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rOUFJI MTOfOHD MAtL-THIBtnni Monday. Sep. 17, IMS ntiniM In ioutharn Ortioe ,.1,1, tb Mill Tritium" " Daily Eeat Saturday Published b MTOFORD PBIN1TNO CO. rt JO North Fir Su Phona 1141. ROBERT W. RUHU BtKXST 6. GILSTHAP. Mina.ar. KERB GREY. AdvarrJainf Mar. cT: TERGUSON. Mmiiml EJIUH ARTHUR PERRY, Sunday Editor WRS. OUVE STARCHER Soc. Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newipapar. kntered lecond elaa matlar llcdord, Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1813. BUBSCHIPTION RATE r MaU In Advance: Daily and Sunday on. yaar Dally and Sunday tlx montna J 00 Bally and Sunday three moa. 2.10 Daily and Sunday one month is y Carrier In Advnnce Medford, Aahland, Central Point Jackaon Tllle, Gold Hill, Phoenix. Talent, and n motor reutea: Sally and Sunday one year. W OO liy and Sunday one month .7a All terma cath In advance. Editorial Correspondence s Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackaon County United Praaa run Leaied wlra MEMBER OE AUDIT BUREAU or CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative, WIST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. WC, Oflloea In New York Chicaro. De. trolt, Ban Eranclaco, Loa Angelea, He attla, Portland. St. Loula, Atlanta, Vancouver. It. C. Piiushe y 4-sts5c)i A T I o n Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry Gen. H. Tojo, No. 1, and S. Togo, No. 2 Japanese war ras cals are In Yank custody. The elmllarlty of their monickers must cause many a mix-up with their mall and phone calls. It li argued a special session li needed to "reform the legisla ture." Some hold It can't be done. Others favor a revival meeting scheduled for a week, but lasts 60 days, a A two year old Kansas boy playing with a six-shooter shot a pipe out of his Grandpaw'a mouth. Infants teething on fire arms should not indulge in tar get practice till they get out of kindergarten. e a Tha little boys start learning . their 3 Ha today. The big boya Already are learning their T-for-matlon, and not forgetting to cross tha Ts. a a a YE CORRECT BIZE UP (Baudette, Minn., Region) "The lads who squandered the big wages they got in war plants are probably finding out that Ufa Is a case of chick en on year and feathers tha next." a e a Gum haa returned to the stores, and many of the fair sex are chewing it, even if It does develop hard lines In the face, as the beauticians claim. It doesn't matter much about the faces of men and boys. They arc In action most of the time, gum or no gum, a e Correspondents report auto horns in Japan sound like a goose. In the light of recent his tory this makes the Identifica tion complete, but a bray would make It more so. e Farmers report their fat pul lets begin to look like C. Pheas ants, and most of the No Hunting signs, have, been blitzed. e e AM OLD MEANIE (Corvallis Gazette-Times "There Is always something to take the Joy out of life. Kate Smith Is hack on airways. W'e hate to leave our easy chair to turn her off, but it's worth It." e "Wanted Board for boy. Thone 1BH0" (Del Norto Tripli cate) A fond parent is going to spare the hand. The deer season opened In California yesterday. Two or three local hunters returned in tact, with BOO points cold in death on the left hand fender. It now conies to light Adm. Ilalsey, commander of the worlds mightiest naval force, who boasted he wanted to ride the Mikado's white horse on the streets of Tokyo, is not at home in the saddle, and rues the day he ever brought the subject up. He knows less about a horse, than the average cowpoke does about a battleship. He still has plenty on Ilirohito, who knows nothing about either a horse or a battlrship. e a "A jolly bunch of our young people went on a kodaking ex pedition Sunday that resulted in many exposures and a very en joyable time. (Clipping turned in' by MIIB). a Gen. Kichelbergcr, Yankee commander of Tokyo, has order ed the Japs to deliver their war criminals to him in 'good health.' He wants them ready to go into cell, instead of a hospital bed. U. Tojo. In New York, naturalized cit izens may not vote until 90 days after naturalization. Cloalni time tut Claimed Ada S Jo m. loo Lata to Claaaily 12MS p. m. Washington, D. C, Sept. 14 The day wa left San Fran cisco we ran into the General Wainwright party at the St. Francis. Had a good view of the general; he not only looked ill but in pain. With a atreet parade the next day to participate in, we felt genuinely sorry for the "Hero of Bataan," assuming he felt as badly as he looked. But apparently he didn't. He had to make a show of him self here and yesterday the big celebration was held in New York, and the general is still going strong, his pictures In the morning papers indicating he feels better than when he landed at the Golden Gate. We have an Idea he is one of these lean, wiry Individuals with a lot mora vitality and bounce than his exterior indicates. But what a reception and to a defeated