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TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDt&TRIBUNE "Ivwyon la Southern Oregon" Awute Th Mali TrlbunsV' Sunday April 23, 1950 Dftlly Except Saturday PublUhed by MEDFORD PRINTINO CO. 17-10 North Fir St Phont 2.0141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST R- OILSTRAP Manager HERB GREY. Advtrtiiini Mar. B. C FERGUSON. Managing Edltot ERIC ALLEN jr.. city Editor HARHY CHIPMAN. TelegrapD Kdltof HENRY L. GREEN 8unday Edltot OLIVE alAHCntn society Conor GERALD LATHAM. CiruUUon Mrs An Independent Newspaper Entered aa second clan matter at Medford. Oregon, under Aot of March . 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year....$9.00 Dally and Sunday tlx month 4.7B Dally and Sunday three moi 2 60 Dally and Sunday one month 1.00 By Carrier In Advance Med lord Ashland, Central Point Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix Talent and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday one year. 912.00 Dally and Sunday one month 1.00 All Terms Casta In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jm1uod County United Pre -full MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: VVEST-HOLLlDAY COMPANY INC Offices In New York Chicago De trolt, San Francisco. Lot Angela Seattle. Portland St Louie Atlanta Vancouver, B C NIWSPAPIR UtllSHIM ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS President Truman tells the American Society of Newspaper Editors, now In session in Wash ington: "We are planning for a great campaign of truth to convince the world the United States has no purpose of going to war EXCEFr IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM." AGAIN the little man's In stinct is sound and whole some. What he says is EVERY WORD TRUE. You know it. I know it. Everybody in this coun try knows it. The last thing in the world the people of the Unit ed States want Is war with Russia or anybody else. We all know, as a matter of fact, that another war might actually be ; trie last ining in me worm. But, If worse comes to worsi, we WILL fight In defense of our freedom. In the terriDie suuanon we now face, we will believe with Patrick Henry: "Give me liberty or give me death." Every sane, clear-thinking American is convinced Dy mis lime mat in communist-run world there can be no such thing as freedom. I'D say our only hope of avoid ing war lies in exactly what President Truman proposes a great campaign of TRUTH to convlnco the world that we DON'T WANT WAR, that we genuinely DO want peace, that peace can come only through justice, friendliness and free dom for individual men through out the world and that we arc determined to do our best to bring these things to pass. But that If, despite our best efforts to bring peace by these means, we are forced to choose between a communist-run world and war we will light to the dealt) in de fonse of our liberty. IT we are to convince the world of that, we must be so utterly sincere that people throughout the world can't help but believe us. After all, nothing convinces like sincerity. AT this point, I'd like to quote a statement made seriously and rather grimly to me, the oth er day by a friend whose opin ions I greatly re.spcct. He said: "As it looks now, we'll have to fight the Kremlin UNLESS THE RUSSIANS THEMSELVES DO IT FOR US." Editorial Correspondence WHAT he meant is that unless the Russian people revolt SRninst the cruel and brutal tyranny of Russia's communist leadership, there will bo anoth er world war. If there: is another world war, we will be in the forefront of it.. IT is a wise and discriminating opinion. The idea that the Rus sians themselves might revolt auninst the tyranny of the Kremlin isn't too visionary. We now know, partly through captured German records, that when the Germans swept across Ihe Ukraine, which Is a vital part of Russia, they were looked upon hy the people more In the light of deliverers than of con querors. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian Russian deserted to the Germans. Whole divisions of Russian troops wont over In Organized bodies. Some very well informed men are convinc ed after going through these rap tured records and talking with Russians who were there and saw It (some of them took P1'1 In It) that ONLY THE UN BELIEVABLE STUPIDITY OF HITLER AND HIS NAZI GANG prevented a situation from de veloping that would have chang ed the whole face of the Russian German war. The fantastically stupid nazls scorned and oppressed and even mass-butchered these deserting Russians who were sick of com munist tyranny and in timt con- New York City, N.Y., Apr. 20 Another ticker tape greeting for a foreign dignitary President Videlia of Chile. The last one we witnessed was Nehru of India. Two more different types could hardly be imagined their only similarity being complexion, a very light milk-chocolate. We imagine their political views are as sharply contrasted as their reactions to their United States greetings. Nehru did not respond enthusiastically to the bands, the mounted police, the cheers or the welcoming