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Newspaper Page TextjA-er-- EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, June 22, 1944 MEDF01 mMwmryou ta Southra Orea RMdi Ui Mali Xi-ibn Publlihad br MEUFUAO PRINTINO CO. 11-11 Nartk Fir St. Pbon Ht ItUBEAT W. BUHU Bdltw. B UN EST R. OIL-STRAP. U-,rcr. As lod)pn-Uat Happr. Sntrd Mcoad tlm mattr ftt Md Cord. Ortcon. under Aet ( Uarcb I, Itll. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br MJ1 In Advancai Daily and Buodar M yr. ... .T-It Sa.nr tad Sunday ti noatna., 4.40 Pally and Sunday tbra Bsontba. 1.1 Dally and Sunday ana month... .71 By Carrlar In Adranea M ad ford, Aah land, OntrtvJ Point. Jaekaonvllla, Gold Hill, Pbaanlz. Taitnt. and m motor routaat Dally and Sunday aa yx $. ' Daily and Sunday .on month.. All urmi aaab la advanca. OfflelaU Paper mt thm City mt Mdfr4 OrrielaJ Papr a Jarba Coaaty MEM HER OP AUDIT BUR AO OP CIRCULATIONS Advertising Rapraaantatlra WEST-HOL.LI DAT COHPANT, INa Oftlaaa la Now York, Cnlcaco, Datrolt, Ban PranclKO, Loa Anfalaa, Saattla, rartlaad, fit Lou la, Atianta, Vaaeaarar . B. C. l Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry I Summer officially arrived yes. but unofficially did not get here. ... Gen. (B&G) Patton, who talked out of turn, and has since been silent, now has company. British Production Minister Oli ver Lyttleton lost control of his tongue and declared America r txt m t r une Mnrp Wnmpn in vote. A r V W r r w r -as- w "Apparently 'the ladies are in it,' or will be come presidential election time next November " Bays a press release from the National Grange. The release quotes recently released United States Census Bureau figures that may well make the male population Bit up and take notice. According to these government figures potential women voters will outnumber the men including those in the armed services at the coming election, by more than half a million. ...... fTHE estimated number of men and women of voting A aire on January 1. 1944, was 88,666,555. The wom en numbered 44,622,886, and the men, 44,043,669. The estimated number of men over 21 in the aimed forces is placed at 7,860,000. While every effort will be made to rive servicemen an opportunity to vote, it is taken for granted that many of them will fail to exercise the franchise. L. Birth Rate and Future of U.S.A. The birth rate, already past its war-time peak, is anirllv declininer and will continue to fall, perhaps . - i i-. 1 l ! il. e Al ill; reducing trie wio recora Dinns oi mree imiuuu babies to less than two million yearly before the war ends that is now the opinion of many demogra nhers. Babies born at that rate would not replace the population according to the United States Census Bureau. After the war, the backlog of postponed mar riages may cause a sharp rise in the birth rate but when this boom is over the long time downward trend will be resumed as conditions become normal again. DR. T. J. Woofter of the Federal Security Agency coirl of a vonanf- mootincr nf trip Milhnnk Memorial OCWl tiy L IbVVIIU v--" . . News Behind The News By Paul Mailon Washington, June 22 The planned vacation of congress ostensibly to enable the Re publicans and Paul Mailon "JfJS Democrats to auena ineir re spective con- ventions, but the private un derstanding i s that not much business will b e attempted before August 1. It seems the house members have been wor ried by the un political activ- I. O detected Inner ities of the Hillman-C group, and insist on getting back home, not only for fence mend ing, but to find who has been digging holes under their fences, Senators also have been up set by the defeats of Holman of Oregon and Clark of Idaho, al though they are less worried about the C. I. O. These are the real reasons for the long recess. pRITICISM no doubt will now pour down upon these fur rowed legislative brows because they are abandoning the urgency of peacetime reconversion plan ning. The criticism will be su perficially valid, because they are leaving behind at least one reconversion bill, although the truth is the bill could not be passed if they stayed. Too much controversy envelops it. ACTIVE DEMAND FOR TICKETS 10 had provoked attack at Pearl hnrl "Tn mnt. wstprn Ttnt.inns t.hp