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Official Paper of the City of at ad lot olllclal Paper of Jaekaon County tlnltad Praia Foil Leaaad Wire MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertlelnf Repreaentotlro WEST-HOIXIDAY COMPANY, INC. Offlcee In New York Chleaao. De troit. San rranclaco, Loe Ans.lea. Se attle, Portland, St Louie, Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C. MmU Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry Prees reports the past ten days or two weeks, Indicate mild CDldemic of wife-beating is weeping tho land In one of the eastern states, a sheriff larruped one iiuh with whip. Another gent explained, he had right to maul his mate as long as he paid the bills. He has the right also, to beat the bouncer In the tavern, because he paid for the beer but that Is different. It seen i nothing makes some hus bands so hid. as to have their wife scream, while he Is choking her. . Thirsty souls report some of the blend whiskey, almost re quires a anske bite as chaser, a o a 'Tor Salo 35 dairy cows, some milking. Phone 822" (Del Norte Triplicate) That's right, but why mention It. o a The old argument hereabouts, could the 1045 Black Tornado defeat the 1028 Black Tornado, Is cropping out, as ususal, at this seasjn. Some say yes, and some no. Both were fast stepping, high powered state champions. Just this much Is certain, neither one could beat the other beyond recognition, as they did and do their opponents. o e o THE NEAT BAWL-OUT . (Love Agony Column) "Listen, broken hearted Kate, maybe .the young man.. ..didn't know what you said In.. ..your letter. I can't read your.. ..handwritln, either." a a a An undeclared civil war now rages In China. Like America. China la always giving herself worst licking, than any of her foes could possiblv administer, a a a The C. Pheasant season has ended but it will be the end of the wJok before rural residents will sloop over In their own barnyard without some trepida tion. Elnht farmers report their silos exhibited tall feathers, and were shot. a o It Is now revealed during the war, Col. Llndberg contributed vital assistance to the Allied cause, much of It so vital, the official "hu'hhush" Is still up on It. Before the struggle start ed, the Colonel accepted a Nail medal because he couldn't get out cf It gracefully, stated a few aslounillng facts, that afterwards turned out painfully correct, and opposed a few of the dreamier New Deal notions. The Nail medal deal 'tuck In the oratori cal craw of windy patriots, with a mtastge for the voters, and they frequently mentioned it. At one time, Rusla, America and Britain were all mad at him at the inme time, and he was ' In bad' with the public of the three lir.ds. Now It Is ad mitted the onetime national hero, with his mechanical genius, accomplished many mar vels, without the aid of a brass band, yellow tights. Roman randies or a White House con ference. 0 0 0 DARKEST BEFORE DAWN' "Will the Deace be endusable? It will be roggedl But maybe It won't be so hard to bear. If we can recognize today's complex issues as fundamentally the same os tnose which hive disturbed 1he established order at Inter vals for hundreds of years. Per versely we always feel better after reading a particularly gloomy diagnosis of the world's Ills." Eugene Register Guard) SIX DIE IN DITCH Rio Vista, Calif., Oct. 29 U.R) i Mri. Rosa Natlvidad, 32, Sac ramento, and her five children were drowned last night when their car swerved from the high way and overturned In a deep swift-flowing Irrigation ditch eight miles north of here. Monday Oct. 29. 194S Editorial Correspondence Mt. Kisco, N. Y., Oct. 23 A week of wonderful weather, with the landscape like Joseph's coat of many colors, and a joyful sparkle in the air, but now, RAIN againl And it Is going to rain tomorrow according to the newspapers. But while the weather reports here on the Atlantic Coast are generally more reliable than on the Pacific, they are not in fallible by any means. Yesterday they said it would ba fair and warmer today. There are four men at this hotel with whom we have con versed off and on. One 4s from Australia; another a war corres pondent, back from Europe and soon to fly to Japan; a third a major from the U. S. army; the fourth a navy lieutenant (Jg). It seems rather characteristic of the post-war atmosphere, none of them agree on ANYTHING! The army and navy men are the fartherest apart, and seldom discuss anything anymore. They differed so heatedly on the matter of a unified command the army man for and the navy man against, they nearly came to blows. The man from Melbourne and the war correspondent couldn't agree regarding the atom bomb or England. And Just to make it 100 per cent your correspondent did not agree with any of them except the Australian who also thinks the United Nations should have exclusive control of all atomic weapons. o o a o o Yes, we feel this group Is typical of the poor