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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedforbTribuni "Everybody in Souttiern Oregon Read The Mall Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 87-28 North Fir St. Phone 2-8141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN. Telegraph Editot RICHARD JEWET1. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER- Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of Aiarcn a, ios SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Per copy 10c. Dailv 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 12S 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 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance 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-HOLLTOAY COMPANY, INC Offices in New York, Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle, Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta Vancouver B.C. . NEWSPAPEI PUBLISH!! ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dee. 7, 1944 (It was Thursday) Mrs. Lillian Salade in charge of arrangements for Jackson county Red Cross Pearl Harbor day open house at courthouse and Junior Red Cross headquar ters in Holly theater building. Fromv Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot' column: Careless ness with firearms in the nation is on the increase: Quick trigger boys are shooting . at random, missing random, and. hitting neighbors,- fat steers, and other animate objects. ' 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 7. 1934 . (It was Friday) - r ; Jackson county receives check for $34,587 as its share of fed cral receipts from O&C lands. Mrs. Wiir Brown reports that Eagle Point is the most . pros perous town in Jackson county. 30 YEARS AGO Dec 7, 1934 ' (It was Sunday) Douglas county to limit load carried by trucks; similar plan receives study in Jackson coun- ty. : 'Largest number of exhibits in history entered in annual winter fair at Ashland. ' 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 7. 1914 Second successful- caesarean operation in history of southern Oregon performed by," Central Pomt doctor in private hospital at Central Point. From the Local and Personal column: Twenty-three -r Medford citizens were arrested Sunday night for violation of the city ordinance pertaining to lighting of automobiles. All appeared be fore Police Judge Gay this morn ing and were fined $1 each. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Cepr. 19S4. Editorial Research Report 1. U.S. housewives : will pay less for food next year than this, or about the same, or more, says the head of the Grocery Manu facturers? 2. Senators do or don't get extra pay for attending the special session on censuring Sen. McCarthy? 3. One air route now -being used regularly between the U.S. and Europe passes through the Arctic Circle; right or wrong? 4. Iceland (Eire) is or isn't a member of U.N.? 5. Stephen A; Mitchell, form er Democratic national chair man, is or isn't a Protestant? 6. Eliza in Uncle Tom's Cabin fled on the ice across the Missis sippi, Swanee, Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas or Potomac river? 7. Oboes are exclamations in Shakespeare, words found in the Psalms, musical instruments, electrical parts, or tramps? The Answers: 1. More. 2. Don't; they're paid on an annual basis. 3. Right. 4. Isn't. 5. Isn't. 6. The Ohio. 7. Musical instru ments. , COWBOY FILES SUIT Fort Worth, Tex. (U.R) T. E. Mahaney, a Texas cowboy, is suing the Columbia- Casualty Co. for $10,000 for injuries he received last spring when a cow he was helping to brand butted him in the stomach, .-. . NATION A if EOlTOilAL MAIL TRIBUNE Its a Tough Spot As a new year approaches the great danger of war lies in the Far East not in Europe. And this danger is acute even though neither Sov iet Russia or China may want war. Certainly the U.S.A. doesn't. But a false step on either side might bring it. "1X7HAT will the present administration do, for ex- ample, if the Reds take over all of Indo China, as they appear prepared . to do. And what will it do if China takes over Quemoy or the Tachen Islands? There is, as we see it, nothing that can be done but (1) either, meekly accept these new aggressions or (2) go to war. Who wants to go to war for Indo China or Que moy for that matter?. ' , - Or for the imprisoned Senator Knowland wants to get tough with China on the ground that a naval blockade would free the American prisoners and not bring on anbther World War. Wouldn't it? How does he KNOW? ' There was a time when China could be bluffed, but with Russia behind herand about 10,000,000 men in the two countries under arms we fear that time has passed.. At least Uncle Sam he isn't prepared to finish ... x rN the other hand to meekly, submit to indignities and humiliations at the month after month, isn't to the UN has been made. Any drastic action would And without drastic action IT is a tough spot for the A Fortunately that rare tary leader who hates war at the same time takes his leader and chief executive great seriousness in order the White House. If peace, as well as national self respect CAN be preserved m the year ahead we feel he will do it. Out To Those who listen if any to a Mutual radio f ea ture known as "State of the Nation" won't be surpris ed to learn it is backed by would like to see Joe McCarthy m the White House. At least that is the report of one of Washington's 1 T T i 1 i leading newspaper correspondents, ana aiter listen ing to the broadcast we have no reason to doubt the truth of the statement. THE sponsors claim to be interested only in giving the American people the facts, so they may act and vote wisely. But it is rare indeed when those facts don t add up to. another ponent of brass-knuckle political warfare from Wis consin. There is never any real factions, moreover. There is merely conversation which is either pro-McCarthy or anti-Eisenhower, or both. I AST Sunday night there were only two speakers. 