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SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE . Wednesday, Dm. I, 1844 MedfordHwTeibunb -everyone la lootliara OrelOB Beads U MiU Triauna" Dally Ixeiy SatarSaT Ptihllahed In MEDFORD PRINTDJO CO. 17.29 North Fir St Phone' tUl. ROBKRT W. RUHL, Editor. . ERNEST R GILSTRAP Msnsfer. RXKB OKEY, MnrtlUI MJ. I C FERGUSON. Msnagins Jtfltot ARTHUR PERRY. Sundev tAHm MRS OLIVE STARCHER. Soo Edit" GERALD LATHAM. ClrculaUon Mgr. Phone 7M An Independent Newspaper. Entered as Mcond clM matter st MecUord, Oregon, under Act March 3, 1870. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bt Mall In Advance Dally and Sunday one year WIM Dally and Sunday -alx months 4 00 Daily and Sundaythree mos 1.10 Dally and 8unday one month.. 78 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point. Jackson ville. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday one veer .W-OO Dally and Sunday-one month .75 All lerms cash In advance. Official Paper of the city el Medford Official Paper of JacStoa County - Called Prase Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Beprescritetlre WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC - Offices In New York Chicago, De troit, San Francisco. Los Angelas, Se attle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C. (ssBaa-sasssssanaSEaEejai 2 Ye Smudge Pot , By Arthur Perry ' A "social revolution" now seethes in Greece, but there Is nothing "social" about It. The E. A. M. is ' chasing the Elai , and the British are . chasing both. The leading "social" ac tivities comprise an open battle In the streets of Athens, with a general strike and civil war threatened. In the sister nation of ' Yugoslavia, things are. far from sisterly. The government, headed by Miloje Smiljanich, representing King Peter, eating his lunch, was confronted by Josip Smodlaka, foreign minis ter for Marshal Tito, on a social call. The next day Foreign Mln- 1-1 CT II aMnt with 38 soldiers bearing tommy guns. They looked at the tommy-guns and departed. Thus Chicago "St. Valentine's Day" gang massacre in a palace, in stead of a warehouse was avert ed. In the face of statistics, the notion -persists in the Eugene district, the No Name cham pions,' the Eugene Axemen, could have given either the Black Tornado or the La Grande squad- "a run for .their money" 4k. ..... InntU.I I .J.I. KTM4k Bend defeated Eugene 19 to 8; Grants Pass defeated ..North Bend 13 to 0, and the Black Tornado under wraps, mauled Grants Pass 41 to 0. Further more, Coqullle smacked North Bend 38 to 6, and Medford quelehad Coqullle 34 to 14. It all adds up to this; On a fast turf field, La Grande or Med ford would have brewed a score against Eugene, about as close as the earth Is to Saturn. - THE WALL FLOWER (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) "A. V. Munoz, accountant for the V. S. Galang and oth er stores, Is one of Honolulu's pioneer Filipino businessmen. At a party last Sunday he war the center of Interest becouse the girls asked him for dances, most of which he re fused. A. V. is full of home ' spun humor." e e The German people are also mystified by the mystery of Der Fuehrer, what he is doing and where. They are puzzled by it all, like the American people about what 'happened at Pearl Harbor. - The Yanks are now fighting In the Saar, and crossing the Roer. The Nazis are Saar and do they Roer. e The Spanish have produced a train able to negotiate a curve at 80 mph. The inventors had better luck than a long line .of speed idiots at Main and Oak dale. . - Three or four federal bureaus have fearlessly announced their Intentions to find out where the cigarettes have gone, if any place. They will probably look every place but in the ware houses, where they are stored. While tracking down the villian, they might throw some light on why all the while there has been a feast on mentholated fags and a famine of the real thing. . Juveniles are now down with the measles. All will soon be over, what has been all over them. It . keeps them out of school and gives them more time to worry about Santa Claus. Allied soldiers on the German front are now batting knee deep in "a sea of mud", highly remin iscent of the late campaign, and a few In Jackson county. Housewives will have to sal vage 230,000,000 pounds of fat in 1044 to meet the quota need ed for industrial purposes, I 0nnl far In srMa nf that on nnft . 000 pounds salvaged In 1943. Cm MaUTUbuoe Wast Ads. Tomorrow Pearl Harbor Day Tomorrow Is Pearl Harbor day, the day this coun try was forced into World jap attacK on me u. a. neer, in nawan. Three years have passed since then, and still no one knows exactly what happened on that fatal 7th of December. l n. TT fi 11 And now the present administration maintains that for reasons of military security, no one should know until the war is over. -A PPARENTLY in a belated effort to mitigate the " wrong thus done General Short and Admiral Kiirtmell, by instituting court martial proceedings atrainst these two men, and to trial; it is now declared in effect, a court martial should never have been ordered, for no one should really be held personally responsible for this disaster Dut tne japs. i All of which makes a worse mess out of what was a pretty raw one to start with. ONE of two things should be done.: '. The Roosevelt