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PAGE EIGHT- MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED FORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1939, MEDFORDvWTRIBUNE "Eraryone In Southern Oregoa KcwU th Uall TrlbDM." Oallr Esrept Saturday. Publliliid by MEDFORD PKINT1NO CO. SS-3T.29 Nortb Kir St. Phona fl. ROBERT W. RtJHL. Editor. ERNEST R OILSTRAP. Uanagar. An Indpndnl Nawipapar. Entered aa acondolaa matter at Md ford, Or can, tindtr Act of March I, llTi. BUQSCRIkTION RATES Sr Mall 1 - Advance: Dally and Burday ont ytar ... Dally and Sunday nl montba... 10 Dally and Sunday tbraa montha. 1. 00 Dally and Sunday on month... -Tl By Carrlar In Advanca Madford. Ah land. Central Point, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Rocua River, Pboenls, Talent, and on motor routee: Dally and Sunday on year 11,10 Dally and Sunday one month... .Tl All terma caah In advanca. Official Paper of (he Ity of Hrdford. Official Paper of JnckaoB t'ounty. UP.MIIER OF THE ABHOCIATI.n PRUSg HeealTina Full .aiaed Wlr erlco. The Aanclated Presa la exo'uslvely entitled to the uia for publication of all newa aiepaicnea creoneo to it or otner- wlee credited to thin paper, and alao to the local newa published herein. AH rlfhta for publication of epaclal anpatonta nerein ara aieo reaarvaa. MEMBER OF UNITED PRESS MEMUER CF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Repreeentatlvee WE8T-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offtcei In New York, Chlcaf). Detroit, an Francleco, Loa Angelea. Seattle, Portland. St. Louie. Atlanta Vancouver. n c Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perrf. Tomorrow is 1940, and new year! It will have an extra day In February, and Fridays the 13th, In September and Decem ber. All will turn over pew leaves, and some their autos, at the sharp curves. ... Len Carpenter of the orchard set has gone to Boston. He ex pects to be back for the first frost in the spring. Speed idiots continue to drive like mad on West Main, without knowing what they are mad about. ... Valley Democrats have start ed whispering to each other, and vital matters like the fate of the Gold Hill postoffice are at stake. ... Snow is badly needed In the hills for skiing and next sum mer's water. ..... Dime Flynn celebrated 25 years of married Ufa last week. ... Storekeepers have been busy the past week counting their beans and measuring their cali co. They will close up at 6 p. m. Saturdays for the next three months. ... A school for census enumera tors was held here Tues. Count ing of industries and business houses will start Tues., after which they will count farms and noses. . R. Sweeney, the treasury watchdog has returned from the north, where he went to see his new grandson. He added up right. ... Rural residents report blue jays, woodpeckers and robins are raiding their premises, and eating with the chickens, just like the shiftless roosters. ... Peoria Bill Gates announces he is occupied by a good resolu tion for the coming year, and further states, it is not in soli tary confinement. ... Dewey Hill, the glamour boy of Prospect is still In Hollywood and no report has been received on his didoes, if any. ... Fletch Fish, the boom-day tenor of Phoenix, is back from the metropolis, where he en countered weather so diabolical, he had to wear his hat every day he was there. ... C. Strang had all his boys home for Christmas, and only a vestige of a 20-pd. turkey re mained when they racked away from the groaning board. ... Most of the motorists either have, or have made arrange ments for 1040 license plates The usual number, however, arc diffident about it, as in yester years. ... The first 1040 feminine hat has shown up here. The report from New York a week affo they would no longer be funny, was an error. ... The college crowd who have been spending Christmas with the home teams, are headed . again for the campus. Weilarn Front Quiet Paris, Dec. 30. (fl1) To night's allied communique was: "Further reduced activity of the contact units." Jailbirds Escape Sulem, Dec. 30. (P) Two prisoners broke out of the Mar ion county joil here this morn ing by prying loose a small fire escope window in the cell block corridor. Short But - Sour WITH our habitual aversion to stating the obvious, we shall forego the usual moralizing, occasioned by the departure of one year and the arrival of another. At the close of the first "war-year",- in two de cades, the temptation is great, but as a preliminary