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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
Janan underwent B-29
bombing, an earthquake, and a
Dolltical crisis Saturday. The
cooperation between Nature and
the Super-Forts was well timed
and efficient. If it keeps up, one
of these fine mornings, the "land
of the Rising Sun" will not rise,
but the sun will.
e e e
The nation today observes the
anniversary of the birth of Abra
ham Lincoln, a martyred presi
dent, and sincere apostle of the
"common man". His logic was
plain, and never dreamy. In one
address, he said:
"I hold, if the Almighty had
ever made a set of men that
should do all of the eating,
and none of the work, he
would would have made them
with mouths only, and with
no hands; and, if He had made
another class, that he intend
ed should do all the workand
none of the eating, He would
have made them -without
mouths, and with all hands."
Eastern Oregonians are get
ting soft. At a recent dance, with
bagpipes as the main source of
music, the occasion only lasted
all night. In pre-war times, the
merrymaking took two days and
two nights to run its course the
Canyon City Newi reports.
. Hon. Walt Pierce, former gov
ernor and congressman, charges
Gov. Snell Is evasive on the Jap
anese and Nisei Issues, in a re
cent speech at Cresham. This is
a sign Walter will run for some
thing, or has a favorite candi
date who will, in the spring of
iaiu.
1894 WISECRACKING
(The Dalles Chronicle)
"Congressman Champ Clark
cays he is never going to send
his boy to school until he has
taught him all he himself
knows. The boy is now 8 years
old and will probably start to
school next year, that is, of
course, If Mr. Clark may ba
considered up to the congres
sional average." (60 yrs. ago
col.)
a a e
Italy Is still objecting to the
allied armistice terms, but are
diplomatically polite about it.
Like "eminent counsel" for the
defense protesting questions of
the "learned district attorney",
and neither one meaning a word
of It.
Crows are more plentiful than
Inst year, in the rural regions,
biologists report. Defeated can
didates did not eat as many of
them rs usual.
California will have plenty of
beef and other meat in March
but will be unable to get It due
, to "bottlenecks". Whnt Is needed
is a "bottleneck" that can be
fried, baked, or boiled.
GYPBY KNOW-HOW
(Woodlawn, Cel.. Democrat)
"Of course she could aflord
a fur coat. Just because she
had rags underneath she was
not necessarily out of funds.
The Gypsy who follows the
Romany road may have no
seat in his pants, but he in
variably drives a Cadillac or a
Packard and his lady docs,
all right, too.
e
An exchange rejoices over the
prospects the fair sex will be
come tobacco chewers if the clg
reuo snortage continues, and
will be unable to do any talking
while chewing. This would be a
pretty howdy-do. The horror of
n ail however would be lessened
by the knowledge the ladies
would be able to hit the cuspl-
oor, every now ana then.
Closlne time tot Sunday Too Lata
to ciaaali sail Setutd) alter noon
Monday. Feb. IS. 1S4S
Fight the Monopoly
In a few weeks at the county courthouse a hearing
will be held before a representative of the State i
Public Service Commission, regarding the request or
the Rogue Valley Transit company for a permit to
operate passenger busses between Asniana, meaiora
and intermediate points.
The Mail Tribune hopes this permit will be granted,
for one reason and one reason only, namely:
Because we are convinced the granting of the re
quest will give Medford and Jackson County better
transportation.
And Heaven knows we need it better bus trans
portation, better railroad transportation of every sort.
And the only way to get
e e
THE S. P. has a railroad monopoly, the Greyhound
a nita tvmnnnnlv anrl trio rirovriniinH la nnnfrnllorl
by the railroads including
another railroad monopoly the deplorable condition
of transportation here is due almost entirely to these
facts.
TTHIS proposed operation is a comparatively small
one in itself, of course merely a drop in the coast
transportation bucket in fact. But it involves an im
portant principle that is making a start-in taking the
millstone of transportation monopoly off the long
suffering neck of the state, and going forward toward
better transportation facilities.
All those in favor of doing ALL THAT CAN BE
DONE in this direction, not only during the fruit
season but throughout the year, should attend this
meeting and lend their moral support at least, to the
granting of the local transportation company's re
quest.
Invasion American Style
Invasion, American stylo, is measured in tonnage.
And that tonnacre must reach enemv shores in shins.
