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4 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforsT, Or. edneta-ay, Sept. 1, 1St - m MEDFORDtCWTlIBUJil ."Everyone i Southern Orefoa Published Dill exaept Saturday by PRINTING CO 33 North 1i St Ph SP 2-6141 ROBiRT W RTTBU Editor HERB GRE Advertising HniM GEPALD LATHAM Business Ugl ERIC W ivLLXN JX. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. Citr Editor HARRV CHIPMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JKWETT SDOrta Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Woman Editor DALE CRICKS N Circulation May An Independent Newspaper Entered a seramd elasa matte at Medfer Oreeon under Act as" w March 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bt Mil . In Advance Coot lOe Dall- and Sunday 1 year fIS OO Dai It and Sundar 6 bus. t-01 Daily ant Sunday 3 moa 13 Sunday Only One year 4 JO Bv Carrinwln Advance Medford Ashland, Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv er Talerfi and on motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year 118 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo 1-M Carrier and Dealers e o p y lOe 11 Terms Casr In Advance Official Paper of City a Msdfafe umeiai rapei ei jnnw O United Prear International mil ueaaaq wire , ME15BER OF AUDIT BUREAU Advertising Representative' WESTHOUDAY CC INC Of fices in New York. Chicago. De troit San Francisco. Los Anceles. Seattle. Portland St. Louis. Al lan Vancouver BC NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL E0ITORIA1 V Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30. 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Sept 16, 1949 (Friday) Weather Forecaster. Bob Church predicts the elements will be favorable for' Med ford's air show this week endo The four new streamlined trains bearing the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus to town are ex pected tomorrow morning. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 18, 1939 (Saturday) A local Technocracy organ ization is to be formed here, its aim "to take care of the people when the price system collapses in 1942." From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge P of column: "The war news that filters out of Europe daily, still needs fil tering." 30 YEA1S AGO Sept. IS, 1929 (Monday) Local collegians depart this wek for fall terms at cam puses hither and yon. ' -Appeals are issued for vol unteers to fight an incendiary fire near, Butte Falls. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. IB, 1919 (Tuesday) ' George Codding and Carl Tengwald are named dele gates to the state meeting of the American Legion. - Fletcher Fish has been named manager of the U. S. free employment bureau, and is a voluntary SI per year worker. 50 YEARS AGO Sept. 16, 1909 (Thursday) Soldiers and sailors stage successful reunion in Jack sonville. ; . tPhe presence of three doz oa coffee pots among other supplies imported by Porter brothers, contractor for the B and E railroad, indicates there will be a sizable pay roll this winter. . Phsfs Yc:r I.Q.? Sine er fee cerrect is su eerier; teveji or eight is excellent; five er tix good. . 1. In what two hemispheres of the earth does continental TJ.S. lie? . 2. Who wrote the verses in which this line occurs "You're a better man than I am. Gunea Din"? ' 3. In which state is Cape Cod? - 4. Name the Prime Minis ter of Great Britain. , 5." Under which two Pres idents did Herbert Hoover serve as Secretary of Com merce? 6. In the War of 1812, who commanded American forces at the Battle of New Orleans? . 7. Of which European coun try is Berne the capital? 8. Is nicotinic acid a poison found in tobacco, a vitamin, or stain remover? 9. What is meant by the ex- pressiqn "a Carthaginian peace"? ; 10. What was the former name of tht Department of the Army? Answers: 1. Western and Northern. 2. Rudyard Klp 'ling. 3. Massachusetts. 4. Har old MacmiUaa. 9. Haraiag and Coolidge. 6. Andrew Jack son. 7. Switzerland. 8. Vita min. 9. Peace by extermina tion. 10. Wax Department. Age-Old Dream Paul Hoffman is one distinguished citizens. He has made his mark in a number of different fields big business, gov ernmental service here, and overseas, foundation executive, and head of a United Nations organ ization. - When he speaks, he is worth listening to. And in Portland the other day, he described a world which COULD be just around the corner. Whether or not it will be depends in large part upon the people of the United States. ; '.- DEALIZATION of man's oldest dream the freeing: of mankind from poverty, widespread illiteracy and chronic illness is possible within this century, Hoffman said. . The Oregon Journal story about his talk is worth quoting: "A major factor in achieving man's age-old dream, Hoffman told some 175 persons attending the first session of the Oregon World Trade conference, could be a snowballing effect produced by an agency he now heads, the United Nations special fund. ' , . "The prospect becomes more astonishing in the light of its newness. " "The concept that the richer, nations should assist In the development of less-developed countries is new, he said. "In the past decade, though, enough experience has been gained to make a large-scale program successful, he added. . v "Hoffman warned that two