Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1939)
PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1939. MEDFORDIWTEIBUNE "Everyone In Aotitlirrii OrfjroD Reu'li the Mall Tribune." fnMr Kirrpl Batiirriar. PubllhKl by MED Ft) R I TH1NTINO CO. U-IT-I3 North Fir St. Phone Tl. ERNEST R OIL8THAP, Uinaiir. An Independent NawipHpcr. Cntered cond-elan mnttar t M1 far. Ortkwn. under Act of March I. liTt. uoscniKriON hatks Mr Mill 1 Advance: PHir end Surdity one yier . . . . 1 8.00 Duly end Hnndny eix month... I lo Diily end Hunday llre mouthi. I 0O Dally end fiurclnyone month... .7 Br Carrier In Advance Me I ford. Ah lend Centre) Point, Jarkeonvlll. Hill. Ilog ue River, i'hoenlt. Talent, end en mat or route: Dally end flur.day one yeer 11.00 Dally end Sunday one month .. .Tl All terme caah In advance Official I'Hper of the i My of Mrdford. Official I'm per of J nekton I'ooiity. URMIIKK OF THE AHMM'M'I T. I'HUbH Itpcrlving Full Letiard Wire Mrlr. The A Mandated !'rse Ik exclusively entitled to the uae for publication of ell Rtwi dlapatrhee credited to It or other wlae crelttei to thla paper, and elao to the local mwi r-ublifllied herein. A II r iff Ma for publication of epeciel 41apatche herein are also reserved. MEM It Kit UK I'NITED I'KEHS U E M M E R OF AUDIT IIUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising neprnpentutivea WBST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offlcea In New York. Clilcae;.?, Detroit, Har, Fmnclaco, Loe Ann lea. Beat 'It, Port lend, St. Lou In, Atlanta, Vancouver, n c Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry, General Shorman'i descrip tion of war its Finland, but with four feet of snow and be low zero weather, to make it more so. . Basketball Is now the order of the day. It Is too early for vanquished quint defeated 80 points, to be informed by an admiring scribe: The score fail ed to Indicate the closeness of the game. . "Long Creek, Dec. 20. Em ery Crowley Is a married man, now. He was married in Walla Walla during the week-end." (Long Creek News). The always Inconspicuous but highly Im portant second fiddle of every wedding, finally gets a break on the society page. Only 384 days to Christmas. Shop late. Dewey Hill, the Prospect glamour boy, has departed for Hollywood, with the threat never to return to his hollow log in the hills. e e e "It Secretary Ickes wishes to do something worth while in be half of the progressive cause t a tlm when help is needed h should take a swing at his own Jaw and swing hard." (Pendleton East Oregon. nn). Then throw himself downstairs, by the scat of his own pants. e e All the amateur Santa Clauses, Including St. Nick, Fluhrer, and K. Kringle Hogan, j emerged unidentified, unscathed and their false whiskers un- j singed. e e e ROMANCE GOES KFR-IM.OPt "I recall that I bought my tweetl an 18 toilet t when my aci.ary waa fl a week. A few weoka inter ah riopppd me for drug-store cowboy.' Which remlnde me, one in the dear old days beyond recall, girl who handed around the provender to the boardera where X hung out, and who drew only 7ft cents a week above her board and ltxVlrtfl, bought a 81.60 allk huidkerchlef and put It on tha Christmas trea for me, flying ma an advance Up that Snnta Clana waa going to Rive me a prea ent. it wna on hand all right, but another fellow named "Mr. Daniels" beat me to the front when my name waa called, and carried away the (ift. I tried to aiyue him out of It. hut he waa a bartender, and waa built like a pugilist, so I fnded away. The sirl waa so peeved becauw I didn't put up a flht nnd get the handkerchief that she at once lost !-'fr-st In me. (HuMlan Bar Items.) tALLE R Rerrnt visitor l While House was Kristin I.. Nr. syillc Ubove), 55, Cleveland, born mlnistrr lo Thailand. Ihal land is now the ofiirial n.smr of fiiam whose people cill Ihrm. selves "Thai," pronounced "tir."1 Thai Is ancient Siamese nam. fUeaaMe, i '-.- -- ' , !.. 