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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 17, 1940. A u A V b & at n te fli II; tt cl w th al 01 nc w ai fc L( Th da gi lui tio ov am MedfordJWTribuke "Erarrone in ikiuthtm Orefoa KeavU th Mall Trlbaov." Dally Eicrtt P turtle.. Publlahfd by MCIDPOKD PKINTINO CO. f!-!T- Nortti Fir BL Pbon Tl. ROBKRT W. RtJHU EdUni ERNEST R OILSTRAP. Unnifir, An Independent Newepeper. Entered ae econd-claea matter t Med ford, Oregon, under Act of Marcb I. lilt. DUUSCniKTION RATES Sy Halt 1 Art va net: Dally and Sup day one year ... .16.90 pal It and Sunday-ali muntha... 1(0 Dally and Hundny three montha. 1.00 Daily and Sunday ti month... .71 By Carrier In Advance Mfdford. Ash land, Central Point, Jaekeonvllle. 0ld Hill, liogua Itivcr, i'boenli. Talent, and on motor routee: Dally and But .day on year 11.00 Dally and Sunday on month... T All terms caeh In advance Olllrlnl P.iper of lit Ity or Mr.lford. OrMclal 1'iipfr ot Jiuktion I'onnty. UKMItER OF T1IK AHmH'I Al T.l I'll J He) ftecelviug Full I. .. Wire rirrtlce. Th Aataoeiated Preaa 1e eadualvely ntltted to the ua for publication of all Btwi dlapatches credited to It or other via credited to this paper, and alao to the local nwi rtihllnhed herein Al) right for publication or apealal dispatcher) herein are alao reaerved. 1IKMHKR UF L'NITICD PHKHH WEMHKR CP AUDIT flMREAU OP" CIRCULATIONS Advertising Reprenentatlvea WEST-HO I. LI DA V COMPANY. INC. Offtcea tn New York, ChlcniM Detroit. . f itn Krancl eco, Loa Anne lea Sen tile, Portland. St, Louie, Atlanta, Vancouver. n c Ye Smudge Pot lly Arthur Perry, "Th Christian Front" a mili tant organization that plotted the overthrow of the American form of government, as far as the records show to date, never did anything religious, outside ef taking up a collection. ' The California "Ham 'N Eggs" plan has changed Its slogan from "$30. every Thursday" to "$20. Now." Some protest has been voiced by followers, who prob ably feel it would be better to cut out the eggs, and retain the $30 objective. Candidates have started ask ing farmers . how the spring wheat is coming along, and when the Grange will hold a chicken dinner. THE UKKINDKBT RLAP (Rod Bluff (Calif.) News) The Sunday metropolitan pa peri boast of the fact that ths; have 20 or 30 or maybe 40 comlo paea. And this without count ing the society page, which we contend ll the funniest of them all." Belgium and The Netherlands the lowland countries fear attacks by Oermany, which un der the management of one Adolf Hitler, is also something of a low land. H. Bridges, the Australian alien, whose hcllralsing genius has cost workers and agricul turists of the three Pacific Coast states plenty, Is dissatis fied with the Immigration Ser vice, and its effort to send him home. A great many native born Americans, in the area men tioned, are also unhappy about the way things turned out, for Mr. Bridges. Upstate editors, notably the Eugene Register-Guard and the Salem Statesman, complain the stories told by the President at the Jackson Day banquet, at which, the statesmen present launhed so heartily, and polite ly, (they knew what was good for them), were not funny. No democratic subscribers have as yet demanded, If the protesting scribes, know any funnier ones, to go ahead and print them. . CAN THE OAL CflOKT (Atlanta Constitution) "In Fremont, Neb., professors at Midland collr-ge call Mary Reynolds. 17, the most versatile co-ed In a decade. Besides being the "brightest freshman" because she scored 107 In an Intelligence test, to top 130 classmates. Mary Is a talented pianist, violinist, aliwer, debater, Journalist slid thtsplan." F. Luy, the Antelope social whirl, who has been tie;' down to the farm for years, loosened tip the knots, and came to town Tuesday. A close study of calendars for this year reveals they arc adorned with two Thanksgiving Days. If the high command of the republican party show as much sense, as the voters are talking, and nominate a presi dential candidate with normal oratorical powers, and some stage presence, two Thanksgiv ing Days won't be nny too many. The weather continues Ideal for hog-killing, and the Hob Deuel woodshed. Many are en Joying the cold, and, for the most part are citizens who al leged last August they enjoyed the heat. Salvation Army. Houston, Texas, Jan. 17. (Pi Four men were burned to death and five injured in a fire which demolished the Salvation Army Industrial home at the corner of McKec and Kothwcll early this morning. Bravo Mr. Chips! w E