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Newspaper Page TextPAGE RTX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1939. Medford&wTeibune "(rrott la Sooth Oroa . th Mali TrtbaM." Dally Etl Baturdar PublUfeed br MEDFORD PRINTING CO. II-ST-1ft North Fir St. Phona Tl. ROBERT W. RIJHL, Editor. ERNEST R. QILSTRAP, ManiMf. As Indaptndnt Nawapapar. Eatrd aa iteond-elaH tnattar tt Md ford, Orfjn( undtr Act of March I. 1171. SU8SCRIHTJON BATES r Mail In Advance: Daily and Surday one yaar .0 Dally and Sundny mi month.. . . Dally and Sunday thria monthi. I.AO Dally and Sunday on month... .1 By Carrier In Advance Madford. Ah land. Central Point, Jacksonville. Oold Hill. Rattle River, fhoenli. Talent, and an motor routee: Dally and Sunday -on year If. Oft Dally and Sunday one month... .tl All terme caan in invincf Of flrlal Paper of Ilia t lly of Mr, I ford Official luier of jHckeon Counly. riEHBEK OF THK AffMH'IATCD VHVHB Reed vine Fall Leiieed Wire Hwlr. The Aeaorlated Preaa t exclualvely entitled to the uae for publication of all new dlipatehaa credited to It or other, wlee credited to thta paper, and alao to Lhe local newa publlMhed herein. AM rlxhta for publication of pedal dlepatohea herein are alao reserved. MEMBER OF" UNITED PHEHS MEUilKIl OP AUDIT BI'REAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertlafnr Repreaentattvee WERT-KOLMDAY COMPANY. INC. Offlcea In New York, Chirac i, Detroit, Sen Franrlaco, I,aa Anitelea. HeatUe, Pertland, St. Louie, Atlanta, Vancouver. P C Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. Nabobs of the New Deal are busy these days endorsing a Third Term lor FDR. A minor ehlrper lor the Triple Threat, Is Mr. Mahoney, late ol K. Falls, and former ball of lire of Ore gon democracy. This Is no sur prise. The wonder is, he was able to hold himself in, and not come out lor a Fourth and Fifth term. There is a chance, he may regain his old-time ex uberance, and think ol it, at a later date. ' ' ... A campaign is planned to curb reckless driving by Juve nile autolsts, ' through the med ium ol the movies. Better and quicker results can be obtained, by making their Paws ride with them. ... There has been so much 'flu,' tf a patient showed up, and did ot claim to have the 'flu,' the doctors would not know what to make of it, ... NOT Till! DOG'S FAULT (Indianapolis New,) "A small poodle probably has th longest and moat cryptic nam, of any dog In Boston. A woman brought tho pup Into a police atatlon to get a license (or "Joy Barker-Snooze Drop-Kelley." ... The French war communique yesterday, Irom the Western front was brief. It read "Noth ing to report." Here was a chance to add: Thank Godl ... Orchestras are once more rendering "Oh! Johnniel", a song of the 'Jazz era.' According to the Coos Bay Times, this proves "jazz is not dead," despite its sounds of dying. ... Warlike toys are opposed as Yule gifts for boys and girls. The First Lady notes it doesn't do much good. There is always a broom-handle that can be used as a rifle, and if the fighting gets too tough, can become a horse, for the getaway. ... Dewey Hill, the Prospect hill billy, accompanied by Ludn Grieve, attended the pull-and haul last night. Mr. Hill plans to visit Hollywood soon, and give the film queens their an nunl treat. ... PEOPLE 'There are four kinds of people in the world: People who read, People who write. People who think, And politicians. There are four kinds of people in the world: People who agree to everything People who oppose everything People who want everything, And people who do something There are four kinds of people In the world: Quarrelsome people, who get shot, Lovers of mankind, who get hanged, Haters of mankind, who commit suicide, And Indifferent people, who die of old age. (There are really only two kinds of people The other kind And myself)." Clevelnnd Plalndealer. CONGRESSMAN DIES IN HEARING OF OIL BILL New Orleans, Dec. 12. (IP Representative Carl E. Mnpcs (R-Mich.), 64, member of the house committee conducting a hearing here on the Cole Oil regulation bill, died today of a heart attack as the hearing was ready to enter its second day. Members of the committee said a formal announcement would he issued concerning con - Uuuance of Uie hearing. Christmas Cards of 1939 Reflect New Jewel Tones New York. (U.R) Color is the big thing In Christmas cards this year, but the plain reds, greens and blues are bowing to Jewel tones, a preview reveals. Emerald, a clear lighter green than the usual Yuletlde hue. seems