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SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUrTZ Thursday Hot. t, 1 144 1 "ETsryone in Coathtrn Oram bill the HU1 TrlsoM Dally Except Saturday Publlehed br MIDFOHD PRINTOfO CO. 7-M North rir St, Phone 1141. ROBERT W. BUHL. Iditor. ERNEST R. OlIIWi An Independent Hearepepas'. Entered aa second elaas matter i uediord. Oregon, under Act of March I. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATXfl y Mall In Advance: Daily and Sunday one year .-.- Belly and Sunday all montha 4 00 Sally and Sunday three moa. 1.10 Daily and 8unday-ne month- .78 fcy Carrier In Advance MedfOTd, Ashland. Central Point, Jackaon. villa. Cold Hill. Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routes: Sally and Sunday one year .... JO ally end Sunday one month ,71 All terms cash In advance. tlflelil Paper ol the City of Medlord Olllclal Paper ol Jackson County United Pressr-PnU Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CWCULATIOWi Advertising KepresentoUvo (TEST-HOIXIdXT COMPANY, INO. Offices In New Vera, Chiceio, Do. trolt, San rrandsco. Loe Angelas. Se. atUe. Portland, St. Louis, Atlanta, Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur PMty An eastern financial expert reports, under the present war time economic stress "the rich are getting poorer." So are the poor, as usual, the poor report. The metropolitan press un earths a cigarette "black mar ket" In the metropolis, with cig arettes selling at 62c per pack. Where there is no smokes, there must be a "black market." e e o ' It now comes to light, Gen. "Vinegar Joe" Stllwell, four star army hero, was ousted from high command In the Far East," to save face for Generalissimo Chiang Kal Shek, and H. Hop kins, the deputy president, had a finger and his nose In the mess. The general, like Mr. Hopkins, is more of a politician than a military man. Inciden tally, no voter can recall a sin gle time he voted for Harry, though he has abided in the White House for nearly 12 years and Is now pulling hard for an other four-year hitch. . The President explained it was "all a matter of personality," and Gen. Stllwell had performed nobly, save for getting along with Chiang Kal Shek. Ameri cans should fervently hope the Chinaman does not get mad enough at Gen. (B. It G.) Patton to have him sent home from the Nazi front. In many states, this election, prohibition In its milder form is an issue, and becoming one in others. Take the question at home. Even the perpetually thirsty art beginning to suspect the controlling powers sort inert Interested In profits than tem perance, as the law intended. And, to and behold! shortage of standard liquors for Yule cheer is feared. But there) will be plenty of Imported rum, no doubt Things like this stagger John (Jack) Barleycorn when the votes are counted. e e e This, week-end the falth'ul will not see the Black Tornado, and from two to IB dogs cavort on the gridiron. e o e An epidemic of FDR buttons, the first of the campaign, ap peared yes. They were worn in large number by small boys, too young to vote for anything but Junior high yell leader or queen of the carnival. e e e Water experts report the cur rent rains have been of no value, except to prove that the roof, or the left foot shoe leaks. e e e An eminent and outstanding glutton for punishment Is the incumbent vice president. He stood up on the platform with the beneficiary of the stab in the back he took at the New Deal shennanigan at Chicago last July and pictured Sidney Hillman, CIO-PAC boss, as an abused individual. That's "clear ing everything with Sidney" In a big-hearted way. a e . YE PIONEER SLICKER "The Heppner Gazette tells a good Joke on E. M. Shutt, edi tor of the Antelope Herald, and also a sprinter of no mean abil ity. About the first of last week an apparently half-witted, drunken-sotted fellow came rid ing Into Antelope and said he could outrun any foot racer in the country. Then the boys were sure from his actions and walk that they had a sucker, and at once made a match between he and Shutt, the pride of the vil lage, for a distance of 100 yards for $40 a side. On Wednesday afternoon at the time set for the race both runners made their appearance. When the stranger came out stripped down, the ad mirers of Shutt weakened in their enthusiasm, tor they dis covered that the stranger was not the sucker they had thought, but apparently a well-developed hard-trained, professional. This theory soon proved to be cor roct, for at the word "go" he took the lead and held It to the finish, beating Shutt by about ten feet." SO Yr, ago coL Pen dleton East Oregonlan i One Vote May Decide It Only once before in the memory of this department, has a single vote rated as vitally important, as will be true on Tuesday next. That "once" was when Woodrow Wilson was elect ed President by the electoral votes of California, and by a margin less than the total vote of Jackson county. 