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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10,-20. 30 and
40 years ago. ; .
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 23,. 1945
(It was Tuesday)
Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson ap
pointed president of Southern
Oregon college in . Ashland by
State Board of Higher Education.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The wood
that should have been cut last
August while trying to catch a
fish was not in the woodshed this
morning. This lack of prepared
ness caused any number of pis
catorial enthusiasts to look at
their friendly fireplaces . and
shiver.
20 YEARS AGO .
Oct. 23, 1935 :
' (It was Wednesday)
Survey shows half Medford's
councilmen favor construction of
new reservoir. ;
Assistant Attorney-G e n e r a 1
Ralph E. Moody prepares bills
to submit to state legislature for
construction of state capital to
replace old one which burned
recently.
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 23. 1925
(It was Friday)
Prospect High school's new
gymnasium under construction;
expected to be ready for basket
ball practice soon.
Showing at Medford's Cra
terian theater is Lillian Gish, ac
claimed First Actress of the
World, in "Romola;" adults 50c;
children 10c.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 23, 1915
(It was Saturday)
C. E. Gates elected chairman
of Sugar Beet committee of
Chamber of Commerce; attempts
eto secure $600,000 industry in
Rogue Valley.
From Local and Personal
column: A squad of wanderers
who invaded the city Friday
afternoon, were ordered out of
town for begging on the streets.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Social security tax for old
age retirement is levied on the
first $2000, $3600, $4200, or
$4800 of income?
2. Chancellor Adenauer of
West Germany is a Roman Cath
olic, Greek Catholic, Lutheran,
Jew, or agnostic?
3. The Constitution does or
doesn't fix the number of Su
preme Court justices at nine?
4. Most secondary boycotts
by unions are banned by the
Taft-Hartley act President Eis
enhower wants the ban weak
ened, strengthened, or left as-is?
5. The National (professional)
Football League championship
has been won most often by
which team?
6. Present surplus of cotton
in the U.S. is enough for almost
six months', a year's, 18 months,'
or two years' supply?
7. Vice-President Nixon left
the armed forces after the War
as an Army major, Navy lieu
tenant commander, Marine Corps
colonel, Air Force captain, or
Army private?
The Answers: 1. 54200. 2. Ro
man Catholic. 3. Doesn't; the
number is fixed by Congress. 4.
Weakened. 5. Chicago Bears. 6.
Almost two years'. 7. Navy lieu
tenant commander.
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MAIL TRIBUNE .
Vote In
Saarlanders vote today on the Saar Statute, which
provides for "Europeanization" of the coal-and-steel
rich border basin between
many.
Few elections in modern
ed in origin, in issues, and
tiny territory of the Saar.
Saarlanders are being asked to decide whether or not
they want "Europeanization" of the Saar.
- A vote of "Ja" would mean that the Saarlanders
would continue to have their own government, but
that foreign affairs and
by the French, would be
Western European .union.
liance of France, West Germany, Great Britain, Italy,
Belguim, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg would
appoint a commissioner for the Saar -who could not
be a Frenchman, German,
would remain under French
trade with West Germany
THE SAAR Statute was
1 agreements of October
ing the way for restoration
eignty and for entry of West Germany into the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. But no provision was
made as to what would happen should the Saarland
ers reject the statute. ; '
The French say that a vote of "Nein" would mean
continuance of the status quo. Pro-German parties
campaigning in the Saar against the statute say its de
feat would be the first step in reuniting the Saar with
Germany.
WEST German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and
French Premier Edgar Faure in a joint communi
que of Oct. 5 declared acceptance of the Statute es
sential to the "unity, peace and prosperity" ol Jiur
ope. Adenauer has repeatedly supported the statute in
public statements and denied that he was pressured
into accepting it.
But prior to Adenauer's latest conference with
Faure he was reported urging that the referendum
be postponed until after a Landtag (parliament) elec
tion could be held in the Saar. This was on the theory
that such an election would get rid of the French
backed Premier Johannes Hoffmann, the unpopular
ity of whose regime is viewed as confusing the refer
endum issues and working against acceptance of the
statute.
THE VOTE of confidence in the Faure government
by the. French National Assembly on Oct. 18 is
now considered a factor that will influence Saarland
ers favorablv toward the
orable was the recent . refusal of Roman Catholic
church authorities to be drawn into the controversy
on the Pro-German side.
the chances of acceptance
dim.