rfltft of renroduc- I urgent need of some more Harbor by Japan. Friends saldj ' , ,. , . . . ... , I directive action is increasing dai- the production minister did not mean that at all, but his speech was "badly phrased." The great and the near-great should not pop-off until they know what they are popping at. une gener al of late has been as quiet as a mouse, graveyard, or the lady secretary of lajjor with a na tional election coming up. Nature has now sprinkled the countryside with wild flowers of all the leading colors, but with white and wellow predom inating. The color mixture would look like the dickens in a necktie or a wash-dress, but nature Is an expert blender. ... 50-30 STUFT (Astoria Astorian-Budget) "We're all for It, of course, but our much better and smarter half, says we're stay ing In town for the present. We'll compromise the situa tion, probably, by spending six days of each week here and one In the country." ... With 14 warships of the Jap anese navy sunk or out of com mission, and the fall of Cher bourg a matter of hours, the Axis enemies are In the first stages of folding up. The Ger man people, a Swedish report says, "Now realize they were misguided." When they were doing the shooting and all of the shouting, this never occurred to them. They are now facing the fate of the little nations they so ferociously crushed In the early days of the war. The pumpkin seed eyed militarists of Japan are also showing signs of hu manity. They want "calm con sideration" when the peace terms are written. The earlier plans to dictate them In the White House have been discard ed. ... "Johannesburg, South Africa, has opened a clothing exchange where mothers may bring chil dren and exchange them for larger sizes traded In by other mothers." (LaCross (Wis.) Jour nal.) Pretty Howdy-do! German war prisoners In Wy oming have staged a strike. They would never do this at home, and besides have been eating In a manner to which they are unaccustomed. . Signs of return to pre-war conditions are plentiful. There Is widespread cussing of the Sales Tax, and several Willa mette valley sections are break ing out with petitions for PUD. elections. ... "If I didn't knew belter, with the weather what It is, I would be ready to go south for the winter," remarked Mrs. J. Coch ran Robin today. "Little Elmer has been moping around the nest all week. His father got smart and fed him a frost-bit worn." "Worst reporter we've had In a long' time is Brlce Ham mack." (Siskiyou News.) Ad mirable Journalistic candor. J. Curtis Barnes has unleach ed another book, In which other things he advocates the "stabil ization of the family unit," and "freedom to spend," If any thing to spend. He thinks it should be limited to three bil lions per week, and does not doubt the capacity of the peo ple to get rid of this amount, lie has also uncorked a way to end the next depression before it rears its ugly head. Mr. Barnes is also author of other works on labor Including "Hi ram Perkins Sells a Hog." Us Malt Tribune Want Ada. , . . ., . , it i directive action is increasini tion has declined to the point tnat we can virtually ,v. Tne prob,em is here take for granted post war public concern over tne size of the family and the welfare of existing children." Dr. Philip M. Hauser, assistant director of the Unit ed States Bureau of the Census recently stated, "For a long time the great cities of our country have not even sustained their own population. A disproportion ately laree birth rate among rural families has kept the national birth rate increasing even though the tempo is slowing greatly. But many of our soldiers today are getting a new experience in life which is bound to have an impact on the post war world. I firmly believe they will adopt the urban pattern and the rate of rural births will tend to decline." Dr. Hauser believes that rural women and girls are also being influenced by their war-time jobs. He thinks it is logical to assume that their changed views of living will result in fewer children. L. Babies and Politics The political significance of the declining birth rate is indeed a shadow on our nation's future history and one which must be considered by those who are concerned with the whole subject