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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON MEDF0RD5&&TMBUNE "Evuryune in Souliiern Oregon nCKOft fiiu man tiiuuHc FubTlThcdTb filly except Saturday by iirixcnnn DDI MTIW CI CT 33 North Fir St., Ph SP 2-0141 HERB GREY Advcttiiinft Manager rtrn a i r tw I A 'I'U A M Rita Mor. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mna Edltoi HAM It T Ltiw.nw r icitM RICHARD JEWKTT Sports Ed tor ULIvr ninnt-nt-n ....... DALE ERlCKSOllrculntlonjr An independent r,Bw,ni,. Entered as jecond clam mtter Medford. Orenon. under Act of March 3. 181)7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES llv Moll In Advance. Copy 1 Dally and Sunday 1 vear $18 i Dally and Sunday fl moi S.i Dally and Sunday 3 moi 4. i aI- A sn. WA 111 By Cairltr In Advance Medford Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rouo Rlv er Talent and on motor route, Dally and Sunday 1 vear BIB 0C -. 1 C. -.-,,. 1 mn 1 .fl Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms lmh uw,.,,-......,, "hlii"rpapeV of Cltv of "Medford Official Papr of Jackson County UnHcd' PFcbs" International Full Leased Wire I) P I Telephoto Nnwsplctures "TllEMnEIl OF AUDlT'BfmEAO OFCIRCULATIONS !v"'l:ln.;?iarripnAlvVMr n,. flcea In Nrw York Chicago De. Irnlt. san r rnnciacu. n Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At- lantanroirerB SO. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS 'ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI ASSOCrfATIOr, z) j yj ru.Hnii.'iHi.iia Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County Hiitoty Irom Ihe filet ot The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Nov. 23, 1950 (Thursday) Thanksgiving no paper to day. 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 23, 1940 (Saturday) Bond Man's Lava Boars and Medford High's Black Torna do will clash, at the local stadium Saturday for the Ore gon High School Activities as sociation's 1940 state prep iootball championship. Frpm Arthur Perry's 'Ye Smudge Pot" column: The Greeks have chased the In vading Italians from their Fa therland. The Italian army is so weak, it couldn't get loose from a handshake applied by Dewoy Hill, the Prospect hired man, without the help of a Monday night wrestler." 30 YEARS AGO h.. in. 1830 (Sunday) More and more heads of families have taken to cuy streets to sell apples as chronic unemployment in creases; the city council legal lied the soiling of apples on streets last week. Tho Infill DOSt Office Will hire heads of families during the Christmas rushVn order to help relieve unemployment. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 23, 1920 (Wednesday) a rmxitert hmise ereetcd the opening of the Page theater In Medford last nignt. Improvement of the Dead Indian road has been post poned for the year. 50 YEARS AGO Nov. 23, 1910 (Wednesday) Tomorrow the Mail Tribune will move Its newspaper plant Into a new building at the corner of Fir and Sixth sts., and for that reason there will be no paper issued until Fri day. It is estimated that 511 tur keys weighing a total of 2V4 tons, will be eaten tomorrow, Thanksgiving, in Medford. What's Your I.Q.7 Nina Of len toircct it superior: loven 01 sight li excellent) (! oi lis Is good. 1. Locate the Andes moun tains by continent and area. 2. Which President of the United States had the most children? 3. To what colors are par tially color blind-persons most frequently Insensitive? 4. Name the four qualities of tusto sensation, 5. About whom did Shnkes peare say, "This was the noblest Roman of them all?" 6. What does gypsum be come when heated and re duced to a powder? 7. Where was Solomon's temple? 8. What separates the outer car from the middle ear? 9. During what century did Knhlnl Knhn reiim in China? 10. What metal has a high er melting point than any other known metal? Antwtrsi 1. Northwestern South Amorica. 2. John Tylot - 2 wlret with 7 ch. 3, Rds and greens. 4. Swoot, sour. It and bitter. 5. Brutus. 6, Plaster of Paris. 7. Jerusalem. 8. Ear drum. 9 Thirteenth. 10. Tungsten. AMBASSADOR DIES Bern, Switzerland -(UPD-Ed-mond Turcotte, 62, Canadian ambassador to Switzerland and formerly ambassador to Colombia and consul-general in Chicago, died Monday. Stormy Interlude We have long heard of the excitement gen erated by a storm at the seacoast, and have long wanted, to see one. Our wish was granted Sunday, when a visit to a favorite spot near Yachats coincided with the wildest storm of the season, so far. It was everything people had told us it would be. From first morning light, the surf was boiling and surging, with spume flung high into the air as the combers crashed against the rocky coast. And how it rained! "Sheets," "buckets," "torrents" all these cliches were correct. HTHE