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Ml la ' DvAIM lB A ft villain a luiinse w European Military Aid Features News By PHIL NEWSOM United Press Fortign Analysis The week's balance sheet be tween the good and bad newi in the hot and cold way: GOOD 1. Britain promised military aid to Italy and West Germany in case of attack. It was an exten sion of the Brussels Pact of 1948 in which similar aid was prom ised to France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. The move was designed both to help way the West Germans to the side of the West in the hot and cold wars and to assure the French who have feared the Germans might pull out of the European d ef e n s e community once their own army became strong enough. 2, Iran informed the World bank she was ready to resume negotiations toward reopening her oil fields. The government proposed that the bank manage the oil industry on behalf of and as the agent for Iran. The gov ernment of Premier Mohammed Mossadegh stood firm on its re- fusal to permit British techniques to run the field, but admitted it had guessed wrong that world 4 demand would force a settle ment on Iran's terms. 3. The retiring U. S. deputy high commissioner for Germany said that West Germans could be in uniform by January 1. He predicted that West Germany would play a "very important" part in the defense of Western Europe and believed that agree ment giving West Germany vir tual self-government could ee reached within two weeks. BAD 1. One of Britain's six biggest unions the union of shop, dis ' tribution and Allied workers, with 350,000 members came out in support of left-wing An eurin Bevan's campaign for a cut in British rearmament and greater freedom from U.S. for eign policy. The move posed no Immediate danger for Winstons Churchill's Conservative govern ment but it could be another straw in the wind. Recent County Council elections reflected grow ing popular dissatisfaction with Conservative government poli cies. 2. A showdown neared in the Union of South, Africa over Prime Minister Daniel T. Ma lan's white supremacy policy and "Jim Crow" laws against the colored and Indian populations. Opposition parties were united against Malan but still had fewer votes. Meanwhile, Malan pressed tfciis campaign to strip the courts Of their power to rule on the constitutionality of laws, and na tives and Indians planned exten sive civil disobedience demon strations. ' 3. Less than a week remained DRIVE-in tneatre TONIGHT -MONDAY Young People... Atking So Much of Life.., Taking So Much of Love I ' CLIFT-TAYLOR WINTERS . GEORGE STRESS' A PLACE IN THE SUN PLUS NEWS CARTOONS 2 COMPLITl SHOWS NIGHTLY Gatei open 6:30 lit Show at 7:0$ 2nd Show at 9:30 was ODD FELLOWS! REBEKAHS! BE AT THE LODGE HALL 8:00 P.M. TUESDAY, APRIL 22 BRING A FRIEND! Help Celebrate the BIRTHDAY OF THE ORDER Entertainment Refreshment. Grand Lodge Visitors for Italy's squabbling Democrat ic parties to get together on can didates for Rome's local elections May 25. Premier Alcide de Gas peri's Christian Democrats con trol the city now, but so far all attempts to form a right-wing coalition for the coming elections have failed. The Communists and their allies are well organ ized, and there is a fear that as Rome goes, so eventually could go all of Italy. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This modern world note: "The man who admits he is Los Angeles' phantom gunman,' the shoot-and-run sniper who has killed one woman and wounded four, was arrested and gave sheriff's deputies this explana tion for his acts: "When I shoot at women I get excited and get a thrill out of it.' " I SUPPOSE there always-were people like that. Our modern s u p e r- perfect communication system possibly Just brings more of them to our attention these days. Anyway, I HOPE that's it. MUDDLED thinking note: "The Oregon Council of Churches began distributing its anti-gambling petition ' yester day . . . The petitions seek to put on the November ballot a proposal to outlaw pari-mutuel betting in the state." HOW about just falling back on the CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF OREGON, of which Section 4, Article XV reads: "Lotteries prohibited, lot teries, and the SALE OF LOT TERY TICKETS, for ANY PUR POSE WHATSOEVER, are pro hibited, and the legislative as sembly SHALL (not may) PRE VENT the same by penal laws." PERSONAL