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P U B 1 1 S H t W 4-3s5c)l T 1 0
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
Recent local advocates of the
notion there would be no sum
mer thlj year, have their elec
tric fans greased and dusted,
and ready to turn on. The
weather is about ripe it. The fan
should be placed, where its
breeze will sweep the entire
room, and give somebody a cold,
they have had all winter. It also
should be where Junior can't
stick his finger In It, or a guest
can lit down on it.
Ethiopia's future will be dis
cussed at the Frisco security
meeting. It would be a good Idea
to turn the future management
of II Duce Mussolini of Italy
over to Emperor H. Selassie, the
former Lion of Judah,
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SOBER JUDGMENT
(Supreme Ct. Review)
"The plaintiff described all
three as "drenched." She add
ed that It rained that night.
We believe that the sailor was
drenched both Inside and
out."
(Evans V. Evans, p. 442)
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Rural residents are now cut
ting next winter's wood. This is
admirable longheadedness, and
beats national milliners, who
generally have the Older Girls
buying next fall's the last week
of April.
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The announcement Is made the
post-war period will see 'an In
crease In efficiency In all lines
of business.' This Is something
to view with alarm, as most
everybody has seen the havoc
created by an overdose of effi
ciency. Right after World War I,
barefoot millionaire of the
Rogue suddenly became cogni
zant of the lack of 'efficiency'
in his business, and Invoked It.
All his hired help had desks, and
phones. So he installed a bell
signal system to quell the hub
bub. One ring meant Sam was
called, two Bill, and so on, with
personal orders not to ignore
them. The system was Installed
and started functioning. The
boss was the initial victim. The
first call was for the three bell
worker. He pompously pressed
the button three times, and Just
as pomptly bawled: "Jakel You
come alive! I want quiet and ef
ficency in this Joint, you hear!"
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American troops In Germany
have found 70 million dollars in
a Relchsbank at Magdeburg, the
Nails forgot to move. The invad
ing Allies have to wartfe in both
mud and money to capture Ber
lin. e e e
WILD DAY IN 1694
"There was a lively runaway
this morning that came darn
near getting to be an epidemic.
Sandoz' team, the wagon loaded
with stable refuse, started the
fun on Second street. As they
rame up the street Keller's horse
hitched to a light hack, sniffed
danger and struck out ahead of
them. Turning up Third street
at the courthouse corner they
startled Bob Hood, who was
driving up that thoroughfare,
and he fearing a smash-up put
the buckskin to his nags and
tried to run ahead of the storm.
Up Third street they cama at
break-neck speed, and It wus
hard to tell for awhile which was
going to come in ahead, but
Hood managed to sidetrack him
self, the Keller horse got all he
wanted and was easily caught,
but the Sandot team were still
headed toward Dufur and going
faster than a flying-machine
when last seen."
(The Dalles Chronicle,
60 Yrs, ago col )
The elty of Santo Domingo
(now Cuidad Trulillo). founded
by Bartholomew, brother of
Chrlstofer Columbus, In 1486,
was long the center of Spanish
power In America.
Thirty For Ernie Pyle
This war has taken a high toll from the heroic little
army of war correspondents which brings this war
to the front pages oisAmerican newspapers.
The last to fall, and probably the best known of
them all, is the quiet little man with baggy trousers
and thinning gray hair Ernie Pyle. This Scripps
Howard columnist seemed to have the knack of let
ting his readers see and sense and feel the war with
him as he traveled from front to front
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LIE had a way of passing on to others the humor as
well as the horror of warfare. His first laurels
were won during the days of the London blitz; then
he went along with the fighting GPs from Africa up
through Sicily to Italy. When D-Day came on the
shores of Normandy, Ernie Pyle was there, living in
foxholes with the infantrymen, seeing them die, hear
ing them pray, swear, laugh and gripe.
