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Medford and Jackson County His
tory from the files of The Mail
Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years
ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 17. 1942
(It was Friday)
New buildings at Camp White
are completed for the use of
Col. Owen R. Meredith, com
manding officer.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The state
is willing to contribute the old
battleship Oregon to the scrap
metal drive, under certain con
ditions. If the same avid passion
to collect scrap-iron for our own
use, as was expended in harvest
ing it for avid sale to Japan a
few years back, can be mustered,
mayhap the hallowed hulk can
be spared such an inglorious
fate.
20 YEARS AGO
July 17. 1932
(It was Sunday)
Local man is jailed for operat
ing a "beer joint" in the Berry-
dale district; 20 gallons of beer
mash, 170 pint beer bottles and
100 empty bottles seized by pro
hibition agents.
Lloyd Osbourne, author and
the son-in-law of Robert Louis
Stevenson, Visits in Medford en
Toute to a Rogue river fishing
trip.
30 YEARS AGO
July 17. 1922
(It was Monday)
Funeral services are set for
Miss Julia Fielder, a long-time
teacher in the Medford school
system. ;
Ashland man promoting con
struction of sight-seeing road to
top of Mt. Ashland.
40 YEARS AGO
July 17. 1912
(It was Wednesday)
The Indian Refining company
of California, Standard Oil's
greatest rival, purchases a site
near the Crater lake junction
for a distributing plant in the
Medford vicinity.
The city council, in a 3 to 2
vote, decides to pave West 11th
street.
'Political Change'
Sought by Cabbies
Chicago (U.R) A cab
driver complained today that
political convention delegates
aren't the free ipenden
they're cracked up to be.
"Those guys blew into town
with one shirt and a $10 bill."
he said. "So far they haven't
changed either."
WISE CHILD
Memphis. Tenn. (U.R) Eliza
beth Hamblin, 7, dropped a
quarter in the church collection
plate and, after a moment's hes
itation, added a penny. "For
taxes," she whispered.
Court Records
CIRCUIT COURT
Doris R. Baize vs. Richard H. Baize,
divorce complaint
POLICE COURT
Dr. J. S. Heatheyngton. parked on
wrong side of the street $2.50.
Henry Kershaw Miller, failure to
atop at red light. $5.
Austin Beedle Laymance. violaUon
of basic rule. $10.
Dolores Rooney. violation of basic
rule. S10.
Fritz John Ruch, void operator's
license. S-0.
Marjorie E. Lawrence, violation Of
basic rule. $10.
Robert Simpson Webber, failure to
yield right of way, $5.
Thomas Glendyn Staley Jr., viola
lion of basic rule. $15.
DISTRICT COURT
Coe Eugene Brown, no motor ve
hicle license. $5.'
Jake Drape Walch, no operator's li
cense. $5.
MAIL TRIBUNE
A uditorium Drive Started
Jorgen E. Jorgensen, president of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce, took the bull by the
horns, figuratively speaking, and asked representa
tives of various local groups to meet recently to dis
cuss the possibility of securing a civic auditorium.
THE auditorium idea, which has been kicking
around here for some time, has been given addi
tional impetus of late because of the growing number
of conventions scheduled for the Medford area. The
realization has been borne in that something should
be done to more adequately accommodate, and thus
encourage, such gatherings of visitors as well as pro
vide a place for local organizations to meet, and for
staging of entertainments and athletic events.
Among the larger regional or state organizations planning
to meet here in the coming year are the Pacific Northwest
Shrine Council, Parent-Teacher Association, State Grange,
Postal Clerks, Oregon Laundry Association, Oregon Reclama
tion Congress and Oregon Drayman's Association. According
to chamber of commerce estimates, these convocations alone
.will bring around 15,000 people into our midst, including dele
gates, wives and other members of their families.
OGURING on an average stay of three days per per-
son and average daily expenditure of $15, this vi
cinity will be enriched to the tune of approximately
$675,000 through the personal expenditures of pur
guests, to say nothing of what will be spent in staging
their meetings. All in all, an impressive addition to
our economy.
In addition to the already scheduled conventions
mentioned, there is a distinct possibility that the Ore
gon Farm Bureau and the Eagles lodge may decide
to convene here' next year. If they do the expenditure
estimate will be even more impressive.
CONVENTION dollars are sought energetically by
most cities for they exhaust no natural resources,
they are pretty evenly distributed among all lines of
business, and they require no great effort to harvest.
That is why the local chamber is anxious to see every
thing possible done to encourage such gatherings. .
