Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 14, 1945, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDfORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, March 14, 1S4S Daily aept Wear HERU GREY, AdrertlelnS 1. C rCRGUS6N. Manatal ""OS ARTHuS PERRY. Sunday OXRaSd &THAM CU-cuUUm MP Aa Independent NewepeDer. enteral u weond eleae inatter l March S, 187S. Sv Mall In Advance: i and Sunday el montfit .00 Medford. prMon. under Act SUBSCRIPTION RATES lallIn Advance: DaUy and Sunday ona rrc--I' JJally and Sunday an m" ;j rZh .nil Sunday threa moa 1.10 a WWeM en motor routea: pally and Sunday ona fmr.M Dally and Sunday na month .76 All lerma eaab In advance. Official ratar el the City ef HedferS Official Paper ef aackaea County United rreea ml) LeaeoS Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS Advertlaine RepreaantatlTe WEST-HOIXIDAY COMPANY. WC OfHcea In New York Chlcaio. De trott, San rrandaeo. Loe Anfalea. S ettii Portland. St Louis, Atlanta. Vancouver x BJgJ OrecI Pyimfti PER . $.001 AT ION Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Fury A .Tenaneui truck Hardener si unable to sell tils vegeiaoies, mostly csrrots and parsnips in Portland. The late "little brown brother," seems to have lacked what it takes to butter parsnips. e e e It is now suggested there be a "a.I." representative at the peace conference. From all indi cations, what will be needed is one Dolitician, entirely surround ed by "G.I.s" acquainted with war, from being on one end, or the other of bayonet. As peace makers, they do worse, than the politicians, who in 1918 con structed the hstchery for the current world war. e e e The legislature Is now in Its tenth week, csusing some up state citizens to write editors urging "reform" in the legisla ture. The way to "reform" the legislature, is not to have any legislature. Last yesr 70 "special weeks" were observed in the land. With the war on, and only 82 to start with, this is good showing. The' supreme court hss declin ed to rule on the validity of the government seizure of Mont gomery Ward stores, a very hot legal potato, due to technical ity. This thwarts any speedy decision. It Is predicted it wiU take longer to unravel all the red-tape Involved, than to deport . H. Bridges, to Australia. a e IB HIB FACE RED? (Orants Pass Buleltln) "Tuesday he built a roaring fire in the office stove and then backed up to it to get ' warm before sitting down in his cold chair. His posterior nerves soon telegraphed a mes sage that 'things were getting mighty warm," but the mes sage didn't get through in time to save the seat of Ed's pants." e e e Rsln hss dispelled the early January rears of a spring drouth heresbouts. It win nrerlirtrri things would be so dry in June, it would take three buckets of dirt to revive a farmer, who xainiea when hit by a rain drop. a A number of city streets need fixing. They are run-down from being run-over. a e The cream of Orconn Moh school athletes start battling to morrow in the annual state tour nament at Salem, and, as usual, Brings out the diplomatic cute- nets in sport editors, lest civic dignity be soothed, instead of ruffled. NO Weak siatore are en. tered. UO tO nmu. All ..,.-.. are "favorites," "small but fast." "dangerous," "giant-killers," or "dark horses." e a e WHY DAIRYMEN QUIT "The respective resulting amounts in each class shall be known as the "net pooled Class I skim milk," "net pooled Class I butterfat," net pooled Class II skim milk," "net pooled Class II butterfat," "net pooled Class III skim milk," and "net pooled Class III butterfat;" the sum of the "net pooled Class I skim ml-" "t pooled Class II skim milk," and "net pooled Class III skim milk" shall be known as the net pooled skim milk" snd the sum of the "net pooled Class I butterfat," "net pooled Class II butterfat," and "net pooled Class III butterfat" shall be known as the "net pooled butterfat." (Federal Register) Editorial Correspondence Palm Springs, March 11: This Is Sunday. But not the tradi tional one. In fact completely the reverse. For Sunday in Palm Springs instead of being a day of rest, is the busiest and noisiest and most tiring day of the week. In fact if you are in Palm Springs, it is the best day in the week to get out. We tried to but like everything else the Busses were crowaeo, and we refused to depart standing up. We don't know where all the gas comes from but practically everyone with a car in Southern California seems to choose Palm Springs for week-end or a Sunday picnic. They rush in and out from sunrise to sun-up like a pack of swarming bees all kinds and conditions and types. And they come down from the mountains on bikes saw two tandem bicycles today, boys and girls, all in sun-suits 'of course. They were new arrivals for their skins were white as milk but how proud they are going to be with their sunburn when they appear for work tomorrow. "My what a sunburn!" all their friends will exclaim. "Yes we spent the week-end at Palm Springs," will be the very casual answer. e e e e e The army and navy come in force also mostly little boys In ill fitting suits, out for a spree but hardly the Kipling type, "damned from here to eternity." Everything is open on Sunday, but we would say beer and coke, rather than the various and sundry hard liquors are