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TEN MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE Friday. Nor. IB. 1943 Evervona n Bonthtrn Ortioa Ream tha Mill Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Published by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. JT-29 North Fir St PHn m ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor ERNEST R. CILSTRAP, Managar HERB GREY, Advertlstnr MT. X C FERGUSON. ManaRlnr Editor iaTUitR PFBRV SundBV Editor MRS. OLIVE STARCHES. Soc. Editor GERALD LAiHAM. mcuipumi An Independent Newapaper t ..rnnd class matter Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES i'- 1 In Advance: Dally and Sunday om year ...t7 .SO Dally and Sunday alx montha 4.00 Dally and Sunday threa moa. 1.10 DaUv and Sunday one month .75 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Jeckton vitle. Gold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, nri An motor routea: Dally and Sunday ona year....0 00 Tlallv and Sunday one month .78 All termi cash In advance. Official Paper of Uia City of Medford official Paper of Jackion County United Press Full Leased wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS AdverUiInf Repraeentatlv. WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Officea In New York, Chicago, De troit, San Francieco, Loa Ancelea, Seattle, Portland, St. Loull, Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C. Mtmit OUCWN PhiushIer PAPEK SOtXAIIOH Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry There If considerable com ment, tinged with sarcasm, about the alleged giddiness of the womenfolks, all ages, in these post-war days. A micro scopic minority have been not only giddy, but dizzy too boot. Nothing as yet has been pro duced to equal the 1936 torn, foolery. That was the year col lege girls formed and joined "Gold Star Mothers of Future Wars" clubs. It was also the year male collegians swallowed live gold fish, and devoured phonograph records to show how much they hated military drill: Upstate reports say Multno mah field, Portland, where a couple of state high football title games are scheduled to be staged, after the first play, is the outstanding mud-hole of the Northwest, resembling Fland ers field In France, after mighty armies have battled over it for three months. a a A8 WINTER COMES (Canyon City News) "Many elk hunters are drifting In hunting for the firesides, elk or no elk. The wood dealers are being rush ed for supplies and owners of oil burning stoves crying for somebody, anybody, to clean out and adjust their oil burn ers. Ice froze nearly an Inch thick on water pans in local chicken yards Tuesday night." a a America and Britain proposes to share the secret of the atomic bomb with Russia and other United Nations, provided they share their own scientific secret, outlaw the said bomb, and use atomic energy only for peace ful purposes. In brief, the rest of the world must do something about maintaining peace on earth, except say nice things about it, as a general idea. America, it seems, is willing to share its beans, but not its bomb, with the rest of the world, a a a Household pages of the press reveal recipes for mincemeat, in this, the Thanksgiving season. There is also a prescription for Mock mincemeat, which con tains no soy-beans (the great food-stretcher), to do the mock ing. a a a Members of the Chicago Em balmers association were to meet tonight to consider a strike in order to collect a wage in crease they say they need to continue to live." (Press Dis patch), a Lively undertaking, one might say. a a GI's continue to return from the battle areas, with battle rib bons on their chests, and service stripes and brides on their arms. a a a The Interior department will place an Instrument at Crater lake, to determine if recent smoke on the blue waters are due to volcanic monkey-business, In the earth's innards. If a volcano shows up Prospect is about the right distance to the south, to be another Pompeii. a a a VOWS (HIC) EXCHANGED "At first I thought it wasn't a good old wedding because by 4 p. m. only about UO'p were Intoxicated and no fight yet, but by 6 p. m. all was running nor mal 90 drunk and two fights. The groom stood up well under the strain. One Pierz guest was half way home before he noticed he had the bride with him so he went back Bnd ex changed her for his own wife.. (Perez (Minn.) Journal). Editorial Correspondence Boston, Nov. 10 We did not know what distinguished pas sengers we had been riding with until we met the reporters and flash-light boys at Back Bay station. Then we discovered that the Darty in the compartment had been none other than Mrs. "Ike" Eisenhower and General Eisenhower's aide, Colonel James Stark, much beribboned and muscular looking gentleman, who