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Los Angeles. Bottle. Portland. St- Louu Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCM-ATllON i7 t "O NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS 1 ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medfozd and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years ago. - s10 YEARS A$0 Dec. 28. 1945 at was Friday) TTlrvvrl Hart. S. M. T...n: nionn .Tarksnn. Diamond jauiiis. """" ,T . Flynn, John Moffat, B. L. Nut ting, Tom Wray and Mark oldy elected to Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce board of director. From Artftur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Midget washing machines are promised the public nsxt month. Older girls fer tftey will get them likthj di8 nylons for Christ mas. G 20 fsa. G (,11 was .jc.. Medford area has unusual weaker; ednse fog, clearing, 45-mile-per-hour winds, heavy rain and snow in foothills during day. Great Britain's luxury liner Queen Mary being readied for maiden voyage to New York soon. 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 8. 1335 (It was Silonday) he Mail Trgjune will start republishing seven days a week beginning Jan. 3, 1926, when the Sunday Sun is discontinued. New Medford High school Gnow under construction antici pated to be ready May 1. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1915 (It was Tuesday) Eastern and western divisions of state teachers association merge during annual conven tion here. o . From Local and Personal col numn: "Town politics" has begun v - Y" t i i 1 AT to effervesce a nuie on me ciropt rnrners. but nothing tan- pihle has so far developed in the way of an interesting cam- f - What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of th 7? Ocopr. 1955. Editorial Research Ropart 1. .Tan. 1 has been celebrated (T) Vie Vippinnine of a new vear nce-.shortly after the birth of Christ; right or wrong? 2. Which man prominently n mentioned for the Democratic presidential nomination next Qi.Public school teachers over thnation call their chief prob lem now bad spelling, discipline, o inability t read, or absence of n religious training 4. Many more Americans spend a vacation in Florida or in gurope, or is it about 50-50? 5. Pope Pius XII was crowned shortlv before, during or shortly O after Wgrld War II? 6. Wnich bateball manager Owon a pennant in both major leagues? 7. Secretary of State Dulles is oloer or younger than Presi dent Eisenhower, or the same age? The Anrers: 1. Wrong, only for the last three or four cen luries; . Gov. Harriman of N.Y.; 3. Discipline (national report lag$)f ); 4. Many more in Flor id . Shortly before; 6. Mc Car& fCiieB5 tubs, N. Y. YanfcewV Vfc years older. G O By UKITID PRESS Traffic accidents claimed five O iives and fire iilled a sixth per son in Washington State during the Christmas weekend. o Q mail tribune Satellite Problems A couple of million problems, more or less, must be solved before a tiny, man-made earth satellite can be launched some time in 1957. " One of these, discussed along with others in a re cent issue of the Scientific American, is getting the basketball-sized vehicle fired off in such a manner that it not only gets up the 300 or so miles necessary to achieve an orbit, but that it also forms an orbit al most exactly corresponding to the curvature of the earth below. OIRST, the instrument-laden satellite has to be blast- ed free of the earth's gravity by a three-stage rocket. As this complicated and tricky job is being done, the angle of flight has to be inclined more, and more to the horizontal, so that when the satellite has reached its orbit area, it is proceeding on a circular not eliptical course around the earth. If the angle is too great or too little, the orbit will be an elipse, with one end too far out in space, the other end too close to the atmosphere, which would create a drag and bring it down sooner than planned. AND what, we may ask, is the purpose of it all? Who cares whether or not we get a satellite into the heavens above us? What's to be gained? It is part of a cooperative research project entitled the International Geophysical Year, to be observed worldwide in 1957 and 1958, to gain more knowledge about the world it origins, in the heavens, its surroundings and habits. From knowledge comes understanding and power. Man's gains in material things have always been based on a greater comprehension of his surroundings. The satellite project, research plans (including several Antarctic expedi tions), are all a part of this objective. E.A. Plans for The Johns-Manville tures building materials, has described plans for har vesting lodgepole, or jack pine, on a sustained yield basis. The tree, long regarded as useless, grows m huge quantities on the eastern slope of the Cascades. From time to time we have speculated on various uses for the hardy little trees, with the thought in mind that any resource so abundant and so easy of access must, soCner or later, have a use found for it. "THE possibilities revolve around the developing processes for the use of pulp and chips, for the jack pine is a small tree, and would not lend itself to the production of lumber, as such. Johns-Manville presumably would chip the wood either for use in pressed-board manufacture or for pulp products uses which are growing in importance even for the larger lumber-producing trees in the utilization of waste products. The plan is to cut up to 60,000 cords annually, employing some 400 people, possibly in the Klamath Falls area which is near to vast stands of jack pine. It is estimated that the area