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The next political ceremony
will be the formal notification
of the New Deal and republican
candidates for president and
vice-president, they have been
nominated. If one and all don't
know by now they have been
nominated, they should.
The roasting ear season opens
inauspiciously, with the ration
point value of butter used ex
tensively in greasing them, in
creased from 12 to 16 points per
pound. Liko pancakes, the pub
lic will have to cat them dry.
Military observers of Wash
ington, D. C, view reports of
internal combustion in Ger
many with suspicion and are
trying to figure out the confu
sion. There is no order in the
disorder and none of it makes
sense. The public is also be
fuddled. Every time Stockholm
reports a Prussian war lord has
bit the dust of "Der Fatherland"
London announces the robot
bombs are falling faster than
ever In South England.
23 SKIDOOl
(Baudette (Minn.) Region)
"There is a lot of talk about
the antics of the younger gen
eration but if you are old
enough you will remember
that when Grandpa was
young he used to come horn
from a trip to the city with
"I Love My Wife, But Oh
You Kid" printed on his hat
band. ...
The Japanese government
has changed klmnnos in the
rnldle of the stream.
The charge of Gov. Dewey
the administration is run by
"tired old men" made the
Roosevelt leaders 'Hired" as the
oratorical bellowing at the Chi
cago meeting attests. Just how
tuckered out they are does not
matter at all. The leading com
mentators of the land note a
mora significant fact. The bosses
Kelly, Hague and Flynn are
not "tired".
The plan for a world mone
tary fund has been agreed upon
by 44 nations and the next step
Is the establishment of bank
headquarters. All signs now In
dicate the janitor's work will
not be done by the Japanese ex
perts with a mop.
INSULT FOR INSULT
(Dahlonega (Ga.) Nugget)
"Occasionally some one
will subscribe for the Nugget,
and in three or four weeks
write us that they never re
ceived but one, and some will
say they have rccoived none
at all, and If we are not go
ing to send it to send their
money bark. Wo all make
mistakes and they should let
us know when they miss the
first copy, and not wait 3 or
4 weeks and then write us an
Insulting letter like we wers
trying to beat them out of
their money. I don't know
but what they are getting
their paper oil the time and
trying to boat us."
A. Hitler, der Ratzfuchrer. Is
now in hiding In the Rhinrlnnd
and is the case of one of the
wicked fleeing when every man
pursueth. He is recovering from
the effects of a bomb explosion
that took off his pants without
inking one of his legs along, as
bombs are apt to do. It Is not
often bombs indulge in prac
tical jokes.
"Pendleton Indies have or
ganized a bicycle club and are
going to wear blomers." (50
Yrs. Ago Col, the Dalles Chron
icle.) Thrill of the 1800s.
Andrew Jackson Simpson, 76,
the Griffin Creek prospector,
announces he is now on the
trail of the "Lost Cabin" mine
and will leave the hole In the
ground upon which he has been
digging for 14 years to Us fate.
The "Lost Cabin" mlna is Inst
In the general direction of the
iing sun.
'ilaU Tnhun. fftnt Aria.
Monday. Jul? 14, 1844
Editorial Correspondence
Chicago, July 24. (Special.)
Minneapolis it is safe to announce
convention ended as it started,
one "indlspensible man" Franklin Delano Roosevelt, back of every
thing within the rnnventlon hall and outside it.
Wallace was beaten because
endorsing him, a few days later
Truman. Had that second endorsement never been made tne
first endorsement never modified Wallace, not Truman, would
today be the team mate of the president as every truly liberal
Democrat at the convention hoped
Chicago. July 21. WHAT a
We said the old donkey would snort and kick over the bean
bucket before the curtain came down, and that is just what he
Hirl vesterdav.
Thlnes haoDened so fast and
your correspondent spent the entire day at tne staaium noi even
going out for lunch, subsisting until midnight on potato-chips,
npnnt. cheese and beer down In the r.r. round-house In the base
ment. (The o. f. IS noi a conirmuior or we woum neaiuie uum
accepting such free hospitality, on the ground Jim Ormandy one
of these days would accuse us of biting the hand that had fed us!)
Yes, so much doing, we hardly know where to begin, and time
is limited for the speeches for Vice President are due to start in
half an hour.
Well, might as well preface our remarks by announcing Madam
Perkins has been sitting at our right throughout this convention,
Madam P. and "FRIENDS".
