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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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