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FOTTR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedtordTsibuki "Everybody in bouUiern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUKL, Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN" JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. TelegraDh Editor RICHARD JEWZTT. SporU 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. Daiv 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. Photnix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on .notor 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 Official Paper of Jackson Coupty United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advc-tisine 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 EDITOIIAl ASOCMTIN fcMJilgH.M'UJI NEWSPAPEt PUIIIIHERS 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 March 29, 1945 (It was Thursday) Manager Bud Conlin an nounces plans for Medford base ball team; talent already lined up includes Paul "Hoosier" Hof ford, Harry Dunn, George Gib son, Pete Montgomery, Steve Crippen, Harry Foley, Don Faw cett and Ralph Cook. . From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Convicts in a California prison are staging "race riots." It appears some hoodlums got mixed up with the regular prisoners. 20 YEARS AGO March 29, 1935 (It was Friday) Roberta Ward Bebb to sing part of Lady Allcash In St. Mark's Altar Guild production of opera 'Fra Diavolo." E. H. Hedrick, Medford super intendent of schools, receives re port' that city schools will re ceive $22,000 in Public Works administration money for con struction work. 30 YEARS AGO March 29, 1925 (It was Sunday) Otto DeJarnett of Medford postoffice force, reported recov ering from mumps. Craters club to hold parade tomorrow night to advertise the "Crater Frolic" at the Armory. 40 YEARS AGO March 29, 1915 (It was Monday) Ashland police arrest elderly German man and announce they will hold him "until he can prove he is not a Teuton spy." Two Jackson county residents return from Panama Pacific ex position. One reports Jackson county exhibit "is a beauty," and second says "it is a dis grace." What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. A new Dust Bowl in the Southwest is or isn't threatened this year? 2. Which two of these are not among the Four "H"s" of the Four-H Clubs Home, heart, health, hands, head, hygiene? 3. Minimum special delivery charge on a parcel post package is (a) 15, (b) 20, (c) 25, (d) 30 or (e) 35 cents? 4. A perfect score of 300 has been made at duck pin bowling; right or wrong? 5. Women drink about (a) 10, (b) 20, (c) 30, (d) 40 or (e) 50 per cent of all beer consumed in the U.S.? 6. "The Hill" means in Wash-! ing the Capitol, White House, State Dept.. Pentagon Bldg., or baseball park? 7. A shibboleth is an Irish cudgel, a letter with a hissing sound, a watchword, a thin metal slip or too much vibration in the front wheels? The Answers: 1. Is, say the Agriculture Dep't. 2. Home and hygiene. 3. 35 cents. 4. Wrong. 5. About 20 . 6. The Capitol. 7. A watchword. About 4,000,000 kilowatts of hydro-electric capacity were in stalled by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation during its first 50 years of operation. MAIL TRIBUNE Golf Anonymous The annual Oregon Golf "Open" held here the past week end was, thanks to a lot of hard work on the part of the membership, a great success. So many did so much, there is not space to men tion them individually, but "we might state at this point that if it had not been for ONE member there would have been no tournament, and no 18-hole course for that matter. That one person refused to quit when everyone else did. He took the risk and deserves the success he has had, although now the boys always so wise AFTER-the-event, claim it was just a smart business deal. r. TT PROVED to be. But no one thought so then. This one person alone was willing to take a chance on it, and back the chance with time and money, his motive being not what he might get out of it or might not but what the community would what Medford need ed in this direction at the time. We are not going to mention his name for he is the only 100 "humdinger" in existence who doesn't like publicity, and is really uncomfortable when he gets it. Yes, this man did the job and he deserves the credit. Although when things got going there were plenty of willing hands and heads to help, as there are today. AND those "willing hands and heads" now deserve special mention with a giant orchid for the hard working and capable manager and his aides. Mr. Manager was the "spark plug" for the drive to get the "Open" and then, made it one that will al ways be a credit to Medford, and all Southern Ore gon. "1X7E GRANT there are always nice things said by visitors on such an occasion, and they can be discounted somewhat. But anyone who mixed around in the tournament gallery or among the players at all during the tournament we are sure will agree, that the way things were