SIX -MEDFORD MAIL TRIBTJNB ' Thursday, S.pt. 21, 1944
MDFORSWrRIBUN
Evryont In Southern Oregon
Kesds the Mall Tribune"
Dlly Except Sturdr
Published by
MEDFORD PRINTING CO.
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" ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor.
ERNEST R. GILSTRAP. Menmof.
An Independent Newepipor.
fcntered second elasi matter t
Medford, Oregon, under Act of
March 3. 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ty Mall In Advance:
Daily and Sunday one year .. a";
Daily and Sunday six montha 4 00
Dally and Sunday three moa. 2.10
Daily and Sunday ono month.. .75
y Carrier In Advance Medford,
Aihland, Central Point, Jackaon
ville. Cold Hill. Phoenix, Talent, and
on motor routei:
Dally and Sunday one year ...19 00
Dally end Sunday one month .73
All lerme cash In advance.
Enforce the Law
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Vancouver, BC.
One of these days some visitor from the exeat state
of California will try to walk across the street at the
comer of Main and Bartlett and end up in the near
est hospital or the morgue. The ubiquitous "main
stem" speeder will have got him.
Then there will be a great hue and cry about WHY
there is no effort to enforce the "pedestrian law" in
Medford or in any other section of the. state for
that matter.
But that won't help the unfortunate victim from
California, nor the city if a damage suit follows.
It will be only another sad example of closing the
barn door after the horse has escaped.
Why not close the door BEFORE the tragedy hap
pens rather than after! It is certainly up to the munici
pal authorities to do sol
WE have made a visiting Californian the unfortun
afo naana lfir -Pry Anum fVnivn fViotr A r einfrwnr r
tMJ UlTTVll UH-IC WlV KXVJ CJUUILC LUC
pedestrian Jaw this is particularly true m Southern
California.
And any visitor from that state would naturally
assume the same observance of the law would be
made north of the Siskiyous.
But it isn't.
Here is the law:
Pedestrians must be given the right of way at street
Intersections. Any person walking across a street in a cross
walk, whether such crosswalk is marked or 'not, has the
right of way over motor vehicles A cross-walk is that
area ordinarily represented by the Imaginary extensions of
sidewalks across the streets at intersections.
This provision of the Oregon Motor Manual, is not
only NOT observed but there is an increasing disposi
tion in this community, particularly among the juve
nile dare devils, to try to come as near the cross walk
pedestrian without taking off a leg as possible. (In
xne west, iiierem icu . i , i .
i mart it is better to be cap- fact we have a suspicion this is accepted in certain
tured by the gentler of one's quarters as one of the up and coming outdoor sports.)
The law gives the pedestrian the right of way. Com
mon sense and common courtesy upholds such a prac
tice. Those motorists who lack the latter qualities
should be made to feel the force of the former and
with a good stiff fine behind it.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Overture With Bon Bons
Washington, Sept. 21 Our!
driving eager army is due in
Berlin before the Russians. Not
only is the dis
( -" " " tance shorter.
more
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
A member of the metropolitan
Press, taking a brave stand on
Hhe burning deck of politics,
finds itself with its own right
foot firmly planted on Its edi
torial neck.
Herr Hitler has taken direct
command of the Nazi armies in
the West. Therein Herr Hitler
enemies than the realistic Rus
sians, or a mob of mad country
men.
The House voted down
New Deal plan for the govern
ment to pay the railroad fare
of migratory defense workers
back home, or to new Jobs. The
migrants received Klondike
wages for their war efforts.- By
cutting out a few week-end
splurges they could have paid
their own way back home in
time to vote.
As in all presidential cam
paigns, when the pot begins to
sizzle the public is advised by
molders of opinion to use their
What a Farce
If reports from Dumbarton Oaks are correct, the
framers of the new "League of Nations" have aban
doned any idea of outlawing war, much less adopt
ing any anti-war provisions with teeth in them.
