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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfobdTbibuni "Everybody in Southern Orefoa Keaai ine Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. JM9 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. BUHL. Editor KERB GRZY, Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN. Telegraph Editot RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER- Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Indeoendent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act of Marcn a. itsa f SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br MaU In Advance: Per copy 10v Dailv and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 650 Daily and Sunday Three mos, 3 JO Daily and Sunday One month 1.2S Sunday Only One year f.0 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 $1S.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1-23 Carrier and Dealers 5c pe copy All Terms Cash to Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLL&JAY COMPAN?. tNC Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver B.C. NEWSFAMt FUIMSHIRS ASSOCIATION national edit ITOIIAL s I s A5jOCTIN 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 Dec. 21, 1944 (It was Thursday) Cub Scouts receiving awards at achievement meeting include Larry Cooper, Sandy Degman, Vincent Sweeney, Dale Cooper, Glen Cave, Dale Coverstone, and Edmond Davis. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Stockholm now reports Herr Hitler is in a high state of befuddlement. He is "completely at sea, mentally" where he no doubt wishes he was in all other particulars. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 21 1934 (It Wa Friday) E. H. Hedrick, Medford su perintendent of schools, returns from south; reported much im proved in health. Chester Hubbard returns from trip to Diamond lake and reports heavy snow there. 30 YEARS AGO j Dec. 21 1924 (It was Sunday) Floods threaten southern Ore gon; bridge at Grants Pass on Coast railroad washes out. Medford opera to be broad cast over local radio station. 40 YEARS Ado pec. 31, 1914 ; (It was Monday Edison Marshall and B. Rad cliff e plan hunting trip to desert. From the Local and Personal column: At a meeting of the Socialists of the city at Smith's hall, the proposed new city char ter was endorsed, and a cam Daian will be made to secure its adoption. The Socialists will meet this evening to select their candidates for the election Jan. 12, 1915.' What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7?) iopr. 1954. Editorial Research Report 1. About (a) 10, (b) 50, (c) 100, (d) 150 or (e) 500 persons are killed in auto accidents on an average day in the U.S.? - 2. The Bill of Rights was part of our original Constitution, or was soon added as a unit, or came part by part as the years went on? 3. Reno, Nevada, is further east or west than San Diego, Calif.? -, 4. The U. S. exports more cars to other countries than it im ports from other countries; right or wrong? 5. Which of these Indian chiefs perpetrated the Custer Massacre: Geronimo, Osceola, Rain-in-the-Face, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh? 6. Most employees in cigarette factories are men or women, or is it about 50-50? 7. An alewife is a fish, a wom an who sells fish, a woman who buys beer for her husband, a nagging wife, or a brewer's widow? The Answers: 1. About 100. '2. Was soon added as a unit. 3. Further west. 4. Right. 5. Sitting Bull. 6. Most are wom en 7. A fish. The West isn't always where it's supposed to be. -Los Angeles, for example, lies east of Reno, Nevada, by one and a half de grees of longitude. Likewise, Virginia extends many miles west than any part of West Vir ginia. - - J 1 g MAIL TRIBUNE ; Chancellor Byrne As has often been remarked no one is indis pensible. But it is really hard to see how the State Board of Higher Education is going to get along as well as before at least without Dr. Charles D. Bryne, who recently resigned as Chancellor. For while Chancellor Byrne had held that im portant office for only 4 years, he had been con nected with the Board of Education in some import ant capacity practically since it was formed. And it is hardly an exaggeration to state that he always knew all the answers all the factual ones at least. He still does. IT is reported that after a sabbatical' year's leave Chancellor Byrne will return in , some advisory capacity. : We hope this proves to be true. Not so much for Dr. Byrne's. sake but for the Board's. For not only has the former chancellor all the facts, but he has what is particularly rare in educa tional circles these days, a broad mind, always open to free discussion and corrections, and a fair and