MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21,-1942'
PAGE THREE
Forty-Hour Week
Won't Win War, Is
Pinkles Warning
(Ooattnued from Pmf On)
the allies are amateurs at war
while the Axis countries are pro
fessionals. War is an art with
Germany and Japan, he de
clared, and both countries start
ed preparing for this war as soon
as the last war was over. He
quoted recent conversations with
leading Germans to show that
even those who did not profess
Naziism are still believers in the
theory that Germans are a su
perior race destined to rule the
world and that so-called inferior
races are doomed to slavery or
comDlete extinction.
Neither Germany or Japan
will ever recognize anything
hut comDlete military defeat.
Mr. Pinkley declared, although
he said there was a possiDuny
of Germany suing for peace
merely as a means of gaining
time. He urged Americans not to
be deceived by this move and
repeated that only a crushing
military defeat could be a safe
basis for peace with uermany
Hew Mediord Can Aid
Soeakinff on how "Medford
can help win the war" Mr. Pink-
ley urged his listeners not to
criticize unduly. "The decision
of military matters should be
left up to military experts whose
lob it is to fight the war. Arm
chair strategists and half-baked
politicians meddling in matters
of which they know notning
seriously impede the war ef
fort," he said. He also urged
his audience not to criticize our
allies, pointing out that it is
poor grace on our part when
"these people have been light
ing our war, with the battles
taking place in their back gar
dens
The correspondent pointed out
that so far sacrifices in this
country are nothing as compared
to those made by people of other
nations. He contrasted ration
ing, stating that the meat ration
in Europe is about three ounces
per person per week, and that
the British are allowed one or
two eggs per person a month.
Gasoline is severely rationed or
else absolutely unobtainable.
War of Continents
An attempt to impress his
audience with the magnitude of
total, global war was made by
the speaker. "This is a war of
continents and oceans instead
of countries," he said. So far
the war has spread over five
continents and seven oceans
In order to survive we must'
wage three dimensional warfare
backed up by enormous1 produc
tion and high morale.
Mr. Pinkley contrasted the
leadership, methods and men of
the various nations at war. Our
men are excellently trained, he
said, and noted for their excep
tionally high morale and good
humor under hardship. German
leadership is excellent, he said,
but the common soldiers, man
for man, do not compare with
British or American. He pointed
out that British land leadership
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has not been as brilliant as that
of the leaders conducting the
air and water phases of the war
and noted the superior German
method of training their officers
in all three types of warfare.
American equipment and ma
terial was Inferior to that of
the Axis countries in many cases
at the start of the war he as
serted, but that condition is
rapidly being corrected. The
Allies main problem now is one
of production and transporta
tion, he said, with the fighting
men asking for nothing but
enormous quantities of good
equipment.
Russian Needs Cited
Particularly is Russia in need
of material, declared the speak
er, pointing out the vastness of
the Russian front. Russia has
400 divisions of men fighting
on a two thousand mile front,
he pointed out, and stated that
it would be a great task for this
nation to help Russia to the
extent of keeping even ten of
its divisions supplied. Mr. Pink
ley was high in his praise .of the
Russian people and army and
said he believed they could hold
off the Germans provided they
were given supplies.
India s importance in the pres
ent war picture was empha
sized by the speaker, who spent
considerable time in that coun
try last year. He stated that
India was important strategical
ly, since it Is the base from
which Burma must be retaken,
and that no Indian leader, in
cluding Ghandi, had any con
ception of total global war. He
stated that India would have to
have military protection for the
duration of the war, even if
given independence, otherwise
the country would be taken
over at once by the Japanese.
Conditions in north Africa
were described by Mr. Pinkley
who accompanied a British out
fit during desert maneuvers last
year. Desert warfare is the most
gruelling of any, he said, with
the men suffering Intensely from
the heat, insects and lack of
water. He stated that desert
warfare is comparable to sea
warfare due to the vast spaces
covered with no fixed fighting
front and with long supply and
communication lines complicat
ing the problems. Mr. Pinklev
said history would prove that
one of the smartest moves of
the war was that made by the
British when they moved men
and supplies from the sorely
pressed home front shortly after
Dunkirk to keep Rommel from
conquering the middle east sections.
