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' EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNB Friday. Sept. IS, 1944 MEDFORDtf-SyTRIBUNE Bm4i tho Hail Triton" Pubiub k? HIUjruRD PRINTING OO. If -It North fir St. Pboat fUl RUDIHT W BUHL, Editor. ft NEST R. OITJTBAP, Muir, Botr4 m second 1&M mtlr ftt Md CmtL Orun, under Act r fcUreh I, 1ITI. fllMSCKIPTION RATES Br Mail In Advanca: Pally and flundar '"M raar If.lt Pally and Sunday all oioatna.t 4.01 Pally and Sunday thra month. Lit Pally aad Suaday on month... .11 Br Carrier la Advaaoa Uadrord, Aah iand. CantraJ Point, Jacksonville, Oold UI1L Phoaalx, Talaat. aad motor routaat Pally aa ftuadar mmm yajr IM PaJly and Sunday .on anoath. alt Ali Urmi aa la advanoa. QMlcUl Papa OrflcU) 'i W tha City f Madfava! pr f Jaffcaai Oooaty MEalliER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advartlalng RapraMaUtlra WUT-HOLMDAT COM PANT. WC Otriooa la Now York. Obleajo, D trait. 0aa rranclaoo. Lao Ancalaa, Soattlo, PartUad, SI Lou la. AUaaia, B. C. Ye Smudge Pot Br Atthuc Parry Italian and German members of their embassies In Japan re cently resorted to prayer, the Tokyo radio reports, for the sal vation of their Axis lands. The peoples of both nations have cause for deep and earnest prayer, by condoning the acts of their leaders. As for the sup plicants they probably asked deliverance frorn where they are, and gave thanks they are not home. Gov. Dewey, the GOP presi dential choice, visited Chief Spotted Crow of a South Da kota Indian reservation during his Nebraska stay. The nomi nee promised the Indians would not have to take the country back as they have suf fered enough. Valley equestrians are again In the saddle. They find the early morning rides bracing after which they have to brace themselves against their mount, fence, or house. Bear stories have started coming out of huckleberry patches, and football coaches. Black Tornado opponents al ready figure they will penetrate their line, like Russia and the Allies go through "German last lines of defense." OTHER THAN SPIRITUAL (Want ad S.F. Chronicle) EVEN A MINISTER must move! Exigencies of war; urgently needs 2 or 3 bedrm. apt., flat, house; un furn.; pay to $100; 3 adults; perm. DE. 2727 bef. 10 a. m.; RA. B738 bet. 10 a.m.-l p.m." In Great Britain, when the lights were turned on again aft er five years of war blackouts, people kissed the lamp posts. In this country lamp posts ex pects to run into wild autoists on V-Day. Police Force in the Air? According to the ' grapevine the chief stumbling block at Dumbarton Oaks is the question of an in ternational force to support the decrees of the pro posed international league. The Russian delegation stands for such a force confined to the air. The American and British delegations oppose it oppose any international force in fact on the ground nothing should impair the complete sovereignty of the participating nations. IF this report is correct and it sounds plausible then the Russians have the best of it. For as has been frequently pointed out in this de partment the new League of Nations will be no bet ter than the old, unless its decrees do have force to sustain them. Any nation, or nations, in a mood to make trouble won't be deterred by provisions without teeth in them, or decrees without force behind them. The past has certainly amply demonstrated that fact. THE Russians, it is also reported, favor in theory an international police force equipped for land, sea and air, but grant that the practical difficulties are too creat to surmount considering the present state of world opinion, so they will be content with an air force alone. We don't doubt that is eood .ludtrment. better asK for the minimum at the start, and work from that to the maximum, rather than ask for the maximum and get nothing at all. AN international all-force, moreover, would be ln nvnnneivn rn maintain he rparlv At nraeticallv kAJVliUl'V W .......... 