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EIGHT MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Frldsy. April 8. 194B MedfordJWTribune "Everyone In Southern Oregon Readb tha MaU Trlbuna'r Daily eepr Saturday Published by MEDFOnD PRINTING CO. S7-29 North Fir. St. phoneaMl ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor. ERNEST R. GILSTRAP Manager. Advertltlnf Mgr. Managing miiw ad-i-ihii? Dt-URV Rnnrlav Editor MRS. OLIVE STARCHER, Soc- Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper. Entered aa aecond elan matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act OX March 3. 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance Dally and Sunday one year ..STSO Dally and Sunday six month! 4 00 Dally and Sunday three moa. a.10 Dally and Sunday one month. 78 By Carrier In Advance Mediord, Ashland. Central Point. Jackson vllle. Gold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, and on motor route: Dally and bunoay one year.... w Daily and Sunday one month All terms cash In advance. 79 Official Paper of the city of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Praia Fall Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS n Renresentatlvo WF.ST-HOLLIDAY CUWrAHI. IHunrHaln rtrrlrf.1 In Niw York Chicago. De. troll, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Se attle, Portland. St Louis, Atlanta. Publishers 4-sjFs)iiioii Ye Smudge Pot By Arthui Parry Editorial Correspondence Distribution of wealth prom ises to be a post-war panacea to be offered voters. Many are opposed to this while wonder ing where they will line up to get their cut. Re-education of the Germans, If any is needed after the Allied and Russian armies get through with them, is a problem before Washington bureau'. In the meantime Gen. Eisenhower ad' vises the recent self-admitted "master race" they better get busy plowing and planting or they will miss many meals next winter. They will get no nour ishment out of Herr Hitler's promise, "no German will ever go hungry." Packing back loot they have stolen from conquer ed lands, and rebuilding cities they have wantonly destroyed. when completed would be the first four-year course. Honor students would be given per mission to draw plans for World War III during vacation periods. Before they returned for the fall term they would publicly eat them. "The 124th strike at the Dodge Chicago plant has been ended. That's where they make B-29 engines." (Chicago News.) Even Madame Perkins, the only lady cabinet member, is hustled to find an alibi for such. e A residential area reports a group on an early morning "lark" were endeavoring to sing ' like one. Their voices did not blend, like what they had been wigging. Nazi guerrillas are now ex pected to go "underground" and conduct the war to the bitter end in the final display of Teu tonic bullheadedness and sav agery. Once "underground" they will no doubt start shoot ing the "secret weapons" of which the world has been hear ing, accompanied by dire threats. "John Carson did not have the pneumonia as reported. It turned out to be a flivver." (Thorn Hollow Items.) Won ders never cease, e e Metropolitan boosters are ad vocating a "tannery", It would help out business with Alaska, and Is not, as the gentle and casual reader might suspect, a return to the old-fashioned method of handling juvenile de linquency. Italy Is now complaining of the amount of food she Is re ceiving from the Allies. Just what Italy did for the Allied cause and preservation of Euro pean peace, other than surren dering to the Allies when she hau to, Is no $63 question. There Is no excuse to bury Italy alive beneath an avalanche of flour ai.J beans. Mexico City. April 1. The Rio Grande at El Paso is dirty little stream, not much larger than Bear Creek. But it "P two very large and very different countries. On one side El Paso, on the other Juarez, yet as different In language, customs and tra ditions as London and Bangkok, and in appearance and general atmosphere a million miles apart. The National Railways, of Mexico train left El Paso at 2 p.m. j i !,,.., ot d-9.ii n nv. for Mexico City. It consisted of one Pullman sleeping car, one Pullman combination sleeping and cafe car and five day coaches (Mexican) of the first, second and third a ..'