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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Ml LDrOHE UNS "Everybody in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. n-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHU Editor HERB GREY. Advertislnf Manager X. 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 March 3. ib7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail Ir. Advance: Per copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.30 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only One year $3.50. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year 115.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.23 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms casnmAovance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson Connty United Press Full Leased Wire . MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CUH.ULAHOW WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INCj Offices in New York, Chicago. De troit San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL IassoctiIon !.nanfl NIWSPAPII k PUIltSMIRS "ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO June 8, 1945 (It was Friday) Jackson county ranked sixth among top 10 Oregon counties in "E" bond sales of current war loan drive. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Astronom ers estimate the average heat of the sun at 10,382 degrees. Oth er than the astronomers' word, there is no proof. There is no demand for shade and no eggs have been fried oh prominent sidewalks this year. 20 YEARS AGO June 8. 1935 (It was Saturday) Jacksonville starts construc tion of new water system. Ashland starts plans to at tract between 15,000 and 20,000 for biggest Fourth of July cele bration in city's history. 30 YEARS AGO Jun 8, 1925 (It was Monday) Several hundred Rogue valley residents visit Camp Jackson, en campment of Oregon National Guard. Parent Teachers Institute planned at Ashland July 1-3. 40 YEARS AGO Jun 8, 1915 (It was Tuesday) Blue Ledge bridge over junc tion of Elliot creek and middle Applegate fork completed and open to traffic. . From Local and Personal col umn: The present itinerary of the Liberty Bell on the journey to the San Francisco fair, calls for its departure from Roseburg at 8 o'clock p.m. July 15, which will bring the treasured relic to this city in the early morning hours of July 16 What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of tha 7?) Coat. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. U.S. church memhrshiri in the last 25 years has gone up less or more than the population, or about the same? 2. First state giving women full voting rights was Louisiana. New York, Ohio, Wisconsin or Wyoming? 3. More new housing units are being built in cities or in rural areas? 4. The term "spare" is used in which game? 5. Many more men than worn' en are in hospitals getting medi cal care on a typical day, ' or many more women, or about the same Tiumber of each? 6. For Mohammedans the Holy City is Baghdad, Cairo, Damas cus, Istanbul, Jerusalem or Meo ca? 7. The Aleutian islands are part of Japan, Russia, Formosa, Red China, the U.S. or Great Britain? The Answers: 1. More. 2. Wyo ming. 3. Slightly more in cities. 4. Bowling. 5. Many more men. 6. Mecca. 7. The U.S. (off Alas ka.) PINBALLS LEGALIZED Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) The city council voted 6-1 last night to legalize pinball mach ines for amusement only. The machines will be licensed at $40 a month. MAIL TRIBUNE Sno-Cat Chosen Again It's good news that the Tucker Sno-Cat has been chosen as the principal vehicle for four Antarctic ex peditions, j " Rogue valley people who have long-been familiar with the versatile contraption have never had much question about its potentialities, but it has taken a long time for W. M. Tucker and his sons and associ ates to gain the full international recognition which goes with the Sno-Cats being picked by France, Eng land, the United States and Australia for: a major assault on the Antarctic continent. THE 'Cats have proven themselves in practically every kind of . snow-covered terrain. Their suc cess is based principally on the design of the equip ment which conveys the power of theengine to the ground. This is done through the use of the unique "pon toons," which are the invention of the president of the firm. These are large, flat-bottomed metal contriv ances which almost literally "float" on the snow. Around these go an endless chain, propelling the pontoons forward rather in the manner that' a swim mer is propelled by his hands while doing the Aus tralian crawl. "NLY the Sno-Cat, out of a number of over-snow vehicles, has this type of propelling mechanism, which gives it an advantage both in weight, for the pontoons need not be heavy, and in maneuverability, for the front pontoons in a four-pontoon rig are flex ible, and are used for steering. It is obvious from the fact that these important Antarctic expeditions have chosen the Sno-Cat that it is now achieving its place as the premier over-snow vehicle. For which all of us in the Rogue valley can be glad, for it means more jobs, more money and better times for southern Oregon. E.A. Highways Why all this talk about highway construction? Isn't it going ahead pretty The answer to the second question is "no." The answer to the first lies in the fact that the United States is not building highways fast enough to keep up with (1) the growing number of cars, and (2) the fact that people take good roads pretty much for granted, even , when they aren't there. As a result people get killed. ONGRESS is now considering ways and means of federal participation in highway construction. We are not arguing here how this should be accomplished simply that it must be, one way or another, . , A large group of leading citizens recently form ed what they call a "Highways for Survival Com mittee," which is dedicated solely to urging this need ed highway construction, and to pointing out how vitally necessary it is to us in all our day-to-day living. THIS committee declares &C Vltdl IAS UUl VUllVUllVy eVVlCtl ailU llllllLCVX j needs. Here are some facts which it quotes in support of its thesis: . 