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nsasMftsiaWWawreri SIX MCDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MEDPORDvi&.TRIBUXE iTaryona la Sootharn Orefoa Rdl ths Mill Trlbuna" Daily xept Saturday Published by MEDTORP PRINTING CO. J7-29 North Fir St Phnt 141 ROBERT W. RUHU Editor IRNEST R, CILSTRAP. Manaisr HEBB OREY, Adv.rtiiliil Mlfr- C rERGUSON. Manalnr Editor ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor TRS. OLIVE STARCH ER, Boc. Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mrr. An Indapandant Nawspapar Entered aa second alasa irfctur mt Medford. OreKon, under Act March . 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Dally and Sunday ona yr..T.50 Dally and Sunday all montha 4 00 Dally and Sunday thraa moa. J.IO Dally and Sunday ona month .7o By Carrlar In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Jackson ville. Cold Hill, PhoenlM, Talent, and on motor route: Dally and Sunday on jrear....e 00 Daily and Sunday ona month .75 All terma caah In advance. Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jsclnon County United Preia Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC. Offlcee In New York. Chlca.o. De troit. San TrancUco, Loa Anfelee, Seattle. Portland. St. Loula, Atlanta. Vancouver. B. C. MtmUx Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perrr It Is now charged 'left-wing groups' want to see the 'profit system' In America ended. This is news to many who don t know Jt had begun. The National Liars contest was held at Burlington, Wis., this week. The competition was terrific. Bigger nd better ones were told In the last election and what Is worse, devoutly be lieved them "Wanted Experienced line man, rate $1.50 per hour and stenographer. Douglas Electric Co-operative" (Roseburg News Review) Hazards of climbing poles made more so Midget washing machines are promised the public next month Older Girls fear they will get them like they did nylons for Christmas. PIONEER PEEVE (The Dalles Chronicle) "On Monday last, the 19th Instant, the Columbia river closed with Ice, and the boat that left here on the morning of that day did not return. We can safely calculate that for the next two or throe months we will have no com munication with the western part q the state nor do we care much whether we do or not." (75 Yrs. Ago Col.), e e a One of the Doll girls who ar rived Christmas sustained a deep cut and broke a little finger In a fall yesterday. She was weak ened by loss of sawdust. Her mother was calmed with a palm shaped sedative. e There is nothing much In the athletic record of both Oregon institutions of higher education to cheer, at the end of the year. Both suffered a dearth of vital victories. In looking around for solace, alumni of Oregon State hereabouts recall and point with pride to a victory over Duke on thj gridiron four years ago next Tuesday. a a a The Big Three America, Great Britain and Russia have agreed on control of the atomic bomb. James Caesar Petrillo, the musician union dictator, seems to be in need of some restrain ing influence Just as strong. He needs to be weaned from the notion, he is running America, e e e SO YOU WANT BUTTER (Corvallis Gazette Times) "A mere taxpayer with a hunting dog and a microscope searched the town for butter the other day without success. He then bethought him of the college creamery where he noticed several hundred pounds of butter but was in formed that it was all for faculty people. He is now try ing to get a Job on the faculty." 'The gunman left In a huff with no loot" (Press Dispatch) How do they expect a crlmi nal to lead an honest life, with this kind of bad luck at his heels. "Local golfers low men" (Red Bluff (Cal.) News hdllne) Boast or Insult? e e Russia Is getting ready to take In thj affairs of Romania. Roiimania, or Rumania, a land that has a form of government for every different way Its name is spelled. The Indians of Arizona, once known as the world's most natural cavalrymen, did not have horses until after the ar rival of the early exploring tpsmtra. Friday, Dee. 28, 1945 Letter From Washington By HARRIS ELLSWORTH Member ol Congreu From Oregon IN LAST WEEK'S letter, I mentioned the efforts being marl tn secure additional sup plies of protein meal for Oregon agriculture, and tne nope mat meal processors might respond