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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939.
SOCIAL LAWS 10
BE MINOR PHASE
Unemployment and Relief
Still Top Problems
Pension Advocates Active
By H. R. Ingrahim
Washington, Dec. 28. (IF)
Social legislation may be a some
what subordinate theme in the
final congressional session of
President Roosevelt's second
term.
The administration program
in that field generally is re
garded as about complete, and
except for possible refinements
probably will not be stressed
at the coming session of con
Kress.
There are many indications,
however, the general subject
will not be forgotten by the
legislators. For instance:
1. Unemployment and relief
remain major problems.
2. Proponents of bigger pen
sions for ,.ie aged still are vocal
despite thumping defeats of
plans of the "ham and eggs'
variety In California and Ohio
elections.
3. President Roosevelt has
suggested a program of federal
aid for moderate cost hospitals
which may be substituted, at
least temporarily, for the more
ambitious Wagner federal health
program.
No Relief Deficit
For the first time in at least
three years, congress will not
have an immediate relief defi
cit to meet when it gets back
to work Jan. 3.
That appeared definite when
Col. F. C. Harrington, works pro
jects commissioner, announced
he would not seek additional
funds to finance the relief pro
gram until June 30 but would
operate with the money appro
priated last summer.
In contrast, when congress
convened last January, the ad
ministration U!,Ked for an ad
ditional $873,000,000 to tide the
WPA over the balance of the
fiscal year. After two attempts,
congress finally voted $825,000,
000. Harrington's declaration his
organization would live within
Its budget was received with
enthusiasm on capitol hill and
some blunt criticism.
Vindication Seen
Rep. Woodrum (D-Va.), acting
chairman of the committee
which handles WPA appropria
tions, hailed it as vindication of
the changes congress made in
the relief set-up last summer.
"With the marked increase In
business in all lines," Woodrum
added, "there's every reason to
anticipate that the relief load
In the new fiscal year should
be materially lightened."
There have been reports that
President Roosevelt would hold
his estimates for relief down to
about $1,100,000,000 for the
year starting July 1 in contrast
to the $2,380,800,000 voted at
the last regular session for all
relief purposes. Woodrum as
serted, however, there was no
particular hurry about fixing
that figure and Mr. Roosevelt
may include only a" tentative
estimate In his regular budget
message to congress.
Agalmt Relief Cut
Rep. Coffee (D-Wash.), how
ever, told reporters he thought
"chaos and despair" would re
sult if the administration sought
to cut relief funds to $1,000,000,
000. "State relief set-ups Just
can't handle the problem," Cof
fee said. "The situation would
be particularly bad in the west,
for whatever recovery there has
been in the eastern industrial
areas has not yet been felt in
the west."
Demands for return of admin
istration of relief to the states
and possible reopening of a
house committee's Investigation
of the WPA were other poten
tial causes of congressional fire
works. The United States cham
ber of commerce already has
renewed the plea for return of
relief to the states on the ground
that the expense of the present
program would wreck the coun
try economically If prolonged.
Cloatnj time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ada la 1:30 p. tn.
NAVY Admiral James O.
Richardson (above) will assume
command of the U. 8. fleet Jan.
6, succeeding Claude bloch.
Menus of the Day
By Mrs. Alexander George
White Fruit Cake
3 cups butter
3 oups granulated sugar
IJ cup lemon Juloe
cup orange Juice
10 eggs
t teaspoon salt
1 teatpoon vanilla
16 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 cup shredded almonda
1 oup chopped candled orange peel
eup chopped candled lemon peel
W cup chopped candled pineapple
1 cup chopped ralilns
!4 cup cocoanut
It cup allced Ted cherries
a cups flour
9 teaspoons baking powder
Cream the butter until soft. Add
the sugar and beat until very creamy.
Add Juices and eggs. Beat two min
utes. Mix in rest of Ingredlenta.
Half-fill loaf pane lined with waxed
papers. Bake two hours In moder
ately ilow oven. Store, wrapped In
waxed paper, In a cool place.
