Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1945)
iS If II EIQHT MEDFORD MAIL TMBUrTE frlday. Jan. 1. 114 UNE MEDF01 Bo"tb aU Trleuo'y Dalit "' ittoMtr ' Published JW ARTHUR PERRY Sunday Miter ras OUVE ST ARC HER. foe tvlltoi WALD IATHAM Clrrultlloa MtT At, Independent Newspaper- second elaaa nr.. on. rch S. matter unda Ad m Entered ft UAdfard IIMSCRIPTION RATE By liUll In Advance Mtail DUy md Sunday opt yaal ...tJJJO Dally and Sunday -ala month. 4 00 Dally and Sunday-three root 1.10 Dally and Sunday ona month 70 By Carrtar In Advance Madjord iUhland Central Point, Jackaon Jllle. Gold Hill Phoenix Talent and rnil and Sunday one rear... M-IM uauy ana ounuw All Crmx rain in terms fai month advance. Official Paper of the City of Medfort Official Paper of iactaat County PDjted Proas Toll Uteof Wirt KZMIIER OP AUDIT BUMATJ OP CIRCULATIONS Advertlstn. Repreiertadyo WIST-HOIXIDAV COatPArn WC Office! in New York Chicago. Do troll. San rrendaeo. Las Alleles St. attla. Portland. St Louie. Atlanta. Vancouver. B. C. HLf3 Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry "Where's the Meat?" asks the American Meat Institute in an ad, as if they would not know. Most of it seems to be in pas tures, around rural hay stacks, and eating grass along the high ways, while still in the original package. o Vice-President Wallace Is slated for the secretary of Com merce, post in the cabinet, ac cording to political gossip, when his term ends Saturday. This gives him command over busi ness, big and small, for which he has shown no love or admira tion, in the cast. As secretary of sericulture, he ordered the slaughter of all the little pigs, when the nation was short of pork chops. Thus, there is some squeamishness, he will might use his sacrificial powers again, and order merchants to throw away every third yard of calico. 0 0 0 CAUSE EITECT (Heppner News) "The inevitable has arrived with no more houses to buy, so a new one is being started, ' with government permission , of course.". . o Snow fell all of yesterday over the bald-headed peaks and high hills of this area. All rejoiced for this means water for the alfalfa and 'pears next summer. They also rejoiced because- the snow was in the hills, where it could not be made into snowballs for 'Young America' to throw at 'Old America' the elder the better. v ' i . : - . v.. ' The removal of three service men from, an army freight plane to make room for a 130-pound English bull mastiff dog, as big as a calf, and in the meat short age crisis able to eat one daily, put quite a number of high moguls in the dog-house. It was all a mistake, is the official alibi. But three colonels would never have been put off plane to make room for the latest Mrs. Roosevelt's overgrown canine. The incident caused public opin ion to boll, as usual, though boil ing as yet, has got public opinion no place. The public don't know Editorial Correspondence Portland. January 17th This is Wednesday, regular golf day In Medford for the False Friends quintet. Wonder If the old boys are falling, excuse! firing and falling back as usual, and insulting their decrepit opponents, also as usual. If so, they are lucky. No golf up here or anything else without rubber boots and a slicker, a typical Portland day, a fine-spray-rain driven by a strong wind. Wouldn t like to have to cross tne uoiumma river oar a aay line this, as we did on our first trip to Tillamook. We left the dock about 4 a. m. and just as everyone was draped nicely over the rail, the galley cook threw a scoop of bacon on a hot pan and rang the gong for breakfast. . A clear, clean profit. Meals were included in xne passage money but nothing would go down, only upi Yes. a day "not fit for man or beast," as W. C. Fields re marked in a movie "short" we saw many years ago but never have forgotten. Only that was a "night" somewhere in the bad lands. We can t understand why the movie moguls fail to cash in on "W. C", the greatest film comedian in movie history, and one of yie perhaps half dozen NATURAL ones. Natural comedians are as rare as natural platinum blondes. Hollywood would never miss the latter but they have muffed their chances on Fields lor nearly a decade. And they play up phoneys like Abbott and Costello! "Phnnuuuml" ' - This would be a swell day to depart but we are still awaiting a long-distance call from the East and can't make definite plans until we get it As has been announced, Dean Harry K. Newburn of Iowa State has been chosen to be the new president of Oregon, to take the place of the late Donald Erb who passed away so suddenly and tragically slightly over a year ago, after doing a marvellous job of reconstruction, rehabilitation and rejuvenation. In the interim Professor Orlando Hollis has acted as president, and certainly surprised everyone, except perhaps himself, with the ease and skill of his brief administration. A young man of such brilliant