*Z4« Papa* *1kai JlcU ¿cxHaikíny *7a ¿ay--/Iml ¿ayl 9tl
Speaking
Muc Arthur, the
other <luy a farmer friend of our*
came Into the office and said thut
even hl* chicken» were working
overtime tor defense Everytime
one of the hen* laid an egg. It
Mtld, "Mac • Mac - MacArthur."
111
When th«' average man argue*
with a woman the final result la:
"lie came, h«' *aw, he concurred."
1 1 1
Tin* best cure for the blue* I* to
atop thinking ubout yournelf.
111
Machine politician* will never
glv«* the country the light kind of
machine gun*
111
Tile beet way to make the wolld
«•ate for democracy I* to make It
unsafe for hypocrisy.
111
Whether you lielleve It or not.
complacency I* a greater threat to
our national nafety than fifth col
umnists.
111
One way to find out Nomcthlng
good to any about your neighbor
la to quit trying- to find out some-
thing bad.
vol*. XI
House Area Setup
Blocked by Fares
To Camp White
Adequate bun facilities have
been established between Ashland
and Camp White but until the
price i» lowered to meet require
ments wet up by special ruling of
Federal Public Housing Director
Hnincbiud. time«- in little IlkellhiMxl
thut this city will be included in
the Critical Defense housing area
in connection with the canton
ment Tills fact wun presented in
a report to the city council Tues
day evening by G. M Green,
chairman of the local committee
heading this and other matters
According! to information re
ceived by Green from the Portland
Fl IA office, a district to qualify
us purt of such a defense housing
area must have* adequate public
bun facilities with a maximum of
40 cents roundtrip fare and that
the roundtrip shall not require
more than two hours time. I*ocal
bus facilities qualify with the ex
ception of the fare, which is 55
cents for the roundtrip to and
from Camp White. A petition ask
ing that Ashland be included in
the defense housing area regard
less of the 1ft cents excess in rate
brought the following reply from
KHA headquarters In Washington
to Folger Johnson, state FIIA di
rector:
"Regarding your letter,
Anhland must adhere to both con
dition* defining- community dis
tance."
It is the announced intention of
the committee to continue the
fight to have Ashland Included in
the defense housing area and in
this connection the Rogue River
Transit company, bus concern
serving the route, will be peti
tioned to adjust its rate to con
form to the FHA requirements.
•
THIN AND THAT
By OlJt TIMER
To the Editor:
Ashland police ate rushing the
growler Several canines on the
Ions* have been impounded. By
the wuy, we venture to remark
that nine person* out yf ten can't
give a decent excus»- fol keeping
a dog in town.
» < r
Tile average life of a dollar bill
is said to be one year. Not ours
They have a tough time lasting
one «lay.
f
r
f
So Mussolini wanted to tie an
other Caesar, eh? Statue* of Jul
ius Show that he wax, like Benito,
bald as a door knob, ami there th«*
resemblance ends
i i i
Privilege has no place in this
war Washington should *«■«■ to it
that capital and labor make a*
great sacrifice as it expt-cts of
those In the armed forces
t • *
"Hitler Eyes 8wed«m" head
line But the Swede* are pretty
sure it isn't just a imsslng spring-
tinie flirtation.
111
Till* being a political year, it
would be fitting to launch a save
gas campaign
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FORMER AH Hl-A ND GIRL
IONE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
"Like father, like son" is a rule
that doesn't apply in the Forsythe
family. This time it is "like father,
like daughter,” for Mrs. Rachel
Dick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
B C. Forsythe of Ashland, has
gone into the school principal busi
ness on her own.
When Errett Hummel, principal
of schools in Ione, Morrow county,
recently resigned to join the arm
ed forces. Mr* Dick, who had
been supply teacher there through
out the senool year, wax prevailed
upon to complete Hummel'» term,
Then followed her election as
principal for the ensuing year.
Mrs Dick Ilves at Heppner where
she taught several years
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Ashland Takes Third
Spot in Track Meet
Ashland high school’s track
team took third place in a prac
tice meet held al Mudford Satur
day afternoon. Medford cnplured
first place with 50 ¡xiinls, «Iranis
Pass took second with 38. and
Ashland's 34 points netted them
the cellar position.
Bud Provost took second place
in the 200 yard low hurdles and
Charlie Jandreau won the high
jump with a leap of five feet, eight
inches. He also took first in the
broad jump with 18 feet three
inches Provost came in second in
this event.
