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PAGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUN'E. MED FORD, OREGON', FRIDAY. JULY 12. 1940. MDFORIVli!wrRIBWS Kfk lb Hall rribsgt.' MltiejHD PRIHTINO 0 tr. hmih rir m. plan fa K'lltRHr W RIIHI. C-ltlOf. R OlIJITHAP. Manager. alar) se wcoiid via traitor at MV (m-4. OrM. alar Aoltf I treN I. UH MIJHMCHIPI ION RATS Mail la A4anet Paiijr and lundr n rar ...Jill laii and ati-adan an month.. ft Dally act lunli thraa anoitlha I Dally tad unrtar aa monit... ft By Carriar la A d aee M ad f oi 4. la ad. Cantrai Point. Jnckannvtlia. G..I4 Hill. ua Itivar. paoaals. TalaaL and aa motor roiHoo? Dany and tfuttday otto raar. ....fl.M . Dally and Sundayen rn.sr.tr,.,. .T All tarma aah la advaaca. Official rapa at tbs City MexJlW Olltotal I'm per af JarluM C'aualj JKMHKNOr rHK AtUMM IAirMPUBJaS MaaalwlM UumJ Wlr Bwvlrs. Tha Aaanciaiad Praaa la scloalvait as tit lad ta ma a far sukiiastloa af all awe dtapaichae araditcd la II ar thar via araditad ta thi paper, and alee ta tha lacai aaa sublishad herein. All rtahte for aohlicaiioa tt epeatal Jlapaiaha karat ar sias raeervad. M CUB KM Or UNITED fHICM AdvertlMng Rapiaaanlailvas WBIT-HULMDAT CoMPAN f . IMC. Offlaae I Nw rra. Olca Detroit aa Frsiioiaca. Uee An Mai Ha. P arils 4, L Lia, Atlanta, Vanoeuver R C Ml UTita -ft?? Ye Smudge Pot By ARTHUR FHIt Tha state highway commls ion announcei all the state highways are strong enough to be military roads, and bear the traffic of war. This means it won't be necessary to build spe cial roads for tanks, and have them ruined by logging trucks. The year Is getlng along. The first upstate worker has broken a leg, "and hopes to be as strong as ever. In time for the opening of tha deer season." Italy claims her air force In a naval battle in the Ionian sea with a British contingent dam ' aged the world's greatest battle cruiser, the Hood, and the air craft carrier Royal Ark, also one of the largest ships. The losses of the Italians were mod est, and blandly admitted. Both the Hood and the Royal Ark have been hit before by planes of Adolf and Benito, only to show up serene and fit, another day. But this is the first time they have been put out of com mission by Rome dropping typewriter on them. With the approach of the Chi cago convention next week, when with the usual vaudeville and dramatics, F.D.R. will "choose not to run," and, then be "drafted" against his better Judgment as the nominee. Young Democrats hereabouts, who have not aged any during the eight New Deal years, get madder and funnier. They have already levelled their "pop guns" at Mr. Willkle. the CO. P. nominee, who recently ob served: "Eight years In the White House was enough." The answer to this comment is the stem-winding logic: "But. Mr. Willkle doesn't know because he hasn't been there!" On this line of reasoning, it can be con tended learnedly. Mr. Roosevelt is not going to like a third term, because he is never go ing to have one! He can get away with moving back Thanks giving day a week, but not moving ahead his stay in the White House four years. Amer icans are weary of having their traditions enthusiastically kick ed around, and besides they don't like Madam Perkins. A convict escaped from the state penitentiary one day this week, and was captured and back in his cell in 30 minutes. The warden wouldn't wait a couple of days, until the fugi tive gut back through his own miscues. "By the entrance of these two men to the cabinet the Amer ican shirt tail is caught in the European war wringer. (Chico Cal., Enterprise). State of the Union. AGATB TtM MIKrill:U! Agat Beach. Jul; 1 tspl) Thle small J tort, containing eome of the tltwst umror college on th Ore gon taut nd one of lh tow golf courses from which th plr bars tha ocaan In view t nearly all ttmea. notod for 1U excluelvencas bordering on anobblshneaa. haa achieved the arm of fama: It la pictured In tha Folic Oasetle'a July laaixl four young women lying on tha beach In battling aulta ar tha reaaon lor Una sudden bunt Into prominence. Tha real of tha periodical la filled with degenereu Crimea, portraits of burleaqu performers and aurh. Bum mer vlsttora to Al Beach acarcely appreciate the honor conferred on them. It would appear from their remarka (Joseph Patterson In Cor rallls Oasrtte-Tlmea). St. Joseph. Mo U.R t.eatir Williams and t'rances Shobe were married hire witn a li cense William obtained six weeks ago. "It took me a lit tle time to persuade her," Wil liam Hid. Editorial Correspondence Washington, D. C, July 