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"Tt j i mi A safety expert predicts that 50,000 persons will be killed in traffic accidents by the year 1966 unless effective action is taken. MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1959 7 What Is The Law? This column is prepared as a public service by the Colleqe of Law. Willamette University, Salem, to explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases to his own problems without an attorney's advice, for differing facts may change the outcome. January is normally the highest coal consuming month. 7 , rapff'rr I J U"'-' rn .11... Jjtr 4L JZfrA1 F -y ' v, , .y.- , . -. -v- .... -j. s . r yy. v .v, -y: Wi ..-!.,' J , .tfr .,-J ft TEN-NATION ARMADA Ships from 10 nations anchor in the St. Lawrence River at Lanoraie, Canada, waiting for the unofficial opening April 25 of the 'St. Law rence Seaway. Port and offshore facilities are crowded by the huge armada of com mercial vessels, which will race to Great Lakes ports as soon as the seaway opens. he Arthur Godfrey Story Editor's note: The Incredible ca reer of Arthur Godfrey, who rose from a youth of flophouses and barroom brawls to become Amer ica's No. 1 radio-TV entertainer for many years, has reached an other crisis. In his own words he will aaderso exploratory surgery for "ivy" growing in his chest that may or may not be'cancerous. This Is the first of two dispatches recalling how Godfrey has bounced back many times before from seemingly finishing blows, and tell ing what has happened to his ca reer recently. By FRED DANZIG UPI International New York-IUPD-Arthur God frey flat on his back again? Don't make the mistake of counting him out. The self-styled "old Irish ruin" has been flattened be fore, financially, physically , and professionally. But each time, the freckle-faced, red o haired radio and television star has bounced back, dusted kimself off, and gone right n enjoying life and entertain ing millions in the bargain. As he faces surgery for a suspected . chest tumor, God frey can look back on a roller coaster career that has led to fame and fortune, but not tvithout hard knocks and pain. He is, in short, an old hand et this sort of thing. It dates back to the time fte was 15 and had just left the Godfrey home in Has brouck Heights, N.J., to make his way in the world. His first job, as an architect's of fice boy in New York, paid 10 a week. After getting his first pay check, Godfrey went out to eat in a hamburger stand. When the time came to pay the 65-cent tab, young Arthur discovered he had lost the money. Washed Dishes He paid the bill by wash ing dishes, to save on room rent, he slept on rolls of news print at a newspaper plant. Then, at 16, someone talked him into becoming a coal miner in Pennsylvania. God frey had to quit after he de veloped a cough. Undaunted, he decided to be a lumber jack and work in the fresh air. This career came a-crop-per when he was unable to swing the heavy ax. Godfrey went on the bum, sleeping in local jailhouses at night. In Akron, Ohio, he found a job as a tire finisher in a rubber plant and, as a side line, worked in a poolroom and helped steer the suckers to a floating crap game. A friend persuaded him to get a more formal education and. Godfrey enlisted in the Navy. He learned to be a radio op erator and, at various ports of call along the Mediter ranean shore, to handle Kim self in barroom brawls. How ever, this phase of his educa tion left him with permanent souvenirs: stitchwork on the scalp and bridgwork in his mouth. He left the Navv in -1924 and found 'a job writing advertising copy for a per fume company, at the rich salary of $100 a week. But Godfrey argued with the boss, quit, and went to Detroit to work on an auto assembly line. ' The factory job made him sick and he fell back on his dishwashing ability. Later, he became a "see-no-evil" desk clerk in a disreputable Detroit hotel but gave this up to become a salesman. Godfrey, who was to become known as the world's greatest sales man, earned $500 a week sell- ring cemetery lots. He gave it up to buy a share of a vaude ville troupe, travelled to California- with it as a part-time performer, and after the out fit went broke, rode the rails back to .Chicago. Enlisted in Coast Guard Upon learning that he could make use of his radio talents in the Coast Guard, he en listed and soon found himself in Baltimore as an instructor. One Saturday night in 1929, Godfrey and some buddies were guzzling beer and listen ing to a local amateur show on the radio. Godfrey decid ed he could do as well as the talent on the show and promptly made his debut as "Red , Godfrey, the warbling banjoist," on Baltimore Sta tion WFRBfcHe was a smash. He was hired-as a singer-for $5 a show, but soon began concentrating on becoming an announcer. From this begin ning, Godfrey develepod his inimitable salty- irreverent-brash-common touch delivery that was to make him a na tional institution and cause sponsors to spend as much as $27 million a year to have Godfrey deliver their mes sages. Godfrey was hired by NBC's station in Washington, D.C., for $50 a week and all seem ed to be going well until Sept. 26, 1931. A car he was driving collided with a truck and . Godfrey found himself flat on his back in a hospital with 32 fractures, including a broken left arm, fractured skull, four broken ribs, a dis placed heart, dislocated hips and shattered kneecaps. He emerged from the hospital many months later with many scars, a permanent limp, and more than a trace of an "old Irish ruin" complex. But he came back. In Trouble Professionally In the summer of 1953, when Godfrey underwent cor rective surgery on his right hip, the operation was front page news for weeks. And when, in August, 1953, God frey returned to his farm near Leesburg, Va., threw away his crutches and went for a swim before a nationwide TV audience, there was hardly a dry eye in the audience. God frey had come back again. i Physical ailments