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wroroRD (Oregon) mail tribune MedfoqdITribunb "Everybody in faouthern Oregon Reads rue Man xnoune published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 17-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. BUHL. Editor flERB GREY. Advertising Manager X. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor nrrt ATT PM TO lTHii rr HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWISH, opoma tfliwr 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 Marcn a. xe " SUBSCRIPTION RATES ; . ir.ii rH A.an.A Ppr rnnv 10c. T Sr.J.irAn. war S12 no Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and sunaay inree my. Daily and Sunday One month l.2o - Sunday only one year s v earner - .- - Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point. i Jacksonville, troia mu. Shady oove, noguo uvi Daily and Sunday On year $15.00 Daily and sunaay une muuiu Carrier ana jjeaier a u All Terms casn in aavnw S'frielal Paper of the City of Medford Official paper or 'khmih j TTnited Press Full Leased Wire "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU '1 . T)..i-nnttriira aWEST-HOLLIDAY'cdMPANY. INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De- troit. San rancisco. u "''KC'" Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta, Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCHTllQN NIWSPAPE PUBLISHERS 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 Feb. 14, 1945 (It was Wednesday) Milo C. Ross, pastor of Med ford Friends church, announces plans for construction of church building near north city limits of Medford. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The first authentic sign of spring has ap peared. A little girl was sighted in the vest end of town, jump ing the rope on roller skates,' and not caring what happened. o 20 TEARS AGO ' 1 Feb. 14, 1935 (It was Thursday) 15. M. Wilson. Medford. grand master of Oregon Masons, leaves for conference in Washington, D.C. Charles Ray elected president of Medford Realty board. 3U IAK3 AKJKJ Feb. 14, 1925 (It was Saturday) Medford Postmaster William . Warner, confined to his home by Illness, reported improving steadily. East Medford residents report seeing "fiery cross" burning on slopes of Roxy Ann. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 14, 1915 (It was Sunday) Ed Andrews announces plans for national tour by Andrews Opera company. First perform ance to be held in Page Opera House in Medford. From the Local and Personal column: The police have served notice on farmers that they are liable to arrest under the traffic ordinance if they stop their team in the middle of the street to hold a conversation. This oc curred this morning when a farmer halted his wagon in front of the Nash hotel, and an auto was forced into the curb to avoid a collision. What's the Answer? (Can You Gel 4 of ihe 7?) Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. A state-supported univer sity is found in every single one oi the 48 states; right or wrong? 2. Construction costs on new houses are much or slightly higher this year than last, or the same, or much or slightly 0 lower? , 3. Largest U.S.'labor union is generally said to be the Auto Workers, Steel Workers, Car penters, Ladies Garment Work ers, Teamsters, or Mine Workers? 4. Sexual impotence is grounds for divorce in most states; right or wrong? 5. Cornerstone of the Capitol at Washington was laid by Wash ington, Gen. LaFayette, Jeffer son, city planner L'Enfant, or Chief Justice Jay? 6. The first state to ratify the Constitution was Delaware, Massachusetts, New-York, Penn sylvania or Virginia? 7. With what game is the "boneyard" associated? The Answers: -1. Right; 2. Slightly higher, on the whole; 3. Teamsters; 4. Right; 5. By Wash ington; 6. Delaware; 7. Dom inoes. rnwseiENCE HURTS V Detroit U.R) Monroe Reaves couldn't find a driver for a bus parked in a terminal so he drove himself. He brought the vehicle back 15 minutes later because his "conscience hurt." He was charged with stealing a motor vehicle. "W1 You Pays Your Money . . . A ROUGH outline of Oregon's $200,753,684 budget tew 4-Via -fico1 Trooro IQKK-Kft wiaci o-ivpn in this snace 1U1 Clll Xlk)VUl J JU V 1 1 - W last week. It was also explained that available resources are expected to total only about $155,744,101 leaving a deficit of about $45,000,000, although some esti mates are that this deficit can be pared down to about $42,000,000. How did this come about? Why do the state's ex penses total more than its income? THE reasons for this go back to the wartime years, when high incomes brought a high rate of income tax return to the state, and wartime restrictions lim ited expenses. A healthy "surplus" was built up. It has been this extra fat on which the state has been living. ' . t. Because of the extra money in the bottom of the sock, it is also possible tijat some expenditures were approved which would not have been if it had been necessary to accompany them with an increase in taxes. . . IN ANY event, the state's present level of spending is haspd on actual cmeratinsr costs (which can't be pared down much more than outlays which have received the specmc approval oi the voters. We ran conclude, then, reduced by any appreciable . -. a. state