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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, December 7. 1944 Chinese Evacuate as Japanese Annies Advance N ews B ehin THE. By P aul M allon ^ ^ SIXTY MILLION JOBS One o f the m ost s ig n ific a n t d is cussions a ffe c tin g the p o stw a r w o rld and the 60.000.000 jobs prom ised by Releused by W estern N e w s p a p e r U nion. Roosevelt is now ta k in g place be W A S H IN G T O N -M r. C h u rc h ill's h ind the scenes am ong top adm in- e stim a te o f s ix m onths fo r the end is tra tio n ite s . I t involves the p rice o f the w a r in E urope is g e n e ra lly w hich m a n u fa c tu re rs can charge fo r accepted here, although no o ffic ia l peacetim e consum er goods when has said a n y th in g aloud about it, they begin m a k in g them , as some h a v in g grow n tire d o f guessing. com panies w ill s h o rtly . T h e w e a th e r has been o f a kin d A c e rta in am ount o f peacetim e t l us fa r w h ich w ould discourage pro d u ctio n a lre a d y has been a u th o r even an o p tim is t. It is w hat the ized by the W a r P roduction board, B ritis h , w ith c h a ra c te ris tic under and to p re ve n t in fla tio n, the OPA sta te m e n t. c a ll w retched. i w ill set the p ric e o f these goods. T ru e the P atton d riv e is m eeting T his is w here the backstage debate w ith success, but the n a tu re o f it. has waxed hot and vehem ent. i as so fa r developed, p la in ly in d i On one side have been E conom ic cates its lim ite d o b je c tiv e s w hich S ta b iliz e r Judge Vinson, W ar M obi- a re the M etz fo rts. W ith g ilid fo r S liz e r J im m y B yrn e s and fo r a w hile. tune. it w ill m e re ly approach the OPA A d m in is tra to r Chester Bowles, S ie g frie d lin e a t th a t po in t a id s till ¡a ll a rg u in g th a t p rices o f c iv ilia n be a long w ay fro m the S aar v a lle y , a rtic le s produced now m ust not rise w h ich is the source o f coal and iro n above the prices pa id fo r the same fo r the w a r industries. a rtic le s in 1942. Refugee trains are tilled and covered (lower), with Chinese civilians being evacuated from the theater ol With the weather likely to be On the o th e r side are in d u s try war in eastern China. Hungry, disease-ridden Chinese fill the inside of the train. Cppcr left— Entire family come steadily worse through the m em bers o f OPA. led by Jam es winter, M r. Churchill seems to B row nlee, fo rm e rly o f F ra n k fo rt riding the rods, shoeless, ill and homeless. I ’pper right—the stole Chinese drape themselves Inside, on top and be counting mainly on a spring ! D is tille rie s , who argue th a t prices even on the very front of the engines as they tlee from the Japs. J m ust be above 1942 in o rd e r to a l drive. Also the e stim a te o f "A s s is ta n t low fo r increased wages and the P re sid e n t” B yrn e s th a t A n tw e rp h ig h e r cost o f ra w m a te ria ls . They w ould be re sto re d and ready this have w orked out a su b stitu te fo r week leaned too h e a v ily to w a rd m u la based upon 1941 p rices plus w ishfulness. T here is m uch dredg- wage increases, plus the increased in g and m ine c le a rin g to be done cost o f ra w m a te ria ls , and they before th is supply base w h ich is es- have now sold th is fo rm u la to se n tia l fo r fu lle s t operations is ready Bowles, despite his fo rm e r speeches fo r use. fo r the 1942 p ric e base. You can ta ke y o u r p ick o f the ru - ■ Judge Vinson, how ever, points out m o rs about H itle r being in the bug- th a t increased wage and raw m a- house, h o sp ita l, te n a l costs in m any cases have in h id in g , at his been n u llifie d by la b o r-sa vin g de- supposedly fa v o r- vices. M ost s trik in g exam ple of ite phobia, chew- this was in the OPA study o f the ing rugs, o r any steel in d u s try , showing th a t, despite o f the o th e r sec- increased wages, the cost o f pro- ond hand stories ducing steel had decreased 9 per out o f G e rm a n y ¡cent per u n it since 1942. except the offt- A n o th e r fa c to r in flu e ncin g Eco- c ia l e xp la n a tio n n om ic S ta b iliz e r Vinson is the fa c t handed out by the th a t 85 per cent o f the goods in- G e rm a n n e w s jv o lv e d are produced by o n ly 18 corn- agency as an ex panies c u s e t o r th e In c id e n ta lly , V inson is supported Adolf Hitler H im m le r special by G eneral E le c tric ’ s C h a rle y W il broadcast—the one th a t H itle r was son, fo rm e rly of the W a r Produc too busy to speak. None o f the re a l tion board, who says th a t G E w ill a u th o ritie s here had a n y th in g they sell its re frig e ra to rs and w ashing w ould c a ll v a lid in fo rm a tio n a t the m achines a t p re -w a r prices. To do tim e H im m le r spoke, although m uch otherw ise, he says, is "s h a llo