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Medford and Jackson County His
tery from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years
ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 2. 1342
(It was Thursday)
Bureau of census report shows
average Oregonian paid $19.03
a month for rent during 1940.
From Arthur. Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The weath
er is apparently doing nothing
to pears but making big ones
out of little ones. Potatoes are
reported to be suffering the
same fate.
20 YEARS AGO
July 2. 1932
(It was Saturday)
Chandler Eg an, Medford,
holds, five up lead on semi-final
opponent after 18 holes in Pa
cific Northwest Golf association
tournament at Portland.
National Democratic . party
convention nominates NewYork
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
and Speaker of the House John
Nance Garner for president and
vice-president.
30 YEARS AGO
July 2. 1922
(It was Sunday)
Temperature reaches 108 in
Medford, one degree below all
time high set in August, 1920.
Medford realtor offers to turn
Rogue valley ranches over to
persons who will use a portion
of crops grown to pay for the
property.
40 YEARS AGO
July 2. 1912
(It was Tuesday)
Democratic party nominates
Woodrow Wilson for president
on 46th ballot; Gov. Thomas R.
Marshall of Indiana nominated
for vice-president.
Discord arises in newly or
ganized Medford Boy Scout
band when 16 scouts indicate
they want to play the snae
drum and eight sign up to play
the bass drum.
Around Hollywood
Hollywood (U.R) Don De
Fore announced Wednesday re's
staging movietown's first carn
ival and vil
age fair" but
even this gets
the Hollywood
glamour
treatment.
This fair
has movie sets,
movie stars,
and a press
agent and
will be staged
Aline Mosby on the Riviera
polo field, usually frequented by
dashing Argentinians, sun-tanned
movie actors and horses.
'-. The event will raise money
to help the "juvenile delin
quents," DeFore says, of Brent
wood, a plushy community with
a Cadillac in every garage and
a mink in every cedar - lined
closet.
DeFore, the P. T. Baxnum of
the plaster "city, wants $50,000
to build a playground, Sunday
school building and youth rec
reation center behind the non
sectarian village church.
Working Since January
"I've been working on the
carnival since January, and I
turned down two pictures to do
it," said DeFore at a press re
view of the fair in the back
yard of his Brentwood home.
"My club, the Young Married'i
Hazardous and Difficult
Phillip B. Lowd met the death that each member
of a police force faces every time he reports for duty.
Officer Lowd, a member of the Oregon State Po
lice since shortly after the force was organized in
1931, was the ninth state officer to die in the line of
duty. He was a brave man and his fellow officers
characterized him as "fearless" in the face of danger.
OIS death brings home to us once again, forcibly,
the devotion and service which each member of
the Oregon State. Police and, for that matter, our
other law enforcement organizations brings to his
calling.
Despite the fact that "A policeman's lot is not a
happy one," it represents a challenge which, when
accompanied by high traditions of service, brings to
the ranks the finest type of man. The few exceptions
only prove the rule.
THE Oregon State Police, first organized and led by
. Charles P. Prav. and later commanded by the
present superintendent, H.
sent as fine a torce as any m tne nauon. Ana n is ue
cause of men like Phil Lowd, who laid down his life
for the protection of the people of Oregon, that his
fellow officers will continue to keep that reputation
unblemished.
AN EDITORIAL in the Salem, Oregon, Statesman,
under the title "In Line of Duty," had this to say
about Phil Lowd's death: '
Phil B. Lowd, a member of the state police who was shot
and killed by a mountain hermit in Jackson county, was
the ninth member of this force to lose his life in line of duty.
This is a pretty heavy toll for a comparatively smaU or
ganization. A few weeks ago a police officer at Silverton,
Emory Jackson, was a similar victim as he was making a
police investigation.
So long as the killer instinct survives we shall have
killings of police officers; and perforce we must have police
to restrain those- with criminal tendencies. The long record
shows it is a hazardous calling; and that ought to make
society far more appreciative than they are of the work of
the police establishment from FBI through state and local
police and sheriff's deputies.
