Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 23, 1946, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextenC MEDFORS MAIL THISUKE Wednesday. Jan. 23. 141 UEDP0RDTRIBU1(I Everyone lu soounni orete Beads the MaU Tribune" Dill; Except earnrday Published by ItEDFORD PRINTING CO. 7 -it North rir St Phone J14I rodkbt w. nvnu M'fw ERNES? R. GILS TRAP. MnJT HERB ORBV. Advertising MT. B. C FERGUSON. Manaslnr Edn . ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor VRS. OLIU STARCHER. Soe. Editor GERALD LATHAM. ClrculaUon Mir. An Independent Newspaper En tared aa aacond elaaa matter at jledford. Oregon, under Act of March 3, 187 SUBSCRIPTION RATES j i'all In Advance: Dally and Sunday on year....T SO Pally and Sunday alx montha 4.00 Dally and Sunday three moa. 3.10 Dally and Sunday one month .78 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point. Jackson, villa. Cold Hill. Phoenix. Talent, and on motor routes : Dally and Sunday ona yaar...4 00 Dally and Sunday one month .76 All terms cash In advance. Official Paper of the City of Medfcri Official Paper of JacSsen Camay United Press Pull Leased Wire U2MBER GP AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advertising, Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offlcaa In New York. Chlcaio, De troit. San Francisco, Loa Angelee, Seattle, Portland, SL Loula, Atlanta, Vancouver. B. C. Admit P a i li $ h t r -sl-sTdi r 1 1 Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry The President asserts he "Is not a pessimist," though nobody would blame him If he was. He needs a wheelbarrow full of horseshoes, and a handful of four-leaf clover. No chief execu tive was ever surrounded by so many "leftists' and "rightists" and wrongists. Farmers report they can hard ly wait to start spring plowing but they will. They have noth ing good to say about the weath r, except it hasn't raised the taxes. S. Ganton Sherwood, the PO clerk had a birthday yesterday. During the war he was in the navy, and It left Its stamp upon him. a , "HALF FROZEN COLLEG IAN SEEKS WARMTH" (Hd line Lassen Advocate) A college education Is wonderful, but In stinct causes man to do the same thing. a a a J. Cochran Robin, who Is here early posing as the "First robin of spring" reports no luck catch ing the early flshworm. a a e IT wont Soothe stalh (Corvallli Gazette-Times) "Corvallis Camp Fire girls re looking for a Russian lul laby, thus far without success. Any local person who may have the words with or with out the music is asked to no tify Mrs. Ben Greenwood, tele phone 035-R." a a A former movie queen In Gotham, Is reported living In a mansion, and "technically penni less." This Is almost as bad as sleeping in a box car, and being actually broke. a a a Colds are rampant and plenti ful here. Everybody seems to have one, but the hardy males, who have made It so far through a rough winter, without wearing a hat a a France has named a socialist to form a new government. Agreeing to his candidacy were the "Popular Republicans," who for a long time In French affairs, have not been too popular, a a a NEED OF THE NATION (Red Bluff, Cal.. News) "Mayor La Guardia, of New York, sounds a warning against the threat of Inflation. Mr. La Guardia la a friend of labor. "We must have an op portunity to work and live de cently," declares Mr. LaGuar dla, "but when they are wrong, some one must have the guts to stand up and tell them so," And be It said for the "Little Flower," he possesses the In testinal fortitude to speak his mind." a a A Nebraska educator advo cates a revival of spanking In schools, with the teacher apply ing the rod, In full view of other pupils. The Idea failed to click. The school ma'ams have enough to do without being a switch engineer. a a The department of agriculture has located a new chemical that kills weeds, makes apples cling to thees, ripens bananas, and cures hay fever. It Is a versatile liquid. Squirting It on the kitch en sink, will not cause the dishes to wash themselves, however. WRONG" AMMUNITION Washington. Jan. 23 U.R Mrs. Genevieve Titus had the right idea but the wrong ammu nition. She was accused of throw- Ing eggs Instead of rice at her newly-married sister and brother-in-law. DM Mali Irlbuo Want Ada. Wm. Green vs. William Green, perennial President of AFL, pro claims in Miami, Fla., that Quill and Joe Curran, prominent CIO leaders, have, we quote : "Fallen under the U.S.S.R. Influence.." We don't know about "Mike and Joe," but the term is not applicable to Harry. For Harry Bridges never FELL under U.S.S.R. influence, he walked right into it with his eyes open and his chin up. And to his intimates is a radical and believes that the best form of govern ment is a labor government, ment being used as a euphemism for a "dictatorship of the proletariat." THE charge that Harry munist party in good upheld. But that he believes in sian