managed from the first day to the last, made a big hit with all the visitors, also the warm hospitality, as did the new course, its scenic beauties, its sporting qualities, and the beauties and attractiveness of the entire valley. IN SHORT it was a great "ad" for this part of the state and one that will pay off in various and sun dry intangibles as well as tangibles as time goes on. Even the Weather Man, went all out to give the visitors the best climatic offering available in the state, during the week-end period. He slipped up a bit but only during the final hours of the final day. The gallery complained then but the players didn't for the "golden dew" made the greens less tricky, the atmosphere more stimulating and improved the scores. So the venture ended, as all similar ventures should end, but so seldom do with EVERYBODY happy! R.W.R. The People Should Know There is one question about the release of the Yalta papers that has never been answered. It should be. A certain newsman asked Secretary of State Dulles when he departed for Canada shortly after the release was ordered why the decision had been made at that particular time. It .was a perfectly fair question and a timely one. But instead of answering our Secretary of State lost his temper, jutted out nis jaw pugnaciously at the inquirer, and then strode off to his plane, forcing his companion to run to catch up with him. He has not answered yet. LIE SHOULD. Or someone in authority in the state department should. For there is no question some official gave the OK, or the papers would never have been released. Who was it? Or did they just "leak out" through some unknown subordinate? If the latter is true, then some employee in the state de partment was responsible for the "leak." That is even more serious. Who was it, and why? The people are entitled to know. R.W.R. Only One Churchill It is reported persistently in London that Sir Winston Churchill will resign in a few days from his official position, as head of the government. But Sir Winston has stated to his constituents that he hopes to serve them for some time in Parlia ment, as he has for so many years. "llE HOPE this diagnosis is correct For the world ' drama would just not be the same without Sir Winston Churchill taking an active part in it, nor as hopeful. He is a many-sided man, but his outstanding char acteristic, we think, has been his wisdom, not after, but before the event. Another name for it is fore sight, an ability not only to understand the lessons of the past, but to apply them, with an uncannily ac curate instinct regarding the future. As a good example here is Churchill's brief com ment on Yalta, quote : It is easy, after the Germans are beaten, to condemn those who did their best to hearten the Russian military effort and to keep in harmonious contact with our Great Ally, who had suffered so frightfully. What would have happened if we had quarrelled with Russia while the Germans still had three or four hundred divisions on the fighting front? Our hopeful assumptions were soon to be falsified. Still, they were the only ones possible at the time. R.W.R. Tuesday, March 29, I9SS Sen. Knowland Said Becoming 'Mystery Man' of Republicans By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Big Bill Knowland rapidly is becom ing the mystery man of the Re publican party. It is fair to as sume that President Eisenhower, among many, is baffled by the young man from California. Big Bill is Sen. William Fife Knowland, the 46-year-old Re publican leader of the Senate. He was hand-picked for that im portant job by the late Robert A. Taft, whose illness forced By FRANK JENKINS In this series of little travel tales, I've been spending a lot of time on Las Vegas. The place is curiously interesting. Not be cause of the Arabian Nights palaces that it calls hotels. Not because of its fantastic gambling casinos. Not because of its night spots, which so far outbid Broad way and Hollywood that the sure sign of success in the entertain ment world of today is a Las Vegas engagement. It's the weird ECONOMICS of it that are so intriguing. TN AMERICA, we've proceeded on the theory that growth and development are based upon PRODUCTIVE enterprise. Upon the belief, that is, that wealth is created by the application of human labor to raw materials. We've always insisted that if a hamlet is to grow into a city it must have within its range of in fluence rich soil and plenty of water for the growing of crops. Or it must have minerals. Or timber. Or a deep water harbor at the mouth of a river, where the ships of the world can take on cargoes. Or a spiderweb of railroads. Something tangible. Some thing that can be weighed or measured. I AS VEGAS has none of these "tangibles. Its only PRODUC TIVE industry is a relatively small metals reduction plant, es tablished in wartime to provide sorely needed strategic metals and continued intermittently since. Yet the town is growing like a weed. It is steadily covering the " surrounding desert with handsome buildings. It is only a few years since its population was 10,000. Then, suddenly, it leaped to 25,000. Now it claims 50,000 and has its sights set on 100,000. TTOW DID all this happen? Well, here's the way it works: People keep pouring in, and there must be houses to house them. That makes work for the builders. These incoming throngs must be fed, and that makes work for cooks and dish washers. Their shirts must be washed, and that makes work for laundries. They come in automobiles, and these automo biles must be fueled and main tained. That makes work for service station men and me chanics. People eat too much and drink too much and stay out too late at night and get sick as a result, and that makes work for doctors. And so on. I could go on like this for pages. ' THE POINT I wish to make is that here in T.as Vpoas urhin h with the exception of the Hen derson metals plant 20 miles away hasn't a single smoke stack, hasn't an acre of farm land anywhere near, has only the sketchiest kind of a cattle industry and hasn't water enough to keep its lawns green, tens of thousands of people are kept busy as bees just taking in each others washing, cooking each other's meals and doing each other's chores. What the economists call SERVICE occupations. LAS VEGAS, of course, DOES Via vo a nrinial in1iirfr upon which its prosperity rests. That industry is gambling gambling in all its forms: roul ette, craps, faro, blackjack, keno, bingo. But principally it has slot ma chines, acres of them, shoals of them, clacking and clattering like a vast assemblage of auto matic looms. Just servicing this gambling industry makes a lot of jobs. "PVERY growing city, of course, has to have something that keeps on bringing in NEW money. Money from elsewhere. Money to be added to what is already there. In the case of Las Vegas this new money comes to town in the pockets of the thousands who come here to play, to show off, to have something to go home and teU one's neighbors about. But principally to gamble. Take the gambling away and Las Vegas would wilt and die and the desert would take over again. pEOPLE do win at gambling. - We came away with a gambl ing profit of 40 PER CENT 40 cents winnings on a total in vestment of a dollar. Here's an interesting thought: If EVERYBODY did that well, Las Vegas would shrivel up and die. In the Day's News him to step down from the lead ership. Knowland is in a position to give the administration more trouble than most Democrats can dish out, and he frequently does so. The question before the puzzled Republicans is: "What's Bill shooting for?" Gunning for Nixon? There are competent observ ers of the political scene who believe Knowland is shooting for next year's Republican presiden tial nomination. Others think he would like to displace Vice-President Richard M. Nixon on the Republican ticket next year. There are indications that the state is not large enough to hold both of these ambitious and able young men. Nixon is 41. Both are in a position to aspire at some time to the White House. Whatever Knowland wants, he is going after it with fists often flying to Mr. Eisenhower's chin. Over the we'ek end, Knowland repeated on a television panel his belief that Mr. Eisenhower was not necessary to a Republi can election victory next year. He has said previously that he was against the Draft-Ike move ment on the theory that a man who was reluctant should not be prodded into a presidential cam paign. That is mighty close to politi cal heresy from the standpoint of most Republicans who have sounded off on the subject. But that's not all. Knowland refused to tell the television audience whether he will support the President's foreign trade bill when it reaches the Senate some weeks hence. Own Yalta Campaign Mr. Eisenhower made it plain last week that the disclosures in the Yalta papers should not be made use of politically against the Democrats. Knowland challenged by be ginning his own campaign against the Democrats with Yalta ammunition. He will not be alone on that. You will hear Nixon and others on the subject of Yalta as the election campaign devel ops. Knowland is for a hard policy toward Red China. He urged a China blockade, but Mr. Eisen hower would not agree. Know land is quick with doubts about the value of any top level inter national conference which would include the Soviet Union, where as the President now seems to be leaning much in that direc tion. Knowland not only disagrees with the administration but stands up in meeting and says so. He has been a White House breakfast guest several times of late. But the hospitality has not stilled his voice. Nor is there any indication that Knowland has told the President what he is up to. Forthcoming Asian-African Talks Declared Unlikely To Cause Trouble for U.S. By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent It appears to be increasingly unlikely that the big Asian-African conference to be held in Indonesia will