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4 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfe, Or.
Friday, May 1, 1959
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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 1' 198 (Sunday)
A recent photograph is pub
lished showing Crater Lake
completely frozen over, for
the first time on record.
Frank J. DeSouza and
Moore Hamilton swap jobs,
DeSouza becoming editor of
the Medford News and Hamil
ton, Medford's new postmas
ter. 20 YEARS AGO
Mar 1' 1939 (Mondar)
A style show is slated for
the second session of the
charm school being conducted
at the Girls' Community club.
, From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
county has started controlling
the weeds, and, the weeds are
putting up a good fight, too."
30 YEARS AGO
May 1. 1929 (Wednesday)
Rogue river fishing is re
ported still "deplorable."
Six feet of snow is report
ed at Diamond lake.
40 YEARS AGO
Mar 1, 1919 (Thursday)
Brown and Von Der Hellen
of Eagle Point submit the low
bid for constructing the Prospect-Union-creek
road.
Orchardists worry about
getting enough labor for their
record breaking crop.
50 YEARS AGO
May 1, 1909 (Saturday)
Southern Oregon Railroad
company plans to survey a
railroad route from Medford
to Crescent City, Calif.
The 50,000 eastern brook
trout received by the Rogue
River Fish Protective associa
tion are placed in Little Butte
creek and the Applegate river.
Vfist's Yocr I.Q.?
Nine er ten correct is superior;
even er eajhr is excellent; five er
six is fOoe -
1. Name the American ad
miral who said he. wanted to
ride through Tokyo on Em
peror Hirohito's white horse?
2. Is Montpelier the capital
of Connecticut, New Hamp
shire or Vermont?
3. What do' the following
have in common: pica, dia
mond, agate?
4. According to the Bibli
cal story, who "lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness"?
5. "Rhapsody in Blue" was
a film version of-the life of
' which composer?
6. Correct the following:
"He has a great capacity to
work."
7. Name the leading port in
Portugal.
8. Are soft-shelled crabs a
different species than hard
shelled crabs? v
9. Who was the author of
the novel "Grapes of Wrath"?
10. Is the invention of pa:
per usually credited to the
Romans, Egyptians, or Chi
nese? Answers: I. Admiral Hal
fey. 2. Vermont. 3. All kinds
of type. 4. Moses, 5. George
Gershwin. 6. . . . for work."
7. Lisbon. 8. No. 9. John
Steinbeck. 10. Chinese.
LAST OFFICIAL WISH
Topeka, Kan. - (UPD - Wil
liam J. Cawker, 77, retired as
Topeka fire chief Thursday
after fulfililng his last official
wish. He raced to the brass
fire pole -and slid down one
last time.
May 1 Law Day
Today May 1 is a day heavy with tra
ditions, not all of them good.
One of the pleasanter traditions goes back to
childhood days, of hanging May baskets of flow
ers on the doorknobs of neighbors. Others in
volved dancing about a Maypole, and the pro
cessions and dances which were frowned upon
by early-day puritans. Such" observances origi
nated in a Roman spring festival.
For many years, however, May 1 has had a
sterner tradition. In 1886, American workmen
organized May Day strikes and demonstrations
to back up demands for an eight hour work-day.
THREE years later, the Second International set
the day aside for socialist marches and dem
onstrations. It has since had special significance
in the Communist movement.'
In both Moscow and Peking, May Day is one
of the year's chief occasions for demonstrations
of proletarian solidarity, and a chance to foment
hatred against the capitalists.
In Hitler's Germany, too, the day had politi
cal significance, and was a time for marching,
demonstrations, parades and all the other pagean
try of dictatorship. ... '
lyiAY 1 is "Loyalty Day," proclaimed as such
last year by the U.S. congress to make offi
cial the "counter-holiday" promoted since World
War H by various veterans and patriotic organi
zations. It is also designated (and observed by some)
as "Child Health Day."
But in our view, the most significant of the
observances taking place today is "Law Day,"
proclaimed by President Eisenhower "to direct
the attention of the world to the liberty under law
under which we, enjoy the accomplishments of
our system of free enterprise."
A SYSTEM bf law is one of the characteristics
vr iirili7of inn o a liaf i-nmiiclt -fwvtv Vv o
barism.
