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O o o o O O 3 o o o o Oo. 3 O O i O FOOH MEDFOD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE I o MEDFORjgTlBUn O "Every "She in Southern Oregon ReadTh Mail rlbune" Puini!, DUy xceoi Saturday by ML'IFfD PRINTING CO 29 NorthFir St Phone J2-6141 ROBERT W'RL'HL Editor HFRB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Buaineu Manager ERIC ALLEN JR Managing Editor '- F-ARL H ADAMS Crtv Editor HARRY CHIPMA.V Telegraph Editor ' RICHARD JEWElf Sports Editor - OLIVE STARCHER Societv Editor . DALE ERitJKSON, Circulation Mgr. An Independent yewsap ' -Entered aj rend dam matter at U Medford Oregon under Act of ' March jS 1 87 SUBSCRIPT! ON R ATE S " Bzl Mail In Advar: Per Coot 10c atly and Sunlay One year $15 00 , Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three moa 4.25 Sundav OnJv One year $4 20 By CarrieQ In Advance Medford. J- Ashiand Centn$J Point Eafle Point Jacksonville Gold Hill Phowix. 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Lewis; rsore stiffen ing of the presidential and con gressional backbone, o n20 YEARS AGO Dec. 24. 1936 (Thursday) Paul Menegat, principal of the Medford junior high school will address a conference at the an nual Oregon State Teacher's as sociation convention ifl Portland. o All packages arriving at the postnffice today will be deliv ered in time for Christmas, ac cording to Pos'paster Frank DeSouza.o o 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 24. 19 (Friday) The 1926 candidate for the hand carved medal for the champion -eater is George Brown, (Jrstwr and capacious mascot of the local ftre depart ment. The Medford J)eMo'ys are planning a big dance to see tie Oold year out and the new year in next Friday. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 24. 1916 iSunday) Buljr of the valley's million dollar fruit crop comes from the small percentage of irrigated orcnarcis, it is reported. From 0 Local and Personal column: Police sergeant Pat Mego leaves for Jrtland to spend holidays. O What's Your I.Q.? Nina ln asrrect If fnptrtar; it n or l-4 "Is excellent; Uvm or ix t food. U 1. In tennis, what does "fbve' mean? o Q 2. Did the Republic of Pana ma 9ever dtFinrrfatic relations with Spain during World War 3. Is Macedonia mentioned in the New Ttament as a province or kingdom? o q 4. In the process of digestion which requires more combustion: fruit or rrcajs? 5. In 1946 what was the de partment of t:?oArmy designated? 6. Is tire ArtaC an Indian ; tribe? 7. Purity or majesty are the symbol "qualities attributed to ; which flower? . O a, ; 8. If in tngland, you .are paid ; " quid.o would you receive a i O S'und ,'erling or a shilling? 9oW;; 'Bob" originally the O dynina'ive of Robert or the Ger- O niaft bii5" ftr "bube"), meaning y? o 0 . q Answers? 1. Nothipg icored. 2. Yes? 3. Province. A. Mats. 5. The jfbepartpent of .War. S: No. 7.' iy. 8. Pound sterling. 9. "Bub" o : or 'ube.' Tylrieh. Formosa (U.PJ Na tiiOdlist Chinese warplanes flew 3.500 scenes over the Commu n' mainltSid this year, the Air lyrce commali'tier' has an Well Loved Day What is Christmas? It is many things to many people. , It is the most universally loved and observed Christian holiday around the world. . It has accumulated the greatest body of customs, traditions and legends of any holiday. It is a time for happiness and sharing, for the gath ering of families, for thankfulness, for worshipping God and His Son in churches and in homes and in the heart. pHRISTMAS is the oldest of the holidays still ob served. Its origins antedate the birth of Christ, in pagan festivals marking the winter solstice. And many other of the customs and traditions which make Christmas a beloved season are pagan in origin. They have been adopted and adapted to be appropriate to what is, at heart, a Christian festival. The Christmas tree is one of these. Teutonic in origin, it wao given sanctity by a Christian missionary in the middle ages, and now forms one of the central symbols of the day in many lands even in some where the straight, green little firs and pines do not grow. Christmas candles may have had their origin in pagan sun-worship, but have been adopted as a sym bol of Chrisj. as the light of the world. F VEN tha date of the birth of Christ is in doubt, but December 25 has been observed as His birth an niversary for so long that the actual month and day, no longer matter. Some Christian peoples celebrate Christmas in January. The time is not important; the event is. First observance of Christmas grew up probably in the 300 years following the death of Christ. And ever since it has grown in luster and affection through the addition of the customs of the lands in which it is a high point in the year. Universally it is a time for music, for church-go-! ing, for feasting and merrymaking. It is the occasion for an odd combination of reverence and hilarity that onlv the delightfully illogical race of humans com bining, worship with wassail, sentiment with commer cialism, generosity with acquisitiveness could ever develop or understand. IN Switzerland, legend has it that cattle kneel in their stalls at midnight in honor of the Christ child. In The Netherlands, children leave straw