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o o o o O o O O O o o o O o OC o o o N3 O O O 0 FOUR MEDFOSD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE & o "Ttveryor.e in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune' PubUih"l Dai O MEUFOh fcxceDt Saturday by PRINTING CO 27-2S Nh Fir St Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HIRB GREY AdverUiing Manager CERA1.D LATHAM Bus.cess Manager ERIC ALLHN XR Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY VHIPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIV. STARCHER Societv Editor PALE-XRICKSON Circuia'aon Mgr. An IndeLTendrNewsp per oTTierl at second claw matter at Jledford Oregon urTir Act of March 3. 18&7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Jf Mnirln Advance Per Copy 10c Dally and Sunday On year $15 00 DaiJoand Sunday Six months 8 00 u Di-T M Sflridav Three mas 425 SuTtday Only One vear $4.20 , By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shafly Cove Rorye Ri-r Talent O (9kii ta motor,, routes. jaily and Sunday One year $18.00 uauy ana aunaay une monm i.du Carner and Coalers 10 per copy Ail X:-rH-("a,h- m Advance Offin &t Of trie ity of Medford pttzu Paper nt Jackson County United PrPss-WuU Jased Wire LTVIBER OF AUDIT BUREAU 3g CIRCULATION Advrtan Renresentativ f-WES?-HOLIDAY oCOtfPANY INC Mffies in 'ew York Chicago, de troit San Francisco. Los Angelea. Seattie Portland St Louts Atlanta O Vancouver B C o CD o O O N Ail ON AL .EDI TORI AL njjur.ig.-.mma JnTwspaper PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Tlightoo' Time Medford nd Jackson County History from-, the files of The t-: fn on 9n and 50 years ago. O O EARS AGO - O Dec. 21, 194S Saturday) Ejr5 annual Veterans of For eign Wars jamboree draws ca pacity Ccrowd, according to R. TS. English, promotional direct6r. cFrom . A t h u r Perrey's Ye Smudge Pot column;. Several ohouse around here failed to get out of the road of autos any better than pedestrians recently. CfrO YEARS AGO , Dec. 21. 1936 M:lford post receives eita O tionfor community service from Oo national commission of Ameri can Legion. O A ;?orinfunity Christmas tree for children;- jointly sponsored by tile Salvation Army and the n imerican Legion will be held at Salvation Army Headquarters O Wj?drtesday. ' 38 YEARS AGO 3 Dec. 21, 1926 (Tuesday) Snow 67 inches deep reported Ct the rim of Crater Lake, 45 incfies at Annie" Spring camp. O Professor C. L. Long, horti O, culturist of Qregnn State college, will 'be in Jackson county soon (io demonstrate th long system of. pruning. C4Q Y&AJIS AGO Bee. 21, 1916 (Thunday) National F.rrn Loan associa tion ctcrmed by farmers in Med ford vicinity at library. Professor Reamer of Talent Ex- neriment station, explains best irrigation methrvfs for beet sugar 'i YEARS AGO Dec. 2f,cl906 (Friday) ' Joaquin Miller, tfie poet, turns pessimist" and predicts downfall ;of nion's capital like that of ncient Babvlon. it is reported from San Francisro. From Local and Personal col u tlmiii, Contractor Reinhart starts uwO work on the foundation of, a O brick block adjoining the Nash q livery statu. o Whal's Your LQ.? Mne or ten corrtrt Is sapertor; sev B or eight is excellent; five or sii i Rood 1. Are aborigines the earliest Inhabitants cf a country or reeior,; o 2. Are ."bird spiders" (tarant ulas) the largest or smallest of spider? o 0 3. viss Herod Agnppa I. pro curator otJ king oof Judea and Samaria? ,4. To what country does the 3 isiani of Crete belong? 5. Stratf ord-on-Avon is. the birthplace of which' famous c5taratist? 3 o 6. Does the cat-tail have light oHve-green of ray-blue leaes? Co 7. A craftsmano who cuts IBiinds, polisr.es and sets preciffus stones i, teraed---what? - . Which is the most densely populated state in the U.S.? 9. Whjch is the safest way to send currency through the mails: by registered letter or special delivery? fj. "Every white will have its blacke, And every sweet its" 'what? Answers: 1. Yes. 2. Largest. 3. King. 4. Greece. 5 Shakes peare 6. Light olive-green. 07. Lapidary. 8. Rhode Island. 9. Registered letter. 10. "Soure." TheO only diamond mine in Noyi America is located at Murfreesboro. Ark. A Dallas O tTex.'ohousewife recently picked a stone orth S15.00U off the O ground. It was christened the ' "Star f Arkansas." , o Good People, Generous People One day not long r.go our favorite newspaper had on page one stories which United Medford Crusade had exceeded its goal, and the fact that a special Red Cross fund drive for Hun garian relief had been oversubscribed. Later, also on Page 1 of OFN, we saw pictures of a ton of clothing on its way for use by Hungarians, of toys given for repair for local youngsters, of a Salva tion-Army kettle getting good patronage. Within the past year we have seen a new hospital started with funds largely donated by people of the community. We have seen people whose homes have burned, or been flooded, aided with gifts of food, clo thing, cash and good will. "THERE is evidence to show that the Jackson coun ty community is busy and prosperous (with a few exceptions, such as some of the mills which cannot afford to keep up production at current lumber pric es). All in all, it has been a good year. The fact of Jackscn county people's