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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1952)
KEDFOKD (OnECOIf) MAIL TlUBUlfg- TIUHTKXSI ' mmm mis of ghoid Bandar. March SO, 1U1 WSmBG Expresses Wish U.S. Students Could Visit Germany on Exchange (Editor's not: This Is the In a series of articles wrlt tos during tha past waak for Tha Mail Tribuna by a young Carman newspaperman now studying at tha school of jour nalism of tha University of Oregon. He has spent tha week as guest staff member on The Mail Tribune, and in tha fol lowing story tails something of his background, profession and experiences in this country. He is returning today to the university for spring term, end at tha end of the term will travel for two months in the United States, including attend ance at tha Republican national convention, before sailing for Germany in August. By GUNTHER BARTH Sub-Editor, Rheinische Post I started out in the newspaper business as a reporter. That is tha usual way if you are not the son-in-law of a well-to-do pub lisher. It was in 1947 and I Just was discharged from the army. I had spent about two years in British Prisoner of War camps in the Mediterranean area. I had much trouble to get the reporting job. It seemed to be that all discharged soldiers tried to become newspapermen. You will find sometimes in our country the widespread opinion newspapermen are doing nothing the whole day and still making money. Such an aspect is always very attractive for a beginner until he has the opportunity to see that a reporter has a lot more to do than sitting in a cate and talking with various people. A cafe plays an important part , in our social life. I already won . dered how we can go along without so many service and social clubs as I have seen in every American town. I was glad to remember that we still have our cafes. I forgot it com pletely because I didn't see any equivalent in the United States. How could it happen? Over there you probably make your first acquaintance with a cafe as a high school boy if you are going to date your girl friend. It is Just wonderful to step into a cafe and to talk to various people for a few minutes. Later on you recognize that two hours passed away like nothing. After two months, which I pent running up and down the streets in order to get some news and information, the city editor gave me his first assignments. I had the splendid opportunity to cover all the events he or his assistant didn't like to do. Nevertheless, it was a unique chance to collect experiences and to become familiar with the news business. Finally a f t e r watching local meetings for sev en months I had the chance to enter the newsstaff and to join the art department which I like most. f The newsstaff of our papers has a different organization. Each field is more departmental ized and has more independence. The reader over there likes to find everyday in the same part . of tha paper news belonging to the same subject. If somebody Is interested in economy he looks up stock market and re ports on Page 4. Somebody who watches critics finds it always on tha bottom of Page 2. News and advertising are strictly separat ed. Usually we have pages full of ads or news. . The newspaper field is aimed on more and more specializa tion. In order to fit these re quirements a great part of the newspapermen study their field on a university. Political editors, for instance, take history, or law, or political science. When I1 had the first chance to do something for my own I regis tered at the University of WHAT'S ON YOUR LIST OF NEEDED Home- Mmwmmt1 HOME ir.1PR0UEr.1ENT LOAN! o Practically Any Home Job Qualifies o Loan Covers All Material and Labor o Borrow Up to $2,500 o Up to 36 Months to Repay o No Down Payment I 30 Monthly I 24 Monthly 12 Monthly SORROW Payments Payments Payment Incl. Interest Incl. Interest Inel. Interest $ 250 $ 9.39 $1M7 $ 21.95 500 18.76 22.95 43.86 1,000 37.52 45.89 87.72 2,500 I 93.80 I 114.71 21930 Cologne and studied art and literature. We have in Germany three schools of journalism connected with a university, in Munich, in Berlin, and in Munster. They have quite a . different ' function than schools of journalism over here. They don't provide aiy professional training on such a large scale as the School of Journalism in Eugene which I visit. We newspapermen in Ger many have sometimes the opin ion that their only function is to determine every year a new definition about the theory of a newspaper. As a result we don't have any cooperation be tween the schools of journalism and the newspapers as here in Oregon where the School of Journalism in Eugene and The! Mediord Mail Tribune arranged this interesting trip for me. The Rheinische Post in Dus- seldorf is a morning paper. There are only a very few after noon papers in Germany based on street selling. Our paper has 200,000 subscribers out of a total circulation of 250,000. Our circu lation department has quite a lot to do delivering each of them his paper on his breakfast table in the morning. The newsstaff is always work ing under the pressure to catch certain trains for our 24 editions. If we are a few minutes late the circulation department misses the trains and the sub scriber gets his paper probably around 9 a.m. when he is al ready working in a factory. We believe a newspaper has