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TOUCH OF HAWAII Visitors from Ha waii entertained the Medford Chamber of Commerce roundtable luncheon Monday as part of a promotion campaign by West Coast Airlines in conjunction with Pan American World Airways and the Aloha Airlines of Hawaii. Shown at informal welcoming pro gram are (left to right) County Commis sioner Ralph James, Commissioner Chester Ex-Director of Portland CSS Office Admits Interest Conflict Washington- iUPD -A former Agricultural Department of ficial, who resigned under pressure, has admitted to Senate investigators that he was a "silent partner" in a grain storage firm which got government contracts from nil Portland, Ore., office and that he made 583,000 profit. Earl C. Corey, mo quit Jan. 22 as $14,000-a-year di rector of the Portland region al office of the Agricul tural Department's Commod ity Stabilization Service tbld a special Senate subcommit tee that, all told, he owned stock in four grain companies which do business with the Department. Investi gators questioned him chiefly, how ever, about his admitted in terest in the Three State Warehouse Company. Corey testified that Depart ment officials never told him bout conflict of interest reg ulations until shortly before he sold out his interest last tear in the Three State firm. JCe said "nobody ever asked me" about his outside invest ments. fteaded Offic Twice Corey had headed the Port land CSS office from March, 19 4 1, through September, 1946, and again from Janu ary, 1955, through last Jan. 22. The office manages the Department's' stocks of sur plus grain in the Pacific Northwest. Agricultural Secretary Ezra T. Benson said that Corey resigned after he had been confronted with "certain facts." Benson, noting that the o Justice Department also has investigated the case and plans to present it to a grand jury at Portland, had said the Senate investigators might "impede the orderly adminis iPRED The Latex Wonder DRIES IN 30 S&H GREEN STAMPS FRAKE & Mm IVIIIM. - SMITH PAINT AND WALLPAPER 315 East Main Phone SP 2-4564 Wendtj Chamber President Gerald T. Lath am, Medford Mayor John Snider, and the three Hawaiian visitors, Mrs. Joan Gandall, Aloha Airlines stewardess, Ewa, Oahu; Hiram Naipo, director, interplane and ag ency sales, Honolulu; and Don Kualii, as sistant station manager for Aloha Airlines, Kailua, Kona. (Knackstedt photo) tration of justice" by making the details of the case pub lic. Subcommittee Chai r m a n Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) noted caustically that he could "well appreciate why the secretary of agriculture would not welcome" the in vestigation. Symington said the FBI had told him his course should not be influ enced by its investigation and the Justice Department had not asked him to delay pub lic hearings on the case. Corey testified that, while serving as director of the Portland CSS: office in 1956 he acquired a one-third in terest in the newly-organized Three State firm without put ting up a cent of cash. He March Weather To Turn Better Washington-(UPD-The Weath er Bureau's chief climatolo gist predicted today that March would make up in its declining days for the bad behavior of its youth. Dr. Helmut E. Landsberg offered this prediction as "a note of cheer" to the millions of Americans suffering from March's subnormal conduct to date. In this part of the country, at least, "we have never had a March that was colder than February" on a month-to-month basis, Landsberg said. He said he expected the weather of the latter part of March to "equalize" the weather of the fore part. "Nature always comes back to normal sooner or later," Landsberg said. "It never gets very far for very long from the average." TOED - Paint for Floorsl Yei in 20-30 minutes your SPRED TRED floor it dry. One hour later you can walk on it. Toots wash clean in water. Use TRED for inte r I e r or exterior concrete floors and interior weed floors. n ,1f said that Laurence M. Smith, one of two other partners in the venture, accepted Corey's note for 830,000. The company, using a rent ed warehouse, went into the business of storing government-owned grain under con tracts obtained through Cor ey s federal office. Corey tes tified he concealed his inter est in the firm and was a "silent partner." He insisted he took no part in managing the firm and did not person ally handle approval of its storage contracts. In April, 1959, Corey testi fied he received a copy of a government code of ethics which made him decide to get out of the Three State firm. His profits when he stepped out in June, 1959, totalled S83,250.06, subcom mittee staff aides said. Of that sum, Corey testified, S30.000 went to repay Smith for Corey's original invest ment. Other Investments Corey testified under ques tioning he also had invest ments in three other firms doing business with the Agri culture Department. He listed these as