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SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Medford2Tribune "Braryone tn Southern Oresoa i Read! the mil inbuilt" Dally eepi tatntday Published bjr MEDFORD PBINTINO CO. PT-M North Tit St Phon tUl ROBERT W. RtTHU MMor. ' SRNEST K. GILSTRAP. HiMI". HERB GREY, Adverdilnf Mjf B C. FERGUSON. Manainl Editor CTtnJ Sunday Editor MnS OUVI STARCHER. Soc. Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Max Aa Independent Newipaper, Entered eecond claaa mattar at Idediord, Oreon. under Act of 1R70. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Marcn o. a ma. it tn AHuanci' Dally and Sunday on year .. SO Dally and Sunday etx montha 4 00 Dally and Sunday three moa. 1.10 Dally and 8unday one months .75 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Aahland, Central Point, jacKion. Tllle, Gold Hill, Phoenix. Talent, and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday one yeer....D.0 Dally and Sunday one month All terma cath In advance. Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackion County United Preis Full Leaieri Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS ns Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. nfficea In New York Chlcaao. Da- trolt, 6an Franclaco, Loa Angelee, Se attle, Portland. St. LouH.- Atlanta. Vancouver, B. C. 0 BECI0(N sTc)l M T 1 0 N PUBUSHlER. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry The nations of the earth now prepare to beat their swords Into ploughshares, and gather at the peace table. In dealing with the Japanese delegates, a mine de tector should be run over their anatomical structure, to make sure, when shaking hands, they don't explode. e e e In California, the annual-lottery giving 500 natives, the right to shoot an antelope, or be shot lor one, has been held. e e a "Hay fever Is one of the worst of diseases. You can't cure it and it won't kill you." (Oakland (Calif.) Tribune) What every victim knows, a a e Old Marshal P e t a I n, 89, of France, has been found guilty of treason, by a French jury, with the recommendation the death penalty be not Imposed for ten years. He la urged not to do it again, and not run with bad German boys, any more, a Keen local observers have dis covered, that District Attorney O. Neilson is a look-alike of Sec retary of State James Bryncs, with or without, his hat on, a e e GOOD, IF IT WORKS (Corvallls Gazette-Times) "Notice: If the young thief who stole a bag of practice balls out of our locker at the Country club will return half of them he may keep the other half and no questions asked. Otherwise he's under suspic ion." The gasoline shortage, ended as of there had never any, and caused great rejoicing among the motorists. It will be no long er necessary to save gas, a whole month, at four gallons per week, to make a 1000 mile, and return home with a full tank by careful driving. "Fill 'er up. and run 'rr over," requested one exultant speeder. The Jack Gill boy Harry, In the Navy, is home on leave. He has been stationed near Pasco, In the area where the atom bombs were made. He knew sometning was going on, with no ' knowledge as to what. Only 228 Jap bRlloon bombs landed In the United Slates. Mex ico, and Canada, the army re ports. When the excitement was wildest, any rumormonger with out looking, could see that many loafing over Ttoxy Ann, a a a "A photo weekly gives us a beach cutie sporting a fur wrap over the stylish two piece bathing number. This is the sex that cries because It is misunderstood " (Kxchange) It's none of your business, besides. a a a Oregon editors have a new style hut water to get into. Re turned sergeants, mentioned as corporals, dcmiind Justice and corrections. a a a "Whole crew of workers for Al Giordano disappeared so fast after that phony peace flash Sunday that they were out in the hilts before he could tell 'em he wanted 'em at work oMnday." (Siskiyou News) Spantaneous getting out. while the getting was good. LONG DEATH LEAPS New York. Aug. 10 tU.P.) An unidentified man leaped from the 86th floor observation tower of the Kmpire State Building today and landed In 33rd street. 