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'A- rOUB MEDFOHD MAIL THIBUNB Monday. Augiut 7. 1944 ; MEDFORDv&rTEIBUNE Tim J W to tovtlwrv Ora $ JUada fth Hall Tribune" DtOJr feiwut tfatordar Pabiihd br MaDroBD panrrufo oo. tf-M NarU Flf M. Phoatt tin ROBERT W. KUHU Kdltor. BKNKIT R. OILdTRAP, Muiftf. Aa Itadapo&dtmt Kwapapr. Batarod aa aaeosd alaaa matter at M'4 Cerd. OroB. under Act ( Uareta I, 1T. SUBSCRIPTION BATES Br Mall Id Adaaci 2aJly and flnodar -on raar..s.tT.II ) DaJlf aad Sundr ix month... 4. At Dally and Buortar -tbr montba. S.lt Pallf and BuDdaron month. . ,TI Br Carrlar fn Advaoca U ad ford, Aah iand, ContraJ point. JaokaonTllla, Gold KM, PhoooJx, Talaot. aad as aaotor g rootan f Dal If aad Snadar no' yr DaJlr and Sunday -ana month.. .Tl All Urmi eaatt la adraaoa. OiflcUl Paper af tha City af Medlor OfflrlaJ I'apar of Jacka Count? Baited rraaa Foil Laaaad Win UEURRR OP AUDIT BUBBAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advurtlalna Ropraaantattva WBST'HOM.IDAT COMPANY. INC. OtfltiM la Now York. Cnlcaro. Detroit. Saa Fraoelaco, Lot) Anrotaa, flaattla, PartUad, fit. bOQla, Atlaau, Vaaooavar. b. a Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry Vour corr. who has been out of commission for five days with neuritis of the knee, and herewith returns to the hustings, whatever they are. The neuritis Is the lowest, no account all- with, "nPdT KSTiS ing it where they leave off hat- lng Hitler, and other pet aver- lions. It, however, has one unchallenged distinction: There re more effective cures for it than the common cold. While out out of circulation we found out what ails the Japs and why they are such. At the age of fdur years, after a rough In fancy, a Jap boy starts running things, an article states. He starts dominating the women folks of his household with Im punity and gets away with It because of tradition. "He can bite and Insult his mother with her only defenso bribery or ca jolery." A white robin ts flitting around the East Side. All the evidence Indicates he Is natur ally white and was not scared that way by a rough appearing cat. Reports from European news centers claim 8,000 German army officers and soldiers were Implicated in the plot to kill "Der Fuehrer." It looks with that many anxious to rub him out, one of the lot would have been lucky enough to gain his laudable and noteworthy ob jective. The contest to determine who will run the country, ,1s boiling down to a three-way affair, be tween "The Indispensable Man", Gov. Dewey and the CIO politi cal activity committee. 1990 STYLE (The Dalles Chronicle) "Tha long-tailed frock coats just now coming into fashion are as ugly as original sin and without excuse. There la no possible excuse for them un less, Indeed, the tails be util ized by some people to wear the badges of the secret so cieties to which they belong on. We run across a rattle brained fellow once in a while that hasn't room on his col lar for his decorations." Sample of the persistency of n'weed. One, about four feet long, has attained maturity by growing on a decorative knob on the Palm Building on North Fir. It Is out of reach of every thing but the fire department. Defense workers on strike In Philadelphia and e 1 s e w h e re throughout tlio nation, may think they have it tough, it 1 Item from 90 years nio eolumn of the Pendleton Kn.st Orgonmn attests: "Today his men ap peared In this city and said that they and the aforesaid farmer had agreed to quit. The farmer thought the men not Inclined to work sufficiently long hours. The men objected to working all nlRht. The wages paid were S1.0 per day to all hands.' Countries that need tending to at t ho peace table, are Argen tine, Sweden, Spain and Tur key, In the order named. Ar gentine was the prize ingrate of the lot. The rest were mere ly International cut-tips, tainted with Nazi lunanry. WHAT GOES ON HEHEt (Norfolk (Va.) Ledger) MAN AND WIFE To work In dairy; wife to strip behind milking machine, help clean; good house, garden. Salary $42 per week. Lake side Dairy Farm. The weather Is fine, causing the first violet of last spring that forgot to bloom last spring, to now do so. The thirsty were astounded to learn last week that the whis key shortage that crimped their hilarity and was needed to make