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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORD J$$kTRIBUNB Everyone !n Southern Oreuon Reads The Mail Tribune Published Dally Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 87-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-BU1 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor ERNEST R. GILSTRAP, Manager HERB GREY. Advertising Manager Z C. FERGUSON, Managing Editor ERIC ALI.EN JR.. City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford, Oregon, under At of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mall In Advance: ., Daily and Sunday one year $12 00 Dally and Sunday six rronths 6 SO Dally and Sunday three mos. 3.50 Dally and Sunday one month 1.25 Bv Carrier In A d v a n c e Medford Ashland. Central Point, Eagle Point Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River, Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday one year S15.00 Daily and Sunday one month 1.25 All Terms Cosh In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WF.ST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC Offices in New York. Chicago, De. troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis, Atlanta Vancouver, BC. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION J i NEWirAMt ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory from the files the Mall Tribuno 10, 20, 30 ond 40 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 14, 1942 (It was Tuesday) United States government au thorizes construction of $93,000 USO building in Medford. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: A Detroit man claims he can take an auto apart in 30 seconds, A locomo tive at a crossing could do no better. 20 YEARS AGO April 14, 1932 (It was Thursday) Members of Jackson county court report that limestone fac ing on new courthouse building at Main street and Oakdale ave nue will be completed soon. Jackson county pays bill of $145 to Oregon National Guard for aid in running down slayers of Ashland policeman, 80 YEARS AGO April 14. 1922 (It was Friday) Porter J. Neff, Medford, re ports local residents taking ac tive part in Dunbar Opera com pany in San Francisco, Butle Falls residents report adverse weather conditions are halting construction of new coun ty roads in that area. 40 YEARS AGO April 14, 1912 United States forest service prepares to print maps of Crater lake area and make them avail able to the public free of charge for first time. Clara Barton, founder of the national American Red Cross, dies at her homo in Glen Edit), Md. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Rdllur must beai the name and address of the write) slllKitiKh under certain circum sinners the use of a irn name or limlal fur tuiltllcallon is permis nle. The Mail Trlhime reserves lha right to edit all letters with : view to rlsrlflratltin and conden allnn. Letters submitted for pub lirjilliiit must not exreed 400 words Easier Egg Grab To the Kditor: Have you ever been to a public Easter egg hunt? We were. Do you think they arc put on for the benefit of the children or the parents? The one wc saw Saturday was overrun with adults, and more women got their limit of five than children. In fact, many got ull they could grub, even if' they had to grab them out from un der the child's hand. Wc saw that happen several times. The children didn't have a chance. If we wish to teach our chil dren greed and selfishness, they certainly got a lesson Saturday. As for us, that Is the last pub lic Easter egg hunt we will at tend for a long time, as we try to teach our children that Eas ter is the day to honor the risen Lord, who was crucified for the sins of all mankind, and not to stage such a spec tacle. It could be a wonderful out ing for the children if there could bo something done toward seeing all children have a fair chance, without adult inlerfer ence. The sponsors were not to blame, we felt, Just general greediness and lack of enough patrols. Two Mothers. (Names on file.) Use Mail Tribune Want Ada asiras i MAIL TRIBUNE Tomorrow Is Deadline There are still several thousand people in Jack son county who have failed to register. They will not be able to vote in the May 16 primary election unless they take a few minutes to attend to the matter before Tuesday evening when the registration books will be closed. THE test of a voter's sincerity isn't graded on his curbstone opinions. They aren't important even to himself if he will not register, and vote, to give them meaning. Registering and voting, constitute a duty that all should face up to, regardless of on which side of the political equator they may stand. Exercise of the fran chise has more than a partisan foundation, and can not be avoided or neglected without injury to the na tion's whole political structure. , GOVERNOR Douglas McKay recently expressed alarm and regret over Oregon's record as the poorest of all western states in the matter of voter par ticipation. "I think it is a sad commentary on our evaluation of our freedom that over one-third of all Oregonians entitled to vote are too lethargic or too lazy to exercise their franchise. Percentage-wise, Ore gan ranks 38th in the nation in voter participation, and is lowest of all western states," the governor said. There is still time to register but that time is growing extremely short. The deadline is 8 p.m., Tuesday. E.C.F. Congress To Eye Rain Making In the belief that rainmaker?, and others who hone to control the weather should be put under gov ernment regulation, a senate sub-committee, of which Sen. Wan-en G. Magnusen (D.