1 i Out of the 3,366000 miles of roads in the United States, only about 919,000 about one quarter are paved, and only one out of every three miles is adequate for the job it is supposed to do. There are now an estimated 58,000,000 vehicles on America's roads, and the total is growing by the millions each year. The traffic death toll in 1954 was 36,300, with more than a million injured. Except for the wartime gasoline rationing period, the death toll has been over 30,000 for the past 22 years. If traffic volume increases by 50 per cent in the next 10 years, -as is estimated, the death rate will be about 55,000. V Safety experts estimated that an adequate system of highways would reduce traffic accidents from 40 to 50 per cent, and that one life would be saved for every 10 miles of adequate highway constructed in a proposed interstate system. The money-cost alone of accidents in 1954 (not figuring the loss of life) was estimated, at $4,300,000,000. Money wasted in gasoline, wear and tear on tires and brakes, in ' accident damage and in time lost in traffic jams on out moded highways is estimated to total $3,000,000,000 an nually. DDED up, the committee says, the facts mean : "We are paying more in lives and money for bad roads than good roads would cost us." What is this cost? The committee estimates that for the. proposed "interstate highway system" the cost would be $23, 200,000,000, with slightly more than half for the rural portion and slightly less than half for the urban por-, tion. Another $4,000,000,000 would be needed to bring this, system up to the 40,000-mile limit proposed initially more than 10 years ago. Other federal-aid road needs total $44,900,000,000, and needs of non-federal-aid roads would require some $28,700, 000,000. u The total cost, then, is estimated at some $100, 800,000,000 for a 10-year program. TF THE cost is high, so is the cost of inadequate roads, for, in addition to other economic and mili tary and safety factors, the committee points out that one out of every seven workers in the nation earns his living from highway transport industries, which move 77 per cent of the nation's total freight load. This, briefly, is what the talk is all about. It's a big problem, and an important one. E.A. HAS THE ANSWER Columbus, O. (U.R) A first grade teacher asked her class Tuesday why the ugly, old troll wouldn't Jet the three billy goats cross bis bridge. "You have to pay money to cross a troll bridge," one 6-year-old answered. I95S well? that improved highways POLICE TAVORED' Troy, O. (U.R) John Weaver, 33, West Milton, O., admitted 12 burglaries and three arson cases because "I was getting such good treatment at the jail I thought I would return the favor and confess." Wednesday, Matter of Fact IN FAIRNESS TO A LADY Washington In all fairness, it is time , somebody spoke up for Mrs.'.Oveta Culp Hobby, be-lea-guered Secre tary of the De partment of Health, Educa tion and Wel fare. It is fashion able nowadays to beat Mrs. Hobby over the head, edi torially and oratorically, as solely respon Stewart Alsop sible for the confusions and de lays in the polio vaccine pro gram. Adlai Stevenson, who knows a good issue when he sees one, took up the cudgels the other day when he said that he "didn't think it required any special clairvoyance to estimate the demand for the vaccine, the supply, and the hazards of pro duction." Yet the truth is that the blame really rests far less on Mrs. Hob by than on a mysterious polio virus, which for reasons yet un explained refused to die when it should have died. Stevenson to the contrary, it would have required clairvoyance of a re markably high order to forsee this particular hazard. ' The facts are simple enough. On April 12, the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis announced the success of the field tests of the Salk vaccine. On the same day, Mrs. Hobby licensed six manufacturers to distribute the vaccine, and the polio foundation went ahead with its free vaccination pro gram for all first and second grade children. Mrs. Hobby has been much criticized by hindsight for "not having a distribution plan ready." In fact, a distribution plan was ready the polio foun dation's program for vaccinating first and second graders, which is still incomplete, and which will use all available vaccine until it is complete. It never occurred to anyone in Mrs. Hob by's department to move in and take over the foundation's pro gram, simply because there was no visible need whatsoever for doing so. What, then, really went wrong? WHAT went wrong was that virus that refused to die. On April 27, the