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rAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1939, EDF0RD2$feTRlBUNE "Eieryooa Is Soothm Orrgna Beads the UmU Trlbaae." Dally Exrcpl Saturday. Publtihart by UBOrORD PBINTINO CO. Jf-M No Kir SL Phona 11 ROBERT W RUHU Editor. BRNEST R OIL8TRAP Unr. As Independent Newspaper. (trad aa aecond-elaie matter at Med t Oreson. under Act of Uereh I. lS7i 80 H8C R I PTION RATES Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year 1190 uslly aod Sunday all montha... I 60 Dally and Sunday three montha t 00 Dally and Sunday cne month.. Tl . Carrier In Ad vance MedTord. Aeh arid. Central Paint. Jacksonville. Qold tillt. Rrtiue Hier. rnoenia, .a.. Dally and Sunday one year I 00 nii and Sunda y one month T All terme eaah In advance. .(final Pai " " ''"' Official I'apar of Jrkw0 County. IKMIIKK OF NIK IMIII'HrKI) I'lCBHH ReeolTlni run ltiaro ira I'ha Auocliliil Praaa IcIiliWtlr Htlod to tha uas for publication or an .aa dlapatchaa cradltad to II or otr,ar. laa erartuart to thu papar. ana alao to all rlhta for publication of apaolal i.tpatchaa haraln ar alao raaarvao. MoiMBBRS OP UNITED PREBS UBMBKR or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIROIILATIONS Advartlalni Rapraaanlatlvaa W-EBT-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. offlcaa In Naw To. Chlcaio. Datroll. n Franclaco. Loe Angalaa. Sealtla. Portland. SL Loula Atlanta. Vancouvar. Ye Smudge Pot Bt Arthur Hrrry. Mr. Hitler who launched a "blitzkreig" against Poland, is now getting a nitzpeace. a a Hitchhikers along the Pacific Highways these Indian summer days, run about four to the mile, wearing football sweaters, all striped and lettered. They hope to get to where they're going in time to kick the winning point. a a Bird hunters report poor, or no luck at all. They might try shooting at the rural barn, and take a chance on hitting a Chi nese Pheasant. a a a AS I LIVE AND BREATHE (Klamath Falls Herald) "On frequent occasions, au tomobiles have been observed at a stop to permit pedestrians to cross over ahead. On one day this week, a taxicab wus actually seen at a standstill while women and children trooped across the pedestrian lane." a a Fears are felt in Oregon fear ing circles, if the fantastic Hain fc Eggs plan wins in California, In the November 7 election, the notion will spread to this state. These fears are groundless. No Utopian dreamer is going to wait ix months for a chance to vote for a meal, when ho can head south, and be at the frying in six days. a a a A Salem sports writer, de scribing the weak points of the erstwhile "mighty Vikings" of that burg, declared "they lnck enough power to knock the giz rard out of a geranium" in their defeat by Albany. "MB. AND MRS. ROSS LU- CAS. MARRIED 30 YEARS, ARE SURPRISED" (Strentor (111) Times Press Hdlinc) Such frankness! PLAIN ENOUGH (New York Paper) "Scarsdalc, Magpies Will the back fence gossips stop poisoning my wife's mind with ' the idea that she is sinned ; against because I must use the car? For your information, we enn't afford two cars. You mind your business, and we'll mind ours. Exasperated." The First Lady, in her daily column, sees Nazi sympathy in recent speech of Col. Lindbergh opposing the repeal of the arms embargo. For that matter, a great mnny people see a love of Communism in the words and acts of the First Lady. One of these days a prominent citizen is going to be publicly accused of unadulterated Americanism. a a A valley grower reported yes terday the present price of on ions "was enough to bring tears to his eyes." a a a The situation in Europe con tinues in a worse muddled shape and as impossible of solution as the Rogue river fish issue, which for longevity of agitation has more lives than a cat. Fighting on this front has been resumed between Josephine and Coos county piscatorial enthusiasts, over the question: Is the sulmon a steelhead, or a trout not that it matters. THE SELF-HATER "Dear Sir: Ere the European war clouds eclipse whatever star may be guiding my destiny, I should like to scratch my name by those of my more Illustrious predecessors of the Fourth Es tate ... I believe that I am the strategist and tactitian you need to give your campaigns added 'oomph,' 'it.' and 'blitzkreig'," (Letter received by the editor of the Houston (Tex ) Chronicle, as reported by "Editor and Pub liihex ") fVaaatM OnttlOtSMTfrSjfilPf Editorial Correspondence NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 17. for slickers, this Hades for the honest man! After Washington, which in spite of its absorbing interest and great importance, is a quiet and decidedly soothing village; New York is more than ever the noisy, brass-bound, bibulous and sordid Babylon, which repels and at the same time has an irresistible attraction. But what a day, we can think of no better simile than the ancient one "air like wine!" SPARKLING wine! Not a cloud in the sky, what smoke or dust may have been lurking, swept away by a spanking breeze from mid-Atlantic stimulating yet warm thanks to the steady Indian summer