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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Everyone In Southern Oregon Readi TMo Mall Tribune Published DaUy Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 1T-J9 North Fir St. Phone J-I4I ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor ERNEST R, GILSTRAP. Manager HERB GREY, Advertialrn Manager E C FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporfe Editor OLIVE 5TAHUHHH. V"' u GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newapaper Entered ai aecond claae matter at ftlediord. Oregon, under Act of M March , 1807 SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Mall in aavmc. Dally and Sunday three mm. 3.50 Dally ana aunaaj j.flT. By carrier in n u - JTii. pnlnl &&wSo& airvhnix Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talenl and on motor routei: .. Dally and Sunday one year 1 on Dally ana ounany - All Terme Caah In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Offlclal Paper of Jackaon County United Preaa rull Leaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC Office. In New York. Chicago De. troit, San Francisco, Los Annie Seattle. Portland. St Loula, Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. NATION Al IDITORIAt ASSbOAT.PN ZJ v- niwspami ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County HI ewy (ram the tiles of the Mill Tribuno 10. 20. 10 tod 40 roan 10 YEARS AGO May 6. 1942 (K was Wednesday) United States announces Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright has surrendered Corregidor fortress In Manila bay. From Arthur Perry'i Ye Smudge Pot column: Strawber ries are now on display and still out of the reach of the average pocketbook, and of the Jaybirds. SO YEARS AGO May B. 1932 (It was Friday) Elk Creek man sentenced to year In Oregon state prison for "possession of illegal mash." Saturday specials announced by Medford grocery store Include pound of butter, 10 cents; large can of condensed milk, one cent; three fryers' for $1, special Moth ers' day cakes, 33 cents. 0 YEARS AGO May 6, 1922 (It was Saturday) Medford Ku Klux Klan organ isation Invites Mayor C. E. Gates to attend Klan meeting and hear a report on the organization's "lofty purposes." Southern Oregon Federation of Women's clubs lakes "positive stand against the showing of Fatty Arbuckle films" In this area. 40 YEARS AGO May 6, 1912 Medford Commercial club calls meeting of all persons In terested In legislation to allow counties to determine the amount of money they will spend for roads. City-wide cleanup campaign to end with bonfire, free band con cert and speech by the mayor. Armadillos have a litter of young all the same sex. Other facts about this odd animal: it can swim, walk under water, has no front toeth, can dig: and Is quite edible. Court Records pourr. tovbt Robert Lee Rom, violation of basic rule. $10 Jack David Johnson, expired opera tor' license, $V Floyd Hnyimmd Hant.com, no Oper ator'! licrnM. 5. James Arthur Luman. violation of banc rule. $10. Peter Schlnppl. failure to atop at atop num. $A $3.!tfl impended). Herman A St Clair, parked wronf way on street, t'2 So. Jogfph W. Kkiilnnda, parked wrong tide of itrret. $2 30. Frank Rector, no llcenied driver With lenrner'i permit, $5. William 11. llnnnold, parked wronr tide of street. $2 SO. Dorothv M. WI1on, parked wronf trie of ulrret. $2 30. Robert Horn, no opera tor' t llrenie, ! K J. Ray. Earl H. Kniitht. Melvin 1 Tompkins, parking on wrong tide of street. $2 SO each. Mamie Susan Dally and May Allen, failure to slop at stop tlfn, $3 each. Raymond l.ewts Freeman and George IMward Stacey, violation of basic rule, 10 Gerald Allen Marshall, excessive noise, $3. DISTRICT COl'RT Wlllard Ray Lilly. Inadequate brake tin. Tnjte Wendelbn Jepnesen, failure to dispiav motor vehicle license, tv Arthur William Coulter, no motor vehicle license, is. Jntues Vrancia Martlndale, no PUC permit. Delberl Warren Whltely. overload 13 30. Roy Gale Johnson and Marry Davli Crnfoot, no operators license, is each Floyd C. Kvernden. overload. $53. Robert Kinney, no operator's II- cense, $3. Otlt S. Taller, no mud guards, $S CTR( 1'IT COURT Martrery 11. Nyherg vt. Richard U Nvhertf. divorce romolalnt. May Lee llrnwn va. Husiell Marvin aVowa, divorce) complaint. Medford Leads the World "Persons lawfully walking across streets on cross walks (whether walks are marked or not) have the right-of-way over motor vehicles. They do not have such right of way when crossing at other points ("Jay Walking.") The above is taken Manual for the state of Oregon for the year. 1952. It will not come as news to the local "authorities thev have known the law for many years. Nor to old time and experienced pedestrians. But it will be news to the pedestrians who have recently made their residence here. In fact their natural inquiry will be : "If that's the law why isn't it enforced?" e e a yyELL that's not a long story, but it is an old one. The Mail Tribune has often made the inquiry, not only why there is no effort made to enforce the law, but none made to publicize it. Practically every other community from