cause any trouble for the United States and its allies. In fact, the conference might even bring the Chinese Commu nists around to a more reason able attitude.. The two big figures at the con ference will be Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India and Premier Chou En-lai of Red China. Nehru, the leader of the "neu tralist" movement in East Asia, is most likely to raise the issue of the admittance of the Chinese Reds to the United Nations. Chou on Spot It is likely also that he may bring up the question of South Africa's race segregation laws. But the conferences can mere ly talk about these issues. It is difficult to foresee what Chou En-lai will do. Certainly, he will have to make sure that he plays a leading part. He will be the voice of the Communist world and further it is not often that the Chinese Red govern ment is invited to any general conference. It will be surprising if Chou does not put himself upon his good behavior. He and Ho Chi Minh of North ern Viet Nam in Indochina will be the only Communist chief delegates among the 28 who will attend the conference at Ban dung. West Has Spokesman One reason many diplomats believe that Red China is un likely to force the United States into war at this moment is that Chou will want to make a good impression in Bandung, and rep resent his government as one that seeks peace. Either Carlos P. Romulo or Carlos P. Garcia will represent The Philippines. Romulo, who is President Ramon Magsaysay's personal envoy to the United States, would be about as safe a spokesman for th views held by COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Gym Use Protested To the Editor: There is a ques tion we would like answered. Just why was the New World Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) permitted to hold a meeting in our Jackson school gymnasium on March 24 when they are against the teachings and prin ciples which we promote and want our children to learn and uphold? That was a clever bit of strate gy on their part giving the im pression that our school board, district and principal are in ac cord with their theories. We know all of them are not. Permission, we know, was granted and in accordance with the regulations set up. Cannot these rules and regulations be changed to eliminate the use of our public school building by groups and organizations who do not and will not salute our flag which flies before it, nor protect the country which it represents? Mrs. Walter McPherson Donald C. Wilson Ned L. Chinn Mrs. Darrell C. Wilson Jim Stephenson Mrs. Don Herbert Mrs. Jim Stephenson Mrs. Ned L. Chinn Mrs. A. N. White Mrs. John P. Jones John Paul Jones' R. W. Colpitis Mrs. R. W. Colpitis She Favors Sales Tax To the Editor: Your commu nications column is a fine thing a safety valve where people may Voice their likes and dis likes and I too have a "beef" about the Oregon 6tate double tax. I own property in California from which I derive a livable income, and when I paid .the Oregon state tax this month I paid $84, while to California, where my source of living comes from, the tax was 92 cents. Is that fair? It is not. I lived in California for many years and never in aU that time was the state tax over $7.50 for both my husband and myself. The sales tax is the only logl cal way to increase state funds We are taxed to the limit here as it is now but somehow one never misses the sales tax. Thou sands of tourists travel through this beautiful country each year, and they spend money here. They will spend no less, even though the 3 per cent tax is levied on their purchases. It is done in so many states now no one thinks anything of it, anl tne tourist trade alone would bring in many thousands of dol lars to our state treasury. How ever, I don't think food, meat, milk and such, should be taxed. I wish someone would tell me why Oregon is so slow (or stub born) in adopting the modern, and better methods of living in general, of her sister states. In talking to one "dyed-in- the-wool. Oregonian I asked her that question, and I said, "Do the Western Allies as Secretary of State John Foster Dulles would be. Garcia, who is vice president and also foreign minis ter, is a firm friend of the West also. In addition the delegates will include Premier Mohammed Ali of Pakistan, Foreign Minister Wan Waithiakon of Thailand and Premier Adnan Menderes of Turkey. They may be depended upon to oppose any move in the conference which would react unfavorably against the Western Allies. NCAAP Convention Set In Klamath Falls Soon Klamath Falls (U.R) The Northwest area conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold its biennial meeting in Klamath Falls this year. NCAAP chapters in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Alaska are expected to send delegates to the meet which is set for April 23 and 24. MR. INSURANCE Fred . Brennan It is embarrassing when jun ior's baseball crashes the neighbor's picture window, or when my TV aerial falls onto the neighbor's