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PAGE FOUR MIOTgED MAIL TRTBTTKTE, MEDFORD, QREGOy, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1937 MEDFOBDTEIBUOT ' -E.orron. i aymmara " Kvarjuu l-rlbon.." BWW 7,.,.l a. MOOnl-Ola- ''; ft!?.- For. Orn. ' " " aiiB,:HiFT10N BATES S Utll 1 An.aocal .,1100 DH. on. Dftlly. moiiin.. 4() 'i?;i..ir oil em bll""' 00 D.ll. on, Tf- "111.. I.lo Dolly, .is month, Dailr. one ,noDlh"iI'iV"""," S.U t.rma. oo.i, II I lr mi i.TJi t. th. oi. tot pobnoatloo l ilse cradlieS to tht. p.por ana u.spotcno n.ron, . MKMHBB PIT UNITaP Pm "llIUUIIR OF AUUI'l BlIBHiU Or uini;unn"- Office. 10 Now Tork. .J,lr?,i Boa irranetoco. Lo. Ansol.o. go at ''a. lortl.ud. St. Lou I. Atlanta, '"" Ye Smudge Pot By Arthoi I'erry. Riots marked a number of toot ball gamea laat week. This Is Juat a case of Saturday afternoon spec tatora, thinking they were attending the Monday night wrestling mstches. "HUNTER DROPS DEER AND PANTS AT ONE SHOT" (Hdllne Bugene Beglater-Ouard). Had Be been a careful (no they are called) hunter, he would have ahot nis pants, and held up the deer. . . . The American crulaer Auguata, j till anchored In the Whangpoo on Shanghai was In the line of fire Saturday, as Chinese planes bombed Japanese warships. Press dispatches tale the ahot and ahull narrowly missed the Auguata, as they churn ed the muddy wators. Old Glory flying astern, was revealed to oom bstants by the glare of a eearcn llght played upon It. Th Augusta's position, and persistence In remain ing In the danger eone, bodes '111. mayhap. American youth may march to war some day, as the stay-at-homes shout: Remember the Au gusta! Hogkllllng haa started in some rural areas. Thla Is a sign of bog Jowls and turnip tops for dinner, at no late date. The Sales Tax again comes to the fore, as a source to provide funds for Old Age Pensions, A move haa been launched to once more place the Issue before the Oregon voters, who three times have over whelmingly rejected It, and, will no doubt accord the same treatment on the fourth try. Candidates our rylng favor with Orandpa and Orandma for their votes, will have explaining to do. They can't love the Old Folks, and hate the Sales Tax. . "The ralna have come and no matter how much recent arrivals from the east complain we leel better." (Eugene News), So therel Bruce Barton, a congressional can didate, announces. If elected, he will repeal a law per week. In a two year term, the total would be UH lawa out of commission, provided Mr. Barton made good his threat. This would only be a minor awath. as far aa the estimated 300.000 laws on the stntuto books are concerned. There would only be 399.8D8 laws left after the Barton devastation. Furthermore, owing to the well known prollflcness ott solons In thinking up now laws," Mr. Barton will be lucky If he breaks even in his noble crusade. o Politicians who have not been absent nor tardy at a Townaend club picnic for three years, and paint themselvea as white-haired boys upon the burning decks, in behalf of the Old Folks, have atart ed battling the "power-trust. In due course of time, they will get around oratorlcally cutting the taxes Into two, aavlng the farmer, ana keep the boys out of war. ... Valley democrats who Journeyed upstate to see the Postmaster -Cen tral over the week-end, have re- turned safe and sound, but still shaking with Joy. too Freddie Bartholomew, . the boy actor of the films, has signed contract granting him a aso.ooo per year Increase In pay. In unsympa thetic circles this Is held too much, but about the right figure. If ne will agree not to try to act any more. 0 4 0 The frost Is on the pumpkin, and the wood la on the fire. Many are confronted with the problem of tne uncut wood, due to Tarnishing a flshpole. when they should neve been greasing a cross-cut aaw with keroaene. Plan Housing Nnrvcy. PORTLAND, Oct. 19 A The city councU supported a housing survey today after a epeeal! committee re ported many clttarna of fixed Income were unable to meet existing coals. Oaa alall Itlbuua waul ads, Ad'ortlslns RoproooDltloe WEif-HofetD.AY One SvfffeWi31 1'voHsWri I o )As scjjsj t o" Another Air Disaster I'HK announcement that new air traffic rulei will go into 1 effect. Nnvpmher lat.. aDclvinir atrineent regulations to blind flying, giveg an ironic twist to the ghastly plane tragedy in northern Utah, with a loss of 19 live. Thia tragedy like practically all major plane disasters, was the direct result of blind flying. Where a pilot can see where he is going, and know what he is doing, the modern passenger plane is about as safe, as any other mode of transportation. But add fogs or heavy clonds, night time instead of day time, mix in' the .order "go through on schedule," and the wings of sud den death, begin to hum. 