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SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORD JtlTRIBUNE "Everyone In Southern Orefon Keadl Ut Mall Tribune" Daily Except Saturday Publlahed by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. S7-29 North Fir St. Phone 2141. ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor. ERNEST R. CILSTHAP. Manager. An Independent Newipaper. Kntered al eecond claw matter at Medtord, Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: tally and Sunday one fi" ' Dally and Sunday elx month! 4 00 Dally and Sunday three mo. 210 Dally and Sundayone month. 78 By Carrler-In Advance Medford, Anhland, Central Point, Jnckaon ville. Gold Hill. Phoenix, Talent, and on motor roulea: . Daily and Sunday one year. 9 00 Daily and Sunday ono month -73 All term caan In advance. Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jacmon County United Prefi Full Leaied Wire MBORcfiEAREAU westMv -T inc. S in .New York Chlc.80. De troit, San Franclico, hot Angelee, Se attle, Portland, St. Loula. Atlanta. Vancouver. C. . Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Ptttf The presidential campaign will open full tilt October 1. Candidates are due to come out against sin and nail down the church vote however, be fore that date. Premier Winston Churchill has received more publicity than any Briton in all time, a survey shows. Many can recall when the only Britisher in the public eye was Freddy Barthol omew, the child film actor, who couldn't stub his toe on a board without causing world-wide hys terics. Where Is he now? e The frost has not yet arrived on the pumpkin, but the paper sick is over the prize geraniums of the Older Girls. Gov. Dewey has reaffirmed his Intent to keep the war out of politics. Either one, or both are bad enough without being mixed with the other. Besides, . there are too many politicians posing as generals and masters of military. No way has yet been devised to keep politics out of anything. Politics are more apt to get Into the war than war Into politics. An unconfirmed European report says Herr Hitler Is seek ing peace with Russia. The ego tism of the man is colossal, mis- ia is tne last piace rU. :LrpUeadceflHe ToMtiT. to Japan of all places. PIONEER GOOD WORD (The Dalles Chronicle) "Those who were well ac quainted with Til Glare, de ny that he was In any sense bad man. He had, it Is true, killed two men in the Willa mette valley, but both cases were In self defense, and so proven In court. But this fact gave a sort of reputation ha neither sought, desired or de served. He was a very quiet gentlemanly fellow, brave as a Hon, but .never known to seek a quarrel. These same friends say that when the examination Is over and the truth is known It will be shown that the quarrel in which Glaze was killed was not of his creating." (50 Yrs. Ago Col.) Th Les Taylor boy, Bob, 4, of Phoenix, who has been In Colorado the past month, full of business and candy, Is due back next week. The thirsty have started showing discontent over the al coholic content of their favor ite swigs. They allege it has been left out in a rain or too close to the kitchen faucet. There must be some homely women In Belgium, but none as yet have been photographed kissing Yank soldiers as they march through cities and vil lages en route to Germany. The war pictures also lean towards a copious display of shapely shanks. "A two days' trip through the sagebrush finds this writer at sea." Imblcr Items.) After wading the stream he was high and dry, Russia has made up the minds of all the Balkan nations nve Turkey, who throughout the dark days of the war went j through a series of rnental ilg zags and flip-flops. They cut plenty of diplomatic didoes, but always to the advantage of the Nazis. The Red troops are get ting too close for comfort and Moscow has started to look de termined. The Soviet applica tion of "hickory oil" to Bul garia and Rumania, has caused the Turks to see the light, and hope to save the Dardenellcs from Allied control. And, some thing is due to happen in Swe den, that great peace-laving na tion, with plenty of munitions to sell to the nearest aggressor land. Tutiday. Sept. 19, 1944 Governor Dewey s Labor Policy That was a fine speech by Governor Dewey in Seattle last night on the labor problem. We liked particularly what he said about labor racketeers, and American labor and capital getting together. We quote: "American working people know that with the restora tion of freedom they will have their greatest opportunity to build better and stronger