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"THE doughboys and gobs, the marines and the Sea-
bees the men who do most of the fighting and
get less of the glory loved this peaceful little guy
who gave THEIR side of this war. He could do with
a typewriter what the boyish sergeant with the jug
handle ears, Bill Mauldin, can do with pencil. Pyle
was unquestionably the greatest correspondent of
this war, Mauldin the greatest cartoonist the work
of both has been down-to-earth, common as an old
shoe, realistic, colorful and
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CRNIE Pyle left France
cisco, just before leaving for the Pacific front and
Iwo Jima, he expressed the hope that this would be
his last trip. A whistling
Jap pillbox on a little island off Okinawa fulfilled
that hope.
While millions of Americans feel today a eenuine
personal loss in the untimely death of Ernie Pvle.
to him it will become an escape from fame which
destroyed his personal life and deprived him of
normal living. H6 had never aspired to be famous
out it just Happened, he told fellow reporters before
taking off for the Pacific
this fame in the category of an Act of God, like a
blizzard or slipping on a banana peel.
'HIS simple little man did not like fame because
it gave to him the bis thiners of life, and took
away the little things. It put him on easy terms with
the great, but forbid the privilege of sitting alone
with old true friends.
So, it was a sad and philosophical Emie who left
San Francisco three months ago for the Pacific battle
front and his death.
AND the name of Ernie Pyle .3 added to the list of
gallant news men enrolled upon a placque on
the walls of the M. T. office. Above this honor role
are these words:
"Soldiers of the Press In a war that never ends, these
men have given their lives in the performance of duty
essential to civilized living ... the gathering and transmis
sion of word and picture News from the battle fronts of a
war between the forces of decency and barbarism. By their
living dcedsand their heroic deaths, they inspire those who
survive them to carry on their glorious heritage."
What a fitting epitaph for Ernie Pyle one of the
greatest of them all I H.G.
Letter From Washington
Bt HARRIS ELLSWORTH
Member ot Congress From Oregon
NO COMPULSORY LABOR
BILL, The overwhelming rejec
tion by the senate to the confer
ence committee version of the
manpower bill apparently wrote
an end to the consideration of
that subject by this con gi ess.
Chairman May of the House
Military Affairs Committee sxys
members of his committee will
not even continue In conference
sessions. The bill Is dead, and
it is Just as well. Paul V. Mc
Nutt, chairman of the War Man
power Commission, says there Is
a positive betterment in the
employment situation. Produc
tion continues at a high level.
Victory In Europe seems but a
short time away. In spite of the
loud talking on the subject,
there is no need of labor draft
legislation.
Actually the question of how
much war production will be
cut back following V-E Day Is
much more serious It is pretty
certain that no one has any
positive answer as to how much
the cut-back should be. Figures
ranging from 10 up as high as
60 have been kicked around
rather carelessly during the last
six weeks. The Byrnes report
on reconversion planning re
vealed that there has been very
little accomplished. The two
top authorities on this subject
have disappeared from the scene
Justice Byrnes resigned and
Major General Lucius Clay, who
represented the army In War
Production Board and reconver
sion planning, has been sent
overseas. The name heard most
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before the 1st Army suf-
machine gun bullet from a
war front. He considered
now Is J. A. (Can) Kmc fnrmor
TVA executive, now head of the
War Production Board. He Is
quoted as favoring a 12 re
duction in war production the
ursi quarter after the end of the
European phase, and somewhere
around 30 for the first year.
oo many of the planners and
writers of regulations and HI
rectives have become accus
tomed to controls of all sorts
that there Is an alnrmlno rn.
dency In our big centralized gov
ernment for war to think of
continuing such controls into
the post-war era. This Is nallv
something to worry about.
A DOUBLE-CHECK ON DI
RECTIVES. Mv Bnr.it frl.nrf
Congressman Errett P. Scrivner
of Kansas, has Introduced res
olution which I hope will ulti
mately be adopted by the Con
gress, His proposal simply
would require all executive
agencies to submit drafts of all
orders and directives to appro
priate committees of Congress
for review prior to becomina
effective. The purpose of such
a review would be for the com
mittee to determine Avhether nr
not a directive conforms with
the letter of the law as passed,
and with the intent of Congress,
During the past two years',
numerous laws passed by Con
gress have been administered by
the executive department In a
way Congress never Intended.
