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By Arthur Perry
, The plea is now for America
to get behind Russia and Britain,
and agree on a European policy.
Putting a 1044 twist on a Civil
War gag, America better get out
In front, where she can watch
the alleged pair of brotherly
nations.
r e e e
! Tha Columbia river gorge
wind last week varied from 82
to 135 mph, according to the
press of the region. In any event,
it was a wind of insufficient
force to flap the late Democratic
candidate loose from the presi
dential coat-tails, while playing
seven-up on same.
1 The Older Girls have only
this week left to demand snow
for Christmas, and the right to
command Junior to knock it off
his shoes, before he dares come
In the house.
t a '
i "It was announced the place
would be operated for tha bene
fit of the public, and not for
profit" (Exchange). - If lucky,
they will Just break even.
, a a
I Willis Scott, the Little App.
cowman towned Sat. He report
ed he was having Indifferent
success trapping wildcats, who
were not languid about getting
caught.
a a a '
I HOMEBREW MEMORIES
; (Independence Enterprise)
: "One evening recently while
Dean Walker was attending
meeting Mrs. Walker was
home sicca. Early la tha eve
ning she was startled by hear
ing an explosion . from tha
basement of their home which
sounded like a time bomb.
. Sha thought it might have
been the hot water tank, but
was too brightened to investi
gate. A short time later six
more explosions followed and
she . was really frightened.
When Mr. Walker arrived
home he found that some Jars
of sauerkraut in the basement
. fruit closet had exploded and
caused the trouble."
a a
Stockholm reports when allied
planes appeared over Berchtes
gaden, the hide-out of Herr Hit
ler, his "personal batteries"
drove them off. Coming from
Stockholm this news should be
taken with a sack of salt. In the
past, their news has always been
best when not confined to the
truth. The idea, however, is a
dandy, and why the allies have
not appeared before, in fact or
fancy, is not known. It is here
Der fuehrer goes to paint, write
poetry, chew rugs, and think up
new cussedness.
i . a a
: "Needless to say, the Mexican
was released, as he could not
have killed his wife when he did
not have one." tColiax, Cal
Record). The perfect alibi.
a
. The government refused to
allow i inland to pay her war
debt installment last week.
Nevertheless, the worst mauled
of all the Baltic lands, despite
the snub, put up a valiant
though tutile tight to be honest
i ...
: J. Tannehill (Jaybird) Walker,
B, mingled with the Sat. night
crowd in his cowboy suit. He has
everything a regulation, honest-to-gooaness
cowboy . has but
bow-legs.
a a a
The Japanese are losing ad
mirals at toe rate of ten per cent
per week, and are In danger of
running short of this form of
brass-hats. The Mikado, asserted
to be a "divinity", has not yet
kicked the imperial bucket
j . . .
Politicians of the world have
messed the general situation al
most beyond belief. On tha
record to date, they should stay
home and let tha generals make
and sign the peace terms.
Cloalni time- for 'classified Ada a
a. m. Too Lata to Classify la JO
p. m.
That Hood River Incident
The surprising thing is not the regrettable action of
the Hood Kiver Lgion Post regarding its Japanese
members, but that there has not been much- more of
this sort of intolerance in World War No. IL
In World War No. I there were all sorts of ridic
ulous things done, in the name of patriotism, and as
part of vertiable orgies of impotent race hatreds
regarding the enemy, then the Germans only.
Not only was German oDera kicked out of the
country and the teaching of German barred in the
colleges and schools, but no grocers in this country
dared handle sauer kraut without labelling it "Liberty
uaDoager,
IN this war, however, the American people have
mitfar nrall lfaf fViAiM tianila XT ahIh , m n 1
Kiwt'jr itsii ncub men jicauoi nub uuiv ait? ocvciai
thousand Japanese wearing the U. S. uniform, and
bringing honor and glory to it; but literally hundreds
of thousands of boys of German ancestry, are fighting
and dying lor their country, both in the J ar East and
abroad. They are doing a good job, too t
The enemy is as heartily hated and distrusted as
was true quarter of a century aeo. more so Derhans.
but little if any war hysteria is indulged in. This
war is.taken with far more seriousness, determination
and dignity this time. Which is all to the good.