1 "vr Lest We 17E ADMIT it has been said before, but perhaps ' it is one of those things, that should be said every now and then. For within reason, we doubt if it can be said too often. Namely that, we the people of the United States, are just too lucky to live, (ALMOST). Not only to have what we have, for as a nation we have practically everything we need, but above all and before all to have PEACE! e e TlE ADMIT this column's attitude has changed somewhat since the war started. When the Germans first marched into Poland, and we envisaged Russia following suit, we not only believed in the repeal of the embargo and the sending of every aid to the allies short of war, but the pros pect of actually joining in the war later on, did not shock us particularly. But the situation has changed materially since then, and for the better. Unless the totalitarian pow ers have something up their respective sleeves which haven't been revealed (and we doubt that) we can see no chance of Britain losing control of the seas, and less chance of the red hordes of Russia getting to first base, on the land. And not only one, but probably both of these things would have to happen, before there would be any occasion for the United States, to actually enter the European mess. CO-0 0-0- We are now disposed, to go HALFWAY at least with those roaring and ranting isola tionists, who irritated us so acutely in Washington last October by maintaining in effect there could be nothing worse than war. There can be, of course, and no country worth its salt should be allowed to forget that fact. But as the situation is now shaping up, we agree there could be nothing more needless and more sui cidal, than for the United States to stumble into the mess NOW, as it did in 1917, for neither technically nor actually, do the conditions which existed then, exist today. YES its pretty hard to think of ANYTHING that ficing the priceless boon of peace, and the more we are disposed to appreciate this fact and our blessings in this direction, the more likely we are to retain them. This is neither pacifism, nor Shylockism. In one of Amoses nutshells, it is merely sound statesmanship and common sense, taking advantage of our op portunities to serve the world and the cause of peace, BEST. Mrs. Lindbergh's "Prayer" OPEAKING of war and peace, The leading article in the current Readers Digest is a "Prayer for Peace" by Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The article opens with a poem from the Chinese, and remains a poem throughout, a poem in prose, which, in our judgment, places Mrs. Lindbergh high up in the ranks of the literary artists of this genera tion, a beautiful, a touching and theoretically at least a convincing piece of work. But unfortunately theories, however sound in logic, are not of much moment, in the world at present. Mrs. Lindbergh is quite right in declaring: "The world facra many problems today Just aa irrtous aa war and far mora worthy of sacrifice. None of these problems la going to be solvrd by thla war. They will all be left staring at ua In even more aggravated forma when It la over. They will be left for our children to solve, In an atmosphere of even greater fear, bltterneaa and mistrust than that In which we live today. How can these problema be solved without peace. And on their solution perhapa the future of the world rests." All true. DUT when one comes down out of the clouds of beauty, and aspiration, yes and truth, and lands on the plain dirt of this war-mad world, just WHAT does one FIND, that can be utilized to bring what Mrs. Lindbergh so passionately believes should be brought, an early and lasting peace? We fear very little. Mrs. Lindbergh has the logic of it, the humanity as well. War is not only wicked, as far as any lasting benefits are concerned, it is futile. And if we were a logical or a truly enlightened race wars would never start. DUT unfortunately we aren't, and so wars DO start. And, also unfortunately the genus homo has been a fighting animal for many more centuries than he has been a THINKING one. So with those elemental passions once released, the dogs tearing at each other in the pit, as it were, just WHAT can stop them, except force of some sort, either exerted by them, or by some one ; else? j We fear nothing. I TOR the fight today in, simple terms Is for the mas i tery of Europe. Of course England and France will talk' peace, BUT not a peace that would place jthem under the control of Hitler and Stalin. ! And Hitler and Stalin will talk peace, but NOT a . peace that would put them under the control of Eng land and France. So there you arc. Mrs. Lindbergh can and thus contribute to i her country, Pope Pius can do likewise, and Presi dent Roosevelt as well, but we fear the construc- I tive and practical results of all such efforts at this time will be EXACTLY