munitions, now only mounts to a monopoly of 700,- Uuu gals. Wayne Morse is Right We are asked what we intend to do about Wayne Morse endorsing the C.I.O. Political Action commit tee, as he did in a recent speech in Eugene. The answer to that is endorsement. For what the Republican candidate for the U. S, Senate said was this: "l do not share the views of those In both the Republican and Democratic parties, who appear to be so alarmed over the growing participation of American labor In politics. I welcome it. In fact I think we would have a healthier democracy If various groups of our citizenry such as farm ers, business men, professional mon.'women's organizations, teachers and other social and economic groups would take a more active part In politics. For too long a time politics have been left to the direction of politicians and political machines In both of the major parties with the result that average citizens and the economic groups to which they belong have relinquished to too great a degree their right to control and determine political policies." CXACTLY. - In fact there Wayne Morse puts his finger on the most serious weaknesses of our democracy, political apathy and indifference; the tendency of the average citizen to take no interest in politics, until election day, and then nearly half of them, in most instances, failing even to vote ! The answer to the C.I.O. tee is not less participation criticism of its action but emulation, and commendation. THIS does not mean to endorse what specific polti- cal action the C.I.O. may advise necessarily. In any particular case the group may be wrong, or it may be right, depending largely upon the political Dejef3 0f the one rendering the judgment ., . , i i 1 But it DOES mean to endorse such active interest and participation in politics, and to urge all other -,, 4t,i ,, unA,T nnli'tiff in rfnn t-VioiV K.'"UV. , . "1' siny DiCKenng ana go ana INSTEAD of being criticized for such a statement as the one above, the Republican candidate for the Senate, should be enthusiastically commended for it. For he is exactly 100 right. And the more "we the people" follow his suggestion, and all it implies, the better off we will be and the better government, national and local, we will have. Q. E. As a corollary to the above, we might point to one of the major evils of American politics, the corrupt and degrading boss system that controls so many of our larger cities. How has it come about? Why, in an enlightened and self-respecting countiy such as ours, is such a dis graceful system allowed to continue, day after day and year after year? The answer in a nutshell, is what Wayne Morse protests against, widespread political inaction and indifference. As a result in the larger political activity and awareness on the part of a few self-interested and unprincipled groups; none at all, or practically none, on the As a result local crime, corruption, filth. "THE people of Chicago, Philadelphia, Kansas City or what have you could overthrow their rotten governments, any election day they wished if they took the sort of active interest in local politics that Dean Morse advises. For a vast majority in any American city want good government and honest government; but the plain truth is they don't take the trouble to determine, what such government is, and then go to the polls enmasse and vote for it. They would if they were as politically conscious and active, or half as active, as the bosses them selves and the key-members of their well-oiled and skillfully conducted political machines. 9 m DUT you can't beat something with nothing. You can't beat machine politics, tireless activity, ad mirable organization, with no organization at all, general indifference, and when the representatives 0f decent government are scence. SO let the Democrats, or II 111 l LW ( iTl.WJ-r tlCltllfc; on such excellent advice as like the above, is giving them. The more widely such remarks are broadcast, and understood, the more people will insist upon voting for him. Red Herrings, Etc. At the recent Democratic convention in Chicago, one of the grape-vine charges filed against Henry Wallace was his extreme radicalism. To support the charge two facts were brought forth : (1) Wallace's recent endorsement of Stalin and the