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TOUR MEDTOHD (OREGOH) MEDFORDvt&tTRIBUNE "Everyone to Southern Oregon Re.dl The Mail Tribune" Published Dally Except Saturday bJ MEDFORD PRINTING CO. T-29 North Fir St. Phone 3-6141 dTdtoTw uttttt. F.rtitnr ERNEST R. GILSTRAP. Manager HERB GREY. Advertising Manager I. C FERGUSON. Managing Editor JACK JACKSON, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Hertford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION' RATES By Mail In Advance: Daily and Sunday one year $12.00 Daily and Sunday six months 6.50 . Daily and Sunday three moa. 3.50 Daily und Sunday one month 1-23 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent nd on motor routes: Daily and Sunday one year $13.00 Daily and Sunday On month 1.25 All Terma Cash In Advance Official PiDpr of the City ol Mei dlord Official Paper of Jackson Comity United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: wrcT urvT t lnav rnMPJOT WC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver, B. C. NATIONAL EOllORIAl ASSOCIATION rffr? NEWSPAPEK 0 , PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION- iqhio' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct 1. 1943 (It Was Friday) , Large barn on Jimmy Suther- lin burns. All livestock escaped From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Under the new butter rationing, it will be spread thinner . on the sand wiches than the ham is cut and cost more than a hog and a cow. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 1. 1933 (It Was Sunday) E. C. (Jerry) Jerome named general chairman of Diamond Jubilee celebration next June Medford high defeats Weed, 27 to 0; Oregon downs Gonzaga 14 to 0. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 1. 1923 (It Was Monday) Arnold Bohnert, Central Point and Miss Eudora Evans. Med ford, marry in Ashland cere mony. L. A. Banks, Los Angeles, pur chases Suncrest and Mira Vista orchards in Talent district. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 1. 1913 at Was Wednesday) Talc and Soapstone deposits plentiful in Jackson county. Trail youth, on hunting trip, beaten by unknown man. Bus Tire Blows Out; Three Persons Killed Ehrenberg, Ariz. OJ.R) Three persons were killed and 18 others Injured when a front tire of a Continental Trailwivs 1 - bound from Memphis to Los Angelei blew ' and threw the bus down a 25-foot embankment. Bus driver, A. H. Collins Los Angeles, was killed in the tcci dent seven miles east of nere on Highway 60-70 late last night. The dead were identified a Jim Jones Hamlett, 22, Orvil.e, Ala., and Omar L. Barrett, 60, Hayward, Calif. . Eight of the 18 passengers in jured, including three children, were listed in serious condition at Palo Verde hospital in Blythe, Calif., 12 miles west of the scene. Communists Plan To Ignore MIG Surrender Seoul. Korea (U.R) Amer ican officers said today the Com munists apparently .plan to ig nore the surrender of a Russian built MIG 13 to the United Na tions two weeks ago. Military Armistice commis sion sources said a Red demand for the return of the plane flown into Allied hands by a North Korean could be made either through the f"U commission or the joint secretariat. pbservers here believed the Reds were suppressing all men tion of the incident to keep oth er MIG pilots from getting the same idea. MEED LAWN COP Memphis. Term. (U.R) Mary Green rushed outside her house to see a wreck when she heard a crash. Two women drivers were involved one had driven her gas-powered lawn mower into a power mower, operated by an other woman. I MAIL TWBTJKE Editorial Correspondence New York, N. Y., Sept. 30 today wasn't so surprising, but the way they won the game was. With the two star pitchers, Reynolds and Erskine, opposing each other it looked like there should World Series openers usually are. But it was a batters' battle, and the Yankees won, not by getting more hits than the Dodgers they both got twelve but by getting them when they meant runs. In fact the two teams' had the same number of hits when the score was 4-0 in favor of New York. Another surprising fact: It was a great victory for the old men. Cy Young, who pitched for Washington when your corres pondent wore knee pants, threw out the first ball and he threw it hard. And Johnny Sain, formerly of Boston, who is getting grey around the ears, won his own game. Not on the mound, though he was fairly effective there, but at the bat smashing a snappy two-bagger and bringing in the runs which put the game on ice. However, it was a very exciting game and one of the finest we believe from the standpoint of the spectator, of any World Series in recent years. . One of the most satisfying features was the fine hitting of Hodges, the Dodger first baseman, who