EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Mot. It. 1944
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Parry
All week the weather matched
the most plentiful cigarette
brand Kool.
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1 Thanksgiving comes Thurs.
Some declare they will be thank
ful, if the oncoming session of
the legislature quits when it is
supposed to.
Everybody Is guessing about
Herr Hitler. He is either In hid
ing, a hospital, or Hell.
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' The sunshine has revived golf
ing, and daily many are at the
lynx getting ozone on the hoof,
as Lyle (Old Codger) Fisher, 83,
says. He gets his exercise by
plain walking, without golfing.
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1 Hog-kilUng is the order of the
day in many rural regions. Sev
eral epicureans boast they have
eaten pig-backbones, from which
the meat ; had. not been, sand
papered. ,
The Aubrey Norris boy John,
has a new cousin.
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Ed Kubli, the Applegate cow
man towned Thurs. and right oft
Jaywalked across the street con
trary to the city ordinance, with
out getting caught.
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The Spatz boya shipped 20
cars of apples last week, the
(irst in many moons from this
vicinity. They blossomed over
night into up & coming Apple
Kings.
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The police report some of the
small fry around here ere due
for some more frying, if they
don't watch out.
, . .
' The President ' Is alleged to
hsrve used naughty word on
election day, when a voting ma
chine wouldn't work, and pro
tests and denials have been filed.
Other Americans also cussed
when they saw pictures In a
weekly magazine (Newsweek),
of vote buying in a Chicago pre
cinct, that went 4 to 1 Democra
tic. The camera has not yet been
called a liar.
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Frosts the past weak put a
kibosh on many pastures, and
some stockmen have started
feeding their hay shortage to
their beef shortage.
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The duck hunting season is
about a month old, and as yet
no hunter has been shot for one.
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Travel by auto is at a low
ebb. A rural resident whose old
est boy piled a cord of fireplace
wood three feet from a road,
reports not a stick Is missing,
a a . a '
Snow fell during the week In
the high hills. Older Girls have
sittrted demanding some in the
valley for a "white Christmas."
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The Grey Mask, before a large
congregation at the Armory
Thurs. eve, scrunched his foe
again, and Is still a mystery. The
noggin-cracking will be held
again this week, and search for
a human billy-goat to- conquer
him continues.
Colds are the order of the day.
and many of the populace have
them.
Tom Fuson got a letter from
his boy Tom In France last week,
who stated he had run across Dr.
E,ddle Durno, also of here, in the
same area. .
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Now that the shooting has
subsided, the C. Pheasants have
regained uieir nerve and are
again eating with the farmers'
chicknns, after eating up' his
crops all last summer.
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The mister-race now threat
ens to bomb America with rock
ets. Stockholm rennrie enH
Washington fears. As yet this
nas not scared the daylights out
oi any great number.
The electric motor was invent
ed by Thomas Davenport, born
in Willlamstown, Vt., In 1802.
He also created the first model
of an electrically-driven car.
Thanksgiving for Soldiers
Thursday will be Thanksgiving Day a real day for
giving thanks this year with eventual victory certain
and the threat to our homes thrown back across the
seas. True, many firesides will lack the usual cheer of
this day, with more than 5,000 Jackson county sons
and fathers on distant battle-fronts fighting to pre
serve such American traditions as Thanksgiving Day
for years to come. And yet, most homes will have the
traditional feast for rationing has been slight, the de
mands of war few, and the harvest bounteous.
There are, however, guests among us soldiers at
Camp White who will not be home to see Mom baste
the roasted turkey and prepare tasty tid-bits, land
watch Dad wielding the
with kindly care the particular morsels most enjoyed
by every member of the family. They will miss the
friendly faces of loved ones; the homey chatter of
brothers and sisters.
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TTRUE,' a special Thanksgiving Day dinner will be
served at Camp White but the mess hall is a far
cry from home and fireside. The U.S.O. has thought
fully planned to give these boys the next thing a
chance to enter Medford and Rogue River Valley
homes and share the holiday with families here. Of
course, upon this day when home ties are first in mind,
we must open our hearts and homes to these service
men let them taste a real home-cooked Thanks
giving dinner and enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of
our homes.
ENTHUSIASM for this plan should spill out into
every corner of the Rogue River Valley. An invi
tation to our homes is a small gesture, indeed, but
will mean much to homesick men and boys a long way
from their own firesides.
dance at the U.S.O. will
your guest so entertainment
not be expected.
