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SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, May 8, 194S MEDFORDdl&TRIBUNE "Kvaryona In Southern Orso Reida Ua M.II TrlDuna" Dally iop Satnrdaf Puhllihed by MKDFORD PRINTING CO. T-3 North fir St. Phoiu SU ROBtBT W. HUHU Editor. ERNEST B. G1LSTRAP. MliuHW. KERB GREY, AdvartiitnS Mp. C FERGUSON, Managing Editor ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor tms. OLIVE STARCHER, Soo. Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr. An Iiidapandent Newipapar. Cntrd u Mcond alaai matter t Medlord. Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mall In Advance tally and Sunday on year ,..' Dally and Sunday alx monthi 4 00 Dally and Sunday three moe. J.JO G..BuAnM month.. .75 Carrier In Advnnce Medford, ABniana. wnuni rum,, -- villa. Cold Hill. Phoenix, Talent, and en motor rouiea: Dally and Sunday on year....9 00 Dally and Sunday one month .78 All lerma caih in advance. bfllclal Paper et the City of Medford Official Paper of JaclHon Count' United Praia Full Leafed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertialng Bepreeentatlve WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC. Offlcea In New York Chicago. Do. troit, San Pranclaco, Loa Angelea. Se attle, Portland, St Loula, Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C. Editorial Correspondence OrecIi P 0 1 L I S HJ E RJS Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry Herr Hitler, the bellwether monster of Germany, is reported dead. The world hopes the re port it not "a gross exaggera tion." Rain Is needed, but none Is expected until the first cutting of alfalfa is down. e V. Brophy, the Tolo cowman, has returned from visit with his granddaughter, and speaks highly of her charms, brains. beauty and cuteness, Flower lovers are using a plant vitamin that perks up po sies, and makes them grow line a weed. It is mixed with water, and sprinkled on gently by hand. Several sparrows have drunk of the potion and are not yet bald headed eagles. . F. Luy of the Antelope-Phoenix districts has returned from San Francisco. He Ignored the United Nations security confer ence, and the conference return ed the snub. An economic advisor reports the war cost the American peo ple enough to build an $8,000 home for every family in the country, or a new auto with a luxurious trailer attached, e e The mercury rose to SI de grees two days In a row last week. This is a sign of sum mer, of which there was going to be none last March. - A Republican national com mltteewoman from . Maine will address the GOP leaders of Southern Oregon here tomorrow. No member of the opposition has hinted such a long trip was un The first straw hats of the sea son appeared last week on male heads, and the bright sunshine also caused widespread divest ing of vests. e ' The Older Girls are now faced with the neat trick of canning and preserving more fruit with less sugar. Bob, the last of the J. Tanne hill Walker, 9, uncles, marched to the altar over the week-end e e Mr. and Mrs. J. Cochran Robin have abandoned their attractive nestatow built under the noses of cthse. Peeping Tomlsinos and Thomases, and - moved to new quarters. "I Just couldn't take it," said Mrs. Robin. "I had no more privacy than a gold flsn, and the children would have seen their first human, as soon as they had tl.eir eyes open, in our new location all I have to keep my eyes on Is my old man and that horrid cat across the street. A great load Is off my wings now," she smiled. The sweet girl graduates, and the Just as sweet boy graduates of Old Medford are getting ready to receive sheepskins and advice from a visiting orator early In June. Piscatorial enthusiasts report the wily trout In the scenic Rogue are still too wily, e e e Confirmed readers of mystery horror stories, like "The Poi soned Dagger In Nellie's Back, " report the verified accounts ot German murder depots, and or ganized atrocities by Nazi sadists made thcli blood run so cold it will not be thawed out before Aug. 1. So they have gone ba;k to the tame, old fashioned liter ry hair-raiser, with a dasstard'y deed every ten pages, and the murdered hero shows up In the last chapter alive, happy, and San Francisco, May 2. Still cold and cloudy. Newsoarjer men here get a lot of mall every day, but conserva tively speaking 99 of It is special pleading from some of the underprivileged nations, In other words propaganda, frank and unashamed. The most liberal contributors are the Palestine Jews, the East Indians and the friends of Republican Spain. With so much going on of vital interest, most of the offerings, we fear, go promptly into the waste DasKet. eeeve Have to modify that circus parade simile a bit as the conference sraduallv warms up. WITHIN, not wlthoutl These plenary sessions continue to be mere window-dressing, a