SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Thursday, August 5, 1943
RANKBALL QUIZ TRAPS SPIES Suspicious. he threw some fake SECRETARY KNOX GIVEN
OLD REES WAX WANTED
FOR WAR PURPOSES
Old beeswax, regardless of con
dition, gs badly needed by the
government for war purposes and
will be paid for at prices that will
pay any present or former bee
keeper to clean out all old hives
or other sources of the wax, ac
cording to a call issued by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Any dealer in beekeeping supplies
will buy this old wax at 41
cents a pound cash.
FALL OPENING DATE AT
IT IS OUR TASK
baseball questions at them. "How MI CH PRAISE TO NEAHEEN OHC CHANGED TO OCT. ft
A change in opening and clos
many homers had Jim Ixuidos hitj Much of Ute credit for the
By Ituth Taylor
United Nations' gain against the ing dates for the college terms
We who have boasted like the
for the Ikxigers? How wax Con
Axis is due to the miraculous here starting this fall has been
nie Mack doing as a pitcher for achievements of the U. S. Navy's announced to make these dates Pharisee of old ■•’I thank Thee,
Lord, that I am not as other
the A's this year?"
I construction battalions (Seabees), coincide with those used by the men," have imd a rude awaken-
ASTI'
students
1400
Army
for
the
' accoixiittg to a recent statement by
Ing in the mob attacks and riots
! Secretary <rf the Navy Frank > ju the campus.
that have sprung up like poison
schedule
open
Under
the
new
Knox. These are the men who
weeds in various parts *»f the
buikl advance buses beyond the Ing of freshman work Wil) be country.
postponed
to
October
ft,
with
rrg-
continental limits of the United
We thought It couldn't happen
States and who defend these vital 1st ration of old students October
hero, that we were too well bal
l>
Winter
term
registration
will
installation*.
lx* January 11 and spring term anced, too secure in our own
But, as the Allies extend their
April 11. The change will also freedoms for prejudice and hatred
gains in enemy territory, the
permit students to work longer to flare beyond the bounds of
greater becomes the need tor ad in harvests this fall before re talk.
We
underestimated
the
ditional nten for the Seubees
greatness of the tensions of war.
turning to college.
Right now the situation is criti
own
———[ Wo overestimated our
cal, according to Recruiting Spe tion. Details of this procedure < strength of character. We forgot
cialist H. W. Crain of the Med- may be obtained from the Navy how we had permitted it to be
j'ford Navy Recruiting Station. | recruiter. However, it Is empha-1 sapped by group thinking, stirred
I Thousands of skilled workers are sized that draft-age applicants up by subtle propaganda, under-
needed immediately for duty in must be able to qualify for skilled) mined by careless criticism, pois
the conkbat areas.
trade ratings. 'Hie quota for
on e< I by suspicion.
Mechanics, carpenters, machin year-olds and those over 38 is
Our faith in democracy is now
ists, draftsmen, electricians, rig-, limited in both skilled and
being tested. We who have prated
gers powermen. pipe-fitters and skilled ratings.
i of freedom have to decide whether
plumbers, welders, wharf builder*:
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__ we fear freedom for other*. It
Specialist Crain
strcssec the
and concrete workers are a few fact' that application at the Navy makes no difference whether the
<rf the skilled workmen so grant- Recruiting Station does not affect recent troubles were the work of
ly in demand. Any man with ex- a man's present draft status. He enemy saboteurs, or of groups
perience yi one of these trades is not obligated in any way until within our <>wn country..ft makes
can qualify for a petty officer he i* cleared for voluntary ln<tuc- no difference on wh<»e «ide the
rating in the Seabees. Recruiting'tion by hi* draft board
mistakes were. If the other »Ide
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‘ Officer Crain reports, and is
makes mistakes, so do we And
PHONE Mil
asked to go to the Navy Recruit
the it is more important for u* to
Newly-arrived
Wars at
ing Station without delay for a Blackland Air Rase (Texas) at- i humbly acknowledge our own er-
1 preliminary interview.
