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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
r!0 YEARS AGO
ZJan. 7. 1948 (Wednesday)
2 Protection and services pro
divided by the city fire and po
lice department does not ex-
Ztend beyond Medford s city
- limits, councilmen e m p h a
sized last night.
r From Arthur Perry's Ye
Z Smudge Pot column: "A brief
session with the flu, should
be sufficient to convince any
-one there is something in the
-world more low-down, nc-
account, and ornier than a
Z Russian diplomat."
;20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 7. 1938 (Friday)
- The state commission has
agreed to designate the old
Pacific highway, from Klam
: ath Junction to Siskiyou as a
- secondary highway. The
board also agreed to use Jack--'
son county's share of availa
ble federal funds for county
roads on the present Butte
Falls rd.
... The new tabernacle of the
..Central Avenue Church of
."Christ will be ready for use
" Sunday.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 7, 1928 (Monday)
A local attorney complained
iabout an unsightly wood pile
rback of the public library
Cbuilding and called for dras
tic action at a meeting of the
-city council.
The coldest day of last
month at Crater Lake nation
al park was five degrees be
llow zero on Dec. 7 and Dec.
Z31.
"40 YEARS AGO
7-Jan. 7. 1918 (Monday)
C Organization of the Rogue
PRiver Oil company, which
was incorporated late in 1917
has been completed with Dr.
E. B. Pickel as president.
From local and personal
column: "Big 5-cent milk
- shakes at DeVoes."
What's Your I.Q.?
- Nine or ten correct is superior;
-seven or eight is excellent; five or
-six is good.
2. 1. A snake will not crawl
rbver a hair rope; true or
rialse?
- 2. Is the Kyber Pass be
tween Afghanistan and Bur
ana? Z 3. Exodus, in part, deals
twith the slavery of the He
brews in which country?
4. What is an amendatory
addition to a last will and
Testament called?
5. What is the equivalent
atank in the Navy to that of
5 Major in the Army?
6. Is rayon fibre used in
;the manufacture of synthetic
lubber tires?
Z 7. Which year of life is con-!
Udered to be the most critical
lor babies?
5 8. Was Augustus St. Gu
ldens a priest, composer or
Sculptor?
9. Is a "skink" a skunk or
kind of lizard?
Z 10. In modern English
what does John Skelton's
(c. 1520) saying: "By hoke ne
by croke" mean?
Answers:
1. False; 2. No. And India:
3. Egypt; 4. Codicil; 5. Lieu
tenant Commander; 6. Yes;
7. The first year; 8. Sculptor;
8. Kind of lizard; 10. "By
hook or by crook."
"W.K." Meets the Press
Any resemblance in the following dialogue
to the performance of Senator William Knowland
of California, before "Meet the Press" broadcast
on January 5th is purely coincidental.
"W.K." represents, the California Senator,
Minority Leader and successor to the late Senator
Robert Taft as "Mr. Republican" and the various
members of the press panel are designated as
"M.P."
Here we go:
M.P.: Senator Knowland, a year ago you said, and we
quote:
"The Republican party is giving this country the highest
standard of living and the greatest prosperity in all human
history." Would you consider that statement correct as of
today?
W.K.: Well, there has been some slight decline recently,
but I believe it is of a temporary nature. In fact it is my
belief that when this year's balance is computed, 1958 will
be as prosperous, if not more prosperous than 1957. You see
I don't agree with those who
America short.
M.P. There are millions of Americans unemployed and
the numbers according to your administration's Labor De
partment are steadily increasing. Would you maintain that
is proof of record-breaking
W.K.: When all the figures are in next December, I feel
confident they will show, as
ard of living and the greatest prosperity any nation on this
globe. I don't agree with those who would sell the United
States of America short!
M.P.: Let me change ,to another subject. Jim Hagerty,
President Eisenhower's press secretary declared the other
day that the Gaither report does not, as claimed, show this
country to be weak militarily as compared with Soviet
Russia, but just the reverse. Do you agree with that state
ment? W.K.: I have not as yet read the report, so I can't say.
It is a secret report.
