SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. Auguii 24, 1944
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Parry
A hill resident reports he
split 617 sticks of cookstove
wood from one cut of a giant
fir he felled in his own back
yard. This is a better record
than established by the demo
cratic party of Jackson county,
or the state, in the years they
split themselves.
Historians will have to figure
out which was most complete
flop. The fainting and fall of
France in 1940, or the skedad
dling of the Hun therefrom, In
1944.
Chairman Sidney Hillman.
who kidnaped the boots and
britches of New Deal party at
the Chicago Hannegan-shenannl-
gan, and is chairman of the CIO
Political Action committee, pre
dicts Maine and Vermont will
be carried by the Fourth Term
candidate. Predictions like this
are enough to cause Alabama
to go republican. They also
probably cause the "Indispens
able Man" to wish he had Jim
Farley back as a campaign
mouthpiece. To the majority of
voters the CIO Is like unto a
red rag to a bull, or a skunk In
the kitchen to an Older Girl.
"CLOSE" IS RIGHT
(Woodlawn (Cal.) Democrat)
"A reader writes to the
Milwaukee Journal complain
ing that a neighbor, com
pletely nude, walked out on
his front porch, picked up
the morning paper, and walk
ed nonchalantly back" into
the house. Tho complaining
witness signed the letter,
"Close Observer."
Dwellers of the residential
areas complain dogs bark all
night at the moon, (It no moon,
no matter), and when weary of
their own baying, roosters start
crowing at the coming of the i
fiawn. i
"TRUMAN: NO SECRET
WIFE IS ON PAYROLL."
(Hdllna Nebraska Journal).
Clad to hear it.
The Nazi brats of Germany
are so thoroughly slmoned
with Nazism Der Fatherland
will have to be watched for SO
years to prevent any more
world conquering attempts by
the self-confessed master race.
The security conference now In
session is advised. The Rus
sians have a fine cure for Teu
tonic bullhcadedncss and ego
tism. They make them rebuild
the cities they have helped de
stroy, and at all limes move
faster, than the WPA In the
boondoggling era.
News photographs of German
generals captured In France re
veal a few to be human. At
least If they are deeply disgust
ed at such an accusation, it
does not show on their faces.
Hunters will be allowed shot
gun shells in the fall for the
elimination of birds that eat tip
the farmer's crops before the
bugs get around to It. Nimrodj
are warned not to shoot indis
criminately at "No Hunting"
signs and not mistake a hired
man stooping over In the barn
yard for a Chinese pheasont.
RIGHTEOUS WRATH IN "94"
A letter written by an East
ern stranger to a gentleman of
this city contains a curt con
demnation of The Dalles and nil
it surroundings. The writer
says he intended to locate here
and expected to circulate whole
lots of money, but now has
chnnged his mind and wouldn't
let go of a cent in Wasco coun
ty, no sir, not if he got two
back. The reason he gives for
this sudden reversal of feelings
Is that he was charged 23 cents
for. a very poor 10-ccnt shave.
He then concluded that we were
thieves and robbers. So he took
his dishes and doll babies, quit
paddling in our rain barrel and
sliding down our cellar door,
vowed he would never again
swing on our gate, and went
way mad. (50 Yr. Ago col. in
Tha Dalles Chronicle).
Dm Hau Trunin Want Ads,
Week of Decision!
We predicted this would be a decisive week of the
war, whether the war in Europe is to be a matter
of days or of months, possibly years.
Over "half the week is
tainly has been sustained.
followed another.
MOW Paris has fallen,
France, Marseille.
The allies have made a
and in the north are rushing unchecked toward the
German border.
Following the example
Romania has broken off
and like the former agreed to fight with the allies
against the now common
Bulgaria is tottering. French patriots have recov
ered half of the country.
vancing and will soon
German oil supply.
Even within Germany
rats are starting to desert
If half a week of war were ever crowded with more
startling and decisive events, we can't recall it.
As this is written the war
like DAYS, perhaps hours.
VET we would advise none of the gamboleers who
tnrJs tha Inner onH nf that Wall Kh-ppr. Wflrrpr tn
bVyuIV Kilt O V r - - O
pay over their hard-earned cash just yet. It is over a
week until Labor Day and much can still happen.
Germany is fatally wounded, but rigor mortis has
not yet set in. And until it does, the dying Nazi snake
still has life in its coils and poison in its fangs.
