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Portland, St Louie, Atlanta, eSK552S2255H5!eBBBnBBeBB5a1 MtmU Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry Moscow announces the Ger man people under allied occupa tion, will receive "rough but beneficial schooling", for the eradication of their hallucina tion they are the "master race", and world conquerors. There will be no sparing of the rod, and starting World War III. Fur thermore, In administering the punishment, long needed, it is not going to hurt Ivan more than Hans. e The New Deal claim labor strikes hsvs failed to hinder war production, Is interesting if true. Under the same' logic, the armed forces could quit shooting and have the enemy thoroughly trounced before supper. . e "The railsplltter battalion be came the first outfit to liberate a town clad in underwear." (Chicago Tribune.) It must be a bit chilly for It. HERE'S NOT LOOK1MO AT YOUI V ; ' 1 (Ray Tucker's Col.) "Washington, Feb. IS A sweeping senate investigation f certain alleged big-time liquor violators has been quietly squelched by adminis tration leaders because cor poration involved contributed heavily to the Democrats'. : eampetgn chests and has close tieup with influential party bosses in Washington, New. York and California." a Citizens have started hoping the legislature will cease and desist, and quit sine die. a e e QUOHQUINNAPASSAKES ANANAQNOQ is the nam of a river in Am herst, N. H. (Unearthed and sub mitted by Corsa Kldd). Let's has no more sneers about Rus sian and Welsh names, e e The Older Girls sat around yes., which was a beautiful and perfect day, wishing it was Easter Sunday, when they sport new bonnets, and talking about the auto trips they used to take, in similar weather. It was a day to drive out into the country and dump a gunnysack full of tin cans on the rural scene. e e "John L. Buckner has been elected vice-president of the Corn Products Refining com pany. He has been associated with the company since 1812." (Journal of Commerce.) John gets a break at long last. e e e TIME FOR BLUSHINO (Woodland, Cal Democrat) "Ever since Eve whipped up the first acanthus-leaf sarong, it has not been considered good form to exhibit in public that particular part of the hu man body known to bad little boys, physicians and poets as 'the belly" and to the rest of us gentler souls by the more polite and Inaccurate term, "the stomach." But, as In the old song, 'Time, they say, brings many changes," and this year's fashion experts urge thst one bring the bel oops, pardon us the stomach right out into the drawing room." e e A surplus of food, and how to lessen It, is feared by experts In the postwar period. Non-ex-pcrts hold the established cus tom of eating,, is one of the Dsi ways to lessen It. e e e An expert hss selected tha ten most besutiful American wo men. In their pictures none wore aiacKS, and all had on stockings San FranHam'a M-ntu income of $2248 Is tha highest in tha nation for cities of a half million population or mora. Monday, Feb. It, 1141 Editorial Correspondence Los Angeles, Feb. 19. The big event of the week wss, of course, the announcement from Yalta by tha Big Three. All in all It seemed to us a very strong, consistent and convinc ing statement. It was a compromise, with Comrade Stalin getting all the better of It. But if the basic principles regarding the future were declared in good faith and will be adhered to, the allies will not only win the war, but the pesce. The principles of tha Atlantic charter have been violated by Soviet Russia. But those principles are In this declaration reassert ed and reaffirmed. If the FINAL settlements ARE based upon the "consent of the aoverned". expressed in free elections by secret ballot, there can, as we see It, be that is tha pledge made. The Yalta meeting marks tha end of UNeendltlonal surrender. Hera the conditions are clearly given, to-wit: There will be no disposition to destroy or enslave the German peoples. But Germans can have a decent life in the comity of nations ONLY with tha complete destruction of Naziism and German militarism. Germany will be disarmed, and all armed forces disbanded. The German general staff will be broken up and scattered to the four winds. AH military equipment In Germany will be destroyed. All German industry that might be used for military purposes will be controlled by the allies All German war criminals will punishment. Full reparations in kina win and services not money). Whatever measures within Germany appear necessary to assure the future peace and safety of the There will be more "conditions" but these are the important ones. e a In spite of this soma of the papers here are maintaining "unconditional surrender" has been upheld and continued. -Just how the enumeration of the conditions of surrender can refer to a surrender WITHOUT conditions, The terms are severe. But they do represent the conditions under which