Portland to San Diego, the size of Medford, puts notices at im portant cross-walks, informing motorists as well as pedestrians, that motor cars must stop when a cross walk is occupied. That doesn't mean when there is a crowd in it, but when any member of the genus homo is in it man, woman or child. But Medford doesn't do it. Why? W ELL there are three stock reasons- usually given, to-wit: No. I: there are not enough traffic cops to enforce the law, although there are enough to enforce all the other traffic-laws including the proper patronage of parking meters. No. II: Medford motorists, unlike motorists elsewhere, pay no attention to such notices, and unless there is a pedes trian handy that they can hit, they proceed to hit these signs, so frequently rendering the signs unfit for further service that there is an overhead in replacements, which the city exchequer can not meet. No. Ill: The state Highway department refuses to allow the replacing of such signs on Medford's important cross walks, because they are most of them in the state high way system and therefore under state, not municipal con- trol. These explanations may not seem very convinc ing to newcomers, but they have to date been con vincing or at least effective as far as any change in the Medford procedure is concerned. e e e AND in spite of continued nr nna ovnnnfa a rYi n r era destrians. ' For they have become "conditioned" to this re fusal to enforce the traffic laws as far as cross-walks are concerned. It might not be strictly correct to say some of them particularly the younger and stronger ones rather like it; but they do admit that thanks to the ancient law of the "survival of the fittest" they keep in far better physical trim than would be the case if they received the protection For unless they are capable (without any warn ing) of jumping forward, (occasionally straight up and over with equal facility if not distance) they would a hospital or if at home in So, as has been previously noted in this depart ment, the law-of-compensation really does work in this situation, which is generally deplored but for which there appears to be no remedy, no immediate one at least. In fact, while the newcomers may not realize it, Medford is not only justly famous for its gamey trout and succulent pears, but for its pedestrians,. the best- trained, hardiest, most resourceful and alert anywhere on the coast from the Canadian border to the Mexican line. They have to be to live And that is not to be sneezed at. In fact, if things go on as appears likely, and the refusal to enforce the law through the years; and if, Games committee does introduce an international pedestrian contest in 1956, the Medford Chamber of Commerce should not only finance a trip for the local team, but put their pictures on the front page of their new illustrated (in color) booklet! They would win the walk and probably get third, in the hop-skip and In the Line of Public Service Many months ago the Mail Tribune carried on a brief campaign along the above lines and with good results. There was no change in enforcement of the pe destrian law, but there was a noticeable change on the part of local motorists to voluntarily obey the h.w. During the past few weeks there has been a no ticeable let-down however, and as summer comes on and the tourist-travel increases, the hazard to life and limb will increase also. In fact the honorary President of the "Main and Fir Pedestrians Club, Inc.," who was knocked for a 30-yard loss and a touchback on the asphalt last Fall, by a skillful hot-rod performer, asked the Mail Trib une to again please call attention to the deplorable and dangerous situation. He is proud of his service stripes and "purple heart," but he would rather not have the MT publish his obituary just yet if it can be helped. Today's offering is a free public service in an swer to his request I R.W.R. Tuesday, May 6. 1952 from the official Drivers protests and complaints laaaf rf all tr..a 1 rtPCJ 1 TtO. the law provides. backward and sideways not be here or if here in a plaster cast. ! quoted above continues as reported, the Olympic world championship in a no worse than second or jump. R.W.R. Crosstown Isltttal W CaMslHW Mwi fatwi S-Q-S- "Maybe wu'd better liynchronize our uh MY watch. Matter of Fact AIR DEFENSE: WE HAVEN'T ANY j Washington At Emwetok, in September, the United States will explode the world's first hydrogen bomb unless the So viet Union gets ahead of us. Con trary to preliminary reports, the new Eniwetok bomb will be a true prototype of the terrible su per bomb of almost limitless power. If successful, the Septem ber test will prove that super bombs can in fact be constructed. It is far from certain, how ever, that the Soviet Union will not get ahead of us. Before ftis arrest Klaus Fuchs had transmit; ted to Russia all current infor mation on the hydrogen bomb problem. The American effort to build a hydrogen bomb was kept in low gear until the outbreak of the Korean war. An all out Soviet effort presumably began much earlier. In short, the news of the Eniwetok test can have a two-edged meaning. Because of