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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfordUWTribuki "Everybody in Southern Oregon Published Daily Except Saturday bf MEDFORD PFJNTDiG CO. 17-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 HORTTRT VO BTTTXT TJU ii, wiint auiwt HERB GREY Advtiing Manager E- C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., city Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OUVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor CERALP LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act of March S. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10. Daily and Sunday One year $13.00 Dally and Sunday Six months 0 Daily and Sunday Three moi, 3.S0 Daily and Sunday One month 1J5 Sunday Only On 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 $13.00 Daily and Sunday-One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance ' Official Paper of the City of Medfor Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLD3AY CO MP AN?. ETC Offices in New York, Chicago, De troit, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver B C NATIONAL EDITORIAL I ASSOCIATION I - J J TT NEWSPAPER k PUBLISHERS -"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 Jan. 2, 1945 (It was Tuesday) Arthur M. Cannon, manager of Fluhrer Bakeries, commis sioner lieutenant junior grade in Navy and scheduled to leave for Seattle. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: In the an nual contest conducted at Bur lington, Iowa, a woman won the national title of champion liar of the year in a large field that did .not include any leading statesmen, bureaucrats, and poli ticians, or the Radio Tokyo broadcasters. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 2, 1935 ' . x (It was Wednesday) First Medford baby of 1935 born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ward, 319 Willamette ave. . Medford brewed : "Rogue Lager" beer reported gaining quick popularity in southern Oregon. 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 2, 1925 (It was Friday) Highest water in' 15 years damages new road east of Cen tral Point; Rogue River area re ports highest water in 18 years with fears that Savage Rapids dam will wash out. Medford Ministerial associa tion schedules dinner for new county officials, including Dist rict Judge C. M. Thomas, Dist rict Attorney N. C. Chaney, County Judge W. J. Hartzell, Sheriff Ralph Jennings, and Constable George Prescott. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 2. 1915 (It was Saturday) Carl W. Munson reports building 12 by 24 cabin near Medford for total cost of $.75. T. E. Potter withdraws as candidate for city councilman from Ward 3 in favor of G. L. Schennerhorn. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the Copr. 1954. Editorial Research Report 1. The custom of decorating a ' Christmas tree originated in England, Germany, Italy, Nor way or the U.S.? 2. The Dixon-Yates contract on more power for T.V.A; was negotiated by the T.V.A., Atomic Energy Commission, Federal Power Commission, or Defense Department?. 3. France, which had to evac uate northern Viet Nam, is or isn't maintaining armed forces in southern Viet Nam? 4. More teachers leave public schools every year to go into other employment' or for mar riage and other family reasons? 5. The "Keeley cure" is for drug addicts, sex perverts, con genital liars, alcoholics, bad drivers, or habitual shoplifters? 6. General Electric does or doesn't have a number of large plants in the South? 7. Hispaniola is a Spanish dia lect, a South American dance, a jazz band instrument, a Carib bean island or a hot sauce for a Mexican dish? . - The Answers: 1. In Germany. 2. Atomic Energy Commission. 3. Is. 4. For marriage and other family reasons. 5. Alcoholics. 6. Does. 7 A Caribbean island (Haiti and Dominican Republic). MAIL TRIBUNE "Man of the Year" We don't believe John Foster Dulles will go down in history as a great Secretary of State, but there is no doubt he deserves the accolade from "Time" as the "man of the year." The "timing" of the announcement was also ex cellent, just as the French Assembly voted in favor of the rearmament of Germany. Had France fol lowed the popular will, and refused, there would have been a terrible mess in western Europe the state de partment would have had to shoulder part of the blame, and have forced upon it a terrific task of readjustment and reconstruction. It is somehow difficult to enthuse over Secre tary Dulles. He lacks that elusive but important qual ity known as charm personality, magnetism. More over at times he has sacrificed principle to expedi ency. ; But in a review of 1954 he does stand out head and shoulders in energy and accomplishment above every other international figure, and in the direction of perpetual motion he comes closer to actual attain ment, than any other international diplomat of mod ern times. . ' On the basis of sheer physical stamina Mr. Dulles stands m a class by himselt and made a record m persistence and mileage which we believe will never be surpassed in that department of government, prob ably never equalled. Our Secretary has flown over 100,000 miles in the regular line of his duties, has been to Europe about as often as most of us go to the post office, and ac cording to reliable report has never missed his normal 8 hours sleep, nor his hearty New England breakfast. As this is written he may be in China or the Philip pines for all we know. One thing certain if there