Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 03, 1950, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, F.bruary S. 1950 MedfordWribune "Everyone In Southern Oreaon" Rudl The Mill Tribune" Dally Eacept Saturday Published by MEDFORD PRINTING CO I7-J9 North Fir St. Phone 3-8141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST R GILSTRAP Manaael HERB GREY, Advertising Mr C FERGUSON. Managina tdltol ERIC ALLEN JR.. Clly Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Eoiloi HENRY L GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgt An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon under Act oi March 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATER By Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year... WOO Dally and Sunday six months 4,75 Dally and Sunday three mos i 31) Dally and Sunday one month I UO By Carrier In Advance Medlord Ashland. Central Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on motor routes: .,, Dally and Sunday one year $13 00 Daily and Sunday one month 100 All Terms Cash In Advance Ofllelal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jaeksun County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative; WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offices In New York Chicago De troit. San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis Atlanta Editorial Correspondence NtWSPAPlIt UcUISHEta ASSOCIATION I0ITOIIAI MATIONAl Flight o' Time Madford and Jackson County His-lory- 'ram the files the Mall Tribun. 10. 20 and 34 years ago 10 YEARS AGO TODAY ' ' February 3, 1940 (It Was Saturday) Howard Jones and Cecil Hunt Jr., both of Medford, in Univer sity of Oregon band on concert tour. Ray Crosby's one-handed push shot in overtime gives Tornado cagers 27 to 25 victory over Grants Pass, Modern type gasoline station at Riverside and Jackson streets to be managed by Woody Tur pin, Medford, Jacksonville reports gold nug get weighing two and a half ounces found there. Lapham Motors, Inc., to lease building and plant of C, E. Gates Auto company. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY February 3, 1930 (It Was Monday) Medford hanks sixth in bank deposits among cities in state. Hopkins ditch bond election slated February 14. Council approves survey of city by a "civic engineer." Republican leaders warn vot ers to "beware of promise of prohibition repeal and- smooth tongued dreamers." 34 YEARS AGO TODAY February 3, 1916 (It Was Thursday) Portland isolated by worst snow, sleet, ice and wind storm on record; wire communications severed. George Austin, mail carrier from Eagle Point to Climax, finds carriage easier than horse back with heavy load. Medford Moose lodge to spon sor supper and dance for mem bers and guests. Legal Gambling In California Seen Boost To Nevadans Reno, Nev., Feb. 3 (U.R) Nevada gamblers said toclnv a proposal lo legalize Rambling in neighboring California might of fer them a "short cut to becom ing millionaires." Among oilier things, the Cali fornia proposal would have the voters elect five gambling com missioners at $10,000 a year apiece. Would Pay Stat "Why I'd pay the state of Cali fornia $100,000 today if they'd let me be one of those 'czars', " said the manager of one of Reno's biggest gambling casinos. "And 1 11 bet you 10 to 1 1 could find four other Nevada gamblers who'd each put up the same kind of money.'1 Nevada gambler, are known to be considering opening branches in California if sam- bling is made legal in that stale. ' However, they were flabbergast ed at the commissioner plan. Regulated By Stat In Nevada, gambling is regu lated by the slate tax commis sion, an agency created 80 years ago. By law, it must include spokesmen for banking, mining, livestock, agriculture and busi i ness. The chairman of the pub lic service commission and the governor are also members. All serve without pay. Meanwhile, in Sacramento, Cal., the secre tary of state's office announced the gambling proposal has one third of the necessary signatures to qualify for the ballot. Deputy Secretary Charles Haggerty said the "Pension and Taxpayers union, Inc., bad filed New York City, N. Y., Jan. 31 Shame on Boston! A group from the Japanese Diet, 14 strong, visiting the U.S.A. to observe "democracy at work ' was barred from the Boston city council chamber because, to quote one of the council men: "They are probably here taking photographs of fort resses and learning all they can about the A-bomb." This visit was endorsed by General MacArthur, and the group was chaperoned by officers of the U. S. army. But this moronic representative of Boston democracy a democracy that reelected Mayor Curley, a confessed grafter and convicted swindler said he spoke on behalf of U. S. war veter ans "the last time the Japs were here they bombed Pearl Harbor sic) and would probably try to do it again." "Feed them but don't educate them" was his final plea. This from the "Athens of America." Moreover the councilmen voted 11 to 8 to sustain him! The Boston councilman need not worry about EDUCATING the Japs he has contributed to their education as to how low "the land of the free and the home of the brave" can sink! A lesson in practical democracy they probably won't soon forget, e e The visiting Japanese will soon go to Washington, D. C, and watch congress in action. Well, with a national election coming up we doubt if what they observe