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HERB GREY. Ailvertiilnr. Mar.
B C FERGt'SON. Managing; Editor
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MRS OLIVE STARCHER. 8oc. Editor
GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr.
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Madford. Oregon, under Act of
March S. 1870
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Br Arthur Perry
The heavy rains this winter
may bring out rare fossils in the
John Day country of eastern
Oregon, a Bend dispatch reports.
Around here, the heavy rains
this winter have brought out a
number of ancient umbrellas car
rled by the local early day fos
sils. a a a
A Wyoming resident recently
departed this life possessing 216
weapons, not counting swords
and bolo knives. The press dis
patch did not state, what Axis
nation he expected to attack
him.
a a a
. Veterans home from the wars
tell colorful tales of the vlle
ness and villainy of drinks they
drank In Iran, and the South Pa
cific, After a swig of the state
saloon product, that confesses on
the label, it is "colored and flav
ored In wood chips" they arc
silenced.
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T'WAS EVER THUS
(Pendleton East Oregon Ian)
"For the past two weeks the
weather has been as balmy as
springtime. It Is feared, as It
was last, the year before that
and every year before that,
that this long spell of warm
weather, followed by the cold
spell which Is Inevitable, will
kill all of the fruit In the
country." (50 Yrs. Ago Col.)
a e e
California expects an Increase
of a million people In popula
tion. No figures are yet available
on how many will wave a frying
pao in the next Ham 'N Eggs,
election.
a a a
Fashion has decreed the "wasp
waist" for spring and summer
dresses. During the war, the
same effect was obtained by the
secretary of agriculture telling
patriots to pull in their belts.
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Due to Mr. Kahut of Wood
burn, not keeping his chin out
of the road of the right fist of
Mr. Lesnevich, light heavy
weight champion of the world,
in a fight in the metropolis Fri
day evening, upstate is upset,
its prido and pockelbook Jolted.
An Oregonlnn sports scribe notes,
as follows:
"The Williimettec valley
went overboard on Joe and
is so strapped that Washington
will have to work out new
farm-aid legislation fur Hint
area."
On the same day and dnte. In
Congressional election, in the
affected area, the Democratic
candidate, met the same fate at
the hands of his Itrptihlican op
ponent. Both losers will survive,
to fight and run another day.
Any federal aid, however, for
the bum guessers is nut. It puur
eth forth for crops, that are nut
planted, but not for blows that
don't land.
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"Pappy" Covington, who was
an act in the flying world, now
turns out to be a kind of a deuce
in the marital field." (llend
Bulletin) One mit;lit say the
hero is a victim of "Pappy" love,
a e a
The esteemed Salem Capital
Journal, in reporting the confes
sion of three youths to 20 burg
laries, describes them as "teen
age punks." There is no diunity
in this deaci iplion, like "adoles
cents." and "Juvenile delin
quents." a e e
"Alexandria, Va., Jan. .12
(API Irving A. Goldman, a den
tal technician, said today he had
developed a plastic nose that
"can be wrinkled and unwrink-
lcd" by the wearer, Just like
natural nose." (Press Dispatch)
This should help a lot socially,
but the wearer is still unable to
wiggle his ears.
MondiT- Jan. 14, 1MI
Clarify It
President Truman should clarify his "breathing
spell" labor policy for as a swing around the circle
demonstrates there are about as many different im
pressions of it as there are people.
The loudest reaction comes from organized labor
which maintains the President has swallowed the
Wall Street bait, and wants to deprive labor of its
only effective defensive weapon, the walk-out.
Almost as loud is the reaction of Big Business
which maintains the President has swallowed the
Communistic bait, and wants to destroy the American
system of democratic capitalism by allowing labor to
look over industries booKs,
over industrial management.
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IF one of these contentions is true or approximately
(Vim nVivimiulv tho ntVinv enn'f hp', and if llfiithei"
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is true, which is the opinion of this department,
tUnn Procirlnnf Tnimnn flVinillrl finv fin
ItVit oa flio ni'irrinatni
I X J l till IfllVj VS1 J, 1 t-A I
knows EXACTLY, what it
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ciseiy wnat ne wants 10 ao ana wnai ne uuusu u
The proposal was not -ambiguous exactly but it
was not sufficiently detailed or explicit. The sooner
trie rresuient maxes it explicit so even mumj who iuu
mav read, and comprehend the better for all con
cerned. R.W.Il.