generosity, however, cannot be attributed wholly to "good times," for even in less prosperous years help has been given freely to those less fortunate. The UMC has a consistent record of success, and so do the other worthy drives such as the March of Dimes, and oth ers. . (In this regard, it may be forgiven if we compare the success of the UMC with United Fund drives in other communities. As far as we can leam, this is the only UF drive in Oregon to oversubscribe its goal so far. In Albany, for instance, it sort of died out at 60 per cent of its goal, and the picture is similar else where. Only in two communities one of them Med ford has the Hungarian Red Cross campaign been successful.) "THIS is one of the things that makes Medford a "good place in which to live," a community with good neighbors, good people friendly and generous people, willing tp help when it is needed. This feeling of pleasure red a little by the fact that is down about 20 per cent ably the result of criticism a good overall health program, with major emphasis on tuberculosis discovery and control, rather than a TB or nothing" program. But, despite this flv in friendly helpfulness of the people of southern Ore gon is something of which we all can, and should, be proud and grateful. E.A. Short Day, Short Year Today is the shortest day of the year. It "snuck up" on us fast this year. Each year, like Christmas, it. seems to get But bv the time the winter solstice arrives, people are pretty much used to into the lowering dusk, and find it difficult to re member how7, six months ago, they still had some four hours of daylight remaining when they got home. Those who arise before 7 a.m. do so in darkness, half-forgettirig that in the summer they get up w-hen the sun is high in the sky. TTHE phenomenon of time appearing to pass faster as the years go by is familiar to everyone over the age of 25. It has often puzzled us. Some say that it is because, as one gains more experience, fewer things appear to be new and startling, and as a result there are fewer things to impress one with the passage of time. Others believe that as years and days fade into the past, they tend to diminish in importance, and so do the years and days of "the present." And one cheerful person we know thinks that the effect is more marked among busy and happy people than among those who are idle or unhappy in their work. '-'Time goes fast when you're doing what you like, but slow w:hen you're doing something you don't like," she remarked. CTILL others and we find ourself in this group have no ready explanation, and tend to agree with all, at least in part. Anyway, as we watch time Hitting faster and faster, wp deplore the phenomenon, whatever its cause. ' - So, from now on,' the days will start to get longer, almost imperceptibly at first, then more rapidly, and before we know it the days will stretch out to 16 hours from shortly after 4 a.m. to shortly before 8 p.m. At the moment, we can hardly wait. E.A. Easy, Evervone who is smart theoretically) smart enough to know he can get kille'd by one. Sometimes too often Long week ends, holidays, festive occasions are times when it is too easy to forget you are driving a weapon of death. This week end, followed so soon by Christmas, is such a tune. Take it easy, friend. More Hungary Refugees Portland (U.R) Another group of Hungarian refugees was due here today aboard the Streamliner City of Portland. It was the first roup to arrive by train. Friday, December 21, I95S recounted the fact that the and friendliness is mar the sale of Christmas Seals from prior years presum over the use of tunds tor the ointment, the record of here sooner. driving home from work There!! enough to operate a car is this is forgotten. E.A. Due in Portland Today Included was a family of five related to Mrs. Bella Kalotay of Portland and an undetermined number of other refugees. Spon sors and homes were assured for all of them. Nixon, Nehru, Ishibashi Top Newsmakers During Past Week By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The week's good and bad news cn the international balance sheet: Vice President Nixon flew to Austria as President Eisen howers personal envoy to see what more the United States could do to aid in the resettle ment of refu- gees from C o m m u n ist Hungary. Unrest, stem m i ng from the Hun- Ml Chnt Mc-tino ganan revolt against Red rule, was reported spreading in Russia as well as in the satellite countries. President Eisenhower and In- Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of 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. Parking Ordinance To the Editor: According to a item in your paper, the city manager stated that the ordi nance prohibiting overnight parking on city streets is no longer needed and would be re pealed. I know one elderly widow whose income is from rentals, who was forced to spend over $700 to provide off-the-street parking for a tenant, and there were undoubtedly many others who were forced into a great deal of expense by this ordi nance. Due to the fact that there is a tax free housing unit, with whom property owners must compete, the rent could not be raised to help cover this large expense. I am referring to the Jack son County Housing Authority project. Some