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Flight or Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago. ,
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 8, 1945
(It was Thursday)
Vic Milnes elected president
Of Medford Junior Chamber of
Commerce, succeeding Paul
Selby.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Some
thing went wrong with the har-1
ness of a team of horses on Sixth
st. yesterday and it was adjust
ed by the driver. In pre-war
days, he would have been sneer
ed at by 40 passing auto horns.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 8. 1935
(It was Friday) " " '
H. A. Pinneo eiected presi
dent' of newly formed Medford
o 20-30 club; other officers include
George Goodman, Leo Laurin, .
C. Westergren, Herb Brown, Del
Cox, Ivan Harrington and J.
Orbin Cooksey. f,-.
Justine Miller, Medford, ap
pointed secretary for the Ore
o gana, student yearbook, at Uni
versity of Oregon.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 8, 1925
a (It was Sunday)
Floyd Collins, trapped in a
cave in Kentucky, reported dead
0 after 10 days of efforts to res
cue him; entire nation follows
radio reports of event.
Jackson county Republicans
s irked by failure of Gov. Walter
M. Pierce to appoint fish com
missioner for southern Oregon..
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 8, 1915
(It was Monday)
District representatives elect
ed at irrigation mass meeting
at Medford public library in
clude George B. Carpenter,
Phoenix; W. W. Gregory, Agate;
Victor Bursell, Central Point; O.
S. Blackford, Willow Springs;
Lloyd Houston, Talent; Frank
Brown, Eagle Point, and E. G.
Wortman, Medford.
"Mail Tribune, carries an
nouncement of birth of eight
pound son, on Sunday, Feb. 7,
to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Quisen
bury. .
What's the Answer?,
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. The Russians say they wiU
or won't consider the Eisenhow
er plan on atomic power for
peace, or have ignored it?
2. If the groundhog saw his
shadow on Feb. 2, we're in for
40 days of good or bad weather?
3. Most states allow a girl to
marry at 18 without her parent's
consent; right or wrong?
4. The Communist party in
West Germany has much or lit
tle political strength there? '
5. The nickname of . "Free
State" is applied to California,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachu
setts or Texas?
6. More motor-vehicle deaths
come every year from cars hit
ting other cars or hitting pedes
trians? 7. A wetback is a duck, long
distance swimmer, skin disease,
illegal entrant from Mexico, ot
put-it-on-yourself wallpaper?
The answers: 1. Say ihey will
consider it. 2. Bad weather. 3.
Right. 4. Little. 5. Maryland. 6.
Hitting Other Cars. 7. Illegal en
trant from Mexico.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Why Not a Preventive War?
If ex-Speaker Joe Martin knows what he is talk
ing about then we don't see why President Eisen
hower should longer oppose a "preventive war."
For the ex-Republican-Speaker declared over the
air Sunday night that in case of hostilities the USA
would "whip" Red China in 30 days.
Moreover the veteran Republican leader was
equally certain Soviet Russia would not come to the
aid of China, and there would consequently be no
Third World War.
Finally the ex-Speaker declared the United States
would go .all out in its offensive, using presumably
land-troops as well as atomic bombs.
TF this is all true then why not follow out Joe's views
to their logical conclusion. The main obstacle from
a Republican standpoint as to war with China has
been the fear of another world war, and consequent
world-wide atomic destruction, including of course,
in this country.
But if, as Speaker Martin claims, "Soviet Russia
would not dare risk a general war" now, China could
be crushed in a month, and presumably Chiang Kai
shek restored to power, as the Red leaders were
liquidated a preventive war would seem to be an
excellent investment.
For Red China, as of today, is the No. 1 threat to
world peace. If Russia won't give her aid in case , of
hostilities with the West then this No. 1 threat could
be removed at the minimum of time and cost, includ
ing a minimum of American casualties.
And that would be a great load off everyone's
mind, but particularly the President's, and the lead
ers of his party, including Senator Knowland.
. .
THE only fly in the ointment is, we fear President
Eisenhower thinks "Uncle Joe" is talking through
his hat.
There is little doubt that if Soviet Russia WOULD
keep "hands off" that the
Red China in a modern
without the aid of the atomic bomb. For while China
has unlimited man-power,
she lacks the all important
successful war, has no adequate motor or rail trans
portation, few if any atomic weaporis and no over
supply of food at least for her" civil population be
hind the lines.
