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Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry Tomorrow is another year. Its successor, 1S43, will arrive at high midnight. The old year could have been better, -and could have been worse, though many confess they can't imagine how.- Jerry Jerome of the air lanes, Is about again an attack of the flu, but not enthusiastically.. a . o o : After the war fly swatters will be as out of date as a tom ahawk, and the Older Girls will no longer have to wield them viciously ' to annihilate what they regard as the Nazis of. the insect world, A Swiai chemist has Invented a fluid, that when squirted on. the wall, puts a definite and permanent quietus on any fly that lands thereon. It also remqves ento mological pests from dogs and hens. It is non-irritating to manj but very much so to flies, and all their ilk. o o . Dr. Stan Phillips observed the 11th anniversary of looking preacher in the eye Thursi Winter blew its chilly breath on the valley the' past week, with snow on the high, and bald-headed 1 ridges. Several drivers . of venerable Run-Tin-Tin model .cars tried to hide them frorn the cold, beneath craxy-quilt comforters that first saw service In on or both of the Dakota. ' The war news caused pessi mism to flow freely the past week, until the tide turned local military strategists gave the Allied commanders whole souled cusslngs. .....- A small boy on South Orange In cowboy trappings, was seen riding a fractious broom handle across the lone vacant lot Frl. This Is how F. Ly. Phoenix- Antelope cowhand got his start on South Front street. a a The B. Tornado quint scrunched Albany Thurs. eve there, 28 to 15, also Salem, A newcomer wants to know why Portland is called "up", and these parts are called down. Nobody can tell him, even those wno Know everything. The m quirer will sooner or later want to know when gasoline gets plentiful again, how Sun day motorists drive up the river 10 rrospect. e ' e ' . Andrew Jackson Simpson, the transplanted mountaineer, enjoyea a session In the den - list's chair the past week. He stated getting out of it was the most fun. C. Pankey, the horticultural wizard and authority, has re covered from smoking four Porto Rica cigars in a day. For a short time he was left prone. Several have announced their New Year resolutions, but pav ing material for Satan's realm is not as plentiful as in former years. . The dying squeal of the fat ted hog was heard in the rural areas most of the week as trant ers butchered to end their pri vate shortage of bacon, ham, and lard. The army was battllna on all far flung fronts, and mail order tores at home last week. Orchardlsts are still shipping pears and the preliminary frets about the lack of moisture and hired men have started for the coming year. The Jack. co. delegation to the legislature at Salem will depart this week. If the august body don't adjourn too often on Thurs. for week-end commit tee meetings in Portland, they should be home, speech-scarred and weary, by the first heavy frost in April. Sunday Dm. tl, 194 Time Marches On The scythe of Time has mowed down another year and. as the waning day of the calendar, it is well that we pause for a moment to reflect upon the past and appraise the future. Just three brief vears aeo Japanese were dealing a death blow at Manila and America's gallant band were moving back to Bataan for their last desperate stand. Hitler was boasting that - - . a . .1 liS - M Al A --.at 1942 would bring tne completion oi uie greatest victory in German history. - It was a dark hour. History had reached one of those terrible moments when the only path ahead led through death and suffering, through pain and sor row. The ordeal by fire could not be avoided. Free men were being tested. The last three years-have shown that they were not found wanting I ... MALEVOLENT foes, it is true, had Surprise and Treacherv as f leetine allies. They were bul warked by years of readiness, of military preparation and were goaded by bitter, Bmoldering hatreds. But the freedom and human decency of Democracy were not born of timidity. Their champions gallantly held the bridgehead while strength was marshalled, and are striking forth now with a power that is slowly and surely pushing .the enemies back, to their own frontiers. . .v. ' IN 1944 the year of attack MacArthur returned to the Philippines and the invasion of Europe changed from a hope, into a reality. Tomorrow we set fotfh ubon the year of decision. God granting, it will be the year of victory, and the final chapter in the great est drama of all time will be written. America's role has been a glorious one, for into this struggle for the rights of free men she has poured the lives of her sons, the overwhelming flood of materials produced by free enterprise, and the savjngs of her people. Much sorrow and suffering still lies ahead but no sacrifice will be too great a pricejto nayfor final victory. AS the Greek poet, Aeschylus once said: "Time as he grows old teaches many lessons". When peace finally comes all the world must know that the hor rible game of hatred can be played no more ; that war, like crime, does not pay. From this maelstrom of be born a righteous determination to willingly pay the price of peace to remember that the safety of America and the permanence of freedom rests in our strong right arm. We must stand forth' with liberty loving people throughout the world in boldly cham pioning our ideals.' We must quickly crush those who would pit race against race- creed against creed, color against color. . . .' .'