For its part, the chamber has inaugurated a com
munity hospitality program which will enlist the help
of local women in seeing to it that wives of visiting
convention delegates are made welcome and suitably
entertained.
That is also why the chamber president took the
initiative in setting up the meeting to explore the
civic auditorium possibilities.
At that meeting it was generally agreed :
1 That an auditorium is urgently needed.
2 That an organization should be formed to carry on a
campaign to seek approval by the voters of a bond issue to
finance construction.
3 That the organization should be a completely inde
pendent entity but made up of representatives of all segments
of the community's business, religious, civic, fraternal and
social life.
OAVING agreed on the three matters mentioned,
those present proceeded to form a preliminary
organization and named A. A. Lausmann as its tem
porary chairman.
The next step will be the securing of sufficient
funds to cover clerical work, pamphlet printing, pre
liminary drawings and the numerous other expenses
incidental to such an undertaking.
In a circular letter which is being sent to the busi
ness and professional men in Medford, Mr. Lausmann
suggests that each "chip in" from ,$25 to" $250 to help
finance the auditorium campaign. He states that any
money unexpended will be returned to the contrib
utors. . Mr. Lausmann also points out in his letter that
those attending the organizational meeting were in
favor of getting the campaign under way as quickly
as possible so as to enable a. special election in Sep
tember or October. If a favorable vote is regis
tered, it is believed the auditorium may be completed
and ready for use by May 1, of next year.
THERE is overwhelming sentiment here in favor of
an auditorium. It is generally realized that such a
facility is needed not only for community gatherings
but as a major argument and lever in securing con
ventions. And from the latter standpoint an auditor
ium will be a very: profitably investment, one from
which we could get our money back the first year if
that $675,000 estimate of delegate spending in 1953
is any criterion.
The preliminary, steps have been taken. It is now
up to each and everyone in the community to help fi
nancially or by giving their support in any way pos
sible if the Civic Auditorium Association is to be
encouraged to follow through. E.C.F.
Thrills
It wasn't just the kids that got a thrill out of Sun
day's Rogue Valley Soap Box Derby. The thousands
cf grownups lining the course got a big kick out of
the keen competition too, as the youthful drivers
guided their tiny racers down the Queen Ann speed
way.
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and directing the affair as they saw the successful
climax of their hard work.
To the boys who labored to construct and race
their little "bugs," to their individual sponsors who
contributed cash and effort, to the General Motor
corporation, the Barnes Chevrolet company, the Foot
printers organization which helped father the derby
here, and to the large number of organizations and in
dividuals which aided in other ways, this newspaper,
one of the sponsors, extends congratulations for a job
well done. We know that they, like us, feel a bit proud
to have had a hand in the first running of the Rogue
Valley Derby. E.C.F.
Thursday. July 17, 1952
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Cross town
"Why should we help you? Y'got plenty of time before the game
and you need to get that old pilchin' arm nicely warmed up!"
Matter of Fact
STEVENSON FADES
Chicago The movement to
draft Gov. Adlai Stevenson of
Illinois for the Democratic nomi
nation is now deadat least for
the first few ballots of the on
coming convention. As of today.
in fact, Stevenson is being
counted right out of the Demo
cratic picture even by National
Committeeman Jacob Arvey, of
Illinois, who took the leading
part until recently in the power
ful draft-Stevenson drive.
The reason for this- new de
velopment, which will sharply
alter the whole pattern of the
Democratic convention, is crude
ly practical. The able Arvey and
quite a lot of other people went
out on a limb in 1948, urging
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as
the Democratic nominee. They
were, left naked as jaybirds
when Eisenhower refused to run
Arvey does not want to go
through that experience again.
"EQUALLY, the other draft-
Stevenson chieftains Govs.
Paul Dever, of Massachusetts, G.
Mennen Williams of Michigan,
Paul Schricker of Indiana and
Pennsylvania's leader David
Lawrence all very clearly re
member Arvey s misfortunes
four years ago. They want no
part of any such risks. Hence
they all asked Stevenson to
commit himself in advance to
accepting the draft nomination
Many of them also asked wheth
er, if nominated, he would make
a fighting campaign for the
great majority of these Demo
crats now have the feeling Gen.
Eisenhower can be beaten by a
hard fighter.
Stevenson was. under the most
back-breaking pressure. Immedi
ately after Gen. Eisenhower's
nomination, Democrats from all
over the country telephoned and
pleaded with him. But with en
tire and irritating consistency,
he stood on his previous position.
