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SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MedfordTribune "Kvaryoa tm Boutfara Or?am Beada th MU TrlbaW DsUi, IBirapt tetardar Publlhd by UlUrOHO PRINTINO CO. JT-tt Nor Hi rir BL . Pbon 1141 ROB BUT W. RUHL, Bdlter. CRN EST R. OIU3TRA.P. MaBar. Aa lBdpodnt Mawapapcr. Vntarad aa itaond laa mat tar at Med ford, Oroa, under Act of March I, 171. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advanca: Daily ud 8ondr faar. . Dally ud Sunday ! moatht... 4..0 Dally and Sunday thraa montha. I.lt Dally and Sunday oaa month... By Carrier I Advaoea Mad ford. Aah iand. CantraJ Point, JackaonTllla. Oold WUU Pboanlz. Talent, ud a motor routoai Dally and Sundar yor, ... Dally and Sunday .on month. . .11 All irmi aab la ad vane. OflrlaJ Pap r af Ibo City af Madfr4 Official Fapar af Jaelusaa uoaaty MEUIIER OF AUDIT BURBA0 Or CIRCULATIONS AdrttrtttJng Raproiontallva WEBT HOLM DAT COMPANY. INC. Offloaa In Now York, Chicago, Dot roll, San Franc laoo, horn Anfoloa, Baattla, Portland. St. Lula, A U an la. Vaacauraf. B. O. Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry American bombers have blast ed Iwo Jima, 600 miles from Tokyo. Iwo Jima spells like a typographical error that started out to be Iowa Jim. ... ' Old Field Marshal Petaln of France, now that the Jig is up, is scratching his grey noggin to escape punishment for his crimes against the democracies. He is trying to double-cross Justice, by transferring to Gen. DeGaulle the "constitutional powers" he now holds at Vichy. The aged and haughty rascal aided and abetted the fall of his native land, and purred be fore Hitler like a tom-cat full of hamburger. "MAYOR CALLS PINE CONE EDITOR LIAR: WE BEG TO DIFFER". (Carmel (Cal.) Pine Cone). The soft word and the other cheek. . Banning of political literature from the troops causes Ameri can blood to boil, a commenta tor reports, and some changes will be made. There Is no mon keying, as yet, with the politi cal reading of the public. With a tight censorship, one might not know who was elected president In November, until the day before the Inauguration in January. HOW TIMES DON'T CHANGE (The Dalles Chronicle) "Coxey said the railroad companies had the people by the heels. Debs said they had them by the hair. Peffcr says the trusts have them by the legs, and Wilson says the sugar trust has them by the throat. From all of which we Judge the combinations have several pretty hard holds on the public, every observer discovering a grip In a new place." (50 Yr. Ago col.) ... Rural residents report they have been bothered nights re cently by city residents on a lark, and trying to sing like one. It now comes to light "Providence" had nothing to do with the bomb explosion that ripped off the scat of Herr Hit ler's pants, but left him other wise Intact, while holding a con ference. However, one of the Dor Fuehrer's "doubles" paid with his life, for looking like him. It was a Nazi plot to fool the German people and a fake one, engineered by Gestapo Chief Himmlcr, who himself, was out of range. To kill a lone man after the mBss murders Himmlcr hns staged throughout Europe, must have been a re laxation for him. ... "DEMOCRATS NAME WAG NER AND DYE." (Exchange.) A grim note shows up in the campaign. ... Labor Day, the last double holiday of tho summer bphsoii comes on a pace, and no warn ing from a governmental bu reau to stay at home, to remind the people to plan to go some place. ... The slate department now buns the removal of Argentine gold from this country. Crack ing the lale "good neighbor" In the pockctbook Is apt to make that Latin land a good neighbor with nations other than those in the Axis. ... Wisconsin In Its last election did noble by renouncing "pro gressivism" and CIO backed congressional candidates, while taking a swipe at the fourth term ambitions of the "Indis pensable Man". This is all in addition to the neat pinning bnck of tho ears of one W. Willkie In the April primary. Buckingham"" hit London, Aug. 17 ;U.R) Rob ot bombs recently damaged the grounds of Buckingham Palace, main residence of King George and Queen Elizabeth, It was revealed today. The palace It self was hit at least twice dur ing the German blitz of 1940-41. Thuuday, August 17. 