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I ilX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, Jan. 1. list MEDFO UNI Iveryone in southern Oreioa neaae we ....-- DallT Impl Saturday Publlthed by MEDFORD PRINTINO CO. 3.7-29 North Fir St Phone Jlel ROBERT W. RUHU aVIItoT . XRNtST R- GILS TRAP. Manafer HTHB GREY. Advertlilns Mgr. I C FERGUSON. Mananlnr Edlt ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor MRS. OLIVE ST ARCHER. Soc. Edltof GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mr. An Independent Newepaper Entered eecond elaae matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RAT By Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year...70 Dally and Sunday elx monlha 4.00 Dally and Sunday three moa. 2.10 Dally and Sunday one month .78 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Aahland. Central Point. Jackson ville. Cold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routea: Dally and Sunday one year.... 00 Dally and Sunday one month .7S All terma caah In advance. Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper af faeHeoa Comity United Preee Foil Leaied Wile MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertlalnn RepreaenUUve WIST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC. Offlcai In New York. Chicago, De troit, San Frandaco, Loa Anfelee. Seattle, Portland. St Loula, AtlanU, Vancouver. B. C. OlEG Publisher ipii I ATI 0 Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry Things could have been worse in 1949. There were 1,302 wed dings in Jackson county, without the added terrors of a.shlvaree. e e An Irate subscriber to a met ropolitan dally lets fly against "nut drivers," in a letter to the ed. He calls them "deadly threats." What the type needs is a monkey-wrench that fits them. Many started out the New Year with a 1940 auto and a 1945 calendar. e NOT NOMINATED (Ft. Williams (Ont.) Journal) "Walter Allison wishes to thank the few who were pres- ent, the multitude who were absent, the homeless, the per plexed and the dissatisfied, for their lack of interest In Civic Nominations, Allison was present to offer his services, therefore feels the onus rests now, as in the past, on the shoulders of the disinterested public. Signed: Walter Allison, e e The next event of public In terest is Ground Hog Day, Feb ruary 2, a Saturday. The day Is widely talked about by urban and rural residents each year. It lacks any significance and is not even an excuse for barber shops to close up two days, e e e An Applegate co-ed home from the campus, churned batch of butter to get out of washing the dishes. The churn crossed the plains by ox-team, and was operated by hand. She reports her wrist has not been so tired since she played tennis all afternoon with a Lieut, from Alabama, now In Okinawa. e e e "How to Find a Wife" Is the title of a book. Just do some thing you shouldn't, and she'll show up." (Dubuqui (la.) Her old.) Great truth Item. e e The fair sex greeted the New Year in their formal gowns, cut lo and behold, and displaying expanses of feminine backbone. The skirts Just missed the floor, causing many a pair of nylons to blush unseen. e e The banks report an Increase In saving deposits the past year. This i wonderful the way the masses have been throwing their money at the birds and not hit ting any, the post year. e e a THE WHYFORE (Astoria Astorian-Budgct) "An officer at the hospital offered to drive Hogg to Port land where he could get a pair of nylon stockings for each he invested in bonds. Hogg said he would buy the bonds in Astoria. Mrs. Hogg was not present." ... A Louisville, Ken., man has been named the world's cham pion liar. He did very well con sidering he was not running for any political office. ... Diplomats and bureaucrats in Moscow and Washington, D. C. have rubbed the fur the wrong way and ruffled the dignity of Gen. MacArthur In Tokyo. Eith er city is about the right dis tance to be away from a mad flv.-Btar general Commentators say the fuss is one of the state department's cute conspiracies at which they always get caught. ... Southern California took a 34 14 pastime in the Rose Bowl yes. Until Alabama cased off in the last quarters, it looked like the board of directors of the Los An geles Chamber of Commerce were doing the playing for Troy. Editorial Correspondence A sunny day and It seems only a few degrees above New York City, N. Y., Dec. 28: warm even thoueh the mercury is freezing. A nephew Just out of the Presbyterian hospital after ten days with the flu wonders why the temperature in the coun try Is so much lower than in the city, only a few miles away, a differential of about 15 degrees. The answer must be in the huge masses of heated brick and stone, rising high in the air, with the human-beings and their mercuries far below in the narrow, warm and protected canyons. Spencer Tracy In Sherwood's "Rugged Path" has decided to close two weeks hence after an 8-weeks run. This was the play we saw last fall when it opened in Washington and pronounced n. g., as did practically all the theater critics. And it WAS, but Tracy wasn't and he held the "turkey" up