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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1945)
Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, April 12, 1945 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Fubllahe4 Every Thursday at 167 Main Street, Ashland, Oregon Carryl H. & Marion C. Wines, Editors;Publishers Entered as second-class mall mattsr In the post office at Ash land, Qroynn February 19, 1935, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. “PERFECT SHIPPING” NEEDS YOU Transportation and shipping agencies have moved mountains of freight in these critical war years. The public and the military services generally feel that a good job has been done. But those in the transportation and shipping business are not satisfied. Just moving the goods is not enough. They must be moved without damage in transit. To cut down on needless destruction thousands of shippers, through their Shippers’ Ad visory Boards, are conducting a month-long campaign during April in conjunction with the railroads and oth er forms of transport. Their goal is perfect shipping The public, as well as those employed in the shipping and transport business, must cooperate if the goal is tc be approached. Most damage results from impropei packing and labeling of shipments. The following is the advice of shipping experts: “If it’s package goods, put it up as well as possible, That’s the first ounce of prevention.’ “Use the most suitable container available. Your choice may be narrowed ’way down, but it’s just as true as ever that square pegs don’t fit in round holes “Make doubtful boxes better by reinforcing, pad ding, partitions and all such measures that take up shock. “Make the finished package as damage proof as possible. A good job can usually be done through prop er use of adhesives, gummed tape, stitching, metal strap, rope, cord or twine, and, in wooden crates or boxes, enough of the right nails in the right places. “eB careful to mark shipments accurately and plain ly. Use complete address—name, street, number, city and state. Show your name and address also proceded by ‘from.’ Much delay, loss and disappointment is caus ed by illegible and faulty addressing. ‘ Be sure to remove old labels, tags and all previous markings.” This advice is not complicated. It can mean the sav ing of millions of dollars worth of freight if all of us will do our part. ★ ★ ★ AN OLD STORY It is dismaying to witness France’s DeGaulle saying: “We intend to act in such a way that individual merit and private initiative will remain as the basis of na tional activity . . . We do not imagine our French econ omy of tomorrow without a ‘free sector,’ as large as possible . . . (But) we declare that the state must hold the master switches.” The last words cancel out the preceding pleasant phases. Where the state holds the master switches, the individual becomes a cipher. Whey should any peqple, any nation be subservient to a small group of men holding master switches ? The excuse that dictatorship can be confined to the opera tion of certain industries and will not be felt by the people, is bunk. The same fallacious theory is being espoused in this country. We hear that our natural re sources and other basic industries should be controlled or owned by the government. The idea is encouraged that a limited dictatorship would promote employment and security. This is also bunk. When the test of war came, this country, where the people were least dominated by government, was the most productive. Other nations whose industries and people functioned by the grace of a dictatorial hand on a master switch, made a poor showing by comparison. It has been up to tne United States and its independent industries, to provide the machines of victory and the fuel to run them, to say nothing of the men. Certainly, no bureaucratized government enterprise, European style, produces the 500,000 barrels per day of 100-octane gasoline that keeps the allies’ planes in the air. Certainly no nation has turned out the planes, tanks, guns, ships and all the other necessities of war as has thiss free country. Such men and such industries, which are the source of our amazing production in all lines, need no controll ing hand on a master switch deciding for them what must be done tomorrow and the day after. The stand for freedom and progress. They are symbols of indivi dual opportunity. Destroy them and you destroy the substance of America. * ★ A THE TREATMENT OF WAR PRISONERS From time to time, we read or hear, of the treatment of war prisoners in this country, and many of us, no doubt, have gotten the opinion that prisoners