The serious shortage of skilled workers in American
shipyards, and men to man these ships, must Be over
come before the job of winning the war is finally
accomplished.
THE problem of logistics the task of waging long
range warfare on several fronts is almost beyond
conception. In the invasion of Europe, for example,
2,600,00Q men were put ashore in the first 109 days.
Vehicles at the rate of four a. minute roared down
the steel roadways from shipyards over 17 million
ship tons of material were landed during this brilliant
chapter m our history. Americans should be justly
proud of the fact that one of the most essential phases
of the greatest military operation of all time was an
American show.
II7HAT about the invasion of the Japanese main
land after blows from Saipan-based B-29s have
softened up the Japs and crippled their war indus
tries? What would be the requirement if we hit Hiro
hito's homeland with only an initial force of a quar
million men?
Rear Admiral W. B. Young, chief of the navy's
bureau of supplies has these
tion would call for 5,000 separate beachings by assort
ed landing craft, carrying more than a million and
a half tons of equipment. This would include two
million tons of weapons, 325,000 tons of combat
vehicles, more than a half-million tons of general
purpose vehicles, 50,000 tons of signal equipment,
12,000 tons of rations to feed the invading army.
Add to this thousands of tons of petroleum, oil and
lubricants, supplies for chemical warfare and needs
of the medical corps, quantities of materials for the
engineering corps and specialized branches.
And, to maintain this force for j'ust 30 days would
require the arrival and unloading of 30 to 35 liberty
ships and 15 tankers carrying a quarter-million tons
of additional equipment and supplies.
THAT is why, during 1944, 1,677 merchant ships
were built in American shipyards. That is why
23,000 ships were repaired or converted during this
single year, and almost 40,000 ships added to the navy.
Tonnage must be convoyed and protected in land
ing, too. That, too, is why the navy constructed 420
warships last year, thousands of auxiliary patrol and
mine craft, and 37,724 landing craft all built during
1944.
IT was Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday we observe
1 today, who told the people of Springfield that "all
the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with
all the treasure of the earth in their military chest,
with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by
force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on
the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years."
Abe might have been
unable to build and man
the war from our shores and pushing the battle
fronts steadily closer to the foes' homelands. Without
the resources and "know
gress of the war thus far
unpleasant to contemplate.
Lake Creek
Lake Creek, Feb. 12. Over
30 people attended the progres
sive party given by Lake Creek
Recreation club, Feb. 3. We
especially thank Mr, and Mrs.
Jack Tyrrell who planned and
directed the interesting games.
Next Recreation party will be
a pie supper accompanied by
games on March 3. Ladies are
asked to bring pies.
Lost Creek Extension Unit
met Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. Hoefft About 20 ladies
were present. Mrs. Stoakes and
Mrs. George gave the demon
it is to get competition,
the S. P., which gives
answers. Such an opera
wrong had America been
the ships which are keeping
how" to do this job the pro
might be something very
H.G.
stration on quick salads.
Cpl. and Mrs. Clifton Day ar
rived home last week from
Brownwood, Texas, where Cpl.
Day has been stationed.
A new floor has been laid In
the Community Hall, so the
hullrllntf t
now quite comfort-1
able. A vo'e of thanks Is given
to everyone who helped to make
this Improvement.
Dwlght Burroll and Loyd
Walch left Monday for Berke
ley, Calif., where they will be
employed in the ship yards.
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ATTORNEYS HAVE
E TRACK AS
Farmers Next Best Bet in
Elections Democrats
Have One Chance in Five
By John W. Sunlap
UP Staff Correspondent
Salem, Ore.' Feb. 12. (U.R)
Note to future- politicians if
you're an attorney, you stand
the best chance of being elected
to the Oregon legislature.
A farmer is the next best bet.
The two occupations jointly
dominate the makeup of the
43rd session. '
Few Democrats
When it comes to political af
filiation, a Democrat has one
chance In five In both houses.
There are only five bourbon
senators and 10 representative's
out of the 30 and 60-member
houses.
Legislative experience proves
valuable and only two senators
Dr. William Moser and Paul
Patterson, are freshmen. There
are 11 newcomers in the house
out of 60.
No one tops W. H. Strayer of
Baker with his 13 previous ses
sions in the senate. Sen. H. C.