The United ' Press man de
scribed the procedure of the
Allied bombing ' of European
cities stating that an immense
amount of detail and a huge
number of people were required,
He described one raid on the
city of Cologne in which 1.146
bombers dropped 4,000 tons of
bombs and hundreds of incen
diary bombs, absolutely demol
ishing the target section. He
said the Americans used pin
point precision bombing, the
English saturation bombing and
the Germans a hodge-podge
method.
Intense bombing is being used
as a preliminary to land inva
sion of the continent, he de
clared and further stated that
with all other things being
equal, the nation with the larg
est and best air force would be
the winning nation.
Women were highly praised
by Mr. Pinkley for their part
in the war effort and he de
clared this to be a woman's
war, with women suffering
greater hardships and taking a
more active part than in any
past conflict.
A warning about Axis propa-
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ganda was given by the speaker
who said that "propaganda is
the best weapon the Axis has."
He said the propaganda attempt
ed to make trouble between the
allied nations, between capital
and labor and between religious
and other groups, pointing out
that the totalitarian method is
to divide, conquer, loot and
finally to enslave. "Our great
est bulwark against totalitarian
ism is a free press and free
speech," the newsman declared.
In this respect Mr. Pinkley said
in his opinion newspapers of
this country rendered greater
service to the general citizenry
than any other industry.
Questions Answered
After closing his talk Mr.
Pinkley answered questions from
the audience, stating in reply
to various questions that he
believed General Eisenhower's
strategy as concerned Darlan
was Justified, that the common
Italian people were not in sym
pathy with the war and dis
trusted Mussolini, that he hoped
this country would never again
let its military strength fall
below safety level and that in
the future matters of foreign
policy should be handled by
experts instead of some politi
cian who had never been away
irom his native land.
Mr. Pinkley was introduced
by Leonard Mayfield, president
of the Medford Rotary club, who
also introduced Tech. Sgt. Dan
Ehrheart and Staff Sgt. John E.
Cooksey, both well known Med
ford youths on furlough from
their army positions, and Major
General C. H. Gerhardt of the
91st division. Preceding the
lecture Pvt. and Mrs. Field
entertained with three vocal
numbers.
Mr. Pinkley's appearance here
was sponsored by the Medford
Mail Tribune, the Jackson Coun
ty League of Women Voters and
the Medford Rotary club.
equipped, most extensive and di
versified mechanical plant in the
world's, history, manned by the
greatest army of trained factory
workers ever known.
JAPS REPORT RAID
Tokya, Dec.-21 (Japanese
Broadcast Recorded by U.PP.,
San Francisco Tokyo radio to
day reported six "enemy" bomb
ers raided the famous monastery
at Rangoon Sunday causing
more than 200 "civilian" casual
ties, including the learned Amad
Debate, who was killed.
lo ALL of Our Customers Who Have So
Generously Patronized Us This Past Year
We Will Be Closed
Christmas Day Saturday and Sunday
Plan your food and meat needs for three days
Pleas place your orders for Delivery early. '
QUALITY MARKET
217 West Main
Phone 4765
OF THIS NATION
St. Louis U.B The Middle
west is becoming the "arsenal as
well as the breadbasket and
meat storehouse of the nation,'
according to Chester C. Davis.
president of the Federal Reserve
bank of St. Louis, and is. des
tined to play a leading part In
postwar industry due to the
shifting of war plants inland
from the coasts.
Davis, writing in Chemical and
Metallurgical Engineering Maga
zine, said that since June
1042, 37 per cent of the war sup
ply and facility contracts, ex
elusive of food, have gone into
the area embraced by the 14
Midwestern, North Central and
Great Plains states.