1M0ST experts agree this election will be a close T one. So it might well of Oregon will this time decide who is to reside in the White House for the next four years, and who isn't. In which case the total vote in this county might well swing this state into Democratic I column, and vote and that one vote YOURS Mr. or Mrs. Voter 1 CO it is not too early now to make your plans, and to check up Tuesday next on the calendar as the day, come hell or high water, that you will, rain, sun or snow, go to your polling place and mark your bal lot : Exercisine vour franchise but it may well decide the the world this time. So a word to the wise is not wise go to the polls anyway and vote. . And It May Be Yours "Why vote? Dewey and Bricker will carry Mia county' anyway." Believe it or not that remark was made by a Re publican and a prominent one.. He should not onlv be kicked out of the nartv but the country and exiled on the Island of Yap for the rest of his days but won't be ! ; ' That spirit carried to its mean the end of democracy in this country and per haps not so far in the future. And the man who made it would then tret iust what he had voted or refused to vote for. And it would v rEWEY and Bricker probably WILL carry the county, though there is nothing at all certain about it. v . But carrying Jackson County will do the Republi can candidates no good unless the state is carried also. And the state will not be carried unless the coun ties outside of Portland pile up a majority for the Re publicans that will overcome the Democratic major ity that is certain in Multnomah. So as each single vote is of unprecedented import ance in this election, particularly outside of Portland this is especially true of Republican votes. Once more whatever you do next Tuesday, DON'T fail to vote I .- . - False Impression Corrected ' "To the editor: "Would you be fair enough to correct the impression created by your newspaper that the Burke Bill is a prohibi tion measure and if passed no individual citizen will be free to treat a guest to a drink of liquor or fortified wine as a matter of hospitality, but for same might be sent to Jail. ' This, you must realize, is brazen and unscrupulous misrepre sentation by the liquor and fortified wine interests and we would much appreciate a correction in your columns. "ANTI-LIQUOR LEAGUE OF OREGON, . "B. W. Wicks, representative Southern Oregon." - IN the first place the opinions of this paper are ex pressed in this column only, not in the news or advertising columns. , And there has been no such impression created in this column, as a reading of our files will show. The impression has been created however in our advertising columns," and the bill-board advertising throughout the state, so we are glad to correct it as we are any misrepresentation on any siae in uus campaign. THE proposed measure does contain the phrase "offer for sale, sell or give" but the term "give" in that sense certainly does not comprehend the re freshment offering of a host, or hostess, to a guest. It is merely used so those engaged in the business of wine selling could not evade the law by making gifts to customers, and receiving their payments in devious ways that could not be traced. In other words to pre vent law evasion. . That is all. MOR do we believe the passage of this bill would mean, in any real sense, taking a "step back to prohibition days." As stated in our recommendations last Sunday, we reached our negative decision on this measure by a photo-finish. There is much to be said in favor of placing all intoxicating liquors in excess of 14 alcohol, except for sacramental purposes, state liquor commission. But as we see it, more can be said against. e e a e THe Liquor Commission now under the present law to take over the sale of fortified wines if it so desires. But it would have no power of course to prohibit such sales elsewhere. On the other hand, even under this measure all wines with 14 alcoholic content and less would still be sold generally at wine stores and in sufficient quantities would be quite intoxicating enough, thank youl CO all in all it was our conclusion that Oregon hav- ing one of the best Liauor svstems in the countrv. the piople of Oreeon would alone, and not encourage w tamper witn it. be that the electoral votes the Republican or the it might even be by one is important at all times. fate of the country even - , sufficient. And if you are logical conclusion would serve him right 1 under the control of the probably has legal right be wise to let well enough any minority, dry or wet, - News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Nov. J Just ad ding what they say on to what they have said: Ink was hardly dry on Assist- ant President Byrnes' natur ally partisan headlines, "Dewey Elec tion Would Prolong War," before Mr. Churchill said non- partisanly It would prob ably be sum mer before the end in Europe Paul Mallon and take two years more in the Pacific. No authority here