EIGHT MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE
frldar. Oct. 27. 1944
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Pmr
An irked and irate "independ
ent" voter called yes. He was
too "independent" to register
when he bought a hunting li
cense at the cthse last spring,
so he was irked and irate.
"The name of the town Is
pronounced 'Sir' - togggaen-bos'
with the 'g' gargled." (Press
Dispatch.) Something to try
on your gargler.
Mother Nature Is viewing the
autumn scene with alarm. Due
to the absenteeism of her favor
ite decorator, Jackson Frost,
of red and purple tints. Mr.
Frost Is an artist and his dell'
cate touch is needed to' produce
the traditional riot of color in
the woodlands and put a
quietus on geraniums in the
backyards. - He usually snows
up around October 10.
And Today is Navy Day!
Today is Navy Day.
For the past 22 years October 27th has been observ
ed as an annual day of tribute to America s lighting
fleet. In the light of history-making events today,
Americans will feel an added glow of pride and a
deener sense of eratitude than ever to the 3,700,000
sailors, marines and coast guardsmen who nave made
the invasions of Europe and the Philippines possible
and are slashing today at the very heart of the Ja
panese empire.
.OCTOBER 27th, in the days before the war, was s
oratory, pomp and ceremony. A decade ago this tleet,
that mirhr. conceivablv have nreserved loeace. was
scuttled at the peace tables. The second crippling
blow was dealt the American Navy by the Japanese
on that auiet Sunday morning of December 7, 1941,
at Pearl Harbor. And the gallant way that America's
pitifully small sea forces battled against overwhelm'
ing odds down through the South Pacific, from Ma'
nila to Port Moresby and on the Atlantic sea lanes,
will ever be a chapter of high courage, unswerving
resolution and supreme sacrifice I
THEN came the Coral Sea and Midway victories
On through the Gilberts and the Marshalls smash
ed the fleet, with sailors, marines, coast guardsmen
and soldiers showing real All- American" teamwork
on to Guam, Saipan and to the Ryukyu Islands at
the very doorstep of Japan itself. On and up went
American production too, building nine million tons
of naval craft 65,000 vessels, 32,400 combat ships,
9,152 landing craft the greatest fleet in the history of
the world !
NO PLEASING 1M
(Chicago Tribune)
"Now comes Fall, when ev
ery girl's ambition changes
from wanting bare legs that
look like they're stockinged
to wanting stockinged legs
that look bare."
A ND today the Navy is celebrating its day in fitting
" style, pursuing a defeated enemy toward the
seagates of Japan herself.
Yes, today, Halsey's bone-crushing Third Fleet is
leaves in these parts are mostly jpummeling and hammering Japanese Imperial Fleet
yeiiow, and there is a shortage jir) a naVal victory of unprecedented magnitude. Only
last week the greatest ocean-going amphibious ar
mada in history" the Third and Seventh Fleets,
umbrellaed by Ceneral Kenney's Far Eastern Air
Force took General MacArthur and a quarter-million
fighting men back to the Philippines landed
them neatly on Leyte with little loss of life and equip
ment. The great naval battle of the Philippines is still
raging and action like this is the kind of Navy Day
celebration seafareing men really like.
It is a pretty safe bet that John Paul Jones, Law
rence, Farragut and Dewey would like to be riding
the China Seas tomorrow with Halsey's hard hitting
cruisers or Marc Mitscher s swift and deadly flattops;
sending Nipponese to their honorable ancestors! H.G.
"Donald Duck" is Slipping
One of the minor benefits of a change in Wash
ington would be the elimination of Secretary of the
Interior Ickes.
We have never shared the dislike of "Honest Har
old" that has proceeded from his disregard of the
amenities of official and civil life, his gruff arrogance
or his caustic speech.
The man we believe has been honest and reason
ably competent, and his rough salty language, com
bined with a stubborn integrity, have rather endeared
old Donald Duck" to this department rather than
the reverse.
DUT now we have had enough of him and believe
u the American people, as a whole, feel the same
way about it.
For the plain truth is the man has outlived his use
fulness. Like many of his associates in Washington
he has been on the job the same job too long.
