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rOUIt MZCFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Mendir. April 16. 1141 iUNS . iSi th Mall Tr)bm,r Ball Bxiapt Satnrday Puhllihad by MBDTORO PR1NTINJ CO, 1T-M Worth rir St FhonaSUl. ROBERT W. RUHU Editor. jrTRK CRIY, Advartitlns Mar. MM. .KRALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr. An hidopandant Nawipaper. intarad aa aaoond alaaa nutVjr t MediotdV Or.aon, undar Aet of SUBSCRIPTION RATH TjaiJy nd Sunday ona y ..T. Daily nd Sunday-alx month. 4 00 Dully and Sunday ona month -7 AahUnd, Central Point, Jekon villa, Gold Hill, Phoanlx, Talant, and S motor route: lly and Sunday ona yaar.. 00 DaUy and Sunday ona month .70 All torma cah In advanca. Official Pajar of roe City ol MadforS Official Papar of Jaokaon County Dittad Praia Toll Laaaad Wlra MXMBCR OP AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advarttiina; RapreaantaUva WIST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, IKC. Offloaa In Naw York, Chtcaao, Da trolt, San rrancUco, Loa Anelee, So aula, Portland, St. Louli, Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C. "'- Mtmis I Oiioo(0(tTJsEiM P B 8 L I S W E W 4-sTfit A T 1 0 Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry Berlin, main roost of the un pawkabla Nazis, li located on the River Spree. And la the once proud capital groggy. She Is vir . tually under the heel of a con queror, not that Herr Hitler was any slouch of a heel himself. a a The "SUH on Wheeli" division continues to speed through Ger many, for a meeting with the . Russians. The local version of the same outfit frequents Oak rials avenue and the J'ville auto bahn. a a a Old Sol did himself proud yes. to produce a spring day so en joyable It should either be taxed or rationed. The sunshine cured dozens of colds, and made peo ple wish they had mors gasoline. Come again, Old Soli a a HOME FRONT HORRORS (New York World-Telegram) "Typical of wartime travel casualties. The tad plight of Percy Madeira, Philadelphia 'main liner,' whose luggage was lost en route, arriving' without his dinner jacket or a change of linen, Mr. Madeira took one look at the beautiful palms and the blue sky and another at his scanty ward robe, and took the next train back to Philadelphia." a a a Big town Callfornlanf have been quit plentiful of late, fend show the effects of the alleged shortsges of meat. Ham listed on a restaurant menu shocks them more than one of their native earthquakes. They have misgivings when they order It, look guilty when they get it, and expect to be ordered up a dark alley to eat it. a HAPPY DAYS HERE AGAIN "We've recently aeen several letters, to the editor and other wise, In which local people take pokes at other local people. It looks as If local hot-heads are about to pick up the clubs they dropped on December 7, 1941, and start beating each other again." (Klamath Falls News-' Herald.) a a Several baekyard garefoners report they have, planted the socially obnoxious, but succu lent, green onion. a a "With the school people want ing the money but distressed over the association of cigar ettes with school financing, there may be very little of a campaign for the cigarette tax." (Oregon Voter) The Mt. Hood of squeamishness. a a a Dingle M. Foot, the British economic welfare expert, has ar rived for the 'Frisco conference on world security, press dis patches reveal. a a "$1000 BILLS PLENTIFUL. INARTISTIC" (SF Chronicle hdline.) Even If they are, the real art consists of getting hold of one, and, are still not homely enough to stop a clock. a a a LITTLE WOMAN FLARES "This afternoon Marshal Bla keney was telephoned for from the depot to come up and arrest man who was stoning the sec tion men and throwing rocks at the cars. Just as he arrived and arrested him the man's wife came to her husband's rescue armed with a butcher knife, and the result is that both of them were locked up." (The Dalles Chronicle, 80 yrs. ago col.) HERO'S FATHER KILLED Richmond, Cel., April 10. U.R The victim of a hit-run ac cident In El Cerrito Friday night waa Identified early today as John Malcomb Jones, no, the father of a marine hero, .killed on Iwo Jima. Oaa Mall Tribune aa Ala. Editorial Correspondence Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 13. Mexicans pay little attention to flies, but flies pay considerable attention to Mexicans. This being the tropics the flies are thicker down here than in Mexico City, where one is higher up In the air than on the rim of Crater Lake, and sanitary conditions are far better than elsewhere In May-hee-ko. Every hotel room here at any rate ours, is supplied with a fly-gun, however, the windows are screened, and fly swat ting is pretty well confined to tho dining room and great outdoors. m 9 9 Like everything else In Mexico, Vera Cruz has grown amazingly In the 16 years since our last visit, new buildings are springing up all over the place, especially In the suburbs and along the beach, toward Mocambo. And as In Mexico City so here, this is all private enterprise. Individuals and groups of individuals are building these new