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Reconstruction Of Rotterdam Still Going On Rotterdam, Holland - (UPD -The destruction of Rotterdam by German dive bombers took 40 minutes. Reconstruction of this great European port has been under wry for nearly 15 years and is .rtill going on. It was at lunchtime on May I'J. 1940, that the heart of the city was turned into a lab yrinth of bomb craters and -burned out buildings. The merciless attack destroyed 25,000 homes, 2,393 shops and stores, 1,483 offices, 1,212 fac tories and workshops, 873 warehouses, 69 schools, 28 hotels and 21 churches. Pert Destroyed A worse blow was still to come. In September of 1944, when Allied armies were ap proaching the Dutch border, the Germans methodically set about destroying the port fa cilities which were Rotter dam's lifeblood. Over a third of the quayside was made un usable, and 40 per cent of the port's equipment was destroy ed. Because of shortages of ma terials, reconstruction could not begin until the end of the war. Within a month after the German surrender, Rotterdam was building. Reconstruction of water front facilities has taken place faster than the rebuilding of homes and business buildings. The port today is bigger and more efficient than it was be fore the war. It can handle 167 sea-going vessels ' at its quays and another 85 on an chor buoys and dolphins. , Safely Reputation An extensive radar piloting system has given Rotterdam the reputation of being the safest port on the European continent. Ultra - modern buildings have risen in the bombed-out center of the city. Street are wide, and lawns encircle many buildings. Rotterdam has not only re covered its position as a ship ping center but is looking to ward horizons that were un conceived before the war. Work has been started on con struction of an entirely new port on the island of Rozen burg 20 miles west of the city. Pharmaceutical manufac turers spent 44 per cent more on research last year than they earned from all prescrip tion sales in 1940. The oldest regular ferry service In the United States was established in 1675 be tween Jamestown and New port, RJ. Reversible! ONI ' SIZE MEDIUM try lirMtllCH Two aprons in one! See how It reverses gaily from one color to another. Whip up this pretty charmer to brighten kitchen chores or for smart serving. Perfect shower, host ess gift. Tomorrow's pattern: Boys shirt. Printed Pattern 9458: Miss es' Medium Size only. Each side requires 2 Vi yards 35 inch fabric. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send Thirty - five cents (coins) for this pattern -. add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Martin, Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St, New York 11, N.Y. ' Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. IV if "VI VM MCI SHE COULD SEND IT HERE-Sandy Kane of Miami, Fla., sitting on mailbargs at the Miami International Airport, wanted to send this message to Santa on a jet flight to New York. But realizing that her letter wouldn't fit in the mail bags, she decided not even to try to get it in a mail deposit box. (UPI Telephoto) Purity Standards For California Air May Be Established Los Angeles - (UPD Califor nia may soon clear the air over what's going to be done about the smog problem in Los Angeles. The state board of health is expected before long to estab lish air purity standards that would lead the way to new legislation requiring smog control devices on all auto mobiles in California. The idea, as state Sen. Rich ard Richards put it, is to force the automobile industry in Detroit to face up to "their responsibility on the smog problem." What can Detroif do? Los Angeles air pollution control officer S. Smith Griswold says there is already an automobile exhaust purifier that could be installed on 1961-model cars. Not Ready For Sal Griswold insists that the de vice, developed bf Thompson Ramo Woolridge, would elimi nate 80 to 90 per cent of the hydrocarbon in exhaust fumes - rolling the smog level back to where it was before 1940. But the Automobile Manu facturers Association in De troit says no such purifier is anywhere near ready for pub lic sale. , "We have several devices on which research is progress ing," the association said, "but none is ready for production. We are not yet able to say when any of these devices can move into the production stage." But Griswold. insists an ef fective purifier is not that re mote. He said the Woolridge device was developed in co operation with the Chrysler Corp. and that it represented a new approach to exhaust control. He said it would cost about $125 for a V-8 engine. "The purifier has only one moving part and requires no replacement of an expensive catalyst," Griswold explained. "It utilizes a heat exchanger in the exhaust manifold of the engine." Previous prototypes involv ed tail-pipe afterburners and catalysts, he noted. Great Maybe you can't give everyone a Lambretta Canadian Club Tne Best In The House in (an eliciting way to travel for about $460), but 87 lands, Beautifully M-wrapped and ribboned you can give the world's most wanted gift whisky in a variety of colorful holiday packages. IUP0RTEO II MTTU FIOU CANADA BY HIRAM MUM IMPORTERS. INC, DETROIT. MICH. BLEHDED CANADIAN WiSKY. 