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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-
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worth $236,396 in 1943.
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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.
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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
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