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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 2. 1947 (Thursday)
The fate of western civiliza
tion lies in the hands of America,
and as long as she maintains a
firm policy towards Russia, that
country will not dare any ag
gression, Kurt von Schuschnigg,
former chancellor of Austria,
tells Rogue Valley Knife and
9Fork club.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "The park
ing space and dollar famine is
till noticeable with no relief in
sight around here,."
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 2, 1937 (Friday)
Salvation Army to observe an
nual harvest festival.
Ashland Printing company,
Inc., publishers of the Ashland
Daily Tidings, start construction
of a new newspaper building on
East Main st. next to Fortmil
ler's store.
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 2. 1927 (Sunday)
City council faces building
code problem due to lack of per
mit for converting house to
apartment.
An accidental charge of buck
shot shatters two windows at the
0 Medford YWCA and almost hits
religious worker.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 2, 1917 (Tuesday)
Drive to sell second liberty
loan bond issue of three billion
dollars starts throughout the
United States: no campaign
scheduled in Medford.
Eagle Point youth writes to
parents from France requesting
chocolates.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight Is excellent: five or
six Is good
1. In which city is the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania?
2. Which is the only U. S.
cabinet post that is for a definite
tenure?
3. Bible: "Who was the last of
the prophets?
4. A lactovegetarian would.jn
elude which beverage in his diet?
5. The magpie is a fish, bird,
or butterfly?
6. Which is the' hardest of all
jewels?
7. One who rules on the plays
of a baseball game is called a
vampire, an umpire, or an em
pire? 8. The only child of a U. S.
president to beb orn in the White
House was a daughter of Grov
er Cleveland, Theodore Roose
velt, or William Howard TaS?
9. What letter should be omit
ted: "The unwieldly way sh
swung the axe was amusing."?
10. "Though I have patches on
me pantaloons, I've ne'er a wan
on me intestines." F. P. Dunne,
in "Thanksgiving." To what is
the reference?
Answers: 1. Philadelphia.
2. The Postmaster General's (for
the term of the President and one
month thereafter). 3. Malachi.
4. Milk. 5. Bird. 6. The diamond.
7. An umpire. 8. Grover Cleve
land, (his daughter Esther, born
Sept. 9, 1893). 9. "1" (unwieldy).
10. Medical operation.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Th
e
Americans always- t fee ifeappy t fetve a
chance to ceMrU - iffafiyi4ully r collectively.
No matter whit, ifat ertkm, the fettter-organ-ized
the celebration, iffee csr fuaa it is, md tht more
accomplished
In a little mcr 1 f&m from now, Orcfoni
ans will have a Me':efiit txc-us t clbrtt th
100th anniversary f Itiitteoi for Ortjon and
plans are nov ilii t f&kt it aa occasion to
remember. i
o
TTH&big s&qti? $ptm &t a tfce setl of th vorld
fairs of C&ksgo- as Sm Francisco, or tvn tht
1915 Exposition $& ferU4 vfcich did so muck for
Oregon's prog?
But it vill is trent, nyway, and tht typ
of celebration tueistg u-tlintd in conference nov
may even do -gStaie wiort lagtiny, constructive
good than all ImUafeafao of $ "world' fair."
The celebraJiea iscS rather imposing title, "Oxy
gon Centennial imposition and International Trade
Fair," but for poetical purpo? probably will b
known simply as denUfiniai" s peopit become
more aware of ii,
Plans now call ttm It to do a two-fold job, includ
ing the focal point -i t& larjt-sctle exposition itawlf,
in Portland, and &. ftatefrid "tie-in" af elbr
tions and event, o "
TTHE centennial vflJ &r goodj may &esciicu?
effects, if all 0 weli
It will serve to ttraet Mttionwid attention io
this state publicity wMt has ben estimated-to lb
worth between 6 and million in advertising
equivalent. This attention irill eomt Hot only from
those thinking in term ei e-sUb-lishiisf heme on the
west coast, but also ot teuris&s from all parts of this
country and abroad ; fonfusUialigis who eaa uas
Oregon's wealth of raw mttii; of business lead
ers both in manufacturing ad dikfikutiefc who are
on the lookout ibrnr$r m rpte rat aew sites.
