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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFOKP MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1940, MEDFORDvliTRIBWE "Er-iryaae in Southwn Orrfoa Kea'U lb Mall Trlbnna." Daily Eicft Saturday. Pubtlhel by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. tl-lT-3. North fir St. Phona tl nonpar w. ni;HU Eaitor. ERNEST R- 0IL8TRAP. Uimrw, Ad Independent Nwpper. Rntsre't ii Mcond-cttM mmtttr at M1 ford. Ortfoa, under Act ot March t, 117. 6l)3SCIUf.'10N RATF.I St Ualt ! Advincat D1iy and Sunday or ytar.... 14.40 Dally and SumJay -ill months... 1.60 Dally and Sunday thraa month. J. 00 Dally and Sunday ona month... .11 By Carrlar in Advitori Medror.l. An . land. Central Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Rof ua fllver. Phoanla. TaUnt. and en motor routea: Dally and Sunday one year It. 06 Dally and Sunday one month... Ti All term a eaab In advanca. Offklnl Paper of tha i lly of Hrdford Official Paper ol Jncksoo County. HK.MIiER OF TUB AflMJCIATI'.n I'HLSS HKCiTina; till I I.niMd Ira Untie. Tha Aaencialed Preaa la asclualvaly entltltd to tha uta for publication or all niwi dlspatchaa credited to It or other wte credited to Ihla paper, and alan to tha local newa publlinied herein. AH rtghta for publication of epeoial dtapatenea herein ara alao reaarved. MEMBER UP UNITED PRESS MEM HER OK AUDIT HUHEAU OF" CIRCULATIONS Advert Hint; Reprentat1vi WEST-HOI.LIDA V COMPANY. INC. Office! In New York. Chics Detroit, an PraneUca, 1ob Aniielea. Seati It, Portland. St. Lou la. Atlanta. Vancouver, n c laaa4 IIU$Q,SITI II Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. A churchman sees a "wave ol campmeetlng optimism sweep. Ing the nation in 1940". Never mind the optimism. What the country needs is an epidemic of campmeetings the old-fashioned kind, with no whispered amens. A California father has been arrested, charged with riding hia son's bicycle in a reckless manner. The only extenuating circumstance seems to be he didn't have another lather, rid ing on the handle-bars. The Mayor of Memphis re signed after holding office five seconds. (Timely tip for the next legislature.) . "It Is reported the Finns arc giving Russian prisoners baths. We begin to understand Stalin's ery of unfair play on the part Of Finnish generals." (Kansas City Star) Cruel, inhuman and unusual. ... The auto horn, at large in the community, that when tooted at the high school, can be heard at the golf links, Is bad enough without the driver trying to beat the sound to the golf links. ... WHAT YOU'VE I1KES TIIIIOIJOIII (American Mercury) "Ths decade snw the cllmnx of political rackets masqucrndlng as Idoologles, preaching one altn and practicing another. In the 1030a the strong were not heroic, the vlctora never generous; liberals wallowed totalitarian nostrums, and compnsslon for the perse cuted rarely paasod beyond words. It was a decade of KlRnnttc, crude swindle, cynical, brutal, disillu sioning. History will deplore the decade and mankind will be ashamed of It." ... The sauerkraut season was officially opened in these parts Mon. when a rural housewife fell down the cellar steps, while going after a skillet-full of the same, to fry for supper. ... The Finnish relief fund under the direction of Former Presi dent Hoover Is coming along fine. There Is some objection to this success, but not cnouKh to change the name of the move ment to the Finnish Boulder fund. ... J. Cochran Robin reports while looking for breakfast this morning, ho found suet scat tered on the sidewalk, which was the first and best he lias eaten tills year. He says he knows the little girl who did! this, and Mrs. Robin will singi . for her the first warm sunnv I day. ... A film beauty was hornswog gled out of $2,500 by a gypsy fortune-teller. In these kind of times, It is something to have $2,500 to lose that way. ... The annual bowling tourna-j ment plans have been com pleted, and, as usual will be at! crucial stages, when the lawns need mowing most. j ... Vice President Garner, back in Washington, D. C, and a democratic presidential nomi nee, "won't talk". This should not be recorded as an Imitation of the Republican candidate technique of the last two times, to-wit: Can't talk. "BIRD OR HAT Flew in or blew in out of car passing Dan naher's Service Station, 2612 Franklin Road. It's sorta round with green and red polkadol o.ullls or feathers In It. If you've lost a hat or bird drive by and sec it Its funny" (Nashville Tennessmn' Anntlii T pot shot t the baU the gala are wearing. Is Stalin Playing Possum? AS EVERYONE knows it takes all sorts of people to make a world. And as a corollary it takes all sorts of opinions to make PUBLIC opinion. But for a strange and bizarre slant on the Finno Russian conflict we think a correspondent in this mornings