sunshine. Coming over from the Jersey side, the first touch of war. Three large Atlantic liners at dock, all painted a battleship grey, with huge guns fore and aft. (At least they struck this non-military landlubber as huge, the one on the Cunarder "Cameronla", particularly, must have been at least 30 feet long.) Well we shall avoid British and French ships for the present, thank you. THERE, no doubt, is another reason why Mussolini is going to keep out of this war. if it's possible to do so. There was a large ship the name of which we couldn't make out, moored at the dock of the Italian line, with no war paint on! a a a Here's a tip for Winchcll start a keyhole tabloid down in Washington, and unless we miss our guess you will be more UNpopular and more prosperous than ever. For such a sheet would certainly go over big, and probably not cost more in the way of libel suits than Winchell's column does already. We don't refer so much to keyhole and domestic gossip as political gossip, countless products of the grapevine, that a person like Winchell would handle, but no responsible newspaper publisher at the capital, would. Reports like these for example: President Roosevelt definitely doesn't want a third term and says so. Drexel Biddle muffed his chance in Poland and handed the dirty work over to one of the under-secretaries, although his press agent, one of the cleverest In the business, may rescue him. Mrs. Lindbergh doesn't agree with Lindy's war views in pri vate, but does in public, the strain of such a position is telling on her. Senator Pittman of Nevada, is more of a stooge for the Presi dent than Bnrkley, and is taking an awful beating as a result, for the President at heart, is not only pro-British, but wants this country to enter the war against Hitlerism. (The author of this gives quotations to prove it, but is VIOLENTLY anti-administration.) Senator Taft is definitely out as a serious contender for the Republican nomination, his western swing though brief, defin itely revealed he hasn't what it takes, in the hinterland. Before the first of the year, Italy will go over to the allies and Hitler and Stalin will be fighting each other for the Ukraine! As a result of the Dies probe, an average of ten government employees are being LET OUT every day. Of course the above aren't so hot, but they give a suggestion of what we mean, and what was heard in the press rooms. The real dirt which is plentiful, can't, we fear, be handled by anyone but a Winchell. We have Just returned from our first glimpse of the Flatbush Fair, and thanks to a press pass, saw both the "World of To morrow" and General Motors' "Futurama" in less time than the rank and file could see one-half of one percent of ONE of them There were 1500 people standing in line waiting to get in the General Motors exhibit for example! Those in the rear had no chanc of getting in before nightfall but there they stood. The press on the other hand has an entrance of its own, and a special guide who wastes no time in ushering them In. (Yes the much maligned Fourth Estate HAS its compensations!) The "World of Tomorrow" was the first airplane trip and we have had several we ever really enjoyed, for while we seemed to be in the air soaring over a "new world," we were really on solid ground and leaning against a rail. A platform moving up and around the inside of a huge hollow sphere, on a sort of endless chain. But the illusion of an aerial trip was perfectly sustained, so much so that the young lady on our right, moved away at one point, to escape from a dizzy spell, AND be comforted by her swain. However we have no time to go into detail, if we are to catch the airmail and we have an idea the latter is more Important than the former anyway. At least while some people like world fairs and others don't, practically no one cares to hear a long winded disquisition about what some third party thinks of it This is NOT a promise, however, that in our next we won't do that very thing! (Personal note for the doctor. A friend who saw the Princeton Cornell game Saturday, says that as far as footba'! is concerned Princeton has a wonderful BAND!) R W R At The National Capitol with John W. Kelly Contlnu'Ki frum Paaie One ) TTHE former Willamette Uni versity student asserts that when the Athenia had Its explo sion and the passengers were in lifebonts, a British liner, practi cally empty, was only about 40 miles distant, yet did not come to (he rescue. A Swedish steam er, healing the SOS from the Alhetiiii, although afraid of he ing subbed, rushed to the strick en vessel and picked up Ander son among others. Instead of sinking immediate ly, the Athenia rode high in the water for hours, with pumps working and lights burning British destroyers cume along later and shot it to the bottom, after the captain removed the safe and his papers. Anderson's affidavit, which the state depart inent is studying so carefully recounts his personal expert eni't's and observations. He fin ally landed in the United States on the steamer City of Flint, on which he worked in the galley, cooking. 