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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfordOTribunb "Everybody"" in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail -Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. - Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON, Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. Citv Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor EICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act of Marcft 3. 1887 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mail In. Advance: Par eoar 10c. ; Daiy and Sunday One year 912.00 - Daily and Sunday Six months 8.50 .' Daily and Sunday Three mos 3.50 . rDaily and Sunday One month 1.25 aunaay unu; un year Bv Carrier In Advanca Medford. Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville, Gold HiU. Phoenix, -Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent. and on motor routes: - .'Daily and Sunday On year 913.00 .Daily and ounaay one montn lis .. .earner and oeaiera sc per copy ; - AH Terms Cash-in Advanca Official Paper of the City of Mtdford -- uinciai paper oi Jscsson jcoumy United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising - Renresentative: .i WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. '-'Offices in New York, Chicago. De troit. an - Francisco, Los Angeies, : Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta, Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL (r NEWS PAP It PUIUSHERS "ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune, 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. ";- 10 TEARS AGO Jan. 19, 1945 i- 'V;r'V (It was Friday) Herb Grey, president of Jack son .County Chamber of Com merce, to receive distinguished service award f r 6 m Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, president's pin to be given . to Paul Selby. ;';-'- From Arthu r. Perry's Ye Smudge Pot . column: "Where's the meat?" asks the American Meat Institute in an ad, as if thev would not know. Most of it seems to be grazing in pastures around rural hay stacks. 20 YEARS AGO ' . :' " Jan. 19, 1935 ''; 1 .- (It was Saturday) Dick Lewis leads St. Mary's all-stars to 24 to 19 victory over Medford High school basketball team. . to Medford after visiting 'local delegation" of prisoners in state penitentiary. 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 19, 1925 'f (It was Monday) Famed band leader. John Philip Sousa and band visit Med ford. t - Pussywillows reported bloom ing in Reese Creek district 40 YEARS AGO Jan.. 19, 1915 .. . ..L. -.i:, (It was Tuesday) . Wood supply in Medford "practically exhaused" and ship ment expected' from Glendale soon. . - ":: . From the Local and Personal eclumn: A team belonging to C. A. Adams ran away on Main st. this morning and a probe showed the animals to have been un hitched. The ordinance requiring all farmers to hitch their teams will be enforced. Whafs f he Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955, Editorial Rtsurch Report :1. Is the- Senate or the House of Representatives apt to meet longer on a typical day- during a. session of Congress? 2. The number of babies born in the IJ.S. in 1954 was the highest on record, , high but no record, about average, or under average? i X 13. Cardinal Wyszynski has been in jail in Argentina, Czech oslovakia," Hungary, Poland, Ru mania, or Yugoslavia? . 4. ' Public elementary', school teachers average higher salaries in California,.5Iichigan, North Carolina, Ohio or Texas? - 5. The Decalogue comes' from the Old Testament Newr Testa ment, Apocrypha, or jTalmud? .: 6. Gen. Gruenther is ... Army chief of staff, head of a military school in the south, military aide to the President, military head of NATO, or ambassador to France? :, 7. The letters "MRA" stand for what " current ethical-religious movement? ' I - ; ; :- . The Answers: U The Senate. 2. Highest on record. 3. la Po land. 4. California. 5. Old Testa ment (it's the Ten Command ments). 6. .Military head of NATO. 7. Moral Rearmament. . Salem - U.R) Sen. S. Eugene Allen of Portland has introduced a bill calling for a constitutional convention in July, 1959 at the state capitoL to -.study revision of Oregon's constitution. MAIL TRIBUNE Everyone ' While manv weaDons against polio, it is-doubtful ply were it not for the ' money which xthe . American people are contributing. - TRILLIONS of the contributed dollars, are going into experiments with the Salk vaccine. Over 1,300, 000 separate shots of this' vaccine were given last year. It is definitely Jmown that it raises the level of polio virus-fighting antibodies in the bloooV but there are still some questions to be completely answered be fore its effectiveness will be known: : Other millions are helping; defray the costs of on-the-spot emergency ;polio iightersTwhen local re- Buuiccsiui iigruug a puuu epiuenuc are exuauw;u. To provide . emergency equipment :such as- iron lungs, hot pack machines, rocking beds;- suction ma chines and medicines. '""'-V? i For payment of hospital falls," braces and app& ances, transportation, home nursing or physical ther-i apy services for victims who need andxeauest aicL' " And 'for fellowships :j. i. a wiue variety oi proiessionaiirainmg ana stuay in fields related to polio. . .; '.'fl 'P: y'?