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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1939. MEDFORDvWrRIBUNE "Eieryoo la Southern Orfgni Hd th UiU! TrlboM." Dal 1 7 Eirept Saturday. Publianatl by utnnm ir n PRINTING CO. Il-tf.:9 No Fir 8L Phoot H Ron CRT W RUHU editor. ERNEST R. OILSTHA if naff. An InrtapaoflaBl Wwipapr. Eatirsd aa Moood-oiiaa ma I tar at Mad' ford, Oracon. unrtar Act of March . ! SIJIlttCKIPTION RATE! n un -in advknca: Dally and 8undy ona jaar M 0 Daily and flunrtay all montha... 1.10 Dally and 8uu1ay thraa montha- 1.00 Dally IDA Buooay ona morim.. a. r-.-i.- in 1iin Med ford. Alh' land. Cantral Point. Jackannllla. Oold Hill. Rntia Rlvar. Pboanla. TalanC and on motor routant Dally and Sunday ona yaar. . . . . n.ii. and Hunriar ona month... .Ti All tarma caah In artranca. Of Mr In I Paper of tha City of Bedford Official Fapac of Jackano County. UKMIIKK OF THK AMOCIATKIl PHKHN Tna Aeaneiaian n - Dtltlad to lha uaa for publication of tit wtaa orad'tad to thu pi par. and alao W tba local ni pudiim.. ......... AH rlMa for publication of ' dtipaunaa nirtm - MalMBERB OF UNITED PRE9S UEMPER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advartlilna; Rapraaentatlvaa WTST-HOLLIDAT COMPANY, IHtt Offteaa In Now To. Chleafo. Datrolt San Franelico Lo Anjralaa, Saattla. Portland. St. Lout Atlanta. Vaneouar. fUB Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. The weather continues every thine anvbodv could ask for nrl no excuse for any members of the ranch set to hit out for California. Here It is Novem ber, and no frost on the pun kins as yet. Congress has about adopted the Cash & Carry plan for sale of war goods to Europe. This may bring back the long delayed prosperity, politicians have been promising and cause the price of everything to rise, but pears, as Pug Isaacs, the gloomy horticulturist, predicts. Atty G. Newbury Is splitting the wind in a spanking new auto, colored a pleasing green, and with no running boards to get knocked off. The last week-end local lead pencils and typewriters were over-worked writing letters on the Bear Crk park issue, which on Tues. was sent to Davy Jones' locker. Peoria BUI Gates went to Portland Frl. to see the football game. All the rest claimed busi ness dragged them to the metro polls, In time to see the USC OSC entanglement. The Older Girls are busy swatting flies and raking leaves. The more they swat, and the more they rake, the more there are, of either one, or both, they say it seems. The law is getting after the high-handed, one-handed auto speed Idiots, of which there Is a high per enpita. ... R. Rettr has returned from Washington, D. C, where he parley-vooed with big bugs. ... Bill Godlove, a former resi dent has returned to run the H. Flcwhrer bakery. He is an old hand, and in need of no fixing with Mr. F.'s trusty screwdriver. ... Owing to this being the bird hunting season, the Jens Jen sen bird dog Is busier than a bird dog. Sopranoes will have a night at the weekly pull and haul at Armory tomorrow. ... The Hallowe'en depredations here were mild, when compared with other points. Baker has been suffering for ten days, from me iricK or Treat racket. In Pendleton revelers threw young tree at an auto, and caved In the same. Young riots cropped un in other towns. havoc was wreaked. Next year ir citizens retain their wrnth, the Trick or Treat, will be Scat or bpank. . Mr. Dick Strite of the Eugene Kcgisier-uuard penned as fol lows, to rouse the Axemen: "The Eugene high Axemen are Just so much beef, know little about football funda mentals, have a definite dislik ing for rough going and are just another gang of second rate gridders standing In the way of Medford's path toward a state gridiron champion ship." The 20-8 score In favor of the kids, despite some home-tow officiatine that made even tti natives moan, Indicates this writing gent is something of a prophet. Norwegian Ship Sunk London, Nov. 4 UP) The Norwegian steamer Sig, 1,342 tons, was reported, In an ac count passed for publication to day, to have sunk In the North Pea after an explosion. Support Concert Series Now FOR many years Medford has enoyed the enviable reputation of being a decidedly cultural community. A generous per centage of people here thoroughly enjoy the really fine things of life such as GOOD MUSIC. Economic conditions in recent years have made the task of maintaining and furthering this prestige a difficult one; groups of cultural-minded and civic-spirited men and women have directed their energy and money toward bringing outstanding