would lay a non-political guess after what has happened to aU this year's most optimistic prophesies. Few military men believe the pres idential election has anything at all to do with it. The length of the war will be determined by military factors, no domestic politics. For instance: e e e "JEN. MacARTHUR's easy oe cupatlon of the east-central Philippines and Adm. Kinkaid's decisive destruction of the Jap fleets have roused some highly enthusiastic expectations which go far beyond the facts of the matter. The land ahead lies like this: The Japs have 4,000.000 in their armies, mostly in China. The figure of 225,000 estimat lng their forces on Leyte (which has been published widely), really applies to all forces throughout the Philippines. mostly on Luzon and Mindinao. They had only a division or parts of a division on Leyte. True enough, they tried no bloody suicidal death stands there, but this may not neces sarily be a symptom of fully deteriorated morale. Here they had a chance to get away to other nearby Islands, whereas in their earlier death stands on the small Pacific dots they had no place to go except to their an cestors. But to conquer the Philh plnes and reoccupy Manila we will have to defeat yet the bulk of the Jap force of a qquarter of a million men which can still be reinforced. e e - e pONQUEST of Luzon (Manila) iwcu .tivisivca oui.ii a tuugll DrosDect that MaeArthnr mlehl vet decide to hv-nass if. How ever, ' the next jumps to For mosa and the China coast are beyond the range of our land based fiehter nlane anrl tvnnlrl require naval air coverage, and uiereiore wouia not De easy or swift operations either. We have the carrier airrrafi with which fb do it, but when we ao, we wtlj stll! not have defeated Japan. In short, Mac Arthur wisely picked the soft est spot in the Philippines and from here on the going will be come increasingly difficult. The sea before us is practi cally clear except for land based Jap planes. Main pending sea duestlon is how the Jsna could have been so stupid as to sena 7U oi tneir biggest ships into two narrow straits where we could damaee all but two (with naval aircraft using only one landing iiem on Leyte then open). - Does it indicate rleaneraMnn The answer considered most likely here is that the two straits attack was a battle plan worked out earlier In the war by the Jap admirals and they Just pulled it out of the desk wnen we went into Leyte, not thinking of our new naval par. rler plane and ship strength wnicn nas so recently grown to overwneiming proportions. Also this does not mean the whole Jap fleet has been de stroyed, and probably not half oi it.. e e a THE nearly open sea lane to will have to wait until wm t land; air bases from- which to give ran air coverage to landing operations. Most discouraging news in this r.rntrt no, ih recall of General Stllwell from China and the elevation of Chiang Kal Shek to greater mil itary authority. ' Stllwell Is as great a general as China could ever get to direct her war effort. Therefore, srave doubt is luetlfforl a whether the change is an im provement. Competent press authorities are charging Chiang is conduct ing a "moribund, undemocratic regime," bent on protecting his precarious hold over China (against the communists) rather than trying sincerely to drive out the Japs. China Burma . India is our weakest front Morale of our troops there is far from the best The change could eventuate In a decision for us to fight more of our own war against Japan with less hope on China or Britain from India. But even If we conquer the Jap mainland we have not de feated the Jap armies or de stroyed their war Industrie which are largely in Manchuria. We desperately need air bases either on the China coast or in Russia (which is still neutral in that fracas). These are the true considera tions involved in the length of the war in the Paclfie, stripped of the political gilt with which recent partisan campaign utter ances have adorned them. COMMUNICATIONS Latter to the Idltot must oooi the name and addreea at tba amtet alttuu(b ma use ol a pen Dame ar Initials (or publication la per mtaalbla. The Mall mbune re wire the right to edit all utters sMtb slow to elerttj and eon lanaatlotL The Poets Ar for Guy To the Editor: For United States Senator Guy Cordon, Roseburg, Ore:: We have faith in this western Guy In him Is the truth, not a lie, And Westerners know he will try To bring Good Luck, not a pass by. W. W. Truax, Oct. 81, 1944. SILVIAOERRELL TAKENjBYDEATH Silvia Edith Terrell, widow of the late Ralph W. Terrell, passed away at her home, 425 S. Oak dale, Thursday morning. Mrs. Terrell was born at Elk ton, Oregon, on September 23, X881. She lived in Roseburg for many years, where she was unit ed in marriage to Mr. Terrell on October 9, 1901. They moved to Medford n 1913. She is survived by one son, I. S. Terrell of Fresno, Calif., who arrived in. Medford Wed nesday, and one granddaughter, Patricia Ann