That 30 Day Breathing Spell
So the telephone strike has been called off for 30
days by the National Union of Telephone Workers!
Now, just let us imagine President Truman's pro
posal had been enacted, and this 30-day postponement
had been necessitated by ITS provisions.
Where would have been the essential difference
to the situation now existing?
As we see it, none.
THE union now provides
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wiimi pi ci3iiiiiciui1y jcttjus win ue uciei milieu, pun
ties clarified and a cooling-off period allowed.
Jt is about a 10-to-one
period no strike will be called.
rhat is the way such a
the railroad unions; this department fails to see why
it should not work out similarly in telephone, or other
unions.
A ND where is the fatal blow to organized labor, so
William Green and other labor leaders?
There is no abridgement of the "divine right to
strike" here merely a delay.
If at the end of this breathing spell the members
of the union don't like the situation, they can walk
out- again. That right can no more be abridged by
this 30-day provision than the right of free assembly
or free speech.
And if any union takes this action on its own
volition, why should there be any objection to taking
the same action, at the suggestion of the government?
I he answer to that is:
e e
TTIIE President's proposal was not perfect. Nor can
it, per se, solve the strike problem in this country,
or permanently settle the fundamental issues involved.
But it was, and is, a step in the right direction.
It should have received, and still deserves to
receive, the support of the people regardless of poli
tics not for the benefit of capital, nor the benefit of
labor, but for the benefit of the people THEMSELVES.
FOR if this strike epidemic continues to grow un
checked there is only one answer, the worst busi
ness panic this country has
country s worst period of monetary inflation, preced
ing it!
And the nconle and
ing pressure upon their representatives in Washing
ton, can prevent it.
It is something that should have been done when
the President made his first announcement, it is not
too late to do it now. R.W.R.
"And Sudden Death "
We wonder how many people realize just what
a prolonged and complete
walk-out would involve.'
It would not only paralyze all interstate business,
it would mean sudden death for scores of innocent
people, especially children.
Ihink this an exaggeration;
Well, as any doctor will agree, it isn't.
e a a e
TPHER5 are innumerable instances every day, every-
ll'lin. lirM ,lt,.l crt l , , I n l lim,, , 1
niiLic, tt in 1 1 mho viv.'.
pha-diugs, penicillin, iron -
what have von.
The local supply has
secured at once.
But how could this be
wires working? By mail? Don't be silly, in nine out
of 10 cases. ANY iotter would be "too little and too
late!"
And whore would the blame lie for these deaths?
DIRECTLY upon those who insist upon the "di
vine right of striking," anywhere, anytime, for any
reason, or no reason at all, in any industry or busi
ness, regardless of how the public health and safety
might be imperilled and oppose any effort of the gov
ernment of the United States to subordinate this
riirht to strike to the welfare tbo li.viltli ha
'and prosperity of the people! K.W.U.
ana tnus eveniuany iuku
nf tho nrnnflKfll VlP Jllone
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is and what it isn't pre-
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a breathing spell, during
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bet that at the end of this
prom - am has worked out in
There shouldn t be.
e e
ever known including the
onlv the neonle. bv bnntr-
telephone and telegraph
iui nv'wimi'ii upon iui
lungs, oxygon-tents or
run out, a supply must be
done with no phones or
On The Side-By e. v. During
(Distributed by King features Syndicate, Inc.)
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Never the time and the plara
And the loved one altogether!
This path how aoft to para
Thti Slay what magic weather
Where Is the loved one'a lace.
Browning.
(Above brings to mind the
musical hit of yesteryear "The
Time, the Place, the Girl." If
you can remember who was fea
tured jn that show I may be
able to get you into the Voung
Old Timers club.)
At 55 a St. Louis woman gave
birth to her first child, a girl.
This was after 35 years of mar
riage to the same man. My in
formant says the girl now four
years old is one of the smartest
and healthiest youngsters In her
neighborhood.
