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TEW MEDFORD (OftEGOrT) MAIL TRIBUNE MedfordJUTribune -Everyons ID Boutharn Oregon Reads To Mall Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Published by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. J7-29 North Fir St. Phone 3-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor ERNEST R GILSTRAP HERB GREY, Advertlslnf Mgr. E. C FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. TelegrapB Edltot HENRY U GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation May An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter al Medlord. Oregon, under Act of March 8. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Rd Mall In Advance! Dally and Sunday one year.... 00 Dally and Sunday al months 4.71 Daily and Sunday three mos 8.00 Dally and Sunday one month 1.00 By Carrier in Advance aieaiora Ashland Central Point Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on tnnlnp rnutea: Dally and Sunday one year. 818 00 Daily and Sunday one montb 1.00 All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper oi saoasoD lyoumr 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 Louie Atlanta Vancouver, B C f NEWS PA MR PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL tgpiAc5T( Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Counry His tory from Hie filers at the MaH Tribune 10, 20 and 14 rears aeo 10 YEARS AGO TODAY April 5. 1940 (It Was Friday) Southern Oregon Irrigation water to be sufficient for those depending on reservoirs and larger streams, committee finds. Carl Tengwald U chairman of army day committee here. Christian Education Leader ship Training school to open here Monday with Dr. Sherman L. Divine as director. Government reports adequate menu for four persons can be covered by $18 weekly. Gerald "Jerry" Gastlneau is named basketball coach at Ash land high school. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY April S. 1930 (It Was Saturday) Ernest A. Harris, Willow Springs district, discovers new borax treatment for fireproof ing plywood. First roses of season reported In bloom by Mrs. Mary Payne, South Ivy street. Butte Falls high musical en tertainment and box social scheduled Tuesday night. Expansion of Wilson Audit ing company here announced. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY April 5. 1916 (It Was Wednesday) Retiring officers of the local Elks lodge tender surprise din ner for Exalted Ruler W. H. McGowan. O. W. Dunford, Jacksonville, enters employ of A. R. Browns market, Ashland, as meat cut ter. First train runs over Coos Buy line to Eugene with five couches loaded with passengers. Tombstone Paying Up 80-Year-Old Debt Tombstone, Ariz. U.R Tomb stone has begun making good a debt it incurred nearly 80 years ago. The $12,790 obllgution ap peared on the city's books when, as a rough mining camp, it de faulted on salary warrants. City officials decided to pay off the debt after the state aud itor, Ana Frohmlllcr, warned that Tombstone no longer would receive Its share of state sales tax receipts. A special tax was Imposed recently and a $1,000 check w.is promptly forwarded to Mrs. Frohmlllcr as part-payment for the long-standing obllgntion. Sunken Jap Ships To Be Sold, Srcapped Tnkyo (U.R) The wreckage of four Japanese warships, still lying on the seabed outside Kure Harbor, soon will be sold and scrn lined. The raiting wrecks, called "the submarine fleet" by the lo cal Japanese, consists of two 42.000-ton battleships. Ice and Hvtma: one 40.000-tonner. Ha- runa. and a 10,000-ton class heaw cruiser. Aoba. All were sunk while trying to dodge allied bombs about a month before the war's end. The scran would supply much sought-after steel for Japanese industry. Salvage expert believe the "submarine fleet" contains about 200 bodies of crew members. The colony of New South Wales, Australia, was proclaimed Feb. 7, 1788. We're From Missouri Those who claim they and those who write, or discourse on the radio about the heavenly visitors, all with Wisconsin's Senator know all about their subject but can t seem to dig up proof. I ATEST to give the "real News and World Report which declares that about the only big secret regarding the disks is who makes them. Even this secret the magazine proceeds to pretty well expose by Wavy. Engineers competent able observers have concluded that the flying saucers seen by hundreds of observers over most para of the U.S., are real, declares the magazine piece. Further, it asserts, there is evidence that the strange aircraft are of revolutionary type, a combination of helicop ter and fast jet plane, but conforming to well-known principles of aerodynamics. AN early model, built by U.S. engineers back in 1942, made more than 100 successful