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History from the files of The
Mail TrUune 10. ZQ. W
40 yr fa
10 YEARS AGO
AUG. 12. 1943
(It was Thursday)
. The Rev. Ward A. Rice be
comes pastor of First Christian
church.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: On a Beall
lane farm, in the backyard, a
sunflower is still valiantly cam
paigning for Alf Landon of Kan
sas, the world's worst stump
speaker and GOP entry for pres
ident in 1936. The sunflower
acreage in Jackson county was
good, but not enough that year.
20 YEARS AGO
Am. 12. 1933
(It was Saturday)
Gov. Meier pays hurried visit
to city on way to Gold Beach.
Temperature scoots to 101 de
grees for second day in a row.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12. 1923
' (It was Sunday)
Bride and groom to spend
honeymoon walking from Med
ford to top of Mt. Hood.
Price war cuts gasoline to lie
a gallon in Portland.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12. 1913
(It was Tuesday)
Medford apples sold to New
Zealand firm, first fruit from
this section ever to go to the
antipodes. '
Railroad grant swindlers to
be prosecuted. Suit involves
United States against Oregon
and California Railroad comp
any. State Federations
Aid to Apprentices
San Francisco Development
of the national apprenticeship
program has been greatly aided
by support from state federations
of labor, according to W. F. Pat
terson, director of the U.S. De
partment of Labor's bureau of
apprenticeship.
Speaking here this week at a
convention, of the California
State Federation of Labor, Pat
terson said there are some 8,000
joint apprenticeship committees
throughout the nation, with more
than 20,000 members from or
ganized labor, and that there are
now more than 162,000 regis
tered apprentices in the United
States and territories.
More than 2,000 former mem
bers of the armed services each
month are entering apprentice
training, he said.
Most catfish feed almost en
tirely by scent. An exception is
the channel cat, the gamest of
the tribe, which feeds a good
deal by sight.
Court Records
DISTRICT COt'RT
. John D. Nile, defective tail light
ST.30.
George K. Neville, no motor vehicle
license. $10.
Roger K. PuM. no operator's li
cense. Sff.
George W. Large, overload. S30.
Jack J. Duffer. Inadequate brakes.
97.SO.
Deward O. Waelty. operating mo
tor vehicle while vehicle license sus
pended. $10. driving while operator's
license suspended. SIS and two-day
Jail sentence suspended.
Vernal R. Shroy, overhelght load.
10.
Jackson K. Kemp, overload. $31.80.
Merlin W. J" J aril, no motor vehicle
license. 10..
POLICE COl'RT
Robert J. Dolan, failure to stop at
atop sign, S3.
jucnara xugeoa) ray.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Traffic Change Troubles
The mid nlan. or one-wav street pattern, should
not be adopted by a city
competent survey of present ana expected trainc
problems involved, and consultation with all interests
concerned. In some instances where the radical
change has been inaugurated cities have found this
out too late. They have learned the nard way tnat tne
grid system is no cure-all in traffic control, that it
may in fact prove regrettably detrimental, economic
ally, to some segments of a city, and that the initial
pattern generally requires at least minor changes
from time to time as experience through use may
dictate.
R
OSEBURG, for instance,
traffic expert from the
ment in an effort to find a way out of the controversy
which has developed since one-way traffic was set
up there. , Roseburg's trouble stems from the fact
that the grid plan was laid out exclusively for traffic
control, to expedite traffic and to get vehicles out
of congested zones as quickly as possible.
The plan is said to have worked efficiently so
far as its basic objectives are concerned, too efficient
ly according to downtown business interests which
are how contending that they are losing trade be
cause of the change and that tourist trade in particu
lar has shown a decline.
DEFORE many years Medford, and our sister city
Ashland on the south, will be by-passed by High
way 99, just as other Oregon cities have been in
recent years. It isn't logical to assume that the state
is building the four-lane highways through the rural
areas of this region with the intention of funneling
the traffic through some miles of narrow, congested
city streets. Any traffic survey in Medford, looking
to possible adoption of the grid plan or other major
changes in routing, will be of little permanent value
unless the location of the future by-pass is first made
known by the highway commission.
