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X MEDFORD MAIL .TJUBUHB ?4nedy, Dec. 10, ltU MedfordHWTribunk Dally lm enrSa Ktna OBEY. Adeertteini My- ARTHUR PERU. Sunday aMItar MRS OLIVE ST ARCHER. GERALD LATHAM ClrcuUUOO He Ao Independent Wtwipiptf. Entered u second cIm nutter aledford. Orefon. undef Act m March S, SUBSCRIPTION RATE By Mall In Advance- . Dally and Sunday one ytr Dally and Sunday el month! 4 00 Dally and Sunday three mos .10 Dally and Sunday on month. 73 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point, Jackson vllle. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent end on motor routea: D.lly and Sunday on yr...4.0P Dally and Sunday on month .7a All lerma cash In advance. Official Paper of the City Medio Official Paper el Jacatoa County . - United Proas rnU Lee Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU QT cmCULATIONS Advertlaln IUpreeeiiletlT WEST-HOLLIDAV COMPANY. tWO Offices In New York Chicago. De troit. San Ptancleco. Lot Anlea. Se attle, Portland. St Lou la. Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthui Pony Toller In the editors of UD- state reveal many farmers regret they did not vote for Gov. Dewey for president. When vot nig, they felt If they did, they would do their plowing bare footed and with shirt-tails fly ing. . Now comes Stockholm with the 'steenth "inside" story of the unhorsing of Herr Hitler. What the world needs Is n "outside" story of the 'event The details of the abdication were revealed by a tipsy Gestapo chief, who by now has suffered fatal heart attack, aggravated by lead poisoning. Der Fuehrer himself was on edge He had a bawling tantrum, and chewed carpet. The latter oddity caused Field Marshal Von Rundstedt to re mark: "Rather ten carpets than one more defeat." Prussian gen erals do not engage in wise cracks even grim ones. "Lost Persian cat Answers to name of Shah. Sensitive and discontented. Reward." (SF. Chronicle). Maybe Shah la home sick for Persia. F. DeSouza, .1. Kelly, end Ward Spatz were caught knotted in front of the po. Tues. Side walk gloating over a national election victory, should be made a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, or both. If committed 39 days after the votes are counted. ; : : LOW-DOWN ON FATE .' (Oralis Pus Bulletta) Kate Griffith fell in an open r well after dark, last week, missed a stump lit the bottom that saved her from drowning after submerging In six feet of water. She missed the stump, that would have killed her, and climbed up on It 10 .It saved her from drowning until a rope was lowered and she was pulled out of the dark cold wet prison. - Soma would have piously claimed she was saved "because her time had not come." But secretly we feel It was because ahe missed the stump on her "down trip," and climbed on it on her "return trlpl" Only four days till Christmas. Junior high school girls are help ing Mother wash the dishes this week. J. Tannehlll Walker, 0, the embryo cow-hand, is doing fine for a small boy. Any day now the Older Girl next door, with whom he is feuding, expects to discover her clothesline has be come his lasso. He still can't roll a cigarette with one hand, while twirling a six-shooter in the other. "Rcauest seven.dnv eirtpnainn Of furlouah because nf mnthnre illness. Red Cross will send pre varication upon request." Army tamp paper). The Red Cross should feel fibbergasted. e Radio reports say the Belgians Doo-ea retreating Yankees, as iney travelled tnru towns, to the rear. On the return they will all be out cheering for gum, cig arettes, beans and victory. e e e The return of the American born Japanese to the coast areas is apt to fan the fires of intoler ance. Since Pearl Harbor and other treachery, the faults of the late "little brown brother" have loomed large and many. There is something to his credit. Nobody, in war or peace, ever caught one of them on a soap box. , e A commentator surmises. "Topsy-turvy fails to describe the situation". A fair appraisal would be "turvy-topsy". The first Roman aqueduct, which was 11 miles long, was built by Applui Claudius in 319 ' B. C . It Is Oregon s Problem Oregon should follow Michigan's example and when the Legislature opens is the time to do it. For as noted in Monday's Tribune, Michigan has been one of the first states to create machinery for aiding war veterans returning from the present con flict . They are returning here now in Jackson County, and they present a very serious problem. . , For they are no longer fitted for war, and at the same time not fitted to return to useful work in civilian life. As a result they are a worry and burden to their families and to themselves, and tragic results are al most certain to follow, unless the situation is cor THESE disabilities are not so much physical as ner rtia at., nt avi f a 1 "Rnf a a rif fit ara 1'a taa rtlofti. frit v uuo aiiu iit;iiiyi, vuv the young veterans to go ment of such