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TOVTi MEDFORD MAIL TRIBTTIfS MedfomJWbibuni DalU mf Published by MCDrORD PrUNTWO CO. tj. Krih fir St Phone 1141. ROBERT W lUJnu IrjJeST R QILSTRAP Manager. HZKU GKEY. AdverUatnS MSf. ARTHUR PEFRY Sunder Mltor MRS OLIVE BT ARCHER. ,8oo Editor CERAUJ LATHAM Circulation HT An ladopondt Hewspopee. Entered u second elaee letter Madiord. Orel on, under Act as March 3, I87. SUBSCRIPTION RATBS Br Mail In Advance tally and Sunday-one rear -tT -JO Dally and Sunday am months J 00 Dally and Sunday thraa moe 1.10 Dally and Sunday one month. 70 By Carrier In Advance Medford Afhland. Central Point. Jackson Tilla. Cold Hill. Phnenlx. Talent and on motor routea: Dally and Sunday ona rear. .. S8.0J Dally and Sunday-ne month .it All term caah Id advanca. Official Paper of lha City af Madford Official Papar af Jackaon County United Pre -rnU Leased Win MEMBER OF AUDIT BUTUtAO OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising BepraaarUttr frXST.HOU.IDAV COMPANY INC Offloaa In New York Chlealo, Da. troll Ian franclaeo. Loa AMalaa aVa. ettle. Portland. . St Lou la. Atlanta. Vancouver. B C. Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry One of the ace commentators now argues "Germany Is beyond punishment." Even If It does hurt the United Nations more than it does Germany, the na tion with a mania for starting world wars, should be marched . to the International woodshed, for what she has coming. Russia Is favored to wield the rod. She would spare it not, and do rough but thorough job. ' Fala, the White House dog, is reported sick. He may be hav ing a Jealous fit over Col. Roose velt's hound grabbing the head lines most of last week. Hot dogsl Salem dispatches 'the past week revealed the statesmen as sembled in the legislature were engaged in the enactment of "practical jokes." This gives rise to the hope, In due course of time, the august body will cut out the jokes, and just be prac tical. a "STATE or THE UNION (Oregonlan) "Sixth ave. parade: Three- ' chinned lady shipyard work er with greasy clothes. So fat she propels herself by kicking her legs outsideways and lurching her bustle ahead with a jerk at each step. Helmet she wears has her name on it: 'Helen.' And under that, Tooey on Dewey.' B. Moyes Col.) Yesterday was a bright and sunny day. It caused farmers to rejoice, and talk about how they would like to be plowing. A high percentage of juvenile delinquency, (of which there is no shortage), is due to the auto mobile, welfare workers claim. This is surprising. Most of the cars are older than their drivers, and should know better. a The Duchess of Windsor is at the bottom of the list of the world's best dressed women. She is down to her last 800 gowns, and truckload of neck wrinkle eradlcator, a PIONEER SPIRIT (Heppner, Ore., News) "She did not know the way to her sister's home so went into the ladies lounge at the bus station and there found women and children sleeping on the tile floor. At first she was taken aback by the sight but decided she would try it also; so laid down some news papers. Having checked her purse she had not a care so slept there the balance of the night." Klamath Falls, one of the many hearts of the lumber In dustry, had its wood fuel short age eased by shipments from Redmond and Eugene. This Is taking "coal to Newcastle," and then building the fire for them. G. Chllders last week lost hat and overcoat. Police theor ize this is a plot to drive htm Into a Nudist camp. a a a SCHOOLROOM CZARINAS "Lift your hat reverently, says the Rural World, when you pass the teacher of primary school. She is the great angel of the world. She takes the bantling fresh from the home nest, full of pouts and passions an ungovernable little pest, whose own mother honestly ad mits that she sends him to school to get rid of him. The lady who knows her business takes a whole carload of these anarch ists, one of whom single-handed and alone, is more than match for his parents, and at once puts them in the way of being useful and upright citizens. At what expense of toll, patience and soul wearlnessl Lift your hat to her!" 50 Yrs. Col. The Dalles Chronicle). Ose Mail Tribune Waal Aaa, Monday, Jan. M. 1MB Not So Once more it's all over but the shouting. With the allies again on the offensive, Russia going through Silesia and East Prussia like a knife through cheese, while Hungary surrenders, it looks like "war's-end" before Ground Hog day. And of course that may happen, this war of sur prises may well end suddenly when the experts least expect it ' But better not bank on it, boys and girls. DUSSIA has prepared for six months for this drive on Berlin, and the Kremlin declares nothing can stop the Slavic hordes. But six months ago that same declaration was made in London, when our forces were chasing the Germans out of France, after nearly two years preparation. When the Rhine was in sight, however, the picture suddenly changed and hasn't been the same picture since. MOW it might be well to watch the Oder river on V Germany's eastern border. If the Russians are not stopped there, then the war lrf Europe is over, but wait until the Oder