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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,
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'Tor Salo 35 dairy cows,
some milking. Phone 822"
(Del Norte Triplicate) That's
right, but why mention It.
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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.
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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."
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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..
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V , -A, m X-Xr V-' f.riX ! 1
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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.
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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.
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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.
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HOW HIGH
IS UP
Home construction costs
are up
80 over 1932
35 over 1940
12 over 1942
Have you UPPED your
Insurance Accordingly
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Buslnsss. Not a Sideline
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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