somehow has got to una an income oi $4s,uuu, 000 to $54,000,000 more than it now has. B UT that's not all. That extra $45,000,000 at about the present level, but it will not provide for any needed expansion. ; . The people last November approved construction of a new mental hospital in or near Portland; new buildings are needed at the state university and state colleges: a new intermediate penal institution has been approved, and is needed; other new state buil dings are necessary to keep government all these would cost about $18,000,000, plus upkeep. A proposed revision in state employees' salary schedules would cost still more; estimates range from less than $1,000,000 up to $5,000,000. It has been proposed, to increase payments under the basic school sunnort law. A ' . Those "extras," which necessities, would cost up addition to the regular operating expenses. TOO, there are a number of other proposals now kicking around in the legislature for other activ ities which would take money, $5,000 here, $10,000 thee, $25,000 somewhere else They include such j 1 9 i j i '" " " j rl'i' i ll. tnings as interim committees to investigate mis or that, and for other pet projects of legislators. It has been estimated may run to as much as $65,000,000 more than present income, and the total may even go higher. IJOW is this money (to keep present state services going at the present level, plus any additional which the legislature decides is necessary) to be raised? There have, been many ones, together with estimates of the amounts they would raise in the two-year budgeting period, over and above present methods low. (And remember, we $42,000,000 and $70,000,000.) Removal of the provision in state law whereby state Income taxpayers can deduct the amount of federal income tax they pay. Estimated increase in income:' $30,000,000. Increase of all income and excise tax rates 1V4 per cent. Increase: $30,000,000. Surtax on present taxes of 40 per cent (you figure your tax, and then take 40 per cent of it and add it to the total). Increase: $30,000,000. Removal of certain" exemptions now allowed railroads and other utilities from corporation excise taxes. Increase: - - $3,000,000. . ' , . Removal of exemption from corporation taxes from busi nesses deriving most of their income from real property. ; Increase: About $330,000. Sales tax of 2 per cent on everything except food and a few other necessities. Increase: $60,000,000. Cigarette tax of 4 cent per pack. Increase: $14,000,000. "Universal income tax" that is, a tax which begins on the first dollar of income earned, with no exemptions or "credit. for dependents. Increase: $55,000,000. ' The "California system," under which a 3 per cent sales tax (exempting food) is used in conjunction . with an in- , come ' tax which hits . upper-bracket taxpayers only. In crease: $40,000,000.: .... PROBABLY one or more of these proposals will have to be adopted. Voters may be asked to pass on them. The old saying is, "You pays your money and you takes your choice." In this case, "You takes your choice, then you pays your money." E.A. Ml FINDING WAY HOME to Long Beach, CaL, from desert 200 miles distant where it was lost 14 weeks ago, Zipper, black eat belong, log to CoL and Mrs. R. A. Taylor, enjoys saxdina. (Udarlimal) Monday, February 14, 19SS they have been), and on . that state costs can't be amount; If this is true, the - i r rn in AAA will pay for state service up with demands on state ........ m many consider to be vital to $23,000,000 or. more m that overall state demands proposals. The principal of taxation, are listed be need somewhere between v s i A-7 Matter of Fact HISTORY'S LITTLE JOKE Tachen Islands If you want the real measure of what has happened to the Eisenhower ad ministration and American for eign policy in the last two years, consider the story of those barren, contr oversial rock's the Ta chen Islands. If it were not so serious it would be a cos mic joke. The back Joseph Alsop ground of the evacuation of the Tachens has been simple enough. It is no se cret that for ten days or so, Chiang Kai-shek balked bitterly at a making a present of the Tachens to the Communists. The Eisenhower . administration had to press Chiang very hard in deed to take his troops off the Tachens before the Chinese Com munists attacked them. The joke lies in the fact that just two years ago, the shoe was on exactly the other foot. Those were the brave early days of Eisenhower policy-mak ing. There was no talk then of cease fires and peaceful co-existence and the like. Instead the watchwords were liberation, dy namic new foreign policy, recap tured initiative and the "un- leasing of Chiang Kai-shek." President Eisenhower's dra matic announcement that after being wickedly held in check by the Truman administration, the Generalissimo had now been boldly unleashed by the Repub licans, caused a wave of reac tion that reached all the way to the rocky Tachens. At that time, the islands were held by light guerrilla forces, hardly more important than those which fought for Yikiang shan through close to three bloody days. The Formosa gov ernment considered the Tachens too distant from the main island to be covered by air or supplied by sea. The Generalissimo and his military advisers