83 Major Offenses Are
Investigated by Police
Medford police during April police during April of which
Investigated 83 major of- 2.268 were cleared for total
1 oi H per ceni.
! There were 65 motor ve-
1 hicle accidents reported to i
fenses and cleared 19 of them
for a 22 9 per cent cleared av
erage, according to the de
partment's monthly report.
Included in the list of major
offenses were two robberies,
both of which were cleared,
21 burglaries, three of which
were cleared, and four cases
of auto theft, none of which
were cleared. -
The 22.9 per cent cleared is
below the average for the
same month during 1959,
when 71 major offenses were
reported and 24 of them were
cleared for a 33.8 per cent av
erage. A total of 2.413 cases of all
kinds were reported to city
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
Back Stairs: Little Humor at Paris 'Rail Negotiations
, MAIL THHUNI, H.Ht i. Of. I
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police last month in which
total of 13 persons were in
jured. This compares to April,
1959 s, total of SI accidents
and nine injuries.
Police issued 422 traffic ci
tations and 3.442 parking me
ter tickets during the month.
Portland May Get
Federal Ship Job
Portland JUPt- Sig Unander,
a member of the federal mar
itime board, said Tuesday
there is a chance for Portland
to get a $7 million contract to
modernize and rebuild the
ship SS Leilani.
Unander, former state treas
urer, said ship facilities here
were highly regarded by the
maritime board. Bids were in
vited Tuesday for purchase
and reconversion of the ves
sel, subject to openings June
30.
The government acquired
the ship last June. It is now
in San Francisco. Plans call
for it to be modernized so it
can compete with luxury lin
ers. Unander said he thought
that in view of low costs of
Portland shipbuilding facili
ties that the city had a good
chance of having the low bid
when the project is let.
Crater Lions Set
Meeting Thursday
Crater Lions club will make
final . preparations for the
state convention at a meeting
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the
home of Dan Dwyer, 839
South Riverside ave. The con
vention will be June 8, 9 and
10 at Pendleton.
The club will vote on del
egates and uniforms for the
state meeting.
Dr. Kenneth Baker of Med-
ford spoke at the regular
luncheon meeting of Crater
Lions Tuesday at Ping's Gar
dens. He discussed word im
ages, television advertising
and newspaper promotion.
Porter Says U.S.
Flags Used as
Rags in Haiti
Washington -0IPD- A New
York city merchant has ship
ped American flags to Haiti
for use as dress goods, cur
tains and scrub rags, the State
Department confirmed today.
The disclosure came when
Assistant Secretary of State
William B. Macomber Jr. con
firmed the "sale and improp
er use" of the flag in a letter
to Rep. Charles O. Porter (D
Ore.) who had heard of it
from a returned visitor to
Port - Au - Prince. Porter's in
formant called the practice an
"insult" to the United States.
Macomber said the govern
ment is considering "what
easures can be taken to halt
further exports of American
flags for inappropriate pur
poses." From Surplus Slocks
The 48-star and 49-star em
blems presumably are from
surplus stocks. On July 4, the
50-star design becomes offi
cial, although use of all older
flags remains legal and proper.
The New York merchant
was not identified.
Porter told Macomber he
was informed certain nag
manufacturers'' have sold
flags to "many persons" in
Haiti "for use as clothes, cur
tains, and even scrub rags."
He said his informants saw a
flag thus misused and were
distressed.
"It was their impression
that this was widely prevalent
and I am asking that investi
gation be made to see whether
the condition still exists and
what if anything can be done
effectively to correct it," Por
ter continued.
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN could be merciless when a show
bored him sufficiently. Reviewing one ill-fated musical,
Nathan noted, "For the first time in my life I envied my
feet. They were asleep."
"Mama, mama," wailed
I bride of six months,
"Jos has walked out on
me for good."
"Calm yourself," coun
seled mama. "He's walk
ed before and always
comes crawling back."
"This time it's differ
ent," wailed the bride.
"He took . his bowling
ball." '
Poem from Sam Himmell:
"Although she calls him darling,
: He's really not her flame.
She only calls him that because
She can't recall his name."
0 10, by Bennett Cerf. Dl.trtbuted by Kins Feature. Syndics!
official said
Madame de
much."
Tprfe !
Bf MERR1M AN SMITH
UPI While Home Reporter
W a s h i n R t o n-lTI- Back
stairs at the White House:
There was precious little
humor to come out of last
week's meeting of statesmen
in Paris, and what humor
there was had a Ipnrfpni-v In
be quite acrid. In the Allied 1 publicity
circles, for example, there
was a new name for utter
fatigue - "summit sickness
causedby U2 over-exposure."
And this supposedly is true.
After tile acrimonious session
of the Big Four during which
Soviet Premie Nikila S. Khru
shchev said there was no
point in trying to have a sum
mit conference for another
six or eight months. Presi
dent Eisenhower told French
President De Gaulle, "that
' fellow is stalling around un
' til next Jan. 21."
This referred to the day
! after Eisenhower leaves office.
