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EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Aug. 9, 194S Medford iUNE Evnront In Keaaft ro n.ny txctyt tutmy Puhllihtd by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. S7-2S- North Fir st P"" " BOBhFT W RUHU Editor. ERNES I GILS TRAP Mnf HERB GREY, Advertlilnf Mr. C FERCUS6N. ManMlnj Edlt ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor urns OUVE starcher, Soc. Editor GERALU LATHAM. Circulation Mr. An Independent Newipaper. Entered aa lecond elan matter at Medford. OreKon, under Act 01 March 3. 1819- SUBSCRIPTION RATES BZ. .!"-iB. W. ...1730 , Da ly and Sunda'ylx month. 4 00 Dally and Sunday three inoi. a 10 Dally and Sunday one month 7S By Carrier In Advance Medford. Aahland Central Point. Jackaon ville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent, and on motor routea: Daily and aunoay one jwi......- nilu Buri ftund&Y one month -79 All lerma caih In advance, Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackaon County United Praia Full Leaied Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertlsim Ine Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMrAN I . rfoMPAN . INC. Offlcea In New York cmcaso, De troit, San Franclaco. Loa Anelea. Be. ttle. Portland. St Loula, AtUnta. Vancouver. B C. Muni Ore c1o(0 PAPER PU BUSHIER SO WAT I ON Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry ATOMIC BOMBS The 'Atomic Bomb", the scien tific discovery, that everyb.dy is discussing at great length, un- handicapped by the slightest ac-j curate knowledge, is the cause of wide-spread optimism, and, on the other hand wider spread blues and frets. It is a force, for both good and evil, and nobody, not even its parents, are able to tell in plain English, what makes It click. It Is viewed as a means to In ject peace into Japan, and fu ture warlike nations, in a hur ry. Had it been available for use at the start of World War II, the Axis would have been kaput before Germany could bawl, "Danzig Corridor," Italy, "We want Tunisia," and Nippon, "Pearl Harbor." One bomb, and there would have been no Mun ich, for famous beer or appease ment. The bomb Itself Is a holy ter ror. Its force can knock off a man's hat at 10 miles. In the 1910 boom, the best Front St. whiskey could do, was to remove a hat at ten paces. The kick of a mule or overloaded shotgun, or chained lightning are puny. Peo ple at great distances from the experimental blast, felt like they had shaken hands with Dewey Hill, the rugged Prospect hired man. By use of the "atomic bomb1 the complexion of war, as far as Japan is concerned, has turned. The war leaders, view it with alarm, and say the tricky theft of sun's power, for their own annihilation, will cause some body to sweat. Expert in radla activity say It will increase radio reception many fold. Sopranoes already squeal loud enough, con scrvatives claim. The kernel of the atom bomb Is the atom, and the scientists started to report progress, as soon as they split an atom, as if it was but a pea. It has been developed to a point, where it Is predicted it will change every thing, and 'what was right last week, will be wrong next week." A local expert, with some knowl edge, as to the stem-winding stuff, refuses to talk about It be fore an eating club. He knows very well he will scare himself, worse than his listeners when he lets file with his facts. The London Times, editorially points out, the atomic bomb, "reduces war as it has been fought in the past to nonsense." That Is exactly, what it always hos been, many claim, and re mains the same identical non sense. It is however, a radical change from the "horror wea pon" of the Civil War a couple of cannonballs chained together, and fired at the foe. The esteemed San Francisco Chronicle deals more lighthcart edly with the thing, and its ruina tion, viz: "We do not, however, share fears that those experimenters will blow up this round earth. If that happens we shall know nothing obout it; the event would not get Into the papers." In those ports, the atom bomb, had some effect. Some of the more timid will go to church. Instead of finhing next Sunday. Leading worriers of the valley. have ceased fretting about what "Russia will do?" They predict is a "goner", andlpOR, with the defeat of Japan the problem of the hiumifthV.n CnllnKking government if it is then in control, civilization man will return from which ht came, faster than he got out of It. The five