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IX MrorORD MAIL TRIBUHB MDFORDiIiKTRIBUNl Dull? Ita Safrsai published bj " MEDTORD PRINTING CO. rr-io North Fir St Phone 1141. ROBERT W BUHL. Baiter. ERNEST R GILSTRAF Manas. - HEKU UKCY Mfltt : ( CI TEROUSON. !, ARTHUR PERRY . Sunnaj MRS OUVE STARCHER. 4oc Mlto GERALD LATHAM Circulation Mar Aa Independent Newepapar. Entered a MOOfld elaea .attar l Medford Ortaon, unrif Act March I, IS7. SUBSCRIPTION RATES B7 Mail In Advance Dally and Sunday on rer -.Sf JO Dally and Sunday -all monthe 4 00 Dally and Sunday --Hire moe 1.1T Dally and Sunday ona month 76 y Carrier In Advance Medlord Aahland Cantral Point. Jackson Till. Gold Hill. Phnanlx Talent and on motor route: Dally and Sunday ona rwM" Daily and Sundajr-o month n All larma oaeh In advance. Official Paper ol tha City af Hester Official Paee' County tlaltad Praaa rullLeaae Wlr " MZHBKR OF A UDn BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS fwaurvTrlnf V 'MplSrv'" INC Offlcaa In New York Chlcaso. Dj- troll. San Prandaeo. Loa Ai tarn nnawM. Loula Atlanta atna. roruano. ot mum VancouvaLJlCJ Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry A lady commentator fears "a harsh peace will enslave Ger many and leave her leu capa ble of economic life than Porto Rico." The prospect of such a fate befalling a nation that glor ifies war and proud of' it till conquered, should cause . no world-wide rush for crying towels: All the Germans ever wanted to do was "enslave" the rest. -of creation and -be the "master race." Their "economi cal life" should be worse than Porto Rico's but in their own, not Porto Rico's climate. a a " A press dispatch proclaims, "the Washington farmer and his hired man have done a war time food raising Job that calls for brass bands and E flags." The farmer's wife and his old est boy also helped. They should be allowed to quit work the day the brass bands platy and the Z flags are hoisted on the barn roof, , : KIDS NEVER CHANGE . (The Dalles Chronicle) "Yesterday was "squawk : er" day, every youngster in town having from one to a dozen of those ear-disturbing rubber nuisances, and not one -of them seemed to grow, weary of tooting the measly things. ' One redeeming fea , ture about them, however, is their similarity to the nation al banks, they go bust pretty easily." (80 Yn. Ago Col.) The silverware Is not medi cine. Don't take after meals." (Sign reported in a restaurant.) e ,e ; The new spring hats for the fair sex will make the wearer look younger, it is claimed. The boyish bob was supposed to do the same thing in the mld-1920s. Instead they made Grandmaws look like old men. , . Investigation by congress of the Gallup poll in the late elec tion indicated Mr. Gallup gave the vote percentage the run around. . . "The Potlphar mine has a new cook. She not only makes the hash, but slings it" (Brlce Creek Jottings.) A few more cracks like that and she will shoot something besides bis cuits. POLITICS IN WAR (S.F. Chronicle) "The Rundstedt drive gave the British an opportunity to, raise the question with great subtlety. Their newspapers began saying General Eisen hower is over-worked, what with political and economic, as well as military duties, and can not give adequate admin istration in the field to the seven armies. At the same time, the analysis' gave high praise to Eisenhower, and dis claimed that the suggestion was evoked by the reverse in Belgium." The new senator from Idaho, known as "the singing cowboy' arrived In the capltol armed with baritone voice, saxophone and five other musical instru ments. As yet, he neither threat ens to sing or make the saxo phone moan. a The state department ' now ' threatens to cut oft economical relations with Switzerland, like Sweden, the other great neutral nation, a wonderful anchor to to windward for Germany in war. .It appears Swiss neutral ity is as full of holes as a hunk of pre-war Swiss cheese, a The lawyer tor the lady In the C. Chaplin suit, In closing arguments to the Jury thorough ly denounced all the known and alleged shortcomings of the de fendant except the mustache style that bears his name, Closlni time tot Buntiay Too Latt v fjiaMiTy D-3i Baturoar aiiarnoon Thursday, Jan. 4. 