Tartf MEDFORD rOREGOW) MAIL TRIBUNE
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Medforct end Jackson County Hhv
hiry from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10, 20 and 34 years ago
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
May JB, 1940
GU Was Sunday)
Thirteen cluba entered in two
local Softball leagues.
Olive Rebekah lodge elects
Gertrude Moffett noble grand.
Quart mining enjoys revival
Sn Forest Creek district, two
mills being installed, another
planned.
Mrs. Sarah A. Warner, long
time resident of Central Point,
dies at home,
Reese Creek school district
residents to discuss whether to
have bus for transporting students.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
Mar 26, 1930
(It Was Monday)
Construction of storage reser
voir on Rogue near Kerby and
tunnel to Applegate tributary
planned by Charles Le and R. W.
Meyers.
Estimated 3,900 to 4,000 ve
hicles dally using Kings high
way as detour during construc
tion work on highway 99 south
of city.
Harry Hutton, operator of
Medford hotel, announces pur
chase of Eugene hotel.
Miss Laura Drury, president,
honored at luncheon by high
school Girls' league.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 26. 1916
(It Was Friday)
R. P. Little, 823 Taylor street,
reports first cherries of season
ripening.
Fishway at Ament dam ex
tended 24 feet into the water;
now 14 feet deep.
Central Point Memorial day
service to hear the Rev. John C.
Stille as principal speaker.
Butte Falls Seniors
Receive Diplomas
Butte Fulls, May 26 Gradu
ation exercises were held Tues
day evening in the high school
gymnasium, attended by a large
crowd. Seniors graduated in
royal blue raps and gowns. The
program follows:
Processional, Mrs. Alice Harris.
Invocation, Rev. John Fuiten.
Solo, Mrs. Bill Harris.
Our class of 1950, Ailcen
Smith.
Our schools, Leltha ' Scott,
Valedictorian, l.eithn Scott.
Salutatarian, Llla Kills (who
Is still confined to a Mcdtord
hospital.
Presentation of awards, Mr.
W. L. Perry.
Commencement address:
"What Are You Beginning?"
Arthur Kreisman, assistant pro
fessor, S.O.C.E.
Awards were presented by
Mr. Perry and diplomas passed
out by Vv. Hartlerode,
Convocation by Rev. Fuiten.
Seniors graduating were Lila
Ellis, Tommy Harper, Leltha
Scott, Aileen Smith, Barbara
Geppert, Johnnie Woods, Kugene
Irwin, Darwin Moore. Francis
Poole and Jeanine Stinson,
Six of these ten seniors went
through their entire 12 years in
the Butte Falls schools.
The committee on cosmetics of
the American Medical association
awards a seal of acceptance for
cosmetics only for those products
that meet certain standards ot
(atcty, usefulness, and integrity
In advertising and promotion.
Editorial Correspondence
Crosstown
By. Roland Coe
South Amboy, N. J., May 20 Came down here via the Penn.
railroad to see the ruins. A beautiful summer day for a change,
but with soldiers, marines, state police and motoring sight seen
all about it was no easy job to find them.
After the newspaper reports we expected something resem
bling the ruins or vernun. But aside from ooaraea-up winaows in
the railroad station, broken ones along the right-of-way from Perth
Amboy and broken glass in the streets and yards, there was no
suggestion of the explosion Friday night. This blow-up killed over
20 dock workers, injured over 300, and caused property damage
estimated all the way from seven to 20 million. (We predict when
insurance experts figure up, however, the first total of $7,000,000
will be far closer to the exact amount tnan tne fzu.uuu.uuuj.
In short the show, as a show, was disappointing.
Onlv at the waterfront was there evidence of the holocaust.
wrecked docks, the pulverized skeleton of the American Chemical
company plant, the badly damaged Jersey Central Light and Power
company building and a greenhouse next to the sewage disposal
plant, with every glass in the roof missing.
There were armed guards everywhere, soldiers acting as traf
fic cops at every street intersection, and the high school and city
hall used as overflow for the injured with a Red Cross soup
kitchen and first aid unit functioning. (We don't believe there will
be any difficulty securing Red Cross donations in South Amboy
and vicinity next year!)