general not a vic torious one! Everyone says the enthusiasm was greater than that accorded the husky and vivacious hero of Europe, General Elsenhower. If so it is a tribute not only to General wainwright, but to the people of this country... We doubt if there is another country in the world that would thus react to a military leader who never won a battle against the enemy, but did win the battle with himself... For General Wainwright was offered the same op portunity to escape a Jap prison that General MacArthur was offered... He refused or, he felt his place was with his men... It is one of the major miracles that this decision did not cost him his life. It did cost him his health and many years of life, no doubt. There are two schools of thought regarding Japan, what might b termed the tough and the tender ones. Both of them might profit by General Wainwright's remarks In New York yesterday, for In spite of his terrible experience he advocates none of the tough school tactics. Ho advocates a firm hand and no nonsense, however, particularly no truck with those who be cause Japan Is now eating out of our hand, think the Japanese nature has changed, and Japanese leadership Is to be trusted. That sneak attack on Pearl Harbor should never be forgotten, nor the treatment accorded men like General Wainwright when defenseless prisoners In their hands. Such deeds, not the fawning tactics of the new Japanese diplomats, faking their deep love for democracy and humanity in an effort to escape their Just punish ment, should determine the character of American policy toward the Nipponese. Spent a few minutes In the Senate press gallery, almost anywhere Inside is better than outside here today, for It is a typical Washington summer day, around 90 via the mercury and over that In humidity. Grandmother B. used to call such weather "wilting" and certainly Is, everything wilts including the human spirit. Another word for' it is "sticky" and every thing sticks. To any one from the Pacific Coast such weather Is really like one of Admiral Halsey's "kicks" in the face, like leaving a refrigerator car and diving into a Turkish bath, though the Oregon delegation appears to be bearing up fairly well one either dies or gets used to it. no doubt. Very little doing In the Senate outside of an amusing colloquy between Senator Bilbo of Mississippi and Senator Downey of California, over some economic survey of California the latter wishes tha government to undertake. Bilbo could not see why California should be the only state to be surveyed why not Mississippi also and asked Downey to explain. The California senator did so by delivering a typical "California Incorporated" speech the general drift being that California not only produces tha biggest oranges and melons but the biggest post-war prob lems, far larger than those of Mississippi or any other state. Bilbo took exception to this, of course, on behalf of his constitu ents but finally withdrew his objection, making some crack about the goldcn-klssed state having a thousand negro workers who wish to move to darkest Africa, preferring that climate and environment to that of Cal-ee-for-nia! The Mississippi senator thought thia indicated a serious situation In California and we were Inclined to agree with him. Senator Wiley of Wisconsin gave a short speech advocating the establishment of a bigger and better "Intelligence service" for the post-war period under the direction of the redoubtable J. Edgar Hoover of F.B.I. The speaker felt a close watch should be kept on other nations as far as atomic bomb manufacture and progress might be concerned, and maintained Hoover was the only man to do It. Mebhe so, mebba so. But If J. Edgar should find such acti vity within another nation, what would he, or we. do 3bout it? In times of peace you can't control scientific development particularly in another nation, though perhaps the information might be of soma benefit, as a warning. a e But seriously what utter folly to even consider going on in the same old way after this war, which has ushered in a com pletely now era known as the era of atomic energy. It simply CAN'T be done unless we wish to destroy the world and every one In It, at least on the SURFACE of It. If we lack the vision, haven't we a sufficiently active Instinct of self-interest and self preservation to save us? We doubt It, at present at least. There below on the four of the Senate moving majestically about was the senior senator from Texas, Senator Connelly, chairman of the Foreign Rela tions committee, who wishes to keep the atomic bomb a secret from other nations, Just as King Canute wished to sweep back the tides of the ocean to suit HIS convenience. Near him was the hotel greeter and bon vivant. Senator "Happy" Chandler of Kentucky, who draws $10,000 for representing his state in the upper house, and around $.10,000 to be the Grand Mogul in the realm of big league baseball I He took up the time of the