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SIX MESFOKS MAIL TRIBTTHB Thursday Oct. IS, 1944 MDFOU)J&frTBIBUirc "Xvaryooa la Southern Oresos Bum th. MaU Trtbuna'r Pally Excapt Saturdajr PublUhad br lnfTirnu n PRTKTIMd CTO. 17-SS North Til St. Phona 1141. BOEEBT W. BUHL, Editor. SRNIST B, OILSTBAP, ManasaT. An Independent Kewipeper. tntered as lecond Msrifnrd. Oreron, raarcn a, ioiw. cleee matter at under Act ox SUBSCRIPTION BATH Daily end Sunday one year JJO Solly and Sunday lx month! 4 00 ally and Sunday three moa. 3.10 Dally and Sunday one month.. .78 fey Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point, jacxaon. vllle. Gold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routea: gaily and Sundayone year.H 00 ally and Sunday one month ,7S All ternu caah In advance. Official Paper of the City ol Medferl Official Paper of Jaeluon County United Prew Fall Leaied Wire MEMBER Of AUDIT BUBEAU OF CIRCULATIONS .nf Beprenentatlva WEBT-HOLLIDAY COMfAni. Advcrtlaln rrMPANY. INC. Offlcea in New York. CMcaio. ua frolt, San FrancUco, Loa Angelee, Se attle, Portland, St. Louie, Atlanta, VDncouvcr, w. v Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Psrry As yet, little Interest has been displayed by Juveniles In pre Hallowe'en depredations, and no disembowled pumpkins, lighted internally by candles, have appeared o' nights. This indicates the devastation will not be much worse, locally, than sustained by Aachen from Al lied artillery fire, a e The last flies of summer are still unswatted Older Girls re port, and are now at the peak i of their pesiirerousness. a a A Portland hunter, on a trip to eastern Oregon, by mistake went to bed In the spare bed' room of the Christian church oarsonage at Heppner. Provl' dence was kind and he was not shot for a burglar. a e a YE ED. WHACKS BACK (Colfax (Wash.) Bulletin) Prices on shaves and hair cuts have risen In barber shops from 39 and 65 cents to 50 and 73. So has the subscription price on the Colfax Dally Bulletin double price to bar bers only." a Gas rationing has caused one ot the traditional customs of the deer season to disappear. This fall not a single auto, with a deer lashed to the front fender, has toured the business district, The horns, always source of pride to the mighty hunter, were always admired though a hazard for pedestrians at Inter sections. The governor spoxe disparag ingly at an official meeting, of the quality of some of the whis key sold in Oregon, The chief executive doubts if it would burn. However, at the current prices, It causes the purchaser to burn. One of the minor atro cities of the war on the home front was the Infliction of Im ported mm on thirsty Oregoni ans to ease a non-existent shortage. "Lord Haw Haw", an alleged Englishman, suspected of being American-born, no longer spouts over the Berlin radio. He stopped as suddenly as New Dealers addicted to calling the Fourth Term candidate, "commander-in-chief." a a a "Eastern highway officers stopped a small car containing 16 youngsters. It seems they tvtre on their way to pick up the rest of the gang." (Wichita (Kan.) Eagle.) Oakdale Ave. residents understands. a a a A cltlien wearing a red hat has been strolling dally through the city park. He Is trying to maka up his mind whether to be shot for a deer or climb a tree and be shot for a bear, a e a Many of the fair sex are gnrbed "in autumn outing modes." Not as much of them are out as In thalr regular duds, a a a "A candidate In a western state soys he will base his cam paign upon truth and common sense. If he has a loyal wife and will vote for himself, he will re ceive two votes." (Reno Ga xette). It makes political sense. a a HICKORY-HEADED "I.oula, a farmhand on the Newaukrm prairie, became tired of life one night last week and determined to commit sui cide. He placed a 32-callbcr re volver at his forehead and pulled the trigger. He was very much surprised a moment later to find himself on this side nf the river Jordan, He tried asaln and had no better luck. This disgusted him and he de cided to live. He took a razor and rut out the two bnlls which had flattened out between the skin and the bonea nf the fore head, went out and fed the cat tle, and then went to a doctor." (Pendleton East Oregonian, 50 Years Ago col). Cm Mail Titf-mo Want Ada, F. D. R. On the Defensive Well, Governor Dewey has accomplished one thing at least and it is something none of his predecessors was able to put over. He has put the "shrewdest poli tician of modern times" on the defensive. Yes, for the first time since F. D. R. so easily kayoed Herbert Hoover in the first round, President Koose- velt has had to rely on his abilities, not as a whirlwind offensive annihilator, but as a defensive counter-puncher. No longer does he find the best defense an aggre- sive offense. In fact, Mr. Roosevelt has only tried the offensive once since the present ampaign opened, and that was his appearance before the teamsters' union, which most impartial observers agree was not a great strategic nor tactical success. Since then the President's chief political activities have been confined almost entirely to White House press releases, trying to parry the blows of Mr, Dewey's speeches which, directly or indirectly, would assign