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On Censoring the Censorships
TlE can't agree with those who hail with wild enthuiiasm.
the innovation of a California newspaper.
Disgusted with the conflicting and meagre war reports from
Europe, this newspaper, has undertaken to tab every cable with
a key letter, as an aid to the reader, in the pursuit of what is
true, and what isn't.
One letter is for pure unadulterated propaganda; another for
suspected propaganda; a third for official reports, a fourth, for
confirmed authenticated reports, that is for news that comes
from one side and hat been generally confirmed by the other.
It is all very interesting and a praiseworthy effort, but in our
judgment is likely to make a bad matter worse, instead of better.
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry.
In Canada "flat feet" have
been ruled no bar to military
service. A level condition pre
vailing at the other end of a dic
tator, is what caused the war.
New autos are equipped with
"dual horns." This will enable
the boy friend to change horns
as well as hands, without miss
ing a toot, while honking for the
girl friend to hurry up.
"A drink of milk is like a
drink of pure spring water," de
clared a dniryman Mon. before
ne thought. (Name on file).
Lack of funds has caused the
state welfare commission to rule
there shall be no new cases
added to the Old Asp AssUtn nrp
lists, or Increasing the allow
ances of those already nnnn
them. No arrangements have
been made to keen the Old FnlUn
from growing older, or hungrier,
miring mis period of inadequacy
ot luncis.
The first member of the so
called weaker sex for this sea
son, has made the trip to Crater
Lake and back on the rear sent
of a motorcycle. This is how
medical science caught the idea
of freezing a patient to cure his
stomach trouble.
All of the old grade of "Old
Oregon" hnvo returned from
Portland, where they attended
to business, and suffered through
the trouncing of OSC. by Troy
last Sat.
NO BLACK SHEEP
(South Umpqua News)
"This Sunday km tha second
week of tha revtvnl belnfl con
ducted by tha pastor. The con-
gremitlon has been good from the
Mart and Dr. Bray Is much en
courKed over the outlook."
Another huntsman has shown
up on the sporting pages with
nine-point elk horns, and no ac
curate count of the number of
teaks In the two rear hams.
The Governor proclaims
Thursday, November 23, as
Thanksgiving Day. Only one
blue note is hit: "Organized so
ciety is threatened with col
lapse." Civilization has been
doing that for years . without
number. Outside of that, every
thing seems to be coming along
fairly well, with no more demo
crats to yank loose from choice
spots at the pie-counter.
The Hob Deuel ire wagon was
scooting around this morning,
and seemed to be losing Interest
In its work.
The last frying pan has been
waved In the California Ham and
Fgg election. It Is concensus of
opinion, if llnm and Errs are
voted today in the sister state,
it will be necessary to go to
some other state to gut them.
Editors of this commonwealth
are offering alibis and apologies
for the "Trick and Treat" Hal
loween. They agree It Is okay,
but not exactly proper for small
children to engnce In the monkey-business,
but when cltirens
who enst their first vote for the
New Deal at the last election
how up on the front porch with
their hands out, it Indicates an
ornery streak, and savors of
"boondoggling."
Ex-Senator Dies
Charleston, W. Va., Nov, 7
VP) William E. Chilton, Dr., 81,
former V. S. senator, publisher
of the Charleston Gazette and
for many years a Democratic
leader in Wert Virginia, died today.
FOR unless the cable editor, or whoever handles the foreign
war bulletins, has some new and mysterious method of
checking these reports at their source; trying to tag them as
they come piling' in, with any degree of accuracy whatever, is
simply an impossible task.
IT is also dangerous. For what looks like propaganda may not
be; and what doesn't MAY be. One day an official report
may be absolutely correct, the next day from the same source,
it may be entirely INcorrect.
In one situation, it is to the interest of a belligerent nation
to tell the truth. In another situation, it is Just as certainly to
the interest of the same nation, NOT to tell the truth.
And all these war reports without exception, have one com
mon denominator and only one, they are designed to promote
the best interests of the nation issuing them. This goes for all
of them. In fact this is the only justification for censorship, and
today censorship is universal.
THERE is another thing.
The same type of report, may differ greatly, depending
upon its source.
Official bulletins from England, from a factual standpoint,
rank far higher In reliability than the same kind 'of bulletins,
from Germany, Russia, or even France. England sometimes delays
news, frequently In fact. She seldom manufactures it. And
nine times out of ten, the British news however bad, eventually
comes out.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M.D.
Slft-ned letters pertaining, lo personal health and hygiene, not to disease
dlagnotla or treatment. wlU be anauered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self
addressed envelope li enclosed Letters should be brief and written In Ink
Owing to the large number ol letters received only a few can be anewered
So reply can be made to queues not conforming to Instructions. Address
Dr. William Brady, 265 CI cum I no. Beverly Hllii. Calif.