WONDER if the editorial staff of the Oregon- ian hasn't acquired is certainly a new note on that excellent page in our leading morning daily which we have been im pressed with for several weeks now. It might be termed a note of amiable and chastened optimism. Take the following extract, for example, from one of today's editorials, commenting upon the fact that the Aluminum Company of America, when it recently decided to establish a factory in the Bonne ville area, chose Vancouver WASHINGTON, instead of Portland, OREGON for the site : It has nut concerned this page a great deal that the Aluminum Company of America chose a site for its new plant on the Washington side of the river instead of on the Oregon side. A location found on the Oregon side would probably have been as far from Portland's busi ness center as the one selected, and it is not observed that the political boundary line between the two states is a barrier to trade. There will be, it Is true, some newly created tax values in Washington. But such enterprises lead to growth of new communities, and communities call for new schools, and fire and police protection and all the things for which tax revenues are expended. We often talk hopefully of getting a reduction in taxes through industrial development, but new costs of government made necessary by Industrial development usually keep pace with new tax revenues. There you are! There was a time, not so long ago, when there would have been a weeping and wailing and gnashing of partial plates, but not today under the new, and let us say, improved, dispensation. What do new factories and increased industrial development amount to anyway? merely new schools, new fire and police protection, new streets, highways, alleys, etc, etc., all the things for which tax revenues are expended ! IN PRECISELY the same spirit, young man, when x you next ask the boss for a salary raise, and it is abruptly denied, don't complain, don't become down hearted, For hasn't your pal at the next desk had a raise, and what would an enlarged income amount to any way, merely an increase in the income taxes you will have to pay ! Time to Face the Facts WE DON'T wish to be wcaijf ui ail tiiio pictciioc, as leu a lieuuctlliy is concerned. Yesterday at his regular conference President Roosevelt was asked whv enforce the provisions of the Neutrality Act, forbid ding loans to belligerents, as far as Finland is con cerned. His reply was that there is no war between Fin land and Russia, because it has not been declared. So, for the same reason, there is no war between Japan and China, and was jitniopia, nor is or was there war between Germany and Poland! True enourrh in a strictlv technical why let the farce go on ! Everyone knows declarations of war nvt nut of date except in England. mai wnen nosumies break me streets, wak IS A FACT I e MOREOVER not only the letter but the spirit of the recently enacted neutrality act, was to pre vent this country from becoming financially involved with ANY BELLIGERENT, and as long as that is the law it should be enforced. If the government doesn't like the law then it is un to the mvprnmpnl. tn h,nvp it changed. It isn't up to its violation, and with pretend no war exists. THE President is right when he says there is a great .1,.,.!.... : ; 1. : - 1 i - 1 n 1 1 . uwne in tins country to assist r inland in every possible way. There is, and this column favors giving to the Hoover fund 'till it hurts. But we don't favor the government loaning money to Finland or any other belligerent when the law specifically says it can't. It is not an original thought but after all the prime duty in any democracy, regarding an unpopu lar law is not to VIOLATE the law but change it. He s There at the Scratch TJES when it comes to the test, old Johnny Bull never, or almost never, is found wanting. He is easy-going, he cuts up scandalous capers in Hyde Park (oratorically), and he can be at times irritatiiiily smug. But when something really import ant comes up. and particularly when it involves the empire the old boy seldom falters, and never com pletely flops. CO IN the alleged cabinet crisis of yesterday, when everyone predicted Mr. Horc-Bclisha would heave a monkey wrench into the works, nothing of the sort occurred. The retired, or fired, Minister of War, was politeness and propriety itself. However his pride may have been hurt, he gave no evidence of it, or of anything else! HTHERE were undoubtedly various and sundry bit ternesses and burnings beneath the surface, but with the