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All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Off i cial Pa per of Jackson County Unjted Press Full Leased Wire ""MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU or t;iKumiiuii WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New or. Chicago De troit San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. NATIONAL EDITOUAL assocTatiIqn 3 U U NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight oMime Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and iQ years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dec 5, 1945 (It was Wednesday) JucUe James Alger Fee ar rives to preside over two-day session of federal grand jury. Afrom Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Things are dull these short winter days down on the farm. There is nothing to do but the chores before dark, eat supper, wait for the o'clock news, hit the hay, and sleep straight through till 4:45 a.m., farmers boast. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 5. 1935 (It was Thursday) T. Slater Johnson elected president of Medford's Univer sity club. Mfcdford Concrete Construc tion company awarded bid to construct Talent disposal plant, subject to approval by WPA. 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 5. 1925 (It was Saturday) ' Klamath Falls High enters Southern Oregon basketball league for first time In school's history. From Local and Personal col umn: Twelve mules are hard at O work hauling gravel to fill in the lot. recently given to the forest service for a warehouse sKe on East Jackson street. Building activities are scheduled to commence, it is understood, next spring. 40 YEARS AGO ODec. 5, 1915 (It was Sunday) From Ashland news: On Wednesday the city council went over the budget and pared down thtf)estimates. The levy is to be 18.2 mills instead of a trifle over 20 mills, as originally made Alex Nibley of Oregon-Utah sugar (Jeet company announces that firm has not obtained 5,000 acres necessary for building plant ir.O valley. What's the Answer? Can You Gei 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Repr1 1. No President of this cen tury so far has refused to run for a second term; right br wrong? 0 2. Outer Monsolia is a Com munist or non-Communist state m Asia? 3. U.S. farms as a whole have many more horses than mules. or many more mules, or about tne same number of each? 4. Adlai E. Stevenson once served as vice president of the United States; right or wrong? 5. The Cotton Rn-1 is in Mi ami, New Orleans, Dallas, Pasa dena, or Tulsa? 6. More fractional voting fless than one full vote for a dele gate) will be recorded at the 1956 Republican or Democratic national convention? 7. Harlowe H. Curtice is presi dent of U. S. Steel, General Mo tors. Dunont. Standard Oil of N.J., Chrysler, or Sears, Roe- DUCKY The Answers: 1. Right. 2. Communist. 3. Many more horses than mules. 4. Right (grandfather of present Demo cratic leader). 5. Dallas. 6. At the Democratic. 7. General Motors. A 3V2-ounce portion of boiled potatoes contains only 83 cal ories while the same amount of French fried potatoes contains 393 calories. MAIL TRIBUNE How To The United Medford Crusade, which raises funds for more than two dozen agencies that contribute to the welfare of the community, is just on the verge of success (which may have been announced by the time this is printed). The drive for Muscular Dystrophy, a mysterious and as-yet unconquered disease, was concluded re cently with results not yet announced. The TB Christ mas Seal sale is underway. The annual March of Dimes drive, to "finish off" polio, will start soon. In recent months, and in the months to come, there have been and will be a wide variety of other types of appeal. Many of them will be to raise money to com bat diseases, or to help the victims of disease. All of them, to a greater or lesser extent, are worthy of support. jlOST of these fund drives are pretty well organ ized, with executive secretaries and other paid personnel, although each depends to a large degree on the unpaid services of volunteers who feel the causes are important. It is a logical and perfectly admissible question when one asks: Why'aren't all these lumped into one drive? Isn't that what the United Medford Crusade is for? It is impossible for people of average means to contribute to all of them in significant amounts, no matter how worth while the endeavor. Would' it not be better to "force" them to join the UMC, so that when we give to that we can feel that we fire doing our bit all at one time, with our gift to be appor tioned where there is the greatest need? TPHAT, of course, is the theory behind the unified drives, which started a number of years ago with the Community Chests, and has progressed to the United Funds, which now include most of the major welfare and character-building groups. Even the Red Cross, for a long time a hold-out against the unifica tion attempt, now joins community fund endeavors. But a large number of the specialized drives the National Foundation for Infantile .Paralysis, which conducts the March of Dimes, is the most nota ble example still insist on conducting their own fund raising campaigns. They believe, and apparently with some justifica tion, that they do better financially that way, and in