Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF-
THE PARTNERS of a Seventh Avenue dress house celebrated
the closing of the books in their biggest year by patronizing
a gaudy night club. There a teenage chorus cutie delighted
them both,
"Let's offer her twice
what she's getting here to
be a model in our show
room," proposed one. Tm
afraid," demurred the other.
"She looks -like an innocent
little thing and one of those
fresh buyers might take ad
vantage, of her. I think it's
tip to us first to teach her
what's right and wrong."
"That's a great ideal" en
thused the first partner.
"You teach her what's
right-
From L S. Lindquitt, of Minneapolis: Ole and Oscar were gulping
down large draughts of soup in a side street restaurant. Ole, glancing
Out of the window, remarked, "Looks like rain.'
Without looking up, Oscar replied, "Tastes like It, too."
V. 0 1353, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by Xing Features Syndicate.
Many Books About
Conservation Are
Available in Area
Man's most basic need, the
means to feed himself, is rap
idly exceeding the ability of
the world to yield sufficient
food."
This is the warning of Fair
field Osborn, the author of
"Our Plundered Planet," in
which he points out that the
misuse of land by the people
is fundamental to the troubles
of nations throughout the
world.
"Our Plundered Planet" is
included in a selection of
books on conservation of nat
ural resources which has been
arranged at the Medford Pub
lic library in honor of Conser
vation Week by Miss Joyce
Marlin, reference librarian.
, Included are books on soil
conservation, forest preserva
tion, and the conservation of
Illinois Valley
Sets Special Event
Cave Junction A special
event In the Illinois valley
this month will be an Old
Timers get-together, now be
ing arranged as a reunion of
all those -who were valley resi
dents prior to 1900.
It will be held May 30 in
the Masonic banquet room, the
doors will open at noon and
there will be a potluck lunch
eon with coffee furnished.
The committee in charge of
arrangements and invitations,
Mrs. George Thrasher, Mrs.
Sam Bunch, Mrs. Alice Hogue
and Mrs. Harry Floyd, asks
that anyone having informa
tion concerning the where
abouts of any of the old resi
dents, to contact the commit
tee. A near complete list is
available to the committee,
but to avoid anyone being
overlooked, they will appre
ciate any information.
Safety Council to
Meet Friday Noon
The May membership meet
ing of the Medford Safety
Council will be held Friday
noon, May 8, at Rogue Valley
Country club, according to C.
D. (Swede) Larson, Pierce
Freight Lines, president.
The agenda will include a
report on the annual school
patrol banquet, discussion of
the forthcoming membership
drive, and the vehicle safety
check program.
All members are urged to
attend and the meeting is open
to the public, Larson said.
Twining Admitted To
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington -(BPD- Gen. Na
than Twining, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, was ad
mitted to Walter Reed Hos
pital Sunday for a diagnostic
study, the Defense Depart
ment announced today.
The department said that
during a regular physical ex
amination "chest X-ravs indi
cated a requirement for fur
ther diagnosis and study."
CRASH KILLS AIRMAN
Tampa, Fla.-4UPD-A B-47 jet
bomber with four men aboard
crashed on takeoff Wednesday
at MacDill Air Force Base,
Killing one of the airmen.
Capt. Gene J. O'Malley, 34,
Huntington, W.Va., aircraft
commander, Capt. Charles
Gould, 39, Forth Worth, Tex.,
navigator-instructor, and Capt.
George Beckingham, 33, Brad
ley, W.Va., navigator, suffer
ed minor injuries. The name
of the airman killed was withheld.
GRANDCHILD FOR BING
Hollywood -UP&- Bing Cros
by's second grandchild will
be named after the singer's
first wife, Dixie Lee. The 5
pound, 13-ounce girl was born
Wednesday to Sandra Drum
mond Crosby and her husband,
Phillip, one of the crooner's
twin sons.
water, forage, and wild life
Problem of Erosion
"Our Vanishing Lands," by
G. V. Jacks shows how seri
ous the problem of erosion is
in this land, and what must be
done if farm lands are to be
saved. The history of the ex
ploitation of the land and the
desperate efforts made for its
conservation are described in
"Behold Our Land," by Rus
sell Lord. "The Valley and Its
People," by R. L. Duffis is
the story of the nation's great
experiment in rebuilding a re
gion laid waste by decades of
exploitation.