welfare of the empire involved and team play and national unity acutely important there was a general, and a gentleman's agreement, to keep them there. Its a great quality, that. As long as its retained, we doubt if the British Empire, can ever suffer per manent defeat 1 a new member. For there captious but we are a trifle the trovernment did not no war between Italy and And everyone also knows out, and blood flows in the government to wink at tongue m cheek, solemnly Personal Health Service By William Signed letter! pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to dUeaae dlagnoili or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a itaroped elf addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written tn Ink. Owing to the large numbers of letters received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, 265 1 Cantlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. CHRONIC GOOSEFLESH Cutis anserina (gooseflesh to you and to me if I hadn't a medical dictionary at my el bow) is ordin arily a tem porary or passing occur rence (almost phenom e n o n again) pro voked by ex posure to cold or by horror or sudden ter ror. What hap pens is simply contraction of the arnector pill muscle. This is a minute involuntary muscle attached to each hair follicle (pod, cup or depression from which the hair shaft grows) in such a way that contraction of the muscle makes the hair stand more nearly upright or "on end." As the hair follicles or wells around the hair shafts serve also as the orifices of the sebaceous or oil glands, con traction of the arrectores pllo rum muscles has the effect of making these "pores" stand out, so that the appearance suggests the flesh of a goose after the feathers have been plucked. Gooseflesh from cold passes as soon as you exercise, play or work hard enough to stir up your circulation. Gooseflesh from sudden terror passes as soon as the banshee goes along about her business. In certain skin diseases or de rangements the affected areas of skin assume an appearance of permanent gooseflesh. Con forming with an old medical custom, the malady being com paratively trivial, we call it keratosis' pilaris, which in ord inary language is a formation of papules of horny character around the hair follicle open ings, most noticeable over the sides of the thighs and arms, where the skin resembles a nut meg grater. Associated with the horny pa pules or chronic gooseflesh there is usually an abnormally dry state of the skin, deficient secretion of sebum or skin oil, and more or less harshness and irritation or some itching. Hitherto physicians have had only vague ideas as 'to the cause of chronic gooseflesh once they have attached a ten dol lar name to the complaint. Recently students of nutrition have thr'own light on the prob lem. From many parts of the world have come reports of studies which show fairly con clusively that vitamin A defic iency is an important factor of THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER Released by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washington, Jan. 17. Aware ness that the time is short must have moved the president to break the deadlock on the de fense loan to Finland. American experts, watching the magnifi cent Finnish resistance with sympathetic anxiety, are con vinced that the Finns cannot hold out much longer than an other six weeks without sub stantial foreign aid. They need men, money and materials, and they need them at once. Worst of their needs U for men The small Finnish army has stopped the Immense Russian military ma chine dead in Its tracks. But though well-clothed and well supplied, the Finnish divisions have been holding their battle llnea since their country was Invaded. American military observers report that the Finnish troops have had no fur loughs. There have been almost no replacements. While casualties have tvn few, there Is a limit to human endurance At least S0.OO0 volunteers from other countries are required to relieve the Finnish fighters. This need may be filled by Finnish svinpat hirers now pourtn In from Sweden. Norway and other nations all over Europe. The need for money msy be met by the loan proposed here and by similar loans from other countries. For materials, the need of airplanes la the greatest, tf the Finns can once destroy the Inlnrsd railroads, they will tremendously reduce the Russian pressure on them The Finnish needs are immediate, great and various. If they are met. American experts will be gloomy no longer. Even with a Tew thou-1 nit