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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.