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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years, ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 28. 1947 (Thursday)
Sales and cigarette taxes are
to be voted on Tuesday, Sept. 6
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "Valley
pumpkins, indispensible to the
Hallowe'en festivities, are now
gaining rotund obesity."
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 28, 1937 (Sunday)
The forty-fifth annual reunion
of Southern Oregon soldiers'
and sailors' association will be
held next Friday at the armory.
Seven-mule pack train takes
food to forest fire fighters on
Halifax creek.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 28, 1927 (Sunday)
Installation of the $12,000
Reuter pipe organ, purchased by
the local Presbyterian church,
is scheduled.
A 70-year-old man tries to
take out marriage license in pre
paration for a bridal search.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 28, 1917 (Tuesday)
. Local man fights arrest for
not dimming auto headlights.
From the Local and personal
column: "C" company remains
in camp today putting in time
with bayonet drill.
What's Ycur I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight ts excellent; five or
six Is good
1. Does the Coast Guard oper
ate airplanes as part of its stan
dard equipment?
2. The fall of Constantinople
occurred in 1453, 1492, 1516, or
1620? ' "
3. Bible: Name the twin broth
er of Esau.
. 4. Ibn Saud is king of which
country?
5. The New York Stock Ex
change was founded under a
tree: Was it a beech, oak, ash,
or buttonwood tree?
6. Reinhard Heydrich, assasi
nated in Prague in 1942, held
what position in the Nazi organ
ization? 7. How many children did
George Washington have?
: 8. Did Neville Chamberlain
resign as British Prime Minister
in 1938, 1939 or 1940?
9. Is "hopeing" the present or
past participal of "hope?"
10. "What I ha' seen since
ocean steam began leaves me na
doot for the machine: but what
about man?" Did G. S. Lee,
Burns, or Kipling write this?
Answers: 1. Yes. 2. 1453. 3.
Jacob. 4. Saudi Arabia. 5. But
tonwood tree. 6. He was chief
of the Gestapo. 7. None, (al
though his wife gave birth to
four by a previous marriage, two
of whom died in infancy). 8.
1940 (May 10). 9. No. "Hoping"
is. 10. Kipling.
Charge Dismissed in
Massachusetts Court
; Natick, Mass. HP An 18-year-old
speeding charge against
Carl Altmais, 58, was dismissed
by Judge H. Edward Snow for
lack of prosecution.
Altman learngd of the viola
tion when applying for a Massa
chusetts driving license. He told
the court he had been residing
in Florida for 18 years and knew
nothing of the infraction. Judge
Snow tossed the case out when
police reported that the com
plaining officer had retired from
the force 15 years ago.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Driver Improvement Course
Sometime next week, Miss Noreen Kelly, Med
ford's municipal judge, for the first time will assign
some traffic offender to attend the city's new "driver
improvement school."
This is a departure for this city, and it is a means
of traffic improvement not much used in this part of
the country.
But elsewhere, in parts of California and the east,
it has proven successful in its objectives of improving
the attitudes of drivers, and of helping them to im
prove their skill.
IT IS also, hoped that substantial numbers of those
4 taking the class will be
professional and expert instruction m the art of driv
ing, and knowledge of the factors good drivers should
know, are important," and take advantage of the
course sort of as a "refresher."
It would also be an excellent idea for those plan
ning to obtain a driver s license to attend the course.
In the nature of things, however, it must be
assumed'that the bulk of the students will be traffic
offenders whom the judge persuades to take the
classes.
T7ACH session of the course will have two meetings,
and there will be two
instructor will be Police Capt. Clyde Fichtner, but he
will call on other traffic experts and officials from
time to time.
The course will be fairly flexible, and can cover
as many different phases
desirable. . .
The principal objective will be to instill and
encourage an "attitude"
acknowledges that driving
on crowded streets is a privilege, that each driver has
a high responsibility for the life and property of his
neighbors, and that by more skilled and careful driv
ing, our accident rate can be cut down.'
lM'UCH of the success of the experimental course
A"1will, of course, depend on the manner in. which
assignments to take it are made, and much will
depend on the skill, tact and attitude of the instructor.
But, too, as in all situations, public acceptance
and support can make the program a significant suc
cess; opposition could defeat its purpose and make
it worthless.
We will watch its progress with interest and
optimism. E.A."
We 'd
We read with an almost unprecedented lack of
enthusiasm about the "stunt man" over at Klamath
Falls who proposes to go over the Klamath Falls on
the Link river in a barrel.
Our first reaction was a noise which no one has
ever learned how to spell.
