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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 7. 1945
Leonard Carpenter, Medford,
elected second vice-president,
and C. B. Cordy, Medford, elect
ed assistant secretary-treasurer
of Oregon State Horticultural
society's ; 60th meeting at Cor
vallis. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Most of
the new auto advertisements an
nounce the beholder, "will be
struck' by the superiors acces
sories provided." This won't
help any, as the average pedes
trian is still a poor shock ab
sorber. 20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 7. 1935
Aubrey Sanders elected presi
dent of Medford Twenty-Thirty
club; Herb Brown chosen vice
president. Miss Eetty Vgm, former honor
student at Medford High, hon
ored Cat Alpha Lambda Delta
banquet at Oregon State college,
where she is a freshman.
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 7. 1925
(It was Monday)
Miss Ada Brewster, 32 Mistle-'
toe st., is host to Business and
Professional Women; discuss
Christmas plans.
"W1
From Local and Personal col
umn: It is with surprise, no
doubt, that Medford people learn
that increasing cloudy weather
is predicted for Tuesday, be
cause on account of the heavy
wet fog prevailing here for the
past two days no one knew that
O it was even cloudy.
40 YEARS AGO
' Dec. 7. 1915
(It was Tuesday)
Senator Chemberlain intro
duces a bill returning to the
United States unsold lands of
the Oregon and California land
grant and the payment to the
railroad company of $2.50 an
acre for the lands, returned.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Rspart
O 1. Department store sales in
December are normally 50 per
cent higher than monthly aver
age for rest of year, or twice,
- iSiree times, or four times as
high?
2. Secretary of Defense
Charle? E. Wilson was formerly
s president of General Dynamics,
: General Electric, General Foods,
General Mills, General Motors or
General Tire?
3. Full professors in large
state universities average about
$6000, $7500, $9000, or $10,500
a year?
4. A much discussed book by
Rudolph Flesch is on weaknesses
in Russia, in the Republican
party, in reading methods, in
our defense program or in
churches?
5. About half of all vegetables
and fruits moving to wholesale
markets go by truck, or less or
more than half?
6. Reno, Nev., is northeast or
northwest of San Diego, Calif,
or almost due north?
7: In U.S. defense circles a
"chopper" is a hydrogen bomb,
jet bombing plane, 'rocket mis
sile, radar detection system, or
helicopter?
The Answers: 1. Twice as
high. 2. General Motors. 3.
About S7500. 4. In reading meth
ods. 5. More than half. 6. North
west. 7. Helicopter.
MAIL TRIBUNE
. . Pearl Harbor Day
The juke box was playing something about "the
waiter, the porter and the upstairs maid," and we
were eating doughnuts and drinking hot chocolate on
Sunday morning, December 7.
Probably everyone over the age of about 30 can
remember what he or she was doing that morning.
We remember the waitress turning down the juke
box and turning up the radio, which was blaring the
incredible news that bombs were dropping on Pearl
Harbor.
We remember dashing to the newspaper office
where we worked then, and listening through the day
as' bulletin followed bulletin. One commentator kept
reassuring his listeners that it was probably all a mis
take, and that when the "by-passed" emperor of
Japan learned what was going on, there would be
apologies,, and Pearl Harbor would be called off.
DEMEMBER?
It comes with a sense of shock to realize that
these memories, so vivid still, are about something
that happened 14 years ago. And these years have
seen the world turned upside down. It has never
quite righted itself.
The names and phrases of those days form an in
distinct montage of memory "Praise the Lord and
Pass the Ammunition"; Guadalcanal; MacArthur;
Hickam field; Bataan; the Coral sea; "the day that
shall live in infamy."
A ND the years that followed, too, are full of memo
ries, of casualty lists where one name jumps out
at you and the world is suddenly bleak, because a
friend is gone; of the obstacle course in basic train
ing; of digging practice foxholes and discussing field
tactics with the pink-cheeked lieutenant, who was to
die in action a year later; of crowded and dirty bus
depots, and long rides in hideously uncomfortable
day coaches
We also recall the red coupons for meat, and
the yellowish green coupons for gasoline; we recall
standing in line to buy cigarettes and nylons, and
wondering if the tires on the old jalopy would go
another few hundred miles.
There were tearful good-bys and joyful reunions
in those days. There were fast friendships for men
whose names cannot now even: be called to mind.
Over everything there was a sense of urgency, of mis
sion, of a unity of purpose that was only partly over
laid by the eternal boredom and futility of waiting
waiting for news, for orders, for furloughs, for chow,
for shots.
A ND now, today, we realize that on this December
7 it is 14 years since it all began 14 years of
heroism and cowardice ; of big men in little jobs and
little men in big jobs; of death and rebirth; of hopes
fulfilled and hopes dashed.
