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BIX MEDFOR0 MAIL TRIBDmS . Monday, Hot. 17. IS44 Medfo: lUNE Wars-one la Southern Oraiea CSDB u ihw - Daily Bicapt atar4ay Ptihluhed by MEDFORD PfUMTMO 17-20 North fir St ROBERT W. V ERNEST R GILS' CO. Phona tlel. Manager. BUHL, Editor. iTKAJ MaT. Managing Ml tor HERB GREY. Advertising Ml MRS OLIVE STARCKEB, Sop. editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. Phono 47 - An Independent Newipaper. Entered Medford. i aecond clan matter at Oreaon. under Act or SUBSCRIPTION RATES fly Mall In Advance' Dally ond Sunday one a .J..W.S0 Dally and Sunday el montha 4 00 Dally and Sunday three moa. S.10 Dally and Sunday one month., la By Carrier In Advance Medlord, Ashland. Central Point. Jeckaon vllle. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Talent, end i on motor routea: , Dally and Sunday one raex.....O0 Dally end Sunday one month .78 All terms caah In advance. Official Paper ol the City e Medford Official Paper ol Jarksoo County United Pftaa Fall leaaed Wire -MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS AdverUalnsj RepresentaUva WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. DJC Offlcea In New York Chicago. De troit, San Francisco, Lpa Angalea. Se attle, Portland. St- Louis. Atlanta, Vancouver,JLg, Ye Smudge Pot ' Bf Arthur Parry Gen. Eisenhower calls (or more machine gun and rifle bul lets to subdue the Nazi fanatics, defending the "sacred soil" of the Reich. Lead is being poured into the foe four, times faster than expected, so the need - is urgent. The lead pellets will arrive with more speed- and certainty, than the millions of cigarettes, donated and snipped to the GI's over the war months, or else. ; :. . ' e e . ,-;'y ' It's getting along toward the time of the year when, the smart er Older Girls,' in' the midst of Christmas knitting and what have you, stop suddenly to won der where they are going to get a 104S calendar.- .-. ' . ; It was nice of Sidney Hlllman, national chairman of t the NCPAC, to announce the or ganization henceforth,, "would clear everything with the peo ple". It seems the people,, con valescing from their, election daze better than expected,' have started . bristling to do some clearing of their ' own in' the 1946 elections. Hence the "soft soap" flowing full and free so early. f. ; , ' -.'.,-' 1 u ' PIONEER DELINQUENCY (The Dalles Chronicle) "There seems to be an epl demic of hone stealing in this tat. With horses $9 a doxen, on would think the chance of going to the penitentiary' for 75 cents worth of 'hoss,' . would deter even ' the -worst thief from taking them, but It didn't. Our own .private opin ion is that a man convicted of stealing a horse now should be sent not to the penitentiary but to the asylum." (80 yrs. ago col.) ,'' Over his fruit house, G. Green has erected an ornamental sign, featuring a "Blue Goose" that as yet has not been shot by an ardent hunter. .'"' e a a Jhe British report the dis covery of an eight-year-old boy, who is a combination mathemati cal genius, Prof. Einstein and Quiz Kid under one hat. He astounded Old World scientists, and his mother, by concocting a formula for the destruction of V-bombs, that works. The for mula Involved five-, different brands of arithmetic. Since the young man is so smart, he should be matched with a simplified in come tax blank. Secretary Hull Resigns The resignation .of Secretary of State Hull should cause no surprise. The Secretary has passed the tradi tional three-score-and-ten mark, is far from well, and deserves a well-earned rest. ' The usual complimentary things will be said of course by Mr. Roosevelt and other members of the New Deal Inner Circle, but the truth is there has been considerable friction between the White House and the Secretary of State's office the past few years, and Mr. Hull's retirement will really be welcomed and with a considerable feeling of relief. MR. Hull has never been a New Dealer at heart. He has opposed many of Mr. Roosevelt's pet schemes in the past, not openly of course, but he has been a considerable influence for conservative action among his old cronies in the House. Far more interesting from a news angle tnan Mr. Hull's resignation will be the man President Roose velt names to succeed him. For over a decade the radicals and New Dealers have tried to "get Cordell", and other conservatives in the state department. The effort was particularly intense' at the time of the invasion of North