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EIGHT MCDTOBD (0206 Everyone in Southern Oregoo Beads The Mail Tribune Published Daily beast Saturday by medford PBnrrnfp co. 87-39 North Fir St. Phone H141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor ERNEST R. GILSTRAP. Manager HERB GREY, Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter a Medford. Oregon, under Act at March S. 1887 SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Mail In Advance: ' Daily and Sunday one year f 13 00 . Daily and Sunday six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday three mos. 3 M Daily and Sunday one month lis By Carrier In Ad vsnc e Medford. Ashland. Central Point .Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady ..Cove. Rogue River. Talent and ojvwotor routes: Daily and Sunday one year $13 .00 Daily and Sunday one month 1-23 All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Pre -Full Wire fmmn OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising neuidxruMiwvc. , WEST-HOLX.IDAY COMPANY. INC Offices in new ion. buaiu, troit San Francisco. Los Angeles. - Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta NATION A I EDITORIAL 1 NiWSrAMt PUSUIHItk ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Msdford aad Jacks) Comty Hk tar fresi the files at the Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 aad 40 run ago. COMMUIIICATIOIIS Letters to the Editor must hear the name and address of the wrltei although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication Is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed OS words. 10 YEARS AGO April 7, 1942 (It was Tuesday) Group of farmers and ranch ers in Beagle area plan to fight condemnation of their property by the government for construc tion of Camp White. ,', From . Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: In Victory garden spading hereabouts on the Sabbath, the victory was won by the spade in several cases. 20 YEARS AGO April 7. 1932 Gt was Thursday) Epidemic of minor thefts re ported in Medford area; stolen articles include a doorknob and a pair of golf pants. From - Arthur Perry's . Ye Smudge Pot column: The com munity is developing some wine makers who ' were formerly prominent home-brewers and their new product doesn't taste much worse than their beer. SO YEARS AGO April 7. 1922 ' . First annual Rogue River Val ley Apple exposition ends; all exhibits given to poor. Oregon Electric railway re ported considering constructing line to southern Oregon through Medford. 40 YEARS AGO April 7. 1912 Medford postmaster reports receipts of 130 signatures on pe tition asking for establishment of Rural Route No. 3. Delegation boosting 1915 San Diego world's fair arrives in Medford by automobile: give stereopticon lecture and distrib ute literature. Butie Falls Butte Falls Butte Falls Home Extension met April 3, at the home of Mrs. Clyde Moore. Project for the day was cover ing belts and buttons. A large number enjoyed the meeting. Next regular meeting of Mt Pitt club will be Thursday eve ning, April 10, at the home of Mrs. Ward Sybouts. All mem- bers djre urged to attend as new officers will be elected. ' : Glenn Sheppard is home on 'furlough from the Air Corps, visiting his parents, Mr. , and Mrs. Ray Sheppard; sister, Jua nita and Rayetta, and numerous other friends and relatives, v HEC will serve an Italian dinner Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Leslie Casey. An addition . to the new church is showing much prog ress. Volunteer helpers and Rev. Fuiten are the ones -who can take the credit. When completed the church can seat 150. ..: : Ed Malloy entertained a group of friends with a card party at bis home. Friday evening. Pres ent were. Frank Carson, Jack Shaw, Fred Kincaid, Henry Ty gart, Everett Moors and Mr. Malloy. . v - MAIL TBIBUXS One Out of Five One of the greatest dramas of all time Is being played in the present fight against cancer. It is a legiti mate drama with real tragedy and great pathos and though its audience is world-wide, there is little fan fare for its action primarily is centered in the hospital and the laboratory where white-cloaked figures move quietly about their tasks. We read of the researcher in the laboratory and the doctor in the hospital and thrill at the story being unfurled. The men of medicine and science are the actors in this theater and we are the spectators. We applaud a fine performance. DUT who is it that has cancer? Who is the victim . r in this drama? Well, those who are the onlookers today, may be embroiled in the grim and terrible struggle with can cer tomorrow, for cancer, as the American Cancer Society points out, strikes one out of five. Another generation could only learn to face can cer bravely and endure it stoically. It was a bitter burden for those with cancer and for those who loved them. But things are better today. A half of those who develop cancer can now be saved if early diagnosis and care are sought A prompt visit to your doctor when a sore does not heal, a lump or thickening is no ticed in the breast or elsewhere, when unusual bleed ing or discharge is observed, when a wart or mole un dergoes change, or when" there is persistent hoarse ness or cough. A ND along with the danger signals