Surgeon Gen eral, Dr. Scheele, received re ports of six cases of polio among children who had received vac cine from the Cutter Labora tories in California. The polio had apparently . resulted from live virus in the vaccine. Dr. Scheele immediately asked Cut ter to withdraw all its vaccine. The scientists of the Public Health Service then descended on the Cutter Laboratories to try to determine why the virus had not died. And even now, they do not really know for certain. Making the Salk vaccine is a tricky business. To put it in the simplest and most unscien tific terms, the vaccine has to be strong but not too strong. It must be treated with formal dehyde for a certain length of time in order to make sure that no killing polio virus remains. But it cannot be immersed too long, or the immunizing effect is lost. A standard operating proced ure the best the scientists of the Public Health Service could formlulate at, the time. for achieving this life-and-death bal ance, had been. laid down for all six laboratories, including the Cutter Laboratories. And even now, the scientists have been unable to determine why the polio virus survived in the Cutter vaccine. It should have died. It was the tragic incident of the Cutter vaccine that threw the whole polio program into turmoil. The stubborn virus has also come rather close to de stroying the reputation of the able Mrs. Hobby. The stubborn virus is not the whole story, of course. The polio foundation is dependent on pub lic contributions, and it has the usual public relations setup of such foundations. Thus the suc cess of the Salk vaccine was an nounced with the maximum bal lyhoo (something Mrs.' Hobby had no control oyer) ; and the impression got abroad that the scourge of polio had been con quered completely overnight. In fact, of course, the vaccine is only partially effective, and supplies were unavoidably lim ited. THE press relations of Mrs. Hobby's department are also even more stupidly handled than most, and Mrs. Hobby's famous statement that "no one could have foreseen" the de mand for the vaccine was no help. Perhaps the worst fault of all was the failure to explain, simply and understandably, that using the vaccine could in rare cases be dangerous which is still true but that on balance its use vastly increases a child's chance of avoiding the terrible disease. . Any such admission it was thought, would scare the living daylights out of the American people, and thus destroy the value of the life-saving Salk vaccine. Lack of confidence in the American people's common sense is a besetting sin of this Administration. Yet in fairness By Stewart Alsop it is hard to understand how Mrs. Hobby, clairvoyant or not, could have forseen what some of the best scientists in the country did not foresee and cannot wholly understand, even now that it has happened. (Copyright. 1955, New York Herald Tribune. Inc.) By Si sa sua ?"ftiM e Umti llsinnlK Helsinki, With SAS How often have you heard such ex pressions: "That horse has a mean look in his eye." Or, "that dog has an intelligent look." Last night a group of us were sitting in my room in the Palace Hotel, overlooking the harbor, and our conversation dealt with these animal character reading signs and gradually came around to the discussion of' the traits of the human being. As a result here's a fact vs. fallacy on reading the "inner human being from outward signs. Fallacy: A high bulging fore head is a sure sign of superior brainpower; a low hairline, in turn, indicates a less advanced stage of mental development. Fact: The appearance of the face, the shape and size of the forehead have nothing whatever to do with a person's intelligence. Fallacy: A receding chin de notes a lack of will power. A so- called "lantern jaw" shows de termination. A pointed chin points out a penny - pinching in dividual. A dimpled chin usually belongs to a charming, highly affectionate person with gener osity to spare. Fact: the chin, whether re ceding, pointed, or forward thrusting, has nothing whatever to do with a person's inner character. Fallacy: Lone slender finsers belong to artistic temperaments and, to be sure, their posses sors make the best pianists. Fact: The shape of the fineers has nothing to do with a per sons' artistic temperament. Neither does a cold hand have anything to do with a person' state of affection. Circulation That's another matter. Fallacy: Red headed people are more temperamental than blondes; blondes are apt to be less trustworthy than brunettes; curly hair is an outward manifes tation of vitality. Fact: Red-headed people are no more temperamental than any others blondes are just' as trustworthy as brunettes; curly hair does not proclaim vitality in fact, it is due to the shape of the individual hair, and one side grows faster than the other. Fallacy: You can read a per son's true meaning by looking him "straight in the eye." Fact: Small eyes, large eyes, bright eyes, dull eyes, smiling eyes, sad eyes even if they did exist could reveal nothing about a person's character. Even the. crow's feet may be due to weak eyes or overpowering sun light. And, despite what many peo ple say, neither can one judge the "character" of a wild animal by reading "outward signs." (Reltasad by McClura Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the bast question oa nature and wildlife a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week, new