Only a post-war alliance of the Big 1 our England,
Russia the United States and China is now propos
ed, with a nledtre that none shall use force outside
S D!oorprressuVeSowb'.'of their own borders without "CONSULTATION"
the time for all good citizens to
give their funny-bones chance.
with the others.
What a farce !
hunitrimPpudae"nttfn the!"VITH the aEressor nations Germany and Japan
sadows, gay with the j out of the picture, and the world exhausted
, The Chines
reported
rnrnl meadows.
first tints and hints of autumn, .from the most terrible war in history, such a Learmc.
The dudes of the feathered sctnf ,,nii1r1 Vinvo nr. nrap nrnhlnma. fnr n rlnpnrlp
at least.
The alliance, in other words, would undoubtedly
work during that time as practically all peace al
liances in the past have worked, during a period of
war exhaustion.
But how about it when the world recovers and a
new generation arises? Here is what the delegates
at Dumbarton Oaks say about that contingency we
quote
fly in front of the pedestrian at
the right distance to land on a
gun barrel, if the pedestrian had
a gun.
The state high school football
situation has started to ferment.
A number of noon luncheoners
have already eaten their way
to the first victory over a tra
ditional foe.
PEEP INTO THE FUTURE
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
"The amount of surplus war
properties disposed of In the
three months ended August
15 totaled $38,000,000, ac
cording to an announcement
by the Surplus War Property
Administrator, W. L. Clayton.
At this rate, disposal of the
estimated total war surplus
of 1054 billions would be ac
complished in 673 years.
And by that time it Is like
ly a lot of us would have out
grown Army shoes."
The Germans now welcome
the Allies as a way to end
Nor ism, press dispatches say.
They should have thought of
.this sooner. Turning state's evi
dence at this late date will not
be enough to cause the United
Nations to forget their frenzied
cheers when Adolf ran hog-wild
over little lands, and all the
Quislings were In clover. Fin
land has Just accepted the hard
est armistice terms ever im
posed. They are a tender sam
ple of what Germany will re
ceive. PIONEER TEAR TWISTER
"Charley Frank's brindle bull
pup is no more; he ran up
against the Inevitable and both
his life and body were curtailed.
About 7:30 this morning a
freight pulled In from the west,
and as it passed Frank's place
the pup found himself on the
opposite side of the street from
his master's house. As the train
rattled by the pup got rattled
too, and suddenly concluded he
was needed at home. With a
wild rush he leaped on the
track between the wheels of a
freight car, but before he could
leap oft again the wheels had
come between him and liberty.
He turned and dnshed down the
track along with the train, out
running it. As he gained on the
swiftly flying heels and saw
daylight alongside, he tried to
head the wheel off, but the
wheel played the same game
rapidly deteri
orating Nazi
power facing
us has been
more hastily
nut together
i from the rout
it in France.
IX Churchill aired
L.iM what is the
Paul Mallon prevailing ma
jority Impres
sion among official authorities
here when he said he did not ex
pect Hitler to surrender, but to
flee to the hills with the last
bands he can muster and hold
there as long as possible.
No doubt this is what Hitler
Intends. His tactics betray that
purpose. Bflt what he intends
and what may happen can be
different. Indeed, there is every
prospect that at this writing
moment of another uprising in
Germany, a new and more suc
cessful army revolution.
e
DER furious fuehrer killed
army officers who might act up
on their knowlcdgcof the wholly
lost Nazi cause in the purge be
fore Invasion. He tried to elevate
the fanatics, like himself. But
daily the situation Is obviously
getting more and more difficult
for him to control. Officers and
men will carry mass suicide Just
so far.
The weakness of the fighting
defense In our front betrays
these symptoms of the final de
cay of Wilhelmstrasse power.
True enough
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war- ,
Flight o Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10, 20. and 34 yean
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
September 21, 1934
(It was Friday)
Typhoon rakes Japan, killing
thousands and inflicting high
property damages.
Others than Richard Haupt-
1 mann involved in Lindbergh
; kidnaping, police think.