in the World Series a year ago didn't get a hit. He led his teammates this time to knock out Reynolds, the big medicine man of the Yankees' pitching staff, and tied the score when the Yanks were leading by four runs and it looked like a Brooklyn rout. It was a tough one for the Dodgers to lose after that great uphill fight, but as has so often been true in the past when the chips were down the Stengel gang just had too many guns and guts. When the game started the odds were 6-5 on the Yankees win ning the series. As this is written they have changed to 7-5, which indicates the Dodgers haven't lost the confidence of the smart gambling crowd entirely in fact if those twelve hits had been bunched and the Yankees' twelve hadn't, a very different story of the opening game would have been sent out. But there we are again they weren't. R.W.R. New York City, Sept. 29 There are laws to protect the New York pedestrian but they are not observed. The motor-cars ob serve them,, but the pedestrians don't. In fact it is a rat-race, the equal of which isn't duplicated in this country, and we don't be lieve it is anywhere else in the world. When Eric Allen was here with his Germans the other day, he couldn't believe his eyes. (It was different with' the young Germans. This was America they were ready to believe ANYTHING!) Why more are not killed is one of the many mysteries of this amazing cosmopolis. It is really a great tribute to the agility and resourcefulness of the native New Yorker. We doubt if it would be accomplished with such a low death rate anywhere else in the country. But not only is the death rate low, but the pedestrian is safer in New York than any other large city in the country ex cept two Philadelphia is No. 1 naturally enough, and Detroit somewhat surprisingly comes second. New York is third. This is according to the official report of the AAA at least which as every one knows, seldom makes a mistake. As stated the N. Y. motorists observe the traffic laws meticul ously. If they don't they land in jail. Which of course is the rea son. There is no attempt to enforce the laws regarding pedestrians which of course is the reason no one or practically no one observes them. This is Just the reverse of the situation in Medford. In that beloved and (now) distant valley, there is no attempt by the police to enforce the laws protecting pedestrians so the pedes trians have to shift for themselves and motorists do likewise. The appointment of Governor Warren as Chief Justice is dis appointing to this department but not surprising. President Eisen hower has indicated every since taking office that he intends to hew closely to the partisan POLITICAL line, letting the chips fall where they may. Its too bad too bad for the country and, we believe eventually, it will be too bad for him. But obviously Mr. Eisenhower doesn't think so. . A Chief Justice,' even more thah just a member of the court, should be a man of sound judicial temper and long judicial exper ience. We grant it might be worse. As far as personal character is concerned, Governor Warren is like Caesar's wife; his record as chief executive of California has been excellent and relatively speaking, liberal; but the point is the highest judicial post on our government, should be occupied by a man EXCEPTIONALLY qualified by character and training for that PARTICULAR posi tion and Governor Warren just ISN'T. We were interested by a communication in the Mail Tribune opposing the fluoridation of water on the ground of personal lib erty. The offering was well-reasoned and reasonable which is more than can be said for most of them. But as a matter of law and practice we fear the point would never stand up in court. If it did then what would San Francisco and scores of other cities do, where to protect the health of the community water has to be treated with liberal quantities of chlorine? This infringes on the liberty of the individual to drink what he pleases. In fact every law is in one way or another, in this sense, an infringement of this "priceless heritage." Which is only another reason for leaving this issue up to a vote of the people, after a campaign of education and fact finding then abiding by the result and forgetting it! Sorry that this country has signed an agreement with Fascist Franco to give him more millions in exchange for various and sundry air bases. If there should be another world war, such bases would be available by force of circumstances and AT ONCE. If there is no war then this deal with Hitler's old pal can only weaken the prestige of the United States and the power of the Atlantic Alliance. R.W.R. Boys Suffocate In Old Ice Box Windsor, Ont. UR) Two four-year-old boys suffocated in an abandoned ice box despite the frantic