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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Hrry.
A rnlrl in Clackamas COUntV
Saturday produced two itllli,
100 gallons of mash and six
gallons ol liquor. So aome of
the boy are drinking "'Old
Methuselah" whiskey, made
very morning, and cooled on
the way to town.
Soviet Russia, In an author
ised statement alleges she is
"not waging or Interested In
waging a war against Finland."
From the way things are turn
ing out, and the Finns are fight
Ing, Russia Is "not interested in
waging a war against Finland,"
at least not as much as she was.
PLAIN ENOUOHI
(Lakeirlw Examiner)
"TJnlesa willing to tact the
truth, pleas remain at home this
Sunday.
10:00, Sunday school hour.
1:00, Sunday evening worship
hour."
The Graf Spee, German
"pocket battleship" departing
from a neutral port where she
sought refuge from destruction
by British battleships, was
scuttled with colors flying, and
part of her bow showing above
the waters. Such Is war and
owners of small launches expect
to reap a harvest, carrying sight
seers to the spot.
"WANTED Child of grammar
school age to attend Bogus
School to keep It going. Will
give good home. Board and
room free." (Yreka, Calif.,
JmirnnU. Education hits a
crisis. '
Now come the complaints
from various cities, the shop
pers have again this year failed
to heed the "Do your Chrlst-
mas shopping early" warning.
The lack of results Is discour
aging. The week-end. It seems,
would be a good time to launch
the 1940 "shop early" campaign.
A Baffled Printer
(Castelle, Cal., News)
"Rain began to fall quietly
Friday about noon and tha de
lightful sound kept right on all
through tha night. Such a Mlaf
from tha bang and roar ol wind,
reo baseelwasyonehora sound"
Many of the Older Girls have
started their annual hoping for
a Mid-West, or "white Christ
mas" with snow, from force of
habit, but secretly hope, they do
not get.
...
ODE TO Til Tl.V
When your back la brbka and your
eyes are blurred,
And your shlnbonee knock and your
tongue la furred,
And your tonalla squeak and your
hair gets dry,
And you're doggone sura that you're
going to die,
But you're "akrered" you wont and
afraid you will
Jutt drag to bed and hay your chill,
And pray the Lord to eee you through
For you've got the flu, boy.
You're got tha flu
When your toea curl up and your
tummy goea flat.
And you're twice aa mean aa a
thomaa eat.
And life seems a long and dlemal
extrse,
And your food all tastes like a hard
boiled hea-se;
When your bonce all ache and your
head's a-burs.
And nothing la aa It ever
Here ara my sad regrets to you
You're got tha flu. boy.
You're got the flu-
Whet la It Hue thla blamed old nut
Aak me, brother, for I've been
through.
ft la mtaery, eroaaed with deepslr;
It pulla your teeth and eurla your
heir;
It thins your blood and drlea your
bonee.
And fills your craw with moana and
groan.
And sometime, maybe, you'll get
well
Some call It 'flu' I call It h'llt"
(lira Wlllj
Heywood Broun
IT wag Emercon, we believe, who declared there Is so much more
kindliness In this world than la ever expressed.
We are particularly Impressed by that fact today. For Heywood
Broun Is dead, and we believe this Is the first time, or practically
the first, we have ever mentioned him In this column.
Yet, ever since the year 1920, we have not only had a kindly
feeling for the former New York World sports writer, but (to
shamelessly confess it) a deep and abiding affection. In fact the
only reason we subscribed to the San Francisco News was to read
his column. And at the last two national conventions we tagged
him all over the place, just to get a whiff of his Inimitable com
ments on the amaiing assortment of stuffed shirts, sitting on the
platform.
He wasn't so popular then, with the "active press", as he had
been. For he had become a Communist, or so It was reported,
and had been the militant leader of the radical Newspaper Guild,
which raised all sorts of trouble in the editorial counting rooms
and the Journalistic upper-brackets.
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BUT that made no difference with the worshipful country editor
from Medford, Oregon. Ever since that one and only chat
19 years ago, in the sanctum of the now-defunct "Leslie's Weekly",
we knew, or thought we knew, all there was to know about
the REAL Heywood Broun, his delicious sense of humor, his
keen penetrating mind, and above all, and before all, his kind
heart and genuine Interest in, and devotion to, his FELLOW-MAN.
