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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
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.
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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)
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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,