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March comes Thurs. In it
John Mann, Col. TouVelle of
J'ville, Lorenzo Dow Fry of
Phoenix, and MaJ. H. Flewher,
the late demon baker, now near
Naples, will have birthdays.
The OlderOlrl-Next-Door re
ports J. Tannehlll Walker (about
6), can ask more questions,
with machine-gun rapidity, than
the Quiz Kids can answer.
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"German militarists are anxi
ous for the war to end. Every
day's delay now inevitably post
pones the start of the next one."
-(Punch, London).,The past rec
ord proves it.
Thomas (Hungry) Hlgglns and
Maw Nature are doing a fine Job
in the city park. Two blades of
grass grow where one grew be
fore, and some places where
there were none last fall. ,
The state chairman of the
nnAnM4lA , Mnmnta hi tnn
many Republicans have polltl
' cal pie and plums in Oregon
They are entitled to them. In
four presidential - elections, the
counts show, they went Demo
cratic for the head of the ticket,
and Republican the rest of the
way.
'- " '
The Wrlgley company of Chi-
"cago announced the past week,
'it has ceased making chewing
gum, even for the armed forces.
For a long time it has been so
scarce, pedestrians have been
unable to find a discarded wad
to step on,
E. Ulrlch, the Prospect mt..
wm. towned Wed. The week
Dewey Hill, the ace hired man
of the same region was down.
A few of the more ardent
Victory gardeners have started
making the dirt fly in their
backyards.
.
R. Grey Fowler,' the co.agt.
who started the commission of a
mustache on his upper Up, has
removed same.
The balmy days of the past
week started the sap racing In
trees, and down residential
streets.
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. The B. Tornado, Tigers, Ben
gals, Pearpickers, or Southern
Oregontans eked out a win over
K. Falls Fri but had to work
overtime to do it. The victors
had a case of the tournament
jitters.
The alleged beef shortage is
getting , worse, with fat steers
visible in all the principal direc
tions but up, throughout the
nation.
Washington, D. C, reports the
public is hazy about peace plans
they being as clear as mud. Mil
Hons have never read the Dum
barton Oaks pact, and probably
you are one of them.
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The legislature still has Its
nose to the grindstone, and go
ing around like the handle on a
brace and bit.
Refurbishing of golf sticks,
nd re-wlndlng of fishing poles.
not to mention waxing of sklls,
occupy many. The shovel handle
needs varnishing, and the hoe
lacks balance.
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Royal and Bill Brown of E
Pt, towned in mid-week. During
the week they observed the
birthdays of G. Washington, and
Bill Perry, co. com. and fellow
citizen.
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The whinny of new colts was
heard In the rural regions the
past week. They are cute and
wobbly-legged, and their tore
bears have been displaced by the
wuck and the tractor.
Editorial Correspondence
Los Angeles, Feb. 20. The most popular hair-do in L. A. and
Hollywood Is dark molasses brown with a bronzy cast, and many
curls and curlicues. The more same looks like a weather-beaten
17th century wig the better the gals seem to like it.
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Our "severest critic" told us not to mention the S.P. or the
California climate on this trip, and we haven't MUCH. However,
on the front page of this morning's Times is a picture of the LA.
Hall of Records the tower of which was hit by a lightning bolt
yesterday at 5:25 p.m. Your correspondent left the Hall of Records
at 8:20, and got slightly wet.
Why the Hall of Records?
Because after spending an hour listening to the Follies trial in
the Municipal Court building, across the street, we felt in need of
a "coke".
A fellow scribbler on the "Times" told us the Follies trial would
be worth a story, but either our
beam, or while we were there the witnesses took a day off. At
any rate it was pretty dull, confined largely to a group Of police
men and policewomen telling the fine points of difference between
the can-can, shunmie, rhumba, hoochi-koochi and the "bumps".
The Follies gals were there looking very sad and sick, also their
"boss", a fat, oleaginous Jew, and his staff of attorneys.
