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FOUR MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUHS Tuwiir. Mir li. i"i MEPFOKD UNI Bveryone In Sontnirn OreloB .r ' . - Mall TrUuine" Dallr Except Saturday Puhlinheil bj f-ao North iir St. Phon. J141, ' ROBERT W. BUHL, Miter. BRNESI A. OILSTRAP. Manafea. HERB CHEY, AdverUelns Mgr. I cT FERGUSON, MannslnS Editor ,omirP RI'DPV SiindfiV Editor uns ni.lVE STARCHER. Soc. Editor GKRALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Nawipeper. eerond claw matter at Vlediord. Oregun. under Act of " MarA 3. 1079. SUBSCRIPTION BATES aily and Sunday on. year JT.0 Dally and Sunday lx montha 4 00 Daily and Sunday three moe. J.10 Dally and Sunday one month.. .7B By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ahlnd. Central Point. Jackaon- lllo. Gold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, ana on motor routei: JDally and Sunday one year..S00 Uailv and Sunday one month .70 All terma caih in advance. Official Paper of the City of Medfor4 Official Paper of Jackion County United Preia Full Uaiert Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertlsln, 7Diiini I in Office! In New York Chicago, De troit, San Franclaco, Loa Angelei. Se attle. Portland, St. Louie, Atlanta, Vancouver, H. C. n Rfnrii'Pntatlva DAY COMPANY. tNC. MuhIs O.EG'0 Publisher paper SOCJIAIIOK Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry The San Francisco conference after 17 days has done very little officially, press reports report. The foreign ministers of Britain and Russia have left in a polite huff, and army bombers for home. Valley corn li now up ankle high, and making good progress In its efforts to be roasting ears. Thirsty corn experts estimate. If it had to, it would run about 7 gallons to the acre and taste as much like extract of barbwlre as Imported rum from the "sun ny West Indies." . . Rules and regulations Imposed by Gen. Eisenhower, allied com mander, upon the late self admitted German "super-race", has caused them to yell "bloody murder" but not about any of ttieir own bloody murders, a AS THE GI SEES IT (Stars & Stripes) "Every screwball with thick lenses and a long haircut is setting up shop as an expert on returning veterans." a a a Former eagle-eyed Mlnneso tans, adults and adolescents, rose as one man when this col. locat ed Duluth erroneously in Wis consin, instead of . their own home state. Even the Wiscon ainians were mad about it It Is the most diabolical, geographical atrocity since the Sacramento Bee yanked Crater Lake Into California. Everybody In the land now hat $188.11, the treasury reports. It Is nice to know one has it, If one hai it. "Saturday was the kind of warm steaming day we Orcgonl ans have to plant seeds and then jump, for fear the plants will spring up and knock us over." (Maxine Buren in Salem States man.) The land where the tour ist In the Commercial club pinks up what he thinks is an apple, and is told by the genial secre tary to "put that grape down." a a a The Older Girls are now In the throes of spring housecleanlng. Several have been deceived by the treachery of step-ladders. When they stepped on the last step, it was elsewhere. a e a POOR LOI LIBELLED (The Dalles Chronicl. "There was a small-sized scrap between a couple of In dians this afternoon at Wash ington and First streets. Un less blood-poisoning sets in where some of the aboriginal dirt i.as scrnti'licd off, no damage was done." (50 Yrs. Ago Col.) a a a J. Tannehill Walker, fl, and bro. Bob enjoyed a week-end vis it from their raw In the Navy, a e a It has been a week since any thing dire or death has hit Ilerr Hitler, via Stockholm or Swlt lerlaml. One report has him en route to ,'np.in, now in process of being ruined by the same Ameri can air power that flattened his own Reich, ala pnneuke. a e a As the result of an auto mix up in Georgia 46,000,000 bees were freed. In the days when gasoline flowed freely, approxi mately this many bees hit mo torists In the eye every summer while drivinc down a highway. Since rearl Harbor, the bee has been little employed as an alibi for smacking a phone pole unconscious. Editorial Correspondence San Francisco, May 12. Newspaper street sales have been cut In half by the end of war in Europe. At least the Union Square news boy here says that has been his sad fate. e a a a a That was not a conference but a cocktail party given by Harry Bridges in the golden ballroom at the Palace. Reminded us of the cocktail party given by Mayor Kelly of Chicago during the Democratic convention last July, although the news men and girls behaved much better at .this one, the chief reason being this one was from 8 to 8, while the Kelly jamboree was from 9 to 8, or at least that is when some of the guests went home. The chief similarity rested In the fact that most of those present in Chicago had no