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Flight o' Time
Madterd and Jackson County Hll
ten (ram lha filet at the Mall
Tribuna 10, 20. 30 and 40 years
10 YEARS AGO
May 12. 1942
(It was Tuesday)
Second fatal accident In week
on construction of Camp White
occurs when railroad brakeman
hit by train.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The sheriff,
who has no competition at the
polls, reports he misses running
for ofllce without shaking a hand
or leg. He will come out of the
campaign full of confidence In
stead of Grange chicken dinners.
20 YEARS AGO
May 12. 1932
(It was Thursday)
Infant son of Col. and Mrs.
Charles Lindbergh found dead
near parents' New Jersey eslate;
widespread hunt begins for
killer.
Cut In local costs of refriger
ator car icing expected to save
thousands of dollars for Rogue
valley orchardists,
00 YEARS AGO
May 12. 1922
(It was Friday)
Students in Medford's Jackson
school give up candy, moving pic
tures, gum and ice cream for one
week to aid starving orphans In
the Near East,
Federal government reports a
cut in expenditures of $1,600,
000.000 during fiscal year 1921
1022. 40 YEARS AGO
May 12, 1912
(It was Sunday)
Medford Commercial club dis
cusses means of promoting con
struction of railroad from Rogue
valley to Crescent City.
Survey by Greater Medford
club shows sanitation in city
"needs some correction but in
general Is good."
Communist Casualties
Total 2,534 in Week
Seoul, Korea -j(U.R) The U.
S. 8th Army announced Monday
that 2,534 Communist soldiers
were killed, wounded or cap
tured In fighting in Korea during
the week of May 1-7.
Of this number, 1,149 were
killed, the Btli Army said.
The bnttlefront Mondav was
quiet. United Nations artillery
repelled a series of light enemy
probing actions northwest of
Yonchon, west of the Mundungnl
Valley and northeast of Kumh
wa. In the air war Sunday, 19
Sabrejets pounced on a flight of
10 Communist MIG-13's, damag
ing two of the Russian-built Jets
in an aerial battle.
Mothers Day Presents
Handed Out by Judge
New York U.Rl A magis
trate gave 41 mamas a Mothers'
Day present by releasing them
from Jail cells where they had
been held overnight on gambling
charges.
As the women, ranging up to
73 years in age, left the court
room, Magistrate Joseph A. Mar
tinis, who had dismissed dis
orderly conduct charges against
them, shouted: "And a happy
Mothers' day to you."
Spokane (U.R) Safty John
son, 17-year-old theater em
ployee from Soap Lake, ruled
Monday as queen of the Colum
bia Basin water festival.
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Do You Believe It?
After writing our Sunday editorial declaring
there had been no refutation of the original charge
made in this department regarding the District Attor
ney race, a communication from Murpny, uregon,
was received claiming to provide such refutation.
Ye don't usually print communications from
non-residenta of Jackson County, regarding purely
local issues; but this one was so extraordinary that
we felt a portion of it at least deserved comment.
Here is the portion, quote :
Recently, I have been upset by the assertions on the
front pages of your paper and by radio talks, saying that the
County is wide open for organized gambling. I do not believe
that this is a tough community but I have been a law en
forcement officer for so long that I know that statements
like this encourage and invite organized gamblers to come
in and establish their business. If these stories are repeated
much more they will go up and down the entire coast and
I can guarantee that you will see organized hoodlums at
tempting to make these stories come true. I know that or
ganized gambling is unable to establish itself in this County
because of our efficient police organization and the District
Attorney's office but I know that when the hoodlums come
in to our County because this kind of publishing has con
tinued and the result will probably be that a police officer
is injured or killed. This Is too high a price when there is no
basis for the statements we are hearing. ' -
Now that is something to frame and put up in
the Sanctum Sanctorum for perennial reference!
We have heard many "alibis" for the non-enforcement
of the gambling laws by our present District
Attorney, but that the elimination of such a situation
(which is the only purpose of the assertions in this
newspaper to which our Correspondent objects)
would INCREASE the violations, and make Jackson
County a mecca for gamblers and organized hood
lums, marks a new high not only in the realm of what
isn't true, but the EXACT reverse of the truth !
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117E DON'T know much about this man who CLAIMS
' he is an ex-law enforcement officer in Jackson
County, or how familiar he is with other law enforce
ment situations"in the state,' but we would advise him
to take a trip through the state and Southern Oregon
before he makes any further pronouncement on the
advantages and disadvantages of law enforcement.
