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I i 1 TEW MEDFORD MAIL TMBDNC , Medfo UNB IrroB to SjoUnni Onus . ftMQl w "" - ' pally lxepi .stordsr Published by MEUrORD PWNTXNO CO. A ri-n North ru at pmn i4t, ROBERT W RUHL, Editor. ; faiNEST R OILSTRA ManaaW. - HZKH UKEY AdvartUIns Mrr. C c ferouson. Mnirin eaitoi ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Mltor MBS OLIVE STARCHER. 800 FMittf GERALD LATHAM. ClroUlaUoo WT Phon4784 An Indspandant Nwippr. EnUred M sacond elasa matter t llcdiord Orccon. undst Act of Marcll 3. 1679. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES f Mall -In Advanca- -ally and Sunday one yaar -J7J0 Dally and Sunday -aU month! 4 00 Dally and Sunday thraa moa 1.10 Dally and Sunday ona month. ? By Carrlar In Advance Medford Ashland, Cantral Point- Jackson villa. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on motor routes: ". Dally and Sunday ona yaar.-Jipf Dally and Sunday ona month .71 AU larma cash In advance. Official Paper ol tha City of Medford Official Paper of jarfcsoa county United Praia Fall Leased Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU 1 OF CIRCULATIONS Advertiilni Rapraaantattn WEST-HOIXIDAV COMPANY. . INC Da. . tvnlt flan rranrieen. Loa Anfl aula. Portland. St Louis, Atlanta, ' Vancouvar. B. C. Ye Smudge Pot . By Arthur P.rry Every fog has Its day, and the first one of the season here had about a week. . The B. Tornado nailed down the football championship at Portland, and returned home Mon. to be greeted by acclaim and clamor, and four banquets, so far. . ' ; V Dr. Lemery. has an Arabian horse. So far it has not folded its stable and crept ' Into ' the silent night.- ' ,- ?W . '.'. -V Scientists 'have come-to' the . rescue again,' as the Nazis threat en to bomb New York. They re port the blast of fire from, start ing , the . bomb in Germany, would do more damage there than the ton of dynamite hitting New York. .. v; ,'"'" -". . . ;.;: Tomorrow is the JSth) anni versary of the . big.1; snow, De cember 11, 1919. It snowed six Inches, then melted, .'then froze. The next morning a Rocky Mt. goat could not stand up -on-the Main Stem,, let alone . human being. It wai terrible.-All . these facts are recalled by William Bates,' the tonsorlal artist,, who can't remember where he left bis rubbers. .. ', ; e " 8. Ganton Sherwood of the navy has returned to same after few days' leave , here. . He called at' the p.o. where for many years h rtkl poeioarda, and asked for his mail when, he knew ha had none,- '.V l,.v ' -- j jj ,1 Justin (Up-to-SchooD .. Smith and Tod Porter fought a draw in a religious argument Frl. The theological .world, was 'not shaken, The weekly twisting of the torso was. held at the Armory Tours, eve. One of the wrest lers and many of tha regular customers failed to show up. . . . The city- is 'whacking down the old pine tree on the, pub. lib. lawn, where it was. rooted for more than 70 years, and, be fore this municipality had a Mayor or CofC. It war about 80 feet too far south to ever be hit by a speed-idiot down Oak dale ave. The corner where it stood Is prominent enough to have a service station but will not, all rumors to the contrary notwithstanding. The old pine tree added nothing to the beauty of the landscape, but will make about 15 cords of stove wood. - Andrew Jackson Simpsqn, formerly of the Griffin Creek hills Is now a city dweller. He reports it tires him more to walk a block on concrete than two miles up a mt. .' , e e e Fletch Pish, boom day tenor of Phoenix, reports his 1 boy, David Fletcher, has started to talk, but has not yet burst into ong. He's a cute-minnow. Ed Kubll, a cowman of the Applegate, held a marking & branding Frl. The sun shone, ateers bawled, dogs barked, kids cried, meadow-larks sane. cowboys whooped, the women- xoiks visited, Jim O'Brien, 73, sneezed, and Lester Adams, Journalist turned dairyman, wrangled bovines beneath a $17 Stetson. Among those present was Chet Leonard, who showed his bringing up on a Colorado stock ranch by calling a icow. -a -critter. r e e - Dewey Hill, the Prospect hired man towned Frl. and . un derwent a haircut. Country sausage Is the -order of the day in the rural regions. vwing to the war, the country sausage will stay in the coun try. If it came to town It would be a shortage, and consist of 19.9 per cent toy beans and .1 Bund?, See. 10. 