promise will probably be difficult to keep very long as dean of the Law School, at a little over $5000 a year. That is one great handicap in the field of higher education in Oregon, lack of adequate funds. This applies to faculty members, buildings, equipment, EVERYTHING. . Theoretically everyone Is for higher education but when it comes down to raising taxes to pay for it, oh! that is another matter, as the Ways and Means Committees at Salem will no doubt demonstrate in a few weeks. (Incidently, if you Mr. or Mrs. Reader would like to see the University at Eugene and the College at Corvallis benefitted and Improved in the educational field, ask the Jackson County delegation Messers Van Dyke, Newbry and Bengtson to team up and bring their pressure to bear on the above mentioned committees toward that all-desirable end.) Yes, it all, or 'almost all, comes down to money, for every thing needed in higher, and better, education takes money, including brains. There are some able men at both Eugene and Corvallis who have turned down offers of increased pay from other and larger institutions, because of their devotion to this state and keen interest in their work. But they are the exception. Professors have their bills to pay just like other humans, their desires for financial security and ambitions for their children, no one can blame them for trying to better themselves in the material realm as well as the intellectual. Money, money! Well, yesterday at the board meeting, Mr. Morton Tompkins, master of the State Grange, appeared in person to urge more buildings and better equipment at'O.S.C, especially In the realm of agriculture and the departments of experimentation and re search. Tompkins asked that $200,000 instead of $100,000 be allocated for a food Industry building, and that this structure and also one for agricultural engineering be built in the present blennium Instead of delayed according to the announced program. Mr. Tompkins failed to realize that the building committee and" the members of the Board would be as happy as he to comply with this request, and scores of others, if funds were available. But they aren't. And the educational suit like any other, must be cut to the cloth. There simply isn't sufficient cash to compress a ten-year Dunning program into two years. There was an amusing slant to this. No one in the state did more, or has done more in the past, to defeat all efforts to secure a sales tax in Oregon than Mr. Morton Tompkins. Yet barring some unexpected endowments, from sources unknown, the only possible way in which money for such program as he presented could be secured, would be through such a sales tax. - we trust tnis trutn will be brought to the attention of the Orange Master in due course. '. This is not to Indicate the support of the State Grange to secure better facilities at Corvallis for agricultural instruction and re search should not be welcomed, and is not welcomed, by the board. Far from itl The irony of the thing, however, is that if the Grange had become interested in Improvements at O.S.C. a few years back, the present condition in certain departments at the college would never have come about. However, In this direction as in all others better late than never. The Grange CAN be of great help. News Behind The News By Paul MailoD nn J Paul Halloa Well, Well, fear we haven't been very attentive as far as the sports page of the OreKonlan is concerned. Nntlrnd mil n,iin . by-line for the first time this morning and gave him a ring. Come to find out the former sports editor of the M. T. (and the best one in 20 or 30 years!) has been a SDecial SDortu writer on Portinnd'a ..v.n morning paper for nearly a month. Greirorv la iim .nnrt. aniinr senator might' make news by I BUI is his jirst assistant. sums iiu nuiurany oiu luces It. Me hasn't found a place to stay as yet except one room in a private house, but has hopes when Mrs. Hulen and the daughter come up to join him. Rill une "tnnlr" fvnm M. . ajr m i... i a - - . n . . ,,,u 4, ujr UIB juaocuiiea press as a general utility writer, includlna snorts, hut nnu h. ,.. mnnrt. ONLY which is his dish. Our prediction is there will be no celling na 13111 I k. i - . . n nt n v AJll 411 U113 UCflttl UIlVlll. Xl.TY.il. biting the dog. o o t A Los Angeles lady has been arrested for possession of a com bination dagger and pistol, de signed to shoot three bullets after it had been tenderly in serted into the torso of the vic tim. She intended to use the weapon in admitting daylight into the anatomy of married boy-friend', tot Lt. Kramer (Bud) Deuel of the army has been on furlough. Lt. Deuel is the originator of the local What' erase. When in the fourth grade, he swore off hats, and for years had most of the Older Girls and all the doctors predicting he would come down wun pneumonia. He is now situated where he has to wear one, and keep same on straight. e e