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Tf-'fCp;J-:A--iJ'---:J;''' o 0 o Q o i - o o, o O O a o o o o O o o O CO J - O o ? o 63 O 3. o o O o 0 rA 1 o o O o o o o V O o a r o P a o o o o o FOUR MEDEORD (ORBGOV) "Everybody in Southern Orefoa Read The Mail Tribune" . Published Daily Except Saturday by 27-29 North Fir St Phone 2-0141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HERB GREY. Advortiainf Manager E C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON, Sunday Editor GERALD. LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. hdependent Newspaper U Entered as second data matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1897 " SUBSCRIPTION RATES n By Mail In Advance: Per copy IOe. u Dai!? and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos 330 o Daily and Sunday One month 1-23 Sunday Only One year 3.30 n By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Rivar. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year 115 .Ofl Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County ""United Press Full Leased Wlre MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU " OF CIRCU1 ATION Advertising Reoresentative: WEST-HOLLtDAY COMPANY. INC Offices in New York. Chicago, De troit, sarr Francisco. Lew Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOcaTi!W Z7 sj nJ o U I- U ,J o XrifiP&L NEWSPAPCg JMPK PUBLISH ft Flight or Time o Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 40 YEARS AGO J8i. 4. 1945 J (It was Thursday) Dr. A. E. Merkel, Jackson gounty health officer, lists seven cases of malaria in county, all in Gamp White. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The new spring hats for the fair sex will make the wearer look younger, it is claimed. The boyish bob "v&as supposed to do the same thing in the mid-1 920s. Instead they made Grandmaws look like oldomen. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 4, 1935 (It was Fricray) County Judge Earl B. Day and County Commissioner Ralph Billings pay tribute to retiring Commissioner R. E. Nealon. E.oSchuler escapes injury when his var collides vttth a freight truck on thS Tolo over pass. 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 4, 1925 (It was Sunday) Record crowd of women and girls see first performance of "A Sainted Devil," starring Rudolph Valentino, s Craterian theater. o O. O. Alenderfer "mounts the saddle of city affairs" and is sworn in as mayor of Medford. ? 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 4, 1915 (It was Monday) Rogue river residents collect $3b in contributions for "the (Starving Belgians." O From the Local and Personal column: The council at its meet ing Tuesday night took steps to ward curbing buttinskis at fires, who shout orders to the city f ire 0men, and to stop the crowds from collecting in the middle of Main and Front avenue when the trucks are making a run to a fipe.rCitv Attorney B. R. Mc- Cabe 'vtfas instructed to draw up a city tlrdjnance covering these points. o What's ihe Answer? . (Can Yu Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 19X4. Editorial Research Report 1? In ternfe of 192J9 dollars, StockO Market prices now are considerably higher or lower thjtn at the 1929 tops, or about nnesame.' . 2. More fulltime students are enrolled at California, Columbia, Michigan. Minnesota or New York Universities? 3. The Buy American act re quires the Government to accept eIJ.S. bids for materials no mat ter how much higher than for eign bids: right or wrong? L The-U.S. consumes more or les meat per capita than a quar ter of a century ago, or about the same amount? 5. Which of these are Russian satellites: Austria, Greece, Hun gary. Poland, Yugoslavia? 6. Many telephone companies in ihe U.S.. are outside of the Befl System; right or wrong? tJ New Democratic national chairman is Paul M. Butler, James A. Finnegan, Stephen A. Mitchell, Carmine G. DeSapio, Michael V. DiSalle, or Harry S. Truman? The Answers: 1. Considerably lower in 1929 dollars. 2. Cal ifornia (Berkeley and Los Ange les.) 3. Wrong; only if the U.S. bids are cot unreasonably high er. 4. More. 5. Hungary and Po land. 6. Right, but they are small ones. 7. Butler. HH. ffXlVtS Silence Is With the opening of the new congress there it more and more tpeculation about President Ei&en howerrunnmg for a second term and more end more pressure to have him declare him&elf. If the President is smart he will resist these pres sures and continue his present policy of silence. For to declare he will not run for reelection would destroy his political influence almost entirely, and to declare he will would bind him to the G.O.P. political machine securely when it may well be to his interest personaly and politically two years hence, to move from the White House to his new farm-home hear Gettysburg. - In other words the President has everything to gain by not commiting himself, and everything to lose by doing so. Those members of his own party who are persist ently urging him to end the suspense and declare himself, are doing the party no good