Rus sian form of government. (2) llillman's endorsement of Wallace, and the report of Hillnan's union, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, that "Its ultimate objective is through the tactics of the class struggle to take possession of American industry." The first charge is true. The second may or may not be, we are inclined to doubt it. Hut there is no reasonable doubt that the radical background supported by these charges was what defeated the Democratic Vice President, a majority of the delegates favored Truman's 'boss background" to Wallace's "Red" one, and that was that! This from a party that maintains conservatism is a synonym for reaction 1 we are going to endorse the Political Action Commit in politics but more; not r"';-"- - ao imewise. D. cities we have extreme part of the rank and file. counted out, a meek acqui- the Republ. i til. II LM l (till CUIVt tJ'llllVIC Wayne Morse, in speeches News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Quebec, Canada, Aug. 7. The rise of socialism In Canada heralded so much In our maga z 1 n e s and press seems in hn a some- kl what theoreti cal affair. It may have looked real enough in the reports of the June C. C. F. (Co operative Common wealth federa- I'aul Mallon tion) landslide In Saskatche wan, and on paper, H was. but there is a catch in the matter. While the program of the so cialists calls for the government to take over the banks, insur ance companies, railways and certain heavy Industries in the province, the constitution re quires that all acts of the pro vincial parliament must be ap proved uy the national parlia ment. As the national body Is in other hands, no legislation will Be attempted. Yet the C.C.F., riding on the unexpected crest of that wave, won increased power in Ontario. and is now challenging In Al- Derta where a full slate of candi dates has been presented for Monday's election. In Quebec they put a few men Into the race but only with a desire to gain a provisional balance of power. IT Is the new thing here. In a mnci n V. - .1 i problems are ours strikes, debts, wage scales, prices, etc. It seems to me she has handled her war situation better than we have. The economic statistics on her price level are deceDtlve. The costs of food, rent and cloth ing seem to be about half Wash ington s. The best restaurant In Que bec, for Instance, has a too nrice of $1.15 for a five-course dinner. ull course meals are available in average restaurants for 30 cents. Yet luxuries are hisher than ours. Cigarettes, for exam ple, are 33c cents for a package of 18. A man can live here in Quebec for half what It costs In Washington. The wage scale Is correspondingly lower. One eminent observer pre sented the contrast of our sltu tlon and Canada's fully when he told me: "Canada Is not trvine to feed the world." Yet socialism. Dure socialism. Is the rising political ODDOsItion. The wage scale, like our own, now is the highest In all history. There is practically no unem ployment. Why then would an opposition movement to over throw capitalism become so popular at the height of the war when the people have more money from capitalism in their pay envelopes than ever? Ihe only answer aDDarentlv is that there is indefinable, vague dissatisfaction and unrest among ine peopie. we have the same symptoms at home, but In our case they are more clearly de fined and have taken' the oppo site trend toward increased pop ularity for the republican party. Here it has worked its way Into numerous local issues and prejudices not worth mention ing, and found its outlet in the C.C.F. Incidentally, commun ism does not exist here except as 'a sort of half underground movement among a very few people and there is no commun ist party. SOCIALISM Just does not fit in a . j. -umo.J.. ,A ......... f . . 