Therefore the present is no time to lie back and
relax, but to increase the punch and the pressure,
which judging by reports from all over Europe, is
exactly what General Eisenhower is doing.
And here is honing it WILL be DAYS! For the
sooner this war is over in Europe the sooner it will end
in the Far East and the sooner our boys, and girls,
can come home, and "we the people1' in this country
and throughout the world can return to ways of sanity
and peace again !
The Only Winner
Speakmg of predictions, far be it from this depart
ment to claim any prophetic
And for two main reasons. No. 1 : nothing is more
irritating to newspaper readers than twanging of the
"I told you so" editorial string.
And No. 2 : the skipper of this department knows
durned well he possesses none !
But in the business of speculating about the future,
this newspaper, as do other newspapers, now and then
hits the nail on the head, and when this happens, to
mention the fact is no capital offense.
AT any rate we are going to call attention to the
fact that when the present war started, exactly
five years ago this Saturday week it was predicted
in this column that in the
Europe to profit from the war would be Soviet Russia.
We did not.base this prediction so much upon the
mil .'fa,.,, mirrlif nf Riiccin aa
. , .
as destructive as mis one
fail to prepare a seed-bed
would be the only country
by revolution.
fXE grant the unexpected military might of Russia
' proved to bo a far greater factor in the result
than we ever anticipated, but we believe no one would
deny that if the books were balanced at the present
time, the only net credit as far as Europe is concerned
would be in the Russian ledger.
Great Britain it is true, was not shattered as antici
pated and staged a come-back that will go down in
history as one of the seven wonders of the world; but
when the war ends nevertheless, Britain will be weak
er than when it started, Russia infinitely stronger.
This fact is not as evident now, as it will be, a few
years after the treaty of peace is signed, and the final
score, socially and economically can be more readily
discerned.
Will Michael be a Victor?
The situation in Romania at this writing is too
confused for one even to speculate on the exact situ
ation or the final outcome.
Whether youthful King Michael and his new mili
tary premier will follow the course of King Victor
of Italy and Marshall Badoglio, and Romania will
become a new battlefield between Germany and the
allies; or whether Germany hard pressed everywhere,
will try to get her army out of the country while the
getting is good, and abandon Romania along with
the Balkans, remains to be seen.
The latter course however would seem the more
likely, for there is one extremely important difference
between the Romanian and Italian situations, the
Romanian armies are still reasonably intact and have
the Russians to help them; whereas the Italian amies
were scattered and demoralized, and at the time of
the break the allied force in Italy could Jiot compare
in striking power and with Stalin's legions, now liter
ally knocking at the gates of Romania's economic
heart, the Polcsti oil fields.
So it looks very much as though King Michael
would not follow the course of King Victor, but one
of his own, and thanks to Germnnv's weakness and
Russia's strength be returned to the Romanian throne
I in a comparatively short time.
gone. That prediction cer
One big crashing event has
so has the second city of
third landing in the south
of Italy and Turkey,
relations with . Germany,
enemy.
The Russians are still ad
control over 60 percent of
according to grapevine, the
the sinking Nazi ship.
in Europe certainly looks
powers. .
end the only country in
lmnn tho fnr-i thnt a war
, - i. i j i.
was sure 10 oe, coum nui
for revolution, and Russia
in Europe that could profit
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Aug. 24 More
important people than C. E.
Wilson, the vice chairman, have
been after the
war produc
tlon board
chairman, Don
ald E. Nelson,
to get him to
China or even
farther, all the
way back to
Sears Roe
buck, whence
he came. The
preside nt's
strong right
Paul Malloo
arm (though
somewhat limp and sore now
himself), James F. Byrnes, long
has been aligned against him.
Also Harry Hopkins' man, Gen.
Brehon B. Somervell, long has
hoped and planned the worst
for Mr. Nelson.
The latest Inside cause for
renewed anger was a report on
army production made by two
of Nelson's assistants, seeming
to show Somervell all wrong
in his figures on army short
ages. This report Mr. Nelson is
supposed to have sent to the
chief of staff. Gen. Oenrm. C.
t! ;
Marshall, with an invitation to!velt and 245 for Dewey was
look it over. It claims Somer
vell was able to arrive at his
shortages only by transferring
title of equipment and supplies
from his own department to
army transportation, or the bu
reau of ordnance or some army
subdivision.
Mere mention of such a re
port sends official tempers fly
ing and the sub-officials whis
per, "it has been suppressed."
