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FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Mondir. Julr I. 1945 MEDFORDtlWrEIBUNB I'w." J? "IS, r.V" IMAOI U..hlLhH hV uinrnno PR1NTWO CO. tT-M North Ilr . ROBERT W K?a BUntST R. GILS TRAP Fhona UI Editor. Manasar. frERB OREY, AdvertJilnj Mjr. a. " TERGUS6N. ManapnS EdlWe ARTHUR PERRT. Sunday MRS OUVB ST ARCHER, Soc- Jlto r.r.RAXD LATHAM, ctrcuUUon Uft. An Jpdapendant Nawapapar. aA.i -m iMond tun mattar at laediord. Orefon, under Act of UB3CRIPTION RATES .lly .nd Sunday-ona raar 7S0 KllT and Sunday ai month! 4 00 Bally and Sunday thraa moa. S.10 r.ni .nrf Sunday on month.. .79 m. Carrlar In Advance Madford, Alhland. Central Poim vUle, Gold Hill. Phoenix. on motor rwuiea. -A Bally and Sunday on yer.... 00 Dally and Sunday one month .ia All terma caih In advance. nt. Jaekaon c Talent, and Offlelal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper ef Jaekion County Dnlted Praaa ruU Uaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS linn Repreaenuuve . WEST-HOLWDAY COMP.AMI, Adverttaln COMPANY. INC. nmcH In New York Chicago, ue trolt, San rrandaco, Loa Ansalaa, Se attle. Portland. St Loula, Atlanta. Vancouver, B. C. OiteoO(tis(pif! Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Fury German prisoner! of war In American camps are gaining weight en army grub, a report shows. None are fading away from fretting about being tent to Russia to rebuild devastated areas on a diet of weak cabbage soup. Women war workers are get . ting quite prominent In the news. Several have been nabbed "working" the kin of overseas soldiers for money. a e "Left-wingers' are now de parting high federal bureau posts, and their resignations are all "accepted regretfully," the press dispatches say. "Re gretfully." is a nice, courteous, but Inaccurate adjective. Blunt- lyt they depart with a saddened hurrah, spoken with more whoop than tears. The happy course of such events has caused no nation wide yanking loose of heart ktrings. . , . e a Members of the fair sex, now running around with their mid riffs exposed to combat the sum mer's heat, can now pick out a fur coat and pay for same, when the chiU North wind hits the bared portion of their anatomy next November. e e e LONG LANE. NO TURNING. (Press Dispatch) "Nogales, Ariz., (AP) Tony has the longest nam in America, but is short on red points. He announced today he would close his restaurant because he didn't have enough meat points to keep open." e e e A man yesterday went through the treacherous Niagara Falls rapids In a barrel. The CofC. his challenged the daredevil to defy the Crater Lake highway in the back seat of an auto, from Camp White to Prospect. ... A mild controversy Is under way in the metropolis over the reluctance of people to cut the hairy vetch on vacant lots. It can be done without violation of the state barber law, prohibiting barberlng without a license. ... "After the merriment over that crack had subsided. Mr. Borge came in with another bof fo. Tomorrow, he said, In his hesitant, whimsical way, is July 4 (pause.) It is also known as the Fourth of July. It was many seconds before the studio audi ence could pick themselves up off the floor after that one." (B. Moves radio col.) Punning of Fleteh Fish of Phoenix it tied but not beaten. . A bill before Congress would limit the presidential tenure to two terms. This Is a political plot to enable a Republican to get something out of a postof fice besides mail, and allow the traditional horse, "in-thc-middle-of-the-strcam" to dry out and re tire to pasture. ... The Marines, who have fought from the "halls of Montezuma" to the shores of Tripoli, over the week-end landed on the Craters and Central Point ball teams. ... "The above mentioned lady did not know how to drive a cr nor had she ever ridden a bi cycle, but inside those dinky lit tle five hours she hud won her solo wings, says the Air Press Service proudly. This Is sup posed to prove that you or I can toss off the kitchen pron, leave the dish-water cooling In the pan and come in In tlma for dinner a full-fledged Amelia Earhardt." fWooland (Cal.) Democrat) And, don t knock off the hangar door. Mexico SB states. No More 5. P. Pullman Service This latest blow to railroad transportation in South- era Oregon is like hitting a man when he is down For the withdrawal of all through passenger service between Portland and San Francisco via the old Shasta route, did knock Medford for a loop. Now the cancellation of all Pullman service on what remains adds manslaughter to mayhem, makes any satisfactory travel by train from this section of Uregon impossible! LIOWEVER the Mail Tribune feels very differently about this order, coming near the close of the war, than it did about the original one, which came BEFORE it. For this order is from the federal office of defense transportation and applies to the entire