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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago. ' -
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 8,1946
. (It was Friday)
Ashland city council studies
possibility of installing pipe line
to Buck lake east of Ashland for
additional water facilities.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The Older
Girls are having more trouble
getting Nylons than their hus
bands had getting shotgun shells
during the war time shortage.
20 YEARS AGO
Fib. 8, 1936
at was Saturday)
President's bull here nets $224
From Local find Personal col
umn: Skiing parties were recrea
tional novelties that were miss
ing yesterday, as the snow is re
ported to be very light at present
in the surrounding mountains,
and covered with more or less
lush.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 8. 1916
(It was Tuesday)
Rogue river crests at 5 feet 7
inches at Gold Ray dam; about
half the amount going over the
dam as in 1912. '
Poultry show to start in Med
ford tomorrow morning; more
than 30 entries received.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. More or fewer new cars
were in dealers' hands unsold on
Jan. 1 this year than on Jan. 1,
1955, or about the same number?
2. Agriculture Secretary Ben
son .comes, from an Eastern,
Southern, Middle West, Rocky
Mountain, or Pacific Coast state?
3. At the official rate, of ex
changer a good quality man's
shirt in Moscow costs about $4,
$14, $24,, $34, or $44?'
4. About pne-third, one-half or
two-thirds of the average barrel
of U.S.. crude petroleum goes
Into gasolins?
5. Pope Pius XII on his next
birthday will be (a) 70, (b) 75,
(c) 80 or (d) 85 years of age?-
6. There once or never was a
time when golfing authorities
forbade the use of clubs with
steel shafts in tournament?
. a scaxoiogist is a person wno
hates cats; right or wrong?
The Answers: 1. Many more.
2. Rocky Mountain (Utah). 3.
$44. 4. About half. 5. 80. 6. Once
was. 7. Wrong (cultivates the
obscene.)
Neuberger Announces
Student Scholarship
Portland (U.PJ Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) announced
today the presentation of a $500
scholarship to the University of
Portland.
Neuberger said the scholar
ship would be used to encourage
"idealistic young men and wom
en who intend to make careers
in government."
Some Medical Expenses
Not Deductible on Tax
Portland (U.R) ,'A spokes
man for the internal revenue
service ruled here today that
certain . types of medical ex
penses are not deductible for fed
eral income tax purposes. In
reply to a query, the tax expert
flatly refused to allow one tax
payer to deduct veterinary ex
penses incurred for treatment of
a sick . dog. ;
MAIL TRIBUNE
Imperishable
A, A. Milne, who died last week at the age of 74,
is a man who never made the headlines, whose actual
life was little-known outside of his immediate family
and circle of friends.
And yet, despite this, millions of people all over
the world must have the feeling, as we do, of knowing
him intimately and with a great fondness.
It is not the outer man they know, but the inner
man, who was gentle and humorous and understand
ing, and who had a gift with words, making them
singing things, either in poetry or prose.
OOW cognizant, for instance, of human foibles, yet
how understanding, must have been the man who
could write :
The King asked the Queen and the Queen asked the
Dairymaid, .
"Could we have some butter for the Royal slice of
bread?"
He was a man with a sensitive appreciation for
the delicacies of nature :
Oh, the butterflies are flying,
Now the winter days are dying,
And the primroses are trying to be seen.
He could also assume a practical approach to
philosophical problems:
Isa't it funny how a Bear likes honey?
Buzz,, Buzz, Buzz, I wonder why he does?
H
E could capture the wistful wonder of childhood
when he wrote:
Where am I going? I don't quite know.
What does it matter where people go?
Up on the hill where the pine trees blow.
Anywhere, anywhere, Idon't know.
The fact that the samples above come right off
the top of a not-too-retentive memory without refer
ence to one of the source books, serves to confirm
their impact on one who was first introduced to them
as a pre-reader. And there are probably many others
in like circumstances, not only those who have been
raised" on "Winnie the Pooh" and "The House at
Pooh Corner" since the mid-20s, but those who helped
to do the raising. ,. .
.
lyflLNE'S characters will be imperishable as long
as books survive. And it's a good thing, too, for
who would want to let their children miss a chance
to get acquainted with Christopher Robin, Pooh, Pig
let, Rabbit, Eeyore, Owl, "and all the others" ? .
