SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Friday, Novembor 21, 1941
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Washington. I). C
EXPLAINING THE PRICE RISES
BRITISH AND V. 8. POLICY
U. S. diplomats are not shouting
it from the housetops, but there have
been two important occasions when
the British put a very restraining
hand on American foreign policy,
and checked major moves in the
South Atlantic and the Pacific.
One move was last May when it
became conclusively apparent that
the Vichy government was the tool
of Hitler and when many U. S.
strategists favored the taking of
Martinique and the Azores, and per
haps even a landing force at Dakar
in French West Africa.
But the Churchill government pro
tested that this would take U. 8.
ships away from transporting sup
plies to the Battle of Britain; would
focus American attention upon an
other part of the world. So Roose
velt kept out of the South Atlantic.
The second move was about two
weeks ago when Mr. Churchill tele
phoned the President to advise
against any showdown with the Jap
anese in the Pacific. His advice
came shortly after the new pro
Nazi cabinet took office in Tokyo.
Churchill urged that the battle in
Europe was the main show and the
United States should not get ab-
sorbed with side-shows.
Regarding this Churchill advice.
there continues to be a wide rift
inside the Roosevelt administration.
And incidentally, there is not com
plete unity on this point inside the
British government. Australian sen
timent leans toward a cleaning up
of the Pacific situation, after which
all parts of the British Empire, plus
perhaps the United States, could
concentrate on Europe.
Rift in Administration.
Inside the Roosevelt administra
tion. the men who' urge a go-slow
policy toward Japan are Admiral
Stark, chief of naval operations, and
the state department. On the other
side are many of the other admirals,
including Admiral Ernest King,
commander of the Atlantic fleet,
who ¿ays he can get along in the
Atlantic merely with his pres
ent consignment of destroyers and
light cruisers, which are all that
are needed for convoying.
The first big point of the “strong
policy" admirals is that every day
of delay weakens the Russians, and
the Russians are the big potential
allies of the United States against
Japan.
With Russian bombing
planes operating from Vladivostok
against the paper and bamboo
houses of Tokyo and Yokohama, the
Japanese would be up against it.
The second big point urged by
these admirals is one which not I
many people realize When the Unit
ed States went into the last war,
Japan was on our side. There was
no need to worry about the Pacific.
But this time, the minute the U.S.A,
becomes embroiled in Europe. It
has to guard its back door against
a traditional and very potent rival.
Therefore, argues the Pacific'
school within the navy, let's face
our enemies one by one rather than
have two jumping on us later and
from opposite directions.
There is nothing the navy dreads
more than the idea of attack in two
oceans at once—attacks aimed at
Alaska on one side and Brazil on
the other, That is why some of
the admirals so resent the phone
calls from Winston Churchill.
U. S. DESTROYERS
The submarine situation which
forced the Reuben James and now
threatens all U. 8. destroyers in the
North Atlantic, is far different from
that of the last war.
Today, German submarines op
erate in gangs or wolfpacks of three
to five', lurking in the path of a
convoy, and without putting their
periscopes out of the water. They
do not even run their engines. Thus
the approaching destroyer cannot
pick up the subs with its sound de
tector, but the subs, on the other
hand, can hear the engines of the
approaching convoy.
Then when the convoy is within
range, the subs release their tor-
pedoes, sometimes blind. In other
words, they do not lift their peri-
scopes but frequently fire merely
in the direction of the approaching
engines Because convoys travel so 1
close together these days, hits are
almc t certain
Submarines fire blind chiefly in
the daylight. At night, on the other
hand, when the submarine cannot
be seen, it comes to the surface.
This is one reason for the in
creased number of merchant vessel
casualties since September, for as
the nights became longer, U-boats
have longer hours to operate on the
surface.
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CAPITAL CHAFF
Says an official in the Finnish le-
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gation,
“Eighty-five
per cent of
my people desire the defeat of Ger
many—but 100 per cent desire the
defeat of Russia!"
Peru’s air attache in Washington,
Col. Armando Revoredo, cried ‘‘To
hell with the Good Neighbor policy”
when
Uncle
Sam
requisitioned
Peru's 18 bombing planes. But ac
tually he is a good friend of the
U.S.A., was responsible for chang
ing Peru's aviation instruction from
Italian to American.
C Hrtallrra must explain to customers
the reason for advancing prices. The
public doesn't understand the situation.“
-Louts b
Kirstein. chairman of the
American Retail federation.»
Customer- How much are fresh
eggs today?
Retailer -Sixty-five cents a dozen.
