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.MEDFQKD MAIL TRIBUNE, .HKOFORD, OREflON, .TIIUBSDAY, AUflUST .13, 1931. - E FOSTERS TRUTH in FOOD HS Popular Notions of Health Value in Common Foods Upset by Medical Pro fession's Move for Truth i By Alvln Hatch' CHICAGO ( AP) Many a popular nouon atwuc cne -nealth" value. of . common food has been upaet by the medical profession' move to purge food . advertising of unwarranted claims.- - ' .. ' The result has been, to give the .'housewife greater confidence In food -labels which bear evidence thtt, the ..profession la approved the menu lecturer's claims for hi product. - Within the last year more than ISO ifood i productii have modified their advertising' olalmo to comply with requirements of the food committee tot the,. American Medical association. ... Some have gone so far as to change . their trade names entirely, discard ing established brands and slogans i .Thup has been1 the1 ' response of .manufacturer! to the food commit' tee's effort to develop a new stand' ard of advertising. . - Modify Chocolate 'Claims ., Because cocoa and cftooolate, for Instance, contain not only caffeln but theobromine, a drug which stim ulates the nervous system, the com. iinlttee has ruled that no positive claims of special -health benefit for : children shall be mad for chocolate ' or cocoa product which , seek Its "seal, of acceptance." ' Another health myth wss blasted (when the committee, after a study of i scientific evidence, . 'decided that gelatin "cannot be considered an aid .to the digestibility of milk, or milk -product. ' -. i . Likewise the - general opinion that .all tomato juice are alike has been ..upset. Investigation , has revealed .that aome- methods of preparation are ,xnuon more destructive to the vita' ,min oontent than others. . , The commute accordingly ruled that a tomato) Juice, to win Its seal, .must have a vitamin oontent "prao ', tlcally 'equivalent" to that of raw tomato Juice, unless the product's jlabei specifically declare the tested strength as compared to raw tomato juice. .'.;,.;'.'. i i' ., Rule' on'-Vetetabla Claims . Similar action was Ukon In the . i 1 1- wi ii14 roD MUilig, which have attained wide vogue In recent years for Infant and conva lescent. . . , . Of rooro than 500 food products txamlned for the correctness of their advertising, few .have been wholly satisfactory to th committee at first Inspection. . ,' -. incorrect or false olalme on pack kg, labels or In advertising have been the most common objections. A-,.."."!,,;. ,i..', i, , '." STORY 1 : Ooattuud nroa rw One) Biackston said, th bodies were piled Into the automobile of Thomas WhcaUey and ha and 8mlth drove several miles. During the drive,' Blackrtohe said they drove past th horn of Wheatley In Denton, . At length, th confession continu ed. Smith and Blacks tone decided to burn th automobll and th bodies, becaus on of the girls had recog . Bind Smith,. ' ." They then drove to th spot where th burned , automobll and the bodies were found, hit th youne people on th head wipi rock "so as to d sur tney wer dead," satU' rated th automobll and th bodies with gasoline and applied a match, Almost' coincident with th giving out of th confession a third man was brought In by deputies. . H was rtartk Oliver, about' 35 year old, who was named by .Black- ton as me third member of the murder party. . ; Mob Is rolled. : A Oliver was being taken Into the city hell a crowd outside closed In on him and attamnted tn sein him 'His clothing was badly torn, but dep uties ireed nim. . v -, - . J A'fe minutes after-Oliver ww taken into the city hell, police said ne wo. nao confessed, r , Officers of Wayne and- Washtenaw counties announced that they would take the prisoner to th Wayne county, JU in Detroit about 90 miles jgistant. : , They did not explain why th prla- onera wer to be moved, but It was aeuevea toucan attempt to for tell posstM mob violence. - , The crowd about tti city hall numbered about a.000. The tint In dioatlon of it temper wa the move on Oliver. , , oiackaton in his confession said that Oliver helped him and Smith pound the heads of, ,h victims with rocks before th automobile pa set on fir, '-'.., s , Th motive for th killing, Black, fton said, wa robbery. , When the trio approached th au tomobll and began to rob th oc cupant, he continued, they noticed that on of th girls Anne May Harrison and Vivian Gold appar ently recognised Smith who ha lived in Ypsllsntl and vicinity tor aom 'time, it was than that the decision to kill, all four wa made, lie said. , : ' , Smith Is a former convict. He erved part of term In Michigan tat reformatory at Ionia on a breaking and entering . charge and was paroled. Blacketone had been In Ypellntl only a month, having come her front Omaha. ' , , . j Oregon H eal her. fair tonight and Friday: moderate temperature! moderate northerly winds offshore; fair over the week end. '' ;.i : - . .' V Half a million tone of , water per toilnut fall ISO feet at Niagara rJ)(. : Ji; Pussy a Bravery Saves Children From" A" Rattler RAWLINS, Wyo., Aug. 13(AP) "Pussy" a houce cat owned by Ted Cross, of South Rawlins, pounced upon a rattlesnake ap proaching his three children plsy Ing In the back yard of the Cross home, and held; the reptile at bay until three .passerby killed It. Cross vouched for the story today. The cat, Cross said, sprang on the snake and tore at Its back. When the snake coiled the cat sprang away, and when It un coiled "Pussy" again sprang upon the reptile and -tore It with Its claws. The snake had eight rattles and a button. , Centralians Leave I Whisker Ambustade .'cBrrrRAUA)Vah;)A!llg 18 (AP) Two thousand "male Centrallans came out from the underbrush today to greet wive and sweethearts who had endured them unshaven since July 8. ' The city council passed an ordi nance requiring all male adult to grow beards from July 8 until the 30th annual Southwestern Washing ton pioneers' picnic held yesterday and Tuesday, In order to give realism to the pioneer nature of the cele bration. 