'sees..'' "pHESB new rule., promulgated by the U. S. bureau of air S commerce, after two years of ' careful research may help. We hope so. These plane tragedies, particularly in the region of the Great Divide, are becoming all too common. But regardless of the rules, and in lieu of mechanioal im provement which rented blind flying "FOOL PROOF," we fear there will be little decrease in our annual fatality lists, un til this blind passion for speed and still more speed, is mod ified. This oassion is t the bottom of practically all transporta tion disasters. A passenger train behind schedule must get in on time-, a motorist unexpectedly delayed, steps on her to keep some relatively unimportant date. And in spite of storm signals ahead, or a sudden and unexpected loss of visibility, the tradi tion of the service must be maintained, the "air mail must go through!" - ' . O O 0 IT isn't so much the fault of the transcontinental companies, air or land, or the temper and capabilities of their em ployes, as it 'is a defect in our Amerioan psychology, the con stant popular demand, for maintaining life on a higher and higher tempo. . It is really a national monomania, and until it is modified, we fear, such disasters, as this one in Utah, Sunday night, and the mounting fatalities on our highways, day after day, will continue. ... ' Uncle Sam will have to change his habits of his life, slow up a bit, or continue to pay the price in human lives, he is paying today. For as long as the people aa a whole, demand SPEED instead of SAFETY first, pass what laws you will, make what regulations 'you like, that popular supplied 1 . - i. Doesn t Make Sense IP anyone understands the present Wall Street crash, they have not become vocal. Even the experts are stumped, and can only fall baok on the familiar ble is psychological. But the politicians, professional and amateur, know the answer. It's entirely due to Roosevelt, his New Deal, and the consequent loss of pubho confidence. Yes there is no doubt, F. D. R., the big bad wolf is to DUT viewing the situation from a non-political viewpoint,.we can't figure out just what brand of logio, the Roosevelt phobiacs employ. Eight or ten months ago when ing, and happy dayi for the brokers were here again, the una nimous Wall Street verdiot, was that while President Roosevelt characteristically olaimed the credit, he had nothing to do with it whatever. In other words when stocks were going up, the ad ministration wasn't responsible, now that they are going down it is. Unless we are all wet regarding the elemental rules of logic, that just doesn't make sense. How can any one person, Pres ident or otherwise, be powerless in a rising market, and all- powerful when the SAME market, starts to fall! To a man up a tree there would appear to suoh a diagnosis, and more alse. ' Just Happened, But ' A WELL KNOWN Wall Street authority, announces the rtrAsenf atnplr rraah in "lnfta-vnluma M nromisea tn pome a close second, if not equal, the Well, that would be going uttermost limits of high bracket pessimism, certainly hovers around the edges. But for the sake of argument, let's take that pronounce ment aa approximately correct. What do we find then! THE year 1929, and the period immediately following was ninrlr,4 not. ftntv W a atni.lp nrnoh hut hv An Anirlpmif nf bank failures, shutting down of employment, never before equalled in the country's history. What do we see now, and what are we likely to see later on I There lias bn a decline in steel production the last quarter (given as the chief cause of the latest decline) but production recessions in this industry are common thia time of the year, and in other directions, there appear to be no serious malad justments in normal basic manufacturing. Factories are run ning, night and day, ear loadings normal, payrolls, high. Tho most recent industrial survey, reported gcne-al retail business conditions good, and with the farmers of the country, with more cash on hand, than in many a long year, prospects are even BETTER, No bank failures are reported or even suspected, thanks to the