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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDF0RDJ -TRIBUNE Everybody In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RLHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR.. Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act of QMarch 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bt Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year 912.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 650 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only one year wju. Bv Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland, Central Point, Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue Kiver, laieni, ' and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $13.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and ueaiers dc per copy. All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City ol Medford Official Paper ol JacKson county United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Aj4tiaT4iaint TJoni'oeAntfltivP' WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New York, Chicago, De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland, St. Louis, Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL asTocPatlqn U O O" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. FLIGHT O TIME STDG HED 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 16. 1946 (It was Wednesday) . County Judge J. B. Coleman announces that county road and bridge construction program will start as soon as materials and funds are available. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot Column: Farmers have finished plowing through their Jan. 15 income tax report. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 16, 1936 (It was Thursday) Karl Janouch, supervisor of Rogue River National forest, dis cusses possibilities of annexing Diamond lake into Crater Lake National park with Active club members. . Postmaster Frank DeSouze an nounces record high sale of stamps at local post office dur ing 1935. .. SO YEARS AGO Jan. 16, 1926 (It was Saturday) Playing at Rialto theater to night is Tom Mix and horse, Tony, in "The Best Bad Man." The Charleston championship contest at local theater closes tonight. 40 YEARS AGO Jan.ci6. 1916 (It was Sunday) From Jacksonville Items: The snow has afforded much amuse ment the past week, coasting parties being held every eve ning on Tuesday a large crowd came over from Medford to take advantage of the sport. From Local and Personal col umn: The season for general work on the farms will soon open in this valley. That fact suggests that a few chronic idlers about town would better look for a job or a more con genial climate for loafers. What's the Answer? Can You Gel 4 of the 71 Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Rsport 1. The Government now owns enough wheat to meet domestic needs for about (a) 6, (b) 12, (c) 18, or (d) 24 months? 2. Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, U. S. ambassador to Italy, is also U. S. representative at the Vatican; right or wrong? 3. Did the Communists or the Socialists poll a greater vote in the recent French elections, or was it 50-50? 4. The fece horse Nashua, re cently bought for more than a million dollars, is two, three or four years old, or older than four? 5. Youngest Eisenhower Cabi net , member is Secretary of Labor Mitchell, Attorney Gen eral Brownell, or Secretary of Agriculture Benson? 6. In computing par at golf two putts are always allowed for each green, regarlless of dis tance from tee; right or wrong? 7. Movie star Grace Kelly is betrothed to a prince of a small European country: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Mon aco or San Marino? The Answers: 1. 24 months; 2. Wrona: 3. Communists polled much more; 4. Four years old; 5. Brownell; 6. Eight; 7. Monaco. 5iK Long Step Forward It is .with a feeling of real satisfaction that we learn the Talent project, after a long wait and a hard fight, has finally been granted 2,400,000 of construc tion funds in the 1957 federal budget. This is another long step forward in the progress cf southern Oregon. In addition, $585,000 has been allocated for ad ditional rehabilitation work on the Medford and Rogue' River Valley Imgation districts' water distri bution systems. WHILE the Talent project has been the subject of political controversy from time to timer essen tially it is a non-political, project,1 and one which has received enthusiastic bi-partisan support. For it is a "good" project, one which is important to the valley, its people and their future. Allocation of construction funds, almost certain to be passed by Congress with unified support from the entire Oregon delegation, means that it is how on solid footing, and that -we can look f orward confi dently to work starting soon. .,-- IN THE ordinary course of events, it would be-some- time in late summer before work can start, due to the fact that the appropriation is for the fiscal year 1957, which begins next July 1. But it is hoped that an adjustment can be worked out to make construc tion funds available sooner through a supplemental budget request for 1956.' Planning is virtually com pleted, and only the availability of funds, and the process of putting it out for bids, limit start of the work. " One other element will be necessary the approv al of the landowners in the Talent district. In an elec tion to be held as soon as the details can be worked out, they will have an opportunity to approve the necessary repayment contract with the bureau, of re clamation. IT IS scarcely