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TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE under. April 30. I960 MedfordWTribune "Everyono Id Southtrn OreKon" Reads Th. Mail Trlrjuno" Dally Except Saturday Published by MEDrORD PRINTING CO. T-29 North Kir SU Phona a-141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor ERNEST B, GIlSTRAP Manafa tir-KB bltbl, novcrusina mi. H. C FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor BARKY CMPMAN, Telegrapn Editor OLIVE STARCIIER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MKT An Independent Newipaper Entered as second claii matter at Medford Oregon under Aet oi March . 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATER Ay Mail In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year....$8.00 Dally and Sunday lx montha 4.75 Daily and Sunday three moi a.3U Daily and Sunday one month 1.00 By Carrier In Advance - Meaiora Ashland. Central Point. Jacksonville Cold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on . motor routea: Dally and Sunday one year. al3.00 Daily and Sunday one month 1X10 All Terms Cash In Advance OlMclal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Prose full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAV COMPANY. INC Offices in New York Chicago De. ' trolt. San Francisco Lot Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis Atlanta Vancouver. B C. O" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER ASSOCIATION NATION A L EDITORIAL Editorial Correspondence Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County Hit lory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10, 20 and 34 years ago 20 YEARS AGO TODAY April 30. 1930 (It Was Wednesday) Census shows 4,528 people re sldinR in Ashlnnd; 245 more than in 1020. Jacksonville has 706 and Grants Pass 4.650. Plans for establishing Boy scout camp at Lake o'Woods talked by leaders. Revival of local Legion post golf course discused. Park and playground program Including utilization of Roxy Ann favored by city planning commission. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY May 1. 1930 (It Was Thursday) Apple thinning In local or chards expected to need more laborers than usual. April building permits totalled $43,755 with most of It for 10 new buildings. Fire department adding finish ing touches to tennis court in rear of station. Rechcck of local census shows more than 11,000 in city, 20 YEARS AGO TODAY May 2. 1930 (It Was Friday) K. L. Dazey, civic council president, to become managing director of electrical promotion project, H. T. Campbell of Eagle Point First State bank dies. Third big alcohol seizure by sheriff's office in a week made near Phoenix. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the write! although under csrtaln clrcunv slnnm the use of a pan name ol Initial for publication It permis sible. The Mall Tribune reserves the rUttt lo e-rilt all Inters with s view to rlsrlllratlntt and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub. Hi jitton must not exceed 1(10 wnrits Thai Contervation BUI To the Kditor: I have read your editorial annul the pro posed "ronserviition hill" which it is claimed will aid the develop ment of the fish, timber, wild life, and such In the state of Oregon. Like you slate in your last paragraph, I take a similar "dim" view of the entire proposal, You slate that it would pre vent overlapping of authority. I am not so sure it would prevent this evil as much as to facilitate it. It would form still another of the ever pyramiding public boards. It would establish a high er hierarchy destined to hecoine ever more powerful and take direction of the people ever fur ther from them. It would estab lish nine smaller boards with nine members each under a larg er board of nine members. That would be 81 men removed from the job of getting the work done. Not to mention the general di rector and his nine-man board, or the governor of Oregon. The game commission is doing n good job. So is the state for estry department, imperially, in timber where the major income to the state Is received, should we tread with light feet. Actually, the sMnsors of the bill luck some imagination and foresight, as they have left out (he department of agriculture. Surely the farm lands need con servation as much as anything and a little more red tape along this line wouldn't hold up potato production too much. It would be Just as logical to Include the national guard and the state mental hospital in the New York City, N.Y., Apr. 26 The town is full of newspaper men. Why? Because the annual A.N.P.A. convention is on with head quarters at the Waldorf-Astoria. A.N.P.A. means American News paper Publishers Association. We took in the regular King Features "Banshee" luncheon In the Grand ballroom yesterday, jam-packed with newspaper pub lishers, some of them smoking big black cigars as they sipped their cocktails, reminiscent of the late and lamented Jim Owen, of Medford's original "Owen-Oregon." After luncheon that hardy perennial "Bugs" Baer acted as M.C. for