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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, February 18, 1958 bd8Tribune "Everyone In Southern Oreron Read! The Mail Tribune" hiblished Daily except Saturday by 33 Korth Fir St. Ph. SP.2-6141 ROBERT W. RTTHL Editnr EERB GREY. Advertising Manager fLiuuiU ininjri, cusiness Mgr. :RIC ALLEN. JR. Managing Editor xa. rtLrtjfia, viiy tailor IARRY CHIPMAN. Tele. Editor IICHARD JEWETT. SporU Editor JLIVE STARCHER. Societv Editor ?ALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An IndeDendent Newroaoer Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ly Mail In Advance: Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 tnot. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mot. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $420 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Jhoenlx, bhady cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent, and on motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County . TJnited Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO. INC, Of fices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B. C. NEWSPAPER .ssH . PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL IassocITatiQn W1 Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. "Great Decisions " The series over the air, called "Great De cisions" is very informative and interesting, but we trust the "decisions" are not final. If they were final, the outlook for the world would be depressing indeed. INURING the last week or two, both over the have reached the conclusion that any talks on international disarmament are "out," the chief reason being that the United States and Soviet Russia distrust each other." Unquestionably they do. But we see no reason why that should pre clude bi-lateral discussions on disarmament, elim ination of nuclear weapons or anything else per tinent to the all-absorbing and supremely im- partant matter of SOMEhow, SOMEway preserv ing world peace or at least preventing another VVUKLD war. &l MISSED A WRINKLE.' By FRANK JENKINS 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 18, 1948 (Wednesday) Gov. John H. Hall, making his first official visit to Jack son county, is guest of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at Rogue Valley Country club. City councilmen approve re appointment of Seth M. Bullis to the Medford Water com mission for a five-year term. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 18. 1938 (Friday) Residents find valley and hillsides draped in white by the heaviest snowfall of the year. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "The first case of Spring Fever for 1938 showed up in the brief sunshine. The victim plans to go ahead and complete the af-flication." 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 18, 1928 (Saturday) "Four thousand members for 1928," is the slogan sent out by the department mem bership chairman of the American Legion auxiliary. From local and personal column: ""Snow at the rim of Crater lake is now 96 inches deep and drifts have mounted as high as the second story of Crater Lake lodge 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 13, 1918 (Monday) Directors of Commercial Hub meet to discuss future of the organization. From 'local and personal jolumn: "About 75 stockmen from all parts of the valley assembled at the public library last Saturday after noon and organized a county livestock association." What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct it superior; sown or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. What was George Dew ey's naval rank when he commanded the Asiatic fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay? 2. Bible: Who was the bro ther of Aaron? 3. Correct the following: "She wants to see you badly." 4. Magyars are the natives of which European country? 5. Do retired Justices of the U S. Supreme Court receive half, three-fourths, or full pay for life? 6. Does the Indian . Ocean touch the continent of Eur ope at any point? 7. Clodhoppers would re fer to what type of wearing apparel worn by plowmen? 8. When arms are akimbo, where are the hands placed? 9. In a polo game, what is a chukker? 10. Name the artist who painted the masterpiece, "the Mona Lisa." Answers: 1. Commodore. 2. Moses. 3. "She wants very much to see you." 4. Hungary. 5. Full. 6. No. 7. Heavy shoes. 8. On the hips. 9. A period of play. 10. Leonardo da Vinci. purposes, So what? duty will start in April, the bureau noted.. 