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f TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. Mareh It, 1141 MedfordTribunb Everyone IB Southern Oresoa Ra, th. Mall Tribune" Dally gae.pl Saturday PuhlUhtd b MTOFORD PIUNTINO CO . 17-29 North fir St Phone ROBKBT W BUHL. Editor. BHNEST R QIl-STRAP Menaser. inMittu nirnuv .-iunrfV Editor GERALD LATHAM ClrriilaUnn MOT Soo caiux An Independent Nowipaper. Bntered econd elaaa matter al Medford. OreKon. under Act Of March 3. IB7B. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mail In Advance tally and Sunday one year ..Slip Dolly and Sunday ala month. 401 Pally and Sundaythree moe I II Dallv ind Sunday one month 7r 'By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central I'olnt, Jacknon rllle. Gold Hill Phoenix Talent anr on motor roulee: Daily and Sunday one year .WO; bally and Sunday one month -71 All itrmi rath In advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of jackaoa County IfnlUd Praia Full La as A Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BIlUtAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative WEST.HOLLIUAV ' COMPANY INC Offlree In New York Chlcofo Do. troit. San Franclaco Loa Anaelaa So ettle. Portland 81 Loula AtlanU Vancouver. B C. of?J Munich mtt PbhishIeM5-1 lAIIOrJ Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry A valley expert reports the new spring grass hereabouts Is the most nutritious since 1937. Whether he found this out by eating some of the grass him self or a talkative steer told him, Is not divulged. o As a new week starts, both Germany and the state legisla ture are In a mood to quit but will not. o 'The report the Johnsons were all In bed with the flu was wrong. They had a flue burn out, nd that's how the rumor start ed." (Horse Creek Items) Pre fabricated news, and bow It starts. O O 0 One of the postwar tasks will be to knock the notion out of Japanese noggins, their Emperor, Hlrohito, is a "divinity," and, therefore, too "sacred" to be hanged or exiled for the war, though he had, not only a finger, but both fists, in It. Inasmuch, as the Emperor's soldiers recent ly kBi.linniia1 a l,nrrrl nv" nf jungle Filipinos, it would be Slain justice to sentence nis Ighness to IS years at plowing rocky land with his white borse, recently singed when the royal stables were set afire by B-29 bombs. ! Herr Hitler, In an tantrum, Is sued a manifesto, and vowed "1918 will not be repeated," and, for once Der Fuehrer is probably right. For like the Kaiser, Adolf Is not going to sneak oil to a palace in Holland, and, end his days peacefully sawing wood, If any, "The county officials were caught In a so-called ecenomy and consolidation program in 1940. . . ."-(Del Norte, Cal., Triplicate) Hydra-headed econ- .. .......... 1 1 .. . . ..1 .. U I viii ictus ita Ufci HVU VUbB WH often. 0 0 0 Farmers are busy sowing grain crops, on which they will "Just breuk even," come next fall. oo . The lower house at Salem ap- and property tax levy of bills, to Id higher education building construction. The matter will be referred to the people, who al ready have started to smell a ales tax, most horrible of all taxation to Orcgonlnns. 0 0 0 Col.-Judgo Tou Velle of J'vllle sports a birthday Tues. the 13th. O O 0 The Black Tornado quint down a trip to the state basket ball meet Frl. by conquering Prineviile In two settoes. 0 0 0 C. Pankcy, the orchard author ity Is out grafting, and fully re covered from smoking an Im ported Cuban cigar In early January, lie will never again be foolhardy. LOCAL WOMEN GET THOUSANDS OF EXTRA RED POINTS Every day, precious nd points an being paid to housewives whs turn In used fnu to their butch on. Became this country ta laced with a poulble at shortage, then used kitchen fats are ertn mora urgently needed to make medicines, synthoUo rubber, gun powder, ana pa, palnta and a hundred other euenUala on the battlefield and home (rant, Every woman can help towards final Victory by earing every drop of lued fata each time aha cook. Even a apoonful la worth salvaging. Wont you keep taring until final Victory over both Oermany end Japan Editorial Correspondence Palm Springs, March 9: With the sun coming out, apparently to stay for some tune, the freaks are coming out also, and Palm Springs is herself again. In the rain and the cool air when the rain stopped Palm Springs did not seem like Palm Springs there was something Incongruous and sad about it like Marlene Dietrich In deep diver's outfit, or Bing Crosby suffering from laryngitis. But now the March sun shines brightly in a cloudless sky and nrhlia cnnl and crisD nleht and morning (thanks to the snow capped hills no doubt) it is positively hot around noon, and how everybody loves it. This is what they came fori And have waited fori The butter-and-eM man from khaki shorts, sneakers and pith helmet, and his wife, if