will prove much more edifying. It seems to this department that the congress as a whole regardless of party, resembles as of today the water reservoirs of New York a record low for all time and disaster ahead if Mother Nature docs not somehow come to the rescue. e e There is a great hue and cry about deficit-spending and national bankruptcy but when President Truman or anyone else charts a course whereby the budget COULD be balanced, the congressmen think only of themselves and reelection and vote for a reduction in tax revenues rather than an increase. None of them seem to realize we fought a war only a few years ago the most costly war in blood and treasure in human history and that war MUST somehow be PAID for. It can t be paid for by fancy bookkeeping, By dencit-spena-Ing. by trying to raise ourselves by the bootstraps, or by ANY- thing but hard work, increased production, and as a result putting more money In the U. S. treasury than is taken out. And that "putting in" can only be accomplished by increasing taxes, in creasing national income, or by both. But the only vital thing to congressmen is VOTES! The sharp contrast between the Hiss and the Corjlon trials continues. Comedy is still tne keynote of trie laiier wun me -111116 giant" Archibald Palmer refusing to drop the role of slap-stick artist, In spite of Judge Ryan's desperate efforts to raise the pro ceedings above those of a farce. Archibald is almost as baffling a character as Alger Hiss, though on widely different planes, of course. According to pressroom gossip, Palmer has made a fortune at the law, being a bankruptcy court specialist, and while ec centric, those who know him best, deny he is "a mental case" at times he may appear to be crazy, they say, but really is only "crazy like a fox. We have heard that before. And perhaps the "little man" HAS made a fortune in the bankruptcy court where the main objective probably is to escape legitimate financial obligations by claiming to be insolvent. But if Archibald is only crazy like a fox, if there is method In his madness if he is anything but a bull in the legal china shop and a plain damn fool to boot, then we will have to have more convincing evidence than has been provided to date. e e e As we see it and have seen it from the first if Judith Coplon is acquitted it will not be because of her lawyer's efforts but In spite of them. It was because the defendant Gubitchev saw Palmer in preliminary action that he refused to have an American lawyer when the case started. The dour and diminutive Russian doesn't look overly smart but he was smart enough for that better no lawyer than a clown like "Arch." To further reinforce his position In the face of Palmer's uncontrolled garrulity, Gubit chev pretended he could not talk English or understand it. e e e When this "escape" combined with the claim of diplomatic Immunity failed to work and Gubitchev had to get a lawyer or run the risk of disaster, he tried to got as far away from the Palmer and Miss Coplon set-up physically and legally as circum stances permitted, choosing one of the best criminal lawyers in New York a Mr. Pomerantz, who represented the U.S.A. at the Nuremburg trials and moving to the extreme left of the court room "ring" while his co-defendant and her counsel occupied the extreme right. Since then Archibald has enjoyed himself immensely. Last Saturday he held a press conference in his office on lower Broadway, the purpose ostensibly being to have the news paper men meet Mrs. Coplon, Judith's mother. Mrs. Coplon was on hand ok, and had her picture taken with her arm around her daughter. But aside from declaring she would not turn her back on her own flesh and blood naturally and Judith had told her all about her romance with Valentin Gubitchev before her arrest, she had little to offer and finally found the conference so nervously exhausting that after a few moments the poor woman broke down and hurriedly left the room in tears. e e e This denouement sobered and angered Miss Coplon but nol her attorney. The latter proceeded to produce a box of ball point pens and pass them among the newspaper men present, while Miss C. was asked (with characteristic newspaper callous ness) what her feelings as of today are regarding Gubitchev. Sht replied solemnly that whatever they might be they were no longer feelings of love This admission shocked the romantic Archibald so severely that he declared his client now and then was "a damn fool," while Miss Coplon pleaded to have the remark considered "off the record." But it was too late for that, so the story was high-lighted in the Sunday papers with proper illustrations. When the con ference broke up, there appeared to be about as much love lost between Judith Coplon and her attorney as between the latter and Messrs. Gubitchev and Pomerantz. see When court opened the following Monday, Archibald was on hand, as full of vim and vigor as a bantam fighting cock, with more ballpoint pens (45 cents each, wholesale) to pass around the press section, as well as his favorite cough drops the bankruptcy legal expert uses cough drops as a substitute for cigarettes (and not a bad idea!) He also packed about 108 pounds of law books for Judge Ryan, which the Judge wryly declined with thanks, declaring he had all references needed in his own library. Archibald received this declination with the same airy nonchalance he receives the frequent rebuffs and censures from the court, scarcely raising an eyebrow, as he hustled on to the next point, to convince the jury his attractive client is the victim of an FBI "frame-up" and a Soviet "seducer" rather than like Alcer Hiss, voluntary medium of transmission of secret U. S. government documents to Russia. How is this case coming out? It has not developed sufficiently to lustifv anv formal uroi!