most popular breeds of dogs In the United States to day are the cocker spaniel, beagle, Boston terrier, Pek ingese and colli. Call Off Atomic Bombs? . Yes, this atomic bomb is a diabolical, monstrous, inhuman thing. But so is war. War is precisely what General Sherman called it, unvarnished, unadulterated, copper-nvited HELL! It is a denial of everything that is decent and Christian; it is an affirmation of everything that is evil and degrading. It is the perfect the destruction of the most priceless thing in lite YOUTH. Youth ! the light hearted happiness of to day; the hope and security of tomorrow! "IIHAT could be more worth while then, than the " destruction of war? And how can it be done but by the defeat of those nations that still believe in war, and forced this war on the nations, that do not? And how can that be brought about, except by meeting destructive power of the enemy with GREATER destructive power of our own; and thus ending the horror at the earliest possible moment, and at the lowest possible cost in blood and treasure? THHESE are the types of questions we would present to the Rev. A. D. Belden, head of a British or ganization known as "Christianity Calling" who has telegraphed Premier Attlee and President Truman to forbid the use of this terrorizing weapon, "which dis graces the United Nations." THIS department shares the revulsion of feeling that moves Dr. Belden and his followers over the destruction by this bomb of Japanese cities and the killing of thousands of defenseless Japanese women and children. Those who take ANY ioy in such a ghastly horror, deserve to selves. But we do not share the feeling and can't under stand those who do, nor those who see NO wrong in bombing an enemy munition center with TNT, but everything wrong where merely a more effective de structive element is used. It is ALL wrong. War is wrong ! But when war is forced on a nation what better course than to end it in the the most effective weapons was remarked in Hamlet: Beware Of entrance to a quarrel, but Bear it that the opposed may ' An Anti - Day by day, in every way it becomes clearer and clearer, the ollicial pronouncement from Potsdam WAS window dressing; the actual, business of the gathering being held m abeyance for subsequent re lease. First on the list comes the long-delayed Russian de claration of war on Japan. Precisely why this announcement was delayed for seven days is not clear, but perhaps to allow the prin cipals to get home and thus not break the momentous news from foreign soil. TX7HATEVER the reason the announcement follow ing by 48 hours the advent of the atomic bomb, comes as a decided ANTI-climax. For no one, or practically no one even dreamed an atomic bomb had been perfected by the United States; but everyone, or practically everyone felt certain that before Japan's surrender "Uncle Joe" would join the Anglo-American forces for the "kill" and his share of the spoils. JUST how materially the addition of Russian forces to those of the Allies, on land and in the air, will shorten the conflict remains to be seen. Six months ago, such action might well have been decisive. But if Japan can survive the atomic bomb, she can certainly resist Russia for many weeks. And if she can't survive that "bolt from the blue," then the war will probably be over before Russia can really become a factor in it. The final epitaph for Japan, however, can now be written, and chiseled upon tragic tablets of time. Nippon as a world power tion is the exact hour when R.W.R. China In Premier Sooner, of China declaration of war was announced. It would be in teresting to know his INNER reactions, as a good diplomat and true oriental, his OUTER ones. For Mr. Soong represents a group in China that is as strong against Russian communism as against Japan, perhaps stronger. Outwardly, of course, Mr. Soong will joyfully wel come such i powerful ally in the fight against the common foe, but inwardly he will, we believe, keep his delicate-and-well-manicured fingers crossed. will be a knotty one. That defeat, it is true, will remove ONE serious danger. But it will inevitably greatly Intensify an other. And that "ether" is the communistic Chinese gov ernment and army in north China I R.W.R. ANTI-CHRIST, and its price is suffer a similar fate them shortest possible time with that can be found? As BEING IN well beware of theel R.W.R. Climax the imperishable and is dying! The only ques rigor-mortis will set in. A Spot