Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 13, 1950, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTEW MEDFOHD (OHEC.ON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, Jtnury 13, 1S50 MedfordJJITribune "Everyone In Southern Oresjon" Read! The Mai) Trlbuna" Daily Except Saturday Published by MEUrORD PRINTIMO CO. 87-20 North rir St. Phone J-aUl ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST R. GILSTRAP. Managar HERB GREY. Advertising Mgr C C FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph Editor HENRY L GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgl An Independent Newipaper Entered ea second elass matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act of March t. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year....$00 Dally and Sunday six months 4.7a Dally and Sunday three mos ilSO Dally and Sunday one month I 00 By Carrier In Advance Mediord. Ashland. Central Point, Jacksonville Cold Hill, Phoenix. Talent and on motor routes: . Dally and Sunday one year. sia.00 Daily and Sunday one month 1.00 All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offices In New York. Chicago De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portlsnd, St Louis Atlanta Vancouver, B C. Editorial Correspondence Cross town by Roland Coo OmtojnNsQpr. miSHEf4ssIIITI0 NATION At lOITOtlAl Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 14 rears age 10 YEARS AGO TODAY January 13, 1940 (It Was Saturday) Prospect, Central Point and Lost River dairy win opening games of AAU Basketball league at high school. Mrs. O. B. Morrow named commissioner of Girl Scouts here. Chester A. Arthur Relief corps No. 34 installs Mrs. Elva Lough president. First Church of Christ Scien tist renovated inside and out side; electric organ among new Installations. Eiuht carloads of local onions to be bought by federal surplus commodities corporation. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY January 13, 1930 (It Was Monday) Next legislature session ex pected to investigate Hogue river fishing question. Gold Hill schools close doors due to heavy snow In area. Ralph' Billings, Ashland, to enter race tor county commis' sioner as republican. Pear canning in valley last year sets new record. "Parrot fever" claims many victims throughout nation. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY January 13, 1919 (It Was Thursday) J. Harry Carlton, Central Point, returns home after being lost two days in blizzard in Merlin area. " Mr. and Mrs. Herman D. Pow ell, Capitol hill, are parents of a girl born today. Christian church to hold an nual meeting this evening. Picture Director Heart Attack Victim Hollywood, Jan. 13 (U.R) Pioneer Motion Picture Direc tor John M. Stahl, 62, died of a heart attack last night at Holly w o o d Presbyterian hospital, where he had been treated since New Year's day. The veteran film figure was stricken with a heart condition two weeks ago and, after enter ing the hospital, contracted Eneumonia. He was believed to e improving slowly until his fatal seizure. Dr. Herbert J. Movius said he died within two minutes after he was stricken. Stnhl's wife, Roxana. was at the hospital when he died. He leaves also a daughter, Mrs. Roxana Fletcher, and a son, Ray Stahl. Roadblocks Set Up To Cafch Eugene Thugs Eugene. Ore.. Jan. 13 (U.R) Eugene police set up roadblocks last night to catch the prowlers that robbed the MiK market and got away with an 18-inch square safe containing an esti mated $1,000. Police said the market also is a postal sub-station, and that the safe contained postal stamps and money belonging to the govern ment from stamp sales. New York City, N. Y., Jan. 9 Mme. Chiang Kai-shek gave a 15-minute talk over the radio here yesterday which reminded one of the historic appeal of Winston Churchill to the British people after the loss of trance, in :aci mme. uniang usea me famous Churchill phrase of "blood, sweat and tears" only with reverse English and seering Irony. Said she: "Britain has bartered the soul of a nation for a few pieces of silver. I say for shame! For one day these pieces of silver will bear interest in British blood, sweat and tears on the battle ground of freedom. That winch is morally wrong can never be politically right. Russia will never know one day of peace in China. Russia will never own China. China will remain free." e a It was a very moving and eloquent appeal. And as has often been stated In this column, we feel confident that ultimately neither Russia, nor any other foreign country, will "OWN China. ' China