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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Medford4Tribune "Everybody in Southern Oregon Head The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager I. 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 Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of Marcn 3. iuvi SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 j e.iHair Qi -v mnnthl B.3U Daily and Sunday Three mos. 350 Sunday uniy une ye wi. J, By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point. Vf-i ..in. r-..i Will Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent. and on motor routes. ,. Daily and Sunday One year S13 .00 Daily and Sunday jne rauniu Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Tprnn casn in avm' Official Paper of the City of Medford Olnciai faper oi United Press Full Leased Wire " MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIHUI-)fti"-,r' Offices in New York. Chicago De troit. San Francisco, km ""; Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITOR I Al Z7 J IJ JIJV iff NIWSPAPII rusiitHits ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 0 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 20, 1345 (It was Sunday) Five Jackson county men re leased from prisoner of war camps in Germany, Red Cross announces. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The end of the war in Europe brought changes in the fields of romance, and lawyers are as busy as the preachers were, right after Pearl Harbor. 20 YEARS AGO May 20. 1935 (It was Monday) ; Voting indicates that referen dum on wheat production con trol plan will be carried in Jack son county by "a substantial. ma jority." Group of . Medford members of the Church of Naiarene at tend annual district assembly in iplympia, Wash. SO YEARS AGO May 20. 1925 (It was Wednesday) Medford City eounciL tables re quest for employment of police matron. Siskiyou Heights residents to vote on annexation at a special election next month. 40 YEARS AGO May 20. 1915 (It was Thursday) School board to study cost of furnishing Bibles to pupils af ter ministerial " association asks Bible be read daily in public schools. Greater Medford and Commer cial clubs send eight boxes of roses and azalias to battleship Oregon for a reception and ball. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Cost. 1955. Editorial Research Report . 1. The peak of polio infection in the past has been around Christmas, near Easter, in Au gust, or just before Thanksgiv ing? 2. A self-employed business man is under social security vol untarily or involuntarily, or isn't eligible7 3. Most residual oil imports into the U. S. come from Arabia, Iran, Mexico, Russia or Venezu ela? 4. There are many more TV than radio sets in the U.S., or many more radio sets, or about the same number of each? 5. Russia is 'geographically the same as the Soviet Union; right or wrong? 6. Most scientists believe that man has lived on this planet for over a million years; right or wrong? 7. Henry Cabot Lodge, U. S. delegate to U. N., is the nephew, son, grandson, or great grand son of the Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge who helped keep the U. S. out of the League of Nations? The answers: 1. In August. 2. Under social security invol untarily. 3. Venezuela. 4. Many more radio sets. 5. Wrong, it's one state in the Soviet Union. 6. Wrong. 7. Grandson. POPE'S CHAIR ON AUCTION - Paris U.R) The chair used by Pope Pius VII for the coro nation of Napoleon will be put on sale at a local auction May 24. MAIL TRIBUNE Come Again, It would be difficult to say who got the biggest kick out of the visit here yesterday of eight youngsters from Forks of Salmon, Calif. the kids themselves, or the Medford adults who had a part in making the event a big one for them. Seldom have we seen an event so completely cap tivate the imagination and cooperation of people as this visit by the shy, well-behaved, intelligent youngsters. ND WE'RE right proud of Medford and the show she rut on for the kids. From the chamber of commerce office, where the local itinerary was sort of planned, all the way along the line, the youngsters met interest, courtesy and enthusiasm. A special mention should be made of Police Ser geant Clyde Fichtner and Fire Chief Gordon Barker, who chauffeured the youngsters around. (Judging by their big grins, they enjoyed every minute of it.) "THE OCCASION for the trip, as most people know by now, was the fact that these boys and girls had never seen a "large city" before, and wanted to come to Medford to see the sights. Well, large city or not, they saw the sights from taxicabs ("What are those yellow cars?") to milkshakes, and from airplanes to laundries. - And perhaps it is fortunate that Medford, while it was able to show them these sights, was not, in fact; too large a city. For we have not yet entirely lost the "small town" touch, the friendliness, the interest in each other's