was in Moscow when the he only shows the public News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Aug. 9 A lively fuss is being raised against the government's failure to provide lor reconver sion. The Mead commit tee said only half what it thought about the job being bungled, the senators p r i vately conced ing they were Just trying to prod Mr. Tru man gently in Paul (Halloo to more force ful action. They really exposed nothing which had not been apparent for many months, as Mr. Roosevelt had no announced program, and Mr. Truman was busy with San Francisco and and Potsdam. Behind the failure to make a plan (and this is apparent if it has not been fully reported) is the scrapping between the vari ous government departments. The army has never forgotten its scare at prematurely antici pating the end of the European war, and has been hardheaded against releasing men or mater ials for even such near-war industries as coal, for which Mr. Ickes is howling, railroads,! lumber, textiles and steel, for! which no one is howling .much. ! The army is keeping its pro duction going at a terrific pace, and told the Mead committee (although this was not published in the report) that it is drafting 3000 men a month white dis charging 4000 a month for a net discharge of only 1000 a month. THO add fury to this plain muddle, the C.I.O., new deal ers and some others have been increasingly agitating for a vaster government spending program, like the old WPA, to take up slack in employment which has not yet developed and is not immediately forecast in view of the national starvation for consumers goods and ser vices, unless perchance chaotic management of the problem dis rupts production. To the problem Mr. Truman puts his best new man, John W. Snyder, who found it to be a nest of economic and political boa constrictors, and his grap pling so far has not indicated whether he will throw them or they him, so we have had such a condition as this following incident discloses: , A business man came to Washington seeking authority to build a plant to supply parts for the automobile Industry, aa- mittedlv the key in reconver sion. He was told he could go ahead as his effort was imme diately desirable. He then went to the steel manufacturers, who informed him he could have no steel unless he had a priority. Washington thereupon refused to give him priority. e e THIS, as I say, Is a known condition, but behind it Is a truly major threat to reconver sion in the relationship of the unions and management, a fact not observed by the Mead com mittee, or fully reported. The administration has deleted the importance of this all-controlling phase, as is evident in Labor Secretary Schwellenbach's pro motion of labor-management conference to plan a workable substitute for the no-strike pledge and perhaps a new labor se'up or at least to provide a sen sible agreement under which men may work and the nation produce in the brave new world. A showdown between labor and management Is coming, I am sure, before much reconver sion can take place. I think it is planned. With the threat pub licly brandished by C. I. O. lend crs for a wave of strikes, the key automobile and other industries which C. I. O. controls can hard ly go far with much reconver sion, even If the government requires the army to be reason able and loosen up on men and materials. Involved legitimately are the problems of prices and wages, These related problems are in a far worse muddle than the Washington reconversion ma chlnery. THIS union war worker is the A man who made the bigsest wage incrcose during the war The little steel formula was hot so full of holes by the unions (upgrading pay devices, vaca lios. pay for portals to portals and back again to portals, etc.) that it stands only as a sieve against the largest group of the people, the middle class non factory workers. There are 15.000,000 people in the unions and 45.000,000 outside the unions. Their wanes were rather effectively frozen by the government formula, while the unions went on up. But prices went on up also, through the sieve of the Ol'A (black markets, and especially deteriorated goods and services) If wages are now increased for the special union class prices must go higher to the average. Iand If a general wage increase is allowed everyone Uie economists Dr. OppenKeimer (Acme 'Jcleplioto) Dr. R. J. Oppenheimer, 4i, professor of physics at University of Califor nia. Berkeley. Calif., credited with planning, organizing work on new atomic bomb. It director ot propect at Los Alamos. N. M. say there will surely be inflation which will destroy still furtner the value of everyone's wages. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to rhe Kditor must oeai che name and address ot the writer although the use nt prn namet or initials tur publirallun Is permis sible 1'he Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view Ui clarity and condensation Bird Lover on the Rogue To the Editor: It was the writer's good fortune to be in vited to spend last Sunday after noon at one of the very attrac tive homes on the banks of Rogue river, one of Oregon's, if not the Pacific coasts, best known streams. I have traveled considerably in most of our states as well as in eastern and western Canada, in cluding British Columbia. I also spent several years in Alaska and am familiar with many rivers, however, I think the Rogue Is one of the most scenic it has been my pleasure to see. When I started this brain storm it was to give your read ers, a description, of the nest of one of America's wonderful as well as beautiful birds the Osorev. better known as the fish hawk, or to some, the .fish Eagle. My hosts, the Mann fam ily, called this nest to my atten tion, nerched on top of one of the tallest dead pines, possibly 150 feet high and several hundrea feet up the mountain side, direct ly in front of the cottage. The nest was large to the naked eye but through a good field glass it was huge, possibly six feet across and 2 or 3 feet in heighth, hnllt nf sticks and branches. Throush my field glasses. I could see heads appear every time one of the parents alighted, with re freshments. The Osorev. Is a tireless hunt er. His kin folks are the Falcon and Owl families. They are found on every continent as well as in the South Pacific islands. It's a migratory bird but here on the Pacific coast if frequently seen in winter months. It breeds equally well in Alaska or the Hudson Bav region as It does In Australia and in the South Amer ican continent where food is plentiful. They frequently live in co'onies. but where not so plentiful make their homes in pairs and fight furiously to keep all Intruders from their home territory And I can hardly ki. fVipm for gathering the cord or more of wood for a nest is ouite a chore for a Dira. Naturalists, and students of bird life give the Osprey credit for laving the most beautiful and mottled eggs of all birds. Three is the number lain no nest overlooking the Mann cot tage shows three outstretched ,.,hpn one of the parent birds returned with food and as three is the numoer oi reus mama in this case did a one hundred percent hatching job The outstanding characteristic of the Osprev family. Is the pres ence of a reversible outer toe. the absence of an nfter-shnft. also the feathering on the Tibia or shin bone. I am hoping to see these throe bobies in flight with mam-, and papa on my next visit "P theRGEORGEH. YOUNG. Phone Operator Untangles Mass Of Odd Requests Columbus. O. (U P.) They are thinking about employing a mind reader at the City Hall switch board In Columbus. A man called City Hall and osked for the flirtation plant. Mrs. Frances Ept. switchboard operator, gave him the filtration plant. Then ne cauea dbck mm said that wasn't the number he wanted, and asked for the ma ternity yards. Mrs. Ept plugged him in to the material yards. He called again and said that was the number he'd wanted, but now could she got him the republican offender. So the op erator gave him the public de fender. It's all In a day's work at City Hall. Clcwtnt time tot Clai(ird Ait St. i. m. loo Late to CUuu 12 15 p. m WORST FIRE PERIL Portland, Ore., Aug. 9 (U.R) Oregon's forest fires were not completely controlled today but forestry officials were optimistic that the worst danger was past. Going into the fifth week, the Tillamook burn in western Ore gon was being hemmed in by bulldozer fire trails, aided by higher humidity and cooler tem peratures. One of the main fights remaining was to save the water shed of Forest Grove and Hills boro. While the fire is embraced In an overall area of 225,000 acres, it was estimated about 150,000 acres actually were burned in the checkerboard of spot fires. Five Killed Five men have been killed In the fires. Firefly troopers from the Port land air base participated in a unique battle to save the Forest Grove watershed by stringing 6,000 feet of fire hose