..i, pnnnh nf the first class. If about like one of those bare hard leather smoking cars the Illinois Central used to run on us suDurDan service num " ----- class is an enlarged edition of a freight train caboose on the Milwaukee, in 1890, while the third class is a renovated cattle car in which bare wooden benches are placed for the Mexican families to sleep on in transit. Incidentally let It be stated we In the "states" think our trains are crowded as a result of the war. How mucn me war nas kj do with it in Mexico we don't know (very little we Imagine) but we Yankees don't know what a crowaea train is compareu vo mo established practice south of the Rio Grandel wot only as every available space In both Pullmans taken with luggage cluttering the aisles and wash rooms; but before we reached Mexico City natives were riding on the top of the baggage car, and literally hanging, sombreros and all, out of the windows of the coaches. u7 ..-. n,.7Tiiri hv the Ions stoo In Juarez, as our luggage had been inspected by the JUt S. customs (another war measure) at h. in fa Paoi and we only had to pass the Mexican customs, which on our former trip (16 years ago) was a mere formality, conducted practically speaking en route. But times have changea aown nere as wen us up umu t ir. ninen nlthnueh we had checked our bags from Palm Springs to Mexico City and the American Railway Express official (an extremely accommodating man by the way) had assured us they would be bonded through and would not be Inspected until , hnri rpnchpH our destination, we discovered they were being held In El Paso and had to be rechecked at Juarez. Believe It or not this simple process took over an hour and the porter who attended to it charged us $2.80 (Mexican) ana upon our pruirai was upheld by none other than tne Juarez cniei oi poncei e e e When the Pullman conductor Inspected our tickets it then developed we could not use them until the federal tax had been paid, a matter of 10. And to pay same we had to stand in line for 35 minutes before the one ticket window in the depot, the lnureer mnvlns line of humanity, incidentally, we nave ever etnnrl in ronu, imnn our return we have to nav another 10 tax. We asked why this tax was not included when we purchased our tickets, and the conductor, an extremely odd-looking but very nnlserl and comnetent-anoearing individual said the Mexican fed eral tax could not be imposed until the trip within Mexico had started! So that was that!) These formalities concluded we presumed with the presentation of our tourist permit, tickets secured at the Mexican consul gen eral's office in El Paso we would be on our way. But such was not the case. The tourist permits were taken by an Immigration official but not returned and then we were contacted by another Mexican mninr-domo. also imDress velv attired in khaki uniform with a white band around his crest-bearing helmet. In solemn silence he gave us two forms to flu out, requesting age, residence, occupation, sex, etc.; then after checking them over carefully he rattled off some Spanish, which proved to be (on translation) an inquiry as to whether or not we had any telegrams we wished to send to Mexico City or the United states! (we nope Miss Cameron of the late and greatly lamented Postal Telegraph reads this!) Well at long last our tourist permits were returned, receipts were signed. and the train actually started on the lzuu mile trek- to the national caDital of the Republic of "May-Hee-Ko," two hours and 20 minutes having been consumed getting through the various and sundry entanglements and complexities of Mexican red tape. soon framed with an eager, ardent male Mexican face, what they said we don't know but we can guess, the verbal equivalent we imagine of the doughboy's whistle. At any rate Tasha couldn't "take it", she pulled down her window shade. Irritated and yet laughing and presto, in the shake of a lamb's tail, everything again was quiet! Tasha Is en route to Vera Cruz to meet her brother, she has to go through the torrid zone'to get there, well we hope brother meets her at the train and we are sorry the English woman could not share her section as she did from Juarez south! R.W.R. News Behind The News By Paul MaJlon ft -v - Paul Malioa Horticulturists report the "wooly aphis" Is lnte In mak ing his annual appearance. It is suspected the "wooly aphis" is not wooly enough for the cur rent weather. e "Grapevine reports have It that the romance of a certain Montague hotclman has gone ph-t-t-t. Other reports say it went south." (Siskiyou (Cal.) News.) Social whirl Item. e a -e J. Tannehlll Walker, 6, and about 100, head of horses pranced In the parade yes. p, m. Yes a striking contrast as a result of crossing that little chocolate- colored creek from the 18-car "Sunset Limited" to the seven-car Mexican National Express the first 100 