'Applicants should apply to mm-rT, , , - ,, ... ... ... .... I ucisumici liimiciKeiueiii, uivi- i'hjij sterotypea aiioi" ot the present admmis- sion, u.s. weather bureau, tration is that a high-level conference be- Washington, d.c tween Russia and the United States would only Rome im Prof. joseDh be capitalized by the former, for "propaganda Tusiani of Columbia univer sity ivionaay mgni won sec ond prize in a contest for a Latin-language poem. Tusiani Everything that Soviet Russia does-and has "J?3: IT done for decades has been used as propaganda, test sponsored by the "Lati- 'Propaganda in Russia can't be. stopped any il ul . i r ,i . r - . more, man a iree press can at least in tnis country or the tides-of-the-sea. Let the Russian propaganda be met bv U.S.A. he free-world propaganda. There is no reason why the Russian report of such a bi-lateral meeting if false, would be be lieved by the outside world than the US delega tion report if true and it WOULD be would be Disbelieved. Here again why assume the KETS for their products both industrial and agricul tural. Adequate markets for our products will be provided by the population that is cluster ing around San Francisco Bay. This congested popula tion will be within EASY REACH of the Southern Oregon-Far Northern California area. OIGNS of confidence: The Bank of America, as you have read in this space, has been planning a new of fice building on Market Street near Van Ness. Looking at the future, the bank's officials have decided to DOUBLE the size of the building. It will be eight stories high to start with, and will be so designed that additional stories can be added as needed. When completed, more than 1,000 employees will work in it. Tt CERTAINLY can't be done by a flat refusal I Maw 1 to talk thinks over because Russia and the Tile ldy S rHCWS wniucLi uloxco UUll I UUSb CctCH uuiei. How many nations do entirely "TRUST" each other particularly when, as is the case with the speaking at a gop rally in USA and the USSR, they are fundamentally opposed m tneir political concepts and belieis. ment: There is nothing wrong But this should not lead to the abandonment Tnrr oi an meetings to talk things over and to try to won't cure." AWIT.n - A4. -T L 1 J 1 J!" ' miivc cit oume auib ui mutual understanding: in nir.HT m.. arp Mr j. 1 1 i. i, , , . w ' I K view oi me oniy alternative Deing And what you say of the Tn L-oon nr, Plrrhllr.rr v,fi1 - t, country as a whole GOES ii i ai i ti i -i uwdliEi iur uie x or vi esi wuici ui Mum io uuiitciatcu. The 11 Western states are growing twice as fast as the JHE only alternative to talking things over with aST-SiS Russia, trying every day m every way" to they are expected to have 40 reach SOME Sort Of agreement is: million people. Forty million -p pcuyic wiu u v iuc iimiati. u tunwiiue me present maa rat race m arma- that wm justify huge in ments. which can onlv end in national hanknint- dustriai growth cy or national destruction-more likely both- tr0arthTefu'tuWr: and me end OI Civilization Or at least as the with complete confidence. TkiartT! A TlOtrd -Pr1 r r vi iahIuhi' sir 7p--m Si. I nciyc iu! ou many ccntuixca kuvwu it. CI PEAKING of the Far West. Andrew Downey . Orrick, I AHO wants THAT? acting chairman of the Secur- T r--iu. .1. i j sl ities and Exchange Commis- vcxtrtmiv we uic peupie uun t and it is sion and one of the country's fair to assume not Only the people Of the USA leading financial experts, calls and nf Russia, riiif. all tho normlw vocirlinrr f- San Francisco the second most 2 TZ :ri;r ir: Important financial commun- "ic nine ucmg at icasi uii Luis wnii mig anu ity in the nation. sorely disturbed planet feel the same wav He adds: "California's ter- about it rific growth has pushed San - ... . Francisco to a spot secona lhen Why not Capitalize On that universal de- only to New York in financial mand of the genus homo" for prevention of war importance.' instead of bfandly dismissing the effort as "in- A suggestion: competent, irrelevant and immaterial" because Get out your map. Draw 4 t 4; a 500-mile circle around New mcic caioio uciwccu uic.iwu ki cat cum uetinsd Vnrir ritv Within that circle 1 1 m . . . a I " ' powers no DOna OI mutual trUSt.r lies the most heavily indus trialized area of the united AS REMARKED, there is no SUCh bond. circle around San Francisco self-interest. , WF iy.anJie5 And m the human VERY human family of southern Oregon and Far trio hrrA eolf-inf ai-ocf ta nlm,m 4? 4,. Northern California when Vilv- x otu-uirarai, 10 always al SWUllgCl . . r,I,nIT-mr tvtat? ton the Ur.,r,A 41, u .-4 they get ADEQUATE MAR vtiu.il UU1IU MI UU1C1 liUUU-C V Cll WlUUtili It U - J? 1 J? 0 may ue xai ie&8 cunuoiting. rJW tn.nht fnr xr 11; , :.-if j .1 I -a... c ucueve muicuver amung miurmed ODserv- xl d. at-e fl,ai-n is nKnn'inlU. . J u. ,1 , c . , t, rr CUl MCI DUiBUU W UUJ cl" ulclc 10 kll a,V,L4Llll V 11U UUUUt tliat OUVlCt XVUS- r-,,lc fnr- nnnt Qnrl Sia has no more desire to COmmit national Suicide machinery maintenance and via war than has the U.S.A. or any other country, k?trip construction median- and is equally eager to prevent another world war th(, Arctic with the weath- be it atomic, Chemical Or astronomic. ' er bureau, the bureau has an- If this is time and we thoroughly believe it is nni ,Hp,t. wm y . 1 men wny not snow a little sense at least accepted for the positions, enough to stop saying "it CAN'T be done" and which pay ?4,080 and up with 1 . . i . , . i 1 , . . ., suDStanuai oonuses. lours 01 cApiuiing every avenue ana possiDiiity to see 11 11 UAi be rTERNATIONAL Hotel Magnate Conrad Hilton has purchased two blocks in down town San Francisco as a site for a 20 million dollar hotel. Hilton says he will build a 1,000-room luxury; hotel with a 500-car garage and perhaps a big civic auditorium. Evidently he has no fears as to the future of the West. Editorial Comment TO YOUNG DRIVERS: WHAT CAN YOU DO? Chances are that you are tired of hearing people say "All young people are terri ble drivers." 