will, at long last, remain free as far as foreign denomination is concerned, in the future as In the past. But this does not mean Chiang Kai-shek or the Nationalist forces will ever regain power. Nor does it mean China will not have a Communist or at least an extremely leftish and liberal form of government. It docs mean at least as we see u tnai wnaiever tne nnui form of political organization. China will not be ruled from Mos cow, or any other alien headquarters. China will be ruled by the Chinese. What the exact character of the government may be we don't pretend to know; but we know what it WON'T be it won't be the sort of government tne nationalist party unuur uniting has represented during these post-war years. On a purely literary plane we believe Mme. Chiang's brief broadcast may well rank in history along with the epoch-making Churchill "last-ditch" appeal. Rut there is one crcat difference between the situation in China today and the situation as it was in England shortly after Dunkirk. In England the people, of whatever rank or class, were solidly behind their political leader; in China today the people the rank and file, the masses are not behind Chiang Kai-shek, or his rhnrminff and redoubtable wife. This isn't, we believe, because Chiang Kai-shek has failed to win battles. He failed to win battles because he failed to gain popular support because the enmese masses wanted a cnange. Chiang Kai-shek did not represent such a change (at least not in recent years) General Mao and his red forces DID. It will be interesting to see the political reaction in Washing Inn as far as Mme. Chimin's radio ai)ocal is concerned. A few years ago it would have been tremendous. But since her first triumphal tour to Washington the stock of Madame Chiang and all the Soong clan has steadily declined. And while such pro-Chinese firebrands as senator Knowiand ot California, mav throw a fit or two. it is not likely that the broadcast will materially change the basic situation. Republican conservatives like Taft and Hoover probaoiy win continue to maice wnat polit ical capital they can out of the sentiment phase of the Formosan issue. But as we see it, certain fundamental forces will soon con vince even the GOP die-hards, that whether one likes it or not the Nationalist cause in China is a dead horse, and no amount of "blood, sweat or tears from any source can now revive it. It is DODular today to condemn the American policy toward China, not only during World War II but since, as a succession of tragic errors. Undoutedly there have been errors, many miscalcu lations and serious mistakes. But this department seriously doubts if ANY policy by this country at any time would have halted the revolution in that country which has now resulted in complete mainland control by the rebel forces. It probably was as sure to run its course as were the French or the American revolutions. Whether this judgment is or Is not correct, there Is no doubt of this: The time to save China for the CHIANG forces has passed and barring some unexpected miracle will never return. The time to acknowledge the facts of life in China and recog- nlze the Mao government has come. The longer this action is de layed the more certain the danger of Uncle bam trailing along on the caboose once more again sadly admitting "too little and too late! This "mercy-killing" case in New Hampshire is attracting considerable attention in New York. There is almost as great and distinct a division of opinion as there Is and has been in the Hiss case. On one side arc the strict constructionists who maintain taking the life of nn individual is murder regardless of motive. The duty of the medical profession Is to preserve life, not take it. The doctor is a mlnistrmor, not an executioner. Dr. Sander s motives may have been for the best. But when he deliberately injected air into his patient's bloodstream which caused death, he violated the ethics of ms proiession and tne law and tncretore snouia be punished. Well, on the basis of cold logic it is hard to refute that reason ing. But those on the other side, like Professor Hooton, anthropolo gist of Harvard, instead of condemning Dr. Sander, commend him. Says Dr. Hooton: "If 'thou shalt not kill' is a law of God that convicts Dr. . Sander of murder, let us have done with such a savage and sub-human dicty, and substitute a God of Mercy and loving kindness. Perhaps this case will put a little backbone in' the medical profession and make them stand up and fight this euthanasia issue out they practice it