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J BIX MEDOHD MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDWrBIBUNE Dallil SeWrdaT PiihllahMl by MEDroRD PRINTDIO CO 17-29 North fir St Phone ROBKRT W BUHL. Editor. ERNEST R OILSTRAP Un. HEKB UKEY MwrniUH C ITROUSON. ManaSlne Eaiut ARTHUR PERRY Jgujrfu Wi!!X MRS OUVE STARCHER. ioc Editor GERALD LATHAM Circulation MP An Independent Newspaper. Entered as Mcond elaM matter el afedford Oregon, undet Act m March 9. 187. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mail -In Advance Dally and Sunday one yeer ...'SO Dally end Sunday -lx month! 4 00 Dally and Sunday three moa l.W Deilv and Sunday one month 75 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point, Jecaaon vllle. Gold Hill. Phoenix Talent and run mntnr muIm: Dally and Sunday tme year. II Dally and Sunday one month 71 All lerrrui rain In advance Official Paper ef the City ef Medford Official Paper ef jaeaeoe County United Prera Tell Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertlllnl RepreaeptaUvo WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY CMC Offlcea In New York Chlcafo De troit San rrandeco. Lot Amrelee Se attle. Portland. St Louie Atlanta. Vancouver. B. C. HIS Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry Every day Supreme Head quarters, the radio, Tokyo, Ber lin, Paris, Moscow, London, Stockholm, the press, and valley military leaders, are unable to agree on just what happened on the Western (rant. "Country butchered pig-backbones ara not above suspicion," federal bureau warns. Invari ably the farmer forgets to sandpaper all the meat off the spinal column of the swine. e e e New Years Day and the one before, brought three new ba bies and ration cards to homes of this city. . . e e Allied diplomats to study 'Tar East problems" at an early date. The general public feels all 'Tar East problems" art not far enough East. e e ' . People are still writing 1044 on their checks, banks report, and blame it on carelessness. This is about the only thing since Pearl Harbor that has not been blamed, on the war. e e YE SLICKER SEX (The Dalles Chronicle) The ladles doling out the " ' good eats, were Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Maupin, Mrs. Earl Grif fith and above all things, man, Arthur Peters. They kept him rushed making hot dogs, to keep hint out of the pies. ,. A metropolitan journal 1st as serts eastern periodicals arrive there by slow freight In be nighted regions like this, they come that way too, but west of the Rockies, by l-mule team, tee The republican party boasts It spent more money in the last campaign than the New Deal, who have had much more ex perience in spending. Another outstanding feat was finishing just 52 cents under the maxi mum allowed by the corrupt practices act. All the money the republicans spent was their own. They lacked facilities to rain government checks - on farmers ten days before elec tion. e A Portland Grandmaw Is pic tured as smoking cigars, to get around the cigarette shortage. Owing to the vileness of the war time cigar, this is a feat com parable to the pioneer women, who (ought Indians all night and chopped down oak trees all day to keep a sick hubby from -freezing. e The Japanese continue won derful. Radio Tokyo reveals their ability to extinguish B-29 raid fires before they are start- WELL. THEY MAYI , (Los Angeles Times) A good-looking girl stopped before a clgaret vending machine. Instantly a line began to form behind her. in a minute it extended round the corner. Then the girl took her comb out of her bag, began prettying up her hair by means of the mirror n the vending machine, and smyCWd behlnd her looked A band of cattle went through the western suburbs the first of the week, with much pande- Pi. !!m.,An honor ""Pi of Flotch Fish of Phoenix school of punning, called them "moos! clans." e e "Fred Rennlck moved his of nee to his home and only went to his office when necessary (Buda (111.) Weekly)Where art thou now, Frederick? e e e "MAN RUNS A WAY; SHER IFF HOLDS WIFE'WHdUne Red Bluff News). Tha -law Is Up behind him. Cinema time for Classified Ada a 't bl Late to CUeaU U.30 Friday. January I, ISO How About China? Accbrding to the latest hoped-for reapproachment between the Chinese (Jonr munists and Chiang Kai-shek has fallen through be cause, we quote : "The Chungking government is In reality a pro-fascist -government, fighting for the war lords and the big land holders against the peasants, encouraging graft and corrup tion, not even allowing a free press or free speech In the areas it now controls." Needless to say this source! And it is the approved communist -line , almost identical with the "line" adopted by Com munists throughout Europe- against their opponents, wherever found. ' ONE might ask how much free press and free speech are allowed in those parts of China where the Chinese "Reds" are now m control? The answer is NONE! There is no more individual freedom there, no more democracy, than there is in Russia, Germany, or in any other totalitarian state. But the wilv Communists never mention such facts, reajizing they would not be popular in democratic America and what these Chinese Communists, as well as all other Communists, want today is Ameri can moral and