use for Mayor Kelly and most of those present at the Palace had no use for Harry Bridges. But they did not hesitate to drink the liquor and eat the hors d'euvres offered, thus posing an ethical problem which might be offered to Emily Post. We never doubted Harry Bridges was and Is, a "Red1 whether he was ever an actual member of the Communist party or not, This affair only strengthened that conviction, though if called on for evidence we would have a hard time producing it. It was not anything Bridges did or said, it was more his manner and the general atmosphere of the performance, and perhaps a remark made by one of the Washington (D.C.) newsmen, that the shindig reminded him of some of the champagne-and-cavlar parties thrown at the Soviet embassy. We asked what he meant and the answer was he didn't know, just did that's all. We tried to figure It out, but failed, except for the strange elusive sense of tension that prevailed, and the absence of a certain warmth and "en rapport" that make such things entirely successful. Bridges did the host assignment well we thought, moved easily around among the guests, did no handshaking or back-slapping or story-telling, left that up to his guests if they felt so inclined, one felt he was relieved that they didn't. There was one exception, Mr. Roy Howard of the Scripps- Howard chain and one of the most picturesque figures in big-time journalism. Harry went for him in a big way and did his talking Job well, although it was all off the record of course. But there is no doubt Bridges Is smart, ambitious and able, a force to be reckoned with In this country If he stays here. (And in all likeli hood ha will!) Another "Big Shot" has departed, none other than the dean of radio commentators, H. R. Kaltenborn. We can't stand the man or his radio voice, but cheerfully grant his ability in his special line. In factual reliability and realistic treatment his interpretation of the news ranks with the best of them, but Ms voice inflection Is so irritating we are always delighted when his remarks end. And of course there is good reason, for the Big Shots going we mean. The spade-work has all been done, or practically all, only working out the details, many of them technical, remains. And this will probably be true until near the close of the confer ence when the final draft will be ready for publication. Very likely then many of the Big Shots will return. We have not changed our view of the final outcome. There is no doubt, and from the first has been none as we see it, that a new League of Nations convenant will be drawn up, which In many ways will be an Improvement over the former one. There la also no doubt, or practically none, that this docu ment will be so worded that complete control by the Big Three, not Four or Five, will in no real sense, be impaired. And the basic reason for this will be the patent fact that when peace returns only the Big Three, Russia, Great Britain and the United States, will be strong enough to keep the peace, or wage another war. The document therefore will be criticized as a Big Power Pact and essentially that Is what it will be. But as a practical matter It could hardly be anything else, when conceived in the midst of war. On the other hand unless all signs fail the document will have provisions for amendment. And as war passions cool and this torn and distracted planet gradually becomes adjusted to an entirely new order, the old world has forever gonel we predict this provision allowing easy adjustment will save the new League from suffering the tragic fate of the old. R.W.R. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Paul alalloa Washington, May IS The way the tax trimming program was announced made it sound colossal, but it w.!'yia.'isMj was far short r " X'l of that. When busi ness corpora a 1 1 o n i paid their excess profits taxes (running up to 90 per cent or more) in these war years, they did so un der a provision of law which promised a 10 per cent refund within three to five years. All this new program does Is to say they may have their 10 per cent back now. No perman ent loss of the treasury will re sult. Business will merely get its refund sooner. The notion behind this major feature of the program is that business may use the money at once for reconversion. Some will need this help. Others have ac cumulated cash reverses (com mon corporate war practice). a a a TPHE other important change a most people little realize the wonderful help that is being given to school children by the school nurses and the public school teachers all over the land, and their suggestions are not "naive" either; neither do they ask fee of 10 or 25 cents for each suggestion, as does Dr. Brady. I have known of several cases of itch having been cured by sulphur and a cold cream mix ture. In this case lard may have been