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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 23, 1946
(It was Thursday)
State Senator Earl T. Newbry,
Representative Frank J. Van
Dyke and O. IL Bengtson, Re
publican legislative candidates,
will be the Democratic nominees
from this county by virtue of
write-in votes cast in last Fri
day's primary nominating elec
tion. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot' column: "Old Ore
gon" has much "hidden football
strength," a report . states, as
practice ends. This has happened
before. In the fall the "hidden
football strength" is hidden so
well the coach can't find it.
20 YEARS AGO
May 23, 1936
(It was Sunday)
According to Robert Knoll,' of
Stuttgart, Germany, who stop
ped in Medford Friday en route
to Los Angeles, Germany under
Hitler is destined to be a happy,
prosperous and a peaceful na
tion. ,
Four hundred children will
' take part in the annual spring
music festival by the Medford el
ementary schools Friday.
SO YEARS AGO
May 23, 1926
(It was. Sunday)
Recently organized Medford
Chamber of Commerce will "tell
the world" of the city and south
ern Oregon, according to Robert
Boyl, secretary.
The largest aggregation of
mail planes ever assembled for
one flight from San Diego to
Seattle and return will stop over
in Medford, according to plans
now being made by the Pacific
Air Transport company.
40 YEARS AGO
May 23. 1916
(It was Tuesday)
"With three precincts missing,
the total Democratic vote for
district attorney gives Borden
439, Kelly 384, and McCabe 32S.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Republican National Chair
man Hall or Democratic Nation
al Chairman Butler was booed
at the 1956 annual meeting of
the U. S. Chamber of Commerce?
2. Cancer of the breast in wo
men is most apt to occur when
they're young or between 30 and
45, or over 45?
3. A husband-and-wife team
(Albert Hackett and Frances
Goodrich) won this year's Pulit
zer price for poetry, history, bi
ography, music, or drama?
4. The only state now repre
sented in the U. S. Senate by a
woman is Illinois, Maine, New
York, Pennsylvania or Wyom
ing? 5. The revenue stamp on a
; package of 20 cigarettes carries
the picture of DeWitt Clinton,
Simeon Fishback, Alexander
Hamilton, or Gouverneur Mor
ris? 6. The Eisenhower administra
tion favors or opposes special
'housing aid for elderly persons?
7. Why are businessmen on
loan to the government from
private industry called W.O.C.'s?
The answers: 1. Butler. 2.
Over 45. 3. Drama ("The Diary
of Anne Frank"). 4. Main (Mrs.
Smith). 5. DeWiit Clinton. 6.
Favors special aid. 7. They work
WithOut Cornpensatln.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
The Urge to Exercise
Is it just imagination, or is the general impression
that heart attacks, high blood pressure and hyper
tension are getting more frequent and disastrous
correct?
Or is it just that increasing attention to gloomy
medical reports, to the rapid pace at which most peo
ple live these days, and to the untimely illnesses of
friends and contemporaries, tend to produce the idea
that this sort of thing is on the upswing?
THE .EVIDENCE appears to show that there is, in
deed, an increase in the number of ailments
which can be attributed to fast living, heavy worry
ing, insufficient relaxation, and hard, but non-physical,
work.
Wives all over America, conscious of this trend,
are nagging and bullying their husbands to take it
easy, slow down, relaxv-and as a result building up
the old man's tensions even more.
As for the wives themselves, there is evidence to
indicate that they, themselves, are not the least of the
sufferers from worry and tension possibly about
their husbands. Anyway, the recently-developed tran
quilizing drugs are going like hotcakes, these days
a substantial portion of them to the womenfolk.
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DRIMITIVE man didn't have too many things to
worry his head about, and as a result hyperten
sion was at a minimum. Most of his big problems (ex
cept for finding food, probably his worst continuing
headache) could be solved by a simple formula : Fight
or run.
In the last century, worries hadn't built up much
more of a head of steam, either, for transportation and
communication were fairly leisurely sorts of things,
and if something didn't get done today well, there
was always tomorrow.
Today, however, there is an insistent feeling of
urgency, the nagging demand that things get done at
once, now, today. And the problems faced can't be
solved by the "fight or run" formula, either. Man
poor guy has to think.
DUT THE manifold pressures of today CAN be
solved by a variation of the cave-man type of re
action, according to researchers at the University of
California..
