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Friday, Anguit IB, 1944
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Conditional Surrender
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Ptrry
The state saloons will close.
the day Germany folds, in Ore
gon cities where other retail
stores shut up to celebrate. This
is a precautionary measure lest
hilarious citizens kick over the
civic traces. If there is going to
be a curb on Demon Rum, one
on Demon Gasoline, also Is In
order. The two fluids won't mix
any better in the postwar perl.
od, than they did In the pre
war days.
Horse flies, bumble bees,
fancy-winged butterflies, and
rattlesnakes are now quite plen
tiful with none of last named as
yet, reported in the city limits.
Germans In south France on
the Fourth Front have started
yelling "Kamerad", like their
Dads did In 1918, but with more
feeling, and louder. And the
meekest of the lot are the Nazi
youths, trained from babyhood
to be fierce and warlike, and
filled full of the fool notion they
are super-men . They were
mean propositions raging
through weaker nations, and ex
ecuting aged non-combatants.
They now whimper better than
they whoop.
RUFFLED DIGNITY ITEM
(Avalon Resort News)
"Avalon It was erroneous
ly stated In last week's Issue
that Harold E. Texter, mas
ter of ceremonies at the Ava
lon Marine Ballroom this
summer, was also caretaker
of this resort's rest rooms.
Mr. Texter Informs us that
he Is definitely not caretaker
of the rest rooms."
The President and his run
ning mate confer today on cam
paign strategy. They will not
adjourn to an armored tank,
and Inspect the strike front,
with great secrecy. Neither will
the seizure of the democratic
party, boots and britches, by
the CIO political win be encir
cled, or Sidney Hillman, Its
leader, be court-martialed.
The department of agricul
ture reports the weed eradica
tion program this year Is "a
pronounced success". This will
be news to the weeds that have
flourished on every hand, and
every place but on bald heads.
BEST INSULT OF THE
WEEK: British Foreign Secre
tary Anthony Eden said. "Does
any one think that Hitler is
something that has been forced
upon the German people from
without? I say that Hitler is
symptomatic of the dominant
German mentnllty."
The cigar shortage continues,
and will grow worse, despite
no lack of oak loaves for 11a
vanna filler.
It looks like this neck of the
woods would return to a peace
basis faster than exprctcd. Al
ready the preliminary frets
over the fish In , Rogue River
have started.
GAY 1890 EDITOR
"If there Is a city In the whole
broad land with as villainous a
lot of sidewalks as we have we
would like to know where it Is.
The walks themselves are all
right but down each and every
one run three or four rows of
nails, that have their heads
sticking out of the wood from
half an Inch to two inches. This
state of affairs should not be
allowed to exist, for not only
are these projecting nails a nui
sance, but they are actually
dangerous. Now lot the proper
ty owners follow the example of
this article and hit the nail on
the head." (50 Yrs. Ago Col.
The Dalles Chronicle).
LENIENCY ASKED
Salt Lake City, Aug. 1 8 tU.R)
Fourteen-yeai-old Edith Jessop
today urged a Salt Lake City
police court Judge to be lenient
with three boys who yelled at
Edith's mower team, frightened
the horses and caused a runaway
that resulted In serious Injury to
tea gir
Washington, Aug. 17. (U.R) President Roosevelt return
ed to the White House today after a 5-week, 15,000-mile
trip to the Pacific war areas more firmly determined than
ever of the necessity of demanding from both Germany
and Japan complete and unconditional surrender."
The above dispatch came over the ticker early
yesterday morning.
A few hours later it was changed slightly by the
elimination of "unconditional surrender" and the
substitution of the following:
"... more firmly determined than ever before that Ger
many and Japan must not be allowed to quit the war until
the allies have completely occupied their homelands."
THERE is an interesting demonstration of the fact,
often commented upon in this department, that
unconditional surrender is a misnomer, for there aint
no sich animule".
And the President himself clearly emphasized this
truth, bv first declaring he returned home more con
vinced of the necessity of unconditional surrender
than ever, and then rroceedine to name conditions
under which the surrender of the Axis wuuloj oe
aeppnted. '
Just how can there be conditions of a surrender
that is UNconditional? Obviously the answer is there
can't be.
THERE can be, of course, as in this case, a sur
render in which the conditions are imposed arbi
trarily by the victors, and the vanquished have noth
ing at all to sav about them.
But that doesn't mean there are no conditions, it
only means the conditions are unilateral, as the diplo
mats like to say, and severe.
Then why not say so
THAT we submit is one of the major mysteries of
f Viia war
Instead of bandying about this misleading and
meaningless term, "unconditional surrender year
after year, why did not Messrs. Roosevelt and
Churchill at the outset name the conditions, i.e.:
declare that anytime either Germany or Japan would
lay down their arms and allow the allies to occupy
their capitols and countries the fighting would stop?
The fighting would not have stopped or course.
