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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago. ...
10 YEARS AGO
Not. 10, 1944
(It was Friday) . .
, State Sen. Earl Newbry, Ash
land, reported among leading
contenders for selection as pres
ident of Oregon senate.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Secretary
Ickes, per custom, has filed his
resignation with the president.
China, in ' the throes of a war
with both Japan and itself, is
in no danger of having him, on
their hands as a special envoy.
20 YEARS AGO -
Nor. 10. 1934 ... . ..
,- -'(It Was Saturday) -.
"Baby Take a Bow," starring
Shirley Temple, 'James Dunn
and Claire ' Trevor, opens; at
Medford's Roxy theater. . - yy-
: Cliff "Chief" McLean Jeading
ground gainer for Coach How
ard Hobson's Southern Oregon
Normal school football team in
6 to 0 victory over Chico State.
30 YEARS AGO
Mot. 10, 1924 '
(It was Monday)
Rosina and Frances Gallatin,
Talent, receive first prize in
team bread making competition
at Pacific International Live;
stock Exposition. in Portland.
County Clerk Florey reports
8,239 votes, largest number in
history, were cast in Jackson
county during November gen
eral election. .
40 YEARS AGO " ' '
Not. 10, 1914 - " .-
-; (It was Tuesday) ,
Two men from Ft. Klamath
find camera tripod believed
owned by Bokowsky, pioneer
photographer, who perished sev
eral years before ; on rim of
Crater lake. O
y From the Local and Personal
column: Southern. Pacific motor
cars now stop on flag at several
road crossings in the .valley,
namely Bells lane, west of Cen
tral Point; Crater Lake Junc
tion, whitman, mile west- ,ox
Ashland. In railroading but two
directions are - considered, east
and west "West bound trains are
those running to San Francisco.
East bound trains are those run
ning from San Francisco.
What's the Answer.
(Can You Gat 4 of iW.7?) '
Copr. 195. Editorial Research Report
whats the answer edg page std
1. Elections NoVi 2 were for
11 Senate seats,- one-half,; be
tween one-third and one-half,
one-third, or less ; than one-
third?
2. The Supreme Court- as it
convened for its 1954-55 term
contained no, one, two or three
atholics? '" : .;
3. Our present Halloween cel
ebration derives from the Brit
ish Isles, Germany, Scandinav
ian lands, France or Africa?
4. Joe DiMaggio holds the rec
ord for consecutive hits in 50,
more than 50, or less than 50
baseball games? '
5. Has Montgomery Ward or
Sears Roebuck had the greater
gales decline so far in 1954 com
pared with 1953? - ' .'. '. ,
6. About 50, 60, 70, 80 or 90
per cent of all new car sales in
volve a trade-in?
7. State so-called "fair trade"
laws pertain to sales taxes, brand
names, retail prices, c clerks'
wages, or honest advertising?
The answers: 1. Between one
third and one-half. 2 No Caiho
lics. 3. From the British Isles.
4. More than 50 (56). 5. Mont
gomery Ward. 6. About 80 per
cent. 7. Retail prices.' .
. The common cold is never
fatal and rarely serious in itself,
but it may stimulate the onset
of a number of other dangerous
diseases.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Veterans Day
Tomorrow the nation will observe Veterans Day
for the first time,' November 11 having been desig
nated by Congress as a legal holiday to replace Arm
istice Day which had been observed since World War
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The men and women who served in the 1917 war
with Germany may witness the supplanting of their
particular day with some regret but all . will agree
that dedication of a day in recognition of the veter
ans of all wars is more appropriate. ' -;
IT WOULD be too much too expect thaalj those
who have served in the nation's armed forces
might join hands under one organization for. almost
every war has brought about the birth of its own vet
erans group or groups and these have carried on
under their separate flags until the inevitable march
of time erased the last name from their rosters.
The first organization of veterans of an American
army came into being back in 1783 while ' George
Washington's forces were still in the field. The Soc
iety of Cincinnati -was formed at Fishkill, on the
Hudson river,, with Washington as its first president.
