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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfordTribunb "Everyooay m ouUiern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. e 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor KERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD 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 March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daiy and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos 3.50 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Sunday Only One year $3.50. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point, Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Photnix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. 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From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The Rus sians are driving for Berlin, the main roost . of Nazism, while Herr Hitler and crew plan to re tire to a nice quiet spot where they can hide under the bed and yell "King's X." 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 10, 1935 - ; (It was Sunday) Glen Fabrick takes his first solo flight at the Medford air port in a Waco F plane owned Jby instructor Fuller Arney. 'Richard Sharpe Roberts, son of D. D. Roberts, Medford, nam ed by Senator Charles L. Mc Nary for appointment to West Point. V "' 30 YEARS AGO " Feb. 10, 1925 Ti rr 11 1 was j. ueauajr s ord in favor of installing en trance arches over Pacific high way at both ends of town "to give the tourists a good impres sion." 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 10, 1915 (It was Wednesday) Sgt. Pat Mego of city police department warns that bogus nickels are being circulated in the city; story says that "out of ethree nickels examined at one of the local banks Saturday, two were phoney." From the Local and Personal column: Jt is now believed by the police that the man respon sible for the series of robberies in this county a week ago, culminating with the holding up of a telephone girl at Grants x asof iicxo icib vxa vvuuvi. j Authorities have a good line on the culprit through a cap left behind after hitting Cecil Brown over the head with the butt end of a billiard cue. N What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. Credit unions among em ployee groups are increasing or decreasing over the nation, or staying about , the same? . 2. The U.S. has received more immigrants in the last three "years from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland or Italy? 3. Does any state provide un employment compensation for an employee out of work be cause disabled? 4. We used to be told to reach for a Camel, Chesterfield, PaU Mall, Lucky Strike, or Raleigh instead of for a sweet? 5. The Knights of Malta are a Catholic, Jewish or Protestant group? - - - 6: Oldest known written lang uage is Arabic, Celtic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Latin or Sumer- ian? ' , 7. Supersonic refers to speed faster than sound, mast of an 1 aircraft carrier, high-fidelity music reproduction, or ultra modern sports car? Thm answers: 1. Increasing, 2. fiermanv. 3. Four Calif., N.J., N.Y.. RJ. 4. Lucky Strike. 5. Catholic. 6. Sumenan. 7. Speed fasttr than sound. MAIL TRIBUNE ' All to the Good Bad news in Russia is good news in the free world. Although no one seems to know the exact signifi cance of the Malenkov resignation it is certain that all is not well in the communist hierarchy or the "blow-up" would never have occurred. Certainly there can be no reasonable doubt of one thing, the Russian f arm program must have fail ed. Had it succeeded, Malenkov would hardly have taken the blame for its failure, and debased himself as he did for inefficiency. I TNDER the circumstances, one is surprised that he was allowed to resign and accept a new job, for. inefficiency in Soviet Russia has always been a capital crime. The procedure heretofore has been to arrest the suspected party first and let him confess thereafter, usually a few days before liquidation. But the Soviet government can always be depend ed upon to do the unexpected and in the realm of keeping the world guessing it has a batting average of around 1000. 