The better the system of law, the better the
civilization. Some civilizations have been good,
others bad; but all have had laws, from the time
of Hammurabi and the later Pharoahs down to
the present.
Some of the great system .of. law have become
so firmly entrenched in tradition and custom they
still are operative today. Vestiges of the Justinian
code of the days of Rome still are found in Ameri
ca today, as (in Louisiana particularly) are frag
ments of the Code Napoleon.
Most laws, today, are written. But some cus
toms and traditions, though not formally codified,
are so universally regarded that they have nearly
the same force as written law.
.
DASICALLY, laws are little more than a set of
rules for the government of society. Many are
prohibitory, others are compulsory, some are
purely administrative. .
In primitive societies, the bulk of the law con
sisted of a series of "thou shalt nots." Today we
still have these, but also a vast accumulation of
laws the aim of which is the amelioration of the
conflicts in society.
And as society became more sophisticated,
special kinds of law evolved maritime law,
criminal law, corporation law, and so on.
I AWS make it possible, even compulsory, for
people to live peaceably with each other. A
country such as the United States, which has a
high degree of internal stability, is a country with
laws which, judged by and large, are good, and
where respect for and enforcement of laws is
well-developed.
Where thelaws do not consider the needs of
the people, or where respect for them, or enforce
ment of them, is poor, one is more apt to see in
ternal warfare and dissention.
In most of the western nations today, laws are
responsive to the needs of the populace and, with
some exceptions, are obeyed. ' :
"THE one great field where law is lacking is in
1 international affaire.
There is "international law," surely.
But as in the case of some states lack of
respect for it on the part of nations, and lack of
enforcement authority, have largely negated in
ternational law as a major factor in the big prob
lems of nations.
Some progress has been made, but almost en
tirely in the relatively small things mutual
recognition of copyrights and postage, for ex
ample, or in narcotics control, or fishery rights.
.
IN THE big things, the conflicts which can de
1 velop into major disputes or wars, interna-
x i 11 i 1
uonai iaw is virtually neipiess.
It is the hope of the American Bar association,
for one, and of a lot of other thoughtful people,
that the rule of law can be extended to govern
the relationships of nations, as well as of smaller
units of government and individuals.
Progress has been slow, largely because of the
unwillingness of nations to cede to any interna
tional authority one iota of their sovereignty.
But today, there is more attention to this prob
lem than ever before.
If international law is to become effective
(and it matters little what device is used, be it
we World Court, the United Nations, or some new
entity), nations will have to sacrifice a certain
amount of their sovereignty for the common good
of the race of mankind.
We see nothing disgraceful in this, any more
than the peaceful giving up of some sovereign
rights on.the parts of states or individuals, for the
overall good, is to be deplored. E. A. --
Dennis the
l ie ncvcis. tsttn
MR$. C0rZt ESPECIALLY
Many Factors Involved in
Sub-Sahara African Unrest
Washington - Struggles for
independence in sub-Sahara
Africa that have been success
ful up to now have been be
tween the European colonial
power and the native people.
There was no difficult ra
cial problem in Ghana or
Guinea (already independent)
or in Nigeria (to become inde
pendent next year), because
most Europeans there were
traders or missionaries, ad
ministrators or technicians,
not settlers. But the presence
of long-established white set
tlers in the colonies of East,
Central, and Southern Africa
introduces a third party. Afri
cans are agitating against rule
by the settlers as well as
against control by European
powers.
French Give Push
Demands for immediate or
eventual independence in the
Belgian and British colonies
in those regions were given
a big push last year by a
dramatic change in French co
lonial policy. Gen. de Gaulle
offered France's overseas pos
sessions an '' opportunity to
Washington
By WILLIAM
THE SOVIET APPROVAL
Washington - The ill-concealed
actions of Soviet-bloc
spokesmen here are making it
plain that
Moscow has
loosed a major
propaganda
offensive to
discredit the
Big Four for
eign ministers'
conference be
fore it meets.
Thar a r
- William .,
wwte three easily
identified preliminary targets.
The first target is the whole
traditional process of Western
diplomacy. Iron Curtain dip
lomats are saying, in effect,
that the world has no further
real use of foreign ministers.
