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Ye Smudge Pot
By ARTHUB PERBf
Tomorrow is the Fourth of
July, the birthday of the nation.
The American eagle will scream
and fly high, and nobody blames
It the way the apeed Idioti drive.
HoDea are entertained for a
"Sane Fourth," or, one no cra
zier than normal.
...
"If you were pulling for Win
kle, don't celebrate. PRAY. If
lie wins In November, he'll need
your prayers" (Roseburg News
Review) But don't forget to
vote.
...
The Governor of California
was initiated into the Cavemen
over the week-end. It Is not
thought the affair will prove the
birth of a movement for Dino
saur Steaks Every Tuesday
in the sister state.
...
SOFTIEI
(H.ppn.r News)
"Don Turner arrived home
Wednesday, trying the hitch
hike method with very good
success as far as Heppner
Junction. From there he tele
phoned his mother, Mrs. J. O.
Turner, who motored down
after him."
Fletch Fish of Phoenix Is now
on an admitted two weeks' vaca
tion. He will soon be back in
the swim.
...
"FOR RENT Three nice un
furnished room apartment; first
floor. Good place to keep cow,
chickens or hogs. 190 Way
burn." (Athens (Gr.) Herald)
Get a horsel
...
A special pool, conducted by
New Deal warhorses, purports
to show FDR. if (and a feeble if
it Is) nominated, will receive a
more potent mandate than in
1036. A poll is now in order to
determine which one of the
Roosevelt boys the people would
like for the fourth term.
HIGH FLIES THE FURI
(Pendleton East Oragonlan)
"Another croquet game is
history with T. J. Humphteys
and Charlie Barlow 'taking'
Ray McAlister and Stanley
Minor Friday evening at the
Minor court. Now W. O. Dix,
last year's all-time 'winnah'
challenges each of the four
and this accepted so croquet
In Heppner Is really getting
serious."
...
The first citizen of the tot
spell has reached for hut desk
phone, and grabbed an electric
fan not running.
. t
"HEAT DUE TO SUN" (Sis
kiyou News) A good scientific
guess.
"With him were his wife, her
sister May Jean White, and
young Robert Olscn, 17 months
who wai comfortably, if -cantily
clad.' (Bend Bulletin) It's too
early for fall candidates to start
poking him in the tummy Aitn
friendly forefinger.
"Finis Barney, Elmcreek. has
railed attention to the fact his
father gave him that name, with
the understanding he was to be
' the last child in the family. How
ever, a brother, the late Frank
Appendix Barney, came after
Finis." (Kearney (Neb.) Daily
Hub) "Best laid plans, etc.,
etc.
Send Him Hom.l
Kansas City, July 3. iTi
An applicant for registration as
a voter failed to include all the
necessary information so a clerk
telephoned to his home to fill
in the blanks. The applicant's
wife, asked for the date of her
husband's birth, retorted: "If he
can't remember when he was
born, send him home right
noV
Editorial Correspondence
Philadelphia, June 30. Arrived just 4 week ago, seems
like a month and t busy one. And what a contrast between
thii Sunday and the preceding.
crowds everywhere, an air of
vailing, now as quiet and subdued as the Quaker City of old,
dear old Philadelphia returned to normalcy, most of the restau
rant closed for the day, bars ditto, and Broad Street deserted.
.
That circus simile lingers, for it is a perfect one, even down
to the elephants. Yes, Mr. Gannett produced three elephants
and paraded them up and down the main stem, pleasing the
small boys, especially the colored ones. tremendously. We
happened to be with an up-state New York newspaper man
when the parade passed. He pulled his cigar out of his mouth
and cursed:
"You know it's a damn shame the way the easy-money
slickers pulled that man's leg. I figure they shook him down
for at least half a million dollars. He's smart, too, when it
comes to most things. But nothing destroys sense like the
political bee, when it really starts to buzz. And they wouldn't
even put a thousand dollars aside to give him a decent celebra
tion 1 Such a run-around has never been seen since Frank' Low.