the Republican candidate to the Ananias club. For example : IN his speech on Monday night in St. Louis, the Re publican candidate quoted a report made by the President's uncle, Frederick A. Delano, head of a postwar adjustment committee, as follows : "Despite compelling reasons for rapid military demobili zation, the prospects of economic and industrial dislocation at the close of the war are so grave and the social con sequences so far-reaching that a policy of orderly, gradual, and if necessary delayed military demobilization has been strongly advocated." That, Governor Dewey maintained, sustained the charge he had made that the administration's Selec tive Service Director Major General Lewis B. Her shey, had advocated keeping men in the army follow ing the end of the war, for that would be cheaper than supporting them in civilian life, where there would probably not be sufficient jobs to take care of them. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon J attack through the winter. That is quite clearly our strategy, j To say the war will not end until spring Is to suppose this i attack will nqt be fully success 1 ful. I would not bet on that yet if I were you. Washington, Oct. 19 The1 surees we made in Holland, at! Aachen and at i n akok.L.ti CO the White House counters, not with any of the truth of the statements, or the authe denial authenticity and accuracy of Mr. Dewey's quotations to support them ; but quotes another extract from the same Del ano report as follows : "A general policy of speedy, but orderly and controlled, military demobilization should be adopted, coupled with 'he use of all reasonable plans and measures to Increase the employment available to those being demobilized." a THERE is one danger of the counter-punching fnntini-mct Tf i-onaoia nrA ViorOT,nrn irtM-oacna tVto force of the original blow; and it also gives ones' opponent the probability of another opening a counter to the counter-punch. And here certainly is an opening. For these two quotations from the same report merely sustain what Governor Dewey has maintained all along that, not only is the, present administration full of confusion, indecision and dissension, between departments; but within them so that the officials of one department are often so bound up by red tape, legalistic and alphabetical hocus-pocus, they don t know whether they agree or disagree with other of ficials of the same department. Metz were but limited at tacks. They did not ap proach the scale of assault of which we are capable In manpower and m u n 1 1 1 o n s aval 1 a b 1 e to that front. A big fall push is, therefore, certain to de- COMMUNICATIONS Uttera to the Editor mum Beat the name ai,d addreaa pi the erritei iltfiounh the uaa ol a pea name n InlUaie (or publication la per missible. The MaU Tribune ra lerree the right to edit all letters It a 'lev to clarity and eon-lanaatloo. Don't Vote For Roosevelt To the editor: The law of averages Indicates that Presi dent Roosevelt should have less than a 50-50 chance to live out a fourth term. Of our last eight deceased Presidents, four died younger than Mr. Roosevelt now is. The velop within! average life of the whole eight the next few days. It will decide' was about 64 years, 6 montns the duration of the war In Eur ope. What has prevented us from getting it started sooner was the suicidal nazl retention of the channel ports and the complete destruction they wrought before surrendering. This effectively tied up our troops by hindering reinforcements and supplies. TOR example what is the average layman to con- elude after reading these two extracts from the same government report; one plainly granting the probable necessity of delaying military mobilization because of unavoidable economic and industrial dis locations; and the other opposing any such delay by putting on a program of speedy demobilization made possible by measures which would nullify those same "unavoidable" dislocations. Which is right, which is wrong? Both can't be. The O. W. I Mystery We have long since given up any effort to under stand the basic theories of the OWI. Time after time, what appeared to this department to be harmless or desirable information, has been withheld; while in formation which seemed of obvious benefit to the enemy has been released. It is all very confusing. Why, for example, was that story from England yesterday, quoting Congressman Compton.of Con necticut, ever oked through the censorship A FTER spending all of six days at the front, the "Congressman proceeded to broadcast to the world that because of difficulties in the system of supply, General Patton has been held up indefinitely at Metz, and any Allied victory in Europe this year is illusory. In fact, the Allied High Command never contem plated victory in Europe this year, continued the tour ing Congressman, and the OWI is responsible for such a false impression gaining ground ! rISREGARDING the fact that General Eisenhower himself, not the OWI, was responsible for the belief Germany would be defeated this year, could anything boost Germany's fading morale more, or encourage our soldiers at the front and the people at home LESS, than to admit there is serious trouble with the Allied Service of Supply? How