When the latter set out to prove this entertainment was solely
In the Interest of the finer arts and the war effort, there should
be good copy in it. But if we have to dodge any more lightning
bolts to get there, fear we will have to skip it.
Ran Into Jimmy Young, I.N.S.
years who doesn't share Admiral Halsey's contempt for the Jap
as not worth two-bits as a fighting man, just a rat to be holed
out and choked with the Admiral's two fists, or is it one?
Jimmy thinks the Admiral a good fighter but talks too much.
Jimmy maintains the war against Japan has merely been a
curtain-raiser to date compared with what it is to become when
we really get on Nippon's "sacred soli," Korea, China, Formosa
and the Japanese mainland. Two phases of the war are over:
lungle and beachhead fighting,
occupied. But in the next phase there won't be any friendly natives
or Filipino guerillas to help us;
fortified MOUNTAINS to cross and
Japs will be pressed Into this fight, one way or another. "The
nearer we get to Toklo the tougher this war is going to get,"
concludes Jimmy.
Well as time Roes on we will see whether the Admiral or the
newspaper reporter is right. We
the former.
Imagine Japan putting on the
packed housel
Well here at the Biltmore meaire last nigm me -jviiKaao wai
put on with the S.R.O. sign out, and it was an excellent perform
ance. Of course the "Mikado" is British rather than Japanese,
and yet it shows a certain breadth of mind for a mixed audience
like that to enthuse about these Gilbert and Sullivan characters
from the now detested land of the cherry blossoms.
The "Mikado" always makes
drews, the original "Ko-Ko" and
boys and girls of the U.S. northwest. The chorus In this company
looked like a Mam Street flop house line-up, but how they could
sing! So could all of the stars but Nanki Poo who it seems was
understudy for the real member of the troupe, laid up with a cold.
Incidentally there are more "colds" to the square inch here in
Los Angeles than in Southern Oregon at the present moment and
we will wager a box of Christmas Cornice against one California
grapefruit on the truth of that statement!
Just had a phone call from Maury Spatz who has returned from
a few weeks at Palm Springs, he and Mrs, Spatz are at the Chapman-Park
up on Wilshire. The weather he. declares down there
has been perfect and considerable golf was enjoyed which only
sustains what this department has always contended that in a
little over 100 miles between L.A. and Palm Springs there is a
complete change of climate. This is the South Temperate zone,
THAT is a portion of tropical desert, (Hope to get down there
before we return but have to find
We failed to note above that
women, who testified at the Follies trial, were so much more
glamorous and attractive in appearance than the chorus girls
themselves, we felt really sorry
ever, and we believe they are entitled to considerable sympathy.
Alter au tney are merely trying to
as to what they wear or. say the
kind of show put on, and he should
K. B. Richardson has sent us a
giving David Lawrence's views of the Yalta conference, a very
pessimistic report foreseeing years of bloodshed in Europe as a
result of such harsh terms against Nazi Germany.
Mobbe so, mebbe so. No doubt
after all what is to be done with
criminal record of nearly half a
make future bloodshed less likely?
it is a most complicated and
we believe a problem of penology. Why then not apply modern
methods of penology and Instead of depriving Germany of ALL
HOPE of a future, put her on parole for a generation, and let
uermany tnei jUfcMUNSTKATE
not she can be trusted to be admitted again to the company of
civiiizea ana law-aoming nations
straight and narrow and BANG,
nightl
Such a parole system would
the settlement could then be altered, as experience proved them
uj ob too severe or not severe enough.
Settlements made while the
are extreme, nothing else canf
maae ,so nara ana fast that they
when the emotions which induced
Editorial Comment&
BENJAMIN B. BEEKMAN
The death of Benjamin B
Beekmnn at 81 removes from
among us one of Portland's most
notable figures. Tall, very erect
he had a distinguished bearing
that marked him for the obscr
vatton of every stranger, and It
was a bearing that did not belle
his Inner attainments. He held
the degree of LL.B. from Yale
university, was a Phi Bctta Kap
pa, had been a faculty membei
at the University of Oregon and
had practiced law in Portland
with such associates as the late
Judge Robert G. Morrow, Judge
J. F. Watson and Judge E. B
Watson.. He had retired from the
practice of his profession but re
tained a valued Interest In Ma
sonic lodge work. In Oregon his
tory, in cultural movements, and
was a director of the Oregon
Historical society. He was the
donor to the latter of the Beck
man essay fund, made In com
memoratlon of his father.
