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Br Arthur Perry
Naval experts predict Allied
and captured enemy warships
slated for atomic bomb attacks
In mid-Pacific next summer will
survive the tests. In such an
vent, it may be necessary to
give them to one of the late
aggressor nations in order to get
rid of them.
The ruling of Washington
bureau that nightgowns are
"frills" and "non-essential" has
caused considerable of a furore
In the metropolis, among the fair
sex, who admit there. Is short
age of reasonably priced sleep
ing attire, but plenty of synthe
tics retailing at $39.50. There
was a time in Oregon when
nightgowns sold for $18.80, and
was split three ways, the Grand
Imperial Wizard of Atlanta.
Ga., getting' the biggest cut. The
buyer also got a mask to wear
wili his nightie, who when en
route to hang a sinner, could
only be Identified by his feet
and walk.
PROBLEM Or PEACE
(Woodlawn (Cal.) Democrat)
"In the way of a civilian
Job, what does anyone suggest
as suitable for 22-year-old
x-captaln who has been called
the old man by kids of 207"
The bleak and chilly winter
bas reduced most of the valley
woodpiles to a shadow of their
former selves. None of the
woodpiles were mixed up In poli
tics and charged with being the
hiding place of colored gentle
man, The London report a woman
In Paris had become the mother
of seven babies, turned out to be
hoax. A French policeman
pulled the wool over the eyes
of a reporter, instead of the
diplomats of one country doing
the same thing to the rest of the
world,
...
This is the birthday of George
Washington, first president, and
many of the things he advised
gainst in his farewell address,
have gone unheeded and are
what ails tho nation today. He
was against "foreign entangle
ments," and America now has
plenty of them. Today many
will read his words of wisdom
spoken 150 years ago and highly
applicable to affairs now shap
ing, with a golf stick or a fish
ing pole,
...
The sister city of Salem Is
xulted no end by the victories
of Its quint over the B. Tornado
this week. It is hoped being hit
by an unexpected shower of
horseshoes will enable the "pow
rful Vikings" to screw up suf
ficient courage to tangle with
the losers next fall, In an already
scheduled football game. They
sidc-atepptM this honor last fall
nd practically the same thing
confronts them come October,
a a
The army announces It will
put on sale next Monday. 434.000
surplus washboards. No grand
rush Is anticipated, , wash
boards are more out of date than
buggy whips.
.
Car chains are still needed on
many Oregon highways, due to
snow and Ice. This is not the
way some state scribes tell It
On journeys over notoriously
slick and stormy routes, they ex.
perlenced no rigor,. Everything
trick to stop suddenly In the
ba'my air and pick a bunch of
rl;m bananas, they infer.
Dude niching is a major
"""' in Wyoming.
Closing time tor Sunday Too Let
George Washington
This is the anniversary today, not just of the
birth of a great man, but of the historic beginning of
a froo' America. Ofinrce Washinelon. the father of
this countrv. could have been a kinff. He could nave
made America a monarchy. But because he had the
vision and the pnnrarA to loresee tne aesunv ui
rlomnwnfv nnrl ri wisplv lead the first falterine foot-
stens of the 13 polonies, he stands todav in a place in
which no king has ever stood. It is a place of dignity
and grandeur never before attained oy any man, a
lofty pinnacle that will never be surpassed in ages to
come.
IT will be recalled that a certain Colonel Nicola,
commander of a Pennsylvania regiment, was so
the virtues nf rlemocracv that he candidly
wrote to General Washington suggesting that he sup
port a royalist movement. He promised, and prob
ably could have delivered, military backing for the
movement. Washington's abrupt and scathing reply
was:
"If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you
could not have found a person to whom your schemes are
more disagreeable."
TU nnnnmsnf noinidforl VlfYU7PVPr. nilfl On DeC.
X11C lliUVClllUiil .lHlu.vuj ..w. -
4. 1783, a great company of military leaders met at
hraunce s Tavern in new i-uy u uiier vicuiuiigwH
Ptnf rlpfprmination to retire
i kin unc anu v, j a. -
prompted this simple and democratic statement by
George Washington and put an ena w me maicei
that time and for all time :
"With a heart full of love and grattitude, I now take leave
of you. ,
. "I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as
prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious
nd honorable.
