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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
to years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 27. 1948
(It was Saturday)
The Elks lodge annual May
day dance will be held tonight,
according to Leon Boomer,
chairman of the dance commit
tee. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: An ice
wagon showed upon the Main
stem the past week, and was the
first sign of spring anyone has
seen around here.
U YEARS AGO
April 27. 1936
(It was Monday)
After serving the Rogue River
alley under one management
for the past 36 years, the Sunny
side hotel in Eagle Point will
close.
"The Nut Farm," senior class
piay of the Medford High school
will be presented at 8 p.m. at the
school auditorium.
30 YEARS AGO
April 27. 1928
(It was Tuesday)
Mayor Alenderfer today re
ceived from the California Ore
gon Power company a release of
all its right, title and interest
in the Big Butte water right.
Members of the Medford
school board will be guests at
the annual dinner tonight.
40 YEARS AGO
April 27. 1916
(It was Thursday)
The Merchants association and
Commercial club committees ap
pointed to reorganize the fair
association met at the Armory
"Wednesday night and completed
initial plans.
F. A. Elliott, state forester at
Salem, recently published a com
prehensive map of Oregon.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 195S. Editorial Research Report
1. Windsor is a Buick. Cadil
lac, Chrysler, Ford, Mercury,
Plymouth or Pontiac line?
2.Cruisers of the U.S. Navy
are named for states, cities, at
tributes of character, naval
heroes, or Presidents?
3. Gov. Frank J. Lausche (D.)
of Ohio has never been defeated
for public office; right or wrong?
4. Has any American woman
ever won a Nobel Prize in lit
erature?
5. George Washington Is
buried at Mt. Vernon, in the cap-
itol at Washington, at Arlington
National cemetery or in a Vir
ginia churchyard.
6. There are about the same
number of breweries as distil
leries in the .U.S., or many more
distilleries, or many more brew
eries? 7. A schizophrenic is always
a man or woman, or may be
either?
The answers: 1. Chrysler. 2.
For cities. 3. Wrong; he was de
feated for Governor in 1946. 4.
Yes, Pearl S. Buck. 5. At Mi.
Vernon. 6. Many more brewer
ies. 7. May be either.
ENGINEER KILLED
Cordoba, Argentina (U.R)
An explosion in the Anterior
liquid oxygen plant here killed
a chemical engineer and injured
eight workmen Thursday. ,
MAIL TRIBUNE
A Great Lady
A newspaperman, who ha3 ample opportunity to
meet all sorts and varieties of people the great,
near-great, would-be great, politicians, hangers-on,
ax-gnnders, flag-wavers, crusaders, and just plain
folks is ordinarily difficult to impress simply with
personality.
But once in a while someone comes along who,
through accomplishment and spirit and greatness of
soul and mind, impresses virtually everyone, will-he,
nill-he.
"THIS thought occurred to us this week as we watch-
ed Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, at the age of 71, calm
ly and smilingly go through a routine as hectic as any
we've observed in a decade and a half of watching
people and public affairs.
She bears her honors and her years with spirit,
dignity and humor. She has a vitality and vigor that
shames her younger colleagues. She has a sweetness
and humanitv which do not dim nor obscure her
strong convictions and beliefs.
She is, indeed, a Great Lady.
fNE can disagree with her ideas. Many do. But one
cannot watch that mobile, sensitive face which
is homely bv many standards but is made beautiful
by the light shining through from within without
knowing that here, truly, is one of the world's great
persons.
Medford was honored
Roosevelt. E.A.
Local Boom and Bust
Most of the cities in Oregon are population-con
scious at the moment, following announcement of the
state census board's figures
communities.
Those which have grown are a bit puffed out;
those which have lost people are unhappy.
Astoria is one of those
board's estimates, no change at all.
1
TTHE Astorian Budget comments on the situation as
follows:
Sometimes it seems that community pride attaches too
much importance to population. Other factors, such as sta
bility of income, steadiness of payroll, good level of pros
perity throughout the community, are more important
economically.
It goes on to tell of Astoria's early days, when a
lumber boom swelled its population into the 20,000
ranks, and then the slump as most of the old, first-
growth timber, had vanished.
"THER lumber-based economies, the Astoria paper
says, may wake up some day from their "popula
tion jag" with a sad hangover and its symptoms
dwindling population, 100 mucn puunc ucul, bua.v
tered pride and all the rest." It concludes:
It would be enjoyable to point pridefully to a burgeon
ing population - end say that we were outdistancing the
other cities of Oregon in growth, rather than the reverse.