these grim facts, these reporters have recently made an intensive inquiry into the state of this country's air defenses The results, which will occupy this space for some days, are curious, disturbing and heartening all in the same breath, as it were. On the one hand, we do not now have an effective air de fense. And on the basis of pres' ent plans and appropriations, we are unlikely to have an effective defense in the forseeabl? future. On the other hand, improved air warning systems and truly revo lutionary new guided missiles have recently been developed. And these will make it possible to defend the United Stales in the air if we choose to pay the considerable price. e e IN ORDER to understand the state of our defenses today, two facts must be remembered First, the so-called economies of former Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson caused even the most promising and vital de fense projects to be laid on one side, until the outbreak of the Korean war. Second, the tempta tion to accord a low priority to air defense was especially great, because a genuinely effective de fense simply could not' be built until the recent developments above-mentioned. The Chief of Air Staff, Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, has told the county that, as of now, 30 per cent of any attacking force could be destroyed on the way to its target. Like so many figures em anating from the Pentagon, how ever, this one, as of now, has a larjie infusion of the theoretical. The trulh is that both the com ponents of our air defense system arc appallingly weak. Construction of the basic ra dar screen or '"radar fence," which was begun after the ag gression in Korea, is not yet complete. Most of the many sta tions will be in place by the end of this summer. But even then, important gaps will remain in the radar screen on this conti nent; and facilities for really early wa-nlng,. which are the necessary foundation of any ful ly effective defense, still will be lacking. We are also gravely deficient in the. other part of an effective air defense system. Fighter air craft production, still lagging shockingly, has been mainly con centrated on the F-86 type that is so urgently needed in Korea. The all-weather types, the F-96 and its intended successor, the F-89, have been coming out in driblets or not at all. Existing stocks of F-98 aircraft have also been heavily depleted to protect our forces In Korea and our stra tegic air bases in Britain. At present, therefore, this country can hardly be said to have night and bad weather protection, a e OTILL speaking as of now, this is proDnuiy not so nair rais ing as the naked facts had first seemed. According to the best es timates, the Soviets currently possess about 700 TIM bomb- ri their Improvement of the 8 Roland Cos By Joseph and Stewart Alio captured B-29 plus a very small number of the big B-36 light bomber shown on May Day a year ago. Hence the TU-4s are the imme diate problem. They are believed not to be equipped with good radar bombsights. Their opera tional radius is only about 2,500 miles. So far as is known, the TU4 squadrons have not been trained in the tricky technique of air refueling, which would extend this limited radius. Thus, any Soviet air attack on the United States would have to be planned as a one-way mission; and because of the bomb-sight problem, would probably have to be launched by day and in good weather. Against such an attack, even our feeble present air defenses might conceivably attain Gen. Vandenberg's theoretical e s t i mate of 30 per cent of destruc tion. But this hope depends squarely on the correctness of the rather shaky information about Soviet air capabilities. The mere pitting of the TU-4s with radar bomb-sights for all-weather operation would revolution ize the entire picture. Furthermore, as time goes by the Soviet strategic air force will surely be improved. The So viet atomic stockpile will surely grow, whether or not the Soviets produce a hydrogen bomb. And the intensive Soviet guided mis sile effort may well bear im portant fruits. In short, with ev ery day and month that passes, the danger hanging over us will grow greater and greater. There is only one feasible counter measure to begin the improve ment of the American air de fense system without a day's delay. (Copyright, 1952, New York- Herald Tribune, Inc.) COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. , She Is for Walter Nunley To the Editor: I have resided in Jackson county some 15 years, and plan to reside here another 15 or more but I'd like to se cure for my family the assur ance that our District Attorney exists as a protector of innocent citizens and a prosecutor of those who transgress against the inno cent. Citizens who have had con tact with the office for protec tion FROM criminal influence are not campaigning for another term of "protection" such as they have been afforded. Those who have gone to secure protection OF criminal influence are cam paigning for a continuance of this service. The present incum bent may not have established this policy, but we have not seen him attempt