Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 07, 1952, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDPORDvWTRIBUM Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mall Tribune Publlihed DaUy Except Saturday by MCnrORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-S141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor ERNEST R. GILSTHAP, Manager HERB GREY, Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON, Managing Editor mir ALLEN JR.. Citv Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEW Ell, sports Eanor OLIVE STARCHER, Society Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered aa second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: uauy ana aunawj wiw year i uv Daily and Sunday six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday three mos. 3.30 By 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 119.00 n.li:. I O. ......... n. mnnh 1 2S All Terms Cash In Advance Offlrlal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC Offices in New York, Chicago. De. troit. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver, B.C. 2 NATION Al EDITORIAL assocUtion NiwtrAPit rtmisHiRt ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His. rery from the files at the Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 7. 1942 (It was Thursday) Medlord lire department rep resentatives appear before city council to request increase in department staff from eight to 12 men. From Arthur Perry'i Ye Smudge Pot column: There are no fireworks in the primary elec tion campaign. Apparently the ban on the same for the Fourth of July took in more territory than intended. 20 YEARS AGO May 7, 1932 (It was Saturlny) Rogue valley orchardlsts at tend meeting in Seattle to dis cuss shipment of fruit to east coast by refrigerated steamships. Jackson county candidates for public office meet In two-Inning baseball game at Jacksonville. SO YEARS AGO May 6, 1922 (It was Sunday) Project shortening of Green Springs highway from Ashland to Klamath Falls by approxi mately 30 miles reported nearing completion. William M.Colvlg issues state ment demanding that all candi dates for Jackson county offices state whether they are, or have been affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. 40 YEARS AGO May 6. 1912 (It was Tuesday) Editorial in The Mall Tribune comments on proposed Initiative measure fixing a minimum wage for men of $2.50 a day and $1.75 a day for women; great opposi tion to measure expected be cause of "large amount" of min imum wage. Medford moving picture thea ter advertisement a n n o u n ces "4000 feet of film Including the Passion Plav, President Tafl and his cabinet, The Forgotten Danc ing Shoes. Al Snthcr, the singer, and Woolworths, the musicians. Matinees daily. Admission 5 and 10 cents." Navy Reserve Group Given Commendation Men of the Nnvy Reserve electronics company, 13-5, were commended Monday evening during an annual inspection of the unit in the Federal building by officers from the 13ND headquarters, Seattle, Wash. Making the commendation was Commander Hill, one of the In spectors, who pointed up the Im portance of continuation in the training of men in the electronic field. Other Inspectors were Lieutenant Commander Tomp kins and Lieutenant-Commander Lang. The company meets here every Monday evening in the Federal building at 33 North Riverside avenue. Anyone Interested In what the Navy reserve has to offer In training in electronics is asked to attend. Information may be obtained on weekdays by contacting the stalionkeeper in the Federal building, telephone 2-2566. Each automobile spark plug fires about 15.000,000 times In 10,000 mi.-oj of driving. - - ton Un finished Business " There's some unfinished business facing Jackson county residents. It is important business, something that should be taken care of without further delay. We refer to the Red Cross fund campaign. A FTER careful consideration of the chapter's bud " get for the coming year, and after lopping off here and pinching in there, $27,490 was fixed as the minimum amount which it is necessary to raise. Con tributions to date, however, are only $18,821 and the drive has apparently bogged down to such an extent that little more can be expected unless there is a dis tinct revival of solicitation interest and activity and an outpouring from pocketbooks which so far have been closed or at least not opened wide enough. Shady Cove and Applegate are the only outly ing areas which have contributed more than last year. The other neighborhoods are mostly far below and one of the largest suburban towns in the valley has contributed only $30 as compared with the total of $368 sent in by its residents' last year. CDWARD BRANCHFIELD, president of the Jack " son county chapter, points out that it is especially regrettable that the' Red Cross campaign has fared poorly this particular year. The chapter, along with