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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
i0 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 13, 1945
(It was Thursday)
Miss Nina Tuttle, Jackson
county's Victory Queen candi
date, loses out in finals of state
competition in Portland.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Bmudge Pot column: Many na
tives have already flitted, and
many more plan to hie to Cali
fornia for the end of the year
to relax and revel, and pay the
sales tax they always vote i
against at home. ' .
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 13, 1935
(It was Friday)
A rate reduction saving $13,
700 annually to users announced
by California Oregon Power
company. o
Southern Oregon Art associa
tion to hold exhibit in Palm
building on East Main st.
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 13, 1925
(It was Sunday)
J. R. Kline elected president
of the Eagle Point Grange; Al
fred Mittelsteadt chosen over
seer. Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce plans banquet hon
oring members of Oregon Horti
culture meeting here.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 13, 1915
(It was Monday)
From Ashland and vicinity
news: The Pompadour Mineral
Springs Co., recently organized
by Medford and Grants Pass
parties and which is developing
Lithia springs east of Ashland,
derives its name from the Pom
padour cliff in that locality.
From Local and Personal col
umn: Jack Dent, of the Wells
Fargo local office, who recently
went to Corvallis as relief agent
for ten days, has returned and
resumed his work in this city,
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the07?
Copr. 1955, EditorisJ Research Repatf
- 1. The AFL cr the CIO put
more members into their new
combined labor organization, or
was it about 50-50?
2. A member of the Society of
FViends is more often called
what?
3. As net farm . income has
been goinjown, average value
of farm real estate has been go
ing down or up, or staying about
the same?
4. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena
has a larger or smalle seating
capacity than the Yankee Sta
dium in N. Y., or about the same?
5. More boys and fir Is were
graduated from colleges and uni
versities this year than five years
ago; right or wrong?
6. Which state produces the
most cranberries for sale?
7. Formosa is about 10, 100,
500 or 1,000 miles from the Chi
nese mainland?
The Answers: 1 More AFL
members. 2 Quaker. 3 Going
up slightly. 4 Larger. 5
Wrong (1950 made an all-lime
high). 6 Massachusetts. 7
About 100.
Only two coaches have guided
University of Illinois football
teams since 1913, Bob Zuppke
from 1913 to 1941 and Ray Eliot
since 1941.
5iy
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How About Taxes?
What about the veteran who doesn't want to go to
school after his discharge? Is it fair to overburden him
with taxes to pay for the education of his former buddy?
No! Corvallis Gazette-Times.
Why isn't it? provided he is a taxpayer.
Should parents of children who decide to go to
work instead of college,, be exempt from taxation
for higher education?
Or should those with offspring who quit at the
Sth grade be similarly favored? .
The above is only one of many points made
against Senator Neuberger's program of social bet
terment which if adopted would, it is claimed,
'"bankrupt the nation in a day's time and put us all
under Russia's thumb in a week."
And this, adds the Gazette-Times for final em
phasis, is not just "idle political talk."
It may not be "idle" but it is rather foolish.
Not that we approve of our junior Senator's
program in all respects, or in many, but to claim
that war veterans who are taxpayers should not bear
their share of the burden of providing education for
those of their buddies who want it, only because
THEY themselves don't, is a somewhat bizarre idea,
to say the least.
As for Neuberger's proposal in the realm of so
cial betterment, if passed in toto, bankrupting this
"richest nation "on earth in 24 hours" and putting
the USA under "Russia's thumb in a week," granting
a generous allowance in exaggeration for the sake of
emphasis, is surpassing the bounds of even extreme
hyperbolic license.
A S FOR taxes, so many of the alarmists who see
bankruptcy just around the corner, appear to
have forgotten that Uncle Sam went through one of
the most severe depressions in world history without
coming even close to it. Surely the old gentleman
should be able to go through one of the greatest
periods of prosperity, without serious results, regard
less of what programs of social betterment may be
offered, by the junior Senator from Oregon or anyone
else. .
There is another point often overlooked.
Taxes are paid directly or indirectly by almost
everyone. Taxes are included in rents, the high cost of
living and the purchase of articles whether they carry
a special excise tax or not. No one likes them but no
one entirely escapes them. They can't.
. Moreover the latest word
they will not only be reduced next year, but the fed
eral budget has an excellent chance of being bal
anced. We realize the advantages of such an announce
ment in a presidential year, but there is one thing
we do hope will NOT happen, namely:
We hope tax reductions will be ordered after the
balancing of the budget not before. R.W.R.