conceivable they would vote down the proposal. The property owners of the Talent district must be too well aware that in this project they have one of the best guarantees ever presented for future eco nomic stability and developing prosperity for the en tire community farming and non-farming alike not to take advantage of this golden opportunity. E.A. Banana A trip across the Green Springs highway to Kla math Falls last week serves as reinforcement to our long-held belief that the Rogue valley has it all over practically anywhere you can name. The staunch advocates of the "high desert" of the Klamath Basin, of whom there are several, can have it bleak, barren hills, treeless prairies, snow, and all. . VES, IT RAINS and snows in Jackson county. But it rains less here than it does in the Willamette valley to the north. And it snows less than it does in the Klamath country to the east. It gets warm here in the summertime but not as hot as it does in the Sacramento valley to the south. And local fog, which wre have occasionally, can't compare with the pea soupers along the coast to the west. - As we wound down the tortuous curves of the highway en route home, we came into a sprinkling 01 California mist (which someone said missed California and hit Oregon), and into the lush greenery of the Siskiyou foothills. The banana belt at last, a companion remark ed with satisfaction. E.A. Another Preachment The Oregon game commission has announced the melancholy fact that 10 persons were killed' by" gun fire during the hunting seasons last year. Forty-six were wounded non-fatally tions. The total of dead was three less than, the year previous, but the total of wounded climbed from 37 the year before, bringing the number of serious acci dents to 56, compared to 50 in 1954. '. THERE must be a moral here somewhere. Maybe it is that hunting is a dangerous sport, Maybe it is that carelessness with deadly weapons can be deadly. It is for certain that some hunters pay no attention to loud and repeated advice to be careful. For the game commission points out that the causes of all the accidents were among the "same old bugaboos" of the past accidental discharge, mistak en line of fire, loaded gun in car, improper loading or unloading wreapon all in direct violation of rules of gun safety. Most of the accidents occurred at short range. DREACHMENTS. in huntinsr safetv as in traffic safety and any other monotonous. And those oi us who put out these tedious preachments get to wondering, sometimes, whether thev rib anv p-nod at all. On the other hand, while, save a me that no tneyre worth it. ju.a. Grange Griffin Creek Grange Griffin Creek Grange met Jan. 12 with Master Isabelle Le Vander presiding. Our past sec retary, Jack Bierma, was hon ored with a handkerchief show er. Wesley Christlieb was in stalled as gatekeeper, replacing Mark Slyter. The Slyters are moving to Portland. There will be a Grange party Monday, January 16, 1956 Belt left the snow above and while on hunting expedi kind of safety, get awfully maybe they do, once in a on Knows about, it they ao, Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the hall honoring the Slyters. Ladies are to bring sandwiches or cookies Saturday, Jan. 21, there will be a square dance at the Grange. All members and their friends invited. Ladies should bring sandwiches. HEC will meet Thursday, Jan 19, at Isabelle LeVander's with Claire Christlieb as cohostess, Read and Use Classified Ads The Community ' Biggest Marketplace Matter of Fact "THE MISERABLE ISLANDS" Washington Behind the smooth facade of public opti mism, the Eisenhower adminis tration is cur rently driven by a grave and decidedly pes simistic debate about Far Eastern policy. The question is how to deal with a Chinese Communist at- Stewart Alsop 13CK On que- moy and the Matsus, the little islands that Chiang Kai-shek still holds in the Formosa Strait. This inconvenient question has been put off for many months, while the Communists built up their military power and pushed forward their logistical pre parations ' i n the Formosa Strait area. Despite the ap pearances t o the contrary, Secretary o f State John Joseph Aisop uunes ana other leading American policy makers have argued that the Pe king ' government was giving first priority to its drive to get into the United Nations; there fore, it was said, the Commu nists would avoid any taint of aggression at this time. A minority of policy makers always contend that the Chinese Communists would not miss the smallest chance to realize a ter ritorial claim, in order to gain membership in the heavenly choir itself. Whether rightly or wrongly, this minority is now becoming a majority, because of a series of signs suggesting that "This is where we came in be fore." II7HERE we came in before, of ' course, was last year's For mosa crisis, culminating in the evacuation of Chiang's forces from the Tachin islands. The pattern now is remarkably simi lar to the first stages of the pat tern of Communist pressure on th Tachens. AU the little warning flags have already been raised. Com munist reconnaissance planes have flown over the Matsus There has been a short but sharp action between -Commu nist and Nationalist PT boats in the neighborhood of the Matsus, Quemoy island, which is square ly in the mouth of Amoy har bor and almost entirely sur rounded by Communist gun em placements, has lately been brought under heavy artillery' fire. In addition, the official Chi nese Communist news agency has bitterly accused the United States of stalling in the interm inable negotiations that have just been resumed