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C .NATION Al EDITORIAL I ASSOCIATION C7 v- W 2, MIWSPAHI PUIIISNIIS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of Tbo Mail Triruno 10, 20, SO and 40 year- ago. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 24. 1943 (It was Tuesday) Herbert W. MitcheU of Med ford said Japanese prisoner of war. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Pumpkins are now gaining their autumnal rotundity and the first pumpkin pies made out of squash have Showed up in the eating houses. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 24, 1933 (It was Thursday) Belief board issues call for strong, able-bodied workers. Marc Jarmin to open drug , store on North Central ave. 90 YEARS AGO Aug. 24, 1923 fit wm Frldavl Jackson county exhibit ar ranged at state fair. Chisholm group of quicksilv er mines in Gold Hill area to resume. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 24. 1913 (It was Sunday) Death takes Iradell Phlpps, one of the county's oldest pio neers. Many exhibitors display pro ducts at commercial club snow, Pot luck By M-T Staff and Contributor Is the M-T TottyT The question arose in naming this new column. The name "Pot- luck" is somewhat reminiscent of two other columns which have appeared in the Mail Tribune "Ye Smudge Pot," which for many years was conducted by the inveterate paragrapher, Ar thur Perry, and Potpourri," writ ten by "O.S.," our society editor. Well, perhaps w are bit "potty." Most newspaperpeople are, a little. But the onus may be lessened somewhat by the fact that the "pot" in "Potpourri" Is pronounced "poe." Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Pickett former Medfordites now living in Anchorage, Alaska, write that the recent eruption of nearby Mount Spur covered everything with an eighth of an inch of dust On the first day of the blow-off it began to get dark at 8:30 a.m., and by noon it was dark as night, the sun being blotted out by the falling dust. "Jigger' Pickett added a realistic touch by inclosing an envelope full of the dust and the mail man gave it even more realism by ruptur ing the envelope so that when the outer covering was removed volcano dust flew all over the recipient's desk. Last week we conducted a pri vate survey on parking tech niques and maneuvers, the new upstairs news room windows be ing well located for such pry lng. Findings: 62 per cent of middle-aged or over drivers aren't too sharp on parking; 38.6 per cent of young drivers bang bumpers with car ahead andor behind. One woman backed and filled 11 times getting close to curb; two men never did make it, leaving cars slanted into curb with rear end well out in line of traffic. Recommendation: More peo ple should take an hour or so professional instruction. They - might be surprised how much they do not know. J. t" Bi A Few Final Thoughts There are a few more thoughts on the situation regarding the Medford police department, and the attendant ruckus, that this writer would like to pre sent today in what will probably be his last Mail Trib une editorial for a number of months. PS ST The investicrator vaw f tta nnlffa rfonarfment. i omirtor t.n have a irh on his hands. He will need the support, not only of the city council, but of the citizens of Medford. ! Those who have facts which would be pertinent to his investigation will, it is hoped, make them avail able tn him TVio Mail Tribune nrnnoses to nlace at his disposal certain evidence which it gathered and i-i i- i it l .1. il.i j v ...... Wriicn IS inuicauve, u iiui cuiiciusive, uiat we uu nave a police problem one urgently in need of cleaning up. Individuals who have facts not hearsay or gos sip nor rumor should see to it that they are present ed to the investigator so they may be considered and given their proper importance in his over-all investi gation. HIS JOB, as we see it, will not be to prepare AN OTHER "Beall report," but rather to study the department and see how nearly it measures up to the high standards of police service outlined in the Beall report, and which the people of Medford deserve. The city council, admitting as it does that changes are needed, should not stop with their action on his report, but should continue to be the "watchdogs" they are elected to be. In other words, they should be sure that the causes for the criticisms of the de partment outlined in the Beall report are eliminated. We feel that one of the prime reasons for the present difficulty is that councilmen took the word of the de partment that everything that should, and could be done was being or had been done. a e a a JEALL'S main criticisms Poor administration, coordination and supervision; lack of good business practice in the operation of the depart ment; lack of an effective records system; lack of a high level of police service to the community; lack of high morale of personnel; lack of efficient manpower usage; organiza tion years behind the times in many respects, and lack of a program for planning and improvement. Some of them