to be remem " bered we should remember also that such hope as now is offered comes to a large extent from the studies, research and educational effort made possi ble by the funds contributed through the American Cancer Society. Once a year the society asks help, in carrying on the fight against cancer. The 1952 campaign is now on in Jackson county, along with the rest of the coun try. A contribution, by check to the American Can cer Society, P.O. Box 808, Medford, will make you an active participant in the battle. E.C J New Traffic Lane Markers The pedestrian lanes, heretofore marked by yel low lines on Medford streets, are being given a new dress. Instead of the paint stripes, which seem to fade and disappear about as fast as the street department's crews can apply them, the lanes are to be marked by saucer-size discs of yellow plastic The discs, it is believed, will have long life and because they are colored all the way through, will be visible at all stages of wear. e o e THE yellow discs should serve not only as a better line of demarcation to guide pedestrians and auto ists, but should also cut down the cost of maintenance. Now, if the police department can think up some way to keep thoughtless and inconsiderate drivers from halting their cars across pedestrian lanes while waiting for traffic to clear on intersecting streets, the whole traffic situation will be greatly improved. E.C.F. Is TV Honeymoon Over? Although the Federal Communications Commis sion is scheduled to act soon to unfreeze television channels, recent developments in the TV industry may act as something of a damper on the long expect ed rush to install new broadcasting stations. Televi sion networks, producers, writers, and the glamor boys and girls who appear on the video screens are viewing with something akin to alarm the growing disinclina tion of big advertisers to shell out so generously for TV time. . J7ARLIER in the game television production and tal- ent costs were not so high for those just getting a start in the business didn't have such inflated ideas as to compensation. Costs have since skyrocketed, however, until today NBCs "Show of Shows," for in stance, sets the sponsor back $150,000 a performance, and the wacky Milton Berle program has a $100,000 weekly price tag. As a result of the continually climbing costs, a large number of cancellations have hit the networks recently and some of the national advertisers planning to continue on TV are revamping their shows to es cape high costs and gain more local appeal. llf HILE it should not be considered that the present rate of cancellations by major TV users will bring any serious or lasting setback for the industry, it does appear that the video honeymoon is nearing an end, that future commitments for time may be on a more conservative basis and that installation of new stations will be influenced to some extent by the change. E.C.F. Canned Goods Cache Found in Bomb Haven Spokane U.K An 84-year-old retired printer who died four months ago equipped a bomb shelter and stocked it with about $10,000 worth of canned goods. The printer, Lewis Benson, built the concrete dugout after World War II on his property in east Spokane. The furnishings and canned goods were given to the Salvation Army. The haven . was completely equipped with all the comforts of home,. including about 1,000 books, two garbage cans, and a bedroom, bath and kitchen. MaWty. April y. its Hunt for Boy's Body Portland U-B Multnomah county police reported Monday they 'still have had no luck in their search for the body of eightyear-old Lawrence James Miller Jr.. of Troutdale, Ore., who is believed to have drowned in the Sandy river. Three boatloads of deputy sheriffs dragged the river throughout the day Sunday. T younger companion of the Miller boy said his friend, play ing on a raft near the lower Sandy river bridge Saturday afternoon, shoved log Into the river and tried to ride it He slip ped from the log and was carried downstream. Crosstown "When my father goes fiihln. about the only thing ho brings hone Is more equipment.". Matter of Fact WHAT'S NEXT IN KOREA? Washington They may be wrong again, but those in the best position to Judge are now rather sharply upping the odds on a truce in Korea. They are now quoting odds of about 3 to 2 in favor of a truce in the fairly near future, where un til very recently the betting was just the reverse. This tentative optimism derives from broad hints by the Communists that they will be willing to settle the central issue of the exchange of prisoners, provided that some face-saving formula can be found. Prisoners unwilling to return to China or North Korea, for example, might simply be re classified, under such a formula. as "refugees," rather than "pris oners of war. This sort of thing may seem a pretty shaky foun dation for optimism. Yet the possibility of a truce is at least being taken so seriously that it has given rise to a hot dispute at the highest levels. This dis pute, which concerns what to do if a truce is actually negoti ated, has implications extend ing far beyond Korea. One view, strongly supported by the Air Staff, is that an or derly withdrawal of the great bulk of American forces should be undertaken as rapidly as pos