Milne only wrote four popular children's books
the two listed above and two books of poetry,
"When We Were Very Young" and "Now We Are
Six." His other writings, including plays, novels, and
other types of books for children, were not nearly
so well known as those four. But the four were enough
to assure him of immortality as long as there are chil
den of whatever age.
We'd rather like to think of him in the way he
described at the end of one of his books:
.So they went off together. But-wherever they go, and
whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted
place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his bear will
always be playing.
E.A.
Guessing Game
There's a fascinating, guessing . game going on
these days. The objective : What will the population
of Oregon be-in 1960, 1965, 1975? ' .
The rules are simple, and anyone can play. Just
make a guess. -
COME well-educated' guesses have been announced.
M Here are some of taem :
Bureau of the Census By 1960, between 1,888,-
000 and 1,983,000; by 1965, between 2,080,000 and
2,264,000. ;
Dun and Bradstreet By 1960, 1,900,000; by
1965, 2,100,000.
Stanford Research Institute By 1965, some
1,983,000, by 1975, 2,344,000.
- U. S. News and World Report By 1965, 2,226,-
000.', '.
THESE ESTIMATES, are, after all, nothing but
" guesses, but they are based on fairly firm founda
tions, including the present ;. census estimates,' the
trend of births and deaths, the records of inmigra
tion, and forecasts of a continuing westward move
ment of population
The state board of health recently announced its
estimate of the population of the state as of the mid
dle of 1955 as 1,690,840. At least one thoughtful ob
server, the Oregon Voter, thinks this may be too small
a figure and questions the board's methods of figuring
immigration.
At any rate, the board's total is 11.1 per cent high
er than the 1950 census; And, whatever method is used
in forecasting the future, including crystal balls' and
tea leaves, it's a safe bet that the future will see more
people hereabouts. ' i-
THE BOARD of health j estimates of last July 1
1 credit Jackson county with a population of 65,790
up 1.6 per cent from The year, before. The increase
in the five-year period is based on a "natural in
crease" (that is, births over deaths) of 4,423, plus es
timated inmigration of 2,859.
The increase is pretty much in line with that of
the state at large, which was 12.1 per cent for the five
year period and 1.7 for the one year. -
These are the figures that city and county offi
cials have in mind when they talk about the need for
more adequate streets, better parking facilities, more
schoolrooms and teachers, more extensive sewer and
water systems, and so on. I- , " '
Population increase is the raw material of munici
pal problems and. headaches-and it's going to get
worse before it gets better. E.A.
Wednesday, February 8, 1956
Prime Minister Eden Seen as
Winner in
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Britain's Labor Party is cele
brating its 50th anniversary by
engaging in a new fight between
its right and
left wing fac
tions. Leftist Aneu
rin Bevan has
declared war
on rightist
Hugh Gaits
kell, who de
feated him on
Dec. 14 for the
party leader
ship. Charles AlcCann
Bevan has no chance of win
ning. All he can do is to weak
en the party in its role of official
opposition to the Conservatives.
Hence the . winner . will be
Prime Minister Anthony Eden,
who only one month ago was
under heavy fire by members of
his own party. .
. Bevan, . the .fiery Welshman
who is Labor's chief anti-American,
has taken his lumps in the
last few months. He seems
pretty bitter. -
Middle East Talks
By UNITED PRESS
Background on the Middle
East talks The Middle East
has long contained British and
French spheres of influence. The
United States entered the pic
ture formally after World War
II when the Palestine War broke
out.
Egypt was part of the British
Empire, Britain controlled the
Suez Canal Zone and had im
portant oil interest in a number
of Mideast states. France was" on
top in Syria and Lebanon. Both
nations lost ground with end of
the World War. .
Palestine Partitioned
Zionism increased and Pales
tine, long.under British mandate,
was partitioned into Jewish and
Arab states in -1947. The state
of -Israel was proclaimed on
May 15, 1948. The Arab states
refused to accept the new nation
and war bsgan.
The United Nations negotiated
a series of cease-fire agreements
between Israel and her Arab
neighbors and an armistice was
signed July 20,, 1949. The United
States, Britain and France
signed a tripartite agreement to
keep the Mideast peace. "
A precarious peace followed
with frequent and serious clashes
between Israeli and Egyptian
troops . and Israeli and Syrian
troops." 'But the .Western Big
Three had been able to maintain
Church Moderator
To Speak In Valley
Three meetings for valley.
