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o O" TOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads Tha; Mail Tribune" Published Dally ExceDt Saturday by MZDfORD PRINTING CO TI-2Z North fir St. Phone 2-141 ROBERT W BUHL Editor RERB GREY Advertising Manager CERAt-D LATHAM Business Manarer ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newipaper Entered aa aecond class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1337 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mali In Advance: Per Copy 10c Daily and Sunday One year S15.00 Dally and Sunday Six montha 8 00 Dally and Sunday Three moa 4 25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Aihland Centra) Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shadv Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routea' Daily and Sunday One year S18 0O Dally and Sunday One month 1.90 Carrier and Dealers 10c per cony All Terma Caah In Advance Offtrlal Paper of the city of Medford Official Paper of Jackion County United Prexa Full Leased Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY rNC Offices In New York Chicago, de trolt. San Francisco. Loa Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C 13 N ATIOBAU (OlfORIAs assocSation KIWSrAMI PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time edford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 0 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 8, 1947 (Saturday) Bruce Lininger of the Lininger sand and Gravel plant says he is in sftnpathy with owners of strike-bound Medford Concrete Construction company. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Ashland will stage a Shakespearean festi val next Auust. Shakespeare is the Cornice pear of the poets. 20 YEARS AGO ' ' F&. 8. 1937 (Monday) First National Bank jl Port land today formally takes over the First National Bank of Ash land and the State Bank of Ash land. Tdffic out of southern Oregon resumes normal procedure as snow-blocked highways to the soutS)are reported clear or par tially (jjjear. 30 YEARS Ago Feb. 8. 1927 (Tuesday) City planning commission re jects petition of Harry Caton who requested permission to construct and operate a service station here. Representatives from Grants Pi, Ashland and Medford at tended Southern Oregon Bar as sociation meeting at Medford hotel. 40 "ftARS AGO Feb. 8. 1917 (1uriday) Effort is tSing made to secure enough hogs from the farmers in Central Point district to make community shipment to Portland Union stockyards. An America Negro fireman, (feeorge Washington, is killed, Dwhen British steamship Turino Is sunk by German submarine. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct to superior; sev en or eight Is excellent: five or six Is good. 1. Philadelphia, Pa.. 1782: Fus tians and jeans manufactured in the U.S. What are "fustians"? 02. To whom did Bacchus em power to turn whatever he touched into gold? o 3. Bible: Who was the "angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit."? 4. At what age do children us ually show the first curiosity of birth and sex? 5. Canadian troops fought in the World War II Pacific thea ter; true or false? 6. What is the general term for low-laced shoes? 7. Is the Jajaynese "hara-kiri" a wrestling skill, ceremonial sui cide, or a feast? 8. The Townsend Plan dealt with which subject? 9. What is UNRRA? 10. "No man can feel himself alone The while he bravely stands Between best friends ev er known His good, honest, h s." John Hancock. Answers: 1. Baggy-like pants of twill, etc. 2. Midas. 3. Salan. 4. From 5 Jo 7 years of age. 5. True. 6. Oxfords. 7. Ceremonial suicide. 8. Old-age pensions, a. United Nations Relief and Re habilitation Administration. 10. "Hands." UNMARRIED TAXED Seoul (U.RJ The Communist authorities in North Korea are ' levying heavy taxes on unmar- (ied women in an attempt to orce them to marry Chinese Communist soldiers, the news paper Seoul Shinmun reported today. i 2 MAIL TRIBUNE 'Who's "Crummy? To the Editor: If New York City is the retarded back water of sloth and decadence that you suggest in your Edi torial Feb. 1, what does that make Medford? Why not get rid of all the automobile parking areas in your town, plant trees, prohibit automobiles in the city limits and place hitching posts along the curbs? After all, Medford's nothing but a crummy horse and buggy place at best. James Halvorson Portland, Oregon Now, now, Mr. Halvorson. Let's not be abusive. Medford's really a mighty "purty" little town. We haven't seen a horse and buggy for some time. But, doggone it, it'd be a sight for sore eyes if we did. And isn't it Portland's own Ernest Holbrook who advocates a state law prohibiting any more people from moving into Oregon? He thinks there are too many now. And some people agree with him. We do too, sometimes, usually when we get all snarled up in a traffic jam on the way home. "UR Portland correspondent, whether he knows it or not, in his second paragraph makes, faci tiously we are sure, the same suggestion that forward- looking city planners are all except the hitching posts, anyway. Their point is that downtown areas everywhere are getting more and more congested; that downtown parking facilities simply tend to attract more and more cars, thus adding to the traffic congestion; and that the solution is not to attract more CARS but