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Atlanta I NATION A I EDITOIAt I r i i . o rr. . 33 I MIWS'AMR PUtllSHIIS ASIOCIATIOM Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the (ilea of Tha Mail Trir uM 10. 20. 80 and 40 year- aga 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 20. 1943 (It was Friday) Bears at ' Crater Lake park aid feeling food rationing. From Arthur Perry'i Ye Smudge Pot column: The bel ligerant attempt of an ancient motor vehicle to lick its weight In locomotives at a crossing was thwarted by Providence yester day - 20 YEARS AGO . ' Aug. 20. 1933 (It was Sunday) Valley tomato crop estimated at 3.000 to 4.000 tons. Bartlett picking and packing put 1,800 on-payrolls. 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 20. 1923 (It was Monday) Elks club eats salmon caught and prepared by P. C. Bigham, Ashland to give financial aid to Trigonia oil well. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 20. 1913 (It was Wednesday) Adol'ph Miller, assistant secre tary of the interior, and wife visit Crater lake, accompanied by County Judge F. L. Tou Velle, Park Suoerintendent Steele, Oeorei. Putnam and R. J. Brev - ard. Matches in a suit being clean ed cause $900 fire at Panatorium Dye' Works. Recreation Leader Examinations Set Camp White The United States Civil Service Commission has announced competitive ex aminations for the position of recreation leader and supervisor at the VA domiciliary at Camp White and other federal agencies in (the area. Appointees will "plan, direct, supervise, lead or assist in lead ing organized recreational activi ties and services designed to pro vide recreation for and to assist in the rehabilitation of hospital ized patients and domiciliary members," the announcement stated. Three years of " progressively responsible experience in camps, clubs, playgrounds, hospitals, schools or the armed forces or completion of a four-year course of study appropriate to the rec reational supervision required are the qualifications for the job. The position pays from $3,410 to $4,620 a year. Applications should be made to the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, Camp White, Oregon. The exami nations will continue until fur ther notice. Court Records POLICE COL'IT Gary Lane Gustafson. violation of the basic rule. S10. Kenneth Ralph Kofer, violation of the basic rule. S10. Leone Quong Seld. failure to atop at a red ueni. . Robert Nelson Harris, violation of the basic rule. S10. Dannie Ford Faulkner, violation 4 the basic rule. 110. Thomas c. Girardeau. Bolae. Ida. driving" under the influence of alco- noi. siou. 90 days suspended sentence. operator's privileges revoked for 90 days. DISTRICT COURT Douglas C- Hansen, violation of the basic rule. mm. Verl C. Bishop, failure to atop at a atop sign, iu. Carl E. Badger, overwidth, $10. CIRCUIT COURT Jones, Thelma Glaaa vs. Walter Howard, divorce complaint. Loomia. Kdna X. vs. James C di vorce complaint. , 3 Cheers For Bill! ' , "1X7 a arm iM 1?Va tn anliito 9 OTtmtrrV flf OUTS f T nVUlU AiV WW a-- J a , - and award him a well-deserved medal of merit for V.oirJnrr trio MllrllT. nt.nt.Ve SLYA lTltelliffPtlpA to UD- Uaiiiig U1V .WMAWwy hold the highest traditions ti t. .. . -t, it nappeneu juaw wee TVio pHifnr'a name itt Eugene Register-Guard, and he. with 3 other prom inent U. S. editors signed a minority report of the m w i i L American society ox newspaper Hiaiion. iiua repozx condemned Senator Joe McCarthy for, the disgrace ful and un-American treatment he accorded a fellow a . . b a . a newspaper editor before the committee 01 investiga tion of which he (McCarthy) was chairman, 3 or 4 months ago. A richly deserved, rebuke. IT is regrettable (to be guilty of extreme understate ment) that this was a MINORITY, instead of a MAJORITY, report! But, as is too often the case, the-journalistic ma jority, wanted to go the easy, comfortable, ultra conservative way, shirking their clear responsibilities as editors who should be willing, whenever the free dom of the press is threatened, to not onlyget up and be counted, but get up and FIGHT 1 TUGMAN and his associates refused to go the "easy way." - He was joined in this forthright action, by 3 other editors all distinguished for courage and ag gressiveness in their profession, No. I was President of the A.S.N.E. and executive editor of the Knight Newspapers, Basil L. Walker; the other two: Herbert Brucher, editor of the famous Hartford (Conn.) Cour ant; and Eugene S- Pulliam of the influential In dianapolis (Ind.) News. THE majority report sidestepped the" issue. The committee supinely claimed the "infringement of the freedom-of-the-press was sufficiently at issue to justify urging every newspaper editor and pub lisher to Teador reread the full transcript of the testimony and to appraise for himself the. implications." 