to stem, the flames. A series of 130 lightning fires were reported under control. A crew of 70 marines from Klam ath Falls helped fight a fire in the Grasslake district 50 miles south of Klamath Falls which covered 1200 acres. RETAIN ACCUSED BY VICHY ENVOY Paris, Aug. 9 (U.R) Fernand de Brinon, former Vichy ambas sador to German-occupied Paris, testified in the French high court today that Marshal Henri Philippe Petain always favored collaboration with Germany. De Brinon was put on the wit ness stand by the court over the protest of the prosecution. Yet his testimony was regarded by observers as some of the most damaging to the defense which has been presented in the trea son trial of Petain. Petain never played a "double game" of simulating collabora tion with the nazis while actually trying to promote the allied cause, De Brinon testified. Petain, listening to the re pudiation of his main defense as so far presented, became more flushed and angry by the mo ment. CONGRESS RECALL SEEN POSSIBILITY Washington, Aug. 9 (U.R) Possibility of an early Japanese surrender stimulated discussion today whether congress should be called back into session be fore Oct. 8. Most members, however, saw little need for such action as of now. The decision presumably will rest with President Truman. The White House left the door open, indicating it would de pend to a large extent on the speed of developments In the Pacific. Congress recessed Aug. 1 with the intention of staying away until Oct, 8 unless called back into session earlier by the presi dent or congressional leaders. Lipstick Is Used To Draw Humming Birds Toward Food St. Louis (U.R) Lipstick Is used to tempt humming birds into eating a concoction of baby food, honey and condensed milk, according to Charles Cordier of Trona, Cal., who recently deliv ered 22 of the birds to the St. Louis Zoo. Cordier, a zoological collector, says flower nectar and tiny in sects are the natural food for the birds, but In captivity they must eat a substitute or starve. He places their food in a por celain container attached to the side of the cage. The humming bird eats by putting his beak into a small spout at the side of the container. He hovers In the air over his dinner and beats his tiny wings about 3.600 times a minute while feeding. The birds aren't accustomed to this new feeder, so Cordier smears the spout ends with lip stick to attract their attention They "catch on" very quickly he says. Clolnc time for Sunday Too Late lo ClatMfy 4 00 Saturday afternoon International Trac-Tractors SOON AVAILABLE APPLY NOW CULLEN MOTOR & IMPLEMENT CO. 123 S. RWtrticU Ph. 7116 Livestock Portland. Ore., Aug. 9 (UP) Livestock: Cattle 250. calves 75. Ac tive, hteady. Common-medium jfrnss steers largely $12.00-15.00; heifera 1050-13 50; canner-cutter cows large ly 7.00-9 00; shells down to 6 00; nie-dium-RC-od beef cows 1 1 50-12.25; good-chcice veal era 14 00-15.00. Hogs 50. Steady, butchers 15.73 sows 1500; feeder pigs lackinf. Sheeo 350. Early sales steady but some bids lower. Good-choice lamb 13.00 common grade 9 00-10.50; good yearlings 10.50; mediums to good ewes 5.50. Chicago. Aug. 0 (UP) (WFA) Livestock: Hogs 2500; active, fully steadv; good and choice barrows and gilts 140 lbs., and up at 14.75 ceiling; good and choice sows 14.00. Cattle 2500; calves 500; strictly rood and choice fed steers and yearlings 15 to 25 cents higher on forced market; common and medium grade slow, steady: top 17.00 on 1184 lb. average; best yearlings 17.40; bulk fed steers lt.50 to 17.25. Sheep 1500; early sales steady; good and choice native spring Iambs 14.25; come grading largely choice, held around 14.50; common and medium native springers 11.00 to 12.50; bucks included. Portland Produce Portland. Aug. 9 (UP). Eggs To Retailers AA extra large, 57c; A extra large, 55c; A large, 53c; A medium, 48c; small (pullet), 42-43c. Cauliflower No. 1 Local $3-50 crate. Celery Oregon Green. $5.75-6 crate. Cucumbers Field Grown, $1-1.25. Tomatoes Bingen Field, $2.50. Chicago Wheat Chicago, Aug. 9 (UP). Wheat Open Hi eh Low Close Sept. 146 ij lfij'i 16'i 165 '4 Dec. 164'i IdiVt lC41.i 164'4 May 1634 1831, 163"i 1634 July 157 ! 157 Va 156?i 157 V, S. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Aug. 9 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 43 V4, 92 score 43, 90 score 423,4. Cheese: Loafs 28.2, triplets 27.2. Eggs: Large grade A 50V4, medium grade A i5Vz, small grade A 39Vfc, large grade B UVz. Wall Street New York, Aug. 9 (U.R) The stock market ran up fractions to more than 2 points today after momentary weakness at the opening. Trading improved on the advance and dealings were at the best pace in nearly a month. Prices softened at the start of the session in Wall Street's first response to Russia's entry into the war against Japan but losses soon were recovered when dis patches showed the London stock market strong on the news. Bullish sentiment was bolster ed by the WPB assertion that V-J day reconversion plans are ready and by President's Tru man's order to the agency to emphasize its 5-point plan for "orderly transition" to a peace time economy. The preliminary closing Dow- Jones averages: Industrial, 164.55, up 2.72; rail, 57.79, up 1.33; utility, 32.56, up 0.51; and 63 stocks. 62.80. up 1.14. Sales were 1,460,000 shares, against 700,000 yesterday Today's closing prices on selected stocks: American Telephone & Telegraph 1795s Anaconda 32Vs Chrysler 110 Curtiss Wright 6'4 General Electric 43T's General Motors 633,8 Montgomery Ward diV Penn. R. R 37 Phillips Petroleum 49 J. C. Penney 11834 Radio 13 Southern Pacific 48V4 Standard Oil of California 42'i Texas Gulf Sulphur 433ii Transamerica ... 13 United Aircrafts 28 U. S. Rubber 57 U. S. Steel Unquoted TRUMAN TAKES HAND IN WPB-OPA QUARREL Washington, Aug. 9 (U.R) President Truman stepped into a WPB-OPA quarrel over recon version policies todav with an order to WPB Chief J. A. Krug to continue a program for "an orderly transition from war production to civilian produc tion." The president decreed reten tion of previously outlined ma terial and inventory controls which, it was understood, Krug had wished to drop at the earli est possible moment. ONION PROTECTION Washington, Aug. 9 (U.R) The department of agriculture promised today that Washington state farmers will be protected against losses from costs in grow ing onion seeds under a recently cancelled war contract. Closing time for Stinriny Too Mte to Classify 4 00 Saturday afternoon Please remember Double -for your money Thti tht bargain Clicquot Gub Eskimo Cooler offen you a delicious Irmon-anuMimt flavored refresher m$ it or a mixer that goea down tha lint with any drink I CLICQUOT CLUB ESKIMO COOLER Clicquot Club Bottling Co. 301 N. Fir St. Ph. 7101 Flight o Time Medtord and Jackson Co. HI tory from the files of the Mai) Tribune 10. 20 and 34 fears aao. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Aug. 9, 1935 (It was Friday) Social security bill passed by senate. R. I. Stuart and sons awarded sewage disposal plant contract. ' Fair and warm. High 99, low 58 degrees. Medford schools to open Sep tember 9. High school football team in need of two big tackles, Coach Bowerman states. Grass fire on south flank of Roxy Ann, fought by 350 men. New Deal candidates beaten in Rhode Island election. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Aug 9, 1925 (It was Sunday) Bond issue for Butte Creek water to be $975,000. Hottest weather o fyear hits Hottest weather of year hits serious. Twenty-one forest fires rags in county. Outside aid rushed. Fair and warm, low 61 degrees. High 101, Prink Callison signs contract to coach Medford high for one year. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO Aug. 9, 1911 (It was Wednesday) Fruitmen seek cut in Icing rate for pears to east. Wall Street not to blame for 1907 panic, report shows. City water supply is muddy, and council committee to find out why. Jack London, noted author, visits city and valley. NEAR COMPLETION Salem, Ore., Aug. 9 (U.R) The state highway commission's post-war program is more than 80 per cent complete, according to R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer. Oregon is now readj to award highway construction contracts at the rate of $2,500j. 000 a month as soon as the war ends, Baldock said. Approximately $5,000,000 of federally financed construction on access roads leading to mili tary establishments and similar projects, have been completed during the past few years, Bal dock said. Other . than these projects little road construction work has been attempted In this state during the war. SPECIAL ATTENTION Given EESSNNERS e MRS. GLENN CLYMER Accordion Studio 1211 W. MAIN Certified Accordian Teacher Several Years Experience Phsr,e 2755 Turn Your 1942 cr 1941 Car Into CASH! SEE HUMPHREY NOW to TRADE, BUY or SELL HUMPHREY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Ave. '0 lSjhi J
