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FOUH MEDFORD (OREGON) MnratsfcTRiBUNs "Everybody in Southern Oregon Red Thm Mail Tribun" PublUhsd Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO TT-29 North fir St. Fhona 2-gl41 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor. HZTtB CRZY AdrerttJinf Manager GERALD LATHAM. Busineaa Manafcr ZRIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H- ADAMS. City Editor BARRY CHIP MAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JKWETT S porta Editor OLIVE STAR CHER Society Editor PALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newipaper Entered aa second dajs matter at Madiord Oregon, under Act ox March . 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Per Copy 10c Dally and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 50 Daily and Sunday Three mot. 3-50 Sunday Only One year $3J0. By Carrier In Advance Med ford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Cold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $13 00 Daily and Sunday One month 1-25 Carrier and Dealero 5c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance Mrlelal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: uvciiiiini neuicKuwu.-. WE3T-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC Offices tn New York. Chicago. De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta Vancouver B C NATIONAL EDITORIAL 30' NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jac&son County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and tO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO June t, 194B , (It was Saturday) Boy and Girl scouts will aid the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce In emergency food collection drive Monday, accord ing to Robert Upson, chairman. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column. N. Greene and G. Tlngley of the B. Tornado grid team are now toiling in the timber. 20 YEARS AGO Jum t, 1938 Ot was Monday) Crater Lake National park staff will move this week to its summer offices at the mountain resort, according to David Can- field, superintendent . J. R. Marshall elected chair man of the Jackson county Dem ocratic central committee Sat urday afternoon. 0 YEARS AGO Jum 8. 1928 (It was Tuesday) In efforts to eliminate speed ing in the city streets, campaign Is launched to arrest violators. At the Kiwanis luncheon at the Holland cafe, Monday, M. N. Hogan gave a short talk on air traffic and air mail service. 40 YEARS AGO June 8. 1918 (It was Thursday) The city council will meet to night and pass on the Welch Bros., sawmill proposition, the Bullis contract cannot be closed, but will be laid over for a few days. "The Blue andd White, an nual of the Phoenix High school, Is off the press and has been de livered to the student body and faculty. What's the Answer? 1. John Foster Dulles has trav eled about 100.000 or 200,000, or more than 300.000 miles as Secretary of State? 2. A man who works on ballis tics is concerned with Iighter-than-air aircraft, weapons, for mal dances, or bearings in ma chines? . 3. Israel continues to welcome or has set up bars to immigration of Jews from North Africa? 4. Dorothy, the Tin Woodman, the Timid Lion, and the Scare crow were principal characters In what series of children's books? 5. X-ray treatment may help to overcome sterility in women; right or wrong? 8. Median income of employed Americans, before taxes, was less than $2,500, about $3,000, or more than $3,500 last year? 7. San Francisco will be host to the Democratic or the Repub lican convention in August? The Answers: 1. 310,000 miles. Dulles said May 27. 2. Weapons. 3. Plans to admit 100,000 from North Africa this year. 4. Os books, by L. Frank Baum. 5. Right, according to Dt. Ira J. Kaplan of New York's Bellevue Hospital. 6. Lass than $2,500 ($2,323). 7. Republican. INVITED FOR PARLEY London (U.R) Britain has invited Soviet civil air chiefs to negotiate direct air services be tween London and Moscow, ac cording to the Foreign Office. The Russians have not yet ac cepted but are expected to do so shortly. i MAIL THIBUNE Letter to a Dear Congratulations on your graduation last night. Most high school seniors I have known and I suppose the members of the 1956 class are no excep tion think of "commencement" as the end of their high school career, rather than a beginning of a new phase, as the term indicates. OUT it IS a beginning: u For you it will mean starting your own family life. But if I know you as well as I think I do, you will con tinue your education, one way or another. Many people continue their education for the rest of their lives in