honest one. Comparatively speaking he is still a young man. It is to be hoped he will be an active influence in Oregon Higher Education, for many years to come. R.W.R. . .: Two Drivers in Party It is hard to believe, but only a few weeks ago, President Eisenhower was touring Ythe country and pleading for a Republican congress. His favorite simile was that to have a congress controlled by the Democrats woul'd be like trying to drive a car with two men at the wheel such a drive, he believed, would end in the ditch. WELL, the plea failed and the new congress will be controlled by one party, .while; the White House will -be occupied -by . a representative of the other. But there is no liklihood of the ship-of -state going into-the ditch if the' mixed metaphor will be pardoned. 'v In fact that "second man" in the driver's seat is a member of the President's party, not the opposi tion. Call him McCarthy or Knowland, Jenner or Wp.lker and the result is the same the No. 2 man is trying to steer in one direction while the President is trying to steer in another. - HIS probability1 was pointed out in the campaign but it didn:t seem to time, at least. However the proof of the pudding is in jthe eat ing. As the recent bi-nartisan meetinsr in Washington demonstrated, on a number of important issues, but nart.imilarlv nn foreien nolicv. the Democrats are so- ing to give the administration the support it needs must have in fact to get its program over ana tne isolationist wing of the Republican party, isn't. THIS doesn't mean, of course, the Democratic party is not to function as the "loyal opposition." There will be plenty of opposition as time goes on; particu- 11 1 i? . 1- J. AT lany on1 domestic issues, sucn as. taxes, uie uum, public power, etc., etc. . But when it comes to our relations witji the world (and this promises to be an issue of supreme import ance in the next two years) the sort of co-existence Mr. Eisenhower wants with the communist countries, if it's possible will be supported practically 100 by the Democrats and opposed only by the "treat-'em tough minority" of the President's own party. Q.E.D. ! R.W.R. Barkley Was Right The apologists for Senator Knowland, maintain no Senate leader has to be a "rubber-stamp." That is true. But when Senator Barkley was Sen ate leader for the Democrats, he wasn't a rubber stamp. . He differed with President Roosevelt on several minor issues. But he didn't make speeches about them. And when he differed on an important issue, he re signed first and took public issue with his party lead er, later not as a party leader, but as a member of the Senate. - IT was Senator Barkley's view, that as Senate leader, he had certain specific dutities to perform. . One was to be spokesman for the President. Another was to inform the President from time to time, of the attitude of the Upper House. A third was to promote ("-understanding between the branches of the government and unity within his own party. When he found he couldn't perform those duties he quit. ' ; The Senator from Kentucky-had the right idea. The Senator from California hasn't. R.W.R. Pope Walks In Garden After 'Quiet Night Vatican City (U.R) Pope Pius XII walked in the Vatican gardens for 20 minutes today after a "quiet night" undisturb ed by hiccups; Vatican sources said. ' -i i : - '-. -- ' These sources said the '78-year-old pontiff appeared rested when he awoke at 6:30 ajn. The Pope got up almost im mediately and sat in a high arm chair in his studio. There he read the newspapers after eat ing his breakfast. '' Iv.'. v But the Pope still was not strong enough to recite mass. He attended it while lying in bed. Tuesday, December 21, 1954 do .much good not at the legislative and executive Andrews Sister Makes Attempt at Suicide HoUywood (U.R) Singer Maxine Andrews, one of the fam ed Andrews Sisters of recording fame, attempted suicide early today at her home in nearby Chatsworth, police reported. -" Valley police said they were summoned to the home by care takers at the residence. They said apparently Miss Andrews, 37, had taken sleeping pills. She was taken .by ambulance to Valley Receiving hospital where ner stomach was pumped. Hospital officials said she was "resting well" and out of dang er. .... .. Russia Setting Note De I i ve ry Record i n Rearmament Protest By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent, Russia is setting a record in sending out notes of protest in connection with the arming of West Germany and the "Allied defense set -up in Europe in' general. Within the last five days, .Russia has dis patched some thing like 18 notes, some some com- Charles McCann plaining, to 16 different countries. Two of the notes, to France and