He pointed out that many of
the war Industries built in the
region will survive after the war.
with plants remaining on the in
land sites.
After the war ends, Davis
said, "we should find ourselves
in possession of the b e s
KEEP UP THI
HOME FRONT
RE-UPHOLSTER
Your Present Furniture
Preserve th Hornet
for which our men
are fighting.
Central Point Mattress
and Upholstery Shop
CENTRAL POINT. ORE. '
4th and Cherry Phone 301
WC DELIVER
SOLDIER WANTS NO PAY
Chanute Field, 111. (U.PJ Pri
vate Mathias Brantner, Port
land, Ore., didn't show up on
pay day. Brantner, air force
trainee, said, "Why should I call
for it? I don't smoke, drink
or gamble and I don't have any
dependents." Army officers per
suaded him to accept his pay
and buy war bonds.
George E. Andrews, son of
Mrs. George Andrews of New
York, graduated recently at the
air school at Columbus, Miss.,
receiving his wings and com
mission as a lieutenant in the
army air force, he writes his
aunt, Mrs. Lyda Andrews, and
his cousin, Mrs. Grace A. Fiero,
of this city.
Lieut. Andrews' father, the
late George Andrews, and - his
uncle, Ed Andrews, also now
dead, were members of the fam
ous Andrews Opera company,
and pioneer members of the
Rogue Valley ranch colony, the
families living here for many
years.
The latter part of next month.
Lieut. Andrews will complete
his training in piloting four-en
gine planes and expects to be
assigned as pilot of a flying fort
ress. Like other airmen who
have had experience with the
great B-17's, he has high praise
for the plane, writing "it is a
marvelous machine, very stable
and safe, and surprisingly easy
to fly. The four engines give
that much more safety margin.
Commenting on the hope of
Mrs. Fiero that she might some
day see him land in a P-38 on
the Medford airport, where she .
is in charge of the canteen, the !
flier's letter indicated he would
much prefer to travel in a fort
ress, j
Lieut. Andrews hopes to be.
able to visit Medford in the
course of his seasoning flights
which will bring him to the
Pacific coast. i
' Before entering the air serv-
ice, George was for some time
connected with the radio Indus- i
try. True to the Andrews tra-!
dition he took an early interest
in music, appearing in a number
of operettas during his high
school days here. He received
considerable voice training in
New York and sang regularly
at Radio City, later assuming an
executive post there.
Use sou Trlbuna Want Ada.
Landlords May Sign
Congress Petmoas
George Iverson said today
that landlords desiring to sign
the petitions to congress asking
for relief from the rent control
program could do so by calling
at the Leonard Electric store on
East Main street. ,
The petitions were signed by
many landlords and landladies
at a meeting in the courthouse
Friday night.
Canadian Butter'
Rations Reduced
Ottawa, Dec. 21 flJ.R) Cana
dians will be 'restricted to one
half pound of butter per person
per week beginning today, un
der a coupon rationing plan
announced by Donald Gordon,
chairman of the wartime price:
aYid trade board.
Effective today, the wholesale'
price win De lowered irom jjovj
to 35 cents a pound on the basis
of prices in Montreal and To
ronto. .
EAST TIGHTENS ZONES
" New York. Dec. 21-Ol.B
Lieut. Gen. Hugh Drum, com
manding general of the eastern
defense command, has ordered
the establishment of new re
stricted and prohibited zones
along the eastern seaboard from
Massachusetts to Florida. Gen.
Drum's proclamation, issued yes
terday, also tightened regula
tions for persons living or em
ployed in restricted zones.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS jj
INDOOR and OUTDOOR
DECORATIONS
Make your home gay this Christ
mas with lights. We have a big
stock of strings and bulbs for in
doors and out.
Decorate your win
dows with lighted
wreaths and bells that
say Merry Christmas to
everyone.
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AND STAMPS
FOR CHRISTMAS
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