When this information is obtained, city traffic
patterns can be set up to conform and make the best
use of both the highway and street connections.
E.C.F.
Travel Tip
The Mail Tribune in publishing a series of illus
trated Sunday f eatues on where to go and what to
see is giving local residents and our visitors a more
intimate knowledge of location and attractions of the
many scenic and recreational spots to be found in
the nearby Medford area. For those who have the
time andor inclination for a bit more extended jaunt
we would like to recommend the drive over to Gold
Beach, at the mouth of Rogue river, and the boat
trip up that brawling stream to Agness, tiny hamlet
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regions.
THE five-hour drive for the conservative driver,
x that is to Gold Beach has everything-. There is
the rugged scenery as one
T" J
iave junction westward, tne nignway winding
through giant trees on the Smith River cut-off, and
then on reachincr Hiehwav 101 the vast vistas nf
ocean beach and tumbling
But the greatest thrill of all is the 32-mile voyage
up the Rogue. Shallow draft boats, with powerful
engines go skittering over riffles that appear im
possible of navigation, wending their way between
lofty tree-clad banks where deer are sighted resting
near the water's edee. and cranes and other water
fowl gaze unafraid at the
-arriving at Agness about noon there is time for
a family style dinner at the old inn before the boat
men signal the return triD. The downstream iniir-
ney on the swift current takes much less time, arrival
at tne oock Deing scneduied lor shortly after 3 p. m.
For those who have known the Rogue only in its
upper reaches the triD to Atmem fHves a new anrl
highly enjoyable acquaintance with this turbulent
J 1 A J 1 A
ana oeauiuui stream.
QF course there is also
V alone the COast if one
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to Medford for a day or
Diuney i james, wno declares Uregon's coastline
is the most beautiful he has PVPr fippn fiPnf o man .nf
A- 1 1 . 1
show basis for the editor's
Gladiola Show,
west recently to pnotograph some of the more scenic
SDOts and the series nf rtWnroa in loot t
Open Today at Grants Pass
aV 1 m at .
A floral float parade today
opened the annual Grants Pass
Gladiolus Festival which this
year is combined with the 1993
Josephine county fair and the
Oregon State Gladiolus Society's
Gladiolus show. The Festival
opened at the county fairgrounds
on the Redwood highway just
outside of Grants Pass.
The first day's events, in ad
dition to the parade include the
coronation ceremony and a var
iety show at 8 p. m.
Bulb Auction Planned
County fair events began at
8 a. m. The state Gladiolus show
opened at 1 p. m. Thursday
events include a pig-scramble for
youngsters at 6:30 p. m.. the an
nual Gladiolus bulb auction and
the annual livestock auction at
8 p.m.
Friday will be Grants Pass
Day with special afternoon and
evening programs. The fair will
close Saturday evening with
midget auto races.
Wednesday. August 11. IMS
until after a thorough and
is preparing to call in a
State Highway Depart
crosses the mountains from
1 ' a a.
silver surf.
passing craft-
plenty of scenery to enjoy
wishes t.n rlelav tho ratnm
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two. Life Magazine editor
acclaim. E.C.F.
County Fair
The Roval Rnurlam of Port.
land will Join with the Royal
Gladilians of Grants Pass in
staffing the coronation of Queen
Gladys XIII, who will be se
lected from the seven princesses.
Flower Show
In addition to the Gladiolus
show, the fair flower show will
be held Friday and Saturday,
The 1953 fair premium book
issued last week contains over
400 classes of exhibits other than
livestock in which southern Ore
gon citizens are invited to par
ticipate. Entries by amateurs
are solicited in both the state
Gladiolus show and the regular
fair flower show, as weU as in
agriculture, horticulture and
home economics classes.
WEATHER
By United Press
Northern California: Fair to
day, tonight and Thursday ex
cept coastal fog.
Crosstovn
This must be a photograph of one of mother's old boy friends.
It's signed 'be it wishes from Rudolph Valentino.' "
Matter of Fact
MALENKOV'S POWER
MACHINE !
