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Due to io many turkeys be
ing shipped to soldiers at home
and overseas, the local supply
was somewhat limited. This
caused a shortage on the post
' Thanksgiving menus of Turkey
Croquettes de la Cavalier and
Turkey Hash, . both being one
and the same thing.
e e e
Major Fred (Red). McDonald,
who played end and forward on
the P. Callison basketball and
football state champion teams,
(and HOW1) visited here last
week and left Frl for s new post.
He has been In England, North
Africa, . Sicily and Italy. The
Major attended the torso twist
ing at the Armory, and said he
would just as Soon be in a fox
hole, as a participant in a battle
royal,
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' The Black Tornado plays La
Grande In the metropolis next
Sat, for the state title, and bar
ber shop clairvoyants ' have
started peering into the future
to determine the outcome,
e e e
The small fry have started an
intensive drive for Santa Claus,
and bigger stockings to hang up
by the fireplace, 1
e . e e
Indian summer quit Wed.
night, and Squaw winter has
taken over, causing smaller
woodpiles in town, and hay
stacks in the rural regions.
Duck hunters who returned
from Klamath county last Tues.,
all got thawed in fine shape by
the end of the week, and re
turned to the scene of their re
frigeration, .
Autolsts are warned by a fed
eral agency, their engines and
tires are wearing out. A model
T driver reports he had to crank
his veteran vehicle and was
pretty well tuckered himself ere
any results were obtained.
a- e e
J. Tannehill Walknr'' S. Frla,
coed over the week-end, and
will return in time to miss only
one day of school,
e e e
The fair and sister city of
Salem will vote on the establish
merit of an electric power dis
trict neb. 9. It is a highly con
troversial issue, nobody's busi
ness outside of Salem, and will
neither win or lose the war.
Bill Brown of the E. Pt.
Browns towned Thurs. His bro.
Royal is wintering in the south.
e e e
Valley golfers turned ' their
eyes to the north the middle 'of
the week, where the Portland
open Is being held, and, golfers
who could beat them with one
hand tied behind them are
vying,
e . e .
The cigarette shortage is eas
ing around here. People who
don't smoke them,, no longer
demand them.
e e e
The Russians Frl. captured
tho strategic railway junction of
Cop, 150 miles ne, of Budapest.
There is no sense In such brevity
and pronounceaballty, when it
could have been called Pollce
manovitchkov. ,
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Herr Hitler, the dynamic
kraut who misled Germany Into
a world conquering attempt is
suffering from paranoia, coron
ary thrombosis, paralysis of the
right side, throat tumor, dam
aged chords, earache, end brain
concussion, doctors . report.
Many hold his nose width mus
tache is also an affliction,
see
The Elno Hemmlla boy Mlque
sends word his name is spelled
Mike, the same as what candi
dates yell into, when on the air.
and Mike Hanley the Lake
Creek cowman,
e
The presidential cussing Issue
is ended. Nothing was accom
plished by bringing It up, except
more cussing, pro et con,
Sundaf, Not. it, IS44
Our Political Future
True or false the P.A.C. of the C.I.O. believes that
it won the recent election for President Roosevelt.
Believing thus, it expects to receive certain favors
from the President, among them a C.I.O. man for
Madam Perkins' place, the new Secretary of Labor.
What the other favors are have not been stated,
but one of organized labor's publicity pals, writes in
The Nation as follows:
"It is not enough to elect a President or even a congress.
It is necessary to maintain public understanding and the
Eublic pressure without which the men elected tend to slip
ack into the orbit of the powerful moneyed forces that by
and large govern the country despite elections . . . ..So now
is the time to organize when the bandwagon is crowded, the
PAC's prestige at its peak, the nucleus of an organization
ready at hand, intra-left quarrels at a minimum, and many
persons in the country eager to go on with political action.
IN other words, instead of resting on their laurels,
ft!o nnlitiVol fellow-traveler, urp-es the P.A.C. to
bmo ' o - .
keep their organization intact, form a large and vigor
nhhr in WnBhinonn. Atirl keen constant rjressure
on the representatives of
assemoiea, to see inai mey ao as we um
organized labor, wish them to do.
NOT only is pressure on the Congress advocated
but pressure on the President himself, for the
writer aDDarently doesn't quite trust F.D.R. e-::ept
at election time.