resembled a Russian prize-fighter if there is such a thing. (Make It Russian wrestler Mack, we know there have been sich in the past.) At any rate a very tough sombre, competent looking hombre with four rows of service stripes and two swinging meaais unaerneain. m We had seen Mrs. EISENHOWER on the train before, but never would have taken her for General Eisenhower's wife, more likely a younger sister or elder daughter, slim, brown- haired, stylishly dressed with pearls and orchids, in fact we had placed her as perhaps Grace Moore, former well known grand opera star, who had aged a bit. She had Miss Moore's sprlghtliness and vivacity. The general's aide was quite the reverse, he was grim and glum, ana wnen uovernor TODin stepped up ana greeiea Mrs. Eisenhower cordially, the two made a very handsome couple! the colonel looked as though he would have liked to have stepped in and separated them, all sammee as referee at a box-fight. We spent the week-end In New York with other members of the family certain matters of a personal nature had to be attend ed to. MUCH surprised to learn on arrival, the Army was to play Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium, and an old newspaper friend had two tickets he didn't want so we were finally PERSUADED to attend, though it did look like rain. But it didn't, though it is making up for it today, coming down in buckets. It was our first view of a Notre Dame team In action, and of course our first attendance at this famous gridiron classic. Every seat was filled 75,000 of them and many standees too. In fact, our newspaper friend maintained there had been 500,000 applica tions for seats, and all could have been sold had there been tne seats. (But figure up that 75,000 at $4.75 each and it will be seen that football here In the East is big business. The day before the game when It was warm and bright and didn't look like rain,- tickets were selling at $50 per with few good ones available). Yes, It was a great sight. And that grand march of the West Point boys always inspiring was rather more so than usual, un doubtedly the greatest marching group in the world, literally marcning as uine man, turning as ONE, stopping as ONE. then at an order breaking at double-quick as ONE, for their grandstand seats. And those bright fresh faces, the light Brav-blue coats with long capes and smart hats, a finer, healthier, smarter looking group of young men could not be imagined. And all happy and alert and on their toes, sure of a glorious victory! For the first time we felt a certain liking and sympathy for old "Bull" Halsey, who has such a LARGE mouth and such a small footl For when visiting his old school, the Pingy School at Elizabeth, N. J., the other day he remarked to the 300 boys: "I envy you. I would give anything I have today to "be start ing out instead of Just finishing up!" Who WOULDN'T? And if one might digress a moment, we saw the admiral here in Boston last week, they put on quite a welcome for the old salt and he only talked out of turn four or five times. But never have we been more surprised in a person's appearance, the "Bull" has a big head and mouth and a big fighter's nose, but he is a little man, not a midgot exactly, but can't be over five feet four or five. And when ho shows himself all over he gives that impression, no man-of-war a powerful little tug-boatl a a a a But to return to the game. As everyone knows now It wasn't much of a contest 48 to 0 In favor of the Army. But while there was at no time after the first quarter any doubt of the winner, in that first quarter there WAS doubt! Army had been lucky, scored in the first few minutes on a fumble by Notre Dame, but that mishap instead of discouraging the Irish, seemed to have the exact reverse effect, the N. D. boys played like demons after that all through that first quarter and we believe the statistics will snow gained more ground than the Army. Not only that, but neither Davis nor Blanchard perhaps the two greatest backs foot ball has ever seen, were able to gain around the ends. Army did gain but almost entirely by straight line plunges. In short that first quarter was a toss-up, and while Army had something the better of it, anything like a 48-0 score just couldn't be pictured at that point. Then somehow everything changed. Notro Dame never quit trying, a gamier bunch of lads never stepped on a gridiron. But they Just couldn't click. Everything they tried to do somehow went wrong. The final straw was that fumble on the one-foot line when the South Bend boys had marched straight down the field, by line plunges and short bullet-passes, for Jo yards, and a touchdown simply couldn t be prevented for it was first down and only three yards to go, and then lost the ball! We don