Frida^OctobG^JO^J941
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Page 2
Plriitx of Action in World Scries
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
Defends Statement
Washington. It. C.
l»4l's -GREATEST TRAGEDY'
You don't have to wait tor his
torians to record the fact that the
greatest tragedy of the year 1941
as far as tins war is concerned is
the way the British have twiddled
their thumbs, watched the Russians,
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
and done almost nothing except
iConsolutated Featur»e--WNV Service.)
cheer.
X'EW YORK.—Back in the days of
Over three months Have passed
toothpick shoes, peg-top pants, since Hitler sent his mechanized
the guards-back play, and "label” masses hurtling across the Russian
heads in newspapers, a young border, and in that time the British
man was sent only a trickle of help.
Blocked Channel drummed to
Yet the British knew that pro
With Hobton, He fame in a longed Russian resistance was the
modest 14- biggest chance they had of defeat
Now Cleart ’Em point cap ing Hitler. They also knew that
italic headline—but a line which Hitler's tactic always has been to
was quite a splash m those days. pick his victims one by one.
It was:
Yet realizing this, the British have
done virtually the same thing Poland
"Heroism of Cadet Powell."
Joe Gordon of the New York Yankees Is tagged oul at home in the
did when Czechoslovakia was in
second Inning of the second game of the World Series, played at Yankee
Young Joseph Wright Powell,
vaded. what Jugoslavia did when
not long oul of Annapolis, had
stadium. New York, before a crowd of 66.248. Umpire I’inclli and Yankee
Bulgaria was invaded, and what
commanded the little steam
Johnny
Sturm are alao shown In the picture.
Gordon was forced
Turkey did when Jugoslavia was
launch that tagged into the
invaded. They have merely sat on when he tried to score on Chambers' single down first base line. Whit
channel of Santiago harbor the
the sidelines, sent 200 airplanes, plus low Wyatt hurled for the Brooklyn Dodgers, who won this second game of
Collier Merrimac, sunk by Rich
a mission to Moscow, taken a good the series—3 to 2—evening up. For 21 years Dodger fans had been wall
mond Person Hobson to block
long rest—and cheered.
ing for their beloved "bums" to play in a world series p'ayoff. Were
the escape of the Spanish fleet.
Second Front?
they happy? They were delirious, and the old towu fairly biased with
The launch attracted heavy fire
Meanwhile, the general stat? ad excitement.
from* the shore forts, as Cadet
visers of both the British and Amer
Powell searched for Hobson and
ican armies have bluntly warned
his men. and its commander
that the Russians were sure to be
was highly praised for his skill
defeated unless a second front was
and courage. He went back to
j created against Hitler.
Oswego. N. Y.. married a honie-
This second front against Hitler
town girl and swung into an
meant, of course, a British expedi
illustrious career in and out of
tionary force landing in France.
the navy.
Holland or Spain.
This question
Four decades later. Joseph Wright has been discussed carefully behind
Powell, special assistant to Secre the scenes, but the British have
tary Knox, is busy, not obstructing wanted two things: one was tanks,
but clearing a channel, as he helps most of theirs having been de
bring through this swarm of novel molished at Dunkirk: the second
little "sea otter" freighters to get has been an American Expedi-
food and war gear to England. He | tionary force to help them.
is a director of the newly organized
The British did not really push
government - sponsored company, this idea of an A E.F.. for they
which will rush construction on the ' knew politically it was impossible
revolutionary little ships. His par for Roosevelt. But nevertheless they
ticipation. linked with that forgot did want company in attempting to
ten headline, gave, to this depart land troops on the Continent. They
ment at least, a sense of historic had plenty of troops in England—in
continuity in our common enter fact so many that there has been
prise, at a moment of great par restlessness and bad morale be-
ticularization
and
controversy— cause of inactivity.
"participating and continuous" as
It is true that these troops are
the life-insurance policies say.
! not completely equipped and are
I sadly lacking in tanks. But there is
Mr. Wright has long been one
considerable belief that they were
of America's leading naval ar
Holding a cigarette. Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United
equipped sufficiently to make a land- States (right), apparently is amused by a reporter's question during
chitects and shipbuilders, hav
I ing in Spain from Gibraltar; and
ing taken a post-graduate study
a press Interview on his return to America after spending a number of
that in France the local people
in naval architecture, after his
weeks in England. He and his wife had just stepped off the Dixie Clipper
w-ould have risen up to welcome
graduation from Annapolis,
in New York.
j them.
under Captain Hobson before
However, all summer long the
their service on the flagship
British have maintained an "after
New York. He continued these
you, Alphonse" attitude. Meanwhile
studies at the University of
the situation in Russia has become
Glasgow and was assistant
darker and darker—as every mili-
U.S.N. naval constructor until
! tary expert knew was inevitable.
1906, when he withdrew from
All of which brings up the vital
the navy to take up his ship
building career with Cramp's ' question of exactly who is the dom-
I mating factor in the now virtual
Shipbuilding corporation.
