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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1939 MEDFO!U&WrRIBUirc ETrronf In Booihrrn Ortgoa RetvU th HbII Trlbnn." PublUhM bf UBDPORD PR1NTINO CO. M-ST-ll North Fir St. Pbon Tl. ROB B Br W. RtlHL, Editor. ERNEST R QlbBTRAP, nfr. An Independent NwpPr. Entered econd-claes matter it ltt ford, Orecon, under Aot of March I, 1PT- tjs6crition rates By Wall I Advance: Pally end Sunday one year 16-00 Dally and Sunday all month... l.lo Dally and Sunday three tnonthe. 1.00 Dally and Sunday one month.. T6 By Carrier In Advance Hertford. Ash land, Central Point, JaekonvllU, Gold Hill. Rogue River, Phoenlt. Talnt. and on motor routee: Dally and Sunday one year 11.00 Dally and Sunday one month... 76 All terma caah In advance. Offlr.nl FHpvr of til t Ity if Hertford. Official I'nprr of Jnrkaon County. HKMHKK OP Til K AHMH'I.VM'.D PHI NH HerMTini Pull Letinfri Wire NmaIcc. The Aeauciaied Preae In exclusively entWIad to the uae for publication or all Btwi dispatch! credited to It or other Viae credited to thle caper, end ulan to the local newe puhllahed herein. All rlghte for publication of peel a I dispatches herein are aleo reserved. IBM HER OK UNITED PKEHS UBMHKR CP AUDIT liURKAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advertising Repreaentatlvea WEST-HOLMDAY COMPANY. INC. Offlcea In New York, Chlcnm. Detroit, Ban Prantico, Loa Angeles, Seattle, Portland. St. I.ouln, Atlanta, Vaocouvar. II Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY! (May there be no empty stock ing! and a 1940 calendar for 11). Winter officially arrived Frl. The kie were grey and threatening, causing woodshed props, and skiicrs, to smile at the hint of snow. Press associations of the land re compiling the' ten biggest I stories of the year, which will ' not include several that sprang up around here. The Yule mail kept the postal elerks on the Jump all week, and along towards the end, there was not a jump In a mall truck of them. They worked like Trojans, and did yeoman service. fighting continues In Europe, and among local Democrats, over who will be the presiden tial nominee. The Elks tom-cat thanks the nice lady who played Mrs. Santa Claus, and brought him something he made into Catnip and Jerry's. The feline also re ceived a silver bell, that tinkles to scare the birds, but scares him worse. t T. Luy, the Antelope cow hand, and F. Barneburg, co eowpoke, met Wed. and talked sheep. Some of the Older Girls, while knitting, have started talking about what color they will have the dining room painted, come next houseclcan ing time. Leland Clark, the Ins. agt., has gone south like an orchnrd lst, and will see the R. Bowl fame at LA. The spring grain Is coming up fine, due to being hit by the late rain. The hs. bb. quint bit the dust Thurs. eve before the Chemawa Indians, in the first game of the season. Conflicts were also staged Frl. and Sat. . Bob Smith, local boy who made good with the UofO. foot ball team, was heard over a Frisco microphone, when he walked up to the mike, and spoke a few well chosen words Thurs. Ho will battle with the West against the East Now Years. . Ed Leach, tha timber cruiser, drove to Union Creek the first of the week, and was driven back by the weather. A furnace on wheels has been burning to heat things for the new po. This Is the first time In the memory of the oldest inhabitant one of these rigs ever burned on our streets, ex cept in the middle of a hot spell In August. Fine hog-killing weather pre vails, and country sausage makers are taking advantage of It. t Herb Carlton, of Flounce Rk. towned the first of the week. He said the sun was shininu, and praised his climate. He did not claim he was going home to pick a mess of June peas. ... Nobody visited Col. Tou Voile of J'ville last week it sufficient Importance to cause him to don his Sunday suit, and drive his Lincoln cor. Closing time for Too Lata to Claa. tlty Ads Is 1:30 p. m Cae Uall Tribune want ads. MlUSIftHy AjsVpUTIIfc Its the Day Before Christmas VES, tomorrow will be the greatest of all anniver- saries, for when Mary and Joseph's babe was born in a Bethlehem manger, amid the humblest of sur roundings, it was "the most stupendous event in the world's history." It was the fulfillment of prophecies recorded long before; it marked a turning point in the history of the world. The glad tidings of the birth of this little babe has sounded down through the centuries. It is the keynote of our joyous Christmas observance. Though the era of "on "earth peace, good will toward men" seem3 more distant than ever, in this troubled world of to day, the hope that the spirit of Christ will eventually triumph certainly has not dimmed 1 QUITE properly, the tradition of giving has also followed through the years. It's a grand custom as much a part of the Yuletide as the lights and tinsel on the Christmas tree. It