wind-velocity instrument, which records gusts up to 90 miles per hour, went out of kilter when the velocity exceeded that; a velocity higher than "hurricane" on the Beaufort scale. As the tide, one of the highest of the year, advanced to its early-afternoon peak, the surf surged higher and higher, and the wind grabbed at the tops of the breakers and flung them across the promontory. In the rocky coves and inlets the sea foam, churned by the surf, built up into high billows reminiscent of dirty whipped cream, and these, too, were whipped away by the wind, to go sailing alone the beach and across the rocks almost too fast for the eye to follow. DIG logs were tossed about in the raging surf like toothpicks, and occasionally, when they were dashed against the jagged rocks, they shat tered into fragments not much larger. Sea birds gulls and ducks, mostly braved the wind, but few could make headway, and most of them appeared to be flapped and soared in the mighty gusts. During one minor lull in the storm, we donned a waterproof parka and ventured out. We could hardly hold our footing, so savage was the wind. A J 1 ,1 1 1 1 L L Arm in seconds we were uienuiibu u um uuui.-i.up to waist, despite the "water repellent" boast of the trousers salesman. AS DARKNESS finally fell, so did the vind. "The surf quieted, a little; the rain diminished and out over the ocean a few-stars could be seen through jagged breaks in the clouds. On the horizon, dimly seen as a darker line in the gloom of evening, there was,, we thought, a light so faint and elusive we could not be sure. We could see it, or thought we could, only when looking a few degrees to the right or left, as with a fifth-magnitude star. But the binoculars proved.it was there, shim mering and faint, and moving slowly south some ship which had weathered the worst of the gale and now was moviing on its course again. IN THE morning, the lii-novn trio anvt allrtna en clouds, and the soaked earth steamed grayly as the fog arose. The tide was out, and along the rocks and newly-revealed cove beaches the driftwood lay in piles.. Beyond the gray and green and white of the breakers the surges of the waves stretched to the horizon, many of them capped with white against the brilliant blue. The gulls and the ducks again leaned against the wind and soared forward or back, at their pleasure. The storm was over. E.A. Partisan Shenanigans Mrs. Evelyn Nye is a gracious, intelligent, conscientious lady. , She served capably as a state representative. We supported her for reelection, and were sorry when sne lost. If she is appointed to the state sen ate by the county court, she will do credit to her home county. But whether the court can, m all conscience, appoint to the post an individual, no matter how capable, who was rejected by the voters in a free election is something its members will have to decide for themselves. a THE Republican Central Committee, through 1 the bull-headedness Joe Walsh, has put the court in an uncomfortable. spot, by recommending appointment. Whether Walsh took i i V ' 1. misunderstanding, or wneuier ne aia ii aenoer ately in an attempt to force through a particular pniirlidiitp. nr pmhnrniss the court, onlv he knows. But he succeeded in making himseu look silly, placing the court in a difficult position, leaving Mrs. Nye open to a second and gratuitous hurt if the court decides to name someone else, and ad ding one more black mark on the name of "par tisan politics" as it is played by two-bit amateurs. WALSH should resign fore he sticks his foot m his mouth again. We don't know the whole story of his planned resignation, but the scuttlebutt has it that a good many members of the committee are. fed up with his antics, and that even in Ashland of the story was part and parcel of politickinir troinir on in Whether or not that story is true, the fact that it IS making the rounds simply adds credence to the belief that all is not ization, and to the conviction that it's time for a change. E.A. flyinir backward as they wind was only a fresh fhi - nnrrll whito nnrl Hvnlf- of its chairman, Sheriff only one name ior trie this action through a it. . 