ailments. Michigan has spent a the Pine Lake rehabilitation center near Kalamazoo to meet such problems. -.' Oregon cannot afford as large an establishment as that, of course, nor is there need for it. But Oregon does need its own rehabilitation cen ter, to fit local conditions and demands, not only to RE-educate these honorably discharged veterans, so they can again become useful members of the com munity, but to aid them to become readjusted socially. pRIVATE business can't do this. The home at least the average home can't do it. Few commu nities in Oregon have the resources to do the job as it should be done. And according to our information the federal government won't do it, or can't do it soon enough to meet the pressing exigencies of the case. Therefore, it is up to the WE know of, few things more important for the .To lrarTl sHfiiirifir A anrrnir-n f nrvaiA nnrl afulir than this problem of the returning unadjusted war-veteran. It isn't a post-war problem. It is a problem that faces this community, and every community in the state NOW and it calls for solution, not some time in the future, but as soon as the convening of the Legis lature makes state action possible. Censorship Again We have received an unsigned post card askine what we think of keeping offensive from the people. That is OK. According to press dispatches Germanv is dome the same thing. Neither side the benefit of information none should be given. There is another advantage. . In any all-out offensive confusion reigns for a con siderable time, neither side knowing precisely what is happening or has happened until the drive has spent itself and the atmosphere has cleared. Spot news information, even , if given, might therefore prove to oe inaccurate information. , WE grant no news allows the imagination full play artifl tanla fn arAiiaa AvorriVAvof aA frna e But there is also an advantage there as far as public morale is concerned. . For when the true facts are known and released they will almost certainly fall far below what imagi nations pictured, and that will tend to ultimately relieve and encourage the people, instead of the re verse.. , ..., AS often stated we do believe that the powers-that-be have been grossly negligent as far as giving the American people a true and realistic picture of this war is concerned. The dereliction has been even greater in the Far East than in Europe. . cut m a situation, such as this, unexpected Ger man break-through has caused, we believe clamp ing down a strict censorship is entirely justified. ' Even Homer Nods Speaking of this "uncertain war", last 'August it was remarked in this column that it might bewell to call off the indoor sport of trying to guess the date for the end of the war, and concentrate upon WIN NING it It was just one of those obvious things to say, with no expectation the intriguing guessing contest would cease, which it didn't X7E are now indebted to Time however for a col v" lection of official prognostications, which have gone sour. They certainly emphasize the folly of mere laymen trying to do what the American High Com mand, the men who are actually directing the war and know everything there is to know concerning it, have failed so conspicuously to accomplish. We quote; Admiral William F. Hals- (New Year's Day, 1943): "1943 will see . . . complete, absolute defeat for the Axis." General H. H. Arnold (February 1843): "1 have an ap pointment In Berlin a year from today . . . H Lieut. General Mark W. Clark (November, 1943): "It Is my hope and belief that before (November 1S44) the battle for Europe will have terminated in a smashing victory ..." General Elsenhower (December, 1943): "The Allies will win the European war in 1944." Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson (August 1944): "Victory over the Germans is not far off." General George C. Marshall (in the Army & Navy Jour nal dated Dec. 7. 1944): "Before this statement Is published, hostilities might have terminated In the European Theater. 00 J -v biiVeW ao uw jsacvb ui for proper care and treat million dollars establishing state to do it. the newa of this German wishes to give the enemy at this critical time and News Behini The News By Paul MalloD Washington, Dec. 20 Queer doings have taken the stage here. Mr. Roosevelt did not veto the bill pre venting anoth er 1 and 1 per cent hike for worker and management in social security taxes. A veto i 4 i message n a a V JV I been written lfC ' I for hlm by nls VJlf I social security AX I hn.rH Aeeler. Fa.nl Hallon . ant President James Byrnes tipped congressmen definitely the veto would come. . The average sterotyped In terpretation Is that the presi dent is getting somewhat more conservative. I do not think so. Congress was ready to pass the bill over a veto, had the votes In line. The president could not stop it. His action therefore simply Implies he has reached the age where he Is not inter ested in provoking losing fights (or at least this one) for po litical purposes only. Those who think he has gone conservative on social security will be dismayed next month when he sets forth a C. I. O.