Great Britain, threatened to denounce friendship treaties concluded during World War II if the treaties to arm Western Germany are ratified. . Two more, to the United States and - - Britain, protested bitterly against a statement by an American Air Force gener al who implied strongly, if he did not actuaUy say, that his Britain-based planes could car ry an atomic bombing attack to the Soviet Union. Fourteen countries in aU, it is indicated, got notes complain ing because they turned down the Kremlin's recent invitation to attend an "all-European sec urity" conference in Moscow. This conference was intended to sabotage Germany armament plans. Zhukov Adds Blast In addition to all this Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov,. Russia's foremost soldier, loosed- a blast accusing Prime. Minister .Win ston Churchill and Field Mar shal Viscount Montgomery of wartime treachery. This stemmed from ChurchUl's statement that at the end of World War II he ordered Mont gomery to stack captured Ger man arms in case German aid was needed in stopping the westward sweep of the Red army through Europe. Churchill later said he wasn't sure he is sued the order, but Montgomery insisted he did. What the notes add up to is that the Soviet government is almost desperately alarmed at the prospect that West Germany will be armed and that the Western Allies will be able to launch an atomic-bomb attack from European bases if Russia's rulers start a new world war. Lead Off With French Note The Kremlin led off last Thursday with a note threaten- State Income Tax Collections Drop' Salem (U.R) Income tax col lections for the first five months of the 1954-55 fiscal year, through Nov. 30, were more than two million dollars below col lections in the first five months of the last fiscal year, the State Tax Commission said today. The total for the five months was $8,435,324, compared with $20,368,996 the year before. Personal income tax pay ments totaled $13,532,122, and corporate excise tax collections amounted to $4,903,201. In the previous fiscal year for the first five months, personal income taxes totaled $14,464,023 ajid corporate "excise tax collec tions were $5,905,201. .The drop in both forms of income tax was attributed in part to the shut down because of a labor dispute of most of the mills and camps in Oregon's No. 1 industry, lum ber and logging. Pocatello Police Search for Bandit ' Pocatello, Ida. -(U.R)-. Police today made a door to door search through this southeastern Idaho city for a youthful bandit who used a riickle-plated revol ver to rob a Pocatello bank of at least $30,000 yesterday. Two youngsters recovered $23,980 of the loot after they saw a man toss it on a trash pile shortly after the holdup et the East Branch of the Idaho Bank and Trust yesterday afternoon. The FBI estimated that the heavy - set, dark - complexioned gunman carried off $30,000 in a large paper sack. . Pocatello police, reinforced by state, county and other officers, believed they had the bandit penned within the city. They had a number of reports from per sons who said they saw a man answering the suspect's descrip tion, particularly on the east side of Pocatello. Home From School Among collge men who have returned home for the holiday season are Al Leavitt, Dwayne Goodman, Jerry Lambo and Tom Jones, all of Oregon State college; Frank McKeown, University of Washington; Darrell Brittsan. University of Oregon; Kenneth Leek, Terry Hayes and Ronnie Wolf, all of Pacific university, Forest Grove; and Paul Shaffer. Willamette university. U . ine to cancel the 1944 French- Russia treaty of friendship and mutual aid if France ratified the German arms treaties. Then came the notes to the United States and Britain on the atomic bomb statement by Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson, com manding the U.S. 49th Air Div ision based in Britain. Friday night Moscow started sending out its notes complain ing bitterly because none but Soviet satellite countries ac cepted the invitation to the Mos cow conference. Nine ti these notes, a survey of capitals indicated, went to NATO members Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, . Den- marie, Norway, Iceland, Italy, Greece and Turkey. . Five more went to non-NATO members Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Austria and Yugo slavia. Monday, Russia threatened to denounce its 1942 friendship treaty with Britain. So far the Kremlin hasn't said anything about the American atomic cannon and "Honest John" artillery rocket' now based in Europe. But it must be think ing hard. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Skimming the teletype this morning for something interest ing, my eye' caught this one: An intended hunting trip to Canada ended at the beginning today in a private plane crash in Milwaukee. The owner (a big Milwaukee brewer) was thrown clear when the plane hit the ground but died later of his in juries." , His 20-year-old son and his two co-pilot brothers died in the flaming wreckage. . WHEN A This one stood out of the page: ' ' Four students going home to New York and Pennsylvania from a college in Kirksville, Missouri, have been, killed in an auto wreck. A fifth student was hurt seriously. . pRETTY grim!!! But wait. MAYBE WE PAY MORE AT TENTION TO THE BAD NEWS THAN TO THE GOOD NEWS. - A NYWAY, let's get on with the news of TODAY. '- The Veterans Administration predicts that another 3.000.000 veterans may get home, farm and business loans ,in the fu ture under the GI loan program. That's for the future. Here's the cast record: At the nd of October of this year the VA had guaranteed or insured more than THREE AND THREE - QUARTER MILLION LOANS. The original value of the principal of these loans came to siigntiy more than TWENTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS. TS that good? ' A Or bad? .. Listen: r : . . '' The VA says .it has had to pay guaranty claims IN LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF ONE PER CENT OF ALL HOME MORTGAGE LOANS TO GI's. : I think it's, wonderful, IIOW about this one: Postal clerks in Peters burg, Virginia, came upon a Christmas package this morn ing that gave out with a click-click-click sound. Being mod erns, living in this SCARY world, they thought it was a bomb. So they opened it. ' VERY carefully, v . It turned out to be a toy clock-work engine that had been partly wound up before being put in the' box and a jolt of some sort had started the ma chinery going. ",r " . T ET'S close with this one:- Iran used to be called Persia and its best-known export.. Persian cats " made the name a household word - around the world. -i But now Iranian "pa triots" are calling for a , slow down in shipping cats out of the countrv.-l ' -. - - One influential newspaper in Tehran makes mis comment in protesting against sending Per sia's cats-abroad. "For six thous and years we have been famous for our cats. v But, if matters pro ceed at the present rate we may even have to IMPORT cats." . : . .r" ':' :'.. . . .;, ; SEE, . . .. ... i SCARED again? . , Instead of sharing their orna mental cats with the -rest of the world and being HAPPY about it the Persians are shivering in their boots. "The rats will TAKE us," they may be quavering to themselves.- ' 4 . : ". - Isn't fear a terrible thing? 15 N. CENTRAL PH. 2-970 From London: Princess, Queen Expected on Best-Dressed List By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Correspondent ' London U.R) What's new in London: This is the time of year the fashion experts come out with their lists of "best dressed" women. Around Buckingham Palace everyone is confident Queen Elizabeth or Princess Margaret win be on most of them. But the Queen , and Princess don't really dress that weU. Communications Letters to the Editor must beer 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 all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Yuletide Memories To the'Editor: Along with the happiness and wonderment of Yuletide with its attendant wor ries of gift packaging and card mailing, comes the sad dissilu sionment of the five to seven year olds concerning Old Santa Claus. . Some 35 years ago, the towns people had me all dressed in a Santa red and white fur (cotton battin) trimmed rig, riding in a buck-deer-head decorated auto with the touring top down and the back loaded with packages of nuts, oranges and candies. A bonfire lit up a tall fir tree in the town square, ice and snow everywhere, lending a most Christmasy feel, (very real, too). - Gifts were handed out bv "Old Santa" to the w6nderment of -wide-eyed small fry with singing of carols, all very hap py. My small daughter preceded me home. Her doleful face and uninterest in her sack of goodies raised question from my wife. "That wasn't Santa Claus," she explained. "That . was daddy, cause I saw . his high laced boots." " So with an arm around her, I told her how I had to take the place of the really one-time Santa Claus in a ' distant land (Turkey claims that distinction now) who gave sifts to good little children on Christmas eve. That there iust had to he a spirit of Santa Claus at the time, else why, would people remember and be remembered by loved ones at that time? But our most fun was with the "coming of Santa Claus" for our boy and girl from the time they were two 'to five .'or six years of age. After they were asleep, we would take Santa Claus stickers from :" packages and restick f them onto - any nandy bare place. You gotta be careful about this. Our best wav was to place the Christmasy stickers in the palm of our hand, sticky side up. Then' with a quick flip over, press it eentlv and firmly on the arm, leg, , tummy or other exposed places. The squeals and -yelps of delighted Surprise and nam , when some were hard to peeL off, - were ample, reward and we felt, just ification for , cooperation 'With om santa Claus. ..