YES and then his CHARM. For the big, rambling, unkempt
hulk of a man, had pure, unadulterated personal charm to
the nth degree, at least for the skipper of this somewhat pedes
trian column. It was not only what he said and wrote, but the
casual, Mona Lisa-smileway he did both. And yet, and one
was aware of It all the time with all that gentle, superficial negli
gence he was deadly serious underneath, and wrote some of the
finest and most stirring things, appearing in the American press,
In tha entire post-war epoch.
SO, as above stated, we have read everything Broun has written
for nearly 20 years, or at least everything we could find,
and at least a hundred times, after reading something we particu
larly enjoyed, have been on the point of writing the man and
telling him so, and then for some reason (or more likely for no
reason at all) never did.
So here Is concrete evidence Emerson was right, as usual,
when he said there is so much more kindliness and good will in
the world than is ever expressed. Heywood Bround died, entirely
Ignorant at least of one of his most enthusiastic and devout wor
shippers, In the newspaper profession, out In the wide open spaces.
AND now we are on the eve of the annual Christmas festival,
when peace on earth good will to man, Is expected to over
flow, and when for a few days at least It WILL overflow, In
countless directions, over this troubled earth and land..
An appropriate time, say we, for Heywood's friends and fol
lowers throughout the land to do him homage. For, before closing,
we might as well go the whole hog, and also confess that the real
secret of Broun's appeal as far as this department was concerned
was our conviction, from that first meeting, that at heart Hey
wood was really a TRUE Christian, a Christ-like person, some
thing exceedingly rare these days, or those and especially so
in the newspaper profession.
YES, Heywood loved his liquor, betting at the races, sports of
all kinds, even a shady story now and then provided it was
a good one, but we don't use the term "Christian" in any
theological or sanctimonious or even historical sense, but in the
sense of the true ESSENCE of Christianity and OF THE MAN,
his complete simplicity, his unquenchable passion to serve and
make better, the lot of the average man.
Yes, that's the truth about Heywood Broun, as we knew the
man. That IS at least the Impression our one meeting made,
and It Is an Impression that was only strengthened by a pretty
faithful perusal of his writings thereafter.
And finally we liked Broun's
cloak for an extremely sensitive and serious nature beneath,
which took everything else and everyone else SERIOUSLY, but
NEVER himself!
Yes life is pretty uncertain,
So now Heywood Broun is no more. And Just a week ago, from
his bed, he dictated the following:
The medical man thumbed me over with a somewhat
disapproving eye. "I don't like your bronchial tubes," he
said, and when his exploration had gone a little further he
also spoke dlsaparaglngly of my liver. This annoyed me
somewhat, slnca I had not entered eithor my lungs or my .
liver into any contest In which blue ribbons were to be
awarded. My only comment over the phone when I called
the good gray physician was. "Doc, I've got a nasty cold
and I'm coughing my head off. Could you come around and
give me something to make me sleep?" Naturally I assumed
that he would talk gloomily of hot whisky or hot rum, or
the two in combination, with a little sugar and nutmeg so
that I should wake In the morning bright as a lark and
right as a trivet. But this time the Doc said nothing, or
next to nothing, about the medicinal values of alcohol.
Instead, he remarked gloomily, "I don't see how you can
leave your bed for at least a week."
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Of course, I gave him two to one on that, but he added,
"I think you ought to go south. You need a change of
climate. I want you to get to Florida and play a little mild
golf and occasionally take a flyer on the horses."
"That's very nice of you, Doc," I told him. "But I
doubt whether you could afford it. I play sixty-to-one
shots, and they don't come in very much. I suppose that's
why they are sixty-to-one shots."
"What I had In mind," continued the medical man, "was
the assumption that as a columnist you could get your work
done just aa well from the clubhouse porch at Tropical
Fark in Miami as from a bed in Stamford, Conn."
I shook my head regretfully. "It can be done," I ad
mitted. "But it's not the best way. As a physician you
ought to know that life is real and life is earnest and that
this is no time for comedy. It Isn't even a good time for
that last year's model bedside manner of yours. Turn it
In for a new one."
My friend, the doctor, took the tirnde calmly and per
sisted, "But I do mention that in your rase, as In the case of
many newspaper columnists, this is a time for comedy, or
at any rate, a time In which you should stop writing as
if you were all-wise about the affairs of Europe or any
other spot, for that matter. It's bad for the bronchial tubes
and for the liver So start off every day setting down your
hatred of Hitler. Does it really become twice as strong if
you say It twice as often? And In addition to driving your
selves a little unbalanced by ronstAnt pressure against
your favorite diplomatic villains abroad every last one of
you has begun to work with a dagger on some conferere
at home."
