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Medford and Jackson County
History from th files ot The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27, 1949 (Sunday)
Medford police arrest three
bad check artists with the aid
of a new telephonic check
flash system.
Medford's KYJC radio sta
tion plans ceremonies for be
ginning ABC network pro
grams under a new affilia
tion. 20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27. 1939 (Monday)
A new grand jury is drawn
.from the jury list at the
courthouse, but the list is so
depleted by excuses that a
special venire is called to pro
'vide a jury for a pending
criminal trial.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
legislature now plans to quit
and come home, the end of
the week if they dare."
, 30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27. 1929 (Wednesday)
' The county court prevents
a petition to the government
.to build a park atop Roxy
.Ann.
Pussywillows are in bloom
. along Bear creek.
'40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27. 1919 (Thursday)
Dry agents are barred from
boarding SP trains and search-
;ing for passengers' rum.
A bill in the California leg
!islature provides for the an
.nexation of Klamath county
to that state.
'50 YEARS AGO
IFeb. 27. 1909 (Saturday)
; Gov. Chamberlain resigns
at Salem, and packs his bags
for the journey to Washington
! where he will take up the
m duties of U. S. senator.
! George- Putnam, Medford
Tribune editor, is appointed
to the state highway commis
Ision to study whether the
state should construct a rail-
road across central Oregon.
Vhafs Your I.Q.7
'Nina or ten correct it superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
lis is good.
" 1. Turtles do, or do not,
possess teeth?
. 2. Who painted the Mona
.Lisa?
3. Are Concord grapes
; white, dark blue, or green.
4. Harry L. Hopkins was a
personal adviser and confi
dant of which President of
the U.S.?
5. In the account of creation
in Genesis, on what day was
land created?
6. Name the woman who
had the "face that launched
a thousand ships.' '
7. By .what device were the
details of how Soviet fighters
shot down a U. S. plane on
Sept. 2, 1958, learned?
8. At the present time, is
the U.S. Navy more inter
ested in building battleships
or. aircraft-carriers?
9. On what river did Huck
leberry Finn's adventures
take place?
10. Name the capital of
Missouri.
Answers: 1. Do not. 2. Leon
ardo da Vinci. 3. Dark blue.
4. F. D. Roosevelt. 5. Third
day. 6. Helen of Troy. 7. Tape
recording of Soviet pilots'
radio conversation. 8. Aircraft-carriers.
9. Mississippi.
10. Jefferson City.
NATIONAL
The "Car" Problem
"I have come to the conclusion that if sudden
ly we had no more automobiles in the hands of
teen agers from 15 to 18 our juvenile delinquency
problem would decrease in a very short time al
most 75 per cent." ?
These are the words of Circuit Judge Charles
H. Foster of Lakeview, in a letter published in
the Klamath Falls Herald and News.
Judge Foster has been handling juvenile court
work in both Klamath and Lake counties for the
past year.
His conclusions are based on his observations
during his juvenile court work.
"
'J'HE judge makes these eight points :
1. The great majority of theft cases among juve
niles over 14 is for theft of gasoline, auto parts, hub
caps, or cars.
2. In many cases juveniles committing other lar
cenies readily admit they needed money to maintain
their cars.
3. A great majority of the stealing has been made
possible only by the use of an automobile.
4. I find that the rather widespread drinking among
' some juveniles is made possible only because of the auto
mobile and the privacy it offers.
5. I feel we would have greatly reduced sexual de
linquencies if these teenagers did not have the unchap
eroned privacy of the automobile to encourage it.
6. I find that increasing truancy from the high school
actually is made desirable to those doing it principally
because of the automobile and what they can do and
where they can go when not in school.
7. Statistics taken by some high schools show an
amazing correlation between low grades, lower grades, or
failures, and the great use of the automobile.
8. I have found a great number of parents telling us
that they never had any trouble with their child until
he or she started running around in automobiles a great
deal. It was then that the trouble started.
JUDGE Foster's findings are corroborated by
the observations of police officers, school au
thorities and juvenile workers throughout the na
tion. The automobile is the basis for their No. 1
problem.
