Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 12, 1944, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextSIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDslJTRIBUNE J! "SvaroiM ta Southern Oregoa ' naads th Mali Tribune' DUt Except thaturday Publlhd bjr UKOroKD PRINT1NO CO. r-tf Norib Fir SL Pboo till ROBERT W. RUHU Editor. BRNBST R. OILnTKAP, MHftffr. Am Iodpndnt Niwpapr. Botrd a moDd claa matter at Md Cord, Orsfon, under Act of March I, 1871. flun3CRi"noN rates Br Mall In Advance! Dally and Sundar om year. ... .fT.it Dally and Sunday all month.. 4.00 Dally and Bundar Ihrea montba, 1.1 Dally and Sunday on month... .7 By Carrltr In Advance Mad ford. Ah land. Central Point, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, and oa motor roateat Dally and Sunday on year It.Ot ' Dally and Sunday -on month. .Tft All term a caah la advanoa. OfflclaJ Paper ( the City of Mrdford Official Paper of Jnrluoa County -Full Leaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT DURBAD OF CIUCUlATIONB Advertlelns Representative WKST-UOLMUAV CUMPANY. INC. Offfcei In New York, Chicago, Detroit, Ban Francisco. Loa A nut lea. Seattle, Portland, fit. Louti, Atlanta. Vancouver, b. a Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry .Federal employees are warned If they "dabble in politics they will be discharged immediate ly." It is little enough punish ment with so much at stake in November. If they sweat, bleed, and bawl until it hurts, the re ward will be the right to "dab ble" four more years nt the public trough. ... The Navy has developed a fighter plane that goes straight up like a delegate to the dem ocratic national convention when advised to vote for any body but Roosevelt. ... The "Atlantic Wall," behind which Tuetonlc might and cus sedness was supposed to make a bitter stand to the last man in repelling the Allied Invasion, turned out to be as misty a myth as propaganda has created in this war. Hailed as the last word In defense, with every Jimson weed a mask for a ma chine gun nest, and strong enough to knock down a Brit ish general at 20 miles, It was about as impregnable as a pa per "hanky". It was weaker than Singapore, than Hong Kong and the Maginot Line, historic fizzles all, in thwarting the foe. It makes the people of the United Nations lose faith in the Japanese boasts, "the modern building of Tokyo" will stand up unscathed when bomb ed. The rest of Tokyo would flame and fall, but not "the modern buildings", built to de fy both war and earthquakes. In the light of the evidence, the answer is "Oh, Yeah!" ... GRACEFUL YIELDING (Pendleton East Oregonian) "The East Oregonian said editorially: "The enemy hus captured the breastworks as well as nearly all tin offices . . . The people have ren dered their verdict and since we believe in the people and their Judgment, we are sat isfied; in fact, we have to be". . When his neighbors com plained, a Portland resident killed his chickens. Now he fig ures, robins, who also raid gar dens, should be exterminated. He avers this would be logic. A dead robin is a dead robin. A dead chicken can be fried chicken. . . Finland (pre-war poor Fin land) is now cashing in on the firo-Nazl bullheadness of her eaders. Russia invades, Ameri ca applies the economic black list, and Great Britain is not Interested. Finland took the short cut to end of her ropeskl. ... "The prison coach has little or no difficulty in getting the boys together for practice, for he generally knows where tc place a finger on them." (Sa lem Capital - Journal) Nntural Iyl ... Piscatorial feats are now doming spnrt pages. An east ern Oregon fisherman yanked a 34-pound buss out of the Pa cific ocean, using a No. 8 hook, and last week's two gallons of gas. ... TOUGH OLD DAYS "When my wife agreed to marry me, partly for money, I was enmirg $40 n month. Sev en dollars was needed for rent and almost $15 for food, Includ ing such luxuries as apples or bananas on Saturdays. Then there was the big clothing bill. I was proud of her and bouRht more pretty dresses than she needed. Every little while 80 rents was dug up for lovely cal ico, to say nothing of an occa sional gingham dress costing upwards of a dollar. But In spite of all this expense I saved $10 monthly, with the excep tion of the month the baby was born. This added expense made it Impossible to save more than $5." (Claudo Callan in K. C. Times.) Fifty-five per cent of the env ployces at the Sunflower Ord nance Worfcj at Da Soto, Kas are women. A year ago only S7.37 per cent were