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for MTDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tutt-ay. Mar I. 14 JTbibvnx -a-aryoaa in f onUitra OrejoB. gtans ws sa i . u - Dally t-capt Saturday Published by MTOFORD PBINTWO CO. North Fir St Phona 1141. , . HOBBRT W. RUHL. Kdltor. KBNE5X B. GUTBA- , Manaf Advertiilnf MT: Managing r.oiiw MR? OLI V STAHCH-R, Soc. JWilof GKRAU) IATHAM. Circulation it. An aadapandent Nawtpapar. Eattarad -a aaoond claai matlar at ' MAdtord. Oregon, undar Act of """" M& 1, 1879. iUBSCBIPTIOV BATM atr Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday ona yaar ,.? M Kiljr and Sunday alx montha 4 00 Dally and Sunday threa moa. 1 10 filly and Sunday ona month;. .70 my Carrlar In Advance Medtord, Aahland. Central Point, Jaolcaon 1 villa. Cold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, and f on motor routei : k Bally and Sunday ona year....0.00 f Dally and Sunday ona month .78 ' AU larma caih In advance. Official Papar of the city of Medtord Official Papar ef Jackson. County United Praia Full Laaasd Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS WMT-HOUJDAY COMPANY. DJO. trolt, San rrandjco. Loe Anfelee, Se attle, Portland, St. Loull. Atlanta, Vancouver, B. C. Ye Smudge Pot ' Br Arthur Purr Editorial Correspondence May Is a fin month, and starts off that way today. As a reward for continued weather perfection, it should be stream lined, and b spelled Mays or Ma. Th former "unconquerable Kalis are now surrendering In wholesale lots, faster than they can b "counted and fed", news dispatches say. They should re ceive th soma thin diet they eerved allied prisoners of war, who oam out of canps, "living skeletons", and starved. No enemy prisoner in American stockades lost 00 pounds in 22 days. Th foe, who tried his best to get his quota of Yanks, win go back to Der Vaterland, with fat on his ribs, and early symp , torn of th gout, e AMD. STOMPED HER FOOT (Wlntleld, Kan., Courier) "Hickory dlckory dock, th gal pulled up her sock. She nagged a thread and what she said could ba heard round th block." a e Th ollmblng luifa gourd vine, when rip produces ready-made dishrags, proving again that Mother Nature thinks of every thing. They adorn any porch, have big yellow blossom, and will grow most any place a weed will. They are also good for fil tering oil, and inner soles for hoes. Before the war, Japan commercialized this vegetable, and shipped millions of them to this country. The Production Board urges mora b planted. Th discussion of 18-yssr-old oters has been resumed on the ditorial pages. On teen-ager eplnes this would result in the running of F. Sinatra, th croon er for president. Th subject ts full of dynamite. The trouble lie within the 18 year old vot ing, not th 18 year old voters. e e Freshmen robins hav arrived i th nestalow of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cochran Robin. Mr. Robin, th worm-winner, reports they r hungrier than a conquered land of Europe, and h has given up all hop of ever filling the veouum known as th tummy. e a e SMALL FRY (Selem Statesman) ' "Playing before proud rel atives, th elder of th two nieces received applaues with the proper amount of modesty, but the six-year-old, complet ing a one-hand-at-a-time rendi tion of 'Theme" by Beethoven rolled her eyes, stuck out her lips and merely commented "simple." Maxine Buren.) e e Household pages report the fair sex no longer views the ireen onion as a social outcast. They contain a vitamin good for the complexion, so are munched as freely and as noisily as celery, with no cheese filling to subdue th racket. This explains the sudden fondness for green on ions by th Older Girls. How ever, nobody has been elected Mrs. Green Onion for 1945. a a e THE GREAT WHAT IS IT "It has four wheels, each of them nine feet in diameter, Is heavily armored, weighs about hundred tons and has places for two drivers in an armored compartment twelve feet above the ground. The top of the ma chine is flat and fitted with bolts to which something was Intend ed to b attached. Th lower sec tion Is divided Into two com partments, filled with wires and electrical equipment. Whatever It is, the Nazis didn't finish it in tim to us It." Exchang. Military prisoners In Medi terranean Theater Disciplinary Training Center