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""THIS is not to belittle or condone the undemocratic
action of the Hood River Post in any way. For
as Secretary of War Stimson well said, erasing the
names of American war veterans in good standing
and with good war records, who had demonstrated
their loyalty in actual combat, simply because their
skins are yellow and subsequently their native country
ueuiuue uivuiveu in mis war, is to renounce and out
rage the very ideals and principles for which this
country and the democracies of the world are now
fighting.
The wave of condemnation that has swept the
country as a result, emanating not only from high
government officials but from other American Legion
posts, is entirely deserved and extremely heartening.
RUT we repeat, the striking thing is NOT that one
Legion post in the country lost its head, or one
small group of American citizens yielded to the primi
tive mob spirit that is such a natural nart. nf n hittor
war; but that all in all there has been so little of
wiis son oi tning, since JPearl Harbor.
In fact this Hood River incident brings into sharp
relief the comparative freedom in this pnnnfrv fmm
emotional excesses and vindictive bigotry in this war,
and how the American people as a whole have
sobered and matured, between two wars and a matter
of a comparatively few years. "
A War Of Surprises
The only certain thine nhnnf. this Tirol ia if a nr. .
tamty. This has been true from the outset
It seems like ancient history now, but only a little
over three years aeo Hitler with
trumpets proclaimed that all organized resistance in
Russia had been destraved tha ha ff la AH fVt A onofnim
m , - , a WT umvmv V WIO CadbCI li
irdK had been won.
And he believed it. So did Janan. An fr an that
DC' believed it" College exPerts at Washington,
More than that
QN paper, the Germans had killed enough Russians,
taken a sufficient number of Russian prisoners
and occupied enough Russian territory, to sustain
such a statement, as far as the principles of a tradi
tional military science were concerned.
ine organized Russian resistance that Stalin had
been able to get toeether that first summer of thn
war, HAD been destroyed. Petrograd had been isolat
ed. Moscow WAS tottering on the abyss. The Soviet
government and practically all industrial Russia in
fear of disaster had been moved a thousand miles
easi saieiy oeyond the Urals.
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yHEN something happened. Secure beyond those
mountains, Stalin proceeded to raise new armies,
establish new war industries, in short replace the
original system of organized resistance that had gone,
with an entirely new one, making Stalingrad a Water
loo for the Nazi Napoleon, and driving the disorgan
ized and humiliated "Teutonic Kniirhts" hack tn thB
land they came from.
I AST August this department received word not
for publication but from a high and reliable
source in Washington, D. C., that the war definitely
would be over in Europe "sometime in October."
inis was not just another "shot-in-the-dark." It
was "official", the war might well end BEFORE
October, but it would certainly not extend BEYOND
that month.
As the clinching point it was stated that the WPB
had issued orders to reduce production and even dis
mantle certain munition factories which with Ger
many out of the war would no longer be needed.
THEN once more quite obviously SOMETHING
Precisely what we don't know. But ther n nn Aemht
of this : the war in Europe did not end in October, and
it is still going at this writing, and not as well from
an allied standpoint as expected. So what?
Nothing except what we remarked above, name
ly: the only CERTAIN thing about this war, is its
uncertainty.
SMOKES BOOM BUSINESS
Chicago U.R Something
new has been added to the
menu of Mrs. Lou Clark's coffee
shop. And she's dolnrt a land-
office business, Mrs. Clarke's
success Is the precious cigarette.
She gives' awsy one smoke with
each meaU
Cloalnj tlma tor ClanlflM Ada S
a. m. Too Lata to Claaalfy 12:30
a w.
12 MILES INLAND
ON MINDORO ISLE
Allied Headquarters, Philip
pines, i-ec. in ui.PJ The libera.
tiop of the Philippines gained
momentum today with American
forces driving 12 miles inland
on newly-Invaded Mindoro with
in 130 miles of Manila and split
ting the Yamashlta line on Leyte
Into three disorganized segments
m a powerful offensive.
Otadio Tokyo said an Amerl-
can fleet of "considerable
strength" had been sighted In
the Sulu sea south of Mindoro
and speculated that another am
phibious landing was in pros
pect, pernaps on Luzon, site of
Manna and Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur's ultimate obiectlva in
the Philippines.)
