Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 28, 1961, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1961 ON BRINK OF APOPLEXY MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OE, A " JUU J 1. K L- A. J - X.... J JL.. J II Mm . i . . .. .. .. .. HJ y p wp j ijup jwp Lp j ? clIQ'Q CD j3 and u year " I a e i . isu j .1 ii" mum - ' r - - ....itaL. imw moi r"S !r.i- ys, . v .- . Dick West Loafies Having Wallet Cluttered With Lots of Small Bills By DICK WEST Washington (UPD - There came to my attention recent ly a press release put out by a weekly mag azine, which I shall tactfully refrain from identifying. It reported that the U.S. Bureau of En graving and Printing had " discontinued the printing of Weit $5,000, $10,000 and $100,000 Dills." I was, of course, outraged when I read this. If there's anything I loathe, it's to have my wallet cluttered up with a lot of small currency. I carry my wallet in my Inside coat pocket and any extra ballast there tends to make me walk with a star board list. Consequently, I hopped a cab to the government's money-making factory on 14th St., intending to lodge a pro test with Henry J. Holtzclaw, the bureau director. Mo Change As it turned out, the cab driver didn't have change for a $10,000 bill, and that added to my temper. You know how little inconveniences can get under your skin. ' Needless to say, by the time I was ushered into Holtzclaw's office, I was dang near on the brink of apoplexy. Had there not been so many armed guards around, I might have done something rash. "Now calm down," Holtz claw said, or words to that effect. "The picture is not as black as the magazine paints It." Not Discontinued Technically, he explained the bureau has not "discon tinued" the production of four-five-and-six figure currency. It just hasn't made any re cently because the supply ex ceeds the demand. He said banks have a back log of big denominations mouldering in the vaults. The bureau hasn't printed any thing larger than a $100 bill Since 1945. But if the need arose, he assured me, the bureau could print a new batch of long playing lettuce in short order. I asked Holtzclaw if this meant that big bills were go ing out of style. He replied that he just printed the stuff and didn't concern himself with fads or fashions. Get Bad Name However, someone at the Treasury Department told me that big bills got sort of a bad name during the war. Anyone who walked into a bank with a $1,000 bill ran the risk of being suspected of black mar ket dealings. Black marketeers, tax dodg ers and other shady operators like to deal in big currency because it fits so cozily into safety deposit boxes. Holtzclaw, who has been in the money printing game for about 40 years, can discuss the subject in a detached man ner, as though $10,000 bills were so many pistachio nuts. Specimen Sheet Impeded But the conversation made my claws ache to get holtz of come. Before I departed, he brought out for my inspection a specimen sheet of $100,000 bills. They were printed dur ing the 1933 "bank holiday" for use as collateral. None ever got into general circula tion. In a way, that is a pity. A $100,000 bill would have made a nice souvenir of the depression. Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- A COLLEGE GRAD wangled his way into a tony pub lisher's office and asked cheerfully, "Need a good edi' tor?" "I do not" "A proofreader, per haps?" "Nope." "A sixth assistant sec retary?" "No. Sorry, but we haven't any openings at all at the moment." "Then," said the appli cant, "you certainly need one of these." And from his briefcase he produced a neat metal sign read ing, "No help wanted." An army private signed up for a correspondence course In electrical engin eering and was puzzled by one question on the application blank. "How long has your pres ent employer been in business?" It read. The private finally answered, "Since 1776." A Broadway publicity