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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) "Everybody in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor KERB GREY. Advertising Manaeer E. C. FERGUSON. -Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. TelegraDh Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sport Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daiy and Sunday One year $12 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos 3.50 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Sunday Only One year $3.50. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent. and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford oincial Paper or jacKson county United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL I assocIiatJon 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 March 21, 1945 (It was Wednesday) Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Purucker, announce that their firm, known for 15 years as Purucker's Piano Shoppe, will reopen at new loca tion on North Central ave. as Purucker's Piano House. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The almond trees are in bloom for the first day of Spring. For a while, it Is in time to be killed, as usual, looked like they woull not make by the first frost. 20 YEARS AGO March 21, 1935 (It was Thursday) Roy Pruitt leads individual bowlers in Elks club tournament with average score of 192 for 21 games. Foot of new snow falls on Jacksonville hill on first day of Spring. 30 YEARS AGO March 21, 1925 (It was Saturday) Mildred Carlton elected presi dent of Jackson County Health association. Medford churches plan me moral services for Fanny Crosby famous hymn writer. 40 YEARS AGO March 21, 1915 (It was Sunday) Irrigation district, including 1,000 acres of land, to be formed south of Medford. From the Local and Personal column: Willie Painter, three-year-old boy of Central Point, unbeknownst to anybody, board ed passenger train No. 13 Sat urday and came to Medford to see the circus. Agent A. S. Ros enbaum took charge of the tot and turned him over to his dis tracted paren's after a search had been launched. What's the Answer? (Can You Gel 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. St. Patrick was born in England, Wales, Ireland, Scot land, France or Italy? 2. The F.B.I, is specifically empowered by federal law to tap wires; right or wrong? 3. Minimum instalment credit terms are now fixed by a Gov ernment agency; right cr wrong? 4. Federal tax on transporta tion tickets is now five, ten, 15 or 20 per cent? 5. About one, four, seven, ten or 13 per cent of all active U.S. physicians work for the federal government? 6. President Eisenhover wants rises in postal rates or in pay for postal employees or in both or in neither? 7. C.I.O. President Walter Reuther started out as a plumb er, garment worker, bricklayer, truck driver, a tool and die maker? The Answers: I. England, probably. 2. Wrong. 3. Wrong. 4. Ten per cent. 5. About 10 per cent. 6. In both. 7. Tool and die maker in steal. Neuberger To Open Office in Portland Portland (U.R) Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) will open an office in Portland to morrow. He said in an announcement released here today that he would use the office as his head quarters when he is in the state. Elizabeth C. Ducey will be in charge of the office. GEttSiEEJ J VVSaIsociatiom MAIL TRIBUNE Meat Last week in Salem, there was a hearing on a bill which would provide compulsory meat inspection throughout the state. It comes as a surprise to many people to note that statewide meat inspection is not now required. But it isn't. Some meat is inspected through the federal agencies, but only that which moves in interstate com merce, and some is inspected by city inspection ar rangements, such as were recently completed here. DUT a great deal of meat, which is a staple which almost every family enjoys, Is not inspected for possible health hazards Tracy Crum pointed out meat inspection at the "measly" meat has come it could not be sold under laws. Another advocate of governor of Oregon, Charles A. Sprague, who publish es the Oregon Statesman at Salem. He says : Oregon is sadly delinquent in providing proper inspec tion of meat. Of the 155 licensed slaughterhouses in the state only 30 have either federal or city inspection. The re maining 125 do not have it. The state has been very prog ressive as regards milk inspection. Strict standards are en forced as to herds, milkhouses, handling from farm to door step. It has been laggard on inspection of meat. The bill would require slaughterhouses to meet uniform standards of construction and sanitation. It would require inspection by personnel from the State Department of Agri culture of all cattle, sheep, goats and swine, before and aft er slaughter, to be offered for human consumption, except in plants which are under federal inspection. Farmers may slaughter for their own consumption but if their meat is to be sold, it must be submitted for inspection. Having supported this legislation for many years I want to renew my endorsement in connection with HB 99. Where there is no meat inspection the public just doesn't know what it is getting. There is nothing to prevent sale of meat from animals that have died from unknown causes, or the butchering of fresh-born calves. Uninspected meat may car ry disease, or it may be quite unwholesome for human con sumption. The only way to provide the protection which consumers