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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
Three attempts to assassinate
Herr Hitler by top drawer Ger
mans of high rank, all failed, it
Is revealed at the Nuernoerg
trial. Every time the plot
fizzled. None of the eight lead
ers cared to be a hero, and shoot
Der Fuehrer with a Luger. The
bomb was their favorite weapon
Had there been 3,000 Hitlers it
would have been different. The
records of the war show they
were most effective as mass
murderers operating with the
highly touted German efficiency
on wholesale basis. As catch-as-catch
killers they were
bunglers.
Big winds lashed western Ore
Ron over the week-end. There
has not been so much atmos
pheric disturbance hereabouts
since a democratic candidate for
governor ' and six right-hand
men, lashed out at Jackson
county on the same afternoon.
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"REDS TO SQUAT IN IRAN
AND SO WHAT." (Hdllne Cor-
vallls Gazette-Times.) A great
truth pops up, in a diplomatic
tangle.
In the feeding of the humfty
of Europe, Germany will be on
the same footing as the victims
of her aggression, Uncle Sam de
crees. In the light of recent
Teutonic helllshness and ruth
lessness. It seems only fair that
the former Idolators of Nazism
no end be required to eat at the
second table and then wash the
dishes.
HELPFUL HINT
(Bend Bulletin)
"According to the League of
Oregon Cities, lone Is in nood
of a siren. 'Have you an ex
tra siren?' asks the league.
No, but we saw one the other
day. Didn't seem to be busy,
either."
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Labor leaders are busy rebuf
fing the president for his pro
posal to end labor strife. What
the administration needs is some
body who will talk back to them,
not coo like Madam Perkins did.
when the only woman cabinet
member. Nobody rebuffs John
L. Lewis of the mine unions.
The last time the CIO czar tried
It he was oratorlcully ripped
apart.
Sport editors arc now In their
annual amazement over fresh
men half backs scoring touch
downs In crucial games of the
past season, while a senior Inng
uished on the bench. Something
should be done about such rank
injustice. No freshmen hack
should be allowed lo score the
winning touchdown. The most
he is entitled to by his thrilling
effort, is to have the honor of
tying the score.
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Many report they have caught
colds. Others, not so boastful,
admit the colds caught them
MORE WHAT AILS U. S. A.
"Truth is not In America to
lay! We sec tills statement in
the puzzled faces of returning
men and women who have not
seen this bcllyfat collecting on
her girth. We see it in the
racketeers who govern colloc
tive bargaining (what a mockery
of a term) both in the picket
line and in the directors' meet
ing. We see it in the false and
niiiauoiiary uuiionery of gov
eminent as well as in the slink
nig torrn who collects $18 for a
fifth. We see it in the shame
faced farmer and livestock man
who takes his pap of subsidy as
well as in the government con
tractor- who basks in Palm
Beach or Hollywood." (Km-
poria (Kan.) Gazette.
Japanese Women s First Ballot
The sudden opening of the ballot box to the
women of Japan marks a tradition-breaking milestone
in the movement looking to greater freedom for Japa
nese women. About 60 years ago. a Japanese "Susan
Anthony," Miss Kageyama, started a campaign for
women's rights, was jailed for her daring.
Throughout the Orient the idea of granting
women a share in political life made practically no
progress until 1935, the National Geographic Society
points out. In that year the Philippines government
granted equal voting rights to the women of the
islands. Previously this privilege had been extended
in parts of India only. Less democratic Japan did not
grant suffrage even to men until 1925.
T1HE social position of the Japanese woman has
long been carefully circumscribed. In early times
the Japanese held their women in higher regard, as
shown by their ancient reverence for the bun Goddess,
and the heroic proportions to which the Empress
Jingo grew after the third Christian century. It was
her peaceful conquest of Korea that exposed Japan
to Chinese influence.
Buddhism proved a reactionary force in the sixth
century; and under Chinese and Korean influence,
Japanese law definitely fixed women in an inferior
position. Coniucianism was even more retarding in
its influence.
Chinese emphasis on the importance of the family
as the social unit stressed male dominance, and denied
woman's rieht to choose a husband for herself. This
same family reverence prevented her divorcing her
husband for infidelity or cruelty, although the wife
could be divorced for such a common failing as talk
ativeness. In spite of such partiality, women were
more influential within the family circle than was
generally conceded.
IN the twelfth century, Yoritomo, Japan's first shogun
nr enrnmander-in-chief. was so influenced by his
own wife, Masako, that he appointed some of Japan's :
abler women to positions m the government, tie
made it mandatory that a widow receive at least four
fifths of her husband's estate. He also made legal
the widow's adoption of an heir, if childless.