They recommend at least three 20-minute or half
hour periods of exercise each week. The theory is that
emotional shocks and pressures can be alleviated by
the same therapy the cave-man used. In his case he
fought or ran ; in our case we play golf, dig in the gar
den or run around the block.,
Wasnt' it Alexander Woolcott who said that
whenever he got an urge to exercise he lay down until
the awful feeling went away?
Bad advice, the U of C men imply. Succumb to the
urge to exercise if you've got enough energy left af
ter fighting your tensions during the day.
One commentator has a suggestion, though. "Each
office,", he says, "each home, should have a tread
mill." E. A.
Mercy Flights Gets Around
Newrs about Mercy Flights, Inc., really gets around.
The non-profit air ambulance corporation, only
one of its kind in the world, has been receiving in
creasing national attention during the past year or so
as editors begin to realize they've got an interesting
subject.
At one time or another, the organization has been
the subject of stories in Mechanix Illustrated, the na
tionwide network of the Associated Press, and in
Fortnight.
The most recent mention of it in an important me
dium is in the current issue of Coronet magazine, which
has a. three-page story on Mercy Flights and its found
er, George Milligan.
THE ARTICLE, entitled "Oregon's Wings of Mer
cy" gives a brief history of the air ambulance
service a history which has been a familiar one to
readers of the Mail Tribune over the past six years. -More
than that, however, the article is a tribute
to George Milligan, without whom there would be no
Mercy Flights.
An irreverent friend of his, after reading the Cor
onet article, greeted Milligan the other flay thus: "Hi,
hero."
George's reply was typical. "Drop dead," he said.
E. A.
Swimming
If the sun-keeps shining the way it has been the
last few days, it's going to be summer before we know
it.
And summer means swimming. The municipal
pool in Hawthorne park will open on June 11 only
about 2y2 weeks away.
The creeks and rivers and lakes of Jackson county
are beckoning already, for those hardy enough to
brave their chill.
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WHICH BRINGS to mind the fact that swimming
" is a wonderful means of recreation healthy,
fun, and, if the proper precautions are observed, safe.
Don't swim immediately after eating, don't get
over-tired, don't go alone, don't dive into water with
which you're not familiar. And, on the positive side,
know all about artificial respiration. It could save a
life. K A. --
Wednesday, May 23, I95S
Britain Serves Notice That
Give Away1 Method To End
By CHARLES MCANN
United Press Correspondent
Great Britain evidently has
decided that the "give-away"
method of dealing with its col
onial possess
ions has gone
far enough.
lS-W was made plain
tion of policy
in a declara
Monday, in be
half of the gov
ernment, b y
Foreign Secre
t a r y Selwyn
Charles McCann Lloyd.
Briefly, it is that Britain in
tends to hold such possessions as
Cyprus, Aden and Singapore at
any cost That means by force
if necessary.
Lloyd called them positions of
strength. He said that to Brit
ain, with its world-wide lines of
communication, they are "vital
to our strategic interests."
Such other possessions as Gi-
Chances for Alaskan,
Hawaiian Statehood
Seen Slim This Year
Washington (CQ) Party
platform writers should be
spared one slight chore this year
that of fashioning fresh
pledges of statehood for Hawaii
and Alaska.
The old 1952 promises of
immediate statehood" will do
just as well, for neither Demo
crats nor Republicans expect to
redeem their pledges before
Congress adjourns, according to
a survey by Congressional
Quarterly.
Chairman Clair Engle (D-
Calif.) of the House Interior.
Committee told CQ it's up to the
Senate to act first. Sources in the
Senate Intierior Committee de
clined to be quoted, but acknowl
edged little or no interest in
pushing through statehood bills
during the current session.
Alaska Makes Plans
Meanwhile, Alaska is taking
matters into its own hands. On
April 24 the territory's voters
not only endorsed a draft state
constitution, but approved a plan
to elect two Senators and one
Representative next Oct. 9. If
history repeats itself, these offi
cials will arrive in Washington
next January and demand in
vain to be seated as Members of
Congress. They will then launch
a high-pressure campaign to
push a ; statehood bill through
both chambers.
Almost 100 years have passed
since a prospective state picked
its Congressional delegation be
fore being admitted to the Union.
All told, six states-to-be have
done so, the first being Tennes
see in 1796. Others were Michi
gan (1835). Iowa (1846). Califor
nia (1849). Oregon . (1858) ana
Kansas (1859). In all cases, the
states were admitted within two
years of the premature election.