'While this is certainly not true, the fact is that a very serious situation does exist for drivers between the ages of 15 and 25. Although they represent only 16 per cent of the driving public, they ac count for 33 per cent of all serious accidents. This means that drivers in your age group are having two accidents to every one involving older drivers. These are the figures that have con vinced many that driving by young people is dangerous and should be seriously re stricted. Actually, most young peo ple drive as carefully and ca pably as drivers in any age group. It is a relatively small percentage of young drivers who cause trouble. They are the thrill seekers and "show offs" who menace everybody using the streets and high ways. Furthermore, this irrespon sible minority is helping to raise automobile insurance rates; has long since forced the insurance companies to charge a much higher rate where a young driver is in volved. And that directly af fects you and your family! As a matter of cold logic there is no reason why the 15 to 25 age group should not enjoy better insurance rates than older drivers. Your re sponses are quicker; you think faster; you have better muscular control. WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? Here are four suggestions 1. Continue to drive care fully. The experts don't take chances. 2. Observe all traffic laws closely eliminate street rac ing and fast starts. 3. Refuse to ride with "show-off" driver. He's risk ing your life. 4. Make sure the car you drive is mechanically safe and sound. If you and your friends fol low these, suggestions, you will succeed where others have failed. You will help re duce accidents among young drivers." And you will put to rest forever the idea that all young people are xerrioie drivers." (Issued by a group nf insurance companies ana reprinted in - Oregon States man, Salem.) Anglo-American 'Good Offices' Offer May Aid Algerian Mess Wall Street Shows Interest in Book On Buying Habits sary of the death of Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero. By ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor New York (ITI Wall Street today was toying with a new book entitled "What Makes Women Buy." The author, Janet Wolff, a copy group head at the a d v e r tising agency of J. Walter Thompson Company, didn't have Elmer Walzer stocks and bonds in mind when she wrote her book just published by McGraw Hill. She was thinking of mod ern women, their secret irus trations and hidden desires that furnish the key to suc cessful, marketing of most modern products and serv ices. But Mrs. Wolff devotes some space to 'women and business, including the stock page. Little Interest in Business To most women, says Mrs. Wolff, "money, business, finance, insurance and all like items seem cold and imper- Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF A CHARACTER ACTOR confided to a pal, "I'm almost 65 years old, have saved half a million, and have fallen madly xi uti citing anu lutiie ruie 01 a aeieatist 1 vv ny have a better chance to have not, at least, make a fight for it When the fate Of her marry me if -I told her humanity is at stake? rm only 50?" - 1 1 tninK you a nave a Dei- btt ITT T T 1 1 m - .1 td- IU io wBiKA U iiNALdji instead oi preparing and preparing the pal frankly, "if you told anrl rvcrnyArrr 4- -PirrTif nl,nf1ifi WT ryAA her vou're 80!" "u uicuaiiiie tu imni diiuLiici nunu War at the risk of national bankruptcy and destruction of civilization why not do a bit of m-iighting for World Peace? And the first step in that effort would be a conference high level or low level or no-level with Soviet Russia. It might fail. Failure is always possible. But if it did fail what have we to lose? We would certainly be no worse off than we are today, in a world stampeding to its own de struction. R.W.R." "I hope you're not angry," pouted a luscious little coed to her boy mend, "because I've been dating your room mate a bit while you were off playing in that silly old basketball tourney." "Not at all," said the boy friend ironically. "It's been nice halving you." A couple of zoot-suiters, vacationing in Florida, went to see an athlete in a bathing suit climb into a tank to wrestle with an alligator. "My, my," exclaimed one admiringly, "what a crazy way to close a suitcase!" 1353, ly Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. sonal, having little to do with their lives a feeling no doubt related to the fact that most women have little apti tude for figures and numbers "But in, the last several decades, -women have had real control over a great amount of money, have been spending even more, and have gone to work in many fields of busi ness." "Through necessity they have been forced to learn something about business even if it is not naturally in teresting to them. A good many women today know how to read the stock market quotations, have developed some sympathy for and un derstanding of business through working themselves, and are expert shoppers knowing how to make one dollar do the work of two." The book delves deeply in to the things that make wom en buy things that could be applied in the stock market as well as in general merchan dising. Wall Street Interested And Wall Street currently is verv much interested in the very things