6 YEARS OLD. M PROOF. t'ii'ijaj i LSCI The controversy between Griswold and the automobile industry drew comment from numerous Los Angeles offic i a 1 s, including supervisors Frank Bonelli and Kenneth Hahn. "It's time we stopped listen ing to double-talk from the auto industry," said Bonelli. "If we want action, we must start it. The industry never will act for Los Angeles alone. It will have to be compelled to act by the state." Said Waiting For Disaster Hahn, in suggesting a spec ial session of the California legislature to deal with smog, said he believed the auto in dustry was "waiting for a disaster" before it would take action. . In addition to the contro versy over purifiers, Gris wold found himself at odds with the Western Oil and Gas Association, which insisted that the burning of fuel oil did not cause air pollution. - Felix Chappellett, general manager of the association, pointed out that oil companies burned only natural gas dur ing an October smog siege while fuel oil was burned the day before the siege began and the air was free of smog. Chappellett m"1 re marks in reply to"GFI3wdld's claim that a rule requiring the industry to burn only natural gas during the smoggy sum mer months had reduced the air pollution menace. Gris wold asked that the gas burn ing period be extended 30 days to Oct. 31. As of Oct. 31 this year, the smog had reached the alert level four times, the same as last year. Three of this year's alerts were called in October and one in April. Last year, three were declared in Sep tember and one in October. SOVIET DIRECTOR DIES Moscow-IIIPD - Soviet movie director Serge Vasiliev, whose "Heroes of Shipka" won the 1955 Cannes film festival prize for best direction, died ' Wednesday. - gift inspirations ! Polish Refugee Becoming Figure In Natural Gas New York-TJPD - A refugee who came to the united States when Hitler's army overrran Poland in 1939 is becoming one of the titans of the natural gas industry. Having just closed a $2 17 million deal for the sale of gas from fields his infant com pany discovered in Wyoming and Utah, Arthur Belfer now is laying plans to have his Belco Petroleum Corp. stock listed on the "big board" the New York Stock Exchange during 1960. Belfer went into natural gas exploration in 1952 after en gaging in several businesses since his arrival rrom Poland. He made his fnain stake as a manufacturer of sleeping bags for campers and the Armed Forces. x Peru Sales Planned So far, Belco is operating six gas rigs in Wyoming, two in Utah and one in Peru. He hopes to be supplying gas to Peru's capital city of Lima in the not-distant future. His company has additional explorations under way in Wyoming, Utah and Santa DEATH TAKES WRITER Tampa, Fla.-PD ' E. D. Lambright, 85, editorial di rector of the Tampa Tribune, died Wednesday at his home. Lambright had joined the Tribune as a reporter in 1899. Decorating News SLIP-COVER that old lamp shade - or make a new One on the old frame.- It's easy! This pattern has ten ideas for varied shades for all rooms. Instructions 7337: step by - step directions, illustra tions for 10 shades , or slip covers for shades. Send Thirty-fire cents (coins) for this pattern - add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to Med ford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PATTERN NUM BER. JUST OUT! Our New 1960 Alice Brooks Needlecraf t Book contains THREE FREE Patterns. Plus ideas galore for home furnishings, fashions, gifts, toys, bazaar Sellers -exciting, unusual designs to crochet, knit, sew, embroider, huck weave, quilt. Be first with the newest - send 25 cents now! Jj1 Barbara county, California. Belfer, who looks remark- aoiy young for his years, staged a press luncheon in New York to announce the $217 million deal with Pa cific North Pipeline Corp. and its parent company. El Paso Natural Gas. The deal in volves two contracts dedicat ing another one trillion cubic feet of gas from Belco' fields to Pacific Northwest for sale in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and ultimately California. The deal, subject to FPC approval, is on a price of 18V'a cents a thousand feet for high pressure gas, with three one cent price jumps in the price over five years. Liquid pro ducts estimated at worth $17 million are included. Belco had dedicated one trillion, 180 billion cubic feet of gas to Pa cific Northwest in earlier con tracts. Belfer and his wife own 73 per cent of Belco. They made made their first public securi ties offering on the over-the-counter market in September. The company has authorized 10 million shares of stock, of which 5,300,000 have been is sued. When an outstanding is sue Of convertible debentures has been converted to stock, it is estimated the public will hold 1,300,000 out of six mil lion outstanding shares. The