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SHT MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. Oct. 20, 1944 MEDFORDli$ftTBIBUNE Evaryona In floiithtrn Ora.oa Keadi Uia MU Tribune" Dally Except Satnrday Publiihed by MEDFORD PRINTINO CO. 17 -29 Norlh Fir St Phona 311 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor. ERNEST R. GILS TRAP. Mana.ar. An Independent Newtpeper. Entered aa aecor4 claai mattar at Mediord, Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mll In Advance: Daily and Sunday one year u ..7 .58 Dally and Sunday elx monthe 4 00 Dally and Sunday three moa. J.10 Dally and Sunday one month., .n By Carrier In Advance Mediord, Aihland. Central Point Jcaon. villa. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent, ana on motor routei: . Dally and Sunday one year.... W Daily and Sunday one month .10 All terma caah In advance. Official Paper of the City of Medfot Official Paper of Jackion County United Preia Full Leaied Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS AdvortUina Representative WF.ST.HOLLIDAY COMHAnx, INC WOT-nui -h. Office! in new xuiiv, '""v-- " troll, San FrancUco, Loa Anselea. Se attle. Portland, St. Louli, Atlanta, Vnncouverf -SS Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry A 126-foot locomotive, weigh ing 1,081,000 pounds, and capa ble of hauling 200 loaded freight cars, Is now in operation out of Portland. Here is something pble to give the mastodonic freight trucks pause, at the crossings. ' : American soldiers In Ger many have been forbidden to ifllrt with Frauleins on the fthine. Human nature being human nature, this can be ac complished by putting "blind ers" on the flirters and the flirtees. Hill residents report chilly nights, with ice In the morning on mud puddles and unemtied wash-basins left on the back porch. ' "Joe had bad luck with both wives. The first divorced him and the second wouldn't. (Herlngton (Kan.) Sun)). Fate plays a mean trick. e e The first signs of winter are showing up. Several state com munities have reported the theft of potatoes, after they were dug and sacked, of course. e A Colorado hunter, shot and wounded for a deer while yo delling, exonerates the shooter but vows he will never hunt again, All things considered, It . also looks like a good time to swear off yodelling. e a The ex-boy mayor of K. Falls tnd chronic senatorial candi date," has the ear of the ad ministration," an admirer states. With the other hand for 12 long years, he has tenaciously clung to the presidential coat-tails. "SCORCHERS" (Oakland Tribune) Stunned by the news that 80 mishaps had occurred since January 1, "nearly every one attributed to reckless scorch ing" in which automobiles were traveling from 30 to 40 miles an hour, city officials of Chicago were preparing to consider legislation reducing the speed limit to 10 miles an hour. Fifty policemen will constitute a "scorching squa dron" to make arrests on tho West Side." (From 1000 files.) e a The Nipponese, as they have often done before, reported the invasion of the Philippines while it was being nursed by American sources of informa tion, as a military secret. Later confirmation arrived of what Tokyo had already reported. The Berlin radio, also heralded the bad news to their Axis partner. This causes the Amer ican people to suspect they are the victims of "a diet of discour agement", a policy that worked well, about the time Orson Wells scared the daylights out of the nation with his radio In vasion from Mars. Tho Chinese pheasant hunting season, In the rural regions has subsided due to the feathered targets making themselves scarce. Farmers are once more stooping over fearlessly In their own backyards. e a a UNSOCIAL STORK -' "Time, tide and tho stork wait for no man or woman. When friends of Mrs. Nelson Butler gathered at her home last night for a surprise "Stork party" they found the surprise was on them. Mrs. Butler was nowhere to be found. Not very much later they dis covered why their hostess had been so unhospitably absent. She was at St. Elizabeth hos pital, giving birth to seven pound daughter." (Red Bluff (Cal.) News). WEATHER Northern California Increas ing clqudlness today with light rain in coastal areas spreading inland tonight or Saturday. Cooler over Interior Saturday, pa Mali TriDuo Wu Ma, DDay in the Philippines . Judging by local reactions, there is an unfortunate complacency in this country regarding the Philippine invasion. Nine out of ten people in this neighborhood, at least, seem to think this is going to be little more than a dress-parade, with the Yanks probably celebrating Thanksgiving in recaptured Manila, with roast tur key, stock market reports a NOW, of course, that MIGHT happen. Almost any thing r.fiTTTXi rinnnpn in this Kurnrisino war. But it is far from likely. And it is puzzling, therefore, that OWI has not prepared the