Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 26, 1954, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MecfordwTribuki "Everybody ts Southern Oregon Read The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 17-29 North Fir St Phone 2-CU1 ROBERT W. BUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor -ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editoi RICHARD JEWET1. SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER- Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act of Marcn j. mi "" SUBSCRIPTION RATES By MaU In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year 12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos, 3.50 Daily and Sunday One month 1.23 Sunday Only One year 3.50 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday One month 123 Carrier and Dealers 5c pet copy Ail lema wain m v Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson Connty United Press Full Leased Wire, MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC oinces in new ion, uuapi, troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. (nATIONAiT EDITpllAL ASlbCtATydN j r NtVYSFAM rUBUIMIRS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune . 10, 20, 30 -and. 40 years ago. - ;r 10 YEARS AGO - ., , -::.T. Nov. 26. 1944 Eddie Simmons of Medford has score of 238 at end of 27 holes of play in Portland Open golf tournament at Portland. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: It's getting along toward the time of the year when the smarter Older Girls, in the midst of Christmas knittine and what have you. stoo tuddenly to wonder where they are going to get a 1945 calendar. SO YEARS AGO . -Nov. 26, 1934 Winners at Medford . Gun club's annual Thanksgiving, tur key shoot include T. E. Daniels, Everett Eads, John Perl, Roy Elliott, Dan .Shuss, and R. M. Marti. .. . Roland Beach, assistant Med ford postmaster, confined to his home with illness. - 80 YEARS AGO Nov. 26. 1924 (It was .Wednesday) United States government urges annexation of Diamond lake into Crater Lake National park. Rosina and Francis Gallatin, Talent, state bread baking cham pions, attend National Boys and Girls council meeting at Oregon Agricultural college. , , . 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 26. 1914 (It was Thursday) v Ralph Bardwell,. director of the Medford Drama league, re ports "The esprit de corps of the organization is boiling. From the Local and Personal column: Village cut ups,who for several weeks have been tam pering with autos left standing in front of the Page theater, re sumed operations again last Eight, stealing several battery keys. Auto owners are advised by the police that it is a good policy to keep this important adjunct to their cars in their pockets. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of iha 7?) Copr. 1954. Editorial Research Report 1. Every state has outstanding gome debt backed by its full faith and credit; right or wrong? ; 2. The U. S. Supreme Court contains more Democrats than Republicans now, or more Re publicans than Democrats? ; 3. There are 50, 10tf, 150, 250 or 500 Psalms in the Bible? s 4. In half a dozen Western States more than half the land area is owned by the federal government; right or wrong?,. 5. Impeachment charges are voted by the Senate, the House, both Senate and House, or the Supreme Court? 6. The Maginot defense line of World War II, which proved no defense at all, was in Finland, China, Korea, France, Hawaii, Or the Philippines? ' : ' 7. The phrase "Of the people, for the people, by the people" comes from the Declaration of Independence, Constitu tion, Washington's Farewell Address, or Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad dress? . .. - -: The Answers: 1. Wrong, seven do not (Colo., Fla.. Ida., , Ky.. Neb., Wis.); 2. More Democrats; 3. ISO; 4. Right; 5. The House; 6. France; 7. Gettysburg Ad dress. - - : -r r --r A Growing Region Since mid-1945 the California .Oregon Power company which provides electricity for southern Ore gon and a portion of northern California, has spent some $94,000,000 in expanding its facilities. Yester day the company announced it will spend $10,000,000 in the coming year. IX7HAT the local utility has been doing in the way " of growth and expansion is part and parcel of the startling transition witnessed in the Pacific north west in the past decade and a half. Agriculture, lumber, fishing and mining drew the first generations of settlers and largely underwrote the economy of our region and while these industries are still vital, especially the first two mentioned, the rapid buildup of population has brought new markets for manufacturers of consumer goods and new and highly diversified payrolls. TTHE Pacific northwest got its greatest boom im- petus with the outbreak of World War II. With the war there came metalworking industries, bomber building by Boeing boosted the payroll at Seattle and nearby Renton plants into activity, countless small plants expanded and the huge Hanf ord atomic -energy plant came into being. Expansion of aluminum reduction plants since the war enables Washington and Oregon to produce around 35 per cent of the nation's primary aluminum. Even more important, from the point of