A telephone call to the
will be extended to a service
6th Bond Drive Starts
Victory is still a long way off.
Those who might question this statement should
read Under-Secretary of War Robert Patterson's
sobering article in the current issue of Collier's. Even
after we beat Germany and that is proving no easy
task we will have the Japs to conquer. This highly
qualified writer finds nothing to support the notion
that Japan will be a pushover, despite our successful
landing in the Philippines and our brilliant naval
victories.
THOSE who do not believe that Japan will be a
iauii tiuv ia vi uv,ia a
feel that we can soon blast
should consider these facts :
The Japanese fleet is still
to large scale amphibious
At the present time, Japan is producing aircraft at
a rate far greater than the
planes. : .
The Japanese army is
than it was when the Japs struck at Pearl Harbor. ,
The Japanese industrial machine, backed by ac
cumulated stock piles of strategic raw materials and
bolstered by millions of slave laborers, is still f ormid-
able. .
Geography serves this
curbing the effectiveness of our aerial superiority and
rendering the supply job of a full-scale assault ex
tremely difficult. It is the age-old military problem
of logistics. Japan's shipping lanes become shorter as
we attempt to penetrate her
,
VES, to expect victory soon
victory we must build more
guns and it will cost money to foot the bills. That is
why the Sixth War Loan Drive, which opens here and
throughout the nation tomorrow, should receive the
immediate and generous support of every loyal and
enlightened citizen. '
FOURTEEN billion dollars must be raised during
r this drive. It sounds like a lot of money, but Amer
ican income and bank deposits can nicely meet this
urgent call. Our response to this War Loan campaign
should measure up to the gallantry and sacrifice of our
fighting men. They are called upon to GIVE their
ives: We are asked only
every cent we can in the safest, surest investment in
the world. Along with this request goes the opportun
ity to bolster our individual finances against possible
economic crisis in post-war years.
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JACKSON county's quota will be $2,309,000, of
which $G00,000 is in the "E" series, the "people's
bonds". We can and must maintain our record and
go "over the top" in this Sixth War Loan campaign.
And each individual should be ready to buy at least
one extra $100 bond when
H.G.
No Redemption Change
To answer the rumor that the Treasury is contem
plating the abandonment
procedure, the Secretary
informed the War Finance Committee that this story
and conclusions are entirely false. The Treasury has
no plans which call for revision of redemption ma
chinery which went into operation October 2nd.
Ihis authoritative statement should put a stoo to
bond cashing except in cases of real emergency on
the part of individual investors. War Bonds should,
by all means, be held but it is comforting to know that
they CAN be auicklv converted into cash should the
Ineed arise. H.G.
carving knife and serving
An evening Thanksgiving
top off a pleasant day for
later in the evening will
U.S.O. and your invitation
man. H.G.
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j. tii t -iajr m uuivc aiiu
the Nipponese off the map
formidable and a menace
operations.
allied destruction of her
'
bigger and stronger today
enemy as a powerful ally,
inner defenses.
is to count our chickens
and more ships, tanks and
to LOAN our money put
the drive opens tomorrow.
of the present redemption
of the .treasury has just
BUT PAY BETTER
WLB Chairman Report Hits
Labor Demand Refutes
Union Claims
Washington, Nov. 18 U.R)
Chairman William H. Davis of
the. War Labor Board told Pres
ident Roosevelt tonight that the
cost of living In urban centers
increased 20 to 30 per cent be
tween Jan. 1, 1041, and Sept. 15,
rl,bU.tJh?t Amfr,fan waf
earners and low salaried wnrlt-i
ers nevertheless "have improved
their financial position notably
since 1041."
Davis transmitted this Infor
mation as chairman of a special
cost of living committee, ap
pointed by the presirlont. (n a
report which appeared to throw
cold water on labor's demands
for new general wage increases.
The .report is exDected to form
the basis of a WLB review of
the Little Steel Formula being
completed -by public members.
This review will go to Mr.