Jandreau'a 10 feOt won second
place in the pole vault. Ken Caton
was first in thelOO-yard daali with
a time of 10:03 and won the 200-
yard dash in :19 03. According to
those present, Caton looked like
Mtate meet material in these
events.
Ashland won the relay with Pro
vost first, Jandreau second, Fow
ler third and Caton fourth. Time
wax 1 38 08.
MRS. EPLER SOLOIST AT
SUNDAY P. M. PROGRAM
At
the
"American
Unity
through Music" concert series to
be presented by Pro Musica, music
honorary at the Southern Oregon
College of Education, Feme Epier,
soprano, will be the guest artist
at 3 p. m. Sunday, April 12, in the
college auditorium.
Mr». Epler's program will in
clude “E strano poter 11 Viao suo
Veder" (Faust) Gounod, "At the
'Well,, by Hageman, and "A Mem
ory'' by Ganz.
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College Inaugurates
Program of Sports
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■JOINS THE MARINER
George Shaffer. Ashland barber,
has sent word to Mrs. Shaffer that
he passed his examination for en
trance into the Marine corps at
Portland and will begin his train
ing at San Diego His »hop, the
Elk. will be in charge of H. D.
Mitchell.
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• J. A. Bradshaw, 153 Granite,
spent a few hours browsing
around his favorite haunts Satur
day. It was the first time "Brad"
had been down town in 1942.
• Mrs. Sid Reed received word
this week of the death of her bro
ther, J. I*. Goade, at St. Louis, Mo.
I
His passing occurred March 30.
EARI* LEEVER
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Following
Varsity Theater
Programs:
(Friday and Saturday)
"BAD
MEN
OF MISSOURI"
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"BIRTH OF THE BLUES"
•
Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
’
An
intensified
program
of
games and sports with an effort
to get all students into some com-
petitive activity is the play at the
Southern Oregon College of Edu
cation for the spring term. A soft-
ball league has just started with
the games played on the turf from
12:30 to 1:30 p. m. three time» a
week. Two tennis tournaments are
starting this week, a 16-place dou
ble elimination men's singles and
a men's double bracket.
Other games and sports planned
for the program are golf, archery,
badminton, horseshoes and table
tennis for the individual sports,
and at the completion of the soft
ball league, the men will start
their summer sun tan during an
outdoor volleyball tournament.
It is estimated that over 80 per
cent of all the men in school will
engage int hese sports during the
spring quarter.
The student body plans gold and
silver watch fob award medals
for winners of the various tour-
naments.
WANT A DOG?
Do you want a dog ? Here’s
your chance to get one for little
money and in doing so you might
keep a nice little pet from going
to the happy hunting grounds.
City police are rounding up
stray dogs and someone might
provide a home for one of the un
fortunate p<M»ches at a cost of
$4.50.
The police already have had to
destroy some of the dogs and
others will suffer the same fate
unless kept close at home. Wan
dering dogs have a tendency to
destroy gardens and this will not
be tolerated, the officials say.
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1942
Softball Meeting
('ailed for Monday
A meeting to draw up plan*
for u Hoftbidl league for the
mimtiier month* will hr hold
In Supt. Theo J. Norby's offh*
at Ashland high school at 8
o'clock Monday evening, April
IS.
All pro«|*e<'tlve player* and
nuuiuger* are asked to I m * pre-
MMit und aid In forming the
program.
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Exclusion Act to
Blame for War
Mrs. Pracht Succumbs
To Brief Illness
Funeral service* were held at 2
p m. Thursday at Trinity Episco
pal church f«»r Mrs. A H Pracht,
who passed away at 5 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon Dr. Claude E
Hay re conducted the nervicee
Mrs. C C Dunham sang, accomp
anied by Mr* Catherine Hufrnan
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of J P Dodge and Hons
Susie L. Martin was bom in
Chippewa Falls, Wl»., and at an
early age came to Oregon, settling
first in Albany and a little later,
in 1884, coming to Ashland on the
■eecond through passenger train
to make the run from Portland to
Ashland Hhe had been a continu
ous resident here since that time.
She is survived by her husband,
A H Pracht, to whom »he was
married Ln 1899; two sister, Mrs.
James Grieg of Portland and Mrs.