Following the opening of Japan to the western
world, in the 19th century, Emperor Meiji stressed
education as essential to the adaptation of Japan to
an industrialized world. He urged upon J apan's early
diplomats and aristocrats that they travel with then
wives, daughters and sisters in order that the women
might see how those in other lands were educated.
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IN the late 19th century Japanese women were first
sent to western countries for study. Comparatively
few enjoyed this privilege, but they formed an in
fluential social segment with a knowledge of western
customs. The new point of view was spread by mis
sionaries and teachers from Christian countries wno
painted a broader and brighter picture of woman s
sphere. American movies further extended ideas of
freedom for women.
By the beginning of the present century women
when thev reached the age ot 'lb had tne rignt to
choose their own husbands. It was forbidden to force
woman to marry against her will, or tor a nusDami
to desert his wife. Women were permitted to possess
property and, with the consent of husbands, to engage
in business, roiygamy was auuusm-u.
Tim fomniisr. movement was forwarded by the
Blue Stocking Coterie, organized in 1911, and opera
tive for three years. The New women s association.
formed in 1920, also continued lor tnree years, n
,oc cr.r.f.nrlrvi hv the Women's Suffrage Federation,
which waged a campaign in western style in the face
of many difficulties. By 1925 a tenth of the Diet was
converted to votes-tor-women. in.u.
people read one copy of a news
paper when it is a family news
paper. . . . An oldtimer informs
me when the major league
catcher, "Broadway Alex" Smith
was sold by the Giants to Chi
cago he refused to report and
in so doing gave voice to the
immortal remark: "I would
rather be a lamp-post on Broad
way than the mayor of Chicago.
PLEASE NOTE
Many men who have for years
been reading in racing charts
and other places how many
lengths a horse won by do not
know how long the length of
horse is. That these men may
cease to be ignorant on so vital
a matter we- call attention to
fact that the average racehorse
measures eight feet from the tip
of his nose to the base of his
tail. A racehorse usually covers
the distance of his own length
in one-fifth of a second.
YOUNGER SET
The Tennessee girls are still
marrying young. Not only that,
many are getting divorces at an
early age. A Treazwell, Tenn.,
girl who married at the age of
eleven recently was divorced at
the age of thirteen. That may be
the record for age of a divorcee.
However, the records show that
annually in the United States
about 250 girls of fifteen become
divorcees.
CHAMPION
Am informed a banker who
commuted daily from Ft. Wayne,
Ind., to Chicago, a distance of
150 miles, was once named Chi
cago's champion commuter. This
old boy commuted via the
Twentieth Century Limited
which stops at Ft. Wayne. That
certainly is high class commut
ing. I don't think this banker
should have been eligible to
compete with the poor devils
who had to do their commuting
In day coaches.
after thinking It over, the un
ions will drop their resistance,
Those who have looked into
the facts of the auto workers'
case say the fact-finding com
mission can be expected to rec
ommend a wage increase be
tween 15 and 20 per cent, which
should be eminently satisfactory
to the union.
They have some facts of
which I am not fully awara,
indicating prices and living
costs would justify that much
of a boost. Such a decisioi. would
practically fix a national policy
and could conceivably solve the
whole situation.
If the auto workers go against
this solution, the whole union
case will go back to its current
chaos.
Furthermore, union resistance
would practically force congress
to pass some of tne pending Dins
requiring the unions to meet
their national responsibilities in
a degree commensurate wltn
their great national political
power to sue and be sued at
least, and perhaps made suoject
to the antitrust and other laws,
thus placing them on an equal
footing for the future with busi
ness. There are no other alter
natives. Therefore, my guess is
labor will come around and ac
cept the solution. "
LADY JAYCEES TO
PRESIDE FRIDAY
AT SEAL BOOTHS
News Behind
The News
, By Paul Mallcn
Flight o Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mai)
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 year
aao.
TEN YEARS AGO
December 6, 1935
(It was Friday)
Italians bomb palace of Em
peror Selassie of Ethiopia, who
escaped unhurt.
Booth sale of Christmas seals
in Medford will be carried on
Friday by the Lady Jaycees. The
three booths will be filled dur
ing the day by the following vol
unteers from that organization:
Greta Humphry, Jackie Lasley,
Mary Lou Watson, Betty Fidler,
Alene Milnes, Jerry Jewett, Zoe
Stag. Connie Spenier arid Ne
vada Danner.
Saturday Girl Scouts will sell
the seals. The booth at Ward's
will be handled by Troop 14,
West Side district, Mrs. Leland
Wilson, leader; Mann's booth by
Medford junior high school troop
4, Mrs. Dierdorff, leader, and
troop 5, Mrs. Larwood, leader.
The post office sub-station booth
will be filled by troop 6, of Lin
coln, Mrs. Don Robbins, leader.