Roosevelt without recommends'
tlons after it ' Is considered
the full board.
by
Davis indicated that he con
sidered any excess in the rise of
living costs over wage increases
as part of labor's "fair share of
the many sacrifices involved''' in
the American people's decision
"to subordinate their diverse in
dividual aims to a single nation
al aim until victory should be
dairns that tfHvln, Ll T i
raJS
from 1941 to 1944, and said that
some of the rise would disappear
with resumption of civilian pro
duction. The labor department's
bureau of labor statistics pre
viously had estimated the rise
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at 29.5 percent.
The
members
committee's Industry
concurred - "in the
main" with the report submit
ted by Davis, but labor mem.
bers sharply disagreed.
FOR TALKS HERE
Arrivlng in the county today
will be a group of four speakers,
headed by Dr. Hermanes To
vares, Brazilian . physician, to
conduct forums and speak for
the Institute of Inter-American
Affairs under the sponsorship of
4hA Rinla fivitnm nt Ht0hfr Kd-
ucation. The group appears to-
morrow noon and afternoon in
Ashland and tomorrow night in
Medford Dr. Tovares will speak
at the high school auditorium on
"Is the Good Neighbor Policy a
Failure". . .
Dr. Tovares, also ' sponsored
by the Office of Coordinator of
Inter-American Affairs, Wash
ton, D. C, came to Oregon dir
ectly from Brazil where he has
completed a study of conditions
and relations to the United
States. With the Brazilian on
the tour of several Oregon cit
ies are Dr. Warren D. Smith,
Philippine authority and head of,
the geology and geography de
partment of the University of
Oregon; Dr. Victor P. Morris,
dean of the university's business
administration school, and Dr.
Guldo Jorquera, Chilean engin
eer now doing research at Ore
gon State college. - -
' Questions and discussion will
follow Dr. Tovares' talk and a
film "The Bridge" w 1 1 1 be
shown. The doctor's appearance
here is under the sponsorship of
the Jackson . County League of , the army since August 11, 1942,
Women's Voters, of which Mrs.j and had been in India since July
Justin Smith is president. Thejof this year. He was 23 years
lecture is scheduled for 8 p. m.
and there Is no charge.
Flu Epidemic Ups
Disease Rate 750
Percent Over 1943
Last winter's Influenza epi
demic, Is, statistically speaking,
responsible for the increase in
the incidence of communicable
disease occurlng In Oregon dur
ing 1944.
A recent survey of the uncor
rected weekly communicable di
sease morbidity tables which are
published regularly in Oregon
Health Bulletin has brought to
light the (act that communicable
disease was, in first 45 weeks of
1944, 4.25 per cent higher'than
In corresponding-weeks of 1943,
an article In the bulletin states.
During the first halt of the
present year there was a 750 per
cent increase In the Indicated
evidence of Influenza over the
same period in 1943, the article
continues.
Partial Interested In Christ
mat Offer of Encyclopedia
Britannic or Britannic. Jr..
can obtain completa informa
tion by writing tha Oregon
repratentatlra, Mr. V. P.
Dickson, 1723 N. E. Multno
mah 8t., Portland 12. Oregon.
HITLER. HIS MIND
Party Chiefs Keep Bad News j
From Dictator
Hideaway
In His
.: . By Robart Dowson
. United Press Correspondent
London,' Nov. 18 (U.R) Per
sistent but unconfirmed reports
from the continent said today
that Adolf Hitler, stripped of his
dictatorial powers, is living un-
der close supervision in a Berch.
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tesgaden "dream world," sur-
rounded by high-pressure nazi'l
...t- j t i I
H.ua8..u w..o ia nim SUg-
ar-coated war and home front
news to preserve his' failing san
ity. Speculation over the meaning
of the fuehrer's sudden and pro
longed disappearance from pub
lic life mounted rapidly, even
inside Germany where the nazis
were reported to have clamped
a rigid censorship on all domes
tic mail to prevent the spread
of further rumors.
uerman prisoners taken on
the western front in the past
24. hours admitted freely that
they believed something was
radically wrong with Hitler and
that Gestapo Chief - Heinrich
Himmler had brushed aside the
fuehrers hand-picked "crown
prince," Reichsmarshal Hermann reports received here. Extent
Goering, and seized the supreme i of his injuries was not told. Gen
power for himself. Easley is said to have been the
- lfSuaHich naiiNmana A ipr,o4nVinn TT.ii.j cll 1
rePing the U S. office of j
!T .rmation said Himmler
hflrt lSSMPfl n riPPrOA ftirhlHrtintf
Germans even to -discuss the
state of Hitler's health.)
