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TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDj$iTRIBUNB Everyone In Southern Oregon Readi Tiie Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-8141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor ERNEST R. CILSTRAP. Manager HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor nr.iw. sta BfHER. Sncletv Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MgT An Independent Newipapcr , Entered ai second cla matter at Medford. Oregon, under At of March 3, 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: ., Daily and Sundayone year 112 00 . Daily m.tf Sunday six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday three mos. 3.50 Daily and Sunday one month 123 By Carrier In A d v a n c c Medford. Ashland, Central Point, Eagle Point. ' Jacksonville, Gold Hill. Phoenix. , Shady Cove, Rogue River, Talent and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday one year f 19 00 Dally and Sunday one month 1.25 All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper or the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full LenBed 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. NATION At EDITORIAL AS'SOdl-ATION NEWSPAPER PUtlltHi ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory tho 'il" M,h Tilbuu 10. 20, 30 and 40 yaan 10 YEARS AGO Juna 25. 1942 (It was Thursday) Net taxable value of Jackson county property up $2,174,280 over 1041; total now $28,388, '. 340. ' From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The water melon crop of the valley is be : ginning to shape up but is still . too small for profitable stealing. 20 YEARS AGO ' Juna 25. 1932 (It was Saturday) A. W. Pipes, former mayor of Medford, announces independent , candidacy for Jackson county Judge. State game warden reports fish ; going over fishway at Savage Rapids dam at rate of five each minute. 30 YEARS AGO Juna 25. 1922 (It was Sunday; .Frank G. Owen, Medford lum ber dealer, dies in accidental fall from Chicago hotel window. Modford baseball team defeats Grants Pass, 25 -.o 2; Grants Pass team becomes discouraged in eighth Inning find leaves field. 40 YEARS AGO Juna 25. 1912 (It was Tuesday) Two supporters of Theodore Roosevelt for the Republican presidential nomination submit their resignation to Jackson county GOP central committee because' -ot dissatisfaction with national convention, which nom inated William Howard Taft. Medford Mayor W. H. Cannon announces the city council will consider an ordinance regulating the maximum speed of trains passing through town to 10 miles an hour. Ingrid Bergman Loses Plea for Child Visit Hollywood (UP.) Actress Ingrid Bergman was denied per mission Tuesday to have her pretty 13-year-old daughter by her marriage to Dr. Peter Lind Strom spend a summer vacation in Rome. Superior Judge Mildred Lillie who heard the three-week trial during which Miss Bergman, through Attorney Greg Unutzcr, and Dr. Llndstrom buttled over the summer custody of the child ruled that the visit "would not be In the best interest of the child." Bridge Work Finished Over Pleasant Creek The county bridge over Pleas ant creek above Wliner was com pleted and opened for travel on Monday, according to County Engineer Paul Rynning. Elsewhere in the county, the bridge near the Butte Kails hatchery will be completed by next week, Rynning said; and construction will begin this week on a bridge near Prospect over the Middle Fork of the Rogue River as soon as the crew and equipment that finished the Wi- mer bridge can be moved to that location. Mission Dolores at San Fran cisco is the sixth in the chain of California missions founded by the Franciscan Fathers. MAIL TRIBUNE Lumbering Payrolls Jackson county cannot take too much comfort in the fact that it is sixth payroll for lumber and wood products industries, but at least we have the satisfaction of knowing that we are vastly better off in this respect than we were only a few short years ago. ACCORDING to figures ' Unemployment Commission and published by the Eugene Kegister-Guard, Lane "county leads the procession with 14.3 per cent of the industry s payroll Douglas is secor.:l with third, 9.8; Coos, fourth, 8.4; Linn, fifth, 7.6; Jackson, sixth, 5.0; Klamath, seventh, 3.8; Lincoln, eighth, 3.3, and Clackamas, ninth, The R-G goes on to challenge to Lane county s leadership is coming from Douglas county, the latter having advanced from sixth place with 4.4 per cent of the payroll in 1943 to its present position. IACKSON county wasn't of the state's lumber wasn t among the first ten, which lined up like this: Lane, Multnomah, Klamath, Linn, Coos, Douglas, Polk, Deschutes, Columbia WHAT happens