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.
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We do not think that the lack of these workers in the
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ammunition industries, has caused a lack of shells on
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the fighting front. It perhaps comes from a lack of
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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practically all of the thefts. He
was brought before the city judge
who, in view of his age and the
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fact that he had no car of his own
to use the stolen gas in, and that
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the judge felt that he was more
a tool of the older members of
the gang, fined him $15 and costs
of $2.50.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hays
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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.
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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.
The undersigned having been
appointed by the above entitled
Court of the State of Oregon, for
the County aforesaid, Adminis­
tratrix of the Estate of JAMES
EDWARD THORNTON, deceas­
ed, and having qualified, notice
is hereby given to the creditors
of, and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to present
them, verified as required by
law, within six months after the
first publication of this notice at
the office of Briggs & Briggs, at­
torneys at law, Pioneer Building,
Ashland, Oregon.
MARIAN E. THORNTON
Administratrix of the Estate of
JAMES EDWARD THORNTON,
deceased.
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