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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MedfordJ$&Tribune -Everyone In Southern Oregon" Read The Mall Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Published by uv n liYiu n PRINTING CO 17-29 North Fir St Phone MUI ROBERT W RUHL. Editor ERNEST R C1LSTRAP Manaa a, C FERGUSON. Managinn tdlloi ERIC ALLEN JB.. City BIJJ HARRY CH1PMAN. TelegrapD td toi HENRY U Ultr.cn. ouim., OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MP An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class oiatter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act or March a. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES B Mail-In Advance: Daily ana buhuoj .l. -Dally and Sunday six months .Ta Dally and Sunday three mos JJO Dally and Sunday one month l uu By carrier in navaw-w - Ashland. Central Point. JackaonvUle Cold Hill. PhoenU. Talent and on motor ruuii". alq lu. Dally and Sunday one year lu.ou Sally ano ounuaj' ,,...,. All Terms t-asp uj Official Paper ol the City of Mediord OII1C1A1 raper ui - - United Press rull Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CLHCULATIONS AdverUslng RepresentoUve: WEST-HOIJ-IDAY COMPANY. l. Olllces In New York. Chicago De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Loula Atlanta Vancouver. B C NEWSPAPIR PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL IassocFa Flight o' Time Madforat and Jackioe Counry HIs Mry from the (ilea or the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 14 years ago 10 YEARS AGO TODAY May 11. 1940 (It Was Saturday) French repulse nazi attacks on Maginot line; bombs rain on Lowland capitols. North Umpqua road from Roscburg to Diamond lake to be opened on June 21. Medford high qualifies 16 entries for state track meet. Medford first in southern Oregon in sale of United States savings bonds last year with total of $151,012.50. Adult's Missionary society of First Christian church elects Mrs. Julia Gregory president. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY Mar 11. 1930 (It Was Sunday) Estimated 33 per cent of reg istered .voters to cast ballots in county May 16. Mrs. John F. White and R. Li Clark report owning coins dated 1776, and Mrs. White has $3 note dated 1777. State convention of Business nd Professional Women's clubs to open here Friday. Vera Marshall reelected to board of directors of Fruit Growers' exchange. 94 YEARS AGO TODAY Mar 11. 1916 (It Was Thursday) Two days battling snow four to eight feet deep finally brings party in auto to Whiskey Creek near Crater lake. Misses Louise Wilklns, Cath erine Wagner and June Shelby among those attending freshman prom at University of Washing ton. Medford high first, Grants Pass second and Ashland third in field and track meet held here. News of 4-H CLUBS Valleyview Club The Valleyview 4-H club had Its regular meeting May 5. The president was absent so tne vice nresident took over the meeting. There wore 16 members present and eight parents. We had one new member. We discussed having a float In the Memorial day parade in Ash land. The local fair will be held on Thursday. August 10, at Bell- view. Mr. Williams wild that he would like to have a couple of meetings at different member's places. Mr. Bighorn said that he would like to have the meeting at his niace. . The refreshment committee Is Mrs. Twedell and Mrs. Keating. The next meeting will be on June 2. 1650. Reporter, Aria Williams Lotus Major Will Be Known as Big Trefoil Astoria. Ore.. Mav 1 1 (U P.) Lotus major, the long-lived legume introduced into Oregon and developed by the Astor ex periment station a quarter of a century ago, has been officially renamed. In the future, the common or fuzzy variety of this nitrogen producing legume will be known as beaver big trefoil and the smoother type will be called Columbia big trefoil. "The name big trefoil is to be used rather than lotus major Water: Adequate W. T. "Jack" Frost came into the office yester day to bring the latest and last snow survey and fore cast for the 1950 season. A report on the survey is given elsewhere in today s THE outlook, he said, is favorable, and "If normal snow-melt and precipitation conditions prevail, there should be no late season deficiencies of water anvwhere in the state. Rogue valley farmers have good reason to be pleased with this report, for water is the one absolute ly essential resource for them. Without the irrigation water stored in the hills and reservoirs, the fertile land of the valley would lie idle, or at best would pro duce far below its capacity. see THE federal soil conservation office south of town is the headauarters for the snow survey for the entire state, and the activities of the hydraulic en gineers are of importance ion, giving advance miormauon on tne irrigation water supply forecasts, and in some instances giving warning of flood potentials. As an example, this year it is predicted that the run-off on the upper Deschutes river may establish a new record. While it is entirely possible that flood conditions will not result, it is well for