Archer-Daniels-Midland, one of the nation's big gest grain firms; the Califor nia Malting Co. of Los An geles, Calif., and the Colo rado Milling and Elevator Co. The subcommittee staff es timated that Corey gained $30,603 from increases in the value of the California Malt ing Co. stock which he pur chased from officials of Archer-Daniels-Midland. Sen. John Sherman Cooper (R-Ky.) produced several Ag riculture Department docu ments containing warnings and regulations on conflicts of interest. He said he had been told they had been sent to all Agricultural Depart ment employees. Corey gave this account of the founding of Three State Warehouse Company: In 1956, while serving as head of the Portland office, he was told by an official of the Diamond Lumber Co. that the firm had an empty stor age building it wanted to rent. Corey mentioned it to Willard A. Richards, a Port land grain operator, who passed on the information to Smith, of Waterville, Wash. Later, Corey said, Richards and Smith proposed that the three "form a business to op erate the facility." Corey said the new com pany got grain storage con tracts under the name of "L. M. Smith, doing business as the Three State Warehouse Co." Corey admitted he was of fered a $3,295 check as a five per cent "finder's fee" for ar ranging rental on the Dia mond Lumber Co. warehouse to his own firm. He said he never told his partners about the check and never cashed it. Ex-County Health Officer Promoted Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Chula Vista, Calif., former Jackson county health officer, has been appointed chief of the division of preventative medi cine for the San Diego depart ment of public health, it has been learned here. Dr. Merkel joined the San Diego department of public health last August as chief of the bureau of maternal and child health. Dr. Merkel was Jackson county public health officer for 22 years. During his serv ice in Jackson county he was responsible for many innova tions in public health services. Grange News Eagle Point Grange A potluck dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chamber lain and Mr. and Mrs. Jake Brown on their 50th wedding anniversary was held March 1 at the Eagle Point Grange hall. Music was played by the Misses Diane and Cecelia Put man on accordions, and a gift from the Grange was present ed to the guests. Also -present and receiving honorable men tion were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chamberlain and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hoover on their 47th anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Holly Swingle on their 55th and Mr. and Mrs. Cal Lusk on their 59th. George (Dad) Putman was remember ed on his 88th birthday. The lecturer's program, pre sented by W. E. Davies, was given preceding the Grange meeting. He introduced Vaughn Quackenbush and his "Midnighters," a barber shop quartet from Phoenix, who gave several selections. Mrs. Dick Chamberlain, accompan ied by Mrs. Ray Chamberlain on the piano, sang several songs. Cecelia Kee, grand daughter of the Frank Cham berlains, entertained with a dance "By the Sea." Quackenbush, who is from the county experiment farm, gave a talk on horticulture and closed the program with a couple of numbers by the quartet. The meeting was opened by Master Robert Bitterling, with Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Roberts, from Roxy Ann, and Mrs. Millie Walker from Live Oak Grange as guests. Rob erts, county deputy and Grange insurance agent, was escorted to the master's sta tion. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cearley were elected to be come members of the Eagle Point Grange. C. C. Hoover, reporting on agriculture, said the scabies quarantine was still in effect in the county, but thought it would soon be lifted, despite this, cattle prices were good at the recent sales. He also said a shipment of lambs from Australia were in port at Los Angeles and that more were coming. This would have a disturbing effect on the local lamb market, he said. He re ported the hog market fair in Portland, with dairy cows down and that hay was also showing a decline in price. C. F. Davies, reporting for legislature, said that on the national level, there was some agitation for assistance for those over 65 and on Social Security, especially for medi cal aid. HEC Chairman Mrs. Lester McFall reported the next HEC meeting would be at Marie Hayes March 30. The display table was of wedding pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain and Mr. and Mrs. Brown, and a certificate received from the Veteraa s Ultra-Easy Sewing 9499 SIZES 10-18 Jewel of a sheath - ultra easy to sew and slimmed down for pure figure flattery. Whip it up in silk, cotton, lin en for 'round-the-clock wear. Easy bias-cut bodice gives soft, fluid fit. Printed Pattern 9499: Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. Size 16 takes 314 yards 35 inch fabric. 