in their wooden shoes for the reindeer of St. Nicholas. In Armenia, celebrants eat boiled spinach on January-6 (their Christmas eve) because of the legend that Mary ate that food the night before Jesus was born. In Eneland. the Yule log flames through the holi day season and the last, to start the Yule fire the In Poland. Christmas as the first' ctar appears, begin. IN Yugoslavia, the second Sunday before Christmas is Mother's day. Father's day is the next Sunday. French Canadians feed their cats well before Christmas, for it is regarded as an omen of bad luck if a cat meows on Christmas eve. In Russia, children go from house to house de manding candy or other treats much as children do elsewhere on Halloween. In Czechoslovakia, tradition calls for young wom en to place a cherry twig in a glass of water on De cember 4. If it blossoms before Christmas eve, it is a token that she will marry within the year. In Latin America, a large earthenware jar is filled with candy, and children are blindfolded and each given a turn at hitting the jar with a stick. When one succeeds in breaking it, the candy showers down and the child is the neighboihood hero for the day. THROUGHOUT the Christian world, certain foods are associated with Christmas. In America, a turkey or ham traditionally graces the table. In England, mince pie is a Christmas treat, and the roasted boar's head with an apple in its mouth is circulated at great dinners. In Germany, marzipan is made into all sorts of shapes, and colored to look like roast fowl, hams, veg etables and fruits. In France, spiced gingerbread, Strasbourg pie and black pudding are traditional dishes. In Italy, Magi cakes, fried eels, melons and a var iety of meats are served at Yuletide. A Christmas pig is roasted in Poland and Serbia. A ND so it goes around the world. Every land cele- brates the day in its own way. But the central theme is the same reverence and joy. Even the disenchanted are softened at Christmas. The president of the National Council of Churches re marked recently: ". . . Each year as the holiday approaches, somehow the message of God breaks through to us. Every year the mir acle is the same: Scrooge goes into hiding, the idea of giv ing replaces the idea of getting; the irreligious go to church; radio and television change their tune and program . . ." He appealed for people to keep their hearts open all year around, not just at Christmas. We wish they would too, but doubt that they will. Christmas wanes, and by the time the needles drop from the tree and the toys are put away, the "work-a-day" world is back again and the magic has faded. - But that is later. Tomorrow is Christmas. May yours be a merry and happy one. E.A. Monday. December 24. 1956 unbumed remnant is saved following year. eve is a fast day, but as soon feasting and merrymaking Mollet, Eden Ride Out Storm Following Mid-East Invasion By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Prime Minister Anthony Eden and Premier Guy Mollet have succeeded in riding out the storm aroused by their invasion of the Suez Canal Zone. Both men have faced critical parliaments in debates on events of the last few weeks and have S-WWJWS'?' won votes of won votes confidence. Any im mediate threat to Eden's re tention of his post seems to have been dis sipated. But his per sonal position cbanes juciann as Britai n's leader undoubtedly has been weakened. So has the position of his Conservative Party. Mollet, however, has come out of the debate in the French Na tional Assembly stronger, if any thing, than he had been. It is a somewhat ironical situa tion. Eden Has Majority Eden's Conservatives have 345 of the 630 seats in the House of Commons. They are assured of being in power until the spring of 1960 in the normal course of events. Eden himself might, of course, be forced out by pressure from members of his own party, to J. Edgar Hoover Tells Of Juvenile Problem By J. EDGAR HOOVER Director, FBI Written for United Press The juvenile delinquency prob lem casts a stigma upon every community where it exists. No child ever was "born to be a criminal." But the pathway from infancy to responsible adulthood is dif ficult. Thousands of children stumble every day; and all too many of those who make the journey successfully do so in spite of the adult community around them. In 1955, the toll was tragic. There were 576,000 juvenile ar rests, 11 per cent more than in 1954 while the number of 10 to 17-year-olds in our population' increased only 3 per cent. And the problem threatens to become more acute in the years ahead. Product of Adult Failure This sacrifice of young people is not inevitable. There is much we can do to assure that every child receives the opportunity he so richly deserves to develop into a useful citizen. Nothing will be accomplished, however, until America recog nizes delinquency in its true light not as a mere juvenile problem but product of adult failure. The responsibility for provid ing moral guidance rests primar ily with parents. By both pre cept and example, it is the par ent's duty to make the child's life meaningful. Due to circum stances beyond their immediate In The Day's As this is written winter is ALMOST here. Almost, that is. Not