by his personal popu larity alone, making it click at the box office if nowhere else, for two months. That Is some feat. Sherwood's prestige was im paired by the experience but not Tracy's. He is a good actor and a fine chap, something rare In Hollywood. ..... The Moscow "Big Three" conference has adjourned and the front page of the newspapers are plastered with the results. No two of the papers agree as to what was actually accomplished. and we doubt if the participants themselves know either. Prob ably no one CAN know for a year or two, for what was really accomplished at Moscow depends upon what IS accomplished during the next 15 or 20 months in other words on the CHARAC TER of the agreement rather than the precise terms. Compared with the complete failure at London, this gathering does represent a tremendous Improvement, but does it mean that hereafter Russia, Great Britain and the United States are to work in an atmosphere of general friendship, good will and confidence, or in an atmosphere of suspicion, ill will and distrust? With the proper spirit prevailing anything can be done; without it noth-' ing nothing of Importance at least can be. ..... To fully understand the exact terms ,of the agreement will require time and study but after only as much examination as the hour's train ride in from Mt. Kisco allowed we would say there is no reasonable doubt of the following: RUSSIA WINS AGAIN! In fact we can't find a single important concession on the part of Molotov and a flock of them on the part of Secretary Byrnes. Which might explain why Molotov got up so early in the morning to pay Secretary Byrnes the high honor of seeing him off and giving him such a hearty hand-shake it brought tears to the American envoy s eyesl Winners can afford to be magnani' mous. . . . Russia wins In the Baltic provinces; Russia wins In Bulgaria and the Balkans: Russia wins in the exclusion of France and China and Russia wins in the retention of the one-nation veto. Russia declares her firm and dictatorial actions in Iran and Turkey concern only her and the countries involved is no busi ness of the United Natlonsl Yet Russia signed the UNO pact which declared each and every nation retained the right to decide what form of government It desired, each was secure in its territorial integrity, and any de nials of these sacred rights (which might threaten world peace) should be the Immediate concern of the UNO counclll But what could the UNO council do, even if a majority were so disposed? The answer to that is NOTHING nothing as long as Russia has its veto. And this meeting in Moscow merely af firms once more that Russia will NEVER give up her veto! So what? Does this mean war with Russia Is Inevitable? NOT AT ALLI That is a mistake so often made by these Russophilcs, who not only believe Russia can do no wrong but the only alternative to opposing Russia s foreign policy is to fight her, This Is not the case at all. It might be If Russia WANTED war. For war Is merely the extension of political differences Into the realm ol lorce. But Russia does NOT want wan And no other nation in the world WANTS war. And this strong desire for peace as we view It will in all probability continue for a generation at least perhaps until an International police force to maintain peace is established So all this supine, hush-hush talk about "don't dare to criticize anything that Russia does because that might mean war Is un mitigated nonsense. The only thing for this country or any other country to do as far as international relations are concerned, is to enunclnte Its principles and then stick up for them, through thick and thin, lettlne the cIiIds fall where they may. And where these principles are threatened by other countries oppose those coun tries in that direction. This is the only self-respecting policy and the only honorable policy and as far as that goes eventually the only FEACfctUL, policy. For the only alternative is the policy of appeasement, con tinually retreating before intransigcance and yielding on funda mental principles thus creating the impression abroad, that all any foreign country has to do to get Its way, Is to threaten trouble, if it DOESN'T. That Is the policy that led to World War II; it will lead to war eventually, with any nation or group of nations that adopt it. R. W. R. and Intelligently loved by her husband never voices strong criticisms of men in general. She never says men are not to be trusted or that they are selfish .or that she hates men. And so on. Only women who are unin telllgently and inexpertly han died by their husbands talk that way. Or so states an expert on the subject of the workings of the female mind. Our Horses & Women department has been Instructed to thoroughly check on this claim. Yearlings Am ready to start my one horse racing stable. Was look ing at yearlings today. Saw one that reminded me of the time my uncle Al took me to a yearl ing sale. As he looked at one colt he said, "That animal will be left at the post many a time." I asked why. He said, "Look at his small eyes, too much sunk in his head. That shows he Is a bad actor." News Behind