As stated, it was a beautiful Sunday, services of thanksgiving
had been held in the window-and-doorless churches, also on front
lawns and even in the streets after which all and sundry returned
to the job of repair and cleaning up. The one great demand was
for more window glass, truck loads were rushed from nearby
towns with glaziers and extra supplies, but after strolling around
a bit we decided most of the citizens were doing the work them
selves papa, mama and the boys all pitching in. There were no
signs of mourning, only four bodies had been recovered and two of
them unidentified, it was generally believed the other 20 or more
might never be found, having been blown into dust, so to speak.
- - -
It's an ill wind that blows no one good.
We Brant to call such a disaster an "ill wind" is to be guilty
of rank understatement. But the town as a whole was enjoying a
prominence and prosperity, that was not exactly distasteful, par
ticularly to the one drug store that was not incapacitated and the
one roadside diner mere Being no oiner piaceg to get reiresn
ments and food. We had to wait in line to get a seat in the replica
of the railroad dining car. Jammed with Pennsylvania repair work
ers, three men ana a coy aisnwasner on auty, so raiiguea iney
could hardly navigate. The cash register literally overflowed, the
one village bank having been closed by the blast and specially
guarded by the alert and smartly attired New Jersey police (dark
blue with orange trimmings), so there was no place to put the
log jam of bills and currency which had been accumulating ever
since the Dlow-up.
Incidentally the food proved to be AMAZINGLY good. We or
dered our old-time favorite, bacon and eggs (softl everything ex
cellent, Just as good as tne Plaza and at about one-fourth the price.
"The way I look at it, it's just sort of a loyalty test. It proves we're
still loyal to the fourth grade and didn't want to leave it."
Anyone doubting the popularity of television and the bril
liance of its future, should pay a visit to this damaged, longshore
mans' village on the Raritan shore. If there is an attractive and
modern residence in the place we did not see it. Yet we would
estimate that from the smallest dump to the most commodious
"Gay Ninety" dwelling, at least 90 per cent of the roofs displayed
one or more TV antennae. Considering the cost of television set
here was a graphic demonstration of two things:
(1) The popularity of television among the rank and file.
(2) The high wage scale prevailing here in the East.
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According to report the government sent down a couple of
top-ranking psychiatrists from Washington to make a survey as to
psychological reactions from the explosion. We would like to get
a copy of the report. The few we talked with, mostly young men
In their 20's, with patches over their facial scratches, said there
was no panic, they were stunned, took some time before they
could get their bearings, but most of them thought some munition
ship In the bay had blown up. Some suspected earthquake, and
a few an atom bomb from Russia, but as a whole there was more
curiosity than alarm.
One of the young men said he was in the kitchen opening a
can of beer, and the next thing he knew he was flat on his face,
and the can ot beer nowhere to be found. He first thought he had
fainted or suffered a heart attack and was scared, but gradually
realized that the rest of the famllv had been knocked out and
there was broken glass all over the place, so he got to his feet and
looKecl things over.
We would say the most striking feature of the disaster was the
fortitude and general self-control displayed by the residents of the
waterfront village. As a considerable portion are foreign born the
general reaction gave the writer renewed faith in the country
from a melting pot standpoint. The resourcefulness and indus
trlousness of the citizenship were most noticeable. It was Sunday,
the place was packed with police, .soldiers and sightseers, much
to distract and interest young and old, yet In practically every
home "the whole damned family" was working to clear things up,
make repairs and put the place in normal shape for Monday
morning, paying no heed to the circus whirling all about them.
In one home two little girls were hanging out some washing on
the line, while their mother could be seen in the front room
shoveling up plaster no doubt the "old man" was patching up
some of the windows in the rear everybody works, INCLUDING
father.
Shortly after our "dinette" luncheon there were screeching
sirens and fire trucks appeared with volunteers shedding civilian
caps and hats for helmets as they were driven madly down the
street to the waterfront. Only a few people followed and the de
partment did not stay long, for it was one of those things that
threatened no serious danger, except to those getting too close to
the flames.
