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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
iO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 10, 1345
(It was Saturday)
Medford high school basket
ball ' team clinches Southern
Oregon conference title with 38
to 27 . victory over Klamath
Falls; Jerry Ross sparks Med
ford team with 14 points.
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
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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
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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
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