without the necessity of regu latory measures. I have been advised by the Department of Agriculture that the processors have formed a pool and have agreed to ship to Oregon 2,000 nrlriifinnal tnns nf sov and lin seed meal during December. This auantitv. along with ton nage already shipped during De cember, will compare more than favorably with the total quanti ties received by Oregon last year. e v THE 78TH CONGRESS will be In recess between sessions until January 14. By working long hours, most of the pending legislation which was ready tor action on the floor, was disposed of before adjournment. In Janu ary, several outstandingly Im portant and highly controversial pieces of legislation will doubt less come out of committee and reach the floor. These Include peacetime military training, the unification of the armed forces, and quite likely, some labor leg islation. CHRISTMAS one year ago was the darkest and most IIMIIIIIMIIMIIIIItHMHIHItllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMtlil IMtftlll.iHHIIHIilHH, On The Side-By e. v. Duriing (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) mHMmniiiiiHHHiHMiiiim Sleep sweetly, my little child. Lie peacefully and atlll Ae the bird In the wood. Sleep, iweetly llerp; Aa the flowers that take A wink of sleep In the forests. Ood, the Father, has said: "Angels stand on guard Where mine own, the little one, la In bed." Danish Lullaby (Else Sonne Nissen, now of Washington, D. C, says above is the lullaby her mother sang to her when she was a little girl in a small Wisconsin town). In the United States there arc four towns named Toklo. And 13 towns named Berlin. There is a place named MacArthur In West Virginia. But nowhere in this fair land of ours Is there a town named Elsenhower. How about ont of the towns named Berlin changing Its name to Elsenhower to honor a great general and a regular fellow. Asking Queries from clients. Q. In what year was the - tune title 'Japanese Sandman popular? And how popular was It? A. The tune ou mention was very pop ulnr around 1920. It sold over 3,500,000 copies. Q. In approxi mately what year did wearing bobby sox become the style among teen age females? A. Your query stops me. Our Horses It Women department should have something in its files on the history of the bobby sock but it hasn't. As a guess, I believe the girls started wear ing bobby sox around 1930. That was during the depression. They wore bobby sox because they couldn t afford silk stock ings for every day wear to school. Says She 'As for men born under the sign of Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)," writes a young women of Man hattan, "I have known a num ber of Leos and here is how I found them: 1. No sense of hu mor. 2. They think they are God's gift to women. 3. You must always agree with them. Stubburn to the nth degree. 5. They are incurable egoists." Sport Scandals Some of the horsemen ruled off or suspended In the recent turf scandals state they will take their cases before the courts to secure reinstatement. This recalls the players of the Chi cago White Sox Involved in the baseball scandal of 1919 had their cases tried in court. The trial ended In an acquittal for the players but none were ever permitted to play In organized baseball again. Judge Lnndis ruled against their reinstate ment and that settled It as far as the baseball magnates were concerned. Suggestion Los Angeles has a bachelors club. Also a spinsters club. New York has a divorcees club. San Francisco has on ex-wives club. Brooklyn has a grass widow club. Chicago has a grand mothers club. But no city I know of has a mothers-in-law club. Such an organization might prove very interesting to lis members. They could sit around and tell each other what is wrong about the way their grandchildren are being brought up by their daughters-in-law. Pasting By ' Tom Farrcll. The debonair publisher. In all his life he has never worked for anybody but himself. He Is a Brown Unlver slty graduate. He was at Brown the years its football team near ly bent Dartmouth . . , Conrad Nagel. The greatest actor ever born In Keokuk, la. Made his first hit playing "Youth In Ex perience." Remember that play? gloomy Christmas in our recent history. The German army was making Its final and tragically successful drive against us in Europe, and