women. Monday, June 12 1944 Is the War Over? Has Germany really started to crumble? There is precedent for it. In 1918 when the German general staff saw victory had become impossible, they squawked and quit. Their armies had not been decisively beaten in the field, and could undoubtedly have lougnt on stuo bomly for many months. But they didn't they could dish it out but tney couian i tane n. ..... THERE is no sentiment within the German general staff. They are all hard boiled, professional sol diers. When there is no longer chance of profit in fighting they just don't tignt. Thfiv call it a dav. make the best bargain they can and prepare tor tne next IS that what they are preparing to do now? There are some evidences of it. Ever since the allied channel invasion started the German war reports have been strangely frank and pessimistic. Most of the good news from the allied standpoint in fact has come from Berlin. This is in striking contrast with the customary Ber lin attitude of bravado, scorn and self confidence, an attitude which has held firm for nearly five years without a break until during the past week. . . . . . AND, according to allied reports all the German prisoners taken several thousands of them, are equally down hearted and pessimistic. They join in an amazing chorus of dejection and hopelessness, declaring Germany may fight on but they know, and everyone in Germany knows, the jig is up. LIOW come? Heretofore in Africa, in Italy, along the Russian front, the German prisoners have been reported arrogant, defiant, confident of ulti mate German triumph. The German prisoners in this country have been notoriously cocky and complacent. ..... flHAT has caused this great and sudden transfor " mation? Is it a plot, is if some cooked-up scheme, by the great "Master-Mind", to breed a feeling of overconfi dence in the allied camp? Then when the FOE has been lulled into a sense of false security suddenly rise up and strike? Or is it what it appears the end as far as organized German resistance is concerned? The usually omniscient partment pushes away the crystal ball and admits he doesn't know. He is stumped. Everything on the sur face looks as if the Nazi of bluff, buncombe and bluster had really started to slip (and when it once starts watch out, :t will be some avalanche 1) but hesitates to act upon appear ances, and believes it would be foolish for anyone else to do so. AT any rate this much is n 4 If the great Hitler stampede HAS really started, then that should be the signal not for relaxing and letting down, but turning on the heat and pressure harder than ever before, so ot trie initial break: can be Far better in fact to assume the worst rather than the best, to fight a bit harder than necessary rather than not quite hard enough. When the Nazi rout is m will be time enough to relax and send a few devout hosannas skyward I What About Fishing Tackle? Camp White is now operating as the Western Personnel Reassignment Center, one of three camps in the U. S. in which men, who have seen bat tle service and have completed a furlough at home, are assembled for assignment to new duties. This will mean that Jackson County will have as her guests in months to come hundreds of men "who have seen the toughest fighting on distant fronts and have returned for richly deserved and much needed rest. Of course, citizens of this hospitality to these young fighting men who have helped so much to turn the tide in this conflict. South ern Oregon's many attractions Crater Lake, Diam ond Lake, Lake O'Woods, Lithia Tark, the Oregon Caves and countless others should be enjoyed to the fullest by the veterans who are awaiting their return to battle stations. Every effort is being made to place the full recreational facilities of this vacation- land at the disposal of reassignment center officials. JVOST fighting men and especially those from the South Pacific area enjoy fishing more than any other sport. We have world-famous Rogue River, and countless other streams and lakes, to delight the most ardent nimrod. There is, however, a shortage of fishing tackle, Those who have an extra rod and reel, or maybe a few flies or "Ford fenders" can assure a lot of pleasure for re-assignment service men if they will give or loan these necessities of fishing fun. Check over your outfit NOW, Mr. Angler, and telephone Camp White, 5221, extension 2128. Lieut. Boggs will see that your spare tackle is picked up and placed at .once in the hands of men who, like yourselves, long for the music of spinning