administration's deposit insurance law. Financial institu tions of the country ara loaded with cash and stronger, as a whole, than ever before. fT course we wouldn't SUGGEST President Roosevelt and his administration had anything to do with this startlinc contrast between the situation following the stock collapse in 1929, and the situation following a similar collapse today. That would only show this column's incurable pro-Roosevelt bias and its pathetic susceptibility to Franklin D.'s radio charm! BUT, the contrast EXISTS nevertheless, and we feel it is something which might well be utilized to counteract, Wall Street's, hysterical alarm, and for which the people of the country, have reason to be thankful. demand, will, willy-nilly be alibi, that the only real trou blame. the stock market was boom be more emotion than reason, in partisan politics than anything N disaster of 1929. some, and if it doesn't reach the factories and increases in un Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in Ink. Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, 265 El Camlno, Beverly Calif. HEREDITY Ig A Silver fox farms, of which there are thousands In America, have found how difficult it la to obtain real silvers by breeding. When a good looking pair of chsnce that a allver win result very likely the result will be a cross and a red. The characteris tic hair which distinguishes the sliver Is an ac quired character istic One school of modern gene tics WOUM . dMID that acquired characteristics or chsr actera are Inherited or transmitted to offspring at all, that belief or view is of course extreme. However, nobody knows enough about genetics, evolution, heredity or eugenics to warrant arbitrary assumptions one way or another. It la well to re member that Oelton's "law" and Mendel's "law" are merely theories which attempt to explain the work ing of Inheritance. Those who be lieve In evolution think acquired characters are transmitted. This controversy Is more fsmlllsr In the perennial debate upon the question "la heredity or environment the more Important factor In deter mining character?" Guinea-pigs, fowls and other ani mals with a comparatively short cycle of life or development snd rapid rate of multiplication, are bandy material for experiments In genetics. Man la so long-lived and ao slow In development and repro duction that he Is not available for scientific material. Plants that re produce themselves In a ehort season are good material for the geneticist. Mendel made hla observations chiefly on pees he cultivated In his garden. Bacteria, the simplest or lowest form of life (call It animal or vegetable as you prefer) multiply ao rapidly that a few weeks' study of bacterial oulturea In the laboratory may be comparable with the entire written history of mankind, so far as the science of heredity Is concerned. Actual mutations, change from one species Into another, are thus readily observed in bacteriological experi ments. For Instance, by means' of changed environment varied culture media, varied conditions of light, moisture, pabulum or food, temper ature, pure cultures of the common and harmless hey bacillus may un QaMclntyiT NEW YORK, Oct 19. The metrop olis has few well-known head waiters any more. Thane who have not been supplanted have gone Into the res taurant business on their own the dream of every one from bus boy days on. Too, head walt frlng Is not the profitable calling It once was. The head wait er was a person age In the old days. He not only greeted you with carpet-klss- Inf? genuflections, but If you "be longed" he stopped at your table several times during the evening to pay little compliments. He escorted you not only to the door but often to your cab. Quite a number grew rich on tips alone. And a handful fabulously so market information. Nobody knows exactly what happened to the business of head watterlng. The de cadence set In about ten years ago and declined gradually until It be came one of the lost callings. Some say the speakeasy made the head waiter unimportant. And also there grew up a large number of cafe proprietors who began to greet the customers themselves--such as Sher man Bllllngsley and Jack Krelndler. who also may send a bottle of com plimentary wine to the table. Frequently X pay toll on the Wash ington bridge and the one leading to the Hudson river parkway. The at tendants are efficient enough on both structures and I find no cause