On Monday Chapter AA
P.E.O. will carry on the sale in
the three booths with the fol
lowing women serving: Mrs.
Grace Collins, Mrs. Lyle Wilcox
Mrs. Walt E..Hoppe, Mrs. John
Moffatt, Mrs. H. B. Murphy and
Mrs. C. W. Lemery.
Several other groups have
volunteered their services for
the coming week, Mrs. Robert
Sleeter, booth sale- chairman, re
ported. Names of the workers
will be released as soon as she
receives the lists.
Downpour of rain routs cold
in valley. High 54, low 32, more
rain predicted.
City school levy tax up 1.1
mills.
On The Side-By e.v. During
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.)
Cltwlni
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Too Lata u CUatiijr U.li p. m
The iklrs leemrd true ibovt
thra
TUb roue Iru on tha tree,
Till bird termed Irua Iho aummer
through
But all proved falsa to ma.
World! U there one ood tlttni
In you
I. lie, love or death or whatT
Klnra Hps that aana;: "I love thea'
Have laid: "I love Ihee mil"?
Arthur O SHuhiieaiy.
A soldier's wife reports she
has gained thirty pounds since
her husband went overseas three
years ago. Now his return is
imminent. The young woman
says she loves her husband very
much and has been extremely
lonely and worried in his ab
sence. Vet she fears wnen ne
sees she has gained thirty pounds
he may feel Inclined to question
her love and loneliness. She asks
it our Horses & Women depart
ment hits any suggestions which
may simplify her problem. We
suggest this subscriber to cense
worrying. Lonely women are In
clined to cat more than they
should. The fact this young wife
gained thirty pounds indicates
she greatly missed her husband.
So say our 11 & W experts who
suite there is considerable selen
tide opinion available which will
baok their claim.
ASKING
Queries from clients. Q. Why
Is it thnt Leo men are so hard
to jnderstand? 1 am a Leo, there
fore your query interests me,
Q. In which of his works did
Kipling say: "A woman is only
a Aomnn but a good cigar is a
smoke?" A. Kipling's poem. '"''he
Bclrothed," deals with a young
woman who told her swee'heart
to give up smoking cigars or re
linquish all claims on her. As
the poem has it:
Moggie has written a letter
To give me my choice between
The wee, little whimpering
love
And the great god nick c' teen.
After carefully considering
the ultimatum the young man
made his decision as follows:
A million surplus Maggies
Are willing to bear the yoke
And a woman is only a woman
Hut a good cigar is a smoke.
BRIEFLY
Video doesn't seem to be
catching on very well as a name
for television. . . . "Horse Pick
in' Papa" Is the name of a new
song written by Jack Johnstone
and Marilou Dawn. ... A De
troiter says: "Fannie Brice is all
right as Baby Snooks but not
nearly as good as Ray Dooley
was some years ago when por
traying a strikingly similar
character In the Ziegfeld Fol
lies." PASSING BY
David Warfield. Stage star of
the yesteryear. Just celebrated
his seventy-ninth birthday. Had
his first part In "The Ticket of
Leave Man." His greatest hit
was as Herr Anton von Rnrwig
In "The Music Master." His last
appearance before retiring was
in "The Merchant of Venice."
Mr. Warfield has lived in the
same apartment on Central Park
west for thirty-eight years. That
must be a Manhattan record for
continuous residence in one
apartment. I believe George
Jean Nathan, drama critic, has
lived in the same New York
apartment for thirty-five years.
SIDELIGHTS
Your daily column is a must
with all six of us Donnelly,"
writes a California!!. Very inter
esting. Shows you how many
Washington, Dec. 6 Presi
dent Truman's labor-cooling pro
gram was largely the inner
handiwork of
J. R. Steelman,
the New York
conciliator who
was q u i e t y
brought into a
White' House
office some
weeks back
and of Labor
Secreta r y
Schwellenbach.
Mr. Steelman
has had a ca
. eer of some
v years or more as a labor con
ciliator in and out of the gov
ernment. He has maintained an
impeccable. iudieiHl ntfiti.H. ,i.
though some employers oe'eas-
ommy have regarded him as
leaning a little more on labor's
sine than on theirs. Schwellen
bach always has been a strong
left-of-center union politico and
juuge.
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Paul Maun
Oregon senator plans three
way farm relief bill.
throughout
Christmas trade
nation Improves.
Aubrey Sanders elected head
of 20-30 club.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December B. 1925
(It was Sunday)
Coast guard accused In rum
smuggling charge.
State prison .warden fired by
Gov. Pierce. . .
Bagley cannery at Ashland
closes successful season.
