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rOUR MEDFORD (OREGOfT) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. February 25, 1953 MEDFOM)wCwTRIBUNE "Everybody in Southern Oregon . Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 87-28 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON, Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHTPMAN. 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 512.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 650 Dailv and Sunday Three mos 3.50 Dailv and Sunday One month 12o Sttnriav Onlv On year S3.50. Tttr rarripr In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold HiU. Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, ttnrl nn mntnf routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Dailv and Sunday One month 15 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper or jacxson mm-iy United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION . WE ST-HOLLID A Y COMPANY. INC. Offices in New YorK. nicago. De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta, Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASVodl-ATllON Z7 NIWSPAPI 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 YEARS AGO Feb." 25, 1945 a (It was Sunday) Mrs.' Elizabeth Ferguson, Miss Elizabeth Burr and Miss Amy Harding among pioneer Jackson county teachers honored by locai cnapier oi ueua rappa Gamma. From A r t h u r Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: R. Grey Fowler, the county agent, who started the commission of a mustache on his upper lip, has removed same. 20 YEARS AGO CU. 4mJi law (It was Monday) New members of Jackson county grand jury include Charles W. Hildridge, Everett H. Brayton, W. P. Grimes, Oscar Blackford, William Bigham, Harris B. Janes, and W. W. Williams. Anna Mae Fuson receives low handicap for women golfers of Rogue River Country club; other low handicappers include Mrs. J. C. Thompson, Mrs. David Wood. Mrs. Georee CnHrti Mrs. E. C. Jerome. 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 25. 1925 It was Wednesday) Drive to raise $3,000 for YM CA in Medford scheduled to sfart next week. DeAutremont Brothers, sought for Siskiyou tunnel murders and train robbery, reported in Nicaragua. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 25, 1915 (It was Thursday) Ed G. Brown returns to Med ford from trip to Juarez, Mexico where he missed seeing Pancho . Villa by a few minutes. Commercial club - revises "Made in Medford" slogan to ; read: - :.' "Made in Oregon, U.S.A. isn't enough; "Made in Medford and the Rogue River valley that's the stuff." What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) AW r a. I & wopr. caironai nesearcn Keport 1. When Washington became President, the salary was $25,000 a year. He wanted less, or more, or no salary at all? 2. Are there more grocery stores or filling stations in this country? i 3. The greatest corn-producing state is normally Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska or Ohio? .4 Which of these has the largest assets: U.S. Steel, Bell Telephone system, Standard Oil of N. J., General Motors, Pennsyl vania R.R.? 5. Ghee, popular food item in southeast Asia, comes from rice, birds' nests, butter, betel nuts, or powdered eggs? 6. More civilians work for Uncle Sam in the postal service, the Veterans Administration or the armed services? 7. The wine traditionally shipped from Jerez, Spain, is port, Madeira, sauternes, sherry, or champagne? The Answers: 1. No salary at all. 2. More grocery stores. 3. Iowa. 4. Bell Telephone system. 5. Butter. 6. Armed services. 7. Sherry. Formosa .Try in Spring Applegate The Chinese Communists will attempt an invasion of the Nationalist stronghold on Formosa either this spring or summer, is the belief of Dick Applegate, of Medford, foreign correspondent and NBC radio com mentator, now on a lecture tour m rne east,. ...... In an interview given. The Dallas Times Herald while in the Texas city recently, Applegate iterated somewhat similar predictions he made here last Uc tnher while visitine his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Applegate, following his September 15 release by the Communists alter 18 mourns imprisonment. The interview is of special interest at this time because of the Chinese Reds' threatening statements and their thrusts toward Nationalist-held Formosa in the last few days. , APPLEGATE told the Dallas newspaper that Chin ese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung is too firmly committed to invading t ormosa to do anything else. "With the emphasis on 'saving face' as it is in Asia, he can't afford to back down." Because the monsoon season lasts until about mid March, Applegate said, he feels that the Reds can do nothing until at least that time "but very likely will soon afterward." Concerning United States' obligations to the Na tionalist Chinese, the newsman stated that he feels "we owe them absolutely nothing," and that Chiang i i t is simpiy a Dum. "The Chinese people themselves have repudiated him so I don't see why we support Chiang except for the efforts here of the 'China lobby'," he added. Applegate claimed that one of the prime reasons why the Chinese Reds feel they can manage the inva sion of Formosa is that they are confident that "200, 000 of Chiang's 300,000 troops will desert." Ihe Dallas paper quoted Applegate as stating that whereas the United States had no commitment to defend Formosa previously, the President's action