were an important international gathering at the north pole he would soon be present, and according to Time probably indulge in some ice water swimming along with the polar bears, which Time claims is his favorite form of recreation ! ' MOT a great man as we see it, but an extraordinary, able, conscientious one. And he has three excel lent qualities extremely rare in public life these de generate days namely: He is a devout and conscientious church-goer and dedicated Christian, a man of strong faith and pa tience; and almost entirely free of one of the major defects in high places politically and diplomatically pride of opinion. Secretary Dulles has made mistakes, but when he has discovered His errors, he has not tried to cover up or persist in them, he has just kept his mouth shut, changed his course, and returned undismayed to his favorite seat at the international grind-stone. . So John Foster Dulles takes his place on the cover of Time as "The Man of. the Year" with more ap proval and less criticism at home and abroad than has usually been accorded this magazine's selection through the years. Not only for his sake, but for the sake of this country and the free world it is to be hoped his record for the next 12 months will be as satisfactory and successful, as it has been for the 12 months just ended. R.W.R. Stop Look and Listen The action of the N.Y. Stock Exchange as the old year departed only gave added indication that the 1954 stock boom was based essentially upon sound investment rather than wild speculation. Had the situation been otherwise there would have been more of a scramble of selling, to get stock losses before the time ran out, which has over the years, been the usual practice, at the close of a year. MOT that we know anything about the stock mar- ' ket or its habits and their significance. It is a closed book, written in a strange language as far as this department is concerned. But that is what we. are told by those who do know or say they do and so we might as well pass the good news on. It only adds to the general belief in business cir cles and administration circles, particularly that 1955 promises to be a year of greater prosperity than 1954, and while there were some recessions arid re adjustments the past 12 months, as a, whole the last year, stacked up pretty well, very well for many in fact. OOWEVER, those who can remember 1929, will be excused if they keep their fingers crossed. .Whoever is running this show has always had a bad habit of raising hopes highest, when old Humpty Dumptyhas been just about to fall off the wall, again! R.W.R. . Date for the New Year 'i It really is illogical to set the opening of the new year as ten days after winter has begun on Dec. 22 (summer in the southern hemisphere). For centuries the Christian world was more logical, considering the new year as beginning on March 21, when spring began. However, Pope Gregory XIII, when he instituted a new calendar in 1582, ordained at the same time that Jan. 1 be the first day of each year thereafter. This new date was accepted only by Roman Catholic lands at first, Germany and 'the Scandinavian lands coming around to it about 1700 and England and the rjngiisn cuiumes in JNortn America nor unui not. Up to the time of Julius Caesar the Romans had dated the New Year from the beginning, of winter, but Caesar in reforming the calendar made the New Year begin on Jan.-1, like Gregory XIII later. The Sunday, January 2, 1953 In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The French national assembly (which is roughly equivalent to our Congress) approves West German rearmament by the nar row margin of 27 votes 287 for and 260 against. Whether that's a victory for the free world remains to be seen.. In the general political maneuvering on the issue, the assembly voted against German rearmament last week. So un stable is French government that by next week or maybe by to morrow it may reverse itself again. MODERN France is like Long fellow's Maiden -"Standing with reluctant feet "Where the brook and river meet." She hasn't grown up yet. rpHE SALEM Capital Journal, - commenting on the Klamath Falls Herald and News' "no bad news on the front page week," says: ' - "It win be interesting if the H-N will canvass the reactions of its readers after Christmas. Will they be relieved, or will they feel that they were cheated out of something?" AS IT has turned out, it wasn't necessary to canvass them. They canvassed the newspaper. By the hundreds. By mail, by telephone, by telegram, by word of mouth. Comment has come not merely from southern Ore gon but from all over the coun try. One or two came from over seas. The verdict is unanimously favorable. THE CAPITAL Journal doesn't think too much of the idea. It says: "It should be an interesting experiment and worth while for that reason, so everybody can see how it works. But we are sure neither-the Klamath pub lisher nor anyone else who reads his paper will be deceived into believing that the nature of the world or its people has been thereby changed. "Keeping the seamy side of the old world off the front page for a whole week seems to us like carrying matters to an ex treme. We are disposed to ac cept old Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun as right when he said he would print anything the Lord would let happen." IlfELL, DANA was a great edi " tor. But back in the days when he was making the Sun into one of the great newspapers of aU time communications were scarce