The News By Paul Mallon On The Side-By e. v. Doling (Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.) Ton smiled upon me. And I thought It wai fprtnr. And my heart put forth The tlowera of hope. Petrarch. Among the comments on the recent war the following obser vation by Al Schacht is worth noting: "It has struck me that the guy who goes around look ing for a fight always gets a beating, whether it's in a war or in a saloon." Celebrities It is interesting to consider how many celebrated successful men would never have been born If either parents had prac ticed birth control. Edward Lear, famous nonsense rhymer and limerick specialist, was the 21st child of his parents. Keep that in mind it you are anxious to have a celebrity in your family. Of course, having 21 children Is perhaps overdoing the thing. You could stop at the 15th child. And if you didn't produce a celebrity I don't think anyone could rightly say you didn't try. Horns Managing Due shortly Is something called "high frequency electron ic cookery." This will enable a home manager to cook a roast In four minutes. Now devices to be available in the near future will enable a housewife to do her work in about one-fifth the time it now takes. The average home manager will have her work completed In two hours or less and have the rest of the day to herself. That will be fine. Still it must be considered that wives with too much time misiu MWIIWHMWMIMIMlin get Into mischief. All husbands should give this matter serious thought. I will bring It up at the next meeting of the Hus bands Protective association. Mules and Men Aries (March 2I-Aprll 20)hus bands are bossy, quarrelsome, vain and conceited. They re quire a "yes woman" type for a wife. Saggltarlus (Nov. 23 Dec. 21) husbands are "married bachelors." It Is practically Im possible to break them into mat rimonial harness In a satisfac tory way. Virgi (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) husbands are good providers, easy to tame but are not much as lovers. That Is what three young matrons' of New York claim, saying their findings re sult from a careful study of a number of husbands which In cludeed checking .vith the wives of the men studied. Asking Queries from clients: Q. Have you found out what Suzette Is honored by the naming of crepe suzette? A. Henry Charpentier. world famed chef, originated the crepe suzette at Monte Carlo. The occasion was a luncheon at tended by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, and eight friends, also present was the daughter of one of the guests named Suzette. She is the Su zette honored. Charpentier says he does not recall her last name. Sorry we have not the complete Information on this. We will do better If somebody asks us how the peach melba got its name. Horses at Women A woman who Is completely Washington, Jan. 2 Mr. Byrnes avows the Christmas season peace he made at Moscow is an excellent compromise of difficult diver gent views a 50-50 settle m e n t. He Is prejudiced. He made the agreement, To an objec 1 1 v e analyst, the agreement resembles the rabbit stew prepared b y IMS faui aiauon Old Trader Joe out In the Dako- tas and sold to the Indians. One day an Indian complained about the rabbit: "It tastes like horse meat." "Oh no," said Trader Joe In an injured tone. "It has good rabbit in it." "But does It have any horse meat? asked the Indian, "Only 50-50," conceded Joe "Whattayamean fifty - fifty? shouted the Indian. "This Is horse meat." "Well, if you want to know, confessed Joe. "I always use In each preparation one rabbit and one horse." ... C"OE Japan, a nation we con- a miprpi-t nnri nlnnp there Is to be established i governing commission of the so called United Nations, each with a veto power. We are to sur render our control to other nations, Including Russia But for the nations Russia conquered and occupied alone, there are to be no governing commissions. We do not have a veto power In any. Nor does any other nation. In Romania and Bulgaria both enemy nations now In Rus sian hands. Mr. Stalin pronounc ed himself In favor of the mat ters as thev now stand, says our state secretary. But Mr. Byrnes thinks he won something he con siders as "concessions" by Rus sia In Bulsarla and Romania. As regards Bulgaria, the agree ment says: "The soviet government takes unon Itself the resnonsibility of Jiving friendly advice to the Bi'l"arian government." There It will insist imon some additional leaders who "are real ly suitable" (and who will work loyally "). As soon as Stalin finds men who are really suitable and who will work loyally, then the United States and Great Britain will recognize that government but Mr. Bvrnes says Stalin Is already satisfied. ... THE rabbit Is somewhat larger for Romania. "Free and un fettered elections," ar advised there, "as soon as possible," and the reorganized government should" mark you, need not but "should" give assurances concerning the grant of freedom to the press, speech, religion and association none of which basic Atlantic charter freedoms are mentioned for Bulgaria. Mr. Stalin will let a three- nation committee In to see things