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Newspaper Page Textpage rorm MEDFORD MATL TRIBUTE, M"EDFORD, OREOON. MONDAY. MAT 17, 1937. "Kierjonm la oathera Orwgns iMdi lb MaU Tribune" Dally Birapt Batordar nbllshee tor UBDlfORD PRINTIWO CO. M-IT-1S N. Plr SU Phone Tf ROBERT W. BUHU It. Iter BNEST R. OIUITRAP. Maoa? Ad lodapaodaat Nawapapar hmiI onn1.pliu rn attar at Had (erfi, Oregon, undar Act of March I, 1171 SUBSCRIPTION RATES at Ub1 In Advance: Dally, ona raar Dally, all moot ha.. Dally, ona month ai rapir. in Advanca Uadford. Aah land, Jackaonvllla, Cantral Point. Phot nix. Talant. OoM Hill and an Dally, ona yaar.... !'!? Dallr. all months Dally, ona month ' All tar mi, caab to advanca. Official Paper of tha City nf Medford Official Paper of Jarkaoo Ooooty HFMBEB OF THE ASSOCIATED PBEftS t,. AU1-iarai Praia la so I u .!)? as Utltd to tha oaa for publication of all .... jiLnitrhM e rail tail to It OF other wise eradltad In thli papar, and alao to tha local oawa puonaaai narm. All rlhia for publlcaUon of apaolal diapatenaa narain ara aiao rTi. MEMBER OP UNITED PRE 88 MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAO OP CIRCULATIONS Advartlalng .lapraaantatltaa Offices In New Tork. Ohlcsao, Detroit. - flan Frsnclsco. Los A nasi,. 8.m, Fartlaad. IL Louts. Atlaata. tmnuw, to Ye Smudge Pot By Aritiui Perry. ' Tha Oovernor is now charged with fighting windmills, heretofore, mis taken by the publlo for, and known mm w nH immirl An Illinois farmer was thrown on s tractor, ran over by the rear at tachment, and then chased clrcult oualy by the mechanical device, In a field, evading Ita murderous in tent. In the deplorable old days, a horse would fall on a farmer, break a leg and then mosey off to a grassy spot to dins, I a a Wally Blmpson, bewltcher of the late king of England, wants to be known by "three little words Her Royal Highness." This will give her as many aoclal bowa as a Duoness Her boy friend and Duke, la perfectly described by two little words. The 3-30 club was out en masse . Bat, night performing circus tricks en wheels at all corners, snd en gag ing In some operatic yelling, far Into the night, The a-ao ciurj is composed ef suto drivers who tell the Judge: I only had two beers, and csn't make but 30 miles per hour. The circus will be here tomorrow. Boys who climb trees at army band concerts, ars urged not to shin up tha tent poles during the perform ance, aa they are apt to get hit by the man on the flying trapene, and, besides the audience can't watch three rings and them. 1 FRAILTY OF MAN ITEM, (Press Dispatch) NEW ORLEANS, May 11 (UP) Rev. R. G. Campbell of Dallas told the Southern Baptist Pas tors' conference today that "There are church members who cry their eyes out at the acting of a movie star who has been di vorced 10 times and go to Bleep from boredom In church." a The cost of living Is 6.0 per cent higher then for April, 1036, but 10.8 per cent lower than for the same period In 1030." (Porbes Magulne) The nation Is advancing by re treating. rears are now felt Communists, those with Communistic tendencies, and schoolboys who think they are Communists, will lose their "aca demic freedom," If not allowed to do as they please, aa long as they don't get caught at their meanuees, and so far futile plot to overthrow the American form of government. This tender solicitude for the feeling of a glUt org, (or the meet part Is ahown by communlttei snd cltlrens. who have never weltered In the hell raised by a militant group, running hog wild, under the mask of "academ a freedom." "Academic freedom" Is al leged to make "the people think." It makes them think they will be sent to sn academy. Instead of the county Jail, if found guilty. , a wan night in iMiairriNM. (Manila (PI.) Tribune) "Manila last night proved Itself woefully Indefensible to a gas at tark when physicians, nuraee, attend- anu and patients or the Philippine General Hospital, except those In extremis, were routed In a chemical attack launched In violation of The Hague covenant for humane warfare by a species of mephltla mephitis (skunk to us). The entire complement of the hos pital was Inhumanely attacked and put to rout so suddenly at about nine o'clock last night night that warning could not even be sounded by the gas stuck sirens. After mu tual accusations had beg tin to "7 back and forth between the hospital men. a squadron of death from the bureau of science finally ran down In a comer the cause of It all a skunk, donated by a magnanimous Pslswan philanthropist, which had escaped from Its cage In the bureau of science to seek human warmtn and companionship elsewhere. It be. longs to a Philippine species, but is still a skunk In sny