Mrs. Wolff brings out. It is seeking out the women as prospective stock buyers because women have the money and the time to study market situations and make sound purchases. Women are complex crea tures and Wall Street has a lot to learn about their buy ing habits things they are now studying from - "What Makes Women Buy." "Spending and saving hab its of today's women are unique to these times," says Mrs. Wolff, discussing the im portance of seasonal buying. "Today's woman has strong seasonal buying habits, but they can be changed with skillful promotion. Women today are showing greater de- T.. sire to ouy in season, dul women's ideas of seasons do not always correspond to the .1 a . seasons as tney are unaer stood on the calendar." Charles M. McCann By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent An important review of the entire situation in French North Africa may be in the making. Both France and Tunisia have I acce pted an offer by the United States and Great Britain to use their "good of fices", in set tling the grave dispute which arose from the French bomb ing of a Tunisian village. It seems certain that any discussions must involve con sideration of the Nationalist revolt in Algeria, which led to the bombing. France may be expected to stick to its position that the Algerian situation is a strictly internal French problem. But its acceptance of the offer of the Anglo-American "good offices" is likely to lead to an attempt from a new angle to solve the Algerian situation itself, which is the big problem at issue. This new attempt need not be made with the direct help of the United States and Britain. More probably, it might be made by France with the aid of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba. Reveals Views Bourguiba is regarded as completely pro-Western in his views. At the same time, he is an Arab and he is openly friendly toward the Algerian rebels. It was the fact that Al gerian rebels were operating from bases in Tunisia that led to the bombing of the Tunisian border village of Sakiet Sidi Youssef in which, according to latest reports 79 persons including women and children were killed. French as well as foreign opinion was shocked by the bombing. Premier Felix Gaillard nat urally has tried to defend the French armed forces by blam ing Tunisia's support of the rebels for the attack. But it has been established that the raid was made by order of the local commander of the French Air Force across the border from Sakiet Sidi Youssef. The French gov ernment and high command knew nothing of it until aft erward. Order Was a Blunder The order was a tragic blunder. But it was due to the frustration and resentment of the French armed forces over their inability to attack the rebels who are operating from the "privileged sanctuary" of Tunisia. There seems no rea son to doubt the French offi cial statement that rebel ma chine guns had fired on 18 occasions from the rooftop of the Tunisian government ad ministration building in ' the village over a period of 4li months before the bombing. The United States and Brit ain offered their mediatory services in an attempt to avoid an ugly debate on the bomb ing in the United Nations Se curity Council. Bourguiba had made two complaints to the U.N., first, he complained of the French bombing Itself. Then he com plained that the Algerian situ ation was a threat to world peace. France had complained against Tunisian aid to thew rebels .Nobody wouldx profit from a U.N. debate on the situ ation except Soviet Russia,- Now, the way seems to be open for a new approach to , the whole North African situa tion. , Stray Notes, from Eastern Oregon By SAGE BRUSH SALLY The Ground Hog saw his shadow here. Feb. 12 was a lovely sunny day. Since 'then we have had more than our usual share of rain. At present we have just enough snow to almost whiten the ground. Small herds of deer are feeding on the hills and even in the valley. It's a pleasure to see them and actually they do very little damage. Mon day night we had a wonderful view of northern lights and we were also pleasantly sur prised by the arrival of friends and relatives, some after at tending a Ground Observer Cores meeting at the New Bridge church. We spent the evening enjoying homespun music and visiting, and served refreshments of sandwiches, doughnuts, coffee and pop. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. has to be service-connected if Brings Back Memories To the Editor: My parents Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Finch of Medford, send me the Sunday issue of the Tribune each week, and I was most inter ested in the article on ueii s hamburger stand in the Feb. 9 codv. I lived in Medford most 01 my life, until I was married, and this story brought back one of the cherished memo ries of my childhood. Mv grandmother used to take my cousin and me to the movies frequently during the summer months, and our great delight was the after show visit to Dell's for ham burgers, pop, and the stick of gurri he always presented to each of us as we left. Dell was in attendance at that time (during the late 30s and early 40s), and I surely tninK 01 him witll affection for all the lovely anticipation of a stop at this genial stand, as well as the delicious