county officials have told me this is a city project, some city officials have told me it is a county project. I checked with the tax office to try and find out who the owner was, but was Informed that it was tax free. However I did see in your paper. May 5, 1955, where our city manager had been appointed to his second five year term on this housing authority, so I am sure he can tell us why it is tax free, who owns it, and who col lects the rents from it, and at the same time he can tell us why the ordinance prohibiting over night parking on residential city streets was necessary before, but is no longer needed. This widow lady feels that it was a very expensive ordinance for her. Medford has followed the ex pensive trial and error method for a long time. I personally have hopes that vith our newly elected officials we will see a change from this method, and that we will get what we vote for, when we vote for it. Cleo B. Canoose 55 Ross Court Medford, Ore. Editor's note: City officials re port that the ordinance which bans parking on residential streets all night was enacted some years ago at a time when most street cleaning was done at night. A year or so ago, how ever, the schedule of street clean ing was changed to provide day time cleaning in the residential area, and nighttime cleaning down town. With this change, the need for the all-night parking ban in residential areas no long er existed. The Jackson County Housing authority is a separate govern mental unit, created under state law, and is operated neither by the city nor the county, although appointments to its board of di rectors are made by the county court. While legally tax-free, it makes payments in lieu of taxes to all units of government en titled to them. P. O. Needs Modernization To the Editor: Once more we watch our overworked post office clerks carry out their work under one handicap that surely seems unnecessary, the lack of mechanical adding machines. Lines of waiting patrons grow longer and longer while clerks write long sums of figures on scratch slips and then add them laboriously by mental arithmetic. Sometimes a score or more parcels are brought in by a single mailer, as in the case of firms which mail out gift packages. Is it humanly possible to work at such sums all day without making errors? Is it ef ficient to use time and man power for a task which a mach ine can do better? . I suppose it would take an act of Congress to place adding machines in American post of fices. However, it occurs to me that some business firm might find it good public service ad vertising to lend machines, for the duration of the Christmas rush, at least. One wonders too what dif ficulties are met in balancing receipts and sales of stamps at the end of each day, and why cash registers are not as es- dian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced that as the result of four days of talks in Washington and Gettysburg, Pa., they had found "a broad area of agreement" between India and the United States on world prob lems. Japan was admitted to mem bership in the United Nations. Two days later, the Japanese Parliament elected 72-year-old Tanzan Ishibashi as premier to succeed Ichiro Hatoyama. A big reassessment of Japanese for eign policy is expected. A more independent attitude toward the United States is foreseen. IRON CURTAIN Nixon, arriving at Austria, in timated at once that the United States will raise its present quota of 21.500 Hungarian refugees and also increase financial aid. sential in the post office as they have been found in most other businesses. These suggestions are late for this year; but firms having such machines and interested in giv ing public service might like to consider them for Christmas, 1957 unless in the meanwhile Congress has acted. Helen E. Webster Public Library Medford, Ore. Train Whistles To the Editor: We got what looks like an answer to these hard - to-understand car train crashes. It was about dusk with some fog, we were driving west on Gregory road approaching the logging train tracks that come up from the right at an acute angle to the roadway. when a get-out-of-the-way blast from a car-horn sounded from the rear. As is my custom when someone seems in a heck of hurry, a move was made to one side. But the road is not much of a road, so with a quick look to right and left of the tracks ahead, a dash to a wider place in the road was in the making when my very alert side-seat driver gave sharp warning of an approaching logging train that rumbled into view from the screen of brush and trees, travel ing at a very good rate of speed. The blatter on the diesel loky had fooled me into a near bad collision, the car being stopped some fifty feet short of the tracks. When the incident was men tioned, one party said it was all our own fault, that all road ve hicles must stop at a RR track with a long look to right and left before proceeding. So, a traffic authority was called up who said that a full stop must be made only where a stop-sign or signal so orders, that where there is the conventional warn ing RR sign, a car must slow down with a good look both ways and proceed on across. To viol ate this custom with a quick stop is to invite a rear-end col lision. Only the public