nil. It is horrible and senseless, but it is we fear in evitable, -until we learn either to POLICE the world for peace or as NATIONS learn to behave like human I beings 1 Forget write her prayers for peace, the permanent literature of Personal Health Service By William Slined letters pertaining lo persunaJ health and nyglene, ot to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be ansttered by Or. Brady It a stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to tbe large Dumber ot lettera received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, tea CI Camlno. Beverly Bills, Calif. WHOSE FIELD IS Article here recently told of the relief afforded by ten-grain doses of potassium chloride, in water, three times daily; in many common ailments due to allergy, such as hay fever, eczema, recurring hives, giant hives, chronic sinusitis, per iodic sick headache (mi' g r a i n e), at tacks of asth ma, hyperesthetlc 'rhinitis or sudden stuffiness and watering at the nose without rhyme or reason. Often considerable relief is felt within an hour after the first dose. The remedy is com paratively harmless for anyone to take. It Is nearly tasteless If taken dissolved in plenty of water a glassful. Most suffer ers take it for several days at a time, at intervals,- as they need it. It cures nothing, mere ly brings symptomatic relief. Physiologists find that potas sium chloride has an effect strikingly similar to that of epinephrine (adrenalin) or that "effects attributed to epine phrine are actually the effects produced by potassium migra tion which epinephrine causes" that is, epinephrine liberates potassium from the tissues, and when the tissues are sufficiently depleted of potassium epine phrine can no longer relieve the symptoms of allergy. It seems fair to conclude that potassium chloride complements or supple ments the action of adrenalin, and that if adrenalin gives any relief at all potassium chlorlda should prolong the effect or per haps maintain it without the aid of adrenalin. One reader took that article as his test for this gentle re monstrance: "I wonder if you are not step ping into the field of Homeo pathy with your article con cerning the effects of small quantities of minerals, salts or what have you. The Homeo pathic treatment, as you know, is the application of remedies in small quantities (potencies) ac cording to the law that 'similars cure similars.' Allopathic doc tors are Just beginning to see this law witness your article. Why not come out and say frankly that the Homeopaths have something there?" In the first place, ten grains of potassium chloride dissolved in a glassful of water, three times daily, is scarcely a small quantity. It is a fair average dose. In the next place, as many The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance, Ino. Washington. Dec. 26. Most people have spent the past week j in a frenzy of shopping and i wrapping .be-tinseling and be treeing, all leading up to the happy climax when the little ones burst in at a ghastly hour, shrieking, "Merry Christmas" with all their little might. For the president of the Uni ted States, however, someone else does the Christmas chores, and family pleasures do not take all day. He has given most of the past week to preparing the nation's next annual budget. The new budget haa not been pre pared In the open-handed spirit ap propriate to the season and custom ary In previous new dral budget mnklnti. Aa every on knows by now, iwnomy has been the order of the dav. What is not known is how iirimly the Frenldent haa I ruined on cuts. Possibly the President may change hit mind at the last minute, but reports (torn the prolonged budget ronfrronoes at the White House all tell the same story. The glrxard has Nrn siloed out of farm bene fit. Hrltrf appropriations have been wUuvd to a rtvord low. The CCC and NY A have suffered. Reclama tion projocts are not what they used to be. and even the great Bouldrr dam, dear to the President's hrart. haa born stinted to a point where I it win take a couple more Tears to ! finish. CVsr-erately thouch the srmy needs extra funds for minimum pre parrvinr, national defense Increases have been held to only $aoo.