TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
MEDFORDttttTRIBUNft
Everyone In Southern Oregon
Reads The Mail Tribune
Published Daily Except Saturday by
MEDFORD PRINTING CO.
27-29 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 CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor
RICHAKD JEWETT Sports Editor
OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor
GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr
An Independent Newspaper
Entered as second clan matter at
Medford. Oregon, under AJt 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. 3.50
Daily anu Sunday one month 1.25
By Carrier In A d v a n c e Medford
Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point
Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix.
Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent
and on motor routes:
Daily and Sunday one year $15.00
Daily and Sunday one month 125
All Terms Cash in Advance
Official Paper of the City of Medford
Official Paper of Jackson County
United Press Full Leased Wire
MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU
OF CIRCULATION
Advertising Representative:
WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC
Offices in New York. Chicago. De
troit San Francisco. Los Angeles
Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta
Vancouver. B.C.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
ASSOCHTIPN
3 J L
IH'ilg'HAIig
O' NEWS PA PEC
PUIlIf HltS
ASSOCIATION
Flight or Time
Medford and Jackson County His
tory from the files of The Mail
Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 yean
ago.
10 YEARS AGO
August 17, 1942
(It was Monday)
League-leading Medford Cra
ters conclude season with 3-1
victory over Klamath Falls to
make their season's record 19
wins, 5 losses.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: School will
be opened September " 14. Kids
and their Maws will be brave
and bear with Spartan fortitude
the fortnight delay from last
year, in the spirit of wartime
sacrifice.
20 YEARS AGO
August 17, 1932
(It was Wednesday)
Joe A. Thomas, 222 South
Holly street, is nominated by the
Oregon Socialist party as a So
cialist candidate for the United
States Senate.
Medf ord's economy plan
works as a $17,000 saving results
from salary cuts and reduced
supply purchases.
30 YEARS AGO
August 17, 1922
(It was Thursday)
Jackson county Republicans
meet to discuss forthcoming elec
tion; they stress harmony, urge
voters to vote straight Republi
can ticket.
Hon. Dudley G. Wooten, for
mer Texas congressman and now
a Seattle attorney, will speak in
Medford on the anti-private
school measure.
40 YEARS AGO
August 17, 1912
(It was Saturday;
Westville Honor camp No. 1
on the Crater Lake highway is
temporarily abandoned because
the prisoners' conduct is so good
they are all paroled.
Butte Falls woman forced to
chop fire wood to sell after being
deserted by her husband, who
leaves with all her money.
Editorial Comment
LIGHTS THAT FAILED
Yesterday's news dispatch
covering the suspension of pub
lication of the Hood River Sun,
included a statement from its
publisher, Jack Travis, that the
Sun is the only daily newspaper
established and maintained in
operation in Oregon for more
than one year since 1919. The
Sun endured for a little more
than three years after becoming
a daily in 1949, but it is by no
means the only one to come un
der the classification which Mr.
Travis has stated.
We recall, for instance, the
Burns Times-Herald, which ad
vanced from weekly to daily in
1933 and resumed its old status
in the forties. And there was the
Jackson County News, which be
came the Daily News in 1926
and lasted into 1933. Llewellyn
A. Banks was its publisher.
There are at least two to keep
company with the Sun in "the
record. The Bend (Ore.) Bulle
tin. PICNIC IN CEMETERY
Bronte, Ont. (U.PJ Residents
complained Saturday that tour
ists are using the Bronte ceme
tery as a picnic ground, sitting
on the tomb stones to eat their
lunch.
Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at
noon Saturdays.
Editorial Correspondence
New York City, Aug. 14 Down here to see our one and only
nephew, and the Dodgers play the Giants.
Seeing the nephew was simple but eating with him was not.
Nephew, it seems, in summer doesn't wear a hat or coat. Can't
blame him in this jungle atmosphere. But when he appeared in the
dining room at our hotel, the head-waiter swooped down on him
like a hawk on a poor little chickadee, and figuratively threw him
out.
They have rules regarding male dress in N.Y. hotels it seems
and more surprising ENFORCE THEM! During the summer coat
less males with their sleeves rolled up are especially unpopular.
However, we escaped without injury (except to the young man's
pride) and sallied forth to find an eating place short of the B.owery
that would serve a white over 21, in unpressed pants and sport
shirt.
.
The hotel coffee shop in the basement looked cool, Inviting and
democratic. The reception there was also cool but NOT inviting.
