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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."
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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.
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Open a Savings Account Here Today!
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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