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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1960)
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1960 Homesick Chinese Crowd Capital of Nationalist Leader Taipei, Formosa - (CPD -President Chiang Kai-shek's capital-in-exile is a smoky, . dusty, weatherbeaten city ! crowded with tens of thous ands of homesick Chinese. The Nationalist Chinese fled to Taipei ten years ago seeking temporary shelter un til they could fight back to the China mainland. Then are still here. For nearly nine years, the Kuomintang government vir tually prohibited any major civilian construction which might suggest that the Nation alists were settling down in Taipei to stay. But quietly in the past year scaffolding has been erected around ramshackle buildings and new foundations dug where shacks once stood. Like mushrooms after a spring rain, new apartment houses, modernistic office structures and a mammoth wide-screen movie theater started sprouting in a city old beyond its real age. New neon signs sparkled at night, and huge rubber ad vertising balloons, populariz ed in Tokyo, floated for the first time in Taipei's smoggy skies. Taipei, only 140 miles east of Communist China, held its first beauty contest in history one year after the Quemoy crisis, and threat.', of war seemed far away. But the skyline is broken by anti-aircraft guns perched atop buildings and, beyond the city's four corners, by Chinese-manned Nike Hercu les missiles which can blast a flight of planes from the sky with one shot. By historic coincidence, this city of 20th-century exiles was conceived nearly 300 years ago as a home for wan derers from mainland China. In 1698, an official of China's' Manchu dynasty, Chen Lai-chang, obtained im perial permission to develop the city that became Taipei. The fingerprints of Japan's 50-year rule of Formosa from 1895 to 1945 are pressed in delibly into the face of Taipei, a city of some 800,000 population. The Japanese ruled Formo sa from a five-story brick building with a center tower piercing the sky. Today that building in downtown Taipei is Chiang's headquarters and the seat of the defense minis try. One block away stands a gray, soot-stained Victorian mansion, built as the official residence of the Japanese gov ernor when Emperor Hirohito was crown prince. Now the government guest house, the mansion is the scene of Tai pei's biggest diplomatic re ceptions. A dinner jacket for the guest house? Not in Taipei, where government officials earn miserly salaries and "black tie" means a dark bus iness suit or the high-necked tunic and slacks popularly known as the Sun Yat-sen uniform. Movie theaters are packed to near capacity every night. The city offers little else in the way of entertainment out side the home. The government, preaching austerity and urging full dedication to the task of de f e a t i n g the Communists, frowns on public dancing and prohibits public cabarets. But for the benefit of American GIs, officials per mit a group of night clubs to operate along a street nick named "Sin Alley where painted hostesses dance in exchange for cups of tea cost ing about a dollar each. And, from the Japanese oc cupation of Formosa, the Chi nese inherited one institution of pleasure which they had never experienced on the mainland "girlie restau rants," a sort of poor man's Japanese geisha house where comely waitresses permit themselves to be hugged be tween courses. On the outskirts of Taipei, the government built the show-place Grand Hotel, pri marily for foreign visitors, one of the most ornate hotels in all Asia. But most Taipei Chinese live in tiny frame houses, stained only by the sewage of the sky. There many wait ooo p k w s A ft s 1 - 4 MEAT CARVED A House Agriculture tion was an attempt to show that consumers committee hearing was converted tempor- are misguided in protesting government arily into a. butcher shop when Clifford plans to stop grading lamb. Bowes, left, Bowes, a Chicago meat consultant, cut up displays the meat to Chairman Harold D. a carcass of a fat lamb federally graded Copley (D-N.C.) "U.S. Choice". Purpose of the demonstra- '. (UPI Telephoto) Legion Post To Meet Tonight Medford American Legion Post 15 will meet in the audi torium of the Jackson county courthouse . at 8 o'clock to night, according to Post Com mander M. C. McElhiney. The regular meeting will be preceded at 7 p.m. by a meeting of the post's execu tive committee. Main topics at the meeting, McElhiney said, will be dis cussion of plans for construc tion of the post's new home and outlining of the member ship program for 1960. All Legion members, as well as other interested vet erans, are invited. for that day when they will go home again. And wait. And wait. ... Four Speakers Are Featured at Session Four speakers were fea tured at a meeting of the Medford Toastmasters club, which was host to the Med ford Presbyterian- club, Mon day at the Jackson hotel. Thirty-three members of the two clubs were present. Speakers, and their topics, included