Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 30, 1944, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text1 - ' M V 1 ft 4 . EIOHT MEDrORD MAIL THIBUKE Thundar. lfo. SO, 1144 MEDFORDkTBDUNE PuhUihed by ' MCDFORD o ca PbaiM 1141. ar-M North rir St ROBERT W. BUHL, Editor. BASEST 8 GIL8TRAP Hineier. HERB OREV AdnrtUUl suy. ARTHUR PERRY dy MHar MRS OUVZ STARCHER. SM. Editor GERALD LATHAM. Clrculetion MT. Phone 4784 An Independent Newipeper. Entered u eecond eless ettir at . Mediord. Oreon "nei , SUBSCRIPTl6N BATES Br Meil-lP Advance- Xlallj end Sunday one reer ....$7.80 Daily and Sunday el months 4 00 Daily and Sunday three moe. 1.10 Dally and Sunday one month. 78 By Carrier In Advance Mediord. Aihland, Central Point, Jackaon vUle. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent, and on motor routee: , Dally and Sunday one yeer... fo Dally end Sunday one month .78 All lerma caah In advance. OOlclal Paper ol the City ef Medlerd Official Paper al jacaaee County United Preis full Lessee1 Wire . MEMBER or AUDIT BUREAU or CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANl, mo Offices In New York Chlean. ge. emit flan rrenclsco. ettle. Portland, St Louts, uje nnae. AUanta, Vancouver, a. M. 'fSa Ye Smudge Pot By. Arthur Perry A more or less enraptured scribe likens the upcoming state football title game to the sea war in the Pacific. This is far fetched. The spectators won't spend two-thirds of the game asking: Where is the enemy backfield? e Milliners who set the styles are 'now planning spring hats. Fashion pages hint they have about decided women's hats have not looked like hats long enough. a a . a The situation Is quite befud dling.' The agriculture commit tee of Congress has been ad vised by a "specialist" elgaret production Is twice what It was In 1938, but the supply Is only half what Is needed. This falls to add up, but should provide a workout for the eight year old British boy, hailed as a stem-winding mathematical gen- PIONEER TEElf-ASERf (The Dalles Chronicle) :. "When put in the corridor ol the city Jail the boys had a large paper sack of crackers and cheese and" a large can of sardines. Just to be doing something 'they' opened the can of sardines, emptied the , contents on the floor, spread the crackers and cheese on top of it and proceeded to have a war dance on top of - the men. They were com pelled to scrub the floor, then were put la a cell until It tided. They did not like that kind of treatment but It was Just what they evidently needed for some time." e A number of rural residents towned yes. bragging about eat ing to much of this season's corn beef it cabbage vintage. - . Even with the shotgun shell shortage all over the land, "un loaded" shotguns are claiming victims. ,. e . The Japanese threaten death for American flyers parachute td safety after a bombing raid, If captured. The same Japanese hope their Emperor will escape trial and punishment as a war criminal because custom lets him pose as a "divinity" to his people. e a The British premier has re vised his prediction the war will end in Europe "by the early summer of 1945". He deletes the "early" to read "summer of 1945". Just as able experts as me premier cut out the "sum mer" and leave the "early." e e e " 'If he's crazy enough to pay it, I'll take it.' Crooner Frank Sinatra, accepting Buffalo man's offer ot $10,000 to sing at house party." Let's everybody make fun of the teen-age swoon era. e e HI HUMI HOI . (Klamath Falls Herald) "Back to the old grind, but not minding it so much after a four-day holiday, came the students and teachers. Not that anyone Is particularly ht-jpy to be here, but that there doesn't seem to be any way out of it. No one looks particularly cheerful, but then consider the weather!" ' e e e ine punuo has i ceased wor rying about the fata and where abouts ot Herr Hitler of Ger many. There has been no world wide fretting about his associate rascals, such as Old Marshal retain, the hater of democra cies, P. Laval, the viper of Vichy, or Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian traitor. How the trio is making out, and where, would be nice for the public to Know. -1 The basin of the Colorado riv er comprises 242,000 square miles in the United States, 2000 quart mUet in Mexico. Don 't Forget Christmas In army posts, canteens and USO centers here and overseas, Christmas will be observed in as gay a manner as wartime conditions will permits But, for trooDS on transports headed for some distant front? men who boarded ships with only essential duffle bags and equipment and unable to receive gifts from home on that day Christmas might be just another day of tedious and uncertain existence. But they will NOT be the "forgotten men" when Yuletide gifts are passed out, thanks to the "Christ mas on the High Seas" program of the American Red Cross, There will be plenty of landing space on storm tossed