No large . veterans' organizations were formed
after the,War of 1812, or the Mexican War. But the
war between the states, with its nuge armies, was
followed by the forming of powerful veterans' organ
izations. The Grand Army of the Republic, composed
of . veterans of the Union Army, reached its highest
membership in 1890 25 years after the dose of the
war. The United Confederate Veterans were likewise
strong throughout the southern states.
, ; There were not many veterans of . the Spanish
American, War, but they formed a strong organiza
tion which exists to this day.
FOLLOWING World War I, the American Legion
was organized in France in 1919 and in the years
before World War II the'Xegion membership Tose to
more than 1,250,000. Since World War II the Legion
membership- has grown still larger as younger veter
ans have joined. , . '
An older organization, formed in 1913, was called
the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
and this too has become powerful in number of mem
bers. : . . I :
Veterans of World War II founded some new or
ganizations solely for veterans of that war. These in
clude ' the American Veterans of World War II
(AMVETS), founded in 1944,; and the American
Veterans Committee, founded in 1946.: .
t Other veterans organizations include the Disabled
American Veterans formed in 1920 by those who suf-'
fered injuries in line of duty and devoted principally
ta the care and rehabilitation of veterans.; The or
ganization how has more than 1,100 chapters in forty
two state departments ,,. ; -"xz
-TTHE TOTAL of these separate groups together with
1 their auxiliaries represents a sizeable portion of
the nation's citizenship and it may be expected that
in the years to come Veterans Day will be given more
general emphasis than may seem to be the case' in
this first Observance of the
Off Street Parking ;
; The recent receipt of the Oregon State Highway
commission's report on its study of Medford's traffic
clears the way for consideration of the city's off -street
parking needs. This civic hot potato was put back in
the pantry quite a while back, to await completion of
the traffic study arid now that the latter has been de
livered to city officials, the time seems at hand for
study and action looking toward early solution. :
THE problem is sure to grow more vexatious unless
something is4 done because, as the engineers point
otit, the population increase in Medford arid, the sur
rounding area will bring more and more vehicles and
visitors into the business section. - ' t ;
Although each year will see more people Trying
to crowd into the city with,their cars, if the council
f ollows some of the engineers' recommendations they
will find even less curb parking available than now
for the experts f avor parking bans on some of the
more heavily traveled streets.
INURING the past two or three years a few alert
rf Medford people have tried to point but to citv of
ficials, merchants . and - property owners that unless
action is taken to provide off-street parking, down
town business is. sure; to; suffer and property values
will b'e adversely affected.. '
For the most part these .warningshave resembled
voices crying in the wilderness. But recently there has
been some effort on the part of a few individual bus
inessmen to set up parking space for their own pro
tection. These installations have been all to the good,
the only trouble is they are for the convenience of
patrons of the particular business places which main
tain them. The patrons of scores of other merchants,
professional men, etc., are no. better off in the way of
parking than they were before. - " ;
THERE has been some sentiment here against at
1 tempting to float a city bond issue to buy off-street
parking lots, , it being contended -that the big bond
buying concerns are too dictatorial and demanding in
their attitude toward such issues, and that meters in
stalled to raise the money to pay off the bonds must
collect at too high a rate.
White there may be some basis for the opposition
sentiment, it is interesting to" note that orocressive
cities in Calif ornia are voting for such outlays, Hay-1
waru, ior lnsiance, ; recenuy approving a $YoU,UUU
bond issue. E.C.F.
Wednesday, NoYomber 10, 1854
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In the Day's Hews "...
. By FRANK JENKINS
Up over the waters that nar
rowly divide American-occupied
Japan from : the Russian occu
pied islands to the' north of Ja
pan, : two Russian jet fighters
shoot down an ARMED Ameri
can photo-mapping plane.
The R u s s i a n MIGS were
sighted before they opened fire.
A me mb e r of the crew in
formed the 35-year-old Ameri
can air force captain command
ing the American : Superfort
that the Russians were making
a pass and that it was a FIRING
pass. ' '- - ,
An instant later,, the Rossians'
bullets tore into the Superfort's
Number; One; outboard engine.
AT TfflS point in the story,
let's quote" from' the dis
patches:- - - - - - -.
