16
MAIL TRIBUNE, MtdforJ. Or.
Tu4ay, July 21, 195
HONORARY
UNDERWRITER
' Montpelier, Vt. - (CPU - Sam
uel de Champlain became an
insurance man 35 years af
ter he d iscovered Lake
Champlain. He was recently
named an honorary member
of the Vermont Association of
Life Underwriters.
Win Compliments
l 7427 f I
Add crochet with sentiment
lo your living-room with this
charming filet crochet chair-
jet.
t Lace-stitch bows and roses
jn heart frame-lovely as chair
Set, scarf ends. Pattern 7427;
charts, directions chair back
12Vixl6; armrest 6x12 inches
in. No. 50.
-. Send thirty - five cents
5fcoins) for this pattern ' add
3 cents for each pattern for
list-class mailing. Send to
"Medf ord Mail Tribune, House
hold Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168,
jOld Chelsea Station, New
;York 11, N. Y. Print plainly
same, address, ' pattern num
ber. '
1 Our 1959 Alice Brooks
Needlecraft Catalogue has
many lovely designs to order:
crocheting, knitting, embroid
ery, quilts, dolls, weaving. A
. special gift, in the catalog to
keep a child happily occu-
pied-a cutout doll and clothes
to color. Send 25 cents for
your copy of the book.
Seven IFofentfiiaD Candidates Seen tor EDemo Nomination
Editor's Bote: Thll is the second
of two dispatches in which a vet
eran Washington political reporter
sizes op the presidential situation
one year before the Republican and
Democratic conventions.
Bt RAYMOND LAHR
UPI Correspondent
Washington-TOPD - With the
1960 political conventions just
a year away, the Democrats
have a field of seven potential
candidates in the running for
the presidential nomination.
By convention time, there
could be more.
State presidential primaries
or the accidents of politics,
however, could eliminate some
of those now viewed as con
tenders before the delegates
convene at Los Angeles July
11, 1960.
None has yet declared him
self a candiate and none has
a commanding lead. The cur
rent feeling among Democrats
is- that none will be close, to
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
H Explode Myths
Of 'Special Foods'
Certain African tribes, liv
ing in regions where lions are
present, believe that by kill
ing the animal and eating its
heart they will possess the
strength and courage of the
lion. If this seems ridiculous,
it might be well to remember
that we, the self-termed en
lightened ones, also go in for
some things that are equally
silly.
You probably know folks
who eat celery because it is
good for the nerves. There
are those who firmly believe
that fish is brain food, and
they eat fish whether they
like it or not. It would be use
less to tell these folks that
even if they ate a crate of cel
ery a day from now on, they
could still be as "nervous as
a cat" or a "setting hen." If
your emotional life suffered a
relapse, you could get no bet
ter than one who had never
eaten a stalk of celery in his
life. Celery and relief from
nervous breakdowns have
nothing at all in common.
Not Brain Food
Neither would your brain
be any better fed if you ate
all the fish in the sea.. Eating
fish is not equivalent to a
college education. In fact, by
itself, it wouldn't even get you
in the first grade.
Celery, . fish, or even the
lion's heart would all furnish
nutrients necessary to human
or animal metabolism, but so
would lima beans, hot dogs or
artichokes. Digestive systems
seem to be such that assimilat
ed food mainly goes to nourish
the entire system. It just isn't
directed toward one particular
part. The stomach doesn't sort
it all out or say, "here comes
some fish, send this up to the
brain." Neither does it recog
nize the crunch of celery, al-
I erting the nerves of the body
I to "get ready, here's your fa
vorite food.
Eating elephant meat
wouldn't generate tremendous
strength, any . more than eat
ing rabbit would cause the
eater to be timid, or give him
the ability to wiggle his nose.
Because you drink milk, or
eat eggs, doesn't induce any
one to moo like a cow, or
roost on a perch at night like
a domestic hen. Sure, all these
things are silly. But many of
us do some silly things in the
belief we are helping our
selves, or generating a force
or a power. f
Just As Ridiculous
We laugh at the African na
tive who tries to derive the
courage of the mis-named
King of Beasts by eating its
heart. But the celery, fish,
and other peculiar beliefs we
accept as "cure-alls" are just
as ridiculous. They're all as
impossible as the belief that
if someone says, "You are
lion-hearted.V you have an
abundance of strength and
courage. The so-called King
of Beasts does not possess any
more courage or strength in
relation to size than the stupid
hyena, who is satisfied to eat
the "crumbs of flesh that fall
from the lion's table."
Eating the lion's heart won't
make the native any braver,
any more than there is a dan
ger of your neighbor develop
ing a "shady '' character be
cause he spends his afternoons
lying in the shade. Neither
does the eating of popcorn go
to your head and flake off
your scalp as dandruff. -(Released
by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate. 1959)
India's principal imports
are food grains and seeds, raw
cotton, machinery and mill
workers. ' v
CliMMC
sjummem smm "soars
ORIGINALLY PRICED
AT 19.95 -17.98 - 10.99
.NOW ONLY
5
CHOOSE THE SUIT THAT IS
SMART FOR YOU AT THIS
SPECIAL LOW PRICE!
