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10 YEARS AGO
April 9. 1942
(It was Thursday)
Southern Oregon water fore
cast committee, in seventh an
nual meeting here, predicts
sharp water shortage in Medford
and Rogue River districts.
From Arthur Perry'i Ye
Smudge Pot column: When long
er logs are hauled by truck, they
will be hauled down Central
avenue.
20 YEARS AGO
April 9. 1932
(It was Saturday)
First " nasseneer and . mail
plane, a 40-B-4, arrives at Med-
fnrrl municipal aiTDOlt from
Oakland, Calif. v
Local weather bureau reports
that March, 1932, was the wet
test March here in 21 years with
2.43 inches of rainfall.
30 YEARS AGO
April 9, 1922
(It was Sunday)
Southern Pacific railroad offi
cials report that 95.7 per cent of
its passenger trains were on time
here during March, 1922.
State education authorities an
nounce that sessions of the Ash
land unit of the Oregon State
Normal school are assured for
the summer of 1922.
40 YEARS AGO
April 9, 1912
at was Tuesday)
Mining engineers report Blue
Ledge Copper mine near Med
ford will produce 240,000 tons
of ore.
Contract awarded lor con
struction of municipally owned
Medford public market, low bid
is $1,787.
Cities Given Greater
Fund-Raising Freedom
Chicago (U.R) States are
granting cities greater fredom
in obtaining revenue to meet
rising costs, according to the
Municipal Finance Officers as
sociation. . ,
"The tendency of the past five
years for .states to give munici
palities an opportunity to choose
their own revenue . sources ap
peared to continue through
1951," the association said.
"At least 14 states passed laws
last year permitting their cities
to levy new taxes. These" reve
nue authorization grants were
undoubtedly predicated on the
urgent need for additional funds
with which to meet inflated
budgetary costs." '
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17
In the Day's News
Br FRAMK JENKINS
From Washington:
The Truman administration's
c 1 a n-u p-the-government pro
gram will be run by the depart
ment of Justice (which is itself
under investigation) if President
Truman's choice of a new attor
ney general (Federal Judge Mc
Granery) Is confirmed by the
senate."
IF I had been tapping the till
and suspicion to that effect
had got around and there was
businesslike talk of calling in an
auditor to see what had been
going on, I'm pretty sure I'D
LIKE TO BE APPOINTED TO
INVESTIGATE MYSELF.
How Huron Built An Auditorium
While Medford is pondering how to go about!
j?x 3 -a i. - i;t-x ?
securing a civic aucuionum u nugni oe enugiuening
to consider the case of Huron, S.D., which has just
dedicated a brand new $900,000 auditorium and ath
letic arena capable of seating the town's entire pop
ulation of around 13,000 people.
T'HE little central South Dakota town didn't come
- oy its uitra-moaern structure me easy way u
took about fifteen years and four elections to swing
it and the Huromans are justly proud of their ac
complishment. Here's the story as told by the Huron Daily Plains
man: In April, 1937, Huron voters approved a 1200,000 audi
torium bond issue but an argument as to the site followed
and so split the city that in a second referendum in Decem
ber of the same year the entire proposition was defeated.
In May, 1938, supporters brought the auditorium issue
to a vote again, this time for a $123,000 bond issue. It
failed by only 128 votes.
Then came years of watching the crowds o to Aber
deen, Mitchell and Sioux Falls (nearby cities) for athletic
tournaments, big conventions and large-scale entertainments.
Every time Huronians wanted to see a big stage show, a
large convention or big athletic tournament, they had to
go to another city.
Virtually unnoticed, back taxes bean to be paid into
the Huron school district fund in the late 1930 s and early
1940 s, and accumulated. Invested, the money also drew
interest and by 1949 the fund reached $203,000.
Public opinion talked up an auditorium bond proposal.
A group of supporters met and named a chairman for an
auditorium committee. The school board transferred the
$203,000 into a "special auditorium building fund; a date
was ret for a vote on the bond issue; an architect was chosen
to make preliminary plans to show the public; the site was
selected definitely and the campaign was conducted for
the arena through the press, radio and speakers.
