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Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30. 40
and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25. 1947 (Saturday)
Service station- at Riverside
ave. and Jackson St., formerly
operated by Wyatt Drennan Jr.,
Is taken over by Cecil and Z. A.
Griffin.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: F. (Hoot
Man!) Faijweather and G. Port
er headed south the past week,
and expect to run into a num
ber of localites, while away.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25. 1937 (Monday)
Rural meetings on home sani
tation and water systems will be
continued this week, according
to Mabel C. Mack, county home
demonstration agent.
History of Kiwanis Interna
tional sketched by Otto Frohn
mayer at club luncheon.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1927 (Tuesday)
Friends of public health urged
to write to members of ways
and means committee of state
legislature asking it not to cut
off welfare funds.
Health officer Pickel says
there is still smallpox in the
county, although It has been kept
at a minimum in the city.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25. 1917 (Thursday)
First shipment of copper ore
from Blue Ledge mine transport
ed to smelter at Tacoma.
State Biologist William L.
Finley shows motion pictures of
wild live at Page theater.
Whal's Your I.Q.7
Nltw or ten correct Is iDpertor; -en
or eight It ezceUent; (In
tlx Is food.
. 1. In 1774 did the Creek and
Cherokee Indians cede land
(Georgia) to the King ol Great
Britain or Oglethorpe?
2. What is another name for
the backbone of vertebrate ani
mals? .
3. What Book begins: "The
burden of the word of the Lord
to Israel by M i"?
4. Do oak trees bear fruit?
5. Are the "Plains of Abra
ham" on the Asian, European,
or American continent?
6. Was it King Charles who
knighted the famous pirate Sir
Henrv Morgan?
7. What is NLRB?
8. Who was the hero of Cole
ridge's "Ancient Mariner"?
9. In formal speech is it prop
er to say "a little ways off'?
10. "Since then, at an uncer
tain hour, the agony returns,
driving him to like the Wander
ing Jew." Coledrige. Driving
"who" on?
Answers: 1. King of Great
Britain. 2. Spine. 3. Malachi. 4.
Yas. Acorns. 5. American conti
nent (Quebec. Canada). S. Yes.
?. National Labor Relations
Board. 8. The Ancient Mariner.
8. No "Ways" is colloquiaL 10.
The Ancient Mariner.
Klamath To Crack Down
On Over-Age Juveniles
Klamath Falls 4U.R) District
Attorney Richard Beesley said
today he would crack down on
what he called "over-age juve
nile delinquents" as a result of
an incident at a Klamath Falls
drivein restaurant Wednesday
night.
City police arrested two youths
in connection with the beating
of Donald Bethell, a 19-year-old
atudent. Officers said two others
were wanted in connection with
the? beating. -- -
MAIL TRIBUNE
Good Job of Pioneering
Jackson county is completing the first phase of a
job of pioneering today.
Before the day i3 out, it is hoped that nearly 8,000
children will have received their first anti-polio
"shot" in a campaign which is the first of its kind
in the state, and may well be unprecedented through
out the nation.
For the past two weeks visiting teams of doctors
and nurses, who volunteered their time, have been
visiting the county's schools, giving the shots to any
one under the age of 20 who wished to have them.
The shots are free.
e
THIS is the story:
Each state has received federal funds to buy vac
cine for those who cannot afford it. When Jackson
county's public health officer, Dr. A. E. Merkel,
attended a meeting of other health officers not long
ago, he learned that this supply of vaccine was not
being used, and that large quantities of it soon would
have to be discarded unles3 used. .
Pondering this situation, Dr. Merkel got the idea
of asking the Jackson County Medical society to
donate their time to give shots to all Jackson county
residents under 20 desiring them. The society went
for the idea, and things got rolling.
Dr. Merkel obtained the vaccine, a schedule was
worked out, the cooperation of the schools was asked
and obtained, registered nurses volunteered to help
out at the vaccination stations, the cooperation of
press, radio and TV was sought to inform the public,
and that was that.
A NNOUNCEMENT of the program attracted state-
wide attention, and other counties are now
following suit.
Jack Major, state representative of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (March of Dimes),
recently visited here to get the details as to how it
was done to relay them to other areas.
The state medical association is taking data on
the program to a meeting of the American Medical
Association, to serve as a model of what can be done.
