SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, May 8, 194S
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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