of maternity. Mark Sullivan in the New York Herald lnbune reprinted a United Press dispatch picked up from the Tokyo radio which states that the rulers of Japan think of this war as one inning in a long struggle for survival. "The Tokyo radio comforted the Japanese people," said Mr. Sullivan, "with the statement today that no matter what stormy winds may blow Japan will have power and standing as a nation because of her increasing birth rate. Unlike America and Britain where children are born for convenience and the birth rate is controlled, Japan has a great number of young people." "THE Boston Herald in an editorial comments as fol- low3 about the German position in the post war world because of its birth rate differential, "It is pos sible that when the war ends Germany will be poten tially the most powerful nation in Europe. As against the destruction of a whole French generation, the German birth rate has increased. The destruction and starvation in the Balkans contrast with the good health and relative prosperity in the Reich. It is alto gether plausible that the Nazi leadership has weighed this prospect and decided that defeat in 1945 may not prevent victory twenty-five years later." p EORGE E. Sokolsky in the New York Sun puts it bluntly this way: "As the war is moving, out of it will come vast empires with huge accumulations of people. Soviet Russia may with her allies and satellite btates reach well over 200,000,000 persons. China has about 450,000,000. If a central European state is or ganized, it may run as high as 140,000,000. Excluding non-white elements, the British bmpire may run as high as 90,000,000. The United States has approxi mately 135,Ci 1,000. ' War has given an impetus to births in the Anglo- Saxon countries but the general trend has been in the direction of a decreasing birth rate due to birth con trol, artificial family limitation and a constantly high er and increasing urbanized standard of living. France's decay is not as attributable to Blum as it is to its loss in population. lhe United btates, from both the standpoint of productiveness and national defense will have to look after the size of its own population." C. Pensions, Bonuses 1 Seen Necessity in Care of Veterans Roseburg, Ore., June 22. (U.P.) Dow V. Walker, Newport, chairman of the national finance committee of the Disabled American Veterans, today said that pensions, bonuscj and other financial aids were the answer to rehabilitation and readjust ment problems of men return ing from the present conflict. Walker said thi responsibility for absorbing disabled soldiers would fall chiefly upon Industry but that civilians must alter ways of living to assure oppor tunities for the returning veter ans. Walker spoke before the 23rd state D.A.V. convention here. Closlnr. tlm lor 8undy Too Lata to Clauify A SO Saturday aHarooou Pltasa ranenibar. though the solution Is still ab sent. All tabs on business show the peak of production and em ployment was passed six months ago and declines averaging about 3 per cent are evident in all lines. True, a happier outlook for post-war at home Is beginning to be evident behind the news. The stock market always, until now, has sighed and sagged at the prospects of victory. The final grand assault, however, sent It firmly up. The nroblem Is simple. There is $200,000,000,000 of cash In banks and savings bonds. Peo ple are short of everything and can use this money to buy. To sustain a satisfactory and suc cessful nation we must have a national income for the people 15 to 25 per cent below current war expenditures. The solution must dovetail these facts into each other and provide a prac tical economic program for the next few years, which will not only do the Job, but Inspire con fidence, now that it can be done. ... TPHE administration has put forward a program which has not yet convinced anyone the Job will be done. At the top of its setup is Mr. Byrnes In the office of demobilization, but that of fice is only a few deslts and tele phones. Actually Byrnes, with out any economic staff, is a peacemaker over the various conflicting government agencies. Apparently C. E. Wilson was to take over the actual plant re conversion program, but he no sooner settled