New Year resolution, we are going to resist it, there will be plenty of editorial pontificators who won't. In fact our only direct comment on the advent of a brand new year will be to enumerate a few of the things we expect Uncle Sam to accomplish in the next 12 months, ergo and to-wit: Keep at peace AND help the allies win the war. See that no one in America goes without adequate food and shelter, AND balance the budget. Continue to play politics, AND elect a capable, sane, and level-headed citizen to be President. Refuse to be influenced by self-seeking and ag gressive minorities AND uphold that sacred principle of a free democracy majority government. "H one could think of many more, but properly understood, the above should satisfy the old boy, with stripes on his pants, as a New Year starter. The Man of the Year "TIME" has selected Joseph Stalin, as the "Man of - X i-T tr it nie i ear. The usual indignant protests will now pour in, probably as many, or more, than a year ago, when the same magazine chose Adolf Hitler. Yet in both instances we think the Time editors have been right. For the "Man of the Year" selepMnn has nnthinrr to do with the desirability, or propriety of the individ ual's acts; but solely his net accomplishments regard less of their moral consemienaps frnm th nfnnrlnm'nf of world affairs. And undoubtedly viewinrr tho vear a whole, the Russian dictator was its outstanding per sonality, the individual who made upon the world and its affairs than any other, and ii urn uie international standpoint was the most successful. THERE is one interesting thing, however, about a line b men ui me instance the award has death." A year aeo Hitler, was and TjrODerlv SO. frit he had a crushed and humiliated one oi an Europe. Now; look at Adolf, if you can find him ! He is not onlv friendless fVnm an lntpvnntmnal standpoint, he has always ivussian Dear on one siae and the allies on the other, he is powerless, which for a dictator means death. SO here is another prediction, for the New Year. iuc xniie jniA wiu not ran in tne case oi Josepn Stalin. For eleven months of 1939 he too was top doe. out now aoout tne iztn r Time has the answer, a Stalin splurge. We quote: "After three weeks war Russia's planned Blitzkrieg had definitely failed to "BLITZ." Defeated on two fronts and held on the third, the Red army had lost Immeasur ably in men, morale, prestige. . . . Even in Moscow the Russian casualties were estimoted at 30,000. The Finns were believed to have lost less than 4000. ... So many Russians have frozen to death they fear an epidemic when the corpses thaw in the spring." A world power of 180 million heatpn and thrown out into the snow bv perhaps the most astounding military upset in all modern history! No, neither the "man of steel" nor any other figure can stand that. And cion t torget this. In this eame of nower politics, no dictator is strono-. er than his armed forces. It is a little earlv of course, to nptnallv omint tho eggs of the Russian debacle, but unless there is a miraculous change in the situation in Finland, and that soon, Nothincr can be more certain than that, the Hpfla. tion of Joseph, the man follow the deflation of his nor wnicn, 11 it comes due thanks! Finland's Debt WE FAVOR the suggestion of Senator Smith, that Pinion ki m.onfnj ....: . "ilium j;nunfu further payments to this are concerned. Not only would such in Finlands hour of nepd. the world, that even in international relations, honesty IS the best policy. Those who might oppose such action on the ground that with our budget out of balance, and a terrific debt, we could not afford to make such a sacrifice, probably have never taken the trouble to find out just the amount Finland borrowed from Uncle Sam. As such things go, it was definitely microscopic, i e: $8,281,926. But of course that is not the point. The way the loan was met, not its exact amount, it what aroused the respect and gratitude of the American people even before, the gallant little land was at tacked by the Russian behemoth. And as far as this i ear. in practically every Droved t.n he the "kiss nf "crowned" f7r ovamnio Virrmo-lir flnmvuintr i,n ffnm nation, to the most feared been that; but with the few nap-pa aftei- its .Tnsenh a nation of five m aiv of the vpar for loan will predecessor, Adolf. to pass, let us render a inui cuui mm, as lar as countrv. on its war AM action be just and proper hut it wnnld ndvpvtioo tn department is concerned, we would favor wiping it all