It was a new outbreak In the wrecked chemical plant, a pile
of magnesium In flames the flames rose in wicked streaks high in
the sky while a thick white smoke poured and billowed over the
bay. The crowds were kept at a safe distance for magnesium smoke
is nothing to tamper with. Fortunately the wind was off shore in
stead of toward the town. When we left, the bay was covered by
a perfect smoke screen, a couple of navy dirigibles turned their
noses up at an angle of 45 degrees to get out of it.
In closing we present the following editorial comment of the
New York Herald Tribune on the renomination of Wayne Morse:
SENATOR MORSE'S VICTORY
Political events in the far state of Oregon have on at
least one previous occasion exerted a decisive influence
upon national Republican fortunes; and the victory of Sen
ator Wayne Morse in the Republican primaries may prove
to be another instance of the same kind.
Senator Morse fought in a singularly bitter and intense
campaign against a candidate who described himself as a
"real Republican," suggesting that the Morse brand of lib
eralism was a betrayal of the party. Yet Senator Morse was
the choice ot Oregon Republicans by a margin of two to
one, and the result will almost inevitably be linked, as
Senator Morse has already suggested, with the victory of
Governor Duff last week in Pennsylvania.
It Is frequently asserted that the nomination of a "real
Republican" for the Presidency one, that is, who is rooted
in opposition to everything that has been conceived or ac
complished in the Inst two decades will assure a successful
outcome. The evidence presented by Republican voters in
states as fur separated as the two extremes of the continent,
would Indicate, however, a different conclusion.
Senator Morse, it must be said, has been a controversial
figure, whose independence has on occasion been deeply
disconcerting to his own party, He has sometimes referred
to himself as a "maverick": yet on crucial tests of loyalty,
and when basic fundamentals of governmental philosophy
have been at stake, the Senator has shown himself clearly
a Republican. His position during the campaign revealed
much. He received liberal and labor support; yet there were
severnl groups that withheld their indorsement, on the
ground tiiat he was not sufficiently favorable to a Columbia
Valley Authority and that he has supported candidates un
satisfactory to labor. The upshot of these contradictions
may well be a kind of honest independence which the coun
try needs. With the primary fight won, there is every reason
to believe he will be returned to the Senate in November.
That is a prospect to be viewed with satisfaction, and one,
we believe, which holds out much good for the Republican
party,
R.W.R.
Cancer Salve Maker Free On $2,000 Bond
Portland. Ore., May 26 U.R)
Otto Soles. 69-year-old operator
of the Keystone laboratory con
victed of practicing medicine
without a license, was free on
J2.000 bond today.
An appeal was on file in cir
cuit court Soles treated a wom
an wHh cancer with a so-called
'cancer salve". The woman now
was reported near death in a
Portland hospital.
Soles was sentenced to six
months in jail and fined $500
Wednesday.
Albany, N. Y. fU.P Freder
ick Washington arranged and
paid for his own funeral. His will
noted that he had a "paid in full"
receipt for the burial
Your Health and Its Care
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, M.D.
Readers should address Inquiries to: Dr. William Brady,
245 El Camine, Beverly Hills. Calif.
ACCORDING TO SAIREY GAMP
My obstetrician, writes a de
luded woman her delusion will
be the subject of a column to
follow short-
(A
the booK you
have repeated
ly recom
mended (Child
birth Without
Fear, by Grant
lv Dick Read,
M. D., H a r-
Ut. Brady per's) a n d he
says part of the
procedure is having tne husband
present in the labor room, but
not in the delivery room.
1 have been particularly inter
ested in your campaign to have
the husband remain with h i s
wife in the delivery room. You
have said more than once that
there is no law against this pro
cedure. But my obstetrician says
my husband cannot remain in
the delivery room with me, for
there is a law against it in Il
linois . . . (K. S.)
According to Mrs. Gamn's
Mrs. 'arris there is some such
law, ordinance or hospital rule
somewhere in Illinois I have
not been able to earn lust which
or where, but give me time and
eventually we'll discover the
origin of this convenient canard.