should have is through impartial inspection such as would be furnished through state or federal inspectors. The cost is a justifiable charge against the general treas ury, in the interest of public health; or it could be borne or shared by consumers through levy of a charge per animal for the inspection service. In previous years efforts have been made to get such legislation but each time it has been pushed aside. The time for action surely has arrived. The League of Women Voters is pressing for passage of this bill and they represent house wives who are concerned about health of their families. I no tice in the Medford paper an ad of the Southern Oregon Meat Packers association with 14 members urging enact- . ment of HB 99. This is a sample of the support the bill is getting. The consuming public can pretty well insure the bill's-passage by appealing to their legislators to give it to their support. fXN THE basis of what would appear that the to enact. In passing, it might be other ,jof- a large number or measures wnicn would benefit the people at large, but whicfi the legislature is slow to adopt because of the money it would cost. The legislators, findine the state in a financial bind, will need support for tax they will consider many proposals wnicn, wnne mer itorious, cost money. E.A. Ah, Spring! Today is the first day of spring, 1955. Yesterday was a beautiful day. Two daffodils are in bloom. We worked in the yard. Boy, are we out of condition ! E.A. Frenchmen Agree St. Cyr School Should Be Rebuilt Paris (U.R) France's re tired generals are fighting a pitched battle among themselves over St. Cyr, a name that sym bolizes all that is best in the French military tradition. St. Cyr Military academy to day is nothing but a pile of rub ble near the famed Palace of Versailles. The school was bomb ed out of existance in 1944 and is virtually forgotten by aU but sentimental graduates who come back to look at the old walls set up by order of Louis XTV and Madame de Maintenon to house a girl's school. Its military tradi tion dates to 1808 when Napol eon installed the French Mili tary academy in the building. France's officers now are be ing trained at Coetquidam in Brittany, where the student-officers were installed "temporar ily" in 1946. So far, the govern ment has made no effort either to rebuild on the ruins or to give the academy a permanent home somewhere else. Almost every Frenchman agrees the old school should have a new home in keeping with its finest traditions, but changing times have made it questionable the wisdom of re building at St. Cyr, at its old site. At least three towns Com piegne, Chartres and Fontaine bleau would like to have the academy. Coetquidam, almost all are agreed, is not a desirable loca tion, since it is so far from Paris. They stress that the school's 1500 pupils, taught by 180 of ficers and 310 non-coms, need to have the benefits of location near the capital. But the school has an increas ing amount of modern weapons, and for that reason many offic ers feel it would, be unwise to rebuild St. Cyr at St. Cyr. The location is in a thickly populat ed area, and it would be diffi cult to get enough land nearby for weapons practice. Monday, March 21, 1955 Inspection at all. Medford Attorney southern Oregon's stake in hearing, saying that some into southern Oregon when California's meat inspection meat inspection is a former Governor Sprague says, it bill would be a good one noted that this is just an - increase measures before On the other hand, the ruins already have been classified by the government as a national monument, and the building must be rebuilt whether the school moves back or not. There is also the complication that monuments authorities would re quire that the exterior be rebuilt just as it was, even though, for many military reasons, it would be advisable to change the struc ture. Compiegne, a town filled with military memories, has not hid den its desire to welcome St. Cyr. A former parade ground would provide the 370 acres the school would need. There are larger areas nearby for tank and truck manuevers. However, this is rich farm land that would be costly to buy as well as being lost to the country's agricultural needs. The cathedral city of Chartres also has put in its bid. Land is available there in the form of an aviation field that is no long er used. Arrayed against Char tres is its distance from Paris, the need to destroy the former aviation installations and the flatness of the topography. Fountainebleau, in many ways seems to have the most advan tages. It is near Paris, although not as close as the old St. Cyr, and it has the land available. It also is rich in military tradi tions. The main argument against it probably would be made by friends of the famous forest of Fontainebleau, who would be apt to protest an invasion by the military. Other sites suggested include Clermont-Ferrand, in the very heart of France. Whatever the solution, the St. Cyriens who call their school affectionately "The Old Trunk" (Le Vieux Bahut) are determined that St. Cyr will be rebuilt bigger and better than ever before. , Churchill Resignation Would End Political Era in Great Britain By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst If Sir Winston Churchill real ly does resign next month, Brit ain will have reached the end of a political era. The Grand Old Man of the Conserva tive Party has served in the House of Com mons in the reign of six kings and queens. He announced Charles McCann tnis