The most immediate tnd asicgsfc obvious effect
would be that on tfU touiisf fefs&e, iai flane
can be expected to t&ing piSsac cf 4P3itP
state. .
(,(,
DUT the long rtnft- BraeS e& fo tfj& ifSb-
portant. Oregon's ssfcca-y maisds teSlss, gj&d it
not always been told veil tryaj?& ieoUy gas&iig&
Oregon's history is (Sysjaaiit icga - SitiLe
known chapter in tlte xvoisih e$ ts &Y&e
shadowed perhaps by CsJifeomia Alassi
rushes, and mostly by-pss& by 4&s popularity ci
"westerns" usually fcoui cowhoy fe- n gtate?
which do NOT border Gcft ie fifia.
It will do u no Aaraia M t3e rojri 'kuow tiHai,
despite the glamor o$ 4iSosfal th va&us&y of
Washington, Oregon is $ s&ate with favorable and
equable climate ; inteilgieM fole ; s excellent cul
tural and educatioaai iasJ&utiQJSiS, ikJ Fid t
riety of attractions ceeaMaatioa nsriiid
matched by few other pl&sGss ia i&t voi'ld, aad Yrie
make ordinarily ussssraarag Greoaiff w an q
it as a place in vMeih Jiyc.
The National Audj5oa SGtek-ty mA y$ ihtix
semi-annual notice ihut t rhm$$vg cz'g&,z& cm
the move again.
These bij birds, stoctsS e$ime du to m&ke
their unorganised iaifratioia rosa Oiei? ssummer
haunts in Canada' Ptme4$ nmiheei territories to
their wintering yoijads af ih& Arx NftioKJ
Wildlife refuse ia T$&
In the Iprin pysay tg eAer
way.
And on etc& aevcdkM Us Audu?oia iocieiy
mails oufc pie to 11 comctmed is kt them g o, let
them pass, for tiey s?p e kt& mtmh? e anc
mighty flocif.
&
"THE bif bird yahjiftictM 1 the flofthern
and wutAera Jis e t&e i,800-mil flight, but
predator ekie&y mm armed with shotguns
constitute tAt bvng ear ia between.
Th floci sussaWs 2$, as nearly as can
be dettwnintd, mthz&mg three youngsters who were
succefully liaeii this sammer. Wildlife enthusi
asts hop that, slowly, t&e flock can be built up to a
point vhert ffc.t fe- J&ag er any serious danger of
extinction.
Tha Auduloa nfcie4y $$ys;
"Th Vvb A iafee ia fw large flek, feut 9
small gsouj ajS" isiriftate. Those foir&s which did not
nest, or S?re too youni to have mated, usually migrate aheai
of the family jruc. TTisae fiFst migrants usually appear ia
the Daotas tfter the first ef September. Parents with
young travel much more siwly, stopping to f$ed and rest
along the way. The last ei these family groups may still
be along the '"flyay" duriag early December.
'"No one could gossibly mistake a whooping craae for a
duck or a goose, and yet in the past many of them have
been shot by hunters along the "fly-way." Th.e adult whoop
ing crane is a large, white bird, with a red crown n his
head and jet black wing tips. It stands about Z'z feet tall.
The young cranes are usually a brownish color, splotched
with a few white markings. Their call is similar to the
sound of a bugle, or a wfoaop."
We hope, with the Audubons, that the "bugle, or
whoop" noise will not fee stilled forever. E.A.
iffeWor oftffajer 2. 1957
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Congressman Quitsj
Signs Indicate Hot
N,W, Political Fight
B? A. B6BEET SMITH
tiil TribtuaoB CJeapAe4
Wasiiagtcsi. Whe eon
eressma resigns froa eifice, s
feep. Mai Holmos (E-Was4.), this
week Etajsjivc-d be v&s Aoing,
5hat is u&ique sWrs ut Ue a
tum's eaital
ia reft years estly e )aiv&
ul s sittiftg la-arsaakers have
veJuatarily -witMrawa frora wi
dee, west tfeea kofer e cci
gress4eal salarws went up te
$2,ii, usually egre9mcn
who latch4 oata seaet-hin hei-tfi-r
pajitLg ia private feusine-ss.