decks of convoy ships for Old Santa's, sleigh if folks at home catch the full spirit of this commend able movement. What a surprise and thrill this trip of the kindly old man with white flowing whiskers will bring to these men! IT will be up to those at home you and your'neigh- bors to make his visit a reality. It must be your gifts' which the Bed Cross, in the role of St, Nick, will deliver to these lonely, will fight, and maybe die, that Christmas represents. , Gifts for these soldiers on troop ships should be carefully chosen at once and turned over to the Jack son County Red Cross chapter. The Camp and Hos pital committee will see that they are wrapped and shipped to embarkation ports. The Army, and Navy will see that ample space is provided in ship holds, and presents will be distributed on Christmas day. , e e e e IT is hoped that many people here, in the spirit of onnmonninir PVitMofrnnaMH A nnrl witVf nrann nnri sincere gratitude to these men who will fight our bat tles, will respond generously. It is a kindly' and thoughtful act, this "Christmas on the High Seas" movement, and Jackson County citizens will undoubt edly' see that our share of coming. A visit to the Red Cross house on December 7th provide the opportunity to same time, see an exhibit the Jackson County Chapter since the beginning of the war. Citizens here may Cross achievements herel AN added reminder is Pvnao iiinAY.fltr naala VI VUSJ Ml tVlilyJjr Alts 1413 TV meet immediate wartime Day should be a fitting time for citizens here to re dedicate themselves to service with this vitally ne cessary and thoroughly humanitarian organization. The current falling off of active Red Cross workers is not justified by the progress of the war. Long and bitter fighting lies ahead. Every ounce of effort will be needed now and during the critical and costly days until victory. H. G. ; ' The Robot Bomb The recent issuance of Britain's White Paper is the strongest possible evidence near Its end. If It were not England mans the boost in morale that such a tragic story certainly will provide. Not that peace is actually in sight over there, but the end of effective German re sistance must be or England would say nothing par ticularly about the destructive effects of the Nazi robot bombs. - . A ND speaking of these "secret weapons" we doubt if England will again refer to them as terror expedients only, and of no military value. For the record now shows they are of military value. Modern war is total war, and not only civilian morale but civilian effort are essential factors in the effectiveness of any national war machine. These robot bombs have not only caused terrible destruction in England, they have kept numbers of men and planes away from the battlefronts as a de fense against them. Had they been perfected a year or two ago, the defeat of Germany might have been materially de layedas it is it is another example of "too little and too late with what ungnstn F any further evidence 1 military value, the recent report from Washing ton that a rocket plane factory is being built and will soon be m production would supply it The American High Command is not wasting time or money in ex perimenting with construction that has no military value whatever 1 Some of the U. S. rocket predicting the next war will be fought with the battle fronts at times actively engaged, and yet 600 miles apartl STARS TO WED Hollywood, Nov. 30 (U.R) A romance begun seven years ago at a Winnipeg, Man., figure skating contest was culminated with announcement today that Screen Star Michael Kirby, for rrier Canadian natlonnl Ice-skating chsmplon, and Norah Mc Carthy, Ice follies star, would be married in late December. FASCINATED FAN New York. Nov. 30 (U.R) Allen Artenchuck, 25, was so fascinated by a movie actress that he took her home In eel Mold six reels of her, He ad mltted in court that he stole the film, "Bathing Beauty, from the Empire theater, Brook lyn, The one-man fan club was sent to a hospital for observation. homesick youngsters who for those cherisnea wings gifts are quickly forth "open house" at the Court Pearl Harbor Day will turn in gifts and, ab the of the accomplishments of well be proud of Red appropriate, too. The Red Tirnvlro.'a in Airatnr KtnrtnVt ftv Ul O 111 V V Vi Jf ui auwu demands. Pearl Harbor that the war in Eurone is . would hardly rive the Ger might be termed reverse were needed as to their enthusiasts even now are NORDEN HONORED New York, Nov. 30 4UPJ Carl L. Norden, Inventor of the bombsight and automobile pilot which bears his name, 'was awarded the Holley medal last night for "some great and unique act ot genius of engi neering nature that has accom plished a great and timely pub lic benefit." PASS SILVER BILL Washington. Nov. 30 U.R) The senate has passed and sent to the house a bill to extend the wartime silver purchase act to December 31, 1948. The act au thorizes