"I cannot come to each of you to take my leave, but shall
be obliged to you if each will come ana lane me oy inn iiouu.
"I IBERTY or death" was no mere catch phrase
- tin'tVi tVio i-Qo-orerl rnlnnists when thev faced the
Viav1oViira anr hittpt sacrifices of Vallev Forffe davs.
Theirs was a one-way road in their fight for inde-
l r tV, D..,f!aVi ivmiin fTiotr lrneur that
JJmiUCIlCC 11U1I1 W1C J-Iiiwoii wvnii, - "J ....... .
there was no turning back, for at the end of the road
thev must either achieve victory or face a firing
squad as traitors. Washington had to battle a
stronger, better equipped enemy, had to withstand
the discouragement and despair that so frequently
confronted him, had to inspire his loyal followers to
fnnr.incr with t.hft iealousv and m-
trigue of those Americans who sought to discredit and
remove him. For a less dauntless leaaer evemuai
triumph at Yorktown could not have been attained.
'As he was first in war, so was he tirst in peace.
His wise counsel at the Constitutional Convention and
in nf a vouthful nation laid a
sound foundation for America's greatness today. .
GEORGE WASHINGTON, historians say, was a
fellnw" vvVin loved to p-ather with his
neighbors for an old fashioned clam bake or trip the
liVVit fantastic. He was a scientific farmer, a distiller
of fine liquor and a breeder of thoroughbred horses.
He was an enthusiastic tisnerman, an araem uuen
hunter, a clever billiard player and liked a card game
with his cronies. He was first in the hearts of his
cninnial neiVhhnvs. iiist na he is todav first in the
hearts of 140 million grateful and free Americans.
Abraham liincoin was ngnt wnen e uu.
"Washington is the mightiest name on earth." -H.G.
MIMIIUMIMIHMII
On The Side By e. v. Darling
(Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.)
Wlten nod was maklni nowers.
Was the time he vision, you
Than made yon from the pat
terns That were within his view.
Ha lava to you the brauty.
And the franarances of the rose,
The grarafiiliieM and lnvrllness
That all the flowers dUrloae.
W. H. Fersuson.
(Above is an excerpt from a
poem written by the author as a
tribute to his daughter Joy, on
her ninth birthday. Mr. Fergu
son is the father of two daugh
ters, and six sons but Joy is the
only child he has written a poem
about. Apparently this young
lady la the apple of her papa s
eye.)
"Today I heard plump fe
male of 40 or thereabouts say 'I
lost my hankie.' " That's what I
reported several weeks ago add
ing It seemed little silly for
grown-up ladles to continue to
talk like babies. The comment,
of course, was made In a spirit
of constructive criticism.
I am amazed to find It has en
raged a number of our feminine
subscribers one of whom, a resi
dent of Champaign, 111., writes:
'One can hardly Imagine a
worse shock than the one you
received on hearing female of
40 saying 'I've lost my hankie,'
and especially a plump temalel
Perhaps you could make some
suggestions as to the proper age
for plump female to leave oft
saying "hankie' and panties.'
Maybe some method of tapering
off could be arranged in order
to avoid such an abrupt change
In the life of the (at, fortyish fe
male." (Note: This communica
tion Is signed "Fair, Fat and
40.")
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. You
onct: mentioned book by Con
an Doyle you had read nine
times. The title plraso. A. I
read it 19 times. TiUe Is "Rod
ney Stone." By no means clas
sic. Just something that hap
pened to appeal to me. Q. Please
nama few good writers among
veston, Tex. A wife ran away
with a nylon hosiery salesman . .
I am informed that on East 57th
St., Manhattan, is an establish.
ment called "Salon for the Man
icure." Some class, what? . . .
Who is the oldest practicing phy
sician In the United States?. A
Californlan claims it is Dr. F. M.
Watson-Reeves of Los Angeles.