1144 Face the We are in receipt of a brochure entitled "The Busi nessman's Stake in American-Soviet Friendship" by a Mr. Harland II. Allen. Mr. Allen's conclusions are as follows: "It seems to me that there are 3 great factors In the re lationship o' Russia and the United States which emphasize the historic responsibility of these two countries for peace ful cooperation. "First, their postwar control over what It takes to break the peace their near-monopoly over the munitions ' "Second the great range of similarities between these peoples paving the way to mutual understandings. "Third, the notable contrast in history and surround ings (experience) which should provide each an unusual ' capacity for supplementing the other and benefitting from the other. Finally, , "No understanding of Russian American potentials for complementary service is even partially complete with out recognizing that while America grew to sturdy great ness on a continent almost by herself, the Soviet achieved their present vigor and world importance with a bellicose Germany literally on one doorstep and a threatening Japan upon the other." We ran imacrine no sensible American businessman opposing this or any practical program of peaceful cooperation between this country and Soviet Eussia following the war. BUT, we maintain that nrantioal mnsr. first, efuses to recognize in this pamphlet, namely: That the Russian and American peoples instead of being similar in temperament, customs and character are very, very different and, Unless there is a radical the other when the present war ends, their social and political concepts will not only be dissimilar but high ly competitive and antagonistic. For in the nost-war worm be based essentially upon a NON-profit, nationalistic monopolistic system ; the American economy essenti ally upon a PROFIT, individualistic, competitive system. 14R. Eric Johnston, President of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, believes that it is possible for the two countries to remain friends and do business with each other on a mutually profitable basis, WITHOUT abandoning or even altering their respective social and economic systems. We hope Mr. Johnston is That is certainly what the try should earnestly endeavor to accomplish. But as we see it, the goal will never be reached by following the ostrich-like procedure of Mr. Allen, and pretend ing that .no serious diniculties, serious because based upon fundamentals, exist. OUCH serious difficulties DO exist. And emphasis upon them, rather than a Pollyanna emphasis upon the benefits of such peaceful coopera tion, is the only practical course to pursue if any post war program of this sort, is to be a success. Russia is extremely realistic regarding the greatest capitalistic country in the world, the United States. The sooner the United States becomes equally real istic regarding Soviet Russia, the better for both coun tries and for the post-war world. Face the Truth Next In most of these post-war programs of an interna tional character there are factor, Lack of imagination. It is so difficult to imagine, to visualize in the midst of a terrible war, what the in times of peace. Take the Allen plan above, for example. Because the United States, Russia and Great Britain are allies in this war, all for one and one for all, until the German-Jap Axis has been completely smashed, it is difficult to imagine a condition where a similar spirit of unity and cooperation will not exist. MR. Allen, for example, never mentions Great TSrilnin nurl tlm vnln elm mirrlif nlfur in antr linct- 1.1 11(1111, lllll ItlV UIV IIV fllV J'IC.J 111 CIIIV J'W.'L war trade agreements between Russia and the United States. Yet there is nothing more certain than when the common danger to the "Big Three" is removed, and its cohesive force also by the elimination of Ger many and Japan, the national interests of Great Britain and Russia in both the Near and the Far East will conflict in the future as they have throughout the past, and that the business interests of both in posl-war trade will clash sharply with those of the United States. For Russian friendship and trade there can hardly help but be keen competition between England and the United States, and ditto in the direction of spheres of influence in both the South Pacific, China and even as close to home as the Carribean. And probably more important than anything else will be the difficulty of a profit economy of the Anglo-Saxon world com peting successfully with a non-profit economy of the Slavic empire. THAT is only one reason why all this talk about a post-war world under the control of the "Big Four", England, Russia, China and the United States is so foolish. Not only would such a group almost cer tainly fail to agree on policies of peace, but the rest of the world would not only resent any such exclusive control, and conspire against it, but would soon be playing one of the Big Four against another and in probably less th;ui another decade the entire edifice would crash. No it can't be done. The only hope for any lasting j world peace is a WORLD organization backed up by a world force. until the nations of the world are willing to pay the price such an organization would ' necessitate, talk of world peace is