1X7ELL, how in the name of common sense and the " First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution, any PERSON with brains -enough to be a newspaper editor could read this testimony and refuse to sign this minority report, is more than the writer can undf-stand. Senator McCarthy in procedure as chairman, his entire conduct of the case, not only was guilty of violating the spirit of press ireeaom (which the btates guarantees) but of ation of fair play and decent treatment that should be given ANY witness, ANY time, before ANY con eressional committee. - McCarthy called the he had written a book that had been found in one of the U. S. libraries abroad. jl 1 l !. rn luucnea upon, wnue Mcanny spent practically the entire time, questioning Editor Wechsleys loyalty, his veracity, his good faith, and at one point in the f a a mm nearng practically caned munist at heart. But let this minority committee irive their view as to what they found after they went over the trans cript, which the majority whitewashed as lnconclus- ive. We quote: "Congressional interrogations such at occurred in the U.S. Senate on April 24th and May 5th, if frequently repeated, would extinguish, without the passage of a single law, that ftee and unfettered reporting of events and comment thereon upon which the preservation of our liberties depends. More is comprehended by the term "freedom of the press" than Just immunity from punitive statutes. It was the intent of the founding fathers to free the press from aU restraints and harassment by government." Exactly! The minority report continues: "Newspapers put to the necessity of explaining to gov ernment agencies, legislative and executive, their news and editorial policies, under oath, would exist in such permanent jeopardy that their freedom 'to report and comment freely inevitably would be impaired. They would exist under an in timidation and harassment whoUy incompatible with Ameri can ideas of liberty. The press that is under the continuing necessity of accounting to government forUts opinions is not a free press whether the government be a good or bad govern ment. A press put to the frequent necessity of explaining its news and editorial policies to a United States senator, armed with the f uU powers of the Government of the United States, is not a free press whether the senator be a good or a bad senator." The committee might the historical fact that when the question of who was "the worst senator" in the Upper House was put to a vote in the Senate Press Gallery, Joe McCarthy outdistanced his competitors as No. I. Then came the following as the "pay off" and final clincher the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in United States vs. Rumley, quote: "Freedom of the press is not for the newspaper press alone. What Journalism defends against all the pressures of the government is the right of all men, readers and hearers as weU as utterers, to share information and opinion." Finally how any editor or. anyone else for that matter could read the transcript of this hearing and not acknowledge that what Joe McCarthy was after throughout was not to determine the nature of the book the witness wrote, nor the methods of U. S. libraries in Europe, which was the ostensible subject of the hearing, but to "GET" Editor Wechsler of the NY Post by .any means fair or foul and so smear and intimidate him that he would never dare raise an editorial pen against the junior Senator from Wisconsin again. That was McCarthy's clear purpose, but it failed. And thanks to the sort of fighting spirit displayed by this minority report, such efforts so long as the American press is free, will always fail! R.W.R. ThmUr. kfrnk 101 IMS " C . - of American journalism. .M i -urai;nAM r n a. sxu cKuuguuf u. j. William Tuorman. of the his line of Questioning, his constitution of the United violating every consider witness officially, because But this fact was barely al - a him a liar, and still a com have properly injected here Crccctovn Toot or fivo Inches lower will b about right." On The (DMrlkNrted by Kinf Great Britain has a record of the first person ever killed 'in an automobile accident in that country. Accident happened August 17, 1898.. Victim was named Mr. Bridget DriscoU. She was knocked down , by an automobile near the Crystal Palace In London. The automo bile was traveling at the time at a rate of between four and a half to eight miles an hourl Won der when and where the first fatal automobile accident took place in the United States? Asking 1 Queries from clients. Q. Was the ex-husband of Ursula Par rott, who wrote the best seller tiUed "Ex-Wife" a newspaper man? A. Lindesay Parrott, noted foreign correspondent was once the husband of Ursula Parrott. Q. Did New York City ever have so-caned "Jitney buses"? A. Don't recall any operating in Manhat tan. I rode in such vehicles in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Pretty good transportation. Were regular automobiles - carrying seven passengers. Fare was 5 or 10 cents for a very long ride. Q. Has there ever been a novel, play or film titled "Ever Since Eve"? A. There was a silent film produced with that title. Says She "You comment quite, frequent ly on the rear view situation among women. Your most re cent outburst of sarcasm on this matter suggests there be rear view checking stations for wom en," writes a feminine subscrib er. "O.K., perhaps women should do