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IX MZDFORD MAIL TBIBQIfC MEDFORDWTUBWE Dsltj tf Satr-ar a..llan h MEDFORD PRINT&a CO. tJ-29 Nnrtb rlr It Phone 1141. ERNEST R OILSTHA? elana-r. RIKH OHEY A-ver-slnt 'FT: C rBGUS6t MnlB editor. ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Bdltor MRS OLIVE ST ARCHER. .800 Editor GERALD LATHAM ClrcuIaMBB MP, An Independent Newspeper. Entered u Meuntf elase matter v t Medford. Orelon, undet Act f March I. 1B7S. . SUBSCRIPTION RATE! By Mall In Advance' .sally and Sunday one rav JtJJ Dally and Sunday -ala montna 4 00 Dally and Sunday three mar 111 Daily and Sunday ona month- 7 By Carrier In Advance Medferd Ashland, Central Point, Jackson Tille. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent end on motor routes: Dally and Sunday one -eer.SS-po Dally and Sunday one month .70 All larma cash In advance. Official Paper et the City ef Medferd official Papa' el Jaekaoe County P-ited Preaa Til Leased wire " MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU 1 Of CIRCULATIONS Advertiilna Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY company. 00 Offices In New York Chlcaeo, De troit Sen rrencteeo, Loa Aaseias. Se attle. Portland, St Loula. Atlanta, J!--------s-B-i arnri. Miter. Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur. Perry Tnkvn rerjorti 78 JaDanese have officially bitten the dust in sea combat. They seem to be . more plentiful In the "Flowery Kingdom", than Judges, col onels, and candidates for sher iff in depression years around here, t e The charming and gracious First Lady in an Interview de clares she does not like to live in the White House. This has long been suspected by the peo ple. For a considerable portion of the approximate 13 years' she has lived there, due- to 'many trlps,catching her horn has been mostly luck. , ' The morale of the Italian peo ple Is so low it needs the re juvenating effect of private do nations from America, observ ers report Faced by reconstruc tion toil and yanking them selves loose- from the chains tied to them by Mussolini, they re fresh out of gumption. They lack the vociferous enthusiasm they displayed in attacking Ethiopia, or twisting - the tall of the British lion In the fret days of the war. They even had a vibrant , urge to Invade France when already flattened by the Nazis. ' JUSTICE POPS DP - ' (Calvaleras (Cal.) Herald) ' "A car-stealing ' gang - that had led police of Stockton a . merry chase, attempted to . branch out in its activities at San Andreas Sunday, and Ba the result of a "branding" two ' of their number received from Paul Kotfard's shotgun, . local and Stockton police ! war able to solve, the case." Several members of the fair ex have written Santa Claus to bring them some cigarettes,, to put in the $50 engraved, gold lined, two-pack capacity case, tie brought the last Christmas. They also report their expen sive lighters that use only lav ender colored fluid now work perfectly, but have no fpgs to light e - So far no citizen who uses the rheumatic pain In his back for an almanac, predicts snow for the Older Girls come Christ mas. There Is now a shortage of link sausage. Some say they have run out of sausage, and some say they have run out of links. "We couldn't wish anything worse to the man who invented the daybed, than to make him sleep on one." (Salem States man.) A bit barbaric, but fit punishment. The desire of Coos Bay, nee Marshfleld, to resume its maid en name of Marshfleld by spe cial election, causes the es teemed Ben Bulletin to pertly suggest the place be called "Flnnegnn arid let er go at that". , ' e e PIONEER LADY CUT-UP "Saturday evening, Caroline, the stalwart princess .of the Wasco tribe, was arrested on a charge of assault and battery committed on another squaw, at the palatial residence of the latter on Mill Creek. It was the Old. Old case With ivnman In , it It might be said that there were "two women in it," but one of them the evidence show ed was not "in it" but that Ana was not Cadoline. With pint 01 me paie laces whiskey tucked safely beneath her corset she felt it her bounden dutv in re duce, the number of the tribe and took an ax to her quondam friend. Caroline wiU board at the county's DMU fnr 2S days." (80 Yr. Ago col. The uanes Chronicle). Cloalng time tor cleailMed Ada a. m. Too Lele to ClaaaU U40 Tuesday. Dee. H. 1144 Medical WAGs Needed! . An urgent appeal has been directed to women of this community who can qualify for immediate train ing as a WAC with the Army Medical Department Of 22,000 recruits sought throughout the Nation to meet present critical needs, at least twelve should come from this city. 'HERE are, of course, continuous demands for - WAC recruits for many important tasks in jeeps and planes, at switchboards- and typewriters and in scores or otner specialized joos. uenerais ana GIs alike have unfailing praise for these efficient Army helpers, and Jackson County is justly proud of both the Quantity and quality of young women here who have ''signed up" for ice. . 