hav set up a record for buying War Bonds and Volunteering for hazardous duty. San Francisco, April 28: As Is often the case. The delegates to this conference who look the most important are NOT. In fact the exact reverse is true. The most spectacular delegation Is the one from Arabia they look like refugees from a Hollywood Sheik set. Everywhere they go the people stop and stare. And they are most striking and pic turesque in their flowing robes and gem-studded fly-screen head gear. Next to them in sensational make-up. come representatives of South America and Chinese naval groups they are as resplen dent as drum majors in th good old minstrel show days. But they have no more influence here than so many spear-holders In comic opera chorus. They ar ornamental and that is all they are ornaments. On th other hand the three most powerful Individuals here are Foreign Commissar Molotov of Russia, Anthony Eden and U. 8. Secretary of State Edward R. Stettlnlus. They could stroll up Market street any day and if unattended, attract no attention what ever. , . Mr. Stettlnlus Is a very handsome and distinguished looking man, but If he walked into the bar at the St. Francis and ordered an Old Fashioned, no one would pay any special attention to him they would put him down probably as a prosperous business man from Pittsburgh or Baltimore and let it go at that. (And if they mentioned Schnectady instead of Pittsburgh they would probably be right.) On the other hand if one of these Arabian delegates or the Rear Admiral of th Peruvian fleet should step Into the same popular emporium, there would be more or less a riot visually speaking at least. And how the older gals turn their heads when these birds of plumage go byl Next to th Arabian delegation and the South American naval officers we would rate the Soviet-(Molotov) bodyguard. They spend a great deal of time walking about on Market, Geary and Post looking at the tall buildings and probably making caustic observations upon the evidences of a decadent capitalistic civiliza tion. ' They never appear In less than six and they look alert and efficient and ready for anything that might turn up. Most of them wear old-fashioned riding breeches the tight calf and the flaring thieh effect, with short Cossack boots. We can't get over their striking resemblance to Orozcos primitives the square-Jawed and stubby-fingered natives in Mexico City frescoes and bas reliefs! These body-guard Slava never fail to attract attention. If Al Capone's squad Is still operating in Cicero we would really like to see a contest staged between them and these boys from the steppes. (It would be soma battle but probably would NOT contribute to world peace!) As to Commissar Molotov he Is the spitting image of a small town family doctor in ona of Ibsen's plays, as presented at the Irving theater in New York many years ago, and if he were not attended by an Imposing body-guard might well be mistaken for one. He looks like a fresh-water college professor also studious, preoccupied, say a professor of Sanscrit or Archeology, Immersed in problems of the dim and distant past, not the present or future and utterly Indifferent to the dandruff on his coat-collar! Which only goes to show Jhat looks, appenrances have nothing to do with the case or the world for that matter. For probably the most hard boiled, realistic and alert diplomat here is none other than M, Molotov. We almost overlooked Mr. Anthony Eden. Well, like Secretary Stettlnlus he would pass unnoticed in the St. Francis bar, or the Top-of-the-Mark or the Pacific Union club nothing that would set him out or apart from any well-dressed and attractive looking San Francisco business or professional, man, unless he should happen to talk. As those will agree who heard him over the radio. Mr. Eden has most attractive English accent, and expresses him self as British statesmen almost always do, with exceptional clarity and charm. To date th conference la very much Ilk a three-ring super circus parade, with the press (3000 of them they say) in much the fix of the small boy allowed to see the parade but not the big show beneath th tent. There are these press conferences and the plen ary (free open and public) sessions which are Interesting and some times spectacular. But the real show