flights, it is stated, the project then Navvn wartime. The maeazine article principle of aerodynamics and altogether logical we are iorced to wonder how development and utilization of such aircraft could have been so long delayed, or so long cloaked in se crecy. v e e e WHAT it all adds up to, concludes the U.S. News writer, is that the flying saucers being observed in many parts of the country are not mysterious vis itors from Mars but actual planes which can do things that no conventional aircraft can. This we will believe when the disks are actually seen and inspected at rest on old mother earth, instead of flying over someone's bam. E.C.F. The Greatest Gift Christians throughout next Friday the anniversary der in all history for it was on tnaay, zvw years ago that Jesus Christ, having been tried before prejudiced judges and found guilty on the testimony of bribed witnesses, was subjected to the cruel pain of cruci fixion. OUT of this crime, the slaying of Jesus, the one and only perfect being to appear on the earth, came man's greatest blessing for in His death Divinity gave its all for humanity. In the form of human flesh, God went through the extremes of punishment to which sin subjects the soul of man and by His suffering exemplified for the i ,1 numan race me victory over sin. fN that day of His travail there was given to man- kind a new motive for sacrifice, for death a new meaning; and in Christ's resurrection only three days later there was given to those who will but accept it. the greatest gift of all the Letter From Washington By HARRIS ILLSWORTH Member ef Congress Prom Oregon Emotionalism appears to have so dominated the reporting and comment on the McCarthy state ments that the real issue the real problem is obscure. Per hns Senntor McCarthy is to bliiine for the confused and emo tional comment. He was mistak en, I think, in alleging or im plying criminal acts on the part of the people he has named. It is extremely doubtful if charges of traitor, spy or even of being a communist can be proven against anyone mentioned. But what Senator McCarthy has shown and pretty well docu mented is that certain people' who either are now, tr have re cently been, in high places in our state department, have Been closely identified with communist-minded people and groups. Such association is not a crime. Such association does, however, render Ihosc people undesirable employees of our state depart ment. No one, I am sure, will deny now that communism is a threat to all free people. The world con trol of communism, the Russian government, Is our enemy in what we call a cold war. We cannot, and should not, employ communist sympathizers in any department of our government least of all the state department. We should not employ people about whom there is a reason able basis for suspicion. e e I THINK THAT is what Sena tor McCarthy is driving at. but he has trod on some important toes. The smoke screen of con fusion was quickly developed The senator's errors were quick ly magnified. He stands almost alone against all the power and brains of the executive depart ment of the government. The president has. In effect, designated the McCarthy state ments as a whole school of red herrings. (He called the Alger Hiss charges red herrings). He has declined to allow the com mittee to inspect the slate de partment loyalty records or the civil service commission loyalty records. Those files allegedly give the persons in question a clean bill of health. If so, what harm In seeing them? If so. why not open them tip and clean up this whole mess? There is something wrong some place. I hope Senator Mc Carthy will keep on until he Is ither discredited by clear-cut facts or forces the administra Wednesday, April 8, 1IS0 have seen flying saucers, have something in common Joseph McCarthy they story" is this week's U.S. pointing the finger at the to appraise reports ot reii' being taken over by tne makes the flying saucer seem so simple, efficient the world will observe of the most hideous mur gift of hope. E.C.F. tion to clear the names of many people McCarthy has listed by showing the committee the files. The pro-administration news writers and commentators have ignored the fact that the presi dent's action leaves many people "smeared" whom the committee should publicly clear after in spection of the flies. Perhaps Senator McCarthy erred in listing any names, but the president makes the greater error by leaving them smeared instead of clearing them if the files can clear them. e IT SHOULD BE noted that in the above discussion 1 do not re fer to the data files of the FBI I do not think those files should ever be made public. This was proven beyond question by their use in the Coplon trial here. The FBI