men, comparatively small sums of money and reasonable supplies, tlfy think the Finns can prolong their resistance for a considerable period. There are even -some who predict that the strain of the Finnish earn pslgn will produce enoiwh internal dlsoiysnlratlon In Russia to give the Finns a final victory. The Ume factor baa been so im Brady, M. D. such skin trouble In a great many cases. In fact such Inves tigators have learned that the peculiar nutmeg-grater-like ap pearance of the skin of the body (seldom the face) associated with abnormal dryness of the skin (xerosis) is generally evi dent long before manifestations of xerophthalmia, night-blindness and other serious nutrition al disturbances develop, in per sons who get insufficent natural vitamin A. When I say natural vitamin A I mean the vitamin obtained from fish or animal sources, not carotene or pro-vitamin A pres ent in fruits or vegetables, for this must be metabolized in the body before it can function as a vitamin. While the normal body can manufacture vitamin A from carotene, I suggest that any one who wishes to test vitamin A as the possible curative factor needed should supplement his diet with a daily ration of not less than 100,000 international units of natural vitamin A for two or three weeks that means taking four capsules dally, each containing 25,000 units and after that taking two such cap sules daily for several months. At the same time, of course, he should see to it that his diet In cludes liberal proportions of the foods rich in pro-vitamin A such as milk, cream, butter, yel low cheese, mammalian liver, egg yolk, escarole (chicory greens), spinach, dandelion greens, carrots, bananas, or anges, tomatoes, yellow squash, sweet potato, spinach, head let tuce, Romaine lettuce, kale. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Total -Failure. Tried your potassium ohlorlde treatment on my hay fever last Aug ust and September and found no re lief whatever. Why do you recom mend such a worthless remedy? B. M. O. Answer Potassium chloride, avail able In five-grain or ten-grain tab lets (dose, five or ten grains dis solved In glass of water three times dally for a week or so, as needed), has brought great relief to many sufferers with hay fever, chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, eczema, hives, spasmodic asthma, and other manifestations of allergy. Why It falls In some cases I do not know. Sometimes readers who try It make the mistake of swallowing the tablet (or powder) as such: It should be taken only dissolved In plenty of water. (Protected by John F. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William nrody, M. D., 265 El Camplno, Beverly Hills, Calif. portant In the Finnish loan quea. tlon here because the real contro. versy was over pushing the loan Im mediately or letting sentiment for It rise still further. Secretary of State Cordell Hull was the advocate of watching and waiting. He has alwaya wanted to see a loan made to Finland, but he was understandably reluctant to risk another congressional fight when his trade agreements were giving him trouble enough already. He advised the president that If anything was to be done for the Finns, the con. gresslonal leaders ought to take the lead In doing It. Opposing Hull were the trensury oriclals, led by Secretary Henry Mor genthau, Jr. They have long chanv ploned the use of economic weapons In foreign relations. One of Morgen. thau's favorite slogans ts, "It's cheap er to lend a few millions, than to build more battleships." Morgen- than Is understood to have spoken strongly for a Finnish loan, Just as he did for last year's $2S,000.000 to China. Between Mocgenthau and Hull was the president himself, sympathetic with Hull's viewpoint, yet sharing Morgenthau'i desire to make a loan. Congress seemed favorable to the loan plan, but the congressional lead ers took the stand that the state department ought to make the first move This created a sort of "after you, Alphonse," situation. In which the president, aware of the serious, nesa of the time factor accepted the Initiative himself. Thus plans for putting through a loan were laid at the Monday conference hetween the congressional leaders and the presi dent. The amount of the loan was cut down to 3S,000.00o from the $60. 