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PAGE EIGHT gJS"-'- i'-l! Medford Mail Tribune "Ewwm in Southern O'tgoe fli4t thi Mall rribunt'' Otllf Empl satordif I'uhlliiied rr iiviiLfiitn niiivriK'ii rn IK. St. 211 N VU U PhOM 16 HUHt HI tt. KUHL, fcOltof Ao Independent NewspapM Entered u eeeund eltu miter at Medford Orccon, under Ad of March I. 1819. K! IWCUIITIUN MATES Ptlly. om rer Pally, ill month 'D Dallj, one amito 9W By Carrier In Advance Medford, Aibliffi, Jieksomllle, Central Pclot, I'hocnli, TaJetrt, Uold Bill aod on Uiitrmaji. one rear tjoo Dally. ti montru - Dailj. ooe month 0 All lermi. cash Id adiance. Official paper or the City or Medord. Offirlal paper of Jackson County. MKMBKH OK THE AB89CIATEU PKIMS itMitiM Kill I Leased Wire Berrien Ibe AtHKMtii rresa U eieliiif entitled to Uw use fur puhllratloo or all otn oupaicow credited to tl ur otherwise credited to lhl papa And ilt to Wit local nrn puhllibed herein. All -liriu 'or putillcALlOD of apodal djepatebea berelD are r tuned. MKMBKH OF UNITED PHEM ircMnKH or audit bureau OF CUMULATIONS Almttilnt KepreatnUtltee H. C. MOUKNBEN COMPANY Office In Nee Vork, Ctiieaiu, Detroit. Ian KranrUcn Im Amelei Seattle Portland. f i b i t o m-wmi .rryu1 j- M"EDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1934. Ye Smudge Pot Hj Artbui Perrj. Tomorrow Is the finish of 1934, anu .it niHi have a New Year. Very little Is known about it, except that it ha Out one rrtuitj n The late 1034 was marked by no com motion and great speed In coming to successful conclusion too soon. m Winter threatened all week, but failed to materialize. Woodyard props, report enow in the hills caused many to audit their woodsheds. Many are n.t.niH fni but the ma jority still cling to the notion that thee la no ruei line me via ". New auto license are appearing on motor vehicles, the same being col ored as gayly as a Christmas neck Rascals permanently located in the cthse. have returned from upstate, where they attended state convuu- tlons of winners at the polls, H. Walther, former local humdinger and lighthouse keeper, was here dur ing the Yuletide mingling with old friends and vistas. Corb Edgcll was noted downtown Thurs. evng. In a hard-boiled shirt. This Is the first reliable sign In months that the social whirl was do ing any whirling. Beans and hind tires continue the main objectives of the great grand Jury despite) hopes for a re-distribution of the wealth and government fried chicken. Patrons of the O. Hunt msglo lan tern show wore enlivened the 1st of the week by a performance devoted largely lo shanks and songs. Funny weather prevailed all week, and on a couple of occasions it was positively silly. The grunts and growls at the armory were resumed Thu.'S. evt. They were listless, except for an in cipient riot that was nipped before the customers could break chairs over the noggin of a grappler. sua-; pested of hurting his foe. The wrest lers were In a quandary. When they performed scientifically the custom ers yelled for rough M.uff. and when dished out rough stuff, the con gregation yelled for scientific grap ping. Finally a gladiator sustained an Injury in the lumbar region, and the crowd went home in an orderly manner. e Denlrena of the hills report they have been forced to the dlra neces sity of eating lean hear bacon with their pancakes. There la a threat to put In new light post a mid fill up the shell holes on the Main Stem. Onion culture In th!ae parts Is be ing urged by Peoria Bill dates. The onions will have to be hoed about the time the pear need picking, and the womenfolks can't eat them and go any plare after supper. The pro genitor of the, onion Idea expects to appear brfore eating elites and say a few nood words fur the onion. e The week was marred by no acci dent, o none of the speed Idiot were marred. e J. Kort Hall, the cheerful fretter and orchardlst. Is unable to do the things in hta orchard he would not do till spring, owing to the wetness of the ground. Quite a number of citizens are go tng to Cnllf. on buMurM and pless ure and Just to be going some piste Mi' II May Killer ST. I.OU1M. Mo. (UFM The Wash, lngtnn university faculty is going to permit men to entr the mured pre clude of the wnmrn'j building, but thre will be restrictions