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ET9HT MIDrOHD (OBEOOW) MAIt TRIBUNE PrMir. rbrury 24, 1(50 MEDF0RDv22WTRIBUNE "Everyone In Southern Oreion" Reada Tin Mill Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Published by MEDrORD PRINTINO CO. 17-39 North Fir St Phone 2-141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST R GIL8TRAP Manager KERB GREY, Advartlalnf Ujr. ( C FERGUSON. Managing Edltol ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegrapn Edltol BENRY L GREEN Sunday Editor OLIVE ST ARC HER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mfr An Indapendant Nawapapar Entarad aa aacond claia matter at Medford. Oregon under Act of March I. 1887 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year.... DO Dally and Sunday U monthe .7t Dally and Sunday three moa J 50 Dally and Sunday one month 140 By Carrier In Advance Medlord Aahland. Central Point, Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on motor routea: Dally and Sunday one year. 112.00 Dally and Sunda? one month 100 All Tarma Caab In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jaekaon County United Preaa 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 Angelas Seattle. Portland. St Loula AtlanU Vancouver. B C. Y NfWSrAMt UtLISHIRt ASSOCIATION UATIONAl lOITptlAl Editorial Correspondence Flight o' Time MeeHwal tmt Jacluee) Caumy Hhv Mry tram rke fllaa e rka Mail Tri.uae 10. 20 and 14 rears ate 10 YEARS AGO TODAY rebruiry 24. 1940 (It Was Saturday) Medford high scores 25 to 23 basketball upset over Klamath: Rogue River wins grade school tourney, Southern Oregon chapter, Sons of American Revolution, elects Ralph E. Sweeney as president. Benjamin F. Fredenburg resi dent of Butte Falls for more than 60 years, dies. Leroy Crowder, Medford, in jured In Applegate district while working on gold dredge on Thompson creek. Harry Barneburg purchases in terest of L. J. Holbrook In new and used furniture store. . 20 YEARS AGO TODAY February 24, 1930 (It Was Monday) President Hoover frowns "porker" bills Introduced congress; hints veto. Campaign started here to se cure names on petitions asking repeal of dry law. Ashland high to play Astoria In first game of state basketball tournament. New York City, N. Y., Feb. 20 Off again, on again winter again! This is the coldest day thus far and according to the Weather man summer is really over for the Atlantic Coast except for Maine and Florida. And the cold spell may last a month. For the first time In more years than we care to compute, our bedroom windows this a. m. were coated with fantastic fig ures of white frost. Recalled 831 N. Main, Rockford, 111., and the days we tried out our drawing abilities with a sharp pencil on the frosted window panes while awaiting the breakfast bell, 'Ah them were the 1 () ' & " toot, toot!" a a Our hunch was correct regarding Judy Coplon. She fired the irrepressible Archibald Palmer and got three (more or less com munist) lawyers in his place. To paraphrase Mr. Shakespeare, nothing became Archibald In his legal handling of the Coplon case as did his leaving of it. Not a trace of resentment or temper, "Archie ' maintained Judith was a good girl and an innocent one, that like any other member of the deadlier sex she had a perfect right to change her mind, and he wished her well. Judy was not as amiable or good a sport. She was still in a bad temper, not only being sharp and short with the press something new for Judy but while ap parently relieved to be rid of her "Punch" she resented the fact the court had not allowed her to consult the attorneys BEFORE thev were chosen. Instead of after. We would still like to know what finally broke the camel's back as far as Judy was concerned something that the public does not know as yet Perhaps money had something to do with it. The fact that Palmer was a "friend of the family" was charging nothing for his services. Miss Coplon, perhaps, did not know that by taking a pauper's oath she could not only secure testimony transcripts eratis. but also legal services. At any rate she did take a pauper's oath even inougn sne nas a momer wno is 'living comionaDiy and a brother who is said to be quite prosperous. Her three attorneys serve without pay, which was a surprise to us. We had supposed they would be paid by the state. But that, it seems, is not the procedure here in New York. It is, we are told, a part of a lawyer's public obligation to serve without remunera tion when appointed