- nostication. Hut our guess would he that in spite of Archibald Palmer's biifooncry and gatichcries, if the FBI doesn't present more convincing evidence of an actual conspiracy between Miss Coplon and Gubitchev an actual passing of documents from one to the other than has been true to date, the Russian "agent" will surely be acquitted and Miss Coplon who has already been con victed on one espionage charge will probably be. There is a marked contrast in the Hiss and Coplon trials between the two FBI records and personnel tremendously impressive and con vincing in the former, up to the present neither in the latter. But, of course, much may happen between now and the end of the performance. Crosstown ) 'faimM r primus w,.rMnm, (HE MEANT WELL L.. D.f.-J r ' Jefferson City, Tenn. (U.R) DV KOiana tO : policeman Fate Willard's well- meaning friends rushed to his aid during a struggle between the officer and a suspected robber. A. D. Shand, a garage owner, grabbed a pick handle and brought it down with terrific force right on Willard's head. "Get, Pop you're just In time to help me make a snowman!" COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must beat the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ul a pen name nt initial for piihllratlnn Is permls slble. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden satlnn. Letters submitted for piib llratlon must not exceed 4on words Crash Story Questioned To the Editor: I wish to correct the erron eous impression left with the public as a result of the news article published in the Medford Mail Tribune in the Monday, January 30 issue, concerning the crash of an airplane in Sams Valley resulting in the death of John C. Bieghler, my brother-in-law. This article alleges that I re ported to the state police that "John Bieghler was flying at an altitude of about 500 feet, and that he was putting on a show for friends and relatives." The above statement is not as reported to the state police by me. I advised the state police that John appeared to be flying at an altitude of 800 to 1,000 feet just preceding the stall. He had circled over the farm twice and had apparently banked around to make a third flight over the farm, was climbing when hir plane apparently went into a stall, slipped backward, and then came down In a spin, crashing on the highway. Simply as a news item, I be lieve his many friends and the public generally, are entitled to a correct statement of my report of the incident. B. M. Burreson ! on an equal status with these ; other cities without being forced. Our pedestrians would help i the drivers, and the drivers j should therefore reciprocate by being more courteous to pedes j trians in their designated zones. We all could help by using our horns less, our patience more, and learning the results of anti-noise campaigns in other cities where they have been suc cessfully conducted. If we try to the best of our ability to obey the basic rule, we can be courteous and strive to avert accidents and tragedy. Also setting an example for our younger generation, thus proving Prices Good February 3 to 6 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES STORE HOURS: WEEK DAYS 10 A.M. Until Midnite SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS 9 A.M. Until Midnit ourjelves to be intelligent driv ers and citizens. Cleone Flesher. .LAW GETS IN WAY , I Chicago U.R) The Jaw gave a two-fold beating to the mar riage of Parker nugues, . Parker told a judge his wife de serted him to devote full time to her legal studies. The judge granted him a divorce. To handle air express ship ments through the country, 1,100 passenger danes operate every day over 80,000 miles of scheduled certified airline routes. New York, Feb. 8 U.B Margaret Truman will begin making recordings lor RCA-Vic-tor next fall. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads 4 DRAWER Steel Filing Cabinets $39.50 YOUR OFFICE BOY 115 Wast Main Sr. Poor Losers To the Editor; I believe it was in 1888 when I was permitted to "carry a torch" in the parade of a democratic rally and have been watching election returns ever since but have never seen such poor losers as 1948 pro-j duced. I wish they could be a ; little better sports and quit harping on it over the radio. 1 Also, if truth was compulsive, think how few commercials now heard would be on the air for another broadcast. Like the bomb scare. Did you know it would require 300.000 bombs to cover the United States alone, allowing for no overlaps? Which I say is a pretty big order. Then why should it ' be permitted when many people ' take it to heart causing suicide. 1 nervous breakdown, or even just plain scared with little just cause. I H. H. Rodgers, Shady Cove, Ore. Snow Planes Protested To the Editor: We protest the activities of the airplanes that are making snow over our coun ty. It seems they are doing a good job of it. We understand that they were hired to make snow, and wc believe that they have done a good job of it. We think that they should be paid a bonus and laid off for the balance of the season. We are sure that the average resident of our county would ap preciate it if they would hire a couple of airplanes to make some sunshine. C. W. Powell. 