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MLDI OUU MAIL TRIBUNE, MKOFOIiD. OMiGOX 1 FLAME ! A l ! 'bST ! TIIL'IISOAY. UIXK.MBLR 19, 19(ia Public Asked To Guard Against Fraudulent Schemeson Holiday -A 11 Locals The iMcdford Chamber o( i Each vcar thousoncls of un- Commorce has warned the pub-1 wary Christmas sho - -rs are lie to be on guard against the ' victimized by opi'i ato.o who fraudulent and misleading sales step up their activities during and promotional schemes that the holiday season, according to flourish during the Christmas Don McNeil, manager of the season. j Medford Chamber of Commerce. According to the National Bet ter Business Bureau, with which the local Chamber is affiliated through membership, seasonal swindlers drain millions of dol lars annually from consumers and businessmen throughout the Death Reported Word has ' eountry. They capitalize on the been received here of the death Chnstmas rush and the fact that c n- r- ,-, i n . i people tend to be more gener in San Diego, Calif., of Delia ts mnr ,m, a,i Z hl-. L. Campbell, daughter of Mr. i ly to turn down a request at that j and Mrs. R. S. Snider, former-1 time of the year. I ly of Medford. tan Protect Themselves McNeil said holiday shoppers ! Smoke Investigated Medford can protect themselves by avoid fircmen called to the Kenn " Knackslcdt residence. 91 Re nault Ave., about 9 o'clock this morning to investigate the cause of smoke, reported that the mo tor to the gas furnace had over-healed. ing u-D-nigiu operators and telling nun that the shipper is i sue perfume at a bargain price, ordered merchandise throimh by making Christmas purchases holding a package which will be McNeil said. Actually, cologne Ihe mails generally arc not ob from dealers of known reliabil- ' sent on return of the stub and a and toilet water is being sold at ligated to return it or pay for it J smf ammml " lho, mo7 is several limes the regular retail unless it is used. Thev 'arc re- Based on past experience, he 'l a cheap pen-and-pencil set . p.itw d ,hl. ,)r0,,ui., packl,80l bv . quired t0 surrender it if the said, the following schemes can or something similar which was ,he manufacturer himself. " j shippers or their agents call for tnwu i ic uicii dp- - " v ; uiner pertume hoaxes involve it within a "reasonable" time. - ""' 1, ,,f ..f.,;, I-.i 1.. ..f rc. ...!..;. ,..:... pearance again this year Mail - order bargain offers quoting toys, watches, jewelry and other items allegedly at a fraction of the retail ' price. When the gift arrives it may be a cheap imitation of Ihe item thought to have been ordered. Mail and telephone appeals for donations from unknown charitable organizations. Attempts to collect -Unordered merchandise ap peals by unknown charitable or ganizations with requests tor do- ,"t H! i ,S f'PP-.. i with the initials of nationally! -Sales f.1';, ' I'i.. a H';''S b! I!1, known fragrances. The sprays ' tain cond tiw.n uiii-avi iui-vi nvvuy mill- i vidtials seeking clothing, food, fuel and funds. Distribution of c o u r t c s y cards for purchasing gifts at dis-1 counts from fictitious prices. McNeil said various perfume i well-known brands on cheap im-: mas gifts from mail-order firms italions. phony pricing and the should generally allow three or sales of spray containers labeled four weeks for delivery. may be final. Ascer- spi avs : tain conditions of sales and ob- are concocted to simulate those : tain guaranties m writing, fragrances, McNeil noted. j Examine purchases before The chamber manager made j Christmas. Do not expect Iran these additional points: j sient vendors to be around after I'liorilernl Merchinulise ! the holiday to listen to corn- Consumers who receive un-1 plaints, McNeil warned. VA.V.V.V.,l.kl.Ui.l.V.t.i.t.V.l.t.t.Vli NOVEMBER ,wv.wYer WANT JOIINJOHN STAMP - A Sacramento. Calif., group has gathered over 25,000 signatures on petitions asking that the Post master General issue a commemorative stamp like the picture shown above. The stamp was inspired by UPI's "John-John" picture, taken during President Kennedy's funeral. (UPI) Your Money's Worth By SYIVIA PORTER CwripM, Hill Syndic.!., Inc. U.S. POPULATION EXPLOSION At about 8:!!0 on the morning of Lincoln's next birthday, Keb. 12, the population of the United States is slated to cross a new magic mark of 191 million, an