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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1940. medfordv.teibune Eru la Htmlhw Ot-rfoa ! lb Mall TrlbuM." Mil - aatMMlay. Pubhah4 by MKDrt'KI PHINTINO Ct. It-IT-It Narlit Kir HU Pbw. tl. Kt)Hfc.HT W HI HU tJ.tor. RNKT B OIUTHAP. Uanafor. A Independent Newspaper. Batertxl aconleiaaa n.atier at U4 ford. Oreon. under Act of March a. UH bLMHCRIFTlUN RATCft Sy Hall In Advance: tHy and Sunday one fear ....Ct Pally and Burnley an montha... I (t lally and Sumlay h raa month, t 00 felly and bund ay one month... Te By Carrier In Advance MedTord. Aeh land. Cntrtl Point. Jarkaittvilia. Oi.ld Hill. B cu Rivar, Pboenlx. Talent, and en motor routes; lally and Muriday ona year . . . . . ft laity and atunday one month... -Te All lerma ta ah ta advance. OttU-Ut Paper af lha Ity f Mrdford UIMclal Paprr mt Jarkaoa 4'aunty. fj r'HHKB OP THK AHMH IVI VI PMLnK Kfcettiac Pull Leuertl Wtr brlre. Toe Aeaitclatad Preae le rijileiy ntitled te the uaa for publication of all ewe dlapatrhee credited to tt or thr lee credited ta thia paper, and aiao to tb local newa publiahad herein. All nsbte for publication of epeclal altapatchee herein are ale reserved. MEWBISK Off UNITED PKBHM MaCMIIKK iV AUDIT HI RCAU OP CIRCULATION Advertielnc Repreaentallvea WEST'HULMOAY COMPANY. INC. Offices IB Nw York. Chlcaas, Detroit. Van Francisco. Loa Angelas, Uaa t tie, Portland. ML Lcftult, Atlanta. Vancouver. n r. rims i at i a Ye Smudge Pot By ARTHI B PERRT School was excused Frl. lor the lummer, causing many Mawi to leap for Joy, that Jr. nd Sister would be home all day again. Schoolma'ams also did tome informal leaping. The enior class received sheepskins, and will be busy for some time, following all the advice be stowed upon them. S. (Farm-Fresh) Morris, the T-Rk. tiller planted watermel on! Wed. They will be ready for stealing by Sept. and friends are urged to do better than they did last year. Vein (Shotgun) Canon made report on the third term no tion Thurs. without making a sound. Valley corn Is now hip-pocket high, and giving the country weeds a great race to see which will make it the farthest up. The Con DeVore grandson purchased a bulldozer Wed. at the 5 & 10. It looks like he would turn out to be a steam ahovel man. Instead of a butch er. V. Brophy, the cowman Is himself again, and once more feeling of his oats, after calling doctors by their first name for about year. ... The warm days of the past week brought out the gnls In their summer finery. Including the rolled socks, or none at all. ... A large portion of the popu lation have been spending all of their time when not sleeping worrying about the European war. Mark Twain once wrote: "I have spent most of my life worrying about things, that never happened". If you must worry, there are plenty of Made-in-America problems, that need fretting about. ... The populace received the thanks of candidates last week for their votes. All forgot to say: PS. Don't forget me in November. Tal. ... The horse chestnut tree blos soms have started to fade, and are now as homely, as they once were pretty. ... Haying is underway In the valley, and. of course it had to look like rain. Several have reported some 5th column workers have been in the flower gardens. ... The dull scrunch of a speed ing auto hitting an unbending phone pole was hcurd several times in the residential areas the past week. The occupants were unscathed, and for some time will attend to their 80 mph businrss, at a moderate walk. The Elks tnmrnt was Intro duced to the Dock Itanium daschund Fri. pm. but was not emotionally moved enouuh to straighten out a whisker, let alone hiss. This feline Is as in dependent as an independent voter, so independent he won t Vote. Ward Spat, the Gibraltar of the democratic party in these parts, has been mentioned, for state chairman, and it would serve him right. April Gas Sales Salem. May 25. (A') A total of 20. 724. 9U3 gallons of gasoline u consumed In Orrgon dwr inn April, an Increase of 755. 