EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. June 29, 1944
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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