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FOOT MEDfORD (OREGON) MedfordUHTribune Xverybody in Southern Orcfoa Read The Mail Trtbunt" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 17-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-A141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising 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 Newspaper Entered aa second clasa matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of Marcn j. io SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year 812.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.30 Dailv and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only One year 3.50. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold HiJ. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Dailv and Sundav One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms Cash in Advance Sfficial Paper of the City of Medford pniciai i-aper oi J tt;.h Prm Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIBCULAUU WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL IDlTOtlAl ASVOCl-ATUON S NIWSPAPII rUHISHIRS "ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and iO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 25. 1945 (It was Friday) New record set for this time of year when 1.21 inches of rain falls in Rogue valley. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Last week was one of the most historic of all time, and the wettest for two years around here. 20 YEARS AGO May 25. 1935 (It was Saturday) Plans made for air show at Medford airport celebrating Me morial Day. Medford voters approve re funding $250,000 in outstanding Improvement bonds at low inter est rate, and continue city's 15 per cent contribution for SERA relief work in light vote. 30 YEARS AGO May 25, 1925 (It was Monday) Medford ordinance requiring payment of license fees and fil ing of bond by solicitors taking orders for "future delivery of goods for which payment is col lected in advance declared in valid by United States supreme court Bids for new J. H. McGee women's dry goods store in Ash land in hands of contractors. 40 YEARS AGO May 25. 1915 (It was Tuesday) Highway over Siskiyou to be open within a week if good weather prevails. From Local and Personal col umn: The city council of Ashland has appropriated $200 to reim burse auto owners who take tour ists on sightseeing trips. Under the system car owners will re ceive cash for the oil and gaso line used in boosting. What's the Answer? (Can You Gat 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. Americans spend more money every year on radio and TV, photography, newspapers or movie- going? 2. The famous Cathedral of St. Mark is in Rome, London, Venice, Montreal, Florence, Mos cow or Vienna? 3. A little more than one, two, three, four or five per cent of all children between 7 and 17 get into juvenile court every year? 4. There are or aren't mem bers of Congress who are mem bers of the Mormon church? 5. Most Chinese are Buddhists; right or wrong? 6. The average car bought at a little over $2000 and' driven 10.000 miles a year costs about $650, $760, $850, $950 or $1050 a year to operate? 7. Queen Elizabeth will vote in the new British elections, is barred by law from voting, or is deterred by tradition? The answers: 1. Photography. 2. Venice. 3. A little more than one per cent. 4. Are. 5. Wrong (many but not most). 6. About $950. including depreciation, in surance, etc. 7. Deterred by tradition. Springfield, 111. (U.PJ A man wrote to Gov. William G. Strat ton to say he will return the wheelbarrow he stole from the state fair in 1950. The letter was not signed. MAIL TRIBUNE The Polio Snafu Infantile paralysis will not be licked this year. And it's a crying shame, for it probably could have been. Through a series of blunders, some of them still unknown, the entire vaccination program has been so confused and beclouded that it's difficult to know just what is what. TOR this reason it is easy to understand the action of those Jackson county parents who have decided to wait before permitting their youngsters to undergo vaccination with the Salk anti-polic shots. It has been pointed out that the vaccine being used in Oregon is from a drug firm whose vaccine has not been connected with a single case of polio throughout the entire nation. It has been checked and found to meet the highest standards. It would not have been approved for use by the state board of health, the state medical society, and the local health office, if there were any thought that it could be dangerous. DECAUSE of this we feel that those parents who have elected to permit their children to receive the vaccine have nothing to fear, and probably have taken a step which may well save the youngsters in volved from the ravages of the crippling disease. Yet a word of warning might be appropriate, for, as the county health officer has pointed out, Jackson county is statistically "overdue" for its first cases of polio. Last year at this time there had been several. And it is possible that some child who has had the vaccine will be stricken by the disease. If it does happen, it should not be construed to mean that the vaccine was responsible. "THE discovery of the vaccine is a great step for- ward in the