Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 26, 1945, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text- - - : rornt MTOfORB mar. txibom Mender, rtb. 11, 1141 MEDFOR$kTKIBUl(I PaHF egl Saturday fubllihtd by JflDITOFD PRINTINO CO. rr-j woe tt rir it. ' ROBERT W. UHU IdlWr. nuoit SIXJtH GRKY, AdrarUslns MIT. MRS. OLIVE STAJlbHIH. aW OIJLAUD LATHAM. Clreulauoo Mr. M HHOd elaaa mattar ! JSlorA t5S. undar Art 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATE Dili and Sunday i raontha 4.M Dally and Sunday thraa nwa. J Dally and Sunday cm month e ?arriar-I AvancMadford. Aahland. Cantral Point. ;aion villi, Goto Hill. Phoaiua. Talaot and en motor routaat Dally and Sunday-ona ft- Dally and Sunday ona monw . All larma aaib In dnca. Official rapar 1 aw City af Madfall OKUIal Papal at Jaata Caty UaluS ptm Mil Uaaa Wli T BUTUAU Portia nd. St Loula, Atlanta. Vancouvar. B. C. Mm fit lllTION P U L I S HE y Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Pair? After today the legislature draws no pay for services ren dered. This Is apt to end with lightning- unexpectedness, what 'Is known In military circles, as a "stalemate," In basketball as a "stall," and among cowmen, as "letting the hay off your horns." . a Yesterday was a fine early spring day, even for hereabouts, and caused pangs to autolsts with gas tanks dry enough to grow a cactus. Turkey has declared war en the Axis nations somewhat be latedly, after all is ever but the shouting. As nation, she made sorry spectacle of herself. One of the prire glixards in the peace gravy will be the Dardanelles, a strip of water upon which Moscow has Its diplomatic eyes, and,' aims to control in the fu ture. Its choice slice of white meat. a a A DOGGED QUESTION (Colfax, Cal Record) 'Barking dogs yelping dogs . running dogs loose dogs licensed dogs unlicensed dogs in fact Jus! plain dogs was the chief Item of busi ness before the Colfax city council at their regular meet ing held in Memorial hall on Tuesday night." a The Jena Jensen boy,- John, ' writes from Europe, he is sleep ing on a straw tick, and wash ing his socks in his helmet. John formerly tossed the casaba for St. Mary's and the Oregon State Rooks. ... a a . a The premier v of Japan has apologized to the emperor for shells from raiding B-zes fall ing on the palace grounds, scar ing the Imperial and infernal daylights out of the Mikado. This is most diabolical, in the Nipponese mind, as their ruler parades as a "divinity", whose mind is too pure to even think of war. The emperor Is Just an other nabob in a klmona. who hopes to escape trial as a war criminal, and expects his sub jects to die for him, though he would not deign to undergo a minor aggravation for them. a a The Black Tornado came out of the basketball woods as dis trict chnmpions, with a 24 straight victory record, and wal loped all conference foes four times each. a a a "MERIT BILL has genuine merit" (Hdllne Oregon Voter) it s in the right place. a a A new weed killer Is en the market. Experts report It "has been found very effective in controlllog posion oak, but has not proven effective In killing other undesirable plants." Here is a case, where the farmer's loss, la the drugstore's gain. a a a NEW WORD UNLEJaSHPn "A representative of one of the great government agencies lauonea in Italy wrote mem orandum to his head office in the United States which contain- n wis recommendation: "We should now plan definitely to bifurcate tn Rome." Well, why not? "Bifurcate" means simply to divide Into two branches, and that's what the man meant We predict that, once the term get going, it will snrearl tint nni. through the other government agencies but through Industry and business, to the great delight of everyone concerned. As Lin coln might have unirir "A Vim in bifurcated against Itself cannot stand." N. Y. Herald-Trihim.i Incidentally, Older Girls re call iney once wore "bifurcated SHUTS. .