Wheeler of Dexter Is next with
10 and Sen. W. E. Burke of
Yamhill and Rep. Harvey Wells
of Portland are tied with eight.
Four solons rate six earlier ses
sions Sen. Dean Walker of In
dependence and Reps. H. H.
Chlndgren of Molalla, Henry Se
mon of Klamath Falls and Vir
gil Staples of Ontario.
Two Jackson Lawyers
The reputation that comes to
legislators for oratory is second
nature to the lawyers. Run
ning down the rollcall, the legal
names include Sens. Carson, Hil
ton, Lamport, Mahoney, Paul
Patterson, Rand, Strayer, Walsh
and Winslow, and Reps. Bal
deree, Barry, Bengtson, Bennett,
Francis, Hall, Harvey, Helsler,
Hendricks, J. O. Johnson, Marsh,
bteelhammer and Van Dyke.
While Speaker Eugene Marsh
of McMlnnvllle gives the law
yers top honors in the lower
house, flax farmer Howard C.
Belton of Canby is president of
the senate. His fellow farmers
are Burke, Engdahl, Jones, New
bry. Walker and Wheeler. In
the house, the list includes Cal
laway, Chase, Chindgren, Con.
dlt, Hesse, Himmelwright, Jones,
Kimberling, Lage, Llndberg Pe
terson and Semon.
Insurance Men Third
Insurance men rate third in
both houses, with Senators Pear
son, Wallace and Zurcher and
Representatives Duniway, - Fria
ble, Landon, Lonergan, Snyder,
Staples and Wells,
The senate has eight other oc
cupations end the house about
27 others. The newspaper busi
ness has only three, Sen. Merle
Chessman and Reps. Giles
French and M. J. Wilson.
There's a night club operator in
the house, Jack Bain. Dr. John
son in the house and Drs. Joel
C. Booth and Moser in the sen
ate are the only physicians.
One house member has the
distinction of representing by
far the biggest group of citizens
with the same occupation. She
Is Mrs. Anna Ellis, Garibaldi
housewife.
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Btlltur mutt beat
the name and address ol the writer
although the use nl a pen-name or
initial tnr ptihltratlun la permit
alhte I'ha Mall rrlhune reserve
the Mthl to edit all lettera with a
vletr lo clarity and coodenaaUon
Happy Days Are Here Again
To the editor: The mlllenium
Is In sight: At least I think It is
right straight ahead, not around
the corner. Marching with the
methodic trend of King Biblers
army $6,000,000,000 strong
Flashing sparks of fire as from
a forked tongue with such
glare It dazzles our vision, at
least we cannot see any horns.
j hoofs or tail so we think It must
be the mlllenium.
Our present seeming prosper
lty has apparently proven Henry
Wallace's theory of getting ricn
by destruction. Destroying pro
perty makes Jobs, Just as well
as killing pigs, cattle, grain and
cotton boosts prices for farmers
Now with his theory proven and
billions to spend as secretary of
commerce, he surely can go to
town.
Sixty million Jobs will only
be childs play with such a vision
Then with F.D.R.'i vision of
finances the sky is no limit. The
more the government owes the
more the people will have com
ing. Then when we got paid the
government gets 05 percent ex
cess profits tax, thus the merry
go-rouna keeps us all rich
Just as soon as Sidney Hill
. man.c,n c,,th.e J81"' Ieisl
tlon he and John Lewis can have
wages doubled every sixty days
Just figure out what that will be
in a hundred years or so?
The New Deal social security
plan is making goo-goo eyes
the Townsend plan, Just think
what that might bring forth?
Tut experiment of trying it on
the dog worked so dlsasterously
for poor Fala, that no doubt
caused the hurry-up call, and
prior rating for Blaze.
Then when we get military
training for our strongest young
men we will have plenty of help
In the army to carry out the
heads of all business enterprises.
Madam Perkins gives us the
cheerful assurance that three
hundred strikes a month is less
than two percent of what her
department is capable of doing.
The hand picked supreme
Court adds its might by assuring
us that the individual has no
rights organized selfishness is
obliged to respect, Shades oi
Patrick Henry, and poor Abra
ham Lincoln splitting rails at
eight cents an hour.
IKA JOlJiKS.
Medford, Feb. 11.