j tended their first base dance here. ( rora than to spend our time criti-
All men between 17 and ft0*-j The next day this announcement cluing those of the other aid*.
can enlist in the Seabees, Those appeared: "Starting immediately,
AT THE KLAMATH JUNCTION
We must a|4>ly democracy to
in the draft group 18 to 38
dancing classes will be held for A14. group* within our country
(Siskiyou Boulevard and Indiana Street)
! who have not been called for in- male soldiers."
if we are to get that democracy
duction. may volunteer for indue- Salmiribr for The Minri t.xl.n
for ourselves. We must champion
the right* <rf all people to fair
treatment if we expect fair treat
ment for ourselves.
We must
stand up for the right* of Al J a
If there are to be right* for any.
The responsibility, a* always,
bOR VICTORY • BUY U. S. WAR BONDS TODAY
lies with the majority. There 1*
no real minority problem it I*
always the problem <rf the ma
jority. This doe* not mean that
the majority must coddle the
minority far from it. Uut. as the
stronger power, the majority is
charged with enforcing the laws
which it has made, and with such
fair and equal treatment to all
minorities within Its ranks, that
there is no room for resentment
from those minorities.
To serve our own best interests,
wc must follow the course of
right. ITiere is nothing that can
endure that is built on unfair
treatment. And the remedy for
: what has happened begin* ill and
»
with ourselves. We must set a
seal upon our own lips, we must
watch our own actions that none
<rf the hatred* of the world we
are fighting be permitted to dev
> istate <>ur own iai r land of free-
dom. Not only abroad muit we
defend the defenseless. Not only
' abroad must wc succor the weak.
Here as well as abroad must we
shackle injustice, greed and hatred
that peace may conic again and
the American way of life, which
1s democracy, prevail.
This story comes from the Afri
can fighting front. An American
infantryman in the thick of bat
tle happened to spy two para
troopers wearing American uni
forms landing behind Allied lines. I
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Serviceli I
CLYDE N. CATON GARAGE
EVERY FIRE IS
AN AXIS FIREL
REGIMENTATION
and BUREAUCRACY
Vs.
FREEDOM and
INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVE
There was big new* just a few
weeks back—news of one of the
most devastating raids ever car
ried out by the gallant RAF
against Germany.
You remember it, sure. The giant
Moehne dam and the great Eder
dam blasted and breached by
explosive mines, laid by low
flying British planes.
It was a staggering blow, The
country for miles around was
flooded. But more than that—
and here’s the main point—the
raid crippled the electric power
output of many a Nazi generat
ing station. Aircraft and locomo
tive factories ceased to function.
For when a power station is
blitzed, it’s like cutting a main
artery. Machines stand idle, as
sembly lines stop.
But bombing aside,
there’s a big—and fun
damental — difference
between the way power
is produced in Germany
and America!
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SPEAKER FROM BURMA
In Germany, electric power is
produced under the same totali
tarian system of bureaucracy
that runs everything—that tells
you what to do, what to say, what
to think.
In America, electric power is
produced under the traditions of
free business opportunity and
individual initiative, where men,
working in freedom, can put into
practice the rules of common
sense business management.
Mrs. Victoria Crow of Grants
Pas* spoke last week at an as-
sembly of students in the South.
ern Oregon College of Education
on the subject of Burma, where
•he was stationed seven years as
teacher in mission work under the
British regime. Rhe discussed the
Burmese standard of living, their
customs and language, and in
terpreted their attitude toward
the Japanese.
Mrs Crow, a graduate of the
University of Oregon, is a student
this summer in the education de
partment of the Southern Oregon
College.
See us now for Automobile
Liability Insurance.
Mm. M. T. Bum»—on the Plaza.
There you have it: Regimenta
tion and bureaucracy, versus
freedom and individual initia
tive.
How do you suppose these two
opposite systems work out?
Today, America pro
duces far more electric
power than all the Axis
countries combined!
But do not waste elec
tricity because it is not
rationed.
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—and It will, In some form
—see that it Is lightened by
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counselors.
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