17 hours a day. C1NCE leaving Salem, Ander ,J son has conducted world tours, and has been an indepon dent motion picture operator taking films in China. Russia, the war in Spain and getting around generally. Andrrson's entire li(e ha.v hern invcM iiMti-d by the Mate department, no difficult task bit- Back again, to thi Paradise cause of the file of his passports over a period of almost 20 years. He was given a cross examina tion and while his statement checked with other information, his assertion that the Athenia carried arms caused eye-brows to lift. State department has wondered for a month at the apparent indifference of the British In probing the sinking of the Athenia. Possiblv r.ui An. derson has furnished a clue. SUB-ROSA, house members are planning an Investigation of the navy and a general shnke-up. Cer tain congressmen suspect there Is In competency which amounts to a scandal. President Roosevrlt, a former assistant secretary of the navy. Is aware of the blunders being perpe trated, and Is expected to appoint a secretary of the navy when con gress mceta In regular session. At prraent Charlts Edison (son of famed Inventor Thomas A I, is acting sec retary, but his health Is Impaired. Mr. Roosevelt appointed the late Claude Swnnson secretary In lH.iS. but Swnnson was ft sick man until his death a few months ago and waa nrver In active charge RFCFNT rumor Is that Colonel Prank Knox. Republican ,'anm (istp for vice president In HUH, may 1 offered the Job. because Knox and Vila Chicago newspaper are supporting Mr. Roosevelt's plan to repeal the embargo. There Is no foundation (or the rumor, but It perslts. With no civil head, the navy has been run for years by gold -braided admirals (mont of thrm ashore and only a few on sea duty). With a great program for expanding the navy, congressmen are wonderlnat which two down new destmyera are so poorly desUned that thev may turn turtle with all on board. Look for the first move by the house naval affairs committee, many of whom visited Tongue 'Vint and iimsI bnvs on Puset rtonnd last September briore the picsldent i.t;ied tha special session Personal Health Service By William Signed lettert pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered bj Dr. liradf If a stamped self addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink Owing to the large number or letters received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Or. William Brady. 265 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. WHY NOT HAVE Not later than the age of three years every child should be examined by the family d e n t o r, who will remove any "green stains" or other discolor ations and pol ish the teeth all a pleas ant experi ence. If any caries or de cay of the teeth is pres ent the dentor can apply a temporary filling quite pain lessly, and that, too will please the child, so that the prospect of future visits to the dentor remains a pleasant one. Such early dental care, and recogni tion and correction of any de fects in the formation of the temporary teeth will not only promote the development of good teeth but will prevent much unnecessary discomfort and expense later in childhood and youth. No longer can the conscientious parent dismiss the question of proper dental treat ment for the young child on the foolish ground that the tem porary teeth will be lost soon anyway. If decay of the tem porary teeth is not promptly arrested, the permanent teeth will not last long either. The carious primary took should be filled, not extracted, for by keeping it in place until the permanent tooth is about to ap pear you enable natural growth and development to proceed normally, and that means the preservation o f health and beauty. More and more people today are undergoing voluntary health examinations from time to time, for the satisfaction of knowing just what their physical condi tion or health rating is and getting expert advice about keeping well or avoiding the particular hazards to which they may be susceptible. Such a health test or survey should invariably include a visit to the dentor for examination and any necessary dental treatment he or she advises. The better dentors nowadays regularly notify their patients that it is time to come in for such inspection and prophylaxis. A majority of patients respond to this reminder, and so, once more, all praise to the dentors. They are promoting the public The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washinfiton, Oct. 20. Amer-I ican experts, who have some- j thing better to go on than the, scant war news, are worriedly waiting for the Germans to un leash their full fighting strength. Great air raids bombers by the hundred, not by the dozen are thought probable within the next weeks. Simultaneously the sub marine campaign is likely to be intensified. The reason lies in Germany's strategic situation. With the Mediterranean closed by British contraband stations, with the Maginot line on her western frontier, and with the British fleet in the North sea. Germany is as much