should be remembered, however, that the 'greatest gifts of all are those of love, friendship, human understanding and sympathy they are priceless gifts, yet they cost nothing and everyone may bestow them. If there could be more of these gifts at Christmas time and throughout the year there would be vast ly less of intolerance, bigotry and hate. Religious liberty would follow and wherever that exists, civil liberty and racial freedom can be established with ample opportunities for the "pursuit of happiness." Let us be generous in the giving of THESE gifts tomorrow and in days to come for that is the TRUE spirit of Christmas. It is because of TOLERANCE an understanding of the rights of fellowmen; an appreciation of his viewpoint; a willingness to live and let live that America has become a great nation that is why WE will have no "black-out" of Christmas lights tomorrow. IT is the duty of a newspaper to record the news as it happens. The bad must go with the good. That is as it should be, for an enlightened people must know ALL that transpires in the world in which they live; to be informed is to gain a proper perspective of local, national and world affairs without ALL of the news, sound conclusions cannot be reached. And so, it has been our unpleasant task in recent months to give to our readers much news that has been distressing, for we are living in a distressing age. That is why we make this one Christmas sug gestion : The "war of nerves" has not been without its effect here. Why not let down the tension ; clear our minds of war talk and propaganda, JUST FOR THE DAY, and celebrate Christmas in the old-fashioned, joyous, carefree manner? Jf we DO, it will be a far merrier one. (H. G.) The Elephant's Christmas r0 we believe in the continued growth of this coun try or do we believe we have reached our economic limit? All history and every observation of your own eyes proves that America is not finished. It need never be finished. There is no limit to America. There is a force in America that has been held in check which once released can give us the employ ment that we need. It has nothing to do with slick monetary panaceas. This force is the energy of Amer ican enterprise, great and small. Given a chance, it can produce employment, can generate new purchas ing power and set in motion once more the surging flow of commercial venture. MOR docs this involve tolerance of abuses in busi ness or in any other element of society, civil or criminal. Where there are abuses in business, it is the function of government to correct them as they arise. But we can cure abuses in business without creating abuses by government. Tonight I propose that we Americans, of whatever party, make up our minds that we do believe in the continued growth of this country. Let us know the truth that the frontiers of social and economic expansion of America have not yet been discovered ; that there is room and plenty in all this land for all the young men and women who are growing up in it; that there is work to do for them and all that follow. Let us again learn to believe in the ability of a free people to solve its problems if given a chance to go to work. VITE can and we will again go forward. Shall it be said that. new America is matured and com pleted and overbuilt and incapable of further expan sion and new achievements" Shall it be said that all we can do from now on is to administer the achieve ments we already have? I do not say no temperately. I say no with resentment and anger. The one thing I want to do in whatever way I can is to help make the courage of eternal youth run once more in the veins of my party and of my country. The above is the Christmas present given to the people of this country in verbal form the other day by Mr. Thomas E. Dewey, Republican aspirant for the Presidency. Japs Claim Gains Shanghai. Dec. 23. (Ti The Japanese army announced today that their troops invading the southwestern China province of Kwnngsl had sninslu'd their way to the border of French Indo china to cut Chinese supply lines. ClnAlnjt time fnr Too Late to Clss any Ads la 1 30 p. m. Workers Perish Basle, Switzerland, Dec. 23. Wl Eight workers of a Ger man frontier labor corps were buried under a landslide today Just to the rear of the Chine river war front. They had been strengthening defense works and the new Baden military motor highway. Us stall Ttlbuue want ails. Personal Health Service By William Signed Icttcn pertaining to peraunsJ neaith and hygiene, not to dUeaat diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brady If stamped self addressed envelop it enclosed- Letters sbould be brief and written in ink Owing to tne large number of letters received only a few can be tnawerM No reply can ba made to queries not conforming to Instructions, address Dr. William Brady. 