Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 14, 1950, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, April 14, 1950 MEDFORDvWTRIBUNE "Everyone in Sou them Oregon" HaedJ The Mali Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Published by urnmnn PRINTINO CO. X1-2B North Fir St Phone a-ll ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST B GILSTRAP MnalT HERB GltCY, Aaverxiein ' E C FERGUSON. Managing Edltot ERIC Akl-E Jn.. uu . ... i niiinulll Talaitranli K.flltOI HENRY L. GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE ST ARC HER Society Bailor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mat An Independent Newspaper Entered aa aecond clam matter at Medlord. Oregon, under Act ol March . 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES man in ma nn 'gaily end Sund.yne ye.rlj 00 van ana buhu-j - ., , DaUy end Sunday three moe i. Dally end Sunday one month I ui By Carrier In Advance M""0 Ashland. Central Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and e motor route: Daily and Sunday one year Dally and Sunday one month IM AU Terma Caib In Advance Official Paper ol the City ol Medlora OIIlcuu raper 01 United Pre full Leaaad Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLUDAY COMPANY. INC OKIcea In New York Chicago De troit. 8ao Pranclico Loe Angelea Seattle. Portland. St Loula Atlanta Vancouver, B C. . 20" NIWSMPil k PUBLISHERS 'ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORJAl gl HHj'0" Flighto' Time Meeker' mi Jicboa Cwmty Mto tmry free Hie file at tee Mall 10, JO mm JJ yean aae 10 YEARS AGO TODAY April K, 190 (It Waa Sunday) British soldiers land In Nor way; Italy expected to enter war toon. Copes iilei reduced rates fchedulef for area from Drain south to California border. School girl invited to Eti quette school to be conducted at Girls' Community club on Wed nesday. Northwest Jackson county fair board electa officers to August exhibition. Billie Huston wins handicap bowling tournament here. 1 20 YEARS AGO TODAY April 14, 1930 (It Was Monday) Annual senior class play di rected by Mlu Isabel Willsie to be presented at Craterian May 13. Charles Furnas and George Gates report catching largest fish ver taken from Lake o' Woods. Unemployment In area report ed high with 100 men applying for work at employment office here. George Iverson starts con struction of 11 dwellings to cost $20,000 on Myrtle street. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY April 14, 1916 (It Was Friday) Electrification of Southern Pa cific lines over Siskiyou moun tains studied. Establishment of pear can nery here by Libby, McNeil and Llbby company planned. P. H. Daily, principal of Wash ington school, elected to same post at high school. ' In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The big news at the moment Is the Russian cock and bull story about an American mili tary plane flying over Russian territory and when challenged by Russian planes STARTING TO SHOOT. It's pure moonshine, of course Even our morons know we aren't going to PROVOKE a war wllh Russia. We'll fight if we have to, as we always have, but we AREN'T going to be the guy who spits in the other guy's eye. That brings us back to the old auestlon: What are the Kremlin boys up to nowT H ERE'S a guess: The Kremlin crowd's big job Is to sell to the tens upon tens of millions of common, ulus Rus sians the idea that America is simply Itching to start a war. If they can make these poor devils of Russian mnuzhiks be lieve that an American plmie came roaring contemptuously over Russia's borders and when challenged by alert Russian fighters callously started shoot ing, they will have gone a long way toward making incir siory stick. Put yourself In the other fel low's place. Suppose a Russian warplane came looming in from the north and when courteously challenged by our air force sentinels cut loose with its guns. You'd be fighting mad, wouldn't you? pHIS Is the point: When people are fighting mad. itorial Correspondence New York, N. Y., Apr. 11 Bing Crosby is on the floor below and has been for a ween. Rinir has alwavs been one of our favorites and still is. But we have to admit he is overpaid. Perhaps Pope Plus had him in mind when he proposed a voluntary redistribution of wealth in his Easter broadcast Sunday. Bing is a devout Catholic. He listened to the Pope's broadcast from St. Peter's and later with Jimmy Durante, Rosalind Russell and a large crowd of other Hollywood celebrities, joined here in a devout offering entitled "Triumphant Hour." We doubt, however, if Bing is devout