In a few Instances, directives
and executive orders have gone
outside ot the letter of the Jaws
themselves. If C o n g r ssman
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Scrivner's suggestion Is adopted,
the Congressional committee
will not attempt, of course, to
re-writo directives, but will
merely call attention to faults
in them and nsk that such faults
be corrected.
Such a procedure should not
be necessary, but It Is. Acts of
Congress are being man-handled
and misinterpreted, and even
circumvented by the executive
department. People blame Con
gress for the troubles which en
sue. Congress must therefore
protect itself and the people
from such mal-adminlstration
by exercising a check upon the
executive department s suggest
ed by Congressman Scrivner.
SPRINGTIME IN WASHING
TON. In spite of everything that
is said about Washington, this
Is a very beautiful city, espe
cially at this time of year. Al
though much is said about the
famous "Oriental" cherry trees.
I think their beauty is vastly
over-rated. During the three or
four days when they are at their
best, the scene Is lovely, but the
magnificent pink dogwood trees
and - other flowering shrubs
found In all parts of the city
are far more beautiful and make
a more gorgeous and charming
picture. The shrubbery on the
capitol grounds is in full bloom
now..
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Speaking of spring and wild
flowers, etc., reminds me thai
I have received several letters
recently mentioning that salmon
are running in the coastal
streams in Oregon now. I hope
people will have pity on me and
say nothing more about it.
News Behind
The News
By Paul MaJlon
Washington, April 19 Mr.
Truman has more of an execu
tive than a legislative type of
mind. It is not
creative, but
Is decisive.
In ten year
in the senate
he was not
identified
much with
legislation. His
colleagues on
the mi lltary
a f f a Irs com
mittee, for ex
ample, n oted
that he rarely
Paul Malloa
sponsored laws, but his habit,
in the analysis of the proposals
of others, was to ask a few ques
tions here and there, and then
almost Immediately express a
decisive conclusion.
The general expectation in
congress, therefore, is that if he
can get through the reconver
sion period safely, he will do
unexpectedly well In the white
House, and better than he did in
the senate.
MR. TRUMAN makes no pre-
In heart and mind he Is a gen
uine mldwestern small-towner.
not In any sense bewildered bv
current great events, but apt to
Dring to tnelr solution his na
tive qualities.
He is eenulnelv hiimhla. vit
not self-effacing. He is co
operative, not weakly princi
pled. He was opposed to Mr.
Roosevelt on manpower, and he
was against compulsory work
legislation, tie got along with
the army chieftains, but was dis
tinctly opposed to their waste.
While personally friendly to
Wallace he opposed his vice
presidential candidacy. He talk.
freely. In the senate he had no
economic adviser, or ghost writ
er, as some cabinet members
and senators have, and he thinks
for himself.
In View of these Intlmnto
considerations, the expectations
of congress for success of his
administration rest on rather
sound grounds.
I THINK the apparent difficul
ties of the country In under
standing this situation at the
outset are more the fault of the
country than of Mr. Truman
I have been reporter here 25
years, and in earlier days lived
and - traveled with President
Harding, Coolldge, Hoover and
Roosevelt, The common ten
dency of the country Is to make
PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK
ADDS TO ITS GOODNESS
a great man out of anyone who
happens to be president at that
time, if this is at all possible.
Something elemental in hu
man nature inspires romantic
exaggeration of leadership. Yet
few men are heroes to their
valets, or the reporters who
cover them.
As far as measuring the In
tellectual capacity of men, 1
venture to suggest that this
very day, wherever you may be,
there are probably several men,
known or unknown within a
few miles of you, whose intel
lect, knowledge, temperament
and mentality are the equal of
any man who has ever been
president.'
THE greatness of Mr. Roose-
velt will be measured by
history, not by us.