They are arguing first that all
present East-West issues, like
the Berlin crisis, cannot be
settled by negotiations among
foreign ministers but only at
summit meetings of heads of
state. And they , are going on
to suggest even that all sub
sequent issues of consequence
also must have a single place
of settlement, the summit.
THE second target of inter
national communis m's
campaign is all "military
thinking" - including, for the
moment at least, even Soviet
military thinking. The line is
that all military men are quite
out of date because scientific
and intellectual advances have
outrun them.
The third target is a single
person, our new Secretary of
State, Christian A. Herter.
Soviet-bloc officials are point
ing to him as one foreign min
ister who, perhaps more even
than all the others "lacks po
litical power." The fact, of
course, is that this is extra
ordinarily untrue. Mr. Hert
er's base of domestic political
support is actually the great
est of any Secretary since Cor
deU Hull in the days of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. (Perhaps,
parenthetically, this is exact
ly why Soviet-bloc spokesmen
are urging the. exact reverse.)
This psychological cam
paign is being directed not
primarily at the. public but
rather toward Washington of
ficialdom, the press and opin
ion - inf luencers in general.
Soviet-bloc diplomats are mak
ing themselves extensively
"available" in off-the-record
gatherings -to which they are
speaking .with unusual care
and precision and under ob
vious prior instructions.
fPOWARD the people gener
- erally, meanwhile, interna
tional communism is turning
Menace
WAX rKUM.
TUB GRAPZG.'
choose immediate independ
ence, as Guinea did, or au
tonomy within a new French
community. The voting result
ed in a dozen new republics
empower to regulate their
own internal affairs, though
leaving defenses and foreign
relations to France.
The action of France gave
persuasive ammunition to Af
rican nationalists in the Bel
gian Congo, in the Central
Federation of the Rhodesias
and Nyasaland, and in Kenya
and Tanganyika. Nationalist
activities, combined with eco
nomic factors, led to race riots
early this year in and around
Leopoldville, capital of the
Congo, and later to prolong
ed racial strife in Nyasaland,
poorest of the three territories
that make up the British-ruledl
Central African Federation.
Federation Experiment
The federation was estab
lished six years ago as an
experiment in multi - racial
partnership. The hope was to
combine for mutual benefit
the political and economic
know-how of Southern Rho-
S. WHITE
an increasingly , "reasonable"
face. No doubt, this is because
international communism
wishes, to , keep the people's
trust in what is clearly the
only kind of East-West solu
tions the Soviet bloc now
really intends to accept - that
is, solutions at the summit.
Not often, however, if ever,
have Soviet ., spokesmen in
semi-private talks shown so
brutal a candor as they are
showing now. They are giving
notice to Secretary Herter,
and other Western leaders
now in Paris to prepare for
the foreign ministers' confer
ence, that if the conference
reaches any success it will be
a complete accident, if not a
miracle.
This is not the least of the
reasons why all concerned at
Paris are making such earnest
efforts to heal all Allied di
visions on the proper ap
proach to the Russians.
Of the present three-headed
Soviet-bloc approach itself,
the most arresting point is the
way its spokesmen are dealing
with the "military thinkers."
For a long time, it will be re
called, the very highest Soviet
figures, including N i k i t a
Khrushchev himself, spoke
baldly of Soviet missiles as
offering the most undebatable
reasons why the .West must
come to terms.' Now, the
Soviet story is the reverse.
Now, the story goes like this:
THE "real danger" to man
kind does not lie in "any"
weaponry. Rather, it lies only
in the failure of political lead
ers to keep up with scientific
advances. Thus, we must be
ware the "military thinkers."
For these are trying to hold
good policy, meaning "peace"
policy, down to their own out
moded notions.
So, in summary, these are
the ultimate Soviet-bloc in
tentions: 1. To take world diplomacy
for good out of the relatively
calm and professional atmos
phere of foreign ministerial
negotiation and to put it all
in the hands of a succession
of summit meetings. Summit
meetings, any and all of them,
will be more subject to the
world's emotional pressures
if only because any free lead
er will find it hard to say no
to popular hopes under the
white, constant light of total
publicity.
2. To make the West no
longer willing to listen to
what are, after all, its "ulti
mate experts in the science
of survival, the military men.
