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EIGHT MEDrORD MAIL TRIBUNE . Thursday, Wot. 18, 1144 MDFORDWTRIBUNE "Bveryoae ta Sonthera Oresos Heads the Mall Irlbuae,r Pally except Saturday Published br 17-M North Fir SU Phone 1141. ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor. ERNEST R. GILS TRAP. Manaaa An Independent Hewspeper. kntered ea aecond elan matter et aaedford. Oregon, under Act a March 3, 1B7. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bally and Sunday one year ..7.se Dally end Sunday elx montni j.uo Dally and Sunday three moe. 1.10 Dally and Sunday one month.. .78 ly Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland, Central Point Jackson vine. Gold Hill. Phoenix, Talent, end on motor routes: , Dally end Sunday one yeer....f.?0 Dally end Sunday one month .70 All terms cash to advance. Official Paper of the City el Medferi Ofilclal Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leasee! Wire MEMBER Or" AUDIT BUREAU " or CIRCULATIONS ; rwasssssir'vsssssr wo Offices In New York. Chicago. De troit, San Francisco. Los Angelas. Be attlel Portland. St Louis, Atlanta, Vancouver B. C. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur 9T There is a shortage of cigar ettes on the fighting fronts, though providing - the combat troops with fags was the origi nal alibi for the shortage on the home front. This lack is probab ly due to submarine sinkings, or which there have been none for several weeks. The. public is beginning to"' suspect some thing is decaying In Denmark, ' and it smells worse than a pipe smoker pretends cigarette . does. "I voted for Dewey with both feet me and the wife both," a chagrined democrat confessed yes. e a Trie De Valera government in Ireland asked about it by 'the British, won't say whether br not she will give refuge to Nazi war criminals on the lam. In case of a potato shortage, the . United Nations- should lose no time sending Eire few ship loads. . 1 I V , A Chicago engineer has In vented a "robot brake" that will stop an auto, and prevent head-on collision with another auto, phone pole or pedestrian. However, when the thing works, the , driver is liable - to leave through the windshield instead of the door. 1 - e . "It is announced that' the in genious. Jap has compounded a food for himself of rotten wood. We-imagine the other termites will resent that." (ST. Chron icle.) Furthermore, the ear wigs won't feel any too happy bout It ' .- ' ' ; A census ! of the , afflictions that have befell Herr Hitler the past week on the basil of re ports from Switzerland,' Stock holm, and a "high Nazi source" . would reveal he hasrcome down with everything but the measles and poison oak; Mixed in with his Ills are rumors he has need ed the services of an undertaker, e e e JOYS OF JOURNALISM , (Allbene (Tex.) News) "She had been the one-man news staff and radio manager. , With us she did general re porting and showed outstand ing ability. Because, .of .a shortage of help, we tried her on the copy desk and she was as smooth as you'd ask. The sports editor went into the Army and she took over that job. . . . Recently, Chief Re-, dloman H. W. Hinkle came home from two years' -duty-In Chungking. That was too bad. They were married ; .- . and now Betsy has started housekeeping, i ' . e e A Louisiana congressman' has launched a drive for bigger clothes for stout men, on' the grounds the OPA must do some thing about it, or stout people will have to Join the nudists. The shortage is due, not t6 the war effort, but because manu facturers can' get more suits' of clothes out of a bolt of cloth for a small sized person than a large gent. The public may wonder where all the cloth went that was saved by leaving the cuffs off pants and shortening the shirt-tails. Furthermore, half the kids in town have more pant leg turned up to be col legiate, than they have pants. , e e The fair sex, a stylist reports, are fond of blue shades for their hats and gowns, "and experts constantly strive for new tints of blue. They have run the gamut." They have missed one. They have not Introduced the shin-bone blue, produced by running around frost mornings without any stockings. FREIGHTLOADSDROP Washington, Nov. 16 (U.R) Loadings of revenue freight in the week ended November II dropped 63,844 cart to 830,489 cars, the fewest in more than two months, the Association of American Railroads disclosed to day. V MU Xnftude Was. dt "The Voice Mr. William -M. Jeffers. cresldent of the Union Pacifie Rail' road, has called the Political Action Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations "a pernicious innovation that has literally snaked its way into American politics and in its active malignancy eats the very vital life of our freedom." It can well be imagined what the reply of the Political Action Committee will be. . - "Look who's talking." It will say. head of great eAmtion. an amnlovar and a boss." These are the familiar terms gists always attempt to discount ana disparage ana reiuie any thing a successful man in our American life may say. e m t BUT in the case of BUI Jeffers American labor knows Bill He is a corporation head, an successful man. But American labor knows t bnnwe hn renreaenU the ... iirn mniro. it nnssibla starting