What's the answer?
Raise the legal driving age to 18? This has
been proposed, and a bill now being studied by
the legislature would go -half-way toward this,
making the legal full-license age 17. ,
Such action might help solve some of the prob
lems involved, but it would be at a cost of depriv
ing the decent, hard-working, law-abiding major
ity of young people of the privilege of using auto
mobiles at all.
And, let it be known, it is a minority of young
sters who get into trouble, care or no care.
JUDGE Foster's letter was largely an appeal to
parents.
He said:
"If some way the parents as a whole could be made
to realize this great danger, and as a group clamp down
on this increasing, unrestricted use of automobiles by so
many juveniles, then the pressure generally on the juven
ile to have or own a car would be taken off."
That is the crux of the matter. How does one
go about persuading a proud parent that junior's
use of the car should be both supervised and re
stricted? There might be possibilities in some plan
whereby drivers' licenses for those aged 16 to 18
would be probationary, revokable for any driving
or criminal offense, or when grade levels fall be
low a certain point, or even when parents feel
they have lost control of, a situation.
In such a plan, the majority of "good" young
sters would not be made to suffer for the derelic
tions of the few. E.A.
Beneficial Grouch
William Ewald is an old grouch.
The United Press International television
critic, whose reviews of TV shows appear in the
Mail Tribune when they discuss programs which
are seen in this area, is a hard man to please.
He minces no words when taking typewriter
in hand to assess a show. He flails away, curtly
but eruditely, at those he doesn't like (which seem
to be an overwhelming majority), and occasion
ally has a few kinds words to say about a show or
part of one.
THE TV people should thank him.
(Some of them do. One network official last
week said, "Ewald does an excellent job, even
though he sometimes murders us.")
Despite his acid and often rancorous views,
he undoubtedly does stimulate TV viewing,
and, by his continued carping, might even
tend to stimulate producers to try a little harder
to put out shows which are superior to the pretty
sad average seen these days.
Ewald is a super-critical critic, a' thorn in the
flesh, a caustic reminder that all is not well in the
nebulous world of the little black box.
COMETIMES we agree with his comments; oth-
er times we disagree ; always we find them
interesting and provocative.
For instance, earlier this week he tore apart
the "Show of the Month" presentation of the Old
Vic company's "Hamlet," a play we saw and con
sidered one of the finest things we've ever seen on
the tiny screen.
We went along with some few of his -criticisms,
but felt others were unduly labored or ill
founded. But we read it, and by doing so found
ourselves more interested in the play than we had
been before.
One may disagree with Ewald's acidulous re
marks, but he is. at least a reminder that literate
people can, and do, disagree. Which is a good
thing. E.A.
Dennis the
lbW CAN V0U BEVIAD 4lREA0y? I JUST G0THBR5'
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
THE GUARDSMAN
Washington - Until the en
trance of the United States
into World War II the British
for a hundred
years had call
ed the tune
and provided
the ulti mate
leadership for
the Atlantic
community of
nations. Dur
ing most of
that renturv it
William S. . t. t, -
white was tne Brit
ish fleet that shielded the
Anglo-American alliance in
every ocean.
But in the 15 years from
Pearl Harbor until the other
day, when British Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan flew
off from London to Moscow,
the American voice had been
decisive. The British voice had
fjlen to a mere echo of Wash
ington. For the great shield
from the end of World War
II has been the American stra
tegic air arm, and no longer
the Royal Navy.
Now, however, Macmillan s
mission to Moscow has quietly
turned upside down the diplo
macy of the Allied world. To
day at least, and possibly for
a fairly lengthy tomorrow, it
is British leadership that holds
the initiative on the Western
side.
A series of unrelated but
nowerful historical cir
cumstances has put the Lon
don government and not the
Washington government domi
nantly into the world's eyes.
One circumstance is the ill
ness of our Secretary of State,
John Foster Dulles. Long and
resolutely he had piped the
air to which the British and
all others on our side had
danced.