the president to pur chase silver and sell or lease It for war purposes on terms set by the secretary of the treasury. (let' Mu TrtBuiw Waal Ma News Behind The News By Paul Malion Washington, Nov. 30 U.R)To- day is the Pilgrims' Thanksgiv ing day Oast Thursday in the montnj clung to by a few states! The one we had last was a sort of R o o sevelt h a n gover T h anksglvlng dny, celebrat ed by most. The president moved the cel ebration ahead a week in 7H t'l rial MsJlon 1939, 1940 and 1941, at the suggestion of retail merchants who thought tb'is to provide another week of shop ping time before Christmas, and three years ago congress thought it settled the arguments by designating the fourth Thursday of the month, which is usually the last, but this year was not. - 9 A CONSIDERABLE number n I nAAnla tia.rA h.nn savlnff Mr. R. again tarnished the re ligious significance of a great dayfor a minor commercial reason although he had nothing to do with it this time. On the first one, which I celebrated re gardless of the fact that my state observed the second one (I will always celebrate two or more holidays if opportunity al lows), you heard such equally illiounded public comments as these: - . This country is so- divided it cannot even agree on a day of Thanksgiving." "Mr. Roosevelt will be giving us two Christmases next." "What have we to be thank ful for this year?" Since this seemed ' to consti tute the chiefly discussed news of this day, I decided to look up the facts on it, as is my wont. I found far more than the fact children know, that the Pil grims kept the last Thursday of November as their own reli gious feast in thanks for the harvest each year after 1621. The Massachusetts colony took it up nine years later, then Connecticut 20 years after, that. rne uutcn in Mew York select ed another day for thanks. Then during the revolutionary war, congress chose one or more thanksgiving days each year. President George Washing ton officially proclaimed the Puritan day twice, but the idea lapsed until the end of the war of 1812, when Madison pro claimed it. . State governors . thereafter designated the day without an official system until Abraham Lincoln, in the last, year of the civil war, started the custom of annual presidential proclama tions, which aU presidents fol lowed annually thereafter until Roosevelt. ; This year the crops certainly justified it, even Justified two. The bounty of nature was un marred nationally by drought, storm or floods. If you did not get your share, if you had to eat fish instead of turkey, you cannot blame Cod, but the waste, confusiom disorder, en. larged demand that ride always wiui me Horsemen of war. e e e WHAT Is there to be thankful " for in the midst of this cruelest universal war of all ume7 The facts answer that question Just as severely. i ou, in your Hardships, are paying the penalty of living in stirring days. The Roman em pire, the French revolution, the wars of England which fur nished the top .dramas of this aging sphere are puny one-act piays compared with - our era you should be thankful for being alive to witness such a time, and pray only that you may live to see how things work out. To those who fear or mourn the worst of news con cerning someone close .to them, lei mem remember . there is nothing unique or exclusive about their troubled state, shared by so many others. ine way to find out what to be thankful for Is to . look around you and think of others. rainer than yourself, of their rrouoies, their hardships. Meas ure yourself against your neigh- uurs, noi against your hopes, desires or times- riant. If this is done, few will find sound ground to ask the ques tioa Of course the country is divided. Democracies always , in nanaiing great issues. vt iiuw solutions are reached. At least no one has to function under ground for his views. mt ... . . inere win not long be two Thanksgiving days, but if any one wants to start a movement for two Christmases, two Fourths of July, he should be encouraged. This is the trouble with the world too few cele brations. AIR LEADER MISSING London, Nov. 30 U.R Wing Commander Guy P. Gibson, who led the daring raids on Ger many's Mohne and Eder dams in May, 1943. was officially i listed os missing in action to- lday. (7 1 1 RODEO QUEEN Audrey Dudley, 20, of Los Angeles, shown witl her horse "Nugget", a quarter horse stallion, was choice of thi Livestock Show and Rodeo, which will be held in Los Angela' . Dec. 2-8. Besides being a pip, Audrey is an expert horsewoman. JACKSON COUNTY FARM NOTES Compiled by County Office Farmers Asked to Report Promptly Farmers and ranchers who have not yet reported the con servation practices which they carried out this year are urged to do so as soon as possible. Since farmers are serving as their own "AAA Supervisors" again this year, it is their re sponsibility to finish the job. and be sure aU their practices