form of government deny. And there are at least who agree with him, for istered as Communists. How many more Americans are in sympathy with the movement today is not conversation one hears, young people, there are suppose. ND of course that is their right in this free country, as long as thev do not openly advocate overthrow of this government by force The only reason Bridges got in trouble was tnat he was an alien at the time ; now that he is a citizen of this country, not even William Green can kick him out. But "Boss" Green can oppose him and continue to refuse to join him and "Mike and Joe" in the newly formed world federation of trade unions, which he claims and with reason, will be controlled from Moscow. And. as far as this department is concerned, more power to him. The less labor leadership in this country flirts with the idea of a labor dictatorship on the Russian plan, the better for organized labor, the better for the country and all the people in it! R.W.R. We Trust Eisenhower Nearly every day the Mail-Tribune receives a orotest from some indiimant to get home, and urges this We have sent a number of these protests to mem bers of the Oregon delegation at Washington, and asked them to investigate the particular case and see if any injustice is being done and if so, if possible, to correct it. DUT we have not and don't Intend to, join in any "hurrah-boys" campaign, along the general linn t.hnt the nrnsent demobilization Dl'OGTam is an outrage and disgrace, should once, and the present rate ot aiscnarge snouia oe rtnnhlpri nr trnhloH. for the n&rticular benefit of wives. children and sweethearts, many of whom are storm ing the gates of congress. That there have been injustice, no one would deny. That minor changes for the better might be made is also no doubt true. a a a a a BUT the Mail-Tribune has a very high regard for fipnornl RiRPnhnwp.r. hoth as a military leader and a citizen, and when he says, if the present de- mnhiliVntinn nrnrrrnm should he radicallv liberalized. the task the congress has imposed upon the army just .. . . 1 . J can t be done, we are strongly disposed to agree wiui him. We can see no possible misrepresenting the situation. For certainly his job would be much easier, and his personal popularity much greater, if he could accede to this popular de- mand, instead or noiding nis grouna ana ugnung iu e a a e e VESTERDAY the harassed chief of staff was corn- A aaA n Wn ah inert nn Kv a nrnwrl nf rnmn.fiininiy V, t Isl til II MDlllllVVIU service mens' wives, who which the General minus distressed replied : "It Is difficult for us to stand up and do what we must do when they want their husbands and the fathers of their children home.' "This pressure comes from every possible source. But If any bill Is passed to take out any class not comprehended In the plans I have outlined, congress will have to tell us which of our Jobs It does not want us to do any longer." THERE is the point TViio .nnntrw fniirrVif n Now it must win the WORLD peace. But this can't be done if we do what so centered people wish us to of Europe and the Far East There Is a job still to be of occupation can do it We believe General case and also render a genuine public service, if he would frankly state in plain English and considerable detail, just how many soldiers are needed in how many countries, to do what things and for how long a time. OR the American people as a whole, and especially the wives and families of men still overseas, don't understand why, with the t. i ' .si! over sucn uirge military lurcra ie sun iriium.-u. a this were explained to them by men in authority we have no doubt a great deal of the popular discontent and resentment would be removed. R.W.R. Harry Bridges Harry Bridges, Michael today, Harry will admit he the term "labor govern was a member of the Com- standing was never legally Communism and the Kus- no informed person would 5U.UUU American citizens there are that number reg known, but judging by the especially in gatherings of far more than most people or commit an overt act. G.I. overseas, who wants paper to help him do it. be radically changed at and still are, cases ox motive he might have in - J -l U " V. V w.e .j- ---0 repeated their demands to his usual smile and plainly WfiRTTi war nnrl wnn It many unthinking and self- do, just get the hell out and forget it. done. And only an army bisenhower might help his war won and the fighting :u i it On The Side- By e. v. Duriing (Distributed by Xing Features Syndicate. Inc.) , mm immimm,ihmmm. How 111 doth ha deserve a lover's name, ' Whose pale weak flame. Cannot retain His heat In spite of absence or disdain; But doth at once, like paper set on fire Burn and expire. True iova can never chanse his seat Nor did he aver love that could retreat. Thomas Carew. a It is extremely doubtful that George Washington ever threw a silver