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PAGE TEN MEDF0RD4i34wTBIBUNE "K very one lo Bout hern Orrgoa Heada tho Mall Trlbuoo." Dully Exrvpt BatunUy. Published by MEDFOKD PRINTING CO. JI-tT-'O North Kir St. Phono M. ROBERT W. RL'HL, Editor. ERNEST R. GILSTAAP, ManafST. An Independent Newspaper. Entered iwond-cliu mitter t Mfl ford, Origin, undtr Act of March I. U". BtaSf.'RIKriON RATES 9T Vail In Advanco: Dallr and Sunday ns year.... .0 Dally and Hunday oti month... 1. 10 Daily and Sunday thrco montha. 1.00 Dally and Sunday ona month... .Tfc By Carrier In Advanc Med font. Ash land. Central Point, Jarknnn villa. G,ld Hill, Rogua River, Phoenix, Talent, and on motor routea: Dally and Sunday ont year Dally and Sunday on month... .71 All Itrmi caah In advanco. Offlrlnl Paper of tho l-lty of Mrdford. Official Paper of Jnrkson County, HKMIIKROPTIIK AHhOCMTKIl PHI MS Receiving Full Leiiaed Hire Service. The Aaoclated Preaa l exclusively ndtled to tho ua for publication of all newa dlepatehea credited to It or other win credited to thla paper, and alao to the local newa published herein. All rights for publication of apeolal a" I .patched herein are alao reaervod. MEMBER OP I'NITED PRESS MBMUKR OK AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative! WE ST-HOLM DAY COMPANY, INC. Offlcea In New York, Chleig-v Detroit, Sun Francisco, Loi Angeles, Heat He, Portland, St, Lou In, Atlanta, Vancouver, n. r. Ye Smudge Pot Uy Arthur Perry. Uncle, 87, called yesterday. He said the pictures and car toons of Josef Stalin, the Rus sian dictator, bore a striking resemblance to the husband of the gypsy fortune-teller, who looked into his future and took his wallet, three years ago come next May. . . Reports from Baker say rob ins of that area are engaged In spring nest-building. It seems only a day or two since the word was flashed over the press wires that Baker, next to Nome, Alaska, was the coldest spot on the North American continent. The feathered friends of man may be in cahoots with the sec retary of the Chamber of Com merce. ANOTHER FARM PROBLEM (Rock Creek Mows) "One man In Rock Creek be came eo engrossed In the Major Bowoo program he moved the family radio to the barn during that hour while he continues with the milking. The family member! complain they all have to go to the barn If they want o hear Major Bowes." ... Word comes the budding can didacy of Sen. McNary for the G.O.P. presidential nomination presents "pre-convcntlon com plications." The nature of the complications are not revealed. However, they are not as ser ious, as after election, if and when, a Salem resident was named as the Portland post master. ... Outdoor addicts are offered a chance to buy ski shoes at $27.50 per. They cost as much as cowboy boots, with hem stitched designs, generally hid den by the pants leg. . Great Britnln has exempted saxophone players from army service. Later they may be mob ilized and warning issued to Germany, they will all piny nt once, unless there Is an immed iate surrender. In a Lane county election to day, for places on a PUD. board, the Eugene Register-Guard ask ed the seven candidates: "QUESTION: What schooling have you been lucky or unlucky enough to have?" Answered one aspirant, "I went to Oregon State College for one term, and then transferred to the Univer sity of Oregon." Neat straddling. REBUTTAL "The Esquire article Is an overstatement. Editorials are read regularly by four classes: "J. Linotype operators nec essarily, since they must put editorials in type. "2. Proofreaders also nwes sarily, since they must catch the operator's errors. "3. Editorial writers them selves, to revel in the mastery of their own logic and expres sion. "4. Authors of magazine art icles on editorial pages. Other wise, whore would they get the lowdown?" (Kansas Citv Jour nal). High Speed Minneapolis. Minn. (U.R) Uni versity of Minnesota scientists have taken the fastest photo graph on record one that re quired but one onelnmdred have taken the fastest photo versity of Minnesota scientists millionth of a second. It was token on a cathode ray oscil lograph which recorded on a photographic plate the oscilla tions of an electrical current In a hundred-millionth of a second. It is called a vast Improvement over any previously