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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. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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." .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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:
: Ephesians 6.
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