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FOUR MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNB Mondar. Aug. 8. 1945 MEDFORDilWrEIBUNE eleada lh MaU Tribune" Dally Except Saturday published by MinFOBD PRINTING CO. .. u nih Fir St Phone 1141 1 ... ....... Y4ltnr ""iS'.Vli1; iua c miiAt inn Mar. GF-HAUU i-.v Ao Independent Nawipaper. Entered u lecond cla matter Mediord. Oregon, under Act of March 3, lA; SUBSCRIPTION BATES end. Sunday-on. ',;.' Daily ana suniwy - j ,i Dally .nd Sunday-thre. moe. S.10 ,M"?.rYler-i "AnneMcdford Aahland, Central Point. ;cn: villa. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Talent, and on motor rouien; n Daily and Sunday on year .9 00 All terrna caan i Official Paper of the City of Medford a.u-.-i n . .1 J..b.nn f!nlintV UlJICiai . United Praia Full Leaied wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertiilns Repreaentatlve, Office In Now York Chicago, Do. troll. Ban rrmcuto, w Vs...' . attle. Portland, St. Louli, Atlanta Vancouver, B. C. Ore g1oOi dvC spp e Publishers 'fl4s5c)i a t i o b Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry A portion of the upstate press is heatedly scolding the British voters for ousting W. Churchill as premier. This excels the clut tering up of white paper with words, by the Josepine county weekly, that for years demanded the repudiation of Rep. Ham Fish, (R., N. Y.) Managers of the two valley phone lines met face-to-face Sat urday to talk business, and part ed with a pledge to call each other up. The Klamath Navy nine de feated the Craters 21 to 3 Satur day evening. They must have thought they were playing the University of Japan. 'FEET AT FOOT OF G.I. TROUBLE." (Headline Oregon ian) Sounds plausible. The fair sex continue to run around with exposed midriffs, and offering proof they are not spineless. "Honesty is the best policy." Finland, the land that always pays its debts, is broke, hungry, crippled, houseless, and cold, but still honest. a LOI THE POOR INDIAN! (The Dalles Chronicle) The Shoshones about Elko are turning their attention from scalps to poker, and are being handsomely cleaned out by their high-toned brethren, the Piutes, who will gamble all the clothes olf them." (78 Yrs. Ago Col.) a Some of the week-end driving was diabolical and enough to make a California tourist in a hurry, flinch. It now appears Dictator Franco of Spain, is trying to be the leading European paln-in-the-neck, by his defiance of the Potsdam terms. He Is taking the proper steps to have It snapped and popped by Chiropractor Josef Stalin of Russia, an expert at adjusting bumptious and moth-eaten nations. Franco is the type, who would hide Hcrr Hit ler, either in his own domain, or Argentina. The food supply of the nation has improved "remarkably" the past month. This Is explained as due to a more equitable distri bution. A primary election next spring, and the voters being al lergic to having their diet reg ulated by Washington, D. C, bureaucrats whose knowledge of food consisted only of knowing how to operulc a knifo and fork, also helped Improve the situa tion. a From all over the stale, a lark of rooms for school teachers Is reported. Unlike their pupils, In the back-seat of an ancient go cart, 17 of them can't be packed In a room built for one. a Great Britain Is now headed for a New Deal, with a touch of socialism. The fur will fly, when the college professors, with their senior classes, start "re making the Empire." It will also be an Inspiring sight to see the English, spending themselves rich, and eating themselves out of debt. The leaders already in dicate they will resist common sense In government, to the last ditch.. LIAR'S CONTEST ENTRY "Just like a man, we blame the girls for contributing to the shortage of men's shirts. They've begun to wear 'em, but one thing about it given a pair of dad's overall.) and one of his shirts the young daughter Is Just as glamorous as when clothed in tha conventional garb." Lake view Examiner) Hi Mail Tribuoa Want Ada. Hiram The wnrlfl Tpfr. Hiram .Tnhnsnn Vipfnvo Hiram John- son left the world, which very tragic thing. As a result his last years were very sad, and not 'very useful ones. Too bad! Senator Johnson had been a great man, a wonder ful, fonrlpsa anrl a nrneressive leader, and had he possessed more wisdom than vanity, instead of the other way around, ne wouia nave reurea irom me Senate and from public life a decade or more ago. DUT he couldn't bear to give up. Nor could he bear to forget his pique and pride, when former Chief Justice Hughes failed to call on him in California, when the latter ran for the pres idency against Woodrow Wilson. That action defeated liugnes and Kept Hiram jonn- son from a very high place in the government, per haps eventually the White House. DUT even more obviously disastrous to Senator Johnson's career and his one never-ending per sonal ambition, was his refusal to play second-fiddle to his senate contemporary, Warren Harding, and take the Vice Presidential