Terrell. Funeral services will be held at the Rltter Funeral home, Roseburg, Ore., Saturday at 10:30 a. m., with the Rev. Ed wards of the Methodist church officiating. Perl Funeral home is in charge of the arrangements here. APPLEGATE STOCKMEN CIRCULATE PETITION Applegate stockmen, headed by Edwin Kubll and Leon Often bacher, have been circulating petitions the past week opposing the formation of a herd district, roughly extending from Apple gate to Provolt. The petitions have been signed by 20 of the largest stockmen of the area. Es tablishment of the herd district appears on a special ballot for the Applegate precinct at the election next Tuesday. The peti tioners claim the territory em braced in the proposed herd dis trict includes land surrounded on all sides by open ranges and that It would work a hardship on cattlemen and that the ballot title is confusing. Riviera Riviera, Nov. 2 Ray Bolton came down from Vancouver, Wash., October 30 and complet ed a deal selling his property on the hill to Mr. and Mrs. Vickers. Veltle Biles and family moved last week to Sams Valley. Gold Hill Health unit will have Its first meeting of this fall at the W. A. Boye home Monday, Nov. 8, Dessert lunch eon at 1 p. m. Mrs. Lloyd Miller returned home from Portland October 30. having spent the past three weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Row. land Miller and new grandson, Gary Dean Miller. Foots Creek Sewing club will meet November 15 at the John Garrison home. Pot luck dinner at noon. SNOW IN SIERRA Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 2 (U.R) Four roads over Sierra passes were closed today by the first heavy snow of the season. the state division of highways reported. Strengthen our state banks by voting for the Banking amendrhent Protects depositors through federal deposit insurance. Opens way for stronger capital structure. Puts Oregon on same plane with 45 other states. Plan has endorsement of grange, bankers, state authorities, labor leaders and others. V5te 300X YES! tfj AO , AMtNDMtWT eOMMtTTtt. & 9O0TM, HAIHMA4 eORVsVLtviaV ONtatOH a SL MUST MAKE' FRIENDS, MS ROTARY SPEAKER Declaring that 'the United States must "win friends and in fluence people," if 'she is to win the political war that is raging apace with the military war, Don Bolt, foreign affairs expert, speaking at the Medford high school, last night, in the first of a series of four lectures spon sored by the Medford Rotary club, said that as the world's greatest power we will have the responsibility for maintaining the peace. Bolt, former newspaperman and radio commentator, spoke on "The Role of tha North American Continent." "The United States has a great need of raw materials, which means that she also has a great need of friends," he ex plained. "There are more than 4,000 different things that are not produced at all, or in in sufficient quantities, within the limits of continental United States .that are necessary in maintaining our American standard of living. We possess technological and scientific skills that surpass other coun tries and these must be our me dium of exchange. "The United States, however, is not prepared for her role in power politics. She is not ex perienced in this international game. There will be many prob lems, for the people who were once willing to bear the whlte man's burden have discovered that the white man has feet of clay. It will be necessary for us to inspire their trust by offering these people a better way of life. This does not mean milk and bathtubs," Bolt added. Bolt's definition of a great nation is a nation that possesses raw materials, natural power. ability to feed its people, ability to defend Itself, and last, and most important, strength of character. "This element of character was witnessed in the British people during the worst luftwaife raids, in the Russian people when they beat back the Invaders of their homeland, In the people of the United States after Pearl Harbor. Lack of strength of character was the cause of the French defeat, for France had grown steadily rot ten since Verdun. "To prevent future wars a nation must protect Itself in peacetime as well as war. It must remain strong and capable of preventing future aggres sion. "And to achieve this," Bolt repeated in summary, "we must win friends and influence peo ple. Bolt was introduced by Dr S. E. Philips, president of the Medford Rotary club. Next speaker in the series of lectures will be Hubert Phillips, on "Russia's' Position East and West," Wednesday evening, No vember b, in the Mediora rugn school auditorium. HORSES, COWS TURNED LOOSE BY PRANKSTERS Hallowe'en pranksters turned loose ten horses belonging to the Sheriff Posse, from their stables, at the fairgrounds, and also turned loose a number of family cows In the south Med ford end Phoenix district. Tha horses were located yesterday on Kings highway by deputy sheriffs and returned. The cows were all found in nearby pas tures. . ' PLAN AIR STUDY Chicago, Nov. 3 (U.F9 At least 342 colleges and universi. ties plan to establish, continue or expand student courses in aviation after the war and will need large quantities of govern ment-owned equipment, Ernest R. Breech, president of Bendix Aviation Corporation, said to day. . , Flight , lime Medford and Jackson Co. His tory tiom tha files of tha Mali Tribune. 