senate by reading soma inane doggerel from some moppets in the foot hills of his native state asking why their "daddy," a private In the army of occupation In Gcnnany was not home to assuage their breaking hearts! And he liked them and pas;ed them around with that fatu ous grin of his as he might at some meeting of the L. A. Break fast club! And many more of the same. We have often observed tha U. S. Senate from the press gallery before, never before with the same sense of the essnllally unral, farcical jet tragic quality, of the performance! R.W.R. Football Briefs Murage. Cal., Sept. 17 (UP The St. Mary's College squad to day planned to brush up on of fensive plays and plot a defense against the University of Calif ornia Bears whom the Gaels meet In the first local college game of the season next Satur day. Both schools stationed guards around their respective campus es following an attempt by St. Mnrv'i students to paint the big "C" blue. Cal prowlers were, expected to make a traditional , attempt to paint St. Mary s water tank. Ex-service man John Kauff man of Long Beach, Calif., and Harry Reiton of Portland, 270 pound freshman, were certain for the guard positions. Another freshman, Bob Anderson, looked sure for right end, while Bill Anderson of Long Beach loomed for the center position. Bill Davis of Ashland, a promising center, was lost to the squad when he was called into the army. C.r, r.Ml.A 17 rlte The San Francisco nippers of the Pacific Coast professional fnnttiall lnffil hive altfned I. a. vine "Larry" Bettencourt, for mer St. Mary s college ena, to play during tha coming season. The zoo-pound ace will play with i.owen "agnrr, 1 .- unit i OrtlK. Ji iry lowu vitfi-i mm i. j Joe M. Grath. St. Mary's guard. I I nn Much, isr iiiiioacK. inn Frank Thorpe. 21-year-old tackle who is a nephew of Jim Thorre. the Carlisle Indian i back. I Eugene. Ore.. Sept. 17 CU.R1 ; Tey Oliver today launched his. University of Oregon Webfootsj on tin Ir aiH-nnrt ivpi.lc nf nrai-lii-f I with four berths virtually filled , for the coining game against the. University of Washington. ' Corvallis. Ore , Sept. 17 flJ.P.1 Oregon State today opened a ones-day program of scrim mage, the green team having spent the first week in learning football fundamentals. Lon Stiner is not optimistic about the team's prospects, ow ing to the lack of experienced talent, SGT. LEROY CAMERON AT GOLD HILL HOME Gold Hill. Sept. 17 Former T Sgt. LcRoy Cameroon, who served overseas for 28 months with the First Cavalry unit, was discharged from the army Thurs day at Ft. l ewis and Is now at home with his father. Roy Cam eron. Cameron was in the army for more than four years, being stationed In Australia and New Guinea in the early part of the war. He was with the first con tingent of men to enter Manila during the recent Philippine campaign. lie Stall Tribune Want Ada. SOUTHWEST MEET Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 17 flJ.B Sam Snead loomed today as the chief challenger to Byron Nel son's golf supremacy after win ning the $10,000 Southwestern Invitational meet for his second straight tournament victory. The hard-driving West Vir ginian led all the way and fin ished the 72 holes In 277 strokes nine better than Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa., and Vic Ghezzi of Deal, N. J. Nelson, all-time money-winning champion and victor In virtually every tourna ment this summer, finished with a 288. Only Snead of tha 32-man field 20 professionals and 12 amateurs was able to better the par figure of 284. Hogan and Ghezzi were two over par for the tricky Southern Hills course. Snead picked up $2,000 In war bonds for his victory. He has won $18,910 In prize money this year since returning from navy service. Hogan and Ghezzi each won $1,200 and Nelson took $800. Jimmy Hines and Ky Laffoon of Chicago were tied at 291, and Jimmy Demaret of Houston, Tex., and Gib Sellers of Hot Springs, Ark., carded 293's. Westbrook Pegler Copyright 1845. bf King feature Syndicate HOWTH STAND Coast League W. L. Portland 109 67 Seattle 100 75 Sacramento 94 81 San Francisco 92 84 Oakland .. 8? 89 San Diego 79 97 Los Angeles 73 103 Hollywood 69 107 New York, Sept. 17 The su preme court recently decided that a labor union, hitherto em powered to act in restraint of interstate commerce, even by re sort to false and defamatory statements against innocent busi ness firms, and by highway rob bery, loses that privilege when it acts in concert with a non-labor group. Even a corrupt and criminal band, disguised as a labor union, may prey on the public if it acts solely in its own interest. But if one or more legitimate business firms, paying taxes and abiding by all laws, should be forced into partnership with the union, the restraint of trade then becomes illegal. The case was an injunction suit by a group of manufacturers of switch boards and other elec trical equipment residing outside the city of New York. The plain tiffs charged