7 ;, ... The world is still guessing as to the details and chief significance of this unexpected expulsion within the inner circles of the Kremlin, and just what is likely to be the net result as Russia's future actions are concerned,. There are today about as many views as there are experts. - ' President Eisenhower summed it up pretty well when he said that he would have to wait and see. That is what everyone this side of the iron cur tain will have to do no doubt , and some of the boys and girls on the other side. But as stated there can be little question that this is clear evidence of something wrong in Soviet Rus sia. Something wrong there is all to the good as far as the western world is concerned the more troubles they have the less troubles, the rest of the world has to fear. R.W.R. More Good News Speaking of experts regarding Russia, there seems to pe a surprising unanimity among them regarding the significance of the new Premier being an Army Marshal. . , Instead of this selection tatorship and war, the exact reverse was the majority opinion. - , . ' Not only is Bulganin a political rather than a mili tary Marshal, but it was stated over the air by two or three of the experts, that the Kussian army leaders of today instead of WANTING another war, had all they wanted in World War II. They want a rest. In short they feel as Generals Eisenhower and MacAr thur feel, that offense has so outdistanced defense in modern war and a world war would be so terrible for BOTH sides that in self interest they favor peace. In fact one of the experts stated that the more the army has to do with the new government set-up, the less war, war on any large scale at least need be feared. ' -; . This, if true, is the best news regarding the likli hood of world peace "in our time" that has been an nounced since Germany and Japan surrendered. R.W.R. Something New There IS something new in this world particu larly the world of journalism. Certain leaders in a local drama enterprise "The Footlighters," have not resented but have welcomed a criticism in this paper of their initial performance. One of them even declared that such criticism be ing constructive would be a help in their future ef forts, and stimulate public interest which they 'de sired. ' - A S FAR as reader-reaction in the non-metropolitan "newspaper field is concerned, this ranks far ahead of "man bites dog" in the realm of news. In fact as far as we can recall and that's fairly far, such a sensible and generous reaction to critic ism, in the realm of amateur theatricals, has never before been recorded. In fact some newspapers have long ago abandon ed any sort of serious comment on local amateur perf ormances because of the inevitable limitations of such efforts, and the grief invariably involved. .. . -.. OUT now all that has been changed here in Medford- at least, and it is a welcome change. We only hope it proves to be permanent. :' For amateur theatricals are important in this com munity and any other, so an organization like the "Footlighters,"- which has a serious purpose and yet doesn't take itself TOO seriously, always placing em phasis on good, wholesome entertainment, for enter tainments sake, and with no axe to grind, can render a most useful service, and certainly 'the Mail Tribune can help in this direction and is eager to do so. DUT if indiscriminate praise for all performances is demanded, and when in the paper's judgment mistakes are made either in play selections or in dra matic action and treatment, these errors can not be frankly pointed out, without resulting in tears and lamentations as well as brick-bats and decomposed artichokes, then of course no such aid can be given, and the amateur theatrical column will have to be handed over .entirely to the local press-agents. Judging by the good sportsmanship and good sense displayed by certain members of . the Footlight ers organization, concerning the "critique" in ques tion, this will not have to be done, not in Medford at least. . J ':v, :'.: " And that is something for which we can all be thankful. R.W.R.- - Thursday, February 10," 1955 suggesting a military dic On The Side By E. V. DURLING (Distributed by King Features .Syndicate,- Irtc.) I have a earden of my own Shining with flowers of every hue; I love it dearly while alone But I shall love it more with you. ; Moore. The Pub Users Protective So ciety. That is the name of a British organization that battles for a better deal for drinkers at bars and restaurants. Every members of the society carries with him a gadget .known as a "beerometer." his is used to measure the size of drinks serv ed. Any pub serving undersized drinks is reported to the Pub Users Society at the next regu lar meeting.' That's a great idea. Thprp should he a similar nr. gamzauon nere. iacn memDer could carry a beerometer, a jig ger and something additional to use in checking on the water content of the drink of whisky served. Guide to Guys Men born under Libra (Sep tember, 24-October 23) are the best dancers. They have rhythm. Virgo (August 23-September 23) males have a highly developed sense of humor. However, their wives get more laughs than lov ing. Men born under Virgo are rarely romantic or demonstra tive. The worst "wolves" of the zodiac are the Leo (July 23-Au-gust 23) men. It was probably a Leo who originated the idea of a man inviting a simple, trust ing female to his apartment to see his etchings. Or, so say the