month that he has ordered the British manufacture of the H-bomb. As he spoke, he may have remembered that 57 years ago he took part in the last great cavalry charge in history. Well Informed Sources The week end reports that Churchill has decided to quit in favor of Anthony Eden may prove to be erroneous, as have so many such reports in the last few years. At least, this time the reports come from very well informed sources and at a time when a turnover in the Prime Ministry would be logical. The Labor Party is split be- Matter of Fact NOT 1929 Washington Despite the re cent sharp break in the stock market, President Eisenhower continues to get reasonably cheerful esti mates of the future of the national econ omy. Since his elect ion, the President has become in- creasingly in terested in eco and increasing Stewart Alsop nomic matters, ly knowledgeable about them. Early in 1953, he thought seri ously of abolishing entirely the Council of Economic Advisors. Now the Council's chairman, Dr. Arthur Burns, is one of the most influential men in the Ad ministration. Burns briefs the President once a week on the state of the economy, and he also sits in. on Eisenhower's invitation, at most Cabinet and National Security Council meetings. The President also often calls in Dr. Gabriel Hauge, a presidential assistant specializing in economic mat ters, for advice on particular eonomic problems. The sort of thing the Presi dent is hearing as a result of all this consultation is, for the most part, distinctly reassuring. Neither Burns, nor Hauge, nor any of the other Administration economic specialists claim that the economic sky is all blue, There are a number of clouds the drop in farm income, for example, and the doldrums in the textile industry and espec ially in the coal industry. But there is plenty of blue sky too. For example, according to the economic advers' most re cent unpublished estimate, the gross national products (the basic yardstick for the economy) is today only a shade below the aU-time high of 1953. Most other basic indices also show a healthy upward trend. As for the stock market, there were a good many quiet sighs of relief in the Administration when the vertiginous rise in stock prices was checked a few days ago. Before the market set back, serious consideration was being given to increasing mar gin requirements from 60 per cent to 75 per cent, and even sterner measures were not ruled out. Now it is felt that such measures will probably not be required. And the majority of ficial view is that stocks are not badly over-priced for the long haul. THUS the Eisenhower admin istration's economic weather forecast is "Fair and Warmer." By contrast , the semi-official Democratic forecast is for in creasing cloudiness. The chief spokesmen on eco nomic matters, for the northern- wing at least, of the Democratic party are Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois, the Senate's only train ed economist, and Leon Keyser- ling, Dr. Burns's predecessor as chairman of the Economic Ad visers. Both take a much gloom ier view of the economic future than the president's advisers. As he write in the Congres sional Joint Economic Report, Douglas is critical of the Presi dent's advisers for failure to 'analyze all considerations, un favorable as well as favorable." Douglas points to a number of unfavoratis factors, with em phasis on the possibility that automobile production, which has sparked the recovery so far, is likely to slack off towards the end of the year. But his central point is that "the reduction in unemployment is not commen surate with the recovery in pro duction. tween left and right wings. It iaces a long period of bitter fac tional fighting. Labor Party Split under Churchill's Conserva tive government, Britain has prospered. Austerity has all but disappeared. If a general election were to be held within the next few months, a big Conservative via tory might be expected. Hence there seems to be sense in the reports that before he leaves for a holiday in Sicily April 6, Churchill will resign and Queen Elizabeth will name Eden his successor. Eden would be expected to ask the Queen to approve a gen era! parliamentary election with in a few months even within few weeks, possibly, in view of the Labor Party split. The changeover from Church ill to Eden, whenever it comes will be a historic one. In 1897, the year when Eden was born, Churchill tought in the first of four wars in which he has been a combat -officer. When Churchill was first elected to the House of Com mons, Eden was three years old When Eden entered Commons in 1923, Churchill already had held eight separate Cabinet posts. By Stewart AIsop This is Keyserling's theme also. Keyserling points out that, with -national production ap proaching the high point of 1953, there are today 2,000,000 more people out of work than in 1953 He compares the present to the period in the late '20s when "production power outran con sumption power" and unemploy ment gradually increased while stocks rose. Certam remarkable and dis turbing facts cited by the Wall Street Journal no New Deal organ tend to support the Douglas-Keyserhng view that employment in the industry actually fell by more than 40V 000. Even more surprising, the automobile industry is turning out almost half again as many cars as in 1954, with only 5 per cent more workers. There is an obvious political bias in the way such facts are interpreted. Equally obviously, the economic crystal ball has been clouded in the