financial support. "Send lend-lease to Communist China, not to the Chung- -king government for the latter will turn the U. S. guns and planes against the Communists in China, not the Japs." THERE you are, brethern, it is the same theme song all over the world. It is the red revolution within the war. Some rieoDle think this tioned, it should be hushed-up until Germany and Japan have been beaten. China today is the best answer to that argument. But for the Chinese Communists, who took advan- tase of the attack by Japan, against Chiang Kai-shek, and thus gain territory and power to their own advantage, the Japanese would never have won the great victories in China they have won. Instead of a hush-hush of Japan, therefore, it has delayed it. The way to hasten the defeat of Japan today, as far as China is concerned- is: (1) Persuade, if possible, to abandon their revolution, place the welfare of their country above their selfish political advantage, and join Chiang Kai-shek latter have been driven out (2) If that can't be done, because of the Com munists' ruthless "will to power", then give all possible allied aid in arms, ammunition, tanks and planes to Chiang and the Chungking government, no aid, material or moral to the Communists, in short, join the former in theory and in fact AGAINST the latter! Why Stop Sports? England is only a stone's throw from the battle front When the wind comes in from the East, the guns in Holland can be heard. ' Yet- ever since the war Britishers are Duttintr on games very much as they did no one over there suggests In this country with the away, no more danger of of a one-legged bullfrog lumping over the moon, all horse racing is suddenly prohibited and it is suggested from high quarters that all 4-H s be put into war work, which would automatically stop professional golf and football. How come? If England has found certain outdoor sports good for national morale in war why should similar sports not be good for this country? Certainly over there as over here the war does IT IS all very puzzling and frankly we don't know the answer but our guess is: the fact that England is so near the war and this country so far away has some thing to do with it. In sound of the guns and with casualties coming across the channel in every boat, the English people need nothing to arouse them to the fact a war, and a horrible war, is on. With the Atlantic ocean ful Pacific on the other, the plain truth is that in spite of the casualty lists and the daily newspaper head lines, It has been hard for whole, to realize such a war This order from Assistant President Byrnes- was therefore designed primarily to wake them up to the fact, rather than to answer any crying need for 4-H's in war service, farm workers at the front, or the abandonment of football and horse racing. e e e e ANOTHER angle. There is the matter of war "policy in the two countries, and resulting war psychology. ,v from the start of this thanks to Winston Churchill, have been told the truth about it QUITE the reverse in this country. From the time of Pearl Harbor to now. the- powers-that-be in this country have gone on the theory the American people can't "take" it So when the news is bad, it has to be suppressed or delayed until it can be mixed with good news, and when there is a mixture of good and bad news in the dailv report the latter has to be played down, and the former piayed up. When peopWany people have the FACTS of this war, regardless of their j . ."! i . neeu any arunciai sumiims don t have them, they do. report from China, the comes from a Communist fact should never be men to virtually join the Japs policy hastening the defeat materially and tragically . - the Chinese Communists against the Japs until the of the country. started, and today, the horse races and football in the days of peace, and their abandonment. war thousands of miles invasion East or West than come FIRST. on one side, and the peace the American people, as a IS on and they are in it war., the British people. proximitv to it. thev don't . . " . to wane tnem. When they News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. S The thinking Mr. Byrnes, assistant president, came out straight (or honest, equal treatment of 't h e Averys and Petrillos alike" in the public interest. Advocacy of equal justice for unions as well as man agement start ed an immedi Paul Mallon . ate controver sy within the administration, Mr. Byrnes had said one way to accomplish like justice was through congression al enactment of a law opening the courts to both parties. At once war labor board Davis (who let the Petrillos get away with defiance of his board but got the troops In upon the Averys) said such a law would tie enforcement up in the courts and hinder his purpose of ad justing labor disputes. Thus the ' old political game of rag-ma-tag proceeds into a new phase. AT the time Petrillo was de fvlno WT.R anA nnlnl.lnl.a his victorious strike against its order, Mr. Roosevelt claimed there was no - law to make Petrillo obey. Thus the public must pay a few cents tribute on every record it buys forever to Mr. Petrillo, for no service whatever in its interest. But there was a law which would have brought him to terms -i this very war labor board act. True enough, con gress did not intend the, act should be used to "seize" labor unions as Montgomery Ward has been seized. Yet the administration stretch ed the intent of congress to a rather far-fetched interpreta tion to get the army Into Mont gomery Ward. Congress said the seizure power should not be used except In "a war indus try." The retail stores of Mont gomery Ward would hardly seem to be war Industries. The public knows what kind of goods it buys from those mail order and department store houses garden implements, clothes, practically everything saleable, except war industry products. Yet Attorney-General Biddle legalized the seizure by ruling the stores as war indus tries. . j .