1941 Why Are Experts Wrong? These are tough times for experts, especially mili tary experts. , They are still trying to explain how the Germans put on an offensive that broke the American lines in the Ardennes two weeks ago, when they ALL of them were convinced the Germans could no more stage an offensive than Jess Willard could stage a comeback- and so declared, time after time. How could all of them have been mistaken? Naturally they are trying to find an "out" that will leave them a few shreds of prestige and not com pel them to give up the exceedingly lucrative pro fession of telling the untutored masses, what is really doing in this war from day to day, and what isn't. SOME of them blame the Allied Intelligence Serv , ice. Others claim Intelligence was ok, but the Hieh Command was dumb failed to interpret the information given correctly. According to Drew Pear son there are still others who place the blame on the late General McNair, for insisting on young Colonels, instead of older and more And so the merry hunt with not one expert as to learn, even suggesting that perhaps the experts themselves were somewhat to blame. e e . e WE DON'T mean for the break-through of course. .We mean to blame for the fact that not one of them guessed that what happened, would happen. How comex THE answer, as we see it, was PARTISANSHIP. It was essentially the same quality that in the re cent presidential election level-headed citizens to not whelming victory for Governor Dewey- but to back their belief with hard-earned cash. These Republican partisans had the same sources of information the non-partisan observers had, but their partisan emotions minds they did not see the situation as it was but as they wanted it to be. And it proved expensive ! e - "THE American war experts did. the same thing, an1 rVti AooAvifinllTT 4-Vi a onmn kaooam art4 tiAiir from the standpoint of their respective reputations, we fear it will also prove There was not a nonpartisan, coldly objective ob server among them. True the ed the favorable and underplayed the unfavorable news. But ail these "experts" had the benefit of enemy war reports as well, and many of them also a background of military experience and informa tion which would have allowed a discriminating per spective. But the plain truth is, none of them gave any credit to enemy reports whatever, and never came within a thousand miles of securing what could be called a perspective discriminating or otherwise. pHARLES Bolte, war "expert" for the Nation, is typical of the lot. He categorically pontificated last October that Germany would be out of the war, by November 16th. Before that date and after it, his "expert" interpretations of the current war news sup ported that prediction until the calendar finally dem onstrated he didn't know what he was talking about. That didn't cure him, however. He went on in the same over confident, boastful, wishful-thinkicff vein, right up to the 16th of December, and now like all his brother craftsmen, he is in heck happened. The London Press Though the Western Front is virtually at its front door, the staid old London Times is apparently un impressed by the war or its proximity and continues to devote its entire front ing readers must turn to page four to learn how goes the battle. This peculiarity of one segment of the British press is noted along with many other prac tices strange to American journalism, in a 'perusal of London newspapers received by the Mail Tribune through the courtesy of Mr. Dowsley Clark, chief of the news bureau of the m Washington, D. C. THE London Times, Star uuici gicaujr iu luuuaii uuir dumb a weaiuicsa for front page advertising. The Telegraph, which most nearly aDDroximates American style, publishes two-column plugs on page one for "Bovril," a hot drink, and "Bitumastic,1' an anti-corrosion preparation, while the fiashly little five-column tabloid-type Star, front naees an aDDeal . .1 i. i . 7 10 uie aitar-oouna to get gESIDES using page one for classified ads, the a unco aiau ucvuica iuj enure uucn. page w una pur pose and in the pages between dresses practically all it1 tlPWH sfnrioa with rli'oh nna.nnlnrn "lohnl" Vioo1 lines. AS IN the United States, British women are be seeched to aid in the war effort, the Star carry ing an advertisement seeking "Naffy" recruits to op erate canteens and clubs for British forces in liberat ed countries on the continent Also, as in the United States, the 'teen-agers give cause for worry, accord ing to letters to the editor, and pleas for funds for juvenile clubs. "THE comparatively small amount of display ad- vertising in the three editions suggests a short age of newsprint and consequent high prices for ad vertising space. The three London newspapers are on display in the front window of the Mail Tribune. E. C. F. experienced ones. for alibis goes on and on far as we have been able is plain. In one word it impelled some otherwise only believe in an over completely clouded their expensive. U. S. war reports stress trying to f leure out what page to classified advertis Office of War Information and Daily Telegraph all .... . H . . i their wedding rings at News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. 