to be about the most popular combination with gold, and perhaps a bit of white. Ruby and garnet are a close second, combined with either gold or silver. Then there are rich sapphire blues and striking combinations such as turquoise with coral, aquamarine with tourmaline or rose-quartz col orings. However, the Jewel tones have rivals new browns which go in for wood tones from soft honey maple to deep walnuts and mahoganys. These are set off by metallic notes of gold, dull silver and shining chrome. They interpret the Christmas motifs with a modern directness of expression and elimination of detail, but the motifs them selves are those traditional to the season. A candle in ivory against a square plaque of gold burns brightly on a card of deep garnet framed with white; a Christmas coach drives in gold repousse across a card ot wood brown; a poinsettla with an amethyst center appears on AFTER SLAYING YOUTH Elizabeth, Pa., Dec. 12. (TP) County Detective Frank Rltz reported Scoutmaster Daniel Hackett, 29, accidentally killed Norval Harrison, . 15-year-old Boy Scout, then shot himselt to death in remorse over the trag edy. The victims were inseparable companions, said Ritz, and ap parently were examining a .22 rille at Hackett's home prepara tory to a hunting trip when the youth was slain last night by a bullet through the head. Daniel Hackett, Sr., said his unmarried son and the Harrison boy had spent more than an hour in the scoutmaster room with the radio playing when he heard a thud and went to in vestigate. Hackett brushed past him on the stairway. The elder Hackett came upon the Harrison's boy's bleeding body. Within a lew seconds a shot sounded and he lound his son hanging over a back porch banister with a bullet through his head and the rifle nearby. IS PLANNED IN 1947 Salt Lake City, Utah (U.R) Although the world's fairs and expositions of 1939 are still not over they will continue In 1940 a new exposition Is being planned for 1947. It Is the Utah Centennial Ex position. Tho exposition, to be held from May 1 to Oct. 15, 1947. will mark the 100th anniversary of the entrance Into Salt Lake val ley of the group of Mormon pioneers, whom Brlgham Young led away from persecutions In the east to form a new home in the western desert. A 10-man centennial commis sion hns been appointed by Gov Henry H. Blood to plan the ex position. The commission s mem bership includes Ynany of Utah's loading citizens and has for its chairman David D. McKay, sec ond counselor to Hebcr J. Grant, president of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon) church. Other states will be Invited to participate in the exposition, as will the Federal government. Absnt-Mindd Paris (fll Even at the Paris lost-andfound bureau the war makes a difference. Attendants say that before September 2 the most common articles on their shelves were umbrellas and keyholdcrs. Now It's trench helmets and gns mnsks, left in subway stations, autobuses and on park benches by forgetful pollus. Adolf. Tho Grateful Varazdin, Yugoslavia ;p) Hitler has presented the town of Varazdyn with an autobus. The gift Is In recognition of the hospitality the town accorded Austrian Nazis who fled there after the assnssination of Aus trian Chancellor Uollfuss in the attempted Nazi putsch In Vien na in 1H34. World Beats Path Brookfield. Mo. (,V- Wll- liam Reece ha, mice but vir- tunlly no mouse trouble. Some of the white kind colonized In ... his Junk yard. Now Rcimt has 1 a waiting list of youngsters who want them for pels. white broadly framed with em erald green metallic. Many cards, keyed to the deeper significance ol Christ mas, make use of the new treat ment for example, a card show ing the Three Wise Men block ed In shining chrome on bright blue. Whether modern or conserva tive, however, the 1939 cards Christmas motifs and senti ments. Victorian motifs are used in all sorts of versions. Chignon-ed belles ride side-saddle or are pushed in chairs across the Ice in the best Vic torian manner by swains. The stage coach has come back this year after being in the background for several sea sons. Sometimes the stage coach motif is carried out In the traditional "Old English" coaching scenes. Again, an old fashioned coach is set against a formalized modern back ground or is translated into a puffing train or a sky-writing plane. There doesn't seem to be so many animal cards this year. Perhaps a little more popular than dogs this year are cats, which appear In varied poses, lor example, an awakening