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SIX MZCFOBD (OltEGOK) MAIL TRIBUNE Everyone in Southern Orecoo Reads The Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. t7-29 North- Fir St Phone 2-S141 ROBERT W RUHU 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 OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under A-a ox March 3. 1897 . SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: ., Daily and Sunday one year $12 00 Daily and Sunday six months 8.50 Daily and Sunday three mos. 3 50 Daily and Sunday one month lis By Carrier In A d v a n e e Medford, Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: ' Daily and Sunday one year $19 .00 Daily and Sunday one month lis All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: . WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offices in New York. Chicago, De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver, B C. ' ' .jz NATIONAL EDITORIAL A0CTATfdN NEWSPAPER PUUISHIRS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Ctfunty His tory from the filet of the. Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 'and 40 ago. 10 YEARS AGO July 9, 1942 (It was Thursday) Safeway's 'store of tomorrow' at Main and Oakdale schedules its grand opening tomorrow. - From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: An officer in the Women's Army says "ap plicants better forget about flirting as this Is war." To stop this nonsense is going to be a job. Blinders will have to be put on either the lady soldiers or the men, and just to be sure, all of them. 20 YEAHS AGO July 9, 1932 (It was Saturday) Army worms attack the Ap plegate district. . . Many people report to the po lice that the groceries they left in their cars have been stolen. 40 YEARS AGO July 9. 1912 (It was Tuesday) Sen. Jonathan' Bourne Jr. manages to get a $100,000 gov ernment appropriation for im provement of Crater Lake park. Mrs. Frances Squire Potter, "the nation's most- eloquent equal siifrage speaker," speaks tonight at the Carnegie library here. Boy Scout News Troop 9 Twenty-nine scouts of Troop 9 enjoyed the yearly hike planned by Doc Roberts, scout master, Sherril Doty, assistant scout mas ter, and Walt Weber. Due to weather conditions in the Waldo Lake area, the week was spent in Oregon Caves na tional monument on Sucker creek, a tributary of Grayback creek. The first five days in camp were spent on Sucker creek, and we had exceedingly good weather, except the morn ing before the two day nixe. There were 11 fish caught in Sucker creek, and the scouts went swimming every day. The scout leaders planned . classes so the boys might earn higher ranks in scouting. It was arranged for scouts to go to the Oregon Caves. Our scout leaders cooked the first four meals in Camp, but the scouts cooked their own meals after that. We ate trail meals which were de hydrated. We were interested in the water ozzle which flies over the water end eats baby fish. It builds its nest on the rocks. The frees were interesting because the forest service has put mark ers on some of the trees so you will know ther names. The last two days of camp we hiked from Oregon - Caves to Caves Camp, lOVi miles. The troop spent the night at Gray back camp, about half way. The trail was in bad shape because of the continual bad weather this spring. It will be in better shape after the Forest Service clears the trail of fallen trees and brush. When the troop got to Caves Camp, some of the scout mothers had prepared a picnic. James, Corum, scribe. COLORS MIXED Oxford, Miss. (U.R) Univer sity of Mississippi rooters here don't like it but many of them will have the colors of arch rival Mississippi State college on their automobile license tags. rf3!l i yj Will We Fail? The Red Cross may have bitten off a bigger chunk than it can masticate in undertaking the job of supply ing 'through voluntary donations the need for whole blood and plasma for the nation's armed forces and civilian medical requirements. If it goes under on the job, however, it's going un der trying. "THE first few times the bloodmobile came around to Jackson county, the chore was relatively easy. Korean casualties were still fresh in people's minds, and there was a certain novelty in going to a peace time bloodbank, and offering from our own Veins the medicine' needed to save lives. But the novelty has gone, and the "hard core" of consistent, blood donors, while still faithful, cannot continue to fulfill the quota assigned to this area. . In view of the fact that the Red Cross (for those words you can read "American people," if you wish it amounts to the same thing) is falling on its face in collecting blood, we feel that the following perti nent facts about the blood program have significance : TTEM There's a "summer slump" in blood giving. -May collections were almost 35,000 pints fewer than in April throughout the nation. Few individuals have formed a pattern of blood-giving. Those on vaca tion are not apt to make donations, and those staying home are trying to keep cool. Farm people