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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago. r
10 YEARS AGO
Dee. 10, 1944
(It was Sunday)
C. C Clemons, Medford, .elect
ed president of Oregon Horticul
tural society, and Medford
chosen as site of 1945 conven
tion. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot columns Every fog
has its day, and the first one of
4he season here has had about a
week.
I
20 YEARS AGO
Dae. 10. 1934
(It was Monday)
George ' Porter takes high
honors at Medford Gun club trap
shoot; Bill Bates, T. E.-Daniels
and Dr. Low tied for second
dace.
C. G. Smith, acting superin
tendent of Medford schools, re
port hopes dim for postseason
football game between Medford
High school and McKinley High
school of Honolulu.
' 30 YEARS AGO .
Dae. 101924
(It was Wednesday) - - .
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Palm, Med
ford, leave San Francisco on
start of round-the-world trip.
N. H. Franklin, Medford, pres
ident of Jackson County Sunday
School association, calls for
countywide meeting of ministers
and Sunday school officials.'
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 10. 1914
(It was Thursday
George Putnam and R. L.
Ewing represent local sportsmen
organizations at convention of
State League of Sportsmen's
clubs.
From the Local and Personal
column: The authorities were
notified today of the theft of
chickens from 10 hen houses in
the southern part of the city.
The work is laid at the door of
hungry tramps. A couple of cases
of wanderers entering restaur
ants, eating substantial meals,
and then refusing to pay for
same, have been reported to the
police.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1954. Editorial Research Report
L More or fewer than 100
Commuryst leaders have so far
been convicted under the Smith
act of conspiring to overthrow
the Government by force?
2. Mfost areas "depressed"
from industrial shutdowns are
in the East and Eastern Middle
West, or in the South, or west
of the Mississippi?
3. Sen. Knowland, G.O.P.
leader of Senate, wants us to
break relations with Russia now,
or if it continues ' its present
policies, or if it becomes even
more anti-U. S.?
4. Tht Navy names its cruis
ers for states, cities, naval
heroes, fish, or qualities of char
acter? 5. Republicans will remain
chairmen of Senate and House
committees until after the 1956
election fcr President; right or
wrong?
6. The last great power to rec
oganize the U.S. after its war
of independence from England
was England, France, Prussia,
Russia or Spain?
7. John Calvin, the great Prot
estant reformer, was a. French-
or Swiss?
The lnw(R- 1. SHahtlv few.
er than 100 so far. 2. In the East
arid Eastern Middle West. 3.
Now. 4. For cities. 5. Wrong,
they'll be replaced by Demo
crats in January. 6. Russia. ?.
Frenchman. , .. . .
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Worthwhile Effort '
Young people, like most growing things, do much
better if cultivated and given proper attention. If
they are to grow up to be good citizens, men and
women of character; and with understanding of the
necessity for effort," and if they are to have know-how
and skills, they must have the help and guidance of
older persons. Most of tfiese highly desirable qual
ities can be acquired through home training, if the
home is what it should be, and some are gained
through the schools. But there is additional training
and example available for the youngsters and thous
ands of them are benefiting by this opportutiny of
fered by the 4-H in Oregon and elsewhere.
MEMBERSHIP in the 4-H jumped more than six
. per cent in this state in the current year with a
total of 26,120 boys and girls enrolled compared with
24,526 in 1953. : 'V:;-
There was a considerable gain in the number of
projects during the year and the number of clubs also
went up from 3238 to 3402.
The greatest gain was in clothing projects which
are proving increasingly popular with the girls. In
cluding knitting, the clothing numbers were 7787 in
1953 and 8896 this year. The number interested in
knitting alone came .close to doubling itself, going
from 531 members to 978. t
Junior leadership percentage gains were outstand
ing. In this project, which is designed to develop
leadership ability in the 4-H club members, only 53
were enrolled last year and it was available in only
a few counties. Expanded through the year, it at
tracted 452 more than 8y2 times as many as in 1953;
A few of the boys showed interest in some of the
skills most commonly thought of as of interest only
to the feminine gender 1508 of them enrolled in
home economics, 559 went in for breakfast prepara
tion projects and camp cookery, 122 signed up for
luncheon preparation, 140 enrolled for bachelor sew
ing, and 33 took knitting. , '
On the other hand, an even larger number of girls
signed up for projects concerning the handling of
livestock, a total of 2314. Of these many have shown
outstanding ability.