000,000 proposed In the bills of Sen ator Brown and Representative Hook. This was unfortunate, but necessary to speed psssage. since the chief objection hesrd to the losn Is thst we need our own money too badly to send abroad so large a sum as aso, ooo.ooo. With the smaller amount Inserted and other details fixed to please critic, the loan bill ought to psss more rapidly than some of the wlse acrea would have you believe. The basic congressional sentiment ts strong for making the loan. The moat violent Isolationists, while they msy vote no. admire the Finns' brnve fight too much to oppose the bill tn earnest. The only real threat Is eotwrrss' habitual Inertia, which may be overcome In this instance by energetic leadership. Portland, Jan. 17. Bids for a $200,000 administration building and hangar at Port hind's new airport was opi-m-d yesterday by United Air Lines, In Hie Days , News'" I i , By FRANK JENKINS PIRE ravages the Japanese city of Shizouka, tea-shipping center not far from Tokyo. EIGHT THOUSAND homes and business buildings lie In smok ing ruins. There are two known dead and 50,000 homeless. Insurance companies estimate their loss at 25 million yen (around five million dollars.) The catch is that only a part of the loss is covered by insurance. When you work for only a few cents a day, as the Japanese do, you can't spare much for insur ance premiums. 1 CHINA'S war losses, Japanese- inflicted and so immense as to make the Shizouka fire look like the mere scratching of a match, are not insured. War can't be insured against. 1 "TENSION on the Belgium- Holland border eases as Russ-Scandinavian tension tight ens. (These developments are prob ably related. If Hitler has to help Stalin lick the Swedes and the Norwegians, along with the Finns, he won't be anxious to take on any more fighting fronts.) 1 "yHE soviet accuses Sweden of "forcing her unemployed to fight for Finland." That sounds almost as absurd as the soviet claim that little Finland delib erately attacked big Russia, but is interesting for this reason: In these days of undeclared wars of conquest, we've come to associate the making of absurd claims with the desire to take somebody's shirt. 1 JORMER Premier Paul van Zeeland, of Belgium, speak ing in Brussels, urges small Bel gian manufacturers to seek mar kets in the United States, where, he says, there are "immense possibilities of development." Quote that statement (which comes from a foreigner) to the next jellyfish American who tries to tell you that the great days of U. S. prosperity are over and that in the future we must pull in our belts and live on short rations as the Europeans do. "REGON, in 1939, produced more gold than in any year since mining began in the state. Ask yourself this question: If Oregon, in 1939, can pro duce more gold than in the bo nanza days of the 1850's, why isn't It possible for the United States to PRODUCE MORE JOBS than in the bonanza days of the 1920's? Then see if you can answer your own question. FORCED ARBITRATION WON'T WORK MORSE Oregon City, Jan. 17. &) Compulsory arbitration of labor disputes "Just won't work," Dean Wayne L. Morse told the Oregon City chamber of com merce yesterday. "There is only one power for an arbiter that of the good faith of the parties. His award is no stronger than that," the University of Oregon law school head and Pacific coast water front arbiter stated. FSA LOANS AVAILABLE TO 4-H YOUNGSTERS Portland. Jan. 17. (fP) Farm security administration will open its loan fund to 4-H club and Future Farmers of America whose parents are FSA bor rowers. Walter A. Duffy, region al director, said today. The money could be used for livestock, poultry, seed and fer tilizer, or projects approved by county agents or Smith-Hughes instructors. London, Jan. 17. (P) An elderly, white-haired man vis ited Minister G. A. Gripenberg at the Finnish legation today and gave him 5.000 pounds (about $20,000) in cash to help Finland, but left without dis closing his Identity. REAL COMFORT and SECURITY A personal napkin good enough to bear the famous M. D. trade mark. Supplies comfort, protec tion and in visibility. Sold by drug gists, grocers sod department stores in the M D. unitary box. 12 for IS eenn. AT THE National Capitol WITH John W. Kelly (Continued from Pw One ) Kenzie. An even million is needed for surveys, studies and plans. Not much chance for even a beginning on other dams on the project. FROM Canby, Clackamas County, Ore., south to Eu gene, Lane County, the soil of the Willamette Valley is Ideal for growing fiber flax. Last year 2270 acres were devoted to that purpose. It Is likely that the acreage will be more than doubled In the current year, as the department of agriculture has been asked to support a plan to increase the acreage about 3000 