(W.OOO. j 9o run the reports With na- ' t tonal defense needs .UrliHi the ; country t& ,hf 'C0 veryone had , Brady, M D. THIS ANYWAY? readers know, Ol' Doc Brady has repeatedly given due credit to homeopathy for maintaining the principle on which consid erable modern treatment is based, for instance the use of autogenous bacterins or "bac terial vaccines." Likewise the old geezer has insisted on many occasions that osteopathy de serves the credit for having compelled regular medicine to recognize the everyday occur rence of sacro-iliac strain, sprain or partial dislocation a cause of backache, leg ache and dis ability the osteopaths have long known as slipped innominate. Not personally, but Just to keep the record clear, I must protest against the correspon dent's application of the epithet "allopathic" to the medical pro fession at large or the main body of physicians who never accepted the theory (not "law") advanced by Hahnemann. There never has been a school, system or schism of medicine which could be properly classified as "allopathic." There is just med icine, regular medicine as prac ticed by 99 percent of the world's physicians, and various offshoots, "schools" or systems, such as osteopathy, homeopathy, eclecticism. You pays yer money and takes yer choice. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Dvnmnlte. I use dynamite sometimes. Occa alonally have to cut the cartridge open and handle the dynamite. Al ways within a few minutes I have a swell nitroglycerine headache. I don't believe dynamite Is so volatile aa to be inhaled In sufficient quantity . . , absorbed through the skin of my hands. (A. o.) Answer Nitroglycerine is exceed ingly volatile. Persona aiding In such work, who do not touch the dynamite at all. are aa susceptible to the characteristic effects of In haling It as the Individual who ac tually handlea It. Corn or Callus. Kindly print your corn and calloua remedy again. I've mislaid the form ula. (Mrs. S. C.) Answer Come. now. It Isn't cal lous. Paint the corn or calloua with a solution of 30 grama of salicylic acid In one-half ounce of lexlble collodion, once a day for a week or two. Proof of Parentage, Is there any positive way to prove that a given man la the father of a given child (J. o.) Answer No. Blood grouping tests, however, may show that a given man could not be the father of a given child: or auch tests may show that a given man MIGHT be the father of a given child. (Protected by John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. D.. 265 El Camplno, Beverly Hills, Calif. expected thU budget to make iJl previous one look pretty stingy. Incredible as It may teem, the word now la the cute are so deep and additional defense appropriations so small that this year's budget will be appreciably lower than last year's. Four factors may be discerned be hind this astonishing result: t The new dealers, feeling that a spending row would hamper their third term drive, have not made their usual stand for spending. The President, a budget-balancer at heart, has thus been free to follow his Inclination. a. Government economists have changed their minds agsin. cancel ing their earlier predictions of a sharp recession In January, with prosperity booming along, and even the new deal's darkest pessimist hoping to avotd a slump. It has been possible to slice relief appropriations more sharply than waa anticipated. 3. There Is an elaborate strategy behind the new budget. Most of the cuts have been made In place where they will seem dagger In the bosom of pork-minded congressmen Congress Is likely to restore msny appropriations to their former gener osity. Thus congress will take the blame for the deficit. 4. By tatting the blame for the deficit, th lawmakers will put them selves In a position where they must either increase the debt limit or vote new txe. The President favors taiea for national defense, includ ing a war profits tax. He also wants the government's Ws.OOO.OOO.OOO debt limit removed. But he Is extremely anxious to avoid taking the initiative in either of these problems. As of today, no flaw can be dis cerned In this presidential strategy. The President U reported to have managed to hold the budget to a point where the next deficit win not exceed the debt limit. Some J sickling haa been necessary. In the national defense field, for example, appropriations have been strictly lim ited to money the army and navy can actually spend during the next fiscal year. Normal practice would dictate im mediate appropriation for everything the army and navy need, but thla ttme what will be paid for later Is being appropriated for later. Then, too, the treasury's working balance may be reduced from over 91.500. 