school and out. For many of your classmates it will mean getting ready for college or university in the fall. For those who are college material, it seems to me this is wise. For our civilization today is exceedingly compli cated, and getting more so all the time. A greater pre mium is being placed on young people with good ed ucations, and true success is becoming more difficult to achieve without the skills and training that fit a person for competition. Housewives, too, benefit from the broader background which education provides. AS YOU know, it has been made easier in recent years to obtain a college education if you really want one but more difficult if you're only half hearted about it. The number of scholarships available has increas ed greatly. And most schools of higher education have a variety of grants, loan funds and other ways of aid ing sincere students financially. In addition, more and more students are finding that it is not impossible to work their way through col lege. It's a bit rough, but it can be done. "N THE other hand, colleges are getting much more selective than they used to be about who they ad mit. Standards are getting higher, and even the tax supported schools and universities are cutting down. They have to, because there are so many more stu dents than there used to be. The existing schools and colleges are expanding as fast as they can, within tax and endowment limita tions, and new ones are being formed. Still they can not handle all the students, and it's going to get worse instead of better. For this reason, if for no other, students going on to college will have to keep up their grades or get out, if they can get in in the first place. THE BOYS in your class have an added problem, now that they have graduated: What to do about their military service obligation? They have a number of choices, and it is difficult to know which one would suit a certain boy's needs the best. He could wait to be drafted, or enlist. Or he could investigate one of the numerous options offer ed in the various reserve programs. Those who go on to college can train as reserve officers, or, if they maintain their grades, can obtain deferments until they graduate. TOR THOSE of the class who cannot, or don't want, to continue their formal education, there are wide opportunities in a variety of occupations,, jobs in which they can take a real pride and interest. The apprenticeship program can enable them to learn a skilled and respected trade. There are a num ber of vocational schools (one of the best, Oregon Technical Institute, is just across the mountains at Klamath Falls) where they can obtain the training needed to get them started properly. And many lines of work are open to sincere young men and women without formal training who are willing to work at it, and give it the best they have. VOUR CLASS of 270"students may be the smallest that will ever have graduated from Medford High school from now on. You and your classmates were born during the last of the depression years, when fewer babies were coming along. From now on the classes promise to get bigger and bigger. This means that none of you should have too much difficulty in finding and keeping a job, under present circumstances. We are in an expanding economy. YOUR "commencement," then, comes at a time ""tu me xo yicLtjr ccioj, in sume ways, oome 01 -1 i. rii i i.ii . your ciassmaies win turn out 10 oe lazy and careless, and take the good things as they come. But I have a hunch that most of them will work as hard as did their mothers and fathers, and grand mothers and grandfathers, building their own places in America, wherever they go and whatever they do. The high school education you have received is probably the best that has ever been available to stu dents of any generation before. It has been designed to give you the best possible start in life. Most of you, being human, have not quite taken full advantage of it. But I like to think that your generation has a more Stable, more thnno-ht.fnl rnnrc. in.-oll.'.TOT..- nntlrvnlr than 7 - tiiui v iiidviiigviiv vmww-, uiau your elders did when they were high school graduates. TT IS to you that those of us who are a bit older are A looking for the fresh new leadership we are going to need in a troubled world. We are looking to you for me solution or partial solution to our problems of economics, and social justice; of morality, and edu cation and world peace. There are so many unsolved problems, and pro gress in solving them is slow. And so the congratulations we offer you on grad uation include a hope for the future, a quiet prayer for all of you who are so soon to bear heavy responsi bilities in your families, businesses and public affairs, and an honest wish for the best of luck for great suc cess in life. ; ... Sincerely, E.A. Friday. June 8. 