astounding addition of one million persons to our nation since 40 seconds before 11 a.m. on Sept. 27. Every 7'; seconds the mammoth population clock at the Crnsus Bureau in Washington "strikes" a new birth. Despite Ihe impact ol deaths and emigration, there is a net gain in our country of one new person every U seconds round the census clock. Just since the lUliO census, the number of us has climbed over 11 million a total equal to the entire population of Texas or of Illinois or of Ohio. Just in these few years, we have added the equivalent of the populations of the District of Columbia plus 14 "new" states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, North and South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah. Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii, .lust between now and Lincoln's birthday, we'll add the equivalent of "an other New Orleans or "another Pittsburgh," our 15th and Kith largest cities. While our birth rate has hern steadily declining lor -ft months, we still are in a population explosion, and wilh our record crop of war babies now approaching marriage age and about to have more babies what is happening in Amer ica now will be dwarfed by what will be happening as this decade rolls on. Of course, our population explosion is not comparable to that in many less developed countries and is not the stagger ing problem il is elsewhere, but it is far greater than in Eu rope's industrialized nations. Never in any period in the almost two centuries we have been a nation, has our growth and change been so enormous. Never have we had such pressing problems of worker mobility, education, employment, of pro viding services in the suburbs, maintaining standards in the central cities. We arc a nation on the move. Each year, one in five of us moves to a new home in a different neighborhood, county or state. Five years from now, only half of us will be in the same homes we occupy today. Housing trends arc shifting from those of the 1950s toward smaller homes and apartments geared to Ihe young married and Ihe over-65. We are a nation still surging toward the suburbs. Although there are some signs of a reverse trek back to the cities, cen sus statistics indicate that among mature white men four move to Ihe suburbs for every man that returns to the cities. This movement adds to Ihe pressures for spending on highways, water and sewage facilities, police and fire services, etc. It intensifies the financial problems of maintaining essential serv ices for businesses and families in the cities. We arc a nation continuing to move westward. In I9B0 the population eenler of the U.S. was near Ccntralia, Illi nois. 5" miles farther west than in lil.ill. II probably has moved another 17 miles since V.im. Ccntralia is history and midpoint soon will be near the Missouri border. The politi cal implications of the westward movement are immense. So is the challenge ol matching Ilie location ol uie Jim ami the worker. We arc a nation rapidly growing younger. In (he 1960-65 period Ihe rise in the undcr-25 age group will be 30 per cent against our over-all population growth of 8 per cent. By 1965 more than half of all of us will be under 25. Millions of young Americans will be straining our educational facilities, millions will be pouring into our labor market without the training or skills to (ill available jobs. We are a nation with less and less elbow room. In Rhode Island there arc now 842 persons per square mile, close to the 897 per square mile density in the Netherlands, the world's most crowded country. We are a nation upgrading Ihe standards of income, living and security for our soaring population at a pace unparalleled anvwherc in all history. Vet. implicit in every exciting sta tistic you've read here are the two most acute economic prob lems of our times: Our economy must grow faster to create the jobs for our spiraling numbers of workers. Our workers, young and old. must be better trained and retrained to fill those Jobs. In Hospital Donna Eliza beth Minor. 