did not wish to commit either their pres tige or large components of their regular forces to the de fense of the Tachens. In short, the islands were then being treated as expendable. BUT President Eisenhower had given the watchword. Chiang Kai-shek was unleashed. The Tachens were doubly valuable as a base for irregular guerrilla operations on the mainland, and as a forward radar warning point for both Formosa and Okinawa. So the American mili tary advisory group on Formosa began pressing Chiang Kai-shek very hard to put regulars on the Tachens. This was one of the measures devised in Washington to give a little reality to the fa mous unleashing. The Americans did not win their point with ease. The Gen eralissimo was extremely reluc tant to put regulars on the Tachens. Certain key Chinese military leaders, particularly the Chief of Staff of that period, Gen. Chou Chi-jo, resisted the Eric Allen Wins Honorable Mention For Feature Story Eric Allen Jr., city editor of The Mail Tribune, has been named winner of an . honorable mention in the 1954 Sierra-Cascade Forest News award, it was announced today , by W.'S. Wick strom, Fresno, Calif., president of the Sierra-Cascade ' Logging conference. The Forest News award is an annual competition open to all newspapers , of California and southern Oregon. Its objective, according , to Wickstrom, is to promote exceUence in reporting news of the forest products in dustries. ;- .. ' Allen's award is for a feature story on contradictions and problems in the lumber indust ry in southern Oregon, which appeared in The Mail Tribune on Sunday, Dec. 26, 1954. Other AwardWinners Other award winners were Mel Gagnon, Marysville-Yuba City Appeal - Democrat, first; Howard Watkins, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, second; James M. Saulsbury, San Bernardino Daily Sun, third, and Bill Jen kins, Klamath FaUs Herald and News, honorable mention. Judges for the award were Dr. Chilton R. Bush, director of the Institue of Journalism, Stan ford university; Stewart Hol brook, Portland author; Myron Krueger, professor of forestry at the University of California; Swift Berry, Placerville, Calif., lumberman and California state senator, and Bob . Letts, news bureau, Pacific Gas and Electric company, San Francisco, Calif. First, second and third place winners are to be invited to re ceive awards at the coming Sierra-Cascade Logging confer ence, to be held in Redding, Calif., on Feb. 18, 19 and 20. Conference members are log gers and lumbermen of the pine area of California and southern Oregon. By Joseph Alsop American project to the end. advisers trumphed in the end. The 46th division was special ly chosen to be sent to the islands. Even after the 46th had been installed and the defense positions had been " organized, however, the American advisers of the Chinese government were still dissatisfied. The commander of the Ta chens, Gen. Hu-Tsung-nan, was one of the old boys of the Chi nese Nationalist army, with a record that did not inspire confi dence. Once again heavy American pressure was put on the General issimo to replace the Tachen commander. When this reporter was in Formosa last year, the Americans had just won their None the less, as usually bap pens' on Formosa, the American second victory for the defense of the Tachens. Gen. Hu Tsung-nan had been recalled and the able Gen. Liu Nien-li had just been given the Tachen command, which he still holds. In those days, too, one of the real wonders of Formosa was the world's most uncovered co vert operation, the American financed Western Enterprises. Western Enterprises combined the claim to invisibility with a private housing development, special PXs, social clubs and Gods knows what other rather conspicuous amenities. The whole town of Taipeh knew that the spooks, as they were locally called, were helping the guer rilla operations based on the Tachens. BUT now the spooks are fold ing their bedsheets and pack ing to go home. Western Enter prises, as any pedicab driver will tell you, is soon to be no more, and its assets, whatever they may be, are to be trans ferred to the Navy. This ,is in fact a significant move in the direction of the cease-fire down the middle of the Formosa Strait and the general accept ance of "two Chinas," which are 'now the real aims of the Eisen how administration Asian pol icymakers. All of which is important for two reasons. In the first place, what are the unfortunate Chi nese Nationalists to think, when they are first powerfully pres sured to defend the "essential" Tachens at all costs, and then told that the Tachens are not essential after aU, and please to evacuate at once? This re porter has never shared the Kno'wland - Robertson - Radford view of the unvarying Tightness of Formosa. But in view of the past record, the Generalissimo and his advisers certainly seem to deserve some sympathy at this time. In the second place, might we not be better off in Asia today if there had not been so much loud, empty talk at the begin ning, and if there were a bit more boldness, spirit and deter mination in our policymaking today? Maybe it is impolite to ask the question, but the facts demand that it should be asked (Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Sucrar and Teeth To