t mean to say Notre Dame quit then thev didn't. they were pepping each other up and charging like mad bulla to the final gun, but they were definitely tired out. Do you know how to tell when a team is tired? Not so much their speed in running their plays, a tired man CAN somehow do that, but their speed in getting up when they are knocked over. It was striking during that last quarter, the West Pointers second string or was it third? all up like a flash; the poor old insn trying to pull lliemselves up Tast but having hard worklT llke horses in a box stall finally getting utirlcht. but havina a tough time doing It. It was rather pathetic. We have seen some great football teams since Ben Dlbblee's day, but doubt If we have ever seen a team that could compare with this Army team we never saw the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. Army has everything, not only weight and power and razzle-dazzle but speed, ESPECIALLY SPEED! In the old days they had heavy men particularly In the line but they were slow men, they didn't run, they just stood their ground, and how some of them did stand it. But the behemoths on this West Point team, we ventured to ay any one of them could do 100 yards under 11 seconds, and tnls 208-pound Blanchard can do it In 10 and 35ths! Well, when you have that weight with speed and football smartness. you have something, In fact you have a WONDER TEAM which West Point this year surely Is. (Ah there, Q. T., how Is that headache?) R.W.R. war department Is observedly unpopular by observedly I mean a considerable genuine public sentiment has been ex pressed against it in letters to congressmen from unorganized individuals in their home dis tricts as well as the most for midable array of organized groups yet presented this session against a measure educational, religious and even labor, includ ing C. I. O. The army-navy unification bill does not seem to be either popular or unpopular as far as I have been able to penetrate the normal sources of public opinion. My guess is the people do not understand it as it in volves largely technical train ing problems, although most of the young people in both serv Irea with whom I hnva mm in contact seem to be militantly In favor of it. a a CTRANGE things began to hap- ' pen to this proposed modern. lzation program several weeks ago. You may recall when the George (lieutenant general, head of an air-transport command) report first 'appeared In this spot setting forth the moderni. zation-program which had been bottled by the shiniest and big gest brass hats of the combined chiefs of staff of both services. I reported that Adms. Halsey and Nlmitz, the fighting admir als, were in favor of it. Since then both have Indi cated their intention to leave the navy and likewise have made known their opposition. You must guess offhand that I made a mistake. I did not. , Both Nlmitz and Halsey were for the measure, and so inform ed the George committee when It was traveling around the world accumulating evidence from the fighting men in the field. What happened to change their minds I do not know, but that they did, I do know. a a a N CONGRESS you hear aside whispers that what is face tiously called "top brass," mean ing the invisible military auth orities of both services, have to considerable extent captured the Truman administration for precisely that which they want ed n a m e 1 y, no unification, youth draft act, and no Pearl Harbor expose. If so, what Mr. Truman will get out of it may be difficult to find. My information would not encourage him to believe that congress is so eager for a Christ mas recess that it will ease under the pressure applied. Independence, and self-government, the British prime minister is here mouthing double-talk and hypocritical phrases about decency arjd Christian princi ples, and "peace loving" nations. And we have in America and in Medford, people who want to impose Hitler's methods upon us, so, as they say, the "peace loving" nations will be pre pared to stop aggression on the part of war loving nations. In view of the news and the headlines, one wonders in all sincerity, who the h-1 are the "peace loving" nations? C. B. WALKER. southward flight, and all last night their incessant honking kept citizens awake. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO November 16, 1911 (It was Wednesday) Farmers rejoice as .71 inches of rain falls. Wild ducks at the fish market at 40, 50 and 60 cents apiece. "The Girl of the Golden West" at opera house pleases large crowd. Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mall Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years aqo. TEN YEARS AGO November 16, 1935 (It was Saturday Ex-Pres;dent Hoover says New Deal tinkering with money, "gambles with future of nation," and asks abandonment of "yague theories". Clpudy, followed by rain. High 51, low 32. Mussolini hurls defi at LofN. as economic boycott of Italy nears. . Oregon and State College both win football games by unimpres sive scores. Pair snowbound In car on Diamond Lake road rescued. Japan plans to form new China state with five provinces. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November 16, 1925 (It was Monday) Col. Billy Mitchell, on trial before court martial board, for criticism of air policy of army' and navy, scores in defense - testimony. Christians Holy War. in Syria arm fori Unsettled with rain. High 54, low 31. C. E. (Pop) Gates makes short speech at senior high school. Geese have started their There are about 325 churches of 24 different denominations in San Francisco News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Nov. 16 Senate Floor Leader Barkley came out of the White House and announc ed the re cess for which congress had been panting will be delay ed until the very eve of Chrlstm at if necess a r y to get through the two C.I.O. bills increas ing unemploy ment compen sation and the full employment measure pledg ing the government to an eter nal but undefined spending policy. This is merely the latest de velopment In Mr. Truman's bat tle with congress and an ex- FP5P'W presslon of his uncharacteristic firmness and insistence in a rather Roosevelt style upon the top two points of his program which are so unpopular In con gress to lie dormant without arousing a public clamor. a a a AT the same time Mr. Barkley announced the president would allow the youth draft act. officially known as "com pulsory military training," and the army-navy unification bill to modernize the armed services into one force, to be permitted to go over until after the Christ mas holidays. The youth draft plan of the faut elaihta ARCHITECTURAL and MECHANICAL DRAWINGS 20 Yean' Experience JOHN A. DIXON Rt. 1, Gold Hill COMMUNICATIONS Letter, to tha tcdltur must Deal the name and address ut the writer althHiieh the use ol a pen-name or Initials for publication Is permis sible 1'he Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a flaw to elarlty and condensation Avian Camouflage To the editor: The story of camouflage is one of the most thrilling In the history of nature study. Some observers would be inclined to think that any bird with blue feathers would be so colored as to be conspicu ous. However, the color of both bluebirds and bluejays, seen against the sky, blends with It. This is particularly true when the color pattern is broken, as in the case of the Western blue bird with its brown breast feathers. In the case of the var ious stellar jays, too, there is the black helmet. The jay of France is yellow ish brown. It is from the French "glial" that we have our word "Jay." The writer has been studying the nesting habits of the jay, particularly in one nest In the Kellogg's oak. This nest, like ! most jays, is on a platform of sticks. Seen from below one would take it for a collection of wlndfallen twigs. Atop this platform is built a nest with al most Pullman-like comfort, for the nestlings. Is it not worth while to lay, in childhood, the foundation for some inospensive hobby such as bird study? C. M. GOETHE, Sacramento, Calif. LAND TITLES Abstracted and Chained by an Experienced Man Subdivision Development Consultant P. O. BOX 629 COMING The HOLLY Who Want PaaceT To the editor: While the Brit-1 Ish are "blasting Soerabaja", and using their armed forces plus American lend-lease tanks and guns In the effort to destroy the Indosian bid for "freedom," I L. C. TAYLOR CO. pays the HIGHEST MARKET PRICES If you have a CAR oi TRUCK to sell, we advise telling it now. Call or Phone Dodge-Plymouth Dealer L. C. TAYLOR CO. Phone 2965 From where I sit ir Joe Marsh Only one'side lo'our railroad tracks Folks who are better off In our town live on the west side of tha railroad tracks. We've got a lake there, and the local park, and some real nice land. There nsed to be a phras "from the wrong side of the truck It meant what you think . , . hat yon don't hear It any more. Not since Charlie. lenklns came home with the Purple Heart, and WU lie Wells got the Silver Star. There Isnt any "wrong aide" of the railroad tracks now'. And that change U going on all over America ... where our heroes have come from obscure homes . . . and greatness has overshadowed wealth and shal low social definitions. From where I alt, it all cornea flown to tolrrmc . . . tolaraiice for what man Is and doee . . . tolerance for his freedom and opinions, whether he's rich or poor, likes beer or elder. Shake epeare or the comic section. It's a great thing-tolerance! 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