by the court. Should a lawyer refuse without a very excellent excuse, he would practically be placed upon a blacklist and when some appointment which might be very re munerative did come up, he would not Be eligible. a a We have often remarked there is a time and tide in the affairs of men all men even including politicians. We have a hunch that the tide which has run so strongly in favor of President Truman and the Democratic party, ever since the former became prominent in public life, has at long last started to ebD. Needless to say we have conducted no poll Gallup or otherwise but we have circulated about tnis man s town consiaeraoiy tor several months. On the subway, in the taxicabs, at certain clubs, walking on the street and standing around in movie lobbies, we have never heard so much free-wheeling criticism of the present administra tion, as Is going on at present. This cold weather with coal ration ing on, due to the miners' walkout is not going to help matters any. we may be wrong mat is always possible, tjut as tnings are going now. we would predict a repetition of 1948 In the coming congressional elections a GOP victory. Cross town by Roland Coo "To think of all the beautiful shoe designs they're ma kin? now, and all I aver get is aandalsl ' In the Day's News IN THE big potato ruckus in U'achinDtnn it mnme f n tni any. We may be wrong that is always possible. But as things are j threatened wan aeatn. out was tf,at senator Wherry, republican. By FRANK JENKINS Why did we break diplomatic relations with communist Bul earia? Well, here is an illumin ating little tale: In our embassy at bona (Bul garia's capital) we employed a Bulgarian named Shipkov as a translates A while back he was arrested by the Bulgarian po lice. He was questioned con tinuously for 32 hours and then was tortured into making false confessions of sabotage and spy ing in which he implicated per sonal friends and officials in the American legation. He was CAN T deal with them, so we are calling it all off and getting out. ANOTHER thought: How could von make a deal with people like that NOT to use' atomic weapons? Again the answer is that you can't. How safe would you feel if you went to bed with a rattle snake after making a deal with it that neither of you would BITE? Yep, times do change. Take our chambermaid, for example. She ig Irish, a widow with three children, and in her late 60's. A few weeks ago she disappeared not an unusual occurrence which we ascribed to illness as she had had a cold. But after a couple of weeks she was back and guess where she had been? She had been to Ireland ...1 .UA . .1 i 1 ,. -l.nlnJ tka t-nAAn.r rt Hap tilrloet WIICIG ZIIIC VIOIVCU lid lOlltllJ, Ql.tlll.tU ntuuillg lit, tiuti - - - son, enjoyed a rest and reunion, making the round trip by plane! 'ate- Said she had a fine time and while she couldn t see much as the plane was above the clouds most of the time, she was warm and comfortable en route, the meals were good, and she slept as well as in her own bed at home. She plans to fly over again when summer comes if it ever does. No pension or unemployment relief for Katiel released after signing an agree ment to return to the American embassy as a communist police spy. He came back and told our people all about what had hap pened. We tried to protect him. But a couple of days ago he was seized by the Bulgarians. We assume that death will be his Holly theater now under con struction to be completed In time for April opening. 54 YEARS AGO TODAY February 24, 1915 (It Was Thursday) Moore hotel, other buildings and shacks on West Main street near Fir, to be wrecked so one story business building can be erected. Eagle Point school pupils di rected by Teachers W. O. Wheel er, Mrs. Shetler and Miss Win nie Taylor present program. Howard A. Hill sustains slight injury while riding bike. Editorial Comment Mediclnef What Kindt To the Editor: If, while listen ing to the general rumble of the war going on over medical eth ics and practices, you should hear some additional scratches and thumps, that is probably Hippocrates turning over and over In his grave. You can't blame the old boy for having some bad moments as he surveys his proteges cutting capers in the public presses and the courts, pulling and hauling on the polit ical tight ropes because all he ever required was a simple oath concerned with saving lives. In this day and age this sort of discussion usually leads up to socialized medicine so why