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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1939. MEDFORD&ikTRiBUNE Pally Kirpt Saturday. Hubiiiri1 by MEDFOnD PRINTING CO Si-tT-3 No Fir 8L Photi t ROBERT W RtJHU Editor ERNEST R OU-STRAP Managar. An lDUian1ant Ncwapapor. iDttrtd m MeoDrt cltM malttr i Mad ford. Oragoo. undar Act of March I 1171 UHSCRIPTION RATES By Mall lo Adancot Dally and Sunday ono yaar 0 Pally and Sun-lay all mootha.. 10 Dally and 8uu1ay ihraa month t 00 Dally aod Sunday oni month.. 71 By Carrtar Id Adfaneo Uadfnrd. Aah. land. Cantral PjtnU JacWanntlt Oold Hill. Rngua Rlar. phoanli. TalanL anr) oo motor routaa; Dally and Sunday ona yoar M 00 Dally nd Sunday on month Tl All tarma caah in advanca OMrltil Papw of th City ol Mwlford Offlrlal I'aprr of JarkMi. Oiunty. URMIIRR OF I'll E AMOCIA TKI I K KM Hix-olvlns Full l-wiard Wire Marvlrr. Tha Aaanciatad Praaa la aicluaivaly antlilad to tha uaa for publication of an n.wa di.p.trht. cradltad lo it or othor wlaa eraduart to thia papar and ha local nawa publish haraln AM rlhia for publication of apoclal fllapatcriaa haraln ara alao raaarad. MEMBERS OF UNITED PRESS UEMRRR OF AUDIT HIIRBAO OF CIRCULATIONS Advartlalni RapraaantatUaa WBST-HOU.IDAV COUPANT. INC Offlcaa In Naw ToTh. Chicago. Datrolt. Ban Franclaco Lot Angalaa. Saattl. Portland. SL Lcui" Atlanta. Vanefuai B C. Hunters have been running wild over the rural scene the past week, ignoring trespass signs like they were stop signs, and making the farmers as mad as the young Democrats think they are. The warm weather hangs on. So far Indian summer has been more summer than Indian. H. Offenbacher of the Apple gate Is back from the Frisco fair, nd Is getting in his winter's wood and shucking corn. Alumnus of Old Oregon and OSC. are belligerent over which football team is going to the Rose Bowl. Nothing is yet sure, except they both can't go. Cattlemen have started get ting rid of their steers bum and bovine. Col. Lindbergh, the ex-No. 1 national hero's speech a week ago, has brought fires of criti cism on his head. His critics should go fly the Atlantic. To hear the howls, one would think the "Lone Eagle", as he was once called, was the only orator who ever made a poor speech. John Ragsdale of E.Pt. has moved his store from the po. to the cthse, where old friends and customers can catch him. The B. Getchell boy, S, has been disconnected from his ton tils. Constable Nick Young showed up Thurs. eve in his blue serge suit, at a lodge function The coat fits well in the back, and the front is trained to flap back sceldentally and show his star. The ducks and geese are head ing south again, beating the Carpenter boys to it this year i The C. Wig Ashpole boy. Chuck, has become estranged from Shirley Temple of the movies, and is now showing off in the front yard of a young lady, who Is Just as cute, and closer home. F. Luy, the Antelope cowhand has not showed up all week, and it is the supposition he is working. A missionary from San Silva dor visited Vcrl Walker, the radioist, last week between trains. They both stnrted in Los Angeles. H. Dunn of C.Pt. has his onions on the mkl. and the sun rain, soil, and his trusty hoe, did a good Job. Locnl sleuths are still trying to locate the German liner Bre men. They have looked every place, but in the auto freight trucks. Thp Dubb Watson boy F.dd was on the Job Thurs. as assist ant manager of the Junior high football team. By the time this chap gets into senior high, he ought to be a good long legged halfback. Royally Crantt. London, Oct. 21 (AP) King Ye Smudge Pot By Arllliir I'erry, George and Queen Elizabeth made a two-hour tour of bnl loon barrage sites In London to day, the British Press associa tion said in a dispatch passed for publication. The king and queen gazed into the sky, trac ing the balloon cable up to the balloon. The king wore the uni form of marshal of the Royal Air Force. Cloli,g Urns fur loo Lat to Cla ally Ada u 1.30 p. m. Editorial Correspondence New York, Oct. 18. How do you think a Ford V-8 compares with a Rolls-Royce limousine? Foolish question! They are both excellent cars, in their special class, but they don't belong in the same class. Which you prefer depends upon what you want. So with the New York World's Fair and the Treasure Island Exposition. When a person learns you have seen them both the inevitable question is: "How do they compare, which is the more interesting?" Well the only sensible answer is as Indicated above. One can't compare them they