1 P 1 !i .1 111 his GOP post, now, be- the "premature" release that he planned to quit the behind-the-scenes the GOP committee. well in the party organ " Dennis the ii-Jj "IF HOQOVfe EVER BEEN ID COMB W KNOW IT'S M4D5 Communications Letters lo ihe 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 to edit all letters with a view lo clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for pub lication mutt not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in tact the contrary is Never Had It So Good To the Editor: In reply to Larry Turner In the Sunday issue and two women in an earlier issue, regarding the injustice they consider has been done to the two men In jail. . They are forgetting these two men are being held be cause they are transient, and, according to the first account of them in the paper, the only Inconvenience they have is not being free to roam. They are surely getting three meals a day. I assume the jail is clean and warm. They have a bed to sleep on. They have people to talk to, and it wouldn t surprise me if they have a television and a radio. Now, they have lost wages, you say. I worked at Cubby's Drive- in through two fruit seasons. I worked nights and during fruit season, some of us bought a hamburger and cof fee for some man almost ev ery night, who was going to work in a few days 'pickin' pears. The park across from Cub by's was full every night with people cooking their evening meal. And sugar bowls and salt and pepper shakers sud denly got legs' and we saw them no more. It Is my opinion they never had it so good. If they are in jail Christmas, they know they will have a Christmas dinner. If they were out, they might be begging a hambur ger and a cup of coffee. I can remember a Christ mas when I wished I was in jail I tried to think up some thing to no lo got thore. I had two heels of brend and a small can of potted ham for Christmas breukiust and for Christmas dinner. My rent was almost a week overdue. Jail looked good. You say "quite an example to set up for everyone, especi ally the youngsters. Your own manner of criticism breeds contempt for law and orderly living in your very own children. I can almost hear them say "I'll never do anything to help a cop." These two men could use their confinement preparing themselves to be even bolter citizens than they were. Etna Rngsdnlo, 1214 West 10th si., Medford. Kind Words To the Editor: As former residents of Medford we re turned to your city laM Fri day with mixed emotions over the football game to be played that night. We're ardent Medford root ers and were overjoyed last year when you beat Jefferson, but inasmuch as our daughter attends David Douglas we na turally hoped that Douglas would give you a good battle. But when we won and then talked with our friends in Medford the next day, and with various merchants around the town who did not know us, we were greatly Impressed by the fine sports manship which prevailed throughout the town. So often In these days of highly competitive sport such an upset would have stirred up much animosity, but If thore were any hard feelings they were carefully hidden. Incidentally, we're not part of the Portland school system but have our own school dis trict in the eastern part of Multnomah county. Our two schools have much in com mon, although ours is only five years old, as we strive for scholastic ability in addi Menace Y r&mS l ! LaSo THE AVXM, HOW OF 3KEN CHEESE ? ' ollen the case. tion to athletic championships, and next to Medford I believe we have the best parent par ticipation in all school activi ties in the State of Oregon. However, I don't believe anyone could ever excel your marvelous MedfordHigh School band. It's really ter rific. . Mrs. Dan M. Hutson, 11727 S. E. Bush, Portland 16, Ore. At The Wind Blows To the Editor: This is re garding a neighborly gesture rather common at this time of year. One lives on a tree-lined street not serviced by city sweepers. Still, you rake or hose your leaves into the street and leave them in nicely loosened piles, or light a fire in them, a futile act in wet leaves. Then, fairly sure of wind and weather patterns pf the season, just hope. Your hope is fulfilled in a day or two and your leaves, at least three-fourths of them, scud merrily over to your neighbors and-well, the rest is up to the neighbors. (Name on File) Medford, God and Mammon To the Editor: In the day of intercontinental missiles, atom and hydrogen bombs. and a situation which finds our country in a financial ca tastrophe, having over or near $18 billion in credit held by foreign nations, our heart falls us, and doubting, we hear echoed and re-echoed "Can we survive as a nation that claims to be 60 per cent Christian?" I wish to pose tilts ques tion. Is survival more impor tant to God s people than re vival? The dictionary defines survival thus: Act or fact of continuing longer than anoth er person, custom or thing. Revival is defined: Bringing or coming back to life or con sciousnoss. Therefore, I humbly offer my opinion that only in revi val of the spirit of the Chris tian church can we truly sur vive. Jesus says he who loses his life for My sake will find It. Also, though he were dead, yet shall he live. I now nsk, are we as Chris tians afraid to .ask God to per form His will in us? Are we afraid He will ask too much? We think of revival as gain ing more members. This is