Oregonian, should be awarded the hand painted sofa cushion. "THIS military analyst, Charles C. Haynes by name, maintains these reverses suffered by Russia, for the past month, are all a part of Stalin's "very shrewd game." Were Stalin to exert his full power, and crush little Finland, as he so easily could do, (in fact ac cording to Mr. Haynes in such case the war would be over in 3 days!) England, France and Germany "would be terrified and would form with Italy a bloc against Communism". But as it is, there is no such fear aroused. In fact the rest of the world is beginning to believe Russia from a military standpoint is "weak, incapable and unorganized" which is PRECISELY what the wily Oriental despot desires! Then when the capitalistic powers have bled themselves white, are without funds and not knowing what to do next, in will jump the fresh waiting Red Legions, and, Well Mr. Haynes, hasn't the heart to publicly draw the obvious conclusion, but there is no doubt left in the readers mind, that this clever "waiting game," now being played by the Stalin in Finland, will be followed by the long dreaded Communist con quest of the world ! IT ONLY goes to show there are about as many dif- ferent opinions as to what is really going on in Europe at the present time, as there are people to express them, Mr. Haynes, in all probability, rep resenting that group in this country, which refuses to abandon the once popular myth of Soviet Russia be ing both invulnerable and invincible. Therefore, to sustain it, in view of the present facts, he must ration alize the present situation in Finland in the above fantastic fashion, Stalin playing possum to the tune of 100,000 casualties! Now to represent a contrary view, we have For eign Minister von Ribbentrop of Germany, who as a result of the Russian debacle in Finland, declares: "The Russians can be licked by any two men and a dog." (As Paul Mallon remarked, why Von R. thought the clog would be needed is not clear.) But at any rate the German Minister, justifies his entire Russian policy on the demonstration of Russia's weakness from a taining that alter defeating the allies, Germany can knock the Russian bear back to the gates of Petro- grad, any time she wishes. And accepting the first assumption, if one CAN, we don't believe there is much doubt of the truth of the second. NOW, of course almost anything can happen in the irrilr1 rr.rlor fiivl nni't miilni'Kr i f It a tvi i 1 if o iMr rlivort. tion. The technique of war has changed along with everything else, and we doubt if since the flood, the future in all departments, has ever been more uncer tain. But unless all the military experts, and practic ally all the competent war correspondents are not only wrong, but CRAZY, then Miv Haynes is en tirely mistaken in his interpretation of the conflict in Finland and Stalin's role concerning it. Stalin is wily, shrewd and cunning, but he is playing no waiting game, nor is he "pulling his punches". He undoubtedly hoped to crush Finland, as Germany crushed Poland, but little Finland beat him to the punch, and has given him, and is giving him, one grand and glorious beating. And while it is undoubtedly true, that unless Bri tain and France not only give aid to Finland in supplies and munitions, but in airplanes,, guns and men, in short virtually establish an extended AL LIED FRONT in Finland, Russia eventually will win, It is EQUALLY TRUE, that to date, Russia has suffered the most serious blow to her prestige and international standing since her defeat by Japan, and unless there is a complete change in the picture pre sented by her military and naval forces, and that soon, it is a blow that promises to have the most far-reaching and portentious consequences, both at home and abroad. VES we can say what we will about ideologies, Utopias, and what have you, but in interna tional affairs at this stage of human development there is only ONE determining factor, and that fac tor is power, FORCE. The influence one nation exerts on others, is in direct proportion, not to its ideas, nor its ideals, nor even its desires, however worthy they may be, but upon the power that is behind them. Again internationally speaking Russia's influ ence has rested upon the belief of her power, her army the largest in the world, her airforce one of the most modern, and presumably the most effective. DUT the proof of the pudding, in this direction, as in every other, is in the EATING. And to the world as a whole, regardless of Mr. Haynes, this war in Finland, has demonstrated, that from a military standpoint, Soviet Russia has been egregriously over rated, particularly in any offensive action beyond her borders. Instead of being a first rate power, she is probably only a second, or a third. And that fact, ladies and gentlemen quickly appreciated by other