1 m BUT right now, as the fighting intensifies and the fna ksimmoo innraaa'nylv rloannrafA nnrl Hancpr- ous,' the need for Army hospital personnel grows by leaps and bounds and has top priprity at this moment. PanmVomonfa fnr onliHhnpnf. ar not at all difficult to meet. Those who already have some specialized 1. - - Jilfml . aiIiam 1 MHaintitMAtilfl o ft nf IrtUillilg will receive uiict;b uicuivai ao0jg.....c.-bo oiwi brief basic training. Recruits without a background nf cnopialiVeH frnininir will receive technical instruc tion that will be useful not in years to come. A LTOGETHER, the WACs offer high opportunity " for womeri who can serve and who have, in other wars, been forced to stay at home. It provides op portunities for comradene and for patriotic service that those not held by home ties can hardly pass up. Most of all, it affords for those who serve with the Army Medical Department, tion of helping heroic young American soldiers to walk again, to talk again, to see or hear again per haps to fight again! H. G. "Double Some things are so easy to say and so hard to do. For example: , It is easy to say the allies should stick together until' the Axis is beaten. They should. If they fail sense, the results might be But it is hard to do, as situation demonstrates. For sticking together some times means compromising a nation's fundamental principles. PEW nations wish to do that We have a pious idea r that is President Roosevelt's present predica ment. . ' As one of the authors of the Atlantic charter un doubtedly F.D.R. still believes in it its first provi sion, no aggrandizement territorial or otherwise from this war for example, and no territorial changes whatever that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the people concerned, are now at stake in the Poland controversy. , . ' " For Soviet Russia insists dizementwith no regard the people concerned, freely expressed or otherwise. RUSSIA claims this is not for aggrandizement of - 4r.iA Kiif fit OAlf-nw.Atitii Pit a at a 1 in si At ftiA . , VVUIUV) VUV 4U1 BtA'Jl UVbVMVtli AVUeWin UeVAVAV. V-1.V Czars claimed the same thing when similar action was taken. That is always the claim when nation's grab territory as prizes of war." ' 1 - WHAT to do? Oppose Russia directly and England eltUUVVUJ AVI VltUl VAA14 UeVeV AWCkll Jf Vn.VVA Ul Stalin program in Poland? Or Not ODDose the Dlan directly, nor entirely aDDrove it, but compromise by doing a little of both and not much of either? Well anyway that is what as we see it Secre tary of State Stettinius did statement QNLY.a few days ago In fact the State Depart . ment declared in" accordance with established policy, this country' would have nothing to say about the boundaries of Poland or any other country in Europe, during the present conflict Prime Minister Churchill struck back savagely at that, whereupon the State Department decided to oacK tracK and aid so to now maintain that state ment did not mean what it said we quote: That did not mean "certain questions could not be set tled by friendly conference and agreement," particularly if same "could make an essential contribution to the prose cution of the war against a common enemy." " IHAT questions? CiYt uroll art if rrnaa plomacy double talk is , . e . X7E genuinely sympathize with President Roose- " voir onH nor-finniorlu Secretary of State in this spot and it is not a comfortable one. Yet what could the poor 1E are in a war, the most terrible war in history. e v Artrl wViila tVinra nn & . t V. . . . . V .411.1 V IO ,IU V. U l. U W V K.V.l.ll.k. I1VVVI J any break in Allied unity might tragically delay the war and result in needless treasure. Therefore, with Russia of the Atlantic Charter and the British government who signed the agreement could the united states do For the only alternative would be to risk Allied unity, at one of the most critical periods of the war, for the sake of well in the traditional language of diplomats abroad merely a "scrap of paper r Women's Army Corps serv .- ; only in this emergency but the gratifying satisfac Talk . ' ': i to do so in any serious disastrous. the present international upon territorial aggran whatever for the wishes of yesterday in his Polish lnf iliaf a fViA t?aw rt the popular word for it .e e e hta naw oH lnovnomaripari predicament They are in a men do? rlnnhf nf ulftmotA vipfnnf sacrifices of blood and insisting upon a violation backing Russia up, how other than yield; News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Dec. 19 Journal charge that Russian and tsenina thai Armv and Navy British politics in Eur ope nave de layed military victory, inves tigation .will show consider able yes-and-no evidence. The hinge- point is wheth er the Russians held back on their march Paul Malloa through Po- . land to Berlin In nrrler tn eobble uo the Bal kans and Baltic states for them selves; whether they deliberate ly delayed conquest of Germany proper . Some Polish organizations hava claimed the reds did not throw in enough power in