Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 12, 1944, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextrOWH MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Oct. 12, 1944 FREE PRESS BEST PEACE INSURANCE, GREY TELLS CLUB Kiwanians Hear Mail Tribune Ad Manager on Newspa per's Part in Civilization. Declaring that "lasting peace mid freedom of the press are Inseparable", and that a free press has been and is today Britain and America's great "secret weapon," Herb Grey, advertising manager of the Mail Tribune, addressed the Medford Klwanis club yesterday on the growth of the newspaper indus try from before the birth of Christ to modern times. Acting President Joe E. Ear ley presented the speaker with . a citation for the Mail Tribune from Klwanis International and the Medford Kiwanis club in ap preciation for the service news papers have rendered the na tion during the critical war years. A similar citation is be ing presented each newspaper In cities where Kiwanis clubs are established. Can Avert War Reminding his listeners that world suicide would be the in evitable results of continued and increasingly destructive wars. Grey stated that wars can be averted with careful long range planning if the people who do the fighting and dying know what's going on and quoted Lord Rothermere, pub lisher of the London Daily Mail, who recently said "A free press Is apparently a greater deterrent to the making of war than anything that can be laid down In treaties, and when the reconstruction of the world takes place, I hope the minis ters of the crown will do their best to see that a free press once more comes about In every coun try In the world". Grey traced the history of the freedom of the press In this country, stating that it began more than 240 years ago when the refugee editor, Peter Zen ger, was defended by Andrew Hamilton In a history-making suit. "Since that time, newspa pers have been the greatest sin gle factor in sustaining the in dividual thoughts and actions of our people", the speaker said. He reviewed briefly early his tory of publishing and printing and told of the great invention Of movable type in the ISth renttiry and added "The Magna Carta and the printing business were the real foundations of de mocracy and our present way of life." Early Censorship Press censorship began In Eland, In 1530, Grey said, and ho tiv?n reviewed historic events of the past decade in relation to the press, beginning with Hitler's complete control of German newspapers, the efforts of the Fifth Column In France and the "divide and conquer" technique which led to the fall of France. These tactics accom plished Utile In this country, Grey declarrd. because of the wisdom and foresight of the American patriots who wrote the Four Freedoms Into the Bill of Rights. To give his audience true pirture of the term, "American press". Grey quoted figures showing that there are 2,043 daily newspapers, 13,4.r8 week ly, semi-weekly and tri weekly papers and the daily circulation of the daily newspaper alone in the United Press is more than 44 000.000. Discussing the so-called "con trolled" press, the speaker said that newspapers are nut con trolled by big business nor by economical or politirnl factions, but by the people. "Newspapers imply cannot exist without the approval and support of the people, their readers," he said. "Publishers of America's 15,000 newspapers are individuals, and their editorial columns reflect their personal views. Owner ship is so widely diffused that domination of policies or thought would be utterly Im possible. The press would be no more controlled than the doe tors, the automobile dealers or lawyers could be controlled." Ads Don't Control Grey further declared that advertisers do not control the press because smart business men use newspapers and other media to sell goods and when the policies of any publication are dictated from the "counting rooms", the readers quickly sense it and circulation falls off. Discussing advertising, Grey re minded his listeners that "a free press unit must be a solvent press" and that advertising was therefore very important. He said that advertising had raised the standards of American liv ing and that advertising had brought more people . more things and better things for less money. Speaking of threats to free dom of the press, Grey said that newspapermen for the most part realize that liberty can be maintained only by those who willingly accept the discipline of social control, that American newspapers are now operating under a voluntary censorship plan and that the press had kept its trusfwell. Much of the early censorship in the present war. Grey de clared, was stupid, but said since the establishment