must make a note of every thing that is reported to them whether there is any truth to it or not. Being purely an Investi gating agency the FBI files are full of chaff along with the good grain. To make public such material would, of course, be most damaging and unfair. The files of the state department and the civil service commission, upon which loyalty decisions are made, are entirely different. Those are the ones which the committee should see and which the president refuses to let it have. Police Split on Toy Pistol Evils Atlanta (U.R) Atlanta police authorities are divided sharply on whether toy pistols breed evil for youngsters. Atlanta Police Chief Herbert Jenkins said: "Kids have had toy pistols ev er since I can remember and frankly I see no harm in them. I think it teaches them to use firearms properly." But Fulton comity (Atlanta) po lice chief Neal Ellis disagreed. He said: "There's no question in my mind about these guns. More harm than good comes from them. We have occasional cases of children getting their hands on real weapons and killing some one." Snuvlgnon Blanc Is one of the best white wine varieties of grapes produced in California. Crosstown "Oh, no you don'tl I want the relax tor the ii,i.iHi,ii,MiH,tMiiii,n,nM,iimna On the Side"By E v DutV,n (Distributed by King features Syndicate, Inc.) MIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMtlKI Baby, it's really cold outside here in Florida. I slept under three blankets last night and certainly needed them. I spoke to a member of the chamber of commerce about this chilly weather. Do you know what he said? So help me, his exact words were: "It is very unusual weather for this time of the year." Evidently southern Cal ifornia has no monopoly on un usual weather." Incidentally, I saw a couple of lellows playing shuffle board on the public courts and they were wearing overcoats! Asking. Queries from clients. Q. For get about Florida for a couple of minutes. Please settle an argu ment that has become heated at our house. When was the silent film "Tess of the Storm Coun try" produced? A. I have no rec ords handy but I believe the pic ture in which Mary Pickford starred, was produced around 1916- Many of the exterior scenes were made at Ithaca, N.Y. Q. What was the first popular song written by Cole Porter? A. I am out on the limb here with no reference books and can only venture a guess. 1 think his first hit was titled "A Little Flat in Washington Square." However, I do know that Cole's first musi cal composition was titled "The Bobolink Waltz." This was writ ten when he was 10 years old and was published by his mother. Gasoline Tax. In the month of February this year over 69,000.000 gallons of gasoline were sold in Florida. The State gasoline tax is 7 cents per gallon- Just in case you oon i know, the gasoline tax originat ed in the State of Oregon in 1919. That was a really brilliant Idea. Its originator should have a coast to coast highway named after him. Yours Received. A California!! informs me a San Francisco hairdresser nam ed Julio Gustavo Ortiz offers to dye hair any color the patron desires .She says three of his cus tomers had their hair dyed green in preparation for marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade. . A feminine subscriber says oth er subscribers born under Scor pio may want to slap my face but not her. "I would like to hug you, Eddie," says she. "You're a darling." Boy, that's really some thing isn't it? However, I note this subscriber is very cautious. she does not sign her full name or furnish her address. Still it was nice of her to think of it. Please Note- The first auto driver ot estab lish a record on the Daytona Beach, Fla., Beach Speedway was Alexander Winton. In 1903 Mr. Winton drove his machine on the beach at the rate of sixty eight miles per hour. Thirty-two years later, in 19.15, sir Malcolm Campbell drove his car along the same stretch of beach at the rate of 276 miles per hour! Dogs Popular. the Floridians are the coun try's greatest greyhound racing fans. The State has thirteen dog tracks. The puppies run there in ntilly luxurious surroundings. Incidentally, Charles Munn of Palm Beach introduced' modern greyhound racing in England in 1926 and now it is that country's most poular sport. Munn is now- top man of the American Totali zator company, which organiza tion's mtituel wagering machines are used by most of the race tracks in the United States. How ever, these machines received their initial tryouts at an Eng lish grevhound track Briefly. In most Tampa cigar factories tne workers are permuted io take home without charge at least three cigars daily. While on tlv job they can smoke as many cigars for free as thev want to. On July 26. 