The thing that is so impressive about this busi
ness is the complete cooperation which has been
obtained. Doctors, nurses, school officials, the local
polio chapter and not least the public, whose con
tributions to the "March of Dimes" made the whole
thing possible, and whose eagerness to protect their
children made it effective all these deserve a re
sounding "Well done !"
THE shots given 'during the past two weeks are the
first in the recommended three-shot series which
give the most complete protection against poliomyel
itis. The second shot in the series will be given later,
on the same basis as the first, again entailing the
active cooperation of everyone.
The two-shot series will give a considerable de
gree of protection it is hoped enough to virtually
eliminate much danger of
contracting polio this summer.
The third shot, the so?called "booster," will be
left up to the individual families to provide for their
children as they wish. While it may not be necessary,
it is said to be highly desirable, and those in charge
strongly urge parents to follow through.
Anyway, the start of
eveiyone involved, from
first-grader baring his arm for the needle. E.A.
When Gas Was Rationed
The stories of gasoline rationing in Great Britain
and France, some droll, some almost tragic, recall the
sony days of A-cards and A-coupons, of T-stamps
and X - cards over here. Gasoline rationing in the
United States was a "hot" rather than "cold" war
expedient. And its necessity was constantly being
disputed.
In its inception over here, the gasoline rationing
program was voluntary. And its purpose, initially,
was to save not gasoline of which there was an
abundance everywhere but
rubber.
A curfew was imposed on East Coast filling sta
tions in the summer of 1941.
A FTER Pearl Harbor, the sinking of tankers off
American shores by German submarines made
the situation worse. So on May 15, 1942, an emer
gency rationing plan was put into effect for the
eastern seaboard. The program affected 9,000,000
motorists in 17 states.
President Roosevelt also proposed a national
speed limit of 40 miles an hour later reduced to 35
and made mandatory more to save tires than p-aso
line. Meantime the rubber situation had begun to
gei serious.
SALES of new tires had
j.y-ii, ana tires nad been put on rationing on Jan
5, 1942. Retreads were
automobiles on March 2.
nauea production or cars
Then on Sept 10, F.
gasoline rationing effective Dec. 1 to conserve fue
and rubber. A movement
90-day postponement gathered strength under the
teaueiMiip in opeaKer earn Kayburn or tne House,
But the DTOiect was ahanrlnnpH when tha PrPsiHpnr.
on Nov. 26, ordered nation
yu me bcaeuuiea aate.
The basic ration was
week in March, 1944. Gasoline rationing ended on
Aug. 15,-1945, after the Japanese Surrender. E.R.R.
rridty, January 23. US 7
any vaccinated youngster
the program is a credit to
Dr. Merkel to the scared
on the East Coast but
been frozen on Dec. 1L
rationed on Feb. 19. and
All automobile companies
on if eb. 2, 1942.
I). R. ordered nation-wide
in Congress to obtain a
- wide rationing into effect
reduced tn twn callrms
New Defense Concept
Develops in
More U.S. Aid Needed
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Great
Britain's proposed substantial re
duction of defense spending is
likely to invite
greater United
States contri
butions of de
fense money
and manpower
to collective se
curity. British De
fense Minister
Duncan Sandys
wilLarrive here
i-yle C. Wilson
this weekend to discuss defense
problems with U. S. officials.
Sandys comes at the invitation
of Defense Secretary Charles E.
Wilson.
The trend of discussion was in
dicated Thursday by Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan in the
House of Commons. Macmillan
said that the United Kingdom's
defense burden must be light
ened that it no longer is bear
able. The British put much
thought and money and their
trust and confidence in an air
borne, fire-brigade defense the
ory. It was that hotshot and mo
bile armed units could arrive al
most anywhere quickly, like the
Marines, get things well in hand.
The fire-brigade defense the
ory blew up in the recent British
armed action against Egypt. The
fire-brigade was conceived as a
big stick in support of British
policy, the United Kingdom's
No. 1 political weapon. The fire
brigade landed, evidently to rid
Egypt of the Nasser government.
Eden Out Instead
It was British Prime Minister
Sir Anthony Eden, however, who
resigned instead. British pride
and British prestige wereevere-
ly damaged. U. S. diplomatic
pressure compelled the British
and French invaders to with
draw from Egypt. All of this has
caused Britons to take a new,
cold and suspicious look at their
Communications
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is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a
view to clarification and condensation.
not exceed 400 words.
Wait, Wait, Wait!
