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EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. June 29, 1944 MEDFORD UNE "Btottod fa Southern Oregaa Budi Ui Hall Tiibui" Dally Except Batordar Publlibtd by UBuruno printing oa iT-W North Fir SL Pboat 1141 ROBERT W. RUHU Editor. KRNE3T R. OIMTRAP. titDiiir. An tadvpendant Nwippr. KnUrvd m Meood alu matter at Mud ford. Orason, under Act af March I, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mail In Advance! Dally and Suodar -earn yaar $7.lt Dalljr and StiDdaran Vtoothi... 4.10 Dally and Sunday threa aiontba. 1.1 Dally and Sunday ana month.. .T By CarrUr In Advanea U ad ford, Ah iand. Central Point, J ac keen villa, Oold Hill. Phoenls, Talent, and m motor routei: Dally and Sunday ana year II. Ot Dally and Sunday .one month. .11 All terms aaab la advance. Official Paper af the City OfflelaJ Papa af Jackaoa tt Hedfard County -Fall I oaied Wire fctEMUBR OP AUDIT BURKAO OP CIRCULATIONS Advertising Repreeentatlve WKST-HOLMDAT COMPANY, INC. Office In New York, Chicago. Detroit, San Prancleco, Los Angelee, Seattle, Portland. SL Iouli. Atlanta, YaacaaTet b. a The Republican convention nominated two Governors Dewey of Now York and Brick er of Ohio for president and vice-president, respectively Both possess radio ' and platform charm, know where they are at, nnH nil the answer. It ia the first time in 12 years the GOP leaders have been big league orators. The party rank and file will no longer have to apologize for the vocal chords of their standard-bearers, with the alibi: "Sure they can't talk thank Heaven! It's something in their favor." And, furthermore, any New Deal wisecracks out of Secy. Ickes will be answered promptly and with withering devastation. After next January, H. Hopkins, the deputy presi dent, elected to nothing by vote of the people, will no longer be a White House roomer. Farmers report for the first time this year the cast iron seats of mowing machines were so warmed by the sun yes. it was necessary to keep cool by sitting on a sheepskin, wooly side up. . Poor Finland is getting poorer and subjected to further indigni ties. German troops have march ed through Helsinki singing Nazi songs. They will assist in the eating of Finland's slim food supplies, but have farther to run to get home. An eastern comment a t o r opines be sees signs of a "fifth terms" for the "Indispensable Man." Due to the fact there will be no Fourth Term, there is no danger of a Fifth Term. PUBLIC PULSE POUNDS (Rosaburg Nwt-Rrlw) "In the event of a strike, many people will say that every striker should be forced Into uniform, given a gun and sent to the firing line at G. I. wages. To this we would freely agree, providing the War Labor board and National La bor Relations board received the same treatment." ... The platform of the Republi can party as adopted covers practically everything, but turn ing the clocks back where tlicy belong. ... The Nazis now have their backs "to three walls," military experts report. This Is a very good trick even If performed by a hated, but efficient foe. . - The French patriots have at long Inst unlimbcred their shoot ing irons against their home grown traitors, as long threat ened. In their first effort tliclr aim was perfect, and the Why propaganda minister, one of Hit ler's most plinnt puppets, bit the dust. In his own par'or. Usually when a Frenchman at tempts assassination, his marks manship is bum. Chief of Gov ernment Laval, the slimiest viper of the lot was horrified by the deed, as well he may be. The time Is not far distant when he will be the eminent target of his countrymen. ... GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT (Columbia (SC) R.cord) "In the 13 years the young correspondent spent In Japan there was never a dull mo ment for him. He experienc ed such things as earthquakes, fires, uprisings, assassinations and mnrrlago to a Texas girl travelling through Japan." ... Many plan to observe the Fourth of July next Tuesday by patriotically endeavoring to catch a fish. . Today la the birthday of Lee (Dubb) Watson, and his age Is nobody's business, "On the other hand, when one says 1480,000, it does sound like more than half a million." ((Press Dispatch). It sounds near enough, Vw Mall Tribune Want Ads. : 1 Ye Smudge Pot i By Arthut Prry I Dewey. As Other Editors See Him By United Press Portland Oregonlan The nomination should be heartening to America. Thoughtful citizens of either great party have long realized that administrative office needs a transfusion of new and youthful blood. . New York Times In a vigorous address last night to the con vention he (Devey) made his first effort to put force and clarity into a timid and ambiguous program. . . New York Herald Tribune A strong and telling speech. It would be difficult to find a parallel for its hard-hitting eloquence