off the books and forgetting it. DUT while on the subject, this loan certainly dem- onstrates the uneconomic features of borrowing money even at a low rate of interest. Yes Finland has never missed its semi annual interest payments but the debt today is practically what it was at the outset, namely $8,142,990. Yet during this period the total payments by Finland foot up to $5,656,598! Over $5,000,000 paid, to reduce a debt by $138,936! Ouch! Personal Health Service By William Slined letteri pertalnlnf to peraunal health and hygiene, not to dMeaae dlatnoil. or treatment, will be aoiwered by Dr. Brady If itamprd el(. adrlreued envelope It encloied. Letters ahould be brief end written In Ink. Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be eniwered. No reply can be made to quertea not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, 265 El Camlno. Beverly mill, Calif. WOUNDS, CLEANLINESS AND COLDS The degree of scarring left by a wound depends primarily on the degree of damage or de struction of tissue, of course, but much de pends also on the skill and care applied in the first aid and early treatment of the wound For this reas on it is a dis tinct advan tage to have the expert ser vice of a plas tic surgeon in the early treatment of wounds likely to leave scars. The most efficient all-around antiseptic and disinfectant for everybody is plain soap ond water. Notwithstanding all the popu lar obsessions about antiseptics and antiseptic precautions the indifference of the public in re gard to cleanliness is appalling. Especially shocking is our na tional carelessness about wash ing the hands before eating and drinking. The primitive facilities for such cleanliness in restaur ants, lunchrooms, soda fountains and the like are shocking when one knows something about the diseases that are so frequently spread thru such uncleanliness. Many cities have pretentious or dinances prescribing minimum requirements of cleanliness for such places, but Yankee politics runs most health departments and the sanitary regulations are not taken seriously. There is no more efficient antiseptic lotion or first aid cleaning of a wound than plain soapy water. There is no better antiseptic wet dressing for an infected, painful or suppurating wound or boil or "run around" than a large pad or mass of gauze kept wet with hot soapy water. Now a word about wet feet and "colds." I still believe and assert without reservation that a doctor never gives serious con sideration to getting the feet wet or undue exposure unless he is unable to determine what really ails the patient or hesitates to say frankly "I can't make a positive diagnosis as yet I can only wait until development of the illness makes the diagnosis possible. If your patient is one of limited intelligence you have to piddle along with the "heavy cold" hokum until you can safe ly say what you think he has got. The less intelligence the more easily humbugged that way. If a quack has a panacea or The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washington, Dec. 30. A pret ty good bet Is that, when con gress meets, the president will have to extend some sort of fairly substantial aid to Fin land. The Finns have already received a loan of $10,000,000 for non-militnry purposes, and have been allowed to purchase a number of planes which our army had contracted for. But ahle Finnish Minister HJalmar Procopc, in his almost daily vis its to undersecretary of state Sumner Welles, is anxiously stressing his country's desperate need for guns, ammunition and the ordinary supplies of war. How to do something for the Finns is being carefully pon dered. From the president down, everyone In the administration wants to help tVcm. The prrsi-di-nt has hncl to n-p . pi'. ious inclinations of the same sort, Brady. M.D. cureall you will notice he doesn't offer it as a cure for diphtheria or influenza or sinu sitis or brain fever or Infantile paralysis. He offers it as a cold cure, because a "cold" is what everybody thinks he has when he is coming down with any of these respiratory infections. And if your family doctor hums and haws about wet feet, undue ex posure and keeping well under the covers he is doing yeoman service for the great nostrum and quackery business. When I make that crack about the low order of intelligence of the layman who is willing to believe his illness is a "cold" in the early stage I hope you won't get mad. Maybe you have extenuation for your silly no tion that wet feet or