Washington The right way
to understand Georgi Malen
kov's claim to know the secret
of the hydro
gen bomb, is as
part of a much
larger whole.
Even a Soviet
hydrogen
bomb would
not be a dan
ger to this
country, all by
itself. But it is
a very great
danger indeed,
as one part in
Joseph Alsop
a gigantic machine of Soviet
power which is now nearing
completion.
As to the specific problem of
the bomb, it now seems to be
fairly well established that no
Soviet test explosion has occur
red as yet.' According to reliable
report, at any rate, no sign of an
explosion has yet been picked up
by the American long range de
tection system.
What is now expected, there
fore, is a Soviet repetition of
our own Eniwetok test of 1951.
Before very long, if the fore
casters are correct, they wiU try
out a weaon like the chief bomb
of our 1951 Eniwetok series.
This bomb had a power of more
than 200 kilo-tons more than
the explosive force of 200,000
tons of TNT and it contained a
small quantity of the heavy hy
drogen mixture which forms the
core of a true hydrogen bomb.
Our Eniwetok tests had a dou
ble purpose to experiment
with one of the very powerful
atomic bombs that are needed as
triggers for hydrogen bombs,
and to gain data on the hydro
gen fusion reaction. A similar
bomb test will justify Malen-
kov's boast. It is in order for the
Soviets, whose biggest bomb to
date had a power under ejghty
kilotons. And such a test will not
delay the Soviet over-aU atomic
build-up, by requiring conver
sion of plutonium reactors to
produce large quantities of tri
tium, the fantastically costly
very heavy hydrogen that is the
most important component of a
true hydrogen bomb.
rr this is the sort of thing Mal
kov was talking about, there
is no reason to adjust past esti
mates of the Soviet atomic pro
gress, which placed the begin
ning of the time of real danger
towards the end of next year.
Unfortunately, however, there
are excellent reasons to adjust
past estimates of a related So
viet effort the build-up of the
Soviet Long Range Air Army,
which gives meaning to Soviet
atomic power.
In brief, it is now confirmed
that the Soviets have started
quantity production of the TU
31 a big turbo-jet bomber com
parable in range and other
characteristics to our own B-36
The TU-31 will give the Long
Range Air Army what it has
heretofore lacked, the capability
to make round-trip attacks on
American targets from bases on
Soviet territory.
In addition, there are good
reasons to believe that the So
viets now have the prototype of
a giant jet bomber comparable
to our B-52 the most advanced
bomber we possess. The new
plane was expected to be shown,
in fact, at the Moscow air show
that was cancelled by bad
weather. If weather permits, the
showing may well have taken
place before these words can be
printed. In any case this new
plane, if its existence is confirm
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ed, will put Soviet strategic air
development almost on a par
with our own.
Finally, to complete this pat
tern of growing Soviet air
atomic strength, there are the
marked peculiarities of the new
Soviet budget, which Malenkov
announced with such a flourish.
Malenkov chiefly esphasized
the larger share ol the Russian
national Income that ls'&ow to
be allocated to the consumer. In
view of the extraordinary rise
of Soviet national income and
productivity since the end of the
war, greater generosity to the
mass of the population is certain
ly overdue. It should not be dif
ficult to finance, either, since
the Soviets have largely com
pleted their most massive mili
tary program, the re-equipment
of their huge ground forces.
TtfEANWHILE Malenkov made
"A no mention whatever of two
features of the budget which are
deeply disquieting. On the one
hand .all the grandiose capital
projects of Stalin's old age have
now been cancelled. For in
stance, the dead dictator's heirs
have stopped construction of the
canal from the Aral Sea to the
Caspian Sea, and the tunnel
from Sakhalin, under the
Straits of Tartary, to the Siber
ian mainland. By so doing, they
have proportionally increased
the already enormous capital
funds available for more imme
diately useful purposes, such as
the expansion of aircraft produc
tion.