-"-'.; 'A All these and many more services are made pos sible through the contributions which are made to the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis and are paid out by that agency. ' - ; : v fyE of the great mysteries about polio is the un f. predictability with which it strikes; All in a fam- ily-may be stricken while the family next door is spar ed. It is this very unpredictability which has moved the American peopleXto join sin : common cause against the crippling disease. ' Last year was the seventh year of high polio in cidence and it was the third highest in U. S. history with 40,000 new cases reported. Jackson county had on - ,9 cases xequixxiig assisuiiict;. The rising tide of polio pact now because of the growing pressure of old cases sun jieeuixig atienuun. IT MAY BE that the Salk vaccine will prove, effec 1 tive in curbiflg polio paralysis. Only ftime will tell. In the meantime, and whatever the resultrdf; the present experiments, money is needed to care, f of the tens of thousands bf polio patients MWa Those who have not tonMbuted otherwise wish to make an additional contribution may sind; their money to J. D. Montieth, ireasurer, u D. xauonai Hardier Tomato Is Prospect This section oi the Rogue Oliver 'valley1 cab Re duce an exceptionally fine and flavorful tomato for which there is a ready fresh; and cannery market. But there are weather- characteristics which have tended to discourage tomato growing on a commercial scale, and have deprived the farmers of a substantial revenue.; a'u -' ' ' ' : ' . - J. , . : . . . T;' One of the hazards is frost in the spring. In order to take advantage of as long a growing and bearing period as possible, farmers are tempted t6 planl; the vines early. All too often a frostrcomes along to nip the' tender growth. 'Sy-fA At the other end of the season another difficulty is often encountered. September or October rains crack the fruit, lowering the market quality. v& v t; "THOSE who would like to ow more tomatoes wi be interested in the experiments emg Conducted at the Oregon State College "where researchers ' are seeking to develop a new tomato variety that will set fruit early, produce a heavy tonnage and will prove resistant to cracking as a result of rain. - . Along with the early developing, long producing and non-cracking qualities, the horticulturists are try ing to bring forth a combination which will be less susceptible to curly top virus, late blight and verticil lum wilt'- v'M ;':,'--.v-V5V-' Some, but not all, of the desired virtues have ben realized, according to a recent O.S.C. report, and limited amounts of trial seed of at least three selec tions will be distributed to county agents and branch experiment stations this spring. Seed sent to agents will be redistributed to selected growers for plant ob servation. f i . TF A FAIR degree of success is attained through the O.S.C effort this region should prof it greaSy for tomatoes grown here are unsurpassed xand the pros pect of sufficient irrigation water will make addition al land available for tomato production.-rE.C.F.' Credit Possible In Art Purchases i; Buffalo, N. Y. (U.R) Credit it as good as cash at the Art In stitute of Buff alo. U I For the.first time m the insti tution's history, paintings and sculptures placed on exhibit may now be purchased on the install ment plan through; ai arrange ment with a Buffalo bank. . .. Wesley, A. Nunemaker, direc tor, commenting on the plan, ob served that -a growinf trend is evident throughout the country to enlarge the base of interest in the arts. , - "It is fortunate this is happen ing because, if our cultural insti tutions are to survive, they must be humanized,", he said. "The ordinary citizen must feel he has as much a part in the cul tural, life of the community as in its political or economic life." , Wednesday January 19 1955 Can Help are bein&used iil the fieht if a single one would be and -scholarships providing ? i . a:: i i . ." i . is havme its greatest im . -. , . Jackson Countylarhaign iantE, meuoiJ&.v.r f1 Boy Scouts Trooa 8 Troop 8 held its regular meet ing Jan.' 18. A. court of honor will be held Tuesday, Jan. 28. Our patrols elected officers. The officers of the Flaming Arrow patrol are Gerry Espey, patrol leader; Richard Connolly, assist ant patrol leader. The Stag pa trol officers are, Dick Kengla, patrol leader;. Mike Phillips, .as sistant patrol leader. Officers of the Panther patrol are, Bob Rir, patrol leader; Douglas Williams, assistant patrol leader. The offic ers of the Pine Tree patrol are, Howard Kennett, patrol leader; Mike Morrisey, assistant patrol leader. There will one second class, one first .class, five tenderfoot and one star award at our court of honor. 