We would suggest particularly he consult Mayor
Lee and District Attorney John McCourt of Portland
(where the laws against gambling incidentally HAVE
been enforced and without signed complaints) ; also
Charles P. Pray, former chief of the Oregon state po
lice ; Attorney General Neuner and Governor McKay
in Salem : not overlooking the FBI state headquarters,
where he can find a complete list of the gambling
houses and devices NOW OPERATING IN JACK
SON COUNTY and licensed, to do so although
against the state laws !
A LSO he might stop in and consult the editor of The
Oregonian as to the effect of Mayor Lee's cru
sade against the gamblers "in'that metropolis" also
what the situation was when Mayor Lee started, as
to the number of "hoodlums
city limits, and what the situation is NOW. If our cor
respondent is so sorely upset
tions in this newspaper, we
mind he would have been had he read the front pages
of the Portland newspaper when the boss of the gam
bling ring made the same
that there was "no organized criine"'in fragrant and
beautiferous Multnomah I
We believe The Oregonian editor would tell him
what the result of the drive' to enforce the state gam
bling laws ALL the laws was up there.
The gamblers and the hoodlums apparently did
not migrate to Southern Oregon but they did get out
and took their paraphernalia with them or at least
most of them and here is what The Oregonian re
cently had to say about it, quote :
When Mayor Lee took office the police department
was weakened by politics, factionalism and tolerance of
gambling and vice. One of her first steps was to call out of
retirement Charles P. Pray, ex-chief of the Oregon state
police, under whose direction many changes In assignments
were made and civil service restored. His successor, Chief
Donald I. McNamara, apparently has carried on.
One hears Mayor Lee criticized as a "blue nose" because
there has virtually disappeared from the city, during her
vigorous administration, such devices and amusements as
slot machines, gambling games and book-making parlors. -It
has coincided with the enforcement work of District At
torney John McCourt. But that was anticipated and, we
think, desired by the voters when they elected her. Portland
actually was ahead of the nationwide revolt of the people,
dramatized by Senator Kefauver's committee, against the
inevitable and costly alliance of gambling and politics. We
doubt that Portland wants to become, as It was in wartime,
a city In which "anything goes."
There is a very important and pertinent point
the voters of Portland WANTED organized gambling
stopped when they elected Mrs. Lee.
Well WHAT do the people of Jackson County
or at least the Republicans want when they elect a
District Attorney for another 6 years?
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gUT WHAT'S the use?
Anyone who, like our correspondent, can serious
ly claim that the way to keep gamblers and gangsters
OUT of Jackson County is to elect a "D.A." who won't
enforce the laws against them ; and the way to keep
them HERE is to enforce the laws to keep them OUT
anyone with that sort of reasoning process certainly
is beyond the reach of any arguments or facts this de
partment could present.
However, to those who haven't earned hypocriti
cal partisan rationalization to the point of complete
assininity, we would like to propound this query, to
wit. ;
How many of the ancient and hontrable order of "One
Armed Bandits Inc." would be working their heads off (and
their hearts out) for the reelection of District Attorney Havl
land If they thought after election he WOULD enforce the
laws against them and against gambling?
Think that over Mr. and Mrs. Voter! R.W.R.
Monday. May 11. 1952
and slot machines in the
by the front-page asser
wonder in what state of
statement he now makes
Crosstown
m4 Sf cwiiaitw
"A peach ceiling, eh? You got a couple of peaches
around that we could use for inspiration!?"
Matter of Fact
BEHIND THE KOREAN CRISIS
Washington Behind the new
crisis in Korea, there is a tragi
comic story. After months of
hopeless heckling, our negotia
tors were at last convinced
and with good reason that the
Communists genuinely wanted
to end the fighting in Korea.
Every outstanding disagreement
had at least been compromised,
and then the Communist prison
ers in our hands in effect re
jected the compromise by an
overwhelming vote.
A month or so ago, when
there were such high hopes,
there were only three disputed
points on the agenda. These were
the supervision of the Armistice,
the construction of additional
airfields in North Korea and the
return of prisoners.
With hard-headed realism, our
policy-makers concluded that It
did not matter much whether
Poland or the Soviet Union su
pervised the Armistice on the
Communist side. They also con
cluded that it did not matter
much whether the Communists
promised to build no more
North Korean airfields, since
they would cheat if they could
get away with it. Hence, they de
cided to offer the compromise
disclosed by President Truman,
Ignoring the airfields issue, let
ting the Communists save face
on their nomination of Russia
as an Armistice supervisor, and
insisting only that no prisoners
would be forcibly repatriated,
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A LMOST immediately, Gen.
