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tory from the files of The Mail
Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 yean
ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 23, 1942
(It was Thursday)
Rogue Valley Transit comp
inaugurates half-hourly bus ser
vice over four routes in the
city; free service offered the rest
of the week to prove benefit to
the public.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: So few peo
ple are in the hills these days
a white horse with its rider
singing at the top of his voice,
can travel freely without the
slightest danger of being acci
dentally shot for a deer before
the hunting season opens.
20 YEARS AGO
July 23, 1932
(It was Saturday)
G. Mynatt, Eagle Point, is ser
iously injured when a stick of
dynamite explodes near him; a
shower of tiny rocks and gravel
is imbedded in his skin.
Chicago, July 21 (Special Air Mail) Many years ago the Re
publican and Democratic conventions were very different. Today,
as the Democrats open their political revival-meeting, a man from
Mars would have a hard job to note any material differences. It's
the same stockyards, the same noise and confusion, the same masses
of badges, wires, walky-talkies, hand-shakings, ear-whisperings,
and a note of feverish anticipation of the portentious and party-
shaking decisions to come.
Also years ago, the Republicans were essentially a group of
businessmen representative, as a whole, of the Chamber of Com
merce type, a large proportion being in the upper-brackets of in
dustrial management. They dressed differently than the Demo
crats, were less inclined toward broad-brimmed hats, long-hair
dramatic poses and declamation. Less emotional theatrical FAR
less.
.
That is true no longer.
We had breakfast this morning at a table next to that of Sen
ator Green of Rhode Island, for example.
Senator Green could be a model for the "New Yorker" maga
zine not only in mannei and appearance but in Bradstreet rating
a fine representative of the old Newport aristocracy. He inherited
wealth, he has acquired more, and yet there is no member of the
Democratic party more highly regarded, being vice-chairman of
this convention, and genuinely beloved by his party contempo
raries. (Incidently he is well in his 80's and yet could easily pass
for 63 or 62.)
Which brings us to the matter of AGE an item which prom
ises to have an important bearing upon the race for the presi
dential nomination.
For after appraising all the leading candidates, adding up their
plus and minus qualities, Vice President Barkley stands out as the
only candidate with nothing against him BUT his years. Were the
gentleman from Paducah, Ky., 10 years younger there would be
little doubt, in our mmd, as to the result.
For the outstanding determination of this convention, as it
was of the Republican and all party conventions for that matter
is to pick a WINNER. Or, if that appears highly unlikely, at
least get the ticket that will come NEAREST to beating the Re
publicans in November the strongest combination obtainable
And that would unquestionably be Barkley in the No. 1 place.
Southern Oregon Shriners de
part for national conclave at
San Francisco.
30 YEARS AGO
July 23. 1922
(It was Sunday)
It is revealed that the mem
bers of J;he Medford Klu Klux
Klan have been asked to put up
a minimum of $10 each to fin
ance the recount of the recall
election against Sheriff Charley
Terrill.
Remodeling of the Medford
Center building nears comple
tion and a reopening ceremony
is planned.
40 YEARS AGO
July 23. 1912
(It was Tuesday)
A visitor in Ashland dies from
wounds received when he acci
dently shoots himself on a hunt
ing trip to Wilson gulch.
Not that Alben has so much in his favor, but he has so little
against him. And the less a candidate has against him, the better
the chances of uniting the party and especially preventing another
Dixiecrat revolt. And that, as of this writing, is No. 1 on the High
Command agenda TO PREVENT ANOTHER SPLIT AT ALL
COSTS. For if the Democrats are to make any sort of showing in
November they must be united, four-square against the GOP op
position. In other words the candidate that will in all probability
win out this coming Thursday, will be the one with the best chance
in the OPINION OF THE DELEGATES, of restoring party unity
and good feeling. As we see it Barkley is that man. In fact we are
so convinced of this, that if, as reported, President Truman at the
psychological time will come out for him, nothing, we believe, can
beat him.
The above, OF COURSE, is based upon the assumption that
Governor Stevenson means what he says when he declares he does
not want the nomination, is not fitted by temperament or training
for it, and in effect gets down on his knees and begs his friends to
lay-off this drafting talk. If his opposition is as strong and sincere
as he claims and has repeatedly claimed, then his selection when
all the chips are down is, to say the least, remote.