But it would at least have given the anti-war
elements in both countries SOMETHING to rally
about, instead of nothing at all !
It might never have impaired enemy morale but
at least it would not have strengthened it as the re
fusal to formally offer any conditions at ALL, has
done.
How Dumb Is the Axis? ,
President Roosevelt's explanation of the above is
this:
"If we fall to drive right on until we have completely
captured the whole of Germany, the next German genera
tion will be told that their nation actually had won the war.
The same goes for Japan."
In other words if Germany and Japan should
capitulate tomorrow and allow the allies to take over
their countries lock, stock and barrel, establishing
allied military dictatorships as long as might be
desired, 20 years from now the German and Japanese
people would be told they had actually won the war.
And presumably with that glorious victory in mind,
the next generation would believe it and prepare to
fight a Third world war. t t a
XELL if the German and Japanese people have as
short memories as that and can be deluded by
completely insane propaganda as easily as that, then
what can be done with them anyway;
If after a decade or more under allied military con
trol, with the losses already sustained, the Second
World war that brought on that condition can be
presented to them and accepted by them as a great
triumph of German and Japanese amis, then won't
the remnants, left after a more complete conquest,
believe the same thing?
What can be done with people as dumb as that7
"Will killing them off and destroying their towns
and cities do any good?
Mebbe so but we doubt it
LIOWEVER the question is all pretty much academ-
ic, for we grant that is what is going to be done
anyway, and well, history may show the wisdom
and necessity of such a course.
Only when one views the cost of "NOT allowing
the enemy to quit" when it might want to, well it
does mount up brethren and sistern, it does mount
up I
War Versus Politics
The strategy of the Democratic party in this cam
paign was pretty clearly revealed by Senator Con
nolly yesterday when he accused Governor Dewey of
impairing the war effort by questioning the wisdom
of the Big Four post-war security set-up.
"Let us not inject partisan polities into such a seri
ous matter at such a serious time as this," observed
the senior senator from Texas.
As few things done or said bv the Roosevelt ad
ministration from now until election day will not have
some bearing upon the war, directly or indirectly,
few criticisms can therefore be made by the Republi
can presidential candidate or any member of his
party, which can't be twisted into being unpatriotic,
and an effort to impair the war effort.
Governor Dewey's criticism of any four-power
security pact with the four victorious powers dom
inating its decrees if not actually dictating them was
entirely proper and pertinent.
Secretary Hull's rejoinder was dignified and to the
point; Senator Connelly's was not. i
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Flight Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from th files of the Mail
Tribune 10 and 20 years ago
Paul MaUon
Washington, Aug. 18 The
military experts are writing off
four German armies in France,
but they are
paying an un
deserved com
pliment to
three. The big
gest and best,
if not the only
real enemy
army on the
western front
Is north of the
Seine and
Somme rivers,
guarding the
lowlands gate
way into Ger
many and determined to cling
to the robot launching platforms
(upon which Hitler has built a
false and desperate last-ditch
faith among his people at home,
causing them to expect this wan
ton destruction will weaken the
allies' will to do battle, where
as it only speeds and strength
ens it).
IIS for the other "armies," none
APtliallv rl.rvM iha mam.
The Nazi 7th army has been con
siderably used up fighting its
way out of the Falaise entrap
ment. We may never feel dis
appointed, that we did not com
pletely crush and capture it. But
tne Ucrmans have been similarly
trapped, possibly 10 or 12 times
in this' war, as deeply as at Fal
aise Only once, at Stalingrad,
did they faU to escape with the
bulk of their forces from the
vigilant and swift Russians.
They got considerable portions
of their forces out this time, by
bitterly holding their strong cen
ter on the Caen front so long.
In three weeks there, the Brit
ish and Canadians were not able
to advance more than a few
miles. Our delay there gave time
to the Germans to prepare in the
rear against the brilliant flank
circuiting of our armored divis
ions.
The Nazis put the bulk of
their remaining force between
Falaise and Argcntan, on both
sides of the mouth of the baa.
We could not get enough power
far around to Argentan to close
it from the south, and the Nazi
positions on the north side of
the bag were full battle line de
fenses which could not be pen
etrated readily.
The Germans slipped their
men out of the bag at night
moving mem across fields, us
ing the roads for light vehicles.
leaving behind on the outer line
of the bag fairly strong rear
guard pockets with good artil
lery centers, expecting these to
be gobbled up as our line was
able to advance.
On the southern side of the
bag, there was not a strong bat
tle line the first few days, but
on a thin front presented by
our armored force. Thus, the
Nazis escaped a complete kill,
but their army was so weak
ened Its future fighting power
Is questionable. (As a matter of
complete truth, this Nazi 7th
army was technically two, being
made up of the major elements
of the two armies.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August IS, 1934
(It was Saturday)
Names of four screen stars
mentioned as members of Com
munist party.
