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SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDl$&TRIBUNB Dally Except Saturday Puhllhed by MEOFOKD PRINTING CO. S7.J9 North fir St, Phona U1. ' ROBERT W. RCJHU ERNEST R. GILSTRAP Manager. HIRB GREY. Advertising M. 8. C. FERGUSON, Managing Editor ARTHUR PERHV, Sunday Editor MRS. OLIVE STARCH ER, Sp. Editor GGKAUU 'tl-"""'v" An Independent Newspaper. Entered a second class matter t Medord. Orenon, under . ol March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall -In Advance Daily and Sunday one year Dally and Sunday e x months 4 00 Daily and Sunday three mot. J.10 Dallv and Sunday one month. m By Carrlor In Advance Medford, Ashland Central Point, Jackson, vine. Gold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routea: Dally and Sunday one rear.19 00 Dallv and Sunday one month 7a All lerma cash In advance. Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative WEST-HOLLIDAV COMPANY. INC. Offices In New York Chicago, De troit, Snn Francisco, Los Angeles, Se. attle. Portland, St Louis, Atlanta. Vancouver. B. C. Mtmlet 0 regI Publish Ye Smu!ge Pot By Arthur Parry A war correspondent reports: "The allies will find nothing in Berlin but ruin, rats, starvation, and Death." Name the leading Nazi rat. Then apologize to the rat. Seeley V. Hall, the air line official of Oakland, made a fly ing trip here the middle of the week. The Ninth army's Hell-on- Wheels armored division crossed the Elbe last week, in a helter skelter dash. Some hell-on- wheels are loose around here and where they get gasoline baffles both the police and the public. . Joe Early lately had a birth day, also Al Leighton and G Carter, co. clerk. AU are hustlers ana going like eu. The Commercial Club build lng is In a fine state of demolish- ment, and, the civic water trough alongside awaits the same fate. The structure In Its prime was the center of the 1910 boom, and community oratory. The Frost & Fret season Is half over. H. Dunn, the C.Pt. district planter has his onions In, and will start on spuds the last of the month. For many years these two vital products would not grow in this section, when not planted. Five tons of old clothes were contributed last week to the needy of Europe. One pair of pants left in the receptacle, had a pair of suspenders with rubber in them. The discoverer of this windfall will not have to go to Europe to wear them. The Jens Jensen boy John writes from some place In Ger many, he and cohorts captured a Rhinelund pullet, and fried and ate same. . Spring Is still dilatory about arriving. Nothing is growing like it should, but kids and weeds. The Specific Dicway from Wolf Creek to Graves Creek will be straightened. It was notorious for Its crookedness, and left the weary traveller feeling like the letter S. Farmers report cheat grass Is showing up, and shows signs ol cheating them worse than last year. Bent grass is also plentiful, and bending the right way. SnOW th OIHaf fllrta mmtA last Christmas appeared the past 1 week. They are afraid to ask foi any next Christmas, for fear it will come In late July. , V. Brophy, the Tolo stockman. Is up north letting his new grand-daughter get an eye-ful of him. I e I A resident of south of the Rio Grande flaunted the first straw hat of the season on the Main 1 Stem In mid-week. ! The discovery of 100 tons ol gold bullion In a German sail mine the past week, excited val ley argonauts. Several miner, have shafts started In the gen eral direction of where the cache was located, but the army beat them to it. i liM Mall Tribune Want Ada TRADE LOT 8. ftiveritde Klamath Falls for Suburban Lot Dr. A A Soul M. 0. Phone 2870 Sunday. April 15. 