free labor unions. They know that with such freedom, the workingmen themselves will drive bolh the racketeers and the communists from positions of power, in the labor movement. That is why the racketeers and communists are against a change of administration. That is another reason why It's time for a change. "The all-out peacetime effort of your next administration will be to encourage business, both large and small, to create Jobs and opportunity. We shall establish conditions which will make it not only possible but good business for manage ment to join hands with the great, free labor movement of this country in bringing about full employment at high wages. "Those who come home from the war and those who have produced for war all our people have earned a future with Jobs for all. Nothing less can be considered victory at home to match our victory abroad. We must build a Just and lasting peace. We must go forward, a courageous and united people, determined to make good the limitless promise of America." We Grant that is easier said than done, but it is a goal to which all the people should aspire, and which with a change in the administration a change in what might be termed the political atmosphere of the entire country might well be attained. But it never can be attained under "four more years of Roosevelt" and for a very simple reason, ie : For the sake of (retting votes and retaining political power President Roosevelt for nearly 12 years has deliberately made organized labor a privileged class and as long as he remains in office that will be the belief of both labor and capital. As long as that belief persists no team play no real unity between them We crant Mr. Roosevelt undo much of the harm he ing more certain than this: As long as he is President he NEVER will ' YS it was an excellent speech. For over a decade now party under F.D.R. has carefully inculcated the idea it is the only party of HUMAN rights and the Repub lican party is only the party of PROPERTY rights the propaganda goes much further back in fact and as the years and the propaganda have rolled by, more and more people have come to believe it A Republican any Republican therefore, has two strikes on him before he starts on any program, however sincere and well intentioned, designed to aid the cause of labor. MEVERTHELESS, it is entirely true as Governor ' Dewey declared, that with a change in admini stration a NEW New Deal as far as labor is con cerned the working people of this country WOULD have their greatest opportunity to build better than they have in the past and themselves correct the greatest weaKness in trie lauor movement tociay, Dy giving both the racketeers and Communists from po- siuons oi lauur power. IN this direction we quote from one of the greatest Americans of this generation, regarding certain actions of organized labor during the present war: "There Is a feeling here among the farmers that labor organizations have not been fair, that they Insist upon getting high wages for themselves while disregarding the fact the farmers' f innncini success is after ail a gamble and depends entirely upon the weather and other conditions over which he has no control whatever. "I, myself, have had feelings that there have been strikes that were unnecessary and should have been avoided. I have been very much perturbed by the fact some of these strikes have taken place against the wishes and desires of labor leaders. 1 feel particularly that the Philadelphia strike was uncalled for, and that the people who were hurt bv it, more than any other class were the laborers them selves. That strike excited a feeling that was unwarranted and under the circumstances, even unpatriotic. "I read a report of the strike quoting from a speech by one of the leaders that grieved me very much. I thought it injurious to the war effort and particularly to labor. This speaker seemed to have nothing else In view than the success of the strike. Ho apparently had no idea of the terriblo position in which the country Is now placed. Ho evidently did not care whether bombs and other munitions of war were made in sufficient quantities so that our soldiers at the front would have the means of carrying on the fight and I noticed In the report that when lie made the loudest claims for labor he was cheered immensely by his hearers. "1 have no sympathy with that kind of behaviour. I think no ono will deny I have been a friend of li.bor all my life, but I condemn such action as bitterly as anyone else does. Labor ought to be prepared like any other group