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t room MBoroRD mail tribune Breryoiie ' t' Of!" Raada the Mall Irlb'io" Dallr cept atorder PubllihKl br MEDFORD PR1NTINO CO. 7-19 North Tlr St Phone 1141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor XRNtST R. OILS TRAP, Mn HERB OREY, Advertlalrn MT. I C KERGUSON, Mnlnf Editor ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor MRS. OLIVE ST ARCHER, Soo. Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MCT. An Independent Newepaper Altered ae aacond alaae mattar at Medford. Oregon, undar Act ef March 1. 1S1 SUBSCRIPTION RATM Br Mall In Advanca: Daily and Sunday ona year... r M Cany and Sunday air monU-a 4 OO Dally and Sunder three mor. 1.10 Dally and Sunday ona month .18 By Cairlor In Advance Madford, Aihler.il. Central Point, Jeekeon llla. Cold Hill. Phoenra, Talent, and on motor routaa: Dally and Sunday on yaar ...ft Q0 Daily and Sunday ona month AH tarma caali In advanca. Offlrlal Paper of tha CHr Madford Official Papar of Jaceeoa Conoty United Prcaa Pull LeMed Wtra MEMBER or AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising KepreeentatWe WEST-HOLLI DAY COMPANY, INC. OHIcaa In New York, Chicago. De troit, San rrandaco, Loe Anfelae, Seattle, Portland, St. Louie. Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C- OiEcjoEisJFmii , P tJ 1 1 S rti e i 4W-sTc)i A T 1 0 1 Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry Peace has its atrocitlei no less than war. For example: The state saloon product, that makes bold to state on the bot tle label, "colored and flavored with wood chips for loss than one month". e An Oklahoma bull, st an auction, sold for $51,000. This Is the highest price ever paid for a bull, outside the realm of polities. e A lower bracket Nar.t gang- ster at Nuernberg, and rather boastfully, he had supervised the deaths of 90,000 persons In Russia and Poland. He further stated, the rate of execution was speeded up to relieve the housing shoring. a a e LIKE MR. COYLE WILL COIL "To the Editor: I seem to have made Mr. Barnard Boyle boll. It sounds like he's moaning over the death of Tojo, Hitler and Mussolini." e The Chinese are a peculiar people. They have agreed the Nationalists and tha Commun ists to cease strife, but the shooting continues. e "TEEN AGE GIRL MIRSINC, MONTH, FATHER REPORTS" (Hdllne Exchange) Fond parent gets In a rush. e e e Berlin now reports there Is doubt about the legality and regularity of the marriage of A. Hitler and Eva Brnun, a few hours before they presumably rommllted suicide In the Reich- chancellery to escape capture by the Russians. This Is nothing much to make a fuss about, but in case the reports of Herr Hit ler'a death has been exaggcrat ed, gives grounds to try him for bigamy. e "We apologize to Attorney Short. In our last week's Items, the printers mnde us cull him Attorney Snort". (Piney (NM.) News) Don't let It happen again. e The government, via Its wildlife section, urges outdoor men to fish and hunt more for fun, and less for kills. It Is rather difficult to picture a mighty hunter shooting off nothing but his face. In the high hills and the tall timber. a a YULE RASCALITY (Klamath Falls Herald) "Incidentally, we provided decorations for two outdoor trees our own and that of the blankety blanked so-and-so who stole a doren or so of bulbs off our tree. That'i stretching our personal pub lic spirlledness to the break ing point." e e e The Gone Thorndike boy Bill, who has been In Europe and way points, is due home this week after disentanglement from the army. He formerly tosed a basketball abroitlv for Old Medford. e Democrats of the nation be moan the oratorical feebleness of the President. They now know how the republicans felt in 1036. when Alf I.andon of Kansas let fly with words be fore a microphone. SANTA MONICA GALE I.os Angeles, Jan. 7 tU.R) A 34-mile-an-hour wind early yes terday battered five fishing boats at Santa Monica, sinking one. The windstorm ripped the cover Ing from wing tips of two air planes at San Fernando and up rooted sonic trees here. Uie Mall Tribune want Ada. Mondef. Jen. f. 1I4 Clothing Drive Important When the first atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, Wendell Willkie's "One World" suddenly became verv near. We will all live on the same street in this new age ahead, and it will behoove us to get along with our neighbors, regardless of the color of their skin, the way they worship or how they wish to De governed. Of course, we want our American democracy to spread throughout the world because we know it oners a saier as wen as a ncner me. vv e ruiuw umi. it means justice, freedom and equality for the great and the humble alike. We know that, in a land where men can think and speak and worship as free men, there is little room for greed and bigotry. World-wide democracy, we believe, would not toler ate international hoodlumism. DUT we have learned that we must live democracy .if we want democracy to live. We must set a good example, too, if we would have our ideology accepted elsewhere as a model for human conduct and good government in this world of tomorrow. We're not eoine to make lastine friends by free and indiscriminate loaning