circus parade with most of the animal cages covered up witn weather-stained tarpaulins. (Remember how irritating that was in your youth, and how your Imagination soared as to Just what sort of strange varmint might be inside?) At the plenary sessions one's couriosity is similarly piqued; you wonder what REALLY transpires behind the scenes to produce so much sweetness and light in front of theml The press Is absolutely excluded from the secret sessions, of course, but the press conferences are anomer matter, ana are really worth coming 3000 miles to attend. Some of them are off the record as far as direct quotation goes; but most of them aren't. And in these conferences one really sees the big shots In action and what makes the wheels of this conclave go round. Yesterdav the Chinese delegation put on a show which was most entertaining and illuminating. As before stated we thought one of the best speeches at the opening of the conference was made by Dr. T. V. Soong, head of the Chinese delegation and China's former foreign minister. It was so refreshingly frank and pertinent, free from the "cliches" that cluttered so much of the opening oratory. ' But that was a mere breather. At yesterday's gathering the affable and intelligent brother of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, really gave the press the works, and hard boiled and skeptical as the newspaper boys are, it is no exaggeration to say, the "J. P. Morgan, Jr., of China" had practically all of them eating out of his hand, at the finish. And for the same reason fundamentally, the man's complete candor, sense, sense of humor, his informality, freedom from cant and solemn pomposity, what one might term the sheer AMERI CANISM of the man in fact. It Is really very interesting. The Chinese are a very ancient and honorable race and supposed to be as far removed from the Anglo-Saxon, temperamentally, as the American Indian, and just as inscrutable. But this man Soong certainly isn't, nor any of his confreres who spoke, they blended psychologically with that Yankee press-crowd like bacon and eggs, or buckwheat cakes and maple-syrup. There is a reason, of course, other than Soong's Intelligence, wit and charm. The Chinese here have nothing to hide, no axe to grind. they put all their cards on the table, (or practically all), because as far as the .United States goes, there Is no reason for them NOT to. Moreover China has nothing this country wants and this country has nothing China wants, except of course supplies with which to fight Japan. Added to this the fact that friendship between the two countries runs far back through the years, and is stronger today than ever before; the gathering could hardly have been anything but a success. But it might have well been far less successful than it was, were not Dr. Soong such an enlightened, clever and appealing type of diplomat a new type and a refreshing one. e The big hit was made by Dr. Soong when without hesitation, in answer to a question, he declared China would forego the veto right of the Big Five, at any time, in fact the Implication of his statement was China opposed this feature of the Dumbarton Oaks agreement, which has threatened to be such a stumbling block In the proceedings here, and which, In your correspondent's Judgment, has been from the first, the Achilles heel of the original document. A close second was the clever way in which the head of the delegation handled the somewhat ticklish question of communism. It is generally known that one of the serious problems In China Is the internal split between the Chinese conservatives, as repre sented by men like Dr. Soong; and the Chinese "Reds" who are or have been opposed by Chiang Kai-Shek from the outset. Some reporter asked if Dr. Soong would identify the Commun ists In the delegation and ask them to stand up. "JP" never batted an eye but smilingly stated there was only one and Mr. Tung Pi-Wu on the extreme right would be glad to rise and display his "phizzog", that's the term Soong used. PI-Wu, perhaps "Smudge Pot" can make something of that! proved to be a well-dressed and well-nourished looking gentleman. almost bald, with we hope he will pardon us! the most Japanese-looking physiognomy and make-up in the room. When he smiled and showed prominent buck teeth, the resemblance was even more striking. But the grace and charm with which the stunt was put over aroused the admiration of every newsman there. it was positively Rooseveltlan in its cool savolr faire and finesse. There was this light touch all through the meeting, a gayety almost, and certainly an unusual accord, from beginning to end. Another pertinent question asked was why the Chinese opposed the United States on the Argentina Issue, or at least, like France refused to vote. That gave the urbane doctor a fleeting pause and revealed one