for complaint. Yet not once have I seen one smile or offrr a cheery saluta tion. The contrast was forced home the other morning at a tollbrldge In a neighboring state. The attendant not only had a smile, but sent u on our way with "Hope you hav a fine day. sir. One wonders why New York has a way of squeeslng out that sort of cordiality I In my first days in New York, when nostalgia nudged me. I used to ride on the Fifth i venue buses, and I found a pleasant garrulity among the Irish conductors. Most of whom were not over from Ireland long and pined for friendly contacts and palaver. Today one finds a sim ilar familiarity among the farm lads whose first contacts with the city are often Jobs as servers at the vari ous ccrt.er drink and sandwich stands. There used to be certain spots, too. where the stranger at New York's gate could loaf and often see a face he rrcogntrrd and then someone from horn. Particularly wa this true jf the blork-lon corridor of the old WV- dorf. Peacock Alley My wife and I (ujwd to meet there when ! came up- I town from the new shops on Park Row, and t luxuriated In the deep cushioned divans an hour or ao rarely tailing to se soms celebrity Brady, M D. CHANCY THING dergo mutation Into the virulent ocreptocrccua in tne course or a few weeks. ' In nraetlcal bactarioinoirjii i Is an established principle that the virulence of a given type or strain of disease serm mav h innrniaH decreased by modifying the environ- """" unuer wnicn tne .germ la cul tured or grown. From a guinea-pig's eye view or an Andaluslan bird's eye view of the question It would seem to me that siajuirea ensracters or characteris tics, skill, talent, good traits snd bad, noble tendencies and evil are unques tionably transmitted through iihrt, ance but least of all from parents or grandparents, we must credit nearly everything we inherit to our forebears away back of our grand parents or great-grandparents, in my opinion. About all our parenta and grandparents can dO about it 18 to provide the best environment of which they are capable. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Empyema . What Is empyema and what causes It? What treatments are there for It? (J. J.) Answer Suppuration in any body cavity, but the term usually refers to suppuration In the pleural cavity. It occurs as a sequel of pneumonia, sometimes after apparently simple pleurisy. Surgical drainage of the pus through opening made by removal of portion of rib Is the remedy. Acid. Ash and Alkaline Have Hat of acid ash and alkaline ash foods you gave. Please tell me where olives, peas, tomatoes snd splnaoh would go In the list? (Miss B. P.) Answer In the neutral or slightly alkaline side. I can't Imagine what difference It would make so far aa diet la concerned. Beginning Hernia In a physical examination doctor discovered what he said might be the beginning of hernia. I have noticed nothing. Should I wear a truss or snythlng of the sort? (F. c.) Answer Perhaps special exercise taken while you support the hernial region with fingers of one hand would be beneficial. Send atamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on hernia. (Copyright 1937, John F. Dille Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady.' M. D.. 205 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. of headline Importance. I had my first glimpse of Irvin Cobb there. His famoua story. "The Belled Buswurd" had JuSt appeared that week and no one ever before pr since took on such mighty literary stature in fny eyes. From that crack reporter. John Mc- Claln. one learns the art of sail -making survives. Naturally, its artisans have thinned to a handful and those left are of venerable years. Their output, now Is confined solely to pri vate vessels and their sail lofts are mostly on South street along the waterfront. All belong to the Sail Makers' union, one of the oldest In the country. And that sailing Is not lost to this generation Is proved by the large number of youngsters who toddle to the Central Park lakes and ponds on seasonable dnys with their toy' boats. It leads in all park recre ations for the young topping roller skating. I am somewhat awed by those brash blades who greet a pretty clgaiet or hat check girl they never met, with a chuck under the chin and a "HI. Tootsl" Also I have an Itch. In the manner of Charles McCarthy, to mow them down. So I was heartened In a restaurant last night when one of the fresh-every-hour boys breezed in. pinched the cheek of the hat check girl and Inquired. "How's my sweetie pie?" to see what happened. Blood seemed suddenly to run out of her cheeks and she stood a trembling picture of white-faced fury. Then with the spring of a tiger she slap ped both his cheeks, stamped on his hat, picked It up and walked to the door and threw It toward the gutter. Afterward, In true feminine fashion. she retired to her cloak room for a good cry. But she had had her mo ment and It wa a dandy. P. 8.: She dldnt lose her Job, either. (Copyright. 