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EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE - Jundar. Dee. 17. 1144 MEDFORDtTRIBUNE . -gar j aafsa jr;'- Dsllj iireapt Satarear MCuroRD PRINTING CO 17 -S9 North Ml St PhoM tt41. ROBERT W RUHU Editor. rRN&T R GIUSTRAP Hanaser. 7 HIHH UKEY, Advertlslns "ff: C c rEBOUSOM. Hton.jeln Eattof , ARTHUR PERRV. Sunday aHtor JS nn st archer. Boo editor . GERAUi Wlinrtin w.. - An fndependent Newspaper. Entered second elass irutter at Medfor4 Oregon, under Art 0 March J. I67, SUBSCRIPTION RATES t By Mall -In Advno tally and Sunday-one year ..W-M Dally and Sunday lx month! 4 00 Dally and Sunday -three mot 1.10 Dallv and Sunday ona month is By Carrlar In Advance Medford Ashland Central rNitat Jackaoo. villa. Cold Hill. Phnenla. Talent and n motor routea: ally and Sunday ona rear.. .$.0 Dally and Sunday ona month 75 All lerma cash In advance. Official Paper of' the City of Meatote) Official Paper of jackaaaCauty Catted Praia roll Lease Wire . IfXMBER or AUU11 nunAw ; : OF CIRCULATIONS ' Advertising RapreeentatjT WEST-HOLUDAY COMPANY INC Offleea In New York Chlcaio. Da. troll. San rrandeco. U Aiwalaa. Se attle. Portland. St Louie. Atlanta. Vancouver, B.C Ye Smudge Pot . , .. Bj Arthur Parry y .- May St December weather were united here last week, and got along fine. a a The B. Tornado played the Coos Bay, nee Marshfleld, quint last night. Among those attending the Elk! Yule party Thurs. eve were a coterie of Applegate cowmen. The Browns of Eagle Pt. were also there, en masse. a . Next Thurs. is the shortest day of the year. It gets dark early in spite of all the daylight saving. a a A number of goose hunters threaten to talk turkey with bureaucrats on the shotgun shell situation. . Christmas mall has started to activate the postoffice workers so end. r . ice froze on mud pulldes every morning last week, but all. the Janitors forgot to wet down the ' sidewalks with a garden hose. . ' Hog killing has started In the ; rural regions, and the Women folks have started sewing muslin bags for country sausage, very little of which will come to town, it is claimed. Owing to the pork rationing, country sausage is no longer manufactured with in the city limits. The public wrath hereabouts , centers in the British,. Tokyo, and Mr PetrlUo, the crar of the ' musicians, ; ... - Peoria Bill Gates, and other . local bUliardurts were stunned by the news Willie Hoppe was ' beaten for the' world champlon ; ship the past week, though all expected it. ' a- : The situation In Europe Is con fusing to all Americans, with a mess here, and a mess there, on trie diplomatic front. One can stay at home, and be lust as con fused. Nobody knows what is go , ing on in Poland, or In Pennsyl vania for that matter. And, In the last campaign, voters were scared 'by the inexperience In foreign affairs of Gov. Dewey', a e The Older Girls are in the midst of their all-year hoping for mow lor i;nrisimas. a a. a The legislature meets in about three weeks, and as yet, there has been no talk about a revised or new Rogue River fish bill, This paper has had Its exterior refurbished with paint. A num ber of merchants plan to paint their blocks in the spring. a a e John Dllllnger Sparrow, who has a long criminal record, was among the inebriates at the frozen cull pear pile near C. Pt. He came home In a sorry state, and was given a beating by his wife. There should be more of this reported to Chief of Police Cornelius J. Woodpecker, a a a More fancy horses are being imported into the valley, who ' can trace their ancestors back to Arabia, Old Mexico, Tennessee. Kentucky and Little Butte treek. If this keeps up oats will ' be a problem like gasoline. a a a The small fry are all busy writing letters to S. Claus.:They are earnest, but undecipherable efforts. The Dick Phair ' boy asked for a fire engine, and-a local - handwriting expert fig ured It out as "governmental." a a a J. Tannehlll Walker, 5, will have his Paw in the navy home, come ye Yuletlde. VILLAGERSSOLVE' TAX Lyndonville, Vt. U.PJ The residents of Lyndonville haven't had to pay a village tax tor the past five years. And it's all thanks to the profits of their municipal power and light plant Last year the plant showed the largest net profit since' It was built In 1896. Give All the Facts! According to WMC and WPB the great need at the present stage of the war is to arouse the nation to a "sense of urgency". So newspapers are requested to wake up the elec torate with clarion calls to arms to armsl especial ly in war industries, where production is lagging. "The war isn't over by any means, the need for everyone at the front and behind it to do everything in their power to crush the enemy and thus shorten the conflict, is more im perative now than ever before. There is no justification either for optimism or complacency, and the press can do more than any other agency to dispel both." All true! ' And ever since Pearl Harbor this paper has worked along that line, stressing the point that this is a war to the J)EATH, to utter destruction and that neith er Germany nor Japan are going to quit fighting, until they HAVE to quit, until they are physically unable to resist further. DUT it has been hard sledding to get the idea