Perhaps, as in the case of
Lincoln, his simple beauty of
soul and purpose will overbal
ance his mistakes, and thus
judge him greater than we
know, Or, in the case of Wash
ingtori, his indestructible devo
tion to a cause in the face of
continuing disaster may make
him the superior ot men he will
meet In history.
I believe in the living, not
the dead. If by extolling the
virtues of one who is gone we
may inspire the living, then and
then oniy are tributes justified.
If mourning is carried to the
extremity of hurt to the living
whether it be the case of a
mother mourning her son to the
detriment of the health of her
children still alive under her
care or a group mourning a
leader to the detriment of prog
ress this is "wrong, and those
who are gone would be the first
to expose its wrongness if they
could.
This Is the heaviest, invisible
burden Mr. Truman is carrying.
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Editor mast beat
the name and address ot the nrrlter.
although the use of a pen-name or
initials for publication Is pertms.
slble The Mall Tribune reserves
the rlsht to edit all tetters with a
view to clarity and eondensaUnn
Hyatt Lake Located
To the Editor: I note with in
terest the story regarding the
opening date of the fishing sea
son in the Rogue river basin,
and the communication from Al
Piche on the same subject. In
last night's paper in boh of
which Hyatt lake was listed
along with Squaw, Fish and
Emigrant lakes, as tributary to
the Rogue river.
Far be it from me to question
the wisdom of the fish and game
commission, but I must still
maintain that at last report
Hyatt lake was still In the Klam
ath basin, being at the head of
Keene creek, a tributary of the
Klamath river.
R. M. Kent,
Secretary - Manager Talent
Irrigation District.
News of 4-H
CLUBS
By Shirley Smith
Webfoot 4-H club met at the
Van Duesen home on April 4
with 14 members present.
James Barrett gave a demon
stration on making breaking
halters without rivets. After
the meeting refreshments were
served.
NEWSMAN DIES
Denver, April 19 (U.R)
Funeral arrangements were be
ing made today for Albert De
Bernardl, Jr., 51, widely known
newspaperman, who died last
night, following a heart attack.
De Bernardl was stricken while
working at his desk at the Den
ver Post, where he was drama
editor.
WEATHER
Northern California: Clear
today, tonight and Friday, but
some fog on coast. Not much
change in temperature.
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POLICE ARREST
IN AUTO CHASE
State police Saturday night ar
rested three juveniles who made
an effort to elude the officers
seeking to stop them for inves
tigation, it was revealed today
by Juvenile Officer Robert M.
Elder. In their car officers
found a case of beer which was
placed in the police car and the
Juveniles ordered to proceed the
officer to the county court house,
Elder reported.
Tt eras nprpssnrv to DUSh the
juveniles' car to start it, during
which time a rounn youm es
caped. As police were booking
the others at the county jail, the
fourth youth broke into the offi
cer's car, stole the case of beer
and fled In the youths' auto, the
report stated. He was appre
hended by police Sunday but the
car was not found until Tues
day. Three of those Involved have
been placed on probation while
the fourth one Is being held for
nrttnn. Three of the
group have juvenile records
while two of them are paroiees
from Oregon State Training
school, Elder said. '
THE GRANGE
Pomona Grange
Regular meeting of Jackson
County Pomona Grange will
open at Jacksonville, April 28,
niiv at 10 a. m. Ladies of
Jacksonville Grange will serve
the noon meal; those attending to
bring salad or dessert.
All Pnmnna nffirera Are ask
ed to be at Jacksonville Sunday
afternoon, April 22, for a prac
tice meeting. This is especially
for the new officers and those
taking part In the annual Me
morial service April 28.
NORA N. WAIT,
Secretary.
Upper Applegato Grange
. Upper Applegate Grange met
April 14 with 41 members and
thi-M visitor rjresent. A resolu
tion pertaining to post-war plan
ning was approvea o me rosv
War Committee and referred to
Pomona Grange.
The following new members
were obligated in first and sec
nnri ripm-pps- Lucille Culv. Mr
and Mrs. Tickman, Mrs. Lela
Watt, Peggy Alspaugh Mr. and
Mrs. Jacobson, Mr. and Mrs
Bachman and Floyd Bacnman.