quite. Winter won't actual ly BE here until exactly 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, East ern standard time which will be 1 o'clock Pacific standard time. . " For us out here, that will be the fateful hour. Or will it? Does ' Old Man Winter time his coming by . the time zone clocks? Or is he partial to East ern standard time? That is to say, when he arrives officially is it 4 o'clock everywhere by everybody's clocks? Or is 4 o'clock in the Eastern time zone, 3 o'clock in the Central, 2 o'clock in the Mountain and 1 o'clock in the Pacific? I swear, this time stuff day light time, double daylight time and what have you has me all mixed up. TDEFORE all this was figured " out and put down on paper, I wonder how people knew when winter had arrived. I expect they just took a look out of the window when they got up and if the air was full of snow and the wind was howling around the corners of the house they muttered: "Winter's here. Brrrrr!!! -)..'..)'? and let it go at that. Probably they were just as well off. fPHAT brings up something else. The U. S. air force is remap ping the world by means of aerial photography. The job is being done by converted B-50 bombers loaded with electronic gear. They operate on courses laid out on land-based naviga tion beacons known as Shoran and Hiran. They've been at it. about four years, and figure that in another year they ought to have the job done. rpHEY'VE dug up a lot of in--- teresting stuff, discovering among other things that Grand be succeeded by another Con servative. Or the government might decide to call a general election on some big issue which is thought would give it an ad vantage over the Laborites. , But the government could be overthrown only by the defec tion of a big group of Conserva tive members of Commons. Mollet, on the other hand, is strictly a minority premier. His Socialist party won only 95 of the 697 National Assembly seats in the election of Jan. 2, 1956. The Communists won 144 seats, and control another six held by fellow-travellers. Mollet rules as the head of a shaky coalition of moderate par liamentary groups. It could be overthrown at any time on a vote of confidence. When Mollet took office last Feb. 1 as France's 22nd postwar premier, it was predicted he would not last long. But now they are saying in Paris that Mollet is sure to re main the leader longer than any of his predecessors. Henri Queu ille, who stayed in office for one year and 12 days back in 1948 and 1949, holds the post war longevity record now. No Replacement Mollet's strength is that there is nobody to take his place. As the Assembly stands, any gov ernment which took office would need the votes of either Mollet's Socialists or the control, some parents are unable to meet-this obligation. If theirs were the only young sters who needed help from out siders, our delinquency problem would never have become so acute. Unfortunately, however, thousands of mothers and fath ers have constructed a barrier of neglect and disinterest between themselves and their children. Herein lies the core of the prob lem. Preventatives Available When the home has failed, help must come from other sources. Instruments for preven tion of delinquency are available in every community, but Amer ica still lacks the enthusiastic in terest which is essential to their intelligent use. The church offers pure moral guidance to young and old alike. Yet, in how many neighborhoods does God truly abide? Schools can help teach the lessons of good citizenship. But how many are crippled by inadequate staffs and budgets? Youth organiza tions, both public and private, can channel young energy into constructive activities. How many of these, too, lack the nec essary support? Prevention of delinquency, like prevention of other human prob lems, can be accomplished only through unified action and a will to do the job. Parents may have the primary responsibility for their children's misdeeds; but each adult citizen must share the stigma of neglect when waves of juvenile vandalism and crime wash across his community. News By Fran k Jenkins Bahama island was eight miles out of position on the older maps. S'pose Columbus had had one of these maps four and a half centuries ago when he start ed out to Go West. Suppose this eight-mile error had caused him to miss San Salvador on that epochal October 12, back in 1492. You will recall that his men were getting fed up with the trip and had given him a time limit "find land quick, OR WE TURN BACK." If the error on the map had caused him to miss San Salvador and his men, look ing at their watches, had said: "Time's up, boss; we're going home," AMERICA MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN DISCOV ERED. In that event, what would Eu rope do now with no America to fall back on when the money runs out and the going gets tough? 