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A EIGHT MEPFIBP (OBtOOrf) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. May . IS0 MEDFORDv&TBIBUNE -'Everyone id Southern Oregc" Reads The Mail TrlbuM" 011 Sxcept Saturday Published b MEOrORO PRINTlNi 17-29 North Fir St a co. Phone ROBERT w HUHL, Editor CRN EST R GIUSTRAP mrnR r.HrV Advertieiiui Mir f, c rEKGUSON. Managtnl CdltSf ERIC ALLEN JR., CIW BARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph taiUM mr.NRV L GREEN Sunder Editor OLIVE STAHCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Up An Independent Newspaper Entered u Meond class nutter t Medford. Oregon, under Act of March I. 17 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Unit In Anvanee: Dally and Sunday ono year..ttt nlla nn MunH.V .1 montlU 4.75 , Dally and Sunday three moi i&U Dally ana Bunaay -one munw 7 carrier in Aavance A.hland Central Point Jacksonville Cold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and ea mnlnr routes: Dally and Sunday one year.JU.00 Dally and Sunday one month 1-00 All Termi Cub la Advance Official Paper of the City ol Had lord Official raper or eaeaaoa vur United Press full Leased Wire MEMBER 01 AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising. Representative: WEST-HOU-fDAY COMPANY. INC Offices In New York Chicago De troit, Sao Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Portland M Louie Atlanta Vancouver, B C. r NIWSPAPII rUBHIHIK 'ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL 5IAC5TQ'; Flight o' Time Medferd mi Jeduea Ceaatf M la tere htm the filea e the Man Tribune 10, 10 aad M veers affe 10 YEARS AGO TODAY Mar 2. 1840 at Wag Thursday) British abandon southern Nor way; will keep on fighting nazis In northern part. Scely Hall elected vlca presi dent of United Airlines. Jacksonville protest on five cent toil calls to be heard here May 27 and 28. Grade schools to observe Child Health day with programs. 4-H club leaders and members to present style revue tomorrow In courthouse. 20 YEARS AOO 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. 34 YEARS AOO TODAY Mar 2. 1911 at Was Tuesday) H. C. Garnett, Medford, elected moderator of Rogue River Bap tist association. Charles Trautfeather pur chases interest in Mnrsh and Carlton Transfer company here. Talent high wing southern Oregon field and track meet. Rogue River Rogue River, May 1 A short business meeting was held Fri day afternoon by the Civic club. The president, Mrs. C. L. Wil liams, reported on her trip to the convention. Mrs. Harry Nel son resigned as secretary. Mrs. R. W. Hargitt reported the Boy scout Troop 27 hd taken hiRh honors at the conference in Grants Pass. Girl scout Troop 95 has cleaned the grounds around the Civic building. Plans were made for a Mother and Daughter tea on May 12 and the next Clclc club mooting date was changed to May 5. Howard Murnhall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall, is re covering from an appendectomy performed last Thursday. Allon Bnldrldge, real estate broker, has moved his office equipment to the Steolhead lodge on Savnge creek and expects to have his new office open for business about May 10. Seventeen members of the Junior choir of Hope Presby terian church were entertained nt the country home of Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Klomhnus on West Ev ans creek last Wednesday. The group enjoyed a picnic and we! ner roast followed by moving pictures shown by Dr. Klom hnus. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Wiley of MrCloud were visitors at the Wiley-Carter ranch on East Ev ans creek over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Cummings of Jacksonville were guests here Saturday of Mrs. Mae Shults. The Jackson countv tax com mittee will meet in the Triple A office in the court house at Mod ford on the third Wednesday In May, according to Dave Blair. The farm income Is down, he slated, and taxes are still going up, and he urged the farmers to sign up with the committee and attend the rfeetlng. Mr. and Mrs. Biles of Sams Valley have leased the L, L. Ben nett ranch on East Evans creek. Crowds at the Airport Just how intense the interest of Jackson county residents is in aerial activity was clearly demonstrat ed last week-end. About all it takes to bring a crowd of interested spectators running, is for a jet to make one sweep over the valley, or for a flight of more con ventional ships to circle for a landing. e e e IT was not long ago that a B-17, the "workhorse" bomber of the European theater in World War II, circled Medford twice and started to make its land ing approach. Before it was on the ground, several hundred automobiles had arrived at the airport to watch it land. THE same thing happened Saturday. The flight of 1 five F-86 "Sabre" jet fighters circled to land, and a thousand or so air-minded folk started nocking to the airport to watch them.