In May 1796, after the House
had voted to admit Tennessee
but the Senate had refused to
concur, Senators-elect William
Blount and William Cocke
claimed their seats. But the Sen
ate refused to recognize them
and voted instead, 12 to 11, that
they "be received as spectators,
and that chairs be provided for
that purpose.
In January, 1950, California's
delegation of two Senators and
two Representatives arrived in
Washington to press for state
hood. Their presence, according
to one history book, was "re
garded by some of both sections,
but especially by the South, as
unwarranted, even impertinent.
The state's admission was de
layed until September, when
angry debate over the slavery
issue was ended by Henry Clay's
famed Compromise of 1850.
Oregon Eager
In Oregon's case, according to
one source, its two Senators and
one Representative "diligently
sought out and interviewed the
members of both houses, and
were eager to get their seats and
to begin drawing their pay.
Sen. Delazon Smith wrote a
friend that "You may bet high
on the admission of Oregon early
in the session . . . The sergeant-
at-arms of the Senate has had
desks, chairs, etc. made for the
Oregon Senators, and they will
occupy them before the close of
the tenth day of the session."
Smith was destined to wait a
little longer, as the session
opened Dec. 6, 1858, and Presi
dent Buchanan signed the admis
sion bill Feb. 14, 1859.
Territories are now represent
ed in the House by non-voting
Delegates. Alaska's E. L. Bart
lett (D) and Hawaii's Mrs. Joseph
R. Farrington (R) both acknowl
edge strong continuing opposi
tion to granting statehood to
either or both of these non-contiguous
territories.
Southern Opposition
Last year, the House voted
218-170 to recommit a Senate-
passed bill admitting - both as
states. Of the. 105 Democrats
who; along with .113 Republi
cans, voted to kill the measure,
90 represented southern states.
Southern opposition is aimed
chiefly at Hawaii, whose 1950
population of 50,000 persons was
predominantly n o n - Caucasian.
Natives of Japanese ' ancestry
braltar, Malta and Hong Kong
would be included in that cate
gory. Lloyd's statement was made,
after it was approved by the
cabinet, at a Conservative party
rally.
The statement was aimed in
the first place at the nationalist
political leaders of some of Brit
ain's smaller possessions. But
it obviously was aimed also at
"neutralists" like Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and
at some foreign governments
which would like to take over
British territory.
Greek Desires
1 Greece, for instance, wants
Cyprus. The revolt on that is
land is being conducted by Cy
priots who demand the right of
"self-determination." Under the
self-determination, they would
"unite" Cyprus with Greece.
Spain wants Gibraltar. There
are frequent insistent demands
in the Spanish press, sometimes
supported by the government,
made up 37 per cent of the popu
lation. Republicans contend that Alas
ka is not ready for statehood.
The territory is one-fifth as large
as the entire United States and
twice the size of Texas, but had
an estimated 1955 civilian popu
lation of only 168,000.
Next January, however, Con
gress will get an earful of Alas
ka's claim to being the "Last
Frontier," when the territory's
three would-be members arrive
to lobby through a statehood
bill for one or both claimants.
Communications
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the name and address ol the writer
llthougb under certain circum
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the right to edit all letters with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion Letters submitted for Dublica
tion must not exceed 400 words
He Smells a Mouse
' To the Editor: I recognize the
right of an editor of a newspa
per to support the candidate of
his choice for public office and
to utilize whatever influence
the'paper has to help bring about
the election of that candidate,
but I believe the support should
be given in an open and honest
manner rather than by a pre
tended impartial attitude while
subtly supporting the favored
candidate with preferential
treatment calculated to stop just
short of revealing the actual sup
port being given; then revealing
this support at the last moment
when it would achieve the maxi
mum .psychological effect and
be immune to rebuttal.
The instance to which I refer
is of course the recent contest for
the Republican nomination for
the office of district attorney,
and while, this sly and admitted
ly clever action on the part of
the Editor of the Medford Mail
Tribune was probably instru
mental in getting the candidate
over the first hurdle, it may in
the long run cost him votes be
cause the voters will undoubted
ly realize that the candidate
must be of the same ilk as those
who support him.
J. A. McCalvy
Route 2, Box 736,
Central Point.