he has one Is never or almost never in evidence. He smokes expen sive Corona-Coronas, and usually packs an even more expensive movie camera, but he doesn't feel quite at home as yet. He misses the bovs at the Chicago Athletic club, and the girls at the College Inn, and he never by any chance takes any pictures he is too busy looking about and becoming oriented although that is not what HE calls itl The eali. old. vounB and in have often been here before and are mostly not entirely from Hollywood and Los Angeles. (This year Seattle Is a close third.) Now they can wear THEIR danas, and THEIR bras (what is husbands if they have any usually accompany tnem. iney are old-timers and rather blase. The men wear flowered shorts, san dals, but no bras the brazen thlngsl But like the B and E man from the Loop, they too smoke expensive cigars and the first thing they do when they start club is to light a nice, long, fat Yes Palm Springs is like one when a bright light Is behind its blaha total loss. No excuse We had coif game today Holmes and your humble very servant. The 4th member 3-somes have no standing here was a Mr. Coffee of Los Angeles, a real giant with a leather golf bag that had everything in it but a bath room and cozy nook. Everyone In the Medford group was afraid of mm, lor ne was at least 6 feet 2 and weighed around 240 without his golf shoes. But we need not havo been. ninth green some 330 yards with his tee shot (that means non- golfers In ONE shot) but that day BEFOREI On the day In question Mr. Coffee topped every tee shot, all 18. There was tremendous power in his swing but it didn't, happen to be transmitted to the ball, but almost entirely to the atmospheric space slightly above the ball. The net result was the Medford trio even including your correspondent, out-drove him. We mean in distance from the tee, not in M.H.P. expendedl Which all in all was quite satisfactory, as O. T., R. M. and O. S. will testifyl .000 But the Medford trio refused to play golf at the prevailing Palm Springs rate of a dollar a hole that's probably a minimum and stuck to ten cents as at home. Mr. Coffee smiled at such a pittance, but had no objections why should he, at a higher rata be might have lost as much as G. Thorndike? 0 0 0 0 0 Mrs. Bob Hope, William Powell, Jimmy Durante and Eddie Bergen (without Charley) have been observed , on the golf course from time to time. Our team mate from L. A. knows them all and rates them as among Hollywood's best. He is also strong for Bing Crosby as all golfers here in Southern Cal seem to be. "Bing is really a swell guy" appears to be the popular verdict, We wouldn't dispute that for a moment but we still maintain "Going My Way" is the only really good thing he has ever done, as far as the movies are concerned. 0 0 0 0 0 We had a terrible blow last night. Went to see a movie and there in the corridor was a pop corn-stand presided over by a young gal in a flowered bra and light blue slacks! The first we have seen outside of the old home town (we mean pop-corn) and not bald-headed Indian in slghtl (Though there is an Indian reservation right in the village.) It spoiled the entire evening. In fact we walked haughtily past the pop corn gal, past the ticket girl too, and then turned to the left and exited through the side entrance, thus missing Bill Robinson in "Stormy Weather," and seeing Bette Davis and M Hopkins In "Old Acquaintance" WITHOUT benefit of poo corn, However we have yet to find the other than Medford, side-lining in is Bet-a-milllon Gates?) Why doesn't the Craterlan quit it? R. W. R. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon , Washington, March 12 The Japs have shown such dwindling resistance lately that the most trust-w o r t h y aut h o r i 1 1 e s here are antici pating an end of the Pacific war much sooner than expected (two to three years). Few any more think the Japs will be able or care to hold out long beyond the Paul elation Nazis. Indeed, Acting State Sec retary Grew slgnilicantly has warned againrt accepting an early Japanese peace offer. This may sound off-line, com ing immediately after the hard est fight we have had in the Pacific, at Iwo. Yet the Iwo ex perience actually Is In line with what happened in the Philip pines. e AT Iwo, like Tarawa, the Japs had long-prepared, perfect positions, and a defensive plan At Iwo they had to make their best possible fight because Us seizure placed their mainland in jeopardy, .They built concrete pillboxes, established concrete artillery and mortar positions HALLMARK EASTER CARDS America's finest Cards for every relative and friend, here or acrota the miles. Priced ta to $1.00. SWEM'S GIFTS m Chicago particularly. He wears between, do feel at home, for they snorts ana tmsui nowerea Ban the plural anyway?) And their out on the first tee at me gou onel of those old-time transparencies