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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?
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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" '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
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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. -
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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44
33
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Chicago
Denver , ,
Eureka
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Los Angeles ,
Med ford
New York
Omaha ....
Phoenix
Portland
Reno ,
Roseburg ..,tl:.1
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Seattle . . . ,
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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
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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
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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.