reels and swishing lines. HG FOUNDATION SET UP Austin, Tex. CUR) Housing shouldn't prove a difficult prob lem for postwar students at the University of Texas. University regents have approved establish ment of a housing foundation, which is authorized to accept gifts to construct low-cost hous ing units for students. wan , to be, the beginning of prognosticator of this de edifice, built on the sands certain, it is nothing to the maximum advantage taken. full swing so all mav see Vallev will extend fullest QUITS RESEARCH Cambridge, Mass. U.PJ Be cause of the accelerated war pro gram, Massachusetts Institute of Tech. ology has abandoned its far-famed research activities, ac cording to President Karl T, Compton. About 20 per cent of the faculty are working on war projects, he said. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, June 12 A lat ent but tremendous popular In terest out in the country over the confused status of the iJ Atlantic char ter as it faces leftist ideolo gies In war torn Europe has been fresh ly detected by the senate. An asto n 1 s h 1 n g number of re quests have Paul Mallon come in for copies of a speech by New Hampshire's Re publican Senator Bridges, made in the senate May 23. Recently the number was above 80,000, and it will run above 100.000. About 40,000 of the first re quests came from Protestant groups, 10,000 more from Cath alics, the rest from other sources. ... fHE public may recall the ad- dress as a criticism of Mr. Roosevelt giving naval vessels to Russia when Churchill would not let the Italian navy go, and inasmuch as we still face a great naval war in the Pacific in which Russia is not involved. This was only the introduc tion of the Bridges speech wiiich reached the headlines. The bulk of it was a less sensational in quiry into the status of the At lantic charter and four freedoms directed to Mr. Roosevelt and asking him: Have you lost the Initiative in Europe?" The news from Italy lately has only added to the popular confusion. The withdrawal of the king in favor of Crown Prince Umberto as "lieutenant-general of the realm" has received varied interpretations. An Italian-Amer ican labor leader in Boston as serted the king was under Com munistic Influence, but. Umber- to's position is being described as Fascist by the liberal press. The pronouncements of the Vatican immediately after the freeing of Rome revealed no ink ling of Its political knowledge or I intentions. The Communist leader Brow- der has broadcast on our radio domestically an implication that some Catholic churchmen have accepted the validity of Russian indications of espousal of re ligion as against the atheism and agnostic Ideologies former ly promo'ed and imposed on the Russians by the state. Incidental- y but not necessarily significant ly, Mr. Browdcr closed his ad dress with an appeal to God in some connection or other. The only thing clear, there fore, is that there is confusion therefore no agreement. Valid and authentic interpretations be yond this may be a long time coming. ... THE Communists are in control nf olmnat .11 iVn TTiirnnnan underground movements, and are, therefore, the most active political influence we are free ing not only In Italy, France and Poland, but throughout Eu rope. Always In the past they have used the words "freedom" and 'democracy" In a far different sense than we do, so document ary evidence thus far has done little to change the confusion. Most Communists still look upon freedom as meaning lust one thing freedom from Fascism if not capitalism, or, In fact, free dom from democracy as we un derstand it. Also, Russia In the past has changed Its Ideological course temporarily, with Its fingers crossed behind Its back, solely to get Its way, and when this purpose was accomplished It would revert to its original pur pose. This Is the precise official explanation of Stalin's friend ship neutrality treaty with Hit ler when Poland was Invaded and Britain was drawn Into thi: war. ... (SUSPICIONS, therefore, are k"' natural and will not easily be dispelled. If the transferring of an unexplained title of "lieuten ant-general from the king to Umberto (later to be passed, some say, to Umperto's son) be comes , cover for an Italian Communist radical grasp for power, It Is one thing. If it be comes only a cover for the con fusion (as It most likely Is), then the fruits of war are being rip ened only on the outside peeling, and worms at the core will con tinue to work. Certainly no evidence behind the news suggests anything more than