dollar across any river. However, as a lad he did throw a stone across the Rappahannock at the lower ferry of Fredericks-1 burg, Va. At this point the river j is 372 feet wide. In 1936, the Fredericksburg Chamber ofj Commerce, as a'rjuhlldtv attint I arranged to have Walter John son, the greatest baseball pitcher of all time, try to throw a silver dollar across the Rappahannock at the point where Washington threw the aforementioned stone. This Johnson did with the great est of ease on Feb. 22, 1936. He threw the silver dollar 386 feet; 14 more feet than necessary to get it across the river. Asking Queries from clients. Q. Come, Edward, your selection for the Santr Anita handicap is overdue. A little action, please. A. Sirde will win that race. Wing and Wing will be in the money. Q. What did you say were the best oysters? A Why, Cape Cod oys ters, of course. The colder the water, the better the oyster. Q. What were the six greatest boners in sports history? A. Why is it people always ask for six of things like that? The three great boners of sports history were: when John Anderson stole second with the bases full. When Fred Merkle failed to touch sec ond. When Roy Riegels ran the wrong way in a Rose Bowl foot ball game. Of course, when Jack Dempsey failed to return Imme diately to a neutral corner after flooring Tunney in the Chicago fight that was a boner. However, it Is hardly ever referred to as such. Another boner rarely dis cussed Is when starter Curley Brown, at the Jacksonville. Fla.. track left five horses at the post out ol a field of six. Stogie Department The charming cinema chan- tcuse Vivian Blaine is costing me stogies. First I confuse her with Sally Blaine. This inspired de mands for stogies from throuch- out t!ie land. Then I said Vivian was a strawberry blonde. Now innumerable subs c r i b e r s are claiming she is a "cherry Dioncie. On this correction I will not pay off until I have a decision from a committee of six recognized experts on the sub ject of feminine hair coloring. I claim there is no such thing as a "cherry blonde." That term is Just the product of a press agent's imagination. Almost Confidential Contemporary refers to "Mack Gray, a pal of George Raft from boyhood days on the east side of New York city." Raft is from the west side. Lived up around Washington Heights I believe... Add members M.N.I.A.P. club: Fay May, Los Angeles, Call:. . . . The Springer Spaniels couldn't even get the best of show in the American Spaniel club show. A Cocker Spaniel won it. That set tles it. Our dog, Timmy, must emerge from private life to enter the dog shows and save the fast declining reputation of his breed. Please Note Now I have a reader In Japan who states her address Is as fol lows: "Tokyo-to, Azabuku, Shin ryudocho, No. 12, Japan, Asia." She Is Japanese but has a thor ough knowledge of the English language. She says she has read Dale Carnegie's How To Make Friends and Influence People 40 times. And adds: "I would like to get in touch with Mr. Carnegie, please send me his exact address." Says She A woman of long experience as a wage earner says: "The chief reason women prefer a male to a female boss Is because the men are more considerate and sympa thetic. Most female executives are slave driver types. They are not satisfied with working a feminine employee to the limit; they try to work her beyond the limit. This, of course, is not ef ficiency but stupidity. By their kindness, consideration, appre ciation and sympathy men execu tives create loyal, hard working, satisfied women employees. With their nagging, inconsiderate methods female executives create inefficient, dis s a 1 1 s f 1 e d em ployers." Old Gang The "South Side Gang" of Pittsburgh, recently held its 23th reunion. The members of this group were all boyhood pals In FOR GOOD HEALTH! A Namarrltoirft ftrtl mn4 CIm N (RMptMTf) Oaifrtff Ukr Trtd without! HtMpud .Vm prUni 10 AM. mi P. M. Dr. C. J. DEAN CLINIC Myslcfoa mm4 Srf N. L Oorat L IVimitdt rt4 Orard Awif W.HINIMMWIMIMIINn.1 the same Pittsburgh neighbor hood. I suppose the theme song of the reunion banquet was "That Old Gang of Mine." Any way, such a reunion is a nice idea. Maybe I'll thy to get our old gang of Forty-eighth street, Bay Bridge, Brooklyn, together for a banquet next year. Certain ly should be an interesting af fair. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. 