questions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your ques tions lo: IS THAT SOI eo Med ford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sau salito. Calif. Traffic Group Names Oaklander President Portland (U.R) Harry Di mond, official of the John Bruen er Furniture Store of Oakland, Calif., yesterday was elected president of the Western States Traffic Managers' Association. Dimond succeeds Robert Ma loney of Portland. Maloney, at the opening ses sion of the 33rd annual three-day association meeting, said retail stores in the West were able to avert a crisis during the current long-haul trucker strike by using substitute modes of transporta tion. However, Maloney said that despite the excellent job of rail roads and steamships during the labor dispute, the need for long-haul trucking was strongly felt t i M ll..tiC I, , Scelba's Job May Have Been Saved by Sicily Vote Results M By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst Italian Premier Mario 'Scelba may have saved his job by his victory in the Sicilian region al election. If so, it is good news for the United States and its allies. Scelba is a firm friend of this country. He hates the Commu n i s t s, and the Com munists hate him. Scelba has Charles McCann been in trouble for several months The coalition which he leads is shaky. Rebels in his own Christian Democratic Party have been gunning for him. He suffered a loss of prestige when Giovanni Gronchi, one of his party enemies, was elected president of Italy on April 29. Gronchi is a member of the left wing of the Christian Demo cratic Party. Scelba's leadership is opposed also by a strong group of right wing members of the party. Everybody agreed to let things rest until after last Sunday's election in Scelba's native Sicily for a regional assembly of 90 members. No Confidence Threat Had the Christian, Democrats suffered a defeat, Scelba's ene mies planned to introduce a mo tion of no confidence against him at the opening of the Italian Parliament next Monday. In the old Sicilian assembly, the Christian Democrats held 30 seats and the Communists and left wing Socialists held 30. The Christian Democrats ruled with the support of small groups. The Communists, who are los ing strength steadily on the Ital In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS More cold war stuff: Moscow propaganda guns are booming claims of a Soviet tri umph in the Russian-Yugoslav talks . . . But our state depart ment in Washington sees Tito remaining independent. fpiTO is a Communist. Personally, I wouldn't trust ANY Communist any farther than, I can throw a big Southern Oregon Hereford buU by the tail. But If we can keep the Commies talking long enough, maybe they won't start shooting. So let's keep on talking. VLTHILE the Russian big shots were in Belgrade (Yugosla via's capital) an incident occur red that should provide us Americans with some serious food for thought. Among the foreign diplomats seeing the Russians off at the Belgrade airport was American Ambassador Riddleberger. When Russia's Rruschev came to Riddleberger in the line of dignitaries he pumped the American's hand up and down cordially. Riddleberger said in English: "Have a good trip." Kruschev UNDERSTOOD, beamed, and replied in Russian. His reply floored the Ameri can, who neither speaks nor understands Russian. Later, Riddleberger told the corres pondents: "I don't know what he said. But he certainly was say ing something." Fr we Americans are going to try to run the world( we'd better learn at least to UNDER STAND the languages of the people we're trying to deal with. rpHE teletype tells us: : A situation reminiscent of the '49 gold rush has developed in Caliornia. It will be high lighted in a few hours from now by the opening by the federal government of nearly 3000 acres of public land for persons who want to stake out claims in a search for uranium. The area lies in Kern county, where California's richest ura nium strike was made recently. DCWE (I BEFOBIS YOU DECODE ian mainland, threw everything they had into the Sicilian cam paign. The election, however, proved a clear victory for Scelba. The Reds kept their 30 seats. But the Christian Democrats gained sev en at the expense of splinter parties to make their total in the assembly 37. Also the Communist popular vote declined for the first time since World War II. Scelba's pro-American, anti Red policy has been strength ened, and he has been strength ened personally. Future Looks Bright There is to be a Christian Dem ocratic Party caucus Friday. What will happen there remains to be seen. But the stocky, smil ing, 53-year-old premier may be expected to face his critics bold ly and to ask no favors. At the moment, his chance of riding out a threatened crisis looks good. ' Scelba has had a long, spec tacular career in politics. He at tended his first political rally when he was 13. He was a pro tege of Don Luigi Sturzo, founder of the Popular Party which has now become the Christian Demo cratic Party. Little Mario went to an oppo sition meeting. He reported so efficiently on the meeting that Don Sturzo said: "Young man, if you keep on listening so intently to what peo ple say you will become police chief." Scelba did just that he be came police chief of all Italy, as interior minister, in the critical year of 1946. Communism was at its peak. Revolution was a clear threat. Scelba