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FOUR MEBFOXD (OREOOH) MAIL TOBUHZ "Everyone In Southern Oregon Beade The Mail Tribune" TubUshed DaUy Sxcept Saturday nj MEDFORD PRINTING CO. fT-iS North Ttr St. Phone S-S141 ROBERT W. RUUU Editor ERNEST R. GILSTRAP. Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor BARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph BdttO RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An ImlMMdnt NewroaDer Entered as second class matter at laedford. Oregon, under Act March S. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RA By Mall In Advance: Daily and Sunday one rear 12 -00 Daily and Sunday six months M Drily and Sunday three mos. SSO DaUy and Sunday one month 1.25 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes! Daily and Sunday one yea $19.00 Daily and Sunday One month I -26 All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of MeaTort Official Paper et Jacason Canty United Press Full Leased Wire J 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. at Louis, Atlanta. Vancouver. B. C NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION H..aa; NEWSPAPER .ataffsl 2 k PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. SO and 40 year:, ago. 10 YEAHS AGO Aug. 17, 1943 (It was Tuesday) Stanford university quits foot ball for duration of war. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Upstate res idents, particularly in the metro politan area, are worrying about what will happen to Oregon when the war is over. At least they are not laying awake nights fretting about the future of In dia or the Utopian happiness of the Hottentots. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 17. 19S3 (It was Thursday) Price of Bartletts jumps to $27.50 a ton in valley. Jacksonville "Gold Rush" cel ebration starts. 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 17, 1953 (It was Friday) Travel record to Crater Lake park to date 33,605 people. Ashland - Klamath Falls high way to be finished soon. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 17. 1953 (It was Sunday) Pair arrested at Ashland charged with decoying young Medford girls. Several Medford people vaca tioning at Colestin springs. Crash fakes Life Of Idaho Motorist Jordan Valley, Ore. flJ.R) A former resident of Burley, Ida., Robert Eujne Dick, 21, was killed and his companion, a Bur ley serviceman, was injured when their car upset 20 miles north of here yesterday. Oregon state police said Dick's last residence was listed as Sac ramento where he was manager of a shoe store. Donald L. Deleski, 22, station ed at Mather Air Force base, Sacramento, was taken to a Caldwell hospital,- where he was treated for head injuries and shock. DISOWNED Theodore Zanowiea, 21, bows dejectedly as he leave Federal Court in Cleveland, O., where he learned he can never regain the citizenship he forfeited by fleeing this couctry to Mexico to evade the draft Re win be da ported after serving two years in prison. iuj issu - i ftmf What Will The Council Do? A troubled kind of peace has settled over the city hall. The storms and fury have calmed down to breezes and arguments, as the city council debates what to do. We sympathize with the city council, individually and collectively, and with other members of the city's official family. For look what happened: e e e e e EVERYTHING was going along smoothly; streets f"- were being paved; negotiations were in progress for a settlement of the East Side fire station ques tion; the budget had been approved without major difficulty; the airport-terminal . building was com pleted; the parks were operating for the benefit and a a AT 1 0 1 1 s J 11 i.1 enjoyment 01 ivieaiora residents, ana au me many faceted operations of the city appeared to be in good shape. Then, without prior warning, a man died. It was reported that he had suffered a fractured skull, and was confined in the jail over the week end without medical attention. I THE PEACE and harmony of city government was momentarily disrupted, but quiet began to settle again. Then the Mail Tribune picked up the incident and demanded, editorially, that steps be taken to insure that nothing of that nature be permit ted to happen again. And the county grand struck hard at the present administration of the city police department. It recommended that the present chief of police be replaced with a trained officer, pre ferably from another city. As Snuffy Smith says, jar." TEMPERS FLARED, some pretty wild statements were hurled around. This newspaper and the grand jury were assailed. The council split wide open, but pulled itself together sufliciently to assure the chief that it had no hard feelings, and that it thought he was a good guy. The mayor, ever the gather his warring councilmen together, to get them in' a mood where problems could be talked over sen sibly and without rancor, with a program of action formulated. "Can you lay off us for us a chance to get together' At lT -l ist 11 a Acknowledging mat me council is a aenoerative