undue ex posure certainly gives you- a "cold." Drop in again and we'll examine your extenuation. , QUESTIONS It ANSWERS Students Must Practice Can you tell mo why my wife had to have a Wasserman test twice be fore the baby was born and ten days after the baby was born In the Hospital public ward. (H. P.) Answer Perhaps Internes or stu dents learning how to take blood or fluid for such tests. That's one rea son why doctors give their services free of charge or at low rates In clinics, dispensaries and public wards. , Hernia Dad Is receiving Injection treat ment for hernia from Dr u of our town with the advice of Dr of We are all very well pleased. (M. S.) Answer The modern treatment of hernia is now In use by the better physicians everywhere. The doctor who has the temerity to dismiss in quiries about the Injection treatment with the assurance that It Is "no good," dangerous or "has been tried and found unsatisfactory" Is simply deceiving his patient with a petty desire to mask his own backward ness In the profession. Recipes May I please have your Instruc tions and recipes for using wheat germ? My son, aged 11 . . . (Mrs. W. E. M.) Answer I have none, except the general suggestion that wheat germ meal may be Incorporated In any recipe calling for flour, by substitut ing the wheat germ for one-half of the flour the recipe calls for. Or It tastes good enough to eat raw, mixed with any cereal, fruit or soup or other beverage. I have a monograph "Wheat to Eat" which gives Instruc tions and recipes for the use of plain wheat In the everyday diet. For copy of this send three-cent-stamped en velope bearing your address. Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. D., 205 El Camplno, Beverly Hills, Calif. from fear of isolationist senti ment. But, although aid for Finland flies straight in the face of the kind of mandatory, mechanical neutrality which they advocate, neither Nye, nor Borah, nor Clark nor Vandenberg, nor any other extreme isolationist has raised his voice in public to date. They seem to have sus pended their theories from ap plication to the Russo-Finnish war. The situation looks very promising, therefore. When con gress meets, sentiment will be carefully tested to see whether the present favorable appear ances are deceptive. If all seems well, a move will probably be made to give the Finns a loan for armaments, or to sell them armaments out of our arsenals, or to set aside further war department priori ties in their favor, or to do all three things at once. Just lately the new dral'a prize economic forecast have been be having like the occasional prophets who announce the end of the world for a given dat. and gather a little aect of true-believera to await dooms day In gloomy communion. The day dawns, bright and clear, with no faintest rumble of Gabriel's trumpet. Then th prophets scurry home, recheck their computations of the steps In the Great Pyramid or the number of words in Genesis, and explain that due to a mathematical error, .they were wrong by a year or so. Only a few months ago. the new deal economists were unanimous thnt a sharp recession m-as to be c , .ed in Jini:ry. The grim curve I waa neatly plotted, beginning wltn large surplus inventory, continuing with a slow stoppage of the machin ery in the mills, and ending only with foreign war-buying In the sum mer. Even tbe treasury's usually optimistic thinkers sadly concurred. Then came unanticipated demand for cotton textiles, reports from the steel-makers that their back-log would keep them working at capac ity through the first quarter of 1940, and general buying which reduced manufacturers Inventories more than bad been hoped. A few weeks ago the economist! began to wonder. Now, watching Industrial production booming along at the highest rate In the natlon'a history, they too have had to scurry borne to check their computations. Most of them have relapsed Into an unaccustomed optimism, but the two most influential b'IU refuse to be wholly bright-minded. One mem ber of the pair still asyt that Jan uary will produce a recession, but less sharp than he had thought. He thinks that the production Index will drop perhaps 10 points in the first three months of the next year, but he Is comparatively cheerful about prices, consumer buy ing power and housing construction. The other feela that the expected recession has probably been de ferred. If It comes, he says It will come In April and May. But he la willing to admit that, the winter months having