AT first Mr. Nelson under-
"wn iic wuuiu ue in inina
for only two or three weeks at
the most. But since then, he has
read in the papers that he is to
be there 60 to 90 days the so
called crucial period for Nel
sons piecemeal return to peace
time production or the Wilson
Somervell idea of waiting for
mass reconversion.
But when the president said
the Nelson mission to China Is
most pressing," the congress
men remembered Vice - Presi
dent Wallace was the last to
undertake a pressing mission
in that direction, onlv to lose
his Job, even with Mr. Roose
velt's support.
The president also said there
would be no change in WPB
policy (he mentioned nothing
about chairmen), but the earlier
White House announcement had
specifically designated Mr. Nel
son's enemy on this issue, Mr.
Wilson, to be acting chairman.
In which seat he will have
many opportunities to act with
and without Mr. Roosevelt's
notice.
Therefore, Mr. Roosevelt has
not been able to dispel entirely
the common supposition among
the business elements within
WPB that the army got rid of I
Mr. Nelson for the coming 60
to 90 days at least, and nos-
sibly for longer.
pIVILIANS tend to sympa
thlze with the Nelson case,
but there Is an untold side to
the army stand also. For in
stance. It can now be related
Gen. Elsenhower two or three
weeks ago, suddenly ordered
80,000 trucks to be shipped Im
mediately. Apparently he de
cided to move his armv forward
Into Germany on trucks entire
ly, disregarding railroad repair.
Now 80.000 is a sensational
number of trucks (and the army
has been claiming a shortage in
this line), but they were found
stored around the country.
The army and navy feel they
must produce twice as much
as they think they will need, in
order to have enough. In battle
you cannot afford to be caught
short.
Atop this. Pacific coast sena
tors say 8000 war workers have
been leaving California each
month since the end of the Eur
opean war became evident.
The army and navy fear that
when the European war ends,
the workers will not sustain
their Interest for Japan. The
military will start drumming
congress for an industrial draft
act again, unless they get the
production they want.
There should be some rea
sonable common grovind for
starting much civilian produc
tion immediately, as Mr. Nelson
..... . ,,.ifl,n,,, nAn.in.
the army and navy, to which
his adversaries object, but no
one seems to have found It.
WEATHER
Northern California Clear
today, tonight and Friday, ex
cept fog on the coast south of
San Francisco this morning and
entire coast Friday morning.
Slightly warmer In interior to
day. NYLONS FIRST
Hollywood, Aug. 24. (UP1
Frances M. McCaughy today
sued a Hollywood cafe for $10.
000, 'charging she tripped over
a rope near the cashier's desk
and In order of Importance ;
ruined her nylon hose and sus
tained personal Injury.
n uiniim ti i-.nNiti imn
was established at Montreal in
1878.
P
POLSEFEELING
GOP's Brownell Says Re
ports from Across Coun
try Indicate Victory.
Washington, Aug. 24 (U.R)
Herbert Brownell, Jr.,' republi
can National chairman, said to
day polls of public opinion and
reports from the republican
leaders across the country show
a marked trend toward election
of the Dewey-Bricker ticket in
November.
In Washington to coordinate
republican senatorial and con
gressional campaign plans with
activities of the National com
mittee headquarters in New
York, Brownell told a press con
ference that "when Gov. Dewey
and Gov. Bricker' begin their
speaking campaign the trend
toward the republican party
will be accelerated."
Gallup Questioned
Brownell contended a gallup
poll report showing 286 elec-
toral votes for President Koose-
based on figures taken over
period of time and fails to re
flect the trend which would be
evident if a nationwide simul
taneous check were possible.
Up-to-the-minute figures would
show a slight edge for the GOP
ticket, he said.
Brownell said the outcome of
primaries since the National
convention in Chicago are indi
cative of the republican trend.
"The results of the democrat
ic primary in Missouri with the
candidates supported by Sen.
Truman repudiated by demo
cratic voters and the selection
of a strong senatorial candidate
by the republican party show
well for a republican victory in
Missouri in November," Brown
ell said.
New Publicity Director
He announced the appoint
ment of Godfrey Hammond,
president of Popular Science
Publishing Co. of New York, as
publicity director for the Dewey
Bricker campaign.
Brownell lunched with a
group of republican senators
and received a report from the
republican senatorial campaign
Committee on every state where
there is a senatorial contest this
fall.
