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Br Arthur Parry
The Fourth Term campaign
manager warns Infatuated New
Dealers not to become over
confident' about the election
.of F.R., now planning another
jaunt, this time to button-hole
the soldier vote In Europe. The
faithful are blue and full of
horrified anguish, over the trend
shown In nation-wide and high
ly accurate straw votes, of past
presidential years. The bright
boy from St. Louis Is Just trying
to stiffen up their backbones
and stop the shaking of their
knees. Even the third of the peo
pue 'fooled all the time', know
a big gun emplacement In Eng
land, Is the same thing as a
political stump at home, when
occupied by a candidate with a
charming radio voice.
...
P. Laval, the French traitor,
also known as "the Viper of
Vichy", and as vile a specimen
as ever occupied a human hide,
bas departed his native land,
with coterie of scared-white
Nazis. Mons. Laval Is fully cog
nizant of what will happen to
him If caught by the Allies. He
will decorate the Inside of a
brick wall at sunrise. So he
fleeth, while the fleeing Is good,
and everybody pursueth.
.
The apple crop of the valley
Is the best In years. The Peace
Celebration committee should
set aside enough Wlnesaps to
keep the cider mill going, if the
state saloons close up on Victory
Day.
. . . -
YOU'VE 8AID SOMETHING!
(Klamath Falls Herald)
"But In yesterday's paper,
we saw a story which tells us
that If a frost does occur,
things will be all right. OPA
will simply boost the price on
the potatoes that are loft. That
means our farmers will make
Just as much money anyhow,
and by golly, they won't have
to worry about harvesting so
many sp'uds. Now we think
mavbe we should pray for
. frost.
Nature and legislation are
wonderful."
.
Things are going fine. The
President Is going to Europe,
high ace bureaucrat, more need
ed at home. Is going to China to
Inspect thuir woes, and many
trikes are going on.
A Maryland man asserts his
wife spent $3,000 trying to re
duce. He advised the court noth
ing was 'slimmed' but himself,
and his bankroll.
"Seven relatives of the Kee
gans enjoyed the family dinner
Sunday, making eleven plates on
the table" (Frog Creek Jot
tings) "Seven come eleven."
...
ROMANCE FLARES
(Del Norte (Cat.) Triplicate)
"Nowadays with the short
age of man and womanpowcr,
the owners of the Klamath
cedar mill offer a big reward
to anyone who can keep the
love-bug away from their
plant. The pest is reported to
be taking the help away from
the mill, but at this data no
one has claimed the reward.
We notice a charming em
ployee wearing a large dia
mond on her engagement fin
ger." I
... I
The Senate military commit
tee has started a probe of 'cod
dling of war prisoners' through
out the land. It Is charged they
are treated as 'special guests', In
stead of recent enemies, en-j
Ihtislastically shooting lead at
American soldiers.
...
Finland Is s'.lll striving for
peace. The Nazis have Just ad
ded two oak leaves to the Iron
Cross of their Field Marshal act
ing as their leader ana negotiator
for It. The Finns can't under
stand this la no way to get
quick peace.
...
Maybe the teen-age boys try
ing to raise whiskers, are en
gaging In some kind of competi
tion with the teen-age girls.
wearing rolled up flacks, to
nuuee uift iiacjtt look worst-
It is certainly a great time to be alive. .
Over in Europe one of the greatest dramas in
human history is being enacted, an old Morality
Play raised to the 'nth power in an up-to-date 20th
century setting.
And thanks to modern communications, we lucky
devils over here, safe from shot and shell, well-fed,
well cared for, have ringside seats to view one of the
greatest and most thrilling and most terrible,
spectacles of all time.
AFTER nearly four years of hard going, the tide
at last has turned Those who in a peaceful and
unprepared world set out to live by the sword, are
now dying by the sword, and added to trie hign ex
hilaration of our victory is the satisfying sense of
moral justification.
Yes, not only are the allies winning, but righteous
ness and decency are winning.
Victory not only means
all likelihood for many generations, but a moral one.
The price is heavy, but
the years and to all the
well prove to be one of the
has made m a thousand years.