more PEOPLE. They put great emphasis on the development of adequate mass transportation facilities to do this. They also suggest downtown parking prohibition, and efforts to make the downtown shopping areas more attractive to people by the addition of trees shrubs, park areas and so on. ASA matter of fact, the more we think over Mr. Halvorson's note, the more we agree with his suggestions although we rather resent his somewhat unappetizing reference to Medford as "crummy." That it is not not yet, anyway. After the last park has succumbed to asphalt, after the last tree is gone, after the f ouf-lane aerial free way lifts the gaseous and noisy traffic high overhead then, maybe, Medford will fit that description. But as long as the parks remain, and as long as people can be sad to see a tree vanish in favor of a billboard ; as long as people can be honest and friend ly in their disagreements; as long as they love their children and support their schools and vote in elec tions, and give to the United Crusade, and build hospitals as long as Medford remains THAT sort of town, we'll continue to believe it's as pleasant a spot as any in the world. How about it, Mr. Halvor son? E. A. Sour Note Engineering journals, scientific periodicals, and newspapers in larger cities and on university cam puses, are filled with ads these days, pleading for engineers. A great hue and cry has been raised about the shortage of engineers, and great companies view the situation with alarm, manpower authorities make dis paraging comparisons between the situation here rnd in Russia, and so on. Probably this all is very true, and serious to boot. But one publication, Aviation Week, strikes a sour note in a recent issue. IT REPORTED the results of a recent survey con ducted by a group of men who answered 30 maga zine and 75 newspaper advertisements of that kind. The results were "confusing .and discouraging," the magazine reported. Form letters, some unsigned and some not even bearing a name and address, were received from 12 companies. Only 23 answered specific questions asked in the application ; the other 53 ignored the question. Out of the 105 letters sent out, 50 resulted in ac tual applications being made. Thirteen of these were not acknowledged. Three asked engineers with five years of experience to take aptitude tests. Of 31 job offers, three cast aspersions at the schools listed. One company, which has five different projects, received five applications. It sent back five different salary figures, for five different jobs. The applicant was turned down by four and found eligible by the fifth. "THE conclusion reported by the magazine was that 1 there is no real shortage of engineers, at least judging by the way companies reply to applications for engineering employment. This may not be a wholly valid conclusion, for statistics do indicate that the supply does not meet the demand. But it can be concluded that the situa tion isn't as desperate as those flossy-looking ads would indicate the ads which draw the applications which are then kicked around or ignored. E.A. "Till Death Do A picture yesterday shows Liz Taylor and her new (and third) husband. The marital exploits of others (Rita Hayworth," Marilyn Monroe, Mane Mc Donald, Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke to name' only a few) are well known. This leads us to wonder: When they get wrinkles and gray hairs, and lose their figures, and shed the last of their husbands, aren't they going to be bitter and lonely and frustrated? Sex and excitement and change may be stimulating in youth. But it's a darned poor preparation for getting old. E.A. Friday. February 8. 1957 tf making in all seriousness Us Part . if Pending Union Investigation Reminds of Wall Street Probe By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) The stop-look-and-listen sign is up for or ganized labor in the United States. The sign blazes bright est right now for the most powerful union of them all Dave Beck's T e a m s t e rs. Beck and other labor leaders, within whose Lyla C. Wilson anions are fat locals with pe culiar methods of keeping books, would do well to take a tip from Wall Street's experience. A special Senate committee is squaring away now for an in vestigation of suspect union fi nancial practices. As good a friend of organized labor as Sen. Paul Douglas (D-JU.) chaired a lesser investigation two years ago. The house cleaners from the outside already are moving. Douglas Thursday introduced in the Senate a bill directed against embezzlement, kickbacks and other abuses in the union ad ministration of employee welfare funds. Cosponsors were Sen. James E. Murray (D-Mont.), a notable New Dealer, and Sen. Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.) a left of center Republican, neither ever accused of labor baiting. Douglas reported that his 1955 OK By Arab Leaders For Mid-East Plan Tops News By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet: ' Leaders of three Arab nations expressed approval of the new Eisenhower Doctrine for the Middle East as the result of talks with the P r e s i dent in Washington. Partly be cause of eco nomic s t r a in caused by the surge of revolt in Communist rhariei McCann Europe, the So viet Russian government an nounced a big cutback in the rate of its industrial expansion. In another move related to its political difficulties, the Soviet government accused the United States of carrying out a big spy campaign in Russia. Officials in Washington and London intimated strongly that President Eisenhower is likely to meet British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan in March. It is likely that Eisenhower also will meet French Premier Guy Mollet after he sees Mac millan. Doctrine President Eisenhower's pro posal to use American forces, if necessary, to combat armed Dead Girls' Mother Gets 'Confession' Chicago (U.R) Authorities sought today the identity of a letter writer who "confessed" the slaying of two teen-aged sisters and asked the victim's mother for forgiveness. Police also awaited a complete medical report on the cause of the girls' deaths in the hope it might shed light on the murder. The report is expected to be ready today or Saturday. The latest possible clue came in a letter signed "Trudy" and sent to the victims' mother, Mrs. Loretta Grimes, 48. The letter, similar to one re ceived by Mrs. Grimes last Sat urday, said in part: "My name is Trudy. Please forgive me for killing your daughters." The letter listed the names of two men, one nicknamed "Trudy," and urged Mrs. Grimes to "tell police to check on them." Authorities sought the two men listed in the letter and the mystery writer. Jel Plane Missing. From Paine Air Base Everett, Wash. (U.R) An F-89H jet stationed at nearby Faine Air Force Base was report ed missing and presumed down early today. The jet, with a pilot and radar observer aboard, left the base about 11 p.m. (PST) Thursday on a routine training mission with two other planes. The other two jets returned safely but the last radar contact with the missing plane was made shortly after midnight. Coast Guard headquarters here said five cutters had been altered for search efforts. The plane was believed down in the Port Gamble area across Puget Sound and about 20 miles south east of here. inquiry turned up "shocking abuses such as embezzlement, collusion, kickbacks, exorbitant insurance charges . . . misman agement, waste, extravagance, indifference, nepotism." Old timers around town can remember when good friends of WaU Street were making equal ly serious charges against the big - time financial practices which flowered in what became known as the Coolidge boom. Wall Street big shots scorned the device of taking a Fifth Amend ment defense against testifying to their own misdeeds. There was perjury aplenty, however, in the record of the Senate's stock market investi gation conducted by a banking and currency subcommittee with Judge Ferdinand Pecora of New York as chief counsel. It is not necessarily a reflec tion on Dave Beck that he pres ently is out of the country and out of the subpena jurisdiction of Senate labor investigators, nor that he is the lone big-time labor holdout against firing union officials who hide behind the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. Beck might consider, however, the ancient dictum which goes like this: The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Wall Street learned the truth of that the hard way. In the process of learning, a president of the New York Stock Exchange went to jail, the presidents of New of Week Communist aggression in the Middle East was given a big boost by spokesmen for three of the countries which would be affected. King Saud of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Abdul' Illah of Iraq and Foreign Minister Char les Malik of Lebanon all en dorsed the aims of the doctrine as the result of talks with the Presi dent. . Cutback The Russian government an nounced at a meeting of the Su preme Soviet Parliament in Mos cow that its rate of industrial ex pansion for 1957 would be 7.1 per cent. This compares with an average of 11 to 12 per cent for previous years since the end of World War II. One reason for the cutback is that the rebellious spirit of peo ple in the Soviet satellite coun tries has compelled the Soviet government to deliver more eoods to them. Another is that unrest in Russia itself has com-1 pelled the government to make concessions to its own people. Spies At a theatrically-staged press conference in Moscow, the Soviet Foreign Ministry produced four Russians who, it said, had con fessed to spying for the United States after having been para chuted to Russian territory from American planes. The United States, an official statement said, is waging a "secret war" of sub version against Communist coun tries. Meeting The prospective meeting of President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan is a follow up to negotiations conducted in Washington by British Defense Minister Duncan Sandys. Sandys said in London that he had reach ed full agreement on defense co operation, especiaUy in the field of guided missiles. Blocked Off Reno Area Reopened Reno, Nev. (U.R) The down town Reno area, ordered evacu ated following Tuesday's blasts and fire ,was reopened last night after a 32-hour check for pos sible gas concentrations. The six-block area, containing much of Reno's main business district, was ordered evacuated Wednesday morning when jittery workers noticed gas odors and feared another explosion. Tuesday's blasts and fire was believed caused by leaking gas. Two persons were killed, 42 were