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SOCIATIOI
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perrr
Due to the alleged beef short
age, the public is urged to save
red points, and eat rabbits. What
the country needs is a politician
who can pull a steer out of
plug hat as they did rabbits in
the early days of the depression
recession. 0 0 0
"In other words, to hell with
the German cobras that's plain
enough, isn't it?" (Royce Brier
in S.F. Chronicle. Yes, but a
bit libelous toward the cobras.
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Eugene is aroused by the dese
cration of tiny Jewish syna
gogue, in an out-break of racial
and rel .lous intolerance. There
is no evidence any of the hood
lums wore $16 nightgowns with
masks attached.
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Cuba is now importing its ver
sion of vodka, and some of same
has been made available through
the state saloons. Imbibers fear
for the.nselves, and future diplo
matic relations with Russia,
original instigator of the fiery
fluid.
0 0 0
"This war loan Is the "Mighty
Seventh. We hope it doesn't
prove as spurious as "Mighty
Oregon" sometimes in a USC
game." (Salem Statesman.)
Let everybody hope so.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
(Shenadoah (la.) News)
"The William Smiley fam
ily residing on a farm near
Coin recently had an egg laid
by a White Rock hen which
was different. It had a forma
tion on one end with a good
sized V formation on top of
the otherwise smooth shell.
Mrs. Smiley has been confined
to her home with the mumps."
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The rain continues. Whoever
Is playing that old phonograph
rccorJ of "It H'alnt Goln' to
Rain Any Mo!" will please break
it up.
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Japanese in neutral countries
are reported sending out peace
feelers, seeking something leu
than unconditional surrender.
Wa.;..j.-n, D. C. knows noth
Jng aV .ut it. Care should be ex
ercised to make sure It Is not a
"sneak peace" with a demolition
bomb concealed in the seat of its
pants.
0 0 0
V. " alsllng, the Norse traitor
and nr. J puppet, will be tried by
a Jury of countrymen. The rascal
would like a change of venue
to uermany.
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WOMEN'S HATS IN "9J"
(Pendleton East Oregonlan)
"The Frnr.er opera house an
nounces: The manaTement of
this theater has added one
more rule to the regulations
of the house. Hereafter, no
ladles will be allowed to wear
lints In the auditorium unless
they are thirtv-flve yenrs or
more.' It Is understood that
those small nieces of lnce with
slend.r fenthers sticking up
on each side, called the latest
in opera bonnets, are not In
clurlH In the prohibition."
(50 Yrs. Affo Col.)
0 0 0
Some confusion has arisen
over the birthday rig;,. Peoria
Bill Gates. The record (unoffl-c'-'i
mv, It was Wed. and he
states It was Thurs. Anvwav
abort flft vears ao he had as
Koorl a chance as anybody to be
president.
0 0 0
Tritons, nut out of work by
f" (.n of the war, have none
on a st-lke. Inasmuch as their
r-wemment calls them "redun
fin. wnrVers" one can't blame
firm much.
Editorial Correspondence
San Francisco, May 15. If a bunch of armed gangsters should
suddenly take over the Crocker Bank on Post and Montgomery
what would haooen?
A hurry call for police would be sent In, and perhaps 50 of
them would rush down there and start to round-up me outlaws,
But what If the gangsters were too strong for them? Then a
call would be sent in for the state police.
And what if even then the gangsters were getting the better
of it? Well there would be the state militia and the fire department
and last but not least the U. S. army and navy.
In other words every potential bank robber knows what he
and his pals would be up against if they tried to seize a bank and
get away with a million dollars or more.
So they don t try it, or at least not very oiien. inai is wny
organized crime does not pay, because at a moment s notice an
overwhelming force can be stacked up against it, and the criminals
potentially and otherwise know it.
Well that is the main job before the conference here, to prove
to the world that war DOES NOT PAY; to serve notice on every
notentlal outlaw nation, that if they start anything they are going
to be met by an overwhelming force they can't hope to resist,
for lone at least.
