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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDJt&TRIBUNl Everyone m Southern Oregoo Reads Tne Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. J 27-23 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor ERNEST R GILS TRAP. Manager HERB GREY, Advertising Manager E C FERGUSON Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telegraph Editoi 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--t of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: ,.. Daily and Sunday one year $12 00 Daily and Sunday six months 6 50 Daily and Sunday three mos. 330 Daily and Sunday one month 125 By Carrier In A d v a n c e Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. ' Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talenl and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday one year $15.00 Daily and Sunday one month 1.25 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 Adx-ertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. rNC Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver. B C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL pcfjTIN 4 NEWSPAPER PUBUSHEKS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 yean age. 10 YEARS AGO July 16, 1942 (It was Thursday) Robert M. Elder, Klamath Falls, appointed Jackson county juvenile officer by County Judge J. B. Coleman. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: A few farmers took advantage of the clouds yesterday and prayed for rain, with a good chance of get ting it. 20 YEARS AGO July 16. 1932 (It was Saturday) Banker W. H. Gore holds that there is still some chance of .get ting a railroad between Crescent City and the Rogue valley, des pite the refusal of the county court to finance a trip for Gore to Washington, D. C, to lobby for it. The irrigation districts of Jackson county are expected to receive much financial assistance from a federal aid bill now in Congress. 30 YEARS AGO July 16. 1922 (It was Sunday) Ashland promoter puts up $500 to help pay for the construc tion of a road to the top of Mt. Ashland. Gordon McKay, middleweight champion of the Pacific coast, arrives in Medford to prepare for his bout Thursday with Wild cat Welty; the champion is warming up for bouts with Joe Gans and Harry Greb. 40 YEARS AGO July 16, 1912 (It was Tuesday) Southern Pacific train of 16 cars derailed near Three Pines when car loaded with beer breaks a wheel; traffic expected to be disrupted for 24 hours. Temperatures reach 105 here; weather experts say high hu midities keep temperature from going higher. 4-H To Hold Fair At Engel Ranch The Bellview-Valley View lo cal 4-H Fair will be held Thurs day, July 17. at the J. Fred En gel ranch. The Engels have been host to the fair for a number of years. Their place is located on Highway 99 about two miles south of Ashland. The fair is scheduled for 10 a.m.. and -showmanship and judging contests will continue throughout the day. Lunch will be sold on the grounds at noon. Wagner Creek and Fern Val iey clubs have also been asked to participate, and visiting mem bers from other clubs may take part in the events. All interested people are invited to attend. DOG SAVES MASTER Senatobia, Miss. (U.R) A three-year-old fox terrier, Pinky, saved the life of her mas ter, Gus Peterson, when his boat capsized on Horn lake and he was knocked unconscious. Peter son said the small dog pawed and nudged him until he regain ed consciousness and managed to grab the overturned boat. " L 1 Viy I ASS 7 JKVJ .B Convention Had Circus Setting Including Sights and Smells, Declares M-T's Girl Reporter By Alicia Ruhl Chicago July 14 (By Mail) The Republican party's own unique verision of "Big Top-," in its five tempestuous days, had everything but spun candy to complete the parallel bal loons, banners, bands, confus ion, clowns, acrobatics, and at moments of extreme partisan bitterness something close to wild animals. The cavernous auditorium in the midst of Chicago's stock yards, dominated by a huge sign hanging from its stratosphere proclaiming it the "Home of In ternational Livestock Exposi tions," and with the dank smell of straw and things even gam ier throughout the whole area for blocks around, was a perfect setting for a circus. This whole topsy-turvy city was made that much more topsy turvy, with, stray bands sprout ing up on street corners and in hotel lobbies like volunteer crops of alfalfa, with Liberty Bells tolling through the streets first for Bob Taft, "Mr. Re publican," then for General MacArthur, "Mr. American." Every store window which could muster one had a televis ion set, making the process of wandering down the street a constant threading in and out of stationary crowds. Consumption of beer in bars must have gone up 500 per cent. Chicagoans Interested - Native Chicagoans demonstra ted a lively interest in the goings-on. Even the Western Un ion telephone operator wanted to know whether I was for "our Bob." When I demonstrated a certain lack of enthusiasm, she conceded with a cheerful adjust ability of attitude which would have pleasantly surprised wor ried party leaders that "both boys were fine." There was no doubt, however, that Chicago was Bob's territory, just as it was clear that New York was Ike's. As far as advertising goes probably Bob's greatest political liability was, first of all, his face and finally his name. Bob's toothy smile on the campain pos ters looked so conscientiously bent on being hail-fellow-well-met