884 gallons over the previous month. Secretary of Stale Sncll reported today. A Return To Common Sense? PORTLAND'S overwhelming defeat of its P.U.D. project a week ago is a cheering sign. For such a defeat clearly indicates a return to sanity in the matter of the perennial electric light and power problem, which for so many years has been a badly battered football in partisan politics. And sanity means, the people don't want any re turn to the Insull doctrine, on one hand; or destruc tion of the private power and light industry on the other. They DO want cheaper light and power, preferably under private ownership, and public regulation. . IF private ownership refuses to give it to them, then they will insist upon public ownership. But only in such an emergency. Dthpr thinca heinc at all enual. thev are in favor of private ownership, and i rui. i i Dig or mue, unuer ins control oi partisan jjuuuib. CUCH a common sense, middle-of-the-road, attitude toward the light and power problem, on the part of people, was clearly indicated in last Friday's over whelming vote. We trust the power companies won't misinterpret this, as a green light, for a return to the good old days, One little move in that direction, and down they will go, where they were a decade ago (and would deserve to be!), less than six inches from the edge of the bottomless pit! The Buzzard Barometer HTHE war reports from Europe continue to be contra- dictory and confusing. Here before us, for example, are the latest Berlin, Paris and London communiques. Berlin claims the allied armies are in the bag, all that remains is to sew up the top, and, GOOD NIGHT! . Paris claims, Weygand has smashed the German lines back 15 miles, a break through is imminent, in which case, German's coast legions will be completely cut off. London accepts this optimistic Paris report, as a strong "RUMOR", emphasizes successes of the sea and air fleets against the Germans in Flanders, and hints a surprise for Hitler in the way of sudden British reinforcements, via the Belgian coast So you can pay your money and take your choice, round and round the little ball goes, where it drops nobody knows! PROBABLY in such a situation the wise man will ,i:..,.n,.,l tVio PmOin Paris anr T,nnrlnn renorts altogether, and keep his ear tuned on Rome. Fnr it. sppms p-pnerallv arrreed Mussolini is "smart, has access to sources of inside war information which can be depended upon, and is vitally concerned with onlv one thing, which side is going 10 win. Therefore if Rome reports are belligerently anti British, one can be pretty sure, the allies are still getting the worst of it. If they aren't, and a note of neutrality creeps in, one can be equally sure, Hitler's Blitzkrieg has started to slip. We dislike to grant anything to this loathsome buzzard posing as a fighting cock, but can't deny, he is probably the best war barometer, to consult,- at the present writing. Idle Dollars B ANKERS report that there are now $6,000,000,000 of idle monev in American banks. It has been rising lately at the rate of $100,000,000 a week. All these billions presumably could be lent and turned to productive use without weakening bank credit. Financial writers say it is largely a result of the huge gold exports still pouring into the federal treas ury and now well along toward $20,000,000,000. That vast accumulation of gold has never been clearly explained, and this department can't ex plain it. l'resumably the experts who have advised the federal Treasury have some definite ideas about it Perhaps they think it will be useful at the close of the war, now in its early stages and rapidly expand ing and threatening to extend over most of the world. Perhaps such a stock of hard gold might enable the United States to put together again an interna- I tional economy shot to pieces by a long, devastating conflict. DUT what in the meantime are the government and 1 Federal Reserve Board and the individual banks I around the country going to do with the vast credit built up in their institutions? And what is going to be ; done by the business men and private investors who ; normally use bank credit to put money to work ex panding old fields of enterprise and creating new 1 ones? I Tin's is a question which rises far above any class ! prejudice or party politics. It may deeply involve the j fate of our economic and political system. Idle money, perhaps, may prove as undesirable as idle men. Rightlv handled, on the other hand, it could put the idle men to work. R. Deny Ship Lots , Lonclnn, My 2.V iT The ministry of information said to-1 day tliut "a (.irrman claim that ; eii;lil ships and two nuncsweep - ers hae hern lost off the coat of South AInc.i from the effects of Orinati mines is entirely IIhIm:." against placing business, l m l : l : a : S. Airman