"Has the young man no jacket?" asked the "hostess" with great
hauteur.
So we were thrown out AGAIN!
Began to feel like appealing to F.E.P.C.
A block away ran into one of Schraft's numerous eating places.
Surely they would have no sartorial restrictions there. Schraft's
are as thick in New York as "Childs" wera 50 years ago, and very
"middle clawss."
But the head waitress spotted the coatless youth a mile away
and sailed down on him like a revenue cutter on a bootleggers'
skiff.
"Sorry," said she, "but our rules are very strict."
The crestfallen countenance of the nephew may have touched
her stony heart, for she added with a very forced smile:
"If you wish, we could loan the young man a coat while you
dine?"
The pangs of hunger proved greater than injured pride this
time, a coat of spotless pongee was accepted, worn through the
prandial period, then returned upon departure with appropriate
acknowledgments monetary and otherwise.
Nephew thought all this the silliest "snootiness" he had ever
encountered, and after recovering his "amour prope" somewhat,
declared that if HE had been managing things, he would have
walked ALL NIGHT, before he would have submitted to any such
humiliating discrimination.
Maybe so.
But the avuncular member of
Rome do as the Romans do." And
comes the better part of wisdom, to
surprising thing is how quickly the
has lived half his years in New
ever, that the next time he is invited downtown to dinner, summer
or winter perhaps tomorrow he
And why not?
Your correspondent is not
found exposure of the male torso, particularly on a hot, sticky
night either appetizing or attractive.
Apparently, New Yorkers feel the same way about it...
For don't forget this:
If these rules and regulations were NOT supported STRONGLY
by public opinion, they would never be enforced. Hotels and restau
rants in New York are no more disposed to turn away paying
clients than they are elsewhere. Not so much, perhaps. As far as
the opposite sex is concerned, however, that is and always has
been, of course a very DIFFERENT matter!
As it happened King Faisal of Iraq had the same idea. He also
wanted to see his favorite baseball team play their hated rivals,
the New York Giants, so he was on hand at Ebbets field, along
with some 30,000 others. But judging by the little we saw of him
through the trusty field glasses, he didn't yearn for a victory as
strongly as the "sports-writer emeritus" from Medford, Oregon.
In fact, if he was really interested at any time, much less excited,
hs calm, childlike and somewhat
indicate same.
Even when that resourceful little warrior "Pee wee" Reese
snapped out a single that broke the tie and won the game, there
was no emotion displayed in the manager's screened-off box nor
by the manager himself as far as that is concerned. The manager
was probably too engrossed in playing host to royalty to go over
board with the rest of the Dodger fans.
It proved, in fact, to be one of the most exciting baseball games
we have ever seen, and unless wi are mistaken it was our first view
of a victory for our beloved "Bums" over the Giants.
As is well known, Brooklyn usually wilts when the boys from
Upper Manhattan trot out onto the diamond. If proof were needed
the fact the Giants have beaten Brooklyn nine games to five this
season should supply it. And when New York in the ninth inning
had the bases filled, needed only one run to tie and two to go
ahead, any wise bookmaker would have demanded impossible odds
on any pro-New York wager. But this "Big Boy" Black, the Dodg
ers' relief pitcher, forced the Giant batter to hit into this Peewee
Reese's hands and although Reese showed he was under a strain
also, by bobbling it a few seconds, he fired to first in time and
the crucial game of the year was over!
It is a bit early, however, for the Dodgers to celebrate a pennant
victory.
A year ago this date they were 13 games ahead of New York,
and then fell apart while the Giants put on one of the most sen
sational comebacks in baseball history, to grab the national title.
However one can't quite visualize the repetition of any such mir
acle this year. So instead of the world series being between the
two New York teams this year, it looks more like the Dodgers for
sure on one side, and either the Yankees or Cleveland on the- other.
We are rooting AGAINST the Yankees as usual but judging the
present by the past that will improve, rather than impair, their
chances!
Later:
Another climatic armistice. And just in time. For once a thun
derstorm did what thunderstorms were formerly supposed to do
cleared the atmosphere, reducing the humidity to only 40 and
sending down the mercury 25 degrees. May this lifesaver last for
more than 24 hours THIS time!
Last night attended our second theater for this trip, and again
hit the jackpot. This time it was "The Male Animal" by our fa
vorite writer-cartoonist James Thurber, in which co-author Elliott
Nugent and Martha Scott starred. Robert Preston, however, never
one of OUR favorite screen actors "stole the show!"