10. 30. and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 3, 1934 at Was Friday) Turkev croo of land to be less than last year. - New Peal launches home building campaign in nation, with low interest on loans. Franco raftlriv tn enH irnnn into Saar, Germany is warned as European unrest gathers. Chance for New York woman congressional candidate to de bate Mrs. Roosevelt Is denied, j She campaigns for Democratic rival. Unsettled, rain eredieted. High 89, low 42 degrees. Community Chest drive na. rade tonight. Annual same Saturdv be tween Medford and Ashland high stirs wide interest. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November 2, 1924 at Was Sunday) Pnuemonle clasma In T.na An. geles claims 22 persons. ' Condition Of Mrs TTarrllns wife of former president, is serious. Klan ordered tn keen mtf st Nlles, O., following riots. Cloudy. HJeh 74. low 4S grees, rain a trace. President Cnnllrlsa f liinw raaio aaaress lo nation tomor row night. Medford Hieh defeat Marah. neia, but the score is not yet Known, B. B. Beekman rvfnrna in Portland after anenrtlni. days visiting In Jacksonville. Election returns TiieaHav fn be broadcast by the Mail Trib- una. , THIRTY-POUR YEARS AGO TODAY November 2, 1910 at Was Wednesday) 3. A. Perry leaves for Chi cago where he will display val ley pears and apples at Chicago land show. Medford High football team, coached -by Seeley Hall, loses first game in two years at hands of Ashland. WEATHER Northern California Scatter ed clouds today, tonight and, Fri day,, with rising temperature in valleys. Use Mall THbuco Want Ms. CHURCHILL looks out for the British! STALIN looks out for the Russians! WHO looks out for U.S. f l-T V. TH0J. E. DIWIY JOHN W. IRtCKIR VOTE ITS HUE . Thomas TO CHANGE John W. old ov. aaoublkor, State Centra! OsrnmlttM, Moraon aJn-Jlno. orttond, Onsen, Carl Meeer, tacsee. "MSON COUNTY GOING FOR DEWEY, COLEMAN'S VIEW County Judge J. B. 03lln) Cole, man, veteral valley prognosti cs tor of elections predicted to day a 78 per cent vote in Jack son county, if next Tuesday is a bright and sunny day, and 63 per cent vote If it is rainy. He says fair weather will bring out both the eity and country voters. He . also figures that Gov. Dewey will carry Jackson coun ty by a substantial majority, but "mib w guess at immusie, notes that only the strong partis ans are doing any talking and tha rank and file are not telling their presidential choice. Ha notes from the recent registra tion figures that there has been a drift to the republican candi date in many rural precincts, where for the past 12 years there have been democratic majorities. Chief Interest In the election enters in the presidential race and United States senatorial con testa. There are only two con tests for county offices: County Commissioner Arthur E. Powell of Central. Point, republican, is opposed by Ralph G. Jennings, Talent, democrat, and former sheriff. In the other, Fred Kelly, democrat, is opposing W. P. (Tuck) Tucker, republican, for justice of the peace for the Med ford district. . The first Western telegraph station was located on San Fren- ctsco's Telegraph Hill. C. L. PERKINS Doctor of OPTOMETRY Successor to Dr. E. D El wood Betterment of Human Vision , LENSES PRESCRIBED Ph. 3881 214 Fluhrer Bldg. Cor. Main tt Central, Medford BEST PHOTOS REASONABLE PRICES E. HAYDEN JONES PHOTO STUDIO PHONE 33(4 60? W. 2nd Phone aarnbai under name Mrs lreS Ball WANTED 60 USED CARS Medford'a Largert Buyer Pays Highest Cash Prices No Delays. "Ask tha man who sold one" Humphrey Motors USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Dial 4980 1 FOR 12 LONG YEARS have witnessed tha waste, the (xtnvsgxnc, the fcuretueratte bung ling of the New Deal. Co a an Administration which It so arsnteM and inefficient at hem be any better abroad? New Dealer Harry Hopkins, who ha been it Candidate Roosevelt's right hand at every International conference, -said: "We will tax tad tx,$peni md spend, ehct tad elect. ' New Dealer Henry Wallace tdvo.' cares "A bettlt ef milk a day tot rery Hottentot" to be paid for by th cltiieni of the U.S, of course. fc We know that many shortages here at horn ar Intensified by New Deal 1 wastefulness abroad. Isn't It Mid time we elected someone t leek out for ike eeople ef thee' United States? GOVERNOR DEWEY stands for international agreements . , , openly arrived at, DEWEY stands for a "just and dnrabl peace" protecting th rights ef ALL nation. DEWEY stands for iotwify ia termmtBt. DEWEY win represent UNITED STATES OP AMERICA, flrly,! squarely and acgreMinly. AMERICAN E. DEWEY AND BRICKER