of citizens to make sacrifices that aro necessary to bring success. Sometimes these sacrifices would mean that it would have to put up temporarily with conditions that under ordinary circum stances would bo unbearable, but unless we are willing to sacrifice and that means give up some of our own ideas and go on fighting even though we are not getting the right kind of treatment, we cannot hope to achieve the unity that will bring success to our cause; and that is why I have hated to become officially identified with an organization that 1 knew was going to be charged with representing only labor. "I think the National Citizens Political Action Commit tee ought to let the country understand that we want Justice and fairness for labor and that wo aro equally anxious that every field of activity including the farmers particularly should havo the same fair, honest, equal treatment. If we could get tills idea abroad and could convince the people that we aro asking no special favors for labor wc would go a long ways towards winning the fight." MOW who wrote that? Some labor-baiting "Eco- 11 nomic Royalist" or labor-hating G.O.P. pluto crat? No, that was written by the late U. S. Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska a few days before his death to Freda Kirchwey, editor of the Nation two of the most uncompromising Liberals and outspoKen ad vocates of the rights of organized labor, in the coun try. And we are quoting it in connection with Gover nor Dewey's speech because we believe the two men, far apart as the poles in years, training and tempera ment, had essentially the same feeling toward the present condition of labor in this country, the neces sity for certain changes of attitude in leadership and a housecleaning within the ranks, as far as subversive elements are concerned. And not only for the better welfare of the people, but for the better welfare and greater influence in this country of organized labor 1 is possible. could by word and act has done. But there is noth however, the Democratic News Behind The News By Paul Malloo Washington, Sept. 19 In this spot yesterday I began the pre sentation of facts to demonstrate that compul sory military training is un democratic and the proposed legislation to take 17-year- old youths into the army for a year would not provide an ef ficient army because most Paul Malloo fighting lines today are high' ly skilled techniques which re quire constant psactice by more mature persons. This youth nucleus discharged at 18 could not keep, up with the scientific developments of war, but must become another national guard, taking inade quate refresher courses by mail. The training therefore could be not much more than a physical culture year taken out of the life of every citizen. e IF physical culture and minor the army wants, why does it not put the facilities for these into our existing educational structure? Why take a year out of a boy's life, delaying his col lege education or his start in work, delaying the contribution of every one to the productivity of the country, when it will not give us what we must have a capable army? Why waste money training the unusables and unadaptable boys, as the army proposes un; der the pretense of thus main-j taining democracy? Many boys I have no talent or desire for' plane-flying, gunnery, tank op eration, and money spent train-! ing them for a year at 17 to be ' soldiers would be thrown away. Would you not get a better army source pool by offering Inducements of. pay and free technical education to those who like mechanical arts and intend to go farther with their techni cal training in college or busi ness? Why not do this by multiply ing the size of West Point and Annapolis and Injecting the pre paratory courses for these schools in our existing educa tional system? TTHE democratic way is always 1 best, if only it is intelligent ly led. It is founded on the theory that a Willing worker is better than a forced -vorkcr. Compulsory military training has never proved a guarantee of security or even a preparation for a good army In Europe. A disarmed Germany, which was supposed to have no military training, nearly overran the world, and did crush all the na tions with their compulsory camps. These brought larger but not better armies (to wit, France). A lieutenant overseas has written me what seems to be the Initial fault with our think ing on this subject. He says a sufficient army, or a large West Point and Annapolis, will create military cliques which will rule us into wars as in Germany and Japan. This