TWELVE MEDFOHD (OHEGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday. March 17, 1950,
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Medford. Oregon, under Act ol
March 3. 1897
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The success of the American
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
March 17. 1940
(It Was Sunday)
L. C. Offenbacher ranch home
on Big Applegate road destroyed
Dy fire. .
Jackson county D. A. V. chap
ter elects Carold J. Parker com
mander and auxiliary names
Mrs. iidward Ncff commander,
Medford to receive plaque for
having best 1039 traffic safety
record for cities 10,000 in pop
ulation class.
Richard L. Sabln named man
ager of Oregon Caves resort.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
March 17, 1930
(It Was Sunday)
City wins superior court de
cision in Big Butte springs wa
ter dispute.
Arthur M. Geary, formerly of
Medford and now Portland at
torney, asked to oppose Sen.
Charles McNary in primary.
Fred Colvig reported to have
best grades in high school.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
March 17, 1916
(It Was Friday)
C. M, Thomas announces can
didacy for representative on re
publican ticket.
Earl Woodshed and Clarence
Lovern negotiate Siskiyous in au
tomobile despite ice, snow and
mud.
Mesdames A. J. Vance, F. W.
Thorne, T. W. Williamson and
Roger S. Bennett will be host
esses for St. Patrick's day dance.
Salem Aluminum Firm
To Make Fertilizer
Salem, Ore., Mar. 17 Three
Salem men have taken a lease
on the war-born Salem Alumina
plant, and indicated todnv they
plan to manufacture fertilizer.
The men arc Charles Strick
faden, head of the Capitol Lum
ber company; George A. Rhoten,
Snlem attorney and Arch W.
Mctzger, who has been identified
with the Alumina plant for sev
eral years.
The government built the
plant in World War II at a cost
of several million dollars to de
velop the manufacture of Alum
ina from clay. The process was
In an experimental stage when
the war ended.
Communists Plentiful
In Clatsop County
Astoria, Ore., Mar. 17 (U.P.I
An army reserve intelligence
officer said today that Clatsop
county had more than five times
its share of known communists.
Charles Wood, who spoke re
cently to the Astoria Lions club,
snld that on the national average
Clatsop could expect to have
only four communists. He said,
however, the county had 22
known members of the pnrty di
vided into two cells in Astoria.
Wood promised that local
clubs would be given more In
formation on measures to be
taken against communists and
fellow travelers.
Smudging Time Again
Spring is in the air, pear buds are burgeoning
and most any day now Medford housewives will be
forced to start undergoing their trial by fire smudge
pot fire, that is as orchardists engage in the annual
battle with Jack Frost.
TN the citrus growing region of California opposi-
tion to the smudge scourge has crystalized into
initiative petitions seeking a law to outlaw smudge
pots. Householders and store keepers there are torn
between regard for the revenue producing fruit grow
ers and impatience with the all-pervading softt which
damages home furnishings and store merchandise.
California municipalities find, however, that
they can do little to outlaw or control the nuisance.
Ontario, for instance, passed an ordinance banning
smudging within the city limits but it was demon
strated that smoke once in the air doesn t respect city
limits when the breezes are in the right direction.
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ASIDE from inconvenience of the heavy, sooty
emnVa f Viora !a enma nitndttnn oo tn fVio amrnnt
of actual damage done by smudging compared with
what fruit or profits from fruit are saved. Growers
point out that they have smudged for years and never
suffered much home or other damage. They claim,
undoubtedly with good reason, that the loss of fruit
would be heavy if orchard heating were abandoned.
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THAT the practice of smudging is an expensive I R cross is due to its thousands
, ' ., v , . , ., i of volunteer workers and the
- Dusiness ior tne growers ana one wnicn mey
would be glad to discontinue if it were possible, is
shown by figures from Los Angeles county, Califor
nia, where registration of smudge pots is required
and where figures are consequently easy to obtain.
About 900,000 pots are used in the county, an esti
mated one-third of which are old and in bad condi
tion and in need of replacement.
Modern pots cost $5 or more each and in the
more dangerous frost areas at least one pot to a tree
is required. Three to five gallons of oil is burned
nightly in each pot, at a cost of 8 to 10 cents a gallon.
When it is considered that to burn all the pots in
California for one hour would cost $500,000, to say
nothing of expense involved in pot tendings hauling
oil and other incidentals, the burden which smudging
puts on the growers can be better realized.
MUMEROUS inventions have been brought forth
in more recent years in efforts to overcome the
smoke nuisance attendant upon use of smudge pots
but to date nothing has been developed that will do
the job as well or as cheaply as the dirty, smelly, but
simple and reliable pot.
Most recent development in the search for a new
method of orchard heating is a turbojet unit which,
its makers claim, will also serve to dry rugs and per
form other related tasks.
