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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) UNE "Zveryone In Souuiem Oregon BetU The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO J7-29 North Fir St Phone 2-S141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertiain Manager GZRALD LATHAM Buainesa Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT S porta Editor OLIVE ETARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered a second clam matter at ' Mediord Oregon under Act el March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday On year $15 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three mas 4-25 Sunday Only One year 94.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes Daily and Sunday One year $18 00 Dally and Sunday One month liO Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County Pnlted Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU CI CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY INC Offices In New York Chicago, de troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vnnmnrr R C NATIONAL IOITOIIAi. A $ S 0 cR-A T 16 N Azmzm mm NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight or Time Medford and JacksoD County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 25, 1947 (Friday) Medford Health group launch es 1947 campaign against can cer under chairmanship of Mrs. John S. Day. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The song of the lawnmower and the cus sing of its operator, is again heard in the residential areas. 20 YEARc. AGO April 25, 1937 (cunday) First annual all-school fair will be held in the high school gymnasium Thursday and Fri day, according to E. H. Hedrick, superintendent. With four commercial build ing remodeling and moving pro jects planned for the near fu ture, Medford and vicinity enters greatest construction per iod in seven years, according to City Building Inspector Frank Rogers. 30 YEARS AGO April 25. 1927 (Monday) Medford is asked to raise $750 for flood relief in the Mississippi valley, according to B. E. Harder, president of the First National bank. Medford and vicinity is still In midst of an unseasonable warm spell, which began Sat urday, and has had a maximum of 80 degrees. 40 YEARS AGO April 25, 1917 (Wednesdavl First National Bank of Med ford subscribes for $75,000 of new government treasury certif icates being issued for war pur poses. Floyd H. Hart, second lieu tenant, Coast Artillery corps Oregon National Guard, is act lvated to U.S. aviation service What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; sev en cr eight is excellent: five er six is good. 1. In 1831 the Hudson and Mohawk railroad was opened in which state? 2. Is it possible to determine the race of a man by microscopic examination of a cross section of hair; true or false? 3. BIBLE: Was Mariamne, daughter of Alexander the As monian, a wife of Herod or Herod the Great? 4. What does a soldier mean when he says he is being shipped home on T.D.? 5. Name the world-famous composer of many of America's best-loved songs, including "Old Man River" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." 6. The largest island of the West Indies is ? 7. Which President said: "Speak softly and carry a big stick"? 8. What rank do U. S. Naval Academy cadets receive when they graduate? 9. Is it appropriate to use "Say!" as an exclamation to draw attention, or introduce a remark as, "Say! that's fine"? 10. Du Maurier's famous pre scription for keeping a husband: "Feed the "b e." Answers: 1. New York. 2 True. 3 Herod the Great. 4. Tem porary Duty. 5. Jerome Kern. 6. Cuba. 7. Theodore Roosevelt. (Minnesota State Fair. Sept. 2, 1901). 8. Ensign. 9. No. 10. "Brute." MAIL TRIBUNE Police Under Scrutiny On July 20, 1953, an editorial in this space had some harsh things to say department. A man had died from a been confined in the city jail for two days. Subse quent investigation revealed he had received no medi cal care before or during his imprisonment. This newspaper took the position that the police department had been in the wrong. It also demanded a thoroughgoing investigation of the department's methods and procedures. The county grand jury studied the situation. So did a special city council committee, which brought in a skilled investigator. So did the veterans administration. THE ultimate result was a shake-up in the police department, the appointment of a new chief, and a revision of methods, procedures and standards, in cluding , training of officers and the treatment of prisoners. Allegations of police brutality were made during the investigations, but were never proven. Suspicion remained, even after changes were placed in effect. As a result, the department has been under close public scrutiny ever since. And, in the eyes of this newspaper, it has earned, the hard way, a