Nam II and the Communist
negotiators Indicated that his
"package deal" would probably
be satisfactory to them. Even in
the matter of the prisoners,
which they had pressed most
violently, they receded from
their former position. By an
elaborate system of juggling, the
Communists were to retain some
South Koreans, while we were
to retain the Chinese and North
Korean captives who chose our
side. Previously the Communists
had demanded that ALL prison
ers must be exchanged, at gun
point if need be.
' At this point, Ironically
enough, both the American and
Communist negotiators1 thought
that the proportion of prisoners
wishing to stay with us would
be relatively small.
We have 170,000 prisoners, of
which 132,000 are uniformed
combatants. Out of the 132,000
combatants, our people and their
Communist opposite numbers
both thought only a few thou
sand Chinese and North Koreans
would refuse to go home the
figure of 2,500 was officially
quoted in Washington. But our
negotiators were convinced that
if we could return even as many
as 110,000 combatant prisoners
(thus retaining 22,000), all could
somehow be arranged.
The suggestion for screening
the prisoners emanated from the
Communist side, underlining
their confidence in the outcome.
On our side, we did everything
we could to Justify this confi(
oence. we gave tne widest pub
licity to the Communist assur
ances that all returning prison'
ers would be treated like the
prodigal son. And we just about
asked the prisoners, "You do
want to go home, don't you?"
The results, again ironically,
horrified the American policy'
makers as much as it enraged
the Communists. A large major
ity of the total prisoners, includ'
ing three-quarters of the 20.000'
odd Chinese in our hands, chose
to stay with us. The result was
a situation where face saving
and Juggling , were no longer
possible.
e e
TMIE Interesting aspect of this
wry little story Is, Tery
simply, a clear proof of the Com
munist desire to bring the Ko
rean fighting to an end. They
were not they almost certainly
are not willing to end the fight
ing at the expense of an enor
m.ii's lr-;s of face, any more than
we are willing to do so at the
By Roland Co
By Joseph and
Stewart Alio?
expense of using more than 100,
000 men in our hands for human
sacrifice which Is what forcible
repatriation would amount to.
But an end of the fighting was
unquestionably desired by the
enemy, as by us.
As these words are written,
the American policy-makers are
uncertain of the outcome, but
dimly hope against hope that
world opinion would persuade
Peking and the Kremlin to ac
cept a heavy loss of face after
all. Our allies, particularly the
British, are optimistically sug
gesting "rescreening" the pris
oners, on the theory that the
problem may thus be brought
within manageable bounds. Yet
they support us on the basic
principles. We do not intend to
take the initiative in ending the
haggling at Panmunjom, since I
we have no clear idea what to do
if the truce talks break down.
And the odds are quoted at
about two-to-one against the
other side breaking off the truce
talks and resuming the offen
sive. Thus the chances are that the
whole ugly, costly, dreary busi
ness will simply drag on, at least
until a new American president
has been elected. Yet the inher
ent danger of the situation must
not be forgotten. The Commun
ists now have a million troops
and an air force of 2,000 planes
ready for action in Korea; and
while building up all stockages,
they have also accumulated
powerful armored forces and re
serves of artillery. They prob
ably will stay behind their fortl
fied lines, but they may attack.
If they do so, the war will hard
ly be possible to localize any
longer. When you have got to
skate on thin Ice, It is well to re
member that this seemingly
solid substance can crack and
dissolve in an instant.
(Copyright, 1952,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
West Germany Riol
Causes Fatality
Essen, Germany (U.R) One
person was killed and two others
wounded seriously Sunday in an
exchange of gunfire between po
lice and 30,000 Communist-led
demonstrators protesting the
Allied peace contract with West
Germany.
Eight police were hurt less se
riously in the skirmish which
also was marked by stone throw
ing and fist fights.
The fatality was the first to
occur in such demonstrations In
West Germany since the war,
and the clash marked the first
time Communist demonstrators
had used gunfire against police.
Thirty alleged ringleaders
were under arrest and sched
uled to appear in court. Another
218 suspects were released after
being held briefly.
The victim was said to have
belonged to the forbidden Com
munist "Free German Youth."
Unrepaid Political
Loans Bill's Target
Washington (U.R) Rep. Carl
T. Curtis, R Neb., has introduced
a bill making it Illegal for tax
payers to write off unrepaid
loans to political parties as bad
debts.