mere rhetoric : wishful thinking, no more, no less. j Facts First any such program TO be rfipop - nize what Mr. Allen change in one country or the Kussian economy win right. businessmen in this coun flaws due largely to one world will really be like GEO. BALES IS NEW F George Bales, formerly of Ncwberg, Is arriving this week to become associate pastor in charge of youth programs for the Friends church in this terri tory, according to Milo C. Ross, local pastor. He will preach for the first time In the valley at Talent at 11:30 a. m. Sunday and at Wagner Creek Community church at 3:30 p. m. Plans for the youth work at Talent will be announced dur ing the 7 p. m. Christian En deavor hour Sunday. Bales, granted a liberal arts degree as well as a Bachelor of Theology degree, from Pa cific college, has Just finished a year's service as recreational director of the Newberg church, one of the largest Quaker churches In the northwest. He Is a 4-year letterman In athlet ics and during the last year served as major sports coach at the college. He has also Just fin ished a season on the faculty of five . youth camps in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Announcement of the program for boys and girls In connection with the Medford church will be made as soon as details can be worked out. Mrs. Bales, the former Elcnlta Mardock of Florence, will teach in the Talent high school. CONTROL ADVICE For control of peach root bor ers In all stone fruits, the trees should be treated now with paradich Iorobcnzene crystals. C. B. Cordy, assistant county agent, advised today. "De not disturb the soil, but remove grass and trash from the base of the tree. Place the cry stals m a circle around the trunk and two or four inches from It. Cover with four to six inches of soil," the agent's an nouncement said. "In order to be effective this treatment must be completed when the soil Is dry and the temperature above 60 degrees F. "For trees ona to three years oil use one-half ounce per tree; for trees four to ten years old use three-fourths ounce per tree. For older trees use one ounce per tree. If the trunks are ex ceptionally large use one and one-fourth ounce per tree. THE GRANGE Griffin Creek Grange About 60 members and friends of Griffin Creek Grange attend ed the H. E. club party at the Joe Smedsend home Saturday evening. Because of the busy pear season, it was voted to omit the September club meeting. Several members having birth days In August were honored Tuesday evening. It was decided to meet at the hall Saturday at 7 p. m. to clean away dry grass around the build ings, and have a party after ward. Ladies are asked to bring sandwiches for refreshments. Central Point Grangt Regular meeting of Central Point Grange will be held Fri day, Aug. 18. at 8 p. m. A special program Is planned t tell us of activities of Central Point Grange men In service. This program Is planned by Mr. and Mrs. Warren Patterson and com mittee. At the meeting August 4 It was voted to hold a booster night progrnm on Friday, September 29. Tentative plans were maae with committees as follows: music. Mrs. Mel Williams and Mrs. Delmar Smith; dramatics, Scott Hamilton, Ted Sims, Frank Hammond, Mrs. J. Dobrot and Mrs. L. Freeman; demonstration from Home Ec, Mrs. C. F. Mc Kibben; drills, W. H. Fisher: education. Mrs. W. Foley and Mrs. W. Jensen; recreation, Mrs. H. Tonn: Juvenile Grange, Mrs. Arnold Bohnert. Daily Weather Report FArratf MMftM-d and victntty: Clear tonlrM and Friday. Llttla chng in tnuper- Ornton- dear tonljht and rrldar but morntnt hih tog nr coait. Lit tla Chang in temperatur. 1 oral Data Temperature a year ago today: Htihr!, P: IowmI, M. Total monthly precipitation, U Inch Exce for the month. .Ort Inch. Total precipitation nine Septem ber I, tmj. It 04 tm-hes. Dehciency for the neon, rt7 Inch Relative humidity at 4 30 p. nv vw terday, 23, 4 .10 a. m. today. 78 . 1 omorrow SnnrUe 0 23 n. m., minuet 8 07 p m. Taut 24 hours IIiKh Low J'i rtoi!e Norton ChicAjcn .. tnT !7 . Art l M Eureka ...... Havre l.o Angeles Mfrlforrt 1 New York Omaha I'horntT 7 4 Portland . Reno Roaetmri . Salt (ke .. .... M (Ml San Y'ranclaco - M Smttle 7 Spokane M afthimtcn. D. C. .. PI Yakima. 04 54 M 0 Bombs Pave '.' ' ' t ; V v 'V' - - - . ' , ' '. jf "V" t -.U.'