to eliminate it while serving as Deputy D. A., by appointment, nor while serv ing as D. A., by appointment. Have you, Mr. and Mrs. Citi zen, compared the gambling de vice LICENSING by the City of Medford with other Oregon cities? Have you compared the criminal court statistics with those from other counties? Have you had contact with the office WE maintain to protect us as citi zens? Do you know that the ma jority of convictions ln our crim inal court are for "money" crimes? Which is more Important to us and to our children dol lars, or sense? Do you know that the 1950 ratio of divorces to mar riages in Jackson county was 72; that in 1951 it rose to 85? Some indignantly deny that Jack son county needs moral improve ment. No one who conscien tiously read the Juvenile Office report published in 1951. and who can answer these questions can honestly deny it. Children are not born Inherently bad. As the song from "South Pacific" goes, "They must be taught be fore it's too late to hate all the things their relatives hate" likewise to do all the things their relatives uphold. Is this the inheritance we WILFULLY, and Meet the, Candidates Editor's note: Thii Is one of a serial of statements furnish ed by candidates for local of fice in the primary election May IS. They are being pub lished by The Mail Tribune as a free service to the candi dates, and for the Information of readers wishing to inform themselves of candidates' po sitions relative to iheir candi dacy. BY M. P. VOGEL, M. D. Republican, for county coroner I have been requested to run for the position of county cor oner by many businessmen and doctors. ' They felt the position DR. M. P. VOGEL could be more effectively filled by a physician. The coroner makes Investiga tions and reports of all deaths resulting from apparent or sus pected criminal means. It is now necessary for the. coroner to call in the public health offi cer to determine the cause of death. This -Is not a duty of the public health doctor and should not be forced upon him in addi tion to his many other duties. I have been a resident of Jack son county since 1927. 1 attended schools in Medford and Jackson ville. I attended the Universi ties of Alaska and Oregon, then graduated from the Medical school at Portland. I was a flight surgeon in the Air Force for two years and recently prac ticed in Shady Cove. For the past year I have been practicing in Medford. There are eight counties In Oregon with physicians for cor oners. These doctors continue to carry on their practice. ' Many states require that the coroner be a doctor, as he is the only one qualified to do that type of work. Lets put Jackson county up to date. Walla Walla (U.R) Police throughout southwest Washing ton were alerted Monday to watch for Kenneth George, 34, who escaped from the state pris on for the third time Sunday. with eyes closed, bequeath to our children? Can we be courageous enough to face these truths squarely and vote for some measure of im provement, that we may be able to hold our heads up before our sons and daughters and offer them faith in us as parents as dependable and honorable citi zens? Or are we going to say: "Here it is. It's a mess, but it isn't our fault. The generation before ours left it to us so, and we were unwilling to improve it for you." If we are going to try to im prove it, we will vote for protec tion FROM criminal influence that which our statutes provides we will support the nomina tion of Walter Nunley for Dis trict Attorney. Mrs. L. Benson. 2665 Crater Lake Hway. Medford, Oregon How About It? To the Editor: We fully agree that collective bargaining that settles disputes fairly and satis factorily to both sides is the ideal way to settle differences between capital and labor. But everybody with intelligence knows that the minute a strike Is threatened there Is no more fair bargaining. It is coercion from then on, and as soon as a strike is called, it is war. A labor court might be all right if we could be assured of Bnjoy Health. Reat, Comfort and Hoepltallt.v at the Buckhorn Mineral Springs Sanitarium lot Mineral and Mud Bath are excellent ! o r Rhu mat turn. Arthrtti. Sciatica ,nd Neurlttt. Carbon oxtde Vapor Bat hi Sood (or Asthma, trifnu. Stnua. Htih and Low Blood Pretnurc. Your Health ia our buctnena. For Reservation or Informal. oa Adtrea: Rt I. Afthland. Or. Or Phone Loni Dutance Or. Herman WeVter. Director Chiropractic-Phytic lap Pacts for Germany Part in Europe Army Begin Falling Apart By PHILL NEWSOM United Press Foreign Analyst The old saying that there's many a slip twixt cup and lip Is demonstrated nowhere better than In our dealing with Weat Ger many. A s recently as last March, the United States, Britain and France be lieved the last obstacles in the way of full West Germany part icipation in the defense of Europe had been removed. Big Three foreign ministers, in conferences with Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, reached agreement on the amount of money a virtually in dependent West Germany should contribute. The Bonn govern ment announced it would draft upwards of 300,000 men to take part