Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 04, 1952, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextencMEsroiiD (orzgok) mail TJUBums If Svarjrone In Southern Orel on Roads Tne Mail Tribune Published OaU7 Except Saturday by MZDrORO PRINTING CO. 27.29 North Fir St. Phone 24141 ROBERT W. RUHU Editor ERNEST R. GILS TRAP. Manager HERB GREY. AdvertUtaf Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Manatfng Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor BARRY CHIP MAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sport Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation May An Independent Newspaper Catered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under AJt of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Daily and Sunday one year f 12 rtiiv nri Snnriav ix months 6 Daily and Sunday three mos. 3.50 Daily and Sunday one month 1 25 By Carrier In A d v a n e e Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix 8hady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: nH onH KunHtv nnA Vfeir SIS nailv and Sunday one month 1-25 All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Uillciai raper ox kxiod United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER CP AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: Offices in New York. Chicago. De. iron, oan rranusco, un nuncita Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL lAS'SpCUTldN Zs t NEWSPAPlt PUIllSHItS ASSOCIATION Flight 0' Time Medferd and Jackson County Hit fry from the files of the Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 roars so. 10 YEARS AGO July 4. 1942 (It was Saturday) Medford Superintendent of Schools E. H. Hedrick named to State school group's war emer gency committee. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Mermaids and mermen of the city are flock ing to the Applegate and baptiz ing themselves therein. 20 YEARS AGO July 4, 1932 (It was Monday) Carrie Jacobs Bond, composer of "The End of a Perfect my," and "I Love You Truly," visits In Medlord. Permits issued by city build ing department valued at $3,595 during June, up $599 from pre vious year.. SO YEARS AGO July 4, 1922 (It was Tuesday) Petitions asking for recall of Jackson county sheriff filed with county clerk along with petitions for the nomination, of D. M. Lowe to run for the office. Small crowd attends Chamber of Commerce forum to discuss raising funds for new Jackson county fair building. 40 YEARS AGO July 4, 1912 (It was Thursday) Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company sells plans in Medford, Jacksonville, Central Point, Gold Hill and Rogue River toHome Telephone company of Medford for undisclosed sum. A- J. Edwards wins featured 50-mile automobile race here with time of 52.44 minutes; de scription of race run by car fin ishing in second place says "His engine got hot and his radiator went dry but on and on he went, fighting gamely to hold his place, until he lost a tire. Then a quick change was made and he got back in time to finish in sec ond place." In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Little Sweden tells big Russia she will SEEK JUSTICE IN AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL unless Moscow admits that So viet fighters shot down two Swedish planes over the open Baltic sea. rIE tragedy that lies back of that simple and admirable statement is this: ' Courts are helpless without FORCE to back up their decrees. In today's sad and disturbed world there is NO international court with the courage to order Russia to stop shooting down Swedish planes over the open Baltic sea and the NECESSARY MILITARY FORCE back of it to compel Russia to obey the order. rIE Swedish note to Moscow adds: ' "Swedish military aircraft are of course ENTIRELY FREE to fly over the free sea and WILL in the future, as hitherto, make use of that right "Soviet military forces can not; any more than the military forces of any other country, claim the right to exercise sover Editorial Correspondence New York, N.Y., June 30 enough, we will SOME day see Yankees. But to date we have never enjoyed that rare pleasure. Had we traveled up to Yankee stadium Saturday, instead of Sunday, we would have seen the lowly Philadelphia- Athletics slaughter the Yanks, but the lure of a double-header was too strong, so we went through the usual ordeal of witnessing the "perennial champs" knock the ball all over the lot, and increase their Amer ican League lead to 4Vi games, at the expense of the Washing ton Senators. As far as the Senators are concerned we have yet to see them win. When we arrived, in Washington they were in second place, when we left rather when they