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TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIB0OT MEDFORUtlTRDUNI BTtryon la Sonthtrn Orega Reads th Mll Trlbun" Dally Except itardy Publlihed by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. I7-If North rir Bt Phont 1141 ROBERT W RUHU Editor SRNEST B- GILS TRAP. BiUlu KERB GREY, AdvertWnB Mgr. U C. FERGUSON, MansRlnr Editor ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor MRS. OLIVE STARCHER. Roe. Edltot GEnALU bAinAM, ,ircuiHon An Independent Newspaper Sntered u aecond elaai matter at .Medford. Oregon, under Act at March 8, 1870 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 97 MU In Advance: DaCy and Sunday ana yearT W Deny and Sunday ex months 4.00 Dally and Sunday three mot. 1.10 ' Dally and Sunday one month .75 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Aahland, Central Point, Jaekwm villa. Gold Hill, Phoenix, Talent and on motor route: Dally and Sunday one year.f.oO Saily and Sunday one month .Ti All terms caah In advance. Official Paper af the City of Medlar Official Paper of Jack ion Conoty United Preaa Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Or 1UU.ULAi iuo idvarMiIni Rmrauntatlva IT-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. DfC. Offlcea In New York. Chleaao. De troit, San rrandaco, Los Angelas, Seattle. Portland, St. Louts. Atlanta Vancouver, o. - t HlllWtl4s3c)lAII0l Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry The secretary of state reports "prevailing speeds are creeping up on Oregon highways." The prevailing "creep" is 87 mph, much too fast to creep up on an Icy spot The Junior senator from this state engaged In a general re vamping and ronovating of the republican party is getting more publicity in the East than Joe Gordon of Eugene, who sky rocketed to fame as second base man of the New York Yankees. The first rumor in several weeks showed up yes. Every body knew it wasn't so but en joyed it immensely. SUCH IS FAME (8.F. Chronicle) "There were no three-sheets around town advertising Ar- tur Schnabel's recital on Mon day night, there was little newspaper publicity, and no body asked the music critics to interview Schnabel on the air. Nevertheless, the Opera house was Jammed to the last available inch of space, and after big program contain ing absolutely nothing that the public wants, the public stood on its hind legs and gave forth with one of the biggest ova tions the Opera House has ver witnessed." According to a Baltimore news report, 3,000,000 men's shirts made to sell for $3 each are held in a warehouse by OPA celling regulations. As long as they are held in the warehouse, prospec tive wearers can't lose them. ... The mayor of Tacoma, Wash., has refused to accept $12,500 salary from the city due him for time he served In the army. There la an up and coming can didate for gpvernor, if the vot ers of Washington ever saw one. The President asks Congress to approve a loan to Britain to help Improve living standards everywhere. This brings up again the late proposal of the then Secretary Wallace to give every Hottentot a quart of milk per day. Millions of Americans till hold if the Hottentots want a quart of milk a day, let them keep a cow. FOOLED AGAIN. BY GOSH (Newport Journal) "While the Journal does not like to dig up old campaign promises, numerous local peo ple have a.iked us the whyfor of their big light bills. It ap pears that It tnkes money to run a PUD Just the same as It did the private utility com pany." ... The army commander In Ger many reports the Germans are better behaved than expected. The meekness of the Nazis is due to the mild winter, he ex plains, instead of rugged disci pline, as supposed. WHAT AILS AMERICA "A good many member don't come to their seats until after the morning prayer. Could this be indicative of the laxity ap parent in our governing bodies? One commentator put it this way, 'In the name of God, isn't this a time for prayerf "We are flooded these days with the claims of science for a better world, an easier living world, electronics, plastics, med icine, will smooth out paths, lengthen our days. But with all these, is it Impertinent to ob serve our smart men can't even solve the problem of the price and