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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1959)
Failures to Register on Time For Draft Creating Headaches Increased failures to regis ter on time for the draft are creating headaches for the Jackson county draft board an- could cause heartaches for those who disobey the law thereby. . Draft board members warn that "delinquents" who de liberately avoid registering technically go to the head of the induction list once their names are known. The law requires that all young men must register on their 18th birthday, or within five days thereafter. Every male born since Aug. 30, 1922, must have signed up at one time or another. This includes veterans. Those on active military duty, excluding members of Reserve or National Guard units, must register within 30 days of their release. Manpower Available Draft board spokesmen point out that the purpose of registration is not solely to provide lists of prospective peacetime draftees. It has the basic purpose of letting the government know what man power would be available should total mobilization ever be necessary. Members of the local board report that about 90 per cent of the young men in this area register on time. Of those who do not, they say, most are careless or simply mis informed. These wander in, a few days or weeks after their deadline, with such excuses as they were working and could not find time, or they were wait ing for the draft board to re mind them. Shirking Obligation But others, it appears, are deliberately shirking their obligation. These delinquents could be subject to heavy fines or pri son sentences if Uncle Sam elected to crack down. Draft board members here are reluctant to resort either to prosecution or to inducting the delinquents ahead of oth ers their age. But they warn that if the current trend con tinues they may have to get tough. They believe that drafting of delinquents would set an example, warning others that trying to avoid military serv ice can lead to entering it well before one's more cooperative contemporaries. The draft board" itself is not equipped to keep tabs on which young men have not registered. It relies on various law enforcement agencies to catch up with them sooner or later. Social security records provide another , means of checking up. Actually, the number of Jackson county draftees these days represents a mere trickle compared to the reservoir of young men who are eligible. Only three or four a month are being inducted. While , anyone between 19 and 26 who is otherwise eli gible can be drafted, the age level of those currently being inducted from this county is generally 22 or 23. In other words, although a young man registers at 18 he may have a wiut of four years or more before facing induc tion. 10 Enlist Per Month Helen L. McDonnell, clerk of the Jackson county board, explains that an average of 10 persons enlist voluntarily each 54th Year Medford Price 10 Gents Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1959 Pages 1 8 - 1 s&isste. I j"". y t"? REFUSED BAIL Carole Tregoff, tears streaming un checked, hears the court decision that she be held for trial in the murder of Mrs. Barbara Finch, wife of Dr. Bernard Finch. The municipal judge ordered her bound over to, Superior Court on a murder charge. Attorney Robert A. Neeb Jr. (left) looks glumly forward. DROWNS IN WASHER Duarte, Calif. (UPD An 18-month-old girl drowned Wed nesday after falling head first into an idle washing machine while her mother was hanging out the wash. Little Elsa Marie Barney was found in the machine among soaking clothes by her mother, Mrs. Patricia Barney, 26. PERILS OF SUBURBIA Tuckahoe, N.Y. (UPD The special dangers of suburban living caught up with a pair of skunks here Wednesday. They fell into swimming pools. One was pulled out . by hu mane society agents-after it had been put asleep . by chloroform. The other man aged its escape unaided. ' KB Bra uy m gdaire org THIS BRAND NEW 1959 Frigidaire Refrigerator for as little as $1123 A Week NOTHING DOWN On APPROVED CREDIT We Carry Our Own Contracts T Priced at Only with your Refrigerator, not over 10 years old of popular make and in good . operating condition 9.1 cu. ft. capacity. Full-width Freezer Chest holds 37 lbs. Frozen Food . Big Storage 4 roomy "lift-off" door shelves Big Porcelain Enamel Glide-Out Hydrator FRIGIDAIRE 1-YEAR WARRANTY plus 4 YEAR PROTECTION PLAN LEONARD Medford's Leading Appliance Dealer for the Past 28 Years V o 309 E. Main Phone SP 3-4541 Wasp Believed Carrying Bombs Quonset Point, R.I.