in Geneva, between Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson and the able Commu nist diplomat, Wang Ping-nan. The diatribe sounded very much like a declaration that the pres ent meeting would be Johnson's last chance to offer Wang Ping- nan what Peking wants. Peking wants voluntary ces sion of the offshore islands, sus pension of the trade embargo against Communist China, agree ment on admission of China to the U.N., and a lot of other things President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles are unwilling to concede. Maybe the Commu nists are bluffing, and will not move even if Ambassador John son does not satisfy them. But if they are not bluffing, what must be expected this winter or early spring is easy enough to foresee. rpHE second stage of the pres- - sure on the Tachen islands was the invasion of Ichang, a small island within artillery range of the main Tachen posi tions, followed by a preliminary blockade of the Tachens. This preliminary blockade, rather than the pleading of President Eisenhower, was what persuad ed Generalissimo Chiang to avac- uaxe me lacnens. Kaoteng, another little island that is rather lightly held, has almost exactly the same rela tion to the Matsu islands that Ichang had' to the Tachens. A landing on Kaoteng is the first step that is now feared. After that will come heavy artillery fire on the defenses of both Quemoy and the Matsus. combined with a Communist air blockade that will cut off the Quemoy and Matsu garrisons 120,000 troops, the core and flower of Chiang Kai-shek's forces from all contact with Formosa. The surrender of the off-shore islands and the loss of Chiang's best troops must, in evitably follow, unless the block ade is broken. The question the Administra tion policy makers are debating is what to do about this pros pect that looms ahead. The of ficial American policy concern ing an attack on Quemoy and the Matsus is to meet force with force, if the attack on the off shore islands is clearly prepara tory to an attack on Formosa. But the "if" is so big and all important that this is nothing but indecision dressed up as de cision. . FURTHERMORE, the Chinese Communists are now locally 1 V5kL- By Joe and Stewart Alsop stronger than all the air squad rons of the Pacific fleet, plus an the units of the U.S. Air Force in the Pacific, plus the Chinese Nationalists. Except for nuclear weapons, we have not got force enough in place to meet the force of the Chinese Communists. Hence fighting for "those miserable little islands," as they are called at the State Department, now seems so un appetizing that any such fight ing is highly unlikely. On the ground, therefore, that it is always better to get ' out voluntarily than to be thrown out physically, one faction of American policy makers is now arguing for maximum pressure on Chiang Kai-shek to start vol untary evacuation of Quemoy and the Matsus. Yet the climate of indecision that produced the prevailing "policy" concerning the islands is still very strong. Wait and see if the worst reaUy happens, is likely to be the motto. Copyright, 1956, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although -under certain circum stances the use ot a .pen 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. More On Mrs. Lyman To the Editor: It is difficult to explain the complicated struc tures within a welfare set-up, or to defend actions, because of the confidential nature of the work, technicalities involved, and the variations in cases and workers Because of Mrs. Lyman's dismis sal, this writer feels she should speak out in defense as a one time executive of another social agency, and as a former case worker under Mrs. Lyman. Welfare work, at best, is a dif ficult, trying, demanding, often thankless job. Federal, state and local agencies all dictate policies which are overwhelming, and often contradictory. Learning these rules, keeping up with changes, interpreting them to statisfy the sometimes-conflict ing ideas of the public, the clients, and the agencies, plus supervising the varying inter pretations of 10 to 15 workers, is a gigantic task. It calls for in telligence, tact, understanding, and integrity. For 21 years Mrs. Lyman, as worker, and then administrator, has been ably coping with these problems! Her understanding of community problems has made her instrumental in the creation of other needed social agencies such as the Child Guidance clinic. She has also given far more hours than required to the position of administrator. Only her prodigious memory of poli cies, and .cases, has lent conti- tinuity to the agency's work when worker turn-over made such continuity almost impossi ble. We always found her just and equitable. Her virtue of never prying into worker's private af fairs may have, in this one case. been a liability. Even those working next to him would not expect a fellow social worker to try for "easy money" m a welfare set-up There are toomany checks on such actions; yet the long and intricate chain of processes, plus time lapses, would allow some one bent on theft to commit such devious actions. It would still behoove a fair administra tor to assume innocence until guilt is proved." Judgment is often termed "bad" only in retrospect. We would not expect a bank presi dent to be fired because he hired an employee who later embez zled funds, would we? And cer tainly we would not expect to give the employee a chance to resign while dismissing the pres ident! F am sure most of us who know her would say that Mrs, Lyman's fairness, administrative ability, intelligence, judgment; and