w , pas- c irc u m s ta n tia l inside evidence was sive th in k in g .” a v a ila b le to support doubt about the F in a lly . Vinson, B yrnes and o th e r o ffic ia l N azi exp la na tio n . a d m in is tra tio n leaders are begin n ing to la y the econom ic ground ROCKET GEN WARNING In case anyone is cuddled up un w o rk fo r the 60,000,000 jobs w h ich d e r the bed in fe a r o f the G erm an RoOsevelt p rom ised a fte r the w a r. ro cke t gun, w hich the w a r d e p a rt And they are a b solutely convinced While still in the grade school, Japanese youngsters are being trained In the rudiments of flying. Each m e n t o ffic ia lly announced ju s t be that, in o rd e r to have a big con boy is given tests and training on the manipulation of controls. The blindfolded boy has been whirled about in fo re e le ctio n m ig h t soon h it these sum er dem and, th e re m u st be low a spinning chair. When the chair stops revolving the boy Is supposed to place his pointer on a specified prices, w hich in tu rn w ill keep fa c shores, he can come out now. spot on a chart. The accuracy he displays Indicates his coordination, powers of recuperation and sense ol The sta te m e n t was in the n a ture to ry wheels tu rn in g and men em balance—his fitness to become part of the future air force of Japan. ployed. The p rin c ip le o f high p rices o f a w a rn in g , ju s t to get o ffic ia ld o m on re co rd in case a n yth in g along and s c a rc ity , th e y argue, w ill mean th a t lin e d id occur, but a c tu a lly fe w e r jo b s and depression. • • • the p o s s ib ility o f any re a l dam age Japan Training Young Boys for New Wars to us fro m th a t source is rem ote. I t is tru e enough the V-2 now has a ra d iu s o f about 300 m ile s and there is no know n scie n tific im p e d i m e n t to p re ve n t the expansion o f th is ra d iu s up to 3.000 m ile s eventu a lly . B u t th is o rd in a rily w ould re q u ire years o f developm ent, and a n yw a y the w a r d e p a rtm e n t was not speaking o f th is vague fu tu re possi b ility , years d is ta n t, m aybe never. The official statement relates to present day rocket radius pos sibilities and said the bombs would have to be launched from submarines or ships. Germany has a few submarines left, but most of the docks for them are gone and a submarine could hardly carry more than one or two of these larger type bombs. A large scale attack from these is impossible. A s fo r an a tta c k by surface ships, the U nited N a tio n s co n tro l the ocean and it w ould be d iffic u lt i f not im possible fo r a surface v.essel to get out o f a G e rm a n h a rb o r and ap proach these shores w ith o u t detec tio n . C e rta in ly no la rg e scale fleet a tta c k is w ith in the re a lm of any c u rre n t im a g in a tio n . D ELA Y IN PEACE The peace, fo r instance, cannot ta k e fin a l fo rm before spring. State U n d e rse cre ta ry S te ttin iu s a lre a d y has said noiaiing m uch can be done about new negotiations u n til a fte r the firs t o f the ye a r. He was speak in g o f a n o th e r m eeting at the u n d e r se c re ta ry level. Since then there has been talk of the top men getting together, and some news on that matter is likely to develop shortly. B jt the schedule seems to provide negotiations through the winter and announcement of final agree ment in the spring—eithei just before or after the time M r. Churchill told the British he ex pected the war to be over. The "o n e -te n th ” o f d isagreem ent a t D u m b a rto n Oaks, by the v e ry de la y in re a ch in g a settlem ent, is as su m in g la rg e r p ro p o rtio n s, w hich v e rifie s the o b se rva tio n c a rrie d in th is colum n a t the tim e th a t the p ro p o rtio n o f "n in e -te n th s a g re e m e n t,” as o ffic ia lly announced, m u st have been m easured by a y a rd s tic k on the w ords o f the te x t. I t is a p p a re n t th a t the peace of the supposedly new w o rld in to w hich we a re co m in g w ill depend m a in ly upon the p ra c tic e s and re la tio n s of the v ic to rio u s nations, the ones w h ich have the a rm s. GOP PLANS FOR *48 First German Snow of Campaign ' Greek Boy Veteran D espite disco u ra g e m e n t o ve r D ew e y's defeat, GO P leaders a lre a d y a re la y in g plans fo r 1948. F ir s t step w ill be fu rth e r re v ita liz a tio n o f Re p u b lica n headquarters, e n lis tm e n t of a c ra c k e r-ja c k s ta ff to pep up p a rty m a c h in e ry . R epublican C h a irm a n H e rb e rt B ro w n e ll, who has been re s tin g in A rizo n a , w ants to resign, w ill c a ll a n a tio n a l c o m m itte e m eeting s h o rt ly a fte r the firs t o f the y e a r w hich prom ises to be tu rb u le n t. S everal fa ctio n s w ill be gunning fo r Dewey, m a y tr y to seize c o n tro l o f the p a rty m a c h in e ry , set the stage fo r "S ta