The second was the more temperate reflection
that people have been making blankety-blank fools
of themselves for several thousands of years, and
there's no real reason to expect any change.
THE thing that really cooled us off, though, was to
learn that this silly tomfoolery was actually being
sponsored by the Klamath County Chamber of Com
merce. Frank Tucker, a normally level-headed and per
sonable young man, the manager of the KF chamber,
told the newspaper there that "We are embarking
upon a campaign to make Klamath Falls the Niagara
of the Northwest," and added that he expects honey
mooners from all parts of the nation one day will
consider Klamath Falls the "traditional destination
of their wedding trip." He foresees considerable tour
ist traffic resulting from the chamber's publicity
program.
If we were a member of the Klamath chamber,
and saw our good dues money going for such hog
wash, we'd get out so fast it'd make their head
swim. E.A.
Auto
Of all major crimes, automobile theft is probably
the most prevalent.
Some of it, of course, is done with the ancient
profit-motive of crime in mind. But even more than
this, the stolen automobile offers fast transportation
to a criminal- And the prevalence of cars, and their
unique advantages, sometimes - make auto theft a
"challenge" to young people, whose objective is
simply a "joy ride."
Despite this, all of which is well-known, many peo
ple do not take adequate precautions against theft
when leaving their car. "
THE wojjst offender in this regard is, of course, the
uuvci iiu leaves ma t
key in the ignition. This is
to have it stolen, and by
stolen cars were so left.
Even the lack of keys
the knowledgeable thief so
locked. By switching wires
with mechanical "know-how" can start a car without
one. But locking the car windows and doors will
discourage all but the most determined thief who
has plently of time to work
In cases where it is necessafy to leave the car for
long periods unattended, some authorities recommend
removing a small but important part of the mechan
ism such as the distributor head which will pre
vent anyone from starting
Wednesday, August 28. 1957
"volunteers," who feel that
sessions a month. Principal
of traffic safety as seems
toward driving one that
a high-powered vehicle
Resign
Thefts
- ai uiiiutrvcu aim wiui tiic
practically an "invitation"
far the largest number of
will not seriously hamper
long as the doors are not
under the hood, someone
at the job.
or driving it. E.A.
J0- ''M ' l :V
f Did ion know these time
In the Day's News
By FRANK
The department of agriculture
announces in Washington that
farmers received the highest
prices in three years for their
marketings last month. The new
price figures extended a steady
climb that got under way last
February. Farm commodity
prices in mid-July reached 247
Great Propaganda
Effort by Russia
Seen by Observers
By K. C. THALER
United Press Correspondent
London (IB Diplomatic
sources cited evidence" today
that Moscow has embarked on
its greatest propoganda war, in
a bold attempt to bluff its way
through a host of internal and
external troubles.
The Soviet strategy which has
begun to unfold in recent polit
ical, military and economic
moves was said to have been in
itiated personally by Commu
nist party boss Nikita Khrush
chev. Khrushchev, smuggling for
supreme power in the face of
considerable internal difficulties,
apparently has decided to launch
a "steamroller" strategy to bluff
his opponents at home and
abroad into submission.
New Tactics
This was the 'conclusion today
of an authoritative diplomatic
assessment of Russia's latest pol
icy and military moves, based on
the results of an on-the-pot
study of the Kremlin's new tac
tics. It was feared that the initial
success of Moscow's latest prop
aganda war might encourage its
strategists to expand it still fur
ther, in order to exploit the in
itiative which the Kremlin has
wrested at present from the
West.
The assessment suggested that
Russia has played its cards well
so far by recklessly exploiting
international grievances, nation
alist emotionalism and the lack
of experience of leaders of some
of the underdeveloped countries.
Guiding Principle
The guiding principle of the.,
campaign appeared to be: "Prom
ise the sky and meanwhile reap
th earth," the informants said.
The new propaganda strategy
was thus ready to promise any
thing under the sun, making Rus
sia appear as the selfless friend
of the oppressed, willing to share
its own crust of bread.
This was held to be behind the
sweeping Soviet aid offers which
Moscow has extended in the past
fortnight on a scale which Soviet
affairs .experts consider as in
compatible with Russian re
sources. The Soviet propaganda attack
was regarded as an attack on
all fronts at the same time.
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Milwaukee, Wis. William Proxmire, first Democrat to be
elected U.S. senator from Wisconsince since 1932:
"After 25 long lean years, the Democratic party of Wisconsin
has finally hit the comeback trail."
Washington Rep. Frank L. Chelf (D.-Ky.) on House passage
of a bill to help the FBI protect its secret files:
"If we err, let's err on the side of America."
