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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,
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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.)
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J. Tannehill Walker, fl, and
bro. Bob enjoyed a week-end vis
it from their raw In the Navy,
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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.
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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.
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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).
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TPHE other important change
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
ODT said that organizations,
the military, public and private
groups from Canada to the Mex
ican border are being asked to
acquaint "every man, woman
and child" with facts about west
coast transportation require
ments "which clearly show tha
need to preserve space for mili
tary and essential travel." aj
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