"That," I cried Indlgnanty. "is a libel against the craft
In which I am employed. Columnists may have a liltle spat
from time to time, but under real pressure they stand as
happy-go-lucky manner, that
and subject to sudden changes.
brothers in tha bond. Only the other day I had an anniver
sary. It wag one of those somewhat significant celebra
tions which marks a man a veteran in his vocation. And
from far and near, from people I hardly knew, I got picture
postcards and blotters and letters and one telegram. Don't
tell me that newspapermen haven't a deep and abiding
sense of fellowship. Why, a former sports writer who live
down the lane almost gave me a crooked smile for my
birthday. You got It wrong, Doc. We're all little pals to
gether. But naturally it Isn't a bad idea to check your good
name at the door."
Tha old Doc continued to shake his head. "I want to sea
you gay and spirited and carefree."
"Have It your way," I agreed reluctantly. "But before
I kick up heels you get the carbon out of my pipes."
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letter pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to dlien
dlagooila or treatment, will b answered by Dr Brady If a stamped evif
addreaaed envelop I enclosed. Latter ehould be brief and written la Ink
Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered.
No reply can be mad to queries not conforming to Instructions. Addraaa
Dr. William Brady. Iti tl Camlno. Beverly Bills, Calif.
YES, ALLERGY
Yesterday when the bell rang
I conceded that some Individ
uals who insist they do "take
cold" If they get their feet wet
or are subject to undue exposure
may have some extenuation for
their silly notion.
Were it not for this allergy,
which Is quite frequent today
and in my
opinion steadi
ly increasing
in frequency
(remind me to
explain why I
think so, later)
and for the
wide- spread
chronic rhini
tis (nasal ca
tarrh, to old
timers) no
doubt the draft
and wet feet
dllusion would have been rele
gated to the Victorian archives
long ago. A person subject to
either of these conditions is
likely to be smug, mulish and
exasperating In his insistence
that by gosh some people may
not mind cold, dampness or
change of weather but he
knows he takes cold whenever
he gets in the slightest draft
or even goes out without his hat
or necktie on when it Is at all
chilly.
In the case of allergy with
nasal reaction of course this in
ference the individual draws
from coincidence. That Is, sup
pose his hypersensitivencss hap
pens to be to parrot feathers or
to cat hair; every time he drops
in to say hello to Aunt Carrie
who keeps a parrot, or stops to
pass the time of day with the
corner druggist who keeps a
cat, the poor fellow begins to
stuff up, sneeze and run at the
nose, and to review his recent
life to discover wherein he erred
ah, yes, he crossed the drafty
hall In his nighty this morning
or maybe it was when he went
out on the doorstep without his
hat to get the paper. It Is no
good unless you keep your
man wrapped in wool and em
ploy guardians to see that his
environment never varies from
what he deems ideal, he can
always find an out which, how
ever absurd It may seem to you,
seems perfectly satisfactory to
him.
Seriously,, the high incidence
or frequency of "occurrence of
allergy in the general popula
tion, together with the compar
atively small proportion of al
lergic persons who know the
nature of their trouble, is today
a grave obstacle in the way of
progress in preventive medicine
in the most important field of
preventive medicine from the
viewpoint of morbidity statis
tics or sickness rate, the preven
tion of respiratory infections,
which, according to surveys
made by the federal public
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Released by Toe North
American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc.
Washington. Dec. 18. The
state of mind of Joseph Ken
nivlv ! nn nhipcl lesson for
the times. To anyone who comes
within hailing distance, our am
bassador to England freely pre
dicts the collapse of capitalism,
the destruction of democracy
and the onset of the dark ages.
He says that only an early
peace, at almost any price, can
save the world.
As has been pointed out. It
was this state of mind which
led Kennrdy to come out so
strongly for a third term for
the president. Though a mem
ber of the administration and a
former close adviser of the
White House. Kennedy is no
new dealer. Indeed, few of the
new deal's bitter foes have used
such language as Kennrcly
about the administration's do-1
Brady, H O.