THERE must have been
AASV M TT 1 1
r nearly zuu 4-i leaaers ana junior leaaers wno
received service pins or certificates at the annual
leaders' banquet Tuesday night at the Gold Hill
Grange hall. The recipients were those who are de
voting a portion of their time to teaching and train
ing young people in the 4-H projects. Some have
given years to the work.
For all of the leaders the many accomplishments
of their boys and girls serve as a heart-warming re
ward for services rendered. -E.C.F.
Coast Economy Growing Fast
While it is realized that the Pacific coast states
Washington, Oregon and California are experienc
ing considerable economic growth, a recent survey
of life insurance company investments in the region
serves to emphasize just how vast and rapid the ex
pansion really is. - ' -
I IFE insurance companies, which nave huge sums
of money that must be kept at work are allocating
an increasing share of their. capital funds to, invest
ments in the coast states.
during and since the war the life, companies' stake
in the area is now larger in relation to aggregate
policy reserves back of contracts in force in these
states, than in most sections of the country.
At the start of this year, the companies had $7,
215,788,000 invested in somewhat of a cross section
of the economy in the three states. This was an in
crease of seven per cent, over the previous year and
was two and one-third times the total invested in
this region at the close of World War II. "
At the start Of the. current year life insurance
companies had $2,388,048,000 invested in the secur
ities of business and industry of the region. This
was three and one-half times the corresponding in
vestment in 1945 and five times such holdings in
1938. -
lfORTGAGE financing extended to Pacific region
property owners by the life companies had risen
to $3,251,689,000 at the start of this year, over seven
times such financing outstanding 'at the end of World
War II. This was an increase of $322,717,000 dur
ing 1953 and was $2,800,000,000 more than at the
start of 1946.
.
TTHE most important thing about all this money
pouring in is that it helps to create more jobs to
take care of our growing population. As the funds
aid in establishment of new industries -and business
enterprises and enlargement of those already set up
nearly everyone benefits one way or another. .
According to a United States Chamber of Com
merce check made some time ago, for every 100 new
industrial jobs provided, retail sales in the immediate
area may. be expected to rise approximately $36Q,r
000, personal income $590,000, and bank ' deposits
$270,000.
An increase of 100 industrial workers may be
counted on to mean around 174 new jobs in other
lines of work, 112 more households and a population
increase of 296 new purchasers of all manner of
goods and services. E.C.F. j 1
NO CONFIDENCE '
Albany, N. Y.OJ.PJ Candi
dates sometimes fail to vote for
themselves. A canvass by the
Albany. County . .Board - cf . Elec
tions disclosed that no. votes for
Republican committeemen were
cast either in . the 13th or the
18th wards.
Friday, Dcmbr 10, 1954
a special thrill . for the
" 1 J1 1
As a result of investments
COSTLY FILL-UP
Portland, Me. (U.R) Mrs.
Marion Neff backed into the
gasoline station pump and then
attempted to pull away - not
realizing the hose Was caught
in her bumper The pump top
pled, 'and broken wires started
a fire that did $350 damage.
Support of Demand
To Free 11 Americans
Heads News for Week
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
The week's good and bad news
on the international balance
sheet:
THE GOOD
- I. Nations outside the Iron
Curtain came strongly to the
side of the United States in its
demand ; that the Chinese
Communists free 11 American
airmen imprisoned on fake spy
charges. Under a United Nations
resolution sponsored by 16
Allied countries which fought in
Korea, Secretary General : Dag
Hammarskjold will seek contact
with the Peiping government in
the " name of the U.N. British
Delegate Anthony Nutting told
the'General' Assembly: "These
airmen are not just members of
the American Air Force.; They
are soldiers of the world organi
zation. . Their lives, their free
dom, their future, their safety is
the responsibility of each and
every one of us. They went forth
to uphold our" cause. We jnust
uphold theirs." Despite the ex
plosive issues which still divide
East and West,, President Eisen
hower said at a press conference
that the free world's fears of a
global war are less than they
were four years ago when he be
came Allied supreme comman
der in Europe.
2. French authorities had high
hope that; the serious outbreak
by nationalist terrorists in Tu
nisia was nearing its end. Near
ly all of 2,500 fellagha outlaws
surrendered after a peace offer.