e . HONESTY FLARES (Siskiyou (Cal) News) "(For your correspondent's two bits worth, supervisor's job shouldn't be related even remotely to his political regis tration his duty is to serve Siskiyou county, not the Re publican or Democratic party)." t The legislature, now in ses alon, Is described as "grinding exceedingly slow like the mills of the gods," and. soma think slower. WOULD INVITE DtGAULLE Washington, Jan. 10 (U.R Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, R., Conn., said today that Gen. Charles DeGaulle should be in vited to participate in the scheduled Big Three conference as a testimonial to France's role COMMUNICATIONS Lettere to the Idltor muit beat the name and address ol the writer, although the use of a pen-name or initial! for publication ta permii Ihle. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letteri with a view to clarity and eondsnsaUon Danger on Highway To the editor: The truck-train accident which occurred at the intersection of the Crater Lake highway and uwen, Ore., railroad here Wed nesday at 6:43 a. m., which by a miracle did not prove fatal to the driver of the truck, Clar ence Miller of Ashland, brings to our attention, with force, the Inadequate danger signals at the curve approaching the railroad track where lt crosses the high' way. It seems to be sheer care lessness both on the part of the state highway commission and Owen, Ore., corporation that proper warning signals have not been placed at this very hazard ous crossing long ago, as there has Been several accidents hap pen in practically the same man ner in the same place before and yet there has been nothlns done about it. When a little time and a little expense might save precious human life and prop erty. Also if something could be done to slow down these logging truck drivers, much needless risk to other drivers and dam' age to property could be averted is not safe for other cars to be on the highway due to reckless disregard of others. Mrs. O. E. Henderson, Eagle Point. iER REGISTRY SLIPS Salem. Ore.. Jan. 10 flip) Passenger car registrations were at the lowest point since 1940 auring the past year, Secretary oi aiate KODcrt s. Farrell, Jr. said today, but the total num oer or venicies registered was slightly larger than that of 1943 There were 417,884 vehicles registered in the state last year, rarreirs report showed. Of these, 331,841 were passenger cars. A grand total of $4,478,370.08 In registration fees was collect ed during 1944, more than $100, 000 more than the amount col lected during the previous year, IN THE ARMY NOW Camp Beale, Cal., Jan. 19 (U.R) BUI Fleming, Chicago Cubs pitcher and Tommy Heath Columbus Redblrds catcher and former St. Louis Browns' play er, today put on army uniforms at the Camp Beale Induction Wnahineton. Jan. 19 Mr. Roosevelt highlighted his annual message with the news that we nave a new superior tank. That is true, but he did not go into the im portant aspect of how many we have in ac-tion. For, truth is, the Germans came slugging their way into our lines through B e 1- glum with a better tank, at least heavier guns and containing more armor, as well as more rocket planes, in which their production gave them an edge. The eaieiency or meir lan Is being subjected to military arguments. One group contends that its superior power sacri fices maneuverability and ours were swifter if more vulner able. That argument is likely to continue. too' THERE is no argument about the superiority of the rocket plane of which we did not have enough. Nor is there any answer to the plaint of some experts that we were inferior at that front at that time in quality of these, out best weap ons. Yet, of course, the final an swer is we have been slowly shrinking the salient, narrow ing the passage of escape from the drive which shook and scared the whole nation, much more than' it did authorities here. Announced casualties of 40,000 for us during our losing part of the fighting were less than half of what experts expected. The positions we have now are offensively powerful, but there Is wide room for doubt as to how far we can go. The Germans have used their re- "xves rather fully, and there is, of course, hope that they can be finally crushed, swiftly. But no one I know in any posi tion of authority is counting on max. The Germans have retired very skillfully, as to their usual custom. They seem to be better In retreat than in offense, with the tricks they picked up in Russia. Yet, whenever the weather has been half decent for flying. our planes have been able to take heavy tolls of men and materials. The further extent of this destruction depends on weainer. 0 o ' DAnn. reports and rumors flu .