enough to follow out the Holy f ather s admonition. No doubt Bing believes he is not doing badly at distributing his unearned increment as it is. He not only travels around here in a custom-made car with a liveried chauffeur, but his entourage occupies about a quarter of the fifth floor, stenographers, secre taries, script writers, financial advisers, court-Jesters and wnat nave you. At that, and In spite of taxes, we are reliably Informed that Rlns reallv works harder at the iob of escaping the fate of Croesus, than anything else. In spite of all he can do, however, the money keeps rolling in, faster man ne can get no oi it. e Nothing succeeds like success. Not a day passes but Bing is asked to endorse some commodity for a nice fat bonus. And he is asked for plenty of contributions as well, he turns down about 90 per cent, but at that his contribu tions to worthy causes including the church, total over six figures annually. . , . . No one here at the hotel can figure it out but Bins never leaves or r!urns but there is a crowd of "bobby sockers" at the Madison avr entrance to mob him for autographs. The day he arrived they 'k around for three hours after sunset, driving the doorman coin oly nuts but refused to give up until the great nrnnnol- finall, :urivpH A lwV RitlB WBS all SITlilCS and WlSe- cracks, giving" each and sundry a hurried signature and a friendly word. Nothing snooty about Bing. Yep, Bing is a grand guy. We wish there were more in Holly wood like him. He can't act. He is merely Bing. He can t sing he is merely a crooner. And he shouldn't be paid more than the president of the United States. But he is 20 or 30 times more. Vet Bing is entertaining and conscientious and extremely decent. And lie Hnn't fnr a moment beerudee him his affluence. Yet we are convinced Pope Pius had something when he urged a fairer and more sensible distribution of financial returns in the capitalis tic world a more Just distribution. The only catch is: HOW to do it! . . - . Yes, It Is great work if you can get it. Mnvnr n'riwver Is hack from Florida with his glamorous bride, both showing a rich expensive tan, and attractive raiment. They are something that any photogravure section would like to get, perhaps the most attractive couple ever to grace the Gracie Mansion, which is to New York City what the White House is to Washington, D. C. But we can t forget what "tin Honor put over in ira: cam paign last fall with the aid of Tammany and the City Hali ruwlers. hour he oromised this, that and everything else. Then when the votes had been properly coralled, he proceeded to raise his salary to $40,000 a year, and let "the boys" run Manhattan while he sunned himself by day and danced the "conga" by night at "Key Largo." Since his re-election the record shows he has been on the job exactly 23 per cent of the time. We repeat it s great work lr you can GET it. Bin got it! Before we leave Bing Crosbv it should be explained that among other things Bing has to keep his smooth golf swing in shape. That isn't as hard to do In the city of New York as some may imagine. For there are half a dozen golf courses snuggled in among the towering skyscrapers and housing projects of Greater Manhattan, an integral part of the extensive city park system. They are open to the public and can be reached in a few minutes by subway express. Bing prefers the swanky courses over on Lone Island, hut sometimes his schedule is too crowded so he unlimbers a bit in the Bronx, and you should see his new golf cap, it is descended from the rainbow checkerboard affair "Lefty" O'Dotil wore at Bing's tournament at Pebble Beach last year. Mcrrie Old England better prepare for a shock for Bing leaves in a few days for the British amateur. We doubt if those venerable caddies at St. An drew's will be able to "take" it. It makes the wearer look like a cross Deiween a flamingo and a cross-eyed woodpecker. Just one more Bine note and then vi aro thrnnirh "Rlrfino High," Bing's new musical opened here at the Paramount last night, and every one of the critics eive it a rnve-tionst Rino. thpv say, is more amusing and melodious than ever. Just can't keep mat stream of gold down! Flagftad sines at Carneele Hall tonisht and the SRn iun U out. It will be her first appearance here since the war, thus war wounds finally heal and "guilt by association" gets a deserved kick in the pants. Not only has the golf season onened among Gotham's skv- scrapers but the trout season as well. We aren t k ddins. There nr trout in (ho n,-- i-i i streams inside the city limits, the