A long time since your correspondent, in spite of a drenching
by the thunderstorm, has had so much "good, clean fun," and
Preston in his simply magnificent portrayel of the rah-rah foot
ball FANatic was responsible. We can't imagine ANYONE in the
part being BETTER or for that matter half so good. It could so
easily have been ruined by over-acting, but never once did Preston
step over that all-important line.
We would rank the "Male Animal" in the light-comedy line,
with the "King and I" in musicals can't think at the moment of
higher praise than that! R.W.R.
Two People Injured
McMinnville (U.R) Two
people were in Portland's St.
Vincents hospital after a logging
truck dumped its load of logs
atop two cars on the bridge
across the Yamhill river just
east of Dayton, Ore. .
Mrs. Beth Cameron, Portland,
was taken to St. Vincents hospi
tal where attendants said she
was in serious condition suffer
ing a compound skull fracture.
Daughter Hurt
Her daughter, Jackie, about
11, was also brought to tbe Port
land hospital, but her condition
was not serious.
Uninjured were Mr. and Mrs.
Sunday, August 17, 1 952
the family doubts it. "When in
when in New York it soon be
do as the New Yorkers do. The
new residents conform. Nephew
York, and we have no doubt what
WILL have a jacket on.
persnickety, but we have never
swarthy countenance failed to
When Logs Hit Cars
Art R. Thorne, Owosso, Mich.,
passengers in the second car.
The driver of the truck, Jack
William McTemtney, said he un
derstood traffic was limited to
one-way travel, and when he
saw the cars coming he attempt
ed to swerve to the outside of
the bridge to miss them.
Salem (U.R) Gov. Douglas
McKay said Friday he has asked
Attorney Genera George Neu
ner about the possibility of get
ting federal matching money to
help pay for hogs slaughtered
because of vesicular exanthema
infection. - -
Crosstown
"This is embarrassin' for me, babel Can't you miss a
shot or two?"
Matter of Fact
HARRY AND ADLAI
Washington Gov. Adlai E
Stevenson's visit to the White
House pretty well nipped in the
bud at least one burgeoning Re-
publican hope. There is no long
er much likelihood of a falling
out between the Democratic
candidate and President Harry
S. Truman. It may be added that
the prophets began to predict
such a falling out, and the Re
publicans began to hope for it,
quite a little time after the dan
ger had really passed.
The real story of the curious
and somewhat uneasy Truman-
Stevenson relationship is rela
tively simple in outline. From
the very first, as was pointed
out very early in this space,
there was a major issue to be
settled between the President
and the nominee. Would Steven
son declare his independence,
or would he allow himself to be
overshadowed by Truman?
TRUMAN wanted two things
which meant overshadowing
Stevenson almost completely. He
wanted to campaign nearly as
actively as the candidate himself,
in his familiar whistlestop man
ner. And he wanted to keep his
hand on the campaign organiza
tion, by continuing Frank Mc-
Kinney in his post as chairman
of the Democratic National
Committee.
It was more than two weeks
ago when Stevenson made it
clear that he could not go along
with Truman on either of these
crucial points. In fact the real
crisis between the two men
seems to have been reached rath
er soon after the Democratic con
vention, when Stevenson indi
cated that he did not wish to
retain McKinney as national
chairman. This was the defini
tive declaration of independence.
At the same time, Stevenson
also made it pretty clear that he
did not wish the President to
carry out his plan for whistestop
campaigning.
The news reached Truman
during his post-convention vaca
tion at Independence, Mo. Ac
cording to those close to him,
the President was at first both
hurt and angered by the seem
ing rebuff. Somewhat naively,
he had expected Stevenson to
be guided by him in all things,
and the first shock of disillusion
was severe.
A7"ET Truman is always a good
A soldier. He- has a downright
religious respect for political
traditions and there is no
stronger political tradition than
the right of a Presidential candi
riatp to boss his own campaign.
Moreover, after reflection, Tru
man also saw the force of btev
enson's argument, that he needed
a chance to make his mark with
the voters as a major political
nprsonalitv in his own right.
There was some further maneu
vering, undoubtedly, before the
Present and the Dartv leaders
accepted Stevenson's highly
personal choice of btepnen a.
rppprl McKinney
as national chairman. Nonethe
less, the real issue between Tru
man and Stevenson had already
been settled long before tne
President returned to Washing
ton. Hence the Truman-Stevenson
meeting at the White House
could be, and was, rather cut-and-dried.
