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fOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUrtt - Monday, Feb. IIMI MedfordUTeibuni " nity (xeepl SatoSay -Q nrv Arlvtrtuln IUr An Independent Nenepaet. Enteral u econd elaie eMtter 1 Medford. Oreson, under Act 01 March 3, 1B79. SUBSCRIPTION RATM Br MaU In Advance' Bally and Sunday on year ..JJ .SO pally and Sunday all monUli 00 Sally and Sunday three moa I.JO Dally and Sunday one month- n By Carrier In Advance Medford Aahland. Central Point, Jackeon Tlile. Gold Hill. Phoenix Talent and on motor routea: Dully and Sunday ona rt -LMM Daily and Sunday one month .71 All I emu eaab lo advance. Official Paper ef the City ef Medfert Vnlted Preia Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUmAU or CIRCULATIONS Adverttilni Bepreeentadv WTTBTHOLLIDAY company, mo Offlcea In New York Chlcafo, Da. trolt. San rrandaco, Lot Anselee, Se attle. Portland. St Loula. Atlanta. Vancouver. B. C. Munis PU8USHyf4$Jfi)mTI0l Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry Many cartoonists last Friday, in observance of its day, pic tured the Ground Hoi, with the forelock, mustache, and face of worried Herr Hitler of Ger many. What the Ground Hog needs is lively libel suit lawyer, e Winter prevails no and in the East, but violets bloom in the Willamette valley backyards, re ports say. Everywhere people are keeping their good eye open for the first lambs-tongue. But take the buttercup and the daisy. .They are conservative signs of spring, not addicted to foolhardy blooming head of their season. "All . club members who can sin are Invited to attend" (Exchange). Otherwise, throw the first stone. ' A week from Wednesday, the 14th, comes Valentine's Day, On that date, Oregon will be 86 years young, as state. As token of the occasion, it looks like Berlin would get the Rus sians, with the following dog gerel: We are red, and you are blue, Goshl All Friday, we hate you. HOW FOLKS BEHAVE ! (Siskiyou. Cat, Mews) "Reason for the fence going op around other land between his ranch and the Yreka West ern tracks, though, is mainly to stop that garbage dumping since people persist In driv ing out past the city dump ground to foul up clean land." a The society pages reveal the fair sex have a new dieting wrinkle known as the "vanish ing salad". The next thing the world knows they will be eating absentee streaks not on the plat ter. "Proposed Vork-or-flght' leg islation has made many persons almost mad enough to fight, but not nearly mad enough to go to work." (Oakland, Cel., Tri bune). The complete and correct size-up. ' The legislature has Introduced a total of 485 bills in 38 days, and the end Is not yet. None of them regulate or prohibit con fetti. JUNIOR HAS IDEAS (Cincinnati Times-Star) "1 have a complaint to make. My father has been making me copy the first editorial every night to help me with my writing. Sometimes your editorials are too long , so could you please make the first editorial the shortest one?" H. Hopkins, the deputy presi dent, now in Europe, favors the "perpetual occupation" of Ger many by the allies, to curb all future world conquering notions. This should make "the Innocent German people" madder than Secy. Morgenthau's suggestion last summer, they be made an agricultural land, and allowed no weapon more dangerous than a plow. Russia, destined to have the biggest say about the Teu tons, makes no announcements on the subject, save from now on, they will do as they are told, , and behave themselves, how ever painful. A California millionaire has nirea a high-powered criminal lawyer to defend the Frisco street car conductor, with a dot en wives. Ha figures a man brave enough to mam 12 wn. men, is hen-pecked and In need or a good lawyer. Furthermore It Is nice to have a man In the picture, who could afford. 13 Wives. A Great The capture of Manila of our prisoners is tne greatest American victory oi the war. Tf ( tinf nnlir a frronf. vicinrv from s. mWitarv nrl AV J0 V mm - j - - naval standpoint, for Manila is the heart of the Philip- ninoa anrl nrrnefrirnlv PRRPTlHal tfl JITIV all-OUt. BttAfk itllU M-- - on South China; but it is Sentimental viewpoint, irum ud viewyumi, in jaio- ine American morale and impairing the morale of Japan. Anrl In mfirlom war If. is U.UUv. ' ' - . to state morale is the most important single factor in auaiiMiig imai victuijr. Y2S, while it is no doubt Tokio; with the taking road with a DOWN, rather than an UF-hlll grade, For this steady and triumphal march from the first Philippine landing to the capture of the island capital, shows at least this much : the Yanks can go anywhere they WANT to go as far as the tropics and Jap resist ance are concerned. We can in other words his own home grounds and at his own game, for that has repeatedly Deen done. It isn't easy, it's not cheap, but it CAN be done. AND when we say we WILL do a thing, as General ManirtW rnmnrlrorl when Via taff. Manila for Australia but declared he know it WILL be done. More than that, the most humiliating defeat the United States in all her history ever suffered, is now wiped out and the blot on the previously glorious national record removed. For not only were our regidor beaten they were in a sense