could produce up to 287,000 cords annually on a sustained yield basis. THE company has not made any definite decision on opening a big plant as yet, but whether or not it does soon does not change the fact that use of lodgepole pine is definitely a part of the future econ omy of southern and central Uregon. It is a part of the over-all timber usage picture, which is slowly growing to the point where practically every part ot every usable tree win ultimately una a use : like Diss, where "everything but the squeal" is useful. E.A. Cranes Making Comeback It gives us pleasure to report that the whooping crane situation is looking up. Early in the fail it was reported that several small birds had hatched out in the nearly-extinct flock, which nests in Canada in the summertime, and in Texas in the wintertime. But the fear was that they might not survive, the long flight southward. MOW, it is reported, 20 adults (one less than last ' year) and eight fledgelings -(eight more than last year) have been counted in the Aransas refuge on the Gulf of Mexico. The missing adult may still turn up, it is thought by bird experts. In the year 1941-42 only 15 of the big birds were known to exist. The most recent additions bring the total up to at least 28, and those who are most con cerned now think there is reason to be optimistic that the cranes will not go the way of the dodo and the passenger pigeon. TN ANY materialistic scale of values the survival of the whooping crane doesn't mean a thing, really. But the fact that many people feel pleased that the big white birds with the black wingtips have not died out, and that there is a good chance they will survive as a species, is proof that not all things can be judged on the basis of material values for which praise be. E.A. Ike Confers With Dulles, Twining Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower held an unscheduled conference yesterday with Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Nathan F. Twining. It was the second time in two days that the President had un expectedly called in Dulles, his chief foreign policy adviser. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen of the conference after Dulles and Twi Wednesday, December 28. 1955 its composition, its place and the hundreds of other Lodgepole company, which manufac ning had entered the President's office. Hagerty said he could not tell the reason for the meeting or what was discussed. Mr. Eisenhower met with Dulles alone for about an hour Monday to discuss "four or five subjects" in world affairs. The President began working yesterday on his State of the Union message. In this era of global responsibility, the state of the union hinges more and more on the state of the world. Russia Trying to Capitalize On Greece's Cyprian Attitude By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Soviet Russia is trying hard to take advantage of the dispute between Greece and Great Brit ain over the island of Cy prus. The bitter Greek r e sent ment at Brit ain's refusal to give up the island gives Russia a good chance to move in. Advices from Athens Charles Met arm Say toat the Sovier Embassay is organizing visits of Greek politicians, scien tists and leaders in cultural fields to Russia. Evidently at Russia's order, the Communist satellites of Ro mania and Albania are seeking to restore their diplomatic rela tions with Greece. The Greek Communist party has been outlawed since the bloody civil war which followed World War II, when the Com munists might have taken over the country had it not been for American aid. But that is being forgotten now, and the Cyprus situation is in the spotlight. Neutralism Growing There seems to be an increas ing tendency toward a policy of "neutralism" in Greece, largely after of Fact WHAT KIND OF WAR? Washington Atomic bombs about the size of a grapefruit can be fitted as warheads to small rockets, baby versions of such existing rockets as the "Honest John." Three or four of these baby rockets with baby atomic warheads can easily be car ried in a jeep. Thus a couple Stewart Alsop of G. I.s in a jeep could have at their disposal the firepower of 200 World War II blockbusters. This suggests how new weapons developments are revolutionizing ground war fare. It also suggests an inter esting question: what kind of war are we preparing to fight? The summit meeting is sup posed to have led to a tacit agreement by both sides not to resort to the nation - destroy ing mterconti nen t a 1 weap ons. If so, we should logical ly be going all out to prepare our ground V forces to fight localized wars with revolu tionary means. Are we doing so? The answer Joseph Also is that the Army is more than ever the stepchild of the services. Moreover, it remains essentially a World War II Army. This is not because the revolutionary means are unknown. On the contrary, some brilliant advances have been made by Army re searchers. For example: rpHE "space-linked track" and the "terradynamic vehicle" have been developed by the Army's Land Locomotion Re search Laboratory in Detroit. Enthusiasts say that the "space linked track" is as big an ad vance in land locomotion as the jet engine in aviation; and that the "science of terradynamics" will do for movement on the sur face of the earth what aerody namics has done for movement in the air. Great advances have already been made in this field, like the experimental "Ground hog," which will go virtually everywhere; and the brilliantly successful M-59 troop carrier, an early prototype of which was given credit for winning the battle of Porkchop Hill at the end of the Korean