Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 09, 1942, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1942. FIRST 6 MONTHS FINDS AMERICA I WELL UNDER WAY Nation Docs the "ImpoS' : slble" In Arming Short I ages, Sacrifice Ahead. Br Claude A. Jigger Wldo World Financial Editor. " New York America hai en tered lha second half of Its first yaar of global war having done lha "Impossible" with Ita allli-s H la already exceeding the axla output of arma, Out almost every on? agrees that Ian t enoiivh, nowhere near enough. rmdiirllnn Ilnea are rolling. Rottlnnecks Have bean smash d. But a America beglna the second half of momentous 1942, the enormous pressure of the greatest bottleneck of all the bottleneck of manpower and ma terials ulsrts to exert Itself up on the lives of every one of us. ' . While production flgurea are very Impressive, wa have been trying to catch up, In a few brief months, with the vat accumula tion of yrara of all-out produc tion of lethal wen pons by our enemies. Further, to win. our lighting machine must strike round the globe, thousands of fnllrs away. ( On Our Way i So we must now out-produce lha Axis by huge margin. Washington authorltiea say we are on our way, that wa will, quicker than any one thought jKiaslhle. Dut we are passing away from the jrliict of gearing up and get ting started, a period when we lived off the fruits of 1041a lease-lend buslnesa boom, a per iod of record-breaking output In many Ilnea of peace-time goods along with growing employment nd payrolls. The period of shortages, sac rifices and Intensive effort be gins. Key strategists In Washington aay thla: Wa must get the planes, ahlps and guns the quick way, often the Inefficient and painful way, unlesa wa want to settle down to a long war, long per iod of militarism from which a return to normal peacetime life would be dldlcult: If soma decl alona taken now seem to toss many millions of dollars about recklessly, extra years of war would cost untold billions. ' beginning with our defense Srogram in 1040, the United tatea has spent about 38 billion dollars on arms and war up to now. Dollar flgurea are the best available measure, since spcclflo total of planes, tanks nd guns are not disclosed to the enemy. The dollar totala are rising steeply. Budget Director Smith said the other day they had reached billion a week. The total for the government's fiscal year )ut starting ts now placed at til) billions, maybe more. Our total war program now looks as If It might possibly cost $300 billions. No one knows what Hitler has spent. He ts supposed to have had 100-bltl-lon-dnllar program. This year alone, we will pro duce more war supplies than our total production of all goods tor civilian use In 1P3J. Hut the next six months must ea drastic tightening in the Use of matrrtals and men. Say W, L. Rati, chairman of the WPB requirements commit tee: Our civilian economy Is fast going on minimum subsistence standard. Vital materials ran no longer be used except for war and for the maintenance of those things necessary to carry on war," Swttt Profreea Our war program has been built up swiftly, with the neoe ally of frequent Improvising and changing. Rig problems on the home front In the coming half year, as seen by Washington and produc tion authorities, are: 1 Raw material. Virtually very metal ts short, as well as rubber, chemicals and a host of other materials. A much more rigorous and efficient app'.ioa Hon and administration of pri orities and allocations la on the cards J Manufacturing capacity Plana for number of new plants have been dropped There ts no time or materials to con tinue to buikl new factories. We re going to make the most In tensive use of the plants we now have, and as Mr. Bait says. VI KMED r.M. "patch and pray." More factor