On the other hand, "residua!
expenditures have also been
enormously increased, from 28.3
billion rubles in the 1952 bud
get, to no less than 73.9 billion
rubles in this year's budget. This
special category of outlays is
never Itemized In tne soviet
budget It is generally believed
to provide most of the financing
for the Soviet atomic effort, the
guided missile development pro
gram, and the like. The meaning
of such an increase, coming at
this time, should not require fur
ther comment.
The likelihood- is strong that
the Soviet annual investment in
the atomic program, guided mis
sile development and other spec
ial weapons projects, now con
siderably exceeds our own in
vestments. Add the progress of
Soviet strategic air. Add, fur
ther, the Soviet build-up whicn
our own Chiefs of Staff have
held will reach a stage of acute
dancer in 1954. The sum of all
the evidence is a future danger
for which, at present, this coun
try is making no adequaie prep
aration.
(Convrioht. 1953.
New York Herald Tribune. Inc.)
Boise (U.R) The Public
Utilities Commission is holding
under advisement tne appiica
tinn of Hells Canvon Tours,
Baker, Ore., to extend its tourist
service to the Idaho side oi rieiis
Canyon.
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.WIESTfffimKJ SMKWCDIE
In the Day's tlevs
By FRANK JENKINS
President Syngman Rhee says
the South Korean army will use
the truce time to train for an of
fensive if an offensive becomes
necessary, but he adds that his
country will obey the armistice.
YOU'RE a very wise old man,
sir.
For whatever freedom and
independence you and your
country gain in the future,
YOU'LL HAVE TO DEPEND
ON YOURSELVES.
But
If you are as wise as so far
you have seemed to be, you
won't in the future bite off any
more than you can masticate.
. If you tackle too much while
you are still too little and weak,
you can lose the liberty that you
country seems now to be in a
fair way to gain.
HERE is a rugged question:
Do you reckon that liberty
really IS on the march through
out the world?
I'm afraid to try to answer
that one. Outside Germany, I
can see no signs of it in Europe
unless it might be in Turkey.
EUROPE is old and weak and
" tired and CYNICAL. With
the possible exception of the
Germans and the Turks, its peo
ple seem to have no WILL TO
FIGHT for freedom. Judging by
appearance, they'd rather take
a chance on getting along under
be heel of Russian masters than
to risk' death in a fight for lib
erty.
I hate to say it, but to me it
doesn't appear that they are of
much value to us as allies. In a
nasty scrap, you'd better go it
alone than with allies who
HANG BACK ON YOU.
T TBERTY is on the march in
- Asia but in Asia those who
seek liberty look upon us as
AGENTS OF OPPRESSION.
They regard us as allies of the
imperial powers that for cen
turies have been the masters of
Asia, using the people there as
their servants.
We'll have to change that
South Korea offers us the key
with which to unlock the door
of the PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE
in Asia. If we are to take ad
vantage of that opportunity,
we'll have to stand back of the
South Koreans, aiding and pro
tecting them while they gam
the strength, both economics
and military, with which to pro
tect their own liberties.
A big job?
It certainly Is. .
But if we are to take our right
ful place as the leader and the
protector of human freedom
throughout the world, that's
about the job that is cut out for
us.
DEFUGEES from East Ger-
many within the past few
days report that the Russians
have pulled another boner. They
are SELLING, at profiteering
prices, the American food they
confiscated from hungry East
Germans.
Their propaganda line is that
the confiscated food parcels are
being given to hungry WEST
Germans in Berlin, but what
they are really doing, these
recent refugees from behind the
Iron Curtain say, is to re-label
the packages and PUT THEM
UP FOR SALE in the communist
state stores where non-rationed
foods are sold at black market
prices to squeeze more money
out of the people for the com
munist treasury.
PLORY Hallelujah!
Russian communism is be
ginning to prove at last to the
world that a tiger never changes
its stripes. Smirk and purr as it
may, the Russian communist
tiger is still a tiger.
The boys in the Kremlin are
proving to all and sundry that
Russian communism is too foul a
thing to be permitted to live in
the modern world.
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United States Learns
Facte of Korea Truce
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
The United States is learning
the facta of life about the Ko
rean truce. One of the harshest
facts so far is
Gen. Mark
Clark's e s t i
mate that the
Chinese Com
munist may
be holding as
many as twice
the number of
American war
prisoners they
have admitted.