shell-shocked world today. When the war was on the army and navy, John Bull and Uncle Samuel, north, south, east and west were working shoulder to shoulder. Now that the war is over, and the battle won, that cohesive force has gone, and the Allies, psychologically speaking at least, have been scattered to the four points of the compass, no longer all for one and one for all, each one pretty much for himself from now on we fear. The results may be tragic but need not be. After all why should the situation inter nationally need be worse than before the war began? The two most popular plays in common. They are 100 per cent American, they are comedies and they are diminutive. One Is "The Vpice of the Turtle," the other 'The Glass Menagerie." The first has a cast of only three people, the second only four. The "Voice of the Turtle" rather naughty theme, but so delicately and amusingly done that no sane person could take offense. "The Glass Menagerie, technically, also a comedy, has over tones of frustration and tragedy, while the romance is in a de cidedly minor key, and unlike the "turtle" the "boy and girl" do NOT live happily ever after. Both are SUPERBLY done! American fantasy, In which Frank bara Stanwyck, stages a comeback, and Is so much the whole show that we can't imagine any success of the play In New York however, that Brock Pemberton company for the Pacific Coast role. We hope the report Is incorrect. We like Joe E. Brown, and admit he Is more than a clown with a big mouth, but in our judg ment he Is too strongly typed as a slap-stick comic to ever put the characteriztlon over, and if that The French election Is merely another straw In the wind showing the post-war world is bound to be a very different world from the pre-war, and that the genus homo everywhere Is de manding a "Now Deal," This New Deal, like the late F.D.R.'s, is leftlsh; but not necessarily communistic. At least as we view the result, General De Gaulle Is the big winner, and while he will no doubt have to recognize the communists as the leading political faction In France and form an alliance with them; as long as he holds the leadership he will not take his orders from Moscow. And that is what communism tically in Europe, not so much a belief in communism, but a willingness to follow the Soviet Ideology and take orders from tne Kremlin. R.W.R. ItllMIIIIMIIMIMIHMIIIIMIMMMIIMMIMIIMIIIMIIMItl On The Side By e. v. Darling! (Distributed by King llMlltlHHinMlinilltllllMMIIIH I ahall not cry Return! Return! Nor weep my yeara away, Rut Jnit aa Ions aa aunieta burn, And dawm make no delay, I ahall be loneaome I ahall mlai. Your hand, your voice, Your emlle, your klia. Ellen Gates. In Woodlawn cemetery there Is U grave with a headstone read ing: "To Young Grlffo From his Australian Friends." So reports a New Yorker who adds: "No body seems to have visited this grave for years. I hate to see a grave so neglected so though I don't even know who Young Grlffo was I often place some flowers on his last resting place," Young Grlffo was one of the greatest boxers of all time. He gradually lost his speed and skill and tumbled Into oblivion. Now and then In later years he could be seen, poorly clad, wandering around the scenes of his former trlumps mumbling to himself. Truly a pathetic figure; a forgot ten and abandoned man. The boxing world takes poor care of its own. Promoters and managers prattle of profits at tained from "million dollar gates" and leave many of the men who were the foundation of the boxing Industry to starve. As for example, in the recent case of the great Sam Langford. Young fellows who aspire to fame as boxers should give a thought to the cases of young Griffo, Sam Langford and many other poor devils who gave their best In the ring to end up blind, punch-drunk, poverty -striken and forgotten. As my brilliant friend, Grantland Rice, so ably put It: You dream of story aa the cheer toll ty Why not? For you are younj and do nut know low far the tall It, Whan apeed haa pailetf, and dull not! hlla the aye aa rhtera turn Into leora; a mor tal blow To thole who knaw the helihla In moiulng'e glow. Briefly Contemporary refers to "Llllle Langtry." One stogie sayi Miss Langtry always spelled her name "lily" . . . U. S, Army Sergeant Rolf T. Larson, now with the oc cupation forces in Anspach, Ba varia writes: "So some of the boys overseas are saying River side Drive by forty-five." But not me. 1 am still In a pessimistic mood. My theme song is: "Hollva wood and Vine by forty-nine' ... As for women being in the minority as writers of popular songs, no doubt that Is true. Nevertheless, Ruth Lane wrote "I'll Never Smile Again" and that song started Frank Sinatra up the ladder of fame Asking Queries from clients: Q. Stogie sayi you can t tell me in what in New York have three things is a delightful comedy with a A close third is "Harvey," an Fay, former husband of Bar company without him making a or out of