EIGHT MEDfOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Btpt. B. 1943
MEDFORDi.TRIBUNB
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ROBERT W. RUHU Editor.
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An Independent Newipeper.
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Medford. Oregon, under Act of
March 3. 1019.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
By Mall In Advance
Dally and Sunday one year ..7 90
Dally and Sunday lx monthe 4 00
Dally and Sunday three mm, 3.10
Daily and Sunday one monlh.. 73
By Carrier In Advance Medford.
Anhland, Central Point. Jackaon
yille. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Talent, and
on motor routea:
Daily and Sunday one year 00
Daily end Sunday one month .78
All lerme cash In advance.
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Whiskey imbibers are advised
both the quantity and quality of
plain drinking liquor will Im
prove from now on. This means
the off-brands foisted on the pub
lic Just before a holiday, when
they will buy anything, will not
be as far off, as during the war.
Some of this firewater, was and
is, a disgrace to the distiller's
art. In prohibition days, moon
shiners who produced far better
stuff, when caught, were given
90 days In the county Jail, fined
$500 and costs, and had their
red auto, confiscated by the
sheriff.
School opens the 17th. Kids,
Maws, and schoolma'ams can
' hardly wait, but will.
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Many farmers are now fixing
their fences, over which some
expect to lift themselves by their
bootstraps, the next time a
charming candidate for some
thing comes along.
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Another sign of fall has ap
peared. Broad shouldered, long-lf-'SRed
youths wearing sweaters,
with an "M", over their solar
plexus, have started making
yardage through the late after
noon auto traffic.
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"For Sale Used wicked bug
gy. Good condition." (Albany,
Cal., Times) For pink-toed sin
ners. o e
FLATTENING FLATTERY
(Astoria Astorian-Budget)
"So you think we're a bit
on the philosophical side, do
you, Mrs. Ellsworth? Well,
here's right back at you. We
think that you are a very
charming, Intelligent and ac
complished lady and a credit
to our democratic party," (H.
Hayncs Stuff)
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Forgiving souls regret the
printing of the Pearl Harbor re
ports, and, argue "why cry over
spilled milk." Sad to tell, it was
not milk that was spilled at
Pearl Harbor. The foe blew up
battleships, not milk wagons.
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"Monday Cook, who has been
home on a two weeks' furlough,
loft lust Tuofdny morning for a
camp in southern California."
(Pine Creek News) Is his nick
name Blue?
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Two members of an upstate
family have sustained wounds in
two weeks, from the accidental
discharge of guns. What seems
to be needed is the speedy abol
ishment of the family arsenal.
e
H. Hopkins, the deputy presi
dent, who spent 12 years in the
White House, without being
elected to anything, has been
awarded tho distinguished serv
ice mednl. No labor chief has yet
received the purple heart, for
having his feelings wounded by
the Oklahoma City speech of
Gov. Dewey a year ago.
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"Quite a few local drivers
seem to think city speed laws
went out along with gasoline ra
tioning." (Siskiyou News)
oaiuc nere, Hem.
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The supposed sugar shortage
will last far Into 1946, federal
bureaus report, and there Is a
well gorunded public suspicion,
no better count haa been made
of the sugar sacks, than the na
tion's cows. After sweating
through an alleged beef shortage
for three years, there are more
steers on the range, than ever be
fore in history. Running out of
sugar has some blessings. It used
to be poured into autos, to make
the engine stick, and the car
owner cuss.
A paint brush Is recommend
ed as a good duster for wicker
porch furniture because it reach
es Into corners better than a dust
doth.
Better Care for That Car
A recent statement by Henry P. Nelson, director of
automotive reconversion of the WPB, dealing with
the critical motor vehicle situation touches upon a
matter of vital importance to America's new peace
time economy. Nelson stresses the danger of over
optimism on the part of the public concerning new
car production, an attitude that might easily result
in neglect of present automobiles.