payrolls, has been the recent introduction of aluminum fabrica tion as represented by Alcoa's rod, bar and wire mill at Vancouver: expansion of Kaiser's rolling mill out side Spokane, and the spawning of dozens of smaller aluminum fabricating plants that turn out a variety of finished products ranging from irrigation pipe to kitchen cabinets. There has been immense growth in the chemical and electro-process industries. New plants include those producing phosphorus in Idaho, sulfuric acid at Tacbma, Wash., and Kellogg, Idaho; hydrogen peroxide and abrasives at Vancouver; vanilin at Se attle; ferroalloys at Portland, Tacoma, Spokane and Wenatchee, and expansion of chlorine and caustic at Portland and Tacoma. The $28,000,000 ferronickel smelter which goes into production soon at Riddle, Ore., is another seg ment in this type of industrial growth of the area. Employment in the big timber industry has grown rapidly in recent years, primarily because of increased production of diversified products such as plywood, hardboard, wood fibers, and the raw lumber. IN Medford it was generally believed that with the TITO Y lUWg VI Hit W CLL C4.11U. our population and business would decline to some thing-like the pre-war situation. Much to everybody's amazement there was no kept right on increasing and with it business in gen eral. " ' ' . What has been witnessed here has been more or less true throughout the Pacific northwest and the end is not in sight. Many of the big corporations, such as the California Oregon Power company, ap parently expect the transition to continue and they are expanding to meet the demand. E.C.F. Bypassed Salem Unhappy r The small towns lalong which have been' bypassed provements and rerouting a big brother to share their est city in the state, is finding that as a result of the opening of the newly constructed 99E bypass east of the city a substantial portion of the tourist business is wheeling right past. Proprietors of several score of business places which cater to tourists have estimated that as much as $250,000 annual income tratlic trend is indicative the future. . PURPOSE of the bypass five miles south of Salem and about two miles north, was to take through traffic away from the downtown congested zones and residential areas. Ap- li. 1 1 1A. i t' parenuy it is accumpnsmng mat purpose, according to a 24-hour traftic count The "count showed a tinued north into Salem and 1,900 continued south northern junction. Using northbound cars and 1,357 southbound. j. It is figured. that the bypass will attract even more traffic when work is completed on the northern end. - . ' ' . ; MOTEL operators on the southern approach ' to ATA Salem figure the bypass is costing them an aver age of two rentals a night. A survey of 12 motels indi cated they were short a total of 24 rentals, averaging $5 each nightly since opening of the bypass, as com pared with a similar period last year. AH motel op erators along 99E between the north and south ends of the bypass report business off appreciably and sometimes drastically. ; v Service station operators along the through-the-city routes are having the same experience and eat ing places, especially those catering to truckers, re port substantial to slight drops in business. Business men affected by the change in traffic flow believe part of their woe stems from the fact that road signs at the southern junction point give the im pression that the bypass is the principal route and that the old route is just the way through Salem to Dallas, a nearby town. . -.. j -tr' -. . Adding to the Salem men's unhappiriess is the re port that some of their lost business is going to Eu gene. E.C.F, - I Friday. Norembtr 26, 1354 to 45,000. Shipyards sprang pulp, rather than merely 4"Vr, rtl fmnmr W7Z4-r HI; LlUOllig Ul JXILIJ (f 1111C decline, instead population Highway 99 in. Oregon as a result of road im in recent years, now have woe. Salem, second larg may be lost if the present of what may be expected in ; , route, which begins some made recently. total of 1,500 vehicles con from the ; southern junction, into the city from the the bypass were 1,730 hAdttGr Of FflCf" The Radiological Hazard: II Washington It is now. pos sible to "build a hydrogen bomb so monstrously powerful ; that it will pass "the limit of b 1 o w - o u t." Such a bomb, if it is ever built, will be the true ulti mate weapon a weapon so powerful that no more powerful wea oon can be Joseph Alsop built. For the limit of blow-out is that point beyond which any in crease in the power of the bomb is dissipated in the upper atmosphere. Beyond this point, because of air resistance to lat eral blast, there is no increase whatsoever in lateral destruc tion. The physicists estimate the limit of blow-out at around 50 megatons, meaning a bomb with about 25,000 times the power of the bomb that destroy ed Hiroshima. There is now, ' in the inner circles of the government, con tinuing and anxious debate about whether the "jupe r super," as the bomb capable of passing the limit of blow out is known, ought to be built. and test ed. For the plain fact is that no one can be really certain what Stewart Alsop such a terrible weapon might do President Eisenhower has said that