IS EXTENUATION
health bureau, are responsible
for three-fourths of the illness
physicians attend. It impedes
prophylactic effort both ways
for while most persons with
nasal allergy exhibit themselves
as convincing examples of the
causation of the alleged "cold"
by drafts, etc, and thus mislead
and disarm many others into
carelessness about avoiding un
necessary exposure to infection,
there are some you supply a
suitable name for them, I can't
print it who take advantage of
"allergy" to cover their nefar
ious conduct in keeping about,
at work or play, spreading in
fection promiscuously, when
they are in fact coming down
with cri. You know, I hope, that
all of the Common Respiratory
Infections from coryza to pneu
monia, from measles to meningi
tis, are most communicable (via
sneeze, cough or conversational
moisture spray) in the stage of
onset, before the victim feels
quite ill enough to go to bed or
to rest from work or play.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Sneeze Vanished.
Having been troubled with con
stant dally eneeztng for years, which
noae and throat apeclaliata could not
relieve, I cam acroea an allusion to
potassium chloride in your column.
As you say the flrat few doses
brought relief, and X have had prac
tically no trouble since. Believe me
this la a great relief to me and to
my family. W. T. S.
, Answer Thank you. A few doses
of potassium chlorlds (take a ten
grain tablet dissolved in glasa of
water, two or three times a day for
a few days or a week, never take the
tablet or powder undissolved) will
give remarkable relief to various con
dition of allengto character hay
fever, hyperesthetlo rhlnlstls, machine-gun
sneezing, chronic sinusitis.
Migraine, certain cases of eczema,
soma caaea of paroxysms or attacka
of aathma. some caaea of recurring
hives, some caeca of angioneurotic
edema (giant hives). Soluble ten
grain tablets of postasslum are avail
able. Tha medicine 1 comparatively
harmless to try for a few days In any
case. It cures nothing, merely gives
relief. If It relieves, one may take a
few doaea (ten grains two or three
tlmea a day. before or after meals,
always dissolved In water) whenever
occasion arises. Often considerable
rlelef occur within an hour or two
after a single dose.
lodln Radon.
Your "lodln ration" has certainly
proved a rejuvenator for me feel
much lighter on my feet, more peppy,
my hair Is getting darker where be
fore taking the lodln ration I looked
quit gray. Mr. A. O.
Mature adulta who look or feel
prematurely old. gray, stale need
iodine, generally. Send stamped
envelope bearing your address, ask
for Instruction for taking lodln Ra
tion. (Protected by John P. Dllle Oo.)
TA. Notej rervoni wlthtnf to
communicate with Dr, Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
Wllllani Brady, M. D 2R Rl
Cam pi no, Beterly Hill, Calif.
mrstic policies. But he now be
lieves that domestic policy is
no longer worth the trouble of
cursing at.
He thinks the world as we
know it is on the brink of ruin.
He is convinced that any man
who might succeed the presi
dent would take at least two
years to learn his Job. He has
a theory that an early peace
can be achieved only by Ameri
can Intervention, And rather
than face the risk of ill-prepared
leadership In such a situation,
he has become as ardent for the
third term as Thomas G. Corcor
an himself.
In asses-tag th value of Kennedy's
oplnlona. It la Important to know
how h may hav arrived at them
and what aort of fellow he la.
Big. genial, overflowing with vi
tality, oatensaUously b-apectacled,
tough-talking, and. at the same time,
rather emotional, he ta th perfect
portrait of the American go-getter
as Imagined abroad. This, together
with hla charm and shrewdness, ac
count for his stlccess In England.
He la savored as a picturesque bit
of American local color, much aa
American tourists savor the tudor
cottages In the Cotswolda. At the
same time, he la essentially a stock
market man and financial manlpu
lotor, accuatomed to reaard finance
aa the main prop of capitalism.
Mercurial In hla Judgments and thor
oughly Imbued with the stock mar
ket s peculiar point of view.
Under the circumstance, H was
only natural for him to form hla
closest English aseociationa with the
city of London and thoee English
politician who essentially npreeent
the city. Neville Chamberlain Is the
most tninortam In this group. Ken
nedy la extremely close both to th.
prime minister and tha prime min
iate r'a amlneno grtse, sir Horace
Wllaoa. head of tha British elvU ser
vice and, la tha daye of appeasement,
aa much a leader ef tha appeeaere
is Chamberlain.
Th psychology of th sppeaaera,
as ofMn regarded as sinister, wss. In
faot. vary almpl. They wer con
clnced that anything, even a Europe
partly dominated by naelam, was bet
ter than a war which would awaep
away all th landmarks of th cap
ita Hit system. Kennedy, whll hat
ing nazlam aa fervently a th next
man, waa partially converted to this
view.
When Ambassador William O. Bul
litt In Paris waa th gnat apostle of
activism, Kennedy was pacifism's
advocate up to th eve of the war.