IN other words in case of an all-out war between only
these two countries it is no doubt true, China would
ultimately, be defeated.
But how long that defeat would take, as far as the
complete surrender and occupation of China are con
cerned, and the driving out of Mao and his minions,
is a different matter. . "
Japan tried for 14 years to conquer China, and it
did not have to fight as would the U.S.A., 10,000
miles from home. Japan enjoyed a superiority in ev
ery department of warfare, but Japan failed.
China didn't win a major engagement in that con
flict. But it conducted a guerilla warfare constantly
and successfully in every part of the country, includ
ing the parts occupied by the enemy, and had World
War II not developed, it is not unlikely that war
would still be going on today !
CO even assuming Soviet Russia would not aid China
in case of attack as she promised to do, it is prob
ably his knowledge of China and the difficulties of
any conquest of that country added to his knowl
edge of what war is and his desire to prevent it
that accounts for President Eisenhower's refusal to
follow . his party's leading pro-war enthusiast, from
the state of Massachusetts. .
And then "Mr. President" may look back with
some misgivings to the time the Kaiser of Germany
predicted he would win World )Var Tin six months,
and Hitler after the fall of France declared a new era
had dawned in Europe which would endure for the
next thousand years with Nazism at the head of it.
And General Mac Arthur , declared China would
not invade Korea and the boys would be home by
Christmas! '
. -
AS before remarked in this department, we don't
believe there will be war in the Far East, now
or soon the chief reason being none of the princi
pals, (probably including Red China) really WANT,
it not now at least.
It is undoubtedly fortunate for ex-Speaker Mar
tin's reputation as a military expert and a person of
rare prophetic powers at least in the political field
that this is so. i '
Otherwise it is probable that lie would eventually
have to admit he had talked out of turn on the eve
ning of Sunday, Feb. 6th, 1955 and might have bet
ter kept his mouth shut. .
piNALLY there is a very good reason why the Chi
nese Reds should not oppose the evacuation of
the Tachen Islands by Chiang Kai-shek. Why shpuld
they fight to get an important island, when they-can
get it without fighting?' They may be a crazy bunch
but they are not that crazy. .
In fact it may be this Formosa threat bythe Chi
nese is all a'.bluff, that what they want is to immobile
ize Chiang as far as any attack onvthe Chinese main
land is concerned, while they concentrate on Indo
China and Indonesia, to the south.
. Whether this is true or isn't will probably be
known before the year it out. R.W.R.
Tuesday, February 8, 1955
United States could defeat
sea - and - land war, with or
and ranks 4th in the air,
industrial production for a
States Move To End
Civil Service Right
To Fire Employees
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) It is a
fact not generally known that
the federal government has au
thority to drop
a note to the
governor of
any state or
dering him for
cause to fire
certain state
employees
and make the
order stick.
The states
are moving
i r witCo now to pro
Lyle C Wilson tect themselves.
The federal agency with pow
er to do this is the Civil Service
Commission. The authority de
rives from the Hatch Act which
was passed in the Roosevelt era
to keep civil servants out of pol
itics. The Hatch Act's ban on polit
ical activity by federal em
ployees applies also to em
ployees of any state agency fi
nanced in whole or in part by
federal funds. There is an excep
tion in behalf of educational or
scientific state agencies. Teach
ers; for example, would be ex
empt. But an employee of any
other state agency which re
ceived so much as $1 of fedral
funds may be fired on orders
from Washington if held guilty
of political activity, or the em
ployee may be suspended.
Vermonters Fighting Law
The states of Vermont and In
diana are' taking the lead in curb
ing this extraordinary grant to
the federal government of au
thority to dabble in state busi
ness. Vermont has gone to court.
The Civil Service Commission
recently moved against an offi
On The Side
(Distributed by King
She that would gain a constant
lover
Must at a distance keep .the slave.
Men should not guess the
thoughts we have.
While they're in doubt their
flame increases
And all attendance they will pay.
When we're possessed their
transport ceases
And vows, like vapours, fleet
away.
: Aphra Behn.
How many voters; are there
in your family? Do you all vote
the same ticket? Friend of mine,"
who is a Republican, has a wife
and daughter who are both Dem
ocrats. . What is the. record ' for
number of voters : id the same
family? Patrick G. Smith of
Staten Island. N. Y.. had twelve
sons and five daughters all of
voting age. Their votes added
to. those of their parents made
nineteen votes in one family!