the scientists respon sible were "surprised and aston ished" by the results of the great bomb tested at Eniwetok last spring. The scientists were surprised and astonished above all by the radiological side-effect of that bomb. Since that experi ence, they are cautious. They fear that the "super-super,1 with several times the power of the Eniwetok bomb, might have unpredictably far-reaching ra diological side-effects, perhaps endangering life in parts of this country as well as other coun tries, like Japan This is the simple reason why the wisdom of testing the super- super is being so anxiously de bated. But the debate is not, for obvious and logical reasons, lim ited to the super-super. l?OR If the' explosion of one A hydrogen bomb half a world away might endanger this coun try, how about the explosion of 500 such bombs or 5,000, all within a short space of time? This is what the strategy of "massive retaliation" involves May we not, therefore, be plac ing too much reliance on a wea pon with a suicidal backlash, a weapon which, used in quantity, might destroy ourselves as well as the enemy? The seriousness with which this matter of the radiological hazard is being taken may be simply illustrated. In high level discussions, genuine concern has been expressed that the Soviets, without going to war, might ex plode large numbers of the type of hydrogen bomb in series, along the Siberian coast. The prevailing winds, which are from west to east, would then carry the noxious radio active by-products characteristic of these bombs over the United States. This may seem fanciful. But it is pointed out that these same prevailing winds gave the allies a decisive advantage when the Germans introduced poison gas in the first world war. There is obviously nothing properly secret about this radio-logical hazard the Rus sians, after all, were the first to explode the new type of bomb. Moreover, at least twice since the Eniwetok" tests, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill has more than hinted that hydrogen bombs may never be used in war, since an "undue number"- would have "very seri ous effects" on the whole world. Dr. Edgar Adrian, a British Nobel Prize winner, recently said that "a long war between powers weU armed with bombs would certainly produce an orde of radio-active contamination which would involve us all, vic tors as well as vanquished." This, he added, might "end the human race." There have been other such statements,, from equally quali fied sources. But the official pol icy here is still .to put the radio logical hazard under classifica tion wraps or else . to imply blandly,. as.: Atomic Energy Chairman Lewis L. Strauss has done, that it does not ' exist. ONE result pf this secrecy pol icy can be seen in the civil defense problem. Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson has been one of a minority of offic ials urging a policy of telling the American people what is al ready known to the Russians. The reason is obvious. Unless the basic facts of radio-active fall out are officially acknowledged, Civil Defense cannot even begin to make sense. . The fact is that the noxious radiological side-effects of . the new type of hydrogen . bomb have transformed the very na ture of the weapon, and in so doing have transformed our own strategic situation. The phenomenon of local fall-out, for example, makes the bomb in ef fect an instrument of chemical warfare. . Its other ' radio-logical , Br Jouph and SteW Abop side-effects unless Churchill and others of almost equal au thority are talking through their hats may transform it from an instrument of offense to an in strument of race suicide. This obviously raises the ques tion which Churchill has al ready raised whether this wea pon, which the American people have been taught to regard as a central element in American power, can in fact be used in war by any nation. Indeed, as will be shown in a final report on this unpleas ant subject, the terrible nature of the weapon has already begun deeply to effect the thinking of President Eisenhower and the policy of the United States. But in this democracy, any . policy must have the -support of the people. And the people are not apt to give much support to a policy if the facts on which it is based, and which are well known to the Soviets, are hid den from. them. (Copyright 1954, New York Herald Tribune. Inc.) Babson . . . By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. (Special To Mail Tribune) In my re lease of last July, I was quite bullish on the national crop out look. Final results, which now are just about all tallied, largely con- firm my earl ier optimism. Although the 1954 total volume of all crop produc tion will not chalk up a new xocer w. juDiea . record, it will stiU be relatively large. Despite a series of hurricanes, severe drought in some areas, sizable shifts, in land use and government controls, most of the miscellaneous crops are above the 1943-1952 average. Includ ed in this group are oats, bar ley, rye, flaxseed, rice, sorghum grain, cotton, all hay, dry edible beans, dry field peas, soybeans tobacco, sugar cane, and sugar beets. Cotton a major crop is also above average. -Below-average crops, however, include such major crops as corn, wheat, peanuts, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, and hops. ; The outlook for fruits Is, for the most part, favorable. , How ever, 5 1 expect below-average crops of grapes and commercial apples. Supplies of the delect able cranberry wiU be sufficient to meet holiday, as well as win ter needs.