The atmosphere be
tween the two men has been de
scribed, by one who should
know, as "not cozy but comfort
able." They made their joint
campaign plan easily and with
out serious argument.
' There is sound strategy in the
plan they agreed on speeches
by both Stevenson and Truman
on Labor Day; intensive cross
country campaigning by Steven
son thereafter; and further
speeches or perhaps a short cam
paign tour by Truman after Oct.
1. The plan minimizes the
chances of any Truman-Stevenson
crossed wires.
.
ACCIDENTS can always hap
pen, of course, but there is
now only one major area where
it is realistic to look for a Tru
By Roland Coe
By Joseph and
Stewart Aliop
man - Stevenson disagreement.
This is the area of such great
policy questions as civil rights
and the Taft-Hartley law. This
area is not supercharged with
personal tensions, as was the is
sue of Stevenson's independence
of, or dependence upon, Tru
man. Yet it can conceivably
make trouble, nonetheless.
The truth is that Gov. Steven
son has shown a tendency to
take a compromise line on civil
rights, on labor and even on the
tidelands oil question. This the
President thinks neither right
nor politically wise.
SUCH Truman intimates as W.
Averell Harriman, who did
their best to smooth over the
earlier difficulty, do not approve
of compromise on. the great pol
icy question. The Truman cro
nies, who did their best to in
flame the earlier difficulty, will
also seize upon any Stevenson
tendency .towards compromise,
in order to needle the President
against the nominee. The great
policy questions were omitted
from the Truman -. Stevenson
campaign review here. In short,
there is no assurance, as yet,
that the President and the nomi
nee will not begin to sing two
conflicting tunes.
The word comes from Spring
field, however, that this chance
of trouble is diminishing. Al
though he will not use an ora
torical meat-axe in the Truman
manner, Stevenson is said to be
increasingly inclined to take the
kind of strong line Truman will
approve. Altogether, a powerful
Democratic bid for victory seems
to be shaping up.
(Copyright, 1952, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
Employment Down
In First Quarter;
Payrolls Increase
Salem (U.R) Employment in
the 17,488 firms covered by
Oregon's unemployment law was
slightly lower in the first quar
ter of 1952 than a year before,
but payrolls increased 4.9 per
cent to $279,759,339, the State
Unemployment C o m p e n sation
Commission has reported.
The payroll figure was the
highest ever reported ' for that
winter period. Average pay of
305,819 employees was $304.93
a month, a 19.2 per cent increase
over the average pay for the first
quarter of 1950.
Average Exceeded
Although the winter months
always" "are lowest'of the year
because of seasonal letdowns in
lumber ; and construction, the
first quarter figure exceeded the
$303.34 average for the entire
year of 1951. .
The number of employees re
ported by 3,033 lumber and log
ging concerns in the first quarter
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 Mall 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
Fed Cross Appreciative '
To the Editor: Please accept
the deep appreciation of the
Jackson County Red Cross Chap
ter, as well as my own, for the
hearty cooperation you have
given toward making the blood
collection carried out yesterday
the success that it was.
We of the Red Cross are proud
of the people who donated blood
as well as of all those who co
operated. We know that the peo
ple of Jackson county will give
generously of their blood and
money to the Red Cross if our
needs are made known.
Ben Stafford,
Chairman Jackson County
Chapter American Red
' " Cross. " ' V
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
General Ike declines an invi
tation from President Truman to
come to Washington for a confi
dential "briefing" on the inter
national situation. In his tele
gram turning down the bid, he
says:
"It is my duty to remain
FREE to analyze your admini
stration policies publicly, and it
would be unwise and would re
sult in confusion in the public
mind if I accept your offer."
Then he adds:
"As you know, the problems
which you suggest for discussion
are those WITH WHICH
HAVE LIVED FOR MANY
YEARS." "
TN OTHER WORDS, Ike thinks
he knows quite a little about
the international situation, espe
cially the situation in Europe,
and he prefers to act on his own
knowledge.
A T THIS POINT, let's recite a
little history.
Ike was living with these
"problems" back in the spring
of 1945 when! a couple of his
armored divisions got over the
Elbe river and were heading
hell-bent for Berlin. They'd have
TAKEN BERLIN in a few days
more if they hadn's been stop
ped and turned back by political
orders from Washington.
- He saw officers and men of
his command throw their caps
on the ground and jump on them
in anger and frustration when
the political orders turning them
back arrived.