Dr. Reeves, a woman, is 90 years
old. She is a homeopathic phy
sician and has been practicing
for 53 years.
Says He
"I see some secretaries are pro
testing regarding cartoons and
Jests dealing with secretaries sit
ting on the laps of their bosses,"
writes a Chicagoan. "These
young women indignantly deny
such a thing happens and claim
it gives secretaries a bad name.
I am an executive and a bach
elor. Being in my thirties it is
necessary for me to have a strict
policy of business before pleas
ure. I can tell you it is very dif
ficult to get a secretary who
doesn't try to climb on your lap.
These women figure that is a
way to make their jobs more se
cure and easier. Furthermore,
the boss usually has a good in
come or salary snd is able to
take a girl to high class places of
entertainment if she can manage
to inspire his affections. Of
course, if he is a bachelor like
myself, she will try to marry
him."
Please Note
Regarding that claim of some
men of science that children
born and brought up near radio
broadcasting stations are likely
to be taller than the average: I
have Just heard of a boy living
near WJL's transmitter in Lodi,
N. J. This lad, who is 17 years
old, is six feet, seven inches tall!
News Behind
The News
By Paul Malloo
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L.iifaVilufc.Mi
Paul wtallnn
newspaper men who are not col
lege graduates. A. Damon Run
yon, one of the greatest of all
writers among newspaper men,
is not a college graduate. Neith
er is Arthur "Bugs" Baer. Nor
was Arthur Brisbane or O. O.
Mclntyre.
Passing By
Phil Cavaretta. First sacker
of the Chicago Cubs. Phil broke
into Major league baseball at
the age of 16. When I was 16 I
was still having tough time
holding my position on the high
school nine. Other Major
leaguers who broke in at the age
of 17 or under were Freddie
Ltndstrom, Mel Ott and Jack
Knight. The latter was the first
Major leaguer to be nicknamed
"Schoolboy."
Lucia Chase. One of the coun
try's most Interesting young wid
ows. When her husband Thomas
Ewlng Jr., died, he left her $19,
000,000. Scorning life of in
activity Lucia resumed her ca
reer as dancer with the ballet
theater for which she also acts
in an executive capacity.
Horses St Women
Brooklyn wives are patient
and long suffering. It is remark
able how much some of these ma
trons will stand from husband.
This Is also true of Boston, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Toledo and
Chicago wives, and generally the
same wives living in the country.
But Manhattan wives can be
pushed just so far and then they
act, as Indicated by the follow
ing communication from New
Yorker "I have Just celebrated
my 85th birthday by throwing
my husband out His heavy
drinking, sarcasm and cynicism
was getting on my nerves. Be
sides he was giving ma an In
feriority complex. I am fairly
good looking, lively and gay
but quiet." (Note: The young
woman doesn't say Just how she
threw her spouse out. In quiet
way I suppose.)
Almost Confidential
It happened recently In Gal-j
Miami, Fla. Feb. 22 The mad
rush of the people to spend and
throw their money around freely
is visibly ac
centuated here
in the nation's
winter p 1 a y
ground. Bet ting at
the Hi a lea h
horse track is
running nearly
doubles 1 943
44, the last
previous r a c-
ing year. Daily
an average of
$ 4 0 0,0 0 0 Is
poured through the mutuels by
20,000 to 30,000 persons.
Three nightly dog racing
tracks in this area reported
$15,800,000 was bet by people
during the first 113 nights of
their season, a 50 per cent Ifi
crease over the war-betting year.
Gambling casinos in this area
have been pushed out across the
county line by official action,
but so much money has been
lost in the most lavish of these
establishments, its activities
may get into the national wire
news before the season is closed.
a e a
INSIDERS tell me this gambling
spree has been inspired most
ly by black-market money, the
untraceable, untaxed cash which
operators in tires, butter and
shortage materials manage to
extract In the large cities.
But the common man is spend
ing his, too. Every imaginable
archaic form of Jalopy and trail
er hit the highways this winter
for this massive sunny sandbar
which is the state of Florida
Practically every trailer camp
has a sign in front; No vacan
cies." One woman started a sit
down picket demonstration of 24
hours or more in a hotel lobby
In protest of her inability to ob
tain lodgings.