1 94ft Editorial Correspondence sMexico City. April 12. (By nation and the historical and political effect of the sudden death of President Roosevelt can only be compared to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln died after the war, Roosevelt during it, but we believe that in much the same sense that Lincoln had completed his Job, history will show that Franklin Delano Roose velt's lob that of liberalizing the politics of his country and placing the United States at the head of world political liberaliza tion and on the road t" sventual world peace has been done. ! Actually, military victory has future will be, Just as the great task following the Civil War, one of reconstruction world rather than national reconstruction And, as millions of Americans lived to deeply deplore the loss of the guiding hand of Abraham Lincoln, there will be similar millions who will feel a deep personal loss in the death of their Second World War president and will miss this great leader during critical times ahead. R.W.R. Mexico City, April 8. The delay In mall air and train has been explained. It is very simple, war censorship. All mall from here to the states Is collected in San Antonio, Texas (perhaps our ex-star reporter Fox looks it over) and there is examined before it is forwarded to its destination. between Mexico City and Medford is regarded as .expeditious. (We could get no report on train-mall.) In short if one wishes to correspond promptly with Mexico City from the states, follow the old Western Union "ad": "Don't write, telegraph!" For years we have heard of "Jal-Alal", an exciting Cuban form of handball, (or is it Spanish?) Whatever it is, we went down to the El Palaclo de La Poleta, in the Plaza de la Republics last night to see it. And it is an extremely fast, exciting and Interesting sport, a REAL sport not a form of one-sided animal-baiting as is the bull fight. In "Jal-Alai" or "Fronton Mex", the best man wins, you don't know the result of the contest before It starts, as at the "Arena May-hee-co torres hippodroma." , The place was crowded, as street-cars to the movie theatres, betting. At least none officially betting resembled that in the big league baseball games in the states today, unorganized and Informal. But if you WISH to make a bet and take your chances, you can do it. The betting section in fact, was directly next to ours and peso paper bills were flying about like paper-snow in an old DeMille melodrama, toward the end of the final contest which incidentally was won by'the "red" by one pointl (35 Is the game, and in this star bout the two teams, red and black of two players each, were never more than three points apart. The essential difference between Jai Alai and handball is the larger size of the court and the fact that the ball instead of bding thrown by hand as Jim Corbett STRAPPED to the hand and with tating like a rifle-shot! In fact several times during a than the eye, one couldn't see it, at the pellet (a sort of cross between a tennis and a polo bail) hit the walls with a crack, and shot back. - . As In bull fighting your correspondent cannot rate as an expert, or even an intelligent commentator, but we can say Jal-Alai is interesting to watch, and you must be In A-l physical trim to play it. As In tennis the players wear white flannels, and appear to be of the literate class, some of the players last night might well have qualified at the old Casino In Newport, as far as general looks and bearing were concerned. There are Judges both at one side-line and end of the court and the spectators are protected by a huge net that falls from the roof of the "palace" to the floor. (If one of those balls in full flight ever hit a human skull it would certainty be "good nlghtl") The behavior of the contestants formed the principal Interest for your correspondent, It differed so entirely from the behavior of Anglo-Saxons of the tennis players we saw at Palm Springs for example a few weeks back. , Here there Is no dignity, no restraint. In the final match the two "red" players, when one of them muffed a shot, and the score was tied, flopped against the wall, one of them slipped to the floor and lay prone as if mortally wounded, and there he lay moaning and grieving for the entire length of the breathing spell which apparently follows a brisk rally. In the second match of the evening one of the players also a red, was particularly sour, losing point after point. He did everything but cut his throat, pulled off his hand baskets, Jumped on them, shook his shoes off, had new shoes put on by one of the bus-boys, cursed, kicked himself, did everything but keep his composure and play the game like a good sport. He was an extreme example, of course, but only one of the players behaved as a normal American would have behaved. He missed and muffed at times but took both In his stride and executed no compensatory dramatics. He did not look like a Latin, in fact, and of course may not have been. (Jack