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o .O o o FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) "Everybody In Southern Oregon redUJ inn aian inpune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 OADFDT 07 DT7TJ1 YAitnT HERB GREY Advertising ManageT E. C. FERGUSON Managing Editor HAkRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor OLIVE STARCKER Society Editor EARL H. ADAMS. Smday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as wcond class matter at Mediord Oregon, under Act of Marcn j. io' S SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ditty and Sunday One vear $12.00 , i c...j c v mnnthl 6.50 LJBuy ana ouhuot Daily and Sunday Three moa 3-ou Sunday Oniv one vear Ashland. Central P""-.,? ai Jacksonville. wa 'irVlT , Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent ana on niuwi ,km Dailv and Sunday One year 15 00 Daily and Sunday One month l Carrier ana ueaiers -"- All Terms t- asnmmji' Sfficlaf-Paper of the City of Medford Ofllclal i-?phji- United Prs Full Leasea H5 -KEMBER-Ot JR5S;5T,BEAU AdyerminE f'n" U, ,A fNC SSfcesin New-Yo'cMcaga De- troit San rrancucu. ----- SeattU Portland. St. Louis Atlanta VanmVM B.C. NATIONAL EDITOtJAl ASSOdl-ATllO.N WmiiMia.'.u.'.i-H.ii NEWSPAPER f -AocAnoN Flight Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The M4D Tribune 10. 20. 30 and i0 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 23. 1945 (It was Sunday) Walter H. Leverette of Med ford announces plans to con struct an 800-seat theater in Cen tral Point. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The eclipse of moon Tues. started exactly on time 3 advertised, 4:28 p.m. No parade ever held in this burg, has been as prompt. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 23. 1935 (It was Monday) Rain is forecast for Medford and area for Christmas day. Charles A. Lindbergh, his wife and son, Jon, leave for England because of increase in threats and dread of kidnapers. 30 EARS AGO Dec. 23, 1925 (It was Wednesday) Jackson county grand jury returns six indictments ranging from arson to auto theft. From Local and Personal col umn: Christmas programs will be presented at the majority of the rural schools in the county this evening, marking the close for school sessions in 1925. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 23, 1915 ' (It was Thursday) John Stevens and J. B. Piatt, digging artesian water well, find indications of oil in sand re--'moved from 850 feet down; well is six miles southeast of Med ford. From Willow Springs items: QThe annual telephone meeting of lines 14 and 18 will be held at the schoolhouse December 31, 1915, at 2 o'clock sharp. What's the Answer? Can You Gel 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. !st of the Ford Motor Co stock Swed by the Ford Founda tion? is of the voting or non-voting category? GL In very much less or more than half of all fatal auto acci dents, or about half, the driver at 'fault was under the influence of liquor? 3. The actual cost of a good pair of men's shoes for a U. S visitor in Moscow is about $15, $30, S45, $60, or $75? There are many more U. S trade unionists inside or outside the new AFL-CIO? 5. As a result of the 1948-49 Jsrael-Arab war, Israel got more or less territory than contem plated in the 1947 U. N. partition plan? 6. Prices of old houses in most parts of the country are expected to go lower or higher next year or to stay about the same? 7. James B. Conant is presi dent of Harvard, ambassador to Moscow, Presidential advisor on disarmament, or ambassador to the West Berlin Republic? The, Answers: 1. Non-voting; 2. Much less ihan half; 3. About S75; 4. Many more inside; 5. About one-third more; 6. To go lower, generally; 7. Ambassador. io West Germany. ...Help Fight TB MAIL TRIBUNE Christmas Letter From Germany (Note: As it did last year, the Mail Tribune is pleased to publish a Christmas letter from Germany, written by Dr. Franz Oexle, a young editor on the newspaper, The Konstanz Suedkurier, who makes his home across the Lake of Konstanz in Switzerland.) Dear Eric : When you wrote to me your last Christmas letter from Oregon, the congressional elections in your country were just over. At that time I worked on local news here, and thought how glad I was to have nothing to do with politics, as far as election cam paigns are concerned. But last Sunday, on my desk in my office waited several manuscripts of campaign speeches, to be re written, put together and I like the job, though it calls you up the next morning to say: My dear man, you didn t print all that I paring to elect a new state parliament for Baden- Wuertemberg. TVfAYBE you have heard ATA Germany's Chancellor Adenauer has with the co alition out of which he builds up his cabinet. The Bonn government is run by the biggest party of the country, the Christian Democrats, together with the Free Democrats successor to the old liberal party. As you know, the Social Democrats are in opposition to Adenauer. Therefore the