As to all the other candidates prominently mentioned too
much can be said against them, particularly on the harmony aigle.
Although as we have stated previously, if any of them should get
the blessing and the official backing of President Truman, it would
be practically impossible to beat him almost as impossible as to
nominate any candidate the present occupant of the White House
would NOT endorse.
To return for a moment to those economic differences between
the parties which no longer exist. Imagine what Wm. Jennings
Bryan of "cross-of-gold" fame would do, were he to return to the
Chicago he electrified over half a century ago and see what we
saw yesterday:
A parade with a band marching up Michigan avenue, the
marchers singing and carrying banners urging the nomination for
the presidency on the Democratic-ticket of "the Man who knows"
none other than Mr. Averell Harriman, Wall Street banker, ex
polo player, son of the famous railroad tycoon, E. H. Harriman,
and the possessor of some 40 or 50 millions largely they say in
gilt-edge government and municipal bonds!
W.J.B., after recovering consciousness, would surely entreat
the first-aid brigade to send him back to the celestial residence
from which he came and never ask him again to return.
However, even MORE puzzling than this was your correspond
ent's collision with a milling group of shabby gentility at the en
trance to the Conrad Hilton hotel yesterday, shouting and display
ing crudely painted signs, asking that the prayers "of the masses"
kc nnswroH and the Democrats nominate guess who? hold
everything GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR! R.W.R.
Crosstown
6 Roland Coe
In the Day's News
"Slicks and stones'll break my bones and namet'll
cost you a two-hundred-dollar finel"
A Ncfios' Worth of
Comment' On This and That
"5Y HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Feature Writer
Washington (U.i., I'm either
going out of the farming busi-
go into mass produc-
ness or
tion. We have
a "garden" in
the back yard
about as big as
a murphy bed,
and mama de
cided it would
be a good idea
to grow some
tomatoes.
We're going
to have some
Harmon Nichols tomatoes even
tually. I euess.
but the way we figure it they'll
come at the rate of about SI a
tomato.
We went into the matter sci
entifically. I wrote to the de
partment of agriculture and ask
ed, please, if they had any in
formation on how to grow tomatoes?
The D. of A. is very thorough
about such matters and we now
have enough literature to set up
an advisory agency to serve the
biggest tomato grower in Mary
land. And maybe that would be
more profitable.
Reading Delays Planting
We had so much reading to
do that we were a couple or
three weeks late getting our
"crop" into the ground.
First mama went to a nursery
and bought half a dozen plants,
at . 15 cents a plant. Then she
bought half a dozen poles in
anticipation of a rapid, lofty and
sturdy growth.
Before we stuck the plants,
we bought several bushels of
topsoil and the bill came to
$7.50.
I ought to add a few dollars
for labor on that last deal. The I
men who delivered the soil re
fused to carry it back to the
back yard. Each bushel weighed
around 100 pounds.
Took Half a Day
It took me about half a day,
counting frequent rest periods,
to get the stuff back to the to
mato patch. After the last one
had been dumped, my neighbor
who had been watching the per
formance leaned over the back
fence and remarked:
"You could borrow my wheel
barrow."
Next the space had to be
spaded and relieved of such
things as tin cans, rocks and
other debris. Then, following in
structions, we placed the top
soil on top of the clay soil and
raked her over good.
Mess Mixed With Sand
The next step was to buy some
stuff which the D. of A. claims
will perk up the soil and make
things grow a little faster. For
good measure we mixed a little
sand into this whole mess, plant
ed the tomatoes and doused them
with water.
Then the showers came, and
brought weeds our good earth
was so fertile.
It was almost too much for
Mrs. N. to weed.
Well, we took stock this
morning.
We counted 11 potential toma
toes; green little things that give
some promise of growing up to
be big ripe, red, luscious toma
toes.
You can add it up yourself.
They will, if they mature, come
to a little over a dollar apiece.
I just checked with one of
those super markets.
Tomatoes are selling at around
10 cents per on the going mar
ket.