The London Exchange Tele
graph, quoting advices from a ,
neutral capital, said Hitler was
known to have been alive as
recently as live days ago, al-
ougn nazi party leaders were
said to De gravely alarmed over
his mental and physical condi
tion. . The dispatch said Hitler had
been confined to his Berchtes
gaden hideaway since the at
tempt on his life last July 20 and
that Himmler, fearing that dis
closure of the full extent of the
disasters suffered by Germany
since that time might complete-
ly unbalance him, had ordered J
all adverse news withheld from
me iuenrer. i
Any disturbing . reports, ac
cording to this account, caused
a severe nervous reaction that
might send Hitler off into a fit
of maniacal rage. ....
As a result, the nazis were re
ported to have created an elab
orate news service in Berchtes
gaden under the direct supervls-
io? of E"ft Kaltenbrunner, Him-
mler's chief aide and head of
the relch security office. This
propaganda machine, the Ex
change Telegraph said, prints a
daily "Good News" edition of
the Volkischer Beobachter con
taining faked reports of military
victories and of imaginary popu
lar demonstrations of loyalty to
Hitler throughout Germany.
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KILLED ACTION
Col. Clarence W. Mathes. son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. D Mathes of
Talent, was killed November S
while on duty with the army In
India, a wire from the war de
partment to the young man's
oarents stated Friday morning
Cpl. Mathes was serving with the
Army Air Transport command.
The young man had been in
old. Survivors are his parents
and two sisters, Dorothy Welt
man of .Prospect, and Margo
Strahan. at home.
Cpl. Mathes was a graduate of
Talent high school and later at
tended Medford 'business college.
He worked for nearly two years
at the Civilian Conservation
Corps headquarters at Medford
and then was transferred to the
Vancouver headquarters and was
Inducted into the army through
the Portland station.
Os Mall mount Want Ada
I working
wholesome,
I economical.
laying hen are paying hn i Wy?f I
and larro Egg Mash will help SJ.-l'V A
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GENERAL EASLEY
OF 95TH DIVISION
INJURED ON LEYTEi
Brig. Gen. Claudius M. Eas-
ley, assistant division command
er of the Oregon-trained' 96th in-
fanfmr rfh.l.inn 1 I . 1
erf n Levte Irlnnrt nnmrHlna to
wounded to the VM foSS E
lands since Gen. Douglas Mac
A 1-Thliv'o fnrnnr IniroHarl 4V. a ,e.
lands October 20.
Gen. Easley is well known In
Medford through his duty here, a" alaD
,ith tho ofiti, ii.i'nn .,hih 'unbroken cases of domestic and
with the 96th division which
trained at Camp White from
November, 1943, to April, 1944.
Born in Texas in 1891 and a
former resident of Waco, Gen
Easley was graduated from Tex
as A.- & M. college and was a
member of the Texas national
guard from 1913 to 1917 when
he joined the regular army. 'His
long service has included a for
mer tour of duty in the Phil
ippines. Gen. Easley is rated in army
circles as a small arms expert.
He was a member of the army
infantry rifle teams which won j.
the national championships at
uamp t-erry, vj., in . i4u ana
1927 and was officer in charge
ot the infantry pistol team .
which won national honors in
1938 and 1939.
Gen. Easley has been with!
the 96th division since it was
activated August 15, 1942, at I
Camp Adair by Ma. Gen, James
L. Bradley, the present division
commander on Leyte. Easley
was promoted to brigadier
general Auguct 18, 1942. ....
NEED 13,000 FOR
T
Portland, Ore., Nov. 18 (U.R)
There is a need for 13,000 more
shipyard workers in the Portland-Vancouver
area, according
to L. C. Stoll, Oregon manpower
director. . i
rne can is Dasea upon con
tracts for the building of trans
ports, carriers and cargo ships,
some of which will be the big-
gest ships ever built on the
Columbia.
Rumors that the shipbuilding
program in the Portland area
would be through by the first of
the year have influenced many
activities, Including the proposal
to convert the housing project.
Vanport City, into a postwar in
dustrial development, and many
shipyard workers have left their
jobs.
MORE SURPLUS SALES .
Modesto, Cal., Nov. 18 (U.R)
The State Agricultural adjust
ment agency today announced
that auctions of surplus govern
ment property will be held in
various parts of California.