War Wakens Missions
To the editor: There is an old
savins that runs somewhat as
follows, "It is an ill wind that
does not blow good somewhere."
Arid so it seems that from welter
and destruction of this dreadful
world war. some good is coming.
One benefit is a great awakening
in the churches for the missions
abroad. Nine of the leading Pro
testant churches are raising
large funds for the rehabilitation
of the churches and institutions
which have been destroyed by
war. The aggregate of these
amount to $85,000,000 which is
by far the largest sum ever set
aside for religious work in for
eign lands. Vet when compared
to the vast sums spent for war,
It is a mere bagatelle. Or even
when spent on such items as
spirltous liquors, tobacco and
chewing gum, it is a small sum
But small as it is by comparison.
it will bring tremendous returns,
in good will between nations, as
well as in souls saved for the
eternal world.
The Seventh-Day Adventist
Church in North America is rais
ing a fund of $5,000,000 this year
for. this purpose. Last Saturday,
at our Sabbath service here in
Medford, in response to this call,
over $3,000 was contributed
When we add to this the over
$0,000 this local church contrib
uted to foreign funds last year,
speaks well for interest in
others besides "me and mine.'
G. A. THOMPSON,
Pastor, Seventh-Day Adventist
church, cor. Edwards and Betty
streets.
THE GRANGE
Phoenix Grange
Phoenix Grange will meet in
regular session, February 13
Everyone is urged to be present
at eight o'clock as there is to be
special speaker who will ad
dress the Grange before the reg
ular business meeting. This is
of interes and importance to all
Griffin Creek Grange
Twelve members of Roxy Ann
grange and two from Talent
were guests at the last regular
business session of Griffin Creek
grange. Our chaplain Teported
several members 111.
Lecture hour was in charge
of the reception committee,
headed by Myrtle Wilson, who
conducted a lively program con
sisting of community singing.
reading, mixer games and skits
Ways and Means Committee
Chairman George Mcro an
nounced plans for a "gay
nineties" box social to be held
Feb. 17 at the hall. All granges
ana invited guests are welcome,
The committee asks all to come
dressed in "gay nineties" cos
tume to help carry out the
theme for the evening.
li. JS. C. chairman assisted bv
several ladies served refresh
ments.
Mrs. Carrie Cooper was host
ess to the H. E. C. ladles at her
home on Thursday. A lovely
mncneon at 1:30 preceded busi
ness meeting.
Plans were made for re-dec
orating the grange hall. The
chairman thanked the ladies who
helped paint the kitchen and the
men who helped with the lino
leum.
Jacksonville Grange
Jacksonville Grange will meet
tomorrow in the hall at 8 p.m.
Members are reminded to bring
a sacK lunch.
Portland Produce
Portland. Feb. 13 mpi wi.i.
yiuuucv maraeia:
i'jarj-tauiarnli freen fancy tt.1t
Carrots Oreson'tl luf.
laulltlower Rosebtire No. 1 HM
A at t a. In.nl an i.-
Broccoli Green local 1140 lu
California $s.sos.7S for 40.4S.lb.
,. -""" -iuorma a.30 per 80
lb aack.
Lettuce California. Ma S3 4.1s
crate.
bUncnhe7CrMB ,0-"0 iattn
epina-n Walla Wall S1.7S box
Tomatoee Mexican, ai It S.7j .
1M wnLn7'.?isTlc'. utchera
l , 40,Jb,kJn.i'L'.c. Ib- Vealera A A
Ml.c lb, beei A SOUo lb, c I6',c
An average of 5 to 6 tons of
water is removed from bitumin
ous mines for every ton of coal
produced.
Do Yon Hat HOT FLASHES?
If you tutTer from hot flathev, fel
tut nerroiu, btt blut at times
li dut to tbe luncUoal "mtddit
let" period poculiir to women try
Lrdtft ft. Plnkhun'a Vtffettbl Com-
Eumt to rlUv uch trmptomi.
d Mpecuity for iromtn it htipt
natural Follow Ubtl dlncttco.
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RED' CROSS DUTY
AT CAMP WHITE
EXPANDS WIDELY
Camp White, Ore., Feb. 12
Red Cross activities at Camp
White have been expanded to the
status of a full field directory,
covering Douglas, COos, Curry,
Jackson and Josephine counties
In Southern Oregon, Edward J
Warren, new field director, has
announced.