that Local 3, of the International Broth e r h o o d of Electrical Workers, of the A. F. of L., had agreed with certain manufacturers and contractors within the metropolitan area to exclude their products from New York. e a e IT WAS ARGUED that this combination was a boycott against many large non-resident manufacturers excluding them from the greatest single market available to testify. He was mur dered near his home four months after the shooting. No arrest was made in the murder case. Adelbert Letscher gave testi mony at the preliminary hear ing of the charge against Van Arsdale on May 27, 1933. That afternoon acid was thrown in his face. He testified at Van Ars dale's trial and his mention of the acid was stricken out. How ever, In summing up, the prose cutor referred to this testimony and this reference was, in part, the basis of the reversal. On April 30, 1935, the district attorney, moving dismissal of the shooting case, told the court that Sorenson and Dooner had receiv ed, between them, out of the union's funds, $15,000 in settle ment of suits against the union of their wounds. Therefore they no' longer desired to prosecute Van Arsdale. a a a VAN ARSDALE. powerful he has been in Local 3, insists that the decision to pay Sorenson and Dooner $15,000 was freely taken by the membership. At one of the general membership meet ings, however, his popularity, If that is the correct word, was shjwn when, by a motion from the floor, he was nominated for re-election and then re-elected by acclaim. Usual procedure calls for a ballot election on a day I privilege of membership ue to ' lack of trained leadership. SWEET POTATOES, YAMS MAKE GOOD CROP HERE Frank Roe reports he will har vest between four and five tons of sweet potatoes and yams planted on an acre and one-half of Bear Creek bottom land near Ashland. They were planted last spring as an experiment to see if they could be grown here. He plans to plant a larger field next year, using the knowledge gain ed this year in irrigating and cultivation. The yams were in fested with a few wire worms but the sweet potatoes were not bothered. The crop will be sold at a good price. Under the French regime, 1 1 ! governors ruled Louisiana dur ing 14 administrations. , Tearlnf trp of XscMonrffie railroad rails by owner is prohibited. THIHTY-FOUR YEARS AdO September 17, 1911 (It Was Sunday) New Westminister, B. C, bank is robbed of $315,000. Movement launched for sub way under Sixth street tracks. Gov. Os West to call special session of legislature for Good Road funds. P 4 E runs special train to Eagle Point for Good Roada meeting. Ua Mall Tribune Want Ada. tions. Van Arsdale has visited Russia as an American unionist. National League W. L. Chicago 90 52 St. Louis 86 56 Brooklyn 78 64 Pittsburgh 80 67 New York 76 68 Boston 60 82 Cincinnati 59 83 Philadelphia 44 101 American Laagua W. L. Pet. Detroit 85 60 .586 Washington ..... 84 64 St. Louis .. 76 68 568 528 Nrw York 74 68 .521 Cleveland 68 70 Chicago 70 74 .493 .486 Boston 66 78 .458 Philadelphia 51 92 .357 SCHOOLS OF CITY BEGIN FALL TERM Grade schools and Junior high sohool of this city opened today as did the Ashland, Central Point. Talent, Derby, Rogue Riv er, Brownsboro, Table Rock, Wagner Creek, Prospect, Evans Valley, Oak Grove, Shady Cove, Butte Falls, and West Side schools. Jacksonville, Ruch Sterling, Phoenix, Applegate and Eagle Point are scheduled to open next Monday, After that date all schools in the county will be un derway with exception of Med ford senior high school, which has deferred opening until Mon day, Oct. 1, to permit the older students to help In the fruit har vest. The county school superin tendent's office reports teachers are still needed In a few of the high schools, and outlying rural schools. The teacher employment situation was described as fair. Many new teachers have come to this state from the Middle West, and many former local teachers have returned from mil itary service or defense plant work, it was stated. in the country. Had the union I other than the day of nomina- imposed this boycott by Itself. simply by declaring the plaintiff manufacturers to be unfair, these companies and the public would have had no relief. In previous cases, the Roosevelt court had ruled flatly that a un ion was the sole judge of its own interests and of the means that it might use to advance those interests provided it acted by itself or in concert with oth er unions, but not with tax-paying employers or other non-labor interests. IT IS NOT here represented that Local 3 is disreputable or that its important offices are oc cupied by criminals, with one exception. The reader may form his own opinions as to its charac ter. William A. Hogan, treasurer of Local 3 for many years, was sentenced to Sing Sing on July 17. 