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"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
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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
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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.
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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.
Free from harsh Irri
tating fibres. ..highly
absorbent... sterilized
a dozen times. ..soft
as facial tissue... the)
finest tissue you can
buy.. .SAFE!
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