new repu tation for efficiency, fairness, and respect for the rights of individuals. IF A CASE ever arises again where evidence shows " the police department to be in the wrong, this news paper will not hesitate to again demand the full facts to be told, if necessary through the grand jury. The police department is too close to the citizens to permit any deviation from the "straight and nar row" and often difficult path of even-handed law enforcement to long continue. To our knowledge, no such case has been shown to have occurred. As with any police department, no matter how good, complaints have been made. In each instance which has come to our attention, we have checked it carefully. Some have been the result of misunderstanding. Some have been from chronic complainers, or "cop haters," or those who have been arrested for various offenses repeatedly, and cany a grudge against the department. A LETTER printed on this page earlier in the week " insinuated many things about the police depart ment. It made no flat charges against any individuals, which might be libelous. But it conveyed the implica tion, without making any statements which could be proved or disproved, that certain unnamed members, of the department are vengeful, brutal and liars, and that this is known to the responsible administrative officers of the department. : If these insinuations were well-founded, we would be among the first to yell about it. We are convinced, however, they are NOT well founded. They are in the same category as the hoary "Have you stopped beat ing your wife?" question. THIS is not to say that the Medford police depart- ment is perfect or beyond reproach. It isn't. No organization of 30 or so human beings is, or very well could be. Despite the best training, the closest super vision, the highest degree of screening of job-applicants, it is possible that isolated instances of improper actions could occur. There is no evidence to show they have but they are possible. It is for this reason that the department must, and will, remain under constant public scrutiny. Meanwhile, we will continue to believe the evi dence we have seen, and continue to see, that the police department is operated with a high degree of efficiency, responsibility and morale. E.A. Comet in the Sky As this is written (on Thursday) we are still just a bit in doubt as to whether that streak of light in the sky Wednesday evening was the comet Arend Roland. But what else could it be? Assuming the conclusion will be borne out by observation and by astronomers who know about such things, it is a rather exciting thing. e MOT since 1910 has mankind had the chance to observe such a display of celestial fireworks. There are plenty of comets swimming about in the universe (Arend-Roland was the eighth spotted by astronomers during 1956 alone), but those that are large enough, and come close enough, to be seen by the naked eye are few and far between. The next scheduled visitation of such a clearly visible visitor from outer space is in 1986, when Haley's comet is due back again. But smaller comets are fairly common. Four are due to make their swings around the sun this year, one next year, three in 1959, and an even half-dozen in 1960. No one knows when a previously-unobserved comet might come by as did Arend-Roland. THIS comet in the skies is not as large as some. Donati's comet, which visited the center of the solar system in 1858, had a tail that reached halfway from the horizon to the zenith. Haley's comet makes its swings in from outer space each 76.02 years, and was first noted in 240 B.C. Others have shorter periods, and some have longer ones. Donati's comet has a period of about 2,000 years. By the time Arend-Roland has left us, astronomers probably will be able to predict when it will return again if ever. Comets, we are told, are often unpre dictable. E.A. Friday, April 28, 1957 about the Medford police skull fracture after having l VJeu,Gee whiz Didn't f SPOT LOOKED BABE ? Jordanian Crisis Tops Weeks Foreign News in Importance By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The week's' good and bad news on the international bal ance sheet: The struggle between young King Hussein of Jordan and the anti-Western, pro-Communist po litical leaders who threaten his throne as sumed such crit ical importance that the United States was in volved. President Eis en h o w e r and Sec r e t a r y of Charles Mccann state jonn pos ter Dulles announced that they regarded the "integrity and in dependence" of Jordan as vital. The United States aircraft car rier Forrestal, two cruisers and 11 destroyers sailed suddenly from the French Riviera, under emergency orders, for the east ern Mediterranean. In Jordan itself, Hussein mobi lized his army and declared mar tial law to thwart any leftist at tempt at a coup. There were indications