Change the Law
If the GM train proves up to engineering hopes, it is "
safe to predict that progressive Union Pacific will be
among the first railroads to make purchases of the new
passenger equipment. It is also safe to assume that the
Southern Pacific will not. Ashland Tidings.
The Tidings, of course, is correct.
The SP is one of the most reactionary corpora
tions in the world and will never spend a nickel for
better public service until increased revenue is assur
ed unless some vpower greater than itself compels it
to do so.
A ND where is that power? Not in the courts.
At least we can find no one to predict the
State Supreme Court will overrule the lower courts,
in their interpretation that under the present law,
the State Public Utility commissioners power to reg
ulate the all-powerful SP is, to all intents and pur
poses, non-existent.
Some voters are convinced the Southern Pacific
controls the state courts as well as the State Legis
lature and any attempt to get a fair deal as far as
rail service to Southern Oregon is concerned, might
as well tie abandoned.
1X7E CAN'T believe that. We don't believe there is
" any corruption involved. BUT we do believe if
the state law f orming the Public Service commission
er ffice were changed, and some teeth even one
sturdy upper plate supplied, the SP, powerful,
callous and money-mad as it is, would be forced to
serve the people of the Rogue River valley and South
ern Oregon as the provisions of its original franchise
directed.
'T'HE'SP has the strongest single lobby machine in
Salem no doubt. But if the people of Southern
Oregon, and the people of the state sympathizing
with our predicament would unite, on a concerted
drive to change the state law and make it effective
instead of a joke, the mighty billion dollar corpora
tion, could, we feel sure
to do the job it should
hundred years to do it!
Case Against Medford
Man Is Dismissed
Roseburg Charges against G.
Francis Putnam of Medford were
dismissed in circuit court here
last week. He was charged with
drawing a bank check without
having sufficient funds in the
bank.
The dismissal grew out of a
Oregon Supreme court decision
in which a state law was de
clared unconstitutional. Putnam
had appealed the case to circuit
court from justice court in Can-yonville.
Tuesday, December 13, 1955
from Washington is that
be brought to time, forced
do, and it wouldn't take a
R.W.R.
Crater Music Concert
Will Be Held Friday
Central Point The annual
winter concert by the Crater
High school band, choir and
Girls Glee club will be held in
the high school auditorium at 8
p.m. Friday. Dec. 16.
Norman Carothers is director
of the three groups. The band
has about 60 members, the choir
about 45 members and the Girls
Glee club about 30 members.
Carothers said there will be
no admission .charge, and the
public has been invited.
Matter of Fact bv
GAS AND THE DEMOCRATS
Washington There has been
much self-congratulatory talk
among Democrats about the mar
velous party
unity they
have achieved
since 1952. Bui
there is one is
sue which is
likely to start
one of the bit
terest party
.rows in years
more bitter
even than the
offshore oil is
Stewart AIsop
sue which tore
the party apart in the last Presi
dential election. The row is ex
pected to break out, morever,
within two weeks of the opening
of the next session of Congress.
The Fulbright bill, which
would free producers of natural
gas from Federal price regula
tion, is very
near the top
of the Senate
calendar. The
enemies of the
Fulbright bill
say that its
passage would
cost consum
ers as much as
$800,000,000 a
year in hiked
gas prices.
And, accord
Joseph Also
ing to one expert estimate, pas
sage of the bill could increase
the value of proved gas reserves
by a cool $20,000,000,000. '
Obviously, large interests are
involved. The floor leader for
the bill will be Sen. William
Fulbright of Arkansas. But its
most important proponent will
be Majortiy Leader Lyndon
Johnson of Texas, who is prob
ably the most powerful man in
the Senate.
Johnson, whose state is the
biggest of the four major gas
producing states, frankly intends
to use all his power to secure
passage of the bill. He has re
marked flatly that he will work
just as hard for the gas pro
ducers as Sen. Hubert Humphrey
of Minnesota, for example, works
for his dairy farmers.
Until recently, it did not seem
probable that Johnson would
really have to work very hard.
According to his own reported
estimate as of September he
could count on a sure majority
of 58 votes. And just because
passage of the Fulbright bill
seemed so certain, it was thought
it would meet only token op
position.
But now all is changed. Prev
iously, the oil companies which
have favored the bill and which
probably constitute the most
politically powerful of all busi
ness groups, have met no opposi
tion from within the business
community. But now 40 utility
companies from all over the
the country, fearing that big in
creases in gas prices would bad
ly hurt their business, have
banded together to fight the
FuUbright bill. And, the utilities
are also not without political
influence.