- When the third plane undershot the Held and belly-skidded along the runway for several thousand feet, the word got around town like wildfire, and ad ditional hundreds of people arrived within minutes to see it Most of them stayed around to watch other aerial activity at the port, which was extensive that day. And on bunday, an even larger crowd attended the brief ceremonies marking the start of four-engined lane service here. The jets again made a show of it unday afternoon, and six navy h 6F fighter planes, manned by reserve fliers, added to the attractions there. Airport control tower men report that while Sat urday and Sunday were more active than most days t the port, the run-ol-the-mill days see many arrivals and departures 01 all types ol planes private, mili tary and commercial. ALL this is another sign of the self-evident fact tViaf M orlfnrri ic "o-rnwinrr tin " onrl that if ia nn longer the small provincial town it once was. In the middle of the week-end s activities, one ol the controlmen in the tower said that if any more planes arrived, "I don t know where we d park em." This brings up another phase of the airport's activi ties, and emphasized what city and aviation leaders have been thinking about for some time the fact that the time is not too far ( distant when additional facilities will have to be provided at the airport. e e e e THE air-minded people in the city could well be rtnairlnrino rimir Qnrl whrtn thla nan ho Viost. no. VUI1UIU wl ll.K HUT, .t.V I , . k . . . 1 1 W Ubuw m complished. E. A. Where Is "Up-State"? Someone tried to define the term "upstate," the other day, and failed to do so to the satisfaction of others. An argument began over the meaning of the term, and it finally boiled down to the fact that "up state" usually refers to anywhere where the speaker isn't TN Portland, when residents say "upstate," they usually mean all the rest of the state. In the Wil lamette valley, the term quite frequently refers solely to Portland, or at least to heavily-populated Multno- mach country. In Medford, on the other hand, "upstate" is gen erally used in discussions of the Willamette valley, including Portland. "DDLY enough, the contrary term, "downstate," most of the time is used to designate exactly the same area as the "upstate" phrase. Origin of the term appears to be something of a mystery to amateur etymologists, although some con tend that the reference is derived from an eastern seaboard reference to "up the river." "Upstate New York" apparently refers generally to the territory up the Hudson river from Manhattan. But others partaking in the argument contended that the "up" in "upstate" comes from maps, "up" being to the north thus "upstate" being an easy way to say "the northern part of the state." X7HATEVER its derivation, the term continues to mean just about whatever the speaker wants it to mean. E.A. In the Day's News Br FRANK JENKINS Big news from Ldndon: "Princess Elizabeth (who is expecting her second in August) may re-establish the British roy al tradition of large families, Buckingham palace sources hint ed today." ... a palace "inform ant" tells a reporter both Eliza beth and Philip are "very child minded." . . . the story goes on to say they might even be gun ning for the record of Victoria and Albert, who hal nine. THIS thought inevitably occurs to us commoners: With a palace full of here ditary retainers, Elizabeth and Philip don't have to worry about baby sitters. 124 Workers Dropped From Newbry's Office Payroll Salem, Ore., May 2 (U.R) Secretary of State Enrl T. Now bry disclosed today that a total of 124 employees, most of them temporary, had been dropped from the payroll in his office. He said lack of funds in the department and Inauguration of the "staggered'' plan of issuing auto license plates brought about the curtailment. He said further cuts in personnel will have to be made. Curtailment Forced "The legislature provided for a blanket $:H) a month increase for stale employees but provid ed only $20 a month to cover the salary boost," the secretary said. "For this reason we are forced to curtail the staff in order to avoid a deficit in the budget." Newbry said the employment of a large staff of temporary workers to process auto plates will no longer be necessary now that the plates are issued on a staggered system of one-twelfth of the total each month. He disclosed a survey is being made in the various divisions of the state department to de termine where further reduction In personnel can be made. He said: Total Now SOT "In some divisions we are be low the number of employees we should have, but further cuts must be made even if it Impairs service to some extent." Employees totaled 731 April 1. Since the cut, the total now is 607. Newbry said he regretted the need to remove some employees from the payroll but said he saw no alternative under present con ditions. And he added: "I have an idea that some other slate departments will be forced to take similar action be fore the present fiscal year ends on June 30." BLAST KILLS 23 New Delhi. India. May 2 tU.R) At an unexplained May day ex plosion the powder magazine of an ancient stone fort killed at least 13 persons and seriously in jured 23 others at Patiala. 