TTHE turbojet, invented by 34-year-old Edward
West Jr., a graduate Stanford engineer, will rev
olutionize current methods of orchard heating, it is
asserted, one unit being sufficient to do the work of
500 smudge pots.
J? uel oil to operate 500 smudge pots costs around
$500 per hour, while the turbojet, fueled with diesel
oil costs only $2. One turbojet will heat 10 acres.
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MOUNTED on a portable, rubber-tired outfit, the
turbojets may be transported into orchards,
placed conveniently, started and up to 1000 degrees
of heat generated in a matter of only three seconds.
The hot air, however, is mixed with cold as it leaves
the machine and it would be possible for a person to
stand within three feet of the jet's exhaust without
being burned, so the invention s backers claim.
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Review Writ Granted
To Safeway Stores
Portland, Ore., Mar. 17 lU.Ri
Safeway Stores, Inc., today had
a writ of review of recent pro
ceedings that resulted in the
firm being denied an application
to sell Portland-processed milk
jn its Salem stores.
Circuit Judge James W. Craw
ford granted the writ, after the
firm filed a petition aimed
against a ruling by Thomas L.
Ohlsen, milk marketing adminis
trator. The writ means that the
court will review records of
Ohlsen's proceedings.
Safeway asked for permission
last November to sell milk and
cream processed and paper-packaged
in its Lucerne plant here
for sales in Salem stores. The
milk and cream would be pur
chased from producers already
holding a Salem market quota. ,
Ohlsen ordered a hearing on
the request because he consider- j
ed it to be an attempt by Safe-1
way to get an extension of the j
firm's processor - distributor li
cense to cover the Salem sales j
area.
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llrsllon must not exceed too wnriU
I sought a Judas Chambers to
explain the downfall of such a
shining young man. R.W.R.
should know better than to
judge character by appearances.
Chambers has not gone un
punished, as R.W.R. contends,
lie has lost his excellent Job
with Time, and has suffered the
bitterest torments which Hiss'
lawyers could devise. His past,
admittedly unsavory, has been
exposed in minute and often ir
relevant detail. The most un
kind cut of all was the gratuitous
testimony of the psychiatric "ex
pert" lluil Chambers had a psy
chopathic mind. This "expert"
apparently had formed an even
greater aversion toward Cham
bers than R.W.R. According to
the accounts I read, however, the
"expert" succeeded only in hurl
ing himself fur more than Cham
bers. Chambers has erred grievous
ly In the past, it's true, but to my
mind he has made amends and
deserves a vote of thanks. The
F.B.I, and the house un-American
committee have great confi
dence in him. Read the March
13 Newsweek.
Almus Pruitt.
The Sister Flag
To the Editor: America has
two flags. One. known to all
nations, symbolizes liberty, jus-j
ucc, mini, ine oilier syniuomes
mercy and humanity, H is the
latter we wish to enlarge on.
We, the disabled veterans who
witnessed the hell of three wars,
know Ihe value of peace on earth,
good will toward mrn.
i hroush tile years overyear
The Lett Straw
To the Editor: Editor Ruhl's
allegation that Chambers "per
suaded" Hiss to betray his coun
try is the last straw. H.W.R.'s sin
gular bias in (avor of Hiss has
almost driven me to "take my
pen in hand" before. Now 1 must.
Having followed this case
closely in the press and news
magazines, I recall nowhere en
countering testimony corrobor
ating such an allegation. Nor
can I go along with R.W.R. in
claiming that Gubitchcv led
Coplon to her downfall. These
contacts were almost certainly
arranged by commie higher-ups.
Coplon was ready and willing
to do her bit for Russia before
she ever saw Gubitchev. Get
ting bark to Chambers, I do re
call that he testified he begged
and pleaded with Hiss to leave
the party at the same time Cham
bers did.
R.W.R.'s education on the de
vious doing of communism, while
advancing, is still far from com
plete. It began with the softness
characteristic of the Roosevelt
era the attitude that commun
ism is Jusl a cute phase of grow
ing up, the radical phase, dar
ins and rather sinnrl. Mnnv
youngsters have been gulled into iBMrt at home, wherever we found
generosity of the American peo
ple. Among these workers are
found the Gray Ladies of the
American Red Cross. Their in
numerable kindnesses impel us
to feel the greatness ol the coun
try it was our privilege to serve
in time ot war.
We, the disabled veterans, re
spect those gray unilorms as we
respect our Flag and tne uni
forms of the young comrades who
have taken over the defense of
our country an honor that was
once ours.
The great responsibility of the
American Flag is supported by
us, the people. Its sister flag is
supported by its thousands of
volunteer workers and the great
heartedness of the American
public.
To the veteran, the red cross,
whenever it is found, symbolizes
the hearts of our comrades who
gave their all that America
might live. The white back
ground of that flag symbolizes
humanity and mercy.