1144 How A bout Extermination? Ever since the second world war started the hope has often been expressed in this country that some how, someway the German nation could be extermin ated.' That has ; seemed to many ! the only solution of European or world, peace. For the argument goes, as long as any Germans are left, the seeds ,of war will be left, and world war No. 2 will no sooner be over than, after a brief breathing, spell, the "Huns" will start another. "So if we could. only kill heard when the present war has been discussed and particularly by those fire-eating patriots who have never been nearer the front than their favorite arm chair before the living-room fire place! ; ; .; ; ,. 'DUT how to do it?", that has been the s'tumbling- block. And as far as we are informed even the most violent of the "exterminator group" have pretty much agreed that desirable as such a process would be to. them, there are unfortunately insurmountable practical obstacles that prevent it 7 BUT are there? According to our latest western front at least, German girls in their 'teens are acting as "sharp shooters" and German boys even as young as 6 and 8, are sniping from their nursery win dows. Old men and women setting booby-traps. In short the ENTIRE POPULATION of Germany, outside of babes-in-arms fiehtine against the allied in effect just as much as are So there is the answer, isn We grant there is no practical way in which one nation can be exterminated by another in war, if war is carried on in any normal, civilized (assuming such a term can be applied to war!) fashion. But if in any particular- case the: entire nation, men, women and children .insist upon fighting, and if the opposition insists also, how can ex"terfnination, or virtual exter mination of the party of the first part, be avoided? In other words, while it practical matter for the allies to exterminate the Ger man people in this war or any war, perhaps the Ger man people with the enemy in front of them and the Gestapo behind them, will do it for themselves.' THIS department has never been greatly allured' - by the prospect of the : extermination ' " of any race or .nation (the' extermination of the Hitler gang however would meet with our hearty approval), but if it has to-be done, we would much prefer this method of extermination . via cooperation on the part 01 the -victim to- any that has heretofore been sug gested. . - : . ' -; Over Optimism in Pacific .. We don't know just, why it should be, but there is, and always has been, a marked difference between the war-reports from the Far East and from Europe. Perhaps the sneak attack quent tragic period of inadequate allied defense have had something to do with it. . ' ' Whatever the reason we tent observer of the two would deny that the difference is there, the people of this country have been given a true, realistic pic ture of the war in Europe, they have not been given such a picture of the war against the Japs. '- And that is the case today. a a a ' "FAKE just two items in recent news reports from "Leyte for example and a couple from the Chinese Burma area, also. ,' The former maintained, only ten days after the landing by :American troops at Leyte,'that all "organ ized resistance on that island had ceased." It was also maintained ,onljr a day or, two ago, that with the pincers movement started against the Japs at Onrtoc, it; would "not be long now" before the Philippine Islands are cleaned of the enemy and returned 'to the United ,States,-ror' words. to. that effect. . , Even the .ultra-conservative "Nation" has sharply criticized General MacArthur for allowing that "end of organized resistance" report to get out, when obvi ously organized resistance on Leyte has been continu ing .week after week and is still very. much in evi dence. .