deserted, the aid that, at the start of the war everyone supposed would be given them, by them. We were too weak, couldn't be done!, DUT it HAS been done now, and what a saga of sufferine. fortitude and final triumDh. the rescue of these prisoners from Cabanatuan ana Santo Tomas will be, for all Americans through endless generations, to read with pride and inspiration! But Easy To Exaggerate Because of the tremendous sentimental values in volved, however, it will be easy to exaggerate the military importance of the fall of Manila. It merely means we are from, not actually any nearer to the gates of Tokio and not much nearer the downfall of the empire of Nippon. . . Over 40 years ago It took the Filipinos after the surrender of Spain. How many Japs are left on the islands are, is not Known. But if the technique of the Japanese High Command in other South Pacific islands is fol lowed, in the Philippines, the surrender of Manila will not mean the end of the fighting by any means. In fact there is reason to made any all-out effort to check the American ad vance since Levte, and unless the Philippines have been written off by the powers that be in Tokio, which is hard to believe, the wily Nipponese must still have something up their sleeve, which won't be particularly pleasant to contemplate when it is finally reveaied! A Private Soldier Speaks We are told that we need a large standing army and huge trained reserves after this war to protect us from future ones. To get them, so they tell us, we have to resort to com pulsory military training. Our unpreparedness at Pearl i Harbor is held up to us as the horrible example of what must never happen again. It MUST not happen agalnl But to avoid It we have to look to deeper causes than our lack of battleships or trained divisions, we were drawn into this war because in the 20 years following the last one we consistently refused to do anything constructive to prevent aggression. Our policy was the result mainly of a lack of Interest In what happened In the world. We weren't Inter ested in the rise of obvious threats to our existence as a free people; we weren't interested when Japan attacked Manchuria, when Mussolini attacked Ethiopia, when Hitler refortlfled the Rhlneland, absorbed Austria and Czecho slovakia and finally attacked Poland. Naturally we weren't interested in spending a lot of money on what seemed to us a useless army and navy. BUT it Is clear that the army and navy even if we had possessed them would not have kept us out of war. That could have been accomplished only by stopping the aggres sors when they started, through common action with other threatened powers. It could have been done with the small army we then had but our lack of foresight prevented action. What good Is a large force, If we don't use it effect ively? AFTER this war our enemies must be completely disarmed. We tried It once with Germany but then forgot about enforcing it. This time we must have the Intelligence to take the poison fangs away from the rattlesnakes of the world community and KEEP THEM AWAY. To do It we only need an armed strength sufficiently larger .than our enemies. It Is much simpler to keep theirs nil and ours small, than to start a race to see which can get biggest. Thus It Is clear that what we need Is a continuous Interest In what goes on In the world, a continuous alert against the potential saboteurs of peace. With that attitude small armed forces will be sufficient; without it hundreds of divisions will be of no avail. Understanding this, realizing that their defense does not demand enormous armed forces the American people will never permit compulsory military training with all its attendant dangers. , WHO do you think wrote nf thin nanar nnr onu It was written by a prjvate soldier in "Deadoye Features", published by the 96th Division Information and Education office "somewhere in the South Paci fic," the "Deadeyes" by the way were formed at Carpp White three years ago Hj8 name ia. JjepJi A, KabJ. Victory and the rescue of thousands - - even greater from a purely Koarfelv an PVACCAmMnn still a long, long road to of Manila, it should be a beat the Jap any time on would return, the Japs now armies at Bataan and Cor- sea and air, was not given we tried but it just back where we started us two years to subjugate and precisely where they believe the Jans have not the above? Not the editor nrVmr- nanrer.ar.av erlitnr i. , .mi iw,iiiiii"H! '.ytmhmvum n j ZTTr -tf w- ft V. B. 82nd Division Infantrymen with aid of medium tank battalion tighten their grip In the Ormoc sector oi northeast Leyte Island. Yanks push past smashed tank and artillery as they prepare to take mortar-de-tended enemy position around road bend. Signal Corps photo. MARCH OF DIMES RIVE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15 A change in the closing date for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis "March of Dimes" campaign offers Jackson county residents an opportunity to far exceed last year's contri bution mark, Mrs. Lewis Ulrlch, Medford, this county s women s division chairman, announces. This 12th annual campaign, extended because of Inclement weather in various sections of the United States, Is giving Ore gon women's division chairmen an extra week in which to take last minute donations for the fight against infantile paralysis. "Money raised in this year's "March of Dimes' drive is a real assurance that Jackson county Infantile paralysis victims in 1945 will receive the best treat ment that medical science can offer," declared Mrs. Ulrlch. The extension brings the clos ing date on Feb. IS. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the editor mart beat the name and addteil ot the writer although the uie nf a pen-name or Initial, lor publication Is permit tlble The Mall Tribune reiereoi the rlihl to edit all letters with a lew to clarity and eondenaaUoa. Favors Compulsory Service To the editor: In your last week editorial you don't see wny we snouia have a one-year compulsory ser vice for young men. Please, editor, correct this writing. I do my best In the English language. I'm glad to express myself, but I can't use high words. Anyway, I think I do well for my 17 years being here in the United States. Not only should each young man, rich or poor, weak or strong, also every young girl, before marriage, should serve one year for their country. - Not only for military purposes, but to give them a foundation for life, what they very often don't find at horn. They must learn to obey, dis cipline, comradeship and respect for others. The men, besides military training, could plant millions ot trees In the forest. The girls not only learning cook ing and nursery, even baby nur sery, would be a great help, so that they can build a happy mar rlage and home life, and It would do no harm to the young folks to teach them that there Is a great leader in heaven, who blessed our country so richly In food and raw material, and we all should give thanks every day that we can sleep in peace, be cause many of us don't realize in what a wonderful country we are living. When you go into the big cities, there you see the young people standing on the corners, thinking what to do, smashing windows In empty houses with out respect for their teachers. Even their teachers are afraid ot them. Our divorce rate Is high; it will be even higher after the war, because our boys will come home with great experience, much older In thinking. Will the girls and wives meet the test of understanding them? That's why all girls should have one year's service, too. It makes a bad Impression when you see soldiers with their hands in their pockets. It Is an honor to wear the United States uniforms. Even our represents. tlvcs in Washington make a bad example. You can see many of them lying, back in their chairs with feet on desk. How often do we hear people com plaining over high taxes, dic tatorship, rationing and red tape. I would like to send all of them (or 6 months to Europe. After weeks they would get on their knees, praying to the Lord to Yanks Mt)D Ub Jiao Remnants - Pilot Really '''V'.f& fJk Mcme Telepnotoj Falling to clear the tree tops in an attempted Jungle landing In Central Burma, this tiny liaison plane wound up looked In the branches ot this hugs tree. With ropes and ladders, rescuers freed the pilot and three Infantrymen passengers who escaped uninjured. send them back to the blessed country. AU in all, that's why I am 100 for compulsory ser vice for boys and girls. .HENRY BURMEISTER, 723 McAndrews Road. Feb. 4. Wax Heels, Toes To Give Hosiery Lasting Quality By Marian Farrell Home Demonstration Agent Waxing heels and toes of stockings with a bit of candle was routine hose economy long ago in wooden-shoe lands, of Eu rope, and it is a practical way to meet stocking problems to day. Textile specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture who have out to laboratory tests this old-fashioned custom report that rubbing wax on stockings makes them wear four times as long before holes appear In heels or toes. Tests showed the simplest and most effectivo method is merely rubbing pieces of candle wax or paraffin on heels and toes be fore each wearing, Even if the waxing Is not repeated until af ter several launderlngs, enough war remains to make stocking feet more durable. The experi ments we made on cotton stockings, but the toe and heel waxing method adds to the dura bility of wool or rayon hose in the same way. If only a thin film of wax. is applied it will not interfere with the proper laundering of the stockings or change their appearance. inoeini ume tor suna7 to Claialt; S SO Saturday atternoon ritut mnemoer Acoustlcon FREE liTTK HUIIN0 CUNIC Tl'MDAY, FFB. from 1 to P. m.. Mtdford notel, Medford. Alto Clinic Lit hi HoUl. AshUnd Wed- Feb. 7, 1 to p. m. mm on Leyte' ... M lAcmt TtUMto) Up a Tree LT. At a 12th AAF B-25 Base- First Lt. Thomas J. Hensler, 22, of Medford, Ore., has been awarded the air medal "for meritorious achievement while participating In an attack on enemy gun and troop concentre. tlons near Rimini, Italy, it is announced from headquarters of the 12th air force in Italy. Flying as a pilot with his B-25 Mitchell bombardment group in Corclsa, Lt. Hensler has flown 33 combat missions against tar gets in the Mediterranean the ater since going overseas in Au gust, 1944. The Medford pilot's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hensler, reside