hotels and anartment houses for only one reason, because Ihey believe they can make a profit. Yet many people claim Mexico is going, communist as fast as the local labor leaders ana tne ttussian embassy can provide the proper transportation. "DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT1" Vermont is as near communist as Mexico City and the other portions of Mexico we have visited, the capitalistic system is not only apparent everywhere, It Is flourishing like the green-bay tree! 9 9 9 0 9 In Palm Springs gardenias were $2 apiece and orchids $5 and both were at least at Easter time hard to get. Coming down here on the scenic and leisurely Mexican railroad, a 20-minule stop was made at Fortin (pronounced Fourteen) now sporting one of the most attractive tourist hotels in the republic. They were selling gardenias at the station at 20 cents a basket and orchids at 80 cents a bunch, while one cover the swimming pool with gardenias and then dive through them. It only shows what a difference a few thousand miles can make, also the potency of the In the jungle near Fortin, orchids grow wild and gardenias are almost as much a pest as dandelions on the Rogue Valley golf course! (Imagine the scramble if trainloads of Mexicans passed through Medford every day and would hand out two-bits for baskets of dandelions!) a a a Well there Is just such a scramble at most of the stops on the I train to Vera, Cruz. But not for the tourist trade entirely. The day coach trade really adds up to more in volume and dollars and cents. For while the one Pullman is always full (it is called a Pullman but It is only a day coach with reclining seats and tray service) the day-coaches, like those coming down from Juarez are OVERFLOWING, no passengers on top but plenty on the platforms anfl steps and In every window faces. And thev denend unon these drink. Well that ought to give one At one of the stops at least pulque cocktails, through tortillas and boiled chicken, to fresh strawberries, pineapples and fresh latter also "fresh from the ranch." Thar la still plenty of mal-nulrition In Mexico, humans and animals are living evidence of it, to travel also have money to eat they stint themselves. When a group of these senors and senoras. with their offspring get together to satisfy the Inner man and woman! believe you me Pedro they DO it! So perhaps It is no wonder one to 24 hours late. The train crews have appetites also and large generous hearts This Vera Cruz trip Is one every visitor to Mexico should take for it gives such a wonderful, compressed cross-section of this interesting country, from the Arctic zone and the snow-capped tops of "Popo", through the dust bowl and the ancient pyramids, on via the temperate to the tropical zone and Mexico's beautiful eastern sea coast, "Multum In parvo" is the term, and while the train trip Is slow and tedious, it worth It. Moreover the train winds up tunnels but on the OUTSIDE, so one has all the advantages an air-trip Is supposed to provide but seldom does. (There Is plane service between Vera Cruz and Mexico City but it Is confined almost entirely now to military Oh yes and bananas, we almost forgot the bananas, banana plantations, miles and miles of like Mexico by leaps and bounds we were Informed. Freight cars loaded with them in green compact bunches were being hauled to Mexico City as we came down. Apparently the harvest had been pretty thorough, for while we passed through thousands of banana groves, only a few bunches could be seen, and the bananas were small, In many cases looking luscious golden fruit, so prized now By the way did you know some nutritive disease which proves fatal in a short time if bananas can't be provided, for only bananas can give the necessary nutri ment to sustain life. We met the mother of such a baby on the train, a former Seattle girl who married the assistant manager of a large sugar refinery near Cordova. The baby is now four years old, and In another year will be out of danger, but It has been touch and go all that time, the little girl has sometimes eaten over a dozen bananas day) Wa spent the night at Mocambo, four or five miles south of Vera Cruz, the chief reason being the heat in Vera Cruz, and the cooler air promised at Mocambo with the hotel only a stones-throw from the roaring surf of the Atlantic ocean, the Gulf of Mexico to be exact. It proved wise selection for while we were unable to consult thermometer, the general atmosphere on our arrival (nearly two hours late) approached if it did not quite equal, the general climate of the G.O.P. convention at Chicago, last June. Wowee but it was sticky and hot and suffocating in that station, until we got out! 9 9 9 9 9 Near the close of the season at Mocambo which made It even pleasanter, for not many people about. Every one takes swim, some two or three times In the day; the beach la wide, clean, and the water until one gets far out, almost warm. Early in the morning, we saw a large fishing boat take off down the beach, the long oar blades flashing In the earlv morning sun, and a dark figure in the stern letting out huge