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A CTUALLY, the output of new cars will represent
only a token production a drop in the bucket
when compared with the nation's requirements. A
drop in spare parts sales of 25 per cent following the
announcement of resumed new car production clearly
indicates an alarming lack
in the true picture of the automotive industry, let
down in conservation practices might well precipitate
a serious transportation problem before new car pro
duction hits its stride.
FIGURES from R. L. Polk
passencrer automobiles
the rate of 3,300 each day.
July 1, 1944 more than three and one-half million
passenger cars were relegated to the junk yard3. The
anticipated production for the balance of this year is
but 200,000; only 500,000 new cars have been author
ized for the first quarter of 1946; only two million
cars will probably be produced during the coming
year. '
VES, the old jallopy will have to last a little longer,
and it behooves wise motorists to keep it in good
repair. Although speed limits have been boosted it
is a good idea to remember that old cars operated at
slow sneeds have defects
both obvious and dangerous. Have a care have a
car" is a thoutrht-provoking slogan that owners of
older cars will do well to
Navy Hospital Workers Needed
It doesn't look as though Jackson County will
have an unemployment problem for a long time to
come.
The new Navy hospital at Camp White, for ex
ample, will use a lot of civilian workers and, as an
encouragement to long range use of this fine estab
lishment bv the Navy, this community should make a
special effort to see that labor needs are promptly
and adequately filled.
TTHERE is an immediate and urgent call for some of
these workers. The Navy needs 50 or more mess
attendants, a number of maids, laborers for varied
types of janitor work and chauffeurs. There are a
number of other vacancies which must be filled at
once, too cooks, butchers, clerks, etc. Long time
work is assured, an inducement to those seeking em
ployment. Applicants for work at the Navy hospital should
visit the Civil Service commission's office in the Hol
land hotel building as soon as possible, as certifica
tion must be made through that agency.
IT is earnestly hoped that this appeal for civilian
help by the Navy will bring prompt response. Tin's
opportunity for pleasant, profitable employment in
work so vitally important
Medfords Street Cars
The War Production Board's return of a bill of sale
to the City of Medford for rails once used by this
city's street car system. recalls an interesting phase of
the scrap drives of 1942 and 1943. When the need
of scrap metal was most critical the citv offered these
rails, now covered with macadam, to the government.
Although the rails were not
appeared for some time that
MOW that victory is here and the need has defin-
itely passed the WPB has returned the bill of
sale with appropriate expression of thanks for this
willing contribution.
"NLY the old timers will recall Medford's street
cars, which traveled their circutious way from
the city center to Siskiyou Heights and the reservoir.
The system was built by S. S. Bullis in 1914, and later
extended to join the Barnum railroad to Jacksonville.
LTHOUGII the need for street cars passed with
the coming of the automobile it appeared for a
while they would serve again for an even greater
cause the winning of our greatest war. H.G.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Sept. 6 Mr.
Truman Is on his own to wipe
the lend-lease slate clean or
rather his own
and J mimic's
State Secre
tary Byrnes).
Congress can
and will do
nothing. The
lend-lease law,
which now
turns out to
aV
M3
have been a,
give-lease law.j
also gave the ;
ir ani president free,
power to make and close agi ce
ments without guiding prin
ciples. 1
The original misinterprets
III pi t in ipul,
of public understanding
and Company show that
are going off the road at
Between July 1, 1941 and
that at high speeds become
heed. H.G.
should not go unheaded.
dug up for war needs it
this step would be taken.
tlon of Mr. Truman's announce
ment that we should not expect
repayment has been amended
by Byrnes and Senate Leader
Uarkley to an extent which rep
resents average congressional
opinion. Mr. Byrnes said we ex
pected to get some undefined
things he called "commitments,"
although not dollars.