are both interesting, both good of their kind, but they don't belong in the same class, comparisons in this case may not be "odorous" but they are senseless. So no one is going to pin us down as to which is the better. And no silly local pride is going to put us in the position of those who come here from the coast and after spending two or three hours at the Flatbush show, proclaim with great pride that they like the California exhibition better. Maybe they do, but what does that prove? Either that they happen to prefer a Ford to a Rolls-Royce, or they are members of the ancient and honorable rooting section from the Golden State. Which, in any objective evaluation, as to the respective merits, proves NOTHING. There is no question of this however, the New York fair is far larger than Treasure Island, we haven't the exact figures but would say offhand, one could put Treasure Island in the trans portation section of this show, and not have much more than Sally Rands' nude ranch left over. In less than a week your correspondent pretty well covered Treasure Island on foot, it was so durned cold when we were there, in March, one had to walk, to keep from freezing to death. We have only had a couple of peeks at this 3-ring circus, but have an idea we could walk until New Year's and not cover it. Nor did we see anything at San Francisco that could compare in Interest, size, and originality with General Motors Futurama here, Just as there is nothing HERE, to compare with the foreign fine arts exhibition at Treasure Island. But there we go, before we know it we will be doing just what we declared couldn't be done, comparing them! With some trepidation we opened the morning paper this a. m. to secure the verdict on Helen Hayes in "Ladies and Gentlemen" which opened here last night before the usual crowded and enthusiastic house, and which we saw ten days ago in Washing ton. The Washington critics praised the production and stressed the first night enthusiasm, the great number of curtain calls, etc., etc. The "Mail Tribune," however, panned the performance pretty severely, not as to Helen Hayes or her cast, but as to the material Papa Hnycs (Charley MacArthur) gave them. We couldn't believe the New York critics would follow the lead of the Wash ington gentry, but one can never tell. Miss Hayes is one of the most popular actresses in America and deservedly so, fo she is not only a grand person but a truly great artist. Responsible critics, moreover, like Richard Watts of the Herald Tribune who know her personally would be inclined to give her all the favor able breaks possible, and as far as Watts is concerned we feel he has done so, But they all at least all we have read thus far, agree the play is pretty terrible and say in effect it will be interesting to see how long Miss Hayes' popularity can keep it going, which was in a general way the conclusion of this column. Which isn't a matter of great importance of course, but as this was the first time in the history of the world that the M. T. dramatic critic had had a chance to review a production BEFORE the New York highbrow lads got a shot at it, there was a certain pleasure in not being far off of line, purely personal of course, but no less gratifying. Ran into some old friends last night, friends dating back to the time we were paid $15 a week as a cub reporter on the now defunct N. Y. Commercial-Advertiser, and earned it, BE GOSH! They invited your correspondent to see Bobby Clark in "The Streets of Paris," no doubt on the general principle that a country editor from the wide open spaces, would have a yearning to see the latest "girl show" along the Rialto. Well Bobby Clark has been one of our favorites ever since he was In vaudeville with the late I. McCullough, and they nonchal- antlv threw Ktnnps thrnliph th irlnce pn,n,inH i:.i n. ..... ,,uvw w, a luauajuc con servatory, a cigar smoking comedian but a very good one. And nnl,h,, la .:n .. 