M.P.: Well in recent months you have toured all parts
of your state of California, what would you say was the
general reaction as a result of Sputnik No. I and No. II?
W.K.: It was mixed. There was some disappointment;
some surprise, some doubt that this country could really be
surpassed in any field by a communist country and in a few
isolated cases, ANGER.
M.P.: Was any of that anger directed toward the Re
publican party?
W.K.: Yes, some, but it is my conviction it will be tem
porary. All the facts will be known by November and when
they are this effort to make political capital out of our
defense situation will prove futile.
M.P.: Then I take it, senator, you agree in general with
Secretary Hagerty, that as of today as compared with Russia,
this country is not leading from weakness but from strength?
W.K.: Russia is probably ahead of us in some directions
where they have unduly concentrated, but it is my belief
we are ahead in nuclear weapons and in the power of our
strategic air-force. Againj I don't agree with those who sell
this great country short.
M.P.: According to the testimony of an overwhelming
number of experts before the
is not properly equipped or protected from sudden attack,
our submarine fleet is too small and poorly equipped to be
effective, and as far as Intercontinental missiles are con
cerned, we are just not in the
these experts.
W.K.: I don't agree with
this nation, the most powerful in the world, short. No sir
that is not my kind of Americanism. And it is my strong
conviction that not only is a large part of this "doom and
gloom" talk politically Inspired, but there are many selfish
interests taking advantage of the Sputnik panic, to get their
heads under the tent and indulge in an orgy of indiscrimi
nate spending which might threaten what is just as important
to our national security as "ICBMs" and that is balancing
the budget and maintaining our financial solvency.
M.P.: You would put national solvency above national
security?
W.K.: Well you can't have the second without the first.
M.P.: Then you don't agree with President Eisenhower
who said the American people would never worship a bal
anced budget at the expense of national security?
W.K.: I have not seen the
I have not kept in touch with
sence, but I have disagreed
I may again. I disagreed on the
My record for support of the
of Senator Dirksen of Illinois,
shows when my party goes one way and my CONSCIENCE
counsels another, I feel justified in following the latter.
M.P.: Then you place principle above party?
W.K.: I do.
M.P.: Then you agree with Senator Morse of Oregon.
W.K.: I did not SAY that!
M.P.: I only meant that is also the Oregon Senator's
basic political creed But I wonder Senator just what you
mean by this "Talk of Doom and Gloom" being politically
inspired. According to press gallery statistics, not only a
majority of the critics of the administrations defense policy,
both before the Senate committee and as members of the
Gaither and Rockefeller committees, are not only Republi
cans but as a group contributed over a million dollars for
the continuance of the Republican administration. Is that
correct? (
W.K.: I have no information of that sort. As before
stated I am not one of those who
of ours short and let me say this ...
Chairman: Sorry Senator but our time has expired,
thank you Senator Knowland and thank you gentlemen . . .
(Curtain)
Three Confederate Generals Cleared
Bowling Green, Ky. (IP)
Three Confederate generals
today were cleared of 96-year-old
treason conspiracy charges
lodged by a grand jury here
during the Civil War.
Indictments were brought
in 1862 after Confederate
troops were forced to with
draw from this community,
then the Confederate capital
of Kentucky. They named Lt.
Gen. Simon Bolivan Buckner,
Maj. Gen. John Hunt Morgan
and Maj. Gen. John C. Breck
inridge, who was U.S. vice
Tuesday, January 7, 1958
would sell the United States of
prosperity and its continuance?
I have said, the highest stand
Senate committee, our "S:A.C."
race. You don't agree with
them or anyone who would sell
President since I returned, and
Washington in my long ab
with the President before and
extent of giving foreign aid.
President is second only to that
however, yet as my record
would sell this great country j
president under James Bu
chanan from 1857 to 1861.
The Confederate officers, all
Kentuckians, never were
tried. The indictments were
carried on court records as
"continued" until 1866 and
then lost in the files until
found recently.
Commonwealth Attorney J.
David Francis moved for dis
missal Monday and Warren
Circuit Judge John B. Rodes
granted it. The historic docu
ments were turned over to the
Museum of Kentuckiana here.
