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Ye Smudge Pot
1 By Arthur Purr
The power of the "atomic
bombs," now dropping on Ja-
pan, are terrifying in their de-
tructiveness. One of them ex
ploded 17 miles from this burg,
would knock everything down.
ind render same defunct, but
Che 34-year-old Main Stem lampposts-
Only a "deep dish" think
er can understand the "atomic
theory." It is more befuddling
than an Income tax report ques
tionnaire. It has to' do with
"atoms," "ions," "proton s."
"electrons," "solar dynamics."
"molecules," particles and
pecks. They are just as bad, as
painted over the radio, by a
scared announcer.
Atomic Bombs & U. S. Training
One of the well known commentators declares
this atomic bomb will end the drive for universal
military training.
Mebbe so though we rather doubt it. But it does
bring into sharp relief, one of the strongest arsru
ments against it namely: the war of the future, if and
when it comes, will be a war of machines not of men
of the latest lethal weapons, not of combat
MASSES.
And as a result miiltary training that may be de
sirable one year, may well be completely out of date
the next.
A trained reserve therefore "of millions of men"
will be practically useless by the time they are called
their training will be obsolete.
News Behind
The News
ByPauIMalloD
A TRAINED reserve of technical men on the other
hand with an expert knowledge of war machines
and their operation, would be priceless.
A research bureau kept constantly abreast of the
latest developments in weapons of destruction, would
be equally invaluable. But masses of drilled robots
fighting wars of yesteryear JNU I
"Over the gate of the West
Virginia penitentiary Is the state
motto: "Montanl semper llberi"
(mountaineers are always free).
(Press Filler) Example of
saying the wrong thing in the
Tong place.
Federal bureaus are gradually
changing from letters of the
alphabet to numerals to desig
nate orders, agencies, directives,
etc., etc. It was a great little
alphabet, while It lasted.
valley two days ago-
JAP MIND AT WORK
(Press Dispatch)
"With a straight (if unsaved)
face, Japan today changed Its
ambassador to the Philippines
which it doesn't have any
more) or at least to the islands'
puppet government (which hRi
fled somewhere).
"Tokyo radio said Ko Ishll,
foreign office spokesman at
the time of Pearl Harbor, suc
ceeds Shozo Murals as am
bassador to the puppet govern
ment of Jose P. Laurel, last
reported In Japan-"
The Ooldcr Girls of the post
war world will be knee-high In
clover, because a Chicago inven
tor has concocted a combination
washing machine, potato peeler,
and dishwashing machine, with
tee cream freezer attached, all in
I single contraption, that will
'make everyday playday." If
'he manufacturer had his mind
n his work, he would have
adr the entire contraption con
ertible into an armored tank,
with cannon, to force her man to
mow the lawn, when told in
tead of sneaking off to the fish
ing hole or the golf Jinks
T,','r!S0NER "EGRETS CAP.
TURE."-Del Glen NewsHe
must also be sorry about ever
going away, ,
a e . 1
Before the war. this was the
time of year, when I male Arton
i n" hJf b,l,,,ln8 ". dove gr.ee
jully 41 feet, unsuccessfully into
two feet of water.
"For Salel8:6 Ford. Rux
te 1 sxle, good- mechanical con-
a3a?,L,exce'lent ,ir"- Cheep."
Slsklyou News ad) It, bird
Farmers are becoming blue-
Hie third cutting of alfalfa
.
for',0,, rC'n 'L'"" ' 'rc,t
for th. ,,,, drj lnK Th
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"He it nnr, Trt n ...
Imiirvi.-a , ' ' "Ptmeoaoro
koumontourogianakopoulos, the
dlSDatr-h' bm o '
icle)What
has.
"THE trouble with so many proponents of universal
training is their failure to distinguish between a
military training that is universal all young men of
a certain age not a selected group and proper mili
tary preparedness.
The terms are not synonymous.
This country should be strong, should have a larg
er well trained standing army, should never again
be as unprepared, as was true at the time 01 rem
Harbor: but on the other hand, it should not devote
a dollar, or an hour of time, to military preparation,
which is not imDerative.