Rich Spicy Fruit Cake
7 eupa butter
3 cups dark brown sugar
eggs
H cup grape Juice
W cup orange Juice
3 tablespoons lemon Juice
3 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
9 tablespoons clnnsmon
1 tablespoon mace
1 tablespoon nutmeg-
3 teaspoons cloves
3 oupi chopped retains
3 oups chopped dates
1 cup chopped candled fruit peel
33 cup chopped candled pineapple,
(i cup sliced candled cherries
38 cup sliced blanched almonds
14 cup chopped citron
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
Cream the butter until very soft.
Slowly add the sugar and beat until
creamy. Add the eggs and Juicea and
beat well. Mix In the rest of the
Ingredients and half-fill loaf pans
lined with buttered papers. Bake for
four hours In a slow oven. Boll
together S minutes half a cup of
dark, brown sugar, two-thirds oup
of water. Cool slightly. Brush over
top of cake.
279 SHIPS SUNK
I
CLATC1ANY
Own Losses Placed at 18
Ships Only One Sunk by
Foes Balance Scuttled.
ENROLLMENT
MED AT U OF 0
Eugene, Dec. 20. VP) A
record-breaking winter term en
rollment, which may reach
3,400, is expected for the com
ing term by University of Ore
gon officials. The 1939 figure,
the highest in history, was
3,194.
An eight percent Increase
was noted In fall term figures,
wnicn totaled 3,615. Registra
tion will be held next Wednes
day. New students will have no
trouble entering the university
at that time, the registrar's of
fice has announced.
Berlin, Dec. 29. (Pi Offic
ial German figures today set
allied and neutral shipping
losses from the beginning of the
war until December 20 at 279
merchant ships totaling 1,029,
635 tons.
For the same period, authori
ties acknowledged the loss of
18 German ships of 128,889
tons, of which only one was
sunk by the allies. The others
were said to have been scuttled.
The official breakdown of fig
ures showed 134 British ships
of 526,189 tons, 12 French of
64,759 tons, and 78 neutrals of
258,209 tons, sunk "with certainty."
Fourteen British ships of 46,-
425 tons, four French of 17,233
tons, 20 neutrals of 37,240 tons
and 17 unidentified of 79,600
tons "In all likelihood were
lost," the statement said.
It said it must be calculated
"that total losses are much
greater than given because of
the admitted official British tac
tics of silence."
near Valentine, Neb., and oth
ers are in private ownership.
The cattle at the Wichita ref
uge descend from 30 longhorns
brought to the area In 1927,
when it was administered by the
forest service. One member of
that original herd from the
coastal plains of Texas still lives
"Old Red," a gaunt cow more
than 20 years old.
Rope Trick Fails
East Liverpool, Ohio (U.R)
Too much rope, a tin cup and
a bottle of bay rum proved the
downfall of an East Liverpool
man. He was arrested while
passing bay rum by means of
a 12-foot rope to prisoners in
the city Jail. Eight of them had
become intoxicated.
JAP CASUALTIES
1
Hongkong, Dec. 29.AP) A
Chinese army spokesman as
serted today that Japan had
suffered '100,000 casualties on
all fronts In the December cam
paigns and that each week three
Japanese vessels were being
damaged on the Yangtze river.
He declared Japanese reports
of recent military successes "be
tray their own fears and anx
ieties, reflecting alarm over
their own staggering losses."
(On Tuesday Japanese said
13,000 Chinese had been killed
in south China and Japanese In
Shanghai reported 15,000 killed
north and south of the oentral
Chinese city of Hankow).
The Chinese spokesman said
Japan could not have broken
up a Chinese counter-o-'ensive
because "we never launched
one."
It's Perrio
Philadelphia (U.R) Capta'n
Dwight Long, who sailed a
ketch 35,000 miles around the
world, has taken issue with the
Hollywood press agents. He
said in a speech that In Tahiti
he learned it wasn't a sarong,
but a perrio.
Cee Mall Tribune want ads.
Weiser, Ida. (U.R) A chance
discovery of a sheepherder has
provided Idaho with its first
mercury mine and a new $1,
000,000 industry, according to
state mining officials.
A thnrn nrice rise In the
quicksilver market gave a new
impetus to the venture wnen
the European war broke out and
mil nnv th Almarien mines.
developed by L. K. Requa, vet
eran Santa Barbara mining en
gineer, are producing an esti
mated 400 pound of pure
quicksilver a day.
The current market price of
the metal is $142 for flask of
76 pounds. National production
last year was only 1,500 flasks.