1 capitalistic system. The idea that the worker will get more if the profits are eliminated is to me simple fallacy. The volume of production of business any business depends as much up on the ingenuity and energy of the management stimulated by eagerness for profits as upon the skill of the worker. I think, under socialism, a nntion will do less business than under capitalism. Only if capi talism fails, if It Is wrecked on financial rocks, will socialism come. Thus, Canada, in my opinion, is Just as far away from actual socialism todav as it ever was. The C.C.F. has merely be come the left wing In a position somewhat like our communists. I would say socialism is at least as far away here as we are from communism. Seeing this. Prime Minister Mackenzie King probably will call a general election in the fall, and if he does, the act in Itself will be a rather sure Indi cation that he expects to win. THE GRANGE JackionTllla Grange Everett Faber of Central Poin will show motion pictures at the Jacksonville Grange meeting tomorrow night and all members are urged to be pres ent. Regular meeting will take up at 8 p.m. and the pictures at 9.30 p m. ICT!nf t!m frtr tsurdnf Tv late to CiifT s SA atiutxUy alumooa j flM WUCDlbW, 1 fuu.wn.iw, .fnvwn A4 M PRIZE LIST AT Some 150 persons attended the 4-H club fair in Valleyview Thursday, sponsored by the Val leyview and Bellview clubs. Earle Jossy, county 4-H club leader, was in charge of the event and awarded prizes, do nated by Medford and Ashland business men, to contest winners. Results of contests: Beef fitting (local) Don Nich ols, Bellview, first; A 1 1 e n e Owens, Valleyview, second; IV a y n e Lemely, Valleyview, third. Beef showmanship (local) Don Nichols, Bellview, first; Al lcne Owens, Valleyview, second; Bernard Engle, Bellview, third. Beef showmanship (visiting) Clara Mae Bigham, Antelope, first; Barbara Culbertson, Ante lope, second; Walter Hahau, Antelope, third. Dairy showmanship (local) Allene Owens, Valleyview, first; Don Nichols, Bellview, second; Wayne Lemely, Valleyview, third. Dairy showmanship (visiting) Barbara Culbertson, Antelope, first; Clara Mac Bigham, Ante lope, second; Berniece Bigham, Antelope, third. Dairy showmanship (Juniors) Henry Padgham, Roxy Ann, first; Nancy Pierce, Antelope, second; Sammy Bell, Bellview, third. Sheep showmanship (local) Don ..Nichols,.. Bellview, first; Jerry Pitts, Bellview, second, Bernard Engle, Bellview, third. Sheep showmanship (visiting) Mary Estramado. Gold Hill. first; George Christenson, Gold Hill, second; Anne Christenson, Gold Hill, third. Sheep showmanship (juniors) Wayne Lemely, Valleyview, lirst; hlichard Wiloox, Bellview, second; Ted Willoughby, Bell view, third. Livestock Portland, Ore. , Aug. 7 (UP) Mve- Btoctc: Cattle, 2860; calves. 400. Early sale steady but m&ny oommon to medium grade unsold. Load good ted steers, 110.00; grass fat steers up to B15.S0; common to low medium. S9.603 12.00: load good leeo nellers, (14.00; other hellers, $11.60 down: canner and cut ter cows, M.5035.75: good beef held above $10.00; good bulla around $9.50: good to choice vealera, $13.50& 14.50. 1 Hogs. 2400. Market active, ateadv. i mixiviy at cemug levels, uooa to cnoice 180-240 lbs.. $15.75: 241-270 lbs.. $14.00; good sows. $10.00911.00; feed er pigs, $12.00 Hi 12.25. Sheep, 1850. Market active, ateady. Good to choice spring lambs, $12.00, 12.25: shorn kinds at $10.50; common wooled lambs, $8.00(90.00; culls down to $5.00; good yearlings, $9.50; good ewes, $3.50. South San Francisco, Aug. 7 (UP) (USDA) Livestock: Cattle, 700. Largely grass run. One load fed ateera offered. Opening slow, about ateady. Medium steers salable, $13.001350: medium to good heif ers. $11,003 13 00: good young cows absent, quoted $11.50$ 12 00; aged medium ranee cows, $io.ooa 10.50: common. $9.003 9 50: cannera and cutters firm, $5.007.00: odd grass bulla. $10.00. Calves. 50. 6teadv. Qood to choice realera scarce. Common light vealera, $10 003 12 00. Hogs, 300. Around steady. Pew pack ages and short load good 160-240-lb. barrows and gilts. $15.73: few 250-275-lb., $14.003 1425: good sows, 35c higher, mostly $10.50. Sheep. 400. Numerous decks good to choice north coast lambs offered. Undertone about steady. Shorn me dium to geod clover lambs. $11,501 12 50: cull to good ewes quoted $1.00 a 4.60. Chicago, Aug. 7 (UP) (WTA) Livestock: Hogs. 14.000. Active, complete clear- ance. Oood and choice 160-240 lbs., ' $14.73, celling: welghta over 240 lbs., $14 .00. celling; 300-550-lb. sows, most ly $14 00. Cattle. 15.000; calves, 1000. Com mon and medium grade steers, $11 00 fl 15.00; top longfed steers. $18.00: numerous loads. $17. 00 (It 17.90; bulk tellers. $13.60 18 50; top. $16.90: good beef cows top. $13 50; mostly a 50 1 11 50; cutters, $8.00 down: can- ners. $5.75 n 6.75. Bheep. 