Mal tese snuggled comfortably on an authentic high-backed Victorian chair. GETS LEGAL AP Feature Service Frankfort, Ky. A newly-appointed Kentucky colonel, who supposes there was a uniform for bearers ol the honorary title, wrote state officials that he was worried lest he "get into dif- ficultles" by wearing non-regu- lation garb. Swm'Stani Attorney-Gener-1 al William F. ""'using with an unofficial legal "ooin ion," described the evolution of apparel and tastes of a Kentucky colonel like this: . In the beginning ... "a brace of duelling pistols, a plug of chewing tobacco, an overwhelm ing desire to hunt, fight, place a bet or make love to some woman, and a quart of bourbon whisky." . When prosperity came ... "a broad-rimmed hat, a frock coat, a pair ol baggy trousers, a shoe string necktie, a white goatee, a pair ol sideburns, a veneer of culture, and a quart of bourbon whisky." After "the war" ... "a pair of patched pants, a floppy-brim med straw hat, a tobacco goatee, and a quart of bourbon whisky." Around the turn of this cen tury . . . "mutton chop whiskers, a broad-brimmed hat, a broad cloth prince albert suit, love for the Democratic party, and a quart of bourbon whisky." "In these sad days of decline for Kentucky colonels, due to the . encroachment of Yankee Ideas and customs . . .a quart of bourbon whisky." STUDENTS ERASE Oberlin, O. (U.R) Oberlin colleRe has a "league of nations" which really works the Cosmo politan Club, composed of 75 students who represent 20 na tions of the world. "We have no "blocs," no 'haves' or 'have-nots', said Mar Jorie Zimmer, pretty Argentine student. "There Is nothing but the most pleasant of relations among us. rrance, naiy. oermany, era - zil. he Argentine, China, Japan. Switzerland. India, Syria, Korea, Canada Hawaii. Puerto Rico, the Malay State and Iran are a few of the countries whose rep- nnnnlnlltiiia kna trnnt In thiar pleasant college town miles from the strife some of their nations are experiencing. Steady WaNahachie. Tex. (P) B. C. ' Lancaster, 83, recently paid taxes for the 73rd consecutive year on a farm near Sterrett. He ory of International relations, has been a resident of Ellis : which may some day prove of country since his arrival in 1834: great significance. In a covered wagon. After the Thia theory is. quite simply, that. Civil war in 18B5 he borrowed im a world conflict whose outcome monev from his father, pur-"' nations, neutrals a. chased the Sterrett farm and has " " b'","f'"',1 " . . . i IntcrMt. Putting It nothrr way. owned U since. a 1 1 nuttcm suffer when one group r villa.. rT,!,- .of rmtloni chows to ubjfn't th riw mum, Anyway , to hft AnBttrP)ni. Fort Wayne, Ind. (A) The ; ,tni!n of a pr,Rt wnr. thfrv,orfi n Rev. Warren W, Lamport. re- nHtlpnfli Whtthr neutral or twiner- tired Methodist minister, took j out, muni b rUowtk! nom uv In his first airplane ride on his -i..l.(.. t. I , I h a ,i "It I -.'i .. -u , "J.". V' TiEhL "somuch1'1- ' "n ,Kl i ""i J ' ""''V ' Th. inTT," , r.n'and abnormal man. The presidential The insect tar ety of Japan .boT,.nwntlonrt ilKOT, corresponds, roughly with that ,orm ,n, p.n,,,, mi.M take. of the temiH'iale regions ot EU-, rupa j Serious practical difficulties ataud Personal Health Service By William Ilfned tetura pertaining to persvnaJ aealta and hygiene, not to dliaaa, diagnosis or treatment, wlU be anntered by Dr. Brady If stamped: sell addressed cnrelopt la enclosed. Letter, ihould b brief and written la Ink Owing to tb, larg, number of letter, raeelred only a few can ba answered. No reply can ba made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, 264 El Camlno, Bererly Hills, Calif. THE DIET BUSINESS IS G FOR THE From the character of the re quests coming in every day, for this and that ailment or vague c o m p laint, I infer that the diet business must be pretty good for the quacks who engage in it. For instance one correspon dent writes: I have an inactive liver.. And I, Ol' Doc Brady, wonder how one determines that his liver is inactive. Does he see spots be fore his eyes, or does he feel a bit despondent about life and the way they're running the country? Anyway the corre spondent has arrived at that conclusion and I suppose I had better refrain from further de bate about it. Sometimes read ers are pretty stern when I ven ture to question the accuracy of the diagnosis they submit. They remind me that's over my depth they'll attend to the diagnosis, all I'm to do is send along the diet. Knowing diet does wonders, our