a tip top vaudeville show with acts direct from Broadway hits such as "South Pacific," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Texas Li'l Darlin'," The big 10-stroke, however, was furnished by that veteran vaudevillian, "Will Mahoncy" who brought down the house with his crazy dance routine and tapping tunes on a xylophone with his feet. Among the honored guests were the Duke of Windsor, General Romulo of the United Nations and Secretary of the Navy Matthews. The popular radio broadcaster, Arthur Godfrey, was also a guest and gave a short talk which "Bugs" Baer praised as register ing great "SINCERITY." Probably it did, but it also registered a sizeable hunk of diplo macy, heavily sugared. Arthur declared how humble he felt be fore the most powerful group of influential citizens he had ever seen assembled in the U.S.A. at one time, how greatly indebted he was to the American press for his own meteoric rise, and finally made a deep obeisance to the former Prince of Wales much im pressed apparently by the latter's "wisecrack" when he had ad vised him to listen to the radio when he (Godfrey) was not on the air. The w.c. was "Is there such a time? ' The secret of Godfrey's rise to fame and fortune, we believe, rests largely upon his naturalness, the unusually resonant quality of his voice. , It is open season for perjurers. John Maragon, General Vaughan's "ice-box pal," is now convicted of lying and faces a fairlv extensive residence in tail. Well, the more the better (if not the merrier) for those who violate their oaths. Through the years perjury has become all too prevalent a practice in our courts, and perjury prosecutions all too rare.- A few more convictions and perhaps more witnesses will think before they speak under oath before a grand jury, or a petit one, for that matter. There Is considerable interest hereabouts regarding the $200,- 000 libel action brought by Paul Draper and Larry Adler, well known tap dancer and harmonica virtuoso, against Mrs. Hester McCullouiih of Greenwich, Conn., wife of a "Time" editor, for charging them publicly with communism. Your correspondent knows nothing about the case, but with public feeling regarding communism what it is, we would not care lor tne job oi collecting S200.000, or 20 cents, if in the past we had ever attended a "pink tea" or worn a red-necktie on May 1st. Judging bv the conversation at our table at the Banshee lun cheon yesterday American newspapers will be about 98 per cent against the Truman administration in this year's election. Perhaps there are some people who sun tninR mat it true, means a cer tain GOP victory come November. They are still thinking in journalistic terms of the Civil War era, when the people (at least a majority) voted as the (Jreciys and uanas xoia tnem to vote. "Them davs" too. have cone forever. A MAJORITY of American newspaper PUBLISHERS have been "agin the government" ever since IDRs first election. Not so wun tneir employees wno al ways outnumber the boss, anywhere from 50 to 500 to onel It was somewhat depressing to hear our confreres mouth the nhaurri and utterlv synthetic camDaien cliches out on exhibition by the GOP national committee a few months ago to the effect that the burning issue tms year is ireeaom versus socialism, kan u ui they don't know what socialism is? Why don't thev call in Norman Thomas, perpetual socialist presidential candidate or Foreign Minister Bevan of England, and ask them how good a socialist they consider Harry Truman to be? e e In addition to the stage-show there was another bright spot at the Banshee luncheon, however, i.e.: We sat next to our old friend, Ralph Cronise of the Albany Democrat-Herald who told us all the latest news about "Spark Plug" Jackson, the like of which Albany (OREGON) has not pro duced in 100 yearsl (Ah, there Jay-knee-roll!) e New York is taking no chance on a repetition of the Brinks robbery in Boston, the record cash-money haul of all time! Yes terday $2,100,000,000 In negotiable securities were transferred in six armoured trucks from 22 Nassau to 1740 Broadway a five mile Jaunt, the transfer taking five hours. There were around 50 police squad cars "on the prowl" en route, each truck was ac companied by a motor cop and a squad car and each truck was insured on each trip for 835,000,000, 19 insurance firms partici pating in the "underwriting." Who had all that filthy lucre the Mutual Life Insurance company, which moved from its old build ing to its new one at the corner of Broadway and 54th street. (Did someone say insurance companies pay no income tax? The local sports writers and radio broadcasters are working hard to get the fans out to see the Yankee baseball club perform. The Weather Man gets most of the blame for the poor attendance and the weather since the season opened has beon atrocious. But the chief reason, in this department's judgment, is that even the most ardent fan likes to see a contest, not a procession. The plain truth is the Yanks to date simply outclass the field, they have the sharpest fielders, the