The Illinois Governor not only
refused to give any commitment
as to his response to a draf t-nom
ination. He went further. He
asked Arvey to persuade the
Stevenson - for - President Com
mittee to give up its intended
suite at the convention head
quarters, the Conrad Hilton
Hotel. He brought the heaviest
pressure to prevent either the
Illinois or the Indiana delegates
from placing his name in nomi
nation. He even indicated he was
considering going to the rostrum
himself, to nominate his friend
W. Averell Harriman.
MEANWHILE, because of Stev
enson's reluctance to run,
and his failure to endorse a 100
per cent Fair Deal program,
President Truman had also
cooled toward the Stevenson
draft idea. He was not against
it, but he was not plugging it.
In the end, on the day alter tne
Eisenhower triumph, the coali
tion of nro-Stevenson Democrats
dissolved because Stevenson re
fused the desired comment. The
Illinois. Indiana and Pennsyl
vania votes will now be judi
ciously scattered, while Govs.
Williams and Dever will wait
and see, as favorite sons.
Obviouslv. this will create an
insanely complex situation in he
Democratic convention. The
delegates will be like iron fil-
ines. Dulled in three duierent
ways by three different magnets,
none of which seems to be strong
enough to attract the greater
part of the heap.
Anyone of the professed can
didates will need a major break
through to go over the top
Despite his courageous fight, W.
Averell Harriman has not yet
got all out White .louse support,
and without this he has a long
way to go. So has Sen. Estes Ke
fauver. So has Sen. Richard
Russell, who remains an espe
cially sectional candidate despite
his disclaimer. And Sen. Kerr of
Oklahoma has the longest way
to go of all.
IF ALL these fail, the conven
tion might turn to Vice Presi
dent Alben Barklcy. But, partly
because of Gen. Eisenhower s
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Stewart Alsop
somewhat disappointing early
performance as a campaigner,
and partly because of the bitter
Republican split, the Democrats
now think they can win. And
this will make them reluctant to
accept Barkley, whose age makes
him look like a caretaker candi
date. The odds are, certainly, that
one of these men will somehow
break through. If not, the con
vention will only be able to turn
to President Trunan or Gov.
Stevenson. Those close to the
President say he will not con
sider a draft unless every other
possibility is totally exhausted.
That means, in turn, that a Stev
enson draft will have to be tried
first.
A FEW weeks ago, Stevenson
could have had the nomina
tion almost for the asking. But
he simply does not want it
partly for personal reasons,
partly because of commitments
he has made in Illinois, and
partly also because he has the
imagination to realize the Pres
idency will place impossible
burdens on any man. This last
consideration weighs more heavi
ly with Stevenson than is gen
erally known.
"There's sure to be a show
down with the Russians in the
next four years," Stevenson said
recently to a friend. "If I were
President, and I tried to nego
tiate a settlement, I'd be accused
of appeasement. And if I tried
to force a settlement, I might
be responsible for starting an
atomic war."
Certainly Stevenson's reluc
tance has markedly reduced the
chances of his being nominated.
Yet it is still conceivable that
this may be a fate he cannot
escape, resist it though he may.
(Copyright, 1952, New York
Herald Tribunne Inc.) -.
Portland Refuses
Air Force Offer
Portland (U.R)-- The Port of
Portland has refused to accept
a compromise offer by the U.S.
Air Force for joint use of Port
land International airport.
The port commissioners wrote
the air force that a revision was
needed in the offer. They said
they approved most of the points
in the agreement signed by Air
Force Secretary Thomas K. Fin
letter but they found other
points too vague and indefinite.
Objects to Clause
The commission particularly
objected to a clause giving the
air force secretary the right to
the final decision on the port's
selection of a new terminal site.
The port commission wants to
use the south side of the airport
on a tract now under lease to
the air force.
Commissioner L. H. Hoffman
said, "If we make this deal, we
give up the south side and we
might as well make up our
minds to it." .
The commission also request
ed more specific ' terms in the
agreement by the air force to
pay landing fees and for direct
CAA approval of runway and
taxiway construction standards.
"Paw really whilrs thr crank since he started drinkin' Jergtnten'i
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In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
I suppose you're familiar with
Dr. Hewlett Johnson, England's
"red dean" of Canterbury, who
hes just returned from a trip to
Korea and is asserting that Am
ericans DID use germ warfare
there.
His charge stirred up a hor
net's nest, and the demand was
made in the house of commons
yesterday that he be fired from
his job. It brought from Winston
Churchill this characteristic
statement:
"Dr. Hewlett Johnson must be
tolerated AS PART OF THE
PRICE OF FREE SPEECH."