Los Anaeles Teamsters Vice President James R. Hoffa, on
being told the AFL-CIO Ethical Practices committee brought new
charges against him based on Senate Rackets committee disclo
sures: . -
"I can't imagine what new
pared to say anything about them.
know anything about?"
Nashville, Tenn. Segregationist John Kasper. on integration
of public schools in the South:
"We're going to talk to the 'niggers' and tell mem it tney wanl
to avoid the shotgun, dynamite and rope they had better get out
of the white schools."
Washington Rep. Emanuel Cellar (D.-N.Y.) on the charge that
airplanes are becoming flying saloons: -
"The minute you prohibit drinking on the planes, you win en
courage the bringing of bottles on the plane. This was the experi
ence in the prohibition era, but there are some who never' will
learn."
round wings screw right tw
JENKINS
per cent of the 1910-1914 aver
age. But
The department notes
PRICES PAID BY FARMERS
HAVE RISEN EVEN MORE
THAN THE PRICES RECEIVED
BY FARMERS.
AT this point the commerce
department gets into the
picture. It says this has been a
banner year for Americans.
Personal income during 1956,
it adds, was up 7 per cent over
1955. That figures up to a rec
ord 354 billion dollars in per
sonal income throughout the na
tion. Personal income has CON
TINUED TO RISE so far dur
ing 1957.
The commerce department's
figures show that Delaware led
all the states in total personal
income gains BEFORE TAXES
with a 14 per cent increase.
Arizona with a 12 per cent gain
and Florida with a gain of 11
per cent were the next two
states in line.
The only state in the Union
that failed to show a gain in
personal ' income in 1956 was
Mississippi.
SO FAR, so good.
But
Let's turn now to the depart
ment of labor, which keeps the
figures on living costs. It has
been telling us for months that
the cost of living' is higher than
ever before and STILL RISING.
CJT. MATHEW tells us:
J "What is a man profited, if
he shall gain the whole world
and lose his own soul?"
We might paraphrase his ques
tion in these modern days and
ask: What difference does it
make if you have more money
in your pocket than ever before
if everything you buy costs
more than ever before?
rpHAT is the nub of the far
mer's situation.
It is the nub of the whole
business of inflation.
rriHE census bureau gets into
-1- the more-and-bigger act to
day with the statement that by
1960 the next Presidential elec
tion year there will be three
million more women of voting
age than men.
It adds that by then 55V4 mil
lion women will be qualified to
cast ballots, as compared to only
52 V4 million men.
THE 64 billion dollar question:
WTT.T. THEV TIT?
ABLE THAN MEN TO RECOG
NIZE THE BUNCOMBE THAT
IS FED TO US BY THE POLI
TICIANS? HASN'T HEARD SONS
Washington (IPI Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
said Tuesday he still hasn't
heard the new song, "I Made A
Fool of Myself Over John Fos
ter Dulles." The State Depart
ment received a transcription of
the song Monday.
charges they claim. Im not pre
How can I deny what I don't
Wisconsin
For Senate
By RAYMOND LAHR
United Press Correspondent
Washington IIP) Wisconsin's
senatorial election returns have
hit the Republicans where it
hurts.
Thv counted on winning the
Wisconsin Sen
ate seat to keep
them on the
t h r e s hold of
control of the
Senate. They
would take
over if and
when an act of
God enabled a
R e p u b 1 i can
Raymond Lahx governor to ap
point a senator to replace a Dem
ocrat who died.
Instead, the victory of Demo
crat William Proxmire over for
mer GOP Gov. Walter J. Kohler
gave Senate Democrats welcome
On The Side
(Distributed by King
The New York City taxicab
rates, regulated by law, are the
lowest in the United States. They
are "Twenty-five cents for the
first fifth mile, and 5 cents for
each fifth thereafter.
In the old time cab the rate for
a mile and a half was 75 cents.
In the modern taxicab it comes
to only 50 cents. And the cost
of living today in New York City
is four times higher than it was
a half a century ago. No wonder
the New York taxi skippers say
they must have tips to acquire
a living wage.
Plump Infants
How much did you weigh at
birth? How about your first off
spring? Mrs. Magdalena Lake of
Johannesburg, South Africa,
mothered 12 children whose
total weight at birth was 159
pounds. The smallest at birth
weighed 10V& pounds. The larg
est at birth weighed 18 pounds
four ounces. Three weighed lz'i
pounds each at birth. All the
rest were over"13 pounds when
born. All are living. When Mrs.