A home rule program for Tuni
sia is in prospect.
3. West Berliners dealt a
knockout blow to the Commu
nists in an election for a city
parliament. The Reds got 2.7
per cent of the vote not enough
to give them a single seat. In a
comparable election in 1946 they
polled 13.7 per cent of the vote.
THE BAD
1. Premier Yoshida resigned
as the result of a months-long
Japanese political crisis. He was
succeeded by Ichiro Hatoyama;
an ultra-nationalist. Hatoyama is
expected to continue close co
operation with the United States.
However, lie favors increased
trade with Red China and So
Babson . . Montgomery Ward
New York City (Special to
Mail Tribune Without doubt
S. L. Avery is cranky at times,
as is every
reader of, this
column wh eln
reaching 80
years of. age
;He, however,
:is doing a won
derful job with
Montgomery
Ward. I cannot
imagine how
Brr w. Babsaa. any sensible
stockholder can give his proxy
to anyone else. ; ;
The company has close to 600
stores and is one of. the great
merchandisers ; of America. In
these days I prefer merchandise
stocks to any others. They are
not dependent like a manufac
turer on only a few products
or habits. They are fairly free
from . labor troubles and losses
from changing styles. They also
give investors an- important di
versification of locations with
stores in every state. Further
more in case of World War III
Montgomery Ward offers pro
tection against bombing.
In addition to this, the com
pany is a bank crammed fuU of
cash, bonds, and notes and ac
counts receivable of nearly $500,
000,000. In fact, I. know of no
company in the world like it.
Under Avery's management it
should be safer than any bank.
All other "banks" report, as de
posits, only the money belonging
to others. These depositors could
draw out their money and close
the bank at any time. Their de
posits really are debts which the
bank" owes. Not so with Mont
gomery Ward. As a stockholder
in this company you are the de
positor and own the cash.
Readers Advised To '
Keep Nest-Egg of Cash
Today the Dow-Jones Indus
trial Average is higher than at
its peak in 1929. Yet," the divi
dends on these stocks minus
the Federal taxes which the
average investor must pay are
less than in 1929. I'm not now
forecasting any immediate crash;
in fact, most of my friends here
in New York are bullish as
they were in December, 1928.
But I surely do advise readers
I : 2 3 1 EAST SI XTH ST. ' -
I MUTTON .. -BEEF.. , VEAl SLICED
ROAST STEAK ROAST BACON
viet Russia. Further. Hatovama
Jtiad to promise the Socialists,'
wno supported, him, that he
would call a general parliamen
tary election. The election may
leave the situation even more
confused than it is now. !
- 2. The. new state of southern
Viet Nam in Indochina was
threatened by a .civil , war be
tween supporters, and opponents
of Premier Ngo . Dinh Diem,
whom the. United States favors.
A battalion of troops loyal . to
Ngo rebelled against the army
command. - Most of the army
favors Gen. Nguyen Van Hinh,
whom Ngo ousted.
- 3.The Chinese "Communists
started talking .tougher. Chinese
Red Premier and Foreign Minis
ter Chou. En-Lai denounced the
new United States-Nationalist
China defense treaty as a "grave,
warlike provocation." Chou said
that unless the United States
withdraws all its armed forces
from Formosa, the Nationalist
stronghold, and the area adja
cent to it, it will have to bear
"all the grave consequences."
The Peiping Radio said further
that the Reds have no intention
of freeing the American airmen
they imprisoned as spies."
Paris Agreement
OKd by Committee
Paris U.R) The Foreign Af
fairs committee of the French
National Assembly approved the
Paris agreements rearming Ger
many by the margin of a single
vote today.
The vote on the Western Euro
pean Union was 16 to 15 with
11 abstentions.
At the same time the commit
tee approved the modified Bonn
agreements restoring German
sovereignty by a vote of 24 to 15
with three abstentions.
The committee approved the
agreement on the Saar by a vote
of 24 to 6 with 12 abstentions.
The votes represented a first
victory ' in Premier ' Pierre Men-
des-France s fight to get Assenv
bly approval .of the Western Eu
ropean Unions and German re'
armament by Christmas.
of this column' to keep a good
nest-egg of cash just in case the
unexpected should happen. Don't
be like the Five Foolish Virgins
of Bible days. See Matt. 25:1-13
Readers however answer
my warnings by saying: ' ."But I
need the income. My bank will
pay 'me only from 1 to 3
I need more than this to live on."