O'Brien of Massachusetts for example is one of the local and popular bull-fighters.) Strolled over to the Rvforma Plaza again for a bit of sunshine and fresh air. An attractive girl, looking chic and French, was exercising two large French poodles and a "puppy" Just a bunch of thick curly fur, not clipped as monkey. A Mexican "senor" came along with a French bulldog, harness and leash, let his dog loose and all four canines Joined In a say romp on the grass. We feared for dashing by on both sides, but the for none crossed to the street, hamburger "tout suite." The Senor and chatted with the French looking mademoiselle, animatedly, no doiiDt mends or long standing dogs in the park. Nearby the "enfants" played What Recaps Shall I Buy? FEASt-PROOF RECAPS Are FS2.ST CHOICE -Here's Why V', tfJ HOME OF Telegraph). The shock to this been won. The big Job of the A week in transit for air-mail everything In Mexico City from are crowded. But there was no with bookies and all that. The threw it, Is thrown by a basket a speed that is positively devas brisk rally, the ball was faster all, only hear the crisp smack as yet, and as full of capers as a the results as motor cars were dogs must have been trained where they would have been sat down on a nearby bench accustomed to meet with their on the green attended by their Grade A Truck Rubber only. Your Tires Art Perfectly Balanced 13 Longer Mileage. TIRE EXCHANGE 8th and Riverside FEAR-PROOF RECAPPING Indian nurses, "Na-Nas" In white with huge blue ribbon bow in the back and hair In braids too, we should surmise after watching the care with which they guarded their charges and the An Indian bootblack strolled well-dusted editorial "dogs" shined up a bit. The Indian character istically saw an easy mark another "rich American", of course, and boosted his price to "una peso" making a terrific fuss when we refused to pay it. Incidentally the Mexican Indians here strike us as being a pretty spirited and cally all the menial tasks, but not Broken as a result tar trom EARLYDATE SEEN Unofficial Advisors Like Hopkins and Frankfurter to Pack Soon. By Lyle C. Wilson United "resi Staff Correspondent Washington, April 14 (U.R) The dawning of a new political era was marked here today as this capital said a sorrowful farewell to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Despite President Truman's Invitation to Roosevelt cabinet members to "stay on," the time is near after more than 12 years for new faces in high places. Political Washington is asking "what next," and is telling itself "plenty." Mr. Roosevelt's inli- mates predict a clean or almost clean sweep of top White House personnel. A cabinet shake-up within a very few months is almost in evitable. The so-called Roose velt palace guard the unoffic ial advisers variously on and off the government payroll is ex pected to be packing shortly Or, if they have significant and permanent positions here, they will spend more time on their official duties and considerably less, if any, giving the president advice. There is, for instance. Asrociate Suoreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. For the time being, however, Mr. Truman will carry on about as is. His first formal declara tion of policy comes Monday when he addresses a joint ses sion of the conTest in the house chamber. On Tuesday the pres ident will address the armed forces. His associates siy that he has decided not to attend the United Nations Conference in San Francisco. His ooeninx ad dress will be broadcast from here. Senators and representatives may expect to be consulted and already high on the list of ad visors is James F. Byrnes, who this month resigned as director of the office of war mobilization Byrnes has been Invited to accompany Mr. Truman to tne Hyde Park funeral. For the moment, at least, he seems to be the Harry L. Hopkins of the Truman administration. Whether he will continue in that role cannot at once be determined. Hopkins Is being counted out hereabouts. He was the closest of Mr. Roosevelt's advisors, who was bitterly mistrusted and of ten disliked by the regular Dem ocrats who gave the president grudging support. He is ill and will return to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota after the Roosevelt funeral. Today Mr. Trumon con ferred with Hopkins. Chances are he asked