1.000 feet below. In falling, he cleared the parapets which wen iT''.TJ:,lTp"? Police said It was "definitely a Jump." drains lima tor Bunder Tno lata to Clanify Saturday aiiernoon alea l emember. Thursday. Aug. !l, IMS The War To End War) Yes, "God moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform." The greatest and most terrible war in history has at long last cleared the way to end ALL war. The war that produced the most destructive weapon ever known to man. also produced the weapon that, if properly controlled and race can bring world peace. This, of course, is the HTHAT bomb ended the war against "Japan. And it is a fortunate thing that the most warlike and primitive world-power, or former world-power, should have been the one nation to feel its effect, and thus know from actual infernal machine can do. Japan will never forget I TNDOUBTEDLY Japanese scientists are already at work, or more accurately are still at work, for no doubt Japan, along with every other world power has been trying to solve the problem ever since atomic force was discovered. And one of these days called civilized nations, the secret and be in a position to make the bomb. a a e a a DUT, what good will that do Japan? u Without control of the sea and air she can not use the bomb against an enemy country for more than one sneak attack and she knows what one sneak at tack did to her once she won't want another ! The noint is. this atomic bomb reaching its highest perfection among want neace: can never be weaker nations that might sion, they could profit by breaking the peace. And, in the hands of the stronger nations, combined together in the recently formed Security League, this bomb can, and unless the genus nomo nas gone com pletely stark mad will assure world peace for at least a hundred years. That will be long enough for most of us ! But there is no reason we can see why,, properly controlled, it should not prevent another war another world war at least for all time! R.W.R. Bradley and The 96th Southern Oregonians who have followed Artist nilhprt Bundv's vigorous sketches of the Pacific war in Hearst newspapers enjoyed a chuckle the other day when Major General James L. Bradley of the 96th "Deadeye" Division was pictured heading for his new tin-can shower on Okinawa attired in his ever-present broad smile and a towel. There was no formality in sight, according to the artist, and yet mat wasn i un usual, for General Jim didn't ask for salutes at the front, even when he wore his hat. His men always regarded him as a "great character." ft i a e e a TTHOSE who knew "Smiling Jim" when he com- manded the 96th at Camp White saw in him a tough but kindly leader. He kept a watchful eye over the health and welfare of his men and every phase of their training, for this West Pointer came originally from Missouri and had to be shown. He knew first hand the ugly and brutal realities of war and made sure that his men were ready to cope with them when the zero hour came. IT came first at Leyte, then again at Okinawa, 1 the record of the Deadeyes in both campaign now a glorious chapter in the history of this war. In both invasions the 96th met the heaviest opposition tha Tfina VioH tn nffpr and casualties were heavy. Claudius Easley, who became a brigadier general at Camp White, was among those who gave their lives in the Pacific victory. TTIIE people of Southern Oregon have taken a per sonal pride in the record of the 96th Division. From General Bradley to buck private, the men of the Deadeye outfit were liked here. The fact that this fcclintr was reciprocated is attested by the published history of the division in ford. Grants rasa and Ashland were termed uncom monly friendly folk." IT is an interesting fact that the 96th Division was even more than an All-American outfit. Not onlv were all states of the Union. Hawaii, Alaska and Fuorto Rico represented but 36 foreign countries as well. H.G. Quo Vadis? There was a time, hundreds of years ago when no mercy was shown a defeated nation, or a tribe. Victory was always marked by an orgy of rapine and murder, the leaders of the defeated forces usu ally being tortured before death and their lifeless bodies dragged through the streets, or their gory heads displayed on pikes in the public gathering place for the edification of young and old. It had been generally supposed the human race had outgrown such barbarities. Some had even come to believe that civilized nations should observe as a mat ter of course, a certain magnanimity and considera tion, for the fallen foe. No man, or no group of men, should, it was thought, be kicked or otherwise mis treated when down. 4 But. reading over the details of what the Italian "Reds" did to Mussolini and other Fascist loaders and manifestations toward the defeated minims, nere ana aoroaa, we wonder n tlie people on this cooling cinder