(Copyright, 1959. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Report
Outspoken
By Writer
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
Man-of-the-week: Field Mar
shal Viscount Montgomery of
Great Britain. The quote: "I'd
like to go to
the children's
world. I want
to buy some
dolls." The
place: Mos
c ofw: This
week
there
were many
who wis hed
the retired
field marshal
Phil New torn
would spend all his time buy
ing children's dolls, in fact,
do anything besides mixing in
international diplomacy.
: But it was too late.
Puts Foot In
For Montgomery, off on a
do-it-yourself mission to Mos
cow, had put his foot in it
again-this time in a televised
interview in which he ranged
the field from criticism of
President Eisenhower's World
desia with the mineral wealth
of Northern Rhodesia and the
plentiful labor supply of Ny
asaland.
There has already been no
table economic progress in the
Rhodesias, but not enough
new jobs have been created
to give adequate support to
the population of Nyasaland.
Socially and politically, prog
ress has been slow. Racial dis
crimination persists, educa
tional opportunities for Afri
cans are extremely limited,
and the right to vote is so
restricted that fewer than 5
per cent of Africans, who
comprise more than 90 per
cent of the federation s popu
lation, have qualified to vote,
Congo Voting Limited
In the Belgian Congo not
even white settlers could vote
until 1956. It was part of
Belgium's paternalistic policy
to withhold all opportunity
for political expression, and
for a long time that policy
was accepted without protest.
Meanwhile, the Congo made
exceptional strides in educat
ing the masses, developing an
African middle class, and pro
moting industrial growth.
However, the nationalistic
spirit sweeping Africa finally
forced introduction of a meas
ure of self-government. And
in the middle of last January
King Baudouin announced
plans to organize in the Congo
"a democracy capable of ex
ercising sovereignty and mak
ing decisions about its inde
pendence." African nationalists lay
great stress on what they call
"one-man, one-vote democ
racy." They are not satisfied
with governmental schemes,
common in British self-governing
colonies, under which
seats in a legislative body are
apportioned among the races
without much regard to their
numbers and effective power
is lodged in the governor and
representatives 'of white set
tlers. Responsible nationalist
leaders recognize, however,
that the overwhelming black
majorities, In many cases with
little or no education, may
not be prepared for independ
ent majority rule. In Kenya,
for example, Tom Mboya
wants to enlarge African rep
resentation in the govern
ment, but his major immedi
ate goal is to win British com
mitment to independence, not
now but when his people are
ready for it.
Understanding Needed
Western students of Afri
can problems feel that it is
vitally important now for(the
colonial powers to treat Afri
can aspirations with under
standings and not drag their
feet in seeking ways to bring
about peaceful resolution of
the present struggles for pow
er. Failure so to act, they
fear, might have the" frightful
result of war between blacks
and whites.
An ominous sidelight in
that connection is the recent
receipt by Guinea of free de
liveries of arms by the ship
load from Czechoslovakia, ac
companied by military in
structors. International Commun ism
may be counted upon to take
advantage of every oppor
tunity, in Africa as elsewhere,
to fish in troubled waters.
Editorial Research Reports.
Man Killed When
Struck by Own Car
Portland - H'PB - Brent
Campbell, 68, Portland, was
killed Thursday when his own
car struck him after a colli
sion. Police said a car driven by
Campbell and one driven by
Eugene Muskopf, 48, collided.
Campbell was thrown from
his vehicle when his car
bounced off the curb. He was
struck by the vehicle when it
rebounded.
It was Portland's 18th traf
fic fatality of 1959.-
ft jam
Monty Dubbed Man of Week
for Moscow Visit, TV Barbs
War II leadership to Eisen
hower's leadership as presi
dent and finally to criticism
of U.S. policy in general.
"I think you've got to ad
mit the fact, rightly or wrong
ly, that American leadership,
of recent years, has been
rather suspect," he said.
He topped that with a gen
eral discussion of the state i
of health among American
leaders and then took off for
Moscow to take things into
his own hands in a discussion
with Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev. .
British newspapers, which
already had expressed fear
over the consequences of
Monty's self-imposed mission,
threw up their hands in
horror.
"Muddled, mischievous and
irresponsible," one newspaper
said.