over. " And the OWI as far as that organization is respons ible for the official war reports, must take the major blame. . . For as this department we can't have our cake and We can't rive the people tory after another, week after week and month after month, without a sour or discouraging note ANY where; and then expect the American people to be aroused to a "sense of urgency" and the necessity of increasing the war effort materially both at nome ana abroad. i a a DEAD over the 1944 files of this newspaper, or any other, and no literate person could reach any conclusion other than this: the enemy is outclassed on all fronts, enemy troops particularly in the Pacific are beine destroyed at an one, and it is more or less the Axis map, to a certain victory. We don't maintain those UNTRUE. The allies HAVE been winning all along the line for a year, over a year, and such facts should of course have been stated, as they were. BUT, we do maintain, ALL the truth has NOT been told, and this again.is especially marked in our war against Japan. And without ALL the truth, not only the salient facts but the factual BACKGROUND, a correct pic ture of the war and its progress and status, can not be given. , And such a picture needless to say has NOT been given 1 a , a a a DEAD over the Jap losses on land, at sea and in the 4 air for example, since our landing in Guadal canal. Add them up if you will, and then pour in a few of our official claims regarding the condition of Japanese air, naval and land power and resistance. , We defy anyone to do that, and even suspect for a minute that Japan has now any time in her history, more men . under arms, -and better equipped, and still territorial extent and rich it'does not actually exceed These facts are all true sion of the proper authorities, but are never men tioned, no intimation of them ever given. "THEN how can anyone EXPECT the situation today to be anything but what and file of this country are Uf course there is NO sense of urgency; no sense of peril, because the war reports suggest neither. We agree the public attitude of complacent self confidence and sunny optimism is unjustified and un fortunate ; but until the powers-that-be make a radical change in the policy of giving out war information, we see slight chance of reform. Anonymous But True A certain resident of this city recently left to spend the Christmas holidays with Having, visited hm . before, and been obliged to take the 100 mile bus trip unfortunate results she consulted her physician about doing it again . The physician said she another such ordeal but it would be much better if she would eliminate all bus and motor travel and as far as possible stick to the train. SO Mrs. X, although she had no money to throw a wci f f nnlr tVio r . rrVif fvnm Prif1on1 f Vi on 4-V,-. day train from Portland to San Francisco, arriving in the Bay City in such fine fettle that as far as the trip from Medford to San Francisco is concerned, she will never travel any other way. e a a e a QNE of the headaches in the newspaper business V7 is the aversion to publicity on the part of so many reputable citizens. They are willing to praise and support the policies of a newspaper sub rosa, but they refuse to say anything in a public way, or give any puDuc testimony. 1X7HICH is too bad for the cause, any cause. So we can't name the person here involved but the facts of the case are exactly as stated. And they should certainly go far to all ll . 1 . . . ciaim oi tne o.r., mat tne people of Mecuora, msteaa of complaining about the San Francisco train service, or lack of it, should get down on their knee-caps every night, and give devout thanks to Passenger Agent McGinnis for giving the "MARVELL-OUS" service he does, and has I has remarked repeatedly: eat it too. 1 one great and easy vic average ratio of 20 to our a Grand Parade all over. complete ana triumpnant war reports have been more airplanes than at controls an empire that in natural resources rivals, if the British Empire. and undoubtedly in posses it is as far as the rank concerned, her son in San Francisco. over the mountains with probably would survive dispel the time honored . a SENATE APPROVES NOMINATIONS OF HELLER&HURLEY Confirmation a Surprise- State Department Choices Up This Week. . V Washington. Dec. 16 (IMS The senate, after two days of acrimonious debate, tonight con firmed the nominations of for mer Gov. Robert A. Hurley of Connecticut and Lt. Col. Edward Heller of California to be mem bers of the Surplus War Proper ties Board. - - The vote jon both was almost entirely a party division. For Hurley, lt was 41 to 28; for Hel ler, 43 to 26. The vote came at the end of a six-hour day of debate. As mem bers of the board, Hurley and Heller together, presumably, with Sen. Guy M. Gillette, D., Ia., who is slated for the third membership on the board when his term expires January 3 will have charge of disposing of an estimated $100,000,000,000 worth of surplus government property after the war. Republicans challenged the qualifications of the two men to handle a lob of such magnitude and charged that their nomina tions were based on political consideration rather than quali fications. Confirmation of the two men came as a surprise, inasmuch as the