the Editor: . If we are to believe what the A.D.A. has to say about tooth decay then it would seem that sugar, a God given food, is unfit for human consumption and therefore the Creator stubbed his toe when he placed it on this , earth. If that be the truth why is it not harmful to eat Rogue vaUey pears or any other fruit or vege table containing sugar; beets for example? From what Dr. Brady has to say and from other articles I've read it has been pretty weU established that a chemical used in the bleaching andor refining of the raw sugar, is what causes the trouble. It is claimed that in cane sugar raising areas the children chew the raw cane constantly with no ill effects, at least to their teeth. The only question I can see to be solved is this: when does the A.D.A. caU it sugar, before it is poisoned, or afterwards? Harvey Dutton, 2321 Capital ave., Medford, Ore. Braille Aid Appreciated To the Editor: As chairman of the recent Braille tournament, I wish to express my thanks pub licly for the magnificent cooper ation of everyone contacted in Jackson county who helped to make the tournament the suc cess it was. ' All citizens of this county are generous with their time and effort but I particularly wish to thank the newspaper for the great amount of space so grac iously devoted to the cause of the visually handicapped. The television station and the three radio stations also were generous with their publicity. Mann's de partment store donated part , of their regular advertising to this, cause. Frank Glenning of special services at Camp White; was In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Screwball weather note: The temperature in Florida the other day was in the low 80s. The weather bureau said the next day in Florida temper ature was expected to DROP 50 DEGREES, bringing it down into the low 30s. This cold war business! Even the elements are getting into it. ' KEEPING up with Ike: He and his treasury secre tary got to Humphrey's Georgia ranch late in the afternoon Fri day (they checked on the For mosa business before they left and decided it was safe to go.) They , got two quail apiece be fore darkness caught up with them. PRETTY soft, you say? Well, I think you'd have to trv it before you could offer an informed opinion. We little people put in a good day's worK. Then, when the clock says it's quitting time, we dust off our hands and have no worries until the next day. For the ereats of this world (the TRULY greats, I mean) there is NEVER any relief from the grinding burden of responsibil ity. rpOP Washington officials re- X nortedlv are convinced that eventually there will be more trouble among the little group of men which rules Soviet Russia. These officials are said to re gard last week's political shuffle in Moscow as the beginning of a third phase in the struggle for power that began with Stalin's death, reached its first climax with the "purging" of Beria and passed into its second phase with the "demotion" of Malenkov last week. . I EXPECT these officials are right. ? Let's put it this way: Here in OUR country WE have a c6nstant struggle for power. But, in our case, the ruckus is settled BY AN ELECTION. In Russia, there are no elec tions free elections, that is. THERE THE BULLET AND THE DAGGER AND THE POI SON CAPSULES TAKE THE PLACE OF ELECTIONS. SOVIET RUSSIA is a despotism. It is inevitable that in despotisms, which lack the safety valves provided in democracies by free elections, the rifles of firing squads must crack from time to time and blood must flow and aspiring politicians MUST DIE suddenly end violently. In despotisms, there is no other way by which the despot can clear opponents from his path and fight his way to the seat of supreme power. All history shouts that lesson at the top of its voice. THAT'S why it seems to me that if we can stall off all out war long enough this foul thing that we call Communism will fall of the weight of its own foulness. - It doesn't seem reasonable that in the modern world even behind the Iron Curtain men will tolerate indefinitely so foul a thing as this Communist despot ism has proved itself to be. Surely the time must come when men there wiU say with Patrick Henry: "Give us liberty OR GIVE US DEATH." ' AW Major Oregon Roads Clear of Snow Salem U.R) The unseasonal lack of snow left all major roads in Oregon open and chains were not needed on( any routes still open for the winter, the state highway department reported today. Spots of ice were reported at Warm Springs Junctions, Pros pect, Santiam pass, Willamette pass,' Chemult, Bly, Meacham and Seneca. most helpful with arrangements for the tournament. Although I . couldn't possibly name everyone who gave of their time and money to help the tour nament, I do want to thank the local merchants who donated prizes to be awarded at our card party. . Then, last but not least, there are all the people who attended. As they know, all the money raised at the - tournament is turned over directly to the blind program of Jackson county for use of the visually' handicapped for our own community. I sin cerely., hope that they enjoyed their evening of cards and went home with the feeling that they not only had a pleasant time, but were also helping people less fortunate than