Th appeasers, Kennedy's friends,
were forced to change their policies,
but not their minds, by British pub
lic opinion. Iik them, Kennedy re
mains convinced that prolonged war
means general ruin.
This must be taken to mean that
either Kennedy or hi English frlenda
do not believe that Hitler must be
stopped. Whll they thought cap
italism might survive In a Europe
partly naat-domlnaed. they know
general nasi rut would sweep away
th landmarka aa efficiently aa a
bloody world conflict. Naturally,
however, Kennedy la desperately anx
ious to see the war atopped as soon
a possible, when he declared that
It waa "stuff and guff" to aay he
had talked peace plans with the pres
ident, he waa Indulging In a llttl
diplomatic stuff snd guff himself.
Meanwhile, Kennedy haa become
an excellent ambassador. Hla unfor
tunate earlier habit of venting his
feelings to Englishmen about Ameri
can domeatlo policy haa now been
.cured. He Is a compendtoua, accurate
and shrewd reporter of events, and
an able negotiator. American ship
pers and shipping men. Innumer
able American citizens, and many
American export Industries, such as
the movlea, hav had reason to be
grateful to him since th war began.
Living alone In London without his
family and only hla personal hench
man, Eddie Moore, to keep him com
pany, he la rather lonely and gloomy.
The blackout expresses him. and,
In thla country, he likes to see his
light burning through the night
But. depressing though he finds his
task and dark though his views may
be, he will certainly return to Lon
don to carry on. It Is Just aa well,
for a pessimist la always more useful
than an optimist In International af
fairs. At the
National Capitol
With
John W. Kelly
(Continued from Pao On )
Oregon and Washington); wo
men and men in domestic serv
icethe maid of "hired girl"
or house boy; railroad workers
who are covered by the railroad
retirement act; employes of the
federal government; agricultural
labor; those who work for a son
or daughter, spouse or, If a child
is under 21 years, for a parent.
Also not covered are those work
ing for an educational, charit
able or religious non-profit or
ganization. In addition there are
a few exceptions in professional
lines. Your newsboy la un
blanketed. IARGEST groups In the Pa
clfic Northwest not covered
by old-age Insurance are the
fishermen, the farm workers.
the railroad employes. Domestic
workers are not as numerous
in the northwest as in the east
ern and southern states. Mill
workers and lumberjacks have
cards; but not cowboys or sheep
herders. Cards have been Issued to ap
proximately 47,000,000 individ
uals throughout the country.
There is a personal record for
each of these millions, the rec
ord showing how much has been
contributed. These record cards
are run through a complicated
machine which perforates the
card and tells the whole his
tory. The records are fed so
rapidly by young won.en that
many have cracked under the
strain several girls in head
quarters who came from the far
northwest are in sanitariums.
SEVERAL weeks ago thla apace re
ported that President Roosevelt
waa still planning on military hlgh
waya for national-defense. Confirm
ation haa now been received by Sen
ator McNary from Thorns K. Mac
Donald, chief of th federal roada
bureau, who admitted to th Ore
gon senator that a report is under
way for th president and should
be ready to aubmlt to congns when
It meet In the regular session.
Or particular Interest I th study
msde for a military highway along
th Columbia river, replacing th
present Columbia river highway,
which Is winding and scenic, whereas
a military highway wants aa few
sharp currea aa possible. Attention
la also given to the Pacific highway
for tha section from Eugene to
Orant Pass. Th report will Indicate
the bad spot and make recommen
datlona for bringing the up to
standard. Of special Importance. I
the proposal for military highways
that funds be appropriated directly
for the purpose and no part of the
regular federal-aid be used. This
would permit federal-aid funds to
be applied on other part of the
highway system.
see
WITHOUT fanfare, a fund I being
meed for a secretary of Prea-
Ident Harding, a he la growing
blind. Making th appeal Is Jo Tu
multy, who waa prlvat secretary to
Preiident Wilson, There Is a custom
I in Washington that aa Incoming
president -takes car" of the sec
retary of bis predecessor, for he as
pect hi own secretary to be pro
vided for by bis successor.
Calvin Cooling nominated ins
Harding secretary for a federal ap
pointment, according to precedent,
but Nebraska's Noma served notice
that he would oppose confirmation
because th secretary was a "reac
tionary." and Coolldge. Instead of
giving a Republican aenate a chance
to overcome Norrl. withdrew th
aecretary'a name. Just another ol
those little tragedies of Washington
political 111.