Presbyterians are scheduled fof
Thursday, Feb. 9", when Dr. Paul
S. Wright, moderator of the
167th : general assembly of the
Presbyterian church win be here
from Portland. Dr. Wright is to
arrive that morning' by plane
from Portland.
Men of the church will meet
at noon for luncheon at the First
Presbyterian church When Dr.
Wright wUl be the speaker. A
dinner at 6 p.m. at Medford ho
tel win honor the moderator
and win be attended by church
officers and interested friends. -
Phoenix Presbyterians win be
hosts for a meeting at 8 p.m., at
their church when Dr. Wright
win speak on present conditions
and future opportunities of the
Presbyterian church. This is the
first time that- a general as
sembly moderator has appeared
in the Phoenix church.
Under the colonization policy
of Mexico in 1824, nearly 8;000
private land grants, comprising
about 26 million acres, were
made by the Mexican- authorities.
Quotes From the ileus
By UNITED PRESS
Washington Sen. Harley M. Kilgore (D.-W.Va.) in a letter to
the Department of Justice demanding investigation of the deseg
regation riots at the University of Alabama:
"If our nation is to uphold the banner of democracy, it cannot
under any circumstances permit such despicable incidents."
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Slate Sen. Albert Davis of Pickens county
in Alabama's "black bell" on the University of Alabama riots:
"Yesterday was a great day in Alabama. This is a time to get
mad and raise hell."
Miama Beach: George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO on
speaking about a top level labor-management conference with
Charles R. Sligh Jr., chairman of the National Association of Manu
facturers, last December: . '
"I received a 'sligh' kick in the teeth."
Los Angeles Adlai Stevenson on he problem of racial Inte
gration: . ' . ,.
"It is the spirit, not troops or bayonets, that will solve the prob
lem of successful integration. We cannot upset habits overnight
that are older than he republic." i
Denver Judge D. W. Bartlett on the televising of a Texas
murder trial at which he presided: '
"Under our guarantee of free speech, I see no objection to live
television in the courtroom. I think it had a wholesome effect on
the trial. The lawyers didn't give me any horseplay."
Chicago Basketball Coach Waldo Fisher of Northwestern,
whose team has wone one game and lost 14 including the last
eight straight:
"Confidence is what we need. A lot of it . . . One victory would
give us a world of help, possibly so much we might break even on
the rest of the schedule."
Labor Party
Gaitskell defeated him for the
post of party treasurer by a vote
of more than four to one at La
bor's annual conference last
Oct. 11.
Next Gaitskell defeated him
for the party leadership by 157
to 70 on Dec. 14 after the retire
ment of Clement R. Attlee.
Bevan then shot for the dep
uty leadeship. James Griffith, a
fellow Welshman and one-time
fellow miner, won that post last
Thursday by a vote of 141 to 11.
Bevan went into rebellion. Jn
a speech-last Saturday, he ac
cused the party leadership of
using dictatorial methods. He.
said party leaders were betray
ing Socialistic principles. He de
nounced Gaitskell and other
chieftains who favor a slowing
up of Labor's former sweeping
policy of nationalization of in
dustry. "I know these words are going
to get me into trouble," he
added.
He probably was right. There
is speculation that he may be
thrown out of what is called the
"shadow cabinet" of his party.
a balance of power between Is
rael and her Arab neighbors.
Power Balance Upset
Russia upset that balance of
power by promising to supply
Egypt with Czechoslovakian
arms. Arms, including tanks and
Soviet-built Mig - jet fighters,
have arrived in Egypt and once
again the situation has become
serious.'
The Washington talks 'seek
some means of restoring the stat
us quo in the Middle East, possi
bly through invoking the tripar
tite agreement to halt , new ag
gression or through joint United
Nations action. '
About 4400 Added
To Oregon Jobless,
During January
Salem KU.R) About 4400
persons were added to Oregon's
unemployed last month but the
total of 51,200 job seekers was
6600 lower than a year ago, the
State Unemployment Compensa
tion commission said today.
Heavy rainfaU foUowed by a
prolonged cold speU forced clo
sure of many lumber, construc
tion and other seasonal opera
tions, holding the week claims
load near. 30,000 most of the
month but. the number of pay
ment was the lowest in five
years for this period..