in convention oratory. New York Daily Mirror He has demonstrated that In the last analysis, it is not the showy, bawling, rainbow-promising person al, ty like Wendell Willkie, for instance that the people want nowadays. New York Dally News He mendous worker, constructive in outlook ... a consistent and powerful vote getter. ..... Washington Post In the case of Mr. Dewey youth Is backed by a rich administrative experience and a solid basis of achieve ment . . . still Governor Dewey . . . must have a policy. The platform on which he will stand leaves many holes that he must plug. ..... Washington Slar Mr. Dewey Is a free man a man who has made no pledges, promises or commitments of any kind. Scrlpps-Howard Newspapers streamlined Job. It was fast and not the usual elaboration of a platform, but a fighting mood and four clear objectives. Baltimore Sun Mr. Dewey's speech of acceptance did little more than display him to the country as a man of vigorous and vivid personality. News Behind The News By Paul MaJlon Chicago, June 29 This com ing Dewey presidential campaign Is likely to surprise the country. Not unlike the earlier Mr. Roosevelt h e has novel Ideas thmiffh nnt. the same ideas). He 8?t,V p fl does not work In p o 1 1 1 1 c a 1 grooves, is far from party bound. He scares the old time politicians a little, because his methods are rau! Mallon different, although his inside record at this convention shqws surprisingly few mistakes. TO GIVE you the closeup pic turf rnnsldpr his designation of a woman a. his leader on the platform committee. Lawyers and politicos hagelev hours over words In these platform meet ings and thin time sat up all night at It as usual. A sharpster In words is usunlly a candidate's choice for that task. Dewqy chose small, pleasant, gray-hnlred Miss Mary Donlin. a New York attor ney, to represent him. She was last out of the meeting at 5:30 a. m. But to go deeper than this example, there were three fac tions within that committee, as Indeed, withl'i this whole con vention not Dewcvltcs, Brocker boys, Stassen men. etc., but a group of senators, a clan of gov ernors and a third crowd of just plain delegate political workers from back home. The governors' clan, represent ing 26 states, considers itself more Important politically than the senators, and got Its gump tion up to such an extent that the senators listen to them. How ever, governors are not up on the national issues to the extent that the senntors are. who han dle them dallv. In fact, the gov ernors seemed to have little to complain about and apparently they Just wanted recognition for themselves rather than any spe cial viewpoint. . . IN THIS conflict, Dewey seems to have largely let the sen ators write (he declaration of oarty prlnclnlrs. Taft of Ohio. Danaher of Connecticut and Mil- likin of Colorado did most of It. Throuph Miss Donlin and other wise. Dpwpv exercised mainly a negative Influence, vetoing words, phrases some ideas. Actually this platform Is Just the nnrty's orennratnin for the canriidnte to take over. Some nolltical assnvors ire now read ing ?reat hidden meanings into the thinly shaved words which were adontrd As usual, and par ticularly In the case of the foot loose Mr. Dowry thev are wast ing their time. What he reads Into the plntform. esneclally what he wants to do about it later Is what he plaform will be. One sentence particularly awaits his liternretation. the one nrnmlsln? Mint the world or ganlzatlon will take "effective cooperative means to direct pence forces to prevent or repel military aouression." Police force, directly or Indirectly, sov- erelentv Some experts think this nhrase Is a slpenlng termite in the Intprnntlonnl plank. At anv rate Dewey Is not the tvne to be content with general Itch Phrase compromises when he sits In the top chair Perron ally, I expect him to be a lot more liberal than the country suspects. I think he will strive for an enlightened common sense liberalism as distinct for the sheer political liberalism which thinks, for instance, a poll in the national capital urgently Is young (42), courageous, a tre Dewey's acceptance speech was a sure . . . what he gave them was tax Is still Important (I mean the Willkie type of political liberal ism). It will champion greater social securitj for instance and more state medical aid instead of the New Deal's socialized medicine. On international affairs, I ex pect him to be neither interna tionalist nor 'solationist. I think his goal is "realism," realism in regard to Russia, to the rise of Communists In European leader ship, in regard to British empire trade necessities, considering the devclopmcnts-whlch will arise in connection with a world organi zation. On the surface of the platform adopted here and Dewey's inter national declaration, there ap pears to be a Democratic-Republican unity on