' Who's Margie? ah' ks Mrs.Wlson know
YOtifZZ AmYS THINKIN' OF HSR?
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Interesting science note:
A Polish scientist Dr.
Leon Nowinski has been
granted political asylum in the
U.S. after fleeing from be
hind the iron curtain. He has
been here since October 16,
but didn't ask for asylum un
til his wife and daughter ar
rived safely in England the
other day. They will be grant
ed entry permits to join him
here.
He says he deserted Poland
because he wants to raise his
daughter in free schools and
because of political, moral and
religious conditions in his na
tive land. He is an expert
theoretical researcher on ther-
mo-elasticity a field of math
ematical theory dealing with
stresses and strains on metals
and other materials under
varying temperature condi
tions. His specialty is impor
tant in the study of missiles
and outer-space travel.
T hope he gets a good per-
manent job (he has been
lecturing recently at Johns
Hopkins University in Balti
more) and that word of his
good fortune gets back to Rus
sia and its communist satel
lites. I have complete faith in our
way of life as contrasted with
the communist way of life. If
the truth about it can be
brought to the attention of in
telligent people behind the
iron curtain in such a way
that they will BELIEVE it,
large numbers of scientists
and other useful technical peo
ple will GET TO AMERICA,
by hook or by crook, just as
Dr. Nowinski did.
We can -use them. .
OUR government reports
that U.S. exports last year
climbed to a record peak.
But
Assistant Commerce Secre
tary Henry Kearns says it ap
pears likely that 1958 exports
will DROP due "in part to
DEPLETION of foreign gold
and dollar reserves.
THAT sounds disturbingly
technical. Let's see if we
can clear It up and make it
understandable.
What he means is that for
eign countries have been
BUYING more from us than
they have been SELLING to
us. On the face of it, that
sounds good. But, over the
long pull, it isn't so good.
Here's why:
When a foreigner buys
American goods, he can't pay
for them in HIS money. We
demand payment in American
dollars or in gold, which is
an international medium of
exchange. So, when he buys
goods from us, he has to BUY
DOLLARS with which to pay
his bill. If his country hasn't
sold us enough of its goods to
get the dollars he needs or
if it hasn't gold enough he
can't buy American products.
In other words, foreign
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
AT HER NEIGHBORHOOD butcher shop, a lady refused to
nav 90 cents a sound for hamburger stoatr "Thorn's a
shop on the next block offering
she declared. "So buy it
from them," said the butch- '
er. "They're sold out," she
admitted.
"Hmphhr snorted the
butcher. "When we're all
out of hamburger, we sell it
for 50 cents a poundT
The town's leading banker
was guest of honor at a fine
banquet for his eightieth birth
day, and five speakers said
some wonderful things about
him. Finally it was his torn.
"Gentlemen," he said with a
broad smile, "I must admit
Td rather hear the taffy than the epitaphy."
Accompanying her mother to a fashionable shoe shop, a little
girl asked innocently, "When will I be old enough to wear shoes
that are too small for me?" . .
Q 1353. by Bennett CeApabgtefljgjtt gestgts Syadfcato.'
JENKINS
trade is a TWO-WAY street.
If we are to go on selling
goods abroad, we must BUY
goods from abroad.
npHAT brings up an interest
ing thought:
For years, we have been
GIVING AWAY dollars ty the
shipload.
The total runs far, far into
the billions.
We call it FOREIGN AID.
A lot of hard-headed Ameri
cans think TRADE would be
better than AID.
AS YOU are aware if you
been very successful in liv
ing friends with the dollars
we have been shelling out in
the way of aid. The more we
GIVE to people all over the
world, the less they seem to
think of us. ,
But .
If we traded with people
If we boucht wViat tvio-i,
have to sell
It might be bettor.
everybody loves a
- - -V40
tomer. Nobody has much re
spect for a Lady Bountiful
who goes around throwing
money away right and left.
What do you think about
it?
Portland Council
To Elect Officer
Portland (IP) Mimho f
the Portland Central Labor
council voted" Mondav nif?ht
to seuie the question of who
j ... " o
is to be council secretary
treasurer at a new elpr-tinn
next Monday.