2-ycar-old daughter of Mr. and Airs. Charles Carl Minor, 209M Cory Road, White City, was reported in good con dition at Rogue Valley Hospital today after she swallowed an unknown substance and became ill. The child's father called Medlord Police last night re questing a patrol car escort en route to the hospital. Theft Reported Glenn Pru itt, Holland Hotel, reported lo Medford Police yesterday the I heft of numerous items from his ear while it was parked at a local service station. Items i taken included seven suitcases j containing myrtle wood plaques, j string lies, myrtle wood carved I animals and earrings, he said. The estimated value, he told police, was S545. V V V , Auto Collisions Two hit-and-run auto collisions were re ported to Medford Police Wed nesday. Marion Christine Kli- mo, 327 Old Mill Koad, report ed thai her car was struck while it was parked on East Main Street between Bear Creek bridge and Riverside Avenue; and Shirley Mae Johnson, 1808 Salem Firm Gels OCI Contract SALEM (UPI) -Battcrman Construction Co., Salem, was awarded a $889,800 contract Wednesday to build a new 101 man cell unit at the overcrowd ed Oregon Correction Institution. Sunt. Paul Squicr said the in stitution now has 374 inmates 103 over its cell capacity. The excess prisoners are sleeping in hallways within the cell blocks. The Batlerman bid was Ihe lowesl of five presented to Ihe Slate Board of Control. The company said il would have Ihe new project completed in 180 days. A contract for locking devices, doors, cells and other iron work in the new penal unit was given to Southern Steel Co., San An tonio, Tex. for $49,235. The board delayed action on a request of the City of Salem lo lease 10 acres of land near the State Penitentiary as the site of a state fire training cen ter. Secretary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. said that although the project is meritorious he ques tions the propriety of a slate ad ministrative agency allowing land to be used (or a purpose thai wasn't contemplated by the legislature. Gov. Mark Hatfield, an advo- C.O.D. packages supposedly for . hoaxes were prevalent in past j A your neighbor who, the deliverer I years, and have already reap- fj uive "i tint hnmn " Tl, ...........I i ' . says, "is not home. The pack-' nearcd in some areas in one r. J tmpC mau rnnlnin im,-.l,.,..l I (. ...... 1 i..: K . .' ." iiiiuiwiiii ' luiia vi miuuiV! . I I lull lilllici;. merchandise or merely paper or are couon wanning. i quan itiau-orcicr hcliemes , may be altemuted in offices, al iMau-orfler schemes m which ' factory gates, on Ihe street, the person gets a claim stub JOHNSON - To Mr. and Mrs. John D 817 W 10th St., Med lord, Dec. 17, 1963, a girl, G' j pounds, at Rogue Valley Hospital. i or anoiner. rrime targets K executives who buy gifts in Eft ility at Christmas. Sales g door-to-door or in some offices. Widespread Perfume Scheme The most widespread perfume scheme involves the sale of well known brands o( colognes and toilet water re-botlled in small, purse size containers by com panies having no connection with the original manufacturers, j he said. Ihe purse size contain I ers are generally similar in size and and appearance lo those used to sell small quantities of genuine NOW See the Battle of the Behemoths! REANEAU To Mi Mrs. James W., 910 S. Peach St Medford, Dec. 18. 1963, a girl, : perfumes. 6:l4 pounds, al Rogue Valley i The public is fooled 'into he Hospital, i lieving that it is buying expen- S. Peach St., reported about i eate of the plan, said il was a 10 p.m. thai her car was hit prime example of how intergov while it was parked al Second i ernmental cooperation can pro Street near Woodstock Street. ! vide benefits for all governmen tal units involved. Chain Saws Taken Two chain saws, valued at $600, were reported taken from the Eord Brothers Logging Company op eration on Star Gulch Tuesday. The saws are 21 and 30 inch according to Oregon Slate Police. Convalescing Virgil Wilkes, 96 Clover Lane, is convalescing at Rogue Volley Hospital fol lowing surgery Wednesday. Return Home Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Webster returned Wed nesday from San Diego, Calif., where they were called by the unexpected death of his brother, H. D. Webster. While south they were with relatives in Los An- Potato Crop Estimate Made WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Agriculture Department Wednes day estimated 106.1 potato pro duction at 275,541,000 hundred weight, 3 per cenl more than in 1962 but 6 per cent less than in 1961. The big potalo crop harvest ed in the fall weighed in at 195.893.000 hundredweight, 3 per cent more than in 1962 and 4 per cenl smaller than the big 1961 crop. Potato production in heavily producing states: (in hundred weight) Idaho 55.450,000; Maine geles and Long Beach, including ; 37.630.000; California 29.898.000: Webster's stepmother, Mrs. Ma bel Webster; his sister. Miss Grace Webster, and a brother, David Webster. New York 19.953,000; Minnesota 14.150.000; North Dakota 13.338. 