Voters overwhelmingly endorsed a $330,000 bond issue
on December 15, 1949, by better than a five-to-one majority,
in a record-breaking turnout.
No group or individual publicly campaigned against
the issue.
With such a remarkably overwhelming sentiment for
an arena, the school board immediately borrowed the
money, set up its 13-year repayment plan, gave the archi
tect the go-sign, bought the site, let the general contract
in the summer of 1950, and kept the building job going to
completion.
I JSE and maximum revenue is assured through a
somewhat unique arrangement. A group of
Huron citizens, organized and incorporated, will ad
minister the arena-auditorium, booking entertain
ment and acting as a clearing house in scheduling
large events. Individual promoters, clubs and other
organizations are expected and encouraged to rent
the arena and sponsor programs, shows and athletic
events.
The group will function on a non-profit basis and
if a profit is shown, above receipts required to retire
the building bonds, the surplus will go to some char
ity selected by the members.
There was need for such an administrative set-up
as the school board could not legally risk district tax
money in underwriting any entertainment functions
requiring guarantees.
IJNIQUE design of the Huron structure will permit
practically any type of entertainment, program
or meeting which may be desired. The stage is built
in sections and may be arranged to accommodate
anything from a single orator to a brass band. As
many as three basketball games may be played at one
time on the arena floor.
There are kitchens, eight public wash rooms,
shower rooms, four concession stands, dressing rooms,
two large check rooms, and other conveniences. The
building boasts the latest in radiant heating systems,
an elaborate 31-unit public address system and last,
but not least, a commodious press box, adequately
fenced off so that newsmen covering events in the
auditorium or arena may work without hindrance.
TF, and when, Medford and the National Guard get
A together on plans for a building to take care of mil
itary needs and civic events, we suggest that a dele
gation be sent to Huron to inspect that city's auditorium-arena.
Money expended for such purpose would
be well spent E.C.F.
Ten Years Ago Today
Ten years ago today American and Filipino troops
Ti. 1 J J iL r .i , i
un uaiaan iaia aown meir arms aiier one oi ine nara- ,, v.... u. .Mther-in-law
est-f oueht and bloodiest battles of the war in the win fix the beds but if a hankT
l- IX. tWetoY Ism Vaj
racuic.
tf Roland Co
UTTsS
"I arsonn It's a piaoonv
AS I was coming up from the
news room this morning with
a handful of teletype ropy, one
of the boys in the shop said to
me: "Any good news today?"'
I answered flippantly:
There hasn't been any GOOD
news in years."
I was wrong. The copy I held
in my hand contained a dispatch
relating that Racketeer Costello
who for years has beaten efforts
to put him behind bars was
CONVICTED last night of con
tempt of the senate and faces
10 years in prison.
That is good news.
It is ALWAYS good news
when wrongdoers are punished.
Only by punishing WRONGDO
ING can we maintain a moral
society.
BUT there was a FLY in the
ointment The dispatch tell
ing of Costello's conviction con
tained this paragraph:
"Government Prosecutor Miles
J. Lane, who finally tripped the
Italian-born racketeer, hailed
the jury's verdict of guilty as
turning point' he said it is
proof that no man, no matter
how cunning or po'rfl he
may seem to be. CAN BE BIG
GER THAN THE GOVERN
MENT ITSELF."
I wish he hadn't put it that
way. I wish he had said: "NO
ONE MAN can be bigger than
THE PEOPLE."
I'm frankly scared of a federal
government that is BIGGER
THAN ANY ONE MAN. I can't
help thinking of Gainxa Paz. the
enlightened and liberal editor
and publisher of La Prensa. who
was driven into exile after his
great newspaper had been con
fiscated by the dictatorially pow
erful (TOO powerful) govern
ment of Argentina.
rllS dispatch is from New
York and if you read it
understand ingly you will agree
that it Is significant of the times
we live in:
-Everybody STOOD AROUND
in the stock market today (Sat
urday) and did virtually nothing.
Prices moved over a range cov
ered by a major fraction either
way. Many leading stocks held
unchanged throughout the ses
sion, and many more didn't even
trade at alL
The approaching steel strike
was the cause of the doldrums.