In 'The ;
Day's
By Frank Jenkins
WITH a world war on and
millions of men under arms-,
the only land fighting is in Fin
land, where a big nation is cold,
bloodedly grabbing a little na
tion.
Interest CENTERS ON THE
SEA.
AS these words are written,
" the world is watching the
mouth of the great river Plate,
where a crippled German bat
tleship must decide whether to
Intern for the period of the war
or make a dash for freedom or
death.
Outside the neutral harbor of
Montevideo, a powerful allied
squadron is gathering, indicat
ing British and French belief
that MORE GERMAN WAR
SHIPS than have been reported
may be in the South Atlantic.
JLfEANWHILE. on the diplo -
matic iront, count ueieazzo
Ciano (pronounced chee-onno)
Mussolini's son-in-law, address
ing the chamber of fasces and
guilds in Rome, lets some Inter
esting cats out of the bag.
(The chamber of fasces and
guilds is fascist window dressing
designed to kid the Italian peo
ple into believing that they have
, some hand in their own govern
I ment).
"IANO discloses:
1. Germany and Italy (Hit
ler and Mussolini) at their con
ference in Milan last May, when
they signed their alliance,
agreed to avoid raising any
questions which might arouse
ANY NEW ' DISPUTES until
both had completed their re
armament. 2. Italy (MussoU.nl) then re
garded three years as necessary
for her to get ready to fight.
Germany (Hitler) estimated
FIVE years as about right.
War began in Poland FOUR
MONTHS LATER.
PIANO'S disclosures indicate:
1. Hitler, believing Britain
and France wouldn't fight, was
running a gigantic bluff against
the Poles.
2. When It became evident
that his bluff was called, and
that Britain and France WOULD
FIGHT, he had to do something
desperate.
3. What he did was to make
his deal with Stalin, In which
it now begins to appear he
LOST HIS SHIRT.
Mussolini, being smart, stayed
out
OUT 2 and 2 together and you
get this: Clano (speaking
for Mussolini) is probably say
ing to Hitler that after the mess
he made by BLUFFING TOO
FAR he needn't expect much
Italian help.
Agriculturists predict the
western chestnut, chief source
of commercial tanning, will be
extinct within 20 years due to
blight.
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Medford and Jacasoo County
History from th files f the
Mali Tribune I and IS yean
go.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December It, 1929
at was Tuesday)
Orchardists of valley to ex
pend $30,000 coming year in
planting new pear trees, and
Installing spraying systems..
Heavy rains of past week
cause Rogue River to rise.
For the first time in ten days,
not a trace of rain fell In the
city and valley last night.
Annual meeting of the Fruit
growers League to be held to
morrow. Santa Claus to pay city visit
today in airplane, and meet the
kiddies.
Mabel Normand, one time
screen star, dangerously 111 in
sanitarium.
Federal building at Ashland
among projects proposed for
state.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 18, 1919
(It was Thursday)
Senate Leader Mondell an
nounces United States expenses
must be cut to minimum, and
all appropriations to be pared
to limit. National debt mounts.
Jacksonville street car haa
been running only as far as
West Main street due to Ice clog
ging the rails to the business
district.
Eggs go to $1. a dozen in
Illinois, and housewives urged
to quit buying at that price.
Drill Iat Tricmnia oil well
: regcn cUy ,n few daygi ,nd b.
put in place.
Price of food In Oregon goes
up ten per cent in last six
months.
Indicted
Seattle. Dec. 18. W) Victor
H. Johnson, S3, former federal
superintendent of Indian schools
at large, was in custody here to
day on a secret indictment, re
turned at Portland December 8,
charging him with submitting
false pay vouchers and forging
government checks Issued on
the vouchers.
Weather
Northern California: Fair to
night and Tuesday but cloudy
in extreme north portion with
light rain on extreme north
coast Tuesday; warmer on north
coast tonight; light variable
wind off coast.
Customers Got "Ylpped"
Kansas City, Kas., Dec. 18.
() The little toy dogs barked
all right for the salesman but
when, the customers got them
home they wouldn't yiq a single
yip. The salesman was arrested
for using ventriloquism.
Salem, Dec. 18. iJP) Hear
ing on the proposal to establish
a people's utility district In
Union county was set today for
January 19 at La Grande by the
state hydroelectric commission.
CHRISTMAS
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tVBEROILOSfi
They educate people about symp
tom of tuberculosis In order thsrl
medical aid may ba sought sarly.
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o' a Thousand Thounhtful Gifts'