-' ".? ' (Acme Telephoto) Bombs loosed by Allied airmen roll up huge clouds of smoke from blasted German positions along Caen-Fa-talse road where Canadians and British, from the north, and Americans, from the south, were closing In lor taattla of annihilation analnst 100.000 doomed Nazis. Heere Canadian trooo talte cover as the; prepare for ort van" COMMUNICATIONS Letter! to the Ed 1 tut must oefti the name nud address ol tbe wrltei tlthuugh the use ot a pen nam r inltlaiv foi publication la per mlaalble rhe Mall rrlbune re tervea the right to edit all lettert ltb a view to clarity and coo tensatlon. From $120 Gold Club To the Editor: Probably, at no previous time In history has there been so much interest evinced in gold as there is today, and this in terest is not confined to one or two nations but to the entire world. With this world-wide Interest in gold, the time has arrived to acquaint all people with the true meaning and importance of gold, and that, I might say, is just as important an objective as is the club's effort to secure an in crease in the price of gold. Unless the people can be made fully aware of the importance of gold and how it can be used for their benefit, the "managed cur rency boys" might be successful in their efforts to eliminate gold entirely from our monetary system. With a national debt that will undoubtedly closely appro ximate our national wealth at the close of the war, who, or what can we look to but gold for relief from this colossal bur den of debt? In the interest of the future of gold, I am, Very truly yours, Kenneth K. Ash., Author and founder of the $120 Gold Club, Yreka, California. Sees Growing Communism To the Editor: Communism: A subject In creasingly enforced upon the minds of the American people due to the war and also the visit of Mr. Eric Johnson with Josef Stalin of Russia. Communism defined In one sense Is a system of social or ganization in which goods are held In common; the opposite of the system of private property. Secondly; it may be defined as any theory or system of social organization involving common ownership of the agents of pro duction and some approach to equal distribution of the pro ducts of industry the popular use of the word conforms to this definition. Thirdly; defined as a national organization in which all profits derived from each and all In dustries are shared and paid to each worker according to his ef fort and work in production. It is, perhaps, surprising to view the extent to which some of the principles of communism have been put Into effect here In America. Community centers establish ed for the betterment of a neigh borhood, commun'ty houses to serve as social centers for peo ple of a town or district, com munity efforts to get an harmon ious feeling between the people of country and city. torn where Miss Ella Sproule Is a town legend. Never could get used to automobiles. Said there ought to be a law to ban the pesky tilings. Finally, Miss Ella went to Per muda where automobiles were outlawed. Then the Allies neevl bases there-and now .Miss Ella watches Jeeps whli by and mut ters, "There ought to be a law!" Funny how certain fork, who flon't tike something, think It ought to be prohibited. Or rlsa thry try to run away from It, and It ratrhes np with them like Progress wilt Way for Allies Normandly Smash Also there Is the community of interest in finance which in cludes any arrangement relative to ownership of controlling amounts of stock by friendly in terests which insures permanent harmony of policy and manage ment between different enter prises, without actual lease or consolidation in combines, trusts, cartels, designed to limit production, to produce a scarcity and a higher price for the bene fit of the organizers. AH corporations are com munistic in principle, operating for the community interests of its members note the efforts of the city business people to pro mote community interest be tween rural and urbane populace one does not have to go far to discover to what great extent communistic principles have de veloped and are being developed here in America. W. W. Truax. Lake Creek Lake Creek, Aug. 17 Mrs. Maysel Cartwright and daugh ter, Marlene, spent last week at the Wm. Hoefft home. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lucas and sons, recently of San Bruno, Calif., spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. Ira Burns. Mrs. M. J. Miller returned home last week from a visit with her sons, Bill and Leo Day, at San Diego. Bill is a marine and Leo Is recuperating from an attack of malaria, after having spent over a year with the marines In the South Pacific. The community picnic at Dead Indian Soda Springs Sunday was an enjoyable affair, with 32 per sons present. Mrs. Ethel Hoefft and Mrs. Maysel Hoefft are spending this week at Dead Indian Soda Springs resort. Mrs. Allie Far low also spent a few days at the resort. Ardon Tyrrell and son, John, visited in Klamath Falls over the week-end. Miss Dorothy Vieaux Is stay ing for a few days with her uncle, J. B. Short. Miss Vieaux and Mrs. Joan Day were over-night guests of Mrs. Joyce Householder and Miss Amy Grissom Monday night. ARMY ENDS CONTROL OVER TRANSIT SYSTEM Philadelphia. Aug. 17 U.R) The army today relinquished control