TiHAT BRINGS to mind Vol
taire's classic phrase in his
letter to Helvetius:
"I disapprove of what you
say, but I will defend to the
death your right to say it."
"DOTH CHURCHILL'S words
and Voltaire's, I think, con
tain the ESSENCE of what wise
and tolerant and enlightened
people term LIBERALISM a
word that has been badly mis
used by politicians in recent
decades.
T WAS READING Churchill's
statement to the commons on
the teletype this morning and
one of the boys in our radio
room was looking over my
shoulder.
"What Churchill means," he
remarked, "is that if you let the
cranks talk enough they'll de
feat themselves."
I thought he put it pretty
well.
T'D LIKE to add that in our
politics today we have too
much of the spirit of YOU'RE A
LIAR and too little of the toler
ant spirit of Winston Churchill
and Voltaire (whose real name,
by the way, was Francis Marie
Arouet; Voltaire was merely his
pen name).
TiHAT BRINGS us back to
politics which, with the
two big party conventions held
in this month, is, I suppose, in
evitable. We've been hearing and read
ing a lot in the past few days
about the slick "strategy" that
won for Ike at Chicago. It leaves
me cold.
Here's what won for Ike:
Millions of people have
FAITH in him as the kind of
man they want for their leader.
The. Republican " delegates at
Chicago were in the main JUST
PEOPLE. A decisive majority
of them shared this FAITH in
Ike.
So, when the time came, they
voted their convictions and their
faith and Ike won the nomina
tion. That's the long and the short
of it.
THE PROFESSIONAL politi
cians like to make us think
politics is a complicated, intri
cate, highly skilled trade that
only they understand. If they
ever let us get the idea that poli
tics, in its truest sense, is simply
the INSTINCT of the people for
better leadership and sounder
government, they'll be sunk.
They know it, and so they
give us all this double talk
about the "strategy" they pro
vide for us.
I'D LIKE to make a radical
statement here:
In these days of radio, tele
vision, ably edited and well
written magazines and increas
ing numbers of OBJECTIVE,
UNPREJUDICED newspapers
that are more intent on bringing
to their readers an accurate pic
ture of what is going on and why
than in winning elections, the
professional politician who
makes a living by "handling"
the people is becoming about as
out of date as a dinosaur.
I HOPE Ike doesn't get im
pressed by all this profes
sional patter about political
"strategy." I hope he parries the
loaded trick questions that will
be addressed to him as skillfully
as he parried enemy offensives
in the ETO and gives simple,
honest answers to all the simple,
honest questions put to him by
simple, honest people who want
to know.
If he'll just BE HIMSELF
from here on out," he'll find on
the fourth day of next Novem
ber that he has done pretty well.
TF YOU WANT an example of
how that works, take a look
Demo Leaders Huddle
With TV Experts on
How To Put on Show
New York (U.R) The Demo
crats are huddling with televi
sion experts this week to see
how much they can profit from
technical and production errors
committed by the Republicans
in the first presidential conven
tion to be televised nationally.
The concensus was the GOP
put on an absorbing, slam-bang
affair, but got nowhere near all
it could from using television's
unblinking eye as a vote attac-
tor. Most authorities predicted
that both the Democrats and Re
publicans would have to change
their political shows from the
ground up by the time 1956
rolls around.
Death of Oratory
For example, they said the so-
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McCarthy Defended
To the Editor: You have been
attacking Sen. Joseph McCarthy
quite frequently and no one
seems to take issue with you. To
my way of thinking the greatest
menace to the world and to the
United States today is Russian
communism. From your editorial
column, you seem to think that
so-called McCarthyism is the
greater menace.
Many people at all levels have
been deceived by such propa
ganda as Chinese agrarian re
formers and other similar
hoaxes. Other people see through
the rosy picture painted by
Marx and know that man is a
mere unit, a tool, a -slave in this
materialistic system.
What else is man in this sys
tem which proposed that 50,000
ranking German military men be
murdered after World War II
(Stalin to Church at Teheran),
that liquidated 15,000 Polish of
ficers in 1941, and that starved
5,000,000 Ukranians to death in
1932?
Sen, Joseph McCarthy has
been fighting to remove from
office the advocates of this sys
tem who have wormed their way
into our government, those who
have been misled by this system,
and apparently innocent Amer
icans who have made too many
mistakes which further the
march of Russian Communism.