aplenty. No No date may be entertained, visits bring restricted to study or mixed commit t re- meetings. Health and Winter Sports TIIERK is a great deal of sickness in Southern Oregon at the present time. According to statistics of the state board of health this is true every winter. AVe have a pious idea one of the chief causes rests in our radical change in habits from summer to winter. In summer we live largely out of doors. We play tennis, baseball, we picnic and fish, we golf and hike. When winter conies, we (or most of us) abandon outdoor sports entirely, and park near the radiator or sit before the fire. When we do ven ture forth it is usually in a closed car or bundled to the chin, with as short a departure from artificial heat, as circumstances allow. Rural life is similarly changed. There is little outdoor work to do, so a large part of the day is spent indoors, close to the fireplace and stove. When homo sapiens does venture forth, his circulation is sluggish, his resistance reduced, and nine times out of ten some germ gets in its deadly work. A GREAT improvement in community health would be noticed, we believe, if more people took pains to exercise out of doors in winter as well as summer. There is scarcely a day that golf can't be played. Baseball, tennis and fishing arc out of the picture, but hiking, skiing, and snow shoeing aren't. In fact only a few miles from Medford, there are natural win ter playgrounds which to date are utilized only by a handful of people. If the people participated as generally in winter as in summer sports, we feel sure, a steady decline in winter ailments as well as fatalities would follow as a mnttcr of course. Maligning Oregon THE recent conviction of Dirk De Jonge, confessed communist, is the inspiration for an article in the current "Nation" by Harry L. Gross entitled "Vigilante Justice in Oregon." The De Jongc conviction is held up as an example of capi talistic tyranny and brutal terrorism, the betrayal of American liberty, and pitiless oppression of the working class. The Gross indiclmcnt is a typical example of unscrupulous radical propaganda and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts. 'T'lIERE was no "vigilante" action in the conviction of DeJongc. The man was given a perfectly fair trial, before a jury of his peers, and his conviction under the state law as it exists, was justified in every way. In fact the defendant con victed himself' by his own testimony and admissions, taking pride in the assertion that his first loyalty was to the cause of Russian communism, rather than to the government under which he lives. As one of DcJongc's attorneys, Gross would have been just ified in criticism of the criminal syndicalism law, which resulted in his client's conviction. The wisdom and proprictoy of that statute, may well be open to debate. To work for ts modi lien t ion or repeal is the right of any citizen. But with that law on the statute books, there can be no valid criticism of its enforcement. The law is the law and as long as it IS the law it. should bo upheld. To try to twist this entirely LEGAL enforcement, into a "miscarriage of justice" and a resort to tyranny and terror ism, is simply nonsense, a willful violation of the truth, ami works a great injustice against the courts and the people of this state. Such tactics instead of advancing the cause of "liberalism" in which the author professes to believe, will go far toward making the people of Oregon more determined than ever, to stamp out communism in this state, wherever or whenever it tries to raise its head. Personal Health Service By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertnlnlne; to personal health and hygiene not to dis ease diagnoitU or treatment Hill be ansuerrtl by Dr. Brady if a stamped stlf-addreswd eineinpe Is enclosed, letter should be brief and written In Ink. Onlng to the laige number of letters rerelwd only a few can be an swered. No reply tun be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, 263 El (.'amino, Beverly Hills, Cal. NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By O. O. Mclntyre DO SOMETHING, V OU NERVOUS ONE. "I didn't know I married Scotland Vardl" . Comment on the Day's News Ihife Oriince tlrmr. V1SAMA. Cal ( UP) A Washlrw ton naiTl crtwe welshing 34 pound and 19 hKhr in cucum!e;f n e. . exlilbiied here tv J.i.