23 At ap proach of the British so-called "loan" disDUte in congress, the most popular British figures are suddenly arriving in this country Mr. Church- Ill, Lady Astor, labor party's floor leader, Herbert Morri son (who ad dressed the Press club here eau- aialitin sotto voce),lhe food minister, Sir Ben Smith, and a rumor was started that the weight of Prin cess Elizabeth might be added to this homely, friendly, appeal. The administration is bestir ring itself, in a fearing way also. Messrs. Vinson and Ache son have belabored the air waves with demands for con gressional approval, implying that civilization depends again on this question, as it has so many times on agreements ne gotiated by the administration in the recent past. They are all scared. The reason is a vast popular antagonism to the deal which is being made apparent to the senators and representatives in letters, telegrams and otherwise. oeienders are having a hard time to Justify the pro gram In the preliminary debate. The defense theory is that the loan is necessary to establish credits for Britain to buy in this country, but the agreement al lows the Eritish to do whatever they wish with the money. They can buy here or not. The second major point of the defense is that the deal repre sents a legitimate loan with in terest. But the agreement pro vides no interest will start for five years, by which time any thing may nullify the obligation: after that no interest will be paid unless British trade reaches prewar levels (specifically 1936 38 average.) It plainly indicates Britain must get back her trade if she Is to pay any interest. The only point the defense hns thus far proved for sure is that Britain wants the monev to re establish herself financially. BSi.ii tnis content on critics see the British socialist govern ment nas already bought the Bank of England, and is coming forward now with a plan to buy the coal mines. To buy the bank, the govern ment gave the stockholders new special government bonds which seemed to guarantee the high value of the stock, but the trick in that was the bonds were given a special category, which will enable the government to treat them in any special way, apart from the government debt in any future financial pinch. The plan for government pur chase of the coal mines has not yet been defined. No one nn said definitely how much they will cost, but special bonds are io De issued, and kent in specinl category, their value de- penning on Britain's future fin ancial condition. a a a THE people through their gov ernment already control the Bank of England, direct in4rest rates and all financial matters or the nation. They also control the price of coal, the wages of the miners, collect taxes from that business. This is the basic absurdity of Ml ' . us a f ij the new British type of labor socialism. As many of our rea sonable people see it, it forces the people's government to as sume added obligation to buy something they can already di rect for their own best purposes. When the government buys the mines, the profits, if any, must eo to Day for them, to those who own them, thus mak ing not the slightest economic difference. Any improvement in conditions of the miners can be accomplished only at the ex pense of the people through higher prices or the government taking losses. So under this socialism, as under capitalism, the people would pay the bin. a a e BUT the underlying and main valid objection to the "loan" i is that it is simply a $3,750,000,- 000 cover for the total wiping i out, erasing and forgetting the I $25,000,000,000 which the Brit j ish owe us in lend-lease. Mr. Roosevelt thought he was actually lending and leasing the equipment and money, expect ing to get back material "in kind," If not the same material. He said so. The agreement so provided. If the British could not give us back a tank for one of ours which they had used, they could give us something else some of those raw materials of their far flung empire in which we are so deficient (the list of strategic material of which we have no stockpiles, or their islands ap proaching our shores or bases around the world). We are not getting back the material we have given which the British do not need and may not want. Our war department has taken the attitude that we already have too much surplus material. We do not want the old planes and tanks for scrap, or for any purpose. Thus it has come about that the whole lend-lease has been thrown out of the category into which Mr. Roosevelt placed it. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to (or fcdltui must oeai the nam and address il the wrtlel slIh.Mieh the tse .,i a pr-n name ill initials tin pnhltt-atiim ts permts "hie I'he Mall I'rihiuie reserve in Ns.hi i edit all tetters with s view to clarity and condensation Another GI Protests To the Editor: I vigorously protest the slow ing up of demobilization! Lack of shipping is no longer a feasible excuse for slow de mobilization ships are return ing empty. What military necessity can there be to maintain hundreds of thousands of troops in non- hostile areas, such as the Phil ippines, Australia, Guam, Sal- pan, and countless others? General MacArthur said that "200,000 troops are needed as occupation forces for Japan Why is it necessary to keep over a million troops in the Pa cific in light of this fact? As a resident