in greatest demand. Needless to add this is the day when there are long lines before the entrances of the two movie nouses, so even they offer no escape. In spite of all the military in evidence we should say this is the place in the country at least the Pacific Coast where it is most difficult to realize this country is engaged in war and the most terrible and sanguinary war in all its history with cas ualties running every week (also including .Sunday) from 20 to 30 thousandl Probably the chief reason is Palm Springs is really not an American community but only a winter tourist resort. There are permanent residents here of courseand very worthy, and hard working ones no doubt. But they are not representative of the place, and most of them for nearly half the year, send their wives and children somewhere else. In short Palm Springs like the Palm trees, is good to look at, but has no roots. While the customary war drives are conducted here, and Palm Springs has an enviable record In all patriotic directions, there are few service stars seen in windows and no evidence of war whatever in what might be termed the community atmosphere and spirit. So for anyone who wishes to get away from it all, as far as war is concerned this is a good place to roost if you can find the roost. Which is "no doubt one reason why one of the largest naval hospitals on the coast is here the former very swank "El Mirador." - ,-Bob Hope Is here for the week-end, and the Medford group went off the first tee just before him. Bob was as smiling and jaunty as ever, attired in conservative blue jeans and long sleeved golf shirt, his wife plsying in the 4-some with him. Mrs. Hope is also a very nice looking and appearing person, and how she can whang a golf ball with, we should venture to say, close to 160 pounds of avoirdupois behind it. . They say they are a very happy couple and playing golf to gether pretty nearly proves it. Bob will broadcast from here todsy but only servicemen will be allowed in to hear lt-t-they said "no" even to a press card. e . e a e e Had another chat with General X who finds the rest of the world out of step, as usual. ' Washington is predicting Germany will surrender in a few weeks but the General doesn't expect Germany ever to surrender as tar as SIGNING any formal peace or armistice agreements are concerned. The fall of Berlin definitely will not end the war he believes. Hitler's last stand, he thinks, will be in Munich, and organized Gorman resistance will not end until Russian and the Anglo American forces meet in Munich. ' We followed the G. T. technique of suggesting a modest wager Dm hib uenerai never Deisi There are so many picture postcards going out of here on a Sunday the P. O. has to put on a special postcard sack. e e e e e Palm Springs like Gaul and New York is divided into three parts tenement, business and residence districts the latter in cluding hotels. In N. Y. these districts sra segregated First Avenue. Fifth and Park, but here they are all mixed up like raisins in a fruit cane me uesort inn backyard being practically an unkempt Indian reservation while the Colonial House is only a stone's throw from a trailer and shanty dump. e e e e e Speaking' of Bob Hope he remarked in a recent broadcast that Palm Springs is a barbecue stand with a cover charge. The local Chamber of Commerce is furious, but there is far more fact than fiction in the statement. The bungalow in which your correspondent has a room is shaded from the sun by a large grapefruit tree a real one with large and luscious fruit. In fact the entire establishment was ouiu in a commercial grapefruit orchard, formerly owned by Dr. Reid of the local Reid "clinic." Many years ago when we (the family included this time) spent a winter here Dr. Reid was or physician. He does not need to practice anymore he is one of several early Palm Springs arrivals who bought land when they arrived and is now in the millionaire class. An advantage in being a guest here is that guests are allowed to pick and eat the grapefruit and unlike most California grape fruit these are large, sweet and delicious. e e e e e One of our pet aversions, Charles Boyer, dined at "Chi-Chls" last night. Charles Is rather better looking off the screen than on, but far from as robust in appearance his hair is getting grey on the sides and very thin on top. (Not that the condition ?' ny lmPr,nce ar as the male animal is concerned!) We trust we are not aping another of our pet aversions, Key-Hole Wlnchcll, when we state Charles was not eating with his wife. i R. W. R, vlnced that this war Is being fought (not by just the army and navy, but by individuals; or needs to have his faith in human ity restored, just go out and col lect for the Red Cross. MRS. ALBERT BURCH News Behind The News By Paul MalloD Paul MalioD TRUCKS FOR RENT Drive Yourself Save U ' Any Distance FrulH'l Moblloll Station Mala and Ivy Phone 4148 COMMUNICATIONS Lettert to the editor mult btai the name and addraia ot tea writer although the ure of a pen-name or Initial! for publlratlus la permit. 