hamburgers we enjoyed there, at 10 cents, of course! Please forward this letter to him, so that he may know nf the Dleasure he added to my recollection of childhood adventures. Mrs. John (Joy) Dunn 670 East Palm ave. Redlands, Calif. An electrical insulation, called Mica Mat has been de veloped by General Electric Co. The insulation is so heat resistant that a 11000-inch thickness of it can block the flames from a blow torch. Pay" vi. "Free" TV To the Editor: As much as I dislike to see controversies and differences thrashed out in the newspapers, I feel that as a representative of the Dis abled American Veterans, I must speak out in defense of the resolution passed by the organization opposing paid television, insofar as it inter feres with free viewing as en joyed by hospitalized veter ans with sets donated to them by veterans' and other civic organizations. We, the DAV, resent the assertion of the American Le gion, on the front page of Thursday's Mail Tribune, that the issue has nothing to do with veterans, especially since the contention in the resolution, is that disabled veterans trying to live on partial compensation, have had to sacrifice to become owners of TV, and did not ex pect also, to have to pay for viewing privileges. That fact. and the fact that the donated sets in the VA hospitals, would not have been donated, if the donors had expected the veterans to be deprived of free viewing. The Disabled American Veterans is an organization composed of disabled veter ans with percentage of com pensation rating from zero to 100 per cent. The disability! the veterans is eligible for membership in the DAV. We are more interested in the welfare of the disabled vet eran, than we are in some body with plenty of money for the purpose of being able to view TV without the both er of watching commercials In the Tribune editorial of Thursday evening, we notice that the contention is made, that -paid TV will not inter fere with free TV. We might be wrong, but we believe that the best of TV would be for those who can and will pay, and we think that if paid TV, which in our opinion is to save the billion dollar movie business, (producers and ac tors) gets a foothold, it won't be long until they will have it all. Like the camel in the Arab's tent, according to Ae sop's Fable. We are also more interest ed in the welfare of disabled veterans, than in a comeback for a bunch of actors who have become used ' to high and extravagant living, and have been reduced to the mid dle class level, through lack of gate receipts. Pat Graham, Adjutant and Service Officer, Jackson County Chapter 8, DAV, 175 Jeannette St. Medford. (Editor's note: There is no evidence whatever to support the claim that "Paid TV" would eliminate "Free TV.") When Con and I were in Baker last week we heard con siderable discussion of the Gold petition. This petition asks congress to restore to citizens of the United States the right to freely buy, sell and possess gold. Opinion on this is divided. Some are all for it. Others believe it re quires considerable study, and has little chance of getting much consideration now, in view of the many bills con fronting our harassed repre sentatives. Senator Neuberger"! bill to prevent patenting of mining claims of little or no value for mineral, to obtain and sell timber, has the unanimous ap proval of our family and part ners in mining. The February report of our congressman, Al Ullman, be gins "The whole nation is feeling the pinch of economic recession." The recent reports of Congresswoman Edith Green and Charles Porter are similar. Senators Morse and Neuberger voice the same opinion. They cannot all be wrong. And their statements certainly do not agree with those of President Eisenhow er and "Dicky" Nixon. I recently had a nice and encouraging letter from Sen ator John Sparkman of Ala bama stating he is still in favor of our high Hells Can yon dam and will continue to back it. Not long ago The Oregonian printed a write-up which stated the High Hells Canyon dam would probably meet a Presidential veto, even if it "were passed. Well if they wish to really cook the goose of the GOP, that would be the best way to get it done. Full information on the Hells Canj on question may be obtained by writing your re quest to National Hells Can yon Association, 1135 SE Sal mon st., Portland 14, Ore. And on the Gold Petition from either the North Western Min ing Council, Inc., Medford, Ore., or from Western Asso ciated Mining News, 139 Pa- cific Building, Salem, Ore. Let's study up on the issues and the bills before we vote. Ground Observer Corps Schedules Meeting The Medford Group Ob server Post will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Jack son county courthouse audi torium. Recent operational changes in the program will be dis cussed by MSgt. Clifford Poulson, Air Force represent ative of the GOC. Al1 mem bers are urged to attend. ' Counsel With ... Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan Who buys Insurance for . his home, Is then but partly thru, ' To be secure, You should insure, What goes inside it, too. Fred Brennan Or Call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish , Phone SP-2-4940 MEDFQRD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOLLY ST. Biil Fish
