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were united here last week, and
got along fine.
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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.
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Next Thurs. is the shortest day
of the year. It gets dark early in
spite of all the daylight saving.
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A number of goose hunters
threaten to talk turkey with
bureaucrats on the shotgun shell
situation.
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Christmas mall has started to
activate the postoffice workers
so end.
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. 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. '
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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',
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The Older Girls are in the
midst of their all-year hoping for
mow lor i;nrisimas.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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newspaper man. -
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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
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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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