Africa, when Mr. Hull's conciliatory attitude toward the Vichy government was so strongly resented. In retro spect however it is now plain tnat tne reiusai to create with Petain and Darlan prematurely, was sound statesmanship and good sense. ' , There will be strong pressure to put a strong Liberal in Secretary Hull's place, Vice President, Wallace for example, or Ambassador Wynant. K the President believes in turning to the left at once the choice very likely will be Henry Wallace; if not then it may be ex-Senator Byrnes or even the Under-Secretary Edward Stettinus, himself. : Bill White On Russia It is hard to forecast what the post-war world will be like but one thing seems reasonably certain, to-wit: Soviet Russia will be master of Europe. In view of the above fact, the more "we the people" know about Russia the better for all concerned. For whether we like it or don't, we will have to deal with the Kremlin" regarding European affairs for many years to come and unless we know Russia, and understand her, such negotiations can hardly, from either viewpoint, be a success. ' ''" ' e a e a ' , WL.' White, editor of the Emporia (Kansas) e fla7.pf.f0 mippoorlincr Vila Info nnrl fnirmrta fnthpr .w - William Allen White, has recently returned from Russia where he accompanied Mr. Eric Johnston, of Spokane, President of the U. S. Chamber of Com merce who was invited personally by Stalin, for a neart-to-neart talk. Young Bill is a chip off the old block, intelligent, independent, with a very cogent and charming news paper style, so one is not surprised to learn he has written a book, or perhaps more accurately pub lished his diary of this journey. excerpts of which occupy several pages in the current Readers Digest. We hope everyone who can will read this article and those succeeding it For here, we believe, will be obtained one of the most accurate pictures of Soviet Russia,, that has recently been offered, not as its propagandists or its enemies claim it to be, but as it actually is, TODAY. .... YOUNG Bill's first impressions of Moscow were Mi-vf nntetimiloteltr fniTittnklA Tt ss-tli ViiWa nifnii n orss1.p iivv f-c iav,uacij. ij lavuiauiiyi iajujv iixiii uva a wcci to figure out just what was wrong and then he realized it was the absence of all competition. The down-town sections of the Russian capital, for example, wer$ terribly dreary and unattractive, wit!r poor lighting, no attractive window displays, poorly clad and dispirited people wandering about. Hut with no competition, with everything rationed and regimented, with no private owners and therefore no inducement to make a store attractive what could one expect? And what complete government owner ship'and control had not done, the war had accomplished. Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory (torn the files of the Mall Tribune 10. 20. and 34 years ago. -. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 26, 1934 (It was Monday) Fire destroys retail yard and office of Timber Products com pany at loss of $73,000. Senate strong for bonus pay ments to veterans, Roosevelt advised. presl- Everett Faber is new dent of Kiwanls club. Roxy Ann grange to dedicate new haU. Democrats in state legislature deadlocked over . senate presi dent. ' Food canned last season for local relief needs totals 100 tons. Cloudy. grees. . High 62, low 30 de- TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November 2B, 1924 (It was Wednesday) ' Nation-to observe Thanksgiv ing tomorrow. The turkey price was low due to a large number of birds. ..." Fair. High SO, low 26 degrees. Anti-saloon urges ouster of all rum users from federal' Jobs. Frank Perl arrives home for Thanksgiving vacation from O. A. C. Next week. . week will be prune ' Zeppelin mail Atlantic urged. service across Christmas seal tomorrow. ' sales to start THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY November 26, 1910 (It was Saturday) Citizens warned by health of ficer to discontinue use of well water. ' General rain storm continues over county, with country roads impassable. . .'.''