-' The claim of the liberation of the Philippines in the near future on the other hand was not in any official war communique, but was a war correspondent and the the official censorship. curing tne past week many reports have been re ceived of the glorious victorv bv Chinese troops over the Japs in Burma, and only, a day or two ago, it was aaimea tne Japanese troops in Jiweichow province have been routed and driven out, ' No doubt a small eroun driven out, but as was true ther north, they will come n urn q era. LIOWEVER that has been the' news '"line from China ever since Pearl Harbor so that until very recently when conditions became so bad over there they could no loncer be camouflaged or suppressed. the" American" people as China was winning the any material assistance States. The exact reverse As above stated we don't know iust WHY this should be, reliable war reports from one war front, unreliable and overly optimistic ones from another. ' But there is no doubt of the fact. them all!" one often has information from the nave been apprenenaea . and the bed-ridden, are invaders. taking up arms the professional soldiers. t it t One answer at least. would be impossible, as a by Japan and the subse don't believe any compe fronts from a news angle statement by a reputable same was passed throuerh of Japanese troona were in the rich rice fields fur back again in far greater a whole actuallv believed war against Japan without from Britain or the-United is true of course. 1 TALK FAILS TO QUIET POLICY CRITICS . 1 Demand Grows for Allied Policy Urge Negotiator for Greek Uproar. - v London, .Dec. 9 (U.R Prime Minister Churchill's speech, it was evident tonight,: has failed to -satisfy his critics including the conservative London Times and there was a growing de mand for a full dress conference of "Churchill, Marshal, Josef Stalin and President Roosevelt to clarify allied policy -.toward the i liberated nations of Europe. There was no indication, how ever, that such a conference was likely in .the immediate future. Stalin Is believed to be unwilling to leave. ' Moscpw 'while busy with plans for. the big . Russian winter offensive and' the earliest likely date for, a meeting was thought to be sometime after President Roosevelt's inaugura tion January 20. '. ' ' The war cabinet was reported to have under consideration to night a proposal that Richard K. Law, a minister of state who has been working In the foreign of fice under Foreign Secretary An thony Eden, go to Athens to ne gotiate an armistice between Creek factions and . clear the way for a general election. - Law, the son of former Pre mier Bonar Law, has a wide reputation as a skilled negotiator and probably' would have ' the confidence of all parties if he went to Greece. However, there was no tendency in official quar ters, to assume that an armistice among the Greeks may be reach: ed quickly. . . v While a portion of the London Press supported -Churchill's de; tense of his-policy, there were other Influential elements which were dissatisfied. The feeling in these 'quarters was , that" Britain Is taking upon . herself an Inter ventionist' attitude In the- liber ated, countries .while, the United States and Russia adopt a hands oft attitude.- , . Belief that the -United States might retire to a semi-isolationist position after the war persists in Britain and it was believed by many that' tms .tendency .would be- strengthened by Britain's unilateral actions in Greece and Italy. The Times took' the view that Churchill over - simDlified ''the situation in putting all the blame for Greek events upon leftist ex tremists when "there exists at least equal Justification for fear of the intentions of the right." The Times said many cersons in both Greece and Britain firm ly believe that Britain is exert ing her influence in order to maintain the Greek monarchy. GOV. SNELL SIGNS WINE BILL Portland, Ore., Dec. 9 (U.R) Oregon's wine dealers -were of ficially informed today that the Burke liquor bill has been put into effect. v "- The bill was signed by Gov. Earl Snell Thursday night, but many of the dealers did not know It, and as a result were still selling, their 'Wine. . Dry wines up to 14 oer cent alcohol may still . be, sold by wine aeaiers. But fortified wines which run about 20 oer cent can henceforth hi sold In Oregon only through the state liquor stores. Y GETS FIRST Washington. Dec : 9 (U.R) The war food administration an nounced today, that a new order would be effective Monday in certain