and slow and high priced and the bad things the Lord let happen didn't get all over the world in a few minutes, as they do now." So if the bad things that happened within the reach of Dana's Sun ALL went on the front page they weren't numer ous enough to poison the whole loaf. It's different now. Everything that happens anywhere in the world gets to the newspaper a few minutes afterward. DANA'S NEW York Sun made another famous crack about the news: "When a dog bites a man, that is not news,, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that IS news. THAT definition (it was really a wisecrack) has become so widely accepted that I'm afraid it has colored the thinking of editors everywhere. Influenced by it, they have come to feel that the UNUSUAL is the IM PORTANT, i The truth is that in the aver age American community men don't bite dogs very often. And, when they do, it isn't really crucial. It's just a sign that some man has gone off his rocker. There are so MANY things in the average community that are so MUCH MORE important. In this search for the unusual, I'm afraid we newspapers tend to DISTORT the news. ANYWAY, the Herald and News feels that the response to its pre-Christmas experiment was so interesting and so wide spread and so unanimous in its approval that it is likely to be tried again next Christmas. Maybe, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, its editors wUl find that their theories of editing and dis playing the-news have been col ored a little by the response of its readers to the "experiment." Harriman Promises 'Bold' Administration Albany, N. Y (U.R) AvereU Harriman promised a "bold, ad venturous" administration Satur day as he was inaugurated as New York state's 48th governor. Harriman, who entered poli tics in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, said he would "not sit back" and wait for crises to occur but would "try to do the things that need to be done to prevent them from developing into an accute state." ancient Jews considered that a new year began with the end .of summer, and for the Chinese, who also base their calendar on the moon instead of on , the sun, it comes somewhere between Jan. 21 and Feb. 19. For many Latin peoples the New Year is more of a time for celebrating than Christmas is. That is true also in much , of , Scotland, evidently still obsessed with Puritanic concepts of Christmas rites as some.: what heathenish and hence irreligious. B.B." Matter of Fact w POST MUNICH Haipong, Indo-China The great Asian drama of the mo ment is the struggle for south ern Indo China I ... It is be ing watched by a large aud ience of Cam bodians and Siamese, Ma layans, Indo nesians and Burmans, who want to know which side to choose when Joaeph Alsop the drama re commences in their own coun tries. . , On one side in this crucial struggle, is the passionate con viction, the frightening dynam ism, the remarkable power to do much with little which this reporter saw at first hand in the main southern base of the Viet Minh. There is also the pow er, never forgotten, in southern Indo-China, of the big Com munist military force that the Communists are building up here in the north. ... On the struggle's other 'side, meanwhile, there is nothing as yet but an obscene basket of eels. After months of open war fare between the civil and mil itary 'branches of the non-Communist government of southern Indo-China, the crisis has ended in a "solution" which, parodies the worst solutions of Chiang Kai-shek's last year on the mainland. THE army is demoralized and disorganized. The civil ad ministration is generaUy. cor rupt where it exists at aU, and in most places it has less auth ority than the underground ad ministration of the Viet Minh. Wide regions are also controlled by the private armies of the native "sects," which more close ly resemble the Capone : mob than any normal religious or ganization. And over this squal id, aimless chaos Ngo Dinh Diem, honest and virtuous but wholly out of contact with reality, pre sides with obstinate certainty that all will, yet be well. - The combined efforts of the French commander, ' Gen. Ely, and his old friend and partner, President Eisenhower's repre sentative, Gen. Lawton Collins, have thus, far failed to straight en out a single eel in the bask etfull. For , the : moment, .. the French and American policy of trying to '"bolster up" the ;non Communist government of southern Indo-China is being continuedV'in a blindly automat- ic way. BOt now ao you ooisier eels? MAYBE the position would be iT1better today, if the Washing ton policy makers: had not de prived Gen. Collins of ail Dar gaining power by committing him to absolute support of Pres ident Diem. As matters stand, President Diem has rejected al most aU the good advice Collins and Ely have given him, and there is no serious hope of im provement in sight. What is very much in sight, is open acknowledgement of Com munist victory in southern Indo China. The French government has the heavy responsibility of 40,000 native Frenchmen and many tens of thousands more of Vietnamese holding French cit izenship, all of whom must be offered an opportunity to evac uate' if southern Indo-China seems likely to fall into Com munist hands. This immense movement of people, with all their goods as well, cannot be accomplished ov ernight. A year at least will be needed for it. That means the French government, must give the warning to evacuate some time this spring or summer, in order to have