countries, if sustained by fu ure events will in all liklihood change the ENT1RK COURSE, OF THE MODERN WORLD! j military standpoint, main Personal Health Service Br William Signed letten pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a tamped lf addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large numbers of letters received only a few ran be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, 265 EI Cam I no, Beverly Hills, Calif, MYTHS OF MODERN MEDICINE A reader sends a clipping in, which a doctor, as the reporter! puts it, said that "in many -of the 1000 cases of deafness which he studied the cause could be attributed di rectly to qui nine." The reader asks whether I have an alibi, and says "You can not both be right." Before I go into the ring against the doctor, let us see what he really said about quinine and deafness. He said the percentage of pa tients who had a history of hav ing taken quinine was four times greater among 234 cases of nerve deafness than among 832 cases of other than nerve deaf ness. Perhaps one Individual in a thousand has what is known as an idiosyncrasy and should nev er take quinine at all. I have never encountered such a per son except once, and I had to forego the opportunity to test the validity of the lady's claim because she was quite firm about it and besides she was high strung and had extremely sensitive nerves and you know how I am about that. Millions of malaria, influenza, grip, cri, myotonia, heart, enur esis, chorea, whooping cough and ex-ophthalmic goitre pa tients and their doctors can't be wrong. I believe this doctor who discovered that a good many deaf patients had taken quinine Is wrong. Every doctor knows that' overdose of quinine, taken Intentionally or by mis take, may cause temporary deaf ness. I reassure all readers who follow my teachings that qui nine Is still an excellent remedy for a number of common ail ments and In my judgment it is far safer than many other medicines which the public uses with little discrimination and against which few doctors have the courage to warn the public. The latest edition of my mon ograph "Quinine in Modern Medicine" tells how to use qui THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER Released by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washington, Jan. 3. Con gress is in town. Illiterate and lenrncd, bumbling and clear minded, hacks, nincompoops, pork grabbers, honest men, wise acres and statesmen, the law makers are upon us, making more noise, more news, and more business for the regular inhabitants of the city. As usual, the question on most lips is: "What kind of session will it be?" The ob vlous first answer is. extreme ly political, since this is a cam paign year. But after that easy generality, there are specific issues to be dealt with, some of them of great import. It may be worth setting down issue by issue, such forecasts as can be made at this time. Trade agreement: Number one bet to start a big row is renewal of the state department's authority to make trade agreements. Secretary of State Cordell Hull la currently determined to make a hard fight. The lobbies are pat her t mi against him. and the Republicans are Joining hands with the lobbyists. Meanwhile, as the important trade agreements are al ready concluded, the president If considering deferring the issue until alter the election. His new deal advisers and congressional leaders favor this policy, but If he adopts It he will have to dragoon Hull Into acquiescence. He may not be able to. Other foreign problems: Fach month ol war will bring new devel opment, but. for the present, aid to Finland Is the only aspect of administration policy requiring Rf. firm stive congressional action. The president has already asked his lead ers on the hill about cancelling Finland's present debt to this coun try, and about making ths Finns a substantial loan for arms ment. He was advised not to attempt to ranoe! the debt, since It was thought that would set a precedent with regard to debt of other nations. Instead, he will probably press for suspension of interest payment. The armaments loan was more tentative ly approved, but If further soumttntcs bring no bad response from the senate, it will also be proposed rinanwt: Cuta In tha budget are extremely dwp. A already explained lirre, th;s Impale, ronrre on the borna of a cruel dilemma. Either 81 Brady. M. D. nine as a home remedy. Ask for it next time you write me, in closing a stamped envelope bear ing your address. Let me quote two sentences from the Quinine monograph. "In short we may regard quinine as an all-around tonic, inhibitor, restralner or holder backer." (These effects partly explain its value against stage fright, examination jitters and in preventing exhaustion from any ordeal.) "If any medicine under the sun deserves the name of 'cri cure' ('cold cure" to you) it is that old stand-by, quinine . (I recommend as a prophylactic against cri, In the season when respiratory infections are more or less prevalent if not epidemic, two grains of quinine sulphate before or after food three times a day. in tablet, pill or capsule, for adults; for children weigh. ing half as much as adults, one grain three times daily; for younger children, perhaps one grain twice or only once daily.) further details as to the treat ment of such infections are giv. en in the monograph. If there was a reasonable doubt concerning the harmless- ness of quinine I would never plump for it as I do. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tuhhy Please Write This Is the time of year most suitable for Introduction to a physi ological reduction regimen, plan or schedule, a design for dwlndlLng in a safe, sound, sensible way. So, In order to try and make a little room In the world for the rest of us In the tight crevices here and there not entirely filled up by the Tubbles. and to prove he la not always tUfht, as some readers may Imagine, or Doc Brady makea this offer: Any adult who needs to get rid of some slnckcr flesh with certain Im provement In vtte, may have a copy of the "Rules for Reducing" which ordinarily sets the reader back a shilling with my compliments and best wishes for a comeback, If he or she sends me a letter asking for the booklet, bearing a postmark not later than January 31 and Inclosing a 1-cent-stamped self-addressed, re turn envelope. (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.. ZHS El Camplno, Beverly Hills, Calif. I the lawmakers can follow the preal : dent tn eampnlgn year stinginess, or ! they must raise additional revenue i or rniso tho federal debt limit of j $45,000,000,000. A middle course Is most likely, I Chairman Pat Harrison of the senate finance committee Is dead set against both a war profits tax, which is the president's pet tax idea, and any debt - limit tinkering. Conservative Democrats and Republicans will prob ably unite to escape their dilemma by limiting extra appropriations to small token payments to the most j politically powerful groups. The ' formers will get the biggest share of the boodle. Reform : Thumbs are down on great new reforms this year. The president's scheme for building a tew hospitnls in regions where med ical service is poor was his -answer to the agitation for a big federal j public health program. The new dealers' drive for fat old age pensions stopped dead in Its tracks when the war gave the presi dent other things to think about. Pensions are now spoken of as a campaign issue. There is a possi bility of a fight on the new deal power policy, but even the most ardent new dealers are attempting to work out a compromise In ad vance. National defense: The national de fense program will be largely of paper, but the appropriations de mnnded for It will be comparatively small. It takes some time to make guns and build battleships. In order to keep the bud set looking pretty, the president has foltowed the sys tem of pay-Bs-thc-bllla-comc-in. re questing only such appropriations as can be spent tn the next fiscal year. Agriculture: The farm problem, as usual, will boll down to how much cash the farmers can pry out of the federal treasury. As usual, there Is a row about whether they are to get only S500 000,000 in soil conserva tion payments, or whether the kitty is to be sweetened by additional j "parity" payments. The difference Is that the farmers plant soil-Improving crops for the first kind of payment, and take the second as an outright subsidy. The president, the agriculture depart ment, the treasury and the congres sional lenders are currently tn a murttilc over m-hether to raise the parity payments by levying process ing taxes. Oeneral: There la a atrpng mOTC ment to amend the labor act In favor of craft unionism and the employers. The presldeujl will prob ably counter by offering to change the personnel of the labor board There are also movement to amend other new deal enactments, to come ou: strongly for an early spring and a late fall, to remove all uvea and doub:t all appropria tions, and to take polltlca out of politics. These, and the antlca ot the presidential candidates, will fill In the chinks between larger Issues. CVv'ln time for Too Lata to Cla altjr Ada la 1 SO p m. rvIn$The 'Day's - ? - - i . New$ " ' Br Frank Jenkins I ATEST estimates as these words are written indicate that 369 Americans died violent ly over the New Year holiday week-end chiefly in highway accidents. Comparison: Three of Finland's cities were bombed viciously by the Rus sians over the same week-end. FINNISH CASUALTIES, 22. (If every day was a HOLI DAY, life in peaceful America might be almost as hazardous as life in war-torn Europe.) A FTER a week-end