WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1960
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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
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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.