Harry to "stay on," CORN REMOVER G.rt IriUnt rtlUI trom ptia and po Uvolr raaovM bird eonu. tell corw WtwMa lh toM. MllauMa. wun, ptpUiomu. lub Mil, tl coat&laJ rtl dUltrant oils thai MHa. Iomm tad doi sol caua th Irriutloa a d itreaf add mixtures. Whaa ail than Kara tailed trr thta ana. laid Ma neaay bach aruaraala Excluslevty at WESTERN TRIFT 9 twined with ribbon. Good nurses. restraint and kindness shown them along and we decided to have the enterprising lot, they do practi our impression is their spirits are It in fact. R.W.R. too. If so it scarcely can be for long. If Byrnes takes over Hopkins duties as chief councillor, he may well succeed in time to the secretaryship of state.. That speculation could be unfair to Secretary Edward R. Stettinius, except for one explosive fact. The 44-year-old ' personable Stettinius is next in line for the White House should anything happen to Mr. Truman. One of the things that endears Mr. Tru man to regular democrats is that he is a regular democrat, too, and a strict organization man in the sense that Jim Far ley Is a strict organization man. Stettinius is not an organization man. The regulars have had enough of non-organization ir regularity under Mr. Roosevelt COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although the use of a pen-name or Initials for publication Is permis sible. The Mall Tribune reserves the rl-ht to edit all letters with a view to clarity and condensation Praises Closing To the Editor: Again this great city of Med ford has gone over the top 100 in the voluntary closing of all business nouse3, places of amuse ment and calling off the Track and Field meet of the Southern Oregon Athletic Association in paying their respects to our be loved President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In my 24 years as a resident of this city Medford has always been over the top in all her strides Charity, Red Cross, Bond drives, home building, the best of water and good paved streets. Great credit should be given to the men who have and are creating this fortunate condition and to the Medford Mail Tri bune which has always been and Is now one of the. most enter prising papers of this country. To Mayor Meeker, the Cham ber of Commerce and Its presi dent. Herb Grey and Supt. E. H. Hedrlck I want to express my appreciation of the efforts you all are putting e'erth to make this a still better place to live Walter E. Rowley 311 N. Bartlett St. Memorial Services Camp White Today Camp White. Memorial ser vices for President Franklin D Roosevelt will be held in War Department Theater No. 1, to day for military personnel ol the camp. The services at 10 a m., mourning the passing of the army's commander-in-chief, will be conducted by Post Chaplal:. John V. Rlchert. New York, April 14. U.R) Atley Donald, a veteran right hander who won 13 games while losing 10 in 1944, was selected by Yankee Manager Joe McCar thy tonight to pitch the opening game of the 1945 major league season against the Senators at Washington Monday. In Case of Emergency PHONE 2675 FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE THAT'S PROMPT AND DEPENDABLE For many yean the people of southern Oregon have de pended upon Perl't Ambulance Service for quick and kind ly service in time of need. Lady Attendant FUNERAL HOME 426 WEST SIXTH ST. BRITISH, SOVIET PRIME MINISTERS TO ATTEND MEET Washington, April 14. (U.R) The White House announced to night that Soviet Foreign Com missar V. M. Molotov will attend the San Francisco conference. The White House revealed tha,t Soviet Premier Josef V. Stalin decided to send Molbtov after President Truman had advised Stalin that such a move would be welcomed "as an expression of earnest cooperation in carry ing forward plans for formulat ing the new International organi zation." There had been great disap pointment over Stalin's original decision not to send Molotov to San Francisco. Soviet Ambassa dor Andrei A. Gromyko had been named head of the Russian delegation. Disclosure that Molotov will attend the conference gives it added Importance. Forty-eight hours ago President Roosevelt's death made it questionable whether the conference would even be held. Now, with Presi dent Truman pledged to carry on Mr. Roosevelt's objective of a durable peace and with Eden al ready here, the conference's chances of success