TIE WAS living with these
same "problems" when Gen
eral Patton hit the western out
skirts of Prague, in Czechoslova
kia, only to be turned back by
political orders.
THE DEAL to establish the
J- Iron Curtain on the Elbe riv
er and the western boundary of
Czechoslovakia was made . at
Yalta and the political orders
stopping our military forces
there, instead of permitting
them to go on and take all of
Germany and all of Czechoslo
vakia, were issued in accordance
with the Yalta deal.
TKE KNOWS, as we ALL know
.now, how' much better our
situation in Europe would be if
we had ALL of Germany (in
stead of only half of it) and all
of Czechoslovakia in our pos
session. It's little wonder that he
wants to stay free of all political
entanglements with the Fair
Deal administration, which fol
lowed the New Deal administra
tion, which MADE THE YALTA
DEAL.
rOOD FOR YOU, Ike. You
" know a booby-trap when you
see one. This invitation to bring
ypu into Washington and "brief
you was a carefully figured out
booby-trap.
VITE NEWSPAPER PEOPLE
know all about that scheme.
For years, whenever it has been
desired to hamstring us so that
we can't criticise, what ha been
done, we've been brought into
these "briefing" sessions. After
we've been flattered all over the
place, by big shots who slap us
on the back and put their arms
around our shoulders and call
us by our first names, it is ex
plained to us that everything
that has gone on in the "brief
ing" period is "off the record."
It has been told to us, we are
informed, because we are so big
and so important that it is es
sential we should KNOW what
is going on. But we mustn't so
much as whisper to .anybody
even an inkling of what we've
been told. That wouldn't be
kosher. It would be violating a
confidence.
THAT'S THE SCHEME they're
trying to pull on you, Ike
backing you into a corner by
giving you - all the intimate de
tails and then telling you it's off
the record and they're doing it
all for your own good. The pur
pose would be to make you feel
that after you'd been handed the
whole 1 o w d o w n you just
COULDN'T be o mean as to go
away and criticise.
But, thank - goodness, Ike,
you're nobody's fool. You
weren't born yesterday. You
know your way around.
That's the kind of leader we
need in these critical days.
dropped from 75,3$2 in 1951 to
72,654 this year, the commission
said. But payrolls in the lumber
industry jumped to a record high
of $72,897,176. Average pay in
creased from $323.96 a month to
$334.45 in 1952.
Payrolls Lower
Construction employment and
pay rolls both were lower early
in 1952 than a year before, but
average monthly pay reached
$356.69 for 18,492 employes as
compared with $329.19 in 1951.
Total wages dropped $514,760 to
$19,787,413, despite a rise of
more than $2,000,000 in dam
building. -Food processing also
declined slightly but other indus
tries gained.
New York State department
of commerce records show more
than 50,000 manufacturing es
tablishments with employment
rolls of about 1,924,000 workers.
Egyptian Plans To
End Britain Dispute
Heads News of Week
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
The week's balance sheet be
tween the good and bad news in
the hot and cold wars:
GOOD
1. Egypt's Premier Ali Maher
announced that one of his first
acts would be to seek a solution
of the long-standing dispute with
Britain over defense of the Suez
Canal and the future of the Su
dan. A solution to those thorny
problems might pave the way
for Egyptian participation in a
Middle East defense pact. Mean
while, Egypt abolished censor
ship and took steps to improve
the lot of thousands of landless
peasants.
Australia Base Offered
2. Australia offered the Unit
ed States, without strings at
tached, full use of the $225,000,
000 Manus Island naval and air
base as the first concrete result
of the recent Honolulu meeting
to implement mutual defense
pacts among the United States,
Australia and New Zealand. The
base, located in the Admiralty
Islands north of New Guinea,
was one of our principal bases
HST Apparently
Discards Idea of
Envoy to Vatican
Washington (U.R) President
Truman, who stirred up a politi
cal storm by proposing to estab
lish diplomatic relations with
the Vatican, now apparently has
decided to drop the whole idea.
The thorny question of wheth
er to send an ambassador to the
Vatican is now up to his succes
sor, Mr. Truman indicated at a
news conference.
Mr. Truman first touched off
the political furore last October
when he proposed to establish
diplomatic relations with the
Holy See after a 84-year break
and nominated Gen. Mark W.
Clark to be the i irst ambassador
to the Vatican.
Clark Rejects Bid
Clark asked that his name be
withdrawn in January after the
nomination ran into strong ob
jections in Congress. The White
House anounced at the time,
however. that the president plan
ned to submit another name for
the post later.