GALVANIC SORE MOUTH AGAIN
Closing ttmn tin Too idte to Clas
sify Ads la l.JO p m.
THIS is not the' practice In the totalitarian countries. In Ger
many, Russia, Italy or Japan, to qualify as a censor one must
not only know how to keep out bad news, but how to put in good
news, and make it click.
So, to tab, all the official reports, as "official" instead of aiding
the reader to get at the truth, would do exactly the reverse, for
it would place all official reports on a par, when they are very
far from it, when in fact they differ, all the way from jet black
to snow white.
IN short, as we see it, the best thing for a newspaper to do
about the war reports from Europe is NOTHING.
Make it clear to all readers and sundry that, without exception
ALL the war news from abroad Is censored at the source; that
nothing is allowed to get out, that any country regards injurious
to its cause, and then let it go at that.
Trying to do more than that, trying to serve as a sort of
super censor a Delphian Oracle of war communiques picking and
choosing between those dispatches that are all true, half true,
and not true at all; can only lead to more confusion and trouble,
t
than exists at present.
And that is a consummation devoutly NOT to be wished!
The New Soviet Technique
IN the matter of war news the most depressing example to
date, has been Russia.
There was a hope, in this department at least, that while
the Russian experiment might fail completely In some directions,
in others it might succeed. And among the latter would be the
revolutionary practice, Internationally and diplomatically-speaking,
of TELLING THE TRUTH.
Everett S. Lain, M.D., and G.
Sherrill Coughron, D.D.S., in a
contribution on electrogalvanic
phenomena
the mouth
where dissimi
lar metals are
present such
as gold and
zinc, aluminum
or tin, or silver
or mercury
(amalgam) and
gold, or plati
num and alu
minum or chro
mium or stron
tium. These
authors give a list of two dozen
or more metals used in dentistry,
some of which are electrogal-
vanically positive and others neg
ative. Presence of two metals,
one positive and the other nega
tive, in the mouth, is sufficient
to produce a miniature galvanic
battery effect, with the normal
saliva serving as electrolyte.
In some instances, despite the
presence of two dissimilar metals'
and a scientifically measurable
galvanic current passing be
tween them, the patient experi
ences no particular trouble save
occasional metallic taste or some
times a slight shock when some
metal conductor placed In the
mouth happens to bridge the
space between the electrodes.
But in a good many instances
obstinate irritation or actual
ulceration and sores, resembling
canker sores or leucoplakia
(white patches) on gums or
tongue or cheek lining opposite
one or the other metal or in the
path between them, persistently
recur or refuse to heal until one
or the other metal is removed
from the mouth.
A correspondent (R. H. W.),
whose technical or scientific
qualifications are not known to
me, says a simple experiment
will prove that electric current
can be produced by dissimilar
metals in the mouth. Thus, if
you place a silver dime and an
iron wire in a pool of saliva
close together, but not quite in
contact, then conneat the termi
nals of an ordinary 0-1 millia
meter, such as is commonly used
in radio work, to the two pieces
of metal, a current of as much
as 700 or 800 microamperes will
be recorded, which is certainly
enough to produce effects of
electrolysis.
If that is correct, as I believe.
then these members of the medi
cal and dental professions who
have offhand dismissed the idea
of galvanic sore mouth as absurd
perhaps had better think again.
Another correspondent (W.B
C). who calls himself an elec
trical engineer, informs me that
a gold filling and an amalgam
filling in contact with each other
in the mouth may cause plenty
of trouble, but if the dissimilar
metals are not in actual contact
no electric action can take place
Yet W.B.C. speaks of saliva as an
electrolyte in these circum
stances. It is pretty confusing.
Maybe medicine is not the only
inexact science.
If the experiment suggested by
R. H. W. is so simple, why
couldn't a delicate milliameter
be applied directly to the dis
similar metals in the mouth and
the electrochemical potentiality
to irritate or burn the mucous
membrane measured in the spe
cific case?
both houses of congress. Somewhere
on this long Journey It alwaya Buf
fers amateur Improvement. In recent
yeara, for example, the lawmakers
have had a way of ear-marking large
auma for airplanes, but malting no
provision for men to fly and take
care of them. Thua the general staff
has been forced to build up the
air arm at the expense of other
equally vital branches.
Then, on top of Its budgetary
troubles, the war department haa
had to deal with the senatorial and
congressional pa&slon for army posts.