Concerning forest conserva
tion, the selection includes
"The Triumph of the Tree,"
on the drama of trees and
their relation to mankind, by
J. S. Collis; "Forests and
Men," William Greeley's
story of men and events in 50
years of conservation and for
estry, and "Our Living .For
ests," the story of the preser
vation and multiple use of
forests, by Joseph T. Hazard.
The new problems and re
sponsibilities faced by speci
alists in forest soils are de
scribed by S. A. Wilde in his
book, "Forest Soils."
Modern Text -
The library also offers one
of the few modern texts to
deal comprehensively with
the problem of timber decay
and its prevention in the
book, "Decay of Timber and
its Prevention," by K. Cart-
wright.
The conservation of wild
life is discussed by Harry Neal
in "Nature's Guardians," and
by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek in
"No Room for Wild Animals"
in which he demonstrates that
the problems of wildlife con
servation already face Afri
can countries. J. N. Gabriel
son's "Wild Life Conserva
tion" includes the subject of
water supply as well.
All books listed above, and
books on other phases of con
servation, are available at the
Medford Public library and
through any Jackson County
branch library upon request.
Live Hand Grenade
Found in Mail Bag
Washington-dJPD-A live hand
grenade wrapped in an old
New York City newspaper
was found by startled clerks
today as they sorted mail
incoming trains at the main
post office.
A clerk picked it off the
conveyor belt and placed it on
a desk in a well isolated spot
until an Army demolition ex
pert arrived and carted it
away.
Postal inspectors were mys
tified and Postmaster Carlton
Beall said it would be "quite
a problem trying to find out"
where the grenade came from.
. He said it was dumped out
of a sack containing parcel
post packages, but there were
no broken packages in the
sack out of which it could
have come. There were no
wrappings of any kind except
the old newspaper-"not the
type of thing" a postal em
ployee would put in a mail
sack. '
LURE THEM IN
kee logic has killed a legisla
tive move to boost the Ver
mont fishing license fees for
out-of-state anglers. "Fishing
in Vermont isn't good enough
to raise the fees," said State
Rep. Philip Chase (R-Putney)
and the legislature voted
down the hike.
London-flJPD-Britain is setting
un a "University of the Air"
to combat a threatened short
age of airline pilts. John Hav.
joint parliamentary secretary
to the Transport Ministry,
told the House of Commons
Wednesday. He said that un
less sDecial steps are taken
soon there will be a shortage
of young pilots aiier iaoi.
8
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Thursday, May 7, 1959
Portland Youth
Admits Slaying
Store Operator
Oregon City - (DPD - Patric
David Smith, 15, Portland,
who said he "simply had an
urge," Wednesday confessed
to last Saturday s slaying of
75-year-old Mrs. Minnie Swet
land, a variety store operator,
District Attorney Winston
Bradshaw said.
Smith, a Central Catholic
High school student, was pick
ed up for questioning Wed
nesday afternoon. He was held
in the. Clackamas county jail
on a first degree murder
charge, Bradshaw said. -
Purchased Knife
The youth told Bradshaw
he had been in the variety
store on southeast 82nd ave.
before the slaying. He said
he had purchased a knife at
a second hand store earlier
and after he left the store
bent the knife blade punctur
ing old cans.
He went to a service station
to straighten the knife blade
and then returned to the store.
Smith asked Mrs. Swetland
to show him some sling shots.
When the woman bent over
the showcase to get them out,
he hit her in the head with
a hammer, according to Brad
shaw. This apparently only
stunned the woman and Smith
drove the knife into her back,
the district attorney said.
Request Remembered
Bradshaw said the service
station attendant had remem
bered Smith asking for per
mission to use tools to bend
the knife blade back. He also
had been seen puncturing the
cans.
Bradshaw said the boy told
him he became frightened
after the slaying and fled
home.
Children's Book
Winners Listed
Announcement .of this
year's national Newbery and
Caldecott awards has been re
ceived by Miss Julie Keiser,
head of work with children at
the Medford Public library.
The Newbery award is giv
en to the author of the best
book for children of the pre
ceding year, while the Calde
cott award is given to the il
lustrator of the picture book
regarded as best.