the authorities to have the advance warning so that they may take appropriate action. The accuracy and success or tne snow survey ae pends upon the cooperative endeavors of a great many people, in all parts of the state. State and federal agencies participate, of course, but it may not be known p-enerallv that manv private concerns also play a part in the final preparation of the forecasts. It is interesting to note just how many groups are involved. Here is a list of organizations which cooperate in the snow survey work : STATE: Idaho cooperative snow surveys; Nevada cooperative snow surveys, Oregon agricultural ex periment station; Oregon state engineer and corps of state watermasters; Oregon agricultural experiment station, and Oregon state highway engineers. EDERAL: Department forest service and soil partment of commerce and partment of the interior, through the Bonneville pow er administration, bureau of reclamation, fish and wildlife service, geological survey, Indian service and national park service, and the war department, through the corps of engineers. PUBLIC Utilities: California-Pacific Utilities com pany; Portland General Electric company, and California Oregon Power company. MUNICIPALITIES: Baker, Corvallis, La Grande and The Dalles. IRRIGATION districts: Associated Ditch companies, rocriiitoa niintu ATmiiVi'nnl irrmrnvpment. district. Lakeview Water Users Incorporated, and the Central Oroirnn tfnst Fnrlr. HrnnKs Pass. Jordan ValleV. Me(l- ford, Ochoco, Rogue River, Warmsprings irrigation districts. PRIVATE organizations: Amalgamated Sugar com pany, South Wasco Soil Conservation district, and The Crag Rats of Hood River. E.A. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS One hears more or less every where these days the casual. not-thought-out statement that we are headed for socialism. We may be headed in that direction at the moment, but 1 don't think we're ever going to get there. Americans just naturally aren't socialists at heart. DID you ever hear of a GI who reallv liked the army? Thpre mnv hnve been a few. but not many. Well, the armed services are about as Close an approach to pure socialism as you can get in these days, in the armed services, everyoouy is working together for a com mon cause. The common cause is to beat the enemy. 10 Deat the enemv. everybody HAS to work together under rigid dis cipline. Nobody's personal likes count for anything. Everybody has to take orders. Orders take precedence over everything else. In a moderately wide ac quaintanceship with GI's and ex Gl's, I've never found anybody who really liked it. SOCIALISM Is based on share-and-share alike. It sounds good in theory, but In practice Amer icans don't seem to go for It. Within the limits of rank, (..i s hnred and shared alike. Every GI's clothes were like everybody else's. Did he like it? I'm In clined to think an honest, heart felt answer to that question wnuldn t be practicable. Then there was the GI's food. Basically, it was good food. But (I speak here with great moderation) it was MONOTON OUS. When you came to the table, there was no chance for the display of any originality Did you ever go out to dinner at a good restaurant where it because of the wide acceptance of that name in all other parts of the world, an announcement received at the experiment sta tion here from Oregon State col lege said. WEATHER Br United Press Northern California: Fair to day except local coast il fog and cloudy extreme north portion. Partly cloudy tonight and Fri day with a little rain from Eureka and Mt. Shasta north. Cooler Friday. Northwest to west wind 12-25 mph off coast except southwesterly 12-25 mph tonitiht from I t. Keyes north. Thursday, Mar " 19S0 edition. throughout the entire reg of agriculture, through its conservation service; de its weather bureau; de Talent, Vale-Oregon and was free choice for everybody from an excellent menu? If so. dirt vnn ever see all the EUestS order the same thing? I Not often, I'll bet. Among eight or 10 people at such an affair, there will usually be half a dozen DIFFERENT orders. We Americans like to do our own picking and choosing. In the armed services, you did no pick ing and choosing. You took what was set before you. WHEN you got a week-end pass, what did you do first? The chances are you hit the nearest village and bought your self a meal that you picked out all by yourself. And paid for it wim your own dough. DID you ever live at a board ino hnusp? I did. I'll never forget the first one. It was run by a Southern gentlewoman who had come up on evil days. We came for our meals to her beautiful old white- pillared house. What did we have to eat? Hold fast to your seats. We never had less than two kinds of meat, one of which would be fried chicken. There would be BOTH beaten biscuits and corn bread. Either game laws hadn't been Invented yet or a lot of people didn't know about them. We had game or fish every few days. Including stewed squirrel. Did you ever eat stewed squirrel? It tastes better than It sounds. We always started off the meal with a couple of quart pitchers