Publicity Wanted
To the Editor: A new Activity
Ranch and School will begin a 14
week session commencing June
3, 1956. Ten Oregon certified
teachers, each a specialist, will
serve the remedial needs of chil
dren in the 7-12 year age group,
as well as the recreational needs
of the child. Enrichment as to
need is the theme. The many ac
tivities available will include
horsemanship, swimming, arts
and crafts, dramatics, fishing,
games, and piano instruction.
The program is well coordinated
and balanced. The faculty is out
standing. Enrollment is restricted to 20
per weekly session. The cost for
food and lodging is $47.50. For
further information write to Ac
tivity Ranch and School, Route
2 Box 694, Oregon City, Oregon;
or phone Sunnyside 799.
L. E. Surface
Director
Tells Appreciation
To the Editor: I wish to take
this opportunity of thanking the
many voters of Jackson County
who cast their vote for me for
the office of district judge dur
ing the recent election.
I feel that the large vote which
I received, notwithstanding the
fact that I withdrew from the
race shortly after filing, is an
expression of confidence, which
I deeply appreciate. .
To those who so sincerely ex
pressed their confidence in me,
I wish to repeat that my with
drawal from the race was due
to circumstances beyond my con
trol. O. H. Bengtson,
- Medford, Ore.' " ' "
that Britain give up "the rock"
at the western entrance to the
Mediterranean. ' , I
Some of the Arab countries!
have their eyes on Aden, at the
junction of the Red Sea and the
Indian Ocean, and the sheikdoms
over which Britain has extended
protectorates for more than 100
years.
Communist China would love
to have Hong Kong. ;
Lloyd spoke with special bit
terness of the revolt in Cyprus.
He said the rebels represented
only a tiny fraction of the pop
ulation. "Terrorism incited from
Greece has taken the field," he
said. The "dastardly crimes" of
the extremists "must be met
firmly with force," he asserted.
Home Rule Programs
All this does not mean that
Britain is going back to the old
fashioned system of. "colonial
ism." .
All over the commonwealth,
it is going ahead with home
rule programs.
It has just agreed that Malay
shall become a completely inde
pendent unit within the com
monwealth by August, 1957.
It has formed a central Afri
can federation including South
ern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia
and Nyasaland, and is granting
home rule to such territories as
the gold coast in West Africa.
It is in the process of forming
a Caribbean federation which
will include Jamaica, Trinidad,
Barbados and the Windward and
Leeward Islands.
The new declaration of policy
means simply that Britain is try
ing to strengthen the common
wealth under a progressive home
rule policy, and does not mean
to scuttle it.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Ho! Hum!.
The 1956 primary election in
Oregon has been pushed over in
to the limbo of the past ,
What shall we talk about nowT
rpHE TELETYPE, that indispen
sable gadget of the commun
ications industry, answers - that
question this morning by discuss
ing in considerable detail what
it calls a Preview of the Future.
Among other things, it de
scribes what it calls the Lazy Su
san house. It will be built around
a circular living room. The floor
of the - living room will RE
VOLVE. All you will have to do
is to sit in your easy chair and
push buttons. One button will
move you to the TV set. When
you get tired of that (which can
happen) another button will
move you around to your five
foot bookshelf. When you're fed
up on reading, jab another but
ton and you'll be spun around to
the door of the dining room.
And so on. I s'pose the final
step wUl be a button that will
whirl you to the door of your
bedroom and activate a mechan
ism in your chair that will hurl
you into your downy couch. All
you'll need then will be clothes
that will unzipper themselves in
your flight from the chair to the
bed. '
THERE'S always a fly in the
ointment.
. WITHOUT EXERCISE,
how will you ever get tired en
ough to sleep?
GETTING back to the dining
room to the door of which
you will be spun, by your Lazy
Susan.
What will be on the table
when you get there? ,
rFHE TELETYPE answers that
one.
A new process freezes a batch
of meat and then puts it in a
vacuum chamber that takes out
every drop of water. The stuff
will then, when properly pack
aged, keep for years at room
temperature.
All you'll need to do when
you're whisked around to your
place at the table is to pour boil
ing water over the slab of dehy
drated meat that will be on your
plate and wolf it down.