musical attractions to this city. It is obvious that the high cost of bringing outstanding talent here has been a stumbling block in carrying out a sustained program, along this line; Medford's remoteness from metropolitan points has been a factor to be reckoned with. George A. Hunt and his associates, with facilities for the presentation of attractions of this nature, have accepted the difficult assignment of arranging a concert series for people of this community. They have been prompted to take this step by individual music lovers and musical organizations of this city. THUS, the success of this concert series has become a com munity responsibility. IF people of Medford and the Rogue River Valley WANT outstanding musical attractions, NOW is the time to make that want known. There can be only one practical way of expressing this desire that is through patronage of the three concert attractions. It is a regrettable fact that advance sale of concert tickets has been disappointingly slow. Unless more interest is mani fested within the next two days; unless more people express a desire for good musical entertainment through actual financial support, the presentation of Donald Dickson and Marian Anderson must necessarily be cancelled. Medford will lose much if this action is necessary lose the opportunity of enjoying two exceptional musical treats and lose a certain measure of this city's prestige as a community of people who appreciate good music. MARIAN ANDERSON, famed colored contralto, is, of course, the leading artist in this concert series. The cost of bringing Miss Anderson to Medford has made it necessary to restrict the sale to season tickets. In other words, the other two concerts must aid in financing this feature concert. The wealth of publicity that has been given to Marian An derson, however, tends to overshadow the splendid talent of the other two artists. Ossy Renardy, heralded as the most sensational youthful violinist since Jehudi Menuhin, has won the acclaim of critics. This young Viennese artist stands finest musical attractions on the Donald Dickson, Metropolitan Opera baritone, likewise de serves enthusiastic support of people here. Renardy and Dickson are NOT "free riders" on this concert series BOTH are outstanding musicians, and once they have appeared before Medford people, they will win the approval of concert patrons just as Marian Anderson is certain to. A ND so, in the hope that this here all three attractions artists may be brought to this city in months to come, we urge the immediate and unqualified support of Medford people. The response within the next two days will tell the story. So, good people of Medford, It's up to youl H. G. Editorial Correspondence Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 1. It must be an old English custom, raising hell on Hallowe'en. Or is it peculiar to Canada? Never have we seen such a holiday riot as Vancouver put on last night! Of course the youngsters deflate tires and rub soap on windows in the states, but this wasn't any such innocent prankish-ness. As far as we could make out plastered and then started to bust Innocently enough we took practically hod to fight our way back to the hotel, through a melee that looked like the "ladies of hell" going over the top. In less than ten blocks we saw three Chinamen being chased, within n inch of their lives, one Jap Vancouver cop felled from behind, with a gang of a dozen or more aiding him, escaped. Fire wagons and police patrols were rushing all over the place, and we still fail to understand why there was no death list. But according to the morning seriously enough to need hospital treatment, and the property damage is placed ut less than $1000. In our short sojourn we saw smashed. In going TO the movies we masks and fantastic costumes on, the street, ranging in ages from three to thirteen. It all looked camivnlish and harmless enough. But we also noticed all "licensed premises" were packed to the swinging doors, with people of all ages, clearly engaged in the business of getting nicely tanked. We should say it was liquor mixed with flaming youth, that was responsible for the real dirty work. Well we live and learn. The next time we have to wander forth on Hallowe'en night in Canada, we will charter an armored car first! Speaking of movies, there is ada. To our mind some of the best movies put out are prodviced in England, but if there are any in the Dominion, we have been unable to find them. We saw an interesting French film, in Mon treal, but Canada as a whole is