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, JUST OUT! Big, new 1960 Spring and Summer Pattern Catalog in vivid, full-color. Over 100 smart styles ... all sizes ... all occasions. Send now! Only 25 cents. A Administration commending .the ladies of the Grange for their help at the Domiciliary. It was reported that Mrs. Frank Chamberlain, relief chairman, had been helping several needy families in the community. After a short talk on insur ance from Roberts, the Grange adjourned. Shady Cove Grange Shady Cove Grange met March 5 in the music room of the Shady Cove school with Master Cecil Kee presiding. Mary Cassal was voted to become a member of the Grange. HEC Chairman Mrs. Bert Clark stated the next HEC meeting would be at the Kee residence on Kee lane March 8 at 1 p.m. Mrs. Richard Wheeler re ported the HEC had finished a comforter for the relief bank. The following committee chairmen reported: agricul ture, Mrs. Ed Houston, spring sprays; legislature, Ed Hous ton, congress; roads, Phil Motsenbacker, the new bridge and road leading to it on Long Branch; school, T. M. Littlefield, vacation to be from March 14 to 18. Special committee report on a locker at the fire hall for disaster ' relief was given by Kee. The numbering of the hous es in the district for conven ience of the fire department was discussed. The lecturer's program was put on by the men officers. Kee gave a talk on Greek Mythology about the Goddess es, Ceres, Flora and Pomona. Richard Wheeler and T. M. fiOsw fifl) (Mite (SaanisB flftdks ra? Wfedlfliri) if k (iMra , ' ' I! Ms & IN! Wl :I 'Satisfaction Five From SOC Attend Meeting Ashland - Five members of the science faculty at South ern Oregon college attended the annual meeting of ' the Oregon academy of science at the University of Oregon re cently. Delegates from SOC were Dr. Elliott B. McCracken, Dr. Marvin D. Coffey, Dr. Irene Hollenbeck, Dr. Roy W. Mc Neal, and Dr. Thomas M. Colasuonno. The academy was presented with scientific papers by teachers and businessmen throughout the state,' the group reported. Dr. Colasuonno. Dr. Hollen beck and Dr. McNeal were appointed to the science-education board for the state of Oregon, which acts to pro mote scientific interest and research in schools and bus iness. . Littlefield read poems by Longfellow. Phil Motsenbacker and Ed Houston read editorials, and Johnny Minor conducted a game. Chaplain Mrs. Phil Motsen backer stated she had sent cards to those reported on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Clark and Mrs. Agnes Brown served refreshments. "Kit" Carson, famed scout, pioneer and Indian fighter in the early days of New Mex ico, ran away from his em ployer in Missouri when he was 16. His employer offered a reward of one cent for Car son's return. guaranteed or your $160,000 Damage Suit Filed in Josephine Court Grants Pass - The guardian for Carroll Simmons, 14, Grants Pass, has filed a dam age suit for a total of $160,000 against the City of Grants Pass. In a similar case tried last November, the plaintiff asked $310,000 from two defendants for damages when the boy lost a leg in an accident June 11, 1958, at the intersection of Northeast E and Dimmick sts. A jury denied damages to the boy. The new' complaint charges the city with negligence in al lowing large lumber piles to remain near the intersection where the accident occurred. It also charges the city with failing to keep the two streets in a safe condition for people using them. Mrs. Oma Simmons, the boy's mother and guardian, appears for the boy. Related Suit Another related suit pend ing was filed by the boy's f a t h e r, Claud . Simmons, against Walter B. Holm and Philip L". Volland, then doing business as Tree-Co Industries and Engler-Huson company, in 1958. It asks $21,233.70 and is based on the father's conten tion that he lost the son's earning capacity from the date of the accident. The original complaint, tried CBCBSSSOaXDCB flXftttl 3 money back" SEARS last November, is in the pro cess of being "appealed to the state supreme court, it was reported. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Sherman S. Smith, Grants A Tribute to Our Western Union! The man or woman who transmits words over a wire is, in every respect, a modem magician! Have you ever watched one of the old timers pound that telegraph key, sending out words faster than a crack secretary can type them? It takes experience of a high order to do that. Yet few of us appreciate the service that our Western Union operators perform. You write a message; a quick, friendly young man or woman has it on the wire in a matter of minutes. Speed is the essence of the telegrapher's life. He must be fast and accurate. He must serve vou faith fully night and day. So we salute the Western Union. For they give wondrous wings to words! Medford Pharmacy 101 North Central, Corner 6th 0 Ph. 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