In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
By a vote of 217 to 212, the
. house ol representatives of
the new congress backs Speak
er Rayburn's move to upset
. the conservative majority in
the important and powerful
house rules committee, which
has wide powers in deciding
v. what bills shall come before
... the house for a final vote.
It is a victory for President
Kennedy's "liberal" program,
but it is a narrow one. Twenty-two
liberal Republicans
. joined 195 liberal Democrats
- for a liberal total of ?17. Sixty
four conservative Democrats
joined 148 conservative Re
publicans for a conservative
total of 212. On the basis of
this vote, which follows a bit
ter battle, the membership of
the house of representatives in
the new congress tint has just
convened will be divided as
follows:
Liberals M7
Conservatives 212
w
HICH is to ssy:
, A change of only thee
votes from the liberal side to
the conservative side can up
set the liberal majority.
That's a narrow margin.
'T'HE San Francisco fire de-
partment has a new gadget.
It is a king-size alarm, built
right into the fire alarm boxes
on the streets. When the lever
is pulled to sound an alarm
of fire, it lets go with a clang
that can be heard for blocks.
So
If it's a false alarm artist
who pulls the lever, he is left
there in FULL SIGHT OF
EVERYBODY. If he pulls the
lever and runs, everybody can
see him running. The idea is
to make it easier to catch and
punish those who turn in false
alarms.
fFHERE have been other
schemes to accomplish the
same purpose. One gadget was
a set of handcuffs concealed in
the alarm box. When the lever
was pulled to sound an alarm,
a door opened and the hand
cuffs reached out automatical
ly and clamped around the
wrists of the sounder of the
. alarm. It wasn't very popular,
because it worked alike on the
just and the unjust. The just,
who were doing their civic
duty by pulling the fire alarm
lever when they saw a fire
were considerably annoyed
when they found themselves
'Chained to the post.
Another scheme for catch
ing givers of false alarms was
a device that smeared the
hands of the lever pullers
. with tan invisible dye that
could be seen only under ul
tra violet light. That also ap-
plied both to the just and the
unjust.
Besides, it developed, the in
spectors never could find the
people with the invisible dye
on their hands.
f HE new device is a great
1
improvement. When the
honest citizen sees a fire and
pulls the lever on the alarm
box, all he has to do is stand
there and wait, secure In the
strength of his position. The
" fire will be his proof that he
is an honest citizen, intent up
on performing his civic duty.
If the false alarm artist who
pulls the lever RUNS he will
be chased. If he stands pat, he
will be in a bad fix.
, Now if we could only find
a way to tag the weird char
acter who turn in false bomb
. alarms, we would be making
real progress.
' MEMORY LIVES ON .
Norflok, Va. -(UPII- The 111-year-old
"Gaiete" burlesque
house, known to generations
of American sailors at this
key navy port will be torn
down soon, but its memory
will live on in an unexpected
way. Owner Frasvkie Blue sold
the burlesque house seats te a
buyer for $1 eaeta. The seats
will We tusteHeJ m feu small
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PARTY DRESS
Of United Grocers
Held in Portland
A report on the United
Grocers branch warehouse at
Medford was given at the an
nual meeting held this week
in Portland.
Harry Thye, general man
ager, told over 300 members,
at the meeting that United
Grocers had just closed the
largest year in its 46-year
history. The Medford branch
warehouse, which serves
southern Oregon and northern
California, employs 60 per
sons and covers 60,000 square
feet.
Thye said 39 stores have
been up-graded during 1960
and several others are under
going improvement. To help
finance the ventures, appli
cation has been filed for oper
ation of a United Supermar
ket Investment company.
Such a company would make
long term financing available
for independent retailers in
the area served by United.
The manager said United
Grocers "is dedicated to the
strengthening of the indepen
dent and locally owned chain
stores in an economy that
elsewhere in the country is
concentrating more and more
in the hands of large national
chains."
At the Portland meeting
the board of directors elected
Les DeJardin, West Linn, to
the office of president for
1961: Odus Bales, St. Johns,
vice president and two direc
tors.
Medford YMCA Gets
Eligibility Award
A tribute to the work of the
Medford Young Men's Chris
tian association developed this
week through the award of the
1961-1962-1963 Eligibility Cer
tificate granted by the Nation
al Council of YMCAs through
the National Physical Educa
tion committee.
The certificate Is recogni
tion of the Medford YMCA's
policies, plans, and organiza
tion in physical education and
acknowledgment of its accom
plishment in this field.
Only those YMCAs holding
eligibility certificates are per
mitted under the principles
and rules of the National
Council of the YMCA to par
ticipate in certain types of
inter-association athletic com
petition.
However the certificate is
an honor award, showing that
the YMCA adheres to speci
fied high purposes and ideals,
and follows standards of per
formance and accomplishment
in keeping with the YMCA's
objectives.
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Recife, Brazill Cecil Robert Harberson, 36, of Lincoln,
Neb., a passenger on the Santa Maria, recalling his feelings
when he first saw a U.S. naval plane fly over the runaway
ship:
"I will never again object to paying income taxes."
