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SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE TuMdar. Mar 8. 1943 MEDFORD. lUNE tvtront la Sanotera Orefoa IVCKUB MW . - -. Dally Bxc'P' SeturSar Puhllihed by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 17. JO North Fir St Phone tut, ROBfcRT W. BUHL. Editor. ERNEST B, GILSTRAF Minager. HERB GREY, AdverUtlng Mr. S. C. FERGUSON, Managing Editor ARTHUR PF.HRY. Sunday Editor MRS. OLIVE STARCHER, Soo. Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mar. An Independent Newipaper. Entered ai Mediord. aeeond elaaa matter at Oregon, under Act of Uarh 1H78. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mr MaU In Advance Daily and Sunday ona year ..'?0 Daily and Sunday els month! 4 00 Daily and Sunday three moe. t.io Dally and Sunday one month. 75 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Aihland Central Point, Jackaon. ville, Gold Hill. Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routei: Dally and Sunday on year.. 00 Daily and Sunday one month 70 All lerma cash In advance. Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackton County United Praia Full Leaaad Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS na Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, lit V.. . Da. trolt, San Frandaco, Loe Angelea. 8e attle, Portland. 8t. Loula, AtUnta. ajncmiverBC Victory' ORECWN PuilijhIer nut Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry It hag never been crystal clear to the American public, why it should take longer to replace a crystal In watch, than build and launch an aircraft carrier. Now that organized resistance in Europe has practically ceased, they are assured of a speedy re turn to normalcy. The patrons will be smilingly Informed, they -can get the gadget fixed In "two shakes of a lamb s tail", or, "Just in a jiffy", and get it back before he can say "Jack (no relation to Gain) Robinson." There Is still considerable skepticism about the purported demise of Herr Hitler, the Nazi rapscallion. The German people be led around by the nose, be lieve when the seat of his pants were destroyed by a bomb ex plosion, so was Herr Hitler. This seems logical, much more so than the claim one of the plot ters tat down on his own bomb. At some fine and not too distant day, the FBI, or Scotland Yard. or soma other famed police agency, will catch the runt Aus trian ex-paperhanger. a "Come in and look around out don t buy anything; you might put ui out of business." Sign in the window of a Louis ville (Ky.)' sporting goods store. (Magazine Digest.) Trend of the timet. The nation observes V-I Day In humble happiness today. The military goose of Germany Is cooked, but there remains the bitter, bloody task of hamstring ing Japan. The prayer . of the world It for a lasting peace, that will last longer than until either one or both nations get ready to lnunch another world war. When both are conquered and helpless, to remain that way for ever, there will be a victory celebration, without restrictions, nd the knowledge there Is still war to win in the Pacific. e MORE THAN LIKELY' ' (Kansas City Star) "Taking tquads of German civilians about concentration camps to vitw the results of their own atrocities sounds like a good Idea In object lessons, but maybe not; from what hat been reported of German callousness to other folks' suffering, shouldn't be surprised If tome of them en joyed the trip." e The special election June 22 to vote on a cigarette tax, it as yet producing no emotional en thusiasm among the voters, and no great outpouring by them is anticipated. They pour out much better to such muscular events as a wrestling match. If they had to flop and pin the shoulders of the biggest man on the election board, before they could vote, the electorate might stop at the polling placet for a Joust, en route to the golf links and the fishing hole. e The fair sex are now wearing their tummer fun. Thlt It exclu sively their own business, but sun-burned thanks, while wear ing a mink stole, that started life as a Kentucky coon, on the shoulders, to keep out the heat, don't add up. e e e "We may gird ourselves with good humor against the Inevit able time, who really won the war and who saved whom. There will be broad statements and the finest of hair-splitting. Russians took Berlin, yet, but Ith Amer ican tanks. Americana and Brit ish tmashed Into Normandy, yet. but with artillery tactics learned from the Russians. But how much pleasanter It It to debate who won the war than to debate who lost the war!" (New York Ttimea.) "Peace hat Its perils no last than war." Uaa Mail Tribune Want Ada, Today is V-E Day. Today American hearts are so filled with pride and gratitude that they are certain to spill over m joyous celebration. But V-E Day