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FOUR WEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Mr 4. 1935 MEDFORI)viTRIBUNE "Everybody in Southern Oregon Hed The Mall Tribune" ubllihed Daily Except Saturday by MEDFOHD PRINTING CO. . tt-29 North fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor SERB GREY. AdvertUmn Manager -E C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newapaper Entered aa aecond clan matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act of Marcn a. iovi SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily and Sunday-One year $12.00 Umiiv and Sunday six uiunm. j- DailV and Sunday Three mo. 3.30 a 1j 4-wl n var 43 SO By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland, Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold nui. rnwoi Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: atmnn Dailv and Sunday One year I13.00 Dailv and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealer! 9c per copy. All Terma Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Preaa Full Leased Wire ' MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU or i:iMi.umiiv" ihki ura T TT- A V rnMPANV. INC Offices in New York. Chicago, De troit. San r rancisco, uua r . Seattle, Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL IpiTOIIAl ASVpCUTHGN r7 Hi jiJiir pSft rususHits vjASSOCIATIOM HHllHiaHMiillllMHiBiBHiBMHiilHIillHRAM Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and fO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Mar 4, 1945 (It was Friday) Medford Board . of Christian Education organized to hire in terdenominational religious teacher for four grammar schools. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: It was 91 degrees two days in a row this week. The heat reddened up a v few bald heads growing hair by wearing no hat, and put a beau tiful drugstore tan on any num ber of female shanks. tO YEARS AGO May 4, 1935 (It was Saturday) Jackson County Chamber of Commerce endorses 1935 cam paign by Oregon Manufacturer's association to sell Oregon to Oregonians. Fairgrounds Cleanup Started Removal of .the outside wings of the building being used by the Footlighters, little theater group, at the Jackson county fairgrounds constitutes at least a start on a cleanup program which will be carried out as part of the preparation for construction of a fine new armory-auditorium building on the fairgrounds. The Footlighters theater will be cut down to one story and moved to a new site around 500 yards east of the present location. Another small structure on the armory site has already been torn down and plans call for removal or razing of several other buildings in the vicinity. a OLDTIMERS viewing the changes at the fair- grounds are reminded of the days back in 1922-24 when Jackson county people were so enthused over establishment of the new fairgrounds and how erec tion of the buildings and the grandstand, the laying out of the racetrack and work on other details was watched with keen interest and anticipation. THE LAYOUT, once completed, proved as big an attraction as had been hoped for. For several years the Jackson county fairs staged in the new setting drew thousands of people from throughout southern Oregon and northern California Time after time farm leaders and the city's business men fairly knocked themselves out trying to put on bigger and better fairs. Finally, however, the conviction began to dawn on them that the net results were just not worth the expense, work, worry and effort. ZNCE that feeling set in, the Jackson county fair v enthusiasts found hard sledding m enlisting sup port and interest and it wasn't long before exhibitors, visitors and people - in general decided they would rather go fishing or spend their time m ways more pleasant than traipsing around a hot, dusty and noisy fairground. Alone; about that period the Civilian Conservation Corps began establishing camps throughout South ern uregon ana use oi tne jacnson county iair grounds was sought for headquarters and storage purposes. The CCC took over the fairgrounds in 1933 and remained in possession for around fourteen years Once the fairs were discontinued deterioration of the buildings was fast. Occasional fires destroyed some of the more important structures and with the loss of these there was little sentiment for attempting to revive the county fair extravaganzas once so popular. German Sovereignty Opens New Period in History of Europe I CCC officials announce land grand camp here to work on Prescott Memorial park on Roxy Ann. tO YEARS AGO May 4. 1929 A large vote expected tomor row on school bond election to construct new building costing $185,000. Local and state officials cam paign to stop speeding on North Central ave. 40 YEARS AGO , May 4, 1915 Crater Lake park officials re port four feet of snow and good road conditions, considering the eason. v Ashland voters amend city charter to describe duties and powers of Springs water commission. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Cos. 1955. Editorial Research Rtpert lJMay 1 was Loyalty day, May day or the great Russian nation al holiday? 2. Which two 20th . century Presidents had wives named Edith? 3. Income tax returns are checked by more or fewer Treas ury agents n ow than several years ago? 4. New York City has almost as many Catholics as Protestants and Jews combined; right or wrong? 5. About one in every two, three, four, or five wage-earners in Jbis country is a woman? 6. A chess set is made up of six, seven, eight, nine or ten dif ferent kinds of pieces? 7. A ramp is a kind of super garlic, a sloping passageway, or an animal's stance with forelegs extended? The Answers: 1. All three; 2. Theodore Roosevelt and Wood row Wilson. 3. By several thous and more. 4. Right 5. About one in every three. 6. Six. 7. All three. WATER PISTOLS STOLEN Cincinnati, O. (U.PJ A thief broke into a storeroom of the Sherman Elementary School and took 15 plastic water pistols that had been checked for youngsters who brought them to school. REASONABLE SUGGESTION Tokyo (U.R) The U. S. Army's Far East radio network came up today with this bit of advice for thousands of Ameri can servicemen. . "If you need legal assistance, see your legal assistance officer." N LATER years the 4-H fairs have grown in import- ance and community interest. Drovidine as thev do an opportunity for display of agricultural products i il 1 i. 1 , ,' 3 .-14-. V. ,1 top-etner wiin nvestucK. swine ana uuuiu v. uauuiwuin. and other evidence of the youngsters skills on the farm and in the home. FTER the large new armory and auditorium are in place it is to be hoped that the entire fairgrounds area will be cleaned up and landscaped to at great an extent as funds will permit. The site, located as it is on the southern approach to the city, is viewed by the thousands who use the Pacific highway and should present a more inviting appearance than has been offered for several years past. E.C.F. .: How To Avoid Sucker Bait The number of schemes which the dishonest and the unscrupulous can dream up for bilking their fel low men are unbelievably many and varied. Persual of the latest monthly bulletin of the Portland Better Business Bureau shows listed, among others the ad vertising for sale of "distributorships" for a battery rejuvenating dope through which up. -to $900 per. month could be earned; offers of "bargain" paint al legedly made from salvage materials; a Bible sales man falsely representing himself as. authorized to col lect for Bibles snipped to customers; a baby shoe bronzing salesman who takes orders and then van ishes, shoes, money and all; a New York couple who mail out nationwide appeals for funds to maintain recreational centers for children, a major portion of the receipts going to pay fat salaries to the solicitors. CUCH lists are almost endless, but people in general could not only save the time required to read them, but also any dollars they might feel inclined to en trust to the sharpers, simply by patronizing establish ed home business concerns or consulting the Cham ber of Commerce avoiding sucker bait is as easy as that. E. C. F. Judge Delays Ruling On Shepard Retrial Cleveland, O. (U.R) Cuy ahoga County Common Pleas Judge Edward BIythin said to day that he had "no idea" when he will rule on a possible new trial for convicted wife-slayer Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard. State and defense attorneys will present oral arguments to day supporting their motions against and for a retrial of the osteopath, convicted of the blud geon murder of his pretty wife Marilyn last July 4 in her bed. "I'll be there only to listen," the judge said. He conducted a nine-week trial which ended in the brain surgeon's conviction of second degree murder and passed a life sentence on Dr. Sheppard. Miss Marlowe Weds Ex-Godfrey Director New York (U.R) Singing Star Marion Marlowe and tele vision producer Larry Puck, both fired by television star Ar thur Godfrey, will be married in St. Louis Friday. Their courtship cost Puck his job with Godfrey. He was fired as one of Godfrey's directors immediately after he and Miss Marlowe announced their en gagement. Miss Marlowe was one of six entertainers fired by Godfrey last month. . The couple plans a two-week Bermuda honeymoon following the ceremony. , By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst A new period in European his tory will open tomorrow when the Federal Republic of Ger many becomes a sover el g n nation. West Ger many, as it is called, will be come an ally of the United States and the other mem bers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ- 1 ! Charles McCann izauon, It will start to raise an army of 400,000 men, an air force of 80,000 men and a navy of 20,000 men. Russia will have suffered a momentous defeat in the cold war. At the same time, West Ger many's allies will be faced with some new problems, One will be to make sure that Russia does not succeed in the desperate attempt it is sure to make to keep German rearma ment from becoming a