Usually e&ly the kazarde c
teealti ao4 elections hav iorced
Uuk to the aULelistes.
Tke ease t Ceigfessnaa
Motoes, dean f ihc Ewrgreca
sate ?lcgatic, is g l&t tttcgEV
Closest itwTSRj
ija Ike la feaetkeB (Bodm-S
g$iee.fe4 tbreHg ' Ijs ve4ry
Jjy tfae closest xswgiw ia enat
Bistorjf 13 votes out erf
6aa vsfces east. TSais wag ia
to the ssHtfe H&lmies' $fetfri$
LeMess to the EJ saast taas
ie ae scd adaeess of the 'HM
oltheaeii . wtater oortasn eirem
Stances tkw ase at a warn name ajr
teitiai fwr sMieaiii S3 pertaols
tWe be fttail TritMsiase resnrv3
tfao eiptsat tw esUt ail lettess vrtitt
ten ese t elarcfatiiui awd ciifen
satJon kettecs sttsMnitled far pn
KcaUon rmst nfg ette4 4KW i;bw
press kjt 8$vpFeeaiBa ei your
sesaect editorial i g a e by
headed "I&p Is Eigk."
Ale3 iSt is s;gLeedid to tuu&gr t&at
wbei preB)iHt Demeerats s
A41ai Stevenaeia, Heuberge? a&A
Por Faabati, tit &k tiWiik
ecssapLainte bcius tfw Fresi
used tfes efficipat soldiers
to uphold the lav, s&aaas total
ly u&aware tlaat a Kfean ! brands,
eawragp' ami bor c&uld As b
bws. Aay AmerieaB suLd kaw
tJsat tfee Congrees, tcs$ctkr T?itk
tko savereiga stat&s, maSe tfe
constitution, vhils te Supreme
Court explains kJiy it applies,
Vwt tfee Presieat is beusril Jsj"
kds eatk e office ts uphold it.
If Jaubus kal used his state's
(roops to ftscort tha eelered
pupils safely to schol, instead
f using them eteliheratcly to
kweak the lav by preveatig
those colored pupils fron eater
ig tha high schosl, th Faubus
yull appear leas silly. I do
Beat see how oe ia so reepoKsi1le
a position could have- done a
greater disservice t his euntry
in the eyes tfee vorld, or play
ed more directly it thao hands
ei Susia.
Horace V. Thompscn
. 3642 Hilsinger Jtd.
Medford, Ore.
Two Coffee Roasters
Bring Prices Down
White Plains, N.Y. W Gen
eral Foods Corp., and Standard
Brands Inc., leading coffee roast
ers, today lowered the prices
n their regular ground coffees
from two to three cents a pound.
General Foods cut its regular
ground Maxwell House and
Sank a coffees three cents a
pound at the wholesale level. It
also reduced its regular Yufean
and Bliss coffees two cents a
pound.
Standard Brands lowered the
wholesale price of its regular
ground Chase Sc "Sanborn coffees
three cents a pound at wholesale.
General Foods said the action
brings the prices of its regular
coffees to a two-year low. Whole
sale price reductions customar
ily are reflected almost imme
diately at the retail level.
A Tbm-A MY.
a meath age reportedly to take
suffieiat swusdiRgs to fi&d out
vhich fy the political winds
wr blowiag ia th big -wheat
country. Mis annucemnt that
h is bowiag out is 'taken here
as an idicatr that he found Re
publican pcesjsccts unimproved
K1ts, a sensitive, intelli
gent, o-eomtetiv typ, wita
a liberal GOP outlook, had the
nofit consistent record of sup
porting the gisenhewer program
at. any X&rthwest Raenaber e
Cowgress. But the iwarly SO, 808
ve4e margin by which he won
in IS 52 fell away so sharply
that it teee-sBe aareat that he
was ialliRg vktMs to the ?aF-n
unrest which is ee f tfes Ea
pmbliean perty'6 a&aj$ $ssJitiJ
problems.