The friends have included Mrs. Kermlt Roosevelt, Miss Ely, Mrs.
Perkins' daughter, Henry Wallace's sister (whose married name
we do not know) but who we will never forget for she wears
spectacles with the regular ear-bows and also a black ribbon
descending therefrom to a pin on
the specs should fall offl New to us and not unnKe ine cornoeu
custom of wearing suspenders AND also a BELT.
Well anvway we have been close enough to "Mudum" Perkins
to shake hands without rising
disposed, which we haven't been
but In the seats on the platform
and friends, have been from the first, what a circus barker might
term a great added attraction.
And let it be stated here and now, that if Henry Wallace is
defeated for the vice presidency, and at this writing it looks as
though he might be, wa Intend to vacate that seat pronto, for
the deluge from all those feminine eyes will be something terrible.
There have been tears welling up In them ever since the Wallace
contest began, and when the party bosses adjourned the gathering
last night, Just when the victory march for Henry was imminent,
the scene was heart-rending.
Not tears of sorrow, however. TEARS OF ANGER! "NO, NO,
NO", they shrieked when the motion tq adjourn was sounded and
as the crowd started to file out they still waved their arms and
protested "NO!" most of the people in that section joining with
them.
But it was no use. the "resident-managers" of this convention,
Messrs.-Hague, Kelly and Hannegan in a "smoke filled room"
had decided otherwise. (Resident -
for the real boss of this shindig is still Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
although to date he does not seem inclined to exercise that author
ity as far as Henry Wallace is concerned.)
If the powers-that-be, here In Chicago, had not Been against
Wallace that adjournment would never have occurred, the
session would have continued In spite of the late hour and it would
have been Roosevelt and Wallace for the 4th term this morning.
The bosses have a price before they will give the green light to
Henry, and we have a strong suspicion that during the night just
passed, perhaps sometime from midnight to 8 a.m. this morning
that price was NOT paid. Henry Wallace isn't that kind. I
At least after adjournment that
Democratic Club bar across the street. The "Purity Leaguers"
headed by "Holy Henry" had not listened to reason, thumbs were
therefore down and unless the President himself gave his 1040
team mate a helping hand, after a complimentary vote for the
C.I.O. favorite, the boys would Jump on the bandwagon for Boss
Pendergast's prize pupil from "St. Lou-ee, Mlssour-ee."
There Is no doubt in our mind
and his friends but the rank and file of the Democratic party
prefer Wallace. Senator Truman, on the other hand they regard
not only as a secret enemy of the New Deal, but too good a
Republican to act as team mate for the Great F.D.R. In fact
as the situation now stands there Is a striking resemblance between
Truman here and Wlllkis in Philadelphia four years ago, as far
as party regulars are concerned, Truman Is a good citizen but
he is In the wrong party, well that's what the Old Guard said
about Wendell.
On the other hand"of course this
to the wishes of the Roosevelt Inner circle, against the sentiments
of the gallery, and a vast majority
most significant
There is, unquestionably an organized effort to beat Wallace,
to give him a complimentary vote for the sake of appearances and
then throw him overboard and put In a level headed business man
like Truman.
Before this adjournment It looked as though nothing could beat
Wallace and this was especially true after his nominating speech
for Roosevelt, which was however even more a nominating speech
for himself.
It was a changed Wallace who
ent porson from the Wallace who wns almost kicked out of the
stadium four yenrs ago. No diffidence this time, no searching tor
words, no indecislveness, no vague moralizing, here was another
"Happy Warrior", self confident, aggressive, almost dashing,
facing both his unfriendly delegates and the bosses and firing
straight from the shoulder, as to what had to be done and what
could not be done. If the Democrats are to win in November.
No doubt whatever of this brethren,
THAT Henry Wallace who spoke to the convention Thursday
afternoon unquestionably WAS the candidate (as the President
staled In the much publicized letter) Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
had he been a delegate WOULD HAVE VOTED FORI
Finally there Is another similarity to that Willkle convention
In Philadelphia of four years ago, namely the gallery.
They claimed that Philadelphia gallery was bought and paid
for by Thomas Lamont of J. P. Morgan Company, corner of Broad
and Wall.
Now they claim this gallery has been bought and paid for by
Sidney Hillman of C.I.O.
Mebbe so. We don't know.
But we DO know this, the gallery In Philadelphia kept yelling
"We want Willkle" and cheered every reference to him throughout
the proceedings, a factor that In our judgment had considerable
to do with Winkle's final triumph.