and legislative body of eight men of highly different temperament and personality, and that to get any thing done a semblance of harmony is necessary, the Mail Tribune did "lay off." IT IS NOW awaiting with hopeful expectation the meeting 'of the council Tuesday evening. What can the council do? It has several alternatives: (1) It can do nothing, operating under the as sumption that the "Hurley incident" was the result of a "regretable error," and that it won't happen again for a while, anyway. Or (2) It can acknowledge the fact that a situ ation which permitted a mortally injured man to lie in jail without attention is not a good one (to say the least) and may be indicative of other police deficien cies, or (3) It can ask to continue its investigation (as its chairman has in sisted it should), or (4) It can authorize the em ployment of an outside trained investigator to exam ine the department, and propose a plan of remedial action. Police Committee Chairman John Snider feels the investigation started by continued that the city should take care of its own problems- He believes that the Beall report furnishes an expertlv-prenared outline for the Dolice deDart- ment, and that the council is capable of seeing that it is followed, with the present police administration if possible without if necessary. Other councilmen feel, however, that only an "outside" man that is, an expert who has not been involved in the local controversy in any way could make the proper investigation with the needed objec tive and non-controversial, approach. WHILE The Mail Tribune has "laid off," it has not forgotten the incident or the lesson that should be learned from it. Nor will it permit the city council to forget it. However we seriously doubt the council will shirk its responsibility again- It is a fact that several of the councilmen are sincerely concerned over police de partment conditions. Perhaps all are, despite indica tions to the contrary. By Tuesday evening, tempers may have calmed and the matter can then be approached temperately and constructively. We hope so. We are not convinced that all is sweetness and light in the police-department. Neither are many Med ford people, who have reported their feelings to this paper. DUT WHAT to do about it, is the city council's job. We suggest it be given a chance to DO that job. So, Mr. Mayor, we continue to "lay off" until Wednesday, anyway. E.A. Major Entertainment Salem U.R) Topflight pro ducers will be repsonsible for I two major entertainment events at the Oregon state fair Sept. 5-12 here the rodeo and night stage revue Manager Leo Spitz bart said today. Helen Hughes, who has pro duced many fair revues, will be in charge of the nighUy show in the grandstand. Spitzbart said Monday. Angus! 17. 1153 jury issued a report which "That put the lid on the peacemaker, attempted to a while?" he asked. "Give its own- police committee his committee should be Events at State Fair she is considered one of the top producer! of the 20th Century Fox organization of New York and Hollywood. Theme of her 1953 revue will be "Welcome Hawaii." The rodeo will be supervised by Christensen brothers of Eu gene and Roseburg. Dead tine for Sunday '-'-rr'flrl fc at soon Saturdays, Crosstovn "I told the boys they'd find us on the beach at three o'clock it someone else hadn't found us first." Best. Dam By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail-Tiibune Correspondent On the last day' of the first round with Hells Canyon hear ings before the Federal Power Commission, a reporter walked in with a card the size of a driv er's license which he said had been left by some unknown partisan on his typewriter. It said in bold type: "COME TO THE DAM GIVE AWAY. Not too far from Teapot Dome Place: Niagara Falls first, then Hells Canyon It is nobler to give than to re ceive Money is the source of all evil Low cost power makes only the people richer So. come see the Republicans purify you by giving your water power resources to the power trust monopoly Come and see the best dam giveaway yetl (signed) Th Cadillac Crusaders." Another reporter suggested that possibly Sen- Wayne Morse, who calls the Eisenhower admin istration a "Cadillac Crusade" was printing these cards in his basement or out in his hen house to keep the pot boiling with poli tics. On the back of the card were the following words: "P.S. Any statement that we will also give away your rural electrification and rural tele phone programs at this time is positively premature." Even Idaho Power President Thomas E. Roach grinned when he read the card, for its entrance informally into the proceedings, last Friday was virtually the only moment of levity during five weeks of very wearying hearings. Recess For Hells Canyon The Hells Canyon case is now in recess until Sept. 21, when at torneys for the FPC and public power advocates of the high dam will begin to peck away at what they consider weak spots in the utility's case for its three small dams. . During the past five weeks of daily