S O U T H E R N O R E G O N M IN E R , T H U R S D A Y , JU L Y j ,
shepherding displaced nationals,
vitiea, summed up in the Report,
rounding up former members of
have been the cstublismneui of
the Nazi party, and controlling
1 more than 400 schools for train
an outlet ot me "Cordon Sam-
ing young men desiring to take
taire” on the Rhine River.
Published Every T hursday at 167 Main S treet, Ashland, Oregon
aviation cudct course«; the re
In position on the west side of
By Ruth Taylor
cruitment of men for tlie Nuvul
W ashington, D. C., Ju n e 14__ Air corps, ground crews tor die
the
Rhine during the elimination
One thing that strikes me most
Carryl H. & Marion C. Wines, Editors-Publishers
forcible these days is a new clari ot the Ruhr Poeket, the gun crews The I Iks made their "m port io Army Air Corps, and volunteers
fication of conscience. People are of the 529th's eight-picn howitz the Nution" today, presenting a for the Army Corps of Engineers
Entered as second-class m ail m a tte r In the post office at Ash
accepting their personal respon- er« occupied their time by soften published resume of the Order’s and tlie Navy Nealwes; me eva
land, Oregon, F ebruary 15, 1935, under the act of Congress
J sibilities, Americans won't stand ing up the entrapped Germans comprehensive war activities to cuation of children from war
of M arch 3, 1879.
for being pushed around - but for the advancing American in President Truman, to the Secre zones; the collection of books for
taries of Wur and the Nuvy and the Merchant Marine; the recruit
! neither do they want to do the fantry.
Controlling the outlet of the to members of Congress.
ment of nurses for Veterans Hos
pushing. They are standing on
The activities reviewed in the pitals, and the establishment of
T H E N E E D FOR S W IM M IN G LESSONS
J their own two feet and thinking “Cordon Samtaire" on the Rhine
was one of the firs t duties of the report represent a total expendi Elks Fraternal Centers to provide
Another successful swim m ing campaign came to a close last week, for themselves.
battalion-
Dusting displaced per- ture of $1,300,000, according to meals, relaxation, and overnight
The other day there came to
under the direction o f the Red Cross, here in Ashland and Medford. Vi e
my desk a little pamphlet called son> with DDT powder was a the Elks War Commission, which accomodations for those in the
have been assured that it was successful, and here at Ashland the figures "Ten Commandments For Inves long way from ramming the conducts the fraternity’s war pro armed services.
grams.
o f attendance would tend to prove the assertion. Something like 196 tors”. What does that have to do breeches of their guns with anoth
The Report tells how The Elks
er
type
of
powder
that
would
A special delegation of Elks
were registered and the daily attendance was in the 140s. That is a lot with democracy? It has a lot to throw a 200-pound projectile a- headed by Dr. Robert South Bar War Commission io cooperation
do with it - as any one who has
with the subordinate lodges have
o f youngsters to teach swimming, many o f them only beginners, others ever tried to run even a peanut cross the Rhine with a few thou rett, Grand Exulted Ruler, made
promoted
letter writing to mem
somewhat more advanced, but very few o f them what m ight be termed stand knows. Of course, the men sand yards to spare. Now that the the presentation. In the group bers in the services, und have
war
had
finished,
the
next
re
were
the
Chairman
and
members
with ideas could wait until they
sent gift boxes and supplies of
as accomplished swimmers.
made enough to set up in busi quirement on the 529th's varied of the Elks War Commission and cigarettes und tobacco overseas.
As fine as the course o f instruction is, it seems to us that it is far too ness for themselves - but who curriculum was to scour the area members of the Board of Grand
Elks are providing entertain
for members of the Nazi party Trustees.
incomplete. A two-weeks hurried up course o f instruction fo r 100 ch ild should live that long?
ment
to more than 150,000 con
who
w'ere
known
to
be
traveling
In accepting the Report to the
And, while we are on the sub
ren, w ith a half hour devoted to each group, can hardly be called a
under
an
assumed
name
and
with
valescent
veterans in hospitals
Nation, President Truman prais
ject - what is an investor? Or,
complete swim m ing course. It may give the child the fundamentals so perhaps I should say, who isn’t forged credentials. For this func ed the war accomplishments of throughout the nation, the report
that they can get a start and try to pick up by themselves fu rth e r pro- an investor? We invest when we tion, the battalion's S-2 section the Elks as "a record of which points out. Yet another activity
buy a home, when we hold life took over; the Kreisleiter of Col the Order of Elks und the whole has been the aid given to inter
fiency in swimming.
nees recently released from Jap
insurance, when we deposit our ogne, Alfons Schaller, known to nation can be proud."
The real need is fo r a swim m ing poo, in the high school, w ith a com precious cash in banks - and many Germans as the "Hangman”
Among some of the many acti- cumps in the Philippines.
pulsory course, all able-bodied children required to pass a set standard when we buy War Bonds. We was soon apprehended. With the
Kreisleiter were two less impoit-
in swimming. C redit could be given in school, or the w ork could be a are investors in the future. We ant Nazi officials, but of no less
are but part of the whole. We
part o f their physical education course, and be a part of the regular are stockholders in America, In- importance when the subject was
the perpetration of the Nazi doc
curriculum .