"A small boy putting his
thumb to his nose " said
another.
"No wonder Macmillan is
reported to have held up his
hands in mock horror and to
have exclaimed: 'Save me
from my friends,' " reported
another.
Moscow Delighted
Eisenhower, a wartime as
sociate of the 71 -year -old
Montgomery and no stranger
to his ways, reacted tartly,
The British newspapers, he
said, had expressed his views
for him.
Meanwhile, the object of
Communist Influence in Castro
Administration Seen as Threat
By LYLE.C. WILSON
Washington - (UPD - Cuban
Prime Minister Fidel Castro
has moved on without quiet
ing alarming
reports that
Com munists
have bored in
to his revolu
tionary move
ment. Castro's
stock answer
in the United
I &rf I States ab o u t
I I Communist in-
ibis: If so . . . their influence
is nothing. I don't agree with
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Telephone Pests
To the Editor: These tele
phone solicitors have to go!
It was bad enough when they
called during the day while
maybe I was bathing the baby,
cooking something that need
ed constant stirring, or outside
doing yard work and having
to set a new track record to
answer the phone, only to
hear the person say "You are
one of the lucky ones to get
a $50 merchandise book for
50c." Now really!
But now they're calling at
night - practically EVERY
NIGHT. I'm beginning to
wonder if my phone number
is written on 50 foot high sign
boards all over town. Per
haps my patience hasn't been
what it should be this week
with three children and two
adults having the flu, but in
the last three out of four
nights telephone solicitors
have called after 8:30. It's
such a relief to put everyone
to bed and have the house
quiet after a day of taking
temperatures, carrying trays,
giving medicine - to sit down
and watch a' T.V; program or ,
collapse in bed asleep - then
bang there goes the tele
phone - "I would like to dis
cuss a new food plan." An
other - "We would like to in
vite you to our church serv
ices." Then last night - "If
you can answer two questions,
you can have a free dancing
lesson." Believe me, I wouldn't
take a free dancing lesson
even if Arthur Murray and
wife, Katherine, were both
Jhere to teach me.
Since it takes me a while
to get back to sleep after one
of these calls - I lie there try
ing to figure out how to stop
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all this discussion had reach- j
ed Moscow, seen Khrushchev
once and made plans to see
him again before departing,
innocent as a child, on his
return trip home.
The Londan News Chroni
cle saidr Montgomery's re
marks "will delight Moscow."
They probably did.
What made Britons especi
ally nervous was the indeli
cate timing of Montzomerv's
Moscow visit, at a time when
Western foreign ministers
were, striving for agreement
on a united front with which
to meet the Communists at
the forthcoming Geneva meet
ing on May 11.
For Montgomery, thoush
retired and now a private
citizen, still is a world figure
and Britons well knew his
ability at unfortunate re
marks, well-meaning though
he might be, he still un
wittingly could sudoIv irrist
for the Moscow propaganda
mill in its drive to further
separate the already-divided
allies.
Found Talks "Interestina"
To be the controversial cen
ter of a stage is not a new
experience for Montgomery,
whose flamboyance as a sol
dier and public speaker are
in sharp contrast to the aus
terity of his private life and
to his descent from a minister
father" and from a grand
father who was one of Brit
Communism. We are a democ
racy. We are against all kinds
of dictators. That is why we
oppose Communism."
The facts are that Castro
has been associated with Com
munists for some years. U.S.
Communists have been
bragging for months about the
participation of Cuban Reds
in Castro's revolution. Cas
tro may oppose Communism,
as he says he opposes it. There
is much evidence, however,
that some sharp-shooting Com
munists are among his asso
ciates. Some of them were in
Castro's party which visited
the United States.
All of this is a matter of
record with names, dates and
places. There is evidence .that
a Cuban who was prominent
in the Communist youth move
ment in 1950 presently is nar-
ticipating in the training of
tne Cuban army.
Castro's revolutionary, army
is being taught Marxism bv
this individual. He has head
quarters in the great fortress
which commands Havana
which, in turn, is army head
quarters. It is a strategic spot.
Another Castro associate with
entree to all military estab
lishments is known to- have
been a full time functionary
of the Communist party in
Cuba.