foreign policy but this Is only a mutual accept ance of Democratic principles (sovereignty, etc.). There will be a break between Roosevelt and Dewey on these matters when the administration starts apply ing these principles in action. I doubt if Dewey will consider them in accord with the formula. . . . UIS labor stand will likewise surprise ynu. The C. I. O. po litical action crowd has made the front pages look like Dewey is anti-labor. Fact is,. he has got ten along well with union labor In New York state. What he did not get along with was the rad ical element in and out of labor. Both the leftists and conserva tives wanted "one world." or "union now," a world state, a quart of milk a day, etc. Between these two Is a great portion of labor and also the average citi zen. Th American Federation of Labor, for instance, Is Ideologic ally Just about where I expect Dewey will wind up on labor (strongly anti-Communist). I expect he will storm the country, probably make more speeches than usual. He will let the country know him as New York knows him. WLB VIOLATION The War Labor Board has ruled that business concerns granting a holiday to employes on Monday, July 3, as several Mcdford firms are contemplat ing, will constitute an arbitrary Increase In wage without author ization. S. A. Gibbs, manager for the Mcdford branch of Mason Ehrman and company, said to day. Gibbs said he received a letter from his Portland office advising him of the WLB ruling and counseling him against declaring a holiday for his company em ployes Monday. The letter, he said, pointed out that a WLB ruling stated that granting of a holiday on Monday would be classed as arbitrarily raising wages without sanction by WLB in that employes would be given a day s pay without working. A number of local establish ments are planning to remain closed Monday, as well as on the Irgal Fourth of July holiday Tuesday, ASHLAND NEWSPAPER PLANS 6-DAY LAYOFF Ashland, June 29. Editor George Green of the Ashland Tidings has announced that the staff of his paper will take a united vacation this summer, solving the problem of finding substitute workmen for vaca tioning staff members. Six Is sues will be skipped while the staff vacations. Green states that there will be no Issues of the Tidings on July 4, 9 and 6. An issue will be put out Friday, July 7 and then the Issues of July 8, July 10 and July 11 will be skipped, giving the second halt ot the vacation. WHO SAIL THEM a Sea Captains and Engineers Declare Craft Sound; Cite Those Standing Up. By Robert C. Miller United Press Correspondent An Allied Port, England (U.R) -Public criticism of American Liberty ships, a jury of sea cap tains and engineers declared, is completely unwarranted. These men who have sailed the Liberties into practically every port in the world and through every conceivable weather and war condition, had nothing but high praise for the performance of their ships. Too much publicity has been given the few Liberties which cracked amidships, said Capt. Jules Morracchine of New Or leans, "while no mention has been made of the hundreds which have perfect performance records. Welding Blamed Chief Engineer Martin Ander sen, Brooklyn, N, Y., one of the few men present who had been aboard a Liberty that cracked, blamed the weakness upon poor welding. "Our ship split just off Port Said in calm weather," Ander sen said, "but we were able to patch her in port and return to I the United States without trou ble. "The Liberty must be strong amidships because of her design which places huge weights fore and aft when she is loaded," An dersen continued. "Additional bracing through her center sec tions would probably eliminate cracking altogether." None of the seamen had ever heard of riveted hulls splitting. "Of the few instances I have heard about," said Capt. K. W. Pratt, "all were welded hulls, and if all ot those broke In two this week, they would already have served their purpose. With out them we would never have been able to carry the cargoes needed to fight this war." Seaworthiness Praised 'Everyone agreed that the Lib erty ships were seaworthy craft, handled nicely in rough weath er, were economical in operation and trim sailers. "The Liberty hulls," said Capt. Pratt, "are the finest ever de signed, and are capable of main taining a good speed during "an entire voyage, using only 170 barrels of fuel oil during a 21 hour period." The only complaint made about the ship was the bad liv ing quarters which are a result of overcrowding. The addition of gun crews to the usual com plement of officers and men has made it difficult to find ade quate living space on board the already overcrowded ships. With this exception, however, the men who said the Liberties were of the unanimous opinion that too many unqualified "ex perts" had given a good ship a bad name. Methodists