1 I V any moment to take whatever action might be be lieved desirable, and could strike within 24 hours at any place on the globe. So for the sake of the new leatrne and its success this newspaper hopes the Russians have their way in this direction at least. Trying to outlaw war without ...... m iii. i'i.. l ; j. authority to tight tor peace, wouia De iiKe trying, iu melt iron without heat just can't be done! Amazing Casualty Costs One of the most amazing and gratifying features of this war to date has been the comparatively low U. S. casualty lists. This has been true both in the South Pacific and Europe, and in spite of the fact that our forces have been continually on the offensive supposed to be far more costly in modern warfare in lives than the defense.' In the Pacific the difference in casualties between the Japs and the Americans has been truly sensa tional ranging often as high as ten to one. The answer undoubtedly in that theatre is chiefly equipment, the American vastly superior botn tor offense and defense. (That and of course the tradi tional passion of the Japs for death.) News Behind The News By Paul Mallon L-f . juts. fl MM Paul Mallon Washington Sept. IS The next international conference (the big one) is not slated for London or Paris, but Ber lin. Stalin is to join Roose velt and Chur- chill in the German capi- tal as soon as the troops move in, per haps even be fore the final s u r render of Hitler. This, at least, is the current plan toward which work already has been started, but personally I have some doubts as to whether it can be fulfilled, especially before election. Mr. Roosevelt wanted to go to the fighting front In Guam when he was in Honolulu. In fact, he planned it, but Adm. Nimltz persuaded him not to dare needlessly the risk of air or sea attack by the bypassed Jap bases. (His publicist, Elmer Davis, went on according to plan.) The Germans are not going to surrender this time the way they did in 1918. All their tac tics show Hitler hopes to fight for every inch of ground and then swing his movement un derground, and not just in Ger many, but as an international fascist movement along the lines the communists perfected in Germany and elsewhere. Experience with both mili tary and political booby traps tells us he must have planned his political retreat from France as bitterly as his military re treat. If he was able he left behind men and money to carry on his work in the highest places and by the strongest means possible. Flight o' Time Madiord and Jackson Co. His tory from the files oi tha Mail Tribune 10 and 20 years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY September 15 1934 (It was Saturday) Textile strikers demand oust ing of Gen. Johnson. NRA head, for charging union heads with violations of pledged word. Pres ident Roosevelt urged to take action to end industrial turmoil. Fair High 95, and somewhat cooler, low 47 degrees Firebugs busy in Curry coun ty forests. Midwest drouth victims move to Pacific coast states, survey shows. Germany massing ' mystery planes." senate quiz hears. Starne disease ravages duck flocks of Klamath county lakes. Jackson county co-operative purchases site on Pacific high way for gas station. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY September IS 1924 (It was Monday) Mason Ehrmau warehouse on South Fii to be made into a pre cooling plant. State supreme court upholds state -ncome tax law. Drive started on Shanghai In Chinese civil war. Fal.-. High 94, low 51 degrees. Washington goes into lead over Yankees In close American league race. Thursday will be Medford Day at Josephine county fair. Delegates to state conference of Methodist church here arrive in large numbers DUT in Europe, according to all reports, the Ameri- can troops have been only slightly less fortunate. Such a close observer and well-informed war cor respondent as Quentin Reynolds for example, pre dicted last April that the allied casualties in the in vasion of France would total half a million men. Instead of losing half a million men,the allies lost less than 100,000 in the actual invasion and inflicted close to half a million casualties on the Germans be- The democratic whip in the, fore completing the recoiiqucst of France. In fact in the so-called "Battle of France the Uer mans suffered more total casualties dead, wounded and prisoners, than the American armies have suf fered since the war began, and. in both Europe and the Far East. House reeks with optimism. He i says the GOP triumph In Maine "doesn't mean a thing" and with "a little work" that state will go for the Fourth Term in Novem ber. If this is not blind faith, it needs new specs. ' a A THRILL INDEED! (Sharon (Pa.) Herald) "The war's biggest thrill for a civilian came today to Mrs. Mildred Batten Hocha- nei, rrinme St., wife of a Thunderbolt fighter plane AT least this is the story told by the casualty lists " and estimates of enemy losses, as published by the U. S. war department. All of which is very cheering, and reflects great credit upon the higher-ups both in the army and navy, who had been reported mis- who are responsible for equipping and training the sing in action' .young men of this democracy for war young men The Allied bombers hnve w'10 loss than three years ago, mil not know the iiu- becn "carpeting" the German fpl'Pllpn llftwppn a harraPfi and a bomb Sichtl gives itie riig-cnting, front. It table-chewing Hcrr exercise his teeth upon when mad. Hitler to and jaws "The luncheon meeting will Dewey Is Smart As we remarked at the time of Governor Dewey's be limited to ioo women, which nomination the man is smart. 