ies, particularly small plants, wll be converted to war work. S Manpower. The armed for ces have aharply lifted their sights In estimating the millions required In uniform. Th War Manpower Commission Is Just beginning to deal with the prob lem of seeing that sufficient workers are available where most needed. Transportation Vital 4 Transportation. Moving the tidal wave of men and ma terials about this continent and overseas, Is one of the most vital Jobs. Railroads are already working not far from capacity. Sine Peart Harbor, launchlngs of merchant ships have risen from less than one day to two a day, before long will be elid ing Into the water three day. but it still Isn't enough. More rigid control of freight cars and cargo space la Inevitable, and non-essentials Just won't move. In wartime, money becomes merely , tool, and America along with other warring pow ers, has developed Its war effort on the basis of physical capac ities, then tried to cut fiscal poli cies to fit. How can wa afford to spend billion week, and before long billion and half a week? For the calendar year, 1D42, wa will spend about 80 billions, on war. Our national Income will ba about 117 billions. On tha experience of others, we should ba able to put at least half our national effort tj war. How are wa footing tha bills? Let's take tha Treasury's fiscal year starting today and ending next June SO. If additional tax levies requested In the oudget are enacted, about 83 billions will hava to ba borrowed. To prevent serious repercussions later. much should be bor rowed out of tha public's cur rent savings as possible. If war bond sales run at one billion a month, that would be twelve billions. Soma 8 or 10 billions, probably can be borrowed from government trust funds. Insur ance companies, savings banks and other large Investors. That leaves some 30 billions to ba raised through sale of Treasury bonds to tha commer cial banking system. Perhaps tha total can ba reduced by higher general taxes, and larger sales of war bonds to the public. Danger Is Inflation But since BO per cent of our buslnesa Is done by bank check, Increasing bank deposits In creases the nation's spendable money, and In a period of dras tic curtailment of tha things civ lllans can buy, that puts on ex plosive pressure on the price level. Tha danger Is Inflation. So price control, Inaugurated May 18, becomes a matter of growing urgency, along with stabMliatton of wages and other cost factors. Securities markets hava been In tha doldrums since few weeks rise In, stockt after Pearl Harbor, evidently based on In flationary expectations. Prices In the New York Stock Ex change drifted dowr to tha low est level since 1933 In April, then recovered somewhat as Wall Street totk encouragement from the volume of war produc tion. This was accompanied by some gossip In Wall Street of an early victory, but that was o nlorrd In Washlngtrn as raising false hopes. Says Emll Schram. president of the Stock Exchange: "Our enterprise system will require our capita, markets, more so than ever before. In the great work .of reconstruction and transformation." Donald Nelson, head of V PB. saya the war is "developing new techniques and new abilities. It ts placing at our disposal an In dustrial plant a set of drvrl oped resources that will sim ply be beyond price. "We shall have the most mag nlficent opportunity any nation ever had." E FOR JUVENILE JOB Appointment of a Juvenile officer, as provided for In the 1942-1843 budget. Is under con sideration by the county court. About a dozen applications have been received, and Interviews held, with soma of them. County Judge J. B. (Blln) Coleman said today, "as soon as we find tha man we want, the appointment will be made, and not until then." Appointment of an experienc ed and