Walter Nunley, "Let Us Not Get Serious About Hu mor;' Russ Mitchell, "Meth ods .of Teaching;" - Archie Pierce, "America's Most Im portant Product;" and Roy Smith, "A Woman in Oregon's History." Evaluators were Larry Mc- Eachron, Frank Morgan, Dr. Ralph Hibbs and Chris Chris tenson. General evaluator for the evening was Dr. John Brandenburg and grammar ian was Russ Mitchell. Dr. John Weisel, past presi dent of the Medford " club, opened the meeting with John Smith giving the invocation. Dwight Wilson was toastmas ter. Dr. D. Kirkland West of the Presbyterian club assign ed 12 table topics, which were evaluated by Dr. John Welch. Guests included Dick Mc Gregor and Ken Robiers. Dick Swan was introduced as a new member of the Medford club. Program arrangements were made by Jack Foster and Har old Sabolle of the Presbyter ian club, and Otto Kannasto, Dr. Welch and Dr. Weisel of the Medford club. The Victorian Order of Nurses was established in Canada by Royal Charter in 1867, Victoria's diamond jubi-' lee. School News Phoenix High School Leslie Weigart, represent ing the traveling sicence dem onstration lecture program, is conducting lectures and dem onstrations at Phoenix High school this week. The pro gram is sponsored by the Na tional Science Foundation. Purpose of the program, ac cording to E. M. Skipworth. vice principal, is to upgrade the teaching of science in the high school by giving specific demonstrations of what can be done in actual classroom situations. Lectures cover such topics as a mussel heart in action, circulation of blood in the lung, heart valves in action, imbedding specimens in plas tic, and seashore life. Films and slides supplement the lec tures. Weigert, who is an instruc tor of biological sciences at Grants Pass High school, is working with the local bi ology teacher, Donald Mitchell. The I960 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow at Phoenix High school is Miss Linda Prince. She received the highest score in a 50 minute written examination on homemaking knowledge and attitudes taken by gradu ating senior girls. Her exam ination will be submitted for competition with other high school winners to name the state Betty Crocker Home maker of Tomorrow. Linda, who is ' currently president of the Phoenix FHA chapter, has been enrolled in homemaking for three years. She attended as a delegate the 1959 state FHA convention at Corvallis. She will receive an award pin at an assembly Friday, Jan. 15, in the Phoenix High school gymnasium. I'lr-n .... I -?v- ; NEW REACTOR Stanford University's Nuclear Tech nology Lab unveils the new 10,000-watt nuclear reactor. The reactor, of the "swimming pool" type, is said to be "fool-proof, student-proof and professor-proof." It boasts a peak thermal flux of 100 billion neutrons per square centimeter per second and is the highest power reactor at any West Coast university. Everyone Must File Fax Director Says Portland Every citizen or resident of the country, in cluding minors, who had a gross income of $600 or more last year, must file a federal income tax return on or be fore April 15, A. G. Erick son, director of intern 3' enue for the Oregon district, reminded taxpayers toatj. If the taxpayer is 65 or over on Jan. 1, he is not re quired to file unless his gross income was at least $1,200, Erickson said. He added that even though a taxpayer is not required to file under these rules, he must file to obtain a refund if any income tax was withheld from his pay. RICE delightful with chicken GARY HAS SORE THROAT Hollywood -(CPU Bing Cros by held a news conference Tuesday to explain why Gary Crosby wouldn't appear with his three brothers on Bing's television show Monday night. "He's got a bad throat and won't be able to sing for more than two months," the elder Crosby said. The four broth ers attended the conference. A recent study determined that the average length of pas senger car trips in the United States is 8.5 miles. Annual Fruit Grower's League Meeting i JAiaiu 5L:30 p.m. Y.B9.C.A. AMj members aire urge t atten FRUIT GROWERS LEAGUE OF JACKSON COUNTY, Inc. EASY TERMS WE CARRY OUR OWN ACCOUNTS GRAY'S MOME FURNISHINGS INC. PURCHASES LUCAS & HOWARD ' CONTINUES',- . ALL SALES FINAL WE CARRY OUR OWN ACCOUNTS SHOP TILL 9 MONDAY thru FRIDAY Mail Orders Filled If Possible SMALL DEPOSIT WILL HOLD ANY FURNITURE AT NO EXTRA CHARGE UNTIL YOU ARE READY FOR DELIVERY. The Lucas & Howard Furniture Store at Central Point has been purchased by Gray's, who now serve all of Southern Oregon with stores in the Coos Bay, Roseburg and Medford area. If you will need furniture any time this year, BUY NOW!!! We will hold your mer chandise at no EXTRA COST until you are ready for delivery. A $5.00 DEPOSIT WILL HOLD YOUR CHOICE tell us what month you want delivery. We carry our own accounts. YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD. WE CARRY OUR OWN ACCOUNTS. FREE DELIVERY TO OREGON OR NORTHEN CALIFONIA AREAS. GRAY'S FMMIURE BARN 99 Hiway Central Point PLENTY OF PARKING Formerly Lucas and Howard Phone 10 4-1226