1937, McNaught Syndicate. Inc.) DEATH IS CLIMAX !T. PETERSBURG. Fla.. Oct. It). (API Death early today climaxed a grim manhunt for the Negro flaver of two St. Petersburg policemen after offtclcls bad saved him. through a ruse, from possible mob action. Chief of Police u. D. Vaughn said the Negro was J. O. Moae. who was wounded and captured lust night after he had been hunted sine Saturday night for the slaying of Motorcycle Officer Jamea A. Thorn ton and Patrolman William O. New berry at a circus here. The officer were wounded fatally by a Negro they ordered off the circus grounds. Vaughn said Moaes was shot wMle resisting arrest when discovered at a Negro dwelling, and tht he was carried In a mortuary basket through a crowd that quickly gathered at the house. The original inhabitants of present Mancnoukuo were nomsdic Tungu. raos quits different from the Chinese. Ten percent of IDe bill u the aver age tip given to a waiter In a public dining Place. Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News . paper Alliance, Ino. (Continued from Page One) cuss other matters beside the sinor Japanese question If It gets a chance. Mr. Davis is accompanied, not only by an expert on the Par East, Mr. Hornbeck, but also by an ad viser on European affairs, namely, the head of that division in the state department, Plerrepont Mot fat. Nor Is that the only hint that America Is looking westward as well as eastward- More Impressive, since It has been carried on with the knowledge of- only a few of his colleagues, Norman Davis has been carrying on a study of the Span ish situation. The assumption is that he expects to make use of it. It seems safe to say that, If the nine-power negotiators manage to complete the first chapter of Amer ica's re-entrance on the Interna tional stage, her delegation has all the notes ready for chapter two. A lot can happen, of course, to change this picture before It Is inked In. But this is the way the back ground looks to one unquotable ob server who stands near enough to get a pretty good close-up: The United States doesn't feel that the nine-power treaty, is a broad enough Implement to handle even the present situation. Some of the nations most Involved In the Far Eastern affair, notably Russia, aren't signatory to the treaty. Anyhow, the SI no-Japanese affair Is only part of the larger problem of world peace. But that pact is a lever. If It can be put In motion to bring other nations Into the Slno-Japanese dis cussion, then the scope might be broadened to take up the world situation, with all nations partici pating. Content of Chairman Kennedy's coming report, which, It Is pre dicted, will rock the merchant ma rine and maritime commission act from stem to stern, is going to be particularly painful to Associate Justice Black. That is, -If the former senator from Alabama still has pride in his legislative accomplishments. He wrote much of the act and the very parts that he created are going to get some of the hardest walloping from Mr. Kennedy. Of course, the content of the re port la secret, but Mr. Black win be lucky If Mr. Kennedy doesn't write something like this about his pet measure: 1. The law, as written, seems to be drawn up so that It excludes some of the biggest shipping lines from possible participation In gov ernment subsidy contracts. Take, for Instance, the clause which limits the salary of any of ficial in a shipping company to 025.000 a year. This would keep the great united fruit company out. it nothing else did. a. The profit motive is Interfered with' by the recapture clause. This clause gives the government one- half- of rill profits over 10 percent on capital investment by the ship pers. 3. The down payment required ot ship-owners who purchase ships, tne building of which Is subsidized by the government, Is too high. It is no percent. Thee are only three of the manv points that Mr. Kennedy