acres. Consent of the department Is required if the flax farmers are to receive benefits. Benefits are on a declining scale, beginning with $7 a ton the first year, $6 the second and so on down to $1, by which time the farmers and the government will know whether the industry will be self-sustaining. An acre grows between 1.5 and 2 tons. Retting and scutching plants in the val ley have a capacity to accomo date the increased acreage. Within a few weeks it will be known whether Secretary of Agriculture Wallace approves, and that will be near the dead line for planting. CLOAKROOM gossip Thomas G. Corcoran (Tommy the Cork. White House minstrel), Is reported sticking his nose Into Washington state politics. Elevation of Senator Lewis B. Swellenbach to the federal bench would leave a vacancy from Washington, to be filled by appoint ment by Governor Clarence Martin. Stephen S. Chadwlck, recently com pleting a year as national comman der of American Legion, Is supposed to have a promise from Martin for the appointment to fill the unex pired term of Schwellenbach. But Chadwlck Is a Democrat and not a new dealer and Corcoran does not want Chadwlck appointed even for the few months. As the story goes, Corcoran wants Martin to resign as governor, which would make Vic Meyers, lieutenant governor, the chief executive and then have Meyers sppolnt Martin to the senate vacancy. Back of the move Is the matter of Washington delegates to the Democratic nomi nating convention: White House po lltlcos want delegates who will go whichever way the Great White Fa ther desires. THERE is certain Information Senator Holman, Oregon, wants, but the government officials are so fearful of losing their Jobs If their superiors know they are furnishing the data, that these government men have to sneak off somewhere to meet the senator. "Think of it," says Holman. "I am a United states senator, entitled to be given Information on government business, as a matter of right and my position, but we these govern ment employes and I have to get together like a group of conspirators to discuss government business. Isn't that a fine state of affairs?" INTERIOR department annual re port states that $78,309 was col lected in Oregon for grazing fees: from Washington 2,187; from Idaho S110.772. Stockmen In the 11 western public land states paid for grazing almost one million dollars. SOFT for Hospital Requirements Flight O' Time Medford and Jackson County lllstory from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and to years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January 17, 1930. (It was Friday.) Hiuh hones nations of world will agree to naval limitation! to Insure world peace. Slow thaw continues In Rogue river valley, and more snow and rain predicted. Senate ready to vote on re peal of Volstead law. , Mayor Pipes issues urgent appeal for citizens to clear snow off sidewalks. Robert Norris assumes duties as . pathologist for Pinnacle Packing company. Art Hickman, famous Jazi music leader, dies. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 17, 1920. (It was Saturday.) Allies resume trade relation! with Russia. State senators demand Gov. Olcott resign. that Emma Goldman, deported an archist, lands in Finland. Wood shortage in city rem edied. Valley shrouded by heaviest fog in years. General Pershing to travel through city next Thursday, and is invited to Stop off here. Ye Poets Corner Listenl Do you not hear their weeping, You, whose ruthless hands are stripping All the honor and the beauty from our name? All around the earth it's swelling In a broken murmur telling Of a war which leaves to na tions only shame. Oh, the pity of the crying Of the children maimed and dying. From east to west the story li the same, Mothers with their babes are fleeing Old men stumbling and pray ing To the very heavens whence the death-rain came. Oh, the folly of this warring. Of the slaughter and destroying Leaving shambles of the best that men have made. Must we ever follow blindly Dictates of the war lords greedy? Shall we never be a world in peace arrayed? MARIAN R. MERRICK, Rainier, Alberta, Canada. Old Romance Revived. John Day, Ore., Jan. 17. (P) A romance that paused almost at full bloom 23 years ago was revived last week when James Gleason of John Day was married at Nampa, Idaho, to Willie Hanson of Longview, Texas. Since they parted, as sweethearts, more than two decades ago, they had not seen each other until last week. They will live here. 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