from economic ana social - scraicn - to aspire o sura things, and for the most competent, industrious and intelligent to attain them. ... . . ' For Bill Jeffers was a "working man" long before he was a railroad president, and kept on being one to the 'philosophy that guides and rules him. .a -. , u. h hn union man all his life, not for window-dressing but because he believes in labor unions and the good they are capable of accomplishing for workers and for America as a whole. lie not only taiKS IlKea worrying jnim uut uuiiu mo mum. "No Political Action Commliiae'or any group or Indl vidual ! going to tell me or any up-headed American in this country how he is going to vote or what he is going to think," says Bill Jeffers. Where did he get that philosophy? . Not out of the presidency of the Union Pacific Railroad, as every railroad man in the United States knows. He had it as a water boy on a railroad section gang, learned it from the men like him who worked with him. If the sorry days should ever -coma wnen nazarioua schemes like this succeed, then on that day the disintegra tion of American labor unions starts and democracy begins to crumble "There is not enough money In the world to compensate for regimentation of Americans, loss of freedom and op portunity, class hatred, prejudice or Intolerance." That is not a railroad president talking, as the Political Ac tion Committee will ultimately It la America talking, in the ple who cherish the free institutions of their country. THE above is from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer nrl ronrinforl hv rACmesfc. It is an EXCELLENT editorial. And with the gen eral, theme of freedom in American voting and freedom everywhere else for that matter the Mail Tribune agrees 100. We also agree with its opposi tion to "class hatred, prejudice or intolerance." This Eaper has fought such dangerous evils, wherever they ave arisen, throughout its existence. . , . e e e BUT we can't agree with the editorial or with Mr. Jeffers that "the Political Action Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations" is per se a "pernicious innovation that has literally snaked its way into "American, politics and in its active malig nancy eats the very vital life of our freedom." WHY HAVEN'T the members of the C.LO.-yor tlio moinknra nf nnv nr.hpr lahnr union iust as much right to f orm a committee for political action as the members of the Manufacturers Association 01 America, or the United States Chamber of Commerce, or the League of Women Voters? We fail to see any. In fact ment we can see nothing but a denial of the perfect freedom of political action that the above editorial is so eager to sustain. v . are not considering, whether such a movement " fa nF.SmART.F' fixnedient-from the stand point of organized labor and its future. It may well Drove as disasterous from Jeffers predicts, and as the lieved. But we ARE considering it from the standpoint of the RIGHT of a labor organization ANY labor organization, or any other American organization taking a positive action in American politics, if a ma jority of its members so IN fact we think as a general principle, the more active we become as a people in politics, the better for ourselves politically and the better for the country. So instead of trying to forbid the C.I.O. or any labor union or any other organization from forming a political action committee (if the members so de sire) we would favor giving them all free rein; not trying to nullify their efforts by any PROHIBITION but by fighting fire with fire, meeting political ac tion in this particular field, with similar political ac tion in other fields. In short the remedy in this particular case as we see it is not urging less political but MORE.. Civic Music Membership i In these days of boogie-woogie, jive and swing it is refreshing to see the take such a healthy interest ciation s current membership campaign. Of course, there is a place for modern music, and we can't quite subscribe to the claim of one columnist that jazz is the "tuberculosis of music." Too many people seem to enjoy the down-beat, which fills the radio and juke boxes these days, to deny can life, un the other hand, we cannot aeree that jive is the "etheralization of sound," as boogie-woogie boosters would have us believe. It was the great Sousa who said that "jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains." e e e e r OOD music of the masters, on the other hand, is something that will live" forever, and enriches the lives of all who cultivate an appreciation of it That is why we are glad to ciation flourish here. The Medford by this association during the past year have contributed much to the cultural lite of this community. That is why we wish to also remind those who haven't joined the Civic Music Association that mem berships are now available-and this coming Satur day will fee the last ppportunity Jo secure them II.G. Of America with which subversive Ideolo it won't work. Jeffers. . . . employer and an outstandingly ., now ne got to De an mose imngs. narticularlv vital factor in Ameri- for anv American working man learn. voice and language of all its peo in opposing sucn a move that standpoint, as mr. late Samuel Gompers be