1-1 They both agreed McCarthy was- a great patriot and a great man, one of them went so far as to favor a Third Party to be led by wing ot tne could not be eliminated. The only objection the other presented was that McCarthy would have to broaden his program and not spend all his time and ammunition , on Red hunting, if such a venture were to succeed nationally. . -.. .... llE predict (it wont be long now before Senator TT Knowland is a guest on this broadcast, or has some willing stooge to represent him. .The California Senator's last minute switch to the McCarthy clique on the censure motion was the tip-off. He wants Mc Carthy with him in that Republican convention 18 months hence. . THE marvel continues to be, as so often pointed out in this column, that President Eisenhower should tolerate as his party leader in the Senate a man who is so frequently openly opposing him on vital issues, with an obvious eye. on the GOP nomination in 1956, for himself. THE only explanation we have heard is that while President Eisenhower would like to get "Bill" out, he hasn't the votes to do so. That is not easy to believe with a leader as popu in his party and throughout the country as the President.-- .' --:'H'-:-M Yet, that is the only one presented to date, that makes much sense. For.it is hard to believe that President Eisenhower would not have as his own, and his party representative, in the Upper House, some one who agrees with his policies, especially regarding foreign affairs, instead of disagreeing with them all the time if he could GET such a person. It all adds up we fear, to rough going ahead for the 34th President of the United States unless there should be a sudden and' unexpected change ; in the political situation within .the Republican party and an end to what amounts to a serious and bitter inner party feud. R.W.R. - , Central Labor Council Reelects Two Officers Portland -(U.R) The Central Labor council here last night unanimously reelected BUI Way and Gust Anderson as president and secretary r treasurer, respec tively. It is Anderson's i32nd term.. . Tuesday, December 7. 1954 American airmen in China? ' better not start anything if it. hands of the Chinese Reds pleasant either. An appeal But what can the UN do be vetoed by Soviet Russia. . . . Eisenhower administration. combination a trained mill because he knows it, and responsibilities as a civil of the United States with to maintain peace, occupies . Get "Ike 99 a Texas oil tycoon, who boost for the leading ex debate between opposing "Joe," if the Eisenhower .Way, a delegate, from local 72 of the Boilermakers' union, is completing his . first term 'as council president. Anderson has served without interruption since 1923. ..,.. , : SUGGESTED BIBLE READING The American Bible So ciety, the Medford Ministerial Association and the Medford Council of Church Women are cooperating in sponsoring daily Bible reading in the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The suggested scripture reading for today is: Isaiah 55. On The Side By E. V. Durling Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) All deep feeling purifies the heart Am I not better in. my love for you? At least I am less selfish, I would live My life to buy you happiness. LETITIA LANDON. What is this country's record for a person having lived long est in the same house? Would it surprise you to know this rec ord is probably held by a na tive of New Tfork City," whose residents have the reputation of being the Nation's most restless householders given to habitually moving from one apartment to another every spring? Anyway James R. Voorhees a well known New Yorker was born at 786 Greenwich street, in , the Bor ough of Manhattan, and lived there all his life. Mr. Voorhees died in 1932 at the age of 101. Yes, sir, he lived in the same house for 101 years and enjoy ed good health for over a cen tury. Popularity Irish whisky once enjoyed a greater popularity in the world's markets than Scotch whiskey. Then an Irishman named Coffey went to Scotland and taught the Scotch how to improve their blending. That was around 1877. Soon after, Scotch whisky be came more popular among the world's drinkers than the Irish product. Nevertheless, the Irish distillers still believe their whis key is superior to that of the Scotch distillers and have just launched a world wide cam paign to try to prove it. r Pasting By Louie Mayer, film production genius. His first stars were Fran cis X 1 Bushman and Beverly Payne in a serial titled "The Master Mind." If you remember that film you are a cinch to get into the Young Old Timers. Lat er in his career Louie developed considerable discernment in the matter of judging