to payrolls when forests are de pleted is graphically shown in the commission's figures for Klamath and Deschutes counties. In 1936, Klamath was second only to Multnomah; by 1943 it had slipped to third place, with 8.9 per cent of the lumbering industry payroll. Now it is seventh with 3.8 per cent. In 1936 Deschutes was on the tilth rung ot the ladder. In 1943 it had slipped to the eighth and by last year it didn't even show among the top 18. WE HAVEN'T the figures to prove it but we'd like to wager that one of the principal reasons Lane county lumber payrolls total the highest in the state is that more remanufacturing of the raw product is being done there than in the other counties. E.C.F. Action "What has become of the civic auditorium proj ect?" "Why doesn't some civic or other group get busy on the auditorium proposal?" Those are questions which people have been asking The Mail Tribune with increasing frequency lately. The renewal of interest in the possibility of building a structure to house conventions, entertain ments, sports events and other large, and small, gatherings probably stems, in part at least, from the fact that Medford and Jackson county are playing host to a considerable number of conventions this year with more to come next year and our residents in general are becoming move and more interested in efforts to attract an even greater number of these dollar-bringing visitors. I ONG before the armory burned last September it was realized that this area should have a large auditorium, located in a site which would permit off street parking of several thousand cars. The old arm ory had passed its usefulness as a place for public at tractions years before, due to its small size, poor, in terior arrangement and the fact that those who went there in automobiles had to park their machines sometimes many blocks away. I TNDOUBTEDLY the greatest obstacle in the path of those who are anxious to get on with the audi torium planning is the matter of financing. There shouldn't be much trouble enoutrh land in the fairgrounds area to take care of that angle. And if some group will get busy on the money problem there is no question that it can be solved the main thing needed is action. E.C.F. Residents of Disaster Areas Should Remain in Their Homes (Editor's note: In coopera tion with the local civil de fense organisation. The Mail Tribune presents a series of articles about Oregon's emer gency traffic control plan. In the event of any large-scale disaster, hundreds of lives will ba saved if roads are kept open. These articles are direct ed to all motorists.) Why is a person better off at home following a large-scale disaster? If people who are not members of organized disaster relief teams "stay put" during an emergency period, there Is less chance of touching off a panic. Unneces snrv deaths and confusion result from mass hysteria. An enemy considers it his best and most In expensive weapon. It often strikes at a time when all possi ble energy should be channeled into restoring services and tak ing care of the Injured. If cities arc deserted, produc tion fails. The armed forces, no matter how proficient, are de feated when the supply lines to the home front are cut off. Pro duction is not limited to factory workers It includes everyone who contributes to our basic economy, such as farmers, re pairmen, food distributors, and hundreds of specialists. That's why It Is Important tt stay on the Job, whether one lives in Jackson county or New York. By remaining at home, the welfare of an individual and his family is improved. If motorists .get out on the highway during Wednesday, Jim 23. 1952 m Oregon in point of total obtained from the State 10.0 per cent; Multnomah, with 3.3. say that the most impressive getting a very large share payroll in 1943, actually it and Clatsop. Needed about a 6ite the city owns an emergency, they will find a shortage of food, lodging and other necessities. Gasoline and major roads will be allotted for emergency vehicles only, which would make traveling difficult for private automobiles. Medford Elks Lodge Qualifies for Award Medford Oregon Elks Lodge hns qualified for a Certificate of Meritorious Achievement as a re sult of its participation in the Elks armed forces blood cam paign, V. Aubrey Norris, axalted ruler announced today. The certificate honoring Med ford Lodge for its achievement will be presented by Howard H. Davis, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, during the 88th Grand Lodge Convention In New York July 13-17. Medford Lodge collected 3,026 pints of blood for the armed forces in the national drive. The quota for the lodge was 807 pints. The local Elks blood bank