the Germans may surrender any time they wish. Emphasis on the fact the German people may hope to return eventually to the comity of nations, and independent nation WHEN stroyed, certainly should tend German people and their present psycnopainic warioras. The unfortunate thing, as we see it, is the allies did not outline the conditions of surrender LONG AGO, instead of harping on unconditional capitulation for so long. For this may prove to be a matter of, not too little, but The chief Justification for "unconditional surrender" and for clinging to it for so long a time, the unknown would break Germany's will to resist more quicKiy than the known. This department ness of this assumption, in fact has that the reiteration of unconditional surrender and fear of tha unknown has been a valuable weapon for Dr. Goebbels In uniting all Germans to resist, while many, had they seen any escape from extinction, would at least have Thia is not tha official allied view and not the popular one, ana of course we may be wronr. but we are willing to leave it to the verdict of history, the only supreme court In such matters any way. ' . e a a e e However all that may be we feel this declaration made at Yalta is essentially just. Certainly this war will have been waged in vain, if German militarism or its anti-Christ Naziism could by any chance whatever survive it. All that must be destroyed, root leaf and branch, and may the world never see its like again! e a Comrade Stalin certainly has reason to be proud ef himself. .. What a man! What a power! And think of it, not so long ago a ragged youth In South Russia picking pockets of the Bourgeoisie for a living. But always a thorough-going revolutionist, even If he had to rob banks to secure cash for the revolutionary strong box. Great Americans have risen from poverty to riches, from log cabins to the White House but here is a refugee from the Russian underworld rising to a plaee of the greatest individual power in the 20th Century cosmos. Read list ef tha Stalin victories at Yalta for example, not reverse or oven real Russian compromise in the lot, Poland, Jugoslavia, indemnities In kind, explicit terms of surrender, Dum barton Oak vote and what have you, a truly Olympian achievement. One of the most surprising features of the Yalta announcement was the naming of San Francisco organization meeting to be held 25th, the mop-up so to speak Francisco, we have been unable cession to China! It will be Interesting, however, to be only 400 miles from such a momentous world event instead of anywhere from 3000 to 10,000, as is usually tha case. If the grapevine reports on the vote arrangement Is correct then promise and again with Soviet Russia getting all the better of it. In the origihial Dumbarton agreement each of the Big Five, Russia, Britain, France, the United States and China was given the veto power in any of the council's decisions, that is no de cision would be effective unless these five were united on it. The compromise it Is stated, any PUNITIVE action is concerned, but not In other council decisions. In ether words Russia concedes the right of the council te be governed by majority rule except where force Is involved. Tie answer to that is, of course, that the only IMPORTANT decisions the council can make will involve force. Russia APPEARS to give up" R.W.R. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to tha sditur mint mat the name and illnil ol the writer although Hie uie ol a pan-name or Initial! tor publication It parmn Ible. The Stall Tribune reitrvea the rllht to rdll ell lettere with a rlaw to aunty end eondtniauon Hall West Virginia To the Editor: We are proud of Fairmont, W. Vs., and Judge Charles E. Miller, of the Marlon county court, as representing the true sentiments of the state of West Virginia, in the case of Benjamin Franklin Male, who returned to that noble state from Oregon to get "relief from his conscience, that he may live and die In peace. Though I know him not, I know that the good wishes of Oregon went with him and a feeling of confidence that West Virginia could forgive and for get as well as we. We, too. awaited your verdict Thank Cod, Judge Miller nas fulfilled our utmost expecta lions, and we thnnk him and con. sratulatc West Virginia in ex emplifying the sisterhood of states. I salute West Virginia for the state of Oregon and in memory of my mother, father and broth er who lie buried in the city of Clarksburg. Donald Campbell, Formerly of 811 Clark St., Clarksburg. W. Va. - Buttercups First To the Editor: Buttercups are usually our first wildflowers to no legitimate complaint. And or destroyed. be brought to a swift and Just oe aemsnaea unis means goons world, will be taken, they do not make plain. and again be a self-respecting militarism and Naziism are de to drive a wedge between the too much, and too late. was the belief, that the fear of has always doubted the sound believed