1 ,i , . . . ... uuuu a bu". iiiuuKn we were surprised ana snocked to see, not quite as young ns he was 25 YEARS AGO! But the rest of the offering was nothing to write home about even for a rural editor from Oregon on a brief vacation. The musical score was blah, the comedy forced (when Bobby wasn't participating), and the girls while extremely good looking and well proportioned, as usual, seemed to be suffering that night at least, from a severe attack of hookworm. They didn't pretend to sing above a whisper and except for the specialty dancing gals, had difficulty in raising one foot more than six inches above the other. And we ought to know for " "le aecoun row, not more man an arms length from the gyrating bow of the hard working first violin! Another friend, it is always amazing how many one can gather together in this man's town, though numerically they are only one grain of sand on the seashore of this seething population motored us up to John D. Rockefeller's "Cloisters," on the banks of the Hudson river, a mile or so north of Columbia university. This is a rrmnrkjihlp rntirn irM nf rAi..nl i il: lecture, including some of the world, and from the tower nni upstream and across to the Palisades (unlike the District of Colum- ,..- rniiMiue irecs nave not yet started to change color.) But a strong breeze had blown up, and it was a bit too nippv on the ramparts for comfort. Motoring bnck we passed the ... uuins un nurui mvcr. xne lormer a dark battleship grey from keel to topmast; not so the Normandie. It is generally supposed both will remain out of until after the war, and considering what the Germans are doing wiin me u-uoats just now, this Npw YnrW Oi't 1Q T?t- fn- "ffc niijnr?sivc fliiu extra ordinary building nt the New York fair is that of Soviet Russia, or (he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as the press agents prefer. We have iust returned from n and are still dizzy. We were prepared for something unusual and interesting, but nothing as breiith-taking and overwhelming, as this material and visual demonstration of Communistic propa- Did u-e tint Irnmi' fire , " at'lill-tlliug MUUUl ItlV nCUIHI COn- ditions in tlint country, we would be convinced that here at last . , i-r u a niirnsseu ana perplexed world s praver, just switch over to a Soviet dictatorship, and all will be peaches and cream, forever more! Yes it's staggering, tremendous, merely in the wav of propa ganda effectively and convincingly done. And with a keen insight into American psychology, thrown in for good measure. In the first place, outside and inside, the place is richly ornate and spotlessly clean, shining marble and glass and stainless steel brushed, polished mid burnished with a meticulousness that would place the overage Soviet hausfrau on a par with England's dow ager queen. in the matter of good housekeeping we mean. This pleases the women. As for the men. and particularly the Big Business man. here is business graphically represented which is REALLY big, dioramas of power plains larger than Boulder Dam, chemical, electrical and metallurgical plants reproduced to the most minute detail, that equal if they don't surpass (in physical extent at least) General Electric, Westinghnuse and DuPont. And then STATISTICS. statistics all over the place showing how production in nil directions has Increased nine and ten times since the revolution. Following this me movies. free and going all the time .mtterrd from one entrance to the other, showini; strong, husky workers, male and female, marching zestfully to they parked the country editor most valuable tapestries in the opU n 0ie,n,,. - i Queen Mary and the Normandie would seem wise. Un 1. i ... muni nt hmin I,, tkn K,.n,ii. n,l.l..ri i 1 11.. their daily toil, and engaging in alt sorts of healthful, invigorat ing outdoor sports at the lunch hour. And babies? babies by the acre, each one fat and smiling and receiving of course the most perfect treatment that modern science has devised. No fooling just as a visual demonstration, a propaganda spectacle in color and action, the Russian exhibition does knock your eye out. And with thousands of Americans the place was crowded being treated to this injection every day, what is going to be the effect on American public opinion? Well, a middle-aged woman, and her daughter sat next to us on a stone bench, as we looked at the amazing reproduction of Soviet health resorts in the Caucausus. Suddenly she turned and inquired in rather a plaintive voice, "Do you think this means, WE will go Communist?" Before we could reply pontifieally and assuage the lady's fears daughter broke in ecstatically: "Oh look, mother, they have practi cally eliminated heart disease, because there is no rush, no strain, no COMPETITION!" And she pointed to another of the public health exhibits, with vital statistics on the wall, showing death rate declines since 1919. We believe that is rather typical of the American reaction to this exhibition. maturity impressed and rather disturbed, youth impressed and TREMENDOUSLY enthusiastic, "New