Prior to the Adenauer-Faure
man parties in "the Saar
appeal for acceptance would violate a stipulation ior
bidding outside interference in the referendum. Now
the shoe is on another foot. Three West German par
ties on Oct. 14 called on the
steps looking toward reincorporation oi tne aaar m
Germany. Pro-French interests now are accusing tne
Bonn narties of interference.
In any event, the vote itself will be policed against
i 1 . 1 .1 mi TTT 1 T71 TTa.-m
lnumiaauon anairaua. xne
- . - . .
on Sept. 15 directed Britain, Italy, Belgium, tne iMetn
erlands. and Luxembourg to send hundreds of obser
vers into the 1,000-square-mile
the votes. h.K.K.
"Natural Born Citizen
Gov. Christian Archibald Herter (R.) of Massa
chusetts savs he's all for cleariner ud the Question of
whether he's eligible for
born in .Fans, where nis
and where he got his first tormal scnooiing.
The Constitution prescribes (Art. H, Sec. lj that
only a "natural born citizen" (or a citizen when the
Constitution was adopted) shall be "eligible to the
office of President." And the 12th Amendment adds
that no person shall be eligible for Vice-President if
"constitutionally ineligible for msident.
VR. HERTER is of course a citizen though he has
never gone through naturalization procedure.
Otherwise he couldn't have served in the U. S. House
of Representatives from 1943 to 1953. 1
Whether he is a citizen natural born would seem
to depend on a' court interpretation of the first clause
of the 14th Amendment. This declares: All persons
born or naturalized in the United States, and subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United
States."
The common-sense interpretation has long been
that any person is a natural born citizen who was sub
ject to U.S. jurisdiction at birth because of the U.S.
citizenship of his parents,
been located. E.R.R. -
Russians May Return
Paris (U.R) Dr. Carleton
Smith, director of the United
States National Arts Founda
tion, reports the Russians may
return to Germany priceless
musical scores that disappeared
in the last days before the fall of
Berlin in World War II.
Smith, returning from a six-
week visit to the Soviet Union
and Poland, said he based his
optimism on. talks in Moscow
Sunday. October 23, 19S3
The Saar
France and West Ger
times have been so cloud'
in outcome as that in the
Technically, the 960,000
defense, now administered
the responsibility of the
The W.E.U. a military al
or Saarlander. lhe Saar
economic control, though
would expand.
. .
worked out in the Paris
1954 as a compromise pav
of West German sover
statute. Also viewed as fav
Nevertheless, until recently
of the statute had appeared
statement. 'pro-Ger
had warned that any joint
Bonn parliament to take
w esiern r-iuropeaii uiuuu
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territory and to count
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the Presidency. He was
parents were studying art
wherever tney.may nave
German Music Scores
with Soviet Culture Minister
Nikolai Mikhailov and in Po
land with Polish Culture Minis
ter Vladimir Sigorsky.
Smith told newsmen that
among the original missing
scores are Beethoven's Seventh
and Ninth symphonies, Mozart's
Magic Flute opera', his Jupiter
Symphony and at . least 90 of
bis finest concertos. .
Communications
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not exceed 400 words.
CIom Inspection Needed
To the Editor: The recent bru
tal slaying in Chicago of three
junior citizens again points out
the fact that our law enforce
ment and judicial systems need
close inspection and possibly
overhauling.
As long as offenders are re
leased by the police without be
ing brought to trial and as long
as we pamper law breakers we
will continue to have increases
in crime against the people. One
fact that our present psychologi
cal approach to crime reduction
has proven is that it-does not
work. For proof of this state
ment you are invited to read
any newspaper.
Junior citizens are too often
released to the custody of par
ents or guardians either by the
police without being brought to
trial or are released after a sim
ple admonishment by the court.
Adults frequently are either re
leased with a warning or light
sentence most of which is sus
pended. It is admitted that in
some cases warning by a police
officer or the court is sufficient
to prevent a recurrence of a
minor offense or oversight, but
the vast majority of . cases can
not be treated lightly.
Favoritism due to social,, frat
ernal or religious affiliation
must never influence the cause
of justice. ' ;
Our police officers and judges
must be made to realize that
they not only enforce the law
but also, and more important,
protect our American way of
life. If we would retain the priv
ileges guaranteed by the Consti
tution we must constantly ob
serve the conduct of our public
officials and servants. : If, or
when, they deviate from the
laws as written we must correct
them or replace them with oth
ers who wUl serve the best in
terests of the majority of Amer
icans. . f .