not? Is socialized medicine whol ly the result of a group of poli ticians trying to gain complete control? Tossibly so. And, if so, their greatest help in the en deavor is the doctors themselves. One of my friends had a bad knee so went to a doctor, learned absolutely nothing, got his knee painted, got a bill for $12.90, and still has a bad knee. He Is going to vote for socialized medicine. Another decided on dentures, got her plates, price over $400 hence another supported of so cialized medicine. Two cares are enough to make my point and added to the ones you know and multiplied by the 48 states, this accounts for quito a number nf votes, I don't mean this to apply to all doctors Just the mnjority. Can the government do a bet ter Job? Judging from past at tempts, God forbid. However, the people are going to do some thing and if the doctors lay out a decent course, I believe the people will take it. Have we ever had any social- Yes, there is the hotel chambermaid a la mode. And here is grandoappy a la mode. His name is Sam Bennett "Uncle Sam" for short and he is from Miles City, Montana. "Uncle Sam" was having a fine time seeing the sights on Broadway on foot! when he collapsed. That is the police who took him to Fordham hospital claimed he collapsed, although Uncle Sam denied this indignantly, saying he merely had taken a few extra "hot toddies." Whoever was right, "Uncle Sam" refused to stay In bed at the hospital and taking advantage of the dog-watch shift, put on his pants, and with the rest of his duds under his arm, walked out. He is still at large. Uncle Sam Is only 102 years old, and proudly maintains he is the last surviving member of the G.A.R. in Montana. Long may he wavel We hope there Is a settlement of the coal strike soon. But this Broadway "brown out" cloud does have a silver lining aesthetic ally speaking. Times Square at night Is rather an attractive, livable section of the city now. Instead of a Copco customer's nightmare an incandescent whirling Dervish Hades-on-wheels the publicity agents' dream of a 9-bilIion-watt heaven. One has to hunt for Bonds "two-pant suits" instead of being hit In the eye by them. The giant gal In a form-fitting bathing suit no longer winks one eye can a gal wink two? while the Camel cigarct man no longer blows smoke rings, even though there was no wind to blow them into nothingness at the time. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers no longer dance on a silhou ette "Tela" screen, hour after hour, nor does "Chevrolet" blind one's eyes the other side of the Square as it tries to out-dazzle Ruppert's beer directly beneath, while poor Ingrld Bergman in that swooning embrace with some Italian bit actor NOT Ro berto! at the Criterion (spell It with an "o") trying without success to lure the cinema public inside to see an extremely dull performance, Ingrld is blacked out entirely! As to "Stromboll" which sounds like some new Italian luncheon dish the reviews have been so scathing we have de cided to invest our dwindling cash balance in some OTHER form of entertainment. Our prediction that all the advance publicity and capitalization of the Bergman affair would not show results at the box office if the film itself were not up to New York entertainment demands, has been sustained. Two of this department's favorites. Winston Churchill and Harold Stassen, have come out for a hydrogen bomb parley be tween top-level representatives of Russia and the United States. The former fails ic see how much a conference would or could do any harm. Well, If that is true, then by all means let's have such a meeting the sooner the better. But with all due deference to such altltudinous authority, we fear harm MIGHT bedone. The danger as we see it would be (1) Soviet Russia might regard such a request as a sign of fear and weakness on the part of the United States. (2) Even If an agreement to outlaw the H-bomb were agreed upon, how could there be any assurance Russia would not break it, If and when, Russia could see a selfish advantage by so doing? In other words, how could there be any guarantee that the Kremlin once certain the United States had discontinued hydrogen and atomic construction, would not step up her own construction and at an opportune time lnunch a knockout attack? We beiieve the record shows that Soviet Hussia has only kept one treaty agreement out of about 40 since World War II ended. Is anyone Justified in assuming an agreement so vital as