Worlds for Old". Lenin's in his heaven, all's right with mankind, and so forth and so on. If we had anything to do with national publicity In this coun try, we believe we would get busy securing some facts and figures from Soviet Russia, as an antidote for this sort of thing. The truth isn't to be feared, we can face the facts in Soviet Russia or anywhere else, and if some form of government has proved in practice to be superior to our own, there is no reason why we shouldn't seriously consider it, and if that REALLY is the truth, then change. But we happen to know this amazing pavilion of the U.S.R.R. ISN'T TELLING THE TRUTH, isn't giving the true picture of the situation in Russia today, as it exists, for the average woman and man. "Figures don't lie, but liars do figure." Take this exhibition at its face value, for example, and one would conclude there isn't a pair of whiskers in the Soviet king dom, when every informed person knows there is undoubtedly a greater hirsutal acreage in that country than anywhere else in the world. This of course is a trivial matter. But it IS significant, because it reveals the Communist technique. If these panoramas, dioramas and murals, did present a true and dependable picture of Russia today, one would properly con clude that practically everyone in Soviet Land is clean shaven, freshly bathed, attired becomingly in clean linen (Stalin invariably appears in a white suit, with his handle-bar mustache freshly trimmed), well nourished and happy, with nothing to do for 17 hours of the day but sjeep, eat, and gambol on the green, (seven hours are the maximum working day). . That is the theme song, the fundamental motif of the exhibi tion. Every farmer is prosperous, every worker is contented and well paid, there is no mal-nutrition, little disease, and what there is, isolated properly, without compensation, and unrestricted, care free individual freedom. This column would be the last to deny that Soviet Russia has ACCOMPLISHED WONDERS for the masses of Russia, particu larly in improved hygiene and public education. But we happen to know something of the conditions in Moscow today first hand, from a Russian woman, who has spent most of her life there and is living there today. She not only still has to stand in line to get butter and meat, and then in small quantities, but not long ago her husband was arrested, has disappeared completely, and she hasn't the slightest idea where he is. She is unable to get enough fuel to keep warm, and the only thing that makes life for her at all endurable is the HOPE that in some way she can escape to America and be able to live with her daughter for the rest of her days. The condition of the average wage earner's wife in this country, she would consider HEAVEN! So there are two sides to every question, but the Soviet govern ment has been smart enough to give only one side in this American exhibition. Some of the propaganda is amusing, it has been so outdated in the last few weeks. There is a testimonial for example from Thomas Mann, declaring the present Soviet government to be the greatest foe of war and imperialism in the world today. Also a quotation from the present Soviet foreign minister, Molotof, pro claiming Russia to be the greatest force for world peace ever known in human history, and bitterly condemning the lust for power and conquest of Hitler and Mussolini! And there are Stalin and Hitler, a few thousand miles away, partitioning Poland, while the former gobbles up all the small and defenseless republics along the Baltic, and probably on toward the Black sea! Oh consistency, thy name ISN'T national propa ganda! A snappy Soviet girl, thick blonde hair in a braid, with a long wooden pointer in one hand, and the hall pointing out the exhibits ing the many wonders of Soviet in English, but with a Russian inflection, that made it very difficult to determine JUST what she was saying. We were tempted to ask her PRESENT POLICY that of a militaristic and ruthless imperial ism. But noting the size of the gal's forearm, and her general manner of aggressive efficiency, we decided discretion would be the better part of valor particularly as we had a dinner date in less than two hours. (If this sample of Soviet girlhood, then good soldiers and policemen. Her face was as hard as a 50-minutc egg; and her cold blue eyes ditto!) It was 16 below freezing at 5 this morning and now at 2 p. m. it's so warm, wearing a coat outdoors in the sunshine is a burden. R.W.R. 4 I Mrs. N. A. Mead, 