a nation besieged as she was in the last World war. To win, she must break the siege and the obvious point of attack is the sea-blockade. Lacking a navy, Germany must rely on her air force and her submarine fleet to burst the blockade. Diplomacy .ins drlnypd Orrmiin action In the wt up to the present. It wit only a few day bro that Hitler amrd how wrons the ullrh Von Rlbbrntrop rould he in predtct- I' ln that, when Poland was takrn. the "decadent democracies" would accept the fait accompli. The recent minor enpngementa. mien a the air attack on the Ktrlh of Forth. re thought similar to an athlete's warmiiw-up. The big showa must start now. U la believed, because the time ot gvKKi went her la getting shorter and shorter. Orent air bombardments of auch British baara aa FiMkatone and Chatham, and attacks on the British warships In the North ara by im mense flerta of bombers are both anticipated. Already, the Oermans have lot a priceless opportunity, for British anti-aircraft defends fcae hen viv improved since the N-j. u And Nofmhrr n tri nri oil lh tinttt months in lucU tli Brady, M D. DENTAL TREATMENT? health even if they are not doctors in my lexicon! Softening and rapid decay of the teeth of the expecant mother,- due to nutritional de ficiency, chiefly in adequate daily intake of calcium, phos phorus, vitamin D, C, A, and B-complex, mey be controlled by correcting these deficiencies in the diet, but dental defects or decay already present must be properly treated by the den tor, no matter what stage of pregnancy. Of course the earlier the patient has her teeth put in order the better. But it is unjust to herself and unfair to the unborn baby to neglect such dental care for fear of some complication. Ordinary dental treatment such as scaling and polishing and filling cavities is as safe for the expectant mother as it is for anyone else. If any operation requiring anesthesia is required, then the attendance of the physician and his advice should be requested. Questions and Answers Spray Infection and Home Smiltntlon Have you any pamphlet telling how common diseases are spread, the common contagious disease so likely to affect children, and how to guard against them? (Mrs. C. W.) Answer Yes. Send a l!j-cent-stamped envelope bearing your ad dress and ask for these monographs do not send clipping, but name what you want In your letter: Spray Infection and Contagious Disease. Home Sanitation. The two monographs cover your needs, but If you ask specific ques tion requiring personal reply be sure to Inclose a three-cent-stnmped ad dressed envelope. Kissing Can one get the germ of hay fever by kissing a person who has It? (A. D. C.) AnsweiHay fever la not due to germ but to allergy, and you can't get alergy by kissing. Hemorrhoid Please tell me how much an oper ation for hemorrhoids Losts. Would cutting them with a razor help? Have you any salve that would cure them? (M. S.) Answer I can give no Information about fees, costs or expenses. Injec tion treatment Is the method of choice for hemorrhoids and does not Interrupt the patient's occupation. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on Hemorrhoids. (Protected by John P. Dille Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to cominuiilcnle with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. IVIIIIam Brady. M. D.. 26S El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. weather over the North sea and the Brlsh lslea la foggy from a third to b half of the time and pretty bad for much of th rest. Even In the raid on the Firth of Forth, bad weather la sUd to have Interfered, causing two of the German planes to come In a couple of hours after the main squadron. The experts and the president are watching the situation with eager Intentness. The weather question Is reported to have been studied care fully by the prosldent himself. His and the experts' Interest concen trates on the main question can lpnaaaMnassnt ?W"",-UaUfia- 1 JTI fsl i-l" ""l ' - - - :' : uXTEuXi I IHuitratadi Commander Coupe, Champion Club Sedan, Preildenf Cruttlng Sedan The head-line of 1940 ! The line that's ahead in new lower prices new roomy comfort, solid safety and QTt'DEBAKER follow s up J bre breaking sales' of 1939 offering you three remarkable, new, sure-shot success cars for 19-lt)! A new Studebaker President! ... A wheel gear shift, new Studebakcr Commander! ... A suspension, non , 207 surface ships defend themselves against air attack? Bo far, xh evidenca la entirely Inconclusive, for the bombing squad ron sent out by the Germans nave been too small to afford a real test. There Is Interest, however. In a con fidential report, presumably from British sources, which describes the attack on the British aircraft car rier. Ark Royal. In this engagement, about 20 German bombers came over the Ark Royal and her convoy, were driven upward by anti-aircraft ar tillery, and loosed their bomb loads from a high altitude. Because they flew high, the bombers were com paratively safe, but. because they flew high, their aim was very poor. Although the Germans later claimed to have put the Ark Royal out of commission, the nearest their planes came to a hit was a bomb which fell about four hundred yards from one of the convoy. Besides the main danger of Ger man air attack on the British fleet and Its bases, there are the subsi diary dangers of the submarine cam paign and of air attacks on the convoyed merchantmen bringing food and supplies to England. Bombing i of merchantmen Is aealnst Interna- tlonal law. but certain experts here feel that it may be used with great effect by the Germans. To attack merchant shipping successfully, the German bombers must be able to fly a long way from their base, cruise at high altitudes for lonR periods, and return home. But some experts believe that Germany has loiM?