. .... a TV TTTTnriO A T
And in the view of this department, uiniv&koal.
military training not voluntary or selective at least
for the next decade or two is not essential ; wouia
in view of facts which can't be denied, be time and
money thrown awav.
The invention of the atomic bomb merely accen
tuates this fact, the fact existed before the new inven
tion was announced ! R. W. R.
(ijai'miil
Paui Mauon
Yes and No
Historians declare the invention of the steam en
gine caused no excitement at the time. Yet that in
vention revolutionized .the world.
We clearly recall when the Wright Brothers flew
their first airplane at Kittyhawk. That story barely
got on the first page people were interested but very
few at the time visualized in the slightest degree, the
tremendous importance of conquering gravity in
transportation.
So it is probably not surprising that in spite of
the tremendous ballyhoo that has accompanied tne
1 -- I j i 1 I. ll f .' 1 MAWtnin
An "nnhflnrrl nt elm-m that lll'SL USe 01 tne aiOITUC 0UII1U, Uie Ictllft clllU 1IIC icuiaiu
everybody heard, broke over the Isomewhat Sceptical.
It s-the me news of the day. bveryone is interest
ed. But very few believe it can end war, or solve the
problem of perpetual motion.
Yet claims are made that this new discovery will
ultimately do both.
Probably, as usual, the truth lies somewhere in
between the discovery no doubt is more important
than the rank and file now realize; and not so sensa
tionally important as some of the more excitable pro
ponents claim. R. W. R.
Step in Right Direction
Announcement that the OPA will suspend price
controls on some types of commodities and services
at an early date is a step in the right direction. It will
clear the decks for speedier, more efficient handling
of reconversion Dricine problems. It will expedite the
job of setting prices for civilian goods coming back
into production.
"THIS step should not be mistaken as an indication
that inflationary pressures are lessening they
are not. V-J Day will bring with it many economic
pitfalls that must be avoided. It does not mean that
suspension or termination of controls on major items
such as foods, clothing and fuels, so important to
American economy, are contemplated at this time.
THE severest critics of the OPA are agreed that
juice irunuui un many Kerns must continue
through the period of adjustment following this war
until the buying power of the people is in reasonable
balance with the supply of goods that can be pur
chased. It is heartening, however, to see the first step in
eventual abolishment of all irksome regulations of
this nature. The final windup cannot be expected for
a long time only when economic stabilization is a
reality.
piIE early removal of controls will only effect items
now below their legal ceiling and others which
do not enter vitally into the cost of living. Earliest
possible action should be taken on these products,
however, for many heavy consumer goods such as au
tomobiles, electric household refrigerators and ap
pliances, radios, etc., which have been out of pro
duction will soon be on the market Firm ceilings will
be required for these items until onnnch nrnrlimtinn
has been attained to reduce or completely satisfy the
huge t pent-up demand. That's going to increase the
OPA's job, and the administrative capacity of this
sald."(s. F. Chron-
long tail our cat
Of the Missouri farm homes
served by RE A, 81 per cent have
adioa R.I nF xnnl ......
machines and 72 per cent have
agency should be devoted to the problems that rcallv
refrigerator.. IcOUnt. H. G. ... J
Washington, Aug. 8 The key
to the Polish settlement at Pots
dam was.not found here to be in
the chapter on
that subject
but was hid
den or tucked
in u n o bstru
sively In the
r e p a r a tions
provisions, to
wit, c h a p t er
IV, section 2:
"The U. S. S.
R. undertakes
to , settle the
r e p a r a t ion
claims of Po
land from Its own share of re
parations."
in snort, the German pay
ments for damages to allied
Poland, the invasion of which
brought Britain (not Russia) in
to the war, are to be handled by
Russia. The text of the chapter
of the Polish political settlement
expressed. "pleasure" at the in
formation of the new Polish
government, but no pleasure
was mentioned at the abandon
ment of pretense in handling
Poland s repayments due from
having been a battleground.