4 The big business of horse racing died yesterday without a tear or pro test. Its death tor an indefi nite period was "request ed" by Assist ant President James F. Byrnes so they say but there was more to it than that. When as huge an ani mal as that one rolls over Paul Mallon without raising a hoof, to stay the gentle nudge, the circum stances suggest an interesting untold situation within. What brought the climax was some Inner dickering Mr. Byrnes did with certain tracks in southern California. There, war workers from the most vital of all war industrial plants were wagering as high as $2, 000,000 a day from the swollen war incomes at one track (nor mal would be $500,000 to $608, 000), absenting themselves from their work at the machines to enjoy the privilege. Something had to be done. Byrnes called the California track people in, demanded that they take some steps. When no one seemed to have any idea of how to handle the situation Byrnes threatened to close down the offending area. The track people threatened to fight, tak ing the position that if they were closed down, all tracks would have to be closed. That prospect did not shock Mr. Byrnes much. Since last October, before the- election, an unsatisfactory condition in racing has been getting worse. Trainers and horsemen were asking for more and more gas and tires to get around. The betting public was using gas and rubber in in creasing quanUties to and from tracks. Then a new track was opened in Florida, the Gulf Stream, and some new building equipment had to be obtained there. The OPA pounced down on gas users, practically ruining attendance, but the track kept open for duration of the meet. a a ' THE better or best influences in racing were getting a lit tle sick of conditions themselves. Circumstances were so plainly running further and further be yond control that a quiet death for the whole business seemed about the only way out, and Insiders had been expecting it since the close of the Mayland meeting. While the government's ex cuse for acting was lame, no one seemed to care much. Around here, for Instance, gov ernment authorities are saying manpower' conditions demand ed action, but in Florida there are practically no war indus tries. The state there (and hence. the people), as elsewhere, will be the greatest loser. From the betting the treasury of Florida expected to take its usual $7, 000,000 in the few months of this winter season. The federal government, too will lose its heavy taxes on the incomes of the racing corporations which operate the tracks. a a IT IS my firm belie no one makes any money out of racing except govLrnmuuts. They run a kitty while fools win and lose their money by betting. Even consistent win ners never really are winners unless they quit, because their winnings are always at stake in the next day s ventures. A gambler can never be said to really own anything until after he quits, because his pos session, while gambling, only represents stakes, which he should one day lose under the law of averages. The only way gambling ever made sense to me is if it pays off In fun commensurate with amounts lost that is. If played for fun and not with the gamb ler s purpose. But common sense in wager ing did not enter into this de cision. The government had been wanting to close down the tracks since before the last elec tions (when it dare not be done) and Mr. Byrnes took the threats of the California tracks at face value during the Christmas rush of December 23 when the action would be least noticed, a a a WHETHER the government did the right thing is open to question. This government seems to know no remedy for any difficulty except to move in grand sweeps. Never does It appear to possess the Ingenuity to deal with what is wrong, and cure it and only it, with Justice, To