Blanche Virgin of Medford, one
nephew. Hnmboldt Grieg of New
York City, and three nieces, Max
ine Dorcy of Honolulu, Lurlin and
Lillian Wilkins
Mrs Pracht was active in civic
and social affairs and devoted
much time to the Red Cross She
was a member of Chapter AC,
PEO, the Delphian organization,
and the Ashland Study club Al
though not a communicant, she
wax a faithful worker in the Epis
copal church.
Number 15
European Invasion Looms as Possibility
As Allied Nations Prepare Spring Drive
Japanese Push on Bataan Peninsula Forces Gallant
Defenders to Retreat to Corregidor Stronghold
Trouble for Mr. Adolf Hitler et al appears to be in
the making, according to news emanating from Lon
don where General George C. Marshall, United States
army chief of staff, and Harry L. Hopkins, adminis
trator of American war supplies, are in conference
with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The general
impression is that the Allies are preparing for a grand
scale offensive against Germany.
Authentic news is lacking, the chief of staff stating
that President Roosevelt had intrusted him with a
“highly confidential” mission and that “we want to
expand” in Europe. A ray of light on the situation is
m
, g«
♦found in statement by
H°pkins that supplies to
O
Russia are moving rapidly and
Japan declared war on the Uni
ted Stales when th«- exclusion act
wo* passed many years ago, ac
cording to Dr. George Simon of
Eugene Simon was »peaking be
fore the Lion* club Tuesday eve
ning when he revealed this and
many other facts about the Japs
and other oriental people.
that America was pouring sup
A world traveler, Dr. Simon
plies to all places "where the Japs
spent many months in Japan
and Germans can be killed." That's
studying the life and characteris
Following an illness of several all the encouragement given "sec
tics of Its people and his report is
montns, Fred D. Wagner, life-long ond front” advocates, who are
not complimentary from a moral
resident of Ashland, passed away shouting for the Allies to beat
stand|>olnt. Vice is a government
at 9:32 p. m. Sunday at his resi Hitler to the spring offensive.
enterprise in the land of the rising
dence on Granite street. He was
Of vital importance to Ameri
sun, where one-third of the earn
tne son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob cans. as well as their allies, is
ings go to the government, one-
Wagner, pioneer resic^nts of the the big Jap push on Bataan pen
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third to the procurers and the re
Rogue river valley, and spent his , insula There within the past few
maining third to the helpless vic MARCH (.RADI ATE GETS
enure life here, with the exception I days the American-Filipino army
TEACHING POSITION
tim» of the vicious practice.
or time spent in school at the! has been forced, by vastly super
Mrs. Marjorie Biden, a March bnivtisity of Oregon.
Morality is equally low in sev
ior numbers, to retreat towards
eral other oriental
lands, the graduate of the Southern Oregon
Throughout his life, Mr. Wagner Corregidor. Both sides have suf
College
of
Education,
has
secured
»peaker stated.
was closely identified with the civ- , fered severe losses, but the valiant
Simon issued a warning that a teaching position for the spring ic life of Ashland. For 30 years he 1 little defending army has been
was connected with the Ashland ! obliged to give up the struggle on
thia war with Japan will be no term.
Mrs Biden was retained by the Daily Tidings, 20 years of that' the peninsula.
pushover. Japanese soldiers are
Corregidor's big
s
trained from babyhood and are school board at Ruch to fill the time as editor, retiring from that‘ guns
are still pounding the enemy
unexpired
term
of
Leo
Ammer
position to accept the postmaster- i relentlessly,
imbued with the desire to give
ship,
in
their lives for their god the em- man, who has been called for mili- —
--t-. which he held for 12 years •
In the w<
western war area, there
I He headed, at various times, all
porer They have equipment the I tary service
are indications that Hitler is ready
t
equal of other first class powers
I the Masonic orders here, was a1 to cast off with a big Libyan
long-time member of Ashland drive in his campaign to open a
and are ruthless in their use of it.
lodge 944, BPOE, and several1 route to India and to get into the
Getting back to the exclusion
times led the activities of the Caucasus oil fields. There is evi
act, Dr. Simon stated that our
Southern Oregon Pioneer society. dence, too. that his planned spring
trouble really started when Com-
He wax a member of the Ashland offensive against Russia will be
modore Perry opened the gates of I
library board at time of death and met with an ample force of fresh
Japan and distributed occidental
Qregon's fishermen might have
gifts to a savage people. He de to do their angling in the family in 1915 was Jackson county repre recruits to make the going slow
and uncertain.
scribed the Japanese ax a savage fishbowl before this war is over sentative in the state legislature.