their Warsaw drive last August, duv the military evidence shows they put 30 divisions Into that fray: also Warsaw is easier to defend from attack from, the east than the west. The reds appear to have made a real floht anH lnat in Aueust and then let the matter go in favor of their southern campaign through Romania, Hungary, etc. ' The nazi fortifications 10 to IS miles inside the East Prus sian frontier are old (built be fnm'thn war), and comDarable with those we are facing in the west. Here, also, the red army butted its head against a real wall in September and let" the fiehtinK degrade into trapping actions thereafter. a e e THE nazis fought the same delaying tactics against the reds in the Baltic states as they used against us ljj,France, hold ing ports and pockets of resist ance with suicide squads, in deed, elements of ten German divisions still hold the Riga estuary, nullifying the capture of that port as at Antwerp. On the other hand the south ern drive through the Balkans was a waltz up to Budapest. After the Prut river was crossed and Ploesti was captured, Ro mania dropped like a plum to Stalin as did Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. It is undeniable that this military campaign has worked Russia s way political ly, not only as to the Balkans but by keeping Poland on the rough edge until Polish politics and Churchill' settled the Rus sian way. The Russians are fur ther from Berlin at Budapest than they were In Poland at the end of summer. The facts from Europe seem Inwardly and outwardly to be kept in a yes-and-no state. In deed, there is arising here an attitude like that of the new deal senator whose statements you may have seen. He says It is all British propaganda about the communists wanting the Greek government or being In volved in the revolt "We hear conservatives yel ling communist everytlme a people s ; movement ' rears its head," he says. This Is the same line familiar since the Spanish revolution of "it is on one side "it isn't" on the other, with no one getting at acceptable facts of the truth. e e e FOR myself, I rely mainly on H.v ,-111111.111 V. HI. II1111IU1 j in such matters, but not on poli ticians here or abroad. By and large,, military men care little about communism or conserva tives, but want to win their war. They know more about the facta than senators. Their Army and Navy Journal reflected the viewpoint of a large segment of the defense services, although other army experts are inclined to give Russia the benefit of doubt, at least until they see how a big drive now develops in foiano. In this kind of a yes-and-no game of news from Europe where skilled propaganda forces are at work in a life-and-death struggle for power, it is neces sary that senators, as all citi zens, try to ascertain and adver tise provable conditions such as the communist connections of European cabinet members, or lack of them, and to be equally alert to the solid evidence of British use of pressure and pow er. That is the only way to de feat propaganda. SIGNS OF THE TIMES Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 19 OS.fO The cigarette shortage in Indianapolis isn't as acute as the housing shortage. The following classlfeid advertisement was car ried in the Indianapolis Star's Sunday edition: 'Three cartons 18-cent cig arettes for information leading to rental of furnished half-double or three-room apartment by quiet couple." PARTS and SERVICE (or aU -Makes ot WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. SI N. flartlett Phone 1411 . They Brought Yonks to Mindoro f . aeat-aU4 ttttm ' el -f1?Visteaai" s,' .' ., -A '"'fvA""1 t i . . . f . ' . f i - - fri "Al (Acm Telepholo) Rear Adm. Arthur D. StruDle (left), commander of Mindorn attack force confers with Real Adm. R. S. Berkey. commander of Navy support grout aboard Admiral Klnkald's flagship before launching assault on Mindoro ., U, 8. Nav ohotn. Letter From Washington By HARRIS ELLSWORTH , Member of Congress From Oregon Washington, D.' C, Dec. 16 (Special Correspondence) Most everyone thought at mid-week this congress would adjourn not later than tonight. Then the sen ate began kicking the state de partment appointments around. The house has worked rapidly and smoothly this week. Every thing previously scheduled has been acted upon. More than a week ago, the rules committee, which determines what measures shall come to the floor for de bate, (and when), ended its busi ness for the session. Rules Com mittee Chairman Sabath an nounced that the committee would not meet again. This ac tion shut off any possibility of Betting the O & C bill onto the floor. As the result of having no new business coming up, it was easy for the house to clear up pending and previously scheduled legislation. ... :,, THE Journey of a piece of legislation through the house to final passage is usually a long and complicated one. Any mem ber may introduce a bill. The bill Is immediately referred to a committee. The choice of the committee is determined by the subject dealt with