are busy with crops and harvests. Item The Red Cross is comitted to furnish the armed forces with 300,000 pints of blood monthly. Some of this is flown directly to Korea. Much of it is processed into plasma for use in Korea, and for stockpiling. Item Whole blood is being used in Korea at a much higher rate than in World War II. Largely as a result, deaths among casualties are only two in one hundred. ITEM Throughout the nation, facilities for collect- ing blood are convenient and available. In Med ford, particularly, teamwork among agencies and groups has, made the Elks temple collection spot one of the smoothest-operating of any in the. nation. Item Blood giving is quick, easy and virtually painless. The slight discomfort of eating properly beforehand, and giving a few minutes of time, is far overbalanced for those who give with the satisfaction of knowing that they are taking part in an important group endeavor. It's not charity it's part of being a decent human being. Item The need for whole blood is in no way re duced by the development of new bloqd "extenders," which merely postpone (not supplant) the patient's need for blood. Item-Patients who have received blood are being reminded that it would be entirely appropriate for them to see that it is replaced, either by securing a donor, or replacing it themselves as soon as they are physically able. AND last: The next visit of the bloodmobile to Jackson county will be between the hours of 12:30 and 5:30 n.m. at the Elks temple on Wednesday, July 16. The telephone number to call for Pale and Eye-Strained A friend of ours recentlv SDent a week or so in southern California. He stayed, he reports, at a lovely motel, surrounded by green lawns, with a swimming pool, and other outdoor activities for the asking. -, A FEW blocks away the warm and sunny Pacific hpar.h beckoned. Within a few minutes' drive were the fabulous Sunset tarium, the world-famous Mt. .Falomar ooservatory, the Huntington museum, the universities of Southern California, and California at Los Angles, to name nnlv n fpw worth-while attractions. A short boat-ride away was Catalina. Southward were the fabulous oil fields, and the amazing sweep of coastline toward Mexico. And how did our friend spend his time? .. FA darkened room, watching television. He returned to Medford, pale and eye-strained, thankful that the monstrous little screen had yet to invade the Rogue valley. E. A. Warren Meets Says Fight 'Just Starting' Chicago (U.R) Gov. Earl Warren has told Oregon's 18 del egates to the Republican conven tion that he doesn't want to take any of their Columbia river wat er into California. Sen. Wayne Morse (R-Ore.,) said Wednes day. " The Oregon delegation called on-Warren late. Tuesday. Morse said a delegate asked the Cal ifornia governor about a Bureau of. Reclamation report proposing diversion of Columbia water southward. Morse quoted Warren as say ing he didn't think California needed any water .from the Northwest because his state had 15,000,000 acre feet of water it wasn't storing now. Fight Just Starting Morse also said he had warn ed the Oregon delegates, who are. pledged to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, that the fight for the nomination of their mart is "just starting." The defeat Mon day on a convention rules change has "wounded" the forces of Sen. f Wednesday. July 1952 an appointment is 3-3813. strip, movie lots, the Plane Oregon Group Robert A.' Taft and they will fight back, he said he told the delegates. The Oregon senator' said he saw no chance for a deadlocked eonventibri that would give the nomination to a compromise candidate. ; Otherwise, he said, Warren would have second, choice strength in the Oregon delegation. He said he believed Gen. Douglas MacArthur was "out of it entirely" after his keynote speech. PLENTY TO SAY Forth Worth, Tex.--U.R)-. When Mrs. A. S. Mounce writes to her husband, a GI on Guam, she does it up big. One letter, 43 feet long, consisted of 51 pages. . "Leghorn"- hats are so called because they have long been shipped from Italy's west-coast port of Leghorn (Liverno), They are made 100 road miles inland at Fiesole, a suburb of Florence. Crosstown "It's paw's idea. Matter of Fact Chicago Even before this madhouse began its peculiar course, the Eisenhower forces had got the big break they were waiting for. The time was after midnight, the place -the hotel room " of Michigan National Committeeman Arthur Summer field. The break was a firm agreement between Summerfield and Gov.