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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
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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