country. The first order was not trom trie u.d.i. dui irom me S.P., and applied only to this particular section, a case of ranK ana unwarranted aiscnnunauuu. ..... EVEN more important. There is no reasonable doubt the O.D.T. order comes under the heading of military necessity. The S.P. order, on the other hand hurl nr. RiifVi mstifieation. although when the war started the S.P. characteristically claimed this was the C3SG The Mail Tribune declared at the time, had that original order been necessary for reasons of military necessity, neither this paper nor any right-thinking person in this part of the state would have protested. But there was never an iota of convincing evidence offered to sustain such a claim. In fact when Camp White was oreratinir at full strength, this crippling of train service on the Shasta route, not only did not benefit the war effort, but definitely impaired it. N short the action of the S.P. taken before the war, and only slightly altered after it started, was solely for the purpose of adding a few dollars to the cor poration s net profits, Dy snu-King its puduc lespuue. bilities, and then seizing upon the war emergency, when the people protested, as an excuse for persisting in it. , THE present O.D.T. order, though hard to take is, however, another kettle of fish. For there IS a war emergency. Ana mere is a criti cal shortage of Pullman cars, with an unprecedented movement of troops from the east coast to the west ' If our soldier boys, many of them veterans of two and three years combat service, are to be transported quickly and comfortably, civilian Pullman service will have to be drastically curtailed. And the place to beein is with the shorter one-night trips. Again it is Medford's misfortune that through train fiPiwe between Port and and San Francisco was abandoned, for had ij; not been, this order would not have applied, as it does not apply on the Klamath line. However that can't be helped NOW. S 0-0-0, well there is nothing to do but "take it" And in view of the circustances take it gracefully, as this paper does and we are sure the people of Southern Oregon will. It doesn't mean the abandonment of train travel, merely the abandonment of Pullman service. And after all. with the exception of'the ill and infirm, one, night in a day coach is not any killing matter. This is narticularlv true when one considers this means a definite and tangible contribution to the greater comfort of our fighting men, and therefore' to the effectiveness of our war effort! R.W.R. Needed Where He Is is a federal union of According to our special operative in Washington, Under Secretary Joe Grew, and Nelson Rockefeller, assistant Secretary for American republic affairs, will soon feel the executive axe. No doubt both men expect it. A thorough house- cleaning in the state department is indicated, and Messrs. Grew and Rockefeller are neither of them PARTY men, nor types that temperamentally would appeal to the new regime. Nor have we any disposition to protest the de parture of Mr. Rockefeller, who is an earnest, hard working young man, but in the opinion of most close observers has not really measured up to the demands of the job he has had. IT is different, however, with Mr. Grew. Not only is he a very intelligent, able and mature person, but he has had 40 years of useful experience in the diplomatic service, and in our judgment, his departure would be a definite loss to the state depart ment. It will be particularly regretable if the reasons given for his involuntary retirement are the correct ones, namely, that he is swayed too easily and favors appeasement of Japan. MO one who knows Joe Grew, or has read his books ' and speeches carefully, would endorse such a gro tesque indictment The man's conservatism and sales resistance are both deeply imbedded in his character, while what is termed his "appeasement" policy toward Japan is merely the considered view of a man who knows Japan, knows the Japanese, and does not wish, from the standpoint of THIS county, NOT of Japan, to make any serious error in policy. Until the war with Japan is over we would like to see Under Secretary Grew stay where he is. A man of his temperament and intimate knowledge of Japan for the duration at least, will prove, we are sure, a definite national asset R.W.R, News Behind The News By Paul Mallon T7 Washington, July 9 In two previous columns published June 27 and 29. I concluded the Russian system Is not com munism, socialism, bol shevism or Marxism, but a d e s p otlsm In the name of (but not by) the lowest class economi cally, intellec t u a 1 1 y and taai uauoo spiritually, and I came to the decision our democratic way of life had no valid grounds for fear of Russia except from the governmental standpoint. tier people are friendly. like able, not grim like their govern ment, and her production and her methods, as well as