of "Money makes not so many true mends as real enemies" holds true for nations as it does for indi viduals. We're not going to make lasting friends by foolishly offering our military secrets without rigid safeguards, no more than we can help to create a world brotherhood by keeping our atomic Domo sec ret held over other nations like a sword of Damocles. a e e e e MO, it is going to take rare and deep understanding kindly and helpful neighborliness to keep the Iieht of neace burning in the hearts of men and that is the only place it can endure. It won't be easy, for civilization has worn verv thin durinz the war-time years of barbarism and savagery. Tr. is cminp- to take a lot of little "pood neierhbor" acts to prove our good intentions and cement a sound foundation for the peace necessary. An opportunity for one of the finest and most far-reaching gestures of all is offered in the Victory Clothing collection which opens here and throughout the nation today. Actually, clothing is as important today as bullets were a few months ago necessary to win a tignt against me r our norsemen who ride the braised and battered lands across the seas. Today our foes are tuberculosis, bacillary dysentery, typhoid fever, diph theria, pneumonia and other diseases spread through exposure and malnutrition. THESE people we must help cannot lift themselves kir tVioir Knntatrona fnr (hov hnvp nn hnnta. UJf UIVII WWV.JWAU America is their one hope. the name of humanity. for this neighborly help. The ammunition in this and despair in foreign lands is found in our attics, trunks and closets. It is clothes, shoes, bedding all that we can spare. The Junior Chamber of Com niprre is conducting the local drive under Carey Thomson's direction, with and churches lending full cooperation. Here is, indeed, a drive that everyone should support promptly and generously. Literally and figurately we must olothe with faith and hope those millions whose homes were the battlefields of this .-.. 11 - L . T.I C war. They are our neignoors 01 wmunuw. illl.llHIMMItlllll IMN.M nillMM,l,IH,tll,IHi On The Side-By e. v. During (Distributed br King Features Syndicate, Inc.) lie rounaelt a divorce) a In" of Tli"'lle a Jewel, hal hunt lor twenty yrara. About hla neck, Vat never loat her Inure. Shakeaneare. (It was Napoleon who said: "Divorce is entirely to the dis advantage of women. If a man has had several wives, he shows no sign of it, whereas a woman several times married fades com. pletely.) A brunette Hollywoodian be came a synthetic blonde. That, of course, is not unusual. But this particular cinema celebrity decided that as she had changed the color of her hair her entire house would have to be redecor ated to suit her blonde personal ity. This was done. The expense was terrific. I suppose if this female decides later to change the color of her hair to red, which is not at all improbable, that her house will be done over again. That will be a lot of fun fr her but a little hard on her husband. Have you ever noticed the extent of the feminine in fluence on some houses you have visited? There arc houses occu pied by married couples which are practically 100 per cent feminine. The husband has been entirely Ignored. One of the best ways to analyze a woman's char acter is to take careful note of the manner In which she fur nishes her house. At Ttlngtao The horses are running at Tsingtao. Before me I have a program of the Tsingtao race club forwarded by an army ser geant now stationed in China. My attention was attracted by the following notice in English on the program: "In compliance with the order received from the Tsingtao municipal authority the tax on horse hacing wagers Is fixed at 30 per cent." Asking Queries from clients. Q. What did the poetic prophet say about being married on Tuesday? A. There are 20 different versions money, for the old proverb : that nas now Decome so epidemics 01 puimunaiy AV bill!, J www-. We must not fail them in Practical self-interest calls great war against misery schools, civic organizations nniHiiiiiiiiiiiiminmiiiiMM of the poetic prophecy you refer to. There is considerable dis agreement among the prophets on all days but Wednesday and Saturday. They are agreed that "To marry on Wednesday Is the best day of all" and that "To marry on Saturday no luck at all." Patting Br Fred Astaire, greatest dancer ever born In Omaha, Neb. Real name Frederick Austerliti. How many dancing partners has Fred had in films? Who was the first? And who were the others In order named? If you can answer these questions quick as a flash mid a half you don't have to send me a stogie. . . Billy Conn, Pittsburgh Icutherpusher. If he lasts three rounds with Joe Louis in their forthcoming bout he will be doing very well. Cartful Sex Saw a young woman stick a mutuel ticket Inside her shoe for safekeeping. A good idea. A woman fumbling wildly In her handbag for a winning mutuel ticket she has misplaced Is a pa thetic figure. Women misplace or lose about five times as many things as men. Vet the females continue to stoutly claim theirs is the careful sex. Nurtot The average U. S. navy nurse Is about 'J6'j years old. The average U. S. army nurse Is around 27 years old. So states a statistician. 