of the few obvious at least It seemed obvious to us, conventional diplomatic evasions. The answer was the home office was asked for Instructions and they came too late to participate in the voting! As Dr. Soong Is really the "home" government of China, having been named a sort of Deputy President in the recent shape-up, even he Joined in the laughter that followed this "little white lie," Mr. Tung, the lone Communist, was asked If he thought this San Francisco conference would add to political harmony In China. Mr. T's smile vanished, his balding forehead wrinkled up In deep cogitation, it seemed five or ten minutes probably not more than as many seconds, before he came out with robust "YES!" This too was saved by smile. v fis al! In all a very smiling and happy occasion! t Not so happy In some of the other conferences, though at times amusing with reverse English. , Th'.s attempt, one runs into so often to make anti-Fascism the big issue for example. As if this were solely a political or ideologi cal war. This was one of Mr. Molotov's favorite arguments against the invitation to Argentina a Fascist country, he claimed, and government, as well. No doubt of that. But Just what IS Fascism, and what is the objection to it? The objection, we take it, is that It is a totalitarian form of dictatorship, in which the people have no voice, exert no control, and therefore a form of government that automatically leads to war. OK. But what sort of government has Russia? Do the people of Russia have any control over THAT government? Is there any more real rule of the people in Soviet Russia today than in the Argentine? And if the absence of democratic rule disqualifies Argentina, why should it not also disqualify Russia? No one asked that question. But it would, as we see It, have been a most pertinent one ASSUMING this Is, and always has been, a political war. But of course the answer to that Is: It ISN'T AND HASN'T BEEN. We are not and have never been, fighting Germany because of her form of government; or fighting Japan because of HER form of government. We are fighting Germany because Germany declared war on us and threatened to overrun Europe. We are fighting Japan because Japan attacked us and threatened to overrun the Pacific. That's all. If this obvious truth would only be admitted and the cant about this being another war to "make the world safe for democracy' dropped; a great deal of time and energy would be saved. R.W.R E T Price Controls Until Jap War Ended Boxes Needed For Army. COUGARS wm Pullman, Wash., May 8 U.R) Washington State College Cou gars uncorked their most savage hitting display in recent years today to sink navy-manned Whit man Missionaries here 21-4, sweeping the two-day series. GENERAL DEPARTS Long Beach, Cal., May 5 (U.R) Lt, Gen. Barney M. Giles, new commander general of the army air forces in the Pacific, took off Wednesday on the trans-Pa. cific leg of his Journey to his new headquarters. Uu Mall Tribune Want Ada. C. L. PERKINS Doctor of OPTOMETRY lucceiiur to Dr. B. D El wood Bettsr merit of Human Vision LENSES PRESCRIBED Ph. 1881 214 Fluhrer Bids. Cor Main and Central, Medford Flight o' Time Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago. TOKYO GIRDS FOR TEN YEARS AGO TODAY May 6, 1935 (It was Monday) Sen. Cutting of New Mexico killed in plane crash. Defense argument opens in trial of David Lamson, accused of wife murder. Patsy Smith and James Bay- liss injured, when they fall 15 feet from stair railing at senior high school. High, 82; low, 43 de- Fair, grees. Coast longshoremen vote boy cott jon handling lumber during mill strike, "Fra Diavolo" to be presented by local talent during music week. Dime chain mail craze hits city and valley, and postoffice is swamped. Moore Hamilton of this city may be named speaker of house at special session of legislature. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY May B, 1925 "r (It was Tuesday) Treasurer Mellon advocates second cut in income tax rates, President Coolidge declares no more loans will be made to Eu rope to start new war. High 87, low 46 do- Cloudy, grees. Four head of Sams Valley cat tle killed by eating raw dynamite. Air dash to North Pole ready to hop off. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY May 6. 