Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 17, 1963, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextI This is Mexico-IV Relations Between United States, Mexico Goverments 'Excellent' By HARRY FERGUSON Mexico City - OIPD - The United States and Mexico are like neighbors who have been arguing across the fence for years and suddenly decide to become friends. But the his tory of U. S.-Mexican rela. lions is filled with wars, mas sacres, denunciations, prop erty seizures and the epithets gringo and "greaser, It is still possible to organ ize an anti-American demon stration in Mexico and find people willing to carry pla cards denouncing the Yanqui. "But you know," said an American who has lived in Mexico for more than 20 years, "I don't think the Mex icans ever really get mad at Americans any more. I have seen anti-American demon strators march down a street lined on both sides by Ameri can. tourists. Nobody bothered the tourists and nobody lost his temper. Sometimes I sus pect Mexicans join demonstra tions just because they like a parade." The U. S.-Mexican border is 1,600 miles long and thou sands of American tourists flood into Mexico every year. There are innumerable points of possible friction. But popu larity is a relative thing. Not too long ago a U. S. organiza tion making a scientific poll of Mexican opinion asked this question: "On the whole should Mexico side with the United Slates or Russia?" The result: United States, 51 per cent; Russia, one per cent; neither, 43 per cent; don't know, 5 per cent. President Kennedy made a trip to Mexico early last sum mer. Government officials worried about how to make sure there was a big turnout along the streets. Their fears were groundless. He got a huge, spontaneous welcome although the Mexicans some times get to musing on whether at least half the peo ple showed up to see Mrs. Kennedy's wardrobe and lis ten to her Spanish speeches. The relations between the two governments are excell ent. From 1945 to 1961 Mexi co received about $750 mil lion in credits from the Uni ted States. These included export-import bank credits and some from the world bank to which the United States is the main supplier of resources. During Kennedy's visit a credit of $20 million was ex tended for agricultural devel opments. The American em bassy here considers Mexico an excellent credit risk with a record of prompt payment. 'Remember the Alamo' It is a far cry from this healthy, happy relationship back to the days of Gen. An tonio Lopez de Santa Anna, one of the most colorful char acters ever produced in Mex ico or anywhere else. He was a soldier who could write communiques with such con summate skill that his de feats always turned out to be victories. He lost a leg in ac tion and for years the Mexi cans reverently preserved his leg in an urn. He was the boss man of Mexico for almost two decades. On Feb. 23, 1836, Santa Anna marched a Mexican army up to a mission in San Antonio known as the Alamo. Texas, then a part of Mexico, was making noises like it wanted independence and Santa Anna had come to give the Tcxans a lesson in disci pline. He overwhelmed and massacred the small garrison and among those who perish ed was Davy Crockett. A month later he surrounded 371 Tcxans at Goliad and mas sacred them after they sur rendered. , On April 21 Santa Anna and his army encamped at San Jacinto and the general retired from the noonday heat for a siesta. He was rudely awakened by a shout of "re member the Alamo" from 800 Tcxans throats and shortly afterward Santa Anna suren dcred to Sam Houston. Texas won its independence, but the U. S. and Mexico soon were at each other's throats again. Border Trouble Erupts In 1846 a dispute broke out over the border between Tex as and Mexico and President Polk ordered Gen. Zachary Taylor to seize the disputed land. Taylor's army menaced Mexico from the Rio Grande and Gen. Winfield Scott head ed another American army that seized Vera Cruz and eventually Mexico C 1 1 yi Among the U. S. officers who sharpened the tools of their trade in this war in prepara tion for bigger things to come were Capt. Robert E. Lee and Lieut. U. S. Grant. The net result of the fight ing was one of the most lop sided real estate deals since the Indians sold Manhattan Island for $23. In return for $15 million, Mexico ceded to the United States what is now California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and part of Colorado. The next brush between the two nations occurred in 1914 when some American sailors A Dangerous Combination Pensacola Girl Finds Breaking Cigarette Habit Difficult Problem Ml By DICK WEST , Washington - UPD - Anyone who quits smoking must go through a readjustment per iod that is likely to pro se n t certain d 1 f f iculties. With