During these 14 years America has been thrust
into a position of world leadership, a position it
doesn't like but uneasily realizes it must fill. We
talk proudly of being the world's richest and most
powerful nation, yet we are half fearful of what this
means in terms of leadership and responsibility.
DEARL Harbor Day, 1955, is an anniversary. As
such it is a symbol of a world which is changed,
but not necessarily for the better. It is a day on which
we can remember what has happened. Not all of it
was bad. There were lessons to be learned, or re
learned. We saw again that man can be noble in times
of danger, and cowardly in times when the only
danger is in the mind. We saw that unity and com
mon purpose can work miracles. We also saw that
unity and common purpose, imposed forcibly and
without consent, can destroy men as surely as a bul
let. "
We saw that all men had courage and cowardice,
intelligence and stupidity, high purpose and low,
and that the proportions in which the vices and viiv
tues were apportioned didn't differ much between
men of different nations or races.
.
"llE SAW these things, and recognized in them a
" reaffirmation of that oldest of lessons that
men are truly brothers, some good and some bad,
but all partaking of a common humanity. :
These things can be seen, but they are difficult to
learn. Even in America, which was born under the
declaration that it is "self evident" that "all men are
created equal" and deserving of liberty, it has been
a poorly-learned lesson.
' Perhaps Pearl Harbor Day, which marks Amer
ica's entry into the bloodiest war in history, is a time
to reflect that there are some things worth dying for.
If they are worth dying for, they are no less worth
working and striving for through peaceful means.
TT IS to be hoped we have learned that liberty is
a living thing which must be earned and defended
anew by each generation, and that each man has a
responsibility for his neighbor's liberty.
If we did not learn that, our comrades in arms
died in a lost cause. If we did not learn it, the land
of the free and the home of the brave is a mockery.
If we did learn it, arid learn it well, then America,
and what it stands for, remains the free world's best
perhaps its only hope. E. A.
Portuguese Envoy Backs Dulles Remark
Los Angeles U.R) Portu
guese Foreign Minister Paulo
Cunha today backed up a joint
statement he made with U. S.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dunes by insisting that "Goa is
a Portuguese province and noth
ing else."
"Portugal has a 'moral obli
gation' to the Portuguese peo
ple in Goa to keep them under
the sovereignty of Portugal," he
Wednesday, December 7. 1955
maintained.
Cunha, here for a brief visit,
declared last night Goa had been
a province of Portugal for four
and a half centuries, by way of
constitution, religion and cul
ture. He said even if Goa was a
colony of Portugal, "which it is
not," by being annexed to India
it would become only a colony
of India.
Dulles Seems To Have
Started Something By
'Provinces' Remark
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles started something
when he referred last Friday to
7&m "Portus u e s e
provinces in
the Far East."
Dulles made
the reference
in a joint state
ment with
visiting Por
tuguese For
eign Minister
Paulo Arsenio
Verissimo
Cunha.
TT 3 It
diaries Mccann rie mdue ii
m joining with Cunha in a cri
ticism of the speeches made in
India by Soviet Premier Nikolai
A. Bulganin and Russian Com
munist Party Chief Nikita S.
Khrushchev.
The Soviet ambassadors of ill
will had denounced Portugal's
continued possession of Goa, Diu
and Daman, three pinpoints of
territory on the map of India.
Now dispatches from India re
port that the Dulles-Cunha state
ment has caused violent anger
in India and has started a wave
of anti-American feeling.
The anger is so intense, in
fact, that it seems to be a little
strained.
Would it be unfair to suggest
that the outburst against Dulles
helps to cover up the embarrass
ment of Indians over the blatant
attacks made by the Kremlin's
rover boys in the Western
Democracies?
Indians do resent bitterly the
refusal of Portugal to give up
the little territories it has pos
sessed since 1510. There is no
doubt about that.
India Prime Minister Jawa
hsrlal Nehru already has co
erced France into, giving up its
possessions in India.
He has announced his deter
mination to get Goa, Diu and
Daman.
But the fact is that these tiny
territories, which total 1537
square miles and have a popula
tion of about 638,000 are Portu
guese provinces, as Dulles called
them. They are not classed as
colonies. :
Ought Dulles to have called
them something else in a joint
statement with the foreign min
ister of a fellow member with
the United .States of the. North
Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Ought he to have kept silent
about the anti-Western . state
ments of Bulganin and TChrush
chev? It is still uncertain how much
Nehru intends to make of the
incident. ...
But it is certain that the
United States has shown its good
will to India.
Its anti-colonial sentiment has
been traditional throughout its
history. ...
Had it not been for the United
States, it may be that countries
like India, Pakistan and Indone
sia would not have attained
their freedom after World
War II.
It is certain .also that the
Singapore Eyes Status
Of Sovereign Member
New Delhi, India OI.R) Da
vid Marshall, chief minister of
Singapore, said Tuesday his
city-state wants ultimately to
attain the full status of a sov
ereign member of the British
Commonwealth.