POLICE officers have more than a hazardous call
ing, they have a difficult role to perform as "serv
ants of the public" a public which is not always an
easy and understanding master.
That they do their job as well as they do is a real
accomplishment. E.A. ,
Congressional Quiz
Questions and Answers en What Goat en at the Capital
Furnished by Congressional Quarterlr New Features
q Can women doctors join
the armed services?
- & Totriaiation oermitting
them to do so received final ap
proval of Congress June u.
would authorize the appointment
of qualified women as physicians
and medical specialists in the
Army, Navy and Air Force. The
bill was signed by the President
June 24.
r wi.t irf House probers
decide about their investigation
of cosmetics?
A The House Select Commit
too rnvpstieate Use of Chemi-
V. fcVF (Z
cals June 19 reported that some
cosmetic companies were not
adequately testing their products
... A A
to prevent injury to me.puuuw,
with the result of "annoyance,
discomfort , and disability." It
-ommenHprl a chanee in the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosme
tic Act to provide safeguards.
. q Do memaers ox me nm-
..Let oral colleae actually
meet in Washington when they
cast their voles?
A No. The electors will meet
December 15 in their state capi
tals to cast their votes for Presi
dent and Vice-President, then
mail the results to the United
States Senate. At a joint session
of Congress January 6 the bal
lots will be counted, and the win
ners officially announcea.
q I notice a bill introduced
June 18 would let candidate for
the Senate and House spend up
to a dime a vote to get elected.
What are the present limits?
By ALINI MOSBY
United Press Correspondent
club of Westwood, is the spon
sor.. -
"You see, I was installed as
honorary sheriff of Brentwood
by the honorary mayor, Gary
Cooper. The Los Angeles sher
iff asked us to keep our eye out
for juvenile delinquency. Our
church needs a youth house.
No Carnival People
"We are staging the carnival
in the very best of taste. I got
some equipment from real carn
ivals, but there won't be any
carnival people around. We had
to get permission from the
Brentwood, Riviera and Pacific
Palisades association. They
wanted it kept on a very high
level."
The carnival banners for the
fat lady and the fire swallower
were used in "The Greatest
Show on Earth" and "Annie Get
Your Gun." MGM's police force
will keep the carnival crowds
in tow. Instead of pink candy,
tasty barbecued spareribs with
a gourmet's sauce will be served
to the customers by an Italian
cbef. -
Swank Advertising
' Carnival billboards usually ad
vertise razor blades, but at this
carnival the signs are delicately
lettered with "Sacks Fifth Av
enue" and names of other
swanky stores.
"The polo field is being sub
divided for homes." DeFore
Wednesday, July 2, 1952
G. "Fod" Maison, repre-
A A candidate for the Senate
may spend $10,000 or an amount
equal . tc three cents for every
vote cast in the last election, up
to $25,000. A candidate for the
House may spend $2,500, or up
to $5,000 at the three-cents per
vote rate. Sen. Carl Hayden's
(D., Ariz.) bill would make the
limit simply 10 cents per vote
cast in the last election. On the
basis of 1950 balloting, that
ranges from $589 for a candidate
for Mississippi's Second District
Congressman to $547,304 for a
candidal e for New York Sena
tor. Q I notice the Senate voted
down the St. Lawrence Seaway
bill in 1948 as well as June 18.
this year. Did individual Sena
tors vole the same way both
limes?
A Mostly. But seven Sena
tors who voted to recommit the
seaway bill in 1948 (the motion
carried 57-30) this year voted or
took stands against the success
ful June 18 motion (43-40) to
send the bill back to committee.
Those voting for recommittal,
thus opposing the bill, in 1948,
but favoring the legislation in
1952, were Sens. Taft (R.-O.),
Flanders (R.-Vt), Cordon (R.-
Ore.), McKellar (D.-Tenn.), Mc
Farland (D.-Ariz.), Holland (D.
Fla.) and McMahon (D.-Conn.).
However, Sen. O'Mahoney (D.