speech of Mayor O'Dwyer. He was pleasant enough and entirely proper, but he gave the impression of being somewhat depressed by the Yankee spectacle, wiin nis mina on tuner pernaps nigner inings. President Videlia had the time of his life, waving his arms, grinning, saluting, overflowing with exuberance, and joy of life. Both men visited the United Nations at Lake Success. Nehru gave a very thoughtful talk, stressing the necessity of peace ana neutrality as far as his own country was concerned, and the crying need of world cooperation and abandonment of im perialism. The Chilean president said nothing startling or direct, but the implication of his remarks was that if the United States decided to further implement the anti-Russian alliance and for strategic rea sons recognize Franco and admit Spain to the UN, Chile would endorse such action with enthusiasm. He made it clear that what ever course the U.S.A. might take, his country would follow. Nehru did not warm up to Mayor O'Dwyer in spite of the lat ter's warmth and charm; President Videlia and "Hiz Honor" hit it off at once, and behaved like a couple of war buddies at their first reunion. So joes the world! We have a couple of very musical friends here who insist upon FM radio transmission, never listen to music over AM claiming the latter ruins a musical program, the former makes it. We would not question the validity of their judgment, and as FM is supposed to eliminate static, interference, etc.. we should think this would be a judgment generally accepted. But we note in the papers that rranK btanton, boss of CBb, recently conducted country-wide surveys among the rank and file and also trained musicians both were overwhelmingly against FM and for AM. Why? Because, according to the Columbia boss, nine people out of 10. musically trained or not, are unable to take in full-range trans mission and overtones, the rank and file prefer the juke box type of thing, with the treble down and deep bass up. So apparently our friends are the exception. At any rate one thing is sure, up to date, radio FM, is a flop in New York. Dr. Sander the "mercy-killer" of New Hampshire has been stripped of his medical license in that state by unanimous decision of the State Board of Medical Registration. The decision is not a popular one judging by the press reports, but the writer feels the reprimand justified. This department s quarrel with the doctor was not his mercy killing" but his denial it WAS a mercy killing: his story that he suffered a "black out" his mind snapped the injection of air was senseless act lor which no adequate explanation is possible. and finally that his patient was dead anyway, so he couldn't have been guilty of murder. In our iudgment Dr. Sander made the same mistake Alger Hiss made, when cornered, he refused to tell the truth. A DOCTOR who has a mind that "snaps" In a crisis, had better be given a long vacation, if not a permanent one. We note by the latest best-seller "Seeds of Treason," that Alger T fi. maI 1.1. flH.t - L ..An. .law Imunila V.Aal ...1 L. ...OB rui ma 11101 name iiwiii biic uvuiai ju.eiiiic utai acim author of the gay 90's, Horatio Alger. If that is true and we be lieve most of the facts In the book are. then we have a good ex ample at the present writing, that Horatio Alger's favorite theme, from rags to ricnes, is as true today as it was nait a century ago. For the two vounn men who wrote this book and were count ing their pennies pretty carefully when they were reporting the Hiss trial two or three months ago are now or soon will be on "Easy Street." The book is already in its third printing and may well yield half a million before Christmas, which to revive a somewhat hackneyed term "ain't hay. The two hard working reporters have arrived. "Seeds of Treason" Is a "quickie" in that portions of it were rushed through too rapidly merely to beat out the competition, and it has a definite slant in favor of Whitaker Chambers and the prose cution. Even so, it does give a clearer view of the Hiss case and the communist menace of the 30'8 and 40's than anything that has been published heretofore, it is also extremely readable, exciting, and we wouia recommend it to anyone wno, uniixe our oia pai, mac, doesn't suffer from acute CommiePHOBIA already. Well, the baseball season has started with a bang as far as New York is concerned. The "bang" has not pleased the ears of tne mam rooters up at the foio urounas, but nas aengmed tne Yankee fans lucky enough to attend the American league opening in Boston. We don't care to have the fact put on the air but for some strange reason your correspondent is entirely neutral regarding the two New York baseball aggregations, he doesn't care WHO beats theml Judging by the results at the Polo Grounds one half of this longing promises to be realized, but only half. We have not decided whether the Yankees have a monopoly on the greatest bat-wiclders the country has ever seen or the Bos ton Red Sox have a monopoly on the weakest pitchers, perhaps it's a little of both, but if Boston can't beat the Yanks when