De Gaulle pondered the sub
ject for a moment and then
asked meaningfully, "What
makes him so su;e
"It displeases
Gaulle very
that the Russians probably j T- ft.... . 4
er U KCJUIUC JUIIC I
would spark one crisis afte
another, probably
with Berlin
beginning
Khrushchev may have been
the villain of the drama in The White House party was
Paris, but he certainly won . quartered in Lisbon at the
the contest with Eisenhower. . Riiz Hotel, one of the newest
de Gaulle and Macmillan on of the world's major hotels.
points Even the , Tlie neonle who travel with
most ardent pro-Western Par- j Eisenhower have seen Just
isian newspapers gave vastly about every top-flight hotel
more space to Khrushchev's nf Ihe Western world and
tour of the Paris suburbs than j they've never seen anything
they accorded Eisenhower s ; (Q touch the Ritz.
visit to Notre Dame and j There is not a hotel In the
Sainte Chapelle. , United States to match it for
And the estimate of 3.000 luxurious appointments. Each
persons at Khrushchev's press room has an elaborate licht-
I
Chicago -OTP - Negotiations
will resume June 1 between
i the Brotherhood of Locomo
; tive Firemen and Enginemen
: and the Joint Carriers Confer-
ence Committee, it was an
nounced today.
H. t. Ciilbort, the unions
mediation board will meet
with the Brotherhood's wage
committee and the carriers in
a renewed bid to settle a union
request for a 14 per cent wage
increase and other benefits.
The carriers have proposed
that the firemen take a 15
cent an hour wage cut. The
dispute was turned over to the
president, .said the national I NMB on Dec. 1
around then, himself?"
Large Turnover in
Police Officers
Noted by Champlin
Turnover at the Medford i Champlin recently called a
eitv nolice deDartment is atimeetin? ol all the mcmoers , ing lunch on time.
oi me lorce ana asKca wiem
conference is on the eonserva
tive side. The attendance was
so great that French officials
dashed around the building
where it was held - the Palai
du Chaillot - in worry that
the floors might collapse.
When Elsenhower contin
ued on to Lisbon for a brief
state visit after the Paris con
ference, Portuguese reporters
said the collapse of the sum-
he'U be mit and Khrushchev's strong-
Employees of the Elysee
Palace in Paris knew the Big
Four meeting was in dire
trouble last week when the
conferees remained in session
beyond one o'clock.
"Nothing but the worst sort
of emergency would keep
General de Gaulle from hav-
palace
arm tactics distureea tncir
people Rreatly.
In the shops and hotels,
Americans traveling with the
President were asked fre
quently, "will there be war?"
And on this somber sub
ject, one of the American par
ticipants in the Paris attempt
at negotiations told friends
privately that he did not
know the answer, but he felt
ina system that would drive
most American electricians
! daffy. All lamps and over
Ihead lights can be controlled
I from four centrally located
; master switches.
! The bathrooms are plumb-
per capita income.
ing marvels, too, with separte
cubicles for tub, shower and
toilet, plus a large central
bathroom. At one end of the
tub is a special coil of chrome
plated pipes circulating hot
water to keep the bath towels
warm.
Full meal service also is
available in the rooms 24
hours a day. a service that
does not exist in American
hotels.
The luxury of the Ritz is
rather ironic since Portugal
is at the bottom of the Euro
pean scale when it comes to
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The death toll has reached
seven in the collapse of a tem
porary bridge which tumbled
60 auto racing spectators into
the paths of the speeding cars.
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its highest peak in years.
Since last September seven
police officers have' resigned
and the department is having
difficulty in replacing them.
For the past several months
the department has been oper
ating with two and three men
less than its normal size of 37
police officers.
Of the seven men who have
quit, four quit for better pay
ing jobs, two by mutual con
sent and one to go to college.
The department is having
difficulty in replacing these
men for two main reasons, ac
cording to Chief of Police
Charles P. Champlin. One, the
pay is unattractive, and two,
few applicants meet the stand
ards which the department re
quires of its officers.
Pay Problem Noted
Pay is a problem, Champ
lin notes, but no more so in
Medford than in most other
cities. Medford police officers
will get a S20 per month pay
raise in the 1960-61 budget
as will other city employees,
according to the present plans
of the administration.
Actually. Champlin said,
pay in the Medford police de
partment compares' quite fa
forably with the pay in most
other police departments
throughout the state.
A patrolman with the Med
ford department receives a
starting salary of S330 a
month and in three years
can reach a maximum of $410
a month. Both figures would
be increased by $20 If the
raise goes through. v
Average Length of Service
The average length of time
which the seven police offi
cers who resigned had spent
with the local department is
3.2 years. Individual service
with the department among
these men ranged from nearly
nine years to Just over two
months.
Champlin points out that
it takes at least one year to
train a police officer, so when
men quit who have spent a
number of years with the de
partment they not only reduce
the department by manpower
but also by experience.
To gain employment with
the department an applicant
must be between 21 and 30
years of age. be at least 5 feet
9 inches tall and of propor
tionate weight. He must have
a high school diploma or
equivalent education and have
a reasonably high intelligent
quotient.
In addition he must pass a
rigid physical fitness test and
pass four psychological and
intelligence tests which are
given for the department at
the Medford school .superin
tendent's office. He is also
judged on his personality,
temperament and courtesy.
Comments on Standards
"Our standards may be
high for a city of this size."
Champlin said, "but we never
theless think they are neces
sary if we are to give the citi
zens of this city the kind of
service and protection which
they need and want."
if they felt the standards
should be lowered so that re
placements could be obtained
more easily and swiftly. Al
most to a man. he said, they
stated they would rather bear
an increased work load be
cause the department is short
handed, rather than work
with someone of lesser quali
fications and ability.
EDITORIAL WRITER DIES
Kingston, NY. - IUPD - Adin
Ballou. 78, a poet and newspa
per editorial writer who for
many years wrote the New
York Herld Tribune's regu
lar Sunday editorial on na
ture, died Tuesday.
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