foids of net. Later walking up the beach we saw the same fishermen a dozen husky Indiana In white cotton pants, pulling In their nets, a long hard process for the nets are tremendous, and reach far out inlo the aea. The catch after all that work must have been very disappointing for we should say not more than a dozen mackerel of a commercial alia ware taken in, the rest of the aquatic fauna and flora being thrown back. Later on a lone Indian fisherman had belter luck. He took off Ship Save Pilots Washington, April 16. U.R Two Injured army pilots whose plane crashed Inlo the Pacific were rescued recently by the crew of the Liberty Ship John Howard Payne, the war shipping administration announced today. List Author's Wealth San Diego, April 16. U.R The Inventory and statement of assets of the estate of Harold Bell Wright, novelist, who died here May 24, 1044, wag found to contain rash, securities and wr bonds totaling about $20,000, the county clerk's office report ed today. CAMPBELL'S MILK PASTEURIZED or RAW Grade A at yout f avotit Grocer, ei 'phona 4190 of the stunts nt the hotel Is to old law of supply and demand. station stoos for their food and an idea of the scene. they had everything to sell, from black coffee and cigars, the but Mexicans who have money (and to drink) and don t think Mexican trains are always from Is (at least to your correspondent) and down the mountains, not via and navy personnel.) them, and the industry growing more like dill pickles than the In the states. babies are born with a certain GET YOUR RED POINT BONUS! 1 Red Points for eh pound of used fatarumed In to your butcher. Keep Saving 1,'ied Fata For the Fighting Fronts Mid Home itoni. his overalls revealing pair of white shorts, and I beautiful pair of dark calves and torso, then with a very finely woven net, held In his teeth and one hand, walking Into the water like a cat sulking a bird, such cunning stealth and so alertl when suddenly out when the net, lika perfect cast, a moment while it settled and then the Indian started to haul in HIS catch. Almost at once fish started to jump apparently trying to escape the net, but there were 27 fine fat fish the Indian slowly extricated and put In his basket. And practically all of identical size, looking very much like a fine mess of cut-throat trout. 9 9 9 9 9 The Indian lmperturbably put on his overalls, shouldered his net and basket and walked down the beach toward a straw thatched hut where some brightly-hued garments drying on a cactus bush indicated he was to have some feminine help in pre paring the fish for market. R.W.R. Letter From Washington By HARRIS ELL8WORTH Member oi Congress From Oregon LAST week I made very hurried visit to the west coast and was in my district about thirty-six hours. When congress recessed for Easter, I was offered an oppor tunity to ride out to the coast in an army plane which was making the trip and had several spare seats in it. So, I became an aerial hitch-hiker, and in the course of nine days elapsed time I averaged about 1,000 miles a day. a a a TRAVELLING in army air planes was an interesting and enlightening experience. The army, of course, does not send airplanes at the beck and call of the members of congress, but members, being officials of the government, generally are wel come to ride in service planes If there Is room. I had the good fortune to line up a ride with a colonel who took a half a dozen members of his staff out to San Francisco and Los Angeles and back on technical mission. The plane was a large two- motor ship, but it was not the last word in comfort. In its active service days, it was a paratrooper ship, and probably was in use on the African desert, since it was painted brown with desert camouflage. The seats were benches along the sides, and they were not upholstered. After having spent more than thirty hours in this plane, I realize that the job of a para trooper is a hard one in more ways than one. There is nothing haphazard about cross-country flights of service airplanes. The air high ways are as carefully designated as motor highways. All flights are scheduled in advance, clear ed by the weather section, and are made according to plan. Nor are army pilots reckless dare-devils who zoom around in big airplanes with abandon. On the contrary, these pilots and crews are serious, careful and highly-trained young men. With Fundamentals of Successful Investing Babion Advises the By Roger W. Babsen Babson Park, Mass., April 13 (Special Correspondence) "Mr. Babson, I have sold my business, where can I Invest the proceeds?" "My wife and I are getting along in years, in what can we invest our money so that we will be assured of a moderate Income for the rest of our lives?" "I have Just Inherited $9,000, how can I double this money quickly?" These questions are typical of the many asked me from week-to-week. Behind each lies the Instinctive desire of all human beings for self-protection. KNOW YOURSELF Before entering upon an Im portant venture and certainly before buying any stock It Is Imperative that you know your self. Self-control, patience