Tricky Bets
Has a tricky bet ever cost you
money? I mean, like the bet
Walter Camp never picked an
"All American" team for any
national magazine. After tho
chump has put down his money
the fellow who proposed the bet
points out that the mythical 11
Camp picked was not known as
the All American football team"
but the "All America football
team." Franklin P. Adams, for
mer columnist and present in
formation quiz expert, is one of
the best informed men on poetry
in this country. Grantland Rice
won $10 from Mr. Adams by net
ting him he couldn't correctly
recite the first line of "The Old
Oaken Bucket." Adams quoted:
"Oh, dear to my heart are the
scenes of my childhood." Where
upon the foxy Mr. Rice whipped
out a copy of the poem reveal
ing the first line is "Oh, dear to
this heart are the scenes of my
childhood.'
Horses and Women
Three Pittsburghcrs who have
wives born under tho sign of
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) have
been meeting regularly to ex
change notes on the way to han
dle, tame and train women born
under this sign. The trio reports
the results have been such as to
incline them to believe that
when it comes to character
analyzing the stargazers really
have something.
Says She
"I am red-haired, green-eyed,
fun-loving, lively and affection
ate. There is nothing stiff and
formal about me. But I have
been a secretary eight years and
have never sat on the lap of any
man I have worked for," writes
a New Yorker. "Furthermore, I
know at least 50 secretaries, all
lively girls and none has ever
decorated the lap of a boss. Ef
ficient, hard-working, intelligent
secretaries do not think the
many cartoons and gags about
secretaries on bosses laps very
funny. It is getting so a fairly
good looking girl with a little
oomph has difficulty holding a
job, because her employer s wife
is suspicious as to what goes on
in the office. The jealous mate
of the boss demands that the
good looking girl be discharged
and a frumpy looking female
hired."
Remarkable Bird
"Our parrot has been in the
family 53 years," writes a San
Franciscan. "We don't know his
exact age. I was telling friends
that tho parrot might be 100
years old. Tho parrot spoke up:
'You're a liar!' and walked out
of the room saying 'well, I gotta
go.' I have five witnesses to
prove this story."
Paising By
Elisabeth Bergner. Sir James
Barrie was very fond of Miss
Bergner and wrote his last play,
"The Boy David," especially for
her. She's a nice girl, but why
does she insist on spelling Eliza
beth with an S Instead of a Z7
Females named Elizabeth are
very sensitive about their names.
What irritates them most is to
be called "Lizzie."
Briefly
Earl Benson, Burlington Trail
ways Transcontinental bus driv
er, has in 10 years driven ap
proximately 720,000 miles with
out an accident. If this isn't the
world's record for safe automo
bile driving what is?
Unusual Husband
A number of eminent physic
ians have stated that during a
blessed event a woman nearly
always calls for her mother but
never for her husband. A But
ler. Pa., subscriber, father of
Since
Preferred . . .
CONGER -MORRIS
FUNERAL
AMBULANCE SERVICE
Office of the County Coroner
H. W CONGER CARLOS W. MORRIS
tn,tMi,M,ni,i,,ti,
five children, says during every
blessed event his wife has called
for him and never for her moth
er. In fact she has always called
so loudly for him the family
physician decided things would
proceed much better if he, the
father, were present during the
entire proceedings.
Please Note
A musical film version of Eu
gene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness"
is to be made. Seems to be no
limit to what Broadwayites and
Hollywoodians will musicalite.
Brings to mind that before the
war a Japanese producer pre
sented in Tokyo a musical ver
sion of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
One of the features of this pro
duction was a number featuring
a group of singing and dancing
grave diggers.
News Behind
The News
' By Paul Mallon
Washington, Jan. 14 An
editorial surveyor has reported
that 72 per cent of the newspa
pers approved
Mr. Truman's
fact finding
solution for
labor claims
at first, but
suddenly turn
ed around and
in one week
during Decem
ber, (22 to 29),
65 per cent at-
tacked the
Ham MannD
plan.