Anglo-American alliance. We have
He was president of the Emer
thrown a very large pile of chips
gency Fleet corporation in 1921 and
into the gamble on a British vic-
1922.
i tory; yet no one seems to know
whether the British are taking ad
V\THO is the highest ranking vice from us or whether we are tak
* ’ woman officer in the United ing orders from the British. Presi
States army? Come, come—what! dent Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins
you give up? may know, but if so they have not In
The Quiz It On; Well, the an formed those closest to them.
• • •
Take Two Dollart swer is Ma
HITLER'S
OIL PROBLEM
jor Julia O.
Or Try for Four? Flikke, su-
Most of the reports from Russia
perin tendent of the army nurse look black; and to U. S. army ob
corps, at a time when the corps servers they have been that way
membership is mounting toward for some time. However, one en
6 000, with new members being couraging factor stands out. This is
widely recruited
and diligently the question of oil.
Without oil no army or navy can
trained to gain the goal of 9.000 set
move. And despite the tremendous
for next June.
The peak of the corps member- 'areas taken b* Hitler ln al* EuroPe’
.
___ , ,
F*-* •♦•11
«till V-V4VA0
faces, • tmn
two ’ voorc
years , nftnr
after cfort.
start-
ship in the World war was 24,927. r he
-------------------
Under the active and experienced *n« 1116 war- almo,t the same 011
command of Major Flikke, the base , shortage^ as before. _ _ _
Rumania, seized chiefly for her oil
is being broadened for even a larger
membership to meet the require fields, has a capacity of 8.000,000
tons annually. However, the Rus
ments of our expanding army.
sians bombed the Rumanian oil
From her native Veroqua,
| fields so badly that production is
Wis., she went to Chicago, mar : now down to about 4,000,000 tons or
ried, was suddenly left a widow
I less.
and prepared herself for nurs
Germany itself has a synthetic
ing at the Augustana hospital, in
gasoline production of about 3,000,-
The "liberty ship,” the S. S. Louise Lykes, is pictured going down
Chicago. After a post-graduate
000 tons, making a total annual pro the ways at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock company, at Kearny, I
course in nursing education and
duction today of about 7,000,000 tons. N. J., after her christening. She was one of the 14 new ships which slid
administration at Columbia, she
On the other hand, Germany is us- J down the ways of shipyards throughout the country In the largest mass
returned to Augustana and be ■ ing oil and gas to operate its army launching since World War I.
came assistant superintendent.
at the rate of about 25,000.000 tons
She “joined the army” in the
a year, most of which has come
World war, and served a year
from reserves. It is estimated that
in France, a year in China and
Germany still has reserves on hand
a year in the Philippines. She
of 10 or perhaps 15 million tons.
was with the Walter Reed hos
All of which means that the real
pital in Washington for 12 years,
pinch will come next spring.
In
succeeding Maj. Julia C. Stim
othee words. Hitler has enough oil
son, as superintendent of the
and gas to last through the win
corps, on May 29, 1937.
ter, but by the end of the winter he
Officers of the nurse corps have absolutely must take the Russian
a rank somewhat comparable to oil fields of the Caucasus. In fact,
male officers—they can order the he is sure to stage a terrific drive
arrest of a recalcitrant soldier—but to take them even earlier. The tre
their pay is less and they are car- mendous Nazi sacrifices to take Kiev
ried as "singles," that is, they are and Odessa all were because those
provided no allowances or pensions two cities are the path of the Nazi
march to the Caucasus.
for their families.
Russian Chances.
During the coming winter, howev
rover loening , eminent
aeronautical engineer, has tor er, the Russians should be able to
years been wearing out pencils hold out. The Caucasian mountains
showing how ocean freight carriage are high and rugged. The Russians
was just over the horizon. The have a huge force in this area.
other day, Pan American Airways The British also have rushed
started its transatlantic air ship troops through Iran to the border of
ments. Mr. Loening has contrib the Caucasus.
However, if Hitler’s gasoline situ
uted much of the gradual tech
nical buildup. His experience as a ation is even more desperate than
Groups of high Nail officials and their retinues are quite common
designer and builder of airplanes indicated above—which may be in Paris these days. Lone Naxi functionaries run the risk of assassi
Is
almost
began with, the Queen Aeroplane quite possible—then he
nation. Lieut. Gen. Von Schaumburg, second from right, commander
company of New York, in 1911, and sure to put the pincers on Turkey of greater Paris, is shown as he inspected the markets. He Is ac
in
order
to
harder
than
ever
before
he was thereafter an executivs U
companied by Admiral Bard (third from right), prefect of police in Paris.
drive on the Caucasus.
many other aviation companies.
A ‘Liberty Ship* Hits the Water
Paris a Changed City Nowadays
Gets Around
Sully (duncmit)—You’d belter
watch thut arm of yours.
Draftee Oh, it know« its wuy
■round.
The clock watcher upon being
given outside work, becomes the
, whistle listener.
Took Ills Choice
“So you married thut plump lit
tle girl who used to giggle so
much?”
"Yes, I alwuys did believe in a
■hort wife and u merry one."