And we may have to endure some jibes from the other
cities which are passing us population-wise. But what ac
tual difference does it make if Corvallis, say, or Roseburg,
goes ahead in population, so long as all our inhabitants
have steady jobs, are prosperous and happy, the merchants
are making money, and civic improvement goes steadily
but slowly ahead?
THE BUDGET'S matter-of-fact and realistic view
of the situation is interesting, particularly in this
area, where population is
But there's a note of warning in the editorial, too,
about the dangers of a one
And that is why the Chamber of Commerce and
others who look ahead more
harping about agricultural and industrial diversifica'
tion, on the one hand, and the protection and perpet
uation of our forest resources on the other.
These twin approaches are our principal guaran-
tees against a oust once
. E. A.
Simple Solution
We have, alas, noted no mass exodus to the hint
erland of citizens equipped with rakes, shovels and
brooms in response to a recent plea printed in the
Communications column on this page for. a general
clean-up of the county.
It remains, however, a good idea.
For one of the great attractions of the out-of-doors
is the crisp cleanliness accorded by uncluttered
naturalness.
a-
DUT, lacking a large corps of tool-wielders, it could
be pointed out that cleanliness can be achieved a
lot more easily than sweeping and raking man
created debris on the roadsides.
The solution is for man to refrain from dumping
the debris there in the first place.
A word litterbug has been coined to describe
the individual guilty of this offense. It's not a pretty
word. But the offense is even less pretty. E. A.
Dry Winds Fan Big
By UNITED PRESS
Strong, dry winds fanned a
mighty forest fire across 1,500
acres of timberland in New Mex
ico's Lincoln National Forest to
day. The scorching winds hit 38
miles per hour speeds Thurs
day and weather forecasters said
they would pick up velocity to
day. Three hundred soldiers from
Fort Bliss, Tex., joined 500 other
firefighters today in an attempt
to stop the flames. The fire was
near Alamogordo, but no popu
lated areas were in danger.
Elsewhere in the nation the
Friday. April 27, 1956
to have you visit, Mrs.
for each of the state s
which showed, in the
still climbing rapidly.
- industry economy.
than a year or two keep
our timoer "Doom is over.
Forest Fire
weather was rainy over most of
the Far West and eastward
across the North to the Great
Lakes.
The rains fell on- dust-dry
farm fields in the Midwest, but
officials feared they were not
heavy enough to stave off a
threatening drouth. In Montana
and South Dakota, the precipita
tion took the form of snow.
Temperatures climbed in the
Central Plains, going up degrees
to 76 today at Hill City, Kan.
But a new cold wave shoved its
way . down from Canada, drop
ping the temperature 16 degrees
to 20 at Minot, N. D.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, I have just
listened to a speech by Adlai
Stevenson. It was delivered in
the Presidential room of the
Statler hotel in Washington to
the American Society of News
paper Editors, which is holding
its annual meeting in the na
tion's capital.
In this same room three years
ago tonight President Eisen
hower, who had been inaugurat
ed only three months before,
spoke to this same organization,
which gathers annually in Wash
ington as near to the 20th of
April as the week-ends will per
mit. rVO ME, it seems that these
have been great years. In
April of 1953 the end of the
bloodiest war of all time had
come a little less than eight
years before. History tells us
that by then a depression should
have been ju?i about ready to
begin.
Or
That a NEW war should have
been under way.
TUT NEITHER
calamity has
-come to pass.
Instead these have been prob
ably the three most prosperous
yean in our history. They have
been three of the most pros
perous in the history of the
world.
Three years ago, we were at
war in Korea. There was fear
that this relatively minor war
might explode into another
world war.
We are now at peace.
Three years ago, it looked like
the dragon of inflation was get
ting out of control. Since then,
the dragon has been held in
check.
An so on.
gUT-
If one were to believe Mr.
Stevenson today
One would have to believe
that these have been drastic and
awful years years in which our
nation has been brought to the
brink of the abyss that has no
bottom. I won't go into detail
here, because by the time you
read this you will have heard or
read his words many days ago.
I'll mention merely that, referr
ing to the cold war, he said:
We have lost already the
MORAL advantage. We are
rapidly losing the MILITARY
advantage."
The implication was that the
Russians are almost on our
shores.