.m ' (.'''''" AS Time steps on to a new year we hope that the lessons he has taught will finally be heedecU-that only in tolerance of all,, by all, . can the security of peace be realized and given eternal strength. If we hold high the torch of liberty it will brighten a new. era for all mankind. H.G. v- , ' ; ' The Good Gray Rain! -: Well at last it has been explained. V '. We have always liked Portland, except for the rain. But as it rains nine times out of ten when we visit the state metropolis, we have seldom left on the S.P.'s fast-freight for the sunny Rogue River valley, with to express our sentiments conservatively any feel ings of great regret And as we have departed with water-soaked bro- gans drenched and shapeless hat, in a humidity of 100-plus, we have often wondered how our mends in Portland stood it. . ' Rain, rain, rain, yet they never seem to mind it. At times they even appear to like it 1 . How come? . . . X7ELLf at last, we have the answer, and as usual " when Portland mysteries are concerned, the Oregonian provides it. ' ' ' ."-. It isn't that the people of Portland are so different from ,'the ceoole of aouthem Orecon. or enuallv fortunate sun-kissed spots jii u lit., ai. ncoujr ou iiiutu ime me t,asi wina i . Which incidentally supports another favorite con tention oi this column that MOW no doubt if Medford had that icy wind from me uuiuiiiuia uuigc uuui nmtii i ui uauu buiicis, Medford would also feel differently toward the Rose City's perpetual or almost perpetual precipitation. might too come to like it But listen to this from tioned "a Record Breaking Ordeal" but the title should have been : "The good gray rain, a poem of praise in prose. What a relief it was when the east wind blew Itself out, and we had our rain back again. This dispensation is our true western Oregon winter, and never with cheerier heart ve we held up our faces to It. People said that they really had thought the bitter east wind never would cease, and they said, too, that In all their experience they had not seen the like of it. Though they are Inclined to indulg in extrava gances of statement In talking of the weather, it happens that this time what they said of the long spell of east wind was true, so far as the record goes. People hadn't exaggerat ed In the least But as these lines are written here lc our good gray rain, and while there yat is ice in the hills, and sleet, we suppose, the weather in the valley is of the sort we Oregon iant call nice. The varied thrushes have come into town, which always means there is snowfall In the mountains, and now that the east wind has ceased you can hear us laughing right out loud. It's good to be out In the rain; good to see it spatter on window-panes good to be here In Oregon and not somewhere else, anywhere else. It would have to rain quite a bit, and for a long time, the way we feel about It now, before any one of us would register a word of complaint Don't worry -Ben, it WILLI turbulent 1944 drops from this New Year's eve the dying and suffering must on this ball of dirt I they - at r..!i. me iyi, a uiey pieier ir, tu all values are relative. the Oreeonian. it is caD- NAME REGENT OF GREECEBY KING George Not to Return Until People Have Say Will Form New Regime. London, Dec. 30 U.P) King George II of Greece, acceding to the demands of Greek political leaders and Great Britain, today appointed Archbishop Damaskl nos regent, of Greece and an nounced he would not return to Athens until the people have a free opportunity to, say whether they want him, Damasklnos was 111 at his home, a United Press Athens dispatch said, but John Geor gakis, ' secretary to the 62-year-old , prelate, asserted he prob ably would be sworn into office tomorrow. Reports to London indicate he already was trying toform a government. Athens also reported that au thorities of the left-wing Greek ELAS, who have been fighting the government of Premier George Papandreou in Greece, had sent a message to Prime Ministc Churchill of Britain. Reports from ELAS in Athens said it suggested a truce in the fighting pending settlement of political disputes. . King George issued a procla mation naming Damaskinos a few . hours after a conference with Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, who reportedly told him bluntly that he must accept a regency. The Greek king reached his decision to form a regency while Churchill was lunching with King George. A special courier took the Greek king's message from 10 Downing street, official residence of the prime minister, to Buckingham palace, where it was presented . to Churchill in the presence of the British king. By signing .' the proclamation, King George greatly endangered tils cnances or. ever returning -m Greece as sovereign, and it was believed he acted with; great reluctance, - and that he . would have preferred the appointment of three regents instead or one. TbeHoccupied Saloan. Dec.. 80 U.B (Via Navy Radio 0elayed Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitr, return ing from an inspection tour , of Pacific.