The legislation grew out of re
cent charges by Sen. John J.
Williams, R-Del., that the In
ternal Revenue Bureau had per
mitted three wealthy men to de
duct unrepaid loans to the Dem
ocratic party from their income
tax returns. The bureau said the
rulings were "based on applica
tion of the law to the particu
lar facts."
Curtis said a change In the
tax laws Is needed now to pre
vent "huge amounts of money"
from being poured into this
year's presidential campaign In
the same manner.
The Mail Tribune Recommendations
for May Primary
REPUBLICAN
For President: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Republican National Committeeman:
Jesse Gard, Multnomah, No. 12.
Delegates to National Convention:
Wm. McAllister, No. 47 4
Senator Wayne Morse, No. 53
Governor Douglas McKay, No. 48
Howard Belton, No. 17
H. Clay Myers, No. 54
Lamar Tooze, No. 65
Robert Elliott, No. 25
Frank E. Fowler, No. 29
Mark Hatfield, No. 35
Samuel H. Martin,' No. 45
District Delegates to National Convention:
Mrs. C. L. Hopkins,
G. R. Brantley
Alternate Delegates:
Catherine Holtz
Gordon Orput
J. O. Johnson
Mrs. C. E. Miller
State Treasurer: Fred E. Robinson.
Attorney General: Leonard I. Lindas.
District Attorney: Walter D. Nunley
County Assessor: Robert (Bob) Fowler.
DEMOCRATIC
For President: Estes Kefauver.
National Committeman: Monroe Sweetland.
Delegate to Convention: Nancy Honeyman Robinson.
COMMUNICATIONS
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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.
Booster vs. Knocker
To the Editor: In your paper
a few days ago I read that a gen
tleman from California came
here to get away from the smoke
they have there. He started to
knock I he valley at once with
out even investigating the place
to see if everything suited him.
Not even had he a guardian to
advise and protect him. Dear old
California is full of very fine peo
ple, and most of them I think
can take the bitter with the
sweet. Smudge smoke is a bitter
pill, but on the other hand, what
state or. city is there that is just
right in every way. If that were
true, there wouldn t be enough
room for all the people who
would want to come to live
there.
The longer I live, 73 years
now, the more I appreciate see
ing the beautiful green fields,
mountains, rivers, wildflowers
everything put here and every
where else for all the people to
enjoy and appreciate.
God made all these things.
They didn't just grow. Every
thing alive must have a start in
the beginning.
I might advise the people who
so dislike the smudge to go far
ther north to Roseburg, or else.
I wonder in that case would they
soon want to return where they
could be sure of three square
meals a day if they chose to
work a little.
T. A. Culbertson
Sticky lane, Box 2i3
Medford
Favors DST
. To the Editor: I have sat
around and read the articles
written by a few gripers around
this town squawking about DST.
What have they got against
DST? Are they a little bit afraid
they will have to get up an hour
early in the morning?
It looks like the only way a
working man can get enough
time in the evening to do some
work for himself. It's either get
enough daylight in good weather
or hire it done. Of course some
people have the money to hire
it done or are too lazy to do It
themselves!
I can't see where DST is help
ing the Main street business men
any more than the ordinary
person.
Let's hear from a few more In
answer to these gripers.
Art Johnson
836 South Riverside
e Avenue
Who Is Slinging Mud?
To the Editor: A man can't
really sell his product unless he
believes in his heart what he is
saying, and these people who
have been attacking our public
authorities over a criminal situa
tion they claim they have just
recently discovered, don't sound
EDITOR'S NOTE Wa have
received a number of com
munications directly endors
ing candidates in the Primary
from residents who will not
allow their names or ad
dresses to be used, but ask
to have them placed on file.
Although this permission
has been granted under nor
mal conditions, as noted
above; it has not been grant
ed in any hotly contested po
litical campaign, and can't be
in this one.
In other words communica
tions of a highly personal and
controversial nature partic
ularly of a political type must
include the writer's name,
and "proper Identification of
same.
to me like they believe what they
are saying themselves. Before
you try to walk yourself into the
job by using another man's good
reputation for a door mat, your
attack on him ought to be so sin'
cere that it is a heart stimulant
instead of mouthwash.
Before a newcomer candidate
tries to make up the county's
morals he ought to make up his
own mind first and so far as I
have been able to see, the only
thing that the one who is sling
ing all the mud is sure of is
that he want's the job.
