Southern Oregon Miner, Ihrusday, November » t. »94Í
lu te per sale, will su pplant the
Maj. Gen Paul J. M ueller’s Hist.
existing sm all d.-aleis. Such a
In fan try "W ildcut" D i v i s i o n
policy will not only put a great
! 11 meii is now occupying /»onion
m any sm all businessm en out ot
P refecture, N orthern H o n s h u .
PubUahed Every Thursday at 167 Main S treet, Ashland, I) regun
With
the
81st
In
fan
try
Division
business and th eir em ployees out
Prior to e n tilin g the A rm y, Coil
of work .but will deprive Lie nu in Aomori. Jap a n Don II Con ley was em ployed by the Pine
C arry l H. &. M arion C. W ines, E dito rs-P u b lish ers
, tom oble buyer of bis uccostomed ley, son of Mi Roy Conley, of ' M ountain Lum bei Co., as a truck
BY H ARRIS 11 1 SU'OR 111
| friendly relationship w ith his Ashland, Oregon, lias been p ro­ driver.
sm all dealer. The buyer will l»«> moted from p riv ate first class in
Representative In Congress
Sintered aa »eeoud-claas m all m a tte r in the post office at Ash­
1 forced to do business with a (ecognition of proven ability as a
land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress
iron» Oregon
j large corporation w hich will buve truck d riv er w ith a field artillery
of March 3, 1879.
Now in stock Thermo Royal
no personal in terest in his pro battalion.
antifreeze at Marshall-Wells Store
The labor-m anagem ent co n fer­ blem.
Private Conley is a member of on the Plaza. Phone 2 1231
ence here was ushered in by an
A LOAN FOR. VICTORY
unexpected
. ------ total strik e of all
Americans have responded \i holeheartedly to each of the seven w a r streetcar and bus o p erato rs in the
Loan drives designed to provide their country and their fighting men c*ty. A pparently the tie-up of the
By Ruth Taylor
w ith the means and the weapons with winch to wage war. Now the L'i'.'t? m i* * ' ' 7f system hud not
r
p artic u la r effect upon th e con-
W ith the difficulties a tte n d a n t
’ ictory Loan campaign, opening on O ctober 29, otters an opportunity ference, but the strik e did
reconversion,
the *••«<’«*
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not only tor a concrete expression ot gratitude tor the seecess ot th at', ouslv a l,cet all business in Wash- increasing unem ploym ent and tin
warfare, but for helping Uncle Sam and his veteran nephews and nieces Hn« ,on both ♦!“ ' ’»'> ninent and pri- w ave of strikes th at are sw eep-
.
iVatt. The buses and stree tc ars in< ¡he country, th ere is a grow*
reconvert to peace.
(h ere are operated by one c o m -* ¡ng m isu nderstanding of O rgan-
It should be a joyous lending, because this time it will be for bringing I Pan>’— the C apital T ransit C om -j ¡Zl‘d Labor, its aim s anil its aet-
the boys home instead of financing their departure. And in addition
to I ? '“ ?■' 1 ,u> e<l u ‘Pnu‘n t is good, a n d , io2f-
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¡service, considering the size o f| Too o ften Labor is spoken of
supplying the needs of occupational forces, the funds will be used for W ashington, is excellent. Every
as ap art from and d ifferen t from
mustering-out pay, rehabilitation, educational privileges, and other ex­ section of W ashington is served the rest of the country. We are
by eith er a stree tc ar or bus line. all w orkers and O rganized Labor
penses incident to the end of the war.
Passengers m ay tran sfer back and is m erely a large n um ber of A m ­
Certainly underwriting the G. I.’s Bill of Rights is a privilege as well forth from streetcars to buses.
ericans who throughout the years
as an obligation. And United States Government bonds— whether War C onsequently, alm ost a m illion have learned how to work togeth
Loan or Victory Loan— still constitute the safest investment available. people, in and around W ashington er f ° r th eir com m on good
depend very heavily upon public
However, most people think of
— Christian Science Monitor.
transportation. The strik e occur- O rganized Labor w ith em otions
ed w ithout any w previous
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New Fabrics and Styles. Sizes 9 to 15
so that, w hen people sta rte d foi -I Pt’riences w ith trad e unions.