trained child welfare worker, tha county court feels, would solve a number of Juve nile problems, and lessen the work of county officials In try ing to solve them, besides mak ing necessary contact with parents. FIRST BAPTIST PARTY SET FRIDAY EVENING Tha First Baptist church will hold Victory party In the church recreation hall Friday evening. All m m b r a and friends are cordially Invited to attend. A program has been planned for the evening and a service flag will be dedicated with 18 stars. The building fund committee will have charge of the Victory march. TRIAL OF NAZIS Washington, July 8. OP) The military commission trying eight German-born men as nazi plotter! against tha United Suites clung tightly to it veil of secrecy today despite con tinuing discussions on whether to let tha public in on at least part of tha proceedings. . Efforts to break tha Impasse on information concerning tha most important trial of ita kind since tha Lincoln assassination casa of three-quarters of a cen tury ago reached the White House, where Director Elmer Davis of the Office of War In formation and Secretary of War Stimson conferred with Presi dent Roosevelt. There was little word from either of them. Davis said that if there were to be any news it would come from, the commission. MRS. PAULINE WHEELER OF CENTRAL PT. DIES Mrs. Pauline Wheeler of Cen tral Point passed away at her home there today. A complete obituary and funeral arrange ments will be published ' later. Perl Funeral home is in charge. Great Salt Lake has salt content of 23 per cent. TIMBER PRODUCTS NOW MAKING BOX VENEERS The plywood plant of the Timber Products company is now making veneer for boxes and expects to be so doing for a considerable time. Manager C. H. Herman reported today. No women are employed except In the box-wiring department. In the box factory women are em ployed and are proving good and capable workers. They took the place of men and boys who went to defense projects. Fnrt Karaev. Tfeb.. on the fX Platte River, was built in 1848 we for protection of tne uregon Trail. Dutch Boy Paints 1 YOUNGER k LARGE 91 Mo. Bartlett Watson Players Present "Their Last at tha Church of Christ N. Central and "OUR MOTHER'S GOD" FRI. 8 P. M., AT THE METHODIST CHURCH ADMISSION FREE COLD DREDGING HALTED Gold mining dredge opera lions In Jackson county are now suspended, largely due to tht inability to procure priorities for material and equipment needed for repairs. Some of the dmtgrs are now engaged in chrome mining operations. Cuba has 20.000 men in the army, navy and police forces combined, plus 30.000 reservist fT S fVssfsT ftaPW TRIANGLE 8r l4I. jtittMk l7 iniajrwMWiraiWiAi rMr . iih 1 ts M TRIANOII Wheaties 2 Pk. 21c The breakfast of Champions Corned Beef 12 oz. can. . .24c Caps Brand Kraft Cheese 2 lb. box 63c Velveeta American Brick Grapefruit Juice 47 oz. tin ... . 27c Libby's Texaa Pineapple No. 2 tin 21c Broken Sliced Poppy Jelly No. 5 can .... 79c Mixed Red Fruit Red Salmon lb. can 29c Columbia River Swansdown Package .... 23c Cake Flour Fl A II D Kitchen Maid CI QR L V U It Enriched 49 lbs. Sl.0J SYRUP 5'.:i,.'!L 53c Our haU are off to you, Mrs. Farmer, for your fine war erv ice record! You're doing your ghare and more to lick our barbaric enemie. True, there's not much glamour in your job. It mean lot of hard work even drudgery but no other war time job mean more to Uncle Sam' Victory program! Like the soldier, cited for honor, you, Mrs. Farmer, are performing "service beyond the call of duty." The Big Y Market is proud to serve you ... to help you carry on your many war-winning services. f0S JAR RUBBERS, Regular pk... ...... PECTIN, Jelly Time, bottles ...,... 3 tor CERTO, 3 bottles .............. Self-Sealing Reg. LIDS 3 pics. Self-Sealing CAPS, 41. Dosen pk I 6 JELLE-SEALS. 