Asked if he still intended to
make a recess appointment of an
ambassador to the Vatican or let
the problem go over to his suc
cessor in January, Mr. Truman
replied that the matter will not
be considered at this time.
Three Successful in
Mss Channel Swim
Folkestone, Eng. (U.R) The
final score Saturday on the big
gest mass invasion of the Eng
lish Channel this swimming sea
son was: Three successful tries
and 10 failures.
The last of the 13 swimmers
who in the past 36 hours have
tried to swim the 21-mile stretch
of channel between France and
England gave up Friday night.
He was 44-year-old Fahmy At
talla, one of six Egyptians who
tried the long distance swim.
The three who succeeded
made the France to England
swim considered easier than
swimming from England to the
mainland.
They were Victor Birkett, 26-year-old,
224-pound British real
estate . salesman; Kathleen
Mayoh, a 20-year-old "lassie
from Lancashire," England, and
26-year-old mechanic Bakir Soli-
man of Egypt.
WEATHER
By United Press
North California: Fair through
Sunday with patches of fog
along coast; little temperature
change; northwest wind 12-22
mph off coast.
Dead line on Classified Ads: 5:30
p.m. for following day: 10 a.m Mon
day: noon Saturday for Sunday a.m
"This compartment for Jorgensen's . Homogenized Murri-Vitimtn,
Multi-Mineral Milk will give you extra driving power!"
during World War II but was
turned back to the Australians in
1946.
3. Yugoslavia announced that
a military mission was being
sent to Greece, and there was
speculation that the two former
enemies might eventually enter
a defense pact against their Russian-controlled
neighbors. U. S.
Army Secretary Frank Pace" Jr.
visited Yugoslavia, watched Yu
goslav army units perform and
predicted they would make good
use of their American weapons.
THE BAD
1. Belgium first tried to get
her European Army partners to
raise their compulsory military
service terms to two years, and
then, failing that, reduced her
own terms from two years to 21
months. It posed another head
ache for Gen. Matthew B. Ridg
way who already has been told
that France and Britain will not
meet their 1952 commitments to
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization. There seemed prac
tically no chance that the Euro
pean Army would reach its goal
of 50 divisions this year.
'. 2. French and German repre
sentatives argued without no
ticeable progress over the future
of the Saar, formerly German
but now tied to France in a 50
year economic union. Upon the
success of their negotiations may
depend the future of the Schu
man Plan pooling Europe's coal
and steel. The French will con
sent to "European ization" of the
Sarr but insist the economic ties
must remain. The Germans in
sist the economic ties must re
main. The Germans insist that
come what may, the Saar is Ger
man and must remain so. Neither
side shows any sign of budging.
Sailors Convicted
3. A molehill grew into a
mountain in Japan over the ar
rest of two British sailors and
their conviction on charges of
beating up and robbing a Japan
ese taxicab driver. British de
mands for their release were
taken as an insult by the Japan
ese who still were flexing the
muscles of their recently re
stored sovereignty. The incident
has been ironed out and no gov
ernments fell, but an increas
ingly anti-British and anti-American
tone was appearing in some
portions of the Japanese press.
Subnormal Rainfall
Expected in Nation
During Next Month
Washington (U.R) The U.S.
Weather Bureau, forecasts sub
normal rainfall and above-normal
temperatures for most of the
nation during the next month.
The bureau's 30-day forecast
for mid-August to mid-September
generally spelled bad news
for drought stricken farmers in
the South and New England.
It came on the heels of Agri
culture Department action Fri
day adding Rhode Island and
parts of Oklahoma and Florida
as disaster areas, where farmers
become entitled to federal loans.
Subnormal Rainfall
A month of subnormal rain
fall was predicted for all but the
ration's northern and southern
borders.
The bureau also forecast
above-normal temperatures in
most places, particularly the
Southwest and Appalachian re
gions. - It said weather will be slight
ly cooler than usual along the
northern border from the Pacif
ic Coast to the Great Lakes.
Temperatures will be near
normal in Florida. Southern
Texas and Coastal California.
BRIEFLY RICH
Kingsville, Tex. (U.R) Louis
Munez was a rich man for a few
moments. While digging post
holes for a contractor he discov
ered a tin can filled with old
fashioned currency which hat
been out of circulation since
1929. As he began counting the
bills,- they disentegrated into
tiny pieces, none larger than a
thumbnail.