of cream the kind of cream that drips slowly off the ladle. There were never less than throe kinds of pie, and if It was fruit pie we burled It in cream rich, THICK cream. I'd go more into detail, but I Just can't stand it. D iID we appreciate it? I hate to do it. but I'll have to confess that we were the darndest group of grumblers who ever assembled in a lovely old dining room. When we Just COULDN'T stand it any longer, we'd go down to Nick the Greeks, we could ORDER WHAT OUR FANCY DIC TATED. At Mrs. Tobey's board ing house we shared and shared alike from her kitchen. Every body had what everybody else had! There was no chance for Individuality. I don t think we'd like social Ism We Just aren't built that way. Cross town 'Come in hart anytime just to gat out of the rain and rou have waiters falling all over youl" On the Side- f v Du (Distributee1 b Kief Features Syndicate, leaJ mxilltllltlMIINMIIII, Shoe stores catering to women have an unusual number of sizes so as to be able to take care of females with difficult feet to fit. But how about the man with the difficult foot? How many differ ent sizes are available for him? Being a big boy I have big feet. But not unusually so. I can al ways find the right length and width, but my difficulty is get ting something to fit the instep. I may have to get made-to-order shoes. I know quite a few other fellows in similar difficulty. Asides "Regarding your statement that the best English was spoken at some place in Scotland," writes a Seattle subscriber, "I wish to call your attention to the fact that the great lexicographer, Vizctelly, maintained the best Englisn was spoken in Dublin." What is your favorite fish? Do you like perch? If so, next time you are in Detroit look up Lou's Perch House, which I am Informed, offers All the perch you can eat for 75 cents." That Club Suggested for membership In the My Name Is a Poem Club was Cecil Feasel, of Seattle, Wash. "Cecil is properly pro--nounced ses-sell, not see-sell, as some people seem to believe," said MNIAPC President Hugh Blue. "Therefore I regret to say Mr. Feasel is not eligible." Chartreuse A Bostonian wants to know in what year chartreuse was first made and where. The first char treuse was made from a secret formula at Fourvoire. France, bv the Chartreux Fathers over 540 years ago. In 1407. to be exact. Green chartreuse was not perfected until 1735. however. and yellow chartreuse shortly after. The formula still remains one of the world's best kept sec rets. Asides Joe McCrea, the Hollywood ian, denies he smokes 20 cigars a day as reported. "I was once quite a cigar smoker," states Joel, "but haven't smoked one for 15 years. ... At the airport the other night I was looking at the Overseas airline schedules. The board revealed one plane was about to put off for "Hong Kong, via London, Brussels. Da mascus, Karachi, New Delhi, Calcutta and Bangkok." Some trip, what? i Asking Queries from clients. Q. What sportscribe said: "Ping Bodle covers move ground than any outfielder In either league, sit ting down?" A. Believe it was W. O. "Bill" McGeehan. . is II Gift Chocolates WHITMAN'S BROWN & HALEY HOEFFLER'S ALL GIFTS BEAUTIFULLY GIFT WRAPPED OR FOR MAILING FREE OF CHARGE! Mack's Penny-wise Drug Store WAYNE MACK, Ph.C, Professional Pharmacist 323 E. Main Next door to Hubbard Brother, Phone 2-2479 24 HOUR FREE DELIVERY Phone Nights 2-2701 By Roland Coe difficult for a woman over 30 to get a position in New York City? A. I never heard it was, provided she possesses the nec essary qualifications. I under stand some department stores fa vor women over 30 as saleswom en. They say women in that age group give the customer more careful and considerate service than the younger ones. Passing Br Gene Tunney. The well-known millionaire. He certainly looks gofcd. Keeps himself in perfect shape. Have heard Mr. Tunney described as "the best looking heavyweight boxing champion of all time." The old timers might argue that "Gentleman Jim" Corbett was handsomer. In cidentally, they say John L. Sul livan wasn't such a bad looking fellow in his youth. . . . Nicholas Farley. Irish tenor. A brilliant singer of Irish ballads. John Mc Cormack was, of course, the top singer in that line. But Chauncey Olcott was good. So was Fiske O'Hara. Morton Downey can do a lot with an Irish ballad, too. Also with other types of Irish ditties. He knows about a thou sand of them. That Club Jean Bean, of New Orleans, recently married and is now Mrs. William Wesley Bryant. How ever, Miss Bean retains her mem bership in the My Name Is a Poem Club by virtue of having a maiden name that rhymes. However, if a girl named Jean Brown married a a man named John Bean and so became Mrs. Jean Bean that would not make her eligible to the MNIAPC, ac cording to President Hugh Blue. "If we permitted that," said President Blue, "girls named Jean would marry men named Bean, or girls named Mary would marry men named Carey, and so on, just to get into the club, and that might result in some unhappy marriages." Young grandmothers Feminine subscriber of Seattle says her