There Isn t room to repeat the
reasons why a real man should
stand by at bedside for the
miracle. These reasons are given
in the booklet Preparing for Ma
ternity (twenty-five cents and
stamped self-addressed envelope)
wnicn every prospective father
should read and study with his
wife.
I have had a score or more let
ters from Illinois peoDle who
have encountered this same she
nanigan when they have sought
natural cniidDirtn.
Now I repeat and challenge
any one with authority to cor
rect me if I m wrong there is
no law in Illinois or anywhere
else in America against the pros
pective father remaining with
his wife throughout labor and
delivery, if the prospective moth
er wishes to have him with her.
From what I know of politics
I cannot give the same assurance
lv is enthu- ,n regard to city ordinances.
siastic about rom what I know of hos
natural child-1 P ' a 1 latter-day "specialists"
birth, as ex-'and the petty politics of mem-
pounded bv Dr. ! Ders ot nospnai Boards and ad
G. D. Read in I ministrations. I'd be astonished
to learn mat there are not hos
pital "rules" or "regulations" de
signed and enforced for the pri
mary purpose of concealing the
neglect and the malpractke that
too frequently occurs5 in he de
livery room.
That is the primary purpose of
such "rules" or "regulations,"
and any blah-blah about the
"danger" that the husband may
bring infection into the delivery
room or the nurses being to busy
looking after mother and infant
to bother reviving the husband
from fainting spells, is an insule
to the intelligence of the pros
pective parents.
an any one with an I. Q:
equivalent to that of a moron
imagine the state enacting a law
prohibiting a citizen from attend
ing the birth of his own child?
That might go in a dimwit Soviet
republic, but hardly in the U. S.
A.
Again I assure you that home
is the best place to have a baby,
provided you have a home fit to
live in. If you haven't, maybe
one reason is that you squander
too much money on trick spe
cialists. About half of the peo
ple in America do.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Nicotine
Can you possibly get nicotine pois
oning from smoking cigarettes? Some
times when smokina I swallow narti-
cles of tobacco, and afterwards I feel
weak and have cramps. A. E.)
Answer Most pnysicians ncneve
you can. I'm not convinced of It I
think the oolsonina mav be from
carbon monoxide in the smoke, but
this is merely my personal opinion.
Callus
Please, oh. please, reprint that
remedy for corns and calluses In I
moving we lost our copy of the for
mula, but I think the stuff dries up !
In time. It was simply great for re
moving corns and calluses from the
feet. (Mrs. F C. J.)
Answer Paint once a day for a .
week or ten days with a solution of
30 grains of salicylic acid in one-half
fluidounce flexible collodion.
ICopyrtght 1850 by John F. Dllle Co.)
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D.S.T. Vote Urged
To the editor: We have heen
Informed that daylight saving
time is to be placed on the ballot
to be voted on at the November
election. To verify the report we
checked with our local legislat
ors, and were Informed that it
would be, with strings attached,
that it was not a vote for the
people to decide whether they
would like to have it continued
or discontinued, but for them to
choose whether it should be left
with the local officials or our
governor s to who should Issue
the proclamation.
The question was asked our
state representative why it was
not placed on the ballot", leaving
it up to the people to say if it
should be continued or discon
tinued? His answer was the peo
ple did not have the intelligence
to vote properly, that they had
proven that in the past.
Manv iieonle. we find would
like a voice In this matter as it
affects everyone's everyday life.
The only democratic way to han
dle the issue is for the people
to express their will at an elec
tion. If interested in this matter
drop a card to 20S Laurel St.,
Medford. If a sufficient number
are interested petitions will be
circulated and an effort will be
made to put It on the ballot.
C. J. Haas,
Frank Howell.
Butte Falls Thanked
To the editor; Sometimes In
one s life there comes a time
when help is needed quick. The
writer had tttis occasion happen
and for my good fortune it hap
pened in Butte Falls. My son.
three years old, strayed away
from me during a fishing trip
in that area.
After a ciuick search bv mv-
self I drove 14 miles into Hutie
Falls about noon Suni'ir' r. id in
a few minutes almost t v. .y avail
able citizen was happy and anx
ious to help. At about 2 p.m., he
was found.
