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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) 'Everybody In South rn Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-29 North Fir St. Phone 3-QU1 ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager I C FERGUSON Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STAR CHER Society Editor JACK JACKSON Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MgT An Independent Newspaper -Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 " SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One vear S13.0O Dailv and Sunday Six months 6.50 Dailv and Sunday Three mos. Sundav Only One vear S3 50 By Carrier In Advance Medfora. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shadv Cove. Rogue River. Talent .and on motor routes: ...m Dailv and Sunday One year S1J .00 Dailv and Sunday One month 1.23 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper ot the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Prws Full Leased Wire "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULAfiUf Advertising ntvioc""-""- WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York Chicago De troit San Francisco Los Angeles Seatti). Portland. St. Louis Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. NATIONAL EDITOIIAL ASSOCfATIrON v V" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS i ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO " Nor. 21. 1945 (It was Wednesday Medford Flying club revived; Richard Witt elected president, Chester Hubbard, vice-president. . From Arthur, Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: From all reports of outdoor enthusists, it is harder to kill a goose in Klam ath county than to catch a fish in Rogue River. JOoYEARS AGO Not. 21. 1935 (It was Thursday) Jackson county relief can neries close after three months; pack 103,425 cans of fruits, vegetables, meats and soups. Jackson County Primary Teachers council schedules meet ing with Mrs. Church Leake, Medford schools' music teacher, as speaker. 80 YEARS AGO ot. 21. 1925 (It was Saturday) A 25 gallon still, 300 gallon of mash and 42 gallons of moon shine liquor seized as federal of ficers raid Sams Valley ranch. Vivian Yeck wins high school good posture essay contest. 40 YEARS AGO Not. 21. 1915 (It was Sunday) Jackson county wins 43 fruit pri7"s at Panama-Pacific exposi tion ir San Francisco. Officials still attempting to ob tain necessary acreage for sugar beet industry in valley. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 77 Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. The new combined AFL-CIO labor federation will have a membership of about five, 10, 15, 20 or 25,000,000. 2. De Pauw University is in what state? 3. Adlai E. Stevenson and Gov. Harriman of New York are about the same age, or Harriman is three or eight years older, or Stevenson is three years older? 4. The Sudan, offe of the trouble spots in Africa, is north, east, south or west of Egypt? 5. St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York is larger or smaller than St. Peter's in Rome, or about the same size? 6. Which large U.S. city has kept its basic transit fare under 10c for over 30 years? 7. More U.' S. families take vacation trips by private car or by train, bus and plane com bined? The Answers: 1. About 15, 000,000; 2. Indiana; 3. Harri man is eight years older; 4. South; 5. Smaller; 6. New Or leans; 7. More by private car. Junior High School Names Newspaper The student newspaper at Hed rick Junior High schoc-l has been named the "BUZZ-ETTE," it was reported today. The name of the paper derives from the school's athletic nickname of "Hornets." Tne first issue of the paper came out under the name "???" and a contest was conducted among students for the selection of a permanent name. Pat Kahle submitted the new name, and won the contest. MAIL TRIBUNE Overdue Attention In yesterday's issue of the Mail Tribune appeared a fairly extensive and complete report of the recent convention of the League of Oregon Cities, which was held in Portland. Why, it might be asked, was it felt appropriate to publish such a detailed account of a meeting held sev eral weeks ago, and about 300 miles away? Why should it be of general interest hereabouts? ""THE answer is that just about everything that went on at that convention has an important bear ing on what we are doing, and what we are going to do, right here in Medford. It has been stated here repeatedly that we've got problems, and we're going to have to solve them. To do this we've got to find answers to the problems and the answers which have been found to be success ful in other cities certainly should have a bearing on what we do. m "THERE have been a number of developments in