are not on their way back to the jungle, instead of marching as assumed, slowly but surely toward better and higher things ! R.W.R. utilized by a sane human atomic bomb. experience what this truly the lesson! Japan, along with other so- will undoubtedly discover the strongest nations that used eitectiveiy oy me still rest under the delu and campaigns is which the people of Med News Behind The News By Paul MaJJon Washington. Ai i j the whole tricky dealing of the to ooiain a preferred DOSltinrt n v ffj1"! their lay rather con' vincing e v I dence of the plot to per petuate be yond our west ern under standing the Japanese sys- tern, which brought on PftOl Ma&DOO Pearl Harbor. In f a e t. the simplest and most easily obtain able facts added verification to certain high congressional suspi clons that maintenance of the emperor in any position could well give the Japs a better nu cleus upon which to build future world trouble than the Nazis were able to get. a a a THE Truman administration quieted these increasing con gressional doubts by passing along the inside word that Tru man looked upon any satisfac tory surrender as, in eventual fact, unconditional apparently regaruiess oi ine standing of the emperor, as long as we held control. To the JaDs. however the emperor is the top god in a list reputed to run to ahnnt 500, no matter where he sits. even if under Mr. Truman's chair. Their established relizlnna theory would naturally hold mat their god was in temporary difficulties in any subservient position. The national Jap prob lem then would be to extricate him, and restore him to his right- iui position. Anyone standing in the way, like Mr. Truman or an American doughboy, would be a sort of devil who had kidnaped god. THE whole superstition could be proved a fake and delu sion to the Japanese if respect for reason could be restored there, by a factual research into accurate history of their defied dynasty research by their own people. Japanese intellectuals, who long since discovered that the line back to the sun goddess was not only broken but shattered by many historical Incidents, have been shushed effectively by the emperor's clan, meaning the rul ing classes, who may change faces from time to time but never have changed their em peror story, which was the ex cuse for their authority and ex istence. Their trumpery, in turn, would be Ju.st as easy to prove and dis play. The Japanese people have been required to believe, as a co-matter of religion and gov ernment, that the emperor picked his cabinets, controlled the diet and held "complete ex ecutive and legislative powers." This pretense that he was a Hit ler was difficult to maintain with a straight face at times, as the various ruling Japanese groups controlled and pushed god first one way then another in fact, wherever they wanted him. a a a THE establishment of reason in Japanese will, however, be the most difficult task because reason never existed there. As part of its emperor government' religion. Shintoism has no moral or ethical code. The emperor, for instance is not required to do what is right or good, because he is a god The faith of Shintoism ignores both logic and reason, and the people are supposed to be led by blind instinct. While the militarists built the emperor-god theory up out of ancient legends to its highest peak, conflicting organized be liefs have gained footholds there including the Christian con cepts of reason right and wrong. A census before the war showed 104 Christian churches, 108.000 Huddhist temples and 110,431 Shinto shrines. There Is no com munism in Japan above ground. The foothold of Christianity, therefore. Is quite clearly the one upon which we should build. These are the reasons why the increasing number of congress men (Including one of the high est administration leaders) were biting their lips during the lat est hectic stages of Mr. Truman's negotiations. They were won dering how much of a Job he had loft himself to clean up later, when the final document Is an alyzed In complete detail. COMMUNICATIONS Latter to the Rdltur man beat tha name and adtlreae oi the writer althotiih tha me ot a pen-name or Inmate tnr publication ta parmia. tihle rha Mall Tribune reserve tha right tn edit all latteri with a flaw to elartrj ani eondensauoa Whare Is Lot and Understanding? To the editor: Now that we stand on the threshold of victory how many of us are actually thinking of that "brave new world?'' Does anyone question the motives and the authenticity