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Like A Dead Mackerel
To the editor:
Now that Mr. Roosevelt has
consented, with reluctance and
doubtless some misgivings to
allow himself to be drafted for
a fourth term, that makes it
open season on the New Deal. It
would be an Insult to honest
democrats to call it "democra
tic." Mr. Roosevelt's desire to
drop the title is understandable,
but It will live to plague him
like a dead mackerel in the
moonlight.
Their announcement that they
Intend to stand upon their "rec
ord" should bring comfort to the
republicans, and nil, who have
not become hopelessly bogged
down In the mire of Roosevelt
idolatry. The gravest fear fac
ing a free people- today, is four
more years of Roosevelt. His
devotees profess to upprove his
policies everything he has
done if he moved the White
House over to Moscow and set
it up, alongside the Kremlin,
they would not raise a whisper
in protest. Let a republican fol
low the same course and they
would crucify him.
They will doubtless want to
delete several items from that
"record," and display only the
virtues not a difficult Job. The
republicans should have a field
day seeing to it that the entire
record Is laid out for Inspection,
in all of its stark, shameful
nakedness.
If that falls to awaken us to
the grave dangers threatening
our free institutions, we will
know thnt we have reached that
condition to much feared by
Washington and Lincoln, and
about which they recorded a
solemn warning. We will know
the time has come to write
"Ichabod" over the halls of con
gress, paint the dome of the
White House a brilliant red;
write "consummatum est" after
those two great pillars of our
Democracy Freedom of Speech
and Press haul down Old Glory
and place It, along with the Lib
erty Bell, the Declaration of In
dependence and our Constitu
tion in the National Museum
as relics of the "horse and
buggy" days.
In seeking a fourth term, Mr.
Rosevelt has, win or lost, blast
ed any hopes he mny have
cherished of having his name
placed at the head of the list in
the Hall of Fame. Popularity Is
a fragile foundation upTin which
to build greatness and Hitler
and Mussolini. With character
istic ruthlcssncss, he has brush
ed aside a time honored prece
dent, one respected by his
eminent predecessors, and one
which should have been incor
porated in our Constitution long
ago, as a safeguard against Just
such a situation as this.
Alexander II. Smith,
Copper Rt., Box 68
Jacksonville, Oregon.
CORPORA L"sEE8lTAR3
Camp Roberts, Cal. (U.R A
technician 6 c who checks offi
cers' rations in a camp mess hall
recently noticed a strange of
ficer with a star on his collar.
"Pardon me, sir," said the cor
poral, "but is that a new insignia
you are wearing and what does
It stand for?"
"I am a brigadier general," the
officer replied.
Farmers work for a penny an
hour when they use muscles In
stead of an electric motor to
pedal a grldstone, run a corn
aheller or pump water.
Editorial Correspondence
Aberdeen, S. D., July 30. Tit for tat. We hava been following
conventions around these many years; now the conventions are
following us.
No sooner arrived here and settled In a hotel than the state
Democratic convention followed us up, and took every other room
in the place.
A nice, neat little hotel by the way and Aberdeen we find la
exactly the size of Medford, at least the M. T. estimate of 17,000.
But the place is far less "citified" in appearance, both the
Main stem and the inhabitants. This is the center of the dry-farming
hard wheat belt.
But there Is nothing dry about It this year and wasn't last. In
fact the agent who met us at the
informed us it hasn't rained for a
for 1944. Ten years ago there was no rain at all, nor a blade of
grass throughout this section of the state. No wheat was harvest
ed, the stock died of thirst, everyone went broke. The agent gives
us all the gory details, to prepare us for a bear market as far as
the "family farm" is concerned,
or rent.
However to return to Aberdeen. Had dinner this evening late
after a trip over to Groton (pronounced with a long "o" not short
as In the case of F.D.R.'s boarding school, but that Is where it got
its name, via one of the Vice Presidents of the Milwaukee railroad j
who lived In Massachusetts.) There was only one other lone, lean
pilgrim in the dining room, and
to his table to save, presumably, on steps, cutlery and linen. He
proved to be a delegate from Wakpala, which is a strange name,
but no stranger than where Tom Dewey was born, and Brlckcr
also. (Apparently politically the small rural town is coming back!)
