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SIX MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE MedfordUTribune RIUI D..t.llihai h MIDFOBD PRINTING CO. 7.I Norm Fir St P"n "' ROBERT W. BUHt Editor. Manas ERNEST HERB GREY. Advertlstal Mjr. . C rERGUSON. M.n.lnl EdlWf ARTHUR PERRY, Sunday MRS OUVE STARCHER, Soc. tdltos GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mir. An Independent Newspaper. Entered aa second elese Medford. Oregon, unde meter el r Act o SUBSCRIPTION RATI ...SUM Kile and Sunday-six month. 4 00 Dally end Sunday three mos. 1.10 n.tiu nrf fiundav one month.. 79 Rt Carrier in aovnn" Medford, a.hl.nd Centrel Point, jecaeon- JkpkjfHI, villa. Gold Hill. Phoenix, alent, and cn motor reuteat Dalle end Sunder one year,...00 Dally and Sunday one montn All lerma cash In advance. 7J Ofllrlal Paoer ol the City ol MeaUjio Official Paper of Jackson County United Frees roll Leased Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU (3F CIRCULATIONS Advertising ;ng Representative; WEST-HOLLIDAY cunnuii INC. Offlcea In New Yor Chicago, troll. San rranclaco, Loe Anfelee, Do. So- artla, Portland. St. Louis. Vancouver. B. C. Atlanta. Put&isH c Rjsr S0 Ye Smudge Pot 9r Arthur Perry A six hour day la now pro posed. After aubtractlng two hours to get to work, two hours for lunch and two houra to get back home, not much time la left for toil. The C. Wig Ashpole boy, Shuck, bagged a buck that weighed IBS pounds witnoui mc hand 01 hia raw, a lormer butcher, on the scales. A University of Chicago sav ant suggested to the Senate on Monday, that the big cities of the land ba scattered over the landscape before the atomic bomb does, In the next war. He wants the "scattering" conducted by the national research founda tion, backed by federal funds. Los Angeles is a good example nt m rltv. ecnttprerl hv lta Chamber of Commerce. e e Quite number hereabouts can hardly wait to make their debut in a 1946 auto. The mw autos will not be rationed, but will be scarce. For the first six months it is expected they will stoop under the salesroom and slip an old friend a red coupe, e e e POLITICIAN AT WORK (Stockton (Cal.) Record) "The News must be aware that when the Senator moved from the equable climate at AtVmrtnn t rt flron nn Pnimlv several years ago he also said it was for his wife's health. Now that the lady's well-being has called for a return to the brisk breezes beside the Gol den Gate, It is more than sus pected that the move has something to do with the Senator's plans to run. for Gov ernor next year.". During September, the first month of unrationed gasoline, 2,830 people were killed in auto accidents, the National Safety Council reports. The report adds: "This is nearly 3 times the number of Americans killed in the battle of Tawara. Demon Gasolinol e e e Secretary of Commerce Wal lace fears both inflation and de flation. So does everybody else and Secretary Wallace to boot, e e e Smoke clouds rising over the waters of Crater Lake give rise to theories a new volcano is in the making. The clouds are com posed of gas and steam. Noth ing definite is known relative to the source of the hot air, except that it Is not emanating from a politician. e e e BURY THE HATCHETI "While we're on the subject, jet us aaa mat we think the Ml. ford-Klamath games afford an opportunity for developing nnuicsume inter - community visitations and nclghborllness mat nas been unfortunately ignored in the past. On th occasions, why shouldn't there oe open houses and other anr-mi testivities by organizations with units In the two towns aa well as more visiting among personal acquaintances?" (Mac Epley in Klamath Falls New-Herald). Mt. Klsco, N. Y., Oct. 1.3 Sorry to miss the football season In Medford this year with such a wonaer team at the M. H. S. We particularly dislike to miss th chance of getting the taste out of the editorial mouth caused by that debacle at Klamath Flls two or three years ago when ne Klamath rooters In our section of the grandstand were so in sulting in their comments that the Gentleman from Kentucky1 took off his coat and wanted to lightl (R.W.R. In this paper), It required 100,000 tons of steel to build the Golden Gate bridge In San Francisco. Wednesday, Oct 31, 194S Editorial Correspondence . . 