put out a fire, it never uses a hose but starts a backfire, Thus, all horse racing Is done for at least a year (I am well Informed) and perhaps for the duration of the war. Everything connected with It has become a 1945 total loss (therefore de ductible from taxes Instead of paying taxes into tha war tt 3 r A INVASION BABE MEETS DAD Lt Comdr. Walter Chewnlng, of Cymvyd, Pa., arriving at Union Station in Chicago, after 15 monthi spent on aircraft carrier to the Pacific, greets his wife and six. months-son son Jeffrey, born on D-Day, when Allied Forces wera storming the coast of Normandy- JACKSON COUNTY FARM NOTES Compiled by County Office O. S. C. Extension Service Jersey Breeders' Meeting Jan. 6 A meeting of the Rogue River Valley Jersey club will be held in the courthouse auditorium at 1:30 p. m., Saturday, Jan. 6. This organization includes Jer sey breeders of Jackson and Josephine counties and this will be the regular annual meeting. J. W. Slater, western fleldman for the American Jersey Cattle club, will be present to discuss the Jersey program and assist the local club in organizing its activities for the coming year. All Jersey breeders and farmers interested in Jerseys are in vited. Dairy Feed Payments Now Being Made Dairy feed payments for the months of November and De cember are now being paid In the county AAA office. These payments for sales of milk and butterfat during January, Feb ruary and March will be lumped together and one payment for the three-month period made to producers in April. Producers will have to save sales slips and cream receipts for all three months and present them to their county AAA committee when the one payment is made after March 31. Rates are tne same for all three months 10 cents a pound for butterfat and 70 cents a hundredweight for whole milk. ' Although the present dairy payment program has been au thorlzed only through March, 1945. WFA officials have said that the necessary price assist ance to producers to meet the high milk production goal can be expected to be continued, either through payments or in some other form. Crawler Tractors Will Be Scarce Oregon-'s first quarter 1945 quota of crawler tractors for agricultural use does not pro vide any grounds for optimism, according to N. C. Donaldson executive assistant to the state AAA committee. The new state quota of 48 machines compares with the authorized releases of 80 units In the fourth quarter of 1944. The armed services continue to take 85 per cent of the output of track-laying tractors, and in' fort) and 23,000 horses will feed for a year without earning any thing for anyone. The people in the business will be of no war value as the jockeys are too small and the trainers too old. A large infla tion sponge has been lost. And it all Is happening because peo ple made fools of themselves and their swollen pocketbooks. There is more to this situation than horse racing. Boy Scout News By C. D. Griffiths, Scoutmaster After a short breathing spell over the holidays, Troop 2 re sumed regular weekly meetings with attendance of 26 Scouts Tuesday and arranged for activi ties in this new year. A benefit dance will be given January 12 at Lincoln school gym at 8 p. m. A Juke box has been arranged for popular music and the D.A.V. orchestra will supply old time pieces. Jr. A.S.M. Dick Hake and Sr. PXi. Ted Sldwell are working on a basketball schedule. The troop is planning a trip Sunday to continue work on their camping site. , A troop court of honor has been set for February 20. Bliss Heine was a visitor Tues day evening and offered his serv ices to help organize a drum and bugle corps. A Green Bar meeting will be held at the gym January 10 at 7. p. m. with Sr. Patrol Leader Ted Sidwell presiding. NAZIS RATION TEETH Stockholm, Jan. 4 U.PJ A Berlin dispatch said today that false teeth will be rationed strict ly in Germany from now on, and can be had only by special per minion of authorities. Dm MalT Trunin Want Ada. dications are that- heavy mili tary demand will be the rule during the coming year. In spite of the tightness of the crawler tractor situation, 357 units were released to Oregon farmers in 1944. In addition, 43 standard wheel tractors con verted into crawlers have been released, for a total of 400 units. The state committe received ap plications from 934 farmers for crawlers, and it is estimated that about that many more applica tions were serened