2000. Mnderatelv active. Oood and choice native spring lamba. $14 60,tU 75; few medium 60-lb. na tive sprlnncrs. $11.00; deck good yearlings held around $11.50. Chicago Wheat Chicago. Aug 7 (rp Wht: Opn inch Low clow Supt. ! S5t 1 Mi, II M, tC. . IM 155 7.331, I ,M' Mnj 13S 15514 153, 1.54 Portland Produce Portland. Aug. 7 (UP) Uvit ptniitrr sta?, 21 He. Apricots The DUe, faced. 11.30 9 1.70. AppVa Nnrthwrxt Tmnspftrentu, 10c lh : local OrnvrtiAtrtn. Jiimhii puck. 3 503 0O; California packed, 1 5 bos. Peaches TvirV-an lllnfr, tl.75 boi. Bcani Orenon grpen. lOt l lc lb.; yellow, lOr.'c IK: Yount. I3c lb. Caboaee No. 1 green round, tS 60 crate. Corn Northweet. 3 75 Mck. Ceierr Oregon. M 0O crate Ittce tocaJ 3s No. 1. ta 73 .3 3 SO crate. Potatoei Yakima. M 60 cental. Pea Coast. Tomatoes Californla-Frewo hitra. 3 ft.V local hothouse. XT. 20o lb.; USED CARS Mcdford't largeit Buyer Pjyi Highest Prices CASH AT ONCE "If it runs we'll buy it" HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 S. Riverside. Dill 4980 7i' i finer, ISc: chafe. lSe lb. " I Country meat Vcalers, AA, Mc Mb. B. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Aug. 7 U.O Dairy market: Butter 93 score, 43c; 82 score, 42Wc; 90 score, 42'4c; 80 score, 41 c. Cheese Wholesale prices, loaf 27.9c, triplets 27.2c. Eggs Large grade' A, 46 ( 47c; medium grade A, 39V4 40V4c; small grade A. 24V4 25Vc; large grade B, 3334c. Wall Street New York, Aug. 7. (U.B Rising speculative demand for cheap motor shares Imparted strength to the entire stock list today and completely dominated the session. Gains in the low-priced auto motive shares ranged to more than a point in Graham-Paige and Hupp, but all stocks in the group shared the advance. Activ ity and strength in the specu lative motors extended a bull movement that got under way early last week when retirement of the Fisher brothers from Gen eral Motors touched off a flood of unconfirmed rumors concern ing their future plans. Graham - Paige, most active stock in all but one session last week, and the most heavily traded issue again today, was active on indications that a fi nancial group, including Atlas Corp., planned acquisition of the company with J. W. Fraser, for merly Willys-Overland head, as president. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Tel- 163 Anaconda .... .............. 26 Chrysler 90 Curtiss Wright 5 General Electric 38',4 General Motors . 61V4 Montgomery Ward 47 Perm. R. R 29 V Phillips Petroleum 45 J. C. Penney 103V4 Radio 10V Southern Pacific 29 '4 Standard Oil Col 37?8 Texas Gulf Sulphur 35 Transamerica 9'A United Aircrafts 27 U. S. Rubber 4834 U. S. Steel : 58 Howard Van Buren Home After Long Service Overseas Pfc. Howard E. Van Buren, 22, who recently completed 30 months of army service In the Southwest Pacific, much of the time being spent on New Guinea arrived in Medford Friday to visit his mother, Mrs. Stanley Hake, 540 South Fir street. Mrs. Hake had not seen her son for more than three years". Pfc. Van Buren has been In the 218th Field Artillery of the 41st Infantry Division and wears four major battle stars. He en listed in the army September of 1940 from Toledo. Ore., where the family resided at that time, and Is leaving this evening to visit relatives there. He is a native of this county, having been born in Ashland. The soldier was once wound ed slightly by a mortar shell but soon recovered and returned to his battalion. He reports August 25 to Camp White. The army, navy and marine corps collect and ship to detin ning and shredding plants about 3,000 tons of tin cans each month. Since ' Mtmua,m.iUMlM-i!9 -r., m..mmin, , u".rw 1 $ IsM It If .-Willi aUm lli;a,by'vKej,.