affaire that are too often missing in a really big city. Because of the visit, we feel Medford is a friend lies, happier place. Thanks for coming to see us, kids. Come again sometime anytime. E.A. Let There Be Music Truly, yesterday was a day for young people ! . Last night we went out to the high school stadium to watch the annual elementary school music festival, "Let There Be Music." It was quite a show. There was little it lacked to make it a really mem orable evening, from the antics of the high spirited kids doing their dances, to the real drama when the evening was solemnly dedicated to the honor of E. H. Hedrick, long-time superintendent of schools, who has long striven to make sure that no child in the Medford school system must go without the blessing of music. 1I7E WENT with what we suppose was a normal y adult expectation of an evening of off-key sing ing and belabored songs. I We couldn't have been more wrong. It was a treat musically as well as in other, per haps more important, ways. From the first strains of the combined string or chestra of all the elementary schools on through the more-than-two-hour program to the five last stirring numbers, where the high school chorus and brass en semble joined in to add power and strength, the event wasa delight WE HOPE that those responsible got the thrill out at "5 fViof ura fliirilr flimr wiiof Ileum Tn rorimil ov Mrs. Lorraine V. Evensen, director of vocal music for the schools, must have been truly stirred to hear the smooth and melodic and happy outpouring of music which is the culmination of a year's work for her. Others, more than can be mentioned here, should be saluted for their part in the occasion. Next year, when this time comes around again, we recommend it to you for an evening which will be well and profitably spent. E.A. And the Budget Passed As a conclusion to what seems to have turned into a column about youngsters (and what more important subject is there?), we'd like to express our pleasure at the overwhelming vote of confidence almost 7 to 1 the Medford school system received in yesterday's budget election. Only 400 voters in the distict took the trouble to turn out to vote. But of those that did, 349 had a suffi cient understanding of the budget problem and of the work of the schools to cast a favorable ballot. The 51 who voted against it, we have a hunch, were either dyed-in-the-wool "voters-against," or didn't under stand what was at stake. IN ANY event," the budget was approved, the school board and budget committee and administration ancHeaching staffs were given a good, strong vote of confidence, and life will go on not, it might be add ed, as in some areas where schools have run into trouble in getting approval for their continuing need for money. It would be nice (and maybe it's true) to think of this election as a friendly and respectful sendoff to Superintendent Hedrick, whose long service to the schools comes to an end this summer. THE APPROVED budget will permit the system to operate as it has, with a few added services and with an expanded staff needed by -the two new schools. It will permit such things as the music festi val, mentioned favorably above, to continue, and for other worthwhile activities to add to the richness of life for our children. What better way is there, than in making our kids' lives as rich and fruitful and productive as possible? Friday, May 20. 1955 Youngsters! anvwav. to snerid monev. - - - E.A. Matter of Fact HAS SOVIET POLICY REALLY CHANGED? Washington Is it possible that the Russians really do want a general European settlement, on terms which Ik ' i'i-JM iha Woe -.miIH accept? For the first time in many years, American dip lomats and policy-makers are s e r i ously de bating this question with each other. The heart Stewart Alsop and soul of any general setUement must be, of course, a German settlement. Agreement on Germany, on terms acceptable to the West, would require a drastic change of policy in the Kremlin. As pre viously reported here, the ma jority official view is that any such basic change is highly un likely. Yet some officials have been having second thoughts on' this score. There have been intrigu ing hints that the Russians might arrive at the forthcoming meet ing at the summit prepared to negotiate seriously about Ger many. Some of these hints have been public, like Soviet Foreign Mininster V. M. Molotov's crip tic remarks on the occasion of the signing of the Austrian treaty. But there have also been private hints, and these have been a lot more specific than anything the Soviets have said in public. Soviet diplomats and officials, whether in Russia or Western Europe or the United States, have been talking to Western ers with far more freedom than at any time in at least a decade. These unofficial chats have re sulted in some surprises. Here, for example, is the formula for a German settlement outlined by a Soviet diplomat in one such