The run of congressmen think
similarly. The nations cannot
pay, they say. It would be dan
gerous to impose any financial
obligations on them, so why not
forget the whole business? (This
means, of course, our taxpayers
must pay the deficiencies.) ,
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MOWHEKE can I find anyone
who wants to ask what of
Russia? Russia can mine gold
for perhaps $11 an ounce cost
to her and sell it to us for $33
an ounce (thereby getting about
70 per cent price reduction on
goods from us) and by this
means repay without hurt. Also
her captured resources and mar
kets in Europe and Asia hi.e
permanently enhanced her li
nanctal and economic position
In spite of injured industry does
she not have genuine ability to
pay?
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THE condition Is different as
regards the British empire?,
The Netherlands, France and
others, including China but
not totally. The British, Dutch.
French and Chinese( now ex
panded through Manchuria) con
trol the world output of every
material we are short of. True,
they are financially on the
brink (the world has put up
some $18,000,000,000 to help
them through the Bretton
Woods bank and exchange
fund), but after the first world'
war, they conducted world car
tels and monopolies in such
strategic materials as rubber
and tin. Could not a small
yearly percentage of that mon
opolistic production be applied
to reverse give-lease to help us
build permanent stock piles, or
ever-normal supplies of man
ganese (which Russia has in
abundance), tungsten, linseed
oil, quinine, and even Pacific
oil to keep our patrol battle
ships going around Japan in the
Interest of world peace, without
having to ship fuel to them
across that vast ocean?
Government authorities do
not seem to want the West In
dies and Bermuda, which are
valuable defenses and air bases,
on the ground that we would
have to support the poor natives.
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'TWERE can be no debate about
- the fact tnat our ainea
friends have been short in "com
mitments" of every kind to us.
political as well as economic:
have made none outside the
United Nations charter, which
is on a mutual basis. The Brit
ish are socializing the Bank of
England while seeking a new
dollar loan directly from us, in
addition to the financial aid of
the Bretton Woods agreements
and promising to side with Rus
sia on the continent. The Rus
sians have resisted our policies
throughoue Europe, and what
trade or interests we will get or
he able to maintain there is
dubious.
The field of "commitments"
which could be made to us is
limitless in both politics and
economics, upon which a friend
who owes you money might well
wish to make a "commitment"
to establish good will if we
asked for it.
My inside information sug
gests Mr. Truman made his too
all-embracing observation for
world consumption because his
earlier cessation of give-lease
had been a shock to the nations
which expected to get rehabili
tated at Uncle Sam's expense. A
leading government official, just
back from Europe, Is telling his
colleagues of the astonishing ex
tent to which they were
shocked.
COMMUNICATIONS
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Ex-Serviceman Doesn't Like It
To the editor: In your paper,
dated Aug. 30, 1945, an item ap
peared entitled, "Weekly Bene
fit Making Loafers Out of Sol
diers," I don't like it! I am a
vet from Africa and Sicily my
self. When I was "over there"
1 used to dream about how I was
going to lay around for at least
six months and do nothing but
eat the best of foods and sleep
in nothing but the best of beds.
When I came back here I did
everything I had promised my
self except the six months of
laying around. In five days of
"civics" I had taken a civil serv
ice exam and had been sworn in.
I worked in a payroll section at
a civil service department and
every day signed fellows up for
work who had been out of the
army for two weeks at the most
and they were "stickers on the
Job too." Not a one of them could
stand this laying around.
1 have been timekeeper for a
lumber company up here at
Butte Falls, Oregon, for the past
14 months, and have signed fel
lows who want to work while
they are on furloughs and passes!
Now Millard W. Rice, national
service director of the Disabled
American Veterans should get
the idea put into his head Uiat
maybe a few of these boys are
resting up and they will come
out of it. Lots of people did not
want to know a war was going
on (1 know, because I was "de
tailed" to sell bonds) because it
cost them too much war taxes.
Now these people are the first
ones to rend anything like Mr.