1 will have to chrek on that. Those nurses don't look that old to me. Especially the navy nurses. Incidentally, it was reported to this department some time ago that while the nurses of both branches of the service are equally capable from a professional standpoint the navy nurses had a slight edge from the social angle. Our in formant, a captain of the U. S. marines, claimed the navy nurses were gayer companions on moon light strolls and better dancers than the army nurses. Six Honeymooni Mrs. Svlvia S. Heimick. of Denver, Colo., who Is 88 years old recently returned from her sixth honeymoon. Mrs. Heimick was 14 years old on the occasion of her first marriage. No doubt women who have married more than once spend a little time re flecting as to which of their honeymoons was the best and most romantic. Canaries Note a pet shop offers canaries for "$10 and up." How far up from $10 do the prices of ca naries go? I will have to look Into this. Seems to me selling canaries at "$10 and up" should be a profitable business. Maybe I'll breed canaries on my ranch when I get a ranch. If you have a canary don't forget what I once told you. That is, If too much swing music is played around the house it is likely to give a canary a nervous breakdown. When you play swing records put your canary In another room. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. 7 The Imagination of Jules Verne could hardly encompass the practical, offi- c i a 1 concepts of the next war, which lie behind the cur rent debate on unification of the army and navy, the atomic bomb issue and youth draft. It is not a fully accepted the Pain MaiMD ory . of what the next war will be like, but rather the practical vision of the unhidebound and thinking men of the military trade. It seems to me to be so sound that I unhesitatingly present it as authentic, even though it has not been offered publicly be yond the limited reports of air corps' Gen. Arnold. Further more, It furnishes the key to the congressional issues under de bate, to-wit: e e e DOINT 1. The next war will be fought on our own soil. This is a logical expectation, because this nation has no mental capa city for aggression, but only for defense, and science has destroy ed the value of our geographical ramparts (the two broad oceans and two vast, weak and sympa thetic adjoining nations). Point 2. The Invasion will come from Europe or Asia or both simultaneously. This is cer tain because the only nations which could conceivably oppose us politically and who have the military resources to challenge us are in those two continents. Point 3. Practical military theory would require an Invad er to lay down a bombardment of directed missiles across the great circle route of artic waste upon our larger cities. The logical point of attack would not be New York or San Francisco, but Chicago, through which all the great arteries of east-west travel run, and the De troit area, origin of motor pro-' duction. These conceivably could be severed and destroyed by mis siles much larger than the V-2, probably including the atomic bomb. The prospect of attack no doubt would contemplate level ing the big auto plants and Chi cago and its vast rail yards as flat and thoroughly as Nagasaki was destroyed. It could be fol lowed by direct bombing attacks from airplanes. No doubt both methods would be used in any thorough scheme. From a military standpoint, these ventures would have the nature of an artillery bombard ment, a preparation for attack. Point 4. The invading army would come entirely by air. An initial force of 10,000 to 20, 003 planes carrying 40 or more men each could seize the de stroyed area. Their weapons and tanks would come by air, as would their supplies. Daily reinforcements could build up their forces, conceivably within a week's time to the power of a substantial army. Greatest enemy hazard of the attack no doubt would be to secure air cover for the landed army, but this could be provided if fields along the route across the artic were seized simultan eously by the invaders and stock ed with fighter planes and sup plies. Our problem would be to nvister greater military air and land power at the points of in vasion and build it up faster i than the invaders could build : up their forces, pushing planes, ! tanks and men in to annihilate ' the invading forces. The speed ; with which this defense could be put into action would decide the outcome of the invasion. j e e e TpHIS, at any rate, Is the bare nucleus of the next war's prospects as of today. It seems to say primarily that unifica tion of the armed forces is essential. Complete co-ordination and Immediate use of every weapon would be necessary. The navy would protect commercial sea and air lanes and bases In the weans, but the primary re sponsibility would rest upon I mi i uj j aei pent. ME the air, land and supply forces of both branches of the service. It would seem to require also the maintenance of a scientific and substantial air and land force equipped and ready to move at a moment, since speed is the critical point. The youth draft would be of little conse quence in such a war. The war could well be over before