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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. A Thursday, March 10, 1960 Jaycee President To Speak Tonight Orval W. Corbett Jr., Burns; Oregon Junior Cham ber of Commerce president will speak at a dinner at Kim's restaurant at 7 o'clock this evening, Medford Jaycee President Larry Allen has an nounced. Corbett will discuss the im portance of the Jaycee move ment in giving leadership training to a community's young men. Also planning to attend will be Jack Spindle, Jaycee na tional director from Rose burg, Glenn Nelson, state vice president from Eagle Point and Jaycees from Eagle Point, Central Point and Ashland as well as Medford. Tidewater Dealers Plan Meeting Here Tidewater Oil company dealers and distributors for Jackson, Josephine and Lake counties will be honored at a dinner Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at the Medford hotel, according to W. J. Jacobson, Medford, area supervisor. Two representatives from the company's Los Angeles home office will attend as well as W. C. Groppenbacker, retail sales supervisor, and G. A. Hill, Oregon district man ager, both Portland. The sales objectives and ad vertising program for 1960 for the company will be outlined. 'By the Numbers!' West Sees Capitol Potentialities By DICK WEST I doesn t read right, it s not my Washington-dJPU-I think the fau"- Mv typewriter can't nation owes a debt of grati tude to Sen. Thomas E. Mar tin (R-Iowl) for inserting into the Con gressional rec ord an article on "Military Trans'ingua I am refer- ring to the danger that the U.S. armed forces, Tift Dick West following the example being set by their leaders in the Pentagon, will destroy the English language. They al ready have made a big dent in it. "Translingua," which is be ing developed at the Univer sity of Iowa, may prevent this catastrophe. It would pro vide the military with a nu merical vocabulary in which words would be replaced by numbers. Would Eliminate Translation Its purpose would be to en able allied military command ers who don't speak the same language to communicate with each other without hav ing to translate. For example, the following Translingua message might come in from the battlefront: "18.201 - 1.778:5 - 19,500:5 - 1.432:18-212-5.628." A West German general commanding one end of the line would immediately know that "Der feind griff die stadt uberraschend van suden an (note: If the German quote Featherweight coats 799 These versatile" fashions are beautifully de signed in light-as-air fabrics, yet they hv all the excitement of far more expensive styles. Come choose from full-length coats of cotton-and-rayon moire faille or domino checks . . from washable Acrilan. Available in sizes 8 to 18. Reg. T. M. Chemstrond Corp. ' Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back" SEARS At the same time, an Ameri can commander a I the other end of the line would know that "The enemy attached the city surprisingly from the south." At this point, somebody pre sumably would put together a set of Translingua numbers meaning "retreat!" Suggests Congressional Use This is all very well, but 1 have in mind an even better use for Translingua. Under my plan, it would be used by the Pentagon to communicate with Congress. Specifically, it would enable defense offi cials to testify before congres sional committees without re ducing basic English to se mantical shambles. Suppose a certain missile were being redesigned to make it more sturdy. The .Pentagon witness would no longer have to say that the missle was being "phased in for ruggedization." He could merely say "7.312:4-1.162" give or take a couple of deci mal point s and everyone would understand. Nor would he have to sav that a certain company was getting 10 per cent of a de fense contract "moneywise and aircraftwise." Something like "5.777-7.4-11-41" would suffice. , As you can see, Translinqua can rescue the mother tongue from being "undefinitized," "deobligated" "encapsulated" and otherwise ground down by Pentagon patois. So get your gobbledygook ing hands off our language, boys, and say it by' the numbers. Dalai Lama Said Preparing for Return To Home New Delhi -0JPD- The Dalai Lama declared today that he and his thousands of refugee- followers had not forgotten the "fight of Tibet" and were preparing for a return to the Communist - conquered coun try. The declaration, issued at the God - king's temporary place of exile at Mussoorie, marked the first anniversary of the Tibetan "independence" proclamation - a call to action that brought instant and bloody retaliation from Chi nese Communist troops. Asked To Remember The Dalai Lama asked in the name of the "conscience of the world," that the "ruth less brutality" of the Chinese not be allowed to slip from people's minds by the passage of time. On March 10, 1959, "the Tibetan people denounced the forcible occupation of Tibet and re-proclaimed their inde pendence," the Dalai Lama said. Since that time, he added, the communists had excused their crushing of the freedom fight movement and continu ing oppression of Tibetans by saying such steps were neces sary to help bring "progress and reforms." "Even conceding the back wardness of Tibet, I want to ask if forcible occupation and ruthless brutality" are to be condoned in the name of "progress," the Lama said. 