3 pks SURE-JELL. 3 pks ATLAS MASOM JARS, Qts.. dosen.., PAROWAX, lb. package IMIT. VANILLA. S-os. bottle FCY. HEAD RICE, 8 lbs SM. WHITE BEANS, 81b. pk. . FRESH DATES, 14-os. pk MANKIND DOO FOOD, 8 lb. pk.. KAFFEE HAO, pound . COCOA. l ib. tin (CRISPY CRACKERS l ib. box SUNSHINE GRAHAMS, l ib. box SUNSHINE rtO BARS. lS-os. pk. MIRACLE SDW. SPREAD, quart. 4c 25c .45c 25c 25c 29c 79c 12c 15c 49c :43c 25c 57c 34c 21c 33c 33c 29c 44c BANNER MILK, tall can Casa 48 cans... CANE SUGAR, 10 lbs Bring canning here, CRISCO, 3-lb. can LAVA SOAP. 3 bars ..... IVORY FLAKES, Large pkg IVORY SNOW. Large pkg. . OXYDOL. Large pkg. OXYDOL. Oiant pkg, DUZ. Giant pkg. IVORY BAR, Medium IVORY BAR. Large . 2 for CAMAY. 3 bars GUEST IVORY. Bar P. k Q Regular bar 10 for SCOT TOWELS. 2 rolls SCOT TISSUE. 3 rolls WALDORF TISSUE. I a. 4 rolls I C. W. CLEANSER. 1R 8 cans 3C 8c 83.83 66c certificates 73c 20c 25c 25c 23c 63c 69c 17c 19c 20c 5c 38c 19c 23c , 3 for I5c 25c 25c 29c 9c HOT SAUCE, 8-ounce 4 for PEAS and CARROTS, Libby's, 303, 3 for LIBBY CR. CORN. 303 1 for LIBBY PEAS, 303 s!se...,........l for ' MIX. VEO. LIBBY'S )CM 303 a .. ... 3 for FCY. SHREDDED BEETS, No. 3 tin... DEL ROGUE TOM. JUICE 46-os. tin 18e DR. PHILLIPS' ORANGE or BLENDED JUICE. No. a can a for Mw SWIFT'S PREM, 12-oa. can ............... ROAST BEEF. Libby's, 12-os... OVAL SARDINES, 3 cans ..... ........ CAMPBELL'S Soups, Most varieties, 3 for DILL PICKLES, Quart Jar . CATSUP. 14-os. bottle CHILI SAUCE. Libby's. 11-os. KRAFT MAYON NAISE. quart PEANUT BRITTLE. 14-os. pk. . . GRO-PUP Dog Food. Kellogg's. Lg. pk. 35c 29c 33c 29c 23c 12c 23c 53c 15c 24c Marshmallow Greme, Quart 29c A auparlor ready-to-use cake frosting and dessert dressing MACARONI DINNER SHEFFORD'S A Delicious Meall No Baking Required! 1 Package Serves 4. 3 pkgs. 25c VICTORY BEER Il-ounce Bottle 2 for 25c Case 24 bottles 32.89 Balem Brewery CREAM CHEESE Pound 25c Cheddar Type Farm Fresh Fruits & Vegetables LEMONS S2" Doz. 15c 3 lb. 10c 2 for 19c 2 doz. 25c Yellow er Red onions CANTALOUPES ORANGES Lg. 45 Jumbo. Wrapped 344 size Youngberrias, Raspberries, Peaches, Apricots Most Complete Stock in Southern Oregon Csnning Apricots Will Be Available Soon Produce Prices Friday and Saturday 3 BEG "Y" THRIFT DEPARTMENT SUPER-SUNSHINE A-B-D-G CAPSULES 100 Capsules $2.69 1J 530 Units Vitamin "A" 1.J50 Units Vitamin "D" ISO Units Vltsmln "Bl" 500 Gammas Riboflavin "Bl" (O) These are high potency capsules which are not obtainable bow. Stock up while they lastl 100 ASPIRIN Tablet . 9e $1.00 HIND'S Honey 4 Almond IU00DBURT ' arltlflTCNEDrnflKEOi FIRST AID KITS Contains all necessary Itemsi Gsuse. Cotton. Bandage Tape. Mercurochroma. Burn Ointment, etc. Complete in Leather Casa 98c 100 YEAST and IRON Tablet 23c Ciant SPEARMINT Tooth Paste 9c 250 VITAMIN "8" Complei Tabs 9S Cream . 49e PREVENT and TREAT SUNBURN! SKOL NORDEX Cream SUNDRY SAVINGS $1.73 Electric Sandwich rejsrer 9Sc Quart ICY-HOT Vecuvm Bortle$1.19 Electric Irons 98c Genuine SILEX 8-cup Coffee Maker $2.98 Hospitality Tray FREE! 49c 29c I SQUIBB'S Sunburn Cream 29c UNGENTINE 10, 2Se. 4Jc IE JL. aT FREEl 2 St Nra JERGENS FACE CREAM WITM PURCMASI SOtJERCENSlOTIOII. BIG TSUPER MARKET Prices Effective PH., Sat., Sun and Mon., July lOfK- 13th, Inc. Extra Values In Hi-grade Cured Meats Smoked Picnic HAMS Cottage Butts Lb. .27c I Lb.. 33c Lb.. 35c BACON BACK sugar cured pound 27c Pork Tenderloin Pork Spare Patties . 6 for 29c RIBS lb 25c YOUNG GRAIN FED Brisket Boiling Cuts lb. POT ROAST ... lb. 25c LOIN STEAK ... lb. 32c 15 Choice Pork Loin Pork STEAK ... lb. 32c CHOPS . . . ea. 6c Franks, Bologna or Liverwurst lb. 25c Sugar Cured Assorled Lunch Corned Beef lb. 25c MEATS ... lb. 27c Meat SpectaU Tridsy and Saturday "earurlae U.S. Soverament ai State Inspected Saaliry Meats At Lower Price