Another factor ,is the irre
sistible growth in England of
a belief that the United States
has been too committed to a
rigid policy in talking to the
Russians. Somebody in the
West, it has been felt, had to
break the ice of the cold war.
And a third reason why
Macmillan is in Moscow is
plain, down-to-earth domestic
British politics. Mr. Macmil
lan, as head of Britain's Con
servative government, is go
ing to call an election one
of these days to determine
whether he can stay in pow
er or whether the Labor
party is to come back to con
trol. He is not compelled to go
to bat with the voters until
1960. It is practically certain,
however, that he really in
tends to call an earlier elec
tion. Any Prime Minister in
the British system can do this
at any time, before the formal
end of his term, which he be
lieves most favorable to bis
side.
AND when Macmillan does
fall Vlte oloritinn Via nronip
" ..... noiiw
it to be impossible for Labor
to say that he neglected any
opportunity to come to hon
orable terms with the Rus
sians.
The United States Govern
takes this position; we have
no objection to Macmillan's
trip; but we are not in any
way participating in it. The
British Government, on its
side, says the Prime Minister
is not negotiating" anvthintr
with the Kremlin, but is only
teeiing out the ground.
He intends, when he has
finished in Moscow, to go to
Germany and France to talk
to our mutual friends there.
And it can safely be predicted
that he will be in Washing
ton talking to President Eisen
hower before two more
months have gone.
So much for the back
ground. The net is that Mac
millan in the real sense is
representing all of us, even
if this is not his intention or
Washington's intention. What
he has to DroDOse uDon his
return obviously will have
vast meaning to us all. So,
Menace
S. WHITE
what sort of man is this upon
whom so much depends?
THE answer should not be
frightening even to those
among us who believe the
British to be tricky beyonds
words. For Macmillan is a
sound, solid, truly conserva
tive politician; no dreamer, no
happy "one-worlder" asleep
to the menace of imperialist
communism.
He is not an easy man to
fool; half a generation ago
he fought to the end against
Britain's appeasement of Hit
ler. He is a good, savvy trad
er, man of extraordinary
ability in face-to-face meet
ings. He wants peace, of
course, as do all rational
men. But he has never con
fused peace with mere weak
ness and surrender.
To talk to him is to dis
card quickly the old Ameri
can stereotype of the tea
drinking Britisher moving
about in his striped pants
with woolly good-will and
bland unawareness of the
harsh facts of life. The Brit
ish have sent no nice boy
on a man's errand to Moscow.
The slight, amiable-seeming
fashion plate who has gone
there is quite as tough as they
come. He is (from World War
I) a - thrice-wounded Guards
officer..
And nobady, not even the
justly famous American ma
rine, is a better man than a
Guardsman to have around,
either in talking things over
or, if it comes to that, in
fighting things out.
(Copyright, 1959. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Editorial Comment
CAMP RILEA
The Astoria-Budget says it
has learned from a "reliable
source" that Camp Clatsop,
the National Guard training
center south of Astoria, will
be renamed Camp Rilea this
summer. The name comes
from Maj. Gen. Thomas E.
Rilea, Oregon adjutant gen
eral, who died recently.
We hope the Astoria pa
per's information is right. For
the Clatsop name on the
Guard camp is likely to cause
confusion, now that Fort Clat
sop, the winter campground
of Lewis and Clark, is a na
tional monument.
It is unfortunate that the
names of Lewis and Clark
themselves are not more used
for our natural phenomena or
for our towns and camps. But
the Lewis and Clark names
don't belong on the Guard
camp. General Rilea's name
does.
The general spent a life
time in the service of the Na
tional Guard and was com
mander of the 41st, one of the
outstanding Guard divisions
in the nation. His predecessor,
General George Ared White,
is memorialized at Camp
White near Medford. It is
proper, indeed, that this
guardsman's name be remem
bered at the historic training
center of the units he com
manded. Eugene Register
Guard. TODAY
In Oregon History
(A Centennial Feature)
FEBRUARY 27, 1913:
Oregon ladies are show
ing much interest in the
' "panlelet" dress which is
already making its appear
ance and is regarded as the
newest thing in high fash
ion. The dress, which fea
tures an abbreviated skirt
and long pantelets is daring
in the extreme and is rais
ing eyebrows all over the
country. Clergymen and
others distressed by the de
plorable state of public and
private morals have warned
that the costume, if . not
suppressed, may encourage
Historian Disputes Monty's Version
Of Normandy Fight; Cites Army Records
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Editor
Britain's Field Marshal
Montgomery has written his
piomoirs-to tell his side of
the story of
World War II
and to keep
the record
straight.