is but a milestone on the road to full and complete victory, and our joy today should be tempered with the sobering knowledge that the vic tory won in the west must now be won in the east" and that more lives must be sacrificed in the bitter, bloodv struggle against Japan. We must realize, too, the great price we paid for this great triumph in Eur ope. We must tirmiy resolve mat tnose we leave upon the battlefields ot Europe win noi nave aiea in vain e e TES, we must further resolve that these swaggering Nazis and Junkers, these brutal perpetrators of T,nb1in and Lidice, shall never again rise to threaten the homes. We must be determined that our errors of another world war shall not be repeated. UST as we have beaten and smashed the once nrniid fierman wehrmacht to the dust, now we face the grim duty of bringing the armies of the Milfnrln tn rnmnlete and unconditional surrender. It will mean streams of troops to the Orient, endless convoys, months of bitter fighting, sadness and sacn fice. , , , AND, until V-J Day is here, we must not relax. ,Un fii tVinoo rosnnnsihile for the infamy of Pearl Har bor and the Bataan March of Death have been utterly crushed we must not rest. We must continue to buy uAr, i. nnnrinpf onlvnfrft drives, to back the Red f-vnea onrl War Chest. Lessening of effort after -& Day will only prolong the Pacific War, mean more loss of life and put off the glorious day when ALL of our boys may come home; THAT will be a day of real celebration 1 Even then, the job of binding the wounds of a suffering world will lie ahead, but people throughout the world will faf e the problems of peace with the courage and con fidence of free men! H.G. Russia to broadcast within her own borders, ditto the United States. That got a laugh too the idea of the U.S.A. broadcasting democratic propaganda INSIDE Soviet Russial Chairman Romulo refused to answer one question which re lated to the delegation's views on trusteeship, covering his evasion with his favorite reference to the sacred Philippine trinity: "Equal ity, Liberty, Security." In the British conference Lord Cranborne also refused to answer a question on an equally ticklish topic to England, namely: would there be any provision in the new League which could de prive a nation of mandate control over another country, if that other country wished Its independence and a majority of the signatory nations to the League supported that wish. This obviously referred to the controversial Indian question which keeps bobbing up at these press conferences all the time but we felt it would have been smarter for the Honorable Lord to have declared the provisions of the new organization had not yet been definitely decided upon, instead of refusing to give any answer at all. Up to date we should say it is reasonably plain. Britain has no Intention of materially changing her policy toward India, or to ward any other part of her far flung empire. We keep being reminded of Churchill's impressive statement that he had not accepted the highest post In the gift of his King to preside over the dissolution of the British Empire! That is the rock of Gibraltar and Keystone as far as the British policy at this gathering is con. cernea. Arid with the German surrender why should the British gov ernment ao anything else? Speaking of the surrender it now Is nlaln that Senator Connollv of Texas who spilled the beans a week ago. and was resnonsible for the A. P.'s historic bonjr, was not very far off after all. Ger many tiAu omciaiiy oiiered to sjult as far as the Anglo-Americans were concerned, and Himmler had written off his former boss Hitler as "dead or dying." But the allies turned the offer down Decause Russia was not included. However a miss is as eood- or as bad as a mile In a case of this sort and we still feel the tall should return those nickels taken in on that "Nazis Quit" extra! BELIEVE FUEHRER 10 BEJNH I D 1 NG Statements Based on Stories Told by Slave Workers Who Built Hitler Estate. Flight o Time Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory from the filet oi the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 rears too. It Is still cold, foggy, and miserable, but with the war In Furnnp over and now the world united against Janan who cares? None oi tnejrisitlng delegates do. The Britishers are particularly Jubi lant, and have reason to be after all thev have been throueh. and uuw a mng, long nouaay n Rode up on the.Powel Street cable car today with one of them. A raw wind nearly blew the brief-case from his hand as we were on me open front of the funny little conveyance. "Pretty raw," we remarked. "Right, but you know, I find the weh-thah he-ah exceedingly bracing, particularly aftah an overinDULgence of alcohol" Editorial Correspondence San Francisco, May B: Here Is reminder of less happy days. A tfgn with an arrow pointing to . building, entrance down near the Palace Hotel reading: "Bomb Shelter." , , We still get a kick out of Molotov't body guard and keep run ning into one of them, partlcularly-he it about four 'eet 10 J bow legged, wean khaki riding breeches, has a face like smoothly shaven pug-dog, with five bronze medals hanging In a row on his chest. He is never alone, always hat from two to five companiant but tomehow he Is alwaya the one that catchet the eye and holda it. The conference goes merrily on or If not merrily, pleasantly. Two press conferences today the Philippine delegation at the St. Francis and the British at the Mark Hopklnt. The affable and e o- . n .i nnn,in nro.trirrl nt the former: the equally affable, but not to eloquent, Viscount Cranborne, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs presided at the latter. e e The first conference was distinguished by the fact that Marshall n.n. ihp nrnenn Journal arose and with great solemnity asked General Romulo what he meant by "culture" and would he com ment upon the treatment of the Filipinos Dy me japs. The last was easy but the first was, as the General smilingly HiwBi1ral mitt a an nrripr. However nothing stumps the General for long. He cocked hit head like aparrow, blinked hit black eyea teverai urnes, hn u- defined culture as follows: ' "Culture It the crystallzed deposit of the wisdom of the ages, applied to human betterment." That got a hand, as does almost everything the General says, . ,,nn hini the General's declamatory manner calls for It. But while that may define Philippine culture, we don't believe It would be accepted by any of the modern dictionaries as the def inition for culture elsewhere. The question, the General added, reminded him of General Hurley when the latter first returned from China and a friend asked him why he did not accomplish more over there. Hurley's answer was something to this effect: "It has taken the Chinese 3000 years to get where they are, give me three more DAYS, and I will tell you where they are going!" The General was full of stories. Someone asked If the Philip pine people were badly shot up and would It take long for them to recover. That reminded the General of two birds who flew off Into the wide, wide" world for the first time and together. One of them re turned fit and frisky, the other came limping home, barely able to fly, or to stand when he landed. He was a mess In fact. "What Is wrong with you?" was asked. The battered bird finally got enough breath to reply: that everything went ok for a time but suddenly he got mixed up In the damndest badminton game he ever taw, and hit delaptdated condition wat the result So with the Philippines. They were going along ok and doing pretty well but suddenly they got mixed up In the damdest bad minton game a bird ever saw the Jap-U. S. A. war and this was the result, many of his delegation had only the clothes they had on their backs and those were secured from the O.P.A., concluded the General, Cravath Wells, the English correspondent and lecturer, asked the General how the Filipinos' post war government would treat the Japanese living In the Philippines after the war would they be granted equal rights with other citizens. The General straightened up, threw back hit head and in hit most ringing tones cried: There will be no Japt LIVING In the Philippine! when the war Is over!" Again much applause. Like most of the other small nations at this conference the Filipinos want the Assembly that It what corresponds to our House of Representatives given more power, and the Security Council, roughly resembling the President's cabinet, given less. One novel feature of the meeting was the Philippine declaration of a desire to Include radio broadcasting of propaganda under the definition of aggression, which could call forth action by the se curity council. When asked for clarification It was maintained that It would be "aggression" If Russia should broadcast communistic propa ganda In the United States; or the United States should broadcast democratic propaganda In Russia. But it would not be so for General von Rundstedt gives as the chief cause of German defeat superior U. S. air power. That will make General "Happy" Arnold happier than ever. And of course von Rundstedt should know something about it. But deeper than that in our judgment lies the mysterious but potent MORAL factor. Militarists like von Rundstedt and cynics like "Lord Haw-Haw" will give that idea the merry "ha-ha," but nevertheless we believe Nazi Germanv failed FUNDAMENTALLY for the same reason Dillinger failed "Crime-does-not-payl" Ran into Archie Pierce and Bill Chrysler near Union Square, both here on business apparently and in a hurry. Nice