dearest friend became a grandmother at the age of 31. "Can Brooklyn top that?" she asks. Don't know about Brook lyn, but it has been topped. Last time we had the subject of young grandmothers up we unearthed a woman who became a grand ma at the age of 28. But now I forget her name. Get It Right As for that ditty "Under the Bamboo Tree," it was intro duced by Marie Cahill in a show called "Sally in Our Alley," in 1902. It was written by Cole and Johnson, who also wrote "Didn't He Ramble?" Remember that SCENT-IMENTA L A GIFT SHE ALWAYS ENJOYS! Select From These Choice Lines O Lucien Le Long O Yardley O Dana O Elmo ....AROUND VIRGINIA (Jailed Press Hollywood, May 11 (U.PJ It's possible, Evelyn Keyes said today, to be a movie queen with out getting neu rotic. You just turn a deaf ear to all the phony corrmliments. "That's what I do," the pep py blonde beau ty said. "And I have yet to fortune on some psychia couch." Vhftnlt KacThenea Miss Keyes says she will be the first to ad mit a glamour girl's path is plumb full of chances to climb on a temperamental high-horse. "When, you're acting, every thing's focused on your own in significant body," she shrugged. "The camera ... the other ac tors . . . the make-up man ev erybody's concentrating on mak ing you look good. "And it's awfully hard some times to remember you're not worth it. Every once in a while I have to stop and think how small Evelyn Keyes is in com parison with the rest of the uni verse." After hours there always are the glad-handers who hang around every actress who ups herself to the swimming pool Cadillac convertible brackets. Temptation To Believe They bow, they scrape, they "yes" her every moment. They tell here shes witty, beautiful, brilliant, and desirable. So do press agents and restaurant headwaiters and shopgirls." "It's a great temptation to be lieve all this," Miss Keyes admit ted. "But the minute you do, you've taken your first step to wards that expensive couch." She thinks glamour gals would do well to act a little more sen sible about their love lives, too. She thinks most of 'em get a little two passionate in their front-page antics. - one? If so, how are you feeling? Hope the old rocking chair hasn't got you. Dog Fights Am asked what breed of dogs is used in "dog fights" and where such fights are held. American "pit" bulls are used in these fights. Dog fights are il legal in every state in the union but are held in many places un der cover. The fogs fight to kill. An extremely cruel sport. Please Note A Manhattan haberdasher was arrested recently for selling a couple of shirts on Sunday. It is against the law for a haber dasher to do business on Sunday in New York City. Seems an in justice. If it is all right to sell liquor on Sunday, it should be all right to sell haberdashery on that day. TREASURES 3 Mil? jjj HOLLYWOOD MacPHERSON Cerrespoadeat "Live for today," she shrugs. "Don't worry about yesterday you can't change it, and forget about tomorrow it's not here yet." Has Fun with Men Miss Keyes, who's been through two divorces (Charles Vidor and John Huston) and just wound up a romance with Kirk Douglas, says she has fun with her men while it lasts. "But when it's all over it's over," she added. "I don't brood about it. And I'm always good friends with them afterward. "I use my experiences I don't let them use me. Many things have happened that come in han dy to me as an actress. And lots of things have happened that could keep on bothering me if I'd let 'em. But I don't." She thinks all actresses oughta get an outside hobby. And that doesn't mean ways and means to snag more camera close-ups or handsome hemen to drag 'em to Ciro's. Miss Keyes currently is studying up on famous bridges in history. "They should read the news papers, too," she says, "and find out what's going on in the world. That's a swell way to convince yourself how insignificant you are." Rattlesnakes are the "gentle men" of the reptile tribe, accord ing to Arizona sheep herders who frequently encounter them on mountain trails. They strike only with some provocation and al ways give fair warning. An Open Letter! MR. WALTER H. LEVERETTE P. O. BOX 32 MEDFORD, OREGON DEAR WALTER: My association with you during the last two years has so thoroughly cemented my friendship and high regard for you that no political issue could ever even slightly dent this relationship. This applies to all of my friends who are sup porting Morse and it is the sentiment of the entire Hoover Committee towards their friends who may be supporting Morse. I think it was an excellent gesture on your part to write me your letter of May 6th setting forth in detail the various reasons why you favor Wayne Morse and I appreciate it very much. I will reciprocate by giving you my reasons for fa voring Hoover. In order to do this I have summarised your letter as follows: YOU FAVOR WAYNE MORSE: 1. Because you do not want to jeopardise the coming success of the Republican party by placing some unknown candidate on the ballot in place of Wayne Morse. Assuming the 2 poll of the Oregon Republicans re ferred to