What is not being reported
is that these eager people, some
with their war savings, or vet
erans with their discharge al
lowances, are gladly paying 40
to 80 cents (or a hamburger; $30
up for Inferior tires; $2.85 for
a fast haircut and wash; $70 a
week for medium-class hotel
room and board; $3 and up (up
to $30) for dinner without
drinks; $8000 for a cottage for
a few months and commensur
ately for other items of living.
Money Is flowing fast and fur
iously. This condition, as I say,
is not unique in Florida. The na
tion is on a spending spree. You
can merely see the flow in closer
focus here, where money was
never sticky, yet never so slip
pery as now.
...
1IHAT happens when the
" money runs out? What
comes next when the war bonds
are cashed and spent, the dis
charge allowances gone, the
black markets dispelled by nor
mal supplies of living materials?
Will the populace not wind up
one day broke and shriek to the
government again: "Save me ?
Wise men of knowing repu
tation, to whom I have put
these questions have not given
me ihe answer I expected. They
figure the spending spree is a
temporary Interim postwar con
dition, which will soon sop
its own causes and effects and
leave no disastrous results. It is
true, however, these days rfr
semble 1929 In their surface
aspects.
People are bidding for .goods
and services rather wildly, an
ticipating even higher prices.!
But there Is one great differ
ence now. In 1929 peoplfe bought
with debt, they bought on the
installment plan beyond their
ability to pay (corporations as
well as individuals). Today peo
ple are spending cash and are
not acquiring debt.
Logically, then, they expect
to escape the former conse
quences of their folly.
a a a
THERE is another escape to
which they look forward. If
the nation goes to work and pro
duces goods for the vast shortage-markets,
the present flow
of cash may be expanded. If
the sales of all the autos, radios,
ice boxes and what-nots are ef
fected, this current spending
spree might be followed by a
boom for two, three or five
years.
Personally, I am not so sure
of this, as most authorities seem
to be. I am beginning to won
der if the , people will have
enough money left to buy all
the things they need. I am not
certain that the strikes have not
drngerously delayed production
while money went elsewhere,
and I ask myself (without get
ting an answer) If the increased
prices required to satisfy the
unions' demands will not be a
deterrent to boom buying and
snendlne. as wages generally
have not increased sufficiently I
to give permanence to current j
war-bloated buying power among
the great mass of the people.
14; Tornado defeats Koseburg
28-16. with Sam Van Dyke
throwing 17 points.
High wind hits valley and rips
down signs.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 22. 1928
at Was Tuesday)
Fight opens In senate over
America's entrance into World
Court.
chosen Jacksonville candidates
for city council.
Time to clean up orchards,
county agent warns.
This Is Colonist Day In Oregon.
Closing time tor Ctaaslfled Ads Br30
a m Too Late to Claailfy 12:15 pm
ADMIRAL DROWNS
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 22 U.B
Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wil
kinson, former chief of naval
intelligence, drowned today
when his automobile crashed
through the gates of the Norfolk
Portsmouth ferry Into the bay.
Os. Mall TriDune Went Ada
Unsettled. High 49, low 31.
Irate citizens tell police two
girls on horses riding on sidewalks.
Medford five to play Klamath
Falls at armory tonight.
Audrey Eggs gets powder
burns on neck, when he inter
rupts burglar trying to open
transfer office safe.
THIRTY FOUR YEARS AGO
February 22, 1912
at Was Thursday)
Rogue valley pears favorite
fruit of British.
Flight o' Time
Medlord and Jackson Co His
ory from the files of th. Mall
Tribune 10 20 and 34 years
aqo
TEN YEARS AGO
February 22. 1938
(It Was Saturday)
Postmaster General Farley de
fends New Deal spending at To
peka banquet.
Unsettled. High 55, low 47.
47.
Charles Wings buys prize
Guernseys for his dairy.
Ashland defeats Medford 21 to
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