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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 17, 1944
( It was Sunday)
Max Henne, Medford manag
er for United Air lines, discusses
Alaska at meeting of Medford
Lions club.
From Arthur Ferry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: More
fancy horses are being imported
into the valley who can trace
their ancestors back to Arabia,
Old Mexico, Tennessee, Ken
tucky and Little Butte creek. If
this keeps up, oats will get to
be a problem like gasoline.
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 17, 1934
(It was Monday) -
Attorney Joe F. Fliegel re
signs as member, of Medford city
planning commission.
Screen Star Irene Dunne pays
brief visit to Mr. and Mrs.; Hom
er Pellet of Medford.
30 YEARS AGO . .
Dec 17, 1924
Sheriff-elect Ralph G. Jen
nings announces he will retain
three members of the present
staff.
Rogue River reported "full of
ice cakes" at Grants Pass.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 17, 1914
Dr. J. W. Kerr, president of
Oregon Agricultural college, de
clares that Jackson county is
an ideal spot in which to raise
sugar beets.
'. From the Local and Personal
Column: A "silver freeze" was
experienced in the valley last
night after a light snowfall of
the .previous afternoon, frost
covering telephone wire, win
dows and other objects. The
mercury dropped to 13.5 above
yesterday, the coldest of the sea
son, the previous low being 17
above. The sun is shining
brightly today, and the snow is
melting slowly in a cold .nippy
air. It is possible this year will
be a white Christmas. The
pavements were a glare of ice.
and horses wore chains.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 19S4. Editorial Research Report
1. The new agreements on' re
arming Germany have so far
been ratified by both France
and Germany, or neither, or Ger
many and not France, .or France
and not Germany? ;
2. A majority in an election is
the same as a plurality; right or
wrong?
,3. The Confederate States of
America had its first capital in
Alabama, Georgia, South Caro
lina, Texas or Virginia? - -;4.
The 48 states together col
lect much more from taxes on
liquor or from their auto li
censes?
5. The first U.S. talking movie
starred .Douglas Fairbanks,
Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pfckford,
Al Jolson, Theda Bara or Eddie
Cantor?
6. In a standard deck of play
ing cards there is a moustache
en all four kings, three, two,
onlv one. or none?
- 7. A Monegasque is a native
of which small European coun
try? :
-. The answers: By neither so
far. 2. Wrong; majority is more
than half, plurality is only more
oies than anybody else got. 3.
'Alabama (Montgomery). 4. From
aulo licenses. 5. Al Jolson. 6.
One (king of hearts). 7. Monaco,
Smog Relief Proposed
After two years of experimenting a retired min
ing engineer., down in California believes he has a
solution for the smog problem which has bothered the
Los Angeles area so much in recent years. If hisplan
proves of any actual value in Los Angeles, it might
have possibilities which could be applied in this part
of the Rogue valley. '. . r . ; ;;; ;
W. H. Casteel, who learned how to clear the dead
air out of mines while working as a ventilation expert,
got to thinking that the method-which works below;
the ground would work above it. Proceeding on that
line of reasoning he has submitted plans to Governor
Knight's smog study committee which call for instal
lation of a system of 200-foot high aluminum towers
and jet tubes. V ,
ENGINEER Casteel believes ihe Martian-like appar
atus could cause the smog-filled air to move and
eventually break up just as the same principle
moves bad air in a mine and replaces it with uncon
taminated air. . . -
The units, several hundred of them, electrically
controlled from a central point, would be spotted at
strategic locations throughout the Los Angeles basin.
Laboratory tests have shown that such a system
would work, according to Casteel.
.. e
TF IT were to prove of value in shoving the mixture
A of fog and smoke out of Los Angeles it might be
assumed that a similar installation would be able to
waft the fog out of our little basin between the Table
rocks and Ashland.
Unfortunately, however, we will probably never
know whether CasteeFs smog dispersal plan would
work here, even if it is installed and does the business
for-Lbs Angeles, because $6,000,000 to $10,000,000
would be required to finance the project. E.C.F.