'Reforms' Listed As to the Communist "re forms," he said they consisted of "a denial of religion, the herding of people into so called communes, a breakup of the family by separating husband from wife and chil dren from parents. "If progress must be cast in this pattern, I pray that Tibet may be spared this progress," he said. It was on March 31, 1959, that the Dalai Lama, accom panied by 80 followers, first entered Indian territory after fleeing from his besieged cap ital of Lhasa. Jackson at Biddla SP 3-4661 FREE PARKING Open Mondays and Fridays 'til 9 p.m. Published Lectures To Be Exhibited Eugene - A series of three Oregon centennial lectures, delivered on the University of Oregon campus in the spring of 1959 by members of the university faculty and pub lished by the university, have been accepted for exhibition in Western Books 1960. The exhibition, sponsored by the Rounce and Coffin club of Los Angeles, includes 25 books selected by a jury of authorities on printing and publishing as the best ex amples of book design and production printed in the states west of the Rockies during 1959. The University of Oregon entry, three pamphlets in an attractively designed package, includes: "Philosophy in Shakespeare" by Bertram E. Jessup, professor of philoso phy; "Mathematics: A House Built on Sand?" by Ivan Niv en, professor of mathematics; and "America's Stake in For eign investment" by Ray mond F. Mikesell, W. E. Mi ner, professor of economics. NOTED PIANIST DIES Boston-fljPB-Mrs; Mary Pot vin Betz, 97, noted 19th Cen tury pianist who had perform ed before such figures as Queen Victoria, U.S. Presi dent Ulysses S. Grant and John D. Rockefeller, died Wednesday. Rep. Powell Tax Evasion Hearing Gets Under Way New York-(UPD-Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.) and his wife, pianist Hazel Scott, have been pictured as a fam ily with two homes, three cars and an income in 1951 of $70,- 000 but paying only $1,000 in income taxes. The government will begin its case to prove tax evasion charges against Powell today in U. S. District Court. Powell is on trial on three counts of income tax evasion. Goes Beyond Charges . Morton S. Robson, chief as sistant United States attorney, went far beyond the charges outlined in the indictment of Powell yesterday in his open ing statements. Powell specifically is ac cused of evading $3,063 in taxes on income of $160,000 for 1951 and 1952. Powell and his wife in joint and separate returns paid $1,700 during the two years. Aided by Secretary , But Robson said he would prove frauds of far great er magnitude" than those charged.. Powell, a Democratic lead er in Harlem and pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church was aided in preparing his tax returns by his secretary, Hat tie Dodson, who was convict ed in 1956 of tax evasion. She was sentenced to a seven month jail term. Washington Laws On Marriage Rapped by Judge Portland-(lIPD-Circuit Judge Virgil Langtry Wednesday blasted the marriage laws of the state of Washington in a decision involving the divorce of a young couple. Four children were in volved in the marriage and Judge Langtry temporarily re solved the strife by granting a divorce to the husband giv ing him custody of the young est child who was offered for adoption by the mother and the mother the custody of the other three children. Easily Thwarted Laws Judge Langtry said the parties were married when the mother was 16 and the father 18 against the wishes of their parents. He said they found the easy "and easily thwarted marriage laws of Washington" a con venience for consummating an unwise marriage. ! He said that even though the parents opposed the mar riage the children were able to get a friend to falsify a consent so the couple could get married in Washington. "The dreary results of such action are commonplace in the divorce courts of Ore gon," he said. "If these peo ple, when they were children, had had an opportunity to mature as they should have, they could probably have found stable marriages and a good life, which in large mea sure are now foreclosed to them and perhaps even their children." rW?WWify -V.'levW. "WX-JWWWW 'Sw - - - ii ftf :Q xXj Xr-y- : 'ly SNOW SCULPTURE Recent heavy snows in the midwest rather late in the season inspired snow scultptress Jerrie White, a high school senior at Belleville, 111., to direct her handiwork toward thoughts of Easter. This family of Easter snow bunnies attract ed Nancy, 4, left, and Michael Stock, 6, to bring their baskets. Jerries boxer dag stands guard against vandals. (UPI Telehpoto) to Short Succeeds Agriculture Head Salem The retirement of Oregon Agriculture Director Frank McKennon and the ap pointment of James F. Short, Salem, to succeed him was announced Wednesday. McKennon, 70, a Democrat, has been director since Jan. 12, 1959. The retirement is effective April 1. Short, 57, a Republican, is a former state director of ag riculture, serving under the late former Gov. Paul Pater son in 1954. Of McKennon, Gov. Mark Hatfield said "his has been a most able administration and