41. of Arn old lane suffered a broken collar-bone Friday night when the car she was driving collided with a machine operated by El liott Rhoten of Jacksonville at the intersection of Arnold lane and the Jacksonville - Medford highway, according to a city po lice report yesterday. Neither automobile was dam aged to any great extent and nobody else was injured. Four persons sustained slight cuts and bruises Saturday morn ing when automobiles driven by John Howard Jones of route 1 and Lee Wilkin of 520 Crater Lake avenue collided at the CONSTIPATION 1 lie rfltPted by our herbal rrmfrtT. Do you i have (in, fonatlpittlon, Slomnrh Trouble I Hhriinmllin. Pmlat Trouble, I lcrr 7. V ChlWrctVt lied Wetting. A'thmit. Female Trouble, Pllei. Chronic rough. High lllooil Pressure. Arthritis, rolltl. Nervounes lonllltl: Heart. Liter, madder. Kldneit Lunt. Hlood. I rlnarv Ohorder? Herb Kill often give jou II. CIMN Free conMiltatlon. Chan in-is-l-s I M. lied a stride like a man, came along and in a metallic voice enumerat Land. She spoke very rapidly how she explains Soviet Russia's Nordic lass incidentally is a fair we aren't surprised they make Fourth and Grape street inter section. The injured people were Mrs. Ed Wagner, 32, and two chil dren, Delmar, 7, and Elaine, 2. They were shaken up consider ably but not seriously hurt.. According to a police report the three were passengers in the Jones machine, which was traveling east on Fourth street. The Wilkins car was moving north on Grape street, and after the collission the Jones car turn ed over on its side in the street. Th Law Is Grim. Seattle, Oct. 21. (AP) Un dersheriff Louis J. Forbes denied permission today to John F. Wunders, 21-year-old mechanic charged with the gas slaying of his baby daughter this week, to attend her funeral. Forbes said his office was responsible for Wunders' custody and he felt it unsafe that he leave the jail. relief when other fall & Chan K. Main Meilfortf c i.l, in- en Personal Health Service By William Sltjned letters pertalnlnf lo perianal health and nyclene. noi la disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered By Dr. Urail) If staniied self addreased envelope la enclosed l.elten should he brief and written In Ink. Owing to the laree number of lettera received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. Hllilam Brady. 2G5 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, rallf. SO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? A lady who had complained at intervals for several years of swelling, stiffness and pain in the small joints of the hands submitted to a series of dia thermy treat ments (electro coagulation) of her tonsils at the hands of a physician skill ed in this con servative method. There after for sev eral years the patient had no fur ther arth ritic manifestations. Her family physician inferred that while the joint condition may have been coincidental, still it was reasonable to believe that the pasteurization, sterilization or disinfection of a septic focus in the tonsil, by the diathermy treatments, had brought about the improvement. But, alas, the lady subsequent ly visited an all-around "special ist" in another state for new glasses. Casually she told the "specialist" how much benefit she had derived from the tonsil treatment. The "specialist" ask ed permission to examine her throat. He had a look, and in formed the lady that she still had her tonsils! Now, with many patients that quack trick might work. It is a shopworn, shabby bit of quack ery practiced on the innocent public by a good many such "specialists" as well as general practitioners whose tonsillect omy trade has suffered a slump in recent years. In this instance it didn't ruf fle the peace of mind notice ably. Rather, she was quietly amused by the childish attempt of the specialist to damn her family physician and the doc tor who had given her the dia thermy treatment. Of course she still had more or less of her tonsils. That is one advantage of diathermy (electro-coagulation) over crude tonsillectomy (guillotine and snare) it conserves the normal. undamaged portion of the tonsil whenever possible. The trick "specialist (he rep resents a disgracefully large class of physicians in practice today) of course sought to imply that, had the patient been subjected to tonsillectomy (guillotine and THE L 1 itnaiii msmL. PLl'ft A Hrat Water . . . She Sine Hot! She Sllir Sweet! she Makes l ore the Torrid, Trnplrnl &r , , , I t3IRL FROM Rid WITH MO VITA WAKEN HUH - AlAN