mistakes should not be repeated by the advanced countries. Economic aid should not be used as an instrument for winning friends and influencing people, nor should it become a weapon in the cold war. ; ' "Because the U.N. has no interest in either ap proach, he said, it is the best medium for extending such aid. "The U.N." special fund which he heads is not a lending agency. Its purpose, Hoffman said, is to foster ' conditions necessary for successful private and public investment in the benefiting country. . " "The aim,' he explained, 'is to uncover, through the expenditure of a few million dollars, opportunities that will lead to the investment of many hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, of dollars and to train thou sands of persons who will help make such investments sound.' . v - "The special fund's first program includes 13 proj ects which will run 3 to 5 years. The fund's allocations for these total $7,550,000. The countries involved will provide at least that much more. "Most of the fund's share will be in the form of . materials or equipment,. Hoffman said, adding that most of the items can be produced in the advanced countries through, utilization of unused capacities. "He noted that among the uncommitted nations there are 100 in the- underdeveloped category and these have a combined population of 1,750,000,000. Hoffman said that in the 1960s perhaps a dozen of these nations will generate enough momentum to bring to reality the age-old dream- by the end of this ,- century." CUCH a real possibility is an exciting one. In the past century, and even less, this nation has made such strides toward the elimination of poverty, toward the conquest of disease, that the contrast between the United States arid the "un developed" countries is a startling one, .. . - -Note that Hoffman is envisioning no "milk for the Hottentots" worldwide welfare program. He is, instead, talking about a program of investigation and study solid investments, both for financial gain and for ultimate social progress, will pay off. There is a vast difference between the two concepts. One is, self -terminating and charitable only. The other is a "seeding" kind of operation, where the results will increase and grow through out the years to come. liVf AKE no mistake the world is more widely split now among the "haves" and "have nots" than it is between east, and west. The east and west, at a minimum, share a technological competence, a scientific 'mow-how, and, in different ways, sources of capital.. Most of the rest of the world the neutrals, the uncommitted, the "underdeveloped" lack these things, and since dnly now they are emerg ing from an oppressive colonial-type of admin istration, are in ferment . Such a program of world-wide development, investment, and sharing of know-how, is not solely motivated by humanitarian instincts. Even more important, it is to our enlightened self interest, and for the achievement of a peace ful world, that the backward nations be encour aged and assisted constructively in their progress. The alternative, in fact, is a century of chaos, which even the "progressive" nations could not escape. E.A. Oil (Ugh!) and Water . There was a brief comment on (ugh !) castor oil in this column not long ago. It was to the effect that industrial consumption is going up by leaps and bounds, and not going down not down into juvenile tummies anyway as much as heretofore. More castor oil was being used in paints and allied chemical products, we learned. - ; Now, by golly, there is another use for the nasty stuff under study. And it could turn out to be an important one.. They're trying it out as a water-saver. x IN THE arid sections of the west, where reser- voirs have been built to save winter rain and snow water for use during drier seasons, a major cause of water loss is evaporation. Certain compounds have been found to be effective, when spread thinly on top of the water, in-retarding this evaporation, M ' And, it now appears, one castor oil compound is effective for this purpose doubly effective, in fact, for it is resistant to the ravages of bacteria and fungus, thus lasting longer, and giving better protection to dispensing devices; Just don't ask us to spread the stuff around. E.A. - - of this country's most which will show where " 7 Dennis the Menace 'Hi.tfa. WitsoNI 1U ONLY Be A MINUTE1 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 'tc 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 tact the contrary is often If Khrushchev Came To The Editor: The Med ford Mail Tribune, Aug. 3, told of the proposed visit by Russia's premier to the U.S. Our President said: "Khrush chev's visit here will . give him opportunity at first hand to see the country, its peo ple and to acquaint himself with their life." Elsewhere on the page we read of the previous day's Nhappenings. Here are some of them: - Woman Held For Murder. First degree death of vet eran 62 died after report edly lying in a back yard two hours hall naked and bleed ing from a deep head wound. (Accused) admitted clubbing (victim) in the course of a day-long drinking party. Searched his pockets. Went off with another man at the party to get more wine. Later -she slapped the injured man hard. Arrested Sunday night in a Front St. Tavern beside a shuffleboard game. Had (victim's) billfold with about $40 cash. -. -. ' - Man Jailed After Sunday Stabbing. 