limits of Greater New York Only three or four blocks from this hotel you can fish for perch' and blue-gills and if you are lucky catch them. (That is if you are 15 years of age or younger.) Take a subway to Long Island and you can cast for trout within an hour or less, and again if vou are lucky get a nice mess for supper. The fishing season, which opened last Saturday, doesn't last long, that is the nearby lakes and streams are soon fished out. But during April and May we are reliably informed, the fishing in Greater New York is as good as It is in the Dodge bridge section of Rogue river! (Which as far as your correspondent's experience goes is not saying MUCH). Wa. ii,n,,M 111,.. 1 i . , ii ui . . ., auiiiKune cxpiinn in woras or one syllable which a confirmed non-ngrarian can understand WHY, Farm n a n the USA PA N'T h r.t ,,., . .ir . n and self-sustaining basis as It was In the "eonri nlH riav " What is true today that was NOT true then? VP knnu, ai-mnthmn nV.....I , I. .. 1 1 .1 . . . ,," .in- Kuuu urn tinys say rrom 1HHU to 1910 for a member of the family owned and operated one farm in northern Illinois, bought two more, and made them all pay. So It ran nr nt Ihot tin-.. fniTl r 1. j - . .....v ...III. Ut UIIIM?, - j , V f ., " iiijr mim disaster in me country, me Truman administration has to buy up farm crops to the tune of approximately $10,000,000 every business day until at the present time Uncle Sam has More than a BILLION dollars worth of wheat; the same of corn; almost a billion dollars worth of cotton: more than a hundred millinn rlnllnra u.npll, a , ,. .. . ........... .....,. ,..,.,,, ... Ilnl 7KKa; di minion nouars worm ot butter; 37 million dollars worth of dried milk; 23 million dollars tvnrlri nf nnniinU n l 1 . ii . tiuu pu in. hci lminuum ann aa nauseam. Ann what amount of this incredible mass of food stuffs will be used and what part destroyed, no one knows. Rut a large proportion will be UrUdioH tipUila n. 1 1 lnt.i .1 ,...a...(1 nuiii niiiiiwiii m stm vtr, The Brannan plan may be as rock-eyed as some of the alleged Mi.i ucvmiunriii liiiiA ui set? now 11 COU1C1 tail lO be as completely Insane as the status quo! R.W.R. Crosstown by Roland Co 'What made her get mad? I just said the baby looked somethin' nice ner moiner Dig moutn ana Kinaa nosey. COMMUNICATIONS tetter to the editor mult beat the name and addresse ot the wrltei although under certain circum stance the use ot a pen name ot Initial for publication 1 permls Ible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted tor pub llratlon must not exceed 400 words Dictatorship Seen To the Editor: It is time for us to get our heads together and do some serious thinking. We have just finished a war against totali tarianism and now it seems that some one (if the shoe fits etc.) is trying to set up a nice little dic tatorship in our fair city. In every community I have ever had the opportunity to visit there is a street or section made up of establishments catering to the working class of people. A man after putting in his day's work from which everyone bene fits in one way or another likes to be able to drop into a tavern (pardon the expression) and have his one for the road without having to go home and change to evening wear before doing so. It seems that some people have difficulties in rearing a family with all the temptations that get in the offsprings' path. Now why I ask you should the entire work ing class of people suffer be cause of one man's inability to educate his children according to his belief? Front street has been known by the misnomer "Skid Row" for many years even though nearly all the people that you will find thoiv are either work ing steady or they have come to southern Oreeon to participate in seasonal work. If it wasn't for those seasonal workers the pears would go un nicked unpacked and the crops unharvested. If this haven for the working uople is destroyed, we will have to depend on the tourists as our sole means of support and Med ford will be added to the long list of ghost'towns. The suggestion has been made that we should have a younger man in charge of local law en forcement but I believe that we will have to look long and far in order to find one big enougli or with the experience to fill the shoes of our present chief of po lice. Richard H. LeFleur. Sen. Morse Introduces Bonneville Dam Bill Washington, Apr. 14 (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse (R., Ore.), said today he has introduced a meas ure to permit the army engineers to investigate the possibility of improving navigation facilities of Bonneville dam. He said he had reports that the dam's navigation locks were inadequate for present volumes of traffic. He said they were re sponsible for "bottlenecks" in Columbia river traffic. SALE OF FUEL Phone 2-6123 TIMBER PRODUCTS COMPANY Summit and McAndrawi a .BBBw .