TUTOREOVER, the Johnson forc
es have been warned to
expect a fight. Johnson's Texas
colleague, Price Daniel, recently
remarked to Sen. Paul Douglas
of Illinois that he hoped the
natural gas bill would go
through quickly, without a bad
fight. Douglas amiably replied
that he thought the issue de
manded "very careful examina
tion." He has since let it be
known that he has already
reached page 70 on a speech he
is writing on the issue, and that
he expects to double that.
Given the usual interruptions,
a Senate speech of 140 pages
will make a fine substitute for
a , filibuster until a real one
comes along. Moreover, there
have been important breaks in
the pro-Johnson ranks.
Sens. Harry Byrd and Willis
Robertson of Virginia, for ex
ample, are now counted as B-oug-
las allies. Other Southerners,
like the very influential Richard
Russell of Georgia, are reported
wavering. And strong support
from his fellow Southerners is
essential to a victory for John
son on the issue.
Douglas, morever, counts con
fidently on the votes of at least
15 Republicans from the gas
consuming states in the Mid-West
and North-East. All in all, it
begins to seem that the Fulbright
bill will be no pushover, al
though the odds are no doubt
still on its passing. And it is
as certain as such things can
be that there will be a big, angry
fight within the Democratic
party before it does pass.
urtifLtrUN .Democrats are
even muttering that, if John
son and the Southerners insist
on pushing the natural gas is
sue, they may decide to push
the civil rights issue. Party unity,
they argue, is now a one-way
street. This kind of muttering
could lead to an explosion which
would break the facade of Dem
ocratic unity into smithereens.
The Republicans are divided
on the issue too, of course, but
there is not nearly the same
passion on either among Repub
licans and a big' row on the
WAVES BY CONTRACT
Bridegport, Conn. (U.R) A
CIO contract with Rilling-Der-metics
Co. provides that women
workers shall be given two days
off a year to get permanent
waves.
Joe and Stewart AIsop
issue would clearly hurt the
Democrats far more. The hurt
could be especially painful to
Adlai Stevenson. As in the case
of the offshore oil issue in 1952,
Stevenson will also certainly
have to declare himself on na
tural gas. A stand against the
gas interests might well lose him
a lot of Southern and South
western delegates. And Steven
son needs those delegates badly,
for the first-ballot win which
he is clearly planning for next
summer's convention.
1955, New Work Herald
Tribune Inc.
In The Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
Something for the left wing
(government - run - everything)
Democrats to think about:
The right wing coalition gov
ernment of Prime Minister Rob
ert Menzies won a LANDSIDE
victory in Australia's general
elections.
Two and a half hours after
the counting , began, the right
wing coalition appeared certain
to win 71 seats out of a total of
122 in the all-powerful Aus
tralian house of representatives.
At that hour, the opposition
Labor party had won only 47
seats, with four seats (districts)
remaining doubtful.
In the present house (which
will be replaced by the new one)
the right wing coalition party
held only 64 seats against the
Labor party's 57. A majority is
62 which left -the right wing
coalition .a narrow majority of
only three.
In the new house,' chosen yes
terday, they appear certain of a
majority of at least nine. -
IIHY IS the Australian elec
" tion significant?
In order to answer that ques
tion, we'll have to xecite a little
history.
TN AN effort to lift itself by
its bootstraps, the English-speaking-world
began somewhat
more than two decades ago to
swing toward socialism. This
swing began in Australia and
New Zealand which, led by
Labor parties, went all-out for
government-run-everything. The
swing reached Britain in 1945,
when the Conservative party,
headed by Winston Churchill,
was thrown out and the British
Labor party came into power.
This swing was reflected in
our country by the New Deal
Fair Deal administrations which
remained in power from 1932
until 1952.
17"EEP THIS in mind:
This broad swing toward
socialism goverment run every
thing, make everybody rich and
happy by the simnle process of
passing a law BEGAN IN AUS
TRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
The counter-swing that is to
say, the swing AWAY from
government-run-everything soc
ialism STARTED IN AUS
TRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
several years ago. Both countries
threw out Labor governments
and voted in more conservative
government.
fPHEN came the counter-swing
in Britain..
Britain, too, threw out the
socialist-leaning Labor party
which, in its years in power had
gone a long way toward social
ism, embracing government
ownership of steel, coal, trans
portation, etc.
Britain also following the
lead of Australia and New Zeal
and confirmed its swing swing
against Labor party socialism
at a succeeding election.
Now Australia confirms again
its verict that Labor party social
ism isn't what it is cracked up
to be.
The circle is complete.