BALDWIN KAY tINAKER M.lt Today t:4.VS:J0 Aihllts-SV l.oses-sne Klilctlr Aln-ai, - lor Brady, M D. snare) at the hands of a com petent throat specialist, she would not now have a portion of her tonsils still present. The old Spanish custom, you unso phisticated laymen are to under stand, gets all the tonsil, not to mention odds and ends of the pillars, throat muscles, etc., if these happen to fall into the bite of the snare or the closing maw of the guillotine. That deceit is part of the stock in trade of the quack specialists of the day the brass specialists the kind that depend for busi ness or practice or patronage, not on the respect and good will of their colleagues as hon est specialists do, but purely on the credulity' of the public by making prospective customers believe that lie the tricksters manage to coax to the operating room a good many victims who really should know better. In the Journal of the Amer ican Medical association Drs. P. S. Rhoads and G. F. Dick re ported that they found pieces of tonsil of appreciable size in the throats of persons who had un dergone tonsillectomy, in fact in 73 per cent of such persons; and often these tonsil stumps har bored more pathogenic bacteria per gram than the infected ton sils had harbored. So, if you still have your ton sils, maybe you are lucky. Old Vanished Custom Believe It or not we have been married less than a yoar and are expecting our first baby in Feb ruary we hope to have one every two years until we can start our baseball nine. Naturally we need the counsel and help of Dr. Brady, as our parents did when we were babies. (Mr. and Mrs. M.H.) Answer By Jove, I'm glad to hear from you. Began to think the baby business was all washed up. It may be a little late, yet can do no harm for you to study "Preparing for Ma ternity." In any case you must read the BBBBB Book (Brady Better. Big ger Baby Book). For copy of either booklet send ten cent coin and stamped envelope bearing your ad dress. Bushel Of Wheat Following your frequent admoni tions we have purchased from a farmer a bushel of wheat It cost only a dollar because we drove to the farm to buy it. Now all we need Is hints from you how to use It. (F. A. S.) Answer Write for monograph "Wheat to Eat", and Inclose lia cent stamped envelope bearing your ad dress. SCREEN HUS "M"" A "boy of the road" ... a girl who believed . . . defying a hostile world to find a happiness always out of reach! JMjf ' 3 4"'", l0:"0 HRIBIB Sweating Can you suggest soma harmleaa preparation to prevent excessive or unpleasant sweating in the armpltat IB. h. H.) Answer Paint clean dry akin al ternate days for two or three time, from week to week, aa needed, with solution of one-half ounce aluminum chloride In three ounces rain water or distilled water. Or use a cream sold at cosmetic counters under ft trade name It contains aluminum sulphate. (Protected by John T. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady ahnuld send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M D.. 205 E) Pa ml no. Beverly 111 lis,. Calif. Flight o Time Medfnrd and Jarksnn County History from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and to yean sea. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY October 22, 1929 . (It was Monday Corvallis to play Medford high football squad here next Saturday. Sale of Boscs in Detroit mar kets continues brisk at $4.13 per box. Local cannery continues can ning pears for European mar kets, and has long run ahead. Re-appointment of W. J. War ner as postmaster recommended. W. F. Diteman takes off on lone flight across Atlantic. Mother resides in Portland. State W.C.T.U. meet opens in Pendleton. Mrs. Leonard Carpenter and Mrs. H. C. Egan return from short trip to San Francisco. Third high school student in week is fined for speeding. TWENTY YEARs"AGO TODAY October 22, 1919 (It was Wednesday) Indian summer weather con tinues over southern Oregon. Rainy upstate. President Wilson continues to regain health, doctors report. Housewives told to eat hams instead of pork loins to defeat H. C. of L. Medford denied squadron of army planes for Armistice Day celebration. King Albert of Belgium greet ed at Pittsburgh. George A. Hunt, theatre oper ator, causes furore among friends by appearing in a derby hat. Auto driven by sheriff crashes into street car, in attempt to dodge another autoist on West Main street. .WemjsttaiMiiiflji V J "I'ST RE PfTtV 5 2M. 4: is . Srln.l:00 tu 3 Eves Tmliiy 6:4V!:35 .Vlil1t-.VW lxifjr-(V Ktrldleft MunM - Ar