himself In thnt scat than Donald Nelson an nounced a reconversion program (at the instance of the Truman committee, so they say) To make the confused state of affairs even more clearly discernible the army denounces the Nelson program. Other details are being han dled separately. Vinson prepar ing a price program; Marvin Jones, the farm machinery; Will Clayton, the surplus property disposal, etc., but yet no one is handling the problem as a whole. The primary necessity to keep things going Is tax revision, and while Senate Finance Chairman George promises early action, It is apparent that matter is not being handled In coherence with the whole. What the Job needs Is a top. It already has too many bottoms. The coordinator could be Mr. Byrnes, If he has not too much else to do trying to keep peace, but a better choice would be an economically conscious-organizer like Baruch or Kennedy, or someone of that type who could not only draw these loose ends together but keep them balanced with economic necessities through the post-war years. CURIOSITY New York, June 22 (UP Curiosity got the better of seven-year-old Patricia Keeley while playing on the roof of an apartment building. She pecked into a chimney, lost her bal ance, and plunged two stories before becoming wedged. Fire men hacked a hole in the chim ney to free the child. The dam age was one dirty dress and one bruised knee. Tickets for the Fifth War Loan bond premiere, scheduled for to morrow night at the Craterian theater, are much in demand and those planning to attend should buy their bond and present it at once, drive wrokers said today. The premiere will feature both "The Call of Freedom," stage play and a cast of servicemen and women from Camp White, and "Pin-Up Girl" In technicolor and starring Betty Grable. All seats in the theater are re served and have ben scaled ac cording to the size of the bond purchased, according to Eino Hemmila, manager of the Hunt theaters. Most of the remaining seats are for the $100 bonds, he pointed out. The bonds, which must not be dated later than June 19, ere to be presented at drive headquarters, 21 North Central avenue. In exchange for tickets. It is stated that the premiere, scheduled for 8:15 p. m., will open with the stage play. Writ ten by Cpl. Frank Farnham and Cpl. Lawrence Marcus of Stock ton Field, Calif., has been pre sented in California with much success. Production here is by the special services department of the WPRC. Cpl. Dean Nelson Is directing, Staff Sgt. Don Sal- ford is serving as business man ager, Cpl. Gene Roesser as stage manager and Sgt. Jon Crowe md Pfc. Harold Drosethes as musical coordinators. The SCU band, directed by T. Sgt. John De Angelus, will play, and solo num bers will be given by Sgt. Crowe. - Appearing in the cast are Cpl. Eldon Morris, ' Pfc. Lois Hood, Cpl. Dean Nelson, Sgt. Herbert Tubbs, Sgt. Jon Crowe, Pfc. Warren Wallace, Pvt. Henry Adams, Cpl. Doris Bull and Sgt. Herbert Tubbs. Cpl. Nelson will be narrator. children of our present "Indli-l pensible president?" The first I remember is the NBA, lirst called the Blue Eagle and later the Blue Buzzard. The WPA was outstanding. As a vote getter it was a whiz, but for the country it was a tragedy. Hunger and poverty are serious but when we lose our manhood it is far worse. The greatest debt of all his tory has been created, not only in war but in peace time. What Is to be done about paying it off? The supreme court was pack ed, not as much as the president wished but enough so you may be sure of a verdict in favor of anything that is New Deal. We are under bureaus, with no con trol by our courts. There are so many federal employes they are in each other s way. But they have votes. G. L. Hawley, Route 4. MESSNER DAMAGE SUIT IN FINAL STAGE TODAY The $10,000 damage suit of Mary C. Phillips as administra trix of the estate of Raphael C. Messner against James H. Kroger was expected to be in the hands of the Jury by mid afternoon today. The suit Is based on an auto accident In Gold Hill several! months ago wherein Messner, an II TO GET T AT BEAVER LAKE aged man, was allegedly struck' Crof chaPter is. unab'e to con" by an auto driven by Kroger, I .