and doing the President a disservice. It is a case of silence being golden for the chief executive and there is every indication he knows it and will act accordingly. R.W.R. Not a Democratic Congress All this talk about a Democratic congress in con trol is rather silly when one comes down to cases. The Democrats have such control in the realm of committee chairmanships, but otherwise they have no actual control, for while the Democratic party is not as badly split as the Republican, the members are far from a unit on most important legislation. TAKE the important matter of public power, for example. The Democrats are almost as divided as the Republicans. As a result whatever public power legislation is produced in this Congress will be the result not wholly of Democratic or Republican action, but a combina tion, a coalition of the two. THIS promises to be apparent also when President Eisenhower's reciprocal tariff-bill comes up. The Republican "Old Guard" led by fanatics like Malone of Nevada will fight this progressive legisla tion to the last ditch, while Democratic progressives like Kef auver will be strongly for it. " In fact if the measure is passed it will be only be cause of Democratic support. CO, THIS will not be a Democratic congress except in purely a nominal and arithmetical sense. It will be a coalition congress. The results in a legislative sense will depend not so much uDon how the Dailies stand, as iust how thev split. &.W.R. Too Much According to some of vote in the French Assembly sanctioning Germany's rearmament was too close for comfort. In fact one of them goes so far as to better for the allied cause, its fears and voted No. "1X7E FAIL to follow this sort of reasoning. The vote was close and probably if French emotional habits had prevailed, Premier Mendes-France would have been beaten for the second time and forced to resign. But we fail to see how' such a result would have been better for the free countries of Europe than the situation that now exists. "THERE may still be a slip between the cup and lip. But barring such a misfortune, there is now a united front presented against any Russian advance in western Europe, and had France not joined up, there would have been no such resistance possible, even if Germany had been rearmed, for any adequate resistance to Russia wiil have to be provided with French bases and lines of communication. This sort of news talk we believe to be a product of the prevailing pessimism that has certain news commentators in its grip rather than any careful ap praisal of the facts. R.W.R. One Born Every Minute What has Senator McCarthy got that other dema gogues lack? We have about decided it is his collossal nerve combined with a P. T. Barnum type of showmanship. P. T. Barnum decided the American people like to be humbugged and he made a fortune by capitalizing on this assumption. . ' The -Wisconsin Senator follows the same tech nique. , - As the new congress opens, he emerges, for ex ample, from his seclusion to announce that he meant nothing PERSONAL in his broadcast against Presi dent Eisenhower. He thinks, the President is, all in all, doing a pretty good job especially in Europe. He assumes the American people have forgotten what he said about the President only a few weeks ago, and how he apologized to the American people for ever asking them to support him. If that isn't '"PERSONAL" as far as the President is concerned what would one call it? But Joe wouldn't execute such an absurd "flip flop" if he didn't believe he could get away with it. And as far as the victims of his special brand of fakery are concerned, he may be right. R.W.R. frf, 4 Golden Pessimism the news commentators the suggest it might have been if France had yielded to Matter of fact TKE JASTION BUILDZRS PnoHipfth, Cambodia Sesaa- $ thing f the stfieusaess ef the il-nseFs that mow le ahead in Asia wm sufi- gerted by a little i&c&ent ia vhiek this peperter tis quite acci dentally in yelvei. It fe e 8 with an early morn in 5 ap point ment with the Prime Minis ter of this charming little coun try f Camteedia, which is the remnant of the great Khmer empire that built Angkor Wat. The Khmer empire was de stroyed some 600 years ago by the invading Siamese, who were fleeing in their turn from the In fk Day's Hews By TKAMK JE1TKIKS In this first week of the year 1955, let's take a look at the future a hopeful look; not gloomy look. The optimist, you know, looks at the doushnut the pessimist LOOKS AT TrfE HOLE. Let's be optimists, for change. .. - ; T ET'S look first at. the nennle M who work (in this world it's the people who WORK that count.) The economists have technical name for the total number of those who work. They call it "total labor force." Back in 1929 our total labor force was 4,400,000. 