of the Philadelphia Transportation company facili ties, seized two weeks ago to break a strike which had crip pled war production here. Major-Gen. Philip Hayes, In charge of the transit system un der presidential order, said eva cuation of troops, brought here to end the strike of 5,800 oper ators, would begin Immediately. WEATHEH Northern California Clear today, tonight and Friday but night and morning fog along coast. Slightly warmer over the interior Friday. I sit &y Joe Marsh Ella Sproule versus the "Horseless Carriage'-' Take the question of Prohibi tion versus Moderation. Even today, after Prohibition's dis mal failure, you can hear well meaning people say: "There ought to be another law." From where t sit, there onght to be, instead, more facing of the facts more realization that no law can ever take the place of tolerance and moderation, and decent law enforcement under proper regulation. 4tu Medford Couple . Will Take Part In Band Concert Both Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strang of 416 S. Central Ave. Medford, are appearing as solo ists on the regular weekly band concert in Ashland's Lithia Park tonight at 8 o'clock. The programs, given each Thursday night during the summer sea son by the Ashland Municipal Band, this year under the direc tion of I. A. Mirick, are present ed from the open band stand. Ashland is one of the few cities maintaining band concerts dur ing war-time, and the large crowds attending regularly at test their popularity. Mr. Strang is one of the reg ular members of the band, and Mrs. Strang has appeared be fore as soloist. For this week's concert, Mrs. Strang will sing "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise," by Seitz and "Thine Alone," Victor Herbert. Mr. Strang will be heard in a bari tone horn solo on "Calm as the Night,' by Carl Bohm. OPA MAKES CHANGES IN WORK CLOTHING PRICES Washington, Aug. 17 U.R) Retail prices of war model types of denim overalls and dungarees will go up from five to nine cents, and prices of all other types of work garments will re main the same or oe reduced as result of an Office of Price Ad ministration order revising work clothing prices. OPA said the amount of re ductions would be greater than the increases and that there would be no effect on the over all cost of living. Friday and Saturday SPECIALS Fresh Orange Cake Th merry bakers are again featuring a delicious, refreshing cake for these warm summer days. Tender light layers flavored with fresh orange juice and iced in two varieties Creamy rich Chocolate or Fresh Orange 59 ea. (Treat the family to a delicious dessert.) We are now taking orders for Fluhrer's Old Englich Fruit Cakes to be mailed overseas to our boys in the service . , . Bread Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of tbs Mall Tribuns 10 and 20 y 9 TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 17, 193 (It Was Friday) our a nnnrnves city sewaga plant, and will provide $30,000. Road to Crater Lake will not be kept clear of snow coming winter due to lack of funds. Fair. High 93, low 60 de grees. Chinese pheasants are freed within eight mile radius of city by game board. City schools to open Septem ber 17. Luman's Brothers store to ba opened tomorrow. Drouth boosts living costs In Midwest cities. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 17, 1924 (It Was Sunday) River of mud flowing from Mt. Shasta endangers McCloud, Cal. Alienist declares Nathan Leo pold and Richard Loeb, Chicago thrill killers are sane. Probable rain. High 84, low 52 degrees. William Hammett and Leon Haskins due home today from fishing trip up Rogue. 4 Portland buyers week is opened. Sixty-five Pennsylvanians vis it valley and are given auto rida and baskets of fruit. Mexican Aide Finds Relations Cordial In Oregon Survey Portland, Ore.,- Aug. T (U.R) Relationships between Mexi can nationals and farmers in Oregon and Washington were the best that he has seen on an inspection tour of West Coast states, it was declared today by Pedro Muro Asunsolo, repre senting the information depart ment of the Mexican foreign of fice. Asunsolo praised northwest WFA Office of Labor Officials and Farmers for fine treatment given his countrymen in tha field and labor camps. He cams to the northwest from southern California and Arizona. He cited the fact that 90 pef cent of the Mexicans work out of Office of Labor supervised camps , which he said helps make the men satisfied. He will visit plants in Idaho, Utah and Colorado before ending his tour in Michigan. R. T. Magleby, regional WFA Office of Labor chief of oper ations, said Asunsolo found that northwest harvest wages wera higher than in other parts ot the country. Eighty per cent of the indus trial power used in the U. S. is electric. and Cake
