at 7 p.m. The boys will hold a candy sale on Thursday, Feb. 26, and on Friday, Feb. 27, the Huskies will go to Rogue River for a game at 1 p.m. The geographyof the moon is called selenography. Over 30,000 moon craters have been identified by astronomers. Improve your home with MIRRORS All Sizes in Stock Phone SP 3-3613 GLASS CO. 303 North Bartlert SELBY Dean Roberts, seventh grade teacher, said that the boys in his seventh grade shop classes are working on tool boxes made of pine and planters made of pencil cedar. The boys in the eighth grade snop class have completed plastic dishes, gun racks and jewelry. The seventh grade social class are doing committee work at this time on Africa. An old-fashioned Valentine party is being planned by this group of students, in keeping with the centennial. DEDICATE DUKE MANSION New York -(UPD The James B. Duke mansion, former res idence of the tobacco manu facturer and a New York land mark, was dedicated Monday as the new home of the Insti tute of Fine Arts of New York University. An average retail food mer chant earns only about one cent on every dollar that is spent by consumers. CONTEMPORARY VALENTINES Cour! Records DISTRICT COURT Millroy N. Charley, no operator's license. S5. John F. Zimmerlee, overload, 3152. Joseph J. Gmet. improper light ing, S6; no operator's license. $10. Ravmnnri R Rrmi-n. S65. license, $10. Jack J. Magel, driving while em braced. S6. Dewey V. Hikard, failure to op erate On the riffht ciri nf rnA $15. Guy R. Zehrling, violation of basic rule, $15. Warren T Krw, n it. cense. $10. Marvin Maloney Jr, no oper ator's license. $10. Harry I. Hagar Jr., no public utilities commission permit, $5. Rosazetta M. Coyle, no oper ator's license. $15. CrRCUIT COURT Alva .Tan TVTilltiran ir -l .11 T Milligiin, divorce complaint. QT. STRAIGHT FROM KENTUCKY TRULV AMERICAN WHISKEY THE OLD SUNNY BROOK COMPANY, LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY, DISTRIBUTED BY NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS COMPANY KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 90 PROOF KENTUCKY BLENDED WHISKEY 86 PROOF 65 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. DAILY'S Body & Paint Southern Oregon's Oldest and Finest 29 S. BARTLETT Phone SP 2-2395 mm BARGAINS GALORE ON EVERY PIE TBI BY FLOOR! 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