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Newspaper Page TextIX MEDFORD MAIL TltlBUNI MEDFORBTRIBUin Everyone In SotiUiern'Oresim Beads the Mali Tribune" Dally (least Saturday Published by MEDFORD PR1NT1NO CO. 17.20 North Plr St Phona S14I ROBERT W RUHU Editor ERNEST R. GII.8TB.A.P Manage HERB GREY, AdverUelng Mir. B. C FERGUSON, Managlnff Editor ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor MRS OLIVE STARCH ER. Soo Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mar. An Independent Newspaper Entered aa aeeond claaa matter at A3 ed ford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1879 SUBSCRIPTION HATES 3f Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday on year.-.lT.50 Pally and Sunday alx montha 4.00 Dally and Sunday three mo. 1-10 Dally and Sunday on month .70 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Aahland, Central Point. Jackson vllle. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent, and on motor routea: Dally and Sunday on year.... 00 Dally and Sunday one month .70 All Urma caih In advance. Official Paper of the City f Ms-tor Official Paper of JacHeort County OnlUd Preaa PuD Leaaad Wlr MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. D0. Offices In New York, Chicago, De troit. San Francisco. Los Angela, Seattle. Portland, St Loula. Atlanta. Vancouver. B. C. i ' Mtmit OncOMs0Mi Potll$HERJ'H-$5w-III Ye Smudge Pot. By Arthur Parry Almost everybody these days Js building house, looking (or house, trying to buy material for house, or endeavoring to sell a house. ' . Rumor hath It, ere winter comes again, the prehistoric lamp posts on" the Main Stem will be replaced with stream lined beacons of 'metropolitan design and great brilliancy. Tha Older Girls report the first house flies of Spring have appeared and been swatted. WHEN GALS WERE . SQUEAMISH ; (Pendleton East Oregonlan) ; Early this morning one of the ladies came down for lamp. Landlord Allen asked If there was anything wrong with the electrlo light, and was Informed by tha lady she had no use for it She said neither herself nor her com panlon would touch It, as they were afraid it would sting. When they got ready to re tire the night before, they did not, attempt to turn the light out, but wrapped their petti coats around It. (SO Yra. Ago Col.) Auto engineers have about ?erfected an Invisible headlight his will not be anything new. When some of the present ones are turned on full blast you can't see anything. . . . Old Grade of Old Oregon and OSC who have had their ears glued to radios recently trying to find out who won the basket ball games, report a horde of sopranos on the air at night who can't sing any too well. a . February the shortest and worst month of the year, is about over. Next on the agenda Is March, due to arrive Friday, like a lion or a lamb, or neither. It is a month that heralds spring with blossoms and the arrival of frost expert from the south, TERRORS OF WEALTH (Exchange) "When you have finished reading It you get the Impres sion that heavy, heavy lies the head of the man who owns a million. You begin to pity him. You begin to wish that you could take some of his off his shoulders." e The G. Fabrick boy Steve has come down with the measles. All his neighborhood pals had the ailment In duets and trios. It was thought he was Immune until Sun. when the measles took him on slnglchandcd. e e There is a dearth of candidates for governor In the ranks of Ore gon democracy. It seems the presidential coat-tails are no longer adaptable for yanking one into high office. e e e The clothing shortage Is re portedly getting worse with no immediate relief In sight. The same condition prevailed after World War I, remember. Then the consumers got their backs - up and started wearing overalls and making a civic event out of it The manufacturers came to their oats, almost post-haste. Now the nation Is also out of overalls, as well as suits, but sooner or later somebody will think up a cure. Editorials discussing what the republican party needs have started appearing. What the re publican party seems to need most of all. In the light of events of tha past IS or so years. Is fewer republicans voting demo cratic In presidential elections. Tuesdar. feb. 16. 