has been passed I Whatever 's "Red" is Right "We seek no territory, we covet no oil fields, we demand no bases for the forces of the air or of the sea. We do not set ourselves up in rivalry or bigness with any other community in the world. We have given and shall continue to give everything we have. We ask nothing in return except that consideration and respect which is our due . . . "I repulse those calumnies wherever they come from, that Britain and the British empire are selfish, power greedy and land greedy, and obsessed by dark schemes of European intrigue or colonial expansion.'' "We have but one principle about the liberated countries or the repentant satellite countries which we strive for ac cording to the best of our ability and resources. Here is the pri"' Government of the people, by the people, for the people set up on a basis of free universal suffrage, and elections with secrecy of ballot and no intimidations." What Is the Communist answer to that clear-cut and unequivocal statement the British empire? . Is he a liar and a hypocrite, or is ne telling uie truth? If he is telline the truth Churchill's policies in Greece, Italy, the Balkans and what have you? WE know pretty well what the Left Wing answer tsrill ht nnmprhincHikA thi! . "A lot of sanctimbnious cantl No one Is accusing Britain of being land-greedy or obsessed by dark schemes of Euro pean intrigue and colonial expansion. Britain has more ; developed land, more air-bases, more oil, more everything than any other country in the world, so naturally SHE is 1 .satisfied. And she Intends to hang onto every inch of it, forcing her government on millions of people, particularly In India, against their will, where there Is no more govern ment of the people, by the people, or for the people there than in the jungles of South Afrlcal" etc., etc., etc Of course essentially that is true. Yet there is as much Dooular rule in India as there is in Soviet Russia, and these Left-Wingers invariably hold up the latter country as the perfect model for all the rest of the world to follow. Therefore they are not at all consistent BUT consistency, of course, doesn't bother them. What does bother them is the perpetuation of the British Empire, they want that empire broken up and scattered to the four winds. But they don't want to emoire" broken up. even about as many different and and with far less Individual British King. CO what does it all add up to? Merely this, as we see it The basis of all this left-wing hostility toward Britain is ideological. It is not a matter of principle but a matter of politics, especially partisan politics. If Mr. Winston Churchill "U.S.S.R." instead of the favored a dictatorship of instead of a democratic parliamentary monarchy; there would be none of this violent opposition to him. No, the time honored British empire would be allowed to continue in the future, as it has for so many centuries in the past DUT as long as it clings to free enterprise and the private profit system, it must be opposed at every turn, subjected to the calumnies Mr. Churchill men tions, with no quarter until England shall choose as Prime Minister someone who will agree to do what Mr. Churchill flatly refuses to do : Assume his high office liquidation of the British to it POLITICS, and ruthless brand 1 Chemists Develop Unusual Material From Wheat Parts New York (U.R) A new and unusual jellylike material, use ful In surgery, in medicine, and perhaps even In making Ice cream, Is described in "Indus trial and Engineering Chemis try," a publication of the Amer ican Chemical Society. The new gel, called gluten sulfate, developed by Western Regional Research Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture at Albany, Cal., Is made from the glue-like protein of wheat and is formed by the reaction of the wheat gluten with chlo rosulfonlo acid in pyridine, or with cold concentrated sulphuric acid. The reaction produces a cream-colored solid which when brought intd contact with cold Fast by the Prime Minister of . then what Is wrong with have the Russian Soviet though Stalin rules over conflicting ethnic groups, freedom allowed, as the presided over a British British Empire; if he the British proletariat, only to preside over the Empire I That's all there is a particularly vicious and water Immediately absorbs 100 to 300 times its weight In water and becomes an odorless, taste less and almost water-clear gel which has many uses. Among these are an absorbing agent for bodily fluids In ODcr- atlons involving post-operative drainage; as a suspending agent in pharmaceutical preparations and as a base for therapeutic jellies and ointments. It also may be used as an emulsifying agent to thicken Ice cream and other foods. Chungking, Jan. Si (U.R) Fire of undetermined origin to day destroyed an auxiliary of- flee and storage building at headquarters of the U. S. forces In China. Tha blase was disco v ered at 8:30 a. m. Chinese per sqnnel and American soldiers saved a portion of the supplies and equipment in the tuuaing. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. 