Our vis-a-vis proved to be far from a talkative person, at least
while securing his evening nourishment. He failed to respond
even when we casually referred to the fact we had attended the
DEMOCRATIC convention in Chicago and the last few hours
closely resembled a cat and dog fight. We don't know how far
Wakapala may be from Aberdeen
of that community are, but the
famished.
I His technique was new to us,
i use the knife before as a conveyor
observed it used with ONE hand and the fork used with the
OTHER for the same purpose, eating on what might be termed
a double shift or tandem basis. The delegate was of the cadaver
ously lean and wiry type but how he did stoke his alimentary
furnace!
I When he finished we expected to have a little converse on the
i political situation but he rose, took the napkin out of his collar,
Jerked his head in what we took to be a Wakpala salutation of
farewell and beat it. Perhaps he thought he smelled a mouse, or
suspected your correspondent of being a G.O.P. slicker from
Minneapolis on mischief bent. Whatever it was he obviously did
not believe we had a vote in HIS precinct. On the other hand the
poor devil may have Just been late for an Important committee
meeting or a poker game.
Surprised to find out there Is a split hers among the S. D.
Democrats, all samee as in Texas. There is the regular and what
is called the "rump" group, the former being 102 for F.D.R.,
the others not so hot. Just what the ruction is about we haven't
been able to find out, but it is some sort of outgrowth of the late
and lamented Non-Partisan League.
If our "agent" is correct and he has lived In Groton for nearly
half a century, the Democrats have only carried the state once in
the past 30 years and that was in 1936, the Republicans won
four years ago and (he claims) are a cinch to win this year. We
tried to find out his reasons but couldn't. He isn't a student of
politics.
Finally found the farm near Groton which Grandpappy B.
bought back in the early BO's when returning from a mining
venture in tho Black Hills. It had a house and barn on it then
but they havo gone where the woodbine twincth, a tornado
assls'ed in the process the agent thinks, but can't be sure of it.
Probably it was wise not to rebuild, he believes, for a tornado
went through the east end of the farm only two weeks ago and
destroyed two out of the four trees on the place. No member of
tho family has ever lived on the farm, but for certain sentimental
reasons (according to the agent), he has always been told not to
sell it. We don't doubt the agent's
suspect he Is an incorrigible romantic.
. .
The place is now operated on
on either sldo of it, roughly divided by Mud Creek which runs 1
through it. We talked to them
and got precisely what we expected the greatest line of pessim
istic talk since Aunt A. lost a thousand dollars on her white-face
feeders back in '36.
It seems all the good soil on our portion of the "section" was
"blowed off" by a dust storm three years ago and a farmer to the
east now has it, and is making a good thing out of itl
Oh there is wheat growing there on the '80 and now being cut,
but it won't run over six bushels to the acre at most. When we
remarked we were going to see the COUNTY agent at Aberdeen
and sec what was really wrong with the place, both the old boys
showed signs of perplexity and
Black Annual
"
Coming over from Minneapolis
an acquaintance with a Capt. R.
but got off at Aberdeen to see his girl, after nearly two years in
tho signal corps in Iceland. When he heard we came from Medford
he said he had a message for the family and friends of Major
O. W. Miller of Medford who is in Iceland, an officer in the U. S.
air force and wished all to know
like lo get buck to houthern Oregon. He wanted his special good
wishes to go to the B. Lowerys of Bear Creek. The Captain may
stop In the valley enroute to Santa Monica, his next post. he
doesn't regret leaving Iceland.