1958 Graduate French-German Accord on Saar Tops Good By CHARLES M. McCANN - United Press Correspondent The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet: The Good 1. France and West Germany reached an agreement which gave hope of ending their years long dispute over the future of the Saar coal and steel basin. The rich, 990-square mile area is historically German. Eco nomically it is linked closely with France's Lorraine steel in dustry. France obtained control of it for years after World War I and has had control of it since the end of World War II. Under the new agreement, the Saar wUl revert to Germany political ly by next Jan. 1. Its economy will be merged with Germany's after three years. Under the agreement, a canal will be built linking France's Moselle River with the Rhine. This canal, which France has sought for 80 years, would take coking coal from the German Ruhr to Lor raine. 2. French Premier Guy Mollet won a vote of confidence on his entire domestic and foreign policy. The vote emphasized the confused overall French political situation. Mollet won by 271 to 59. But there were 200 absten tions. Also, Mollet faces more confidence votes on details of his policy. But the high vote gave assurance that French political leaders are not ready for a new Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Free Will Blood To the Editor: Most of the past three -weeks I have been con fined to the hospital. During my stay I have received 18 blood transfusions. This blood has been furnished the hospital free of charge from the Red Cross Blood Bank. To my many friends who have expressed a . desire to do some thing for me, I would suggest that a donation of blood to the Bloodmobile June 13 would be most appreciated. Only through free will donations is the Blood Bank able to maintain its sup ply. Frank C. Thompson . - Box 92 '" Talent, Ore. Israel and Judah To the Editor: Looking at the controversy between the Arabs and the Jews, it would seem it is hard to overcome the potential to World War .HI. The Arabs have occupied the Holy Land nearly 2,000 years-now, and feel it is their land, and they can also trace their ancestry back to Abraham, Hagar and Ishmael. The Jews can trace their an cestry to Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel, and his twelve sons became the twelve Tribes of Israel, and they also became God's covenanted peo ple (Deut. 7:6) whom God will work out his plan for the mil Ienium and his reign on the earth. God speaking through Ja cob gave each son a blessing (Gen. 49). However it is evident the blessings pronounced upon Judah and Joseph were choice above' the blessings of their brothers. The twelve tribes of Israel became a great nation. But about 975 B.C. Israel was divided into two kingdoms, Is rael and Judah. The kingdom of Israel was overthrown and tak en into captivity in the days of Shalmaneser, King of Assyria, about 721 B.C. and about a cen tury later Nebuchadnezzar took Jerusalem, and carried the tribe of Judah and part of the tribe of Benjamin to Babylon, where Judah served in captivity for seventy years (Jer. 21:6-7; II Chron. 36:19-21). After their captivity, the king of Judah was restored to its lands by Cyrus, king of Persia. Jesus was born in the Jewish race and they received the Gos pel first, but rejected it, and the covenant' God had made with them and finally crucified the Saviour. For their transgression the land lost its fertility and their cities were destroyed. And they became a hiss and a by word among all nations. Jesus said Jerusalem would be trodden down by the Gen tiles until the times of the Gen tiles would be fulfilled (Luke 21:24). That time seems to have been fulfilled, when on Oct. 17, 1917, General Allenby marched into Jerusalem and the Turkish army marched out the opposite gate without firing a gun. Since that time the Jews have been returned to their homeland in great numbers. , Following are a few refer ences for those who have the time and believe the Bible about the scattering and gath ering of Israel and Judah (Amos 9:8-9; Deut. 4:25-29; Ezk. 37-21; Isa. 11:12; Deut 4:30). John F. Peterson, Box 71 . Talent, Ore. Tasty Morsels To the Editor: How many of i the older generation recollect j News of Past Week cabinet crisis. 