The Beekman name, more
over, Is notable in Oregon an
nals. Benjamin's father. Cor
nellus C. Beekman, came to the
Pacific coast In 1850 and In
1853 became express messenger
between Yreka, Crescent City,
Cal., and Jacksonville, Ore. In
1858 he embarked In the pony
express business on his own ac
reportorial instinct is far off the
correspondent in Toklo for 16
or about over when Iwo Jima is
there will be not only forts but
close to 20,000,000 able-bodied
hope, everyone hopes of course,
"Merry Widow" In Toklo to a
us think of George and Ed An
"Pooh - Bah" for many (now) older
a place to sleep first.)
those police matrons, or police
for the latter, yes more than
make a living, have no choice
"boss" is responsible for the
be the one punished, not they.
clipping from the Oregon Journal
of the severity of the terms but
a nation like Germany with its
century? Would milder terms
difficult problem, and essentlallv
by her own act ons whether or
r L.ei ner stray a foot from the
she could be put in chains over
riave this added virtue TVrm.
war Dsvcholosv exist. Invnrinhiv
be expected, they should not be
must continue to be imposed
them have PASSED. R. W .R.
graphic dispatches from Yreka
For many years he conducted a
banking business in Jacksonville
In connection with his express
company connections, was a re
gent of the state university and
was the republican candidate
for governor in 1878, when he
was defeated by W. W. Thayer
democrat, by only 89 votes.
The Beekman bank in Jack
sonvllle was noted In early days
for its Informality and for the
complete and never violated
trust the people of that section
placed in Its proprietor. It Is
said that prior to the advent or
state banking regulations, Jack
sonvllle citizens would bring in
their pokes of gold dust or coin,
and Mr. Beekman would tab
them and put them in his vault
Withdrawals were made by de
positors asking for their pokes
The elder Beekman lived to an
advanced age with stainless rep
utatlon and high popular regard
The last may be said, too, of
Benjamin B. Beekman. The
Oregonlan.
DR. R. II. HOOD
OPTOMETRIST
Sparta Bldg. Medtord. Or.
Appointment 11 Desired
MILITARY DRILL
EQUAL PAY BILL
Salem, Ore., Feb. 24 (U.R)
The Oregon house of representa
tives today killed bills which
would have guaranteed women
equal pay with men for equal
work and set up a program ot
military training for Oregon
high schools during the war and
six months after.
The bill designed to lift the
pay of women to that of men
was killed by a vote of 15 to 13
with opponents declaring the
measure was a move to drive
women out of industry after the
war.
The military bill was killed
through indefinite postponement
after the house education com
mittee reported the bill unfav
orably, saying both war and
navy secretaries have declared
that high school training was un
necessary. The senate approved and sent
to the house a bill to restrict
public utility districts from ac
quiring other existing power dis
tricts or equipment without the
affected area having a vote.
The senate postponed action
on a house bill to create the
office of registrar of elections In
Multnomah county upon motion
of Sen. William Walsh of Coos
Bay to place it on the table.
The bill, which was the sub.
ject of heated debate in the
house, will not come up again
until a majority of the senate
calls for it and it is doubtful
that it will be brought back this
session.