1141 Silly Business The clearer the European picture becomes, the more ridiculous that Polyanna bed-time story of or eign Minister Bevin regarding eternal friendship with Soviet Russia appears. FRIENDship! Did Mr. Bevin fail to notice what his boss, and the official head of the British government, said only one day later? It was not nlaved un in the naDers that have come to this desk, but not so very long ago (say a couple of decades) such a re mark, by one government concerning another would have almost certainly meant a break in diplomatic relations. This is what Prime Minister Attlee said : "The serious troubles in India are being fomented by Soviet Russia." At least that was the report from London sent out bv the Associated Press, and its authenticity can therefore hardly be auestioned. IMAGINE it! The head of one government accusing another government of territories ! And there is little Question of the fundamental truth of the statement, undoubtedly unrest and re volution aeainst the British eovernment ever since the close of World. War II, have been fomented by Soviet agents not only in India but throughout the Middle East. This is the post-war Soviet "line." Then why talk of friendship, treaties of amitv for 50 years when the official record proclaims day after day no friendship exists? How much better to face the facts and set about at once to remove the conditions which render inter national friendship impossible and war eventually certain. R.W.R. Bad Movie Casting A subscriber asks "What's the matter with the movies?" He thinks they "Worse and worse." That may be true, on be because the public taste the movie quality deteriorating. But this we do know: There is a deplorable Hollywood.. And this is hard to explain, for it would seem to any man up a tree, that selecting actors and actresses ror appropriate parts would a BUT observe what some of the movie casters do! rp . 1. - t- 11 r xiy tu mane mr. rrea macmurray a UUMtiDlAN, and also this jelly-jowled)nuisance by the name of oakall. Then thev pant, nl firm luhniocnmn ii, - , 7 7 -...v gat uric Ingnd Bergman as a "hot-rriama," and smiling, song full Dick Powell as the latest beetle-browed "menace." One could tro on almnst. inrlnfinitolu ninnrr fVi ooma l, ( - j wic comic line on the wasting of talent and the spoiling of parts by putting, or trying to put, round pegs in square uuica aim jumuung up me entire casting picture un mercifully. We don't know why this should be the case, but it is. ' And We also knnw tint . , - , . . "j.u uiucaoc cue general enjoyment of movies more than more intelli- Uent and dispHminnMno' raaHnrr nlaninn. (..,. I ...Uv.,.f,, -umuiig a.uis ufiu actresses in parte they are FITTED for, and keeping em OUT of parts for which they are NOT fitted! Pauley Should Step Oat Now Senator Penner of VWiHa to SUPffest "Oil Tvcoon" date for assistant secretary aicoiucut numan lurxner emDarrassment. We seldom aeree with the "FWirla V , , , , , , O but in this instance we oiiuuiu oiep uuwn ana out as was suggested in this department many weeks ago. And not only to save President Truman further embarrassment but to save tha nnvni rlonnrtmant tYnm suspicion. It isn't that Mr. PjuiIpv or an inr.qnr.hlA nmv hnf and oil, the head of that wiie, musi do aoove an suspicion. An A farm Ar nil nmrnnf 01 on A rtnr nrUV political ambitions, Mr. Pauley as secretary of the M.f..sa li! 1 J 1 1 1- T-l navy, a puHiuon ne is siatea ior, wouia always ucj under suspicion. ONE might, in fact, place Tw 1VinM i- sVl luuisn, in me same category as above noted in INC"1 fle,d, M examPl of extremely bad CAST- Paulev has been an effect! sent administration and would be capable of good work in many other fields, no doubt, but NOT in the naval dermrtment which haa tha final nmrA t.ksn if r '-- - ....... . comes to the disposal and We realize it is never and we also realize that sticks to his truns. President Truman will nrnhnhlv stick by him. in ut! ns Senator Fepper declares, such action in all likelihnnri wnnM rvnlv lonH tn raionfinn tti nomination by the Senate. Therefore, not only PaUleV to OPt. nut hofnro action would be infinitely better for Mr. Truman and the democratic party. R.W.R. by the press, at least not fomenting rebellion in its are getting, we quote, the other hand, it mav onlv is chanerinor. rather than amount of mis-castincr In be a very simple matter, - rutin- urnul3. inn--...-.. 41. PniiW w.fhlro, . of the navy, and thus save - - Va.xi a CI "A Ulj certainly do, Mr. Pauley viym VIIIVIIV sit Vlll U on department, like Caesar's this selection by President . a . - . . u v... . ...... iiviu 1. HI 11 sv regulation of federal oil. easy to "resign under fire" if Mr. Pauley stubbornly would it be better for Mr. ha la lriclra1 nut hnf sunk On The Side-' By e. v. Duriing (Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.) With all my eon!, than, let as part, Bine Dom are anxioua to e free And I win send yon bom your nears If yon will eend back mln to m. Then let na leave the bower of love Where we have loitered Ions In bliss; And yon may dra that pathway rova While I shall take my way throofh Moors . . Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stafford of San Francisco have become the proud parents of four chil dren in 22 months "Can Brook lyn top it?" my informant asks. June Marie Stafford ' was born Oct. 23, 1943. John Walter Staf ford on Aug. 10, 1944. On Aug. 23, 1H1D fat ana Mike Stafford, twins, were born. The proud papa, now a civilian, was dur ing the war a staff sergeant in the medical corps and served six months with General Pattern's third army. , Asking Queries from clients. Q. What was the name of that world fa mous book on piano playing you recently mentioned? Where can it be bought? A. Name of book Is ''The Act of Touch" by Tobias Matthay. It Is out of print but might be found in some second hand bookstores. Q. Am Aquar ius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19). I find my Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) wife hard to handle. Any suggestions in your Horses & Women files? A. Aquarius husbands, usually ambitious fellows, are inclined to concentrate too greatly on their careers or business inter ests and thus neglect the little lady. Libra women are in love with love. If they do not get what they consider a fair amount of loving they rebel. To handle a Libra wife a man must be more lover than a husband. When he kisses her it must be like Val entino kissed Agnes Ayres in 'The Sheik." Or at least the way Gregory Peck kissed Greer Garson in "The Valley of De cision." Of course, this may be a little difficult after a hard day at the office. But, nevertheless if you want to keep a Libra hap py that's what you have to do. Or so claim the stargazers. 8ays She At first I found amusing the conceit of the many males who are continually complaining of the imperfections of females. But now this type of whining is be ginning to weary me," writes a young matron of Toledo, Ohio. "These bloated male egoists say there are no nice girls. That modern women have no morals. That a good wife is hard to find. The fact is that the average male wants the modern maiden to be perfect, but not so perfect that she makes him feel inferior. She must be good, but not so good that she spoils his good times. She must be clever and well- educated but must be certain to hide those lights under a bushel basket if they threaten the su periority complex of the al mighty male. She must be a glamour girl but, nevertheless a homebody." Bargain ' An East Orange, N. J., eatery offers the following bargains: "Jumbo size steak and a double daiquiri $1.48." What Interests me about this proposition Is the reference to the double daiquiri. People seem to be drinking dou bles of everything nowadays. However, I haven't heard of any body attempting to consume a double tequila. New Club Wallace Philley of Valparlso, ma., suggests a My Name Is a Sentence Club. For this he nom inates Ednyfed Williams of Chi cago and asks: "What did Endy feed Williams?" By way of mak ing his idea clear. Very inter esting. I suppose Dorothy Shot- well of Detroit would be eligible for this club. Shaving San Franciscan says he has a "Made In Germany" safety razor blade he has used for his daily shave for the past 10 years and it is still ss good as ever. He sharpens the blade at Intervals as you would a straight razor blade. I have discovered some very good safety razor blades re cently, however, though they make it possible to get a mar velous shave they don't last long. Only for about three good shaves. Asides "Please do all you ran to tell me where Frankle Nell, the for mer boxer is, writes a young woman of Medford, Ore. Sorry to say I don't know what became of Frankle . . . Now I have a reader in Hope, Ark. That's where they grow super duper watermelons. Understand one watermelon grown in this sec tion weighed 19S pounds. Boy, that s a lot of watermelon! Sidelights These travel experts who make suggestions on how much tourists should tip on Pullmans better be careful or they will cause some of the porters to have an attack of high blood pressure. For example, one of these al leged experts says an adequate tip for a Pullman porter for an overnight trip in a compartment Is 60 cents . .'.- Eddie, my boy, I you amaze me," writes a New Yorker. "How can you say Sam- j my Strang was the best pinch ' hitter of all time? How about good, old 'Moose' McCormlck?" i (Note "Moose" was aU right In 1 a pinch but I still think Strang was tops). News Behind The News. By Paul Malloo Washlneton. Feb. 26 The new Truman . Bowles economic con trol program has not Been xnor- ougniy li.- preted or un derstood, ine president spoke of it as "a bulge" In his wage price line. Mr Bowles, being a price man himself, talks of it as a price- holding policy, Paul Mail-as as if there was not much more to it. Actually, the wording of the executive order authorizing it. ventures far beyond these fields into a complete govern ment control, more specific and extensive than war-time, based upon the following proposition: 1. A general wage Increase, above war-time rates, with no figure mentioned. 