I SUPPOSE it has to be that
WAV
Mr. Stevenson is seeking the
D e m o c ratic nomination for
President. If he wins it. he will
be the candidate of the Demo
cratic party for the office of
President of the United States.
If the Democrats are to win
the election this fall, the people
of our country must be made to
believe that these HAVE been
drastic and terrible years and
that as a result of them our na
tion is tottering at the brink of
the abyss.
Such is politics.
T SHALL indulge here in no
carping criticism of what Mr.
Stevenson had to say. I'm sure
he is a patriotic American. If
he spoke today with a double
tongue it was because, under the
accepted rules of the game of
politics, he HAD to.
He COULDN'T, under the
rules, have praised President Ei
senhower's achievements, be
cause that would have left him
without a political leg to stand
on.
GAIN-
SUCH IS POLITICS.
That is the way the game is
played.
T'D LIKE merely to add that it
is most flattering to us, as edi
tors of the nation's newspapers,
that the President of the United
State's and the man who is pre
sently regarded as the leading
contender for the Presidency of
the United States during the
four years beginning next Jan
uary should come before ,us to
argue out the issues of this po
litical campaign.
T HOPE this flattery doesn't go
to our heads and cause us to
think of ourselves as KING
MAKERS. We aren't king
makers. We are reporters and
interpreters. The people of the
United States, may the Lord be
thanked, are the kingmakers.
If we editors have any in
fluence at all in politics it is due
to the honesty and accuracy with
which we report and interpret
and EXPRESS OPINIONS ON
the news of the political cam
paign. SMOKE BAROMETER
Concord, N. H. (U.R) New
Hampshire's yardstick for meas
uring its tourist business in sum
mer time is the state's tobacco
tax. Last July and August, tour
ists paid 168,617 in such taxes,
according to the tax commission.
SNUFF SCENT
Detroit (U.R) Detroit police
seek a cemetery safecracker who
snuffs snuff. A snuff box left
at the scene was the only clue in
the theft of $900 from the office
of Forest Lawn Cemetery.
U.S. Willingness To Consider
Extending
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Prs Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news on the international bal
ance sheet:
THE GOOD
1. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles announced that
the United States is willing to
consider
extending the
North Atlan
tic Treaty Or
ganization by
including eco
nomic cooper
ation, it was
an important
move to
strengthen the
alliance
Charles McCann Which Was
formed seven years ago to meet
the threat, then acutely danger
ous, of Soviet Russian aggres
sion. Canada, France and Italy
had been urging for some
months that the time had come
to put NATO on a broader base.
Dulles's agreement means that
plans for wider cooperation will
be discussed when he and other
foreign ministers of the alliance
meet in Paris next Thursday.
2. The Kremlin's debunking of
Josef Stalin as a Communist
diety hit the governments of
Iron Curtain countries with in
creasing impact. In Poland, two
high police officials were ar
rested and held for trial after
three cabinet ministers had
been dismissed. Another victim
was Alexei Cepicka, a top-rank
ing Communist in Czechoslo
vakia. He was fired from his
posts of vice-premier and de
fense minister.
3. The United States ordered
two members of the Soviet Rus
sian delegation to the United Na
tions to leave the country. They
were accused of taking part in
the virtual kidnapping of five
Russian seamen who had been
given refuge in the United
States. A stiff American note
ousting the two officials also
rebuked Arkady A. Sobolev,
Soviet chief delegate to the U.
N., for his part in the ugly inci
dent. THE BAD
1. The visit of Soviet Premier
Nikolai A. Bulganin and Com
munist party leader Nikita S.
Khrushchev to Great Britain
appeared to have lessened ma
terially any hope that major
cold war issues might be settled
soon between West and East.
The coldness of the British re
ception to "Mr. B. and Mr. K."
was a serious propaganda de
feat for the Kremlin. That was
good news. But it was indicated
also that it would serve to
harden the differences between
Russia and the free world.
2. In France, Premier Guy
Mollet's government was beset
by problems at home and in
Algeria. It was reported in Paris
that Mollet now thought it nec
essary to call 150,000 men in all
to the colors, double the number
originally planned, to combat
the Algerian rebels. This would
bring France's military strength
in Algeria to nearly 425,000
men more than the peak num
Rousing Reception
In Miami Beach
Cheers Stevenson
Miami Beach (U.R) A rous
ing reception for Adlai Steven
son at a one-night stand cheered
the presidential hopeful today.