Wyo.) opposed recommittal in
1948, favored it in 1952.
(Copyright, 1952,
Congressional Quarterly)
Legion Delegates
From District Named
District 4 delegates to the
state American Legion conven
tion were elected here this week,
members of the veterans organ
ization reported today. The
convention will be held at Kla
math Falls later this month.
Those elected were Otis Os
borne, Bly, who was named dis
trict commander, and Les Hen
ry, Cave Junction, vice-commander.
The two new officers will
be installed with department of
ficers at the state convention.
District 4 delegates and alter
nates to the national Legion
convention were elso selected at
the meeting here. Delegates are
Dan Haynes, Grants Pass, and
Harry Pinkerton, Ashland. El
wood Hussey, Cave Junction, and
Neil Allen, Grants Pass, were
named alternates.
said sadly. "So the last day we'll
have a tribute to polo. Dean
Martin, Jerry Lewis and Danny
Thomas may entertain.' LeRoy
Prinz, the movie dance director,
will stage that show for us. .
"We'll also have a horseless
carriage parade. Joan Crawford
and her children will ride in it."
the actor added as the movie
queen swept by, wearing a girl
ish gingham dress with a big
bow in back, "she thinks it's a
terrific idea."
Crosstown
r( 'fc
'
r It I Ins 111
"Yeah! It does look kinda funny
On The Side
(Distributed by King
The
most successful
dance
hall in Germany is the Bal
Paradox in Hamburg. At this
place, which is highly respect
able, the girls ask the men for
dances. Men are not permitted
to ask for dances. 'They have to
wait until some young woman
asks them. This results in quite
a few young men knowing how
it feels to be a wallflower. The
success of this dance hall is due
to the fact that in Germany
there are nearly four million
surplus women of marriageable
age;
Popular
Seventy per cent of the films
shown in Great Britain are pro
duced in the United States.
Seventy-five per cent of those
exhibited in Australia are
American films. In South Africa
the percentage is 80 per cent.
Speaking of films, have you
seen that one titled "Week End
with Father," featuring Van Hef
lin? Very clever. Certainly hand
ed me plenty of laughs. Should
be a sequel to it.
Once More
For twenty-two years Great
Britain barred the importation
of parrots as protection against
an epidemic of psittacosis, or
parrot fever. Three months ago
the ban was lifted. Parrots were
imported in great number.' And
so what? Many ' cases of psit
tacosis are now being reported
in Britain. I am glad I have fin
ished this item. Psittacosis is
one of those words it pains me
to try to spell. Others are
psychitrist, Connecticut and res
taurant. Why the speling of res
taurant baffles me I can't
figure out, especially since my
granfather owned a restaurant.
Horses and Women
R. F. Delderfeld, a conscient
ious student of racing horses,
reports his bankroll has been
suffering a severe setback be
cause of the dull performances
of ' supposedly solid horses.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Delderfeld has
been backing animals coming
home in front at fancy prices.
She played Rumpelstiltskin,
because it is her favorite fairy
story; Spy Legend because she
had been reading about Mati
Hari, and so on. Things like that
try the souls of form - playing
husbands. Once at Hollywood
Park my girl friend played a
horse named Friendly Dog be
cause our dog is so friendly.
Friendly Dog romped home in
front, paying $59 for two!
Over The Bridge
There never has been a peri
od in film history when there
were not at least three Brook
lyn girls who were outstanding
stars. Right now the shining
Brooklyn beauties are Barbara
Stanwyck, Susan Hayward and
Gene Tierney. The first Brook
lyn girl to become a film star
was, Florence Turner. That was
around 1907. Florence was from
the Sheepshead Bay section of
the beautiful borough - across
the ; bridge.
Over There
At British race courses both
the ; . "tote" . (similar to the
mutuels),and bookies are avail
able for wagering. There is
often a vast difference in prices.
On a recent winner named Das
trette, the bookies paid off at
33 to 1. The tote paid off at
561; to 1! The wagering unit in
the ; tote is two shillings, the
equivalent of 28 cents. Think of
being able to bet 28 cents a race!