By FRANK JENKINS
As I settle down to write this
stuff, there's an earthquake in
California and a political con
vention in Chicago. Both can be
destructive, but as between the
two there is this difference:
You can DO SOMETHING
about a political convention, but
there's nothing you can do about
an earthquake. You just TAKE
it-
So let's talk about the
vention.
con
'PHIS Democratic convention is
-- at least different.
The last candidate total '
heard this morning was 23
That's a lot of hopefuls. For
four Democratic conventions in
a row 1936, 1940, 1944 and
1848 there has been only one
candidate and the sole job of
the convention has been to put
its rubber stamp on the candi
date already chosen.
That's QUITE a difference.
INHERE is an interesting ruck
J- lie in t T- o Orpcrnn AliicTntinn
in Chicago.
Under Oregon primary law
Oregon's delegates are pledged
to back Kefauver as long as he
has a REASONABLE chance of
winning the nomination. (He
was a heavy winner in the Ore
gon Democratic primary.)
But there are rumors (so far
without flat confirmation) that
the delegates are divided and
some of them are wavering in
their allegiance to Kefauver and
their instructions under the Ore
gon orimary law. Bill Josslin.
of Portland, is SINCERELY for
Kefauver. At the moment, at
least, Tom Mahoney of Portland
is for Kefauver.
Monroe Sweetland, Oregon's
Democratic national committee
man, tells a reporter that "so
far as I know every member of
the Oregon delegation intends to
support Kefauver as long as he
is in the running, ' but adds:
"I don't want our already
small number of delegates to be
further diminished in impor
tance by mortgaging it to an
unforeseeable future."
Delegate Harry Boivin, of
Klamath Falls, appears to be of
somewhat the same mind.
Yreka Man Flown To San Francisco
A meeting calling for the for
mation of the Progressive party
in Jackson county is called by
the president of the Roosevelt
club.
Pistol Demonstration
Opened to Public
The public is invited to a
pistol firing demonstration, giv
en in connection with a course
in the use of firearms, to be held
at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at
the Camp White pistol range, it
was reported today by the Med
ford Police department.
The firearms course, held for
full-time law enforcement offi
cers under the sponsorship of
the Medford department, will
close Friday. It is being conduct
ed by Assistant Special Agent
Bill Williams of the Portland of
fice of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
The pistol range can be reach
ed by taking the Crater Lake
highway to Four Corners, turn
ing right to the 401 Orchard
road, and then turning left and
following the road north to the
entrance to the range.
A Yreka, Calif., man was
taken to San Francisco by a
plane operated by Mercy
Flights, Inc., of Medford yester-
The. Constitution directs that
the President shall take this oath
or affirmation: "I do solemnly
swear (or affirm) that I will
faithfully execute the office of
President of the United States,
and will, to the best of my abil
ity, preserve, protect, and de
fend the Constitution of the
United States."
Truman Will Address
Convention Friday
Chicago (U.R) President
Truman will speak to the Dem
ocratic Convention Friday night,
party officials said Wednesday.
Because the convention is now
running behind schedule, the
Chief Executive, who had plan
ned to fly from Washington
Thursday, will postpone his trip
for 24 hours.
According to the latest time
table worked out by Chairman
Frank E. McKinney, the Presi
dent was expected here some
time Friday. He will dine at the
Saddle and Sirloin club, adjoin
ing Convention Hall, With Mc
Kinney, the new presidential
nominee and a small group of
high party figures.
j Rare Hog Disease
Hits Midwest States
Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) Offi
cials of at least four states are
taking steps to prevent the
spread of a rare hog disease
similar in many respects to hoof
and mouth disease.
Dr. E. P. Anderson, state vet
erinarian, said he is "seriously
considering" issuing an order
forbidding hog shows at the
state fair, county fairs and all
hog shows in Nebraska.
The director of the Missouri
Agriculture Department, Robert
T. Thornburg, declared a state
wide embargo on transportation
of hogs.
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day, officials of the non-profit
air ambulance service reported
this morning.
The Stinson ambulance plane,
piloted by Lee Flink, stopped at
the Montague airport to pick up
Ed Edson Foulke, Yreka, who
was suffering from a respiratory
infection. He was supplied with
oxygen on the trip south. Ac
companying him were his wife
and a nurse.