Nearing the End
In all probability this week will prove to be one of
the most decisive weeks of the war.
Within a short time now it should be clear whether
the war in Europe is to be a matter of days, or of
months, perhaps even a year.
And it all depends upon German stamina, her will
to resist, in short German
fAN Germany TAKE it?
w That is the question.
Those who know Germany best are convinced she
can't. The Germans, especially the military caste they
say are great in dishing it out but when the enemy
does the dishing, they quit and call it a day.
War to them is a business, a profession, when
it pays they pursue it; when it doesn't they fold up,
and prepare for another war.
It certainly is not paying now and hasn't for over
a year. Were it not for Hitler and his amazing gang
ster organization. Germany would have sued for
peace long ago. The attempt
s ,
the entire question
morale, and one Adolf
Can Mr. Schickelgruber
together in face of the terrific beating they are now
receiving?
If he can the European war may well drag on, not
only until snow flies but even through another winter.
For while Germany has been terribly weakened, her
powers of resistance in a desperate war of defense,
undoubtedly have not been
She could keep on fighting if she so willed, until
the enemy drives on to the
Will she7
That question may well
few days.
Just Warming Up
The "Big 4" peace meeting, opening at Dumbarton
Oaks will be secret with nothing much known regard
ing the deliberations or final decisions until adjournment.
But it is perfectly safe to
ment WILL bo reached and
success in every way.
It could hardly be otherwise.
For the only representatives are brothers-in-arms
fighting shoulder to shoulder in a great, common
cause, and the decisions reached at this conference
will be general and preliminary in character, in no
sense binding or final.
In such an atmosphere and for such a worthy pur
pose, there could be no such word as fail.
.....
THE hard part of the job will come when final vic-
tory has been won, when not only the interests of
the United States, Great Britain and Russia, but the
interests of all world powers and all nations will have
to be considered.
And even more difficult
administration must be decided upon.
To have such a preliminary meetine as this at this
time is a good idea and undoubtedly certain agree
ments on fundamental principles will be reached
which may facilitate the deliberations of a post war
session.
But it is all in the nature
for the main bout, NOT the
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lenaaUon. Unconditional Surrender It
Dtflntd
To the Editor: I believe that
the meaning of the term "uncon
ditional turrender" it clear to
most people
The one that It being beaten
tgreet to stop fighting.
The winner makes no prom
ises. That It an "unconditional sur
render." The surrender It made with
out conditions because the loser
It completely beaten and can't
help himitlf. Of court the win
a peaceful world peace in
viewing the results, through
world, the investment may
most profitable humanity
morale.
was made, but it failed.
comes town to German
Hitler as its comer stone.
hold the German people
exhausted by any means.
very gates of Berlin.
be answered in the next
announce now that agree
the conference will be a
when the final details of
of a warming-up exercise
main bout bv anv means!
ner will then dictate his orders
to the loser; but that is AFTER
the turrender. The surrender is
"unconditional."
Very true, such a prospect
MAY make the Germans and
Japs fight all the more desper
ately. But when they filially do
surrender unconditionally, and
the allies then issue their orders
and enforce them, the Jups and
Germans will then know that
they are thoroughly licked and
1 hope will have neither courage
nor ability to start another war
for a long lime.
Whether President Roosevelt
will hew to the line or not, Is
another question entirely,
Horace W. Thompson
R04 Newtown.
Ed. note: Then the "uncondi
tional turrender" of Italy was
not "unconditional" for the
main allied terms were given
Badogllo nt'FORE, not after his
capitulation.
News Behind
The News
By Paul MaJlon
Washington, Aug. 21 Travel
ing Mr. Roosevelt and his war
publicist, Elmer Davis, came
back from the
Pacific front
with promis
ing but indef
inite and al
most warning
reports about
the time neces
sary to crush
Japan.
The common
notion that "it
will only take
Paul Mattoo
a few months
after Germany
Is being correspondingly altered
here at least by official author
ities. The new notion is that
a.iother newly-mounted cam
paign next spring will be re
quired and the end may jiot
come until a year from now. So
they say now.
This deepening attitude Is due
to a new conception of the mili
tary situation.