'The barbers, whose shear and razors had almost become rusty In th Interim, were having their In nings, most .of the men being averse to performing the operation them selves. . . . STORY 2 (Continued From Page One) -."The fact is that th bnly powsr strong enough,' and able to act In time to meet the new problem of the coming winter la the government of the ' United States," said Governor Plnchot. "This Is a national emerg ency. It is 'a national calamity as well. The- nation must help to meet It. V. S. Credit Good. ' "I know there Is a deficit In the national treasury," he said, "but I also know that the credit of the United States is good, and that the securities of the nation are always In demand. The nation can borrow the money to meet this need, If It will "There wilt be strong objection that my proposal la pater nalistic that It will pauperize the people whom the nation saves from starving. Well, wen the people pau perised whom the nation saved from starving In the rjlsslsslppl flood? Is there anything paternalistic when the nation steps in to save th forests? , "The government of this country exists for th protection and preser vation of It people. Let It carry out the purpose of Its existence." Denies Political Mlq. " During, hi speech, Governor Pln chot took notice of -rumor of hta candidacy for th republican' presi dential nomination. . "I rail that what I am now about to say will undoubtedly b condemn ed, denounced, or ridiculed as a bid for the republican presidential nom ination," he aald. "It is nothing of th sort, - This nation ha come to a pretty pass If a man cannot say what needs to be said in th public Interest without being -charged with a political Intention. "If any person can get any tun out of charging me with sophistry, demagogy, barratry, larceny, man slaughter, political heresy, candidacy, or any other crime, because of this speech, he has my blessing. A for me, 1 propose to say what I think needs be said, and let the heathen rage.' What Is the good bf a man In high office If he sees the truth and will not (ell It to the people?" Auto glass replaced while you wait Med ford Plate alas Co. ';:lhv.u."s: Government Tea Examiners state that tea is best when it is sealed in vacuum. FRESH Schilling TEA Alwayt Freih scalerJ in vacuum, like your coffee. T E Former Hosts Bid Again for 1932 Party Conclaves Chicago in Market for Both Major Gatherings i By Air lander K. George. WASHINGTON (API Chicago, In th market for both the Republican and. Democratic national conventions in 1933, I the record-holding host to delegates of the two major parties. Ten Republican and four Demo cratic conventions have been held In the metropolis of the prairies. Baltimore,- strategic center of the early day democracy, holds second honors with 10 major conventions. The Democrats met there nine times to name presidential candldntcs, and the Republican!) tjnlvaded the "enemy's city" in 1884 to renomi nate Lincoln. t 12 CM lea Hosts. The 44 conventions of the two big parties, 35 Democratic and 10 Re publican, have been held In 13 cities. St. Louis ranks third on the list with four Democratic and one Re publican meeting. , . . Cincinnati, which hasn't had a na tional convention since 1880, and Philadelphia, which had It last one in 1900. are tied for fourth plaoa with three each. - The Quaker City, which made the first formal bid for next year's Re publican gathering, was the scene of the first national G.OP. conven tion, when John C. Fremont 01 California was nominated for presi dent. " .'" Koch Had Two. Kansas City and New York have each entertained two conventions ol the big parties. William Jennings Bryan was nominated In the Mis souri city In 1900, and Herbert Hoover was the O.O J. selection on the first ballot there In 1928. The Democrats nominated Horatio Seymour for president In New York In 1868, and chose John W. Davis as their candidate In the famous Madison Square Garden convention of 1924. The latter was the longest convention on record, lasting almost three weeks. 'Frisco Candidate. Cleveland and San Francisco, ranked among the leading tenders for 1932 conventions. had one convention each. The nomi nation of Calvin Coolldge took place In Cleveland In 1924 and James M. Cox of Ohio was selected by the Democrats In San Francisco tn 1920. Other cities which have had one major party - convention are Min neapolis, Denver and Houaton. The Republicans, meeting In the Minne sota metropolis In 1892, nominated Benjamin Harrison for president and Whltelaw Reld for vice-president. both con- have- Hrvan Denver Coire. Bryan's last nomination took place at the Democratic convention In 1908 In Denver. John W. Kern of Indiana was his running mate. The first Democratic convention to , be held In the "deep south" was at Houston In 1028, when Alfred 15. Smith was the nominee. Beginning In 1832 the first alx conventions of the Democratic party were held In Baltimore. COOS COUNTY BLAZE SPREADING RAPIDLT 8ALEM7Aug. 13.