of Medford I appeal to your sense of fair play in supporting our cause by edi torials in your splendid news paper. T5 Myron Corcoran 987 Engr. Maint. Co. APO 75, Manila, P. I. Our Hidden Riches To the editor: In event the coal and petroleum deposits are only half as good as such in the eastern states, I do not see any reason why the Medford region cannot have synthetic and chemi cal productions that will match dollar for dollar the lumber and fruit industries of southern Ore gon. How do people know that a fine breakfast food cannot be wrested from the adobe soil in Jackson county? And if you please it will have had plenty of violet ray treatment. There are seven coal veins and three structures of petro leum and of anticlimes, dames and tremblors and lower struc ture is about 13,000 feet depth, with pressure of about 3,000 pounds and lays against the granatics up Prospect and Cratei Lake way, and Ashland way. I have nothing to sell but will quote Mr. Ickes: "We are a nation of not-gots. of do nothings, of wastefulness and well wishers." RAY G. PATCH, Hornbrook, Calif. Ctoslnf time ror Sunday Too Late to Classlly 4 00 Saturday afternoon Please remember Make a "Date" to DREAMLAND To Ray's MODERN MUSIC EVERYONE WELCOME! Don't Miss It! DANCE TOtJITE AT Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co His ory from the tilts ei the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 rears af- ' TEN YEARS AGO January 23, 1936 Ot Was Thursday) Record cold grips eastern states. Liberty League leaders scored by Sen. Schwellenbach of Wash ington, as "crooks and rascals." Cloudy with fog. High 35, low 30. All county offices end year within budgeted amounts. Roosevelt vetoes bonus bill in brief message. TWENTY YEARS AGO January 23. 1928 (It Was Saturday) Cardinal Mercier of Belgium, world war figure, passes. Pair whi, tried to sell moon shine to dry agent here arrested. Unsettled. High 50, low 32. Medford high five defeats r.nt. rJc 47 n A AehlnnH Hp. feats Roseburg 35-10. Florida lariy victim of Klan is out of danger. ' THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO January 23, 1912 (It Was Tuesday) Jackson county Good Roads bonds are knocked out by su preme court decision. Prnsner nnwer nlant is corn- Dieted, and electricity will soon be turned into valley lines. Clear. High 60, low 42. Cam. Hawlev Introduces bill in congress to build road to top of Mt. Ashland. JOHN DOE WORRIES Denver, Jan. 23 (U.R) John Doe today advertised in a news paper for $5,000 he said he lost while walking through a Denver bank. Refusing to give his right name, "Doe" confided that he didn't report the loss of the five $1,000 bills to the police lest his wife should learn about his cost ly carelessness. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity. Cloudy to night and Thursday with rain to nicht, becoming showers Thursday. Mild temperature. Oregon: Cloudy. Rain west portion spreading into east portion tonight and Thursday. Warmer tonight. Fresh winds west portion and strong to gale force southerly winds off coast. LOCAL DATA Temoer'tu'-e r. -r ago today: Highest 52. Lowest 21. Total monthly precipitation 3.26 Inches. Excess for the month 38 Inches. Total precioltation since September 1. 194S. 13.27 Inches. Excess for the season 4.31 Inches. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yesterday 07: 4:3(1 n. m. today 99. Tomorrow Sunrise 7:31 a. m. Sunset 5:16 p. m. Observations TaVpn At 4:30 A. M. 120 Meridian Time High Low Pree. Bolsa Boston .. , Chicago Denver Kure-ka ..... Hivre Klamath Falls Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland 41 22 .30 33 13 21 14 48 25 T 50 47 J20 49 31 41 34 .14 73 44 4 42 .34 37 17 43 34 05 32 32 38 .17 58 23 32 44 M 33 25 39 44 53 36 42 28 32 14 31 28 Reno Roseburg , Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle Snokane . Washington, D. C. Yakima . Closing time ror Classified Ads 8-30 a m Too Late to Classify 12-t5 p m NOW AT MONTGOMERY WARD RIVERSIDE TIRES In the Following Sizes: Passenger & Truck Tractor 525x21 600x2030x5 650x2032x6 650x2032x6 4 Ply 6 Ply 6 Ply 8 Ply 700x20 8 Ply 700x2032x6 .10 Ply 750x20 8 Ply 750x20 8 Ply 750x2034x7 .10 Ply 1000x24 12 Ply Yes, tire rationing is now ended! But Wards still have limited supply of brand new Riverside tires in many popular siiei. Check the above lilting for the site you need. Before you buy any tires, stop in and see Wards tire man. Get Wards lower prices before you buy! MONTGOMERY WARD I Contracts have been signed ' with the Big Horn Canning Co., of Cowley, Wyo., by a New York firm for quick freezing of some 2,000,000 pounds of vegetables yearly. Bud's Stove Repair Service Any Oil Brooder Work Phone 3405 i FINANCE YOUR HOME PURCHASE WITH LOCAL FUNDS I Sea Mr. Kyle at FIRST FEDERAL IS 4 Savings & Loan Assn. of f Medford 27 North Holly L. C. 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