, Captain Feith" (the Superfort's
commander) told newsmen that
the air force has left it to ''the
aircraft commander's direction,"
as he put. it, whether . or not . to
open fire when attacked. :
He added: i". v.
"I decided for -the safety of
the crew we should leave." ' v
SO THEY Jhit 4the air in their
parachutes. Ten of the crew's
eleven . members, were- saved.
The eleventh was drowned.
JO THERE it is. Our
was armed It could
plane
have
fired back. Under his orders, the
decision was up to the Super
fort's commander. In the split
second that was his to make
the decision, we decided not to
shoot. , ,
Was he right?
. Or was he wrong?
BEFORE answering those ques
tions, let's consider a copy
righted story printed today by
the Washington Post and Times
Herald. .
The story says that President
Eisenhower, overruled the Joint
chiefs of staff in September in
a proposal xor American air at
tacks on the Chinese Commu
nist mainland. The joint chiefs
the story says, had approved
authorizing such attacks by a
vote of three to one with Army
Chief of Staff Ridgway casting
the lone NO vote.
The purpose of. the proposal
was to prevent the Reds from
landing on the little Nationalist-
held island of Quemoy Just off
the mainland coast which the
Reds had been shelling.
President Ei'senh ower,- the
Washington paper's story says,
VETOED THE, PROPOSAli at
an extraordinary meeting of the
National Security, Council in
Denver on Septv 12. ' N .
rjiHAT is to say:
In that split second that was
his in which to make the deci
sion to shoot or not to shoot,
young- Captain Feith made the
same . decision that was made
by his commander-in-chief, the
President of the United States,
back in September.
His decision was NOT TO
SHOOT. . . .
So; was Ike's, if the Washing
ton paper's story: is correct, r
I think both decisions were
wise. -; '.. yv- -'y'- - '
THERE ; are grave reasons of
military : strategy why we
should take offensive measures
to prevent a communist attack
on Formosa . and its surround
ing islands, y y " . ."
If Formosa IS -ATTACKED,
we'H have to get to war. to fight
off the attack. 1: think every
American is agreed as to that.
There . are grave reasons why
our planes, if attacked, should
fight back. If the Russians get
the idea that under no circum
stances wUl we fight, they'U ga
to war with us.t
I think no one doubts that. .
There are even graver reasons
why unless we are attacked in
such force as to leave no doubt
that WAR is :' intended we
shouldn't take , offensive steps
that will Involve us in shootng
war in Asia, which .would mean
shooting war all over the world.
fVHE reasons why we
i- SHOULDN'T, it seems to me,
clearly outweigh the reasons why
we should. "The years (perhaps
the generations) to come will
be ticklish years. . We must be
prepared to : fight at the drop
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India Prime
To Remain
Quiring Presidency
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
24 Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru is quitting as president of
India's dominant political party,
but he still will be a pretty busy
man. :.yr' 'A;i:'y .'y ''-. : '
- In addition to being Prenjier
of a nation of 357,000,000 people,
Nehru remains India's ' foreign
minister, de
fense minister
a n d' minister
for scientific
research. '
He also ' is
bidding for the
diplomatic
leadership ! of
a bloc of East
Asian coun
tries land he
dreams of a
Chmrlea Mccaan larger bloc Of
Asian and African countries. He
is making India's voice heard in
aU world affairs.
Inside India, he has. to keep a
wary eye on the small but active
Indian Communist party, which
has 27 members in Parliament.
At the moment, he is deciding
what to do about the" 700,000
head-bunting Naga tribesmen, in
the dense " forest over, by the
Burma frontier, who nave pro
claimed themselves ."the Peo
ple's Sovereign -Republic V .of
Nagaland."
It seems unlikely that, as he
approaches his 65th birthday
Sunday, Nehru WUl be able to
permit himself , more than 414 to
5 hours hours of sleep a day to
which he has limited himself for
years. . '
India's Dominant Figure .
Ever since India attained its
independence in 1947, Nehru has
been this country's one dominant
figure. -
He has made India, which at
first had dominion status, a
sovereign republic which recog
nizes Queen Elizabeth only as a
symbol of the unity of the Brit
ish Commonwealth of Nations.