Mr Wagner was married to
While the battle lines are form
race which has assimilated enough if the forest fire situation be
Miss Stella Case, a member of the ing on all fronts, portending one
modem culture to permit them to comes too acute.
faculty at the Ashland Normal: of the greatest battles of history,
enter the channels of world trade
According to the present plans
and build up a commerce with of U. S. forest officials some of school, who, with three sons, Paul1 negotiations between Sir Stafford
which to construct a war machine the fishing spots in southern Ore i of San Mateo, Calif., and Lawrence Cripps and the Indian congress
for the purpose of conquering the gon face closure and others open j and Willed of New York City, sur- are getting nowhere. There are in
rest of the world. They are proud only on a restricted basis Forests ' vive. Two sisters. Mrs. A. E. Kin- dications that Britain is losing
and resent the inference borne growing Douglas fir, white pine, ; ney of Ashland and Mrs. T. W. patience with the Hindus and an
by the exclusion act that they are sugar pine, and Ponderosa pine, Mues of Medford, and a brother, agreement will have to be reached
Inferior. The moment the act be all of which are vital to the na J. M. Wagner of Ashland, also soon or something drastic will
follow.
came Law the Japs started plan tion's defense effort, will be hea mourn his departure.
Funeral services were held at
ning the downfall of the United vily guarded against sportsmen
Next in importance to the rap
10:30 a. m. from the J. P. Dodge
States.
and recreationists, as will burned- and Sons Funeral Home chapel, idly forming new army and the
Ax a parting suggestion, Simon over areas where fire control is j lhe Masonic service was used, speeding up of war production, is
the announcement by the War
stated that it will take many exceptionally difficult.
wilh R. W. McNeal in charge, as
bombs to shatter Tokyo, but that
Forest officials have outlined a sisted by Dr. Claude E. Sayre. Production board that women's
a well directed bomb on the em possible plan to be employed dur Mrs. Catherine Hufrnan sang ap- dresses, for the duration of the
peror's palace would shatter the ing the summer months which ' propriate hymns. Interment was in war. may become shorter and
shorter, or tighter and tighter—as
morale of the Japanese and bring may be put into effect in some Mountain View cemetery.
fashion dictates—but neither long
about a quicker settlement of the of the southern Oregon fishing
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I
er nor fuller than those now worn.
differences in the far Pacific.
areas. They probably will be gov
Congress having settled the little
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erned as follows:
matter about bras, this latest dic-
Fish Lake—Open to registered
1*ARGE GROUP OF MEN
turn makes it clear to the ladies
sportsmen
except
the
area
about
LEAVE FOR SERVICE
that they will at least be able to
Three
national
safety
awards
Wednesday night's northbound 500 feet adjacent to the dam.
wear dress styles of their own
Four
Mile
Lake--Same
ruling
were
won
by
Oregon
and
Oregon
passenger train carried a group of
Emigrant Creek — Registration cities in 1941, according to word choosing rather than a standard
99 Jackson county men headed
pattern, as some had feared.
possibly
required.
received by Earl Snell, secretary
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for Portland for induction into
Bear Creek—Probably open.
of state, recently.
the service of the country.
GROl
’P
GOING TO PORTLAND
Rocky Point—Probably open.
Oregon was adjudged winner of
Of those mentioned in the Miner
Dr and Mrs. Claude E. Sayre,
Territories
immediately
sur
the
western
division
of
the
Na
last week ax leaving from Ash
Mrs. Don Whitney and Mrs. Clyde
land Elliott MacCracken has been rounding these areas also may be tional States' Safety contest, the Dunham will leave early Sunday
open
to
registered
persons
but
second consecutive year the state
deferred until the close of the
for Portland to attend a two-day
present school term. The school registration with a forest official, won this honor.
annual convention of the Oregon
during
his
working
hours,
will
be
Bend was given honorable men diocese of the Episcopal church.
officials felt they were justified
required
for
each
trip.
tion in the National Cities Safety
in asking for this deferment and
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contest for cities in the 10.000 to
it was granted.
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25,000 pouplation classification, the hands of Jacksonville here
Tuesday afternoon.
This is the first time an Oregon
_
city has placed in this contest.
Also counting in league stand
Bend also won Oregon's 1941 Cit ings, Medford entertains Grants
ies Traffic Safety contest.
Pass in a doubleheader today.
