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Newspaper Page Textc 4 Friday, January 2, 1939 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORL "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads rne wan innunt Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Jir St. Ph. SP 2-6 141 ' JTERB GREY. Advertising Managei -GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr ERIC W. ALLEN JR Managing Editor ZARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg. Editor OLIVE STARCKER. Women's Editor DALE I.mv.3U. LiTUUiaumi nil uiwiH'fc'" Itntered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Dail" and Sunday 1 year S15.0C -rinw air4 KTtnrlav fi mm. 8. Of riaiiv and Sunday 3 mos. 425 i .... rMlwTkn v,ar 4 20 Bv Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland, Central Point. Eagl Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er, Talent and on motor routes TVailv nH Sundav 1 vear 818.0C T-. , 1 . mwiri Cll M(H 3 V 1 TTIO , 1 .50 . Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All germs -asn in mvanL-g Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper or Jacuson loamy United Press International" Fun Leased wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIHCUUlluri fices in New York, Chicago. De- Seattle. Portland. St. Louis, At lanta, Vancouver B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight 'o Time Medford and Jaelcn County History from the files of The Mail Tribunt TO. 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 2. 1949 (Sunday) rrane" comoanv. Chicago plumBing manufacturer, an nounces the opening oi a branch here. Michael Ray Phair, 9, of 403 King st., draws the cov eted No. 1 bicycle license tag at the Medford police station 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 2. 1939 (Monday) All funds, offices and de partments of Jackson county end the year in the black, ac cording to the county clerk's office. From Arthur Perry's "Ye ' Smudge Pot" column: "Balmy weather ushered in the New Year, enabling residents of these parts to complain about spring fever, instead of chil blains." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 2, 1929 (Wednesday) A -.contract is let for the lighting of Sixth st. The Chamber of Commerce reports receiving letters show ing an interest in this locale. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 2, 1919 (Thursday) Rogue river is full of float ing ice for the first time in years. Citizens resolve to purchase Rogue River valley products during the coming year. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct it superior; seven or eight is excellent; fire or six is good. l.To which side of the read er are the even-numbered pages in a book? - 2. Honolulu is on the island of Hawaii; true or false? 3. What was the last name of this novelist: James Feni- more ? . 4. What famous document begins with the words, "We, the people of the . . 5. Which State is Nick named "Garden State"? 6. The prairie dog is, or is not, a dog? 7. Who wrote: "Nothing is certain in the world but death and taxes"? 8. How many strings in a Jew's Harp? - ! 9. What is the birthstone for January? 10. What is the longest side of a triangle called? Answers: 1. Left side; 2. False; 3. Cooper; 4. Conslilu lion; 5. New Jersey; 6. Is not; 7. , - Benjamin Franklin; 8. None; 9. Garnti; 10. Hypot enuse. 'Returneoat' Leaves Hong Kong for U. S. 'Hong Kong -tfJPD- "Return coat" ex-Sgt Richard Corden, of Providence, R. I., left for home Thursday night aboard the liner President Cleveland. Corden, who "chose Com munism" at the end of the Korean War, changed his mind after five years in Red China because he found it in creasingly difficult to get an education. He left Communist territory Dec. 19. Judge Hanna Retires Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna retires today from the bench, after serving 18 years as the senior jurist of the first judicial both Jackson and Josepnine counties. His is a record of which he can feel proud, and for which the people of the district should feel grateful. It takes a special combination of traits to be a good judge schooling in the law, a judicial temperament, willingness to work long and hard, an innate sense of justice, a dedication to service to the people of the area. . These Judge Hanna has had. HE WAS born in Jacksonville (where he still makes his home) in 1882. His father was also H. K. Hanna (the given names" are different but the initials are the same), who also was a cir cuit judge with a long and distinguished career on the bench in the county's early days. His early legal training was obtained through studying with his father, and