Next logical steps for us in
the Pacific are the Philippines,
Formosa and the southern string
of islands off the Jap mainland j
(Ryukyu islands, and even Kyu
shu, southernmost large Jap
island contiguous to the home
land group).
...
TsJO secret can be made pf Gen.
1 ' MacArthur's intention to
move promptly upon the Philip
pines. He promised it. The presi
dent, after calling him to Hono
lulu, confirmed the promise.
We cannot go anywhere in the
Pacific without air coverage.
Dangers of landing and sustain
ing troops subject to Jap air
attack are too great to be con
sidered. From this basic consideration
has grown the strategy of push
ing our land bases for air power
steadily forward. This progress
has reached the Guam-Saipan
frontier, which Mr. Davis prom-j
ises will lead now to the next'
steps ("not long" were his words
but every good democratic po
litico here hopes MacArthur will
be back In the Philippines be
fore election day).
The bulk of the Jap armies
are strewn over the thousands
of miles of Asia from Manchu-
kuo to Burma (no longer India,
from which they now have been
chased).
Conceivably, we could estab
lish beachheads on the south
China coast and open a sea route
to Chungking. Our people may
be reluctant to do this without
air bases on Formosa and in the
Philippines to cover that opera
tion. ...
BUT what is needed to annihi
l.,l lnn,nn.. lU,l
...... li&iiuug pow
er in China is not necessar
ily our armies, but weapons and
food for Ihe limitless number of
Chinese who want to do the job.
The source of Jap military
power, however, is not in their
farflung armies but in the group ,
of large islands known as the
Jap mainland. If Japan proper
could be conquered, the armies
In China and elsewhere must
fall for lack of supplies, weap
ons, even food, as the whole Jap
uiMnumion system would be de
stroyed. As we have 100 aircraft car
riers plus the overwhelming
Pacific seapower we know we
control, plus whatever will be
released from Europe as Ger
many falls. wllV not create an
armada sufficiently powerful to 1
..-.1 tu.iimii lino ioKvo. carry
ing our air coverage with ! it
would save a lot of chasing
around and heavy fighting for
preliminary positions.
JAP air. power is still a little
.1.. . .
. ..i. umii uiu ucrman, out
not much. Tlicy have production
wniie na;-l factories practically
have been extinguished bv our
air bombardment. Also, a con
siderable army remains on home
Jap soil.
The air force would hnvn tn
be met and defeated first, then
the land force, but the task i
not beyond assured, daring plati
num, incioontaiiy, we have an
admiral in charge of Pacific op
eration, the only front at which
the navy controls.
H we could do it at Saipan.
we can do it In the Jap center at
home or on a China beachhead.
In case we head straight in, the
war should not require another
year.
Newbry Speaker at
C-C Board Meeting
Earl T. Newbry, Ashland,
state senator from this district
and a well known orchard 1st and
packing plant operator, ex
plained various types of sales
taxes at a meeting of the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce directors held last Friday
at the chnmber building in Med
ford Twenty-seven were present
for the meeting.
According to an alumni publi
cation of the University of Okla
homa, graduates and former stu
dent! of the university have
been awarded 410 medals for
valor under fire in World War
II.
1 1 '( wi
I I I Jill ii in-, .- .,. '. yvt'T'
, ' 2"!' ,. ...""
(Acm Radio-Telephoto)
Parachutes fill the sky over coast of southern France after 12th Air Force troop carrier air division C-47s car
ried men and supplies to dropping zones over and behind the new beachheads somewhere between Nice ana
Marseilles. Signal Corps radio-telepboto from Italy.
PASTOR CITED FOR
BATTLE HEROISM
James M. Hamilton, former
pastor of the First Christian
church here, is now a chaplain
serving with the 98th Infantry
division in France and was men
tioned recently in a London
newspaper for his heroic actions
on a Normandy battlefield.
Chaplain Hamilton's wife,
who resides in Ft. Worth, Tex.,
sent the newspaper clipping to
his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hamilton
of Central Point. It said, in part:
"Feats of the 90th chaplains
are legend. One, James M. Ham
ilton, Ft. Worth, Tex., of the
Disciples of Christ, went into
no-mand's land under fire from
both sides to pick up the wound
ed." Radio listeners last night also
heard that Chaplain Hamilton
had been decorated, though just
what decoration he received was
not known.