ular tour they were in 5th place. When they arrived here they Today (this is Monday the 30th) That isn't as bad as it sounds short of second place, the standings Yanks .609. Boston .537. Cleveland .536. Chicago .536. Washington .531. - Some race for No. 21 see We have seen Marlene Bauer come into her own at last also in the morning paper. She shares a Herald Tribune headline with Betty Jameson for second place to Louise Suggs in the National Women's Open, Marlene did the last 3 rounds in 70-6970, only one stroke behind the winner. Her first 18 however added up to an unbelieveable 83, or she might win as she is bound to one of these days we would like to see Papa Bauer for once in his life shed that dour, sour expression of his. And for Mrs. B s sake we a- nr..v.intn TW" ni OQ1 Eisenhower town. Which probably accounts for the fact that .. m t 1 f7I t 1 X just as the national capuoi reaucea our r-isennower nupe& 10 me :.', ,m 'KjrnViQ-fton Viae reetnrprl itipm As we nrenare to leave iilJlMJllUUl, iUCUUWVkUM w..-- for the Chicago convention we on even terms with Mr. .Republican," wnicn was more man we were able to say when we len Since that departure we have talked with people at New London and Stonington, Connecticut, New York and Brooklyn tm v anri riav not been able to find a single Taft supporter They have all been Republicans, ... . . that if Taft Is nominated tney won t support mm, or mey ueueve h will he beaten, if he is the GOP choice. If Taft CAN be beaten that latter feeling is going to do The Madison Avenue buses sv. Atomic hus nave added two cents maKine me aie a VltlA w ' nuisance 12c. The N. x. sunways still give xne greatest irduaijut trains, in the pniintrv one can travel 20 miles for a dime. lauuu v u. v. v. m.v j The . Washington DC busses provide a radio-service which no other busses provide as ler as our experience goes sucei.-t.aio ditto. The latter incidentally are the smoothest-riding street-cars we have ever patronized. The radios dish out the usual commer cials with their programs, and if we remember correctly the U.S. Supreme Court recently upneig tne rignt 10 uu ou. wumj might look this up for jvieaiora.; ...v.. r.lo. Kor perous is not only the tourist trade which summer and winter is j. j v.., h. ion that not onlv the tourists but visitors ireiueuuuus uv here on business, come with as assemble with the lirm aetermmation 01 spenuuig 11. depart. For many years on our visits to this Bibulous Babylon we felt j.K-ii. - -it- He sho-ujs in town that we could a aeiuuie uigcuvy iu s v.. ... scrape up the money for, regardless of whether they appealed to US PARTICULiAKLiX or not. vwe reicr ia wuik reports and the grapevine as to the probable appeal.) That com- Tn fart to date we have seen only one legitimate (4 or 5 movies) and that one only because the reports intrigued us sounded like the sort of thing we would like to see and should see when granted the opportunity. nnf ev-noptations. . X ML UUVC b J King and I" proved to be the best musical we have seen since tv, Met WMnw" hark in 1902. Gertrude Lawrence is the star but a young man by the name of Yul Brynner as the king steals the show, and the supporting cast, including the most extraordinary assemblage of little Siamese children, come a close second. If there jc o ian i this nrodiietion. aside from Getrtrude Lawrence's in ability to sing, we failed to detect did not seriously detract from u w of en-invment xav.i nit- ..-jw . . seeing anything else in New York, we would prefer to see the "The King and I for a second time. 11 we coma agaui gei ucw i was onlv bv some sort of miracle and then through speculators that we got them the first time. The mtnrv nt the nlav is unusual and cenuinelv interesting. WWW J "- Z J " . the music isn't so much the whistling type as the worth-while oni meininne w nioelv suited to the settins and the action. and there is throughout real feeling shown and a quiet, charming but never tiresome siap-sucic numor. une 01 tne weu snuwu iuti dramatic critics tabbed the play the first night under the caption "Rodgers & Hammerstein have done it again!" Those familiar with what these . two geniuses have done in the theatrical line since the first World war will up this latest triumph. Another break in the weather cleared the atmosphere as well as it destroyed the heat and humid ity, brought relief and a new lease-on-life to the undersigned. R.WH. eignty in such (free) waters over aircraft of another nationality." THOSE are brave and noble words, but I fear they will get nowhere. Soviet military forces can and do claim and EXERCISE the right to shoot down the aircraft of other na tionalities over the open