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Newspaper Page TextFOTTH MTOfOHD MAIL TRIBC1TB Tuesday. Oct il, 1144 (Mil Except mirtif Published by 1M Kartb. f 6t Phone 1141. BOBEKT W. KUHL, Editor. SB-VIST B- GILSTKAP. An Indfpmrtegt rirwvpaper. intend u Mcood. elaja gtjESCJUPTION UkTtM $j Mu ".n Advance: Wr aM Sunday eon year r7.se Jjuii end Sunday eut months 4 tUr and Sunday tnrM b 1.10 Daily md ur-iey one Byi3,l' yi Earner In AdvaijcawMedrtrd, AJt-Und. Ontral Point. 'ctoBZ iuSTcSd Hill. PhoenlxTTaltnt. and D:lr and Sunday on year -48 J" n.lv And Sunday on monta All terms Elflclal Pepar of the City el nted'ore' Olllclal pip" Jutm County Calua PressFull Leased Wi Z1EER or AUDIT BCKIAO OF CIRCULATIONS Oltices in New York. Chlcfo. De g.ltB.n rranctseo, IfSait .ulT PoitUad. St. Lou Atlanta. Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perrr Warning against any "over optlmlsm" by the people for an early ending of the war, have been sounded by high Washing ton officials. The mighty vic tory over the Mikado's fleet, however, Is no cause for pro longed and melancbolio bawl ing. Not so many moons ago. Washington experts predicted It would be 1960 before what has already happened could be ex pected, except by the wilder dreamers. This Is the week before elec tion and one of great oratorical agony. Candidates will Implore the voters to "keep their shirts on", "hold onto their- horses", and "watch their blood pres sure", without doing the same themselves. "Who will get to Berlin first? Eleanor". (Newport (Ore.) Re view.) Sounds logical but not likely. Sen. Truman, New Deal vice presidential candidate, denies he was ever a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Many believe Sen. Truman bcause he did give the 1920 answer. It was "I do not belong to the Klan, but from all I bear it must be a fine organ ization". o THRILL OF A LIFE TIME (The Dalles Chronicle) "And now It Is Sheriff Sears who discovered the cley to the express robbery. Mult- nomah's sheriff can prove an alibi, for he has been rattled ever since he led the K. of P. parade three weeks ago." (50 Yn. Ago Col.) 1 Yesterday many farmers were an ven to town by the rain, their wives, or oldest boy. o , .. 1 The election of Gov.- Dewey, GOP standard bearer, would cause "misgivings' in all for eign lands, a commentator notes. It is none of their business. No matter who Is chosen next Tues day, Congress will have the fi nal say about the distribution of beans and cash in Europe in the post-war period. The new pres ident will be able to speak up to Premiers Churchill and Stal in, and take none of their dip lomatic lip. Take Lithuania, for Instance. The native land of Sidney Hillman, the New Deal kidnaper, will not be sent home, a fate both dread. a WHY BRING THAT DPt (Bend Bulletin) "From the headquarters of the ninth service command at Fort Douglas, Utah, come suggestions for the observ ance of hallowe'en and from Washington suggestions about paper saving The Fort Doug las release even provides reci pes. Question to the fort's publicity man: "Don't you know there's a war onT" The Hallowe'en havoc wreak ed so far on the community lacks rip and rest. However, soap marks on business district windows will be removed promptly an not left up lenger than a circus poster, a a There are now more republi cans than democrats registered in Oregon. This is a hopeful sign, as the trend this year shows the republicans will vote republican with gusto, as has not been their habit since 1932. a a a Bill Prouty, the veteral movie reel cranker of the Craterlan now sports a watch as reward of 20 years ot watching he- beauties kiss, kick and kill film queens, or get hit with a barrel stave. The timepiece is as far from anything produced by Mr Ingersoll, as it Is possible to get. Congrats William. DANCER FOR THE 8KY South Bend, Ind. U.PJ Mrs. Cora Downing suffered only head lacerations when a flower pot fell from the fifth floor of a building and hit her while she V'ttitCj lil bUa. Da Mall ?muo Want Ada, The Independent Vote A week from today is "E" day. How many voters here in Southern Oregon, and in the country, at large, thev will vote? We wish we knew.. But we don't Here, however, is our guess: The number is not large comparitively speaking, but it is far larger than is usual such a short time be fore a presidential election. . m 0 AND the reason is as we see it the situation is such a complicated one. There are so many fac tors to be considered. It is so hard we are