Would Let Japs Return Pasadena, Cal., June 29 (U.PJ The war department should permit loyal Japanese-Amori-cans to live on the Pacific coast, a thousand southern California and Arizona Methodist ministers said today in a resolution at their annual meeting here. "The time has arrived for re moval by the war department of the unprecedented quasi-martial law suspending a small minor ity's constitutional rights of per sonal liberty and freedom of action." Veterans to Have Work Preference Washington, June 29 U.R President Roosevelt today signed legislation Insuring preference In government employment to honorably discharged veterans, their widows, and the wives of disabled veterans. The measure covers veterans of all wars. It augments execu- i tive orders on veterans' prefer ence In federal Jobs and is in line with a recommendation sub mitted to congress several months ago by President Roose velt. The two lower pockets of the army's newest combat uniform hold nine army hand grenades each. Formerly these grenades had to be strapped on with tape or carried in sacks. HARD1E SPRAY RIGS NIAGARA DUSTERS O Sales . : Q Genuine Parts Dcpendablo Service MeCOY MACHINERY COMPANY 111 North Fir KIDS OF FAMILY FOR FRIDAY SHOW To Increase the opportunity for children to see the special kiddies bond premiere at the Craterian theater tomorrow morning, it was announced today that children in a family would be permitted to secure tickets on one bond. It was stated also that in the case of younger chil dren, a parent or guardian could secure a ticket and accompany the children to the show. The show is scheduled for 10 a. m. and is a double-header fea ture planned especially for the small fry. On the screen there will be "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and a special pro gram of music will be given by a group of Mexican nationals from Camp Prescott. Bonds may be presented at the theater box office up to time of the show, or at the drive head quarters, 21 North Central ave nue, for tickets. Livestock Portland, Ore, June 39 (OT) Livestock: Cattle. 350; celvrs, 100. Market slow, Meacly to 35c lower. Orass ted steers. $13.00(9 13.50: cutter to common Meers. 70Otl.0O; hellera. 8.50 9.00: medium beer heifers held above $13.00: canner and cutter cows. $4.50 O6.00: common to medium beef cowe. held around $7.60 n 9 50 and above; good heavy bum. $9.00.a9.50: good to choice vealers. $14.00 ( lfi.OO. Higs. 600. Market steady, but later trado alow. Oood to choice 180-370 lb. mostly $13.75; light lights, $9.75 11.00; heavy butcher. $1150 down; good Kt'i. $8 bona 50. few $9.00: feed er pl salable $9.50 10 50. Sheep, 500; total, 850. Market steady but less active. Oood to choice spring lambs mostly $13 50: common (trades. $10.00; shorn old stock lambs, $9,00 9 10.75: good ewea, $4.00. The North Portland livestock mar ket will be closed Tuesday, July 4. South San Francisco. June 39 (UP) (VJSDAl Livestock: Cattle, 60 Largely nearby trucked In. she-stock. Load lots medium to pool steers and heifers abwnt. Good clean-up. generally steady. Few fleshy dairy-bred slaughter cows, $8.004 8.50; sorted head to $9.00; bulk can-, ners and cutters. $5 007.50: shells. $4.00: canner to common bulis, $7.60 e(K). Calves. 15. 8teady. Pew good to choice vealers. $14 00 14.50. Hogs. 350. Steady. Few loads and packages good to choice lflO-370-lb. barrows and gilts, $15.00; odd choice sows, $9.75. Sheep, 3500. Receipts for four days, 18.300. near record. Choice lambs scarce. Doucle north coast 85-lb. choice. $14.75: medium to flood lambs, 35 500 lower, largely ID 00 13 00; shorn yearlings SO- lower; medium to choice $10 50 13 50; ewes. 60c lower, now $1.60g 5.00. Cnlcago. June 39 (UP) Livestock: Hogs. 16.00O, Slow, about steady. Bulk good and choice 150-350 lbs., $1I.60 13.75: 350-550-lb. hows largely $10 86(4 1100: approximately 7000 un sold, mostly support hoas. Cattle. 6000; calves. 800. Oood and Phone 3415 Mcdford X ATTACK FROM THE BACK! choice fed steers, yearlings and grade fed heifers fully steady; uneven and draggy market on others. Practical top choice vealers, $15.50; most led steers, $14.00( 17.00: top, $17.40. Sheep, 6000. Native .spring lambs and shorn ewex about" st?ady. Odd lot good and choice native spring lambs. $14.60 15.00, with bucks dis counted 91.00; abort deck good spring lambs, $14.35. Portland Produce Portland, June 39 (UP) Whole sale market prices; Peaches Oregon early, loose, $1.75 box. Watermelons California. 636c. Asparagus Northwest, 30-33fi, $4.35 8 4 50. Lettuce Northern. $3.50 crate. Onions Arizona white, $3.75 per 50-lb. bag. Tomatoes Local hothouse, extra fancy, 33 a 35c. Chicago Wheat Chicago. June 39 (UP) Wheat. July ....$1,581, $1.67'4 $1,577, 1.68i Sept. . 1.583,1 1.59J, 1.531 1.59'i Dec. .. 1.60 1.0114 1.60 1.61 May .... 