Most in Western Oregon
Western Oregon areas report
ed most of the added job seekers
but many sections east of the
mountains also noted new sea
sonal layoffs. Improving condi
tions were given mention by
Pendleton, TiUamook, Grants
Pass and Corvallis.
"in the four - county . Portland
metropolitan area - about 1800
more persons were looking for
jobs following the "holiday sea
son. Employment continued
good in ship repair, machinery
manufacturing, and other lines,
holding unemployment more
than 5000 below last winter.
Compensation Increases '
Compensation paid to insured
workers increased to $2,804,572
in January,' highest monthly fig
ure since March, 1954, but much
of the rise was due to the new
schedule of benefits enacted by
the 1955 legislature.
About $330,000 was added to
the month's benefit checks. The
bid schedule would have
dropped the January total weU
below last year's $2,709,268
More than two-thirds of the
checks were going to workers in
lumber, construction or food
processing. .
Battle
That is the committee of Labor
members of Parliament that de
cides on policy.
Bevan was expelled from the
parliamentary Labor Party
made up of Labor members of
the . House of Commons last
March 16 for rebellion. A mo
tion to throw him out of the
party itself was withdrawn after
he promised to be good, and he
was readmitted to the parlia
mentary group.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
This is written at Coronado,
where the California Newspaper
Publishers Association is holding
its 68th annual convention. In
the . 68 years since 1887, the
newspaper has come a long way;
Back in the 19th century, the
newspaper a its best was a PRO
FESSION. At its worst, it was a
racket.
AN THE average, the news
" paper was then a way of life.
People didn't then go into the
newspaper business to make
money. In itself, it wasn't look
ed upon as a career.
If young men in those . days
were thinking in terms of a
career, and took the newspaper
into their thinking, they thought
of it as a stepping stone lead
ing up to a POLITICAL career.
The newspaper was then apt
to be regarded as a door leading
into politics.
A LL THAT has been changed.
The newspaper in America is
now an INDUSTRY. In our huge
metropolitan cities, it is BIG in.
It involves an investment run
ning far, far up into the minions.
The investment includes huge
buildings, vast and complicated
macninery ana staggering in
voices of raw materials.
From the standpoint of pay
roll alone, it must be looked up
on as an industry. In any city,
large or smaU, the newspaper
payroU win rank in size,weU
up toward the top.
THE. DAY when an ambitious
-- journalist could get into bus-
mess with a shirt-tailful of type
and an old handpress is definite
ly gone. f
Back in the 80's, when the Cal
ifornia Newspaper Publishers
Association was born, the ideal
team for a weekly newspaper
was a husband who had a nose
for news and a talent for writing
stirring editorials that would
lead his readers to vote the ticket
straight, and a wife who could
set type. "-'' .. ' V, .
Here at the Hotel Coronado,
where the CNPA is holding its
68th annual session, the corrid
ors are fiul of tales of California
weeklies- that have just been
sold for a hundred thousand dol
lars. '
TUT LET'S get away from aU
that. I'd like to talk today of
a more interesting change that
has come about in .the news
paper.
- In those earlier days, the news
paper was distributed chiefly by
mail. Postage was free in the
county, of publication. Newspap
ers were carried in the mails at
a, very low rate which meant, in
effect, a' subsidy from the fed
eral government.
That too has changed. News
papers are now distributed chief
ly by their own carriers. These
carriers buy their papers from
the newspaper, just as a retailer
buys bis stock from the whole
saler, and resell them to their
customers. We call these carriers
"little merchants."
r? IS of these little merchants
that I'd like to speak in this
piece. There are ten of them at
this convention. They were chos
en from among the tens of thous
ands of newspaper carriers in
IffflEST WITH
AT FIRST FEDERAL
Investments made
by the 10th of the
month earn divi
dends as of the
First.
National Safetv Grouo
Doesn't Blame Speed
Alone for Accidents
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington While an over
whelming majority of Americans
seem to think that high speed
on the highways is responsible
for the tremendous death toU
from traffic accidents, the Na
tional Safety Council disagrees.
Consequently, hundreds of cit
izens have endorsed the proposal
of Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.)
to keep the speed capabilities of
automobiles down to 70 MPH
but the National Safety Council
has refused to go along on such
an idea.
Paul Jones, director of public
information for the Council, ex
plained it this way:
Don't Blame Speed
Our engineers do not blame
speed for the traffic toU to near
ly the extent that laymen do.