Lake had her first child she
weighed 115 pounds. When she
gave birth to her last child she
weighed 275 pounds.
Charming Place
The other night we dined at
one of those country inns which
our feminine friends usually de
scribe as "charming." It was
charming insofar as the interior
decorating was concerned. The
view from the dining room was
magnificent. Where we made our
mistake was not in asking for
a view of the kitchen. We sub
sequently suffered from attacks
of food poisoning. I have found
that this happens more frequent
ly in inns and restaurants de
scribed as "c hi a r m i n g" or
"quaint" than in other dining
places. So when ,a restaurateur
raves about the charm or quaint-
ness of hii place agree with him
but politely ask "Now may
see your kitchen?"
Sidelights
Am asked the maiden name
of Cyd Charisse. It was Tula
Ellice Finklea. Charisse is the
name of her first husband .
According to latest report 95 per
cent of New Yorkers are born
in hospitals. I was born in New
York. But at home. So my moth
er knew for certain she got the
right baby. ;
Passing By
Vincent Lopez. Dean of dance
band maestros. Has been an out
standing attraction on Broadway
for nearly 40 years. And a hit
on the airwaves, radio and tele
vision, for 25 years. He began
his entertainment career as the
piano player for the great vaude
ville act of Pat Rooney and
Marion Bent. As a bandmaster
he was a major factor in pop
ularizing the rumba in this coun
try. He began it with playing
that lively tune titled "The Pea
nut Vendor" written by Marion
Sunshine, L. Wolfe Gilbert and
Moises Simons.
Record
As previously noted, a player
at Prince Rainier's Monte Carlo
gambling joint is reported to
have made 32 consecutive passes
at the craps table. That is the
world's record. Incidentally, be
fore you play craps again at
Monte Carlo, Las Vegas or Ha
vana, read John Scarne's highly
informative book titled "Craps."
A study of that will decrease
your gambling losses.
Wedding Party
What dancing are the fathers
of the bride and groom expected
to do at a wedding party? What
dance does the bridegroom have
with his mother-in-law- That is
what a couple c Baltimoreans
are arguing about. They ask for
decision. The bride's father
asks the bridegroom's mother for
the first dance. The bridegroom's
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Democratic Victory
Hurts Republicans
insurance that they would retain
control of the Senate until after
the 1958 elections. And they rate
as favorites to stay in command
after 1958. '
Kohler Backed Ike
. The Republicans can blame
their defeat on Wisconsin's
strange breed of politics. Other
wise, they must hunt for alibis
based on a party split, stay-at-home
voters, throat-cutting by
conservative Republicans and
continuing GOP trouble in the
farm belt.
Tuesday's special election in
Wisconsin was held to fill the
vacant seat of the late Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy, who was no
admirer of President Eisen
hower. Kohler is an Eisenhower Re
publican, a former three-term
governor, who won the sena
torial nomination by polling less
By e. v. Durimg
Features Syndicate. Inc.)
father asks the bride s mother
for the first dance. The bride
groom's father also asks the
bride for the second dance. The
bride's father, if he hasn't pulled
up lame by this time, asks the
bride for the third dance. The
bridegroom asks his motherin
law for the second dance. 'Is that
the way it went at your wed
ding? If so, what kind of a
dancer is your mother-in-law?
AF Captain Awaits
Court - Martial
Agana, Guam ' (IPI An Air
Force captain from Colorado
awaited a court-martial today
on a charge of breaking into a
women's barracks and stealing
seven pairs of panties and a
swim suit.
The officer is Capt. Norman
K. Day, 40, Grand Junction,
Colo., commander of the 43rd
Bomb Wing at Andersen Air
Force Base here. He was held
under custody of the wing com
mander. Col. Gilbert F. Friedericks,
base commander, has ordered
his subordinates "to throw the
book" at Day for the alleged
theft.
Miss Jacqueline 1'ritz, a secre
tary whose room was ransacked,
said Day took two pairs of pan
ties on a clothesline outside the
oarracKs, then entered her room
and took three more pairs and
a swim suit from a locker.,
Another woman occupant of
the barracks said she discovered
Day while he was trying to
break into another room. Air
Force police arrested him.
The barracks houses eight Air
Force women employees. The
Air Force said the incident oc
curred Saturday night. .
Day is the father of two chil
dren.
Congress Says Son
Of Couple Is Legal
Washington (IPI Congress
declared Monday that four-year-
old Michael D. Ovens is the
legal son of Verne and Elizabeth
Owens of Milwaukee, Wis.
