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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, December 14,1944 LOCAL HAPPENINGS SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Published Every Thursday at 167 Main Street, Ashland, Oregon Carryl H. & Marion C. Wines, tditors-Publishers Entered as second-class mall matter In the post office at Ash land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. THE WAR ISN’T WON The recent directive of the Selective Service officials to reclassify men of the 26 through 37 year old age group for induction if they are not engaged in essential activities, brings forward, what to us has been a lurk ing suspicion for some time, namely that we are a long ways from winning the war this winter. We have been told that our industries are not producing enough am munition for our present consumption, etc. Too many of our factory workers have been quitting their jobs recently, thinking that we were long passed the turning point in the war, and that their efforts could not make any difference in the war effort, most of these have returned to private industry, to their own small businesses etc. but not returning to the war in dustries. ‘àw/Q'w* We do not think that the lack of these workers in the /o r OW ammunition industries, has caused a lack of shells on “GET OFF THAT CRACKER B A R R f LEM -YOU'RE HIDING the fighting front. It perhaps comes from a lack of QUR_C£ILtNC, U S T I* planning on the huge amount of heavy shells necessary, or that ive are finding that the entrenched enemy is re For days before Christmas the post offices are be quiring a lot more artillery shells than was planned for. Now we are having to reshape the plans for more heavy sieged by waiting lines of persons seeking to mail pack explosives and many, many people are needed in am ages, each person loaded down with from one to twenty parcels. They must be weighed, in most cases insured munition factories to catch up with the demand. and postage must be affixed. They situation is similar Our fighting forces are doing alright by themselves in many stores. With crowds to be waited on everv min on the fronts around the world, but maybe a lot of us were too optimistic and now that we are getting closer ute of the day ,many of these workers feel as if they to the homeland of our enemies we are finding the go had been through several wringers when Christmas ing a lot tougher. We axe making slow progress in the finally arrives. People who start to do their Christmas buying now fighting with Germany, but now one believes now that wil help.to relieve this Christmas bottleneck. And they the war with Germany will be ove^r this winter, or even will obtain the articles they seek. Does anyone think early next summer. Personally we believe it will be the stores will be stocked with merchandise two days another year yet. As for Japan, we have been fighting a long ways before Christmas. from their home land, and only the past few weeks Subscribe for The Miner today. have we been even close to their homeland. We have not even engaged the major portion of their armies. We have taken a serious setback in China, one that is going to be a long and costly campaign to recover our A Seabee interviewing officer loss. from the Portland Navy Recruit For our laborers and home front people to think the ing station will be at the Medford in the Post office war is about won, to quit their jobs and return to un substation building from 12 noon until 6 essential activities, is a mistake of the worst kind. The P. M. on Monday, December 18 to sale of war bonds in the “E ” series is lagging, also in provide information concerning the petty officer ratings which dicating that many feel that the war is about over. have recently been reopened in j They had better look a little closer, for it is not. the navy’s famous construction Mrs. Fannie Eden has been | Mr. and Mrs Hay Llnt’ncr w-re here from California visiting her much surprised last Thursday daughter Mrs. L. O. Lutz and evening when their son, Lt Le family for some wpeks is now Hoy Lindner and wife came into in Medford visiting with her son I Ashlund, unannounced. Lt. Lind o. A Eden before returning to j ner had been stationed at the Bruning .Nebraska a i r b e, her home. where he has been taking flight Mr. and Mrs. O. B. A rent of Fruitdale, Alabama, and Mrs. Et instruction. The buse was closed ta Morris mother of Mrs. Arent, due to the wintry conditions, and left Tuesday for their home nt the personnel are being assigned Fruitdale, after a short visit in to new bases. Lt. Lindner had all of his flying equipment with him. Ashland. Mrs. Marie Vuupel, who came American Legion Auxiliary is some time ago from North Duke sponsoring a Christinas partv. ta to her sons in Klamat*' Monday night, December IB, with Falls, visit and about two weeks a -«’ a covered dish dinner. The af to visit Mrs. Minnie Vaupel, a