place on the winning Re publican ticket in 1920, when it was offered him. Had he done so. Hiram Johnson of California, in stead of Calvin Coolidge of been the 30th president of BUT, all that is water over the dam now and might Vinttov Vio fWornrfen Mnrenver. we believe the death of the senior Senator from California will once more demonstrate the falsity of that statement attri buted to Brutus : "The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft' interred with their bones." It will be the GOOD, not the evil we feel sure, that will live after Hiram Johnson ! R.W.R. Just a Get- Perhaps one explanation was the radical change in Death nad removed President Roosevelt, the pre siding head of the triumvirate. Mr. Churchill was not eliminated until after the conference had assembled, but his tenure was so uncertain that, there was a dis position, no doubt, to await election before taking on new or controversial matters. As a result of the British election Generalissimo Stalin became the only original member of the Big Three remaining. He had never met President Tru man; President Truman, had never met him; and neither of them knew Premier Attlee. So it is not unlikely the gathering was in a large measure, a get-together, a get-acquainted meeting; dealing chiefly with matters that had actually been decided by the original trio, rather than exploring new and unchartered seas. THERE is another noticeable feature of the confer ence to sustain this assumption. An examination of the text reveals a surprising absence of all issues where the interests of Big Three, and particularly Great Britain and Russia might conflict. Nothing, for example, is said about Turkey and control of Constantinople; nothing about Iran and the Near East; nothing about Greece- and little regarding the Balkans; nothing about the Rhine and Ruhr. Yet, all these issues must be decided before final peace terms can be drawn up. a CO, there is reason to believe the disappointing feeble character of the official Potsdam report, was due more to the startling and unexpected trans formation in executive control, than to any other factor. R.W.R. Breakers Ahead A very interesting thing to watch in subsequent Big Three meetings will be Premier Attlee's attitude ; toward the historic and challenging declaration of his predecessor: "I did not become the King's first minister to preside over the dissolution of the British empire." How about Mr. Attlee and the British Labor party? Did they take office to perform any such sad and traeic task? The time will soon come when a decision must be made. COR if the British Empire is to be preserved intact, sooner or later the critical time will come when Soviet Russia will have to be opposed. There is, as we see it, no other way. No doubt the Attlee government is and will con tinue to be far more sympathetic to and cooperative with Soviet Russia, than the Churchill government ever was. But, there is a limit to this good neighbor anil ap peasement business if the security of the British em pire and its prestige are to be maintained. a a a A ND that limit will be reached when the final fate of India- Constantinople and the eastern Mediter ranean, the Near East, Burma; yes, and even British interests in China, come up for decision. And just to make the problem a little more diffi cult for the Labor government to solve, how about Britain's traditional policy of always opposing the strongest power on the continent of Europe? We predict that difficult as the Labor government's task of changing the internal economy of England may prove to be; it will be nothing compared to the difficulties surrounding the party in its adminislra-; lion of foreign affairs. R.W.R. Johnson for a man in public life is a Massachusetts would have the United States! Together? of the Potsdam "washout" the higher-up personnel. the result of the British News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Aug. 6 The off stage cue music for the Potsdam conference was far less melo- d 1 o u s and more subtle than Mr. Tru man offered at the piano. Our score was writ ten with the dollar sign clef. The pitch was s t r 1 c 1 1 y the harm o n I o u s rattling of gold Paul Hanon dollars. As soon as Mr. Truman arrived at the meeting, the senate here was hastily put to fiddling up: $3,925,000,000 which Is our part in the Bretton Woods bank and currency program of $13, 000,000,000 to guarantee inter national loans and peg waver ing monies. $4,375,000,000 for lend-lease for the current fiscal year (Rus sia said she would like to have $700,000,000 to start, and Brit ain has indicated unofficially she will need $3,000,000,000 from some place to get settled financially.) $3,500,000,000 for the export Import bank, of which $2,800, 000,000 is an Increase to'finance foreign purchases. $1,000,000,000 for army relief abroad (estimated need). $900,000,000 as a total for re lief and rehabilitation of UNR RA, of which $700,000,000 has been put up in cash already to meet a total