desire. organization and action, people of this community in the Civic Music Asso that it has a place in Ameri see the Civic Music Asso fine concerts broucrht to News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Nov. 16 The tempo of coming action upon matters of such urgent concern during the campaign so urgent in. fact as to raise the hair on many a voter's head is apt to be much slower than generally supposed. The peace, for in stance, cannot take final form real Halloa before spring. ' S t ate Under secretary Stettlnlus already has said nothing much can be done about new negotiations until aft er the first of the year. He was speaking of another meeting at me undersecretary level. Since then there has been talk of the top men getting together, and'some news on that matter is likely to develon short ly. But the schedule seems to provide negotiations through the winter and announcement of final agreement in the spring either just before or after the time .Mr. Churchill told the British he expected the war to be over. a a a pHE "one-tenth" of disagree- mant at Ttumti a vtafi r u.. " wuiiiwai tun waits, ujr the very delay in reaching a settlement, is assumfntf lnrrpi- proportions, which verifies the oDservation carried on this col umn at the time that the pro portion 'on "nine-tenth agree ment" as officially announced. must have, been measured by a yardstick on the words of the text, rather-than thn flinrinment. al importance of the, matter. While public discussion has centered around means of hold ing down fiermnnv anrl .Tannn forever, it is apparent that the peace 01 the supposedly new world Into which we are cpm lns? will rlpnenri mnlnlv imnn the practices and relations of ine victorious nations, the ones which have the arms. That nnlnt nf hour in honHIo disputes in which the United Nations become involved was the one upon which disagree ment came at Dumbarton "the one-tenth." Until the additional words are continued on this subject the text really is nine tenths unfinished. e e a . TfHIS and other practical mat- ters of the peace now are likely to be discussed in a more realistic way here, now that the campaign is over. . This does not, of course, apply to official discussion, which will be lim ited by the administration's de sire to keep congress from open ing the subject, while the ne gotiations are in progress. There are other equally Im portant related phases for any realistic discussion of the sub pect, for instance the armament question not from 'an Issue of Isolationism or internationalism, but on how to keep a Just and durable peace. This war, as you may have read in this spot before, grew out of secret armaments. If Britain or France knew what Hitler had stacked up under ground at home in the way of assaulting weapons, they, as the originally superior powers, might have stopped him in time, with or without an international peace force, with or without a league. Indeed, the crisis of the war turned on secret weapons. If Hitler had known what Russia had, he would have never in vaded and lost the war. The earlier' Russo-Flnnlsh war made the whole world believe even "poor little Finland," as she was then known when we were taking up collections for her could . throw off the Russian army which was universally sup posed to be Inferior and Hit ler's secret police had no better information, . 1HE question of control of armaments, therefore, In all reality would seem to have as much to do with the question of peace, war and self defense as any other point. The prob lem clearly is to prevent secret rearming by anyone, Russia, the United States, Britain or pos sibly Mexico, the mention of Mexico not being entirely face tious In view of the develop ment of the rocket bomb. A formula for satisfactory in spection of armaments of every nation may be difficult to reach, in view of the historic policy of Russia. These are Important non-polit ical matters, less advertised in current popular discussions and on a somewhat more realistic basis than the campaign argu ments, but likely to slow down the tempo of coming action. PUZZLES OVER DATE Greeley. Colo. (U.R) Time and streets got mixed up for a Fort Warren, Wy., GI who recently visited here. The soldier could not remember whether he had a date for 8 o'clock on Ninth street, or for 9 o'clock on Eighth street. CM taall JnouiM Waal Ma, - DIPHTHERIA DEATH BRINGS PLEA FOR CHILD PROTECTION Following the death of a child from diptheria. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health of ficer, today urged parents to immunize their small children against this disease. The case was reported to the health offi cer during the week ending Nov. 10 from the Talent dis trict. "This is the first case of diphtheria reported in Jackson county during 1944," the officer states..- "The case, a four-year-old child, terminated in death. We cannot help but stress again that such a trag ;dy need . not occur. There is a safe and sure way of immunizing aU children against this disease. "It is recommended that all children should receive the diphtheria immunization before they reach their first birthday. There is no need for taking chances, if your children have not been immunized previously, have it done now." . Two cases of mumps, one in Rogue River and one in Talent, and two cases of trench mouth, both at Camp White, were also reported to Dr. Merkel last week. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to tbe Bdltur must Deai ctae name ai.d address ol tne erritei ilthougn the use ot pen nam ir Initials roi publlcatlou is per nlasiDle Die Mall rrtbuue re wrvea the right to edit til letter, altb a flew to elanty and eon lenaatlotL Another Good Fire Season To the Editor: Again we have reached the end of a fire season with very little damage to the forest resources of the state. When light rains cooled the air In midsummer during each of the four preceding seasons, skep tics of our Keep Green programs were quick to attribute reduced fire damage to that factor alone. Five succesive seasons without appreciable loss don't "just hap pen;" ' there must be a reason for it. - - In going about the state,' one cannot escape -the impression that the enthusiasm for the Keep Oregon Green program is real and sincere. Publicity material Is seen in conspicuous quantities in every city and town, at cross roads and country stores. Except for the sale of war bonds, no drive . has ever received more unanimous public support than this movement to reduce ' man caused fires. It Is difficult to appraise the contribution of any person or group of persons in this fine work. However, no program of such magnitude could possibly be carried on without the fullest cooperation of the press. During the past fire season, Oregon newspapers carried more than 31.000 column, Inches of mate rial. News stores alone account ed for more than 14,000 inches and increased editorial comment was noted in almost every paper in the state. On behalf of the executive committee of Keep Oregon Green and the state board of forestry, I want to extend to you our sin cere appreciation.' N. s. Kogers, State Forester, Salem, Nov. IS. Shady Covev Shady Cove, Nov. IS Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dunn and two children were in this vicinity recently. The Dunns moved from here to Gold Hill last Sep tember. Ensll Myers and family are now living In Shady Cove, after spending the summer on the coast. . . Alvln ' Conover and Charlie Winkle spent the week at their mountain ranch above Butte Falls. gathering their cattle which they have brought out here for the winter. They were assisted by Emll Zlmmerlee. Orvis Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Johnson, re ceived word to report for In- m where Bert Childcrs halls Ed Carey on his back porch. " What you doln', Ed?" he asks. ... "Pluekln' our Thanksgiving turkey," Ed replies. . "Looks like a chicken to me," aays Bert. "Looks like one to me, too," Ed allows. "But with so many turkeys goln' to onr fightln men. some chickens got to do tnrkeytee job." Guess that's the way Thanks giving Is going to be in a lot of homes this year. We'll be sitting down to rationed foods and sub-stltutes-and being mighty glad A'o. 1 03 qf a Scrit$ Sea Commander (Acmt Telepholo) Adm. Royal E. Ingersoll, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, has been appointed commander ot the Western Sea Frontier with head quarters in San Francisco. ductlon into the navy on No vember 18. Mrs. Caroline Johnson and Mrs. Lucy Smith spent the past week with Mrs. Alvln Conover. Mrs. Eva Segessman enter tained a group of school girls Friday afternoon, the occasion being the birthday of her daughter, Mary. Attending the party were Anne S a n f o r d, Irlene Soden, Dana and G'ayle Turne ,rTerry Anne Baker, Margery, Mary and Marie John son, Ellen and Joanie Strow bridge, Donna Davennort, Sally Walker and Janet Zlmmerlee. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Eastgate and children of Medford spent the week end with Mrs. East gate's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. LIttlefield. Walter F. Mallory of Trail has purchased the George Myers' property and will take possession on December" 1. Word has been received by friends of Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Mann that Mrs. Mann is serious ly ill in a San Francisco hos pital. The .Manns moved from here to San Francisco about a year and a half ago. - Mrs. 3 O. Moore, who was a resident of Shady Cove for sev eral years, passed away Octo ber 19, 1944, at the home of her son In Sutter, Cal. Mrs. Charlotte Pritchett enJ tertained Sunday with a dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Strowbridge and children and Grandma Hill man, the occasion .being Mrs. Strowbridge's birthday. . P.-T. A. and the school board are working together and prog ress has been made toward in stalling playground equipment for the school. At the P.