the war in the Pa cific was at its highest peak. We felt confident of ultimate vie tory, but victory then seemed to be a long way off. By contrast, and In spite of the fact that we are suffering from many of the pains incident to readjustment to peacetime economy, this is the happiest Christmas season for many years. Here in Washington, we are going to have a white Christmas and a cold Christmas, but tnere is optimism, because, when the holidays are over and the new year begins, most of us feel that the problems of today, Insur mountable as they seem to be, can and will be solved. Having Just emerged victorious from such a stupendous world-wide conflict, during which our arm ed forces and our machinery of production amazed the world with their achievements, the people of our country are not going to fail to win out in the effort to restore a happy and prosperous country. So, In this, my last letter of the eventful year of 1945, I wish you a Merry Christmas and the best of all New Years. MlfMllllllltllll Nagel made his film bedut In the first silent film version of "Little Women" produced In 1919. If you can remember who played the leading feminine roles In that you can certainly credit yourself with having a fine memory. Flats In Great Britain the rental value of the furniture must be one fourth the rental value of the. flat before It can legally be called a furnished flat. As far as I know this situation Is not covered by law In the United States. Seems It should be . . . Among the oft quoted advice to young married men is that of Homer: "Though you love your wife do not tell her all you know. I tell her some trifle and conceal the rest." Says He The latest American to contri bute a comparison between French girls and American girls In which the latter come out seconds best Is War Correspon dent Harold Dodd who says: "Parisian girls make the most of their personalities. When you first meet them you think they are beautiful, whether they are or not. That Is because they have so much pep and sparkle and are so utterly feminine. American girls handicap them selves by striving for a bored look of sophistication." Please Note An eminent physician says when a woman Is in pain dur ing a blessed event she usually calls for her mother. Hardly ever for her father. And never for her husband. Very Interest ing. Still It seems the logical thing for a woman to do. In fact if at such a time a woman didn't call for. her mother it would seem a reflection on the maternal parent. Anyway, we will try to check on the medico's claim. Anybody know of a woman who called for her husband in the situation afore mentioned? COMMUNICATIONS Lottere to Che Editor must beat the name and address ol the writer' elthniieh the use nt m pen-name ot Initials for punllratlun ts permta tlhle rhe M all rrthune reserve the rttht to edit all letters with a view tn elartty and enndenaaUnn Stop the Slaughter To the editor: Help wanted: By thousands of people who arc getting killed, Injured or crip pled for life because of some one's carelessness In automobile driving. In the Dec. 24 Issue of the Mail Tribune there were six articles referring to traffic acci dents In which people were kill ed or Injured. One little girl who wanted to see her Christmas presents vas told she would have to wait and she lies dead, her little brother badly Injured in the hospital, due to someone's carelessness. How much longer are we go ing to let this go on? A country so great and strong and wise as to lead the world In every field, NEW YEARS EYE CHRISTIAN CELEBRATION At LIBRARY AUDITORIUM Grants Pass, Oregon, at 8:30 P. M. 4 ACTS OF GOOD TALENT ORCHESTRA MUSIC SEE THE MYSTIC PRIZE TABLE Illuminated S.rvice. Pray Old Year Out. New Year In. See Demonstrations Refreshment. Served Do Not Foryet Monday Eve.. Dec. 31st. 194S All Welcome. UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL TEMPLE Dr. Edward C. LeVvne and Rev. Dtrlene LeVyne. Pastor. yet which allows this awful slaughter to continue, Is surely weak somt) place. A Reader (name on file) Flight o Time Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years aqo. TEN YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1935 (It was Saturday) High wind and rain roar over city and valley. The wind hit 48 miles per hour at its height, Al Smith declines bid to White House by Mrs. Roosevelt on eve of anti-New Deal talk. Ethiopia claims decisive win over Italy on northern front. Medford five outclasses Butte Falls 41 to 23. TWENTY YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1925 (It was Tuesday) President Coolidge comes out for sound and sane farm policy without frills." Movies and World war blamed for decline of religion in nation. Fred Scheffel is named new commander of the American Legion. Reform societv start war nn short skirts and "flaoners" smoking cigarettes. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO Dec. 28, 1911 (It was Thursday) J. Plerpont Morgan, financial emperor reported In poor health. Snow falling in the Siskiyous. Holiday steers selline on Port. land market at 10 cents ner pound. Hogs bring $6.40. Storm brings .51 of an inch of rain to the valley. 14 Talent. Dee. 28 Permission for the construction of 14 new homes was Granted hv the, ritv during the current year accord ing to building permit applica tions filed by the recorder, Mrs. tcutn uoitman. During 1945. 31 nuthnrbn. tlons for building and repair work valued at $18,152.61, have Deen Issued. Figures for 1944 were 23 permits and $14,100 valuation. Largest item listed was school remodeling amounting to $3,000. Ted Gamble Quits War Bond Drives With Honor Only Washington, Dec. 28 (U.R) Ted R. Gamble, the man who directed the sale of $155,000,000, 000 in U. S. war bonds and se curities, leaves his Job as war fin ance director Dec. 31 with four $1 salary checks to show for his efforts. The four checks representing Gamble's salary as a dollar-a-year man don't tell the entire story. Gamble, 39, is one of the most energetic men that ever took an executive post in government. He did as he said he would cut the red tape and got the job done. His job will be taken over by Vernon L. Clark. Des Moines la., lumberman. Gamble will resume personal supervision at his theatre chHin In Oregon. Theft of Hound Dog Causes Stir In State Court Columbus, O. (U.R) This Is a point of Interest to every hound does he have any value ir ne isn t registered? Wlllard Weekly, charged with stealing a $100 hound oog. was found guilty of larceny. But the appeals court sent the case to the Ohio supreme court to find out If he could be guilty of la. ceny when no taxes were paid on the dog. Larceny Is defined as a theft of an article with value What the supreme court wants to know is if a dog on which no taxes have been paid Is stol en, can the theft be classed as larceny? Or In simple words docs the dog rate any value. Big-game animal hides are be ing collected In Sheridan. Wyo.. by boys of an Explorer Scout unit. The hides will be shipped to alleviate an acute leather shortage. RECALLS CLE San Francisco, Dec. 28 U.R) Authorities Investigating the past of Alfred Leonard Cline turned their attention today to a Chicago widow who reported ly believed she was an "intend ed victim" of the 56-year-old former convict. In an interview published here Mrs. Jane Hough, 47, widow, of a former Chicago sanitary engineer, recalled meeting Cline in September, 1944, remarking that "I know he intended to use me some way, perhaps as a victim, or perhaps to introduce him to older and richer women." She said Cline struck up a conversation with her in the lobby of Chicago's Palmer House and that he pursued her acquaintance through corres pondence. He last wrote from Portland, Ore., saying that he planned to call on her soon. The letter was dated Dec. 1 1945, two days after the death in Portland'of a woman Cline identified as his wife, Mrs. De- lora Krebs-Cline but believed to have been Mrs. Isabelle Van Natta, a San Francisco widow. 16 PERWGET Chicago, Dec. 28 (U.R) At least 16 per cent of the popu lation annually becomes infected from eating infected pork, the Journal of American Medical associations reported today. Dr. S. E. Gould. Eloise, Mich., writing in the Dec. 29 issue, estimated that the average American annually eats three servings of trichinous pork con taining larvae that penetrate to the blood stream through repro duction of additional larvae. "In well-marked cases, nausea. vomiting, colicky pains and diarrhea appear on the second or third day, Gould wrote. "When the parasites invade the muscles a week or 10 days later, there is acute inflammation, manifest ed by pain and