-ish program for its radical expan sion. BUT the queerest of all new tfnlnife.nn I o the antl.almln. Istration revolt of the Guf fey Pepper new dealers, resisting Mr. Roosevelt's appointees to the Stettlnius regime in the state department. The revolters are the ones who claimed, for 12 previous new deal years, that anyone was practically a fascist for questioning Mr. Roosevelt on anything. A Republican who has watch ed the progress of their unna tural conduct from across the aisle surmises they are trying to convince Mr. R. they won the election for him, and he must do as they say. I doubt the full implication of this analysis, as the men in volved are not Borahs, lone wolves or of a strongly Inde pendent character. JOE Guffey Is a 69-year-old piuivasiuiiai puiiuciaii, wnose bloeranhv In tha directory (where' congressmen generally set forth all the glories of their careers for constituents to see) Is tersely this: "Joseph F. Guffey, democrat, Pittsburgh, Pa., unmarried." JUSt as his record is unmnrrpd by anv onnnsitfnn tn C T n obviously Mr. Guffey Is not ourning witn anything inside for the future world. To rhnnpler. ize him, I would say he is wholly at the service of C. I. O., to burn as- It burns, to flicker as It flickers and nothing else. That Is where the votes are In Pennsylvania.' or at lener. Cut. fey's votes. The 44-vpnr-nM Ppnno. i. tt different proposition. This Florl. dlan reflects nn sinw tmm Florida, but mostly things from me newspaper PM Ir New York, the Marshall Field escape from too many millions. This fire does not hum or glow but erupts like a volcano. To say that it has a definite line or destination wnnlH re quire clairvoyance. COR Instance, It and Pepper were bitter about Churchill when he tried to stop the com munists in .Greece. Yet they were just as'bltter when he did the opposite and gave In to the communists In Poland. To say they are half communists (as many people do) is to state the matter too mildly, and inaccur ately. True, I judge they would rather have a communist re gime than a bankers' or British regime in Greece or anywhere. But, they do not hate riches, only certain riches. Among the state department appointees none is as rich as Field except Will Clayton. You might surmise Clayton does not have the proper revulsion against his money as Field does, but then neither does Ickes whom they love, ar.d whose mil lion or more never caused him the slightest nausea. Nor is their ideology of the world any easier to define. COR years they have claimed . the Roosevelt foreign policy was the mark of true interna tionalism and true liberalism but they always hated Mr. Hull a League of Nations Internation alist, who mane the policy Now they are opposing senate confirmation of the six interna tionalists who are on their own side of the fence, yet a few days earlier they approved Stettinlus. who recommended these men, although he is prob ably about as rich as Mr. Roose velt. One thing they think they are clear on is their "cause of the common man," but their stands generally favor the com mon man in the C. I. O. unions, less than the common man in the A. F. of L. or the common est man of all outside their wiaU radical group. 1 do not dPAPLIN ADMITS THREAT TO BLACK GIRL'S REPUTATION Film Comedian Is Angry Witness . In Joan's Pa ternity Suit Against Him. Hollywood, Dec.20 U.R) -narue niapun, an angry and reluctant witness for Joan Bar ry in her paternity suit against him, today admitted telling the Brooklyn red head he would spend his entire fortune black ening her name if she pressed the charge. Called as an "adverse witness" by Miss Barry's attorney and antagonistic until the moment he stepped down In favor of his ex-butler, Chaplin gripped the arms of the witness stand until his knuckles stood out white against the dark wood. "And did you say you would bring up the name of every man she ever knew if she went on with the suit," Attorney Joseph Scott asked. "Yes, in substance I might have said that," Chaplin said firmly. Threats Recalled He agreed that during his trial on Mann act charges he had said Miss Barry threatened to kill him. Yesterday he had said she was going to kill herself. "I forgot yesterday," he said, "that she had made - both threats." Chaplin was followed on the stand by Edward Chaney, who no longer buttled for him, but who testified that on the night of December 10, 13 days before the night Miss Barry says Chap lin left her with child, some friends had a little party at the Chaplin home. One of them was King Vidor, the director, Chaney said. Another, he said with a wry smile, was Oona O'Neill, the present Mrs. Chaplin and moth er of Chaplin's latest child. Chaplin consistently denied the possibility of his being the father