suggested because it would cost the child less. One thing Doc. Brady forgot to mention, itch is caused by an insect which burrows into the skin, lays its eggs, which hatch there, developing into full grown insects that lay more eggs, etc., and the fight is on These insects get into the cloth ing and unless everything touch ing the child's body is boiled or thoroughly fumigated another brood will hatch. The sulphur and lard, if faithfully applied will kill them all but the child must then be carefully bathed and have on clean garments afterwards. Just keep this up and you won't have to send any money to Brady for booklet on unbidden guests. CORDELIA AIKEN. amonf gardeneri. This rivalry If not over amount of production but over the date the produce first could be used. Yet there are ways of getting around the time element. Last night I told a caller our garden was already contributing to our table fare. Then I auickly changed the sub ject before I was asked to be specific. I didn't want to admit the contributions had been chives and parsley. Letter From Washington Br HARRIS ELLSWORTH Member i Congress From Oregon 8 YEARS ON ONE JOB Burlington, Vt., (u.R) Harry Clough, an ennlnecr at a Vene tian blind company, has outlived three of his boilers and two of his engines. With B8 years of continuous service for the same employer behind him, Clough ays he still Is going strong. MEAT SITUATION. The spe- clal committee of the House ap pointed to investigate the meat shortage and report back by May 1 did a workmanlike job. The report, concise and complete, gives the essential facts and fig ures, and contains definite rec ommendations for solution of the problem. I shall be glad to send a copy of this report to any one who wants It The Republican Congressional Food Study committee, of which I have been secretary for more than two years, has previously pointed out the same weaknesses In the management of the meat problem. Our unofficial commit tee has made essentially the same reco'...iendatlona which are now ma e officially by the commutes t,i the House. What the entire food situation needs most is coordination under one head so that problems of pro duction, processing and distri bution can be handled as parts of the over-all problem, along with pricing. In the past, these things have been handled by sep arate departments, oftentimes working in opposite directions. Meat is going to be short for several months In spite of any thing that can be done now, but proper management from now on can reston production and al low the normal distribution sys tem to be rebuilt a a a SUGAR. Just around the cor ner Is another food problem. We are going to be short of sugar. The story on sugar Is quite sim ilar to the meat story. The sev eral agencies involved have done such a splendid job of holding down the price that production has dwindled. Unless something is done Immediately, we are go ing to be drastically short of sugar. a a a TWO-THIRDS RULE ON TREATIES. Te House has been debating the resolution regard ing treaty ratification. The pro posal is to have treaties ratified by a majority vote of both houses Instead of by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. The only ac tion Congress can take is to sub til i t a proposal constitutional amendment to the states. Such an amendment will not become operative, of course, until rati fied by the states. It seems to me the House should pass Ibis reso lution, but it does not seem like ly the Senate will concur, there by voting to cut down its own powers. a a a ECONOMY. President Tru man Is apparently going out on an economy crusade. This is a hopeful sign. Useless agencies will be liquidated; others will be pared down sharply. a a a NEW EMPLOYMENT OF FICES. I have just been notified by Mr. Paul McNutt. chairman of the War Manpower Commis sion, that new U. S. employment offices are being established in my district one at Coquille and one at Sweet Home. The expan sion of the employment service is under the Servicemen's Read. Justment Act of 1944, and is for the purpose of aiding the reem- ployment of returning veterans. in addition to the usual duties of the employment oft ice. a a a HITLER DEAD? Hitler is of ficially gone from Germany. Whether or not he is dead is tern- porarlly of little Importance. If Germany can surrender better with him a battle-front hero, that will suit our purpose. If he Is alive, the gangster can later be apprehended and dealt with. a a a PUBLICATIONS AVATT. ABLE. In view of all that Is be I 1 said about the food situation. and In view of the fact that some items are likely to be verv short during the next several months. u seems in order to suggest more home canning. I therefore call attention to the fact that there is a now government publication available on the subject ofi "Home Canning Meat" I shall be glad to send a copy