Rice's article. And as a result
there Is an atomic starting of
tongues In regards to servicemen
receiving a measly $20 a week.
But! What has the wages been
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Cowboys Competing for
N.ifion:tl Hanori
" DON'T MISS IT!
' Fjiraroundf -Med for J
- a
2 RIP-ROARIN' DAYS
Night of Afternoon
Sept. 8th 9th
for these people while that sol
dier was "over there" at $50 per
month? (And they still called
strikes.)
I am in hopes that Mr. Rice
was misunderstood at his news
conference and hope to see his
statement as such. Otherwise Mr.
Rice will find himself sadly lack
ing in support at the oppertune
time.
P. S. Vets what do you think
about it?
Al Swartz
Butte Falls, Ore.
Flight o'
Time
Medford and Jackion Co. His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20 end 34 years
ego.
TEN YEARS AGO
September 6, 1935
(It Was Friday)
Nation's business Is assured by
President, "New Deal experi
menting is over."
Nudist wearing nothing but a
pair of socks on Peach street
cast into the city bastile.
Relief stations in Jackson and
nine other counties ordered clos
ed.
Gasoline drops two cents per
gallon here.
Fair and cooler. High 90, low
49 degrees.
Pear pickers needed in orch
ards of valley, as season hits
peak.
Butter hits 32c per pound,
with heavy sales.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
September 6, 1925
(It Was Sunday)
French premier chides Amer
ica for failure to enter League
of Nations.
Sheep show to be feature of
county fair this year.
Schools of city to be crowded
this year, more room needed.
President Coolidge in excel
lent health plans return to White
House as vacation ends.
THIKTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
September 6, 1911
(It Was Wednesday)
High school overflows with
students, due to larger enroll
ment than expected.
French fleet mobilized off
Toulon, as dispute with Germany
over Moroccan question grows
tense.
Diner in Front street cafe
breaks bottle of catsup over
waiter's head in argument over
price of meal.
More California
Turkey For Dinners
Sacramento, Sept. 6 (U.R)
More turkeys will be available
for holiday dinners in California
this winter than in any of the
war years, the State Crop Re
porting Servive predicted today.
The Service said that a record
crop ot 4,942.000 birds are being
produced by California growers
this year, 22 per cent more than
in 1944 and 66 per cent more
than in pre-war years.
EDWIN DEACON RITES
IN TALENT TOMORROW
Talent. Sept. 6 Last rites for
Edwin ' Deacon, who passed
away in Medford Sept. 3, will
be held at the Methodist church
In Talent Friday at 1:30 p.m.
instead of at Ashland as was
previously announced. The de
ceased was a retired Methodist
clergyman and had resided In
Talent for the past 18 years.
Interment will be In the
I.O.O.F. addition of Mountain
View cemetery.
THE GRANGE
Hoxy Ann Grange
Roxy Ann Grange will hold
Its first meeting of the month
Friday, Sept. 7, at 8:15 p.m.
Refreshments are in charge
of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Jossy and
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Cordy.
Closing time for Sunday Too Late
to ClasMfy 4 00 Saturday afternoon
Plea.a remember
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
Sleepless Nights
When disorder of kidney fnnrtlon permits
tvlaonous matter to remain in your blood, it
irimycauv'nrwJknnsh&f kiu-he. rheumatic pains,
leu pain, leas o pep ni energy, getting up
nUht. velUnjr. pufttneaa under tha erea,
headaches i i diLiinesi. Frequent or scanty
pa- urea with smartum an., burning aome
timei -hows there is something wrung with
your kidneys or bladder.
IWt waitl Aik your drurrlst for TVan's
Pills, a stimulant diuretic, used nuceeaifully
by millions for over 40 year. Ion'a aha
happy relief nd will help th IS milea of
kidney tuoa flush out poisonous wut from
jour blood. Get Dou's Villi.