-Wash.) is chairman, has proposed legislation that would set up a committee of weather experts and government leaders to con sider the various problems connected with "weather modification." Congress will undoubtedly find its work cut out for it if it attempts to provide an agency capable of arbitrating disputes over weather control throughout the country, or to reconcile the various opposing interests. I IVELY controversies have raged for some time " over weather interference, especially on the west coast where the wide diversity of agriculture makes for an equally wide diversification in viewpoint as to what should or should not be done about interference with the natural supply of precipitation. 1 In regions where fruit and grain are grown in close proximity the farmers' interests in weather are generally so diametrically opposed as to make arbitra tion practically impossible. TN EASTERN Washington the cherry growers and wheat ranchers are at sword's point over rain mak ing, the former contending that extra rain squeezed out of the clouds is causing heavy damage to their fruit. Growers in the Yakima area have organized un der the name "Sunshine Unlimited," and have sub scribed $7,000 on a $1 a ton basis. The money was raised almost overnight without putting on a concert ed campaign for funds to fight the rain-makers. Wheat ranchers, on the other hand, are going ahead there with plans for rain making operations de spite action of the Washington State Fruit Commis sion in undertaking research on the chances of stop ping such operations. The cherry growers, who are particularly opposed to June rain, have consulted an Olympia meteorologist who claims that he can "over-seed" cloud formations with silver iodide crystals and dissipate them. Silver iodide is also a principal weapon of the rain-makers, although most scientists still label it as an experi ment, lacking in proof of any production. The rain makers do not claim to be able to produce rain except where favorable cloud formations are available for "milking." iniEAT farmers of Douglas, Adams and Lincoln counties in the north central portion of Wash ington, however, are so convinced that rain-making is possible that they are reported planning to sign con tracts calling for expenditure of $14,000 per county in the effort. TN WASHINGTON state, as in Oregon, there is talk of state regulation of weather interference. And now that the congress is also giving the matter atten tion it is not unlikely that some sort of legislation will be forthcoming before long. That any such regulatory efforts can satisfy all interests seems extremely doubtful. E.C.F. Beware of Duds Last week's tragic maiming of a Yreka, Calif., boy again emphasizes the extreme danger faced by those who pick up or otherwise monkey with dud shells found on artillery ranges. In the Yreka accident, a 13-year-old youngster's left leg was shattered and shrapnel was also hurled into his right leg and the upper part of his body and head when a bazooka shell exploded as he was carrying it away from the National Guard range south of town. QNLY good sense and a certain amount of luck have prevented similar casualties in this vicinity, 'as a number of dud shells and mines have been found in the Camp White region, most of them in the area used for artillery practice during the time the camp was occupied. Those who have found the death-dealing devices here have immediately called on military experts to dispose of them. Anyone finding duds in the future should exercise equal judgment E.C.F. Monday. April 14. 19S2 Cross town "Do you HAVE to use red ink?" Matter of Fact THE HARRIMAN CANDIDACY Washington There is more than meets the eye to the plan to meke W. Averell Harriman New York's favorite son. The immediate purpose is to hold the New York delegates in line for Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. But if Stevenson finally talks himself out of the race, Harriman will immediately be come a serious candidate with the enormous asset of the big gest state delegation in his pock et. Harriman has, in fact, be haved with remarkable gener osity to Stevenson. An ambi tious man, Harriman has bril liantly discharged the highest duties under two presidents, and he has every right to re gard himself an important po litical figure. Yet he himself regards Stevenson as the best available candidate, and he has had a good deal to do with keep ing Stevenson in the race thus far. Immediately after the Jeffer son-Jackson dinner, at which President Truman made his sur prise withdrawal announcement, Harriman and Stevenson, who are old friends, sought each oth er out. Stevenson had no prior inkling of Truman's intention to withdraw then, and he had of course been put in an uncom fortable spot. He was therefore in a disgruntled mood and he talked seriously of taking him self out of the race once and for all. 1TARRIMAN argued eloquent ly with him, especially when Stevenson