They, cite a number of other
factors drinking, night haz
ards, failure to yield , the right-
of-way, passing, etc. as con
tributing importantly " to the
toll." J
The Council Is a non-profit
organization founded in 1913
and chartered by Congress in
1953. Its purpose is to try to
promote highway safety. Jones
said the Council is satisfied that
every year the manufacturers
make their autos more safe than
they've been in the past.
Norblad come up with his pro
posed speed limit bin after visit
ing the national auto show. in
Washington, D.C.,. where most
car makers were stressing the in
creased power of their new mod
els. "
No Final Answer . . .
David M. Baldwin, director of
the Council's traffic operations
division, said the Council doesn't
have the final answer to the
question of the relationship be-
tween : speed and traffic acci
dents. He said:
"There is some evidence avail
able to indicate that it does not
make very much difference
whether the speed of a partic
ular vehicle 'involved' in an ac
California. They, are clean, hand
some and ALERT.
In no way are they out of
place , in this convention .which
includes some of California's
most successful business and pro
fessional men for the modern
newspaper is both a business and
a profession.
rriHEY are here as represent-
atives of the California News'
paperboy Foundation, which;, is
their segment of the newspaper
business. In the -state of Cali
fornia there are some 50,000
newspaper boys. These boys
handle some 20 million dollars
every year.
They are the newspaper boys
of today. To a surprising extent,
they represent the business read
ers of tomorrow. The newspaper
has no prouder boast than the
large number of America s most
successful business and prof es-
ional men who got their start as
newspaper carriers. :
T'D LIKE to quote a recent
statement by J. Edgar Hoover,
the able and respected head of
the FBI, who says:
"Among the 600,000 newspaper
boys in the United States, LESS
THAN ONE PER- CENT BE
COME JUVENILE DELIN
QUENTS." That is a record that our in
dustry can be proud of and IS
proud of.
AND YET
There are people who say
that employment of these young
Americans to deliver newspapers
to their susbscribers constituVs
Ob
1
EXPLOITATION and ought
be forbidden by law.
With that, I can't agree,
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cident is 50 MPH or 80. There
seems to be a point about 45
MPH above which the severity
of the accident does not increase
with an increase in speed." ,
Baldwin said this was only a
tentative conclusion arising from
a "very comprehensive and care
ful research project being car-
"There is a lack of assurance
that there is a positive correla
tion between high speed and ac
cidents,". Baldwin went on. Evi
dence available to us seems to
indicate that there is a definite
relationship between speed . in
wrong place, or speed which is
too fast for conditions, and the
occurence of accidents.
Doubts Speed Cause -
"This . does not necessarily
condemn high speed or make it
at all certain that the elimination
of high speeds would reduce ac
cidents. For instance, a driver
who operates at 50 MPH, when
only 30 MPH is safe, is apparent
ly just as much an accident po
tential as a man who drives at
70 when only. 50 is safe.
"It is extremely interesting to
realize that while top speeds of
motor vehicles have increased
considerably in the past 30 years,
the increase in the last five years
has not been very great. Despite
increases m ton sDeed notentials.
the accident rate has gone down
every year. The number of ac
cidents is stttl high but this
has to be viewed in connection
with thegreatly increased num
ber of vesicles and "the greatly
increased use of vehicles.
"The mileage death rate in
1954 for the United States was
6.4. As recently as 1941, this
same rate was 12," Baldwin
pointed out.
let's Live" Magazine
January 1956
FACTS CONCERNING
THE FLUORIDATION OF
PUBLIC DRINKING WATER
BY: S. Milton Zimmerman,
D.D.S.
, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, i
Water is the vehicle which
conveys essential nutrients to
aU cells of the body. There are
millions of them suspended in
a watery substance, the med
ium in which their chemical
activities take place, and the
solvent in which their wastes
are discharged from the body.
Therefore, it is readily under
stood that if these cells are
poisoned they will not func
tion properly. Water is not
ordinarily classed as a food;
but without water nutrition
is an impossibility. Man can
not live without water.- But
to maintain good health that
water must be unadulterated.
Keep Our Water Pure
Sand your name, address, and
all financial help yon can to
FJGHT FLUORIDES f
Antifluoridation Committee;
212 Leverette BIdg.
Medford, Ore. r