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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."
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' 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.
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This, week-end the falth'ul
will not see the Black Tornado,
and from two to IB dogs cavort
on the gridiron.
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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.
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Water experts report the cur
rent rains have been of no
value, except to prove that the
roof, or the left foot shoe leaks.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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:
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"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.
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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..
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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.
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Successor to Dr. E. D El wood
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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