God's spirit's work, and can happen much more easily when each individual stops seeking his own good and looks to that of his neighbor. How can a man love God who he has not seen and hates his neighbor who has seen? Let each Christian fervently pray that God will grant us a revival of his Holy Spirit. Then we need not fear survi val, or, in Jesus's words, do not fear those who can kill the body but rather fear him who is able to destroy both the body and soul in Hell. Now Satan is a wise cod ger, and can deceive us in many ways, and only by cling ing to Christ Jesus can we live. Survival deals with the needs of our bodies; revival oi our spirits. "Choose ye therefore who ye will serve this day." "For ,man cannot serve God and Mammon, the god of this world. Stanley L. Snook 3286 Snowy Butte rd Medford. Thanksqivina To the Editor: As we, pa tients of the Jackson County Farm Home, approach 1 "traditional" Thanksslvlne day when we and all others No "100 Days" for Kennedy, Is Hope; 1933 Session By LYLE WILSON Washington - (UPD - The 100 days about which some of President - elect Ken nedy's more enthusi astic support ers are talk ing refer to the special session of Congress call ed by Frank lin D. Roose velt upon his i n auguration Liit o. iviisou in iajj. That session began on March 9, ended June 16. There had not been anything like It before. To expect the new Kennedy Congress which meets in January to match or even closely to approach the record of FDR's curtain raiser is pure nonsense. It Is good that this is so. FDR's special session accom plished a great many things and did It incredibly fast. But the methods employed were not always wholesome. And some of the end results came to nothing, finally, because they were found to be counter to the Constitution. Moreover, some of the reme dies enacted failed to cure the diseases attacked, notably the appropriation of great sums to stimulate employment by making work to absorb the unemployed. Make-Work Failure This device was a notable failure. Unemploy m e n t re mained high until the U.S. economy got a shot in the arm when private Industry became a major part of what FDR termed the arsenal of democ racy. ' In the Day's News By FRANK AP's Bill Ryan had an in teresting piece the other day on the Soviet economy. He says it's rising rapidly-by "it" meaning Russian power to produce. He adds that "they" claim they'll CATCH UP WITH US by 1964-by "they" meaning the relatively small group, centering in the Kremlin, that RUNS RUSSIA. Ryan (he's one of the lead ing Associated Press foreign news analysts) says he thinks the 1964 date is wishful thinking on the part of the Russian ruling group. He adds that the concensus seems to be that they can't catch us in consumer goods production before 1973. It will take Uiem still longer, he thinks, to SUR PASS US. THIS, he thinks, is the big question: What will "they" do with it (meaning the power to OUT PRODUCE us) if and when they get it? He says they'll have three choices: 1. Military adventuring -meaning plain, old-fashioned wars of conquest. 2. Using their power to PRODUCE in a bid for world domination through enormous investments in economic aid to under-developed countries Asia, Africa, Latin America, etc. - that is, making these countries strong and also mak ing them ALLIES of Soviet Russia. 3. Giving the Soviet con sumers MORE THINGS (food, clothing, gadgets, modern houses and such) thus making them happier with the world as is and dulling their desire for world conquest. RYAN thinks the Russian rulers will throw their RISING POWER TO PRO DUCE Into a bid for world dominance through making Russian allies of these under developed countries, which contain the bulk of the world's population. PRETTY big thinking? Over the heads of small people? Maybe. can be thankful for the many blessings bestowed upon us, our sincerest appreciation is extended to those who, by their generosity, have made our abode possible. To Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hof man, our superintendents, we are especially grateful for their constant watchfulness over us, likewise the Mes dames of their staff, the nurs es and aides, always on the alert to care for our needs, to gether with the culinary, never tiring In their efforts to prepare our cuisine most en Joyably ... to our county judge and his colleagues, the State Welfare Commission, both in maintaining this domi ciliary, our home . . . the Clergy, Fraternal, Civic and others who by their frequent visitations to us, we are deep ly appreciative. Wishing you all a very pleasant and "Happy Thanks giving.'" E. Coiad Howard Jackson County Farm Home Phoenix, Ore. I Circumstances often de manded speed of FDR's spec ial session as on that first day. The banks were closed, you may