reorganized the entire national police and formed the famous anti-riot squads. Every Red riot was smashed, The Communist threat was over come, and Scelba later became premier. News As this is written, several hun dred' men and quite a few women many of them toting shootin' irons are awaiting the signal for the rush, which is ex pected to be given at 10 a.m. A sheriff's posse is on hand, and the sheriff says the situation is explosive. T THINK , the reporters got a little tangled up in their his tory. The situation down Bakers- field way is much more remini- cent of the opening of the Chero kee Strip in Oklahoma back in the Gay Nineties. On Sept. 16, 1893, a motley mass, of people estimated all the way from 50,000 to 100,000 was lined up along the border of the Strip waiting for the opening. which was signaled by a pistol shot from a detachment of U.S. cavalry. On horseback, in wagons, on foot, in "little, old surreys with the fringe on top" any way to get there t he homesteaders streamed in and when they found a spot that looked good they staked out a claim. There were battles galore over choice quarter sections. There were cheaters. These slickers had sneaked into the Strip ahead of the opening and hidden in the brush alone the streams. On the morning of the opening, they emerged from their hiding places and staked out claims in the richest spots. When the more honest ones arrived, they found these sharp ies in possession which led to many shootings. These early birds were called "sooners," and from them Oklahoma took its sobriquet of The Sooner State. On that one day, 50,000 claims were staked out in the Strip. AS this is written, more of the Pacific Northwest's surplus grain is getting water borne. Loading of reserve (mothball) fleet cargo vessels is starting at Longview, in Washington. Half a dozen ships will be loaded there by the end of June and eight more will be filled in July. Four ships previously loaded at Astoria have been berthed 3t permanent anchorages in Cath lamet bay. The dispatches explain that the idle reserve fleet is being used because of LACK OF LAND STORAGE SPACE for DeSolo Phone Dick Kniaht Co., 2-5203, ami One ef Ow Salesmen Will Drive Us- To Year Door Communications Letter to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is permia lible. The Mail Tribune reserves the risht to edit all letter with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted (or public boa must not exceed 400 weeds Ads in School Books To the Editor: School's out Now, comes the time for tha ' school boards and the Depart ment of Education to start fig uring on what additional rooms, buildings. ' and equipment will be absolutely necessary for the coming school year . . . and how to raise the money for it all. Having three school children and also being a property own er, I'm interested in schools and. the money angle too. I've thought of a simple method to help raise some money for our Oregon schools without involving taxes and would like to present it for the consideration of the people of Medford. First take a look at The Mail Tribune you're reading now. You paid only five cents for it and bought news, entertainment and information. The Tribune is still in business after many years be cause its' run like a business. If it weren't it would have long 6 ago gone bankrupt . . . or, we would be paying 50 cents or more per copy! Circulation alone couldnt' give us this size "paper for five cents. It's advertising that helps pay for our daily paper. Take a look at magazines . . . any magazine. Without adver tising, even the Reader's Digest had reached the point of either having to raise the price or tak ing selective advertising. Now, look at the books our children are using in the schools. Theres' no advertising to even help pay for the books them selves. Taxes have to pay for school expenses. Why? Just be cause they always have. ., Why shouldn't advertising pay for some of the school expenses in Oregon? Selective advertising surely wouldn't hurt any; child! Our children are always cutting out ad pictures of foods, meats, dairy products, etc. To take to school. Why not put such ads in the school books and let them earn money for our schools? ' Mrs. L. C. Fowler, 1 Route 1, Box 332, -Talent, Oregon. Attorneys Attack Smith Indictment . Portland (U.R) ; The first degree murder indictment against Mrs. Mar jorie . Smith, who was accused in the bomb slaying of her husband, Oliver, was attacked by defense attor neys here yesterday. A demurrer attacking the in dictment was taken under ad visement by Multnomah Circuit Judge Charles W. Redding. It charged the indictment failed to clearly state the facts' of the slaying. The defense action was similar to a move by the attorneys for Victor Laurence Wolf, 45, who later confessed to the slaying in open court. Wolfs petition was denied. . Yesterday's action delayed the entering of a plea by Mrs. Smith. the big carryover grain crop held by the government question! . What will happen when there isn't any more room ON THE WATER to store surplus wheat? Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 1 a.m. Monday (or Monday: other day SAO previous day. There Is No Substitute For' an insured savings account Start with any amount. You'll discover friendly, personal service. . ' O FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford 27 North Holly An Institution Dee karoo1 Te Those Who Save