are still applicable. It will be the job of the investigator to find which criticisms are still valid; to are, and to provide the council with the information so that it can rectify them. HE second thought we a wonderine "Why?" grand jury which pointed police department, and made certain recommendations. We have learned that over just how much power a grand jury has, and law yers are capable of debating cases and decisions to uDhold their varvinir viewpoints. Skipping these legalistic debates, we would like to point out that the grand jury system itself is one of the greatest bulwarks which the republic pos sesses in its defense against crime, graft, maladminis tration, inefficiency and general cussedness in the public service. . IN SUPPORT of this thesis, we can cite a recent article which appeared in "The Lion" magazine, and was republished in the Reader's Digest of June, 1953. The author tells of juries. Quote: "These ordinary citizens can investigate any po tentially criminal situation, then find indictments or make a presentment a statement to the court about misconduct m the community. They can defy gover nors, district attorneys, sheriffs, police chiefs, even die President" In further explanation says, quote: "The court can instruct a grand jury on the law, the District Attorney can give nis interpretation, and the grand jury can, if it wishes, ignore them both. The District Attorney is its servant, not its boss. The grand jury can tell him what witnesses to bring in, order him out of the room while they are questioned, investigate him, even indict him." GAIN shunning the legalistic arguments, we fail to see on what basis our own county grand jury was subject to criticism. A report (which was printed ports the belief that the' and conscientious statement cal conclusions and recommendations. a a a A III OF which goes back to our first thoughtthat the people of Medford also bear a direct respon sibility for the proper operation of the city's govern ment. Sergeant Beall thought so too. In the foreword to his survey report he said: "If this survey is to fulfill its potential promise . . . the final responsibility lies with the people, their representatives, the chief of police and the employees of the police department to sustain the interest and efforts which are so apparent at this .time." THERE ARE many ways of saying the same thing. ITf aito1 inmlatiriA in fits nnAA v liVAiftr 9t UbClliai V IgllultUv AO U1C lAAVG VI UUCItJfi 10 UilCe Another is that democarcy is like anything else if it's going to work, the people, in the finafanalysis, have to work at it E.A. Brain Specialist Treats Newport Beach, Calif. U.R) Former actress Kay Williams, who accused sugar heir Adolpb Sprockets II of beating her with a shoe, is suffering from con cussion and is under the care of a brain specialist, a doctor reported. Monday. August 14. 1SSS to be broueht here to sur- were these: find the reasons why they would like to set forth is to the criticism of the out deficiencies in the there are legal arguments the broad powers of grand of this system, the article careful reading of the full in the Mail Tribune) sup jury was making a careful of its findings, plus logi Kay Williams One of her personal physic ians, Dr. Helen Robertson, dis closed yesterday that Long Beach brain specialist Dr. Charles Spicer had been sum moned to Hoag Memorial hos pital to treat the 38-year-old beauty. Crosstown '' '' iRMllffMMMiMRmr).iMf S-24--53 1 haven't Bona commercial yet, to buy on if I'd pack A Nichol's Worth of... Comment On By HARMAN Uaited frett Washington (U.R) You commoners will please step right up, and from here out address me as "Admir al Nichols." That's what it says right here on this here parch ment. "Certifi cate of com mission in the Con federate navy, be it known to you all rebels." Harm an mcuc.i That's what she says, and, "whereby he shall deem it an honor and a privi lege to be referred to as a cot ton pickin' rebel and perform his duties of which he has been duly qualified ..." I don't know how all of this honor came to me,' except that I answered an ad and sent in my dollar. Being a land lubber, I've always wanted to be an admiral, suh! Started as Joke I signed a pledge to forever conduct myself as a southern genUeman by "addressing fel low admirals as 'suh,' our south ern lassies as 'mam,' and dam Yankees as 'dam-Yankees.' " Hereby, I do so pledge. The Confederate navy likely is the only water group run by Around Hollywood (Edtior's note: Vernon Scott, United Press Hollywood writer, is substituting for Aline Mosby while she is on vacation.) Riverside UJ!) Authoress Helen "Dear Dog Lady" Arling ton is writing a book that is dif ferent it is being dictated to her by her husband, Masefield, who died last March 16. Titled "Postmarked Here after," Mrs. Arlington's book runs 145 single-spaced, type written pages, and is far from completion. "Masefield started dictating the book June 28 at two minutes after one p.m.," Mrs. Arlington confided. "When we work, I don't know what I'm