percent American, except for a diplomatic "student" from Chile; and the. second 100 percent Mexican except for the Medford party, an English woman from Los Angeles and an American banana buyer also from L. A. And then of course there was 'Tasha" but Tasha although an American citizen by birth, spoke Spanish like a native, and is pure Mexican on both sides of the house. Tasha", dear YOUNG "TASHA", only 24 yean old, on a visit to her brother In Vera Cruz and perhaps her father In Guadlajero although the latter deserted her mother, who remarried and the two parents now have, in all, close to a dozen children In other words she may pass up "pa-pa, playboy and scapegoat. A really beautiful face has Tasha, deep, limpid dark eyes, raven hair; a sweet cupid's-bow mouth, facially resembling very much Mary Astor when Mary was In her 20's, yes and that pure Madonna-like quality that Mary had. But her figure, nothing less than a flour sack in a cheap pink-flowered dress! e a e o Well it was really amusing and quite a study In Mexican male behaviour. We have never had the opportunity to observe the antics of a group of young tom-cats, into which a bunch of catnip had been thrown; but we can imagine such a scene of spontaneous activity, and believe it would pretty closely resemble the reaction of the young males on this train, when they caught sight of lasha. Even the young diplomatic student from Chile, a tall well dressed, sophisticated appearing young man, promptly fell like a ton of brick. And when these Latin boys fall, there Is no half-way about It, they go all out, with their desired destination quite apparent! Tasha didn't sleep much the first night and tried to catch up the following day curling up like a sweet pussy-cat against a pillow the porter threw pillows all over the car that morning as soon as the berths had been made up we were given slxl But could one slecpT Not on your life! Every young Mexican In the car, and some not so young gave her tender pat on the cheek, or even a passing and covert check-to-check as they passed. Tasha started out by saying ''don't be foolish", "you silly thing", "oh now, please let me sleep", as she was thus Awakened, smiling and obviously pleased by such romantic attentions, though In no way responding to them. But after a time even Tasha's sweet disposition wore out, she turned her back to the aisle her face to the window, and when the young Chilean prowled along the next time, she showed she had claws and could use them, the Chilean was pretty subdued, romantically, for him, the rest of the trip. But the best example of Tasha's peculiar lure to the Latin genus homo was when, on the top of the railroad grade about 40 miles from Mexico City the one engine which had been puffing tike a Marathon "runner" on his last lap, gave a final gasp and, QUIT. There was nothing to do but split the train in two parts pulling four cars and the "express" the first trip, the heavy Pullmans and one coach on the second. During this process the day coaches were at one time on one track and the Pullmans on the switch track directly oddojHb Tasha as usual, was looking out of her window taking: it all In. But not for long! Every window In the day coach opposite was Washington, April 6 The happiest hope of the opposition to the manpower bill was to get a majority of syfflsasj ten votes against it at most, yet they got 17. The measure had been pain fully thrust through the house by a margin of only seven votes under the utmost pressure from Mr. Roosevelt. The unexpected senate strength can be traced to reports the senators received from back home when voting was delayed over the week end by the ad ministration -in expectation of mustering votes. e e THE reaction from the coun- try was unfavorable to the confused conglomeration of ideas proposing compulsion in the freezing of labor, and the administration lost ground by the delay. The public failed to respond warmly to the idea of imposing compulsory work upon the peo ple now at the very verge of victory on the most dangerous front, especially as the victory is being won by voluntary dem ocratic production methods. The Byrnes report left the Im pression with senators that the administration wanted commit sion to keep men at work for the Japanese front, but many a senator suspected with Taft of Ohio it was intended to be used on into the peace. PROM within the house ways and means committee, con- sldering Mr. Roosevelt's plan to cui larurs about SO per cent, come reports that this also is doomed. My Information is the committee is likely