that Matter of Fact Amman, Jordan, April 23 As these words are written, the situation in this tortured little kingdom is again poised on a knife edge. ; The question now is wheth er the pro Egyptian forces and their Commu nist allies will stewait aisop attempt a counter-coup in the immediate future. Such an attempt is clear ly regarded as possible, since young King Hussein has been working feverishly all day to perfect his dispositions for con trolling any rising against the government. The reasons for thinking that a counter-coup may now be in the making are simple indeed. On the one hand, there is the "Voice of the Arabs" from Cairo, which has acted as the conductor of the orchestra in the Baghdad Pact riots and all the similar disorders here. The "Voice of the Arabs" ini tial reaction to the dramatic events of ten days ago was quite remarkably prudent. But yester day, this loudspeaker for Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser began to attacking King Hussein, charg ing plots against the Jordanian people "in the palace." And to day the broadcasts are saying that the Jordanian Cabinet King Hussein glued together with such difficulty will fall within 48 hours. e MORE serious still, the "Voice of the Arabs" is also piously declaring that the rage of the Jordanian people can no longer be contained, and must shortly find expression in violent public demonstrations. This is the fa miliar signal for the Egyptian agents and communist organiz ers to lead the mobs into the streets. On the other hand, what amounts to an ultimatum has now been presented to King Hussein and his Cabinet by the so-called National Steering Com mittee. This organization is dominated by the small hard core of Jordanian communist leaders, but it also indicates ex treme Left wing nationalists of the Baath party and other men of the pro-Egyptian factions. The National Steering Com mittee met last night in the com munist stronghold of Nablus. Resolutions were adopted de manding the dismissal of the present Cabinet; the restoration to their former commands of all the disloyal Arab Legion officers who have fled or have been dis missed; the expulsion of the American Ambassador and mili tary attache, and the immediate rejection of the Eisenhower Doc trine. you just rzii dad this i Soviet Russia, facing internal economic difficulties and the pos sibility of further trouble in its East European satellite coun tries, might be seeking better relations with the West. Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin sent an 8,000-world let ter to British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan expressing Russia's desire for good rela tions. Belief strengthened that Rus sia might soon make one step to ward better relations by making concessions which would get the United Nations disarmament conference in London started to ward some agreement. President Gamal Abdel Nas ser of Egypt issued a formal declaration on operation of the Suez Canal Zone. Under the dec laration Egypt would continue to exert complete authority over the canal. But Nasser made some important concessions to the Western countries which use the canal. One was that Egypt would agree to international arbitra tion of complaints against its canal operation. The United States, despairing of agreement with Nasser, had By Stewart Alsop THESE demands amount to a suggestion that Kinff Hussein hand over his country forthwith to the Egyptians and their com munist allies. Today the resolu tions were presented formally here in Amman, and a campaign of pressure has now begun to persuade members of the exist ing Cabinet to resign their posts. The question is still very much open, however, whether all these menaces and incitements are simply psychological warfare, in tended to test the nerve of the King and his Cabinet and the loyalty of the Arab Legion. The betting, so far as one can see, is about even either way, with the factors affecting the betting about as follows: The swarms of Egyptian agents which infest Jordan and the co operating communist organizers are undoubtedly able to com mand the street mobs here in Amman and in the towns such as Jerusalem, Nablus, Rammal- lah and Jericho on the west bank of the Jordan river. The west bank is in fact sharply pro-Egyp tian and largely dominated by the Baath party and the com munists. There is no knowing, either, whether the nerve of the pres ent cabinet will hold. Despite his serious stomach ulcers, the Prime Minister, Hussein Khaldi, is a stout-hearted man. He told me yesterday, "My health may break but my nerves will not!" ' BUT the Cabinet has a very weak point in the person of the Foreign Minister. Suleiman JNabulsi, who headed the pro- Egyptian government that the King dismissed two weeks ago. The state of the Arab Legion is a question mark of vital im portance. On the one