Another, who accompanied
Castro to the United States,
is a Communist party member
and an official in the Con
federation of Cuban Workers.
This individual is an adviser
to Castro on labor affairs.
One of Castro's traveling
companions to the United
States has been an officer of
the Communist youth 'organ
ization called Juventud Revo
lucionaria Cubana. He was
at one time president of the
Lugyno District Communist
party in Havana. Another
them. Get their phone number
and stay up all night one or
two nights calling them every
hour on the hour? Doubt if
that would work. After talk
ing to them instead of hang
ing up, leav(e the receiver off
so they couldn't make any
more calls? But. they would
probably be clicking it all
night. The only thing I can
think of is to appeal to the
sponsors who hire the solicit
ors to advertise in some other
way. Just think, if all com
panies advertisei by phone,
we'd be so busy answering it,
we'd never have time to buy
any of their products or serv
ices. If the sponsors only
knew it, they would have bet
ter results advertising by mail,
newspaper, radio, or T.V.
(Name on File) "
Medford.
EAST SIXTH ST.
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ain's most outstanding theo
logical writers .
In MOSCOW. Mantfnmm
found Khrushchev "friendly"
and their talks "interesting."
Later, on a tour with his Rus
sian hosts of Moscow's spota
of interest, he appeared bored.
He broke off his tour to go
buy the dolls. .:-
Even the Russian mmt
have been confused by thia
man whom Winston Churchill
is said once to have described
as:
"Invincible in defeat, Insuf
ferable in victory."
Editorial Comment
OREGON TRADITION
An Oregon tradition hat
been that the ablest talent
stood ready to accept appoint
ment to such important bodies
as the Highway Commission
and the Board of Higher Edu
cation. It held when Governor
Hatfield was able to get Glenn
Jackson of Medford to take
a - place on the former, ' suc
ceeding Robert Chessman of
Astoria.
Jackson has long been a
great workhorse for commun
ity and state enterprises, burn
ing up a tremendous amount
of energy, and achieving big
results in the process.. We
hope the pace of commission
work will not prove too frus
trating for this human dyno
mo. - Oregon Statesman,
Salem. .
traveling companion had been
a communist leader in Orien-
te Province:. still another wh
ejected in 1954 from the Fed-
eracipn Provincial de Soci
adades on charses that he waa
a Communist party member.
spec!-i vwa Required
A member of the Castro
party was receiving a salary
from the Communist party in
1956. The Communist record
of another was so ripe .that
the State Department felt it
had to obtain Justice Depart
ment sanction to issue spe
cial visa to permit him to
accompany Castro here.
There is no record of Com.
munist party membership ei-
mer ot j idel Castro or his
brother Raul. The Raul Cas
tro record, however, indicates
that he is bitterly anti-American.
The whole set-up is dis
quieting to persons who real
ize the extent to which tho
Reds have infiltrated the Cas
tro revolution. -
If the Cuban Communists
became dominant in Cuba, the
United States would be faced
with grave considerations of
national security. A Commu
nist Cuba would be a pistol
at the head-a knife at the
throat-of the United States.
The troubles which could
flow from such a situation
would be both difficult and
dangerous. The United States
scarcely could suffer a Com-
munist state to flourish on its
doorstep.
Khrushchev, Yank
Win Lenin Prize
London -flJTO- Premier Nlkl
ta Khrushchev and U.S. scientist-writer
William Edward
Dubois, 91, are among five
persons awarded Lenin Peace
prizes for 1959, Moscow radio
announced Thursday night.
Other winners were Otto
Buchwitz, an East German la-,
bor leader; Ivor Montagu, a
British newspaperman, and a
Greek writer identified only
as Kostas.
The winners were selected
by the Committee on Interna
tional Lenin Prizes for Peace
(formerly the Stalin Peace
Prizes) which met in Moscow
this week, Radio Moscow said.
Dubois lives in Brooklyn,
N.Y.
Forestry Association
Reelects lacoma Man
Portland - (UPD - H. O. Puhn
of the Simpson Logging Com
pany, Tacoma, Thursday was
re-elected president of the In
dustrial Forestry Association
here. ,
N. B. Giustina, Eugene, was
named vice president.
SMOKED
HAM HOCKS
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