distribution of butter! (From a letter in Klamath Falls Herald.) Thursday, Jan. SI, 1S4S Colonial Powers Maneuver For Favorable Position As Independence Efforts Loom By Louis F. Keemle United Press Staff Correspondent Entirely outside the formal UNO deliberations in London, the colonial powers are engaged In intricate maneuvering to strengthen their positions. Thev are mending their fences In preparation for the coming big change in the status of overseas possessions, dependencies or 'spheres of influence " which is in the air. EVENTUAL SELF-GOVERNMENT UP TO UNO Sooner or later, these matters will come under the Jurisdic tion of the United Nations Organization, whose charter looks to ward eventual self-government for all peoples entitled to it. Britain and her dominions, the Netherlands, France and Bel- glum naturally are anxious to be in a favorable position when the demands of the dependent peoples come before the court of world opinion. The United States, Soviet Russia and China also are in volved. The United States wants control of former Japanese island holdings in the Pacific. Russia has been promised the Kuriles and Sakhalin Island and is Interested in the Mediterranean-North Africa sphere. China Is concerned with Korea, Formosa and the mainland of southeast Asia. NO GREAT DIFFICULTY SEEN WITH RUSSIA From what has come out of London and Washington In recent days, no great difficulty Is expected over Russia's claim to the Kuriles or Sakhalin, nor for that matter, to the desire of the United States to have virtually undisputed control of certain strategic Pacific Island bases. In neither case is any question of self-government Involved, nor are the areas in question anything except an economic liability, rather than an asset. The Dutch East Indies, the Malay States, French Indo-China, Slam and Burma, to name a few, present a far more complicated problem. The demand of these peoples for independence cannot be hushed, nor are they showing any disposition to be bought off with promises of future emancipation "maybe." The example of the United States course in the Philippines is before their eyes, to the discomfort of the colonial powers. The outcome of India's struggle for Independence also is being watched with eager eyes all through the Indonesian world. In the face of this situation, Britain, Holland and France have taken energetic and in some instances rather high-handed measures. BRITISH DRIVE STIFF Britain drove a stiff bargain sided with Japan under a puppet government in the war. Japanese troops have been used in the Dutch Indies and Indo-China to help quell Nationalist uprisings, although the presence of British troops in the indies Is Justified partly on Japanese must be rooted out. The British in fact have a foothold In the Dutch Indies, and It would not be surprising If they sought a future larger share In the commercial benefits of that rich area, regardless of whether there is Independence, a compromise on "benevolent" Dutch pro tectorship, or an interim trusteeship under the UNO. These questions are Elmost bound to reach the UNO once It Is fully established. The State of Cambodia in French Indo-China, for Instance, has drawn up charges against the French, and has been striving to get a hearing from the UNO, accusing France of Imposing harsh colonial rule despite promises of independence. Cambodia has not got Its hearing, but has not given up trying. On The Side-By e. v. Duriing (Distributed by King I am quit. iur. a. thinks that 1 am God, Since h. U God on whom each on. depend. For lite, and all thine, that hli Bounty eendi My dear old dos. moit constant of all friend! H. look, love at me, deep ai word! o'er ipake: And from me never crumb or eup will take But waia thank! with hi! moat .oral tafL William Croiwell Doane. e Above Is an excerpt from one of the extremely touching poems Bishop Doane wrote about his dog "Cluny." The reference to Cluny's "most vocal tail" par ticularly appeals to me. When Cluny became aged and feeble he always managed to muster sufficient strength to climb the stairs to see his master, who for a long period was confined to bed by Illness. In describing this Bishop Doane wrote four lines which I believe among the most touching ever written