Office Wives
Secretaries of executives are
reliablv reported hennminff in
creasingly difficult to handle.
some 01 tne uiri .Fridays are
said to be as tempermental as
opera stars. I have asked our
horses and women exberts to
thoroughly check this alarmine
situation. If it is as reported,
i win nave our experts prepare a
series of helpful hints to execu
tives under the general heading
'tne nandling and training of
office wives." -
First Baby '
What was ; your wife's age
when her first baby arrived? Ac
cording to experts on the
the best time for the first baby
is wnen me motner is older than
20 and younger than 25. The
ideal father of the first baby
i Tit
snouia De oetween 25 and 35. It
is also said a child-bearine career
should end at 35. And that it
is safe for the average woman to
have seven children but unwise
to have eight or more. Also that
the period between births should
be from twenty-seven to thirty
months.
Asking ' '
Queries from clients. Q. Have
wagered the poem "A Visit from
St. Nicholas," often referred to
as "The Night Before Christ
mas," was written in a house in
Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
Right?. A. You lose. Poem you
refer to by Clement Moore was
written in the Chelsea section
of Manhattan. To be exact, on
West Twenty-third Street be
tween Ninth and Tenth Avenues.
Q. Is there a fish colored red
white and blue? A. Yes, sir. It
is a tropical fish called the South
American neon tetra. Q What
is Mae West's real name? A.
The name Mae uses profession
ally is her real name. Her father
was the late John Patriot-
of the- Greenpoint section of
xsrooKiyn.
Please Note
"The Art nf Rooino" u atj
, "JJ'ViluUUS
Huxley is a book that should in
terest those with fading eyesight
Huxley, whose eyesight became
SO har) he wac almnd
claims to have improved his con
KLEENEX HANDY? Even dogs love
Paul Ward on Barker's new nine o'clock
Wednesday TV show,' "Let's Kick It
Around." They'll lick your TV screen
Mike it was covered with honey, milk,
or ham.
cer of yermont Department of
Welfare who was found euiltv of
having acted as platform com
mittee chairman at a state po
litical convention. Vermont au
thorities refused to punish their
man whereupon the commission
levied a fine against the state.
The punishment assessed was
the withholding of federal Wel
fare funds in a sum equal to
two years salary for the offend
ing welfare department official.
Vermonters are not greedy, but
they want what's coming to
them, especially if it is money.
So they have brought suit in fed
eral district court, challenging
validity of . the commission's ac
tion. Political Exemption Bills
Indiana is attacking the Hatch
Act provision in Congress. Sen.
Homer Capehart and Rep. John
V. Beamer, both Republicans,
have introduced identical bills.
They would provide blanket ex
emption from the political activ
ity ban to employees of state
agencies.
Beamer told the United Press
he is interested because the Civil
Service Commission has taken
action against several employees
of Indiana's conservation depart
ment. ,
. "But it has been happening a
bit too often ih other states, too,"
Beamer said.
Beamer said there scarcely is
a state agency which does not
receive funds from the federal
government. A vigorous enforce
ment of the law would deprive
thousands of state employees of
the privilege of political activity.
It is understood that the Civil
Service Commission would be
delighted if Congress would re
lieve it of its responsibility of
policing the activities of state
employees.
. By E. V. Durling
Features Syndicate, Inc.)
dition by exercises and other
treatment" until he was able to
read without spectacles!
Models
At hand is a communication
from a young woman of Man
hattan who describes herself as
corset model. My knowledge of
those engaged in that type of
modeling is meager. I suppose
they are as shapely as the rest
of the models. Still it seems a cor
set' model who was a little plump
or having a figure somewhat re
moved from perfect might be a
greater aid in selling corsets than
a symmetrical female. She could
vividly demonstrate what the
garment could accomplish in the
way of .form compressing.
In afFaw Words "
Sarah Bernhardt said, "Thirty
per cent of a woman's good looks
are due to nature. Seventy per
cent to dress" . . . Ovid, in his
monumental work titled "The
Art of Love," observed, "Wheth
er they yield or refuse it delights
women to.have been asked."
Safeway Stores
Cuts Coffee Prices
San Francisco (U.R) Safe
way Stores, Inc., announced that
effective today it would reduce
the retail price of coffee by 15
cents a pound.
The company said the change
would go into effect immediate
ly in all stores throughout the
system. ' - ; ':
A Safeway spokesman said the
reduction would involve' all
three company brands, Edwards,
Nob Hill and Airway, and that
in some cases the cut would be
more than 15 cents.