It Is raining great guns now. lightning, thunder and what have
you. Bet a silver cent to a million dollars, this rain will ruin what
there is left of the '44 wheat crop on the old homestead, accord
lug to the 3 Fatcsl
Here It Is nearly August first when the Dakotas are usually as
dry and brown as a Florida bathing beauty, but now as far as
the eye can see, and there are no trees or mountains in South
Dakota, it is as green as the Medford golf course In MARCH!
R.W.R.
PROVES TOO MUCH
Lawrence, Kas. IU.R) After
Bobbie Thlcle, freshman at the
University of Kansni here, had
harbored three rats and two
stray dogs and had been nurse
maid to three small turtles In
her room all in three weeks,
she Just couldn t say no when
she met a sobbing lad who asked
her to take a six-weeks-old pup
py that his mother would not
let him keep. Hobble fed the
puppy, fixed tne pet comfort
ably In a box, and thought the
"matter" would rest until morn
ing, but the co-ed was culled at
1, 3 and 8 a. m. to comfort the
whining new addition. Next
morning, hagmird-ved Bobble
announced: "lt isfl't puppy love
any longer: he and I are i
through.'
S000 TRAINED
State College. Pa, (U.tt Mili
tary and naval training programs
at Pennsylvania State college
have trained more than 5000 of
ficers and men slue January,
1941.
station (this is a business stop)
week which is almost a drought
which we would like to sell
V
one waitress so we were escorted
or what the dietetic resources
delegate from there was obviously
we have seen the genus homo
of sustenance but never before
honesty, not yet, but we do
shares by two old-timers living
about buying or leasing the place
the agent didn't like it either,
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A vniinonr ffnnpnllnn ha. n r! .
on the Olympian we struck up
J. Dore who lives in Stillwater
he is fit and frisky but would
8TEAMBOATIN' DAYS
Columbus, Miss. (U.PJ
Steamboating on the Mississippi!
river at the clo.-e of the Civil '.
War is recalled in two bills of of the situation requires the con
lndlng discovered by Mrs. Frank . elusion that doubts about post
Drake here among papers which ' war at home may be exaeger-
had belonged to her grandfather.
One was for shipment of 17 bales
of cotton from Jones' Landing,
Dec. 21. 18t5, consigned to La
cey, Terry St Co., at Vleksburg.
for reshlpment to Now Orleans.
They were carried by the steam
er Eddie Capt. John King, mas
ter, and E. V. McElroy. clerk.
The freight charges were $85.
The other hill of lading was for j
T. pales taken board at a Mis-
sisslppl plantation and taken to ;
Vlckshura bv the steamer Bierce. !
Oct. 14, 188.1.
ALBINO ROBIN
Shelblna. Mo. tUP An albl-'off
no robin has been observed nest-j tually returned the groom and
lng here, according to the Mis-1 explained that tt was an "Amer
sourl conservation commission, j lean Joke." The bride's reaction
The solid white bird is a female , to American humor was most ex
and is mated with normal male, i plosive.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Aug. 3 From the
Pacific Governor Stassen came
back with the message that the
home front is
optimistic
about the via
of the war and
over defeatist
about the
peace. Public
opinion is s o
eager to grasp
every s 1 g n of
hope for the
end that the
resisting pow
er of our ene
mies may have
been underestimated. Guessing
about that by the most respon
sible authorities here fluctuates
naturally with events.
A man who thinks Germany
, w ast beyond the election Is
considered an extremist, but bets
are being made to that effect.
The constant daily news of diplo
macy (or lack of It) involving
Russian aims, but particularly
the news of the colossal domestic
tasks ahead (employment, debts,
peace economics) unquestionably
have caused a public fear which
may be pessimistic if not defeat
ist. THE reams of statistics that are
are daily being presented in
the news by all the government
al and lobbying promotional ven
tures seems to me too much
warped by economic facts. As
usual, statistics never measure
the human clement. In my opin
Ion the bands will start playing
again at the armistice. Immedi
ately there will be a different
nubile spirit. All the pent-up
fears of war will be released.
The very occasion will be a sig
nal for renewed hope. Everyone
who has someone in the service
knows what that means.