000.000 to around 900.000.000, so that some borrowing is being avoid ed by the simple expedient of spend ing cash laid up against a rainy day. Nevertheless, Jiv-Hri of this sort Is t o lomplrs to be turned to ac count by the Presidents enemle Tbe President can stand on bis aim pie elalm, "1 have reduced the def icit, x have made progress toward balancing the budget, Just aa you all said I should." . Congress, dis liking the President's euta, hating to levy new taiea In a campaign year, and very loath to remove the debt limit, will be sadly uncom fortable. The President la quite human enough to derive aweat pleaaure from the spectacle of congressional discomfiture. Be haa Impaled con gress on the horns of a dilemma. Hie motto will be "Now wriggle." ' At the National Capitol With John W. Kelly (Continued from Pau One.) the Oregon ballot. The name can be filed without his con sent, but if the president sincere ly does not intend being a can didate for a third term, a hint from the White House palace guards will not be disregarded by Mr. Roosevelt's enthusiastic followers In the beaver state. . If he is not a candidate In Oregon, however, the little group of ten delegates will be in the bag for someone else. MB. ROOSEVELT haa been In formed ' that there will be a warm fight In Oregon If he and Garner are on the ticket. Con gressman Walter M. Pleroe, new dealer, haa been telling that to every reporter in the national capital and Pierce haa not been predicting which of the two will win, explaining that former Governor Chartea H. Martin (who served with Garner in con gress), will line up a large following for the Texan and tha Common wealthers are strong politically. ... IN THE death of P. A. SUcox, chief forester, the lumbermen of Wash ington and Oregon have lost an understanding friend. Sllcox knew the Pacific northwest from first hand. He has been active In en deavoring to bring about the pro gram of sustained yelld and forest management, which would give those states a perpetual aupply of timber and prevent the depletion of the forests. Hla annual report. Issued a few weeks ago, deala extensively with this subject and contains warn ings which the timber states should take to heart. At the time of hla passing. Sllcox waa anxloua to have the government acquire a substantial tract In west ern Oregon for reforestation and planned a survey and cruise within the next few weeks. There was auch confidence In Sll cox that every organization having deallnga with the forest service stockmen, lumbermen rallied In opposition to the Presidents reor ganization plan, which would shift forestry from the department of agriculture to Tckes' department of the Interior. This protest waa so great that the President abandoned the Idea, at least for the time being, whe nhe found the western sena tors and representatlvea would not approve the transfer. Secretary Jckes, not realizing that opposition was agslnst him person ally, supposed the resistance was on account of the chief forester. Now that there la a vacancy. Irkea la preparing to again campaign for control of the forest service. ... BIOLOGICAL survey and bureau of fisheries, recently given to Ickes fone taken away from Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, the other from Secretary of Commerce Hopkins), are to be brought closer together under plana of the secretary of the In terior. A shake-up Is In the mak ing In the bureau of fisheries, but Ickes has said he would not dis turb the survey, whose chief Is Ira Oabrlelson, formerly of the Pacific northwest. Physical transfer of the biological aurvey from the agricul tural building to interior building haa not been made because the di rector of the budget refused to ap prove an appropriation of 950.000 to move the belonglnga of the bureau a half mile. Note Ickes ordered the cafeteria In the interior building closed Im mediately after lunch, when he found several cl.rks drinking coffee In mid afternoon. HONOR A H EA D Reason to smile has Opt. Miln F. Drae mrl (above), former N'ebraskan ssho's now commandant of mid shinmen al Ihe I'. S. Naval Acs-icmy. He's scheduled to be come a rear admir.il In com. mind of Dcstrojcr HutilU One. t sjtlSaw w In The I DayV . . News By Frank Jenkins PROPAGANDA