EMARDS-MEETAGAIN
Long Beach, Nov. .18 (U.R)
The Emard boys, all 10 of
them are going to hold a re
union tomorrow in Long Beach
the first time the brothers
have been together In 27 years.
What'. SSEl KTjm
LOCKHEED PLANS
TRANSPORT PLANE
Burbank. Calif., Nov. 19 U.R
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. tonight
announced plans for production
as soon as military plane com
mitments will permit of the
Saturn 75, a high-wing, twin
motored transport especially de
signed for short-haul service.
Making use of aerodynamic,
structural and mechanical ex-
! Pfnce BHH. ! Z 't:
ltPhrSaturn 75would"beTb,e tolover city water supply serious
carry 14 passengers, a crew oflf"u
two, baggage and cargo at a
cruising speed of 200 miles per
j?"""
000 feet for a maximum of 1600
milds.
A high wing is planned to per
mit greater passenger visibility.
Wide doors would aid cargo
loading, while quickly remov
able seats would permit the
transport to handle bulky
freight.. The two 525-horsepower
motors, and other essential parts
were designed .for easy access by
mechanics which engineers said
would "spell economy for the in
terburban operator."
L
BOARD READY TO
E
' Portland, Ore., Nov. 18 (U.R)
The Oregon Liquor Control com-
i -: . i - re . .
'wi. lo ,p,r"
imported sweet wines they have
on nand alter December 7, pro
vided the dealers are willing to
sell at prices listed with the com
mission. . '
The action was taken In ac
cordance with the request of
wine representatives as expres
sed at a meeting called Novem
ber 10 fey State Liquor Adminis
trator Ray Conway. ,
At that time, retailers' nrom-
ised to dispose of as much wine
as possible before the Burke bill
became effective. The bill, which
provides that the sale of fortified
wines shall be confined to state
liquor stores, was passed by the
voters in tne November 7 elec-
tion, and goes into effect not
later than December 7.
E
Portland. Ore., Nov. 18
John D. Galey, acting chairman
of the West Coast Lumber com
mission, announced today that an
investigation is being made of
Ore?nn nesrna nnH lumKa.
j ators to determine whether they J
are commying with the wage
stabilization program.
Galey warned that "any log
ging or lumber operators found
paving Illegal wage rates will be
subject to hearings and . subse
quent penalties up to 100 per
cent of the tota, m j "
invnlvorf
WAC TO TALK
Portland, Ore., Nov. 18 (U.R)
Pvt. Betty Jones, Wac, whose
husband is a Jap prisoner of war, ! I
win db me guest speaker tomor
row at the launching of the USS '
Bollinger, an armored attack II
transport. .
Flight o' Tune
Medford and Jackson Co His
tory dam th files 0f th Mall
Tribun 10. 20. and 34 rars
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
novemoar 19. 1934
(It was Monday)
Stores urged to close next
Saturday during Medford-Hood
River state title football game.
LIQUOR
30
Shopping
'TIL CHRISTMAS
Greeting Cards - Seals - Wrapping.
SHOP for GIFTS
AT THE
WEST SIDE
Shopping Center
President arrives at Warm
Springs, Ga., for vacation and
reports "nation Is on its way
back."
France claims Germany now
has five million men under arms.
Unsettled with light rain.
High 50, low 38 degrees. Snow
in the hills. .
Turkeys rise to 21 cents per
pound on Portland market.
Christmas seal sale to start
November 30.
a a .
Bonus bill to be first business
of next session of congress.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
November-19. 1924 .
(It was Wednesday)
Conditions in Los
Angeles
serious
bloodshed
feared unless
troops are sent.
Early action by congress for
farm relief doubtful.
President Coolidge In address
warns nation is using timber
faster than grown and urges
conservation.
Unsettled with showers. High
44, low 30 degrees. ,
Legion golf
ready for use.
course is now
Medford high to play Rose
burg here Saturday.
Many auto accidents in Sis
kiyous due to icy highway.
THIRTY FOUR YEARS .AGO
November 19. 1910
(It was Friday)
Shortage of potatoes In city
and valley.
English
police.
suffragettes attack
Thanksgiving turkey will cost
25 cents per pound. ...
j:
Orchard Foreman
WANTED
Good salary nice mod-
ern home and very good
working conditions.
Please write at once to
Box 29 Kail Tribune
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