me, these took the form of dart throwing and an abortive a 1 1 e mpt to grow a beard. west But by and large I have had it easy com pared to the experience of a young lady in Pensacola. Fla., with whom I have been i n correspondence. I would mention her name except that she is in the broad casting business and therefore is presumably ad verse to publicity. So I'll just call her Miss Wireless. Miss Wireless writes that until a few months ago she not only was a confirmed cigarette smoker but also had a habit of chewing her finger nails. This is a dangerous com bination, owing to the fact that a smoker who sticks a finger in hit or her mouth is apt to put a match to it by mistake. Recognizing that she was a potential fire hazard, Miss Wireless resolved to kick the nicotine habit, which led to rather unexpected results. "When I quit smoking," Miss Wireless reports. "I be came befuddled, confused, dim-witted. At first, it was difficult to remember what I had stopped. So, by accident, I stopped biting my 'nails at the same time." One might think that con gratulations were in order for ridding herself of two bad habits, but Miss Wireless views it as a mixed blessing. "I now have long un shapely claws that con stantly require attention. I rip my hose, I hit the wrong letters on the typewriter and I go around lapping on tables all day. "I never had any trouble picking up pins when I had no nails. Now I'm having to be rehabilitated and learn how to use the instruments. "I wake up scratched and bleeding every morning, and I've developed the dreadful habit of blowing on my nails and shining them on my col lar." Miss Wireless certainly has a problem there and, as a fellow ex-smoker, I would like to help if I can. My sug gestion is that since she doesn't use cigarettes any more she should bile the fil ters off and impale them on the ends of her nails. This would make her the only girl in Pensacola with filtered fingertips. ' I HONORED- Dr. B. Brandt Bartcls, (right) of Medford was presented with a plaque at the recent meeting of the Oregon state board of health in Salem in appreciation for his services as a member of the board from 1959 to 1961. Making the presentation is Dr. Forrest E. Riekc, president of the board. SHRIMP C rl OQ California w Q tfaW Small Sixt Peeled and Dcveincd 1 .e-KAie 5Qd OYSTERS Q5 COD STEAKS jb. 20-30 c.t . y Smoked ft J Ocen f J,mb P) SMELT ... 98 CRABS ,.. 05 Rex Sole or Sand Dabs 55 JJ h I BLUEPOINT U OYSTERS W LOBSTER TAILS Wj Sea Scallops Sea Bass P.Kh Fillets 551 yif. large local Grown Jfttf f. v' rnvrnc whole er flli vf . Fresh Fryer Giblets ; ... 45c JPj FARM FRESH y1' GRADE "A A" SMALL EGGS 2 dox. 85e SEAFOOD & POULTRY HENS Colored yvnoie or vt r Cut-Up Jj IF BITS 131 W. Main Phone 773-8497 were arrested in Tampico. American Marines landed at Vera Cruz to stabilize the sit uation and 19 of them were killed by snipers. Mexican politics were in chaos and President Woodrow Wilson denounced the nation for "government by assassina tion." Amoiig those who paid small heed to such words was a revolt in northern Mexico and one day decided to re plenish his supplies in a raid across the border to Colum bus. N.M.. where he killed 17 Americans. SECTION B Medford HlA LT PAGES 1 to 8 RIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1983 Villa s Waterloo Wilson ordered 12,000 Am erican troops to run Villa down and placed them under the command of an officer named John J. Pershing. Villa proved to be an elu sive fellow and Pershing never got him, but he did get enough publicity to be come the logical man to com mand the American Expedi tionary Force when America entered World War I. Villa got a dose of his own medi cine. An expert in ambush, he himself was fatally ambushed by some Mexicans in 1923. The diplomats finally set tled the dispute and things wont along comparatively calmly between the two na tions until 1938. Foreign capital had invest ed heavily in Mexico, espe cially in oil. At th urging of the oil workers' union, President Lazaro Cardenas seized the foreign holdings on March 18, 1938, including property of Standard of In diana, Royal Shell and Sin clair. Hitler had just invaded Austria and the American government was preoccupied with matters unconnected with oil rights. In addition, Franklin D. Roosevelt was at a stage in his presidency wnere the woes of big busi nessmen sometimes failed to move him to tears. Eventu ally an indemnity schedule was worked out and the oil companies were compensated by the Mexican government. The nationalized Mexican oil industry now is known as Pemcx. Next: Tourism as a business, i HELP US! We need clothing, shoes, dishes, furniture, end bedding. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army 30 N. 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