language. " Award P. O. Contract WASHINGTON. May 17. (fl, Th treasury announced today award of postoffire construction contracts. In cluding: Rt. Anthony, Id, ho C ft Vleako, Salem, Ore., 548,58'. Bigotry, Religious and Otherwise THAT premature announcement ef his demise which to aroused Mark Twain 'e amusement, must be an old story to Old Man Religious Bigotry. Thia hydra-headed monster has been killed off, pronounced dead and buried, at least a thousand times during the Christian era, and then at the most unexpected times and unexpected places, up it bobs again, to enjoy a brief authority until it goes down once more to await ANOTHER resurrection. Are we poor suffering people in for another inexplicable spasm of hatred, fear, stupidity and intolerance t TTe doubt it. But according to the Bigot's Almanac something of the sort is about due. A COUPLE of decades ago, Oregon suffered severely from such an outburst. Klan nightgowns sold like hotcakes at ten dollars per; and the people of the state, fell so strongly for the subversive propaganda, that they actually voted for an anti-Cfttholie school bill, the destructive and deplorable effects of which, were only prevented by the timely action of the U. S Supreme Court. There may be something to the theory that every quarter century or so, human nature demands a moral and spiritual purge, and this is induced by a brief period of emotional in sanity the reaction from which is to cleanse the body politic. Old Homo Sapiens geta so full of accumulated hates, prejudices and passions, a cleaning out is demanded so he can, for a much LONGER period, be placed on what might be termed an even intellectual and spiritual keel. This is the explanation of that school of thought which regards such things as wars, depressions and boils, as not evils in themselves but aa nature's method of economic, financial and physical purification. This school may be right, but we have never liked the doc trine, and to date have refused to accept it. We regard such theorists as either hopeless reactionaries, or spineless defeatists HOWEVER that may be, the occasion for these few remarks, was the news dispatch from Portland that the liberal "Unitarian church of Our Father," in that city, was forced to withdraw from the Council of tion that developed among the The application was withdrawn, explained Rev. Richard M. eieiner, oecaune mere was grave nanger or wrecKing rne conn' cil, if admission were insisted upon. We quote from the Oregonians "wa were aware that this application would probably not ba accepted without soma opposition, but wa underestimated tha strength of that opposition, and aa the time for consideration drew near, it became evident that whether the application were accepted or rejected, there waa grave danger of wrecking tha council. "It waa tha feeling of our hoard that we dtd not wlah to ba party to the destruction or disintegration of such a force for good, and the board voted to withdraw tha application until such time aa a greater understanding, and a greater sense of Christian brotherhood should Imbue the hearts of those who would exclude ua." Dr. Stelner said he hoped the day waa near when the church might make application without tear of rancor, and urged to that end that the churohes Increase their ' powers of under standing and "restore the aense of Christian brotherhood." "Thoughts of 111 will, of resentment, of anger, of acorn must be taken from ua," ha concluded. "We must put In their place v that sense of comradeship, of brotherllness, which rises sbova mere differences of opinion." Entirely true, and one might add, entirely ELEMENTAL. To anyone at all familiar with the condition this old ball of dirt is really in at the present time, the growth of atheism and paganism, the increase of skepticism Rnd general cynicism, the crying need for the practical application of the cssenlial principles of the Christian religion, regardless of all differences of creed or dogma, it does seem INCREDIBLE, that such a situation could arise, in a day like this, in a state like Oregon, and in a city as generally enlightened and sane as Portland. Yet there is the evidence to make the unthinking laugh and the judicious mourn I Imagine trying to exclude from a CHURCH council, the denomination, that produced four of our presidents, Taft, Fillmore, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, educators like the late President Eliot of Harvard, ministers like pavid Swing of Chicago or Dr. Caruthers of Cambridge, BUT WHAT'S THE USE I the whole business is absurd, childish and from every standpoint of reason, common sense and adult behaviour simply INEXPLICABLE. And yet there it is. And if that petty little