Walsh said that he had "grave
doubts" about the bill, that It
had some "political aspects" and
he wanted to check on it further
COMMUNICATIONS
Letlrra tn the Kditm must beai
the name and address ul the writrl
alihoimh ihr use til a pen-name ul
initials tut piibliratinn is permit
Ylhl I'he Mall Tribune reserve
the MKhl tti edit all tellers with e
view lo clarity and enndensaUnn
Queer Christianity
To the editor: May I voice
my opinion on "The Reader'
who refuses to save tin cans
because it results in "making
drunkards out of our boys and
girls. "I shan't remind her of the
food tinned food that Is sent
across nor of the use those tin
cans are put to in a first aid
kit. But I would like to remind
her that 'our boys over there go
without fresh milk, their coffee
is limited, they can't get cakes,
and the little if any beer
they get will never make drunk
ards of any of them. Does she
realize what a "morale builder''
some real American beer would
be? And if any Christian pro
tests a morale builder, that's
queer Christianity.
Forget your prejudice. Read
er, and save your tin cans.
Enough of your cans will be
used in making syrettes to offset
the "wicked" morale building
can of beer that few of our boys
ever see.
A Soldier's Wife,
Mrs. S. J. Fagone v
. Prisoners of war, working on
private contract jobs, earned ai)
proximately $4,000,000 for the
treasury of the United States
during October, 1944.
At Anytime . .
And At Least A Quart A Day
?q I Lost River
4 s v -1 MILK
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9 TAXI DRIVERS
SOLDIER, LINKED
N VICE CHARGE
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 2401.(0
Nine Qakland cab drivers and
an army private tonight faced
charges of exploiting two 18-year-old
girls as prostitutes so
the private could make money
to finance a 30 day leave from
the hospital, it was alleged.
' Police today arrested Pfc.
Charles Leonard Turner, 28, sta
tioned at DeWitt army hospital,
Auburn, Cal., and two cab driv
ers, John Charles Gage, 34, and
John Clifford Bus, 23. A war
rant was out for another cab
driver and police said at least
six more drivers were involved.
The two girls were being held
at the Alameda county detention
home while officials investigat
ed their stories.
Turner, according to the dis
trict attorney's office, induced
the girls to become prostitutes
and split the income with the
drivers. Police said that a naval
officer paid $130 to take one of
the girls to San Francisco.
The facts became known. Po
lice said, when Turner and two
cab drivers argued about the di
vision of the money and Turner
complained to police that the
two girls were infected with
venereal disease.
PACIFIC COLLEGE
GETS CASH GIFT
Forest Grove, Ore., Feb. 24
(U.R) Pacific University has re
ceived a gift of $50,000 from
Franklin Warner of Claremont,
Calif., it was announced tonight
by Dr. W. C. Giersbach, presi
dent of the university.
Warner is a retired banker
and a member of the board of
trustees, the gift was made
without limitations. President
Giersbach said the money prob
ably would be used for building
purposes, to house students and
classes.
Dr. Giersbach announced oth
er gifts totaling $57,000 during
1944.
AUTO DEATH TOLL
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Salem, Ore., Feb. 24 (U.R)
Sherman county was the only
county in Oregon not to have a
traffic fatality in the last two
years, Secretary of State Robert
S..Farrell, Jr., reported today.
Seven counties had clear rec
ords for 1944, he said. They were
Baker, Gilliam, Harney, Mor
row, Sherman, Wallowa and
Wheeler.
Multnomah, Clackamas and
Marion counties, most highly
populated in Oregon, each had
20 or more traffic deaths.
TASTES GOOD, TOO
Fort Warren, Wyo., (U.R) The
Fort Warren . Sentinel has
brand new recipe for an ice
cream soda. It's a "MacArthur
Soda," made with Manila.
for breakfast, lunch,
dinner and tn between
meals there it no sub
stitute beverage for chil
dren, it's healthful, nu
tritious and they love It.
A quart of our creamy,
rich milk every day as
sures health and happi
ness for your child.
Grade A and
PASTEURIZED
LOST RIVER DAIRY
Flight o' Time
Medlord aud Jackson Co His
lory 'torn the flies ol the Mail
rrtbun 10. 20. and 34 fn
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
February 25. 1935
(It was Monday)
Legislature passes a law de
claring the steelhead a game
fish.
Thirteen perish . In Middle
West blizzard.