3. Britain started a sweeping review of its policy on the vio lence-ridden island of Cyprus. There were indications that the review might lead to a new declaration of policy and negotia' tions to settle the Cyprus dis pute, in which Greek Cypriots seek union with Greece. The Bad 1. There was serious anxiety in Washington over the possible results of the current visit of President Tito of Yugoslavia to Moscow. Some congressmen wanted to cut off all aid to Yugo slavia, in the belief that Tito will take his country back into the Soviet Russian line-up. Presi dent Eisenhower was understood to have told congressional lead ers that he thought it would be a mistake to cut off aid. But he said at a news conference in Washington that he thought the American position toward Tito ought to be "re-evaluated." "We have to take a look at where we stand with this individual now and what serves- our best in terests," the President said. 2. The Chinese Communists made a bid to get their foot in the door of Britain's colony of Hong Kong, the most important port of east Asia. The Red Peip- mg government told Britain that it wanted to install "a commis sion of foreign affairs" in Hong Kong, with a staff to handle dip lomatic and other matters. Brit ish Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, announcing the request, when home made bread baking time arrived almost every week on a given day, with a bannock meal for the younger "fry" of the household? The names var ied, owing to the locality where you lived, of course, sometimes called pancakes or "dough gods," some were baked on iron griddles, near an open grate. Just before the yeast - raised dough was ready to mold into loaves and set in the oven. These small cakes were brown ed on either side on a well heat ed and greased skillet It was a toothsome treat to any young ster and in a robust phrase, "stuck to the ribs." These once tasted, never-forgotten morsels are now only memories to most of us, yet their days are num bered, and gone forever, is our modest guess, who knows? Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman st., Apt. 1 Meatora, ore. D'Aniou Street . To the Editor: In reference to the matter brought up at the last meeting of the Medford city council, regarding changing the name of "Front" street tn "TV. Anjou," or some other suitable name, I should like to share with the townspeople, especial ly those who own property on xne street m question, some in formation that has come to mv attention, from the book, "The Pears of New York," issued by the New York Agriculture Ex periment station. The name, Beurre d'Anjou, is of an old French pear, the ori gin of which is obscure, al though it is supposed to have originated in the vicinity of An gers. It was introduced intn this country by Col. Wilder of Bos- ion, in 1H12, ana iirst truited by him in 1845. Recommended by thp American PnmnlnpiraT so ciety and added to the list of iruits recommended lor general cultivation in 1852. Within 20 years, it was being grown in Medford. John Norton, 90 years ago or more Dlanted the first throe d'Anjou trees in the Rogue Kiver valley and they are still there. They may be seen on the present Bert Kellogg place, southwest of the Hillcrest - or chards. Norton was a relativo of the Barneburg family. The d'Anjou is now fairly generally distributed. There are 3,000 acres in Medford fruit dis trict and it is the second most important pear, commercially, in the valley. Medford produces one-third of all d'An. Pacific coast. It would seem that th erty owners on "Front" ,- could scarcelv find a mnr ...it- able, dignified, beautiful, or even tourist - attracting nm and one with a commercial as well as local appeal than "d'An jou." Pronounced with the hrnarl 'A" and the soft xnunrf "t with accent on thp firt -ui ble, the word itself is distinc tive, unusual and ear-appealing. "cunesse lOBuyi .Butler, 106 South Ivy St., -. Medford, Ore. Southern Oregon Health Service 16 S. Barrier! Summer. Schedule Starting June 2, 1956 CLOSED-SATURDAYS Mon. thru Fri. 9 am-5 pm Open Wednesday Evenings 6-9 pm said it was under consideration. The significance of the request was that it might fore-shadow a Communist attempt to win further concessions - and an eventual demand for the sur render of Hong Kong. 3. Chief Minister David Mar shall . of Singapore carried out his threat to resign as the result of the breakdown of indepen dence negotiations in London. It was feared that, the island might face a period of political turmoil, possibly accompanied by riotous Communist-tormented strikes. Some leftist Singapore leaders have threatened to para lyze government administration as means of putting pressure on Britain to give Singapore fuU independence. In the Day's News ' By FRANK JENKINS In California's hotly contested Presidential primary, Adlai