it has a head start of nine runs to zero in the sixth inning, WHAT team can? Incldently we are as sorry for Durocher as we can be for an ex-Brooklyn "bum" of his obnoxious type, for the Giant players he fired to make a team after his own heart, are the very lads who are knocking the ball all over the lot for the Boston Braves, it is surely hard to take! And unless there is a change in the pre sent trend, this will mean curtains for "Leo the Great," as far as New York Is concerned. A brief Item In a morning paper the other day may mean a revolution in the automobile industry then again it may not. The Item claimed a new engine has been perfected which will operate efficiently on low grade fuel, at a gas-saving of around 30 per cent. It would eliminate the many different types of fuel now on the market, and In case of war would render motorized opera tions independent of high crane gas and consequent expensive and extensive transportation. Watch out for this. Sneaking of transportation we took a stroll through the auto mobile section of B.-oadway the other day and still can't make out what makes the New York dealers so cheerful and enthusiastic. But they are at least they act that way and hospitable too. Yet those we talked to are from three to six months behind on de liveries. That should make the Detroit manufacturers happy, but we fail to see why the local dealers should be pleased. R.W.R. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor muit beat the name and addreiie of the writer although under certain eircuro vtances the uie of a pen name of Initial for publication U permis sible. The Mall Tribune reserve! the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub llcstlon must not exceed 400 words The Grange Lake Crlc Grange Lake Creek Grange met on April 14 with 18 members present. The men, losers in the attendance contest, must pre pare refreshments for the women at the May meeting. Mark and r.va lloctft were voted to become members. All extend them a cordial welcome. Merlon Bradshaw. of the agri culture committee, reported that Mr. Howe wishes all to come in and sign their soil con servation reports by May 1. I his applies to blackberry spraying, etc. Lawrence Terry, of ways and means committee, reported that a dance Is to be given on May 8. Kayo George, of the educa tional committee, gave an ex cellent report on an article from the digest entitled, "The Amaz ing Red Vitamin." Ellyn C harley, or the legisla tive committee, reported on the vinced them that had as the communists were the nazis were worse. I ETS ht Intelligently realistic about this whole business. The Riifr-ians at the bottom of the heap don t like what they ve got. They might even revolt against it. They M ght Revolt If we are nte isent ennush. HONEST AND SINCERE ENOUGH, to bring about what the stupid nazis failed to brine about. charges of Sen. McCarthy against Mr. Lattimore. A recreational party will he held at the Grange hall on April 22. A resolution was submitted by Chairman Loyd George stating that the completion of the high the Klamath Basin, via the Mc way between Rogue Valley and Allister Soda Springs, be urged upon the state highway commis sion. Zclla William gave an excel lent report on the cancer meeting she attended in Medford. It was voted to change our meeting night to the second Thursday of each month. Next Grange meeting will be May 11 at 8 p.m. All Grangers are invited. Water Wanted To the Editor: We have moun tain spring water in our parks ana camp grounds and along our highways. I don't see why we cannot have cold spring water put down at the Gold Ray dam for the tourists and the people of the county. They would sure appreciate it. I know. It wouldn't be much expense, only for the pipe line down the mountainside to the dam site. W. C. Longwill Beauty, Tranquility Here To the Editor: In recent issues of your excellent paper I have read, with more than passing interest, communications by iieorge ooodwin, carina Mc Carty, et al respecting "condi tions" in Medford. Frankly, I am amazed at some of their state ments and conclusions. Shortly after my arrival here I fell in love with the beauty and tran quility of the Rogue Valley and was intrigued by the charm and grace of its people. I was no less impressed with the splendid churches, school and parks of the nay little city of Medford. Excellent hotels, beautifully appointed shops and stores were indications to me of the consis- ten growth and progress of a well governed city. Local police men, whom I have observed on duty at dances, sports events and on the streets, impressed me as being alert, courteous and effl cient officers. In my opinion they would be a credit to any city government. I have not ob served them "on duty in the schools' and doubt if it is the policy of the city to station them there during school noun based on the theory perhaps that the teachers can manage somehow to get along. Neither have I observed the awful Sodom and Gomorrah conditions cam- plamed baout in the Tribune. Years ago, I was a forest ranger in the Bitterroot moun tains of