Is the historical error of our nation. Never havo we been prepared for a war, or adequate ly for our own defense, because of this popular fear. This time we nearly sacrificed our nation to the fear. They nearly got us before we could get ready. In the swiftness of these new war methods and the possibili ties for great devastation of civilian populations, It seems to me clear that If we are not ready next time, this nation will adjourn. The practical way to keep away from military cliques is by practicing democracy, not sacrificing your defense to the fear of an avoidable possibility. Prevent the military minority, from becoming ruling civil au thorities as has been done with our admirals' cliques. Avoid such totalitarian prac tices as this proposed youth draft. Raise your army In a democratic way, keep it demo cratic, and away from political Influence and control. AN Oakland, Calif., editor sees more clearly the funda mental truths of the situation. He says the country must face the necessity of maintaining a largo enough standing army and paying for it. He guesses we will need 500.000 men. ten times what we had before. Well, we have always handled the navy that way. Why not the army? Land fighting is as highly technical now as naval fighting. It requires constantly keeping ahead of an always improving game. If we are going to assume any obligations as the top pow er of the postwar world along with Russia, wc will have to have it. The navy is no longer an assurance of security in an air world. I do not like the Idea, essen tially. Sufficient armies require Yanks Get f .y rf If - JLip Curious German villagers surround this Jeep crammed with American Infantrymen of General Bradley s First Army as it entered outskirts of Aachen with first dementi) of armored column that completely pene trated Nazi's Siegfried line east of the city. Observers said the villagers appeared genuinely glad to be rid of the Nazis and to have the Americans take over. Photo by NEA-Arme photograDher Andrew LoDez for W Picture Pool via Signal Corps radlo-telephoto. heavy public expense. But there is no certainty in security. We must do what is necessary. I believe the Oakland editor Is right. The objective analysis in these two columns on the subject, herewith concluding, show we had better face the facts of world life and quit playing around with false no tions such as the currently popular one that a year in the army for 17-year-olds will solve the defense problem or be any less expensive than intelligent ly, democratically producing the army we need. BULLETSTLY in Salem, Ore., Sept. 19 (U.PJ Bullets flew in the downtown section of Salem late Monday as a druggist and an ex-convict were injured when the druggist foiled a hold-up attempt in his store. William Neimeyer, 69, is In a Salem hospital undergoing treat ment for a bullet wound in his groin, and Aloysius E. Kilmer, who had been released from the state penitentiary a few hours previously, was struck by police bullets In the neck and head. Both are expected to survive. Many passers-by narrowly escaped whan bulelts flew in the exchange of shots between police and the hold-up man. Neimeyer refused to comply with the would-be holdup man's orders and struggled with him when he came into the shop. He was struck by a bullet, but chas ed the man onto the street, where he collapsed. According to police reDorts Kilmer ran up the street, narrowly missed one city police man and dodged down another street and into an alley, where he was hit by a fusillade of po lice bullets. Church Reception Wednesday Night To Greet Pastor The congregation of the First Christian church Is holding a re npntinn fnr tlii new nastor. the Rev. Delbert W. Daniels, and his' family, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock ir. Fellowship hall. Rev. Daniels began his minis try to the local church recently, coming to Medford from Tipton, Ind., where he was taking gradu ate work at Butler university, as well as serving as pastor of the Christian church. Rev. Dan iels has held pastorates at Tilla mook and Salem prior to attend ing Butler. All members of the local church, friends of the church and all pastors of the city are cordially Invited to be present and become acquainted with Rev. and Mrs Daniels. Mrs. Ef fie Kurtz and her committee have charge of the arrangements for the evening. Peach Canners Find Trouble With Caps Peach canning is now the or der of the day for housewives of the county, and according to reports reaching the county home demonstration agent, they are having plenty of