1 mi York Cltv. Oct. 23 Came In to see the good ship "Mis souri" Mother "Mo" as some of the boys call her. Around 60,000 people had the same idea. At least that Is the number the police estimate visited world yesterday. It might as well have been 6U MIL.L.1UIS as lar aa your correspondent was concerned. For there could not have been a ereater crowd. We had to dance cheek by Jowl, with a solid mass of agitated humanity for tour was concluded. This is our second visit to the as far as trying to get on board goesl . No, thank youl Never did We weren't smart In choosing the gals came in from the shlrt - ship, during their lunch hour. patetic sandwich chewed gum. them. More had none and were ably sailor boys. The sailor boys, we might-add, an Idea they were under pretty firm Anything that wasn't nailed deck like the brpnze surrender-plate, was carried off. This is euphemistically called "souvenir-hunting," but the sailor boy who lost his cigaret lighter and another who left $1.50 on his desk arid couldn't find it when he returned, had another word for it. A third war hero lost a hat which cost him $19. The big attraction aboard the bronze plate commemorating the surrender of the Japanese in Tokyo Bay, which naturally everyone wished to see. But seeing was not enough for the majority. with their feet, rub it with their it were the Blarney stone. There was so much of this to the morning paper, the authorities have roped off the plai.uo as are the crown Jewels In the Tower of London. After all if 60,000 pair of brogans a day should scrape the surface of the plaque for a week the lettering might not be legible for long. At one point In this heel - and pace not exceeding one hundred yards an hour, a roped-off aper ture in the deck appeared down which everyone, who could cot near, peered. We admit being among the number. At the bottom of the steel ladder a round-faced sailor boy was gazing aloft ns be scraped dough from his hands and forearms. Ain t he cute," said one of chewing pal. "He sure Is," agreed the pal, admiringly. "Say, sailor boy." she added, "don't VOIl want. Rnma eiinnr- down there?" "Ain't sugar rationed iu this "Not for sailor boys it ain't, n?" . down? "Slap you right back again." clean the dough from his muscular arms. Throughout the brief colloquy he did not smile. That was rather typical of the restrained behavior of the sailor boys on "Mother Mo." . We have often heard of sallnr.e and can well understand it with "Mother Mo." Even to a rank layman and landlubber like the undersigned, this huge battlecraft gives one a genuine thrill. This is especially true when one views the ship as a whole and from the front,-it is huge, yet graceful iv, j r 7 , rung yacni Cr. U" PWer Would ""doubtcdly cut any ship afloat in Z m u ? Prow, ,s construc''d 'or ramming in fact. the nose Jrt "nd th M'SS0Url would not on'y stfly 'float but be Then too everything Is new about the "Mo" and of the latest design and that helps. Aside from bringing down 11 Jap planes the Missouri, in fact, has seen little action. This is true inside and out, no one was allowed In the officers' quarters, but a glimpse through a porthole indicated the men nn "Mothm. tn" i:- luxuriously at sea than most New doonlandl There are, of course, more were on the battle-scarred "Enterprise" even more antiaircraft batteries. Three types In fact on the Missouri, those that pick off planes a mile or two away, those that are effective at 500 to i.uuu yaras, and the little SDrav when the "suicide" planes come in. It wos a relief to get out of cheon with nothing to do or hear but look over the afternoon paper. A reminder of the antagonism between the army and naval forces, was contained In the statement of Admiral King that he opposes a unified war command, for fear this country might suffer military (army) dictatorship. Marshall greeted that pronouncement from his old associate and pal! Incldently we observed Admiral Kinif at close ran Bp. sovrrnl times in Washington, unlike General Marshall he looks far from wen. Also had time to read over ing universal military training. We grant his statement with that of General Marshall presents an extremely strong case for prompt adoption of such a program. In fact we agree with every premise, we Just don't agree with the conclusion that A YEAR of universal military training Is the .answer, one. It seems to this department military training now, make the military men almost always make, they Judge the next war by the last one. If there Is another war, and someday we feor there will be, it will be a war so COMPLETELY different from any other war that has ever occurred, upon the past, as would be the be thrown away: MIGHT