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, 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."
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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. -
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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.
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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 . . .
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DEPARTMENT STORE
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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
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Each day. Nature must product about
two pint of a vital .diseitlve juice tol
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your food, may remain undigested-
leaving you headachy and irritable.
Therefor, you must increase the floe'
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