stargazers. Please Note The second hotel in this coun try to have a bath in every guest room was the Statler, built in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1907. Slogan of the Buffalo Statler in those days was "A room and a bath for a dollar and a half." Asking Queries from clients. Q. Am making a collection of poker stories. Do you know any? A. Well, sir, there is the one about the three men and a dog who were playing poker in a pub in Dublin. A man entering the pub gazed at the dog card player with wide -eyed amazement. "That certainly is a clever dog," he exclaimed. "Oh, I don't think he is so clever," said one of the players. " "Every time he gets a good hand he wags his tail." Blondes In response to an inquiry from a young woman of Manhattan it is reported that on our Horses & Women Department's rating list of the sixty-nine varieties of blondes the ash-blonde is No. 32. The "Borgia blonde" is No. 11. The dishwater blonde is No. 69. The brown-eyed, honey blonde is still rated the No. 1 blonde. Passing By Hoagland" Howland Gar michael, whimsical tunesmith. His first song hit was titled "Riv erboat Shuffle." Second was "Washboard Blues." The song, however, that made H o a g y wealthy and celebrated was that one titled "Stardust." It is inter esting to note that "Stardust". was a flop until Mitchell Par- rish rewrote the lyrics. Once more proving that the words of a song can frequently be of more importance than the music. Unusual Osculation A lisping lass is good to kiss. . . . Such is the contention of an expert on the subject of oscula tion. He further maintains that a man who had only one kiss from a girl who lisps will re member it for years. I am unable to deny or affirm this, as I have never known a girl who lisps that well. I have asked our Horses and . Women experts to cneck on this fascinating Bubject without delay. Nixon's Schedule Heavy in Mexico Mexico City (U.R) Vice- President Richard M. Nixon to day faced another busy schedule on the second day of his three day visit to Mexico. Nixon is on a 7,500-mile good will tour of Central and South America. He arrived here Wednesday from Cuba. Mexican Foreign Minister Luis PadiUa Nervp and U.S. Am bassador Francis lhite headed the official welcoming party at the airport. Other high Mexi can government officials and diplomats also were on hand. In a brief address at the air port, following the official 19 gun salute, Nixon said he came here "to hear the views of the Mexican govenment" on prob lems common to both the U.S. and Mexico. Funeral services pre-arranged in ad vance of need saves others financial and emotional burdens" later. CHAPEL MORTUARY Frank Morgan .. Harold Snodgrass Funeral Directors Phone 2-8030 Japanese Elections Almost Certain To. Bring Conservatism Editor't Note: The following special dispatch s a substitute (or Charles McCann's foreign news commentary. By RUTHERFORD POATS United Press . Correspondent Tokyo j(U.R) A conservative government, dedicated to align ment with ..the free world, but pledged to seek peaceful co-. existence with Japan's Big Cbmrl munist neighbors is almost cer tain to emerge from the Feb. 27 national -elections. '. . All advance indications-favor ) popular ., endorsement of the two-month' old caretaker gov ernment f. of -Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama. - His policies and campaign platform have" been . carefully shaped for vote-getting appeal to all sections of the Japanese electorate. Among the interest ing packages he offers the vot ers are a call for "independ ence" without "neutralism" in foreign affairs; revision of the "un-Japanese" occupation sta tutes and continuation of the current, generally popular econ omic policies. , Hatoyama's new Democratic Pa.rty and leaders of the na tion's other conservative party, the "Liberals," have agreed in principle on a merger creating a strong conservative force im mediately after the elections. All Seats Open If these plans materialize and the Japanese election forecasts pan out, Hatoyama will ' form the new party and organize a government backed by a com fortable 300-odd of the 467 members of the House of Rep In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS Big news. Malenkov is OUT! Bulganin is IN! WHO IS Malenkov? Apparently he is (maybe WAS is a more accurate word) a boy who was sent to the miU. It looks like he flubbed his job. At any rate, he is (or WAS) a stooge. WHO IS Bulganin? .He is a Communist from away back. He was a .Commun ist before the Bolsheviks came to power in the revolution that did away with the czar. During World War II, he ran the Soviet armed forces for Stalin not as a soldier, but as what the Communists call a poli tical commissar. As such, he told the generals where to head in when they got off the Com munist party line. He has re cently