To the Editor: Several letters
addressed to your column con
cerning the inefficiency of the
operating of the local welfare of
fice prompts me to add my nick
el's worth to the same attitude
and ability of those employees of
the office of the State Unem
ployment Compensation com
mission. I moved here from the East
some three years ago, bringing
with me almost 15 years of good,
sound experience. I want more
than anything to make the val
ley my home. I can fully appre
ciate the fact that employment,
as a whole, is seasonal here
and in similar locations; that is
not my complaint. But, when
that period of time comes, as
now, when a person after ex
hausting all efforts to locate em
ployment on his own, finally
turns to our local office for as
sistance, he usually expects the
usual reply of "Sorry, nothing
at the moment." But these "fix
tures of the state" give, and have
given, for the past six weeks the
"stock" answer of "are you still
at such and such an address and
is your phone number the
same? we'll call you if we
hear of anything."
Who do they think they are
kidding? They wouldn't know a
job if it was staring them in the
face' I think about three-fourths
of them should get off their fat
chairs and spend more fruitful
Russ Warning, Polish
Suez Dispute Top News of Week
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news on the international
balance sheet:
Soviet Russia warned free
countries all over the world that
they would risk attack by nu
clear weapons,
in the event
of war, if they
let the United
States station
atomic mili
tary units on
their territory.
W 1 adyslaw
S S"t i M uomuiKa, ru-
rhiriei McCmnp dent commu
nis t leader, won a landslide vic
tory in a national parliamentary
election which was regarded as
a critical test of the strength of
his regime.
Defying the United Nations,
Isreal announced it would re
fuse to "evacuate the Gaza Strip
and positions on the Gulf of
Aqaba which it occupied in its
attack on Egypt. It was feared
that Egypt, in turn, might stop
the clearing of the Suez Canal
which it blocked when Britain
and France attacked the canal
zone. - " '
t 1
Britain
defense achievements, commit
ments and general posture.
The January issue of London s
thoughtfully edited Economist
now hints at what may be in
British official minds as they
survey the wreckage of Great
Britain's Middle East policy. The
Economist suggests that British
defense has become vastly over
extended; that Great Britain no
longer can pose or perform as
the global defender of the em
pire, its territories and its trade
routes.
The magazine argues that
Great Britain has been carrying
more than its fair share of the
global defnse burden.
."But the problem is not just
to cut defense," the Economist
states. "The need is to reshape
it in the cause of efficiency as
well' as economy."
Great Britain must not act
alone, however, the article ar
gued, in defense matters.
The Real Choice
"For," it continued, "if we
cannot go it alone in war (as in
Egypt), it follows that we should
not go it alone in either arming
or disarming. Britain has not the
choice between being a first
class and a second-class power
such terms are nearly obsolete
but between becoming an effi
cient member-state of a Western
power block or nothing.
"The main point that emerges
from a frank admission of the
present ineffective multi-purpose
composition of our forces is that
defense should be integrated
with our allies m each opera
tional area, not just some of
them."
Integration in each operation
al area! There is the germ of a
new idea of collective global se
curity. The Economist boldly
suggests that Great Britain soon
must invite others most likely
the United States to share the
costs and hazards of holding
such empire bulwarks as Hong
Kong and Singapore.
Letters submitted for publication must
time in canvassing tha Medford
area of employers for jobs
which could be given to the pea-
pie who come in day after day
instead of the stock answer of
you know what." -
A person unemployed in the
valley needs immediate assist
ance. The program for unem
ployment' benefits should be
worked over, too. I personally
was laid off because of season
ending last December but tried
to find employment on my own
until yesterday, when I finally
applied for benefits, which, ac
cording to law, are mine, having
been paid by former eligible
employers. Now, and according
to the information given me by
the locaf office it will be almost
four weeks before I receive
check. According to them,
must abide by the "waiting pe
riod" as set up by law, to "waif
to prove 1 am unemployed. I am
unemployed! Ask my landlord;
the butcher, baker and candle
maker! Wait, wait, wait!
Disgusted
Fines, Suspended Terms
Given in Gambling Cases
Portland U.R) Fines rang
ing from $10 to $100 and sus
pended 30-day jail sentences
were meted out to 10 men here
yesterday after they were found
guilty on gambling charges.
The 10 men were arrested last
Dec. 22,
Russia's warning on establish
ment of American atomic
weapon units in foreign coun
tries mentioned specifically
Great Britain, France, West Ger
many, Italy, Turkey, Iran and
Japan.
President Eisenhower had said
in his budget message to Con
gress on Jan. 16 that the United
States intended to establish
atomio bases abroad.