administration should either withdraw the court martial order entirely, admit of ficially it should never have been, ordered and re turn Messers Kimmel and appropriate apologies or The court martial ordered, should be held AT ONCE, all the cards laid on the table by both sides and the entire matter cleared up once and for all. And this should be done two officers, but in justice istration. . rOR until such action IS taken, there will not only be' a widespread belief throughout the country that Admiral Kimmel and General Short were crim inally negligent in failing to Japanese attack; but that tion was equally, if not more, negligent, in its failure to properly inform the Pearl Harbor command, and issue ihe proper warning and instructions. In trying to quash the date, the present administration in our judgment is making a serious mistake, Messers Short and Kunmell but the administration itself eventually will suffer. Buy That War Bond! What is this 6th war loan anyway? To hear some of the comments one might conclude Uncle Sam was passing the butions. , It isn't -that at all. No one dime. Nor is anyone asked All that is asKed is a loan the use of the individ uals surplus cash for a certain neriod. at the end of which it will all be returned No better investment from the standpoint of both security and return could be imagined. In every brok ers appraisement government bonds are ranked at the very top. There is no reason to doubt, the way this war is going, they will continue to be. so what is the delay about If you Have any surplus cash and nearly every one has these days the place to put that cash, not only for the benefit of your country but for your own semsn Deneiu, is in some type oi war Bonds. So get busy before it is too late. This 6th War Loan doesn't represent a duty, ity, iuuk opportunity, not only to serve your coun try but to make a sure and certain profit. "Viva Roosevelt!" According to Dress dianatchea firpAk mnha nnmrlprl before the American Embassy in Athens yesterday snouting: "Long Live Rooseveltl Let us choose our own govern ment!" In Greece the members of these mobs are known as "national liberation leftists." They are the Greek radicals the bolsheviks and the present "civil war" in Greece is due to the fact they want to keep their arms and ammunition, form tneir own government and kick out the British-supported Papandreous government with the bntish army they can accomplish this out on a limb aain, with to-wit: ' Eventually these "leftists" will control Greece, and Brother Papandreous will be kicked out very much as the Bolsheviks in Russia followed the Mensheviks and a gentleman by the name of Kerensky was forc ed to flee for his life. It is the fundamental political paiiern oi post-war Europe. According To Plan Yes, it is interesting to see this same political pat tern develop wherever this the world revolution within the global war, mak ing its appearance the moment the shooting ends. What is now fing on in Greece, has also gone on in a less violent and dramatic fashion in France, in Italy and in Belgium. Is it merely what the movies term "coincidental?" Or is i organic, an inevitable sequence of this world cataclysm, which at heart is a surging upward of the masses, to gain greater control over their own des tinies; IN THIS department's belief it is definitely NOT the first But it would not be so definitely and clearly the second, were not a world organization centered at. .Moscow, behind it, - War No. 2 by that sneak 1 TT -1 then never calling them Short to active service with not only in justice to the to the Roosevelt admin properly prepare for that the Roosevelt administra entire matter at this late from which not only hat; asking for contri is asked to contribute a to give anything away. and interest added to it. it represents an opportun in control it is doubtful if but here is where we climb a prediction to shoot at, war in Europe has stopped News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Dec. 6. Swift moving daily news from the Ger man front tells of villages con tinuously taken or rivers cross ed only rare ly of a loss of ground by us. This buoyant Information be- clpuds from the g e n i r a 1 public an ap- preciation of the fact that after months of the hardest kind, of effort rani Halloa (since early September) we are today only 10 to 12 miles inside Germany in the Aachen area, and only a mile or two inside with our deepest penetration in the south (Saar). We are Just up to or barely Into the Siegfried line oi uerman defense. e e . "THE professldnal soldiers have ' taken over leadership in nazi dom and are playing with -extra ordinary skill their desperate sui cidal game of delaying us near the border until spring. Inside Germany they are ardently drill ing the old men and 15-year-old boys procured by their last-ditch levies upon the people. This show is being run by Rundstedt,' a crafty Prussian general. Wherever Hitler (Sick, insane, dead) Is he Is not direct- this savage skilled defense which has turned the very na ture of the war. To give you an example how it goes (from de tailed reports of the fighting now available here), Gen. Patton could not get at the German de fenses until the Metz forts were captured, as mountains up to 3000 feet protect either side. He picked one to take first, named Driant, five miles