constructed oscillograph. Use MaU Tribune want ads. Why Fight Bears With Snips? A CCORDING to Johnny Kelly Senator McNary what he latter answered: "Don't bt precipitate." That's characteristically McNaryesque. Our senior, Senator is never PERCIPITATE. And it happens In this instance to also be excellent advice, as far as recalling the American ambassador to Moscow is concerned. For why be in a rush about it, and as far as that goes why DO IT AT ALL?, or at least until the practical value of breaking relations is more apparent than at present. In fact this wrist-slapping business as far as the Russian bear is concerned, strikes us, as being on a par, with hunting bear with a slingshot. Instead of halting or hurting the bear, it merely Irritates the brute, and makes him and the problem he presents all the more dangerous. MOREOVER In spite of Walter Winchell, ambassadors really have their uses, and the less friendly a country is, and the more menacing, the more valuable they can be. Why then be percipltate? Why man" when one has no desire to fight him? . IN short we believe there are only two practical courses to adopt as far as Soviet Russia is concerned. Either, take a firm, forceful stand of direct opposition, in short completely break relations. Or, maintain the normal relations, that exist toward other nations with which we are at peace, and secure the benefits derived from them, until one is A policy of wrist-slapping with a despot like Stalin, Imposes as we see it, the penalties of the first, with none of the advantages of the second. Better no policy at all, than Eddie Bergen s Boil ACCORDING to a dispatch from Los Angeles, Eddie Bergen, famous ventriloquist, has been in a serious condition be cause of the spread of infection from a boil on his face. It's a hundred to one bet, Eddie tried to treat the durned thing, himself, or ran into a doctor, as the present writer once did in Cleveland, Ohio, who didn't know that boils above the collar bone are dynamite, and should be treated like dynamite, gently If at all, but better not at ALL. It is astonishing what ignorance exists, concerning such a common human ailment, that dates back to Job, nor is this ignor ance confined to the laity by any means. BOILS on the face are particularly serious, for if not left alone and allowed to mature and discharge NATURALLY, the infection may spread to the cranial sinuses, and then that old boy with the scythe and the hour glass, starts to move in his sleep! We are glad Eddie is reported out of danger, and congratulate both him and Charley McCarthy on "their" fortunate escape. They are the most amusing and the cleverest comedians in the world today, and we can't bear to think of ever being deprived of them, on stage, screen or air. Our advice to them both meanwhile is to follow the news paper health columns more closely, and learn some of the elemen tary rules of hygiene' and health. When boils appear anywhere, but particularly around the ears, eyes or schnozzle, rule No. 1 is to leave them completely and entirely alone, and let Nature, and Nature alone, with the aid of moist heat, tend to the treatment. At the National Capitol With John W. Kelly (Continued troni Parfe One.) the social rent which low-income families can pay. This an nual contribution is some $112, 500. (Remember the interest USHA draws on the loan is $87,750). For the 60-year period the contribution Is approximate ly $6,750,000 while the interest is $5,295,000,' an out-of-pocket item for USHA .of $1,455,000. However, Scuttle housing au thority is required to contribute 20 percent of the federal con tribution, which would be $22, 500 as Seattle's share annually or $1,450,000 for the 60 year life of the loan. Another provision of the con tract Is that the project of 700 dwellings must be exempted from taxes until the year 2000 A. D. Theory for exempting the property from taxes is that bet ter living conditions provided for occupants of the dwellings will lessen tho burden of the general taxpayer for costs . of fire, crime, delinquency and sickness associated with slums. IT adds up that USHA is sub- sidizing approximately 3500 of Seattle's estimated 400,000 population for the next 80 years with a generation yet unborn already subsidized. What the tax