I don't personally know either
of the candidates for District At
torney but I must say that Havi
land is still earning my respect
and my vote because he hasn't
gotten down on the same level
and rooted around in the mud
with the other fellow. Nobody
ever convinced me that he him
self was particularly worth while
when he tried to do it by telling
me how rotten he thought the
other fellow was. It always
makes me want to say "look who
is saying what about who.
Elwood V. Best
1245 South Riverside
Avenue
Kerosene-Kindled
Fire Fatal to Four
, Lima, Ohic-U.R) Authorities
said Monday a father's attempt
to kindle a fire with kerosene
caused an explosion and fire that
killed four young children and
injured five other persons in a
crowded two-room house.
Harry Cavanaugh, 53, the
father, said that once the blaze
started, it moved "so fast" he
was unable to save his children
Cavanaugh is in "fair" condi
tion in a hospital here with
burns he suffered.
Dead line Sunoey Classified II ei
noon Saturdays
Keep An Experienced
Man On The Job!
VOTE FOR J. B.
COLE.AAAN
REPUBLICAN for COUNTY JUDGE
CONTINUE BUSINESS LIKE
PROGRESSIVE ADMINISTRATION!
M. Aor. Celemsi
In the Day's News
Br FRANK JENKINS
rnmmnnkt war rjrisoners on
one of our prisoner-of-war is
lands off the mainland of Korea
captures an American brigadier
general and held him as a hos
tage to enforce demands they
seem to be making on us in con.
nection with the truce negotia
tions. They must have been reading
about these penitentiary revolts
in Michigan and New Jersey.
I SUSPECT there Is quite a
little in this business that
hasn't met the public eye. Be
fore forming an opinion, we'd
hctiw urait until the censorship
turns loose a little more infor
mation.
rf BERKELEY, at 1 a.m. the
other morning a 46-year-old
woman answered a ring of the
doorbell. No one was in sight,
but on the doorsill was a plain
white envelope containing $11,
700 in cash exactly the amount
she lost two weeks ago in a San
Francisco bus terminal.
She says she's not' answering
any questions.
T.EMEMBER the case of the
nalnters who were moving.
stuff around in the attic of a Los
Ansplr-e home thev were paint-
ing and came across $90,000 in
cash which they turned over to
relatives of the owner, who was
away on a trip?
As I recall it, the owner bsk
ed no questions in that case.
AND do you recall the fellow
in Reno whose house was
robbed of umpteen hundred
thnnsanrl dollars worth of prop
erty, including quite a wad of
ready cash in Bins oi large
denomination?
As T remember the circum
stances, he displayed no great
amount of curiosity ana asKea
few questions. .
w
HAT'S happening?
Is money of so little use to
people in these days that they
leave large sums of it lying
around and display little or no
curiosity when it disappears?
I SUPPOSE I could ask other
nnestinn. .but I mieht get
uBii far lihpl if T did. Nnbodv
likes to be suspected of trying
dodges to evade taxes.
These people might all have
sn mimh monev that the loss of
a few tens or hundreds of thous
ands makes little difference to
them.
1HAT leads to another thought:
L
We'd ALL have plenty of
money in these days if we could
just keep old Uncle Sam from
reaching into our pockets.
Man Bitten by Snakes
Protests Assistance
Lyon, France (U.R) Miguel
Micollozo, 34, went to - a side
show tent Sunday, lifted the lid
of a snake cage and let several
vipers bite him.
When attendants rushed him to
a local hospital, he protested: "I
have the right to die in my own
way."
She Gave Most
Geo. N. Taylor
Of old, God's Chosen People
gave 110 of their fruits, vege
tables money-gain into the Lord's
treasury. Then came Christ who
pointed to the
poor widow
who poured in
her last penny.
She gave more
than they all,
said Christ.
Many of the
Lord's peo p 1 e
today g i v e a
tenth but
Christ gave
His all. For
ever and ever He was God.
But In the fullness of time He
stripped off His glory, took hu
man birth, proved Himself to be
God by raising the dead up to
life. Then He stepped into our
shoes, took our sins and God the
Father counted Him a sinner in .
our place. Christ has once for
all suffered for sins, the Just for
the unjust, that He might bring
us to God. 1st Peter 3:18. For
God so loved you that he gave
his Only-Born Son that if you
should believe on Him, you
should not perish but have eter
nal life.
A Seattle family would have
you know all over again, how
God saves Mr. Respectable as'
well as the down and outers.
Adv.
nry Judge Committee