FIRST JAPANESE WAR TRIAL
work on Tuesday m orning, Nov­
I have talked to and know tvell
In an improvised court room in Manila, in the same region where he em ber 6th, they had no m eans of
h undreds of trad e unnionists. I
stalked so ruthlessly, the 1 iger of Malaya" has beenbrought to bay. getting there.
feel I know som ething of w hat
U nfortunately, the new s ser- J ¡hey believe, and why. I know
There General V amashtta, confronted with incontestable evidence in
vice release of my list of M ilitary ! th cir faults as well as I know
the form of the mangled prey of his own jungle beasts, is fighting for
Academ y and Naval A cadem y up th eir virtues. I'm not saving that
his life.
pointm ents was garbled. Not all T rade Unionism as it exists today
ith the aid of witnesses on stretchers, and even Japanese-made of the nam es w ere included, and is perfect. No grow ing thing i s '
motion pictures showing prisoners of war undergoing torture, the Gen­ in one instance. Naval A cadem y | com plete. No organization com ­
appointm ents w ere listed as M ili­ posed of m en is w ithout the im ­
eral will be charged with responsibility for 59 special atrocities and 64 tary Academ y appointm ents, and perfections of men.
separate war crimes involving 57,000 deaths of Americans, Filipinos, and visa versa. H ow ever, all of the
hold no b rief for those who be 1
Allied nationals. Apparently the prosecution w ill not attempt to prove boys concerned w ere notified at tray the Labor M ovem ent from •
the tim e of the release of the w ithin. I h ave spoken and w rit- I
that General Y amashita ordered the mass murders, rapes, executions of press story.
ten against su ch .term ites to L ab ­
w ar prisoners, and tortures. Rather is he arraigned for failing in his duty
As has been explained before, or men and wom en and I have
as commander of Japanese forces in the the Philippines "to control the appointm ents th at I m ake to the n e v ir heard stro n g er condem na
operations of members of his command, permitting them to commit Naval and M ilitary Academ ies are tion of bad practices than those
based on the grades earn ed by the I have heard in union m eetings. 1
Triple Coaled
Copper Sponge
brutal atrocities and other high crimes,” and thus, violating "the laws candidates in a Civil S ervice p re ­
W hat 1 ask is, before you con­
of war.”
lim inary exam ination. Any boy dem n Labor, check y o u r own p ro ­
This first war criminal trial in the Pacific— before a five-man Amer­ betw een the ages of 18 and 22 fession. H aven’t you some m em ­
m ay com pete for app o in tm en t to bers of w hom you are asham ed?
ican Army Board will be watched with keen interest, not only because the M ilitary A cadem y, and a n y , And w ouldn't you like to clean
of world outrage at the crimes involved, but because it sets an impor­ boy betw een 17 and 21 m ay c o m -1 your own house? - and w hat have
tant precedent. For it is the first time, so far as is known, that a military- pete for appointm ent to the N aval V°u done or been able to do about
Academ y. Boys in my d istrict *t-
officer of such rank has been held legally responsibl fore his men’s de­ who desire to take these exam in- j Trade U nionishm is the princi-
predations. It is doubly a "trial” case, for its successful conclusion will ations m ust notify me so th a t I pie of com bination for u nity of
pave the way for bringing to justice the next criminal on the list. can arran g e for them to take the purpose and action - it does not
ination. The last com peti- dem and of its follow ers th at they
General Homma, commander of the death march from Bataan, as well exam
five exam ination was o n Ju ly 28th j m ust all th in k alike. B ut it does
as subordinate generals.—Christian Science Monitor.
of this year. The next one will call for a sp irit of cohesion in all
probably be held n ex t spring or fundam ental principles. The s e
sum m er. I will not know until principles are the sam e as those
n ext spring how- m any vacancies of dem ocracy . the rig h t o f free
D O N ’T CHEER YET
Before cheering tax reduction too loudly, it would be a good idea to I will have to fill in 1946, but I ) men to organize, to associate with
“On The Plaza”
feel certain there will be one or th eir fellow men in action for the
see how tar the Federal government moves toward trimming expendi­ m ore in each academ y as the re- common good, to speak freely
tures. So far, most of the plans that have come out of Washington pro­ suit of graduation. R equests for and w ithout fear, and to act ac-
pose greater public spending instead of less. The President himself is perm ission to take the ex am in a­ cording to th e ir ow n conscience
tion and com pete for these a p ­
A sp irit of fair play regarding
promoting an eight or ten-billion-dollar spending spree in the construc­ pointm ents m ay be sent to me at the labor situ atio n is needed from
tion of hydroelectric power dams to compete with or replace generating any tim e.
the consum er - who, in the role
I believe the hearing conduct­ of the innocent bystander, gets
facilities already in existence. If this kind of waste is to characterize
ed by the Special Sm all Business the buffets m eant for each side -
our postwar government, tax reduction should be dropped at once. The C om m ittee of the House of Re­ b u t wso also stands w here he
Put your o rd er in NOW or our new
country cannot support a soaring public debt indefinitely.
