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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. ;
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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. ; , '
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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.
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WL.' White, editor of the Emporia (Kansas)
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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.
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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
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been sensational, Mr. Johnston himself a manufac
turer, found much to be desired from the standpoint
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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