We quote :
"In organizing It would be well to keep away from
White House influences including the progressives In the
President's own official entourage. Mr. Roosevelt wants
labor's support every four years, but If I read his mind
rightly, he is not too anxious to have labor operate as a
going concern in politics. For we will be pressuring him
and upsetting some of his compromises with the right. The
(Roosevelt) liberals with official jobs who have to check
with the "Skipper" (Roosevelt) for clearance are good
people in their place, but dubious allies in this particular
Job."
And what IS this "particular job?"
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JLV ID CODCJlllCfclljr tt w
anroaA mnomonf hv lahnr
la going concern, but enlarge it, .and ultimately take
over control 01 tne uemocrauc party.
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BEFORE some of our conservative friends shake
an accusing finger and cry "We told you so I" we
would like to remark that, if this effort does succeed
it will not mean "the end ol tne woriar nor, in
our opinion at least, the end of the capitalistic profit
system.; .
Rather it will mean, at
a rrnnninolv T.iriArnl nnrtv
have been formed many years ago, and a genuinely
conservative party to oppose it. ,
It might even come to mean the end of the Solid
South. noliticallvsDeakinor. certainly a consumma
tion devoutly to be wished.
IN short, instead of viewing such a movement with
o1oim tVna rlfinoimonf rotntir1 wplrnmpfl it.. ,
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Let the P.A.C. take over the Democratic party,
and as this writer advises "break down barriers of
hostility and misunderstanding between labor and
the farmer and other (liberal) elements of the com
munity" if they can.
. Then instead of having two old political parties,
each composed of two utterly conflicting elements,
there would automatically be two , new political
parties, each united within, by common beliefs and
common aims.
The old party titles might
however, they would.no longer be meaningless, the
Democratic party would be the liberal (radical)
party; the Republican-party would BE the conserva
tive one.
A presidential election
a conflict between two hybrid groups, but a conflict
between two homogeneous
power, but seeking also to administer the affairs of
this country on the basis of certain, clearly defined
principles.
FINALLY, why be frightened at the idea of a Labor
iMsf t in fV rt TTrsif a A Cf of aaf Cim innoino o ni'rton
the Atlantic have not only
decades, but had the party take over the government,
after the last war, and it might well do the same
after this one.
And what happened there would probably happen
here. British labor was not
power as when denied it. With the Anglo-Saxon race
responsibility is a great "soberer". Our prediction is
the more political responsibility placed on the should
ers of American labor the more conservative labor
would become.
Election Polls ,
Speaking of elections, the recent one unquestion
ably sustains the value of national polls, as far as
popular votes are concerned. '
Tq date President Roosevelt s popular vote adds
up to approximately 62.5
which this paper used,
Gallup poll, 51.5 percent,
and Roper 53.6 percent.
All very close to the bullseye, Crossley practically
in it
AS to states however the
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toral college as Roosevelt got
iwo however did maintain the outcome probabil
ities ranged from a very close Dewey victoiy, to an
overwhelming one for Koosevelt
The Wall Street "bookies" also came out with
prestige unimpaired. Their odds started at 2 to one
against Governor Dewey, and never wavered ending
at 3-1-2 to one. Many political prognosticates near
the end couldn't understand such odds with almost
everyone certain the race
The bookies quite obviously knew what they were
talking and, wagering
the people in Congress
t w - ; - -
t.n tint, onlv keen the P.A.C.
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long last tne. lormation 01
in this MMintrV ' that should
even be retained. If so,
would then represent, not
ones not merely seeking
,
had a Labor party for
half as radical when given
percent. The Crossley poll,
predicted 52 percent. The
the N.O.R.C., 61.7 percent,
polls were pretty far off,
would be nip and tuck.
about.
YULE CHEER FOR
ALL SERVICEMEN
A two-fold program, to bring
holiday cheer to servicemen Is
being worked out at present by
the Jackson County Camp and
Hospital committee. One is for
men confined to the Station hos
pital at Camp White and the
other Is to aid with an all west
coast project to assure every
serviceman spending Christmas
on the high seas a gift remem
brance from home, according to
Mrs. S. E. Philips, chairman of
the committee.
With much of the planning for
the hospital project already com
pleted, attention is being turned
now to the second, which Is un
der the supervision of Mrs. Mark
Goldy. Present plans are to ask
everyone in the county to con
tribute gifts and these will be
taken to the courthouse on
Pearl Harbor Day, December 7,
for wrapping and packing in
preparation for shipment to ports
of embarkation. Pearl Harbor
Day is to be observed with a
special open house by-the county
Red Cross chapter between 10
a. m. and 6 p. m. at the court
house. A suggested list of gifts which
may be bought for the men at
sea on Christmas Day has been
prepared by the Red Cross. It In
cludes shaving cream or lotion,
combs and nail file sets, razor
blades, cards paper-back books,
handkerchiefs, G.I. ties, small
games, address books, eversharp
pencils, writing pads and pencils,
soap, cigarettes, cigarette cases,
oilskin waterproof pouch, snap
shot case and billfolds.