-John Fine of Pennsyl vania that they would throw their combined support to Gen. Dwight ft. Eisenhower at the psychological moment. Perhaps the existence of this Fine - Summerfield agreement may become public property be fore these words are printed, although it was still a close-kept secret when they were written. Events are moving fast and con fusingly here. It will be a heavy blow to the hopes of Sen. Robert A. Taft when Fine and Summer field lead the majority of the two biggest officially uncommit ted delegations into the Eisen hower camp. But perhaps Sen. Taft will come up with a counter-blow of his own. F ANY EVENT, the- back ground of this Fine-Summer-field agreement is vividly inter esting. In the case of Summer field, his "uncommitted" status has been strictly for public and Taftite consumption ever since 'Gen.' Eisenhower's visit to De troit. As the General departed, Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge arriv ed in Detroit, saw Summerfield, and-got what he wanted. There after, behind the shield of his supposed neutrality, Summer field was in fact at work lining up the maximum of Michigan's 46 delegates for Gen. Eisenhow er. Of late, Summerfield's inclin ations have become a more and more open secret. In the case of Fine on the other hand, all has been mystery, doubt and specu lation and the case of Fine has been even more important than the case of Summerfield, since Pennsylvania has no less than 70 delegates, ' of whom many more 'than ,a third are either controled or strongly influenced by the governor. , The result of Gov, Fine's con trol pf this large bloc of uncom mitted votes was best summed up in his own remark, "I'm being kind of wooed." Both the Eisen hower and Taft camps did every thing in their power to bring the governor' over to their ' sides. Mentions of cabinet places, hints of the viee-presidency, the most irpn-qlad promises of control ov er all Pennsylvania patronage these were the commonplaces of Fine s pre-convention weeks, rflHE EISENHOWER people went so far as to ask Gov. Fine's old friend and more re cent enemy, Sen. James Duff, to cede to the governor his senator ial patronage powers. They also suggested that Gov. Fine place Gen. Eisenhower in nomination, thus giving him the always en vied opportunity to appear in the golden role pf kingmaker. The Taft people, meanwhile, reiiea neayiiy on the influence Over Fine attributed to General of th Army Douglas MacArthur. Some days before the conven tion opened, Fine was summoned to MacArthur's redoubt in the Waldorf-Astoria. He was not con sulted about MacArthur's key note speech as previously report ed but he was certainly exposed for three hours to the general's majestic persuasions. Interestingly enough, neither MacArthur's persuasions nor the big public appointments dangled before John Fine seem to have influenced him in the least. He " thinks MacArthur would make an ideal president but he does not believe Mac Arthur can be nominated. As for great ; appointments, Fine does not want them. He is that rare bird, a genuinely local politician. He wants to rule in Pennsylvania, He regards the Pennsylvania governorship as the second most important job in the nation because, next to the President," the "Pennsylvania governor .appoints - the largest number of office-holders. Nat urally, then, GovV Fine had to be clear where he stood with political organization matters By Roland Coe fsgy He likes company.' By Joisph and Stewart Also . i before he made his decision for Eisenhower. AT THE SAME time, what real--ly made up his mind was his conviction that Gen. Eisen hower was most likely to win. Perhaps it would have been dif ferent if the ancient and mal odorous Republican organization had not been defeated in Phila delphia two years ago. Since that defeat, however, Pennsylvania Republican politicians have had to worry a lot about whether they could carry their own state. Among the delegates, among the Pennsylvania county leaders, among the members of the Penn sylvania legislature, Fine found a . great majority convinced that Gen. Eisenhower was the most likely man to win nationally and to help .the ticket locally in Pennsylvania. Thus Fine made his decision. Thus, eluding the many watchers who have concentrated on him more than on any other man in Chicago, the Pennsylvania governor slipped over to the hotel of the like-minded Sum merfield and made his cruciad agreement. What the outcome may be in the. end, no man can foretell. But the agreement be tween Fine and Summerfield is still a great event, whatever the future may bring. And Fine's motives are still significant, as commentary on the Republican party's situation. . . (Copyright, 1952, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) , COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible: The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 40(1 words. Rescuer Commended To the Editor: The residents of Medford should be proud of the safety program in effect at the Hawthorne Park pool. I was a by'-stander last Satur day afternoon when the life guard on duty saved the life of a ten-year old child. It was ap- I parent that his quick-wittedness and cool head were responsible for the rescue of this child from drowning. Artificial respiration and other- first aid measures were carried out to the letter. I, for one, would like to com mend this boy for the fine job he did. A. G. Johnson, Jr. 795 So. Riverside Ave. Medford, Ore. Donations of Blood Vital to CD Program Charles E. Stafford, director of civil defense for Jackson county, has again called