anyway. Life should only be held sacred when that life is of value to its possessor and to society Doctor Sander may have violated the law in a technical sense but in a moral and social sense he has risen above the law and has achieved a grandeur of self-sacrifice for the public good that will evoke the profound admiration of all enlightened men." "ALL enlightened men" takes in considerable territory. Probably the truth, as usual, lies somewhere between these two extremes. We doubt if the law, or enlightened Dublic opinion will ever sanction "mercy killing" by the individual doctor or layman. The dangers of abuse are too obvious. lint we would not be surprised if, not too far In the future, there would be local boards of doctors of high standing established, which after examining the condition of a patient, could sanction by unanimous agreement, a painless termination of needless and hopeless suffering. Under some such setup the danger of legal izing murder would be so remote as to be practically non-existent. Professor Hooton thinks that euthanasia or mcrey-killine will soon become as important a political issue as woman suffrage was 40 years ago. Mebbe so. But we are certain of this: The more durable sex will not be as united or as belligerently for it. And with reason. Those chiefly responsible for creating and perpetuating life, will be hard to persuade there could ever be morol justificotion for deliberately taking it. R.W.R. (esssMea) If Cw-IUaUel Moll rasHtral,-.- S "Well, the walks all cleaned off nice!" Editorial Comment' GIFT PACKAGE DREAM (By Bill Jenkins in Kla math Herald and News) A few of us were sitting around the other night talking about the Klamath Basin and industry in gen eral and came up with another dream for the future. Why not a gift package idea made up around the potato and beef industry Over in the valley there are a couple of outfits who are doing very well by turning out gift packages or pears and other fruits. Most ot the boxes are on the expensive side, and the major sales of these basket--I imagine go to business firms who mail them out to their VIP customers and clients. Not entirely but pretty much so. During the discussion we came up with this idea suppose we develop a gift package comprised of potatoes and beef. Maybe about four nice baker size spuds tucked in around four beautiful steaks, all packed in dry ice, done up in a pine box and contain ing a folder describing the spuds, the steaks, the country they come from, how it is done, what kind of and how big an industry it is, and a top notch recipe for cooking the steaks and the spuds. What liner meal m the world than steak and baked potatoes? Granted, 80 per cent of those steaks would never get home to be eaten. But they'd cer tainly make a huge impression when you first open the box and see them all tucked in and ready to go. You could demand, and get, a high price for them for they would be used strictly to impress your cus tomer. Any time you impress a man in that way it seems to me you also foster a kindly feeling for you (and your product) at the same time. Just an idea but it might work. hvev notice how hard it is to buy your own prod uct in your own area? Try and buy a half sack or so of whole barley here in the basin and you'll have to go to a half dozen different spots to find it. Try and get some certain cut of clear pine and you have the same trouble. I suppose the people down in the sunny south have trouble buying good oranges because they all go to shipping points. Pacific University To Increase Fee Forest Grove, Ore., Jan. 13 (U.R) Pacific university students will pay higher tuition fees and board bills next year. Dr. Paul J. Davies of Port land, president of the university board of trustees, today an nounced that tuition fees would be rnised $25 a semester and board bills for students living at campus dormitories would be boosted $12.50 a semester, begin ning next fall. Dr. Davies said the increases would be made to meet operat ing costs. Babson Airs Employment By Roger W. Babson Washington, D. C, Jan. 13 (Special To Mail Tribune) The employment outlook for the next six months Is Subscribers rennrt Imnrnnar ar Ron. a.llvrw nt tha Malt Trlhun phona i-sMI before s:4 p.m. dslly and a.m. Sundsjr. If regular . delivery arrives shortly after you call, please notify efflce, thus cllmlnaUng special messsngar service. To good. There will be near peak employ men (jobs for 58,000,000) at high level wages, except for seas onal fluctuations. Economic ac- is not symptomatic of another boom. Rather, it is the rebound from the '40 recession caused by the too drastic liquidation of in ventories on the part of panicky businessmen. 