Lecture hour included a duot.
hu rcrnr-ff Ruck and Mammie
Wlnnlngham; poem, by Omar
Culy: group singing ot special
numhprs hnnorinff our late
president; poem, read by Chris
tine Harr; two short skits.
This grange is sponsoring a
dance Saturday, April 21.
Lake Cnsk Grange
Lake Creek Grange met in
n,lnr aeealnn Anril 13 With
Worthy Master Loyd George
presiding with 32 members at
tending. A donation to the National
Grange fund was voted upon
favorably.
Grange members hope that
Sgt. Keith Argraves will speak
at the Grange hall when he re
turns from Portland.
Worthy Lecturer Ozle Bur
nell had a very enjoyable lecture
program.
A dance Is to be held at the
Grange hall Saturday, April 21
Everyone is invited.
Next meeting of Lake Creek
Grange will be May 11 at 8:30
P- m.
I
Central Point Grange !
Central Point Grange wlllj
meet In regular session Friday j
at 8 p. m. First and second de
grees will be conferred and any i
neighboring granges wisning 10
bring candidates may ao so. -
At program time John Day
will briefly discuss the history
of corn culture and Leo Potter
and his committee will present a
humorous surprise number.
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Flight o Time
Medlord and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
April 19. 1935
at was Friday)
House passes Social Security
bill, for 'more abundant life.'
Louisiana legislature votes de
fiance of Sec'y. Ickes.
Ben E. Harder addresses 20
30 club on value of service clubs.
He praised them.
Cloudy. High 72, low 37 de
grees. Relchfuhrer Hitler on 46th
birthday tomorrow worried
about L. of N, protest to Ger
man defiance.
Auto buying on Coast close to
good year marks.
Valley fruitmen to hold meet
ing Monday to hear outlook re
port. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
April 19. 1923
Ot was Sunday)
Marines landed in Honduras
to protect American lives and
property during revolution.
Storm in Illinois takes high
toll.
Rain. Frost in the morning
High 55, low 36 degrees.
Snow falls in the foothills
Seventeen feet reported at Cra
ter Lake rim.
Pictures of Crater Lake in
winter to be shown for first time
at Craterian Sunday.
County asked by Ashland and
south valley residents to im
prove road to Lake O' The
Woods.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
TODAY
April 19. 1911
(It was Wednesday)
President Taft puts invasion
of Mexico up to Congress, Taft
Intervention in Mexico near.
San Francisco in ruins from
earthquake and fire five years
ago, now a bigger and better
city.
Local wool sold at .33 cents
per pound.
ROSSMAN NAMED
Salem, Ore., April 19 (U.R)
Associate Justice George Ross
man of the Oregon supreme
court has been appointed cnair
man of a nationwide criminal
procedure study committee, he
was informed today. The Judi
cial section of the American Bar
Association made the appoint
ment.
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cause of higher location, so
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Keep your Victory Garden pro
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ust TWO BLOCKS FROM
MAIN STREET! Rent YOUR
locker at once!
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Missionary Speaks
At Baptist Friday
Rev. Henry D. Brown, Mij.
sionary to the Belgian Congo,
will speak in the First Baptist
Church, Friday at 7:30 p. m.
Rev. Brown has been In the
Congo since 1928. He has trav
eled over a great bit of territory
doing evangelistic work. His
travel was accomplished by
walking, wading, cycling, canoe
ing and by truck. Many were the
experiences on such trips.
This field has been of special
Interest to the First Baptist
Church of this city in as much
as it has maintained a native
worker there for nearly forty
years. A special invitation Is ex
tended to all to hear Rev. Brown.
TOO MANY WIVES
Lenoir, N. C, April 19 (U.R)
Ex-Sailor Ernest Raymond
Setzer today faced two years in
a prison road gang after his con
viction of being married to six
women at the same time. The
28-year-old Fort Smith, Ark.;
bus driver was charged with
going" his mates one better
having a wife in nearly every
port. He was sentenced yester
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