word had been, that their names would not be voted on un til next week. Their considera tion, together with ' action on President Roosevelt's nomina tions to six top-notch state de partment posts, already had de layed until next week adjourn ment of congress. The state de partment nominees now will be brought before the senate on Monday Sen. Warren R. Austin. R Vt.. led off the day's attack on Hur ley and Heller by asserting that both men were "exposed" to the charge that they were nominated for "political reasons." Heller is the husband of the democratic . national committee- woman for California. Hurley Is a former democratic governor of Connecticut. Austin recalled! as "a very strange and suspicious coinci dence" that both men were as sociated with the Narragansett macnine uo., Pawtucket, R. I which was the subject of a con gressional investigation regard ing government-guaranteed loans to the firm. Hurley was a vice president of the firm and Heller was the army finance officer who recommended the govern ment loans. I Austin also charged that Hel ler's connections with the Henrv J. Kaiser enterprises In Califor nia made him unfit to be a mem ber of the Surplus Property Board. It was brought out that they are associated In the Per manente Cement Co., and one of its subsidiaries. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg R., Mich., said he felt that both Heller and Hurley were inade quate to the magnitude of the surplus property disposal Job. Lead Trophy Taken At Gunpoint After Minor Auto Wreck Portland, Ore., Dec. 15. U.R) Shades of the lead-slinging westl Here is a would-be lead slinger who stole the lead. A sort of pan-handler in reverse. There was a minor accident at ai. outlying intersection last night, and what started out as routine repartee on the part of the accldentees turned into these unexpected developments as re ported to police by David Casey. Casey s car was smacked from behind. He jumped out, drew a pei.cil froi.i his pocket prepara tory to .aking notes, and asked to see the driver's license of the other fellow1. The other fellow whipped out a pistol, demanded the pencil at gunpoint and drove away witl. the trophy ii lead. CARD OF THANKS Wa with to thank our many frienda for their eympathy and MauUful (lower, durlnff our bereavement. Mr. P. D. Smith, Mra P. E. Smith. ROGUE RIVER CHEVROLET CO. BE YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR: Motor Tune-Up "THE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT" Business Babton Discusses Babson Park, Mass., Dec. 15 -Brains not wealth or mili tary power are the basis of na tional progress, including phys ical and spiritual . as well as mental. Unemployment and Federal Debt THIS country's postwar em ployment problem is really up to our educators. If there is much unemployment after the war, it will be because our na tion's school committees have not properly backed their school superintendents and teachers. Whether or not $300 billions of government bonds are to be paid, refunded or repudiated, will repend upon the attitude of the young people now in our public schools. Hence the fu ture of our huge federal debt de pends upon our local school committees. It Is true that these educators like to pass the buck to us par ents. Without doubt the homes are not doing their part toward a better America. We parents, however, are not brain special ists and are no more responsible for the city's educational plant than for its water, light and sewage systems. The education of our children is the responsi bility of our school committees. Who Are Your School Committee? THE human brain is the most Hpllpnrf mnef Knmrtllnatorl T " " most wonderful machine in ex istence. The future of every community depends fundamen tally not upon its banks, build ings, streets, utilities, factories, or stores. These are but tools. The future depends upon the brains of its young people- little masses of "inscrutable jelly" weighing about 40 ounces per child. Remember that our physical and spiritual condition is also a reaction of these brains. Yet, today most brain special ists are giving all their time to the insane and those . having fractured skulls, brain tumors, etc., rather than the ' normal people. But who in your community directs the development of these most delicate, intricate and marvelous machines? The answer usually is "shopkeepers, and second-grade lawyers car penters or plumbers"! Really, this situation is absolutely ridi culous. Very few -committees have a trained physchologist on their boardsl . In short, the trou ble with most communities is that they have put the develop ment of brains into the hands of men and women who are ab solutely unfitted for the task. Most of them are using the school committee as a spring board for their personal politi cal ambitions.