in the European army. Germany and France came to what seemed to be at least tem porary agreement on the Saar. Agreements Fall Apart Then, one by one, agreements began falling apart. The Germans wanted to use the bulk of their money to build up German armed forces, reduc ing drastically their contribution toward the upkeep of Allied forces already thee. German so cialists wanted a proviso that German troops would not be used outside of Germany, thus violating the whole theory of European defense. The Saar issue exploded again and Adenauer said the Germans and French were so far apart in their thinking, there was not even any use talking about lt. Doubt Is beginning to creep into talk that agreement for liberation of West Germany will be reached by May 20. . German Opposition Seen And it seems that if any agree ment is initialled by that date, it will be over the opposition of a great many Germans and with considerable reservation among other nations that it ever will be a success. Aside from opposition from both inside and outside Ger many to a revitalized Germany army, H ere is the German fear that an alignment with the West an impartii one, but we know from experii ice that a court ap pointed by tl president is not an impartial one, nor would an elected court be. The only pos sible fair solution is a board com posed of three partisan factions, representing employer, labor. and the consumer public. Let the board members be selected by their three factions, then we could get real Intelligent justice and prosperity, their agreements being final, and enforceable. The present system can only result in ruin. Ira C. Jones Medford, Ore. Editor's note: The Supreme court has been appointed by Presidents ever since this nation was founded. Would Mr. Jones declare that Its record as a whole has been unfair and has NOT been Impartial? Airliner Kills Horse On Takeoff Collision Hermosilio, Mexico (U.R) This is a story of an airplane accident with a happy ending for the passengers and crew, that is. A Mexican- DC-3 airliner struck a horse on takeoff Mon day but the pilot brought his damaged plane back to the air field without even Jarring a passenger. Old Dobbin was killed. TAKES COMMAND Seoul (U.R) Brig. Gen. Robert L. Dulaney, Marshall, 111., has taken over command of the veteran U. S. Third Infantry Division, the Eighth Army an nounced Tuesday. Dead line Sunday Claailfleda ts ai noon Saturdays I'hil Ncwaon Vote for ADOCTOR for Coroner WITHIN YOUR REACH ... Perl's pledge to this community is one of service ... a service within the reach of any Income. Regardless of price, there will be beauty and true reverence , . . courtesy and consideration ... in your time of need. PERL FUNERAL HOME 44 Years of Friendly Service will mean the permanent divi sion of Germany. Thus mounting pressure for another meeting with Russia for one more Big Four attempt at an overall German peace treaty. British Add Weight British Laborites have added their weight to the demands, and the United States is reported reluctantly coming to the view that another meeting must be held, If only to convince the Germans of the hopelessness of doing business with the Reds and that the Western Allies are not arbitrarily forcing national partition upon them. The Russian offer to negotiate an overall peace treaty for Ger many undoubtedly has muddied the water in Allied attempts to set up a West European defense army. But there also are conditions inside West Germany which make it difficult. Shaky Coalition Rules Outstanding of these, Is the fact that Adenauer rules by vir tue of a shaky coalition. His unceasing demands for new concessions from the West ern Allies are in part the result of pressures put upon him by opposition parties which either oppose rearmament in its en tirety or which have recovered their old arrogance and now re fuse to admit that Germany lost the war. With unlimited promise Christian Science knocks at the door of every human heart. Will you open the door and listen? For t great multitude Christian Science has al ready brought lasting help and complete physical heal ing. How? Thoughtful reading of Science and Health with Kfy to the Scriptures I by Mar)' Baker Eddy has shown them, and can show you, in a practical way the healing power of the prayer of undtrslanding in Christian Science. "This system enables the learner to demonstrate the divine Principle, upon which Jesus' healing was based, and the sacred rules for its present application to the cure of disease" (Scienceand Health.p. 147). How to pray aright how to have prayer answirid so that healing results is now made plain by this beloved book, in which thousands have found a new life. Science and Health may be bought, read, or borrowed at Christian Science READING ROOM 228 West Sixth Street MEDFORD or send $3 and a copy in the blue cloth Library Edition will be mailed postpaid. You art invited to make full ma of tht above and other public Read ioa Rooma (lilt ia vour neiehbor hood teotoa requelt). Inforaiauoa coareraina fret public lecture!, church rrvice'and Sundar School ia alio available ie theic Rooma. v that Heals )