the increased local demands upon its resources, is sharing with the other units ganization greater and more pressing outlays than usual. , . Locally the blood program has brought an added financial burden as the Bloodmobile operating costs are pro rated among the chapters and there are other expenses incident to the service. e e ' e e e 1HILE the federal government has appropriated " huge sums for rehabilitation work in the flood scourged Missouri River valley, Branchfield empha sized that none of that money goes to individual re lief it is to be spent in rebuilding roads, bridges, restoration of water and sewage systems, and the like. The Red Cross has largely shouldered the task of find ing shelter for and in feeding the thousands driven from their homes by the rising waters. It is hard for us, in this favored region, to visual ize or to comprehend the utter desolation, suffering and misery left in the wake of the flood. Not only have homes been badly damaged or completely de stroyed, but crops and much Thousands of acres of been left a muddy mess seeding can be done until Those forced to evacuate will have nothing to go on for months to come after returning to their homes and lands and the relief demand wilj be tre mendous. THE Missouri valley flood sufferers are our neigh- bors, within the relief range of the Red Cross, President Branchfield points out, and we should help them just as we would help a next-door neighbor simi larly in need. Here is a suggestion for Jackson county people who have not been contacted in behalf of the Red Cross, also for those who have already given but would like to make an additional contribution : Draw a check now, in favor of "Red Cross," stuff it in an envelope addressed to "Red Cross, Courthouse, Medford, Ore.," and mail it as soon as possible. Let's finish that unfinished business. E.C.F. Parks Try Trash Bags The National Park Service will try a new ap proach to the roadside trash problem this season. John B. Wosky, new superintendent of Crater Lake National Park, has received word from the park service headquarters in Washington, D.C., that "trash bags" will be tried in a number of western parks, more than a half million having been ordered for the initial distribution. THE bags bear the inscription : "This is your trash bag. Please use it as a container for your waste paper, tin cans, bottles and other debris and deposit it or empty it in one of the trash cans provided for your convenience." Asking the travelers' help in maintaining the beauty of the national parks, the inscription adds: "Trash along roadsides is a national problem. You can help solve it by carrying and using containers similar to this wherever you may travel." Park officials state that the trash bag plan origi nated in Mount Rainier National Park two years ago and the first season it was tried the quantity' of debris thrown along the roadsides there diminished sharply. esse "THE trash bag idea could be used to advantage by all automobile travelers. It needn't be confined to national parks. Any stout paper bag will do and the widespread use of such bags, and disposal of the trash that accumulates in them in -proper places, instead of just heaving it out of the car, would mean a more at tractive looking countryside. E.C.F. Roosevelt Students Set Spring Musical Roosevelt grade school will present a spring musical Friday, May 9, 7:45 p.m., in the school auditorium to which the public Is invited, according to John Childers. principal. The program will feature the 100-voice choir of the fifth and sixth grades, bands and orches tra selections, and numbers by the fourth grade square dancers and singers. Admission Is free, the princi pal added. Wednesday. May 7, 1932 of the nation's relief or livestock have been lost. once rich farm land have on which no cultivating or too late for this year. Phoenix Parents Agree To Pay Burglary Damage PhoenixFour teen-agers who broke Into the grade school cafe teria at Phoenix on April 24 and burglarized It have been ap phehejtded and their parents have agreed to settle for the damage. Police Chief Marvin Fisher said Tuesday. Chief Fisher also slated sev eral Juveniles have been appre hended who were breaking out street lights and action has been taken to prevent reoccurances ot the vandalism. Crosstown "You're saying exactly what th your'e going to bawl me out, COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ot 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. Prefers Havlland to Nunley To the Editor: I have read with skepticism Mr. Nun-ley's re marks in your paper against our present district attorney Mr. Paul Haviland. It appears to me one of Mr. Nunley's qualifica tions is that he wants a job. Fortunately, most of the voters will not fall for Nunley's propa ganda as they will recognize it as the voice of 'one of the outs that wants in. I would suggest Nunley live in our county for