This is not
to imply that
Pail Ne
the truce should be
regretted
It has halted, temnorarilv. at
least, slaughter on the battle
field and it is brineinc home
3,313 American war prisoners.
But subseauent events have
pointed up the warning of mili
tary commanders that a truce
simply marks a suspension of
hostilities, not the end.
The Strangest War
Further comDlicatine the sit
uation are the rules under which
the Korean war was foueht.
wherein commanders in the field
were governed not by military
but by diplomatic necessities.
So this straneest of all wars
ended in the strangest of all
truces.
This is a truce without a vi-
aaf
Congressional Quiz
QuettioM aaa1 Answers mm What Goes Oa at the Capital
Fernfe1 by Ceaaieailoail Qaarterf News Features
Q How does she amount of
money appropriated by Congress
this year for defense compare
with the amounts asked by for
mer President Truman and Pres
ident Elsenhower?
A Congress July 29 passed
a biU providing $34,371,541,000
to the Department of defense
for fiscal 1954. This was less
than both the $40,719,931,000
recommended by ex-President
Truman and the $35,771,563,000
requested by President Eisen
hower. Q Has there really been
much of a cutback on govern
ment employees?
A The Joint Committee on
Reduction of non-essential Fed
eral Expenditures July 28 "re
ported the government had 2,
482,359 civilian employees on
the payroll at the end of fiscal
1952 (June 30). This was 116,999
fewer employees than were ser
ving the government on June 30,
1952. '.
Q Why is the U.S. flag' flown
over the Capitol in Washington
at night?
A The custom originated
during World War I because it
was felt for patriotic reasons
there should be one building in
the country over which the flag
should always fly. The Capitol
was designated since it was out
side military regulations which
demand the furling of the flag
at sunset. ,
Q If there any fixed date on
which Congress most adjourn.
A The Legislative Reorgani
zation act of 1946 says that Con
gress shall adjourn July 31, but
Congress frequently has failed
by this limit just as it did this
year, when the session ended
early August 4..
Q I understand Congress ap
proved a proposal to send $100
million worth of farm surpluses
to needy friendly nations. Can
we spare this much?
A Legislation would author-
Nine Market Zones
Made for Milk Control .
Portland (U.PJ Oregon has
been divided into nine market
zones for milk control purposes.
The State Board of Agricul
ture said semi-annual price hear
ings would be held in each zone.
The zones include:
Zone 4 Douglas, Josephine
and Jackson counties.
Yerba Buena island, midway
between San Francisco and Oak
land, is known to oldtimers as
"Goat island."
JV
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WEEKLY DRAWING
TUESDAY 8 P.M.
tor and without a vanquished-
in which neither side can im
press its will except behind its '
own lines.
Hence the enormitv nf k
problem raised hv on.r.i
Clark.
Clark says that after th .
ent exchange is completed de
mands wiU be made through
ine Armistice commission for
an accounting of aU nrisonm.
A Solution Needed
- If satisfaction is not gained
there, then the nroblem will hat
taken before the Tntpmtnn.i
Conference which will try to set-
ue &.orea s political future this
fall.
Secretary of Stat Dun. w j
threatened United States retalia
tion against the Reds.
But what kind of retaliation?
To the people of the United
States, the holding of some 3,000
Reds for a like number of Amer
icans would scarcely seem an
even trade nor would it even
be likely to impress the Chi
nese. Another very great difficulty
is the fact that it will be many
months, if ever, before registra
tion teams are able to learn any
where near accurately the num
ber of Americans taken prisoner,,
the number who died in Red
prison camps and those who
simnly are missine and nr.
I sumed dead.
ize the President to send to
friendly peoples aboard $100
million in surplus agricultural
commodities. This would be one
thirtieth of the more than $3
billion worth of eovernment-
owned surplus farm products
commodity Credit Corporation
has in storage under various Ag
riculture department programs.
. (Copyright 1953. Congression
al Quartrely.)
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