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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
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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.)
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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
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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. His passing
leaves a great gap in the inform
ed, responsible leadership of Ore
gon. Oregon statesman, aaiem.
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