that it was painful; Ike's limber, almost toothless one fell naturally into the groove with out even appearing to try. The die-hard contingent be hind Taft seemed determined to die hard in slogans, almost all of which were uninspired or on the edge of being absurd. "I'm Daft for Taft," for example, seemed in doubtful good judg ment, and after several sessions of the credentials committee the temptation to run out one, "Get Your Graft with Taft," must have been almost irresistible. However, the Eisenhower boys had more sense than to so cruci fy their alter ego, and even in the most bitter moments of con flict between the two camps there was the . uneasy memory that ultimately party unity was vital if they were ever to ach ieve that Great Day in Novem ber for which they all hope. Not Like 1940 It was a great show and : a classic fight but the 25th nation al GOP convention had little of the sparkle and contageous en thusiasm which first struggled with, and finally swept the Wil kie convention of 1940. Possibly it is no longer possible in these more sober and mature days for a dark horse to catch the pop ular fancy and ride into a win ning position on the irresistable wave of gallery demand. In any case, the situation was different. Neither candidate had that particular variety of dyn amism which Wilkie had up un til the moment of his nomina tion; both were about evenly matched in terms of popular sup port within the party. Moreover, it is my' conviction that person ality though still important is a commodity of decreasing value. These days the issues seem paramount, and the determining issue of the Republican conven tion was which candidate had the greatest chance of winning a national election.. . The Republican leaders are somewhat more worldly - wise in terms of election politics at least. Gone is the somewhat naive confidence that can they find a personality, develop a leader, they can willy-nilly pro duce a winner. The Pattern Appear Now that it is all over it Is easier to see in pattern how the scales gradually tipped in Eis enhower's favor. Governor Fine probably set the ball rolling when he privately promised his support on the very eve of the convention. It was relatively clear that the Governor as a practical politician would i pressed by any oth er issue than just who would be likely to be a winning can didate. He gave the ball a further push when he predicted that should Eisenhower win the bal lot on the "Fair Play" amend ment by more than 100 votes he would win the nomination. Wednesday, July 16, 1952 When he won by 110 it could hardly fail to have an effect. The vote on the "Fair Play" amendment itself undoubtedly packed a psychological wallop, for Eisenhower made an almost clean sweep in the vitally im portant states of New. York, California, and Pennsylvania, and it was unfortunately for Eisenhower impossiole to dis tinguish whether the vote re flected the delegates' views on the issue or on the man himself. Furthermore, the MacArthur keynote speech, clearly stage managed to produce a climatic effect, somehow failed to come off. Minus his padded army jacket the "old soldier" look ed his age and his speech, over long and over-emphasized, was not up to his usual oratorical standards. His profile still had that clean-cut rock-of-Gibraltar quality, his hair, thinner but hardly grayed was slicked di rectly across his head like pol ished mahogany, his eyes were still keen and he bowed with that old regal manner that seems native to him. Still there was something frail, and one got the impres sion that the ovation given him was one largely of respect and not intended as recognition of president or party oracle mater ial. Taft Strategists Erred In the meantime, the Taft strategists erred in the begin ning and instead of recogniz ing their mistake and liquida ting it they chose to follow through on their original tack and fight a damaging delaying action. When Taft-man Clarence Brown started out somewhat lamely with: "there is a quest ion in my mind as to whether or not the Langley (Fair Play) Amendment is subject to a point of order" the explosion of boos and catcalls nearly blew him off the stand. Instead of tak ing the hint and retiring grace fully from the issue they brought it to a vote and lost. Nixon Has Personality With all over but the shout ing, the Eisenhowers threaded their way down the central aisle amidst wildly shouting delegates and to the strains of a jauntily strummed banjo. . On the podium Eisenhower rocked on his heels in time to the music, then stretched up his arms in a spread-eagled gesture which seems characteristic, piv oting at the waist so as to take in all areas of the gallerly to left and to right. He looked a little flustered, but delivered his speech with dignity and un ostentatious competence. The real personality pair of the campaign team, however, appeared to be vice-presidential candidate Nixon and Ike's bet- 'ter half, Mamie. The dark, curly-haired Nixon looks rug ged and boyish. He speaks as easily as a bubbling fountain and with an instinctive feeling for the mood of the crowd, and his smile always seems to have just sprung to his lips, his hand never seems to tire with shak ing, and his back looks ade quate to the shower of pats des tined to fall upon it. When it fell 'his turn, he bounded onto the speakers' podium like an athlete preparing to take a pole vault. Mamie,' on the other hand, has a personableness that doesn't come through as well in photographs. She