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o O o o o O O o New VA Administrator Has Banking, Military, Veterans Background White City - Information concerning John S. Gleason Jr., recently appointed head of the Veterans Alminlstrar lion by President John F. Kennedy, has been received here. Gleason, who has a back ground of banking, military service and veterans affairs, will be the chief of the 172,-000-person agency, including all activities in this area. At 45, Gleason is the sixth Veterans Administration chief since the agency was estab lished by law in 1930, and the youngest man to hold the title. The agency has annual ex penditures of about $5 bil lion and must administer laws applying to eligible benefi ciaries and their dependents. Glcason's r e s p onsibilities will include administration of the GI insurance program for more than 6 million veterans, operation of the largest medi cal program in the United Stales, conduct of the GI Air Traffic Up During December Air traffic vas up and pas senger traffic was down at Medford's municipal airport during December, compared to the same month a year ago, according to Airport Manager Gil Gutjahr's monthly report. A total of 3,008 planes, in cluding 526 commercial air liners, landed at or took off from the airport last month. During December, 1959, a to tal of 2,520 flights were re corded at the airport. The airport recorded 2,949 passengers last month, com pared to 4,136 in November, 1960, and 3,256 in December, 1959. Mail handled at the airport was up, but both air freight and air express was down compared to a year ago. Mail totaled 30,622 pounds last month, compared to 26,334 pounds a year ago; freight totaled 11,132 pounds last month, compared to 12,047 a year ago; and express totaled 3,046 last month, compared to 3,213 a year ago. The airport took in revenue of $3,349 last month, includ ing S328 in landing fees. loan program which has given home loans to more than 5 million veterans, a GI bill educational program which has trained some 10 million veterans, and administration of a compensation and pen sion program providing pay ments lor more than 4 million veterans. Notre Dame Graduate The new VA administrator is a Notre Dame graduate with post-graduate study at Harvard university school of business administration and the University of Wisconsin school of banking. He rose from Army private to lieutenant colonel during World War II and is a veteran of compaigns in New Guinea, the Marshall islands and the Philippines. Decorations include the sil ver star, soldier's medal, le gion of merit, bronze star with two oak leaf clusters and the Philippines Legion of Honor. He is a major general and commanding officer of the 85th infantry division, U. S. Army Reserve. Gleason was elected nation al commander of the Ameri can Legion in 1957. He is a member of the Illinois Vet erans commission, member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Veterans of World War II. He is vice president of the First National Bank of Chi cago and president of the Chi cago Helicopter Airways. Zl Small Worldi Around Us By Lynn M. Watkirts (Btimtl ssd Trlbun Syndicate, 1SS1) Recalls Ihs 'Back Forty' With Fondnesi It may very well not have been, but the so-called "back forty" always seemed to be more plentifully supplied with wild creatures of various kinds than any other area on the farm. Just the name, "back forty" conjured up in young minds as well as older ones the vision of a very isolated place where it was easily possible to find more game during the hunting season, as well as more interesting things dur ing the long days of summer. There was, of course, a reasonable explanation for the abundance of wildlife in the "back forty"; Us actual isola tion instilled a feeling of security and safety in all the little creatures that inhabited it. This particular "back forty" was bordered on three sides by woods. In the tall trees, near the meadow edge, sentry crows watched the entire area, ever alert to give an Magnuson'sWife Seeks Divorce Seattle - (UP!) - The wife of Rep. Don Magnuson SD-Wash.) has filed suit for divorce on grounds of cruelty. Mrs. June Magnuson asked for custody of the couple's three children, ages 7 through 14, and $125 a month for the support of each. She also asked for S350 monthly for her own support and that she be awarded the family's home here. She suggested that Magnuson be awarded their other home in Washington D.C. Magnuson and his wife were married in 1944. He serves Washington's Seventh Con gressional district. FINAL 30U PAIK Women's Airstep and Life Stride Shoes Values to $13.95 s490-s690-s790 Hurry! They Won't Last Long! GIRLS' School Oxfords and Dress Flats Values to $7,95 $190ands39 For MEN One Lot of Dress Oxfords COURT HELD ami m s stihl'u semes by tiie COLLEGE of LAW XVILiAMETTE UNIVERSITY 'Third Degree Methods' Invalidate Admission of Evidence Police officers suspected Oswald of illegal possession of narcotics. When the officers approached Oswald, he hur riedly swallowed two capsules of morphine in an attempt to destroy evidence of his crime. However, the police took him to a local hospital where, against Oswald's will, forced a stomach pump tube into his mouth, causing him to eject the two morphine capsules. The capsules were used as the chief evidence in obtaining a conviction of Oswald, who ap pealed to the United States Supreme