Through the payroll allotment
Corvallis was placed on the na
Pete
Belcastro,
rough-house
plan, Oregon's 2700 employes of
tional roll of honor of cities in the
the Pacific Telephone and Tele Weed Italian, has been selected 5,000-10,000 population classifica
by
Promoter
Mack
Lillard
to
at
graph company already are pur
tion which went through the en
chasing more than $500,000, on an tempt to defeat popular Pedro tire year of 1941 without a traffic
Brazil
in
the
one-hour
main
event
annual basis, of United States de
fatality. This is the seventh year
fense bonds. In Ashland, all regu wrestling bout at Medford armory Corvallis has won this honor.
I
lar employes are participating Monday night.
In
addition
to
these
national
>
Brazil,
defeated
only
by
Vincent
100 percent .according to H. S.
Lopez in six trips to the Medford safety awards. Oregon also has.
Aikins. manager here.
national
grange
safety i
mat, is a master of legitimate three
Emphasis on the enthusiasm grappling, but Belcastro resorts to awards for the year 1941. The :
“Conserve to preserve j
with which the company's 26,000 as little of this type of mat work Roxy Ann grange at Medford won |
Democracy!”
employes on the Pacific coast are as possible. However, Brazil can first prize in the national grange i
participating in the purchase of take care of himself with men of rural safety contest an dtwo other 1
bonds, as well as the difficulties Belcastro's type and fans are giv Oregon granges, the Deer Creek !
imposed by the necessary restrict ing the South American cham ( Valley grange of Selma and the
ive use of materials, and the heavy pion a slight edge.
HEN clothes go to the
| North Fork grange of Florence
growth in taxes, was stressed in
Jim Casey, still adding to his won prizes.
cleaner, tell him what
a report just Issued by President ever-growing' popularity, will clash
caused
the spots and stains—if
N. R. Powley for the first three with aggressive Billy Marcus, who
you know. This will mean long
months of 1942.
made a good account of himself
er life for the garment, by elim
The report shows the tax bill in his Initial appearance last Mon
inating experimentation with
of the company for the 12 months day. Marcus showed an inclination
District Baseball Standing*
ending March 31 was $24,877,000, to get rough but if he does this
various solvents.
Team
an increase of more than $3,500,- with Casey he might run into
W L Pct.
Grant* Pa**
$ 0 1.000
000 over the preceding 12 months. something he isn't looking for
Medford
3
1 .750
Further large tax increases, ef
Oswego Bob Kruse, always a
Jacksonville
« 1 «67
fective retroactively to Jan. 1, big favorite in Medford, comes
Ashland
0 3 .000
1942, are expected.
back and will meet tall Tug Carl
Net gain in telephones in Feb son in the four-round opener,
Ashland high's baseball team
ruary was 11,388, as compared scheduled to begin at 8:30 p m
will be fighting desperately to
with 12,578 in February last year
Each lady, accompanied by a break into the win column today
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a pai«l admission, will be admitted when meeting Jacksonville high’s
free of charge. There will be no Redskins at Jacksonville
SERVICE MEN'S MAIL »
attached.
In five games,
Ashland has
FREE OF CHARGE
,
« age limit -----------------
•------------------
failed to win and the Grizzlies are
Men in the armed service of the
now growing tired of their cellar
United States may send letter and ATTEND FUNERAL HERE
Then put all the dollars you'll
G. R. Carter, county clerk. position. Coach Jerry Gastineau
cards, but not parcels, postage
lave into DEFBNSB SAVINGS
has
promised
some
surprises
free. This has been verified by the Ralph Sweeney, county treasurer,
stamps . Also remind your hus
Ashland postoffice, which states and A. 8. Rosenbaum, former S. other league members when
band to allot part of his salary
that airmail letters must bear P. Official, were Medford men at finally succeeds in whipping
every pay day to his company's
postage I*etters sent to soldiers, tending the funeral of the late club into condition.
Ashland's latest loss was i
sailors and marines still must be Fred Wagner In Ashland Wed
Pay-Roll Savings Plan.
nesday.
heartbreaking 3 to 2 defeat at
stamped, ths office states.
r
Fred Wagner Was
Ashland Native Son
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Fishbowl Looms as
Anglers Outlet
Oregon Wins Three
National Awards
Phone Employes Buy
Big Block of Bonds
Belcastro Matched
With Pedro Brazil
W
Ashland Has Firm
Grip on Cellar