in formal conversation. First, staged withdrawal from Germany of all foreign troops. The Soviet troops, it was said, would be withdrawn behind the borders of the Soviet Union. But, the Soviet official remarked, if the United States insisted, Amer ican troops could be stationed elsewhere on the continent, rather than withdrawn across the Atlantic. Second, supervised free ' elec tions throughout Germany though just how the elections would be supervised, or how free they would really be, was left very much up in the air. THIRD, an advance agreement by Germany and the Western powers to regard the Oder-Neis- se line as "settled." Much em phasis was laid on this point. Fourth, in every other respect, full sovereignty for the new all German government resulting from the elections. Specifically, the Germans would .have the right to join NATO, although the confident's belief was ex pressed that the Germans would be "more sensible," and that they would form a "third force." This, of course, was the most sur prising item on the list. Finally, there would be some rather vaguely defined all-European security arrangement, of the sort already proposed by Molotov, to guarantee this ar rangement. Both the United States and the Soviet Union would be included. If this sort of Soviet proposal were formally made at the meet ing at the summit, it would cer tainly require some serious ne gotiation despite its ambiguities. No German government could Legal Move Delays Smith Indictment Portland (U.R) Arraign ment of Mrs. Marjorie Smith and Victor Laurence Wolf for the bomb-slaying of Mrs. Smith's husband was delayed by legal manuvering yesterday. Attorneys for Mrs. Smith filed a motion to set aside her indict ment on the grounds that no evi dence had been presented to the grand jury connecting the wo man to the slaying. Wolf's attorneys filed a demur er attacking the indictment for failing to specify the nature, acts and descriptive circumstances of the slaying. . The murder" victim, Oliver Kermit Smith, was killed April 21 by a bomb that exploded as he attempted to start his auto mobile. Malheur Growers Approve Budget Ontario, Ore. (U.R) Mal heur county potato and onion growers approved a tentative $10,000 a year advertising bud get Wednesday to offset increas ing competition from Idaho. This action followed passage of a bill by the recent Idaho leg islature setting up a trademark for Idaho potatoes. Local ship pers who have in years past marketed Idaho and Malheur county potatoes as Oregon-Idaho potatoes said the measure was a move for squeezing Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington growers put of the market for Idaho potatoes. By Stewart Alsop afford to reject such proposals outright. And although informal chats commit no one, it is at least interesting that Soviet of ficials should be talking in this vein. It could even mean that the Kremlin has been making its own agonizing reappraisal. The Western alliance, after all, is no longer a house of cards which threatens to collapse at every Soviet puff. The Soviets are having real economic diffi culties at home. The Kremlin might thus logically conclude that the time had come for a limited disengagement from Cen tral Europe. Even supposing this country retained the right to keep forces on the continent, the disengage ment would be by no means uni lateral. If they were denied Ger man bases, probably five-sixths of the American forces would have to go home, simply because there is nowhere else for them to go. And four British divisions would also go' back across the Channel. "FOR the rest, it might seem to ' the Soviets that there was not a great deal to lose, and much to be gained. Most of Germany that matters, above all the in dustrial Ruhr, is already in NATO and preparing to rearm. A new all-German government, with the neutralist Socialists strengthened by East German votes, might indeed be "sensible" and stay out of NATO, however anti-Communist the government might be. At least German re armament would be indefinitely delayed.' For such certain or possible gains, restless East Germany might well be deemed expend able. Even the loss of the East German uranium mines, and the disastrous and embarrassing de feat of the East German Com munists at the polls, might not seem an impossibly high price. Again and again in recent years, there has been half-nervous, half-hopeful speculation that the Soviets were at last ready to negotiate seriously for a German settlement, and to withdraw from the heart of Europe. Always in the end the speculation has proved wrong, and most informed officials be lieve that the Russians are not yet really ready to take the great risks involved. Yet some wise officials now think it possible that the Soviets at last may be willing to pay a high price for a settlement a price so high that we ought to be thinking seriously about accept ing it. Otherwise, they believe, the Europeans, especially the Germans, may accept it whether we like it or not. ? Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc. OVERLOOKING SAN FRANCISCO'S UNION SQUARE Be our guest FREE the first night if you are not pleased with your accommodations!; ic New Charcoal Room Restaurant it Cameo Cocktail Lounge it New Lobby HOT 340 Stockton St. Teletype SF 1140 Babson . . Parking Nuisance By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., (Special To Mail Tribune) The only so lution now known for the park ing nuisance is for people to stay at home and use the telephone. In fact, the pres ent increase in auto accidents and the lack of parking space will drive peo- Boger w. Bibwi pie' to greater use of the telephone. Otherwise, congestion will so increase that we will, travel "bumper to bumper." When one car stops, then all must stop. Every storekeeper should at once install an extra telephone which should be used only for incoming calls. No one in the store, not even the boss, should be allowed to make calls on this extra phone. It should be re served for "customers' calls only." When customers complain of finding it "busy," then a sec ond such phone should be in stalled. Merchants should advertise more and solicit telephone or ders more. Many customers now dread going downtown to shop on account of the .parking prob lem and the general congestion. Hence, they stay at home and the merchants lose customers. Buying is being constantly post poned. Therefore, in their ad vertising, merchants should urge people to use the telephone, stat ing that special phones exist for incoming calls only. Habits of Shoppers Will Change Slowly The present method of shop ping has been the custom , for centuries. It has become an in stinctive habit which will change only slowly, but the sooner shopkeepers determine to change 231 EAST SIXTH 5T. . MUTTON JOWL PORK PORK ROAST BACON SAUSAGE LIVER 191 2Si 351 W. 1 250 Rooms With Bath IFiromm $5 Et IMMIX WIL this habit, the better off all will be. Otherwise, our downtown re tail sidewalks may .become de serted on week days as they are now on Sundays. As they have a virtual mono poly, the telephone companies seem to be little interested in helping shopkeepers in ' their present dilemma. This criticism is said to aDDlv especially to the big Bell Companies. These are rich and ruled by self - satisfied bureaucracies. These telephone companies claim that they have not phones enough to take care of all the demands. This is non sense. If they would be willing to buy more telephone equipment from outside manufacturers ana develop more efficient installa tion crews, all demands could be filled. Use Telephone To Avoid Being Killed My appeal for a greater use of the telephone is not solely to help businessmen keep their customers. The telephone can also help us to keep a life. Hu bert L. Kerr has recently stated that while only two persons per 100.000 die from. polio, yet, in the same ages, 50 young persons per 100,000 are being killed by automobiles. As these figures be come recoenized. I forecast that oeoDle will visit less by automo bile and visit more by telephone. People will remain home more and travel less. Travel by auto mobile except for business may now be near its peak. Even Lousiness calls will be made more by telephone and less by auto mobile. It takes time to change habits; but the present habit of making both personal and busi ness calls by travel may become a thing of the past. All habits can be changed. More Families Will Prefer Television Television is already taking the place of the. movies. When HOTEL DRAKE WILTSHIRE FF FF I FF W it 100 TV Rooms (No extra charge) Redecorated Rooms -tV 2 New Otis Elevators Telephone GArf television gets over Its "teen age" period of "sowing wild oats" and gets settled down to decent programs, many more families will prefer TV to going out evenings to a movie. When television is hooked up with the telephone so we can see with whom we talk, then automobiles may be used only in emergen cies. In fact, the time is coming when most of the better auto mobiles will carry telephone!. These will be used not in case of care trouble but also for busi ness and social calls. In short, I believe -that the telephone industry, is headed for a great future with tremendous growth ahead. This will come both from an increase in popu lation and from a much - in- creased use per capita, espe cially among the younger gene ration. The telephone can create greater sales, can save more time, and can protect us from unnecessary accidents and other losses. I believe that telephone securities are among the safest of all securities which give good income. SUCCESSFUL LIVING (tarts with saving. Have Hie things you want through systematic sav ing. Don't iust dream ... or wish, but have the things you want in life by saving for thorn. Start with any amount. o FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicatee1 To Those Who Save San Francisco ield 1-801 1 SCIRE