6 for 1ne sensational new 1950 FRIGlDAlRE teriG Range ! See it Soon af... LEONARD ELECTRIC Co. Medford" Leading Appliance Dealer for the Past 18 Years 309 E. MAIN PHONE 2-4427 Business License Hurts To the Editor: Is there a way to have a referendum on a city ordinance? The present businesi liceiiFC fee of $20 yearly seems unjust. A graduated fee surely could be used without too great expense. As it is, the little fellows pay a large part of the fee that should be paid by the larger employers. Also it is particularly objec tionable to me because only a minimum part of my supply business comes from Medford. It is scattered over a dozen or so towns and many service sta tions on the highways in no town. The fee is too high a per centage of my profit obtained in Medford, and there is no assur ance at all that all the other towns and also the state may not clap on a similar tax. If that should happen, I would expect to close out the business. Medford needs the "golden eggs." but I would like to see it be just to us, the little "geese." Horace W. Thompson. Public Needs It Too To the Editor: In view of the announcement of a series of po lice officers classes, to be con ducted in Medford and other sections of the state. 1 believe this would be the people's time to bring to mind of the general public, that to have an efficient police force we must also show public cooperation. By this cooperation, I mean observance to our laws, and obedience of them. Traffic laws are the ones taken most lightly. and jay-walking is one of the most serious, yet most ignored. "Jaywalk, and you might never walk." might be an ex cellent traffic slogan. If people would stop to think of the pos sible tragedy in being sirucK down and perhaps run over and maimed for life wlien tney con stantly step out in traffic lanes A couple of our youngest grandchildren dropped In unex !from behind parked cars in the pectedly yesterday and were taken over to Central Park zoo to middle of the block, in zoneo see the animals. The black bears are havina a terrible time, one nd regulated traffic lanes, they day start to hibernate, with the merrurv near zero, and the next ' could and would avert a great nay with the mercury at 70 above, thev decide it is spring R.W.R. Senator Favors Gobaf Spending In Return For World Atomic Control Washington, Feb. 3 IU.RI Sen. Brien McMahan, (D., Conn.) proposed today that the United states offer a S50. 000.000. 000 global Marshall Plan in return for "true" world control of atom ic and other weapons. The chairman of the Joint con gressional atomic committee made his recommendations for coping with the H-bomb shortly after President Truman In effect rejected another senatorial atom ic control suggestion. 65,000 of the needed 204,672 sig natures with his office. About 35,000 of the signatures came from the Los Angeles area. deal of tragedy and heartache. We have cross walks and pedestrian lanes, and time is not important, if shortcuts can be compared to hospital beds, broken bones, life disablement and possible death. Let us air our safety campaign Co. Elmer V. Wooten Said Seriously III Salem. Ore., Feb. 3 (U.R) Sale-m friends received word to- ifey cloinsj away with jay walking day that Col. Elmer V. Wooten. ij" Citations and a stiff who served in World War II as in mpM o( OrPR0n Jc,'tii and administrator of selective serv-1 prove that we. too can eliminate ice in Oregon, has been seriouslv a very obnoxious habit, and be ill In Maryland Colonel Woolen has hepn Mv. mg at Mt. Rainier. Md., since his transfer to the national council for duty under General Hershey : in ine selective service office Mrs. Wooten wrote Salem friends that Colonel Wooten suffered an attack of pneumonia after suf fering a serious heart condition. About 20 per cent of the world's table grapes and 40 per cent of the world's raisins are produced In California. BOTH ARE ASPIRIN AT ITS BEST Favotltc of millions Decauae) It s so fast so pur. Its the worlds Uroei taller at 10c OriMe flivo,.' Isiy te elve. teiy to tale, 1 ftffitwmgnmJMg! 1 1 (32GB 03 1 We are slightly torn up but complete varieties are on sale and we are open from 10 A.M. until midnite every day. Save at these prices and many more too numerous to mention! PEAS MAPLE FLAVORED MECO LARGE i TIN PURE TOMATO MECO QUALITY DC AC TENDER, LARGE LUMBERJACK SYRUP SHREDDED TUNA GARDEN BRAND CATSUP CHEF BOY-AR-DEE SPAGHETTI EVERBEST TOMATO PRESERVES BEST EVER II A C LI TASTY riOrl CORNED BEEF SUNSHINE KRISPY CRACKERS SUNSHINE GRAHAMS NO. 2 Cans C LB 29c TO- TIN 7C 29c 2 Regular Aft Bottles X7C With Meat Balls 14 OZ. JAR No. 1 Tin Only NO. 1 CAN I LB. CADDY 12c 19c 19c 49c Medford's Finer Produce , CRISP TENDER CELERY JES bun. 13c SNOBOY DELICIOUS APPLES TENDER GREEN EXTRA FANCY HALF BOX 1.89 BROCCOLI suSch o19c MUSSEL SPROUTS Tcil.La pkg?h 29c NO. 1 KLAMATH POTATOES 10. 59c FIRM RIPE BANANAS, 2 lbs. 29c AMERICA'S FAVORITE lb. 29c PLENTY OF PARKING It Is Easy to Shop at Anderson's MEDFORD'S FINEST - PRICES GOOD FRIDAY - SATURDAY SWIFT'S SLICED BACON lb. 39c 2 POUND LIMIT BY THE PIECE BACON lb. 37c HALF OR WHOLE SLAB FINE PORK ROAST lb. 29c 0 JAX WIENERS - 35c TENDER TASTY LB.