'v -' ;:. Feb. S tn 12 mii Troop Eight's display will be at t c3wc.ru uu sunier. x eD. 13 is Scout Sunday: .- - -.- : Gen Harver Scribe :'' ' Z", ' iV iAr. -:'A. AA A -':, Nehru May Be Given Co-Existence Chance I nf pisaOwniCpss'y Br CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India may have a chance to co-exist with Commu nism in his own country pretty soon. Nehru talks a lot about the benefits of co-existence as recommended by the Krem lin. ; v But that means co - ex istence on - a Cluilss McCann global scale. and Nehru is a global thinker. He does not relish the ' idea that a Communist government may be put in power next month in the new Indian state of Andhra. ' Nehru went down 'there, " on the Bay of Bengal, in person last week end to appeal to the vot ers to keep hjs Congress Party in office in the election .for a state legislature which is to be held Feb. 11. r:. 4 Issue in Doubt" v '. . As of now,- -the ; issue is 1 in doubt. Andhra ' was set up in 1953 as India's 29th state. It has an area- of: 67,000 square miles and a population of about 22,000,000. ; . . . - ;V::.; Its people speak a distinct language,' the musical Telugu tongue. : Their history goes back more than 2200 years to the time when the kings of Andhra were powerful. T in modern times Andhra had been part of Madras State. ,; ... -yv : Andhra's birth was dramatic. In 1950, when India became in dependent, a years-long dream of a revived Andhra State grip ped the people. In 1952 their leader, Potti Sriramalu, 51, went on a hunger strike to focus at tention on ' their demand for statehood. : :; Sriramalu died of starvation after 56 days. Wild rioting broke out among the grief stricken ' Andhra people. Sixteen lives were lost." ' Nehru decided to set up a State of Andhra.. The a?ea was a fertile field for Communism. It had just emerged from a ter rible six-year drought . .. Support Needed v : Members of the Madras legis lature from the area established the Andhra state legislature. The Congress Party hait a slight plur ality ever the Communists in the 140 seat legislature, but depend ed on the support of other parties to keep in officer Nehru himself is an anti-prohibitionist. But his Congress Party men in Andhra decided to im pose - prohibition ; oh the : state. Andhrans like their liquor. The Communists ".maneuvered the government into a vote on the 4-H Club Howard Club - Howard Healthy Handy Hands club welcomed two new mem bers, Kathy Bermingham, ; and Linda Wescot, at vthe last meet ing. The next meeting wUl be hel4 at Colleen Franck's home on January 31. Cooking will be the topic. Inez Viers played the piano and taught members a .new song. . . - . A clothing meeting will be held February 14 at Mrs. Walk-r er's ' home. Mary Daniels will serve refreshments next timeli V. f issue, and it was overthrown last November. 1 Eighty-four-year-old Tengturi Prakasam is the Congress Party leader : in Andhra: ' Nehru real ized he faced a fight to keep the Communists from ; getting into power in the election which resulted from his party's defeat. He sent S. K. Patel, the Con gress Party's ace political stra tegist, from Bombay to direct the campaign. . .Then Nehru went there himself. . -The Communists are fighting a vigorous campaign. They have a lot of money the source of which Nehru can ' not- find. and they, have a lot -: of poor people to work upon. Is That So? By Eugene Burnt Ringer-Naturalist ' To deal a body blow to some of our folk-zdoiogy, here's an other helping of Facts vs. Falla cies. ' ' : Fallacy: Mice love cheese. , : Fact Certainly," hungry ; mice will eat cneese, even each other. But given a choice, mice prefer sweets, such as r lemon gum drops. - u9'- : J ' v rv r Fallacy: Moths eat clothes. Fact: The free-flying moth you see does not eat your clothes, it's the larvae. The moth, which most people chase so zealously, has already laid her eggs. And should you kill her, she can die with a smirk on her face, having already achieved her purpose in this life. But should, you catch one on a garment, hastily" scam pering between : folds , to hide, kill it! The chances are such a one has not yet laid her eggr. Fallacy: Cane sugar is sweeter than beet sugar and maple sugar is sweeter; vet. Fact: All, cane beet and maple sugar are exactly as sweet. The only difference is. in manufac turing and refinement The so called maple taste of maple su gar, come .from incomplete re finery methods.