FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
Mondir. Julr I. 1945
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WEST-HOLWDAY COMP.AMI,
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COMPANY. INC.
nmcH In New York Chicago, ue
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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.
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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
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' Central Street
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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
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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