at 1124 West Main street, Med ford, Ore. His wife, Betty,, re sides at 1360 Umatilla street, Albany, Ore. Bombing targets In eight countries from the Bankans to central France since It began operations in eastern Tunisia in March, 1043, Lt. Hensler's Mitch, ell group has. been frequently commended by high ranking staff officers for brilliant close support and pin-point bombing operations. Flying hundreds of successful "bridge-busting" mis sions in Italy it helped starve the enemy of supplies, enabling ground troops to throw him back from Salerno to the Po valley, More than 100,000.000 board feet of lumber Is grown annual ly on one large tree farm. mmsm Fof your conrerdence right In your town a Croe dtmonttntion and dtntific proof of bow much your hearing of conrorutlon can rally bo mtorod so you can take your rightful place in home and buitneta The new Futura Acoustlcon hat boon specifically deiigntd to rettor hearing of conyxmation. Come in and lot us prove itl ACOUSTiCON 8. C. Mitchell. Dealer, 214 Miner Bldg., Eugene mm Flight o' rime Medford and Jaeksea Co. Kia tory (torn the fUes ol the MaU Tribune 10. 80. and 14 years ago. TEN YEARS A SO TODAY February S, 1135 (It was Tuesday) Man accused as ransom col lector In Lindbergh kidnaping case seen near Bronx graveyard on payment night, witness testi fies. Roller skating on streets or sidewalks by children banned by police. President's birthday dance here netted $342. Fair, with early fog. High 88, low 42 degrees. Senate democrats vote to curb president's power over relief spending. , Merchants warned broccoli and cauliflower are now under the NRA. Code, and illegal to have same without stamps. Jacksonville mining resumed after danger of street cave-ins vanish. President predicts Industrial boom for Northwest. TWENTY YEARS ASO TODAY February 8, 1828 (It was Thursday) Floods In Eastern Oregon cause damage. Town of Vale un der three feet of water when ir rigation dam breaks. Heavy rains cause Willamette to rise, Thirteen senators pledge sup port to Gov. Pierce in fish-game Commission fight. Rain. High 88, low 43 de grees. Many of a religious sect await predicted end of world tomor row. Hope ot rescuing Floyd Col lins, pinioned in Kentucky CaVe fade when new cave-ins cut off tunnel. r Work started on new road to Owen-Oregon mill. Plans completed for Lincoln Day banquet. Burglars enter home of Charles A. Wing, and steal $13 One of prowlers left his hat. THIRYT-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY . Februery 8, 1911 (It was Saturday) San Francisco is awarded Panama exposition In 1018. Scrap on over Ashland post- mastership races. - New fish sportsmen. bill irks Rogue Worst storm of year hits east. HIT ON FLAME THROWERS EvansvlUe, Ind. 'UW Evans- vllle shipyard woiKjrs, faced with the problem of heavy ice on the top decks of the steel LSTs they were building, devel oped their own ice weapons in the form of flame throwers, They describe the throwers as "a glorified blow torch, and move happily along with their new weapon, which helps keep their production up to par. Cloelni time tor Sunday Too Late io uiaaaiiy ssu saruraay axtarnooo Please remember. ( 3 ft- . i bl ( I to-' js k "What a superb thing it would be If we were all big J enough in mind to see no slights, accept no intuits, cherish no jealousies, and admit into our hearts no hatred." Sine 1888 CONGER -MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and West Main St. Office of the County Coroner AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 3147 H. W. Conger Carlos W. Morris LT, STEVENS FLIES TORPEDO PLANE IN ATTACK ON JAPS United States Third Fleet (De layed) Lieutenant (junior grade) Harold H. Stevens, U. 8. N. R , of 418 Laurel Street, Med ford, Oregon, flew a carrier based torpedo plane In recent strikes against the Philippines by Admiral William F. Halsey's hard-hitting Third Fleet. Lieutenant (Junior grade) Stevens' squadron flew General Motors-built AVENGERS, which can attack with bombs, rockets or .50 calibre machine guns as well as torpedoes. The squadron attacked enemy ships and swept In over Jap air fields, knocking out parked planes and buildings, and pound ed shore installations. Many of the strikes were pressed home at low level despite heavy anti aircraft fire. ' In one attack on Manila Har bor, planes of the Third Fleet sank eight Jap cargo ships. On another occasion, they intercept ed a convoy atempting to rein force the Jap ground forces, and sent six destroyers and four transports to the bottom. This blow also cost the enemy thir teen planes and most of the 8000 troops aboard the transports. Mighty midget of Army Ord nance artillery is the 81-mm. mortar which, used In an at tack against a powerful Ger man 88-mm. gun, knocked out the enemy weapon with only three rounds. I REALLY S-0-0-T-H-IHG became they're really mtdUeted COUGH LOZENCES : Soothe your throat all the way ; down far below the furgle tine. ! Each F A F Lozenge gives your I. throat a 15 minute toothing, com- ; forting treatment. Used by millions I for coughs, throat irritationa or ', hoarseness resulting from colds or amoung. umy lue box. 1 IS YOUR CAR FOR SALE? 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