about a dog. They follow: Be had lived out hll life, hut not . hi love; Dally up iteep and weary stair he fame, Rli nig heart btinUni with the ' Itraln, to prove ..... Bl! lonellnei! without me. Lie D.ttctori The' "He detector" Is figuring prominently in many current criminal .cases. Much depend ency snems to be placed on the efficiency of this machine. If It is an Claimed lor it, wny wouldn't it be good Idea to manufacture a popular priced lie detector for home use? This might be of assistance in keep ing wayward husbands in line. How about you, sir? Would you be always willing when arriving home at 3 a. m. to subject your self to the lie detector, while the little lady asked you In a cold, hard voice "Where have you been, and with whom?" 8 lathing New "Rayon that is stronger than nylon." That Is what the British textile physics authority. Prof. W. T. Astbury says o' a product called "fortlsan" recently origi nated In England. Despite his high praise of the new product the professor was conservative In expressing a view as to what It might do for the hosiery prob lems of females. Said he: "Whether It will mean real lad derlesa stockings I cannot fore cast." Pasting By Enos Slaughter. Hard hitting Major leaguer. Out of uniform and ready to return to baseball. Meant to ask Enos if he was re lated to Betty "Queen of Sheba" Blythe, erstwhile film star. Her real name Is Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter. Her folks were origi nally from Kentucky. ... Sa vannah Churchill. Songstress. Giving Miss Churchill the first name she haa was a stroke of genius. Makes her full name stand out in the billing and sticks In the memory. What was that song Stella Mayhew used to sing which Included the line: "Honey, don't you love your BARGAIN WITH SIAM with Siam as the price of having the ground that the remaining Features Syndicate. Inc.) baby no more." Well, anvumv Savannah Churchill should In clude this In her repertoire. Murder Mysteries In 194S there were 28 murder mysteries in London and Scot land Vard solved 23 of them. Quite a record. Nevertheless, I do not believe Scotland Yard Is any more efficient in crime de tection than the New York po lice department. If you want to argue this point say so and I win go into detail. Asking Queries From Clients: O. Isn't Jim Thorpe, the great all around athlete of bygone days, half In dian and half Irish? A. Jim says he Is "five-eighths Indian, two eighths Irish and one-eighth French." Q. How do you pro nounce Sonja Heine. A. Son-ya Hay-nee. Q. As to who Ypsilanti, Mich., is named after, the cor poral, who is from Detroit says a Greek philosopher is hnnnrrri How about it? A. The chnrmlnc city Is named after Dmitri Ypsi lanti, a Greek patriot. Of course he may have also been a philoso pher but it was the activities as patriot that, inspired the afore mentioned honor. PLaia Note Billy Conn, pride of Pitta. burgh, weighed 170 pounds the nrst time he fought Joe Lewis. Now he weighs 193 and is a real heavyweight. Billy's followers seem to think this additional weight Improves his chances. I don't agree. Conn weighing 193 may not be as fast as at 170. And if Billy Isn't as fast or faster than he was last time he won't last more than five rounds with Joe. The kind of fellow who could give Louis a really tough evening would be a fast light heavyweight with a sock. Some body like Bob FItzsimmons. Colds In one week 29.500,000 Ameri cans had colds and 4.500,000 had the grippe or flu. I haven't had a cold In two years. Once I went six years without a cold. Pre vious to that I was very suscep tible to colds. Had at least one every winter. In doing away with my colds believe a change In diet was largely responsible. Keeping out of crowded places as much as possible helped. Sleeping , with the windows closed on cold nights was an other factor. ACTOR SEEKS DIVORCE Reno. Nev., Jan. 31 OJ.R! Bronzed Stirling Hayden, movie actor who married his leading lady, was here today for "some skiing and a divorce" from his blonde actress wife, Madelene Carroll. TO COUNT JAPS Tokyo, Jan. 31 UJ.R) Gen. Douglas MacArthur today ord ered the Japanese government to conduct a complete census of Japan during April after the general elections. News Behind The News By Paul