, corporated.
trines.
Here is what impressed me in
The Ashland high school has no adequate gymnasium, at the senior
Along with the apprehension of
the pamphlet. First of all, it came
high school, but post war plans are in the picture fo r such a gymnasium. out into the open. It frankly re the various Nazis, displaced per
W e hope it includes a swim m ing pool.
presented Investors. It didn’t at sons began to fill the 529th’s three
tempt to finagle and conceal its D. P. camps. Two of the enclo
★
★
"A
purpose under flowery terms. It sures hold 4,000 Russian nationals
' was aboveboard about its aims. and the third hold 2,500 Polish
O U R FIRST CLASS POST OFFICE
1 It was the code - written by a nationals. Each camp discharges
Ashland was given the news last week o f the boosting o f the post business man and a lawyer - of small groups each day for repa
o ffice to a firs t class rating. Maybe many o f our readers do not realize an organization of investors, or triation to the respective home
land.
the significance o f such a move, but it is a healthy sign. A careful ganized just as workingmen, far-
On one of the first convoys to
j mers, business groups, are, to re
scrutiny o f the figures as released last week, indicate that Ashland has present their interests and to est make a direct crossing from the
LADIES
enjoyed a steady grow th in population, fo r one o f the best barometers ablish the collective bargaining United States to France, the 529th
landed
at
Le
Havre
on
the
11th
power
of
small
investors.
o f business and population in any tow n is the stamp sales at the post
But, instead of presenting a of March, and was immediately
office. I t is a sure method o f telling whether a tow n is progressing or series of claims, or a bill of rights assigned to the Fifteenth Army.
slipping backward.
it present ten commandments for
Sidelights on the 529th’s num
Sizes 12 -14 -16 -18
W hile the fa c t that the post office was raised to firs t class, w ill make investors. Not what they demand erous problems would have to in
ed of others, but what they de clude the transaction of business
very little difference to the post o ffice service, or employees, it gives
manded of themselves. They as with persons speaking a total of
New
certain prestige to a tow n to be classed in the firs t rank.
sumed responsibilities and listed twenty languages. It is only
through
the
medium
of
the
en
them,
together
with
their
own
There is no doubt that Ashland is grow ing steadily, and when the
aims.
emy’s tongue, German, that a con
war comes to a cljse, and building materials are again available, this
That is what I call democratic versation can be carried on with
c ity w ill see a huge increase in homes and business buildings, that w ill procedure. I’m opposed to pres members of the 529th and the
increase the towns population and business even more. As we see it, it sure groups as such - but I’m all numerous countries represented
ovely Colors
all comes as a part o f the industrial expansion o f the Pacific N orthw est, for those who try fairly to sell as no interpreters have been as
their fellow citizens on the right signed to assist the battalion in
and one that means a better tow n fo r Ashland.
ness of their cause. Pressure is its functions.
The announcement that three more lumber and processing mills are un-American. Selling is democra
Members of this battalion in
tic. Americans don’t coerce. They clude: Sgt. Oscar F. Silver Jr
planning to locate here is encouraging. N o doubt there w ill be others.
try to convince. And if they lose, of 329 Beach St. Ashland.
they
get up and try again.
sed by the last session of the
New Closing Hours
As
we hold as our
legislature setting the hours of basic Americans,
thesis
that
the
good of the
For County Offices
business for counties with popu majority is the good of
Plus tax
all - with
New Saturday closing hours lations less than 200,000.
due
protection
to
all
minorities;
DRY
are now in effect for the county
As set by the law, courthouse
courthouse, it was stated by offices wjll be open from 8 a.m. that all men a ir entitled to equal
Judge J. B. Coleman, with 12 Until 5 p.m. on all judicial days treatment and to equal responsi
noon being the closing time in except for offices with but one bility. As Americans we cannot
stead of 1 p.m. The new closing! employee or assistana, which of have one without the other As
52 x 5 2 ........................................$1.75
time is in accord with a law pas fices may close for the noon hour. Americans we are entitled to
both.
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Democratic
Proceedure
Elks War Work
Given iii Report
of eui
this week
STRUTER CLOTH SLACKS $5.95
Dickies and
Bows
$1.00 to $2.95
JERSEY
BLOUSES
(
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White Leather Zipper Bags. $2.00
SLABS
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Sgt. Oscar Silver with
15th Army in Germany
With The Fifteenth United
States Army in Germany—Its big
howitzers quieted with the com
ing of peace in Europe, the 529th
Field Artillery Battalion of the
XXII Corps is now on occupation
al duty as part of Lieutenant
General Leonard T. Gerow’s Fif
teenth U. S. Army.
Filling a multi-purposed posi
tion in an area thirty miles in
length and ten miles in width,
the battalion divides its attention
between guarding road junctions,
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