Which would not necessarily mean wars would entirely cease
any more than bank robberies have entirely ceased; but would
mean they would occur infrequently and then most likely on a
small, rather than a large, scale.
Bearing this example In mind, we can't share the "alarums
expressed over these regional agreements like the pact of Cha-
DulteDec. or bilateral alliances like the Angio-Kussian zu-year
defensive treaty, on the ground they will wreck any League of
Nations document drawn up here .
Why should they any more than having state police and state
militia on call. need wreck any local police force7
We grant the analogy Is not a perfect one. But we can't see why
these so-called regional agreements and pacts can't function, as
local oolice function, to put down small and local outbreaks,
and if, and when, the lawlessness threatens to spread beyond the
control of the local police, then call in tne worm militia, or army
and navy.
We don't say this will be done, but we fail to see why it couldn't
be, and perhaps strengthen rather than weaken the world pact,
It Is reported here Japan has broken off relations with Germany
because Germany's surrender violated the Tri-Partite Pact. Doesn't
that make Japan eligible to send a delegation to this conference
all samee as Argentina? (Before Indignant letters are written to
ye editor let it be stated this is supposed to be a Joke!)
Several of the Important newspaper men here are leaving, but
probably close to 1500 of them still remain. It is doubtful if any
big news breaks here until near the close If then. The big news
as far as the post war era is concerned will be, not this world peace
agreement, but the peace TREATYI
Nevertheless those v?ho wish a liberal education In international
relationships and modern diplomacy are wise to stick around.
The New York Times circulates four pages of its regular New
York edition here on the day issued, by A. P. telegraph-photo.
SOME service!
Only a paper as rich as the Times could afford to do this but
It may be that in another hundred years, those in Medford who
wish a New York paper on the day of issue can have it.
Mr. Jim Farley was here yesterday looking after coca cola sales
in this district according to Jim, who Is his own press-agent. Don
Sterling of the Portland Journal had a long talk with him, Don
knows almost as many of the Big Shots here as Jim, but we have
a suspicion coca cola was not the subject of their conversation.
Did we mention Captain Dick Neuberger, recently stationed In
Alaska also being here detailed to the conference by the army.
He said he greatly enjoys the stories written by Mrs. E. H. Hedrlck,
of Medford, appearing from time to time in Collier'a Dick him
self, incidentally, is one of the best writers of English produced by
the state of Oregon In recent years. R.W.R.
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
FlorMa's private savings now
amount to more than four bil
lions of dollars, or almost three
times the total 1041 Income of
IU citizens.
, Washington. May 18. The
fiasco staged In informing the
public of the end of its war in
E ur o p e was
term i n a t e d
yesterday
when Moscow
' v i - a ann o u n c e d,
f SPta jeJ'J without a
wrinkle of a
smile, that
fighting was
ended and the
war over, ten
days after the
AP's too ex
Pan! Mellon elusive disclo
sure of tho sur
render.
To penetrate the confusing ten
days of accusations and to ascer
tain what really happened, I
have consulted the best authori
ties who sat In on this epic of
errors, with the following re
sults: 0 0 0
THE basic cause of all the
trouble was Russia's persist
ent refusal to believe in a Ger
man surrender even when
signed. This was why the only
reason why Gen. Elsenhower
attempted to hold back the news
of the surrender for at least 36
to 48 hours after it was signed,
sealed and delivered.
Some published reports are
suggesting Stalin was piqued by
the German generals running to
Elsenhower for terms. Thnt Is
not what the Russians told Elsen
hower. Their position was one
of complete suspicion that the
nazis would continue to fight
against them despite official sur
render. There was good ground for
their suspicion in subsequent
events. Fighting against them
did continue In some spots, and
at the time of their Wednesday.
May 16, declaration of peace, it
was not clear whether tho revolt
against them In Czechoslovakia
was over.
Indeed, the leading nazis who
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running for our lines.