speaking now of the independent, not the partisan voter for whom of course the question was decided at birth to decide just what is best and what isn't And that is all that interests the genuinely inde pendent voter. He or she doesn't give a hoop about the party, or the platforms, or the table-thumping speeches, but he or she does care a lot about what will be best for the country, not only this month and next, but for this year, and next year and that! SO it IS difficult Pnr nnf nnlv ia t tiara there are bo manv other matters, some the oroducts of that war some not, which will vitally affect the welfare of this country and all the people in it, for many years to come. There is the difficult struction and economic readjustment for example, which looking forward for four more years may well be the outstanding problem of the administration which is to take office this next January. WHICH party, which candidate, is best qualified to handle THAT? And the war? Is the political complexion of the White House so important that a change next Jan uary would in any REAL sense, impair the marvel ous war machines which lentlessly on to Berlin and That is the Democratic more ardent New Dealers maintain (in effect) that not the country but the Democratic party is fighting this war, and for the party to lose political control would be equivalent to a major allied catastrophe. Of course that is nonsense worse than nonsense. And the independent voter But lust how MUCH a WOULD affect the war he and very likely scores of them, right here in Medford, will spend considerable time during the rest of this week, trying in their own minds, very conscientiously to find out SO more than ever before perhaps in recent Ameri fion Vi i cf ntnr fVi a in A avian A ant xrri-a i'rt fl-iio 1ofirtTi is a vote in a state of flux final bell. Also, more than pendent vote, small a3 it may be, compared with the two major-party votes, may power, may well be the deciding factor in the, final result That is why, what is said and done this week promises to be so important Ahasty word, an unexpected bull or unfortunate incident might well throw the party headed for vic tory into a crushing defeat and of course, vica versa. When The War Ends Regarding one point there has been practically no disagreement in this campaign, namely: Were there no war, the would be thrown out of office by a land-slide vote. W e have heard about as publicans, admit the truth Just what does it mean? IT means that the American a chance in Washington it were not for the war they But the war gives them pause. And that is all that gives them pause. Had the war ended before election day, nothing could have saved the Roosevelt administration. And when it does end year following what will dent Roosevelt be reelected! The American people will House and a party in control they DON'T WANT! Had they the powers the people of Lngland have, for example, they would then overthrow the government in a general plebiscite. But because a four-year term under our system can't be abridged, this would be impossible. The Democrats nothing could get them out IN other words the country would have for at least two years, perhaps longer, and during a ceriod when domestic policies would far overshadow in im portance foreign policies, trol, which had lost the confidence of the people, un doubtedly the support of the congress, and would be not only tired out and generally discredited but pow erless to act effectively in any direction. THIS picture of the future only entirely probable, ally inevitable in the event of choosing four more years of the Roosevelt administration. It is a factor we are certain the independent voters at least will give the most fore they finally mark their have not yet decided bow for TWO YEARS after . ttio war fil V.r.Klf.Piv hilt matter of postwar recon rather than the war are driving slowly but re Tokyo; implication. Some of the knows it change in administration or she doesn't know, and will be right ur to the ever before that inde well hold the balance of Roosevelt administration many Democrats as Re of that statement people, as a whole, want want it badly and if would insist upon it IN U w . this year, next year, or the be the situation if Presi have a man in the White would be in there to stay, short of four years. an administration in con is not fantastic. It is not but as we see it practic careful consideration be ballots on November 7tn l OF INFANTGARMENTS Acute Shortage In Under wear