of war are having a pretty soft existence. Our army officials who have charge of guarding war prisoners evidently lean over backward to observe the Geneva rules set forth for war prisoners. It has been told around, which of course is very unreliable, that most of the prisoners would rather be in the prison camps than on the out side as they are well fed and have very little to do. If reports are true, they have an easy existence. W’hen one considers some of the evidence being un covered of the treatment of allied prisoners of war in enemy hands, it sort of riles us up. when we the soft life of German prisoners in this country. We Mood Iuilh by duvet action ugaiip do not mean that we should retaliate by treating our 8t the Nazi«. Tin« cannot be a prisoners as prisoners in enemy lands have treated our srou^ men, but Germans being held in this countiy certainly cannot win the German people, should be made to understand that they are prisoners The regereration must come from and not guests of this country. Wlthin- We mus‘- “ Vun sittart put it, break Germany of We note with interest that in a recent Gallup poll, its national fallacy that only the 71 per cent of the people interviewed thought that weak repent. To which he added: are just men in Germany prisoners of war were being treated too easily. There “There but they are always out.” must be some basis for the contention and talk that Although tlie public does not prisoners have a pretty “soft” life in the prison camps. realize it, the organized German Life With the WACs in New Guinea By Frances Gallatin VISIT TO A NATIVE VILLAGE A visit to a native village is quite an experience. Trucks took us close to the setUement, but the last mile or two of the main road and into the jungle clearing was made on foot We had to cross several streams on log bridges, two logs wide Fortun ately there was a rope handrail or many of us would have hesti- tated and perhaps fallen in to the rocky water below. We also climed a hill into which log steps had been placed. After living on the ground floor for several months—stairs were a novelty again and many puffs were heard as we reached the top. After following a narrow path we finally reached a leveled, cleared area, where thatched nat ive huts were paced in even rows The ceremonial dances were in progress when we arrived, so of course they took our immediate attention. All the dancers were dressed in costumes—very color ful and attractive. The head- diesses were the most interesting All sorts of things adorned their fuzzy hair—(a number of bleach ed heads were visiable-you know they will do anything for a bottle of peroxide to lighten their hair). Among the adornments were shell, strings, of beads, ribbons, colored paper strips, bones, flow ers and even cut-outs from Lucky Strike packages. The lead ers of each group were rather gruesome looking because of their painted faces—which gave them a ferocious look| There were almost as many native spectators as GI’s—predo minately youthful. In fact, not having seen children for several months and certainly not in great numbers, it certainly floored me to have so many swarming about. Those native women are really trying to increase the birthrate in New Guinea. The youngsteis seemed like a happy bunch, laughing, running after each oth er, staring at us jabbering away with a few understandable re quests for gum and cigarettes. It’s rather strange to see a boy of six or seven, gravely light a cigarette and puff it like a veter an. Some of them look well but many are decidely sick—they are thin, with rickety bodies, their bellies protrude and there are evidences of skin diseases. You can bet I stayed clear of many of them—in fact I was a bit an noyed when one pushed me and another spit when I refused to give them anything. I saw few little girls—a number of young women w i t h strong healthy bodies. I just wondered if they killed off the weak females, and just let the healthy ones survive. The same state of health seems to exist among the adults—many of which are rather well formed and strong looking. The old women were a bit horrible looking— their skin shriveled, their heads shaved and many with red rim med eyes. They just sat in the doorway to their huts smoking cigarettes or just sitting as if in a stupor. To go back to the dancers, their patter was quite rhythmic, but rather monotonous because there were so few changes in their drum beat and the step wmeh consisted ol u shuttling and stamping Combined wiui dns, at tunes the leader and at times Ute whole group woul i yen and cry out until their voices would end in a shriek. We wandered through the