make It less so, to quickly assemble the most effective war-machine. e As to the argument a year's military training would be of physical and psychological benefit to our young men, there is truth to that no doubt. But if THAT is the object, we believe a far more beneficial and desirable program could be devised than to devote a year. In the most important period of a young man's life, to training (or a war, the exact nature of which can't be known, and for the Im mediate present at least can't even be Imagined. Far better as we see it, to concentrate first on scientific re search along naval and military lines; second, on a super air-fleet ready at any moment to take action; and third, on a physical and mental-culture non-military program, to see that our youth do not suffer the wholesale mental and physical Infirmities, in the future, that were revealed by the draft In the war that has Just ended. "That's all for today, more tomorrow." R.W.R. On The Side-By e. v. Duriing (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) Hut the happiest hour a. sailor Sees It when he's down At an inland town Wllh his sweetheart on Ms knees, Yo Hot And his arms around her waliu Ullbert ' e e e . Crosby and Garbo are to be co-starred In a film. Greta will play a countess; Bing. a travel ing salesman. Sounds interest ing. Wonder what line of goods Crosby will handle in portray ing a traveling salesman. Per haps he will be selling pl?nos. That would give him a chance to croon something like "Pennies the greatest battleship in tle an hour and a half, before the fleet. There will he no third, any of these big popular boats like being pushed aroundl the hour, around noon. All walst - and - dress district to see the Those who didn t chew a peri Some had their boy irlends with on the lookout for some, prefer behaved very wen, we have and explicit orders so to do. down, or imbedded in the oak- ship was the atiove-mentloned They also wanted to Rcrape it hands, and some .treated it as if sort of thing that now, according - toe pilgrimage it moved at a the Junior Misses to hnr jum. town?" asked the boy. what would you do If ' said the sailor hnv nnllnnlnrt n fnlHno in in. ,.,uu with a long, lance-like steel York guns and heavier ones thnn them suns that urn for rl ,ru that crowd and enjoy a aulct lun We can lmae ne how fienornl President Truman's speech favor the BEST answer and the ONLY those who insist upon universal same mistake, that professional that any training for it, based training now proposed, would even more difficult rather thun From Heaven" while demon stratlng a baby grand. Or may be he will be selling popular priced planes. While demonstrat ing a plane to the countess he could get reckless and start do ing some fancy flying. That would give Garbo a chance to say: "I want to go home." Asides "Differing with your opinion of the Louis-Conn fight," write two Providence, R. I., subscrib ers. "We wish to bet one box of stoxles Conn wins." Accepted A soft touch. How about making It a box of Havanas, boys? . U. S. navy men with three or more children are eligible for discharge. There are over ninety thousand men in the naval forces who are fathers of three or more children. Some prolific papas, those navy boys. Plastic Surgery Plastic surgery continues to advance rapidly. Nose alteration is now considered a comparative ly simple operation. The shape of the nose is nearly the most important factor in a woman's looks. As far as rejuvenation is concerned almost any woman can manage to look 10 or 15 years younger with the aid of clever plastic surgery. Incident ally, an increasing number of men are taking advantage of plastic surgery to become young er and better looking. Among these are some husbands whose wives have had rejuvenating treatments. The husbands are tired of being mistaken for their wives fathers, and who can blame them? Asking Queries from Clients. Q. How old is the Flatiron Bldg., Man hattan? How long is it since the gay blades gathered at the Flat- iron corner to get a furtive glimpse of a shapely ankle on windy days when the attire of passing women was blown about? A. The Flatiron building was built In 1902. I couldn't say how long it is since the prospect of seeing a shapely ankle was Sufficient inducement for a man to hang around the Flatiron cor ner on a windy day. Must be at least 40 years ago. Q. You say 'drink a highball" is a Wesleyon university song. It is a Univer sity of Pennsylvania song. A. My