Customer—I said a dozen, not two
dozen.
Retailer—1 heard you. Sixty-five
cents a dozen. Five cents extra if
I make an explanation.
Customer—How about
storage
eggs’
¿wnrSali
Retailer Forty-two cents, and I'll
make my explanation a cent cheap-
er.
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Customer—Give me twenty cents"
worth of eggs and one cent's worth
of explanation. Why should eggs be
up?"
Retailer—It's the defense pro
gram.
Customer—Are we sending eggs to
Russia?
Retailer—No. but Europe is get
ting a lot of our hens. And you know
about the straw shortage, don't you?
Customer—No.
Retailer—Al) the straw is being
used for Gallup straw votes. And
with so little straw in their nests the
hens won't lay. Is it clear?
Customer—No. I'll take a loaf of
bread. Is that up?
Retailer—Yes, and I'll explain
that The country is short of dough
Customer—If it ain't it soon will
be. How about baloney? There is no
shortage of that, is there?
Retailer—No. but it's gone up in
sympathy. Baloney is one of our
most sympathetic products.
And
don't forget we are sending a tre
mendous amount of baloney to
Europe.
Customo—This is the first time
I’ve heard anybody admit it.
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SCENE 11—A HABERDASHERY
Customer — How much are $2
shirts today?
Retailer—Three dollars and fifty
cents. And I'll throw in a full ex-
planation.
Customer—Shirts aren’t necessary
to the defense, are they?
Retailer—Of course they are.
Would you defend the American way
without a shirt?
Customer—I may have to!
Retailer—Could you use some
socks? They've only gone up fifteen
cents a pair.
Customer—Is there a sock short-
age?
Retailer—No, but it's harder for
me to explain why they should cost
more, so I charge extra.
Speaker of the house, Sain Rayburn, ia shown aigning neutrality act re
vision measure shortly after it had passed the house with the amend
ment allowing armed U. 8. merchant ships to enter war sones. The
bill passed by a vote of 212 to 194. after one of the fiercest undercover
battles for votes ever waged in congress. Those who were for and against
the bill got together at the signing. Photo shows, left to right: Patrick J.
Boland of Pennsylvania, house Democratic Whip (for); Rep. John W.
McCormack, majority leader of the house (for); Speaker Sam Rayburn
(for); Rep. Howard W. Smith of Virginia (against) and Rep. Lansdale
G. Sasscer of Maryland (against).
Former Mayor Andrew J. “Bossy’*
Gillis, serving a ninc-monlh sentence
for criminal libel al Newburyport,
Mass., bested a live-man field In I
Newburyport's
mayoralty
cam
paign. The jailed candidate, whose
campaign was conducted by his wife,
Louise, polled I.K50 voles. He Is
shown here at the Middleton county
jail coal pile.
Women say, **I bake more
cakes on the samo food budget."
More cakes, yes; but better
cakes, too, for Clabber Glrl’e
formula, tented and proved for
more than fifty yearn, in positive
assurance of perfect baking
results.
Order a can of Clabber Girl
from your grocer today. You
will be surprised when ho telle
you tho price. And, your baking
MMMMM
will
delight
you.
Clabber Girl means Bigger value
when you buy, Belter results
when you bake.
CLABBER GIRL
BAKING POWDER
Unnatural Affectation
Affectation is un nwkwjird and
forced imitation of whut should !>•
genuine and easy, wanting th*
beauty thut accompanies what is
natural.—Locke.
ACHING-STIFF
SORE MUSCLES
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On a recent visit to the camp of the Sixtieth Rifle. (King's royal
rifles) of the British army. John G. Winant. American ambassador to
Great Britain, met five Americans who had enlisted In the regiment.
Ambassador Winant is shown here (right) chatting with the Yankee vol
unteers who have cast their lot with Britain.
For PROMPT relief—rub on Mu»-
trrolo! Maaaag» With thu Womlrrful
“coL'xTKn-iHMiTANT" actually bring«
fresh warm blood to aching muaclaw
to help break up painful local eon-
gretion. lUltn than a rnuitarj
plaitvr! Mad» In 3 atrengtha.
KamrnM hchlkov, who la known aa
the “hero of the Soviet Union." la
shown examining the .haltered Nazi
plane which he downed in a fight
aomewhere over the U.H.H.R.
Biggest Naval Bomber Launched
Full Hope and Trust
Confidence ia thut feeling by
which the mind embarks in great
and honorable courses with a sure
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cto.