This he con
sidered a strange and inexpli
cable turnover of public opin
ion, or press opinion, and he
criticised it. He said the change
came about when the Truman
fRct-finding board for General
Motors was confronted with the
union proposition of going into
company profits, to set future
wages on this basis.
a a a
IY analyst friend has simply
been confused, as have
most readers of the current
labor news, by the emotion of
opposing factions. The truth be
hind the matter Is evident.
Mr. Truman advocated the
fact-finding solution out of tho
experience of the railroad union
brotherhoods, who have enjoy
ed its operation for more than
15 years. The idea of establish
ing a public concept of the
facts, with 30 days cooling
down before strikes, in the case
of the brotherhoods, never en
tered the question of how much
the railroads were making.
The idea of going into com
pany profits of the past for a
wage scale for the future was
developed-by the union in the
General Motors case, merely be
cause the company had war
profits and the union wanted
bigger wages. In the every-way
similar sleel case, the same C.
I. O. unions have taken an op
posite stand because there were
no steel profits.
Mr. Truninn is now moving to
increase the price of steel
through Mr. Bowles in order to
create money by which 4 tho
steel companies can raise the
union wages.
The siniplc truth is thus
shown to be that the unions
want a wage increase for
whatever reasons they can con
coct, for the reasons of profits
in the General Motors case, for
the opposite reason necessitat
ing a price increase in the steel
ease. This is the essence of the
matter, and anyone who in
dulges himself in any economic
reasoning about the matter is
wasting his time.
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THl'S the newspaper editor-
ialists are proven by thej
facts to bo right in changing j
their stand. The Truman fact
finding solution has been head- ,
ed by union pressure into as '
i rrtainine comnanv nrofits in i
the General Motors case. These
are past profits, based on war
business, and the manufacture
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PARLORS
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of different produeti.
The union would be entirely
logical if it demanded a dis
tribution of these profits to the
workers. That would make
sense, but It Is entirely illogical
in contending that these past
profits should measure the fU'
ture wage scale, because the
same profit is not guaranteed
for the future.
Indeed, the profits of General
Motors henceforth will be meas
ured by entirely different con
siderations the volume of pro
duction, the future cost of ma
terials, the extent of sales, the
efforts of advertising, effic
iency, and a thousand other fac
tors. Past profits on war busi
ness have absolutely nothing to
do with the case.
When the Truman fact-finding
was turned into that Illogi
cal vein, naturally its advocates
turned against it. They could
not, in justice to simple reason
ing, do otherwise.
Indeed, the unions themselves
concede the falsity of the prof
its bases of establishing future
wages by repudiating their own
motors doctrine in the case of
sleel.
a
A straight forward, just appli
cation of fact-finding would
have followed the principle of
the brotherhood's example in
the case of motors, steel, elec
trical workers and all others,
computing the increase In living
costs, measuring what increases
in wages had been granted, sub
straeting these, and proclaiming
a Just, sound wage increase.
What the situation requires is
the establishment of a just
principle, a common yardstick
based on simple truths. The
war administration had one in
the little steel formula. .
The trouble was that a poli
tically minded government,
boldly sympathetic to any
union ca'use. whatever It might
be, corrupted the formula by se
cretly allowing wage increases
in the guise of regrading, portal-to-portal,
vacations-with-pay,
and similar devices to defeat its
own formula.
Everyone knows that this
strike campaign is a drive of
the unions for a 30 per cent
wage Increase for any reason
imaginable or unimaginable,
valid or otherwise.
Science may soon develop
sound waves' so short 'they will
act like light waves and may
even be reflected by mirrors.
Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Increasing
cloudiness tonight and cloudy Tues
day. Morning fog. Slightly warmer
tonight.
Oregon: Cloudy tonipht and Tues
day with light rain tonight west and
north portion Tuesday. Not ao cold
east portion tonight. Moderate south
erly wind off coast tonight.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest S6; lowest 41.
Total monthly precipitation 1.86
inches.
Excess for the month .82 inches.
Tutal precipitation since September
1, l'M5. 1287 inches.
Excess for the season 4.SS inches.
Relative humidity at 4-30 p. m.
yesterday 33;'r 4:30 a. m. today 9V.v.
Tomorrow
Sunrise 7:37 a. m. Sunset S:05 p. m.