- j-j- f g-Pi CONGER-MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and Wc$t Main St. Office of the County Coroner Phone 3147 H. W. Conger Cirloi W. Morris COMMUNICATIONS Letters to tha Editor must Deu the name ai.d address oz the writer tltbougn tha use of a pen name n nltlais for publication la per missible. Tha Mali Tribune ra terves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarity and con-lensatlon. Wants Place io Live To the editor: I am the wife of an officer of the United States army. We have three children. My husband is being sent overseas and of neces sity I am returning to my home town, Medford, after living in Wisconsin nine months. Because of the children and the need to have a home for them, I asked my mother to try to find a house for me. Well, ap parently, there are quite a few houses for rent there now, but there arises the age-old gripe and complaint, "Sorry, we don't want children. I wonder if people have for gotten that they were once chil dren, too, needing care and guid ance and a place to call home! And I wonder if any of you peo ple there would care to put your selves in my place or any of the other thousands of girls places who are exactly in the same predicament with a fam ily to care for, and only you to see that they have the things so necessary to pull them through the hazards of youth to the ul timate goal of good citizenship and success in life? ' "Kids tear up the furniture, mark on the walls and make nuisances of themselves In gen eral." Sure, I've heard that a thou sand times. But, my friends, didn't you, too, when you thought you could get away with It? Or were you all "model chil dren"? My kids are normal and aver age, but they don't play havoc with the house if I can help it. The whole point of all this is the fact that I need a decent place for myself and my cnlldren to live; to have a home so that my husband will know we are safe and secure, and that he has a home to come home to when this unholy war is over. If anyone there in Medford can lend a hand and help me find a suitable place, where chil dren aren't barred, my appreci ation would know no bounds, and an immense weight would be lifted from my mind. Hopefully yours, Mrs. Donald Mentzer, La Crosse, Wis., co Mrs. H. W. Crocker, Rt. 4, Box 72-A, Medford. The "Editorial Fix" To the editor: Concerning the editorial fix as told us in August 6 column: (Expressed in Verse) I will tell you now flat, I don't know where we're at For both parties stand pat While now going to bat. One Is for the commune Altogether too soon. For free enterprise, yet Is the other firm set. So now, what have we got? That which figures Us naught . . Should the editor's lot Seem a spot that is hot? If both sides "may be right" In political fight. Should the voters sit tight While they wait for more light? W. W. TRUAX. Osa Mall Tribune Want Ada DISTINCTIVE BUT NOT EXPENSIVE 1883 Flight oJ Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of tha Mail Tribune 10 and 20 years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 7, 1934 (It was Tuesday) Field Marshal von Hlnden burg laid to rest at Tannenberg in brief services. Adolf Hitler in emotional eulogy declares war lord left door open for Naziism rule. Under new loan plan of gov ernment, growers will control crops next year. State matches federal relief fund for next five months. Fair and warmer. High 83, low 49 degrees. y Pear harvesting to reach peak in valley coming wedk; Michael F. Shannon, grand exalted ruler of Elks to visit local lodge August 19. State opens drive on foreign license cars in state. ' TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 7. 1944 (It was Thursday) Nicaraguan rebels kill an American, and marines ordered to border. Fair. High 89, low 49 degrees. Autos may be parked on city streets after one 1 a.m. police say. Records show President Teddy Roosevelt prevented . a world war in 1904, by firm stand against Japan. Political speakers on radio forbidden to use "billingsgate" and must be polite. BIRTHS MYERS To Mr. nnH Mr. Ivan, Central Point, Aug. 5, 1944. a br.v. eiffht nnnnrU. at Community hospital. WAGNER To Mr. and Mrs. Irwin, Central Point, Aug. 6, 1944, a boy, seven pounds, at Community hospital. STOOD TRIAL Boston (U.R) In the Old State House, which still stands here, the notorious Capt. Kidd stood trial for piracy in 1699. It was in London, however, that he subsequently was convicted and hanged as a pirate. MONEY TO LOAN On JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. See our un-redeem ed Jewelry savings. PEO PLE'S LOAN CO. 229'i E. Main Street State license P 137. PARTS and SERVICE for all Makes of WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartlett Phone 2419 Preferred Service Became ther are no atepi to climb to inter either the office or ChapeL MBULAHGE SERVICE
