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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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other complaints disappear alter using
CHINESE HERBS
Removed to Sparta Bldg.
Phona S817
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