Like many
generals be-
afore him,
K m a r-
Montgomery's
ltl version of
ihtt Newsom wnai went on
and what the record shows
1 Jr"
56- ?
LA Ijfi
Wilson Dispute's Celler's
View of Communist Threat
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington - (UPD - Rep.
Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) was
in character this week when
he obiected to an American
Bar Association (ABA) policy
statement regretting bupreme
Court decisions which have
relaxed curbs against Commu
nist subversion. 1
"This," said CeUer, "is a
maligning of the Supreme
Court , which is most irre
sponsible." One man's opinion as to
that, perhaps, is as good as
another's. Celler, however,
deprecated the internal men
ace of Communism in the
United States. He said mem
bership in the Communist
Party, USA, had been re
duced to fewer than 5,000
persons and that these were
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Foreign affairs:
. Russia's Mr. K. gets tough.
He rejects the West's pro
posal for a Big Four foreign
ministers conference on Germany-saying
it might have
been worth while at the end
of World War II, but is OUT
now.
He repeats his former
warning to the West against
ANY violation -by land, by
air or by water-of East Ger
many's frontier in the dispute
over West Berlin. Any such
violation, he intimates flatiy,
would have to be regarded
"as the beginning of war."
And so on. .
HE THEN dangles some bait
before Britain's Macmil
lan, who is visiting in Mos
cow. He says the Soviet govern
ment would be willing and
lw tn nnnrlllde a treaty Of
friendship and non-aggression
... . . i j
with Britain, tie suggesieu
could run for 20 years, 50
years-or MORE.
His thought, of course, is
that he MIGHT be able to
split Britain off from the
Western alliance.
AT HIS news conference
nnp Mr. Ike meets tough
ness with toughness.
He says the U.S. and its al
lies are not going to give
ONE SINGLE INCH in pre
serving their rights and re
sponsibilities in Berlin. He
adds that we and our major
allies have made plans to
DEFEND OUR POSITION
THERE. He repeats that if
there is any SHOOTING over
West Berlin, somebody else
will have to START it.
HE SAYS the U.S. must al
ways be willing to nego
tiate if there appears to be
any reasonable hope of ac
complishing something.
But-
He adds-
If there is to be a negative
answer from the Russians
BEFORE AN ATTEMPT IS
MADE TO NEGOTIATE he
simply can't see much use in
conferring.
WHAT'S in the wind?
Is shooting war near?
Probaby not. It's a reason
able guess that Mr. K is sim
ply testing us out to see how
far it is safe to go in running
a bluff. And, of course, he
keeps hoping it may be pos
sible to split us off from our
allies.
"Divide and conquer" is an
old maxim. It has worked
often in the past, and Mr. K
can't help hoping it might be
made to work again.
the more radical females to
appear publicly in trousers.
FEBRUARY 27, 1881:
Francis Norbert Blanche!,
archbishop of Oregon City,
today read his letter of res
ignation at St. Mary's cathe
dral in Portland. Archbish
op Blanche! came to the
Oregon country with Fath
er Modeste Demers travel
ling overland and reaching
Fort Vancouver on Novem
ber 24, 1838. For the 43
years since that time the
archbishop has served suc
cessively as missionary to
the Indians, organizer of
the Oregon City See, bishop
and archbishop. He plans to
spend his remaining years
in study and writing at St.
Vincent's Hospital.
are at variance
The result has been some
violent disagreement. And, so
long as generals insist on
fighting their wars over
again in print, there'll be
donnybrooks.