committee was head ed by Frank Hussong. Other members of the committee were Ernest Barnes and Ed Barry. The Elks armed forces blood campaign was inaugurated last November In response to an ap peal for help from the Defense Department. At that time the Elks pledged to procure 1.000, 000 of the 3,000,000 pints o' blood sought from the entire country for the armed forces. Crosstown HUBBUB "It was Black Bart. Mama. both guns blatln', hald ma your nice On The Side (Distributed by King She tan dress her eyes In love, And her lips can arm with kisses. Angels listen when she speaks. She's my delight, all manklnd'i wonder; But her constancy's so weak, She's so wild and apt to wander, That my Jealous heart would break Should we live one day asunder. . Wllmot (Consider the state of the mind expressed above, young fellow. Try not to marry a man kind's wonder," get yourself a nice looking, sympathetic girl with a sense of humor and live a peaceful life.) Are you a fourth child? Have you any friends who were fea tured at their mother's fourth blessed event? It is said the fourth child lives longer than any of the other offspring. This is one of the rare occasions when I get a break from the experts, I am a fourth child. Feet Who has the most beautiful feet in the world? The answer is Marlene Dietrich. Or so says Ferragama. As you know, Signer Ferragama is the world's most famous shoemaker and he is familiar with the appearance of the pedal extremities of prac tically all the celebrated beau ties. The good signor's claim is very interesting. 1 know Marlene well, but don't remember ever looking at her feet. I'll make a note of it to do so next time I see her. . Signor Ferragama has also made another extremely in teresting statement. He says Gre ta Garbo's feet are not at all large, as is so often alleged. "Miss Garbo has very fine feet," says he. "She takes a size six, about right for a woman of her height." Get It Right An Urbana, 111., subscriber maintains a cat is smarter than a dog. . This is, of course, an erroneous claim. All research indicates dogs are far more in telligent than cats. In fact, while the dog is rated the fifth most intelligent animal, the cat is rated tenth in that respect The rating of animal intelligence is as follows: 1. Chimpanzee; 2. Orangutan; 3. Elephant; 4. Go rilla; 5. Dog; 6. Beaver; 7. Horse; 8. Sea Lion; 9. Bear; 10. Cat. Please Note Joe Sacks, British theatrical producer, once had six hit plays running in London at the same time. His greatest hit was the musical show, "The Lilac Dom ino." from which he made a pre "it of nearly a million dol lars. The interesting thing about Joe was that he could neither read nor write. Yet he became a millionaire as a the atrical producer. Irish Patriot When that slightly wild Irish Rose, Maureen O'Hara, who was born in Dublin, applied for United States citizenship in 1946, she refused to renounce allegi ance to Great Britain. Maureen, who comes from a long line of spirited Irish patriots said: "I cannot renounce allegiance where none is owed." So, after some discussion, she was allowed to skip that angle. Maureen's real last name is Fitzsimons. She changed it to O'Hura for profes sional purposes as she figured a snorter name would be easier to get in electric lights on the ater marquees. Getting Married The best type of girl to marry is a sympathetic young woman with a sense of humor who has had some business experience. That has ever been the claim of our Horses tc Women experts. A commentator on life among the married, while agreeing busi ness girls make the best wives, says it is only true of those who have held one position three years or more. Keep this in mind, young fellow, when giv ing consideration to some young woman's proposal of marriage. Also remember it is advisable she have a diploma from a school for brides where she has studied cooking, home managing. Infant care, e t e. Incidentally, our Horses U Women experts are always at the service of any young man who is selecting a bride. No extra charge for this service. All that Is required 1 By Roland Cot rr'm Ha cama roarin' in hara with up and cut himself a piece naw cake." by e. v. Duriing Fathitas Syndicate. Inc.) an agreement that if the first child is a boy he will not be named Edgar. Passing By June Havoc. Conscientious and energetic exponent of the drama. Her sister is Gypsy Rose Lee, the daring danseuse. June is quite a dancer herself. She once specialized in marathon dancing. In a contest in Florida she displayed such energy and endurance that she collected over $3,000 in "floor money." That is money tossed to her by the spectators. . . . John Kieran. World's greatest "Ask Me An other" expert. John