authorization of $1,350,000,000 (senate will grant no more to this outfit than the $900,000,000, as the army is al ready taking over the major re lief tasks and the Red Cross will get new ventures instead of UNRRA's dwindling organiza tion). a TOTAL, which no one seems to have added before, is $15, 700,000,000 for the greatest for eign "spend-lend" program ever conceived in the mind of man. After the last war, we poured out a billion a year in foreign loans. That was a drip from the private bucket, practically none of which was restored. This program will faucet at least 15 times as much into Eu rope from the public purse. It was Mr. Roosevelt s finance agents who figured it would be an Improvement this time to take the money from the treasury, although any losses will fall on the average strug gling or poor and rich taxpay ers, whereas before it fell upon those citizens with enough spare money to buy foreign bonds as an investment. Mr. Roosevelt's agents also were responsible for the decision to handle the foreign spend-lend program, separately from the political negotiations for peace, and not even to add them up into one program or use them publicly to get our way in International affairs. Judging from the timing of the rush imposed upon the con gressional appropr i a t o r s, my guess is Mr. Truman will be less inclined to keep the money accounts separate from the po litical accounts, as money is about the only persuasive power we seem able to wield in Eu rope. Our checkbook is the only card we hold. There may be oth er changes. a INDEED, the United States may have to reconsider its fi nancial arrangements with Brit ain. (One senator tells me con gress would never have passed Bretton Woods, had it known It would be faced with money soc ialization in Britain of an un known quantity.) Attlee has in dicated he intends to pay for the coal mines in bonds, for instance, which will certainly add to Britain's financial pre dicament, already deficient, and the United States hardly intends to be placed in the position of furnishing the labor government the money to finance such un dertakings. We would not do It for ourselves. A less emotional and more accountable policy toward money-to- Br 1 1 a i n, therefore, must surely follow as a matter of course. With the excellent prospects of a communist vic tory in the promised fall French elections, changes in govern ments of Greece and Spain urg ed by Britain and Russia, etc., the matter of using our money sensibly to protect our ideals, if not the money, becomes visible, to say the least. This American money cue for rotsdam was heightened up harmoniously when Mr. Truman unexpectedly called In Adm. Land, who has charge of our ships (and we have many times more ships than anyone In the world), and when Mr. Truman announced: "America seeks no territorial expansion." but as far as the reports showed, Russia said nothing and Britain said nothing. Tha Russian music was a lit tle less clear in tone, and at times reminiscent of the Herat wessel. Pravda, which functions on strings, claimed the Jews had attacked Russian citizens in Palestine, which was rienie X by Palestine. A few days later the USJM over the .-AaVlili.-J (Acmt Rodio-Telephoto) WAC Egt. Kanella Koulouv&rls, Brooklyn, N. Y., who entered con fused state of matrimony with Cspt. George Schultz In Berlin civil ser vice. Plans for church wedding were halted as Schultz' wife, Mrs. Ruth Schultz, Chicago, and mother of his two children, claims the groom. Schultz claimed he believed his first wife killed In accident. Swiss denied they had abused Russian citizens as charged from Moscow. Then there was some charge in Pravda about Sweden not treating the Russians right. No one here seemed to know what this cue music meant. The only thing familiar about it was that every time Hitler wanted to seize a country he always claim ed his people there were being abused. No one thought Russia was using this established tech nique for the same purppse, but they did not know what purpose. COMMUNICATIONS Lettere to the Editor mult beat the name and address ot the writer, although the use of a pen-name or Initials for publication Is permis sible, rhe Mall Tribune reserves the rltht to edit all letters with a view to elarlty and cnndeniaUoo Did Poles Plead Guilty? To the editor, In Mail Tri bune, Aug- 5, 1945, Babson writes: Quote, "Cooperation and coalition rest solidly only upon mutual acquaintance. Only un derstanding of the other fellow helps you to understand your self." You, Mr. Editor, attended the San Francisco conference, you saw dandruff on Molotov's coat collar, that was closeup- inspec tion, and, no doubt you heard the talk about Russia's astound ing and infamous action in ar resting 16 Polish envoys, also heard the "pompous questions" put to Russia's representatives relative to the arrest of the Polish envoys, and it is now re ported that these envoys, accord ing to the press, were givti a trial to which Russia invited representatives and