Warren, now on leave of ab
sence as director of adult educa
tion for Santa Cruz, Calif.,
schools and Journalism Instruc
tor as Santa Cruz Senior high
school, took over as Red Cross
field director at Camp White re
cently, succeeding George Mur
ray, assigned overseas.
Five Counties Hud
Red Cross activities at all mil
itary and naval stations in the
five counties now are directed
from the Camp White headquar
ters, Warren said. Previously the
Camp White post was a sub
station of the Klamath Falls,
Ore., Marine Barracks Red Cross
station.
Military and naval Installa
tions included in the area are
Camp White: Medford, Ore.
Army Air Base; Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, North Bend, Ore
and all Coast Guard Installations
along the'coast of Oregon from
the California line north to the
Umpqua Lifeboat Station at Win
chester Bay, Ore.
A new assistant to the field
director. Dorothy Fruit, also has
been appointed, Warren said, but
has not yet reported for duty
She succeeds Esther Burch, re
signed.
Warren said he also expected
another assistant to be assigned
in the ne::t few days.
In Portland Service
Warren came into Red Cross
work last July and after a brief
training period in Washington
D. C, was assigned to the Port
land Army Air Base as assistant
field director. After five months
there, he was assigned to the
Naval Recruiting Station at
Portland, serving there for one
month, and was assigned to the
Camp White post last month.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren and
their daughter, Betty, 15, are
making their home in Medford
Mrs. Warren, a registered nurse,
is serving as a civilian nurse at
the Camp White Station Hospi
tal.. A son, Charles E. Warren, is
a seaman lc in the r.avy radio
training school, Del Monte, Calif.
SCOUTS PARENTS
Celebrating the 35th anni
versary of the founding of Boy
Scouts of America, a committee
of trpop mothers, served the
scouts of Troop 2 with a Father
and Son banquet Friday evening
at the armory. ,
Guest speaker was Assistant
Scout Executive Harold Ylvis-
aker who gave a brief talk on
brotherhood scouting through
out the world and also com
mended the troop as being the
most progressive in membership
during the past year of troops in
the Crater Lake area council.
Bliss Heine, instructor of the
newly organized drum and
bugle corps gave the history of
the drum and bugle and the im
portance of such a corps in the
organization of Boy Scouts.
Scoutmaster- Griff ths com
mended the troop on their work
and cooperation with him dur
ing the past year and with co
operation of the troop expressed
thanks to the mothers committee
responsible for the banquet's
success.
Closlne. time tor Classified Ada t
i rn Too Late to Classify 12:30
BANQUET
EXCLUSIVE
AiBULAUCE
SERVICE
Since
CONGER-MORRIS
FUNERAL PARLORS
Sixth and West Main St.
Office of the County Coroner
Phono 3147
H. W. Conger Carlo W. Morrli
Flight o Time
Medlord and Jackson Co. Hit
tory from the files ot the Hail
Tribune 10. 20. and 34 ft
age.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
February 12, 1939
(It was Tuesday)
Pear canning control planned
by coast canners and growers.
Ethiopia ready to fight Italy,
envoy to Rome declares. Will re
fuse to pay indemnity.
Preacher creates wild scene
at trial of Bruno Hauptmann,
for Lindbergh baby kidnaping.
Heavy duty put upon British
liquor shipments to this country.
Rain. High 49, low 32 degrees.
Snow in hills.
Legislature ponders on pas
sage of law to curb strikes in
state.
Doris Duke, "richest girl
the world" to marry Henry
Cromwell.
In
R,
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
February 12, 1925
(It was Thursday)
France balks at paying war
debt, but will seek another loan
from America.
Record crowd expected to at
tend Lincoln Day banquet at Ho
tel Medford today.
Clarence C, Meeker and W. A
Gates, radio enthusiasts, report
excellent reception and dialing
of 'many new stations.
First tourist of season shows
up at free city auto camp.
Medford high basketball squad
headed for state meet at Salem.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
TODAY
February 12, 1911
(It was Sunday)
Ashland and Klamath Falls
both plan 'City Beautiful' drives.
. Rumor President Taf t has the
gout.
Good roads bill to pass legis
lature coming week.