Shot Belfast, Northern Ireland. Mav 25 ? Three British j fliers, returning to an airfield ! in County Antrim by automo-' bile last night, were shot and s!ihtly wourulcd by highway ooiice whose c! M'rnce thev id Iparently failed to hear. Personal Health Service Br William aiine letters pertainlni te pe.tonal health ana hvflcn, not to disease eiatnoala or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brad; It a eumped eelr addreaaed envelop U enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink Oaring, to the large numbers of letter received only a tew can be antwerrd. No reply can be mad to queries not conforming to Instructions, addrrs Dr. miliar Brady, MS CI Caralno, Beverly Hills. Calif. A LITTLE WHEAT GERM NOW AND THEN The embryo or germ of the Bl In the ounce. Wheat germ wheat kernel composes perhaps : meal yields practically the same one-twentieth part of the ker- n,umbe' of "lor'e' " wh'te kernel from which the see a sprouts. Alio kci in la the life center or- source. Without the germ wheat is a lifeless mass of stare h highly nutri tious, as nu tritious as sugar so far as cal oric values are concerned, but still not capable of sustaining life. Most of the natural vita min B complex of wheat Is in the germ. A hundred years ago all of the germ was left in the flour made by grinding wheat between stones, and the people who obtained a considerable part of their sustenance from bread enjoyed a daily ration of approximately 600 international units of vitamin B, according to Cowgill's computation. Re fined white bread today does not make up such a large part of the average diet, but the other foods which are common ly used In its place provide no better nutrition. As Joliffe, quoted by Cowgill in the latter's report published in the Jour. A. M. A. Dec. 9, '39, express ed it: "It seems, therefore, that a S3 percent fraction of the cal ories in the American diet of 1840 containing a minimum of 600 international units of vita min Bl has been replaced in the contemporaneous American diet by a like fraction contain ing only about 50 international units." Nutrition authorities at pres ent are fairly well agreed that one must get at least 300 inter national units of vitamin Bl daily In order to remain free from actual manifestations of deficiency disease; and perhaps 600 to 900 units daily should be provided to insure optimal nutrition, the highest degree of functional health and well be ing, or what I call vite. Wheat germ meal varies con siderably in content of vitamin B complex and in other com ponents, but to the best of my knowledge the average wheat germ meal contains 100 to 120 international units of vitamin THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP nd ROBERT KINTNEP. RaUasad by th North American Nawtpapar AUianca. Inc. Washington, May 25. In this dark time, when the men of mud and blood may be on the tve of triumph, when the danger to our own country is all too clrar and may be all too near, it is not reassuring to find most of the leaders of the American government filled with a curi ous, tragic bafflement. In truth, thta Is th flrt time in th htitory of th dmiiUatratlon when not one of th faction around him wmpd to poaarsa the elua to thi prrMdent a count. For the Unit ed state. In the present cruia, the first and obsessing question U the national defenae. The president haa anked coire for aupplemental de fense appropriation. He haa discussed the defense prob lem with moat of his chief subordi nates aa well as with tmluatrlaiuts and leaders o( the Republican oppo sition. Yet not one single Individual, either In the drne rlce. or the ! Meanwhile ther la nothing but con. treasury, or the state department. flon. only slightly ahot with hope or among the new dealer who were The hope are that th preildent once eo rloae to the president, eeema j " "oon deal firmly with the dts able to aupplT th antwera to two graceful situation in the war depart ltal quemoni: ment. where the feud between the III Why did th. president ass "creury and assistant eecretaiy mere concresa for o much le.s. than It "nche.-l.ed; that he will find some la known the army and navy need? on' be"" than a temporary and and ill by what aort of organisation 1 Political appointee to run the navy; will the fletenae program be pushed "nd " n down to forward to completion? W e.