- ' What Is Education? EDUCATION is the develop-- ment of the brain which de termines whether we THINK rightly or wrongly . about EV ERYTHING. If a person ne glects his health or judgment, something is the matter with his brain. If he fails to recognize the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man, something is the matter with his brain. If parents are not properly bring ing up their children, something is the matter with the brains of these parents. Juvenile delin quency is merely a symptom of brain delinquency. Everything, good and bad, in your commun ity is the result 6f its brains. The relation .between brains and employment is 100. The only way to help theserunem ployed PERMANENTLY is to develop their brains. This can be done; but not by putting them "on relief" or by giving the man "education". But this is only one feature of the un employment problem. It is far more important to develop the brains of prospective em ployers and labor leaders. Too many employers hold power not due to their brains but be cause they have inherited the business from some grand father. In fact, Mrs. Babson and I feel so strongly about this that we have given $3,000,000 to two educational institutions Lubrication Service Brake Work Body ft Fender Repair Painting t) Motor Rebuilding Front End and Steering Corrections Radio Repair Simoniiing . 9th and Bartlett Brains Our Public Schools to helD Barents who am tmlv interested in this problem. Memories Vs. Brains Most school BUrjerlntonrlpnta know the truth of what I am saying. They hate to give so many school hours to teaching more ."typing" and other "prac tical" courses which the car penters and plumbers on our school committees are demand ing. This also applies to courses wherein students tret hieh mark because they have inherited good memories which will have little to do with their future health, happiness or success. CHINESE PERK UP, TAKE RAIL TOWN, E Chungking, Dec. 16 (U.F5 Chinese - troops attacking ' In Kwatigsi province have reached the outskirts of Japanese-held Hochih, important railway town 100 miles west of the former American air base at Liuchow, a high command communlaue disclosed today. Meanwhile, t h is sustained Chinese drive in Kwangsi, coup led wit hthe successes of Chinese trooDS in Burma, and the onti- mistic statements made yester day by IT. S. Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley, brought a resurgence of confidence to the canital which only a few weeks ago was rife with rumors of aban donment by the Allies and col lapse of China. . Hurley yesterday told a press conference that he had taken part in conversations between the central government and the Chinese communists which were followed by a transfer of Chinese forces in the northwest to the Kweichow front. Ha aim sairl he had made a trip to the com munist territory. bIrths PANKRATZ To Mr. and Mrs. Leo, Prospect, Dec. 16, boy, 8'i lbs., at Sacred Heart hos pital. ' .... DELICATE SOLDERING TASK Soldering filaments on switch board lamps is such a delicate operation that it must be done under magnifying glass. Flight o Time Medtord aud Jackson Co His lory 'torn the files ot the Mali Tribune 10. 20 aad 34 rar ago. ' ' TEN YEARS AGO TODAY . December 17, 1934 (It Was Monday) League of Nations moves to prevent further clashes in Saar between France and Germany. Fair with 'some fog. High 47, low 31 degrees. , Special train of CCC enlistees leaves for east. In Case of Emergency PHONE 2675 FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE THAT'S PROMPT AND DEPENDABLE O For many years the people of southern Oregon have de pended upon Perl's Ambulance Service for quick and kind ly service in time of need. Lady Attendant FUNERAL HOME 426 WEST SIXTH ST. Jlrst lady says she never heard of rumor her daughter, Mrs. John Dall, to wed former newspaper man. - - Vast PWA plan of New Deal both praised and opposed in con gress. Legion post to hold commun ity Christmas tree. Strike threatens to tie-up Los Angeles street car system. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 17, 1924 (It Was Wednesday! Senate votes against govern ment - ownership of Muscle Shoals. . "Willamette valley and eastern Oregon hit by cold spell. Occasional snow and colder. High 34, low 25 degrees. Inch of snow covers ground. r Chester Barr is named new president of Kiwanis club. Sheriff-elect RalDh G. Jen nings to retain three members of present staff. Income tax was paid by 754 local residents last year, federal agency reports. Christmas mail here Is large Dut peak not yet reached. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY December 17, 1910 (It Was Friday) Rep. Tawney declares "jin goes' are trvine to "work im War Scare. With tnllr n nnnra. paredness." Japan appropriates i millions for navy. . Granite quarry to be operated ai uoia hui. Mandolin orchestra formed at high school. i Uaa Hall Tribune Want Ada. (SUFTTS FOR ALL nu vmiD VII WWII . LIST h Kiddies1 Hassocks $2.79 SPECIAL! Toy Walking Ducks Singing Birds 75c Doll House Furniture $1.00 to $2.25 FOR MOTHER Queen Anne IE Ring Molds V mLQ 54-pe. Bridal Wreath DINNERWARE $2095 STAND TABLES Walnut and nfih $10-95 Wheat F in W-kt HOME AND AUTO SUPPLIES 221 W. Main Phone 5530 2C Bt MtHORT Of . BAKLENEj F AVE HARRIS WHO PASSED AWAY DEC. IS, IMS Darlena. wa do not think of you nnath the cold, cold aod. Wa think of you In- Heaven'a portals whara Bainia ana ahcj uuu. Gone from thii -vorld of sorrow, Temptation, pain and woa. But, oh. bo hard to five you up. aMcauaa wa lovea you bo. But Jesui lives us comfort And telle us not to Borrow, To abide In Him, and we will meet On Uiat giaa, giaa tomorrow. 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