vil lage peeping in the doors of the nuts which didn't compare with the clean looking outside areas, brightened by gay flo w e r s. Scrawny looking, disease ndden Jogs slinking around gathering up scraps of food which fen tnrough the cracks in the tlooi or dropped from the Kettle, cooK- jng over the outdoor fire, After about an hour s visit, the odor of the village, increased by the excitement and furvor of the dancers, made it very apparent that 1 could stand a wmff or fresh air, so my Australian com panion and I followed the trail out, crossed the log bridges anu sat in the truck until everyone was ready to leave. It was an in teresting experience, and it will be one of the many things to re member about New Guinea. by Sgt. Marge Curry, WAC WANTED TO BUY a small two or three room housa on a small lot. Within walking dlstanca of town. Phona 8561. L j, .• .../¿ W M fcr, Wsscurity, too! trade unions were the first group •« • • • a s * * * lo be destroyed by Hitler. next came the Jews Then the Cath olics. From the scattered rem k k o ::*:«**:«:****'*-*"*"* • • * * nants of the democratic elements may come the rebirth of Ger many - but the move must come from them. All we can do is to give them opportunity to act. We ‘you can depend on cannot permit the continued en slavement of the worker and • Automobile leave free the industrialists and the Junkers. Nazism is only to • Eire day’s mask of German inpcrial- • Life ism. O Health-Accident Here is a warning from the past: “Justice is the only possible basis for the settlements of the accounts of this terrible war. ON THE PLAZA Justice is what Germany shall have. But is must be justice for all. There must be justice for the dead and wounded, and for all those who have been orphaned -.... and bereaved that Europe might NEW MATT II EASES FACTORY TO YOU be freed from Prussian despo tism.” It was Woodrow Wilson Oi l) MATTRESSES MADE LIKE NEW who said that in 1919. Our senti mentalists destroyed it. What NEW BOX SPRINGS will we do? WHILE THEY I .A ST We cannot and we do not want to destroy a nation, but we REED’S can wipe out the cancer at the heart of that nation. This time MATTRESS CO. the cure must be permanent even Ph. 0271 if the knife cuts deep. The Ger 93 N. Main man people must earn their way Ashland, Oregon back to health. Until they have done so, there is no place for | Insurance Burns Agency What About Germany By Ruth Taylor Everyone else has ventured an opinion as to what must be done with Germany, so here is my two cents worth. The advice given to date ranges all the way from maudlin sympathy for a “poor misguided people”, to a Nazi-like cry for revenge. But it seems to me that the one thing that has been over looked is - what are we trying to accomplish? Do we want anoth er war? O do we want peace bas ed upon a firm foundation of jus bee? To those who plead for len iency, I would ask - "Are yau willing to open the jails in your own town and let the thieves and murderers loose upon your own family?” To those who cry for revenge, I would recommend the seventh verse of the eighth chap ter of the Gospel according to St. John. Some advocate the backing of an anb-Nazi Group. That is good Germany In the society of nut- ions. i t ’s a Treat When You -Eat, and Find • • • • SUPERIOR FOOD NICE SERVICE PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE FAIR PRICES A shland C afe In Ashland Hotel Building Open 6 a.m to 10 pm Except Sundays r THE OLD JUDGE SAYS. . . Make Our Place Your Place L illy ’s GROCETERIA "When title wat Is all over, Judge, there will ba eome might;- intei esting books written about i t Expect we’U learn a lot of things we didn’t know before.” "Yes. Fred, when the record is finally w i i t t e r w e ’ll rea lize w h a t a g ig a n tic operation this war really was and how impôt taut to final victory many factors redly were." "Taka, tor example, just one industry. Few people realize the importance of the great work done by the beverage distillers during the war. A nigh government official r /iij called it ‘an almost unparalleled example of the overnight conversion of an entire indus try from peace to war.’ He also said not so many months ago, while speaking about syn thetic rubber, ‘ It is fair to regard the rubber manufactured to date as being almost solely the product of the beverage distilling indus tr y / That’s the type of thing 1 have in mind . . . t h e way great American industries at home cooperated to help our brave fighting men abroad.” “ I see what you mean, J u d g e...a com plete history of American teamwork.” a d ie iliitn w U ifio m m iJ 4» C onili in c i of Alcoholic B n craf InAuiMa, /»•». )