the exact opposite, TRIED to take advantage of it. as the place for a world security in only a short time now, April on Dumbarton Oaks. WHY San to figure out, unless it is a con controversial Dumbarton League here is another example of com retains this veto power as far as something, but REALLY doesn't. bloom. Even the buttercup has roots deep in folklore, Sweden has a buttercup fairytale about a miser: He was told there was a pot of gold coins at the foot of the rainbow. Before starting out, he picked up a sack. It was al most new. He could sell that to the junkman. Taking another, an old one, he crossed forest and meadow to the rainbow. There he found gold coins. These he greedily stuffed Into his sack. Swinging this on his back, he started home across mountain meadow. He did not reach the other side of the meadow till dark. He was tired from the long hike. He laid down to sleep. The next morning, he found the sack, being old, had sprung a leak. He had lost his coins. He recrossed the meadow, but could find no gold coins. They had all sprouted into buttercups! Kiddles gathcrnig February's first wildflowers may enjoy this Scandinavian bit of folklore. C. M. Goethe, Sacramento, Calif. KRESSE RECOVERING FROM PRISON INJURY Word has been received here, that Dr. A. F. W. Kresse, seri ously Injured in an accident in the McNeill's Island prison car penter shop two weeks ago. Is progressing favorably following an emergency operation. Dr. Kresse was struck in the stom ach by a flying piece of board and seriously hurt. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Charleston, 8. C, Feb. 19. The war cities down this At lantic seaboard, bulging at their seams, are wor ried and con fused about their postwar prospects (as every collec tion of people everywhere), Food Is good, money plenti ful. Rationing has been less painful than in W a s h i n gton and New York. The people have gotten through the war better. But just about half of the au thorities are apprehensively an ticipating depression and unem ployment, while singular as it sounds tha other halt expect the opposite result, good postwar business, built on great private spending, with the towns holding much of their growth and the people retaining much of their improved financial position. This divergence of opinion ties In precisely with a poll of national business management, recently made, showing also that about half the employers are optimistic, half pessimistic. e e e THE pessimist side, as I find it, is based upon logical rea soning running like this: People have money in banks and bonds In unprecedented amounts, it is true, but their very apprehension about the fu ture will keep them from spend ing it to buy all the things they need. The constantly advertised at titude of the labor union lead era who are trying to pry big postwar spending appropria tions out of congress, has strengthened the already latent fear among the people that a depression must follow a war. Confidence in 'the future Is lacking, money is already be coming wary. This is new and true condi tion which has not been noticed before and it makes more critical the prospects that re conversion of factories to peace production will sag. The auto industry (which is the nation's foremost) will take at least six months to change over, they now say. 1 e e BUT perhaps the most impres sive line of new thought on the subject is that our war pro duction has been so "greatly ex panded, this nation cannot pos sibly absorb the products of Its own machines. I have heard the contention from a foremost Industrial leader that our air plane factories in one week can make enough planes for whole year of our postwar needs. Some means must be found of selling our production abroad, but no foreign nation has much with which to buy or barter and it takes a long time to build up an equalized foreign trade, not founded on credit (which in most Instances would amount to giving our goods away at the American taxpayers' expense.) "THESE are powerful and un- questionably true analyses of the problem ahead. Nevertheless the forecast result can and should be avoided. The divergence of ppinion, In the first place,- does not repre sent confusion. These authorities and employers are thinking of their own businesses. Their split, therefore, seems to forecast that perhaps half the businesses of the country will suffer unemployment and de pression, but that the other half logically can anticipate good business. Then, furthermore, this much is true: There never has been so much money in the hands of the peo pie, and never a time when peo pie needed everything for living The government has control over the release of men from services, control over business reconver sion through war contracts, con trol over every aspect of the eco nomic situation. I cannot bring myself to be lieve that there could possibly be depression in this country during the 2i years following