69 year old man held in jail in connection with stabbing Sunday morning. (Victim) deep wound in lower abdomen. Weapon - a pocket knife with three inch blade, after an- argument over pay ing for wine they were drink ing. These men and two others were drinking in a car. " Man Questioned for Assault With Pistol. Threatened un armed sheriff's deputy by poking cocked and loaded .45 automatic into his stomach when asked to 'move on' after disturbance in Jacksonville. - Crowd of 7,000 at Gold Rush Jubilee. More than 7,000 persons jammed Jacksonville Sunday to participate in the second day's events. Sunday's events following morning worship. Monday's daily reports Sun day's dalliances: All - day drinking party plus a murder; car drinking party plus a stabbing; disturbance at ju bilee plus an assault with a deadly weapon; jubilee ends punctuated with a gunfight. Thought provoking? Alarm ing? TeU us what you think. Elijah when on earth was in despair because of Israel's forsaking God and worship ping idols, but God said to him, "Yet I have left me 7,000 in Israel - all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal." What would God say about the "more than 7,000" who "jammed Jacksonville Sun day," Aug. 2? Let's hope if Khrushchev comes to see us he doesn't come on a Sunday like Aug. ."2 just pastAHe might think Christian Amer ica too much like Unchristian' Russia. . H. R. Bulman, Route 4, Box 316A, Medford. For A Clean City .To the Editor: On Thurs day, Sept. 3, 1959 attention was called to the public school bus laws for safety of our school children. I believe all good conscien tious people (including par ents of school children) should comply to the letter of these much needed laws. . We are making every ef fort to make a model city of Medford,'. and advertising in letters to friends, and other communities throughout - the country, what a wonderful city this is, located in the Rogue valley with ideal cli mate most of the year. But there is nothing done to call the attention to the school children in the schools or at their " homes, by teachers or parents of these children, about going along the city the streets and throwing their pop bottles, fruit juice and ice cream cups and school papers, littering up people's yards, parking strips and streets. People are trying to keep their property clean, and looking nice, to make the city look like a decent place to live in. I believe it would also help to instruct all chil dren to help keep our city clean, and accept the responsi bility to do so. And keep them reminded often of this men ace. Let's all clean up and keep the city clean. C. E. Putnam, 525 West 10th st., Medford. Take Heed - To the Editor: Every resident in the valley is familiar with smog. These occur whenever our atmospheric conditions are such that pollutants cannot escape. A cloud blanket pre vents escape of air as does also an air inversion; This oc curs whenever the air at the surface of the earth is colder than the air higher up. It then becomes stagnant -and will remain so until we have either a wind to disperse it or rain falls. ' ' Smogs are combinations of vapor and air v pollutants. Chief sources of these are in dustry and gasoline powered engines. Nitrous oxide occurs from both industry and gaso line powered engines. We do not know its effect. It is the laughing gas dentists use. Car bon monoxide occurs mainly from gasoline but may re sult from industry. Its effects are weU known. Present in 1 part for 1000 of air, headache, weakness, nausea, fainting, parlysis of the nervous sys tem and slowing of pulse and respiration occur; at 1 part per 500 death occurs. Since it is colorless, odorless -and tasteless, it is hard to detect. Heavier than air, it is found in . its greatest denstiy at the earth's surface in the lowest places. The haemoglobin of the blood carries oxygen from the lungs to body cells. The af finity of haemoglobin for carbon monoxide is 300 times greater' than it is for oxygen. Whenever there is carbon monoxide present in the at mosphere, and it is present in this valley at all times due to the large number of gaso line powered engines, it crowds out oxygen from the blood. When the amount of oxygen becomes so low the heart muscles no longer re ceive enough oxygen to op erate, death results. Things in our. air cause each one of us considerable loss of energy. If the Creator had not given nature means whereby she can protect us, our civilization would long ago have perished. We do not know the number of gases emitted into the at mosphere, nor can we esti mate the new combinations that are formed nor their ef fect. But at all times nature, through sun, rain, heat and cold, works to render air pol lutants ' harmless. However, the occurrences of smogs show that the output of these for eign substances is greater than nature's ability to cope with them. Should we not, there- FALSE TEETH That Loosen Need Not Embarrass Many wearers of false teeth hav suffered real embarrassment because their plate dropped, slipped or wob bled at just the wrong" time. Do not live in fear of this happening to you. Just sprinkle a little FA8TEETH, the alkaline (non-acid) powder, on