sessions, Idaho Power com peted the presentation of its direct case for the three dams and against the high dam. Al though it was expected that the Boise utility would lambast the proposed federal projects in Hells Canyon as inferior to its own scheme, Idaho Power went well beyond that contention. White Elephant It argued that the high dam would be a "white Elephant" that would never pay for itself. If it can make that point stick, the contest between the high dam and the small dams is over with its scheme the victor by de fault What made this contention an unexpected one was that the present administration takes no such view toward high Hells Canyon dam. Secretary of In terior Douglas McKay, in his Hells Canyon announcement of May 5, declared: "We do be lieve the Hells Canyon project is generally feasible from an en gineering viewpoint." His doubts about it, McKay added, were caused by the ad ministration's effort to cut gov ernment expenditures; he didn t Gunshot Wounds Fatal To LA. Bank Robber Los Angeles (U.R) Bank robber Lewis Hemmert, 35, died early today of gunshot wounds suffered last week when he at tempted to hold up the Calif ornia bank in downtown Los Angeles. Hemmert, who served a pris on sentence at McNeil island for a series of bank robberies in Oregon and Washington, was wounded in an exchange of gun fire with a bank guard. Caring for the tourists who come from aU over the world to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa is now a major industry in that Italian city. . By Roland Cot Giveaway see how funds could be ear marked for Hells Canyon in the near future. So he withdrew the advocacy of the high dam by Interior insofar as the FPC con sideration of the Idaho Power case was concerned. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I suppose you must have been reading about the dozen or so American prisoners of war who were so "teched in the haid" that they were converted to com munism and chose to stay be hind with their red brothers. And I reckon, like everyone else, you were shamed and humiliated. (YK, well, there have to be a be rotten apples in every bar rel and bad potatoes in too many sacks. Let's not -g et to thinking of . ourselves as members of a SUPER race. We're just people Taking us by and large, we're GOOD people. TlID you notice that freak story tVio ntfiAi. rlav in th offset that according to the census bu reau and its mechanical-brain robot the population of the United States of America hit exactly 160 million at 11 a.m. (EDT) on the 8th day of August in the year of our Lord 1953? That was what the statisticians call a "projected curve." That is to say, it was calculated that if births and immigration and naturalization proceeded at the average rate at which they have been proceeding for a given period of time our population WOULD BE DUE to reach the 160 million mark on the day and at the hour stated. IF nobody tinkers with it, it's surprising how close statistical research based on averages can get to the actual facts. A good example is the political polls that have fallen into disrepute in recent years. When you come right down to it, the surprising fact about them is how CLOSE they came to the actual result, rather than how far they missed it. The trouble with this statisti cal research business, when con ducted by government, is that sooner or later politicians get to tinkering with it How much at tention, for example, do you pay . to the government cost of living figures when they are issued and get printed in the papers and broadcast over the air waves? Not much, I imagine. We're all too prone to suspect that the politicians juggle the figures to fit their own particular purposes. Personally, I don't KNOW they do, but I'm AFRAID they do. So I don't put much faith in the figures. CJPEAKING of communists which we're always doing. In Canada's general election the other day, 100 communists were entered as candidates. As a result, the Dominion came out about $20,000" ahead. It happened like tnis: Canada requires a deposit of 200 from each candidate who wants to run for office. If he fails to get half as many votes as the winner, he forfeits his $200 In this case, the 100 communist candidates got hardly enough votes to count. These Canucks are smart. HERBERT Hoover came to his "79th birthday the other day and let it pass without a cele- and let it pass without a celebra tion. WE'RE the ones who should have done the celebrating. When a wise, smart, conscientious, humble man who has held the highest offices in our govern ment still goes on working hard for his country at 79, it is good cause for celebration by the people of his country- En-FBI Agent Identifies Wife of Federal Employee as Red Worker Washington (U.R) A former FBI undercover agent told Sen ate investigators today she knew the wife of a Government Print ing Office employee as an acUve Communist worker. The ex-agent, Mrs. Mary S. Markward, identified the woman as Mrs. Esther Rothschild, wife of a bookbinder at the printing