New uses are found for the
metal in manufacturing arms of
war, and production will be in
creased as the price rises.
On Jury Roll
Vlsalia, Cal. (U.R) When Her
man King was to go on trial
on charges of killing Emmett
Nelson, Tulare county rancher,
a notice for Jury duty was ad
dressed to Nelson. A registra
tion clerk's error was blamed
for a notice being sent to the
dead man.
London, Dec. 29. (P)
Lloyd's Shipping Gazette said
today 205 allied and neutral
vessels, with a total tonnage of
744,288, had been lost since the
start of the war.
The German loss was set at
22 vessels of 136,317 tons.
The non-German losses were
listed as follows: British, 111
ships of 421,974 tons; French,
12 ships of 56,108 tons; Polish,
one 14,294 vessel; and neutral,
81 ships of 251,914 tons.
In addition to the vessels lost,
the Gazette listed 19 German
ships aggregating 86,218 tons
captured.
STRICTLY UNOFFICIAL
Oslo, Dec. 29. (P) Foreign
Minister Dr. Hilvdan Koht said
In a radio address today that
Norway under no circumstances
could give military aid to Fin
land. Norway's attitude, as he out
lined It, was one of readiness
to lend moral or material help
but no soldiers.
"Our military establishment
was created for defense and Is
unsuitcd for war outside the
country," he said.
Meanwhile, a n Increasing
number of volunteers. Including
many physicians, were depart
ing to help the Finns.
E
GO TO MEXICO
Mexico, D. .F. (U.R) Streams
of tourists are pouring Into
Mexico, contrasting with a usu
ally dull season between sum
mer and mid-winter.
Normally, Mexico has a big
rush of tourists In June, July
and August, then a big drop
occurs In the fall and it is not
until mid-winter that they be
gin returning.
Various reasons are advanced
for this post-summer boom in
the travel business. The prin
cipal one Is the European war.
Because of the fighting In Eu
rope, many people who find
themselves unable to go there
come here. Others, fearing sub
marines and raiders in the Car
ibbean sea, frankly acknowledge
that they are afraid to go on
West Indies cruises or travel
anywhere else by boat so they
come to Mexico by rail, air
plane, bus or automobile.
GROCETERIA SUPER FOOD MARKETS : ONE SHOPPING STOP FOR EVERYTHING
ANGEL
CAKES
for NEW YEARS
ES, the Angel Cake is the accepted dessert for the
New Year feast.
Before the revision of our calendar the New
Year began on April 1 and the feast observance
typified the advent of the productive year. The egg, the
symbol of productivity, played an important part in the
day's events. In its earliest form the dessert consisted of
beaten eggs with honey and other sweets blended into a
fluffy sort of pudding- Today we present it in its finest
form Betty Crocker Angel Cakes.
WHITE CHOCOLATE
CUSTARD Hawaiian Delight
CHOICE 49c
A Fine Assortment of Betty Croker Layer Cakes
GREETINGS
From Your
GROCETERIA
STAFF
During 1940 Leap Year
may the bachelors be
reasonable the girls
considerate.
Washington (U P.) At one time
nearly the whole plains coun
try from the Gulf of Mexico to
the Canadian border "belonged"
to the longhorn. Today, accord
ing to the bureau of biological
survey, fewer than 250 real Tex
as longhorn cattle are in exist
ence. The largest herd now Is at the
Wichita mountains wildlife ref
uge near Cache, Okla., where
about 145 of these picturesque
animals roam the ranges under
the biological survey's protec
tion. Eighteen longhorns are on
the Kort Niobrara game preserve
Home Purity Bread-lb. loaf 8c-1 J lb. loaf 1 2c
For those New Year's eve sandwiches you will want
Home Purity bread.
Betty Crocker Stuffin Bread Again Tomorrow.
New Year Needs In The Groceterias
Hard Mixed Candy 3 lbs. 25c
Old-Fashioned Chocolates . . ........ . 3 lbs. 25c
Peanut Brittle 2 lbs. 25c
Mixed Candy in cellophane . . 2-lb. bag 19c
Gold Bar Ripe Olives, No. 1 tall can. .Large Olives 15c Jumbo 23c
Gold Bar Fruit Cocktail, No. 1 tall can 2 for 25c
Gold Bar Fruits for Salad No. 1 tall can 15c
Blue Plate Shrimp, wet or dry pack 2 cans 25c
Sunshine Smacks pkg. 15c
Sunshine Bings .-.large pkg. 19c
Sunshine Martinis 2 pkgs. 25c
Gold Bar Sweet Pickles i . 12-oz. 20c 25-oz. 33c
(The belt sweet pickles you avar tasted.)