FITTED, OR BOXY STYLES
WITH SLIM SKIRTS. . .
WASHABLE EASY-CARE
FABRICS ...
MISSES AND HALF SIZES .
ALL SALES FINAL v
"A SUIT SO VERY FEMININE FOR
COLLEGE OR CAREER"
having the nomination sewed
up by the time the convention
opens.
Strong' Support
Here is the lineup:
Adlai E. Stevenson, defeat
ed 1952 and 1956 nominee
who' says he is not a candidate
and will not be nominated. He
still, has strong rank-and-file
support and is considered a
strong compromise possibility
if the convention goes beyond
the third ballot.
Sen. John F. Kennedy
(Mass.), who is now regarded
as the front-runner and who
has been steadily moving into
position for the big try ever
since he barely lost the 1956
vice presidential nomination
to Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten
nessee. A Catholic, he is hand
icapped in some areas by nerv
ousness about the political im
pact of the religous issue.
Sen. Stuart Symington (Mo.),
who probably has more "sec
ond choice" support than any
other contender now. He
would be epected to move up
if the pacesetters falter on the
second or third ballot. His vot
ing record aligns him with
the New ; Deal 'wing of the
party but the Southerners gen
erally consider him accept
able. He was Air Force Secre
tary and held other executive
assignments in the Truman
administration.
Depends on Record
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson (Te.), like
Stevenson, declares with ap
parent conviction that he will
Man Injured in Fall
Now Convalescing
Frank B. Wheat, 801 North
Central st., is convalescing at
his home following his release
last week from Sacred Heart
hospital.
Wheat was injured June 19
when he fell from the roof of
the new Shakespearean Festi
val theater in Ashland. Ac
cording to Mrs.. Wheat, .he
may have visitors. .
not be a candidate. How he
is rated by convention time
will depend largely on the
public's attitude toward the
record of Congress when it
finishes its 1959 and 1960 ses
sions. His reputation as a miracle-worker
has been smudged
recently by the Republican as
sault on Congress under the
leadership of President Eisen
hower. His Southern roots will
hurt him with delegates con
cerned about the civil rights
issue but will help with those
worried about keeping the
South in the party.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey
(Minn.), who rates high with
the liberal wing of the party
but is almost persona non
grata in the South. . He will
have trouble mustering sup
port as long as the shadow of
a third Stevenson nomination
hangs over the convention.
However, he is preparing to
challenge Kennedy in. some
of the state presidential pri
maries. The results could be
fatal to one or both.
Gov. G. Mennen Williams,
the still youthful six-term gov
ernor of Michigan. He'is count
ed a very long short, in part
because he is tied closely to
the CIO wing of the labor
movement and is getting a
dose of bad publicity from a
financial crisis in his home
state.
Gov. Robert B. Meyner, who
has twice been elected chief
executive of the normally Re
publican and pivotal state of
New Jersey. He also is still
classed as a long shot.
Among others who may
move into contention is Gov.
Edmund G. Brown of Cali
fornia, who led the Democrats
in his state out of the wilder
ness in the 1958 election but
now calls himself only a fa
vorite son candidate. Another
is Rep. Chester Bowles, form
er governor of Connecticut,
Federal Price Administration
and Ambassador to India, who
is generating some interest
but lacks a solid political base
on which to build.
Portland VA Hospital
Manager Transferred
Washington (UPD - Dr. J.
Gordon Spendlove, manager
of the Portland Veterans Ad
ministration hospital, is be
ing transferred to manager
ship of the VA hospital at
Iowa City, Iowa, the VA an
nounced Monday.
A government survey found
that the average cost of hav
ing a baby in the U.S. is $334;
for complicated deliveries, it
is S419; and for Caesareans,
$588. '
SMALLER COFFEE BILL '
New York-flJPD-Americans
spent $1,940,000,000 for cof
fee in 1958, a decline of $193
million from 1957, according
to the Pan American Coffee
Bureau, although consump
tion increased. The average
coffee bill per household in
this country came to $28.61
last year against $31.91 in
1957. Persons 10 years of age
or over drank an average of
2.94 cups of coffee per day,
up from 2.87 cups the pre
vious year.
Phone SP 3-1 853 J
Medford Depot: 182 N. Front
TMs - super
octane
sniper
mileage
your
engine run
gasoline makes
o
its smoothest
YOU GET OVER IOO OCTANE AND MUCH MORE!
r -
m
...
SUPER POWER .
For take-offs, hills, passing Super Shell
is the most powerful gasoline your car can
use. It's packed with aviation power in
gredients produced by Shell world's larg
est supplier of commercial aviation fuels.
SUPER MILEAGE -
Super Shell's "power pack" of aviation
fuel ingredients converts automatically to
extra mileage when cruising.
SUPER OCTANE
Super Shell has over 100 octane an oc
tane rating so high that engine knock is
no longer a problem.
SUPER SMOOTHNESS
It's the TCP additive in Super, Shell that
will make your engine run smoothly. Al
f most immediately you'll feel the difference.
TCP actually tunes your engine while
TOU drive. 6heM' Trademark fur thia unique gaaolina
k additive developed by Shell Reeearck
eper Shell with Td
UP
a a a-
(shell)
F71
Start saving with Shell today!