And we also know this: the gallery here In Chicago arts pre
cisely the same way, as far as Wallace is concerned, they have
Interest and enthusiasm for no one else, the mere mention of
his name and away they go with many of the delegates joining in.
But there goes the national anthem. R.W.R.
Danger Time in the Woods!
Those who enjoy William Cox's tall tales of the
tall timber, with legendary Paul Bunyon and the Blue
O.k, will recall the splinter cat, (Felynx arbordiffisus)
a "frightfully destructive animal" which smashes
through great trees leaving them broken and shat
tered as though struck by lightning or snapped off by
the wind. Of all the beasts conjured up by Cox's
fertile imagination the "whirling whimpus",
"hodag" and "jvapaloosie" the splinter cat caused
With Porter J. Neff now in
that It is obvloui the Democratic
a one-man convention with the
his "commander-in-chief' after
endorsed his bitter rival, Senator
he would be. K.w.R.
showl
there was so much excitement
her blouse in case (we presume)
from our seat, if we were so
as yet. She is not In the press box,
next to It, and reactions of herself
managers is preferred to bosses
was the grapevine dope at the
that not only President Roosevelt
sudden adjournment, contrary
of the delegates assembled is
made that speech, a very differ
the greatest 'devastation In
Paul iiunyon.
FIRE is today's "splinter cat" ravaging the Oregon
forests during the summer season each year, when
temperatures are high and"
every good Oregonian to
its depredations. ,
"Keep Oregon Green"
tinue to be, a religion with Oregon citizens who de
pend so greatly upon the forests for their livelihood
and welfare. In wartime
forests green quite naturally assumes added import
ance. Lumoer is critical war material number one,
used in the making of everything from ammunition
cases to speedy mosquito bombers and FT boats.
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TO meet the urgent needs of war the lumber indus
1 try right here in this area has grown from 150 to 200
per cent, and become more than ever the source of
southern Oregon payrolls,
dollars surging through the arteries of trade. Along
with this greatly increased production is the inevit
able increase in slash left in the forests food for the
eager appetite of the fire "splinter cat."
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A DESTRUCTIVE fire at this time would seriously
hamper one of our great industries; become a
crushing blow to the war effort. It would lay waste
southern Oregon's great scenic resources; destroy
wildlife and ravage the all-important water-shed
sources of municipal and irrigation water and hydro
electric power.
It would do more than
power from the task of producing vital war materials
to the non-productive job of fire fighting. The experi
enced fire-fighting staffs of the national and state
forest services here have been depleted by calls to
military duties. The responsibility, to a great extent,
lies now in the hands of
below the draft age. The
greater precautions than ever before !
a a a
AN analysis of the boundaries of closures recently
nvii.nnnl I T T: . : 1 J i
aiiuuuuiieii in liik nut'
shows that restricted areas rmvf hppn onwatlv re
duced. This comes in the form of a "bonus" to those
who use and enjoy the forests for recreation. It is
possible because of their" fine record in the past. It
indicates the faith that forest service officials hold
in the continued cooneration of the nuhlic in kppnino-
the forests green.
THE energetic work of the "Keep Oregon Green"
committee here in Jackson eountv. the valuable
assistance of youthful Green Guards, and the effici-
JS J 1 1 1l. A a
ency or iecierai ana state torest service personnel
here, have reallv kent southern Oiwnn o-reon dm-ino-
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th past few years. There
laureis, no siacKening oi vigilance. This is the favorite
season of the fire "splinter cat". Don't let it imperil
the war effort, our forests and our livelihood! H.G.
Don't Delay Postwar Plans
Babson Optimistic on
Babson Park, Mass., July 21
Specinl Correspondence) In
most of is phases, American bus
iness has expanded and profited
during the war. Many plants
have been greatly enlarged
while much corporate debf has
been eliminated. Labor has
profited from increased wae.es.
This in turn has helped retail
merchants. Most Individuals al
so will come through the war
in fair financial shape.
In the Immediate postwar era,
business has even greater possi
bilities. There should be a tre
mendous demand for goods and
services heretofore unavailable.
With individuals holding the
largest amount of savings In the
history of the country, there
should be plenty of customers.
However, business must pro
duce the goods and create em
ployment opportunities. This
can be done but necessitates
planning now with the hearty
co-operation of employers, labor
leaders and government.