2. Increase of prices only where necessary to bring busi ness profits up to prewar level. IN lr simplest essence, then, the Idea is to make business pay higher than war wages and limit profits to the lower, prelnflation, prewar standard. Prices are to go wherever this formula sends them. To accomplish such proposed economic legerdemain (if it can be accomplished), the govern ment proposes to lay hands on every economic control estab lish priorities over materials, limit profits through its wage policy and price limitations, and rather specifically fix wages. While It has mentioned no precise .figure for the general wage increase in its announce ments, it has advocated boosts ranging from 15 to 20 per cent. or IS to 22 cents an hour In steel autos, etc. This is coming now on top of the general 15 per cent war increase of the little steel formula, which actually went further than 15 per cent in contrived concessions (reclassi fications, portal-to-portal, vaca tions, etc.) Thus wages hnve been offici ally decreed to be up 30 per cent from prewar, and the signed steel contract with Its new ap proximately 20 Der cent wane Increase runs for only one year at which time the union may seek the rest of its demands for another increase. THE Truman - Bowles decree BiitVit-ir'l-Tii rtnntlmmrl Avian. sion of the 15 to 20 per cent wage increases for any of these following reasons which might apply In a particular case con sistency with "a general pat tern," the local labor market, gross inequities, disparities, cost- of-living, etc., etc. In effect, the wage policy is to grant increases for any purposes excepting In flation. But on business profits, the executive order is strict and sueuuic. yvnue Dusiness mav apply for price increases in less than six months (this point greatly stressed as favorable to business in the announcements). usiness can get an Increase only iu prevent operating at a loss, or to bring its profits up I wuviio paragrapn ZrJ "to earn an average rate of nrofit mii as nearly as may be to the rate of the return on net worth earned by the Industry in the iime oasic period applica ble to that Industry." THIS is no simple wage-price formulaor policy. It is re volutionary. It proposes a peace time revolution in the capital istlc system greater than effected for war purposes, although oper ating under continuance of the presidents war powers acts During the war, the government acted only In generalities, using ceilings and freezings in its con trols and taxing the profits of ouslness whatever these were. Now it Is moving into specific management, not only of each wage and each price, but each profit. It Is not a "hold the line' policy (which worked out ss a hold-the-sleve policy, in which secret price and wage Increases were effected by gross deteriora tion in quality of goods and serv ices), or "a bulge" In that sieve. It is a "nut cracker" program. It proposes to crack the "nut' (Income of business) not alone between the loose Jaws of wage increases and price ceilings, as during the war, but by the in-; Monlag Furnaces and Oil Burners Sold and 3rvicd by LEONARD ELECTRIC CO. Phone 4427 309 E. Main wi i ,uin ! v 1 Steel Agreement Reached (Acma TeUphoto) Pice President of the V. B. Steel Corporation John A. Stephens (left), Secretary of Labor Lewis Echwellenbach (center) and Phillip Murray, president of the United Steelworkers, clasp hands three ways following signing of agreement ending steel strike. sertlon of a third, specific sharp i jaw a profit ceiling, not fixed realistically on values of this cur rent inflationary era, but upon the prewar value of the dollar in purchasing power. Can it be done? Could the program work? With the above initial explanation of the depths of the project, I will attempt to ascertain the answer to the final questions in a subsequent column. COMMUNICATIONS l-ettera to the Bdilui must Dea ths name ano editress l the -vrnel altn.Kiah the use -n a pn name ui initials tin puolirainin is prrmis ithle The Mall I'riltilne rfservrt ths rtahi t edit all tellers with a view to elarlty and condensation Club Complimented To the editor: To even up the count for having criticized the speaker at the Izaak Walton chapter meeting in the court house a few nights ago, I want to say a few words of praise on behalf of Medford's Knife and Fork club. The club has been instrumental in bringing to the Pear City three nationally known speakers, to enlighten and delight the large audiences of members and invited guests. A glance over the audience at any meeting will indicate that representative citizens, both men and women, are Knife and Forkers. Hawthorne Daniel, a national ly known writer and traveler, recently returned from the war zones, delighted his audience with his first hand information happenings en the Pacific front, as well as his descriptions of the generals, both British -and American, responsible for the victory, such as MacArthur, Nimltz, Eisenhower, Kruger, Wavel and Mountbatten. He de scribed them all as men of great ability and high character. While abroad he visited Rome and had a half hour interview with the pope, who, be says, is splendid conversationalist in English and impressed