1950 it was 63,100,000. In 1975 it is expected to be 90,700,000. rjlHE pessimist will be shocked - by these fig.ires. He will ask: Where will they ALL FIND JOBS? rpHE optimist wiU cite him to -- another economist term the "gross national product." The gross national product is the value in dollars of everything everybody produces. In 1929, our gross national product was $174,000,000,000. In 1950, it was $316,000,000, 000. In 1975, it is expected to be $586,000,000,000. TTOW will people pay for it all? It's a good question. The an swer lies in what the economists can aisposaDie income pay ments to individuals which means what everybody has left after his taxes are paid. It 1929, it was $136,000,000,- 000. In 1950, it was $219,000,000, 000. In 1975, it is expected to be $367,000000,000. A ND so on. I could go on like this all day. The economists are prolific producers of figures So far as the future is con cerned, they are all hopeful. But Somebody will say So far as the future is con cerned, these figures you're feeding us are GUESSES. How do you know we aren't being kidded? FAIR enough, Let's Rff i Let's see if we can answer that one. rpHE answer lies in a FACT. The fact is babies. In the year just ended, 4,100,000 American babies were born. That is the 1 A 1 m largest numDer 01 oaoies ever born in a single year in America. These babies will grow up vvxme xneyre growmg up, tney n have to have schooling, That will take more teachers and more schoolhouses. That will mean MORE JOBS for more people. WHEN the boy babies get to be TT about 24 and the girl babies about 20, they'll eet married. Every married couple will have to have a house. Every new nouse win nave to have furni ture and all the modern sadsets that go to make a house, They'll have to be fed and they'll have to De clothed. In this modern world, they'll have to be AMUSED. - That will create a lot of new JOBS. And these new couples will have MORE babies, which will start tne cycle all over. A GAIN I could so on like this aU day. But I won't. I'll just suggest anotner question. how come we're having so many more babies than we used THE answer to that question is REALLY interesting. Here is how it came about: Aii 01 a sudden somewhere along m the early 1940s the young people of America de cided tnat ttus country is going to be all right, that it will re main a going concern AND SO IT . WILL BE ALL RIGHT TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE A GOOD-SIZED FAMILY. All the rest has foUowed along in logical order. I ET'S close with this optimis- tic statement: . As long as the people of our country HAVE FAITH IN THE FUTURE OF AMERICA AND ARE WILLING TO WORK AND PRODUCE, everything will be aU right and the future wiU be rosy. - x .- . - So, Little 1955, greetings and salutations! y Swepk Alst expanding Chinese. South Asian history hs an interesting con tinuity. His IsceUency Pen Nouth, is a taU, intelligent, quiet man nered man, who is Prime Min ister of Cambodia because he is considerably tougher than most of his easy going countrymen. He masts a lucid analysis of Cambodia's situation and policy. The country's loyalty to King Nwedom Sihanouk and to Budd hism; the hatred of the mass of Cambodians for the Vietnamese who lead the Communist Viet Minh; the relative contentment of the people because of the plenty that reigns in this rich, underpopulated land; the de pendence of Cambodia on Amer ican aid for its own military de fense these were the chief points stressed. Cambodia, said the Prime Minister, intended to resist the Communist Viet Minh with all its powers; and since Cambodia's geographical posi tion makes it a shield for Thai land, this was an important statement. At the close of the interview, however, the Prime Minister turned the tables on the report er, asking what principle devel opments he foresaw in Asia in the next 12 months. THERE was only one possible answer. The situation in southern Indochina plainly fore cast the loss of that vital area to the Communists, and quite pos sibly before the Vietnamese elec tions. In addition, the Chinese Communists were plainly pre paring an attack on the offshore islands of Formosa, which the United States had refused to guarantee. Therefore a Com munist military victory over Chiang Kai-shek, which would be an even greater, propoganda victory, must also be anticipated. The effect of these rather obvious statements on the Prime Minister appeared to be electric. He detained the reporter. He said he had believed that when Gen. Lawton Collins was sent to Saigon, it meant that the United States was determined to hold southern Indochina against Com munist pressure. He asked how Cambodia, "this little country,' could be expected to retain its independence if southern Indo china, which encloses Cambodia on two sides, should fall into Communist hands. He also remarked that a Chi nese Communist victory on For mosa's offshore islands, even although militarily unimportant would lead many people to ques' tion the value of American sup port; and it was only absolute confidence in the firmness of American support that could give Cambodia the courage to resist the heavy Communist pressures to which Cambodia is already exposed. In the later afternoon, at the close of an intervening meet ing of the cabinet, the reporter saw the