The strike is set for midnight
Tuesday, and the steel compan
ies already have started shut
down operations.
rpHETRE wondering if STEEL
IS TO BE NATIONAL
IZED as in England for the
government has threatened, you
know, to SEIZE the steel plants
if their owners refuse to meet
the terms laid down by the gov
ernment for settling the strike.
In England, nationalizing of
steel and other industries follow
ed vigorous political campaign
in which NATIONALIZATION
was frankly and admittedly the
issue.
There the people deliberately
CHOSE SOCIALISM by their
ballots. Here socialism is CREEP
ING UP ON US BY STEALTH.
Our federal government already
holds the railroads and has
held them for long time. By
this time next week, it may hold
the steel Industry.
That would be a long step to
ward socialism a nd yet the
American people have NEVER
signified by their votes in an
election in which that was frank
ly the issue that they want so
cialism. HERE in the West, the federal
government already owns ap
proximately half of our total
land area. In the frightening
Santa Margerita case down in
Southern California, it is reach
ing for ownership of the water,
without which ALL of our una
would be valueless.
The federal government al
ready has seized the railroads.
It is threatening now to seize the
steel industry. What industry
will be the NEXT to be seized?
I. for one, don't like the trend.
It scares me.
As Wc Live nJXAHTM muilock, w.o.
(Q) "Mr moihor-la-law Uvea
with us. I work and have to cook.
dean. wash, and shop when
coma
SPEBSQSA Appreciative .
To the Editor: The members
of Medford (Rogue Valley) Ore.
chapter SPEBSQSA wish to
thank you for the excellent pub
licity given to our March 22
parade of quartets. It was great
ly appreciated by aU and added
much to the success of our pro
gram. V . Del Sloan, Secretary
Medford (Rogue Valley) Ore.
Chapt SPEBSQSA.
THE odds were with the enemy from the start for
.Tartan was nhlp tn hurl srtmo 70 OOfl veteran frnnna
v - v v w mm ms uvtiiv va w v v w vvi wn ve. w fw
against 11,000 American soldiers and 68,000 Fili
pinos, most of the latter being recent recruits.
Our Asiatic fleet was not a factor and our air
force, except for a token remnant had been wiped out.
Though they were besieged on land and block
aded by sea, cut off from all help from the Philippines
or America, lacking food, medicine and war material,
with two-thirds of the survivors near the end and suf
fering from wounds and disease, the defenders fought
on heroically for over three months in the jungle fast
nesses and along the rugged coast.
o o o a a
T-HOUGH the battle of Bataan was lost, historians
agree that the delaying action there badly dis
rupted Japanese plans. And something more, it
served to more firmly bind the ties of friendship be
tween the Philippines and the United States. E.C.F.
Valuable Bible Found In College Cbsnup
Carthage, HI. (U.R) An an
cient and valuable' Bible, lost
for 29 years, was found during
a . spring - house-cleaing at Car
thage College.. .
- The Bible,' ' printed in 1734.
was presented to the school , in
1923 by J. D. Cheney of Men
don, 111., and bears record of the
Cheney family dated as early as
1750. It was placed apparently
in a wall safe in the college bus
iness office and overlooked un
til the cleanup. '
Officials said the- volume,
though yellowed, and thumb
worn, was still easily readable.
The long-crested blue jay is
a common and conspicuous resi
dent on both rims of the Grand
Canyon.
la left in bed the night before. It
is stttl in the bed after she makes
It. She never picks mp the shoes
or clothes that are left en the
floor. No matter what she does.
I have to go behind her and do
it over. I have told her nicely
several times hew I want things
done and she always says "yes"
and that's all. Then she tells say
husband that she cannot please
me. She reads all day and lies
down. She pays as ao sooner and
I think she should do snore to
help at home. What can I do to
get her to help snore T
, Mrs.R.
(A) If you want your mother-in-law
to do more to help you.
you must show greater appre-
oFM-vjaa elation for
r iy I what she does.
any strong in
centive to do
things for a
critical and
fault finding
person.