addition retain their individuality which might other wise be lost in the anonymity of a united drive. There is more emotional impact in is ordinarily possible in a effort. IT IS obvious that it would, indeed, be more "con A venient" for everyone to have one, big, single drive for funds, once a year. But this is still a free country. If anyone wants to get out and beat the drums and ring doorbells on behalf of the Fund for Impoverished Newspapermen, that is his, or her, privilege. Conversely, if the person asked for a donation wishes to refuse, that is his or her privilege. Nobody is forcing anybody to give to anything although some pretty high pressures can be generated in some instances. ""THE community chests, and now the united drives, have ways in which they can entice, or encourage, fund-raising groups to enter the fold. They can with hold approval of some independent drives, and there by create a type of economic-threat-through-influence. But they can't force them. This can be, and has been, a sore point for organ izations which feel they are entitled to public aid and financial assistance, and in some cases has reacted against the united fund efforts. But the fact remains that the united drives in gen eral, and the United Medford Crusade in particular, do offer us an easy way to give to a great many worth while groups. As to the other appeals, it is strictly up to the individual to decide whether or not it is worthy of support. And it is up to them and their sponsors to decide whether their interests would be best served by joining, or going it alone THIS discussion has been limited to the recurring annual appeals, but there are many others, too, such as the current drive in Medford to raise funds for construction of a new hospital, a single and con centrated effort. There are also school carnivals, parties and a host of other fund-raising attempts of an endless array of organizations and groups, includ ing school and college alumni organizations. It is probable that all of them will continue to receive support from the American people, who are the wealthiest and very possibly the most generous in the world. It's a fine thing, too. Each of the appeals, except for a tiny minority which actually are rackets, accomplishes some good. But nobody can force you to give to any one of them, or prevent you from giving, if you want to. E.A. Fisherman's Body Found Along Beach Seattle (U.R) The body of one of two men aboard the 47 foot fishboat "Wilma S" which has been missing since Nov. 26 was found washed up on the beach near Ocean City, Wash., yesterday, the Coast Guard re ported today. The Coast Guard identified the body as that of Alex Pepin of Westport, owner of the craft. The other person aboard the Wilma S. when it left Blaine Nov. 26 en route to Westport was Arbid Fakari, address un known, the Coast Guard added. A search is continuing for the missing craft and Fakari. Monday, December 3, 1953 Give? a one-purpose drive than consolidated fund-raising Playboy To Face Charge of Swindling New York (U.R) Million aire playboy Robert Schlesinger returned here voluntarily from Canada today to face charges he swindled three men of $330,- 000. Schlesinger, who allegedly used $100,000 of the bilked money to buy jewels for movie actress Linda Christian, arrived by plane from Montreal and met immediately with an attorney. The lawyer, Harris Steinberg, who once served as an assistant district attorney here, said Schlesinger would "do whatever is right" at his arraignment on the swindling charges later today. Matter of Fact by KEFLAVIK AND DAHRAN Washington Not one Ameri can in a thousand knows how to speU the name of the place, but the fact is on the con sciousness of most Ameri cans, are what makes it pos sible for us still to retain our dwindling margin of su p e r iority in the air-atomic race. This is why Keflavik Greenland, Ke Joeph Also Thule base in flavik is rated the second most essential of all this country's network of forward bases. Bases like Thule, Keflavik, and Dah ran in Saudi Arabia, little as they impinge that our air base- at Kefla vik, in Iceland, is a vital ele ment in our national secur ity. The fur there fact ' is that we are in serious danger of losing the Keflavik base. After the Stewart Alaop is important, and why the dang er that Keflavik may be lost must be taken very seriously indeed. The situation is simple enough. Iceland is a chilly land of 160, 000 proudly independent people, with a long tradition of isola tion from the rest of the world. The few thousand American troops there, plus the heavy spending required for the con struction and maintenance of the base, have had a tremend ous impact on the little country. By and large the troops are well, even harshly, disciplined (Keflavik is considered far from a desirable assignment in the Air Force). But there are in-, evitable small incidents. More important, spending on the base has led to inflation and a short age of labor. At the same time, exports of fish, Iceland's most important product, to the United States have dropped sharply, while Russian orders have mark edly increased. All these factors together have led to a great outcry to "kick the Americans' out." Three of Iceland's five major parties have made the cry their own The Socialists, the National De fense Party, and, mostly