Ihere is a crying need for new blood and a new out
look in the Department of the Interior as there is
throughout the present government and as long as
Ickes remains it will never be obtained.
Not only are the people tired of "Honest Harold"
but there are many indications "Honest Harold" is
tired of the people at least tired of public life and
would like to retire to that country place in the
woods," and like his chief compose his "memoirs"
panning his many enemies in seclusion where they
could not fight back.
THIS sign of old age was quite apparent at the
Town Meeting of the Air last night, when Sec
retary Ickes and Senator Ferguson of Michigan en
gaged in a rather heated debate as to the respective
merits of their party leaders, President Roosevelt and
Governor Dewey.
In fact it was pathetic. Donald Duck had no come
back ! At one point in fact he just quit and admitted
that had he been President in those pre war years
he would never have permitted the shipments of tras-
oline and scrap iron to Japan, as did President Roose
velt.
AT another time, instead of answering an extreme
ly pertinent question regarding the fitness of
Governor Dewey for high office, the veteran cabi
net member ran for cover, and proceeded to lambast
the interrogator for asking a question that was "un
fair" adopting the well known subterfuge of the
shyster lawyer who having no case spends his time
abusing the attorney for the other side.
Yes, all in all, it was a very sad performance. It
demonstrated that not only would his retirement from
high office be best for the country but would be best
ior me Honorable Harold Ickes I
J. Tannehlll Walker. 8, has
staggered the Older Girl down-
the-street with whom he has
been feuding for many moons.
He says she is "the queen of
battles", recently mentioned by
Gen. (B St G.) Patton In a com
pliment to the American Infan
tryman in France.
, ...
The Japanese navy that has
scored mythical victories In the
Pacific for two years, has come
forth In battle array. Hence
forth, a goodly number of war
ships will no longer plough
the waves for the Mikadoo, as
there was nothing mythical
about their sinking.
...
No gasoline will be permitted
to tnke voters to the polls on
election the OPA rules. This
may nip a number of plans to
get there by way of a fishing
hole or golf links.
...
PERILS OF THE TIMES
(Holt (Mo.) Sentinel)
"By the time a person
counts his exemptions and de
ductible items, he finds that
his contemplated Thanksgiv
ing prayer easily is contain,
able in one sentence. Any
wny, counting blessings aloud
there days Is likely to attract
attention from the Treasury
Department."
. .
Spain, a moth-eaten land
whose dictator, Gen. Franco,
for many weeks successfully
played both ends against the
middle by accepting favors
from the Allies while extending
them to the Axis, is in the throes
of a near-revolt, long overdue.
Frnnco was and is as able a
strutter as Hcrr Hitler or Senor
Mussolini but a slicker propo
sition than cither. Ho Is not on
the United Nations' list of Eur
opean gents awaiting a firing
smind. It is now rumored Frai.'
co will make himself scarce at
home and reappear In Argen
tina, the good neighbor nation,
as long as It was profitable,
TAKE BACK YOUR COLD"
"During a playing of a num
ber on the pinno by one of the
performers at Fletcher's1 Opera
house Inst night a gentleman
sent up by an usher a $20 gold
piece. The money was laid on
the piano by the boy and the
performer evidently thinking It
was a "good for one drink"
piece, knocked it off on the
floor. It was then returned to
tho liberal gentleman In the au
dience, who dropped It into his
pocket where it fell with a dull
thud which sounded much as
though It felt rather Insulted at
being thus spurned by the theat
rical man." (Pendleton East
Oregonlan, 80 Yrs. ago col.)
Cinema, tin-. a (or Sundae Too lM
to Ciaaalfy 6 so Saturday atwiuooo
Pieaaa remember.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Oct. 27 Gov
ernor Dewey is confident; Mr.
Roosevelt Is scared. This may not
mean much.
k'wMji'.ij'i"j The president
always gets
scared Just be
fore election.
Two weeks
before the vote
on the third
term he gross
ly undere s 1 1 -
mated his own
victory. This,
time he has
been fright
ened into cam
paign touring and speech mak
ing, which are trying to his
magnificent endurance.
The touring may be doing him
some good, but each word he
adds to the debate Is proving
to be fuel on Dewey's fire. There
is riot much in the record of the
last few years to make sensation
al democratic vote-getting ma
terial, and no grand promises
could sound plausible in the con
fused state of the world. Silence
worked his way better than his
later public utterance.