He has been embroiled in dis
putes with India's neighbor Paki
stan, over the state of Jammu
and Kashmir, and with France
and Portugal " over the ' little
colonies they settled in the 16th
and. 17th centuries on the Indian
coast, ' - i '
Nehru also has been exceed
ingly free in his - criticism of
United States policies in south
east Asia and in the world gen
erally.
) At the moment, he seems to
get along better. with Mao Tse
Hung and Chou En-Lai, the Chi
nese Communist leaders.
. Nehru agrees with Mao and
Chou on the , - posssibility : of
"peaceful co-existance' between
the Communist and free world,
Net Pro-Communist; ; , y
tiut flienru is neither a pro-
Communist nor a fellow-traveler.
He is strickly an. Indian and an
Asian, determined to give : his
country its place in the world
and to make Asia a continent
ruled only by Asians.
He expressed his own politi-
Editorial Comment
Detention Homes r
Jackson County voted in favor
of establishing a Juvenile deten
tion home. This wUl make the
third in the state. Multnomah
and Lane each has one. Lane
made the -mistake of converting
a big old house into a juvenile
home which has proven very un
satisfactory. M a r 1 on County
voters- rejected a juvenile center
facility last May. Good deten
tion quarters are - provided in
the new courthouse; and some
use is made of the Multnomah
County home. If the idea spreads
counties might well give consid
eration to jointly operated or
supported " detention homes.
Oregon (Salem) Statesman.
of a hat, but we MUSTN'T
FIGHT, unless the provocation
is clear and unavoidable.
In- these' years to come, we
must speak softly but carry a
big stick. It isn't going to be
easy, but if we are to lead the
world away from its own de
struction in an atomic war that's
what we must do.
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cal philosphy in a speech in New
Delhi Tuesday.
"The picture I have in mind
is definitely and absolutely So
cialistic," he said.
Nehru explained that he did
not mean Socialism in its doc
trinaire sense.' What he believes
in, he said, is a society in which
the means of production would
be owned or controlled by the
people, for the - benefit "of all.
There still wUl be plenty of room
in such a society, he said, for pri
vate enterprise.;
"We must realize that the day
of the acquisitive element of so
ciety has not passed but is pass
ing," he said. .
Communications ,
Letter to tha Editor must beat
the nama and addren of tha writer
although under certain circum
stances the use of a pen name or
initial for publication is permis
sible. The Mail Tribune reserves
the right to edit all letters with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion. Xetters submitted for publica
tion must' not exceed 400 words. I
Hire the Handicapped -
To the Editor: The Presiden-
t i a 1 proclamation designating
Veterans' day to tmpplant the
day formerly observed as Armis
tice day, we believe, Is appro
priate. ' "7. '
Since World War ' I, the end
ing of which Armistice day has
commemorated for 35 years, we
have been engaged in another
World War, and following that,
American boys have been killed
and disabled in Korea. As the
years passed, Armistice took on
a Jarger meaning. When we bow
our heads and face &ast at 11
o'clock, we cannot help but think
also of those who died in these
later wars and police actions. t
Congress has made this change
from Armistice day to Veterans
day. at the urging of the veter
ans organizations wno xeit u
should no longer be designated
in recosnition of World War
only. but. as Memorial day to
the -war dead, Veterans day
should be in recognition of the
livlne veterans of all our na
tion's wars. y
Memorial day also started ojat
as a day of remembrance of the
war dead of Just the one war,
that between the states. But
with the passing of time this day
too was given greater signifi
cance because of the fallen of
wars after the Civil War.
So. we have a day for . the
dead, and. a day for the living of
our -wars. But among those who
returned still , alive, are . many
who left a part of their bodies,
an. arm, a leg, an . eye,, perhaps
both eyes, or other injuries
which caused a part : of their
well-being to be left behind
when they returned to civil life,
Our one purpose is the reha
bilitation and welfare - of these
disabled, ; who number nearly
four million, and-who now de
sire- a chance to reenter society
as self - supporting citizens,
through employment of the phy
sically handicapped. 7
' Proper job placement " will
bear out our contention that it
pays to hire the handicapped. ;
i Pat Graham, Presidept.