Mrs.. Elizabeth George
Speare was presented the
Newbery medal for "The
Witch of Blackbird Pond," a
suspense story for teen-agers
based on a witch incident in
Wethersfield,' Conn., during
Puritan days.
The Caldecott award for
the most outstanding Ameri
can picture book went to Bar
bara Cooney for "Chanticleer
and the Fox," an adaptation
of Chaucer's Nun's Priest's
Tale.
Choice of the prize-winning
books is determined by a
committee of the children's
services division of the Amer
ican Library association. Offi
cial presentation of the med
als will be made at the New-bery-Caldecott
banquet June
23 at the Sheraton Park ho
tel in Washington, D.C., dur
ing the annual conference of
the American Library associa
tion. Both prize-winning books
are available at the Medford
Public library or through any
Jackson county branch library
upon request.
Federal Minimum
Wage Boost Asked
Washington -(DPD AFL-CIO
President George Meany urg
ed Congress today to boost the
federal minimum wage to
$1.25 an hour and extend cov
erage to an additional 7,500,
000 workers in order to re
lieve "misery" and "destitu
tion."
Meany told the Senate La
bor Committee that changes
in the Wage-Hour Act would
bolster the economy and
strengthen the free enterprise
system.
The AFL-CIO chief was the
first witness at hearings on
a bill by Sen. John F. Ken
nedy (D - Mass.) and , Sen.
Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) to
boost the current $1 minimum
by 25 cents an hour and ex
tend coverage.
The Yukon, about 2,300
miles long, is the largest river
in Alaska.
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Fred Astaire Grabs Mine 'Emmy' Awards For Television Work
Hollywood -(DPD Fred As
taire, belieing the "old dad"
nickname he hung on himself,
let his famous dancing feet do
the celebrating Wednesday
night after his stunning sweep
of nine television "Emmy"
awards.
"A great night for old
dad," cracked the skinny As
taire when he accepted one of
the awards given him by the
Academy of Telivision Arts
and Sciences. He will be 60
Sunday.
Astaire, whose sophisticated
dances brought him stardom
on Broadway and motion pic
tures, won each award for
which he had been nominated,
including best actor of 1958
in a single performance.
Julia Harris Honored
The biggest winner next to
Astaire was the Irish drama
"Little Moon of Alban" which
took four awards, including
the best actress in a single
performance , award for its
star, Julie Harris.
There were a number of
two-Emmy winning shows,
including Perry Mason, Peter
McKenzie Pass Road
Due To Open Friday
Salem-OJPD-The State High
way Department said today
the McKenzie pass highway,
closed all winter by snow,
would open Friday at 4 p.m.
CALLING SHORE PATROL
Chicago -UPD- The Chicago
police department, given a
new assignment to patrol the
waterfront three miles out in
Lake Michigan now that the
St. Lawrence Seaway is open,
listed today some new equip
ment it says it needs: Boats.
Gunn, Dinah Shore and Jack
Benny.
The only Westerns garner
ing awards were Maverick,
named the best oat-burner,
and Gunsmoke, in which Den
nis (Chester) Weaver won an
Emmy as best supporting act
or in a series.
Among the networks, NBC
nearly swept the field by col
lecting 27 Emmys, CBS won
12 and ABC one.
Playhouse 90, expected to
be 'a big Winner, won only
one award the best dra
matic series of one hour or
longer.
News Team Wins
In the news category, the
team of Chet Huntley and
David Brinkley on NBC was
chosen the best news report
ing program; Face of Red
China, CBS, the best special
news program; Ed Murrow,
CBS, best news commentator;
and Cuban Revolution, CBS,
the best on-the-spot news cov
erage. :
Other awards included: Lor
etta Young (best actress, dra
matic series), Jane Wyatt (best
actress, comedy series), Bar
bara Hale (best supporting
actress,, dramatic series), Ann
B Davis (best supporting ac
tress, comedy series) and Tom
Poston (best supporting actor,
comedy series).
Perry Como won the best
actor of a musical show
award and Raymond Burr the
award for the best actor of a
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Red Box Tool Kit includes M-in. drill, OR
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Galvanized switch boxes, wall plates, receptacles;
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