and allow one represent ative of two parties get Into the government somewhere. THESE are the hares of Mr. Ions" he won for our wav of life. Even the remaining horse meat Is doubtful and vague. Korea we split with Russia 50-50, China, we will withdraw from, leaving Chiang to survive communist revolution If he can. The conquest of northern ran by Russia Is not mentioned- nor Is Yugoslavia, alreody under Rtuslan controls. Mr. Byrnes says Gen. Mac Arthur will have a free hand lr. apan, but the agreement say; otherwise. To the United Nations commission Is speclfical entrusted all matters of policies, principles and stand- practical effect, by demanding a "review." Mr. Byrnes forgot to mention that we can act in emergencies "only following consultation and the attainment of agree ments" In the commission, even as to "fundamental changes" in the regime of control." ... AS for the atomic bomb, Mr. RvrfiM cave a ro in on away no secrets but the agree ment says the United Nations commission, which Is to have charge, is to proceed "with the utmost dispatch" to "exchange basic scientific information" be tween all nations, and even pro vide methods of Inspection In side nations to protect against violations In the use of the bomb. A seat for Russia Is specific ally provided on that commis sion, and the commission Is to be set up by the assembly of the United Nations meeting tn Lon don, January 7. The wording of the agree ment, therefore, naturally sug gests Russia would have to get basic scientific information within a few weeks or a few months at most and a few days at least, If everyone acts "with utmost dispatch" and Inspect our bomb plants. The Byrnes recipe for peace thus certainly includes: The hair of one hare. - The tail of another. One horse (with a secret In gredient of bear, Russian bear). Arraigned Editorial Comment Hospitalisation of Veterans (From The Oregon Journal) The United States Veterans Administration has obtained the use of 20,000 beds in civilian hospitals for the wounded and sick of World War II. In addi tion, it Is "borrowing" the use of 10,000 beds in army and 9375 beds in navy hospitals. As to the use of private hos pitals, a news dispatch quotes Mai. Gen. Paul R. Hawley, act ing surgeon general of the Vet erans Administration, in this haDDV vein: "The government will not be gouged. The rate will be the same as the hospital' receives from Its other patients." On the basis of local exper ience, such rate may run from $7 to $9 a day. Also on the basis not only of local but of national experience, from every oea 10 be occupied by a hospitalized veteran will have to be moved an ailing civilian. Frankly, the statement that the Veterans Administration must move into private hospitals already congested with patients at rates that are often disastrous to financial resources, arouses the most serious question. What use is being made of the hospitals built for use at great expense to taxpayers and war bond Investors of this coun try. These were called "tempor ary, but are still good. For ex ample, the Barnes General hos pital, with a capacity of 1000 beds, located at Vancouver, Wash., was recently discontin ued. Why doesn't the Veterans Administration use this splendid institution, which was exception ally well staffed? At Camp White, In Southern Oregon, hospital facilities of semi-permanent character were provided. Why doesn t the Vet erans Administration use the Camp White hospital? Not long ago, General Omar Bradley, himself a veteran of World War II. with a distineulsh- ed European service record, an nounced that the building pro gram ot the Veterans Admini stratlon would eliminate "nork" and politically influenced loca tions. He said new hospitals would be built In centers where medical and surgical service were readily available. He is the new director of the Veterans Ad ministration. Portland is a medical-surgical center of the West. The Veterans hosDital in Sam Jackson pork has made an out standing record. Yet in the build ing program, expansion of the Veterans hospital in Portland has been left in a fog. The fog is still so dense that Mayor Riley of .Portland has just received from Lt. Col. Harry E. Brown, acting director of veterans hos pitalization service, a letter which says: I regret that, due to the ur gency of problems in connection with the reorganization of the veterans Administration, and the expanding hospitalization pro gram, lt is not possible at this time to give you a definite date with regard to a visit to Port. land." The 'Visit to Portland" has ' 4. ' Ar . 7S Flight o Time Medtord and Jackson Co. His tory from the files ot the Mai) Tribuna 10. 