1911 (It was Saturday) P. & E. to run excursion to Butte Falls tomorrow. Many lo cal people plan to hear the band and see the scenery. Twenty-seven to be graduated from high school June 2. Gilbert Stuart was one of them. Beagle to get new schoolhouse. NO V-E SIRENS San Diego, May 5 (U.R) No air raid sirens will be sounded in San Diego to proclaim V-E Day was the pronouncement to- .day by Fred A. Rhodes, city manager. OAVOA LIBERATED By United Press Tokyo broadcasts said that strong demands were being maae for a special session of the Japanese Diet to meet "the exi gencies of the present situation.1 Other reports said the South Manchuria railway, a Japanese corporation operating rail lines ana other industrial enterprises. in Manchuria, would be reorgan ized to prepare for air raids. Many of Japan's heavy indus tries have been developed in Manchuria to the extent that the Japanese describe it as "the ar senal of Great East Asia." Meanwhile, Australian troops In Dutch Borneo cleared the Tarakan oil center in two sectors and gained control of the nearby airdrome. Davao, major port and city on Mindanao in the southern Phili ppines, was liberated by Amer ican Infantrymen. It was the last major city to be freed from Jap anese control in the Archipelago. T FEES, BIG MONEY Seattle, May 5 (U.R) Di vorces constituted a business nettting more than half a million dollars in King County last year. statistics disclosed today. In list ing 3.731 divorces and annul ments in 1944 with prospects that the 1945 total will be great er. With minimum fees for di vorces set at $150 by the Wash ington State Bar Association, daily averages of divorces in King county last year was 16 dailq. for a minimum total reve nue to lawyers of $559,650, sta tistics showed. WOMEN WORKERS HIT San Francisco, May 5 (U.R) Women war workers are feel ing the brunt of lay-offs in Cali fornia aircraft plants and ship yards, the Division of Labor Sta tistics of the Department of In dustrial Relations reported today. Cloalns time for Clamlfled Ada S 30 m Too Late to Classify 13:15 p m 12? V rr - H'?kiX lV " ,",.,ili . La- t J UW" WoJ" '.., e, - . -in cft' totl out Qua AM .. -it . ..RrVNll'b sTsss.. a mm" N. Rlvkrtld at the 'Y' rnone SMI, 1 Kwmm 1 II -a e. at, . 1 Si uliar m .x-o. fcru our moJrn, low-coil loin phn. H Jackson County Federal savings & loan association 126 East Main Portland, Ore., May 5 U.R More lumber is needed during the next few months for the war on Japan but the government will provide assistance in the form of additional machinery, tires, equipment and manpower, it was learned today by J. Philip Boyd, national lumber division director for WPB. Meeting with western lumber men, Boyd said civilian controls on timber products would be removed gradually to hasten the reconversion process and restart building of homes and business es. He added price contrbls would remain until at least the end of the Japanese war. Boyd said western timbermen were not optimistic for much of an increase in production until near the end of the year, despite accelerated demands from mili tary officials, war plants recon verting to peace, civilians, and foreign countries. In no industries but lumber and textiles will the shift to the Pacific theater of war impose such strains, Boyd said, citing the need for huge stocks of boards, boxes and crates for moving about 75 per cent of the European armies to the Pacific. Boyd said allied timber repre sentatives will meet in London week after next to evaluate the world's lumbei resources for the post-war years. He said this country will insist that no Amer ican lumber be sent abroad ex cept for war purposes until all other sources of supply are exhausted. While the 11 western states are carrying half the nations timber production, Boyd said all sections were bearing a propor tionate share of the war load. He praised timbermen for a 25 per cent gain in national produc tion during war years. PORTLAND UNIONS SEEK IRE MEAT Portland, Ore., May 5 (U.R) Portland union officials asked war agencies today to provide more red points for war work ers in plants where restaurant facilities are not available. Marysvllle, Cal., May S (U.R) Cafe and restaurant owners in the arysville-Yuba City district tonight decided, on advice of OPA representatives, to remain open in the face of a critical meat shortage. Gilbert McNeil, Sacramento OPA administrator, asked whole sale meat dealers to supply hos pitals in the area from their re tail stocks, while other OPA spokesmen urged the restaurant operators to keep going until the meat situation is relieved. WHY WAITS ARTHUR BROS. CIRCUS AMERICA'S NEWEST AND FINEST SHOW MEDFORD - One Day Only SAT. - MAY 12th PACIFIC HI WAY AT SOUTH CENTRAL with KEN MAYNARD in PERSON int. WONDER ana j- v TARZAN rtfmmZW HORSE THE SHOW SL ig&U SCORES OF THAT'S DIFFERENT y ' gyfaffr "EW FEATURES IORGEN M. CHRISTIANSEN CHIOLLO LIBERTY HORSES! UL GARDNER'S ROYAL INDIA ELEPHANTS The GREAT ORTONS Wixarda oi the Swaying Pol ACEVADO TRIO JUGGLING MARVELS CAPT. CONNORS SLIDE FOR LIFE LE DELLS HOLLYWOOD MADWAGS r- "-Tr-iar-Mi n-. i,laM,atirisfniif n. i TWENTY S 1.X 4 C I NINETY Cl ft DISPLAYS aCi XJ THRILLING ACTS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALSI ACRES OF FLAME-PROOFED CANVASI HERDS OF ELEPHANTS PRETTY GIRLSI CLOWNS GALOREI POPULAR PRICES TWICE DAILY-2 AND S P.M. 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