in asking Congress for formal approval of such a step has put this country under this moral obligation now. OINCE his visit here during which he regained some of the strength lost as a result of his long confine ment, the Medf orcTman has been on a lecture tour in the east, recounting his experiences as a war corres pondent in Korea for the United Press, his later stay in Hong Kong as a news commentator for NBC, his capture at sea off that port by the Chinese and his incarceration and brain-washing at their hands. According to Mrs. Applegate, her son expects to return to the Far East for the broadcasting company before long and his lecture tour will be cut short if the Formosa situation requires his early assignment there. E.C.F. - The Call of the Wild Tippy, Fido, Rover and the rest of the canine fam ily may give every appearance of complete surrender to the requirements of civilization but the conduct of some of them, when they catch sight of sheep, proves they can and do cast off the cloak of domestication at times to become blood-thirsty killers, as fierce and ruthless as were their ancestors in the age before dogs decided to throw in their lot with man. Just why man's best friend should yield to the primordial instinct when around sheep, the most inoffensive of creatures, has never been explained, so far as we know. Perhaps the inability of the gentle victims to protect them selves has something to do with it. 17HATEVER the reason for this strange quirk in " dog makeup it is a costly one for those who raise sheep and a cause of torture and death for the sheep themselves. Sheepmen in this vicinity figure five per cent of their losses are due to dogs. Not all of the sheep are killed outright, many are left disabled and have to be put out of their misery. It is not uncommon for dogs to leave a sheep skinned alive. Although the county reimburses sheep owners to a certain extent for animals destroyed by dogs, few ranchers go to the trouble to unwind the red tape nec essary to claim the money unless there is a heavy loss in one night. Mostly there will be only a sheep or two killed out of a flock at any one time. These con tinual losses mount up, however, in the course of a year. '" , AT times the sheep losses in a single dog foray are " really serious. One rancher in the Roseburg vic inity recently lost 29 lambs and ewes in a day. In the 1952-53 fiscal , year Douglas' county paid out $2,500 as partial reimbursement for dog-killed sheep. Control authorities say the killing isn't just the work of stray or renegade, dogs. The night raids are frequently made by pets which, in the daytime, ap pear as meek and lawabiding as one could imagine. E.C.F. Progress of Bangkok Defense Meeting Tops Good News for Week Third Atomic Shot Postponed Again Las Vegas, Nev. U.R) Over cast skies and generally unfa vorable weather today caused further postponement of the third shot in the 1955 nuclear test series. The Atomic Energy commis sion said daily weather briefings would continue over the week end although the outlook was not promising. A dual capability test one in which a medium or small size device can be substituted for the much - postponed "big" shot probably will be scheduled next week, it was learned. Eugene Restaurant Damaged by Blast Eugene (U.R) Gas fumes ex ploded at the Sip'n Snack drive in here yesterday afternoon, in juring two persons and causing an estimated $10,000 damage. Lee Daniels, a gas company employee, was burned about the face and hands. Sacred Heart hospital attendants said he was in "fairly good" condition. Dewey Hillgren, drivein pro prietor, was treated for minor burns and released. - Firemen said the explosion was apparently caused by fumes from a leaking gas line. The jirive-in was being remodeled, and was empty of customers. Charles McCann By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet: THE GOOD 1. . Delegates of eight allied countries met in Bangkok, Thai land, to estab lish permanent machinery for the new South east Asia Trea ty O r g a niza tion,' aimed against Com munist, aggres s i o n. They agreed. to make Bangkok the "SEATO" head quarters and to set up a permanent council to handle treaty problems. They agreed to cooperate closely .in combatting Communist subver sive activities, which are a seri ous danger in Thailand, Indo china and other Southeast Asia areas. The delegates agreed also to study means of raising living standards, recognizing that pov erty nourishes Communism. 2. The West German Parlia ment started its final debate on the ratification of the Paris trea ties which call for West German rearmament. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was confident that he could get the ratification vote despite the opposition of Social ists, Communists and labor un ions. Hundreds of riot police guarded the Parliament build ing in Bonn against Communist demonstrators who surged mto the center of the city. 3. President Adnan Menderes of Turkey arrived in Baghdad, Iraq, for the signing of the Turkish-Iraqi defense treaty which will strengthen the defense of the free countries against Com munist aggression. Egypt failed to block the treaty, which it holds is a violation of Iraq's ob ligation under the Arab League agreement. It is reported that Turkey and Pakistan are now Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address oi 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. Mother Criticizes ADC To the Editor: With reference to State