completely monopolized by Holly wood, the Canadians, they say, will patronize nothing else. And how they eat them up! The offering last night was Ginger Rogers and David Niven in "Bachelor Mother." The place was packed, with a long line waiting, and that crowd was in a constant uproar. Of course the above mentioned alcohol may have been an element in it, but on the other hand, that has been our experi ence on the entire trip. by and large Canadians are far more enthusiastic movie fans, for the Hollywood product, than Ameri cans, far easier to please, fur less discriminating. On the "Continental Limited" the woman across the aisle was returning to her home in Vancouver after spending six months with relatives ut Bristol, England. She was in a constant state of exaltation at being out of Europe, and in her homeland again, though the passage over had been the worst in her experience. In fact the boat she was on, followed the President Harding, and while the worst of the hurricane was escaped, she said that time after time the ship went up so far and then down so low, she was certain it would never come back. The most populur person on board was an Episcopal rector who was a wonderful story teller and held public prayers throe times a day! At least twenty tiiiK's in the tlirrc days from North :hr would lean oir the iiile uml observe in measured tones. ' How on his own feet as one of the concert stage. concert series may be presented and in the hope that other everyone over 12, got nicely things all over the place. in a movie, and when it ended knocked down and out, and a while the lad he had in custody paper, only five were injured three huge plate glass windows passed scores of children with parading in groups up and down a singular condition here in Can fortunate we are to live on THIS side of the Atlantic!" Each time she had all the air of saying something quite original and un expected. Mrs. Y. has two nephews in the British army, and all her nieces are doing war work of some sort. She knitted busily at least 80 of her waking hours. Her only serious criticism was the "blackout" system in England. She said the deaths and injuries due to it, to date, exceed the casualties in France by 100. She had no definite remedy for the situation however. Like so many others, she has great confidence In Winston Churchill and is confident, that with him as Lord of the Admiralty: Hitler will quickly be brought to Before the trip was ended she in the one American aboard. In fact though a mild, kindly person, she waxed eloquently indignant when the Irish doctor announced in his booming brogue, that the most serious criticism he would make of Canada thus far, was that it had become shamelessly "AMERICANIZED!" When the train passed through Jasper National park we were reminded of the late Dr. L. A. Salade of Seven Oaks, who used to tell so amusingly of his hunting experiences in Canada, particu larly for the elusive mountain sheep. We never expected to see the Rocky Mountain sheep in his or her native habitat, for as the doctor explained, the durned beast, can see a hunter three miles and smell him six. Whereupon he climbs up the side of a cliff, at an angle of about 89 degrees, and the moment he gets out of rifle range, turns around and figuratively speaking tweeks his nose at the huntsman, with his right front hoof. But in Jasper park we not only saw him, but literally scores of him, fat as butter, up high and down low, usually feeding contentedly and not even raising a head as the train tooted past. They are protected of course, as are the deer. But we only saw one deer, a doe, that daintily and rather disdainfully crossed the railroad track, just after the observation car passed, on the shores of Moose Lake. As for the scenic beauties of this park, put 'about fifty Mt. Pitts together, within a space of say a ten mile diameter, repeat this a dozen times, throw in a few lakes and rivers, crystal clear, and then put the rays of the setting sun on the fields of snow, suspended as high up in the air as far as you can look without breaking your neck, and you may have some faint idea of the net result. There are higher mountains in the U. S. A., but none that look as high as Mt. Robson in the Canadian Rockies, for it wastes no time in getting into the air, proceeding to jump straight up from the ground, a sheer precipice of granite, up, up and up, like the Rock of Gibraltar, a sort of windowless Empire State building magnified by 12 or 14 hundred percent! It is beautifully mild here in Vancouver, after the