-.a a.. in, huu tor uu repercus sions provided by any setback. a Here nave not only Deen re ports Of a few officer Rnt home, and accounts of black marketing by some others of our military men, but also ru mors of disaffection with Gen. cisenhower. ' The critics of the general so far aired can be traced mainly uuwii to misinterpretation or overexpanslon of a British sit- uauuii, aim inaeea it came through the British press. The British wanted Marshal Mont gomery named as denutv su preme commander of the whole west European theater. Their people in authority offered no complaint regarding Eisenhow er or his tactics, or mentioned none. They seem to think- him good general, but thev wanu the prestige which would come by upping their man. This, at least, is the understanding of a senator who looked into the facts. The American irmr . initely opposed. Montgomery is a good general, but opinionated, and some people of exceptional candor have called him conceit ed. And after all. the ntin . troops in that theater is about 73 per cent American, 22 per cent British and S per cent Canadian. The operation are therefore, three-fourths Ameri can. That source of eritiM. therefore, has been stopped, and u mere Is any chanee In th status of Eisenhower, it will nave to be initiated by Mr. Koosevelt. The development, however, may have served to delay the get-together of Messrs. Roosevelt and Churchill. CONFESSION USE SENATE BILL AIM Salem, Ore., Jan. 19 U.B A bill motivated by the recent "Lower 13" murder case in which an alleged "confession" was brought into the trial, was introduced into the Oregon sen ate today by Sen. Frank H. Hil ton, Portland. It states clearly that a con fession produced by threats or fear may not be used as evi dence, and that only confes sions signed before a court oath administering officer may be ac cepted as evidence. A confession only, without other proof of a crime, cannot warrant conviction under, the terms of the measure. Permission for logging trucks to proceed to their destination after being stopped for viola tion of overweight laws, under certain conditions, was sought by Sen. Rex Ellis. The trucks could complete the trip if they carried a flag indicating that they were overweight, and drove at no more than 10 miles per hour. In the house, a biU to facili tate the absentee voting of Ore gon's soldiers passed over the ob jections of five democratic rep resentatives who disliked the clause in the measure which would provide for uniform por traits in the voters' pamphlet. Another bill, also opposed by democrats, would forbid the use of mobile registration offices, and require fixed ' places of registration. It passed the house. '. Umbrella New Jap Protection Against American Air Raids By United Press The newest Japanese defense against American Superfortress raids is a "combination air raid helter dleeine tool and rein forced umbrella." Tokyo radio reported Thursday. The broadcast said this "handy utility tool" was Invented by a school teacher who thereby won a contest for "new and useful devices," and added: "After the body protecting hole has been dug. the umbrella is raised with its reinforced top to protect the user from falling objects." Daily Weather Report Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy with occaalonal ahowera tonight and Saturday. LitUo change in tempera- Oregon: Occaalonal ihowera In west portion and scattered snow flurries In east portion tomgnt ona emhuu;. Little change in temperature. Local Data Temperature a year ago today: HI .. mn J.uim, InwMt SI. Total monthly preclplUUon 1.48 Inches. Excess for the month .OS Inch Total precipitation since September 1, 1849. 7 68 inches. Deficiency for the season 1 Inch. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. in. yesterday 75: 4:30 today 100. Tomorrow Sunrise 8:34 a. m.; sunset 0:11 p. m. WAR SPENDING UP DEI Boise Boston H Chicago Denver Eureka .. Havre . Los Angeles , Medford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno Roseburg Salt Lake T San Francisco . Seattle Sookane Washington, D. C, Yakima 37 . 39 . 38 . 41 . SO . 29 . 69 . 43 30 . 39 . 63 . SO . 42 . 45 . 31 , 54 . 45 , 38 ' . 37 . 44 27 21 22 23 41 13 38 30 32 Trace 34 '0 21 20' 20 40 39 27 Closing time for Classified Ads V i m Too Late to Classify 12:30 Washineton. Jan. 19 flJ.R) Daily war expenditures reached a record high in December wun an average of $313,400,000. brineing 1944 war spending to $91,174,000,000, a 7.1 per cent increase over 1943, treasury fig ures showed today. Total December spending was S7.833.000.000. an increase of $740,000,000 over November. The daily 1944 spending rate for war ourooses averaged 200,000 as compared with $272,- 900,000 in 1943. The 1943 total was $85,135,000,000. Defense and war spending from July 1, 1940, through Dec. 31, 1944, amounted to $244,500,-000,000. Medford Soldier Plays With Hoop Team in Belgium Pie. Louis G. Letnire, now serving with the army in Bel gium, recently wrote relatives here stating that he was playing basketball with an army team and was going to Brussels to play the championship team of Bel gium December 