something about that rear view. But hflw about the front view of men? As for example, men who wear much wrinkled, sloppy tropical suits, baggy at the -knees. Take the males who have carelessly tucked-in shirts. Also those whose attire is sprinkled with dandruff. Then there are the men with repulsive midriff bulges. Also the un shaven men. And so on and on. Strange thing is that despite sloppy attire, etc., a man wiU glance into every mirror he passes and, for some mysterious reason, appear pleased with his looks." Hones k Women When it comes to winning the affectionate regard of a man. the British girls have "a clev erer psychological approach" than American young women. Such la the reason advanced for British girls Inspiring so many proposals of marriage from American soldier stationed in England.. It is claimed the Brit ish girl, in meeting a man, ex presses a great interest in him. She manages to convey the thought to the man, "I think you're wonderful." On the other Rand, the American girl, it is said, is all wrapped up in her self. She conveys the thought, "Don't you think I'm wonder ful?" Sour Situation The New. York racing circuit. once known as "The Big Apple, is now the lemon of the turf. Or should we say quince? Anyway, it is a sour situation. Hovy ridic ulous to insist that two races at Saratoga, in which Tom Fool was entered, be non-betting events. This to escape a minus pool. Tom Fool is not unbeat able. Don't forget it was at Sar atoga that Upset beat Man LV War. Let Tom Fool be flown to the Pacific coast. Those western ers will take a shot at him. And bet on their horses, too. Maybe that western horse, Royal Sere nade, could beat Tom Fool Passing By Rhonda Fleming. Titian-tressed cinema luminary. She was born under the Sign of Leo. Accord ing to the stargazers, women born under that sign usually marry twice. They marry impul sively the first time, being eas ily affected by the moonlight when young. The second time, they give the matter of matri mony more intelligent thought and consequently usually do an right. Incidentally. Rhonda was recently married for the second time. Plaaso Hole It was Jacques Helm, the noted-Paris style expert, who Dy Roland Cos By . V. Durling Pastures Sydicate, lac) observed, 'The trouble with too many women is that they suffer from the illusion they are beau tiful. There are few beautiful women anywhere. Fashion con scious women should take a really hard look at themselves in a mirror and face up to their own limitations." Golden Wedding John D. Hertz. Brilliant man of business. Founder of the Yel low Taxicab Company. Also noted as a sportsman and breed er of outstanding thoroughbreds. Mr. Hertz and his charming wife, Frances, are about to cel ebrate their golden wedding. When they were married, John was a newspaperman. A reporter on the old Chicago Record . . . Sheree North. Shapely, scintil lating young comedienne, who has scored a hit with her satirical number on Salome in the musi cal show "Hazel Flagg." again brings to mind that some years ago Fannie Brice did a hilarious song and dance number tiUed "Sadie Salome Go Home" . . Fay Wray. Continuously smart looking Hollywoodian. Now starring on TV. She is reported being groomed to run for pres ident of the "My Name Is a Poem Club" in opposition to Hugh Blue, the incumbent. Miss Wray has the enthusiastic sup port of Truly Dooley of Provi dence, R. I. As We Live.. . DR. ELIZAS Ihh HURLOCK SNORING HUSBAND KEEPS WIFE AWAKE. FRETFUL Snoring is a real disturbance to restful sleep for those who must listen to it. What can a wife . do when her husband snores? A lady says; - (Q) "My troubles may be a little out of your line but, if I could have some help, it would surely improve the peace and quiet of our home. The trouble is that my hus band snores at night and dis turbs my rest so much that I am cross and irritable from lack of sleep. He insists on sleeping with me so unless I sleep from pure exhaustion, some nights I get very little rest and the effect this is hav ing on my nerves is very bad. Do you know a solution or even a helpful suggestion." (A) Surely your husband must realize, when you tell him how much this disturbs your rest, that it is up to "c SSX him to cooper ; 1 tTjQ ate in any NS- F J way he can to 5 i7 v 1 reduce the problem to a minimum. That is only what one should expect from anyone. Ask him. Dr. Huxlock then, to go to a doctor and be examined to find out why he snores. The chances are that he has enlarged adenoids. If so, they could be removed with a very simple op eration. Adenoids are obstruc tions to the nasal passage and they invariably cause people to breathe heavily during the time they are awake and to snore during sleep. From your husband's angle, it is important too to have this matter checked. Snoring keeps him from sleeping as soundly as he otherwise would and he, too, does not get the rest he needs. During the day, he uses up more energy breathing than he should and this leads to fatigue. Until the snoring is corrected, why not stuff cotton in your ears at night to prevent your hear ing? Or you can buy regular ear-stoppers at any during store and these