Montgomery, without ques
tion was one of the most bril
liant military leaders of the
last major conflict. He was a
bright star in the Allied
ranks. But the most consist
ent thread running through
his story now is the claim to
have been aware of nearly
every contingency in ad
vance. under surveillance by the
Federal Bureau of Investiga-j
tion.
That statistics of Commu
nist Party membership prob
ably is. erroneous. The latest
reliable information on Com
munist membership in the
United States was in a state
smen t by FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover on Jan. 1, 1957. Hoov
er then estimated Communist
membership in this country at
17,360. Membership since has
declined.
Celler Underestimates Total
It is fewer than 10,000 to
day but considerably more
than Celler's 5,000. Celler's
abrupt brushoff of the, intern
al menace of Communism was
to be expected although his
home town is New York City
where Communist activity
and membership usually top
those of any other American
community.
Celler is among those who
have opposed the activities of
the house committee on un
American activities. On Feb.
24, 1953, Celler was one of
two members of the House
to oppose the appropriation to
continue that committee's
work. The other was Rep.
Roy W. Weir (D-Minn.) The
vote was 315-2.
The ABA policy statement
to which Celler objected con
tained a direct answer to one
phase of his complaint - that
Communist membership is
negligible and under control.
The answer appears under
the heading "current fallacies
about Communism." The word
fallacy means that which de
ceives the eye or the mind.
In terms of logic, a fallacy
is any reasoning failing to
satisfy the conditions of logi
cal proof or violating the laws
of valid argument. Here is
what the ABA policy state
ment had to say:
Dedicated Few
"So much misinformation
is current about Communism
that it is appropriate to ex
pose some of the major fall
acies (such as this one) that
Communism in the United
States is dwindling in power
because the party is dwind
ling in numbers.
"This popular belief shows
a complete misunderstanding
of Leninism. Lenin's great
contribution to Communism
was his principle of the dedi
cated few. He rejected the
idea of a popular (numerous)
party, and established the
principle that no one should
be given party membership
unless he was under disci
pline. "A substantial strength of
Communism in the United
States is the fact that for
every Communist party mem
ber there may be 10 non
Communists who will do the
work of the Communists."
Hoover's recently published
book, "Masters of Deceit." re
lates that: "When the Com
munist Party was at its peak
in the United States (in 1945;
membership 64,600) it was
stronger in numbers than the
Soviet party was at the time
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
of Southern Oregon
presents in concert
The Symphony Orchestra
Soloist
FRANCES THRUN, DRAMATIC SOPRANO
Richard D. Werner, Musical Director and Conductor
Sunday Afternoon at Three p.m., March 1
MEDFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Adults $1.50 Students 50c
Tickets on Sale at
the Box Office f
Capt. Martin Blumenthal,
writing in a recent issue of
The Army magazine, publica
tion of the Association of the
U.S. Army, cites chapter and
verse to contradict Monty's
claim to prescience particu
larly in France. .
"One of the most contro
versial aspects of Montgom
ery's generalship concerns his
role in the Normandy break
out," Blumenthal writes. "Ac
cording to his memoirs,
Montgomery figured out far
in advance what was about to
happen and then conceived
and unswervingly followed a
it seized power in Russia."
That seizure was 1917 when
Russian Communists number
ed a mere 40,000.
Communications
Technocracy
- To the Editor: It is no hush
ed secret that news from
abroad, including all oriental
nations, are proclaiming a
revolt in the onen labor mar
ket of full employment. With
out a shadow of a doubt the
oncoming labor tensions will
eventually reach the four cor
ners of all industrial sections,
like the momentum of snow
ball proportions. At least we
hope that Technocracv. the
supposed great emancipator of
numan ideologies, will come
to the rescuse before the cata
clysm emerges full speed on
an unconcerned, innocent
world.
When natural evolution cre
ates great changes, like aU
ancient history points to from
the remote civilizations, man
kind must cone with emereen-
cies and adjust his ways also,
as modern methods force their
conditions.
Teddy Roosevelt once said.
"We cannot turn progress of
the clock backwards."