dickering for control among the politicians of Italy now, evi dence which has been available also concerning Poland, France, etc. Yrt In Italy there Is one force which Is certainly Christian in Its ideals the Ideals which Mr. Roosevelt rlghtlv described May 27, 19U (quoted in the Bridges speech), as being "the dignity of the human being, of the maj esty of the human soul, In a world where moral standards are measured by treachery and bribery and fifth columnists." (The president was then speak ing of a Communist dictator ship.) It was this point of Cr.vs jtian ideology which brought Pacific Veterans' Saved From Stricken Transport jw.fi.s-A y i - (Acme Tclephoto) Ruddled in blankets, these U. S. Navy officers and men are brought ashore in San Francisco after they were rescued when the transport that was returning them from Pacific war theater ran aground on reef off Faral lone Islands during heavy fog. - Not a man was lost during rescue operations. U. S. Navy photo. Forrestal Takes ill A ',.- , ,( -v j Z-?1 ' - 5 1 "iiii :--'xx 'V.-Si'' r; (Acme Tclephoto ) James Vincent Forrestal (left) Is sworn In as 48th secretary ot the Navy at brief Washington ceremony. The oath Is administered to the 62-year-old New York investment Banker by Rear Adm Thomas L. Gatch, judge advocate general ot the Navy. many inquiries for the Briges speech. The Vatican Is not only "the best - informed institution o n earth," but well might be a great influence in Italy, Poland, France, etc., where there seem to be fe'w Roosevelt Democrats, and as far as I can see it, the main power present to be used for maintenance of the Christian ideology, along with the Church of England and various Protest ant denominations on the con tinent. Californians Fight To Retain Guayule Experiments Alive Washington, June 12 U.B House agriculture committee members joined California con gressmen today in a fight to block a "death sentence" im posed by the appronriatlons com mittee on the $35,000,000 ex perimental guayule rubber pro gram. A proposal to continue the pro gram until the crop matured in from 24 to 36 months was re jected by the house recently on recommendation of the appro priations group. But the senate, after a lengthy committee inves tigation, reinstated the measure Into the agriculture ' department appropriations bill and sent it in to conference with tha house. The house is1 expected to act on the conference report late to day. The senate conferees Insist ed that the program be retained, but the house appropriations group continued its opposition. INTEREST ON ALIMONY Salem, Ore. (U.R) Divorced spouses In this state who be come delinquent In their' alim ony payments must not only make up their back payments but pay interest at the legal rate on the deferred instol'ments. So the supreme court of this state ruled in a suit brought by Sarah Elizabeth Kern against the estate of her former husband. Don Kern. Inasmuch as Mrs. Kern had been deprived of the use of the alimony money she was entitled to interest, the high court ruled in awarding her $13,277.39 of which $2,949.60 represented interest. r Mall Trtbun. Wnt Arts. HARDiE SPRAY RIGS NIAGARA DUSTERS O Sales . . O Genuine Parts Dependable Service McCOY MACHINERY COMPANY 111 North Fir Phone 341 5 Medford 1 Oath of Office FIRES GIVE STATE PATROL WORKOUT With three grass and brush fires reported practically at the same time, the Jackson county staff of the state forest patrol spent a busy afternoon Sunday. First call was to Spring street at the edge of Medford where a resident allowed a fire to spread from a pile of debris he was burning. The fire spread over 12 acres of grass before be ing controlled. While the crew was busy with this blaze, a sec ond was reported from near Jacksonville, where an old campfire, thought to have been smoldering for nearly a week, spread to adjoining grass and brush fields. It covered some one and a half acres before be ing controlled. Third of the calls, which fol lowed close on the first two, was for a fire in the vicinity of Trail on the Long Branch creek, This blaze had spread from a brush fire, started by a resident of the district, and spread over about half an acre. A. D. McReynolds of the state lire patrof, stated that an eight- mile wind and the extremely low humidity of 12 per cent was apparently the reason of fires spreading and caused the crews considerable anxiety be fore all were controlled. Saturday night tne crew an swered a call from the Immi grant dam area near Ashland where lightning had set fire to an