1925. the Miami Daily News published the world's largest single edition of a standard size newspaper. This by Roland Co garden planted before you summer!" IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII..- edition had 504 pages. Each newspaper weighed seven and a half pounds. Would like to see a copy of that edition. It certain ly must be a collector's item by this time. Fountain of Youth. Ponce de Leon was fifty years old when he started looking for mai iouniam ot youth in Florida. instead ot linding any miracu lous water to prolong his life, de Leon was wounded in a battle with the Seminole Indians and died in Cuba shortly after from the effects of that wound- How ever, while Florida has no foun tain of youth it does have some marvelous springs. We are using bottled spring water here and it is as good as any I ever tasted. Asides. The tipster industry is quite extensive in southeastern Flor ida. They not only have innum erable tipsters on the horses and greyhounds, but quite a few pur veyors of sure winners at the Jai Alai Fronton. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and addresse of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication Is permls Bible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub HraMon must not exceed tin words DST Favored To the Editor: In the Sunday issue of The Mail Tribune Berry Haddock asked why do we change the clock? He should realize there is no section in the United States that keeps the time "God's time," he mentions. Our time here on the Pacific coast is just a little behind God's time, that he speaks of. Where we lived in Nebraska, near North Platte, the time was 45 minutes ahead of sun time and five or six miles west of the Platte was mountain time which was one hour slower and made the time 15 minutes slower than sun time west of North Platte- I like the fast time best. Noth ing wrong to call it daylight saving time. Frank Griffing Central Point, Ore. Lake Success. N. Y., Apri. 5 (U.R) Sir Owen Dixon, 66, a justice of the supreme court of Australia, has been selected ten tatively to become the United Na tions mediator for the Kashmir dispute, informed sources report ed today. Los Angeles. Apr- 5 (U.R) David W. Hearst, son of William Randolph Hearst, has been named publisher of the Los An geles Evening Herald and Ex uress to succeed Dr. Frank F. Barham. TODAY... taste f IDeinhard V BEER cfftd Distributed by Snider Dairy and Produce Company A NicKo!.' Worth or Comment On By HARMAN United Preen Washington, Apr. 5 (U.R) Few things perk up a woman morn than a new hair-do. A number of state and fed eral hospitals are capitalizing on this quirk of feminity in an effort to boost the mo ra 1 e of their mentally ill pa t i e n t s. Tht women are get ting the full treatment a store - bought Harma.il Nichols permanent, fa cial, and sham poo. Doctors do not claim a cure, but they do say that sometimes a trip to the beauty shop is just the spark that is needed to send a patient along the road to eventual recovery. At least that has been the ob servation of Dr. Jacob Moreen. stern, head of the Crownsville state mental hospital near An napolis, Md. The beauty treat ment program has been in oper ation there since last fall witn the help of American Red Cross volunteers. "Many times herein our hospi tal," Dr. Morgenstern told me. "I have seen the beauty treatment mark the road back for some mentally ill person." The doctor gave as a striking example a woman named Mary, a catatonic patient from whom the hospital could get no re sponse wnatsoever w 1 1 n any therapy. Lack of Interest Persons with this mental dis order often are characterized by a complete lack of interest in the world about them," Morgenstern said. "They seem virtually life less. The key to successful treat ment is breaking through that wall of indiflerence. 'Shortly after the beauty shop was opened, Mary was taken there and given a shampoo, new In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Political passage-at-arms: PRESIDENT TRUMAN (at Key West, referring to Senator McCarthy): "The greatest asset the Kremlin has is the partisan attempt in the senate to sabo tage the bipartisan foreign pol icv of the United States. SENATOR MCCARTHY (in Washington, referring to Presi dent Truman): "I'm glad to plead juilty to sabotaging the admin istration's far eastern policies . . . if someone can disrupt the olans for turning the rest of the East over to Russia, it will be a good thing." M EANWHILE From Hong Kong comes this story: Soviet air crews have been flying patrols over North China sea routes for the past four days . . . Russian airmen, anti-aircraft crews and garrison troops are swarming into the North China oorts of Tsingtao. Tientsin and Dairen . . . those garrison troops