by Mr. Rodman is correct in showing 77 to 23 against Morse's record and the Democratic poll reflected 50 50 then isn't it true that there is greater danger of electing, the democratic candidate with Morse running in Jhe finals? Let me tabulate this poll: For For Morse Latourette Republicans , 23 77 Potential protest votes Democrats 50 50 Ratio 73 127 73 Over 39 more votes than Morse 54 Therein lies the future of the Senate seat. There is noth ing you and I could have done to prevent the grassroots pro test against Morse. Press reports indicate that a lot of anti Morse labor sentiment is developing. Political dopesters tell me that labor will be lukewarm on Morse and that it is pos sible for them to completely change before May 19th and fhayat any rate, after the primaries they will back the demo cratic candidate. The primary issue of labor is the Taft-Hartley Law and I understand Latourette has agreed to its destruction and from Morse's record he has also. Therefore, I believe Hoover is the candidate to ave the Senate seat for the Republicans. Hoover will have the support of the entire Republican party if he is nominated which is doubtful in the case of Morse. Hoover will be well known after this campaign. YOU SAY: 2. That Wayne Morse is considered a top man and high ly regarded in political circles. If you arrived at this decision because of the recently published Republican Senators letters of praise. I might point out the U. S. Senate is a closely knit fraternity. No Senator asked for a recommendation by a fellow Senator could gracefully refuse. However, it is considered cheap pol itics by one in distress. It seems apparent to me that Morse himself knows he has slipped. Morse made his own record and it makes me disgusted to know that he has failed to keep faith with the Republican majority that placed him in office. The C.I.O. record of voting tells a graphic story of the lack of coordination between Morse and his Republican col leagues and constituents. Good legislators stand on their record. YOU SAY: 3. That you do not agree with all that Wayne Morse has done and said and that his philosophy of politics is quite dif ferent from yours and mine, but, nevertheless we should support him because of what he has done for the Rogue River Valley. Let's be specific. What has Morse done for the Rogue River Valley? A check-up discloses that our other members of Congress have been active in our behalf. How can the in dividual efforts of Morse be credited with any benefits de rived. We know from the record that Morse has fought the Republican National policies 70 of the time. It appears that other Republicans in Congress have the same political philosophy as you and I. We can't all be wrong 70 of the time except in the opinion of a Democrat. YOU SAY: 4. That perhaps you and I are too fixed (maybe too old) in our political philosophy to understand what is needed in this changing world and in view of the fact that you consider him one of the top Republicans in the nation and the fact that "who can say exactly what is best" we should support Wayne Morse in spite of the fact that Morse is semewhat more liberal minded than you and I are. Can it be true that a man of your qualities and standing in our community in this land of freedoms must subordinate his political philosophy and thinking to Morse (a public serv 1 ant). Morse is a top Republican in the eyes of people like Norman Thomas who said to Morse "you are my favorite Republican Senator" also he is highly recommended by President Truman. There is no doubt that he is the Top Re publican in the eyes of Truman and Thomas. In closing, I realiie that you as a good citiien wanted to challenge my decision to support Hoover for Senator. I am indeed happy to see such capable persons on Morse's defense as it assures him a fair trial before the Oregon electorate. Personally you and I have no deferences of opinion however, I cannot understand how we can reconcile our opinions with the record of Wayne Morse. Before signing off I must say that Wayne Morse's po litical fences are built with rails, pickets and corner costs of my friends like you and Eddie Sammons and Herb Cox and I am irate at Morse for creating a political situation here in Oregon which makes it impossible for us Republicans to be in full harmony. With your permission I would like to send a copy of this letter to all of my friends who are on Morse's band wagon with full reservations for preserving yours and their continued friendship. As ever. Yours A. A. (Tony) Lausmann AAL:LD , (Paid Adv.) (Published by agreement between Mr. Leverette and Mr. Lausmann). f lvii ' III - J ROBERT P. lYIAGUIRE OREGON LAWYERS CHOICE for Supreme Court Justice in a recent poll of members of the Oregon State Bar. Maguire received more first choice votes than both his opponents combined. His fellow lawyers recog nize his ability. APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT In 1947 as one of four judges from the West to try Nazi war criminals at Nurenberg. Germany. His nation rec ognizes Maguire 's outstanding ability. mm A