American people for the worst, rather than the best for what might very well de velon into a lone and difficult campaign, rather than doing nothing to dispell the assumption, that taking over the Philippines will be as easy as taking over the small islands between Australia and Corregidor. Anything of that sort CAN'T be I Not onlv because of the greater area (except for New Guinea) and complexity of the Philippine ter rain, but because in attacking the Philippines we are, for the first time, attacking a vital and essential bul wark of Japanese defense. UNLESS Japan's situation is far weaker and more desperate, than most observers in the South Pa cific theater declare, Japan will fight with everything she has to keep the northern part of the Philippines the island of Luzon and Manila. That this effort will be mate result is concerned is certain at least as cer tain as anything in this uncertain life can be. But that it will not resemble in any way the prev ious one-sided engagements between our forces and the Japs is also certain. For the Japanese High Com mand undoubtedly, after the crushing air and sea defeat at Midway, wrote off the islands from Guadal canal to Mindanao as expendibles. But they did not write off the Philippines and can't do so, unless Japan is willing to abandon her traditional dreams of em pire and in Japanese war psychology that would in volve a loss of face which admission of defeat. No, that can't be.' SO the people in this community and everywhere alaA no xra can it chnnlrl ho nrnnarnrl few o far more serious business in the Philippines than any thing that has occurred previously in our war against Japan. Our superiority in the air, so overwhelming that final come sooner than anyone would have believed pos sible two or three years ago. But that will mean no walkaway-r-and in all prob ability one of the toughest and most costly campaigns of the war so far. A Fortunate Man Yes, what a time to be alive. As Winston Churchill remarked when things looked so dark in England : "So one stands in awe be fore the unfolding scroll of And in this direction what a theme for some mod ern Kipling to paint a word-picture of the scene pre sented yesterday as Gen. MacArthur steamed into the gulf of Leyte, to fulfill the promise made when driven from the Philippines that someday he would return. An epic surely for all the future generations to read with pride and inspiration! And a return so much sooner and more triumphant than anyone THEN ex pected. J7EW men certainly have been as fortunte as Gen- eral MacArthur. The son of a General, war his family tradition, trained for it and loving it, his career before the second World War broke out was practi cally over. Then, like a bolt from the blue, to have war in Eu rope declared, war with Japan follow two years later, and suffering at the outset a crushing defeat, to live to overcome that initial reverse and lead his troops to what can hardly help but be an overwhelming and history-making victory participate as leader in one of the decisive battles of the world! It is hard to picture in film or fiction, a more dra matic and altogether satisfactory final chapter of a brilliant and successful career and somehow so few careers of "men-of-war" have been allowed by Fate to end in such a fitting and delightful story book fashion ! The Indispensible Man Speaking of indispensible men (loud jeers or cheers depending upon your politics!) there HAVE been in dispensible men in the past. Walt Mason, the writer of prose-verse for news papers, was one of them. He made a fortune as a syn dicated writer and since his death nearly a decade ago, no one has come forward to take his place. It looks as though no one ever will. We offer today the following typical example of his unique combination of humor and wisdom : BE CAUTIOUS if you've money to Invest rubles In the old oak chest see your banker, that is best: he is wise; he is on to all the schemes of the men who deal in dreams.to the crooks who work In teams, gold brick guys. When the fact Is widely known that you have an extra bone, all the fakers fairly groan for that tin; they will tag you when you walk, thry will bore you with their talk, they will never halt nor balk, till thry win. They will mutter, shark to shark, "here's an other easy mark; it will be a pleasant lark, fleecing him; let us meet him at his gate, handing him the hot air straight, let us there Impersonate Sunny Jim." You may think you're pretty keen, but they're sharper still, 1 ween; garnering the good long green is their trade; they are men of winning miles, Uicy axe men of many wiles, and they heap their loot and all tne trimmings! in vain, as far as the ulti would be equivalent to an on land and sea, is now victory will undoubtedly human destiny!" lh piles, wlth'a spade." And'they love'to see' a gent who'ls boasting in his tent, "None can trim me for a cent, nor de-' fraud;" and they'd feel themselves disgraced If ihey didn't get, in haste, that man's wad. When you have a little roll, to the village banker stroll; let him counsel and control, mark his rede; he Is wise to all the snares of the fakers In their lairs with their phony stocks and their shares gone to seed. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Oct. 20 .The feed box of Inner politics con tains both oats and thistles for each side, to wit: A democra 1 1 c congress man from a large city long distances h i s wife this week he had aban- nnai4 Vtnrtn 1 In Aftia his normally atHfci.A.jal democratic dis Paul Mallon t r i c t . The churches, he said, are frightened at their chance of ultimately surviving the mesalliance of communism and this government, and they have turned too many people against him. A Republican senator from the midwest Is saying tff the record to newsmen Mr. Roose velt will win "easily," and that a large number of Wlllkie peo ple (of which he is one) will not vote. TPHE Democ-atlc campaign command tried to get Sena tor O'Mahoncy to make a few speeches, but he replied he was so scared of his home state, Wyoming (conceded to Roose velt safely by polls), he is has tening back there to campaign even though he Is not up for re-election. You would not know an elec tion is on in Virginia. Not a political meeting of importance has been held. The prevailing Byrd organization Is doing noth ing, either for or against Roose velt. One prominent newspaper re cently announced editorially that, of course, it had to be for the fourth term, but recognized a large number of its readers were not, so it would there after print each day on Its edi torial page an anti-Roosevelt editorial taken from an anti Roosevelt paper. The first one it printed was a scorcher from the New York Herald Tribune. fr. press association political man made a trip from Florida as far north as Maryland and avows Mr. Roosevelt will not get a substantial part of the registered democratic votes In that section. The Chicago con vention turnet the normal party appetite, he says, predicting a surprising and unexpected sweep for Dewey. He thinks a great many people through fear are saying they are for Roose ,velt but will vote for Dewey when they get inside the secret booth (business men relying on the government for contracts, etc.) a a WORST news for Dewey is the " closeness of the unusually excellent New York Daily News poll In New York state, giving him only a wisp of a shadow of a lead. Without New York Dewey cannot win. The best of the polls Is prob-l ably Fortune's, judging from the past. It showed Pennsyl vania 53 per cent for Roosevelt the last week of September. These factors account for the 3-to-l odds which professional gamblers are giving on Roose velt, with little or no money in sight. Technical Inner Republican criticism of Dewey speeches is that they are too reasonable for rousing popular sentiment, a a a Roosevelt is being scared out before the microphones by the reports of his state cam paign leaders. One state leader told a luncheon bluntly this week that unless the Democratic organization got busy and Mr. Rosevelt awakened public in terest by talking. Dewey would win. The Democratic theory still Is that a sleeping vote is a Roose velt vote. A tremendous Roosevelt vote organizing Job by C. I. O. can be delected In some spots, but Is hplng kept quiet because it evades if it does not violate the law. Colorado Is an Instance. No such activity as C. 1. O. conduct ed there in getting votes regis tered has ever been seen before by one competitive political Judge. Colorado, however, Is still surely Republican. Flurry of press prognostica tions that Dewey would carry Truman's home state of Missouri I was inspired by Democratic po- litical reporters In Missouri who thought, at the Chicago conven tion, only a few weeks ago. Tru man would unquestionably car ry his home state. The Informa tion, therefore, carries excep tional weight here, the Truman denials being written off as a routine political responsibility. Twenty-two per rent of the 50,000 persons accepted per year as patients at New York's Co lumbia University Medical Cen ter pay nothing for the services they receive. Uaa Mail itibuua Warn Mi Flight o Time Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory fiom tha fUts oi the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 34 T"r ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY October 20, 1934 (It was Saturday) Heavy rain, accompanied by high wind, comes to valley. Up state soaked. O. S. C. and Trojans, battle to 6-6 tie; Oregon defeats Idaho, 13 to 6; Medford beats Marsh field there, 7 to 0; Klamath Falls defeats Ashland, 19 to 0. Cloudy and rainy. High 49, low 42 degrees. France Jittery over its air weakness, due to . internal politics. Republicans open county head quarters on Main street. White Leghorn pullet belong ing to Mrs. R. E. Carley, route 2, lays 359 eggs In year, to set record. High wind blows down black oak tree that demolishes Pankey schoolhouse. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY October 20, 1924 (It was Sunday) Army round-the-world-fliers to land here late tomorrow and spend the night here. Landowners' committee de mand action on irrigation sit uation in valley and want resi dent engineer for Job. Dirigible Shenadoah en route to San Francisco delayed by head winds off Pt. Arena and unable to make progress. Work to start in ten days on new Ashland hotel. Unsettled with probable rain. High 80, low 52 degrees. ,Trace of rain. Supreme court denies rehear ing on state income tax law. Large crowd attends opening of New Craterian theater. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO Otober 20, 1910 Ot was Thursday) Philadelphia defeats Chicago, 12 to 5, in world series game. David B. HH1, New York Democratic leader passes. Espee to make depot grounds from Main to Sixth a park. COMMUNICATIONS Ltttara to tha Editor must Dear ih nama ai,d eddreaa ol tha emtei ilthuugh tha uaa ol a pan nam. r Iriitlaia foi publication la oet nlnaiDia rha Mall rtibuua ra arma tha right to adit all latum ltb a flaw to clarity and coo tanaatloa A Huntress Replies to John Nealon To the editor: It seems to me, every few weeks this column has a letter printed frbm Mr. John Nealon of Table. Rock. Each one grouching about some thing. Doesn't anything please him? In answer to his letter pub lished in Oct. 17th Tribune. I'd like to state one hunter's side. I should have said three hunters as this family goes hunting In full force. My husband's hobby Is guns and his one form of sport is hunting. Our ion Is now old enough to go hunting with his dad and myself. I'm glad of this for I know of no cleaner sport for a boy. In this family we are all pals and spend mir recreation hours together. In all of our years of hunting we have never hunted posted grounds. We have also always asked permission from the own er before hunting fenced fields. Very few farmers have ever re fused our request to hunt their grounds. They have welcomed us in the belief that hunters do less damage than the pheasants. We have Leen able to go back year after year to the same places to hunt. We have also found that rrost of the posted grounds 'can be hunted for a price. But we don't play the game that way. However, It is the farmers privilege to keep his grounds posted if he likes. My husbnnd In his work has met many farmers often being called to their farms. He has had many Invitations to come out and go hunting. They say pheasants are pests and are glad to have the hunters come during the two weeks of open season. Fur Remodeling and Repairing Rallntng Cleaning and dating Frances Da'laira Ph. 1S28 Woodrow and Crater Lake BEST PHOTOS REASONABLE PRICES E. HAYDEN JONES PHOTO STUDIO PHONE 3364 607 W. 2nd ranna mimaai onrtM nama Mra rraa Ball " This" proves t6 trie that' all the farmers don't agree with Mr. Nealon on this subject. Anyway just what is left to damage in a corn field this late by Just walking through it? Mr. Nealon remarks on the gas and manpower shortage. Well few employers begruge their men one day off each week. So whose business is it how they use it. Do the hunters ask the farmers why they drive to town, sometimes, several times a week? As to .using gas for hunting trips. There are a number of bicycles still in use.' Also good pheasant hunting can be had within walking distance of town. Mrs. S. Jones Rt. 1, Medford, Ore., Oct. 18 Dee Mall Tribune Want Ada. laaw aa lay -vMuarralHUEai PEANUT TOILET mm B0Y-M-DEE IIIIIIp HEADQUARTERS FOR SMOOTH. .YELLOW PUMPKINS PEACHES CANNING LB. SC SWEET OKiOKS 50 lbs, S1.98 U. S. do. 2 POTATOES 50 lbs. 98c FANCY CARROTS 3 bun. 19c JUICY ORANGES ea, 2c Don't Forget Your Green Stamps. Anderson's Thrift Market has Di vided 3,528.00 in profits Among Their Customers in One Year. An derson's Pay Interest on What You Spend. Ask for Your Stamps. SHREDDED TUNA Vi FLAT TIN BETTY CROCKER OR LIPTON'S SOUP MIX 3 ORANGE MARMALADE 2-lb. Jar amia)iia4WaT;iaTvygsrit.i in i i ilZaMiiil'T THE GRANGE Sams Valley Grange Sams Valley Grange will hold regular meeting Saturday night, Oct. 21, with initiation in the first and second degrees for the three candidates who were un able to attend last meeting. Ways and means committee will sponsor a Hallowe'en mas querade dance Saturday, Oct. 28. Everyone is urged to plan now to attend. A number of prizes will be given. RADIO SERVICE All makes repaired or Completely reconditioned PHILLIPS' RADIO SERVICE Phone 38S9. 1307 N Riverside WE LIKE HAVING OUR FRIENDS COME IN AND LOOK AROUND. WE'RE PROUD OF OUR STOCK AND PROUD OF OUR THRIFTY PRICES. STOP IN! 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