Malloo Washington, Jan. 31 Those Inquisitive congressional souls who have been searching in vain for the deeper mean ings behind the perplexing British loan have come upon some fresh circum stances which will be aired in the congres sional debate What Britain PaUJ UaUIOD intends to do With tha near. ly $4,000,000,000 has been the chief unexplained aspect. Official state department publicity claim-i ea the money was to be snent in mis country. The overseas trade secretary in London now says oniy nan tne money would be spenf here, some for food and some for machinery. But Sir Staf ford crlpps says Britain's pur chases of food and machinery win dc paid for with new ex ports to us which rather con fuses even the official British position. . DUT our food shortages are " generally expected to con tinue inaetinitely, and we are similarly likely to remain short of machinery in billion-dollar quantities. Why, then, the loan? Well, some congressmen sus pect the loan was made, from our standpoint, solely to get the British to help us break our tariff system in the promised forthcoming world trade con ference. You will recall the ad ministration at the last congres sional session succeeded In get ting authority to cut tariffs 50 per cent more beyond the 50 per cent effected in the Hull reciprocal trade program mak ing a 75 per cent reducl'on of tariffs from the old high re publican rates. A 71 pel cent cut In some of these tariffs would mean practically their elimination, as there is a great disparity between cost of pro duction due to disparity in wage scales In Britain and the United States. VOU wi'l recall the loan an- nouncements mentioned the promises of the British to talk about getting away from their own empire preference tariffs In the . forthcoming conference. and tied the project in with world trade, holding out hopes for elimination of cartels, etc. but said nothing about our tar iffs. A natural consequence of these British steps would be a wholesale fresh cutting of our tariffs. In fact we would be re- qurled to do this to get any kind of an agreement. The interested congressmen will claim that the Importation of even small quantities of some foreign manufacturers might break our domestic price level, fo-inded on high wages, and they are getting the unions and farmers to look into the possi bilities of foreign dumping on these shores. Their activity seems likely to result In an amendment to the British loan legislation ,if it can be enacted at all, restricting the scope of our delegates to the world trade meeting. rvUR loan negotiator, Will " Clayton, Is a cotton-minded man. The old cotton theory was sell Britain our cotton and provide free importations to enable her to pay lor It. But our cotton price has long since gone too high to enable the low-economled British to use it as their base raw material. But Clayton is reported to . have gone even beyond this basic theory in his visions of tariff destruction In the coming con ference and, they say, he has taken State Secretary Byrnes along with him. This matter revives the old political war over tariffs, may make the loan debate a world trade debate, and may Imperil the chances of congressional ap proval of the loan. Bataan War Hero, Nurse Not Married Records Disclose Chicago, Jan. 31 OJ.R) MaJ. Arthur Wermuth, the one man army" of Bataan, said today army records proved he never was married to Josephine Os wald, a civilian nurse In the Philippines. Wermuth said he had confer red with Roy Schlndler, renown ed New York detective, who! "traced down the girl's charges and motives." SchtnJler report ed contacting army chaplain headquarters in Washington and finding no record of such a mar riage. . Further, Wermuth said, the New York detective was unable to find the name of an H. Stein bach, who Miss Oswald Identi fied as having performed the ceremony, In army records. Clcetnt Ume for Sunday Too Late to Claulfv 4-oe Saturday ftftoroooa Pleee remember. Ml Flight o rime Mediurd and Jackson Co His tory from th. files of th. Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years aqo. TEN YEARS AGO January 31, 1933 at Was Thursday) Little interest in special elec tion today. Oregon employment up per cent over last. 35 Fruit growers to discuss plans lor cannery here. Half billion extra taxes need ed, Roosevelt states. Cloudy with fog. High 54, low 40. TWENTY YEARS AGO January 31, 1926 at Was Sunday) Barbara LaMarr, screen beau ty, former Ashland resident, passes. Gales cweep Atlantic, many ships disabled. High winds and heavy rains here. Medford high five defeats Eu gene 20 to 8 in rough game. Soviet to sell Czar's Jewels for fund to buy American tractors. Snow reported melting fast at crater lake. THIRTY FOUH YEARS AGO January 31, 1912 at Was Wednesday) Russ Mill advertises a com' plete line of buggy whips. East Medford is awakening, and bungalows costing $3000 each are to be built on Geneva and Minnesota streets. Revival services start at Pres byterian church. "The Chocolate Soldiers" com pany appearing here Saturday night at the opera house will ar rive by special train. High School News By Katharine Hoppe and Margery Hammond Eleven girls chosen from the girls chorus entertained the Med ford Musical club January 21, with songs composed during the second world war. Those who sang were Jeanne Rice, Barbara Garfield, Cloie Lyons, Jocelyn Bauer, Delores Wilkinson, Carol Waterston, Darlene Cook, Pat Older, Jean De Voe, Mercedes Swing, Blllie Ann Lyons. Vera Smith played the accompani ment. With registration for second semester completed, 34 mid-term sophomores are now attending classes. The new students are Margery Cox, Betty Crow, Shir ley Foster, Betty George, Donna Gleaves, Nancy Hagen, Rose Marie Hietkamp, Bonnie Math eson, Lillian Roberts, Martha Sanders, Marilyn Schempp, Gre ta Hanson, Vivienne Vance, Marlene Vincent, Adrien Albert, Ted Anderson, Darl Barlow. Jack Coffeen, Gerald Doty, Gary tany, wayne r'inley, Paul Han son, Don Hobbs, Glen Brinson, Bill Morse, Jim Newman, Gary Newman, Ray Swinney, Ted Sidwcll, Virgil Schafer, LeRoy Stafford, Charles Wagner, War ren Worrell, and Fred Young. Fifteen seniors were graduated from Medford High school Jan uary 20. If it is at all possible, these graduates will attend com mencement exercises at the end of this term. They were Pat Barnum, Maxine Blass, Margy Carter, Theresa Chester, Joyce Clares, Joyce Fraley, Lynn French, Phyllis Furry, Ruth Gaster, Richard Hake, Ruby Hayner, Roger Hibbard, Jim Scheffel, Noelle Sloneker, and Bernett Yorton. e A second ski trip was made January 27. Twenty-seven stu dents attended with their advis or, Mr. Bowerman. A bus was chartered and the group arrived at Union Creek at eleven. These students plan to take as many more trips as possible. Between halves of the Med-ford-Ashland basketball game held In the school gym January 29, the spectators were enter tained by Medford High's three drum majorettes', Polly Hoffard, Bonnie Lou Edwards, and Char lene Conner. The girls perform ed various maneuvers with their batons. The ant-lion, which Is neither an ant nor a lion, catches other insects in booby traps which it digs in the ground. IPAECEL PELUVEEY DAY OR NIGHT PHONE -4956 Evangelist Made Rev. Haskell Coppedge, 3S, (right) traveling evangelist for Penta eostal Holiness Church, reveals gunshot wounds In his chest and arm, which he allegedly received when Isaao E. Coker, 75, (left) shot the speaker following a service at Oklahoma City, Okla. Coker told police that "the ranting made me nervous." - Increase Seen In American Travel To Europe; Accommodations Awaited New York (U.R) Americans will travel to Europe in greater numbers than ever before just as soon as accommodations be come available and as soon as conditions in various European countries permit the influx of foreign tourists, according to the unanimous opinion of leading American travel agencies, steam ship and air lines. Tens of thousands of Ameri cans even now are waiting to get accommodi.tions, and officials of half-dozen organizations dealing with foreign travel predict that within a relatively short time American tourist travel to Eu rope will assume hitherto un precedented proportions, despite the ravages of war sustained by many European countries. The Scandinavian countries, which In prewar years absorbed about 5.2 per cent of the total volume of American travel In Europe, will be the first to bene fit from a revival of tourism, along with Portugal, French North Africa and Egypt. These