hand, the 'officers disloyal to the King have now been removed. Three brigade commanders are in jail, and a good many others have been relieved and given "leave. On the other hand, it is very early days yet for the Legion to have recovered unity and disci pline after all the unsettling and dramatic events of the last weeks. Reviewing the position within Jordan, therefore, one would bet rather heavily on the Egyptian counter - coud being launched without delay, if only in order to anticipate the moment when the Arab Legion will again be come a fully efficient force. But there is one major factor oulr side Jordan which must influ ence the betting very greatly. In brief, upwards of 10,000 troops of the Iraqi Army are stationed at the pumping station H3 on the oil pipe line close to the Jordanian border. These Iraqi troops are several times more than a match for the 4,000 or so Syrians who have been stationed In the north, . within Babson Discusses Florida Settlement By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Fla. Nearly every day I get letters from peo ple asking if I would recom mend locating in Florida. My answer is "No" if you are hop ing to get some thing for noth ing; but "Yes," if you are "re tiring" and re ceive a pen sion check soger w. Babson from the North each month or have sufficient income of, your own. Although lacking in a number of important natural resources, Florida has an abundance of sunshine, plenty of water, large amounts of phosphate, and suf ficient limestone for cement. It can compete with California and sections as a mecca for tourists, vacationists, and retired folk. I am told that more than 2,000 people come into Florida each called a meeting of Security Council on the he U.N. canal issue. But after publication of the Egyptian declaration, the United States indicated it would accept Nasser's terms as a tern porary arrangement. The Eisenhower-Dulles state ment on Jordan constituted an implied invitation to King Hus sein to seek American aid in keeping his throne and main taining the independence of Jor dan. This statement in effect was the first offer to invoke the new Eisenhower Doctrine aimed at Communist aggression in the Middle East. ( Actually, Communist aggres sion was not part of the Jordan picture. But because Hussein's enemies are pro-Communist, and because Russia is meddling in Middle Eastern affairs, the young king could ask for Amer ican military aid, in the form of weapons, to strengthen him. Further, the Eisenhower-Dulles statement constituted a warn ing to Russia and to Egypt and Syria, which are encouraging Hussein's enemies, to watch their steps. ' the Jordanian border, since the period of the Suez crisis. The Iraqis are fully ready to come to King Hussein's aid. And King Saud of Saudi Arabia has placed his 3,500 troops, also in Jordan in the south, under King Hus sein's personal command for the duration of the emergency. KING HUSSEIN has already let it. hA known in vprv positive terms, that he will call in the Iraqis to restore order if the Egyptians and their ad herents in Jordan make this necessary. In case a counter coup is attempted, the first step will be a declaration of martial law. If the Arab Legion then fails to get the situation in hand again, the Iraqis will be called for. And if King Hussein abides by his determination to call for the Iraqis if need be, the Egyp tian counter-coup can almost certainly be defeated. ' Such are the calculations that Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser must make when he takes the big decision that now lies im mediately ahead for him. The temptation is very great. The deterrent is extremely powerful. If it were not for the deterrent, the situation, here would not be balanced on a knife edge; it -would, now be going over the edge. But as mat ters stand Nasser's decision (and the decision lies wholly in his hands) is utterly impossible to predict until the situation has ripened further. (Copyright. 1957, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) PRESENT RAMBLER PRICES START AS LOW AS lonbtor Dalou 4-Ooor Sedan LEA MOTORS - Barilett a 15th - Medford 2-6185 week intending to settle here. Many live on pensions or annui ties or income from investments, and therefore have' no need to seek employment. Others do need jobs, but not all can find them today. In my observation, it is rath er difficult to get a job in Flor ida unless you have special skills which the state's few in dustries can use. However, ef forts to get natural gas by pipe line from Texas are now on the verge of succeeding. I predict that parts of the state will have natural gas by the summer of 1958. When the supply of this fuel is assured, industry should move into Florida at a very rapid pace. Real Estate Boom Mild climate has always been an attraction to prospective buy ers of land for homes