New York Malcolm Dooley, brother of the late Dr. Tom
Dooley, stating his determination to continue the work of
MEDICO sending medical aid and assistance to medically
backward countries:
"My brother wouldn't want to be memorialized. MEDICO
is his living legacy, not a memorial to a life that is finished."
New York Frederick Schuster, chairman of Automatic
Canteen Co., predicting that vending machines will be used
some day to seal mutual fund shares:
"Lots of people are afraid of high pressure mutual fund
salesmen and would prefer to deal with the impersonal
machine."
London Minister of War John Profumo, admitting to the
House of Commons that there are some loopholes in the law
prohibiting soldiers from selling arms and ammunition to get
spare cash.
"A chap could flog (sell) a tank if he wanted to and you
couldn't bring a charge against him under the existing
conditions." .
Time Marches on !
But Cattails Endure
Probably the cattail is as
much a part of the rural
youngster's childhood as any
plant that grows. It was the
first plant they could easily
identify, and whose habits and
simple beauty were evident in
every marshy place.
The home of the cattail is
different from that of dry land
flowers; its aquatic existence
is not as well known. The
farmer may know his land
like the palm of his hand. But
if there is a marshy area, then
there are strangers in his
midst.
Here in the waters of the
swamp are plants and animals
as different from the rest of
his holdings as day is from
night. The waters may teem
with fish, bugs, frogs, sala
manders, newts and water
plants, all mixed in a glorious
hodgepodge. There they live,
there they mate, eat, and die
in unnoticed silence.
Noisemakers
The farmer knows the frogs,
the noisemakers of the
marshy places. He knows the
tall green leaves, and brown
candle-like fruit of the cat
tails. He may have watched
them, nodding stiffly in the
breeze. He may have ob
served how the leaves wrap
around one another, below
and above the root and sepa
rate above; the leaves being
longer than the round, smooth
stem that holds the cattails
Early in the spring the
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MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. ORE.
By Jimmy Hatlo
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
. (Bcglstar and Tribune Syndicate,
1961)
leaves begin to sprout among
the old dead leaves of last
year. In September when most
other plants have bloomed
and gone, the big brown cat
tails wave and bow. Later
they swell and burst like slen
der ears of corn, and the seeds
are wind-borne to other
marshy places.
Falls By Own Weight
The flowers are simple, be
ing composed of seed produc
ing parts; a light colored part
supplies the pollen which falls
by its own weight onto the
spike and pollinates it. The
cattail does not have to de
pend on birds or other agen
cies: it takes advantage of
gravity.
Nature varies habits and
characteristics so completely
that even the life stories of
two plants are as different as
the names they bear, or the
environment in which they
live. The arrangement the cat
tail uses for the pollination of
its seed is different from that
of any other plant.
More Than One Kind
There are, of course, more
than one kind of cattail. One
variety has its flower stalk
divided by a little bare space
It looks as if two "tails were
growing on one stem. Two im
portant varieties of cattail are
called the ' common and the
"narrow-leaved."
Time has marched relent
lessly onward. Things have
changed a great deal, but the
cattail, the dweller of the wet
places, still stands stiffly
alongside many country roads;
even by the side of paved
highways where cars stab the
night with glaring headliohts
never noticing the cattails
st-aaaUasg there, still maintaaa
ing tkair eeaecaess vigil.
5 fjfexnaoad- ee4anr loi
fWa. S 9 VijHk, pexfbct
jJ:'eV jfft cer-
taimafcti MiMkd ey local
MNeciKeaM v.e be auctioned
it ; event.
Prwcais will he donated to
the Sacred Heart hospital
building fund. Telcpone do
nations will be accepted dur
ing the auction and at least
eight circuits will be set up
to accept telephone bids. Pre
bidding on items may be done
on any item prior to auction
time.
In addition to small mer
chandise and gift certificates,
vacation trips, furniture itd
appliances will be offered.
Auctioneers will be Man
ville Heiscl, Walsh and TV
tation personnel.
Multi-Purpose Building
Planned for New Federal
Structure, Speaker Says
Construction of a new fed
eral building in Medford is
"now more certain," accord
ing to a report made to0the
board o the Medford Cham
ber of Commerce Thursday.
Medford Ristmaster Moore
Hamilton told the directors
that the general services ad
ministration is now certain
that the propose property be
tween South Central and
South Rivers. aves. soul of
10th st. ie its ' as." loca
tion.
Hamilk. afcetlete?' t'aafi
there w a rumor ttaot WniUcrs
a! a preneseel nic4sl are fa.
nk he secure tke aurw site,
htrt ke stud tkat in his imi
tW?re k exuh recwa for koth
foireraJ building anil aaotel
in the aoacral location.
KMM-Pwpess 9cniiiinu
Tke astnaser rcvorhdl
Wiot the new federal building
is ln-eseirtly wtennefi ob a mul-ti-
purpose structure, with the
st effice the first floor
anil offices oh the second.
Plans alse call for renovation
of the present post office, with
only a small service office of
the post office remaining with
other offices on the first floor.
The federal court would re
main on the second floor.
The board approved unani
mously a recommendation
from the legislative commit
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