patient correspondent con- I tinues, I would like a leaflet oh colitis and a diet also. I believe it is my present 'diet that keeps mouth and lips sore. . . . Now it would have been fairly easy to cope with the problem had the correspondent stuck to the inactive liver. But the mo ment he dragged in colitis I knew I was licked. Seriously, this correspondent, from the non-medical point of view, seems well above the av erage grade of intelligence. I fancy he would smile at the absurdity of expecting a doctor to prescribe treatment on the basis of the information given in the letter. Yet he seems to think it should be a simple mat ter for a doctor to advise what one purporting to have inactive liver and colitis should and should not eat. "Inactive liver" or lazy liver, as already avowed, is a com plete mystery to me. In fact I don't believe it ever happens, outside of an Almanac. "Colitis" may be almost anything the vic tim's fancy suggests at the moment. This correspondent errs in a familiar way, and in citing the complaint as an example I hope other readers may learn some thing from it to the advantage of their health and assurance. The correspondent, like a great many patients consulting a phy sician in person, instead of tell ing the doctor of what he com plains, such as pain here or numbness there, hissing noise in tho ears or twitching or tremb The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance, Ino. Washington, Dec. 12. The President is one of those men ' .,, ,uir .hmicrht. in (alk m,d whnU,ver ,ubject is I ost in hls mind. h(! dis. ,t freel v wltn tho5c aroun, him , ,hese davs t navlntcd by tne 1 r ' war. It forms a sort of leit motif of his conversation, whether with friends or casual callers. Interested officials or visiting foreign big-wigs. Lately, in speaking of the war, he has j often played with a novel the- : the eventual aettlemrnt i Tli nr.Rlrt.nt'1 natural amhltlnn I. tn .-t a, ra.-e.m.ker to the , m.Wa tu.u H-milrt ha a JvMfl . rioar m.ka r..v. would be a cold-hearted Brady, M.D. OOD BUT NOT SO GOOD PATIENT ling in the neck, leaving It to the- doctor to Interpret the symptoms together with the ob jective findings of his examina tion and arrive at an opinion as to the nature of the trouble and what to do about it, attempts to interpret the symptoms himself, without the help of a proper physical examination, and offer the doctor a ready-made diagno sisor rather a very poor guess to fool with. Don't try to tell the doctor what ails you. Rather tell him what you complain ol, in the simplest words you know and leave it to the doctor. If any guessing is to be done he can hit much more closely than any layman can, especially a lay man so biased as the patient himself. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Modern Treatment Satisfactory. Some time ago you recommended Dr. a, qualified to administer Injection treatment for ptlee. X wsi under hi, treatment for some time Recently he discharged me aa cured. I found the treatment very satisfac tory no pain, no discomfort, no ab sence from work, Oreatly pleased with results of Dr. 'a skill and patience and correspondingly grate ful to you. (P. B.) Answer Thank you for your re port. Unless correspondents are thoughtful enough to tell me whether the treatment haa proved satisfactory I may have no way to check on the service the doctor or specialist gives readera to whom I recommend him. A Healthy. Clear Skin. I have a healthy, clear akin and use only soap and water for cleans ing. However, In winter my akin becomes rather dray and chapa easily. (L. C.) Answer Excessive drying out of air during season of artificial heat ing one factor. Built-in or a sim ple tank and wick humidifier should be used to evaporate at least a gal lon of water a day In each room. Shortage of vitamin B-complez and D another factor. Correction of diet or aupplementlng diet with dally rations of these vitamins through winter Is good for complexion, wood for general henlth. Orthodontia. Son, aged nine years, lost upper right central Incisor ten months ago. He haa two permanent teeth next left 'ipper central lnclaor, one a lateral Incisor, one a aupernumerary tooth. X-ray, show' eyeteeth next to these will come through In due time. Orthodontist believes he could move central InclHor over to fill va cant space In three years time. Is It possible to move a tooth past the median line? (Mrs. E. A.) Answer It Is a large order for me to give an opinion, for the con templated shifting of the tooth. I think I should go ahead with the treatment. At any rate It will prob ably Improve the youth's appear ance. (Protected by John F. Dllle Co.) Ed.