Dr. Merkel Named
By Health Officers
Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson
county health officer, was
elected president of the Oregon
Health Officers association at
a recent meeting, according to
the monthly bulletin of the State
Board of Health. . .
Dr. Merkel also was named
to a new committee named to
advise the state health officer
on matters of public health.
Other officers of the associa
tion include Dr. Willard Stone,
Marion county, vice-president,
and Dr. Richard Wilcox, secre
tary. STAGE MONEY STOLEN
Hollywood (U.R) The
burglars who stole $500 from
the Key West Motion Picture
studios will have to become ac
tors if they want to use ;the
loot. ;The currency was stage
money. -
Matter of Fact
THE ENEMY BUILDUP
Taipeh. Formosa The build
up and the current deployment
of Chineco fp-niunist military
cower oupht
to give pause
to those who
regard the
Formosa crisis
as a mere
passing flurry.
Since the
Korean truce,
important
ground and air
forces have
been transfer-
Joseph Alsop
red S o u t to
wards to the coastal provinces
which are the natural jump-off
points for an attack on Formosa
andor Formosa's offshore is
lands. And the modernization of
Red China's land army has
meanwhile gone rapidly for
ward, so that most of this huge
force is now almost as well
equipped as the infantry of the
Soviet Union.
Authoritative intelligence
sources now credit the Peking
government with regular ground
forces with a strength of more
than 3,100,000. These are or
ganized in 210 infantry divi
sions, 22 artillery divisions, six
armored divisions, plus consid
erable numbers of independent
tank and artillery regiments, en
gineer regiments and calvalry
outfits.
On the ground, the post-Korean
redeployment has been
dramatic. At the end of ; the
fighting, the Chinese had seven
teen of their armies on Hhe Ko
rean front. Seven of these arm
ies (composed of three divisions
each and equalling an American
corps) have now been trans
ferred out of Korea into China
proper.- '
Three armies from Korea, the
12th, the 20th and the 26th, have
been sent down to Chekiang
and Kiangsu provinces, where
the force threatening the Tachen
Islands is massed. A fourth army
from Korea, the 60th, is in first
reserve position at Nanking.
Three more armies from Korea
are in North China, close to
the North-South railroads that
can carry them rapidly to the
Yangtse valley. These must
therefore be regarded as a sec
ondary reserve.
'
TiHE. Chekiang-Kiangsu force.
immediately threatening the
Tachens, now. comprises four
armies in all. Further South,
in Fukien province, across the
narrow waters from Quemoy
and the Matsu islands, there is
a second large mass of troops
comprising three amies. None
of these armies in Fukien, how
ever, is of Korean origin. The
air redeployment has followed
almost exactly the same pattern,
Before the Korean armistice, the
main strength of the Chinese
Communist air force of just un
der 2,000 combat planes was
stationed in Manchuria, to sup
port the ground troops .at the
Korean front. In this period,
the dispositions along the China
coast were obviously defensive
Now, however, an additional
500 aircraft, including five air
divisions of MIG 15s, have been
transferred southwards. ? Instead
of being in the North, the main
strength of the Communist air
force is thus concentrated in
Chekiang, Kiangsu and the low
er Tangtse Valley, where the
air-base building program has
been intensive. And there is a
secondary concentration, of five
additional air divisions,- in the
more southerly region around
Canton. .
In the air picture, however,
there is one important differ
ence from the ground picture.
There is a striking gap in "Fu
kien province, in the immediate
neighborhood of Quemoy and
the Matsus. No air units are as
yet stationed here. -Only one
Fukien airfield, at Foochow, is
fully ready to support jet opera
tions. In view of the distances
involved and the short range of
Investment
made
by the 10th of the
month earn divi
dends as of the '
First.
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liTrFniriyiil
By Joseph Alsop
the MIG 15, the Communists
would therefore find it difficult,
at this time, to use their most
important plane in large num
bers in support of assaults on
Quemoy or the Matsus.
The picture that emerges,
then, is one of methodical prep
aration which is not absolutely
completed. The dispositions of
enemy forces clearly point to
wards an imminent attack on
the ' Tachen Islands, unless of
course they are given these is
lands as a present first, under
the current American plan. .
, .
THE slow, but inexorable
movement of all forces south
wards also points to an event
ual attack on Quemoy and the
Matsus and beyond much doubt
on the main island of Formosa.