The child's adoptive father
died in 1954 before the state
adoption proceedings were final.
and federal officials ruled that
the child could not be considered
Ovens' son for purposes of social
security benefits.
The bill, passed by the Senate
Monday, goes to the president.
OLCC Names New
Enforcement Chief
Portland (IPI A recently re
tired Navy commander, 55-year-old
Allan D. Curtis, Portland,
has been appointed to the top en
forcement position with the Ore
gon Liquor Control Commission,
according to Chairman Hugh R.
Kirkpatrick.
Joseph Kance, OLCC adminis
trator, had said before that he
favored hiring an enforcement
chief, someone outside the pres
ent list of OLCC employees.- .
Curtis will take over early-
next month.
AN ARTY CREW ,
New York (IPI It was never
like this- on the original May
flower. Sixty art students
climbed all over the Mayflower
II Tuesday, using it as a model
for their sketches.
CONFIDENCE
For over 22
have endeavored to merit
your confidence, and
your continued approval
of our efforts is .most
C M. Lirwiller-
gratifying!
interests 100 local, and with charges that are exception
ally moderate, we confidently assume the next decade of
service to and for the Rogue River valley.
LITWILLER
Funeral
Home
Mountain View Chapel
Hwy. 66 at Normal
Office 88 N. Main
ASHLAND
We Never Close
than a majority of the primary
vote against a field of conserva
tive or anti-administration Re
publicans. Long before the primary, it
was easy to find conservative Re
publicans in Wisconsin who
would argue that Kohler would
be a weak candidate. Now they
can say, "We told you so."
A Different Story
It has been less than 10
months since Eisenhower carried
Wisconsin by a landslide major
ity of more, than 60 per cent of
the vote. At the same time. Sen.
Alexander Wiley, an Eisenhower
Republican, was reelected by
polling 58 per cent.
Now, 14 months before the
1958 congressional elections.
Proxmire has polled close to 60
per cent of a much lighter vote
and put a Democrat in a Wiscon
sin Senate seat for the first time
since 1932.
While the Republicans may
find it impossible to write "off
the Wisconsin results as mean
ingless, the Democrats may have
trouble determining just why
they won. Party managers had
viewed the election without
much optimism as the first test
of the issue they think will over
shadow all others in 1958. That
issue is tight money and the ris
ing cost of living.
But they did not think that
the Proxmire campaign had
thoroughly- exploited the issue.
Maybe it didn't need to be ex
ploited. The Democrats also want to
keep the farm issue alive against
the Eisenhower administration
and they may be doing just that.
It was in Wisconsin four years
ago that they elected a Democrat
to a House seat from a farm dis
trict where they had made an in
significant showing for years.
' Without the Eisenhower name
on the ballot Tuesday, Proxmire
outpolled Kohler in most of the
rural districts of Wisconsin. .
Tacoma Woman Jumps
From Medical Building
Tacoma (IP) Hazel S. Carey,
about 70, Monday leaped to her
death from a doctor's office on
the' 10th floor of the Medical
Arts building here.
She entered an inner office of
Dr. James A. Benson on the pre
text of using the telephone,,
crawled through a partly open
window and fell six stories to
the roof of a fourth floor exten
sion, officers said.
San Rafael, Calif. (UV The
Marin County Board of Super
visors turned down a nudist or
ganization's request to bathe in
the raw on a secluded stretch of
Marin Beach. It would "create a
parking problem for spectators
as well as a patrolling problem
for the sheriff," Supervisor Wil
liam D. Fusselman said. i
Hi-Lite s
1 ...IN THE
History
Vharmacg
by ED HALL
In 1240, the German Emperor
Frederick II issued an edict which )
was to create pharmacy ai an In- ;
dependent branch of public wet- ;
fare service. !.
The three essentials were
1 Separation of the pharma- :
ceutical from the medical profes- '
sion.
2 Official supervision of phar- '
maceutical prescription.
3 CompuUory use of a pre- f
scribed formula.
The first Pharmacopoeia pub-
lished were not all uniform in :
strength causing much danger to '
the public when powerful prepara-
tions were ordered in one country
and dispensed in another. ".!.
It's unusual to be able to attend
championship sports event with
out buying an admission ticket, .
but its possible this week at the
Rogue Valley Country club. There
is no charge for spectators at the
big Southern Oregon Golf touma-
merit which starts today and runs
through Monday, Sept. 2.
And, remember, for RELIABLE
PRESCRIPTIONS it's CENTRAL
REXALL DRUG at the corner of
Main and Central. adv. '
years . we
Mrs. Lirwiller
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"It is better to know us and not need us,
than to need us and not know us."