man bought a new electric typrewriter and crawled under the desk with the extension cord to plug it in. A client caught him In the act. "You press agents!" he chortled. "Always looking for a plug." ID 1M1, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate Iowa, Wisconsin Residents Evacuate In Face of Floods By United Press International Turbulent rivers today drove 1,000 persons to high ground in front of roaring crests in the Upper Midwest. Emergency conditions were declared in Eastern Iowa and Southwest Wisconsin. Water lapped at the tops of gasoline pumps at Soldiers Grove, Wis., and authorities at Evans dale, Iowa, appealed for sand bags and dump trucks. Mothers Prolesl Work on School Longview - (UPD - Some 30 sign carrying mothers march ed upon the St. Helens ele mentary school here Monday, protesting the school's pro posed renovation. The mothers favor a new building instead of improve ments to the existing 37-year-old school. One sign read, "Stop play ing politics with the lives of our children." Another said, "Beware, fire trap." The demonstration started about 9:30 a.m. at the front steps of the school building and continued throughout the school district. Demonstrators said the pro test was touched off by a school board decision last month to proceed with renova tion plans, which Included a new foundation, Installation of fire sprinklers and a new heat ing plant. Mrs Helen Sorensen, a spokesman, said "we want to show again we don't , want renovation. FORMER ATTORNEY DIES Darien, Conn. -IUPD- Former New York attorney Charles Lewis, 81, died Monday after a long illness. He was a prac ticing attorney for more than 55 years. HEADS TOWARD EARTH Washington (UPD The Ex- Dlorer X satellit hurtled hank toward earth today from a distance about 112.500 miles from thin nlanet. The Nation al Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration said the satellite launched Saturday from Cape Canaveral, was exDected to plunge within 110 miles of earth by 7 p.m. (FST) Wednes day. Scientists could not tell whether the 78-pound space laboratory would .vhip back out into space for another orbital trip or burn up In the atmosphere. Counsel With . . . Mr. .Insurance Fred Brennan Fred R. Brennan, C.I.A. CREDIT CARD INSURANCE Ever hear of It before? Not many have! Carry your HOMEOWNERS POLICY with us and we can insure your credit card against misappropriation by others. The cost Is $4.00 per year tacked to your HOMEOWNERS policy. Check with us. CALL MEDFORD INSURANCE Agency PHONE SP 3-7343 27 North Holly Street "We haven't anywhere near enough sandbags," an Evans- dale official said. The Cedar river continued to swell over a predicted 17-foot crest Mon day and "without them we're helpless," he said. In Southwest Wisconsin, the Kickapoo river flowed in tor rents over a dam at Soldiers Grove and poured on to Gays Mills eight miles downriver. Truckers brought drinking wa ter from nearby Readstown, Wis. Elsewhere, the newborn spring unleashed a tornado that shattered a tiny settle ment on the East Texas plains Monday and combined with hail to terrorize Shreveport, La. Two persons were killed at Appleby, Tex., when a twister hurled their home into a wa ter-filled ditch. The Tornado left holes in the places other buildings had been. Indiana winds whipped television antenna from the hand of a Columbus father. It fell on a 75,000-volt power line and electroucuted his wife and 13-year-old son, who were assisting the installation 28 feet above ground. The father and his daughter, 11, were seriously injured, In the West, a lower pres sure area from New Mexico to Las Vegas, Nev., set off mixed rains and snowstorms. Canadian cold air forged south past a two-foot Rocky Moun tain snowfall recorded Mon day. A third of an inch of rain fell in six hours during the night at Roosevelt, Utah. 500 Leave Homes Evacuations mounted dur ing the night in the flood wracked Upper Midwest. More