- A whopping early and mid-season outturn of citrus fruit is indicated. The pear crop should be about average size. Pecans are likely to be in short supply in the year ahead. In the case of almonds, filberts, and walnuts, I expect above-average crops.1 - -Prices Forecast ; The indicated corn outturn of 2,938,713,000 bushels is down 7.5 per cent from 1953 and 4 per cent below average. This crop may well f aU short of prob able consumption in 1954-1955. However, the Oct. 1 carryover of 918,200,000 bushels (largely in the hands of CCC) was a record high. Thus, total supplies should suffice, but the carry over next Oct. 1 will be re duced. I forecast higher average corn prices as the season works along. This is also true of apple prices. U. S. farmers really "went to town" on soybeans. The indi cated record outturn of 337,990, 000 bushels will by no means prove burdensome, in view of the excellent "outlook for " do mestic consumption and exports. Many farmers are holding their new-crop beans for higher prices, which, in my opinion, appears to be a smart move." In any event, they can put their beans into : the government loan if prices should declinel ' : More Than Enough " V ' Cotton for Requirements'? - .. There will be much' more than errough U. S, cotton-to service total 1954-1955 - requirements. The indicated crop of 13,206, 000 bales is, alone,. sufficient for probable season's needs, not to mention the big carryover last Aug. 1 of around 9,700,000 bales largely in government hands. Cotton obviously is ' in -trouble, but Uncle Sam no doubt will continue to bail it out by means of the loan and hopped-up ex ports. I have, confidence in the cotton raisers. .They are ;high grade people who will work out a fair long-term solution' ' T Unfavorable . growing condi tions cut the rice, yield in Cali fornia and important produc ing state. However, the four southern producing' states Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and' Texas turned in a fine performance. The total U. S. crop of 58,534,000 bags of rice, of 100 pounds each,' is still a record high. Even so, supplies should not prove burdensome, and I forecast prices are likely to average somewhat, higher over the longer term.' There is no question ' In my mind that the Democratic lead ers in Congress will go to bat vigorously for :the fanner la"1 Editorial Comment Mercy Air Service Medford has something to boast of in its Mercy Flights, Inc. This organization, in ex istence for five years, recent ly carried patient No. 300 to a hospital. The corporation is non-profit, and its service has been maintained as a result of voluntary effort and sacri fice. It has had four airplanes in alL two now operable. The planes are fitted for ambu lance service for its errands of mercy are to pick up ill or in jured in remote places and convey them promptly to where- they may get skilled treatment. According to The MailTrib une this is the only air ambu lance service of a number in the country, which is not in business to make money. Says the M-T , it "exists, only to serve the sick and injured" and is operated '"by a few dedicated souls whose only re ward is the feeling of satis faction they get by knowing they are performing a vital and important service to fel low human beings." The enterprise is well enti tled to the name of "Mercy Flights." . -- .; - Oregon (Salem) Statesman Agriculture 1955-1956. For one thing, they probably will try to restore 90 per cent supports, as compared with the present sliding-scale of 81 Vt per cent to 90 per cent. The fight on this program, I pre dict,, will be stiff. They may make a play also for a larger cotton acreage than the present permitted acreage of 18,100,000. In any event, the farmers should not suffer next year. Farm prices certainly are in no immediate danger of collapsing. In fact, farm income in 1955 should be off only moderately from that of this year. 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Los Angeles Under Heavy Fog Blanket; Many Auto Mishaps ' Los Angeles (U.R) A dense fog blanketed the Southern Cali fornia . coast today causing an estimated 1300 traffic accidents in the Los Angeles area and bad ly hampering auto, sea and air traffic. - Adding to the discomfort of Los Angeles residents was smog which hit the city suddenly Wed nesday afternoon after a week of summer-like temperatures and clear skies. The weather bureau said the fog would persist in coastal areas from Santa Barbara to San Diego, a distance of about 220 miles, today, tonight end to morrow morning. Air Traffic Curtailed Most of the traffic' accidents were minor, but two fatalities and 130 injuries were reported. Los Angeles International Air port was closed in most of the time, although "some" takeoffs and "very few landings" were being permitted, the. airport said. ; . : .-. : .-, . . 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