puff of smoke can occur in Portland, how much smoke and flame can be pro duced in the rest of the country! A GREAT deal of course. However, we don't expect any revival of religious bigotry at this time. In fact we doubt if this incident really has any particular significance, as far as our church system is concerned. But we believe it probable it has some significance in reveal ing tho temper of the country at the present time. We may be wrong, but thi. little puff of smoke in Portland may prove to be the sign of another "violent cycle" ap proaching, an advance warning of what is to come. Not a revival of religions bigotry and intolerance, but more likely a revival of what might be termed POLITICAL bigotry and intolerance, i.e.! a popular uprising in the direction of Fasc ism, but not reoogniied as such at first, and masquerading under another name. Ves we may be wrong, certainly hope we are. But our advice to those interested in the subject, is to keep their eyes and cars open, during the next few months there may be more signs from time to time, so that liberal and sane opposition mHv be bi-ller prepared. FROG IS CALAVARAS KING A NOKIA CAMP, Cal.. May 17. ( AP) Profi -Jumping, sport miners started here durlns; the gold rush, hd s new world champion today in Kmmett Da I ton, web-tooted, thlek thlffhed little cistern dweller from Oologah, Ok Is. Emmet t hopped three tlmei yes terday, and his total footage bettered by one Inch the prerloua world rec ord of 13 feet, four Inches, for uh a rontt. Twenty-five thousand persons, Churches, because of the opposi more orthodox members. ' gsthered here st the ninth snuusl Calsverae county Jumping frog Jub ilee, did honor to Kmmett, who had been sent to W. CI. usniels of An-rets Camp from the ranch of the tate Will Rotters st Oologah. Kltowstt, entered by Prank Hart nett. Angels Camp, won second place with s Jump of 13 feet, one Inch. Combustion. owned by Oeore O'Connor. Buffalo, N. Y., w third Fewer Spring MmM WASHINGTON. May 17 (AP)-AI- Oorernment llTeatock experts ssld to day marketings of spring Ismbt in May snd June will be smaller than In recent yesnj. The agriculture depart ment reported condition sf the jarly ismh crop on My 1 reflected vsrted weather conditions during April In th ImpoiUut producing tress. Personal Health Service By William signed letter, pertaining to persunal health and byglene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will b answered by Dr. Brad; U tumped elf addressed envelop U encloaed. Letter, should be brief and written In Ink Owing to the large number or letter, received only a res, can ba answered No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions, address Or. William Brad;, 265 el Caralao, Beverly, Calif. HOW FAST YOU I am mo.-; and mora lmpreued with tha part played by overeating In Inducing arterlo-aclerosla. There ara many cam In which there la no other factor. a Oeorge Cbeyn.'a advlca was never more needed than by the present genera, tlon. The foregoing p a r a g r aph Is quoted from "the doctor', bible" Practice of Medi cine, Oster, 1005, Cheyne'a advice to which Dr. Oa- let- refers, was given In esaay on health and long lite written In first years of the seventh century by a man who at thirty, thru excessive eating and drinking, had brought his weight up to 446 pounds snd had become very short breathed, lethargic and listless. Then Cheyne began to follow a kind of regenerative regimen, a diet of milk and vegetables, systematic ex ercise, and reduced his weight to 130 pounds. -He recovered considerable of his lost vlte, lived to the sge (hoary for those dsys) of 73 years, and left his famous essay. In which he said: "Every wise man, after fifty, ought to begin to lessen at least the quan tity of hla ailment, and If he woufd continue free of great and dangerous distempers and preserve his senses and faculties' clear to the last he ought every seven yeara go on abate lng gradually and aerulbly, and at last descend out of lire as he ascend ed into It, even onto the child's di et" that la, a diet In which milk Is the chief food). In subsequent talks we'll revert to th" "generation regimen and en- I rtORVnp to nvn ain hnn. It u. degeneration that Is going on In the tissues of the Individual In the Inci pient stege of card love scular degen eration. Now we must consider over eating. First let us define overeating, It mesne eating more than la required to maintain the body weight within normal limits. Several factors conspire to make millions overeat. Hasty eating Is perhaps the most Important factor, the quick lunch habit or affectation, of food. Neglected decay of teeth or loss of teeth from the mouth of the tramp-like or delinquent lndi