Cloudy and unsettled. High 90,
low 46 degrees.
The second annual Gold Hill
fair feeds 700 at noon and is
great success.
5 ARMY OFFICERS
KILLED IN CRASH
REDMOND AREA
Black Tornado to play first
game with Roseburg October 6
Return of beer brings pros
perity to Applegate hopyards.
Snow predicted for coming
week in high Cascades.
sfflsWSSeaismijiatL... .. .
t Acma RudithTeUnhoto)
Liberty and American candy cams to southern France with invading Al
lied Armies. Here, in a scene repeated hundreds of times, a Yank pauses
to give bnn bons to a bashful French child as other members nf family
look on Photo bv Sherman Montrose. NEA-Acme staff photographer tor
rVar Picture Pool, transmitted from Italy by Slsnal Corps radJo-teleDhoto.
82,900 LBS. IN
T
First carload of paper shipped
from the last salvage paper drive
totaled 82.900 pounds, according
the importance of , to Wayne Jamison, salvage chair-
our Siegfried line may have been man. The paper was collected at
J.
KILLED IN ACTION
I
ON FRENCH FRON
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
September 21, 1924
(It was Sunday)
World girdling airmen land
on Pacific coast.
State fair is opened at Salem
with record crowd.
Local orchestra is hit by train
near Roseburg, but nobody hurt.
Third party is condemned as
a wet one in address Dr. Clar
ence True Wilson, in address
at armory to Methodist state con
ference.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 21 U.R)
Five army officers were killed
and one enlisted man suffered a
broken ankle and severe shock
when a two-engined C-45 army
transport plane carrying Col.
Earl L. Naiden, commanding of
ficer of the 317th wing of the
Fourth Air Force crashed in the
vicinity of Redmond, Ore., Wed
nesday. The dead included Col. Nai
den, of Monroe, La.; Lt. Cil. Ern
est C. Young, Stillwater, Okla.;
Lt. Col. William T. Moody, Glen
ville, N. C; Major Frederics A.
Zamboni, of Wallace, Ida., and
Chief Warrant Officer Clair K.
Benser, of San Bernardino, Cal.
Injured when he was cata
pulted through the side of the
plane was Sgt. James F. Barton,
crew chief of the plane, of Win
ston Salem, N. C. Sgt. Barton is
reported in good condition.
WATCH OUT FOR SNIFFLY
Secretary of Treasury Mellon
plans to wipe out national debt
of 21 billion dollars in next 25
years.
Unsettled wii'i probable rain.
High 60, low 3v. degrees.
Mrs. Helen T. Haas of 1234 34 YEARS AGO TODAY
Court street was notified by the! September 21'. 1910
adjutant general yesterday thati W was Wednesday)
her son, Pfc. Clement J. Haas, I President Taft flays "pork
was killed in action in France' ua"el appropriations. &en. L,a-
Head colds can cause much suffering.
Don't suffer needlessly. Just put a lit
tle Va-tro-nol up each nostril. Relieves
sneezy, stuny dis-
prevent many T'iN
coias irom devel- ' WMI
rii.'if'i, , f AFEWOROSS
folder. Works fine 1 V!. .
exaggerated. The real military i the old Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 9. while fiehtine withl"eue 01 Wisconsin declares
question is not the collapse of ' building on Main street and load- an infantry division. The youthlong Hawley "misrepresents
that line, but of resistance, and i ed by a crew of volunteers last would have been 20 years old PreEn and is "servant of sys-
on Rent is . tern
The death of Pfc. Haas came
at Aachen, for Instance, it was Sunday
strong. Where we did break Of the 41 tons of scrap paper,
through the line and proceed! 20 tons was collected by two
some miles beyond the fortifica-' Boy Scout troops. Troop One
tions we still cncountied many . collected 20,864 pounds and
natural strong points which the Troop Five collected 20,745
fanatics could defend. pounds, Mr. Jamison stated.