than 500 persons left their homes at Charles City, Iowa. National Guard, Red Cross and state officials count ed hundreds of homeless at Mason City and Waterloo, Iowa, and near the Mississippi lowlands at La Crosse, Wis. Hurricane-froce winds Mon day whipped across into Il linois. Winds up to 100 miles an hour bowled over pedestri ans and shattered store win dows in Chicago. A dust bliz zard was blamed for a fatal traffic accident at Dwlght, 111. At Rockford, 111., winds knocked out electricity in a 20-block area. Light snow was predicted Tuesday in the Northern Great Plains and east to the Upper Great Lakes. Scattered show ers dotted the Southern Plains, the Gulf States and the South Atlantic Coast. East of the weather vio lence, mild temperatures and fair to partly cloudy skies dominated the Northern At lantic Seaboard. Civil Rights Law Seen Sufficient Salem (UPD - Sen. Jean Lewis (D-Portland) said today that no further extension of Oregon's civil rights law will be needed at present if SB75 becomes law. It passed the Senate unani mously Monday and was sent to the House where it has strong bi-partisan support. The bill extends anti-dis crimination statutes to all places offering goods or serv ices to the public. Sen. Lewis said this was the "last area that needed atten tlon" In Oregon. GET YO JbtampsJ E2a cntENi ISTAM PSt IstampbJ tamps ORCHESTRA MAN DIES Paris -l?D- Marcel Lelbo- vici, 56, the orchestra leader at the famed Paris night spot "The Lido," died Monday from Injuries received In an LSTAMPSJ m stamps lsTAMP Medford, Ore. GREEN STAMPS AT ALL THESE FINE STORES AND SERVICE STATIONS IN THIS ARE GROCERIES & MEATS Corner Grocery, 2211 Table Rock Rd. Court Street Grocery, 940 N. Central Ellis Market, 820 Crater Lake Ave. Grandview Market, 2330 Crater lake Ave. Snowy Butte Grocery 5010 Crater Lake Highway Piggly Wiggly Store, Stewart & King Norton Food Market 4223 So. Pacific Highway M&M Market, Griffin Creek Rd. DRUGS Central Rexall Drug, Main & Central Wainscott's Pharmacy, 322 East Main West Main Pharmacy, 130 W. Main DRY CLEANERS Big Y Cleaners, 1928 Table Rock Rd. Modern Cleaners, 211 West Main DAIRIES Gilman's Dairy Farms, Inc. 462 Beall Lane-Phone NO 4-2640 FURNITURE, HARDWARE, APPLIANCES, RADIOS & SPORTING GOODS Davenport Appliance Shop 405 N. Central Floyd Hlbbard't Hardware 310 East Main Flynn Electric Supply Co., 1 1 1 W. Main Voight's Medford Office Equipment, 41 S. Grape Moore's Patio & Toy Shop 816 S. Riverside Rogue Sportsman, 1080 S. Riverside Siskiyou Hardware, 225 W. Main S&W Floor Covering, 709 S. Riverside PAINT, WALLPAPER AND ROOFING Ekerson Paint & Roofing Store 619 E. Jackson Medford Paint & Wallpaper Co. 6th and Holly GARAGES Deleigh Motors, 134 S. Riverside Jim Clark Signal Service, 6th & Grape Medford Tire Service, 123 S. Riverside Medford Muffler Shop 1130 N. Riverside Medford Custom Body Shop 910 S. Riverside BULK GAS AND OIL Frisbie & Renner, Motor Fuel and Oil, 103 West McAndrews Rd. MULTI-BARK Kopap Manufacturing Co. 2080 S. Pacific Hwy., Ph. SP 3-6601 FURNACE OIL Medford Fuel Co., 265 E. McAndrews Phone SP 2-2111 Olympic Petroleum & Equipment' 1050 S. Riverside Ph. SP 2-5275 SERVICE STATIONS Buds Eastside Texaco Service 529 E. Main Ashland, Ore. Ashland General Hardware 90 N. Pioneer and C Sts. Ashland Sporting Goods 1350 Siskiyou Blvd. B&J Jewelry, 283 E. Main Bon Bazaar, 1475 Siskiyou Blvd. N. Main Union Service, 493 N. Main. Anderson's East Side Pharmacy 264 E. Main St. Fisby & Renner Fuel Co. Highway 66 and Clay St. Frost Fuel, 2280 Siskiyou Blvd. George B. Icenhower (Used Furniture) 389 E. Main Crosby's Mobil, McAndrews & Jackson Herndobler Furniture, 125 E. Main Desert Service, 6779 Crater Lake Hwy. Foothills Garage, 2445 Siskiyou Blvd. Ed Ross Mobil Service, 11th & Central Hal's Flying "A" 36 Crater Lake Hwy. Horton Richfield Service 1120 E. Jackson Jim Clark's Signal Service 6th Grape Sts. Hopkins Richfield Service, 