strident ly of all, Iceland's strong Com munist party, which has polled up to 20 per cent of the vote. To make matters worse, the two conservative parties making up the present governing coalition, have fallen to squabbling with each other. V HPHUS there is a good chance that an election will be held, perhaps next spring. The cen tral issue will certainly be the Keflavik base. And, although the conservative coalition polled a lead of about 9 per cent in the last election, the anti-Amer ican parties might well win this' round. In this case, short of the use of force, the Keflavik base would almost certainly be lost since this country's treaty with Iceland provides for cancella tion of base rights whenever Iceland so wishes. Nor is Keflavik our only en dangered base. The perilous sit uation in Morrocco threatens our bases there. And the vital for ward base in Saudi Arabia is by no means secure for the long pull. Since the death of Saudi Arabia's magnificent old mon arch, Ibn Saud, the Saudi Ara bian government is sunk in a welter of luxury and corruption. Like such shaky regimes every where, the government has cur ried popularity by badgering the foreigner in this case the Americans. It is not at all diffi cult to imagine a situation like renewed fighting between the Arab states and Israel which would lead to the loss of the Dahran base. But the loss of Keflavik alone would be enough to highlight the appalling problem which in creasingly confronts our Strate gic Air Command. The fact is that the Strategic Air Command is entering a period when it will be almost wholly dependent on the medium range B-47 bomber. The big lumbering old B-36 has already been rendered virtually obsolete- by the Soviet Union's new "Flashlight" and "Farmer" fighter planes. Production on the long range jet bomber, the B-52, is still insignificent, and for" the usual budgetary reasons it is likely to remain so for years. JT1HAT leaves only the B-47, to -- do SAC's absolutely essential job. And the range of the B-47 is such that overseas bases are vital to its effectiveness. To be sure, the B-47 can reach about two thirds of the most import ant Soviet targets from United States bases, if it is refuelled coming and going. But for this purpose, the force of refuelling tankers is desperately inade quate. For this and other rea sons it is officially estimated that the loss of overseas bases There are 13 rivers or river systems that are 1,000 miles or more in length in the United States. PI jMI and Stewart AIsop like Keflavik and Dahran will cut SAC's striking power by be tween two thirds and four fifths. It may seem silly to worry about such matters as bases with unpronounceable names in small, distant, very hot or very cold countries. Yet it is not really so silly when you remember that SAC's ability to do its grisly job efficiently is quite literally all that prevents the whole world balance of power from tipping decisively in favor of the Communist bloc. (Copyright 1955, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS Aftermath of S-D Day: Thursday's Safe-Driving' cam paign across the country was from the statistical standpoint less effective than the one a year ago. AU the figures are not yet in (as this is written) but the 1955 traffic death toll is at least 65 more than 25 per cent high er than on S-D Day in 1954. But Almost half the states observed Safe Driving Day without ANY highway fatalities. And such major cities as New York, Chi cago and Detroit kept a clean slate. A GOOD example of the all over problem of safe driving was provided by Defense Secre tary Wilson and Admiral Rad ford chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. They drove from Washington to Gettysburg over snow-slicked highways for a conference with President Eisenhower. The dis tance is 80 miles. They took two hours and 15 minutes for the is That So? By Eugene Burns Ranger-Naturalist Did you know that . . . the cherry and strawberry are close ly related plants. There are an estimated 22,600, 000 dogs in the U. S. today. And at least that many delighted chil dren. The polar bear has been en countered 200 miles from land in the open sea. Nature is hard to budge: if the weather has not changed much during the past few days, expect it to remain the same. A fine week is more likely to fol low a fine week than a wet one. Iceboats have been known to sail twice as fast as the wind is driving them. The longest total eclipse of this century some scientists say the longest in nearly 1,250 years occurred this past June in Asia. Sheep, which some people count to fall asleep, are notor iously poor sleepers. Same with cows. That' is largely because they are cud-chewing. When sleep does occur, it is fitful, These grazing animals frequent ly chew their cud for about nine hours out of every 24 and most of this ruminating is concen trated at night. Inner Time Sense When a hive of bees was flown from Paris to the U. S. early this year it was found that they had an inner time sense. Upon ar rival in New York, they insisted upon feeding according to elapsed time (not sun time). They fed at 3:15 to 5:15 p.m. This cor responds to 8:15 to 10:15 p.m., Paris time, the hours they were trained to feed. Condors, past masters of fly ing, have often been observed soaring at 15,000-foot elevations. Although most