walk the streets of these cities wearing their Russian military uniforms. FOR DAYS there have been reports of a strange subma rine offshore from Eureka. Our navy is sending up a specially equipped ship to hunt for it. The submarine is presumed to be a Russian one, having been reported as of the German "schnorkel" type which the Rus sians are known to be using. NOTE: We are not (openly) at war with Russia or any oth er country. Foreign countries are within their accepted interna tional rights in prowling our coasts beyond the three-mile limit with, their naval vessels. THE EUREKA incident merely indicates the jittery state of our relations with Soviet Russia. You will remember that prior to 1941 our relations with Japan were on about the same basis. THE ONLY comment on the whole business I can think of at the moment is this: "In this grave hour, oh Lord, give us PATRIOTS instead of ooliticians." w' BEER PI 1 This and That W. NICHOLS feature Writer hair-do, and a manicure. When the work was finished she was swung around in her chair to face the mirror. There was a faint smile of pleasure on her lips when she saw herself. She has improved ever since. "That one case would justify the entire beauty treatment pro gram." One Stumbling Block The ' Red Cross sponsored parlor for the mentally ill be gan in 1948 when volunteers at the Modesto, Cal., state hospital began looking around for ways to improve the appearance of many of the women patients. T h ey had one stumbling block. No funds. So they went ahead on their own and got the backing of the Modesto Cosme tologists association. The pro gram got under way without de lay. ' Licensed operators were re cruited and volunteered their time. The hospital supplied a room and basic furnishings. A number of beauty shops lent equipment. In the first year the group gave 258 sampoos, 130 permanent waves, 40 facials, 130 haircuts, 128 finger waves, and 100 miscellaneous beauty ser vices. Effect Worth Effort The Crownsville project, run in cooperation with the Master Beautificians association of Balti more, is one of the newer pro grams. There are also volunteeer operated good grooming projects at the veterans administration hospital, Roanoke, Va.; the state mental hospital, Columbus, O.; Boston psychopathic hospital, and the Lawson veterans admin istration hospital, Atlanta. Doctors say that the effect on morale is worth the effort. Patients, naturally, are pleas ed. One spoke for the rest when she wrote: "Thanks a lot. beauticians long may you wave!" Workman Trapped In Portland Cave-In Portland, Ore-. Apri. 5 (U.R) Lloyd Bradley. Portland, a work man, was trapped in an earth cave-in at an excavation porject in downtown Portland yesterday, but police said he did not seem seriously injured when extri cated a short time later. Bradley was taken to Emman uel hospital for a check, how ever. Fellow workmen dug him from a 20-foot hole where he was imprisoned when dirt leu on him during excavation work at the southeast corner of South west Park avenue and Morrison street. Bradley was buried up to his chest. Stockton, Cal., San Joaquin county seat, was originally called Tuleberg. BEFORE YOU RENEW INVESTIGATE FARMERS MONEY SAVING PLAN Over (00.000 satisfied policyholders . . . twenty years ef service and stability . . . National Standard, Non Assessable Policy with no mileage restrictions. Compare this rate with your present cost. $5,000$ 1 0,000 Bodily Injury ' $5,000 Property Damage Liability siO10 20 DISCOUNT TO Calf, Write or V XlNWJHAIICfY X mmm mam msnsm Get $200 To pay old bills, medical or dental expenses, etc. Repay in amount you select. Phone or visit us today. We say YES to 4 out of 5! Oregon Finance Co. Phone 2-4433 Craterian Bldg. 45 S. Central LicS-211 M-217 Dallas, Tex., Apri. 5 4U.B Tne Dallas police radio dispatch ;r last night solemnly asked a squad car to report to the head quarters of Alcoholics Anony p.ious to pick up a drunk. Lebanon, Ore., Apri. 5 U.R) v.ob Patterson, 19, Lebanon, re ceived severe Internal injuries esterdav when his automobile itineed'100 feet to the edge of fie Santiam river. MF.DFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. 10 30 P M. For Complete Prescription Service i DAY and Night Call 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgood Hudson Medford'j Own Modern Pharmacy RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drive and BODY and PAINT SHOP Southern Oregon' Oldest and Finest 29 So. Bartlett Medford PHONE 2-6119 FOR TOWING OR WRECKER SERVICE ROGUE SERVICE and Supply Co. Anywhere - Anytime EACH 4 MONTHS (Current Rat.,) Plui $5.00 Non. Rteurring Policy Fo I Inception of Policy RANCHERS & FARMERS Come in For Rafes R. C. Beatty, Dist. 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