for Children Be tween Ages of 2-14 Years (Copyright 1944, By United Press) The nstinn it evnert nMn a shortage of children's clothing so severe mat in irve leading clti es it is virtually impossible clothe eomnletelv a child to from the stocks of leading re tail stores, a United Press sur vey disclosed today. Merchants in Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco reported such a scar- fitv in dinners that tnmp -r- pressed wonderment that there hadn't been a unified outcry of distress from new parents. Ba bv shirts and socks alfio were scarce and in aU cities it was said to be impossible to buy at retail complete layettes. Undies Lacking The mod acuta s'nnrta am vrnc in underwear for boys and girls betweeen the ages of two and 14. In all five eitips it ra nr- iodically unobtainable. Chil- orens pajamas were prac tically non-existent. Knicker bockers and little eirl rirexces were estimated by some mer chants at as low as 15 per cent of the demand. Last week the War Prorinx- tion Board ordered speedup production and distribution of about 30,000,000 pieces of in fant and children clothing be tween Dee. 1, 1944, and Feb. 28, 194S. The order made avail able to manufacturers 40,000. 000 yards of specified cotton materials, such as broadcloth, flannelettes, denim, " poplins, and prints. The order was aim ed Darticularlv at nrnviriins a supply of low-priced items wnicn, according to the United Press survey, had all but dis appeared from the market Merchants attributed the shortage to lack of materials and manpower. AU Cities resorted that tur. ents were accepting the short ages pmiosopmcaiiy as one of the inconveniences of -sr3rt'ne living. The same lavtt VPN being used by successions of Daoies, Demg passed from one family to the next through mu tual - frienda. OMar rhllHr.n were being outfitted similarly in nand-me-downs. Mothers wanting to make underwear, shirts, and dresses on their nwn sewing machines had created snonages in plain cotton cloth. iron irp up The merchants f n tor.I emtaA acknowledged increases In prices over in prewar levels despite OPA price ceilings. New York merchants gave these examples: Children's sweaters detailing for $5 that formerly sold for $2.98, boys' suits formerly selling for $25, now selline at 33 in Sin dozen dresses for tmaU girls mat Deiore the war cost $8.25 wholesale, now cosUng $15. A Chicago merchant aatH h had a stock of girl coats, size lour, at nz.au that were "al most identical" mith mat. h. sold before the war at $20. A San Francisco department store buyer said $3.50 now was the popular price for a girl's dress. It used to be $2.25. An official of the AUanta branch of the office nf civilian requirements said $1.25 now was the lowest level for chil dren's garments. Before the war it was 50 cents. Seek Agents Of marijuana Ring Gary, Ind., Oct. 81 U.B A search for 141 agents of a na tion-wide marijuana ring center ed In six cities and engaged in selling the narcotic to teen-aged users was launched today follow ing arrest yesterday of 12 al leged ringleaders by Gary police and federal narcotics agents. Capt Peter Blllick of the Gary police department said 14 more leaders were sought here. In ad dition, 40 agents were sought in Detroit, 30 in New Orleans, 20 In New York, 25 in San Fraa Cisco, and 12 In St. Louis, he said. wis N rott aaad quick relief from pain, do yen hesitate to take sjpirta because it leares too with aa apsef stomach Mf so, this oew medical dls coverr. SUPSaiN, is "last what the doctor ordered" fat too. last set Is ajsasrlei pass cuutsips the same pore, safe ssptria too hsve long known bat developed br doctors in a special war for those apset by aspiria in its ordinary form. This new kind of aspirin tablet dissolves more quickly, leu the aspiria set right at tha job of relieving pat a, redoces the cidio; of ordinary aspiria, and does "mi American Douahbovs Hit PhilioD.ne Beach rt f e- -n Y . ' tw 9 k M? tyJ f?nL Lsn Lcr" Stag off bach near Tacloban. capital of Leytas Ameri can troops, led by Oen. ataeArthur, tnraded the Phmpptoer, to a vent a Oorregiaor and B aan. Photo by Tom Sbaier, NSA-acma photograph at or War Picture Pool. - PLASTIC SHOES SEEN SOLUTION IN LEATHER LACK Chicago, Oct. 31 U. The shoe Industry came up today with a wartime solution to the leather shortage shoes made of a mixture of air, water, gas, salt and a handful of chemicals. These elements are being blended Into a plastic, transpar ent or opaque, styled for com fort, yet beautiful