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FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. June VI. 14S UNB Brerrsne to Southern. Oreiom Dally ept Saturday " PublUhed by KEDFORD PRINTING) CO. rr-M North Fir St Phono "' " ROBERT W. RUHU WIW. CIL6TRAP, Mn.r. BtBB ORFY, Advertlilnt Mr. B. cVlRGUs6N. Menagln Editor ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Edllor tmS.OUVE STARCHER, Soo. Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MT. An feriooandent Newapaper, afetared u iccond Mtwr t Mediard. Oregon, under Act ee March 3. ie; SUBSCRIPTION RATES . y Mall In Advancer .lly and Sunday on year -' Dally and Sunday elx month. 4.00 Dally and Sunday-three moa. S.10 Silly and Sunday one month By Carrier In Advance Medford, Aahland, Central Point, Jackion iuieVGold Hill. Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routes: . Pally and Sunday one year....W.0jl Pally and Sunday one month .19 AU tarma cah In advance. Official Paper el the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackion County . United Praia fall Uaied Wire MMBIR OF AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS westo'llISav WvV mo. Offlcae In New York. Chicago. De troit, San francljco, Loe Angelee, Se attle Portland. St LouU. Atlanta, Vancouver. H. c. PUIUSHleRi Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry The army reveals It distribut ed a million saxopnones ana mouth-organs among the troops on the western front. No wondor Germany surrendered. Hobias Deuel, the fuel king, has erected a woodpile on the Main Stem, as an advertisement lor his wares. It is modern and artistic, and has no colered gen tleman In it. 1 The president 'of General Mo tors was the highest paid worker In the land last year. He received $489,041.38, the treasury depart ment reports. The final .38 cents looks out of place, and was Just a waste of Ink and paper, and more wear and tear on the check protector. FINICKY LATINS ' ("She" Magaiine) "Latin American audiences don't like to see an actor die In one picture, turn up a week later in another one, U. S. movlemen are up a tree as to how to handle the situation. The Latin American movie fans demand their money back every time this occurs." A local lawyer was caught talking to himself on the cthse lawn yes. He denied he was ask ing himself questions, and then Objecting to them. e e Haying and hay-fever are the main topics of conversation of city people In the country, and country people In the city. e The War Food Administration Is criticized for trying to make a nine million cubic foot "root house'.' out of an abandoned lime stone mine in Kansas. Inasmuch as the bulk of the nation's gold is Interred at Fort Knox, Ken tucky, all the beans might as well be buried in Kansas. e NOTHING ELSE WRONO (Sttklyou News) "Your letter of June 18 was erroneous in conclusions, un sustained by facts, premature In origin and, to my mind, a typical example of what might be termed the "Jap party line of propaganda set up by your superiors, Harold Ickes and Dillon Mycr." There Is some talk of moving the municipal eyesore, resulting from the abolition of the historic Co(C building, closer to the highway, wheve it could be classified as "a landscape hor ror", and be eradicated. As Is, it a community "black eye", and a pimple on the civic nose. e The favorite alibi for short ages of meat, and other Items, is the lack of transportation. The "black market", pictured as bad. if not worse than naiilsm, has no such troubles, from all re ports. JOURNALISTIC WOE "We wish to apologize for an error In the story Inst week that listed Dora Naughlon as a Kuest at the party. Our reporter turned in the name of Dora Gregoroff but we knew Dora Gregoroff had married and become a Naughlon so we changed the name to Naughlon, but Dora Gregoroff Naughlon was not at the party; instead it was Dora Gregoroff, her sistor-ln-ln-law. who didn't use to be a Gregoroff but became Dora Gregoroff when she married Dora Gregor off's brother. "We can't see how we ever made such a mistake" (Kodiak, Alaska, News), j ' ii The army's 60-inch 800.000, 000 candlepower anti-aircraft searchlight is used also as homing beacon for lost fliers. Letter From Washington By HARRIS ELLSWORTH Member ot Congrui From Oregon SHORTENING IS SHORT. Another food classification in which we are face to face with a serious, if not critical, shortage is the classification known as fats and oils. This problem is further complicated and made more distressing by the fact that non-edible fats and oils are also scarce, meaning, so far as the average consumer