recent months in Jackson countiy which are con structive, and which could well lead to answers for some of these questions. There is repeated and increasing talk of establish ing a County Planning Commission something which has long been overdue. We were assured about a year ago that it would be done. Admittedly, it takes time to work out the details. But there has been plenty of time by now. Such action is a "must" if major head aches and complications are to be avoided. HTHE city planning commission has shown a re- markable resurgence during the past year, assum ing responsibilities which rightfully belong to it, and laying the groundwork for thoughtful and coordinat ed development of the city itself. The commission, composed of responsible and civic-minded people, has been doing a lot of "spade work" for the council, and giving that body facts and figures it needs to make intelligent decisions. The citizens budget committee is now meeting monthly, instead of only a few times a year, another sign of increased participation and interest in city government . The tax billings which went out earlier this month brought home to many residents, as nothing else could, that they do indeed have an important stake in local government. The resulting demand for more information about how the tax system works, and whether or not it is working properly, is a healthy de velopment, i ' THE state government is taking an increasing inter- est in the problems of local government, and a legislative interim committee is at work to see if ways of providing assistance can be found. A letter from the chairman of the committee says : Included among the qeustions which we have been asked to study are those of legal and constitutional provi sions; functions and relationships of local government units; financing and taxation; needs and problems of providing services such as water, sewer, fire protection, transporta tion, streets and parks in expanding urban areas; and other related questions. The committee now has no opinions as to what its findings- or conclusions may finally be. Our first objective is to gather complete and accurate information which will serve as a reliable basis for further analysis. Later, as findings and tentative proposals are developed, they will be given full publicity. The committee will seek the suggestions and advice of all interested persons and organizations before preparing any final proposals for consideration by the next legislative assembly. - A LL this activity, this public attention to matters too "long taken for granted as a matter of course, is good. It is long overdue, for the only solutions that will be any good are those which are acceptable to a majority of the people. And all these problems are basically the result of two things, and two things only: The huge increase in population in recent years, and the fact that a tax dollar doesn't go nearly as far today as it did a few years ago. E.A. Muscular Dystrophy Muscular dystrophy is a type of creeping paralysis for which no prevention and no cure is known. There are about five cases in Jackson county. Throughout the nation there are about 200,000. Today and tomorrow, letter carriers and firemen are donating their time to collect donations to estab lish a research fund to find cause and cure. DESIDENTS of this area have received pamphlets about the disease and about the fund drive, to gether with return envelopes for donations. These will be picked up today and tomorrow by postmen, and the firemen Avill handle the tabulation and "cleanup" work. . If you wish to assist, just drop your contribution into the envelope (or another one addressed to Muscu lar Dystrophy) and put it in your mailbox. That's easy, isn't it? E.A. Carnegie Foundation Elects Dr. Wilson Eugene University of Ore gon President O. Meredith Wil son has been elected to the board of trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance ment of Teaching. Dr. "Vilson has been president here since 1954. He formerly was with the Ford Foundation's fund for the Advancement of Educa tion. Recently he was in Wash ington, D.C., -where he served on the program for the annual meeting of the American Coun cil on Education. Monday, November 21, 1955 wo Jima Crash Survivor Suffers Serious Burns Tokyo (U.R) The only survi vor in the crash of a U. S. Air Force C24 Globemaster that kill ed 10 persons on Iwo Jima yes terday suffered "extremely seri ous burns," the Air Force said today. The survivor, whose name was withheld, was flown to Japan a few hours after the crash and was being treated at the U. S. Air Force hospital at Tachikawa, near Tokyo. The Globemaster crashed sec onds after takeoff at Central Air Base on the - famed World War II battle site. - Matter of