seems to thrive on the limelight in a most appealing manner, enjoying it spontaneously and responding to it with a graceful coquetry which in turn pleases her aud ience. Dressed in a Paris outfit of grey shantung, small white hat, with a huge spray of white orchids pinned to her shoulder, she looked like a million dollars and was unselfconsciously aware of it. SOC Oregon History Club Sets Jacksonville Trip Ashland The newly organ ized summer session Oregon His tory club at Southern Oregon college plans as its first project a field trip and picnic at Jack sonville, according to Dr. Ar thur S. Taylor, club advisor. Officers elected yesterday were Boyd Gibson, " Portland, president; Judson Reynolds, Co vina, Calif., vice-president; La Von Wagner, Roseburg,- secre tary; and Barbara Manley, Med ford, treasurer. The club numbers about 75 members, Dr. Taylor reported. This will be the 26th annual summer trip to Jacksonville. Inquest Set in Death Of Vale BLM Employee Ontario U.R) An inquest was scheduled Wednesday info the death of a Vale, Ore., man, killed Sunday near McDermitt. John William Monson, 26-year-old employe of the Bureau of Land Management, died when struck by a car on highway 95. Malheur County Coroner George Deechler said Monson apparently died instantly when struck by a vehicle operated by Abraham Eansky, Richmond, Calif. Crosstown "A hole in one on the next about break "with a On The Side (Distributed by King Ninety, per cent of men who go coatless in the summer pre sent a sloppy appearance. This is especially true of those who wear their shirts hanging out of their trousers. There is no ex cuse for this situation. When Army men go coatless they still present a neat and snappy ap pearance. Why can't the average coatless . fellow follow their ex ample? Lonesome Linda Linda Darnell, who on sev eral occasions has frankly stated she is lonesome and would like to marry again, was born under the sign of Libra. Women born under this- sign are extremely romantic. How ever, they are very practical, slightly cynical and. never let their romantic tendencies get the better of them. Even on moonlight nights they have ev erything under control. Well, nearly everything. Libra wom en have an intense liking for beautiful clothes, jewelry and expensive perfume. They are very dangerous to trust with charge accounts. They resent fa miliarity on first acquaintance. Never should be kissed on the first date. But don't wait too long, the third date is about right. Libra women are never on time for a date, but if the man is late they say mean things to the poor-fellow. They are very temperamental. They don't want to talk about business or pol itics. If you want to make prog gress with a Libra talk about her. Or so say the stargazers. Ethel Levy. The first Mrs. George M. Cohan. Her second fellow, Claude Grahame-White, the pioneer aviator. Ethel was practically on her honeymoon when she appeared with George M. Cohan and his family in "The Governor's Son." She has retired from the stage, but . is still in the pink, and lives in midtown Manhattan just around the corner from Broadway. Asides Now comes a Detroiter with something he challenges Brook lyn, California or Texas to top. Says he proudly: "I became a grandfather for the first time at 34. I am now 43 and have eleven grandchildren." . . .That brilliant musical comedy ac tress, Elaine Stritch, is a niece of Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, who de livered the invocation at the Republican convention. Elaine is now in Los Angeles starring in "Call Me Madame." " Among The Married "As an experienced husband," writes a New Yorker, "I view with regret your failure to offer June bridegrooms some help ful hints on wife training. Much can be accomplished by a husband in the first year. My wife has never lost a pair of earrings because I . insisted from the start she have her ears pierced. I also emphasized the. importance of an orderly handbag. I demanded that she always carry a spare pair of hosiery so as . not to have an evening spoiled by her having a run in her stocking. I spent some time in supervising her auto driving. ' I took a stand against her making up her face at restaurant tables. These are trivial details . I used .them merely as stepping stones to more important things. Your reluctance to have your alleged 'Horses & Women' experts of fer hints, on wife training is undoubtedly due to a fear of the wrath of your feminine sub scribers. . I have . no patience with a man who will let the possibility of getting a few slaps in the face prevent him from being-ef service to his fellow husbands. Asking Queries from clients. Q. You refer to "Drink a Highball at Nightfall" -as a Wesleyan Uni versity song. Even you should know this is a University of Pennsylvania song, A. The song referred to originated at Wesleyan University. ' Put up your stogies and we'll start ar guing. Q. I claim that in the By Roland Coe three holes and you should just fair score, Mrs. Winter." By E. V. Durling Features Syndicate, Inc.) past 25 years no football team has ever beaten Notre Dame by more than ten points. Right? A. Very wrong, sir. In 1944 the Army beat Notre Dame by a score of 59-0. Q. So you have a reader in Paradise, Calif., but have you one in Hell For Cer tain, Ky.? A. Not that I know of. But I have two readers in Hell, Mich. Briefly . Cyril Tyrell, Sebastopol, Calif., was suggested for the "My Name Is a Poem Club." "Name doesn't rhyme," said M.M.I.A.P.C. presi dent Hugh Blue. "However if the gentleman has a daughter named Annabelle she is eligible." . . Following from a guide to Den mark: "In Denmark tne official rate of tipping is 12Vi per cent of the check. But 15 per cent insures better service and that is why many . people give 17 per cent. 