-on Burton, Three tUara ClUus gio-er. By FRANK Jr'.NKINS "Vn. FREDERICK P. WO ELL NEB. of the i acuity of the University of California at Los Angeles, address ing a Southern Oregon chamber of commerce forum on the subject of the communist menace in this coun try, tald a number of things that everybody should have heard. HERB Is one of them: "There are TWICE as many communists In this country NOW as there were In Russia when the com rrunlst revolution was accomplished." Does that surprise you? IF IT doesn't, It Should. It doesn't mean that a communist revolution la Impending in this coun try, for the conditions that led to revolution in Russia are lacking here. But it DOES maen that a lot of our people wr.o ought to know better art being misled. MOST of the communist activity In this country, Dr. Woellner said, Is directed from Moscow. Much of It Is financed from there. Why? Because, he said, the bolsheviks be lieve the world must be ALL RED II communism Is to succeed. A CANCER, you know, that Is kept LOCAL to some part of the body can be overcome by the healthy In fluences ol the rest of the body. It la only when It SPREADS that It be comes fatal. Communum Is a orld cancer, ana the bolnhrvlks aim to keep It spreading. 1 seek to discredit and ridicule and DESTROY, If possible, everything that la tplcally American. A communist agitator, a woman, holding a mf'tln In a public hall, chanted : 4 St.nirt up. stand Up fol J u- Ihcii: "For Christ' take. si. dov.ni" That waa to ridicule religion, which Is a fundamental Influence in Ameri can life. Theii she held up an American flag and spat upon it and trampled it underfoot, as a symbol of the capi talist state. OHE was arTested, tried under the O syndicalism law, convicted and sentenced to prison. But her case was appealed and a higher court TURNED HER LOOSE on a technicality. That particular court waa long on learning and SHORT on common sense. One fears, at times, that too many of our courts are that ws f. ANOTHER significant statement by Dr. Woellner: "The communist leaden in Russia say openly that what they are aiming at la a Russian standard of living EQUAL to America's where, for ex ample, we have about one automobile for every family, and other comfors In proportion." That Is to say, we HAVE ALREADY. In this country, all that th com munlsta seek for Russia. THE communists. In their campaign of deception and misrepresenta tion In this country, have on tre mendous advantage. They talk tommyrot In uuh sim ple, understandablt terms, so well adapted to the Intelligence of their hearers, as to make It SEEM truth, whereas most of the writers and talk era on the other side present the truth so abstrusely, In language so far over the heads of their average hearers, as to make It sound like tommyrot. Dr. Woellner Isn't that way He talks simply, plainly and understand ably, so that ALL of his hearers m-iy know exactly what ha Is talking about. rVr that reason, he Is excerdinlj effective, The fear-rage-fliiht-fllght-offenslve. defensive emotion is primitive. In- stlnctlve and common to animals anvages and civ cir" - 4 illzcd men. xts physiological ei feet 1b an Imme diate Increase in the secretion of adrenin from the adrenal glands Into the blood. This adrenin lib erates g 1 y c.ogen (animal star ch, blood sugar) from the liver and the muscles, where glycogen Is stored Into the blood. Glycogen la fuel, for aulck converAion into energy. Tiie adrenin promotes oxidation or com bustion of this fuel. Now if there Is Insufficient ac tivity to use this suddenly aug mented output of energy well, the effect on the body Is comparable to to the etfect of racing your automo bile engine or throwing the belt or! from the fly-wheel of a powerful machine. It la well recognized now that fear, anxiety, worry, fright all tne same emotlcns essentially, and envy. Jealousy, anger, hatred, resentment, contempt these too. are Just dif ferent degrees of the same emo tion Is a common cause of diabetes. glycosuria 6ugar In excess excreted In the urine. A wild animal neither struggles to escape whatever frightens it or at tacks and fights whatever enrages it. That's the natural