can't seem to slow him down. He still rides horses, goes hunt ing, flies his own plane swims and plays golf. Professionally, he has been having trouble ever since Oc tober, 1953, when he fired singer Julius LaRosa almost in the middle of a song. Many other firings decimated his well-known airtime "family,1 and then he began having sponsor trouble. He 'also was penalized for reckless flying in January, 1954. His ratings Lyle said Tom could live in his house in Oregon. They did not reach an understand ing on how long Tom would be permitted to stay in the house but Tom rid promise to pay Lyle $75 per month, while he lived there. Several months later Lyle had an opportunity to sell the house at a very good price. The buyer insisted on imme diate possession and Lyle ask ed Tom to move out. Tom, who had been paying rent as agreed, refused to leave and Lyle failed to make the sale. Is Tom liable to Lyle for the money Lyle lost when the sale fell through? Tendancy at Will This type of common law case, called a "tendancy at will," is created when a per son lives on land with consent of the owner but with no spe cific agreement regarding the length of the agreement. The tendancy at will could be terminated by either the land lord or the tenant without any period of notice. How ever, under modern law, when a tenant agrees to pay rent periodically (even though he does not agree to stay for any certain period) a "periodic tenancy" is created and notice is required. In Oregon a 30 day notice is required to ter minate a tenancy when the rent is being paid on a month ly basis. Therefore, Tom was entitled to, notice and did not have to leave until 30- days had elapsed from the time he received the notice. He would not be liable to Lyle for the loss of the sale. The sword has two edges. If Tom wanted to vacate the premises in a hurry he would have to give the same 30-day notice .and would be liable to Lyle for the rent for the next month whether or not he ao tually occupied the premises. Notice Required When there is no under standing as to how long a ten ant will stay on the land and rent is to be paid on an an nual basis a 60-day notice is required in Oregon. In addi tion to the 60-day require ment, the law also insists that the tenancy be terminated at the end of the rental period Of course, all of the pro visions in the law relating to notice only operate when the parties are silent about their termination plans. They can make any agreement they de- s i r e regarding termination and their understanding will control. For instance, a ten ant may agree to move out without notice or with a 2-day notice and the agreement will be enforced. If parties enter into a valid lease which indicates the length of the tenancy, the agreement will again control and neither party will be able to terminate the relationship until the period of the lease expires. At this time the ten ancy is terminated without notice. KILLS ONE IN FOUR Berlin -(UPD- One of every four adult deaths in East Germany is caused by cancer according to an East German cancer expert. The Commun ist newspaper Volkstimme of Makdeburg quoted Dr. F. Lindner as saying 50,000 of the 200,000 East German ad ults who die each year are cancer victims. began to drop and he lost his "Talent Scout" nighttime show, once a top-rated pro gram. He gave up his ,Wed nesday night hour and return ed this season with a Tuesday night show that failed to catch on. As many wiseacres began saying Godfrey was through, he suddenly bounced back as the heir-apparent to Edward R. Murrow's popular "Person to. Person" show, starting next fall. Now, Godfrey is down again -this time with a medical problem. But with a record like his, don't bet against the man.- Next: Godfrey's role today. 7fi7$L iThe Great Whiskey of the Old West q choice ggJHIt f TL W 7 or . h $fm C pa ? - rJ0 rJu 'MS if- 5CW''- WINNING THE WEST f O & r,' r ''J -T 4 ' Jftirtbt famous Jmtrican PR TTTTTT' y J "A OASH FOR TIMBER- StiBROOKl dgfc. ; SUNN i-r;;-"B BROOK SO PROOF STRAIGHT BLINDED WHISKEY $2.90 Pt. $2.90 p M.45 45 Qt. 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The Queen Mother gave no indication of noticing the incident at the time, but later made a request for clemency for the woman. Can We Help You? THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FINANCE COMPANIES OF TODAY IS THE WAY PEOPLE ARE TREATED ... Oregon Finance Company Medford's "First" - Established 1928 Gene Thomas, Manager Horn Owned Independent 45 So. Central SP 2-4433 ME TO WW ULWU U UJ SET POT uiru io n ii s n m Some people seem to think we don't want to run passenger trains. . This is a matter of great concern to us because running trains is our business and we expect to be running them for a long time. So we want you to know just how we feel about the important passenger side of our business : 1 We want to run passenger trains that you need and use. We welcome passenger business and we hope more people will ride our trains. We want our passenger trains to be good trains. We think our passenger service is as good as any in the country ...and we intend to keep it that way. 3 We feel, however, that it is sensible to limit our service to trains and schedules which many people nee4 and use, and to discontinue those which few people use and which are obviously no longer needed. More and more people are traveling by automobile and by air, fewer by train. But we have not been sitting idly by while the public's travel habits changed. We've spent millions of dollars in the last ten years on new passenger train equipment, and more millions promoting our service. In spite of our efforts, some of our trains have been carrying very few passengers. We think it is better for everybody for you and for us to reduce or eliminate poorly patronized train service which causes heavy losses. Such losses become a burden on freight shippers and industry, and impair our ability to serve this great and growing Western region. DTD 2)oKSDFD(3 LJ MA
