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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will be as out of date as a tom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.
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. 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
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Which incidentally supports another favorite con
tention oi this column that
MOW no doubt if Medford had that icy wind from
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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
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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.-
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