it. There is a report, the producer is considering a with Joe E. Brown in the title Isn't put over nothing Is! has really come to mean poli Features Syndicate, Inc.) i J U. S. city there is a street named Shlnbone Alley. A. Easy ques tion. Shlnbone Alley Is In down town Manhattan. Somewhere near Tenth St. Q. Have heard Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind," has said she was never going to write an other line. But I won't believe this until I hear from you. A. That's what Margaret said. It is beginning to look as if she really meant It. Q. What have the star gazers to say about a child pre maturely born In a caesarian operation? "How can the birth date of a child, from an astrolo logical standpoint, be logically fixed at the dnte on which it is brought into the world by the operation aforementioned? A. The stargazers seem to have avoided a discussion of your in teresting question. At ldst, those stargazers with . whose works I am familiar. Please Note "So your father was a red head, your mother a brunette, your sister a blonde and you have black hair," writes a Chi cagoan. "That is quite a differ ence In hair color in one family. But here Is the hair color situa tion in our family: Brothers: Dick, sandy; Herb, black. Sis ters: Helen, auburn; Ramona, dark brown; Alleen, strawberry blonde; Doris, red; Gloria, blonde. Father, brunette; mother, black. Ages of children are from 10 to 26, so the hair coloring Is permanent. Passing Br Helen MacKellar. Versatile lady of the theatre. Now featured In the smash hit "Dear Ruth.1 Helen, originally from Detroit and a Tiger fan since the days of Ty Cobb, has had quite a varied theatrical career. She has done about everything from playing In support of John Drew to portray. lng Frankie in the play based on the immortal ballad "Frankie and Johnnie" . . King Baggot. A film star over 30 years ago, in the days of John Bunny, Flora Finch, Florence Turner, Wally Van and Francis X. Bushman. Duck Callers Annually a duck calling con test Is held In Stuttgart. Ark Wild ducks fly high. Duck call ing is used to lure the birds to within range of the guns of the hunters. There are three duck calls. 1. Hall call. 2. Feed call 3. Mating call. The caller uses a gadget that looks like the end of a saxophone to lure the unsus pecting ducks to their doom. When a duck, for example, hears the mating call he expects to meet a beautiful blonde duck who Is In the mood for love. But all he gets Is a load of buckshot. It seems a little sad. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington. Oct. 29 Want to hop up on my typewriter to day for a ride through the won- d i o u s laby rinths of econ omic fiction of the adminis tration's prlce w a g e dilem ma? It is a scenic trip, but a on the roll er coaster, the scenery Is con siderably fak ed and most of faui ftlamiD the trip is In darkness. On your left you see OPA administrator Bowles telling congress he must have author ity to keep down the prices of new houses and real estate to prevent gouging. He also says his OPA will have to be con tinued beyond next July 1, so great is the pressure for' price increases ar.d Inflation. Just bevond there in the dark corner are Mr. Truman's economic aJvisors, telling him the opposite, namely wages can be Increased materially without increning prices. You cannot see them, you may only hear what leaks to the press about what they say. I can imagine if Bowles neard them he would assert he had already squeezed the dif ferentials of profits to the limit through OPA, by freezing prices while other branches of the administration were permitting unpieceden'ed wage increases by devices such as portal-to-por- taia regrading, and what-not. e a a ON 1he right is Reconversion niroxtnr t 11ln gress exactly that. He savs the administration has no program for pu'tlng a price ceiling on housing, and would not accept such a course unless assured that such restrictions would not Interfere with the anticipated building boom. Beymd him In the back ground you see strikes In the lumler industry, the most Im portant of all building mater ials, based upon demands for a 30 per cent wage increase. That animated black statue there In the darkness on the extreme left Is C.l.O.'s Sidney Hillir.an. and tho black-robed figures behind him are the hired 'inion economists thinking up reasons for 30 per cent wage increases. Notice, just then, how Hlllman turned around for a moment. He prohably was Just being notified one strike has been called off. and issued orders to start another one some where to keep things going. Those 'young men in the bright light yonder are the newspaper mt-n. Their agitr.tlon Is due to their confusion as to how to report the anonymously leaked news from the Truman ecoi.omlsts The one in the phone booth has decided the news meano a 24 per cent wage increase is Justified without an increase In prices, but those oldec, more experienced fellows in the background, are