Too Many Ring Deaths
Boxing is responsible for a .certain number of
deaths each year. It is a strenuous sport and its haz
ards are known and accepted by most of those who
go into the ring but the growing number of young
men suffering death through brain injuries leads one
to wonder why safeguards cannot be adoptecl which
would eliminate or at least reduce that particular dan
ger. ' . " '
Only last week a Klamath Falls fighter died soon
after receiving blows which caused a cerebral hemorr
hage and a night later a boxer in Boston succumbed
alter undergoing an operation to remove a blood clot
from his brain. There may have been other fatalities
in the nation but ; at least these two were noted in
newspaper stories in the one week.
A GROUP, of., Swedish, physicians who recently
made a thorough investigation of the risk of brain
injuries in boxing reached the conclusion that there is
definite danger, especially for the young and less
skilled. . 1 ' - . ..' ;; ', - .. ;
The doctors based their conclusion on examina
tion of. 75 young Swedish amateur boxers after 102
matches, which they watched from ; ringside. ;
Examined after the bouts, fourteen of the am
ateurs showed symptoms similar to those after light
brain concussions. The doctors found minor symp
toms of brain disturbances in nine other cases.
The examinations were- made with the aid of
sensitive instruments which record the electric cur
rents in the brain. :.' -
TX7HLLE knockout victims may not show any im
V mediate ill effects it is a well known fact that
the cumulative effect of battering about the head is
the mental fogginess often noted in ring veterans
who are referred to as "punchy." 4. ..
Padded headgear which protects the eyes and
ears and also absorbs some of the force of blows
landing on the head is often used by fighters in train
ing. Those interested-in boxing might do well tb
consider use of such a protective device in all match
es, both amateur and professional. E.C.F.
; Plan Eugene Civic Center f
In Eugene where, some time back, the residents
turned down a bond issue to provide off-street park
ing, an even more ambitious civic project has-been
proposed. Apparently "backed by county officials, the
city planning commission, the chamber of commerce
and the junior chamber of commerce, the program
includes a multi-block county-civic center in down
town Eugene with buildings to house the : library,
county offices; state and federal buildings, cify build
ings, a railroad station, an auditorium and cultural
area, and parking space. :v - 3
The over-all plan which' was put forth after a
year's study has been received with considerable in
terest in the university, city because of the general
realization that both the Lane county courthouse and
the city hall have long since been outgrown and must
be replaced in the not far distant future. E.C.F. "
Xeger W. Babara
Editorial Comment
Salem's Growth
Salem apparently isn't busting
its bootstraps so much as it is
being hemmed in by them, mean
ing its official boundaries. That
fact became somewhat annoying
ly yet truly apparent when the
official census for 1950 showed
a within-city population from
5,000 to 10,000 short of expected
figures. Now, a supplementary
census shows a growth of less
than half the estimated 4,000
people since the last county
.Water and telephone connec
tions, postal deliveries and other
criteria do not seem very accur
ate bases for . population esti
mates these days. With families
averaging fewer people than
formerly, with a, marked trend
to home-building and home-owning,
and with an even more ap
parent, trend to rural- livins.1 in-
city estimates of total population
seldom are accurate. . v-- ljf.
The new figures, however, are
not indicative of the general sit
uation." Anyone who can count
would have no trouble ascertain
ing the number of new homes
springing up all around the cap-
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. (Special
to'Mail Tribune) During 1936
1938 the Moderator of the Na
tional Council
of Congrega
t i o n a 1 and
Christ i a n
Churches
made a revo
lutionary sug
g e s t i o n for
raising money.
He combined
religious and
. business ap
peal. His words then fell on bar
ron soil . The leaders of the
great church denominations
called -his suggestions "sacrile
gious." He had preceded them
with two books published, by
the Macmillan Company en
titled ' "Enduring Investments"
and "Religion and Business." .
If you will turn lo page 7 of
TIME MAGAZINE for October
11, 195.4, you can read a: most
remarkable advertisement of a
Church Money-Raising Organi
zation. I don't ' know anyone
connected ' ; with ; this group.
Hence, this column is not to help
its business in any way. The. ad
vertisement, however, . shows
that a spiritual .revolution . is
simmering.
Every reader must know of
the universal habit of the mem
bers of certain churches to give
one-tenth of their, income to
their church. The members of
most churches, however, are in
plain English stingy. They try
to get by with giving as little
money as possible to the Lord's
work. Too many will not "give
until personally asked. This re
quires organized campaigns and
personal calls. Then, when so
licited, they give as little as pos
sible and still retain their social
standing. -Church
Canvasser ...