den was given the works in Chicago 20 years ago. But Lowden
had a chance and could afford it. This man hasn't, never has,
and while he has a good income, be is no Henry Ford. I know
some of the boys in his campaign 'brain trust,' and thanks to
the easy picking, they will be living off the Gannett pile for at
least ten,years to comet"
It has been amusing to see the Dewey and Taft emblems dis
appear over night and the Willkie ones come up smiling. Also
the I told you so wisenheimers who KNbw it would be
Willkie all the timet
Here is how right they are, on Wednesday morning Messrs.
Root and Davenport, who were
the W illkie boom admitted a Taft-Dewey deal had been made,
and only some extremely fait work could save them. This was
confirmed even more emphatically by another insider on the
staff of Fortune. The "fast work" consisted, among other things,
of a midnight call by Mr. Willkie upon ex-Governor Landon nf
Kaunas, and complete removal of London's belief that W. W.
was merely another public utility man. Even then, there was
little faith in the Willkie camp that their candidate could win,
outside of W. W. himself. W. W, never doubted it, or if he
did, never admitted as much.
Those who believe in the power of the mind in such matters
might profitably make a clinical study of the 1940 candidate
of the Republican party.
Up to the last minute the only member of the Oregon delega
tion that could see Willkie at all was Xorblad of Astoria, and
was he cursed out by the rest of the Oregon contingent in Phila
delphia! It was Judge Ekwall who declared on one of the roll calls,
he was for Senator McNary, "first, last and all the time." We
are not positive of this, and there is no way to check on it
now, but our recollection is it was Judge Ekwall less than half
an hour later who' proclaimed so loudly even the last row in
the gallery could cheer:
"Oregon casts all its ten ballots for the next President of the
United States, WENDELL, I,. WIXLKIE!"
A party convention certainly casts a revealing light upon
that fascinating "X" in the human equation: Human nature 1
. . .
There were only three really hot days during the conven
tion, Monday, Thursday and Friday, the others being surpris
ingly cool. When Philly gets hot, however, it makes no bones
about it, humidity either. On the torrid days we spent consid
erable time in the exhibition hall next door which whs cooler
and practically deserted in spite of the fact that b'O television
"Victors" were in full operation. There we could take a chair,
and did, with no hustle or heat, or din about, hear every
thing that was going on in the convention, and see everything,
after a fashion.
The television reproduced the loud speaker end of the
speaker's platform alone, the figures were rather blurred and
ghostlike, but could be distinguished easily enough. The entire
picture was about the size of a serving plate, we should say, the
effect being strangely like look ini? at some white o-rnha mnvinir
about in water under a microscope.
J he sound reproduction, however, was perfect, much better
than in the press box directly beside the platform.
This interesting demonstration was well nublicized. we still
can't understand why crowds stood in the heat outside the
building, trying to bust in, when they could have had a ringside
seat, and avoided the crowd, in this television exhibition hall.
Perhaps that has some significance regarding the future of
television, for the average curious human perhaps there is no
satisfactory substitute for flesh and blood reality. Th is much
at least is true, the reproduction, at the present stage of the
game, leaves much to be desired, we don't think any merchant
nouni cnoose to adopt this method of showing off anv ladies'
suits, or hats, or furs he might wish to sell I No oiie or no
THING looks attractive in television.
If Willkie and McNary win, who will be the new Senator
from the great state of Oregon tR. W. R.
Rain of Death Over England
Expected to Increase Until
Actual Invasion Move Starts
By DeWilt Mackenale.
Herr Hitler Is rapidly drawing
his lines in a manner calculated
to leave no way of escape from
destruction open to Britain.
The second of the three grave
threats against the very life of
England wholesale bombing,
starvation by blockade and in
vasionhas now shown itself
In the heavy losses inflicted on
British merchantmen recently
by both Nazi and Fascist U
boats.