seemed much improved. Nordhausen, Germany, April 15 (U.R) It was a day of reckoning today for protesting German civilians who - began part payment for their country's sins. The German civilians buried the dead 2,700 Allied political prisoners who had died after months of starvation and torture while imprisoned in this indus trial city. It probably was the first time that the American military gov ernment had forced the German people to pay personally for their mis-deeds. They didn t like it Some became violently ill. One husky young man collapsed with a heart attack. Cattle raising is the oldest Tevns Inrlnclrv. Miceinn ropnrrtc show the number of cattle short ly after 1718. GERMANS FORCED BY ARMY TO BURY TORTURE VICTIMS Pay -f& a kmuz f safe Jackson County Federal savings & loan association 125 Easl Main . GREEN FIHSL 12 INCH OR 16 INCH LENGTHS 300 CU. FT. LOAD DIAL 2123 Timber P Mystery Show Booked Here Mi J i IV; l JMjjBdrAMI.W Si 1 . i A tense moment in "Circum stantial Evidence," opening Wed nesday at the r.ialto theatre, as Michael O'Shea fights off the pleading of Lloyd Nolan and o lime Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY April 15, 1935 (It was Saturday) Drought in mid-west states worse than a year ago. Mushrooms make seven Ap plegate people ill. CCC camp to be installed on Roxy Ann to create park. Unsettled with showers. High 71, low 49 degrees. Gene Childers wins President's cup In golf club tournament. Moore Hamilton gives Kiwan ians resume of last session ol legislature. Rain again delays resurfacing of No.fT. Riverside avenue. Polish mobs break windows of German residents in Gydnia. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY April 15. 1925 (It was Wednesday) Two new mail carriers added to local postoffice delivery force Opening ball game of season In Portland next Tuesday. American fleet sails for Ha waii waters for winter maneu vers. Unsettled with showers. High 75, low 41 degrees. Thieves ransack local churches and Salvation Army hall. Record crop of pears predicted for coming season. Estimate 2,500 cars. Holly street and P. & E. 'sites favored for new high school. Marshal von Hindenburg ol Germany announces fiftn stand 4 uri&t Hznt-m&ruuf Small monthly sums, like rent, will bring you a debt-free home with our loan plan. Sg7r DIAL 2123 Company eateott ar Trudy Marshall and give himself up to the police for a murder he didn't commit. The companion feature on the same program will be Joe E. Brown in "Polo Joe." against Naziism. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY April 15. 1912 (It was Saturday) Smudge pots put frost to rout in valley orchards. Elks to install new officers to night. Salem mad at Medford Com mercial club. Gov. West names Ben Olcott secretary of state. American hospital ships carry 8,000 quarts of frozen vitamin D milk in adition to SOO quarts of fluid milk and 600 to 700 gal lons of ice cream. APRIL NOVELS YOUNG BESS by Margaret Irwin The dramatic story of ths young girlhood of Queen Eliza beth who was surrounded by intrigue and crime while still in her 'teens. Literary Guild selec tion. $2.50 FURY IN THE EARTH by Harry Harrison Kroll The earthquake that hit thsj town of New Madrid, Tennes see, reduced it to rubble and brought all its evil to the sur face the town peopled by a few Spanish and pioneer Amer ican settlers and visited by roistering rivermen. $2.50 YANKEE WOMAN by Eric Baume A dramatic novel of Califor nia In the '40s and '50s and of a woman who managed to build an incredible empire on all the evils the Barbary Coast had to offer. $2.50 The child and the emperor by Prince Hubertus su Loewenstein A legend of the meeting of the Child Jesus and the Em peror Augustus in Rome, with the underlying theme of spirit ual power contrasted to tem poral power. $1.50 BREAKFAST AT THE HERMITAGE by Alfred Leland Crabb A notable love story that centers around the Hermitage, the home Andrew Jackson planned for his beloved Rachel. $2.75 THE UPSTART A NEW NOVEL BY EDISON MARSHALL Love and high adventure In the exciting England of Ceorqe The Second. $2.50 THE POWER HOUSE by Alex Comfort The drama of a machine work er and a scholar in a French provincial city and in occupied Paris, portraying a gigantic struggle of good and evil. $3.00 TELL SPARTA by A. 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