Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 20, 1944, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextSIX MTDrORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday Not. 20. 1944 MEDFl .Tribune "BTeryone la Boothtra Oraaea Bea4s the Mall IilbUB." Dallf Bxupt Sataraay Published by MZDFORD PBINTWO CO. -S7-2 North Tit St Phone 1141, ROBERT W. RUHI;. Editor. ERNEST R. GILS TRAP. Manager. Alt Independent Newspaper. Entered aa itcond elaaa matter aUOIOrCIt unsun. unon A.a w March S. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ttolly and Sunday one rear ....TJS Dally and Sunday 4ix montha 4 00 Dally and Sunday three moe. 1.10 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point. Jackson vllle, Gold Hill, Phoenix. Talent, and : on motor routes: Dilly and Sunday one year. 9.00 Dally and Sunday one month .71 All terma cash in advance. Official Paper eC the City el MedfoN Official Paper el Jacksaa Conaty United Praia Tall Leased Wire MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OT CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative TEST-HOIXIDAY COMPANY. WO Offlcea In New York. Chicago. Da. trolt, San Francisco, Lpe Angelas. Se attle Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C. Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry The whereabouts of Here Hit ler of Germany is still, a mys tery. All reports Indicate his mental nuttlness is such, Herr Hitler don't know himself. e e As yet, the cigarette shortage has not brought forth this news item: The burglar took a valua ble diamond ring, and an unop ened package of a popular brand of cigarettes. The diamond ring was later found on the front porch. v a a e Its about time the current spell of sunny, cool, and bracing weather started in ruining, next years' pear crop, or holding back the growth of the spring wheat, e e e Juveniles have started rolling up their trousers like the big boys. Sufficient cloth Is rolled up, as a rule, to make three pair of pants, for the wearers. This is a, clear waste, like the surplus hide in a bulldog's neck. see BUI Hammett, the plumber, is over his cold. Three days in a row be had to go back to the shop, after his cough medicine. a e . YE ED. REBUKED (Woodlawn (Cal.) Democrat) "Editor Your paper con tains amazingly little news. Your editorials are not baaed on facts and oan appeal only to the Ignorant and unlnform-; ed and your paper supports an administration hostile to the domestic sugar industry and agriculture in general, but It's wonderful tor starting fires In the morning. Ralph Pollock." , , at ' ' ' , The high school football sea son is drawing to close, and the Black Tornado is among the high aces of the gridiron elite of the state. All season they have been a source of great, but un hysterical local civic pride. They went through their schedule, without any assistance from an army of downtown quarter backs, predicting vlptory next Friday, jvhlle full of luncheon club beans. They defeated all opponents with ease, but never staged, a gridiron massacre, though they could have been ruthless in their scoring. ' a . e a "Our handsome nephew Is worried over the labor problem. He longs for the old days when he couldn't find a Job." (Kan sas City Times) Spirit of '44. a a a Strikes cloud the Industrial skies of the land. They are due to a number of things, Including labor leaders, feeling their elec tion oats. ..... . a a The next great argument be fore congress and the people will be a year's compulsory military training for American youth. It nas started to grip public atten tion. In many homes it ig con ceded it would be a fine thing iur mo neignDor a boy. a a A slick-haired villlan of the screen is now Involved in a "loaded dice" scandal, in which ne won only 110.000." hta hndv guard informs the police. In this case ine word "only," reeks with ignuicance. "Only $10,000," In, accai Mere pin money. It is further revealed, the actor "nine silver charms on his underwear to bring him luck." The charms worked nobly, effectively, and umveiy, a THIS IS WAR "A warrior was explaining Judo to a friend. " 'It's Just a lowdown mean form pt wrasslln' that you might know a Jap would think of. When you gits to closeln flghtin", you ex ten's the glad hand of fellowship to the enemy, and while you Is shaking hands, you sprains his ankle so he can't run while you breaks his neck'." (Coronet) Production of misses', chil dren's, Infants, and boys' shoes during March, 1944, totaled 7,372,000 pairs, as eomrjared with 8,734,000 pairs In March, IBM. Get The Facts Tonight War or no war, this is an era of propaganda. Everyone, or practically everyone, it seems has a story to tell with some slant of self-interest behind it. As means of communication and publicity have improved, the propaganda competition between na tions, via the printed