....
WOULD not vouch for any
story about. Mr. R.'s health in
campaign time unless it carried
affidavits from a disinterested
group of physicians who made
an examination. The following
one, borne around Washington
by authoritative tongues, is
worth relating only as "interest
ing, if true:"
'Tis said the president's blood
count Is not high enough to war
rant exertion and his advisors
informed him they would not be
responsible if he persisted in tak
ing, his current restricted cam
paign tour. His supposed reply
is the interesting part of the
story, something to the courage
ous effort that "if I have to go I
would rather go that way than
any other." (This is not a health
story in the usual partisan sense
and did not come from partisan
sources.)
. . .
rT'HE Dewey people are gen-
uine In their conviction that
they will get at least five per'
cent more than the polls show
as their vote which would
mean a republican landslide.
They reason that at least that
average number of votes are
concealed by fears C. I. O. men
fearing Hillman, businessmen
fearing income tax or labor re
taliation, sailors fearing the ad
mirals, etc.
Only a count of the secret bal
lots will disclose this inner bal
ance of electoral power, they
figure. Their estimate does not
seem to be unreasonable.
...
I DO have definite Information
that Mr. Roosevelt will have
grave trouble with his electors In
some of the southern states If the
vote count offers any opportun
ity for them to bolt. If he gets
an overwhelming vote, they can
not do anything, but If the re
sults are anywhere near close,
there will be votes for Senator
Byrd cast by some soutlern
electors. .
I know one southern state In
which two-thirds of the Roose
velt electors today are antl
Roosevelt and awaiting an op
portunity to express themselves.
This election could become a
more serious national melee than
the Hnyes-Tilden contest If the
outcome Is close enough to make
each electoral vote of consequence.
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20. and 34 years
ago.
OPA HEAD SAYS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
October 27, 1934
(It was SaturdayC
Crater lake has banner season
with 118,699 visitors and large
amount of improvement work
started.
President Roosevelt urged by
business and industry to give
definite and clear statement on
his money and domestic policies.
Discontent rife in Austria and
Slam.
Community Chest drive to
start next Thursday.
Cloudy and continued mild.
High 69, low 40 degrees.
Medford high defeats Klamath
Falls, 20 to 0. "Leaping Leo"
Ghleardi at start of half takes
kick off for first touchdown.
Pelicans outclassed after slow
start. Oregon defeats Utah, 8
to 7, Washington State tramples
Oregon State, 31 to 0, and Ash
land beats Grants Pass, 25 to 0.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
October 27, 1924
(It was Monday)
Declaring that "America must
remain a 'land of opportunity,' "
McDannell Brown, district head
of OPA from Portland, speaking
at the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce last night, ex
plained that price control must
continue for a period after the
war in order to curb inflation.
Brown drew nn nhler-t lesson
from thp last wnr urhon nil ttfn.
nomic controls were abandoned.
Then corporate reserves and
personal savings were nothing
to what they are today,' yet
prices rose until this country
was plunged into depression.
"Today's Dicture is loaded
with even more dynamite."
Heavy rain falls all over state
with high wind at Roseburg.
Prosperity is vital Issue in
presidential election, with Presi
dent Coolidge predicted an over
whelming winner.
Test case of federal Income
tax law to be made before su
preme court.
Rain. High 61, low 46 degrees;
precipitation .71 of an inch.
County LaFollette club to
hold rally in Rialto theater this
week.
Gasoline price drops 3 cents
in northwest.
Republicans to hold torch
light parade November 3.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS
TODAY
October 27, 1910
(It was Thursday)
AGO
Car of Hillcrest Orchard Corn-
mice average $10 per box in
London.
Oswald West, Democratic can
didate for governor, In speech
here says Oregonian report on
West's mileage to Washington,
D. C, a "lying bit of libelous
slander."
THERE are electors who think
they and their areas have
been dictatorilv shanghaied to
support Mr. R., and they are
capable of action which would
throw the eleotlon into the
courts, house confusion or the
republican column, feeling as
they do that they have aggrieved
Justification for nearly any step.