he was admitted to practice in Oregon in 1906. He was in partner ship with his father for a year after that, then opened his own practice, which he continued until 1940, when he was elected to the position he is now leaving. POR the first seven years of his incumbency, Judge Hanna was the only judge in this dis trict, and handled all cases in both Jackson and Josephine counties. . In 1947 the legislature created a second judge ship in the district, which has been filled by Judge Orval Millard of Grants Pass. Ten years later, in 1957, a third position was created, the one now held by Judge Edward C. Kelly of Medford. The load on Judge Hanna, particularly in the earlier years, was considerable. At the same time the second judgeship was created, the legislature moved jurisdiction over juvenile matters in this county from the hands of the county judge to the circuit court, which in effect ruled out any lessening in work which the new judgeship might have caused. JUDGE HANNA has always felt the deepest obligation to do his job and do it well, -even at the cost of carrying his heavy , load at times when illnesses made his task especially difficult. Beyond that; he has been meticulous in his study of the facts and the law involved in cases coming before him. One long-time friend and observer of the judge's work has commented on the endless hours he has spent in study and research on cases, which has resulted in a record of very few of his decisions being overruled by the state supreme court. He has earned the sincere respect of virtually all members of the legal profession in southwest en; Oregon, and his career has been character ized by what one court official has described as selflessness, the quality of thinking of others before himself. . JACKSON and Josephine counties have been 'well served by Herbert K. Hanna, who has done much to keep the Oregon judiciary's tradi tion of impartiality, of selfless service, and of scholarly integrity- in the cause of justice. We join with the legal profession and with Judge Hanna's many friends in wishing him well in his retirement, and in hoping for him many more rewarding years. E.A. .. . Flying Bicycle? In younger years, when a . bicycle was our chief means of transportation, we often dreamed of a contrivance, powered by its rider as is a bicycle, which could fly. Now, by George, "some British aviation scien tists are working on just such a thing, and declare that it may be practicable, although it probably will take more than one man to make it go. The crux of the things is how much power a man can generate over a period time, and whether this power can be successfully applied to aero dynamic design. f CCIENCE Service reports that it is known that a healthy man can generate IV2 horsepower with his arms and legs during a. split-second burst of energy, and that for a minute of sustained effort, can produce about four-fifths of a horse power. After that, however, fatigue causes the power output to fall off, and for periods up to an hour, the strongest of men can maintain one about half a horsepower. Base'd on these calculations, the1 British de signers are trying to figure out whether only two or three men will be enough to provide the power, or whether it will need six or eight. TPHE men working on it do not predict that 1 someday there will be one in everyone's garage, but thev do maintain that "it will onen 1m a fascinating sport, once J I.' M auction. They; say it could be produced in about six months time, given adequate financing. If one is ever perfected, particularly if it can be worked out so that one or two nersmiR ran generate enough motive to put in an order. Just district, which includes the machines are in pro- r power, we'd be. tempted call us Icarus. E. A. Dennis the 'Look all tub bones Ruff hao im ws house. ilL Qbl Yfc Wo GONNA DUJLD Washington Report By WILLIAM NIXON VS. JOHNSON Washington - The whole long story of our national politics has rarely provided so clear - cut a human strug gle as the new year wiU certainly bring between Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon and Senator m Lyn don B. "John son of Texas. Politics usually pits against each other large and imper sonal groups - blocs against blocs, parties against parties - in contests more collective than personal. This time, the circumstances will make in evitable a plain, bare-knuckled contest between two tough, young, able, powerful and highly determined men. It is going to be more of a fight between two easily iden tifiable gladiators than be tween two political organiza tions. v . Vice-President Nixon is, in fact if not in form, now in