To the public also, It will be an
! end of rationing (or most of it)
and similar restrictions of dis
comfort Imposed on civilian life.
Those overlooked factors of eco
nomics and their Inspiration on
business will be imoortant.
The GI bill of rights provides
$25 a week unemployment in
surance to service men for any
52 weeks of two years after dis
charge. (Incidentally, the CIO
did not gain In popular favor
I ny prnmiMUK oca a ween iui
Industrlnl workers, but Demo
cratic Senator Murray has hast-
. encd to cover his and their em
barrassment at wanting more
I thnn the soldier by introducing
a bill to raise the service maxi
mum to $35.)
Some special classes of war
workers will suffer a reduction
In Income by returning to nor
mal work, but any "over defeat
Ism" on the home front In gen
eral seems to me to lie In finan
cial considerations of the years
ahead.
But, behind all the news from
Europe, apprehensions for the
peace are glaring. The fanati
cism of the young German offi
cers In resisting the guidance of
their elders (recounted In this
column published July 26) car
ries the implication that they
may resist reason In the peace.
It asks the question:
Will the peace bring peace?
Or will Germany, Austria, Po
Innd. the Balkans, after the war,
be France In reverse? Will the
Nazis go underground and fight
like the manuls? Can revolution
De pre entecu
en In Europe since Mussolini
and Hitler, a generation which
does not know reason, only
force. Can we avoid street fight
ing, revolutions, assassinations
on the same old or larger Euro
pean scale?
...
JUF.WS of the day Itself asks
' ' these questions, not In de
featism, but In search of an an
swer. Just now State Secretary Hull
Is preparing to call a new secur
ity conference of the large pow
ers to consider the political set
tlement in Europe. Up to now.
all conferences have dealt with
generalities and not with the
difficulties which lie In specific
application.
So you have the Polish com
mittee of national liberation an
nouncing from Moscow Its com
petition with the Polish govern
ment in London. The same sit
uation Is present in some de
gree throughout Europe.
Thus any reasonable analysis
ated. but doubts about the peace
In Europe are not
ARREST' BRIDEGROOM
Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) It was
Just an old American custom, but
the bride was horrified. U. S.
Army Cpl. Baincy Lofton of
Memphis who wed an English
bride In Wales, missed the recep-
,ll,n "l'r the cremony and al- j
Paul Mallon
"n"1 m-.isru nis nnm io nvr.umprt for the Communist con-'"H.v
nervous prostrations throush
n fault of his own. As the GI
groom and his new wife left the
I church, two army MPs took him
! by the arm and marched him
to a waiting leeo. They even
STAATS RESIGNS
! AS STATE POLICE
T
Bert J. Staats, captain of the
Oregon Department of State
Police in the Medford district.
today announced his resignation
effective Sept. 1 to become re
ceiving and shipping supervisor
and Inventory control clerk of
the A-l Brewing company. His
successor as head of the state
police here was not immediately
known.
Staats, who has been stationed
In Medford since June of 1939,
will leave his present position
on August 17, take a week vaca
tion and assume his new post on
August 24.
Joining the old traffic division
In December of 1928, Staats was
stationed at Oregon City. He re
mained there when the state
police was organized on August
1, 1931 until 1932, when he was
promoted to sergeant and trans
ferred to Pendleton.
In 1936 he was advanced to
lieutenant and sent to Baker,
j where he remained until coming
to Medford In June of 1939. He
took charge of the local office
In September of 1940 when Capt.
Lee M. Bown left to become
deputy superintendent of state
police under Charles P. Pray.
In April of the following year
he was promoted to captain.
Bill Chrysler, general man
ager of the brewing company,
said he considered himself ex
tremely fortunate to obtain the
services of a man of Staats
calibre, while the latter ex
pressed his pleasure at being
able to make connections with
the brewing concern.
Salem. Ore., Aug. 3 (U.R)
Lt. Paul Parson of the Oregon
state police will be promoted to
captain and placed in charge of
the Medford district, Charles
Pray, head of the force, an
nounced today.