1948 Top Year In Terms Of Production, Wages We must, however, face the fact Hint we are in a downward cyclical trend. 1948 was the top year in terms of production, wages, profits and employment. Employment rose phenomenally ifrnm fti Ron nnn in 10.15 5. tivity in t h e j 250.000 in 1946: and from 56.- UUO.UUU In 1947 to 59.378,000 in 1948. On the other hand, unem ployment increased from 1,040. 000 In 1945 to an average of 3.189.000 for the first half of 1949. Most economists believe three to four million is normal for a labor force of better than 60,000,000. next few months will be some 80 per cent above pre-war levels. This means jobs. Deplet ed coal and steel stockpiles will be built up. Good employment effects will be felt all along the line by industries using steel. Rehiring will be especially ac tive in machinery and fabricat ed materials industries, with the automobile industry leading. Construction along home and in dustrial lines will hold up through the early part of 1950. Both the petroleum and rubber industries will recover some what from their respective slumps. Other factors suggesting good employment are continued gov ernment spending, the expansion of credit and business loans, the continued stockpiling of people's savings ($127 billions in govern ment bonds and bank accounts), a nrif'n siitmnrt imuii-iim r,,- culture etc.. and a continued de-iB"' Job Opportunities Petition Asks Recall Of Springfield Mayor Springfield, Ore., Jan. 13 (U.R) A petition for the recall of Springfield Mayor B. P. Larson today was on file at the city hall. U. S. Burt, chairman of the Springfield Good Government league filed the petition charg ing Mayor Larson with failure to fulfill campaign promises, failure to cooperate with city employees and citizens, and failure to com ply with the mandate of the vot ers at the June 24, 1949. election. In addition, the petition stat ed that the mayor's conduct I "clearly demonstrates that he lacks the qualifications essential to properly occupy and conduct an office of confidence." At least 352 signatures are needed to force a recall election in the fast-growing timber city. Burt said petitions with space for 2.000 signatures probably would be in circulation Monday. 1950 will be In the distribution field. Even with business off in 1949, the annual rate of savings in the first six months of '49 was $16.6 billion as compared with $8.8 billions in the corre sponding period of 1948. The problem is how to coax these dollars forth. I predict that dur ing 1950 companies will add greatly to advertising and sales budgets. They will build up their market research staffs; they will develop stronger sales ; hrPVhfilinn UKrWPfl promotional techniques. They ! w. CyllUUlIU VlMsfCU will hire more efficient sales men. Another excellent area, espe cially for the college trained man! will be in the human rela tions areas of production. A po tent factor in bringing business mo a more lavorauic cuin i.-, . application for Increased five position is the more effec-: ; . - u-u ru in tive utilization of human re- Express Rate Hike By Salem, Ore., Jan. 13 (U.R) State Public Utilities Commis sioner George H. Flagg Thurs day authorized Pacific Grey hound lines to boost its rates on express shipments. A hearing on tne bus corn- sources for the common good of both labor and management. A third area young men should consider is work within the fed- leral government. In the past 20 years government agencies have increased from 250 to nearly Tl, ,., ..rrw ..r .. , settlements is to arid substan-1 fn d'?'- wh corresponding tially to companies' long-term i ncrease m available jobs, overhead costs, thus reducing Labor and Management the financial margin to lower Spiritual Rebirth Needed prices appreciably and thereby stimulate employment. This is We can never have continued one of the reasons why you will I good times in this country until see competition stiffen sharply '. both labor and management are within many industries in the i spiritually reborn. Each group rates was held December 19. Flagg said he found that the volume of express now being handled placed a hardship on passenger service but did not produce enough revenue to be self-sustaining. The bus company was ordered to file new rates with the commission within 10 days. next few months. This is also why industrial production is likely to taper off in the second half of 1950 with resulting un