No Longer Begs .
This attitude is changing in a
marvelous manner. It makes me
hopeful for the years ahead be
cause, fundamentally, business
prosperity is dependent on our
spiritual growth. The modern
church canvasser no longer begs.
He now merely says: "Statistics
show 'that your family, your
business, and your community
Will prosper in accordance with
what you and others give. I am
asking, you to subscribe rto an
enduring investment. The more
you invest therein the more
you will get out."
This new concept is not based
upon "how much the church
needs," but upon the fact, that
you and I need to give more in
order to offset our sins and de
velop spiritual power. It links
up personal prayer with a giv
ing campaign and makes giving
a form of prayer, mediation, and
worship. The Catholic Church
has long preached this; but most
Protestant Churches are just
awakening. The reaction is not
"How much will I give to -the
deserving, but what will I give
in order that . I, myself, may
live?" The giver is taught to un
derstand that the moire he gives
in proportion to his income, the
better off spiritually he himself
will be. .
Same Principle Applies
To Your Business and Jobs
I, however, am interested in
this Revolution in Fund Rais
ing for a far greater reason.
These ."New Look" Giving Cam
paigns are led by successful
businessmen who start off with
large personal gifts, more than
they . have . ever given before.
They give principally for their
own spiritual growth and not
just to help a needy cause. But
does it occur to them to apply
the same principles to their own
business? TJ" :
I believe some physicians and
other - professional ; men have
this -desire to give every day of
the weekj Also, - some insurance
and other salesmen pray about
their work. But how many
manufacturers or . merchants
make "their business a part of
their spiritual worship? How
many church members, holding
jobs in factories, have in mind
the buyer who is to use the
product they are making? I fore
cast that the time is coming
when both employer and em
employee will pray for the con
sumers and customers. If this ap
peal of these modern Fund Rais
ers could extend to our every
day jobs, think what could hap
pen! An economic, revolution
would take place equal only to
the great Renaissance (1400
through 1600). And based upon
past history, another such may
soon be due.
In fact, the Church Canvasser
and CKurcK Money
who calls upon us with this new
message may be blazing the way
for a new spiritual Renaissance.
According to cycle theory, his
tory must repeat itself f or
good things as well as for evil
things. Furthermore, there are
many different cycles always in
operation. It. is the dominant
one which will affect us. Per
haps that will begin with a new
attitude toward giving not
only to our Church and Chari
ties, but also to our customers
and the users of what we help
make. Only such can save us
from Communism.
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ital city.- We aren't for pressing
the matter one way or another,
but if and when more of the im
mediately adjacent residential
areas become part of the muni
cipality a truer population pic
ture will be available.
. Salem still is Oregon's second
city with a population of 44,930.
Our rival for that status, . Eu
gene, 'is unofficiaUy estimating
its population - now at 43,000
(compared with the - 35,879
shown in its 1950 census). It may
have it, too, but -if Salem has
grown only 1,790 in four years
we rather doubt that Eugene has
grown 7,000. After 'watching
Salem's census, Eugene may
think twice before ordering one
of their own. Oregon - (Salem)
Statesman.-' ; --
NEW. RADIO STATION
r "Washington --(U.R) The
Federal' Communications com
mission yesterday granted Polk
County Broadcasters a permit
for a new 500 watt daytime ra
dio station at Dallas, Ore., to
operate on 1460 kilocycles.
T.V.'s Pandora Box
To the Editor: More and more,
parents are seeing in their
pridef ully acquired $V set,
something most awful near a
Pandora box. For from it is com
ing things truly frightening. A
young mother spoke of sleep
robbing worries over what her
two youngsters get from certain
TV programs. That they're los
ing interest . in their picture
books, daily paper funnies and
good magazines provided them,
that hardly any use is made of
the splendidly stocked" city li
brary. .
. She needn't worry too much,
for her children like most chU
dren will winnow out the better
part of what appeals to their
better judgment, to their better
heritage, rejecting and mostly
forgetting the silly and too oft
en evil trash. Actualities unfold
ing before them day by day will
help them to do this as it helped
us older ones when young. And
still does.