000; Colorado 11.835.000; Wash ington ll.6JI7.O00: Oregon 9.673, 000; Wisconsin 9.495.000. Burglary Arrests Medford Police arrested Ihrce people si Wednesday evening on charges i )nj(larjgC of burglary, according to pp. lice reports. They arc Johnnie I Lee Williamson. 331 S. Ivy St., i Ronald Gilkerson Beach. U3 Ge neva St., lil'TII II. MrlNTOSII Funeral services for Ruth H. and a juvenile. Wil-1 Mcintosh. 61. of 1512 Hunt Drive. ' liamson and Beach are lodged Richland. Wash., who died I in Jackson County jail and the j Wednesday, will be held Satur- juvenile was referred to Ihe ' day at Einan's Memorial Chapel detention home. ; in Kicnland. Perl funeral Home i is in charge of local arrange- ALLOTMENT APPROVED menls. ONTARIO. Ore. (UPI) - Di-! Mrs. Mcintosh was born Jan. rectors of Ore-Ida Foods, Inc.. ' -- in Colfax, Wash. She have approved allotment of W'IS " leather in the Washington $100,000 to the employe profit j l',lt,lic schools most of her life, sharing trust fund from operat-1 She was a member of the Rich ing profits for the year ended i liin(1 Wcstside United Portcstanl Nov. 3. 1963. j Church. ! in r.i2o, in untax, ivasn.. sne : was married to Leslie A. Mcln , tosh, who died in 1958. I For Ihe past six weeks, she I has made her home in Medford i with her son. Dr. Donn K. Mc intosh, and her daughter, Mrs. Fae Vcvera. Other survivors in clude one daughter, Mrs. Dec Anderson, Seattle, Wash.; three brothers, William Kenedy. En terprise, Ore., C. B. Kenedy, Colfax, Wash., II. L. Kenedy, Tacoma, Wash.; three sisters, Mrs. M. Miller. Dillon. Mont., Weather GREAT BIG HITS! TONITE! ITIII 1--"- -'- 5lg-!f jyrR.-CJr i KEU-Y Kelly Jl 7 p-m. t 12 40 SiMjn Slide 9 p.m. Timn II p.m Ci IHt M. TECHNICOLOR TROY DONAHUE CONNIE STEVENS --iwf sncncmtii Flue NT COLOR roiu:r.sTs MrrlfnrH and vicinity Ott--i'n rain tnnicht and shower!) V i id Sonip (on and smoke in ilir va Irys. Low tonight 3j HiRh Friday 43 Western OrCEon : Mostly cloii'ly with occasional nun tuninht, hr-i-nminq -.hou'ers Friday. Little tem perature chsnRc Low tiling"! .'14 in extreme south interior, to in north and about 1,1 aIoue coM Utah Kridav 4,-,.,j.-(, except :H-2 extreme uuth. Northern California : Occasional rain San Kranrmcu-Kiuninientn nnrthwnrd tonight and l-ndjiv Variahl rlnudinc rNruhcrc Lit tle teniperaiure chance I.WAI. NAT A TEMPKH ATUHE: Mean ycMrr dav 33: heiow normal fi rtrcord high thin date : m mi Record low this date 0 in 1flM PnEClPITATION 2 hour to midnight. 04 inch Midnight to 10 i m . Ol inch Total thia month 10 inch. B4 inch below normal Total iinrc Sept 1. 7 08 niche?. Oti inch below normal HUMIDITY Loweo veMcrdav i"u -. niguci ini am Mich t il V VfMrr. Mrs. K. Miller. Enterprise. Ore Mrs. Jean Lchrer, Walla Walla. Wa.sh.; and 10 grandchildren. dav r.i""kinc : C ra-rr I a,:e IJ C;rnt! pass .tH (i.';.rd prairie I'l Kia'-a'h fall l Mi ui ono .(. portend t,t SeaMle" ifC .Spi.kare -a Yakima 3) R"d Bluff .Sacramento l Franemeo 4'i 1 o Anjelf r, fi Phoenix m TKmer .17 f hicAgn r Munii rirach New York Ua-lung'on. 1) C 1 1 l no- rno a m. I ow 47 I'rer to 1ft :I7 CINEMA 21 o Open Tonight, 7 P.M. 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Here are colorful, per kjci fitting sport shirts in exact sleeve Cfy 1 good looking sport knits for lor. f in action and relaxin' . . . hand Offering you Nationally known lines of men's wear at consistently sensible prices. ALL GIFTS WRAPPED BEAUTIFULLY port shirls (rom 4.00 sport knits (rom S.OO sweaters Iron from 1.50 handkerchiefs box of 3 monogramcd 2.00 underwear from 1.00 Open Every Night 'til 9 Until Christmas Except Saturdays vrJl I '3Q I '45 1 'to I 'is j 'w hahso lzZ'l"k rsl'i" Mohrl'isl'nris If in doubt . . . give him a gift certifi cate and let him choose his own gift from Drews Mansrore - the Style Store of Southern Oregon. SIMCE 1918 M anstore IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER -If I " 1 T