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OF
Washington, Sept. 6 (U.R)
The nation was moving swiftly
along today on the biggest eco
nomic experiment In its history
j trying to raise the standard of
living au per cent in the next
five years without Increasing
the costs of living.
Economic Stabilization Direc
tor William H. Davis said it
looked as though we would make
it If we keep our shirts on and
our courage he gave his first sur
vey of the nation's economy
since the sudden end of the Jap
anese war in an informal discus
sion with reporters.
He said that the country must
face the Imperative need of in
creasing its standard of living 40
to 50 per cent.
Toward achieving that end,
Davu soon will issue new wage
price regulations which will re
quire the War Labor Board to
consider the effect of a wage in
crease on costs.
Local Servicemen
Among Returnees
Seattle, Sept. 6 (U.R) Ap
proximately 3,000 army, navy
and coastguard Pacific war vet
erans, principally from the Phi
lippines, landed here today
aboard a troopship which trav
elled non-stop from Guam.
Included in the passenger list
were about 1.000 army n.en.
1,300 naval personnel and 700
casualties.
Among northwest servicemen
to land were:
Sgt. Glenn B. Rodgers, Route
4. Box 14, Medford. Ore.; T4
Arthur N. Allison, Star Route,
Bqx 35, Jacksonville, Ore.
Navy
Will Hush
Invasion Plans
Guam, Sept. 8 (U.R) A
spokesman for Admiral Chester
W. Nimitz said today that the
navy will withhold all details of
the planned invasion of Japan.
The date of the proposed land
ings, the invasion beaches, the
number of troops to be used and
other matters will be relegated
to the navy's top secret plans, the
spokesman said
P.-T. A. Activities
The canning committee of
the Jacksonville Parent-Teacher
association urges any woman of'
the community who would like
to help with the canning for
school lunches to be at the
schoolhouse at 8:30 a.m. Friday
A large number of workers isj
needed to process pears.
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"Parmone" delays the weakening of the Joint between the fruit
tern and spur lets the fruit hang on for full normal ripening. How
ever, "Parmone" does not prevent the normal ripening of fruit,
and the fruit must be picked at the proper stage of maturity. This
applies particularly to Bartlett pears and certain apples.
For best results application should be delayed until the beginning
of fruit drop but not too long. "Timing" is important. For advice
- on "Parmone" liquid concentrate, see your Du Pont dealer and local
fruit authorities.
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War Wife Must
Choose Between
Army and Navy
Oakland, Calif., Sept. 8 (U.R)
Mrs Laurie Cales Bernstein,
faced with the necessity of choos
ing between two hero husbands,
said today, "We're all going to be
hurt, but the three of us must
talk it out intelligently."
Mrs. Bernstein received word
yesterday that Lt. James H.
Cales, her first husband and the
father of her four-month-old son,
had been found in a Japanese
prison camp. He had been re
ported killed in action off Oki
nawa. A month after Cales was re
ported dead, his wife married
Army Lt. Ethan P. Bernstein.
Oakland, a wounded veteran of
the European theater and the
childhood sweetheart to whom
she once had been engaged.
v.-.ii r r .
Theft From Father
Hollywood, Sept. 8 (U.R) :
Charles H. Hunt, 18, was held to
day on suspicion of grand theft ;
after he confessed that he and
two ether youths stole $15,000
from the father of one of them
in Hampton, Va.
"Now I can sleep, was Hunt s
comment as he emptied his pock
ets before Desk Sgt. A. J. Kane
today, putting a pile of $4,027
in bills on the desk.
He said he and his companions
have been living in a swank ho
tel since they came to Los An
geles on August 18.
NAT PIEPER RESIGNS
San Francisco, Sept. 6 (U.R)
Nat J. L. Pieper, 37, special
agent in charge of the San Fran
cisco federal bureau of investiga
tion, announced today that he
had resigned, effective Sept. 15,
to establish his own firm of con
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agency's counter measures in
espionage, sabotage and subver
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