bus, freight and logging trucks and such like must make a full stop at RR tracks. That confusion can be born of car and diesel blatting is proven by our near teenage grandchildren on a visit, who came storming down wanting to know, "Who that crazy goop was blowing his horn all early morning long keeping us awake!" They were informed it was the dear little SP switch loky spotting freight cars around. A recent news release told of what terrific lengths the RR peo ple were going to bring out a whistle to replace the old steam one, now a nosalgic memory. They don't need to replace it, put it bask pn and use their air brake air and with a water jet spray introduced to take the place of steam, they would have a signal device we know, and stop some of these train-car killings. F. J. Clifford 1211 West Main st. Medford, Ore. Far Into The Night To the Editor: I thought the feud over Presley was deader than a Dodo bird, but evidently it will carry on for some time to come. However, I would like a word or two to Sandy and her fightin' friend from Ashland. Kids, you are wasting your time; neither one of you must have much to do, carrying on a feud over such a character as Presley, and I do mean char- December 31 WINTER TERM December 31 NEW CLASSES ARE NOW BEING ORGANIZED For People Who Want to Make a Fresh Start in the New Year a Modern Facilities Are Available DAY SCHOOL NIGH.T SCHOOL 9:00 to 4:00 7:00 to 10:00 Mon. thru Fri. Mon. and Thurs. Robertson School of Business 40 N. Riverside Medford, Oregon Ph. 3-4264 DECIDE NOW TO KNOW HOW About 146.000 men, women and children had fled Hungary. Hungarian puppet Premier Janos Kadar intensified police repression in an attempt to keep his people under subjection. But he also made some concessions to workers, in an attempt to restore industry to normal, and talked of broadening his government by taking in non-Communists. Western European newspapers reported that strikes had oc curred in the Donetz Basin and the Ural Mountain areas in the Soviet Union. There were re ports also of continued anti- gov ernment demonstrations in Rus sian universities. President Eisenhower and Nehru apparently had a friendly and informative meeting. It may lead to better cooperation be tween Nehru, leader of the Asian "neutralists," and the American government. But wide diver gence on many issues continues. For one thing, Nehru apparently failed to convince the President that the time has come to soften his policy toward Red China. It was a big week for Japan. For years Russia had blocked Japan's admission to the U.N. It changed its position when Japan concluded a peace agree ment with it. Then came the switch in leadership. Ishibashi, the new premier, has long been a stormy figure in Japanese politics. As finance minister, soon after the war, Gen. Douglas MacArthur purged him from politics for fighting occupa tion policies. He was twice thrown out of the Liberal Party. He was elected premier Thurs day by a parliamentary vote of 291 to 150. Ishibashi is expected to move promptly to increase Japanese trade with Red China. He is ex pected also, when he gets around to it, to ask the United States to name a final date for the evacuation of its troops to Japan. acter. Of course this is just one person's opinion and it is gen erally agreed that we are all entitled to think as we wish. however if you will but STOP and THINK for just a minute you will no doubt realize that there are so MANY other IM PORTANT and more interest ing things you could discuss and at the same time bring you much more pleasure. You would find that Dear Old Elvis would soon be a thing of the past . . . BUT if some of the oldsters are wondering just why the teen-agers have gone merry-go-round over EP the rea son is obvious . . . nothing better was offered them at the time he happened to come along. First, it was Rock and Roll along with B and R, then to make matters worse, Presley shaking like an Aspen leaf in a tornado. So we could go on and on. far into the night and get abso lutely nowhere . . . Hey, Ma, get me my Gitar, I ra goin on the Raydio. Tolerantly yours, D. C. Halsey, 141 Ashland ave., Medford, Ore. Lost Puppies To the Editor: Has anyone lost some puppies? I don't know what kind they are but they seem to be partly cocker. My little girls and I found them under some brush on our place. They were cold and very hungry. One seems to be injured slightly. I inquired at several of my neigh bors but they know nothing about them. It seems to me that small puppies would not run away from a place where they were well-fed and cared for. If someone has dumped them out, I suppose I should -thank them for the Christmas present because my little girls are hav ing a wonderful time with them. I don't have money for an ad at this time, but if there is an owner we would like to find them. These puppies need a home and we can only keep one. B. Davis, Gibbon rd., Central Point, Ore. State Tax Collections Higher Than Last Year Salem U.R) State tax col lections are running twice as high as last year, the State Tax Commission reported today. Tax men said the increase was due to the state surtax on in come and improved economic conditions. Collections In the five months ended Nov. 30 totaled $45,638, 699 