( Note: Persons wishing to romin'unlcnte with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to. nr. William Brady, M. D., 265 El ramplno, Beverly Hills, Calif. In th way of putting the theory Into practice. Since It waa originated at the state department last spring, the theory has been Interpreted as opening the way for two possible courses of action: 1. At an appropriate time, when the belligerent nations have lost their war-fever, the president might at tempt to force an end to fighting and acceptance of a reasonable peace. 3. The president might await an armistice, and then Intrude on the vlctora' conference table, declaring his determination to countenance no such unwise settlement as waa made Inst time. In either case, the practical dif ficulties are pretty obvious. The theory presupposes that the other neutral nations would support the American Intervention; except as spolcwnan for the neutrals of the world . even the president of t he United States would not have stand ing enough for Intervention of this type. Yet, as of today, most neutrals beyond the American hemisphere are too terrified by the onrush of events to dare any sort of concerted action. Then. too. the presidents Influence at best would be one-sided. Tills country has been frankly partial to the English and French. On them pressure might well be exerted, for they are heavily dependent on us for many of their war needs. But the Russians and Germans have no such dependence, and the means to In fluence them are few indeed. The president might well prevent another treaty of Versailles, but he could hardly avert another treaty of Paris like the one that ended the Franco Prussian war of 1B70. For these reasens. the theory should be regarded, for the present, only as an Intellectual plaything of the president and his circle. It may be taken for granted that, while he would be glad to assume the peace making role, he will not do so un less hard-headed assessment of the circumstances suggests that there is some chance of succesa. Possibly he might even like to use the strength of this country more positively than Is now looked for. But. when the circumstances are assessed, the o.e I which closest attention Is directed lll t American public opinion, . T. JT. 42 '"eory can hardly be quesUoned. The ' J iiamii w uibshuhvu. ai 8"- n"on ' South 'America, th. European neutral. ...d peaceful country are all j quite obviously, "partiea at Interest' i In th, present war. At this Tery instant the war Is affecting their economies at many points. Peso It Is generally acknow ledged will alao affect their econo mies and the American treasury la now actually at work on plans to "cushion the pocelble ahock of peace." Aa for tho war's aftermath of unreat, poverty and suffering It will apread over the whole world, lust aa It did last time The presi dential theory at least Indicate, that ths president la thinking In realistic terms. Iii The?. News; By Frank Jenkins. THERE'S a rumor, as these words are written on Mon day, that Mussolini will present a new peace offer from Ger many. The rumored terms are much milder than anything yet suggested by Hitler. When a dicker is on and one side makes concessions, there's always a prospect that a deal may be concluded. That's why this rumor is In teresting. 1 , ANOTHER interesting slant: The Russian press (Stalin's heel-dog) raises a question as to whether Germany is supply ing arms to Finland. The ques tion itself Isn't important. WHY IT IS RAISED is important. The raising of such a ques tion indicates that relations be tween Stalin and Hitler are TOO sweet and loving and trustful. (Wishful thinking, of course, influences all of us in this mat ter. Nothing could be more wel come to the rest ol the world than a row between Hitler and Stalin). . HERE'S a really good one: Russia, herself blockading Finland, protests bitterly against the British blockade of Ger many. It all depends, you see, on whose ox is gored. ai., . ANOTHER small straw In the n wind: Britain, needing for herself all the war supplies she can pro duce, RELAXES HER BAN on sale of war materials in order to help Finland in- her struggle for life. Britain, up to now, has been exceedingly polite to Russia. This isn't so polite. A BRITISH troops, officially in action on the Western front, have been given these instruc tions: "Be vigilant, be cool, and