I appreciate his taking on the heavy burdens particularly at a time so near his own retire ment . . . "' Hatfield said he was de lighted that Short "has re sponded to a call to return to the department he headed several years ago." Finch-Tregoff Jury Delay Gives Rise To Rumors Los Angeles-IUPD-The Finch Tregoff murder trial jury re mained out for the sixth day today to deliberate the life or death fate of the accused cou ple. It was obvious the panel of seven women and five men was finding it difficult to agree on the guilt or inno cence of Dr. R. Bernard Finch, 42, and his red-haired para mour Carole Tregoff, 23. Stories Considered The conflicting stories told by the defense and the prose cution about the gunshot slay ing of the handsome physic- lans wife, Barbara Jean, Si, last July 18 were being given time-consuming consideration by the jurors. The tense hours of waiting while the jury deliberates have given rise to scores of rumors around the court news room concerning the progress of the jurors' discussions. One New York newspaper woman said the jury was di vided with 10 voting for sec ond degree murder and 2 for first degree murder against Finch. But a defense attorney said it was his opinion the vote was just the opposite-10 for conviction of first degree mur der and 2 for second. 11 Said for Conviction A Los Angeles newspaper reported 11 of the jurors were for convicting Finch and were being blocked by a lone juror. The one dissenting juror was responsible for causing the court to spend two days in reading Finch's testimony shortly after getting the case last Friday, reported the pa per. , In short, there was consid erable speculation about what was happening in the jury room and the consensus was that no one knows for sure. Simpson Trial Date Set April 19 San Francisco - OJPB - The anti-trust suit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Simpson Timber Com pany will go to trial on April 19, according to Examiner Walter Johnson. He said th etrial would be held in both San Francisco and Eureka, where a large number of government wit nesses are located. The an nouncement came after a two-day pre-trial conference. The government filed the suit on grounds that Simp son's acquisition of the M & M Woodworking Company Of Portland, Ore., was deterimen tal to competition. It charged the purchase of M & " M's 10 woodworking plants eliminated an inde pendent competitor and one possible market for other lumber producers. Nilsen Files for Demo Convention Salem - (UPD - Oregon Labor Commissioner Normari O. Nil sen filed Wednesday as a can' didate for at large delegate to the Democratic national con vention. He heads the Oregon campaign for Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) for presi dent. Other filings: Paul Fiilinger, Portland Re publican, for state representa tive, 7th district, west subdis trict. - E. L. Mikesell, Grants ass Republican, Josephine eeuaty district attorney. Warren Albright, Madras Republican, Jefferson county district attorney. Herman Oliver, John Day, delegate to the GOt national convention. Lyons, France (UPD Police held 13 Algerian Moselms for questioning today in connec tion with the derailment of the Paris-Riviera express near here. Twelve persons were In jured, four of them seriously, In the accident Wednesday. Police said expert sabotage caused it. Scolding Mother Slain by Son Anaheim, Calif . -0!PD-A 31-year-old man told police he shot and killed his widowed mother "because she scolded me." Rufus Gordon, a former state mental hospital inmate, admitted he fatally wounded Mrs. Maggie Mae Holyoke, 57, as she fled yesterday from their home. Gordon told po lice he fired four shots from a .38-caliber revolver at her when she jumped from a win dow of their home and a fifth shot point-blank into the back of her head when she stum bled and fell. Godron was booked on sus picion of murder. He was Mrs. Holyoke's son by a previous marriage. Fairview Home Escapees Nabbed Salem - (UPD - Five inmates of the Fairview home secur ity unit here who escaped through a laundry chute Wednesday were taken into custody later in the day. Four of them were appre hended after about an hour's freedom southeast of Salem. The fifth man was caught near the city near the intersection of the Santiam junction and Salem bypass. Damage 53 filed In Circuiftgtrt Robert E. Nail, ?81 South Pacific highly, seeking $70,000 in gerrral Ismages from G. LeRof atMus, 122 North First st., Talent, as a result of an accifW" oi High way 99, a mile north of Phoe nix, Jan. 17, 1959, according to a complaiift in Jackson county circuit court. Nail alleges hsj tbs seri ously injured Vhan his pick up truck and a vahiclO driven by Straus collided. Special damages covering his medical and hospital ex penses are to be figured out later, according to the com plaint. To date these expenses amount to about $1,000, Nail charges. Also, he estimates he has lost about $8,000 in wages and income to date and will lose more in the future. SPAAK'S MOTHER DIES Brussels -(UPD- Mrs. Marie Spaak-Johnson, 86, mother of NATO Secretary - General Paul-Henri Spaak and a form er Belgian senator, died here Tuesday. 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