The writer appreciates the op
portunity to express his heartfelt
gratitude for the help extended.
Lynn Hueners.
Who Is An American?
To the Editor: I saw. either
in a magazine or in a newspaper
article, that there is an effort
on foot to adopt as a slogan "I,
also, am an American"; but the
use of the term is not of recent
genesis.
In Daniel Webster's address
at the completion of the Bunker
Hill monument in 1843 he used
these words:
"And then, when honored
and decrepid age shall lean
against the base of this monu
ment, and troops of ingenuous
youth shall be gathered round
it, and when the one shall
speak to the other of its ob
jects, the purposes of its con
struction, and the great and
glorious events with which it
is connected there shall rise,
from every youthful breast,
the ejaculation "thank God,
I I also am an American.
And there arises a question in
my mind as to whether or not
the rising group of "ingenuous
youth" really appreciate the fact
that they are Americans. When
we contemplate the fact that
many of the older generation
are contemptuous of our form
of government and wish to sup
plant it with something else, we
wonder whether they, too, are
proud to proclaim that they
"also are Americans"
GUS NEWBURY.
THIEF KNOWS HOW
Fort Worth. Tex. tU.R) Lee
Henry couldn't get his car start
ed and went to call a garage. Re
turning, he found the stalled car
had been started by a thief.
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91 Attend Lutheran
Institute This Week !
A total of 91 persons attend
ed the Family-Church institute
conducted at the Zion Lutheran
church last Sunday, Monday and :
Tuesday, the Rev. O. W. Ebright, j
pastor, reported today.
The Rev. Harner Middles-!
warth, of the United Lutheran
Parish and Church School Board
of Philadelphia, conducted the
institute. It consisted of two
hours of lecture and discussion
each evening on questions per-
ttatnlng to home life and the Christian training of children.
The DARDENELLES
O Opposite Cold Hill on the Old Stage Road
Closed Mondays, Open Sundays and Holidays
at 1 p.m. Open Week Days at 4 p.m.
Pogue Room - Enjoy Our Fine Foods
For Reservations - Phone Cold Hill 490
RUBY QUAKENBUSH, Proprietor
GGEB (13 3S) Q2J? mSmD
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May 26 - 29
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RIGHT TO LIMIT
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WEEK DAYS
10 a.m. Until Midnight
SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS
9 a.m. Until Midnite
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COLOR EASE
MARGARINE
lb. 32c
DURKEE'S
Mayonnaise
Pint Quart
42c 75c
KLEENEX
v300 SHEET SIZE
27c
(VP
12-OZ. PKG.
Pictsweet PEAS 27c
12-OZ. PKG.
STRAWBERRIES
45c
33c
Stringless BEANS.. 29c
10-OZ. PKG.
GOLDEN CORN
12-OZ. PKG.
VAN CAMPS
Pork & Beans
NO. 1 CAN
3 for 29c
y
OSCAR MAYER
WIENtRS
TALL CAN
47c
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WINESAPS DELICIOUS
APPLES 3 lbs.
NALLEY'S
POTATO
CHIPS
35c
PICNIC
SIZE
NALLEY'S
POTATO
CHIPS
25c Sixe
2 for 45c
RED RIPE
WATERMELON lb. 6l2c
FOR SALAD BAKING
POTATOES 10 NBoSi39c
YELLOW BANTAM
CORN 6 EArfs 39c
CRISP, GREEN
CELERY lb. 8c
ROYAL CLUB
Irish Potatoes
TRUPAK GOLDEN
YAMS
TAYLOR MAID
PICKLES
TAYLOR MAID
SWEETS
LARGE RIPE
OLIVES 'ffiST 2 for 39c
NO. 2
CAN
NO. 2
CAN .
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DILLS
FINER PICKLES
12-OZ.
13c
29c
23c
33c
PLANTER'S
PEANUTS
8-OZ. TIN
29c
CANDY FEATURES
29c
TASTY MIX
12-OZ,
IMPORTED
LICORICE
COCOANUT
BON-BONS ?kgz 29c
AFTER DINNER
DAINTY-MINTS 19c
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