sub-freezing weather through the prairie provinces. But we can't say so much for the early mornings, yesterday and today a fog that you could cut with a knife. In fact coming to the hotel from the station, there were times one couldn't see the street car track somewhere about ten feet from the taxi hub-cap. The driver took tremendous chances we thought but refused to deviate from our rule of "no back-seat advice." As a result when he landed us safely at the hotel, we hadn't the heart to protest his upping the normal charge 50 . Terribly sorry to learn of Alice Brady's death, she has always been one of this department's special movie favorites. At last some real Scotties, in their daggers and kilts and bulging calves. A brawny lot, McGregor, that make that Montreal contingent look more than ever, like thirty-cents! R.W.R. Personal Health Service By William Signed Ictten pertaining lo personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Or. Urady If a (tamped self addressed envelope la enclosed Letters iliould be brief and written In Ink Owing to the large number ot letteri received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brad;. 265 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. INTUITION AND NUTRITION In every bag of mail to this' department I expect to find a1 number of letters from conven tional folk who wheedlingly de plore the incompetence of doc tors around there and praise my rugged honesty and profound knowledge before they begin re citing their symptoms. At that it is in spiring just to think of trying to live up to the ideal these folk conceive. Every doctor would like to do so. I honest ly believe this accounts for a large part of the pretense and bombast, in short the quackery which is so character istic of Medicine today. So many people seem to expect us to know so much that we simply have to pretend we know, for we can't let them down. What the rank and file of the medical profession ten or fifteen years ago did not know about nutrition fills many books today. Nutrition is not, as too many laymen assume, merely know ledge of foods. It Is the sum of the processes by which animal or plant takes In, digests, ab sorbs or assimilates food mater ial and conveys it to the place or the cells where it is utilized At present it would seem that the medical profession is con fused by the very complexity of applications drawn from the newer knowledge of nutrition Most of the new knowledge comes out of the laboratory, from animal experimentation. Then it is applied in practice by doctors here and there, and they draw their conclusions as to its value or effectiveness in human nutrition and record their observations for the bene fit of physicians at large. Right here is where confusion niters, for what is the busy practitioner to accept as a principle to guide him when one lot of investiga tors reports successful applica tion of the new idea in the pre vention or treatment of certain ailments, while another lot of ?iSrl" rt investigators reports indifferent 1 have caused damage ranging results or no appreciable results from $50,000 to $60,000 des nt all? ; troyed mine buildings in the Prof. E. V. McCollum. cue o. Crnnite Section and a sawmill t.p. disti'v.;r.i -r nutrition mi- in the Newl y ' e area this thorities, declared in 1935 that 1 Newbridge area this week. book. I took quite a "motherly" interest ! Brady, M.D. "Deficiency of vitamin B-l con stitutes one of the major health problems of the world." Op posed to this is a dictum of ob scure origin but one frequently ana forcibly uttered by medical gentlemen who seem to substan tiate one another, assuring the bewildered laity that people in this country get plenty of vita mins in their ordinary diet. Prof. H. C. Sherman, another rec ognized authority, calls attention to the fact that refined sugar supplies approximately 500 calories per capita per day in the ordinary dietary of the people of thla country (from one-fifth to one-fourth of the total energy requirement) and adds that investigation of recent years Indi cate strongly that we are not Justi fied in assuming that the ordinary dietary of the people of North Amer ica furnishes enough vitamins and minerals to compensate for the total absence of these factors from so large a part of the dally victuals. Intuition Is all very well so far as tt goea but It becomes ridiculous when doctors cling to It long after the accumulating weight of new knowledge shows that the old Idea was wrong. QfESTIONS ASP ANSWERS Milk Do you hear of many cases where people get diseases