' EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNB Friday. Sept. IS, 1944
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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