BUT
Aeain
Without EXERCISE, how will
CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS
BUS SYSTEM
5th and Front Phona 3-1853
Osraadl
Principal Tension-Building
Issues in Middle East Not
Solved by Peace Mission
By WILLIAM T. STONE
Washington U. N. Secre
tary General Hammarskjold's
peace mission to the Middle East
has afforded some relief from
the tension that prevailed when
he started negotiations with Is
rael and the Arab states. How
ever, reports of new, border in
cidents emphasize the continuing
instability of the Palestine area.
When the . Security Council
meets to receive Hammarsk
jold's report, it will plainly need
to ponder what can be done to
promote a permanent settlement.
The agreements obtained by
the Secretary General amount
in effect only to pledges to hon
or pledges given in the armistice
agreements in 1949 that ended
the Palestine war. According to
Hammarskjold, . however, the
new cease-fires are an advance
in that they constitute promises
directly to the United Nations
and recognize an obligation to
observe basic principles of the
Charter.
StiU Unsolved
The old tension-breeding
questions of Arab refugees and
Arab refusal to concede Israel's
right to existence as a state re
main unresolved. Whether the
problem can be held to manage
able proportions, and progress
made toward some kind of real
setUement, may depend in large
degree on the willingness of the
Soviet Union to work with oth-
er nations to that end.
It was the opening of Commu
nist Czechoslovakia as a source
of arms supply to Egypt last
you ever be able to work up an
appetite?
THEN there are to be airplanes
that wUl travel at 4,000
miles per hour. You can eat
your breakfast and climb onto
one of the things and go around
the world and be back home in
time to get to work along with
the rest of the crew.
AND SO ON ad infinitum.
But, after a week-end
spent in tabulating votes so that
the people may know without
delay just who got elected, what
we newspaper people are yearn
ing for is a gadget into which
aU the ballots can be dumped
and the final tally taken out all
nicely typed on a sheet of paper
some two and a half minutes
after the polls close.
HO! hum;' "
That Ho Hum! is intended
to simulate in type a YAWN of
magnificent proportions.
We newspaper people are still
sleepy and how!
Couples married less than one
year buy 40 per cent of carpets
sold in the U.S.
My Sincere
Appreciation!
One of the
most rewarding
features of
winning a
Political Election
Is the
xperlence of
confidence
on the part
of so many
loyal friends and
supporters.
My Heartfelt
gratitude to
you all.
L. G. "Shy" Northland
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year that helped to retire Arab
animosity toward Israel and
bring on the crisis that sent
Hammarskjold to the Middle
East. With arms available from
sources outside the West, Prem
ier Gamal Abdel Nasser felt en
couraged to pursue his ambitions
to unify the Arab world under
Egypt's leadership. More signif
icant, the Communist arms de
liveries signalled the Kremlin's
determination to make its influ
ence felt in the Middle East
Commitments
Because that area Is of vital
importance lo the western pow
ers, they have entered into var
ious committments to promote
its security and protect their in
terests there.
By the Tripartite Declaration
of 1950 the United States, Great
Britain, and France agreed to
"take action both within and
outside the United Nations" to
prevent any violation of the ar
mistice lines between Israel and
the neighboring Arab states.
By a Protocol to the North At
lantic Treaty in 1951 the mutual
security guarantees of that in
strument were extended to
Greece and Turkey and the East
ern Mediterranean.
By the Baghdad Pact in 1955
Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and
Great Britain agreed to "cooper
ate for their security and de
fense." The v United States,
though not a party to the alli
ance, has joined two of its com
mittees. This country, in addition, has
directed military aid to the Mid
dle East signatories of the Bagh
dad Pact, and it maintains air
bases in Saudi Arabia and North
Africa.
Presented By Egypt
Iraq's participation In the
western-oriented Baghdad Pact
was resented by Egypt as a blow
to Arab unity. Nasser first tried
to frighten Iraq out of signing
the treaty. Then, after obtaining
Communist arms, he took steps
to build a new Arab aUiance to
replace the faltering Arab
League. Egypt concluded mutual
defense treaties in October 1955
with Syria and Saudi Arabia,
and in April 1956 brought Ye
men into the group. Efforts to
add Jordan were less success
ful. Egypt's plans to build Arab
power received a setback last
month, when Moscow drew back
from apparent support of that
venture. The Soviet freign min
istry pledged backing of U. N.
measures for "strengthening
peace in the area of Palestine,"
Then Bulganin and Khrushchev,
visiting London, joined the Brit
ish government in declaring
their "firm intention" to do ev
erything possible to maintain
peace in the Middle East. .
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