acting Foreign Minis ter. He declared that the cabi net agenda had been set aside for a discussion of the terrible news about southern Indochina and the offshore islands. And he went considerably further in his pessimism about the future than Prime : Minister Penn Nouth. ' If this is the kind of reaction that is produced by a simple, unvarnished statement of fu ture probabilities that are ac cepted by every serious observer in Asia, what then wiU be the reaction to the actual, uncon cealable, shattering events them selves? ; THAT is the principle, prob lem that nnw pnnfrnntc nur bastion builders. Bastion build ing is a favorite new American activity in Asia. It is going on in Thailand. It is going on in Japan, which . President Eisen hower has formally declared a bastion despite the recent signs to the contrary. And the able American ambassador to Cam bodia, Rober t McCHntock, would like, quite righty, to make Cambodia another bastion to protect : the even bigger bastion in Thailand. Theoretically, the thing can be done. AU that Penn Nouth said about his country and his people is true. Prior to the sig nature of the Geneva accord, when the Viet Minh were trying to get a firm base in Cambodia, the . Royal Cambodian Army even gave a sound thrashing to 1:hree . invading Viet Minh bat talions. Superficially, then, this should be an excellent chance of mak ing the great river of Mekong, which is Cambodia's main bor der with Indochina, into the stopping line of the Communist advance in Asia. Even historical ly, it seems logical, for the Me kong is the ancient dividing line between Chinese cultural in fluence, which predominated in Indochina, and . Indian , cultural influence which gave the origi nal stimulus to the civilizations of 1 Cambodia. Thailand and Burma. Inspired by contemplation of the magnificence of Angkor Wat, that eighth wonder of the world, India's Prime Minister Nehru even told Ho Chi Mirth that India would look very much askance on' an attempt on Cambodia. But all the bastions 'vill still turn out to be mere mud piesj recklessly patted io-, VICTOtY SMILE French Premier Pierre Mendes France has right to the smile shown hef e as he won an im portant vote of confidence in Paris when the French Gen eral Assembly approved the West European Union which will put 500,000 West Ger man troops under arms. The unofficial vote was 287 to 260. Bureau of Census Sets Manufacturing Count This Month Early this month, report forms of the 1954 Census of Manufac tures are being mailed to all Oregon manufacturers by the bureau of the Census. Informa tion requested in this canvass will bring up to date the de tailed manufactures statistics, now of the vintage of 1947, for states and smaller areas. An estimated 275,000 manu facturing establishments through out the United States will re ceive the forms. In 1947, a to tal of 240,881 factories reported value added by manufacture of $74,400,000,000, an average of 14,294,304 employees, and salar ies and wages of these employees totaling $39,700,000,000. Oregon Figures The 1947 census showed 3,075 manufacturing establishments in Oregon with value "added by manufacture of $675,000,000, an average of 105,591 employees for the year, and salaries and wages of $317,800,000. The top ranking manufactur ing industries in Oregon accord ing to -'value added by manufac ture in 1947 were: sawmills and planing mills,, general, , $300,- 513,000; plywood plants, $31,- 091,000; canning and preserving, except fish, $20,592,000; pulp mills, $16,585,000 and newspap ers, $15,685,000. Legal Catii Tables Idle at Vancouver Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Legal card tables were out of operation in Vancouver, Wash., today. City Clerk George Carson L$aid no city licenses had been issued for January, and no ap plications were made for fre licensing the 13 tables licensed in December. Four card room operators last month forfeited bail after they were charged with conducting card gambling games. gether in the path of a flood, if American policy in . Asia does not soon, become infinitely firm er and less fraudulent than it is today. . (Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) ' Investments iride by the It of the month earn dividends as of the First. Iff win wimW Remon Assassination I n Pa n a ma May Sta rt New Period of Strife By CHARLES M. MC CANN United Press Foreign Analyst The guns that cut down Presi dent Jose Antonio Remon of Panama may herald a new per iod of turmoil in the six little "banana re p u b i c s" of Central Amer ica. Remon's as sassination threw Panama into a crisis which bids to last for a long time, and may erupt in more chrir mci ann violence. There are the makings of crises in Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala. An attempt was made last April to assassinate President Anastasio Somoza, the "strong man" of Nicaragua, and a fur ther attempt would not be sur prising. Violent History ' But tension is already building up there in anticipation of a presidential election next year. On the basis of its