of that publication to anyone who wants It. Also, In July, 1944, the De partment of Agriculture issued a littlo folder entitled "Pooular Publications for the Farmer and Homemaker." This folder lists government publications that are available. I have a very lim ited ripply of these folders, but will be glad to send them out as long as they last The American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Assn. had 8.802 members as of January 1, 1845. This was more than twice the number of members listed on Jauuary 1, 1941. will be of considerable help to small business. The lift in ex emptions on excess profits taxes I (not normal rates which run ; above 40 per cent) from $10,000 to $25,000 will, in effect, absolve , businesses earning less than $25,-: 000 from the profit-confistication tax rates of war. Hut there Is another provision of law which enabled corpora tions t deduct from certain nor mal rate payments certain allow ances U they paid high excess profits rates. . Thus the announced relief will not be as great as the cited fig ures have indicated. With the normal tax hand the govern ment will take back some of the balm it is offering with the ex cess profits hand. This is about all there Is In the "tax reduction." Behind Its announcement, however, the participants In dulged themselves in a little light and fancy stabbing. Senate Fi nance Chairman George had an nounced - two days earlier, he thought the government should promise a real reduction to begin next January 1, whether or not Japan was beaten. Next day from the treasury came an an onymous statement that George (whom some have mentioned as possible successor to Morgon thau) had reversed his position on this. An official of the treasury de partment had given that infor mation to newsmen suggesting it be published without credit, as off-the-record Inspiration. The newsmen did not think George had changed his mind and the charge was not printed, at least not generally. This was not the only piquant savor of the deal. After George and house ways and means Chairman Doughton had been at the White House discussing taxes with President Truman, the newspapers were able to carry an authoritative statement that Mr. Truman had told congress to go ahead and handle taxes in its own way as he was too busy to bother. This sounded very much like Mr. Morgenthau was tot to have his usual annual soul-stirring presentation of tax programs to congress (none of which have been adopted in late years). It also somehow encouraged peo ple to believe the reports that George might get the treasury secretaryship. My own Information Is that nothing is likely to be done about a cabinet change In treas ury until after the Bretton Woods agreements sink or swim In congress. Other than that It can be said Truman appreciates Morgcn thau's good New York financial connections, but, on the other hand, George would take the job if offered. Certain senators whom I great ly respect think Morgenthau will go in a few months and the job will be handed to Truman's Mis souri banking friend, John Snyder. From this series of Inner events, It Is plain the adminis tration is not going Into any real tax reduction for some time. It will not accept the George pro gram promising action In 1946, and Is content to rest with the faint trimmings presented last week. Olive f Barber's g Letter bc.-?.- There is nothing more infuri ating than to take a neighbor to see your garden only to have him exclaim, "Why my peas are at least three inches higher than yours" Of course you rise to the defense of the maligned peas, though the maligning is by in ference only. You planted them late, you apologize, thus taking the blame on yourself. Or you hadn't soaked them as long as you should have. Then your ego gets its second wind. You assume the offensive, rather than the defensive. Too bad, you condone the neighbor, he, didn't plant a bit later. Peas planted too early, you darkly prophecy, often produce fine vines but no peas. This may set the neighbor back on his heels, then again he may see through you, having himself used the same tactics last year to excuse the anemic strivings of his own peas. I've never "followed the fil lies" but I mate annual entries in the lettuce handicap. And my garden ethics are, to say the least, pliable. I announce to friends that the Barbers are hav ing lettuce from their own gar den, though I do not explain the microscope had to be passed with the salad. Otherwise we would have been unable to see the embryonic leaves of which the salad had been made. vVorms seldom get a chance at our radishes. I get them first. Not that I am partial to a thread topped by two leaves. When buying radishes I insist they have a proper radish midriff; curved and with plenty of color. But when I grow them myself, all I ask of a radish is that it will have emerged from the