1.61 14 1.63 1.61 1.63 14 S. F. DAIHYPRICES San Francisco, June 29 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 43; 92 score 42V4, 90 score 42V4, 89 score 41'i. Cheese: Wholesale prices, loaf 27.9, triplets 27.2. Eggs: Large grade A 41V4 42V4: medium grade A 34',4-35'4; small grade A 21-23V4; large grade B 30-31. Wall Street New York, June 29 (U.R) Continuation of the profit-taking movement turned stocks irregu larly lower today in slightly ex panded dealings. THE OLD JUDGE "I can't think of anything else you'U need for your Victory garden. Judge ... you've got pretty nearly even-thing." "I think so, too, John. Ever get your asparagus patch going?" "I gave that up last year. Judge. Tried it sh years in a row with no luck. Just haven't got the right soil, I guess?" "Well, I think you're wise, John... no use keeping on trying things you know won't work. Just like prohibition. State-wide pro hibition has been tried in this country Wall Street interpreted the softed undertone to a tendency to take current profits while awaiting for the next big news development, whatever quarter it may come from., Late in the final hour a recov ery from the lows got under way, led by the steels. U. S. Steel registered a net gain of a point while Bethlehem was up frac tionally after - marking up an early small loss. American Telephone extended its initial gain to Vi point at 162. The day's activity centered in low-priced motors and in motor and rail equipments. In the last, gains ranged to almost two points in Budd Wheel with gain3 of a point or more in Budd Manufac turing and Pullman, all three hitting new 1944 tops. Low priced motors were highlighted by volatility of Willys-Overland, which hit a low of 17V4, off W and recovered to 18V. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Tel. 16236 Anaconda . , 26 Chrysler 04Ts Curtiss Wright 5Vi General Electric 38 General Motors 64 V Montgomery Ward 48 Penn. R. R , 29 Phillips Petroleum . 43'4 J. C. Penney 100V4 Radio 11 Southern Pacific 31 V4 Standard Oil Cal 37 Texas Gulf Sulphur 36 Transamerica 10H United Aircrafts 28 U. S. Rubber 52 Vi U. S. Steel ........:......'... '59 SAYS... seventy-two times in the last ninety years. It has been adopted forty-seven times in the past thirty-three years and discarded everywhere except in three states. Same thing was tried in eight provinces in Canada and in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia but it was an admitted failure - and universally abandoned. "The reason is prohibition don not prohibit. All you get is bootleg liquor in stead of legal liquor, plus no end of crime and corruption." ' tpmmd h Flight o Time Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of th Mali Tribune 10 and 20 years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June 29, 1934 (It was Friday) Dock strike cuts Portland gaso line supply. Nineteen strikers are arrested. President in radio report to nation, cites increase in wages and jobs, and laughs at "pro phets of calamity." Rum commission head 'resigns at request of governor. Bill Carl of Applegate an nounced candidacy for legisla ture as independent. Fair and warmer. High 83, low 42 degrees. Growers refuse canners offer of $30 per ton for Bartletts. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 29, 1924 (It was Sunday) Ashland citizens subscribes $125,000 for new hotel. Nine ballots taken at democra tic convention with a choice for president. Mercury goes to 106.5 degrees today for June record. No relief in sight from heat wave. Storm In Ohio does $30,000, 000 damage. H. L. Nutting of the Owen Oregon company purchases the Ed G. Brown home on Crater Lake avenue. FREIGHT LOADING UP Washington, June 29. (U.R) Loadings of revenue freight on the nation's railroads for the week ended June 24 totaled 881,267 cars, an increase of 2,106 over the previous week and a new high since Nov. 20 last year, the Association of American Railroads disclosed to day. Closing time for Sunday Too Lat to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon- Please remember. EVERYBODY LIKES ELDERBERRY JELLY Save Sugar and Berries with This Easy Recipe VA Cups Juice 4Vi Cups Sugar Va Cup Lemon Juice 1 Package M.C.P. Pectin Pick berries from stem. Wash and crush thoroughly. If they do not liberate miich juice add a little water and mash again Squeeze out juice. Measure exactly 3V4 cups of the squeezed juiea (add water ta fill out last cup, if necessary) into a largo kettle. Add the M.C.P. Pectin, stir well, bring to a boil, stirring constantly. NOW, add the sugar (which has been previously measured), continue stirring and bring to a full rolling boil. BOIL EXACTLY 2 MINUTES. Remove from fire, let boil subside.skini. Pour into sterilized glasses, allowing (4-inch space for sealing with fresh paraffin. Phone 2119 for Towing or Wrecker Service Any w hert Anytime Lewis Super Service Oanran 1 Alnhtl Btftf nfestia. 1m