charge of the Republican par ty nationally. President Eisen hower, in this evening - time of his last Administration; has largely left the party's opera tional direction in Mr. Nix on's hands. ' SENATOR' Johnson, as the ' extraordinarily successful Democratic leader of the Sen ate, is, in fact if not in form, in command of the national Democratic party. He will continue to be until the Demo crats nominate a Presidential candidate in 1960, just as Mr. Nixon will be on the GOP side for the same period. The facts of current poli tical life thus have made Senator Johnson and Vice president Nixon into opp'osite numbers to a curiously exact degree. They are the spot lighted protagonists for the next year. There are other striking similarities. Mr. Nixon is an aspirant for the 1960 Presi dential nomination. Senator Johnson has said repeatedly that he would not be a candi date - but few believe he would turn it down. Each man thus has a special need, as well as special responsibili ty, to control the Congression al record of his party in the period before the 1960 na tional conventions. And each, as by far the smartest professional his party can presently offer, has many enemies. ' Tll'R. NIXON'S enemies are mainly those who resent the savage combativeness of some of his ' past campaigns; Try and William S. , White -By BENNETT CERF- TTARRY KURNITZ, author of "Once More with Feeling," J-A has devised a plot for a Soviet comedy which he predicts will have all Moscow in stitches: "A Communist novelist writes a book that wins the Nobel Prize, and this time he's al lowed to go to Stockholm to receive it. But then he re fuses to go home, so the mortified Soviet officials bump off his wife. Then the novelist happily returns to Russia. Turns but that all he wanted was to get rid of his wife." The All-Southern Turtle Derby was covered by radio recently. The announcer began on a high pitch of excitement. screaming, "They're off and crf.wling!" . Stuart Williams defines" a censor as a self-appointed snoophound who sticks his no's into other people's business. Poor little firefly became enmeshed in a threshing machine. De lighted, of course! 0 1359, by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syadicata. Menace HWtfclF A UOG! S. WHITE they consider him altogether too much of a "fighter." Sena tor Johnson's enemies are mainly those who resent him as too soft, rather than too hard, on the Republican op position. So, at this point the like nesses between these two highly savvy politicians fall away and the truly vast dif ferences begin to appear. Nixon is deeply partisan. Johnson has very little parti sanship in the ordinary sense. He is more interested in draw ing people to his side ' in eluding the Republicans whenever and wherever he can catch a stray group of them - than in choosing up teams for finish fights. Nixon nevertheless is the cool and cautious and con trolled and objective one of this pair. Johnson is cautious - when he thinks of it. But he is a warm, careless, sub jective and sometimes senti mental man. His gift is for handling people. Nixon's gift is for handling situations and circumstances. Johnson is much bigger physi cally six feet three and about 190 pounds to Nixon's perhaps five- feet ten and 160 time, Johnson is bigger in other senses. Quicker to ang er, he is also quicker to for give. . TUIXON fights with a cold, total calm. Johnson fights either with a grin or with a dark, open scowl and with the sulphurous, unashamed cuss words of a rancher try ing to round up loose cattle in the rain. Nixon is matchlessly com petent always. Johnson on his best days is brilliant and on his worst days an unrepentant trial to friend and foe alike. He has a strong touch of frank vanity; Nixon's -vanity, if it exists at all, never comes to the surface. The Vice - President, who will be 45 on Jan. 9, is a sym bol of the new American poli tics that works basically upon a slide rule after assembling all the relevant data. John son, who at 50 is not too much older in years, is a symbol of a far older kind of politics, casual and intui tive in nature. It is the politics of seem ingly playing it by ear - but the man at the piano has no sheet music before him only because he already so well knows the score. (Copyright, 1958, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) HEADS FOR BURMA Jakarta (UPD - Yugoslav President Tito, winding up a visit to Indonesia, sailed Thursday for Burma, it was reported today. Stop Me Rockefeller's Liberalism Worries GOP Conservatives; 1960 By LYLE C. WILSON Washington - (UPD - There is an old time political wise crack which says "if you can t lick 