FIRE LOW." "Wait till you see the whites of their eyes" is the American way of putting it. The British are learning. npHAT recalls a story told of tho Ruic who ar nntnhlv good marksmen. Kaiser Wilhelm, the tale goe3, was present at a Swiss army review. "Why," he is reported to have commented, "your total mobilized .strength is less than HALF the German standing army. "That means," the Swiss gen eral is said to have answered, "that we'd have to SHOOT TWICE." AFL LUMBER WORKERS TO SEEK WAGE BOOST Portland, Ore., Dec. 12. (IP) The Northwest AFL Lumber Unions council decided through its executive committee yester day to ask a "substantial" wage boost In the spring. The amount will be an nounced Feb. 3 after a study of market condition trends is com pleted, the committee said. THREE OF FAMILY DIE IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH Madera. Calif., Dec. 12. (IP) John Winston Alms. 23, his wife and five-year-old daughter of Stockton. Calif., were fatally in jured here yesterday in an ac cident which ended their in tended trip to Joplin, Mo. Alms' automobile struck the rear end of a truck loaded with Christmas trees. Highwav Patrol Sargeant Clark K. Gill said Herbert Mc Cllntock of Eugene, Ore., was driver of the truck. FINNISH NOBEL WINNER GOES TO RECEIVE PRIZE Stockholm. Dec. 12. (P) Franz Eamil Sillanpaa. Finnish winner of the 1939 Nobel prize for literature, today crossed into Sweden at Haparanda on his way here to receive his prize. The 51 -year-old wTiter was accompanied by his family. (The value of the Nobel prize varies from year to year, but Pearl Buck, 1938 winner for literature, received $37,957.) Good Oi Their Souls Elllnwood, Kai. (tV-The law finally caught up with two youths who had "borrowed" an automobile every Sunday for a month for transportation to Sun day school. Police Judge Robl sentenced them. j At the National Capitol With John W. Kelly (Continued from Pajt One.) because ol its decisions and the conduct of its field representa tives, is practically friendless. Then, too, the board suffers dis cord within itself; tnere is a clash of opinions and personal ities; unanimous decisions are becoming rare. THERE waa the decision ordering an employer to give back pay to two men who were never In hla employ; the decision ordering a West Coast airplane factory to re hire, with back pay, aliens, on, of whom was suspected by navy Intel ligence of sabotage. The decision de manding an editor to glvo the source' of hla material when ha pub lished an article unsatisfactory to th, board. A long Hat of such re markable decisions has been accum ulated by th house prober,. WBli, the geological survey haa hurst one bubble of hope. Fif teen sample, of deposlta found In th Caacadea and supposed to be bauxite (needed In the manufac ture of aluminum) turned out to b, somethlnc else, kaolin, principal ly. Moat of th samples were from near Mehama, where there ia an In exhaustible supply and If It came up to expectatlone would supply raw material to be processed with Bon neville power. W. 0. Mendenhall, director of the geological survey, report, to Senator McNary that the deposit is volcanic tuff which haa been altered Into more or less pur kaolin. "It Is evi dent," states the director, "that none of the samples Is bauxite or even approachea bauxlt. In mineral com position." Kaolin la a elay used for poro, laln. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT wanta it distinctly understood that the federal government la not In the business of taking care of all th, needy In the United States. He In formed the press that the WPA at tempts to aid as. many of the needy employables ar possible, but thax the needy unemployables are a re sponsibility of the state (governor and legislature) and not the ex clusive charge of the munlclpalltlea and counties. No distinction la made, however. In the distribution of surplus foods purchased by the Federal Surplus Commodltlea corporation, the sur plus being available for needy em ployablea and unemployables. There are no statistics on the number of unemployables, but Harry Hopkins made a guess two years ago that there were about 3.500,000 and that the figure would Increase; would never be leas. D BPRECIATION of Canadian cur rency la held responsible for tralnloads of Canadian apples being dumped Into the United States mar ket, much to the distress of growers of the Pacific northwest and the Virginia country. The duty on the fruit has been eliminated on account of the currency depreciation. The