it OKEH when there isn't for its existence. the Medford trio Tomlin, H. humble where golf Is concerned He declared he reached the as so often happens was the LEADING theatre in any place popcorn! (Hey there Walter how They cannot possibly have any better defensive positions at home. In the Luzon and Leyte fights for the Philippines they seemed broken. They were supposed to have a force of 100,000 to 130, 000 on Luzon and they had 100,000 or more. But they so dispersed their forces as to per mit piecemeal annihilation with out a major fight. On Leyte they put up a better struggle, but we counted 39,000 dead. They had plenty of time for preparing defense of both places and plenty of warning. But both fights involved mobil ity of action primarily and In this factor they seemed com pletely lost and demoralized. As a result, our people are saying now that the Jap reputa tlon for suicidal resistance and hard tricky opposition does not hold true when they must fight in the open. They are apparent ly not equal to maneuvering, but only to static defense, o o o THIS discovery furnishes a happy portent for the final stages of the attack on Japan now approaching. The assault naturally is to be a co-operative army-navy venture In accord ance with plans long ago formu lated. (You may have noticed only our marines and navy were Involved at Iwo, allowing prep I ijui-Ctta tDopaiy, Lent ItUmd City, H. Y Franchlsed Bottleri Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co, el Medford. or 1 arations to be made even during that fight, for the next stage.) A suggestion has been pub lished that the navy is likely to lead the final stages to the ex clusion of Gen. MacArthur, and indeed. I have heard some un official talk that some of Mac Arthur's subordinates are likely to handle a subordinate army end of it, while he remains in the Philippines. I do not accept either suggestion. A Joint command Is no doubt called for by the requirements of large landing forces. Avail able marines could not handle it. Furthermore, there is nothing In the Philippines to require MacArthur's presence only the bands of Japs which lie In the hills. Filipino guerillas are ade quate for these. dee A3 for the supposedly prom- ised Stalin declaration of war on Japan to give us Siberian air bases, some authorities now think they are not needed by us. We are getting our own air bases, ones we can better supply than those In Siberia; to-wit, Iwo. Certainly the Siberian bases are becoming daily less Vital to us (they were most Im portant at the outset of the war, when we had nothing). Stalin, however, is less likely to be guided by our necessities than his own, and he will hardly overlook the political necessity of edging Russia into a new political lineup of Asia by de claring war on his own account Three capitals of that China have been functioning through out the war, each playing with a foreign power for control, and each expecting that its foreign ally will ask no colonies, bases or special privileges. Statesmen of the world will have to rattle their wits harder than they did in Europe to find a working arrangement after we get there. OF State Game Commissioner Kenneth Denman of Medford, erroneously reported In a Port land newspaper article as being from Grants Pass, told the game commission Saturday that all Oregon and northern California are solidly united in opposition to the suggested diversion of Klamath river and lake waters Into a gigantic power, irrigation and reclamation project by army engineers. Denman said the engineers admitted that "schemes" for the $100,000,000 proposal had been drafted without due considera tion of wildlife values. The Unit ed States fish and wildlife serv ice said that it would take five years to make a comprehensive study of fishing and hunting needs If the' engineers carry through their schemes. The commission voted to give Malheur Game league $50 to buy dynamite to carry on a crow blasting project along Snake river. To Get Quail Eggs The game body voted to send 2,000 pheasant eggs to the Mas sachusetts game commission, which will later send an equal amount of bob-white quail eggs to Oregon. A progress report on aerial coyote control In central Oregon was approved stating that air plane hunters killed 300 coyotes last month at an average cost of 7. Lineup For Mat Card Complete Promoter Mack Lillard said to day he has signed Gust Johnson to face Pete Belcastro In the seml-windup of his weekly wrestling card at Medford Arm ory Thursday night. The main event will feature Terrible Tony Ross against the Gray Mask. Lillard also said he has made arrangements for Jack Kiser, to meet Georges Dusetta in the three round opener. WASHING MACHINES REPAIRED Parts St Service en All Makes B & B Washer Shop 406 E. Main Phone S302 TORNADO LEAVES FOR STATE MEET EARLYJUESDAY Medford To Play Vernonia Thursday