10. Many years ago on a trip to Europe we met a little Englishman who had written a second rate vaudeville sketch entitled "The Naked Truth," and was going back home to spend the profits. Later we believe there was a more pretentious play of the same same, but the basic idea was identical, namely every time a member of the cast told a lie, white or black, a portion of the speaker'i raiment was whisked off by hidden wires into the wings. It was the start of the strip tease craze perhaps, at any rate when we saw the sketch at Keith's just before sailintf, the curtain fell on a pretty scantily clothed group for that puri- tannical era, quite shocking, in fact Ai we sat in the press gallery yesterday and listened to the debate on the Stimson and Knox appointments to the cabinet, it occurred to us that a similar arrangement in the Upper House of Congress would have reduced most of the speakers to little more than snap-band neckties, Adams apples and shorts. For regardless of which side the speaker was on, practically no one waa telling the real truth, and when the present war is the topic few people in Washington do, from the President down. No, this war talk in public here is one of the greatest make believes, and entirely hollow pretenses ever staged in the halls of congress, and yet neither officially or unofficially will any one admit it. Official Washington ia divided into two classes, as far as war ia concerned, and only two. Those who want to get into it now, and beat Germany as she was beaten in 1913, only more so, and those who don't want to get into it now or anytime, who want the United States, regardless of what happens in Europe, to keep out. That is the only real division, although, as is always the case when such issues are drawn, there are different grades of feeling in each group. But do you ever hear anyone in the con cress admit they want to get into the war against Germany NOW! Not even the President will do that. Nor will Senator Pepper, the President's fiery pro-British spokesman. But listen to the tulk in the cor ridors and in the press rooms, and find out the general opinion and tbe quoted remarks (off the record) to sustain that opinion, a a a a On the other hand, there are the frank and sincere isolation ists, about a baker's dozen of them, who take Washington's statement literally and place any activity in Europe in which this country might engage, outside of resisting actual invasion, under the heading of "foreign entanglements." Some of them don't like Germany, some of them do, hut they are all against war, any war, and what Germany may do or not do, doesn't interest them. They are, however, in a decided minority, and couldn't get to first base, if they were not supported, directly or indirectly by those who vociferously deny they are isolationists, but who in any clear-cut test, always vote isolationist and at heart ARE isolationists. As a result, while some of the speeches pro and con are well worth hearing, a few are really better than that, there is an air of insincerity and lack of candor about the entire per formance whieh can't fail but depress and distress any thought ful person listening to it. One feels the extreme gravity of the world situation justifies the truth. Another fact adds to the artificialitv of the proceedings, everyone concedes Messrs. Stinison and Knox will be sustained, in spite of the fact that nine out of ten of the speakers are against such action. It is difficult, therefore to take a senator so very seriously when he pounds his desk, tears his liuir and pictures the ilire calamity to entrance of these two "interventionists" into the cabinet, when you know the speaker is entirely aware Unit nothing can keep them from precisely that, and much as one wink of sleep over Senator Tydings of Maryland against these appointments, although lie said very little against the two gentlemen themselves. His point was this nation's almost complete uupreparedness for war aguinst Germany or anyone else, citing figures from army heads, which were so conclusive there was no answer. In fact we don't doubt Presi dent Roosevelt's request today for four or five more billions for preparedness was in answer administration forces didn't try there was no refutation. "Prepare! Prepare! Prepare" we have an idea the country as a whole, in spite of the tre mendous cost and great sacrifice, will be almost unanimously oenind an appeal like that. We were pleasantly surprised the floor, usually has a broad smile on his under-shot face, and being rich