Court. THE COUHT HELD: Con viction reversed. Under the 14th Amendment to the Unit ed States Constitution no man may be deprived of his liberty without due process of law, nor may he be compelled to testify against himself. Pump ing out a man's stomach, it was argued, is just like mak ing him testify against him self. Such third degree meth ods shock the conscience and are unconstitutional. alarm If an intruder entered the woodland or the meadow. Squirrels Scamper A rail fence zigzagged along the south and east sides. Along its crooked length red squir rels scampered; in the zigs and zags, nested a wide va riety of birds. Chipmunks lived beneath the gnarled lower rails. Field mice scam pered through the weeds, climbed the wild-grape vines, and sometimes ventured up on some of the higher rails. They, like the red and fox squirrels, worked the fence row hard during the fall for several nut trees spread their branches half over the fence. After a frost hickory nuts fell, hit the top rail and bounded into the "back forty." To the wild creatures that lived there, the rail fence was not a barrier; it was a welt traveled highway. The farm boy visited the "back forty" often. In the late afternoon he whistled his way down the lane and entered the area. The cows that spent the long summer days in the "back forty" always were re luctant to leave without some urging by the farm boy; so usually he had to herd them toward the barn. Cows Interfered There were times when go ing after the cows interfered with boyish activities; -at such times he hurried, paying no attention to the whistle of the quail in the hedgerow, not noticing the cottontail rabbit scampering for the bramble thicket. As he looks back on it from adulthood he regrets that he ever hurried, that he ever wished he didn't have to drive the cows up from the "back forty." At the time he failed to no tice that there must have been deep and tolerant under standing between the cattle that spent their days there and the wild things that lived their lives in that isolated "back forty." He remembers now that when a foreign presence enter ed the area, the wild things flew, ran, scampered or crawl ed away to their own particu lar hiding place; that the cows regained their standing post tions, not ready but half-will ing to file slowly home, leav ing the back forty to all the many and varied creatures of the wild. This column of general leg al principles is presented by the Williametie University College of Law. It is not to be taken as legal advice. Slight changes in facts may change the outcome of a case. Cross-Stifch Charm J Y X rK Estimated 5,000 Attend Opening0 Of Oregon Bank A "conservative estimate" of some 3,000 persons re sponded to a recent invitation to the Hague Valley State bank's Open House party held Friday at both branches. Clarence Young, bank presi dent, also announced that 41 persons received the "lucky keys" maiied out to local resi dents earlier, and over $750 in cash was scooped out of the "treasurer chest" contain ing some $2,000. The party celebrated the bank's merger with The Ore gon Bank, Portland, Bank of ficials say that there is to be no change ot personnel local ly, and ail checks and savings passbooks in circulation will continue to be valid. Chief advantage of the merger, ac cording to officials is io pro vide a "complete trust serv ice" for the bank's cutomcrs. Founded In 1887 The Oregon Bank was founded in 1887 as the Port land Trust, and is now the old est trust service west of the Rocky mountains, Young not ed. Honored guesls at the Fri day party, and designated as official hosts and hostesses, were persons born m 1887, the same year that the Portland firm was established. Attending the event from Portland were The Oregon Bank's officers including Charles F, Adams, president; S, E. Gjerde, vice president; Lome L, Miller, vice presi dent and trust officer; Henry Ide and Fred Thorscn, assist ant cashiers and Henry Pil lock, trust officer; John You cii, a director; Loran Richey, cashier; and Veri Wells, audi tor. Veteran Newsman Dies After Illness Portland - "IW - Tom E, j an extended illness. Shea, 81, veteran Oregon! Shea was bora in Astoria newspaperman and one-time and graduated from Ms. An- merged wtth the Portland Tel I egraisi. . 1 i t n ,1 S3 i; ... u... i. i,: Refreshments were catered (" nuipi .-. iie imtkmi new. by the Mcdford Jayeeeites. 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Riverside Publishing Firm Damaged by Fire Portland - fllPB - A pre-dawn four alarm fire Sunday heav ily damaged the Clarke Pub lishing company plant near downtown Portland, Two firemen suffered minor injuries. Fire investigators said the blaze apparently started near the center of the building. It's cause was not known. The firm publishes 13 week ly "shopper" nevspapers in addition to special advertising sections for various firms. Leslie F. Clarke, owner, said other printing firms had been lined up to help meet his production schedule for the time being. WHILE THEY LAST S590 w. Children's Shoes $1;o Buster Brown SHOE STORE IS S. Central Fluhrer Buildings Pansy wreaths - pretty In two or a bouquet of colors add a springtime touch to a bedroom. A choice bedspread, pillow, you can easily make. Ail 6-to-inch cross-stitch plus quilting. Pattern 7315: transfer 12 wreaths, quilting motif. 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