When it came to the crash, Rus
sia directly, and no doubt to her
own exclusive pleasure, volun
teered to handle that end,
lthough she worded her author
ity rather graciously, as if she
would take care of Poland out of
what she would get anyway.
The German settlements (rep
arations and political) are rath
er generally agreed to be busi
nesslike, fair, enforcible. As far
as the military wrote them, they
are clear and precide. When
the economists composed the
economic parts, they were vague
about some things (specifically
where the 75 per cent of indus
try goes from our zone, which
Germany does not need and be
yond the 25 per cent which Rus
sia does not get.) But these
clearly purposed sections of the
Potsdam plan will certainly
I London probably In December
' to the first United Nations
meeting. These assembly votes
and Poland s, for whom Rus
sia is handling the cash are to
be added to the two extras al
lowed her by Mr. Roosevelt at
Yalta in "recognition of the
great part" played by the
Ukraine and White Russia in
the war.
Russia is picking up power in
the postwar setup at such speed
some issues, especially in view
as to possibly imperil control on
of the new collaboration attitude
of the British government to
ward Russian aims in Europe,
and the development of govern
ments there not necessarily
favorable to Britain but appar
ently unresisting toward Russia.
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to tli Editor mast beaf
the nam and addreii ot tha writer,
although the use ot a pen-name or
Initials tor publication la per mis
slble. The Mall Tribune reserves
the rleht to edit all letters with a
view to clarity and enndgniatlnn
To Seek Pardon, Citizenship Rights
.air.asaW'iew4H
r
2 vzhUv
make Germany a pastoral nation
or three national pastures, de-
industrialized, but run by dif
ferent herdsmen, one American,
one British and one Russian.
without slave labor.
"THE other European political
settlements, however, at
tempted or forecast by specific
mention, will have a hard time
gaining champions here. They
obtained largely passive accept
ance by men who think not
much otherwise could be done in
existing circumstances. T h ) s
the whole development has been
received as if this corner of the
world sat in a dim twilight,
peering out at the rest of it.
hopefully but uncertainly, able
to discern little ahead and not
able to think of anything which
could be done to clear the
atmosphere.
"Perhaps, said one senator,
'it is better to be in the twi
light than in the dark."
what he and the others really
felt, however, is that the United
States faces a terrific task ahead
in this kind of a world.
Their private information
suggested Mr. Truman, for ex-
mple, had saved Greece from
the indefinite fall prescribed tor
Spain. British Premier Attlec
wished to reverse the Churchill
policy for Greece, where a gov
ernment to resist Russia and the
small domestic communist group
has been set up, and for Spain,
where Churchill had been play
ing the Franco regime at long
distance slyly to impede Russian
control. A break in Greece to
open the way for Stalin is ex
pected to develop naturally in
the future from the Attlee policy
but the conferees based their
pecific declaration against
Spain in restricted form, in a re
fusal to allow its present gov
ernment to become a member of
the United Nations on the
ground ot "support of the axis
powers."
a a a
T other matters were settled
the Spanish was unsettled.
Greece is an ally, of course,
so no nation other than Spain
seems likely to get Spain's dose,
under the restricted prescrip
tion, not even Argentina, which
came around belatedly. But
Spain will have to conduct a re
volution now to get Into the
United Nations indeed is Invit
ed to do so although such an
event would no doubt put
Stalin's people on top there
gain and add another vote for
Russia In the postwar setup. A
government truly democratic or
more friendly to us than to Rus
sia is hardly possible In Spain
unless Franco intends to give it
to us as a surprise to thwart
Russia.
Four other votes to Russia
were directly and assuredly
promised in the Potsdam plan.
Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary
nd Filand all occupied bv
Russia and considered her snt-
lites are to be Welcomed In at
Do We Need Universal Service
To the Editor: Would results
have been better or worse if we
had had two or three million
military trained boys out there
at the time the Japs decided to
return some of the scrap iron.
gasoline, and explosives, we had
been furnishing them? Is it
cannon-fodder we need, or more
intelligence in handling what
we have?