been Soviet defense min ister, and it was from this post that he was pushed up to the top. It's a safe guess that he is an other stooge, v '" THAT leads us to the $64 question : Who is the big boss in the shadowy background who has been running the gang since the death of Stalin? The best guess among in formed people is that he is Nikita Khruschev. WHO'S Khruschev? V That's an interesting ques tion. Khruschev is BOSS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY. Stalin used the job of Commun ist party boss to make, himself supreme dictator. ' It. looks- like history is re peating itself. -Khruschev is generaUy de scribed as a hard-boiled and capable hombre who knows what he wants and heStitates at nothing to get it. WHAT was the play for which Malenkov was sent in? It was apparently a hidden ball trick. Malenkov, you will remember, talked mild. When he spoke, . butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. He had much to say about a broader and richer life for the people behind the iron curtain. There was to be more CONSUMER GOODS (food and clothing and housing and aU the things .that make life more ' pleasant) for them. There was to be less heavy hardware (guns and tanks and planes and atom bombs.) The HOPE was (let us guess) that America "would fall for the rosy dream of peace and pros perity and happiness for every body and would let down in its military preparations. resentatives., Chances of a Socialist victory in the Feb. 27 balloting are gen erally conceded to be .non existent. The two Socialist par ties now have 135 seats and, with luckj might pick up 20 to 30. more. -. ' . . At stake are all the seats in the House of Representatives; It was dissolved Jan. '24 by Hatoy ama to clear the way for the elections following the resigna tion of former' Prime Minister Shigerir -Yoshida and -his . cabi net on last Dec 7; - " v" The most significant, contest will be for leadership of the con servative forces when the mer ger is attempted early in March. The conservative merger could force the split Socialists to merge also, giving Japan, in effect, a, two-party system. The conservative merger is almost a cinch to come off if the Democrats pick up 40 or more of the Liberals' 180 seats. If the Liberals hold on to most of their present seats, there will be a fight over leadership which may stall or even block the pro posed merger. , Former Premier Yoshida, whom the Democrats will not accept, has upset the plans by deciding to run for re-election although he has made no move to reclaim the Liberal Party presidency from 'his successor, Taketora Ogata.- Even Ogata, labelled a "Yoshida man" would not be acceptable to some im portant Democrats as president of a new, merged party and as prime minister. News yE FAILED to bite. So ' The hidden ball trick having failed Russia is going back to her old tactic of hitting the line hard. At the same time, she's go ing back to her old propaganda tactics of talking tough put of the corner of her mouth. Immediately after MalenkoVs firing and Bulganin's elevation, Molotov,' Russia's perennial pinch-hitting tough talker, de livers' a speech in which he de nounces ' the United States for trying to lead the world into a new war and boasts that Russia has been so successful in devel oping hydrogen bombs that the U.S. could appear backward by comparison. REMEMBER, this is all guess "" work. In sizing up Commu nism, we have to' put two .and two together to make four. - ; But it looks like a good guess. r O SPECIALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY - Well Give You. . . . For Your Old Broom in trade-in on a new broom ; . . during our - . MANUFACTURER'S BROOM SALE We've just received a shipment of High Quality Brooms at a NEW LOW PRICE. We are going to pass the savings on to you. We will allow you 50c for your old broom regardless of condi tion on the purchase of a new broom at the regular price. Your old mop or $4 00 broom is worth I towards the p u re h a s e of a new OXEDAR SPONGE MOP whether you choose the standard Mop at $4.50 or the new telescopic at $5.50 Bring in your old mop, take advantage of these savings! spGORN Whole Kernel or Cream Style 303 Size Cans 2 FANCY YOUNG M C M C ROASTING---- nCWa The chicken market has advanced but, since we ran out of roasters last week, we are going to offer them again this week at only c lb. SAME LOW PRICE Matter of Fact FROM INCHON TO TACHEN Aboard Amphibious Flagship Estes .in the East China Sea It is wonderfully inspiriting to see the armed might of the United States deployed for battle. But it is also a bit dispiriting to know that the pur pose of this great "show of, force is to make sure that the enemy is given an important strategic position. As there words are written, a great fleet is steaming towards the Tachen Islands in order to evacuate