chancellor wants to hold at least the members of his coalition close to his foreign policy: No separate talks The leader of the Free Democrats asks, Why not talk with the Soviets if we can get reunification of our county easier that way?" But the Old Man answers: "If the Free Democrats don't want to fol low the chancellor, and the biggest party, they had better leave the coalition and the government right now." "THE leader of the "rebels," Thomas Dehler, de clared that "I have never intended to talk with the Soviets." But the 80-year-old chancellor hasn't yet forgiven him for his disloyalty. Some commentators have added that if the Free Democrats don't make the turn back to Adenauer, they will disappear. In 1957,, after the next parlia mentary elections, it could be that Germany will be come a two-party state, like the U.S. or Great Britain. yf EANWHILE, it's Christmas time again, although there is no snow around the Bodensee. Only if the weather is clear can we see ' the white-capped Swiss Alps south of the lake. On the Market the oldest place in Konstanz glare each night the elec tric lights of a 60-foot high Christmas tree. In the evening the narrow streets between the Rathous (city hall) and the port are crowded with people who do their Christmas shopping. The shop windows are no more empty, like ten years ago, and sometimes it seems this economical recovery has come almost too fast. Even on Sundays the stores are open. The Bundestag our federal parliament decided so. There was quite a fight whether or not the stores should be open on the three Sundays before Christmas. COME residents of Konstanz go across the border to Zurich, Switzerland, to look for Christmas gifts, and some Swiss go the other way. The Swiss buy Christmas trees over here because they are less expensive in Germany, and because they come from the Black Forest. The Germans buy chocolate and coffee in Switzerland because of the same reason: It's better and less expensive on the other side of the red and white border posts. Recently I was the guest of a nearby high school. Hundreds of young fellows wanted to see my Ameri can color slides. How often have you been with me when I shot them in Eugene, Salem, Astoria, Port land, San Francisco particularly that New Year's eve on San Francisco's Market Street I'll never for get. Sometimes slide-picture speeches are tiring. But this one was different. I never had more attentive listeners. I also could not complain about lacking applause. Once more I noticed that our youngsters are really interested in details about your cuntry, and then they wonder that many, things I show them are not the same as they see in the movies. At first they would not believe me when I told them about Christmas trees in the win dows, of houses in the Far "West, and about the Christmas song which sounds like one of ours. HTHERE is an old church in the Konstanz neighbor hood. It is placed on a hill that rises right up from the lake. In the Holy Night, many hundreds of peo pleCatholics as well as Protestants come to that church in order to attend the midnight mass. It's a solemn picture to see the churchgoers at night, some with candle-lights. For me it is always a memorable moment to listen to the bells and the organ on that day, after the minister reads the Evangelium. Eric, I hope you will have a beautiful Christmas, too. I send you and your family my best wishes, and so does Margrit. We both wish the day is not so far when we can meet again. As ever, Franz. Onion Growers Favor Ontario , (U.PJ Onion grow ers and shippers in eastern Ore gon and southwest Idaho have gone on record in favor of abolishing the trading of onions on the Futures Board. A resolution passed by the Malheur County, Ore., Onion Growers Association, as well as the Idiaho Shippers Association, asked for immediate national legislation to abolish the com Friday, December 23, 1955 made up for Pages 1 or 2. can happen that somebody said . .. We are now pre . i about the trouble Western with the Soviets. Abolishing Trade modity from futures trading. Association members yester day pointed out that onions to be delivered to the Chicago Mer cantile Exchange were traded five months ahead of planting and 11 months ahead of de livery date. Members claimed that early trading tended to increase plant ing, which led to increased pro duction and depressed prices at harvest time. jjjlAffliiiii im -I 1 rP-Tmr------'' ,. , . - - MEASURING 5 BY 6 INCHES,- this is Christmas card being sent out by President and Mrs. Eisenhower. It is blue, with presidential seal, greetings in gold lettevs.