waters of free seas. They shot down some of OUR aircraft not too long ago over this same Baltic sea. They will continue to do so from time to time unless they are deterred by the fear of re taliation by superior military force. It's too bad, but that's the way it is. SWEDEN'S history is interest ing. Back in the early 1500's, a great king arose by the process of rebellion against a weak and corrupt system. His name was Gustavus Vasa. He was a mili tary genius and a natural leader. He defeated his country's ene mies and when he died in 1560 he left Sweden the strongest power in northern Europe. Three warrior kings followed him and they succeeded in turn ing the Baltic sea into a Swedish lake by ti e simple process of conquering and gaining military possession of the Baltic's shores. That period was Sweden's hour in the sun. F DIDN'T last long. Along about 1700, the pow ers that Sweden had whipped Friday, July 4, 19S2 Perhaps, if we keep at it long SOME ball club beat the N. Y. left Washington for their reg were back again in second place. they are back in 5th place again, however they are only 6 points as of today being as follows: ' well have won. When she does shall give 3 rousing cneers! o Toft nwn TJaw Vnrlr is an - - feel that the General is at least wasnington. and they have all declared, either 1 at u.i:..h it. still charge only a dime, while . . . , "Wrlr ie so laree and SO TjroS mucn casn-money as mey uui were fullv realized. In fact "The it. And that inability somehow tne pleasure 01 tne maunee. --.u was Dassed with ease instead of we Deneve ieei mat hdoui sums a REAL thunder storm that got together. An alliance was formed by Denmark, Prussia, Poland-Saxony and Russia. This alliance fought the Swedes until their country was exhausted. The shorelands which Sweden had conquered were taken away from her and the Baltic ceased to be a Swedish lake.' Eventually, weak and worn out, Sweden turned to a policy of neutrality and under this policy she strengthened her economy and succeeded in gain ing for her people an admirable degree of prosperity and a high standard of living. But THAT period is now threatened. Russia is setting out to make of the Baltic a RUS SIAN lake.. I fear that unless powerful friends come to her aid Sweden will be trampled into the bloody ..mud as SHE trampled other nationalities into the bloody mud when SHE was making the Baltic into a Swedish lake. ' Time marches on. IS THERE no balm in Gilead? Is there no peace for the peacefully-minded who have pos sessions that are coveted by evil minded neighbors? 1 Is there no hope? I THINK there is hope. In its slow and inexorable way, his tory points it out for us. If we are to have peace (with out waiting through the millen niums necessary for the making over of human nature) some great and righteous nation with Crosstown . sternal "The milk bar still givin' a chocolate soda for every home run? If. they'll gimme a comie book instead, I'll HIT one." Faint Sign of Break In Truce Negotiation Features Week's News By HOMER JENKS Balance sheet for the week between good and bad news in the hot and cold wars: GOOD NEWS 1. The first faint sign of a break in the deadlock over re patriation of war prisoners last remaining obstacle to a Korean armistice appeared in the negotiations at Panmunjom Communist truce delegates pro posed "reclassification" of all prisoners by nationalities. They suggested those listed as South Koreans be given the right to re fuse repatriation, but demanded all North Koreans, Chinese and United Nations personnel be re turned to their respective arm ies, by force if necessary. The U.N. w.ants all prisoners to have the right to refuse repatriation, but the Red offer seemed to of fer a chance lor a compromise settlement. U. N. delegates ask ed for a recess to think it over, Acheson's Trip Success 2. U. S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson's good "'ill tour of Europe proved an unqualified success. Threatened Communist demonstrations against him fail ed to develop. He soothed Brit ish feelings ruffled by Ameri can failure to consult the Churchill government in ad vance of the Yalu River power plant raid in Korea, and reassur ed West Berliners and Viennese behind the Iron Curtain that the U.S. stands solidly behind them m their resistance to commu nist threats. 