is going on elsewhere and in secret. Th newspaper boys, up to the present at least, only see the street parade what th management WISHES to show free to the hoi pollol on the street and nothing else. Perhaps before th show Is over some of the Big Time corre spondents will be able to crawl under the tent but we doubt It We ar frequently asked: "Do you think the conference will be a success?" Wo fail to see how it can possibly ba anything else. By that w don't mean the mlllenlum is here, or that perman ent peace is certain; but we do mean the purpose of this meeting Is as certain to be achieved as anything in this uncertain world can be. W fail to discern on th horizon any possible chance of failure. The situation In fact reminds us very much of the first world conference w ever attended that was the Washington disarma ment conference during the Harding Administration. Then World War I had ended, as World War II Is now approaching the end, and all the nations represented at that conference with one possible exception, were as eager for disarmament as all the nations here with on possible exception are eager for world aecurity and peace. Where there Is a will and such an Inclusive and united will there is ALWAYS a WAYI Thtra will be minor difficulties and disagreements, of course, and what the skipper of this department thinks should b don. In all probability won't be but the confer ence will be a success, and wo predict will be heralded far and wide as marking a grand new era in the affairs of men and of nations. i other words the covenant signed her wffl nM fce FINAL; ft win d adjustable and elastic, not static, not fixed. So--t'o repeat we can see no chance WHATEVER of any fail ure here and every chance for COMPLETE success. a a e e a As to whether the document here agreed upon will prevent wars for all time or for a long time that, of course, is another kettle of fish. Only those who know what is going to happen on this ball of dirt for the next 200 years can answer thatl But we do predict this: The agreement reached here will come NEARER effectively outlawing war war on a world-wide seal at least than any organization of th kind, signed and sealed in the PAST. .... Have met several Oregon newspaper men here, General Jack son's "papa" from Albany; Sackett from Coos Bay, Dana from the Journal, among them. All of them ask "How long do YOU expect to stick around?" Helen Hayes Is here playing In "Harriet". She Is as marvelous as ever but can't say as much for her support or the play itself. e e a e It Is still amazingly cool here perhaps coming out of dusty and tropical Mexico so suddenly has had something to do with the effect. The East Indians staying at this hotel speak English far more fluently and pleasingly than many of the newspaper men we meet who are also the hotel s guests) R.W.R. This general result ts so certain at least as w see It we doubt If many of the 9000 newspaper men here stick around until the end. For long before the formal close the main work will have been done, only the details the mopping up as in Germany will remain. And there won't b much of a story In that. e How could there be any other result under th circumstances that exist? For It can't be too often emphasized: This Is not a peace TREATY conference, It is a world peac ORGANIZATION confer ence. None of the knotty problems of peac ar to be decided here, merely whether or not th 46 nations represented ar to get to gether In an organization to make war less likely in the future than It has been In the past. That's all! Mor than that. When the organization has been decided upon. It is certain a provision will be included making subsequent changes as experience dictates the necessity readily attainable. In L SPEAK IN VALLEY Ten speaking engagements have been scheduled in the val ley this week for Dr. James Mil lar, world traveler and educator now lecturing under the aus pices of the extension service, Oregon State college. Wednesday Dr. Millar speaks at the Kiwanls club at noon, for the County Parent-Teacher asso ciation council at 1:30 p.m. and in the evening at the meeting of the Lions' club. Thursday, May 3, ne wm aaaress senior nign school students at 9:93 a.m. and j the evening an open meeting of the Medtord Business and Professional Women's club at the