150 miles northwest of New Delhi. IN WASHINGTON, they're con sidering the idea of putting the federal government into the business of enforcing anti-gambling laws. Senator Capehart, of Indiana, doesn't think much of the idea. He tells a reported: "Local officials can eliminate gambling ANY TIME THEY MAKE UP THEIR MINDS TO DO IT. ' I THINK Senator Capehart is I right, but in the interest of accuracy it ought to be added that when local officials don't enforce the laws gainst gam bling there are usually two rea sons: ' 1. Somebody is getting paid to let the gamblers operate. 2. The officials are afraid that if the laws against gambling are strictly enforced, the public WON'T LIKE IT. IN A lot of our towns there is a strange and unaccountable delusion on the part of a lot of our people that a wide-open town (in which the laws against gambling are conveniently over looked) is good tor Dusiness. IN CHICAGO the other night a couple of out-of-town con- ventioners went xo aine oi inese daces where the law is con veniently overlooked. Among other things, it was a "strip tease" Joint. While they watched the strip-teasers strip, they or dered eight drinks. When they finally got around to leaving the place, they were handed a bill for $28.25. They kicked up a ruckus, and the upshot of it was that the bouncer was called and they were heaved out into an allpv. In the alley they were set upon by three husky bruisers who beat them up with oiacK iarks the idea being. I suppose, to convince them that in places like that it doesn t pay to kick up a fuss about the price. Anyway, they wound up in a hospital, not only bruised and battered but wounded in spiru. Their thoueht was that they shouldn't have been treated that. a-way. IN A way, I suppose they're right. Things like that shouldn't happen to a dog. But, try as I may, I can't get as much steamed up over their misfor tunes as I reckon I ought to. To begin with, they are grown up men and grown-up men ought to know that places like that aren't run like Sunday school picnics. When you go to them you EXPECT to be gypped. If they had stayed at their convention and worked hard and learned new things about their business and made them selves more competent in their jobs (which was probably their excuse for going to the conven tion) they wouldn't have got into trouble. To end up with, anybody who is willing to pay money to see the average show in the average strip-tease Joint is of so low an order of intelligence as to de serve whatever he gets. Disorderly Russian Escapes Punishment New York. May 2 (U.R) A displaced Russian who smashed a glass display case and shred ded pictures of Stalin and Molo tov escaped punishment today. Vladimir Alcxandrow, 39, said the photographs outside a news reel theater reminded him of his years in Russian prisons. Theater Manager Hector Dob bins dropped a disorderly con duct charge. IRISH RAILMEN STRIKE Dublin. Ireland. May 2 (U.R) A wildcat strike of 600 govern ment railroad workers tied up traffic on southern Ireland's main rail lines today. 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Ci Uo ft i'Ula todt MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. 10:30 P.M For Complete Prescription Service DA 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'i Own Modern Pharmacy Another Florida claim is dis puted by one of our tireless checkeruppers. It has been stat ed by a Floridian that Joseph P. Robles, of Tampa, Fla., who is 103 years old, is the oldest liv ing Confederate veteran of the war between the states. A Brownsville, Pa., subscriber says the oldest Confederate vet eran is John T. Graves, born Jan. 1, 1842, which makes him 108 years old. Mr. Graves lives at a Confederate veterans home in Higginsville, Mo. Please Note If you take a three thousand mile trip in your automobile what do you figure the trans portation costs you? An expert on the subject says it costs the average motorist six and a half cents a mile for wear and tear, one and a half cents for gasoline, one cent for insurance, one cent for maintenance ad tiie rest for items such as oil, tires, tax pay ments for highways, etc. So ac cording to that, a three thousand mile trip costs you $195. Sidelights California has the most auto mobiles. New York is second. Currently there are 20 makes of American automobiles on the market. Can you name them? . . . Now Boston has a club for tall young people. It is called tne Hign tiubbcrs. So I am in formed by a male member who is 18 years old, six feet, six inches in height and still grow ing. Mosquitoes The Florida Anti-Mosquito as sociation recently held its an nual convention at Fort