- I -va i ,kinvri i DISH TONIGHT SPAGHETTI and SSS MEAT BALLS large, tatty meal bolls . . . generous servings of tempting spaghetti . . . fongy, lull right sauce and the easittt preparation tmeglnaUel Se . . . enoy Haley's SPAGHETTI end MEAT BAILS lonllel Try ftWte offer Hakv Delicacies . . . e MEAT BAILS WITH ORAVY e CHILI CON CARNE wllh BEANS Packed by Haley Canning Co., Hillsboro, Oregon Manila. P. I.. Apr. 14 (U.R) Philippine fighter pilots strafed and killed 320 communist-led Hukbalahap peasants today. Portland, Ore., Apr. 14: (U.R) Federal mediators said today that peace efforts had failed in the Portland metal trades strike. IS YOUR BOY HEADED FOR A PRISON??? ' EDGAR HOOVER urn . veiinqiiency eon be stamped out. COMING Valley Drtve-In Theater 3 taste by some schemer who wants to handle them for his own purpose. The big boys in tne Kremlin arc designing, schemers. They want AND NEED to handle their countless mil lions of dupes. Paste this in your hat: No despot ever lived who wasn't secretly afraid of the masses of the people. History leaves no doubt of thai. These master minds in the Kremlin are no exception to that rule, iney neeel to Handle the Russian masses. If they can con vince their people that wicked America Is all cocked and primed, waiting with finger on trigser for the auspicious mo ment to ATl'ACK RUSSIA. 11 follows that these swarming mil lions at the bottom of the Rus sian heap, who certainly must be beginning to realize that the big shots at the top arc grabbing the sravv and leaving them the slop, will be inclined to forget their personal grievances and JOIN HANDS AGAINST THE COMMON ENEMY. That trick has been tried by every despot who ever ruled and exploited millions of people, and history records the fact that SELDOM, IF EVER, has it failed to work. ''HIS is only a guess. You can take it or leave It. But I know no better rule the table In the other fellow's seal and try to figure out what you would do in his place. I think if I were sitlinif In the Kremlin I'd make a desoerate effort to convince the saps that itm-u, yh'iuiis, unscrupulous America will GET 'EM if thev don't look out, and I'd probably go even so far as to PLANT A STORY like this tale of Amer ican warplanes violating Russian territory and when called to ac count SHOOTING AND RUNNING. It would be a good trick Ifi you could get away with it. I I PIGEONS AS IS Cambridge, Mass. U.R Hom-j lug pigeons are dullwitled com-i pared with the birds trained by : a Harvard psychologist, B. F. j Skinner. In his psychology ex-' perimenls, Prof. Skinner has: taught pigeons to play piano, i lable tennis and slot machines. flsr CHOICE mm or millions WHO ALWAYS DEMAND Aspirin at Its Best This Is It! 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Mill ; i iilmiswiiiiierwiiaj I PRICES GOOD April 14-17 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES STORE HOURS: WEEK DAYS 10 a.m. Until Midnite SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS 9 a.m. Until Midnite IT'S EASY TO SHOP AT ANDERSON'S THE GOOD OLD STAPLES YOU REQUIRE, HERE'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU DESIRE 5M PACIFIC ROSE TUNA GRATED TIDBITS 19c Vi FLAT CAN I THE ORIGINAL SPAM LUNCHEON MEAT 12-OZ. TIN 37c GOLD MEDAL FLOUR Why Not Now! 10 lb 93c C&H PURE CANE SUGAR ammearIcean 10 lb 95c MORTON'S SALT PURE CIDER PLAIN OR IODIZED pkg. 7c VINEGAR u4nd?lruatend pt. 9c DIAMOND MATCHES 6 BOX 4) CARTON OOC TRUPAK KRAUT CAN 10c SKINLESS WIENERS IN OUR MEAT 4 A. DEPT. tlTC WHIPPED SALAD DRESSING 35 ASK US FOt YOUR DURKEE pkT LANK AND SAVE 25 1 BEG-MORE DOG FOOD 4 No. 1 CO CANS 9wC PLEASE DOG FOOD 6 CANS 59c DENNISON'S NO. 1 CAN PORK & BEANS cans 25c SUNSHINE KRISPY CRACKERS SUNSHINE mUA BUTTER nU WAFERS 2 box 49c lb 30c Super Suds Lg. 27c FAB Large 27c PEETS Large 35c Giant 71c Palmolive 2 sB,r.h 21c 48 TEA BAGS 55c 1 Quick service from the markets Belter equipment to display and sell Courteous attendants to help you. Every reason to buy your fresh foods here for THRIFTY 1950. ALL GREEN ASPARAGUS lb. 10c FANCY SMOOTH NEW POTATOES 3 lbs. 19c FRESH DEW-KIST NEW PEAS 2 lbs. 23c CRISPY RED GLOBES RADISHES "hIT 3bun.iQc CRISP FRESH CARROTS 3 bun. 19C I 'I 4 when in doubt, than to put your they can be bandied to queen's self over on Hit other side of