south of Metz. Our gallant attacking force, under cover of artillery fire, got up the hill, into the moat, took one corner of the fort. We poured fuel oil down the vents, set fire to them. Flame throwers blistered the Interior of every gun mount. Both sides used grenades, bazookas, ma chine guns and we used dyna mite and 1000-pound bombs for ten days and ten nights. Then we had to withdraw and wait for more power to be gathered. The nazis had a road down the other side of the hill, poured in each night to take the place of all we killed during the day. Not ur.m the overwhelming power came was Patton able to capture these initial outposts of the Ger man defense system. e e OUR original scheme for Ger man rnnrmpat. uui sb-lllfnllu conceived at the Dutch salient. With thA mnrl nwnlBmilaa b(m operation in history, we sent more man iu,uuu men in 1UUU gliders and transports from 25 nlrfi-IHe In TtrlfnJi 4ha ... w.a. w B- .4 It. Maastricht bridgehead with its -iane concrete highway into northern Germany. That was last September 17. We have not lUKen li yet. All the wnrlrl nnur Itnniua other two air-borne divisions could not get up to Arnheim on the four-lane road to open the route for m.nnllp anrl nnlv onnn of. the furthest men escaped. utnerwise we would have ridden down that fnur-lnno rnnH Intrt northern Germany, deployed our wnKs oeyona tne aeienses and mignt toaay oe in Berlin. , ine Ciermnns hnva frnnne inn -remember that. Thn hnlfc rf their Baltic armies got out by water. Thev pvpn ant lh..li- man out of Finland. The Russians nave taken some prisoners in the last three months, but no armies. a V - e BY these means, the nazis have successfully turned the war Into a tree-to-tree, house-to-house struggle whlch-hlstory may ac count tne most bitterly contest. ed campaign of all time. We are accumulating more and more power a tank pos sibly for every machine Bun. five men for every one (our landings nnve certainly placed over 3.- 000,000 men on the western end oi the continent already) to big- gun, outman and dynamite our way through. This Is certainly tne nma to Duy Ponds. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM SET Funeral services for the late Delwln O. Hurley, who was kill ed In a fall from truck In the Valley View area Monday afternoon, will be held from the Methodist church in Talent Fri day at 10 a. m. Litwlllers Funeral Home of Ashland is in charge of arrange ments, and interment will be in Stearns cemetery. Clnelna? time for Sunday Too Late to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon Please reeiemuer. - GOOD HEALTH Your Qnai t$f Pomouoh Regain It by blna rtl.vl t Haraotiholdi (Pilta), FU ute. Fistula, Httnta (Rup tutt). Our nathod oi ttat mtnt without hospital op ration tueeoiitullr uiod lor 3) Tart. Llboral crodlt torn. Call lor ovamlaallon m ad it f RLK feooUot. Dr. C. J. DEAN CLINIC tf. S. Cor. t. turn.! do and Grand At. Telephone EAatttlf, Portland 14. Oroaoa Letter From Washington Br HARRIS ELLSWORTH . Member of Congress From Oregoa Washington, D. C. Dee. 3 Special Correspondence) The usual last minute Jam of legis lation has arrived in the House. Adjournment of the session Is tentatively planned for week aft er next. That leaves some 10 working days unless sessions are called for the two Saturdays All bills still pending when the 18th Congress ends will be fleaa Most such bills will be reintro duced in the new Congress whicr technically is scheduled to convene January 3, 1945, but all will have to be put through the complete legislative process again no matter how far they may' have progressed during this Congress. A BOX I Introduced (H. R. 1688) which Is for the purpose of settling the dispute between the Interior Department and the Department of Agriculture re garding jurisdiction over some 460,000 acres of land which lie within the external boundaries of the O & C land grant, was reported favorably this week by the House PutHe Lauds Com mittee. I am hopeful that it can be acted upon before adjourn ment. Inadditibn to settling the long standing dispute, this bill pro vides for the elimination of the troublesome checkerboard pat tern of ownership in the O & C grant. Furthermore, we includ ed a paragraph In the bill which gives the same rights with re spect to minerals in the disputed lands as exist with respect to other lands in the public ' do main. ' I hope during the next session of Congress to secure the pas sage of a bill which will give similar mineral rights on all O & C lands. I introduced such a bill some time ago. Largely due to the fact that hearings on the bill could not be held in the West this year, the bill has not yet been reported out by our committee. It seems advisable to have testimony on the subject from those most concerned. When they are able to state for the record at a formal hearing why the relief provided in the bill is necessary, we can develop a case that will Impress the com mittee favorably, I am sure. Meanwhile, if the O St C bill just reported Is passed, proper mineral rights will have been established on at least that much of the O & C lands. e e . e TUESDAY, December 5th, we are scheduled to consider the bill which will prevent the up- ping of the social security tax rate. It is commonly referred to as the bill to "freeze" the social security tax rate. There may be some misunder standing