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ROHT MZDrOKB MAIL TMBUNS Tuesday, rb. I. 1146 CREATE PROBLEM "Nothing We Ever Do Is In Strict Literalness Wiped Out " Dean Tells YMCA Declaring that "the problem In America is not youth, the nroblem in America is adults" and that "we must consecrate ourselves to the great being be hind the world." Dean U. u. Dubach of Oregon State college, addressing! aunroxlmately 150 nersons at the YMCA annual meeting at the Masonic temple last night, pleaded for tne to be an institution to aid bring ing up of children "the way God wants them to be. Dubach, quoting from eminent philosophers, brought out that everything we do matters and that "nothing we ever do a in strict literalness wiped out." He aid that what we do, see ana hear becomes a part of us. The dean explained that what one does makes the human soul bet ter or worse and that there are no mediums or neutrals. Nation In Confusion He saw the nation In confu sion and stressed its need for statesmanship, not politics. Point ing out the huge facilities of our nation, Dubach asserted that these qualities did not make a country great. Rather, it was a great people with a great philo sophy. "What we believe in and "what we bet our lives on' makes us great. The dean stated that he thought we were running out on God and that the "one hope for tha world is to try Christianity." Meeker Talks Giving preliminary speech of greeting to the group, Mayor C. A. Meeker emphasized that folks, not buildings make a city. A. R. Mahno, summing up the year's activities at the local YMCA, stressed the year's total attendance, 37,220 and attend ance at organized clubs, 2,252, and called attention to the 382 interviews and 70 speaking en gagements by the club secretary. E. C. Corn gave recognition to supporters of the "Y." President Ralph L. Cook was in charge of the meeting and Vice President H. L. Nutting Introduced Dean Dubach. Vocal selections were rendered by Caroline Andrews Werner and George Maddox. Directors Named Directors elected for the com ing year are Dr. Bert R. Elliott, "B. L. Nutting, A. R. Manno, Rev. George Turney, Herb Grey, George Frey, Lester' Harris, Soth Bullls, Glenn Linn, J. C. Tucker, W. H. Fluhrer and Dr. George Goodrich. A buffet supper was served with Mrs. George Maddox, as sisted by Mrs. H. O. Colburn, Mrs. Ben Schmidt and Mrs. W. R. Glass in charge. Members of the girls' club, Joan Coleman, Jacqueline Schmidt, Mary Vir ginia Waite, Jocelyn Bauer. Lovelle Davles and Carole Mad dox decorated the hall. Sam Colton, Archie Pierre and George Turney were others on the committee for the event. Mr. Cook announced that ne gotiations were being made for a 160 acre summer camp site at Little Squaw Lake. The smallest piece of real estate in the world Is a 24-Inch long strip on Christopher street. New York. Wood and Coal Combination HEATERS Younger's Appliance 31 N. Barttott OBITUARY HATTIE A. WITTER Hattle Alice Witter passed away Monday at Oakland, Calif. Mrs. Witter was born at uttum wa, la., March 30, 1872. The family came to Jackson county from Kansas in 1B20, and for many years lived at Jackson ville, where she is well known She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mildred Gray of Oakland, Calif., Mrs. Avis An thony of Applegate, Calif., and Mrs. Gladys Huff of Jackson ville; four sons, Donald of Los Angeles, Calif., Charles and George of Medford and Pharlo of Oakland; two brothers, Bert and Frank Bcntley of California Four grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral Home Satur day at 2 p. m., with the Rev. Delbert W. Daniels, pastor of the First Christian church officiate ing. Interment will be in Sis kiyou Memorial Park. JACK FROST WINS AT Tn the most competitive spirit yet experienced in the Toast masters oratorical contest, Jack Frost won a close decision over Doctor C. G. Van Valzah and Otto De Jarnett at their weekly dinner meeting held In the Jack son hotel last evening, Frost's subject was "Americanisms Dr. Van Valzah spoke on "Aren't You Glad You're You." De Jar- nett's subject was "Worlds." Next Monday the meeting will be in charge of E. Hedberg, toastmaster; Claude Haggard toplcmaster, and Ray Harrison will serve as critic. Principal speakers and competing for the local finals will be Ed Drysdale, Carlos Morris and Pat Graham. Visitors at last night's meet ing were R. C. Smith, manager, Crane & Co., Portland, and J. Jacko of Portland, recently dis charged from the military serv ice. Dr. J. S. Heatherlngton of the Osteopathic clinic, Medford, was accepted by the club last night as a new member. RACES AID CHARITY InKlewood. Cal., Feb. 5 (U.R) Thirty charitable organizations today received checks for nearly $1,000,000 from the 1045 charity funds of Hollywood Park race