heaviest hitters and the best morale. If the two New York teams, the Yanks and the Giants were thrown together, shuffled and redistributed, so the former would not always win and the latter lose, the gate-receipts would pick up at once, regardless of the weather. (How about that Wager G.T.?) e i One speaker at the A.N.P.A. convention stressed the fact that morning papers will be materially helped by television. Why? Television is in direct competition with the evening paper, not with the morning. Well, there mav be something to that. True or false there is no doubt that most of the morning papers need a bit of assistance. e Sunshine after the rain, and Central park full of blossoms and babies and pet poodles. Green grass, also, and where the mop pets were Ice-skating two months ago, they are now sailing boats, rowing and fishing. No substitute for Spring no satisfactory one at least and ditto Youth! We are pleased to note Bing Crosby is having a nice rest in Paris before he tackles the British golf tournament. He surely needs one after his 10 days in this hot-spot bedlam. Also glad to note our chambermaid has been acquitted of perjury. She told us Uing has his name embroidered on everything he wears; coats, collars, shirts, pants, shorts, hats, even his bedroom slippers. Hard to believe this but in this Paris Item we note that Bing went to sleep on the grass somewhere along the Champs-Elysec and three Paris gendarmes rapped him on the soles of his slippers and pinch ed him for vagrancv. In his attempt to evade jail Bing told them who he was and (lien pulled out his shirt and showed embroid ered "Bing Crosby" to prove it. Needless to sav Bing got off. He always does. And Maggy, our chambermaid, 'is in good standing again with the Medford FBI. ..... Sneaking of the FBI we wish they would get after the cigaret manufacturers who advertise over the radio in this town and elsewhere. If there is a federal law against perjured advertising. making claims not founded on fact then these cigaret people are surelv violating It. We have a special grievance against this phonejr Dr. fQ. and his plea to smoke and "inhale to your heart's content. However, here we are at the bottom of the page so cigaret crusade will have to wait R.W.R. Crosstown by Roland Co P- i fJl fN gOXINti f jj A LESSONS I womsim ess, assfcssto .. . 'AH right, you big palookal Put up your dukttl . didn t crack mat time. Gee, my Toice Your Health and Its Care By DR. WILLIAM BRADY. M.D. Readers should address Inquiries tot Dr. William Brady, 245 El Camlne. Beverly Hills. Calif. Pickin' Pears Newt, Gossip, Comment From Camp White HIGH SCHOOL BOYS QUERY THE DOCTOR hill too. Conservation and over lapping of functions apply to them also, when using the same trend of thinking as the author of the proposed legislative dead wood. What the author has done, in effect, if not in words, is to cre ate a "little CVA" right on our own back doorstep. And the only way such a hill will become law will be through the back door. A. Pilchard Route 4, Gladstone, Oregon. RETURNS Camp White. Apr. 29 Sam Bulturf, center personnel officer, has returned from annual leave. Biitturf, with his wife and daugh ter. Sammy, motored as far east at Washington, D. C, where he visited his mother and sisters. Before returning to Medford the Hullurffe stopped to visit in Le Suer. Minn., where Mrs Butturf will remain until about May 15. Wall Street The sophomore class of 45 boys here at the high school would like to have some questions an swered by an expert. We have been clip- p l n g your health col umns. Now we wonder if we could submit some of the most common questions ask ed by the boys. (Boys' Health and Physical Education in- ur Brady structor.) The questions in the preliminary ex- 1. Why do boys have more trou ble keeping an even or clean looking complexion than girls? Ans. Do they, girls? 2. What Is the best thing to do or take for an upset stomach? Ans. Don't do or take a thing, not even food. If this doesn't bring prompt re lief, call the doctor. 3. What is the best way to take care of an ingrown nail on the big toe? Ans. Trim nail straight across, go barefoot or wear only very loose shoes and long loose socks. If this doesn't bring relief, consult your doctor about operation. 4. What should one do for head aches? Ans. If any of you school boys has headaches it is a serious matter and calls for a complete ex amination by the phy sician. Beware of the dangerous painkillers in so-called headache medicine. 