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 letter, with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words. Tribute To Mrs. Bray To the Editor: In this time when violence and unrest are so much in the headlines, I'd like to pause a moment to give trib ute to the Christian influence of a soft-spoken woman as she went about her business of keeping a home and being a mother Mrs. Bernice Anderson Bray. Even while rearing a large family, she was active in her church and in community life. At one time our chief of police called on her husband asking how it was that their boys were so courteous and well behaved never any trouble like those of smaller and sometimes richer families often were. Most large families had black sheep none here. The fa ther said that he supplied the rod when necessary; but the real reason he felt, was that each evening Mother found time -took , time to gather her chil dren around her for a story a Bible story, a story of a great hero, or a gem of literature. Her stories made people really live. .Her sons carry this influence on a widening circle one is an assistant pastor, another served with distinction as a chaplain in the army and is now ready to go to Japan as a missionary, a third is a physician in Medford and prominent in Lions club work and the Methodist church, a fourth is a Christian business man in Los Angeles. The elder daughter helped to build a church in Berkeley and has adopted two children. The younger children are following Tight along. . Years ago a brother-in-law came to visit awhile in the fam ily and while under her influ ence became a Christian. He is now a minister in the Episcopal ian church in California. In her death she is still helping,- for a host of her friends and those of her children have made a most substantial gift to CARE as she wished. . The job of home-maker of Mother can be magnificent. (Name on file) Power Association Head Elected in Portland Portland (U.R) John Dier dorff, vice president of Pacific Power & Light Company, Wed nesday was the new president of the Northwest Electric Light & Power Association. The Portland man was elected Tuesday at the association meet ing here to succeed A. S. Cum mins, Medford, president of the California-Oregon Power Com pany. The association represents the electric industry in the Pacific Northwest In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Here-we-go-again note: "The Democrats are streaming into Chicago to nominate a Presidential candidate in a con vention they forecast will be ROUGH, RUGGED and WIDE OPEN." THAT'S WONDERFUL and I MEAN it. Sincerely. No tongue-in-cheek . business. No se cret hoping they'll get them selves snarled up in a cat fight that will send them home claw ed and bitten and bitterly an gry at each other. That would make it easy for the Republicans, but the last thing on earth the Republicans need this year is an EASY cam paign. If Ike is to win in No vember, with a Republican house and a Republican senate behind him, it can come about only if EVERYBODY who believes in him and believes in what the Republican party can and WILL do under his leadership gets out and works and votes as nobdoy has worked for a Republican vic tory in half a century. That can't happen if those who would like to see Ike in the White House and Republican ma jorities in both houses of con gress get the idea that it's in the bag. SO I HOPE the Democrats will leave Chicago at the end of next week with their ticket headed by the best men they've got and with everybody full of fight. Only in that way can we get this kind of political cam paign we NEED in this critical year of decision. TF THE DEMOCRATIC nation--- al convention of 1952 really is rough, rugged and wide open," it will be wonderful"because for two decades Democratic conven tions haven't been that way. They've been RATIFICATION meetings. The nominee has been known in advance. The business of the delegates has been mere ly to put their OK on a decision already made AT THE TOP. When that was done, they broke up, shook hands and went home There are signs that it won't be that way this year. I think that's all to the good. Party conventions that are nothing more than ratification meetings lead in time to DYNASTIES. Dynasties and democracy don't mix. FOR THE FIRST time in four conventions 1936, 1940, 1944 and 1948 there will be CONFLICT at the Democratic national convention that will as semble in Chicago next week Conflict in the sense that there will be present LEADERS WITH FOLLOWINGS. This year it isn't known in advance who will come out on top. In the past it has been known. That will put COMPETITION back into the Democratic con vention. Competition is a good thing both in business and in politics. rTHIS FOREKNOWLEDGE that - there will ne competition in Chicago next week has resulted in six avowed candidates Se" ator Russell of Georgia, Senator ator Kefauver of Tennessee, Sea Kerr of Oklahoma, Senator Mc Mahon of Connecticut, Vice Presidtn Barkley of Kentucky and W. Averell Harriman of New York. In addition, there is Governor Stevenson of Illinois, who is say ing that he won't volunteer but hasn't said he will refuse to be drafted. That is enough competition to