F0T7B MTOFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE Trlchr, Wot. 17, 1944.
Thanksgiving Season
Babton Giras Ten Reason for Which to Be Thankful
Br Hojtr W. Babson
(Special Correspondent)
' (Special Correspondence) On
our coming Thanksgiving day
. we nava mucn lor wnicn 10 oe
thankful. I should like to com-
: ment specifically upon ten
, reasons:
1. First and foremost, we can
celebrate this year for the same
reason that occasioned the first
Thanksgiving of the Pilgrim
i colony in 1623, namely, A FINE
: HARVEST. Crop yields this
year surpass all previous rec-
I ords. There is plenty of wheat,
corn and other farm products
for us to feed ourselves and the
needy everywhere.
'. 2. Without HEALTH AND
i. STRENGTH none of us can
work or think efficiently. Com
bined with the right spiritual
outlook, health Is the greatest
of all blessings The past year
has seen an Improvement in
both on the part of the Amer-
' ican people.
,. 3. Although the Thanksgiving
season finds us in the midst of
our greatest war. we should be
thankful for the progress which
has been made toward a success
ful peace. We are justified in
! believing the European war will
: be over in a few months and the
hone that total peace may come
.before another Thanksgiving
i "ay.
i ' 4. Whether Republicans or
i uemoerais, we should be thank
ful that we live In a country
' where a free ELECTION can be
i held. Here Is tangible evidence
,-of the continued existence of
' our country as a true democ
; racy.
8. We should be hankful for
, ine mukal and PHYSICAL
COURAGE that our men and
I women have shown both at
home and at the front. Our
; fighting forces first believe that
. they are engaged in great
moral crusade; and, second.
they have the courage to back
;up their beliefs.
. . Our peonle ahould be
thankful for FULL EMPLOY
MENT AND FAIR WAGES. No
one need be without Job' to-
: day. As a result, old debts are
i, being settled and. to the Joy
of the retailer, large sales are
; being rung up on cash re?sters.
: 7. we who believe In free
enerprise should be thankful
i that values have keot up so
i well. Our rulera at Washington
are showing more Justice and
less prejudice. They are begin-
Milng to rpnlt iUt
i .. . ...ov ircupiv
should be encouraged to save
ma won as (o spena. " '
n 0 " 1 d be hnkful
FOR OUR NEWSPAPERS and
the evidence their pages con
i tain of our continued rkht of
free.speech; of the privilege
! iiu w!ve7.. Amer,c,n h
-write Ms i editor and. If worthy.
t f ' letter published. More
than the people of any other
. nation, we an being kept in-
i formed a to what Is poln on.
9. Our BUSINESS LEADERS
,are responsible for many of our
b'esslngs. They represent a part
of our national life that has be-
; come almost commonplace. Too
often their work Is taken for
granted. We should all be more
grateful to them as well as to
their wage workers.
10. Last, but by no means
least, we should be thankful
FOR OUR CHURCHES. There
is today, in accord with our
more serious thinking, a deep
ening of Interest In spiritual of
fairs. Church attendance is in
creasing and there is a greater
desire for a larger participa
tion in church work and person
al meditation. It is heartening
to many of us "old timers" to
see people, again reaching for
the more important things in
life.
Yes, we have much to be
thankful for this yearl
FOR HOG PRICES
Washington, Nov. 17 (U.R)
The war food administration in
a move designed to Increase
marketings of hogs and thus
improve pork supplies, today ex
tended its price support program
to good and choice butcher hpgs i
weighing between 240 and 270'
pounds.
Under the revised program,
the agency will assure produc
ers $12.50 per 100 pounds for
all hogs weighing between 200
and 270 pounds.
Since October 1, WFA's pro
gram has covered only hogs In
the 200-240 pound bracket. Be
fore that time the price support
program was pegged at $13.75
for hogs weighing between 200
and 270 pounds.
WAGE HIKE OKEH
Washington, Nov. 1701,15
The War Labor Board ruled to
day that employers may in
crease wage rates up to a min
imum of SO cents an hour with
out obtaining board approval.
Previously, employers c o uld
raire wages only up to 40 cents
without the board's permission.