past, and may be again. The Democrats were certainly too gloomy last year. But the Administration economists may be too cheerful now, especially as regards the employment problem. Yet there is one point on which all con cerned agree including Key serling. We are not running into another 1929. The government has the power to prevent a de pression, and this power will be used if needed. (Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Hoover Commission Abolishment Urged Washington (U.R) The National Rural Electric Cooper ative association urged Con gress today to abolish the Hoov er commission on Government al reorganization. It also bitterly criticized former President Her bert Hoover who heads the com mission. The blast followed a Hoover commission report to congress last week which, among other things, recommended that the Rural Electrification administra tion be required to raise its funds from private sources. In a letter to the 531 members of congress today, Clyde T. El lis, general manager of the as sociation, accused Mr. Hoover of "serving the vested interests against the common people." Elks Scholarships Presented To Three Portland U.R) The Elks lodge has presented college scholarships to three outstanding Oregon high school students. Dorothy Ann Gamblin of Eu gene won a four-year scholar ship of $600 from the Oregon State Elks association and an other $400 from the Elks Na tional Foundation. William Shive Beehen of Klamath Falls won a $500 four year scholarship from the Ore gon Elks, and Carlene Inman of Pendleton won a $400 scholar ship from the national founda tion. The awards were based on scholarship, leadership, resource fulness, need, and extra-curricu lar activities. The Navy battleships, which are given the arbitrary designa tion BB, are built to defeat the most powerful vessel that en en emy can put to 6ea. ttheB&V Cei for Is That- So? By Eugene Burnt Ranger-Naturalist A nature quiz. Get, all four right and you are an outdoor ex pert; three is plenty good, two fair to middling. Answers fol low questions. 1. In establishing ages, which of these statements holds water? (A) A deer's age can be closely estimated by the points on its antlers, that is, the number of tines. (B.) A rattlesnake's aee can be estimated by the number of its rattlers. (C.) A fir tree's age can be told by the number of growth rings on its stump (D.) A salmon s age can be esti mated by its scales. 2. Of all animals birds, fish snakes, insects and mammals which one is the shortest-lived? Which the longest? 3. A lot of curious things have sneaked into our folk zoology, winch of these statements correct, which in error? (A.) The moths one sees flying in a room eat clothes. (B.) Cane sugar is sweeter than beet, while sugar from the maple is still sweeter (C.) Small flies grow into large tlies. (D.) Dogs do not sweat When hot, they pant. 4. Can a chameleon change its colors to match a person's clothes? Answers: uniy c and D are correct. Once a deer passes its prime, its antlers have fewer tines, until it may return to the forked stage. The rattlesnake may shed its skin several times a year, each time adding a new rattle. Also, many of these rat ties fall off. A fir's age can be told accurately by its growth rings. Likewise, a technician can study the salmon's scales and by its growth rings tell its age accurately. 2. The shortest-lived of all animals is the May fly. Some live only a few hours. The longest-lived is the giant tortoise, Its normal life expectancy ex ceeds a century. Some experts believe it may exceed 300 years 3. All are false. It is the moth's larvae which eats the clothes not the adult moth. (B.) All su gars are equally sweet. (C.) Flies emerge from the chrysalis full- grown. (D.) Dogs like most other mammals have sweat glands and sweat, but moderately. 4. Like a good many other kinds of lizards, ' a chameleon can undergo several quick color changes but the colors don't necessarily harmonize with the background, sad to say'. Even on a fresh green leaf the chamele on may change to earth-brown; on a red blossom, to sky-green, (Released by McClura 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 will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your questions to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Model Admits Charge On Photo Use Mistake New York (U.R) Lyn Jones, buxom model who claimed her figure was used with the face of Jane Russell to advertise the picture "Underwater" has ad mitted it was all a mistake. RKO Radio Pictures said yes terday Miss Jones has with drawn her idit against RKO without settlement of any kind from the studio. Miss Jones had claimed that the studio used parts of her fig ure in the advertising illustra tions promoting Miss Russell's picture. PROPHETIC PREACKIMG The Last Days of the Church by MERLE and GLADYS EDWARDS Noted Evangelists from Denver, Colorado . Begins TUESDAY MARCH 22 Continues Nightly 7:45 (except Mondays and Saturdays) Com for Salvation Healing Holy Ghost Baptism MEDFORD ASSEMBLY of GOD 1108 WEST MAIN STREET F. WILDON COLBAUGH, Pastor Ike's Price Support Program Possibly Heading for Licking By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) The administrations agriculture price support program is in trouble and may be headed for a licking in the Democratic 84th Congress. The numerous individuals who hope to see a radical farm-labor Spring Term Adult Courses To Open Here Next Week Spring term adult evening courses offered by the general extension division, Oregon