out' by the county committees. R. G. Fowler, County Agent. Cherry Gummoiis Can Be Restricted While there is no known con trol for the disease that causes cankers and gumming on stone fruit trees, there is a treatment that will restict Its damage. Young trees, on which the dis ease Is most severe, respond best to the treatment, but older trees especially the scaffold limbs may also be treated to ad vantage. The treatment consists of making long slits from the ground line up onto the scaf fold limbs. Two slits should be made on a one-year-old tree while on older trees the slits should be about an Inch apart. On large trees two inches is close enough. The slits should go through the bark, but not into the wood. In order to "sterilize these slits and add to their disease resistance, they should be treat- ed with a copper nitrate solu-. tion perpared from a formula, This solution is available at local drug stores. These slits do not cure the disease, but merely cause a growth of new tissue which Is resistant. If an Infection occurs between the slits, it will not cross them so can do only a limited amount of damage to a tree. Cherries are affected worse than other fruits and should be treated sometime this month. This disease should not be con fused with gumming occurring at points of Injury or from cuts or crotches.. Gumming from these points is natural. C. B. Cordy, Asslsta.it County Agent. NAVY HOSPITAL Portland, Jan. 4 The former army training establishment at Camp Adair has now been of ficially designated a United States naval hospital, according to Instructions received In Port land from Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal. No patients are expected un til March, Portland navy offi cials disclosed, and the time in tervening will be used to col lect a hospital staff of doctors, nurses and corpsmen and to prepare hospital facilities. During the past months the army has moved out of the for mer training camp, taking with it most of the camp's equip ment. With the announcement by Forrestal the navy officially takes over the hospital. LTHE grange Central Point Grange A varied program, with spe cial music, a humorous skit and a speaker, will be given at the meeting of Central Point grange Friday of this week, scheduled for 8 p. m. at the grange hall Miss Marian Far.vell, county tome demonstration agent, will Be speaker. WEATHER Northern California Fog and Increasing cloudiness In Interior valleys today and tonight and in coastal valleys this morning. Otherwise clear. Increasing high cloudiness Friday, night fog clearing interior valleys by noon. Warmer Friday. MRS. BURELSON IGAIN OWNER OF LADIES' STORE Re -purchase of Burelson's Ladies Ready-to-Wear store at 31 North Central avenue by Mrs. E. T. Burelson was an nnnnivri todav. Mrs. Burelson stated that she had bought the business from R. E. Lance wno has extensive interests in both retail and wholesale lines of ready-to-wear in various sections of the country to whicn ne wisn eri tn devote additional time, Mr. Lance's ownership lasted but a year and during this time Mrs. Burelson continued to man age the business. "I have great faith In the business future of Medford and Jackson county," Mrs. Burelson stated, "and decided 10 Duy dbck the store and continue In busi ness here." Burelson's store has been in operation here for the past 16 years and at the same location for the past ten years. Transfer of the business took effect Dec. 31. opa His Statlne that a number of used passenger car ceiling price vio lations have been reponea in the Medford, area, the price clerk of the local war price and ration board today pointed out that an enforcement drive fj? nmm.. in tha anT Pnrt land OPA district. Several per- sons in this district have been assessed . fines amounting to twice the sum of the overcharge,, it was said. "Violation of used car celling prices is serious," according to Sol St,ern, OPA enforcement at torney. "Most of the violators take the form of upgrading, side payments, unreasonable low trade-in allowances, require ments to buy on time and-illegal charges for extras." Stern states that of the first 40 cases investigated in Portland, sev eral price violations were dis covered. Sales by dealers and by individuals seem to be about on a 50-50 basis, Stern said. THIRTY-DAY SENTENCE : FOR GIRL SHOPLIFTER Ethel Alice Selken, 18, of Van couver, Wash., entered a plea of guilty to