employment unless greater at tention Is given to sales. Distribution Field Offers must stop talking about its pre rogatives but put into practice constructive ways of working to gether for their common secu rity. This is the only way wo shall escape national socialism. This !s the only way we shall be able to maintain our free econ omy and thereby insure freedom PRUITT'S RECORD SALE To End All Record Sales CONTINUES Pruitt's Music Center 111 W. MAIN ST. (Opposite Riilto Theatre) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This one comes from New York: "Gambling popped up today as a hot political and moral is sue in New York state after Mayor William O'Dwyer's pro posal that betting on sports con tests be legalized ana supervised bv the state. "Some hailed the suggestion as practical horse-sense, in the view ot realities, utners con demned state-licensed betting as a threat to the public s morals. THAT talk has a familiar ring. It comes from New York, but it might have been uttered right here in Oregon. We have the same situation here. I gambling for fun (if there Is such la thing), gambling for money is an evil. Those who lose more than thev can afford are apt to go hungry. Worse still, their families, if they are bread-winners, are apt to go hungry. Those who win (or THINK they win; I doubt if there is such a thing as 'sustained winning at gambling) are apt to neglect their regular Jobs in the elusive hope of making a living as a gambler. Gambling for money rests oh the delusion that something can be had for nothing. One of the surest results of trying to get something for nothing is deter ioration of character. ET'S look facts in the face. From the standpoint of public morals, which is worse: 1. To forbid gambling by law, but permit it to go on as a mat ter of expediency? Or 2. To sanction it by law and supervise it? I'D SAY that both are bad. Whatever may be said CO FAR as I am concerned, New York can do its own worrying about the gambling sit uation. It's a long way off. But we have a similar problem right here in Oregon. Under our con stitution, as well as our statute law, all forms of gambling are strictly forbidden. Yet, from time to time, with spasms of public morality in between, gambling devices operate here. Anyone with eves in his head to see and a brain to think about what he of sees, knows that. I Whenever gambling goes on in Oregon, the law is being violated. Most of us suspect thlH when the anti-gambling laws are violated SOMEBODY GETS SOMETHING for permitting the violations. That may not be true. But, naturally, one suspects that it IS true. IF IT is true, or when it is true, we add to the evil of gambling the further evil of corrupting public officials. Oregon is a splendid state. 1 think its standards of public morality are among the highest in America. Perhaps the very highest. Un.i, Inim Mn Ihnl rnntlnim if we go on winking at violation of the laws torDiaaing gamDiing; I LIVE in Oregon. 1 love and respect and admire the state of Oregon. I want to see her an honest woman. If we're going to keep her an honest woman, we'd better enforce our laws apainst gambling or take them oif the books. Personally, I think we d better enforce them. It was Samuel Johnson who said, "Round numbers are al ways false." Prices Good January 13 to 16 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES Store Hours: WEEK DAYS 10 A.M. Until Midnite SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS 9 A.M. Until Midnite PLENTY OF PARKING Easy to Shop OUR STORE x ie MOT OF WE DOTWINGS IAJ TUF MODERN WAV SN C VOCM tiADttetAlsti. Ik THRIFT SIZE BORENE 57c Tasty Apple BUTTER 28 OZ. JAR 29c Anderson's Finer Produce Doz. 23c 5 lb. 25c SUNKIST JUICY LEMONS LARGE FANCY MWIIMVIC LOCAL No. 1 SMOOTH WHITE PARSNIPS NGRRoTwHr lb. 8c PURPLE TOP . 8c TURNIPS TENI5ER SMOOTH GOLDEN RUTABAGAS Wonder lb. 8c White Star TUNA 39c MAINE COAST SARDINES 29c SEA CAP PINK SALMON .. .39c DIAMOND A PUMPKIN SUNBLEST PEACHES SSS, RICHMOND APRICOTS hh GOLDEN GRAIN Spaghetti . 3 N,i 29c STANDBY HOT SAUCE R,GAHVTR CAN 5c BY OZ. CAN BEETS fd1cnecdy can 10c 2 iZ 25c 29c Halves in 214 af0- Heavy Syrup Can -aaaiW W Alber's FLAPJACK H0TCAKE FLOUR 40 OZ. PKG. 29c MEDFORD'S v 1 im 1 Iu17liSinMx f.f& A WTT7 r in at, a i . VI -'It LEAN CORN FED PORK Sfy V'lH"y STEAK ... lb. 33c TASTY LEAN PORK ROAST ...lb. 29c SWIFT'S SLICED BACON , lb. 39c America's Breakfast LITTLE PIG Sausages., lb. 45c THICK TASTY SWISS STEAKS , lb. 59c Meal Prices Friday & Saturday mnna lor food products. All this I Best Job opportunities for for all.