efforts of a little dog to save them. The bodies of Andrew Stachan and Harold Cooney were found stuffed in the old box in a neigh bor's shed last night after a four hour search. Their deaths came on the heels of 13 familiar fatalities among children in the United States in the last three months. Searchers revealed today that if they had heeded the barking of a little black dog, a constant companion of the two boys, they might have saved their lives The dog stood near the shed con-ta--- the icebox and barked constantly while searchers combed the neighborhood, but none paid any attention to him. The Grange Central Point Gran? Central Point Grange will meet Friday, October 2, at 8 p.m. This is the first meeting as we re turn to the winter schedule and it is hoped every one will, be on time. The program, a panel discus sion of . the Future Farm Pro gram, win be presented first dur ing Jie evening. Those taking part are Leonard Kinzman,, Bert Caster, Chester Wendt, and Arnold Bohnert. Prices, controls and subsidies will be discussed. THursday, October 1. ltS3 (By Wire) The Yankee victory be a tight pitchers battle Traffic Deaths Down in August Chicago (U.R) August was the fourth consecutive month in which traffic deaths decreased or showed no rise over 1932 figures, the National Safe ty council reported today. The August traffic death toll of 3700 persons was the highest so far this year, but it was still 2 per cent lower than the Aug ust 1952 rate, the council said. Despite the lowered death rate in the last four months, traf fic deaths were still 2 per cent higher for the first eight months of 1953 than for the same period last year, according to figures released today. The traffic toll through August this year was 24,120, compared to 27,730 for the same period last year. Many Speedometers Declared Faulty Philadelphia (U.R) Seeing isn't necessarily believing when it comes to automobile speed ometers. - Samuel T. Milliken, service manager of the Keystone Auto mobile Club, said a recent test by the U. S- Bureau of Public Roads revealed that two out of three speedometers were faulty. "Of the 53 cars tester, only 19 - had speedometer readings which generally "were correct," he said. Some showed higher speeds than the vehicles were In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS Australia's Prime Minister Menzies proposes the fullest pos sible exchange of atomic infor mation among the United States, Britain and Australia. It's a good idea. But WlfY NOT TAKE IN RUSSIA? WHAT Premier Menzies urges is an INTERCHANGE. An in terchange is a two-way street, with information moving BOTH WAYS. What we've had so far in the case of Russia is a ONE WAY street, with the Fuchs and the Macleans and the Hisses and the Pontecarvos and the whole long list of spies and informers and traitors running to the Rus sians with all the latest dope on our atomic weapons and the Russians SENDING NOTHING BACK TO US. We've been getting gypped on the deal. AT Niagara Falls, New .York, Secretary of Agriculture Ben son, told a convention of the National Association of Commis sioners, Secretaries and Direc tors of Agriculture (whose mem bership is composed chiefly of officials of STATE departments of agriculture) that his depart ment (the U. S. department of agriculture) is reorganizing to give the states more control of the nation's farm program. He said: Y "We have no desire to build empires in the department of agriculture. It is possible through individual and group action to solve many problems and achieve objectives locally, with a min imum of federal assistance and control." He added: "Too many Americans, for too many years, have been call ing on Washington to do for them what they could do and should be doing for themselves We want farmers to pro duce for a free market rather than for a federal bounty." r general, of course, Secretary Benson is talking plain, com mon sense. One of our great troubles in recent years has been that the statehouses, the court houses and the city halls have been moved to Washington. Gov ernment that is REMOTE from the people is never as practical and efficient as government that is CLOSE to the people. BUT The present problem of agri culture is to get prices of what the farmer buyjs down in propor tion to prices of what the farmer sells. If other prices had come down proportionately, I don't think any farmer would com plain. The trouble is, they haven't. As a result, the farmer is whip sawed. THE job of bringing other prices down in proportion to the drop In prices of farm prod ucts, I fear, is over the heads of state and local governments. I'd be inclined to say, as a general principle, that as long as the fed eral government maintains laws and practices that result in keep ing