It is said that this is the first
time permission has been ob
tained to send gifts on ships em
barking just before holidays and
it is thought presentation of the
gifts on Christmas Day will do
much to bring cheer to the men
at sea. .
Plans for the men at the Camp
White hospital are extensive and
Include a party, decorating of the
rooms with wreaths and gar
lands, singing of Christmas
carols and presentation of a pag-
eni. uuis are being selected
through organizations of Ash
land and Medford and are to be
ready by December 1. ,
SGT. PlTTSllTES
Staff Sgt. Houston Pitts, who
arrived in India for duty with
the army air forces, remarked
In - his first letter home about
the dirt, squalor and poverty
of the native people and added
that the ""weather is worse than
Texas." Sgt. Pitts, liason pilos
is the son of Mrs. Jennie Pitts,
019 Queen Anne avenue, and
has been In the army more than
two years.
The sergeant's three brothers
are all in the air corps. Staff
sgt. Milton Pitts Is now In Eng
land and has ben wounded for
the second time. He is an aerial
gunner and served ..iany months
in the south Pacific, was home
for a few months and then as
signed to duty In the European
theater. He has been In service
three years.
Lt. Lanse Pitts, B-24 pilot, is
now In Hawaii and Sgt, Champ
Pitts, bomber crew chief, is in
New Jersey. Mrs. Lanse Pitts
resides in Central Point.
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Portland. Ore.. Nov. 23 OJ.P.)
Another phase of shipbuilding
activities in the Portland area
will come to an end Monday
when the Oregon Shipbuilding
corporation launches the last of
the 30 AP-S . attack transports
assigned to it last spring by the
U. S. maritime commission.
Only the outfitting of the few
remaining ships In the outfitting
basin is left before the AP-5
program, here is finished. The
yard already has returned to the
construction of victory ships,
which is expected to carry it
through 1945.
Oregonship launched the 900th
vessel built In the Portland area
last Thursday when the U. S. S.
Lauderdale slid down the way.
LT. PEART A PRISONER.
Second Lt. Donald L. Peart is
a prisoner of war of the Gcr
man army, Information received
Friday by his mother, Mrs. Ger
trude E. Peart, 707 West Main
street, states. Lt. Peart was lift
ed as missing In action October
17, after a raid over Austria.
The officer was piloting a B-17
on his last flight. He had been
overseas since last August.
CURB FORESTRY MEET
Portland, Ore., Nov. 2! U.R)
Only key men among western
logging and lumber firms and
associations will attend the an
nual forestry conference in
Portland December 7 to 8.
WAR LABOR BOARD
STEEL DECISION
Washington, Nov. 23 U.R
Four War Labor Board Industry
members and two U. S. Steel
Corp. executives tonight took
issue with the WLB's basic steel
decision. I
Industry members said night
shift differential would be "dis
ruptive" for the steel Industry,
charging the board was, In ef
fect, changing a policy of long
standing.
John A. Stephenson, a U. S.
steel vice-president who is chair
man of the steel case research
committee, said that the action
allowed "a series of wage in
creases" under various guises for
which there was no justification,
while in New York, Irving . S.
Olds, chairman of the board of
directors of U. S. steel, said the
decision "seriously affects gov
ernment wage stabilization
policy."
Of the differential decision,
the industry members said, "not
only has the board changed its
policy but it has made this
change retrocative,", The state
ment was signed by Clarence
Skinner, Vincent Ahearn, Lee
Hill and James Tanham.
They said shift diferentials
would mean more pay for no
more work and disrupt certain
age relationships in the plants
where men earn by seniority the
right to work on the day shift.
TO BE INSPECTED
Annual federal inspection of
the two local State Guard com
panies will be held at the Arm
ory Tuesday at 8 p. m.. the In
specting officer being Major Wal
ter JS. Groth of the 9th Corps
Area. Company A, 1st Battalion,
1st Regt. Is commanded by Cap
tain James W. Grigsby and Head
quarters Detachment, 1st Battal
ion, 1st Regt., is commanded by
1st Lieut Moore Hamilton. Ac
companying Major Groth will
be Brigadier General Ralph P.