-U?ln.tl.m Sunday loo Lata Editorial Correspondence Los Angeles, Feb. 22: They Lincoln's birthday here as far why. we can t figure out. Looked In on the Municipal Court yesterday to see hew the' defense is doing In that Follies esse. The court ruled out com Darative drama and literature, so excerpts from "Tobacco Road," "Girl From the Osarks," "Honey "Forever Amber and the Bible were ruled out. Learned counsel felt very dejected, Attorney Bourne, the long haired jury plead er of the defense trio, declaring to the august court it was like "a kick in the seat of the pants." In desperation the defense decided to put on some excerpts from the show which was closed up December last, to prove that everything was not rotten in this particular dramatic Den mark, the performance as a whole in fact being designed only to divert the doughboys home from the front as well as raise army moralel Whereupon Miss Dee, one of the cast, with a voice somewhat resembling In tonal quality a of a tree, rendered ditty entitled "the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" which she solemnly swore was rendered exactly as it was rendered during the 1944 holiday week. This was followed by the roBUST tenor of the cast (accent on the bust) one Eduard DeWitt, who pointed out that he per formed for year at the "Buzz Buzz" night club in Toledo and also at the local. Burbank "thee-ater" where he was a well known popular favorite, his offering bearing the title of "Hail to the Gold-Star Mother." There was no doubt of the robustness when Eduard really lat himself go In the little court sob. it fairly made the windows rattle, though one was more inclined to nang onto ms seat than reach for his pocket handkerchief. When asked by counsel If that was the way ha sang at the performance in question Eduard replied proudly it was. Judging the performance in Follies could naroiy nave Deen for both Eduard and Miss-Dee flannel shirt, the latter with the popular mollasses-candy-bronze-tinted hair-do took themselves with intense earnestness and sol emnity, Eduard being practically out on his feet as a result of emotional strain when he finished his tribute to the bereaved war mothers. The defense then put on a "The Doctor's Office" in which Dee and Eduard participated,- all deleted nor altered it was put Follies were raided. Although this example was there was again no sign of enjoyment on the part of the cast, solemnity and dejection again being the keynote of the per formers, althought the piece-de-resistance was a clinical examina tion in the G. U. department. One woman on the jury was amused she Is a young and buxom blonde and the hope of the defense we imagine and one old man among the spectators burst into loud guffaw which drew stern admonition from the court bailiff. Otherwise there were no on the calm surface of the assembled mutltude, as result of. the effort. It is matter of no great Importance, of course, but it would be Interesting to know why this cheap performance by group of third rate actors end actorines should have been closed up, while the night clubs and floor shows of this amazing and de cadent metropolis continue uncensored and unchecked. It Is a fairly safe wager that someone neglected to pay someone else What someone else requested or expected. These examples of entertainment from the raided FolUes only increased your correspondent's sympathy for these poor gals try ing to earn an honest living, but the boss and the men In the cast for such as they, well they should get "life" or be sent to aid the G. C. detail in the South Pacificl We don't know any lower form of animal life than financing a eheap burlesque. It was positively refreshing to run Into Father Divine once more. We have, during the ten days put, become quiet partial to this genial old fakir, for un like so many of the characters it essentially kindly, amusing unable to figure out as yet Just for he hss no followers, no church, must spend all his time ap parently or a large share of It self, argufying. The only (Mint we have heard assumption of Divinity, Is that In this country, to which everyone ducts should have the union stamp, and members not in good standing, should bo unable to buy union goods have to pay up their union dues for example before they could get anything to eat. We grant this proposal could the man IS Interesting in his various discussions for he really takes a sort of Christian line against the preachers of revolu tion and violence, In favor of evolution and non-resistance: Like Jack Johnson, Father Jack who is still going strong, section of Main Street he sports of teeth. The old boy is probably are only a few silver threads in carries his "holy staff" a strong covered with a leather cap he staff tncidently