Then what is my answer? 'iBuy
Montgomery Ward. So long as
S. L. Avery is in control vou set
a good dividend on your, money
and yet have it practically in
cash, or inventory, or valuable
land. Furthermore, . if inflation
comes and the value of the dollar
declines, the value of the inven
tory and land should increase
So, whatever haDDens boom
bust, or a continuance of present
business I believe Monteomerv
Ward is your best investment
and protection."
Parkless Shoppers - - -
Turn To Mail Orders
In addition to the 580 or more
stores and the cash to which I
have above referred, Montgom
ery Ward has . one . of the two
best cash mail order-businesses
in the .world, amounting to about
$350,000,000 annually. When you
see automobiles with stickers:
"No Parking No Shopping," or
"Less .Shopping Less Local
Jobs," it does not necessarily
mean that the shoppers curtail
their buying. In most cases they
resort to mail orders again. Mail
order buying however hurts
your local merchants.
Mail orders will continue on
the increase due to the cussed
inconvenience to shoppers of
finding a parking place and the
brutal manner in which- city au
thorities are treating shoppers
who are dependent UDon cars.
It is reasonable to make ."all-
day" or "half-day" parkers go
to a public garage or . narking
lot and pay a fee. But the pres
ent system of using parking
meters is driving shoppers away
or causing them to co home with
fewer purchases. Any merchants
whose Christmas. business falls
below last year's can blame it
on their city government. Fail
ure on the part, of city authori
ties to . Drovide sufficient -fre
parking space is the chief cause
of business failures today. , -
Is That So?
By Eugane Burnt
Ranger-Naturalist
1 A quiz it . iz! Twelve right
makes you an expert; nine is ex
cellent; seven is good. Questions
are based on earlier columns.
1. Which of.: these animals
may live a century: man, par
rot, owl, vulture, eagle, ele
phant, tortoise? - .
2. What do these words-have
in common: sounder, pod, gag
gle? . ; ." : .- .
3. Give the male, female and
young names of these: peafowl,
rabbit, seal.
4. True or false: Several mi
grating birds, notably the swal
lows of Capistrano, arrive at
their destination at the same
date, year after year."
5. Which of these statements
is true: A; The Alaska fur-bearing
seal can bolt down alive up
to one third its weight. Bi. Males
may be eight times as heavy as
females. C. The mother's butter-
fat ratio is about 12 times that
aim
of a domesticated cow. D. The
female has two wombs, con
ceiving in the rested one, shortly
after giving birth. E. It may
nurse its young once in three
days.
6. True or false: Small ani
mals such as mice, rats, squir
rels, rabbits and birds average
a life of less than six months.
7. In -which continent is the
rattlesnake found: North Amer
ica? South American? .Eurasia?
Africa? Australia?.
8. A cubic mile of ccean
contains approximately 2-, 10-,
or 90, million dollars worth of
gold. , , . . , ':. ..
9. Which of these mammals
once roamed North America
Sloths, mastodons, camels, horse,
saber-toothed tiger? , .
10. -About how many insects
have been classified: 100,000,
250,000, 500,000 or 650,000?
11. The world's human popu;
lation totals today:. One and one-
half 2-, m, or 3 biUion? ?
True or False y
12. Which , of these state
ments is true: The male sea
horse has an . abdominal . pouch
in which the female deposits her
eggs and he hatches them. The
male sea-catfish hatches the fe
male's, eggs in his mouth. The
male Siamese ' f igRting fish
builds a bubble nest atop -the
water in which he guards the
female's eggs.
13. If you drive a nail into
a tree trunk 5 feet from the
ground when it is a sapling; it
wiU move . upward steadily as
the tree grows. Right or wrong?
14. Some birds lay - many
eggs, some few. Pair up the bird
with the number of eggs it cus
tomarily lays: Hummingbird,
robin, hornbill, quail 1, 2, 4,
and 14 eggs.
ANSWERS:
1. Infrequently, any one of
these may live to be 100 years
or more. -2.
These are groups of ani
mals: A sounder of pigs; a pod
of whales, a gaggle of geese. "
3. Peafowl peacock, pea
hen, peachick; rabbit buck,
pup. ; '-:.. . ' .