peace unless the government makes a bad Job of this, too, Every ingredient for success is present. Wisely managed cap italism, worKlng under Imagina tive, clear minded leaders. should certainly make all these ends meet. The trouble today is no one nas taKen. hold to furnish that leadership. The propaganda from Washington has been wrong in disturbing confidence. An inspir ing leader there, who thought he could do the Job, could soon cor rect tnts condition. Mr. Roosevelt had better send out a hurry-call for brains before n is too late. On Fourth of July In 1828 tne aunt anniversary of the sign ing of the Declaration of Inde pendence two former nresl dents, John Adsms and Thomas Jefferson died. And on the 85th anniversary, Fourth of July 1831, former President - James Monroe died. ilea UaU Tribune Want Ata. Cenadiansdrm i"n""w Mm Klere; YanksT 1.1 tAm Sjmntiima I l.ir a. -tr iii tv H frhifnaeh IdfSWITZ AUS. BudootHt ieltw l fjvP' Churchill rep Miles Tn"jiiij o 36o fTUNg Tha Blr Three eonferenee at Tslta, sealing tha doom of najism, was the peak moment of one of, the momentous weeks of the European war. Other developments are depicted on this map as giant drives in east and west squeeze hard-pressed Germans ever harder. .. FEWER MEXICANS FOR '45 CROP AID Corvallis, Ore. Oregon has been given a conditional promise of 5,000 Mexican farm laborers for the coming season, compared with 8,200 used last year, report William A. Schoenfeld, dean and director of agriculture at Ore gon State college, and Ralph Beck, in charge of the farm labor service of the O. S. C. extension service. The two officials recent ly returned from a conference in Berkeley called by the office of labor of the war food administra tion. . Actual arrival of the Mexicans who have proved so satisfactory in the past two years, depends upon successful negotiation for recruitment in and transporta tion from Mexico, the Oregon men report. Gen. Philip Q. Bru ton, administrator of the office of labor Is actively working with the Mexican government in an attempt to overcome some. of the problems that arose last year in the course of the season's opera tions. Prisoners Unavailable The Oregon officials also con ferred with the representatives of the army ninth service com mand at the Berkeley conference regarding use of prisoners of war to help in harvesting crops. They were told that, because of the widespread use of prisoners on military installations and in agri culture, the army Is not able to fill nearly all of the requests for such labor. "These developments all em phasize the fact that the success of the production and harvesting program In Oregon this year will depend largely on the work of men, women and youth in the state," said Beck. "Mexican na tionals and prisoners of war will be obtaied to supplement local labor to the extent possible, how ever. Farmers to File 'All farmers expecting to need such outside labor are asked to file their requests with their county agents just as soon as their needs are known. Farm labor offices are now ooeratine in all counties where early labor needs are pressing and will be opened in others as rapidly as me season requires. The Oregon men nointeH out that the extension service has responsibility only for farm labor for processing plants, whether local or transported, is handled by the U. S. employ ment service. Because of t h e close relationship of crop pro duction and processing, however, representatives of the war man power commission attended the Berkeley conference. SHEEPSKIN DEED FILED Rochester, Ind., (U.R) A pat- em aeea irom tne u. 5. govern ment bearing the signature of resident John Tyler, dated April 1, 1843. was filed for rec ord in the office of Fulton Coun ty Recorder Lee Moore recently In an effort to acquire title to an 80-acro tract, part of which borders on Lake Bruce. Moore said the deed was drawn on sheepskin in accordance with custom and was in good condi tion despite its old age of 101 years. And Select Green The Heavy Kind 12 or B,,u aj.u a..a -.f ' -v ,vn Hear Big Double Load . . . MEDFORD TEL. Highlights of Another Week Ms outflank Berlin's eastern det ensts tWi in reports Hint Landings SpiMIUeit!i to ajv-.-jt-.-vaa w" Km . , , , c J , . , J ' ' s - s " ' . . i ( ... I , , I , tl, , , . F ' , f , ' r i t . , . "y ', , , t .