Chaplain Hamtlton, a captain,
left Medford about four and a
half years ago and has been in
the service almost two years.
Livestock
Portland, Ore., Aug. 21 (UP) Live
stock: Cattle, 2700; calves, B50. Opened
moderately active, about steady with
last week's close. Part low to good.
Grass fat steers to $14 00; some of
best offerings unsold held hifiher; me
dium, I2 75($i5.75; off head heifer,
S14.0U; canner and cutler cows, $3 50
3 JO; few commons. $7. .10; common
to medium bulls, $7.00" 8.00, vealers
fully steady; one lond Rood to choice
3G0-lb. vealers. $V3.00, part load heavy
vealers. SI2 00.
Hoes, 3000. Opened active. Fully
steady. Rome salpn wlnhtv htih.
J&A'JS
2"' lbs . su no: heavier w.teht si.nn
wi-.ui. uini llgnu. .13 so 14 50.
with few 13 lbs. up to 15Jj; owi
mostly $12 no 12 50
Sheep. 3700. Few erly Mies shout
steady. One deck good and choice 98
1b. wooled spring lambs, SI3 00; oth
er medium to good, S12 00'fl230
medium to good shorn ewes. S2.50 4
t&XlF? S,? rr,n'. Aug. 21 (UP)
(USDA) Livestock:
Cattle. 1000. Active, fullv steady.
About six loads grass steers, one
load fed steers salable S14 30 J 15 50-she-stock
extremely active, two loads
80-00-lb. tat ranite cows,
$I200: five loads 10.-.0-1 inn. lb. $1100
is 'n 7'r': 00,111,1011 cows. $0 00: cutters.
d'l",, " bulls. $to.oofionsa;
prospects good clearance.
waives, mi. rull.v sleady. Few good
to chok-e vealers. $14 00 114 50: lrurf
$1350 ,00d ' ct'a'c "Ives bid
a."0!"'."10- ,Aro'"nn' 10c hljher.
AVf"in trT lo",,, ,0Kl ' chol-
lHn-240-lb. harrows and gills. $15 7
ceijmr price: odd rood sows. i2oo'
.Sheep. 4300 About steady Good to
choice wooled lanls scarce Several
decks medium to good wnolcd lnn!
$11 00 (1200- feeder.. $10 00 10 S0:
four de.-k common to medium year."
lings. $7 5OJ19 0O. as feeder-.; cull to
good ewea quoted $100i4JO.
Chicago,
Livestock:
Aug. 21 rrp (wrAi
'L000-, Complete clearance
t?.. .. "na cho" 130-240 lb.,
$14I1 llMvler ho nd m"t sows.
Cattle. 13.000: calves. 1000. Steers
oVii, V.t and chot,:." .H. V,5
10 common and medium gr.i.s
ers. $9 004 1230; pracucal top heavy
sausage bulls. $1100: most common,
light beef bulls. $7 73 8 8 30 vealers
$15 00 down.
Sheep. 2000. Steady. Oood and
choice nstive spring lamhs. $14 25
medium-good, $12 00 014 00; common".
1ih!weittts. $10 00 down range
lambs ab-ent; load good around 83.
lb. fed shorn yearlings with No. 1
pelt. $11.75. shorn native ewea, $3 00
down.
Portland Produce
Portland. Auff. 81 VP WholeMlt
pr.'sltioe markets
Fttirs To producer: SfMect tien
nentM, 42 'T43c; mediums, SJ 34e rtoi.
ritTo retailer: A lr, 45e; A
medium. 3 T40c; mall timllet), 33c
n
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Questions
By J. Hugh Pruett
Astronomer, General Extension
Division, University of Oregon
1. A reader of this column
asks, "If a straight hole could
be made entirely through the
earth and a rock dropped into
it, would the rock stop when it
got to the center of the earth
where gravitational pulls from
all sides were equal? Let us dis
regard air resistance."