The new election wac or.
dered by AFL-CIO President
George Meany because of a
protest by the firemen's in
ternational union that the
Dec. 9 election was illegal
The firemen complained that
ao Teamsters voted last
month, although the union
had been excelled from the
AFL-CIO on the national lev
el three days earlier.
The firemen complained
that Gust Anderson, veteran
council member, had been re
elected with Teamster sud-
port. The vote had been 131
121, favoring Anderson over
td wneian, member of the
firefighters' union.
Members of the Teamsters
and laundry workers unions
will be barred from next Mon
day's election, the council
said. The laundry workers
were also expelled from the
AFL-CIO.
MOSCOW FASHION FAD
London (IP) Radio Mos
cow reported today that a
"straight cut" similar to the
Paris "sack look" is sweeping
the Russian fashion world.
Western fashion experts here
believe this will mean very lit
lte change in the appearance
of Russian women.
Stop Me
the same meat for 70 cents,"
Study of School
Curriculum Set
By College Heads
Portland (IP) Heads of
nine Oregon colleges and uni
versities Monday night ac
cepted the invitation of the
Portland school board to
study the college preparatory
curriculum in Portland
schools in order to pinpoint its
deficiencies.
The college heads were en
thusiastic over the potentials
of the study and Dr. Meredith
Wilson, president of the Uni
versity of Oregon, said "this
experiment could redefine the
rate of progress through the
first 12 grades." He added,
"anything you do to make the
student achieve within his
abilities in high school could
revolutionize the colleges."
A committee of six was
drawn at the joint meeting
to outline the study so as
to attract financial support
from a national foundation.
Dr. Dorothy Johansen,
chairman of the Portland
school board, said to the col
lege presidents, "We are ask
ing you to make a study of
our curriculum, and of the
teaching going on in our
schools, and of the obstacles,
if there are obstacles, that pre
vent good teaching."
But Director Herbert
Schwab emphasized that the
plan was not a panic pro
gram caused by sputnik."
Dr. A. L. Strand, presi
dent of Oregon State College,
hoped that the program might
lead to a two-track" system
in the schools. Speaking of
college freshmen,- he said "The
thing that really licks them in
college is that they haven't
learned how to work, and in
order to learn to work they
have to have subject matter."
OLCC Cannot
Arbitrarily Deny
Eugene Licenses
Salem (IP) Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton
said today that the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission
has no right to deny retail
liquor licenses in a five-block
"dry zone" around the Uni
versity of Oregon at Eugene.
Thornton said the zone was
set up not by law but by com
mission action.
"The establishment of fixed
'dry zones' within certain dis
tances of schools, colleges,
universities, churches, etc., is
a matter which should be ad
dressed to the Legislature for
its consideration," Thornton
said, in his opinion.
Must Be On Facts
"This is not to say that the
commission cannot, on reason
able grounds, deny an applica
tion for a license to premises
immediately adjacent to uni
versities and colleges," the
opinion continued, "but the.
commission's action on each
application must be based on
the particular facts presented
and cannot be based merely
on whether the premises fall
either within or without the
boundaries of an arbitrary
'dry zone.' " ,
Thornton said the Liquor
Commission may deny a li
cense when "the granting of a
license is not demanded by
public interest "or conveni
ence." He added that the power to
deny licenses on the basis of
arbitrary zoning should be
long exclusively to the Legis
lature. Skelfon Reported
'Out of Danger'
Santa Monica. Calif. (IP)
Comedian Red Skelton was re
ported "out of danger" today
at St. John's Hospital where
he was admitted a week ago
near death from an acute "car
diac-asthmatic" attack.
Dr. Garth K. Graham, his
physician, said the red-haired
funnyman would be hospital
ized a few days more for
treatment of a "moderate
pneumonitis" in the right
lung.
Skelton was stricken a
week aeo at his Bel-Air home.
His 10-year-old daughter, Va-
lentma, found him gasping for
breath on the floor and he
was rushed to the hospital.
At the time, Graham said
that assuming there were 10
steps to death Skelton had
taken "nine of them." Skelton
rallied strongly and made a
quick -recovery.