Holmes mnfiowS BaBejllisis
cniee et tine ossd ttjt kits pureamt
torn. Perk.ps top mmk itA&'fr
ewtial persnaaal Cfjasai iyaas e6
pJjBiBiad hir emspesfitsamk
feiisnseli te a tnnllaibgm mss tews
Ta j'at Bus tesMgsaessSBEaata&Iy
KelDUoas -w6(wla xwoifia'flBlS' atStanit
outnem fciao
Political Isolation
& aeki&gie& ( Tfcra evi
fteresag is palimg "up thiat s.etfe5n
teseps aae t&kakkag hard abewt
tfeqe Jfaist
tJae Ssth its
6jeiRg ewt fcS
Pit:!K3oLly.
The iffi&ur
ee e stiuth
c?kim?s ia t3oe
eauHeiis eif fhe
Demoeratie
ly has b e a
pinehed oii.
I.yle . rt'llsoo
Southern rotes east im Regbiir
ean presidential candidates kave
gained no i-nfluesce tksr fos
southern point f view.
TgTkat to 9a about all c4 t&is is
something sutfern DsKsoeTefctss
spokesmen and etffiee kol'oisFS
must now easside? eleeig wita
the significant fact that tfeie Kiey
Negro vote in th South x&ay tee
eoraing up with ew leasees aS
nw office holders.
The directiora ti speitbm ?58
litical thinking was issndicatod
last week by Jasss I". Eyras-s erf
South Carolina, qualified
spokesman joe his s4ate. EoatS
Carolina is one e ttesss in tfeie
Suth committed bjr its Jfegisla
ture to defy rcial intftgjpatioiM i
the schools by every legal swans,
gyrnes Lists hjefUvs
He served w the Htsse gsd
Senate, as associate justise 6f
the Supremo Court, as seeretairy
of state and, more recently, as
governor of South Carolina.
At Bennettsville, S. C,
week, Byrnes snipped wt a Fat-t-ern
for southern political atfffcawa
and objectives, as follows:
"Notwithstanding the politi&aJ
gloom which now surrousds vs,
the South may fee restored to it
place ia the councils erf tlae na
tion if its leaders, forgetting aJl
political differences, will now
begin- to organize for q united
South.
"You may be sure that, unAer
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France Nea
Where 'St
By CHARLcES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
France appears to be ap
proaching a point at which it
inust seek a radical solution for
its chronic
cabinet crisis.
Its National
Assembly, the
control ling
House of par
liament, has
just thrown
out Premier
Mauric Bour-ges-Maunoury.
Vates atMSioS leader of its
32-rd government since the end
ef World War II.
the floor of the House, where
he vould sit long hours through
th debate trying to make up
his mind. He steered away from
taking sides in a hot contro
versy, like Hells Canyen, for
fear of adverse public reaction.
Contrary to the prevailing prac
tice in public life, he seemed to
try to keep his name out of the
newspapers.
A, iormer .college professor
with a Jhi Betta Kappa key,
Holmes became a student of law
on the powerful House Ways
swl Means eommittee, from
vhich all tax bills emerge.
Though in IS years of service he
inch4 clow to the top in com
mittee seniority, this helped
Holmes little when his opponent
ma4e a major issue out f the
contention that the congress
man for that area should better
have been en the agriculture
eommitte-e. !
Political Curiosity
In the past few elections w'hera
the Democrats were rolling tup
triumphs in Oregon, Washing
ton state remained a- political
curiosity it elected D.emoerats
in statewide campaigns for ses-
ator, governor and congressmaa-at-large,
b-ut stuck by the Retpa-b-liean
congressmen from M$ six
eegressieal districts.
Tfee aly Northwest s&aator
rha be up f?r eieetioa next
yea? will fee Heary M. Jialsen
askisgtea, which wiU mean
gcaaaVer e-stsieentratioa ea Iscal
x&d eoMgressietaal Ske. In
t&e Ksarty keasiqua-rt'es ei both
Sublkas sava , Efeesaocrats,
?ere strategy is mapped for
etss5aefsKat&a eots iamarginal
etistekts. SfraiablKans vill un-
toalsaaiy pt e a drive to try
sm& via back the Democratic
s&ate tJsoey'e recently lost in
saagaa, j as the Democrats
ligntfe to g all out to cap
tee tke sgaat ylich Holmes will
&g vaj&atias.