courthouse auditorium at 8 p.m. This is open to the general public free of charge. Dr. Millar will be in Ashland Friday to address the Southern Oregon College of Education student body" at 9:30 a.m., re turns to Medford to speak at the lunlor high school at 1 p.ra and that evening appears before the Central Point Grange at 8 p.m. Soldier Finds Self Billeted With Pen Pal of Schoolhood London (U.R) When Lance Corporal Leo Miller of Plym outh. England, was a schoolboy his pen -par correspondence with a French schoolgirl con vinced him that it is a small world. When he met th same girl in Belgium recently, he realized that the war has made it an even smaller world. Miller was billeted with French family in Belgium and was going through the usual or deal of inspecting the family al bum when he found a snapshot of himself. On the reverse side was his signature. The daughter In the family turned out to be his "pen pal" of so many years ago, who had moved to Belgium from Toulouse. BUDGET DRAFTERS Airports Planned Near Residences Milwaukee (U.R) Coma vic tory, reconstruction and avail able materials, a new Milwau kee aviation .firm intends to es tablish "a little airport right near your home." A. B. Taylor, one of th found ers of the Victory Air Activities Corp. and an air fore captain In world War I, said the firm hopes to set up "one or more" small airports for light planes In residential areas with space for each family to hav its own small hangar. If th plan materializes, a man living In Milwaukee could fly to his Job In another city and also be abl to take out his plane on pieasur trips minus the trouble of getting transportation to a large airport or of securing a reservation. METER AIDS WORKERS An electronic devise gauges the noise or sound that dis turbs factory workers. Thus data can be obtained that will facili tate elimination of unnecessary noise. Thomas Bradley Visits Scenes Of His Cowboy Days Lakevlew, May 1. Thomas ' G. Bradley, who will be rtmem-1 bored by many of th old-timers j of th countv, spent several days visiting here last week. Bradley ! makes his horn In Medford and j is president of th Bagley Can ning company at Ashland. When Bradley first cam to uus country in 1892 h was a buckaroo for th ZX. On a trip to San Francisco with lomi of th ZX cattle, h enlisted in the cavalry and In 1903 was station ed at the Fort Bidwell post. He stayed there until the old tort was disbanded In 1904, when he left the army. He has been In the county numerous times during th past years to renew acouaintances, The word ' Ethiopian' means "swarthy-faced" so-called the ancient Greeks, NOW Is the Time GREEN FIR SLABS DIAL 2123 Timber P - TO ORDER - $g75 Par Load ef 300 Cu. Ft. DIAL 2123 Company Ben Harder, Medford, Arnold Bohnert, Central Point, and W W. Robison, Ashland have been named as members of the 1945- 1846 tax budget committee. All have served before on budget committees. Harder is a retired banker, Bohnert a farmer, and Robison, a realtor. The committee acting with the county court will prepare the 19W-194B budget which goes into effect next July 1. The first meeting will be held as soon as all budget estimates have been filed by various county offices and departments. county Judge J. B. (Blin) Coleman returned to his desk yesterday for the first time since he was stricken 111 last Decem ber 20. He Is much improved, but his doctor's orders are to take it rather slow for awhile. JOHN DUNLAP, ROUTE 4, GORED BY BULL SUNDAY John Dunlap, route 4, box 46, was gored by a bull Sunday afternoon, according to attend ants at Sacred Heart hospital, where he is confined. His attend ing physician said he suffered a badly torn leg and body bruises. DISLIKES THE PUBLICITY Marengo, la. (U.R) Drunken driving charges have their dis advantages. A Marengo farmer, who was picked up for driving his truck, loaded with 1,200 pounds of coal, down the Rock Island tracks, complained: "I don't mind paying the' $10 fine, but I don't like the publicity." j Dafly Weather Report FORECASTS and vicinity: Increasing tonlsht and Wedneaday. Medfnrd cloudiness Slightly cooler wedneaday. oreflon: Increasing cloudineea to nldht and Wedneaday with occasional liflht showera west portion on Wed nesday. Cooler Wednesdav. LOCAL DATA Total mnnlhlv nrM-inlt.ilnn 49 Inches for