seed. Onion sets are much - more brag material than onion seeds. An onion seed takes It own time about coming up. But you can stick an onion set In the ground lit the momlng, then dig it up again for the evening meal and tell the neighbors you had onions out of your own garden for sup per. Your breath will bear wit ness to the statement. There Is no rivalry surpassing In intensity that which exists COMMUNICATIONS Ltt to the Id Iter mnit Mat Ui nan. and addrris of the writer, although th n of a ptnnam or tnltlali for fiunliratinn la pr mu tt hi Tha Mall Trlhun reserve! the Mint to edit all letteri with a Tttw to clarity and condanaaUoa NOX DELAY J FOR 1 yir$fone FACTORY METHOD 1 .RECAPPING Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of tha Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 rears ego. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Mar IS' 935 (It was Thursday) Garden clubs of state to open conclave here tomorrow. School boards selects teachers for next year. Ex-President Hoover declares NRA is saddling people with mo nopolies. Dime chain letters craze grows throughout nation. Occasional rain. High 70, low 41 degrees. ' Callfornians fined for gaffing fish at Gold Ray dam- Closure of Rogue River to commercial fishing set for June 12. I Not SO Naive To the editor: In your very fine paper Friday evening I read the articles by Dr. Brady, and was surely surprised to find him treating tha school nurse's sug gestion to use sulphur and lard for Itch as "naive" and have been wondering if the old fellow real ly knows the meaning of the word. Seems to me that it hardly applies In this case. May I be permitted to say that OSS mm mum m 13333? FIRESTONE STORES 114 So. Riverside Phone 4757 Ample irrigation water is as sured valley for coming season. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY May 15' 1925 (It was Friday) General Miles of Army drops dead at circus. In Washington. Salem launches crusade against questionable magazines. William J. Bryan hissed off stage at Providence, R. I., by students of Brown College dur ing speech on evolution. Referendum on Oregon anti cigarette law looms. Fair and mild, 4S degrees. High 78, low Sheriff seizes three suspects and a still on Applegate. Cattle buyers busy In Sams Valley district. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY May 13- 19H (It was Tuesday) Baccalaureate services of high school to be held May 28. Oregon presidential primary eyed by nation. Julius Kruttschnitz, vice presi dent of the Harriman lines visits city and valley. JUKE BOX STOLEN Pawtucket, R. I (U.R) The i I thieves who burglarized the Fen-j wood Grille recently must have : been swing fans. They carted I away a $700 juke box weighing I nearly 400 pounds. ! I Use Hall Tribune Want Ads. I m DETAILS TOLD IN FATAL EXPLOSION Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Scnmldt, 325 West Fourth street, recently received a letter from their daughter, Barbara Beasley, who is employed at March Field Post Exchange, Riverside, Calif., tell ing of events leading up to the death of her husband, Second Lt. Harry M. Beasley. Lt. Beasley was killed on a bombing raid over Germany July 21, 1044. The details came from the War Department and also from a friend of Lt. Beasley, who was in England at the time and talk ed to the only surviving mem ber of the bomber crew, a man named Peacock. According to the details, it was during the latter part of the journey from England to the target that the plane encoun tered trouble. Some unexpected flak was encountered which dis abled two of the four engines. To lessen the load, the crew drop ped their bombs and other ex cess eauipment and headed for the coast line, the information said. As the coast line came into view one of the remaining en gines was put out of commission by flak. As the plans went out over the Channel, smoke was filling the cabin and a fire was noticed in the wing and fuselage. With the situation looking hope less, the signal was given to bail out. Three men In the waist bailed out at once. Peacock had hardly cleared the plane when a loud explosion was heard and the concussion of the exploding plane was felt. Peacock, after swimming In the Channel waters for about 45 minutes, was rescued by boats, directed to him by escorting fighters. The escort fighters and rescue boats continued tha search for other survivors but none were found, according to the information. . VACATION NEAR HOME PLEA ISSUED BY 0DT An appeal to Pacific coast residents in large cities and rural communities "to vacation close to home and not travel ex cept In cases of absolute neces sity" was made today by the Office of Defense Transportation in a reminder that the end of the war in Europe now means "full deployment of armies and war materials to the Pacific." 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