been successfully got through, the slump may never come at all. The presidential campaign of New York's young gang-buster, Thomas B. Dewey, Is as carefully managed as the grooming of a prize steer for the atate fair. His big west coast speech, for example. Is to be made In Oregon because Oregon Is the only west coast state with a reasonably united Republican party. In California and Washington, be would have had to step on the toes of one faction by associating with the other. He prefers to associate with none. And before he consented to go to Oregon, both his lady train er, Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick Sims, and the governor of Oregon telephoned Senator Charles L. Mc Kary to ask whether It was all right with him to have Dewey speak In his state. Communications Favors Reciprocal Treaties To the Editor: Experience with reciprocal trade agreements to date shows no such dire results as predicted by opponents, but on the con trary beneficial increases in our foreign trade increases which would have been even greater had normal international com merce not been interrupted by the war. Never before in our history have tariffs been fixed with such careful attention to the interests of protected industries, export industries and the gen eral consuming public. Exhaus tive interdepartmental and Tar iff Commission studies have re placed Congressional tariff log rolling. Failure to renew the trade agreements act, or weakening it in any way as by giving the Senate a veto over the agree ments would be a long step backward. This would be most unfortunate at a time when the United States is trying both to improve business relations with South America and to persuade European nations to abandon their suicidal warfare in favor of peaceful and prosperous com merce which is possible only if these nations follow our ex ample, and either form a tariff free United States of Europe, or else enter extensively into re ciprocal trade agreements with each other to eliminate their business-stifling, hate-engendering trade barriers. In our trade agreements we have set a good example for the rest of the world and not with out profit to ourselves. What sound reason is there for now emasculating them or giving tnem up? Robert S. Field, Evelyn Ave. Vineland, N. J. Farmers To Oppose Salina. Kas.. Dec. an & John Vesecky, national presi dent of the Farmers' Union, said today the organization would oppose any compromise in the income certificate plan for parity payments to farmers which the union drafted. Lottery King Held Orlando, Fla., Dec. 30. (JP) Charged with postal law vio lations in a lottery which fed eral officials said had taken S50,000,000 from Americans, George Henry Garllck, 60, has posted $15,000 bond here pend ing a hearing in Boston, Mass., next March 18. DANCE DINE BE GAY NEW YEARS EVE AT THE In The Day's New By Frank Jenkins TTHE great earthquake in Tur- key is reported as these words are written (on Thursday) to- have caused 9,000 deaths. For one day, at least, nature is crowding the war-makers out of the top headlines. TWELVE cities, ranging in population from 12,000 to to 40,000, along with 80 vil lages, are reported to have been destroyed. When you see a picture of a mountain, you can't grasp its size unless in the foreground there is a picture of something familiar, such as a man or a horse or a house. Let us try to put something familiar beside this staggering picture of dis aster in Turkey. In Oregon, there are six cities (outside of Portland) of 10,000 or more population. In north ern California (north of Sacra mento and the bay district) there are two cities of more than 10,000 population. It is as if all these eight cities and FOUR MORE, along with 80 villages, had been de stroyed. pHE city of Erzingan, 40,000 population, lies in burning ruins, with EVERY LARGE BUILDING COLLAPSED. That is as if Medford, Rose burg and Klamath Falls should ALL be totally destroyed by a single catastrophe. IN the Turkish earthquake, bursting gas mains and over turned oil lamps promptly set fire to the collapsed buildings. Modern progress, as exemplified by city gas, and oil lamps, which in one form or another are almost as old as civilization, contributed alike to the destruc tion. pDGAR C. Thrupp, a mem-- ber of the engineering in stitute of Canada, predicted a disastrous earthquake between December 25 and January 10. The Turkish quake falls mid way between these dates. He explains that he has de veloped a new "theory of grav