-(AP) Fire which broke out early today In the Tioga district In Coos county was reported out of control, and 60 men were sent from Sltkum to that section to aid in fighting the flames, State Forester Lynn F. Cronemlller announced. Smoke from the heavy fire could be seen for many miles. Cronemlller said. The blaze Is confined In what Is known as the old Tioga burn. - ' r STORY 3 (Continued From Page One) Declaring rates already "are more than the traffic will bear," Gilbert said "my orchard now pays an an nual freight tax to the railroads of (400 an acre, and I can't stand to have this practically doubled." Tho Yakima rancher pointed out that the proposed Increase would cost the northwest grower 10 times as much on the same basis of increase- as it would his competitor In New York and Virginia, the principal apple producing states of the east. He said the Increase would mean more to nortnwesi growers than the cost of production. Invited by Hill. Gilbert testified that -apple grow ers wer Invited-to -the -valley by. J. J. Hill and the' Northern Pacific with the promise that when pro duction amounted to wholesale and tralnload lots, rates would be re duced." . "Last season we shipped 114 car loads of fruit out of the Yakima valley each working day for six months." Ollbert continued, "and now the railroads are asking for a 15 per cent Increase In rates." 4 n-h. aftju-nev eeneral concluded hi brief statement with these words:: ,tt.- th rules the naners will be automatically filed away wltftout frth.r action. This course amounts to a denial' of the application." . - Tt.atln. rtenartmant- officials point ed out' that Fall-would he eligible for parole under the rules applying to all federal prisoners. Thus his case could come before the federal parole board, after, aervlng one-third of his sentence, or four months after STORY 4 (Continued From Pago One) A brief statement handed to news papermen by Mitchell today pointed out that the application for clemency had not been made by FaU himself, as Is ordinarily required, -but had been submitted In his behalf "by a number of officials and citizens of New Mexico." . . - 4 , - It was said this application never theless had been "given t,1e careful and complete consideration required by the rules governing applications for .pardon." The three men who advised against clemency were Justice William Hltz of tho District of Columbia court of appeals, who sat In Judgment on Fall; Atlee Pomerene, special prosecu tor for the government In the oil trials, and Leo A. Rover, U. S. attor ney of the District of Columbia. .TOASTING'- expels SWEEP-DIP SASli fiaiyraZy 5 (Black, biting, harsh irritant chemicals) .-'-,. present in every tobacco leaf w s , 1 Sa f They're out- so they can't S-7 jut? in; The finest to- bacco quality plus throat protection. X TUNB IN TtWLMdkvSiTifce DaiMV Orrht f ns try Tmc 4a TNmJ ncf Saturday tvtm.njj 99 NBMrftj Every LUCKY STRIKE is made of the finest tobacco leaves the world can offer the finest from Turkey the finest frpm Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas -the Cream of many Crops throughout the world. But all tobacco leaves, regardless of price and kind, as nature produces them, contain harsh irritants. LUCKY STRIKE'S exclusive "TOAST , ING" Process a process that mellows, that puri fies, that includes the use of the modern Ultra Violet Ray expels certain harsh irritants natu rally present in every tobacco leaf. We sell these expelled irritants to manufacturers of chemical compounds, who use them as a base in making sheep-dip, as well as a powerful spraying solu tion for fruits, flowers and shrubs enough to permit the daily dipping of over 50,000 sheep or the daily spraying of many thousands of trees. Thus, you are sure these irritants, naturally pres ent in all tobacco leaves, are not in your LUCKY STRIKE. "They're out so they can't be in!" No wonder LUCKIES are always kind to your throat. 'U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Order No. 210 It s toasted" Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays Sunshine Mellows Heat Purifies Your Throat Protection - ogolnst Irritation - against cough the day he entered th. oenlten'.larv. T.--11 . . . . i.icreu me New u I penltentlarv lat peated efforts to escip. J3 sentence had nmu . The 70-vear.oM f convicted of arn,.. 'l hribe from IM..,. 7 l lfj(lnff thM nil nr.... w pvt. tor naval oil reserve vhan w. . H Interior department in thTj Dress Event Friday at Mann's Never wuh a wile more rarefully planned thnu this sale or - lute ittimnicr dreHscs! Planned for value, for style and qual ity It's real economy to f choose one of these beautiful dresses at this exceptional price. Forty frocks are Includm In Hlzv.i from 14 tc 44. They consist of eyelet embroider;, printed chiffons, flat crepes, printed crepes, printed shantonji In ensemble, sport, afternoon, street and w mi-formal stjlt. EXTRA SPECIAL $1095 ".THE DRESS SHOP SECOND JFLOOB HOSE DEPT. MAIN FLOOR . Sensational Value In New Theme Silk Hose Tfimnrrmv vnll run buy HM 'Theme" silk hose for . JI.2II pair. Thin Is our mi ular "l.eil hose perfect w qunllty and standard i"S"' This new number Is w" in.i- it, j-ithi-p rhirrnn or en i. -.iRit hn a .mart frrnrti heel and Is all silk to '"P- ;4'' ..i , .. 1 1 ti, new shades. 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