Due to the exigencies of the Indian
wars, there are about 100 of these
in the country. Senators and con
greasmen hold them as dear aa their
arma and legs, so that the army
forces are hopelessly dispersed all
over the United States, unable to
get the proper training, uselessly de
fying redskins who have long since
been bundled off to -eservatlona.
qi'KSTIONS AND ANSWERS
Naive Notion of X-Roy
Is It possible In all cases to de
tect tuberculosis, ulcer, cancer, etc,
etc., by X-rays? (B. P.)
Answer X-ray at beat perhaps
confirms the opinion of the phy
sician who knows the patient's his
tory and present condition. Only
quacka pretend that X-ray searches
out or detect disease. It is pretty
silly business for a layman to have i
his X-ray picture taken on his own
Initiative In any case. If you haven't
enough confidence In the honesty
and skill of your own doctor to leave
It wholly - In his handa to decide
whether X-ray examination is neces
sary, you should not employ the doc
tor at all.
Save Your Teeth
By now, I hope, you have that
booklet on Saving the Teeth ready.
You mentioned It some time ago and
I requested you to send me a copy
when it was ready. (Mrs. A. H. O.)
Answer For copy of "Save Your
Teeth." send 35 cents and stamped
envelope bearing your address. To
Doctors of Dental Surgery and Doc
tors of Dental Medicine (provided
stationery or card reada John Smith,
D.D.S., or John Smith, D.M.D. NOT
Dr. John Smith) I'd like to send
a copy of the booklet with my com
pliments. Dentora ask for It and In
close 1-cenl stamped envelopes bear
ing your address.
Wart
Wart has appeared on cheek In
the last year. Getting larger. What
should I do about It? (Mrs. J.)
Answer Consult your physician.
Do not attempt to treat It yourself.
(Protected by John P. Dllle Co.)
Fortunately, however, the army's
needs can be met fairly easily. The
president and Secretary of War Harry
Woodrlng have already ordered the
first mass maneuvers in the south.
Under the president's proclamation
of limited emergency, the regular
army Is now being brought up to
full peacetime atrength of 280.000
and the national guard will also be
Increased to fun peacetime strength
Of 320.000. Of the anticipated de
fielencv aDnmnrlnt.Inn fn- ,
defense, about S120.000.000 will go
J tne war department to house,
feed, clothe and pay lt new recrulta.
Then In the next fiscal year the
army needs money aa follows: (1)
Between $600,000,000 and S700.OO0.OO0
for regular, rertimno vnAn.. ,n.
About S200.00O.0O0 for desperately
aatmionai material. 13) Be
tween S700 ooo nnn .h
,.u .uuv.uw.WJU
for material which will give the
...we ..my corps absolutely com
plete modern emilnment Am n.n, u-
aeen. these sums come to more than
me si.500.000.000 request predicted
above. The fkrure nf it,iwnmMM
was taken aa a minimum, allowing
for the possibility that not all the
...... w,p equipment ,';ll be appro
priated for in one year, since It will
take two to manufacture.
Lest economl7rs take fright It
should be added that, when all ma
terial has been paid for. recurring
army expenditures are ..r,...
settle down at around $700,000 000
annually. This does not seem too
much to pay for a hemispheric de
fense force.
t
Donald the Medford representa
tive on the Rook squad.
State Highway Commissioner
C. E. Gates will attend the na
tional meet in San Antonio.
Gus Newbury performs a
memory feat, by remembering
the names of fourteen early day
sheriffs of Jackson county.
Postoffice ready to handle
Christmas rush.
Virginia Lindley submits prize
essay in Community Chest contest.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
November 7, 1919
German plot to organize IWW
in United States revealed.
Red Cross drive in city nets
$600 first day.
Grants Pass -Medford high
school football game tomorrow
at Grants Pass may be called
off on account of muddy condi
tion of the field.
John H. Cochran journeys to
Grants Pass to attend to his In
surance business there.
Trigonia oil company plans to
start work as soon as possible In
Fern Valley.
Ashland to join Medford
Legion in celebration of Armis
tice Day.
Plainfield. N. J., Nov. T (AP)
Three girls and a boy trapped
in second floor bedrooms, burned
to death early today In a fire
that quickly consumed their two.
story frame home.
The dead were Dorothy Har
ris. 17; Raymond, 6, a brother;
Margaret, 4, a sister; and Ann
Finkbiener, 20, of Newark, a
cousin who came to take charge
of the household after the chil
dren's mother died several
months ago.
The only one to escape from
the second floor was a brother,
Robert. 15, who responded to
cries from his father, Georgs
Harris, 55, one-legged painter,
who slept downstairs.
Garner Plans Fishing
Uvalde, Tex., Nov. 7 VP)
Vice - President Garner, home
from the special session of con
gress, plans to get in some fish
ing while waiting for the deer
season to open. Mr. and Mrs.