your plates. Hold false teeth more firmly, so they feel more comfortable. Does not sour. Checks "plate odor" (den ture breath). Get FASTEETH at any (rug counter. Kh rushchev Due for Press Conference in By LYLE C. WILSON Washington (UPD Some changes have been made, and they are good ones, since Washin g t o n newsmen .last had a chance to shoot ques tions at a vis iting Russian big shot. They will be shooting ques tions today at N i k i t a S. Lyle C. WUsoa AJirusnc n e v in the banquet hall of the Na tional Press club. The last previous occasion was July 1 in the much larger banquet room of the Hotel Statler. So viet First Deputy Premier Frol R. Kozlov then was sub jected to a soft and velvet siA Japanese Constitution Making Problems for United States By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor One of the left-overs from World War II and the brave new world that never quite emerged is the constitution of present -day Japan. Largely, it was imposed upon the Japa nese by'the United States. Today,- it is proving a two edged sword Phil Newsom which could upset the whole U. S. defense concept for the free nations of Asia. The . present constitution was promulgated Nov. 3, 1946, in the comparatively early days after the end of the war. It brought about three funda mental changes , in the Japa nese political system. ' It destroyed the theory of the emperor's divinity, it re nounced forever war and the threat of war, and it banned the maintenance of land, sea In the Day's N By FRANK As this is written, the Russian- moon rocket is the big news. '4 Sure it's propaganda. It was carefully timed to hit its target ON THE EVE of Mr. K's arrival in America. It was designed to say to us: "We are POWERFUL. We are SMART. We can do what we say we can do. You'd better listen to us. You'd better GlVE US WHATE WANT." AND- Our Mr. Nixon in New York said that the Russians had made several UNSUCCESS FUL shots in the last two weeks-at least three unsuc cessful ones. His information presumably came from U. S. intelligence sources. That is to say: Aiming at a propaganda ten-strike, they built several moon rockets. They shot them off, one after another-saying nothing about those that miss ed and hoping for a lucky hit. They got it. If they hadn't got it, nothing would have been said. BUT It hit the moon. It hit within a minute of the time they said-after it was known that the launching was a success-it would hit. That's good scientific work. STILL T.et's rot nn infrirrifv complexes. The other day, we hit a target-away out in the Pacific with a missile fired from our continental soil. At this mo ment in history, that's more fore, take heed before it is too late to find means to re duce the presence of air pol lutants from our atmosphere? Anna M. Streed 36 North Peach st. Medford Non-Surgical Method Cures Hemorrhoids Painlessly A relatively painless, non surgical method of treating hemorrhoids (piles) is work ing therapeutic miracles for thousands who suffer from rectal and colon disorders. A recently developed elec tronic treatment is proving moce effective than surgery, with none of the after effects of surgery. - x The treatment requires no AaVertUsnwt glove version of an American press conference. Today's questions wiU be asked with the bark on. So says Bill Lawrence, the bar rel chested president of the National Press club, who pre sides over today's Khrushchev luncheon. BUI is a top flight member of the New York Times Washington Bureau, a gifted and hard-nosed news man who got that way as a cub and later a top hand for United Press. The Kozlov lunch at the Statler in July was jointly sponsored by the National Press club and the Overseas Writers. After the lunch was announced, the Russians said there would be no questions. Then they retreated and per mitted censored questions. and air forces or other war potential. U.S. Occupation Ended U. S. occupation of Japan ended on April 28, 1952, when the Japanese regained their status as a sovereign people. The new constitution long since had shown its weakness es but nothing ever had been done to change it, largely due to pressure from the leftist leaning socialists. - Chief weakness was the clause which forbade Japan even from maintaining de fensive forces. On June 25, 1950, the Com munists invaded South Korea, less than an hour's flying time from the tip of Japan. And on July 9, 1950, Gen. Douglas MacArthur acted in his role of Commander-in-chief of oc cupying forces in Japan and authorized establishment of a 75,000 -man "national police reserve." . It was the beginning of a new Japanese army but it ignored the constitution. Meanwhile, Japan con- JENKINS important than hitting - the moon. There are no enemies on the moon. OF COURSE It can be said that if the Russians can hit the moon at a distance of MILLIONS of miles they'll have no trouble hitting us at a distance of thousands of miles. That sounds logical. But at the .mo ment, there's a catch to it. To hit us with a missile, they'll have to get it up out of the air and back down through the air. So far, because of friction problems, it's easier to get a missile up out of the air than to get it back down to its tar get through the air. It's apt to burn up before it gets to its largest. ' IN CONCLUSION We MUSTN'T underesti