rOUR MEDFORD (OREGOfT) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday. February 25, 1953
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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
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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.. - - '
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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."
TiORTUNATELY for our ene-l
mies, and quite unfortunately j coming fourth revolution,
for our country, too many, of our
people insist on living in our
vast metropolitan centers, smog
and all, because that's where
the bright lights are and this is a
bright-lights era. ;
Also
Too many of our vital indus
tries , insist on clustering togeth
er in these swarming anthills
that we call modern cities, thus
making it EASY for our enemies
to cripple our industrial machine
with a relatively small number
of A-or-H bombs.
We TALK a lot about diversi
fication, but so far we've DONE
nothing about it.
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