-range bombers equal to the task. All sorts of factors will affect Ger many's ability to break the siege, and all sorts of evidence is pre sented regarlng them. For example, bombing pilots require many months of training, and there 1 some doubt that Germany's bombing pilots are well-trained. During the air congress In Germany about a year ago, Amer ican observers saw everything the Germans had except large numbers of planes In the air. The congress ended with a huge dinner given by Goerlng at his country palace, Kar lnhall. A well-known official of an American aviation company seized the opportunity to ask Goerlng about his pilots, The irritated field mar shal replied, "Why. Just In the last year's training. 040 men were killed." and then stopped himself short. But this sort of evidence really means nothing. The test will be the big shows to come. If Germany wins the big shows and breaks the siege. she may perhaps win the war. If the siege holds, the experts believe that Hitler Is done for. ' In The Day's-News-. By FRANK JENKINS IOAN KLACK1NGER, of Falls City, Nebraska, turns her boy friend down. The boy friend, muttering that if he can't have her nobody else will, enters the house where she is watching a neighbor's children and shoots her. She runs screaming from the house, mortally wounded. JOAN'S father, two doors away lionrintr trm chntc unrl ecrpams seizes his shotgun and dashes out. The boy friend shoots him twice with a pistol. The father, just before he falls dead, fires both barrels of his shotgun, kill ing the boy friend. To make the traeedv comDlete. the policeman who dashes dp to see what the shooting is about, its rccorJ- new anil finer Stuilebaker Champion! Even in the very low-priced Champion, you pay nothing extra for Studebaker's sealed-beam head lamps, steering models by SANDERSON SOUTH RIVERSIDE turns out to be the boy friend's father. AS long asuch things (involv int" basic human passions) go on among INDIVIDUALS, how can we expect NATION & to oe so perfect as to refrain from war? B RITAIN, France and Turkey sign a "mutual assistance pact," and British and trencn military missions arrive in An kara (the Turkish capital) on the heels of the departing German ambassador, Franz von Papen, who has been putting in his best licks to PREVENT what has just happened. Score one for the British diplo mats, who haven't been doing so well lately. DUSSIA is said to have been "demanding a Turkish agree ment to close the Dardanelles to all but Russian shipping in the event of war involving Rus sia.' Turkey is said to have RE FUSED. The new British-French-Turkish treaty, however, has a clause permitting Turkey to REMAIN NEUTRAL in the event of war among Britain, France and Rus sia. IF you can figure out what Sta- lin is up to, you are good; but it LOOKS as if he is moving to shut Germany out of the Bal kans and the eastern Mediter ranean. (Remember that Berlin- to-Bagdad is a cherished German dream). Along this line, note that Brit ain has been making no nasty cracks about Russia, in spite of what happened in Poland. A scheme of some sort is in the wind, and the scheme is bigger than Turkey. A NOTHER straw. The Bulgar "Van cabinet resigns. This cab inet has been mildly pro-German. The dispatches suggest that its successor will probably be pro-Russian. Pulling Bulgaria over would be another step toward shutting the Balkan-Mediterranean door in Hitler's face. The important fighting is still being done by the diplomats. 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TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY October 20, 1919 (It was Tuesday) Senate orators "fear nation will fall unless labor strikee cease." Compromise looms over peace treaty fight in congress. Presidential boom of General Leonard Wood started in Dixie. Local boy, 11, nabbed for joy riding and given lecture by po lice. President Wilson from his sick bed sends message to labor leaders urging end of "strike epidemic." I.W.W's ordered barred from milk work in Washington. Clostng time for Too Lata to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p m. latches, front-compartment hood lock. Drive a new President, Commander or Champion now! See why Stude bakcr is the head-line of 1940. Use your present car as part payment on a new Studebaker; easy C, I. T. terms.