injured, five buildings were destroyed and many others were damaged. Year's Farm Outlook Sees Price Increases St. Louis (U.R) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said yesterday the farm outlook for the year ahead is for modest increase in prices and income. Benson told the convention of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts here that prices received by farmers have been running about 7 per cent above those of last year. FIGURE THIS ONE St. Joseph, Mich. (U.R) A motorist's request for license piste numbers 36-24-36 has been rejected by state officials. The motorist said he wanted the numbers to match his girl friend's measurements. York's two largest banks were forced to resign, one of them in the utmost disgrace, the other pinned as a reckless promoter who had no business running a bank in the first place. Challenge Grounds Similar It may be significant that Beck's underlings have chal lenged the Senate's right to in vestigate union finances on the very grounds on which the late John W. Davis and other notable lawyers sought to pro tect their banking clients in the early 1930's from Pecora's ques tions. Davis on occasion told the Pe cora subcommittee that it lacked authority to pry into the matters under review. The subcommit tee's response in all cases sim ply was to return to the Senate and obtain specific authority to proceed. History could and doubtless will repeat itself if labor wit nesses persist in that strategy. The new special Senate commit tee will have broader specific authority than the standing com mittee which began the inquiry with some of Beck's men as wit nesses. The investigation wiU range for months, nationwide. The chairman will be the same, however: Sen. John L. Mc Clellan (D-Ark.). Balky labor leaders wUl learn that McClel lan is a tough man. He has put offenders on notice to clean house if they don't want him to do it for them. Neuberger Eyes Claims That Korea jWas Truman's War By Sen. RICHARD NEUBERGER Washington, D.C. (Special) Republican talk of Korea as "Truman's War" has helped to harm the Democrats in four elections 1950, '52,. '54 and '56. There is scant doubt of that, This talk has been cruel and ruthless, but it has been effeo tive. As Republicans keynoter last year, Governor Langlie of Washington referred to Korea as "a costly and fruitless" war. Many Oregon Democrats ask me about this. They, too, are troubled troubled because the war in Korea has damaged our party politically, and also troub led because of a feeling that perhaps our action in Korea may have been a mistake. I always answer these disturbed inquiries wih several quotes. "No Recourse" In June of 1950, soon after American forces were ordered to intervene against the invad ers from North Korea, President Dwight D. Eisenhower of Co lumbia University told report ers: "There was no recourse but to do what President Truman did. On August 31, 1953, Vice President Nixon said to the American Legion convention: "Let's recognize right now that the decision to go into Korea was right because the Commu nists had to be stopped." Undoubtedly, Harry Truman s sending of our troops to Korea had an adverse political impact on the Democratic Party. Yet history asks only what was right and not what was politically successful. Employees Help To Save Business Detroit (U.R) The 376 em ployees of the Hammond-Stand-ish & Co. meat packing plant are paying out part of their salaries in an effort to keep their jobs and the firm alive. Joseph Strobl, president of the 99 -year old firm, said Wednesday he was counting on the money to keep the company in business. Strobl said that if the plan worked the employees would, be able to keep their jobs and even tually would get their money back. If it doesn't, he said, they lose both job and money. Strobl said the program of co operation between management and the members of Packing House Workers Union Local 190 allowed each employee to sign a contract giving 10 per cent of his pay to a special benefit fund for the next five years. He said he estimated the dona tions would reach about $90,00C by the end of the five-year per iod and would be used as work ing capital and to cover operat ing losses. "If we hadn't made this agree ment," Strobl said, "there was a good chance we would have gone out of business but now we hope the plan will let us get out of the red and back into the black again." POLICE GIVE UP Columbus, Ohio (U.R) The Police Department yielded Thursday under pressure of a spelling lesson by Austin Besan con, principal of Columbus' East High School. Embarrassed of-fcials- rushed to remove signs from in front of the school when Besancon told they had the word "yield" in signs reading "yield to pedestrains" spelled "yeild". Teaching, Discussed by Babson By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. Two basic financial problems are facing every city and town to day. (1) Higher interest rates must be paid for all money borrowed, in cluding that for new schools, and there is a s h o r tage of money at any cost. (2) High er salaries are Roer w. Babiun being demand ed by teachers, and there is a shortage of teachers at any wage. Almost all other groups of workers have increased produc tion as their wages have risen; me carpenters use electric tools; the painters spray, instead of using hand brushes; the