vldualand today It la a fair Intel ligence test to note how many teeth ara decayed and unrepaired or miss ing and not replaced . by efficient dentures. Refinement of food mnkea It ready to wolf and encourages hasty eating. Modern methods of refine ty1 a m a j -y.u.ncinTvre NEW YORK. May 17. Diary: A patter of rain as day broke. So early up and notes from Joe Cook, Zoe B e C k i e v, ana Dorothy Hall. And a hamper or fruit Dick Berlin sent from Flori da. Then setting out to drop In on Faith Bald win In Connecti cut but such a downpour we turned back. In the after noon Gene Craw ley, a prudent foreseeing fellow, sat awhile. And came a bewitching lady from an ad vertising agency to fob me up wttns fair dpeech about a radio broadcast engagement. But I had the good reasoning to say nay and stick to my last. To a taaty dinner with Will and Jessie Hays at L'Aperlttf and heard first hand of their meeting the Pope and Museollnl In Italy. And the way home put In at Trans-Lux snd tit tered so uproariously at Donald Duck Alpine climber that many seemed annoyed. So home, feeling fog ram and such, to bed. Achmed Abdullah Is the only writer of swaahbusklera I know who sug gests hla fictional romances. He is military looking and, with monocle clapped In eye and hat rakish ly Just aeems eager snd ready for ad venture. And he has been In the midst of many excitements both In Central .Europe and the Orient. He wai bom In Paris, educated In Eng land and Is married to the pop ul sr literary sgent. Jean Wllk. Most ro mantic flctloneers are shy. bald and squint-eyed, who would look st home bookkeeper's stool. They still talk along the Rial to about the showmanship of James Barton that night this winter when Maud O'Delt. the amorous Stater Bessie or "Tobacco Road." expired between curtains after the first act. Her role was a prominent one snd yet Bsrton, by an a mailing touch ot ad Ubblng, held the performance to gether. So much so the sudience did not know death had stalked back tngo. Some of Miss O' Dell's Unci1 aaM were rent! from the wins. Her un-! National ' News written by tha presl dersturty. who hd been present orident ot th American Legion auill the three years In which Mim O Dcll j lary. Mrs. Oscsr W. Hshn: never mlKed a- performance, was; Twenty years have pswed simt we given an evening off on the fatal ; night, shortly !fter the curtain rose snd could not be found. rtvlllratton note; A hundred years sgo it one missed the stage coach for Philadelphia, there would he an other along In three dsys. But today If we mIM one psnet of a revolving tv,f ! door, we sre upset th, re..t of dev. Tlir u now-esMbll.hcd csr toouisl wile ul permit no Jeer, tor j Brady, M P. BAT AND GROW OLD ment and prepsratlon, as well methods, of cooking and preserva tion or storage of food rob food of most of the vttsmlns snd miners Is natural food contains. It Is rational to conceive that excessive hunger and tolerance for rood, which seems to keep msny eating too much, may be a kind of Instinctive effort to get more mineral and vita mini to sat isfy the demand of the body. At any rate In actual practice It Is the genersl experience of overweight adults that, when they do supple ment their ordinary diet with suit able rations of minerals and vita mins they soon notice that their craving, hunger or appetite 1 satis fled with fsr less food thsn they formerly wanted. Social amenities, serving food on su sorts of occasions, to persons wno neither need nor want It. must be held responsible for a good deal of overeating. Finally, habit of custom has much to do with It for -Instance three meals a day where two would as well or better suffice. QUESTIONS AM) ANSWERS Heredity Abandoned girl baby adopted by childless couple. She proved to be subnormal, but private teaching en abled her to read and write fairly well, though reasoning was beyond her. Short time ago she was taken with "nervous spell," presently be came violent and had to be sent to an Institution. She is now 23 years old. Would this have happened If she had been sterilized at the proper age? (Mrs. M.B.H.). Answer I do not understand why she should have been sterilized. In any case, that would not have pre vented the deficiency from mani festing Itself. The child evidently inherited a taint or deficiency from one or both parents who were feeble minded, insane, alcoholic or other wise defective. Anyone who proposes to adopt a child should have the opinion and advice of the physician in reference to the child's inheri tance. Fistula What (a fistula? What causes It? How does It differ from abscess? Must It be operated on or csn It be cured by treatments? (M.S.) Answer An abnormal passage or tube leading from a hollow organ to the surface or from one organ to another. Usually it Is rectal fistuln. remaining after surface discharge of an aoscess. om fistulas usually re quire operation. Recent fistulaa may am neaied oy treatments. Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Or. Brady should tend letter direct to Ur. William Brady. M U. 265 CI Cam! no, Beverly mils, Catlt. Texae Guinan In his presence. The cartoonist was doing thumbnail cuts for a newspaper column when Texas wrote In to the editor: "Tell that fel low who Illustrates that column to sign his name bigger. He's good.' The artist had been rattling around for years, getting nowhere, when the editor, nudged by the Oulnan boost, began to notice him. He was given more Important features to Illus trate and finally became an edito rial page cartoonist, with a quick Jump to the Important money divis ion. When I read something like this, aa I did the other day In a national weekly magazine. I think of the ad vice of Jessie Rain ford Sprague: "The door, a huge, ancient one, swung slowly open, revesting In the dimly lit hallway a shadowy figure of a girl, a wan. tired, care-burdened fig ure, etc." It was Sprague who sala the first duty of every writer was to watch his adjecttvea and use them sparingly. Sprague, a great short story writer. Is regarded by editors as the skimpiest of all with adjec tives. He sticks to noun and vero. subject and predicate and It la re markable what f o rw a rd - running stories he spins. A psychologist declares that New Tork has several hundred romanti cists who appear to the public as prosaic. And that Is true the world over. O. K. Chesterton In England admitted that the Inverness cape which he wore, and the aword cane he carried were because all hla life he has hoped to unsheath his sword and rescue a lady In distress. Bagatelles; Charlie Chaplin cannot talk business to any man behind a desk. His youth was filled with re buffs over a desk top . . . Paterson Dial, who Is writing such dandy fic tion, la Mrs. Rupert Hughes in pri vate life . . . Ben Ames Williams works feverishly for three months snd rests one . . , Lanny Ross was christened Lancelot Patrick Ross. A brlghtle barging up to the news stand In the Algonquin for a stamp When the attendant Inquired what kind, he said: "One with a pic ture of Ina Claire on It. I'm tired of those generals." (Copyright. 19S7. McNaught Syndicate. Inc.) Editorial Comment Twenty Yparn lime rs,d. This is an editorial taken from the called them to the colors. They re- ; sponded In the full vigor of their j bands quit playing and tha flag, young manhood Remember? How I came down. The wounded, pale and proud we were of them and how i wesk. came straggling home from the thankful that our country hsd imeh ' rn-wpttals. The poppies were blrx-m-men to stand between It and the en- ing again In France snd the larks emy. Pememher the ceremonies with were singing, with no roar of guns :o which we ssw them go th binds. I drown their song. But the crosses the flags, the speeches of eneouMec- men: snn prsiser "When tliev csme bsck we Wfrc even more proud of them. Again we hsd ham)., and (lags aad orations In J WPA OFFICE HERE IS HEADQUARTERS FOR BIGDISTRICT (continued from page two) worker. Without question, however, the bulk of these earnings have gone to pay for every -day living expenses such as food, clothing and shelter. These local expenditures in the vari ous communities have unquestionably stimulated the normal channels of trade and assisted many other persons m tiding over the periods of business atsgnatlon. In this connection It will oe of Interest to note that approxi mately I83fi.000.00 has been paid in District No. 4 to WPA workers on local projects for wages. This does not Include the sums ex pended for wages to others of this same group of workers by such fed oral agencies as the forest service, blister rust control snd liver fluke control, whose programs ar coopera tlvely conducted under the Work Pro- ajram. Safety Watched A determined effort la made to In sure that all project work be con ducted as safely as possible for the workers employed. The recognition of every facility for accident preven tion has resulted In the surprisingly small number of cases wherein Injur lea have been sustained on WPA pro jects. The safety department la an administrative unit which maintains a regular contact with each operating project In the Interest of the safety of the workers and the puolic. It Is also required that first aid supplies be available on each project in charge of some person qualified in tbelr use. Much valuable work in this connection has been accomplish ed by the Red Cross, which hss been particularly helpful to the