of Miss Barry's 14-months-old daughter. Parenthood Denied "She confronted me In May of 1943 with the assertion that I was the father of the child she was to bear," the British actor said, "but I told her it was im possible since we had had no relations for more than a year." In reply to a question from 7-year-old Attorney Joseph icott. representing Miss Barry and Baby Carol Ann in the pa ternity suit, the 54-year-oia Chaplin agreed he still was cap able of producing a child "with a healthy woman." "Miss Barry said to me when we were sitting down by the swimming pool," Chaplin said, "that she didn't want me to care for the baby. 1 want you to marry me,' she said. "How can you be so blatant and look me square in the face and say such a thing, Knowing the kind of life you've been leading," the multimillionaire comic auoted hlmseit. Attorney Scott oeetiea nis brows and shot: "Did she know the kind of life vou'd been leading?" Chaplin s- counsel, cnaries r.. (Pat) Millikan objected. "That- is," Judge Henry M. Willis agreed, "a bit far from the swimming pool. Llfa Ooen Book "Mv life. Chanlin said in loud. clear tones, "is an open book." "What I'm saying now Is only mild to what I'm going to say to the iury." Scott replied tes tily, "so counsel might as weii ffpt used to it." Chaplin admitted testifying during his Mann act trial that he couldn't remember when he broke off relations with Miss Barry, saying at that time: "Sex isn't that important In my life. I can't remember." He said he remembered yes- terdav that It was in February of 1942 because he was working on the never-produced picture Shadow ar.d Substance in whicn Miss Barry was to have the lead role. Miss Barry asserted she was Intimate with the ageing actor twice on the night of December 23, 1942, the same night, she said, her child was conceived. Chaplin Denies Chaplin was wildly emphatic on that point yesterday. He did nothing more that night than offer Miss Barry a place to sleep, he shouted, gesturing wildly. His Intimacies with her ended in February, 1942, he said, more than a year and a half before think they know what they want. If, as the Republican sur mises, it Is to prove to Mr. R. that confusion of this volcanic nature won the last election and not Mr. Roosevelt or the war situation which caused so many people opposing his poli cies to vote for him, the demo cratic senate is resisting It. And. If It represents C. I. O. pres sure through Guffey to needle Mr. Rosevelt gently In a losing fight, Mr. Roosevelt will furnish the answer in future actions. It seems to me he is getting tired and Inconsiderate of pressure. Chaplin Loses Plea Baby Carol Ann Barry looks rather bored with the whole procedure as Attorney Joseph Scott carries her into uoiu-t today, accompanied by the child's grandmother, Mrs. Gertrude Berry. Carol Ann Is the center ol the battle that her mother, Joan Barry, Is waging to prove that movie . . comedian. Charlie Chaplin. Is the father of the little airL the birth - of the curly-haired plaintiff. Chaplin got his first glimpse of the dimpled baby he is accus ed of fathering as he strode through the courtroom on his way to the stand. His eyes flick ed in her direction briefly and then glanced away without ex pression. Carol Ann spent the day in court alternately babbling baby talk and watching the legal pro ceedings with wide brown eyes. "Isn't it a fact that you had a relationship with Miss Barry that night?" Scott asked. "No, it is not!" snapped the comedian. "Didn't you sleep with her?" "No!" Chaplin shouted. ' He said his last relationship with Miss Barry was in Febru ary, 1942, when he broke off their intimacies. "You mean sexual relations?" Scott asked. Harsh Word "Yes, I mean that, but that's a harsh word," Chaplin replied. "Yes It Is," drawled Scott. "That's a harsh word. I'm sorry I hurt your .feelings." Scott asked him what his answer was .when Miss Barry told him she was going to bear his child. "I told her that whatever her condition was she had brought it on herself," Chaplin said. "It was not your fault?" "No!" the irate comedian shouted. Then he lost his temper and gestured wildly toward the bench. "I've committed no crime, your honor," he roared, pound ing the witness stand with his fist and tearing his hair. "I'm human; I can't help it. This man is trying to make me look like a monster!" U. S. To Be Asked To Fight War III Says Senator Nye Washington, Dec. 20. U.R) Sen. Gerald P. Nye, R., N. D who entered the senate shortly after the close of the last war, declared today in his farewell address that within 20 years the United States would be asked to fight another European war "to keep Russia from seizing control of the world." . It was Nye's swan song after 20 years of service as a U. S. senator. He was defeated for re election in November. In an address prepared for de livery on the floor, the pre-war isolationist told his colleagues that upon their shoulders