water birds lay only one clutch of eggs a year, the Mexican grebe or dab-chick has been known to lay eight sets of eggs totalling 35 eggs from which 24 young were raised. The bluejay is capable of mak ing sweet flute-like notes. Contrary to popular opinion, tarantulas are slow to attack and experts says their poison is not exceptionally virulent. Swifts eat, drink and mate in full flight. When nest-building, they break off twigs as they fly. (Released by McClure News paper 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 best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week, new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letter. Please address your letter to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads SUGGESTED BIBLE READING VERSES The Medford Council of Church Women each year be between Thanksgiving and Christmas sponsors b pro gram of daily Bible reading, recommending a differe verse of the Bible for each day during that period, in co operation with the American Bible association, the Med ford Ministerial association and the National Council of Church Women. Following are the passages recommended for today: Matthew 25:1-30. News trip, which is an average of 35Vi miles per hour. They narrowly missed a ser ious accident when a car ahead of them skidded off the road. Another car, swerving to miss the skidder, also left the road and crashed into a fence. npHAT is to say: Safe driving is a TWO WAY STREET. You must guard not only against your own driving errors but against the driving errors of others. The driver who skidded was going too fast for the con dition of the road. By doing so, he ENDANGERED EVERY OTH ER DRIVER. But you are SAFER FROM OTHERS if your own driving is above reproach. S PEAKING in Rangoon, Bur ma, Soviet Premier Bulganin asserted that ALL NATIONS SHOULD PLEDGE THEM SELVES NOT TO BE THE FIRST TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. IT SOUNDS good, doesn't it? But A PLEDGE IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE MAN WHO MAKES IT. TTNFORTUNATELY, nobody can believe a Communist. A basic tenet of the Communist doctrine is that the END justi fies the MEANS. That is to say: If a Communist pledges himself never to be the first to use an atom bomb and then launches an atomic attack on his enemy at the first favorable opportun ity, he is regarded among Com munists as a GREAT MAN. That makes it very difficult to deal with Communists. rpHIS fundamental difficulty in - dealing with Communists is a potential source of great danger in this cold war period. Communist inconsistency and double dealing MAKE US MAD. They put in our minds the thought that the onlv wav to deal With them is to DESTROY THEM BEFORE THEY CAN DESTROY US. That is called "preventive war. Preventive war could destroy the world. Dealing with the Communists during this period is going' to call for great patience and al most superhuman wisdom. Khrushchev Calls Newsmen To Hear Attack on Britain Rangoon, Burma (U.R) So viet Communist party boss Nik- ita S. Khrushchev overruled his Burmese hosts last night and called in Western newsmen to hear him accuse Great Britain of "robbing the Burmese people of their last piece of bread." , The pudgy Communist leader spoke at a banquet at Taunggyi in Burma's Shan State. Burmese officials, anxious to prevent new clashes between the talkative Russian and the Western press, kept newsmen at a. distance from Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai Bulganin. Calls for Newsmen But Khruschev rose ' to his feet at a banquet given by Shan Premier Sao Hkun Hkio and called for the newsmen before he launched into the latest of the anti-Western speeches he has made throughout Burma. - "There are some correspond ents here who are not quite satisfied with what I had to say yesterday," Khruschev said. This was a reference to a clash he had with the newsmen Fri day while touring Buddhist shrines in Rangoon. "I am making this speech for their satisfaction. Why are they not satisfied? Because I am going to say that the English were sitting here on your necks and were robbing your peoples and because it was done not for your benefit or for raising your standard of living but in order to bring their civilization into backward countries. Last Piece of Break "But we say differently. They are sitting in these countries to rob people and that's what they (gesturing toward the corres pondents) don't like because the truth hurts." Khruschev tangled with West ern correspondents Friday while he and Bulganin were being shown around the famed Shwe Dagon pagonda. He told the newsmen that Burmese temples were a thousand years older than British shrines yet the "British call the Burmese barbarians." Tough Talk In Berlin Receiving Headlines in Hews By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The tough talk of the Com munists in Berlin is getting the headlines in news from Ger many these days. Th-at is quite natural. The Commu nist blustering brings with it the threat of new blockade of Berlin. But some 'tough talk is coming also J- TIT 2. Charles Mciann irom w e s I Germany's leaders about the German situation in general. Russia has been told firmly within the last few days that normal relations with Chancel lor Konrad Adenauer's govern ment will be impossible as long as the Kremlin