21 INFANTRYMEN
IN FAST ACTION
With the American Division
Somewhere- in the Southwest
Pacific, Aug. 24. (U.R For fast
and furious patrol activity, take
the action of the 21 infantrymen
under 1st Lt. Raymond H. Ross,
of Salem, Ore., who wiped out
a force of approximately 40 Japs
in 15 minutes. i
By actual count, 26 Japs were
killed and a dozen more badly
wounded. One U. S. infantry
man was wounded slightly.
Six of the Japanese were
killed by Sgt. Bernard Kowitz,
of St. Paul, Minn.
The action occurred deep in
side enemy lines, where Ross,
with a reconnaissance squad of
only six men, spotted a native
village in the jungle,
Japs At Eaia
"Japs were sitting around,
lounging and eating," Ross said.
He sent a runner back for a 15
man reinforcement detail, armed
mostly with Browning auto
matic rifles. When they arrived.
Ross tossed a hand-grenade and
ordered the men to fire.
Twenty Japs were killed In
stantly and from a number of
huts screams arose as the patrol
poured a hail of fire into the
small dwellings, keeping their
shots a foot above ground.
Six more Japs, approaching a
native garden 400 yards away,
also were killed by a picked trio
of snipers.
The patrol withdrew after a
larger body of Nips opened up
with machine gun fire from a
ridge.
'CALVIN P. THOMPSON
FUNERAL IS FRIDAY
Services for Calvin P. Thom
ason. Central Point, who passed
away in a local hospital Wed
nesday at the age of 72. will be
held In the Conger-Morris chapel
at 10:30 a. m. Friday with the
Rev. D. E. Millard officiating
Interment will be In the family
plot In Central Point cemetery.
NO. SDlvbrfCESNO. 2
Hollywood. Aug. 34. tU.P.i
Blonde Bonnie Edwards. 28.
number five on Tommy Man
vlllc's list of ex-wives, today
held a divorce from Algernon
K. Barbee
millionaire bottling
executive, on grounds he pre
ferred champagne to his own
anft rtrlnW rrivtiirt.
, . .
I Yenisei river in Asia is 2800
'miles long.
(Acme Telephoto)
Marines hit the dirt as Japanese snipers, still holding out In Isolated sections of Salpan. open up on tnis
small mopMlng-up force. The Marine in foreground doubles up and pitches forward as snioer bullet bits
him. Marine Corns photo.
I
Russ Armies Launch New Offensive
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TRANSYLVANIA
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(Acme Telephoto)
Two Soviet Armies, launcning a new offensive to RnocK rtumania dui ot
war and deprive Germany ot ner last major source ol ou. racea across
BessaraDtan and Moldavian plains witmn 10 miles or tess ol cne Gaiati
Gap, gateway to Bucharest and Ploesu Puncning out gams ol up tc 43
miles In first three days ot offensive, the Second ana Thira Ukrainian
Armies captured Iasl, Rumania's second largest city, and 350 other locau-tles.
COMMUNICATIONS
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tensatlon
Associated Employers Endorse
Dewey
To the editor:
Attached ydu will find a reso
lution which was referred to the
membership of the Associated
Employers of Oregon by refer
endum and has been approved
by 95 of our membership in
Oregon.
May we request that if you see
fit to publish this that you quote
the resolution in its entirety.
Thanking you for your co
operation, ASSOCIATED EMPLOYERS OF
OREGON, INC.
Portland, Aug. 23.
RESOLUTION
Believing that the time has
come in national affairs that em
ployer organizations should ex
press publicly as an "organiza
tion" their viewpoints in the na
tional scene, the directors, by
this resolution, refer the mem
bership of the Associated Em-'
plovers of Oregon, Inc., a refer
endum vote on the following:
WHEREAS, The Republican
platform, adopted by the nation
al Republican convention re
cently held in Chicago, has clear
ly outlined a constructive policy
of security for business and in
dustry, for agriculture, for la
bor: that this platform deserves
the study and careful considera
tion of the citizens of Oregon;
That business, industry, labor,
and the farmer must choose at
the polls in November of 1944
which way the ship of nation
shall sail;
That a national publication.