enough to make a debutante's eyes sparkle, designers said at the opening of the national shoe fair. Color and plastics will be the twin keynotes of the 1945 spring season, the exhibition of shoe styles Indicated. Lemon yellow, chartreuse, blue, red, purple and lime appeared singly and in con trast on soles, or in splashes on uppers, giving a new flash to footgear no longer under the war-imposed color limitations. From industry's laboratories have come the developments in vinyl plastics, creating a two- way trend affecting postwar manufacturing of mens, wom en's and children's shoes. J. R. Price, of the Union Car bide and Carbon corporation's consumer division, said that The role of vinyl plastics in shoes from the buyers' viewpoint wUl be more than aesthetic." "Children's scuff -proof shoes and men's plastic-treated work and sport shoes are Industry s answer to a public still harassed by airplane and jeep stamps," he said. This versatile plastic can be fashioned into an evening slip per to resemble silver-spun (lass and in an afternoon pump and handbag ensemble to resemble patent leather. It Is made of vinyl resin powder mixed, plas- tlclzed, and pigmented to a dough which after going through a roller comes out as tissue-thin sheets. At present millions of these sheets go to war. A display at the shoe exhibit showed uses ranging from waterproof seam less gun cases, cable coverings and shatter-proof glass to base hospital supplies. Daily Weather Report Forecast Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy witn snowers tonignt ana weanetMuy; ikhUy warmer Wednesday. Local Data Temperature a year afo today: tt-rne., ss; loweat, 32. Total monthly Drecioltatlon. 1.13 Inches, deficiency for the month, 2-3 inches. Total precipitation tlnce September 1. 1944, 1.92 Inch, Deficiency for the eason. .08 Inch. Relative humidity at 4:90 p. m. yes terday, 93; 4 30 today. 98. Tomorrow Sunrise, 7:44 a. m. Sunset. CDS p. ro. Past 34 houn: Bolne Boston Chicago Denver Eurf Ita , Havre Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Hizh Low . T4 53 .23 . 33 . 87 30 50 41 55 39 n 5 39 47 53 53 48 30 49 58 33 SI , 69 . sa 2 33 , SO . 77 . 8S . 57 . S3 . ee . a . M . 5 Phoenix Portland 33 .03 .73 53 .47 41 Reno Roaeburg Salt Lake San Francisco . Seattle Spokane Washington. D. C 64 John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the U. S. NEW kind of ASPIRIN tablet dotsn't upset atomach not Irritate or upset stomach even after repeated doses. Tees? rMs wrt to remind yon to i get Saperio today, so yoo can have it oa hand when headaches, colds, etc, Bnke, 5ee now qaicair I, , relieves Ipain-how SV mom a lng. Atvourdruggt"'. IH snd 394. a mmm. - IP. r Z -v aaaaaaaaaaaaaab Who Was To the editor: - The president in his New York and other speeches blamed the republicans for being responsible for the failure of the country to be prepared for war when Japan attacked the United States. From 1633 to and Including 1941 the president had an overwhelming ly "yes-yes" New Deal congress that did his bidding as obedient ly as a school boy. Let us look at the record: The membership of the house of representatives for the follow ing yean was as follows: PCM. DEM. MP. MAI. 1033-35 313 11? 196 1935-37 ' 322 103 219 1937-39 333 89 249 1939-41 262 169 93 1341-43 267 162 105 1943-44 222 209 13 The membership of the senate for the same time was as follows: DEM. dem. i air. MAI. 23 44 58 46 38 19 1933-35 1935-37 1937-39 1939-41 1941-43 1943-44 59 69 75 69 36 25 17 23 28 38 66 57 Down to 1943 each session but one he had more than a hundred majority In the house. Each ses sion of the senate excepting the present congress he had from 23 to 58 majority and the responsi bility for the failure ot the coun try to be prepared for war is dis tinctively the president's re sponsibility. There were but two occasions when the congress declined to be obsequious enough to do his bid ding. One was when he vetoed the bill that was passed granting relief to the veterans of other wars; the other was when it de clined to assist him In packing the supreme court. That was a dose too nauseating for even the docile democrats to swallow, and Senators Glass, Wheeler, Burke, Byrd and many other democra tic senators declined to take it. We shudder even at this time to think what would happen to any country lawyer if he attempted to pack a jury in order to get a favorable decision in his case. From 1935 down to the actual outbreak of the war with Japan, Ambassador