such reserves could be mustered. Now science, terrified at Its own discovery of atomic de struction, wants to prepare our defense on that score by out lawing the use of their weapon. This no doubt will be done, but unless all the natural laws of war and human beings are simultaneously repealed, and men become angels all of a sud den, every effective weapon will be used In the next war as In all past wars. Scientists say poison gas was outlawed and not used in this past war. It was not used be cause it was not an effective weapon and only for that rea son. It required perfect weather conditions and the slightest de viation in weather could make the gas more destructive to users than to their enemy. But gas has been used in violation of treaties. Mussolini used it In Ethiopia when his hard-pressed Italians could not clear out the barefoot natives any other way. His planes sprayed mustard gas upon the ground to burn their feet. A nation at war for its life nat urally will use ' any effective weapon at its command, regard less of treaties. COMMUNICATIONS 1 Lettera to the Kdltor muit beat the name and addrese ot tha writer although the uie of a pen-name or Inltlala tor publication la permla Ible The Mall rrlbnne reserves the rltht to edit all lettera with a view tn -clarity and condensation A Cry For Help To the editor: Would you please try to help us find a four room modern house to live in, or a lot to build on. I have looked in the paper until my eyes are sore trying to find something. We have been here a month today and we are des perate. We need a place to live in. My husband and 18-year-old son have jobs. We could pay $700 down on a house and $35 a month like rent, until paid for, or get a lot if not too high priced, and buy lumber and build one large room to move into. We are now living with rela tives temporarily and I'd be very grateful if you would print a piece in your paper for us. I don't want to go back to Om aha, Neb., where we came from and have the people there laugh at us because we had to come back. I know there are many good people in Mcdford who would be more than willing to help us find a place if they knew we needed one. I'm not ashamed to ask your help. I have a little boy aged eight and one ten years also. We don't want char ily, we Just want a place we can afford to buy. Mrs. Estella Rendorf, Rt. 2, Box 175. Ashland. Ore. Sailors Spend Gob For Extra Clothes New Orleans (U.R) Nobody has figured out Just what they do with them, but it's definite that sallo.'s expend a lot of clothing. A set of figures at the New Orleans Naval Station proves that. The bluejackets spend about $100,000 at their government-operated small stores for extra clothing. In a month, men at the base purchase 30,000 handkerchiefs. 22.000 sets of shorts. 12.000 pairs of socks, 9,000 hats, 2.500 rating badges, 1.200 necker chiefs, 8,000 towels, and 2,500 Jack-knives. Flyi ing Fort For $350 Delivered Boston (U.Rl The surplus property administration here Is having a bargain sale in used war planes. Communities which want a Flying Fortress for educational or memo.ial purposes can get one for only $350. And they ; will be flown to their destina tion at no -extra cost. Other smaller war planes also re available for the same non-flight purposes at $50 to $200. ( Nevada was once part of the territory Utah, but Nevada be came a state many years before Utah was admitted to the Union. ! REFINANCE Your Home Loan With Local Funds See Mr. Kyle At ! FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of .? Mtdford X 27 North Holly ! t SOCE REGISTERS NINETY PER CENT ENROLLMENT HIKE Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland, Jan. 7 Southern Oregon College of Education has a ninety percent Increase In student enrollment over the first week's enrollment of the 1945 winter quarter. The sexes are equal. Two-thirds of the sixty men are returned ser vicemen. Among the latter are many lettermen. The college is now planning to carry out ex tended social and athletic pro grams. The students come from nearly every community in southern Oregon. Most of them are registered in lower division, or junior college courses. In these courses, they are prepar ing to enter law. medicine, en gineering, and other profession at fields which require the students doing their upper divi sion work at the university or college. Many are taking the three and four-year courses in teacher education, Many wo men and some of the men are registered in either the one year or two-year secretarial curricula. Still others are tak ing advantage of the merchan dising, dental and medical as sistants, and radio-electric man agement and service courses of study. These semi-professional terminal courses of two years duration are of particular in terest to veterans. Through efforts of the Ash the church groups, and citizens, all students have been ade quately housed. More housing accommodations are now avail able. Registration for the win ter quarter ends on January 22. Slim Summerville, Veteran Comedian, Answers Last Call Laguna Beach, Calif., Jan. 7 (U.R) Gangling Slim Summer ville, who- spent 35 years in mo tion pictures will be buried tomorrow i n Inglewood cemetery after