-hlngton men tra.ned In the . i technique of industrial production The president original request of j to eerr aa "coordlnatora." at least. Si. ISJ wo ouu naa aireaoy oren mis- j estly supplemented tor the army, and Incmued by latye appropriation and authorlrattone for naval aviation ' Yrt the navy ta well known to need ' Incalculably more than I being I provided. Aa for the army, the huh oflldals of the war department pre I sented an orutnal schedule of mini- I mum expenditures required totaling lust short of (1 .100 000 000 tor ordl- nary military purpose and about 11 ooo.ooo ooo mor for planes. Not one penny was included In th schedule which It would not he useful to appropnate now. Although T.soooopoo la needed for larks, and ; although the eng'tvea. fram-v. orka ' tllct Th example of gr.f'.and and rr. 1 cuns of the ta."s -n'ht r-w Fra::.- all too eleer'y ,e-.s th tx . no .v--- ... stei f--T .:-r.i '. I rlk of h.-!--rd !i-ts;s- there because th armor -; torment n4 peaceum area: aihrh Brady. M. O. nel. beiig tbe;ag mucn siareh whUe flour portion at one ,does when frejh ,t ,s rjch m end of the ,,,,.,. r ,h, , -u . one of the richest known utn.KM r,t vitamin V. Wh.al Rorm mea, doe, not keep long. That is the main reason why the germ Is so thoroughly re moved in modern milling to give a refined flour which will keep well on prolonged storage. In order to insure the highest vitamin values It Is advisable to purchase wheat germ meal fresh from the mill at least once monthly, better every two weeks. On longer standing it deteriorates in vitamin value, if not intaste and acceptability. A man who has been trying "to hammer genuine whole wheat flour and cereal, to gether with the facts relating to both, into the minds of the public" for many years, tells me that if a person attempted to eat anything like the amount of wheat germ daily that I have advised (four or five ounces a day), cooked or raw, the first ounce would convince him he wasn't very hungry af ter all! Being nearly as fond of wheat germ, raw, as I am of plain wheat to chew, I accepted the man's chal'enge. I'll report later on the outcome, but already I admit that even two ounces is a whale of a lot of wheat germ. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Hradarh Since the death of my father, a physician. I have depended on you tor medical and health advice. oHe suggestion you gave me (calcium and vitamin D for headache) haa proved highly aucceAsful. . . (Mrs. D. E. W.) Ans. Thank you. Detallrd In atructlons for using that and other remedies for headache are given In th 10-page folder on "Why Have Headache" for copy aend stamped (3c) envelope bearing your addreaa. fcprlng Tonlo Kindly tell me what to use to make old-time spring tonic contain ing aulfur and molasaea. (E. E. O.) Ana. Use aulfur and molasses, about equal parts of each, and a teapoon!ul or two dally acta aa a mltd laxative. The "tonic" action la Imaginary. (Protected by John P. Dill Co.) Ed. Note: renont wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should lend letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D. ten El Camlno. Beverly Hllli. Calif. 'finish them la not presently avall- SDie. in iruin, appropriations wo iar are probably only a quarter, and certainly not more than a third of what they ought to be. Furthermore, there la no disagree ment on this point among the presi dent's subordinates. At the state department, officials do not presume to aay exactly how much should be spent for national defense, but there Is not one official who dissents from th view that the danger la Imme diate, and that every dollar necessary to guard against It must be provided without stint. At the war and navy departments, there la deep and frank concern over the Inadequacy of the appropriations. At the treasury, where Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. la ready gladly to find any number of billions de manded, no one can explain the sudden niggardliness of a president whose fault used to be asking too much. And among the new dealers. It is not too much to say there Is real consternation. If the president had not originally ordered the army and navy to ask for no more than I2.M) 000 000 apiece, the small neas of his defense esti mates might be explained on the ground that they were intended only as a first Installment. Although thta theory la untenable, he may still be moved by the deep concern of those around htm. and encouraged by congress' obvious willingness to vote any money required. Perhaps additional defense requests will be forthcoming. As for the handling of th defense production program, perhaps he will eiplaln his plana on 4undar night. urirnse program, These hope, however, ar not enoiwh. The administration of the dffrnse program la alreadv cauffht In th bitter warfare between th treasury and war department. Other eewmrnta of the bureaucracy, acent- m batt:e from afar, ar girding , their kMna for the flint. 