Sit te icifie Northwest will
lifeeiy' be awtlser tougJa political
SpttJjgrJid m 1958.
e
peesettt eadatkHss, bo man, South
oi toe Fe4sa-a will be placed
eca H pfesisietial ticket of
eithte party walass that man is
willing to btray his people.
"Ewt, if ywu organize a&d let
tkie peoigiite know tfee southern
stamps aFe not in tfeie bag for
eitJst&r ipvsiitical party, we may
Eane same elurice ei spscurintg
wrSttea piedes that will assure
s,ije resjaect fisr the U. S. Con
s4itutis a&d a greater respect'
t&c leeal gorernmeht."
That's about it. Byrnes' pre
scription is that the South find
a gtfiitkal alliance within which
it stay regaia a sbstatial voice
ia Vm eaaking of national policy.
K seenas s&mca likely that the
&th will ga it aJoae politically
than etabliek the pelitical alli
aKe Byrnes suggested.
fiuWs KTa-spal E-olie?
Th aatural peliey "which the
South Ksot urgently desires to
eata&iisfa would rebate to the
eTer-all gj-&blsa oi race rela
t9ws, what Sen. Richard In. Rus
s.e?l (D-Ga.) termed the cQ&imin
gikag si the white and -Negro
Eases.
Neitfcer th Republican Party
nas the noa-southern elements of
the Deaiecratic Party would be
Hkely to welcome an alliance on
these terras. The Negro vote out
sMe the South is too important
4r eitBer party to dicker with
iAre Ssuth on civil rights or on
spate's rights, either.
U. S. News and -World Report
estimates in its current issue that
feu-r-million Negro voters hold
a balance f power in 14 states
ssatsii'e the South. These 14
savage frera Maryland with 15.6
psr eent to California with 4.6
psr eent of Negro voters. The
rth-ers are Delaware, Illinois, In
diaaa, Kentucky, Michigan, Mis
souri, 5Jew Jersey, New York,
CWsio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania
a-sd West Virginia. These 14
states ca'St a powerhouse of 261
presidential electoral votes.
Nee&ed to win: 266!
ring Point of Crisis
Man' Said Needed
Whoever succeeds Bourges-1
Maunoury will inherit two big
problems the future at Algeria
and the threat of inflation.
It is most unlikely that the
successor will be able, any more
than was Bourges-Maunoury, to
command a solid majority in the
assembly.
The life of French govern
ments since the end of the war
has averaged a little more than
five months. Bourges-Mau-noury's
cabinet lasted 109 days.
The only remedy for this situ
ation in sight at the moment is
for the multiple political groups
in parliament to seek a strong
man" as premier.
De Gaulle Only "Strong Man"
But the only candidate for the
"strong man" role now in sight
is Gen. Charles de Gaulle, war
time leader of Free France who
headed a provisional government
from Sept. 10, 1944, to Nov. 27,
1945, and then became the first
constitutional post-war premier.
There is strong opposition to
de Gaulle. For one thing, he is
too streog to suit a lot of politi
cians. His opponents mentions in
discussing him, the danger of a
dictatorship.
But it looks as if ssmething
has got to be done, and more
and more Frenchmen are dis
eussing the possibility that de
Gaulle may be called upon
aogain to lead France.
Some French leaders distrust
Roseburg Editor Sees
Competition for Rails
In Highway
BY CHARLES V. STANTON
Editor, Roseburg News-Review
Many thousands of people are
moving into California every
day, according to news reports.
California's population will be
increased by almost eight mil
lion people by 1970, according to
recent estimates. California in
late years has overbuilt its hous
ing needs. Housing projects were
developed in every part of the
state. Recent reports rapid
growth of population; that Cali
fornia soon will be short on hous
ing and will pick up its tempo of
home construction.
Southern Ore gon, and par
ticularly Douglas County, is the
area with the largest lumber
production of any spot on the
Pacific Coast. The products we
have for sale will find a ready
market in California. There is
only one major obstacle. We
must get our products into Calif
ornia at competitive prices.