the Chinese Na: t i on a list forces. The fleet's , .orders deserve con- sideration for , they are a true :m i 1 i t a r y .novelty. If the enemy . resists i being given a most valuable present, we Joseph JUsop are ready to fight him.. But if he accepts the" present gracefully we are to make the offering in the same amiable spirit. At this writing, no one knows which case will arise, although it seems most probable that the Chinese Communists will accept the gift with a good grace. But we. are certainly ready for the giving of it. A carrier task force led by the super Midway with four other great ships and a vast array of other vessels in its screen; an anti-submarine force of considerable strength; a sur face . air striking force heavy with the weight of metal it can throw; and this amphibious task force with its own tremendous apparatus of -landing craft and snips oi every sort, are all con verging on the target area. xne numoer oi vessels em ployed is larger than in any am phibious operation since the end of the second World War, with the sole exception of the Inchon landing of glorious memory. The movement orders fill books. The complexity of the operation a delicate coordination of 6ea ground and air efforts on. an im mense scale, with tens of thou sands of participants perform ing thousands of different jobs battles the ordinary imagina tion. Yet all is order, all is sure- ness, all is efficiency. . INCHON, which this reporter cannot help . recalling, ; was more confused and much less overshadowed by the threat of an enemy attack on the fleet exposed in narrow waters. And without making any- invidious comparisons, the naval leader ship at Inchon did not make the impression that is made by the commander of this amphibious task force, Rear Admiral -Lo renzo S. Cabin. ' - v "This lean, tough, laconic but descisive man seems to be form ed to lead. You talk to him.tnd 5c DON'T FORGET! We Give S&H Green Stamps Try a Tasty Salad with This "W have a good 0 Supply of Large ' Matured Heads 25c Pure Tliey'r jy Delicious fv3v;- By Joseph Alsop it is a partial history of Ameri can defense in the last fifteen years, including the hair raising passage of the wintry North At lantic by the first flotilla of landing craft ever to make the ocean crossing; the landings at Sicily, at Salerno and on the Normandy beaches (who now re members embattled Omaha and grim Utah?); and all the mixture of assignment , that promising officers receive in peacetime. . More recently, perhaps sym bolically. Adm. Sabin had a dif ferent sort of assignment. -Last August, in Japan, he got his new orders. The most vital strategic area in Southern Asia, the key to all that rich and ill defended promontory of the Asian land mass towards which the Chinese Cemmunist are so eagerly reach ing out, was also to be given to the enemy. Adm. Sabin's new assignment was to command the amphibious force assisting the French in the evacuation of Northern Indo-China. In.the admiral's briefing room for assigned jobs must be done without complaint and as effi ciently as possible there is a recapitulation of huge tonnage of equipment and the nearly 200,000 people that he and his men transported from Haiphong southwards. (There is nothing, however to suggest where the refugees from the Communist Viet Minh will be taken when and if the southern half of Indo- China also falls to the Commu nists.) . Frpm - this briskly performed but uninspiring task, the ad miral and his ships were, again called, once . more with maxi mum urgency to make sure that another important position was smoothly handed over to the enemy. Now it was the Tachen Islands, the next (but will they be last?) on the list. A PLACE of honor, the Estes nlr hac a ritotinM fr-nm Va Korean government for its per formance in the evacuation of Hung Nam, which was a kind of signal that we did not mean to Win thp TCnrMn War T ing at this one of the ship's company remarked: "The old Estes has ; been through three of them, and the old man's lead ing his second one. We used to have great', emancipators but now; I guess we've got great evacuaiors, " . . ' It is; pleasant," it .is comfort able,' it is even' reassuring to be aboard the Estes-2-reassuring at least" in the sense that whatever its mission may be, the men and the ships of this fleet worthily represent the country that sends them to sea. But somehow the eve of Inchon, in the bleak bowels of a wholly 'blacked-out marine transport, with the beaches ahead and no one know ing just: what; "they moulds be like, was rtally rather nicer than this. . V; Copyright 1955, New York Htrald Tribune, Inc.'; FEBRUARY 11-12 UELUEETA CHEESE 2 pound fvJC LOAF B r43 IM ROMAINE or BUTTER LETTUCE I' large :';:75c'v;; - HEADS BULK GARLIC Is Planting Time lb. 5 lbs. Navel ORANGES Cellophane Bag 1 Bag GROUND CHUCK V; j