office. Mrs. Markward and Mrs. Rothschild met face to face to day at a hearing before Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's Investi gating subcommittee McCarthy said Mrs. Roths child had testified under oath in previous secret hearings that she had never met Mrs. Markward. Today Mrs. Markward said "we met about 12 times." Member In 1945 Mrs. tMarkward, an attractive brown-haired woman, said she had known Mrs. Rothschild in 1945 as a member of the Com munist Political Association in Washington. "The Communist political assiciatlon was the Communist party?" McCarthy asked. "That is correct," Mrs. Mark ward replied. When McCarthy asked if here was any question about whether Mrs- Rothschild was a party member, Mrs. Markward an swered: "She could not possibly have attended these meetings if she were not a member." Handled Secret Work McCarthy also asked if she un derstood Mrs. v Rothschild's hus band, Edward, to be a party member. , Mrs. Markward said Mrs. Rothschild never said he was, but Mrs. Markward added it was her impression he was not "hostile" to Communism. Mrs. Markward said Roths child was in military service at the time. McCarthy added that he handled secret work for the Navy's hydrographic office. Mrs. Markward said she first met Mrs. Rothschild "as a mem' ber of the Thomas Jefferson club of the Communist Political Asso ciation." She also identified Mrs, Rothschild as secretary of the Civil Rights Club at the Com munist organization in the Dis trict of Columbia. Face Each Other At the outset, McCarthy said the hearing would be "one of The Grange Gold Hill Grange Gold Hill Grange H.E.C. held the regular potluck dinner Aug ust 12 at Grange hall with two brothers and six juveniles at the table with the sisters. There were also three visitors present. Two of the visitors were Mr, and Mrs. Walter Armstrong of Great Falls, Mont. Mrs. Arm strong is a sister of Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Ganong. The Arm strongs have visited Gold Hill previously. Plans were discussed for the bazaar late in October, also a food sale. Lucy Edington reported on her visit to Eagle Point H.E.C. comp limenting the Eagle Point group on efficiency in conducting their meetings. Flora friends remembered were Elinor Ganong, Selma Kelly and Lily Dusenberry. Shady Cove Grange Shady Cove Grange met Aug' ust 12 with Master Phil Mot- schenbacher presiding. Attend ance was smaU as this is a busy season for many members. We were pleased to have as guests Mr. and Mrs. Reed Mc Kay of Gold Hill Grange. First and second degrees were conferred on Mr. and Mrs William Jackel and Mrs. Ted Conway. Mr. and Mrs. Edward O'Neal were given third and fourth degrees. Mrs. Lula B. Clark was elected secretary and Bert Clark gate keeper. Both offices were va cated when Mr. and Mrs. D. Chaney moved to Estacada. Mrs. Marjorie Jackel was elected Po mona. Cecil Kee asked for volunteers to help finish ceiling the school gym. The sides and stage are completed but there is still some work to be done on the ceiling. Anyone who can help is asked to please contact Cecil Kee. Henry Rogers reporting on ag riculture recited a humorous poem. Plans were made for Booster Night to be held Saturday, Sep tember 26. H.E.C. chairman Alyce Cross read a communication from Eagle Point H.E.C. inviting the ladies of Shady Cove Grange to their next meeting August 26 at "Sunset - on - the - Rogue." There will be a potluck picnic starting at noon. Anyone attending should take a covered dish. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers served ice cream, cookies and coffee at the close of the meet ing. the most important we have ever had" and "if the testimony we have' heard (at earlier closed hearings) Is correct there is a very serious case of espionage-" Sen. Everett M. Dirkson, (R- IU.), asked Mrs. Rothschild to step forward for identification. Mrs. Rothschild faced Mrs. Markward from a point "nly a few feet distant 8am Woman 'Is this the same Mrs. Roths 3-D Movie Seen Possible Cause Of Eye Infections Washington (U.R) Offic ials of the Public Health service said today widespread eye in fections may result from careless re-use of polarized glasses for 3-D movies. They said local health author ities in several cities already have received - complaint and some are taking vigorous steps to meet the danger. In Chicago, for example, the Board of Health has invoked an outright ban on issuance of used 3-D glasses. In other cities, many theaters featuring 3-D movies have acted on their own to avoid the risk of infection. They seU or give the customers plastic or paper glasses which can be thrown away or carried home by the Eagle Point Man Hurt in Accident One man was injured in a weekend traffic accident in Jackson county, state police re ported today. . Ernest Edward McCune, 23, of Eagle Point, suffered cuts and bruises, in an accident that oc curred at about 1:20 a.m. Sunday on Highway 99 south of Phoenix. McCune was the driver of a car which collided with a vehicle operated by