'hie. The Mall Tribune retervo tha rliht to mil all lettrre with a view to elarlty and eondemaunn. Duty and Privilege To the Editor: During the past week it has been my duty (which turned out to be a privilege) to collect for the Red Cross. The district assigned me was one of modest hnmei. nnri ai a mnlnrltv of the dwellers were subscribing inrougn tneir pieces of employ ment, the amount collected was small in dollars, but tremendous In other ways. Let me describe just one block. In nearly every window hung a service flag, and I made a point of going Into each house and Inquiring about the men represented by the stars. I look ed at photographs and listened to stories of the boys' experienc es, and when (as too often) I was told the boy was gone, I was thrilled with the dignity, pride and calm acceptance displayed. It was not necessary to "sell the Red Cross" to these people their boys had, already done that and their contributions repre sented their deep appreciation. I have recently returned from California where I lived in one of the defense areas. I was dis gusted and repelled by the greed and extravagance and general breakdown of morals displayed. Everything was mass production, even the soldiers and sailors were swept along in the general hysteria. If anyone needs to be con- Washington, March 14 The Byrnes supcrcommittee on food exDorts was appointed to draw a a h 1 n p laster over the mess which various govern m e n t agencies have made of the foreign food supply pro grams. The deft Mr. Byrnes is tak ing hold of the loose running, open hearted, b e n e v olent- handed food dispensing1 bureaus In an effort to effect some equity between civilian needs here and further shipments to Europe. Behind the move lay trust worthy reports of high accumu lations of food supplies in Brit ain and some other places abroad (no one seems to know where) while a somewhat desperate shortage exists in Greece and our occupied part of Italy (where published news reports say food Is scarcer than in the Nazi-held part). This puzzling condition has been accentuated by simultane ous prospects that our own do mestic food supplies are going to become tighter and tighter for the housewife until fall at least. Furthermore we are entering planting season with the most difficult production outlook since the war started, with help shorter and implements scarcer than in the previous war years. e a e THE move was absolutely n anmomo tw nn J ahauJi as A foremost business man, just bacK from Europe, is my au thority for resorting an over- accumulation of food ih Britain. For one example, he learned in London from business sources of four Argentine shir. loaded with beef, refused entry and required to cruise around in the waters offshore because store houses were filled and docking facilities limited by other supply snips unloading. In Italy and Greece he was Informed that the Russian party (the local people there no longer use the word communists, but call "Stalin's devotees "the Rus sian partisans") had offered im portations of food for political considerations. Where the Rus sians could get food for export he did not learn. He found the Italians, never theless, generally favoring the American occupation, despite the shortages of fuel and cloth ing as well as food. e e e DEYOND this report, the Nazis a have flooded Holland with salt water. Southern Italian fields have not been cleared of mines and shrapnel and cannot be fully planted. Clearly Europe cannot grow enough this year The problem of feeding Ger many is coming up. Now while no European seems to be getting food (Greece being in the same boat as Italy and France nearby) the army lend-lease, the Lehman outfit and the Commodity Credit cor poration have been buying and sending billions of (dollars of foodstuffs abroad, according to their announced figures. The question, "where Is It?' is not the only- one raised by these facts (the dependability of their source raises them above the category ot unauthoritative reports) but the condition also seems to inquire if Britain and Russia have stored or Intend to use our lend-lease food for the purpose of building influence and prestige on the conquered continent. If so, our lend-lease commitments could well be whittled down. e e e TTHE Byrnes announcement made It quite clear we can not be too easy hereafter with our supplies. Shortages ot meat butter, lard and canned fruits and vegetables will continue to tighten for an Indefinite period Why? Well, a year or two back, the government still feared over abundance, and grossly miscal culated all along the food line. Even last year the production of hogs was arbitrarily cut, also poultry. Spring production of hogs was reduced 29 per cent. Likewise, too much labor was taken from the farms, too little machinery allocations were made. We would not be even where we are had not we been pro vided with unprecedently good weather the past two years. Can we get three years of weather like that in a. row? The only Indication so far Is good. Winter snow has piled high throughout the agricultural belt and promises good subsurface moisture. Also winter wheat is bountiful, But the condition is enough to alarm the whole inner cir cle. Certainly it should discour age continuance of the free dis tribution on a 1'what-do-you-want" rather than "we-will-see-what-we-have" basis for Europe. An end of the continental war might allow release of some men for harvesting and perhaps might ease lend-lease demands, but we will have to take on a third of Germany, at least, and certainly the end will not solve the situa tion for this year. The job of feeding the world seems to have proved too great even for us at least in the free and .easy way we tried to do it. Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10, 20 and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY March 14, 1935 (It Was Thursday) T onislatur arlioums after 59 dav session, second longest in Oregon history. Unsettled and mild. High 66, low 38 degrees. High school students to join campaign for safe auto driving. r orxy-uve iurn uui. iut bh'"b football practice at high school. Old ase oension aoplications in state tor year toiai mil Large crowd attends model home opening sponsored by Weeks & Orr. HALLMARK EASTER CARDS America's finest. Csrds for every relative and friend, here or aerois the miles. Priced Se to 11.00, SWEM'S OIFTS MONEY TO LOAN! On JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Uied and unre deemed lewelry at great savings PEOPLES LOAN CO. IJSti E. Main Street 1 IS YOUR OAR FOR SALE? SEE HUMPHREY NOW for a HIGH CASH PRICE! HUMPHREY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Ave. Rogue River Valley Irrigation district bondholders get, RFC cash at bank. klnson and Ralph (Kid) Burgess among first turnout. Temporary Central Point bridge over Bear creek opened. Time to spray fruit trees says Prof. O'Gara. Noted Missionary Speaks Thursday At Presbyterian Guy W. Playfair, Internation ally known missionary, will visit the First Presbyterian church, Holly at Eighth street, Thurs day to address the members and friends of the congregation at 7:30 p. m., following the pot luck dinner to be served at 6:30 in his honor and which is open to all who may wish 'to come. Mr. Playfair spent 30 years in the African Sudan, distinguish ing himself as one of the out standing missionaries of his time. He has been instrumental in ex tending the preaching of the gospel in the entire area ot Af rica south of. the Sahara and north of the equator. Mr. Playfair will speak on Ethiopia and will tell the first hand story of the Italian con quest and occupation of that land. "It is a story every intelli gent citizen should hear," ac cording to Rev. Hansen, pastor of the First Presbyterian church Primary Teachers Meeting Saturday To Discuss Books Jackson county Primary Teachers Council will meet in the court house auditorium Sat urday at 10:30 a. m. Mrs. Una B. Inch, rural school supervisor, will speak on "New State Text book Adoptions." Mrs. Marjorjr Hopkins, Jackson county librar ian, will discuss "Library Books.' Mrs. Edith Thornton, of Lone Pine school, 'will lead the first grade discussion " group; Mrs. Rhoda Newton, of Howard school, will lead second grade group and Mrs. Audrey Shults, of Oak Grove school, the third grade group. All primary teachers are in vited to attend and bring any questions regarding lib raff books or library orders. Gold Hill Band Concert Friday Gold Hill, March 14 Gold Hill band and some members of the Eagle Point band under the direction of Steve Whipple will give a concert in the Gold Hill school gymnasium at 8 p. m. Fn day. The concert will be free to the public and a large crowd is expected. Uao MaU Tribune Wain Ada. WASHING MACHINES REPAIRED Parts fc Service on All Makes B & B Washer Shop 406 E. Main Phone 5302 And Select Green Fir Slabs Mixed The Heavy Kind 12 or 16-inch a m k m i . --. A I ' . ' f Duy row season a near vuauir Big Double Load . . . . 6 .50 MEDFORD FUEL CO. TEL. 3111 TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY March 14, 1925 (It was Saturday) Heaviest snow of the winter falls in the Reese Creek district. Walter Camp, father of Amer ican football and famed Yale coach, found dead in bed. ' Rain and warmer. High 61, low 41 degrees. Phoenix defeats Jacksonville 28 to 12 to win county basket ball title. Ashland plans a municipal golf club. Move started for a baseball club here. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY March 14, 1911 . (It was Tuesday) Edward W. Carlton of Table Rock spent the day in the city. Ball team holds first spring practice. Claud Miles, John Wil- Uie Mall Tribune Want Ada. ' m especially need the protection that soft, JL yV absorbent M-D TISSUE gives. Always keep (fjS 7 supply on hand in the bathroom. It cleanses JC 1 gently but surely...a boon to small children. Wggi And the price is low...3 rolls for 20c PACIFIC COAST IL- if lelllnahem.WMhinot,. ,lv' l ' M.i.rfKnnf I fiJI tllx 1 fA1 I M-D Sanitary N.pl!n. 1 ' t yy I fw IL I SAFE N Here's the winning bid... Have a Coca-Cola . . . a way to keep the game going refreshed There's ahrays a time to panse In a bridge game. Ice-cold Coca-Cola can make it tb pats that rrfrtsb. Everyone welcomes Its life and sparkle, the tang of its taste. Hm Coin can be toot invitation oa any occasion, if yon remember to have a supply of Coca-Cola in your refrigerator. Io homes every where, Coca-Cola hss made as ssii thsl rrfrtshtt a family custom . . . a happy interlude for friendly refreshment. BOTTUO UNDII AUTNOttTT OP INI COCA-COIA COMPANY IT Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Medford Yo aatvrill; hear Ceca-Ceta called br n Mend!; tMnvittiea Coke. Both mean the quality prod t of The Coca-Cela Company. State License P 137 X -OlMSrMC-CCa..