trouble. The war-time rubber caps placed between the top and the Jar are not holding and are causing dif ficulties, the reports indicate. No reports have been received of any Jars exploding. Harvesting of the valley poach crop is now at its height and the crop is of excellent quality though below normal in quantity due to a cold spring. HARD TO PLEASE Pittsfield, Mass tll.P.i A wo man who bought a dress in 1925 took it back to England Broth ers department store complain jn g that lt had not givtn satis factory wear. First Look at German ViMaqers IN BY ANTELOPE ffl BEEF CLUBBERS AnteloDe beef club was win-i ner of the annual county 4-Hj club judging contest, Sept. 16. Members of the winning team are Barbara Culbertson, Clara Mae Bigham and Bernice Big- ham. Second place was won by Table Rock Livestock club. Ern est Smith, Loree Brennesholtz and Lucille Smith making up the team. Wayne Russell, Bud Mc-j Cune and Wilma Hanscom of Eagle Point Dairy club were winners of third place. Wayne Russell was high scor ing individual in the contest with a score of 530 from a pos sible 600. Ernest Smith won sec ond with 510 and Loree Brenne-. sholtz third with 500. The contest is in the form of a tour and some of the best herds in the county were visited. Purebred Hereford cattle and Corricdale sheep were judged at John Day's Blue Moon ranch. Ben King of Kingmere Guern sey farm provided classes of registered Guernseys and Duroc Jersey hogs. Clarence Hunter al lowed the members to Judge a class of registered Jerseys from his fine herd. Such tours give 4-H club mem bers an opportunity to see some of the best stock in the county and to learn how different oper ators handle their stock. This contest is a part of the regular 4-H fair which will be held Sept. 26, 27 and 28. Washington, Sept. 19 (U.R) Conferees on the George recon version bill today reached final agreement after senate members reluctantly receded from pro visions to extend unemployment! compensation to more than 3, 000,000 federal employes and authorize travel pay home for war workers. Chairman Walter F. George, (D., Ga.) told reporters that he would bring the bill up for ac tion in. the senate today and a week-end recess was considered likely. George said the senate con ferees found themselves con fronted with the necessity of giv ing in or of having ' no bill at The house yesterday in - all structed its conferees to Insist on removal of the two provisions. Another barrier to an early election recess was partially crossed yesterday when the house approved a compromise conference version of the surplus property disposal bill. PILOT LANDS IN TREE Portsmouth, O., Sept. 19 IU.R1 E. F. Koosmann, Los Angeles army pilot, recovered in Gen eral hospital here today from in juries suffered when he landed in a tree after he was forced to parachute from his disabled plane near Walsh, Ky. Electronic air cleaners which trap the smallest of dust par ticles down to 1 250.000th of an men in otamcicr are amoni!; " iei you with in upset means making possible the pro- rnch.' If 10, this new medical dit duction of pencillin. cowr. supikin, i 'just whit th . , docior ordered for jrou. PARTS and SERVICE lot all Makes ot WASHERS and HEKRIGKRATORS YOUNGER S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N Rartlfttt Phont 2419 (Acme fWio-7 elenhato) . GRiSSOM. 92 TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Gris som, 92, passed away Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Cingcade, Phoenix. She was born in Illinois on October 20, 1S51, coming west with her parents when but a small child. Her home was in Sonoma county for many years. On October 12, 1872, at Petalu- ma, Calif., she was united in marriage to Andrew Grissom. In 1893 they moved to Jackson county where she had resided since. For four years they made their home in Phoenix and then moved to the Lake Creek dis trict. Mr. Grissom passed away February 21, 1919. Five of ten children survive: William Grissom, Gooding, Idaho; Mrs. Anna Tom, Herbert Grissom, Lake Creek; Mrs. Flor ence Coe, Ashland; and Mrs. Lillian Cingcade, Phoenix. There are also 20 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Services will he in the Cnner. Morris Chapel at 1 p. m. Friday with the Rev. W. A. Dawes of - ficiating. Interment will be ln Phoenix cemetery. " ANDREW C: WILSON DIES IN GOLD HILL Andrew P Wilcor. CnmD Valley, passed away in Gold Hill Monday at the age of 83. He was born in Norway, April ! 8. 