Indicated that he thought Dwight D. Eisenhower would be the Republican choice, and gave his reasons for not wanting to run against Eisen hower. Harriman is himself an old friend and admirer of Eisen hower. Yet he argued that Eisen hower would prove by no means unbeatable; that Elsenhower's election would also elect many reactionaries to Congress; and that domestic and foreign pol icy were equally important and wholly interdependent. For these reasons, he argued, it was Ste venson's duty to make the race, even against Eisenhower. Stevenson may not have been wholly convinced, but at least he did not withdraw the next day, as some of his friends had feared. And it is significant that Harriman's own arguments ap ply to himself, If Stevenson for one reason or another is counted out. Moreover, in this case all sorts of powerful support will almost automatically gravitate toward Harriman. Harriman, al though he has been generally identified with foreign policy, Is a more passionately convinced New or Fair Dealer than is gen erally realised. The Northern liberal wing of the Democratic party, as represented by Amer icans for Democratic Action, could be counted in his corner. So could many of the Northern and Western organization men who have come to power through the New Deal and the Fair Deal. As a result of hii long serv ice in Washington, moreover, Harriman already knows rather intimately the key men in the farm, labor and other powerful groups, and these men like and trust him. Finally, with Steven son out of the picture, Harri man would become the almost Inevitable choice of the many powerful Democrats who have no use for Sen. Estes Kcfauver. These conspicuously include President Truman, who strongly admires Harriman and who is de termined to prevent Kefauver's nomination at almost any cost, a TRUMAN, in fact, according to reliable report, personally approved the project hatched by New York State Chairman Paul Fitzpatrlck and Bronx Boss Ed Flynn, to start a sort of continent boom for Harriman. The first step In this Fitzpatrick- Flynn project is the New York dinner in Harriman's honor, scheduled.jfor April 17, at day before the New York caucus at which Harriman's selection is New York's favorite ion will al fly Roland Co By Joseph ana? Stewart Aliop most certainly be formalized. This dinner should be an in teresting occasion. All the Demo cratic hopefuls, with the possible exception of C?ov. Stevenson, but conspicuously including Kefau- ver, will be on display. And they wili be put through the paces over radio and television. One of the objections to a Harriman candidacy has always been that he is a poor speaker and does not register well at this sort of occasion. Yet on April 4 he made a speech which amazed even his most fervent admirers. The oc casion was the third anniversary of the signing of the North At lantic Treaty. President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and others went through the usual weary, ghost-written performance. Then Harriman made a speech which obviously came from the heart, and which was so brilliant that it brought him a standing ovation from the word-weary Washington audi ence. If Harriman can repeat this performance at the New York dinner, he will become a man to watch. And he will certain ly become a man to watch very carefully, if Gov. Stevenson continues to run away from the Democratic nomination. (Copyright, 1952, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Evangelists Visit Foursquare Gospel A religious scenic measuring 20 by 26 inches will be given away at the Foursquare Gospel church on Tuesday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. Artist Evangelist Jean Darnall will paint the picture using pas- EVANGELISTS Will Paint, Sing tels as her husband the Rev. Elmer Darnall, sings a favorite hymn. The picture will be award ed to the one bringing the most new visitors that have never been in the church before. The artist's easel is lighted in directly with various colors of neon lights and various lighting effects are used to further add to the beauty of the picture. Critics say that Mrs. D,arnall is one of the best artists in her field in North America. The evangelists have preached from the Republic of Panama, where they were missionaries to the Dominion of Canada, where they established a Foursquare church. They have done evangel istic work extensively in U. S., preaching from New York state to California. They will be in the church for one night only. The sermon will be illustrated to show their vis ion to go to Australia to establish churches there. The public is invited to attend the meeting. Korea War Dead Inspire Eighth Army Soldiers Seoul (U.R) Gen. James A. Van Fleet told Eighth Army troops in Korea Saturday "we derive additional assistance" from the Inspiration service ren dered by United Notions soldiers who have died in battle. Van Fleet, whose pilot son is missing in action in Korea, said that "like He who was resurrect ed, our comrades will live for ever In our hearts." r Cm Mail Tribune Want Ada Eisenhower New Touch Porch Campaigning BY LYLE C. WILSON Washington (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is putting a new hop to the "front porch" campaign technique which was invented by Wiliiam McKinley