pointing out the hedging done by the advisors and realizing the reconvnendnt'ons do not mean anything at all. a e 0 THE economists had figured that if you deduct taxes from business profits now, the differ ence cou'd o to wage Increases. They did not stop to think that war production was entirely dif ferent from peacetime in vol ume, costs etc. You know production costs and prices primarily depend on volume (remembei how mass production cheapened articles) and peacetime cos's will Involve many other factors Including salesmanship advt-rtislng, etc. In war, the factories had only one customer, the govern ment, nd he fixed the price as well as the profits Notice the effect on your ear drums going through this tun nel as when you ride a subway under the river. We must be near the White House. It Is ujeuwiiiiHlu.. J.1MUI THE DISTINCTIVE BLACK AND WHITE AMBULANCE CONGER -MORRIS Phone 3147 Office of the County Coroner H. W. Conger Carlos W. Morris pressure generated by the C.T.O.- P.A.C. to keep Mi Truman ear locked until he decides the union way. a a o WOW we come to that heavy ' figure there the shadow with his back turned Is John L. Lewis He is not sad. He always keeDS his back turned. He nas Just called off the coal strike. They say he was not critical ly interested In the cause of the strike which was to force the coal companies to let foremen Join Lewis, and the strikers were losing so much in money, and possibly his union In dues and expenditures, that the ex pense may not have Justified what he would get in dues from the foremen. So he called it off, announc ing he did so "in the public Interest," thereby becoming the first labor leader I can recall who even claimed he was stop Ding a strike for the public. This should put him in the im perishable hall of fame. Lewis is always first in everything. COMMUNICATIONS Lettera to the Bdltor muat beat the name and addreaa ot the writer although the uae of a pen-name or Inltlala for publication l permle alhla The Mall Tribune reaeryea the rich! tn edit all lattera with e rtew to clarity and aandenaaUnn For Training To the Editor: Just as the editor has made a life work of the npwmner htLsinesa and conse quently publishes a very fine namr so General Marshall has devotod hi: life to military affairs. I am extremely giaa that the president backs up the general and I hope and pray that the congress will do like wise. T nm not BttemDtine to elve the arguments for universal training fnr defense. The Dresi- dent in his speech last Monday gave them so clearly that I simply cannot understand how nv intelllaent American citi zen, with the safety of the nation at heart, can cwier. Fsnerlallv Is It true now that th liHyeni need the best of leadership end training, since defer.se has become more ana mnrn n mnttpr nf emnlovlnC the very technical new weapons. The layman attempting to wade In this sea cf knowledge simply gets in over, his ears. Horace W. Thompson. Perry Wat Right To the editor: Smudge Pot Columnist Arthur Perry deserves a pat on the back from every right-minded citizen of Meatora for being so truthful in remind ing them that the seasonal frosts will kill all the beautiful blooms in parks and gardens, but will not kill the blooming idiots that race up and down the streets in ancient Jalopys with flapping fenders and noisy horns, usually loaded to capacity and going no place In particular, but just out for a good time. The article I am referring to appeared in Thursday's Issue, Ye Smudge Pot column. G. H. YOUNG. Editorial Comment By Malcolm Epley Managing Editor, Klamath Falls Herald and News Home Of The Tornado We went a day of last week In Medford the home of the Tor nado that has been hurling touchdown gusts over the foot ball fields of Southern Oregon end Northern California this fall. Saying It mildly, the folks over there are exuberantly enthusiastic over their football team. They attribute its suc cess to a remarkable collection of prep school football man power an able coaching staff with a continuity In athletic de partment direction extending over many years, and a football program that extends down into the grade schools. A visitor at Medford will immediately add another factor t h e football spirit ind Interest that exists in the community. That may have been, in its early stages, an ef fect rather than a cause of gridiron success, but it Is now well establlrhed and has helped to cany Medford football over a long and only briefly broken period of pigskin glory. You aren't there long until you sense the spirit, and become To Be Cardinal si ' fyrt.. '1. f' l.At' iA V , -A, m X-Xr V-' f.riX ! 