As people
grow older,
tHv am anf tn
D. Has lack leM careful
about their work. Just as they
are about their personal appear
ance, than they were when they
were younger. You cannot ex
pect your mother-in-law to do
things as carefully as you your
self might do them. But if they
are done it saves you that much
work and time.
In the first place, all members
mm
of your family should take more
responsibility for their own pos
sessions. Your mother-in-law
should not have to pick up
clothes or shoes left on the
floor. The person who left them
there should have picked them
up before your mother-in-law did
up the room.
All Should Share la Work
- Then, secondly, if you are
working, every member of the
family should share the work
required to run the home. Why
can't some member of the fam
ily help you with the 'shopping.
another with the washing and
ironing, and another with the
cooking?
To get this help, however, you
must change your attitude. You
cannot expect everyone to do
things just as you would like
to have them done. If they help
you carry the burden of running
your home, while you are out
working most of the day, that
is all you can expect. If on the
other hand, you must have a
perfectly run home to be happy.
there is nothing left for you to
do but to give up your job and
devote your time exclusively to
your home.
If tn have problem about
family or friend, ask Dr. Hux
leck to kelp yon. Write la vul
of this newspaper.
(Copyright 1952.
General Features Corp.)
Salem. (UJ9 The Salem
office of the state employment
service issued a call Tuesday for
hopyard workers in the Inde
pendence area.
Ccsgrcssiensl Quiz
Ourt:Mns anS Answers on What
Coos aa at tka Capital, mmishs
C cm Ml mil Quarterly Kw
rmraraa.
O What were the provisions
of the Japanese peaea treaty?
A The treaty would formally
end the war and recognize Japa
nese sovereignty. It records
Japan's intention to apply for
UN membership and live peace
ably according to UN principles,
states that Japan renounces title
to Korea, Formosa and other
islands, and obligates Japan to
pay reparations in surplus as
sets such as excess labor and un
used plant capacity. Approval by
only one more nation was needed
after the U. S. Senate voted rati
fication of the treaty March 20.
Q My husband, who is a vet
eran, wants to buy a house with
a VA loan guarantee, but he can't
find a lender. What can he do?
A A 1950 law lets the Veter
ans Administration make direct
home and farmhouse loans to the
approximately 30 per cent of the
ex-servicemen living in areas
where private lending at four per
cent is unavailable. Although
the $150 million originally au
thorized for direct loans has been
used up. a bill to add another
$125 million was passed by the
Houe Feb. 19. Individual loans
are limited to 510.000. The "di
rect loan" area comprises nearly
90 per cent of the U.S.
Q Can lobbies stop making
reports, since parts of the lobby
law were ruled unconstitutional?
A This is a situation left by
the March 17 special court ruling
In Washington, D. C: Technical
ly, the 1946 law was still in ef
fect, but prosecution of violators
was unlikely, pending a Supreme
Court ruling. Lobbies could an
ticipate high-court approval of
the ruling, or play safe and con
tinue to make reports in case of
reversal. Individual lobbyists,
although not covered specifically
in the ruling, had the same
choice because the penalty
clause was struck out.
O Do ex-Presidents or their
wives receive pensions or re
tirement pay?
A Neither ex-Presidents nor
ex-Vice-Presidents receive retire
ment pay or pensions by virtue
of their White House service. But
Congress has made it a practice
to grant their widows something
extra to live on $5,000 a year
for life to a President's widow
and $3,000 for a Vice-President's
widow. Current recipients are
Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Coolidge.
$5,000 each, and Mrs. Marshall,
widow of a former Vice-President,
$3,000. Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt declined the pension.
Q How many former mem
ben of Congress are now draw
ing retirement pay?
A Sixty-six. Retirement pay
for former legislators began with
passage of the Legislative Re
organization Act of 1946.
(Copyright 1952,
Congressional Record)
WRESTLING FANS FUSSY
Syracuse. N. Y. (U.R) Ar
nold M. Abrann learned the pain
ful way that whistling and wres
tling don't mix. Abrann's merry
whistling during a wrestling
match so irked two other fans
that they hit him on the head,
cutting his right ear.