Works Progress Administration oy making instruction In accident prevention and first aid treatment available to WPA workers and their supervisors Cases of Injurlea resulting from WPA employment are recognized by the U. 8. Employees Compensation commission snd come under the Jurisdiction of that body in matters ct compensation. The administrative personnel of this district offtce in cludes a field representative of the D. S. Employees Compensation com mission. The present day problema of our young people have been fully recog ntzed by our present administration This has been reflected In the work and objectives of the National Youth Administration. This program Is In tended to serve the most pressing and immediate needs of those unemployed young people who have been most seriously affected by economic condi tions during the Isst several years This assistance has. taken the form cf part time employment for needy students in our schools and In em ployment for othera on work projects. Vouth Serves While the National Youth Admin ta xation In Its Inception la distinct from the Works Progress Administra tion, its functional divisions of ad ministration are quite parallel. Thus the related departments In the .WPA district offices assist In matters of employment, timekeeping, etc The workers on NYA projects are member of the families of WPA workers, as well aa of those families who are receiving some form of public assis tance, and range In ages from eigh teen to twenty-five. The monthly Individual earning of these young people is approximately one-third that am dun t earned by a worker on ths WPA program, while the hours of work are approximately one-half. NYA projects are proposed snd undertaken In exactly the same man ner as are WPA projects and In every Instance represent the request of some locsl agency of government. In many Instances local volunteer advisory committees have assisted In proposing NYA work projects of a type most adaptable to their com munity. The student sld phase of this program Is administered through the cooperation of the various schools and colleges and Is Intended to fur nish part time employment for young people who cannot continue to at tend school within their own means. Thia part time employment Is de vised and supervised by the school authorities who assume the respon sibility for the selection of those so aided end in seeing that the work performed la of real value and not such as to displace sny regular em ployees. 120 Projects Completed Since the Inception of the program of the Works Progress Adminlstrs tlon In district No. 4. 103 work pro jects have been operated. Of this num ber 130 have been brought to either satisfactory completion or completion of certain useful units of the originsl project. The remaining 41 are being their honor. They had met and de feated the most powerful mllltoiy machine In the world. Our bovs John. Frank. Henry the Prussian guard had been unable to stsntl ngalnst them. They had won victory and peace; security for our country we strewed flowers In the path ot their homecoming feet. "But there were some who did not come home. There wera blank files In the msrchlng ranks. Familiar facea ware missing. Tha victory had been bought at a price. They, the missing ones, hsd paid tha price. Yes. there had been plscea where every yard of advance cost a man'a Ufa, a life given gallantly by ona of our boys. "The returning rank, rolled on. out ot uniform, into civilian life. Ths still were there, row on row. where (rested our boys who were not coming : home not ever, I "The sod thickened abovt the grate,. Summer lun glistened on operated st this time. This field of operations has included many dif fering types of work, nearly all of which have been of vital Interest and import a noe to their respective com munities. As an aid in picturing the scope of this work program In this district a few of ths projects now being oper ated are pictured in the accompany ing columns of this nag The phy sical accomplishments of this pro gram can be brought home closer to the citizens of southern Oregon if they will visit tha various WPA pro jects in their own communtles. There are probably few of us who have failed to see the "U.8.A. Work Program W.P -A." signs that mark the site of each operating project. Most of ua have probably enjoyed the use of many of the Improvements that have already been completed The value which will accrue to southern Oregon cities In the years to come as a result of the Improve ments being made on their munici pal alcports cannot be over-estimated. Inspection Invited The Worka Progress Administration la eager to have the citizens of every community familiarize themselves with