The Russian warning, issued
through the official news agency
Tass, was regarded as directed
primarily against the new Eisen
hower Doctrine to combat
Communist aggression in the
Middle East. .
. It was one of many such Rus
sian blasts. But it showed the
concern of the Soviet govern
ment over the doctrine and the
vast system of American bases
all over the world.
Communists
There was a threat that both
Communists who oppose Go
mulka's indepedent attitude to
ward Russia and anti-Communists
who want a complete
break with Moscow might boy
cott the Polish general election.
But 94.14 per cent of the eligi
ble voters went to the polls. Of
these, 98.4 per cent voted for
Gomulka's candidates.
It was a singular situation In
which the Roman Catholic
in the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, the tiny
principality of Monaco (area 370
acres, a little more than a half
section, only a fair-sized farm
in southern Oregon) is celebrat
ing the birth of a royal princess
who will rule Monaco unless
she has a brother later.
It's just possible that her royal
father Prince Rainier (pro
nounced Ron-YAY) might have
preferred a son. Kings and
princes have felt that way about
it all down through the centuries,
altnough history lists plenty of
queens who have been just as
able as kings.
But, in Monaco's case, there is
one advantage to a girl. A boy
would have called for a royal
salute of 101 guns which
would have taken about all the
ammunition the miniscule prin
cipality has stored up in its mili
tary stockpile. A girl . takes a
salute of only 21 guns, which
leaves a little gunpowder over
for emergencies.
TF PRINCE Rainier felt any
disappointment over the sex
of his heir (I think the diction
ary sanctions use of the world
'heir when it applies to a girl
who may inherit a throne) he
didn't show it.
He describes the baby as
"very beautiful just LOVELY"
and her ex-bricklayer Ameri
can grandfather, who already
had five granddaughters and no
grandson, says: "I think it's won
derful, and I'm certainly just
as happy with another grand
daughter." I'd say that any father or
grandfather who wasn't de
liriously happy over a lovely
little girl ought to be taken out
and dropped in a pond.
pRINCE Rainier's subjects are
going wild with joy. They are
kissing each other in the streets.
Cannon are booming, sirens are
walling, church bells are pealing
and champagne corks are pop
ping.
There are reasons for their
joy reasons other than the
natural happiness they feel be
cause their prince is happy over
the addition to his family. The
birth of an heir (in this case an
heiress) to the throne SAVES
MONACO FROM GOING BACK
TO THE FRENCH. If it had gone
back to the French the Monagas-
ques would have had to PAY
TAXES and the Monagas-
ques have enough French blood
in their veins to cause them to
look upon paying taxes as t
calamity of the first magnitude,
ITOW come this going back to
"France business?
Somewhere back in the cen
turies, the French got their
hands on Monaco, but respect for
the ancient lineage of Monaco's
hereditary rulersj the Grimaldis,
who trace back In a direct line
to the year 968, impelled the
French to decree that "as long
as a Grimaldi sits on the throne
of Monaco the Monagasques
shall be free and independent,
but when the Grimaldi line is
broken Monaco must come back
to France.
In that event, the Monagas
ques would hava to pay French
taxes.
WHY don't they have to pay
' ' taxes now?
That is a story all iy Itself.
Mnnam live on tourists and
gambling. The gambling brings
the tourists, me lounsis ao we
gambling and the principality
of Monaco reaches in and takes
a drag out of- every kitty. Out
of this drag, it pays its govern
mpnt PYnpnsea including SUP
porting Prince Rainier in the
style to which Urlipaiais nave
become accusiomea.
Most of the people of Monaco
work in the hotels ana tne re
enrti that are sustained bv tour
ist money. If the home folks are
cauaht gambling they? are
Election,
clergy urged support of
Communist. Had Gomulka failed
to get a big vote, his regime
would have been dangerously
weakened. As it is, he has been
strengthened against attacks by
those Communists who want to
get Poland back under the
thumb of the Soviet government.
Sues
The U.N. had given Isreal
until Thursday midnight to eva
cuate tha Egyptian territory it
occupied in its invasion of the
Sinai Peninsula.
- A few Jiouri before the dead
line. Israeli Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion announced
that the Israeli forees would hold
the Gaza and Aqaba Gulf areas
unless he received guarantees
that they would not be used by
Egypt for attack.
Egypt had threatened that un
less the Israelis got out it would
stop the work of clearing the
Suez Canal, and thus (iirther
delay resumption of oil and
other shipments.