Marshall told the Times of
India he was not asking for com
plete independence for Singa
pore at present and would be
content if foreign affairs and
defense remained in the hands
of the British by some kind of
treaty for the time being.
Hollywood U.R) Silent
screen deadpan comedian Bus
ter Keaton was reported "slight
ly improved" today but still in
critical condition at Sawtelle
Veterans hospital from an in
testinal ailment.
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United States has helped India
substantially as part of its for
eign aid program and that Rus
sia offers nothing that is not
paid for.
The incident over the "Por
tuguese provinces" is unfortu
nate. It wUl help Bulganin and
Khrushchev. But it is to be
hoped that it will simmer down
to its proper size.
is That So?
By Eugene Burnt
Ranger-Naturalist
Reality notwithstanding, pop
ular fallacies have a way of sur
viving to help lay them, here
is a sampling of Fact vs. Fancy:
Fancy: The human heart is sit
uated on the left side of the
chest.
Fact: The heart is in the mid
dle of the chest. This belief is
probably based on the fact that
the heart's beat can be felt more
clearly on the left side.
Fancy: Chamois skin, quite
naturally, comes from the cham
ois an animal celebrated in
Switzerland.
Fact: What is known in the
market as chamois skin is really
an oil-tanned sheep or lamb skin.
And, at that, only the inside half
of the skin.
Actually, the supply of cha
mois skins from Switzerland is
very limited perhaps 5,000
a year. Not enough to supply
U.S. needs for a single day,
Fancy: Women have smaller
brains than men.
Fact: Sorry, men. Taking size
into recognition, women have
slightly larger brains,
Fancy: If you cut an earth
worm in two, both halves will
become new worms
Fact: Only the earthworm's
"head" will grow a new tail and
survive; the "tail" end, alas, will
perish.
Fancy: The use of tobacco will
stunt the growth of adolescents.
Fact: Although tobacco is sup
posed to have a number of de
leterious effects on the human
body, the stunting of growth is
not among them.
Fancy: A plant gets most of
its food from the soil.
Fact: A plant gets practically
100 per cent of its nourishment
from the air which it combines
chemically with water by photo
synthesis to manufacture its
food. However, the soil does pro
vide the plant with a trace of
mineral foods which are import
ant. '
Fancy: Rye bread is more
healthful than white bread.
Fact: In the milling just as
much of the minerals and vita
mins are removed from the rye
kernel as from the kernel of
wheat which has been milled
into white flour.
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
How to win friends and IN
FLUENCE NATIONS in this cold
war period:
A Cairo newspaper says the
United States might regain
Egypt's friendship by granting a
loan for construction of the pro
posed Aswan dam on the upper
Nile.
Russia, the newspaper says,
has already offered to aid in con
struction of the project which
would cost nearly $600,000,000.
THAT is to say:
"I'm offered FIVE! Who'll
gimme TEN? Who'll gimme ten?
Five! Who'll go ten?"
I just can't help doubting if
the auction block is the place
to win DEPENDABLE friends
and allies.
rpODAY'S farm politics note:
A Democrat and a Republi
can senator found one area of
agreement on agriculture. They
agree there is a farm problem
and Congress should DO SOME
THING about it.
Agreement stopped right there.
Democratic -Senator Joseph
O'Mahoney (by the way, he pro
nounces it Oh-MAH-Ho-Nee) of
Wyoming says the government
must realize that processors of
agricultural products are getting
more and more of the consumer's
dollar.
On the other hand, GOP Sen
ator Homer Capehart of Indiana
says farm prices are dropping
because of huge surpluses held
by the government .(surpluses
that hang like a dark thunder
cloud over the markets of the
future.)
rVDDLY enough, they're both
right.
If prices of what he has to
buy had fallen in proportion to
prices of what he has to sell, the
farmer wouldn't be unhappy.
It is equally true that nothing
but trouble for the farmer can
ensue from the vast surpluses
that are accumulating in govern
ment warehouses.
WHAT to do about it?
' I wouldn't know. But I
doubt if political farming (which
is farming the farmers for votes
instead of farming the land for
crops) will solve the problem.
TUT let's get closer home,
t The Yreka Siskiyou News
tells about a tempermental well
on the Stanley Wendt ranch at
Montague. It began to fail in late
September and on Oct. 8 it drop
ped too low to produce sufficient
water to maintain the house sys
tem. About a week later, it
petered out entirely.
Confronted by a situation,
Wendt bought a 300-gallon tank
mounted it on a truck and began
to haul water. He ran the water
into the well, so that the power
pump that supplies the house
system could be utilized.
Then
Some three . weeks ago, the
well began to flow just as vigor
ously as it had before it began
to fail. ' All this happened prior
to the recent heavy precipitation
in Far Northern California and
Southern Oregon!