petty larceny yesterday and was sentenced to 30 days in the county Jail by Justice of the Peace W. P. Tucker. She was ac cused of taking articles from the J. C. Penney, Montgomery Ward and M tc M stores in this city. The girl has lived here since last February, and has relatives in Vancouver; she informed author ities. Lyle T. Wilcox, charged with violation of the basic rule, was assessed $2.50 and costs. Edson L. Rawson. charged with failure to stop at a stop sign, was fined i ana costs. SEA BEE RECRUITING GOING GOOD IN AREA The first month of Seabee re cruiting after more than a year of closure has resulted in this area again doing an excellent job in helping to fill the initial quotas of skilled workers, it is reported by Herb Crain of the Medford navy recruiting sub station. Need for experienced work ers in most types of construc tion and cargo-handling trades, however, still is urgent, the navy representative emphasizes and the new month's quotas are larger than those in December. Daily Weather Report Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Cloudv with rain tonight and Friday. Slightly warmer tonight. Oregon: Cloudy with occasional rain over the tate tonight and Friday Snow at higher elevations. Not quite V VU1U tVJiUglll. Local Data Temperature a year ago today: cxigiicaL, oo, lowest, 23, Total monthly precipitation, trace Deficiency for the month. .24 inch. Total precipitation since September 1. 1944, 0.22 inches. Deficiency for the season, uo inches. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yes- mj . n,., Him y , aia. Tomorrow Sunrise 8:34 a. m. Sunaet 5:54 rasidvnoura; Hisn Low Prec. nuise 4. Boston 31 Chicago 23 Denver 43 Eureka . 58 25 30 -1 24 40 4 40 111 34 -4 39 38 12 35 23 38 39 32 . 33 27 Havre . 20 Los Angeles iajo Anxeiee . 74 mrarora ,,, New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno Roseburv .10 Salt Lake . San Franelrcn Seattle Sookane- Washington, D. C 43 xaklma 27 Pl. remembV-'"" ". PARTS and SERVICE for all Makes of WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartlttt Phone 2419 Flight o' Time Mediord and Jackson Co His tory 'torn the files ot the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 34 rrt ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January 4, .1935 (It was Friday) ' Plentv of hay for Oregoa stock despite heavy shipments to middle west is word. Republicans In congress offer 20-point program for speedy re covery. " Bruno Hauptmann's counsel to charge four others with Lindbergh kidnaping. Medford banks show deposits gain past year. Rain with moderate tempera ture. High 47, low 32 degrees, '.Floyd Whittle of Ashland' named Shrine potentate. Medford high to play Rose burg five here next Friday night. Elmer Hull buys Sunset or chard. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 4, 1925 (It was Sunday) Co-operative marketing held salvation of farmers by Presi dent Coolidge, who declares "farmers must work the soil, not let the politicians work them." ; Cloudy with showers. High 48, low.35 degrees. Republicans now dominate ' state board of control. County officers pledged sup port of civic bodies in prohibi tion enforcement at banquet of ministers. ' Medford quint to play New- ber8 Natjonight. new county oincers axe sworn in and assume office. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY January 4, 1921 (It was Thursday) Dr. Cook not certain he dis covered North Pole. Growth of city reflected in city treasurer's report. "Ole Oleson" at'lledford the ater tomorrow night. Jan. 31 Deadline For Furnishing Income Tax Data Washington, D. C. Joseph D. Nunan, Jr., commissioner of In ternal Revenue, today called at tention of employers and em ployees to the fact that January 31, 1945 are important dates in connection with withholding ot income tax from wages. January 1 is effective for the new rates of withholding pre scribed by the Individual In come' Tax Act of 1944. By terms of that act, the new rates apply to all wages paid on and after January 1. The new rates ara intended to adjust each em ployee's withholding more close ly to his actual income tax. January 31 is the de.dline by which the law requires employ ers to furnish each employee a withholding receipt on Form W-2 (Rev.),, showing how much wages were paid him and how much income tax was withheld from his wages during the cal endar year 1944. 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