by drinking raw milk? Would raw milk be safe If heated before drinking, or should one get only pasteurized milk for all needs? (B. W.) Answer No, T rarely hear of any one getting a disease by drinking raw milk. I drink it dally Grade A Raw from tuberculin tested herd. Any milk Is safe for anybody If It haa been boiled for one minute, or Just I parboiled for 30 to 30 minutes j pasteurized, that Is to say heated to 145 degrees F. .for 20 to 30 minutes (Protected by John F. Dlllo Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Or William Brady. M. n 263 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, rant. Armour Strike Ends Fargo." N. D., Nov. 4 OTi Preparations were being made today to return 178 workers to jobs in the Armour and Co packing plant, where they had been on strike since Aug. 22. Mine Fir Costly Baker. Nov. 4 t.V) Two devastating fires, estimated to The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washington, Nov. 4. A real defeat for the pork and patron age grab-beps has been a strange spectacle in Washington since the glorious days of Andrew Jackson. It is much more com mon to see an agency like the bituminous coal commission, which was founded as a sort of happy maggot-hutch for politi cal job-holders, and did its work with all the wisdom and pre cision of the maggot-mind. In the ease of the coal com mission, however, the story has taken an almost incredible turn. When the president started to reshuffle the government under the reorganization bill, he of fered the commission to tough talking Harold L. Ickes. Al though Ickcs delights to collect minor agencies for his interior department, he was appalled at the thought of taking in the coal commission. It was then crawl ing with the appointees of Sen ators Joseph F. Guffey of Penn sylvania, Matthew M. Neely of West Virginia, and Elbert Thomas of Utah, and with spa vined United Mine Workers whom John L. Lewis put on the commission payroll as a sub stitute for a pension. Nevertheless, the president handed the commission to Ickes. Ickes' first act was to call tn Lewis, tell him that he proposed to clean the com mission's house, and ask him if he had any objections. Lewis, being a sensible man who had only been grabbing commission patronage be cause everyone else was, said that the main thing he wanted was to see the commission on a sound basis. Thereupon, Ickes sent In three trouble-shooters, Howard A. Gray as director. Abe Fortaa as' general coun sel and Dan Wheeler as assistant director. They have Just made a start, but 53 political Job-holders have been dismissed already from the central office. As yet, there have been no senatorial walls, but these are probably to be looked for when the trouble-shooters get to work on the commission's 22 regional offices and 500 employes In the field. Incidentally, the White House tried to snatch the opulent furniture from the coal commission's former offices, for use In the quarters of the presi dent's three new special assistants. Ickes. whose tigerish passion for the interior department extends to the last dented water -cooler, stoutly re sisted the raid, picked out the best desks and couc'ies, and forced the president's i.ien to accept the left overs. The British government has de cided to keep Its funds for American war-buying at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, under a clearing arrangement with the Bank of Eng land. This lives the administration a complete victory In Its effort to keep the big New York commercial banks aa far as possible out of Brit ish war purchases. The British might have preferred to share their funds out among the commercial banks. If It had not been for the strong stand taken by Chair man Marrlner S. Ecclea. of the fed eral reserve board. He took the line that no commercial bank had the right to Information about war buy ing which would come from handling the cash of the British purchasing commission. Treasury Special Adviser W. Randolph Burgess, who would normally have passed on the matter, refused to give an opinion in view of his position aa vice chairman o: the National City bank. Although other treasury conservatives wen dubious. Secretary Henry Morgen thau, Jr., was converted by Eccle:. and the British went along, aa they have done from the start. As the new deal group regard the young Democrata aa their special New Comfort In ELASTIC STOCKINGS Now a new elas tic st o c k I n g. (level oped by liaurr & muck, that comhlnef real support and true beauty a st o c k I n that assures you full support and perfect fit et