remember, and it was up to Congress to enact legisla tion pronto to permit the sol vent banks to open up. Con gress did just that in a single day, In a matter of a few hours, in fact. Congress enacted that legis lation without a glimmer of understanding of what the bill contained. There was not physically present in the House chamber a copy of the bill when it was passed by the House. Senate Democratic Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Japanese Vote Favors U.S.; Newsom Sees Twist of Irony' By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor As expected, but not with out a twist of irony, the Jap anese people have voted to retain their close ties with the United States. Irony, b e cause all four Japan's m a j o r political i parties made the chief issue of the cam paign. This policy has as its keystone the United States Japan mutual security treaty. It was this pact which led to last spring's violent dem onstrations, which in turn led to cancellation of President JENKINS ' But it sounds like good com mon sense on our part to pay LESS attention from here on thing for nothing and MORE to giving everybody some attention to strengthening our economy by sound, work- more-and - produce - more pol icies. That might make life in America a little less glamor ous for us today, but it could make life in America much MORE glamorous for our grandchildren and our great grandchildren, TN conclusion: J- The tendency- of those Americans who call them selves conservatives will be to choose the latter policy- that is to say, the policy of taking wise heed for the fu ture. The tendency of starry- eyed "liberals" will be to choose the former policy that is, to say the HECK with the future; let's have a good time NOW. It will be up to the voters in the next decade or so to make the final choice. Kennedy To Spend Day With Family Palm Beach, Fla.-flJPU-Presi- dent-elect Kennedy flies home to Washington today for Thanksgiving with his family and perhaps a closer look into the appointment of his budget director. His staff emphasized the family nature of his quick trip to Washington he'll be there only overnight but this would not preclude his doing something to speed the ap pointment of a budget direct or, a key post in setting up a new administration. ' Normally, the budget di rector is among the first ap pointees of a new chief ex evutive because the director sits in with the incumbent budget officials in prepara tion of the financial estimates for Congress by the outgoing administration. Teachers To Get Pay in New Orleans New Orleans - HOT - Public school teachers, idled by the city's integration controversy, today were assured their pay checks will be in their hands before the week is out. It had been feared that the teachers would fall victim of an edict by the state leaisla ture that banks and business houses must stop doing busi ness with the city's school board, which the legislature "Iired for permitting inte gration. But late Tuesday night Gov. Jimmie H. Davis told the teachers "your state will not permit teachers to go unpaid. Checks will be delivered by or before the end of this week." Hollywood-WD-V e t e r a n producer and songwriter Ar thur Freed was selected Tues day to produce the 33rd an nual Academy Awards show April 17. It will be televised and carried on radio. V'-s J 1'liIL NUU'SOM Confusion Arkansas aooeared on the Senate floor a few minutes be fore the special session began with one copy of the bill, still damp from the presses. Newt Service Action The late William K. Hutch inson of the also late Inter national News Service pluck ed that copy from Robinlon's excited grasp unbeknowst to the senator. That stolen copy was hurried to the Senate press gallery where it was ripped into three pieces, one each to the United Press, In ternational News Service and Associated Press. Francis Stephenson of the AP and I had made a deal Eisenhower's visit to Japan Now the Japanese people have endorsed the pact and returned Premier H a y a t o Ikeda's Liberal Democratic party to power with an even greater majority than before. Good News for U.S. It is good news for the United States, for without Ja pan its whole system of Pa cific defenses would have to be revised. There also were notes of warning, for the opposition Socialists gained 23 seats with a campaign which relied heav ily on slogans and demanded neutrality and closer ties with Red China. The Communists, running. a full slate of parliamentary candidates, went from one seat to three. The neutrality issue has in creased in direct proportion to the intensity of the arms race between the United States and Soviet Russia. It is a shuddering emotional withdrawal from the knowl edge that inter-continental, Larry Smyth Oregon Journal Political