Repair Airfields
American and Australian en
gineers on Mindoro, already
were rushing repairs to captur
es, san Jose airfield and build
ing new air strips on what Gen,
Douglas MacArthur called "ex
cellent sites" to cover the next
phase of the Philippines campaign.
Japanese resistance, both In
ine air and on the ground, con
tinued negligible. Apparently
paralyzed by the day and night
raids on their Philippines air
dromes by American carrier and
land-based planes, the Japanese
were able to get few aircraft
off the ground and most of those
were shot down.
American patrol planes strafed
and set afire a coastal vessel
and two small freighters off the
northeast coast and damaged a
third freighter off the east coast,
but there was no official indica
tion whether these were engag
ed in reinforcing the Mindoro
garrison. . .
Leyte End Near
On Leyte, some 300 miles
southeast of Mindoro, American
forces brought the final annihi
lation of 20,000 to 25,000 Japa
nese trapped in the northwest
corner of the island within sight
with a series of surprise attacks
from the south and east.
The increasing enemy casual
ties, coupled with the double
breaching of the Yamashita line.
Indicated that the Japanese were
becoming disorganized and were
cracking under constant Ameri
can pressure.
Cut off from supplies and re
inforcements by the American
invasion of Mindoro, the remain
ing Japanese on Leyte appeared
doomed to death or capture.
There was evidence that some
enemy troops already were suf
fering from hunger.
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ITIE GUY9 THEY LEFT BEHIND After putting planes in ship-shape order, these ground crew mea
sent B-29's off from Saipan for raid on Tokyo with a cheery "Good Luck." These fellows love theis
: ships and worry like mothers when they're "out there.1
SHORTAGES ON
TO
Faces Trial
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FOREIGN POLICY
Fifth Army Headquarters' in
Italy, Dec. 18 (U.R) Hep. J
Parnell Thomas of New Jersey,
ranking Republican member of
the house military affairs com
mittee, told the United Press to
day he plans to lesd an investi
gation into what he described as
six Imminently critical shortages
on the western front.
Following a tour of the Italian
war front with other junketing
congressmen, Thomas said two
of these shortages directly af
fected the progress of the war,
two were threatening increased
casualties, and the other two af
fected morale. .
Under the first classification
he listed what he said was a
growing shortage of heavy am
munition and rubber tires. In
sufficient hospital ships and
whole blood for transfusions,
Thomas said, were threatening
Increased casualties, while short
ages of cigarets, chaplains andj
supplies were classified as ma
jor morale factors.
Thomas said there was plenty
of blood plasma, but that whole
blood was scarce because It lasts
only four to five days and must
be transported by plane. The
Italian theater, he added, was
not suffering from these short
ages anywhere near the same de
gree as the western front.
The congressmen agreed that
the home front had no concep
tion of the difficulties encount
ered by American forces in Italy,
particularly the mountainous
terrain.
Washington, Dec. 18 U.R)
Sens. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R.,
Mich , and Claude Pepper, D.,
Fla., agreed today that the time
has come for President Roose
velt to enunciate American for
eign policy in the light of recent
European political developments
and their effect on the four free
doms and the Atlantic charter.
Their agreement came during
senate debate on confirmation of
six high state department nom
inations, endorsed by Vanden
berg but opposed by Pepper.
Senate Also
Pepper agreed with Vanden
berg that President Roosevelt
should make a foreign policy
declaration, but he contended
that the senate at the same time
should make known its own
sentiments by Its action on the
six nominations.
Pepper said confirmation of
the nominations would place the
state department under domina
tion by "conservatives rather
than men with "liberal views."
He asked the senate to delay ac
tion and request President
Roosevelt to withdraw the list.
He said the senate could thus
serve notice on the world that it
intends to follow a progressive
and liberal policy in foreign af
fairs.
The wrangle over the nomina
tions threatened to upset plans
for Christmas adjournment of
congress on Wednesday. Virtual
ly all other business of the ses
sion was finished and house
members already were starting
home In large numbers.
OFFICERS GIVE BLOOD
AS CHRISTMAS PRESENT
San Francisco, Dec. 18 (U.R)
Five hundred army officers
headed by Brig. Gen. G. H.
Kelts, commander of the San
Francisco port of embarkation,
gave their blood today in a mass
donation at the Jones street
blood bank.
It was their Christmas gift to
GIs on the battlefronts.