Parson, now stationed at
Baker, will replace Bert J.
Staats, who has resigned. The
promotion and transfer become
effective about the middle of
August, Pray said.
49 Sales Centers
Planned For Sale
Of Surplus Planes
Washington. Aug. 3. (U.R)
Secretary of Commerce Jesse
Jones announced today that ar
rangements have been made by
the defense plant corporation
for a network of 49 sales cen
ters and storage depots where
surplus planes will be sent for
sale to the public.
He said Interested persons :an
write to the civil aeronautics ad
ministration office in their re
gions and receive "invitations to
bid, details about planes of
fered for sale, OPA ceiling
prices and the date of sale.
Jones said there would un
doubtedly be a large number of
planes declared surplus "over a
period of time" by the armed
forces, but that only a small
fraction would be usable as
"personal aircraft." He said
there were a few light 65 horse
power trainer planes now avail
able, and a larger number of
army and navy primary trt'n
ers all "economical for private
operators."
Polish Riflemen
Pot Nazi Troops
as Warsaw Burns
London, Aug. 3 (U.R Polish
riflemen of a secret under
ground army swarmed through
the streets of burning Warsaw
today, shooting down Nazi
troopers In a desperate bid to
aid the Russian armies battling
In the city's suburbs on the east
bank of the Vistula river.
A dramatic radio message,
flashed to the Polish High Com
mand in London from the un
derground headquarters Inside
Warsaw shortly after noon to
day, said the patriot troops had
launched a heavy attack against
the enemy rear and that hard
fighting was raging In four dis
tricts of the city.
The ill-equipped Toles were
reported sniping at Nazi sol
diers from hundreds of build
ings and engaging enemy units
in savage hand-to-hand fighting.
Isolationist Says
CIO Defeated Him
St. Louis. Mo.. Aug. 4 U.R
Democratic Sen. Bennett Champ
Clark, pre-war isolationist and
New Deal critic, today blamed
the 1 Communist controlled CIO"
for his defeat for rcnomination
for a tnird term in the U. S.
senate in Tuesday's primary elec
tion in Missouri.
In a statement Issued last
night, Clark obviously conceded
the nomination to State Attor
ney General Roy McKittrlck and
branded his defeat "a notable tri-1
trolled CIO in Its efforts to take! work was rural evangelism in
control of the Democratic party." j 'be villages out of Tsingtao.
" j China. She was repatriated on
MUSIC TRUCK LOST the Gripsholm In 1942, but ex
Kansas City. Mo. lUR) A i pects to so back to Free China
salesman who lost a truck filled
with sheet music valued at $175 1
here recently hopes that one of,
the song titles knows what it's ,
talking about The piece asi
"I'll Be Seing You." .
Miss Scribulus
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(Acma Telephoto)
Beverly Felt, 18, uesnmau stuuent
at Weoer College, Ogdeu, Utah.Vaf
chosen "Mlia ScriDulus 1U44" by pop
ular acclaim alter campus Deauij
contest Judges caught a glimpse o)
this DhOtn.
By United Press
American forces met increas
ing resistance today in a drive
to pocket Japanese on the north
ern tip of Guam while on New
Guinea other U. S. troops Inflict
ed heavy casualties in advancing
an annihilation drive against
45,000 trapped enemy soldiers.
The Americans on Guam slug
ged through mud and dense
undergrowth for more than a
mile yesterday to capture Tiyan
airstrip, the sixth plane base
taken during the Marianas cam
paign. All of the bases are with
in bomber range of Japan's
inner defenses.
7.419 Dead on Guam
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
announced that 7,419 enemy
dead had been counted on Guam
while on Tinian, where marines
were mopping up last isolated
stragglers, 3,075 enemy dead
were buried.
American losses on Guam
through Tuesday were set at
1,022 dead, 4,941 wounded, and
305 missing. On Tinian the U. S.
losses were announced at 208
dead, 1,121 wounded and 32
missing.