-OJPD-The Wasp's arsenal may have in cluded nuclear bombs when a fire broke out on a hangar deck, killing two men and in juring 21 others, it was re ported Thursday. The 32-500-ton aircraft car rier's submarine hunter squad ron has carried anti-submarine nuclear devices in the past. The Navy, however, said only that it would have "no com ment" on the report. - Unofficial estimates of dam age done by the fierce fire which broke out aboard the ship Tuesday 250 miles east of Norfolk, Va., was over $5 million. In addition to the CZECH OFFICER DEFECTS Vienna-(UPD-A Czech army lieutenant has defected to Austria, police disclosed to day. The police report, which did not identify the Czech of ficer, said he crossed the bor der into Austria last" week end carrying a machine gun and wearing part of his uni damage done to the vessel, four helicopters were destroy ed and three others badly damaged. Cause of the fire was a run away helicopter engine which exploded. . The pilot of the 'copter, Lt. (jg) Jim Frank Hagan, 24, Marianna, Fla., was killed in the explosion. The other fa tality was Aviation Appren tice Donald H. Trask, 17, Keene,, N.H., who was killed while fighting the fire. House Members Get Campaign Threat Washington -(UPD- James B. Carey, electrical workers pres ident, has sent letters advis ing 229 House members who voted for the administration backed labor reform bill that "we shall do all in our power" to beat him in the next elec tion. - Dahlias were named after Swedish botanist Andreas Dahl. month. Since the countys quota includes both enlistees and draftees, the quantity of enlistments reduces the induc tions needed to fill it. The number of registrants each month varies from 40 to 75, board members report. But as many as 26 in one month have registered late this year. Fred Brennan of Medford, one member of Jackson coun ty's draft board, emphasizes that all present board mem bers have families of their own and are sympathetic to individuals' problems. Do What They Can "We do everything we can for them within regulations," Brennan states. He and the other four board members James R. W. Gregg of Central Point, the chair man; Fred Lester, Gold Hill; Alonzo Siebenlist, Ashland; and Carl Quackenbush, Med ford meet each Tuesday in the selective service system office, 33 North Riverside ave., Medford, to review clas sification files and select those to be inducted. They serve without pay. These men are able to pro vide up-to-date information and helpful advice to all young men facing military service in one form or anoth er. But their first bit of advice is simply this register on time. ' HERO SEEKS DIVORCE Los Angeles-OIPD-World War II Congressional of Honor winner Gregory (Pappy) Boy ington, 56, Wednesday filed for divorce against his wife of 13 years. The former Ma rine Corps pilot charged that his 40-year-old wife, Frances, caused him "grievous mental suffering." Investigators Accuse Convair of Withholding Data Washington- (UPD -House in vestigators accused a big de fense contractor Thursday of refusing to provide the gov ernment with information on contracts for B58 bombers and Atlas guided missiles. Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D La.), chairman of the House armed " forces investigating subcommittee, immedia t e 1 y sent a wire to the Convair Division of General Dynamics Corp., demanding full access to files. Convair Balks The action came after of ficials of the General Ac counting) Office informed the House group that Convair had once again balked on giving the data to the government auditors looking into defense contracts. The GAO also reported that Uncle Sam will be over charged for fighters unless contracts are adjusted. The GAO is Congress' watchdog on government spending. Telegram To Pace Hebert sent the telegram to Frank Pace Jr., board chair man of General Dynamics, in New York. Pace served as Secretary of the Army under President Truman. Rep. Porter Hardy Jr. (D- Va.) said that if Pace doesn't open up the files, the GAO should direct the Air Force to halt all payments under the contracts. GAO officials said the Justic Department might be asked to seek a court order forcing Convair to re lease the information. Elephant Causes Panic; 14 Perish Kandy, Ceylon-(UPD-An ele phant ra.i amok in a mammoth Buddhist torchlight procession Thursday and set off a panic in which 14 persons were killed and 525 injured. One hundred thousand spec tators and participants fled in terror as one of 100 elephants in the procession broke loose and charged into the throng. Men hurled hundreds of kerosene lamps at the beast, which further enraged him. Many of the lamps fell among the crowd, scattering flaming fuel. Screams it the frightened, injured and dying turned the scene into a nightmare. Police finally shot and killed the elephant. About 125 of the victims suffered serious injuries. 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