prices of what the farmer buys at a high level the farmer will continue to use his political power to maintain at a high level prices of what the farmer has to sell even if it involves continuation of federal subsidies and bounties. Largest Airplane Sets Hauling Records San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) The XC-99, world's largest land based airplane, has set some cargo-hauling records that other Air Force and commercial air craft will find hard to beat, ac cording to the plane's com mander. The XC-99 flew 1,552 hours during 12 months ended June 30, said the commander, Capt. J. M. Pittard. It carried an aggregate payload of 15,557,440 pounds over a total distance of 286,013 miles in 201 flights. The ton-miles carried for the fiscal year totalled 11,593,298.83 with an average cost of 13.12 cents per ton-mile. Direct main tenance costs fuel, oil and crews averaged 2.38 cents per ton mile. Best loading time for. the XC 99 so far has been one hour flat to load 82,998 pounds of air freight. Best unloading time is 45 minutes for 88,599 pounds of cargo. "The performance of the XC 99 during the past fiscal year has gone far to prove the value of heavy long-range cargo sup port aircraft," said Maj. Gen. Clements McMullen, commander of Kelly Air Force Base, where the plane is based. actually traveling vhit mnt showed lower speeds. "The - implications are " obvious,- Milliken said. "If a car's speedometer is off, the operator may be arrested for speeding when he honestly believes he is driving at 'a legal rate. And ig norance of the fact that, his speedometer is faulty does not excuse him. Milliken- suggested motorists have their speedometers checked regularly and- frequently "to ii sure peace of mind and legal speeds." Crosstovn -a.i 4 rfnSnMttt!v tO-l-a "II takes WILL POWER for me to stop earing stuff between meals, and believe me that's one thing my mother's GOT!" A Nichol's Worth of... Cc-nment On By HARMAN Vnitti Prats Washington (U.R) Discover ing gold isn't what it used to be, but finding some provided a thrill for three Army privates from Fort Eus tis, Va. The soldiers were Sam Bri ant of El Paso, Tex., Leonard Schaulkoffsky of Alpena, Mich., and Ken neth York of Kansas City, ftiiiman mcuoui Mo. The three were sent to the Army transpotation test station at Yuma in the Arizona desert The three put three heads and 30 fingers to work in their spare time and built themselves a crude "dry washer." Materials Lacking "It was 'quite a chore," Sam said later. "We had to look up and find out what a dry washer looked like. We didn't have the materials. But we begged, bor rowed, and otherwise got enough screen and other stuff together to make our version of the wash- Employment Agency Aids Small Business Los Angeles (U.R) More than 100 small businesses receive the benefits of a large personnel de partment through their co-operatively run employment organi zation. The Mutual Employers Asso ciation Inc., supported by 116 small companies, hires an appli cant for any one of its firms at about one-fifth the usual cost and without charging the appli cant, usual practice here. MEA companies run from three to 350 employees. A com pany of more than 350 should have its own employment group, according to the association which was formed by business men four years ago and which now occupies 23,office rooms and has 14 employees. Testing and interviewing pro duce a profile of the applicant which is then referred to a spe cific company. The company or MEA may do the actual hiring. An applicant who merely comes to the organization is, in theory, applying to 116 companies. Fingerprinting gets rid of un desirables, who customarily de part in a hurry. MEA's income is derived from member firms. The association says the usual outside hiring cost runs to $300 per person while its cost is only $60. MISSING GIRL FOUND Omaha (U.R) A worried couple reported to police that their six year-old daughter had been missing for four hours. Detectives found the girl under neath her bed. NO BOOTS OR SPURS? Stuart, Neb. U.R) A mechan ized cowboy has been reported by the Stuart Advocate, weekly newspaper. The paper said a cow boy in this area successfully herds cattle on a motorcycle. Frank Morgan - ML By Roland Ce This and That W. NICHOLS Future Writer er used in the California gold rush. Old time sourdoughs poked a lot of fun at us, but we went ahead." They found that wielding picks and shovels is not an easy task, but they stuck to it. They picked and they shoveled until they were hand-blistered and back weary. Finally, it was Leonard, the boy from Alpena, an old log ger himself, who yelled "tim ber." "We carefully sifted sand through the house screen of our hand made dry washer," Sam said. "We were rewarded with a