Garner hoped they would be
aoie xo spena men- iirst unrist
mas here since 1933.
Jpfijl
mm
Ed. Note: Penoni wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
hould send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D., 266 El
Cam In o. Beverly HI Hi, Call!.
Flight 0' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of the
.Mall Trlbane 10 and to years
a en.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
November 7, 1929
Strong buying support causes
rise In Wall Street prices, and
U. S. Steel gains six points.
The OSC Rooks and U of O
football teams will play here
Saturday. Bill Bowerman. Cliff
Garnett, Racy Moore, Al Stoehr,
Bernie Hughes, Jack Hughes
and Bill Morgan are members
of the Frosh squad, and Red Mc-
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AND generally speaking in the post-war years, this seemed to
be the Soviet practice. At least if one will read the pro
ceedings of the League of Nations, and the speeches made by the
Russian representative, a refreshing amount of candor and fact
facing, will be evident.
IT Is now clear that what was taken as a new technique, a
complete divorcement from the time-honored practice of
regarding diplomacy as a method of concealing the truth,
was nothing of the sort.
Lltvlnoff told the truth, because when he was foreign minister,
the truth best served his country's interests. Soviet Kussia then
had no territorial aims, no desire for expansion through armed
conquest, not even a desire to extend its communistic program,
beyond its borders, through revolutionary agitation from within,
or ough force. Russia only wished to be let alone, and given
a free hand, to put Its own house in order. The truth therefore
best served it.
OUT the war changed all that. With Germany invading Poland,
U and with Russia's house internally In better shape, the Soviet
government not only abandoned the policy of truth-telling, but
to date has outdone even its rival dictatorships, in the extent and
variety of its mendacity and pretense.
Disregarding the truth In war time is nothing new. But for
the official spokesman o( a country, to refute his own statements,
in the same speech IS, at least as far as this department can
recall at the moment.
Twice now within a few weeks, Premier Molotoff In the same
address, has pledged his country to peace, while he extolled the
conquests of its arms; condemned the imperialistic and militaristic
alms of England and France, while he Justified the imperialistic
partition of Poland, and the militaristic hegemony of Russia over
the former independent republics along the Baltic. With one hand
he has pledged eternal peace, neutrality and friendship; with the
other he has pointed proudly to Russia's armed might, urged the
workers in other countries to armed revolt, and scathingly flayed
the sordid aims and greedy motives of supposedly friendly coun
tries with which Russia is at peace.
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Released by The North
American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc.
is excellent, and Us top profes
sionals are of unusually high
type, but, speaking bluntly, the
army is a mere skeleton.
Washington, Nov. 7 - There
are arresting signs that the regu
lar session of congress may be
asked to appropriate more than
$1,500,000,000 for the war de
partment alone. Since huge
sums for the navy and a na
tional defense deficiency appro
priation of $275,000,000 will also
be requested, the total bill for
American preparedness is going
to be pretty staggering.
Nevertheless, if the best au
thorities are to be credited,
every penny for the army Is ur
gently needed. With a world war
in progress, the state of the
army ought to be a matter of
grave concern. The army morale
The fighting unit tn modern war
fare It the army corps. The United
States army at lull strength Is plan
ned to consist of nine corps. The
backbone of the army corps Is com
posed of the corps troops heavy
artillery, certain types of transport,
medical, antl-slrcrnft, searchlight
and signalmen. And of trained and
supplied corps troops, the army has
only enough for a single corps.
Furthermore, each corps. In sddl
tton to corps troops. Is supposed to
consist of two nations! guard divis
ions and one army division. While
there are eighteen national guard
divisions (none near full strength),
there are now only five army divis
ions to head up the corps. Existing
ordnance, transport snd other vital
material Is not entirely adequate
even for these five army divisions
snd eighteen divisions of the na
tional guard, and about half the
material on hand is not of modern
type, rtnslly. the army has never
had the chance to practice mas
maneuvers, which are aa basic tn
modern military strateny aa the army
corps Is In modern military organ
t rat Ion.
No individual is to blame for this
serious stst of affairs. Successive
general stsfts and secretaries of war
have attempted to correct it. But
the wsr depsrtment budget must
go first to the budget bureau and
then to the White Houe and then
bsck to the budget bureau and then
through the proper committees ol
F all the inconsistent make-believe and insincere, spurious
- hocus-pocus, which has characterized so-called capitalistic
diplomacy through the years, we believe the recent fulminations
of the Foreign Minister of Soviet Russia, deserves a place at the
very lop of the list. the Mm'hfavelll school did pretty well, but
the Molotoff school, befor tnu war is over, promises to do better
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