1175 Court Jim's Signal Service 3000 Crater lake Hwy. Kennedy's Union Service 1251 S. Riverside learn's Service, 3628 S. Pacific Hwy. 99 Chevron Station, 816 N. Riverside Medford Truck Terminal 1050 S. Riverside North Riverside Union Service 201 N. Riverside Oak Grove Service West Main Oakgrove Prulrt's Mobil Station, W. Main & Ivy Read's Mobil Service, 700 Stewart Richfield Truck and Auto Service, 2390 N. Pacific Hwy. Roethler's Shell Service, 6th & Front Sandy's, 1504 N. Riverside Messer's Mobil Service Central and Jackson Webb Signal Service S. 99 and Fern Valley MISCELLANEOUS Ander's Photo Shop, 232 E. Main St, Applegate Shopping Center Andy's Jewelers, 218 East Main Burk's Tent and Awning 314 E. Main St. Columbian Optical Co., 555 E. Jackson Franklin Van & Storage Co. 340 N. Fir St. Goff Bros., Well Drillers 225 W. Main St. Ideal Drug Inc., 1471 Siskiyou Blvd. Laundromat at the Campus lee's Mobil Service 1307 Siskiyou Hwy. Ivan's Shell Service, 449 E. Main Ashland Beauty Shop, 149 E. Main Charm Center Beauty Salon 1257 Siskiyou 99 Market, 1724 Siskiyou Blvd. Norton's lumber Co., 2315 Siskiyou Blvd. Oregon Food Store No. 1 1475 Siskiyou Blvd. Plaza Grocery, 59 N. Main Plaza Market (Meat), 57 N. Main Harwell's Signal Tower Service 340 E. Main The Mart, 270 E. Main The Rogue Shop, 62 E. Main Union Oil Co., Fuel Oil, MU 2-7676 Wardrobe Cleaners, 45 N. Main Wick's Furniture Store, 297 E. Main Wolff Bros. Chevron Service 105 N. Main Applegate, Ore. Butte Falls, Ore. Butte Falls Shell Service Broad and Fir Sts. Central Point, Ore. Eagle Point, Ore. Eagle Market, Front St. Hal's Market, Crater lake Hwy. Midway County Store Butte Falls Star Route Pete's Garage Medford-Crater lake Hwy. Roy's Chevron Service, 1 West Main Gold Hill, Ore. Cogswell's Market, 2nd Ave. Dardanelle Richfield, Old Stage Rd. Gold Hill Garage 2nd St. and 4th Ave. Rasmussen's Service, Hwy. 99 N. Prospect, Ore. Prospect Store Ruch, Ore. Sunnyside Grocery, Gas & Groceries Phoenix, Ore. Gier Drug Store, 40 S. Main St. Norton's Food Market 4223 S. Pacific Hwy. Norton Lumber Company End of 5th Street Phoenix Hardware, 114 S. Main Phoenix Richfield, 101 Main Reese Marine Center, 200 Main St. Webb Signal Service Rogue River, Ore. Main Building Supply M&A Auto Court, Hwy. 99 Rogue River Cleaners, Box 305 Rogue Variety, Box 513 Rogue River Feed and Farm Supply P.O. Box 521 Shontz Supply Company (Hardware) Hwy. 99 The Hub-Sundries and Remedies Weaver's Cash Market Triangle Service Jacksonville, Ore. Jacksonville Lumber Co. Jacksonville Market Legg's Shell Service Shady Cove, Ore. Cave Drug Cave Variety 1 Shady Cove Cleaners Treasure Trove (Gifts) Hammon's Service Station Cove Motors Service Talent, Ore. Moore's Patio & Toy Shop 816 S. Riverside Rogue Valley Greenhouses 625 Franquerte S&W Floor Covering, 709 S. Riverside Bill Scarlett's Auto Supply 8th and Bartlett Sts. Superior Rubber Stamp Co. 38 N. Bartlett Valley Aviation, Medford Airport VARIETY STORES Village Variety, 711 Stewart Alexander's Hardware, 317 Pine Bob Stewart Chevron Service 441 S. Front Central Point Cleaners, 40 W. Pine St, Central Point Pharmacy, Pine St. Gallbreath Mobil Service Snappy Service, Highway 99 Talent Chevron Service Talent Hardware Talent Junction Richfield, Highway 99 Valley Locker, Groceries and Meats Trail, Ore. Glass Grocery and Service Station, Central Point-Jacksonville Hwy. Howe's Texaco Service Sunset on the Rogue fi-ntnr lake Hwv Groceries & Gas Krupp's Flying A Service, 16 N. Pacific Rogue Woods Motel Midway Shell Service Vista Rd.-Table Rock Rd. Pine Street Service, 414 Pine St. Table Rock Store, Table Rock Rd. White City, Ore. Norton Lumber Company Desert Chevron Service FOR THOSE SPECIAL EASTER GIFTS Redeem your filled books at the "s&H redemption store near you: 221 SOUTH CENTRAL MEDFORD, OREGON ftrTi rTTi nrn rosri rrni ttin.Mfl jWTMMOM !TMflJ lSTAMU laTAMIJ mm !''" mm tmm n 'r i i m. - automobile crash.