However, at the French tracks,
even at Longchamps, you can
bet the equivalent of 15 cents a
race.
Says He
"That, Detroit bachelorette,
who styled her city's bachelors
as intolerable bores, ill - bred,
cheap, egotistical, etc., is ap
parently not living intelligently,"
writes a Detroiter. "If she would
go to the right places, she would
meet many fine young men. The
trouble with most of these whin
ing bachelorettes ' is that they
base their complaints on men
they have met in cocktail bars,
cheap dance halls and similar
places. I have two sisters both
By Roland Cos
try CoMOlkdatssl
and I thought I saw it move.'
By E. V. Durling
Features Syndicate. Inc.)
married to fine Detroit men
and another who is engaged to
an equally fine local fellow.
Good matrimonial material is
where you find it. Really smart
girls seem to have no trouble
in meeting nice men. That is
not only true of Detroit, but all
other major cities."
Sidelights
If you can name a city in this
country having a population of
over 400,000 that is named in
honor of a former Vice President
of the United States, you don't
have to send me a stogie.
Motorists Face
Short Delays on
Some Highways
Salem U.R) Motorists in
Oregon taking pre Fourth-of-July
trips may experience short
delays on some routes because of
the state's road construction and
maintenance program, the high
way department said Tuesday.
The weekly report of road
conditions included:
The Dalles - California: Mo
doc point-Barclay springs con
struction; slight delay. Nine
miles south of LePine to "Willam
ette junction construction;
slight delay.
Pacific highway: Lane county
line Anlauf 3.57 miles gra
ding; slight delay.
Coast: Bay City south 2.5
miles grading; no delay. Reeds
port south 7.25 miles grading,
slight delay.
Coos Bay south 6.60 miles
grading; slight delay.
Umpqua: Reedsport - Scotts
burg half mile grading and
bridge; slight delay.
Coos Bay - Roseburg: Suicide
creek to junction with Pacific
highway 11.51 miles resurfac
ing; slight delay.
Tiller - Trail: 6.48 miles re
grading and surfacing; slight de
lay. Sams Valley: Closed at Dodge
bridge; detour via Shady Cove.
Federal Job Openings
Announced by U. S.
Examinations for seven posi
tions with the Bonneville Pow
er administration were announc
ed today by the United States
civil service commission.
The positions, and salaries,
are electric utility materialman,
$3,175 to $3,410 a year; painter,
$2.27 and $2.44 an hour; con
struction equipment operator,
$2.44 an hour; power utility sup
ply control aide, $3,410 a year;
power utility supply control as
sistant, $4,205 and $5,060 a year;
power utility supply control of
ficer, $5,940 a year.
The civil service office in
Washington, D. C, has announc
ed examinations for chemist, en
gineer, mathematician, metallur
gist, physicist and electronic
scientist to fill positions paying
from $3,410 to $10,800 a year.
Vacancies exist in the Washing
ton, D. C. area.
Further information on all po
sitions may be obtained at the
Medford post office.
Salem (U.R) George Spaur,
Oregon State forester, went back
to work Tuesday after spending
20 months on active duty in the
army. Spaur served as a colonel.
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Here's the latest word from
Washington:
Reports of mounting Russian
atomic power touch off big new
senate fight to add billions to
defense budget.
t PHE JOINT chiefs of staff have
just told congressional com
mittees they expect Russian to
reach a PEAK OF POWER by
mid-1954 two years hence.
They say this will mark the
start of a "period of greatest
danger" for this country.
General Nathan F. Twining,
acting head of the air force, says
Russia may SOON have enough
atomic bombs to launch a sur
prise attack with "a plentiful
reserve for succeeding tries if
the first attack should fail."
He adds that Russia now has
at least as many first - rate
planes as the United States.