Dan F. Krotz n,
Chairman for Community
Service. Steelhead Post,
VFW, Shady Cove, Ore.
Misses "Rocket"
To the Editor: I have come to
sympathize with the neoDle of
Southern Oregon who would like
to get back Southern Pacific's
"Rogue River Rocket," though I
must confess my sympathy is
engendered by a reason probably
somewhat far afield from the
nostalgia of Medford residents.
The good old "Rocket," in
bound to Portland, was 'due to
pass a whistle post about a half
mile from my house at approxi
mately 7 a.m. On weekends I
could turn over for another wink
of sleep after the alarm clock
went off at 6:30 a.m., for I could
depend upon the good old "Rock
et's" whistle at 7.
Now, doggone it, I can't get
that extra sleep on Saturdays
and Sundays.
Merle W. Manly, '
6910 SE LakeRd.,
Milwaukie, Ore.
More On Old Cars
To the Editor: In his letter of
Sept. 29, Bert Kissinger made a
fine contribution to the list of
old-time cars, 49 in all. There are
more of course, though we'U
likely never know just how
many. My memory brings up a
few more like the one said to
be first, the Haynes, and its con
tender for the title, make and
break ignition on each of four
cylinders, Stevens Duryea. Also
in the four cylinder class was the
old Pope Toledo, Locomobile,
Pullman, Overland, Itala Shaw
mut, Abbot Detroit, American
Underslung, Big Acme, first with
overdrive, the stuttering two
cycle Elmore and Silent North
ern with cranking lever, also
made in the two-cylinder opposed
witn snatt drive like the Wayne
and Maxwell.'
Then there was the two-cylinder
opposed chain drive Gale,
and same type engine but air-
Editorial Comment
RALPH SWEENEY
RESPECTED BY ALL
Jackson county's favorite Dem
ocrat and three-term treasurer.
until his recent resignation, has
closed his books for the last time.
Death has terminated the 'suffer
ing of Ralnh Sweenev.1 a rjeriod
of trial of flesh and spirit which
extended through many months.
So popular was Ralph, as ev
eryone who knew him called
him, that the Jackson countv Re
publicans twice kept candidates
oft the ticket to assure his con
tinued presence in the court
house. And on one occasion, at
a huge rally in Medford when he
was introduced as the only mem
ber oi his party holding office
in his county, the standing ova
tion he received broueht tears to
his eyes and so choked him with
emotion he could barely express
his thanks.
He knew almost ax manv ner-
sons throughout the state of Ore
gon as he did in Jackson county.
None of his countless friends
could wish his return, if further
physical suffering were to be
his lot. but all eritv that thev
will sue him no more, or feel
the heart-warming clasp of his
hand. Oregon Journal, Port-.
land. , - - ... !
cooled in the high-wheelers de
signed for the farming high cen
ter road trade, Blackwell, Inter
national and the crazy-cammed
engine Mclntyre. In a class by
itself was the Balzer with three
air - cooled cylinders revolving
around a fixed crankshaft. Also
outstanding oddity was the mo
torcycle engined Cyclecar with
tandem seats and belt drive.
But oddest of all was one that
rumbled up to my garage at Ft.
Dodge, la., in 1905 for repairs.
The running gear was a wide
steel tire farm wagon that housed
a 2-balance wheel stationary gas
engine amidship, made available
for starting, etc., by a sort of
detachable barn-door affair. The
owner was an elderly Iowa farm
er who had wagered his two
sons could build "one of them
there horseless-buggies." T h
big steering wheel looked like it
might have been a buggy wheel,
with shaft and gear reduction to
the hand-forged steering knuck
les. With the ".barn-door" re
moved, a husky son stepped up
on an engine balance wheel
spoke, gave it a sharp back-kick
and hit the match-starter with
a ham' size fist that resulted in a
mighty "whum," the make and
break ignition caught on and
away they thundered and clat
tered. Eyes agleam with pride
of accomplishment, the grizzled
old farmer sat high aback of his
busy sons, the breeze toying with
his silvered chin-whiskers, surely
the happiest and proudest man in
all Iowa.
: F. J. Clifford,.
'. ' 1211 West Main St.,
Medford, Ore.
Brownell Opposes
Public Discussion
Of GOP Nominees
Denver (U.R) Attorney Gen
eral Herbert Brownell Jr., said
here after a 25-minute confer
ence with President Eisenhower
that he thinks it . would be
inappropriate for any member
of the administration to discuss
publicly whether the chief execu
tive should seek reelection.