- ' ' J Tul Mrs. Mary E. Duby, 19 Barne burg Road, left early this week for Beaver Lake, Issaquah, Wash., as a Jackson county can didate for the National Aquatic school June 20 to 30. Mrs. Duby, wife of Lt. Martin Duby, Salinas Air Base, Calif., took her previous training at In diana State Teachers' college and at MacMurray college. Mrs. Duby will return to Medford in time to act as swimming in structor at both Boy Scout and btr 1. 1943. 15.78 inches. Dellclency Girl Scout camps this summer and will be authorized to con duct Red Cross swimming courses at these camps for certi fication. Up to the present time these camps will conduct the only Red Cross swimming pro grams for Jackson county. The Jackson county officials announce that because of the lack of facilities, the local Red last year In which the Red Cross swimming program was carried on in Medford. Because of gas rationing these children have been unable to obtain instruction at pools In other towns and counties. A new high-speed electric mo tor (60,000 RPM) is being pro duced to increase the output of -airplane engines. Daily Weather Report Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with alowly rla lng temperature. Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight an4 Friday, tew ahowers along the east ern portion. Slowly rifling temperas ture except along the coaat. Local Pnta Temperature a year ago todayl Highest, 70: lowest. 40. Total monthly precipitation, l.St Inches. Excess for the month, Si Inch. Total precipitation since eepiem- while Messner was walking on the Pacific highway. Da Mali Tribune Want Ada DON'T NEGLECT SLIPP1NCI FALSE TEETH Do falw teeth drop, allp or wabble when you talk. eat. laugh or aneer.7 COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor roust neat the name aud address ol the write! Mthotigh the use ol a pen namt T initials foi publication is per mlsslble rhe Msll mbuue re wrves the tigbt to edit all letter ltb a view to clarity and eon-lensatton. Offers Campaign Slogan To the editor: I believe we need for a cam paign slogan "Government by the Party, of the Party and for the Party is Not Democracy." The election should be over when the returns are in, both for the voters of the opposition and the administration elected to of fice. However, this has not been true for the last twelve "long years." We are sometimes asked by the Roosevelt boosters which of the New Deal policies we would eliminate. It is not so much what has been done as the way it is being done that we object to. We object to the boss rule, that has plagued many of our cities, be ing installed nation-wide. There are several things new In the governmental system that have merit. There were mostly here or coming when the Roose velt administration took over. Refinance Corporation, National Housing, Bank Guarantees, etc., were either here or on the way; they would be here no matter who was elected In 1932. These are not the brain children of Franklin D. Just what are the real brain Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10 and 20 years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June 22, 1934 (It was Thursday) Building costs to be slashed by NRA ruling. Fire at Eugene destroys cream ery and concrete plant. Nation's business continues to follow recovery path. Portland police guard tanker from dock strikers as cargo is discharged. Fair and slightly warmer. High 86, low 46 degrees. County Commissioner R. E. Nealon heaves a rock at a coyote and kills it. Hindu prophet says world on verge of new war. President attends Yale-Harvard boat race, and Yale wins. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., mem ber of Harvard crew. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 22, 1924 (It was Sunday) Evangelist in sermon declares Hell is located 18 miles from this city. Twenty-lap auto race at fair grounds proves a thriller. Oregon delegation at demo cratic convention in New York start rally for McAdoo; delegates mention Klan issue but take no stand on burning issue;, session a wild clamor and confusion. ty this summer. For years the swimming classes were the largest Red Cross program of the summer, daily attendance at the local pool under Red Cross in struction registering up to 500 a day. The summer of 1941 was the. Yakima' for the seasno. .42 inch, Relative humidity at 4:90 p. m. yesterday, 63; 4:30 a. m. today, 89. Tomorrow Sunrise 5:86 a. m. sunset 8:50 p. m. Past24houra: High Low Preo. Boise 65 Boston Chicago Denver Eureka Havre Los Angeles Medford , 85 New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno ...... Roseburg Salt Lake San Francisco . Seattle , 76 . 