Almost daily aerial attacks
continue against Truk, Nauru,
and in the Marshalls, Nimitz
said.
On British New Guinea
American forces cleared a coast
al sector a mile east of the Drl
nlumor river and advanced on
a two and a half mile front
against "the encircled Japanese
18th army. ..
Jap Ship Sunk
A communique by Gen. Doug
las MacArthur said an undeter
mined number of Japanese were
killed when they attempted to
turn the American flank in the
area below Aitape.
MacArthur reported that a
navy Catalina bomber sank a
5,000 ton enemy vessel in the
Soela Islands off Halmahera I
Monday night.
U. S. ground forces at Sansa
por were expanding and
strengthening their position four
days after landing and construc
tion of a new air base was pro
gressing In the newly won area
only 600 miles from the Philip
pines. Mustachioed Pilot
Leading U. S. Ace
Allied Headquarters, South
west Paclife, Aug. 3. lU.R)
Major Thomas B. McGuIre, Jr.,
of Ridgcwood, N. J., dapper,
mustachioed Lightning pilot, be
came the leading American ace
currently fighting in the south
west Pacific when he shot down
his 21st Jap plane during a sur
prise raid recently on Halma
hera, It was disclosed here todav.
McGuire, who admits lie
would like to beat MaJ. Richard
I. Bong's theater record of 27
Jap planes downed, Is known as
one of the best shots In this
area.
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK,
PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY j
Miss Irene Forsythe, a native
of Oregon and a missionary to
China for the past 18 years un
der the Board of Foreign Mis
s 1 o n s of the Presbvterian
church, will speak at the Med-
,orc! Presbyterian church Sun-
" a. m. Miss Forsvthe s
next year.
The missionary will speak at
the Jacksonville Presbyterian
church Sunday at 8 p. m.. and
before the Phoenix Women's
Society at 2 30 p. m. August 9.
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Portland, Ore., Aug. 3 U.R)
A real, honest-to-goodness treas
ure hunt Is going on in Portland,
and searchers have discovered
unnrnximatelv $6000 so far and
are still hunting in an old house
once Inhabited by a pair of el
derly bachelor brothers who evi
rtentlv collected eold coins.
The treasure hunt is perfectly
above-board, and under the di
rection of the attorney for the
estate of the two eccentrics, both
of whom died within The last
two years.
Going by maps found in the
personal effects of the owners,
various caches have been dis
covered, Including a Mason
"Economy" Jar full of $20 gold
pieces with a few insignificant
$10 and $5 pieces.
$3000 In Stove
An old stove in the basement
yielded around $3000 and an
estimated $2000 in silver coins
was found in money bags in bu
reau drawers.
All the coins were wrapped
by dates and in good condition,
further corroborating the theory
that the men were com collect
ors. Oldest coin found is an
1852 dime.
The searchers are just begin
ning to turn to the most roman
tic part digging in the back
yard for anywhere from $7000
to $10,000 buried somewhere on
the premises, according to the
map.
, Identity of the brothers and
address of the house are being
kept sesret to protect the prem
ises agiinst "volunteer" treas
ure hunters who might wish to
help.
BAiiTSSlP UP
112,000 IN BILLS
Salem, Ore., Aug. 3. (U.R)
State police are searching today
for two holdup men who made
off with $12,000 in small bills
after holding up J. C. Berry,
cashier of the Bank of Grande
Ronde, about 35 miles from
here.
The two men, armed with
pistols, entered the bank just
before closing time Wednesday,
one of them shoved his weapon
through the wicket at Berry,
who was alone In the bank, and
told him to "get your hands
down don't be funny."
They then forced him to open
a vault, took all the money in
sight, mostly in 20, 10 and five
dollar bills, and then left, after
tying his hands and instructing
him not to call for help for half
an nour.
Berry rushed out a side door
after they left and called police
The holdup men were de
scribed as being 35 or 40 years
of age and clean shaven. Berry
said one was red haired and the
other dark.