reasonable lee way before the Indo-Chinese el ection in July, 1956. AS matters stand, it is hard to see how the giving of the warning is to be avoided, for southern Indo-China certainly seems likely to fall into Com munist hands as of now. The mere giving of the warning in turn, will inevitably cause the final coUapse of the Saigon gov ernment. After such a public admission of defeat, a new gov ernment with Viet Minh symp athizers in key posts will almost certainly take over 'at once. As one peers down these, grim perspectives out here, the bland language and optimistic actions of the Washington authorities seem more and more inexplic able. Consider the hideous fate, for instance, of the 500,000 Indo- Chinese Catholic refugees from the North, who now crouch in squalid camps in the South. The American government en couraged and assisted the flight of these poor people. In' a huck stering -way,'the authorities in I Sis' Washington veven ' presented their tragedy as a triumph over the Communists a first in stallment, as it were, of the dy namic foreign policy we used to hear so much about. It may be shocking to say, so but the refu gees would have been better off in their own homes and fields, if the Communists are to follow them South a year or so from now. fXH A different plane, it would " also have been better if Gen. Collins had not been ordered to undertake his mission, which most Asians now regard as an American guarantee of southern Indo-China. For this seeming guarantee of the South, a Com munist victory in the South wUl be a doubly shattering blow. The wisest administration leaders warned the President that the abandonment of north ern Indo-China to the Commun ists was an Asian Munich. So it has proven. They learned that rule that you cannot have your Munich and eat it too in London in 1939. Seemingly the rule has been forgotten in the interval in Washington. Copyright. 1 954, E'ew York -Herald Tribune, Inc. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stance, 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. Check Signing is Now Involved To the Editor: In answer to Mrs. George, as to why I did not give scrip tlu res commanding we celebrate the birth of Christ. We do not need to be commanded. It is enough to know that He came as the prophet Isaiah foretold. (Isa. 9: 6-7) then in (Luke 2: H-14) the angels proclaimed His birth by rejoicing, for He is the Redeem er and Savior, of the world. (Matt 2: 1-2) the wise men came to bring gifts and to worship Him.' Both Mrs. Geprge and T. R. Thompson refer to l Cor. 12: 23 26. Why? There is not a word pertaining to Christmas or cele bration. They say we are com manded to celebrate His death. In Luke 22: 19 and 1 Cor. 11: 24-26 at the Last Supper, Jesus did not command them to cele brate, but asked them to re member Him until His return. Also they both refer to 2 Cor. 5: 16. but thev did not mention the verses that follow through verse 21 A few more scriptures might be of interest His birth, His. suf fering and death and then the resurrection all give us our only hope of eternal iife. (1 Tim. 1: 15-17. 1 Tim. 2:5-6, John 2:27, 1 John 3: 1-2, Luke 24: 39-51, Acts 1: 11 and 1 Thess. 4: 17-18,) all pertain to a living Christ Thank God we live in a country that believes in the virgin birth and the resurrection of a living Christ. There are some antibifclical sects that do not believe in the virgin birth, nor do they believe in protecting or the saluting of the Flag or our Christian Ameri ca, nor even voting, yet they take every advantage that Chris tian America offers. They say they do not believe in the birth of Christ, yet every time they date a letter or write a check, they acknowledge His birth, if they didn't acknowledge it, their checks would be no good. Mrs. Ernest Santo 204 Lozier Lane Medford, Oregon Scientists Complete Session; Name New Leaders Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Scientists from 43 states and 22 foreign countries returned home Saturday alter six days of meet ings during the world's largest scientific ' convention. Take Field Trips The American Association for the Advancement of Science ended its 121st annual conven tion Friday with members tak ing field trips and holding a few last minute seminars. ' Dr. Paul B. Sears, professor of botany at Yale University, was named president-elect- of the AAAS for 1956 while Dr. George W. Beadle of the California In stitute of Technology will head the organization this year. Awarded Prize Dr. Daniel Alpert, manager of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. physics department at Pitts burgh, Pa., was awarded the as sociation's $1,000 Newcomb Cleveland prize. Alpert was presented the prize for - using electrical pumps " to create the highest room-temperature va cuums yet achieved, r Formal registrations at the; convention, held on the Univer-j sity of California campus, total ed 3,500 but it was estimated 6,000 to 7,000 persons actually participated. Some 1,500 papers were read. 6,000 ROT-LUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) " mtmmmm& IVSffi ! BURRO (LEFT) AND FflfEND Six Years Is A Long Time For the past six years, Dia- mond L. Flynn has been our favorite mayor. We've not always agreed. But Dime's been honest, and he's honestly done his best for Med ford. No one could ask for more. His pleasant, friendly person ality has held the council to gether through a lot oi difficult time. He has smoothed over and conciliated differences and flare ups. He has