'em, join 'em." Maybe that explains the success of Gov.elect Nel s o n Aldrich Rockefeller of New York. Rockefeller was elected in November a s LCJ IsmsbIsbVssI hMb.moMSBsl Lyls C. Wilson a nepuDiican. He did not do much bragging about the Republican party, however, and his campaign posters and literature played way down the fact that Rock efeller was, indeed, on the Republican ticket. The candidate kept his dis tance, in general, from the policies and personalities of the party whose ticket he graced in New York State. It appears that he tried to thumb Vice President Richard M. Nixon out of New York alto gether during the campaign. There being no visa required, however, Nixon crossed the state line and in the ensuing embarrassment Rock efeller was lassoed into having break fast with him. President Eisenhower also campaigned in New York but his public statements were wide of the Republican party line as the President had drawn it elsewhere, in Cali fornia, for example. Out of all of this, for Rockefeller, came a great personal tri umph, so great that he. must be counted now as a man whom the Republicans may and, likely, will, nominate for president in 1960. Conservatives Saddened This is a prospect which saddens the conservative ele ments of the Republican party and, no doubt, causes the friends of Vice President Nixon to toss in their sleep. These interested parties doubt Rockefeller's party regularity, Two Persons Said Missing in Blast ' Pendleton (UPD One per son was injured and two were missing in the wake of an explosion-caused fire in a two story frame house here late Thursday. - . - Floyd Brooks, 59, Pendle ton, was reported in good con dition in St. Anthony's hos pital. Police said he suffered burns on his hands, face and body. Monty Swink, 45, and an unidentified man were miss ing and police and firemen searched the charred ruins of the gutted six-room house for their bodies. It was not actual ly determined, however, that they were trapped in the flames. A neighbor, Mary Neely, told police she heard two ex plosions and then saw three men run from the house which was immediately en gulfed in flames. No trace of Swink and the other man was found after firemen quelled the blaze. The house was owned by Georgia Gates. Her husband, Jess Cates, was running it as a rooming house and the three men - were believed to be boarders. Fire Chief William Batche lor said the cause of the ex plosions had not been determ ined. Board Prepared to Stop Union Try New York -(UPD- A court appointed board of monitors set up to- watch over the Teamsters Union was pre pared today to block by legal means the union's avowed at tempt to organize New York's 24,000 policemen. Godfrey Schmidt, a New York attorney and member of the board, said no formal action was planned at pres ent, but added: . "With our court-appointed powers, there is no question but that we definitely can stop this action." Schmidt described as "a "publicity stunt" and "pure bluff" teamster plans to be gin picketing New York City police installations Jan. 12. "At this moment, the whole thing looks like a publicity stunt," Schmidt said. "It's an other move by Hoffa (Team sters President James R. Hof fa) who is under a compulsive motive to throw his weight around." In Philadelphia, the presi dent of the Fraternal Order of Police said the teamsters' drive would be unsuccessful if tried in Philadelphia. James J. Loughran said that by to day most of the lodge's 50, 000 members in major U. S. cities will have received re minders that union member ship for police is against the order's constitution. 27 which is putting it mildly. Moreover, they are not alone in this. A friend of mine dropped me a note the other day re lating that he had been gab bing politics with Gov. Ave reU Harriman, the lefty Demo crat whom Rockefeller licked last November. It was Harri man's opinicu that the Re publicans would not nomin ate Rockefeller for president In the Day's News By FRANK From Washington: President Eisenhower plans an important c o n f e rence WITH HIS SPEECH WRIT ERS. Top White House assistants flew by helicopter to the Eis enhower farm home for a ses sion on the State of the Union message which the President will deliver to the Congress on Jan. 9. TREADING that brief para graph, I wonder if you feel somewhat as I do - that is, a little "let down." We'd like to think of our President as sitting down in his library Jamming Pieces Surround Berlin Washington -(UPD-Air Force sources said today U.S. in telligence agents in Berlin have found a network of So viet radar and radio jamming equipment surrounding that city. They said the jamming might