Daily Weather Report
Porasasts
Medford and vicinity: Incrcaslnf
eloudlneii tonifht; Ught rain Satur
day; slightly warmar.
Oregon: increaalng cloudiness to
night; light rain wait of Cascades
Saturday; fogs in vallayi' and not
qulta so eold.
Local Data
Tamparaturo a year ' ago today:
HUhut SSs lowest 40.
Total monthly precipitation 1.81
Inchei, Excess for the month 1.31
Inches.
Total precipitation line September
1. 1944. s.so Inches. Excess for the
season 1.63 Inches.
Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m, yes
terday : 4:30 today a.
Tomorrow
sunrise B:os a. m i sunset B4S p. m.
Put 34 hours: High Low Preo.
noise
Boston
. 40
, 49
, 4"
. 4S
. at
. 70
, ST
. St
. 38
, t
. St
. 4a
, 41
Ran Francisco fll
Seattle . . .. 43
fiooknne .,, 38
Wnshlngton, D. C. . 67
Yakima ;. 44
Chicago
uenver ,,
Eureka , ,
Hivro
Los Angeles ,
Medford
New York -Omaha
,
Phoenix
Portland .
P-eno
Roseburg
ant uks
M
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45
as
13 ,
41
14 .
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40 ,1
as Trace
40
19
as
40
sa
31
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Use Mall iTinmie Want Ada.
Announcing
THE OPENING
or '
Sweet Maid
DAIRY
PRODUCTS
MEDFORD'S NEWEST
INDUSTRY!
516 South Riverside
MANUFACTUERS OP
SWEET-MAID
O COTTAGE CHEESE
O BUTTERMILK
O ICE CREAM v
.Wholesale and Retail
Willis W. WlnnartJ John A. Props
MUSIC GROUP 10
REACH NEW HIGH
There Is every Indication of
a record-breaking membership
this year for the Jackson
County Civic Music association,
judging by memberships re
ceived up to this noon, accord
ing to Seth Bullis, president of
the association.
' One of these Indications,
Bullis states, is the large num
ber of new members who have
already subscribed. He attrib
utes much of this to the fact
that many people were disap
pointed last year when they
found that it was impossible to
attend concerts unless they had
secured their membershiD dur
ing the membership week. The
same rule always applies to
civic music procedure; no sin
gle admissions are sold to any
concert nor is it possible to se
cure memberships after 9 p. m.
Saturday of this week.
An unusually large number
of ballots have been received.
Indicating a wide interest in the
type of concerts available, Each
member is entitled to vote for a
minimum of five tynes of artists
or attractions and it is this sum
mary by which the committee is
guided in making the final se
lection on Saturday night.
Headquarters at the Chamber
of Commerce will be open until
9 p. m. tonight, and from 9 a. m.
until 9 p. m. tomorrow night. It
Is not necesrary to wait for a
personal Invitation to become a
member, Bullis states. Any adult
or student may secure member
ship through payment of the
adult membership fee of $6, In
cluding tax and the student fee
of $3, Including tax, at the
Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
Japs Bury Plane,
Save Face With '
Native Populace
Washington, Nov. 17 0J.R)
The Japanese, in an attempt
to maintain among Pacific
C'tivea the fiction that their
fliers are invincible, went to
-the extreme on one occasion
of burying a plane which had
been shot down by an Ameri
can, the nnvy disclosed today.
Navy Lt Robert L. Donley
of North Hollywood, Calif.,
a technical air intelligence of
ficer, discovered the hidden
wreckage of a Japanese dive
bomber which a navy pilot
had shot down over a Pacific
Island.
"The wings and entire fuse
lage," Donley reported, "mi
nus the rudder, vertical fin
and engine, were burled by
the Japs to 'save face' with
the native population."
E
VISIT MARKADE
Two army sergeants, one with
31 months' service and other
with 39 months, visited a recre
ation center for servicemen last
night for the first time and de
cided they should have started
sooner. The men were First
Sgt. Kenneth Black and his
brother, Sgt. Bill Black, who
arrived in Medford this week
from the Southwest Pacific thea
ter of operations.
The brothers arrived at the
MarKade last night to attend
the Sadie Hawkins Day party
and informed the director that
this was the first time they
had visited such a center. They
both remained for the entire
evening and reported a "won
derful time."