population, a total of 9,000,000, Central America easily holds the all-time "world record for political vio lence. Panama, for instance, has had 29 presidents since it became a republic in 1903. Democrats, GOP Pick Leaders for 84th o Session- of Congress Washington (U.R) Demo- crats and Republicans named1 their leaders .today for the Dem ocratic controlled 84th' Congress which convenes tomorrow. House Democrats went through the formality of nom inating Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas as- speaker and naming Rep. John, W. McCormack of Massachusetts as their floor leader. Rayburn, who has served as speaker longer than anyone else, will be elected again ' to that post tomorrow' when the Democrats formally take con trol. He will succeed Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R-Mass.), who be .comes House Republican leader. Senate Democrats were set to name Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas as majority leader. Senate Republicans . - unani mously elected Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire as chairman of their policy com mittee, succeeding Homer Fer guson of Michigan who was de- Court Records POLICE COURT Ewing Young Mitchell, violation of Dasic rule. iu. Ralph Eugene Murphy, violation of basic rule, 9lo. Bill Joe Stafford, failure to stop at red light, $5. . , Russell W. Jamison, parked to no parking zone. $5. Theron William Van Sickle, viola tinn nf basic rule. SIO. Rosemary Ellen' Johannson, viola- tinn nf -hflfiif rule. 10. Joseph E. McFadden. violation of basic rule. $10. , , Raymond Lee DeCarlow. violation of basic rule, $10. Dale Ramon Flowers, failure to yield right of way to pedestrian. $10. Ina Pearl Phillips, alley parking. $5. James Russell McDonald, failure to stop at red light. $5. DISTRICT COURT William I. McKinney, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. Robert D. Wilson, failure to stop at stop sign. $10. CIRCUIT COURT Mildred Evelyn Bray vs. Joseph Henry Bray, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE Fred C. Rolland. 37. Toketee Falls. APPLICATION and Dora Ann Kincade. 36. Shady Cove. START YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT NOW INVEST REGULARLY EVERY PAYDAY IN AN INSURED SAVINGS ACCOUNT Insured to $10,000 by The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Your Savings Will Earn Dividends, Tool Come In Today Investigate Discover how you will profit with regular investment in a First Federal account. START YOUR SAVINGS PLAN NOW FIRST FEDERAL i Savings & Loan Assn. of Bedford 27 North Holly Telephone 2-9147 In Honduras, Julio Lozano Is sitting in the presidential chair, a virtual dictator. There was a presidential election last Octo ber. The liberla candidate got the most votes 48 per cent But an absolute majority was needed for election. In the absence of President Juan Manuel Galvez, who had gone to Panama for medical treatment, Vice-President Lozano was declared Pres ident. Galvez's ' term expired Dec. 31. But Lozano is still pres dent, watching for signs of a challenge to his rule. Explosive Situation President Somoza of Nicara gua is feuding with President Jose Figueres of neighboring Costa Rica. Figueres is a liberal, who has made his country a haven for liBeral political refu gees from other Latin American countries. Somoza is decidedly of the right wing. Figueres has charged that Costa Rican troops and planes have, violated the Nicaraguan frontier. 0 This situation is highly ex plosive, and is being closely watched by the State Depart ment. , , Guatemala, where a Commu nist dominated government was thrown out last year, is now threatened with trouble from both right and left wing elements in politics. ? feated for reelection. They reelected other leaders as follows: Sen. William F. Knowland of California, GOP floor leader.!. Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts, assistant GOP floor leader (whip). , Sen. Eugene D. Milikin of Colorado, chairman of the Sen ate Republican Conference. Sen. Milton R. Young of North Dakota, secretary of the Senate GOP Conference. Although the Republicans have had some bruising internal battles in the past year, there was no contest over any of their leadership posts. Their meeting was described as full of "good will and harmony." With Democrats taking con trol, Bridges will relinquish his post as Senate president pro tempore to Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.). Bend (U.R) Members of the Oregon Dairymen's. Association will consider proposed changes in the state's dairy laws at the annual meeting here Jan. 12-14. Salem r (U.R) Norman O. Nilsen was sworn in by Chief Justice Harold J. Warner of the Oregon Supreme Court, as state labor commissioner. MUTUAL Inc. Notice of 57tb Conncvffr DiridanA. Th Board of Directors of Inv uteri Mutual hat dedarad a quartwfy dM 6nd of ftfMn centi par shara payaMa on January 21, 1955, to shareholder! of record at of December 31, 1954. If tt " " r Tii J. W. Ambler E. John Rossi Ph. 2-8918 Ph. 3-4764 a o rstV 0 IAtiitia. St mm V r; o