Good ships totaling more
than 88.000 tons many un
doubtedly laden with precious
food and war supplies were
sent t& the bottom in the week
ending June 23. The German
high command also claimed yes
terday that 299.000 tons of
Allied shipping had been sunk
by Narl air forces since June 3
D.ath Rain Wid.m.
Meanwhile the rain of death
from the air mi increased over
England in ever-widening cir
cles which final. y have touch
ed virtually all parts of the
United Kingdom. It's easy for
German pilots to reach England
these days from the many new
bases along the continental
coast opposite the little island
We may expect the bombing
and torpedoing to swell rapid
ly from now on. preparing the
way for the third menace the
Then everything on the qui vive,
expectancy and excitement pre
the starry-eyed Warwicks of
actual invasion which the Nazi
fuehrer has threatened so often.
Thus far there has been no
indication of the precise plan
which Hitler proposes to fol
low. Quite likely he will be
governed by circumstances. It
is patent, however, that he is
getting set, from Norway right
down the coast to Brest in
France, so that the invasion
can be put In motion if and
when the time seems right.
As a matter of fact, the co
ordinated starvation - blockade
and bombing campaign might
be sufficiently devastating li
the British defense proved in
effective thus relieving nlm ol
the necessity of experimenting
with the Invasion, wh'.ch is n
mighty risky business In face
of the British navy and other
defenses. It is possible that he
may decide to depend on these
first two weapons, but there
seems to be nothing that the
fuehrer wants so much as to
emulate W illiam the Conquorc-r
and send an army into Albior.
Time Is Essence.
There are many experts who
think he might be wUc to be
satisfied with the blockade and
destruction of industries. How
ever, there is something more
than fancy Impelling Hitler to
invasion. He Is pressed for
time.
Personal Health Service
Br William
Signed letter. pertaining u personal smith ana kygleae, swt U disease
diagnosis or lre.tm.nt, will ke aniwrree hi Or. Brady If a stamped sell
id'lmwS envelop. enclose. Letters shorn k. krlef and wmtea la ink
Owing t lb. tart, nam ben of letters received only a few eaa ke anwerra.
No reply k mart, to aoerles wot conforming to Inatrortlons. Address
Or. Hlin.rn Brad;, tss CI C.inln, Beterly aula, calif.
THE INEBRIATE'S NUTRITIONAL DEPRAVITY
Habitual, regular, moderate
or periodical drinkers are gen
erally below par in physical
health the in
evitable result
of alcoholism,
not the cause
of the craving
In recent
years, for in
stance, it has
been shown
that the muU
tiple neuritis
which nearly
or quite dis
ables or para
lyzes so many
drinkers
is due, not to the alcohol they
consume, but rather to the pro
longed shortage of vitamin B
complex in their diet.
In the Lambert method of
treating dipsomania (particulars
of which I am glad to send a
physician on request if he pro
vides a stamped envelope bear
ing his address I can give no
details to others than doctors
of medicine), after the first few
days of treatment "a good vig
orous non-alcoholic tonic should
be given at regular intervals."
Perhaps that meant something
or other 30 years ago, when
Dr. Lambert gave the method
to the medical profession. A
tonic, according to the medical
dictionary, is a remedy which
improves or restores enfeebled
function and promotes vigor
and a sense of well being. That
covers considerable latitude:
fresh air, sunshine, cheerful
surroundings, regular exercise
or play, occupation, work, avo
cation, wholesome food, medi
cine, sufficient rest.
My own notion is that the
prolonged moderate shortage of
vitamins in the diet of most
Americans is Itself one of the
causes of the craving for alco
hol, and as already mentioned
it is now well established clin
ically that the intake of essen
tial vitamins falls still lower
when alcoholic liquor replaces
more essential fuel in the me
tabolism the drinker gets a
considerable' share of calories
from alcohol and hence has less
appetite for or demand for nat
ural food.