sible after a truce. A token force, a training mission, stocks of arms sufficient to equip a first-rate South Korean army, would be left behind. But there would be no attempt to keep in Korea enough American forces actually to stop and hold an other Communist attack. e INSTEAD, the Air Force be- lieves that there should be a "sanctions statement" a warning that renewed aggres sion will automatically cause all-out retaliation against the ag gressor by air. Some of the rea sons why the air planners favor this course are obvious enough. The Air Force now has com mitted in Korea between 30 per cent and 35 per cent of its total air strength. This commit ment cannot be much reduced unless there is also a heavy re duction in ground strength. Oth erwise, American troops in Ko rea would be left without air cover, nakedly exposed to enemy air attack. The air planners believe that It Is strategic madness to keep a third of aU American air strength committed to a small Asiatic peninsula which has lit tle strategic value and which could not be defended in case of general war. They argue that to try to remain always in readi ness to defend South Korea on the ground means to turn South Korea into a sort of permanent American colonial dependency, which is in the long run Im possible. Moreover, of course, the Air Force very badly needs else where the air power now tied down in Korea. Air cover for the six American divisions in Europe is almost nlghtmarish ly inadequate. So is fighter pro tection for the new strategic bases being built in Africa and elsewhere. And the air defense of the continental United States itself is lamentably weak. The Army, by contrast, favors a very gradual withdrawal of American forces from Korea, and at least for long tint af ter a truce is negotiated, virtu ally no withdrawal at all. The Navy supports the Army view. The chief Army-Navy argument is, of course, that a rapid with drawal from Korea after a truce would openly invite renewed Communist aggression. KOREA, moreover, now pro vides useful training for Ar my ground troops under near battle conditions, and rapid withdrawal from Korea would mean the return to this country of some six divisions. The Army general can almost hear already the earner to "get the boys out of uniform" which might re sult, and they can almost feel la advance the pressure from Cy Koland Cot r Stewart Aba Congress to reduce Army ap propriations. But what is really important to both the Army and the Navy is that acceptance of the Air Force view would automatically make the Air Force the chief instrument of American policy in Asia. This' is what the Air Force has always wanted, and not only in Asia. Thus the difference among the three services on what to do if there is a truce in Korea, goes straight to the heart of the ancient struggle for pride and place among the services. Here it must be said that this whole hot dispute may one day be rendered wholly academic. At least one expert observer returned recently from Korea deeply disturbed by what he had learned. Most American air strength, for example, is concen trated at ' airfields near Seoul, and there is nothing between these fields and the Communists but undependable Korean troops. A minority of shrewd officials, moreover, do not share the general vague optimism. They are convinced that the carefully planned Communist propaganda campaign charging the United States with germ ware fa re must be the prelude to some new Communist move, quite possibly a major offensive in Korea. Meanwhile, the policy makers continue to hope for the best. There is really not much else they can do which may be the real reason for the sud den pale flowering of optimism about a Korean truce. (Copyright. 1952. New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Congressional Quiz O Miens sM Aaswera est What bm ea at le CasMaL raraisbe' v Cmrrrssteaal qaarterl? Stwt restart. Q. Can congressmen spot In spired" letters written at the prodding of some organisation trying to get bill passed or de feated? A. Legislative offices sry the "inspired" mall is easily recog nized. The letters usually fol low the same pattern of wording. argument and timing. Much of such mail consists of printed postcards or form messages which the citizen merely signs and mails. Legislators queried by Congressional Quarterly felt that some of the letters on unl versa! military training the big' gest mail issue of the first quarter of 1932 was inspired, but most of it was genuine. Cu Ho w much of security threat are Communist-dominated unions? A. Referring to three unions expelled from the CIO on Com munism charges. Munitions Board Chairman John D. Small told a Senate Labor Subcommit tee March 18 that such groups are "very dangerous" to indus trial security, lie cited testimony of "loyal labor members" that the unions leaders would call defense strikes if the Soviet wanted it. He warned against "smearing" non-Communist un ion members through an unsound "cure" which might be worse than the "disease". O. What's the outlook lot get ting taxes reduced? A. Rep. Daniel A. Reed (N. Y-X ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Com mittee, promised March IS that if the Republicans win in Novem ber and there is no all-out war, he will