Idaho. Duty frequently led me into the lovely upland meadow "cow country," where many a sleek critter dreamed and grazed away the beautiful summers. Always I observed that the tumble bugs played in the cow manure, despite the exist ence of lush beds of daffodils nearby. Franklin Girard Art Films Urged To the Editor: Thanks to Mr. Corbin, district manager for Lippert Theatres, a truly out standing movie has been brought to Medford. Hamlet reflects credit on the movie industry and indicates what can be done when talent, taste, and sincerity are not hobbled. Too bad that Holly wood left such an undertaking for England. I understand that Hamlet is a sort of test to see if Medford will support pictures of this type. Thus the Lippert Theatres at tempt to pay a compliment to our intelligence. However, judg ing from the scanty attendance of Hamlet, Mr. Corbin may be driven to the reluctant conclu sion that there is more to be made from twin billings of B to Z pictures and horse oprys than from "art" pictures. The nation-wide box-office slump about which Hollywood has been complaining may have something to do with this sud den interest in the more discrim inating patrons. Nevertheless, it is encouraging to see Hollywood woo this group after so long alienating them with such de vices as popcorn and the nefar ious star system Never mind the story: how many stars can we get lor the picture?". Aneut popcorn. I realize this is a big item on the profit side of tne ledger. I for one am wining to endure popcorn for the sake of a few pictures like Hamlet: but can't the unpopped and half- popped kernels be screened out. thus making it sound a little less as if walnuts were being cracked an over the place, as wen as eliminating the temptation to hoard these kernels for the quieter scenes? Further, would it insult the popcorn munchers too much if a section of the theatre the center section, if they insist be reserved for them? One could thus have a modicum of peace by sitting on Ihe sides. Here is one issue on Baker Youngster Drowns in Stream Baker, Ore., Apr. 22 :U.R) Gary Slinkard, 2 '2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Slinkard of Pondosa, Ore., drowned in a swift mountain stream near his home yesterday, it was disclosed here today by nrst aid omciats. They said the child toppled from a bridge while throwing rocks into Big creek. A would-be res cuer, Grover Clemens of Pon dosa who saw the boy fall, jump ed into the stream but was un able to reach the child in the whirling water. which I see eye to eye with R.W.R. Red Shoes another outstand ing movie, though quite unlike Hamlet will be shown here May 3, 4, 5, as the next "test". While Red Shoes would probably draw better at the box office than Hamlet without a special campaigning, I am in favor of spreading the word around where it will do the most good, in the hope that Mr. Corbin may be convinced by our response that Medford will support such movies. Almus Pruitt Should Clo Front St. If To the Editor: Mrs. McCarty has pointed out the error of my way of thinking. I have decided that she is right. We should close Front street if all the peo ple that go into the liquor estab lishments lack the willpower to keep from indulging in excess. Mrs. McCarty brought up juvenile delinquency. I believe that you will find that in most of the cases itiis delinquent par ents and not the children. I repeat myself, if the people that bo into the taverns don't know when to quit then we had better appoint ourselves their keepers and close Front street. rt. ri. LatLLun. You Can't Stretch Tim To the Editor: Have you ever cut a piece of goods or paper in two and made them longer by nutting the other ends together? That makes as much sense as daylight saving time. How about a vote on it.' ELSIE GORDON. Crosstown by Roland Co Registration Aid Lauded To the editor: On behalf of the Democratic Central Committee, I wish to thank and commend County Clerk George Carter for making available to citizens throughout Jackson county, fa cilities for registration which otherwise, many would not have enjoyed at all. Placement of one registration booth in a Medford department store, others in the city grade schools and other strategic loca tions, to serve residents after working hours and at a time when the county court house was closed, was a convenience and a public service for which we should all be most grateful. I wish also to commend the Mail Tribune. Medford News, Ashland Tidings and the three radio stations for their tremend ous contributions in publicizing registration dates and for their intensive educational campaign on the good citizenship involved in registering and voting. Mary Greiner Kelly, Chairman, Jackson Co. Democratic Central Committee. Blossom Tribute Proposed To the editor: Has it ever been proposed that Medford establish some form of Pear Festival at this season? Not a festival in the ordinary sense of royalty and artifice expense and la-de-da! But in the truly classic sense of tribute to the beautiful. Something of an Elusinia a pause! A slowing down of blood and gas! (Any speed