22 Every thing is going to be a lot differ ent In Washington in this fourth term. You can see plain signs of the charac ter anjl scope of the change behind the ac tion of the h o u s e in set ting up this new commit tee to Investi gate un-Ameri-c a n activities. Paul station The ski 1 1 f U I parliamen t a r lan, Mr. Rankin, of Mississippi, who navigated the authorization for the committee through the apparently confused and uncer tain houses, has made a speech indicating he expects this to be a real investigation. His voice sounded to me a little hoarse, as if he were expressing , wan hope. The Infighting between tli C. I. O. boys plus tha new deal ers (with aid from the nominal administration leaders) and Ran- Kin s somewhat cowed group nas Deen softshod but clever. It started this way. When Rankin first astonished his opposition by even daring to propose an investigation, the nouse leaders had it killed in an unrecorded vote the kind in which only numbers on oddos- ing sides are counted but not the names. YOU think that tin-American activities would be the first subject congress would want to Investigate In war times, but the Dies Investigation, largely of the communists and their activ ity within the C. I. O. and the new deal, had been so bitterly opposed, thp.t the idea even of a new fair investigation seems to have become repugnant to those forces, fresh from what they considered an election vic tory. Rankin, however, forced a rol'.call in which the names of those voting would be known to their constituents and he won then. An underlying, un stated reason was that such ,an Inquiry actually gives the house members a hold on the radicals in downtown departments "who are in frequent contest with them, and this may have drawn in enough self-interested votes for victory. Smartly Mr. Rankin framed his proposition so the adminis tration leaders, particularly Speaker Rayburn (who has had some troubles from C. I. O. in his district) could not make the appointments. The way he han dled it the appointing power was put in the hands of the democratic party leaders as rep resented on the ways and means committee. . THE Investigating personnel they finally came up with was as surprising as the suc cess of Mr. Rankin's original proposal. It Is the custom to name believers in an investiga tion to the direction of it, but for the first time in my 25 years' experience here, this time four of the six democrats named, in cluding the chairman, alreadv naa voted against the investiga tion. (Rankin could not take the chairmanship because he al ready has the Important vet erans affairs committee.) if the hand of the White House or the C. I. O. was dis cernible In the ways and means committee choices, it was not apparent to Rankin. He looks on the selections as "compro mises. His reason for niacins even that bright a light on what ap pears to be dull prospects, is that with the three republicans, t 'mself and one other democrat, ne may be able to swing a ma jority of five to four in favor of some kind of investigating, even against the wishes of the chairman (a Hague henchman) and the other democrats who similarly come from districts subject to the heavy C. I. O. political pressure. The scope of whatever lim lted inquiries are to be made may be determined in the end by the popular demand created by the American Legion and other patriotic organizations in terested in the subject. In his speech Rankin asked that they write him any evidence they de tect. I TNQUESTIONABLY the weak ne f9 Irtst fOrl TMshsa nsim. a i j wit? wiu aica wviii mittee was that it was not strict ly legal or meticulous about all its facts. On occasions, unques tionably it went beyond the point where it could not be suc cessfully refuted. Particularly it branded some public people with the com. munlst taint on the ground that they were under communist in- fluence although they were pre sumably unaware of the nature of organisations which they Joined. The Dies publicity was alwavs handled In an accusing rather than a factual way. The need for a fair and fac tual Inquiry into the scope of all un-American Influence In this country if plain, In view of current war and peace condi tions apparent to all. The FBI only handles law violations. Congress could furnish a great resistance to subtle propaganda and methods. This need is like ly to continue to exist for a long time. COMMUNICATIONS Lettere to tha editor mnit baar the name and addreil ol tha writer, althouib the use of a pen-name or Initial! for publication la pertnu lible. Tbe Mall Tribune reiervet 'the right to edit aU lettera wltb a tew Is clarity and condencaUon. Why Gat Burned Twice To the Editor: The voices of the isolationists seem again to be heard in the land. These In clude the "Smudge Pot" and Senator Wheeler. I am hoping that Lindberg has learned bet ter. It has been said that only a person with a very low IQ twice gets caught in the same way. The United States foUowed a certain pattern and became In volved in the most terrible war in all history. That pattern in cluded two outstanding policies First: Isolationism, washing our hands of European affairs in the belief that thereby our "boys would not again have to die on foreign