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. WADE
Commercial and Domestic
Refrigerators Repaired
5302 Phone 4104
PARTS and SERVICE
for all makes ot WASHERS
and REFRIGERATORS
YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE
SERVICE CO.
31 N. Bartlett. Phone 2419
0