Bert Kissinger,
580 Boardman,
Medford
Eagle Point, Toe
To the Editor: Perhaps the
fact that other schools in the
valley, besides those in Med
ford, took part in the annual
hih school speech tourna
ment, held at Linfield college,
February 19 through 21, has
not been called to your at
tention. If so, may I please take this
opportunity to state that Eagle
Point made a very fine show
ing, with a team of 10, bring
ing back seven awards.
Does this seem small? It is.
However, Eagle Point is a
small school; also, the. seven
who placed were all first year
speech students.
As they were judged accord
ing to merit, rather than
school size, you will realize
that these students were com
peting against students from
much larger schools, as David
Douglas, Medford, Eugene,
Grants Pass, Roseburg and
Ashland.
Their outstanding success is
due only to their personal
ability, and to the excellent
coaching of the speech teach
er, Mr. Simmons.
As a whole, we of Eagle
Point High are very proud
of our school, and our speech
students.
Thank you for your kind
attention.
Miss Jean Messecar,
Eagle Point
y High School
Editor's note: Word of Eagle
Point High school's speech
tournament success reached us
several days late. It appeared
in the Mail Tribune on Thurs
day along with a report on
Phoenix High school's results.
the.
master plan."
Not so, says Blumenthal, a
qualified military historian
now employed in the office
of the U.S. chief of military
history in Washington.
Monty's claim was this:
"My master plan for the land
battle in Normandy was to
draw main enemy strength on
to the British front on our
eastern flank in order that
we might the more easily
break out on the western
flank with the American 1st
Army. I never once had cause
or reason to alter my master
plan. There was never at any
time any intention of matin?
the breakout from the brirl
head on the eastern flank."
Disagreement Sounded
Blumenthal disagrees.
"Despite Montgomery's con
viction that his wav in thp
way it happened, investiga
tion ot tne record proves that
the actuality was different
from - and somewhat m o r
complicated than -he would
have posterity believe," he
says.
Blumnethal savs the basic
ouUine for the Normandy in
vasion was drawn un as thp
Overlord Plan, devised by the
U.S.-British planning group
in 1942 under direction of
Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan.
When Gen. Dwight D. Eis
enhower was named supreme
commander in December,
1943, he ordered his subordi
nate land, sea and air head
quarters to revise the plan.
As Ike's land commander of
the initial invasion forces,
Monty was responsible for
getting the ground forces
ashore. The modified nlan
drawn up by Monty's 21
Army Group staff concentrat-
ea on the landings. Beyond
that, the overlord concent re
mained in force.
This plan envisaged that
the Allies would overrun and
seize a lodgement area bound
ed by the Seine, Eure and
Loire rivers in northwest
France. From this, they
would prepare a final thrust
into the heart of Germany.
Neither the Overlord Plan
nor the 21 Army Group plan
mentioned a breakout from
the beachhead - since no one
foresaw the deadlock that de
veloped. Plans Attack
"It seems clear, then, that
Montgomery's master plan
was not the same as the one
prepared by the 21 Army
Group," Blumenthal says.
The British made long
preparations for an attack in
July, with Monty resorting to
his famed tedious "tidying
up" methods. They attacked
on July 18, took Caen and
had three armored divisions
in the open country southeast
of Caen. It looked like this
might be the breakout.
Montgomery reported to
Eisenhower that he was "very
well satisfied" to have caught
the Germans off balance.
There was a general feeling
that Monty might be going
all the way, and he apparent
ly seemed enamored of the
idea himself.
But two days later, he halt
ed the offensive. Eisenhower
was disappointed. At Su
preme Headquarters there
was a feeling that Monty had
not tried as hard as he might
have.
Finally, on July 25, 1944,
the Cobra attack plan devised
by Gen. Omar Bradley pene
trated the German defense in
the Contenin. Within a week
Bradley exploited the break
through into a gam of 30
miles- The Germans crumbled
and retreated pell-mell across
France to the Siegfried line.
The pattern was generally
that indicated by Montgom
ery. But his claim to not al
tering his master plan is
somewhat overstated. The
breakout came on the Ameri
can part of the front, not the
British.