opinion note: Every time we pass a law and then fail to enforce it, we tear down respect for law. Every time a legislature passes an UN CONSTITUTIONAL law and gets away with it, it undermines constitutional government. I'm no lawyer, but when you play a pari-mutuel machine you pay your money, you get a tick et and you take your chance on getting paid. If that isn't a lot tery, I don't know what a lot tery is. MORE personal opinion: . If we want to gamble In Oregon, we'd better repeal Sec tion 4, Article XV of our state constitution. I hate to see con stitutions FLOUTED. ECONOMICS note: "American people SAVED 13 billion dollars last year, a sharp increase from the 1V4 billion they saved inlBSO." HOW come? I don't know, but I suggest that in mid-1951 (the savings binge began about August) a lot of people took a good look at the economic skies and came to the conclusion that with the federal government spending money with both hands and heading for bankruptcy at high speed a lit tle cash stashed away might come in handy sooner or later. POLITICS note: Senator Taft says in Boston this morning that congressmen should consider IMPEACH MENT of President Truman for his seizure of the steel Industry. "1 think the seizure of steel is a valid case for impeachment," he told a news conference. ''It is valid for presentation to the house, certainly." (Under our federal constitu tion, the power of impeachment is the sole prerogative of the house of representatives.) T THINK, senator, that congress - would be on very thin, rub bery ice indeed if, after having ABDICATED the authority giv en to it by the Founding Fathers in the constitution, it should at tempt to impeach the President in this particlar instance. This steel crisis was a long time in the making. It was ob vious to everybody for weeks that it was going to end In a nasty and dangerous mess. If existing laws are bad, congress had plenty of time to REPEAL them. If new laws were needed to meet a new and unprecedent ed situation, congress had PLEN TY OF POWER to enatt them. BUT While the crisis was brewing. congress did nothing but sit on j its hands. I If you want a better govern- 'mant Un, ..... ft 0 FLEEING FOUR-ALARM FIRE, 260 occupants of Little Sisters of Poor Home for Aged in San Francisco are helped down fire escape by firemen and rescue workers. No Injuries were reported as nuns calmly directed evacuation of old building. (International) On The Side (Distributed by King At the man behnlda the woman, As th woman kees the man. Curiously they note each other As each other only can. Never can the man divest her Of that wondrous charm of sex. Ever mtift she. dreaming of htm. That same mvsllc charm annex. Itryan Waller Proctor. DO YOU rate yourself a well informed fellow? If so, tell us who during the World War I, speaking of the United States armed forces, said "Lafayette, we are here." That's really an easy question. But how about this one: What was Lafayette's first name?" If you can answer that, you are an unusual fellow. It baffles ninety-nine out of 100 people. Try it out at the office. Lafayette's first name was Marie. Not only that, his wife's first name was Marie. Husbands As good providers the Swedish husbands are tops. They are al so great home lovers and very handy men around the house. They make excellent fathers. They treat their wives with un usual kindness, consideration and sympathy. But as lovers they leave much to be desired. So states a native of Sweden whose first husband was a Swede. She is now married to a Frenchman. She adds: "When a Swedish woman marries twice, she seldom marries a Swede the second' time." Passing By Ezio Pinza. The buoyant bas so. Currently celebrated for his brilliant performance in the mu sical show "South Pacific" and for his rendition of that haunt ing melody "Some Enchanted Evening." Pinza is. one of the greatest operatic bassos of all time. Some experts compare him to Chaliapin. He has a rep ertoire of more than fifty operas. He was once a professional bicy cle rider. Rode in six-day races. He is over six feet tall and weighs 190 pounds. My girl friend is one of his greatest ad mirers. Collects his records. So it is very broad-minded of me to speak so kindly of him. Sidelights Note it stated butler was 22 cents a pound in 1901. Quite so. And in 1901 laborers were being paid $1 a day. Now they're paid $1 an hour and up . . . Joe E. Lewis is of the opinion that the reason so many horseplayers fail to show a profit after a day at the track is that they tempor arily suffer from demorphic cor ruption of the ego. 1 am inclined to agree with hiiri. Asides One of the chief reasons San Franciscans object to their city being referred to as "Frisco" is that it is named after a saint. Therefore, they consider any abbrevation of the name to be in bad taste ... It was Lord Hali fax who observed: "A wife should be thankful her husband has faults. A husband without faults is a dangerous observer." Eternal Youth There is at present on a major league team a ball player who is over 60 years of age. That's what a New Yorker claims. Says he played against this man over forty years ago! I wouldn't give selves a better tongrcss. Congress has the POWER in do almost anything that needs to be done (within the limit of the constitution) but for nearly two decades it has LACKED THE COURAGE. The VINING LITHIA THEATRE ASHLAND On Stage! 8:30 p.m. Tomorrow Oscar Wilde't Delightful Comedy Starring Paul Kliti Philip Hanson Tickets on Salt In Medtord at Pruitt'l and at Purucker't Reserved Seats $1.80 & $1.20 Unreserved 60c by e. v. Durimg Features Syndicate, Inc.) this startling claim a thought ex cept that a boyhood chum of this player told me the same story about a year ago. Asking Queries from clients. Q. Why can't you, Just for a change, say an occasional good word for the vegetarian diet? A. Your re quest seems a reasonable one, sir. Therefore, on the authority of a man of science I will say it is the female mosquito that stings. The reason the male mo squito does not sting is that he is a vegetarian. Q. Reference to that old song titled "My Wife's Gone ot the Country, Hur rah! Hurrah!" says "Irving Ber lin was one of the authors." Why keep the name of Berlin's col laborator a secret? Who was it? A. I think it'was Jack Whiting. Wouldn't bet a stogie on it, though. Spring Revival Set By Temple Baptists The Rev. Paul McCasland, secretary of evangelism, of the Baptist General Convention of Oregon-Washington, . will lead the Temple Baptist church in a spring revival starting today and continuing thr6ugh May 4. Mr. McCasland served in Illi nois and in Texas before coming to Oregon. The Medford church is coop erating with other Baptist churches in the two states in a simultaneous campaign. Churches in this area involved are First Southern and Calvary of Ashland, Fruitdale of Grants Pass, and Temple church of Med ford. While serving here Mr. Mc Casland will direct the cam paigns of all southern Oregon churches and lead intersectional fellowship rallies. CALIFORNIA WEATHER North California: Fair through Sunday except for early morn ing coastal fog Saturday; north west winds 15-25 mph off coast, with locally stronger winds de creasing Sunday. There is no place In England more than 18 miles from a rail way line. HAM DINNER Sunday, Apr. 20 1 to 5 P.M. GRIFFIN CREEK SCHOOL Adults $1.25 Children 75c HAM, CANDIED SWEET POTA TOES, SCALLOPED POTATOES, SALADS, VEGETABLES, ROLLS, PIE, COFFEE. RE-OPENING Wallies' Cafe By Harry and Thelitis Formerly of the Hamburger Shed FREE DONUTS & COFFEE Monday, April 21 2 to 4 P.M. Highway 99 North REPERTORY I Medford Library Made Beneficiary Of Woman's Will The Medford Library board was informed at a meeting Friday evening that the library has been named as principal beneficiarv of the estate of an elderly Med ford woman who died April 9. The will of the late Mrs. Ella Juliet Smith provides for be quests to two nephews, with the residue ot the estate going to the library, the attorney for the estate told the board. It was Mrs. Smith's wish that the money be used for some type of permanent improvement in the library, and that a memorial be placed with it. Amount Not Definite The amount of the bequest will not be known for several months, the board was informed, but will probably amount to sev eral thousand dollars. Board members said that they will give careful consideration to how the pioney is to be spent, and point ed out that it will enable them to make some special improve ment not now possible from city and county funds. Mrs. Smith, who was 86 at the time of her death, resided at 721 Bennett street. A native of New York, she had resided in south ern Oregon for 64 years, and made her home with her late husband for many years in the Antelope