7J(Z:nl$ "rfl He may be our next President or he may not be, cayune). None of the editor's ibut, win, lose or draw he is going to give franklin put. The grunt & groan soirees re opened at the armory last night. Ono of the gladintors bit his foe. but failed to swallow him in one bite. uoiano Koosovelt a noss race . There is going to be no walk-away this time, as there was four years ago. And no bungling from a Republican vote-getting viewpoint as was the case in 1910. time. Sweden is the great peace loving nation that In two wars has waxed prosperous making munitions for, and shipping Iron to the Nazis. Tho Soviet feels if Sweden is going to roost on the fence during times of strife, they should be watched, with Russia doing the watching. No word is forthcoming on how Finland the Into "poor Kin land" is coming out In peace negotiations at Moscow, Her diplomats are learning It is Trinity college l Toronto was Incorporated on Aug. 2. 1851. Press dispatches indicate Ru- OYF.RXOR Dewcv has had verv little to say since sla will tend to Sweden In due VJ u;a ,;., i. .,or 1, Vno enirl 1ms hppn in' iiniiiiiiiiuuii i.i m, utiv 1 1 v. mix k-v very much to the point. And his remarks have had this constant feature they form a sharp attack silence, then another at tack. Like a clever boxer the New York Governor believes in an offensive, which is too fast and covers up too quickly for an effective counter-punch. It will be interesting to observe how the "old mas ter" will react to this when the time comes for his first "POLITICAL" speech. Will he be forced on the defensive? That is what easier to plunge into war thanlNew York's former District Attorney is trying to ac- nllinofn. 1. .... . . 1 1 I ..... . ., , , U . ., icomniisn. di t we pan t p ipvp k n k wi ever la 1 into that trap. Far more likely attack will be met by counter-attack. Only 7 weeks left they promise to be very inter esting from a political standpoint! OITLER considers this war only a phase of his move ment, a temporary failure, as indeed his less crafty but equal ly fanatical Mussolini proclaim ed in his book, predicting that years hence fascism will be the popular world system. So we are not quite up to the facts when we wonder only what we will do with Germany to make her a peaceful neigh bor. We must plan to stamp out a ruthless underground world movement plotting, In defeat, its future victory. Also the resentful reception given our troops in captured German cities adds weight to the suspicion that Berlin may not be the plcasantcst place in the world for its liberating leaders for a while. Every wisp of fundamental newt lately furthermore has suggested we are babes in the woods of politics In Europe. The European public mind outside the cities is a peasant mind, nothing like that of the American farmer or anything in America. The cities are left- i ist socialist of either the fascist or communist variety. But we talk such academic matters as "sovereignties." Stalin, for example, Is devel oping a practical interpretation of sovereignty. While he told Messrs. Roosevelt and Churchill he was too busy to attend their Quebec conference, he was tak ing over Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavakia and the whole Balkans, where London formerly wielded great politi cal influence through finance and diplomacy. This will have more to do with their sovereignty than any thing possible at Quebec. For merly their currencies, for in stance, were tied to sterling. But sterling now Is tied to the dollar and the dollar is founded on gold. We must maintain gold at $38 an ounce for our book keeping safety, yet Stalin can mine it and sell It to us for a cost of say $15 an ounce. This means Stalin can buy $38 worth of American goods for $15 of his gold values. a f IKEWISE Stalin's former " leftist socialist theories seem to be switching from the com munal to tho democratic formu la. In Poland, Italy and else where he asks only that his lo cal people be represented In the parliament and the government. As his group is everywhere the most militant remaining politi