rested the hopes of "plain people" for "peace for our own of America," and called on them to keep the United States out of World War III by "minding our own busi- Amador County produced 105,815 net tons of pottery clay worth $236,396 in 1943. ROUGHAGE A Feed all the good hay (or hay equivalent) your cows will clean up, plus the amount of Larro Dairy Feed each cow needs according to her production. That's the economical Larro way . . helps you use roughage efficiently. MGHAHGH SEED & FEED CO. 6th It Bartlett Ph. 3460 12229 I fArme Tclenhnto) Biw Christmas Ms U. S. Coast Guards Taking Youths for Preparatory School Portland The U. S. coast guard personnel procurement of fice has announced that applica tions are now being taken from 17-year-old youths for entrance to the academy preparatory school at Avery Point, Conn. The course embodies a compre hensive program of academic and practical studies designed to assure the enlistee assignment to the regular coastguard acad emy at New Londno, Conn. This regular course, in wartime, is of three years' duration and upon graduation the cadet re ceives a commission as ensign and a bachelor of science de gree. ' Anyone desiring to apply for enlistment should apply in per son at recruiting headquarters. huh s. W. Morrison. Portland Ore. Here they may obtain full details concerning this career course and each applicant will be required to take a compre hensive written examination and a thorough physical to deter mine fitness. Reese Creek Reese Creek, Dec. 20 Reese Creek Sunday school will have their Christmas program Friday, Dec. 22, at the church at 8 p. m. The community is Invited. Mrs. Wm. Walsh has been vis iting Mrs. Glenn Shippe of Mc- (Jioud the past week. Captain Tom Sherrian from the south seas is here visiting nis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sher rian. Mrs. Robert Humphrey, Mrs Collins and Mrs. Vestal attended P.-T.A. at Eagle Point last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Collins spent a few days with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Col lins as their house burned at Tiller Trail mill. There were 1,002,000 more persons employed in govern ment work in the United States in 1943 than in 1939. rfiWlVlf'r1" PROMPT SERVICE REASONABLE RATES ON -HlUlll'u i ni. v DPUlMP..r.RlT NG OlVlin"' niCTDIRIITlflN LCCAl CARTAGE CALL US WHEN YOU NEED ANY OF THESE SERVICES 703 North Central PHONE 7104 Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files ot the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 34 T ago. - TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 20. 1334 (It was Thursday) Attorney Joe F. Fliegel re signs as member of city planning commission. PWA chief sees early start on city sewage disposal plant. Paving of North Riverside contract let. America and Britain to sign naval accord treaty if interna tional pact is voided. Irene Dunne, screen star, payi brief visit to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pellett of this city. Cloudy. High 447 low 37 de grees. Central Point defeats Gold Hill, 23 to 14, in B conference opening game. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 20, 1:24 (It was Friday) State prohibition enforcement officer arrested for seizure of liquor on British vessel' docked ai Portland. Largest peace time budget in history presented congress. Calls for appropriation of $763,160, 522. - Mr. and Mrs. Walter Muir head leave for Portland to spend the Christmas holidays. Continued cold prevails with a minimum of nine degrees above zero for the second night in a row. The high was 28 degrees. Colder weather is predicted. A.-.iual Christmas tree of Elks lodge is huge success. Rogue river at Grants Pass full of ice cakes. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY December 20, .910 (It was Monday) Large crowd attends dedica tion of Garnett-Corey (Liberty) Building. Christmas falls on Sunday, but stores and banks will close Monday. Amos McKee, Applegate rancher, sells his beans for five cents per pound to local mer chants. HIMMLER DIRECTING C0LMAR OPERATIONS With Sixth Army Qroup, France, Dec. 20. (U.R) Official sources said tonight that Hein rich Himmler, chief of the ges tapo and commander of Ger many's home army, was reported reliably to have taken charge of resistance in the Alsatian bridge head around Colmar. Closing time foi Sunday Too Late to Classify S:3o Saturday afternoon Please remember. They saved you nowhefp fhem! U. S. ARMY HOSPITALS NEED 12 Medford Women to serve as Medical Technicians If you are inexperienced you can be trained at the Army's expense. ( If you are qualified, you can be assigned to an Army hospital Immedi ately after basic training. Lf. Mary E. Herring and S'Sgt. Evelyn Certifier Special Medical Depart ment WAC Recruiters will interview eligible Medford Women at the WAC Recruiting Office Postoffice Bldg. 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