A crowd of some 4,000 turned
out for a Stevenson rally in
Miami . Beach Thursday night
and applauded his blistering at
tack on the Eisenhower admin
istration's politics on Latin
America and Israel.
The former Illinois governor
flew in from New York Thurs
day night for a whirlwind visit
to two rallies, at North Miami
and at Miami Beach. He was
scheduled to board a plane later
for Chicago.
"We are very much more con
fident than the last time we
were in Florida because of vic
tories over Sen. Estes Kefauver
in Illinois, Massachusetts, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania," Ste
venson aide Roger Tubby re
ported. An apparent decline of Re
publican voting in those pri
maries Stevenson viewed as a
"very hopeful" sign but he cau
tioned his workers that "we
have a long way to go" to win
the Democratic nomination.
Stevenson Thursday night
called for United States support
of Israel with arms to balance
the power in the Middle East.
In Latin America, the presi
dential aspirant said, Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles has
chosen a policy of caution in the
face of an "ominous penetration
by the Soviet Union."
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NATO Features News
ber in the costly Indocina war,
In the domestic field, Mollet
faced a big budget deficit and
popular opposition to the troop
call-up.
3. . Riots broke out between
Green and Turkish islanders in
Cyprus. Greek Cypriot extrem
ists who want Britain to give
Cyprus to Greece murdered two
turks. Young Turkish Cypriots
retorted by attacking Greek-
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
London Soviet Communist party chief Nikita Khrushchev on
British refusal to ease export restrictions on strategic goods to
Russia:
"I was going to place an order for a ship. But they (the British)
say they won't accept it. They say they want to sell us herrings.
Washington Convicted spy Harry Gold on giving Soviet
agents vital U.S. secrets:
"I know I've done great damage io the United Slates. But I
wonder if the greatest damage wasn't in turning myself over to
these people. I turned over my complete soul."
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Washington Vice-President Richard M. Nixon on running for
reelection:
"I informed the President that in the event that the President
and the delegates to the convention reached the decision that it
was their desire for me to serve as the nominee of the Republican
party for vice-president, that I would be honored to accept the
nomination again as I was and as I did in 1952."
Washington Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland
on Nixon's announcement:
"It will permit Republicans io close ranks now and concen
trate on the election of a majority in the Senate and the House of
Representatives."
Miami Adlai Stevenson on Nixon's announcement:
"I greet this news without any misery whatsoever."
Hollywood Gary Crosby, 22-year-old son of Bing Crosby, on
the military draft:
"I'd just as soon get it over
Babson and Small Business
Babson Park, Mass. I was
recently asked what was the
most imDortant thing I had
learned dur
ing my 50
years in active
business. The
answer is
what New
England's
famous sur
geon, Dr. Wil
liam Warren
Babson, once
Roger W. Babson said to me:
"Remember, Roger, that no two
people are alike, what's food
for one may be poison for an
other and vice versa." This was
brought home to me only re
cently when reading in the
Reader's Digest an article prais
ing aspirin for arthritis.
After finishing my reading of
the Digest, I picked up an En
cyclopedia of Health, by J. I
Rodale of Emmaus, Penn., who
has systematically collected
what are recognized as the best
opinions on a hundred physical
ailments. This book lists aspirin
as a very dangerous product,
fifty million tablets of which
are being consumed daily. I
have great respect for Mr. and
Mrs. DeWitt Wallace, editors
of the Reader's Digest, but
wonder if they realize the tre
mendous risk they run as their
circulation becomes bigger? My
purpose, therefore, this week is
to further the urge of my friend
Ernest Gaunt, and appeal for a
subsidy to the small publisher,
the small businessman, and the
unknown genius. Thajge may be
the hope of America, and not
"big business," which assumes
all people to be alike.
Education, Labor Unions
After spending many years
and millions of dollars educating
young people, I am convinced
of the great importance of small
colleges, small schools and
classes. Figures may show that
costs of so-called education may
be decreased by consolidated
schools, state universities, and
other attempts at mass educa
tion. Having learned, however,
that all young people are dif
ferent and are entitled to dif
ferent instruction, I have con
cluded that the solution is to
teach young people to educate
themselves. When the "do-it-yourself
movement extends to
education, we will begin to get
good results and at very much
less expense.
The Labor Union movement is
fulfilling a need in combating
the misused power of employ
ers; but it will some day break
up of its own weight, due to the
inherent differences in people.