are reported. Many reports were turned in before fall practices uipto carried out and these par tial reports must be completed before any conservation pay ments may be made. This year each county's allo cation for making payments cannot be granted until a large percentage of reports are com pleteanother reason why ev ery farmer should be sore that data for all of his practices has been turned in. Dairy Subsidy Payments Near Four Million la Year During the one year period that the dairy feed program has been in effect, nearly four million dollars in dairy produc tion payments have been dis tributed ito the state's farmers and dairymen through the coun ty AAA committee, R. B. Tay lor, state chairman, reports. Pavments" are being made now for the months of Septem ber and October, at tlfe rate oi 70 cents a hundredweigm ior whole milk and 1U cenis a pound for butterfat. Producers are asked to submit their evi dence on sales as soon as possi ble, with Deeember 31 ine clos ing date for filing September October .applications. From October 1, 1 H a. throueh November 30, 1944, Jackson county dairy producers received a total of ?14,ib. The number of producers receiv ing the payments was per month. ... . Bargains In Grain Bins Oifered by CCC New reduced prices on sur plus CCC wooden grain -bins give Oregon farmers an oppor tunity to acquire one of -these many-purpose structures ai reai bargain rates. Through an agreement between the State AAA committee and Commodity Credit, the previously-low prices of these bins have- been cut to S7S. so that farmers now may buy them for a little as 7 cents a bushel of rated storage capa cltv. The bins will remain on sale in Oregon until March 1, 1945. after which those remain- ine will be shipped to other states. The Aladdin bin is now priced as $225. Designed like a small house, this 14x24 by 10 foot structure with 4Vi foot gable can be adapted for many farm uses, such as a poultry brooder house, or a cabin for farm la bor. Its storage capacity is 2800 bushels. ' The price of the Economy bin has been cut $25 to $225. This 16-foot square bin holds 3000 bushels, but is not so adaptable for uses other than storage. The 3300-bushel Northwest bin is now priced- at $250, reduction of $$75. This Is an 8-slded bin 18 feet In diameter with 15-foot sidewalls. Prospective buyers may ob-i tatn information from the coun ty AAA chairman In Wasco, Umatilla, Gilliam, Morrow and Sherman counties, where the bins are In storage. The prices ' - a L9 XL. ? , It i O. S. C. Extension Service are for unerected bins, f. o. b. shipping point. K. a. FOWLDH, Comity Agent. 4-H Club Agent Here December 4, 5, 6 Miss Maryollve Snarr, 4H club agent at large will .be In Jackson' county-on December 4, and 6, to assist in organizing the home economics club work, A meeting of all home econom ics leaders and any ladies inter ested in ' 4-H club work is planned for Wednesday, Decem ber 6, at 10 a. m., courthouse auditorium. This will be an in formal meeting with Miss Snarr who will pass along ideas picked up from other parts of the state and answer questions concern ing club work. Monday and Tuesday will be available for personal confer ences and club meetings. Club leaders who are interested in having Miss Snarr meet with their clubs should notify the 4H club agent immediately. EARL JOSSY, County Club Agent PIPE-PUFFER PINCHED - New York, Nov. 30 (U.R) Red-haired Mrs. Mary Wolson, 25, was arrested for violating fire regulations in a Brooklyn dime store where she lit a corn cob pipe. Explaining to a mag istrate, Mrs. Wilson said she had bought the Missouri merschaum as part of a farmer's get-up for a masquerade party and was testing it. He suspended sen tence. FREIGHT DERAILED Colfax, Cal., Nov. 30 (U.R) Southern Pacific railroad offic ials today dispatched wrecking crews to Midas, Cal., in the mountains east ot here where three stock cars of a freight train were derailed last night tying up mainline freight and passenger traffic. Daily Weather Report " Forecast! Mwiford and vicinity: Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Friday llttl chinn In tern d rat lire. Oregon: Cloudy with rain tonight. Friday, nowers: snow over moun tains; little change In temperature. Local Data TemDerature a year aso today; Highest, 04; lowest total monthly precipitation. 2 94 inches, excess tor tne ie month. .60 Inch. Total nrecloltatlon since September 1, 1944. 3.28 inches. Excess tor the season, .97 inch. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yes terday, 78; 4:30 today, 93. Tomorrow Sunrise 8:20 a. m.; sunset 5:41 p. i Past 34 hours: ' High Low Pri Boise , Boston , 44 . 33 . 4S . S3 , 8 . 67 . . 49 . 29 , 611 . 43 . 48 . 87 , 40 . 97 , 93 43 19 11 S3 3 49 II 41 10 33 41 39 81 33 SO 44 33 1.43 T Chicago Denver , , Eureka Havre . Los Angeles , Med ford New York Omaha .... Phoenix Portland Reno , Roseburg ..,tl:.1 Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle . . . , .71 JO .16 7 Spokane . 