Guessing date for our arrival! Funds received will be allo-
In Berlin or later at Berchtes- cated to the troops on the basis ! schooling here and in Ashland
garden was delayed, therefore, of each troop's collections and entered the service about a year
ir;fnHi-.i j i ii x .!.-
l. 41, . i. t4 t.. j . "".""'" ucuiaies latest lisn
Vr S Tl ."c "".bill "is enemy to Rogue."
landed in France, and his moth-
er had a letter from him dated ! Buffalo Bill's wild west show
ssept. 3 in which he said he had : here Saturday,
just arrived there.
Pfc. Haas, who received his
by our more competent military the remainder will be turned
judges until we probed beyond I over to some charity or worthy
our Siegfried penetrations. , I civic enterprise in Medford, Mr.
, I Jamison stated.
yHE same symptoms of moral I Mr. Jamjson repeated his re
1 decay are becomlne Increas-' Uest that no more paper be
Ingly evident among the Japan
ese, a growing condition which
Inspired Gen. MncArthur's ex
traordinarily optimistic state
ment a few days back.
The fanaticism of Japan has
been built on the religious powef
of the Samurai. Formerly the
army officer was a god. and now
he might as well be. But in or
der to maintain their positions
as gods, the military class of
Japan must feed the people vic
tories. A look at the new map In the
south Pacific, or the news of our
victories which cannot be en-
taken to the old Chamber of
Commerce building but urged
citizens to continue to save paper
at home for a future collection.
Considerable paper remains at
the building and will be baled
and loaded in the near future.
3 GRASS FIRES
ago. He received his training at
Camp Haan, Calif., and Camp
Carson, Colo. He was in Medford
in July, leaving on the 15th for
Camp Carson after completion
of his furlough.
His father is C. J. Haas of
Phoenix.
State railroad commission or
ders cut in Medford freight rates.
1
PLEDGED AT U OF 0
Magazine Making
Topic of Speaker
At Lions Meeting
Hunter Van Sicklen public re
lations representative for Time,
T.tf unrl Cnrtnna manailna. riia.
cussed workings of the three 1 glr'? eh
publications at the Kiwanis
luncheon meeting Wednesday
I University of Oregon, Eugene,
oept. zi faeven Medford girls
are among the 234 new sorority
pledges announced here Wed
nesday morning when rushing
ended. Topping all others, Alpha
uena ft and Delta Gamma soror
ities lead numerically with 22
Medford girls are Paula Blan-
ton, Alpha Delta Pi; Mary Eliza-
Three grass fires occurred In club werp guests
noon at the Hotel Ho.land Blue I?"5"1 MackAIupnaI,elt?,.P'!, 90"
room. S.x members of the Lions 0Tes A1Pha Dta Pl; Be"y.
1 The SUCCeSS Of anv new leatnie is dependent ! ,ire,y suppressed or distorted 1 Medford yesterday, one caused! Van S'cklen related Interest-
I ufnu . 1. T 1 ..ii . L 1 r , U..v;nrt nl nlcfht I tnff anin. ... . I ...
for some decades on the continued cooperation of the
Bip; Four.
"2 If the Big Four fall apart the New League will
fall apart.
"3 If one of the Big Four decides to embark on
world aggression there will be another war.
"4 If the question of stopping aggression by one
of the Big Four arises there therefore will be no ques
tion about a war declaration by congress to say noth
ing of the necessary appropriations."
Which is only another way of saying we are right
back where we started from!
IF a member of this League only needs to "consult"
A with the others when it wishes to declare war on
some other country or take over some other coun
try without war
And if there is no international "police force" pro-1
. a a -ii a . :
viueu to prevent, any oiner nanon or group oi nations
from declaring war or attacking without a declara
tion how in the name of common sense can this new
League be any more effective than the old one?
As we see it there is only one virtue in a world
peace organization of this type: It can't fail because
it admits at the start it can't do anything 1
before the Japanese people may j by trash left burning at night, I ing accounts of how the army
have raised the ouestion at home i another by a young boy playing and naw are relying on nho-
as to whether a change of deities with matches. Origin of the third j tographs taken by the magazines
might not be beneficial
At home it Is not as important
asMhe news of our tactics and
successes which the Jap troops
pass among each other and their
knowledge of the great masses
of superior planes which we
have been able to put over their
heads.