The tonic pa? excellence for
the inebriate or the dipsoma
niac, or the fool who is train
ing for such. a career or fool
ing around ihsi juSfes of chronic
alcoholism .la."' In My opinion,
an optimal iilf "ration of the
essential vlv rtma. ri, one or
another' Con. vsnrated - f o r m
, .
Europe, including Germany, is 1
headed for a bad shortage of
food in the fall. The reich also;
is short of many essential mate
rials for prosecuting the war.
Russia's invasion of Rumania
gives Hitler serious cause to an
ticipate trouble from that direc
tion. And England's defenses
are improving as she secures air
planes and other help from
America.
So the Nazi chieftain Is aiming
at a quick Job on England. A
successful invasion would turn
the trick, whereas the blockade
would take months. Anyway, if
the invasion should fail, he still
would have his blockade and
bombers at work.
That an Invasion would In
volve a heavy loss of German
life is generally accepted by ex
perts. However, life is cheap in
Europe these days. Personally
I have no doubt that Hitler
would only have to raise his
hand to get half a million young
Nazis who are such fanatical fol
lowers that they would rush to
loin any suicide expedition for
him.
Massed Bombing Threat
There are two ways to initiate
the invasion. One is by means
of a protracted bombing of all
r.ngland with the idea of reduc
ing it to submission. The other
and one many believe he will
use is employment of a huge
fleet of thousands of bombing
planes which for perhaps forty
eight hours before the attempted
landing would try to plow Eng
land from stem to stern.
Such an operation, amounting
more or less to massed ouir.'oinu.
naturally would involve a moun
tainous loss in planes, which
woulj be shot down by the Brit
ish airforce and anti-aircraft
guns. However, I understand
that the Nans would be prepared;
to lose say 3.000 planes if in so
doing they could achieve their
objective. The German army l
ways has followed this strategy
In making infantry attack? de-
pending on sheer weight of num-,
bers to win the day.
Likes First Graders
Clarksburg. W. Va. t.V After
47 years as a first-grade teacher.
Mrs. Clara Conrad decided to
retire. She never taught in any
other grade. "When the children
first start to school." she said.
"they are so eager and honest ,
that you can really work with
them and see the results from ;
day lu day." 1
Brady. M. O.
aside from the selection of
foods which naturally contain
the largest amounts of the es
sential vitamins.
By essential vitamins I mean
the vitamins most commonly
deficient, vitamin B complex,
vitamin D, vitamin A, vitamin
C named In the order of their
importance.
By optimal daily ration I
mean a great deal more of the
vitamin or vitamins in ques
tion than may be necessary to
prevent manifestations of de
ficiency disease, and more than
may be ordinarily required to
maintain good functional health,
for such a' tonic must first re
store the body's reserve supply
when there has been prolonged
depletion.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Blood Test for Carbon Monoxide.
How can air bt tested for traces of
carbon monoxide? L. 8.
Answer Uake a solution of a few
drop, of blood in water In teat tuba.
Divide It Into two parts. Shake up
one part thoroughly with pure air.
This makes a yellow solution. Shake
up the other part thoroughly with the
suspected air. If this makes a pink
solution the air contains carbon
monoxide.
Training for Diabetes.
I have profited greatly from your
recent articles on diabetes and pre
diabetes. You havo the faculty of
expressing In plain language the Im
portant points the physician wants
his patients to graarj only he la not
alwaya able to teach them as well aa
you do. M. D.
Answer Thank you. Doctor. The
series of articles dealing with the
nature, cause, prevention and treat
ment of diabetes haa been Incorpor
ated in a booklet "Training for Dia
betes" available to any reader on
request. Inclose ten cents coin and
limped envelope bearing your ad
dress. Modern Treatment.
I am 5. chef, weighed 240 pounds,
now down to 310 and stlU going
strong on your reduction diet. On
my feet eight hours dally, feel like a
two-year-old. recently completed In
jection treatment of a hernia I had
for twenty years. I believe It Is now
cured. Dr. , to whom you re
ferred me for the treatment. Is a fine
type of doctor and certainly knows
his buslnes.. IS. W. 6.