debentures are convert ible at $13 a share starting late next year. Belfer told the luncheon meeting Belco would spend up to $10 million on new gas and oil exploration in 1960 depending on how successful are the results of present Operations. U. S. apparel (excluding de partment stores) sales hit $12, 193,129,000 in 1958. To show and sell-their latest styles, national apparel manufactur ers invested $8,616,000 in dai ly newspapers last year. Con siderably more was spent by local retailers, who know their customers "shop" the ads before going out .to buy. Plymouth sales per dealer up 49 over last year... production increased1 to meet demand! Your dealer has a wide selection right now! Plymouth the model Yes, the big news right now is that you dortt have to wait for your Plymouth Your dealer has a wide selection for you to choose from. And the kind of buy that will save you money. A short trial drive will show you why Plymouth is so popular and why owners are so pleased with A Chrysler-Engineered Watch "The Steve Vest Pocket Telephone Seen In Near Future Washington (UPD - Some day - not too distant a man may start out for work each morn ing with a tiny telephone in his vest pocket. And some day, lOng-distance romance may live a little long er thanks to a new world-wide direct telephone dialing sys tem. The feats and future hopes of ""the electronics and commu nications industries were graphically illustrated recent ly in a U.S. Patent Office ex hibit at the Commerce Depart ment. The show will be tour ing the country this winter. Living To Be Easy The heavy emphasis on elec tronic brains and push-button devices indicates living will be easy in the space age. The Pa tent Office display features ad vanced high-speed electronic equipment and Other systems for home, industry and nation al defense. Motorola, Inc., of Chicago prominently exhibited its new clip-on personal communica tions system called the "Han die Talkie." It can be used ex tensively where messages must be received as quickly as possible by doctors, plant su pervisors and business execu tives. For the patient, Motorola has put out a "pillow speaker" which includes a button to buzz the nurse and a remote control to switch radio stations and TV channels. Can Post Books Burroughs Corp. showed how its electronic break throughs will relieve the busi nessman of a lot of brainwork. Its machines can post account ing books, read and write the same language as the human eye and automatically store in formation. The new Burroughs 220 computer records at a rate of 1,500 lines a minute, has a built-in magnetic core memory and stores, edits and prints data in any format desired. The Army Ordnance Mis sile Command showed Dff a scale model of Explorer VII production will roll like Plymouth sales. YOUR and colors you want. No waiting for YOUR Solid product, built a new solid way Allen Plymouth Show" Monday nights on NBC'TV. Solid! The United States ranks 15th among all countries in use of dairy products. Accord ing to the Foreign Agricul tural Service of the U.S.D.A., the people of Ireland, New Zealand and Finland use the most milk and other dairy products. The Mediterranean island of Sardinia, still growing crops, was a major food sup ply source in the old Roman empire. which recently went into or bit. A model of the first satel lite shot out into space also was features. 4 Bell Aircraft played up its rocket engines and automatic landing system which permits advanced aircraft to take off and land vertically. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE... The Following ' fidjidce WILL BE OPEW Saturday Mornings DEC. 5tlv 12th and 19th The Above Saturday Schedule Will Be in Effect ONLY for the 3 DATES Shown American Finance City Finance Commercial Finance Crater Finance C to give you solid satisfaction. 4-H NEWS Armstrong Bakers The first meeting of the Armstrong Bakers was held Dec. 7. The meeting was call ed to order by President July Armstrong. We discussed our books. We voted on what name we would like. The president read off names. We voted for Armstrong Bakers. We went over the first .year book. We also discussed our club pro gram for the year. Nancy Armstrong is the game leader. Myrna Long, Reporter. Us Tribune Want Ads cohmw the solid, quiet, easy ride that Plymouth's Dura Quiet Unibody gives. With the snug, tight feeling of the whole car. With the easy way it handles and steers and parks. . And, above all, with the new gas-saving economy of Plymouth engines! MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtrfford, O t Friday, Dec. 18, 1959 A" U.S.DA. reports one farm er may take care of 50 milk ing cows today. He could handle only 15 to 20 in 1939. Butter manufacturing still is a highly important segment of the dairy industry. More milk equivalent goes into but ter than into cheese, evapor ated milk and ice cream com bined, according to U.S.D.A. figures. DANCE Saturday Night OASIS Eagle Point Household Finance Oregon Finance Pacific Industrial Finance Stark Finance dealer has Plymouth.