and courage are essential to success. Have you the self-control to fol low a strict Investment policy? Do rumors and minor fluctua tions fall to sway you? Have you 1 SONOTONE BETTER HEARING CENTER Tuesday, April 17th MEDFORD HOTEL MEDFORD, OREGON I WILL gladly make an audio gram of your hearing. In 20 minutes ysu can see what your hearing lota la and whether or net you need a hearing aid. There Is no charge or ob ligation for consultation or tests. I. C. WRIGHT Certtfied Sonotone Consultant out exception, they are proud of their service and of their indi vidual records. Every detail of every flight is checked and double-checked. The airplane Is In constant touch with the ground by radio at all times dur ing flight. The pilot is informed on weather conditions. Planes do not fly if there is weather trouble on the course, and such flights are made only during daylight hours, although all planes are equipped for night flying. a a a PEOPLE are pretty much the same everywhere you find them in this broad country of ours. One thing we all have Is a feel ing that the part of the country we call "home" Is just a little better than any other place in the nation. I feel, for example, that the pacific coast, and espe cially the southern part of Ore gon, is by long odds the only really livable part of the United States. Most of the young offi cers with whom I made this trip live In the east, and I was amused at their conversation as we left the airplane at Boiling Field after having made the trip back here from the west coast As we were walking out to the car, one of them said to the other: "Boy, doesn't this air feel good? It's certainly grand to be back here. I didn't like that Pacific coast country at all, Then, they proceeded to admire the trees and shrubbery as we drgve Into town, noting how much better they liked this part of the United States as compared to where they had just been. I kept quiet, but the fact of the matter was, my feeling was ex actly the opposite. I very defin itely missed the fresh, clean tang of the Pacific coast air, and could see no virtue In what 1 found here. Perhaps this love of home, possessed by all of the people from wherever they may come in our great country, is one of the things which makes this nation great. Would-Be Investor the patience to hold your funds liquid until a real bargain comes your way? Do you resist Jump ing into a bull market in the hope of scalping a few points profit on the advances? Have you the courage to buy when the news is pessimistic and everyone about you is selling? Will you sell when stocks are on the up grade and everybody is talking about the new highs to be reached? If you can answer "Yes" to each of these questions and If you have some extra money to invest, you have the attributes for becoming successful. Then you can determine your own particular needs and select a di versified group of securities which will meet these require ments. After you have purchas ed your securities, do not be A Conger -Morris MEMORIAL SERVICE Meets every requirement of good tsite tnd judgment. We consistently maintain the high standards of ser vices by which true vjlues must be measured, yet it coiti no more to call ui. Since 1888 COIIGER- MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and West Main St. Office of the County Coroner AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE 3147 H. W. Conger 'concerned over day-to-day fluc tuations. Avoid Jumping from one stock to another in the hope of picking a few points profit here and there. Do not follow the crowd. Always bear In mind that In finance the herd instinct is fatal. SELECTING YOUR COMPANY Before buying any stock you should decide what you expect of it. In the case of the man who has sold his business, the chances are that he will want to own stocks that will appreciate' In value. Therefore, ha would do well to buy into a young Indus try possibly television, plas tics or electronics. To the elder ly couple who want Income, I suggest "Series G" Government Bonds and the securities of well established companies with a good dividend record and a promising future. To the young person who has Inherited the $8,000, I say, 'The stock market is no royal road to easy money A horse race would be just as good a bet and might prove more exciting!'.' The investor should carefully study the trend of' the market and the outlook for the Industry Into which he plans to buy. This shows when to buy. He should next analyze the various com panies in that industry. He will then select that company which is making the most progress. This company need not neces sarily be the largest in its field nor, perhaps, the oldest, but It must be well managed and ac tive. Pay particular attention to the personnel. Remember that the suture of every company will depend upon tbe character of the individuals who control and manage it. "TIPS" YOU MAY ACCEPT Approach the stock market In an intelligent manner. Follow the lead of successful institutions and buy the securities they buy You can determine this by study Ing reports of insurance com panies. Learn to swim