Its present program of paying
every workman in a certain
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owned shops and setting fire to
some of them. At the same time
Greek attacks on British troops,
British, Turkish and Greek po
lice and civilians continued.
Large areas of the island were
put under strict .curfews by the
British authorities as part of the
crackdown campaign of Field
Marshal Sir John Harding, Brit
ish governor and commander in
chief.
with before I'm too old."
group the same wage is against
human nature. I forecast that
for labor unions to succeed, they
must recognize that workers are
entitled to different wages
based upon their initiative, en
ergy, intelligence, and other
qualifications.
Should Ba Encouraged
Some day the small business
man will have to be helped by a
subsidy of some kind, especially
to use for advertising. There is
a demand for every product
which has ever been found use
ful. More candles are sold today
than ever before: more hard
wood is sold for fireplaces;
horses and sulkies for racing sell
at higher prices today than ever.
There are buyers awaiting every
product and service, if the pub
lic only knew where to get them.
Therefore, let no small busi
nessman get discouraged. As the
Good Book says (see Ecclesiastes
9th chapter, 11th verse): "The
race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong." If Amer
ica will do right, I have no fear
of Communism with its stan-
ardization of everything. We,
however, must encourage the
unknown genius, the small man
ufacturer, and the little spec
laity store ' around the cor
ner."
Religion and Investment
It seems too bad that Protes-
antism should be divided into
250 denominations. I have great
respect for the Holy Catholic
Church. I often wish there were
some way that the Roman
Church and these 250 Protestant
denominations could be com
bined. On the other hand, if re
ligion is largely a matter of
Spirit and Emotions, the next
great New Horizon may be the
study and harnessing of these
spiritual powers which are now
so divided. I have learned that
the world is ruled by feelings
rather than by figures: and that
we have not given proper con
sideration to the different feel
ings of different people.
I admire the work the Presi
dent of the New York Stock
Exchange is doing to popularize
investments. If, however, his
idea is carried too far, it may
result in a great stock market
panic. Too many people for
instance are being advised to
invest in the standardized "blue
chips." Investments cannot safe
ly be standardized. An investor
should make purchases accord
ing to his age, responsibilities,
temperament, and the kind of
work in which he is engaged.
He needs an investment coun
selor to advise him about this.
People are different, and free
enterprise will succeed only as
this difference is recognized In
every field. " J
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Governor's Tax
Recommendations
Waif Commitlee
Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo
Smith said today he would make
no recommendations on a specific
tax program for Oregon until
the interim tax study committee
had a chance to make recom
mendations. .
The governor's clarification of
his tax stand came after what he
called an "erroneous" press story
to the Portland Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
"My position on taxation in
Oregon is as follows," the gov
ernor said.
Studying Structure
"A legislative interim commit
tee is conducting an intensive
study of Oregon's tax laws and,
Oregon's tax structure. This com
mittee has conferred and con
sulted with tax experts from the
fields of labor, agriculture, indus
try, big business, little business,
public agencies, education end
every field of Oregon activity.
"On the basis of its study, the
committee is expected to make
recommendations to the legist
ture for a comprehensive tax
program for Oregon," the gov
ernor continued.
"Until such time as I have the
benefit of the results of this tax
study, I am not now making, and
have not made any recommenda
tions on a specific tax program
for Oregon."
The governor concluded:
"Press reports which have me
endorsing one type of tax over
another are in error."
Roseburg Revolt
Leaders Seek To
Have Budget Vole
Roseburg (U.R) Leaders of
a successful revolt movement
here against the budget of the
Roseburg school district Wednes
day night urged the budget be
resubmitted and approved by
the voters at a figure some $138,
000 less than the rejected
budget.
At a school district budget
meeting, James Conn, president
of the Citizen's Association for
Better Schools, presented pro
posals for cutting school ex
penses by ridding the school
program of what he called "extra-traditional"
activities.
The district's budget was de
feated by a heavy vote April 19
after the association challenged
what it considered to be the
frills of modern education.
Conn suggested that a busi
ness manager be hired to handle
school business affairs, leaving
education matters only in .the
hands of the superintendent. He
called for a study of the worth
of the school physical education
program, industrial arts, fine
arts, band and chorus. He sug
gested elimination of the junior
high school and questioned the
need for a number of clerks
and stenographers.
The school board said it was
ready to meet with the associa
tion to discuss a re-evaluation
of the school program.
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