back there in 1896. The Eisenhower touch appar ently will be to make a stand still race for the Republican presidential nomination. McKin ley did not take to his front porch and his old rocking chair until he had been nominated for President. Bryan Travelled Far William Jennings Bryan trav elled upward of 18,000 miles that year seeking to put the Dem ocratic party in power and him self in the White House. McKin ley licked him. Warren Gamaliel Harding sat out the 1920 presidential cam paign on his front porch in Mar ion, O. He defeated the Demo cratic nominee, James M. Cox, whose running mate was a young fellow from New York known as Frank Roosevelt FDR. To McKinley's and Harding's front porches came endless depu tations. So will endless deputa tions be calling on Eisenhower when he returns here toward June 1. His week-end announce ment in Paris that he would not go off campaigning until and un less he won the presidential nomination said, also, that the swarm of political visitors who In the Day's By FRANK JENKINS From Paris: "General Eisenhower has dis closed he aims to be home in Abilene, Kansas, by June 4 just 33 days before the Republi can national convention. "Until he leaves, he told a news conference, 'I am not going to discuss any kind of political questions, so I can devote hyself to this job' (meaning his job in Europe.)' TIE also cleared his status as a " five star general. Until the convention, he will remain an army officer on inactive duty. If he is nominated, he will re sign from the army. By resign ing, he will give up his perman ent pay of $18,761 a year of which sum $7,304 Is in NON TAXABLE allowances and the remaining $11,457 is in taxable base pay. A five star general holds his rank and pay for life unless he resigns. By resigning to run for president, General Eisenhower will give up his earned lifetime security and will take his chanc es, along with everybody else. "That," he said, in Paris this morning, "will leave me free to speak, like any other citizen, on any subject." rpHESE plans, I imagine, won't - suit too well the politicians who have attached themselves to General Eisenhower's candid acy "riding his coat-tails" is a good rough-and-ready expres sion for what a lot of them are (doing.) They want him to get home as soon as possible and wade into it hammer and tongs. They're staking their political futures on him, and they want to take as few chances as pos sible. Presidential nominations have always been gone after slam-bang, hammer and tongs. I'm - the - man - for - the-job-and everybody-ought-to-know-it, and the politicians can't envision any other way to do it. Besides, a slam bang, hammer and tongs campagin gives the politicians a better opportunity to impress THEIR Importance on the candi date and on the people, thus put ting them in line for more per sonal power. But I think the people are go ing to like the way Ike says he is going to do it. The support for General Eisenhower that has developed is something strange and unusual. It is like nothing that any of us have ever seen before. It is a YEARNING, it seems to me a yearning for something better than we have had in the past. Always before (except in the case of General Washington) the man has sought the office. Things being what they are, the idea appears to have come to millions of people all at once that this is a time when the office ought to seek the man. When you're in a bad fix and NEED a good man in your business as you never need ed him before, your inclination is to go out and SEEK him rath er than wait for him to come barging into your office recom mending himself to the skies. If that is true, Ike's instinct is sound. I.IERE is the leading paragraph '1 from Saturday's Easter story: "Songs will echo across the mountainsides and fill the churches Sunday in memory of the resurrection of Christ." That is the true spirit of Easter. Easter is a SYMBOL. A symbol of hope arising out of despair. Without hope, the world would have gone to pot long ago. II ERE Is another paragraph from the same story: Putting on Front descended upon him in the past few months had made it impos sible for him to continue as Al lied commander in Europe. Ain't Seen Nothin' As Al Jolson used to say, the general ain't seen nothin' yet. For every 10 visitors to his Paris headquarters there will be 100 seeking Eisenhower's counsel or offering their own when he comes home. If he makes a little speech of greeting to the visiting firemen from time to time and these little speeches have some political wallop, who could call that campaigning? It would be common courtesy. That was the way McKinley and Harding kept poking at the issues of the day in 1896 and 1920. Eisenhower is well equipped with politically suitable front porches. McKinley's Canton, O., and Harding's Marion, are no more folksy and of the common people than Eisenhower's Abi lene, Kan. Each of them would make a good backdrop for a po litical campaign. Eisenhower has another porch handy, however. It is on the farm house the general bought some months ago in the rolling hills of southern Pennsylvania. If there is a front porch any where better suited to politick ing than in some small mid-western town, it would be a farm front porch with the owner gent ly rocking at