21. Pfc. Lemire attended St. Mary's high school, graduating with the class of 1943, and played basketball for the school. "We've lost but one game so far. Can't imagine why maybe because I wasn't therel Have been in the hospital with a bad cold. Missed out on an interview we had by a correspondent who was going to send news of each one of us to our home town paper. Just my luck to be the hospital." . The soldier, who Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Lemire, Route 1, Box 256, also wrott) that his slight knowledge ol French comes in very handy. PAPER USE DROPS New York, Jan. 19. UB Daily newspapers reporting to the American Newspaper Pub lishers' association consumed 205,952 tons of newsprint in December, 1944; 218,390 in De cember, 1943, and 274,471 tons) in 'December, 1941, decreases of 5.7 per cent and 25 per cent, re spectively, the association r vealed today. . Closing rime tot Sunday Too late to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember Use Mall Tribune Want Ada. TRUCKS FOR RENT Drive Yourself Save Vi . Any Distance 1 Pruirt't Mobiloil Station Main aad Ivy Phone 4145 J. Humphrey will buy it. sell your car to us we'll pay higher cash prices now HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 S. Riverside . Dial 4980 Flight o' Time Mediord and Jackson Uo His toty 'torn the filet of the Mall Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY - January 19, 1935 at Was Saturday) Ground in valley now mois ture soaked to greatest depth in five years. J. B. Kirk is named new pres ident of Fruitgrowers League. Bitter cold and record snow hits northwest Increased cloudiness followed by rain or snow. High 34, low 22 degrees. Pop Gates' Ford Is wrecked by falling phone pole. . Nazi domination of Saar re gion now complete. Idaho defeats Oregon 32 to 21; Washington downs OSC 30 to 30: ' Medford loses to St. Mary's 25 to 19. Gov. Martin asks legislation to bring state revenue from pub lic lands. ' TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 19, 1925 (It Was Monday) Federal loans for local irriga tion districts discussed at meet ing of landowners. ' Planning commission op poses old site for new high school, and wants one outside business district . "Ma" Ferguson sworn in as governor of Texas. Unsettled, degrees. High 54, low 34 Prohibition probe at Salem promises to uncover sensation. Mrs. F. E. Blgelow had an op eration on her foot and is im proving. , Safe at Farmer Bureau is again attacked by safecrackers. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY January 19, 1911 at Was Thursday) Rain storm in Willamette val ley causes $70,000 damage. Train service demoralized. Rogue River rises six feet BUYERS MARKET SLATED AT S. F. FEBRUARY 8-11 Frank Hull, manager of Jack n county Chamber of Com merce, today received notice that the spring Market Event will be held in San Francisco the week of February 5 to 11, inclusive. Western home furnishing mar ket will be held February 5 to 10, western art, gift and house wares market from February 8 to 11 and Western apparel mar-, ket from February 4 to 10. "What's Ahead" will be the general theme of 'the event which 'will enable buyers for retailers and wholesalers to get a p revue of available merchandise. Year before work starts on new postoffice here. inamDer ol Commerce re bukes Portland Chamber of 1 Commerce by resolution. In addition to cuttings by man. nature and fire together de stroy an average of 7,000,000,000 trees each year in the United States. Insects and plant diseases i account for 4,000,000.000 of these; fires for 3,000,000,000 1 more. Closing time for Classined Ads am. Too Lata to Classify U:30 How To Relieve Bronchitis Creomulslon relieves promptly be. use lt goes right to the seat of th rouble to help loosen and expe: term laden phlegm, and aid nature o soothe and heal raw, tender, In lamed bronchial muooui mem- runes. Tell your druggist to tell yov -. bottle of Creomulslon with th un derstanding you must llkt tht way lt lulckly allays the cough or you an 0 hare your money tack. CREOMULSION 01 Coughs, Chcit Celdialrenchith 3 REDOUBLE Hills Bros, M.J.B. and Golden West Coffee, lb.' 27' ALL SWEET, NUCOA and PARKAY, per lb.... 23 2 points per lb. Large Box OXYDOL. 21 49c WHITE ROSE HARD WHEAT KRb,....5l-98 Milled By Sperry! PEANUT BUTTER New Crop Seedless Raisins, 4-lb. pkg. 49' EGG NOODLES with CHICKEN JarVl Large pkg. Swans Down CAKE FLOUR PRODUCE SPECIALS SPUDS ei TO 50 lbs. U. S. No. 2 ailt, W oranH.es eo 09 8UNKIST.JIaU Case o"i " JUMBO LETTUCE lAr Head. W W GRAPEFRUIT JUICE No. 5 Tin 29( JELLO-AII Flavors.... pkg. 6 Santa Clara PRUNES 2-lb. Cello 33c MEAT SPECIALS Rhode Island Plump HENS 29c lb. Frying Rabbits, 54c lb. Ground Reef 28c lb. P'. gun. ON WESTERN HIGHWAYS WlN WESTERN HOMES . and EveUjUiiitqWce tar r . iai m jar if -a BOTTLE. QUART 39c 16c fflsm center. r- to. 1 i an neroic ally. As condition now are, it really