soil." Second: Not being reasonably prepared for possible war. In fact we fairly shouted to the world that we would not fight. Many college students signed agreements that they would not under any circumstances fight in the armed forces. . Why repeat the same policies? Why not realize that two splendid citizens were right, Willkie, in his "One World," and "T.R." in his many years of urging us to adopt universal military service? He suggested the democratic system of peace loving Switzerland. Horace W. Thompson 604 Newton, Medford. Jackson County Herd Laws To the Editor! T have HlRruR.r1 with small nronertv nwnen nnrl others the abuses and misuse of our properties resulting from their seriously over-grazed con dition. I have pointed out the fact that these abuses could not exist if the cattlemen enmnlieH with the Jackson county herd laws, namely, by keeping their stock off the ranPA frnm Nnvem. ber 30 to April 1 as specified in mis county s laws. I have also pointed out to them that if thev insisted unnn their local rangers that all graz ing regulations be administered in accordance with the manual governing same, that it would be impossible for any one area to De seriously damaged. The result nhtnlnpH thrnnov, these discussions so far is as fol lows: in the afternoon of Janu ary 16, a member of the Apple gate Cattlemen's J)ennlnrfnn came to my place and told me mat ii i aion't desist from trying to get the use of the ranro nrn. perly controlled as specified in uie lorest service regulations and Jackson county herd laws, that he'd burn nn iha n.knu gulch. When I told him what the consequences of such an act would be, he said, he would not do It himself, but knew where ne could get someone who would. Therefore. I Dm lini-Ai-tatr, whether this is the man's per sonal desire and wishes, or if it is me actual policies of this Cattlemen's association. If the Cattlemen's association is not back of this, I think they should clear their ranks of urh bers. Therefore, I will gladly suppiy inem wuh the name of the man mnlrtno- kl v. - i a --" ca. auu supply information rnnnaminn two previous attempts to hire otners to set a fire in this gulch. It Is such incidents as the above that are rnnlrlns 1, "1 . WW lutely necessary for the small property owners to establish herd laws by the ballot. The law as it now stands de clares all privately owned un fenced property to be a public grazing around. Thrtrnhu toi,i the constitutional rights away " me owner to regulate and receive the use of his own pro perty. Since there Is tion of any kind this puts the ww in airect conflict with 'Aih de S" of the "Bill of Rights." Therefore, I think it's time for all concerned to take what Use This Modern Way That Acta Promptly to Relieve C0UGIII.1G"CI.EST GOLDS toceU-cenfistad pisr erencwii '"j, 'JLlJ -i iitjlf 'yf httl and back Miiaes Ilk. ,.N-V v vis I fartinc Milt tea h ONLY VAPORUB GiVtS YOU the special penetrating stimulating action as illustrated. It's time-tested, home-proved, the best known WCKS home remedy for relieving miseries of children's colds, YvaeoR.ua ever steps and measures neces sary to have this law repealed or amended to the extent of be ing "constitutional." J. A. Bales Rt 1, Jacksonville, Or. Jan. 20. Give Germany Peace Term To the editor: We Americans are confronted with the distress ing realization that the war with Germany will probably last much longer than we expected. It Is unnecessary to point out that this wiU mean an enormous Increase In casualties, misery and cost. "War jitters" has It's disturbing if not devastating effects on all of us, whether we be dn a frontline foxhole or liv ing comfortably and safely in the United Suites. Consequently, our primary concern at this time is to bring Germany to her knees and fin ish this phase of the war with all possible speed. In view of this, we should -give attentive ear to all suggestions which might in any way hasten the end of the war. 1 do not claim to be either a military or political ex pert. My opinion is based solely on my limited experience and observation m the ETO. Wheth er you agree with me or not, I believe my remarks are at least worth thinking about. It is In this spirit that I offer my suggestion for your considera tion. I believe the German armed forces and civilians should be told at once what terms will be imnosed upon them when they surrender. Surely our statesmen and military leaders must know what they wiU be. If not. it's high time they did. There Is no doubt that many and probably most Germans want to get out of the war be fore their country suffers tne additional carnage of a prolong ed war. They know that such prolongation wiU mean ' much more destruction and death and that ihe terms of surrender will be just as harsh, or more so, after this additional "needless" sacrifice. They realize the terms of unconditional surrender won't be easy. But they will want to know what to expect. If these terms could be promul gated to all Germans they would certainly find them no worse and probably not as bad as they have been led to believe they would be by their leaders who are telling them they can ex pect neither justice nor