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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!"
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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.
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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
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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
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and McAndrewt Road
24 HOUR SERVICE INCLUDING
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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.
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