J. J. Pclley, president of the rail
association, (above) tells senate oil
shortage committee that hr still
stands on his original testimony that
the railroads have 20.000 lank rars
ready to relieve the supposed oil
shortage on the East coast. Secre
tary Ickes, appearing before the
committee, liramlrd Pclley and his
associates "storm troopers'* for
claiming that the lank cars wcro
1
available.
I lull Reaches 70
That's Good
"Il hrn I a/iplird for a fob ihr mult-
tfrr hud th» aerie to tab if my /nutrii»-
alt on uu> food."
“Ind ubai did you lull himF*
“/ raid I'd nei rr burn lulu for uurb
in my lift.“
To Conform
"What's
th<-
matter
with
Charles? Got lumbago or spinal
curvature or something?"
"No; he hns to w’nlk that wuy to
| fit some shirts his wife made for
| him."
"Mail call sounds as sweet ns
pay call when the folks back home
send a carton ot <
<-tt>-.s or a
tin of tobacco.” This to the con
census umong men in oil brunches
<>f the service who hart ranked
tobacco first in the gift line. Actual
sules records from service stores—
, in the Army, Navy, Marini* Corps,
and Coast Guard- showing the fa*
I vorite cigarette is Camel.
The
popular smoking tobacco to l’rin< s
Albert. Local dealers huve been
featuring cartons of Camels and
pound tins of Prince Albert as most
welcome gifts from the folks back
home to the boys in the service.
—Adv,
Cordell Hull, who has served as
secretary ot state longrr than any
other man In U. H. history, cele
brates his seventieth birthday. The
cake was presented by Washington
correspondents.
On \ aratimi
QJ our
<XOcekly
cfyath
blH sei« ot lh« OUTBIDK. Sal aXM
• bust Ik« IMSIDSr »tur oss r«a<k*a ik«
M« «t «O or ko di(««Uoa aa4 shauasuoa
ars BOI •• viger'ua u la yoslk
Ma«
•Buagh «i«f«lM. Food aulì lesi «e
good. k«4 ll'S • «OBtiaBI WikHk-
uoo in
more U»n «a« iL.aU
THEX—««alla ot COWSTIFA-
TtOM. <(ir•••««< • •■. roana
louaa. Uiu>u»u Tir ADLXB
IRA—«a aSaceva blaad ot « ca>
mln«u>«< Sa4 A IsisMva« lo»
bollili srBaa
ADLSXIKA
raUavss gas. bb 4 | h U> b«.val
MUoa esiikly tillo»« Zaal «ake
tkla a4 le ytnu dregglst-
More Audacity
What we need for victory Is au
dacity, and audacity and forever
audacity.—Danton.
/-FOR WOMEN-.
ONLY.'
If you suffer from monthly erampa.
headache, backache. nervousnrMS
and distress of "Irregularlllea"—
caused by functional monthly dis
turbance«—try Lydia Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound— famous for
relieving pain and nervous feelings
of women a "difficult days "
Taken regularly-Lydla Pinkham's
Compound helps build up resistance
against such annoying symptoms.
Follow label directions. WOHTH
^ss——
Anger’s Effect
Anger makes dull men witty,
but it keeps them poor.—Bacon.
On a slx-werks* vacation to the
»».
United Slates and Canada, the duke
ILL!
la •/
and duc hess of Windsor arc pictured
LICE
on their arrival at the nation's capi
tal. They were given a warm greet
ing by the citizenry, and received
briefly at the White House by the
President. The duke, who is gover- |
nor ot the Bahamas, was on Ills wa.
with his wife to his ranch near Cal
gary, Canada.
WNU-13_________________ 41-41
Black
Leaf 40
Canal Defense Chief
Easily Won
Small minds are won by trifles.
•-Latin.
To4>y*« popularity
of Doan't rilli, after
many years of world
wide u»e, surely must
I m ? accepted as evidence
I of tain factory use.
And favorable public
SIMPLY
opinion supports that
of the able physicians
TOLD
who test the value of
Doan's under exacting
laboratory conditions.
These physicians, too, approve every word
of advertising you read, the objective of
which is only to recommend Doan't Pilli
as a good diuretic treatment for disorder
of the kidney function and for relief of
the pain and worry it causes.
If mflre people were aware of how the
kidneys must constantly remove waste
that cannot stay in the blood without in
jury to health, there would bo better tin
derstQnding of why the whole body suffers
when kidneys la«r, and diuretic medica
tion would be more often employed.
Burning' scanty or too frequent urlna
tion sometimes warn of disturbed kidney
function. You may suffer nagging back
ache, persistent headache, attacks of dir
tineas, getting up nights, swelling, pufli
nest under the eyes—feel weak, nervous,
all Played out.
Use /loan's Pilh. It Is better to rely on
• medicine that has won world wide ac
claim than on something less favorably
known. XsJb your ntighbort
THE
TRUTH
j
J
G
Mrs. F. M. Andrews pins the third
star on Lieut. Gen. F. M. Andrews.
His appointment as commander of
the Caribbean defense area (em
bracing the Canal zone) marks the
first time an air corps general has
commanded the field forces of com
bined arms.
DOAN SPILLS