Cost Differential
Mills in northern California
now can get their lumber into
Los Angeles and San Diego at a
cost far below ours. With com
petitive rail transportation be
tween southern California and
the southern pine belt, we can
anticipate that the producers in
the South will be striving for a
competitive freight rate.
We're not apt to get any sort
of concession from the "Friend
ly" Southern Pacific unless we
can force it. I'm skeptical of
getting a competitive rail line
or joint-user arrangement. At
least we will get neither in time
to hit the burgeoning California
Market, I predict.
Water Routes Needed
A method of water shipment
through use of barges is develop
ing rapidly along our coast.
Barges can operate in and out
of shallow harbors. Thus every
Oregon bay can be turned into
a shipping center for coastwise
trade.
While freight rates on deep
water cargo carriers are not
much lower than rail rates,
barges, it is reported, will be
a b 1 e to handle cargoes at a
much lower rate than now avail
able. Through the use of barges
we probably can get our lumber
products into southern Cali
fornia at a rate in fairly close
competition with those of north
ern California mills, or the rate
we may anticipate will be ob
tained by southern operators.
Sees Handicap
Unless we do achieve such
rate competition, we'll be badly
handicapped in getting into this
market, which promises to be
the best in history.
Before our inland mills can
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him on the ground that he is too
ambitious, and would rule with
an iron hand.
But there are others, and their
number is growing, whod eny
that. They say that de Gaulle is
not personally ambitious, that
he is dedicated to the French Re
public, and that he really is
democratically-minded.
Proposed Self-Rulo .
Bourges-Maunoury sought to
end. the Algerian rebellion by
sponsoring a plan which would
have given the Arab natives a
great measure of self-rule, but at
the same time would have pro
tected the interests of the 1,200,
000 Frenchmen in the country.
Bourges - Maunoury was
thrown out on the Algeria issue.
Leftists said his plan did not, go
far enough. Rightists said it went
too far.
Had he survived the Algeria
vote of confidence, he would
have found himself confronted
by the equally controversial
price control issue.
At the moment, the prospect is
for the formation of another
shaky coalition government
which would be at the mercy of
contending parties.
De Gaulle is the sole strong
political figure in France. Unless
another candidate for the
"strong-man" role appears un
expectedly, the politicians
sooner or later may have to call
upon him to give France real
leadership.
Building
take advantage of the coastwise
barge system we must have tran
sportation facilities between our
mills and our ports. That means
roads. It means roads capable of
handling commercial loads.
It is a peculiar situation that
even if we build such roads they
might not be used to any great
extent. But the fact that they
would be in addition to stimu
exist and the fact that we can
get lower rates into the south
ern California market than cur
rently charged by our monopo
listic railroad, will force the rail
road to bid for the business by
putting its rates in line.
Roads Worth Millions
Thus, even though the roads
never carried a load, they would
pay back their cost many times
over. A frieght rate reduction
of even a few dollars on each car
of lumber between southern
Oregon and southern California
would put many trade dollars
into this area every year. That
would be in addition to stimulat
lating new industry and creating
l more jobs.
Roads between the coast and
the interior, however, doubtless
would be very liberaly used.
They would be used for both
import and export.
Barges taking lumber south
could bring back fruits, auto
mobiles, fuel and lubricating
oils and many other products to
be trucked to inland distributors.
Some Competition
I believe we can give the
"Friendly" Southern Pacific
some competition in this area.
Southern Oregon is the largest
industrial area of the state with
out rail competition. Consequent
ly, I believe, inasmuch as com
petition is a vital element to in
dustrial growth, the State Dept
artment of Planning and Devel
opment should e n c ourage the
earliest possible opening of im
proved traffic facilities to the
coast and development of coast
wise water transportation.
Actually competition would be
helpful rather than injurious to
the 'Friendly" Southern Pacific.
A cheaper rate into the tremend
ous C a 1 ifornia market would
stimulate a lot of new industry
to come into this area where
the bulk of the raw material
supply exists and thus produce
greater cargo volume for both
water and rail transportation
lines.
WALSTON & CO., INC.
Members
N. Y. Stock Exchange
127 7. 6th St. Medford
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Mrs. Litwiller
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'It is better to know us and not need us,
than to need us .and not know us,"