Fact STEVENSON'S WEEK Chicago This last week in Chicago has been, of course, very much Adlai Stevenson's week. He has been front and cen ter, while his two chief riv als, A v e r e 1 1 Harriman and Estes Kefauv er, to their vis ible annoy ance, have been cast as supporting players, peek- Stewart Alsop ing shyly out from the wings. Yet Stevenson's week has not been a complete success all the same. Stevenson has one great central problem as a political leader. After a time, the Ameri can public develops a mental image, which is often more cari cature than faithful portrait, of any leading American politician. With a lot of help from Steven son's enemies, and a good deal of help from Stevenson himself, the public image of Stevenson is beginning to be that of an in telligent but indecisive man, honest but uncertain. - Such a public image of Stev enson could be politically fatal. Therefore, as many of his friends and supporters are well aware, his first objective must be to smash the image, and replace it with an image of confidence and decision. Stevenson could have begun to smash the image last week. But he has failed to do so. On the contrary, the image of uncertainty has been streng thened. To all questions about his plans for primaries, other than Minnesota, Stevenson an swered that he had not made up his mind. He even replied that he had not yet decided when asked whether he would go into Minnesota to campaign. The fact is that Stevenson is not only undecided in his own mind about his political strategy, he has also been receiving di vided counsel. One group of ad visers, which includes men like Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago and Barry Bingham, the able publisher who is to head the Volunteers for : Stevenson, fav ors a bold course. Another group, whose leader appears 'to be the newly appointed Stevenson man ager, James Finnegan, favors a policy of minimum risk. . : - rpHE problem of Kefauver and the primaries typifies the dif ference between the two groups, and the conflict in Stevenson's own mind. Aside from the pos sibility of the emergence of a candidate acceptable to the whole South (and the suggestion that Sen. Lyndon, Johnson might run despite his heart attack causes the Stevenson men to start back, in horror) there is only one real obstacle to Steven son's nomination. That is the risk of being beaten in an im portant primary by Estes Ke fauver. . The advocates of boldness went to meet this danger head on. They claim that their man can clobber Kefauver anywhere. They may even favor Stevenson taking on Kefauver in the New Hampshire primaries, where Ke fauver beat Harry S. Truman in 1952. Knock Kefauver out in New Hampshire, argue the bold men, and the whole story is told Stevenson can stop worrying about August and concentrate on November. Above all, Steven son will stand out as the confi dent candidate, willing to take on all comers. The advocates of caution ar gue, no doubt with good reason, that it is silly to risk a serious set-back for Stevenson in a small, heavily Republican state where the cards are stacked ini Kefauv er's favor. The issue is still un settled, and before it is decided, some discreet pulse-feeling will be undertaken in New Hamp shire. But unless it is found that New Hampshire pulses are fair ly racing for Stevenson, the ad vocates of caution are likely to have their way. Meanwhile, the whole Steven son strategy is in danger of fall ing between two stools. Even Stevenson's most cautious ad visers agree that risks are going to have rto be taken sooner or later otherwise Stevenson will be accused of ducking a fight. There is no one in the Stevenson entourage, for exam NOBEL PRIZE WINNER -1985? By Stewart AIsop ple, who doubts that. Stevenson will have to enter the California primary, and probably at least one or two others as well. YET Stevenson has failed to take credit even for the risks he is certainly going to have to run. His announcement that he would go into Minnesota, where his victory is supposedly assured, and which everyone had known about for .weeks, was greeted with bored yawns. But if he had announced that he was going into California too he would have grabbed headlines all over the country, and stood forth as the happy, confident warrior. Instead, he said that he had not made up his mind about Cali fornia either. Thus, quite un necessarily, the public image of Stevenson as the man with the unmade mind was strengthened rather than weakened during the last. week. Soon, before it is too late, Stevenson must find a way to smash the image, once and for all. (Copyright 1955, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In the Hotel Benson's new and quite attractive London Bar (these words are written in Portland) there