Observations
A gale-proportion
downtown Seattle Is
to see! To feel. too.
wind in
something
since you
fight not only the gale, but the
people; especially people witn
umbrellas. A person under an
umbrela becomes a practicing
isolationist. So far as he is con
cerned, he is alone in the world
and acts accordingly. I still have
dints over my person made by
the tips of the umbrellas of these
bargers.
Some of these Isolationists are
rudely awakened, for In a three
block struggle I saw two um
brellas turned completely wrong-
side out and a number of peo
ple turned upside down. Which
wasn't as entertaining as were
the women and girls who wore
their skirts about their should
ers. Shoulders are no place for
skirts. Skirts when transferred
to shoulders leave parts of fem
inine anatomy exposed to the
blasts and the public eye, which
were never meant to be either
rained on or gazed at,
At one corner the wind was
a whirlpool of violence and I
was whiskel around the corner
of a building with no whisking
intent on my part: whisked right
into a knot of men standing in
the shelter of the building. They
were laughing immoderately and
after I'd caught my breath, I
said with understandable heat
that this was no laughing
matter.
"You ain't seen what we been
seeln,' lady, or you'd think dif-
1888
Olive '
Barber's V fv'j
ferent," said one and was off
in another fight of chortles.
And think differently, I did,
after I'd watched a while. A fat
Negro baby in the arms of its
i mother was facing the wind and
! the rain, blinking rapidly and
gasping for breath. Such men
and women as wore long coats
were hurried along as the wind
filled the sodden lengths of these
garments.
But the women wearing short
coats provided the most enter
tainment. Fat legs, skinny legs,
legs shapely and unshapely
raced past. The woman who
topped them all, however, was
an elderly matron who had
wrapped her underpinnings
from her ankles to, er, her
thighs, in newspapers. For once,
the "power of the press" was be
ing used to shelter, rather than
expose. A bitter pill for any
newspaper.
Sgt. Earl Harnish
Of 41st Division
Home On Furlough
S. Sgt. Earl V. Harnish of the
41st Infantry Division arrived
in the valley last week to spend
a 21-day furlough with relatives.
The sergeant returned to this
country the latter part of De
cember after 32 months in the
Southwest Pacific and entered
Barnes General hospital in Van
couver for surgery. After expira
tion of his furlough he is to re
port to Santa Barbara, Calif., for
reassignment.
Sgt. Harnish is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Harnish of Eagle '
Point- Yesterday a family din
ner was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Harnish, Griffin
Creek Road, .to celebrate the re
turn of the soldier and his fath
er's birthday anniversary. Pres
ent for the dinner were Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Harnish, Mr. and Mrs.
Neal Ballard, Elmer and Sam
Harnish, Miss Helen Harnish,
Miss Ragsdale, Mrs. Charles
McClellan, Miss Lucile Harnish
and the sergeant. Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Luy, family friends,
spent the afternoon with the
group,
Too big
for a yardstick
Since Pearl Harbor, nearly
every Pacific seaboard dry hat
had some bad dock fires. The
firemen put them out. Inland
towns have had equally mean
fires in war plants. The firemen
put them out, too.
Far beyond the ordinary call
of duty has been the wartime
work of Western fire-fighters.
They've kept the monkey
wrench of fire out of the whole
vast machinery of war effort.
By their every efficiency,
they've been a chief reason why
sabotage has failed.. Enemy
sympathizers exist, we all know.
Had the fire-fighters shown
weakness, certainly they would
. have struck with the torch. Ac
tually, they've scarce bothered
to try.
As war has shrunk their
ranks and aged their equip
mcnt, the job of the firemen has
grown bigger. Large and small,
many western towns have grown
fantastically new war plants
. . . new war activities . . . new
war population. And war, re
member, has a high content of
things that burn.
At keeping vital services
running, other civil servants
have done a good job, too. But
we know best about the firemen.
Our products help power their
pumpers and hose-carts and
ladder-wagons. Muny's the time
our lads turn out to deliver
gasoline and oil needed to keep
their equipment going at some
stubborn blaze. ,
So we're often right there
when the firemen do their stuff
facing and outfighting such
dangers as smoke, explosions,
and falling walls. Yet we'd
never try to put a yardstick on
their wartime contribution.
We'd merely like to say of our
own knowledge that It's too
big to measure.
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