typing. I have to wait till he's through be fore I read it. Usually he dictates four pages a day." Mrs. Arlington said her hus band changed his name to hers before their marriage four years ago, explaining that Masefield was the name of her fiance who was killed 10 years ago in a plane crash. We had no children," she went on. "I took a vow of chas tity before we were married. My husband understood that and re spected it." Last week Mrs. Arlington cel ebrated her fourth marriage an niversary by repeating the nup tial vows before Dr. Hosen Seki, founder of the New York Budd hist Church. "Masefield was there," she said simply, "Just as he was when we celebrated our first Eisenhower Election Pleased Prisoners Inchon, Korea U.R) A freed American from Harry S. Tru man's home town said today the men in his camp went wild with joy when the Chinese told them Gen. Eisenhower was elected President "We all knew that Ike would do something about getting us out of that place," Pfc. John Fig- gins, 21, Independence, Mo., said. "We Just went wild with excite ment" Figgins left the McCune Home for Boys in Independence to join the Army when he was 18. The young Missouri orphan spent al most three years in a Communist war prisoner camp. "I don't blame Mr. Truman for sending me into Korea, and aU that time as a POW," Figgins said. "Someone had to come, something had to be done to stop Communism, and I guess it just had to happen that way." By Poland Co 1 although my husband did offer up and coma home." ' This and That W. NICHOLS feature Writer two Army men. It started as a Joke Nolen Wall, who calls himself, without challenge, the "fleet ad miral," and Don M. West, the "chief of state." PresenUy both of them are employed as carto graphic draftsmen for the Soil Conservation service in the Car olines. Both served in the Army in World War II. Orders Rolled In Nolen tells the story this way: "A friend of ours had been talking for months of buying a boat. When he finally did buy one, we nicknamed him 'admir al.' Then several days later, we decided to draw up a commis sion for an admiral in the Con federate navy. Our friend show ed it around and pretty soon others wanted one for their rumpus rooms. It was nothing but a gag." Nolen and Don thought they would have a little fun. They put a test ad in a newspaper, and before you could say "ship ahoy," the orders started rolling in. There are now landlubber admirals like me running around in every state in the Union. "It's a funny thing," Nolen told me, "but we get the most orders from common seamen in the Navy." By ALINE MOSBY United Pres Cerrei pea deaf three anniversaries. We burned sandalwood at the Buddhist shrine in my office." Mrs. Arlington is the author of "Pawprints In My Heart," and used the ghost name of "Dear Dog Lady" while writing a col umn concerned with the comings and goings of various canines she has known. "I once got a message from Al bert Payson Terhune," she said, "and wrote a column about it. Mrs. Terhune was pretty upset about it when she read it," the authoress sniffed. Mrs. Arlington lives alone on her 120-acre "Touch Me Not' ranch in Pigeon Pass. It is here that Masefield contacts her daily to dictate "Postmarked Here after." "The book is about ordinary things in the hereafter," she said offhandedly. "He tells me he's walking around in his stocking feet, but never sees an other human or animal. He's surrounded by gigantic glass cliffs that he can see through. "Masefield explained he doesn't feel hot or cold, but can hear his own breathing. "Last time I talked to him he said: 'No, I didn't meet "my dad yesterday as I thought I would I searched for him in Michigan, Wisconsin and California.' "Then I suggested he look for his father in an apple orchard in Washington or Denmark. It came to me just like that," she said. "So he's going to look in the apple orchards. But he doesn't expect to find his father on earth. Mrs. Arlington confessed she doesn t know when "Postmarked Hereafter" will be- finished, "It may just go on and on she said. So far, Masefield has sent his wife only two messages for other persons. One was a hint to her New York agent, asking him to give Mrs. Arlington a sterling silver letter opener for her anni versary. "The other one," she said. "was a night letter to my cousin Mike in Gary, Indiana." BEEF PRICES AT Shady Cove Lockers Rent a locker and store up .your Winter boof supply now white prices art down. We do cuttiirf , wrapping, and custom curing. Stop in and see ut, you'll b glad you did. PHONE SHADY COVE 2144. In the Day's Hens By FRANK JENKINS The shah of Iran returns from exile to resume his royal Job now that. Weeping Willie Mossa degh is finally in Jail under heavy guard. The dispatches de scribe the young ruler as hap pier than a kitten to be sitting in the driver's seat again. I suppose this habit of ruler- ship grows on one. Anyway, no king ever seems to be nappy anywhere save on his throne and in his palace. TJJERE in (relatively) happy Al America, we think ANY king is a pimple on the fair