1VHY is our air force doing all this fancy mapping? It's like this: When the time comes, a few years hence, when intercontinental ballistic missiles take over the job of making war, they'll have all the enemy tar gets so accurately located that when comes The Day all we'll have to do is to spin Dial A to a given point, push Button B and WHAM! that's that! Ain't modern progress won derful? Mrs. Luce Pays Last Visit To Italian Head Rome (U.R) Retiring U.S. Ambassador to Italy Clare Boothe Luce paid a farewell visit Sunday to President Giov anni Gronchi. She is scheduled to leave for Washington Dec. 26. Her husband, publisher Henry Luce, and U.S. Minister in Rome John Jernegan accompanied heron the visit to the presi dential palace. Communists. The Communists are unwelcome bedfellows in any possible combination. And the Socialists would hardly support any coalition which overthrew Mollet. Both Eden and Mollet face a lot of troubles. One of Eden's is Cyprus. Mollet's big problem is Algeria. Britain has just announced a proposed constitution which would give Cyprus some meas ure of home rule. Both Greece, which wants Cyprus, and Tur key, which does not want Greece to have it, take a dim view of it. Mollet is awaiting a good op portunity to announce a new plan by which he hopes to end the Algerian revolt, which has been bleeding France since it broke out Nov. 1. 1945. But the plan will provide that Algeria remain a part of France. It is questionable whether the rebels will settle for anything less than outright independence. Correspondents Eye Future Headlines United Press correspondents around the world look ahead at the news that will make the headlines. Blockbuster j The Senate Investigating sub committee is quietly getting ready for blockbuster hearings in the early spring on labor racketeering. Investigators have been digging into the background of the New York hoodlums im plicated in the acid-blinding of labor columnist Victor Riesel. But that phase of the spadework is described as only incidental to the main investigation, which has threads leading to most of the country's major industrial centers. Times Have Changed A few years ago it would have been incredible. But you can look for the appointment next spring of a German general as commander in chief of the North Atlantic Treaty ground forces in Central Europe. He's Lt. Gen. Hans Speidel, chief of the armed forces section of the West Ger man Defense Ministry and one time chief of staff to "Desert Fox" Field Marshal Erwin Rom mel. Insiders say Speidel is a near-csrtainty for the post, now vacant. The appointment is be ing delayed to permit the West German Defense Ministry to re organize its top army command before Speidel leaves. Thank You Note Bertha Adkins, assistant chair man of the Republican National Committee, is being boomed for an important government post It's partly a "thank you" for her campaign work, partly because of the need for a new petticoat appointment. The resignations of Clare Boothe Luce as ambassa dor to Italy and Dr. Martha Eliot as head of the Children's Bureau have whittled down the number of women holding top adminis tration jobs. Mrs. Adkins, a friendly brunette from Salis bury, Md., rules out ohly one possibility says she hasn't enough money to hold a diplo matic post. Shocker Shocked British ohurch and civic societies are getting ready to let loose a blast against an official government report, due soon, on prostitution and homo sexuality. Conclusions in the re port are supposed to be top secret. But it's leaked out that they include: 1. Prostitution, legal in Britain if the woman does not actively solicit or cause a disturbance, will remain legal. 2. Homosexuality will be more or less condoned officially pro vided it does not involve solicit ing or public nuisance. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address 01 the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen oame or initial for publicauon is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification ana conaensa tion Letters submitted lor publica tion must not exceed 00 words. No Tree To the Editor: Would like to know where Medford's Xmas spirit is. One driving thru would, never know it was Xmas time there as you can't see the street decorations unless you look real close. All the small towns from Sac ramento to Central Point (yes Central Point has one) have a beatuiful lit-up tree in the street. Medford surely has a corner or street they could have one on. Everyone loves a Xmas tree out side. Why not try it, next Xmas? G. L. Johnston, Sacramento, Calif. CASH! PACIFIC , INDUSTRIAL Dick Hans, Manager 16 S. Centra! Ph. 3-5308 Matter, of F$cf IT'S UP TO FOSTER Washington At- the NATO meeting in Paris, the British and French representatives in effect told Secretary of Staf John Foster Dulles, "it's up to you. Stewart AUop Foster, to gef a bearable settle ment of the mess in the Middle East." The warning only served to underline again the extent of an American responsibility whose very existence is not even real ized by most Americans. Yet the responsibility- very plainl ex ists all the same. Failur to dis charge it could even prove the straw that broke the camsTs back of the Western alliance. The nature of the responsibil ity is simple. Not without self righteousnes, we told oiur allies and the Israelis that their wy of safeguarding their own vital interests in the Middle East was the wrong way. We argued that the right way to safeguard those interests was by passinf United Nations resolutions and being' nice to Egypt's President Carnal Abdel Nasser. We