Cowgill, commanding officer of
the Oregon State Guard. Major
Carl Y. Tengwald is in com
mand of the 1st Battalion, which
comprises all southern Oregon
units 'of the State Guard.
The State Guard was or
ganized when war was declared,
principally for the purpose of
furnished local security for the
state and Is immediately avail
able for any emergencies that
may arise. s
SDCIALfTFACES
AS
Redwood City, Nov. 23 U,R)
San Francisco socialite Gerald
Melone, who quit playing polo"
to become a merchant marine
carpenter's mate, and his two
seamen pals, Ralph Duggar and
Siperone Balenzuela, will be
sentenced Monday after a San
Mateo county jury found them
guilty yesterday of stealing
$18,000 worth of jewels and
furs from the home of Mrs.
Dorothie Heller Kok at Ills
borough, Calif.
They were charged with first
degree burglary and grand theft.
Conviction carries a prison term
of from one to 10 years for grand
theft and a minimum of five
years for burglary,
THE GRANGE
Gold Hill Grange
Vice Chairman Lucy Edlng
ton presided over the Home
Economics meeting November
22 in absence of Chairman Floi
ence Howes. It was decided to
hold the H.E.C. Christmas meet
ing December 13 at 1 p. m. when
Flora friends will be revealed
and names drawn for next year.
Each lady Is asked to bring two
25 Shoiiping
'TIL CHRISTMAS
-
Greeting Cards - Seals - Wrappings
SHOP for GIFTS
AT
WEST SIDE
Shopping Center
The Rexall Store, Medford, Oregofi
Wett Main and Grape phone 3330
Inexpensive gifts, also - eaady,
popcorn, nuts or what-have-you
for the treat.
The Grange dinner, bazaar
and dance November 18 was a
big success. -
Ben Schmidt, Y.M.C.A. secre
tary at Medford, gave a lecture
on "Home Life in China." ,
The Grange quilt went to Mrs.
T. J. Sullivan, route 1, Gold
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MILITARY DRILL
FOR YOUTH SEEN
Washington, Noy.
The house committee on postwar
military policy tonight urged
early consideration of compul
sory military training by the
new congress which convenes
January 3.
Chairman Clifton A. Wood
rum, D., Va., reported to the
house that the committee will be
unable to complete hearings this
year on several important items
on its agenda "including the Sub
ject of universal military train
ing," but that "this important
subject should be carefully ex
plored at an early date."
The question of compulsory
training originally was sched
uled for consideration when .con
gress reconvened November 14
after its election recess, but it
was quietly laid aside when
members began receiving num
erous letters of protest.
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Edltui mual Dear
che name si.d eddreea ol the wrltei
ilthuugh the use at pen natm
ir lultlais for publtoatlnu it Der
ntMlble rhe Mall lYlbuue re
wrvet the right to edit ill letters
ltb a rlen to clarity end eon
lensatlon "
The Water-Tight Problem
To the Editor: Governor Snell
deserves commendation for ad
vising members of the coming
legislature and others concerned
to get their bills ready and be
prepared to facilitate business
when the assembly meets, mak
ing it as short as possible.- ,
One thing, let us hope, will
be done legislative extension
of requirements for the im
provement and use of water
rights which are held by many
farmers, war workers, men in
the armed services and citizens
generally who, for various good
reasons, have been unable to
fulfill the requirements and
cannot do so- until peace is re
stored. For this reason, the gov
ernor and legislators will be
just and wise in extending the
Improvement period, as the fed
eral government has done, giv
ing water-right holders a chance
to obtain materials and man
power and time to do the work,
This is a matter of grave im
portance to many citizens . who
are working hard for victory
and haven't time for anything
else.
Cornelius O'Donovan
210 Postal BIHg.
Portland, Nov. 22, 1944;
Thanks f on Forest Fir Aid
To the Editor: The Jackson
county "Keep Oregon Green
Committee" wishes to express
appreciation to all who so cheer
fully and effectively co-operated
with fire prevention and forest
protection work during the hot,
dry summer.
Especially to be commended
In the vicinity of Medford for
bringing to the attention of the
reading public the real need for
protecting our forest against
waste and destruction are the
Medford Mail Tribune and the
Medford News; and KMED for
giving out daily warnings to be
alert for fires all the time.
- The Boy Scouts were exceed
ingly helpful In their valuable
assistance in distributing posters
to business houses, hotels and
hospitals. Some of the scouts
did fine work in putting forest
protection and fire prevention
displays in the .Chamber of
Commerce, Hubbard Bros, and
Penney stores.