in the bill. Before a committee considers a bill, it is the general practfee to send it down to the administra tive department or sometimes to two or more departments and get an opinion as to what effect the proposed law will have so far as the administrative de partments are concerned. When the reports from the departments are at hand, the committee may take the bill up for consideration. Minor bills are usually handled rather quick ly. But, if a bill is at all contro versial or If it involves large and Important matters, it is cus tomary to have committee hear ings. Hearings sometimes last months. Then the entire record of the hearings generally includ ing the departmental reports on the legislation, is printed. At long last, the bill is con sidered in a committee executive session and, if It is approved by a majority of the committee. Is "reported out" and placed on the calendar for action. The "report of the committee is a brief analy sis of the bill and an explanation of what it will do when it be comes a law. The committees usually recite in their reports the reasons why they think the bill is good and should pass After the "screening" by de partments and by the committee, if it is believed there can be no objection to Its passage, a bill is generally brought up for passage by unanimous consent. II it can not be passed by consent, the rules committee must give what Is called a rule on the bill which brings it up for debate on the floor. The procedure of the sen ate is somewhat similar. All bills must be acted upon by both houses and signed by the presi dent before they become law. e e e THE 79th congress will con vene January 3 (constitutional FREE LECTURES Public and all Denominations welcome at Medford Hotel Auditorium 406 W. Main Street. Each Wed. Eve.. 8 P.M. Doors Open 7:30 P.M. "PROPER INTERPRETATION OF CHRISTMAS" Dr. Edward C. Le-Vyne. D. D.. and Rev. Darltne Le-Vyne. Pastors. The Leading Spiritual Interpreters, on "THE NATURAL LAWS OF COD" Public Test Demonstrations Follow Auspices (Unlverial Spiritual Temple) Note Special Service Sunday Eve., Dec. Slat. Old Tear out, new Year in, 8:30 p.m. ina. m.r see FIGURATION" in the Light. Consultations at Hotel date), or such date immediately thereafter as may be named. The official count of the membership of the -new congress by parties is as follows: Democrat, 243; Re publican, 190;' Progressive, 1; American-Labor, 1. ) e e . e . THIS is my last letter for this year. I wish you all the very best Christmas and holiday season possible under the circumstances. Perhaps next year we can cele brate Christmas in a world at peace and enjoy a truly Merry Christmas. Klamath Navy Base Hospital Rated As Outstanding Unit Salem, Ore., Dec. 19. (IMS Rep. James W. Mott, 1st Oregon congressional district, today re ported that the Klamath Falls Marine naval base hospital Is one of the outstanding Institu tions of its kind in the country, after his return here from Wash ington yesterday. He visited the hospital en route. With Mott was Comdr. L. T. CoggeshaU, medical department of the navy, who is to inspect the acuities at Camp Adair, which will be used by .the navy as a hospital. The congressman Is scheduled to tour South Pacific bases early next year, he said, after he re turns to Washington for the opening of the new congress. ACTOR ACTS UP Hollywood, Dec. 19 (U.R) Jack Emmett Carr, stage and screen actor was questioned by police early today after a series of theatrical-like disturbances during which he assertedly struck his estranged wife, Ac tress Keven McClure and then tangled with a" producer, an actor and a musician.' Daily Weather Report Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with occasional light rain tonight and Wed nesday; mild temperature, Oregon Intermittent rain west por tion and occasional light rain or snow over apd east of Cascades tonight and Wednesday; warmer east portion. Stockmen east of Cascades should guard against freezing rains. Local Data Temperature a year ago today: Highest 45; lowest 36 degrees. Total monthly precipitation .15 Inches. Deficiency for the month 1-54 inches. Total precipitation since September j, mil, o.do incno. Acucicncy ior UlC season .46 Inches. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yesterday 84; 4:30 today 96. Tomorrow Sunrise 6:35 a. m.; Sunset 5:42 p. m Boise . 37 19 Trace Boston . 37 , IS . S3 . 88 . 17 . 74 . 41 Chicago Denver , Eureka Havre Los Angeiea Mrdford New York Omaha .. Phoenix Portland Reno Roseburg Roseburg Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle S 17 18 48 41 20 18 33 34 . 39 , 47 . 43 . 43 . 42 . 88 . 41 . 29 . 46 . 