integrity are, beyond ques tion, superior to many adminis trators. I hope, for the sake of the tax-paying public, the cli ents, and future state employees that petty politics, hurried judg ments, bureaucratic tyranny, lack of knowledge of the "grass roots" problems, or other such probable reasons will not take precedence over justice. Mrs. Jeanne Gang Ashland, Oregon Mudslide Covers Street in Portland Portland -4U.R) A big earth slide rumbled down onto NW Barnes road near Burnside street late last night, covering a block long area with mud and timber. Houses were shaken and tele phone poles were snapped. Wes ley Walsleben,. who lives near the slide area, said one motorist barely missed being buried un der the mud. Power service also was knocked out. The top of the slide .was near the home of State Treasurer Sig Unander. His home was not dam aged. In many states the will of an unmarried woman is considered to be revoked when she marries. New Constitution Marks New Chapter in By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Egypt started a new chapter in its long, long history today with the Droclamation of a re publican con stitution. King F a r o u k, the portly playboy who had ruled it for 15 years, was forced off his throne by the Army on July 26, 1952. On Jan. 16, Charles McCann laod, the Ar my S revolutionary Command Council which took charge an nounced that it planned a three- year period of transition. This period, the Army prom ised, would be foUowed by the establishment of constitutional, democratic rule. Today, at the end of the three years, the Army took the first step toward making good its promise. It fell to handsome, popular Gamal Abdel Nasser, president and prime minister,' to proclaim the new Egyptian constitution. It happens to be the day be fore Nasser's 38th birthday. Referendum Planned The government plans to hold a national referendum to seek popular approval of the consti tution. It also intends to organize a constituent Assembly, for which Egyptians will vote. i This will be a semi-parlia mentary institution, with largely consultative powers, leading to full parliamentary rule later. Thus it may be a long time still before Egyptian rule will be put entirely in the hands of the voters. But Egypt is still a backward country politically. The Army may well argue that if it let loose its hold on the govern Editorial Comment JUSTIFIED FORFEITURE Public sentiment seems to be pretty strongly behind Al Light ner, the basketball referee from Salem who forfeited a Univer sity of California basketball game to USC because the fans at Berkeley were throwing pen nies at him and presumably at the players too. Certainly nothing can be said to justify the conduct of the Berkeley fans. The University of California administration is significantly silent since the in cident. No doubt there is consid erable feeling of shame at Berkeley. No school enjoys hav ing the unsportsmanlike conduct of its fans made public in this fashion. ... Many basketball decisions are hairline affairs. It is easy for partisan fans to become over heated when they see decisions going against the home team particularly m a close game Booing of decisions is all too common; tossing solid objects on the floor is unpardonable. Astorian Budget 'I'M SORRY' SIGN Something sorely-needed in these times of traffic mistakes and motorists' frayed tempers is some way to signal, visually, "I'm sorry." Who hasn't felt foolish or re morseful when he unthinkingly cut into a lane ahead of another driver only to have no way of signaling his regrets to the of fended one? Who hasn't wished there was' some way to say "sorry" to the driver behind when a sudden stop had to be made? Or to apologize to the pedestrians who had to detour around one's car caught strad dling the pedestrian ' lane by . a suddenly changing traffic light? When a movie goer steps on someone's foot in crawling to ward his seat, an "I'm sorry" re lieves wounded feelings if not wounded toes. Similar apologies smooth over a dozen non-vehicular mistakes a day. But what does one do when making a mistake in traffic? Shaking the head in sorrow may only infuriate the other driver into thinking the gesture is aimed at his supposed mistake. Smiling may elicit a dirty look for not only erring but also grin ning about it. A honk of the horn is out of the question for soothing ruffled nerves. So driv ers inevitably end up glaring at each other, though one may be willing to admit he's at fault. Some Detroit automotive ge nius ought to put his mind to work inventing some type of "I'm sorry" signal. It should be worth the price in cutting down iraxiic-causeu uitcis, uvm avjj. the aggrieved and grieving. Daily News-Register. McMinnville PERON'S GIRL HELD Formosa, Argentina (U.R) Nella Rivas, the -teen-age girl friend of former Pisident Juan D. Peron, is being held with her parents, police disclosed to day. The three members of the Rivas family were arrested on Saturday. No details of their ar rest were announced. , Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador rises to 19,344 feet, probably the high est active volcano. - Egyptian History ment, chaos might result. The prospect would be for the re vival of the old political parties, most of them corrupt, and for unstable government. . In proclaiming the new con stitution, Nasser is opening a new stage in the history of a country so old that nobody Highway Interim Vilnesses Under Oath At Hearing Salem (U.R) Charges that a weighmaster had refused to go to the aid of a log truck driver whose load had slipped and who had been struck by