There are many things which
cannot be tested, but from the
well-known laws of force and
motion, the results can be cal
culated by mathematics with
complete confidence. A swing
ing clock pendulum does not
stop when it reaches the lowest
point in its path but climbs
uphill On the opposite side.
A weight suspended from the
end of a long coiled spring will,
if pulled down below its point
of rest and released, oscilate up)
and down past the place where
it will finally come to rest.
For the same reason the rock
in question would oscillate back
and forth through the ROOO-mile
earth tunnel. As In the examples
given, the rock would be mov
ing with greatest speed at the
mid-point, then gradually slow
down until it came to rest mo-
doren.
Live poultry Lechoms. 23',&o lb.;
roosters and stans, 21c lb.
Live poultry Selling prices to re
tailers: Stags, 21c.
Cantaloupes Mid-Columbia, jum
bo, standards. 3.00 crate.
Peaches Early Crawfords, $1.60
1.75 box; California J. H. Hales, $2.25
g 2 50 per lug.
Watermelon California. 3',jc lb.
ne.ins Oregon green, 8 ?8c lb.; yet
low, 9o lb.; Kentucky Wonder, 10
11c lb.: Yount. ll"12c lb.
Carrots Oregon, 80 383c dor.
bunches.
Cauliflower No. 1, $2.73 crate.
Celery Oregon hearts, $2.00(32.15
do, bunches.
Corn Northwest, $2.002 13 sack.
Eeupl.int Local. $1.73 f 2 00 flat.
Peppers laical 12s, $1.83 box.
Potatoes Local, orange box. $1.30.
Peas Const. S3.30; Idaho, S3 30 box.
Tomntoej The Dalles, field. $1.30
81.65 box.
Chicago Wheat
Chicago, Aug. 21
(UP1 Wheat:
Onen
Hieh Low Close
Sept
$154a $1541, $154',
154', 154', 134',
14, 15311 J34H
1.4a', 1.49 , 1.49',
Dec.
May
July
1 .vi J,
1.40 M
S. F. DAIRY PRICES
San Francisco, Aug. 19 (U.R)
Dairy market:
Butter 93 score 43, 92 score
42'i, 91 score 42U, 90 score
414.
Cheese Wholesale prices,
loaf 27.9, triplets 27.2.
Eggs Large grade A 48-47,
medium grade A 39l4;-40l4,
small grade A 24'4-25l,4, large
grade B 33-34.
Wall Street
New York, Aug. 21 (U.R)
War stocks led the share market
Inwor tnHftv fnllmvintf A tstflt-
ment by Gen. Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery, commander of the
allied ground forces in France,
mat me enn 01 ine war is in
I sight."
I The Montcomerv statement
i caught the market at a point I
where its technical position was
poor after several days of steady
rise. Profit-taking developed in
the steels, rails, and automobile
group.
Selling, however, was not par
ticularly heavy,, and the trading
element turned attention again
to special situations where a
fair amount of activity develop
ed. Some of the special stocks
made new highs. U'ilities,
among the leaders of the peace
shares, rose fractions in the com
mon stocks and 1 to 2 points In
some of the preferreds with the
Answered
mentarily at the openings on op
posite sides of the earth. Calcu
lations Indicate that the rock
would take approximately 43
minutes to pass entirely through
the earth and that its speed at
the center would be almost ex
actly five miles per second.
2. Another asks, "Do your ob
servations with telescopes indi
cate that commotions of the
present war have made any
changes in the stars and
planets?"
Absolutely none. The grandeur
of the heavens is so far removed
from the turmoils of earth that
stars and planets seemingly are
undisturbed. Theoretically
everything in the universe acts
upon everything else, yet can
nonading in France would have
as little effect on a man on Mars
as a mosquito rising from a
swamp along the Pacific coast
would have on an inhabitant of
, New York.
3. "What causes the blue-black
curtain which gradually comes
up in the eastern sky a little af
ter sunset?"