Declines Comment
Asked whether his inappro
priate" label on political specula
tion concerning the President
in 1956 applied to House Repub
lican Leader ' Joseph W.- Martin
Jr., who earlier this week dis
cussed the desirability of Mr.
Eisenhower's candidacy in 1956,
Brownell declined to comment
and said he was speaking only
for himself.
The principal result of the at
torney general's visit to Denver
was that Mr. Eisenhower approv
ed ah extensive department of
justice, program for 1956, includ
ing a request to Congress for
about 20 additional federal
judges and legislation to make
it a criminal offense to invade
the privacy of a jury while it
is deliberating. .
Two- New Prisons
Mr. Eisenhower also approved
plans for two new prisons, a
$7,500,000 correctional institu
tion for younger prisoners to be
located somewhere in the West,
and a new maximum custody
prison in the Middlewest to cost
about $9,500,000.
Brownell, one of Mr. Eisen
hower's most influential politi
cal advisers, said flatly that he
did not discuss politics "at all"
with the President today.,
Myrtle Point (U.R) William
Hugh Waybrant, who told police
he broke a street light so he
could have more privacy while
parking with his girl friend,
was fined $10 in Municipal
Court here.
Dead line Sunday Classified Is at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday.
THOSE MAGAZINE
SALESMEN AGAIN
Itinerant, magazine salesmen
are reported at lareg agoin in
Albany and vicinity. ' . '
Some of these salesmen may
be legitimate operators. Others
are just "working my way
through college," or just work
ing the public. "
It is not always possible for
the person solicited to separate
the wheat from the chaff, but a
safe procedure is to say no to all
of them unless they are backed
by some legitimate local organ
ization, in which case advance
publicity will herald their ad
vent. Furthermore there are per
manent local agents who can
probably give you just as good
a deal on magazines and peri
odicals as the "bargains" offered
by the transients.
Bona fide solicitors do jiot
hesitate to clear with the Cham
ber of Commerce and police de
partment. If they are sponsored
by a worthy local organization
there'll be something in your
local daily-newspaper about it.
Albany Democrat-Herald
The world's climate is under
going a slow but profound
change: summers are getting
longer and hotter, winters are
growing milder and shorter; and
as icecaps are retreating, oceans
are steadily rising. . .
Taking the cumulative . evi
dence of the past century, the
change is of first magnitude.. It
is as though, within a century,
Montreal, Quebec, had inherited
the climate of New York City;
New York that of Baltimore;
and New Orleans that of Yuca
tan! The few long-time records in
dicate that an increase of one
to four degrees has taken -place
from Arctic to Antarctic. Since
T 10-22-55
1850, the mean annual tempera
ture of Washington, D.C., has in
creased three degrees (and per
haps affected our legislation). In
Boston, the mean winter temper
ature has risen degrees. In
Montreal, the mean March tem
perature has gone up nearly four
degrees and subzero tempera
tures have been only half as
common in recent years as they
were at the end of the 19th cen
tury. With it, snowfall which
averaged 130 inches in the 1.800s
is now closer to 80 inches, sel
dom exceeding 100.
To be sure, these one-fourth
degree changes may seem trivial.
But look: though slight, they
have already produced startling
effects in our northland. When
the Russian icebreaker Sedov
drifted across the Arctic ocean
in 1939 covering the same route
as Nansen's Fram almost a half
century earlier, it encountered
temperatures 32.7 degrees warm
er and ice reduced in thickness
from 140 to 86 inches. Hudson
Bay is now ice-free for several
weeks longer each winter. The
White sea in Russia is open to
navigation about a month longer
than before. Long-frozen car
casses of mammoths in Siberia
and Alaska are being uncovered
as the permafrost is retreating
yard by yard. And with it, the
north polar ice cap is retreating
approximately a mile a decade.
A British weather specialist,
C.E.P. Brooks, estimates that the
polar ice caps are now down to
their "critical size" the size at
which they no longer can chill
passing air masses enough to
maintain themselves with fresh
snow and that their rates of
meuing, accordingly, may in
crease rapidly in the years to
come. And, this of course, will
raise the levels of oceans. Once
the icecaps are melted, the
oceans will rise at least 90 feet
flooding tremendous areas of
the earth's surface and dislocat
ing practically all of today's
modern harbors. We are now, of
course, speaking in terms of cen
turies. Plants Moving Northward
With the present century's re
treat of the permafrost, plants
are moving northward. In north
ern Quebec, for example, larches
and birches are not only grow
ing faster than they did 40 years
ago but beginning to move into
barren areas well north of the
former timber line. In parts of
Canada, today, wheat cultivation
has already advanced northward
200 to 300 miles.