Five million motor vehicles
will be registered In California
by 1B55, it Is estimated; there
are about 3,000,000,000 regis
tered now.
ON WIDE FRONT
London, Dec. 18 (U.R) Ar
mored Soviet forces smashed
through to the southern Czecho
slovak border on a 68-mile front
today, a Moscow communique
announced tonight as the battle
for Budapest flared with renew
ed violence after red army
troops rammed a narrow edge
through one of tne main de
fense lines five miles northeast
of the city.
Driving north from the Mis
kolc area, the Russians captured
more than 30 inhabited places
and cleared the entire 20-mile
long area between Sateraljauj
hely and the Hernad river.
The advance, in which a total
of 1,850 prisoners were taken,
brought the soviet lines within
14 miles south of the big rail
and highway junction of Kassa.
The multi-pronged drive, which
brought red army columns thun
dering toward the Slovak rail
way center of Kassa trapped
thousands of Germans in the
Bukka mountains.
Med ford Airmen
Get Home Leave
Due to arrive in the United
States soon on furlough from
the European theater of opera
tions where they served in the
8th Air Force are Capt Robert
W. Crews, son of Mrs. Lucy
Crews, 737 W. 14th St., and
First Lt Donald R. Grigsby, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Grigsby,
Rt 4, box 191-A, according to
announcement from their head
quarters. Capt Crews has served 19
months as a B-17 pilot, complet
ing 31 missions, totaling 240
combat flying hours. Lt. Grigsby
has served 12 months as a B-24
bombardier, completing 30 mis
sions, totaling 249 combat flying
hours.
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(Acme Telepholo)
Charles Chaplalu presents a typical
Uuapmietuiua pose in Los Aii&elea
uuuu as as Hears superior juqpe
aeury M. wiius ruie tuat a jury
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JURY SELECTION
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Hollywood, Dec. 18. The
tedious process of picking out
jurors to head Joan Barry's
claims that Charlie Chaplin
fathered -er, child droned
smoothly on today after a brief
flurry in which, four possibilities
decided they already had made
up their minds.
By mid-afternoon 24 prospec
tive jurors had been questioned
and a tentative panel of five
elderly men, five elderly house
wives and two young women sat
in the jury box.
The plaintiff's attorney had
used three and the defense two
of the six peremptory challenges
each had at the start.
Defense Attorney Charles E.
(Pat) Millikan 'precipitated the
break in routine by excusing
middle-aged Mrs. Margaret Ste
phenson for reasons o this own.
Next up was Mrs. Harriet B.
Affeld, who stalked through the
gate and ' announced: "Your
honor, I read the papers, and I
already have formed an opin
ion.'' Mrs. Jessie G. Ragland,
called next, sat down before
speaking her mind.
"I've read about it," she said,
"and I'm in sympathy with Miss
Barry, and I think that would
disqualify me. The defendant
would have to do a lot of prov
ing." I
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Eugene, Dec. 18 Miss Gladys
Turley, 38, in Lane county Jail
here charged with shooting and
wounding, her friend and farm
partner, Miss Pauline Conradt,
32, is to be ararlgned In circuit
court here today.
Miss Turley, a newspaper re
porter, remained in Jail In lieu
of $10,000 bond, . while Miss
Conradt, an interior decorator,
was In serious condition at a
hosnltal here.
The shooting occurred at the
home of friends in Eugene,
where Miss Conradt had gone
as a dinner guest Friday night,
and was believed due to jeal
ously oaer the interior decora
tor's soldier-boy friend having
caused a rift in the relations
between the two closely-linked
women. The women have been
oprating a small farm Jointly
on the Willamette highway.
Both Express Grief -'
Miss Conradt suffered a
wound Jusi below the chest and
has two bullet holes In the back.
Saturday night, Miss Turley
sent word to her erstwhile
friend via Interviewers saying
I want Pauline to know that
I am sorry and .that I have
waived Indictment and want to
take my punishment."
Miss Conradt's" comment was
"I am terribly sorry for Gladys.
It will be much worse for her
than for me."
Pauline Conradt, 32, who was
In serious condition Sunday
from wounds inflicted by her
business partner at a dinner
party In Eugene Friday night,
taught art at Medford high
school during 1938-39 and super
vised art in Medford grade
schools part of that same period,
according to E, H. Hedrlck, Med
ford school superintendent.