27 40 40 IS 32 34 22 -2 .03 Spokane " Trace Washington, D. C. . Yakima 26 23 Closing time for Classified Ada . m. Too Let to Classify 12:30 The Leading Prophet in An a- -r ,h. , ui,, YitT My Word Wed., 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 7 w PACIFIC AIR ACE Headquarters U. S. 13th Air Force, Dec. 19 flJ.R) Lt. Col. Robert B. Westbrook, leading ace of the 13th air force with 20 Japanese planes to his credit, was shot down in the Macassar Straits November 22, it was re vealed today.' ' Westbrook's plane was hit when he started strafing a Jap anese gunboat whose ack-ack fire was hampering other 13th air force Lightning fighters in an attack on two freighters. His right engine caught fire but he reported by radio: "I think I'm okay." Then his plane suddenly plummeted 700 feet and broke im In ih water. Other nilots swept low over the spot but touna no trace oi mm. BUCHAIPLANS George Buchanan announced today that he has formed a part nership with an experienced Pa cific coast textile man, to serve as manufacturers' representative and to do wholesaling in special ized lines. Their place of busi ness will be In the Commercial building, 833 Market street, San Francisco. Mr. Buchanan plans to start the venture the first of the new year. He will leave for New York following a week in San Francisco, to complete manufacturer representation and to purchase for the wholesale department. Mr. Buchanan has been asso ciated with Mann's Department store for the last four years where he has merchandised vari ous departments for - the store. He was formerly with Rum-baugh-MacLain, Inc., of Everett, Wash., and Meier & Frank Co., of Portland, Ore. . Stat Perched Atop Moon Causes Furor Los Angeles, Dec. 19 U.R)- The annual conjunction of the moon and Venus caused a lot of excitement last night when dozens of persons called news papers to find out just what the star perched atop the moon was doing there. At 6 a. m., PWA, Venus- second smallest planet by an optical illusion did seem "perch ed atop" the moon, astronomers explained. Actually the planet was 24,- 755,000 miles away from the moon, they said. BIRTHS FRANKLIN To Mr. and Mrs. Dale, route 1, Dec. 12, 1944, a girl, 6Vi pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. COOPER To Mr. and Mrs Robert A., Ashland, Dec. 19, 1944, boy, 9Vt lbs., at Sacred Heart. ANDRESEN To Mr. and Mrs. Walter, Rt. 1, Dec. 18, 1944, girl, 8 Vi lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. Closlns time for Sunaay Too Late u iassuy s:u a-aiuraay aiternoon i-iease rememoer. Bum Christmas tals Kontgomery Ward Coupons ARE SO USEFUL... They make credit buying as easy as buying for cash. Add a book of coupons to your monthly payment account at Wards. Then spend the coupons like cash for any merchandise in our store stocks or in our catalogs. Give them for Chriihnas In a gift envelope. 117 SO. CENTRAL PHONE 3930 Flight o' Time Medtord and Jackson Co. His tory (torn the files ot the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 19, 1934 (It Was Wednesday) John Brite arid Coke Brlte, brothers of Jacksonville, given stiff Jail terms for Jacksonville brawl. (Both are now serving life sentences In Folsom prison for Siskiyou county murders. Ed. note). Temporary auto tags sell rap idly. , ' President Roosevelt announces plan to finance power plants in cities. City council authorizes work on sewage disposal plant. Christmas seal sales best -in three years. Japan favors Junking naval limitation plan. - Mrs. Glen Huber leaves to spend Christmas at Billings, Mont., with kin. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest - Barnes return from trip to San Fran cisco. ' ' TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 19, 1924 Ot Was Thursday) Mercury drops to nine de grees above zero for coldest weather of winter. Many water pipes in city frozen. The maxiy mum temperature for the day was 36 degrees. Reo. Britten of Illlnnta urupe meeting of white peoples border inK on Pacific to nrennrp fni- threat contained in Japan's pre paration ior war. Albanian army . Is mobilized to quell rebels, who seize Scu tari. . . Funeral services for Samuel Gomoers. labor leader, held in New York. . Miss Nancy Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dnn Tlnrlr. nnn. fined to her home with scarlet fever. Medford high to play Eureka in first basketball game. THIRTY-FOURYEARS AGO TODAY December 19, 1910 (It Was Sunday) Eighteen per cent of Medford streets now paved, city engineer says, Federal action to be taken against Josephine county stills Mexican rebels rout Presi dent Diaz' troops. State Inmates To Have Season Cheer, Salem, Ore., Dec. 19. (U.R) Inmates of the state institutions will have lots of delicacies for the Christmas season this year. The state purchasing office to day reported that it has ordered . 5800 pounds of candy, '4000 pounds. of nuts and 500 pounds of popcorn for the Institutions. Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Classify S:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. Room For One More Good Mechanic Best working conditions In Medford. Clean shop, well equipped, automatic heat, hot water, high rate of pay with paid vacation. Large parts stock. See LeRoy Cline or Frank Humphrey HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 S. Riverside Dial 4980 43) lit them Ilk taih to buy from our store stocks. Shop erfth them In our catalog department. Al