labored man fullv and very successfully to transform 'Nasser's humiliating military defeat into a brilliant political victory. ... TN THESE circumstances, the British and Freflch, and the Israelis too, rather understand ably argue that the responsifcil ity for safeguarding thei vital interests has now passed to us. This means, in effeft, that by hook or by crook, through the United Nations, by prayer or by pressure, the American govern ment has got to get four essen tial things done in a reasonable time. c First, the canal itself must be rapidly cleared. Second, the broken pipeline from Iraq across Syria must be restored to use within reasonable time. Third, President Nasser must be per suaded to accept a system of Suez canal management offering at least modest guarantees to the users. And fourth, passage of Is raeli ships thsough the canal must be guaranteed in particu lar; and arrangements must be made for the Gaza strip that win protect Israel against future at tacks by Egyptian guerrillas. But the signs are very clear already that getting these things done is going to be inordinately difficult, if not actually impos sible. In our dealings with Presi dent Nafser, we hve imitated the kind of bridge player who runs out all his aces in the first leads, and so leaves the opposi tion in tqtal control of the hand thereafter. We have pressured the British and Srench into do ing the same. . ONLY the Israelis have obsti nately insisted on keeping at least one ace in hand. They have refused to evacuate the Gaza strip until they have something a little more solid to go on than President Nasjer's frequent, warm' but highly unspecific iro fessions of good will to the American ambassador in Cairo. Meanwhile, the Egyptian gov ernment is plainly'in no hurry to get the canal open as rapidly as possible. It has been teinngj the position that negotiations about the future status of the canal cannot even begii until the United Nations force has ac tually left Egypt. Qualified Egyptian spokesman have further insisted that free passage of the canal by Israeli ships cannot possibly be permit ted although this will amount to defiance of the United Na tions. And spokesmen of the Syrian government have said that the oil pipeline caiinijt be repaired while "there are for eign troops on Egyptian soil," LA'' SEJLJ fi FUNERAL SERVICES In Every Price Range Since 1908 PERL Funeral Home Phone 2-6675 Thereby meaning United Nations q troop o The pattern is a too clear The American government im pulsively tk a leading role in resciflng Presi&nt crasser with out asking him for a single ,mitment of futuft coopera' e jiess. And now Nasser, who has nlaved his $wS relativsiv weak stilus wiii snaji vta-.iuj a bridge) master, has pretty well gained control of the hfd; and he is not going to coie.e. O. O ON ToOP of this, Nasser someO time ago mounted an all-outO attack on the pep-Western ,ov ernmerjj of. his enemy, uri Pasha, in Iraq. The cuttinfrjof th$ trans-Syrian pipcS;, which automatically cuts off most of Iraq's oilincome, is parr of the attack. O In order to strengthen Nuri's position in Iraq, t6 British gov ernment has been beseeching the State department to feing the United States into ie Baghdad pact. But the decision hasQiow bjen rSfcde not to join (Tjie pact (which 9 as Secretary Dulles' idea in the first placrjj because joining would mean trouble in the Senate. The arguments against joining the Pact are obvious, (tl weQ tSc arguments against dciiy.g the positive things that would hae ieft us with a few lijgh cards $1 the Sijpz and Syrian games ith President Nasser. Arguments agai;t positive actii are al ways plentiful. But suppose all these games are lost, at Suez, in Syria and i Iraq. What then are we to say to our allies? And what will they say to us after their most vital interests in the Middle East have at it been destroyed? (Copyright lflS, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Plans of religious and histori cal importance in Jordan include the enclave in Jerusalem, Beth lehem, Amman, Jericho. The Dead Sea, Samaria, HeUion, JeraCU) and Petra. Joy to the World GC N. TAYLOR jSy to the world; the Lord has come. The girls in training in the Mission Hospital in Africa nave mat joy. Y e s t e r d ay. they ran wild in the jungle. Today they work in uni form in wards and surgery Sitfidays the truck drops them off two by two andg liii? n e a 1 ii en kids pile out of the jungle for the teaching. The hospital itself had 90 some converts the first 11 months this year. Tou Jbelieve down in your heart thft Christ died for your ever last sin? Then stand on it that God has your name in his Book of Life. Now daily, by J3ible and prayer, grow up. mis message sponsored py Scappoose family. adv. A T PERL'S every family may make funeral ar ranfjpments which o In keeping with Its means. A selection of CbieBfiefei in o eyery price rancjp h of fered to satisfy individual preferences and Ci meet all financial circumstance. Convenient Terms? o O O Certainly! Mr. Insurance if Jsa, o FRtD ' fSfl i&ennan y 4f j o Phoney 2-4940 f 0 A Mary oil Merry Christmas I I All the People I i of Medford and 1 Jackson County fei 'frorn il MEDFORD INSUfANC! j, M AGENCY ...... .WW o -g& o o O Co