1861, and came to the United States when 21 years old. A har-1 ness maker by trade, he first: settled in Rapid City. South Da kota, where in 1882 he was united in marriage to Christina Larsen. She preceded him in death. In 1908 he moved to Sams Valley where he resided for the remainder of his life. He was one of the first men to Join the Sams Valley Grange. He leaves a son, Charles H. Wilson, Sqms Valley, and a host of friends and neighbors who will miss his many kind deeds Services will be at the grave side in Sams Valley cemetery Thursday at 1:30 p. m., with the Rev. Karl K. Brockhaus officiat ing. Arrangements are in care of the Conger-Morris Chapel. George N. Gitzen Receives Degree I8,?" .f Metordlwreck ,st night which tore up was one of 35 students who re ceived degrees of doctor of veter inary medicine at a special com- ! 'Ti P??m ST 15 . n.-ii.iie, iuii u,aic vuuufet;, ac cording to a press release from the school. Gitzen. son of Dr and Mrs. G. A. Gitzen of 129 North Grape street, was graduated in the medical administrative corps. He is a graduate of St. Mary's academy. : WHt y "l quick relief from I " pain, do rou hesitate tn take aspirin Suparin l atplrln plui-conuini the same pure, sale aspirin rou hue long known but developed by doctors in a ipecitl war for those upset by aspirin in its ordinary form. TMt new kind of aspirin tablet dissolves more quickly, lets the aspirin get right at the ioh of re heiing pain, reduces the tudity of or dinar a Jinan, tod does ' 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 September 19, 1934 (It was Wednesday) Wisconsin approves New Deal candidates in primary. City election to be held No vember 6, instead of in January. Continued fair. High 92, low 46 degrees. Claimed Germany perfect! poison gas deadly for eight days. County republicans to open campaign next week . Pear shipments to date 1,404 cars. Army of valley hunters leave for hills. Howard G a u 1 1 deputy sheriff. Is named TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY September 19, 1944 (It was Friday) Mercury drops below freezing at Klamath Falls. Fall of Shanghai in civil war Imminent as defenses weaken. James Drain named national commander of American Legion. Unsettled with rain, cool. High 74, low 47, precipitation, trace. Jacksonville to pioneer museum hotel. establish in old U.S. Building boom at Butte Fall continues. Prince of Wales to leave to morrow for his cattle ranch i Canada. (Note: Beginning tomorrow national and local news of 1910 will be printed in this1 depart ment, from the files of the Mail Tribune.) , WEATHERFDRD IS Capt. Fielding K. Weatherford, pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress in the European and Mediterra nean theaters of war for the past 26 months, arrived In Medford with his wife yesterday to spend a leave with his parents, the Rev. and Mrs Fred M. Weatherford, and his brother, Ronald. Also) at the Weatherford home ar Capt Weatherford's sister, Eve- lyn. and her husband, the Rev. Robert Sutton of Canby y 1 graduate of Medford high' school. Capt. Weatherford served overseas with the 15th U. S. ttiv fnrna anrl con, ovnaiion.a it England the North African see tor and later in Sicily and Italy. He served under Lt. Gen. Doo little and Maj. Gen. Twining. Capt Weaiherford and Martin Luther of this vicinity left the states at the same time for over seas duty and served for a brief time together in the European 'hea.ter;IrUp,?n paving Medford Capt: Weatherford will report for"tyu at Santa Moniea. Cal, on OfJ eL Snare 1 he KlderS Share in Tragedy Denver, Colo., Sept. 19 (U.R) A man and a woman were shot to death today during a sunriySJ quarrel in beautiful Cheesman Park, only a few blocks from downtown Denver. The victims, share the riders, were Identified as Mrs. Ola E. Woolsey, about 30, and Carl Stecklein, about 30. Mrs. Mary Ellen Davis, who witnessed the shooting, told po lice that Stecklein shot Mrs. Woolsey three times, then turn ed the gun on himself and fired one bullet into his forehead. DEWEY DELAYED Kelso, Wash., Sept. 19 (U.R) One trainman was killed nnrl I thrpn in!i,f-a4 In . HnlHU A the double track roadway near Castle Rock, Wash., and delayed all traffic, including Gov. Thorn as E. Dewey's campaign train. RADIO SETWISE 4 All makes repaired or Completely recond'tioned PHILLIPS' RADIO SERVICE Phone 38S9. 1307 N. Riverside NEW kind of ASPIRIN tablet doesn't upset stomach not irritate or opset stomach rwa after repeated doses. Tanr thli out to remind too to jet Supcria today, 10 rou can have it on hand when headaches, colds, etc., strike. See how quickly it relieves pain how fine you feel after tak ing. At rour druggist's, IS and 39.