Senator McCarthy is a tough
fighter and he uses tough meth
ods because he Is fighting the
world's most inhuman foe. Noth
ing is right for a Communist ex
cept that which furthers the
spread of communism. Lying,
stealing and murdering are good
if the end product of spreading
Communism is achieved. Can
you treat people like these with
kid gloves? They don't under
stand our system of ethics and
morality. We are compelled to
hound them down and expel
them if our country is not to
endure the fate of Czechoslo
vakia, Korea and China.
Some officials high in govern
ment seem to have the mistaken
notion that loyalty to friends
who havetbeen led into the red
movement comes before loyalty
to country and the sacred trust
of public office. Our country
first! And fallen friends must
eat the bitter fruit of their mis
guided labors.
Let us not get lost in personal
dislikes and political rivalries so
that the common enemy succeeds
in his fight to divide and con
quer. Let us recognize that Com
munism is the enemy and ruth
lessly crush it locally, nationally,
and internationally. Let us help,
not hinder, men like Senatorf
McCarthy who are leading in
the fight to save our country and
the world from Russian commu
nistic slavery.
Patrick L. Kennedy,
17 North Peach St.,
Medford, Oregon.
at Churchill. All his life, he has
BEEN HIMSELF. Never has he
been anything but just Winston
Churchill.
As a result, he is probably the
most TRUSTED leader on earth
today.
Chapel Mortuary
Across from the Courthouse
Frank Morgan - Harold Snodgrass
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Phone
called "Fourth of July" orator
has been given his death notice.
In his place will come the poli
tician who watches his make-up
as carefully as his cohorts and
values his tailor side by side
with his campaign manager.
"Those are only some of the
obvious changes" said veteran
TV producer and director
Jeanne Harrison. "This year's
conventions should convince
both parties they need entire
staffs of stage managers."
"Some of the little things that
happened were very bad show
manship," Miss Harrison said.
"For instance, try to imagine
Bishop Fulton Sheen or Milton
Berle allowing various charac
ters to wander around in back
of them just as they reached the
critical part in a sermon or com
edy routine."
Eye Easily Distracted
She said the political bosses
at the GOP show might have
been sharp as tacks on their
smoke-f illed-r o o m techniques,
but none appeared aware of how
easily the human eye is dis
tracted. "Even the most gifted speaker
can lose his audience if there's
some hanger-on behind him fidg
eting with his tie or wiggling his
fingers." she pointed out. "Our
political leaders will have to
learn to beware of what Holly
wood calls 'scene stealers'."
Visual Aids
Still another TV authority
predicted that the day will have
to come when speakers consci
ously use "visual aids' in pre
senting a speech and rely less on
"booming voices and grim ex-,
pressions."
"Take the time Fiorello La
Guardia went before Congress
to complain of high food prices
and brought along a pair of pork
chops which he waved in the air
as he spoke." recalled veteran
MC Tod Russell. "That's making
visual drama of a talk."
Truck Discussion
Open To Public
The public is invited to at
tend a meeting at 8 o'clock
this evening in the YMCA aud
itorium, sponsored by the Ore
gon Highway council and the
Jackson county members of the
organization.
The importance of Oregon's
trucking industry as related to
the state's economic welfare will
be presented by four Portland
speakers, including Ellery Sills,
president of the Oregon High
way council; Robert Knipe,
manager of the Oregon Motor
Transport association; Earl
White, manager ci the Oregon
Draymen's and Warehousemen's
association, and Bert Trask, as
sistant manager of the Highway
council.
Ranks Second ..
According to Sills, president
of the council, few people rea
lize that nationally the trucking
industry ranks second in im
portance, exceeded only by agri
culture. ''One out of four non-agricultural
employees in Oregon works
for the trucking industry. The
total of these truck and bus driv
ers, mechanics, service em
ployees, dock hands, and office
help approximates the combined
population of Salem, Eugene and
Medford," he said.
The council is one of the spon
sors of a proposed constitutional
amendment, to be voted on in
the state this fall, which would
ban weight-per-mile lees on
trucks, and also sponsored the
referendum to a legislative bill
providing for changes in truck
taxation in the state.
Russell Snack Bar
Convention Feature
Chicago (U.R) Something
new has been added to the na
tional political 'convention scene
a "Dick Russell' snack bar
where newspapermen can
munch sandwiches and swig
free beer and soft drinks.
Reporters assigned to cover
the Democratic National conven
tion are enrolled automatically
in the "Dick Russell Press
Club" and become eligible to
use its rather lush facilities.
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