a few more years, to get better acquainted with our problems and let people get better ac quainted with him before he asks us to elect him to the important office of district attorney, mere ly on the strength of his allega tion that he will do a good job. While Mr. Nunley speaks free ly of our so called lawless com munity from his 18 months resi dence, those of us who have lived here for 30 or 40 years may not be aware of these hor rible conditions as a matter of fact a lot of people believe we have a county of which we can well be proud. Mr. Nunley himself announced on or about February 20 to representatives of the press and radio that minor controlled gam bling would always be with us in Jackson county He realized then that a limited amount of gambling in private clubs for charity was a practical solution to an age old problem. Appar ently he is now against all gam bling including penny ante poker games. It's illegal, he says, but if Mr. Nunley intends to put all the people that match for a cup of coffee in jail he would be busy indeed. Personally we think It more important for the district attorney to prosecute the serious criminal element of the community. Most people agree Paul Havlland has done a first rate job of this without fan fare and at a minimum of expense to the taxpayers. He has handled the criminal problems of the county firmly but fairly. If Mr. Nunley had evidence of a deplorable criminal influ ence In our Rogue River valiey why didn't he sign a complaint which was his duty as an Amer ican citizen or didn't he notice it until he became a candidate for office? I am happy to note Mr. Havl land has to resort to an outside law practice to make a living, thus, we are assured he is not getting it on the side as Mr. Nunley might infer. David B. Lowry Phoenix, Ore. Tatt Man Now for "Ike" To the Editor: I was for Taft now I am for Eisenhower. Taft was first In his class at Yale he was first in his class at Harvard law school he Is first in the United States Senate. "Mr. Republican" would be a good President. But, Walter Llppman points out that the Gallop Poll gives 40 of the voters Democratic, 32 Republican, 28 Independ ent. Thus with a voting popula tion of 55 million, there are ahtnit 22 million Democrats, only 17.5 million Republicans, and 15.5 million Independents. Thus1 for the Republicans to win, they j must get the support of most of j the Independents. ' After 20 years of Democratic rule, a change Is vital for the nation. Corruption and ineffi ciency come by having either the Democratic or the Republican party in power too long. Now Taft might win. but Eisenhower the master of men the popular personality will surely win. j And we need a sure winner 1 Eisenhower. j Delcevare King. j Granite Trust Tower Quincy 69, Mass. I By Roland Co truck driver I ran into said. If why can't you be original?" Prefers Doctor for Coroner To the Editor: It seems that a great number of the people think we should have a doctor for county coroner. Well, we agree 100 per cent and we think Dr. Vogel would be the right person for that po sition. Our reasons are he is a good physician and surgeon and also is a very kind person always doing a kind deed for someone. Very few people you find now days that have any feelings for the other fellow, so let's keep a good man in Medford when we find one and anchor him a little deeper. . Let's make Dr. M. P. Vogel our next county coroner. Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Compton 1984 Myers Lane, Medford. Congressional Quiz Quesuons and Answers on What Goes on at the Capital, Furnished by Congressional Quarterly New Features. Q, It's been quite a while since William Oatis, the news man, was imprisoned in Csech oilovakla. Is Congress doing any thing about it? A. Rep. John V. Beamer (R. Ind.) April 23 introduced a resolution to investigate what actions have been taken by the government for the release of Oatts, an Associated Press cor respondent in Prague. Oatis was sentenced to 10 years imprison ment July 4, 1951, for "espion age." The U.S. called the trial a farce. Q Why did the President ap prove U.S. aid to the Dutch after they shipped strategic goods to Communist Poland? A Mr. Truman April 23 said he authorized continued Nether lands aid because the small amount of oil exploration equipment that nation shipped to Poland would not "add sig nificantly" to Soviet oil produc tion. Congress last year passed a law to halt aid to nations trad ing in strategic goods with the Reds, but allowed the President to make exceptions in some cases. What are the chances of the Republicans winning control of the Senate this year? A Unless there is a GOP landslide, the Democrats prob ably will retain control, no mat ten who wins the Presidency. This is why: With the present four-set Democratic margin (50 46), the Republicans would have to make a net gain of three seats to win a bare majority (49-47). Of