of the news commentators and the press? If so. are there any Americans who believe we can i Faawi i ,j-pi ilium i j :. v . ye 4 t -J ' . y i J-"" : jVj r- V "V A (Acm Telephoto) Terrific blast Hiroshima and Nagasaki received by atomic bombing la discussed by (left to right): Laurence Johnson, Hollywood, Call., atomic bomb scientist who flew on both missions and saw first atomic bomb ex plode In New Mexico; Rear Adm.. William R. Purnell, in charge of atomic bomb use; Brig. Gen. Thomaa P. Farrell, In charge of atomic bomb use in Pacific area, and Lt. Jacob Beser, precision instrument operitoi WPP photo via Navy Radio. build a 'just and durable peace" while entertaining vulgar, nau seating delusions as to our na tional superiority and parading before the rest of the world, dis playing our halo, thanking God that we are not as other barbar ians? Blowing several thousand human souls (men, women and children) to hell with one atomic bomb should make the most hardy Christian shudder; if there are any left in this land of the free and home of the brave. I think it is time to ask this Christian nation Just what has happened to our sense of reason and justice? Have we no humil ity or compassion? Where is the love and understanding of all mankind and I mean ALL man kind that will lift us above the level of our primeval ancestors? Harold Bock 7410 S. E. Division Portland, Ore. TO BE SHIPPED AT EARLY DATE Washington, Aug. 16 (U.R) Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson said today the war department intends to return to Europe at the earliest practicable moment the 400,000 German and Italian prisoners of war now in this country. Patterson wrote Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson and War Manpower Commission er Paul V. McNutt, urging that all industrial and agricultural employers of war prisoner labor take steps Immediately toward replacing these workers with "free labor." Early In 1946 Patterson said Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has indicated he can receive prisoners of war about as rapidly as they can be sent to him. Furthermore, he said, trans portation to Europe will be gen erally available until early in 1946. The controlling factor, therefore, is the need for their labor in the United States, he said. "State and federal employ ment agencies and veteran's or ganizations can be of great assist ance In guiding employes releas ed by industrial cutbacks and discharged military personnel Into agricultural and peacetime industrial Jobs." Since V-E day, the war depart ment has returned more than 5,000 sick and wounded German "and Italian prisoners of war to their homelands. Another 5,000 sick and wounded non workers will be shipped soon. BIRTHS OWENS To Mr. and Mrs. J. E., Route 4, Box 84 A, August 16, 1945, a boy, 7 lbs., at Osteopath ic Clinic. CAMPBELL To. Mr. and Mrs. W. R Butte Falls. Aug. 14. 1945. a girl, 5 lbs., at Osteopath ic Clinic. GOSS To Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Frank, 524 Bessie St., Aug. 14. 1945. a boy, 7 lbs., at Osteo pathic Clinic. Clnatrs time (nr Clarified Arti 8 30 i tn. Ton Lata to Classify 12 IS p m. ON THE SPOT SERVICE Gall 4081, Ashland -Make Your Appointment Any Mechanical Work Bear Wheel Aligning New Chevrolet Motors Body and Paint Work Sclby Chevrolet Co. "Discuss Historic Atom Bombings J'VILLE I00F 10 IN LODGE HALL Jacksonville, Aug. 16 Jack sonville I.O.O.F. lodge No. 10 will observe Friday, the 86th an niversary of the first meeting held in the lodge hall, which once served as a Jewish Syna gog.. All Oddfellows, Rebekahs, and their friends are invited to attend the meeting at 8:30 p. m., followed by refreshments served by the I.O.O.F. Oldest lodge in the state, Jack sonville I.O.O.F., was first locat ed on Jackson creek in an old log cabin in the early 1850's. The present hall was built in 1855 as a Jewish Synagog, a place of worship, and is consid ered a historical spot today with its iron doors and window shut ters which provided protection from early Indians, and its rare old furniture. Stayed All Night Once each week the Jews came to the Synagog to worship, arriving about two hours before sundown, and remaining in the building with doors and win dows closed until sunup the fol lowing day. Before each service, which was held in the upstairs room now used as a lodge hall, feasts were held in the down stairs dining room under super vision of the high priest. Jewish worshippers stood while eating, so as to be able to more quickly