that was staggeringly disastcrous to the Russian invaders of Finland, Moscow issues this communique (pronounced communiKAY): "Nothing of importance oc curred on the Finnish front." If you are a dictator, bitten by the world conquest bug, it is important ONLY WHEN YOU WIN. 4 DREMIER George Tatarcscu of Rumania, In a speech deliv ered over the week-end, says: "Our provinces of Bucovina and Bessarabia (coveted by Russia) will be defended to the LAST MAN, if necessary." Check that off as the first fruit of the Russian military flop in Finland. If the flop con tinues, there will be other fruits of a similar nature. Stalin stubbed his toe badly when he tackled tough little Finland. LJARRY Bridges, cleared of the charge of communist membership, can't be deported. In this writer's opinion, it's just as well. If the American system has no better way of pro tecting itself from the termites who bore into its timbers than to deport them, it has DANGER OUS WEAKNESSES. rEPORTATION is a first cous in of exile. Exile is an an cient weapon used by every frightened autocrat since history began. Exile, as practiced by the au tocrats of the past, has been a mild first step toward getting rid of "undesirable" persons. The next step, surprisingly of ten, has been EXECUTION, If we take that road to get rid of Bridges (and others of his ilk) the cure will be worse than the disease. I ET'S handle Bridges and his " kind in the AMERICAN way by appealing to the fun damental common sense of the good citizens who are vastly in the majority in every American community. SAN FRAN BAY BRIDGE TOLLS ARE REDUCED San Francisco. Jan. 3. (U.R) Various new toll and fnrn r. riuctions became effective with the start of the new year. The toll on the San FranM crn. Oakland bay bridge was re- ouceci rrom 40 cents to 35 cents per car. During last vnr th toll charge on the bridge was cut irom so to 40 cents. Southern Pacific announced reduced fares to all eastern points in addition to special win ter excursion rates. Buy Power System Portland. Jan. 3. P) Ska mania county's public utility district purchased the West Coast Power company's distri bution system yesterday for $40,000 and will begin using BonncvilU power shortly, Bonneville Administrator Paul J. Raver said last night. Portland. Jan. 3. p)The federal food stamps with which reliefers can buy surplus com modities for a third less than cash went on sale here Tuesday in the first test of the plan in Oregon. Weather Northern California: Unset tled and mild tnnioM D,i Thursday, probably intermittent rains norm portion; gentle vari able wind off the coast, becom ing southerly and increasing off north coast. Stockholm has 26 parks where 100.000 tulip and hya cinth bulbs are planted annu ally, in addition to 66,000 dah lias, phlox and other summer plants. 1,500 azaleas and 300 rhododendrons. We chick our cart At 43 places The brakes, the alrs And all lh braces. For the dough you tptnd On candy bars. You can drive A Humphray car. Humphrey Motors 33 S. Riverside. Phone 434 DE SOTO PLYMOUTH AT THE National Capitol WITH John W. Kelly (Continued from Pse One ) valley project, lower Columbia river, Walla Walla river and other streams inland and along the coast, to important projects in Pennsylvania, New England and several mid-west and south ern states. The natural thing is for the senators and repre sentatives whose constituents are affected to consolidate their forces. Thus, Oregon's McNary and Holman; Washington's Bone and Schwellenbach (or his succes sor); California's Johnson and Downey will be united with Pennsylvania's Puddler J i m Davis and Joe Guffey and the various other senators. A sim ilar situation will prevail in the house. Enough votes will be mus tered to increase the funds for flood control above the sum ap proved by Mr. Roosevelt. IN a nutshell, such is the technique which will be applied to many other reductions In the president's budget. It may be harder to restore the $5,000,000 eliminated from the construction program for Bonneville (with unexpended funds that project will have approximately 118,000.000 anyway), as the Increasing conserva tive attitude of congress makes less popular further Invasion of the fed eral government In business. Orange, farmers' union and similar groups Interested in various phases of agriculture will find common ground on which to lobby for resto ration of the cuts. Although It Is forbidden for government workers to lobby congress for appropriations, the many bureaus and agencies which will feel the knife and see their ac tivities curtailed, will manage some how to reach representatives and senators, with their arguments. Every bureau chief has personal contacts with "the hill," many made through social affairs, for federal officials are inveterate party-goers. THERE are 435 representatives and 33 senators to