Allied en voys; and, pressmen were ex pressly invited to attend. At the trial 15 of the 16 de fendants pleaded guilty. Is this press report true? If so, what sentence was given the guilty? Should you care to answer? W. W. TRUAX. (Ed. note: This is news of greatest importance if true, but we have no confirmation of same). IN ROGUE AREA Rain which fell over portions of the valley early today, did no particular harm or good, ex cept to clear the air of smoke from the Tillamook county for est fire and delay small stream fall in some sections, Watcrmas ter Clinton Smith reported. As sistant County Agent Cliffors B. Cordy said he had received no word of any hail falling. The rain was the first since June 5. Scattered showers are predict ed for tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperature. MEDF0RD MARINES ON LIST OF NAVY WOUNDED Listed on the war department casualty report as navy wounded are Pfc. Thomas Chester Deivert, marine corps, son of Mrs. Susie Deivert, 305 S. Oakdale avenue, and Pvt. Alva John Holmes, ma rine corps, son of Mrs. Elizabeth T. Holmes, 210 Elm street. County and city directories of fer no further Information con cerning the men or their fami lies. Court House News r Divorca Complaints Jcanette Spracklen vs. George Spracklen- Samuel C. Miller vs. Lucille B. Miller. Divorca Decrees Vivian Leighton v. Russell E. Lcighton. The War Production Board has called for production of farm machinery in the coming year 30 per cent above the levels sched uled for the year beginning Aug. 1, 1944. Our Men and Nation's CPL ROMINGER PROUD OF PART PLAYED IN WAR Fifth Air Force, Philippines Cpl. Raleigh W. Rominger, of Medford. had good reason to be proud recently. The big bomber named Toddy, that ne assisiea in crew for many months now recently flew her 100th combat mission, a figure to be boasted of in this area. Circling in for landing after a raid on the China coast where Jap installations took a pasting, Toddy was in tip top shape after her century run. Cpl. Rominger entered the service in March 1942. He at tended airplane mechanics school at Sheppard Field, Texas, and then went to Douglas Air craft at Long Beach, Calif., for specialists training in B-24 bomb er maintenance. He was assigned to the 380th Bomb Group Flying Circus in the fall of the same year, which unit he has been a member of since that time. Having now been overseas 26 months, Cpl. Rominger wears four stars on his Asiatic-Pacific theatre of war ribbon, for unit participation in the campaigns of New Guinea, Bismarck Archi pelago, and two Philippine in vasions. For active service in the Philippines, there is also a Philippine liberation ribbon. Cpl. Alfred Mercer With U. S. Supply Forces in Germany For meritorious serv ice with the 170th ordnance bomb disposal squad, Cpl. Alfred R. Mercer, husband of Mrs. Lavon E. Mercer, 221 North Riv erside avenue, Medford, has been awarded the bronze star medal, at Continental Advance Section headquarters in Ger many. The citation for the award re cited that Cpl. Mercer's knowl edge of enemy ammunition, his courageous action and his skill facllited the disposal of enemy bombs that threatened allied in stallations. Capt. Clare Turner New Orleans, La. Captain Clare V. Turner, whose wife, Mrs. C. V. Turner, lives in Shady Cove, has been graduated from the officers department of the Transportation Corps school, New Orleans army air base. He specialized in the transport com manders course. Lt. Harry Thurman Scott Field, 111., Second Lt. Harry L. Thurman, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Thurman, 722 W. 14th street, Medford, is now stationed at this AAF train ing command radio school. He is an instructor In the officers' com munication training school. The lieutenant's wife, Mrs. Evelyn L. Thurman, resides at 507 E. C street, Belleville, 111. Sgt. Glenn Hanscom The 131st General Hospital, Blandford Camp, Dorset, Eng land After treating 7,109 soldier-patients with only three deaths, this huge United States army general hosiptal has com pleted its mission in England. Among those who helped op erate the hospital was Sgt. Glenn A. Hanscom of Route 3, Medford, a cook in the hospital's mess department. Sgt. Hanscom is the son of Mrs. Paul Morten of Route 3, Medford, and Mr. A. R. Hanscom of Route 2, Medford. He entered the army in January, 1943. Sgt. Albart Busby With the 96th Division on Okinawa -1 First Sgt. Albert Busby, husband of Mrs. Betty L. Busby, 345 N. Bartlett street, Medford, has been awarded the bronze star for gallantry in ac tion on. Okinawa. SINCE CONGER -MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and West Main Office of the County Coroner AMBULANCE SERVICE Women in the Service In making the award, Major General J. L. Bradley, command ing the 96th division, cited Sgt. Busby for disregarding his own personal safety and leading a group of lifter squads in making three trips to evacuate casualties over a mile long stretch of ter rain under persistent Jap artil lery and