Answer Thank you. It Is pleasant
to know that my teachings have
proved helpful. The doctor who
treated you Is noted throughout the
country as an authority on the sub
ject.
(Protected by John P. Dill Co.)
Ed. Note: rersons wtshlng to
communicate with Dr. Brady
honid send letter direct to Dr.
William Rradv. SI. D- tSS El
camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif.
AT THE
National Capitol
WITH
John W. Kelly
CONTINUED PROM PAOE ON
the governor. Oregon voters
have repeatedly refused to cre
ate such an office. Lieutenant
governor of Washington :s band
master Vic Meyers. There is
reported to have been oertures
made to Meyers with a view to
naming Martin as senator, but
the dicker fell through Alleged
ly because some of Martin's
friends suspected Vic might
change his mind and uppoint
someone else and leave Martin
out in the cold.
HAPPY" CHANDLER, Kentucky
governor, was defeated In his
attempt to succeed "Dear Albln"
Berkley for the senate. That waa
a amelly campaign In which WPA
workers were high-pressured for
Barkley. Then Kentucky's other
senator, M. M. Logan died.
Chandler made a deal with the
lieutenant governor, resigned, the lieu
tenant governor succeeded Chandler
as governor and made a pay-off by
appointing Chandler to the senate
vice Logan, deceased.
AS vice president McNary would
not be Inaugurated until after
the 1941 session of the legislature
meets and should he not resign as
senator unUI the ev. of his Induction
aa vice president the president of
the state senate elected (or the 1941
rulon would be In line for the
governorship In caM of a vacancy
and not the speaker of th. bouse.
Of course, if McNary should resign
""""o ,h No'mber elecuon and
the awemb.y of the legislature the
purported arrangement betwe.o
Sprague and Patland could be car
ried out. However, this would necee-
M.-Narv surrend.rm. his tm
pottant post aa Republican leader
of th. senate prematurely and j
Charley M, Nary would rather be i
leader of the senate than vice
president.
1ISW DSALIRS are already laying
' P'ns for a -smear willkie"
ntp.in. First attack will be that
h" bn Publle u,m,T "cu-
j tire snd hss Wsll street connections:
,,, wu , w , prot.
re, and naMcna! drfrnse engrossing
th. Am-rtrsn people stove all else.
it will be difficult to make tbs I
power question a major Issue. The
people are more concerned over
Hitler's plans than any skullduggery
the so-called "power trust" may
have In mind.
As for Winkle's WaU street aaao
clatea, Mr. Roosevelt Is himself In
the same boat. Most of the members
of the National Advisory Defense
Commission snd their assistants have
been drawn from Wall street and
the latest appointment ae presiden
tial secretary waa headman of one
of the biggest Wall street bond
houses.
Holy Man Norrla. of Nebraska, and
Mississippi's RepnssentaUve Rankin
who specialize In viewing with alarm
every kilowatt not generated by tax
payer money, took a crack at Willkie
aa a powerman, but the public was
unresponsive.
Mr. WlKil. will give a rough and
tumble tight In the campaign; will
rough It up Just as much as the
new dealera who gang up on him
and bis one fear Is that Mr. Roose
velt win not be bis opponent sn
apparently groundless fear, for Win
kle is loaded for the squire of Hyde
Psrk. he wants to meet "the champ"
and not a substitute. Not since the
dsys of Teddy Roosevelt hare the
Republicans offered such a hard
hitting candidate.
And Oregon's Charley McNary?
Not a new desler will say a word
sgalnst him. One of the first to
offer congratulations was Vice Presi
dent Gamer.
Communications
Where Blame Belongs
To the editor:
According to the papers, the
new republican platform con
tains a plank condemning the
administration for its failure to
have provided adequate arma
ment. Coming from the repub
lican party, that "brings up rec
ollections". I recall that twenty-two years
ago, when the allies with Amer
ican aid, brought Germany to
her knees and made the world
safe for democracy, we dele
gated the task of keeping it so
to a republican administration,
who repudiated the cause foi
which a hundred thousand
Americans gave their lives, and
abandoned the only internation
al machinery ever designed that
promised to effect permanent
peace.