Sgt. Kenneth Black, who had
served with the national guard
before going Into, the service,
and his brother are both married
to Australian girls and Sgt Bill
Black and his wife have a 3-month-old
child. Both wives
plan to come to this country to
live In the near future, the ser
geants say.
The men are visiting their
parents. Mr. and Mrs. William
M. Black of 412 South Ivy street.
One-third of Argentina's 13,
518,239 people live in Buenos
Aires and Its suburbs.
LARRY MARSH INJURED; -IN
FRENCH HOSPITAL
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Marsh,
Route 1, Medford, have received
a telegram from the. War De
partment that their- son, Pvt.
Larry Marsh, who wai wounded
In Germany October 24, Is re
cuperating In a hospital some
where in France.
Pvt. Marsh, who was Inducted
June, 1943, is a graduate of Med
ford high school with the class
of 1942 and attended Oregon
State college.
Osa Mil' mnuue Want Ada
F!
WILL FILE SUII
BRITISH SUFFER
UNDER JAP LASH
London. Nov. 17 (U.R) War
Minister Sir James Grlgg told
commons today that at least
one of every five British pris
oners, captured In Slnftmore and
Java, died under horrible con
ditions in Slam's jungles while
constructing railroads for the
Japanese.
His statement was based on In
formation furnished by prisoners
Who survived thm elnlrlno tf n
Japanese troop transport and!
suosequentiy reached Britain. I
, About 1300 British Empire'
Prisoners were nhnnrri fhA shin
which left Singapore last Sep
tember, Origg said, but after
the vessel sank the Japanese de
liberately picked up only Japa
nese survivors, leaving the pris
oners 10 meir tate.
"I fear a great majority of;
them drowned," the war min-i
later said. ,
"weather- i
Northern California Clear
today, tonight and Saturday, but
moming fogs in the valleys
and partly cloudy in extreme,
north portion. Slightly warmer
this afternoon.
Hollywood, Nov. 17 U.F9
George Raft, that film smoothie
who also has a tough side on the
screen, decided to show his real
tough side today, and said he
would file suit for slander
against the New York Aircraft
executive who accused him of
using loaded dice In a trap game.
Martin Shurln, Jr., president
of Hudson Aircraft comrjany, ac
cused Raft of cheating in a high
stakes ga.ne last March 24, in a
statement made to the New York
district attorney.
"No penny pinching big shot's
gonna make a sucker outta
Raft," the sleek haired actor re
torted. ',
"I'll sue and I'll turn every
cent I collect over to charity,"
he said. i
Shruin said Raft won $18,500 '
off him in a game at the home of j
Leo (Lippy) Durocher, manager;
of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who
was out of town at the time.
Raft said he'd never played
with loaded dice in his life.
mahoneTreturning
TO CAPITAL OFFiCE J
: Portland, Ore., Nov. 17 (U.R! 1
Willis Mahoney, Democratic
candidate who lost out In his
race against U. S. Senator Guy
Cordon, said today he would
leave for Washington, D. C, to-'
morrow to resume his associa j
tlon with Joseph B. Keenan, '
former U. S. attorney general,
with whom he has had an asso
ciate law office for the past five
years.
ANNOUNCING
REOPENING
HOLLY CE
Monday, Nov. 20
6:00 A. M. 8:C0 P. M.
31 N. Holly
7 food kids like
to eat!
Blue Bell potato chips are
the most popular lunch
pail food. They add test
because they are fresh and
delicious. They add energy
because potatoes are high,
energy food. They have
that grand potato Bavor-
"They Are SABINIZED"
the new, modern method
that means..;,
To)T7 VTTTci tshtr ptat thiPsl
Potato Chips.
SHOP EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS
WHILE THERE IS A LARGE VARIETY
OF MERCHANDISE
KEEP THIS HANDY CHECK LIST TO HELP YOU SELECT THE IXACTIY RIGHT GIFT!
