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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, September 21, 1044 ford, with Eugene third. Salem was fourth, Bend fifth, Portland sixth and Klamath Falls seventh. The first three places in the second division were held by The Published Every Thursday at 167 M ain Street, Ashland, Oregon Dalles, Albany and Corvallis. Springfield, Hillsboro and Coq uille held the first three spots in CARRYL H. WINES, Editor and Publisher the third division, while in the fourth group, Enterprise was fol lowed by Warrenten and Sherid Entered as second-class m ail m a tter In the post office at Ash* an. land, Oregon, February 15, 1936, under the act ol Congress Cities are diwided into popu of M arch 3, 1879. lation groups for the contest and standings are based on each it But if in a warmth of spirit, city's current accident exper touch with people throughout the in a feeling of friendliness and ience compared to its own pre country, particularly during a with a warm and understanding vious three-year average. war. Therefore, 1 am glad that heart, we approach our neighbor, ------------- o-------------- Can it be that German soil is these brief remarks are to be the door will spring wide open. T E A C H E R S E L E C T published in some of the rural It is next to impossible to nate Grants Pass,—Cecil Roberts, no more sacred alter all than papers, so that their readers can a person we know. The wells principal of Riverside school is soil ol other nations? get an idea of the principles Is it not immunized by the which I believe should guide the of understanding are too deep the new president of the Josep hine County Teachers' associa mysuc power ol pagan German Attorney General and the mem and forgiving. If we really love life, and tion. deities against sucn a late as be bers of the Department of Ju s laughter, fair play and good fel Mrs. Hallie T. Woodward, Je r fell soil uiat was merely French, tice. lowship, we will have no room Prärie, is vice-president; Russian, Dutch, Greek, Jugoslav, The Attorney General, besides for prejudice or cruelty. There ome Miss Marian Sanders, Grants Norwegian, Italian, Bulgaria n, advising the President and the Romanian, Polish, Damsn, Bel heads of federal departments and will be no space left for misun Pass secretary and treasurer Miss gian, Albanian, Czechoslovakian, bureaus, acts as Uncle Sam ’s derstanding. If we really want Hazel King was nominated for for others what we want for our Austrian, Finnish? lawyer. He defends the United selves— happiness and an oppor vice-president of the O .S.T A . and Can a foreign soldier set foot States in suits brought against tunity to grow, we will face the Frank W. Thomas, principal of on German land except there her and collects claims on behalf adventure that is life in a spirit Grants Pass high school, for mem bership on the board of trustees. first be trickery in the non-Ger of the United States — taxes, of friendliness for our neighbor. eigr man worlds armistice proposals amounts due on contracts, penal Because we have opened ied our and betrayal by lnternauonal- ties, etc. Last year, for instance, hearts, our neighbor's heart will minded Jews within the Keich? we collected over >8,000,000, not be opened unto us. Can the German soldier, train counting taxes. Just imagine what a world thia The Department of Justice also would be if we could bring our ed and uniformed to conquer a world, be driven back liKe an prosecutes under the criminal selves to stop distrusting our ordinary human being even on laws of the United States. Con neighbor. And just imagine what gress makes these laws; and the it would be like if he felt com his home territory? The answer of the so-called Attorney General, through the plete trust in us? Utopian? Yes “Germanic blood” is no. But United States Attorneys in the —but is it more impossible than Prospective purchasers of used there is another answer. The 150 districts throughout the the things that have already trucks again are urged to make come to pass in the world? Yanks have it as they push into country, enforces them. certain before acquiring the ve It is essential particularly in Understanding of our neigh hicles that their proposed opera Germany north of Trier. The Rus sians have it as they bite into a democracy that the will of the bor’s needs, awareness of his tions meet all wartime operating East Prussia. Both forces crossed people, expressed in legislation, problems, self - restraint against requirements. the supposedly inviolable bord- should be carried out This en misjudging or generalizing about The warning was given by the eis of Germany on the same day forcement must be prompt to re him, willingness to work with Office of Defense Transportation main effective, and must be mer him—and above all and through —September 11. should be heeded by A sh ciful and just to be respected. all the spirit of friendliness, that l and The fact of foreign soldiers For enforcement of law, in the is the secret ray which will open a n d prospective truck buyers otherwise they m a y discover fighting their way onto German ultimate sense, is based on the to any heart. after purchasing a used truck soil should be salutary in Ger cooperation of the public. Par , the door ------------o------------ that it is impossible to obtain many. One of the things a Nazi- ticularly is this true of the en gasoline to operate the vehicle. fied generation of Germans has forcement during the war of spe Wartime shortages of tires, gas to learn is that Germans are not cial laws, such as priorities and oline and equipment according to necessarily better than other O P A regulations made necessary people, that they have no rights by the special war emergency P O R T L A N D , Sept. 18— Edgar ODT have made it necessary to that other people are not equal when individual rights have to W. Smith, democratic candidate approve only those truck opera ly entitled to, that there is no be subordinated temporarily to for the long term senate seat, an tions deemed necessary to the ^^ecial blessing on German arms. nounced his position at a meet war effort and to the essential the common good. , And enforcement must be fair. ing of democratic bigwigs here civilian economy. Meanwhile it is learned that The first ten amendments to the yesterday. “ I have entered the contest” , urgent needs for new school bus Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, protect the individual he said, “ Because I want to place es to replace worn-out equip from the tyranny of injustice— Oregon on record for world wide ment are being met partially this By Francis Biddle, protect his right to worship free security and enduring peace. I year, after almost total lack of United States Attorney General ly, to criticize his government want Oregon to have a part in school buses for the past two It is difficult for federal offi freely (even in a war) to be seeing that hte United States years. J . Monroe Johnson, ODT cials in Washington to keep in secure a g a i n s t unreasonable does it full share in keeping Director pointed out that War searches and seizures; to be in world order. I feel that my child Production Board approval of dicted and tried speedily if he ren’s children should not be forc 1941 production quotas will en is accused of crime by an im ed to fight jmother war 25 years able OD T to authorize purchase partial jury, to be confronted by from now, as I did 25 years ago, of approximately 5,000 new witnesses appearing against him. and as my sons are doing today.” school buses this year and that And enforcement must be im | Smith said that he felt peace “more than 2,400 of this number partial. A democracy cannot be I could have been assured follow- already have been released to safeguarded by undemocratic 1 ing World War 1 if Congress had schools where new busses are means. No group is above or heeded President Wilson's advice , essential to prevent pupil ab- for Comprehensive Auto beyond the laws. They apply to “ I aspire to be one of the men j alike— to all the people—rich in Congress who shall insist this mobile Insurance is now all or poor, employer or employee, time that America rise to the greater than ever. As farmer or factory workers. Cath full dignity of her indicated po Protestant or Jew . No pol sition of leadership for world cars get older, worn in olic, icy can long endure if it bene peace” , he said. The candidate, who was bom the expense sulation can cause fire, fits one group of the general public. Each group and raised near Pendleton, is a tire shortage tends to has its right to protection under farmer and has been active in increase car theft, and the law, but that right, like the tate civic affaires f o r several rights of all in a democracy, is years. He is a member of the cost of repairing dam qualified and relative. It must state board of higher education. age is larger because of always be superseded by the He said that within a few days “right” of the peo he would release an itinerary of Labor and material short constitutional ple of the United States— the speaking swing througout the _________ state. general welfare.” ____ age. SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Th doorway to the human heart—I think it is like one of those fascinating glass doors that swing open as you pass the hid den light 1 think that only from the depths of our own desire to understand, desire to think self lessly, can we meet in perfect communion the nunds of others. If we go up to them with pre conceived prejudices, with in stinctive dislike, we will not pass the light The door will not open —and no outer key will unlock | senes and to replace equipment no longer safe in operation." Many Ashland residents bv this time have learned the trick o f detecting t i r e punctures through the comparative air loss system. But those who do not are told that any passenger car tire that is 3 pounds below the lowest of its running mates can be sus pected of having a puncture and any truck tire that is 5 pounds below may have a puncture. Get »1 U r »3 • “« •• >• CHRI8TMAK savings — I" vest la WAR BONDS. Kr< p un BAUBINO TH E ATTACK I Lifted Editorial Truck Buyers Must Meet War Work Requirement IT t THf TMPHONl RUSH. Every night thousands of service men and women dash to the near est telephones to talk with families and friends at home. Most of the Long Distance calls from camps and naval stations are crowded Into a few short hours. Democratic Candidate Makes Statement « Guest Editorial • h V’ ' - Billings Agency B E A L IN S U R A N C E 8781 41 1 o ------ “ Open The Door High School Test Plan Final Action Ready C O R V A L L IS —Oreg o n w ill have a high school testing pro “The door to the human heart gram, related to college entrance, can be opened only from the in comparable to that developed in side.’ ’ . . Ohio under the leadership of Ray I found that sentence tucked G . Wood, recognized testing spe away at the bottom of the page cialist, if a plan drawn by the of the magazine I was reading high school relations committee on the train. I tore it out and of the state system of higher edu tucked it away for safekeeping— cation is approved by the second for through that doorway I could ary school executives in their see so many vistas. October conference. The plan has just been approv ed by the state board of higher education which provided an ap propriation to start the program contingent upon the acceptance of the plan by the state’s high I school leaders. Dean E. B. Lemon, chairman o’ the high school relations commit tee, says the program contains • three main features. One calls for a general test for high school seniors applying for state board tuition scholarships, rather than basing selection entirely on high school record and recommenda tions. A second provision is for a Mrs. Hays subject-matter test in basic fields to be given at the end of the jun ior year to those contemplating college, thus giving time to cor rect deficiencies that may ap pear. 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M any circuits are likely to be crowded at that time and it help! a lot when you keep the lines cleat from 7 to 10 for service men and 12:44 5:05 9:20 10:07 11:13 a.ra. a.m. e.m. a.m* a.m.* p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Southbound SAN FRANCISCO REDDING LEAVES ASHLAND— 1:19 a.m. 8:39 a.m.* 7:29 *jn . R ED B L U F F 11:34 p.m. 6:39 p.m. 7:24 p.m.* ♦Train connections only. “ t h . state department of educa tion and the high schools would cooperate in making the plan lagely self supporting eventually under the program adopted. -------------o------------- Astoria, The Dalle«. Spring- field and Enterprise held first places in their respective popula tion groups of the 1944 Oregon Cities Traffic Safety contest at the end of the first seven months of this year, Secretary of State Bob F arrell disclosed today. 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