33 Weshlngton. D. C. 43 Yeklme 37 QUICK RELIEF FROM Symptoms at Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS due to EXCESS ACID Tree BookTetts ef HeeTretnM the! Must Help er It WW Cert Yea Nothla Ow two million boMtoeortheWTLt.ARD TRKATMSNTheTe been eold for rellelol eym ptomi of dm m n-l.lnj f rom (temetk end Oueeinel Ulcere due to titeei AcM ner Olteitten. Sew or Uperl Stemech, HeMlewte. Heertewn, tleeelnemei. due k been AcM. Sold on IS d' trlell -wiiiere-e mjeeeor ' woica riUJ T aylort Penny Wis Drn KaiDjcott't Fbjumacy i" COMMUNICATIONS Letter! to Oie editor must beer thi Mm" end a-dreii of tue writer, "thouili the oe ol a pen-nemo or tnlUall lor publlceUon U permll ilol.. The Well Tribune teiervee the rliht to edit ell lottera with t (lew to clarity end eondenmettoB. Victory of F. D. R. U Explained. To the Editor: It seems rainer late to be writing about election returns, but I have been wait- in a vainlv for somebody to com ment on the most logical and obvious reason for the results. So far everybody looks for some obscure far-fetched reason. The maiority vote of 3,000,000 given to the present incumbent in the recent election is the ap proximate number of persons employed in the numerous gov ernment bureaus that Infest our country and there is the ma jority vote right there. If these three or four million people were employed in some useful constructive work, their vote would have been split up in stead of delivered en masse and if the entire personnel were in business tor themselves the vote would have been almost 100 per cent for Dewey. Add to these bureau employes the vods of their families (three votes per family is very con servative) and you have 9,000,- 000 votes bought and paid for out of taxes paid by a long-suffering public, It is a criminal of fense for a civilian to buy a vote, but one has to be good at splitting hairs to see the differ ence here. It is this vast political machine, built up with a crafti ness that has never before been equaled in this country, that makes one wonder what has be come of the so-called "free ballot." , . v I think that Ex-Vice-President Garner (when he couldn't take it any longer and retired to his home In Texas) said the whole thing when he said "You can't argue against checks," and our appalling Indebtedness) bears witness to. the size and number of those checks. ; A. N. N. (Name on file.) WEATHER Northern California Partly cloudy, today except, rain on north coast this afternoon, spreading southward ' to near Fresno tonight. Friday mostly cloudy with occasional showers except rain extreme south por tion. Little temperature change. A large tanker-, uses up to 2,000 gallons of gasoline on a single . mission, while a battle ship, on a round trip from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo, would con sume a minimum of 15,000 bar rels of fuel oil. SIMPLE AS iA-B-C Friday and Saturday Special PEANUT BUTTER CAKE Something New! ' 1 Something Different! Tender fluffy layer flavored with golden nut peanut butter. Topped with a creamy chocolate icing . ... .. . . .59 (The children will love it!) Fluhrer'g Old Engliih Fruit Cake The Ideal Christmas Gift Tuck one in your gift pack age. Gift Wrapped 81.10 and $2.00 We wrap for mailing T BUY A BOND TODAY! Flight oTime Mediord and Jackson Uo. His tory from the fUes ot the Mai Tribune 10. 30. and 14 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 29. 1934 Ot was Friday Rainfall record for valley ol 1.70 Inches exceeds normal. Jackson county state tax less than last year. . , Labor head sees hard winter for working people. Fair. High 47, low 38 degrees.. XDemocrats plan victory duv ner at Portland. Raiding dogs kill 21 sheep. - Heavy rains hit upstate, with gale on coast TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November 29, 1924 " ; at was Saturday) League of Nation to discuss 1 opium traffic. Crime epidemic hits Bortland. Rain. High 88, low 41 degrees. Finn communists , In revolt try to capture Reval. , Upstate deputy sheriff con fesses he helped plan bank rob bery. . Federal cow tests to start here December '7. No .conclusion in French war debt refund reached. x THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO. TODAY November 29, 1910 3 at was Tuesday) ' Chinese in off queques. Hong Kong cut Germany prevents British grab of Persia. Winter Nellis pears bring $6 per box in London. - PATRICIDE FREE ON BOND Sycamore, 111., Nov. 30 (U.R) Franklin Kellogg, 13, was free on $1,000 bond today after fatal, ly shooting his father, Raymond, 39, through the head when, he said, the elder Kellogg came home intoxicated and threaten ed the life of the boy's mother. Digitalis, . a n Indispensable , heart, medicine, formerly im ported from Europe, can now be furnished from plants natural ized in the coastal sections ol northern California.