is a series of panel drawings done in the crudely attractive manner of about the 12th century in Olde Englande. The first depicts the king, in his Royal Purple, florid and well fed. He is saying: "I rule over all." The second delineates The Bishop, in his robes of of fice. The scroll over it says: "I pray for all." The third pic tures The Soldier. He is draw ing his jewelled sword from its scabbard and is asserting: "I fight for all." The fourth character, clothed m a soiled smock, his hands clasping a rude mattock, is The Farmer. He is saying: "I PAY FOR ALL." TT-m-m-m-m-m! In these closing days of the year 1955, with the cam paign year' of 1956 coming up, it sounds like political propa ganda, doesn't it? . ANE can't help wondering if by any- chance these draw ings might be authentic an tiques. If so, it would indicate that away back there in those earlier centuries the politicians' han dled the farmer in almost the identical manner in which the politicians-' are undertaking to nanaie mm now. That is to say: THEY FIRST MADE HIM FEEL SORRY FOR HIMSELF. TN THE papers the other day, - there was a curiously interest ing little story. It tells of an elderly recluse who lived in a bare little room in a ramshackle hotel in Los Angeles and was believed to be an old age pen sioner. He was found dead and after his death it was discovered that he' was the owner of 1950 shares of U. S. Steel stock, worth at current market prices more than 5110,000. TTE WAS a poor citizen, you say? I'm afraid I'll have to dis agree with you. In these mod ern industrial days, when; huge aggregations of capital are heed ed to carry on the huge modern business of modern living, he was a GOOD citizen. He saved up his money and invested it in shares of one of our big modern industrial enter prises. Thus he helped to pro vide jobs for all of us. TIE WAS quite different from the miser who hoards up his cash and hides it in a tin can or caches it away in a safe deposit box in the vaults of a bank. He kept his money at work. In the modern world, money must be KEPT AT WORK if we are all to prosper. PETTING back to the politi- cians Our immense modern business corporations are favorite targets of the type of two-bit politician who seeks to win our votes by ( It oouid b - on if see to k mow tht fwaror fs the oduoatoa ererr American child deserve. Let's pitch fci and support our local school ooBwotteee and conferences in working for better schools. YH And it a iatty worth-while expe rience. For informative, free booklet, write: Better SteKook. 2 Weet 4&h St., New Yet 36, N. Y., --s J tansarwHatuialba Did you know that .. . . all mammals except man and mon key are color blind and even some humans cannot distinguish between red and green. English sparrows were import ed to America from Endanrt about 100 years ago. A baby elephant sheds its millr tusks five or six month ftr. birth but it continues to suckle for another two years and may remain under its mother's car for two years beyond that. lomatoes on the vine lose their ripe red color if the tempera ture is too hot above Rfi Ho. grees. When this occurs continu ously, the yellow pigment, caro tene, takes over turning the to matoes orange-red. Should the nighttime temperatures remain below 50 degrees, however, then the tomatoes will remain nrwn no matter how ripe they are. r lai ieet and pigeon toes may be due to belly-sleeping in in fancy. When the babv is nlarpd on its belly, it either draws its Knees up under it with hips high in the air and weight on the feet which are turned in or it spread eagles. The first position leads to pigeon toes, the second to flat feet Dr. Joseph H. Kite, Emory University. A tiillow or rolled blanket against shoulder ana hip will support the infant in the side position. The baby should be turned to the other side after each feeding. Beechnuts, a rich food of many birds and mammals, was once the favorite food of the immense flocks of passenger pigeons. The hummingbird is an all American bird. Five hundred species are found from Pata gonia to the Canadian woods and nowhere else. The tarantula, a spider, may live for many years. In fact, ten years is usually reauired for them to reach adulthood. In an exDeriment. one tarantula re mained alive two years and four months without food. ; (Released bv McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges win award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure or the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife a complete 30-vol-ume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new submissions will be consid ered. Sorry, I simply can't an swer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: IS THAT SO! care Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. the