face of nature. What we frequently for get is that democracy is a good habit that must be acquired slowly and painstakingly, with due regard for the self-disciplines it imposes, if it is to work. I sometimes fear that s lot of the trouble we have run into in our well-meant efforts to run the world better than it has been run before arises out of our firm conviction that the first thing we must do is to mould every body else's form of government into the pattern of our form of government. HERE'S hoping Iran's shah gets the situation under control and restores some semblance of sanity in his country's foreign relations. Also, here's hoping Russia decides this isn't the time to go after Iran's oil. RUSSIA'S official communist newspaper Pravda - is hop ping mad about the way we have handled the news of Russia's as serted mastery of the secret of the hydrogen bomb. In one breath, it wails that the American . press is telling the American people the Russian H- bomb is hot stuff and we'd better prepare with all our strength to meet the threat of it and in the next breath it howls because our State Secretary DuUes doesn't think it amounts to much. These commies dont seem to like ANYTHING we do. PERSONALLY, the only criti cism I'd offer Is that our idea of keeping everything connected with the handling of the atom bomb a dark and cloudy secret doesn't appear to have worked out too well. The secret of it has been so well kept that ONLY THE RUSSIANS have been able to find out anything about it. ion's Crowded Schools To Have Record Enrollment Washington flJ.PJ The na tion's schools, faced with a rec ord enrollment of nearly 30,000, 000 children, will be more over crowded this fall than ever be fore. Most of the youngsters will find their classrooms jampacked and many will have to study in shifts. About 6,000,000 will get their lessons in buildings classed as fire traps. Getting Worse Despite the stepped up rate of school construction in the last two years, federal and private education officials said today crowded conditions are getting worse. This is due mainly to the post World War II baby crop which is now reaching school age. To tal school enrollment this fall is expected to exceed last year by 1,500,000, with the vast majority of the new pupils entering the already bulging elementary grades. Shortage of Teachers To make matters worse, most schools are handicapped by a se rious shortage of teachers, espe cially in the lower grades. U.S. Education Commissioner Lee M. Thurston estimates a shortage of 70,000 teachers in elementary schools alone. Deaf h Toff in Chile Storms Expected To Be 32 Santiago, Chile OJ.PJ The death toll in the storms and floods that ravaged widespread areas of central and southern Chile was set tentatively today at 32. Eight other persons were of ficially listed as missing in the two-day torrential rainstorms and ensuing floods last week. Property damage was esti mated at $10,000,000. Warner Bros. Signs Super Scope Agreement Hollywood 0J.PJ Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., announced the formal signing today of an agreement between the studio and Zeizz-Opton photographing and projection lenses for the re- Jcently announced Warner super ' I M scope wiae-screen process. ARE DOWN THE On The Are you a fugitive from sum mer TV? If so, you have plenty of company. Despite the fact that TV is free, entertainment seekers flock to other mediums. Right in the middle of August, in the middle of Manhattan, the film "From Here to Eternity" bioke all Capitol Theater box office records. About the same time, there was standing room enly at Giants-Dodgers games at the Polo Grounds. The harness horse tracks in thr? New York trea also jammed nightly. Dont know about you, ' but there is not a TV program currently being broadcast that I care whether I miss or not That Campaign Strong opposition to my "Bitter Campaign 98776D" continues. As for example, there is a beautiful feminine resident of California whose first name Is Dean. That I claim is a first name intended for male use- However, the young woman informs me she refuses to change it. She says her father gave it to her because when she arrived in the world he was disappointed. He wanted a boy. I am frequently in re ceipt of such excuses and others somewhat similar. A woman, I know, uses the first name of Michael. She says she is named after her favorite uncle. That ex cuse I won't accept, either. I will address the young woman named Dean as Deanna. All those calling themselves Michael will be called Michelena. Those using "Pat" as a first name will be Patricia to me. That reminds me, I heard of a woman using the first name of Joseph. Imagine the confusion that can cause! Why can't she call herself Jose phine? What makes women so stubborn? Among The Married Know of any marriages be tween members of the United States armed services? I mean such as a WAC marrying a G-1. Joe. A WAVE marrying a naval lieutenant. And so on. If so, how are they doing? I have just heard from a WAF who married a top