I also remember that when
the Nazis movement was in the
bud, this government did noth
ing to administer the proverbia'l
"stitch in time," but employed
itself towing unfinished battle
ship hulls into deep water for
destruction. I further remember
that when the present adminis
tration first proposed an en
larged armament, many repub
lican leaders and some mis-led
democrats refused support, de
manding to know just who we
proposed to fight, etc., as if the
head of a state could publicly
announce such things.
And I remember again that
when our president spoke of the
Rhine as our first line of de
fense, these same leaders howled
to high heaven. If the president
was wrong. Just why does the
French collapse effect armament
needs here?
And last of all I remember
that when the president sug
gested that by building arma
ments for the allies we would
enlarge and create the facilities
for arming ourselves, this meas
ure had figuratively to be en
acted over the dead bodies of
republican leaders. And now
they condemn the president for
failure. Criticism from such
source does not look good. This
is a case where silence would
have been golden.
C. F. Davies.
MOVIES ENJOYED AT
MEETING OF ROM
A program of moving pictures
was the feature of the Tuesday
luncheon meeting of the Med
ford Rotary club, held at Hotel
Medford. Three interesting sub
jects were presented in the
varied program, "Water Sports,"
"Ride 'Em Cowboy" and "Old
Faithful." The pictures were
presented by Larry Nygaard
and the program chairman was
Don Bagley. Harry Pinneo was
in charge of the projector.
Ward Hammond, new presi
dent of the Medford Rotary
club, presided at the meeting.
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NAVAL Important cog In
nation's naval defense scheme Is
Rear Admiral Charles A. Blakelr
(above), whe recently assumed
rommand of the eleventh nsral
district at San mere. Tat. Pre
viously he'd helped command
the balll force aircraft,
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THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
Br JOSEPH ALSOP and
ROBERT KINTNER.
Released by the North
American Newspaper
Alliance. Inc.
Washington, July 3. The rea
sons why a presidential third
term effort is now somewhal
less likely were presented in
this space yesterday. They have
so impressed a numbtr of con
gressional leaders close to the
White House that one or two
of these ordinarily dependable
prophets are venturing the flat
prediction that the President
will retire. On the other hand,
however, it must be admitted
that the more ardent New Deal
ers have not lost a panicle of
their conviction that the Presi
dent will not disappoint their
hopes.
If anything, their expectation of a
third-term effort Is more confident
than ever. One of them, an Influen
tial leader of the third-term move
ment, la telling his friends. "A month
ago It was 98.99 per cent sure the
prealdent would take It. Now It's
99.99 per cent." In fact, they have
stopped discussing the president's
intentions among themselves, and
are concentrating aU their Interest
on the problem of his running mate.
They believe that Justice William O.
Douglas ought to have second place'
on the ticket, and frankly think that
he will.
The vice presidency hardly seems
important, at a time when the cur
tain ta Just about to ring up on what
may be the last act of a tragedy
changing forever the whole world
we know. Tet It Is the subject of
Jtremendoua to-do In Washington at
the moment.
For one thing, the formerly hang
dog forces of Security Administrator
Paul V. McNutt have perked up
greatly, since the Willkie nomina
tion. Their notion la that since the
Republican convention haa chosen
one member of the Indiana Universi
ty claas of 1913. the Democratic con
vention may be Induced to select an
other, at least for a minor post.
They are button-holing aU and sun
dry with an extraordinary pertinacity,
making the old sectional argument
which Is the most worn-out and the
most persistent In the entire lexicon
of American politics.