s sen in ’48.” One key m an in the post-election GOP set-up is shrew d, p o p u la r pub lic is t Lee Chesley, who jo in e d the c a m p a ig n late, is now in charge o f n a tio n a l c o m m itte e p u b lic ity . Ches ley, one o f the b rig h te s t press agents on the W ashington scene, is anxious to slug i t out toe to toe w ith D em o c ra tic p u b lic is t P aul P o rte r. Ches- le y 's W ashington predecessor, C a r lis le B arg e ro n , handled p u b lic ity fo r the p o w e rfu l P en n sylva n ia GOP m a chine d u rin g the ca m p a ig n , and plans to continue w o rk in g fo r Boss Joe Pew now th a t the b a llo tin g is over. JJJS T ’ Nuperculuwsal Joan— Isn’t the sky lovely? I t ’s Just like u picture this evening. Jusper—Yeuh, w ith un u ll star cast, too! H eavy Adversary T im —Look, Daddy, I pulled thia cornstalk up a ll by m yself. Daddy—M y, w hut a strong boy! T im —Sure. The whole w ork! hud hold of the other end. A man received u notice to move from Ids landlord. Believing it could not be enforced, he replied: " D e a r Sir, I rem ain. Yours tru ly .” The O bjective Joan—H ere's a woman w ritin g In for advice on where to take her three daughters fo r a C hristm as vacation. W hat’ll I te ll her? Jasper—I should think Sulphur Springs would be a good place to make matches. Good Alibi An A m erican a ir force colonel stationed in England was ex plaining w ith satisfaction how he had shot three pheusunts on his airfield. ” Good heavens!” exclaim ed an E n glish lis te n e r. "Y o u c a n 't do th a t—th a t's pouching. Y o u 'll get fined or ja ile d fo r that in E ng land.” The A m erican hesitated a fra c tion o f a second. "W e ll,” he draw led, “ I guess I shot them fo r pecking at m y a ir c r a ft.” L ike Tastes An attractive girl anil a plain, middle- uged spinster uere wailing lor a Itut. 'Ilate a cigureite?” asked the girl, opening her case. 'll hal! Smoke in public?'* etclaim rd the woman, shocked Io her depths. "II hv. I'd sooner k in the first man uho came down the street!” "So would I,” retorted the girl. “Hut hate a cigarette iihile you're waiting!” Surprise “ T hat m an,” said Sm ith, “ came to this town 20 years ago, bought a w heelbarrow , and began co lle ct ing rugs. W hut do you think he's w orth today?” | " I couldn’ t guess," corrfcsscd . Jones. "N o th in g ,” said Sm ith. “ And he s till owes fo r the ba rro w .” Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulslon relieves promptly be cause It goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender. In flamed bronchial mucous m e m branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with the un derstanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis W h e n D is h w a s h in g ’ lo o k s lik e th is ! . . Ramambar that Canitlpattan aaa Moka aosy peoMams laak hard! Born in Cleveland, Ohio, 15-ycar- Snow falling on the Siegfried line for the first time this winter has not prevented the Allied armies from making rapid advances into Ger old Louis Pctropoulagos went to man territory. Insert—Sgt. Sam C. McNeely, Morgantown, N. C., stands ; Greece in 1936. Louis has partici CAPITAL CHAFF C. The tre a s u ry d e p a rtm e n t had tw o watch by his machine gun during the firs*! snowfall to visit the First pated In 14 battles and conducted himself as a seasoned veteran. w a r film s re a d y to show the p u b lic army at Monschau, Germany. In the w a r bond d riv e , c a lcu la te d to b rin g the w a r re a lly hom e to the A m e ric a n people. One showed a s a ilo r on a s tric k e n vessel, his clothes aflam e, d e sperately tr y in g to p u t the flam es out. The o th e r was a close-up film o f a s o ld ie r on the b a t tle fie ld -d y in g . When the film s were shown to O W I, i t not o nly ordered th a t th e y not be shown to the public, but th a t the film s be destroyed. <1 N e w ly elected Sen. "C o w b o y” G len T a y lo r o f Idaho is firs t cousin to s p h in x lik e H a ro ld D ixon Young, who steers V ice P re sid e nt W allace's p o litic a l fortunes. C, The W hite House got a te r rific b a rra g e fro m the senate when w ord leaked out th a t tw o Jesse Jones henchm en, plus one d is c ip le o f D e m o c ra tic tre a s u re r E d Pauley, w ere to be appointed to the three-m an S urplus W a r P ro p e rty board. Sena to r M u rra y o f M ontana w ire d the P re sid e nt th a t he was shocked at the proposed a p p ointm ents and w ould do his best to block them , fl. 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NR TONIGHT, TOMORROW AIMOHT ALL-VEGETABIE LAXATIVE Heroine Has Faith ONE WORD SUGGESTIONAI POR ACID INDIGESTION- '"TÜMS". Seven-year-old Judith Ann Koch of Cleveland, lost her sight when she ran into a street to save a dog im periled by an oncoming auto. She believes she will see again. She Is shown with her new pet dog. Got Into Action For Full Victory!