mercy from us. It is true that we can not know just how : effective this would be. Such a promulgation would be countered by more terroristic threats by the nazis, We would certainly not be naive enough to expect it would precipitate the immediate over throw of the nazl regime. But it would be the "sowing of the seed" which would be bound to have some effect on the weak ening morale of the German people and add fuel to the fires of their desire for peace. It should give their will and agita tion for peace considerable em phasis. And while It is not likely, there to the possibility that the hold of the nazl tyranny is weaker than we think and such a move might possibly be lust what la needed to fell the tottering hierarchy. And if It would result in ending the war only an' hour sooner or In sav ins the life of one allied soiaier who among us would say it was not worth the doing? And who can know what would hap pen unless we try? ' Another point. Let us not leave ourselves vulnerable to oosslble future assertions by the Germans who want peace that they would have worked harder and risked more for it had they known what our peace terms would have been. Whatever their opinions of 'our terms might be is not the point. Opin ion would of course be widely variant. But at least we should let them know what the score is. Somehow I feel it would look better that way in the pages of history. Why not send our planes over to bombard their country with millions of leaflets pointing out the hopelessness of their cause, urging immediate surrender and outlining the terms? War Correspondent Medford, January 22 (Name on tile) Sableflsh is taken in coastal waters from California to the Aleutian islands. How grateful you'll be, Mother, to see how wondertullr Vida VapoRub re- lieres the metn coughing distress of tat colds, invites the restful sleep Jourch''ll needs to much. Even ss you rub it on, VapoRub srara tight to work to help esse fits of coughing, dear the neaj, relieve congestion and tmtaaon la upper bronchial tubes, muscular soreness or ogntness. vipoKub u Wrna the external treatment most young mothers use these days. And it's so easy to apply you just tub it on throat, chest sod back s( bedtime. J if3" X :J U PER I PIN-DP FOR GERMAN PRIS ONERS When Ilene Woods, the thrush, received hundreds of pin-up requests from Ger man prisoners of war in this country, she jumped at the opportunity of propagandizing the enemy with her own ideas on the future of Germany. COLUMBIA RIVER RAISED TO FLOAT NAVAL CRAFT Coulee Dam, Wash. (U.R) When a 3,700-horsepower Navy tugboat hauling gasoline up the Columbia River to the Pasco naval training station ran aground, her skipper expected that a lot ot water would pass under the bridge before she was refloated. It did. The War Department, not stymied for a minute, simply notified reclammation officials at Grand .Coulee dam 250 miles upstream to open the floodgates and raise the river level four feet. Three days later the addi tional flow reached the stranded tug and lifted her gently off the rocks. TRAFFIC RESUMED Hanford. Calif . .Tan 7.2 ill Rail traffic on the Santa Fe main line was resumed tutnv after five cars of the 13-car Grand Canyon Limited were de railed early yesterday by a broken track. Eleven persons were injured in the accident, four seriously enough to require nospitanzation. Cucumbers for the market grown in California In 1943 were valued at $1,037,000, while the 1944 crop was valued at $770,000, although only 300 less acres were planted in 1944. i.fc ii .m; i ' 'VK S fat. 4 -lir Jfc-r'rv -""'-, The Attractive Reception Room There are no steps to climb a fact especially pleasing to elderly folk. Since 1888 CONGER-MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and West Main St. Offica of tha County Coroner PHONE 3147 H. W. Conger Carlos W. Morris Flight o' Tune Medford and Jackson Co. His tory (torn ihe file oi the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June 22, 193S (It Was Wednesday) Japanese planes bomb north ern China cities. League of Na tions urged to act. State liquor store hero to be in central location. Flood of bills swamp legisla ture at Salem. Cloudy with occasional rain High 41, low 33 degrees. Congress balks, and Secretary Ickes will not distribute relief funds. Unlicensed dogs to be rounded up coming spring. Pear shipment to date total 1929 cars. . Active club warned by speak er ot dangers of Bolshevlkism. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 22, 1925 ( It Was Thursday) New high school bonds defeat ed in special election 319 to 257. New Stutz fire pumper arrives and Is tested. , Bill before legislature would bar Income tax hi state until 1950. State sheriffs In session- vote to abolish state dry lay enforce ment chief. Unsettled and colder. High 58, low 35 degrees. Three bandits who held up Ashland service station caught on highway. Ted Leonard Is elected head of local DeMolay. Bad roads in Sams Valley dis trict causes use of horses in stead of autos. THIRYT-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY January 22, 1911 (It Was Sunday) . 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