first attract ed Widespread attention when on an "Information Please" pro gram he successfully answered all the following queries: "What a dodo? A zobo? A koto? A bolo? A loco-foco?" Sidelights To accurately Judge a wom an's age look at her elbow," writes a feminine subscriber. "Once the neck and hands were very revealing in that respect, but most women now have that situation under control." . . . The roar of the Paris subway ttne Metro) is as nerve-wracking as that of the New York subway. But changes are to be made. The Pans subway cars are soon to nave rubber wheels. This type of wheel is already in use on some French railroads. COMMUNICATIONS Lettera to the Editor must beat the name and address ot the wrltei although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or Initial for publication Is permis sible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with r view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub UcaUon must not exceed 400 words The Coast Road Proposal To the Editor: A month or two ago there appeared in the Mail Tribune an editorial concerning tne desirability of opening a road from the Applegate High way to the Oregon Caves, thence to Cave Junction via the Caves Highway, and thence to the coast via the Redwoods highway, or possibly via a new cut-off to be constructed directly from Cave Junction to Brookings. The chief argument advanced for such a road was, as 1 recall, that it would shorten the distance to the coast from Medford and vi cinity. This is an old idea, of course, and has much merit, but the argument regarding shortening the distance to the coast will not hold up, except with regard to the Cave Junction to Brookings cut-off. A recent trip over the Redwoods highway caused me to do some checking on distance. As nearly as I can figure, the distance from Medford to Cave Junction would be practically the same, approximately sixty miles, for either route. I think the reason many peo ple get the idea a saving In distance would be made via the Oregon Caves highway is that they think of Grants Pass as mostly north of Medford. Actu ally, as map study will reveal, Grants Pass is mainly west of Medford; to be exact, 23 miles airline west, and only about seven miles north. Hence one does not go any more out of the way to Cave Junction via Grants Pass than via the proposed route, which would have its- own un avaidable curves, besides rising to a considerably higher eleva tion. I do not mean to oppose the idea. I think the new route would have many attractions and I look forward to exploring the beautiful country around Oregon Caves and Grayback Mountain. There is no doubt that the distance from Medford to the Oregon Caves would be consider ably shortened. But in urging a new highway we would be onlv hurting our case by using a spe cious argument. Almus Pruitt 119 N. Central Medford, Oregon Workable Anti-Trust Legislation Credited for Production Success By WILLIAM WARREN Salem (U.PJ The United States can thank its guiding stars that it has anti-trust legisla tion that works. It is one of the By FRANK JENKINS At Dallas on Saturday Gen eral Eisenhower charged in a hard hitting speech that at the GOP state convention at Mineral Wells several weeks ago Taft backers STOLE Texas' 38 Re publican national convention delegate votes "as brazenly as cattle rustlers. The charge brought a quick comeback from Taft forces, who asserted immediately in news paper advertisements that "the Eisenhower" managers are screaming 'we wuz robbed be cause they know they have lost the fight." 'Those are rough words. What their effect will be, l don t know, for I am regretfully con vinced that in these days nobody any longer believes a politician and the men who wrote these ad vertisements are very political politicians. It is hard to escape the conclusion that they are planning to use POLITICAL power to sew up the Chicago convention for their candidate. It seems likely that they HOPE to use in Chicago the same methods that were used at Mineral Wells, in Texas. Just what were those methods? Thfiro am (hr0AG nnH rniin. ter charges as to what happened there and how and why. Person ally, I'm inclined to rely on an objective and unprejudiced ac count of the Mineral Wells af fair written by Roscoe Drum- mond, chief of the Washington news bureau " of the Christian Science Monitor. In his summing up, he cites this significant inci dent: 'J. L. Thomas, chairman of the Brazos county (Texas) Re publican committee, wearing a Taft button, gave this reason to the convention when he disre garded the Eisenhower votes: 'I didn't recognize any of the people who voted for Eisenhow er in the county meeting, so I THREW THEM OUT.' " Tt