1 t'nlrsa the president save clearly i and definitely who la bos, and gne the man he choose really fun pow- er. most of th. energy that should mto the production of desperately needM p;anea and tuna and ammu ' nltion win b dissipated In the , petty miseries of bureaucratic con- a moment M th prent. That Is th .peeler now before men's eye. AT THE National Capitol WITH John W. Kelly CONTINUED FHOM PAGE ONE can be gained and much will be lost by delay" in carrying out the recommendations for a comprehensive sustained - yield program to conserve thia im portant resource. Critical of Secretary Wallace in neglecting to put the recom mendations into operation is the son-in-law of Mr. Roosevelt who recognizes what is hap pening to the' lumber industry in Washington state, where he resides. Recently the subject has been brought to the secretary's atten tion and now, after seven years, h has given the green light to the forest service. a a ARMY officers are quietly aban doning several old army posts this year; plan to wipe out many others. Modern warfare requires gen erals to handle large masses of men and have them concentrated at key points, such aa Fort Lewis. Wash. For this reason, and reasons of economy, they wish to fold up the small station and transfer the troops to the major camps. Through out the west are many small posts, established In the days when the bluecoats were fighting hostile In dians, but as the aborigines are no longer Interested In the warpath the posts are obsolete. Whether Vancouver Barracks la on the list to be abandoned, the army officers refuse to commit themselves. The suggestion has been made on various occasions In the past. Sena tor Holman. member of the senate committee on military affairs, haa Inquired of the high command; received no definite reply. a a PROPOSAL that on relief projects local sponsors contribute 25 per cent and the government 75 per cent la objected to by Oregon and Wash ington. Explanation has been made to the appropriations committee that except for building and utility proj ects contributions are difficult to obtain. In most Instances the diffi culty Is caused by leaal restrictions, such aa the 0 per cent tax Increase limitation. In Washington state the trouble la in finding contributors for 25 per cent on white collar and certain types of construction, a condition obtaining especially In Tacoma. Seattle, Everett, Bellingham and Spokane. For several years attempts have been made to force the states to assume a substantial share of the relief burden and the present effort In that direction Is headed for the usual finish. e a WASHINGTON'S Senator Bone has sponsored a measure to au thorise an appropriation for an International electrical exposition to be held In 1643. in Washington and Oregon. The idea Is to feature the power of the government dams in Columbia river, as Orand Coulee la expected to "come In" by that year. a a CALIFORNIA'S (Ham - and - Eggs) Downey is pleased at the un solicited support of Oregon Town sendltes In writing his name In the recent primaries as their choice for vice-president. Confidentially, spokesmen for old age pensions are sounding out senators to ascertain If they will support a $00 a month program. The S200 a month pro posal has faded out. Newport, May 25. The sharpest earthquake ever felt here shook houses, rattled dishes and light fixtures at 8 a.m. today. I Toledo, a short distance up j the Yaquina river, reported I feeling the shock at 8.02 a.m.. and said it lasted for 10 sec onds. No damage was reported Recount Askd McMinnvilte, May 25. (T) A thirteen-vote defeat isn't con vincing to State Rep. W. R. Os borne. He asked for a recount of the republican vote which gave him 1.520 votes against Peter Zimmerman's 1.533 for the second legislative nomina tion. Herb remedies all stated disorder et guitrr. stomseh liter, kidney, blad der. prustdt gland pile, ecaema, stb ma, catarrh, drops tomor. blood pres sure, rheum nam tnfluenra, siomarb ulcer, ana heme. That all disappear Without Operation Hours 10 a. in. to 6 p. m Mon.