over 20 miles an hour for the hour of festival a traffic offense.) Perhaps the hour at sunset. But the specific day kept secret to promote fresh spontaneity for the occasion. Secret, that is, un til the weather gives the sign, via radio, that the peak of pear bloom is at hand. Again, no fuss nor feathers! Ma, Pa and kids just drop skillet and the hoe and go! Pile in the car and join one of three motor serpentines to view the country side in bloom. A Hillcrest tour, a Stage road tour and Fern Val ley tour, perhaps. Mind you, no speed! No dither! Just an eyeful of a glory the setting sun, Apollo if you like, glancing back across the Pear Bowl of the nation. How about such a tribute, Tribune? A Newcomer, (Name on file.) Too Many Bears Now Texas College Says Waco, Tex. tU.R An Insur ance company chose a poor time to propose a policy covering Baylor university's three bear mascots. A short time before the pro posed policy was received by university officials. Josephine, one of Ihe mascots, gave birth to two cubs. In answer to the insurers' pro posal, Dr. Roy J. McKnight, uni versity comptroller, wrote, "In view of our surplus of bears, we feel we can afford to carry our own Insurance. "Our chief problem now Is not protection of the bei.rs as much i as it Is what to do with them." CASH Your Way . . and Fast! Employed men and women married or single welcome! Outsiders not involved. Phone first and everything will be ready when you come in . . . LOANS on Salary, Furniture or Car. Stan Stark, YES MANager Oregon Finance Co. Phone 2-4433 Craterian Bldg. 4S S. Central Lie. S-211 M-217 'I tried io get Pop to let this fob out for bid figurin' I'd bid high and lost out, but he didn't fall for it." Hungry Seals Blamed For Lack of Smelt Seaside. Ore.. Apr. 22 (U.R) Where did the smelt go? A. W. Ensor, manager of the Seaside aquarium, today ad vanced the theory that smelt are not running in Pacific north west rivers this year because huge schools of them have been eaten in the ocean by north bound fur seals. Ensor, who has made an ex tensive study of marine life in the Pacific, said the Sandy and Cowlitz river smelt runs usually occur in March or April, coincid ing with the time when the fur seals go north to their breeding grounds on the Pribilof islands in the Bering sea. Last year, he said, the U. S. fish and wildlife service counted 4 million fur seals In the herd and estimated that each seal ate 10 pounds of fish a day. Since seals are top-of-the-water swimmers, their food must be top fish, mostly smelt and salmon, Ensor said. Coffee County Blamed For Its Higher Price Douglas. Ga. (U.R) High cof fee prices have resulted in every thing from boycotts to indignant letters. A Montana woman placed the blame on what she assumed was the origin of the drink Coffee county, Ga. She wrote Noah Hol ton, commissioner of that coun ty, as follows: "I understand you are the head man in Coffee county, Georgia, so I suppose that's where the coffee comes from and I think its too blankety blank high. I hope you will do something about it." Holton replied that the Geor gia county was named not for the Brazilian bean but for a not ed pioneer family. Ill Wind Blows Good For Victim of Holdup Wilmington, Del. (U.R) It was an ill wind but it blew good for Albert Wilson, 31-year-old night attendant at a truck rental company. The door opened and a man entered. "Let' have the money," the man growled, his hand shoved menacingly in his pocket. Wilson and the man eyed each other nervously. Then there was a big crash. The robber jumped, spun around, and ran out of the office. The crash was a metal sign hanging outside the office which had been blown over by the wind. IGNORANCE COESNT PAT Providence, R. I. (U.R) Crime apparently doesn't stem from education. The Rhode Is land social welfare department reported that only 10 per cent of the prisoners in state institu tions were high school graduates. Choose An Experienced, Capable BUSINESS MAN Who will devote ALL OF HIS TIME to sound, efficient, buti-nets-like management of Jack son County! NOMINATE 4 i L. G. "LEW GRAVES REPUBLICAN FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER BETTER representation for ALL THE PEOPLE of Jackson Coun ty on a FULL TIME basis. Primary Election May 19, 1950 Paid Adv. For the Second Time 8 Months! in STATE FARM MUTUAL OFFERS New drastic cuts in auto insurance costs' Oregon Drivers Will Save Up to 25 SEE US TODAY! V.R.WILKES J. A. CARTER ROBERT CATOR Representing STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY'S LIFE AUTO FIRE 135 So.Central Medford Business Phone 2-9322 Residence Phont 2-7201 As American As HAM and EGGS Your RIGHT to the Doctor of YOUR choice. Under governmental proposal . . . and far nearer a fact than you can imagine . . . Socialized Medicine, planned in Washington, would "nationalize" Doctors, your choice would be limited . . . Sceptical? Then why don't you investigate! Your Congressman . . . Your Senator . . . Have you written them? Sickness doesn't care to what political party you belong .... YOUR future is in YOUR hands . , ce h t I "cyr