cal force in all Europe the dem ocratic formula will suit his purposes. Great events In history are forced and made inevitable by the thousands of little events going before. This war itself was made inevitable by the op posing political forces Involved, and the murderous methods thoy employed from the begin ning. Is a superficial peace now be ing made inevitable by the little events In the daily news show ing the trend of fundamentals? Docs anyone have the solution? Army world reach Omaha. girdling planes 3 J'VILLE DOGS Clnaing tlma for ClMaifi.e arit 9 km. Too Lata to Cluall, li40 p a, . Three dogs were poisoned In Jacksonville yesterday it was reported today from the South ern Oregon Humane society and pet owners in that district were urged to be on guard. Mrs. Sid Richardson of the society stated this njorning that a white Spitz belonging to E. D. Mclntyre, a fox terrior owned by Vail McVay and a black shepherd dog-belonging to Arne Carlson all died yesterday, evi dently of poison. The dog own ers and Mrs. Richardson were of the belief that strychnine had been used. Mrs. Richardson stated that an investigation was being car ried on. THE GRANGE Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange met with Master Bill Poling in the chair. While the attendance was small an Interesting and enjoyable meeting was held. Serving committee for the next meeting, Sept. 28, is to be Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ferris, Mona Ferris, Mr. and Mrs. House and Mr. Hearn. There will be no home econ omics meeting this month. Applogala Grange Applegate Grange met Sept. 8 with eight officers present Clifford Powers was obligat ed in first and second degrees by Master Glen Best. Next Homo Economics club meeting will be Sept. 20 with Sister Harriet Rich. The following members were appointed on the Boosters Night committee: Herbert El more, Lester Hill. Geo. Fields, i Benj. Ellis. Grace Hunter and : C. H. Elmore. Grange will not meet on Sept. ' 22 but will have an open meet ing for Boosters Night on Sept. 29, to which the community is invited. P. W.'S ESCAPE Santa Rosa Calif., Sept. 15 OI.R) Two escaped German pris oners of war, believed by the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion to be attempting to reach the Mexican border, remained at large today following their escape from work camp near here. Ca Mill Trlftuna Want Ada. Nearly 23 per cent of all per sous arrested last year were un der 21 years of age. Oli-eine tinif for yurvT Tno till lc CUvif 5 .10 8taxUr alt;uocD riaM rauKiUtaf, DANCE EVERY SAT. NITE At tha Picturesque WAGON WHEEL PAVILION 4 Miles from Medford on Griffin Creek Road Dancing Starts at 9 Swell Music Good Floor Lots of Fun ' Com Out and Maat Your Friendi STEVE 8AKER and DAVE GOULD SIMPLIFIED TAX I Washington, Sept. 15 (U.R) The treasury reported today that it will have ready for use next March 15 a simplified, all in clusive income tax blank for some 20,000.000 taxpayers not planning to use withholding re ceipts for their next year's re turns. The new form, known by the same number 1040 as the previous "long form." will be used primarily by three classes of taxpayers: 1 Persons earning $o.000 or more annually. 2. Persons earning less than $5,000 of which more than $100 was income from sources not subject to withholding. 3. Persons earning less than $5,000 who claim deductions of more than 10 per cent for char itable contributions Interest pay ments, medical expenses and purposes other than dependency. Taxpayers not included in the above list estimated at some 30,000.000 are privileged to fol low the simple procedure oi ; merely filling in withholding tax : receipts which their employers; will furnish and sending themi in to the treasury on tax day.! Treasury experts then will fig-1 ure the individual s tax and send I either a bill for money trtOl owing or a refund. URGE ALUMINIUM USE Los Angeles, Sept. 15 (U.R) Metal manufacturers today wera urged to use once-scarce alu minum as a substitute for crit ical war metal. Louis M. Dreves, War Production Board official, ssU a surplus of 1,000, 000 pounds of aluminum was available now for authorized civilian production as well as for war goods. PARTS and SERVICE for all Makes ot WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS rOUNGER S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Rartiett Phone 2419 Price Means Nothing Unless You Are Buying Qualify . . . Anderson's Thrift Market In sists Upon Quality As Well As Low Price! 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