way to react to emotion. Primitive man did so. still dees so If In a savage state. But the more cultured' or educated and refined man becomes the more he strives to conceal, repress or avoid what he deems a confession of weakness, that is, the impulse to do something. He endeavors to keep calm, nonchalant even under circumstances that strongly call for fight or flight. And "nervousness' Increases in direct proportion with culture and educa tion. The nervous excitability of Americans If Americans are more "nervous" than other people Is a sad reflection on the eC-.:.iaUon and cul ture we have. No matter how "strong" a man may be. it Is against nature for him to re main calm and unruffled In tense situations. No normal man can re main Impcrturbed when the belt Is off the flywheel. Mark you, whoever nttempta to preserve such a "gentle" demeanor nt all times will find pres ently that his unnatural conduct is taking something out of him. Unfor- , tunatcly, when his machine begins to show the bad effects of such ill-usage the Individual's first Inclination la to resort to aome substitute for action, motion or doing something, and to bacco or alcohol Is urged upon him or her from all sides, with aaeutancs that these drugs will meet the Indi cation. Sometimes the poor goof, finding that tobacco or drink falls to give the relief desired, takes to using more potent drugs to subdue that In sistent inner demand to DO SOME THING. Again, too often the Individual whose belt is off the flywheel, de ceives himself or herself thet a vwt to the movie, or attending a ball game or football game or other thril ling spectacle will be the right medi cine. Worse still, he tries to find di version In a "gay" night club or some similar dismal dispensary of fake pleasure. QUESTIONS ANI ANSWERS Tannic Acid for Burns In reply to numerous correspon dents who have Inquired about the tannic nrld tr frmnt. fdr hnmc which, If you believe the yarns In the magazines, was discovered " by a doc tor In a hospital recently. The doctor "discovered" it In one nr nnnrhnr medical Journal, for it has been in use in mis country Tor years and re ports havo anrjeared in various A rrmr- ican medical publications. Had an article about it In this column Nov. 29, 1933 "Tan for Burns" in which we outlined tne method aa employed by Dr. Ronald B. Well nt HnrrrnrI Conn. Pittsburgh Medical Review, way back In 1890 gave thla treatment for extensive burns: "A fl per cent solution of tannic acid in water is squeezed from a sponge over the denuded (raw) surface, which is then dressed with soft ointment tsay plain sterile petrolatum). Pain imme diately abates, and the healing process is wonderfully rapid. Of course the tannin solution must: be freshly applied ac often as the dressing is renewed. ' (Do not disturb or renew dressing as long as there Is no particular reason to do so. Any burn or wound, once clean and in condition to heal, Is best let alone for days or weeks.) Home Made Cough Medicine Please repeat directions for malting and taking your "fool nroof rmit?h medicine." (T. C. A.) Answer Send dime and stamped envelope bearlnz vour ndrirAsx. nr copy of booklet ((Call it Crl." fcd. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to l)r W lllliim liriidy, M. ., :i;5 El Ciimluo. Beverly Hills, Cal. w ?r NEW YORK, Dec. 29. The tragedy of a lost manuscript spangles the horizon of every writer and is a hor ror few escape. Pannle Hurst's experience wu singularly poign ant. She had jrlven the first and only draft of a Just com pleted tome to a plodding, highly commended typ ist of the tene ments. A few days v later she dropped , 'i around to see JF 1 how the work was coming on. Tne fia. was empty and there was no trace of the occu pant. After the first wave of panic, she settled down to a grim fine combing of the neighborhood the janitor, the neighbors, the grocer, the corner cop. An expressman remembered taking some things to Simpson street In the Bronx, the number he forgot. The novelist began a house to house search of Simpson street, lasting many days. In one apartment house she learned a woman had moved in and the next day they had taken her away a raving maniac. A return at tack. Miss Hurst forced her way into the apartment. In trie Jlnkle-Jumble