.. It must be slightly boresome for the reading publlo to note in many of the dispatches from the European and Oriental fronts, mention of the' "fanatic zeal in battle" of the Nazis and the Japs. Then, the news reels and picture pages reveal the enemy has considerable "fanatic zeal" about surrendering.. And, in the prison pens the same sources further show consider able "fanatic zeal," mixed with joy, at their own canture. No body, including the foe, likes to ale. e e IT SEEMS NOT (Jefferson, Ore., Review) '.' "We recently overhead a group of boys discussing the election about who. was elected president, whom their parents voted for, eto. One little boy asked: - "What do they call people who aren't 'democrats'?" That' really, floored usl My gosh, haven't the kids ever heard of Repub licans?" a o. e The Jackrabblt population of the county is multiplying. Due to the ammunition shortage few nunters will waste a shot on "Bunny", and with only four gallons of gasoline per week allowed, there are not enough speeders on rural roads to make crossing same, a hazard for rabbits. THE party also visited the factory districts and 1111 1 1a 4-Via Pnaainn A st c a 1s am l H3inimnl1i l. n 11 WIG IVUOOlOil VIC V ClUJJiUCill, illUUOU iCUlj UtXO been sensational, Mr. Johnston himself a manufac turer, found much to be desired from the standpoint A 1 n 1 ... 1 ., - V..-.. 01 American skiu ana output, wnne loung uin s comments though not authoritative from any techni cal standpoint, do give a very graphic picture of the Russian production line, as it now exists. . "IX7ITH a presidential election approaching in '' America the young author also contrasts similar procedures in Russia, where popular elections are also held, which he declares resemble "ours in many respects." But there are also differences, to-wit': ' Only one political party is permitted, so usually only one name appears on t! ballot. This one party also controls both the newspapers and the radio. If anyone vigorously attacks a candidate officially endorsed by his party, he is liable to be arrested for treason, and hustled off to a prison camp under a 10-year sentence at hard labor, So much for Russian democracy I e a a a DUT the comments are not all critical, far from u it, and in subsequent articles the many accom plishments and virtues of Soviet Russia, will no doubt be given even more prominence. All in all, we are convinced these articles and the subsequent book will do more to clear the atmosphere regarding Russia and do more to put Americans straight regarding precisely what Russia under Stalin Js and isn't, than anything that has been published for, a very long time. The reason being Young Bill sees clearly, reports honestly and thinks straight I IN LOST B 29 New Delhi, Nov. 27. U.R) John J. Andrew, -United Press war correspondent, was listed officially as "missing" today after a recent B-29 Superfortress raid by the 20th bomber com mand. . ' Censorship permitted only the statement that the plane on which Andrew was aboard had been lost In flight. He was discharged honorably as a permanently disabled Unit ed States navy midshipman with malaria. Before coming here he worked in the Springfield, Chi cago, and New York bureaus of the United Press. GIRLS A$KEDT01gIVE UP WEARING OF SLACKS Grants Pass, Ore., Nov. 27. (U,R) The girls who attend the Williams grade school near here were asked by their teachers to day to give up the idea of wear ing slacks, and to take up the idea of wearing stockings. The teachers asked the moth ers of the children to meet with them and learn first hand why they asked that girls attending the school abandon slacks and adopt stockings.- , Army air forces combat cam eramen on bombing missions have shot down three Messer schmltts, one Focke-Wulf and three Zeros, and accounted for a Japanese tanker, according to the war department. Confucius in China, Buddha in India, and Zoroaster in Per sia, all lived In the sixth cen tury, a. u. LUXURIOUS This beautiful Russian sable in three-quarter length, with full flowing sleeves and intertwining loops of fui made a big hit with the ladle recently on the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf-Astoria. The coat was richly lined and was one of the most admired gar V merits seen on the Root, DR. WA SSELL VISITS WAR PLANT On tour of nation's leadini war plants, Dr. Corydon M. Wassell (right),, Commander of Medi cal Corps, USNR, hero of evacuation of Java, shakes hands witl Supervisor Alice Cody in Long Island factory where combat wintei - , ' jackets are made. Donald Donovan lonlra m '. f ' .'' ' tp' '' : r ' j ; X ' 'I - "7 . .V ;:.