Writer, Succumbs Portland (UPI) Lawrence (Larry) Smyth, 58, Portland, Oregon Journal political edi tor, died at St. Vincent's hos pital here Tuesday evening after a long illness. Smyth, who had worked with the Journal for 38 years, underwent surgery for cancer X15 Engine Restarts in Sky Edwards AFB, Calif. - IUP11 -Only an arrow -like vapor trail marked the presence of an object in the clear blue sky 10 miles above this Mo jave Desert base. The white trail slashed through the air, then sudden ly stopped for 15 anxious sec onds before it dramatically resumed again miles away. To observers on the ground Tuesday the broken vapor trail told a thrilling and sig nificant story - the X15 roc ketship with the world's big gest airplane engine had dem onstrated it could start and stop the engine while in flight. Scott Crossfield, veteran test pilot for North American Aviation, was at the controls of the 50-foot craft as it soar ed so high - 62,000 feet - that it was invisible. The drama of the moment came crackling Over a radio when a pilot trying to follow the X15 in a jet shouted ex citedly at the moment the 57,000-pound thrust engine re started, "That a boy, that a boy!" Try and Stop By BENNETT CERF TOB HOPE nominates as one of his most sure-fire stories especially when he's entertaining the armed forces the story of the man who had been cleaning up the eleDhant enclosure in a circus for 23 years. "This year is -a just too much," he com plainted to his wife. "They've just boutrht 2n more elephants. That makes over 50 for me to clean up after." "Why don't you quit?" suggested the wife. "WHAT?" roared he, "and give up SHOW . BUSINESS?" In these days of bitter ness over the segregation Issue, this Storv ft-nm TCrU t..?. 3 Par"c,ularly A little white boy received ,n me f0,I;suPPer- When "rived, the youngster pulled his mother aside and told her, "In case you're wonderintr ma, the one with the checked shirt is the colored boyV ff' 19W. liy Bennett Ctrf. Dlatritmtea by Klnr Features Syndicate 4. i Wilson's Recalled with Hutchinson that each would seek a copy of the bank bill and the man who found it would whack it up with the others so the text could go to . anxiously awaiting newspaper readers'. - The senators passed the bill that day equally as ignoranjr as the representatives of what it contained. Readers of late afternoon newspapers surely knew more of the bill's con tents that day than did the legislators who had enacted it. It is reasonable to hope that ' the new president and the ' new Congress will do better this time. nuclear tipped missiles can reach any place or any peo ple on earth. Therefore, it is a tribute to the Japanese people, on the doorstep of Red China and Soviet Siberia, that they can reject it so overwhelmingly. Domestic Issues There are, of course, other issues that may have weigh ed just as heavily with the Japanese people. There were local and regional issues, and conservative rural voters lean ed naturally to Ikeda's Liberal-Democrats. Further aiding Ikeda's forces was Japan's current prosperity, and the promise of the Liberal-Democrats to double Japan's income in 10 years. Ikeda, now comfortably, back in office with a good majority, is a blunt-spoken man who gained his early reputation as a financial cx pert. The Japanese voters de cided he was the man who could keep them on the crest of peace and prosperity. of the esophagus in April. Aft er convalescing he returned to work for several months but was forced back to the hospital last week. . - He was born in Portland Jan. 17, 1902, and came to work for the Journal in No-' vember, 1922. Since that time he served continuously on the newspaper except for a 27 month period from 1953 to 1955 when he went to Wash ington, D.C., to serve as assist ant for public information for the late Douglas McKay, for mer Oregon governor and then secretary of interior. : Smyth graduated from Lin coln High School in Portland and entered the newspaper field when he was 16 years old. He worked with the Port land News and the Oregonian prior to joining the Journal staff. He arranged a face-to-face radio debate during the 19-18 Oregon presidential primary between rival Republican presidential candidates Thom as E. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen. The debate was car ried nationwide and was one of the most significant politi cal events of 1948. Smyth had covered every session of the Oregon Legis lature since 1931 except for the session that he was in Washington, D.C. ALMOST WINS NOVEL London -IUPII-Prince Philip almost won a copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover, at a bail at Grosvener House Monday night. Philip held ticket No. 1469 but the ticket drawn for the sexy novel was 1569. Ticket No. 1469 won a mink button.