Ste venson won a smashing victory over Estes Kefauver. It looks as though his margin might reach the half million mark. That clearly makes him the man to beat. Considered in con nection with the strong showing he has made in other recent pri maries, it probably means that he wiU be the Democratic nominee. STEVENSON is basically more conservative than Kefauver. And In 1956 he is faring far better in primary contests with Ke fauver than he did in 1952, four years ago. That is significant be cause some of our sounder politi cal analysts believe we are swinging slowly back toward conservatism. Not standpatism. Not "laissez faire," which is a French term meaing Let 'er go, Gallagher, everybody for him self and the devil take the hind most Just moderate conservatism, in which we will look to govern ment, representing all of us, to do for us the things that we can do better ACTING COL LECTIVELY than we can do as individuals competing against each other. The Democratic swing toward Stevenson this year seems to confirm that theory. HARRIMAN, who in the light of recent events has been coming to look like Stevenson's strongest opponent, got a jolt yesterday in his own back yard. He is a New Yorker. In the New York state primary Steven son WON AT LEAST SIX DELE GATES to the Chicago conven tion. Harriman's hopes have rest ed on a deadlock between Ste venson and Kefauver. Steven son's overwhelming victory in California dims the prospect of a deadlock and Harriman's fail ure to win the SOLID support of his own state delegation weakens his position in the convention. yHAT of Harriman?' What IS he? Conservative or radical? TT'S HARD to say. You never can tell about these sons of VERY rich men. Often they have a guilt complex that leads them to do strange things. ri CALIFORNIA, the total Stevenson-Kefauver vote is running substantially ahead as this is written of Republican bal loting for an unopposed 70-vote convention delegation support ing President Eisenhower. Does that mean that Califor nia might vote against Ike next fall? I wouldn't know and noth ing is more profitless than fore casting this far in advance what is going to happen at an election. This question might be pertinent: Did you ever see a big crowd at a race whore ONLY ONE HORSE was running? Probably not. BOY. 3, 'DRIVES' CAR New York (U-PJ Lanny Weiss got out the family car and went for a spin Thursday. The car had gone only 150 yards down the street before it smacked -into another. Lanny stood in the driver's seat to turn the trick and an automatic drive helped. Laniiy is three feet tall and three years old. 2 31 EAST SIXTH ST. . I MUTTON PORK I . SLICED I BEEF I ROAST SAUSAGE BACON STEAK I ii itrBF in? nri sic? I H iy Lb. Lb. VLb.l EJLb. I Election Years Have Little Effect on Economy, Babson Declares Following Survey By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. I have been studying the record of busi ness and the stock market in election years since the turn of the century. Is there a defi nite p a 1 1 e rn which we can use to find out just where we stand at the present time h i s t o rically? soger w. itabton Can we use this knowledge to estimate what conditions we should expect for 1956? Fourteen elections have come and gone since I graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The outcome of the elections whether the victor was Democratic or Republican, whether the result was a sur prise or cut-and-dried, whether we were at war or at paace seemed to make little differ ence. Political parties spend millions of dollars to arouse the voters to the tremendous conse quences of failing to vote the right way. Yet the spending habits of the people have contin ued undisturbed by the turmoil. Consequently, it seems useless Editorial Comment A FLOOD FORECASTER DECORATED Often the government lags be hind in recognizing meritorious service, but there was something very timely in R. A. (Arch) Work's, the father and leader of the soil conservation serv ice snow surveys in 21 Western states, receiving a superior serv ice award from Ezra Benson, secretary of agriculture, on Tuesday. That was the day on which the Columbia river stood with in a foot of the 28-foot crest, which was predicted as early as March, on the basis of snowpack and soil moisture content infor mation gathered by Work's staff and his 1000 volunteer foresters and other individuals. In 1948 Work, as early as April 1, issued a warning that the lower Columbia would have extraordinary high water dur ing the peak of the runoff. It was only after the.Vanport dis aster that his forecasts were ap preciated. " Originally ; Work endeavored to furnish