This Is the twilight arch, or
the shadow of the earth on its
own atmosphere. When the air is
quite clear the upper edge of the
arch is usually tinged with pink.
result that the utility average
made a new high since April 16,
1940.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American Tel. & Tel
Anaconda 27H
Chrysler 935,4
Curtiss Wright 175a
General Electric 38?4
General Motors 63 M
Montgomery Ward 50b
Penn. R. R 295s
Phillips Petroleum 45 Vi
J. C. Penney 105V4
Radio .
11
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil Cal
Texas Gulf Sulphur..
Transamerica
United Aircrafts
U. S. Rubber.
U. S. SteeL
30
36T-s
3o3s
93,i
29?
51
59V
Murrayt Here Jack Murray,
storekeeper second class in the
navy Sea bees, and Mrs. Murray
are here from Camp, Parks, Cal.,
to spend a week with Mr. Mur
ray's mother, Mrs. Josephine
Murray on South Grape street,
and other relatives.
PRISONERS TOO WILLING
Joliet, 111. 0J.PJ Warden
Joseph Ragen of Stateville Peni
tentiary has ruled that guards,
not prisoners, must chase hand
balls knocked over the 32-foot
prison walls by Inmates during
the recreation periods on the
handball courts. The prisoners
j nad offered to retrieve the bails.
I
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Assurance . . .
In lima of bereavement EVERY
detail of Conger-Morrii Mem
erial Service li handled by experi
enced people either Mr. Conger
or Mr, Morris personally!
Since 1888
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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory rom the filet of the Mail
Tribune 10 and 20 ytart ago
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August 21, 1934
(It was Tuesday)
Brooklyn bandits hold up arm
ored truck and steal $427,000
while squad watches.
CCC to grade portion of Dia
mond Lake highway.
Fair. High 98, low 58 degrees.
Suspect held in Portland dock
strike slaying.
County workers hold picnic at
Helman's Baths.
Rural schools of county to
open September 3.
Pear harvesting in valley now
at its height
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 21, 1924
(It was Thursday)
Army world flight planes on
hop from Iceland for Greenland.
Forests of state are ordered
opened to deer hunters by the
governor, as rains end fire dan
ger. Passage of Japanese exclusion
act is "grave injustice," head of
Church Council declares.
Cloudy.
High 80, low 49 de-
grees.
France backs Dawes repara
tion plan.
Crater Lake highway to Pros
pect in superb condition as re
sult of recent rains.
Gen. Harboard fearg
Germany alliance.
Japan-
Optometrists To
Hear Director Ot
St. Louis Clinic
Dr. A. M. Skeffington. St.
Louis, director of the Graduate
Clinic Foundation for Research
In Optometry, will be in Med
ford tomorrow and Wednesday
to conduct a meeting of south
ern Oregon optometrists to be
held at the Medford hotel. About
18 optometrists are expected to
attend, according to Dr. Robert
E. Lee, chairman In charge of
local arrangements.
It was stated that Dr. Skef
fington will present new discus
sions in optometric technique
having bearing on definite -industries,
visual rehabilitation of
men for the armed forces, the
technique of near-point optom
etry end the training of visual
skills necessary for the efficiency
demanded in defense industry
and armed forces.
Dr Skeffington Is to lecture
at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday and at
2:30 and 7:30 p. m. Wednesday.
The group will have dinner to
gether Wednesday night.
Negro Motormen
Planned For L.A.
Los Angeles, Aug. 21 U.R)
Officials of the Los Angeles Rail
way company said today that a
training school for prospective
Negro streetcar operators and
platform workers will begin
Aug. 30.
The company agreed Aug. 11
to comply with an executive or
der of the fair employment prac
tices committee to stop racial
discrimination in hiring prac
tices. NEWSPAPERS FOUND
Hastings. Neb. U.R) Two
19th century newspapers and
letter written by a Hastings Civil
War veteran were discovered by
painters redecorating an old
building here recently. An 1864
New York newspaper and a Hast
ings Daily Tribune, dated 1897,
were the prized periodicals. The
letter, written In 1865. requested
a government pension.
Jordan river is 200 miles lond.
Australia's- Murray river is
1500 miles long.
Closing time for Sunday Too Late
to Classify 6 30 Saturday afternoon
Pleasa remember.