obstructs Ger man unification. Spokesmen of opposition par ties have backed Adenauer s stand that unification must con tinue to be the No. 1 goal of the West German Republic. Bundestag Backs Adenauer Adenauer has won the over whelming approval of Bunde- Morse Sees Road Plan 'Giveaway' Portland CU.P.) Sen. Wayne Morse yesterday described, the Eisenhower Administra 1 1 o n s hishwav bond urogram as "another giveaway to big busi ness. The Oregon Democrat said the program would provide for 55 per cent interest on the $21,- 000,000 in bonds over 30 years. He said "that's nice business if the bankers can get by with it." Morse spoke at a meeting of Inland Motor Freight and Pa cific Highway transport lines honoring the safe driving rec ords of 49 drivers. Sen. Morse predicted that the Eisenhower highway bill would be defeated during the next ses sion of Congress, and praised the 825,000,000,000 road program of Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) which would be financed by taxes. On Saturday, Sen. Morse told a meeting of Railroad workers in Portland that he planned to introduce a federal aid to edu cation bill in January ' when Congress reconvenes. Neubergi er Calls for Albany Plant Opening Portland (U.R) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) today can ed for reactivation of the Bureau of Mines zirconium plant at Al bany, Ore. Neuberger wrote Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy- Commission: "I should like to know why the plans for new production do not include reactivating the existing plant in Albany which cost the fed eral government more than $2,000,000." Neuberger said the AEC was inviting bids for additional zir conium production" of 400,000 pounds annually for the next five years. Woman Shot in Foot While Fighting Fire Corvallis (U.R) Mrs. Phillip Saner, 52, was shot in the foot last night when the family home at Greenberry, 10 miles south of Corvallis, burned to the ground. Mrs. Saner was helping fight the blaze when a bullet ex ploded near her, striking her in the left ankle. The attending physician said the bullet's metal casing was lodged in Mrs. Saner's foot. He. did not know if the woman was injured by the slug also. Since 1908 PERL Mortuary O Phone 2-6675 FINER. FUNERAL SERVICES in every price range by Reds stag, the dominant lower house of Parliament, for his pro-Western policy. It must be remembered also that any Communist threat to Berlin is a threat to West Ger-' many and will serve to intensify hostility ato the Communists. Adenauer demonstrated his remarkable recovery from his recent attack of pneumonia when he addressed the Bunde stag. That was good news for the free world. Good news also was the fact that Heinrich Von Brentano, West Germany's new foreign minister, took the leading part in the debate and showed plain ly that he is a man of strength. When Brentano told the Bun destag on Thursday that normal relations between West Germany and Russia will be impossible until the Kremlin agrees to re unification he was making his debut in debate as foreign minister. Brentano No. 2 Man Brentano seemed then to be emerging more clearly as West Germany's No. 2 man, and as the probable chancellor if any- thing happens to 73-year-oia Adenauer. Like Adenauer, Brentano has come into international promin ence only in the last few years. He and Adenauer were the co- founders of the post-war Chris tian Democratic party. Brentano is an exceedingly keen-looking, smartly dressed bachelor. Trained as a lawyer, he is quick-witted in debate. At 51, he seems to have a long poli tical career ahead of hi. The Russians seem to hve the whip hand in their ability to keen Germany divided. But they insist on the division only be cause they fear unification." It was announced in Bonn, the West German capital, last Thursday that 206,000 East Ger mans fled to the West in tne first 10 months of 1955. The East German government is strengthening its secret police because it fears unrest. With singular frankness, the East Ger mans announced they might have to introduce a draft law because they can not raise vol unteers for their police army. In all the position of the West in Germany is not as bad as it may seem. HARVEY NOT CANDIDATES Portland (U.R) Joseph E. Harvey, a Republican, who rep resented Multnomah county in the state Legislature for six. ses sions before losing in 1954, said today he would not be a candi date next year because pay is not enough to pay the expense of serving in the Legislature. Wild Man In Tomb GEO. N. TAYLOR He lived in an empty tomb up above the lake. His shrieking was hideous day and night. Men tried to bind him but he snapped off the chains, for many demons indwelt h i m: Jesus passed that way and cast out the demons. Next, you see the man sitting at Jesus feet and in his right mind. Jesus now tells the man ' to go home and tell the people what the Lord had done for him. So the man did, over the city and all about. Mark 5th. And you who believe? Tell men that God put your sins on Christ who then died for you." You received Christ into your heart as Lord and Saviour and God gave you eternal life. Never argue religion. Just tell them. Then pray to God to convict that one to whom you' talked. Most saved souls are prayed-for souls. This Message sponsored by a Scappoose dairyman. adv. ft " I
