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10 YEARS AGO TODAY
Mar 2. 1840
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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
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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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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.".
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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
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