QOING on with the story
Administration plans caU for
reaching our peak of retaliatory
strength ( meaning strength to
hit back if Russia hits first? by
about MID-1955. The house of
representatives a while back vo
ted to stretch out the time quite
a little longer probably to mid
1956. Senator O'Mahoney has just
gone to bat for an extra three
and a half billions to speed
things up with. He says, logi
cally enough: "It makes no sense
to build for peak strength in
1956 to meet a menace we ex
pect in 1954."
SENATOR Lyndon B. Johnson
of Texas says the joint chiefs
of staff have informed his sen
ate preparedness sub-committee
they could have 143 air wings
ready by mid-1954 IF CONG
RESS WOULD PUT UP THE
MONEY.
jyjEANWHILE
A congressional survey com
mittee estimates that the gov
ernment will have authority
(meaning previous .permission
from congress) to spend NEAR
LY 175 BILLION DOLLARS
during the next fiscal year
which started Tuesday, July 1.
The joint senate-house com
mittee on reduction of non-essential
government expendi
tures adds that this 175-billion
total we could spend in the
coming fiscal year comes from
a nest egg of 91 billion dollars
of UNSPENT BALANCES
from previous years.
rpHAT is to say, in previous
years we've appropriated 91
billion dollars more than we
have been able to spend. Yet
the tale we get from Washing
ton is that if congress doesn't
put up more money we're sunk.
Do you suppose anybody in
Washington knows where we're
really at?
LET'S go back for a moment
to this stretch-out business.
(By "stretch-out," presum
ably, is meant taking longer to
spend the defense money nec
essary to bring us to the point
where we can defend ourselves
if Russia attacks us.)
Facing a foe like communist
Russia, why did we decide ( to
take more time to get ready?
The answer to that, as I
recall it, is that it began to look
like if - we went on spending
fast and making weapons and
getting ready fast to defend our
selves if attacked we wouldn't
have enough of the GOOD things
of life to go around, and if that
happened (especially in an elec
tion year) the people might get
mad and throw out of office
everybody who is now in office.
ANYWAY, when we decided
to "stretch out" the period of
our peak preparedness, the news
that was fed to us turned rosy
and hopeful. Reading the Wash
ington stuff in the papers and
listening to it on the radio, it
began to appear to us that the
Russians were hopelessly snarl
ed up in the inefficiencies of
their communist system and
couldn't fight a war if they
wanted to.
Now, with more money from
congress, it appears that ANY
DAY the Russian bombers may
be overhead.
IlfHAT wouldn't I give for i
" for leadership in Washington j
that I could and would believe
unhesitatingly! '
Leadership of that sort, it i
seems to me, is our greatesl !
need. With it, there is NOTH- :
ING we couldn't do. !
Without it j
Well, I sometimes wonder.
mar its matchless beauty!
Moscow Displeased
With Happenings To
Reds in West Europe
By HOMER JENKS
United Press Correspondent
The men in Moscow's Krem
lin are unhappy about the way
things have been going for the
Communists in Western Europe.
And no wonder.
Red strength in the West has
ebbed to a post-war low, Com
munist demonstrations against
the German peace treaty, Eu
ropean Army Pact and alleged
Allied "germ warfare'' in Korea
have flopped, and the head of
the French Communist party
has been thrown into jail.
Change in Strategy
To the Communist bosses in
the Soviet capital, these set
back clearly called for a change
of strategy and tactics.
It is evident now that Mos
cow during the last part of June
ordered a new party line in
France and Italy, the Commu
nists two main strongholds in
Western Europe.
This means another zig in the
Reds' traditional zig-zag march
toward their never-changing
goal of world domination, a de
tour toward the same destina
tion. The new orders went to the
Communist Central Committees
in Paris and Rome.
Grave Errors Admitted
In accordance with establish
ed procedure, the committees
first confessed that they had
committed grave errors in the
past.
The French party's confession
appeared in L'Humanite, the
party newspaper, June 19. It ad
mitted "opportunism," "sectar
ianism," lack of cool-headed
ness, and muddled direction.
The Italian party followed
suit last Sunday in its Rome
newspaper, Unita, admitting
"defects, gaps nd errors."