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WHETHER from pique or gen
uine military considerations
the Russians staged their own
surrender of the nazis In Berlin
the day after the one near
Rhelms and their surrenders
went into effect at 12:01 a. m.
the following day. This was done
in spite of the fact that the
Rhelms surrender covered all
fronts and. was signed by a
soviet general who took part in
the negotiations.
This is what caused the delay
In announcements to our public
and opened the opportunity for
the AP denouement, but It was
not the beginning. On April 28,
nine days before the Rhelms sur
render, "an American official in-
I formed the AP alone at San
I Francisco that the Germans had
surrendered and announcement
; would be made shortly.
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THE case 0( the Ap.a Edward
Kennedy was only a sensa
tional climax. Sixteen newsmen
witnessed the surrender (the
17th chosen could not go at the
last minute).
All the other American corre
spondents were nearby and were
promised what the trade calls
fill-Ins on the scene, so they
could write authentic accounts
of it, but only four American
newsmen actually were present
at the signing. The three press
associations and a Baltimore Sun
man who had attended the sur
render in world war I and four
radio men. The other 12 are for
eign correspondents, mostly
British (whose censorship, inci
dentally, is easier than ours and
has enabled London to announce
practically every important
event of the war).
After delay of hours, the sign
ing was over at 2:40 a. m. Mon
day, May 7, and the newsmen
wrote their accounts immediate
ly. These were cleared by "field
censors," so that the copy would
not have to be read again bv
another censor when SHAEF
would release the stories for dis
patch. e e . s
IENNEDY'S story was cleared
in this unreleased way Just as
the others. He then waited near-
ly 12 hours with his story until
hearing of the broadcast of Ger
man Foreign Minister Von Kro-
sigh on the Flensburg radio, of
ficially broadcasting the surren
der as a fact and telling the Ger
man people what to do.
Then Kennedy decided to send !
out the news himself without'
notifying the army (according to
my official army source here), or I
seeking release from the impo
sition of secrecy-upon-honor im
posed upon all the newsmen bv
isennower s press man. Brig
Gen. Frank Allen.
He telephoned the storv to the
London AP office, where there
sits a censor 24 hours a day. The
censor tnere did not stop the
story and it was cabled to this
country and published.
auto Is sldeswiped on Pacific
highway.
Fifteen new officers arrive for
CCC duty here.
Luther Deuel explains fruit
loan system to growers.
Eagle Point to seek Medford
water on public works loan.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
May 18 1929
Ot was Tuesday)
Wild turkeys to be planted In
Rogue River valley.
Paris communists launch riots.
Court decree fixes eight hour
day on state highway work.
Siskiyou Heights to vote again
on coming into city.
City to pass
taxing theaters.
new ordinance
Fair. High 83, low 83 degrees.
Dr. Ross is thrown off the
state fish board.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS
AGO TODAY
May 18. 1911
(It was Thursday)
Heat wave kills many in Chi
cago.
Mt. Angel college to play Med
ford nine Sunday here.
Siskiyou Power company
plans to Invade local field.
Twenty-three wanderers
rounded up by police have total
of 60 cents.
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the fcdltor must beat
the name and address ot the writer
althuuah the use ot a pen-name or
initials tnr publication Is pertnis
slble The Mall Tribune reserves
the nthl to edit all letters with a
view to clarity and condensaUna
I DO not wish to be understood
as prejudging Mr. Kennedy's
case, -mere may be facts 1 have
not been able to ascertain. On
the face of available evidence
his predicament seems to involve
a simple violation of confidence,
a respected and inviolable law
of American Journalism as
sacred as a lawyer's confidence
to a client.
There is no other way for free
press operation. His friends may
say this is one time the British
did not beat us on a story and
that the Russians did not get
away with their attempt to tie
up the news, but those other
newspapermen who kept the
confidence will look at it differently.
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tory trom tho files oi tho Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 fears
ago.