67 , 66 . 93 , 64 . 81 . 62 Spokane 75 Washington, D. C. 78 62 63 70 61 65 61 48 49 60 72 59 66 35 62 63 54 53 63 63 55 .03 .02 T .03 .17 T T T This Is OUR Fight! This fight for freedom is not an exclusive affair for our fighting men. This is our fight too let's all pitch in and bring the boys back sooner. Buy all the War Bonds you can. Donate blood to the Red Cross Blood Donor Center to save wounded soldiers. Let's write oftener to the boys overseas. Let's keep production up so our boys will not lack guns, tanks and ships. Be an American first, and do all the things to keep America's security safe. Your own security is assured if you buy War Bonds and Life Insurance. 0. 0. ALENDERFER Cordell Hull, chairman of the democratic national committee, is prostrated by heat. Japan war jingoes incite hatred for America in Tokyo. Fair. High 80, low 38 degrees. Tourist travel now at its height In valley. Crater Lake lodge is opened with 800 visitors. BANKER DIES New York, June 22 (U.PJ Calvin Bullock, 72 international investment banker, died yester day of heart disease. CLEAN FACTORY- lo) o) THE EFFICIENT FUEL! 200 Cu. FI. Load DIAL 2123 Timber P $6.75 DIAL 2123 Company oaieon NOTICE OF NONHIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET HEARING ioij m.nn 'ii, . - j " .il u "J , "r: i-'"." "regon, on tne Z4in nay or June, 1945' hereinafter set forth ' " " uv... u. uSh .ur ie nscat year Deginning July 1, 1944, and ending Julj July 1, BUDGET ESTIMATED RECEIPTS 1. Estimated available cash on hand at beginning of the year for which this budget Is made . 2. Estimated receipts from delinquent taxes .. . 3. Amounts received from other annrr ..$ 35,953.83 Total $ 35.953.88 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES ITEM Expenditures for Three Fiscal Years Next Preceding the Current School Year 1. Tuition 2. Transportation 3. Clerical Legal . 4. Postage, Telegraph, Telephone 3. Supplies and Printing 8. Election and Publicity 7. Travel 8. Interest on Warrants or Other Indebtedness.. 9. Other Miscellaneous Expenses 10. Emergency - - , Totals . 1940-1941 1941 1942 1942-1943 ,..$ 67,163.30 $ 69,780.69 $ 70.662.08 -. 11,564.25 11,555.37 10,592.72 120.00 120.00 210.00 25.00 . 50.00 50.00 15.80 ' 109.13 47.40 444.26 15.10 eo.SO 163.16 210.25 16o!()0 ,.S 79.493.77 $ 81.980.54 $ 81.783.00 Estimated exp. 1943-1944 Budget Allowance $ 84.434.00 12,000.00 300 00 100.00 200 00 50.00 300.00 Expend! tures 84,434.00 12,000.00 300.00 100 00 200.00 30.00 300.00 150.0o' 2,000.00 Estimated lor 1944 1943 $ 95.000.00 12,000.00 ' 430.00 ISO 00 200.00 75.00 300.00 130.00 2,000.00 250.00 2.000.00 S 99.534.00 $ 99.534.00 $110,425.00 . , r r I jii EXPENDITURES, RECEIPTS. AND AVAILABLE CASH BALANCES AND TAX LEVY Total Estimated expenditures 4A i-tvy 5110.425.00 35.953.88 Deduct toti 1 estimated receipts and available cash balances... Amount necessary to balance the budget.. IV. Deduct deficit forwarded to next fiscal year.. V. Balance to be raised by taxation .. 74,471.12 VI. Add estimated amount of taxes that will not be collected during the fiscal year 'for" whTcr.hTs"b'd7e7l7mad7I VII. Total estimated tax levy for the ensuing fiscal year. Indebtedness Amount of warrant indebtedness on war rants issued and endorsed "not paid for want of 'unds" ... $.. Amount of other Indebtedness Don't be annoyed and embarraseed by such handicaps. FAflTEETH. an alka line (non-ackll poa-der to sprinkle on your plates, keeps fal teeth more firmly set Olrea confident feellnt of security r ud added comfort. No gum- mv uonr nnttv IMtA or feeMnu Oet rASissi'H today ,t anr drug store, i 3. Total Indebtedness (sum of Items 1, 2)... . $ 74,471.13 .$ 74,471.12 Dated, May 12. 1944. (Signed) C. R. BOWMAN, A. E. BROCKWAY. 1 nerk. Chairman, Board of Directors. Approvea ray Budget Committee Signed) J. W. RAr.snAt r Secretary, Budget Coinmitlee. 19 r. . A- E-BROCKWAY. Chairman, Budget Commute. 1'