Welfare conditions: I have 3 children, all of whom are being cared for by A.D.C. Low funds permit me to re ceive only 80 per cent of actual necessary expense monies. My baby is four months old and I have been unable to work due to pregnancy and the need of an infant for constant care. By summer she will be well started in life and I will then be able to support all, quite as success fully as A.D.C. now does. But I have a husband who is my children's father. He lives 72 miles distant. He earns ap proximately $400 a month. He has a beautiful new watch, many fine suits, hilarious week ends, new tires on a good car, plenty of beverage, hundreds of dollars invested in musical instruments 'for his own entertainment.' He sends to the Jackson County Wel fare approximately $30 a month in behalf of this family, his wife and children. He does not pay debts (I am continually annoyed with these), nor did he pay for maternity care nor hospital care for de livery of his last child. (Nor the previous, I have just learned.) I am encouraged to be friendly and encouraging to him, on oc casions when he visits us and makes himself abnoxious (as re sult of being drunk), so that he will at least continue paying the $30 a month. He is not warned, nor prosecuted, nor molested for insufficient support. But if my gas bill runs $25 a month rather than $11 (as A.D.C. allows), I am condemned, thoroughly! Thank God I have a sound body and enough training to al low me to get back to work very soon! I suggest many other mothers try the same technique : of working! v.. - - ' (Name on File) COLDS Relieve suffering fast, effectively with MICKS J. Now Being Featured At Your Favorite Store trying to form a big alliance which would include Iran, Syria and Lebanon. t THE BAD 1. Radical Socialist Edgar Faure was confirmed as France's 21st premier in a gloomy atmos phere which seemed to portend months mpre of unstable French government. There were indica tions that Faure, trying to hold together a coalition : cabinet, would, have Pierre Mendes France, his predecessor, for aa enemy instead of a friend even though they are members of the same party. Mendes - France seems to feel that he alone can lead France through its present troubles. r - . ' ; 2. Dispatches from Formosa Indicated that the Chinese Na tionalists might have to abandon Nanchi," their island outpost off the " Communist - held mainland 140 miles north of Formosa. Civilians already were being taken to Formosa. The fate of the Matsu and Quemoy island groups directly opposite For mosa remained in doubt. But Prime Minister Winston Church ill told the House of Commons that Britain will not aid in their defense even if the United States does. 3. Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov, who was praised as such a nice fellow when he was named So viet defense minister, seems as might have been expected to be just another Communist. In an order of the day issued on the occasion of the annual Rus sian Army-Navy day, Zhukov vigorously denounced the Unit ed States and its "monopolists" as war mongers. ; 'Joe Must Go' Head To Sell Newspaper Sauk City, Wis. OJ.R) "Joe Must Go" leader LeRoy Gore to day blamed a "tough wedge of hatred" for his decision to sell his weekly newspaper. Gore said his loss of the Sauk Prairie Star was a direct conse quences of his attempt to recall Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy last year. He will sell the star Monday to Elmer Anderson, a veteran Crosby, Minn., weekly newspa per publisher for $50,000. Gore charged that McCarthy supporters in Sauk City have "driven a tough wedge of hatred into the community." He said he was "faced with a choice between my family and my newspaper." Judge Sets Tuesday To Sentence Dodele , Hillsboro (U.R) Judge Arlie G. Walker yesterday set next Tuesday r for the sentencing of 17-year-old Jerry Dodele, Tim ber, Ore., who was convicted of manslaughter this week. The Circuit Court jury which convicted Dodele of manslaugh ter for the fatal shooting of 64-year-old Peter Ribbers during an attempted burglary last No vember recommended leniency. in the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS . Atom bomb stuff; The second shot of the 1955 atomic tests was set off the other day in Nevada jolting Las Vegas with a double shock wave that rattled the windows. It was a tower shot a nuclear device on a 300-foot steel tower. Babsonn; Merchants WELL, it was "observed" in " southern Oregon. , Mrs. Carolyn . Evans phoned me that she got up early (like the bear that went over the mountain, she wanted to see what she could see) and sure enough at a few seconds after 5:45 a.m. there was a fan-shaped flash on the southern horizon. It was orange-yellow in color, she said. She added, in a hushed voice: "It gave me the shivers." A ND well it might. This atom bomb business can give any body the shivers. President Eisenhower, explain ing to the congress the impor tance of his proposed 100-BIL- LION-dollar highway program, said: "In case of atomic attack on our key cities, the road net must permit quick evacuation of tar get areas, mobilization of de fense forces and maintenance of every essential economic function." He added: "The present system in criti cal areas (perhaps LACK of sys tem would be a more accurate term) would be the breeder of a deadly congestion within hours of an attack." AS THE mushroom cloud arose range of hills to the east of Las Vegas) the voice of Moscow radio was heard in London