simple funeral service at La guna Beach. Summer vllle, 54-ycar-old comedian, died Saturday night at his beach home of a cerebral had -suffered SUM SUMMCSVILLC hemorrhage. He two strokes recently. In semi-retirement, the stoop shouldered portrayer of "hick" parts spent most of his time surf fishing in recent years. Only occasionally did Sum merville go to Hollywood. And he never had been inside the famous night clubs. His first Hollywood Job was with Mack Sennctt as one of the original Keystone cops. Later Summerville branched out as both director and actor. His first big break in films came in 1930 when he played in "All Quiet On The Western Front." THE GRANGE Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange will meet In regular sesion at 8 p. m. Janu ary 8 with the newly installed officers in charge. Committees will be named for the year by the new Master, Charley Hock ersmith. Refreshments will be served following the meeting by Mr. and Mrs. Charley Hockersmith, Men for unloading lumber and piling in our yard. Those experienced in handling lumber preferred but not necessary. TO THE TIRADE The lumber strike is over and we will again have lumber commencing probably Tuesday or Wednesday. BIG PINES LUMBER CO. Dependable Building Advice Telephone 3030 Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Hlxon and I1 Elva Caster. x'noenuc orange ouicera wui demonstrate floor work Decem ber 10 at tha Grange conference at Central Point. As a prize Is to be given the Grange with largest percentage of attendance it is the officers' hope that as many members be present as possible. Eagle Point Grange Eagle Point Grange held Joint installation of officers January 2 with Lake Creek and Upper Rogue Granges. Mrs. Gertrude Hawk, Install ing officer, recited the impres sive ritual from memory, pre senting the new masters with their gavels and insignia. Miss Helen Harnish was con ductress, assisted by Barbara Smith and Ruby Wyatt. Eagle Point officers for the coming year are: master, Clar ence Davies; overseer, G. A. Hubble; lecturer, Mrs. Edythe Woodrich; chaplain, Mrs. Julia Davies; treasurer, A. C. Mitel steadt; secretary, Mrs. Laura Clarke; steward, Roy Smith; assistant steward, Tom Vestal; lady assistant steward, Mrs. Billie Vestal; gatekeeper, Johnny Woodrich; Ceres, Mrs. Clara Chamberlain; Pomona, Mrs. Carol Clymer; Flora, Mrs. Nora Matthews; executive committee, C. R. Elbert, A. C. Kent and Wil liam Perry. Mrs. Gertrude McCorkle acted as pianist for the evening. During business meeting Mr. Davies read a New Year's resolu tion for the Grange. Cleverly ex pressed in legal terms, it pledged all Grangers to attend meetings faithfully, arrive on time, per form all duties cheerfully and willingly, and even volunteer their aid to help the lecturer with programs. It was received with much merriment and adopt ed, so Eagle Point Grange can look forward to an outstandingly successful year in the work. JITNEY CIGARS BACK New York, Jan. 7 (U.R) The nickel cigar, a war casualty, is staging a brisk comeback, the Cigar Institute of America re ported today. The Institute re ported that cigars in the four-to-six cents bracket available to civilians increased from 67,000, 000 in January, 1945, to 94,000, 000 in November and that cigar production, on the rise since September, is expected to con tinue higher during 1946. The San Francisco Recreation department conducts a photo graphy center for servicemen, with free instruction and equipment. PREFERRED BY SO MANY! became there are no Jteps to climb to enter the buildinp Since 1888 CONGER -MORRIS FUNERAL PARLORS Sixth and West Main Street Office of the County Coroner AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE H. W. Conger Mill Flight o' Time Madford and Jackson Co. His tor from the files of the Mail J Tribune 10. 20 and 34 rears aqn, TEN YEARS AGO January 7, 193S (It Was Tuesday) Sec'y. Wallace plans substi tute for AAA. program. Senate testimony shows J, P, Morgan company favored Al lies: in World War. Unsettled with showers. High 47, low 31. Rotary forum sees movies of Russia. "Killer" Shikuma, Japanese wrestler to appear on card. National defense budget of billion dollars planned for com ing year. TWENTY YEARS AGO January 7, 1926 (It Was Thursday)' Irving Berlin, jazz composer, weds . daughter of telegraph . magnate. Cloudy. High 49, low 38. San Francisco feels slight quake. ' High costs of auto tires blam ed by democrats on Secretary of Commerce Hoover. ' Beauty expert warns women if they continue to smoke they will be homely as men. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO January 7, 1912 at Was Saturday) Gov. Os West here on short visit, visits "Honor Camp." New Mexico is made new state. Middle West swept by record blizzard. Cloudy. High 50, low 36. Cold spell ends. William Jennings Bryan leads fight in democratic ranks for low tariff. STAR'S HUSBAND HOME Hollywood, Jan. 7 U.R) MaJ. William Ross Howard HI, dis charged from the army air forces after 44 months service, was reunited today with his wife, Film Star Dorothy Lamour who expects to become a mother any "day. The Howards were married April 7, 1943. The child will be their first. 3147 Carlos W. Morris 1