work in much the same way as cotton does. The important thing, for you is to get your rest at night. (Copyright IS S3, General Fea tures Corp.) WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Fair' to day, tonight and Friday except lew (bowers extreme north- Lumber Operators May Join in Rate Hearing for SP Lumber operators of this 'area probably will be represented at a California freight rate hearing next month, it was reported this week. L. L. Simpson, secretary-manager of the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm as sociation, reported "that Inland operators of southern Oregon and northern California; hope some relief might be obtained from a rate differential which they say favors lumbermen on the coast. The hearing, conducted by the California Public Utilities Com mission, is on an application by Southern Pacific to return to "gross measurement" figuring of lumber freight rates between coast mills and major lumber centers in, Calif ornia. Two Rates (The present rate is based on "net dimensions," which permits the mills to pay freight on a two-by-four plank on the basis of its actual measurement of 1 by ZH Inches, rather than on a 2 inch by 4 inch basis used hi the "gross measuremeit" method, which is used by lumber ship pers at points other than along the coast.) The result of this, Simpson said, has been to handicap lum ber shippers at inland points, making it difficult for them to compete, with coastal mills in California markets. It has also cur the SP's volume of lumber freight, he said. If the SP's application is ap proved, the gross measurement would again be used on the coastal shipments, ending the un favorable differential, Simpson explained. If plans laid at a committee meeting here this week work out, a rate expert will be em ployed to represent the lumber men of the area in supporting the SP application. The hearing is set for Sept. 3 in San Fran cisco. Federal Livestock Emergency Loans Said Now Available Special livestock loans, au thorized by recent federal legis lation, are now available to el igible farmers and ranchers in this locality, it was announced today. Purpose of the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture's new loans is to provide themporary credit to livestock producers to con tinue their operations after suf fering economic difficulties caused by the drop in cattle Drices. The Farmers Home Adminis tration state and county offices will disburse the funds, collect the loans, and service the ac counts. ' Established producers of cat tle, sheep, and goats may bor row if they cannot get the credit they need from customary sources, if they have good rec ords of operations, and if the credit would give them a reason able chance to succeed. Many Purposes Loans may be used to buy or produce feed, pay for grazing permits, rent farm buildings, pasture, and feed crop land; re place, hire, or repair farm ma chinery and equipment, build and repair fences, move live stock as to and from grazing places; repair or improve live stock and domestic water sup plies; and pay essential living expenses and costs of maintain ing farm and ranch buildings. The program expires in July, 1953. Loans bear 5 per cent in terest and are repayable over periods up to three years. Inquiries may be made, or ap plications filed, at the Farmers Home Administration office serv ing the area where the farm or ranch is located. Headquarters for Jackson and Josephine coun ties are at 9 Manchel building. Grants Pass. Mail for the agen cy should be addressed to P.O. Box 311, Grants Pass. . Japan, American Mayors Conferring erf Seattle Seattle (U.R) The second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' conference opened here yesterday with mayors from six Japanese cities and representa tives from three others attend ing. Purpose of the three-day con- lerence is to take steps toward rebuilding good will and under standing between ,the United States and Japan. GRABOITS JEWELERS 108 East Mai Diamond Ingogawnt Ring and Up Lucky East Europeans Don't Have To Fret Over Vacation Choice By WALTER G. RUNDLE United Prass Correspondent This is .the aeason when ha rassed capitalist wage slaves either are fretting over road maps, travel folders and resort reservations or trying to salvage the family budget after a couple of weeks at some seaside hotel or mountain lodge with the wife and kiddies. We have the testimony of the Communist press and radio that no such aggravations beset the peoples of the proletarian para dise of Communist East Europe. "We have created conditions for the working people of which the people of Rome, Paris, Lon don and even the Americans overseas do not even dare to dream," gloats Hungary's Radio Kossuth. "For the first time Hungarian workers are free from exploitation and a happy care free vacation has been assured them." No Problem of Picking Spot Let s have a look: First of all there is no such Congressional Quiz Questions and Answers What Goes on at the Capital raralshee mj CoBsresdoaal Qnarterly News restart. . . Q Why do the newspapers say that the S200 million for Korean relief and rehabilitation voted by Congress "does not in crease the appropriations total?" A The money will be taken from military funds already ap propriated and counted in the totals. Presumably, military ex penditures will be reduced as a result of the Korean cease-fire. Congress authorized the money transfer in a supplemental ap propriations bill passed Aug. 3. O As finally signed into law, does the special immigration act provide for the admission of non-rexugeesr A Yes, although most of the visas will be issued to refugees, escapees, and expellees. The Sen ate bowed to the House in al lowing for some non-refugees who have close relatives in the U.S. Refugees, escapees, and ex pellees are defined broadly to include such categories as vic tims of the Holland floods, for mer residents of the old Italian colonies, and persons uprooted by the Greek civil war. Q How does the Tariff Com mission avoid deadlocks on tie votes? A Congress deleted the pro posed expansion of the Commis sion from six to seven members when it passed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act exten sion, but changed the rules to eliminate deadlocks. Until now, a tie vote has killed an applica tion xor reiiei zrom competition by imports, but henceforth the Commission will conduct hear ings and investigations on such cases when the members split evenly. When half the Commis sioners vote for use of escape clause or peril points provisions and half vote against, both sets of recommendations will go to the President, who will choose the viewpoint to be followed. Formerly, a majority vote was necessary to send a recommenda tion to the President, who can not act without a Commission recommendation. Q How much money did Congress save by changing the fre. mail system Aug. 1? A The bill does not cut ex penditures. Through revised bookkeeping, it relieves the Post Office Department from charg ing the costs of franked mail against its appropriations. In stead, members of Congress and government agencies sending out free mail will charge the cost against their own appropriations, trimming the Post Office deficit. Q Did Congress finally vote itself a pay raise? A No, but a bill was passed establishing a commission to study the adequacy of salaries paid to members of Congress and federal judges. Congress will have 60 days to act on the commission's recommendations. Before amendment, the Senate session would have made any raises recommended by the com mission automatic unless speci fically voted down by Congress. (Copyright 1953. Congressional Quarterly) Frank Morgan - problem of picking a vacation spot. In the people's democra cies, that vexins chore la han. died for you by the state. If your factory and personal production quotas havt been met, a vacation certificate will be handed you by your trad union council or shop foreman. No problem either when you'll go. The date and state resort at which you'll leave is stamped on your card. There's no fretting about how you'll meet the cost of takinc the wife and children along. You can t. And anyhow .they'd prob ably feel a bit out of place sleep ing In the big resort dormi tories. Days All Planned No need either for our for tunate Stakkanovite vacationist to stew about whether to spend the day on the golf links, in the pool, the bar or on some bridle trail. His day is cut out for him. Here's a typical resort day's schedule for the Bulgarian zdra vets state resort: 8:30 Breakfast. 9 to 11 Group meetings at which political topics are discus sed. 12 to 1 Lunch soup, meat and dessert. 1 to 4 Rest. 4 to 4:30 Snack (bread and marmalade.) 4:30 to 6 Free leisure time. 6 Meeting at which vacation ers listen to speeches over loud speakers. 7:30 to 8:30 Dinner (meat and fruit). 8:30 to 10:30 Group singing, folk dances, fireside talks. 10:30 Lights out One of Dionnes To Inter Convent North Bay, Ont. flJ.R) Marie Dionne, one of the quintuplets whose birth startled the world 19 years ago, will enter a convent this fall to become a nun Marie, the smallest and weak est of the five girls born May 28. 1934, to a Canadian fsrm couple, will enter the order of the Sisters of the Holy Sacra ment at Quebec City. It is one of the most strict and secluded orders in the Catholic church. A family spokesman also an nounced yesterday that Yvonne, the "artistic'one of the family. will begin art studies soon at riotre Dame Congregation in Montreal. t The three other quints. Cecile, Annette, and Emilie; will re turn in September to the In stitute Familal at Nicolet, Que., to continue courses in languages. music, elocution, decorative art and home economics. Wholesale Food Price Index Up Four Cents New York-U.PJ The Dun & Bradstrcet wholesale food price index' on Aug. 18 advanced for the first time in four weks, the agency reported today. Prices rose four cents from the previous week's figure of S6.63 to $6.67. It was the first advance since the 21 month high of 6.65 was reached on July 21. Sylvania Hoffman General Electric BILL EDGERTON'S Center 2739 N. Pacific Hwy. and Howard Ave. Phone 2-4956 OPEN EVENINGS Harold Snodgrass So FUNERAL DIRECTORS The Chape! of Cherished Memories CHAPEL MORTUARY Across from the Courthous x