a very formidable heathen If they git sot up.") It Is amusing to see how Father Divine with all his glib talk evades trouble. When things warm up the Father picks up his staff and sneaks out seeks the diligently as the whiskered bartender from San Antone seeks out the warm ones that is the sun-spots, among the park benches. Just as an aside, this ex-bartender puzzles us he chews con stantly his bushy bunch of sandy whiskers moving down and up like an oil-pump but he never or at least we have never seen him put anything IN his mouth or eject anything FROM Hi R. W. R. I Dnimmondvllle, Que., Feb. 28 (U.R) Eight military prison ers, whose arrest led to a street battle between 2,000 civilians and 100 police, will be arraigned here today. Meanwhile, scores of civilians and a dozen military police nursed bruised heads. No shots were fired, but ice, bottles and fists flew at the height of the battle early yesterday. Provost corpsmen, sworn In as constables, arrived In Drum mondvllle with Royal Canadian Mounted Police. After they had visited billiard rooms and other amusement centers In search of Canadian army deserters, the ater -crowds began tossing ice and bottles at tliem. Police arrested 14, including make, more of Washington's than as closing up is concerned just In the Horn," as well as "Othello," rusty buzz-saw hitting the knot room, preceded by a Caruso of the decrepit old building question by these examples, the a very diverting penormance the former sporting an ox-blood skit from the Follies entitled five of the cast including Miss of them declaring nothing was on exactly as on the night the designed to furnish comic relief, noticeable ripples of risibility the genus homo acting tn or return to Pershing Square and In this incredible freak-show, he and considerate. We have been what is his racket how he lives, here in the park, sunning him htm stress outside of his smiling there should be one Big Union should belong, All union pro hardly be called interesting, but Divine wears a beret, unlike they say, down in the colored whiskers and is shy a number in his late 6u's although there his black beard and while he stick with a heavy metal top walks with a springy step. (That weapon, Is "to lay down the quiet conversational groups as The Canadian army had wave of desertions recently when the government ordered 16,000 men for overseas duty as replacement for troops on the western front. CO-ED IS CO -WINNER OF ENGINEERING PRIZE Berkeley. Calif., (U.PJ For the first time in the history of the University of California, a girl will be awarded the freshman engineering prize. Mary Lou Coombs, Fresno Calif., was co winner of the award tor the outstanding record among freshmen in the college of engineering, with Robert Eu gene Wundcrllch, Los Angeles. 13.000 DEVICE FOR TRAINEES Norman, Okla. (U.PJ A S3000 reserve stereoscopic device which permits the training of range tinder specialists for war ships has been assigned to the naval reserve officer training school at the University of Okla homa, it was announced by na val authorities. MOVE TO LEGALIZE NATIONAL STRIKE Washington. Feb. 28 (U.R) The United Mine Workers to day took action which would enable them legally to call a strike in the nation's bituminous coal mines. They did so by formally no tifying three federal agencies that they consider a dispute ex ists with the operators "within the meaning of the Smith-Con-nally act." This act set up ma chinery for' taking strike votes after 30-day "codling off" pe riod. The action was ordered by a unanimous vote of the UMW's wage policy committee at the opening session of three-day meeting here. The union will start negotiations on Thursday for a new two-year contract with soft coal producers to replace an egreemwit which expires at midnight, March 31. The notice that a dispute al ready exists was sent to the war labor board, the national labor relations board, and the labor department. In so doing, the UMW invoked a law which was written as a result of coal strikes two years ago. Gigantic Aircraft Ordered By Panatr For Postwar Runs New York. Feb. 28 (U.R) Aircraft capable of carrying 204 passengers and seven tons -of freight to Europe without a stop nave oeen ordered for post-war construction by Pan American II' 1 - I 1 Juan T. Trlppe, Pan Ameri can president, said yesterday the planes, measuring the equivalent of a 21-story building between wing tips, can be "translated Into unprecedented low fares." Pan American has ordered 18 of the mammoth ships which will be powered by six pusher type engines. They .will be able to fly at 30,000 feet, and make the trans-Atlantic hop in slight ly more than nine hours. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp., San-Diego, Calif., will build the new air giants. Flying Bomb Kills "Penniless" Couple London. (U,R) The old. three- story house on Rosehill Road. like a Victorian vignette, hadn't changed a bit since its two occu pants came to live in It 84 years ago. They were Caroline and Ma tilda Newton, spinster sisters, who, untouched by the whirl winds of fashions and customs. (till wore the black dresses that swept the ground and buttoned up to the neck. They lived quietly and with great austerity like many others of their age whose existences are often limited by pitifully small incomes. Last July a flying bomb struck the old house, and Caroline, 86 and Matilda, 83, were both killed. A kindly neighbor, thinking the aged sisters had died penni less, spent $120 on their funerals But when r,escue workers set to work on the debris they found papers showing the spinster sis- ters had over $40,000 in the bank In bonds from the last war. Heiress Found At -Cliff Foot, Dead Palm Springs, Calif., Feb. 26 (U.R) An autopsy will be per formed today on the bruised and broken body of Marian Na dine Flint, 29-year-old Oakland, Calif., heiress. Miss Flints nude body was found yesterday after an all night search at the foot of a 180-foot cliff in the rocky San Jacinto mountains. KITCHEN MATCH STOCK PLENTIFUL, SAYS WPB New York (U.R) There Is no "shortage" of matches, al though the familiar paper book and penny-box safeties are miss ing from cigar stands throughout the nation. WPB officials explain that 100 per cent of the penny-box and 35 per cent of the paper-book matches have been earmarked for the military services because of their cargo-space-saving com pactness, but that there are 200 billion old fashioned kltcnen matches available for civilian consumption. This, the officials say, is more than enough for all purposes if smokers will forget the "free" matches they used to receive with cigarette purchases and step around to the grocery store for a box of the big wood en lights. The currency unit of Brazil J formerly called the mllreis. was renamed the cruzeiro in 1942. BRONCHIAL IRRITATIONS rr I children Quickly soothed by ft v 1 renetro Grandma's old-time mutton suet idea doveloped by rzJ modern science into a counter irritant, rtnorisinjc salve; for ftukkK PENETRDfe a.n i.e. . M.....N l.t "V--' Japs trnona Dour streams of lead Into shell Holes and reeky eaves on Corregidor, wiping out the suicide ZlTot iS whoSaWaps bad gonads. XM around tbsnudves. fought until Killed. 6igiJ Corps photo. Letter From Washington Br HARRIS ELLSWORTH Member of Congress From Oregon Legislative By-Product. The battle in the house over what to do about the George Bill (the bill to take the RFC and other lending agencies from the control of the secretary of commerce) had an interesting result in an other direction this week. Two bills which probably would not have reached consideration for months suddenly came up Wed nesday and were passed. One bill is known as the insurance bill which gives companies a period of time before being placed definitely under the anti trust 'laws. The other was the Hobbs Bill to review railroad bankruptcy settlements for the purpose of considering the in terests of small stockholders. Action on these bills was di rectly a by-product of the battle by our side of the house (Rep.) to keep the George BUI from coming to the floor- Under a procedure known as 'Calendar Wednesday," which has been dispensed with for some years, any regular committee may call up a bill for action on the floor. The majority lead er decided to use this means of bringing the George BUI out. But he overlooked the fact that the Calendar Wednesday rule also requires that committees be called in a certain order. The committee on judiciary, con trolled by antt-Wallac,e Demo, crats, comes ahead of the bank- lng and currency committee on the list as it is called. When the clerk reached judiciary on the list, the chairman of that com mittee took the