progress of medicine. It will be further refined and improved and tested, and in the course of a few years will come to be one of the standard protectors of health which we have come o take so much for granted like the immunization against smallpox, whooping cough' and typhoid. In the meantime it is tragic that such a monu mental snafu has arisen over the testing, retesting, withdrawal and distribution involving the vaccine program in its various phases. E.A. That Time of Year Comes now that time of year that works a great change in the way of life of two groups of people school age youngsters, and their monthers. For the kids it's wonderful. Three months of freedom ! For the mothers, it's something else again. PJURING tiie orderly months when school is m prog ress, there are at least five days ar week when the problem is confined to getting the young things out of bed, dressed, washed, fed and away in time for the starting bell, and in the late afternoon of keeping tabs as to their location, and getting 'em in for supper. Now, however, with youngsters will be around and imaginative souls, perhaps, it will pose no prob lem. But we have a hunch that hundreds of mothers right now are inwardly and secretly half dreading the day. IT is for their benefit that we present a partial list of activities which can keep the youngsters occu pied while mother is,- at least, getting her housework out of the way. For grades 4 through 12 there will be an arts and crafts workshop at the junior high school for a month starting June 13. For boys aged 8 and older, a baseball school will be under way June 20 to August 4, and for Peewees, cubs and intermediate players there will be the South ern Oregon Junior baseball league. Summer band and orchestra will be available for varying periods for those in grades 4 through 12. Summer tennis is available for junior and senior high school students. All these are under the sponsorship of the Med ford public schools. THE city swimming pool at Hawthorne park is tenta- tively scheduled to open June 4, and remain open through the summer from 1 to 9 p.m., and for smaller children there is a playground program planned at the park from noon to 8 p.m. In addition to these activities, there are those of the Boy and Girl Scouts and of the Medford YMCA. And a return to the art of reading, which is per haps too much neglected these days, would open up great fields of adventure to youngsters of all ages. The library is equipped to fill this need. THIS is a rich and varied program, one which has been built up gradually over the years in response to demands by youngsters and their parents for con structive things to do during the dog days of sum mer. We might also suggest an occasional picnic or camping trip into the unequalled beauty of the for ests of southern Oregon, a visit to Crater Lake or the Oregon Caves, or one of the other beauty spots which bring tourists to our state from far distances. But it's a cinch that no matter how many of these opportunities there are, there will always be days when mother will think f orward wistfully, to the be ginning of school in September. E.A. - Wednesday. May 25, 1955 schools getting out, the all day. For some stout f iraiian roimcai Leaders Must Decide On Future By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst Italy is likely to be in the headlines frequently during the next few weeks. Its political leaders have got to decide whether to con tinue their loy al cooperation with the West ern Allies or to swing toward "co- existence" with the Com munists. There is very Charles McCann little reason to doubt that the decision wiU be to work with the Allies. In fact, it is likely- that the United States occupation troops now in Austria, numbering about 10,000, may be transfer red to Northern Italy. But there are some complica tions to be ironed out. Giovanni Groncm, the new Italian president, would like to see Italy pursue a policy of "-dis-tensione" easing of tension. That, to Gronchi, means a pol icy of coexistence ith the Com munists. He favors including the left wing Socialists in the gov ernment coalition. The leftist Socialists are fellow travelers with the Communists. Mario Scelba, the pro-American, bitterly anti-Communist premier, is under heavy attack by enemies of his own Christian Democratic party. These enemies include Gronchi. A threat of a no-confidence vote hangs over Scelba. Some experts believe he may fall after the Sicilian elections on June 5, if not before. The United States government has been worried over the Italr ian situation for some time. It's anxiety increased after Gronchi's election as president April 29. It was even reported that Am erican aid to Italy might be cut off. . Instead, the United States took another tack. Scelba and Clare Booth Luce, President Eisenhower's beauti ful, brilliant ambassador, sign ed an agreement Monday by which Italy is to get a long-term loan of $50,000,000. The loan will be used largely to aid Southern Italy, whose poverty makes it a breeding ground for Communism. Russia stepped into the situa tion yesterday. Pravda, the news paper organ of the Russian Com munist party, said that Italian- Soviet relations had long been unsatisfactory. If American troops now in Austria are sent