exemption on the property for a half-century, plus a decade, will be is problematical. Only occupants eligible for the 700 units are those with the lowest income In Seattle. As USHA money Is taxpayer money, every taxpayer In Wash ington, Oregon and the other 4B states arc contributing to this Seattle project. Portland turned down such an offer: Clacknmns county. Ore-Ron. Indicated a wuh to eliminate lt "slums" with 7.10.0CO: Tacoma and a couple of other Washington cities toyed with the Idea, hut Scuttle Is the tint to n-tuulh t'.flip the approval of President Roosevelt. Con MEDFORD MAIL when President Roosevelt asked would do regarding Russia, the pester the "bear that walks like ready to go the whole hog. both a weak and provocative one, gress last July refused to furnish further flnancea for USHA to con tinue elummlng. NO fish ladders will be Installed at three of the seven dams In the Willamette Valley project. The bureau of fisheries has advised the army engineers, who are In charge of the vast flood-control and navi gation project, to this effect. The three reservolra to be ladder- less are Dorena, on Row river; Cot tage drove, on the coast fork of Willamette river, and Pern Ridge on Long Tom. These three streams do not now have and probably never j did have runs of migratory fish stcelhead or ealmon and because of I this fact the bureau explains that Installation of fish ladders would be j an unwarranted expense. Lakes formed by these three dams 1 will not have value as for fishing j purposes Be the water will fluctuate. ! part of the bed being exposed and again flooded and such conditions, ' says the report, are not conducive J to reproduction of fish or other I aquatlo Ufa because of Instability of environment. Suggestion has been made that these reservolr-iakes be stocked with spiny rayed fishes to provide sport fishing. No decision haa been mnde on the proposal, the bureau waiting for further Investi gation as construction proceeds. ONB current rumor Is that Jimmy Roosevelt U considering bring Ing suit against a columnist for a bunch of money for ft story Imply- j Ing that Jimmy has been meeting ft California bunker who is on the blade list of SEC and that Jimmy's association is embr. missing admin istration officials. Mrs. Roosevelt's name was brought Into one story In the column. Incidentally, Harold Ickes. in his pamphlet on the American press, gives the columnist In question hlfih compliments and stresses his dependability. 13 CHRISTMAS ! WtOTtCT A VCX HOMC ntoM TUBERCULOUS SEALS ,ni2J S2S 1 it Is tht leading cause of death imong psople betwaen tha ages of 1 15 and 45. Help wipe out this disease that kills so many In thalr most productive years. " I TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brady If a stamped self addressed envelope la enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Or. William Brady, 265 El Camlno, Beverly Rills, Calif. ' A CONCESSION TO Discussing the effects of ex posure to cold and wet Dr. Ed ward C. Scwall said, in the San Francis c o meeting of the A.M. A. June 16, 1938: "One must distin guish between normal Dersons and those who harbor chron ic sinus infec tion. I believe that, ordinar ily, chilling in duces respira tory dls e a s e only in those who already har bor respiratory infection, most often in the sinuses. The normal person is but little adversely in fluenced by a reasonable degree of chilling." Dr. Sewall cited John Muir, who, soaked to the skin, slept on Alaska glaciers, arose in the morning, wrung out his clothes and went his wiv He rarely took cold whatever ut. sewall means by that. He was a normal henllhv nprenn He harbored no chronic sinus infection. He could not have ex posed himself in such a way if he had, opines Dr. Sewall. Oh, well, I suppose we should be content with the concession. At that, I believe I could still contend that a "reasonable de gree of chilling" (if we could agree as to what constitutes reasonable chilling) is not harm ful or dangerous even if your respiratory tract harbors some chronic focus infection that is, I could argue about that fairly well were it not for sinus trouble. That, I admit, has me on the defensive. T'tn snrrv about this, but Candor would be mv middle name If I hori a middle name. No evading the