(International) Babson on Southern Crops Richmond, Va. Southern agriculture has come a long way since the days when Dixie was largely a two-crop country. Be- sides cotton and tobacco, she now raises a wide variety of valu able farm products, the sale of which greatly enhances the nation's total farm income. The bulk of Soger W. Babson the domestic cotton crop is grown in the South. This year's indicated total U.S. outturn - is surprisingly large in view of the sharp cut in plantings last spring. Were it not for the gov ernment loan, this ability of southern . farmers to get more out of less would wreak havoc with cotton prices this season. However, with prices supported at a good average level, the white staple will add materially to Dixie's farm income during 1955-1956. " ' ' . Tobacco has long been a ma jor crop in the South. Millions of Americans smoke, and now with women unfortunately smoking, the number is bound to increase. As the scare over possible lung malignancy from smoking appears to have sub- Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a Den name or Initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. "Thou Shalt Not . . ." To the Editor: The rain came down with unabated fury upon highway and byway Sunday afternoon. Deep in the forest it was quiet as it always is on a rainy day. Along the back roads cars slipped into the forest with an almost furtive air. The people in the cars were of all ages and many had been to church this day. You could tell. To the man and the deer that watched, it was easy to see that something was wrong as it always was this time of year. - They had come into the forest again . . . they always did. This year it was no different. This day was different. This was the Sunday before Christmas. Christmas, the birthday of our Lord, Saviour of Mankind. The Christ child who was born so long ago. He who had said so many things that man should remember. But man did not. He who wrote only once, in the sand to have it wash away, as His words have for so many. This season heralded the birth of Him who said, "Thou shalt not steal ..." They had come again, the man thought, as he . watched from high above where the stream was born that fed the valley far below. They came like a swarm of hungry locusts. With axes, knives, hatchets. They climbed the fences and cut the trees that God had planted. The trees that grew on land that someone else had under his care, for the brief span that he is here. When the fallen tree did not have the beauty it had while yet alive, they cut again, with complete disregard for the man who cared for the land and the tree, and for Him who had planted it. To steal a tree is a strange way. to celebrate the birth of Him who said ... "Love thy neighbor . . ." "Thou shalt not steal ; . ". Pete Logan, Dark Hollow rd., Medford, Ore. h ' CHRISTMAS HOLLY - PQINSETTIAS Potted CAMELLIAS - CYCLEMEN rHFPPiFc. ppppppc GARDEN PLANTS & DISH CUT FLOWERS CARNATIONS ROSES MUMS Colorful Plants Gift Wrapped and Delivered on your dare! Marshall Nursery & Florist 12th & Newtown Phone 3-1657 Open Sundays and Holidays . sided, this year's above-average U.S. tobacco crop should have no difficulty moving into con suming channels at a fair price. Incidentally, I am told that in creased use of filter-tip cigar ettes should sharply boost de mand for lowergrade tobacco. However, I am not an expert on smoking problem?. Sugar, Sweet Potatoes, And Bice A sizeable amount of sugar cane is grown in the South, prin cipally in Louisiana and Florida. This vear's indicated crop of 7,056,000 tons is well above ave rage, but is by no means exces sive. The sweet potato crop also is mostlv southern-erown. The 1955 estimated U.S. crop of 36, 100,000 bushels is 21 per cent above the short crop of last year, but is 23 per cent below the 1944-5 average. I forecast a good demand at satisfactory prices. Rice is a fairly important crop in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missis sippi, and Texas. Although the 1955 crop is well above the ten- year average it will by no means prove burdensome, since the outlook for U.S. . consump tion and exports is excellent, Prices, in fact, are likely to ave rage somewhat higher over the longer term. Golden Harvest Your morning glass of orange juice or grapefruit juice prob ably originates in Florida, .Tex as, or Arizona. Pending a - sud den freeze, I expect an early and mid-season orange crop for 1955-56 of around 67,000,000 boxes down about 3 per cent from the year-earlier outturn. Florida's Valencia crop sMtiuld be in the vicinity of 39,000,000 boxes up 7 per cent from a year ago. Arizona and Texas should produce an additional 1,000,000 boxes. Florida tangerines should be around 4,600,000 boxes down 10 per cent from last year. A good total outturn of grape fruit is indicated in Florida, Texas, and Arizona; but at a wickedly low price. The nrocessing end of the citrus industry has forged ahead rapidly. Demand for canned and frozen nroducts this season un- doubtedlv will be heavy a fact favorable to prices of fresh fruit. I forecast further growth for the rirocessinz division of the Sbuth's citrus business, but I urge that quality be maintained at a high level. Other Products The South is a major produ cer of fruits and vegetables for winter consumption. Given fa vorable weather, the outlook for the season ahead is good. I must also mention peanuts, pecans, and