emphasized effi ciency and service in city gov ernment. His administration has been studied with a Series of accom plishments, some big and some small, and .it would repay any Three Pilots Sued By Government for Surplus Plane Sale San Francisco (U.R) -Three ! World War IT flyers were sued for $639,878.40 by the federal government Friday on -the grounds they bought eight war surplus planes for their owtvse and resold them at a . u.i. The suit was filed against Ray mond J. Wilson, San Francisco, a former Navy commander, and Edward I. Brown, Belmar, N.J., and Laurent C Hallonquist, Dallas, Tex. Near Deadline ' Assistant U.S. Attorney James B. Schnake filed the suit less than eight hours before the statute of limitations would have voided any government claim. The suit charged that Wilson and his partners "falsely certi fied they were buying aircraft with veterans' preference .for their own use," when they actually sold them for a profit to private' groups. The suit al leged their . company, the Na tional Aero Co. of Hay ward, Calif., sold the planes to private firms and the University of Southern California aeronautics department at Santa Maria. Aquitied Earlier ocnnaice said Wilson was charged in a criminal action in violation of the Surplus Prop erty Act in Los Angeles Federal District Court earlier this year, but was acquitted. The suit alleges profits from the sale of five C-47's ranged from $5,000 to $20,000. One C-54 was bought from the government for $90,000, the suit charged, and was resold for $154,719.60. Thornton Working for Attorney General Meet Salem U.R) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton said Saturday he is trying to bring the ,1955 convention of the Na tional Association of Attorneys General to Portland next Sep tember. He said he. was confi dent Oregon would win the con vention, despite stiff competi tion. He said Attorney General Louis C. Wyman, New Hamp shire, and Attorney General Ed ward N. Sylva, Hawaii, were also seeking , the convention. Thornton said he would invite Herbert CrowneU, VS. Attor ney General, to come to Oregon to address the convention if it is held in Portland. The site, will be chosen late in January when the Associa tion's executive committee meets in Chicago. TWO FOR ONE . Buffalo, N.Y. (U.R) Fred Helfeldt, who has hunted for 20 odd years, doesn't believe tell ever repeat a feat he accomp lished this fall.. Taking aim at a raccoon in a tree, Helfeldt fired his gun. He looked in amaze ment when two 'coons dropped to the ground dead. Fellow hunters confirmed his aim. . reader to run through his final report, published elsewhere in today's Mail Tribune. The citizens of Medford, even if some. of them may have dif fered with Dime, have a great deal to thank him for. He's been a good public official. Thanks, Dime. The picture at the head of of this column is an old one of the former mayor, but it has long been a favorite of news staff members, who for years have been looking for an ex cuse to print it again. Now that Dime has left public of ' f ice, and now that we have a Potluck column to rattle around' In, w decided to print it again for no particular reason except that it's our favorite picture of the prtii dent of the League of Oregon Cities. Mrs. J.- J. Emmens, 1443 East Main st, has -been visited each morning, apparently for several week, by a small dog that comes through;.Jier;; Jback fence.. Each morning she has given the dog a bone. : Christmas morning the dog showed up on schedule with a Christmas ' card attached to his collar. Surprised, Mrs. Emmens opened the card and found a note which said, "Thank you for the bones. You don't know it, but I know how to sit up for my bones." So Mrs. Emmens tried him, and, sure enough, he did know how to sit up. She stUl doesn't know where the dog comes from, or who his owner is. t The Rolls triplets, Jim, Bob and Bill, have been the sub ict of a lot of pleased con versation around town since their birth Wednesday. Because they were born be fore he end of the year, ihey automatically bring their par ents another gift from the go v ercmant an $1,800 income . tax deduction. Medford loses another long time public servant with the change in' city administration. Councilman Frank Runtz, who has served for 14 years, retired this year. In paying him tribute for his work on the city's street and sewers as a member of the public works committee, another councilman referred to him as "The Old Roman." Runtz, who really likes Italian food, replied, "Whenever I eat spaghetti I see sewer and water mains; whenever I eat ravioli, I envision breaks in street pave ment." With visions like that, maybe it's a good thing Frank is going to take it easier for a while. . Didn't ANYBODY notice that the first letter of each paragraph of last week's Pol luck spelled "Merry Christ mas"? Editorial Comment ITS THE CLIMATE Birdwatchers taking the an nual bird census at Medford found the habitat for an esti mated 21,000 robins in a long thicket of berry bushes border ing Bear Creek. Another proof of Medford's salubrious winter climate. Oregon (Salem) States- PENDLETON PARKING The Pendleton city adminis tration is to be commended for its determination to provide ade quate off-street parking. Many cities want , to do something about it but never seem to get beyond the .talking stage. Pen dleton's - city counciimen have a plan and they're putting some cash behind it In f uture years they will have the gratitude of thousands. Pendleton East Ore-gonian,