track, with promise of additional thousands soon. The additional payments will run the total to $1,115,000, race track officials said. Daily Weather Report rOIIKCASTS MitfUord and vlrtnltv: Partly cloudy (n cloudy with mln showers In val leya and mnw showere in nicmntalns tonight and Wednesday. Llttla change In temperature. Oreiron: Intermittent rain welt por tion and mow and rain over and east of Caacadea tonight and Wednesday. I.ltlle change In temperature, strong to sal wind off coast. I.OCAt, DATA Temperature a year ago today: Hlejhest S3: Inweit 3d. Total monthly precipitation .07 Inch. Deficiency for tha month .31 inch. Total precipitation alnce September t, IMS, 1408 Inrhea. Kxceaa tor mo aeaann a at incnea. Relative humidity at 4 30 d. m. yeaterday M: 4:30 a. m. today 7B'.V tomorrow Sunrise T:lft a.m. Sunset 5:33 pm. ObasrvaUona Taken At 4:30' A. M.. lit Meridian Time High Low Preo. Rolae 32 30 Boaton Chicago Denver Eureka Havre Klamath Falls l.m Angelea Mcorord . 41 . S7 . 13 . 30 New York Omaha Phoenix Portland neno ... R(iehurg Salt Ike San Francisco Seattle Spokane wnihtngton. D. Yakima , SS . 43 .3 37 3! 3 31 37 IS 33 . 3S 43 .04 Use Mall Trlbuna Want Ada. SLIGHTLY COOLER EXCESS Rl Slightly cooler than normal weather was recorded for the valley last month and an excess of .69 inch of, precipitation was measured, according to the monthly weather summary from the local U. S. weather bureau. Highest temperature for the month was 36 degrees on Jan. 4 and lowest recorded was 21 de grees on the 14th. Mean maxi mum temperature was 44.4 de grees; mean minimum, 20.2, making a monthly mean tem perature of 36.8 degrees. This compares with a normal of 37.B. or an average of 1.1 degrees. Highest temperature recorded for any January since 1012 was 68 degrees Jan. 31, 1924 and lowest was three degrees below zero on Jan. 11, 1930 when minimum temperatures dropped below zero for several days, ac cording to the summary. Measurable rain of .01 inch or over occurred on 11 days with considerable rain falling Jan. 2, 4, 22 and 24. Total precipita tion for January was three inches in comparison with a normal of 2.31 inches. Heaviest rainfall to be recorded in Janu ary since 1912 was 6.67 inches in 1936. Only .42 inch was measured in January, 1920. Snowfall measuring .8 inch was recorded Jan. 28 and a trace of snow fell on the 29th. Aver age snowfall Is three inches. There were 23 cloudy days. six partly cloudy and two clear days, the report said, with heavy fog recorded Jan. 2, 3. 9. 11. 15 lliroiiRIi zo, 23 through 25. 27 and ZB. Highest wind velocity was 24 miles per hour Jan. 24. PHIL STANSBURY BUYS ASHLAND CABINET SHOP Ashland, Feb. 8 Phil Stans- bury, recently returned from overseas, has purchased the Jor dan Sash and Cabinet Works. pioneer Ashland business firm Rny Clary, on leave from- the Ashland postofflce, is a partner with Stansbury In the enterprise, Stansbury is acting chief of police here, taking the place of C. P. Talent who Is on a two months' leave of absence. Court Records Justice Court Rudolph T. Weldman, no operator's license; no license on trailer, cited. Walt G. Maehl, no motor ve hicle license; no operator's li cense, cited, Clarence E. Miller, Henry Slover, Robert B.' Slagle and George J. Dye, combination over load, cited. Fred Biesko, violation of basic rule, $2.50 and costs. Roger D. Clement, three vio lations of combination overload cited. Raymond H. Chambers, axle overload, cited. Fred Cook, combination over load, $10 and costs. Harold E, Monama- and Homer B. Stephenson, trailer unit over load, cited. Harold C. Meredith, no trailer license, cited. Andrew J. Strupp, driver axle overload, cited. Charles Boatwright. drunk and disorderly, 30 days jail sus pended. Carl E. Swanson. no onera- tor's license; four In driver's seat, cited. George E. Lees, reckless driv ing, cited. Yank Soldier Weds GeWan Girl r- 71 fif-rj " 1 f i (feme Telephoto) Russel W. Horton (right) Is one of tnree former American soldiers now in civil service in Germany, who appealed to President Truman for right to marry German girls. Horton's parents, at Elmsford. N. Y revealed that he was secretly wed to a German girl, Trudel (right). Inflation. Strikes Make Life Hard For Common Man In War-Torn Japan Police Court Perry Lovell, drunk, released on $10 ball. Delbert Johnson, drunk, Jailed. Closlns ttmi for Classified Ads 8:Sh a m Too Late to Classify 13:18 p m B cociee' CHOCOI.ATS BY SOCIETE Slir'll kmw you love her wlirn she owns vour cili of Sooctc i-hrxobts ..JO, on Valentine's D.iv ... or any other time. .