a log were dissipated Friday when the Leg islative Highway Interim com mittee held its first session of putting witnesses under oath. Testimony at the aiternoon session brought out that Weigh master James F. Downer of Coos Bay dispatched a man to a near by house to phone for state po lice and an ambulance alter a log slipped off a truck and struck Eusene Creamer of Myr tle Point at the Coaledo weigh' station. C r e a m e r's load was found to be 49 pounds over the legal limit and he was "legal izing" his load when the log slipped. Man Dispatched Creamer and his wife, Sharon, said they thought Downer ig nored their plea for help. But Downer and others testified that Downer had dispatched the man to make the phone call, had sent another driver to Coquille in case the phone call did not get through, and then had directed traffic around the scene of the mishap. State Policeman Wayne Tuck er of Coquille confirmed Down er's testimony that he had help ed place Creamer on a stretcher as soon as the ambulance ar rived. Testimony also brought out that Creamer, after being ob served at a Coquille hospital was released the same day, last July 12, and was back at work later that week. The testimony was an inci dent in a dispute whether the weighmasters should remain in the Highway Department or be put in the state police. One group whose representatives had brought the original charges against Downer,, would like to see the transfer. Other groups say they are satisfied with the operation of the weighmasters under the Highway Department, iss California Weds Childhood Sweethear Santa Ana, Calif. j(U.R) Miss California of 1955, who married for "love and protection," post poned her honeymoon today to fight to see that the man who allegedly raped her twice went to prison. Donna Schurr, 19 - year - old Miss Universe contestant, said she eloped with Lloyd Brett 24, a college student, less than 48 hours after she allegedly was attacked the second time be cause, "I didn't want to be alone any more." The childhood sweethearts were married Thursday at the home of friends in Las Vegas Nev. They returned home Satur day to set up housekeeping in the home of Brett's parents. "I married for protection and also love," the slender brunette said. "Now I have a husband on my side and I have no fear of the future." Miss Schurr told reporters she read that James Jack Walk er, 25, automobile upholsterer, has denied raping her twice with in a year. "I've heard the hor rible things he's said about knowing me and they aren't true," the coed said. FUNERAL SERVICES Every Price Range In Since 1908 1 1 PERL Funeral Home Phone 2-6675 o knows its origins. Only Mesopo tamia has a recorded history as ancient. Nasser Won Control It is known that Egypt was highly civilized nearly 7000 years ago Egypt adopted the calendar in 4241 B.C. It reached the height of its glory 3000 years before Christ. It came un der the rule of the Roman Em pire and later of Turkey. It went under British rule at the turn of the last century. Now Egypt has emerged as one of the world's new coun- 1 tries, along with its neighbors, Libya and The Sudan, at the northeast corner of Africa. There were some critical times in Egypt after Farouk was overthrown. Nasser came, out on top. At present he seems firmly in control as his coun try's No. 1 man, and he is likely to keep his control. There is abject poverty in Egypt still. But Nasser and his fellow leaders are pursuing bold policies of internal reform, and the country's 20 million people may look forward to a better future. War I Enlistment A Opponent Succumbs Minneapolis, Minn. (U.R) Funeral services were pending today for Joseph Gilbert, the London-born attorney who once was jailed on charges of dis couraging enlistment during World War I. Gilbert died here Saturday at the age of 90. He had been a pioneer in the Nonpartisan League, was active in the Social ist Party for a time, and helped organize the International Work ers of the World. In 1917, Gilbert was charged, with "interfering with and dis couraging enlistment" in a speech at Kenyon, Minn. He was convicted in 1918 and appealed the conviction all the way to the Supreme Court. The conviction was upheld and Gil bert was fined $500 and served a year in jail. SHAKE-UP Broadcasts cause removal' of Polish Police officials MUNICH A series of broad casts by' Radio Free - Europe have caused great upheaval and embarrassment in Poland. They were baaed oiriiighly in flammatory information about currupt Polish police operations obtained from Josef Swiatlo, Polish Security Ministry official who had defected to the West. As a result of the broadcasts, the Reds were forced to dismiss four of Swiatlo's' former chiefs and reorganize the ministry. . This is just a single example of the influence of Radio Free . Europe's words of truth. Up to 20 hours of truth a day are broadcast to five key satellite countries Poland, Czechoslo vakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. And this truth is get ting through, despite costly Red jamming attempts. Millions take the risk daily to listen. Millions more hear the truth from Radio Free Europe as it is passed cautiously from mouth to mouth. Truth builds hope and con tinued resistance. Each dollar sponsors a minute of truth. Send your truth dollars to: Crusade for Freedom, co Local Post master. jl PERL'S every family may make' funeral ar rangements which are In keeping with Its means. A selection of services in every price range is of fered to satisfy individual preferences- and to meet all financial circumstances. Convenient Terms? Certainly!