Many Uncertainties
Must Be Overcome
Manufacturers must decide
what new products they must
make to take the place of their
present war output. Most of
them should . arrange for the
sale or Junking of obsolete
equipment and the purchase of
new machinery. They should
get rid of surplus inventories
no longer needed. They should
now study markets fur their
new products and figure costs
and prices. If different types of
workers are to be employed,
classes for their Instruction
should now be planned. Tenta
tive production schedules
should now be whipped into
shape.
Many uncertainties affecting
all businessmen await govern
ment action. Such action will
Include the okaying of definite
plans for re-conversion, post
war luxation and whether or
not controls will continue In ef
fect after the war on materials,
prices and Inbor. Furthermore,
only the government can act on
the disposal of government
owned plants and surplus gov
ernment stiH'ks of goods nnd
commodities. The Munich-Hancock
report emphasizes the ne
cessity for early government ac
tion on all postwar plans. Wic
employers, however, will not
wait for the government to act.
Outlook For Labor
Is Grtattst Problem
The great single problem
threatening American prosper
the forests In the days of
humidity low. It behooves
enlist m the crusade to curb
has become, and must con
the need of keenine the
sending more and more
that. It would divert man
young inexperienced boys
situation clearly calls for
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must be no resting on past
Business and Politics
ity is labor. Manufacturers are
already being obliged to drop
many employees. By the end of
the third quarter we may ex
perience a labor surplus. At the
end of the war there may be
1 0,000, 000 war workers unem
ployed. While we will natural
ly keep a large standing army
and nnvy, there may be an
other 10,000,000 demobilized
service men, making a total of
20,000,000.
If business Is unable to main
tain a fairly full rate of employ
ment in the postwar era, aside
from the normal floating supply
of unemployed which might to
tal 3,000,000 or 4,000,000, we
are apt to face serious difficul
ties. Repairs to war-torn Rus
sia, England. France, North
Africa and other countries will
readily absorb labor there. If,
for example, Russia Is able to
have full employment after the
war and the United States is
not, what will our workers
think? Such a situation could
be the end of labor unions and
their leaders would be among
the unemployed.
Many individual workers al
ready see the handwriting on
the wall and are quietly trying
to get more permanent posi
tions. Organized labor is exert
ing great political pressure to
prevent the shutting down of
many plants regardless of the
faet that war requirements may
already be filled. Cerainly,
there will be little aircraft or
ship-building construction after
the war. However, chemicals,
building, automobiles and iron
and steel should be active. These
industries will employ many
millions. Many others will be
employed in road building and
in the construction of public
works. Nevertheless, the mat
ter of postwar employment may
prove a serious matter.
Political Outlock
Hat Bullish Ting
The ramifications of current
business problems and those of
the immediate postwar period
are so many 1 cannot emphasize
too strongly the need for efti
cient research and planning de
partments. Managements should
give attention first, to broad
plans, and secondly, to the de
tails of their companies' activi
ties following the end of the
war. From th standpoint of
business, tha political situation
is now more hopeful than it has
been lor yaart. The Dewey
Bricker ticket is a definite "go
ahead" signal win or lose.
If we have sound government
German Prisoners March" TfirouqK Streets of Moscow
lAcm Telephola)
Cheering Russians mass on both sides of this Moscow street to watch 57.000 German prisoners, taken ia
recent Soviet offensive.' march throufh city on way to Drlson camps. Photo radioed from Moscow.
policies and a greater degree
of co-operation between gov
ernment and business and more
co-operation between manage
ment and labor, we should have
some good postwar years. Short
sighted businessmen and mer
chants will continue to fail
as they always have failed re
gardless of wars and regardless
of periods of prosperity and"
periods of depression. Real
workers whether in the ex
ecutive, white collar or union
groups will be able to take
care of themselves.
Oli
ive
Barber's
Observations
At twenty and engaged to
marry a lad not much older
than herself, Marian had to go
to a tuberculosis sanitarium. It
was eight years before she was
pronounced cured and could re
turn home.
Two years proved to be all
the waiting the young man to
whom she was engaged could
take. He married another girl;
a healthy girl. Marian didn't
blame him but for a while after
that she didn't care whether she
got well or not.
Just when the 'older man, a
neighbor whom she'd looked on
almost as a father, first started
coming to see her, she scarcely
remembers. It was somewhere
during the pertod after Jack
had stopped coming and she
wasn't noticing much then.