belief is that this song was writ ten by a Wesleyan man and first sung at that university. If you can prove I am wrong the stogie is yours. Q. Are you familiar wiih a poem titled "A Better One Than You?" A. Can't say I am. However, you may have In mind the following lines of Rup ert Brooke: And I shall find lome sir! per haps And a better one than you, With eyei as wlie but kindlier And Hps as soft, but true And 1 daresay she will do. Sidelights The man in the store said he had no bourbon. "To get bour bon they want to force me to buy more rum. I already have more rum than I can sell." This is a state of affairs which should not exist. There should be a legal way for the small store owners to prevent it . . . ever hear of Don Bernardo Duggan? He is an Argentine rancher and owns the largest herd of Herefords in the world. Don Bernardo recently paid $12,000 for one prize win ning Hereford bull. Axis Sally Axis Sally, the Tokyo Rose of the European front, was recently sentenced to foui and a half years in jail. It doesn't seem enough. In her English language broadcasts from Italy this throaty-voiced siren signed off with: "Good-night, boys and a sweet kiss from Sally." Allied soldiers pictured Sally, whose real name was Rita Louisa Zuc ca, as quite an ooomph girl. They had her figured as a tall, ter rific, shapely brunette. A Brit ish newspaperman covering the trial described her as "33 years old, dumpy, bandy-legged, sallow and with a fearsome squint." A British soldier on guard in the courtroom took one look at Axis Sully and exclaimed: 'Crokoy! Is that the piece of cheese that made me sigh for home and sweetheart when we were lying in the mud In front of Cassino? News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Oct. 31 The Moscow dispatches said Mr. Tru man's declaration of the new American for eign policy heartened Mos cow. But no heart ening and no 0 v - fj change was im mediately evi dent In Mos cow's actions. The very same day the Rus sian delegation walked out of the United Na faui Malntn tions food conference in Quebec, and in newspaper columns paral lel to those reporting the heart ening were stories of the com munists unleashing their army of a million men upon China In civil war. A break in the stalemated condition had been hopefully promised between the lines of some comment from the past few days since Ambassador Gromynko's visit brought Tru man and Stalin Into correspond ence. The grapevine here has been reporting Russia is loosen ing up, that Stalin went away for that month to think things owr and decided the Russian taofics at London, which broke up the peace conference, should be moderated. e e e ENTHUSIASTS with large ears to very small spots of ground here have heard Russia is com ing wholeheartedly Into the world organization. These hopes MM have not reached print In any formidable way, but they are present behind the renewed ne gotiations. Simultaneously an old note has crept back into the dis patches from Moscow. A very famous writer for a large Amer ican newspaper lectured Ameri cans, when he announced Mr. Truman had "heartened" the Russians. He said we must real ize Stalin is suspicious of us. This note has been taken up by other commentators, who say the whole problem now is whether this government can ap pease the suspicions of Russia. WHEN this note comes any discussions, I go into out. This is the basis by which Rus sia never lost a point in dealing with Mr. Rosevelt. There are no valid grounds for Russian sus picions of any nation right now, including Stalin. The thought, of attacking Russia does not exist anywhere in the American mind. A fear of Russia is present in this country, but it is not an of fensive fear (in the military or diplomatic meaning of offensive). We all know this. So when they start that old stuff and nonsense, it can only suggest propaganda is being laid for appeasement again. Conse quently genuine hopes for sound settlement may not prove justi fied even if one is announced. e e THE Russian walkout from Quebec, for instance, was predicated upon something more tangible and obvious than ill founded suspicions. This was a conference of the nations to pro mote food production through out the world and make people eat more of it an ideal which should be right down the Rus sian alley If she needs the help from us she has been request ing. Her delegates to that confer ence demanded representation there for an extraneous organiza tion which has nothing to do with