Night; Tribune To Get Final Score Medford high school basket ball team, accompanied by Coach Al Simpson and. Trainer Ed Kirtley, will leave at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning for Salem, where they will compete in the state tournament Thurs day, Friday and Saturday. Play ers making the trip ore Larry Hayes, Jerry Ross, LeRoy House and Earl Stelle, forwards; Dar rell Riggs and Howard Whlllock, centers; Captain Bob Watson, Dick Fawcett. Jim Cave and Glenn Bostwlck, guards. The team will work out at Willamette University gymna sium, site of the tournament, at p. m. Tuesday and 2 p. m. Wed nesday. They will stay at Hotel Senator while In Salem. Medford vs. Vernonia Tournament play begins at 3 p. m. Thursday with Washing ton of Portland meeting Eugene At 4:15 Thursday Newberg plays Baker. Medford and Vernonia meet at 7:30 p. m. Thursday with Oregon City and Hillsboro clash ing at 8:45. Semi-finals will be played Friday night with the championship game slated for Saturday night. Consolation semi-finals will begin at 8:30 m. Friday with consolation finals set for 10 a. m. Saturday. The state "B" tourney, held separately but in conjunction with the "A ' championships, will begin at 3 p. m., Friday when Grant Union plays Clatskanie. At 4:15 Friday Arlington plays the winner of Reedsport and Pleasant Hill series, being played tonight. The "B" championship game will be played at 7:30 p. m. Saturday. Tribune to Get Call According to scouting reports received by Simpson, Vernonia has a tall team, averaging slight ly over six feet tall, and -fast. Every player on the team Is said to be a dangerous scorer. The Mall Tribune office will be open Thursday night to an swer telephone queries about the game and will answer tele phone calls after each Medford game during the tournament. In formation will be relayed to the Mall Tribune by Simpson after eacn game. . NELSON, McSPADEN WIN Miami. Fla., March 12 (U.F9 Byron Nelson and Harold (Jug) McSpaden, golfing pals Instead of opponents for a change, salted away $1,100 apiece today, the profit for their victorious collab oration in the $7,500 Internation al Four Ball Golf Tournament. Daily Weather Report To recast Medford and vicinity: Cloudv with showers toniHht and Tuesday. Little change In temperature. uregon: uiouay umigni ana luesaay with occasional Ksht rain. Mostly cloudy Tuesday. Showers west portion. uiua cnange in icmperBiuii. Local Data Tarnnerature a vear bbTo todav: Highest 86 decrees, lowest 33. Total monthly oreciDltatlon .IS Inch. Deficiency for the month .43 Inches. ' Total precipitation since September 1, 1944, 11.00 inches. Deficiency for the season .37 Inch. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yesterday 64, 4:30 today 78. sunrise irao a. m.t sunset p. m. Past 24 hours: Hlnh Low Prec. uotae . 43 Boston 27 34 34 43 41 03 48 34 28 44 42 30 48 33 47 43 38 33 33 Chicago uenver , Eureka . Havre ... Lot Angeles , iueaora , New York , Omaha Phoenix Portland -.m... Reno m Rosel.urg Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle Spoknn ., Washington. D. C. trace .18 .34 x ax una Closing time for Sunday loo Late to ClasstH 3 30 Saturday afternoon Pleasa rem em her AMBULANCE SERVICE OA Service Dedicated To a Singla Purpose Distinctive But Not Expensive Sine 1888 CONGER-MORRIS Funeral Parlors Sixth and West Main St. Office of the County Coroner PHONE 3147 H. W. Conger Carlos W. Morris Sport Chips BY ns" ' o r f- Harry Chipman Mail Trlbur.e Sports Editor Our bouquet of March roses goes out to Ed Kirtley, trainer and assistant coach of the Med ford high Black Tornado basket ball team', for the finest gesture of sportsmanship to come to our attention during the current sea son. When Prineviile district three champions, arrived In town for their recent series with Med ford for a berth in the state hoop whoopee one of their star for wards, .Wes Durkee, suffered a badly sprained ankle. Knowing that Prineviile brought an im pressive record of central Ore gon play with them and was rated as a tough team, Kirtley worked two whole days on Dur kee, using all of Medford high's facilities- In an effort to get him in shape for the crucial games which meant so much to Med ford. With the aid 01 a roll or two of adhesive tape applied at game time, Durkee was able to play although he was bothered by the sore ankle which slowed him up considerably. It seems as though it would have been easy for Kirtley to tell John Pariseau, Prineviile coa'ch," and Durkee that he felt sorry that the team had suffered such a misfortune to one of its stars and that he hoped he would be able to play "next season," but Kirtley Isn't built that way. He diligently worked on Durkee, a man who might have been in strumental in beating Medford out of the salem trip, and got him in shape to play. Coach Gives Praise This story did not come from