and busi nesses. Now that atomic energy is to be an added attraction, I forecast an even further boom in Florida real estate. The pres ent boom will be far different from the "boom and bust" of the 1920s when sellers and buy ers alike when just plain crazy. Sharp real estate operators, whose methods are questionable cannot be eliminated entirely, but Florida does attempt to curb land and stock frauds. I am bullish on well-located Florida homes which are al ready built. I do not hesitate to advise those interested to buy a house, or a lot, in an already set tled community. However, I urge prospective settlers in Flor ida or those anxious to buy land there for investment or specu lation to proceed very cautious ly. Before buying lots in a new subdivision, you should first see them. Florida offers plenty of opportunity to those who are alert to its possibilities and will ing to work hard to get ahead. At this time it is not a good place in which to speculate. Industrial Sites Florida's lack of oil, coal, and waterpower has been a serious handicap to the development of heavy industry. Actually, light industry has been moving into the state at an increasing rate Many industrial concerns in the North and Middle West ask me how to go about buying land for industrial use in Florida. My first anwser is to buy for cash only, and to use the same com mon sense they would use when buying land in their own home state. Second buy something which they feel sure they could rent or sell promptly if they cannot use it themselves. Florida is growing fast Where good land in a settled commu nity can now be bought cheap, I advise buying it; but I have a word of caution for those who are in the market anywhere for land for office buildings, factor ies, or apartments. Plan for much more parking space than you feel you will ever need. The success of business ventures in any state will depend largely on ease of access and parking facilities. Provide ample park ing for employees, customers, and suppliers. In less than'twen ty years, I predict that the pres ent number of registered cars will be doubled. Citrus Business After spending some 35 win ters in Florida. I believe an ex perienced and hard-working cit rus industry has prospered. It should do better in future years as new and less expensive meth ods for cultivating, picking, ex tracting, shipping and preserv ing the flavor of fruit juices are discovered. However, do not let citrus prosperity lure you to Florida to grow fruit unless you know something about the business or are prepared to have your inter ests cared for by an experienced cooperative citrus organization. Also be sure you invest In a frostproof grove that can fur nish you a 20-year record. Don't buy new groves now. Look be fore you leap, The Finest RAMBLER Yet- '2270 todudha ol Mtral taw. Editorial Comment THE WAY TO CUT TAXES More than anything else there is need for this nation to stand out among all the nations of the world as the proponent of peace, not an exponent of a continuing never-ending arms race. The United States has the know-how and the strength, it has the faith and assurance to do something tangible to stop this race to war. Why not a start at a five bil lion dollar slash in war spending for the federal budget ending June 30, 1958? We would like to see half the slash made up with aid to schools, slum clearance and increased old-age benefits. We would like to see the other half used to cut federal taxes, by increasing the exemptions al lowed every taxpayer. There could be no single more effective cut in federal outlay than this, a world-wide assur ance that this great nation is ready to enter into an era of world peace rather than a futile race toward World War III. Coos Bay Times. HENRY L. CORBETT , Henry L. Corbett, who suc cumbed aboard the S.P. Cascade train Monday night en route from Santa Barbara to Portland, lived a long and very useful life. Grandson of two of Oregon's distinguished business and bank ing leaders in the period of its early expansion, Henry W. Cor bett and W. S. Ladd, he had both deep loyalty to Oregon and a high sense of civic responsibility. A staunch Republican, he served as state senator from Multno mah County and twice was elect ed President of the Senate (1927 and 1935). He was turned back (1930) in a bid for the Republi can nomination for governor. He was a member for many years of the Port of Portland commis sion. His business interests were varied, centering largely in Port land real estate. For a number of years he was a director of the Southern Pacific railroad. ; His influence in Oregon affairs was pervasive, exerted quietly, and marked by a broad under standing of the course of events at home and abroad. 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There's ample room for six husky six-foot adults to ride in comfort in a Rambler.