- forward areas, said to day that; Japan definitely, will have to .be occupied by u, S forces to win the peace , and warned "we should be prepared to invade Japan by assault. Nlmitz said he did not .know to what extent the Nipponese home islands wlll.be occupied. Giving a speedy ' Interview to war correspondents on the pier after a quick tour of this Super fortress base In a jeep freshly painted wltn live stars to matcn his five-star collar insignia, the white-haired commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet said he didn't know how much bombing the Japanese homeland could take. "I do believe this they will fight to-the very end," he de clared. BLAME PUBLIC FOR AUTO BLACK MART Los Angeles, Dec. 30 (U.B A drive against a "mounting black market" in automobiles, in which civilians are as "much to blame" as dealers, is being planned In southern California, James Taylor, car-price official in the local OPA, disclosed to night. His records show that In No vember there were 23,363 trans actions in cars- in the Los An geles OPA district, comprising eight southern California coun ties. About. 39 per ' cent were sales by individuals, sales by dealers totaled another 35 per cent, and dealer purchases were about 30 per cent of all trans actions. This indicates, ' Taylor said the extent to which private citt tens have entered the used-car market CALL OFF STRIKE ' Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 30 (U.R) The strike of C. I. O, union members at the Kansas City plant of Montgomery Ward & Co., which began Wed nesday, was called off tonight by unanimous action of the union members. They will re turn to work Tuesday. . Property improvement loans of $1,800,000,000 were granted to 4,800.000 owners during the past 10 years, federal housing administration says. ' PRESIDENT PENS ANNUAL MESSAGE TO State of Union and Budget To Be Presented Last of This Week. Washington, Dec. 30 U.B President Roosevelt today buckled down to the task of .fin ishing Up his annual State of the Union and Budget messages for presentation to the new 79th con gress which convenes Wednes day. He Is expected to confer with his . congressional advisers on Tuesday, assuming that they re turn to the capital In time. Defi nite dates for the congressional program will be settled at that meeting, but best guesses are that he will send up his annual message on Thursday and his budget message either on Friday or the following Monday. Con gress will devote Saturday to counting electoral ballots and de ciding officially that Mr. Roose velt has been elected for a fourth term. The annual message probably will review military progress; discuss in broad outline only, what can be expected in the fu ture, and present in some detail Mr. Roosevelt's ideas of what the legislative and executive branches should do to prepare the nation for the impact of re conversion to a peacetime economy. The budget Is exoected to call for expenditure of about $88,- uuo.ouu.uuo during the fiscal year 1946, which begins next July 1. That sum should be about Jl 1,000,000,000 below the record 88,000,000,000 which is being spent in the current fiscal year. rne iiscai i48 expenditures. according to reliable estimates. will include about $78,000,000.- ooo in the "war" classification again, about $11,000,000,000 be low what is spent this year. The remainder will include slightly more than $4,000,000,000 for servicing the national debt which now stands at more than $231,000,000,000 . and about $3,700,000,000 for non-war ; tivities. STEEL PAY; ADJUSTMENT Washington. ' Dec. 30 (U.R) Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson tonight approved pay adjustments ordered by the war labor board for the' giant steel industry, on the basis of as surances from the office of price administration mat they would not require increased Drices. The OPA report, made public by Vinson, said, however, that other factors necessitated price increases for "certain products" in the iron and steel industry in compliance with "minimum re quirements of law." What those factors were, OPA did not say. "It is the Judgment of the price administrator," OPA said, "that after these price adjust ments are made the nronosed wage increases will not require any further net rise in th gen eral level of iron and steel prices." The wage adjustments, which Vinson said may be put into ef fect immediately, include, among other things, increases of four and six cents an hour respective ly ior second and third n uht shift workers. Those night shift Increases were ordered retro active to the expiration of the companies' contracts with the United Steel Workers (CIO). PORTLAllACES SAWDUST CRISIS Portland, Ore., . Dec. 30 AJ.R) With an acute sawdust shortage already facing WTtland resi dents, the outlook grew more critical today as the Clark and wason mill at Linnton prepared to shut down soon because of lack of logs. . wun tne Dig mill closed, one of Portland's largest sources of sawdust supply will be lost. Leaders in the industry have urged the war production board to explore the possibilities of manufacturing a large number of grates locally so that con sumers could convert their fur naces to wood or coal. P.-T. A. Activities P.