lost its value if it is not at the breakfast table of its reader. We don't have newsboys at all to deliver our paper to the various homes. Generally it is done by elderly women. They are rather unique persons in their towns. Probably they in herited already the job from their mothers, because nobody can remember to have seen in the morning somebody else than the same elderly woman walk ing up and down the street of a district distributing the paper. They work during summer and winter, in ice, snow, and rain. They know everybody and Do It Now with a rxif lltf VISITOR AT WORK Shown above Is Gunther Barth, young German Newspaper editor who spent last week as a guest staff member on The Mail Tribune. In the accompanying article, Barth tells some of his experiences and background, and some of his impressions of America. He is now taking a year's advanced study at the University of Oregon on a State Department scholar shin. His Medford visit was co-sponsored by the university's school of journalism and The Mail Tribune. During the week Barth had a heavy schedule of meetings and appointments with those who were interested in his background. He said he feels he has learned much about the life in a smaller American community, and will be better able to convey a sense friends at home when he returns everything in their area andj they form actually a big power in our circulation department. If they don't like something they just don't like it. They collect every month the money from the subscribers and they get a fixed salary plus a certain percentage for each pa per they deliver. Most of them in the bigger towns nave aooui 300 subscribers. Suddenly one morning you will see the elderly woman walking along with a relative, a vouneer one. probably her daughter or already her grand child. And some day xne oia nrnmrni disaooears and her daughter takes over the job and you even don t recognize n. The Medford Man incline is the first afternoon paper I see in operation tor a ruu ween. If I wouldn't know how many trouble it makes to put out such -an excellent newspaper with only a few people, I would like to work on a afternoon paper for all my life, at least in Medford. I had to apply for my scholar ship to the American High Com missioner in Germany. I passed three examinations and I finally got it. It is marvelous to travel around seeing foreign countries and collecting knowledge. We in Germany would be very glad if the program would be a real exchange program and not only from one side. We would like to have a large number of Amer ican students visiting our coun try. I think it is the easiet way to come to a better understand- of what America is like to his next August. ing among the nations of the world. Therefore, I am very happy and thankful that the Medford Mail Tribune gave me the chance to see the beautiful Medford area and the daily life of its charming people. SINGER LEAVES ESTATE New York (U.R) Grace Moore, the opera singer and movie star who was killed in a plane crash at Copenhagen. Den- mark, Jan. 28, 1947, left a net estate of $231,039 according to an estate tax appraisal filed Thursday. Her gross estate was 5286,535. The hippopotamus was nick named "river horse" because when swimming it exposes near ly nail the head, resemhline- norse. To "" , ' mi sur-yv -7 , t r I 1 Robinson Campaign HQs Set Up Here; Manager Visiting Charles D. Wheeler, Salem newspaperman, has arrived in Medford to spend a few days organizing the local phase of the campaign for Fred E. Robin son who is a candidate for the Republican nomination as state treasurer. Wheeler, Robinson's state cam paign manager, is setting up an office in the law offices of Stan ley C. Jones Jr., 218 Masonic building. Jones is secretary treasurer of the state Robinson committee. A. A. Lausmann is chairman. Wheeler said Saturday that committees have been organized in the principal cities of the state, mostly on a county-wide basis, and the campaign has been meeting with good recep tion. Seeks Fund One of the reasons for his presence here, he said, is to build up a campaign fund for adver tising in the weeks before the primary election. Wheeler stated that good support has been re ceived from various organiza tions and groups, both among ultra conservatives and ultra liberals. They join in their de sire for a good administration, according to Wheeler. Robinson was in Lane county last week working on his cam paign, and during the coming week will be in Multnomah county. Final Health Program Broadcast Tonight The final broadcast of a series telling how communities have solved their health programs, sponsored by the Jackson Coun ty Medical society and the Jack son County Public Health asso ciation, will be on KMED at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. "What the Doctors Ordered" is its title. It tells how doctors of Oakland and Alameda coun ties banded together to solve the problem of providing 24 hour emergency services, created com mittees for airing grievances, and so on. The broadcast has been especially recommended by Dr. Edwin Durno of the Jack son County Medical society and Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer. The series has been entitled "All Their Powers. Alaskans "Oola" Means "Skookum Skier" OR MEDFORD'S OWN yr - Ll if tnmi umjtt :" ... -h,-r '--' v - For Recreational