and spoken word, has become something terrific. " - 1 ' As a result "we the people" are all more or less being tossed about these days by the various and sundry waves and currents of conflicting propagan da; eager for the truth, but in the general confusion finding it extremely difficult to obtain. We HEAK so much, and WELL to aid the people, in KNOWING more facts Qnrl loco, -fintinn orinnf fVia wnrlrlwo Mva in onrl especially the western world: the Institute of Inter- American Affairs has been formed under the auspices of the Federal Coordinator of Inter-American af fairs and the General Extension Division of the Ore gon State System of Higher Education. A meeting of the Institute was held m Ashland today and tonight the closing session will be held at 8 o'clock in the Medford High School auditorium, with an appropriate film presentation, and a talk bv Dr. Hernane Tavares de Sa timely question : , "Is the good neighbor HERE is a chance to get, without charge, some re liaKIa ir.fr.iTviQtir.n NOT nrnna tranrla vacrnrrHncr a very important American problem, the problem of a friendly and cooperative working relationship be tween ourselves the so called "Collosus of the North," and our Latin-American neighbors to the South. We of course know what ica, here is the chance to find thinks of us. It is a real opportunity reliable, authoritative information about a question that is very important today and will increase in im portance as time goes on. We are sure the people of Medford can be depended upon to take advantage of it. - . Safety In The Home "Accidents will occur in the best regulated fam ies." This familiar phrase in Dicken's "David Cop- perfield" certainly seems to be the case, and yet many of the 32,500 accidents which occured last year in American homes could have been avoided with a greater measure of "know cautions. Yes,' it is a fact that this Btaeeerine" number of accidents of more or less serious nature did occur in homes in 1943 and took double the toll of man power from one to thirty-eight years of aire than anv single disease with which we contend. If an epidemic caused so many casualties vigorous preventative steps would be instantly undertaken. Isn't it time to Kut a stop to many of these accidents in the home? tost of them ARE preventable. - ' a a ' a . IT' is an interesting fact industries, with many reported less than half this is the result of an intensive program of industrial safety under the guidance of safety engineers. The American Red Cross, sensing the gravity of this problem and recognizing the war-time shortage vi auciors, nas launcnea a movement which aims to place a "safety engineer" in every home. It is a sen sible plan of wide-spread education under able in struction, and its success will be measured in the sav ing of lives, suffering and money. JACKSON County is fortunate in having the first American Red Cross Accident Prevention insti tute in the Pacific area. The classes for instructors are now underway. By December 4 thirty-five trained safety instructors will be ready to undertake the task or maKing Jackson County homes "safety conscious." And, since traffic accidents also account for a size able share of the Nation's 97,500 accidents from all causes, this phase of safety will be included. . uty and county schools cooperation to this commendable Red Cross program and soon school youngsters will receive basic safety insirucuon in me scnooiroom. Since the majority of home accidents may be found in the age group from xo iu i years oi age tnis education is especially important. I7ITH farm accidents consistently high, the Red " Cross safety program is really needed in this agricultural area. It is purely a matter of self-interest for people here to take a lively interest in the move ment and to take the fullest advantage of accident safety instruction when the public classes open. H.G. COMMUNICATIONS Latter to she Rdltoi must rjeai the nam aud addreae 41 the erntei ilthtmnh the use 01 pen nam Initials rot putillnatlmi la oel Ktsainia rh Mall rribune re ems the rtiht to edit all lettan ith a ne to elarlti and 000 lensatlon ' Transmutation Within the Bee To the Editor: To alleviate the stupefying effects of the re cent political diatribes, may we offer a few lines sans mud? Everything has its inception with an Idea. Ideas emanating from the cos mic mind impinge themselves upon the inner consciousness of man. - Here the Immutable law of transmutation comes Into play: the Inner, recondite process of Chang. KNOW so little! of Brazil on the extremely policy a failure?" , we think of South Amer out what South America an opportunity to secure how" and sensible pre that America's great war types of hazardous work, number of accidents. That here are also lendme full It is entirely up to man what the change shall bring forth: compotlon, with its inevitable chaos of armed competition or! cooperation, with peace and harmony. Transmutation within the bee always works In harmony with the divine mind, Ic, from nectar to honey. In the study of crystology, we observe the cell complying with the law of cooperation and har mony; a normal body attests this. If man ever attains Utopia he must begin with the proper transmutation of the Influx of Ideas: "know thyself," Is little understood even after centuries of repetition. The Infusion of the dlffcrcn tlal calcucus into the economic and - social structure, together with, the law of elimination and substitution, would change com petition with its practicldal struggle, into cooperation, with tolerance, understanding and in ternational harmony. Bees use the above laws In their economy of existence. - Perhaps an active persual of the following verse will clarify our international perspective. "Men should be Judged not by tint of skin, the Gods they serve, the vintage that they drink, nor by the way they fight or love or sin, but by the quality of thought they think!" ' D. E. Nickerson, Ashland, Ore. News Behind The News By Pad Mallon Washington. Nov. 20 Even the Democratic insiders in con gress are waiting to see how Mr. Boosevelt han dies the com plex and con flic ting forces v ; J $aL behind him in the election the radicals 35 and conserva tives, particu- largely what power the CIO will have here after. He start ed out rather Paul Mallon leftly by ap pointing Paul Porter, the Demo cratic publicity man, to succeed Chairman Fly of the federal communications commission. But he managed to keep James Byrnes as assistant president, and thereby balance the pic ture. 'THE resignation of probably the ablest civil servant In the government, John R. Steelman, as head of the conciliation serv ice, was announced as due to his desire to get out and make some money. But both this and the resigna tion of William H. Davis as chairman of the labor board re flected in many inner opinions the difficulties ahead in settling labor disputes. (Mr. Davis had been brushed around consider ably by the White House, or thought he had, and wanted to get out for some time). Obviously these two jobs are not open to CIO appointees, but the personal character of the men, especially whether they lean left or right, will be important. With the AFL strong ly antlcommunlst and antiradi cal no doubt the balance will iave to-be preserved in the two top jobs to handle future labor disputes. 'THE CIO has given out some big figures on how many men it elected to the senate and house, but their claims include manv men who would have been elected without their support. Anoarently thev 'succeeded in electing about 84 to the house, and were unsuccessful in about AR rontestt. Thev Kot seven vic tories In te senate aealnst five defeats. This will only make them directly a minor bloc In both houses, If they can really raltv that many to function as a Woe. What real effect they had In the election is being debated by the congressmen. In Ohio, for Instance, CIO's Bender won bv 275 000 votes and Senator Taft, without CIO backlne, won bv onlv 30.000. Some take the difference of 245.000 as a direct check on CIO voting strength In Ohio.-Against that deduction however, must be measured the fact that Taft's gubernatorial running mate may have held down the size of his majority. " North Dakota's Senator Nye attributes his defeat directly to CIO, but obviously the results were not anything like the sween which the CIO made In the Democratic primaries In the spring, where they secretly or ganized. Incidently the CIO chieftains, Sidney Hillman and Philip Mur ray, are supposed to be prepar ing to go abroad, rather than concentrating on d e veloping their political power, whatever It is to be. They are to head an International labor conference meeting January 1. Whether they will continue their aggressive political action secretly or openly for the next congressional elections is what concerns most congressmen. In an off year race, they might have an opportunity to do the Job they did down soutn and they still have more money with which to play politics than anyone else In the picture. In publicity and propaganda their Influence is likely to continue strong. AH In all, congress seems in no great 'ear of them at the moment, but no one is making any predictions either upon this phase or Mr. Roosevelt's future course. The tendency every where in Washington Is to await developments watchfully. A Honduras textile manufac turer, the only one In that coun try, offers bonuses of free seeds and advance purchasing con tracts to domestic cotton grow ers so that the company may increase its 1943 purchase of 165,000 pounds, only enough for two months of operation. Death Comes ! , 'it', 1, w i i v ill 1- J Billows