20 and 34 Tr aqo (Acme Telephoto) Pert blonde, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Prioste, 27-year-old Hayward, Calif, file clerk, is arraigned before Federal Judge Roche on charge of harboring Pvt. Herbert E. Williams, U. S. Army deserter. Mrs. Prioste is former wile of an Army corporal. I . LOANS j for Home Remodeling See Mr. Kyle at seem to cover everything. , While Russia has but one vote (and Britain six against our two on the commission anv nation, J can veto any MacArthur act In J FIRST FEDERAL ! Savings st Loan Assn. of Medford 27 North Holly been the -subject of months of pleading to show that the local Veterans hospital can be doubled on its present site. All that has been done is to announce that, on the grounds, a tuberculosis unit will be constructed, which probably could be better estab lished separately. The appalling fact which now appears is that the Veterans Ad ministration will be at least two years late in its own building program. It has nearly 90,000 veterans now under hospital care. The number is increasing at a rate of 2000 a month. The local situation, which is bad. multiplied a thousandfold in the nation. The inevitable flood, to which official eyes have been too nearly closed, is unon us. By sending patients to private nospuais the Veterans Admini stration may scatter its efforts and dangerously reduce its re sources. Its own information dis closes no possible reason whv it should not use hospitals, war- oum, at great expense. Public opinion deserves more respect Veterans deserve better treatment. TEN YEARS AGO January 2. 1926 Ot Was Saturday) Moonshine still seized south of Ashland. I MOUNTBATTElf TIPPED London, Jan. 2 (U.R) Lord I Louis Mountbatten, allied su preme commander in Southeast Asia, was promoted to the per manent rank of rear admiral to night. Mountbatten, whose nam was omitted from the New Year's honors list, held the war time rank of acting admiral. Pioneer Indian fighters of val ley meet in Gold Hill. Valley Is enshrouded In heavy fog, and warm rain predicted. Belgium Is ravaged' by great est flood In European history. King of Rumania quits throne for love of a Jewess. Ashland, above the fog, enjoys sunny winter weather. TWENTY YEARS AGO January 2, 1936 Ot Was Thursday) New Year starts with heavy rains. Marked economic upturn shown here during past year. New here. Chrysler auto shown FROM SNIFFLY, STUFFY DISTRESS OF Head Colds! f DOUHI-DUTY "Vtlsv. ' I NOSI DROPS WORKS A JSk 1 V FAST 1IOHT WHERI N JH' Instantly relief from head cold dis tress starts to come when you put a little Va-tro-nol In each nostril. Also it helps prevent many colds from developing if used In tlmel Try ltl Follow directions In package. V1CKS VA-TRO-NOL z: Congress convenes, and adjourns until after Roosevelt's radio talk tonight. France fears Italian Invasion and asks promise of war aid from LofN. Squirrel Ransacks Interior Of House Rochester, N. Y. (U.P) Francis Crouse and his family returned home recently to find their home ransacked apparent ly Dy vanaals. Decorations and furnishings were upset, curtains were torn, shades ripped apart. Dishes and bric-a-brac had been smashed to bits and walls and furniture were scarred and scratched. The police were called and began to search the house, guns In hand. On examining the bed room, they saw a slight move ment beneath the covers. One of the officers swung with his blackjack, pulled back the blankets, and discovered a stone- dead gray squirrel. TO TELEVISE MESSAGE New York, Jan. 2 (U.R) President Truman's annual mes sage to congress January 15 will be televised in New York, Wash ington, and other cities the first television transmission of a president addressing congress and the first television pickup from the interior of the capitol. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO January 2, 1912 Ot Was Tuesday) Mother of local girl missing for month advised she Is in California. Cloudy. High 31, low 24. Fishermen demand fishway at Ament Dam. Hotel Holland opens for busi ness, with many visitors. TWOHY RESIGNS Washington, Jan. 2 (U.R) James Twohy, governor of the federal home loan bank system,! has resigned to return to private; business in San Francisco, it was ! announced today. JAPS SURRENDER I San Francisco, Jan. 2 (U.R) ! Twenty Japanese soldiers and sailors who had been hiding in caves on Corregidor island In Manila Bay since February have surrendered to an amazed Amer ican graves registration detail, Melbourne radio said today. TOMORROW Plus LAUREL and HARDY In "Pick Up Your Troubles" Waaseuiiautoaaaeeif FOR THAT 'DATE' TOHMrlT is AT DREAMLAND To RAY'S MODERN MUSIC EVERYONE WELCOME! Dont' Miss It! EsasliiaMII THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... STEVE: "How was tfie hospital dinner. Judge? Sorry I couldn't get there." OLD JUDGE:"'eiy interesting. Steve. One of the doctors on the staff read a paper on the research vrork that is going on at one of the big universities ".here they are studying chronic alcoholism." S TE VE: " I'd like to have heard that. Judge." OLD JUDGE:" He pointed out that approx imately 95 of the people who drink do so sensibly. Only 5 abuse the privilege oc casionally and included in that 5 is the very small number known as alcoholics. Then he quoced a doctor from a famous university who said 'Alcoholics are sick per sons and, if treated as such, mav be cured.' Alcoholism, he said, is not caused by alcohol but by deep-rooted emotional derailments which can r prevented by education and often cured through modem psychology!" ff;" Jhat'S,themct -MiW broach to the problem I've heard." "Jiu,lca af uu j, c,