NORFIELD'S
January Clearance
FRIDAY
See Thursday Paper
Allies Mapping Next
Cold War;
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The United States, British
and West German govern
ments are about to decide on
the next Al
lied move in
the cold war.
They are
now drafting
replies to the
letters which
Nikolai A.
Bulganin sent
last month
rfi .ru 1 c aiuciii
McCann" E i s enhower,
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan and Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer.
Bulganin proposed a high
level meeting of leaders of
the chief Allied powers on
cold war issues.
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Matter of Fact By Stewart Alsop
'RESPONSIBILITY
JOHNSON'
Washington It is begin
ning to seem at least possible
that the huge Soviet rockets
which hurled
the Sputniks
into the heav
ens may in
the end also
hurl Senate
Majority
Leader Lyn
don B. John
son of Texas
into the White
House.
Stewart Alsop
Johnson himself has said
that the defense issue will
dominate the upcoming ses
sion of Congress. The defense
issue in turn will be dominat
ed by Lyndon B. Johnson
And Johnson's handling of
the defense issue also sug
gests why Johnson is account
ed by many able observers
about the most gifted politi
cal leader of this generation.
One secret of Johnson's
success as a political leader
is his habit of getting all his
ducks in a row before he
shoots. Consider, for exam
ple, three of the things he has
done in preparation for the
coming session.
First, he telephoned Presi
dent Eisenhower, and talked
with him at length about the
release of the famous Gaither
Report. Second, he notified
all the Democratic senators of
a party caucus to be held on
Tuesday, January 7, the main
purpose of which would be a
briefing on the defense pic
ture. And third, he notified
Senators Styles Bridges and
Everett Saltonstall, leading
Republicans on his Prepared
ness Subcommittee, of his in
tention to call such a caucus,
and suggested in effect that
they do likewise.
A LL three actions were typi
x cal of the Johnson way of
operating. Johnson undoubt
edly realized that the release
of the Gaither Report might
become one of those side is
sues which bury the . main
issue. He therefore seized the
bull by the horns, and called
the President. The President
took a firm line, asserting
that the release of the report,
which of course points up the
weaknesses in this country's
defense posture, would not be
in the national interest.
This is the kind of argu
ment in which the President
is likely to have the last
word. Johnson is therefore
expected to urge his Demo
cratic flock not to make re
lease "of the report a major
issue. His calling of a Demo
cratic caucus has other pur
poses as well.
For example, it should
serve to fashion an agreed
Democratic line on such
touchy issues as reform of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff system.
Moreover, Johnson has been
careful to assign Senator Stu
art Symington a leading role
in the briefing. He thus avoids
any appearance of shunting
aside the man who has the
best claim to have been right
from the start about the de
fense issue.
FINALLY, Johnson was also
careful, not only to give
Bridges and Saltonstall prior
notification of his intention
to hold a defense briefing,
but also to offer them the
services of his chief counsel
if they wished to do likewise.
He thus neatly cut the ground
out from under Republican
charges that he was using the
defense issue for purely par
tisan ends.
Altogether, Johnson's han
dling of the issue has been a
-- jj
Letters Prepared
Presumably the Allied re
plies will be coordinated
through the North Atlantic
Treaty organization and
through direct exchanges be
tween the individual govern
ments. Replies Foretell Events
In any event, they may
foretell the course of attempts
to ease the cold war during
the next few weeks or even
months.
Russia, at the moment, is
in a strong position after its
startling successes in the
earth-satellite nuclear missile
fields.
The United States also
sees no use in holding anoth
er "summit" conference un
less there is some prospect of
success.
There is, in addition, the
remarkably adept perform
ance. Johnson, it should be
said, is most sincerely con
cerned about the national se
curity, and his record on de
fense has been better than
most. But he is also capable
of recognizing a decisive is
sue when he sees one. And
above all, he is shrewd
enough to see that any ap
pearance of political partisan
ship in handling such an issue
would destroy its effective
ness once and for all.
Thus Johnson's theme song
has been "non-partisanship
and responsibility," a theme
he has stressed so often that
some of his . colleagues have
nicknamed him "Responsibil
ity Johnson." His avowed
purpose is to get a unanimous
report from his committee,
signed by all the Republicans
as well as the Democrats.