was things like that Ike was referring to when he charged on Saturday that Taft backers stole the Texas delegation to the Chicago convention "as brazenly as cattle rustlers." This Brazos county incident certainly looks pretty brazen to me. T have great respect for Senator Taft. I refuse to believe that if he had been present IN PER SON at Mineral Wells he would have sanctioned any such high handed methods. His sense of fairness, which has been dis played repeatedly throughout his political career, would have rebelled at such tactics. But it is fundamental in law that a principal is responsible for the acts of his agents. So Senator Taft can not escape re sponsibility for the things that are done by his backers through out the country. Bluntly, what happened at Mineral Wells was this: The Taft men controlled the political machinery to see to it that Taft delegates were chosen and Eis enhower delegates were thrown out. Tf Texas alone were concerned, I suppose we could shrug It off. Texas is a Southern state. It is expected to vote Democratic, and barring a miracle it will. Besides, organization control of the Republican party machinery in the South has always been a scandal and it will remain a scandal until the time arrives when the South comes back POLITICALLY into the United States and accepts again the two party system. But it is obvious that the Tart organization controls the NA TIONAL machinery of the Re publican party, and evidence is mounting that it plans to use this control to the fullest extent at Chicago to insure the nomina tion of its candidate. Barring spectacular Intervention by Sen ator Taft himself in behalf of fair and open methods at the convention, it is hard to escape the conclusion that that is exact ly what is going to happen. lyill it succeed? " That is another question one that can be answered only by the convention Itself. We must remember that a very large number of the delegates will be average American citi zens who will resent steam roller methods. Also there will be plenty of conviction there that General Eisenhower IS THE CANDIDATE WHO CAN CERTAINLY BE ELECTED IF NOMINATED. All politician? share the de sire to be on the winning side. Steam-rollering a candidate through to the nomination will provide the opposition with most effective ammunition. Nobody at Chicago is going to want to hand the election to the Democrats. In the Day's News reasons, says Daniel G. Goldy of Seattle, why man-hour produc tion in this country is considera bly ahead of man-hour produc tion in Europe. Goldv. new regional director of the employment security agency of the U. S. Department of Labor, said- industrial devel opment of Europe had slowed up, not so much by lick of na tural resources as by the cartel system in most countries, hold ing down production, prices, wages and materials. The cartel system is similar to what we call in this country the trust system. Europe Conditions Studied Goldy, former director of the labor section of ECA, was in Europe for a year and half mak ing an intensive study of condi tions. As new regional director of new region 13 he Is in charge of employment security in Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska. He was here recently to visit members of the Oregon State Unemployment Compen sation Commission, one of the agencies with which he will work, and Gov. Douglas McKay. He said: "Resources in Italy, for one example, are equal to similar areas in our country. But they are undeveloped because of lack of incentive. About 2,000,000 now are employed there and probably 2,000,000 more are very rarely employed." Free Enterprise Credited Goldy said development of re sources in this country helps the entire economic system because of free enterprise. He said our Northwest has resources and also las scenery that dwarfs that of Italy and even Switzerland. Man-hour production in Eu rope now is one-fifth of that in this country now. Forty years Kennan's Conference With Acheson Viewed From Two By PHIL NEWSOM United Press Foreign Analyst It seems a bit unusual that only about six weeks after George F. Kennan took over as u. s. ambas sador to Mos cow he is fly ing out again to confer with Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Two possible conclu s 1 o n s come to mind at once. ' One is that I'hil Newsora since Acheson will be conferrine with tho Brit. ish and French foreign ministers in i,onaon and since the ques tion of a four-power conference with Russia is among the sub jects to be discussed, the U. S. secretary simply wants his am bassador to be acrjuainteH with the proceedings. The other is that Kennan the U. S. diplomat best acquainted with Russia and author of the plan