to Italy, Pravda said, "This will further increase the danger of Italy's involve ment in military adventures the Tito Grateful For Remembrance Belgrade, Yugoslavia (U.R) President Tito thanked Russia for wishing him a happy 63rd birthday today on the eve of an historic mission from Moscow to forgive him for his seven years' defiance of the Kremlin. "I most sincerely thank you for your congratulations on the occasion of my birthday," Tito said in a cable to Marshal Kli ment Voroshilov, president 6f the Presidium of the Soviet Union's Supreme Soviet. Tito celebrated his birthday on the eve of the visit by a top level Soviet delegation that will translate into reality the Yugo slav President's prediction when the Cominform ousted him in 1948. "One day they will come back to us and admit they were wrong," Tito said then. Tjjje Soviets headed by Com munist party boss Nikita Khru shchev and Premier Nikolai Bul ganin arrived to woo Tito's friendship and end the long eco nomic blockade by the East Eu ropean bloc. Morse, Neuberger Present Celilo Bill Washington (U.R) A $210,000 fund would be authorized to ac quire a new village site for the Celilo Indian tribe in Oregon under legislation introduced by Oregon Senators. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) ex plained the present village site will be inundated by the reser voir of The Dalles dam now un der construction. Some of the tribe will have to be moved this year and the entire village by the summer of next year, he said. Morse said the Indians are "without funds to reestablish themselves .They need the na tion's help and they need it promptly." The bill, sponsored also by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.), would .authorize a $210, 000 transfer of funds from the Army engineers, who are build ing the dam, to the interior de partment. Morse said the sum "appears sufficient to meet all expenses of the relocation." ' I of Nation consequences of which would be serious for her." Scelba dismissed this as of fensive propaganda. Ambassador Luce leaves for the United States Friday to re port to President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles on what may soon be come an Italian crisis. If the situation gets hot, she will be ready to fly back to Rome on short notice. !n the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Here's a curious fact: If, in any town, you'll take the trouble to check up on the water users (counting household me ters, for example) and will then ascertain the circulation of the newspaper in the same area, you'll find that the two figures will be about equal. That is to say, the newspaper is almost as indispensable in the modern world as water. VlfELL, a newspaper can be put " to almost as many uses as water. You can line shelves with it. And drawers. You can use it in place of excelsior to pack gifts in a box. And to clean paint brushes on. And to wipe up messes with. If you want to clean the ashes out of the fireplace, you'll find no more satisfactory method than to pile them onto a newspaper (after all the fire is out oi them, of course), fold the edges over neatly and take the bundle out and dump it in the garbage can. You can wrap things up in newspapers to keep the moths out. If you're a duck hunter, you can line your shooting coat with them to keep the cold winds out. In a pinch, bunched-up newspa pers make pretty fair goose de coys. THE LIST of the newspaper's uses is almost endless. Heck! You can even READ it, if you get tired of listening to the radio. When you're in a bad mood, you can call up the editor on the phone and tell him off in no uncertain terms. It will relax you no end, and it will do the editor no harm. It's far better than going out on the back porch and kicking the cat. The cat doesn't deserve the abuse, and the editor prob ably does. Besides, it will keep him from getting cocky and try ing to run down the town. rpHE BEND BULLETIN recent ly told of an interesting use for newspapers that was common in an earlier day. It says: "Nearly half a century ago, homesteaders making the futile attempt to recaim Central Ore gon's high desert used papers of the day profusely in insulating their cabins. Layers of them were used between boards to provide some protection against the cold. Others were pasted on the walls, more for insulation than for decoration. "When those old desert cabins were being torn down the papers not only dated their construction but provided interesting infor mation about state, national and world conditions of the day. "Those cabin builders of near ly five decades ago were actually recording the history of their own times when they papered the walls of their isolated homes." THAT brings up an interesting personal recollection. A decade and a half "ago, or such a matter, Harlan Bosworth and I got interested in collecting desert glass which is any kind of clear glass left exposed long enough to the rays of the desert sun. It takes on a beautiful color, varying from faint pink to fairly deep purple. On the way to Hart Mountain, we found these abandoned cabins the Bul letin tells about to be prize hunting ground for this desert treasure that then was quite highly esteemed. The papers on the walls of the cabins dated the glass we found in