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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. April 18, 1932 iff -u rr -'' riw'll " minimi ii im n in wiiMiiirrTi l"r1 .,- OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS The rising Missouri River, covered with oil from a broken re finery tank uprivcr, flows by this 3314-foot dike protecting a plant in the industrial section of Omaha, Neb. Tha flood is expected to crest at 31 'A feet. Guilt in Murder of Polish Army Officers Remains Mysterious Ml..! . I'hil Newsom By PHIL NEWSOM United Press Foreign Analyst Eleven or 12 years ago, on a nrnee-covered hill near Smo lensk. Russia, someone lined up 4,000 Polish oi ficers, tied their hands behind their backs and then killed each one with a shot through the back of the head. It was the K a t y n m a s sacrc which wiped out the the flower of the Polish Army officer corps. Today, in London, a U. 5. House of Representatives com mittee is trying to find out who did It. Both Russia and Nazi Germany have been accused. Both denied it, each blaming the other. Evidence Disappears Meanwhile, of course, the orig inal evidence has disappeared and the present Polish govern ment has announced it wants nothing more to do with the case. Whatever decision the Amcri can committee reaches will be lor the history books, since there Is little likelihood now of action being taken aginst the culprits, whoever they were. Most of the evidence in the first place was circumstantial, and a decision on whether the crime was perpetrated by the Germans or the Russians de pends on when It actually was committed. Reported In 1943 This was the story: The massacre first was report ed by the German In April, 1943. They reported finding some 4,000 bodies in a mass grave, and said the bodies were those of Polish officers captured by the Russians when they Invaded Po land in September, 1939. The Germans said the execu tions had been carried out in March, April and May, 1D40. The Germans sent an Investi gating team, including a Swiss doctor, to the scene to examine the bodies. This team made its report on April 30, 1943, and de clared that none but the Rus sians could have committed the mass killings. Red Cross Probe Asked Meanwhile, the Polish govern ment which had been trying to locate the missing officers, asked that an International Red Cross team be permitted to investi gate. The Russian reply was to NOW GLASS GOLF CLUBS Bristol, Conn. (U.R A golf club with a fiberglass shaft is be ing produced here. The makers say such shafts have flexibility which Is more nearly uniform reducing the possibility of slic ing and honking. Unlike metal halls, they won't rust. break off relations with Poland Then in 1943 when the Rus-, sians retook the territory from the Germans, they conducted an investigation of their own, in viting some U.S. correspondents to witness It. The Russians fixed the date of the massacre at Au gust, 1941. Dates Important The dates were Important. If the massacre occurred in the lute summer of 1941, as the Russians said, then the Germans had to be guilty. If It were in the spring of 1940, then It would be the Russians. Those who blame the Russians say that the bodies still were clad in overcoats, such as would not be worn in a hot month. They also claim that the knife wounds were such as would be made with a four-edged Russian bayonet, and that the ropes used were of Russian manufacture. Washington State Veterinary School Denies Dognaping Pullman (U.R) Washington State college wants it understood its veterinary college "never knowingly" has been guilty of dognaping. "The school has been buying stray dogs for a standard fee of $4 for 28 years from reputable people, and that includes police chiefs and dog catchers from all over the state," Dr. J. E. McCoy, head of the veterinary college, said Friday. "We require a bill of sale for cacti animal offered. whether or not it's a dog." Dog Said Stolen lie said the first complaint in all that time came from a wom an who advertised In a Baker, Ore., newspaper that her dog was stolen and sold to the WSC vet school. She later said she had 150 telephone calls from I others in Baker who said their I pets also were taken. j Baker's police chief said sev eral weeks ago a Bob Hedilius of Pullman "mistakenly" was given permission to pick up stray pooches in Baker, but he said permission was rescinded when the mistake was discov ered. The action caused 70 persons in Baker to apply for dog li-i censes in the last week, as com pared to 140 in the last three months. Oregon state police reported a trailer load of dogs was stopped near Baker Sunday, but that the driver, Hedilius. had a bill of sale for the animals which were taken from Idaho pounds. He was permitted to continue. I Public Welcomed To Demo Memorial Dinner Saturday The public is invited to the Roosevelt Memorial dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Mrs. Edward C. Kelly, chairman of the Jackson County Demo cratic Central committee, which is sponsoring the event. Mrs. Kelly said that since Gov. Adlai Stevenson's name, along with Sen. Estes Kefauver's, is on the Oregon primary elec tion ballot, the Illinois governor is still in the presidential pic ture, so far as Oregon Demo crats are concerned. Hence, his spokesman will be heard at the dinner, at the Medford hotel. Two Spokesmen Speaking for Senator Kefau ver will be Dr. Arthur Kreisman of Southern Oregon college, who heads the Kefauver committee in Jackson county. Representing Governor Stevenson will be Pete Soderlund, recent student delegate to the mock United Na tions and past member of the college debate team. David C. Shaw, Gold, Beach attorney, will give the address of the