starring ma terial. He is credited with , the discovery of Greer Garsoh, Gre ta Garbo and Hedy Lamarr . . . Hildegarde Sell, cabaret enter tainer known as "The Incompar able Hildegarde." She is origin ally from New Holstein, Wis., where her papa ran a delicates sen shop. ' . Walking ' ' The average baby starts ; to walk at the age of fifteen months so says an expert on the subject on infant rearing. I don't know how old I was when I started to walk. However, I recall when I was' 6 years old another lad of the same age and I walked from East 117th Street and Pleasant avenue in New York City to Bloomingdale's department store at Fifty-ninth street and Third avenue and back, a distance of about six miles. We made the trip to Bloomingdale's to lee Santa Claus. Beginnings In addition to being the birth place of the "two pants suit" idea Chicago is also where the cafeteria and horse racing chart originated. Los Angeles had the first "walk upstairs and save ten dollars clothing establish ment. The combination of the frankfurter and the hot roU bet ter known as "the hot dog" started in St. Louis The ice cream cone is also a St. Louis invention. The soda fountain and pie a la mode originated in Bos ton. Sidelights . Of Honore De Balzac's famous Fifteen Rules For Marriage," Rule Seven was: "The more one criticizes, the less one loves." . .'.'Ever hear of 67,000 people attending an indoor church ser vice? It has happened often at St. Peter's in Rome which is the largest cathedral in the world and at which 60,000 persons can attend services at the - same time. ; Larry, Sally Mongold Receive State Honors A brother and sister team from the Eagle Point area gained first and second places, respec tively, in the junior jersey pro duction contest in Oregon this year, according to the county ex tension off ice. Larry Mongold won first with the cow World Record . Pinn Glory which produced 13.263.3 pounds 'of milk and 787.41 pounds of butterfat during 305 days. -: ; Sally; Rae Moneold's LaPine Standard 'Vickey produced 9, 773 pounds of milk and 556 pounds of butterfat during "the same period. " '.....". The state awards were eiven Saturday at Salem. Matter of Fact THE BOOM Washington Ways and means of damping down the current stock market boom are being seriously dis cussed in high a d ministra tion circle. For the boom in stock prices is, oddly enough, a major ad ministra tion worry in what otherwise looks like a Stewart AIxop r e ason ably rosy economic situation. - Two methods of slowing down the boom - are being talked about. One is to raise margin re quirements the proportion of his own money the purchaser of a stock must put up from the current 50 'per cent to 60 or 70 per cent. This measure would have, and would be meant to have, a largely psychological ef fect. It would be the govern ment's way of raising a discreet warning sign. j ' The other method is to raise interest rates and to return at Keast part way to the '"hard money" policy, which Secretary of the Treasury George Hum phrey adopted early in the Ad ministration, and then rather hastily abandoned. "The danger here is that, instead of merely slowing down the boom, this kind of action itself might start really bad trouble. The once-burned Treasury is, apparently, nerv ously aware of this danger. ; rPHE PRESIDENT'S Council of Economic Advisers, on the other hand, is nervously aware of the danger that the stock boom might reaUy get out of hand, with unnecessarily dis astrous consequences. There is an obvious parallel here with the argument which went on in the spring and summer Of 1929, be tween Andrew Mellon's Treasury department, which favored a hands-off policy toward the stock boom, and the Federal Reserve board, which favored damping down action. But this sinister parallel, it must hastily be said, a misleading in almost every way. . - - '.; There are, according to the government's economic experts, all sorts of differences between the current stock boom and ""the" 1929 boom of evil memory. But the biggest difference is this. In 1929, stock prices were zoom ing up while aU sorts of signs more and more clearly indicated that the economy was reaching a dangerous corner. This time,, all sorts of signs indicate that the economy has passed. the danger ous corner. UNEMPLOYMENT is well . down the number of unem- Letters 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 right to edit aU letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted or publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Those Float Pictures To the Editor: After reading last Sunday's Mail Tribune and seeing the nice Christmas float pictures I am very disappointed mat tnere was no picture of the Medford Letter Carriers Auxil iary float which won first prize for the adult Biblical theme. I realize that every float en tered in a parade cannot pos sibly be photographed, but J feel the Letter. Carriers' Auxil- iary was very much slighted, as there were photos taken of sev eral second and third prize win ners. This is the first year the Let ter Carriers' Auxiliary .has en tered a Christmas parade and nesitated to do so as our or ganization is small and felt the expense would be too much. But through the encouragement - of Mr. Reeder of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce we decided to participate and were very