the nearby area, and we came to the conclusion that it takes 15 to 20 years for the sun to produce a color that collectors will be really interested in. IN CLOSING this piece, I want to repeat that there's almost NOTHING that newspapers aren't useful for. You can twist up old newspapers into a tight roll and use 'em as insulation in your walls and if you do a good job of it, you'll save enough money on a year's heating bills to pay your subscription with thus getting all the other uses of a newspaper for nothing. You can light a fire with a newspaper, whereas aU you can do to a fire with water is to PUT IT OUT. During the chilly spring we've gone through, the last thing anybody has wanted to do with a fire has been to put it out. Buying MILK Today? Reach for GILLIAN'S Father Faces Charge For Striking Youngster Portland (U.R) Earl Ray mond Johnson, 29, today faced grand jury action on a charge of assault with intent to kill. He is accused of striking his one-month-old son, Randolf, who re mained in critical condition in a local hospital. The complaint was signed by the mother, Mrs. Marvis Elaine Johnson, who told police she was home at the time the child was struck last Saturday while Johnson was changing the baby's diapers. IL""'1.- II l, Ml . .bP m a Mtwll Stockholm, with SAS De layed Frequently our Ameri can conversation is interlarded with down-to-earth phrases taken from the outdoors. This was S-ZS-55 "driven home" to me when I overheard an American salesman "spoofing" our pretty SAS hos tess by saying he wanted to "talk turkey" with her. "Talk turkey," she answered, "I'm so sorry, sir, but I have no turkey today ..." Naturally, Europeans are cur ious as to how such expressions come into our language. . "To talk turkey" of course means to get down ot brass tacks and to "omit the fancy trim mings." It got into our language from early American days when the colonists dealt with Indians. The latter wanted to trade many articles, mostly useless to the col onists, while the former wanted only "to talk turkey" with them that is, to swap for the delic ious wild turkevs. Theodore Roosevelt unwitting ly brought a colorful word into tne nursery namely, "teddy bear." While President, Teddy Roosevelt went on a hunting trip and refused to shoot a small bear. Reporters leaped upon the story and newspapers published it, and an enterprising toy rag bear manufacturer quickly "cashed in" on the story true or not by naming his product "teddy bears." Mammoth From Russia And, incidentally, our word mammoth comes from Russia, not Hollywood meanine of heine "super-colossal," it actually re- iers xo a now extinct species of elephant the wooly. or north ern mammoth coming from the Russian word for it, Mammot. It had very long upwardly curv ing tusks, and from its many re mains found in northern lands, including Alaska, it stood per haos 12-14 feet high. So, anything resembling the mammoth (mammot) in size is mammoth, as is a mammoth ox. Another animal, the kangaroo, came by its name curious! v Tt said that when Captain James Cook discovered Australia and nrst saw the kangaroo he was, to say the least, "bowled owr w. demanded of a native what the name ol the curious animal was. The native who him, quite honestly, said: "kan garoo, wnich meant: "I do not know." But mistakpnlv -; r 9 UMllH Cook thought that was the name or tne animal and in repeating it, handed the name down fnr posterity. The Australians have added an additional meaning: "kanga roo feathers." This means some thing non-existent or obviously absurd. In short, stuff and non sense. Much like Olir American "horse feathers." (Released by McClura Nawspapar Syndicate) Free: By sptcial arranoamant with tha editors of tha rn..in. pedia Americana, my panel of juages will award aach waak to tne reader who sands ma tha bast question on natura and wildlifa a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous referanca work in a handsome Sealeraft binding Each waak, new questions will be considarad. Sorry, I simply can't answer vour manv friandlv letters. Plaasa address your ques tions to: IS THAT SOI co Mad ford Mail Tribune, Box 575. Sau- salito. Calif. NOW IS THE TIME to start building an insured savings account with ui. You will find it pleasant and profitable to invest hero. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford -27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated To Those Who Save Patterson Vetoes Three Measures, HB 49, 781, 547 Salem (U.PJ Gov. Paul L. Patterson vetoed three bills yes terday, one on grounds that it might jeopardize receipt of fed eral funds in Oregon and an other on grounds it was uncon stitional. The third was a com panion bill to the first. The governor vetoed House bill 49 which would require most state agencies to come under a standard rule-making and hear ing procedure. He said that while an effort was made to amend the measure to exclude, in part, agencies re ceiving federal grants, "there is still a serious question as to whether the operation of the law would not disqualify us to continue in the match - money programs with the federal gov ernment on public welfare and, perhaps, unemployment compen sation." Gov. Patterson said "I do not believe it is wise to jeopardize these funds, and feel that