3. Lt. Gen. Lauris A. Nor- stad, commanding the Allied air forces in Europe, reported the balance of air power in Europe has begun to shift toward the West. He said the Allies now have enough planes to give a good account of themselves and shoot down a lot of Russians in any future war. But, he added. they are still not strong enough to assure victory. BAD NEWS 1. The . Russians continued their pinpricks against the West in Berlin. Three American Cath olic priests and their German. woman secretary were arrested at gunpoint by Soviet troops when by mistake they drove their jeep from West Berlin a both the will and the power to establish and enforce JUilfflSE throughout the world must artse. That nation could be ours. But if it IS to be ours, we must become both a great and a RIGHTEOUS nation. Our mo tives must be both high and right. If we are to accomplish a tack like that, we must be able to say and BELIEVE: "Our strength is as the strength : of ten because our hearts are pure. In no other way can it be done. BUT it would be wonderful if it WERE done. The bene fits that would accrue to every body would be beyond calcu lation. Baker Faces Loss Of Mayor, Council Baker U.R) -Baker, the city that lost its police force last week in a city dispute over gam bling, Friday faced the prospect of losing its mayor and city council. Five members of the seven man council announced Thurs day they would submit their res ignations about July 17. Earlier in the day, Police Chief Fred R. Hunt and seven of eight officers who resigned last week-end were rehired by newly - appointed City ' Manager David Koester. Koester said the council had given him a free rein in choosing a chief. The dove is the only game bird that breeds in every one of the 48 states. Sports Afield. By Roland Co J 7-4-- aHMt tr CMaolMM-i Kiwt FMIirv scant three feet inside the Soviet Zone of Germany. Collapse Threatened 2. The French government's case against the French Commu nist party threatened to col lapse. A Paris appeals court or dered the relase of Jacques Du clus, imprisoned secretary-general of the party, on grounds that contrary to the govern ment's contention he had been caught in the act of committing a crime, and therefore could not be tried unless the National As sembly lifts his parliamentary immunity. 3. South Korean President Syngman Rhee persisted in his defiance of the South Korean constitution in his efforts to hold on to his high office. i Party Conventions, Greatest Political Show, Starts July 7 (Editor s note: Following is the second in a series of articles on the procedure of electing a President in the United States. The series has been prepared by Congressional Quarterly.) Washington (CO) The greatest political shows on earth the party conventions will be brought into every TV own er's home this July. But with out a program and a scorecard, the shows are likely to be as confusing as a 13-ring circus. Here's a short explanation, compiled by the editors of Con gressional Quarterly, of what it s all about: Both Democrats and Republi cans have adopted conventions as the best way of selecting candidates. They don't have to use them. The Constitution does not mention conventions (or pol itical parties, for that matter), and the federal election laws supervise them only to the ex tent of checking money spent. Each Makes Own Rules Each party makes its own convention rules and makes them pretty complex. First, the delegates are sel ected, that's what the Presi dential primaries and state con ventions are all about. The Democrats give each state two votes in the aational conven tion for each of its senators and representatives and give a bonus of four votes if the state went Democratic in 1948. At the Democratic convention. there will be more delegates than total votes. That's because some delegates will have only one-half vote. The Republicans have a dif ferent system, yhey give four votes to each state, plus six if A CAPITAL IDEA... UNDER OUR FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM ili who have money in the bank sre capitalists. No matter what your occu pation... fanner, clerk, welder or businessman... if you work tad have money in the bank you are capitalizing on your earnings. These savings axe the backbone of America's growth and prosperity. ..the basis of Oregon's present and future development. So start your capital working for you and enjoy thai extra profit from hard earned wages. At The First National Bank of Portland yonr savings work for you the increased rate of 2, regardless of the sixe of your account. Start rapitalmng on your earnings today. DEPOSITS MADE ON OR BEFORE JULY lOtfc EARN INTEREST FROM JULY 1st. r-nra? medford branch PORS NATIONAL DANK ( OF PORTLAND B,U' OtBt 10 TO S SIX DAYS A WtflC far yr rTn i.n TUrS HMOOKQQM TOOnHB? Mr r Dt br- UW. Payment of Discloses Some Honest People (Editor's note: This is the second of two stories about reaction of Oregon's veterans of World War II to the bonus votod them by tho people of thair state.) BY