Kirtley, nor from any other per son connected with Medford high school, but from Pariseau him self who had nothing but the highest praise for Kirtley's sportsmanship the sportsman ship of the whole Medford out fit, for that matter. Although his team was drubbed badly by the Medford quint, Pariseau bent over backwards to tell us how grand he thought his club was treated by Medford. What the athletic world needs Is more men like Kirtley men who are not afraid to do a little something for the other fellow even though It is a possibility that his kindness and good sportsmanship might lose the goal for which he has set his team. DECREE. JUDGMENT TO BE FILED AGAINST FEHL The supreme court mandate in the appeal of the suit of Jackson county against Earl H. Fehl, has been received. It directs a decree and judgment against Fehl be filed. The case was argued Janu ary 17 on appeal at Salem. The district attorney's office said a decree and judgment would be filed at once. The suit was insti tuted by the county for the col lection of taxes, unpaid from 1029 and amounting to approxi mately $5000. The suit has been pending for several years. BIRTHS HERRIOTT To Mr. and Mrs Carl E., Applegate, March 9, 1945, girl, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. CHOSS To Mr. and Mm Edward'Rt. 2, box 325, March 12, 1945, girl, 8 pounds, at Sac red Heart hospital. GRIGGS To Mr. and Mrs. Phillip, Rt. 3, box 162-A, March 10, 1945, girl, 8 pounds, at Sac red Heart hospital. Flight o' rime Medford and Jackson Co His tory torn the files of the Mall Tribune 10. 20. and 14 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY March 12, 1938 - (It was Tuesday) Roosevelt urges Congress to put curb on holding companies. Gov. Martin promises probe of state relief conditions. Cuban terrorists fact execu tion for recent outbreak!. Unsettled. High 61, low 44 de grees. Public excited by two women smoking cigarettes in local cafe. Southern California defeats OSC 32 to 31 In wild coast title game at Corvallls. Many Beav ers fans in tears after game. Weather continues to delay farm and orchard work. Medford doctors provide pro gram at Rotary club luncheon. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY March 12. 1925 . (It was Thursday) President Coolidge astounds 'Old Guard' In congress, by re turning name of Charles B. War ren for attorney general. Corporation formed for world's fair in Portland in 1930. Dr. Sun Yat Yen, first presi dent of China passes. Local basketball fans amazed at "luck of Salem" again draw ing a weak team for first game of state meet. League of Nations postpones until September taking any ac tion on German question. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY March 12, 1911 (It was Sunday) American armed forces mobil ize on Mexican border for either war or maneuvers. Railroads report heavy colon ist influx to northwest. Sunset Magazine to give val ley big write-up. Attorney General rules its ille gal to sea iisn caught in Rogue River. PORTLAND WINS San Jose, March 12 (U.R) The Portland Beavers, taking advantage of lour costly errors, yesterday defeated the Oakland Oaks 7-2 in the two teams' first HEAR WEATHERFORD'S KMED Broadcast TUES. 6 to 6:30 PU Topic: "A DAY OF GOOD TIDINGS" V 3 a Bver try to sort ttio news Into a pattern that gives you a compact overall picture of what's happening? A background picture, agalnat which to consider the de velopment important to rout No easy taalc. But U It were done for you. every bualneaa day, think how val uable It would be I Well, It la done here's how: Every day The Wall street Jour nal earn mi a front-page feature, What't Neva condensing In one column all Important "world wide" evento. and In another the outstanding development In Bua-lneei- and Finance. nt a m m 6 sjorrthl '3" m v. 117 IPS I, I GREEN m SLA 12 INCH OR 16 INCH LENGTHS 300 CU. FT. LOAD DIAL 2123 TlMBERP lnter-league practice game of the spring training season. A "Pin-Up" for a soldier Among our lads overseas, whet do you suppose is the favorite "Pin-Up" of them all? Not Millie Flicker, the screen star. Not Curie Curves, the model. But the true sweetheart of every American his own, his native land, ' Kow do we know? Back la peace time, we distributed thou, sands of color prints of the West its rocks and rills, its forest-templed hills. Some have found their way overseas, and letters have come back. "I have not seen my home since I enlisted in December of 1941." (This one comes from a captain in Italy.) "Yet all the fondness I have for its sights and sounds, its people and places, has been nourished by constant remembrance. '.'Now these sights that have been only memories are here . on the wall , . . before me every day. Lake Chelan! Mt. Baker! Coeur d'Alene, where I spent part of almost every sum mer I can remember! 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