-Tuas.-Wad Only YICK SO HERB CO. Jackson Co. Bank Bldg. Main Office Rossburg. Ore. FEEL EARTHQUAKr 4 I t Herbalist. SI tear Ctpenenci L SCOUT AT LAKE 0' T 11 TO 25 The annual Girl Scout camp on the north shore of Lake o' the Woods Is scheduled this year for August 11 to 25. Scouts may register for one or two weeks. Mrs. Marjorie S. Pena. local director for the Girl Scouts, will be director, assisted by practi cally .the same staff which made an outstanding success of the camp last summer. All are ex perienced in camp life and camp skills. I A registered nurse and life) savers will be in camp at all times. All registered Girl Scouts In good physical condition are eli gible for the camp. A physical examination three days before going to camp, is required for all campers and counsellors. Health forms will be available at the Girl Scout office, where the registering will be done. Camp activities will include swimming, archery, dramatics, handicraft, horseback riding, hikes, nature study, out-door cooking, camp fire programs, boating and sketching. Scouts are urged to register early as the camp will be lim ited to 65 girls, because of lack of facilities. Camp committee members are Mrs. J. C. Boyle, Mrs. O. A. Eden, Mrs. George Frey and Mrs. Leonard Carpenter. Coquille, Ore., May 25. (JPt A "sixth column" has pre pared for combat in southwest ern Oregon. Mrs. Jack Dolan, a middle aged housewife, organized 50 Coquille women today to resist un-American influences. The group, wearing red, white and blue armbands wi.h a conspic uously embroidered "6th," en-! gaged former army officers for instructions in drill and marks manship. Courthouse Damaged Goldendale. May 25. iJP) Fire of undetermined origin, but starting in an upstairs washroom, damaged the 51-year-old courthouse here early today. Fire Chief Martin Spald ing estimated the damage at $10,000. No records were destroyed. fffasak U,t1 . . I ! I Ton a v cno t nAVQi I IstSBitttH a wwr a a va is r-. a v mbimhhi J I The Screen's Mightiest Adventure! With the most fascinating characters evex created by these famous stars... , bt M BRDfDA lOYCE NIGEL JOSEPH SCWLDIJIAUT wrrwns LjMARJOKX ItAMBEAU fleet Oliver Quade... mm ' g LYNNE OVERMAN Ksl t Me. lodai at I to-I Ju-lu.H.. "l H WII'lov .t .w-i:ao-S:ie Mat Toda; 111 . IIS Flight 0' Time Medlurd sod Jackaoa County llltlory from the file af tht Mall Tribune 10 and te (ears ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY May 26. 1930 California power Interest! proposed big power plant on lower Rogue, and fishermen aroused. King's Highway breaks down after heavy detour traffic, dur ing repairs to Pacific Highway. Coast mills to cut output due to slump in building. Miss Marjorie Kelly of this city, has been named physical education director at Albany college. Bad luck dogs Henry Fluhrer in annual regatta at Emigrant Dam. Edison Marshall, the author, returns from Georgia for a visit. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY May 26, 1920 (Tt was Wednesday) Ivory soap millionaire ad vances half million dollars for campaign of Gen. Leonard Wood, it is revealed at Senate probe. Civil war spreads over Al bania. Baking powder and flour ad vance in price here. Gold Hill schools close for the summer. Ashland plans big Fourth of July celebration. Mayor Gates claims city "double-crossed" in its efforts to get a sugar beet factory. Mercy Liner Sails New York, May 25 P) The United States liner President Roosevelt pointed her nose toward Ireland today on a war time errand of state, after a two hour delay while federal agents carefully checked each officer and crewman. Wheat Supply Report Washington, May 25. (TV The agriculture department re ported today that the American wheat supply In the 1940-41 season would total approximate ly 963.000.000 bushels on the basis of present indications. FIR SLABS $5.50 mi.lVKRF.D v Biff double 300 ru. ft. heaping load -or fill jour car or trailer at oar yard. City Fuel & Lumber Co. 6?: So. Central. Phone 0! ftUIS'BROMFIELD POWER-BRENT OTUCI . MARIA OUSPENSKATA . WARY WSCU . tsuw m HENST TRAVERS . H B WARNER a human encyclopedia wh Snows all the answers . . In- rludlnc who killed whom? tour for Laughs:: "THE DEATH OF A CHAMPION" with Vlnlnl DtlE Donalil OTONMlR Robert PAK.E Jo. 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