4. False. "Occasionally,- ; the
dates may" coincide. " But the
dates are fairly close together,
5. All true. "
6. True -The average life
span is amazingly short. Of
course, each qne is capable of
living much longer.
7. The rattlesnake is found
in North and South South Amer
ica only. . : .
8. A cubic mile of ocean cott
tains slightly over $90,'000,000
worth of gold.
9. All of these animals once
roamed North America.
10. About 650,000 insects
have been classified. There are
thousands more. !
11. The world's human pop
ulation is about 2.5 billion, r v'
12: Again, all of these fish
statements are true.
13. The nail wUl remain at
the same height. A true grows
from the top.
14. The hornbill lays one
egg; the hummingbird, two, the
robin, four, the quail 14. Some
In The Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
Japan's pro-American premier
Shigeru Yoshida, along with all
his cabinet, resigns in the face of
extreme pressure from both the
right and the left (in political
parlance, right means conserva
tive, left means radical.)
Apparently a middle of the
road policy hasn't been popular
in Japan.
B
UT-
Yoshida's successor, Ichiro
Hatoyama, is expected to try an
even more tricky middle of the
road maneuver. He favors diplo
matic relations and increased
trade with Russia and Red China
within a framework of friend
ship with the West, : 1
' He wants no change in Japan's
close military ties with the
United States. But he wants
TRADE with Communist Asia,
which has always been Japan's
big' customer.
One would say offhand that
he'll be good if he gets away
with it. - - ; , -:
H
OW COME all this?
Well, when Japan waded into
war (at Pearl Harbor) she went
out all-or-nothing , for Asia. As
so often happens to a high-stakes
gambler, she lost all.
She ? lost the : war and she
LOST HER MARKETS.
A T FIRST, it wasn't so bad.
Under wise and able General
MacArthur, we were a friendly
conqueror. We WPA'd Japan, in
a. big way in the early years of
the occupation. Thanks to our
aid, the occupation situation
wasn't too rugged.
Came then Korea. Japan lived
high up on the bog on the war
boom resulting from the supply
and maintenance of our troops
during the. Korean war. While
that lasted, everything was eco
nomically rosy in the land of the
Mikado. But with the end of the
Korean war there came the in
evitable return to an economy of
peace.
The return to peace is hurting.
117E KNOW something about
" that. It was 'reflected in the
voting at our recent election.
of these birds hatch more than
one brood a year.
(Copyright, 1954.
by Eugene Burns)
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TWIN TROUBLE -
Providence, R, I.-UU.PJ Pa
trolman Raymond F. Bagley
tried for more than a year to
bring John Harrison to court on
a speeding charge. But Harri
son's .twin brother kept getting
in the way. The patrolman never
could be sure he was contacting
the right twin. Then he won.
Harrison's twin brother joined
the armed forces.
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News
Everybody loves a boom.
Nobody loves the return from
boom to normal. - : r
The Japs don't like it any
better than anybody else. .
BEING HUMAN and having
had democracy forced on4
them by the Americans they.
follow the democratic way and
take it out on the government. " ?,
They've just taken their dis
contents out on old Yoshida.
JJESIDES
We must remember
The Japs have suffered a
calamity which we being prac
tically self-sufficient can not
fully understand. Japan, like
Britain, must LIVE BY TRADE.
In their tiny and mountainous
islands . less than 50 per cent
largein area than the state of
Oregon and with a population of
more than ".SEVENTY, ; MIL
LIONS they can produce only
a microscopic share of their
needs. - ; - . , ;
The rest they must get by im
porting raw materials and ex
porting finished products.
rjtHAT IS TO say, by trade
When they lost their natural
markets in Asia, they lost every
thing. F WE'RE to keep the Japanese
alive and KEEP THEIR
FRIENDSHIP, it looks like we
have three choices: - , :
1. Let them TRADE WITH
US which so r far we havl
shown no disposition to do.
2. Let them trade with all of
Asia they can, including Red
China, and hope they'll still keep
their friendship with us.
3. Go on WPA'ing them.
M
AYBE there's another choice:
TURN 'EM LOOSE.
Let 'em go on their own.
In that event, they'll probably
wind up in the bosom of Commu
nism which has . TRADE to
offer to them. Trade, to the Jap;
anese, is life itself.
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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: V.
Matthew 7.
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