all too familiar haooeninB the victim of chronic sinusitis sits In a bit of draft, or eels hi? feet wet, or otherwise suffers a "reasonable degree of chilling." More or less disturbance of his circulation ensues, the mucous membrane in the vlcinitv nf the opening from nasal cavity into me affected sinus swells from congestion, drainage from the sinus into the back of nasnl cavity is blocked, pain and inflammation light up anew But now. having cranted that. I insist that the unnleasant consequence of the chilling is purely mechanical and acci- dental, nn'd thnt thpro la nn scientific ground for the notion, still cherished by a good many excellent physicians, that chill ing in itself lowers one's im munity to respiratory infection. I am glad to note that Dr. Sewall has definitelv drnnneri that dear old tradition. Prob ably he voiced the present opinion of a large part of the medical profession. But another nhvsician termi nated the discussion with a remark that seems calculated to The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washington, Dec. 8. Finland has not yet been over-run by the Russian horde, but it is al ready widely predicted that Ru mania will be next. High Amer ican authorities not only join in these predictions; they also be lieve they can make a blue-print of the partition of Rumania as arranged in the Russo-Gcrman pact. If their blue-print is cor rect, the sum of Hitler's con cessions to his dangerous ally is truly staggering. Of course, t he next move will depend, to some extent, on the RuMian army's showing In Finland So fnr, military observers of neutral and allied powers have been as tounded by the poor quality of the Soviet military machine, tn earlier maneuvers tn the Baltic area, the Russian troops, according to one authentic report, appeared a "mere rabble." Discipline is poor, supply and organization nre worse, and material Is said to be so unreliable that large numbers of the bombs dropped on Helsinki actually failed to explode. Nevertheless, the force of Russian numbers Is so great, and Russia's present and prospective victims are so weak and 11 l-c.ef ended, that It seems unlikely the Russians will be halted In their course. To understand the blue-prtnt of the partition of Rumania, it Is need fill (irt to K--t a pi-tnre of yvmnnia's ffography. The country is roughly -ar ." "'-imiiBja. OREGON, FRIDAY;" DECEMBER 8, 1939. Brady, M D. THE CHANGING VIEW send a lot of good doctors scurrying back to the quaint old stand. Dr. H. Marshall Taylor of Florida, who has studied the effects of the cold water on the temperature and general condition of swimmers and bathers in Florida, added that as long as one can main tain his normal body tempera ture in the cold or chilling environment "his resistance is not necessarily lowered." What ever resistance may mean in Dr. Taylor's lexicon. That term connotes something different to the mind of nearly every one who uses It. Immunity is one thing, and only one; "resist ance" is anything you like to imagine. . Anyway, as long as I enjoyed it, I'd never worry about my body temperature being low ered. But then, I'm just a plodding old door-to-door prac titioner "and I wouldn't know much about the secrets some of these eminent doctors seem to have. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Corn Remedy Will you please print once more the formula for softening and remov ing corns and calluses? (W. V. O.) Answer Thirty grains of salicylic acid dissolved In one-half ounce of flexible collodion. Paint one coat on clean dry corn or callus or wart once dally for a week or 10 days. Prepara tion Included In National Formulary (official In all dru; stores In U. s.) under name of compound salicylic collodion Is practically same. Wrinkles Please give me your candid opinion of the use of a good cold cream or other tissue food for retarding or pre venting the appearance of wrinkles. What would you suggest to prevent flabblness of. the face and drooping of the cheeks and corners of the mouth? (Miss T. F.) Answer No external application can retard or prevent wrinkles or drooping or flabblness. It la silly to imagine any such cosmetic feeds or nourishes anything. Best sugges tion I can offer la that you correct your faulty nutrition and bad habits. You will