to see some-, one from Medfordl There are plenty of nuts at this conference and In spite of everything they get Into press conferences one excellent reason being that in nine cases out of ten, no press credentials are asked for at the door. There was one at Lord Cranborne's gathering, wearing a pink shirt and red necktie, who asked His Lordship if more progress would not be made If all citizens of all lands were not made "citizens of one world?" His Lorshlp was ready for any thing at this open meeting for he mumbled something about a world citizenship being one of the aims of the gathering when the news-men In the front row said "thank you" rose In their seats and walked out and the meeting was adjuorned. R.W.R. . Japs Kill British .Missionary For Not Trampling On Flag London (U.R) The story was revealed here of how a 33-year old British missionary on Tara wa atoll was killed by a Jap anese firing squad, along with 20 allied youths, after he had refused to obey a Japanese or der to trample on the Union Jack but stooped, took it In his arms, and kissed it Instead. The missionary was the Rev Alfred Sadd, son of an Essex lumber merchant, who had worked 11 years among the na tives In the Gilbert Islands. When the Americans recap tured Tarawa a native pastor who had witnessed the scene told them of the incident when the Japanese hurled the British flag on the ground and ordered Sadd to walk on it. "Mr. Sadd approached the flag and then turned to the right and passed it," the pastor related 'They made him start again. This time he turned to left and again avoided trampling on the flag. The third time he was com- pelled to go up to the flag. He gathered it in hit arms and kissed it." The Japanese then put Sadd and the others on forced labor, the pastor said, and several days later on uct. 13, 1B4Z, had a firing squad thoot them. At the execution Sadd turned hit back on the Japanese and addressed encouraging words to the others and then stood out in front to he would die first SQUIRRELS AWAKE MAN AT MIDNIGHT FOR NUTS Hillsdale, Mich. (U.R) Two fox squirrels think nothing of waking up Charles Wakeman every midnight for a hickory nut snack, and thlt hat been going on for tome time, according to w axeman. Wakeman tayt the squirrels. who scratch at hit window every nigm until ne leu Mem In. evi dently use his room at some sort of a restaurant to stop In on their way home from some "nutty" night club frequented by other squirrels They live in a nest out side Wakeman's window. Dee Mall Tribune Want Ada. Obituary W. H. GOLDSBERRY William Henry Goldsberry, a resident of Medford for the last 13 years passed away at a local hospital Friday. Mr. Goldsberry was born near Omaha, Neb., on Nov. 7, 1882. He has been em ployed In Medford as a box mak er for the various packing houses. Mr. Goldsberry leaves no known relatives. Graveside services will be held at the Medford 1.0. OF. cemetery Wednesday at 2 p.m with the Rev, Delbert Daniels officiating. Perl Funeral Home Is In charge of arrangements. EXPERT FLUNKS Long Beach, Cal., May 8 (U.R) Attorney Chris Wilson, re garded here as a specialist in motor vehicle law, was informed today that for the third time he had failed to pass an examina tion for a driver's license. "I Just can't believe it,1 tald. he TWO OCCUPANTS IN 100 YEARS Worcester, Mass., (U.R) The old Fox house, which was sold recently, has been occupied by only two families In the last 100 years. Designed and built In England, It then was taken apart, brought to America and reassem bled here In 1843. EXPAND PENICILLIN SUPPLY A new electronic device now under test can dry 2,000 bottles of penicillin In an hour enough for one treatment each to 10,000 persons. WASHING MACHINES REPAIRED Parts k Service on All Makes 111 Wsihei Shop 40B E. Main. Phone 8302 NEWLY INSTALLED Complete Mechanical Service BRAKE CHECK-UP MOTOR TUNE-UP LUBRICATION YORK'S SERVICE STATION 9th and Central . A Fence To Meet Every Need 'IS Mado from selected 48-in. full list) wood lists spaced about 2 In. apart and woven between S cablet of heavy wira. Colors red and green. Use for yardi, gardens, pent, and all kinds of general fencing. Permanence at lowest cost. Suburban Lbr.Co. Box 70, Klamath Falls, Ore. By Jack Fleischer United Press Correspondent Berchtesgaden, Germany, Mav R. U.R Adolf Hitler's neish- bors believe he is not dead but hiding here somewhere In the Bavarian Alps where his fabu lous berghof retreat today is a charred, smoking ruin. One report in the countryside here is that Hitler, Reichsmar shal Hermann Goering, and a party fled toward Hinter See, 30 miles east of Berchtesgaden. It may be pure rumor, but as one Bavarian farm woman, Fraul Theresa Aschauer Scheffau, re marked, "We don't believe any thing Hitler and the Nazis say because they lied