doctors make quicker "calls" by tele phone; while stores are fast adopting "self-service." Even the blond typist uses an electric typewriter; while her boss uses Soundscriber. The housewife herself has cut down her work so as to make it unnecessary to employ maids and laundries; and, in fact, she can even earn money by an outside part-time job. With the faithful school teach er, the results are often the op posite. It is true that she has been given more "things" to teach and to talk about. These have been forced upon her school superintendent by high pressure textbook salesmen and politicians. These outside "things" take the teacher's time and strength. I greatly sympa thize with all school teachers in their predicament. Teaching Inefficient But the fact is that her pro duct does not increase in ef ficiency and usefulness as her salary is increased. The good women now teaching my grand children get more than double the pay which the teachers re ceived when I was in school. I, however, am convinced that these children do not get the training that I had 50 years ago. Moreover, every employer will say that the product of our schools is not as good as it form erly was. Furthermore, we em ployers are not allowed to "re turn the goods and get our money back" when the work of a graduate is inefficient and careless. Basically, the job of a school teacher is to help her pupils de velop their brains. If this has been properly accomplished, the other needs character, health, 'posture and personality will naturaUy follow. Yet, our public school students are not taught anything today about their brain. They utterly fail to real ize its marvelous powers, how it works, and its tremendous un used possibilities. In fact, only in the past year did I get in terested in my own brain through Dr. George Russell Har rison, the wonderful M.I.T. Dean of Science. Write him for a copy of his article in a recent Atlan tic Monthly. (Please enclose needed return postage!) How to Remedy O r Difficulty Now here is a suggestion which those responsible for the cost of the teaching of your chil dren should seriously consider. Begin in the lower grades to interest the children in their brains. Instead of giving' them "CAT" as the first word to spell, give them "BRAINS" to speU! Have at the top of every Report Card these words: "Report On How Your Brain Is Working." a fa 'a a: i - r. i ts r t) r-i fc Investments made by the 10th of the month earn dividends as of the First Current Divi idenoj FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Association of Medford 29 North Ivy Street R. F. Kyle, President Brainpower ConstanUy keep the children conscious of their brains and Its marvelous possibilities. RecenUy, I asked some boys what kind of reading interested them most? One replied, "Air plane Engines"; another said, "Space Flying"; while a third said, "To understand how a TV works." Then when I began to tell them of the marvelous ma chinery inside their own heads, they were fascinated. I gave them only one illustration of what happens when they see an object( and how the light waves reflected therefrom are changed to electrical impulses which in turn are registered and stored in a minute memory compart ment of their brain to be taken out and used years later. Terrific Results Possible My point is this: Physiologists tell us that we are using our brains at only three per cent of capacity. If so, think what it would mean to our future and the future of the nation to in crease this 3 per cent to only 6 per cent. It could not only double the efficiency of every public school graduate, but it could double our standard of living and it could make every one of us better, healthier, and happier. Then every teacher would gladly be given double her present salary, and more! Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub licaUon must not exceed 400 words Law Separated To the Editor: Many citizens have been sending Biblical ques tions for some time to the Min isters Roundtable of Protestant association of ministers of Med ford. I have listened to their sec tarian ideas on many subjects, and can say they have never giv en a true New Testament answer to any question so far. So, for the benefit of all hon est Christians in all churches, I ask all ministers, why don't they divorce the Law of Moses (John 1-17) from the Law of Christ. The law ended with John the Baptist (Luke 16-16, Romans 10-4). Law given by Moses (Exodus 34-37. 38). Law abolished by Christ (Second Corinthians 3-6 to 13) abolished 1957 years ago. I am an evangelist and teacher, and separate the Law of Moses from the Law of Christ. I teach the commandment of Christ and have had 37 years in evangelist work. Am an independent dis ciple of Christ. Am open for calls to any group who want the pure doctrine of Christ. Evangelist William E. Brown 21 Genessee st. Medford, Ore. People Act The 9km To the Editor: Mrs. J. N. Tay lor's description of the actions of the stray dog as described in her letter of February 3, Sun day Tribune, was very touching. People act the same way when anyone attempts to feed them the Word of God. Gloria Dey 333 Cross st. Medford, Ore. KILLED BY AUTO Portland U.R) Anna Cul ver, 71, was killed last night when struck by a car. It was Portland's fourth 1957 traffic fatality. Give yourself raise 2 Per Annum