-T. A. meeting Friday Mr. Baker was appointed to purchase the nec essary equipment for swings, a merry-go-round and a bar with rings. Teeter-totters are already under construction. Some of the men have volunteered to fur nlshe their labor for this work. Anyone who would like to help should contact Mr. Baker or Mrs. Segessman. A movie projector not being available at the present time. a fund has been set aside which will be added to from time to time for purchase of one in the future. SHIP REACHES KOBE WITH PW SUPPLIES ' By United Press Tokyo radio announced Wed nesday that the Hakasata Maru had arrived Saturday at Kobe from Nakhodka, a Russian port, laden with 2000 tons of relief supplies for American war pris oners and internees in Japanese hands. SadaO Tfftir-Vlt nf thA Jananat. Imperial Board of Information, told foreign press correspond ents that the goods would be distributed in Japan, China, and the southern regions "as soon as posslDle. "Kansas City to Los Angeles for a Dollar" was advertised one day in the railroad price-war of 1886. I sit ... Joe Marsh, Ed Carey Talks (Thanksgiving) Turkey about It! . . . knowing that the best Is going to our men overseas. And from where I sit, the most Important thing of all Isnt rationed. That's the Spirit of Thanksgiving! Today-as the lights are going on again all over the world-there's more of It than ever! And more cause for it as the powers of darkness yield to freedom, tolrrance, and ham an kindness! SOLDIER TRIED FOR ABUSE OF Lincoln, Nebr., Nov. 16 4I.R) Staff Sgt. Odus West, on trial before a court martial at Lin coln army air base on charges of "unnecessary abuse" of pris oners, once forced a soldier prisoner to run In front of a jeep traveling 12 miles an hour, ac cording to testimony by Mrs. Carrie Robson, Lincoln. Mrs. Robson, a civilian truck driver at the motor pool at the air base, testified yesterday that she witnessed the jeep chas ing incident which infuriated her so that she tried to force the jeep off the road with her truck. She said she was driving near the guardhouse when she saw a prisoner, identified as Pvt. John H. Palmer, running a few feet ahead of a jeep driven by West. Palmer, who was held in the guardhouse because he previ ously had escaped custody and Was apprehended by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Kan sas City,, was one of eight , sol diers West was accused of abus ing between April and" July of this year. : TAX DEPARTMENT HAS HEAVY DAY Tax payments for the period enamg November 15. the final day for granting a 3 per cent discount for full year payments, were extrernely heavy, Sheriff Syd I. Brown said today. Heavy mail payments were also re ceived and it will be several days before the total amount collect ed is learned. Quarterly pay ments are now due. Tuesday, a line of taxpayers extended down the hall as far as .the county clerk's office and all day yesterday the tax collec tion department was full. Clerks reported large corpor ations, such as the California Oregon Power company. South ern Pacific, Rogue River Tim ber company and other concerns made payments by mail the past week. More payments were re ceived by mail today. The first shoe factory built in Danvers, Mass., now a shoe pro duction center, was established In 1787 because Zerubbabel Por ter, a tanner, wished to dispose of "surplus" leather. m aw BEST ii;!;rJWi vi wi Hi J"44 XvS7 a- Baa surfai isnrfci, -i i.tet :kmm&& Healthy appetites require healthful foods! Give the youngsters, and grown ups, loo, plenty of the ftnd of bread you mothers can make with Crown En rehed Flour. It CIOWN "KITCNIN OUIIN" flOUt ctowN"Mi.CHoicr-nou snowoo hu.iiiino noui ftaowNcunnout ctowN PAim nous ftswANSAsnrnovt ask ym men m cowh Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson Co. His tory hom the files ot the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 34 yssrs ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 16, 1934 (It was Friday) Group named by Roosevelt to survey national situation sees "extreme danger" in NRA and AAA and control of crops. Air base, urged here in de fense report, . Rain. High 56, low 48 degrees. State beekeepers to hold con vention here next year. Grants Pass high to play Med ford here Saturday. Demand for turkeys f o r Thanksgiving increases. Hillah Shriners leave for Sac ramento meeting. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November 16, 1924 ; (It was Sunday) Mob of ranchers turn off water supply of Los Angeles. Local girl walking home ia sandbagged on Holly street by unknown man. Oregon school books to cost more hereafter. Japan and Great Britain In diolomatic clash over America's efforts to curb opium traffic; Probably cloudy. High 64, low 30 degrees. East is gripped by. record cold and many persons suffer frost bites. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO November 16, 1910 (It was Wednesday) Miss Anna Fiddler of this city and Jens Jensen, foreman of the Jacobson-Bade Construction com pany were married yesterday. After a short honeymoon trip to Portland, they will make their home in this city. . Ashland will vote on $170,000 bond issue for water system. . TABLE ROCK REsTdENT IS FINED ON TWO ACCOUNTS Sam P. McQueen, of the Table Rock district, charged with us ing an Oklahoma auto license while a residence of Oregon and failure to stop at a stop sign, was fined $1 and costs on each count, by Justice of the Peace William P. Tucker yesterday. McQueen, a carpenter, has been residing here since last JSnu ary. He informed the court when arrested he was on his way to close a deal for sale of the car. He plans to return to Ok lahoma, dispose, of .his property there and return here to make his permanent home. iiio (ill: (WJJtt PATENT CIOWN MNCAKI AND WWII MIX CIOWN WHfATCIIM CIOWN OIAMAM HOUt CIOWN CtACKIO WHIAT HOW CIOWN WHOll WHIAT ftCUl i