find a practicable routine described In booklet "The Seven Keys to Vlte" for copy send 26 cents coin and 1-cent-stamped envelope bearing your address. It Includes some exercise dally so don't send for It If you had rather be flabby than fit. I'd say a quart of milk dally, rich In vitamin O. Is more likely to postpone wrinkles, drooping end other manifestations of prema ture old age than la any Billy cosmetic a creduloua woman may smear over her map. Peanuts Do peanuts ever cause appendicitis? Are peanuts wholesome food for an office worker to eat, or peanut candy. or peanut chocolate? (O. A. K.) Answer No, peanuta do not cause appendicitis. Peanuts are fine food for anybody pound for pound, nickel for nickel, more nourishing than beef. Peanuts, peanut candy, peanut but ter, whatever form you like. (Protected by John F. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send tetter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. D., 26.1 El Camplno, Beverly Hills, Calif. oval. It Is bounded on the north by Russia and Russian Poland, on the west by Hungary and Yugoslavia, on the south by Bulgaria, and on the east by the Black sea. The Carpa thian mountains run through Ru mania from north to south in ft groat crescent. A, the crescent's lower end, near the Yugoslavian border, is the famous Iron gate, the gorge by which the Danube escapes from central Europe and traverses the Carpathians on its Journey to the Black sea. West of the Carpathian crescent, on the Hungarian side, la mountain ous Transylvania, claimed by Hun gary. Above the Bulgarian border and on the shore of the Black sea Is the Dobrudja district, claimed by Bulgaria, And to the north, running along the Russian txrder. Is Bessara bia, claimed by Russia. Roughly speaking, the blue-print Is for a concerted, three-cornered attack, with Russians coming down through Bessarabia. Tha Germans crossing Hungary to attack Transyl vania, and the Bulgarians grabbing for the Dobrudja. Such an attack. If It should take place, could hardly be resisted by the Rumanian army. German and Russian missions have been Intriguing in Bulgaria for some time, to bring the Pulgnrs into line. More than a month ago. the Ger mans requested permission from the Hungarians for troops to pass through to Transylvania. This was refused, but. If the request Is re newed with German force behind it. an effective Hungarian resistance is difficult to Imagine. Russian troop concentrations along the Bessarablan border have long been reported. The Important feature of the blue print, however. Is who geta what after Rumania haa been conquered. If the blue-print Is correct, either the Ger man, or the Hungarians lr. the status of a puppet state, will receive Transylvania. The Bulgarians will be tossed the Bobrudja rs their reward. And the Russians will get all the rest. In resources and strategic Im portance, the Russian share Is 90 per cent of the Rumanian prize. The Russians already have the oil of Poland, despite Germany's dire need for this commodity. They will alK have the oil of Rumania, and her most production farmlands. In the north, if the Finnish campaign Is successful, they ntll command the Bsltli-, mid they ar already con- strutting military bases on the East Prussian frontier. The Rumanian spoils will complete this system In the south, for, behind the bastion of the Carpathians, the Russians will command the great D&nublan valley, and la the Iron gate they will possess one of the greatest strategic points In all Europe. In The Day's News By Frank Jenkins A HITCH-HIKER, waiting be " side the Green Springs highway between Ashland and Klamath Falls, decides to HOLD UP the first kindly motorist who picks him up, kidnap his bene factor, steal his car and take whatever the consequences may be. The decision costs him his life in a gun battle with the police a few hours later. "TPHE motorist, knowing the danger but moved by the kindly and human impulse to give a ride to one who is walk ing, decides to take a chance. The decision costs him hours of acute danger, with his life hanging by a thread every mo ment. He is finally saved by his own ingenuity and persistence. I ET us pause here and draw a couple of morals: If you are a hitch-hiker, stand ing beside the road and medita ting crime against the motorist who befriends you, you'd better not. Nearly always such enter prises end in trouble and VERY OFTEN they end in death'. If you are a motorist, WANT ING to give some stranger a ride, you'd better throttle the impulse. It's DANGEROUS. 