regarding this proposal. The proposed "freeze" will have no effect at all upon the benefit payments made under the social security law. It merely has to do with the tax levied. .' The facts seem to Indicate rather clearly that there is no necesity to double the amounts now collected from all em ployees and all employers for the social security fund. The fund already built up is now 26V4 times the amount annually paid out in benefits. Statistics made on -the basis of life insur ance formulas indicate that the present rate could be continued for ten years if necessary with out damage to the reserve. The Increase' from one per cent, to two per cent, if it is hot stopped by Act of Congress, will be nothing more than a straight gross Income tax of one per cent on all wages IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER TAXES NOW BE ING PAID. The money will be paid in under the name of the social security fund, but it will Sunday! 7 BEWARE THE ' k'BEATEN" GERMANS! J LSei WHY h tti MSt fataf trial tl m tine t Tree-ma r lotllt OOIDIN" CU.et.e- Vr Hllltlt J. IIIIIMAH BEWARE THE ' I 4"BEATEN" GERMANS! I Set WHY h tti atst iirbf trial tl m timt II I H "Tlbore All t -vj nameless hlM ' 1 t,l"oteand W4feor and 1 1 ywij aw ha neavl hv the Treasury lust about the same at any other tax revenue. The social security fund is nnrplv an ntrv nn the books. The money Is spent as fast as it comes in.. What nappens is uiai government bonds are purchased with tha funrla ea thev are re ceived. Interest at a rate of 2.18 per cent is paid. It Is all an alnhnrntA hAnlrlrAAnlnB transac tion apparently designed for the sole purpose oi collecting more tax money without the people realizing that they are being taxed. it renAi-terl that, if Congress laaiaiatlnn tA freeze the rate at one per cent for the en suing year, tne rresiaeni wm veto it. There Is some diseus .inn nt "rapkina" it onto the ex tension of the War Powers Act which, of course, the Presi Hamt amiM not veto. It remains to be seen whether or not this will be done in the Senate. Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory fiom the Was of the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 34 jnn ago. TEH YEARS AGO TODAY December 6. 1934 ' at Was Thursday) Vn'snslavia exnels 27.000 Hun garians, League of Nation is in formed. Stuart St Sons of this city are low bidders on road contracts in Coos and Douglas counties. Russia executes 66 persons for. assassination of Soviet leader. Fair. High 49, low 38 degrees. Candle light sale of Humane society opens. ' Census of Oregon babies to be taken by government. Council takes first step ' on sewage disposal plant project. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY - December S. 1924 v at Was Saturday) ' Gov. Pierce's private secretary sued for alienation of affections, resigns post. Union Pacific, Southern Pa cific and Oregon Trunk line may merge to avoid building of extensions in eastern Oregon.. Unsettled. High 54, low 34, degrees. Rain .33 of an inch. Wet weather delays plowing in Table Rock district. Central Point to have winter lyceum course. Rogue River votes to obtain water at Grants Pass. Tokyo mass meeting protests .against American navy maneu vers in Pacific. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY - December 6, 1910 ' (It Was Monday) Prof. Irving E. Vainlng of Ashland leaves for New York, Plan harbor at Crescent City, with railroad from Grants Pass. Secretary of Treasury reports 784,414,860 needed to run gov fttatw pfCfl i ernment next year. Democratic senator to "oppose federal ex travagance and pork-barrel rule." Commercial Rental Control Frowned On Washington, Dec. 6 U.B The senate banking committee today rejected, 10 to 7, a bill to give the office of price admin istration control over commer cial rentals. Opponents held that it was a focal, question and congress should take no action until state legislatures, many of which meet again in January, have had an opportunity to act. Riverside county, California, produced 120,574 net tons 'of pattery clay worth $214,918 in 1943. Tonight, FREE LECTURE if X ' Geraldlne Townsend Flteb Geraldine Townsend Fitch ' American author and lecturer -with a background of 20 years' . residence In China, will speak on the timely subjects . THE NEW CHINA IN THE N NEW PACIFIC" , v Enjoy this enlightening address as ' " guests of the Medford Rotary .Clubl MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM This announcement pub- - 'ished as a public service by . . . MANNS DEPARTMENT STORE -a.aVl' a. 1944 w,i5aH ! ?ur ,rMtI ' 1 our ws of Mrin9 "Thanks, Medford, for your continued patronage . . , thanks for doing your best to help win the war . . . and thanks for buying extra bond during the 6th War Loan Drive." JUST BUY ANOTHER "E" BOND Any "E" bend . . . purchased today or tomorrow at any county issuing agent . . . will admit you to any Medford Theatre . . . Just present It at the door end tee the show Free! FREE MOVIE DAY DEC. 7th PLAY TAPS FOR Poor Digestion? 55 Headachy? oo Sour or Upset?, Tired-listless? .oa Do yon ted hestlaehy end ttpeet doe to poorly diluted loodT To feel eheerf ttt and happy as aia your, food must bsl AiammtmA nMltnlV. Each day. Nature must product about two pint of a vital .diseitlve juice tol help digrat your food.' 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