- , it -'4 tt , . - iv, ' ' i (Acmm TeUphoto) After two days of heavy naval bombardment, American troops are re ported by Tokyo to have landed on Iwo Jlma, 760 miles south of Tokyo This recent Air Force photo shows a Liberator over the Island with smoke clouds rising from bomb hits on the Jap airstrips, a ready-made and ideal base for Yanks to start B-29s toward Nip homeland. COTTON APPAREL PRICES REDUCED E Washington, Feb. 19. (U.R) The Office of Price Administra tion today announced prices to be charged for cotton wearing apparel produced under the gov ernment's new lower-cost cloth ing program. They hailed the return of a war casualty men's 49 cents shorts. Price Administrator Chester A. Bowles said the announce ment was the first result of the joint OPA War Production Board effort to cut. back cloth ing prices by six to seven per cent. Prices for woolens and rayons will be announced later. Clothes to be produced under the program are scheduled to become available in quantity by early summer. The OPA price list calls for women s $1.99 dresses and 88 cent slips and men's $1.80 shirts. Most types of I children's clothing also were ' given lower prices. I - The program is designed to take most of what is left of ; cotton, woolens and rayon after military needs are met and j make certain it goes into low and medium-cost essential cloth ing. Home Ek Grads Marry Early Is Shown at O.S.C. Oregon State College Two out of three graduates of the school of home economics here are married within three years after leaving college, and five Fir Slabs Mixed 16-inch $ 6 .50 agueiiiy . FUEL CO. 3111 ofWbf U.S. it m SOmile 4nre. converge on Drestea Budapest finally liberatea Big Three seal doom o pi Nousm, agree on con trol of postwar Germany (Acmm TeUphoto) on Iwo'Jima W1) out of six eventually marry, re ports Dean Ava B. Milam in a recent article In the national Journal of Home Economics. Dean Milam used these figures obtained in a survey of O.S.C. graduates in support of her con tention for a broader field of home economics education rath er than too much specialization for an earning profession. Dean Milam showed that only one out of eight married gradu ates is employed, whereas 13 out of 14 single, graduates are earning. A more recent study made among graduates whose husbands are in the armed forces showed that 80 out of 84 do not plan to remain in earning pro fessions after their husbands re turn to civilian life. Dean Milam believes that broad home economics education better prepares a student both for an earning profession and tor nome life. The predecessor of the roller Dearing appeared first in 1100 a. c. a picture painted on a rock in El Bersheb in that r-ear shows workers placing. cylinders of wood in the path of a great slab of stone as other men pull it forward. OUR J v-i:-:.fe?5 n id a FY Our ideal of service bespeaks an individual quality bated on consideration, care and char, actor. In the attainment of this ideal the funda mentals are our facilities, our experience and our integrity. CONGER-MORRIS Funeral Parlors Office of tho County Coroner AMBULANCE SERVICE Distinctive Bur Not Expensive H. W. Conger . Carlos W. Morris jFlight o Time Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory (torn the files of tha Mall Tribune 10. 20. and 14 rears ego. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY February 1B INI (It was Tuesday) Infernal machine sent to Sen. Huey Long from this city is wrapped in portion of tha Mail Tribune. Badminton stars of Northwest to give exhibition hero tonight. Lower House of Legislature threatens revolt over senate de lays. Unsettled. High M, low SI de grees. Ashland high quint points for game hero Friday with Black Tornado. C. E. (Pop) Gates urges strict er penalties to curb wild auto ists. Bruno Hauptmann appeals conviction of kidnaping and murder of Col. Lindbergh baby. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY February IS, 192S (It was Thursday) E. H. Hedrick is named super intendent of Medford schools. He has been superintendent at Heppner for several years. State Retail Merchants asso ciation adopts resolution oppos ing government meddling in pri vate affairs. Ruch postoffice is entered and robbed of $155. Cloudy. High 88, low 29 de- grees. England to spend million pounds for air fleet. Gloria Swanson out of danger following operation in Paris. President Coolidge opposes federal inheritance tax. American banks large loan to France. prothise THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY February 19, 1811 (It was Sunday) Pierce bill to permitcommer cial fishing in ,Hogue passes senate introduced.' Russia theatens to declare war on China. Party of three leave for Cra ter Lake to get pictures of scenic wonder in icy embrace of win ter. PARTIALLY TOLD Washington, Feb. 19 U.R The War Department today an nounced the names of a portion of the American military per sonnel released by the capture of Bilibld prison in Manila. In cluded were the following men from Oregon and Washington, whose next of kin have been notified: Oregon: Muir, SSgt. Cecil L.; Mrs. Frances W. Mecuro, aunt, Port land. Soderman, 1st Lt. Helmer C; C. L. Soderman, father, Port land. Kygar, Pvt. Merl W.; Mrs. Florence Kygar, mother, Rt. 1, Nyssa. Washington: Larson, S'Sgt. Edward J.; Mrs. Anna Larson, mother, Box 321, Port Orchard. Remark, Pvt. Louis E.; Fred L. Remark, father, Lakota Beach, Tacoma; Mrs. Rena James, mother, Tacoma. WASHING MACHINES REPAIRED Parts St Service on All Makes B & B Washer Shop 40S C. Main Phone 5302 IDEAL