floor and called up the Insurance bill, After it was acted upon, he then called up the Hobbs Bill. This con sumed the remainder of the afternoon. Thus the George Bill did not come up for considera tion on Wednesday, The anti-Wallace members of the rules committee finally weak' ened, however, so next day the George Bill came onto the floor with a regular rule. a a a Loans for Veterans. Under the loan provisions of the GI bill passed by the last congress, there have been a total of near ly 6400 applications of veterans filed for eligibility for govern ment guaranty. More than 1200 of these have actually filed loan applications which have been or are being processed. Of this to tal, two applications were for Air Line Veteran Jack Knight, Dies Niles, Mich., Feb. 26. (U.PJ Funeral arrangements were be ing completed today for Jack Knight, 53-year-old veteran com mercial and air mail pilot, who died Saturday night following a short illness. . Knight held' numerous rec ords. He had flown more than 2.400,000 air miles in his 18,000 hours of flying time. He never had been injured in an airplane accident, despite several narrow escapes. He retired In 1937 to become director of public educa tion tor United Air bines, Inc. . FAT POINTS VALUABLE Save more used kitchen fat than ever beforel Your butcher will pay you four cents' cash for every pound you turn in and give you two red ration points absolutely free. With but ter now costing 24 points a pound, those red points are really valuable. t Uta Mall THbuna Want Ada DF A F t- H See the SCIENTIFIC No Batteries Tues., Feb. 27 Medford Hotel Hearing Center 1 Day Only Die Hard" on Corregidor -., -. i.-a.vyA..J,eraV. ' aSVii. business loans, two for farm loans and the entire balance were for home loans. Fourteen per cent of all the applications were rejected as not meeting the requirements of a sound loan. As veterans return, increasing numbers will be taking advan tage of the loan provisions of veterans legislation. Veterans must first file an application for certificate to establish their eligibility for the loan. When eligibility is established, the loan application may be filed. The Veterans Administration guar antees up to 50 of any loan, but not to exceed a total loan guaranty of $2000. The loan guaranty may be divided up on several different loans if the vet eran so desires. All lending is done by individuals or private agencies who may desire to ex. tend credit to the veteran. If there are any veterans of the present war who desire informa tion, I shall be glad to send them a pamphlet giving ques tions and answers. Applications for pensions by veterans dependents are prac tically swamping the Veterans' Administration at this time. They are receiving from depend ents of World War II veterans approximately 1,000 applications a week, and under the law pass ed late last year making all World War I unremarried wid ows eiigioie tor a pension, an average of 2300 applications i day are reaching the Veterans Administration. a a useful Bulletins. Those who are planning spring planting of larm crops, nome gardens or flowers may be interested to know that there are available without cost numerous bulletins on subjects concerning the home and farm. Annually, each mem ber of congress is assigned i limited allotment of bulletins which are distributed to con stituents on request. A complete bulletin list will be mailed to anyone writing me' a card at 1631 House Office Building. Washington, D, C. Two bulletins which may be of interest to most farmers are "Farm Bookkeeping and the Federal Income Tax," and "Use ful Records for Family Farms.' There is also a good selection of bulletins on farm buildings construction and maintenance. Two Officers Die In Barracks Fire Camp Howze, Tex., Feb. 26 (U.R) Fire which destroyed section of the officers' barracks at Camp Howze yesterday caused the death by burns and asphyxiation of two officers, the camp public relations officer re ported today. The victims were listed as 2nd Lt. Robert E. Dooley of Mllwau kee, Wis., and 2nd Lt. John E. Chrlstensen of Los Angeles, Calif. KEEP ON SAVINS FATS Lee Marshall, director of dis tribution, War Food Admlnlstra. lion, stresses that the defeat of Germany will not lessen the need for saving used fat. We must keep on saving fats until "J" Day the day the Japs are llCKM. A