to report out a bill continuing the exist ing reciprocal tariff Dower an. other year or two but without authority to whack the tariff more than the 50 per cent al ready accomplished. The Bretton Woods aeree ments also are In some dancer. according to administration au- tnonties, who want most ardent ly to see the bank and forcien exchange plans both adopted. At least the coming economic generalissimo, Fred Vinson, who is to take Byrnes' rilace. was found wagging his head du biously about them the other day. THE main R nneaunl portions of the postwar program thus far presented have run into land-mine area In coneress which is likely to blow it to bits. What worries the administra tion Is lack of popular enthusi asm for these prospects. A pub lic Impetus necessary to sway congress against Its natural wishes is lacking. The foreign policy has been running Into similar troubles which have cast doubts upon its phqiupi CAMPBELL'S MILK PASTEURIZED or RAW Grade A at youi favorite Grocer, or 'phone 4190 UNION DANCE at the EAGLES' HALL Saturday, April 7, 8:15 p. m. Sponsored by Local 271 S L.S.W.U. Friends and Invited Guests Welcome! NO DELAY FOR Tinstone rirrnov uituak v n m 1 1 n w v m RECAPPING-1 FIRESTONE STORES 214 So. Riverside - Phone 4757 fulfillment. Enthusiasm for it Is not noticeably running at a high pitch. I would not be surprised if considerable reshuffling of the whole postwar deck develops. The trend we have been follow ing may be sharply altered in directions not yet fully discern ible. It will not be toward free trade and compulsions on the home front. Nor Is the trend to ward what is known as Isola tionism on the international front.. But it is developing against international spending (as per Bretton Woods). This is as much as can be seen so far. We are still being directed by events beyond'reck-oning. Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago. ton, last of the Clyde Barrow gang, captured and held in death cell. Eastern Oregon sheepmen need federal financing to avert ruin. Military moves on many fronts worry-Europe. Germany plans a series of non-aggression pacts with neighbor countries. Good fishing in Rogue River. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY April 8, 1925 (It Was Monday) Archbishop Christie of Ore gon passes. Doukobours threatens to dis robe if Canada enforces school law. Cloudy. grees. High 54, low 43 de- PFC. RETHEMEYER KILLED IN ACTION Pfc. Robert Rethemeyer, son of Mrs. Ruth Rethemeyer, Gold Hill, was recently killed in ac tion with the army in the Euro pean region according to an April 6 release of the Office of War Information. Pvt. John P. Simpson, Ash land, was listed as having been wounded while serving with the army in the Pacific region, Next-of-kin is his wife, Maudie I. Simpson, 264 Seventh street, Public opposition to P&E tract as site of new high school breaks out. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY April 6 1935 at Was Saturday) President blamed by Iowa senator for recovery delay and failure of NRA. Charges Secre tary Wallace favors abolishment of constitution when it hampers the New Deal. Grade schools of the city hon or football players. Among those receiving letters were Bernie Hughes, Alvin Melvin, Fred McDonald, Elmer (Bill) Morgan, Orbin Cooksle and Har old Anderson. (Ed, note. All later were members of the state title squad coached by Prink Callison, and Hughes, Morgan, McDonald and Anderson, played either college or pre football.) City of Portland founded years ago today. 84 Unsettled with rain. High 56, low 32 degrees. ' Drs. Howard and Sherwood launch hospital project. Desperado Raymond Hamil- County tax collections below last year. THIRTY FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY April 6. 1912 (It Was Thursday) Work on P&E to be continued. Jap aggression in Mexico cause of army mobilization. BOWLING In Ladles' league last night Medford Alleys took three straight games from First Na tional Bank (Smith 176-Swoape 500), Tolly's Gilmore took three straight over Henry's Drive-In (Willet 175-Nordstrom 447) and Rolling Pin won two out of three from Wainscott's Drugs (Frisbie 181-DeVors 473.) BABY FALLS TO DEATH NEW YORK, April 6 4U.PJ Four months-old Peter Francis was killed yesterday when high wind blew his carriage from a second-floor roof, used as a sunporch. Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Classify 9:30 Saturday anernoon Please remember Col. Roosevelt approves "Ore gon System." Big Butte bridge across Rogue is planned. 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