T'VE heard of priming the pump
to get it going again, but I
never before heard of PRIMING
THE WELL when it ran dry and
getting plenty of water as a re
sult. Amazing things can happen
in the State of Jefferson.
Senaca Indians War
For Restoration of Land
Buffalo, N. Y. (U.R) The
Seneca Indians are on the war
path. The Senecas recently filed a
$35,000 suit in federal court
against the Allegeny State Park
commission.
The suit seeks to restore land
to the Senecas which they con
tend were deeded to them under
the "Big Tree Treaty" of 1797.
They say the state park com
mission has been renting a sec
tion of their reservation lands
for 40 years at $40 a year to
cottage owners.
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Bricker Thinks Ike
Still Undecided on
Second Term Plans
Washington (U.R) Sen.
John W. Bricker (R-O.), said to-
dav he thinks President Eisen
hower is still undecided on
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Tells Appreciation
To the Editor: The other
morning a mother was prepar
ing two youngsters for the day.
Unaccountably, as usual, fire
broke out. Before the fire could
be controlled by the household
water supply, the power supply
to the pump was burned out.
All she could do was round up
the children and pets and leave.
On the - off chance some one
might be passing, she ran to the
road and providentially found a
California Oregon Power com
pany crew working on the
power line. Although they were
total stransers. engaged in their
own affairs, they swarmed into
the house, lugging their portable
ishers. and nut out
the fire (professionally attend
ing to numerous details, a&
cutting the power lines to the
hnnsp cheekinff the rest of the
house, attic, etc.). They then
waited for the speedy arrival of
the fire equipment from Cen
tral Point, a good 10 miles
awav and as soon as it arrived,
with no fanfare, casually went
ahnnt. their business as if savins
a house from burning to the
ground were routine.
It. is such men as these that
make Copco a familiar, friendly
symbol of cheerful community
service, contradicting the con
ception of a large corporation
as an impersonal organization
with little or no concern for the
individual.
It is with deep appreciation
that we offer our thanks to them
and Copco.
Richard Reum
Route 2, Box 298 , ,
Central Point, Ore.
More About Mine
To the Editor: More reminis
cence ofn the Lost Cabin Mine.
In 1914 in Ft. Klamath, Ore.,, we
by chance broached the subject
of gold to one of the pioneers
who happened to : be in posses'
sion of an intricate piece of gold
amalgam, (that at today's prices
would be worth around. $5). This
specimen had been perhaps lost
on the old trail the Indians used
when traveling back to the Res
ervation. After reading the ac
count given later in the Portland
Oregonian, we talked with a for
mer Klamath county resident
who confirmed the press story,
and also said, no white man had
ever re-located or found "the
mine." An Indian and his son,
both named Pedro, reputedly
guarded this fabulous ledge un
til their death, years later. The
details we have, give us assur
ance that someone, some day,
will discover the so-called lost
lode high in the Umpqua range,
Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman,
Medford, Ore. -
H Club News
Phoenix 4-H Clubs
The December meeting of the
new Phoenix 4-H club will be
Friday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Phoenix Grange hall.
Those who couldn't attend the
November meeting may still sign
up for projects. Officers will be
elected and a name will be chos
en for the club. Leaders have
volunteered for most of the pro
jects, and the individual project
clubs will be formed.
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whether to seek a second term
in the White House.
He told rerjorters that. al.
though Mr. Eisenhower is not
dutv-bound to announce a de
cision as soon as it has been
made, he considers the Presi
dent too straightforward to hold
back.
Newsweek magazine said to
day a poll it made of Republican
state and territorial chairmen
showed an "overwhelming ma
jority" believe Mr. Eisenhower
will seek a second term.
Majority Want Nixon
The poll also showed that a
"substantial majority" of the
GOP chairmen want Vice-President
Richard W. Nixon as the
Republican presidential candi
date if Mr. Eisenhower does not
run, the magazine said.
Sen. Hubert H. HumphreyD
Minn.), predicted in New York
last night that Congress, under
Democratic leadership will
achieve "liberal progress" in at
least 10 major areas of legisla
tion next year.
One such move forward,
Humphrey said in a speech be
fore the New York Young Dem-'
ocratic club, would be farm
program to restore 90 pelr cent
price supports and get rid of
troublesome surpluses. Such a
move would overturn the admin
istration's system of flexible
price supports.
Byrnes Making Plans
James E. Byrnes, fired as
Secretary of State for former
President Truman, indicated he
might, consider going to the 1956
Democratic national convention
to accept a challenge by former
Democratic National Chairman
Stephen Mitchell.
The 76-year-gJd Byrnes said
last winter he definitely would
not serve as a delegate to the
convention. However, Mitchell
later said that Byrnes and other
Democrats who bolted the party
in 1952 would be denied seats
if they tried to attend as dele-
gates;
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