counties of Oregon northern California and Idaho requiring the . growers of Irish potatoes to offer potatoes to gov ernment procurement agencies for shipment 'overseas before making deliveries elsewhere. ' Oregon counties affected are Klamath, Crook, Deschutes and Malheur. California counties af fected are Modoc and Siskiyou. PAPER BRINGS FAOS Chicago, Dec. 10 (U.R) Two bundles of wastepaper IB inches high would get you a package of your favorite brand of cigarettes-in Chicago -today. De signed to boost -the wastepaper salvage drive, the offer was made by a school which had about 800 packs of the precious cigarettes in stock. DR. R. II. HOOD OPTOMETRIST Sparta Bldg. Medford. Ore. Appointment If Dlxe4 Olive Barber's Observations : A day or so ago I told you about the turkey which had been given to me and of how I didn't quite see what a matron living in a hotel room was going to do with 22 pounds of raw turkey. !l told my problem to a friend who lives in an apartment. She said we'd-entertain the service men I had in mind together. Her husband. is a colonel in China, her son somewhere in the South Pacific. Since she couldn't have them, -some other service men were next best. She left finding them- to me,- that's how, much faith she has in my resourceful ness. ..' '- : .For a: while it-looked like this faith was misplaced for when-1 tried to get servicemen guests through the regular channels I failed. At least I could not be told definitely until Thanksgiv ing Day. I was taking no such risk. In down-town Seattle I saw two M.P.'s ahead of me. Soon they were accepting an invita tion to eat Thanksgiving dinner with us; too, they'd bring an other M.P., three being the num ber I wanted. Later, telling my friend of the guests and the rather informal way I'd obtained them, I saw her amusement was slightly tinged with apprehension. Oh, yes, the man in the Bible had gone out in the highways and byways and got people to come to the wed ding feast, but that didn't mean it was wise for a matron to go out on the streets of Seattle and collect Thanksgiving guests. But they turned out to be grand boys. Two of them were married. Charles Rickers' - wife and baby are in Latonia, Ky. He showed us the picture of a husky three-year-old boy. Charles has seen this son of his but once since he was born. He has missed only six days since in the army sending his wife an airmail letter. -. . Harold Pugh of Mansfield. Ohio, was a refrigeration and air conditioning technician before he was inducted. He's a good knife sharpener, too. and sharpened all my friend's butcher knives while there. The other men helped but he's the one I blame that those knives were so sharp I wouldn't touch them. . Woody Hibbs, of Benson, Ariz.. Isn't married. But I have plans. I., know a girl. Woody is just back from two years in Panama. He has two brothers and a sister in the servioe. He but I've used up all my space.. PRINCETONlUNK BY LUCKY.STRIKE San Francisco, Dec' 9 (U.R) The sinking of -the U. S. carrier Princeton off Luzon Oct. 24 was due Uf a lucky strike by a sin gle Japanese dive bomber which sneaked in to' attack after 36. of its. mates had been shot down and the rest routed by 20 Hell cat pilots from' the carrier's fighting 27, 12th naval district headquarters revealed today. The Hellcats had downed 36 enemy, planes and anoarenUy routed all further opposition off Luzon before they turned to land on the Princeton which they were protecting. The , Hellcats landed safely and the pilots hurried to the ready room to report their kills. when the-Japanese dive-bomber scramed down out of a cloud, dropped its explosive- on the Princeton's flight deck and start ed fires which led to the- event ual sinking of the medium-sized carrier. saessj r asa B bsj asj ATTENTION Wa need additional fypltN to help In our Christmas Mail Order Dept. Work 1 available in the day or avening crews. You can earn that extra money for Christmas, or for that axtra War Bond. J Wa hava our own But service and Cafeteria. all Mrs. Bartslt at 3161. Or. Call In penon at Bear Creek Orchards. BEAR CREEK ORCHARDS South Pacific Highway Medford Tl SAYS BIDDLE Income Tax Records of Ex 'Brain Truster In Hands of House. ' New York, Dec. . 