WILLIAM WARREN Salem (U.R) You can toss that lantern, Diogenes. The bo nus .division of the Oregon De partment of Veterans Affairs has found your honest men. Two veterans of World War n have refused the bonus be cause they say they have found I they did not meet the residential requirements, of living in Ore gon a year before entering active service. Residence Lack Found One veteran qualified in good order and received his bonus check for the maximum amount of $600 under the law approved by the voters. He said he dis covered through some old letters that "I arrived in Oregon the second time in the summer of 1940 instead of 1939. Under this finding I am not eligible for or entitled to this compensation. And he enclosed the check for S600 which had already been made out to him. Another lad served through out the war with the unit de veloped from the . Oregon Na tional Guard. Not only that, but he had been a resident of Ore gon all his life. All, he said, ex cept two weeks. His mother moved to Spokane and he went with her. He was there only two weeks, then returned to Oregon, joined the National Guard, and was inducted into active service. He had been out of the state for two weeks, and Hub Saalfeld, head of the bonus division said he could well have looked upon the two weeks as a vacation. But no, the lad insisted he was a resident of Washington for those two weeks, and so disqual ified himself against the bonus. Saalfeld said he hoped there would be some provision of tak ing care of this case or any sim ilar. For the lad lived in Oregon and fought in his Oregon unit of the National Guard. Prisoner Checks Returned Four of five checks addressed to inmates of Oregon State peni tentiary came back marked the state went Republican in 1948, plue one vote for each Congressional district casting 1,000 GOP votes in 1948, and a bonus of one more for 10,000 Republican votes. There will be no half-vote delegates at the GOP convention. Fun Begins July 7 The fun begins July 7 when tne JKepuoncan delegates con vene in Chicago. Speeches, pol iticking, platform building and general whoop-de-doo fill the first few days, and then the con vention picks a Presidential can didate. There will be 1,205 votes cast, and 603 votes will be needed to win the nomination. If no one gets a majority on the first ballot, they try again. They keep trying, sometimes for scores of ballots. Eventually someone corrals 603 votes even if it takes a little smokey-room dickering and the Republi cans have a candidate. The winner ordinarily sug gests a Vice-Presidential candi date, and the convention usual ly follows the suggestion with out much argument. The Democrats move into the same hall July 21 and go through the same process. The delegates will have 12,230 votes in all, and 616 will be needed for nom ination. Then it's fang and claw from coast to coast until Nov. 4. "24 FOR UNDERWOOD" Chicago (U.R) There were 103 roll calls at the Democratic national convention in 1924 at Madison Square Garden, New York. Each roll call votp started with the same phrase: "Alabama casts 24 votes for Oscar W. Underwood." 2S2 Oregon Bonus Checks "Moved, left no address." If the men are discharged completely they don t have to give their addresses. If they are on parole they have to keep In touch with the parole board. The division was told to hold one bonus check because the parolee vio lated his parole "and will be back in a few days." Such mix-ops. You've heard, of course about the 100 wayward checks that got put in the wrong envelopes due to a bug in the mailing machine. Well, here was a mix-up caused by the Army. It referred the bonus division to a certain paragraph in the regu lations when the division asked for the record of a rugged G. I. Joe. Hub looked up the para graph. It read: "discharged for pregnancy." Check Burned Vexation. One veteran re ported that his little boy threw his check into the fireplace and it burned up. He will get a new Babson and Opportunities BY RpGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., July 4. (Special to Mail Tribune.) Dur ing the past month nearly every family has had some young member finish school or col lege and go out into the cold world to work. Some of these have taken jobs away from home. The of another city brighter lights have looked good. They want to be connected with some big cor poration which they have seen advertised in national maga zines, forgetting that the large ones have their troubles as well as the .small ones. Besides, one does not learn as much with a large company. Unfortunate is the young person who thinks his days for study and learning are over because he has "graduated" and