- A , Fallacy: Given time, '. a small fly will grow into a big, buzzing monster. . ; ( Fact: AUk flies - emerge full- grown from the chrysalis. That some- of the smaller species of flies often appear early in the summer helps support this falla cy that flies grow. . FaUacy: Dogs do not sweat; when hot they only pant. Factr -Dogs like most other animals have sweat glands and they do sweat, but moderately. (Released by MeClure " Newspaper Syndicate) : ' Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo- oedia Americana; mv panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me; the best question on nature and wildlife a complete 30-volume : set of , this world-famous reference work in a - handsome - Sealcraft 'binding. Each week, new questions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your ques tions to: IS THAT SOI co Med ford Mail Tribune, Box 575. Sau salito, Calif. "" ' ' SAYI3CS AU Sizes But. Not in All Stylet . Come Early! Sale Starts Tomorrow, Jan. 20 at 9 a.m. 0) Fluhrer Coifdinj In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS . High drama: At 3:0 o'clock the other morn ing, the national assembly of . the Republic of Panama was called into special session, to hear a prominent Panamanian : lawyer confess that a couple of weeks ago he murdered the president of Panama. He did it, he said, with a ma chine gun. And . He added- He did it with the full knowl edge of the man who succeeded to the presidency after the killing. ; yHY did he do it? Well,- he . confessed, he had been promised that the new re gime would make him minister of justice,' which is the most im portant job in the Panamanian cabinet " GUIZADO, the man who had succeeded to the presidency when President Remon was mur dered, listened to the confession. He termed it a senseless tale,' without a word of truth in it The Panamanian assembly lis tened to him, disbelieved him, IMPEACHED him and ordered his arrest and trial on a charge of - plbtting the murder of his predecessar. After that it swore in the second vice-president Ri cardo Arias Espinosa, as the new president of Panama (Guizado had been first vice-president) , That makes the third presi dent of the Republic of Panama within a period of two weeks. JiHAT'S BAD government : When ' the people have bad government, they have it pretty rough. If you've ever been . in Panama, you know that for 'the common run of Panamanians life is pretty rugged. 5 History teaches this lesson: Whether the people have good government or - bad government depends pretty largely - on the people' themselves. :; " : r " H ERE'S one from Texas: In Houston a 22-year-old wom ancarrying her 16-months-old baby as well as a gun held up a liquor store. The robbery .net ted her $54. but she was arrested shortly afterward while she was trying to get her - husband out of jail with the money. ' : (Her husband, a partially dis abled World War H veteran arid unemployed for some time past, is working, out a $50 fme.on the Houston city farm. He got into trouble for speeding on the city streets and . driving : without an operator's license.) - ; The woman who . landed in the city jail after her hold-up, tells reporters: - - - , "I didn't care what happened to me. I didn't! think of myself , I thought only , of my husband and baby". , . , - fNE' can't help feeling sorry v for the poor girl. ; . But just feeling sorry for her won't help her much. What CAN one do to help in cases like that? - M ORE about life as it is lived: Over on the embattled island of Formosa some 5,000 men an swered . a lonely hearts news paper advertisement which told of an attractive 25-year-old wid ow who was looking for a hus band. The ad asked that stamps be enclosed for the widow to use in answering. r The teletype relates that some of the applicants . got . peeved when their letters went -unan swered and called in the cops Investigation disclosed that- the; attractive 25-year-old widow was a ragged "and . bearded 31-year-old MAN, who had rigged ' Up the scheme with the thrifty idea OH RATIOS AltT ADYIKTISId km mm OtCC Policies Toy City For Assistance In License Information oh policies of the Oregon Liquor Control commis sion has been, presented to the Medford city council, to aid in passing on applications, accord ing to Councilman Paul Meyers at last night's meeting. - ' The letter discussed statutory reasons for the . commission re fusal of licenses, and aid by local bodies,; county courts and city councils ; which are a "great help' to the commission in de ciding on approval or disapprov