May we. the people of Amer
ica, count our blessings and keep
our flag of humanity flying
proudly in its proper place at the
side of Old Glory.
And may this Red Cross drive
be dedicated to the memory of
those little white crosses scatter
ed throughout the world. They
mark the resting places of our
comrades, who gave their all that
Old Glory and its sister flag
might continue flying over a
great and good-hearted nation.
bpeaking on behall of my com
rades. God bless the volunteer
workers of America for their
devotion and loyalty to the cause
of the American Red Cross ana
humanity.
RICHARD RfcEVES
Los Angeles.
To the Editor: March is
Aquarium month. Children ex
plore roadside ponds, creeks.
The net brings up watertigers,
backswimmers, whirligig beetles.
dragonfly larvae. These water
creatures may be easily raised
indoors. I hey are as interesting
as a three-ringed circus. There
are tragedies, too, especially
when a hungry watcrtiger makes
a meal, overnight, on the others
of the aquarium happy family.
An aquarium Is easily made.
A fru-t lar will answer as a con
tainer, although one of colorless
glass is to be preferred. There
should be sand at the bottom.
Water should be clear to see
what is happening. Duckweed
and spirogira are necessary to
give the vegetable balance.
Snails should be obtained for
scavenger work. Either the
round-shelled or the taper-shelled
species are to be had in almost
any creek, often even in an old
horsetrough.
Books with information about
making an aquarium may be had
from most countv libraries.
C. M. Goethe,
Sacramento, Cal.
McMinnville. Ore.. Mar. 17
(U.Ri Clarence Delp. 67. Belle
vue, died in the McMinnville hos
pital today of injuries suffered
when he was struck by an auto
mobile on highway No. 18.
San Bernardino. Cal.. Mar. 17
(UP) Physical Culturist Ber-
narr nlacradden has bought the
"operating rights" lo the swank
Arrowhead Springs hotel here.
Accidents In Woods
Subject Of Warning
Salem, Mar. 17 A warning
concerning winter damage to
forests causing overhead hazards
in the woods, has been issued by
the accident prevention division
of the state industrial accident
commission to all persons em
ployed in the forests of Oregon.
Men who work in the woods
timber cruisers, road construc
tion crews, fallers, buckers and
those who have responsibility for
assignment of men to woods
work areas, were specifically
warned to examine every tree
under which they work or pass,
especially in areas where there
is evidence of damage. Limbs and
tops of trees, whether deciduous
or coniferous, were badly dam
aged or broken by the 1950 "sil
ver thaw, sub-zero weather, and
heavy snows.
Despite all the protection
which hard hats afford, the pre
caution of specific observation
and general awareness must be
added to secure safety, the de
partment said. A hard hat is
without question the greatest
protection to the woodsmen ever
devised, but like other protec
tive devises, its protection is
limited.
Astoria Man Unaware
Of Son's Fatality
Astoria. Ore., Mar. 17 (U.R)
News of his son's death is being
kept from Thomas Hopkins Sr.,
because the father is spending a
bright St. Patrick's day some
where between Southampton,
England, and Ireland.
The rural postmaster from As
toria planned for years to make
the trip to his parents' native
land. Yesterday he debarked
from the Queen Elizabeth in
Southampton.
At about the same lime, his
son, Thomas Hopkins Jr., 32,
was killed when a log fell onto
his back while he was working
as a "choker' setter" In a lumber
camp,
WILLAMETTE TEACHER
Salem, Ore., Mar. 17 (U.R)
John A. Meyers Jr., now com
pleting his doctorate at Univer
sity of Iowa has been named as
sociate professor of psychology at
Willamette university beginning
next fall, President G. Herbert
Smith announced today.
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the parly as a result of this at
titude, but if thev had bruins at
all comparable with Hiss', they
soon got their eves linen as to
now "cute communism really i ail nations.
is. If they stayed on after thal. We veterans have witnessed
It was because of hatred for i our wounded comrades and our
democracy, lust for power or 'enemy prisoners of war under
Old Glory we also found its sis
ter flag a red cross on a white
background: Ihe only flag recog
nized, respected, and honored by
similar motives. Such softness
toward communism on the part
of Roosevelt led to Teheran and
other such debacles.
Early In Ihe trial R.W.R. first
sought to apologize for Hiss on
such grounds of youthful Indis
cretion. I hen when Hiss ureal-
the merciful protection of thi.
nag of humanity.
This is a troubled world of con
fusion and unrest. Its weary
peoples are haunted by the con
stant threat of war
The responsibilities and needs 1
u mi urn Lross organizations are
er guilt became more and more! greater than ever, for the threat
" cvr ' n.w.rt . nc re-1 of the atomic
lutiaiiuy censured Hiss; but bombs is
and hydrogen
challenge to Ihosc
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