That is why the general elec-
CHARLES
E. JONES
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face unpalatable truths. That
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probably just a temporary irri
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doubt go away if we give it
time. Too many of us put oft
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our physician for a periodic
check-up. Similarly, possibility
of early death is an unpleasant
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think about. Yet only two cate
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these who have no dependents
and those who have made,
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ra am Ahead
SUGGESTED BIBLE
READING VERSES
The Medford Council of
Church Women each year be
between Thanksgiving and
Christmas sponsors a pro
gram of daily Bible reading,
recommending a diffeze n't
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:
Luke 15: 1-10.
News
tions in Australia are interest
ing.
fFHAT raises this question:
- What will happen in the
United States?
THE GOVERNMENT-run-every-i
Hi n C miner n-f lta Tamrry-iir
party is leaning obviously to
ward MORE government-run-
everything. There are signs that
this .government-run-every thing
wing of the Democratic party
may be looking with pleased an
ticipation at the idea of a coali
tion with Big Labor to form a
Labor party patterned after the
Labor party program in Aus
tralia, New Zealand and Britain.
Will that happen?
If so, will such a coalition
WIN in next year's general elec
tion in the U.S?
T WOULDN'T know.
But there are weak-kneed
Republicans who are afraid of
it. They want the GOP to lean
more, strongly toward government-run-everything.
Their mot
to is: "Anything, Lord, to GET
ELECTED."
QNE OF our most intelligent
political commentators is a
man named Samuel Lubell. He
is a political analyst, as well as
political commentator.
He says the swing in the
United States of America is to
ward moderate conservation.
What has just happened in Aus
tralia, when considered in its
proper relation to all that has
preceded ; it, seems to confirm
Lubell's conclusion.
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Pavelich, Former
Yugolav Terrorist
Living in Argentina
By CHARLES McCANN
United Press Correspondent
. One of the men who helped
sow the seeds of World War II
is living as a refugee in Argen
tina.
He has been
accused of try
ing to organ
ize a. terrorist
organization in
behalf of oust
td Dictator
Juan D. Peron.
Ante Pave
lich, the dur
able leader of
the once-dread-
CUanes Mctann ea UUStaCul
terrorists of Yugoslavia, denies
the Argentine charge. He says he
is just a man of peace now.
If ever a man lived on borrow
ed time, it is Pavelich. He has
had death sentences '. hanging
over him since 1929. .
But Pavelich is living prosperously-
in Buenos Aires. He
says he is making progress as a
building contractor. .
Pavelich was in the newspaper
headlines all over the world in
1934.
On Oct. 49 of that year, King
Alexander I of Yugoslavia was
on a state visit to France. He
was driving slowly through Mar
seilles in an open car with
French Foreign Minister Louis
Barthou beside him between
lanes of cheering people.
Gunman Killed King
A gunman leaped onto the
running board of the car and
shot both men dead. Guards cut
down the assassin with sabres
and pistols. The enraged crowd
finished him off.
It soon developed that the as
sassination had been organized
by the Oustachis, a band of
Yugoslavs pledged to win inde
pendence as a separate state for
the province as a separate state
for the province of Croatia by
any means, Pavelich was their
leader.
Pavelich turned up in Fascist
Italy. It developed that he had
been permitted to maintain
fantastic terrorist cSmp in Hun
gary, just across the frontier
from Yugoslavia.
Benito Mussolini refused to ex
tradite Pavelich. The -crime
which he had organized caused
bitterness between France and
Italy, Italy and Yugoslavia and
Hungary and Yugoslavia. It
helped materially to create: the
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atmosphere" which led to World
War II.
Pavelich at that time already
was a veteran terrorist He had
been sentenced to death in Yugo
slavia for the assassination on
June 20, 1928, of Croat moder
ate leader Stephen Radich. But
he escaped.
Pavelich Disappeared
After the outbreak of World
War II, Mussolini and Adolf Hit-'
ler made Pavelich the Quisling
'chief of state" of a Croat gov
ernment. It is charged that, in-
that capacity, he was responsible
for the murder of 800,000 Serbs,
Croats and Jews.
Pavelich disappeared when
Germany collapsed. He was in
dicted as a major war criminal
by the postwar Yugoslav govern-'
ment of President Tito. It was
reported that he had been exe
cuted. But again he escaped.
This time, Pavelich turned up
in Argentina. Tito vainly sought .
io gei uiciaior -eron to extra
dite him. Tito said Pavelich had.
set up a "government" in Bue
nos Aires, still, seeking a sepa-
rate Croat state.
Stocky, grim-faced Pavelich
may be now, as he says, just a
man of peace. But he is the last
of the old-fashioned terrorists
who plagued the Balkans for
generations. A lot of people
would like to see him dead.
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