his ease. News "The annual Easter parades, on Fifth avenue in New York, on Connecticut avenue in Washing ton, and on fashionable streets in other cities, will draw their usual crowds, and the kiddies will hunt colored eggs." That is the picture of Easter that comes to most of us oftenest. Clothes. Rabbits. Eggs. Ham for dinner. A pleasant holiday. Re laxation with friends. These are all fine things. They are a part of the way of life that is dear to us. We love them and we want to keep them. But if we ARE to keep them and pass them on to our chil dren, it will be well for us, I think, in this time when the world is in travail, if we pay more attention to the TRUE SYMBOL of Easter and a little less, perhaps, to the trimmings. That could go for Christmas, as well. Two Youths Arrested For Theft From Grave Copper Center, Alaska (U.R) Authorities Saturday held two native youths accused of violat ing the sanctity of a sacred old Indian custom and, incidentally, of breaking the law. U. S. Deputy Marshal Nelson J. McCrary said the two boys stole $1,400 from Chief An drew's cache. Chief Andrew died January 21 and, according to custom, all of his possessions were placed outside of his house immediately after death. McCrary said $1,190 of the dead chief s stolen money had been recovered. An additional $1,960 in old-fashioned, large- size bills was found in the cache. The boys left these because it would be difficult to pass them, McCrary said. Copper Center is 210 miles east of Anchorage on the Copper river. Mystery Shrouds Fate Of Norwegian Ships St. John's, Nfld. (U.R) Mys tery shrouded the fate of five Norwegian sealing ships and their 100 crewmen Saturday more than a week overdue in the Arctic Ocean. The United States and Cana dian air forces both planned searches but their planes were hampered by bad flying weather and a thick blanket of fog. Dead line on Classified Ads: 8:31 p m for following day; 10 am 'don day noon Saturday 'or Sunday i m STAFF MEMBER Mrs. H. E. Marsh Organist Westminster Guild D.A.R. Bow-Bell Business, and Professional Women CONGER-MORRIS Funeral Directors Ambulance Service West Main at Sixth Medford Member National Selected Morticians by Invitation Low Bid For Construction 01 First BLM Road Portland (U.R) J. W. Briggs of Bend submitted the low bid of $685,349.50 for construction of the first Bureau of Land Management timber access road in Oregon, W. H. Lynch, divi sion engineer of the U. S. Bu reau of Public Roads, has an nounced. The project, calling for con struction of 11.63 miles of high standard logging road is located 18 miles east of Sweet 'Home along Quartzville creek, a tribu tary of the South Santiam river. First Access Road Roscoe E. Bell, regional ad ministrator for the Bureau of Land Management, said the Quartzville project would be the first timber access road built into O & C or public domain tim ber by the federal government in the state. The road will open a valuable stand of public and private tim ber, Bell said. Users will pay the same per thousand board foot road charge until the government's invest ment is regained, Bell said, re gardless of ownership of the stumpage. Oregon Capitol To Remain Open Salem (U.R) Your state capi tol will be open again this sum mer on Sundays for the benefit of the thousands of tourists who make their annual trek to Ore gon's seat of government. Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry said the Sunday open ings will start on April 20 in conjunction with Salem's annual Cherry Blossom day. Through the winter the doors of the Cap itol were locked on Sunday. On Cherry Blossom day, the Salem Cherrians, capital city booster group, will be on hand throughout the city to guide motorists over the famed cherry blossom route in Marion and Polk counties. They will also be on hand at the capitol to help show tourists around. Navy Slates Inquiry On Cause of Sub Fire Philadelphia (U.R) The Navy has announced that a board of inquiry would be named to determine the cause of an ex plosion and fire which injured 25 civilian workers and enlist ed men aboard a submarine here Friday. V The blast occurred on the sub marine Requin which recently docked at the Philadelphia naval base for conversion into a sub marine radar picket boat. Spokesmen said the fire was quickly extinguished and dam age was slight. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads Some Fly Far A tap on the shoulder and the Chalk-Talk man looked around to hear the woman say "I was the girl who gave her heart to the Lord that day, years ago in such and such a city. The man recalled it all and the woman added I that with her hus band a n!d chil dren, she was soon to leave for N. Africa in obed- jjTl lence to Christ's fe& r.CI VV. onri oivp IlVl the Gospel to such as sit in darkness. Big palrt for Stay - Homes, "I - . would not think Ge0' N' T",,t" of going back to the foreign field except for the prayers of the home folks here in America. Your prayers lift us. We can feel them." So said Mrs. Irl McAllis ter, then on furlough in America. Be a prayer partner. "Whatsc- ever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. John 16:23. Christ's pledge. This space used by a Bethany family with a world-wide vision and you may join them. Adv. mi I ". : . , ... 1