9 U.R) Norman M. Llttell, former as sistant to Attorney General .Fran cis Biddle who was asked to re sign after charging Biddle was influenced - by friends, ."tonight described Biddle's.: answer?- as 'gross misrepresentation" - and said he would amplify details of his charges shortly. , ' Washington; ; Dec 9- U.B Attorney General "Francis" Bid die today denied charges that he was "under the. .influence" of Thomas G..' Corcoran,-, former New Deal brainbuster and now a private attorney. - ' . Biddle In testimony before the senate Immigration commit tee told his side of the quarrel with his former assistant, Nor man M. Llttell, which resulted 10 days ago in Littell's dismissal by President Roosevelt for in subordination. - The attorney general also: de nied Littell's charges that he Interfered with, the former as sistant attorney general's testi mony before congressional com mittees notably his testimony about the Elk Hills oil case. Meanwhile, it was disclosed that Corcoran has : been sub penaed to testify late next week before the House committee in vestigating the federal commun ications, commission. Chairman Clarence Lea, D., Calif;, said the committee also bad obtained Corcoran's income, tax records. The committee is-expected to question- Corcoran as. to what part, if any, he played - in the sale .'of radio station WMCA, New ' York. .. WMCA's former owner, Donald Flamm, ' has charged that- Corcoran and oth ers put pressure, on him to sell the station for less "than its mar ket value -to former Undersec retary of Commerce Edward J. Noble. ... - , - Accusing Llttell of "gross mis representation . of facts," : Biddle said his quarrel with the assist ant, "had nothing whatever to do with his testimony before congressional committees. It did, however, involve . Littell's complete disloyalty, Biddle said. '..;' In the Elk Hills -case, Biddle said the navy entered Into a contract with Standard Oil Co. of California to produce oil from the Elk Hills reserve in California. Then Undersecre tary of Navy James Forrestal, he said, questioned the legality of the contract and sent a mem orandum about it to Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, who exercised jurisdiction over "the reserve. , The memorandum was passed on to the-President, who sent it to Biddle, who transmitted it to Littell, head of the justice de partment's lands division. But before Biddle had time to "prepare an opinion about the contract, he .said, Littell ap peared before the House Lands committee and said it was "an other Teapot Dome.". " . "I sent for . Littell," Biddle testified, ,"and said to him, I think this is a. grossly unfair statement. It points corruption to the secretary of the navy (the late. Frank Knox) and his associates. Have you any evi dence?' "Mr. Littell said he had none, but the legal aspect seemed to him similar to Teapot Dome. I told him it was most unfair. The navy was wild , about it, and Frank Knox was deeply hurt, and I told him so.-. "The president then cancelled the contract." PORTLAND "FIRST CITIZEN" - Portland, Ore., Dee. 9 (U.R) The selection of Mrs. C. S. Jack son, 82, widow of the founder of the Oregon Journal, as Port land's first citizen for 1944 was announced today -by the Port land realty board, which said her outstanding work as a lead er' in the war effort resulted in her choice. - ; Mrs. Jackson Is chairman of the board of directors 'of the George A. White servicemen's center here. Her work. at the center in behalf of the service men led the board to remark in announcing her selection that Mrs. Jackson is "one whose con stant and unremitting care for the' welfare of servicemen has justly earned for her the honor ed Vtle of mother' " Mrs. Jackson and her son, PhillD L. Jackson, present pub lisher. . of, the - Oregon Journal, donated the; tract of land here known as Sam Jackson park as the site ' for the . .University of Oregon Medical school. The Vet erans' hospital was also built on this location. . Mrs. Jackson will be guest of honor at the annual first-citizen dinner -to be, held here early in January. NON-SQUIRT TEST Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 9-(U.R) Five western : governors today attested: Desert grapefruit does not squirt. Wearing airplane goggles, Govs. Herbert E. Maw, Utah; John J. Dempsey; N. M.: E. P. Carville, Nev.; Sam C. Ford, Mont:; and Sidney P. Osborn, Ariz.;., tested California . and Arizona desert ; grapefruit and after . the. first few spoonfuls shoved the glasses up to their foreheads and proceeded un squirted.. The test was given because grapefruit growers were irked at jocular references to squirt ing grapefruit. ; Meanwhile the western growers have cnai lenged the now-irate Florida and Texas grapefruit growers1 to a non-sgulrtlng., grapefruit, match I . ' . . . 