the 34 Senate seats on the election block, 20 are Republi can, which gives the GOP more chances for defeat. In addition. half the Democratic seats on the' ballot are in normally Demo cratic territory. Q Why was Dr. Edward A. Rumely cleared of contempt of Congress after he refused to turn over his organisation's rec ords to lobby probers? A An appeals court, voiding Rumely's April 18, 1951, convic tion, ruled 2-1 April 29, 1952. that the House Lobby Investiga tion Committee in 1950 did not have authority to require Rume ly to furnish names of purchas ers of CCG literature. The ln-l Custom Made BED SPREADS and LAMP SHADES WAKEFIELD DRAPERY 6th and Bart left In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Washington: The feeling is growing in top military circles that Russia won't be ready for war in the near future , , , Maybe she hasn't enough steel yet . . . Maybe she hasn't enough oil yet . . . May be she thinks our atom bomb pile is too big to buck yet. Maybe she thinks she's doing so well with the cold war that she can see no good reason to get all snarled up in a hot war. And so on. DO YOU reckon that could be just wishful thinking? Or is it deliberate election year propaganda? Or Conceivably Could it be the TRUTH? I HATE to entertain the thought that this statement that maybe Russia isn't PRESENTLY so dangerous, along with its conno tation that perhaps after all we haven't so much to worry about right now, could be election year propaganda. Even toying with such an idea leaves one feeling a little smirched and dirty. But, after all, so much hinges on this election year an t its re sults. So much POWER is at stake. One of the grim lessons of history is that when vast power is at stake those who hold It are apt to stop at nothing in order to make sure of RETAINING it. And propaganda is so LARGE a part of our modern political picture. Till ORE than ' mere political power could be at stake in this election year. The ultimate framework of our form of gov ernment could be in the balance. For the past couple of decades we have been drifting notably toward a government of men and away from the ideal of a gov ernment of LAWS. In a govern ment of laws, a lot of men who have been chosen in one form or another by the people get to gether and make the laws. In a government of men, ONE MAN CAN ISSUE A DECREE. The historical pattern of de mocracy is first a government of laws in which 'the laws enacted by the people or their represen tatives are administered by men. Then MEN begin to collect POWER in their hands. The time comes when, In order to RE TAIN their power, they clash with the representatives of the people who make the laws. If they are victorious In these clashes, the time comes when they begin to INTERPRET the laws. Then If their- power remains un broken The time comes when MEN be gin to issue DECREES. At first, little decrees. Then, if they get away with it, bigger decrees. When men can issue decrees, there is no longer a government of laws, but instead there is a government of men. Democracy in Greece went through that process. Democracy in Rome went through that process. In BOTH, democracy eventually faded out into dictatorship. BUT let's quit - indulging In long-winded dissertations on political trends and political philosophies and get down to cases. What I want, above every thing else, is leadership that I can believe and trust. I find a lot of people who feel the same way about it. I think that is the ex planation of the highly unusual Eisenhower movement. A lot of us believe we can trust him. I GO FARTHER thanahat. I feel that I can trust Governor Earl Warren, of our close neigh bor state of California. If it should happen that there is a deadlock in the Republican con vention and Governor Warren emerged as the nominee, I would feel that the leadership of the Republican party is in good hands. Governor Warren is in South ern Oregon today for short ap pearances before he moves on toward other regions of our state. We hope he stops on his way back and talks with us at greater length. Anyway, let's give him a cor dial welcome and a thoughtful and intelligent hearing in the short time that he is here. formation was sought to probe indirect lobbying (Influencing public opinion on legislation). The Court said indirect lobby ing was not subject to Congres sional control. (Copyright 1952, Congressional Quarterly) . Phone 2-6010 Chance Good To Lose Peace on Two Fronts By PHIL NEWSOM United Press Foreign Analyst We could lose the peace in both Germany and Italy through conditions not entirely under our control. Middle of the road parties in both countries are finding it i n c r e asingly hard to hold the line against pressure from both right and left. And that means that a year from now both Premier I'hil Newsont Alcide de Gasperi of Italy and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany either could find themselves