With the stimulation of plant
growth, insects move farther
north, too. And as - they move
north, birds go with them. Since
1920, as any ornithologist will
tell you, there has been a notice
able increase in the number of
species of birds wintering in our
northern states, particularly our
northeastern states. Mammals,
too, are moving their geographi
cal boundaries northward: opos
sums "are found today where they
have not been known since the
white man came to America.
With the warming up of our
northern waters, fish are moving
north, too. Only 40 years ago,
west coast Greenlanders used to
live by hunting seal and walrus;
now they live by fishing for cod
which has moved northward
over 250 miles.
Far-Reaching Chang
In this climatic change, the ef
fects upon animals and humans
can be far-reaching. Climate af
fects the life processes in warm
climates, growth tends to be rer
tarded. As everyone knows,
tropical peoples tend to be small
er and lighter in physique than
those in temperate ""zones; farm
animals, too, tend to be smaller
and take much longer to reach
marketable weight.
; In laboratory tests, animals
raised in a hot environment ma
ture late, conceive late, and
moreover are less fertile through
out their lives.. (Popular beliefs,
notwithstanding human females,
too, mature from 1 . to 3 years
later in the tropics than in the
north temperate zone.) . .
. To be sure, it will take some
time before palm trees grow on
Coney Island or Bqstonians
speak with a." ' southern "accent,
POTIUCGC
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
A nice lady who likes the
United Nations, and who
helped get today's society
page about the UN together,
brought a big cake to the
office Saturday afternoon. It
was labelled "Happy Birth
day. United Nations."
The distaff contingent of
the staff lit the candles, which
were duly blown out. As the
cake was cut, an office wit
remarked. "A UN cake, huh?
Does this mean piece in our
time?"
It's all in the line of duty.
Tuesday night, Medford At
torney Manville Heisel appeared
before the city council to urge
annexation of the Jefferson
school, site south of Stewart
ave. Heisel represented School
District 49. ? ,
Thursday night, at another
council meeting Attorney Heisel
showed up again to protest the
annexation of Siskiyou Memo
rial park, which he represented.
The park is in a proposed south
ern Medford annexation.
Perhaps he would be consoled
in his embarrassment to recall
the words of Ralph Waldo Em
erson: "A foolish consistency is
the ' hobgoblin of little minds,
adored by little statesmen and
philosophers and divines."
A staff member, walking to
work down South Front st.
Saturday morning, may have
experienced a new high in
genteel panhandling. One of
a group of men leaning
against the front of a build
ing asked him for 10 cents
to pay the small boy who was
industriously shining the
man's shoes.
One of our newer staff mem
bers moved here not long ago
from Missouri. So . . .
Last Saturday he placed a call
(or thought he did) to a radio
station in Ashland to find out
the score of a'local football
game.
He soon found himself talking
to a bewildered telephone op
erator in Ashland, all right
Ashland, Missouri.
Good thing Ashland (Mo.) has
no radio station. We've a hunch
our eagle-eyed bookkeeper lust
wouldn't understand when the
'phone bill came in.
A father we know, raised
somewhat casually as regards
religious instruction, astound
ed his family recently when
his daughter, proud of her
Sunday-school learning, ' start
MacArthur Luck With
Recent Presidents
Has All Been Bad
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) -The Mac-
Arthur controversy is in a new
spin, recalling that the general's
luck with re
cent . presi
dents has been
bad. It has not
much un
proved even
though an old-
line At m y
buddy is in the
White House
now.
Gen. Doug-
Lyle C. Wilson las MacArthur
knew the White House parlors
for long years before he was
even aware there was a dog
house on the premises. At age
26 and only three years out of
West Point, MacArthur began in
1906 a brief tour of duty as aide
to President Theodore Roosevelt
By 1913 he was a youthful mem
ber of the Army General Staff.
President Woodrow Wilson
promoted MacArthur rapidly in
Worl War I. He was the Army's
youngest major general. The
Harding administration's favor
was indicated when MacArthur
but in the centuries to come, cli
mate, which has a demonstrat
able effect upon the energy of
peoples and nations' may mean
that the northern nations Ca
nadians, Scandinavians, Siberi
ans, may benefit most.