Minister Goeb bels, speaking in Berlin, says: "World PLUTOCRACIES have arisen and are trying to strike down social-minded Ger many." "But," he adds, "on Ger many's part it is a PEOPLE'S WAR, and the German people are fighting for their lives." Demagogue talk, you will note, is the same, the world ov er. NAPOLEONTan accomplished , demagogue, did a lot of talking about the people, but in the end he scuttled tnej French republic ana made mm self emperor. THE President's budget, due to be presented in January, is expected to ask for $9,250, 000,000 of EXPENDITURES and to forecast RECEIPTS of about $6,300,000,000. Dickens' Mr. Micawber put it this way: "Income 20 pounds, outgo 19 pounds six; result, HAPPINESS. Income 20 pounds, outgo 20 pounds six; result MISERY." A DISPATCH from Washing ton today (Friday), com menting on the forthcoming budget estimates, says: "President Roosevelt was de scribed by usually well in formed sources today as recon ciled to a THREE BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT in spite of his announced desire to limit the deficit to two billions." Micawber, you will remember if you are a reader of Dickens, was ALWAYS GOING to bal ance his budget, but NEVER DID. I He was ALWAYS IN TROU BLE. IF YOUR boss 'should tell you: "Quit spending more than you make or I'LL FIRE YOU," you'd probably balance your personal budget. At least, you'd make a determined effort in that direction. In this country the people are the big boss. Whenever they say to their employees in Washing ton: "Quit spending more than you can possibly hope to take in or we'll GET SOMEONE WHO WILL," the federal bud get will be balanced. But not before. O SPENDTHRIFT ever quits spending until he has to OR ELSE. That goes double for government spendthrifts. ROOSEVELT AT WORK ON ANNUAL MESSAGE Washington, Dec. 26. JP) President Roosevelt laid aside temporarily today his work on next year's federal budget to start preparation of his annual message to congress on the state of the union. Samson Here F. E. Samson of 229 North Riverside avenue returned to Medford this morn ing by train from Portland where he spent the week-end visiting relatives. FINN -On G. A. Grlpenberr (above) falls the task of hand ling diplomatic business, be tween his country. Finland, and Great Britain. He's the Finnish minister In London. I DRY BLOCKS Factory - Planer - Rough (Small) (Medium) (Large) Valley Flight (V Time Med ford and JscksoD County History from tbe files ot the Mall Tribune 10 and 10 years ao. December 26, 1929 (It was Tuesday) Christmas spirit sweeps the nation. City prepares for big celebration and many family re unions. Postoffice to deliver all Christmas mall by late tonight. Liquor violator fined $300 for possession of a quart of moon shine. State Senator A. W. Norblad assumes governorship of state. Last rites held for Governor Patterson. Biff Jones looms as coach at Oregon. December 26, 1919 (It was Friday) Francis X. Bushman, male movie idol, to appear in person at the Page theater News Years. City observes Christmas with many family reunion and re joicing. Ex-Kaiser to take up residence at Doom, Holland, in February, Poll shows Jackson county Is for the Wilson peace treaty, by two to one vote. Over one hundred imbibers of poisonous liquor, believed to contain wood alcohol die Christ mas Day. The Oregon team now at the peak of condition for the game with Harvard in the Rose Bowl. Heavy line of Eastern squad worries Webfeet. TEACHERS ARRIVE FOR PORTLAND CONVENTION Portland, Dec. 26. (IF) Scores of teachers arrived today for the opening of the 40th an nual Oregon State Teachers' as sociation convention tomorrow. I Members of the board of di ; rectors, meeting for a pre-con-i vention session, estimated at tendance at 3000. Freighter Disabled San Francisco, Dec. 26. (JP) The Dutch freighter Sala watin, helpless with engines out of commission, proceeded slow ly toward San Francisco today i in tow of the coast guard cutter Shawnee. D E N T I S T Record attend ance is expected July 17 at Mil. svaukee convention of American Dental association of which Dr. Arthur Merrltt (above), N. Y., is the president-elect. UTILITY BOSS-gu.". Mhileford (ahove) aj chosen president of Associated Gas and Electric company which plant adjustment of lis financial structure In conformity with the Public utility act of 1935. A LOAD Fuel Co. 26 W. MAIN "T " UsUea