Table Brand Corn, No. 303 can 2 for 15c
Silverton Corn, No. 2 can 3 for 25c
Siskiyou Green Beans, No. 2 can 3 for 25c
Elbow cut Macaroni 3-lb. 13c
White King Granulated Soap - large pkg. 27c
Scotch Granulated Soap pkg. 23c
White King Toilet Soap -. .'. .6 bars 25c
White King Laundry Soap giant bar 7 for 23c
Sunshine Marshmallows pound package 15c
The following sporting goods and hard
ware stores will close at 6 p.m. Saturdays
for the next two months.
AL PICHE FICK'S HARDWARE
HANSEN HARDWARE LAMPORTS
HUBBARD BROS.
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diplomatic aflairs-this distin
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who demand the best in service
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A Treat from The
Bear Creek Orchards
The foods selected for iha Gift Baskets from
Bear Creek are. of course, the world's finest. A
limited supply of Royal Rivieria Orange Mar
malade wai left on hand. It la here tomorrow
1 lb. Jar 25c
3 Jars 69c
ROXY ANNE GRANGE DANCE
Saturday Night, Dec. 30. Hall on Spring St.
A very fine New Year party.
SAMS VALLEY GRANGE
NEW YEAR CARNIVAL
Grange Hall, Saturday Night, Dec. 30.
Turkey, fruit salad, hot biscuits, coffee 25c
A dandy supper after an enjoyable evening.
CHARITY BALL
Veterans of Foreign Wars Gold Chevron Dance.
Dreamland Hall, Saturday, Dee. 30.
Steve Whipple's Orchestra.
Favors, confetti, noitemakert.
UPPER APPLEGATE GRANGE DANCI
Monday Eve. Jan. 1. SiWa's Orchestra.
Fine refreshments at midnight.
Super Meat Markets
The Kind of Meat You Like to Eat
For the New Year Feast
Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Capons,
Hens, Fryers, Tender Steer Beef.
For the Fireplace Weiner Roast
Swift's Wieners lb. 19c
Ground Steer Beef lb. 18c
For the New Year Eve Plate
Lunch
Ready to serve sandweh meats
a fine assortment lb. 25c
Chuck Roast of 1 C
Steer Beef lb. -C
Ground Veal and Ham O
for loaf..... lb. VC
Boneless Cubes of Of,
Steer Beef lb. UC
Oysters, 1
. pint I JC
Farm Style All-Pork 1 O
Sausage lb. ' OC
- (Mild or full sage.) ;
Smoked Farm Style 01 n
Sausage lb. C
A New Year Salad Treat
1 pint Snider's
Cottage Cheese. . A ., . Both
1 No. 1 flat can ' 1 Q
Gold Bar Pineapple... I jC
5 slices. J
FOR
NEW
YEAR'S
EVE . .
m
Canada Dry, Ginger Ale, Tom
Collins, Sparkling Water, Lem
on Lime, Lemon Soda
12-oz. bottles 3 for 20c
28 oz. bottles 2 for 25c
Plus bottle deposit.
Kist, Ginger Ale, Lime Rickey,
Sparkling Lemon, Lemon Sour,
12-oz. bottles 3 for 22c
No bottle deposit.
Kist Sparkling Water full qt. 10c
Plus bottle deposit.
Royal Crown Cola, 12-oz., 6 bottles 25c
Plus bottle deposit.
Cross & Blackwell Lime Cup, both 33c
Del Rogue Apple Juice,
No. 211 can 2 for 15c
Cherries, a size bottle to suit your needs
For New Year's Morn
Alka Selzer 24c and 49c
Bromo Selzer 25c and 49c
Carter's Liver Pills 19c
Del Rogue Tomato Juice,
No. 1 tall cans 4 for 25c
GATES & LYDIARD
DellTf,ry of $1.00 Orders
Phone: Eai Side 7S2. West Side 42S
Sth at Central) Sth at Grape.
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