outlawing such formidable instruments of war WOULD be? R.W.R. OUR state department tells of another pleasant little inci dent: Last summer the Bulgarian police seized three Bulgarian employees of our legation in Sofia on charges of spying. The Bulgarian government, our state department says, "permitted the torture and killing of these three men." deal The that we HOW are you going to with people like that? answer seems to be tzatlon in Oregon to use as an example? Before we go into that, let's look at Industrial Insurance in California. There the state compensation insurance is In di rect competition with a number of private companies, and must meet the same requirements as the private companies to get business. In Oregon, state indus trial Insurance has been main tained as big dog by statute, and private companies operating in Oregon have been under such re strictions that little business is written. What Is your opinion of the service that slate industrial has given for the money? My opinion is we must have competition to get good service, either In medi cine or insurance. If the government had medical units with salaried physicians, many young doctors might star! that way and go Into private practice later. At any rate, the people will decide (he issue In the long run If the doctors don't. Johnnie Walker. Shady Cove, Ore. Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange will meet February 28 for a covered dish dinner to start at 7 p. m. H. E. C. committee will fur nisli meat dishes and the mem bers are asked to bring two dishes either salad, dessert or vegetable. Miss CJaire Hanley will show the pictures she took during her recent travels In Guatemala. The pictures will be open to the pub lic immediately after Ihe din ner hour, about 8 p, in. Evening Services Due At Sf. Mark's Church "The Evening Hour," a short service of evensong with an ad dress by the rector, and music furnished by the girls' choir, will start at St. Mark's Episco pal church Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and will continue each Sunday evening until further notice. These services will be special ly designed to interest the young married age group and other young people and particularly those whose employment and other activities make it difficult for them to attend morning ser vices. Following the service Sunday St. Mark's Young People's fel lowship invite all young people of high school age to be their guests at "The Chocolate Social Hour" in the Markade. The following Sunday another group will be hosts to young j married couples in the congre gation. During the Lenten sea son attendance at these services will be a special Lenten observ ance on the part of the morn ing congregation. Inquirers' Classes Start At St. Mark's Classes of instruction in the faith, teaching, worship and practice of the Protestant Episco pal church, leading, for those who so desire, to confirmation and communicant membership I of the church, will commence at St. Mark's church Sunday. Classes for adults will be held in the Markade at 2:30 p. m. and each Sunday thereafter at the same hour for eight weeks. Classes for children of school age will be held at 9:30 a. m. during the regular church school period. Lectures will cover the history, doctrine, worship, discipline and sacramental teaching of the church and an open discussion period will follow each lecture. Attendance at these classes is In no way a commitment to fur ther relationship with the church and the sessions are open to all who care to attend. The Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector of St. Murk's, will be in charge of both the adult and Junior classes. of Nebraska, scored a point the other day when he expressed displeasure" over a move in con gress to apply controls to Amer ican potato producers while per mitting potatoes FROM OTHER COUNTRIES to enter the United States. We do so many screwball things that it's hard to keep track of them, but I can't imagine anything sillier than limiting rigidly the amount of potatoes our own people can plant and SELL and at the same time letting foreign potato grow ers sell their crops to us in order to take advantage of the high prices we have artifically created by limiting our output. A "SPOKESMAN" for the United States Chamber of Commerce charges John L. Lewis with using "tactics which are little more than legalized black mail." I think the United States chamber man puts It a little too harshly. John L. simply has more power in his hands than it is wise for us to permit ANY ONE MAN to hold. Whenever we permit ANY ONE to hold too much power, we can expect that sooner or later it will be misused. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Gener ally fair today, tonight and Sal urday except rain from Eureka and Mount Shasta north today and tonight and spreading south to Ukiah and Red Bluff Satur day; cooler northern interior Saturday; west to northwest wind 10-20 m.p.h. off coast ex cept southerly from near Point Arena north. Dead line on ciasstnad Adi s a m. for following dav: in a m Mon Mr. and Mrs. James Lilly, Owners, and your old friend, Bill Peck, at manager, will be happy to serve you at . . LILLIE'S CAFE 1182 Court Street, corner Highway 99 North and McAndrewt Road 24 HOUR SERVICE INCLUDING SATURDAY NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS MEDFORD WOMAN TELLS OF HER 'GYPSY FREEDOM' "My husband and I always enjoy reading your column' wrote a Medford woman at Christmas time. "Though we aren t in the mar ket for another annuity right now, we do want you to know that we owe our hap piness and our 'gypsy freedom' to the very Life Income Plans you so often mention. If young folk' , Bill Salad. onlV kn,,w how easy It is to ac cumulate a Retirement Fund for old age. with a good insurance com pany like yours, they'd all have plans like ours. We're leaving for Florida next week. So we won't be seeing your stories until spring!" Each week more and more of the "young folks" this ladys speaks about are discovering how simple if is to plan on having life-lone incomes when thev get ready to retire. The Phoenix Mutual way make It eaiy to save for this NOW out of current earnings. So If you want real "gypiv free rtom" in the vears ahead, ask for a free copv of "How to Get a Guaranteed Income for Life " It will be pent ot you bv mail. PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. P. 0. Box 693 Medford, Or. Ph. 2-7573 New Escape Cockpit For Pilots Developed Washington. Feb. 24 (U.PJ The navy today announced devel opment of a new "Rube Gold berg" type escape cockpit for pilots of high-altitude, super sonic planes. The pod-shaped unit, called an "ejection cockpit capsule," is completely enclosed, pressurized and Insulated. It would permit a pilot to drop safely from very high altitudes where rarified at mospheres and extreme cold usu ally prove fatal. The capsule's fall is broken by automatic parachutes. The cockpit also floats and will serve as a boat for pilots who have to crash land In the sea, the navy said. ESCAPEE ARRESTED Oregon City. Ore., Feb. J4 (U.R Clifford D. Jennings, 34, g 1948 escapee from the Wash ington state penitentiary at Wal la Walla, has been arrested at the Gladstone district home of friends, police said today. Jen nings was serving a five-year sentence for-a Seattle burglary. 1 iASy-lT---., Y7 Relieve distress almost instantly. Be sure to use The D-ardanelle Dinners Opposite Gold Hill on the Old Stage Road "FRIED CHICKEN YOU WILL ENJOY" Closed Mondays, Open Sundays and Holiday! at t p.m. Open Week Days at 4 p.m. Enjoy Our Rogue Room For Reservations Phone Gold Hill 490 RUBY QUAKEN6USH, Proprietor 1 mtrntmrnmiMf il (333B0S! i Prices Good February 24 to 27 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES STORE HOURS: WEEK DAYS 10 A.M. Until Midnite SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS 9 A.M. Until Midnte IT'S EASY TO SHOP AT ANDERSON'S HEINZ TOMATO SOUP Can 10c CARNATION MILK 6 Can Bag 75c AT ANDERSON'S MEDFORD'S FINEST PRODUCE CRISP GREEN LETTUCE, solid head 10c SWEET SEEDLESS GRAPEFRUIT . 6 for 29c CRISP TENDER CARROTS 3 bun.lOc SNAPPY RED RADISHES . 3 bun. 10c MILD GREEN ONIONS 3 bun. 10c SUNKIST LEMONS doz. 29c TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER NOW! DURKEE'S MARGARINE BUY 3 GET ONE FREE Pound 29c Fancy Tomato Juice 46 oz.tin 23c SARDINES Flat Tin 10c KIPPERED SNACKS Tin 15c CLAM CHOWDER No. 1 Can 29c SWEDISH FISH BALLS Large Can 35c I VL V Li III mr . , III I a Medford's Finest Meats Featuring finest Corn-Fed Prima Steer Beef Steak and Roasts. Do not confuse Quality and Price! OBr prices are competitive but Finest Quality is maintained consistently. LEAN SLAB BACON REGULAR 59c BACON PORK SHOULDER ROAST HALF OR WHOLE SLICED LEAN TENDER lb. 35c lb. 39c lb. 29c PRECOOKED READY TO SERVE GLAZED AND COOKED II picnic id. jyc FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY HAM l da?, noon Saturday for tunda a.m