5. How can one get rid of pimples and blackheads? Ans. I remember only too well how painfully im portant this question seemed when I was your age and how I was saved from the clutches of a notorious quack on ly by the fortunate cir cumstance that 1 could n't scrape up the price he demanded. On the written request (mind, now. no clipping), ac companied with a stamped envelope bear ing your address, I'll send any boy or girl who has acne black heads, pimples, oily skin a pamphlet tell ing how to get rid of the trouble. Irregular Heart I am 60 years young and was trou bled by Irrigular heart heat. Doctors told me nothing wrong. After 3 "nips" of vitamin B complex, the trouble cleared up. (J. M.) Answer Now. now. 3 nips of vita min B complex wouldn't clear any thing up. I suspect a strong psycholog ical factor. People who take patent medicine often think they get imme diate benefit mostly becHi.se iney want to think so. But keep on with it and more power to you. Hair Tint Have been tinting my hair for ten years. It it all right to continue? (Mrs. L. M.) Answer If It increases your beauty go right ahead. Ten years Is a fair trial. If you have had no bad effect from It by now. It Is unlikely that you will later. (Copyright 19S0 by John F. Dllle Co l By L. J. "Tick" Malarkey This piece is hard to write but if it wasn't written I wouldn't feel good because Luke Kincaid, who "went west tnis week, was a friend of mine. And a friend of all other people who knew him around this station. Luke was head janitor at Camp White. His was a big and respinrible job. Malarkey was one of his detail men, assigned to the coffee shop job two hours a day. Just last Friday evening It was a pleasure to have a visit with "the boss." He kind of outlined the things that should be done before Monday morning. He found time to tell me some of the history of Medford. Briefly we touched upon his career with the marine corns in World War I and other things that Grey beards like to visit about. He said that he wasn't feeling so well and when we parted said: "I'll see you Monday morning." Monday morning Luke wasn't here. So look down, Ex-Marine Kincaid, upon the halts of Monte zuma and the shores of Tripoli. Your buddies will miss you. Over Town is one A. Z. "Tub by" Dean. His hands are the size of hams i and to this writer he looks as hefty as when he was making life miserable for Ore- I gon State's opponents up Cor i vallis way back in 192 7. ! Someone said that "Tubby" sells automobiles. However, a lot of folks say that baseball and all athletics, are his stock in trade. Anyway it was a treat to visit with the Big Boy and absorb some of his enthusiasm. We well remember the way he could "bust 'em up" when he labored for Paul Schissler, and no foolin', "Tubby" has those "fit as a fiddle" lines today. The lad left Boise, Ida., when the national guard companies were called out by President Roosevelt, and wound up way "down under" with the 41st division as a combat infantryman in New Guinea and Australia. Did his job so well that shrap nell stopped him for while; but he got back in after the wounds had healed. His name? Kenneth Black, VA contact officer. When it was over, Ken mar- In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Washington: "The tensing international situation brought added force today to demands for new de fense funds and extension of the draft law. "IT ALL BUT SHELVED THE HOUSE ECONOMY DRIVE." I'M so foolish as to believe that the tensing international situa tion makes economy in our in ternal affairs more necessary than ever. II we have to spend more for guns, we ought to spend less for the things we can do without JET'S put it this way: If you lived away out in the big woods and the wolves were growing in numbers and fero city you d spend more for guns and ammunition and LESS for fancy clothes and gew-gaws. Personally, I think nothing pleases Stalin more than seeing us spending our way happily down the road that leads to na tional bankruptcy. That's the way I'd feel about it if some competitor I was afraid of start ed spending his way recklessly into the bankruptcy courts. INCIDENTALLY, don't worry any about the "shelving" of the "house economy drive." There never was any sincerity in it to begin with. These "economy-minded" congressmen have been yelling for less spending until some appropriation FOR THEIR DISTRICT comes up and then they start yelling for MORE spending. WHAT is this "tensing" inter national situation? Well, when Russia starts shoot ing down our planes that are flying over free international waters the general situation can hardly be regarded as other than tense. Do you remember when that submarine was reported off the California coast a few -weeks ago? As long as it stayed outside the three-mile limit, it had a right to be there. But suppose it HAD been a Russian submarine and suppose one of our warships had come along and shot the be jabbers out of it. That would have added to the international tension. DUT let's find a more agree " able subject. Talking about international affairs is like walk ing in a graveyard on your day off. It's depressing. Back in Philadelphia they're running a charm school for teachers. It has just started and is to last six weeks. At the mo ment, the schoolmarms are be ing taught how to sit, how to stand, how to walk in a way that will put the onlooker's eye out, what to wear and how to use their hands and voices more effectively. The instructor ways to her class: "Stand up. Tummy in and up. Chest up and out. Chin up and straighten your backs." Thp rndnmon or. caiH in lni.n Ht and