1 irr--u in a senate restaurant m naau- ington, D. C. ', Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co His tory from the files of the Mall Tribune 10. 20. and 34 rears ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 10, 1934 Move of L. A. Banks through kin to secure pardon from life term for murder brings deluge of protests from all ovet state to governor. Former local, agi tator and orchardist has served less than 18 months in prison. City, council files objection. Yugoslavia and Hungary reach agreement in border dis pute. - Wood alcohol deaths In Port land mount to 21; dru store op erators .face, serious charges. Cloudy and slightly warmer. High SI, low 26 degrees. France again defaults on war debt payments.1 Jacksonville - grange to see Copco sound film, "Jim -Stays on the Farm." REALTOR PROPERTY OWNERS HOUSING SHORTAGE GREATER Each of the following Realtors Is doing everything and alFtypefc0 "' d,mand for hou,ln9 an? LISTINGS ARE STILL SCARCE . W??'j.TOj E1" "t your property promptly with ' l5fd?rl He ha. theintert of the dt? at his first consideration) he know, value., i. a tax. aunEl d " Tou MEDFORD REALTORS ' ; Harold H. Brown . Brown & White Agency Mark A. Goldy Elmer Harried Thomas J. Hight i Walter H. Jonei Stella J. Merrick Charles R. Ray William J. Roberts . Ira E. Schuler Ry J. Schumacher Spencer-Bagley Agency Carl Y. Tengwald Horace G. Wilson .t .T TTandufcer at tha Na tional Council for Prevention of War to speak at Holland hotel. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 10, 1924 at was Wedner-iay) King George of England ad dresses parliament from throne. Singapore navy base and Rus sian situation handled without gloves. Reorganization of state game commission Is planned after in ternal row. : Probable rain. High 45, low 37 degrees. Trace of rain. kettles appear on street corners. Mourned for dead for five years, world -war veteran re turns home. County court issues new Jack son county booklet. . - Cabinet of Chancellor Marx of Germany resigns. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY December 10, 1910 (It was Thursday) Looks like a big year for Santa Claus here, with all stores well supplied with goods. Population of nation 101,000, 000. . NOTICE Notice 1 hereby given that Tha Sams VaUey Beagle and Meadowa Stockmans . AaiociaUon. a voluntary, association, has leased from the United States of America for grazing pur- Eoses the following described lands l Jackson County. Oregon, and a part of the Camp White Military Res ervation. towit: All that portion of the Camp Whits Military Reservation lying north of the south line Section i. Township 36 south. Range 2 west of the Willamette Meridian in Jackson County, which contains approximately 21,498 acres. Any person not member of the As sociation are hereby notified to Im mediately take or remove any cattle, horses, or sheep belonging to them and now on Baid leased premises therefrom and not to graze or suffer or permit any such cattle, horses, or sheep to be grazed upon said lands during the term of said lease. Sams Valley, Begle and Meadow. ' Stockmans Association, By C. W. McOonough, Sec.-Traaa. TO LOAN! On JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS Used and unre deemed tewelry at great aa-'ngs PEOPLES LOAN GO. ' 229 W E. Main Street State License P 137 PARTS and SERVICE tor all Makes ot WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartletl Phone 2419 SELL YOUR CAR BUY WAR BONDS! Wa need SO more used car. All makes All models. Highest Cash Price! HUMPHREY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Dial 4980 3 POISON OAK? 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