food the world trade un ions federation. This WTUF is the internation al labor organization which our C. I. O.'s Hillman bit on, with results similar to the mastication of a green persimmon. He went to Paris for its convention a few weeks back only to find the Rus sians in charge of the convention bring in a report allowing them voting strength for 27,000,000 union workers, while Hillman and the British were allowed a small fraction. The British could not accept such a swallowing of the inter national interests of their unions. A compromise was worked out which gave the Russians only about 80 per cent domination of WTUF instead of 90 per cent. The reds even got representa tion for unions in Romania (which they occupy) although the British laborite Sir Walter Citrine publicly said he had nev er heard of a union in Romania. Russia also showed control for French and Mexican labor, e e e 1UATURALLY the food confer- enee could not incongruously seat these people, as the Rus sians well knew. The raising of such an issue could only have been an excuse for withdrawal. Similarly before the ink was dry on the Asiatic peace treaties by which the Russians agreed to withdraw from Asia and keep their Chinese communists quiet, the commies started a civil war. Not only this, but Moscow rear ed and demanded ouster of Gen. MacArthur and a joint hand in administering Japan. She had been in that war 25 days (which, incidentally she entered in vio lation of her treaty with Japan). On the plain face of events, there seems good ground for suspicions but can these be clear- ed by appeasement? It is singu larly clear that they must be i dispelled by actions from Mos : cow, restoring valid basis for ! confidence. Eagle Point Navy Man Given Medal For Heroic Action G. H. Simmons, shipfitter, first class. USNR, of Eagle Point, has been awarded the bronze star medal for heroism in action while serving in the Pa cific with Underwater Demoli tion Team 18, according to an announcement from the United States Fleet Distribution Cen ter. The citation was announced a few days after the unit left Tokyo Bay following its parti cipation in the first landings on Japan. Simmons Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Simmons, Eagle Point. Schilling-Tea vaVfVi.-V( -at '-aT.iii.W mmmt ea.wvfM The Right Spirit Letter From Washington By HARRIS ELLSWORTH Member ot Congress From Oregon AT LONG LAST, the house public lands committee this week voted to report favorably my bill, H. R. 2593. The purpose of this bill is to settle a dispute of years standing between the department of the interior and the department of agriculture as to the legal status of certain forest lands. Being legally a part of the original O & C grant, the O & C administration in the department of the interior has considered these 460,000 acres as a part of the O & C lands. Since they were unsurveyed at the time the na tional forest boundaries were set, the forest service included the same lands In the forest reserve. My bill, when passed, will make the lands in dispute a part of the O & C area. One section of the above men tioned bill is extremely import ant to those who are interested in prospecting and mining. It provides that all of the lands in the O & C administration shall be "open to exploration, loca tion, entry and disposition under the mineral land laws of the United States, and all mineral claims heretofore located upon said lands, if otherwise valid un der the mineral Jand laws, are hereby declared valid to the same extent as if such lands had remained open to exploration, location, entry and disposition under such laws from August 28, 1937, to the date of enactment of this act." This section of the bill takes the place of a separate bill which I had previously introduced for the same purpose. A third section of the bill, which will greatly improve the administrative situation with re spect to both O & C and forest service lands is that the checker board pattern of ownership will be eliminated by exchanges be tween the forest service and the O & C administration. This bill is a little too techni cal to be described in a general letter, but I shall be glad to an swer any inquiries concerning it. e e THE AIRPORT construction bill, recently passed by the house, calls for the expenditure of $650,000,000 to be spent on airports. By a margin of only eight votes, the house refused to give the states any authority in working out the program. If the bill is finally