Observations Taken At 4:30 A. M.
120 Meridian Time
High Low Free.
Boise . wm 2n la
Boston M...... . 38 11
Chicago 22 14
38
22
48
52
44
34
73
4S
43
40
Denver
Eureka
25
42
30
12
44
25
22
31
43
14
30
Havre
Klamath Falls
I.os Angeles ...
Mcdlonl ....
New York
Onitiha ........... ....
Phoenix 70
Reno 50
Reno . SO
Roxeburg 50
Salt Lake 29
San Francisco 58
Seattle 4S
Spokane 36
Washington, D. C. ......
Yakima 43
38
33
18
28
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THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
tfflMM !!in irvvv-v- ki , .
ART: "Saw you at the movies last nir;ht.
Judge. That was quite a weekend that alco
holic went through, wasn't it?"
OLD JUDGE: "Pure was, but I'm afraid
most jieople won't really understand it."
ART: "What do you mean, Judge?"
OLDJVDGE:"SmrW this. That poor chap
was really a sick man... not just a drunk.
Studies by famous psychiatrists and the
medical profession show that alcoholism is
not causti by a craving for alcohol ... it is
usually the result of some deep-rooted social,
physical or emotional condition. If that fel
Flight o Time
Mediotd and Jackson Co. His
tory from the flits ot the Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 jeait
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO
Jan. 14, 1836
(It was Tuesday)
Don Faber, coach of the Ash
land high school basketball team
is confined to his home with the
mumps. Lester Wilson will sub
stitute until Faber returns.
Death stay for Bruno Haupt
man, kidnap-slayer of Col. Lind
bergh baby sought.
Occasional rain. High 49, low
41.
Storm sewers of city taxed by
recent rains and some residen
tial areas flooded.
Drive for new homes here
under housing act opens.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Jan. 14, 1926
(It was Thursday)
"Florida weather" prevails at
Prospect, residents report.
Gen. John J. Pershing and
state department clash.
Rain and warmer,
low 26.
High 41,
Lack of snow in hills frets
irrigationists of state.
Gov. Walter M. Pierce plans
to run for U. S. senate.
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
Jan. 14, 1912
(It was Sunday)
"Chocolate Soldier" to be
shown here next month.
Railroad bridge near Grants
Pass carried out by Rogue flood.
Supreme court upholds em
ployers liability bill.
U. S. National Bank
Sets New Record in
Business Increase
Geo. T. Frey, manager of the
Medford branch of the United
States National bank, announces
record-breaking gains in both de
posits and resources.
In Its statement of condition,
required by the comptroller of
the currency's official call of
Dec. 31, 1945, the United States
National bank reported deposits
of $581,111,238.52 and resources
of $607,046,414.10, Frey said.
"Not only do these deposits
represent . another all-time high
but, in addition, they reveal a
gain of $100,302,280.66 over the
corresponding call date of a year
Now! Enjoyi-
FRIEDCHiCKEN &
STEAK DINNERS
BURGOYNE'S
them Oregon's most popular night club on '
th Pacific Highway, near Medford.
DELICIOUS FOODS-DANCING
low had not turned to alcohol for escape,
he would have turned to something else."
ART: "Are there mnny that get in that
condition, Judge?"
OLD JUDGE: "Fortunately not, Art. Sci
entists at a great university have stated that
arrrraimately 951. of the people who drink
do so sensibly. Only 5i are immoderate at
times. In that 5 is the small number known
as alcoholics. And the beverage distilling in
dustry which does not want a single person
to use its product immoderately, is cooper
ating fully in the solution of this problem."
! ago. Resources for the 12-month
period gained $106,844,400.36.
Another substantial gain for the
same interval was made in loans
and discounts. The total figure
was $68,940,887.33 as against
$41,894,023.17 or an Increase of
$27,046,864.16."
WEATHER
Northern California: Mostly
clear today and tonight. Increas
ing cloudiness Tuesday. Warmer
tonight northern Interior. Gentle
variable wind off coast.
AMPLE
FUNDS
are available for
Home Builders
See Mr. Kyle at
FIRST FEDERAL
Savings b Loan Assn. ol
Medford
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