presentatives on N ovem ber 8th can see and u n d erstan d the situ a ­
As the Committee on Postwar Tax Policy, headed by Roswell Magill, to consider the OPA announced tion. P atience, these days, is more
1881 Rogers Silverw are, while there
former Under Secretary of the United States Treasury, points out: intention of low ering autom obile than a v irtu e - it is a necessity
dealer discounts was the largest Look at th e facts befor you m ake
All taxation is burdensome. On the other hand, the creeping inflation g athering of Senators and Repre- judgm ents.
is still time.
would result from periodic or chronic deficit financing would be a far sentatives ever seen at such a
heavier burden in the end on all the people, but particularly on the low hearing. Some 300 M em bers of List Given for Mili­
Congress w ere present, and m any
lncome groups. These groups, which in the aggregate receive the bulk of them testified. I not only was tary Appointments
of ail income payments, are invariably the principal victims of infla­ present at the hearing, b u t asked
Included in the list of nom ina
tion. We cannot emphasize too strongly or too often that prudence in C hester Bowles, OPA A d m in istra­ tions for appointm ents to the U I
tor, to delay form al announce­
government spending is the key to low taxes. And we believe this will m ent of his ruling until the h e a r­ S. N aval and M ilitary Academ ies
announced this week by Hon
be achieved only if the people are brought face to face.currently with ing could be com pleted.
H arris Ellsw orth, R epresentative
The facts presented clearly re ­ of the 4th D istrict, w ere the
the tax burden required to meet these expenditures.”
vealed to me, and I hope rev eal­ nam es of nine Jackson C ounty
ed to the OPA .th at O PA ’s insis­ candidates. A ppointm ents w ere
tence on this discount reduction m ade on th e basis of a com peti­
TOM ORROW ’S SERVICE STATION
plan wil ldrive thousands of small tive ex am in atio n given in Ju ly
Often the public does not demand improvement until improvement autom obile dealers out of busi­ this year.
has been thrust upon it. Witness the service stations where we fill our ness. This will definitely have a
N am ed for th e Naval Academ y
cars with gas. Most people are reasonably satisfied with present facilities, tendency tow ard the creation of w ere th e following. W alter Brown
a m onopoly in this rield, form erly M edford, P rincipal; R aym ond E d ­
yet enterprising oil companies are coming out with new ideas in the enjoyed by sm all business people. w ard Nelson, M edford and Fer
form of model stations, that are eye openers.
L arge concerns who can d istri­ ney M. M cKibben, C entral Point,
Reporters
„ ( thesc moJe,
( bute
* * cars on a m ass production F irst A ltern ates; N at B. Bender,
Jr., and Tom Colley, M edford, S e­
lu b r,ea„„g equipment „ pab|e of effecti„ g ,
umcs
cond A ltern ates. D esignated as
third and so clean that a mechanic attired in dinner clothes can do a
1-
f V. ,
P rincipal for th e M ilitary A ca­
On the Plaza
Phone 3281
complete lubrication job. They saw a new gasoline pump with built-in U 1 1 3 1 X 1 O t V f c tO iV
dem y was W illiam F. Scheum ann,
Jr., of M edford. Jam es F raley and
hose reel which does away with irritating "jockeying for position.” They
R obert E. S tevens w ere nam ed
also saw a host of new merchandise to be carried by the service stations
as F irst A ltern ates and J. W arren
of tomorrow.-
P ark e r as Second A lternate. All
of the la tte r »are from Medford.
W hat inspired these new ideas when the public was reasonably sat­
A ppointees w ho m eet the final
isfied with what it had? The answer can be boiled down to one word-
m ental and physical q u alifica­
tions will e n te r the Academ ies
com petition-som ething that is worth preserving in these United States
in J u ly 1946.
For Better Flavor
all th°m'et. 8 .a z dOe[ nOt CXiSt
C° UntrieS Where 80vcrnments do
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Don II. Conley Is
Advanced in Rank
Letter From
Washington
Wait a Minute!
risisùvali.
JOANETTE JUNIOR DRESSES
$8.95
Umbrellas
$3.95 to $8.95
Robes
$6.95 to $16.50
Children’s Cotton Panties
35c
White
Graniteware
39c to $1.39
Pot Cleaners
10c each
WEITZEL’S
.1. V. W. STORE
L ook!!!
HAYNES JEWELRY
Buys Bonds
Wardrobe Cleaners
all the
planning
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Monuments and markers. See
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