Flink left Montague at about
5 p.m., and arrived back in Med
ford, after flying to San Fran
cisco, at about 11 p.m. The pa
tient was the 82nd carried by
Mercy Flights planes in the
firm's 2V years of existence.
Truce Delegates in
'Do Nothing' Meeting
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R)
Truce delegates held X seven
minute "do nothing" meeting
Wednesday, the 16th of a series
of secret sessions which appar
ently have made no progress to
ward a Korean cease-fire.
Since every remark at . the
meeting had to be interpreted in
three languages, it was obvious
the two sides had time only to
agree to meet again Thursday
at 11 a.m.
Observers here believed both
teams were marking time, hop
ing the other will break, the
deadlock on prisoner exchange,
the last obstacle to an armistice.
With neither side submitting
any new proposals, it seemed it
was likely the news blackout
imposed July 4 would be ended
soon.
Congressional Quiz
Questions and Answers on What Goes on at the Capital
Furnished by Congressional Quarterly News Features
William Jennings Bryan's
"Cross of Gold" speech won him
the Democratic nomination in
1896. He was defeated by Wil
liam McKinley.
Q Is there any "referee" io
keep the political campaigning
clean?
A Chairman Guy M. Gil
lette (D-Ia.), announced July 4
his Elections Subcommittee of
the Senate Rules Committee has
decided to keep a close watch
on the 1952 election and investi
gate charges' of "scurrilous and
improper practice."
Q How's our progress in de
velopment of atomic weapons?
A According to the Raw Ma
terials Subcommittee of the
Senate-House Atomic Energy
Committee, the federal govern
ment has not been doing enough
to increase U.S. production of
uranium and atomic weapons.
Reporting to Congress June 29,
it said the military forces should
use more of their funds in the
search for raw uranium. It
recommended "a very substan
tial revision in both uranium
and thorium procurement."
Q What does Congress mean
when it adjourns "sine die"?
A Sine die is a Latin phrase
meaning "without a day. ihe
82nd Congress on July' 7 ad
journed sine die without set
ting a day for meeting again.
Unless the President calls Con
gress into special session, it
won't meet again until a new
Congress the 83rd con
venes Jan. 3, 1953.
Q Does the new military re
serves bill make it easier for
the government to call veterans
back into uniform?
A In passing it July 2, Con
gress intended to limit the Presi
dent's power to call up reserves.
The legislation divides reserv
ists into "ready" and "standby"
groups. Ready reserves could be
called during an emergency de
clared by the President, after
Congress decided how many
should be called. The standbys
could be called up only with
Congressional consent, if no
ready reserves were available.
Q Where do veterans of
Korea stand in the reserve bill?
A Sen. Russell B. Long, (D
La.), member of the Armed
Forces Committee, said the bill
"retains a clear expression of
Congressional intent" that Ko
rean veterans should not be
called as long as there are re
servists who have made lesser
sacrifices.
(Copyright 1952,
Congressional Quarterly)
TUST between you and me, I'd
hate to be an Oregon dele
gate who bolted Kefauver while
he still had a chance, however
slim, to be nominated. There
wasn't, of course, a very wide
choice among candidates in the
Oregon Democratic primary, but
think most of those who voted
for the charming young man
from Tennessee (ably abetted by
his charming red-headed wife)
did so because they have FAITH
in him.
I think all such people want
their instructions, as given - in
the primary voting, to be follow
ed by their delegates m Chicago.
POLITICS is funny.
I'm a Republican more
strongly so this year than for
many years in the past. I have
faith in Ike, and I want him to
win. I think Kefauver would be
the hardest Democrat to beat.
Still, I'd rather see him get
the Democratic nomination.
Why?
Because I think he's SIN
CERE. I think this is a time for
sincere leadership on both sides.
WotsssssC . V: '-';.-;:&
INVADING CAUCUS of California delegation to Democratic
national convention at Chicago, Holdridge group demands hearing
on charge delegates were illegally elected. Two unidentified mem
bers of rival groups are squaring off for fight. (International)
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AT I'd like to see this year
Court Records
POLICE COURT
Don Ray Hanlin, failure to stop at
stop sign, 55 Dan.