distrct. Officers Named . In other action, the board elected Elwood Hedberg as board treasurer, and appointed Miss E. Faye Woolsey, librarian, as secretary to the board. Members also approved the budget which will be submitted to the city budget committee this year for the 1952-53 fiscal year. OLCC TO MEET The Oregon Liquor Control Commission will convene at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 23, at the auditorium in the Jackson county courthouse. Detailed in formation concerning the meet ing was not available from coun ty officials but it is understood that the session will be a regular meeting. jr "When you mean BUS, say Continental Trailwaysl" CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS BUS' DEPOT 148 N. FRONT . PHONE 3-18S3 Lyle D. Rogtri, Agent Today continuous Today from 12:45 P.M. 'm fa Pf Sunday. April 20. 1951 Faster Service Seen In New UAL Schedules Faster passenger-mail-c a r g o service between Medford and Los Angeles will result from United Air Lines' summer sched ules effective April 27, it was announced Saturday by Walter G. Carson, UAL station man ager. Carson said the new service will enable travelers to leave here at 11:05 a.m. and arrive at Burbank's Lockheed Air termin al by mid-afternoon. The two stop service will pare approxim ately two hours off present United schedules from here to the Los Angeles area. In addition, new morning service to Pendleton, Walla Walla and Spokane will be avail able, providing breakfast hour departure with arrival in any of the three cities before noon. According to Carson, United's systemwide summer schedules will be the most extensive in the company's history, providing ap proximately 28 per cent more daily passenger capacity than at the same time last year. Each day United Mainliners will be flying approximately 215,000 miles, or the equivalent of near ly nine trips around the world at the equator. Dead line Sunday Clauifledi la at noon Snturdaya kVwPfly IT TJil-Mr iF.f aiJW r-j mi itrriiajfcjBMBT . THE LOVE Of A WARRIOR SHEIK ail' DESERT IEAUTYI ofrArd Co" We Jeff O H ARA CHANDLER PLUS PECK -GARDNER Gates Open at 6:30 Show at 7:15 vruuwiic MM Gregory Av H'Iih ' II I r 1 A '" -'It4' r- '."'JpAi.A-S! .'1 i ' MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN 1951 Traffic Deaths In County Over 1950 There were 17 traffic fatalities in Jackson county during 1951, compared with 15 the year be fore, it was reported Saturday by the office of the Secretary of State. Jackson was one of 14 coun ties where the death toll in 1951 was more than in 1950. Douglas county had the larg est rate of fatality increase, with 43 killed in 1051 and 25 the year before. The report added that Jackson county had 2.340 accidents in 1951, compared to 2,078 in 1950, and there were 529 injuries re sulting last year, considerably more than the 440 reported the year before. Women Outnumber Men On Portland's Census .. Portland (U.R) A Bureau of the Census report said Saturday that women outnumber men by more than 13.000 among Port land's official 373,628 popula tion. The Bureau said there were 180,000 males and 193,289 fe males in the Rose City when the 1950 census was taken. Racially, there were 360,388 whites, 9529 Negroes and 3711 perrons of other races in Port land. TODAY! l. Hit MOT'S ON!!! PLUS 2ND BIG HIT! "Keepi the heart strings humming! MICHAEL REDGRAVE In TirMM RiltlM' THE VERSION A J. Arthur Rink Orginlntron PnttntatlM A Unlvtrul lnlimatronal RtluM CONTINUOUS SHOW SUNDAY from 1 P.M. 4 mm PHONE 2-4900 TODAY WslAI I GUNNER GUYS RIDING THE CANS THAT BLASTED THi ENEMY FROM THE SKIES! , OKINAWA Vl starring B Pat O'Brien 2nd Hit! Si , ASHLAND 9 Westward THEU(t i CIA U DITTf ft ID I COLBERT MmMURRAY 1 at I 11 V I jtXa"" ID) rl Jj MARTA TOREN iJBJMaMLk. Coming yl WjCth For Iff Visits Sister Jimmie Gainei, now on leave from the Navy training center at San Diego, Calif., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Stephen Dutkiewlcz, 1025 West Eleventh street. A former Med ford high school student, he en tered the service in San Fran cisco January 22 and has Just completed basic training. He ii to report to the San Diego base for assignment at completion of his leave. NOW! AJlTrTiftfSiisS CONTINUOUS SHOW TODAY From 1 P.M. the Jane Froman story TECHNICOLOR HnlrCfouN ID IE MttM f IM Irnta Ml tuf4 PtMxta iTlAMU , tl WAITS TR0TTI LANG I Coming I SOPH J