But the older man kept com
ing; her youth and frailty and
most of all the way she'd been
deserted, did things to his heart.
Maybe he was one of those men
who are more touched by weak
ness and helplessness In a wom
an than they are with strength
and independence.
In time the girl grew to look
forward to his visits. Some one
really cared whether she lived
or died! Some one was sure she
would live! More than the care
she received at the sanitarium,
this knowledge hastened her
along the road to recovery; may
even have pushed back death
which, after Jack's abandon
ment, had pressed very near.
For six years the man made
his regular visits. Then she
was pronounced cured and sent
home. Still frail and lost In a
world from which she had been
so long removed, the girl was
at a loss as to how. she would
mako a living. Of course you've
guessed by now that the man
asked her to marry him and
that she did. It is my opinion
that if she hadn't she wouldn't
have survived.
Her husband has cared for
her, been both husband and
father to her. She's constantly
urged not to work too hard and
everything which can be done
to make life easy and pleasant
for her he does. There must be
no children, he says, because of
her frailty. Some might add
there shouldn't be any because
at an age when children cost
the most, he would be too old
to support them. But I honest
ly believe neither the girl nor
the man ever thinks of this.
Rest, good food and most of
all his never failing love have
given curves to the girl's body,
put rcses in her cheecks and
you can see how he marvels
that this young and laughing girl
really belongs to him. Those
who do not know the circum
stances marvel too, at the May
December mating. Yet I think
he has earned the happiness
which is now his. If some mar
riages are made in heaven, sure
ly this is one of them.
Grants Pass Pilot j
Drops Note to Kin
Grants Tnss, July 24 "Hi, j
folks! I'll call you from Med- j
ford" was the message dropped '
to Mr. and Mrs. R. R. St. John '
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(Acme Telephoto)
BEAR'S VICTIM Catherine
Searles, young New Jersey girl,
whose right arm was bitten oft by
polar bear in New York's Central
Park Zoo during nocturnal visit to
animal's cage.
of St. John's resort on the South
Pacific highway from the Hell
diver plane .that swooped low
over the Grants Pass area Fri
day afternoon. At the controls
of the plane was their son, Lt.
Ray R. St. John, Marine pilot.
Lt. St. John had telephoned
from El Toro Marine base at
Santa Ana, Calif., that he was
coming over, so they were
watching for the message he
dropped in a little water-proofed
bag. Lt. St. John left his
plane at Medford airport and
Joined his family until Monday.
BARCLAY DEAD
New York, July 24. (U.R) Lt.
Cmdr. McClelland Barclay, 50,
famous Illustrator and artist,
who has been missing In the
Pacific since last July, now Is of
ficially considered dead, the
navy today informed his brother,
Robert Hamilton Barclay, chief
electrical engineer for the J. G.
White Engineering corporation.
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Tribune 10 and 20 years' ago
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
July 24, 1S34
Chancellor Dolfuss of Austria
starts drive against Nazis, band
ed for a campaign of terror.
Bandit Dillinger, who stole
thousands in crime career,
"broke" when slain by federal
aides in Chicago. Informer's
name is kept secret.
All quiet on the Jackson
county fruit labor front-
Fair and cooler. High 91, low
59 degrees.
Extra grade butter goes, to
.19'4c pound on Portland mar
ket. Earwig poison formula given
local lawn owners.
. Applegate trio held on moon
shine charges.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
July 24. 1924
Ot Was Thursday)
"Tige", President Coolidge's
cat is missing for month and
hope for recovery given up.
Nathan Leopold and Richard
Loab, confessed youthful Chica
go boy slayers, and sons of mil
lionaires, laugh aloud when
death sentence is demanded.
Movement started for paved
road to Crater Lake.
Fair and warm.
55 degrees.
High 99, low
Entire state swelters in hot
test weather of summer.
Douglas county towns men
aced by forest fires set by in
cendiaries. France blamed for deadlock
on war reparations.
RAY ACCOUNTING SUIT .
TESTIMONY CONTINUES
Hearing of testimony In the
suit of Charles Ray and others
against Frank H. Ray and oth
ers, for appointment of a receiv
er and accounting, continues to
day in circuit court before Judge
H. K. Hanna. Most of last week
was consumed with presentation
of the plaintiff's case. The hear
ing was originally set for last
Monday and Tuesday.
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