The extent to which the cheap
er grade of politicians deceive
themselves and their people In
their frantic search for any kind
of argument to win an ejection
c6ntest Is less noticeable this
year than usual but not en
tirely absent. Both sides have
behaved rather well as a whole.
Worst falsification on cither
side to date has been the left
wing democratic claim that
Dewey was trying to keep the
soldiers from voting.
Sttckup Artist
Leaves Receipt
After Robbery
Portland. Ore., Oct. 27 U.R
Police are wondering If this
stickup artist was accommorat-
Ing or capricious.
The maurnufler entered the
downtown Commodore Hotel
here early Thursday, threatened
Night Clerk William C. Colt-
grave by keeping his right hand
in his pocket a. If holding a
gun, and ordered Holtgrave to
fork over the money from the
till.
Then the assailant obligingly
scribbled out this receipt:
"Received of Hotel Commo
dore: $63.84 (signed) Thief".
Cloaiiit time tot Sundae Too lata
to Classify S 30 Aaturdav afternoon-
Please rememoer
x Cat Mall TTIDuna Waul Ada,
Movie opens in the Nat with
three reels of pictures and il
lustrated songs.
CAL-OREGON SALE
OF H E REFORDS AT
K. F. OCT. 29-30TH
With the sale dates set for
October 29-30, the Cal.-Oregon
Hereford Breeders' association
show and sale this year will fea
ture 150 bulls and 50 females,
these being fixed as the limit
for the sale to be held at Klam
ath Falls 'air grounds.
Last year this sale set a Pa
cific coast record, according to
John S. Day of Medford, mem-;
ber of the sales committee.
The annual show and sale
brings many of the best Here
fords of the . Picific coast to
Klamath Falls and this year
promises to offer greater oppor
tunities to obtain top Herefords
than ever before.
Auctioneer Freddie Chandler
of Chariton, la., will again
handle the sale. Ray Husted.
western representative of O. M.
Franklin Blackleg Serum com
pany, will Judge the show.
Show manager is Mitchell
Tillotson of Klamath Falls. Bob
Fowler of Medford is secretary
of the association.
There will be a large banquet
held at the Willnrd hotel in
Klamath Falls at 7:30 on Octo
ber 29 at which place the lead
ing livestock raisers and buy
ers throughout the country will
have an opportunity to again
get acquainted.
TAX FlDSlID
Salem, Ore., Oct. 27 0J.P
A total of $230,000 with 40 per
cent to counties and 60 per cent
to the State Tublic Assisting
fund, was distributed on Sept.
30, from revenue accruing from
the state amusement tax, Secre
tary of State Robert S. Farrell,
Jr., reported today.
Of tho amount $92,000 went
to the 36 counties, and $138,000
to the state assistance fund.
The allottment to each county
was based on the money expend
ed by it for old ace assistance
for the year ending June 30.
1944.
Included In the amounts re
ceived by the counties was
Jackson, $3,474.87.
Brown said. "In this war we
have more savings and more,
need for commodities now off I
the market. Farmers are paying
their mortgage debts. There is a
vast amount of potential pur
chasing power waiting to buy
after V-day."
If the person who pays the
most is permitted to buy the
first automobiles and the first
radios, the only result will be
I innation. ine only prevention
I for Inflation, said Brown, is ef
i fective economic control. The
Job of OPA will be to maintain
a national economy which will
keep production to a maximum.
Mr. Brown warned against
rising "V-day psychology." If we
abandon "disagreeable regula
tions" too soon, we may face a
worse depression than in the
20ties. "The OPA must be the
'army of occupation' oh the
home front," Brown said.
8STH YEAR FOR COLLEGE
Chicago (U.R) The College
of Pharmacy of the University
of Illinois is celebrating its 85th
anniversary. Founded on Sept.
5, 1859, the college is the oldest
professional school In Illinois
and the third oldest institution
of its kind west of the Alleghany
mountains. It Is older than the
University of Illinois itself with
which it has been affiliated for
the past 80 years.
Sacramento, Oct. 27 (U.R)
More than 108.000 persons, most
of them servicemen, have al
ready voted in the Nov. 7 elec
tion, Socretary of State Frank
M. Jordan disclosed today. ....
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