upon local people "to offer their ser vices to a community action.' He asks . them t,o arrange to give their blood during the next blrfod drive in their commun ity: The Red Cross blood bank is an important part of the coun try's civil defense program, Staf ford said. When an individual gives blood, it 7 is typed and he will then know what type of blood he has when an emergency arises. "In any time of pressing nec essity," Stafford said, "a life might be lost during the time necessary to type a donor's or a victim's blood. It is hot only the citizen's patriotic duty but his own advantage to have his blood typed at once to be ready for any emergency situation which might arise." GOLFING MADE EASY Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) W. M. Mann spotted ' one man yrbo wasnt playing golf "for exercise. The, man would hit. the ball, jump on a motor scooter, ride to the ball, hit it again and get back on the scooter. Dead line Sunday Classifieds I at 5:30 p.m for following day: 10 a m Monday for Monday; noon .Saturday In the Day's News ByTRANK JENKINS Hal Boyle on the convention: "It is a banquet of bitterness, cynicism, faith, platitudse, prin ciples, hope ambition and yearn ing." Let's add: It carries also the hopes of mil lions of patriotic, sincere Amer icans for something better than we have had for lo these many years. "DEPUBLIC AN National Com "mitte Chairman Gabrielson, in a speech at the opening of the convention Monday inorn ing: "This will be a fair conven tion. The only steamroller in this amphitheater will be the determined will of a majority of the 1206 delegates . . . The chair will recognize any dele gate who seeks recognition. "This pre-convention cam paign has, been the hottest in the party's recent history. That demonstrates determination and strength and is fine if kept in bounds. But after this conven tion makes its decision there can be no room for disunity in the Republican party. We must close ranks against the common foe." Two comments: 1. Those are fair, fine words. 2. Deeds speak louder ' than words. T'D LIKE to add here that the "common foe" Gabrielson speaks of isn't just the Demo cratic party. Broadly speaking, good Democrats are just as good people as good Republicans. The common foe we "need to line up against is too much pow er held in too few hands too long and the historically evil re sults thereof. ' Flashback to Hal Boyle: "To many people here (in Chi cago) the convention is a kind of Roman carnival, a partisan rallying to pick their new cham pion amid a great deal of fun." . I suppose so. And I suppose a lot of it (possibly most of it) is just good clean fun. But I find I'm getting fed up with the convention system of nom inating candidates for President. It puts much power in the hands of professional politicians. I find myself thinking that with all its faults a national Presiden tial primary, held on the same day in all the states, with all candidates required to " enter and take their chances, would probably be better than the con vention system of making nomi nations. I hasten to make that state ment BEFORE the convention makes its nominations (for President and vice-president) in stead of waiting until afterward when I might be suspected of pique because my favorite did'nt win. TlfORE THAN 600 Americans died violent . deaths over four-day Independence Day week-end. ??????????? , At least it goes to prove that our pleasures are more danger ous than our jobs. That raises a rather interest ing question: Do you want a law PRO HIBITING HOLIDAYS because they are too dangerous? I don't. I'd rather take my chances.' ' . . 0 NE HOLIDAY accident: Near Platter, Oklahoma, a large snake crossed the high way in front of an automobile driven by James Coza. Coza tried to crush the reptile with his car. The action threw the vehicle out of control and it plunged into a diteh, breaking Coza's arm. The snake slither ed away untouched. Was it a rattler? Or was it maybe just a big fat mullsnake? Anyway, if Coza had been a trifle less bloodthirsty then he would be in enosiderably less pain now. Tolerance often pays off. That brings up a personal in cident. A happily grinning dog trotted out squarely in front of me the other evening. I stepped on it hard to escape hitting him. Even at legal city speed, the tires squeled till you could bear them a block away. I im agine everyone who heard it said or thought: "That crazy drunk ought to be in the hoose gow." Anyway, I missed the dog, for CURRENT DIVIDEND RATI 7 Vice-Presidential Race Has No Takers as All Seek No. 1 Position (Editor's note: Following is the fifth in a aerie of articles prepared by " Congressional Quarterly regarding the way in which the American people choose a president and vice president every four years.) Washington, April (CQ) Who's campaigning for the nom ination for vice-president? . Nobody, officially. Each party must select a running mate for the candidate who heads its tick et, but all the announced can didates are bidding for the nom ination for president. The