With it, the height of the
oceans will rise they have al
ready risen about two inches in
the past century so don't count
on riding a gondola down Wall
street for at least another hun
dred centuries, or so.
(Copyright, 1955. by Eugene
Burn.) (Released by McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Sorry, I simply can't answer
your many friendly letters.
Please address your letter to: IS
THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tri
bune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. ,
ed reciting the books of the
Old Testament. As she fin
ished, he asked, "How about
Ecclesiastes?"
...'...
Members of the University of
Oregon's football team, en route
to Eugene from Portland by bus
recently, assisted state police
in the capture of a couple of
unruly drunks whose car was o
weaving all over the road.
An account of the incident
said the players warned a lone
officer about the men. He ran .
them to earth, but "Meanwhile,.
the football players were wait
ing in . case the police needed,
witnesses. Seeing a fight was
taking place, about 15 of the
gridders .raced up the hill to
assist Five of . the athletes
umped the most unruly of the
two men, holding him down so.
that he could, be handcuffed.
Meanwhile Center Norm Chap
man stood threateningly over
the second man, who decided
it was better to play safe than
be sorry." ,
We suspect there were -two
sorry, sorry drunks after the
incident First of all, it would
be a terrifying experience toibe-
mobbed by five football players.
Secondly, Norm Chapman, who
hails from Medford, stands 6
feet tall and weighs in at 190.
pounds.
we suspect the boys sobered
up, but fast.
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Pheasant season opened .
yesterday horning. We are ,
glad to provide this informa- ,
tion for the benefit of a prom- .
inent Eagle Point man who '
got confused and opened the '
season, in all innocence, a.
week early, bagging a phea- (
sant first thing in the morn-
ing, and spending the rest of
the day in red-faced agony as '
the story spread.
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A Potluck contributor who
lives in Eugene calls our atten
tion to the fact that the Oregon
Journal provides tidbits of in
teresting and fascinating inform
ation. He proved it with two
clippings pasted neatly on a
sheet of paper., They say: ;
Lions can leap 8 to 10 feei
vertically. ,
and 0. "
North Carolina has 4,061,929
people, of whom 1,376,560
The Medford store which Is
located at 115 East Main it.
recently opened an affiliated ,'
concern in Ashland. . .'"
The address? - '
Iff 115 East Main it. "l f
was named superintendent of the
United States Military Academy
in 1919. That's a blue ribbon job
which often leads to the top.
Discovered Ike ,
It led to the top for MacAr
thur who was named chief of
staff by President; Herbert
Hoover. He was reappointed to
the post by President Franklin
D. Roosevelt. It was in that job
that MacArthur discovered a
bright young officer familiarly
known as Ike.
The brilliance of MacArthur's
miind and military career per
suaded euR to put the entire
Southwest Pacific under Mac-
Arthur's command in World
War II. Thereafter the charm
was broken. This week's De
fense Department publication of
the so-called MacArthur papers
is a minor incident in the storm
which has swirled about the gen
eral in his latter years. .
The papers were published in
response to pressure and con- r
troversy. It is Democratic Party
doctrine that MacArthur was re
sponsible, along with the Amer
ican chiefs of staff, for the Yalta
arrangements which obtained
the promise - that - the Soviet
Union would come into the war
against Japan. Democrats con
tend FDR at Yalta merely took
military advice. . ,
There is no record of any re
cent defense by President Eisen
hower of his former military boss
nor any evidence that the De
fense Department was in Mac-
Arthur's corner in this public
controversy. . , -
The breach between Mr. Eis
enhower and MacArthur seems
to be complete if unacknowl
edged. The record shows that
Mr. Eisenhower has seen Mac
Arthur only twice since enter
ing politics as a Republican.
' MacArthur has confided to
some persons that he felt that
Mr. Eisenhower lacked the de
cisive mind necessary to high
executive office. And MacArthur
was a Taft man in the 1952 pre
convention campaign.
Mr. Hoover was the last pres
ident who loved MacArthur for
long. FDR had his troubles try
ing to keep MacArthur happy
on short Pacific rations while
the great U.S. war machine was
created for Europe.
' Mr. Truman fired MacArthur
from his post as supreme com
mander in Japan.
The - White House .dope .has
long been closed. "