al of an application. , "It is a rare case, almost nil; when a : license is issued when not approved by the county 6durts or city- coun cils, the report continued. It pointed v out that these bodies can help in' numerous ways, such as disapproving the renewal of a license when it has not been satisfactory to city en forcement -ageneies,. or for .other reasons known to these; 'bodies when, in their opinion, it would best serve the community that license be not . granted or con tinued. " (light Club Singer Held on Dope Charge ' Hollywood (U.R) Frances Faye, 42, a night club singer, was arrested today on suspicion of violation of state narcotics laws. The singer was seized at her home along with three men after officers staked out at the loca tion. - ; Officers who walked into the plush apajtment said they con fiscated four cans of marijuana found on Miss Faye's dresser. They said she had four marijuana;- cigarettes in her posses sion and admitted "smoking once in awnue.. , Miss Faye told ; police she was a $4000 a week singer and has been appearing in a club at Las Vegas. . Arrested with her on similar charges were V Joseph C Hole- steine, 26, a Long Reach, Calif ., bartender; Louis Sosa, 35, and Jerome Raff, 33, both of Los Angeles. Hormel Said Target KOUS Hollywood (U.R) George Hormel Jr., cleared last week of a narcotics charge, told police someone fired a shot at him this morning as he sat in his living rOOm; - ' . .. .. v.; ..: '; ."- ' The bullet shattered the win dow missing the 26-year-old meat packing heir only by In ches, police said. Hormel, whose trial ended last week after he had been charged with possession of 13 marijunana cigarettes, told officers he had no idea who fired the shot A jury acquitted Hormel following testimony he was "framed" and his confession ; was made : only to aid officers roundup narcotics violators. Police: said they would begin an investigation into the early morning, incident, ll - of, acquiring sudden wealth out of the stamps. T TAKES all kinds of people to make a world, doesn't it? Cf FOOTOkAQ 15 SevA CtRtrs! Mm Decisions In other business, the Rich field Oil company was low bid der for. sale of regular and Ethyl gas to the city by tank and trail er delivery The company's bid was 21.4 cents a gallon for regu lar and- 23.6 cents for EthyL Total estimated cost for the year to. the city is $17,810. Tidewater Associated Oil com pany was successful bidder on diesel oil and kerosene at 13.6 cents and 19 cents a gallon. respectively. . , ; :-f-A-' Mayor Earl Miller set Feb. 22 and 23 as student govern ment days in Medford. Former ly, only one day has been set, but Miller stated that not enough time, was available properly to show the students government functions. The first day will be devoted to radio, television and the aL cual Elks-sponsored ban quet y A council meeting, ad journed' from Feb. 15 will' be held the - second night ' Adopt Ordinces - Ordinances were adopted levy ing street and alley paving as sessments on Bundy st, from Ashland ave. to Florence . ave.. $5,959.57, : apportioned on 10 4 parcels of property; Niantic st., from Manzanita to Edwards sts $10,079.65, for .28 parcels; Mel rose ave., from Oakdale ave. to South Holly -St., $20,297.04, for 32 parcels, and Monroe st, from Whitman ave.; to ; Kenyon st, $9,854.13, for 10-parcels. Alleys, including Block 10, Old Town, from Third to Fourth sts., $1,448.34, for 10 parcels; Block 15, O. T., : from Eighth to Ninth sts., $2,829.21, for seven parcels; Block-19, O.' T., . from Eighth to Ninth sts:, $1,621.04, xor seven parcels; ciock J. . , . . A. ' . T, from Third to Fourth sts., $2,593.18, for 12 parcels, and Block 56, O. T., from Fifth to Sixth sts, $2,247.18, for 11 parcels. ' ' , I Call Hearing . -'A resolution was adopted call ing for a hearing to be set later by the planning commission for a change of -zone for the area north; of Clark st from McAb- .. tev: crews ro. to n arregan sr. xrom Class IB, single and two-family residences, to Class VI, heavy industrial zone. ; A new private hangar lease with Alley Lumber company was approved. : It was drawn up in line with the city's policy at the airport to promote more build ing construction. 'Lease ost- is about 1 cent per square foot an nually.' P;i-V V f. y ... . Vacation proceedings oh prop erty adjacent to the residence ; of E. M. Cooksey, 943 Winches ter ave., s were referred to '"the city planning commission. ' (See story on Page 1) 7 Thojro Is Mo Subsfitfufo For oh Insured savings , " account. Start with any , ; amount. Yeuil discover friendly, personal serv-.. -ice. - , O FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N . ; of . Medford - 27 North Holly, -A InsHtutto Deiicatei ; Te Tkeae...Whe Save , 1 f'..'.f