This situation must be making
an impression and have resulted was thought responsible for this
is unknown. Fire Chief Roy El
liott urged again today that resi
dents extinguish all trash fires
before nightfall.
The first fire was located on
Ashland avenue about 2 p.m. and
followed shortly by another at
the corner of East Jackson and
Oregon Terrace at 2:08 p. m. A
in instruHion of trainees. Life
and Timt are als. reproduced in
to "pony editions'' foi use over
seas. President Ernest Kofoed ex
tended anpreciation to the Lions
club for their active sponsorship
of the community swimming
pool. Representing the Lions
Jean McKenzie, Gamma Phi
Beta; Joan Elliott, Kappa Alpha
Theta; Phyllis Field and Vir
ginia Hammond, both Pi Beta
Phi.
Betty Whittle, Ashland, was
anounced as a pledge of Alpha
Gamma Delta. I
small boy playing with matches club we GW German. El-
fire.
Last night burning trash caus
ed a fire at North Riverside near
Absurd
Less than 60 years ago, Great Britain and France
were close to war certain controls in Egypt were
at issue.
A few years later, the United States and Spain
were at war Cuba was the issue.
Less than 23 years ago believe it or not! Eng
land and the United States were fighting Soviet Rus
sia. gO what?
Just this as far as international interests and
issues are concerned there is nothing more UNCER
TAIN than the future.
All history proves the devoted allies of today may
be the bitter enemies of tomorrow.
Then, with this Wnnu'loflirn wo hnvn nf thn rtnet
So'tT. Diarcontie?' A, !lw CA.N W pence league be worth the paper
Co. The Dlales Chronicle.)
Ninety-six per cent of the
available 2.009.000 cubic feet of
freezei apace for food in Kansas
now occupied.
it is written on, when its success is based entirely
upon the assumption the allies and national interests
of today will not only be the allies and national in
terests of tomorrow but remain so !
In some of the Washington au
thorltles suspecting the core of
Japan will be found as rotted
and as tender as we found the! MeAndrcws about 8:04 p. m.
iazi core in innce. e cannot
know until we reach It.
Certainly our conception of
Nazi power In France before this
Invasion was an exaggerated ac
ceptance of their propaganda, or
considerably influenced by it.
Yesterday this column dealt
with the strategy involved In
conquesing that whole hemis
phere and the prospects that it
might take a year. To that should
be added the possibility that that
strong Imaginative attack could
well bring the suspected Internal
morale condition if the surface
sooner.
mo Atterbury, Roy Elliott, No
ble Vincent. Larry Neeley and
ueorge riucnanan.
Carnival To Stay
Three More Days
The West Victory Carnival,
here under the auspices of the
Disabled American Veterans.
City Meat Market
Will Open Friday
The City ftieai marnet, ui h . ...
North Central, will open Friday XXFrid y Satu
under the new management of.nrt i ouluraay.
Othar C. Richey and Paul H. I Jm' " ""?
Hartsook, It was announced to-! at Ri'versWe and Cent
Best Place in Town for
Mercury
SERVICE
We are "Mercury Headquarters.'" Our
mechanics;, using labor-iaving factory
deiigncd equipment, know your car inside
and out and are ready to service it quickly
and thoroughly. See ua today . . . and
every thirty days . . . for complete check
up and Decenary maintenance work.
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New Deal Money
Finds Way Into
Republican Fund
Boise, Idaho, Sept. II 0).R
New deal money has found its
way Into Idnho Republican cof
fers. S. L. Thorpe, state Republican
chairman, today made public a
letter received from Harold L.
Lucke of Gooding. It reads:
"Enclosed lind sight draft In
my favor in amount of $9.10.
being amount of milk subsidy
gift from the Democrat admin
istration.
dav by the two new owners. A
complete line of federal Inspect
ed meats, both A and AA grades,
will be featured.