For That Special Someone Mother. Wife or Sweetheart
TOILETRIES
.. . . . Yardley's Bond Street Perfume. ..... . ... . .$2.50, $4.50, $8.50
..... Cheramy Frolic Perfume .$1.10, $3.50, $6.50
Varvas' Follow Me & Nonchalant Perfume .$1-00, $9.00
.. . . ; Harriett Hubbard Ayer's Pink CloVer, & Honeysuckle . ..... .$1.25
Hudnut's Gemey . . ... , $1.15
,. . . . Houbigant's Quelques Fleurs, and Presence Cologne . . . . ... ..... .$100
.... Hudnut's Yankee Clover Cologne. $1.00
, Harriett Hubbard Ayer's Honeysuckle and Pink Clover Cologne. . . .$1.15
Ybry's fine perfumes . . 60c to $12.00
..... Wrisley's Gold Tassel Cologne. . ..... , .$1.00
..... House of Gordon Colognes. .$1.00
.... Monique's Valour Cologne .' .$1.00 .
GIFT SETS
.... Vantine . .'. $1.69 to $3.29
..... Yankee Clover and April Showers , . . : $2.75 to $5.75
..... Harriett Hubbard Ayer Pink Clover and Honeysuckle $2.30 .
"... Halliwells Three Colognes . . : ., $3.50
. . . Varvas' Follow Me and Nonchalant Perfume & Cologne Sets . $1.00 to $4.00
Musical Powder Boxes $6.98
.... Mirror Vanities :; . . . . '. $5.95
Dresser Sets $6.75 to $35.00
,. ... Compacts . .$2.50 to $8.75
.. . . . Wrisley Bath or Toilet Soap. $1.00
,. . . . Bubble Bath $1.00
.... Dusting Powders .59c to $1.50
. . . . Magnifying Mirrors "... ... ; . . . . . . $1.25
..... Cut Glass Perfume Bottles. ....................... . $1.29
.. . . . Cut Glass Powder Boxes $1.00
FOR
HIM Across the Sea or
Men's Shaving Sets .
Fitted Leather Cases
Kaywoodie Pipes . . .
Pipe Racks
On the Home Front
. . . ... . . ............ 50c to $7.50
. . . . (Including tax) $15.30 and $21.84
.$3.50 and $5.00
.$1.79 to $13.50
t - :
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Leather Air'Tight Tobacco Pounches .... . . $2.39 to $3.50
Nail File and Comb in Leather CaSe , . .$1.00
Sewing Kits Army or Navy $2.19
Yardley Shaving Bowls ; $1.00
Playing Cards 39c to 85c
Novelty Highball Glasses Set of 6-$1.50 and $1.75
Ash Trays 98c to $3.98
Poker Chips in Rack $11.95
Navy Bill Folds $2.50
ZipDer Utility Kits $3.99
Bullet Proof Bibles $2!l9
Genuine Leather Desk Sets $6.95
FOR THE YOUNGER SET
.... Story Book 15 to 79t
.... Stuffed Animals..... $1.50 to $2.49
.... Dolls All sizes and types
.... Fish and Duck Castile Soap, 3 for 25
.... Rattles 39
.... Baby Books $2.25
. ... Mennen Baby Sets .39
. ... Jig Saw Puzzle Books $1.50
.... Magic Slates $1.00
,. . . . Dart Games $1.59
.... Spinning Tops 59
FOR THE FAMILY GIFTS
.... Glass Coffee Maker Seta $6.95
.... Lucite Towel Racks $1.49
.... Mr. and Mrs. Cologne $1.15
.... Picture Frames all sizes and designs
.... Checker Sets .89
.... Mirror Trays $4.50
.... No Argument Cribbage Boards $1.99
.... Mixing Bowl Sets $1.19
.... Photograph Albums $1.19
.... Telephone Desk Memorandums $1.09
.... Fine Boxed Stationary. .$1 to $3.50
ooxea tanay $1.00 to $3.00
SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF CHRISTMAS CARDS
and CHOOSE YOUR GIFT WRAPPINGS from OUR LARGE STOCK
Taylor's Penny -Wise Will Be Pleased to Gift Wrap and Mail
Christmas Packages Purchased by Service Personnel
TAYLOR'S
DRUGS
323 L Main Mtdfori
Our pi leas ara tha Fair Trada Minimum. Wa carry a u'j un, of m,ib.,, .
and Drug Sundrlaa. 1 mm n Umallr AdTartlsad Fharmaeratieab
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