-, '.. PCONOMIC stabilizer Vinson " established exactly the same government position on the Petrillo strike. He publicly de nounced the musician's walk out as impeding the war effort Mr. Roosevelt thus could have seized a station by stretching the law no further than In the Montgomery Ward case. e e e If he had, Petrillo and his unions would have been subject to penalties, fines and jail for not working. .- Army officers could have moved in upon Petrlllo's office", demanding his books, issued orders to him to send his men back to work. It could operate his union or any other striking union in the same loose way Montgomery Ward Is being directed. e e e WHAT the government needs " Is not a law, but the desire to act, which has not been ab sent so far. Some outward signs imply Byrnes was merely allowed to speak his personal mind 'in ex pectation that the labor board would block him in congress or otherwise. I do not think so. The govern ment had got itself into such an unreasonable and dangerous la bor situation, something will have to be done. Take the "Monkey Ward" case, as it should be called, because it has, without doubt, resembled from the beginning a drama in a monkey house more than adult human action. The reason the government went in there this time was to give the workers a raise. That is the main physical change discernible In the initial action. But the government's excuse ior moving was that a strike there was impeding the war ef- ion, or threatening to. Yet it did not move against strikers. It seized the management. The worriers cheered when the gov ernment came in. e e THUS the government has got itself into a position where it must serve the unions, more than the public. If "Monkey Ward" had cheated the public on prices, it would be taken to court. But If it "cheats" the union (not saying it did) the government seizes it. The unions thus have more power than either the govern ment or the public. They can not lose. If the WLB decision goes against them, they can do what Petrillo did hang on un til the companies are forced to D8V. If thrtv u-l n . urr n - cision. me cision. the army will enforce the decision I Even a labor government like mi Test Plane r . ' I - i A test pilot and a B-month-ola oaDy girl were dead m t his wreckage of a Long Beach. Calif, home atur a twin-engined Douglas A-28 plane, piloted by chief teat pilot Ronald F. Bollinger, exploded in mid-air. pinnae to earth in heart of the thickly-populated, residential district. this one will not long care to play second fiddle to union leaders. The unions are clearly getting out of its hand and power, beyond its legal reach, with a wave of strikes expected by everyone as soon as V-E day. Therefore, I look for Mr. Roosevelt, one way or another, to seek and get more power, or at least more of legal excise from congress, to keep the unions in line his line. He is now a prisoner in theirs. Home Town Girls Are Selected For Army Pin-Up Club Stevens Point. Wis. (U.PJ--An anti-aircraft gun crew in the Southwest Pacific is tired of the usual Hollywood paint, grease and glamor" and is now out to build up a new kind of pinup-girl club "second to none in size and originality." JPVt. Chester L. Drewa, Knowl- ton, near here, explained In a letter to hometown folks that he wanted his sectidn of Wisconsin represented on the billboard and asked for pictures of "Eight Ball Pinups." "Our pinups are the plain, ev eryday, ordinary : home - town girls," Pvt. Drewa wrote. ''To date we have more than 300 pic tures.'.' Fugitive German Nabbed a t Border San Pedro, Cal., Jan. 8 (U.R) Rolf Gustaf Julius Zeischang, 22, former Arlfa Korps corpor al, today was held at San Pedro detention station, after his ar rest by FBI agents as he tried to cross the Mexican border. Zeischang, who escaped from Ft. Lewis, Wash., May 28, posed as a "Frenchman" named Al bert Puschmann, during his at tempts to leave the country, the FBI said. LOCKHEED REPORTS Burbank, Calif., Jan. 5 (U.R) Lockheed Aircraft Corp., to day reported a backlog of 6, 632 military planes, totaling ap proximately $1,000,000,000, aft er meeting all 1944 production schedules. President Robert E. Gross revealed that the aircraft firm had achieved its produc tion demands for P-38 fighters and B-17 bombers and started development of a , new secret army fighter. SAN ANTONIO PURIFIED San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 5 (U.R) Those nude cuties that smile unblushlngly from calen dars, blotters and other adver tising matter were taboo in San Antonio today. Police Commis sioner P. L. Anderson ordered IT - X.' A. Hits Hom e; Pilot all such advertising matter "picked up" after the Catholic Legion of Decency reported the city was "flooded with indecent calendars and blotters." Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson Co His lory fiora tha files ot the Mail Xribuns 10. 20 and 34 rears ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January 5. 1935 (It was Saturday) President Roosevelt asks fqur billions for relief. Says balan cing of budget to await on unem ployment. Unsettled with occasional rain. High 47, low 39 degrees. Italy and France sign accord pact that may be basis of peace in Europe. i Supreme court rules NRA or der limiting production of oil and gasoline is invalid. Earl Snell to take oath as sec retary of state at Salem Monday. Oaths of office to be adminis tered to Sheriff Syd Brown, Commissioner Otto Caster and constable also. Snow plows busy keeping Klamath county roads open fol lowing storm. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January S, 192S (It was Monday) Allies ask United States to join in war debt settlement dis cussion. Federal help sought for Ore gon coast ports. President Coolldge upheld by senate In veto of postal bill. Probable lighTrains. High 83, low 31 degrees. Rep. John H. Carkin addresses Kiwanis club at noon luncheon. Nineteen new members have been received into the Presby terian church in two weeks. Medford high defeats New berg 25 to 8 in poor game at Nat. THIRTY FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY January 5, 1911 (It was Thursday) ( . Longer deer season to be urged before legislature, sStart planting 19,000 pear trees in Coker Butte district. County tape levy to be 22 mills for coming year. Uae Mall Trlbun Want Ada. V0U' 9enetoY W ' , l.'ccOE-.n'00'0' 'D loo,beo etoo.OoW . 20c Jo. Baby Die t- a. - -We (Acmm Teltshoto) BodytTuards Cease Petrillo Patrol Chicago. Jan. 8 (U.R) A 13- detectives to serve as body guards to James C. Petrillo, president of the American Fed eration of Musicians, was aban doned today on the order of Police Commissioner James All man. . Detectives were given the as signment at a time when Chi cago gangsters were waging a war against union leaders in an effort to get control, of organ ized labor. Coast Guard Vet Turns 17th Year Hingham, Mass., Jan. S (U.R) Charles J. Robison, Jr., of Hing ham, enlisted in the' coast guard almost two years ago. Since then, he has: fought in five cam paigns, received a citation for bravery from Adm. Chester W. r Going My Way?" YOU can do the work which la the hexitjure of II women the care and healing of the men who fight for them, and at the same time do your bit for your country. As a Vac In the Army, Medical Department yon can help a soldier back on the road to health. Learn more about this service ! Send the coupon below now. Be Wue In (he P. S. Army Medical Dept. U. S. ARMY RECKUITINO STATION Post Office, Medford, Oreson ' r'" m,i ;;" "r oKigolIeii en my port, Ike new llhntretad aiweeaa C'TT , 20Ut. S' ii PHONE NO , J THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED BY BROWN HAMSYe TACOMA C.tr .1 Almd Haea. Mwattla m a-J fiaa .(U.M. lWr BUrr ?'?"if SdT . TfUp,M .to?. Nlmltz, narrowly escaped death from a Jap booby trap. Last night, hero Robinson re vealed he had been fighting un der terrific pressure." Seems he , has just now reached 17, we minimum age for coast guard en listment. Cloelns time for Sunday Tab Lata to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. National Forest Timber for Sal Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Med ford, Oregon, up to and not later than 2:00 P. M., January IS, 1945, for all the live timber marked or designated for cutting and all merchantable dead tim ber located on an area embrac ing about 300 acres within Sec tion 17, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., W. M. Rogue River National Forest, Oregon, estimated to be 3,500, 000 feet B. M more or less, of Douglas-fir, and an unestimated amount of other species of saw timber. No bid of less than $4.70 per. M feet for Douglas-fir, $8.60 per M feet for white pine, $5.60 per M feet for ponderosa pine, $9.60 per M feet for sugar pine and $2.10 per M feet for white fir, western hemlock, and other species will be considered. In de termining the high bid, the rate for Douglas-fir only will be con sidered. Bids with rates in ex cess of those permissible under MFK 460 will be reduced to the allowable maximum in making the award, in addition to the prices bid for the stumpage, a coooerative deDosit of $0.50 ,er M feet B. M. to be used by the Forest Service for paying' the cost of slash disposal, and a co- operative deposit of $0.25 per M feet B. M. to cover the cost of tree planting, seed sowing and timber stand improvement work on the area cut over, for the total cut of timber under the terms of the agreement, will be required. $4,000.00 must accom cany each bid, to be aoplied on the purchase price, refunded or retained in part as liquidated damages, according to conditions of sale. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Before bids are submitted, full Informa tion concerning the timber, the conditions of sale and submis sion of bids should be obtained from the Forest Supervisor, Med ford, Oregon, V. 4