of smoke rise from fatally hit U. S. carrier St. Lo, ravaged by Jap bombs during second battle of the Philippine Sea. The St. Lo was one of five Navy identified U. S. warships lott in battle which for the U. S. was one of the times. More than 48 enemy warships were hit and sunk in .the furious action. U. S. Navy photo. Association of American Railroads Speeds Traffic By . Charlotte G. Moulton . . Washington U.R) In its ca pacity of co-ordinator of traffic movements, me issociauun ui American Railroads can claim I a large share of credit for the miraculous service supplied by its members during the war emergency. ' Warren C. Kendall, chairman of the association's car service division, has his fingers con stantly on the traffic pulse of the- nation, keeping in almost hourly touch with the freight situation in every part of the United States. The division's 13 district officers and 45 other representatives are everon the alert to spot areas of 'conges tion which delay the flow, of supplies and ammunition over seas. , Around the Clock To speed war traffic the A. A. R. has 90 employes working the clock' around in three shifts at the army's Pentagon building. handling both troop and freight movements. There are 400 in the entire service car division, about double the pre-Pearl Har bor staff. Kendall has been at his job 27 years and, to put it briefly, "knows all about railroads." Be fore the establishment of the A. A. R. he was performing the same duties for its predecessor, the American Railway associa tion. Previously he had been superintendent of transportation for the Boston and Maine rail road. Kendall loves his work and when he talks about It you feel there's nothing so thrilling and satisfying as being a railroad man. When a problem is placed before him he. Immediately vis ualizes it on a vast traffic map of the United States containing a network of 400,000 miles of 'track He has traveled the lines so often he knows them almost mile for mile. - Knows Sections' Needs He knows the seasonal re- quirements of all sections of the country, how many cars a ship per has ordered, how many have been furnished him, and when they were loaded. His records show the number of cars await ing repairs, the surplus cars on a particular road and the num ber short, as well as rhe condi tion of the locomotives. "Now for instance," he ex plained to me, "one perennial problem that confronts the A. A. R. is moving the wheat crop out of the southwest and north west. The southwest harvest comes about June 5. About May 1 we have to begin to assemble boxcars in Kansas and the Texas panhandle. We instruct all roads east of the Mississippi to for ward a certain number of western-owned cars to Kansas City and St. Louis every day. To meet" the first onrush we plan to have 25.000 cars ready. "The northwest harvest began earlier than usul this year," he continued. "Right now there are 378 grain elevators closed for Nats Nahir fttDtrt MONTHLY FEMALE PAIN You who lufTcr tuch pain with Ural, nervous, "tlnjrrrd out" fwUnfit til due to function! periodic dts turbtuicc Urt at one tfry Lydlfc S Pinkhun't VeceUbt Compound to rrlifr uch iymptom. Md especially for women t AWpi na ture I Also a frand itomacHio toaio. eToiiow imoei a.rvcuona. 1 1 coatpouno to U.S. Carrie" &4i - M most decisive battles of modern lack of cars. But last year at this time there were 791. The east ern roads are sending cars to the Soo line, the Great Northern and the Northern' Pacific for dis tribution in the wheat belt in Montana and the Dakotas." Plan Ahead of Crops Before 1922 periodic freight car shortages were the expected thing In that year shippers in the northwest formed a regional advisory board where their rep resentatives met with railroad men to plan how .sufficient cars could be provided as the crops came along. This board was so successful in furthering mutual understanding that eventually 13 boards were established for regions roughly corresponding to those of the federal reserve system. In each region commodity committees were formed to plap for. the shipment of cotton, grain, coal and other products. Members prepared estimates on commodity movements so un usual situations could be fore seen. Since Pearl Harbor shippers have also co-operated with the A; A. R. by loading cars faster and economizing on space. In the first world war such hlehlv de veloped car service planning was unKnown. With the A. A. R. the shippers and the railroads tackling the problem together. world war II's huge traffic moves over the rails with maxi mum swiftness and minimum confusion. Talent High School Wins Six-Man Title Talent high school's six-man football team defeated Central Point 25 to 19 at Talent Friday to win the eastern division cham pionship with five wins, one tie and no losses. The Bulldogs will now play KOgue