NEW SECRET WEAPON
IN USE BY GERMANS
U. S. Ninth Army Headquar
ters, Western Front, Dec. 18.
(U.R) The Germans are using a
new type secret weapon along
the western front, it can be re-
veaiea toaay. The weapon ap
pears to be a small rocket pro-
'jectile, but the details still can
not be disclosed.
California fishermen of trawl
ing purse seiners work on
shares:: the owner of the boat
gets one third of the haul, and
the skipper gets a small percent
age above that of the rest of the
crew, which share the remaining
two-thirds equally.
Flight o' Time
Medioid and Jackson Co His
lory ftom tha files oi tha Mall
Tribune 10. 20. and 34 r"
ago. '
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December IB, 1834
- (It Was Tuesday)
Nazis deny rumor Adolf Hit
ler shot by Silesian girl, when
her father dismissed from gov
ernment post.
Dr. Townsend threatens "to
whip the hide off congress, and
keep them home for good" un
less $200 per month pension bill
passed.
Governor-elect Martin an
nounces he will oppose any at
tempt of legislature to repeal
gas tax.
Cloudy. High 47, low 32 de
grees. .
Business chiefs of nation fav
or peace with New Deal administration.
More gasoline used last year,
despite depression, than ever be
fore in state.
Old age pension plan drafted
for next legislature.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 18, 1924
- (It Was Jhursday)
Medford the warmest spot In
state, while zero and freezing
weather prevails In other sections.
Gov. Pierce charges member
of state game commission with
purchase of bottle of whiskey.
Republican candidate for gov
ernor in Connecticut defeata
Democrat by huge majority.
Presbyterian Men's club en
Joy venison dinner.
Continued cold.
23 degrees.
Bomb Rail Yards
in Western Reich
London, Dec. 18 (U.R) Five
hundred American heavy bomb
ers attacked rail yards at Co
logne, Coblenz, Mainz, and else
where In western Germany to
day and many other large for
matlons of Allied bombers flew
out over the channel apparently
for new assaults on the Nazi
communication lines behind the
front.
The raids folowed a heavy
three-pronged night assault by
more than 1,300 RAF heavy
bombers which crashed an estl
mated 8.750 tons of explosives
on Duisburg, Munich and Ulm.
ail high priority transport cen
ters supplying the German
armies on the western front
The Dead Sea valley is more
than 1200 feet below the level
of the Mediterranean sea.
Gripmcn on San Francisco's
cable cars never fall to call out
"Hang on for the curve!" when
the car approaches a 90 degree
turn.
Open 8 A. M. to 9 P. M.
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prepared as you like them!
509 So. Riverside Ave.
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In time of bereavement EVERY
detail of a Conger-Morris Mem
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Greatest need in Ashland now
held to be water supply.
Many from here to attend
opening of Yreka Inn.
High 32, low
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
TODAY
Dacambar 18, 1910
(It Was Saturday)
- J. A. Perry returns from trip
to Chicago, and reports "thou
sands are headed for the Rogue
River valley."
Portland's interference In
freight rate case - roils local
merchants.
Studebaker auto donated for
benefit of Crater Lake road to
be. raffled off next Friday.
Screen Star Gives .,
Birth To Daughter
Hollywood, Dec. 18. (U.R)
Screen stars Rita Hayworth and
Orson Welles today were the
parents of a six-pound, six-ounce
daughter, whom they will name
Rebecca.
The girl was born last night at
St. John's hospital to the glam
orous actress, who married
Welles famed combination act.
or-direc tor-producer - radio star-
magician in October, 1943.
SHIP DRINKING BAN
CONTINUES IN FORCE
Washington, Dee. 18 U.R .
It is all right now for naval ves
sels to carry beer and ale for
their crews provided the men
take the stuff ashore to dispose
of it.
Secretary of Navy James V.
Forrestal, who used to be a sai
lor himself, was revealed today
to have relaxed the quarter-century
regulation under which no
alcoholic beverages could be.
"admitted or used" on naval ves
sels except for medicinal pur
poses. Forestall order allows beer
and ale to be "admitted" to the
ships but the ban on drinking
aboard still stands.
Cloatna rJma tnr Ritnii iM f jit
to Classify 5:30 Saturday aftarnoon
Pleasa remember