itation" which makes possible the forecasting within a leeway of seven to 10 days of important earthquake disturbances, which are caused by faults in the hard ened crust that surrounds the molten interior of the earth. He says that 1940 will bring the most destructive earth quakes of the 20th century, and adds that while he can predict when (within the 7 to 10 day limit) he can't predict WHERE. Known faults in the earth's surface, however, give a clue to possible earthquake disturb ances. All of Oregon except the northeast corner is in what is considered to be a safe zone. At the National Capitol With John W. Kelly (Continued from Pv One with tbe Cardenas government chief ly because of the seizure of American owned oil properties. Export-Import Bank Is extending credit Into the millions of dollars to Latin American republics to cement the "good neigh bor" policy. NONE too pleased is state depart ment with Britain staging sea warfare within the safety belt. Bri tain has Ignored this alleged neutral zone; continues to operate- Its war ships seeking prey up to the three mile limit (off the coast of Florida), which Is closer than coast guard cutters permitted rum runners to roam in the days of prohibition. It was an offense asatnst U. 8. law for a rum runner to approach nearer than 13 mllea. State department officials say "Happy New Year" but they have their misgivings about 1940 and what effect It will have on the United States. ON the domestic scene 1940 will unfold a persistent effort to root out communism In this country. As CHATEAU GOOD MUSIC DELICIOUS FOOD NOISE-MAKERS AND EVERYTHING DANCING 9:30 Till ? Cmrr rharce only 7.V rr prrMin , . . Sbm-!"! w Yrnr'a Kie strak or rhlrkrn niNNKKS 1.(W. rhonf VOIR rrwrratlon NOW A-hlnnrt. 4?4! or SIJS. long as the communist party waa regarded as Just another political party .offering candidates for presi dent, etc., It waa not disturbed, but since discovery that It Is actually an active branch of the Soviets and not an American political party; takes orders from Moscow and la a menace to the American form of government, the administration has decided to clean house. President Roosevelt wants to com bat communism (notwithstanding the new deal has been saturated with "fellow travelers"), and this Is ona reason why he la sending a personal representative to the Vatican, for the Pope Is also conducting a campaign against the advocates of a god-less state. NEVER In Its history will the Unit ed States be as strongly equipped to defend Its firesides as it will be at the end of 12 months hence. Tho greatest peacetime army, the largest navy, a seacoast rimmed with steel, airplanes almost "darkening the skies." The government, through con gress, will undertake national de- fense In a big way. It may not need, all this armor, but a burglar alarm la a good thing even though a thief may never appear. This Is the theory on which Mr. Roosevelt Is acting, or aa Roosevelt the First observed: "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Rather significant, that message of Secretary Hull to his listening post around the world, warning of trou bled days ahead. Flight 0' Time Medford and Jacksuo County History from the riles of the Mall Tribune 10 and 20 jrean a en. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 31. 1929 (It was Sunday) Hearing set for Butte Falls school budget. Heavy fogs hamper autoists and cause numerous minor mis haps. Mrs. I. E. Schuler wins state prize for Christmas Seal pub licity. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lageson in auto accident upstate, not badly injured. Larry Schade wins prize for best Christmas lighting decora tions. "Perfume burglar" of Port land is finally nabbed and iden tified after long series of crimes. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 31, 1919 (It was Wednesday) Even money is being bet on the University of Oregon-Harvard football game in the Rosa Bowl tomorrow. General Leonard Wood enters Republican presidential race. Burglars enter a dozen Med ford stores last night, procuring less than SI 00, and a number of cheap watches. All the banks and business houses to close tomorrow for New Year's Day. Elks lodge will hold open house tomorrow. TONIGHT SEE THE NEW YEAR IN AT BURGOYE'S A Party You Won't Forget During 1940 FUN NOISE MAKERS HATS Everything for a good time. SI. 50 a Couple PHONE 5S2-J-4 for Reservations n READ A NEW LOVE STORY BY LOUISE PLATT HAUCK Starts Wednesday JANUARY 3 IN THE MAIL TRIBUNE sill