1 t a ft A y A t'V ' -a" X Archbishop John J. Mltty, San Fran cisco, one of five American arch bishops slated to be in line for the College of Cardinals. The appoint ment is set for a Monday some time in November or December. There are 32 vacancies in the College. Imbued with it. For our part, we hope Medford's great team goes on to final state triumphs this year. As for next year well, you know us. folks. e a a Opportunity While we're on the subject, let us add that we think the Medford-Klamath tiames afford an opportunity for developing who'esome inter - community visitations and neighborliness that pas been unfortunately ignored in the past. On these occasions, why shouldn't there be open houses and other social festivities by organizations with units in the, two towns as well as more visiting among personal acquaintances? It's a cinch there will always be a lot of travel over the Greensprings on the days and nights of these games, and it's a grand opportunity for good neighbors to get together. Let s try It. a a a Pea; For Christmas Medford oacking houses are right new In the midst of busy preparations for that huge Christmas gift trade that has been built up by enterprising hu.sine.i3 organizations over there. This is one of the outstanding business success rtories of the country It has added tremen dously to the value of the Rogue valley fruit crop developed a sizeable payroll, brought a vast amount of favoratU publicity to Southern Orogon. and otherwise written an interemg and chal lenging record of achievement. We were offered an eye-open ing trip through one of the pack ing houses engaged in this Christmas gift business. This place is going so strong that it has a battery of those business machines recording orders from throughout the country and out side of it billing labeling and otherwise handling office details by uncanny mechanics. We were told by a reliable source that more than a million gift packages go out from Med ford each year, and we quote the ftjure to give some Idea of the size of this enterprise, im express company office over there, we were informed, aunng certain months of the year has a volume that rates second in all the U. S. Smart promotion goes hand In hand with clever packaging in making this thing gigantic success. One outfit the Blue Goose his advertising in pub lications with more than 21.000,- 000 circulation. That, folks,. Is a sizeable statistic There's a lesson in the Med ford gift package story for any area that has a product which lends itself to lmpioved packag ing careful grading and smart promotion. Are w hinting that the lesson might some day be applied close to home? Yes. Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mai) Tribune 10. 20 and 94 years aqe. TEN YEARS AGO October 29. 1935 fit was Wednesday) Light snow falls in city. Dale Franklin cleared on hunting on enclosed land charge. Lower house of leslslature backs Towncend plan. South and west entrances of Crater Lake park to be ' kept open. Helena again JoWed by earth quake. . - TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY October 29. 1925 (It was Friday) Hlgn school to hold "Posture Week" next week. Cloudy. High 67, low 29 de grees. Trout fishing in Rogue River, due to low water, is excellent. . Kiarnath county Is year round rrtarket for valley products. Vlning Theater at Ashland to reopen. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO October 29. 1911 (It was Sunday Mrs. William J. Warner is spending tne week-end with friends in Jacksonville. Chinese Imperial forces again capture Hankow. Surdav schools of county hold convention here. CobA lumber mills to close down for 30 days CABOOSE DELUXE Bay windows will replace the time-honored roof-top cupola on Southern Pacific's newest ca booses as the "look out" point ! from the rear of freight trains. This Innovation in design of the company's cabooses was made known today in the announce ment that 50 all-steel wool-lined cars of this type have been or dered from the American Car and Foundry Company at a total PEAR PICKERS WANTED at Modoc Orchard Inquire at MODOC ORCHARD CO. 511 So. Fir VICTORY LOAN Our Armed Forces have a moral priority in all our thinking. Eleven billion dollars are needed now to speed their return to peacetime living, to help care for the wounded and for the dependents of those who made the supreme sacrifice. We can all help. BUY VICTORY BONDS INTERNATIONAL BUSTNESS MACHINES CORPORATION cost of approximately JSlT.OOfX Deliveries are scheduled to start early next year. GOV. SNELL ON TRIP ci nr. Oct. 29 (U.PJ Gov. Earl Snell will leave Mon day for Sacramento wnere n .in -ty ith c,nv. Earl War ren of California on housing problems at schools or mgnex education. Uao Mall Tribune Want Ada. 99 HOW HIGH IS UP Home construction costs are up 80 over 1932 35 over 1940 12 over 1942 Have you UPPED your Insurance Accordingly i A 111 NGY I Where Insurance Is a Buslnsss. Not a Sideline 203 Medford Center Bldg. TeL 4444 INVESTIGATE 1 Our Sound Homa Loan Plan Without i Obligation See Mr. Kyle at FIRST FEDERAL Savings h Loan Assn. of Medford 27 North Holly 1 "I HEAR Humphrey It Still PAYING CASH For USED CARS" Sea Humphrey First Humphrey Motors USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Ave. ' Telephone 4160