wreck havoc with any future attempt to operate an airlift to save Berlin from blockade. Even if the jamming could be offset by counter-measures the sources said they serious ly doubted whether an air lift alone could again save Berlin as in 1948-49. They said the cargo demands would be at least two and one half times greater. A spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the same time indicated the United States would favor armed ground "convoys" as a method of penetrating any future blockade that might be im posed against the former Ger man capital. A high Air Force official said that even in 1948 the Russians had considerable jamming equipment around Berlin. He said the loss of "a couple" of American planes at that time may have been due to jamming operations, although actual cause of the crashes was uncertain. Search Fruitless For Martin Famliy Hood River -(UPD- A search of the Cascade Locks Canal on the chance thata station wagon carrying the missing Ken Martin family of Port land might have plunged into the water proved fruitless Thursday. Hood River County Sheriff R. L. Gillmouthe said magnets and dragging equipment were used, but that no trace of the vehicle was found. A tire mark of uncertain age led to the search. Martin, his wife, Barbara Jean, and their three daugh ters, aged 11 to 14, disap peared Dec. 7 when they went on a Christmas tree hunt. They were reported to have purchased gasoline in Cascade Locks on the day they van ished. Multnomah County Sheriff Francis Lambert jummoned law enforcement and forestry officials of northern Oregon and southern Washington to a meeting here at 1 p.m. today to plan new moves in the search. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Santiago de Cuba-Rebel leader Fidel Castro, on arriving in Santiago. "At last we have arrived in Santiago de Cuba. The road was long and hard but we arrived At 2 p.m. we will be in the capital of the republic (Havana)." Ciudad Trujlllo, Dominican Republic - Former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, on arriving in exile: "I am satisfied that I conducted a good government for Cuba which reached the peak of prosperity and well-being during my administration." New York-Godfrey Schmidt, a member of the court-appointed board of monitors set up to keep an eye on the Team sters union, on teamster plans to organize New York City policemen: "At this moment, the whole thing looks like a big pub licity stunt. It's another move by Hoffa (Teamsters President James R. Hoffa) who is under a compulsive motive to throw his weight around." Washington-A high Air Force official, on a Soviet radar and radio jamming network surrounding Berlin, Germany, which could jeopardize any airlift attempt: "Jamming is not difficult. Your wife can 'jam the televi sion set by turning on some electrical machine. The Russians are past molten at jamming in all its forms." Prospects Eyed in 1960. Harriman said Republican Rockefeller was too far to the left for the Republican party, adding, "even more so than I." If Harriman is cor rect in his judgment 'of where Rockefeller stands, politically, then the governor-elect is very far to the left indeed, because Harriman is way, way over yonder, himself. Again, this week, Harriman JENKINS and putting his speech togeth er all by himself. We'd like to think of the speech as the product of one man's mind - the one man be ing the President of the Unit ed States. It gives us a feint touch of the shivers to think of a big staff of speech writers sitting around a room and dis cussing what ought to be said and what ought not to 'be said. We'd prefer to think of the President cogitating seriously what in his opinion MUST BE DONE if our nation is to con tinue to move in the right di rection and then going before the members of the Congress and telling them in his own words what he thinks about it all. BUT We might as well face facts. The days when that was possible are gone. George Washington could do it. Dwight Eisenhower can't. Our federal government has just got TOO BIG. TTOW could we cure that? There is one way. We could bring more gov ernment back to the state houses, the county courthous es and the city halls. I think that might do it. MORE from Washington. GOP "liberals" hope to win their party's senate lead ership with support from Re publicans who will face a Democratic "liberal" trend IN SEEKING REELECTION IN 1960. That is to say: These Republicans think that's the way to GET ELECT ED. I WONDER. If these "liberal" Re publicans realize their hopes and win control of the GOP, where will they be? Here's where they'll be: They'll be trying to outdeal the New Dealers. It will be a tough job. New Pension BUI Planned by VFW Washington -(UPD- The new Congress will be asked to en act 'legislation to pension all needy World War I veterans at age 70. Fred J. Hollenbeck, nation al commander of the Veter ans of World War I, Thurs day night announced his group would press for the new legislation rather than push a bill it backed in the expiring 85th Congress. That bill would have pensioned all World War veterans regard less of need at age 60. TODAY, In Oregon History (A Centennial Feature) Jan. 2, . 