is concerned, a scarcity of soap. Many bakeries are being closed down, some permanently and some on a temporary basis, because of the lack of shortening. This is probably the most Berlous result of the present shortage. According to Department of Agriculture statistics, butter pro duction In 1943 will be about 23 per cent less than In 1941; lard production, wnue about tne same as 1941, will be 28 per cent less than 1944; tallow will be 16 per cent less than 1941; olive oil will be SO per cent less than in 1941 peanut oil will be 40 per cent less than 1941. Only corn oil and soybean oil will show in creases over the year 1941. Reasons for the development of this critical situation are con tained at some length in q re port recently made by the Re publican Congressional Food Study committee. A quick sum mary of the trouble is that hog production was sharply reduced by government price juggling; tallow production from beef cat tle has gone toward zero because of the OPA and War Food ad ministration policiesin handling beef production. Tallow comes from fat cattle. Regulations have almost eliminated the acti vities of feed lots, so cattle are coming to the market lean. There will be no actual relief from this situation until the late spring of 1946. The only ray of hope now Is the campaign to save kitchen grease. House wives are now salvaging this valuable grease at the rate of 12 Coal $250 Ton, Butter $2 Pound Among Prices Which Make Woe For All But Wealthy In Belgium By Henry Tostl Russell United Press' Staff Correspondent Tin, ! .Tun 27 (UP.) T.t,lnir Roloinn tnHav la like being a nudist at the North Pole you've got to be pretty tough. mere is plenty 01 everyming for those with plenty of money. But otherwise you've got to live without most of life's essentials. AHhmieh thinffs have im proved since last winter and early spring, a host of necessities till ara verv scarce. Most Brus sels housewives can't get cook ing gas for more man a coupi of hours a day even If they hava something to cook. Coal lor men The rich don t have to cat cold hi-iuM thev can buy black market coal for around $130 a ton or plug into an ex nenslve electricity circuit to do their cooking. I know of one wealthy family that acquired a fictitious phar mnoanilral rnmnnnv in order to get medical alcohol for fuel, var ious oils for use in saiaas, ana sugar which they use to make am instead of pills. Th average housewife Is like Mother Hubbard. Most of the time the grocery sncives are empty. She still is trying to co - lect the relatively smaii quanti ties of rice and other foodstuffs to which her ration tickets en title her. But most of the time her ration tickets expire Deiore the storekeepers can get the food. Possessions cone c ih runic ami file, living conditions are comparable to the position of a man with a perma nently overdrawn bank account. A lot of people during the war sold their favorite books, pic tures and jewelry in order to buy black market food lor mcir nun- gry families, wow mey nave nothing to draw upon. Stenographers and other white niinr uinrkprs whose nny ranges up to about $130 a month, are in a particularly bad position. They're really up against it when thev have to pay mac marnvi prices like more than a dollar for a pound of sugar and $2 to $3 a nmind for butler two dollars now, $3 Inst winter. The best part or liic tor mc average stenographer Is that she w.. in fh nnrentnl aDNrt- ment for compsratively low ren tHls as low as $10 ft month un til the recent government de cree permitting a 40 per cent rent increase. New Clothes High Getting new clothes Is about the toughest problem for Belgian girls, who pay seven to eight dollars for ernatz shoes with wooden soles $100 for real leather $17.30 for an ersatz hat, and $123 pound for knit ting wool that is obtainable only on the black market. If she wants a very cheap er satz blouse she must pay about $10. The price of a blouse made of real material is about $40 to $30, and other clothing costs are proportionate. A few legally-priced meals are available In restaurants at 1.23 for a three-course dinner. to 14 million pounds per month. e e e PRESIDENTIAL SUCCES SION, I noted that the entire House of Representatives heart ily applauded the reading of President Truman's message wherein he recommended that Congress pass legislation naming the Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives next in line to suc ceed him as president. Under existing law, now that the vice president has succeeded to the presidency, the next in line of succession, should the president die or be unable to complete his term, would be the secretary of slate. President Truman properly objects to this provision which has the effect of giving him the right to name his own successor. He thinks it would be more In accordance with our form of government to have the next in line of succes cession be the speaker of the house, since the speaker is an elected officer and holds his posi tion by reason of being elected by representatives of the people. The legislation recommended by the president will very likely be enacted. There is, of course, small likelihood that anything will happen to President Tru man, but it is always good busi ness to be prepared. e SAM RAYBURN. Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, known to nearly all of the members as "Sam," Is a short, stocky man, nearly bald, and with a ruddy complexion. In physical build, and- in his characteristic of forth rightness, he resembles Winston Churchill. He is a stern man in the chair, but is kindly and fair. and has a delightful sense of humor which he reveals many times during fvery day of the session. Sam looks, taiKs ana acts like a real statesman. He is quite obviously of presidential stature. and there are plenty of five, ten and twenty meals in the swanky black market restaurants. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, June 27 A Bos ton reader wrote me asking what is the thing, called com m u n 1 s m and why should it not dominate Europe. The Russians seem to be fairly agree able peasant people. As Gen. Eisen hower said, they like to laugh and en Joy life. They Haul Maftno are not a war like people. Yet their government comes at you from a hole so deeply walled with censorship that it will never lot escape a single, veritable statistic about itself, or even a sincere, convincing state ment of Its purpose. If we are going to live In peace with this new world force, we must know how to handle It. What is il? Is it something to fear? To war against? To appease? a "THE first penetrating glance at the Russian system will tell you it is not communism. It Is not what It calls Itself, be cause It practices the communal ownership and operation theory only on its farms. In Industry, where its govern ment has always made greatest efforts, it follows a kind of socialism, but always with "rents and profits," which are repug nant to socialism. So, it is not socialism. Norman Thomas will be the first to tell you that. Apparently there are all kinds f socinllsm, Including tho late Hitler kind. The word "nazl" is derived from the German title of Hitter's national socialist party. Thus we have Russian, German and American socialism, implacable foes of each other. The Russians called the Ger man socialism "fascism," and we have accepted that term, but Is it correct? The name was de rived from the Italian word "fusees." denoting a handful of sticks held together. This was the insignc of fascism. It sym bolized the gathering tog.-ther of the various class groups Into a supposedly legislative (cabinet) assembly one representative for the auto industry, one for auto labor, one for the farm, one for the manufacturer of farm imple ments, etc. Whereas we elected our con gressmen to represent geogra phical districts containing all classes of people, the fascist PWA""".'.'lli HMHiaai theory advocated a national rep resentative setup on class lines, IT was Mussolini who instituted this at first in Italy. It did not work. He took it over as dictator on a per diem theory basis. The parliament and coun cils tended to become a non- enity in a nation where terror ism restricted politics to one party of which there was one leader, and the individual was made the slave of the state. Hitler borrowed methods from Mussolini, but not the fascist system. Indeed, Hitler had reichstag (parliament) elected by districts, but he, too, allowed only one party to exist by force, power, terrorism. Now, both Mussolini and Hit ler created their systems In op position to an older political movement in. Europe, using all the same methods, but still an other form of "cell" representa tlon under dictatorship vari ously called communism, bol shevism and Marxism. - e THE theory of a dictatorship of the proletariat was con ceived out of the German phi losopher Marx to overthrow capitalism. The Marx theory was negative and like most philosophies, broad enough to encourage anything going its an- ticapilalistic way. The bolshev ists favored immediate revolu tion for overthrow of capitalism and Lenin wrote the communal dogma, compromising the Marx bolshevism, and Stalin has com