passed by both houses In this form, we will see once more the spectacle of neigh boring communities battling with each other for federal grants and aid. Washington will be the headquarters, and final decisions will be made here. In passing a similar bill, how ever, the senate included a pro vision giving the various state aviation authorities responsibil ity in the airport program. The I differences in the house and sen- ate bills will be worked out in conference, and I am hopeful that the state control principle will be included in the final draft of the bill. e e e APPARENTLY the timing of President Truman's message to Its quality 11 a tradition, -its flavor rich tad satis fying. Try this finer tea. , Black congress on the subject of mili tary training was very bad. Al though a number of military training bills have previously been introduced, a bill embody ing all of the president's recom mendations has not yet been con sidered in committee, nor have hearings been held on his speci fic proposals. Had Mr. Truman waited until his proposal had been studied and considered by congress, and then came to congress with his arguments for the bill and his request, as president, that it be passed, his effort would have been much better received. At present, I believe members of congress are not quite certain what was asked, nor has senti ment in congress formed solidly behind the president's program. Second Bay Span Study Authorized Sacramento, Oct. 31 (U.R) The California toll bridge au thority today authorized engi neering and financial studies of construction of a second bridge across San Francisco bay be tween Oakland and San Fran cisco. The survey will be made by the state public works depart ment at a cost estimated by Pub lic Works Director Charles H. Purcell at $115,000. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy to cloudy with showers tonight and Thursday. Little change In tempera ture. Oregon: Rain showers tonight and Thursday. Little change in tempera ture. Gentle variable wind off coast becoming moderate westerly Thurs day, LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Richest 61; Lowest 42. Total monthly precipitation 1.22 Inches. Deficiency for the month .13 Inches. Total precipitation since September 1, 1943, 1.68 Inches. Deficiency for the season .32 inches. Relative humidity at 4:30 p.m. yes terday 03; 4:30 today 96. Tomorrow Sunrise 6:44 a.m. Sunset 5:09 p.m. Observations taken at 4:30 a.m., 120 Meridian time: High Low Prec. Boise Boston Chicago Denver . Eureka 63 42 63 47 T 70 35 .16 70 48 59 52 .94 56 36 .46 65 51 .24 59 46 .02 69 54 72 37 88 63 61 45 .13 55 38 .57 63 51 .10 74 44 .04 66 54 .94 52 42 .54 49 43 28 79 56 51 33 Havre Los Angeles Medrord New York Omaha Phoenix ........ Portland Reno Roseburg Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle Spokane Washington, D. C. Yakima Use Mall Tribune Want Ads FOR SALE We Offer for Sale Our CIRCULAR Located 17 Miles North of Medford on tha Crarei Lake Highway Daily Capacity 20,000 Feet 12S H. P. Diesel Motor and other necessary equipment Gulf Red Cedar Company, Inc. P. 0. Box 308 STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA Danish Commies Gain in Election Copenhagen, Oct. 31 0J.R) Denmark's liberal and commun ist parties cut deeply into tha strength of the social-democratio party in yesterday's general elec tion, final returns showed today. The social democrats, who campaigned for election on a pledge of nationalization of in dustry, retained only 48 of their 66 seats in the last lower housa of parliament, but still had a slight plurality BIRTHS COLEMAN To Mr. and Mra. Donald, Central Point, Oct. 30, 1945, a girl, IVi pounds, at Corrc munity hospital. STEPHENSON To Mr. and Mrs. Dale, 107 Mistletoe, Oct 30, 1945, a boy, 6Vi pounds, at Community hospital. 99 - HOW HIGH IS UP Home construction costi are up 80 35 12 over over over 1932 1940 1942 Have you UPPEP your Insurance Accordingly Da n i .trv-vi-ioimes WjENGY I ajiMbb 1909 Where Insurance Is a Business. Not a Sideline. 203 Medford Center Tel. 4444 Bldg. ! YOU DEAL With local people., who un X derstand local problems f and can give you helpful, f courteous advice, when you make your Horn Loan here. FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. Medford ol 27 North Holly DANCE TONIGHT Jimmy O'Brien's Band From Hollywood Steak and Chicken Dinners TAKE IT EASY LODGE Closed Friday FIENDISH! SHE PMD In tears and torture for defying him! Rl ALTO SUNDAY! La'