be elected this year and many will feel the resent ment of constituents If they permit the president (much as they may admire the chief executive) to ham string a project which means much locally. Self protection and perpetu ation In congress wilt bring new dealers, Republicans and conservative Democrats together on dozens of Items and the president Is not likely to threaten a veto. At press confer ence or In fireside chat Mr. Roose velt can charge congress with wreck ing his program to decrease govern ments costs. He will not overlook that opportunity. SUCH la the situation as it will develop in the ensuing months. Thousands of people will be alarmed or disappointed when the budget figures are released, but in general their fears will be unfounded. Insid ers at the national capital under stand exactly that a little game Is being played by the executive and the legislative branch. It may be difficult Jo reassure many particu larly those who look to the Irdernl government for relief that all will be well, but at long last millions of dollars blue penciled by Mr. Roose velt will be back. One result of the slashing will be some sharp attacks on the president's costly program for national defense. Hitler "Champion Chump" Portland, Jan. 3. (PI Adolf Hitler, a national magazine's 1938 selection as the "man of I the year." was the "champ j chump of 1939." Palmer Hoyt.) publisher of The Oregonian, told the Rotary club yesterday. Hoyt j said Hitler would not have at-: lacked Poland had he believed England would fight. Mine Director Quits. Washinelnn .Tan 3 tjy John Wellington Finch resigned today as director of the bureau of mines. Secretary Ickcs said Finch desired to resume practice as a mining engineer. He ask ed to be relieved of duty effec tive January 31. Congressman Dies Morrilton, Ark., Jan. 3. iP) Rep. George II. Heinkc (R-Neb.), 57. died in a hospital here last night from injuries received in an automobile accident Decem ber 26. He and Mrs. Heinkc, 51, of Nebraska City. Neb., were hurt when their automobile, in which they were enroutc to Washington, and another col lided in a snowstorm near here. Flight 0' Time Mrdford and Jackson County History from Ihe file or tha Mall Tribune 10 and to jeara aeo. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January 3. 1930. Ot was Friday) County Boundary committee hears charges of taxpayers that Butte Falls school district pays excessive salaries to teachers. Petition filed for reduction of budget. First of Folsom convicts hanged for part in bloody Thanksgiving Day riot of three years ago. K. I. Dazey named chairman of Community Inventory dinner to be held next Wednesday. Mayor Pipes preparing state ment on dance matron contro- i versy. Al Smith of New York urges people to "maintain cheerful attitude in face of economic crisis", and predicts early return of prosperity. Wind and rain sweep the val ley, with snow in the high hills. Storm sewers in city are flooded. Ashland has a light fall of snow. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 3. 1920. (It was Saturday) Supreme court declares Vol stead act constitutional, and drys of land are cheered. Radicals caught in govern ment raids to fight deportation. President Woodrow Wilson expected to kill rumor he will "run for a third term" at Jack son Day dinner next week. Snow that melts rapidly falls over city and valley. 7f County court to purchase fair grounds within next two weeks, it is expected. Much local interest in the Tri gonia Oil wells. VOTE SOUGHT ON Salem, Jan. 3. (fP) Prelim inary petition for an initiative measure to ' prohibit sale of most commodities on Sundays and holidays throughout Oregon was filed with the secretary of state today by George Light- . owler of Portland. Petitions will be circulated by the Port land grocery clerks' union. The measure would exempt candies, tobacco, drugs and medicines, motor fuel and oil, newspapers and magazines, res taurants and theaters. The measure, if 25,531 signa tures of registered voters are obtained, would appear on the ballot next November. The Grange Talent Grange Talent Grange will meet in regular session Thursday eve ning, January 4, with all new officers In the chairs. Good at tendance is desired. The Grange will give a carni val dance Saturday night in Jj Talent city hall. A good program is planned for Thursday night. Willow Springs Willow Springs, Jan. 3. (Spl.) The regular monthly meeting of the Willow Springs Thursday club will be held on the second Thursday of the month. January 11, at the home of Mrs. Effie Caster. Mrs. C. F. Smith and Mrs. Roscoe Owens will be in charge of the program. Members' attention is called to the fact that this meeting is being held the sec ond Thursday in the month rather than the first, as is the , usual custom. 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