266 El Cam I no. Beverly HI lit. Calif. CHRONIC RHINITIS AND Not only nasal allergy Im pedes progress In the prevention of respiratory infections which constitute three-fourths of the illness physi cians attend but also chron ic rhinitis keeps a great many people u nenlightened or deluded in regard to the cause and prevention of the cri you know, or at least you ought to know, it Is pronounced kree and it means any of the recognized Common Respiratory Infections you may happen to have, until the development of the illness permits you or your doctor to make a specific diagnosis, such as meningitis, pneumonia, meas les, influenza, bronchitis, eoryza. The idea Is that by calling it cri In the stage of onset when any such illness Is most com municable before the specific nature of the trouble becomes apparent, you are playing fair, giving all who may be within range of your cough, sneeze or conversational spray range fair warning that you are probably coming down with one or an other respiratory infection, of course you can't say yet which It may prove to be, so they may approach within range at their own peril. Or better yet, if you believe In the golden rule, you'll don a suitable mask over nose and mouth made of 16 layers of gauze having a mesh of 32 threads to the Inch such a mask pretty effectually catches the moisture droplets in your cough, sneeze or con versational spray and hence pre vents spread of the infection in the usual manner. So all this seems silly to you, dels it? All right, you (igno ramus, scoundrel, cross out the word that does not fit), I'm the doctor and I'm telling you. Were it not for the high in cidence of nasal allergy- in the general population and the even greater frequency of chronic rhinitis (sometimes vulgarly call ed chronic catarrh) we might manage to prevent a large part of the Illness from respiratory infections which keeps the doc tors busy. These conditions both give rise to manifestations which even folks of fair intelli gence are likely to misinterpret. In earlier talks we explained At the National Capitol With John W. Kelly (Continued from Pae One.) GRUENINQ has for years been a subordinate of Secretary of the ' Interior Ickea and this, tn itsalf, it enough to arouse antagonism In Alnnkn. When Ickes visited Alaska he ignored everyone who Is familiar with the problems of the territory; was free with hta criticism of everything-. Also, Ickea has not Increased his popularity by advocating that Alaska be used as a dumping ground (he said refuge) for the German refugees; that Immigration laws be amended to pormlt the refugees to hive In Alaska and then enter the United atatea. Storekeepers cried out that there are enough merchant now in the territory; what la needed are settlers who will develop the resources of the country. WHHN the nary department re fused to use timber trusses in the hangar at Tongue Point, preferring steel (B.5O0 higher thsn timber), the office of Senator Hol man requested the bun-au of yards and docks to have a scientific com parison made of the virtues of modern wood construction and steel construction, auwrestlng auch study will reveal that wood can be used to advantage In many Instances where ateel is now used with satis factory results and material savings to the government. And Here was the gentle hint: "My Interest In this matter Is two-fold." aald Holman'a letter, "first, In my capacity as a member of the appropriations committee and as a member ot the subcommittee in I'harge of naval approprlatlona, it Is my earnest desire that funds Arriving Sunday A 7-Ton Truckload of NAVEL ORANGES For tattler (lavor buy direct from INGRAM'S ORIGINAL ORANGE TRUCK featuring FLAVOR NEXT TO THE COFFEE POT Brady, M D, THE COLD DELUSION how the sudden stuffiness, sneezing and watering at the nose in nasal allergy, Is at tributed to some recent draft or change of environment when the victim is unaware of the nature of his trouble. One subject to chronic rhinitis is characteristically sensitive to slight changes in the environ ment and suffers discomfort from the consequent adjust ments or alterations in the dis tribution of blood, effects the normal individual is serenely unconscious. The "catarrhal" subject already has swollen, thickened, congested mucous membranes or turbinate (spongy) bodies in his nasal passages, and so a slight temporary increase in the congestion there gives him distinct discomfort. He feels stuffy, he sneezes, and there is an Increased flow of mucoUs or serum from the con gested or chronically inflammed mucous membrane. This is un fortunate, but it does not prove, as the subject of chronic rhin itis often argues,, that he is "taking cold" or "getting more cold" from 4he draft, or what ever he may consider to blame. It does prove that the indi vidual needs a proper medical examination, examination of nose and throat by a physician who uses headlamp and suit able specula, and also a general examination or Investigation of his living habits with a view to correcting his bad hygiene. It proves that he needs treatment for what alls him. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . Handicap I have put on weight so gradually In the course of 10 or 15 years that I scarcely realized what a handicap It Is until ... 40 pounds overweight and unless I can reduce before the next examination I may lose. (A. P.) Answer Don't go at It hammer and tongues nor yet Hollywood fash Ion. Adopt a physiological regimen, one not too rigid to adhere to for a year. Send 2fl-cent coin and one-cent-stamped envelope bearing your address for "Rules for Reducing." Introspection Would the uterus being nearly completely upside down cause con stipation? , Answer No. but the patient's knowledge and anxiety about it might. Send stamped envelope bear ing your address, and ask for mono graph on Displacement. (Protected by John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William llrnily, M. )., 3G5 El Camplno, Beverly Hills, Calif. appropriated be expended with a view to securing th maximum value for the government: second, over 50 percent of the Income of my state Is derived from the lumber Industry, and the best Interest of the people I represent demands that I take all possible steps to assure the utiliza tion of timber products wherever feasible." Reaction: Rear Admiral Ben Mor cell replied: "Recent technical devel opments In wood construction have served to bring out forcefully the many Inherent advantages of this material. The rapid strides being made In those developments have. In some Instances, taxed the capacity of the engineering profession to keep abreast of them." Government officials always know which aide their bread Is buttered on. GECRETARY of State Hull's Chrlst- J mas stocking will contain t statement from Senator MeNary demonstrating how reciprocal trade agreements have Injured Pacific northwest and how the depreciated currency of Canada. Prance and Britain have made the situation worse. A few days ago Hull called atten tion to the benefits agriculture In Oregon - Washington have received from these treaties; accused the Republican leader of trying to scuttle the agreements. Home Again London, Dec. 23. (P) Brit ish counsular officials and mem bers of their families who have been held In Germany and Czecho-Slovakia since the out break of war are being released, authoritative Informants said today. Long Aide Guilty New Orleans. Dec. 23. (fP) Abraham L. Shushan, convicted last night of mall fraud, is the second pf the late Senator Huey P. Long's lieutenants to fall in the federal government's far flung investigations of Louis! I ana political scandals. The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washington, Dec. 23. The fact that the solicitor general ship of the United States was offered to Benjamin V. Cohen is at least a proof of the Presi dent's political courage. Co hen's brilliance as a lawyer is acknowledged by his friends and enemies. He would have made an admirable solicitor general. But, being the less known, he is probably the more distrusted member of the celebrated team of Corcoran and Cohen. The presentation of hfs name to the senate would have been the signal for a record anti-new deal uproar. The President made the offer in the clearest terms, although not directly to Cohen. Previous ly, the present solicitor general, Robert H. Jackson, had asked Cohen to be his assistant. Co hen, knowing this would have put him in line for promotion, turned Jackson down on the double ground that he did not wish to embarrass the President and preferred his work as coun sel to national power policy committee. Cohen refused the President for the same reason, although his new deal cronies pressed him hard. It was Cohen's refusal of the place. which was unexpected, that opened the way for Judge Francis Blddle, of tne Philadelphia circuit court of appeals. When Prank Murphy leaves the attorney generalship for the supreme court and Bob Jackson moves up Into the attorney general's office, Blddl la slated for the solici tor generalship. Thla la In accord with a tentative promise made Blddle by the president at time of hit appointment to the circuit court. The prospect of a vacancy on the circuit court, incidentally, caused an amusing patronage row. Poor Sena- tor Joseph P. Guffey, frantically try ing to mend his Pennsylvania fences, wanted the circuit court Judgeship for common Pleas Judge John Mc- Cann, of Cambria county. Jack Kelly, the Philadelphia lead er, presented Dean Herbert Goodrich, of the University of Pennsylvania law school, aa his candidate. The admin istration, perhaps feeling that obli gations to Guffey had been paid In full, seems to have plumped for Goodrich. The Guffeyltes are now piously declaring that Goodrich was their choice from the start. It Joseph P. Kennedy Is correct, the fate of the British shipping