few nuggets." The "strike" wasn't worth much. The boys didn't even bother to have their finds as sayed. "We realized the nuggets, while real, would be worth no more than a few dollars," Sam said. "So we kept them as sou venirs. And our grandchildren will hear later, with consider able elaboration, about our 'big striKe- in the year 1953." COMMUNICATIONS Letter to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication Is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the rlsht to edit all letters with an eve to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words. Agency List Asked To the Editor: I wonder if the United Medford Crusade would publish a list of the agencies that have applied for help. In this way the public can make a choice. In my opinion polio cases and crippled children are most in need of help. I have $25 to donate but there are agencies to which I would not give a dime. If 5,000 people in Medford will give $25 each the U.M.C.'s goal will soon be reached. As before stated, would it be possible for the U.M.C. to pub lish a list of the agencies that have applied for aid? P. E. Bartik, 781V4 Beatty St., Medford, Ore. t Honk Weasles To the Editor I would like to describe and diagnose a disease ailing some of our fellow citizens. When the traffic light turns green this maniac sits on his horn, disrupting the composure of his fellow drivers. At the drive-in. theatres, he doesn't know that shows run on schedule so he blows his horn, thinking to hurry things up a bit, he must laugh with glee as babies wake up screaming and parents have the rest of the evening spoiled. Of course drive-in's are a haven for parents, but he doesn't care. The cure for this disease would be for some irate father to haul this jerk out of his car and make a man out of him via the Rocky Marciano method. I diagnose this ailment as honk-weasels it's very serious it might even be dangerous. John M. (Muscleman) Eek, . 825 Posse Lane, Medford, Ore. Harold Snodgrass FUNERAL DIRECTORS The Chaper of Cherished Memories CHAPEL MORTUARY Across from the Courthouse Mounting Evidence Shows Russia Plans To Remain in Korea By PHIL NEWSOM United Press Foreign Analyst . The Russians have never in tended to get out of North Ko rea. Now, behind the false front of North Ko rea independ ence, there is evidence they not only in tend to con tinue their sway, but also to eliminate even Red Chi nese influence there. All A rVilfK is in a pattern ' with their actions toward their European satellites and East Germany, and makes just so much Red propaganda their ma neuverings in the United Nations and in their so-called diplomatic notes to Washington, London and Paris. When American soldiers drove into Wonsan on North Korea's east coast in late 1950, they found that railroad stations, streets and public buildings all were identified in Russian as well as Korean. North Korea Rich North Korea is the industrial half of the Korean Peninsula, rich in water power and miner als, and the Russians had not been idle in their years of occu pation after World War II, ' Here's a good deal for your savings! Put your surplus dollars where they will earn a higher rate of return for you with safety insured (up to $10,000) by the Federal Savings and Loan Insur ance Corporation. INVESTMENTS MADE BY THE 10TH OF THE MONTH EARN DIVIDENDS AS OF THE 1ST. Open a Savings Account Here Today! FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 27 North Holly Green forests are an American heritage. We can both use and keep our forests if we protect them from fire and harvest them wisely." MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE North Korea already had been built into the Communist far eastern industrial complex. Now. as the United Nations strive for a free and united Ko rea over Communist obstruc tions, come two other develop ments. One is the return to Pyong yang of North Korean Premier Kim II Sung from Moscow. He said the Moscow confer ence had "an important politi cal significance," and of more importance, he announced Com munist determination to take over Korea "without the inter ference of U. S. imperialism." Second Development , The second development also had to do with Kim's visit to Moscow. The Russians announced they were making immediately avail able to North Korea approxi mately $250,000,000 for recon struction. Russia's economic hold on North Korea effectively elimi nates Red China, which can of fer no such assistance and can only place her soldiers there to die for the benefit of the Rus sians. The Chinese must also wonder why the North Koreans get $250,000,000 immediately while they, with problems just as pressing, get only a promise of credits worth $300,000,000 over a period of several years. R. F. Kyle, Manager