time should be taken to get appropri ate decisions from the affected federal agencies in order that the matter could be very clear before the act becomes law." The bill was introduced by the House Judiciary committee at request of the Oregon State Bar. Gov. Patterson vetoed House bill 781 which provided a $30, 000 appropriation to effect the standard rule-making and hear ing procedure. Another measure vetoed was to license auctioneers, House bill 547. He said the section pro viding for license fees "places the determination of the amount there of within the discretion of the board of auctioneers, up to specified limits, which is uncon stitutional." PTA Urged To Forego Politics Chicago (U.R) A charge of engaging in politics confronted the National Congress of Parents and Teachers today. Five members of the Indian apolis PTA telegraphed protests to the congress, requesting the elimination from the legislative platform of any endorsement of federal aid for education. The Indiana members said many local PTA units and mem bers were becoming increasingly dissatisfied . with the national PTA support of federal aid. In diana in the last few years had rejected federal aid, they said. The- congress was to wind up its sessions today with action on a number of resolutions. No con troversial issues had ben antici pated. The 3000 delegates yesterday elected a new president, Mrs. Rollin Brown, Los Angeles. She defeated Harry Reynolds, Wi nona, Minn., for the post by a vote of 1102 to 188. Reynolds, the first male candidate for the office in the PTA's 59-year his tory, was nominated from the floor. San Francisco (U.R) Police figured they shouldn't have much trouble finding ' Mrs. Schatze A. Weicker's stolen car. She said the car. was a white 1955 Cadillac hardtop convert ible, ornamented in gold and worth $6500. Adrie CASUAL COORDINATES By... y Gay, go-with-everything Separates at . . . Cool Savings for the Holidays! Pastel Rainbow-Striped Denim O Pedal Pushers O Shorts II 1 O Jackets M O Blouses O Bras Halters PRICE GET HERE EARLY FOR THESE SPECIALS! Take advantage, stock up for Sunny, 214 EAST MAIN A 1 ane Communications Letters to the Editor mutt bear the name and address ol the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a Den name or initial for publication is Dermis tible. The Mai 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 words. Scotland vs Delinquency To the Editor: We make most grevious mistakes in becoming too complacent over grevious happenings of the day, usually blaming it on somebody else. We get all het ujj, blame our patient, long enduring president and other top-officials noted for their sincerity, for "having bungled" the Salk polio vaccine campaign. Fact of the matter is, polio claims two victims per 100,000 population. But the au tomobile takes a deadly toll of 50 per 100,000, all in the same age group. But there seems to be no great hue and cry over . it. Why? Because there is no one to blame but our very own selves. So, it's getting to be ac cepted as "just one of those things," to complain or grieve over. Like the answer of Columnist Hurlock in the Mail Tribune who wrote a complaining par ent that their 15 year old son's penchant for "running around spending money and refusal to" help around home," was the par ent's fault, that they should have established rules of con duct in his first early years and seen to it that he obeyed them and thus become used to some degree of discipline. Just that simple. What we so often hopelessly and often mistakenly refer to as juvenile delinquency, the thrifty practical Scotch people regard as a part of youth, the courting of danger, natural as eating, getting in deviltry, they handle in a simple inexpensive way, as a visiting Scot related. Those in charge, he told me, keep a weather eye on unruly kids, especially those showing hereditary traits. If becoming too rambunctious, they're bund led off to the boys training ship anchored ten miles off shore. There they learn real discipline that they can't run away from. They finish their studies and get training in both old time sail and steam navigation, and they get a plentiful bellyf ull of court ing "danger from riding out the North Sea storms that pound the Scottish coasts. Monotony of ship-life is relieved with an oc casional cruise. Many of them stay with the sea, giving Scot land a steady supply of well trained and seasoned sailormen. And there is no gangsterism in all Scotland as we so well know here, save that by foreign born elements, mostly Reds. F. J. Clifford, 1211 W. Main Sale Success To the Editor: The Blue Star Mothers of America wish to an nounce the success of the daisy sale, held on the streets of Med ford May 20 and 21st. They thank the officials of the city of Medford, for making the sale possible by giving their permis sion to hold the sale, the Med ford Mail Tribune for publiciz ing the sale, and the public wha contributed so generously. The proceeds of the daisy sale will' be used to help rehabilitate the wheelchair patients at Camp White. Mrs. Fred Middlebusher 1517 West Main St. TV.rf line Sundav Classified to at nnnn SnfnrrlAv 1 a. m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday. nne s of this offer to care - free days ahead. nnes - - -PHONE 2-7169