out of office or powerless. Both men have been firm friends of the West in the strug gle against Communism, but both, rule by coalitions which are Increasingly unstable. Both have been in power since the organization of their respec tive governments after World War II. De Gasperi took office on Dec. 10, 1945, and Adenauer went in on Sept. 15, 1949. Trouble Expected The trouble in which both men find themselves was to be expected as their nations slowly recovered from the horrors and destruction of defeat in war, and then, with a return of self confidence, turned more and more toward strictly national problems. It was inevitable that the middle-of-the-roaders gradually would lose favor with a widen ing group on both left' and right. In neither case does it mean an increase in Communist popu larity, but in Italy's case it could mean Communist control. Coalition Premiuvi Paid De Gasperi is hampered not only by domestic differences but also by the pecularities of the electoral law which pays a prem ium to broad coalitions. Thus, in this month's local council elections, should the Communist and left-wing coal ition win the largest bloc of votes, it automatically will be entitled to two-thirds of the council seats- at stake. The Communists and their al lies are tightly organized, in contrast to the bickering among groups which support De Gas peri, and there is a real worry that the Communists will seize control of Rome's city hall as well as many others throughout southern Italy and Sardinia and Sicily. De Gasperi Wins Credit De Gasperi won great nationa! credit with his success in getting war guilt clauses and limitations on Italy's armed strength re moved from the 1947 peace treaty. But he is a poor public speaker and there is increasing restlessness because of. high living costs, tax reforms, unem ployment and alleged delay in repairing flood damage. 1 Adenauer's case is similar. As West Germany emerged slowly' toward normalcy after the war, Adenauer was a na tural as chancellor because he always had favored close work ing arrangements with the French and he had been a foe of the Nazis. Now, however, he is under fire because he once was closely associated with ad vocates of an independent Rhine Court Records . POLICE COURT Vernon C. Robinson, failure to stop at stop sign, $3. Richard Pruit, void motor vehicle license, $5. Fred L. Walker, overnight parking. Edwin S. Cripe, failure to stop at stop sign, S3. Joseph W. Garris, violation of basic rule, S10. DISTRICT COl'RT Raymond F. Holnian. failure to op erate on right side of highway, Sfl. Alice P. McCarl, no operaiors's li cense. $S. Melvin Allen, overload. $110. Roy Benjamin Conner, overload, $177.50. Jack Dee Myers, overload, S65. Werner John Strahlender, no motor vehicle license. $5. Bob C. Reynolds, failure to stop at stop sign. S10. Eugene E. Bdwards. overload. S19. CIRCl'IT COl'RT Mary June Bohllng vs. Fred W. Bohling. divorce, decree. George A. Lipscomb vs. Eva E. Lip scomb, divorce complaint. Dead line Sunday ciatflifted is s 5-30 p m for following day: 10 a rr. Monday tor Monday: noon Saturdat for Sunday a.m Nominate CARLOS W. MORRIS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY Coroner May 16 Pjtd Adv. Morrii for coroner committstt. state. His political opponents say he is a poor friend of German unity. German Food Exported In Germany's case it is diffi cult to see how even the fore most advocates of German unity would take a chance on a state under Russian domination. It is hard to find a pre-war automo bile in West Germany, and food is so plentiful that it now is be ing exported to the United States. West Germans have only to contrast that situation with East Germany where 20,000,000 Germans live on short rations, under iron dictatorship and her metically sealed from all contact with the West. The situations in both Italy and West Germany simply seem to prove that nations as well as people worry more about am bitions of the moment than about tomorrow. Meet the Candidates Editor's note: This is one of a series of statements furnish ed by candidates for local of fice in the primary election May 16. 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 their candi dacy. By LOYD W. WHITNEY Democrat For County Commissioner Serving the taxpayers and res idents of the county as commis sioner entails the management LOYD W. WHITNEY of all affairs and disbursing of tax dollars according to law. This is no light responsibility; it is a full time job and not a position one can hold in light regard. I will take the job and work at it, attempting to do the most good for the majority of the County residents. If you are now satisfied with the management of your county affairs then don't vote for me! Funds invested here by May 10 will earn divi dends from May 1 Annual Dividend Rate 3 Jackson County Federal Savings & Loan Association 126 East Main, Medford I- I iyw ' "I h .. ' VpraK"