Industrial, and Military Winter-time Mrs. Goorge Rode To Conduct Program Mrs. George Rode will con duct the "Guest Conductor" pro gram Sunday between 4 and 5 pjn. over radio station KYJC. Included will be recordings of selected dances from Tchaikov sky's "Swan Lake;" and Brahm's "Fourth Symphony. The weekly program features recordings from music libraries of valley residents. Anyone in terested in appearing on the program and playing their fa vorite recordings is asked to call the radio station for scheduling. State Orchestra Broadcasts Slated Two broadcasts of a program recorded by the "All Slate or chestra" composed of high school students of Oregon, including 15 from Medford high school, will be heard in Medford this week. The first will be at 9 p.m today over radio station KYJC, and the second will be at 9:30 p.m. Monday, on radio statioT KMED. The broadcast was recorded in Portland during the Oregon teachers convention recently, un der the direction of Don Bushell, musical director of the Seattle Philharmonic and Choral so ciety. Students from all high schools in the state participated. The undertaking was sponsored by the Oregon Music Educators association. The 150 musicians in the or chestra included the following from Medford, according to In strumental Music Supervisor I. A. Mirick: Carolyn Black, Evelyn Jones, Anelda Lewis, Viola Russell, Geraldine Wisely, Carol Ellison, Gloria Greb, Janet Monla, Jean Moss, Wilson Moeller, Maureen Rice, Marion Rice, Margaret Huson, Alfred Leavitt and Rob ert Jones. Four Bike Riders Killed In 1951 Traffic Mishaps Salem U.R) Fcur bicycle riders were killed and 356 in jured in Oregon traffic accidents last year, an analysis of the state's 1951 accident record showed Saturday. Bicycle-car accidents killed six riders in 1950 and inflicted 266 injuries. Except for vultures and par rots, wild gese live longer than any other birds sometimes as long as 70 years. 66 I a fP v r?.' wr T .... ci 4U " l a. Portland Firm Given Salem AI.R) The State High way commission said Saturday it has awarded a Washington county project to Donald M. Drake Co. of Portland on low bid of $44,960. The federal aid project In volved construction of a 108 foot viaduct to carry tha South ern Pacifie company's west branch track over the west Port Ian d-Hubbard highway at Tualatin. SUNDAY HEALTH CHAT... Dr. Frank J. Hanses The, first thought of many parents when tMtftiMa (Micas their children, Iim been: "Perhaps the tonsils should earns eatf This thought was fostered by what b stow openly admitted ta have bean misinformation and a mistaken attitude on tha part the who once advocated tonsillectomy at the slightest proves, tien, or none at all. There are sera who still pre feu to believe the tonsils aro useless appendages, best removed at the slightest sign of infection, or even without it, as a purely precautionary measure. These aro aow in a dwindling minority, and an celled Tonsil snatchors" by the more conscientious members of their own profession. The tonsils aro a part of the lymphatic gland network, thei purpose being to "trap" infection before it caa reach the gastro intestinal or respiratory systems, and to destroy or divert it into channels where it cannot affect the more important parte of the body. Two of the major portals of entry for Infection of the body aro the gestro-intestinal and respiratory tracts. The infectious material initially enters these two tracts by way of the nose or through the mouth. In either case, a ring of tonsillar (lymphatic) tissue must be penetrated before the digestive or respiratory systems can be reached. What the average person calls his "ten- sils." aro two prominent members of this tonsillar ring, which actually to comprised of seven Tonsillitis is soreness or inflammation of the tonlbv daa to a lack of proper function, bacterial invasion, r both. It is videnc of one of two things: an xcess of Infectious material trapped by the tonsils, or a deficiency of the nerve energy eon. controlling the tonsils. ' Dr. Frank J. Hanses Chiropractic fhysidaa 131 Oak St. CENTRAL POINT, OREGON PARK VIEW NURSING HOME 906 Watt Main Street Medford, Oregon Phone 2-6931 Completely equipped Nursing Home for chronic .nd convalescents.' Hot water heat throughout building. Licensed by the State of Oregon. 24-HOUR NURSING CARE Registered Nurse in Charge 1 ' (DXIDIL& Skiers of Juneau Dedicate "Oola' for SKI TRAIN, Inc. When Molly Jo MacSpadden, lovely Alaskan winter sports enthusiast, broke the traditional bottle of "champagne" (which was realty a bottle of ice and snow, according to the Juneau "Daily Alaska Enterprise")over Oola, the stur dy Tucker Sno-Cat, Alaskan skiers were of fered a new, unique thrill. Now the Sno-Cat provides dependable transportation for skiers and those interested in outdoor recreation and photography over Alaska's snow-covered mountain trails. Sno-Cat's superiority ss ait over-snow traveler, was well demonstrated in January when it conquered the high Sierra snows to bring food and medical supplies ta snow-bound passengers on Southern Pacific's "City of San Francisco!" Versatile and Dependable CAT Contract for Viaduct Tha project la part of structlon that will eventually mean a four-lane highway be tween Portland and Salem. ' Watch For ALDON tonsillar masses ot lymphatic 99 Service PHONE 2-6211 ..... SOUTH RIVERSIDE