sergeant They are doing fine. Been happily married for nine years. I have noticed in these armed service marriages that when the husband has outranked the wife in the service, the mar riage usually succeeds. Asking Queries from clients: Q. So Harold Minsky says Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell have ideal figures for burlesque? Have you the measurements of Mari lyn and Jane in your "Horses & Women" files? A. Monroe sta tistics are: Age, 22; height 5 feet weight, 118; hips. 37; waist, 23V4; bust 37. Russell: Age. 32; height, 5 feet 7; weight 135; hips, 34; waist, 26; bust 37Vi. By The Sea ' . There is a noticeable short age of feminine pulchritude on the public beaches at Xshbury Park, N- J. To view beautiful bathers in northern New Jersey one must go to the private beach clubs at AUenhurst, Deal and Spring Lake. Incidentally, when it comes to a multitude of beautl- lul females strolling by the sea, Santa Monica, Calif., still tops he country. Horses Sz Women Christian Dior's country women will pay little attention to his short skirt style idea. A Frenchwoman with good look ing legs is a rarity. The feminine residents of France believe In emphasizing their good physical points and concealing the bad ones. Hence, it will be thumbs down on skirt brevity. French females with well formed legs are so scarce that most of the cancan dancers and floor show Kirls in the Paris cabaret come from other countries. Especially from England. Next to American women, English women have the world's best looking legs. Sidelights My affection for dogs is sec ond to none. However, I think that Memphis, Tenn-, man who insisted on taking his six dogs along on a honeymoon went too far. Especially when he insisted on the dogs being permitted to sleep with him and his bride . . . m "Hymns of Now 9:45 a.m. Saturday ' KM ED By F. V. Darting Am asked if absinthe is sold la ' France. Not lecallv rtnw try in- Europe where absinthe is sold legally is Luxembourg. Interacting Job When I take up a newspaper to read, I dont skip anything-1 go over the entire etieet ri... ing through the food oM ri.-i. fled section the other day. I noiea in tne "Help wanted" ad vertisement one for a "mcMx machine service man." Fellow wren a joo like that must meet some interesting women- He should develop into quite "Horse & Women" expert How ever, I don't think it would be such a good job for a man with a jealous wife. Southwestern Phone Workers Will negotiate By UNITED PRESS Negotiations aimed at n a walkout by 53,000 Southwest ern Bell Co. workers open today as telephone strikers in Indiana called mass demonstrations in two cities. Meanwhile a third tions industry labor dispute threatened to disrupt long dis tance teiepnone service. Meeting In St Louis Officials Of the CIO CommimL cations Workers of America and Southwestern Bell were to meet with federal conciliator tnH in St Louis in the first negotia tions since tne CWA struck last Friday. The strike has been generally peaceful, but yesterday there were reports of scattered wire cuttings and sabotage. The union has demanded a 7Vi cent hourly wage increase for Southwestern Bell workers in Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Ok lahoma, Arkansas and parts of Illinois. Not To Increase Offer But company spokesmen said they did not plan to increase their wage offer of 4V4 cents in today's session. Southwestern Bell workers now earn from $40 to $90 a week. As the strike against Tndiana Bell Co. moved into its 34th day a union spokesman said that mass meetings will be held to night at Evansville and Indiana. polls. He said the demonstration at Evansville would be a "riH. zens' " meeting to "demonstrate community support for strikers." JEE WHIZ Memphis, Tenn. UJ3 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilcox have seven children and each child's first name begins with J. There's John Jr., Jerry, Joe, Janice, Jeff, Jeanette and Poyce. He Was a Nobody By Geo. N. Taylor The crowds pressed in to see Jesus as He passed by and high above all the noise was the blind beggar's cry to Jesus to show mercy. Now hear the crowd "Shut up blind man," for he was a nobody, all rags and smelly. But Jesus stopped and called the fel low, heard his plea and then "Receive your sight your faith has healed you." From that in stant, the man had his sight. Read it BIBLE, - Luke 18: 35-43. '." Baylor So the blind man's faith won the day. Like the blind man we must have faith and get new eyesight We are blind also. We cannot see the kingdom of God. We are blinded by sin, blind to the new life that God has for us. Have faith in Christ as Lord and Saviour and the new sight will come. Then you can see your name written in God's Book of Life. For Reason and Cost of Gospel by Newspaper, address G-N-T, 3101 S-W McChesney Rd., Port-land-l-Ore. adv. the World" f: m Mabel Carlos CONGER-MORRIS Funeral Directors Ambulance Service West Main at Sixth Phone Medford 2-7111 "Hymns of the World" KMED. Saturday, 9:45 a.m. Member Nsttwal Selected MertkUas by Invitation