light and good look I n f. eiiinles. The patented .A5te Hchl weight jnrn enable you to launder them over nd over again with out fixing their shape. Full length and ktw length for men nnd wom en. Have your doctor precrlhe the proper tjp and tie. Heath's Drug Store ". V rpntral. riione Ml political province, they are currently ' furious at the doings of J. Patrick j Beacom. West Virginia national com- 1 mlttee man of the young Democrats' organization. Beacom baa Joined the forces of the brash Paul V. McNutt, and Is peddling McNutt'a presiden tial candidacy In the south. The argument Beacom Is using la decidedly curious. He tell his young Democratic cronies that he la all for the president for a third term. But. he says. Frank McHaJe. the McNutt manager, haa found out from members of the president's family that the third term will not come off. And ao he susgeeta the wisdom of climbing on the McNutt band wagon. Despite an organization full of people like Beacom, the McNutt banodwagon has a long way to go, so long aa both the new dealers and Postmaster General JameB A. Farley refuse to get aboard. McNutt's only real hope at the White House is the president's friend, Harry L. Hopkins, who win be well enough to return to work In a month. Hopkins, who la something of an opportunist, might conceivably help the brash, craaa Indlanan. t Ye Poets Corner Freedom (By Russell Mitchell) We should be free as Heaven's stars Our prejudice lays up the bars That fence us in a prisons fate. With our own hands we close the gate And turn the key, our thoughts to stay In that set space, nor let them stray Outside our confine's narrow wails. Beyond the fence all nature calls And bids us be as free as day. But we're afraid of nature's way. We choose a lot of filth and mar. Our politics makes up one bar; Religion guards the otheT side And custom sits the two astride Like rider stakes on high rail fence And double-dares us use our sense. We're supposed to think our lot is best And not to look upon the rest. uur Habits close this narrow pen Inside, we hate all other men How easily we could change our fate- Kick down the fence, unlock the gate. And roam the mountains, free and wide And, friendly, see the other sid Of any question. Free to debate Religion, politics, or state. Today a Democrat I'll be Tomorrow, vote what's best for me. I simply cannot live confined I must have freedom of the mind. Use Mall Tribune want ada. HAVE YOU MADE YOUR RESERVATIONS MEDFORD'S GREATEST CONCERT SERIES Present. Ossy Renardy Sensational 18-year-old Viennese Violinist IN CONCERT HOLLY THEATRE Tues., Nov. 7tS, 8:15 P. M. SEASON TICKETS ON SALE AT Pruitt's Radio - Music Center 111 W. Main Flight 0' Time Medford and Jackson Count; History from the files of tba Mall Tribune 10 and tO jean ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November S, 1929 (It was Tuesday) C. E. Gates and A. E. Rearae. on visit to Portland, are quoted by the Oregonian. Ashland turns on new street lighting system. Bellview school to ba dedi cated Friday. Variety of reasons advanced for sag in Wall Street stock hut Hoover administra tion prepares to stop national panic, and asKs co-operation oi Democratic senators. First ear of Roeue River val- ley turkeys to be shipped to. morrow. Sen. Brookhart of Iowa, de scribes "wet dinner" In Wash ington, D. C. hotel. Tom Glnn recovering rapidly from removal of his tonsils. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November 5, 1919 (It was Wednesday ) Republicans by landslide vote carry Massachusetts, and Kei. tucky in off year elections. Ohio votes for prohibition. Calvin Coolidge is re-elected governor of Massachusetts, though op posed by Cox Labor for his stand on Boston police strike. Lake Creek school wins prize for best showing. Prohibition rally to be held at Presbyterian church tonight. Sousa's band to play In Ash land late this month. "You Couldn't Blame Her" at the Rialto; "Watch Your Step", musical comedy at the Page. Milk and dandelions advanced as diet for a long life. Milk Needs Boost Portland, Nov. 4 (JF) Amer ica's largest industry, milk pro duction and distribution, needs a permanent sales promotion program, Milton Hult of Daven port, Iowa, president f the na tional dairy council, told the Oregon dairy council today. i Optimist Portland, Nov. 4 (Pi Busi ness is on the mend and hopes for earnings commensurate with investments are increasing, Wil liam T. Sleddon of Washington, D. C, field secretary of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, said last night. BWsjRwai Phone 725 f