her social results, are so far inferior to ours that our lowest share cropper or poorest-paid worker would think, he was in heaven now, if fully informed of com parative conditions. I narrowed the ground of irri tation and possible trouble be tween us to the single factor of the political attitude of the Rus sian government, in my search tor a common ground of genuine understanding which would en able us to live in peace In the postwar world. correspondents should be simi larly restricted in this country. If her air is closed to the United States, our air must be closed to her. If she denies our citizens the right to free travel in her coun try, her citizens should not have the right to free travel here. If the democratic party is denied representation in Moscow, the communist party should enjoy no rights among us. If our press is suppressed there, hers must be suppressed here. This should be done, not in any belligerent way, but merely as acceptance of her principles for her, retaining ours for our own people. It should be a basis of mutual understanding where by we both may live in perma nent noncompetitive peace. Thus, we could eliminate irri tants which are bound to make for trouble, and do it fairly and Justly, without criticism or an tagonism. Thus, also, we can eliminate both fear and suspicion. their birth certificates, as tha navy accepts nothing less as proof of age. In addition, if a man is desirous of completing his enlistment on that day, he should bring his father or legal guardian who must sign consent forms in the presence of the re cruiter. This will save time and trouble for all concerned in com pletion of the process of enlist COMMUNICATIONS Lttrt to til editor mint tei th nm and address ot tht writer although th use of a pen-name or Initials (or publication li permis tible. Tbe Mall Tribune reserve the right to edit all letter! with view to clarity and condensation Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of th Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago, TEN YEARS AGO TODAY July 9, 1935 (It was Tuesday) Father of George, kidnaped Weyerhaeuser boy, first witness in trial of Mrs. Margaret Waley, husband of one kidnaper. Cola Holmes elected American Legion post commander. Sen. Huey Long hurls blast at President Roosevelt and New Deal. High 77, low Partly cloudy. 44 degrees. JJNLIKE her people, her eco- uuuuta uu iicr production her soclocommunal despotic gov ernment is competitive, aggres sive, sometimes belligerent and nearly always unfathomable, and therefore frightening, or at least unsettling. The core of this trouble can be found in the conclusions made by our globe-girdling editors who went out for three months to promote a free press. They offered an interesting report, ex pressing hope that a pledge for free exchange of information, without censorship or political use of news, would be incorpor ated at San Francisco (it was not). ' JJER editors write only what the government wants, and the government is slngleheaded dictatorship operated by one legal party of 4,000.000 people in a population of 183.000,000. '. From the news standpoint, as from every other, Russia has walled herself in against the world, completely Isolated her self. Our reporters there are con fined to the Hotel MetroDole for living room, may not fraternize with Russian officials or people, can get news only which has been printed in the few official government papers. But their reporters roam the United States at will, Indeed even have representatives attend all our open press conferences, Including those of the president, and write freely anvthine thev wian. a DERHAPS Russia is afraid to let her own people know too mucn, and therefore feels she must censor any understandinc of their government by them as well as by us. I might Bttemnt to track rlnnm the why of this were it not true mat the same attitude of the government extends far beyond news Into other fields. Russia re fused to go into our air confer ence at Chicago, even to discuss letting airplanes go over her country. As matters stand now, she has isolated her air from the world as completely as she has Isolated nor land and her news. Before the war all our world flyers had trouble getting per mits to cross Russia. To get Into Russia by land or sea is as diffl cut a task as by air. In all ways Russia seems bent on living out side the normal world, and she Is taking all she can t nf Europe into the same impenetra ble subterranean chamber of isolation with her. I hear some ceorjla attrihut this all to Russia's suspicions of us or of Britain. Suspicion, of what? No one wants Russia. No one around her would have It. I do not think the ground for Russian Isolationism is "susDi- clon" or "fear". It misht ba an nfcrlorlty complex, and it micht be purposeful politics. WHATEVER Interpr t a 1 1 o n ' you accept, the conclusion Is inescapable that