car. Can my Personal Liability Policy be modified so I can volun tarily pay for such property damages? For Information Call MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY Phono 2-4940 you people really want to keep Oregon in the horse and buggy age?" She answered, "We like it that way." "And the quicker the California-Oakies go back where they come from the bet ter it will suit us." Perhaps that is the answer to my question. But I love this valley of the Rogue and have purchased a home here, and have met some very wonderful people and I am staying regardless, but I would like to see this lovely state bring itself up to date. Three cheers for the sales tax! Nina M. Chandler, 917 Newtown Against Fluoridation To the Editor: Since Medford's water supply is too Dure for healthful living, steps are now being taken to have it hopped up with fluorin to prevent tooth decay. I understand that fluorin is a poisonous element, similar to chlorin (which was used in World War I as a deadly poison gas). An element such as fluorin when taken into the body is there to stay and is stored up in the system as a foreign mat ter. If enough is accumulated in one place it could cause serious illness, even paralysis. Very few sensible people would stand in the way to pre vent a child from his rightful heritage of strong teeth, free of caries. But if there was a pos sibility that the method used to stop tooth decay would eventual ly cause that child to become a cripple or a victim of some dis ease the situation would be looked upon in a different man ner. Instead of taking the easy, but uncertain and perhaps danger ous way of correcting bad teeth why not turn to the sensible, sure and natural method; which is proper nutrition. I'll admit it is a difficult problem in this modern age of refined, pre cooked, homogenized, sugared, buttered, distorted and guess what's-in-it foods, but if a per son WORKS at it his efforts would bring about the desired results. The foundation of all tooth misery could very easily be the excessive use of refined sugar and bleached flour, leaving very little room or appetite for the real body-building foods such as fruits, vegetables, proteins and whole grains. Health author ities are both willing and able to help cooperative parents in their nutritional problems. Just one more thing before turning this off and that is a word about the solid teeth of the Eskimo, before the white man invasion with candy for the kid dies. It is a well-known fact that the Eskimo women made a prac tice of chewing their mates' shoes which were made of ani mal skins, not to get even, of course, but to make the skins soft and pliable. It would take teeth of stone to chew out a job such as that. And THEIR water supply was it spiked with fluorin? No, Dennis, it was snow water as pure and clean as our own Medford water. Mabel Vroman 1006 So. Grape St., Medford, Ore. Grunewald Convicted On Tax Bribery Charge New York (U.R) Henry Grunewald, Washington influ ence peddler and tax fixer, was convicted last night of fraud and obstructing justice in a $160,000 tax bribery case. Grunewald was freed on $30, 000 bail until his sentencing Fri day despite a government warn ing that "the mystery man" has more than one million dollars in hidden cash and might try to flee the country. Grunewald could be sent to prison for five years and be fined $10,000. (ok for thlt tool, h It ri(rvd for only thm Unit in SpkM mnd Bxtrottt. Bills in Legislature Salem U.P.) The Senate State and Federal Affairs Com mittee headed by Sen. Mark Hat field (R-Salem) Monday voted out with a favorable recommen dation a memorial calling on congress to name the lake back of McNary Dam "Aldrich Lake," in honor of E. B. Aldrich, late publisher of the East Oregonian at Pendleton. The committee also considered a package ox racing bills, but took no action. It tabled a House Joint Me morial passed by the House to call on congress to funds for the Green Peter and Cougar Dam projects in the Willamette Basin for licensing of hydroelec tric installations by local ag encies. Salem (U.R) The House Monday passed a bill providing for the subdistricting of Multno mah county, despite scattered ob jections that the measure should have been considered at the same time as subdistricting pro posals for Marion and Lane counties. The bill, which has already passed the Senate, would pro vide that populous Multnomah be cut into districts for the elec tion of each of its 16 representa tives in the state Legislature. They are now elected from the county at large. Similar bills for Marion and Lane counties are now in Senate and House committees. iADRIEHNE'S I HURRY! SAVE! o JUST 2 More Days o SPECIALS! o Foundations o Girdles Values to $22.98 $00 o Girdles o Parity Girdles Values to $10.98 2 00 o Uplift Bras Values to $6.50 $00 and $200 o Longerlyne Bras 'A 2 Price VISIT OUR Bridal Dept. Mezzanine Floor ; See Our Bridal Consultant For Your Wedding Details ADRIEIIIIE'S 214 E. Main - Phone 2-7169