fair will be held at the Legion sister-in-law ut 422 boule'....1 hall and will be for Legion and was taken ill suddenly last W<* Auxiliary members and their nesday and taken to the hospital families. Those in charge have She died Sunday inornine asked the members who hove not here. A daughter living in Portland been contacted personally to br came to accompany the bodv ing a hot vegetable and salad. Following dinner there will be a buck to North Dakota for burial. white elephant exchange of gifts, -HUY BO X IM - with a gift for each individual. Members are asked to not forget to bring gifts. A good attendance is desired. Eugene Beers, the seventh member of the youthful gang, re I)r. II. A. H uffm an cently broken up by local police, was arrested this week, and ad mitted that he was involved in * Dent int practically all of the thefts. He was brought before the city judge who, in view of his age and the 12-14 H w ed en b crg B u ild in g fact that he had no car of his own to use the stolen gas in, and that P h o n e 21501 the judge felt that he was more a tool of the older members of the gang, fined him $15 and costs of $2.50. YOUR FRIENDLY STORE COMPLETE GROCERY F eatu rin g Fresh F ru its and V egetab les Your P atron age Is A p preciate? PLAZA GROCERY Mr. and Mrs. Hays SeaBee Officer Coming Monday A LONE PATRIOT After tying up production of engines forB-29 Super fortresses for three days, striking workers at the Writhg Aeronautical Corporation voted grudgingly 1,000 to 500 in favor of returning to work. In another case, a couple of dozen crane operators walked off the job paralyzing work in one of the world’s largest steel mills, regardless of the plea from General Eisenhower that American workers turn out ammunition at top speed. He said the reduction of the city of Aachen was delayed by a shortage of ammunition. And then came the coldly deliberate acts of the telephone workers threatening the war effort. These are but recent ex amples by certain segments of labor, showing callous lack of concern for the men on the fighting irons that is wholly beyond understanding. Upon contemplation one wonders what claim we on the home front have to being patriotic. The strikers alone are not to blame for what is happening. We are all to blame for permitting it to happen. The extent to which we have drifted away from tnxe patriotism is brought home by the woman warworker of Pennsyl vania who sent General Douglas MacArthur $525 say ing that “it was simply partial payment from one Am erican woman for letting the boys on Bataan and Cor regidor down.” The money is being spent on candy and other gifts for orphaned and homeless Phillipine child ren. This lone patriot, forced to quit her job because of illness, then added: “And when I looked around me at work and saw all the loafing on the job I knew that in spite of the wonderful job we are doing, we are still letting the boys down.” The Christmas spirit this— or any—Christmas could be mightily enhanced if Americans were to reflect upon the strain undergone at this season by clerks in stores, postal workers and employes in various services and agencies. There is no sense in the added burden placed upon thousands of persons in the two weeks previous to Christmas. Many of these workers in what might be termed the Christmas trades are forced to do from three to five times more work than they do at other times of the year. With an acute labor shortage due to the war, the staffs will be unable to handle a last-min ute Christmas rush this year» units. Any man between the ages of 17 and 50*4, inclusive, is eligible for a rating if he can qualify physically and technically and if he is not already in an essential industry, it is explained by Spe cialist First Class Herb. Crain, in charge of the substation. Seventeen-year-olds and men between 38 and 50*4 can enlist immediately, and the plan of voluntary induction has been re opened to draft-age men (18 to 38). If found qualified for a rat ing by the visiting interviewing officer, they may apply to their draft boards for voluntary induc tion into the Seabees. The recruiter announces that the following ratings are now open in the construction batta lions; electricians (line, station and general), bulldozer and carry all operators, patrol graders, rig gers, crane operators, welders, blacksmiths, plumbers, pipefitt ers, hatch bosses, winchmen, stevedores, surveyors and drafts men. The need for Seabees grows more urgent, the navy represen tative declares, as the United States’ armed forces intensify their drive in the Pacific. The battalions build, maintain and protect advanced bases, and their feats in all theaters of war al ready have become legendary. -------- o-------- NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon, For the County of Jackson. In the Matter of the Estate of JAMES EDWARD THORNTON, Deceased. 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