1922, for grand larceny, first degree, to serve from to three years. In July, 1923, Gov ernor Al Smith commuted his term to the time served. Hogan was released because his family needed his support. The people proved that he had misappro priated $21,675 from the rank and file benefits funds. After his release he was re stored to the position of trust in which he had been unfaithful and the parent or international brotherhood made him interna tional treasurer. a BUSINESS MANAGER of Lo cal 3 is Harry Van Arsdale. He has been convicted of assault, first degree in a shooting case, in which two men were wound ed, and of inciting to riot In a strike. Both convictions were re versed and the indictments were dismissed thereafter. In the first case the sentence was from six to 12 years. In the other, the sentence was from one to two years. The shooting occurred In the local union hall on Feb. 24, 1933. William Sorenson, a union mem ber, was shot in the shoulder and stomach, and Frank Dooner, also a member, was shot in the hand. Within an hour, Sorenson made a statement to the district at torney, saying: "Van Arsdale pulled a gun. He fired at me and the first bullet hit me in the stomach. He fired another shot at me." At Bellevue hospital, Dooner said Van Arsdale had no gun. but he later said someone had threatened him with injury if he did not keep his mouth shut, a a HENRY G O D E L L, another member, who had been with Sorenson and Dooner was not A QUIET CHAPEL No Steps to Ciimb Sine 1888 CONGER -MORRIS Sixth and Wait Main Office of tha County Coroner Ambulance Service H. W. Conger Carlos W. Morris What the Girl Scouts Are Doing An eight hour training has been scheduled by the Medford Girl Scout council training com mittee for Tuesday, Sept. 18. and will be held at the Scout Headquarters on East Main street. This first of a series of training classes for the adults in the Girl Scout organization will be for the leaders, assistants and troop committee members of the intermediate Girl Scout troops. Girls in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades are in this program. Mrs C. A. Meeker, chairman of the training committee, an nounces that this course will be given by the local Girl Scout ex ecutive, Marjorie Hopkins, and assisting her will be members of (the training committee, Mrs. E. R, Driver, Mrs. Arnold Bohnert and Mrs. Don Zeis. This first course is the "Intro duction to Girl Scouting" and is psneeiallv nlanned for adults new in the Scout organization. However the material changes with program changes and it also serves as a refresher course for those who have been out of the program for some time. Fifteen adults have signed up for the course, but since the course provides for 25 . other committee members, leaders, and mothers of Scouts not now serving activily in the troop pro grams but who are willing to as sist or serve at various times are urged to acquaint themselves with the Girl Scout program by attending. Hours are 9 a. m. un til 5 p.m., lunch inc.lud.ed. This training is offered free of charge to any adult in the vi cinity who will assist In any way In making the Girl Scout program available for the sev eral hundred girls who In the past year have been denied the Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of tha Mall Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO September 17, 193S (It Was Tuesday) Italy offers peace In Ethiopia, but all depends on what Lof N. does. Enrollment in city schools gains as fruit harvest neara end. 9 O Are You Building a Home? We will give you free insurance dur ing construction. A II 1 7-vi-iOimes NGY I Fair. High 76, low 48 degrees. Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler tells national veterans conven tion Roosevelt will be re-elected next year." No man with five billion dollars to spend, can help being elected," he declares. Over 100,000 people have vis ited Crater Lake so far thia year. Jackson street bridge repair planned. TWENTY YEARS AGO September 17, 1925 (It Was Thursday) First 1926 Ford to be assem bled in Portland plant is deliver ed here. County fair auto races thrill, and attract large crowd. . British nation. "red" is barred from n vAGE j 203 Where Insurance Is a Business, Not a Sideline Medford Center Tel. 4444 Bldg. Showers. High 86, low 44 degrees. Pear shipments to date total 1.218 cars. L C. TAYLOR GO. pays the HIGHEST MARKET PRICES If you have CAR or TRUCK fo sell, we advise telling It now. Call or Phone Dodge-Plymouth Dealer L. 0. TAYLOR GO. Phone 2965 HELP WANTED O FRUIT PICKERS (Men) Long Job Good Pay Close to Town O PACKING HOUSE HELP (Men) ' For Trucking, Car Loading and Cold Storage BEAR CREEK ORCHARDS FARMERS NEED ALL THREEr. Good prices and productive land don't help the farmer who loses his crop to an uncon trollable natural hazard , . drought, hail, floods, insects, diseases, etc. Federal erop insurance is now ava:!bi protect your investment and labor against ALL natural haiards. Applications muit be in the County AAA offlea at Jackson County Courthouse by September 29th INSURE YOUR 1946 WHEAT CROP NOV Medford Branch FIRST NATIONAL BANK of PORTLAND