could broadcasting such a report do the Allied cause the slightest good, or fail to do it real harm? IT would be different if inadequacy of supply were 1 something publicity might remedy. Rut obviously everything that CAN be done IS being done to get needed supplies to our fighting men on ever- front. Advertising the fact, the effort to date has not fullv succeeded how could that fail to give a shot-in-the-arm to Hitler, and make the tremendous back-breaking task of General Eisenhower more difficult? "TPHE whole city of Brest was wrecked. Le Havre was damaged beyond early use. Even at Bordeaux we have been able to use only the neck of the peninsula. A major campaign is still rag ing around Antwerp, and while enthusiastic dispatches have told frequently of late that we have cleared the Schelde estuary ap proaching that port and com manding it, we have Just madoJ good progress on the south side of the river and failed to do much on the north side. At Metz, Aachen and In Hol land, the nazis have shown fair ly good artillery, and some tanks. They must have saved these from earlier war years when their production was full. Their new recruits fighting at these points were not as bad as could have been expected. The number of older men in evidence has been offset by the fanaticism of the boys. e WITH this artillery, the tanks " and the young zealots, they have formed a cohesive line from Switzerland to the Baltic, although the final power of this line has not yet been tested by full attack. Their morale, however, Is sur prising, especially In the face of two great defects. They are pinched for oil and they have a great air inferiority. Their game is to hold on through the winter in hope of a miracle by spring. In Poland and Italy, it Is the same story. We pierced their vaunted Gothic Sine both In the center and on the Adriatic. Now they hold the last line of hills in front of the Po valley, hut they hold these natural obstacles well. e a e 'THE Russians have had great success on both flanks. They have just about mopped up the Baltic states and severed con nections with Finland. (A great many Germans escaped.) In the south they will soon get Budapest, and Belgrade will fall. Greece is ours (British) and the only escape for the Ger mans left on Crete Is by air. But In the center, on the east Prussia - Vistula river - Warsaw line through Poland there has been a lull of weeks if not months and this Is the only suitable military route to Berlin. The Russians are taking the Bal tics before trving for Berlin. Mr. Roosevelt would be 68 at the end of a fourth term.' The nub to this fact is that In electing Mr. Roosevelt there would be over a 50-50 chance of 'getting only Mr. Truman for much of a fourth term; and that Mr. Truman was given his start by Boss Pendergast of Kansas City, who was convicted of a felony connected with ma chine politics, and served time in prison. Nor has Mr. Truman ever held any high executive post, or in any way proved his fitness to deal with reconver sion here, or with the world wide settlement which are to come at the war's end. With Dewey and Bricker on one side and over a 50-50 chance that only Mr. Truman is to be on the other side, it obviously would be a daring gamble to elect the Democratic National ticket. Another angle that should ap peal to the many who love Mr. Roosevelt personally, Is that a fourth term would surely short en his life, because of the killing duties that are to be Imposed upon the Presidential office dur ing the ensuing four years. CHARLES P. STRAIN, 1619 West Third St., Santa Ana, California. Oct. 17, 1944. flight Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10, 20. and 34 years TEN YEARS AGO TODAY October 19, 1934. Ot .Was Friday) Portland docks are swept by huge fire, at high loss. Red Cross Congress opens in Tokyo. ttion" with new ana" mere e8- ly weapons of destruction." ! Dirigible Shendoah arrives at Camp Lewis, but unable to land ! because of fog and warm air. Kmu era nf farm nrosDerlty seen by Jackson county by mar keting expert from Portland. . During the past summer, 81, 427 tourists visited forest camps of country. , 67, Yugoslav troops reported on Hungarian border. Eleven-year-old King Peter assumes Yugo slavian throne. Fair and warmer. High low 34 degrees. THTrtTT-rOTJIt TEARS Ad October IS, 1910 Ot Was Wednesday) Espee depot is dedicated be fore huge crowd. Commercial club moves II new quarters In Nat More than 800 voters In coun ty fall to register. Foxes show progressively lar ger ears as they inhabit progres sively warmer regions, from Arcitc tundra, to forests, and finally to deserts. Cloudy with probable rain. High 67, low 33 degrees. "On to California" Arizona jobless. Is cry of Eastern Oregon hunter fires at "horns" in brush, and wounds friend. President Roosevelt warns veterans "cash for bonus is nci available." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY j October 19, 1924 Ot Was Saturday) , Coffee Jumps to 50 cents per j pouna on .Portland market. Japanese clash with China imminent. Gen. Wu orders all suspicious Japs held as spies. ' Famous scientist declares world is "marching to annihila- COLD-STUFFED NOSE? Open up the oold blockade In your nose with fast-acting Penetro Nosb Drops. Breathe freer, easier, almost instant!, e they cool, soothe and shrink swollen nasal membranes. Caution: Use only as directed. Generous bottle 25c, 60c. Get PENETRO NOSE DROPS Navy Commander Arrives Here For Mother's Funeral yUE nazis anticipate that wln- ter weather will soon grant them the same respite In the west. They are mistaken. It Is true, mud may Impede our pro gress (the ground does not freeze In Germany or offer good win ter fighting conditions for me chanical equipment) but our at tack hns heen delayed. We have been awaiting the arrival of power. The published estimates that we have 70 divisions on the front against 40 nazis are unwise because no one knows how much we hnve. Yet, everyone knows It is sufficient to start a full grand scale assault within a Salt Ijike San Francisco SS Si-allle 69 Spokane .. 71 , . wn.iilngton, D. C. .... 71 short time and keep pushing thclyakima 73 Commander F. F. Ageus, United States Navy, has arrived in Medford from Boston, Mass., to attend the funeral of his moth er, Mrs. Jeanette M. Ageus, who passed away October 16. Com mander Ageus Is staying with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Kidd, of 1820 Crown Hill road. Commander Ageus Is well known in the Rogue River val ley. He Is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, class of 1927, and received a Master of Science degree at the University of California In 1937. He is a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and is an associate member of Sigma XI. Commander Ageus spent three years In China and the Philip pines prior to the war. For the past two years he has served in the South and Central Pacific on two large aircraft carriers of the Essex class. He has Just re cently returned to the states. Daily Weather Report Medford and vicinity Clenr to prt ty cloudy toninht and Friday. Oregon: Clear tonight, becomlnf partly clouded rrtday morning, fog near ocean, little change In tem perature. Local Data Temperature n year ago today: Highest, AO; lowest, 34. Total monthly precipitation. .T8 Inch. Excess for the month, .09 Inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1944, 1 38 Inches. Excess for the season. 2 4 Inches. 1 Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yes terday. 33; 4 30 toady, 61. Tomorrow Sunrloe 7:29 a. m.; sunset 6 23 p. m. Past 24 hours: llttrh Low Free. Boise 74 4fl Boston 77 fl8 Chicago 78 Denver P8 Eureka 54 Havre 63 I.os Anreles 83 Mr.H.ud t New York 77 Omaha 72 Phoenix PO Portland 78 Reno 74 Hoseburjf 82 4r) 30 4ft an 49 40 50 48 40 47 20 44 47 47 4 r. From where I sit ...ly Joe Marsh As American as Huckleberry Finn About the best-read books In our town are the works of Mark Twaln-who wrote rum Sauyer and lluck Finn and all those other lovable, undying 6torics. And I think It's beranse he's the most American of all our writers. He understood his tel. low men-and loved them as ho love d all humanity. You may remember what ha raid of Tolerance and Freedom -those principles so Kislc to our way of life. MarkTwaln believed In them. of course. He fought for them. Put he cautioned: "Never let tolerance become Indiffer ence, never let freedom become license." From where I sit. that's timely wisdom for a troubled world -whether It applies to Interna tional polltlcs.or to a man's right to enjoy a friendly glass of beer occasionally. For tolerance-respect for the other fellow's rights -Is Impor. ant not Jnst In the Mg things. hnt In the little human everyday things, too. Vo. 99 of a Strict t'-WVH 14 Bmting btjiutry fMVfcJjaua) CITY MEAT MARKET 121 North Central JOHN HARTSOOK PHONE 4321 OTHAR RICHEY, Managers FRESH FISH No Points Do your canning now! Salmon Trout 2 to 5 lbs 25e lb Oysters 6Se pt Salmon Cheeks 20c lb - Red Snapper 39c lb File Solo 43e lb Black Cod LING - CATFISH LOBSTER SALT COD FISH A GOOD AA CHOICE Round Steak 38c lb Sirloin 31c lb Rib :..31elb Swiss 30c lb Pork Steak 33c lb. Pork Roast ...29c lb. Pork Chops 38c lb. Pork Hocks 15c lb. Pork Spare Ribs.... 25c lb. Side Pork 29c lb. Bacon Jowls 19c lb. No Points Veal A - Good - AA - Choice Veal Shoulder Shldr. Steak 29e lb. Veal Roasts 27e lb. Veal Short Ribs 21c lb. Ground Beef 27c lb. Pure Pork Sausage....27c lb. 4 fws ' (iS j Her audience is carried in! NO standing room-for her audience cannot stand. In cots, in wheel chairs, on crutches they come. Eager, hopeful, mending men. She plays the hospital circuit She Is one of hundreds of entertainers provided by U.S.O. Camp Shows. Others play the "Fox-hole Circuit" in the South Seas ... or the snowy wastes of Alaska end Iceland. VOU are one of the Important "backers" of this vast playbill. Your dollars given through your local Community War Fund make it all possible. Part of your gift goes to the U.S.O., part to merchant seamen through United Seamen's Service, part to War Prisoners' Aid. And part of your gift Let's Fill The Chest How! o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE must stsy here at home to fight Juvenile delinquency, sickness and poverty on the home front through our own local agencies. A lot of needs for your dollars to covert How much shall you give? Turn the mat ter over to your heart-today) You Support the U. S. O. When You Give to The MEDFORD Community Chest and National War Fund