WPA projects, and the district office and branch offices are pre pared to assist all persons In making project Inspection visits. Comparative employmeftt figures released by the Works Progress Ad ministration form a most encourag ing barometer of the economic im provement throughout this section of Oregon within the past twelve months. Thesfe figures reveal that the peak of WPA employment a year ago Included 3961 persons within this district, whereas this year'a high point reached 1773 persons. Similar figures for each of the counties with in this district parallel quite closely the comparative figures for the en tire district. The direction of the program of the Works Progress Administration for southwestern Oregon is centered In the district No. 4 office, located In Med ford. The administrative per sonnel also Includes . persons em ployed In four branch offices serving Lake. Elamath, Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Coos and Curry counties. The district office personnel has been enlisted from points through -out the territory served. Branch offices have been estab lished throughout the district to aid 1 meeting the needa of centers ot population In other counties. These X ranch offices function administra tively under the district headquarters office In Med ford. Marsh fie Id Branch Coos and Curry counties are served through an office located in the city hall in -Marshfleld. WPA activities throughout that area are In charge of Alfred J. Matson, Jr., resident en gineer. Also assisting In various ad ministrative duties at that point are Martha W. Wyatt, Rudolph Matson and Vane Anderson. The program in Douglas county is directed through s branch office lo cated In the court house In Rose burg. Clifford D. Fles, resident en gineer. Is In charge at that point and la assisted by Oscar M. Berrle and R. R. Smith. Martha Wyatt divides her time between this office and the one In Marshfleld. Projects being conducted in Jack son and Josephine counties are un der the supervision of R. A. Berry, resident engineer whose home Is in Ashland, Ore, Mr. Berry maintains headquarters in both Grants Pass and Med ford. Robert S. Griffin of Med ford assists In administrative work In these two counties. Branch office headquarters for Klamath and Lake counties are lo cated In the court house In Klam ath Falls. Thia area Is under the jurisdiction of Russell Morris, rest dent engineer. Also s&slsttng at this point are June Bradbury and Floyd A. Crown. Perry Supervisor The physical operations of projects throughout the entire district sre under the direct supervision of Ken neth S. Perry, whose headquarters are In the district offices. Mr. Perry Is assisted In this department by Frank Thompson, a former appralsor for the RFC, Mae Bogner and Ernet E. Stearns. All matters of finance and time keeping for the district are handled by a staff under the supervision of Victor A. Baird, a former resident of Marshrteld, Ore. Those assisting Mr. Baird In this department in the dis trict orflce are Anne Whitman. Ruth Stroud, Mollle Brown, Howard Met cair, Gerald Cottlngham. LeRoy Shurtleff and Eugene Collins. All employment matters. Including the eligibility and assignment of workers, labor relations problems. worn records, etc., are handled by the district employment division. Serving in this department in the district office are Madeline Snyder. Donna Preston. A. J. McCallen and Howard A. Fallln. Clarice Koran Is In chares of the telephone switchboard and the rout ing of incoming mail. Mrs. Homn also greets all visitors to the district office to arrange for them Interviews with the persons they are seeking. ine atainct director coordinate the runctlonlng of the several de partmental groupa within the dis trict and answers administratively for the district to the state office of the Works Progress Administration in fomend. the whit crosses. Fall leare, rustled chilling winter rains drizzled down'. Yet every spring the popples sprang up. towing bright red blossoms once mora in tribute to the dead. "In America th blank files closed up. Sorrow's tears were wept out. Life moved forward. Yet every spring popples were worn, red bsdges of trlb ut over Amertcs's remembering heart. "This ,prlng again th popple win bloom In tribute to the war dead Twenty years It is a long time Children who were chubby Infants when their soldier father. them a last goodbye, are now grown in-.., iki women. But memory la only strengthened and honor brightened by each passing year that brings clesrer conception of the he roism, the sacrifice of the .,. died for America. "Popples by the millions win be worn In memory and honor cf Amerl css World War desd on Poppy D,y this yesr." Submitted by Mrs. Oraoe Holmes of Medford Legion Auilllary. Be Correctly Corseted In AN ARTIST MODEL by ttheiwya B. Hoffmann. Flight To Time Med ford and Jackson County history from the files of the Mall Tribune IU and 20 years sgo. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY May 17. 1927 (It was Tuesday) Three Medford homes axe burglar lzed and little of vslus taken. Three policemen finally land citi zen full of moonshine In city Jail. Imbiber put up stiff battle. Bonds for new city hell voted, with only 341 registered sgatnst plsn. 1391 vote for bonds. High wind does damage In Portland with trees and home wrecked. Klam ath Falls slso visited by high wind. Msn claiming to have aided Da Autremont brothers In Siskiyou tun nel gives self up and Is held at Reno. Orchsrdlsts told to apply codling moth spray now. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY May 17, 1917 It was Thursday) Allies win In drives on both eastern and western fronts; no defense against U-boat attacks yet discovered. Income tax on great wealth boosted 25 per cent. Dr. Clancy returna from Portland, where he took the examination to enter the army medical reserve corps. Editorial describes "-ntxing the Rogue river fish bill with Gvod Roads program." Patriotic parade, led by Governor Wlthycombe Is largest event of Its kind ever held here, with every sec tion of Jackson county represented. Trl -state good convenes here. roads convention (Continued from Page One ) culture Secretsry Wallace has openly been playing prophet for such a de velopment. Furthermore, very reliable information indicates Mr. R.'s coun selors are spilt sharply Into two camps. One wants him to go tmat bustlng In a sincere way and thus reach the price problem. The other wants him to revise the social struc ture of the country with some sort of fascist-like "economic council." Consequently. newsmen cupped . their ears when the question was asked of the president. His eyes twin kled and be replied: "No news on that yet." The well Informed betting here abouts Is running about 3 to 1 that Mr. R. will avoid the economic coun cil Idea and go trust-busting. The basic fsct behind the helium controversy will be found In the yet unpublished testimony of the house military affairs committee, tsken Just fourteen days before the Hlndenburg explosion. On the stand waa Jamas T. Howington of the Olrder Corpora tion of Louisville. He put In the record a statement reading In part: "During the last two years there has been a considerable Interest In and a demand for helium by foreign countrtea. France waa definitely In the market for at least 10.000.000 cubic feet. Japan would have made a purchase from (MY") company of substantial quantities. "The government of Holland has been lntereated In hellum-ftlled air shlpe for aervlce to the East Indies. The Oerman government, operating the Zeppelins between Europe snd South America, has been continuous ly Interested In a source of supply of this non-lnflammsble gaa. Thia Oer man demand undoubtedly would b measured In terms of millions of cubic feet. "The Helium company has been denied the right to sell helium for export." That Is the story. AJ1 nations want helium and the U. 8. has the ,upply. Phey want It for ostensible commer cial purposes, but It would be a tre mendous advantage In time of wsr. 11 the u. S. sold more to Frsnce or to Germany , diplomatic complication, would necessarily ensue. The only answer to the problem wss given by Representative Lanham of Texa in th same unpublished testimony: "Since w hav this vsluablt agent, since these countries can not get It, since they hsve been trvlntr t cr.t it here commercially and are willing to pay a high price for it. I think this Ood-given agency of defense ought iu oe aepi in inia country. ' Such a policy may lead to absurd Insinuations that the United Ststes IS thus responsible for ever hvilmffen i!ghter-thsn-sir ship which falls, but certainly not even a disappointed for eign country will serlouslv consider It to. L'niesa th United states w.nu ui get entangled In all tha Doliti- of Europe and Asia. It will keep ita neuum lor its own use. it cannot sell to all Without Wosknnino lu!f It cannot sell to one without offend ing another. Note It was Mr l.nh.-, thought he heard Mr. Howington say the Hitler government definitely ask ed for helium and he atlll thinks so me record doe, not show it, out records do not always show every thing thst happens in committees Chairman Lister Hill of Alabama does not recall it. Mr. Lanham may or may not be mistaken. But an amend ment should be made to the line ear ned in this column several days ago st:ing the unpublished testimony would mow uca a rejected inquiry. U.