Stale police, who were noti
fied Immediately, believe the
men escaped in a 1939 gray
Ford. They said they believed
the first three numbers on the
license were 203.
Quinine Sub May
Rid Nations Of
Malaria Threat
Chicago. Aug. 3 (U.R) De
velopment of Atabrine, the
quinine substitute, should make
it possible to eliminate malaria
from every civilized nation after
the war and the large scale pro
duction of quinine or totaquine
is not considered necessary for
army and navy needs, the Jour
nal of the American Medical as
soclan said today.
The report, published by the
National Research Council's
board for the coordination of
malarial studies, said that there
is "convincing evidence" that
atabrine cures falciparum malar
ia, the type which is responsible
for practically a 1 1 malaria
deaths, but "the evidence of a
similar curative effect of qui
nine Is not conclusive."
The National Inventors Coun
cil reports that robot planes
were Invented In the United
States as long ago as the last
war. and in 1927 and 1928
Charles Kettering, of General
Motors Research Corp.. and
Lawrence B. Sperrv. of Soerrv
Gyrioscope Co.. were granted
robot plane patents.
YICK SO CHINESE HERB CO.
REMEDIES FOR STOMACH ULCERS
Heart. Rheumatism, Asthma. Catarrh. Piles,
Prostate Gland. Eeiema. and all disorders
of Liver. Kidney Trouble, and other com
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CHINESE HERBS
Removed
J. H. Leong, Herbalist
Flight o Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mall
Tribune 10 and 20 years ago
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August 3, 1934
at was Friday)
Portland welcomes President
Roosevelt with ovation by thou
sands and parades through city,
before going to Bonneville Dam
to make brief speech.
Retail trade on Pacific coast
bright spot of nation's business.
Apple crop of valley to run
400 to 450 cars.
Unsettled with rising tempera
ture. High 78, low 55 degrees.
Europe Jittery as Hitler takes
over presidency of Germany.
Detour at Ashland, underpass
ready for travel.
M. M. Department store ob
serves 40th birthday.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 3, 1924
(It was Sunday)
Jackson county fair premium
booklet issued.
Army plane is forced down In
Atlantic, but crew is saved.
Rankin Estes, local resident,
resists holdup and is badly beat-,
en in struggle on King's high
way; saves $900.
Continued cloudiness.
84, low 50 degrees.
High
Success of Dawes reparation
plan now up to Germany.
Groceteria offers watermelons
at 17 cents each; is swamped
with business.
Ashland eager to attract tour
ists with better water supply.
Ten millionth Ford car to be
here next Wednesday.
BIG SKY FLEETS
JOIN TO PLASTER
London, Aug. 3. (U.R) Two
great sky fleets numbering some
1,500 American heavy bombers
converged from Britain and
Italy today for a shattering at
tack on a chain of Nazi aircraft,
railway and oil targets along
the Franco-German and Swiss
German frontiers, while RAF
heavies unloaded their block
busters on two robot bomb de
pots north of Paris.
An estimated 750 U. S. Flying
Fortresses and Liberators
launched the daylight offensive,
thundering up from the Italian
bases to blast the big aircraft
manufacturing center of Fried
richshafen, on the northern
shores of Lake Constance.
North Italy Hit
Railway targets and highways
in northern Italy also were
bombed.
There were no Immediate de
tails on the effect of the Fried
richshafen attack, but Zurich
reports said heavy explosions
rocked towns on the Swiss side
of the frontier for fully 25 min
utes. Hours later, an equally great
armada of Forts and Liberators
swung out over the continent
from Britain under a strong
fighter escort to bomb, railway
yards at Saarbrucken, Germany,
and Mulhouse and Strasbourg,
on the French side of the bor
der, and an oil dump at Merk
ville. Unidentified German target
In France also came under the
bombsights of the big American
raiders.
Special electric lamps dry
paint on aircraft instruments in
nine minutes. The conventional
ovens require two hours per
coat.
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