Grew, the presl president's own ambassador to Japan, repeatedly advised the president of the purposes of Japan to take the Philippine Is lands and to attack the United States: but he never told the American people about it and the first they definitely knew of the hostile purposes of Japan was ean Harbor. After Japan sought to conquer China the president loaned mil lions of dollars out of the United States treasury to China to de SHABBY FLOORS Rent our HILCO LEE VER'S NaaaaaT,. AV t , ' To Blame? fend herself against Japan; and at the same time he permitted millions of tons of scrap iron and thousands of tons of oil to be shipped to Japan to be used in its fight against China. Acts of duplicity that have scarcely been equalled in the history of the worldl Doubtless a lot of this scrap iron was afterwards used to shoot down American soldiers and sailors at Pearl Harbor and a large percentage of the oil was used to completely destroy the American navy at Pearl Harbor. Yet with all this information the president had; and the Amer ican people did not have, he now accuses the republicans of being responsible for the failure of the country to be prepared for war. It was the president's responsi bility to advise the country of its danger but he did not do so; and it is his responsibility for this country not to hve been prepared for war at Pearl Har bor, and thousands of American soldiers and billions of dollars of American property are the price wnicn American homes and American property interests have paid for the president's failure to inform the country and to have suitable preparations for war. He failed to tell the country in 1936 and 1940 of these grave dangers because he thought if he did so that he might lose his candidacy for the presidency each of those times. To him it was more necessary to be elected president than It was to guard the destiny of his comv try and the lives of the young men of his country. The result, sorrow and suffer lng in thousands of American homes, disabled young men. and monumental debt that the great-great-grandchildren of people now living will be required to pay. Who was to blame for these delinquencies if not Franklin D. Roosevelt? (Name on file) Agricultural experts say there are more than 200 races of stem rust fungus. Just as there are many varieties of wheat, oats, barley and rye. E? T. "'.top prompt, effective relksf from distress of head colds with Va-tro-nol 1 It s spedalHea medica tion that works right where trouble Is to reduce congestion-soothe irritation-make breathing easier. Also helps prevent many colds from de veloping If used In time. Try it I Fol low directions In folder. Works ftnel Take off old, grimy varnish;:: and get down lo the fresh, clean grain of naturally handsome wood. sanding machine-and do it yourself! HARDWARE CO. SMS. Flight o' Time Msdford and Jackson Co. His- tozv m Um Mu Tribune 10. 20. and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY October 31, 1834 Ot Was Wednesday) Dionne quints are baptized at Callander, Can. Los Angeles vote purge is or dered halted by court. Debate between Mrs. Roose velt and woman candidate for congress Is called off. Additional police to curb Hallowe'en pranks tonight Occasional rains. High 72, low 53 degrees. Jackson county utility cor porations dwindle In value past year. Radical candidates main cen ter of Interest in Coast states as election nears. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY OCTOBER 31, 1924 (It Was Friday) Floods are feared in Willa mette Valley and Coos Bay dis trict as rivers rise, uranu rass streets are flooded by heavy rain. Henry Ford endorses Presi dent Coolidge for re-election. Tax levy is cut two mills in Jackson county. Rain. High 57, low 37. Mois ture 2.14 inches. Heavy rains deter Hallowe'en celebrants. All rain records in county are broken. Three feet of snow at Crater Lake. County fair lost $733.33 fi nance report shows. Medford high team leaves for game at Marshfield tomorrow. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO October 31, 1910 (It Was Monday) Suspects arrested in Lot An geles Times dynamiting. Teamsters Union of New York threatens strike. "When the Sunset Turns th Ocean Blue to Gold'", illustrat ed song is held over at the Isis by popular demand. Closing time for Sunday Too tart co Claaslf; 6:30 Saturtay afternoon Pleasa remember. MONEY TO LOAN! On JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. 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