him greatly as a man of ability and sympathetic under standing. looking to permanent peace throughout the world. The toastmaster, prior to In troducing the speaker, mention ed the fact that at the March meeting, members and guests at tending would have an oppor tunity to show how well they could handle the silverware that is responsible for the club's name, as the board was arrang ing for eats as well as talk. G. H. Young Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy to night and Wednesday with light rain. Little change in temperature. Oregon: Cloudy with light rain in west portion tonight: not so cold to night. Wednesday, light rain: cooler In west portion. Fresh to strong southeast wind off coast. LOCAL DATA Temperature a vear ana todav; HI eh est SI; lowest 37. I Total monthly precipitation -81 I men. Deficiency for tha month 101 Inches. Total precipitation tinea Septembar 1, 1945. 14 82 inches. Excess for the season 3 41 Inches Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yesterday 46; 4 30 a. m. today 92. Tomorrow Sunrise 6:50 am. Sunset 5:58 p m. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., v .netiDisji lime High Low Prec Sols Boston . Chicago Denver Eureka Havre Klamath Falls Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland 43 34 39 SO S3 i 43 43 63 SS 69 79 S3 93 57 4S SS 54 47 C 41 51 li S3 T as 30 59 48 34 20 T 33 4.S 39 31 37 34 40 40 m S3 T as Reno Rosebur Salt Lak San Franclaco Seattle Spokane Washington. D. Yakima Closing Mm ror Sunday Too Late to Clasalte 4 00 Saturday afternoon Please remember MEDFORD RADIATOR SERVICE Cleaning Repairing Recording Autos Trucks Tractors Gas T s n k s Repaired Soldering of All Kinds EMERGENCY SERVICE 0J W. 6th Phone 7572 I Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Co His ory from th files ot the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 rears ago. TEV YEARS AGO February 26, 1936 (It Was Wednesday) Young militarists assassinate three Japanese leaders. Roosevelt vetoes seed loan plan, and urges more taxes. Unsettled with rain. High 48, low 40. First baseball practice of sea son billed for Sunday. France ratifies treaty with Russia for mutual aid. Wild flowers blooming many sections of county. in TWENTY YEARS AGO February 26. 1926 (It Was Friday) Democratic leaders and Presi dent Coolidge clash over spend ing policy. Youths nabbed selling moon shine on Bear Creek bridge. Snowfalls in hills fifty per cent below last year. Irrigation ists worry. Jacksonville resident plants Identity not re- acre of garlic, vealed. Grange growth in Eagle Point district steady. . Cloudy. High 61, low 48. THIRTY FOUR YEARS AGO February 26, 1912 (It Was Monday) . Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland defeats Abe Attell for feather weight title. "Mutt & Jeff" at Medford theater delights kiddies. "The principals were excellent and the chorus punk," this paper re ported. Political pot in county bolls. Central Point and Ashland can didates meet and endeavor to fix slate. Fair. High 55, low 29. WOULDN'T KISS HIM Salem, Mass. (U.R) Because his wife refused to kiss him in Grand Central station in New York when he returned home after two years In the navy, Wel don H. Osborne sought a divorce on grounds of cruelty. CONTACT US BEFORE YOU BUILD H. C. &C. CONSTRUCTION CO. GENERAL CONTRACTORS All Types of Building Residential and Commercial Also Remodeling; Free Eslimafes Central Point, Ore. P.O. Box 281 Phona 265 SELL NOW! YOU WILL GET THE HIGHEST GASH PRICE FOR YOUR CAR from ROGUE RIVER CHEVROLET yth.ndB.rtlert Phone 2288 YICX SO CHINESE HERB CO. f r"!!er' v i Si - 'Awe -i J. H. LEONG, Herbalist Cars Off-Showroom Floors Is Believed Year and Half Away Chicago, Feb. 26 (U.PJ The time when anyone can walk Into a dealer's showroom and buy an automobile off the floor is "at least a year and a half away," Henry Ford II, president of the Ford Motor Co. said last night. Ford, en route to Detroit from -California, said Ford plants would be back in production within 30 days, but added that it was "Impossible to estimate how long It will be before they are in full production." Arrival of glass and metal parts and the "productivity of labor." he said, would figure largely in determining the an swer to the question. FREE LECTURE TONIGHT 8 o'Glock HOLLY THEATRE Paul A. Harsch C.S.B. of Toledo, O. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Subject CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: THE RELIGION . OF REALITY Under the Auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist. Medford, Oregon. ALL ARE WELCOME tiLett .alrtl" M a U Acme Hardware Co. at Acme Every Day Is Bargain Day Main & Grape Ph. 5976 1 aeVnl REMEDIES FOR STOMACH ULCERS S7. "n"UI"m. Aithros Catarrh PU. Pro.t.t. Gland Ectema and all dis orcUr. oi LW.r Kidney Trouble and other complaints disappear alter using CHINESE HERBS Removed to Sparta Bldg. Phona S817 1