themselves. Mrs. Tom Fuson, Chairman of the Braille tournament. t Feverish i due to a COLD? DO THIS AST take St Joseph Aspirin. It quickly helps reduce fa veriihnsss, eases headache, muscle pain. Gives most complete aspirin relief possible at any price. St Joseph ASPIRIN Chinese Communists Expected To P robe V For US Defense Line By ERNEST HOBERECHT United Press Correspondent Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) Chi nese quarters here predicted to day the Communists soon will try to "smoke ut" the line on which the United States intends to stand in protecting National ist off shire islands. The Nationalists pointed out that the Reds will make every effort to clarify the exact in tent of American promises re garding protection '. of such places as Quemoy, Matsu and Nanchi now that the Tachens have been abandoned. Since the Americans have not drawn a firm public line, the Communists most likely will do some probing to find out where it is located. Is'That-So? By Eugerit Burns Ranger-Naturalist Did you know that ... In all the world, every day, about 340 cubic miles of water fall in dew, rain, snow or hail. This averages about 16,000,000 tons of rain every second! ' A dragonfly from the coal age, found in France, measured more than two feet across its out spread wings. Tides, however small, exist in all lakes. The range between high and low tide in Lake Mich igan, at Chicago, is just under two inches. . It's not the lightning itself which causes a tree to splinter when struck by a bolt it s the expansion of steam from the sap, suddenly superheated. The octopus is one of the swiftest things in water. Going backwards, that is. By filling the cylinders of its lung with water, then ejecting . it force fully, it jet-propels itself back wards at the bewildering speed of six miles an hour almost half again as fast as man can swim- Trailing its tentacles of course. ' Perhaps octopuses go even faster in one instance, a swarm of small squid shot out of the ocean so fast that they landed on a ship's deck 12 feet above the surface. A giraffe's tongue is 17 inches long. Turtle Suffocation When a turtle is overturned or turned turtle it may die from suffocation. Because its flattened lungs are spread out just beneath its carapace the top cover, the weight on them of the other organs when the animal is upside down, can have fatal results. Water plants, such, as the water lily, continue the growth of their leaves until they reach a supply of free oxygen, then they stop. A careful analysis of water shows that falling rain stays aloft as moisture for about three weeks; deep wells and , vol canoes can produce water more than 50 years old; and rain mixes with ocean water only to a depth of about 150 feet. . (Released by McClure v Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my 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 refer ence work in a handsome Seal- craft binding. Each week, new questions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many menaiy letters. Please address your questions to: IS THAT SO! care Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausa lito, Calif. ;.. ' ; ' 1 $50 to $500 No red rape. EMEKl IN ONE DAY! OREGON FINANCE CO. Your Home Owned and Managed Co. 45 SOUTH CENTRAL .PHONE 2-4433 r.ic. S-2H. ' M-217 The Communists first moved toward the Tachens bv attack ing nearby Yikiangshan. When tne American 7th Fleet did not rush to . protect that tiny is let, which obviously had to be held if the Tachens were to be defended, the Reds knew the United States would not fight there. More Stabs Expected Now, the Nationalists fully expect the Reds to make some stabs at other Nationalist off shore, islands to see what the United States is going- to . do about them. . "The Communists soon will smoke us but again just as they did, at Yikiangshan. They will maKe anotner aggressive move- and find out then whether they can tafce more territory for the asking or whether they have a real tignt on tneir hands," one Nationalist official said. American quarters here pri vately have been saying that U. S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles actually promised once that Quemoy and Matsu would be included in the "guar anteed area." Dulles Believed Overruled '. Dulles is supposed to have given this assurance to Nation alist Chinese Foreign Minister George Yen during their Wash ington (conversations,'only to be subsequently overruled by Pres ident Eisenhower himself. However, there , are two schools of thought here in Tai peh about Dulles. Some think he is playing poltics with China. Others think he is one of the Republic of China's best friends and is working hard against the "Europe first" group which gets considerable support from Mr. Eisenhower and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Matthew Ridgway. ': Golden Gate View Romance Inspiration San Francisco U.R) The view is a little too good for civil ian defense observers here, ac cording to ' Mrs. Pauline Gale, head of San Francisco's Ground Observer Corps. Mrs.' Gale said she has a major personnel problem because the beautiful view of the Golden Gate is constantly! inspiring ro mances. "There have been three mar riages recently," she said. 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