Lawrence Edward Edmonds, route 2, box 416, Med' ford, police said- McCune was taken to Com munity hospital by Conger Mor ris ambulance. Extensive damage was reported to both vehicles. In another accident, cars driv en by Charles Ernest Wright, Hombrook, Calif., and Wayne Alvin Folger, Grants Pass, col lided Sunday evening south of Siskiyou summet on Highway 99, police said. Investigating officers said the Folger car hit a cow, knocking it into the path of the Wright vehicle, and the two cars collided. Folger was blinded by the lights of an oncoming vehicle, police stated. Mrs. Folger received minor cuts in the accident. Hardtop Race Driver Suffers Severe Burns Portland aj.P.) Don SinslL 21-year-old hardtop race driv er, died here today from se vere burns suffered in a spec tacular collision at Portland Speedway yesterday. Portland (U.R) A 21-year-old driver was in critical con dition today in Emanuel hospit al here, from severe burns suf fered in a spectacular collision and fire during the mid-season program of the hardtop racers at Portland speedway yesterday. The seriously injured driver was Don Zinsli, West Linn, who suffered first degree burns. Zinsli's racer was involved in part of a three-vehicle pile-up. Two cars collided on the track in front of Zinsli's speeding racer. One of the vehicles began dripping from the tank. Zinsli's car struck the vehicle and a towering column of flame spurt ed from the machines. ' Zinsli got out of his machine and ran for the infield, his clo thing afire. Track attendants managed to smother the flames after about a half minute. now much should a funeral cost? There are those who assun.e that funeral coeta are baaed on ability to pay. This is not so. We welcome an opportunity to acquaint you with our funeral prices, which are plainly marked and within range of all, and the services provided with a funeral. As members of the National Selected Morticians, an international association of funeral directors of high ideala, ethical practices and buaineas integrity, we meet definite high atandards of service. Your inquiries are welcomed. Cong er-Morris MEDFORD Member of NmtioruMlSdtdedUortieimiit child you knew in the course of your activities as a member of the Communist partyr Dirkson asked. "It most certainly Is," Mrs. Markward said- During the course of the closed hearings, McCarthy said the sub-committee had beard testimony that a printing office employee had stolen secret docu ments from the plant including a "secret code." Glasses patrons after the show. Permanent Glasses But there are soma theaters which have permanent, compar atively expensive glasses which are given to patrons, collected after the movie and later re issued after sterilization. It is this type that has come under official scrutiny. In Chicago, Board of Health tests of 15 permanent-type glasses showed that only- six were really clean after going through the sterilization pro cess. The rest contained organ, ism which could spread trach oma or other eye infections. Purely Local Problem Officials emphasized that the regulation of glasses is strictly within the jurisdicition of local authorities. But they said that if any ser ious eye epidemic should be traced to 3-D glasses, the Public Health service would investigate the glasses thoroughly in its re search laboratory here. Officials said the results of the tests would then be forwarded to health boards throughout the country for their guidance. So far, they added, no city or state has asked for research aid or advice on the B-D glasses problem. Prentice Band Wins At NcCloud Fiesta A group of Eve Prentice's Ac cordion band yesterday won first prize for the best band in the parade at the Lumberjack fiesta at McCloud, Calif. This is the second first prize won by Prentice accordion groups in less than a week, the other being a first prize last Wednesday for a float entry at Oreeon Gladiolus festival, Grants Pass. As winners at McCloud they won $50- After the parade they played an hour and a half con cert in the grandstand there. The group also was invited to participate in the next year's fiesta. Why They Turn Geo. N. Taylor Most folks must see them selves eternally lost before they ever turn to God to be saved. Seeing themselves lost, a vast company has turned and re ceived Christ into their heart as the Son of God who died for their sins. By that they are set right with God and he gives them eternal life with new ways and days for here and now. No matter how busy the hour, God will prove h i m s e If and make up to you for the time you take out for prayer. Jeremi ah of old perse cuted and hounded, said to call upon God c.0 w. Taylor ana ne wovua answer with great and mighty things that no man could of himself, bring through Jeremi ah 33:3. Most saved folks have been prayed for. So pray" and keep praying, for your unsaved that they may be with you over in the land of eternal glory. For Reason and Cost of Gos pel Newspaper, address G-N-T, 3101 S-W McChesney RL, Port-land-l-Ore. adv. &' 1 at am mm