of the OWI, the situation was much improved. Propaganda, the speaker said, is much like champagne and "the quickest way to let it gel flat js to ex pose it to the air." He paid tribute to the many war corre spondents and said they were making a magnificent record in supplying war news to the American public. Newt Needed In closing Mr. Grey quoted from Waiter S. Rogers, chief of the division of foreign press cable on the committee of pub lic information for the Ver sailles Treaty conferences and that Rogers' document, in the hands of President Wilson at the time, might well have saved, a world from its present horror. Rogers' paper set forth the im portance of equal use of world communications by all nations and said "inadequate facilities and high rates leave a situation where the press of many parts of the world remains provincial and easy victims to the propa gandist. If statesmanship has the vision and the organized ability, the most widely separ ated communities can be made neighbors, trading with each other, Interested In each other, understanding each other and learning from each other." A new member, Kenneth Grant, chief controller of the Medford airport control tower, was introduced by Mr. Earley. JOHN FORREST MOORE SUCCUMBS AT HOME John Forrest Moore passed away at his home on Spring street Thursday morning at the age of 75. He had been a resi dent of this community for the past 34 years. Arrangements are In care of Conger-Morris chapel, BOOT NETSTROUT Northampton, Mass. (U.R) While emptying out his high tdp boots which were filled with water when ho accidentally step ped Into a Imlo in the river, Jack Clifford of Northampton heard a splash and found a wriggling 7!i inch trout. LUNCH BOX 13 No. Fir NOW OPEN Under New Management Wo aim to keep the lame policy as before, with good food, cour tesy, and smiling ser vice. Make it your eating place, as well as your meeting place. Enjoy Home Atmosphere! Dick and Marie Owners Ex-Cop Designs Billyclub To Flash .Red, Green Lights By Charles Hull UP Staff Correspondent St. Louis, Mo. (U.R) A police man's billyclub, long associated with producing stars and flash ing lights before the eyes of re calcitrant prisoners, soon may come with red and green lights as standard equipment. Yes, the patrolman's - night stick is being modernized. A bil lyclub designed by John Carten, former member of the St. Louis police department, has a flash light in the handle and green and red electric bulbs in the busi ness end." Carten's contribution to police pyrotechnics, although designed primarily for peace officers, is being considered by the army military police board for possible use by MP'S. The new billy weighs 20 ounces, Carten says, and is made of black plastic material, which the inventor asserts is as hard as a billiard ball. The nightstick is 17'4 inches long and two Inches in diameter. It also sports a slot for the officer's whistle and his call box key. "After the war It may be pos sible to install a tiny radio re ceiver in it," Carten says, adding however, he thinks the club too small for a two-way communi cation outfit. The retired St. "Louis detec tive had some difficulty in ar ranging his red and green billy club lights so they would be helpful in directing traffic, but still wouldn't be seen from fhe air during blackouts. The problem was solved by setting the bulbs far down In the nightstick and covering them with colored plastic lenses, held in position by springs allowing the lenses to recede when the policeman needs the stick as a weapon. With Carten's Ingenious billy club, an officer would have both nightstick and flashlight in one hand, leaving the other free to handle a gun. The new-type billyclub has been tentatively approved, Its in ventor reports, by members of the military police board at Fort Custer, Mich. Final decision on Its adoption by MP's must come from Washington, however. CZECHS LIBERATE T London", Oct. 12 (U.R) The Czechoslovak gov ernmentin exile announced tonight that Czechoslovak troops fought their way through the Dukla Pass in the Carpathians and liberated tneir iirsx noineiana viubbb, Vyssikormarnik, on Oct. 6. The announcement said the first Czechoslovak army corps formed on soviet soil forced the Dukla Pass from the Krosno area of Poland and drove on more than a mile to capture the vil lage. The Czechoslovaks suffered "very heavy" losses in driving through the pass, the 'overnment reported. When Lt.-Gen. Patton's lrori fisted Third Army made its spec tacular drive down the Nor mandy peninsula and later roll ed into Paris, some of the ord nance tanks covered more than 600 miles in two weeks an average of over 40 miles a day. 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