same cause Is assigned to other heavy shipments of commodities. War la held accountable. Air-Minded Jackson, Mich. (U.R) An in mate at Southern Michigan prison has built nine gasoline powered model airplanes and looks forward to entering model races when he is discharged. One of his planes remained alolt 24 minutes, little short of the national record. Demolish Sedan Sequoia National Park, Cal. (U.R) Arthur Reich and his son, Arthur, Jr., came here for an extended camping trip in a .se dan, but they left for home the same day in an "open air taxi." While the two were fishing, hungry bears demolished the top of their car. Broken Heart Youngstown, Ohio (U.R) Grief for its mate, Zuzu-Bella, caused the death of one of the park swans here, according to park attenants. "Nothing but a broken heart killed Lightning," an attendant said. Go Japanese Livingston, Cal. (U.R) Miss To shiko Matsumoto was the guest of honor at a kitchen shower given by a group of Japanese girls. The afternoon was spent playing Chinese checkers. EFFICIENT FUEL! DRY PINE SLABWOOD $6.00 DRY FACTORY BLOCKS $5.50 BUNDLED KINDLING ...$5.00 Delivered In City Limits Or Mil tour car or trailer at our fuel lard nn the " Sor"1 Central Are. and MrAndrews Road Timber Propct) Company Pnon 7 End North Central Flight 0' Time Medford tot Jackaoa Coontj Hlttorj from th, me, of th. Mall Tribune 10 ana to rMrs afo. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 12. 1929 at was Thursday) Unw ralna In the hills causes city water supply to have milky appearance. Merchants complain to city oollce about large number of homeless cats roaming the busi ness district. .Tlmmv Phelan is named coach at University of Washington. Packing houses report 20,- 000 lug boxes are missing. Shady Cove plans a commun ity Christmas tree. Wall street stocks continue to drop, and business lags. . T.orfv hurolnr held for robberv 1 " a - nt owlrci cratinn escanes. and captured when she returns to city Jail for luggage. TWENTY .YEARS AGO TODAY December 12. 1919 . at was Saturday) Trnstate cold sDell broken with milder weather predicted. . Record cold in Willamette val ley points. Mercury drops to 9.7 degrees, and city is frozen up, and even Bear Creek is covered with a thin coating of ice. Citizens busy keeping water pipes from freez ing, and plumbers work night and day. Ranges blow up in three homes. Power company restores electric light service, but hundreds of telephones are still out of commission. Coldest weather in this section for 30 years. Germany still balks at allied peace terms. "Cotton Web Leonard, Tex. (IP The cot ton that H. E. Sudderth and S. C. Owens grew made a round about trip but came back home in the form of clothing. A me chanic at a cotton mill in Ala bama noted that a Texas ship ment of cotton bore tags indi cating It came from near Leon ard, where the mechanic's sis ter lives. When cloth was made from the cotton, the mechanic sent some of it, with the ship- , ping tags, to his sister and she traced the growers through the tag numbers, making them a present of the cloth. Dog Leads Butte, Mont. OP) D o 1 o r e s Smith, 11, and her dog, Patty, decided to take a little walk in the forest when the family stop ped in the hills near here while out riding. The little child led the way. Soon she was lost, the dog following patiently at her heels. Finally, after several hours, when the dog realized they were lost, he took the lead and brought Dolores back to her worried family just as darkness was settling. "Technicians' Day." Rome. (IP) Premier Benito Mussolini has approved estab lishment of courses of technical studies in Italian schools, de signed to produce a reserve sup ply of technicians for Italian industry, business and com merce. The "day of the tech nicians" will be observed May 30, 1940. Sweet Money. Paris (IP) A farmer from, Plepscop sold two chickens for; three pieces of chocolate wrap ped in tin foil to look like 10 franc pieces. When the farmer returned from the market place he knocked together the "coins." They didn't clink. He unwrap ped them, called the police, and ate the chocolate. No Uniform. Oklahoma City, Okla. (IP) It's going to take a police chiefs' convention to get Police Chief Frank S. Smith into a uniform. A former department of Justice agent, Chief Smith has been Oklahoma City's police chief now for several months with out a sign of a brass button in his Wardrobe. "A uniform," he says, "doesn't add to a police chiefs efficiency and I won't get one until I have to."