mortar fire. Sgt. Busby is the first sergeant of a medical company In the division medical battalion and was a veteran of the Leyte cam paign. James H. Doa Somewhere in the Pacific- James H. Doe, fireman, first class, of 146 South Holly, Me ford, has been advanced to his present rating aboard a new 45 000-ton battleship which has been participating in recent car rier task force strikes against the Japanese homeland. Sgt. Jessla Windei With the Fifth Army, Italy Sgt. Jessie F. Windes, of Central Point, Ore., recently was award ed the bronze star medal for meritorious services in support of combat operations in Italy. A member of the women's army corps, assigned to the com' manding general and chief of staff sections, headquarters Fifth army, she distinguished herself by her steadfast devotion to the many tasks given her as steno grapher and typist, stated the citation. Working long hours, she nev er failed to complete her assign ments with accuracy, neatness and speed. The meticulous care and attention to detail which characterize her work have been a credit to the sections. Lt. Jack Keaveny Fort Worth, Tex. First Lt. Jack F. Keaveny, 22, Medford, has been assigned to duty at Fort Worth army air field where he is serving as an aircraft main tenance officer. Originally commissioned In June, 1943, Lt. Keaveny, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Keaveny, Medford, was a student before entering the service. A combat pilot with the 15th air force in Italy, Lt. Keaveny holds the air rnedal with five oak leaf clusters, the European theater ribbon with three batUe stars and the unit citation. Pvt. Robert Shelby , Pvt. Robert N. Shelby, son of J. C. Shelby, Jacksonville Star Rt. No. 49, Medford, has arrived at Scott Field, 111., parent radio school of the AAF training com mand where he will be assigned to duty as one of the student personnel. James A. Longacre Awaiting Army Call Again Before Court James A. Lorn-acre. 19 hn sentence Thursday on a guilty piea to Burglary not. in a dwell ing was suspended pending his Induction into the .army,' again appeared before Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna at Grants Pass, last Fridav. rharpd with the taking of two tires belonging to me uroiette service station there. The court expressed sur prise at seeing Loneacre in court So soon after parole. Longacre agreed to furnish $1,500 bond and nrtinn nn hie trouble was postponed. The court was aavisea Dy witnesses "the boy was not such a bad sort." He still awaits a call to the arm ed forces for which he has pass ed final physical examination. Longacre, according to the au thorities has never been In trouble before. ADMIRAL ITO KILLED San Francisco, Aug. 6 (U.R) The Japanese navy ministry dis- j closed todav that Vice Ari miral Seiichl Ito, a member of the J naval general staff, was killed ! while leadlnff a siirfnpA cuii-JH attack against American ships on UKinawa last April. I 1888 DISTINCTIVE BUT NOT EXPENSIVE Flight o Time Madford and Jackson Co. His tory from tha files of tha Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO August 6, 1935 (It was Tuesday) Mussolini calls more troops for African service- Red Cross ready for action in Ethiopia. Harold Brown sustains broken leg in auto accident at Portland. Coos Bay golfers to play her in inter-clty meet. Thousands of tourists journey to Canada to see Dionne quin- -tuplets- Owen-Oregon mill due to open about first of month. County debt reduced during first half of year. TWENTY YEARS AGO August 6, 1925 (It was Thursday) New record for travel to Crater Lake set, with 73,444 tourists registering so far this summer. New city water ordinance to be ready soon. Continued warm. High 96, low 55 degrees. Forest fire situation In state serious. Forty-two divorces issued su far this year In county. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO v August 6, 1911 " (It was Sunday) Bat Nelson batters Tommy Gaffney at Nat. Horse and buggy belonging to Miss Nina Wall stolen by tramp. Mayor decrees there will be no more prize fights in Medford. Japs Give Chinese Poisonous "Shots" Chuneklnir. Anff. A CM Pt Chinese forces which re-en tprerl Kanhsien. former Amerirnn nlr. base city in southern Klangsi province, iouna more man ou, 000 persons in the district had been killed or were missing. More than 1,000 Chinese died in Ichang, in western Hupeh pro vince on the Yangtze river, as the result nf nnisnnnn inlor. tions, it was reported, which Jap anese authorities gave for the prevention of meningitis in the central China states. It was re ported that shortly after each injection, the victim swelled and died. LIFER ESCAPES ' Salem. Ore.. Aue. 6 (UP) Charles Kimzev. 60-vear-nlrl pnn. vict, was still at large today after his escane latp Rafurrtnv from a labor gang at the state prison farm southeast of Salem. Prison officials said tnriaw thpv had no trace of tha fnpittvo urhn was serving a life term as an ha- Dituai criminal. 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