VET dispite the Johnson
theme song it is perfectly
obvious that the defense is
sue nowadays has a profound
political impact. It is an issue,
moreover, which is made to
order for Lyndon B. Johnson.
Johnson insists, even to his
closest friends, that he is not
and will not become a candi
date for his party's Presiden
tial nomination in 1960. In
the past, his warmest admir
ers have agreed that he has
had virtually no chance for
the nomination in any event.
The accident of his Southern
birth, the oil interests which
dominate his native state of
Texas, and his heart attack
have seemed together more
than enough to bar his nom
ination. But now there are
beginning to be second
thoughts. The defense issue is
one of the few on which the
Democratic party is united. It
is precisely the kind of over
riding national issue which
willv tend to remove from
Johnson the damaging sec
tional label.
Finally, of course, there is
Johnson's remarkable gift for
political leadership, which
even his enemies concede
him. Johnson is obviously
still an outside bet for the
nomination.. All the same, it
will be interesting to see how
this remarkably able man
handles himself in the turbu
lent months to come on Cap
itol Hill.
(Copyright 1958, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Remaining Penguins
Claimed Holding Own
Portland (IP) The 16 re
maining Emperor and the 11
remaining Adelie penguins
here appeared to be holding
their own today. One ill Em
peror appeared to be respond
ing to oxygen treatment and
a sick Adelie, given up for
dead a week ago, was improv
ing after drug treatment. A
lung disease has killed many
of the birds.
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Moves in
question whether to make
any substantial concessions to
Russia if new disarmament
negotiations are started.
Macmillan, in a broadcast
to the British people Satur
day, proposed "a solemn pact
of non-aggression" as the first
move in easing the cold war.
Move Not Well Taken
His move was not well re
ceived in Washington, and he
dragged back a bit on it yes
terday. A Foreign office
spokesman was authorized to
say that Macmillan felt that
a non-aggression Tpact must
be part of a "package" deal
on disarmament and other is
sues. Adenauer had a private
talk Sunday night with An
drei A. Smirnov, Soviet am
bassador to West Germany.
It was only a 10-minute chat
in a corner of a room in the
Schaumburg palace In Bonn,
but diplomats regarded the
talk as most important Smir
nov cancelled his Christmas
tide vacation in Russia in
hope that he could do some
negotiating with Adenauer.
It looks more and more as
if Adenauer is going to take
the lead in sounding out Rus
sia on a possible cold war
move. It looks more and more
also, regardless of the Allied
replies to Bulganin, that the
first stage of any negotiations
with Russia will be conducted
secretly through, diplomatic
channels.
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How About Electricity?
To the Editor: Over the
radios and in newspapers, the
appliance companies are ad
vertising for the public to go
modern by using electricity,
which is so much more con
venient and clean and easy,
when you modernize your
home and kitchen by using
electricity.
But where is the electric
ity? Every little gust of wind
or rain and out goes the elec
tricity. Saturday morning, Jan. 4,
1958, from 8 a.m. until 9:45
a.m. no electricity. That and
cost is why I do not depend
on electricity here in Oregon.
But I was just wondering
what the folks that have gone
modern do in times like that,
no electricity, and that does
happen quite often.
Would it help if the appli
ance companys would try to
sell the power company mod
ern equipment and service?
H. E. Braunig,
Talent, Ore.
Oregon Gets Fund for
Soil Rehabilitation
Washington (IP) The Ag
riculture Department Monday
allocated $150,000 to Oregon
for emergency soil rehabilita
tion. The allotment was part
of $2,843,000 for 10 states
where cropland was damaged
by freezes, floods and hurri
canes. THANKS
To the wonderful people of the
Rogue River Valley for making
1 957 such t wonderful year for
us. Our Lord's richest blessing
it our wish for you In 1958.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Chapman
OFFICE MACHINES
204 N. Riverside
TAKE A GOOD LOOK!
Don't just renew your
policy, review it as well.
Household furnishings and
home costs have doubled
since 1 940. Make sure you
have adequate replace
ment coverage.
Bill Fish