of an old wash-tub he found a few scattered pages. Plunging deeper, she found the. rest, badly torn, smear ed. She salvaged them and fled. The rescued pages were probably her most important work, the novel the world knows as "Lummox." Something should be done about hash in New York. Something to lift it out of its lunch wagon, dirty spoon restaurant decadence to top the em bossed menus of exclusive cafes. Siz zling hot hash in a russet crusty mound illuminated by a sunset glow of shlmmery poached egs is the most genuinely American and tasty dUh we have. Cold out of the Ice box on a hungry midnight, with a pinch from an elbow of yellow cheese and a tankard of dog's nose. Is a chink of heaven. The panacea lor what poets call bulimia! That saucy peek Into a harum- scarum theatrical boarding house in the 40's that "Ladles' Money" in its brief run gave, was a perfect cameo for those of us who dwelt in the lujh brownstone gloom. The lay-oif vaudeville team, the petite poupec of the pavements, the truck tout and hiding gangster parade in twisty shuf rie. Also the optimist or the ever losing dice game, tied to the blonde and shrewdish virago, who matans: In our theatrical boarding house In 51st street, a fellow whose sudden evanishments excited alt, was known as "Toots." We learned he was an ocean greyhound, a card shark of the liners. Thus his absences were pro fessional. Years later as I stood at the rail at Cherbourg he sauntered up the gang-plank and out the side of the mouth as he passed clipped: "To you, I'm Mr. Jeffreys!" He wan the only man I ever know who lived entirely by his wits. Something per verse perhaps In my makeup but I know of no one I admired so secret ly. One wonders what, in the world shake up, happened to these trans Atlantic gamblers. They lived so ut terly Nletzschean. -hard and danger ously. In a world of many cowards. Prom those dim days. too. another nebulous figure blows across the lati tudes. He was a lightning calculator who lived next door but one down the gas Jetted hall. At night he went forth .with hia valise to dtsplay his wizardry under the flare of a banjo torch in Columbus Circle. All a p-e-lude to hawking tracts on the art of getting on. To each purchaser he pre sented a "gen-wine" Brazilian dlo mond. One night I Joined the crowd around. Without appearing to notice me, he Interpolated his spiel with running fire remarks about the peo ple of our bearding house with es pecial barbs for the frowzy gossip who was our landlady. I felt the puff of the divine affaults a flapper might receiving a special bow over the fot llghts from John Barrymore. George Gershwin, among my earli est New York acquaintances, is on the la; few bars of his American on- era, the magnum opus of his extra ordinary talents, at which he has Deen wonting nignt and day for 11 months. He was honed thin by the long travail when I saw him with Rube Goldberg the other evening. His opera is built around the play "Porgy" with Catfish Row and the undying glamour of old Charleston. (Copyright, 1934. McNaught Syndi cate, Inc.) VI DYKE WILL OPEN OWN ASHLAND OFFICE ASHLAND. Dec. 39. (8pD Frank J. Van Dyke, an Ashland lawyer since November. 11)33, and city at torney for the past year, announced today that he will open his own offices In the First National Bank building on Wednesday, January 3. A native of southern Oregon and a graduate of Willamette university law school in 1931. Van Dyke has been associated with the law firm of Brlggs A: BrlgR since his arrival here In 1033. For a year prior to that time, he was In the law office of Porter J. Neff in Medford. Van Dyke la a member of a fam ily that flrt came to southern Oregon In 1852. His father. B. F. Van Dyke, is a Medford JMryman. Communications Enfclrs Appreciate AM. To the Editor: The Fraternal Order of Eagles. Crater Lake Aerie 3003. wishes to ex tend to you their deepest apprecia tion of the wonderful publicity and co-operation given to them In behalf of the recent public relief Christmas dance. Due to the wonderful advertising received, the dance went over big; thus enabling us to distribute a larc quantity of Christinas baskets to the , needy or Medford and vicinity. i Wishing you and your organization a happy and prosperous New Year, ! we are