Both Richey and Hartsook are
well known In this community
and have been connected with
the meat business locally for
years. The City Market has been
completely redecorated and new
meat cases and equipment Installed.
Golf Ball Relief
Promised By WPB
Washington, Sept. 21 (U.R)
The war production board, with
the tacit consent of the army,
has allocated several tons of
synthetic rubber for experiments
to determine whether it can be
used in making new golf balls,
it was learned today.
Several sources, including a
high WPB official, predicted that
industrial chemists would de
velop an adequate substitute for
natural crude rubber in time to
get new balls on the market next
spring.
WEATHER
Northern California Partly I
.1 I.. . I . . . i U I 9
liuuuy luuuy, luiiigui uuu cimay
with widely scattered light
Reports Alvln Edward Reln
klng of Jacksonville left last
night for Portland to report for, .,.. ,'"' """"V" '7 le"
Ht.tv in th. ,hin repair unit nf . more than six cents per
duty in the ship repair unit of
the U. S. navy. He enlisted last
march. His wife and six-year-old
son will remain In Jacksonville.
NOVELIST RECOVERING
Hollywood. Sept. 21 tU fii
Novelist Lloyd C. Douglas was
reported well on the road to re
covery today by attendants at
the Good Samaritan hospital
half sack of 60 pounds for pick
ing and SI per hour for all other
potato harvest.
Waterfalls of Maradaisfos in
Norway are 650 feet In height.
"I have never before drawn ' whereo he has been confined
I!
on the milk subsidy or any of
tlte money to which I was en
titled under the Triple A pro
gram, but from now on. I in
tent' to endorse them over to the
Republican party to be used as
a boomerang on the Democrats
Make good use of It."
Slaubbitch falls in Switzer
land are 98ti feel high,
with pneumonia since last Sat
urday.
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nd MUSICAL INSTRU
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deemed Itwtirr at great
savings
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2294 C. Main Street
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and over
mountains,
change.
the Sierra Nevada
Little temperature
nucs
Among the thrilling rides ton.
tured are the Scooter, Hi-De-Ho, showers in the Interior valleys
nii-a-wneci, Merry - Go-Round,
Sky Ride, Octupus, Ferris
Wheel and Rollo Plane.
SPUD WAGES 'SET
Washington, Sept. 21 (U.R)
The war food administration to
day placed 1 ceiling on the wages
paid to farm workers engaged
in the potato harvest in Crook
and Deschutes counties, Ore. Un
der the order workers may re-
We Have A Limited
Amount Of
GOOD
PICKING BAGS
DON'T DELAY
Our Orchard Ladders in 12
It. 14-ft. 16-ft. stock is
almost exhctusted-Buy now
AMERICAN FRUIT
GROWERS, IMG.
213 So. Fir Ph. 5214
Ji From wkere 1 sit - Joe Marsh
4td
Keeping American
Homes Infect
(Ve're preat home lovers In our
town. Family folk-like most
Americans. So when war came,
and the boys left In uniform, and
the girls went Into war plants,
folks began to shake their heads.
Take Ben Ryder's family, for
Instance nil doing something
Jlffcrrnt. Young Ben's In the
Navy, and his sister's In the air.
plane plant. Ben's foreman at
the tool shop, and Ma spends her
days at the Canteen.
A broken home ? Don't vou be
lieve It! When Ben relaxes with
his evening glass of beer, and
Mom and Sis sit down to write
their daily letter to Ben Jr.,
they're closer together than ever
. . . bour.dtiy a strong and com
mon purpose-to keep (Tirir fam
ily, their America, intact.
From where I sit, the strength
of America lies in that famil-plrlt-ln
the tolerance and ran".
tn.il respect and nndcrstanilin
that have made the American"
family a strong and vital force
for Good !
iVo. 95 of a Suict
Sf)'Ji .Win, louuj