-T. A. County Council The Parent-Teacher associa tion county council executive committee made plans for the January 17 meeting at a dessert luncheon at the home of Mrs. H O. Colburn recently. With the establishment of I three new units at Sams Valley Zagla Point and Reward schools, Jackson county now has 23 ac tive parent-teacher association units. Unit reports for the Bulle tin should be sent in by January 9. The coming meeting will be held at the Housing Unit on Priddy street beginning at 10 a. m. Medford city council mem bers will serve coffee and those attending should bring a sack lunch. An Interesting program has been planned. Miss Mabel Nansen will be in charge of music. Committee chairmen are asked to have their reports prepared. JAY TERRILL OF TALENT PASSES AWAYJUDDENLY Ashland, Dec. 30 Jefferson Horace (Jay) Terrill, for several years postmaster at Talent, passed away at his home in. Tal ent suddenly at 9 p. m. Friday. He had been a resident of Talent for over 60 years. Terrill served as a member of the Talent school board for 12 years and was a former Unit ed States fruit inspector for this district. He also was a deputy county tax assessor for many years. His parents, H. J. and Lucy Terrill crossed the plains in 1866 and settled at Brownsboro, Ore., where he- was born Au gust 3. 1882. He w a s married August ' 9, 1914, at Talent and is survived by his wife, Parthena, and one daughter, Barbara, . both . of Talent. Funeral services will be held Jan. 2 at 2:30 p. m. at Litwiller funeral home. Interment will be at the' family plot in Stearns cemetery at Talent. EDGARSMITH TO HEAD TRAIL BODY Portland, Ore., Dec. 30 U.B Edgar W. Smith today suc ceeded to the presidency of the Oregon Council of the American Pioneer Trails Association. - Smith, member of the State Board of Education, succeeded Roy A. Perry, who was presi dent of the Oregon Council for four years. The association, founded by the late Ezra Meeker: well known Oregon pioneers, has as its purpose the finding and marking of old pioneer trails. Dr. Howard R. Driggs of New York, president of the National Association, attended the an nual meeting of the Oregon council here. Tuesday he will leave for Helena to help organ ize a Montana council. . WET, SNOWY NEW YEARS FORECAST Rain on New Year's Eve and rain and snow for the northern half of the nation on New Year's Day was forecast for the holi day week-end today in a special year's end weather forecast. R. C. Schmidt, Chicago weath er forecaster, predicted a wet New Year's eve in the east, with snow likely in New England, the Appalachian region and the Great Lakes area. CRATER LAKE MOTORS FORD o MERCURY o LINCOLN ZEPHYR Flight o Time Madlozd and Jackson Co- His tory dom the tiles ot the Mall Tribune 10. 20. and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 31. 1934 at was -Monday) President Roosevelt acts" to head off bonus payments. Arizona and California have earthquake- Principal rot da of county free from snow. '. . . i Rioting breaks out in Saar reg ion -of Germany and anti-Nazis ask protection. Cloudy. High 46, low 28 de grees. Dances to feature local greet ing of New Year tonight. - Stanford and Alabama figure even in Rose Bowl game tomor row. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 31. 1924 (It was Tuesday) Floods threaten southern Ore gon, and bridge at Grants Pass on Coast railroad washed out. Kid McCoy, famous pugilist, found guilty of manslaughter for slaying of sweetheart. Rain. High 46, low 36, rain 1.48 inches. City to greet New Year with watch meetings and parties.' Total rainfall in December 3.44 inches THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY . .December 31. 1910 , (It was Saturday) ' New Year's edition of Mail Tribune on sale tomorrow. ' Archie Hoxey, aviator and holder of world's altitude record, killed in 800-foot fall. REND SET RECORD Reno, -Nev.,. Dec- 30 (U.R) The number of divorces in "the divorce capital of America" broke all.time records in 1944 with 7,026 actions recorded in YEAR OF VICTORY! 1945 I IME once more turns the page of the book of history to blank, white Space on which the deeds of we who live, and work, and fight today, will be recorded for posterity. Here is a chal lenge unparalleled. Tor you and us, 'as citizens of this Great Democracy, have it within our power as free men, to make these pages carry not only the story of Victory, but the tale of how Lasting. Peace was forged. With this thought we extend to one and all in Southern Oregon our most sincere wishes for a Happy and Victorious New Year! SIXTH AND IVY STREETS the Wsshoe county elerVi of fice, it was announced tonight, and County Clerk Elwood H. Beemer said "wartime condi tions" were responsible. "Some couples married with out knowing each other long enough," Beemer said. "In oth er cases, persons separated by war became .infatuated with others." Marriages, however, were over double the divorces with 14,523 applications filed in the clerk's office during the year. The previous high mark for divorces was set in 1943 with 5,846 cases registered. There were 15,812 marriages during the year. Los Angeles, Dec. 30 (U.R) More than 50 navy combat vet. . erans today donated nearly seven gallons of whole blood which will be sent to their col leagues in the Pacific war theater.- DANCE TOMORROW NEW YEARS al DREAMLAND MUSIC Everyone Invited! l?AJ-lolmes Vgengy WU 1BOS PHONE 4444 i I i . i saMl f Mm: nrik ii