to us and be trayed us so many times. Built By Slaves Frau Scheffau, whose little farm Is near Hitler's Berghof estate, based much of her infor mation on the statements of for eign slave workers who sweated to rush completion of the elab orate system of buildings and tunnels Hitler had here. She said so far as known Hitler had not visited Berghof since the abortive attempt on his life last July 20 "if he was here then." But she said Goering had been a very frequent visitor. He and his wife stayed in a luxuri ous villa, one of the guesthouses of Hitler s chalet. Many Servants "Frau Goering alone had 70 maedchen on her household staff," Frau Scheffau said. "And Lord knows how many servants there were altogether for the fuehrer's chalet and all the guest houses." I got some idea of the size of the establishment from a tele phone directory I found in one building. It listed about 600 numbers. Their juxtaposition was inter esting. No. 366 was for Eva Braun's underground bunker. To get his mistress Eva In her regular room upstairs, Hitler called 417. Private Capital Deputy Fuehrer Martin Bor- mann had a whole building to himself here. Press Chief Dr Otto Dietrich end Munitions Minister Albert Speer were oth ers listed In the directory. Everything Indicated that Berghof became more and more the Nazi party's private capital as the war went on, especially (tter allied bombs made Berlin loo hot. But today the great estate was as kaput as the Nazis claim Hitler himself to be. Buildings Leveled Most of the buildings and much of the grounds are as dev astated as if a big battle had been fought here, although s task force from the third divi sion took Berghof Friday night without a fight. Most of the dam age was done by allied air at tacks, especially the RAF s 11- ton battering a fortnight ago. However, Hitler's own house Haus Wachenfeld apparent ly did not receive any direct hits in spite of the air ministry s claims. Civilians said SS troop ers blew it to pieces last Thurs day, just before the Americans arrived. TEN YEARS AOO TODAY May . 1935 (tt was Wednesday) Navy pinups start mass flight from Hawaii to Midway Island to Jrtin Tavifli. fleet In mimic warfares Dual offlc holding by mem bers rf the Iciiij-laUire hit in ruling of atutrne.vHEvneral. Talley, rising to take a vocal, slipped and struck his neck upon the back of a stel chair, break ing his neck, and ending his trumpeting career. The Royal Flying Corps first came into existence in May, 1912. National Guard Fort Lewi. mobilize at Quick vtt rif mUtter bonus bill by Rootvvvlt KvmuL, Hlfh. TS, Kw 4S de- Cloihty. greet. Children cf Mtfrt trade school to hold .uvwt FrMy. Local ae-tvw wffl "Fr Dl- avoloM at Oraswma tyAr Unfc audiencv Send-a-Diiu n; boosts stamp saltfa at Asilat pctst office. The grease of the tail of the fat-tailed sheep, found only in Afghanistan, forms the national substitute for butter. pftifUFI V 1 NO DELAY FOR KirrnDY Mtrunn M JK n i w n i hi i i ii w v n XECAPPIN FIRESTONE STORES :14 8s. Riverside Phone 473? TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Mar - Ot was Thursday) Prohibition cX poison gas in war, urged by America, Cloudy. HUh 7S, low 4S de grees. Henry Ford accused as "anti trust" law violator. YWCA protests Rose Festival parade with a girl dressed only in a bathing suit. April rainfall above average; enly six clear days. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY May 8. 1911 (It was Monday) - Mexican forces battle Juarez. at Grants Pass man arrested for hitting local horse and buggy with auto. Louis W. Hill, of Great North ern railroad to visit city soon. WHY WAIT7 ARTHUR BROS. GIRSUS America's Newest It Finest Show MEDFORD ONE DAY ONLY SAT., MAY 12th Pacific Hlway at So. Central KEN MAYNARD in PERSON and TARZAN The Wonder Horse THE SHOW THAT'S DIFFERENT SCORES OF NEW FEATURES JORGEN M CHRISTIANSEN'S CRIOIXO LIBERTY HORSES ' CHEERFUL GARDNER'S ROYAL INDIA ELEPHANTS THE GREAT ORTONS Wizards of the Swaying Polo , A C E V A D O T R Juggling Marvels I O O R S CAPT. CONN Slide (or Life L E DELLS Hollywood Madwags 26 TWENTY SIX DISPLAYS 90 Fall Ends Career Of Gl Trumpeter Fort Riley, Kan., (U.R) Pvt. James H. Talley left the Army recently with an honorable dis charge and plans to study musi cal arrangement, both the result of a neck inju y which ended his career as a trumpeter. Talley enlisted in 1940 from a civilian vocation as a hot trum peter from the dance bands of the West Coast. In the army he worked with Glenn Miller un til he was sent to the Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley. During a band performance here. NINETY THRILLING ACTS Hundreds of People & Animals Acres of Flame-Proofed Canvas! Herds oi Elephantsl Pretty Girlsl Clowns Galore! POPULAR . 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