Annual Elks Memorial serv
ices at temple today. , ,
Senate insurgents issue defi
to President Coolidge, and will
fight his tax cut plan.
f THINK the basis of the union
objections Is not primarily to
uie p,an uself. If the unions
have a just case, they can get
Justice from the program. A
final decision by one represen
tative of labor, one of manage
ment and the third deciding man
from the public, represents the
oesi possible hearing labor could
expect to get for its cause.
Even then the decision is not
binding. It merelv represent a
public Judgment as to what is
right and just, and carries only
the weight and power of its
manifest fairness.
But the unions have built up
a great pressure game now be
hind the auto workers' case.
That strike was the front run
ning test case for the 30 per
cent wage increase demand,
backed by all labor, Including
Mr. Green and his A. F. of L..
although they have not said
much about this phase.
White heat fervor has been
worked up among the strikers
and other union men eagerly
watching the result of the con
test. It is not often noticed In
the public prints, but the hu
man element, the human pas
sion and excitement of leaderi
and men in strikes, is unques
tionably a greater factor in the
decisions which union leaders
make than the wage facts of the
matter, or the working condi
tions.
Nerves become frayed all
down the line. Denunciation
and recrimination of the man
agements, and vice, versa, nat
urally characterize the negotia
tions rather than any cool con
sideration of the facts (see
Walter Routher's telegram to
the president). The whole situ
ation runs to emotionalism and
propaganda on both sides,
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TTHE great impetus which has
made the railway labor
mediation base program so suc
cussful (only one minor strike
in 19 years) was because both
labor and management wanted
it and got together and wrote
it themselves.
Resistance by the unions now
to application of these sound
settlement principles for the
large strike cases in which the
public has national interest may
tend to impede the effective
workings of the plan. The White;
House apparently believes that,
THIHTY FOUR YEARS AGO
December 6, 1911
(It was Wednesday)
City council refuses to open
up King street.
Clear. High 47, low 41.'
Federal probe of McNamara
trial at Los Angeles under way.
Day"
Plans 1 for "Irrigation
here completed.
WEATHER
Northern California Occa
sional light showers in extreme
north portion but partly cloudy
or clear elsewhere today, tonight
and Friday. Little temperature
change. Morning fog in the val
leys. Gentle westerly wind off
coast.
Ilea Mall Trroune want Ada.
News of 4-H
fl CLUBS
ROXY ANN 4-H CLUB
Roxy Ann 4-H club will meet
Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2:30 p; m.
at the home of Mrs. Lehman
Anyone wishing to join the club
is asked to be present at the
meeting.
Boone, la., Dec. 6 (U.R)
Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, still
weak from an attack of bron
chial pneumonia, was enroute
to Washington today to rejoin
her husband, the army's new
chief of staff.
Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with
showers tonight and Friday. Little
change In temperature.
Oregon: Showers tonight and Fri
day. Slightly cooler tonight. Slight
southerly winds off coast,
LOCAL DATA
Temperature . a year ago today:
Highest 40; Lowest 37.
Total monthly precipitation .40
Inches.
Deficiency for the month .05
Inches.
Excess for the season 2.61 inches.
Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yes
terday 78; 4:30 today 01.
Tomorrow
Sunrise 7:26 a. m. Sunset 4:40 p. m.
Observations Taken At 4:30 A. M.,
130 Meridian Time
High Low Prec.
Boise 49
Boston as
Chicago 46
Denver ....w....... 61
Eureka ........ 55
Havre 50
Los Angeles 62
Medford 48
New York 37
Omaha 49
Phoenix 67
Portland 48
Reno ........ 48
Rosehurg 50
Salt Lake 49
San Francisco 58
Seattle 50
Spokane 44
Washington, D. C. 36
Yakima 47
33
30
27
30
50
26
41
40
35
34
32
46
30
44
32
43
43
38
36
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HUNTERS for DRUGS
134 t. MAIN AT CENTRAL
ONE CLEAR DAY
IN PAST MONTH
Despite only one clear day
during , November, rainfall was
only 0.5 inches above normal,
according to figures of the
United States weather bureau
here. Total rainfall measured
5.34 inches with 1.01 inches the
greatest amount falling in any
one 24 hour period, Nov. 26 and
27. Four days were reported
partly cloudy, 25 cloudy and 18
days . with measurable precipitation.
Light fog occurred on 10
days out of the month with
heavy fog reported on five days.
Mean temperature for the
month was 44.4 degrees with a
high of $5 on the 3rd and 22nd.
Lowest was 30 degrees, occur
ring on Nov. 21. Highest No
vember temperature recorded
since records were started here
in 1911 occurred on Nov. 3,
1929, when the mercury climb
ed to 80 degrees. Lowest on
i record Is 13 degrees registered
Nov. 27, 1919.
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