horse and buerv were nart of the equipment first purchased by the Oklahoma Geological survey after its establishment 1899. in HARD OF HEARING AURAL EXERCISER Nothing lo Wear Bonotone, Acoustlcon. Aurex. Zenith and many others. Slightly used, at Great Discount. For Hopeless Casts HEAR with the CUSTOM BUILT GEM. Your aid taken In trade. I lgpB III HP JT, 1 I I Aetna TtitDhoto) ft-' vrfj FOR'SPRING YeUowbaroque scroll on jacketmatching blouse with bow at neck is interesting detail for sheer brown wool dressmaker suit making spring debut at Waldorf-Astoria fash ion show, New York. Severe sailor is feminized with yellow dottedvail; . . ECONOMIC PLAN OFFERED BY U. S. Mexico City, Feb. 28 (U.R), The United States presented to the Inter-American conference today a 10-point "economic char ter of the Americas." It is design ed to protect the "natural right' of the peoples of the Americas to live decently. The economic charter was one of eight resolutions presented to the steering committee today. The others concerned elimination of subversive activities, war time trade controls, cooperation in health, sanitation and food programs, social questions, so cial security, admission and sur render of war criminals, and maintenance of internal econo mies of the American republics The objectives of the Eco nomic Charter are: Continued mobilization of economic re sources until total victory; or derly transition from war to peacetime conditions: and a con structive basis for sound eco nomic development after the war. SOURCES OF FAT REDUCED With our former sources of fats and oils so greatly reduced, it Is urgent that every woman keep right on saving every sin gle spoonful of fat. Those used kitchen fats are needed in mak ing munitions, medicines, para chutes, rubber boats and other essentials for our fighting men. CONGER Black M it I n AMBULANCE SERVICE e - Offict of tht County Coronot Flight o' Time MeaUotd asai Jackaoa Co. His tory from the tiles of the MaU Tribune 10. 20. and S rears T- TEN YEARS AGO TODAY FLIGHT O' TIME L February IS, 1M (It was Tuesday) . Bill before legislature provides all familiea on relief must plant and raise garden coming year. Forty-sis local residents ar rested for parking ears too long in limited area. Cloudy and unsettled. High 51, low 38 degrees. Building revival loom here In spring. Gov. Martin's stand on state Grange lobby received state wide commendation. Ira Schuler and Lee Bishop talk at Rotary lunch meeting. ' Applegate Dam data prepared for PWA chief. New Rogue River fish law means tight lid en canners. TWENTY YEARS AGO' TODAY February SI, IMS (It was Thursday) Legislature passes cigarette tax bill ' Admiral Jones of navy skepti cal about airplane bombs, and declares battleships can be pro tected from air attacks. Chal. Ienges criticism of General Mit chell. Generally, degrees. High 80, low S4 Condition of President Kbert of Germany serious. Ralph Hand of Gold Hill and Charles Deafenderfer of Dunt muir to wrestle here March 6. Seventh annual minstrel show of Elks lodge to be given March 9. . Frultmen to hold meeting next week to discuss seasonal labor. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAT February 31. IS" (It wag Sunday) Big pear crop forecast for val ley orchards. Fishermen object to power company "harnessing Rogue." Editorial comes out for new opera house here. . ' Slacks Now Issued For Army Nurses Kansas City, Mo., (U.R) Dark olive drab slacks for both sum mer and winter wear are now being issued to Army nurses, ac cording to Kansas City Quarter master Depot officials. Since skirts have proved im practical under many conditions, the trend toward slacks has been increasing steadily, officials said, but formerly nurses were re quired to purchase them at Post Exchanges. The new alacks will be Issued to nurses assigned to hospital trains, troop ships, overseas duty, and those undergoing flight nurse training. HAPPY REUNION Indianapolis Ind. (U.R) When MSgt. William T. Farmer and his two sons, Capt. Varnol G. Farmer and Pte. WUliam D. Farmer, arrived home on fur lough recently from their three separate camps, the elder Fanner said, "Just visiting for the first time in four years." The ser geant, a veteran of 33 years of service, and the two young men had not been together since 1941. 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