Myers, Fla. The Florida mosquitoes are very tough. Methods successful in eliminating these pests in oth er states fail in Florida. Speak ing of mosquito elimination in general, one method experi mented with calls for amplify ing the love call of the female mosquito a million times and playing it on a recording. This lures the male mosquito to a spot where instead of finding a mate, as expected, the insect is promptly electrocuted. Tried in Cuba, this system eliminated all the male mosquitoes in a square mile. However, the system does not work with the female mos quito, which will not respond to the call of a male mosquito in any lorm. Incidentally, it is the female mosquito that sings. Asking Queries from cilents. Q. Did you know it was Jean Bedim and not Gus Edwards who gave Eddie Cantor his first chance? A. I believe Gus Edwards gave Eddie his first opportunity. However, Cantor did appear with Bedini and Arthur in vaudeville shortly after that. Q. Again I see a sportscribe refers to Jockie Eddie Arcaro as "the little Kentuckian." I thought you said Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, O. A; I did say Ar caro was born in Cincinnati and on that I am prepared to get a stogie. and Albert, who had nine. Do you know any young woman who is the only female in a business, or manufacturing organization, employing men only? How many men? Idalyne Ruthe Cohen, of Brooklyn, is the only woman in an organiza tion which employs 100 men. Idalyne has an unusual occupa tion for a woman. She is a too! engineer. She designs boilers. She should write a book detail ing her experiences working with 100 men. She could call it "One Hundred Men and a Girl.'' It could be very interesting. Old Timers The Milwaukee museum lec ture hall is offering a series of moving picture programs titled, "Forty Years of American Film Comedy." Some of the films to be shown on this program arc "Duck Soup," featuring the Marx brothers; "The Barber Shop," starring W. C. Fields; "The General," with Buster Keaton; "The Strong Man,'" star ring Harry Langdon, and "The Professional Patient," featuring Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. If you remember these films, espe cially the one starring the Drews, you certainly are eligible j for the Young Old Timers. Elizabeth Bentley Eyes Washing.on Job Chicago. May 2 (U.R) Eliza beth T. Bentley, former com munst spy ring courier, has quit her job as political science teacher to be available for "work in Washington," Mundelein col lege officials said today. The officials said they did not know what her mission in Wash ington was but confirmed that her contract with the school had been cut short and that she left the staff in February. Miss Bentley testified before a congressional committee in 1 o.ia that '.ha curried messases for a spy ring during the war. She said she had been a com munist since 1935 but left the party in 1945 when her faith in it was shaken. STRIPPER SUES New York, May 2 U.R) Strip Teaser Winnie Garrett sued pho tographer Murray Korman for $50,000 today charging he sold pictures of her to a penny-a-peep machine. She said she suffered "mental anguish and distress.". John & Frank Perl FUNERAL DIRECTORS 40 Years of Continuous Service Confidence... ... means a lot in the hour of need . . . confi dence that every single detail will be handled with efficient care and thorough understanding . . . confidence that the final service will be dignified and beautiful and that the price will be right. Your confidence in Perl's is based upon years of experience and service right here. Rogue River Valley's Oldest AMBULANCE SERVICE Always At Your Service PERL FUNERAL HOME 624 West Sixth Street Telephone Day or Night 2-6675 John A. Perl Frank Perl Berrygrowers to Hear j San Francisco Buyer i The Rogue River Valley Ber rygrowers association will hear Walter Friedrichs of San Fran cisco Wednesday at the Gold Hill Grange hall at 8 p. m. Friedrichs is associated with 1 Jacobs, Malcolm and Burtt com pany, produce buyers who an nually purchase large quantities of Rogue valley products. He j will tell the berrygrowers how j they should prepare their crop ; for the market and will explain ! the San Francisco market pic ture. I LEON'S TWO FOR ONE SHKSDE SALE PAIR For Exactly The Price of ELECTRIC! PRICED LOW! 6 colors! 1999 Warm end soft and SAFE I Automatic thermostat control. Double-bed size. Waterproof wiring . . . it's washable! Reg. 1 5.98! 4 Vj-lb. WOOL! 0 color,, 3.99 Bound-all-around with 6-ln. rayon satin I Thick and soft and a big 72 x0-in. size. 5-year moth damage guarantee. See it I Reg. 10.981 4-lb. WOOL! color. 9.99 A beautiful buy at this sale price I 72 by 90-inch site, 6-inch rayon satin binding. A choice of 6 new decorator colors. 2-COLOR COMFORTERS! Equals of hers at 17.951 13.99 Chartreuse on one side, Hunter Green on the other. Or Grey and Flamingo. Blue and Rose. 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