News Week , in a recent issue,
stated that the state of Oregon
was a doubtful state as to which
way the voters would swing for
either ticket in the 1944 general
election; ,
That the Issue, as the direct
ors see It. In the national presi
dential campaign of 1944, is
either the continuation of the
"law of directive" as advanced
by the candidates of the Demo
cratic party, or the return to the
"law of constitutional govern
ment" as advanced by the candi
dates of the Republican party.
Now. therefore, be It resolved:
That the Associated Employers
of Oregon, Incorporated, recom
mend to the organization's mem
bership the association's endorse
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MEXSANA
SQQH!SJ utP'CAMD roMi
Jap Snioer Bullet Fells Fji'vi Marine
ment of the candidacy of the
Republican nominees, the Honor
able Thomas E. Dewey of New
York for the presidency of the
United States of America, and
the Honorable John W. Bricker
of Ohio for the candidacy of
vice-president of the United
States of America.
Passed and adopted August 1.
1944.
THE MEMBERSHIP, Associated i
Employers of Oregon, Inc.
Livestock Ills
Claimed Spread
By Game Animals
Chicago, Aug. 24. (U.R) A
reservoir of dangerous livestock
diseases Is being maintained in
national parks and game pre-!
serves by the interior depart-!
ir.ent and at the same time the
department of agriculture is try
ing to stamp out the same dis
eases in domestic animals, the
American Veterinary Medical
association was told today.
"Recent findings indicate that
increasing numbers of wild spe
cies serve as reservoirs of infec
tions transmissible to domestic
livestock and human beings,"
the association's committee on
diseases of wild animals report
ed to the organization's annual
convention.
Diseased buffalo from govern
ment preserves "are moved
across the country without re
gard to sanitary laws governing
the transportation of diseased
animals and without regard to
the spread of brucellosis (conta
gious abortion) in clean areas."
the committee's report charged.
GAS TRUCK BLAZES
Santa Monica, Cal., Aug. 24.
(U.R) Traffic
several hours early today by a I
roaring fire that starter! u-Vinni
a large gasoline truck and trail
er overturned and exploded on
Roosevelt highway near here.
Flaming gasoline was sprayed
for several hundred yards, com
pletely gutting a restaurant and
damaging a filling station and
other small buildings.
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CANADA DRY
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 24. 1934 -(It
was Friday)
Homer Van Meter, bandit and
pal of Dillinger, slain In ambush.
FDR. starts re-organization of
NRA.
Fair. High 99, low 59 degrees.
Prospect and Conco plant
I threatened by forest fire.
Oregon farmers due to get
coin for hogs they did not raise.
Gov. Meier to decide on Inde
pendent candidacy within com
ing week.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 24, 1924
(It was Sunday)
Italian aviator on flight from
Rome, missing three days, res
cued in Atlantic.
Tom Murray, one of the Flor
ence bank robbers, escapes from
state prison.
J. Logan of Astoria reports he
saw Ray DeAutremont, Siskiyou
bandit suspect, on highway be
tween this city and Ashland yes
terday. Fair and warmer,
low 53 degres.
High 100,
Local deer hunter reported
missing In Mt. Pitt district.
Near East Relief conference
opened In Prospect today.
Fancy Bartletts sell In Port
land for $3.25 per box.
Phoenix hunters, Louis Col
ver, Aubrey Furry, and W. S.
Stancliffe kill the largest deer
ever bagged in Dead Indian. It
weighed 275 pounds.
Elmhirst Host At
Barbecue Dinner
At Country Home
About 80 persons were guests
last night of J. A. Elmhirst who
was host for a barbeque dinner
and entertainment at his home
on the Old, Stage Road. Dinner
was served from tables arranged
on the lawn.
Jerry Jerome acted as master
of ceremonies and entertainment
was furnished by Eve Prentice
and a group of accordion play
ers. During the evening Mr.
Elmhirst's young daughters,'
Janie and Elizabeth exhibited
beef animals which they are
raising. Guests were introduced
as a feature of the program.
The elaborate barbecue menu
had been prepared by Paul Bui
kin and a staff of assistants and
a corps of waitresses served un
der the direction of Mr. Bulkin.
Camp White Dance
Schedule
Thursday
Regular informal dance of
Service Club No. 2. Busses leav
ing Riverside L'SO at 8 p.m. for
transportation.
. Saturday
Cabaret dance at Service club
No. 2.
BIRTHS
UNRUH To Mr. and Mrs.
Abe, Lake Creek, Aug. 23, 1944,
girl, 6 lbs., at Sacred Ueart hos
pital. '
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