promised it further. But the methods of secret pol ice, absolute discipline upon the individual, no free election choices, subjection of the indi vidual to the will of the state, purges, and single-headed dicta torship were originated by the self-styled "communists," and taken up and imitated with equal or greater violence by Mussolini and Hitler, on the plea of sup pressing communism. Russia has profits, interest and rents, which Marx described as the hor rible habilments of capitalism. The Russian system, therefore, is something new without a written ideology. It is an im provisation, without fixed prin ciples. It is a negation of all existing principles outside of Russia, but it has no affirmative doctrine, except that it control, and its control be despotic. I would say that the most ac curate name for It would be the despotism of the proletariat, which is the sole distinction it enjoys from other despotism carried on by other political parties and contrary groups of politicians in other countries. Flight o Time Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mai) Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June 27, 1935 (It was Thursday) Joe Louis knocks out Primo Camera in six rounds. Plane in endurance test at Meridan, Miss., aloft 24 days con tinues. Cloudy and cooler. High 87, low 43 degrees. Firm stand brings peace strike. of Gov. Martin in upstate mill Rogue River valley pear crop now five per cent less than last year, 'is estimate. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 27, 1923 (It was Saturday) Crater Lake park to open July 1, with record crowd expected. Best fishing at Diamond lake in five years. Forest fires in Klamath county laid to firebugs. Earl B. Stewart of Roseburg named state commander of Legion. Fair and cooler. High 100, low 58 degrees. Forest fire situation on coast serious. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY June 27, 1911 (It was Tuesday) Fishing good on the upper Rogue. Error by Claude Miles enables Grants Pass to defeat Medford, 3 to 1. Dairying urged as new indus try for valley. Banner crop of pears predict ed for valley. Cl.ielnt time for Sunday Too Late to Clauit s 30 Saturday afternoon Pleaae remember THIS It tUFUIN, the new anal. ffjic (palo relief) tablet which gives quicker and greater relief from juia with sifcty. Now tt your druggist's, 30 uhltts JM, Ask for Shpcrin. Take it ai you would puu'a aipihai a:?J;1 sL 7 ARMY RELEASE; Los Angeles, June 27 (U.R) Bill Mauldin, Scripps-Howard Cartoonist whose "Up Front with Mauldin" depicted the Dough boy ifl Europe, was adjusting himself to civilian life today and getting acquainted with his 22-month-old son, Bruce. With Mrs Mauldin, he flew in from Denver ' early today. He soon learned about house hunt ing difficulties, including a no smoking clause in their lease. When Mauldin, discharged from the army two days ago on points, got tired of hearing the tele phone ring, he asked the super visor if he could have the num ber changed. The supervisor's answer was that he probably wouldn't have any telephone at all because he wasn't the original subscriber. In an interview in Denver yesterday, Mauldin charged that Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, com mander of the Third Army, tried to "dictate" the thoughts and emotions of his men. Mauldin laid his cards on the table and revealed -some details about an interview he had with General Patton last March in Luxembourg. Explaining that his recent dis charge had nothing to do with his expression of opinion, Maul din said that General Patton called him into headquarters, tried to tell me what I should think and what I should draw, what GI's should think, what the American people should think." Cartoons on Desk The brown-eyed young artist refuted a statement made by the general several weeks ago that he had seen only two of Maul- WkM- SUDAN WHERE ADVENTURE - C I LIVES --and LOVE RULES! : Nj'Xr : J ' . ' ' ' : tit r','1 '.MS : - - ' ir-N WHERE the best and worst clash la law- . H ". 1... adventurel )X'li-n,,,!JL . 