ancient political device of MAKING US FEEL SORRY FOR OURSELVES. He harps on their bigness, knowing that almost since the beginning of time the little man has been jealous of the bigger man. It's an old dodge, but a very effective one. 4-H Club News COMBINED CLUBS The regular meeting of the recently-combined 4-H clubs of Wagner Creek, Valleyview and Belleview has been postponed until Wednesday, Nov. 30. It will be an organizational meet ing. More than 1.000.000 acres of land in Oregon are now under lease for oil and gas exploration surveys. -A MORSOUAR.E MISSIONS BEYOHD THE SELLS Most spectacular and inspiring. The filming was done in the Green Hell country of Bolivia among the Sirionose Indians, a wild savage tribe and features the Missionray Jack Anderson. The challenge of the film is tremendous, a Modern Day Miracle of the Jungle. TUESDAY NIGHT, NOV. 22, 7:30 P.M. FOURSQUARE CHURCH EAST JACKSON and BIDDLE ROAD - !U.S. Wastes No Time In Making With Morocco Sultan By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The United States has lost no time in trying to get on friendly terms with Sidi Mohammed Ben Y o u s sef, . the newly restored Sultan of Mo rocco. P r e s i d ent E i s e n h o wer has sent him a warm personal friendship. The Sultan in turn has invited the President to visit Morocco. c narlcs Mel aau N a t U r & lly nothing was said in the ex change about the four very val uable air bases which the United States has built in Morocco at a cost of about 8372,000,000. But the protection of those bases under the new set-up in Morocco is the reason behind the "prompt American approach to the Sultan. Expects Home Rule Ben Youssef has left no doubt that he expects France to give Morocco a wide measure of home rule under the agreement by which he was restored, after two years in exile. Also, he commented rather casually in Paris just before he returned to Morocco Wednesday that the United States negotiat ed directly with France in get ting its bases and did not con sult Moroccans. His implication was that he wants to negotiate with the United States for the continued maintenance of the four big stra tegic backstops of the allied de fense organization in Europe. Brig. Gen. Charles A. Helm, commander of the bases, has said of the largest one, which is at Nouasser, 20 miles from the big port of Casablanca: "Strategically it is one of the most important bases outside of the United States." , The bases have been complet ed within the last few months Little has . been published about them. But they are . now ready to send B36 atomic bomb er planes against the Soviet Union in case the Kremlin de cides on war. Avoided Former Sultan Fortunately, the United States got away to a good start in ad vance of Sultan Ben Youssef restoration. Julius C. Holmes, who has been in and out of the foreign service since 1925, was named FUNERAL SERVICES In Every Price Range Since 1908 PERL Funeral Home Phone 2-6675 A Color Ntetibn Picture Drama from the True Life Story oP the Missionary JACK. ANDERSON oPfahMrJGodin the UPe of a Sovat ChieP ! SEE THE FILM Friends minister to Morocco last May. He was also made United States diplomatic agent in the interna tional zone of Tangier, border ing on Morocco, and made his headquarters there. Holmes visited Rabat, the Mo roccan capital occasionally. But he pointedly avoided visiting Sidi Mohammed Moulay Arafa, who served as sultan during Youssef's exile. There was no indication at the time of Holmes' appoint ment that Youssef was going to get his job back. But it is now evident that Holmes sensed the trend of events. The fact that he never had visited Moulay Arafa certainly did not hurt things any when he visited Youssef last Friday tb greet him and give him the President's message. Ten years ago tuberculous meningitis, TB which attacks the covering of the brain and spinal cord, was almost 100 per cent fatal. Today it can be cured. WUd Girls No More GEO. N. TAYLOR Two by two, these young Afri can women in training at the Mission hospital are dropped off the truck. The black boys and girls come run ning from the jungle; some wear only a loin cloth.. Come choruses, Bible stories and the lesson from a flannel board as in America. Four teen raise their hands "as willing to stay for prayer. Later five boys are at the hospital G grounds, reciting their verses to win some re ward. Only yesterday, these twenty young women, now in training as nurses, were but wild natives out in the jungle. They had the low-down speech and ways of the tribe. Now being born again into God's eternal family they have converts away beyWnd the missionaries who direct the work, for they know the ways and. speech of the jungle. And you? 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