evening, and candidates for major and local office will be present. Miss Frances Thrun and Mrs. Trcsa Matlack will sing, accompanied by Miss Marie Daniels. Candidates Coming Definite word thai they will be present has been received from several candidates, includ ing Monroe Sweet land, who seeks reelection as national com mitteeman: his rival for the of fice, Mike DeCicco; Francis Lambert, candidate for nomina tion as state treasurer. Mrs. Mar garet Caywood and Mrs. Lillian Burton, rivals for the office of national committeewoman. and Dr. Louis Wood who seeks the fourth district congressional Democratic nomination. Reservations for the dinner must be marie by Friday eve ning, bv calling 2-2801, 2-5131 or 2-8400. On The Side by e. v. Durimg (Diltributed bv King Feature! Syndicate, Inc.) Farrwptl my shackles, I im free from thee, Such thralldom, ne'er again shall fetter ni. He loves his bonds who, when (he first are broke, Submits his neck to a second yoke, Ilerrlck. Innumerable men are success ful hairdressers, but a successful lady barber is a rarity. For rea sons unexplained men nave never been enthusiastic about feminine barbers. They will go for a beautiful manicurist but will pass up a feminine tonsor ialist no matter how good look ing she is. Some years ago, a barber shop was opened on Broadway staffed by eight beau tiful red-haired lady barbers. It was a flop. An interesting angle to this situation is that those who should know say women barbers usually give a man a better haircut than male bar bers. The women barbers take more interest In the job. They know a hair-do can do a lot for a woman so they try to make a haircut do something for a man's appearance. Still, some how or other, men view lady barbers as they do women auto mobile drivers. No matter how much proof is advanced that women are as good at driving automobiles as men the males refuse to believe it. Over There How long are you allowed for lunch at your place of employ ment? Any other time out per mitted during the day? The Swedish working day is dotted with jest intervals. What fol lows is the schedule of the aver age Swedish working man: Goes to work at 7:30 a.m. At 9 a.m. has an interval for breakfast of eggs, mush and fish. At 11:30 a.m. gets half an hour for a lunch of roast beef, potatoes and coffee or milk. At 2 p.m. is al lowed fifteen minutes for coffee and cake. At 3:30 p.m. takes time out for a smoke. At 4:30 p.m. he is through for the day. Those Buses For several years I have been claiming the average city bus is the most horrible form of trans portation in history. I had the New York City buses in mind. It is a tragic sight to see people being transported in these vehi cles during the rush hours. The usual simile employed is that they are "packed like sardines." I think the sardines get a better break. Besides the sardines are dead. I was therefore, interested to learn that in Los Angeles there has been formed an Associ ation for Betterment of Public Transportation. And that the chief campaign of this organiza tion is directed against the buses. Divorcees Record now reveals there is one divorce for every three mar riages. No wonder there are so many divorcees around. The ex wives should organize for the purpose of discussing the events that led to their divorces. This might help them to avoid mak ing the same mistakes twice. They could also stage social events inviting eligible bache lors and widowers to the same. A good name for a divorcees' organization would be "If at First Club." More of this anon. So They Say Gemini (May 22nd-June 21st): Women are said to be very fickle. Are frequently accused of being "love 'em and leave 'em" types. They are not really fickle. They just crave interest ing, exciting and entertaining male companions. Nothing a man has can repay a Gemini woman if he bores her. So she keeps looking around and around. Or so say the stargazers. Sidelights Frank Fay, the veteran Thes pian, is another fellow who is never without a St. Christopher medal. Frank, a deeply religious fellow, attends mass every day . . . For the first time in United States history women now out number men. Yes, sir, there are also more women voters than men voters. So If the girls really got together they could elect a woman President. According to recent research the average Englishwoman who smokes consumes six and one half cigarets a day, the average man fourteen and a half ciga rets a day. Don't know what the American average is. But our countrywomen are the world's greatest chain smokers. Many of them smoke from forty to sixty cigarets a day. Also there is no question the average American woman smokes more cigarets than the average man. It's all right with me. Except I wish the women who smoke at lunch counters wouldn't blow so much elgaret smoke on my ham sand wiches. I also am opposed to women smoking cigarets while carrying babies. Then again the sight of a woman walking along the street with a cigaret droop ing from her lips is not a pleas ant sight. That doesn't particu larly annoy me, however, but it doesn't add to the lady's glamor. As for women smoking elgareta while driving automobiles it is a situation that baffles many of them. Smoke gets in their eyes. Asides What is this country's most popular cook book? How about Fannie M. Farmer's Boston Cooking School Book which has sold over two million copies? . . . Chicagoan says the nime of th star dancer at the Chicago Co lumbian Exposition of 1893 was Fatima. I think he is in error. However, there was a dancer of that name featured it Coney Island, whom the barker des cribed as: "Fatima, the muscle dancer. She moves every muscle in her body!" 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