-t --pJri I f -i I 'fhl: SMSbo. .A .... -sJ WHISTLE GAL Virginia Mayo is' Bob Hope's leading lady in a new Goldwyn film, "The Princess and the Pirate." But that's not all. Virginia has been voted "The Girl Most Likely to be Whistled it in 1945." After giving her the once over it looks as if the svelte critter deserves the title. IS Salem. Ore.) Nov. 27. U.R) Biggest post war problem con fronting this nation, in the opin ion of Governor Harry F.Kelly of Michigan, is that of recon verting industry to a peacetime basis and the employment of the millions of men and women re leased from war Jobs and mili tary service. Governor and Mrs. Kelly ar rived in Salem Sunday after noon for a two-day visit with Governor and Mrs. Earl Snell while on a vacation tour of the Pacific coast, "relaxing after a strenuous political campaign" in which the Michigan governor was re-elected to his second term. EX-CONVICT CONFESSES KILLING TO GET MONEY Reno, Nev.. Nov. 27 0J.R)- Robert Flindt, 38, was found slain early Sunday and Ladell Mackay, 24-year-old Toole, Utah admitted ex-convict, told police he beat up the victim and rob bed him of between ?200 and $250 so he could "do a bit of gambling and eat" District At torney Melvin Jepson said to day. Jepson said Mackay admitted serving a term in the Utah State prison for first degree burglary prior to his entry into the army. It was the fourth slaying in Reno since Sept. 18 and the sec ond within a month. Former German Columnist Has Remedy For War Desire y aiillJ.Bli.il . . .'VOTP'"'"1" 1 S x- HUz&" ' "" - ' -J- - 1 Bella Fromm After the war German people should be made to live as the people of the occupied countries were made to live in an effort to show the rank and file of the Germans the horrors of the war they inflicted on other nations according t0 Bella t romm, German-born American citizen in Medford today in the interest of the motion picture "The Mas ter Race," booked to show here soon. Miss Fromm urges every one to see the movie in order that they may better under stand' the Germans. While Miss Fromm does not wish repetition of any acts of barbarism, she does believe that Germans should be made to sup port armies of occupation, that hostages shcf.ld be taken if any men of these armies are injured or killed, that the 1 Germans should be "made to starve a little" and that labor battalions should be made up and taken into Poland, Greece and other countries .that were occupied and these battalions should be made to aid with the reconstruc tion of the ravished . countries. Unless the German view-point is changed and unless the armies of occupation completely stamp out nazism, the nazis will go' underground and pan-Germanism will survive and build up to another war in a few years, which they will win, Mist Fromm believes. Armies of occupation should not be from any one country, but from all the allied nations and one of the first moves should be public admission by the German army and its leading generals that the war was lost ' and lost fairly by superior mill- tary strength and not because) m "the communists betrayed us" as was ciaimea in me last war, Miss Fromm believes. The visitor, member of an old Bavarian family wno lor yeara had access to the highest Ger man diplomatic and aristocratic circles, declares that the allied peoples "will be fools" if they take anything but the sternest measures in dealing with post war Germany. Mice Fromm rtaTfovpn thnt rTltm ler is still alive and in his right mind but; is now overshadowed by Himmler. Before fleeing from nazi Germany, Miss Fromm was employed as a writer and columnist by the Ullstein chain of newspapers and magazines, which she states was at its height about three times the size of the Hearst chain. The visitor spoke at the high school this morning and will speak at the Craterian theater this evening. To stop the recoil of an army ordnance 16-inch gun takes the same resistance as would be needed to bring a 60-car freight train traveling at 60 miles an hour to a halt in the space of six feet. IMS 24 Sh0PPing 'TIL CHRISTMAS Greeting Cards - Seals Wrappings SHOP for GIFTS AT THI . WEST SIDE Shopping Center The Rexall Stort, Medford, Oregon -West Main and Grape Phone 3330 "'I ia, aASS 1 ARMY NURSES IN ACTION Lt. Jean Harder (left) and Lt. Nors Homelvig, U. S. Army nurses, bandage a casualty on Leyte Island. They are members of First Army nurse unit to land'in Philippine! 10 days after Gen. MacArthur's troops did their "comeback." AMBULANCE SERVICE It is a satisfaction to know that Con ger' new Black and White Ambu lance is devoted EXCLUSIVELY to the (ingle job of rendering prompt and dependable ambulance service. 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