old snag. MID-AIR GREETING Kilgore, Tex. (U.R It was al most a midair collision when Pvt. Barney J. Thurman, sta tioned with an airborne division in England, met up with a rela tive of his whom he hadn't seen for two years. Pvt. Thurman was floating down after making 9 parachute jump when he look ed into a passing plane and saw the pilot was his cousin, Lt. Clint Cowden. PUC HEARING HERE JUNE 20 WILL EYE Representatives of Public Utilities Commissioner George H. Flagg will conduct hearings beginning at 10 a. m. in the county courthouse Tuesday, June 20, on all matters that may come before them, accord ing to a release from the PUC office in Salem. Specifically, according to the release, they will investigate how the public interest will best be served by allowing the application of W. D. Plumley, Medford, to acquire an interest in the permit under which the Yellow Cab company is oper ated. Plumley, Warren B. Hamlin and Eugene Thorndike are also seeking to take over the permit under which Earl C. Leever has been operating the Terminal Cab company. Hamlin, owner of the Yellow Cab company, recently pur chased the Terminal Cab com pany from Leever in a consoli dation move that was approved by the Office of Defense Trans portation. Another application to be heard by the PUC representa tives is that of Eldon Holmes of Eagle Point, to operate a milk route within 25 miles of Medford. PERFECT RECORDS , Schenectady, N. Y. (U.R) Two plants of the same com pany turned in records during the past two years of 200,000, 000 manhours of work without a fatality. They are the Sche nectady and Fort Wayne, Ind., plants of General Electric. DuPont hag developed a new soap Ingredient from petroleum for use by the army. The new soap will remove dirt, oil and grease in any kind of water, salt or fresh, hot or cold, hard or soft. jtMM etww..- w-1 1 . Will 'WMMRnw'-??" & '-Ml : 3 m 'Mt;l!il!ill! DISTINCTIVE BUT NOT EXPENSIVE Since 1888 CONGER -MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and West Main St. Office of the County Coroner AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE 3147 H. W. Ccnger Carlos W. Morri l" Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files oi the Mai) Tribune 10 and 20 years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June 12, 1934 Ot was Tuesday) Violence flares anew In San Francisco longshoremen's strike v and police repel invasion of strik ers with guns an dclubs. Deuel building at Main' and Bartlett to be reconstructed and corner occupied by Luman Bros, grocery. Fair with occasional cloudi ness. High 88, low 55 degrees. Southern Oregon auto dealers to keep NRA code rules. Primo Camera and. Max Baer fight Thursday in championship fight in New York. Flunrer bakery to barrel sup ply of berries for pies. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 12. 1924 (It was Thursday) Congress kills $100,000 road appropriation for Crater Lake. Mayor E. C. Gaddis is given a warning for over-parking his auto in front of Mann's store. President Coolidge is renom inated by Republicans on first ballot at convention. Charles G. Dawes is nominated for vice preisdent. Cloudy. High' 81, tow grees. Precipitation .01 inch. 52 de of an Seventy-four members of Sen ior high graduating class receive diplomas at armory exercises. Edmund Morris presented the valedictory and Miss Aileen Crawford was salutarian. ELKS WILL HO FLAG DAY RITES The Elks lodge will conduct the annual Flag Day exercises Thursday night, June 15. The services, open to the public, will start at 8:30 p. m. Herman Purucker and his troop of Sea Scouts will give the history of the flag and Otto Frohnmayer will give the Flag Day address. Sebastian Apollo will be in charge of the music. The Elks are particularly urged to attend. ORDER DISTRIBUTION ALTA WALBERT ESTATE A decree calling for the final distribution of the estate of Alta Eliza Walbert, and the dis charge of Eugene Thorndike as administrator, has been filed in probate court. Mrs. Walbert and her husband, C. E. Walbert, local residents, disappeared on a plane trip in November 1939 and no trace has ever been found of either plane or pas sengers. They left this city for Port land, in the face of unfavorable weather conditions. Aerial search was made for the couple, including the offering of a re ward by the Medford Flying club. The estate of Walbert is now in process of final probate court action. WEATHER Northern California: Fair to day, tonight and Tuesday but with strong north wind interior valleys today. Cooler in Interior.