They are unlikely to get much of
anywhere, however, alnce the friends
of Justice Douglas and the friends
of Senator James P. Byrnes of South
Carolina and House Majority Leader
Sam Jayburn of Texas are so much
more Influential and have so much
better material to work with. At the
moment, chiefly because the new
dealera have plumped for htm after
considering the other possibilities
rather favorably. Douglas would seem
to be the best bet.
It may seem odd that anyone
should be expected to leave the su
preme bench for the honorable but
Inactive chair of the vice president.
But the somewhat cloistered life of
the supreme court apparently seems
cooling to Douglas. He has seen the
president often of late, haa been con
sulted on a good msny mstters, snd
seems to be forming about the same
relationship with the Rooeeveltlan
White House ss Justice Louis D.
Brandels had with the White House
of Wilson.
His closeness to the president Is
one point In his favor, since the
choice of a vice presidential nominee
will be up to the president. His posi
tion as an eminent new dealer Is
snother point, for the president Is
known to want to build up at least
one member of the new deal group
aa a political leader of the future.
His northwestern origin is a thlfd
point.
As an Indication of how far the
Douglas boom hss got, his new deal
frlenda make much of hla departure
for the northwest for bis summer
vacation, broadly hlnUng that alnce
he left his native Washington some
yesrs ago, it Is Important for him
to accept the nomination against the
background of the Rockies.
The pattern of the political future
la Indescribably confused. Perhaps,
however, the rise of Justice Douglas'
stock supplies the clue which brings
order to the confusion.
In the first plsce. there Is the
president, frankly telling men around
blm that he doubts whether he csn
besr up under "snother four years"
In the White House. In the second
place, there Is the decline In the
vice presidential stock of Senator
Byrnes, who would help to unite the
Democratic party if he should be
nominated, but Is too conservative
a Democrat to please the president
aa his successor. In the third plsce.
there Is the rise of Justice Douglss.
who might not care to leave the
bench merely for the vice presidency,
but Is the sort of successor the presi
dent wsnts.
Pitting these three fact together,
one arrives at a wild tuess: That the
president la now considering runnine
for re-election on the understanding
that he wilt serve only for the dura
tion of the emergency and will then
resign. Aa one man's guess Is s
good as the nest's, the possibility la
st least worth pondering.
May Expand Flax
Washington, July 3. '.-T N.
E. Dodd. western AAA director,
advised Senator McNary today
that requirements for national
defense might result in expan
sion of Oregon flax acreage next
year.
Weather.
Northern California: r''r to
night and Thursday; overcast
near coast; cooler in delta re
gion; moderate northwest wind
off coast
FUght (T Time
Medfurd and Jsrksoa County
Hisiury (rum the flies ef the
Mall Tribune snd t ears
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
July 3. 1930.
(It was Wednesday)
Espee favor return of pear
rates.
East Main street e u r v
straightening would cost $3,534.
County Granges may take ov
er city public market.
Floyd Cook of Medford
"boomed" for GOP governor
candidacy.
Rogue River fish bill goes os
ballot.
"Wildcat" Duncan
for radio libel talk.
indicted
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
July 3. 1320.'
(It was Saturday)
Allies give Italy more Indem
nity than Belgium.
McAdoo labelled "The Crow
Prince of Democracy" lags be
hind in voting at democratic
meet.
Rain falls over valley, and
rain threaten.
England and France fear 1
growth of Bolshevikism in Po
land. Stores and public places of
city to be closed Monday, for
Fourth.
Babe Ruth hits his 24th homer
of the year.
A mobile operating theater
for dealing with brain surgery
has been prepared for the Brit
ish army at the front.
Ose Mall Tribune want ads.
CAPRIC E-From South
America's "capiricio," or knitted
storking rap with ear tabs, came
inspiration for this hat studded
with jewels and transformed
Into a lurban by the coiled deep
green wool. Lilly Dache designed
it for fall.
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POINT-LESS ('Betty Rota
of Tucson. Arfz., look her bop
friend literally when he told
her lo "Go sit on a cactus." se
there may he some point to this
lofly altitude.
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