soreness, swell ing of the face, profuse sweating and fever somewhat resembling typhoid fever." A major source of trichinous pork, Gould said, is in meat pro ducts that have not been cooked enough or were inadequately processed. JAP COMMANDER Yokohama, Dec. 28 (U.R) Chotar Furushima, former Jap anese prison camp command ment charged with brutal atro cities against American prison ers, pleaded not guilty today as his trial opened before an eight man military commission. Prosecutor Major John W. Renshard, Trenton, N. J., told correspondents he would de mand the death penalty for Fu rushima. The first prosecution witness, Lt. N. E. Churchill, Toledo, O., member of a prisoner of war re covery team that visited Fu rushima's camp Sept. 4, said he saw many prisoners whose feet had been burned by Japanese guards. He testified that the guard rubbed the burns with solve then ignited the salve. E TAKES NINE LIVES Texas City, Tex., Dec. 28 (U.R) Termed by its captain the worst tanker disaster in Swed ish history," the explosion which yesterday ripped through the tanker "Sveaborg" today had claimed nine lives. The only body recovered so far was Oscar Ellis Frasson, 32 seaman, from Norrkoping, Swe den, who had earlier been re ported safe in jail. Eight bodies were still miss ing and divers so far had been unable to enter the submerged compartments of the tanker. Cause of the explosion was First Christian Church 9th and 5akdale St.. The Best Way to End the Old Year: Be in Church Bible Classes for All Ages 9 :45 Morning Worship 10 :55 Message "In Due Season" Christian Youth Fellowship 6 :30 P. M. Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing 7:30 P. M. Evangelistic Message "Before Winter" E. RONALD RICE DELBERT W. DANIELS Minister of Music. Minister. HAPPY NEW YEAR termed by the skipper big mystery. Livestock Portland. Or., Dec 28 (U-P.) Livestock: Cattle 23, calves 10. Mostly ft cleanup market; ateers lacking. Medium-good steers this week slightly easier at $15.00-17.50; few common heifers today $10.50-13-00; canner cows $6.50; medium beef cows up to 912.00; one outstanding 1915 lb. bull up to $13.00; good-choice vealers salable $14.00-14.50 and above. Hogs none. Nominally steady. Bar rows and gilts up to 300 lbs. Salable $15.80; sows $14.00-14.30; choice above 1 1 lb. feeder pigs quotable $15.00-15.50; good 65 lb. feeders late Thursday down to $10.00; common 35 lb. todav $6 00. Sheep none. Nominal. Good-choice wooiea lamps quota Die 0-14.23; common grades down to $11.00; good ewes salable $4.50-5.00. Market open Monday, closed New Years Day. South San Francisco, Dec. 28 (U.P.)-(USDA) Cattle 25. Steady. Load common 844 range cows cows $10.50, sorted four head $9.50. For week 775; rood steers and heifers scarce, quoted $15.00-17.00; mostly she-stock. Bulk common and medium cows $10.00-12.50; cutter $7.75-8 25; canners $6.50-7 25. Good bulls $12 00 down. Calves: Salable for week 30. Steady. Package good calves $14.00. Hogs 150. Mostly late arrivals yes terday. Steady. For week: 650. Broad demand. Sheep none. Around 430 head of holdovers; common to medium lambs offered. For week: 1,000. Choice lambs absent. Bulk common to me dium $12.00-13.75. Heavy wooled ewea $6.25. Chicago. Dec. 28 (U.P.J (WFA Livestock: Hogs 7.500; active, fully steady. Good and choice barrows and gilts 140 lbs. and up at $14.85; rood and choice sows at $14.10. Cattle: 3.000; calves: 300; general market active, fully steady; largely steer and yearling run. Reliable out side demand on metlum and good grade selling at $13.75-16.50; about a dozen loads $18; the celling; scattered supply $17.25-17.75. Sheep: 4,000; active, steady. Good and choice native lambs $13-15.25; latter price the top and paid for most good and choice fed wooled westerns averaging 80 to 120 lbs. Portland Produce Portland. Dec. 28 (U.P.) Whole sale market prices: Live poultry: Chickens buy in price of wholesalers: Broilers IV to 2 lbs., 20c; roasters over 3 'a lbs. 25c. Garlic Oregon 40c lb. Chicago Wheat Chicago. Dec. 28 (U.P.) Wheat Open High Low Close May 180 '4 1801, 180 'J 180 ,j July 179, 1795, 178 179"i Sept 176',', 176', 1734 176'i Dec 174',s 174U 174Js 1747s S. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Dec. 28 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 48V4, 92 score 48, 90 score 47. Cheese: Loafs 28.2, triplets 27.2. Eggs: Large grade A 53V4, medium grade A 48V4, small grade A 42V4, large grade B 47,4. Wall Street New York, Dec. 28 (U.R) A rally in railroad issues helped steady the stock market today after an irregular decline in the early dealings. Volume declined from yesterday's pace. Demand for the Rails was seen as belated recognition of the importance of the I.C.C. postponement of rail freight changes, and a proposal for higher rates for railroads gen erally. Preliminary closing Dow Jones stock averages: Industrial 192.43, up 0.12; Rails 62.91, up 0.25; Utilities 38.15. up 0.09; 65 Stocks 72.03, up 0.13. Sales totaled 1,090,000 shares compared with 1,320,000 yester day. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Teleg 189V4 Anaconda . 443i Chrysler 134 Curtiss Wright 7?4 General Electric 46y. General Motors 7534 Montgomery Ward 73 V4 Penn. R. R 42,4 Phillips Petroleum 575s J. C. Penney 149 Radio 173'.i Southern Pacific 59 Standard Oil of California 47 V4 Texas Gulf Sulphur 48!'. Transamerica 20T United Aircraft 348 U. S. Rubber 67 i U. S. Steel 81 Vi HOLD WHEAT CEILING Washington, Dec. 28 U.R The Office of Price Administra tion said today that, despite re ports to the contrary, celling prices on wheat will not be in creased. Present ceilings reflect parity to growers and are thus sufficient to meet the Price Con trol Act, OPA said. CARD TAKES 36 YEARS Rosemcad. Cal. (U.R) On June 11, 1909, Mrs. C. C. Green await mailtd a post card to her friend, Mrs. Laura Williams. Some 36 years later, on Sept. 15 of this year. Mrs. Williams re ceived the card. PEACE PROPOSAL Chungking, Dec. 28 U.R Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and government leaders are studying the Chinese communist proposal for immediate end of the civil war and are expected j to reply within a few days, In- formation Minister K. C. Wu said today. The proposal was submitted in writing as communist and nationalist leaders resumed unity meetings yesterday after a 40-day deadlock. Wu said an-1 other session was scheduled i Saturday. Wu charged today that the i "cease fire" proposal had been made by the communists be cause "they realize the weakness of their military forces." Early Strike End Lumber Union Aim Spokane, Wash., Dec. 28 (U.R) The policy committee of the Northwest Council, Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union (AFL) which has directed the three- month-old lumber strike, began ' its second day of closed session today to promote an early end of the walkout. John M. Christie of Seattle, chairman of the group, said that he believed the strike, which be-, gan last Sept. 24, could be set tled by the new year "if one of the mill operators would take j the lead and accept our demands of $1.05 an hour minimum." FIGHTER PILOT LUCKY Seattle, Dec. 28 (U.R) A ma rine fighter pilot who bailed out of his storm-tossed plane near Mount St. Helen's, Wash., late yesterday, walked unhurt into the little town of Yale, northeast of Vancouver, Wash., today, 13th naval district reported. Navy spokesmen identified the We Will Be Closed CLOSED Sunday, December 30 Monday, December 31 Tuesday, January 1 M. M. DEPT. STORE Show Your Appreciation To Those Who Served HELP RENOVATE and EQUIP A BUILDING FOR VETERANS Offering a Recreation and Meeting Center for All Veterans Mail your contribution to Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander V. B. Robb, 737 W. 14th Phone 4196 This adv. contributed by a friend NEATNESS IS A MARK OF DISTINCTION WHICH ONLY THE Best Dry CAN GIVE YOU Acme Dry Cleaners 1728 North Riverside Phone 4263 marine only as "Walling" and said his initials and rank were not immediately known. Jefferson Barracks, Mo., is the oldest army post west of the Mississippi river. Park View Convalescent Home 153 Granite St. Ashland Ore Registered Nurse tn Charge Equipment for bed patients. L. C. TAYLOR GO. pays rhe HIGHEST MARKET PRICES If you have a CAR or TRUCK to sell, we advise selling It now. Call or Phone Dodge-Plymouth Dealer L. G. TAYLOR GO. Phone 2963 FLASH! The boys are back on the job and sending out a call for work. Have that gen erator and starter servic ed once a year. How about that magneto? The spring rush will commence soon. Be wise and repair now. DAWSON ELECTRIC 129 No. Riverside Phone 3463 Cleaning Jack Thurman, Owner L-si