LoPAaFuT.
IHDUSTRIAIr
U S. Cwittal Hi J-S301
Tax-Free Bonds Eyed
In Babson
By ROGER BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. It is the
first time for several years that
have felt free to recommend
any specific
, - I stock or bond.
a t - i - .
jflrinil exPlain the
(.'-VS I mention of
I n o n - taxable
V&r? I bonds which
Hi4f I 1 made in my
Xy I recent fore
cast for 1957.
Rcter w. Babson There is a
big difference between stocks
and bonds. Stocks own the
equity in a corporation. Profits
go to the stockholders after pay
ment of interest on the bonds
and other indebtedness. This
may be much or none, and it
fluctuates up and down. Some
people make lots of money by
buying stocks at the right time;
while other people lose every
thing by buying them at the
wrong time.
Bonds on the contrary are
the same as a mortgage on your
house. The interest on bonds is
a prior claim. Usually their
price does not fluctuate as
widely as the price of common
stocks and the interest is almost
always paid. Hence, they are
much safer to buy than are
stocks. In addition to U.S. Gov
ernment Bonds, there are three
other important types of bonds:
(1) "Full Faith" State and Muni
cipal Bonds, which are the safest
investment you can buy and
whose interest is non-taxable.
(2) Corporation Bonds, which
of the same company are safer
than the stock of that company,
but their interest is taxable. (3)
Revenue Bonds which are issued
by your state, city, or town, but
your interest payment depends
upon the earnings of a state
turnpike, or upon your local gas,
water, or sewerage system. This
interest, however, Is not taxable
Today's Prices
All bonds are cheaper than
they have been for over 20
years. Buy almost any today and
you should have an excellent
investment. But by proper se
lection, with the help of an in
vestment counselor, you should
be sure to make money particu
larly by purchasing selected
non-taxable bonds: Buying good
severely reprimanded and if
they do it again they usually get
the bounce. The rulers of Mon
aco are fully aware that gamb
ling thrives on suckers and they
don t want their subjects to fall
into the sucker class.
Nevada has somewhat the
same thrifty attitude. It en
courages tourists to hop to it in
a big way the bigger the. bet
ter but frowns on the practice
of gambling among the home
folks.
Discussion
non-taxable bonds is just like
discovering gold in your own
back yard. No reader of this
columns remembers me ever
saying this since the panic of
1929-1932. -
But here is something else to
remember. The income you get
from any stock, corporation
bond, or even U.S. Government
Bond, is taxable. Practically
everyone must pay a Federal
Tax of at least 20-25 per cent
of all dividends and interest re-
ceived except from State, City
and Town Bonds, and special
non-taxable authority issues
which include these Turnpike
Revenue Bonds.
Here is what this means to
you. Whatever your income, you
can 'save 20-25 per cent. If, how-.
ever, you are in a higher income
tax bracket (say 50 percent), 4
per cent on any of the above
bonds could net you the same as
8 per cent on taxable stocks. If
your income is $50,000, then tha
interest on these 4 per cent tax-
free bonds equals 16 per cent in
taxable income; while those
having incomes of $80,000 get
an equivalent yield of 25 per
cent on their money after all
taxes. Seems too good to be
true; but it is true!
Fly in the Ointment
Why doesn t everybody with
large incomes buy these bonds
now? It may that they are wait
ing for lower prices due to tho
fear that many more new Turn
pike Bonds are coming on the
market. Or it may be due to fear
of the competition which these
present turnpikes may take from
the new U.S. Government high
ways. Surely I do not fear such
competition.
If you believe that automobile
riding is going to be less and
that the automobile business is
'going to pot," then don t buy
these tax-free Turnpike Bonds.
If you believe World War III is
soon coming, when gas again
will be rationed, you are justi.
fied in being cautious: But I be.
lieve such fears are now fool
ish. Hence, I say, "Buy seasoned
Non-Taxable Turnpikes and
buy them today."
New York Teacher Wins
Money on faan Show
Milan, Italy U.R) A New
York City English teacher worr
$51? on an Italian television
quiz show Thursday night i
He was Charles Haines, 28,
who teaches English in Turin.
Haines was the first foreigner to
appear on the popular "Leave or
Double Your Money" program
since it started more than -year
ago.
Haines answered the first set
of 10 questions dealing with the
--"ti category of the United
States.
comes M
michwghotne.'.
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