Both newspapers subsequent
ly published inklings of the new
party line. More of it was dis
cerned from Communist propa
ganda and conversations with
disgruntled Reds.
New Tactics Needed
In brief, the new line calls for
donning kid gloves, seeking new
allies among workers, women
and youth by sponsoring causes
popular even with non-Cpmmu-
nists, infiltrating non-Red organ
izations to bend them to the
Communist will, and tightening
discipline among party mem
bers. It is to be a period of good
will and popular, fronts, with
the Communists on their good
behavior. The objective is to lull
the Western powers into a false
sense of security as well as to
increase Red strength.
There are to be no more at
tempts at general strikes. Those
called in recent months have
fizzled and served only to dem
onstrate Communist weakness
rather than strength. Strikes
still may be called in individual
factories, but only where Com
munists are in complete control
of the workers.
Militant demonstrations are
Rogue River Teacher
Gets Harvard Award
Leslie J. Weigart, science in
structor at Rogue River high
school, has been awarded a
scholarship to attend the
Harvard summer school's spe
cial program in the teaching of
science, according to a univer
sity release.
Weigert will take a course en
titled "The Methods of Science,"
which is to be taught by James
B. Conant, president of Harvard
university. Conant will be as
sisted by Harvard and Columbia
university professors. The class
is scheduled to be in session
through August 22.
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Growing with Jackson County Since 1909
I out for the same reason. Recent
Communist attempts to drum up
demonstrations against Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgeway, Atlantic
Pact supreme commander, fail
ed miserably in both Rome and
Paris.
Moreover, the violence stirred,
up earlier demonstrations alien
ated rather than attracted pub
lic support for the Communists.
It also gave both the French and
Italian governments an excuse
to crack down hard on the Reds.
All in all, it looks as though
the Western powers have won
the current round from the
Communists. But the fight goes
on.
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view to clarification and conden
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UraUon must not exceed 409 words
Broken Glass Plea
To the Editor: The public in
Jackson county is particularly
fortunate in having available for
use a series of three lakes built
by C. C. Hoover and his sons,
Claud and Melvin, in the Camp
White area. The owners have
been more than kind in permit
ting use of these lakes. The only
restriction that the Hoovers have
placed on the use of the same is
that they do not want broken
glass on the ground because of
the possible injury to the cattle
there.
The public was thoughtful
along this line for a considerable
period of time, but now broken
bottles are becoming evident on
the lake shores and along the
roads leading to the same. This
is particularly dangerous for cat
tle, as well as dogs which are
being trained in the area. There
is a likelihood that if this prac
tice of breaking bottles on the
Hoover property does not stop
that the gates will be locked and
access will be restricted. There
fore, this letter is written as an
urgent plea to all who use the
Hoover lakes area to refrain
from breaking bottles, and if
they have any empty bottles, for
them to please take them home
and place them in their garbage
cans. If it should be necessary
for Mr. Hoover to lock said gates
it will cause a considerable in
convenience to a large number
of people who are using the land
for recreation.
The same condition that is de
veloping on the Hoover land ex
ists to a considerable extent
throughout the entire state. The
sides of our highways are litter
ed with broken glass. Those who
use the Military Bridge area of
the Camp White land know that
a great amount of broken glass
is all along the banks of the
Rogue river. The same condition
exists to a certain extent in all
our outdoor areas. More and
more people are cutting their
feet on glass while swimming.
Not only broken glass, but cans,
garbage and other debris is ap
pearing. This practice is also de
plored. This lack of thoughtfulness is
a serious reflection on the por
tion of the public which is guilty
of these practices. A campaign
to eliminate this condition would
be a good project for recreation
groups, chambers of commerce,
state organizations, and any oth
er group interested in maintain
ing our County in a safe and
beautiful condition. Let us all
eliminate the presence of broken
glass, garbage and debris in our
outdoor and recreational areas!
Kenneth G. Denman
Member, Oregon State .
Game Commission.
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