will knock down when that monumental report iBtTHup puoiio. am of them ana "is. T V '-mmmt'f.s . ! U- . ill U - v ril s i. . WCW&Sk,'- rtSSf 'AS - 'ai HIGHER LEARNING in the art of firefighting was practiced by 100 volunteers tak ing a short course on the Uni versity of Maryland campus. This class of three is taking an advanced course In ladder climbing. others were Mr. Black's handiwork. Washington la wondering Just how the Duke and Duchess of Wind sor will got to the White House, It isn't a simple matter when you are a distinguished foreigner, be cause, unless you are a close per- Bonal friend of the president or ma wife, the approach must be made through the embassy of your coun try. That la to prevent anyone who la persona non grata from being received. An extreme case would be a revolutionary leader. So far the British embassy doesn't even know (officially) that the duke Is coming. If the embassy never finds out that the duke is in town, the pres ident, who knows him pretty well, could whisper to the stats depart ment that he'd like to have him lor tea. The atate department would then whisper to the ambassador and then well, probably everything would be all right. ' But Just how well does the presi dent know the prince? steamer Hits Jetty REEDSPORT, Ore., Oct. 19. (AP) The lumber and freight steamer Flor ence Olson, damaged yesterday when thrown stern first against tho north Jetty here while crossing the bar in rough water, awaited a tug today to be taken to a drydock for repairs. The rudder snd one propellor were damaged. Find Body In Coqullie COQUILLE. Oct. 19. (API riih erman found the body of John Daniels. 23, In the CoqulUe river. He had been missing from hie home slnw October 13. An IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT j .tfiM -mh ' u ' i A :.wLaaspasaaaaaaa..,IIlr'1.1'' ' MANN'S BEAUTY SALON Mezzanine Floor Mann's Department Store Haa been purchased by Lure Lynch, owner and operator of the Craterlan Beauty Shop. Both Msnn's and the Craterlan shops will be under Lura Lynch't personal supervision. AIR CONDITIONED . '. . EXPERIENCED STFF COURTEOUS. PERSONAL SERVICE . . LATEST TYPE FACILITIES . . . MODERATE CHARGES Patrons of Mann's Beauty 9a!an may uw thelT regular charge account at M.nn lprtxent St?re. Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County history from the flies of the Mall Tribune 10 and 30 years ago. TEN TEARS AOO TODAY October 19. 1937. (It was Wednesday.) pw r.. orav of Fort Madison, Iowa, wins contest to determine most "typ ical American cltlun. Adolohe Menlou. film dandy, coveting from serious Illness. Roland Hubbard and Louis (Tlrlea returns from a bunting trip. Blonde lady forger bilks local mer chants and concerns. - Medford high to play Oregon Proah football squad here Friday. President Coolldge rebukes Ohio solon who starts move to "draft him" for third term. Codoo oower line menaced by north ern California power line. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY October 19, 1917. (It was Friday.) Jackson county residents ao tar subscribe for M11.800 In Liberty bonds. French bring down five German Zeppelins during air raid over north France. Paclfle coast phone strike Is post poned for a week. Forty high school students buy Lib erty Loan bonds. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. An tie return from a motor trip to Eugene, Mrs. Delroy Getchell entertained laat Saturday In honor of her daugh ter Valeria's second birthday. Regular passenger service on tins Bspee Is delayed by military trains. C-C SUPPORT MO , FOR GRANGE DINNER Members of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce today wre tn receipt of a letter from President Olen Arnsplger, urging them to at tend the turkey dinner to be held by the Upper Rogue Orange In tts new hall, from 2 to 6 p. m. Sunday, October 31. "Aa a matter of fact," Mr. Arns plger wrote, "the Upper Rogue Oranga was the first Orange' in the county to Join this chamber of commerce.' Our Inter-clty visitation committee is endeavoring to attend many Orange functions this winter and it would be nice to start out with a large group at the dinner on October 31." WINDOW GLASS We sell window glaaa and will replace you; broken windows reasonably rrowbrld'e Cab inet Works. Insist on Delicious Grade A LTST RIVER BUTJER & MILK Manufactured in Medfiird , ww' sr?7j H ' M t loitMig gum Rovorl Aik tar m -afi TlN CROWN tn ih hatutf jfJjli w Sol packogaallopKan