We-wish to also mention that
stores and other places of busi
ness throughout tho county and
innumerable homes added im
mensely to the program of for
THE
DOTS
est protection and fire preven
tion by their earnest co-operation.
Tt nrAiartlnn nnrl fire
prevention practice ir almost
entirely a matter ol eaucauon,
so as we all become more and
mAM fni-eat - nrotectlon minded
our God-given- forests will- in
creasingly respond to our coun
try's needs.
R. E. Dodge, -:
Jackson County Chairman,
John E. Gribble,
'' Medford Co-ordinator.
GO TO PORTLAND
Drs. A. F. Walter Kresse and
R. W. Clancy, both found guilty
last month in federal court here
on charges of violating the Har
rison narcotics' act, were taken
to Portland today by Jack Cau
field, United States marshal, and
George Vranizan, deputy, from
Portland.- Both doctors have
been in the Jackson county jail
since their conviction, Dr. Clan
cy since Oct. 20 and Dr. Kresse
since Oct. 27.
The men are to appear before
Judge James Alger Fee in Port
land tor sentence but date of
the appearance has not been an
nounced. I
SHOWS IN STATE
Portland, Ore., Nov. 25 (U.R)
In spite of the fact that war
department orders have cancel
led two war bond shows design
ed to spur Oregon's sixth war
loan drive, state committee
heads still maintain that Ore
gon will keep its place as a na
tional leader in bond sales.
Army officers said the army
personnel from taking part in
such shows is to prevent any
Interruption in the training of
the soldiers concerned.
TOHONOR41ST
' Portland, Ore., Nov. 25 (U.R)
The northwest's own division,
the Fighting 41st, will be honor
ed here January 10 with the
launching of the S. S. Sunset.
The Sunset division is made up
almost entirely of Oregon men
and has been overseas for three
years.
Flight o Time
Medford and Jackson Co His
tor from the files ot the Mall
Tribune 10. 20. and 34 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
November 24, 1934
at Was Saturday)
Medford high defeats Hood
River 19 to, 0, and accepts game
with Washington high of Port
land for mythical state title.
Kindred's punting and Bob
Smith's passing were features of
the game. OSC defeated 25 to 7
by UCLANs; - Stanford down
Bears 9 to 7,
BUY
WAR
BONDS
and let us help
yon keep, your
ear rolling for
the duration!
m, W!f
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CRATER LAKE MOTORS
Sixth and Ivy' Phone 2297
Samuel Intull, .power mag
nate, charged with mail fraud
by government 'is acquitted by
federal Jury.
Rain. High 44, low 30 de
grees. Best Christmas trade sine
1931 predicted. -..
Italy quick to back Hungary
in Balkan turmoil.
Jerry Jerome is natned chair
man of CofC tourist committee.
TWENTY YEAhVaGO TODAY
November 24, 1924 '
..... .. . (it was Monday)
Trans-Atlantic is not success.
Edinburgh only city to hear
broadcast.
Chicago swindler who bun
coed friends out of million ar
rested in Nova Scotia.
This was the coldest day of
the winter, with the mercury
dropping to 26.S degrees, a
heavy fog.
. Derailment of two sleepers In
local yards delay 2:30 a. m. pas
senger train.
.Prof. Vlning of Ashland tells
Kiwanis club of his eastern trip.
Budget, plan of President
Coolidge calls for cutting of na
tion's expenses. .
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
November 24, 1910
' , (It Was Thursday)
Thanksaivine Dav snnwrnrm
puts telephone lines in valley
out of commission.
Medford hieh defeats A eh.
land 12 to 5, on slushy field.
Official census shnwa Pnrt.
land has 207,914 people.
Bat Nelson knocked out in
11th by Owen Moran.
Dse Mall ITlbuno Want Ada.
REGISTERED
NURSES
Urgently Needed
to replace Army "Nurses
al Camp White, Oregon.
Salary $182.50 a month.
Subsistence and quarters
furnished if desired. Any
registered nurse interest
ed in obtaining these well
paid essential - positions
are requested to contact
the Civilian Personnel
Branch at Camp White
Phone 5221 Extension
3196 or 3213.
MONEY
TO LOAN!
On JEWELRY CAMERAS
and MUSICAL INSTRU
MENTS Used and unto
deemed lewelry at great
sa-'ngs
PEOPLES LOAN CO.
229 Mi E. Main Street
State License P 137