countries have for the most part escaoed war-time destruction of hotels and other tourist , facili ties. But even countries which have directly suffered the de vastation of war will see a great er volume of American tourist trade than In prewar years, which will increase as hotels are repaired and food and other supplies become available. Europe Leads In Poll A poll of 50.000 prospective tourists, conducted recently by the world-wide travel agency of Thos. Cook & Son, reveals the extent to which Americans still prefer Europe to any other part of the world In their travel plans Of the total number ques tioned no less than 34 per cent Indicated their preference for Europe. South America drew 22 per cent of the "votes," Mexico and the West Indies tied with 15 per cent each. 9 per cent oi the votes went to Bermuda as' their first choice, while the re-; mainlng 5 oer cent voted for the Far East and Australasia. Thej heavy reference for Europe is all the more surprising, . Thos. Cook officials say, as many of the travelers questioned had been to Europe before, and it '. had consequently been assumed that they would now want to 1 see other parts of the vorld. I Co-operation Seen i It Is understood here that byi next spring the various air lines in Scandinavian countries will : co-operate with each other so: that by a co-ordination of sched-! ules such important cities as Helsinki, Oslo. Stockholm, Gote-1 borg, Copenhagen and others! will be linked to the United: States by a regular service. f ravel to Scandinavia by! steamer will at first continue j to be restricted by troop move- j ments, the American Express Co said, but it is expected to j be restored "to an appreciable degree" by next summer. Thej Swedish Line hopes to have the I Gripsholm and the Drottnlng- holm released from the war shipping pool by spring, and the Norwegian Line is expected to put the Stavangerfjord into the PROMPT. COURTEOUS SERVICE T. D. Hlnklt W. H. Judy Listener 'Nervous' (Arm Telephoto north Atlantic service by that time. Another postwar operator win be the American Moore- McCormack Line, which already has been authorized to operate passenger vessels from this coun try to Scandinavia. Middle East Reopening "Scandinavia can anticipate' a brisk tourist trade next summer provided restrictions on travel ers by .various governments are lilted," said Ralph T. Reed, pres ident of the American Express Company, the largest of all U. S. travel organizations. Stockholm and Copenhagen are resuming their places in the postwar world as important commercial cen ters, he said, and Sweden and Denmark in particular will be In a position to play host to a number of pleasure travelers in the coming year. Efforts toward reopening trav el routes to the Middle East are already bearing results, with facilities being expanded to han dle immediate commercial and diplomatic needs, and an early resumption of heavy postwar tourist traffic to Egypt and other Near Eastern countries is ex pected. P.T.A. Activities Howard P.-T.A. Howard Parent-Teacher asso ciation will hold its February meeting Friday, Feb. 1, at 2:30 p. m. A Founders' Day program will be given and speaker for the meeting will be Mrs. Al Puhl. The program is in charge of Mrs. Wilcox and will feature first and second grade pupils. MARINE POINTS CUT Washington, Jan. 31 (U.R) Points required for discharge of women marines will be lowered We Are Continuing To Pay HIGHEST PRICES For ROGUE RIVER 9th and Bartlett SPECIAL! FREE INSTALLATION 3 DAYS ONLY FRI. SAT-MON. SERVICE 214 S. Riverside USED CABS 1 TiHaff tomorrow from 18 to 17, the mi- rnie corps announced today. The reduction affects both enlisted women and women officers. WEATHER Northern California: Clear to day, tonight and Friday. Heavy frost or freezing temperature to night, but mild afternoons. Light northerly wind off coast. NEW FAST MODERN EQUIPMENT AIRLINE PARCEL DELIVERY CO. PHONE 7349 PROMPT COURTEOUS SERVICE UNIFORMED DRIVERS 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays and Holidays Excepted BONDED-INSURED Acme Hardware Co. Every Day Is Bargain Day at Acme Main St Grape Ph. 5978 All CHEVROLET pn0na 2288 SEAT COVERS Sedan .. SI 3.55 Coach .. $13.95 Ige Coupe 58. 95 Small Coupe $3.95 STORES phone 4757