are flocking in in droves for the session. One of them says: "This is just what we teach ers need something to make us more attractive to the children. Boys and girls like pretty teachers " ried one of Australia's daugh ters, and today wife Margaret is on this station. With them now is daughter Maria, age four, and son Kenneth a lively two year old. We get around and are getting acquainted. Just had the pleas ure of saying "glad to know you" to Sam Butturff, "bull buck" of the personnel department. Sam was rushed because he is return ing to duty after an annual leave. "Tubby" Prescott told me that Personnel Sam walked across Europe from Normandy beach head with the foot soldiers. ").nd the lucky stiff," added Pharma cist Prescott, "didn't get a scratch." More about Sam later. Ted Hornecker has moved one big building across the two righ ways from the main gate. The moving job was a work of art and the lumber company had dozens of our members acting as "supers" on the project. Yester day concrete was pouring for the first of White City Lumber com pany's residence units. The frame work of the initial dwelling is now well on its way. Ted Is also putting up a service station. This week-end Ernie Rickson will be saying S'lone to his friends at Camp White. He is going to leave and go down to the coast at Alsea and make his home. During most of his stay at Camp White Ernie has put in his time at a hobby, specializing on mat making. His work is beautiful and many a fine pres ent has r e 1 a ti v e s and close friends of his received. Grey beard Rickson is making plans to turn' his hobby into a liveli hood and may be doing the work for pay some time in a little shop of his own. High up on ladders reaching the upper deck of the Admini stration building four gentlemen of the paint brushes are spread ing a new coat of white summer dress over window casings. Im agine that before their job Is finished all wood work of this building will be redecorated. Summer is around the corner. Libya, scheduled by United ii'ations resolution to become in dependent by Jan. 1, 1952, will be the fourth independent Af rican country. The three already free of tics to colonial empires are Egypt, Ethiopia and Liberia, - Choose An Experienced, Capable BUSINESS MAN Who will devote ALL OF HIS TIME to sound, efficient, business-like management of Jack son County! sliyy'tj e. SW Jf"i$ "w. , BaA Wtt irisr nisi NOMINATE 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. Up in Lawyer Frank Farrell's office there were people ahead, so relaxing in an easy chair we waited to see the boy from Medford who lived in the old Sigma Nu fraternity house and showed some of us that had been there ahead of him just what real "cracking the xooks was j like. Frank was a law student ! then. And a good lawyer now. ! He would have been one sooner j but an enlistment in the air corps interrupted. 1917. Farrclls must all be students. Seems that one of Frank's daugh- i ters is getting herself a straight A card in Mill Race Town, her senior year. Expect to have a real visit with the former class mate during past commander's night. CHINESE NOODLES Luncheons and Short Orders Orders to Tako Out SUKI YAKI CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Phono 3-901 J. N. CAFE Across from S. P. Freight Depot 229 South Front Crater Meat Co. Custom Slaughter and Custom Curing WE GUARANTEE ALL WORK Midway Road Phono 2-6147 I suspect that as a result of it all the Philadelphia school board will face as to teachers the problem that has long been fac ed by business men as to stenog raphers: "Shall we hire ATTRACTIVE ones who will probably get mar ried quick and leave us, or homelv ones wno will De naraer to look at but will stay with us longer? Maryland's choice of the white oak as the official state tree is credited to the majestic Wye Oak at Wvc Mills, on the state's eastern shore. It is 85 feet high and about four centuries old. for the LASTING TRIBUTE Medford Memorial Mauso leum, located in I.O.O.F. Ceme tery, offers a beautiful and permanent shelter for your de parted loved ones ... at a cost comparable to ground burial and perpetual care. Crypts are available. Make your selection in advance of need. For Information Phone LYNN CRAM, 2-5342 or 2-6503 PARK VIEW NURSING HOME 906 West Main Street Medford, Oregon Phone 2-6938 Completely equipped Nursing Home for chronic and convalescents. Hot water heat throughout building. Licensed by the State of Oregon. 24 HOUR NURSING CARE Registered Nurse in Charge New York, Apr. 29 U.R Paced by automotive shares, stocks forged ahead today with gains ranging to more than a point in moderately active deal ings. Dow Jones closing stock averages- .10 Industrials, 21433. up 0 77: 20 rails, 5 07. up 0.54; IS utilitc.i. 42 78; up 0 0H; and 6S stocks. 78 .29, up 0 34 Sales totaled 1.1 HO 000 shares today compared with 1,250.000 last Saturday. Qi rSTlONS ANSWF.RS Not In lh Rloorl I cr-t wt on rny arm uhtn I rnr ' a box. ) this a rendition of the blood? iL. 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