The timing of these operations
is rendered doubtful by the air
gap in Fukien already noted.
But it should be added, that
despite the air gap both Chinese
and American experts here give
the Communists the capability
of attacking either the Matsus
or Quemoy or both at any time.
For this purpose they have a
sea lift capacity sufficient to
move 50,000 men. A so-called
seaman's division, specially
trained in the management of
sea lift, is stationed close to the
Matsus, suggesting that these
islands are next on the list.
In shorV what the Commu
nists can do if, they choose to
risk the consequences is only
too grimly clear. What they will
do is not by any means so clear.
But the concensus in Taipeh,
which seems logical to this re
porter, is not particularly en
couraging. In brief, it is plam for all the
world to see that President Ei
senhower is hoping that evacua
tion of the Tachens plus a show
of firmness about the other is
lands, will eventually enable
him to make a deal. Quemoy
and the Matsus are to be traded
for a promise of toleration of
the nationalists on Formosa,
Two Chinas, one small and in
the process of withering away,
the other Vast and growing
stronger by the month, are thus
to be recognized.
This must 1 o.o k logical in
Washington. But the concensus
here, even among the few who
favor such a deal, is that the
President will not get what he
wants by mere hints that he may
perhaps fight for Quemoy and
rather,' that the President will
have to prove he means it, by
actually fighting for those is
lands when the tune comes.
(Copyright, 1955
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
11 Ships To Join
Fleet at Formosa
Long Beach, Calif. U.fi)
Three heavy cruisers and eight
destroyers departed today for
Formosan waters to join the U,
S. Seventh Fleet which is help
ing evacuate the Tachen Islands.
The armada, commanded by
Rear Adm. commanded by Rear
Adm. Frederick warder, sauea
from the Long Beach harbor
and carried a total of 6500 men.
The cruisers, the LoS Angeles,
Baltimore and Rochester, left
the Long Beach Naval Yard
ominously "yesterday and began
loading ammunition in the outer
harbor.
The destroyers in the armada
were identified as the Mansfield,
Kves. De Haven. Swenson. Shel-
ton, Everesoll, Higbee and Col-
Iett. -Officers
said the shins would
stop at Pearl Harbor en route to
the Seventh Fleet.
BATH MONOPOLISTS
Mexico City - (U.R) The
newspaper La Prensa today
blasted "monopolists" operating
public bath houses for charging
"excessive rates. The cost in
U.S. currency' would be two
per bath.
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Nixon To Address"
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Joint Session of
Cuban Congress
Havana, Cuba (U.R) Vice.
President Richard M. Nixon re
vised his official schedule to ad
dress a joint session of the
Cuban Congress today.
Nixon, on a goodwill visit to
this Caribbean Republic, was to
speak in the Senate this after
noon before members of both
the upper and lower houses. -
The vice-president of . the
United States was the guest of
honor at a formal state dinner
given Monday night by acting
President Andres Domingo. Pres
ident-elect Fulgencio Batista is
to be inaugurated later this
month.
Nixon met with Batista at the
latter's farm some 50 miles from
Havana. He presented Batista
and Mrs. Batista with a personal
message and inscribed photo
graph from President Eisenhow
er and Mrs. Eisenhower. In
formed sources said Nixon also
relayed an informal invitation to
Batista to visit the U.S.
Newsmen,
Batista won the gratitude of
American photographers who
are accompanying Nixon on his
tour by refusing to allow any
pictures until they showed up.
The American newsmen and
cameramen had been turned
back by State Department of
ficials because of a misunder
standing of protocol instructions.
Nixon expressed his gratitude
for the wonderful, warm hospi
tality" accorded him and his
party and said he hoped his
visit would bring the U.S. and
Cuba even closer.
Red agitators smashed two
windows here Saturday in a
nrotest against the American
vice-president's visit. However,
there was no report of trouble
during Monday's ceremony.
TO IGNORE ORDERS.
Omaha. Neb. (U.R) Anton
Miratsky Jr., decided today to
ignore two traffic violation no
tices sent him by a New York
Police Court with orders to mail
$10 to cover them. Miratsky said
he has never been in New York.
"Yak, yak, yak," says Ethel
Merman. "For months I've
been yakking into that record
ing machine of Pete Martin's.
And little Ethel is absolutely
fascinating even more than
I thought I was."
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