Word For The Aged
. To the editor: I would like to
say a few words in, behalf of
the old people. Some are 111,
neglected and lonely; some live
in shacks, cabins, apartments or
hotel rooms. Some have good
homes but are lonely. All would
appreciate calls, letters, cards or
flowers, a ride out in the coun
try or to see a friend.
Children have been taught to
"be kind to animals" and many
learned their lesson well, but we
neglected to teach them to be
kind to old people or else we
would not have to step off the
walk to let bicycles go by (at
night) and then hear an insulting
remark as they pass.
I know the Scouts are taught
to be kind and helpful, but not
all children are Scouts.
One of the nicest turns I ever
had done for me was by a nice
little boy and when I thanked
him for it he proudly said "I'm
a Boy Scout."
There should be some move
ment started to remedy this and
not all offenders are children
either. A Grandmother.
(Name on file)
' " Evils Return
To the editor: Thirty-five years
ago the American people revolt
ed against conditions brought
about by gambling, exploitation
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
May 18. 1935
(It was Sunday)
"Lawrence of Arabia", noted
British soldier and author, in
jured in motorcycle crash.
State relief probe finished;
main criticisms are unfounded,
report states.
Fair and warmer. High 81,
low 41 degrees.
Bert Orr escapes injury when
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THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
GEORGE: "Yes. I certainly would like to
hear why you call that an old fashioned
idea. Judge."
OLD JUDGE: "Glad to tell you. George.
Until recently, a person known as an al
coholic was generally treated as a social
outcast. Little if anything was done to
understand him or help him. But, during the
past lew years, medical research and study
has developed that alcoholics are really tick
people . . . that there is usually a deep
rooted physical, social or emotional reason
behind their behavior. That's why today to
much h being done to help them by finding
out and correcting the condition that leads
them to excess."
GEORGE: "How many folks are there like
that. Judge?"
OLD y'0G'E:"WeH, according to scientific
research. 95 of the people who drink,
drink sensibly. 5 do so unwisely, at times.
Included in that 5 is the small percentage
of the sick people I'm talking about"
GEORGE: "That certainly give me
dearer picture. It's the most sensible ap
proach I've ever heard on tto subject."
raw fmtlwmM iaal t CWr-mn eS Ihka eWe hoaMB, fas.
of the liquor traffic and the gros
ser .activities of the underworld.
Mere in California, Hiram ft.
Johnson, elected governor, took
leadership in opposition to these
recognized evils.' Race-track
gambling was abolished, the
nickel-in-the-slot machine o u t
lawod, and other remedial legis
lation enacted. Under the pres
sure of organized minorities and
nrnnnnanda the evils banished
a third of a century ago have
been restored, aiinougn me
great, unorganized majority of
Pnlifnrninns are unauestionablv
as definitely opposed as they
were thirty-five years ago.
The present California situa
tion has been dragged out for
public inspection by recent re
port of the Grand Jury of my
home county, Santa Clara. The
Grand Jury, made up of repre
sentative citizens, reports that
one community, Gilroy, has, in
defiance of state laws, licensed
gambling joints and nickel-in-the-slot
machines. The sheriff of
the county is reported as stating
that it would be "political sui
cide" to enforce the anti
gambling laws at Gilroy.
This writer is well acquainted
in the Gilroy district. The great
majority of Gilroy people are
law-abiding, but they are un
organized, inarticulate. The law
less minority is organized, can
get out their vote. Perhaps they
could make it "political suicide"
for u law enforcement officer to
enforce the law. The organized
minority of the state machine
which Governor Johnson defeat
ed could do just that. But when
the lawless element went a bit
too far the majority swept them
into the political discord. And
what was done in California was
done throughout the nation.
Gilroy is a cross-section of the
California situation. California
is probably, at it was in Gover
nor Johnson's time, a cross-section
of the states of th Union
The great majority of law-abiding
Americans will not, in the
long run, submit to the corrupt
ing Influences of an exploiting
minority.
- FRANKLIN HICHBORN,
Santa Clara, Calif.
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