ttlver for the Jnrksnn county championship. The game will be Dlaved nn n npntrol fiM which is yet to be selected. The game win probably be played about December 1. More than IVi million nnnndg of FEA procured war materials were flown to the United States in the first nunrter of 1044 hv army and navy air transport command planes, according to the Foreign Economic Admin istration. "MUSTARD " WITH HORSERADISH WORKS WONDERS WITH COLD CUTS r light 0' Time Modiord and Jackson Co His tory flora the files ot the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 94 r ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 20, 1934 (It was Tuesday) Austria asks for arms equal ity on grounds her independence is menaced by France and Ger many race for arms.' Unsettled with rain. High 49, low 40 degrees. , Grange cooks compete in food fair at Phoenix. Government buys cabbage surplus to make sauerkraut for relief cases. State supremacy claims to be put to test in Hood River-Med-ford game here Saturday. Postofflce to close hereafter on Saturdays at noon. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November 20. 1924 It was Thursday) Bank at Metolius is robbed and bandits pursued by deputy sheriff in plane. . Los Angeles water war Is set tled. England highly incensed over attempted assissination of sirdar of Egypt. Oregon-OAC game at Eugene Saturday attracts local interest. Baron Hayashi of Japan warns world to "go slow about dis armament." Unsettled. High 84, low 45 degrees. Rancher fined for mixing Gas aline and Jamaica ginger. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO November 20, 1910 Ot was Sunday) City charter to be revamped. Three movie shows now op erate here. All feature illus trated songs. Mail-Tribune installs new du plex press. . East-West Game To Be Played In S. F. New York, Nov. 20 0J.B The annual East-West football game,- with all proceeds going to the Shrine Hospital for Crip pled Children, will be played in Kezar stadium, San Francisco on New Year's day, it was announc ed today. Andy Kerr of Colgate and George Hauser and Bernie Bier man of Minnesota will coach the East All-Stars while the West will be in charge of O. E. (Babe) Hollingberry of Washington State and Homer Norton of Texas A. & M. BIRTHS DAVIDSON To Mr. and Mrs. George F., 709 N. Riverside, Nov. 19, 1944, boy, 7 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. Daily Weather Report Forecasts ' Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; fog Tuesday morning: continued cold. Oregon: Clear tonight and Tuesday; but fog or low clouds in most val leys; continued cold. Local Data Temperature a year ago today: Highest 48, lowest 43. Total monthly precipitation 2.51 Inches. Excess for the month 1.11 Inches. Total precipitation since September i, t.oa incnei. excess lor ule season 1.39 Inches. . Relative humidity 4:30 p. m. yes terday 53; 4:30 today 84, Tomorrow Sunrise 8:08 a. m.; sunset 5:46 p m Past 24 hours: Hftrh T.mw Prw -ooise .L 36 Boston TT1, 49 Chicago 43 Denver L 44 Eureka 57 Havre 29 31 31 32 24 46 .04 10 41 24 34 Trace 38 .11 39 32 29 30 30 41 34 i-os Angeies Mfdford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno - ,,,......,., Roseburg Salt Lake San Francisco w Seattle Spokane WM Washington. D. C. Yakima 39 09 I 31 Trace Ose Mail nibuna Want Ada TOE aad for Thanksgiving Safeway hat ample Tur keys to fill your Thanks giving needs. Due to shortage of efficient help we ask you to place your order early so we can have your bird property pre pared! All ready to place in the oven! Leave your order with your nearest Safeway Market. J. I a , . no. i uovi.uraded JQc No. I JO. Local Hens-Lb. 4y Toms-Lb.48 .E.C.I AT TALENT Mrs. E. C. Gardner passed away Saturday, Nov. 18; at her home in Talent. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p. m. at the Litwiller funeral home in Ashland and interment will be in Mountain View ceme tery. . - The deceased, whose maiden name was Lydia Jenny Sleppy, was born in Centralia, Wash., April 2, 1885 and when a child moved with her parents to tha T)no,io Plvpr vallev where aha has since resided. On August 14, 191Z, she was married 10 t. v. Gardner of Talent. . v Mr. narrlnpp waff nptivelv as sociated with the Ashland chapi"' ter or tne uaugniers 01 mo American Revolution, the Talent the Ashland Rebekah lodge and the Lady Elks No. 944 of Ashland. - She leaves to mourn her death in addition to her husband, a daughter, Barbara Jean, at Tal ent, and a sister, Mrs. Pearl Foster of Talent. Retail sales in Oklahoma for March were 8.28 per cent great er than for March of last year, the Univesity of Oklahoma busi ness bulletin reported. . laillllllil II I llih I " ""I II Mil IMIraM Btato$ v Millions SSe Blended Whiskey, 86 proof, 65 groin neutral spirits GOODHRHAM Vv6HTS ITO. Peoria, Illinois $rmt llilliaw . fen :