Michael F. Sannon, grand ex
alted ruler of Elks, visits local
lodge.
Long assumes
Louisiana by
WAR SPENDING IS DOWN
TO $282,900,000 PER DAY
Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R)
United States daily war expen
ditures in July averaged $282,
800,000, the lowest daily aver
age for any month this year, the
War Production Board reported
today.
The July war outlay amount
ed to $7,355,000,000, and
brought total U. S. war expendi
tures since July 1, 1940, to
$207,200,000,000. The July ex
penditures represented a drop
of 7.6 per
spending.
cent below Juna
Before Pearl Harbor 17,000
long distance telephone calls or
iginated in Washington daily.
The number now exceeds 35,000
each day.
Sen. Huey P.
'dictatorship' of
legislative act.
Somewhat wanner. High 82,
low 60 degrees.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson Is or
dered to reorganize NRA and
head it by president.
Southern Oregon sailors and;
soldiers reunion set for August
30.
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TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 18, 1924
(It was Moaiay)
Steady rain in valley develops
Into downpour, and delays pear
picking. Danger of forest fires,
however, is lessened. Extensive
rains throughout state ends long
dry spell.
Henry Ford predicts republi
cans will win national election.
Austrian colonel charges that
forged telegram" started World
War. It was Seres had killed 400
Austrians.
Unsettled with probable rain.
High 64. low 54 degrees. Precip.
77 of inch.
Large grist of autolsts fined In
Justice court speeding on -Main
street.
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HOTHING like an army and not
much of a fighting force re
mains in southwest France, the
grouping of a few divisions
there has been drained for rein
forcements the past ten days.
The 4th and so-called south
ern army, facing our new in
vasion of the Riviera aimed up
the Rhone valley contains no
more than eight to ten divisions
scattered along the river. Then
the Germans have some troops
a'. Vichy, and others, in central
France before Paris.
This distribution of their
forces does not suggest that
they Intend to retire to the
Maginot line or the Siegfried,
but rather plan to hold the north
bank of the Scine-Marne or
Selne-Oise-Aisne and perhaps
later the Somme - Oise - Aisne,
their major remaining army be
ing within those river lines al
ready. The Maginot would not be of
much use to them, as Its rear is
presented to us, and the Sieg
fried is within Germany, too
close to home for them. Excel
lent defensive positions are
available to the Nazis through
out eastern France in the hills
and mountains, there being only
a few gateways Into Germany,
the southern one around Belfort
near the Swiss border, the Lor
raine gate in the center and
In the north the Ardenne.
through which the Germans
moved west to conquer France.
IF the Nazis run back to these
hills arid the defense of these
gateways, they could conceiv
ably hold strong positions with
their weakened forces and try
to fight us off until winter. But
our intentions are to use up their
remaining fighting forces so
thoroughly as to end their power
of resistance and conclude the
war on French lowland soil.
When our two Invasions de
velop in the coming days to the
points where our full strength
of armored columns can manou
ver throuRh France, the way
Patton did in Normandy, Ger
man power In the west is apt to
be finally crushed.
Six tons
washed each
ago farm wifi
Democratic candidate for vice
president comes out for govern
ment ownership.
teen-agooys
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CASE 48 Only
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Boston. Aug. 18 U.B Five
teen-age Roxbury boys confessed
todav to the murder and robbery
of Marine Sgt. John F. Prunty
of the south end whose body was
found beside a bridle path in
Fenway Sunday.
Police Lt. John J. Walklns re
vealed the confessions after the
boys had been questioned sep
arately for hours. He said all
would be arraigned in Roxbury
district court on murder and rob-
berv charges. j
The boys, one of them 16 and j
the others 15, confessed that they j
tackled Pruntv, a husky marine j
veteran of two wars, as he
strolled along the bridle path.
battered him unconscious, and
then strangled-him with his own
belt.
They admitted that they rob
bed him of $128 money which
he had received a few days
earlier when he was honorably
discharged from the marines be
cause of his age 40. It was the
free spending of the loot in Rox
bury stores which directed sus
pectlon to the quintet.
ELECTRIC FLATIRONS
. AT PRE WAR PRICES
Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R)
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles said today that the 20
manufacturers authorized to
produce nearly 2.000,000 elec
tric flatirons have agreed to
market them at the March 1942
prices.
The producers had been ex
pected to request up to a 25
per cent increase above pre
war price.
The Irons, which wiU be
available later this year, will
retail at $5.30 to $11.70, Bowles
said.
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Temperature a year ajo today: '
Hlfhrst, 84; lowest. ftO.
Total monthly precipitation. .11
Inches. Execs (or the month, .06
Inches.
Total precipitation alnce September
1. 1943. 1604 inches. Deficiency for
the season, .67 Inches.
Relative humidity at 4 30 p. m, yea '
terday. 25; 4 30 today. 87 W
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