respond to the Lord's command. Records from 1860 show that Jacksonville I.O.O.F. lodge was moved to the building in that year, and meetings have contin ued there for 83 years. Origin ally held on Saturday nights, the meetings were changed to Friday three years ago. Silas J. Day was one of the first mem bers in Southern Oregon or Northern California. The lodge has increased its membership in recent years, and sponsors danc es every two weeks in the U. S. hall at Jacksonville. Oldest Member Ruth Rebekah Lodge No. 4 has one of the oldest members in the state. Mrs. Alice Ulrich, who was initiated into the order at Jacksonville 67 years ago. Present officers of the lodge are noble grand, Gus Sanger: vice grand, Andy DeGraff; past noble grand, Alfred Coffman; right supporter of the noble grand, Arthur Hinkle; left sup porter of the noble grand, Dave Dorn; right supporter of the vice grand, Ike Coffman; left suppor ter, Molvin Sherer; warden, G. A. Kimball; conductor, George Brownlce; chaplain, Emll W. Beyer; secretary, Howard Lewis: treasurer, Albert Hackert; out side guardian, Clinton A. Smith; and Inside guardian, H. McDan iel. Thailand to Drop War on U. S., Britain San Francisco, Aug. 16 (U.R) Tokyo Radio, monitored by FCC, reported today that Thai land had decided to "withdraw" its declaration of war against the United States and Britain. Thailand, said the report, had decided to negotiate peace. I .jf :"VS 11 . 1 at -"A. L Several valley residents, able to buy unrationed gasoline for the first time in several months, traveled yesterday to nearby mountains to pick huckleberries which are now approaching the peak of the season here. Rogue River National Forest officials state that berries on Huckleberry Mountain, off the Crater Lake highway above Union Creek, are now at their best. Those in Blue Rock dist rict, north of Butte Falls, are not quite ripe now, but will be at their peak in about a week, rangers report. Market listings from the northern part of the state indi cate that huckleberries are ap pearing on the Portland market this week. Women, Angered By Ration to Continue Trip on Horseback Seattle, Aug. 16 (U.R) Llft ing of gasoline rationing doesn't mean a thing to Mrs. Nellie Mc Donald, 55-ycar-old grandmother from Santa Cruz, Cal. 'Mrs. McDonald and a daugh ter, Mrs. Frances N. Davis, ar rived here Mnndav nitrhfc nffpr travelling 1,000 miles from their j home on horseback to visit a granddaughter after their gas board refused them fuel. "That gas board made us mad. We're still angry. We're going back by horse and they can keep their gas," said Mrs. McDonald ; today. WEATHER 1 Northern California: Clear to day, tonight and Friday, except fog off coast and scattered thunderstorms over northern mountains; little change in tem-j perature; moderate northwest wind off coast. I ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS In the Larger Sixes Only NO PRIORITY NECESSARY ELECTRIC 131 West Main FOR PROMPT DELIVERY 200 Cubic Foot Load DIAL 2123 TlMBERP tA.J.'.'-lMVV--1" Flight o Time Madioxd and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 yean ago. TEN YEARS AGO August 18. 1935 (It was Friday) Will Rogers, famed humorist, and Wiley Post, flier, killed in plane crash near Pt. Barrow, Alaska, while on a world flight. Tragedy shocks the nation. Rogers paid a short visit here in 1931, when his plane was grounded. Large throng attends opening of Mann's remodeled store. Fair and cooler, low 42 degrees. High 78. Work on sewage plant to start next week. TWENTY YEARS AGO August 16, 1925 (It was Sunday) Japan coast ravaged by huge floods. President Coolidge holds con ference on war debts. Soldiers user! in- hunt frtn at. caped Salem prison inmates. Fair and moderate, low 44 degrees. High 85, Seven autoists fined for speed ing. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO August 18. 1911 (It was Wednesday) County fair to be held early in October. Two cars of pears now ship ped daily from city. Crater Lake is pronounced by Jack London, noted author, as "Oregon's greatest asset". Laying of cornerstone of Sa cred Heart hospital to be made later. A radio network 11.500 miles long guides the planes of the Pan-American World Airways in their flights over oceans and Jungles, reports Radio News. SUNDAY CRATER. AN Turn Your 1942 or IS4I Gar Into GASH! SEE HUMPHREY NOW to TRADE, BUY er SELL HUMPHREY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Ave. :-;-"''' SERVICE Phone 2751 a.j.l"l DIAL 2123 Company ateoaj Tha U.J.NAVf