has a diploma, Young . people should also think of the possibility of World War III when selecting a place to settle. This. means that the 12 large cities cited Dy the gov ernment as especially vulnerable should be avoided. These are: New York, Chicago, Philadel phia, Detroit, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Baltimore, St Louis, Boston, Washington, and San Francisco. Surely, these cities are no places to take a young girl and start to bring up a fam ily. Hence, stay where you now live. Young People Staying In Community Commended The real purpose of my little sermon this week is to commend the young people who are getting jobs in the community where they were raised the city or town which has paid for their education where they have relatives- and friends. These graduates are doing the smart thing. The first principle of suc cess is to build upon the founda tions already constructed. Thousands of young people have asked me, "What chance nave x witnout money or cap ital?" I immediately reply, "You have as much chance to make friends as anyone; real friends are the best capital you can have." I have 170 people here in my statistical organization and we are employing more all the time. When looking Tip the ref erences of applicants for jobs, I always want to know how many "contacts" they have vand the character of these contacts. Oth er things being equal, the one with the most contacts gets the job. Your best contacts are in your home town or city. Stay where you are. Protect and in crease your present' contacts. Every one of them is worth $500 to you as capital. Better be a big toad in a little puddle, than a little toad in a big puddle. Opportunities For Growth In Large Cities Declining Statistics show that the rate of growth of some of the largest cities is already declining. The big increase in population is in the towns aud smaller cities. I These now offer the real oppor on certificate! of ckpeait written id " siaS check as soon as the proper steps and precautions are taken. One fellow In Cottage Grove got a check belonging to a vet eran in Portland. He took the trouble to find the man's address, phoned him long distance and sent him the check. The recipi ent in turn sent back his thanks and the $1.50 the phone call had cost The only gripes that have de veloped have come from men who tink they did not get big enough checks. Mostly these are Navy and Marine cases where the dates of foreign service did not show on the discharge. These errors are being smoothed out. Saalfeld said he could not give enough credit to the em ployees in his division, he said their intense work, and intelli gent handling of cases had re sulted in maximum speed and minimum error in getting Ore gon's bonus to her veterans or their survivors. tunities to wide awake young people. Therefore, get a job in the city where your family now lives. Marry a local boy or girl and raise some good kids. Take an interest' in the schools, churches and civic organiza tions. They all need new blood and new ideas. Remember all the present leaders and big shots will die off someday be one of their successors. This is the least you can do. Don't be too fussy about the special business or industry where you are working or are going to work. Statistics show that some families are making a great success of every indus try and every kind of a store. This proves there are opportuni ties in every factory, store and other business in your city if the management is wide awake, honest and aggressive. In fact, with a "sleepy" employer you may have a better opportunity than with some other. . If you have any doubts as to who are the "wide awake" ones, apply for a job with those who ad vertise. This is the best barom eter that I know of as to wheth er a concern is on its toes and headed for growth. Watch Population of Your City From 1940 to 1930 the net growth in population of the U. S. was about 19,000,000. If we avoid World War III, there will be a net growth, in population between 1950 and 1960 of about 25,000,000. These people, more over, will be better educated and better physically. Although we may have a temporary slump in business and employment during the next two or three years, sometime before 1960 we should witness great prosperity. This means that this year's graduates have the greatest opportunities of any young people who have ever gone forth into the world of business. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 EAST 6TH Just Off Central For Complete Prescription Service 9 A M - 10 30 P.M. AY and NICH1 Call 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals Gordon Hudson Medford's Own Modern Ph?-aey