-' :' Tokyo, Feb. 5 (U.R) A Japa nese newspaper survey revealed today that nearly 100,000 work ers were idled by strikes in Jan uary and observers predicted the situation would get worse unless the government does something to check skyrocketing commodity prices. Japanese blamed the strike wave on rising prices, particu larly lor foodstuffs, and an acute shortage and inability of the common worker to pay exhorbi tant black market prices out of his meager earnings. Unions Unfettered They also attributed the in creased strikes to passage of the labor union law by the diet in compliance with an allied head- Southern Pacific Starts Overnight Merchandise Run Fast overnight merchandise rail service for less than car load shipments between Port land Southern Oregon and Coos Bay area points is being restor ed effective immediately accord ing to announcement by F. C. Nelson, freight traffic manager for Southern Pacific. Inaugural movements of the restored overnight service leave Fortland February 4 and South ern Oregon and Coos Bay area points February 5. The service was discontinued late in 1942 so equipment and crews could be used to expedite the war ef fort. The overnight freight movement coupled with store door pick-up and delivery which latter service has been available to patrons throughout the war period will result in greatly ex pedited freight service for local shippers. P.T.A. Activities Sams Vallay Sams Valley P.-T.A. will hold regular meeting Friday at 8:15 p. m. at the schoolhouse. Sub ject for this month is "Safety." Mr. Haggard from Copco will be guest speaker and will give a demonstration on electricity haz ards. He will bring a trans former and other equipment to use in his demonstration. Mr. Davis, Jackson county chairman for Red Cross home and farm accident prevention. will also be here and he hopes 1 to organize a class following the regular meeting. Everyone is invited. quarters directive. The law rec ognizes the right of labor unions to organize and bargain collec tively in Japan for the first time in the country's history. But for the man on the street in Tokyo it wasn't a question of po... :. The high cost of food v -s a '.ter of life and death for :ir. Av jge Japanese Citi zen - i ets a base pay of about 50 yen per month, or less than $4 American money. Even ollen by generous family allowances, the average worker doesn't aggregate much more than 150 y?n (aboul $12) monthly. Yet. this same laborer must pay 60 yen for about three pounds of rice because the rice ration of 300 grams daily is in sufficient. Black Market High A single piece of white radish weighing about four pounds was sold Monday on black market for 10 yen (about 90 cents) com pared with the prewar price of 50 yen, or less than four Amor ienn cents. A piece of dried fish sold for 15 yen, contrasted with the pre war price of 30 sen, or two American cents. Black market prices of com modities are even higher. A pair of shoes are priced at 650 yen, or $43 American dollars. Virtually all strikes thus far! have been for a 500 per cent boast in the monthly basic pay with increased family allow-1 ances. BIDS CALLED FOR I Central Point, Feb. 5 Call for bids for labor on installation of water mains was issued by the city council at its regular meet ing here last night. The contract will be awarded on February 25 when the bids will be opened at 7:30 p. m. Purchase of a second fire an gina was determined by - the council. To accommodate it the present fire hall will be remodel ed. Building of a new structure for the engines was discussed, however, and further considera tion may be given the matter. The council voted to install the fire chief and assistant fire chief as bonded city policemen to give them custody of the fire equip ment, as such authority is a po lice power under the city char ter. C. A. Tharp is incumbent fire chief and O. M. Minnick is assistant. Repair of streets will get un der way within a few days as city officials are obtaining use of i county grader. The city owned machine is out of order. Unfinished routine business U be considered by the coun cil at an adjourned meeting Feb ruary 18. r YOU K NOW You Own it! real property is some thing you can't keep in a safe, but you can keep a Commonwealth Insured Title in your safe then you know you own your real property. nwnfyf(rr-??n . Southsrn Oragon Title Company Shady Cove P.-T.A. Shady Cove Parent-Teacher association will meet Friday. Feb. 8, at 8 p. m. at the school- house. A program consisting of a tableau will be presented by the tipper room students, with the assistance of the teacher, Mrs. Hagberg. Refreshments will be served and a silver of fering taken in observance of Founders' Day. A special meeting was held Jan. 25 to decide on continuing hot lunches for the school. A vote was taken which resulted 29 to 7 in favor of continuing the lunches. Iliis is the first .of Ktics of incirtth . ' a tuin:i t'j t i i ? r s " a - cnocoutcs. 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