insure a Democratic convention that will be quite different from any in the past. H ERE'S A. hunch: WATCH KEFAUVER. On one thing every delegate in the convention that will as semble in Chicago next Monday morning can agree with every other delegate. They all ' want a winner. Not only are philosophies of govern ment at stake. Every federal job holder wants to keep his job. Each will know that his job will be in jeopardy if the Republicans win. There may be conflict of ideas on other points, but on that point there is complete harmony. Everybody wants a winner. Winning requires votes. SO NO MATTER what the pol iticians, maiv think of him don't write Kefauver off. What ever it is, he HAS the magic ingredient it takes to get votes. I'd like to add that even Harry Truman can't be written off in advance. .This convention that is going to assemble in Chicago next week is going to want, first of all, a winner, and if a situ ation arises in which it appears that Truman is the most certain winner he will be the nominee. It's improbable, but not im possible. AT EUGENE CONFERENCE Ashland Four staff mem bers at Southern Oregon college are attending the Northwest Ad ministrators' : conference at Eu gene today. Traveling to the University of Oregon last night for a banquet Meeting were Dr. John D. E. McAulay, Dr. Bill A. Sampson and Dr. Eugene Bowman. Dr. Elmo N. Steven son, college president, left this morning for the conference. Delivery of Danish Ship To Russia Poses Problem To US State Department By HOMER JENKS Staff Correspondent The United States is debating whether to cut off economic and military aid to Denmark because she delivered a 13,000 -ton ocean-going tanker to Russia. Mrs. Eugenie Anderson, U. S. ambassador in Copenhagen, flew back to Washington last week-end for urgent consulta tions at the State Department on what, if anything. It's a pret ty safe guess that the U.S. will keep on helping her Scandinavia ally. We have too much at stake in Northern Europe to do other wise. The same decision also is like ly to be made if and when Den mark delivers a sister tanker to the Soviets. The facts indicate the Danes have solid moral and legal grounds for ignoring Uncle Sam's protest. By the -same tok en, however, the U.S. had no choice but to make the protest. Here is the background: Russia contracted with Den mark in 1948 to build two 13,-000-ton tankers and has nearly finished paying for them. The first tanker was completed last month. The second, scheduled for delivery in September 1953, has not been laid down yet. Just before the first, known as Apsheron, was turned over to the Soviets in Copenhagen early this month, Mrs. Ander son called at the Danish For eign Office and delivered a for mal American protest against the transaction. She warned the Danes that the so - called Battle Act stip-' ulates the U.S. shall cut off all economic and military aid to any country sending goods of "primary strategic significance" to the Soviet Union or any of its satellites. The act defined a tanker among the banned goods. The Danes pondered the pro test for several days, but finally replied that they must complete the delivery because it was un der an old contract negotiated long before the Battle Act was came law last February. The Apsheron was turned ov er to a Soviet crew July 7 and "JOE BEAVER" m1 '.'He's got the 'Small Sawmill Operator's Manual' from the Forest Service, and boy has he improved his operations " TAKE A LOOK AT Home Improvement Pays Off! You'll' get more comfort and pleasure, increased property values and real security if you repair, and remodel your home now! And you can do it with a Jackson County Federal Home Improvement Loan. Its the ideal way of financing home improvements. Jackson County Federal SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 126 EAST MAIN MEDFORD, ORE. Growing with Jackson County Since 1909 sailed for Odessa in Southern Russia the next day. The Battle Act contains a loophole to cover just suclr a contingency, however. It permits the President to make exception if cessation of aid would prove detrimental to American secur ity. In the case of Denmark, the President well might decide that American security would be endangered by adverse Amer ican action. Education Board To Meet at SOC Ashland Plans are being completed now for the reception of the Oregon State Board of Higher Eudcation here August 2-5, according to Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, college president. The board will hold its post poned July meeting on the col lege campus and be present for the opening series of plays to be presented by the Oregon Shake spearean Festival association. Board members and - their wives will be guests at a Sun day, August 3, tea honoring the Shakespearean group and spon sored by the Ashland branch of the American Association of University Women. in individual sessions on Mon day and the afternoon "has been set aside for recreational events. The college staff will fete the visitors at a picnic that evening and . the group will attend the festival play that evening. The formal board session will be held Tuesday, August 5, at Susanne Homes hall. This is the third year that the board has met at Ashland, Dr. Stevenson said, the last visit having been in 1949. WEATHER By United Press North California: Fair through Thursday except coastal fog; lit tle change in temperature; north westerly wind 10-20 mph off shore. By Ed Nofziger Forest Service, U. S. ItepartnKnt of Agriculture