sur prisea ana pleased, to win a first prize award. We also ap preciated the generosity ' of our postmaster, Moore Hamilton, for having the new mail trucks in the parade. -'.. - . usually, urst prize wmners have put a lot of time and. ex pense on. their floats and it seems only fair that they should be recognized. If I am not mis taken, I think there are one or two other prize winners also not pictured in Sunday's paper. I am not writing this to blame anyone or ; any - person in par ticular, as I -feel it is just an oversight and not a deliberate intention. After all, we all make mistakes that we are unaware of. The main :'. thing is to try and change them. Mrs. , Evelyn . Williams, President, s ' Medford Letter Carriers Auxiliary, i (Editor's note: Pictures of Wednesday's' Christmas parade were not intended as a news coverage of winners the list of winning floats was published previously but merely as a page of interesting pictures rep resenting the event' as a whole. To photograph first-place win ners only would have been vir tually - impossible as : pictures must be taken as the parade assembles or passes a g iven point, and judging was not com plete until after the parade dis banded.) - - -- --- ? i By Stewart Atsep ployed should be reduced by at least a half million by Christ mas. The indications are that production, which has been steadily rising, , will reach ; a point just a shade below the all time high of 1953 by the end of this year. Inventories are down, and in general the nation is be ginning again to consume more than it produces it is seeking to live off its accumulated fat. Perhaps most important, invest ment contracts are way up, in sharp contrast to 1929. The forecasts of . the chief presidential economists notably Arthur Burns, chairman of the Economic Advisors, and Gabriel Hauge, Special Presidential As sistant have thus been triumph antly; vindicated. Early last spring some viewers-with-alarm were predicting really serious trouble and proposing drastic measures to head it off. Burn and Hauge both took the posi tion that drastic measures should .be used , if necessary but that the economy was likely to right itself by autumn, without emerg ency action. This is just what has haoened. .. A - one claims, of course, that tiiei-e is nothing to worry about any more. There are soft spots in the economy. The President's economists will breathe . a lot easier if the new automobile models sell as well as the manu facturers hope. The prospect of real labor trouble next spring this Administration's first serious labor trouble is dis quieting. :- " "DUT THE . stock market boom , is the' biggest worry. The; boom reflects a confidence in the economic future "which, the President's advisers believe,- is basically justified. The danger is that confidence might turn into overconfidence and, stock prices might then begin to get really out of hand. Then, at some point, a collapse of the market would become inevitable. -And this alone could quite probably reverse the hopeful trend which has now set in. Hence, the anxi ous discussions about some way of damping down the' market. The President himself is tak ing an active part in these dis cussions. He reviews tne . eco nomic scene at least twice week ly once when Dr. Burns briefs the Cabinet on the economic pic ture, and once in a regular week-, ly conference with Burns. '. . The President, , according to those who have sat in on such discussions, is surprisingly knowledgeable on economic mat ters. He has, moreover, none of the instinctive aversion to the word "planning" which some of the business men in his Admin-, istration share. And the Presi dent is determined to use the whole power of the government, come ; what,, may," to ; prevent or reverse any really serious down turn. - This Presidential ' determina tion is, surely, as good a reason for confidence in the economic future as any other. v ' Copyright. 1954, New York Herald Tribune Inc. Haymes' Ex-Wife Asks Final Divorce Decree Hollywood U.PJ Nora Ed dington today sought her final divorce decree from crooner Dick Haymes, now married to actress Rita Hayworth, claiming sne was tired of waiting for alimony owed her by Haymes. Miss Eddihgton, also the for mer wife of actor Errol Flynn, petitioned yesterday - for the final decree to the interlocutory decree she obtained in Septem ber, 1953. She had refused to pick un the final decree for more than two months, charging Haymes had not paid the $100 weekly . ali mony as ordered by the court except for the first payment. tier attorney said she grew tired of waiting for the pay ments. ; , t' ' . . Klamath Indian Innocent of Slaying Klamath : Falls U.R) A Cir cuit Court Jury last night return ed a, verdict of innocent in the first degree murder trial of Leon Gail. Pearson, ; 29-year-old Klam ath reservation Indian charged with the Aug. 7 shotgun slaying of Gene Ericks, 29, ; Klamath Falls. The "verdict was announced shortly before 11 a.m., after one hour and seven minutes of de liberation. Circuit Judge '' Ralph Holman; Oregon City,1 presided. Pearson had claimed self- defense. : The shooting followed an argument over fishing rights. -where TOYS are a . business, not a sideline Vv-Y- THE TOY HOUSE ; 28 South Bartlett rjpl3 National Emergency Proclaimed as Crisis Returns To Honduras - By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst ' Little Honduras, , whose poli tics, are hotter than its climate, is back in a state of crisis. Acting Presi dent Julio Lo zano y Lozano has taken over control of the government as a temporary dictator and has proclaimed a state of na tional emer gency. ! : Troops and cnartes Mccaan police are pa trolling the streets .of Teguci galpa, the mountain capital whose history dates back to 1578. . It is a tangled situation which Editorial Comment Rather Clear" Why GOP 8 Got Licked In Oregon In the sports world, they have a special niche for the baseball player whose failure to touch second ' base : cost his team the "Woild's Seryus.". In football, there are two . or three guys whose names never. die out of the sports pages because they ran the wrong, way -and made the touchdown k for the other fellows. . -. In politix, we nominate Ore gon's Republican National Com mitteeman Jess Gard for "blue- ribbon bonehead" honors at least for the year 1954, because of his abortive move to get the U. S. Senate to order a recount of. the Neuberger-Cordon con test WITHOUT finding out if Cordon or anybody" else wanted a xecount." - - . - ; - (Some folks -think Jess ought toihave all-American honors for all. time, ' but at the rate the GOP. has been producing boners we- would; hesitate to suggest more than local r honors for an Oregon man. After all, he's hardly in the - class with Cali fornia's Knowland.) Ed Boehnke". has our- sincere admiration - f or the good'i common-sense he showed:. in.t this embarrassing situation. His prompt and dignified disavowal of this silly, move of Gard's commands respect and shows that there is still a little gump tion left in the GOP. Cordon also kept his head. - i This crazy episode throws con siderable light on what's wrong In : the Republican Party in. Ore gon.? All through the campaign there were intimations of fac tionalism and of cliques which sought to "help Cordon" in their own way.- Gard says he made this move of his "as an individ ual" and ''because of pressures." Whose pressures? What sslf anointed and self-appointed group jockeyed Jess into this scheme? .- J ',':'' '':" " Nope, we shan't try to guess the answer. That's for the sur vivors of the GOP to dope out And the" GOP in Oregon had better move . fast in the direc tion of . new leadership and in telligent party disciplines, be cause this. Democratic . upsurge isn't just an accident. Eugene Register-Guard. A '. T- : Adne Lovely Nylon GOWN : ' .' and - MATCHING ROBE Pink Blue and White : Lace or Rosebud Trim Wednesday Christmas Special $898.$.1498 A 1 i 214 EAST MAIN may take some time, and pos sibly some violence, to untangle. Back in 1932 Gen. Tiburico Cartas Andino, Nationalist lead er, was elected president. He ruled Honduras for 16 years un til 1948. He was a dictator, but he reduced the internal and for eign public debts, . accumulated gold reserves and improved the country. Incidentally, Cartas was Hon duras' 120th president since. the country's liberation from Spain in 1821. Cartas slowed up the turnover rate , by twice setting aside the , constitutional bar against the ; reelection ' of : a president. ' Steps Aside for Protege ' In 1948, Cartas stepped aside in favor of his protege, Dr. Juan Manuel Galvez. Galvez ' was elected with Lozano as his vice presidential running mate. Cartas did not like the way Galvez ran things and the two men became estranged. The Na tionalist party split into factions. The ; Galvez faction wanted him to run again, setting aside" the reelection ban as Cartas had done. He refused. As the result there were three candidates in the presidential election held on Oct. 10. Dr. Ramon Villeda Morales, a physician without . administra tive experience, ran on the Lib eral ticket. Dr. Enrique OrtiZi a dentist who was graduated from Loyola university, New Orleans, was his running mate. ' Gen. Abraham1 Williams Cal derone, a graduate of Rensse laer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N.Y., who served as vice president under Cartas before 1948, was nominated on the Na tional Reformist party ticket. , This party was composed of dis sident Nationalists of the Galvez wing. . ., -.; : . : : Tried Comeback . . Cartas, now 78 years old, tried a comeback as the candidate of the official Nationalist party, r In the Oct. 10 election Villeda polled ; 121,213 votes to 77,726 for Cartas and 52,042 for Wil liams. ' v": . ' - - -; But under, the constitution, a president must receive , an abso lute majority, and Villeda misl ed it by 9,554 votes. . Hence. under, the constitution it was up to Congress to do the electing. . ;J T .-'--;'- President Galvez got a one month leave of absence, pleadr ing illness, on Nov. 15 and went to Panama,, and then to Miami, Fla., where he is right now. Congress, was supposed'to meet Sunday to elect the new president Nationalists and Re formists refused to attend. There was no quorum.: Lozana became acting president at midnight Sunday and the crisis was on. Nobel Prize Winner Arrives in Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden" (U.PJ The 1954 Nobel chemistry prize winner Prof. Linus Pauling, Pas adena, Calif., arrived today ;. aboard a Scandinavian Airlines Polar flight. . He will receive his prize next . Friday. k - ' nnes Especially For Her . . . nnes PHONE 2-7169 t it -1