mate the Russians. It's danger ous. They have good minds. Upper-intelligence Russians al ways have had good minds. They're- working grimly. We're PLAYING a lot. Some times it looks like we're fond er of play than of work. Play won t defeat Russia. Let's not forget the fable of the hare and the tortoise. The hare was GOOD. He was the fastest thing on feet. He knew it. So, when challenged by the tortoise to a race, he laughed. He played along the way. He took life easy. The plodding tortoise, tak ing no time out for foolish ness, won the race. There's a lesson in that ancient tale. Washington OJPD President Eisenhower's news confer ence Thursday has been moved back a half hour until 11 ajn. (e.d.t.) Mrs. Anne Wheaton, associate White House press secretary, gave no reason for the change in time. The meeting with newsmen originally was set for 10:30 a.m. hospitalization or confine-, ment Patients show marked improvement almost im mediately, and uncompli cated cases can be frequent ly corrected in as little as 10 days. Descriptive booklet yours free without obligation by writing the Dean Clinic, Chiropractic Physicians, 2026 N. E. Sandy Blvd, Portland 12, Oregon. , 'No Censorship' Wash ington Today The Statler hall is spacious Half the reporters in town were there. Kozlov spoke for 45 minutes, including transla tion time. Very Tough The speaker was very tough. He said the West would have to get out of Berlin. He did not budge from the hard, uncompromising Communist line. Then came the questions, like gentle rain. There was time for only six questions and these had been selected in advance by Soviet Ambassa dor Mikhail A. Menshikov. President Eisenhower never had it. so good as that in a press conference with Ameri can reporters. Khrushchev gets the Eisenhower press conference treatment today or there won't be any questions at all. That is what Bill Law- tihued to develop, as one of the United States' staunchest al lies in Asia, permitting indefi nite mamtenance of U.S. bases and military manpower on Japanese territory. . me threat to that Jiappy re lationship came in a violent riot which erupted in July, 1957, at the big U.S. air base at Tachikawa. ' Government surveyors were measuring farm lots which were to be used for extending Tachikawa's runways when leftwing students and labor leaders crashed fences and fought with police. More than 3,000 persons were involved and some were arrested. They were charged with violating the special criminal law which protects U.S. mili tary facilities. Provides Political Football It looked like a routine case until March 30 of this year when a Tokyo district judge threw out the whole case on the ruling that the presence of U.S. forces in Japan was un constitutional. The case now is under ap peal with a ruling expected in November. Meanwhile, it is providing a wonderful political football for Japanese socialists who would scrap ail present agree ments with the U.S. and turn Japan's eyes toward Commu nist China. . A Home Atmosphere C M. Litwiller beautiful weddings surrounded by palms and flowers, growing plants and rock waterfall. For that long to be remembered occasion ... arrange now to have your wedding at Litwiller's Mountain View Chapel! LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close Coach Joe Kuharich tells: by Bob Driscoll Stepping into another man's shoesis not always an easy fit. Read what Notre Dame's football coach Joe Kuharich says about the; controversy that arose when he replaced ex coach Terry Brennan, along with his hopes and fears for. the. team he y . e " 1 September 20 Family HggIcIv Wth Your MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE rence promises, and his col leagues are glad of that Th National Press club is hosting the Khrushchev lunch, and Bill is making the ground rules. Co-operating with the PresO club are the Women's Nation- al Press club and the Over seas Writers. Bill is headman, however, a fact demonstrated when it was urged that the Khrushchev lunch take place at the spacious Statler instead of the Press club. The idea, and a pretty good one, was that more newsmen and wom en were entitled to attend the lunch than could be seated at the Press club. . j No Censorship v ' Nothing doing, said Bill, the party will be in the Press club where the ground rules do not permit "censorship of questions. About half the newsmen in Washington and all the newswomen seem to be angry with Bill, the wom en especially. Women usually are not invited to these Press club- speeches at all, exoept two or three who may sit in the balcony to listen quietly and nibble any sandwich they may have brought with them. ' The girs have seats at a table today, however, and may ask questions perhaps for the last time. It is a men's club.. The girls do not have as many seats as they wished. There had been quite a hassle about that. There are others who feej left out. Bill says he is willing to assume responsi bility for all of that. He is not running in a popularity con test, or, even, for re-election, and Bill doesn't care who knows it. Bill simply insists that the questions shall be asked with the bark on. Nothing insult ing or offensive, you under stand, but nothing subject to censorship, either. 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