claiming more and better atomic and hydrogen weapons. A big shot Soviet general, ballyhooing Red Army Day was boasting that already Russian A-and-H bomb production is AHEAD OF AMERICA. TAN we believe him? Heck, no! Nobody can be lieve a Communist. All Commu nists are liars by the bell, by the book and by the clock. His purpose was to scare us into the screaming meemies, in the hope that we'll bring pres sure to bear on our government to have no more truck with these grewsome, awful things- in which event Russia could GO ON MAKING 'EM and in the course of time could wipe us off the earth without risk to Moscow. By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Fla. Special to Mail Tribune) Merchandising at the retail level has already passed through three revolutions since 1875. Preceding those days there were no mail order houses or depart ment stores, few chain stores (A & P had 50 stores which carried only tea, coffee and crockery), but many whole- Bof er w. Bbto sale houses and independent merchants. They were doing 95 per cent of the- retail business. My father was one of these in Gloucester, Mass. The first revolution in retail ing was brought on by the de partment stores and mail order; houses. This made it unneces sary to visit several different stores, if you lived" in a city, while, if you lived in the country, you could shop by mail from your farm. This Revolution was desperately fought by the old time retailers. The Second Revo lution came with the chain stores, which cut out the whole salers. The department stores continued to buy through whole salers; but the chains bought di rect from the manufacturers. Hence, they were fought by leg islation and taxation enacted at the demand of the middlemen. Discount Houses Now the Target " The third revolution is now on, being caused by the "dis count houses." This is an effort to reduce retail prices by cutting out the bureaucracy, high rents, and unnecessary overhead de veloped by the department stores. But, a fourth revolution, as a revolt against parking me ters, automobile congestion, and a lack of sufficient free parking, is just ahead of us. This is being temporarily met by building new "Shopping Cen ters." It is reported that Allied Stores is to spend over $200,000, 000 for this purpose. Shopping centers, however, will be only a halfway cure. Wanamakers, which was the world's largest department store when I was a boy, has thrown, in the sponge in its fight against automobiles and discount houses. SHIVERY? Sure! But in the face of that which I can not control or push away into the limbo - of the . Never Never Land, I find myself falling back upon some fundamental consolations. One of these consolations is the thought that an atom or a hydrogen bomb can kill ME-no deader than a well-directed .22 rifle bullet. Another is that I live in a small city that in all probability will not be the target of a nu clear bomb BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY SMALL CITIES IN AMERICA THAT THE RUS SIANS CAN'T AFFORD ATOM BOMBS ENOUGH STROY THEM ALL. TO DE- New Shopping Centers Declared Just Ahead . Shopping centers offer free parking and "self-service," but the high rents . may result in higher prices. Anyway, custom ers who use shopping Centers are more dependent on automo biles than if they patronized the old downtown merchants. In fact, if city officials would treat their bus systems fairly, the present downtown stores could continue to give better service and perhaps undersell the new shopping center prices. I don't know. Different cities differ. The next, or fourth, revolution in retailing will be forced upon us by the automobiles. Simple arithmetic proves that the pres ent race to make "the mostest and the largest" automobiles, with insufficient increase in highways cannot continue much longer. It is true that we are building splendid new toll roads; but very little is being done to avoid congestion in cities and to help local merchants. Otherwise, people may some day cease using automobiles for shopping. These machines may remain in the ga rage except for trips as mother's sewing-machine is now seldom used. More Advertising And Telephoning . . ' ' - I forecast that this fourth revolution-will result in customers buying from their homes soon by telephone, and later by tele vision, increased newspaper ad vertising with many more news paper pictures of products for sale, supplemented by better telephone service, will become the custom. People are now sick of hunting for places to park their cars when shopping. People will think of the risk and gaso line costs of driving to shopping centers. The time may come when 80 per cent of the shoppers will sit at home in a comfortable chair, . study the newspaper ad vertisements, and do their order ing by telephone. , Newspaper advertising and telephones are the only cure for the present increased automo bile congestion. In fact, -I be lieve the stocks of certain news papers which are now tempo rarily in the dumps plus stocks of telephone companies, prefer ably the wide-awake, indepen dents, are among today's . best "buys." (Local bankers please take notice!) Furthermore, I am investing my hard-earned money in "United Stores" stocks (listed on the New York and American Stock Exchanges). A company has recently organized a new corporation to profit from this 1UT " As the French say, with a shrug of the shoulders "C'est la guerre." 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