convoys I the thing to watch for tn the war news. Our mercurial am bassador to England has atated that England and France are sure to win, unless the Germans can cut off their supplies by air and submarine at tacks on the great convoys of mer chantmen into which trade to the allies Is being organized. Kennedy's optimism about the military picture does not affect his conviction that general ruin will follow the war. Besides being gloomy, he Is not very well, having been ordered by his doctors to take a thorough rest cure while In this country. Nevertheless, he still tells good stories. One la about Dr. Oliver St. A GRAND PARTY DON'T MISS IT! AEGSQIE LEGG And His Orchestra , DANCING 9 till 1 $1.10 a Couple. Extra Ladies 25c John Oogarty, tb Dublin wit who ni the original of Jamea Joyoe'a stately Buck Mulligan. Dr. Oogarty and Kennedy were taking an evening stroll. Kennedy made a remark about the dangers ot walking In blacked out London. Whereat Oogarty re plied: "Well, you are safe, at any rate. These days the British care only for the opinions of the Almighty and the American public. And I should say the Almighty was a distinct second best. Tha new row between the admin istration and the utilities seems to be boiling down to a duel between SEC Chairman Jerome N. Prank and the utilities' chief champion, Wen dell L. Wlllkle, of Commonwealth and Southern. Pointing to the St. Lawrence river project and the pro posed national defense grid system. Winkle has lately been warning of another new deal offensive on the power front. FranV- and his hench men reply that Winkle's warnings are only a cloak for an assault on the EEC's holding company integration program. Prank hopes to beat Wlllkle with Justice William O. Douglas' old "divide and rule" strategy. Other utilities leaders, such as Floyd L. Carlisle, of Ni agar a- Hudson, and Floyd Odium, whose Atlas corpora tion controls the Utilities Power and Light, are being anxiously courted by the new deal. The new dealers claim that the first response has been favorable, and that the rest of the Industry will not go along with Wlllkle. Meanwhile, Wlllkle Is firmly convinced that the other utilities executives are with him to a man. The row la already reaching the stage of name-calling. The new deal ers say that Wlllkle Is stirring up the utilities men to Increase his own nuisance valur, because he wants to sell his Soutl.ern properties to the TVA at a good price. Wlllkle coun ters that the pressure to sell his Southern properties comes from the SEC. Meanwhile, political consider ations fortunately make the new dealers desire to avoid a grand bust up with the power business. If it were not for this, a grand bust-up would be certain. MALTA COMMAND ERY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MASOMO TEMPLE Regulnr Christmas observ ance, Malta Commandery, .liaisS Ashland. Monday. Christ mas morning at 9:00 a. m. Christ mas breakfast following the service. All Sir Knlshts and Ladles Invited. No uniforms . John H. Rolston. Commander. R. E. Detrlck, Recorder. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. , . , ' -L W a jP IN THE FAMILY It wasn't an act, when Actor John Barrymore thus greeted his daughter, Diana, on her arrival In Chicago where they appear In plays at adjoining theaters. DANCE GS3RISTMAS NIGHT Flight 0' Time Hedford and Jackson County History ftom the files of the Mall Trlbnne 10 and to years o. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 24. 1929. (It was Sunday.) Governor I. L. Patterson die suddenly at his home at Eola, following a brief but serious at tack of rjneumonia. Passing If shock to entire state. A. W. Norblad of Astoria, president of the state senate, to take over governorship. Dance-halls warned violation of the city dance ordinance will bring cancellation of license to nnprnip Dunce matron reports youth threw an empty flask at her feet. Snow and rain predicted for Christmas Day. Pope stern in denunciation of Mussolini, for uttering claim "church mixes in politics." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 24, 1919. (It was Wednesday.) City all ready for observance of Christmas. Because of the illness of -the President, there will be no tree in the White House this year. The chief ex ecutive will spend the day out doors in a wheel-chair. Japan objects to mandates for former German colonies in the Pacific. Bolshevik! plan "grand offen sive" in China. County court declines to make appropriation for home dem onstration work the coming year, and protests are voiced by taxpayers and the farm bureau. China starts campaign against custom of binding women's feet. Harvard team arrives at Pasa dena for Rose Bowl game against Oregon New Year's Day. Bread War Looms Portland, Dec. 23. OP) Bak ery unionists predicted a bread price war today because major bakeries cut the cost of a 1V4 pound loaf from 14 to 13 cents or two for 25 cents.