sincerely yours. j FRATERNAL ORDF.R OF RAGLES. Medford, Oregon. V. A. Gillette. Secretary. i Tliank Elk and Un. To the Editor' Via the kindness of the B P. O. E. t and the Lions Club, we, amount I many, had a lovely Christmas dinner and tne children enyoy their toys each day. We are hoping to be able to gtve next year Itutead of recelv- ; lug. With the knowledge that some- ; one care. It glvvi hope and etUNV.ir agement to go ahead and try ags'n and I know many feel the ame as we. , Sincerely. , GRATEFUL MOTHER (Name on file.) lard or Thank We take this opportunity of ex prevMn our deep feeling of appre- e-iKMn and thanks to all those I nelKhbom and friends who so kindly j rendered assistance during our re cent bereavement In ttie death of our i brother. J. H. Devlin. Mrs. Miles Can trail. Mrs, i'hnrlea Hinev Use UftiTrtUiUlM ui adj. ' Badminton liitrlKue t -!:! BURLINGTON. Vt. il'P) Badmin ton has become a fatorne sport with University of Vermont co-eds. The Badminton club. Just oranled, al ready has 0 members. j It Ttiit of ' Olr-o" Burn CAMURllXiF O -(ip Only a ttrraive spot remained h?re aftpr II tons of Pleomare ulne were Mrs' Nrd on a htchwav when a lr;e truck and trailer caught tire. It r to look w.-P, .w iiaircut tor J5c Hotel Mem oid lUrbcr fehup. MillllllllilllllllllllllllllW I STARTS S TODAY sf !jF Continuous shows u-V-x- M-JyS'A i OSH .M.II CARTOON f3 WmSX I ThrU Columhu, Jr " i(rWvPi ' Srrccn Soiivcnlr. IVF'lMVV' A NEW ROXY SERVICE " at EARPHONES $VJiSOH FOR TIIE HARD OF IIEARIM! ' jiiN "mint mei New Year's Day .3 4 Ibjjj Flight 'o Time (Medford and Jackson County History from the files of the .Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Years Aco). TEV YEARS AGO TOKAY December 30, 1924 Floods threaten southern Oregon, as thaw melts snow In hills. Phoenix to watch Old Year out and New Veej in with o?lebratlon at Clyde halt. High school bahkatball Ream to open season this week with game with alumni. Chauncey Florey is appointed dep uty United States commissioner. Kiwanls club holds last meeting of year with reading of "comedy resolutions." Autoists warned they must procure new license plates by January 1. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 30, 1914 As a result of auto bus competi tion over the Pacific highway, the Espce withdraws Its motor car serv ice between Grants Pass and Ash land. Tax levy in Jackson county shows a decrease, except for schools. Medford woman Is arrested at Grants Pass parading streets In male attire. Japanese of valley send J29 to starving Belgians. The money was collected by R. Maru. Land owners of valley slow to sign up for sugar beets. Autoist. arrested for driving with out lights, announces in letter to editor "I will fight against this In justice and for my constitutional rights until I am broke, and dead." German and Russian forces still (gripped In titanic battle in Poland. Adults 20c Anytime Kiddies wmrmi UJLLUaJiJJJ IOC Anytime W W X xn O 5! w o H in 1 o w i-3 O TODAY and MONDAY Continuous Shows Today 1:4.1 P.M. lo 11:00 P.M. HERE IS THE GREATEST SONG THAT WE HAVE EVER SUNG! Considered the Finest Picture That Has Yet Come Out of a British Studio! The Great Successor to "HENRY VIII!" Superior to its Predecessor! Historical Drama! Gorgeous Mountings! Superb Photography! Brilliant Acting! Powerful Entertainment! DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. Turning in the Best Performance of His Life! There are, In addition, the settings representing all the glamor or the dissolute. Kuvl;in Impci-lul Court, which combine with the Intriguing nature of a story centered on the ambitious wife of a lunatic Czar. The pliotnsniphy, too. emhntlze the picture's ninny beautiful nets, with effective shots from surprisi; angles. i i 1 1 5 a o O Pm xn 55 o o w A STILL GREATER TRIUMPH FOR iHfc CREATOR OF HENRY THE VIII mm m - y ill mSrj ml tk li Ahx$89 .A,ijto,...i,liH lf H V Z 6 ?1 of MANY lorn who me to 1 irjJPr '"" "J.. hundred million iouu but S!L' a'yrfjKS couW not goiwnhnoim hait. t I f Al!XAN0t KOI0AS HO0UCTION OJ if mr CATHcmne if IP I H GS3AT i S4 WITH 'I GS3AT WITH DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. a the Mad Crar Peter. .trancet of all hner ELIZABETH BERGNER a "l.lttle Catherine" hr Imed of a rejlment