No more salaries to be paid
legislators, but their toil con
tinues. Cloudy and warmer. High 51,
low 23 degrees. Mercury drops
to one degree of coldest day of
year.
Coke and John Brite, brothers,
now serving life terms in Fol
som prison are freed from coun
ty jail on condition they depart
county. They were sentenced
for assault on Jacksonville resi
dent. .
Gov. Martin plans to ease re
lief burden by profits from li
quor sales.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
February 25, 1925
(It was Wednesday)
Passage of normal school bill
by legislature exults Ashland
people.
DeAutremont suspects held in
Mexico.
King George and Premier
Lloyd George of England, Presi
dent Ebert of Germany, and
Gloria Swanson, all recovering
from recent illness and opera
tions. Prince of Wales thrills Eng
land with his exhibition of
American hustle. Thinks noth
ing of traveling 200 miles a day
by auto. .
Roseburg high to play Medford
here Friday night.
Legislature .kills state film
censorship bill.
Wallace Woods is granted per- j
mit to build lumber yard on
South Fir street. j
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
TODAY
February 25. 1911
Gov. West vetoes Rogue River ;
fish bill.
Eggs drop to .30 cents per
dozen here.
Snow at Prospect three fee;
deep, with seven feet at Union.
Creek, i
Seat Sale For Red .
Cross Benefit Openc
Ticket sale for the little 'thea
ter production of "Deadlier Than
the Male," to be given in Med
ford March 9 as a Red Cross
benefit, starts tomorrow. Seats
will be on sale at Mann's depart
ment store and the Chamber ol
Commerce and may be pur
chased each afternoon between
12 noon and 5 p. m.
Miss Kay Conroy Is chairman
BALLROOM
THE DANCE TREAT of
. America's Foremost
Composer and
Conductor
TED
FI0-RIT0
-and His-
ORCHESTRA
O
re the musie that's thrilled millions en
the RADIO . . . STAGE ... and
SCREEN!
TOESo it?.
Admission
$1.20
Per Person
Including
Tax
In charge of the ticket sale.
An additional committee an
nounced yesterday is made up
of Mrs. Howard Rutherford, Mrs
Otto Frohnmayer and Mrs. John
Day who will be in charge of
music for the performance.
Rehearsals 'for the play, a
comedy-drama with an all-woman
cast, have been underway
for some time past.
WlSflLD
Portland, Ore., Feb. 24 (U.R)
Obera Hampton Justice, 29-year-old
Portland machinist, to
night faced charges of first de
gree murder in connection with
the knife slaying of Milton Rose
Soan in a shabby four-room
apartment this morning.
Deputy Coroner Snook declar
ed Miss Sloan had been "slit ear
to ear" in the bloody knife bat
tie.
Near the body of the girl de
tectives found a crumpled note
addressed by Justice to Mrs
Bessie Mae Sloan, the girl's
mother.
Police said the note read: "I'm
sorry it had to come out this
way. Please forgive. I don't like
this but it is the only way out,
Goodbye, Oble."
Justice" was captured by Ches
ter E. Teeter, guard for Bonne
ville Power administration who
lived in the flat below the
Sloans.
OvoVout 0o Home
mm Coosity Feiehal
SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
125 East Main
DANCING STARTS at 8:03 Pil.
Come Early We will close at Midnight In cooperation
with James Byrnes' closing request.
Purse Snatcher Is
Snatched From Zoo
Cleveland. (U.R) Sammy the
Crow, who made quite a record
this summer stealing riikm arA
nicknacks from Cleveland Zoo
visitors, has been stolen himself.
His owner, Ben Browski, re
quested, that the captor treat the
crow kindly and give careful at
tention to his diet. However, he
in nnt tnn urnrrioi nhmil cm
tny's disappearance, as he be
lieves ine "crownapper" will
tire of his antics soon and be
glad to get rid ot him.
BRAGGIN TRIPS HIM
Boston, (U.R) Unsolicited tes
timonial received by a Boston
firm: "Seven years ago I used
your soap. Since then I have
used no other."
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