compared with S21.844.297 for the same period last year. Today and By Walter NEW PHASE There are signs that for the time being the Hungarian crisis has run its course, and that an attempt is un der way to'ne gotiate some kind of work ing arr a n g e ment. There is little hard news, however, and the whale picture is .very dim. Bat peer ing through the fog. It looks as if the fighting has not died down because the" national rebellion, has bean crushed. It looks rather as if there is a stalemate between the resistance of the people and thel Red Army. 1 Furthermore, It locks as if Moscow has understood that the Hungarian resistance is of a kind which makes it impossible to gov ern Hungary by meansof aopup- pet Cabinet backed with tanks alone. This puppet Cabirjet can not make the economy work und" it cannot keep social orde'f go ing without obtaining some con sent from the active and organ ized groups among the people, groups such as the industrial workers and the "intellectuas,,, that is to say the white-collarsd workers who operate the insti tutions of the country. There is reason to suppose that Moscow is not happy about the bloody 'disgrace in which it involved itself, and that the fac tion which is now dominant in the Kremlin may be trying to repair some of the damage which has come from the 'relapse intcj Stalinism. THE most important objective evidence to support thie view is the military agreement which Marshal Zhukov and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Shepilov, have just signed with the Gomulka gov ernment in Warsaw. It is fair to say, I think, that this agree ment puts an end to the Soviet military occupation of Poland It establishes a relation between the Red Army and the Polish government which, so far as I can make out," is not essentially different from that which exists within NATO for the British and American troops' on the con tinent. A year ago it would.have been a mistake to take such an agree ment too seriously. For there was then no reason to think that there were any guarantee be hind it. But now, after the move- i ment led by Gomulka, this agree- j ment has the guarantee o' the ! will of the Polish nation, and : of the Polish Army, "which is under Polish officers. I cannot j believe that .with what we now know of the- sentiments of the , Polish people, who are 33,000,000 strong, that the Soviets woulc : have signed this agreement if they do not mean to abide by it. INDEED, I would guess lhat the real preoccupation of the So viet government is whether5 the agreement will stand or whether it will be overrun by events. The real question is: are they too late with too little? It la certain that in Hungary they were too late with too little, and that this is what caused the explosionpTheir chances are better in Poland, thanks particularly to the ca pacity and good jfense of Gomul ka and his government. But ele mental human forces:ar moving in Eastern Europe, end there1 is in these force much that is in calculable, perhaps uncontrolla ble. Mr. Dulles, at his press con ference on Tuesday, was clearly in ONE H alter LtDDmxua atYour OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M. FOR YOUR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE . Monday Through Saturday LOWEST PRICES Ytf TtfatWO. 4 FOR HIGHEST QUALITY SPBCIAIISTS IN Free Parking Tomorrow Lippmann very much aware of these reali ties, and what little he had to say about them as, I thought wholesome and wise. He was really addressing the Kremlin and he was telling them that this government would be satis fied if the Soviet Union itself negotiated a settlement with the Hatkftis of Eastern Europe would be satisfied if this settle ment wasobased on the principle of national freedom, as in Austria and Finland aftd now Poland, and on sofne form of nejraliza-. ion. DCLLES disclaimed hev ing any planfor a larger European settlement, osaying, if I un5estood him, that the time was not no ripe for that. Tim ing is a matter of practical judg ment, and Jie may very well be right. o . But ft oultJ be well to re member twee things. One Is that whi'$ it may be- too 9;arly to make proposals, $ is high time that the government and that responsible and infrmed publicp opinions came to grips )j,ith the0 problems themselves. It mayiBe right forMr. Dulles to ait. But in big goverimentSj waiting only too often means donfcnoth ing until there is a criSs, nd ( then ?mprovising in a hurry.Q q The other thing to rerrmber is ftat the geopQ of all of tu rope, Easg and West, are bging sorely tried as a result what has happened in the Middle East C and in rfifficary. Thgj are goingcr to be cold, they are going to be o i,inconvenienced, the ar) going 0 to be unemployed. tnc are going to be unhappy. They should be given hope. They shoujd be con- q vinced that the ejild war is not goin go to be resumed anij then allowed to deteriorate igto shqctiWg war. They should be given tWfe reason and gie right to believe that bol8 minds Jire at week planning a brighter and kinder future0. Thy sruld t fives something big to0think about- . ' topyrighfigse, 0 New York Herald Tribune Inc. ONLY (3 Shopping Bays "Til Chrittvias! ar Whdt0 Problem! More friends than Funds! 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