April. uenciency lor tne month: "0 Inches. Total precipitation since September 1, 1H44: 14 13 Inches. Deficiency for the aeason: 39 Inches. Relatively humidity at 4:30 n. m. yesterday S9: 4 30 today 59. i "morrow Sunrise 0:05 a. m., Sunset 8:10 p. m. ooi'e 74 44 Boston Chicago Denver Eureka - Havre Los Angelea , Medford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno ...14 -.74 ..92 ..73 ..SS ..S3 ..2 .7 ..ST 71 ..8.1 ..78 .711 .80 .88 .88 Washlnston, D. C. 64 Yakima 72 Roseburf . Salt Lake . San Francisco , Seattle Spokane 4S 29 SO 48 44 57 48 49 87 48 48 48 48 42 45 44 .18 , Eisenhower Medal , For Boy Scouts WWu ii fenSM tl "Lick" the Waste Paper Crisis" has become the campaign motto nf the nation's 1,866,356 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts as they swing into the WPB's urgently requested waste paper salvage drive - during the rest of the month. To every Cub Seout and Boy Scout collecting 1,000 pounds of paper will to a bronze medal the Boy Scout-General Eisen hower Waste Paper Campaign award pictured above attached to a red ana wruie service ear.,- 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 May 1, 1935 (It was Wednesday) May Day in Europe marked by great military displays. Mos cow stages mighty parade, and French communists riot. Year's extension after three changes favored for NRA. Gov. Martin to deliver radio address from Corvallis tonight. Fair. High 58, low 43 degrees. Senate orders probe of New Deal relief spending. Plane arrives for excursion flights over city and valley. Annual school music festival to be held at Ashland tomorrow. Wheat growers of county to vote on AAA. acceptance. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY May 1, 1925 (It was Friday) President Coolidge suffering from light heart ailment. May Day is quiet in Europe. California shaken by light earthquake. Cloudy. High 79, low 88 de grees. Roseburg strawberries sell at 30 cents per box. Coyote hunting and baseball main activity in Sams Valley. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY May 1. 1911 (It was Monday) Paving plant to start this week. Mall Tribune issues official map of Jackson county. Medford defeats Grants Pass, to 3, with Seldon Hill catch ing. He is the young battery mate of Pitcher Ralph Burgess. BOND COMMITTEE ON DUTY AT CAMP The Jackson County Seventh War Loan committee was on duty at Camp White yesterday, when service men received their pay envelopes. The workers were on duty from early morning until after six o clock and every service man was given opportunity to buy extra bonds for cash in ad dition to the monthly withhold ing bond obligations he has al ready signed up for. The men were told there was no desire on the part of the committee to influence them to buy but mere ly to make available cash pur chases of. bonds. The committee was greatly pleased with the suc cess attained. The work was in charge of R. R. Ebel and T. E. Daniels, assisted by Captain Teuck, Lieut. Barret, Captain Jenkins, Captain Kressay,' and Lieut. Hagan. Cashiers and bond writers were Mrs. Grace Gramse of Medford and Mrs. Betty Root, Mrs. Thelma Cohen and Miss Frances Edwards, of the secre tarial department at Camp White. The workers were the guests of the officers, at G.I. mess for lunch and dinner. Vodka Shipments To Conclave Attacked Spokane, Wash., May 1 (U.R) Shipment of vodka by the Rus sian delegation to the San Fran cisco United Nations conference drew the criticism of Dr. Charles MacCaughey, pastor of the Cen tral Methodist church here, last night. In a sermon entitled, "Can vodka diplomacy save the world?" The minister declared that "liquor-befuddled brains" have no place at the conference which should be a meeting "of the best minds of the world in a dead-in-earnest effort to save humanity." THE HEAD MACHINE Airplane engine cylinder heads are not complex. But the machine that makes them has 80 electric motors and IS miles of wire. . Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. PRESBYTERIAN DIES ' Philadelphia, May 1 U.R) Rev. Dr. Lewis Seymour Mudge, 78, stated clerk emeritus of the General Assembly of the Presby terian church in the United States of America, died at his suburban Bryn Mawr home last night following a -heart attack. 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