1805 Lewis and Clark journal: "We are infested with sworms .of flees already in our new habitations (Ft. Clatsop); the presumption is therefore Strong that we shall not devest our selves of this intolerably trouble som vermin dureing our residence here." fingered Rockefeller as some thing of a New Dealer. This was at a press conference dur ing which Harriman said this: "In my opinion, Mr. Rocke feller ran as a liberal Demo crat." Harriman thus puts Rocke feller, politically, on the same team with Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.), Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.) and Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) to name a few. If this idea gets around it may put an obstacle in Rockefeller's progression to ward the White House. Then, again, perhaps it won't. In all of the years since 1932, the Republicans hav fielded only two bona fide Republicans as their presi dential nominees. These were Alf M Landon of Kansas in 1936, and Thomas E. Dewey of New York, 1944 and 1948. Wendell L. Willkie, who kid napped the 1940 presidential nomination, was no more than a Republican by courtesy. In 1952 the GOP rejected Mr. Republican, himself - the late Sen. Robert A. Taft - to nominate Gen. Dwight D. Ei senhower who last previously had registered himself as an independent. None had been tagged in advance, however, as a liberal Democrat. Tetreault Named AAA Manager Here Rudy Tetreault has been pro moted to district manager of the American Automobile as-f sociation office in Medford, according to J. Elmo RusseL sales department manager, Oregon State Motor associa tion. Tetreault has been serving as acting district manager here. The association's Medford office Is being moved to its new location at 1133 South Pacific highway in the Office Park addition to facilitate improved service to local and traveling members, Tetreault reported... ' He announced the addition of three new sales representa tives, Danny Neill in Bed ford, and Leonard Sullens and David Green in Josephine county. World travel information and miscellaneous travel ma terial is available through the AA travel counselor, Mrs. Helen Stevens. "The steady growth of AAA in the Medford area and the loyal support of the members in this district have made this improvement possible," Russell said. Three Greyhound Drivers Get Awards Three Greyhound bus driv ers from Medford recently re ceived safety award certifi cates in recognition of un blemished 10 -year safety records. Winning the certificates, as well as new shoulder insignia and personal gifts of jewelry, were Clyed E. McKim, route 1, box 434M; James O. Oakes, route 7, box 435; and David L. Johnson, route 1, box 292V&, Central Point. McKim and Johnson drive Greyhound b US e s between Medford and Redding. Calif. Oakes is on the Medford to Portland route. - The company estimates that 10 year's driving is equi valent to not less than 500, 000 miles of highway travel. S- A. Ossman, director of safety for Western Greyhound lines, made the awards.. Jaycees Announce Contest Winners Central Point -Clif Green, West Scenic ave., won the first prize of $50 in the Cen tral Point Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas lighting contest. Judging was held Dec. 23. Second place winner was Don Patterson, 841 Pine st.; third, Mitchell Hull, 930 Oak St.; fourth, A. M. Setness, 733 Pine st.; and fifth, Douglas Decker, 530 Wilson rd. Green's entry will be en tered in the nationwide con test where the first prize is $5,000, Jaycees reported. Driver Given Citation For Failure To Yield No injuries and only minor damage resulted from a two car collision at the junction of Table Rock and Vilas rds. at 3:20 p.m. yesterday, state po lice said. A car driven by Harold Frederick Elder, 47, of route 1, box 398, Central Point, pulled out in front of a car driven by Helen Bernice Barns, 44, of 1576 Beall lane, officers said. The Elder car was east bound on Vilas rd. and turned onto Table Rock rd. The Barnes car was north bound on Table Rock rd. Elder was cited for failure to yield the right of way, state police said.