reality. Watch' Germany Another will be to keep Ger many, with its militaristic tra dition, from becoming a danger instead of a safeguard to democ racy. The new German army the "Streitkraefte" of fighting Is That So? By Eugene Burnt Ranger-Naturalist It's an amazing world . . . The biggest baby in the world nat uraUy, the sulphur - bottom whale's is larger than a ma ture elephant. It may be 27 feet long and weigh 16,000 pounds at birth. Despite its great size, the mother carries it a comparative ly short time around 11 months, the average being less than that of the little fisher. To make matters slightly eas ier for the mother whale, twins are extremely rare, and the young is born at two-year inter The calf which is born in the water is able to swim at birth. Like warm-blooded human babies, it too must be kept warm Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday: 1 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days $M 4sv 5-4-55 in the cold water: appropriately it is born with a coat of blubber a heavy layer of fat insulation between the skin and flesh. Even discounting the tremen dous bulk of the mother, the youngster is huge by any stand ards. An 80-foot sulphur-bottom mother gave birth to a 25-foot long baby; a 65-foot finback to a 22-foot baby; a 32-foot sperm contained an 14-foot 8-inch foetus. The growth rate of a baby whale is nothing short of fan tasetic; the baby blue whale doubles its birth length of 24 feet within seven months; the gray whale will do so within 11; as for the humpback it will be more than twice as long by the end of the first year, and at the end of the second, it is able to have its own young. Rich Milk Credited The rich whale milk has much to do with this growth. As com pared to a cow's, it contains four times as much protein, around six times as much mineral mat ter, and up to ten times as much fat. Like cow's milk, it is white. The mother's mammary glands are carried in recesses in her body, far back. In nursing, she rolls on her side, lifts her hind quarters clear , of thewater, so that the young can suckle with its nostrils above water. Suckling is brief. Once the young noses the mother's flanks and connects with the protruded breast, the mother uses her spe cial pumping muscle which forces milk into the mouth of her baby. Should it come too fast, it will spill into the ocean clouding the water for ' yards around. Although weaned in about five months, young will atay with mother into the second year. (Released by McCIure 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 reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week, newquestions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your ques tions .to: IS THAT SO! co Med ford Mail Tribune. Box 575. Sau- salito, Calif.. , ; : forces will be strictly limited by treaty. But so was the Wehrmacht of the years between the two world wars. Adolf Hitler just tore up the treaty. For the present, however, and for the foreseeable future, So viet Russia is the threat. Every step which West Ger many takes In the process of re armament will make the danger of a third world war more re mote. Russia. has shown how deeply it fears West German rearma ment. It fought every step of the long, painful process of writing and ratifying the rearmament and accompanying treaties. Denounced Treaties It has denounced its treaties of alliance with Great Britain and France. . ; It is about to form a joint mil itary command with , its Euro pean satellites as a retort to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion. At the same time, the Krem lin is now trying a new tack the treaty to restore to Austria the sovereignty it lost when Hit ler seized it in 1938. Russia's sole reason for even thinking of concluding an Aus trian treaty is the hope that it will sabotage German re armament. - If an Austrian treaty is signed, Russian occupation troops will leave. The Kremlin's idea would be to use the treaty as bait, tell ing West Germans that the Red army 'would leave East Ger many,' and he country could be unified, if only the federal re public turned its back on the West. By FRANK JENKINS Important-r-if true: Deputy Undersecretary of State. Robert Murphy (who, by the way, is an able and hard headed diplomat) says in a pre pared address in Washington that the Communist nations may be changing their tactics. Pointing to Soviet moves to ward an Austrian peace treaty and Red China's offer to negoti ate on the Formosa issue, he told his hearers: "Although our experience in- Lduces caution with respect to these developments, the stakes are so high that national inte rest demands that we explore ANY avenue which might lead to an easing of international tension." Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 worda. Annexation Opposed To the Editor: Anent the City of Medford's plan to annex 3,000 acres south of the city, it seems to me the residents of the area should be consulted on whether or not they wish to become a part of Medford. It appears that Medford is going to take advan tage of an obscure law to force annexation on us. willy-nilly. I This arbitrary action certain ly -is not democratic. I feel it is safe to say most of the residents of this area prefer to remain apart, from Medford and if they wished for annexation, would have advanced the idea to the Medford city council before now. Heretofore Medford would not annex a subdivision until all fa cilities were in, such as water, sewer, paving, etc. Suddenly we are confronted with the men ace of Medford extending greedy fingers to rake in this 3,000 acre area. Why? Is there an ulterior motive behind it all? There is no real need for Med ford to become any bigger than it is and it would be good if Med ford would confine its activities to matters within its own boun daries. The residents of this area pre fer the status quo but if Med ford is going to try to annex us, we may as well incorporate into a new community. It would be cheaper- than to pay the high taxes that would result from an nexation to Medford. As it is now, we don't have to pay $2 and more to erect a TV antenna, pay for a license to do business or obtain a building permit. We like it that way. Medford can give us nothing that we can't give ourselves if we set our minds to it. We can take care of our own sewage problems without the aid of Medford. Perhaps Medford is afraid it would lose control of its sewage system if a metropoli tan district is organized. And what about the recently enacted law that gives Medford the right to acquire and main tain streets outside of its boun daries? How greedy can they get? Before we are completely engulfed by Medford, I suggest the residents of the area call a meeting to discuss the matter and formulate a plan of action. We , certainly should explore every possibility. It may be too late for the legislature to help us but legal talent may find a way. We could incorporate. Jerold W. Swanson 798 Garfield Street . Medford, Oregon. (Editor's note: Before the areas proposed for annexation join the city, a majority of the residents must approve the action at an election. The city cannnot force any area to join it) ' . ; In The Day's News rpHAT IS to say: Talk is cheaper than shoot ing. So As long as possible LET'S KEEP ON TALKING.. MEANWHILE, OF course, KEEPING OUR GUNS LOOSE IN THEIR HOLSTERS. rpHERE'S - ALWAYS - some-thing-to-worry about note: A Canadian scientist Dr. Wildred Shute. chief cardiolo gist and co-director of the Shute Institute, of London, Ontarion tells a convention of the Ameri can Academy of Nutrition in Los Angeles that modern mill ing methods are removing Vita min E from flour, thus contribut ing to a rise in coronary blood clotting. 1 He says Vitamin E is found in wheat germ, but is LOST in the milling process. He says this loss in the modern human diet has caused an increase in the in cidence of blood clotting in the past 50 years. D'YA MEAN, sir, that every time we eat a slice of bread we're going to have to go through all the .worries we go through every time we smoke a cigarette? If so, let's all join with Lady Macbeth in chanting: 5 "Double, double toil and trouble: "Fire burn and cauldron bub ble." be 221,000,000 people In this country. He concluded: "The United States will have' to solve increasingly severe de mands on water resources if it wants to KEEP ENOUGH FOOD ON THE TABLE." TEACHERS VISIT Portland U.R) Portland pub lic school children had the day off today while some 2400 ele mentary and high school teach ers spent the day visiting the city's business and industrial firms. Editorial Comment - The Medford Mail Tribune credits the owner of the House of Mystery, the attraction . just off Highway 99, with an idea for making it clear to tourists that Oregon is on standard time. We can't understand why the House of Mystery man should be concerned. His busin ess thrives on the. mental confu sion of his patrons. Oregon (Salem) Statesman. Norway has 4,062 Sunday schools with an enrollment of 249,915 children. A 1 r Adne CONSOLATORY NOTE to the bakers: We'll go right on eating bread, just as we go right on smoking cigarettes. CHAIRMAN OF the Board Ben Fairless tells U, S. Steel Company stockholders that pres ent prospects for their company are the BRIGHTEST IN ITS HIS TORY. He adds: "Last year, U. S. Steel had substantial reserve capacity for future demands (which is 'care fully chosen . language meaning that a year ago Big Steel had the capacity to PRODUCE a lot more than it was able to SELL). "But NOW it is evident that a further expansion of facilities will be imperative if present de mand continues." rTHAT BRINGS up the plight of the American farmer who is now in the position Big Steel was in ,a year ago .That is to say, he is able to produce a lot more than he can sell at fair prices. But At the big land and water symposium in Albuquerque last week the reclamation bureau's chief engineer, Leslie McClellan, told the assembled experts that a SOARING population will soon use ALL of America's Jiow sur plus food. 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