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SCENE III—A RESTAURANT
Customer—What would you sug
gest?
Waiter—Our 85-cent order of gou
lash is very good at $1.25 a plate.
Why
Customer—Good heavens!
should goulash be up?
Waiter—It's the OCCG. Office for
the Control and Co-ordination of
Goulash.
Customer—Must there be a fed
eral board to control goulash?
Waiter—Sir, today there must be
a federal board to control every
thing.
Country in Heart
The accent of one's country
dwells in the mind and in the heart
as much as in the language.—I-a
Rochefoucauld.
%COLDS
quicktij
e
Customer—Bring me a ham sand
wich. With mustard and a complete
explanation why it should cost more.
Waiter—I'll be glad to explain ev
erything. Do you understand infla
tion at all.
Customer—Not at all.
The world's largest flying boat, the navy's new 67-ton four-engine
Waiter—Good! I'll explain It then.
patrol
bomber, slipped down the ways at the Glenn L. Martin plane
...
Miss Olivia Peterson, director of
plant at Baltimore, Md., in colorful ceremonies heretofore reserved for
THE BACHELOR LOOKS AT J A
surface vessels. The ship is capable of carrying a bomb load to Europe Minnesota public health nursing,
FRIEND’S CHILD
named by the American Itiil Cross
and return, non-stop. Mrs. Artemus L. Gates, wife of the assistant sec
Blessings on the, little boy.
to direct its program to train 500,000
I
retary
of
the
navy
for
air,
was
sponsor
of
the
ship
which
was
christened
Bellowing with fiendish joy!
V. 8. women In home nursing as a
“Mars." Many notable personages. Including Rear Admiral John II. defense measure. She served as
My heart leaps to see you, lad,
Towers, chief. Bureau of Aeronautics, U. 8. navy, were present at the Red Cross uurse in France during
Riding bareback on your dad.
ceremony. Photo shows the huge aerial battleship after the launching. World war
When your daddy opes his trap,
How you prattle, little chap!
A cheerful hail, you lusty scion! . . .
I’m glad you’re hizz’n and not
"mion.”
—M. E. SMITH
LIQUID
TABLETS
SALVI
NOSS 0»OU
COUCH OHOFS
barine to Do
No one reaches a high position
without daring.—Syrus.
Watch Your
____ Kidneys/
Help Them Cleanse the Blood
of Harmful Body Waste
Your kidneys are oonatantly flit «Hag
matter ‘fo® the blood stream. Hut
kidneys sometimes lag In their work—do
not art as Nature Intended—fail to re
move Impurities that. If retained, may
Koiaon the system and upset the whoU
ody machinery.
Hymptoms may be nagging backache,
pers stent headache, attacks of diaalneaa,
getting up nights, swelling, puffin ecu
under the eyes—a feeling of nervous
anxiety and lues of pep and strength.
Other signs of kidney or bladder dis
order are sometimes burning, scanty or
too frequent urination.
There should be no doubt that prompt
treatment la wiser than neglect. Use
Doan t Fillo. Doan'o have been winning
new friends for more than forty years.
They have a nation-wide reputation.
Are recommended by grateful people the
country over. A*k your ntighbgrl
Over the Hill Lie Russian Troops
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Uncle Sam has cracked down on
an aluminum company which he
says diverted metal needed for de
fense, to companies using it for or
namental work on slot machines, pin
ball games and juke boxes. There
are times when some of our biggest
industries don't -seem to be any
more appreciative of the crisis than
the average man.
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WHOOPS!
Joe Stalin is now seeing his for
mer ally, pal and buddy at such
close range that he may be said to
be meeting him two-face to two-
face.
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Elmer Twitchell says the govern
ment’s fiscal policy is the same as
no-limit poker, with the deuces a lit
tle wilder.
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“Ford Yacht Leased to Navy
Beadline.
The Queen Lizzie?
D oans P ills
WNU—13
47—41
I BARGAINS I
In the lee of a bill a motorized division Is awaiting the command
to attack the Russian positions on the other side, somewhere In the
U.8.8.R. Infantrymen, not shown, were used In collaboration with the
panzers in this attack on Russia’s mighty mechanized army which has
been making a heroic effort to stop the onrushing Nazi war maohine.
Commander II. F. Cope, captain
of the U.S.8. Salinas, the 16,000 ton
oil tanker which was torpedoed
while on convoy duty near Iceland.
The tanker made port without Iona
of life or serious Injury to its crew.
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—that will save you many a
dollar will escape you if
you fail to read carefully and
regularly the advertising of
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