Robert Eugene Kodat. no operator s
license, $3 bail.
DISTRICT COURT
Richard C. Lehnherr, two overloads
and one overheight, total $149.
Koyce bneidricn grosser, passing
with insufficient clearance. 57.50.
Levi Glenn Monroe, inadequate
warning1 device. S3.
Rex Leland Frost, failure to stop
at stop sign. $10: parking in prohibit
ed area. $6; total S16.
Harold Qren Parmelee, overload
$25.
William Price Irwin, improper mo
tor venicie license, so.
Lawrence L. Van Den Elzen. Yreka.
Calif, drunk on a public highway.
512.
Ralph D. Mason. Red Blanket road.
Prospect, drunk on a public highway.
$25.
CIRCUIT COURT
Darlyne Royce Cushman vs. Harold
Eugene Cushman. divorce decree.
Mary Frances Garrett vs. Ward Guy
Garrett, divorce decree.
the lines of cleavage SHARPLY
DRAWN, between New Dealism-
Fair Dealism as it has been prac
ticed during the past two dec
ades (particularly as practiced
during the past decade, when
idealism was giving way to prac
tical POWER politics) and intel
ligent, truly liberal Republican
ism which believes in all the
honest welfare legislation WE
CAN PAY FOR AND STILL
PAY OFF OUR DEBT while
keeping taxes within limits that
our economy can stand and our
free enterprise system can live
under.
I HAVE no objection to soundly
conceived, WISELY BUSI
NESS MANAGED welfare laws.
After all, the No. 1 business of
government is to look out for
the welfare of the people.
Divorcee Faces Trial
For Runaway Affair
Los Angeles (U.R) A
blonde divorcee, Mrs. Virginia
Letourneau, must face superior
court trial for her runaway ro
mance with the boy next door,
17-year-old Jimmy Sherwin.
The 28-year-old woman was
ordered to stand trial Tuesday
by Judge William B. McKesson
after a preliminary hearing at
which her 10-vear-old son. Ar.
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not exceed 400 words.
Saucer Seen
To the Editor: It is quite com
mon to find members of the hu
man tribe who are allergic to
babies, 'till they get one of their
own. So it is with the flying
saucer, at least 'till they see one.
It was that way with C. M.
Olds of 231 West 5th street,' here
in Medford. He was quite that
way, at least until Thursday of
last week when about 7 p.m. he
observed one coming up out of
the south by east. Calling to his
wife Georgia, they watched the
thing rise in an arc at incredible
speed, increasing in apparent
size as it came abreast and dim
inishing as it swept on to the
northern horizon where it tip
ped as if banking and gaining
altitude, vanished almost in
stantly from view.
They described it as glowing
with quite sharp outline and the
color of candle flame. As it tip
ped in banking, it showed the
round saucer shape but some
what eliptical with a dark shape
in the center that projected
slightly fore and aft. It was only
some three seconds in traveling
from horizon to horizon and
gave off no sound.
This is what baffles your
writer who has long held they
are real but not of this world.
If our Air Force chiefs could
evolve such a plane, they would
have it hurtling in our airport
air-lanes, scaring the personnel
witless. And the jets they build
make plenty of racket as any
object with material bulk must
do when displacing air at high
speeds.
When in formation numbers,
the saucers maneuver with in
telligent direction but with G
plus turns no human could
stand, and without audible
sound. And the answer is not
that supersonic speeds are too
high pitched for the human ear
to detect, for observe the near
instantaneous speed of the light
ning arc and hear the clap of
thunder that echoes and rum
bles across the sky.
Would like to know if others
saw the Thursday evening sau
cer. F. J. Clifford
1211 W. Main St.
Medford, Ore.
because it was "too hot."
Little Armand said he went
along on his mother's 10,000
mile jaunt with her fuzzy cheek
ed boy friend last May 24 and
slept alone while Mrs. Letourn
eau and Jimmy shared a bed.
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BUSY Governor Adlai Stevenson
of Illinois, strongly supported for
the Democratic presidential rom
ination, leaves the home of his
administrative assistant, William
McCormick, in Chicago after a
conference.
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Thoughtfulness makes for hospitality.
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when you shop. It's sure to get a welcome.
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