attempt to get taxes re duced to pre-Korea levels. An other Republican, Rep. Noah Mason OIL), March 17 proposed a six-bracket scale of Income tax ceilings It would limit to 13 per cent the tax on incomes below 2.000 and would bold to 40 per cent the levy on incomes of i25.000 and up. O. I twstorstand son AaaetV cans recently celebrated the 1117 Russian revelation. What was the A- Seventy-two prominent Americans March 12 sent mes sage to the Russian people conv rnemorating their 1917 over- In the Day's Hem By FRANK JENKINS Excerps from a modern com edy entitled "A Day in Wash ington." Act 1: J. Howard McGrath (U. S. at torney general) FIRES Newbold Morris (cast as the modern Her cules to clean up the modern Augean stables.) Morris (gets the blue slip, goes out In the park, sits on a bench, feeds the pigeons and mutters into his beard): 1 was canned because I wouldn't turn my corruption-in-government investigation into a whitewash." ACT President Truman fires Mc grath. McGrath (sheds a few tears, then wipes his eyes and issues a statement to the public and a tip to his successor). His statement to the public: Tm paying the penalty for doing my duty as I saw it" His tip to his successor "Bring a pair of asbestos pants with you when you come." (curtain) fTYKiCAL crack from the v critics: "When thieves fall out, honest men (may) come into their own." r)EA burgeoning in the pub lic's mind: "The thing to do is to BOUNCE THE WHOLE GANG and start all over new.". JpOLITICAL dispatch: "Supporters of Taft and Eisen hower maneuvered busily today for DELEGATES in two import ant Mid-West Republican con ventions. "Iowa Republicans meet in Des Moines today to pick 26 delegates to the Chicago conven tion . . . Informal caucuses left the outlook muddled ... It ap peared from preliminary com mitments that Tait ana Eisen hower are running neck and neck . . . The 300 Republicans (at the Des Moines convention) will be asked to support a pro posed Republican national farm platform plank." "In the Michigan convention, the Republicans appeared to be agreed to compromise on DIVID ING THE STATE'S 46-VOTE DELEGATION EQUALLY rath er than risk a showdown fight" "JESSY? Surelyl But I wonder if it's any messier than the screwball primary system we now have in about half the states. Imagine the Wisconsin pri mary with Taft'i name on the baUot but Ike's NOT. Imagine the Nebraska primary with NEITHER Taft's name nor Eisen hower's name on the ballot! For that matter, imagine Ore gon's primary next month with out Taft's name on the ballot HOW are you ever to get a sincere and accurate expres sion of the people's will under a system like that? I WONDER about this proposed farm plank in the rational GOP support WUl it come out boldly against ALL boondoggling and ALL bribing of pressure groups with promises of special benefits and subsidies and PRIVILEGES? Or will it seek to out-boondoggle and out-bribe the New Dealers? rD BE afraid to lay a bet now. So far, I haven't seen much evidence of GRIM COURAGE on the part of Republicans any where in this campaign. It seems to me that this is a time, if there ever was a time, for grim courage and straight thinking. Especially on the part of the Republican party. HOW about a plank endorsing states rights as ojfposed to BIG AND MENACING FED ERAL GOVERNMENT? It seems to me that next after national solvency that is about the most important issue that confronts us today. But I've heard no mention of It from any Republican candi date or any Republican big-wig. Boston (U.R3 There was plenty of Kelley in the Boston Univer sity hockey lineup this season. The players included brothers Ray and Dick KeUey of Cam bridge and brothers Paul and Jack Kelley of Belmont A nrehlstoric cameL much larger and taller than modern camels, inhabited the San Fran cisco bay region in the early Pliocene era. throw of the Tsarist rulers. The mesxa.ee. beamed behind the Iron Curtain over Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, urged Russians to "regain" the freedom lost by the "Commu nist seizure of power.' Signers included former President Her bert Hoover, two governors and 11 senators of both parties. Q. How lone has the lobbying law boon on the books? A. Since 1946. Parts of the sta tute, entitled the Federal Regu lation of Lobbying Act recently were declared unconstitutional by a special federal court - (Copyright 1932, Congressional Quarterly) Nomination of Kerr May Raise Question Of Drink in Election By LYLE C WILSON Oklahoma City (U.PJ. Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D Okla.), is not a prohibitionist but those citizens who regard alcohol as something outside the law would have a champion if the Okla- homan won the Democratic Home Said Both Cause, Prevention Of Youth Problems "The home is the greatest cause, or prevention, of juvenile delinquency," Sergeant Clyde Flchtner of the Medford police force told Missionary Volunteers of the Seventh-Day Adventist church at their weekly meeting Saturday. Ha stated that too many chil dren are getting away from the commandment to honor father and mother. He assured - his hearers that his 13 years of ex perience had taught him that when parents and children stay together and play together most delinquency problems disappear. CUes Need A crying need in this district is a good detention home where boys and girls guilty of only slight misdemeanors would not be subjected to further educa tion in crime from definite de linquents, Fichtner added. A panel of young people later discussed the subject, reaffirm ing the statements of the ser geant and stating that their homes were the biggest factor in their conduct and aspirations. Jewel Thompson, Dan Miracle and Pat Tooley were on the panel. Dr. F. A. Bracker added fur ther comments that trashy books, movies and comics helped to mould youthful minds and that parents should train their children's literary tastes. He stressed family worship as a golden chain to bind families together. Seaman Not To Gel Hew Trial on Damages Seattle -4U.R) William. Oly nyk, the 27-year-old Canadian seaman who was chained to the rail for 67 days aboard an Isth mian Steamship company vessel, will have to be content with the $2,000 a jury awarded him as damages for his treatment.' Superior Judge Frank P. James refused to grant a request Saturday that Olynyk be given a new trial to seek a greater share of the $100,000 which he originally had asked as damages. CHOIR COMING Melvin H. Geist, above, is director of the Willamette university a cappel la choir which will sing at First Methodist church here on Mon day, April 13. The concert by the 50-voice choir will feature sacred and spiritual numbers. The group is now on a 13-day, 15-concert trip that, takes it in to California. Geist is dean of the school of music at Willamette. Qfi L ''' S - ' f, : WP Staff -gHUjM " Member ' ' f"7 Fred L ,v Ryde V' V" Maintenance i Luthem Church - 7 York Rit M"0" CONGER-MORRIS Funeral Directors Ambulance Service West Main at Sixth Medford Member National Selected Morticians by Invitation presidential nomination. Liquor has not figured in m national election since 1932. In that year the Republicans led by Herbert Hoover misjudged the temper of the voters a mite or so. The GOP was dry, or at most, barely moist Squeesa Play Used FDR and the Democrats had a wet plank in their platform. They won the election. When several states balked at voting for repeal of the 18th amend ment, President Roosevelt put the squeeze on them. He with held patronage. And the 18th Amendment died. Kerr's nomination might raise the liquor issue in some form in national politics because Kerr is so aggressively opposed - to whisky. He doesn't use it him self. After Kerr went to the Sen ate in 1948 he mauled the Wash ington cocktail habit in vigor ous language. Keeps Oklahoma Dry A year later he was back home helping keep Oklahoma dry by opposing an amendment of the State Constitution which included a prohibition section when the state entered the Un ion in 1907. The wets lost the state repeal referendum. Kerr, a mighty orator, gave liquor the works, speaking here in 1949 on behalf of an organi zation known as the United Drys, Kerr said: "If Oklahoma followed the na tional pattern, repeal would mean that there would be more barmaids in Oklahoma than col lege girls. I am grateful this is not true. God forbid it should ever be. "If securing revenue is the controlling consideration for keeping or repealing the laws whereby our rights and our lives are protected, why not legalize theft, slander or murder? I do not need to remind my fellow Oklahomans that alcohol has done more harm than all three." .Beer Taverns Allowed Oklahoma is not wholly dry nor has Kerr tried to make it so by law. The legal tipple is beer. There are beer taverns mighty near everywhere, the air of Oklahoma being crisp and dry such as to raise a thirst By judgment of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, however, the Beer is non-intoxicating. The Su preme Court ruled that beer containing not more than 3.2 per cent alcohol is not intoxicating. Kerr is a former governor of Oklahoma and a popular figure. But he apparently does not have it all his own way here in seek ing the Democratic presidential nomination. Gov. Johnston Mur ray wants an uninstructed dele gation to the Democratic Na tional convention. Kerr has said he is agreeable to an uninstructed delegation. But a delegation uninstructed takes some of the shine off a favorite son. Son Cast Off Geo. N. Taylor From the cross where they crucified Him, you hear Christ cry to God His Father "My God, my God, why hast thoO forsaken me? Christ had taken the sinner's place. He stood as a rebel who had turned against God, for the Lord had bid on Him the sins of us all. And when we sin do we not turn against God and rebel? Yet Christ's blood was sinless blood and it blotted out tfw ror. ord of your every Gee. H. Taylor sin "The blood - of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin 1st John 1:7. Be assured. Down in your heart believe in Christ as dying for your every last sin and God gives you eternal life. RESURRECTION The third day, by glorious resurrection, Christ arose from the grave.' By that same power He is to raise His people into eternal glory. And today Christ indwells His redeemed and yielded ones with a hope, cheer and peace that this world can never give. A Bethany family uses this space to tell the love of God the love that offers you eternal life with new days for here and now. Adv.