It is that small minority of
small .fry born with and of
twisted minds who absorb and
get the knowhow of the double
cross, betrayal, - robbery and
murder taught from the TVr ra
dio and movie screen. Such
youngsters are the ones we must
be concerned about, including
the naive ones rounded' up
and branded along with those of
evil mind. . ,
Environment helps aome to
get the youngster started right
But you who chance to read this,
have seen fine men and women
from out of broken homes or no
home at all. Why? Because of
their good heritage. So, what is
the best substitute for good heri
tage? Responsibility. Get them
to know the glow of. pride of
accomplishment in something
worth while, when young. Keep
at it 'til its a habit. For a boy
is bound to brag about some
thing. ,
F.J.Clifford 'i
1211 W. Main
Medford, Ore. '
Developments in Case
Of Imprisoned Airmen
Week's Good News
BY CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Staff Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news on the international bal
ance sheet:
The Good
1. There seemed reason to
hope that regardless of im
mediate developments, the Uni
ted States might get the Chi
nese Communists to free not
only 11 Air, Force men im
prisoned on Red spy charges but
46 other Americans as well. The
46 include four other Air Force
men held in violation of the
Korean armistice. 28 civilians in
jail, three under house arrest
and 11 denied exit permits. , The
feeling is that the Reds have a
price for freeing the Americans,
and that the first thing to do is
to find out what the price is.
ine state Department is now
talking of the possibility that as
part of any agreement, the Uni
ted States might send home , to
Red China .35 Chinese students
wno have been denied permis
sion to leave this country be
cause they learned defense se
crets in course of their studies.
2. It was indicated that Josef
Cardinal Mindszenty, sentenced
to life imprisonment bv the
Hungarian Communists as part
of their campaign against the
Christian religion, would soon be
free if he is not already. A Ro
man Catholic news service in
Austria reported that Mindszen
ty already had been permitted
to return to his archdiocese at
Esztergom. The report was not
confirmed. But it has been long
known that the Reds realize they
blundered in making Mindszenty
a martyr, and that they would
welcome a chance to let him go.
3. Soviet Russia was given a
humiliating defeat in the United
Nations on its complaint that
the. Chinese Nationalists were
guilty of "piracy" by seizing
ships taking oil and other strate
gic cargoes to Red China and
that the United States was re
sponsible. Faced by certain and
overwhelming defeat, the Soviet
delegation did not even press its
complaint to a vote in the U.N.
Special Political Committee. The
Soviet complaint was referred to
the U. N. International Law
Commission, which means that
it has been shelved.
1. West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer faced a fight
in parliament which could delay
ratification of the treaties for
arming the Bonn - Republic.
Adenauer is expected to override
Socialist opposition to the treat-
ties without difficulty. But some
members of parliament bitterly
criticized the German -French
agreement on the future of the
Saar coal region which is an es
sential part. of the arms "pack
age." , -
2. Angry anti-American riots
broke out in Greece because the
United States refused to support
a Greek demand in the U.N. that-
Great Britain grant the. right of
self-determination" to the peo
ple of Cyprus. Greece is certain
that the people would choose
union with it. The Greek dele
gation in the U.N. accepted a
compromise which would delay
consideration of its demand for
at least one year. But this did
not satisfy the people at home.
3. The situation in South Viet
Nam in Indochina remained
serious. The government of Pre
mier Ngo Dinh Diem was shaky.
Armed units fought guerrillas and
mutinous troops in two areas.
Unless firm 'government can be
restored, there is danger that
the entire state may fall into
the hands of the Communists
who now hold North Viet Nam,
a
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:
Romans 9.. ' " '
Portland Pair Escape "
Death in Auto Crash
Portland (U.R) Mr. and
Mrs. Curley Massey of Portland
escaped death yesterday when. '
their car skidded on ice andr
plunged through a guard rail -on
the Thurman street bridge
58 feet to the gully below.
Mrs; Massey was thrown
clear and her husband was pin-:,
ned behind the wheel. Both
were seriously hurt with spinal
and internal injuries. They were
in fair condition today.' -
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The first plot of ground for.
Arlington National Cemetery..
Arlington, Va., was appropriated.
by the government June. 15,
1864. ' . . . .
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