to confine Communism has something to report he won't even trust to the diDlomatic pouches. Far-Fetched Idea The latter idea is probably far fetched. But Kennan is reported very disturbed by the increasing virulence of the anti-American attacks carried by the Soviet press and radio. whats more, Washington is equally disturbed. A United Press dispatch from Washington Monday said that the Russian campaign surpasses "even the wildest and most ter. rible" charges the Russians ever made aeainst the Na?i. In Wnriri War II. American officials said the Washington dispatch, "if the Soviet people are being "con ditioned' for war with tho TT o " Germany Tinder Box oo far as Europe is concerned, the tinder box most likely to sup ply the spark continues to be Germany. The state of nerves there mnv be ludaed from the fact that the Russians charged that American soiaiers tired from a military train on a station master and a policeman at a railway station in the Russian zone hist outside Berlin last Thursday night, I WEEK-END ON GLAMOROUS MONTEREY PENINSULA FAST, FREQUENT FLIGHTS From Medford Airport Southwest Airwsa 1 PHONE MEDFORD 2-5851 ago it was practically the same. Goldy observed: 'The old system of controls can't cope with industrial rev. olutlon and changes brought about in the United States. Only in the Scandinavian countries and England is production pick Ing up and very slowly merely distribution of low wages. Man power is the least expensive item in costs, so not much in centive is there to install ma chinery. Much of the effective ness of the Marshall Plan aid is lost because of trying to change parts of the old system when only a complete overhaul will accomplish real progress" Insurance Costs Heavy Social insurance costs are heavy in parts of Europe because of political pressure up to 38 per cent of weekly wages are taxable for society security in some countries. The Marshall Plan is trying to build up middle parties and stop pressure from the right and the left but is not always able to do this. If new machinery is installed in coal mines, for example, bottlenecks develop at the shaft, as old mines are not engineered for modern machinery. Sometimes when im proved machinery is installed, industrial plants are forced to shut down, causing unemploy ment. Employment offices in Eng land handle all hiring and also all social security measures. So cialists have made few change in systems and said Goldy: "They have no chance for real changes such as we have had In this country under free enter prise and democratic controls. The entire difference is in the attitude toward manpower." Goldy said great opportunities in the Northwest can be devel oped by labor-management co operation. Directions The "shots," an Investigation disclosed, actually were explod ing firecrackers tossed from the train by Boy Scouts on their way to a jamboree. Berlin Incidents Numerous However, more serious and reminiscent of the tension-filled days just prior to World War II, have been numerous incidents In Berlin itself. ' There, Russian-led East -German peoples' police have kid naped West Berliners, an Ameri- , can soldier has been wounded by a shot fired by an East German policeman across the East-West line of the divided city, Allied territory has been seized. Barbed wire and log barriers have been set up along the line dividing East and West Germany, and any persons attempting to cross are threatened with being shot. Could Be Wrong i It could be that the Russians simply are withdrawing into their shell; that the Russian peo ple are being told how happy they should be that they are not in the United States; that East Germany simply is being pre pared as another Russian satel lite inside the Iron Curtain. But the spy trials in both Brit ain and Sweden; the shooting down of an unarmed Swedish plane over the Baltic and-the continued charges of germ war fare and asserted atrocities against the United States do not add up to a reassuring picture. SCOUT LEADERS NEEDED Central Point Persons inter ested in helping with the leader ship of Central Point Troop No. 40 today were requested to con tact Donald Burelson, chairman of the Lions Boy Scout commit tee. Burelson invited any parent "who can cooperate in building our boys into better Americans" to attend a meeting Wednesday, June 23, in the Lions club room above Alexander's Hardware . store starting at 8 p.m. Court Records Rollln Duane Johnson, failure to atop, $10. Ernest Leon Roth, violation of basic rule, $10 bail. Norman Wallace Vance, violation of basic rule, $10. Alvin G. Edwards, inadequate muf fler, SS bait. Donald Richard Andrews, violation of basic rule and failure to stop at stop sign. $19 bail.