tung nuts, which contribute to southern prosperity. The pe can crop this year is short, but the peanut crop is close to ave rage. The South's teeming for ests are a major source of raw materials for the naval stores, the lumber, and the booming paper and pulp industries. I ex pect a continued good demand for these products, allowing for the usual seasonal variations. Although Dixie is not without its agricultural problems par ticularly cotton research, know-how, and patience should solve most of them .over the longer term. The progress, al ready made augurs well for the future. The South has also made great strides on the indus trial front. A strong agriculture, plus booming factories, will be a combination hard to beat. KILLED IN FALL Sweet Home OJ.R) Archie Durks. 46. was killed yesterday when he toppled into a sawdust conveyor at a mill here. DurKS fell some 30 feet into the con veyor at the Santiam Lumber Company mill. Survivors in clude eight small children. - AZALEAS nADUMc nicu 'ZfM3& GARDENS M, fag Strengthening Unity in Europe Said Best Good News of Week By CHARLES J. McCANN United Press Correspondent This week's good and bad news on the international bal ance sheet: The Good 1. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles returning from a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty c o u n in Paris, said that European nations feel "m ore than ever free more than ever sec ure." The increasing strength of the 15 -nation alli- Cnarles MrCann ance was dem onstrated in two countries. The West German parliament gave final approval to an agreement for U.S. military assistance for the new German army. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme allied commander, announced he would set up a new tactical air force in Italy. It will include both American and Italian planes. 2. The United Nations ended a long and serious deadlock on a seat in its Security Council. The Philippines supported by the United States, and Yugosla ia, supported by Great Britain, were rivals for the seat. By a compromise, Yugoslavia was elected on the 36th ballot. Yugo slavia promised to give up the seat after one year and let the Philippines hold it for the sec ond year. However, some dele gates were unhappy. They said the compromise violated the spirit of the U.N. charter. 3. The famous siren which for years had signaled the arrival of big news shrilled again from the building of the great inde pendent newspaper La Prensa of Buenos Aires. Seized and INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION Providence. R.I. 'CU.R) Judge Fueene L. Jalbert has a sugges tion for doctors. After trying un succesfully to decipher a medi cal excuse written by a doctor for a potential witness, he com mented: "I think doctors ougnt to be compelled to use a type writing machine for every thing." SUGGESTED BIBLE READING VERSES The Medford -Council of Church Women each year between Thanksgiving and Christmas sponsors a pro gram of daily Bible reading,, recommending a different 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: Isaiah 53:1 12. prostituted by Argentine Dicta tor Juan D. Peron, La Prensa was turned back to Dr. Alberta Gainza Paz, its editor and pub lisher. The Bad 1. Serious riots broke out in Jordan against a decision by young King Hussein and his gov ernment to join the Middle East ern Treaty Organization, which corresponds to the North Atlan tic Alliance in Europe. An offi cial announcement said that 41 persons were killed an 150 in jured in Amman, the capital, alone. No mention was made of the casualties in other cities, in cluding the Jordan section of Jerusalem. 2. The East German Commu nists became increasingly bel ligerent. The Communists threat ened to try Americans who are accused of offenses In East Ber lin. They were enraged because two American soldiers, accused of assaulting a Communist caba ret comedian, were acquitted by a U.S. Army court martial. It Is customary for the Russians to turn over to the U.S. Army any Americans arrested in East Ber lin. 3. Campaigning for the French parliamentary election, to be held Jan. 2 became steadily more confused and more riotous. l- m matte if fesTBve with p Thank You ! FOR THE GIFTS THEY CHOSE TO AND FOR THEIR PATRONAGE ALL FOR THE GIFTS THEY CH( FOR THEIR CHEERFULNESS AND GOOD WORK IN HELPING US SAY: "ITS CHRISTMAS-TIME AT WARDS" Gangs of the supporters of anti tax crusader Pierre Poujade broke up election meetings. There were three chief contest ing groups. They were Premier Edgar Faure's right - of - center coalition and Maurice Thorez's Communists. It was forecast that neither Faure nor Mendes France would get a majority and that Thorez would gain. The prospect was for continued French government bickering and indecision. NOW IS THE TIME to start building an insured savings account with us. You will find it pleasant and profitable to invest here. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated To Those Who Save . miK BUY AT WARDS YEAR LONG. a o