Veterans Allied council
Adj. & Service Officer
DAVNo. 8
Unifype Machine
Donated To OSC
; Corvallis j(U.R) The Oregon
State college journalism depart
ment today announced it had ac
quired an aged Unitype machine,
the only one of its type left in
Oregon. y y ; ; .
The Unitype, which cast type
letters in a line from a keyboard
in the days before development
of the Linotype, was given to
the college by the Amity Stand
ard, a weekly newspaper. Uni
type was used by Oregon news
papers in the early part of the
century., y -.yyT-yVr-'i:;-
The gift was made by Phil
Meeker, new owner of the
Standard, and by Mrs. Gertrude
Richter, widow of the late Hen
ry J. Richter who was editor of
the paper from 1917. to 1949.
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Hollywood (U.R) What has 1
happened to the telemeter?
The pay-as-you-look developers
insisted today
the difficulty
is "temporary"
and "subscrip
tion TV is
hotter than
ever."
!We expect
the Fe-deral
Co mmunica-
tions Commis
sion to hold
Aline Mas? hearings on
subscription TV. within the next
six to nine months. We are defi
nitely moving ahead " reported
Paul MacNamara, . an executive
of the International Telemeter
Corp. y yyy'y-yV: .
.."I just returned from Wash
ington and things look good," he
said.
: Reports that ' Telemeter had
fizzled in Palm Springs, he went
on, were "not true." He said Tel
emeter closed for the summer in
the desert resort town because
many of the. residents moved
away - during the mid-summer
heat. - .
Paramount Film
, Paramount Studio, which has
money invested in the Telemeter
operation, was the only film
factory to all Telemeter to use
its films for the Palm Springs
experiment. , r -
. Recently a group of theaters
announced a battle to the death
against subscription TV. .
"Towards the end of last sea
son the trend was toward using
old pictures and that wasn't
much more than what's on free
television," MacNamara .said. .
"But we hope to resume Tele
meter by the first of the year,
We're developing a new coin
box now that will make
change." y
A year ago the Telemeter
firm took the Hollywood press
to Palm Springs to watch- the
opening of the first subscription
TV with, much ballyho and op
timism.. At that tune the . pro
moters predicted an early vic
tory -for the system. They also
planned to install subscription
TV,, without waiting for FCC
approval, s in "closed circuit"
areas that-, don't come under
government! jurisdiction.
Plans Dropped
But today MacNamara , said
plans to start Telemeter in the
Burbank-Glendale area were
dropped because of technical dif
ficulties. No further installations
are in the works.
A Telemeter worker in Palm
Springs said the company aver
aged $6 to $10 a month per cus
tomer, with 210 units 'operating.
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By AUNE MOSBY
United Praia CorraspeaJaat
"We think tha government
will listen now because many?
small TV stations will testify
they can't keep going with only
advertisers as support," Mac ;
Namara said. "Also, the minor
league baseball clubs are. ask
ing for some sort of relief, and r
subscription TV is the answer."
; Greyhound lines' new Seen!-,;
cruiser bus, which company of
ficials say. will go into: use in.
this area, in the near future,;
was displayed to the public, here ,
yesterday afternoon.
j Features of the . ntyr busses
include a raised observation, -,
deck, picture windows, perfect
ed air conditioning, and - wash'
room facilities with running wa
ter:'. ' '-y:----y y -yv
They have been on display in
Portland, Salem, Eugene, Al
bany, Ashland, and other small
er towns, as well as in Medford.
The bus was on display nere in
front of the United States Na
tional bank biding at Central
ave. and Main st.
The first few of the busses to.
be delivered are already in op
eration in various parts ox tne -country;
and it is expected that
they will be in use on express
runs in the Pacific northwest
by the first of the year. -y' i
Mary Miles, one oi inose u.
charge of displaying ine dus
here, said comment on the new
. - 1 knnn tfA-V
scenicruisers u .
favorable" everywhere nas
been shown.
Th nvpraee nulling power of
a locomotive today is about 25
per cent greater than a was w
years . ago.
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