War. Or take "automation artillery" and "burnable case ammuni tion." New "automation" de vices make it possible for a heavy artillery piece to fire a shell a second, and the piece is serviced by three men, instead of thirteen. And it is also possi ble to make a shell whose case is burned up in the firing, thus immensely simplifying the sup ply problem. Then there are such advances as the new gas turbine tank en- Si 'fS ' 'I January 3 If 111 I CrV 1 trVtVI January 3 NEW CLASSES ARE NOW BEING ORGANIZED For People Who Want to Make a Fresh Start in the New Year Modern Facilities Are Available DAY SCHOOL 9:00 to 4:00 Mon. thru Fri. Robertson School of Business 40 N. Riverside Medford, Oregon Ph. 3-4264 DECIDE NOW TO KNOW HOW because of Cyprus. Premier Constantin Karaman lis, who took over the govern ment upon the death of Marshal Alexander Papagos last Octo ber, is pro-Western. But soon after he took office his foreign minister, Spyros Theotokis, warned that a "neu tralist" policy might result be cause of Greek dissatisfaction with Western Allied policy on the Cyprus issue. Now an influential middle-of-the-road party has come out for "equal friendship with all sides" in foreign. This is the Liberal Democratic Union led by Sopho cles Venizelos. George Cartalis, mayor of Volos and leader of the left-wing democratic Working People's party, recently returned from a good-will visit to Russia with a group of his followers. Premier Has 10 Months The Greek Rally party which Karamanlis heads is nominally in office until next November. But there has been increasing talk that Karamanlis might ad vance the date of the election. The chief reason seems to be that his party is losing support because of the Cyprus situation. It was first suggested that a parliamentary election be held next April. Now it is reported that Karamanlis may get King Paul to call one as early as Feb ruary. Greece is a member of the By Joe and Stewart Alsop gine developed by Cadillac, which makes possible a tank with a previously unprecedented fuel range. Finally, and perhaps most important of all, major breakthroughs in electronics have provided the means for really sure communication at very great distances, such that a commander can maintain con trol over even his smaller units when they are dispersed over hundreds of square miles. In short, the means are already at hand for a real atomic-age army. An atomic age army, ac cording to official Soviet mili tary doctrine, must be capable of "quick, decisive action of co operating groups of dispersed small units." It must also, as our own Nevada nuclear tests proved last spring, have maximum armor for protection against nuclear heat, blast and radia tion. And, especially for an ocean-surrounded power like the United States, it must have max imum mobility, not only on the ground, but by air for long dis tances. rpHIS is the kind of army the 1 Russians are building. They have broken up their divisions into six brigades capable of fighting on their own. They have put enormous emphasis on armor and mobility. Nineteen of the twenty Soviet forward di visions in Europe, and seventy five of the grand total of some 175 Red Army divisions have been fully or partially "atomi cized," or prepared for modern war. We are not building such an army, except in the blueprints. A start has been made on "atomi cizing" two of our nineteen di visions (of which seven are not really fighting divisions at all). But air transport is woefully in adequate. During the Guata malan crisis, for example, the possibility arose of armed inter vention on an emergency basis but it turned out that there was hardly ' transport enough for a single regiment. The Germans, who are no fools about warfare, plan to have 600 vehicles like the M59 in each of their new divisions, the object being to give every soldier protection from nuclear weapons. American infantry di visions are provided with just seven such vehicles. And the Army is profiting from other technical advances only on a test or prototype basis. GIVEN the supremacy of this country in the automative and communications field, we ought to be able to beat the Com munist world, with its unchal lengeable manpower superiority, all hollow in this respect. But we are not doing it. The main reason is, of course, money. A rough but expert guess is that it would cost upwards of $3,000,000,000 to atomicize twelve divisions. That is a lot of money. But losing wars, even small wars, or not being able to fight them at all, can be very costly too. (C) 1955, New .York Herald Tribune Inc. NIGHT SCHOOL 7:00 to 10:00 Mon. and Thurs. North Atlantic Treaty Alliance and is tied with Turkey and Yugoslavia in a Balkan" defense alliance. Serious Splits But these ties have weakened seriously. Greece is taking al most no part in North Atlantic Treaty activities. It is angry with Turkey because of anti-Greek riots in that country last Sep tember over the Cyprus dispute. Turkey does not want Greece to get Cyprus. With all this in mind, it is not surprising that Russia is trying to capitalize on the Greek frame of mind, as it is trying to capital ize on Arab enmity toward Israel. It is not surprising either that Russia's activity in Greece seems to be meeting with some success. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a oen name or initial for publication is Dermis 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. True Santa Story To the Editor: A lady who lives on the Eastside of Medford came in my shop 10 days before Christmas and asked to rent my Santa, who waves his hand, motor operated. I let her have Santa for her party. She re turned Santa shortly after and said he was a big hit. She had left her address on a card so I would know where he was. She offered to pay for his use, but I told her Santa never charged for his services. So she said many thanks, I'll remem ber. Two days later a special delivery came, a large box of gift pears; addressed to Santa Claus co Gardner's Shoe Shop. Was Santa surprised. Then I remembered I had torn up the lady's name and ad dress. So Santa stands .with a sly grin, waving to passers-by, and only he knows who sent the pears and is the only Santa Claus in Medford to receive a gift. W. L. Gardner, 612 East Main St., Medford, Ore. Power Sale To the Editor: We would re spectfully invite the advocates of public power to read U.S. News and World Report for Dec. 9, Page 66, where it is told how Stevens county, Washington, aft er 20 years trial, figured up and found that private industry paid $17,000 in taxes, and public power cost them $8,000 in taxes, making the private industry $25,000 each year more profit able, and voted strongly .to sell their public power to the indi vidual company to operate and get better service. Notice Mr, Wayne Morse, the terrible Ei senhower giveaway, is on the other foot, and no doubt would be in every case if honestly fig ured, not mentioning his repeat ed charges of Eisenhower's polit ical immorality and the honey combed political immorality of the Republican party, by a man that should be authority on im morality. Ira C. Jones 2325 Stewart Ave. Medford, Ore. FAMILY AFFAIR Superior, Wis. i(U.R) Fred Monaghan, 21, went out driving Tuesday and collided with a car driven by his brother, Patrick, 24. Patrick suffered head cuts so someone called an ambu lance. The ambulance that ar rived on the scene was driven by a third Monaghan brother, Wilbur. MEDFORD Pi mm Wmmk MmmBt mmm mtWMgmk mmm. 'mm-mmm . . . Anofri&r j history- f J making I I event ' ZAAljv WATCH FOR OUR AD SUNDAY, JANUARY In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS For days everybody on the Pa cific Coast has been talking about the weather (Ugh!!!). Let's change the subject and talk for a moment about politics not who-gets- what-job politics but the big political swings that af fect our national economy. There are some interesting straws in the political winds. STRAW No. 1: Washington dispatches re port that the congressional out look is stormy for the Eisen hower administration's plan to ask five billion dollars for for eign aid which would be a re versal of our present policy to keep foreign aid gradually shrinking. So far, the proposal has received a chilly welcome from senators of both parties. REPUBLICAN Senator Charles Potter of Michigan, for example, says he will regard a five billion dollar foreign aid request with a "jaundiced" eye LET'S take a look at Senator Potter. He enlisted in the army in 1942 as a private, rose to the ra.nk of major, was critically wounded in action in 1945, re sulting in the loss of both of his legs. He didn't let that discour age him, and has gone on to live an active and useful life in pub lic service. He is a thoughtful conservative T IKE. Senator Potter, I'm in- clined to look upon IN CREASED foreign aid spending with a jaundiced eye. It is de signed to buy good will for us. I wonder if it does. AMERI CANS ARE THE MOST PROS PEROUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. Very well-to-do people are seldom popular. Witness: "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." (Matthew XIX 24.) STRAW No. 2: Congressional APROVAL (the dispatches say) is foreseen for a farm program containing the administration's "soil bank" plan for taking surplus crop land out of production. GOP Representative Clifford 'Hope of Kansas says: "There will be a farm bill at the coming session of congress, and the soil' bank will be an essential part of it." Democrats; even left-wing Democrats, are speaking with less fervor of returning to guar anteed high parity for basic crops and are refraining from speaking with severe disappro val of the soil bank plan. The soil bank plan is begin ning to look to BOTH. SIDES like a good way out of the farm problem political dilemma. XIFHAT of this soil bank " h business? It's good POLITICS. MAIN AND M DECEMBER In Case of CALL Hubbard Bros., Inc. 9! I doubt if it's good agriKilture. About the best that can be said of it is that it is better than the present subsidy system which is building up huge sur pluses to hang like a dark thun dercloud over the markets of the future. THE West, in particular, needs tn ctnrKr fVio cm'1 Hanlr nrn. posal carefully. It could result in a big tem porary boom in the market for grass seeds, of which the West is a heavy producer. But it could also result in a huge expansion of erasslands and GRAZING, thus bringing heavy added competition to the West's great livestock industry. Insurance Firm Extends Flood Victims' Premiums Hartford, Conn. (U.R) Con necticut General Life Insurance Company announced today that policy holders in Oregon, Cali fornia and Nevada flood areas would be allowed an extra 31 days in which to make premium payments. The premium moratorium ap plies to all premiums falling due between Nov. 26 and Jan. 9. The company also said it had rein forced its staff to aid in provid ing loans for policy holders. There Is Ho for an insured savings ac count. Start with any amount. You'll discover friendly, personal service. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated To Those Who Save Daily's U-Brivs Medford Airport RIVERSIDE 29 AND 30 Emergency 2 - 6189 goes on at Penney's, SOON! 1st 8 m . ( o