before venturing into deep water and above all be wary of tips from well-meaning friends. Even In the rare Instances where such a tip makes good temporarily, it usually leads to loss in the end because it is based on ephemeral rather than fundamental factors. The successful investor must know what to buy or sell, as well as when to buy or sell. Little Future and Miserable Pay for Hirohito's Boys (From Camp White Grenade) Along with the more obvious disadvantages of being a Jap sol dier Is the fact that there Isn't any financial future in it, either. The Nip non-com would have a hard time scraping together enough cash for one $7.80 war bond, even If he could sign up for It. While suicide is generally con sidered to be a matter of honor with the Jap military, some of Hirohito's boys may be spurred on to the deed by a look inside that little old hon. pay envelope. The land of the Rising Sun provides the following descend ing pay scale per month: Gen eral, $126.50; colonel, $71.30 to $88.10; major, $39.10 to $80.60; captain, $27.60 to $38.68: first lieutenant, $19.88 to $21.66; ser geant, $8.29 to $6.90; pfc. (still "per month"), $2.07, That's all, brother. So sorry! Plan FR's Birthday National Holiday Washington, April 18. U.B A movement was started today to make Franklin D. Roosevelt s birthday, Jan. 30, a national holiday each year and his "Little White House" at Warm Springs. Ga., national shrine. Rep. William J. Gallagher, D. Minn., said he would Introduce a bill to that end on Monday a bill to that end today. Carlos W. Morris Flight o Time Medford and Jackaon Co. His tory from the files of the Mall Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY April 16. 1938 (It was Tuesday) "Dizzy" Dean, famed pitcher. Injured by hot ball in opening game in National league. Farmeri of county get final hog-corn checks from govern ment. Secy. Ickes threatens to take all relief from Louisianians, to punish Sen. Huey Long. Fair. High 51, low 42 degrees. Frost predicted. Terrorist reign inaugurated In Portland dock strike. Service station bombed and cafe wrecked. Local dog owners to file test case on dog tax law. Fred Fry purchases Dally bar ber shop. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY April 16. 1925 (It was Thursday) Tornado hits Condon, Ore., and nearby area, but does slight damage. R-33, British dirigible, torn loose from moorings during storm, Is swept to sea. City to vote on new high school site May 8. ' Rain. High 66. low 44 degrees. Medford high typists to com pete in state meet. George Dunn of Ashland is elected grand warden of the Knight Templars of Oregon. Chautauqua to be held here from June 6 to 10. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY April 18, 1911 (It was Sunday) Suncrest Orchards sold to Bos ton syndicate for $268,000. Carpenters working on new Hotel Medford , building, go on strike because sheet coping han dled by non-union men. Brick layers stay on Job. General smudging In valley orchards last night, when mer cury drops to 25. America' tallest bird is the sandhill crane. When standing erect, th male is about as tall as the average man. ZW-111, a water soluble salt of Dinitro-o-eyclohexylphenol, has been thoroughly tested and proven by three years of successful com mercial use for the control of Rust Mites and Spider Mites In tie Rogue River Valley. Not only is the initial kill extremely high but due to its prolonged toxic action the product re mains effective for several days, thus giving the opportunity for a thorough and complete clean up of the pest. While in most cases one application is sufficient, two applications may be found necessary in orchards where lale colonies of spider mites have become established. CW-111 can be used as separate spray with out spreaders, stickers or wetting agents, or It may be used in combination with lead arsenate by the addition of Colloidal 2-1 Spreader. Its use will not interfere with or complicate any coddling moth spray program if properly timed nor complicate the subse quent removal of spray residue from the fruit. .Twill applied as directed by your County Horticulturist or local Dow dealer will give excellent results in the control of Rust Mites and Spider Mites. ORIAT WESTERN DIVISION THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY San FraMiua'Saal BaacN laa Ar,.lti, CalHarnie SMllta, Wathlnftaa Clorinr ttm for Claittitaf Adi t"H a. m. Too Late to ClasaUy 13:10 p. m. want RUSKETS for Breakfast) I need a he-man cereal that keeps me going on the job. That's why I eat those crunchy whole wheat Rus. kets often. They really sat isfy me - and they caste swell, too! 14 ex. Economy Package) at your grocers SMUDGE POTS and LIGHTERS American Fruit Growers, Inc. 213 .South Fir St. Medford, Oregon UNREDEEMED DIAMOND RINGS For Ladles and Men GREAT SAVINGS Also see our complete as sortment of New Jewelry: Ladies' diamond wedding ring sets. Birthatone rings for men and women. Lapel pins, earrings and other costume Jewelry. MONEY TO LOAN On Jewelry. Cameras and Musical Instruments. PEOPLES LOAN CO. 2291 E., Main Street state License F 137 1. am Suae J