unless this litu- tion is eliminated, there cannot be peace. This first thing I would do to put us on an even mutual plane io nave congress enact a law putting ua on a reciprocal basis as to rights. The law should, ef course, ap ply to all nations. If her system requires her to house our news correspondents In isolation, her Skin-Misery Help tor Family's "Hot Season" real (Hand far aiilUnc dava. arorrnina- nilhta il'a Masaana. tha aocthint. ma.i trati povdar. t'o-a amart of baat nuh. prfklv baat. rtiala: aaaaa itrh of nmpia raha. oa lviry an.) growii-iip. Waar fa-ori'a. 8n4 anma nvra. noal IB lai(r Haas. Cm Maaaaoa. Horrors! To the Editor: Are you not rather sarcastic in exposing to view the "shall never rise again' Senator Vandenburg by yanking him off his high horse the "stuffed shirt" and bringing him down to terra firma like one would any hifalutin' egotistical spouter; which act, seems to me and others like me, to be quite appropriate, as per your editorial in the Medford Mail Tribune, Sunday, July 8. Your reference to the third World War Is intriguing. Not much imagination required to visualize Giant Bombs, not fall ing from flying machines above in air but monster angels of death descending from the strat osphere on us, here in Medford. One huge blockbuster bangs down on the Holland Hotel and Mail Tribune buildings. Good night to them and to Fichtner's, Big Pines and others surround ing; another bomb smashes into the Grand Hotel, blows It to bits, makes rubble of the S. P. Depot: another whangs down on Med ford Hotel its fine reputation as a retreat and sanctuary for the weary gives it no protection, no bar to its destruction, and the court house, the temple of jus tice, also the place of Incarcera tion of evil bodies and souls, and a like fate befalls the Safeway store, the fine Methodist Church, and Reverend Millard's unique Egyptian-like "Ancient Bridal Chambers" blown to smithereens and the Holy Cross on the Cath olic Church shields it not from destruction, the church and par sonage all blown to the demoli tion bow wows. Skip over to the gas works building and close by the Pres byterian church, holiness and gas in such close proximity, the unleashed devil of destruction will howl with glee at their dem olition. On the east side, the mansions on the hill blown to bits, the city water works blown dry, water splashed and dissipated in air, to the north Camp White city laid desolate', the water pipe lines bursted, the Big Butte Springs waters let loose spread out form ing a lake over the landscape covering it like a curtain of night to hide forever the awful scene of damnation from pitying eyes of the Angels of Mercy. Medford and Uncle Sam In en tirety, the first great target In the third World War between hu man devils destined to destroy both victors and vanquished. W. W. TRUAX. Mussolini plans to build rail road to aid invasion of Ethiopia. Italy wants war. Carnival to open on Jackson ville road. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY July 9. 1925 (It was Thursday) France and Riffs engage in war in Morocco. Former Amer ican soldiers Join France forces. Christian Endeavor society meet at Portland endorses Sun day blue laws. Darwin "evolution trial" to open at Dayton, Tenn., tomor- High 98, low 57 de- Fair. grees. Pair escape from county lail at Jacksonville. Montana quake. shaken by earth- THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY July 9, 1911 (It was Friday) Rich gold strike near Blue Ledge mine. Democratic senator warns na tion of "money trust." Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ebel spent the Fourth at Prospect. VALLEY TURKEY CROP IN GOOD CONDITION The turkey crop of the valley, good portion of which will be taken by the army, is now in good shape, according to grow ers and dealers. The cron Is roughly estimated at between 80,000 and 100,000 birds, ap proximately 25,000 more than last year. Dealers report there is now plenty of forage and green stuff for the turkeys, but commercial feed may become a problem, due to the transporta tion tangle. Peaches, pears and other fruits are developing favorably under present weather conditions, with present prospects for a good peach crop. The Beaches will not be ready to harvest before mid-August. RED CROSS PLAN GARMENT OUTPUT All sewing units of the pro duction of the Jackson county Red Cross have been alerted to be ready to start work in earnest on new materials to be made in to garments for servicemen in army and navy hospitals which arrived last -week from San Francisco, Mrs. Orln Schenck, volunteer chairman, announced Saturday. Volunteers are asked to report to the court house auditorium every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday anytime between 9 and 4 p. m. to cut the hundreds of yards of material into paja mas, bath robes, slippers and kit bags for the big hospital -quota accepted. In Ashland units un der direction of Mrs. Sam Mc Nair will cut their own materials at the Elks club. A large quota of Philippine relief garments and 750 filled kit bags for men going to the South Pacific will also be made in this county, it was said. More than a thousand gar ments made for hospitalized servicemen by the volunteer sewing units, were shipped this week from the production de partment, it was said. The afghan campaign, direct ed by Mrs. Nelle Winne, Is well under way, according to Mrs. Schenck, but more yarn and af ghan squares are needed. 