43$ WHERE beauty Is the booty of the bold P'W" F "thleisl SSSwSY .L'i' WHERE iorbldden excitements light the I I jS3SfSjj : ' " ' ' f ' nlahts with revelryl 'f V in GLORIOUS . hfPj TECHNICOLOR -ffrAjf the lure of the law. , a!TJ rlV ' Z.1 A Novelty Featurette 'Hollywood O Target Tokyo" Thrilling, Daring U. S. Filmi . , , Taken Under din's cartoons snd liked neither of them. When General patton summoned him, Mauldin said, his desk was covered with examples of the pictured representation of soldier life In Europe. "He said my cartoons were un dermining the morale of the army, were destroying confi dence In the command, were making soldiers un-soldierly," Mauldin said. Acknowledging that "Blood and Guts" is a pretty good gen eral, the cartoonist added criti cism for General Patton's "show manship technique" and swear ing, and praised Lt. Uen. ijucien K. Truscott Jr., commanding general of the present Fifth Army, as the "Ideal general." Gold Hill Gold Hill, June 27 Guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Shaw are Mrs. Shaw's two daughters, Mrs. Julia McBeth and Mrs. Carolyn McGhaney and two daughters, Diane and Kathryn. The visitors, accompanied by Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Elinor Ganong, spent Fri day in Llthia Park in Ashland. Mrs. Harold Wilson and daughter of Springfield visited from Monday to Wednesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Z. Smith and other relatives. Mrs. Paul Johnston and two children of Medford accompanied her home. Wayne Newnham accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ward to Siltcoos Lake on a fishing trip. Cecil Hinkle and Eugene Roth of Long Beach, Cal., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gribble. Mr. Hinkle is Mrs. Gribble's brother-in-law. They are enjoy ing fishing in Rogue River. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Lindley and two - children of Phoenix spent several days this week with Mrs. Lindley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hittle. Gold Hill school faculty for the next term includes Supt. Ferd W. Jones, Noble Martin and Mrs. Ruth Gray for high school; Mrs. Harriet Eitemiller, Scout Government Fir. principal and 8th grade; Mrs. Gertrude Moffat, 7th grade; Mrs. Alice Harris, 6th grade; Mrs. Ruth Dews, 3th grade; Mrs. Vir ginia Wickersham, 4th grade; Miss Grace Blgham, 3rd grade; Miss Mary Esther Davis, 2nd grade; Miss Eva Johnson, 1st grade. Miss Bonnls Livingston of Redmond, Ore., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Celia Wise. Miss Bonnis is attending the school of beauty In Medford. Mrs. Mcrritt Davis and two children have returned from Dallas, Ore., and moved into their home here. Mr. Davis will arrive in about two weeks. Lt. and Mrs. Jack Martin re turned to Portland Thursday after visiting Jack's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Martin in Gold Hill and his sister, Miss Jill Mar tin of Medford. Mrs. Vaughn Whitmore re turned to her home here the first of the week after a visit in Portland. Her sister Miss Mary Sherbert returned with her and will make her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor of Palm Springs, Calif., are here to spend the summer with Mrs. Taylor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Fiene. Miss Colleen Hesser of Los Angeles is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Kirk. Guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dusenberry were Mrs. Dusenberry's son, Art Iver- son and family of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Robinson spent the past week camping at Holcomb Springs. Pfc. and Mrs. Roy Pederson of Tacoma, Wash., are the par ents of daughter born recently. Mrs. Pederson is the former Maxine Cook, .daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Cook. Pfc. Ped erson is with a medical unit overseas. Mrs. T. Z. Smith spent Tues day and Wednesday in Medford at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. I. Brown. Miss Rosemary Kirchner has been confined to her home with blood poisoning in her leg. 1...' a." . - rt-.l -.'.$ IV- . Thru SATURDAY Washington, June 27. (U.R) , Able-bodied prisoners of war will be kept in this country as long as American manpower is not available to replace them in essential work, the war depart ment said today. Maj. Gen. Archer L. Lerch, provost marshal general, said that 2,800 German and 300 Ital ian sick and wounded prisoners would be shipped from the U. S. back to Europe starting next week. During the summer, Lerch said, about 8,000 unfit Germans will be returned to Europe. There were 421,291 Germans and Italians held here June 1, Lerch said. For the balance of the year, he said, 224,700 will be kept for work on military and naval Installations and 135,000 will be assigned to civilian du ties during the peak of the agri cultural season. SLAYER SENTENCED Seattle, June 27 (U.R) Convicted of the sex-slaying of five-year-old Irene McGough here last April, Joe Bill, 33-year-old Eskimo today was sentenced by Superior Judge Clay Allen to be hanged Sept. 7. S. M. 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