Spark To Touch Off
South African Racial
Explosion Expected
1'kil Nensoa
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
The Union of South 'Africa
tinder-box could explode at any
moment. Source of the explosion
would be the
resent ment
which has
smou 1 d e r e d
for more than
5 0 years
against so-call
ed "ghetto"
laws by which
the vastly out-
numbered
European or
white popula
tion has sought
to curb the Negro and Indian
population.
The spark to touch it off would
be generated in the policies of a
heavy-set, balding, smooth-shaven
rather grim looking man in
horn-rimmed glasses who began
his career as a preacher in
Dutch reformed churches of the
Transvaal and Cape provinces.
He is Prime Minister Daniel
F. Nalan, chief disciple of "apart
heid which would divide all
persons of "color" from the
whites.
Malan favors segregation, in
all departments in fields rang
ing from marriage to separate
queues at postoffices.
Bit Test Made
A bit test of Malan's policies
came recently when the South
African Supreme Court tossed
out a law which would have
removed some 50,000 half-castes
from the common voters' role of
the Cape Province, lumping
them into a separate list where
they would elect four white rep
resentatives to the House As
sembly from four constituencies.
The ruling so enraged Malan
that he now is moving to take
from the courts their right to
rule on the constitutionality of
laws.
Many European whites are
aroused against Malan and are
demanding new elections in or
der to get his government out
of office, but, more important,
his "apartheid" policies seem
also to be uniting the Negroes
and Indians of South Africa as
they never have been.
Campaign Prepared
The result is that groups rep
resenting Negroes, Indians and
half-castes now are preparing a
union-wide civil disobedience
campaign.
They promise it will be non
violent, but, remembering the
violence which accompanied the
civil disobedience campaigns in
India a few years ago and the
racial riots which flare easily
in South Africa, such a. hope
seems scarcely possible.
Bloodshed Seems Certainty
Bloodshed seems a certainty.
There are in South Africa about
2,850,000 Asiatics, most of whom
are in the Durban area; a little
more than 2,000,000 whites and
nearly 10,000,000 Negroes.
Many of South Africa's, disor
ders in the past have been be
tween Negoes who in the citiea
are ill-housed and ill-fed and the
Indians who are the shopkeep
ers. Now,' however, the two
groups are uniting against laws
which they say they had no voice
in passing.
Editorial Comment
Taft vs. Eisenhower
The chief fact is the Eisen
hower -Taft confrontation. In
Wisconsin Warren and Stassen
vied with one another to attract
the pro-Eisenhower vote. Mr.
Warren made it clear that his
delegates would be released to
the general; Mr. Stassen took the
unprecedented step of offering
up in advance one-half of his
winnings such as they might
be. The tenor of their two cam
paigns showed that their indi
vidual candidacies are not to be
taken too seriously at this point;
and their joint total," some 115
thousand over Mr. Taft's, was
a measure of the Eisenhower ap
peal. In line with these develop
ments was the slight vote gained
by the MacArthur stand-ins.
This narrowing down of the
Republican race is a testimony
to the political strength which
Eisenhower has built up through
the New Hampshire and Minne
sota primaries. Opposing candi
dates like Warren and Stassen
move more and more in his orbit
and draw strength from him.
As this happens the only realis
tic interpretation of the figures
is to add up the anti-Taft vote.
In Wisconsin this addition leaves
Taft in a minority; in Nebraska,
with Stassen's total added to the
write-in vote for Eisenhower, the
result is an impressive evidence
of popular feeling. Assuming the
MacArthur support would go to
Taft, the figure would be: pro
Taft, roughly 60,000; anti-Taft,
roughly 77,000. The showing
made by Mr. Taft need not be
minimized; indeed to do so could '
lead to dangerous over-confidence
in the Eisenhower camp.
Yet the realities of the political
situation are too clear to be de
nied. The popular support for
Eisenhower which is now di
vided and which expresses itse'i
through rival candidacies will
soon coalesce; and the Eisen
hower candidacy will then stand
plainly forth in its true propor
tions. N. Y. Herald-Tribune
(Republican).
Million of homes keep
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