'The court house auditorium is cool to work in," Mrs. Schenck declared, "So come early and stay late. There is a job to be done for our men in the service." LUMBER PRODUCTION WORRIES NAVY CHIEF Portland, Ore., July 9 (U.PJ Alarm was expressed today by Comm. W. W. Kellogg, navy lumber coordinating am' deputy chief of the Central Procurement agency, over lumber production after a coastwise tour of timber areas. Kellogg said neither the army nor the navy have stockpiles of lumber sufficient to last 60 days, and that inventories in many grades are so small they cannot last more than two weeks in the event of a production failure. NEW COAST COMMANDS San Francisco, July 9 (U.R) Two new military commanders for west coast posts assumed their duties here today. Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale took over command of the Fourth air force and Rear Adm. Glenn Benson Davis became commander of the western sea frontier. Uia Mall Trlbuna Want Ads. make! ICE CREAM At heme Any ft over -Dt let out Smooth No lee ery.lo.l N oaking.No re whipping No tcorchtd Hover Caty InoMpentive 20 rlp In eoth 134 pVg. Pltaio Mnd thU od (or fre fulUslie iam pte offer or buy from your grocer, LOflDOflDeRRy rand Homemade Ice Cream STABILIZER leKBONDim-1 JS HOWiPtO, UH FUN CI ice I, UVf. Garden Club Of Gold Hill Holds Meeting Series Gold Hill. July 9 Gold Hill Garden club had a very success ful and interesting series of meetings during the spring. At the April meeting, at the home of Mrs. George Dorman, a flower show was held. Mrs. Lillian Gentner of Medford, vice president of the Siskiyou district was present and discussed daffo dils. She named several varie ties unknown to the growers. The May meeting was held at WRC hall with Mrs. R. T. Nichol of Medford, and Mrs. Gentner present Mrs. Nichol gave an interesting talk about iris. The Garden club sponsored a luncheon May 17 for the high school graduating class with its class advisor and his wife as guests. The June meeting was held at the WRC hall for a pot luck lun cheon at noon. Officers elected were: Hazel 'Holderness, pres ident; Lottie Frost, vice pres ident; Fannie Kies, secretary- treasurer. Next meeting will be in September and it is being planned to hold a flower show open to all the community. Mrs. Willie McLean is program chair man and Lottie Frost, publicity chairman. On June 30, 1942, there was a total of 18,164,071 acres'of un appropriated public land in Cali fornia, practically all either mountains or desert. i LET'S HAVE FUN Let's Go to th CARNIVAL and CIRCUS TONIGHT Undsr tha Auspices Disabled American Veterans SHOW GROUNDS South Riverside at ' Central Street IS YOUR CAR FOR SALE? SEE HUMPHREY NOW for a HIGH CASH PRICE! HUMPHREY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Ave. Navy Volunteers Still Acceptable States Recruiter Enlistments in the navy for those in the volunteer age groups are still open for men who wish to offer their services to their country, it was emphasized to day by Chief W. R. Cumley, re-crulter-ln-charge of the navy re cruiting station in Medford. This is In answer to numerous rumors that have been circulat ing relative to the closing of voluntary enlistments in the naval service. The voluntary age groups com prise those who are 17 and have not yet reached their 18th birth day and those 38 to SO and one half age bracket. Chief Cumley emphasized. Young men in the former age group when coming to the recruiting station to make application they should bring WANTED 25 USED CARS and TRUCKS. Will pay Highest Market Price. CALL or SEE your Dodge .Plymouth Dealer L. C. TAYLOR CO. Phone 2965 9 STATEMENT OF CONDITION as ef June 30, 1945 ASSETS First Mortgage Leans.,.. Loans en Passbooks Properties Sold on Contract.., $306,657.22 400.00 4.407.41 Investments and Securities... .r.'..'.'.'. 298,000.00 Cash on Hand and In Banks io'm'ii Furniture, Fixtures k Equipment, Less appreciation 12447 Total Assets LIABILITIES Members' Share Accounts.. Undistributed Dividends .... Loans In Process....... Other Liabilities Spaeillc Reserves . Ganaral Reserves ..... Undivided Profits ..S656.9S8.28 ..8621,340.91 5,638.56 3,368.17 129.30 . 1,211.76 .. 12.917.74 ,. 10.351.84 Total Liabilities . $658,958.28 FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDFORD 27 North Holly Street R. F. Kyle, Secretary taaajaal
