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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.
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"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,
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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,
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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.
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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. .
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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