1 rEWEY, now an active candi- date for the Republican nomination for president, speak ing at Minneapolis, says: "Government hostility, repres sive taxation and economic quackery have STIFLED Ameri can enterprise." If you doubt the truth of what he says and want to make an experiment for your own satisfaction, try kicking the family cow in the ribs, beating her over the head with the milk stool and giving her no hay. Then see how much milk you get. Business is very much like the family cow. Treated justly and fairly and fed intelligently, it GIVES MORE MILK. (Business gives milk In the Pisttiimcftive OUR LAY -AWAY PLAN PYREX New Pyrex Utility cake and baking dish, sise 83i-lnch by lS,inch deep. Has handy lugs for easier handling. 35c WAFFLE IRON I1 In polished chromium. $3.50 ANDIRONS Make splendid lion sell old Andirons as low as Kills Aulliiue $350 POTTERY franrlMnn F.I Patio, the finest of all color potteries. SIMeen-plrce starter $3.95 ELECTRIC IRON ?.W wait, fully selective automatic. PolMhed chromium, (.uaranteeil. $2.95 HUBBARD form of profits for the owners and wages for the workers.) TWO spies and traitor are beheaded in Germany. That is nothing unusual. Death is the punishment for traitors and spies in all countries. But this thought can not be kept down: In dictator-ruled countries, charges of spying and treason offer splendid excuses for get ting rid of people the dictator doesn't happen to like. Flight 0' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and to rears a BO. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 8, 1929 (It was Sunday) Portland hotels oppose serv ing of meals to the public, by tax exempt institutions. County jail prisoners em Well, friends, you can't tell me there ain't No Santa Claus No jolly Kris Kringle with a face trimmed with long white moss. I know better, for he's been here at Rogue River Chevrolet, And given us the building we've needed for many a dayl A swell, well arranged home with plenty of space; Big, light roomy shop with an exit at the back of the place. No longer will we have to fight traffic on Old Riverside, ' And a real fight it was, as you know if you triedl Can't you just imagine my relief and how happy I feel. To know at last we have a garage that's really ideal. You know five years Is quite a long time to wait. But it's worth it to have the finest set-up in the entire statel OUR NEW 9TH and BARTLETT VASES Big 10-inch vases of genuine Abingdon pottery. All beauti ful shapes and a choice of Satin Ivory or Satin Glaie pastel colors. $1.00 Stainless Steel Hubbards' have a very lim ited stock of the special one quart sauce pan Revere Cop per Clad Stainless Steel. $1.69 Guaran teed eiectrlc Waffle Iron with hill seven Inch cast ft I u m I n u m grid, finished American Alabaster Lamps and novel lies. These articles are cut from Amer ican Alabaster which is a translucent natural stone found In Colorado. Elec tric Lighthouse lamps the Men set priced K-3 Kitchen-Aid Food Mixer Is New! See It Work BROS., Inc. ployed in removing tin-cans and rubbish from sides of country roads. The Portland Journal carries a news Item, mat u yeuis (1909) ago, three inches of snow lay on the floor of the valley. Copco sends new calendars to all its customers. First rains since last May fall throughout county, with snow in the hills. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 8, 1919 (It was Monday) Nation-wide coal strike sched uled to end tonight. State legislature to convene January 12. Jackson county gets $8,658,. 59 as share of timber sales. Snow falls in the foothills all day, with skiffs in the valley. Two carloads of valley hogs shipped to Portland. Elks annual Christmas tree to be held December 18. Chevrolet JINGLES Copyrighted Chevy M. Hurd LOCATION PHONE 188 GiSf s will enable you to select gifts NOW at present, low cash prices then pay when you take do livery before Christmas! ALUMINUM Rvery Lady who uses Aluminum rooking wiirp prefers WK.AHKVER. 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