forecasts on seasonal runoffs for irrigation purposes. It was soon obvious that the data his men collected were extreme ly valuable for forecasting peaks of floods a function of the weather bureau. Work is one of our flood watchers, and we are happy to have him decorated in the crest of the flood. Oregon Journal Cong ressional )uiz 'Copyrlsht, I95S ConcresdonaJ Quarterly) Q GATT, the General Agree ment on Tariffs and Trade nego tiated in 1947 and subscribed to by 35 countries, is a major in strument in U.S. participation in international trade. What per centage of free world trade do the 35 GATT nations carry on? (a) 50 per cent (b) 80 per cent (c) 100 per cent. A (b) 80 per cent. The big gest trading nations are the U.S. and Britain, who together ac count for 40 per cent of GATT trade and about one-third of free world trade. , lip riiMeWBUi Why Suffer Longer? When Other Fail COME TO US ACT NOW! Our Nature's HERB remedial will help yon to re gain your good health. Our remedies have beca successful In aiding the sick all over the stare tor over 1 8 years. . Remedies for disorders, sinuses, heart, liver, stomach, gas and eleers, constipation, piles, asthma, female complaints, kidney, bladder, blood, rheumatism, back and headaches. For Male. Female and Children. BRANCH OFFICES: Albany Salem Eugene North Bend Newport to get too excited about election years. Political activity does not appear to cause any drastic changes in the economy. If busi ness has been good, it tends to continue good. Spotty business continues to be spotty. The na tion's economy seems to disre gard politics. It depends, in stead, upon fundamentals such as the impatience of people to buy merchandise, the willing ness of industrialists to expand their plants, the eagerness of bankers to loan money. As a result, I forecast that the vol ume of business transacted this year will show no substantial change, either up or down, from 1955 levels. Will the Boom Continue? Most of my friends who work for a living tell me they "never had it so good." Reports from the rest of the 165 million popu lation tell the same story, plenty of work at good wages. Even the farmers who have seen their gross take decline still make fairly substantial tax payments to Uncle Sam. How much long er can these good times keep up? When will Newton's law of Action and Reaction catch up with this decade of high pros perity? I forecast that there will be no collapse of the nation's econ omythis year. Much publicity has been given to the so-called "built-in stabilizers" social se curity, public works, and road building. Stimulators of business such as "no-money down" sell ing and defense work, are said to be the answer to any antici pated letdown in business. All these stimulants will work for a while. They can provide the necessary push to keep the nation's economy rolling along in high gear through 1956 if the Washington managers find they are needed. They, however, can not be successful in rolling back a tide of reaction permanently. No Pattern Careful scrutiny of the stock market during the past 14 elec tion years reveals no standard pattern. Election of Republican "trust-buster" - Theodore Roose velt in 1904, and of Taft in 1908 occurred in years of strong bull markets. Harding, a Republican, in 1920 saw a weak market; while Coolidge in 1924 enjoyed rising stock prices. . Hoover, perhaps . the best economist of all, also saw rising prices, but subsequently wit nesed a great .collapse. Franklin Roosevelt's election years show ed mixed trends. Truman in 1948 saw. no definite stock mar ket trend. The situation in gen eral appears to be: Since the nation's businessmen and inves tors prefer conservative think ing in Washington, we are more likely to see expanding business and a more buoyant stock mar ket when the Republicans are in office but this is not always true. Sees No New Boom As long as President Eisen hower's health continues to im prove, and provided there is no radical change in the interna tional situation, I can see no se rious threat to business or the stock market during 1956. But I cannot visualize a new boom this year on top of the long extended period of prosperity we have already had. I forecast that we may well see one or two breaks in the market, interrupted by a series of equally sharp rallies. Certain groups' of securities may even reach, new high levels while other groups may decline to new lows. Election years, however, offer no sure clue to -business prospects or stock market profits. S. B. FONO Herb Specialist CHARLIE CHAN OFFICE OPEN SUNDAYS ONLY 12 NOON TO 4 P.M. CHINESE MEDICINE & HERB CO. 624 S. Riverside Medford