- FT J. Clifford, - 1211. W.. Main, Medford, Ore. Editorial Comment The Other Side Speaks When our contemporaries call The Statesman a well-edited newspaper it gives us new strength to face the mailbag which at times brings in such cordial greetings as "you 'old goat, why x x x x etc." But the Medford Mail - Tribune went farther than the above compli ment it said something-about us which all-too-of ten we are accused of NOT being. Its quote was "The staid but well-edited Statesman, etc." It's been quite a spell since anyone has called us staid. In fact, sometimes we get criticized for being too lively. Constant format refinements, -. new ' fea tures, increased picture cover age, brighter makeup and such have laid us open to questions like "just what are you aiming at!" We aren't aiming at a thing except to be the best newspaper possible, and if the Mail Tribune still thinks we're staid, we've; been, called ''lots worse. And thanks, M-T,' for the "well ed ited." W. W. Oregon (Salem) Statesman. . . . , . . ; - ' Levis nursery; OFFERS FOR Christmas Gifts... o Hybrid Clematis o Dwarf Evergreen for Planters o Azaleas and O Rhododendrons Hardy Hibiscus And Lots of Others . Turn Right et Meat Market, Jacksonville V Mile OLD STAGE ROAD They appear on the list more as a formality, or for . publicity's sake. Privately the fashion arbi ters admit neither of the royal ladies deserves to be in the top ten. Queen Elizabeth isn't adven turous enough to be a leader of fashion. She doesn't care that much for clothes. Princess Mar garet is too adventurous. She even gets occasional titters in newsreel theaters when she ap pears in unconventional cos tume. California swimmer Florence Chadwick has written friends here that she . expected to.be back next summer to wind up some unfinished business, swim ming the English "Channel both ways non-stop. Two years ago she became the first ever to swim one way and start back. She was in the water more than two hours on the return cross ing before she gave up. Chinese restaurants after along struggle to break down the con servative British outlook on food, are making headway and beginning to spread out from the heart of London to the sub urbs. But the British insist on some variations in the menu. Chow mein for. example, is served with french fried potatoes. Instead of the delicate Chinese tea London ers insist on a strong black tea topped with milk. Saysrestauranteur Adny Ho: Social Security for Servicemen Advised Washington (U.R) A spec ial House committee recommen ded today that Congress give "serious consideration" to ex tending . social security to ser vicemen. ' ' ' .., , At nrese'nt. servicemen par ticipate only to a very limited extent in the old-age and sur vivors insurance program. They get $160 monthly Social Security credit ' for service in the armed forces since 1940. But they do not get" Social Se curity retirement benefits if they get military. . retirement benefits. The committee said its rec ommendation for possible Soc ial Security coverage of mem bers of the armed forces was made despite the fact that t h e government,' as the employer, would have to contribute more than $215,000,000 dollars a year. Bus Driver Betrayed By Habits of Work ; I Spokane (U.R) Police said today a man who posted a $5 bond "after- being ticketed "for parking in a bus zone explained his violation was the result of habit. ' He : listed his occupation as bus driver. Dead line for Sunday Classified li at noon Saturday. - - A T r Adne Strutwear and Kickemick -. - - - Slips and GpWnS Also Half Slips Values To $7.98 Bed Jackets Brushed Rayon, Nylons and Rayon Chai lie Values To $4.98 $3-98 Handkerchiefs 75c value . 2 for $1-00 SPECIAL DISCOUNT Adrienne' 214 EAST MAIN "I hope my ancestors will for give me." ' London's remarkable police dogs which patrol parks and oth er lonely districts at night are being re-educated. Too' often, lurking criminals were tipped off that a dog was on their heels when an officer shouted "sic 'em' or some similar order .to close in."' . Now the does are beinff train ed to respond to coded instruc tions. The handler will . shout something like "five", or "six" to tell his dog to nip a culprit on the ankle. 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