The most important item in
the life of every individual is to
be fitted into the nitch, the
Creator qualified them for. A
misfit in life is a tragedy, espec
ially in the army, as Gen. Patton
can testify. The' greatest service
that could be rendered to hu
manity, would be to give our
youth the best and most scien
tific air, in helping them get in
to the service for which they
are best fitted.
Military training for those
not suited for it, is worse than
foolish. A hundred well select
ed men can be worth more than
a thousand average draftees,
especially in this mechanical
age. We have just now heard
of the exploded atom, the signi-
ficense of which makes our mil
itary training insignificent, and
probably obsolete. Let us now
use an atom of common sense.
collect all war material (not
useable in industry) into one
pile, and with the exploding
atom blow it into the lower re
gions where it belongs. Then
proclaim, the edict, any more
ever found, will be served likewise.
With alt waring energy, turn
ed to industry, what a "one
World" we can have.
I. C, Jones.
mam? "nq
if , i
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"Perhaps X"
To the editor: Regarding the
question raised by W. W. Truax
as to the fate of the 16 Polish
defendants In the trial at Mos
cow, there was a very interesting
eye-witness account of this trial
by Time correspondent Craig
Thompson in the July 2nd Time
magazine- Newsweek also had an
account.
According to Thompson, 15 of
the IB were put on trial. The
remaining one was ill- Fourteen
pleaded partially guilty. (This
seems to be permissible under
Soviet procedure), 1 pleaded
not guilty, 1 was sentenced to
10 years in jail, 1 to 8 years, 2
to 5 years, 8 to shorter terms,
and 3 were acquitted. The "trial"
seems to have been more of a
political show than anything
else.
The fact, that the Editor of
the Mail-Tribune had no confir
mation of this is interesting.
How often have I become inter
ested in a newspaper story only
to search in vain through sub
sequent Issues for the eventual
outcome.
I am not singling out the Mail
Tribune for special blame in this
respect. Many of the metroooli
tan papers with their far greater
number of pages are even worse.
Perhaps their editors go on the
theory that there are far more
readers Interested In the latest
doings of Frankle Sinatra than
in the outcome of this trial. And
who could prove them wrong?
Or perhaps the press associa
tions sent out. nothing on the
trial. Or perhaps the Mail-Tribune
carried the story and Editor
Ruhl, Mr- Truax, and I over
looked It.
Almus Pruitt
"METEOR' JUST ORE
New Orleans U.R The huge
meteor" in Audubon Park,
around which several genera
tions of children have plaved
here. Is really nothing but a big
lump bf Mexican iron ore that
was on exhibition at the Cotton
Centennial In the 1880s. The last
remaining relic of the Centen
nial, it was considered too un
wieldy to move.
(Acme Tehpholo)
Warran K. Billings. San Francisco watchmaker (left), who served 23
years in Polsom Prison for allegedly aiding Tom Mooney in Preparedness
Day bombing, has full support of Attorney James P. Brennan (right) in
plea for pardon and citizenship restoration to be presented in San Mateo,
Calif, court. Brennan was assistant district attorney who convicted
Billings. Later sought term commutation, granted Billings in 1S38.
IS
Harbor Day Queen
TO PET
OF
Clrwln time for -Sunday Too Late
to chiMtfy 4 00 Saturday afternoon
Plfae remember
Red Wing, Minn., (U.R You
can make a sow's ear out of a
silk purse, regardless of whether
the reverse is true, C. J. Jack
son, superintendent, implied in
a statistical report on the per
sonnel at the Minnesota State
Training School for Boys.
The report threw several
established social theories for a
loss.
For instance, the one about
most wayward boys coming from
broken families. Jackson said
there were 279 boys living at
his institution. Parents of 157
of them are 'living together. In
139 of those 157 cases both par
ents are rated "good" on the
youth's enrollment cards.
9 P.C. From Divorced Couples
Although the divorce rate in
Minnesota is 18 per cent of all
marriages, only 8.9 per cent of
Jackson's boys are sons of di
vorced couples. Twenty-five of
them are in this category.