practical politics view point seems to be that the presi: dential candidate selected at the party convention should have a say in the choice of his running mate. However, it is possible to run for the vice-presidential nomination. Three states, New Hampshire, Nebraska and Ore gon, have provided primary machinery for voting on vice presidential candidates. Twelve other states altogether only 16 have presidential primaries have no specific provision, but no prohibition, concering vice presidential contests. The other On The Side (Distributed by King When and where is the next National convention of restau rant owners to be held? I sug gest there be a menu' card ex hibition in connection with it. Prizes to be offered for the most impressive cards. The most im pressive menu card I have seen so far is that of Jack and Mar ion's restaurant, of Brookline, Mass. That's the place featuring the skyscraper sandwich. This sandwich costs three dollars! It's the only three dollar sand wich I ever heard of. Please Note It was none other than "Jer sey Joe" Walcott who said: "Who decides when a man is too old to do anything? Every man is not the same at 37. It's the way you live in your 'teens that determines yuor capabilities when you're getting around 40." Among The Married There seems to be a terrific upswing in the difficulty of handling wives. The "Hus bands Protective Association" naturally views this situation with alarm. It is attributed by some husbands to an, un usual number of recent articles dealing with the superiority of the female sex. One of these articles went so far as to char acterize a man as an "incom plete female." To which was added the claim that most men suffer from an inferiority com plex because they cannot give birth to a baby. How about that mister, do you feel de pressed or inferior because you can't be the star at a blessed event? Asking Queries from clients. Q. Wasn't there a popular song titled "You've Got Me Cryin' Again?" A. Believe so but my which I'm grateful. He looked back at me kind of sheepishly just as I'd have felt if I had blundered out in front of some body's car. YOU'LL JSNJOY Breakfast HERE NEW HOURS: Open 6:00 a.m. - Close 8:00 p.m. franklin's cafe Harry Srrarman Funds Invested Here TOMORROW Will Earn Dividends From July 1st Jackson County Federal SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 126 EAST MAIN MEDFORD, ORE. Growing With Jackson County Since 1909 state which has a prima.-y. New York, elects some delegates to the party conventions but pro hibits listing of any candidates on the primary ballot Constitutional Provision The Constitution provides that the person receiving- the second highest total of electoral votes "shall be vice-president" Since 1804, under the twelfth amendment, candidates for vice president have appeared on the ballet as such,' and the Electoral College casts separate votes for vice-president. He is chosen on the basis of his election show ing, in the same manner as is the president. Presidential candidates some times have denied they would take the second spot on their party's national ticket but in many cases aspirants to the pres idential nomination have accept ed the vice-presidential nomina tion. The last two Republican vice-presidential nominees were pre-convention candidates for president Sen. John W. Brick er (R-O.) in 1944 and Gov. Earl Warren (R-Calif.) in 1948. (Copyright 1952, Congression al Quarterly). By E. V. Durling Features Syndicate. Inc.) recollection of it is very dim. Sounds like a good theme song for Johnnie Ray. Speaking of Ray, that highly emotional style of his is by no means a new idea. I understand that back in the old Barbary Coast days there was a crying and sobbing singer whose favorite number was titled "You Never Miss Your Sainted Mother Un til She's Dead and Gone." Says She "Women born under Cancer, end I have checked on dozens of them, are dust-daffy house wives. Craig's Wife was prob ably born under that sign" writes a Scorpio -born Bosto nian. "Cancer women are non stop conversationalists, with themselves and their posses sions as their favorite topic. They never listen to what you are saying. They are always thinking of what they are go ing to say next. Cancer women are very changeable. They change restaurant orders, the color of their hair, houses, hats and husbands with equal fa cility." Character Analysis When Hitler was at the top, his handwriting slanted up ward. When he began to slip, his handwriting slanted down ward. This was also true of Mussolini. This checks with the claim of character analysis ex perts that upward slanting handwriting indicates the writ er is optimistic and on the upgrade. Downward indicates pessimism and a career on the downgrade. The handwriting experts also claim that a long loop in a woman's writing indi cates an extremely affection ate nature. No loop, that is, for example, a stiaight line on the letter g, indicates a chilly na ture. On this we have not com pletely checked but our Horses & Women experts are working on it. Travis Mitchell