State System of Higher Education, open here next week. The classes will run for ten weeks and fees are based on the number of credit hours offered, at the rate of $6 per credit hour. Most courses may be taken on either a credit or non-credit basis. The regis tration fee is payable at the first or second class meeting, and the public is invited to attend the first meeting without charge. All classes meet in the Medford High school, 7 to 9:45 p. m. A total of five classes will be offered in Medford. Dr. Kenneth Ferrier will conduct a class on Mondays, beginning March 28, for adults interested in a scien tific study of alcohol as it af fects individuals in society. The class is based on the Yale studies in alcohol in human af fairs, and carries 3 hours of graduate or undergraduate credit. Two classes in education will be held on Tuesdays, beginning March 29. Special Education (Ed 470) will be taugh by Dr. Donald Wilson, director of the speech clinic. Southern Oregon college, and School Supervision (Ed 574) will be taught by Dr. Alva W. Graham, director of graduate studies, Southern Oregon college. Both courses carry 3 hours of credit. On Wednesdays, beginning March 30, George J. Harding, assistant professor of speech and dramatics, Oregon College of Education, will conduct a class in oral English for teachers, 3 hours credit. On Thursdays, be ginning March 31, a class in methods and research materials, handwriting, will be taught by Mrs. Kathryn Smith, assistant professor of education, Southern Oregon college. Further information may be secured from Elliott Becken, as sistant superintendent of Med ford schools. Passengers Appiaud Pilot of Airliner Chicago (U.R) Singer Con nie uosweii iea other pas sengers in a round of applause for the pilot who brought down a crippled American Airlines DC7 in a non-scheduled, nosed over landing last night. Miss Boswell and her hus band-manager, Harry Leeder, were among the bo persons aboard the non-stop Los Angeles to New York flight when an en gine went dead just west of Chicago. The plane captain, R. A. Pat terson of Los Angeles, turned back over Gary, Ind., and brought the four-engine plane to a skidding stop in the rain at Chicago s Midway Field. The nose wheel collapsed and the plane nosed over at the end of the landing, but no one was hurt. Roseburg Hospital Said Needing Repair Washington (U.R) Two hos pitals in Oregon and two in Washington were included on the list of veterans facilities in need of "complete renovation and modernization." They were at Portland and Roseburg in Oregon, and Walla Walla and American Lake in Washington. For party develop as a major factor in American politics are among those watching farm support de velopments with much interest. A farmer-labor lobby of tacti cal A-bomb force is giviilg Con gress the kind of a working over it seldom gets. The administra tion side is lobbying, too, but seems to lack the oomph of the farmer-labor operators. The present operation is an example of logrolling in high gear. Flexible Plan Rejected The House Agriculture Com mittee already has rejected the administration's program of flex ible farm price supports. The committee bill will be a high, 90 per cent guaranteed subsidy. The heat is being put on con gressmen from city constituen cies. Here is how the National Farmer's Union puts the situa tion: "Both the AFL and CIO are buttonholing 'city congressmen to urge votes for 90 per cent of parity supports. Two main rea sons for the strong labor fight for farm supports are: "(1) Concern about falling em ployment in industries depend ent upon farmers' buying power. "(2) The hope of reciprocal support from farm district con gressmen for increasing the min imum wage to $1.25 an hour." A Deadly Technique That you-vote-for-my-bill and I'll-vote- for- yours method is what is called logrolling or backsratching in the halls of Congress and it is a deadly tech nique when really powerful forc es are using it. Some farm or ganizations are going along with the administration. But the left wings of the organized farm movement and of organized la bor are marching hand in hand against the White House. The mighty voice of President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America remains to be heard. Some lobbyists favoring the administration's present flexible support program hopefully talk of persuading Lewis to speak loudly for his organized consum ers against higher farm price guarantees. NEW CLASSES Starting March 28, 7:00 to 10:00 P.M. Business Math. Businest English Spelling and Vocabulary Building Robertson School of Business 40-42 N. Riverside Phone 3-4264 Medford Car Is A 1949 By GEO. N. TAYLOR "I have a 1949 car and Joe is my repair man. His eagle eye sees what is wrong with the car and he fixes it. He charges a plenty but when I get on the road I know the car will stand up." So the owner .told us and whether one is wise in keeping an old car, is not the question here. The real question is just this Can we ever compare a garage bill with what God paid to get that car owner into the glory land? God paid out the life blood of Christ, His only beloved Son, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin See 1st John 1:17. The lost meet their sins at the Judgment and then gt out into eternal woe. Receive Christ into your heart as the Lord and Saviour who died to clear you with God. Then being saved, grow up. By Bible and prayer, grow up. This Mes sage sponsored by an Oregon Dairyman and family. Paid adv. fit w W " 3L