The superintendents figures
also ran contrary to the popular
notion that the offspring of for
eign-born people contribute in
large measure to juvenile delin
quency problems. Only 15 of
the state training school inmates
are from families In which both
father and mother were immi
grants. In 33 cases one of the parents
was a native of some other land.
Information was lacking in this
respect in four cases, but 227 A
the boys are sons of American
born couples.
152 From 'Ideal' Homes
Supposedly ideal for family
rearing is the situation in which
the father is employed and the
mother stays at home tending
the house and training the chil
dren. Jackson said, however,
that 152 of the school's inmates
have such a background.
Both parents of 51 of the boys
are employed, while 22 repre
sent homes in which widowed
mothers work.
One hundred fifty are sons of
temperate parents, and in just
four cases are both parents in
temperate. Jackson reported that crimes
in-olving property thefts Bnd
related acts resulted in the sen
tencing of most of the reform
school inmates. Generally speak
ing, he said, their wrongdoing
did not result from poverty.
SAMS VALLEY SOLDIER
HURT IN JEEP WRECK
T-5 Guv E. Payne. Sams Val
ley, was injured in a Jeep acci
dent in Austria about a month
ago, according to word received
by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Payne. Now in McCaw
General Hospital at Walla Wal
la, Wash., T-5 Payne writes that
his pelvis was broken in five
places, his right ankle was frac
tured and he suffered a slight
injury to his spine. He Is In a
body cast, according to the let
ter, where he will remain for
some time, after which he ex
pects to visit his parents on a
furlough.
The accident occurred when
T-5 Payne was returning to his
base after a visit with his bro
ther. Maxwell, in France.
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(Acme Telcphoto)
Beautiful Ann Curtis, 6an Fran
cisco, Calif., swimming champion
will be queen of the 16th annua)
San Francisco Harbor Day celebra
tion, Aug. 10, 11 and 12. Queen Ann
will be crowned at a ball to be held
in Civic Center Auditorium, to which
15,000 servicemen and 5,000 USC
hostesses have been invited.
RALPH SWISHER GIVEN
DISCHARGE FROM ARMY,
S-Sgt. Ralph Swisher, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank V. Swisher, 1
route 4. box 363-B, received an I
honorable discharge from the'
army at Fort Lewis, Wash., Inst
week, it was learned today. The'
discharge was given on the
point system. !
In the army three years, two
and one half of which were
spent overseas, Sgt. Swisher was
wounded several times. He
served in France, Italy, and was
In Germany at the time of the
Nazi capitulation.
i
The exportable Spanish lemon '
production is estimated at a half
million boxes per year.
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 yean
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO
August 8, 1935
(It Was Thursday)
Air bombers, with 130 men
and 15 planes to come here Aug
ust 18, for week's practice.
Wiley Post and Will Rogers
arrive at Juneau on world flight.
Fair, with above normal tem
peratures. High 91, low 54 degrees.
Harvesting of field crops starta
in county.
Joe Louis knocks out Kins-
fish Levinsky in first round.
Postoffice crew to picnic Sun
day at Grants Pass.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
August 8, 1925
(It Was Saturday)
Work to start on new high
school in September.
Bartlett picking starts in Wil-
low Springs district.
"Cinderella girl" adopted bv
New York millionaire tries to
commit suicide-
Hugh crowd sees Klan parade
in Washington, D. C.
Nation never in better shaDe
from every angle, Secretary of
Commerce Hoover reports-
Continued warm. Hieh 102.
low 64 degrees.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
August 8, 1911
(It Was Tuesday)
Thirty-eight road shows book
ed for Medford coming season.
Col. TouVelle ' returns
trip to Chico, Cal.
from
Medford initiates bill to re mi-
late Espee freight rates.
Lady Cox of Sineanoro hen.
to visit Crater Lake.
REFUGE ON CAMPUS
Harpers Ferry. W. Va. U.P)
The old engine house in which
John Brown and his men took
refuge, and in which they were
besieged and the survivors can-
tured, now stands on the campus
of Storer college, an institution
of higher education for Negroes
near here. The spectacular raid
on the engine house was the
basis of the song "John Brown's
Body."
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