we had been told was inclined to take his job no more seriously than the members of the senate took Jiim. Perhaps the laci ne served as captain of a battery in the last war had some thing to do with it. lie certainly got all stirred up and also stirred those who heard him. Going out met Joe Singer in the hall. He asktd if we were going to the Chicago convention. When we replied in the af firmative Joe cocked his head on one side, cave that pm-k.eveil "nine or nis ana remarked, sotto "special and secret mission!" Joe mysteriously conspiratorial on Two of the most unusual members of the Senate are the Farmer-Labor representatives, Lundeeu and Shipstead. I.nn deen is large, bald, pale and insinuatingly malevolent. He almost never makes a speech, instead he assists those who speak on his side by interrupting them, and amplifying their re marks in such a low murmur that it is practically impossible lo distinguish what he says from the gallery. Incidentally be is the chap who got into the headlines when be tried out the new army rifles and made more bulls eyes thau anv of the armv experts. His enemies call him pro-Gemian and radical, but we should say he isn't pro anything, but just conuenitaltv and in curably a rebel first last and all the time in his lumbering fashion "agin' the government." a a a Shipstead is also a large man, but a verv different tvpe to our way of thinking hy all olds the finest looking msn'in the Senate, tall, powerful, heavy iron grev hair, a stroiiK. thoughtful and kindly face, alas well-dressed and graceful in carnaee he would stand out conspicuously and favorably in anv company. He made the first speech we have ever heard him make ves terday, he, too. was against the Stimson and Knox appoint ments. we could hardly believe our ears when his measured words came out with a marked Scandinavian accent. Not know, ing the man one might well take him for the ex President of ' l1' college, or the National t'itv bank ! U.W.R Explained. Ada. O.-iU.Ri An undergrad uate '-prank" dating bark SB years has been cleared tin. Mos Morehead led school authorities to a porch and recovered a bell clapper one used to csll tu dents to classes. Morehoad ad milled he and a companion stole the clapper and tried to saw H in half to keep as souvenirs Tou'll enjoy th Fresh Sea FVxid from Hoi!)'. )li t Suih. Cloali tint (oi ruu Lat lo Claa U; aVda is 140 p. a. tins nation that will follow the at heart he isri t wasting so the dire results of it. gave one of the best speeches to that indictment, which the to refute, presumably because was Tvdinirs' final crv and at Tydines. who seldom takes voice, he was going too, wouldn't be Joe if he w on a ere n't the eve of large events Get Dignity. Stanford University. Cal-Ui.' Swing mtislr may evfiltin'ly bceome the folk song of the 20th .ccnttny, T,-of. Alhert El kus. head of the department of music at Sanford University be lieves. He declares that' the continued notminrlty ot ,w(ng I s ... .1 nas ncfiop.i i into something 1 more th. a frd. I Cloaing lima tor 100 Lats t Clas tiry Aia la ' So p m Cm Uaii Traoiia want adj. Personal Health Service By William igard letter pertaining lo swaonai health and hygiene, not to dlae diainoela or treatment. wlU be ant were by Or. Brady u a etamoed arlf-sd-lreaeed enielope Is ancluaed. Letters ahould be brief and written In Ink Owing lo the large nam here of letters received only a few can b anwnrrd No reply can be mad to quart not conforming to Instructions Addreaa Dr. VWUIam Brady, 263 El Cainlno. Beverly Hill. Calif. TREATMENT OT Kindly explain the difference between birthmark and nevus, asks a reader, and give some of your prac tical advice on the best meth ods of treat ment of tnese blemishes. In the read er's case the difference amount ?d t o approximately a dime. In some cases it may be as much as $300 to $300. Birthmark Is a spot or blemish in the skin, present at birth or becoming apparent in the early weeks of life, due to excessive pigmentation (fawn color, yellowish, brown or black) or to dilated and over grown blood versels. Nevus is what we docs call it when we're anxious to persuade you to undergo treatment. If you fail to react favorably to that, we back off a bit, get set, and tackle you again, this time pro nouncing it nevus vascularis. If you don't give up to nevus vascularis, then we can gener ally flatten you and proceed with the treatment when firmly but gently inform you that you have a hemangioma. Now just relax Hemangioma is Greek for tumor or swelling composed of multiplied and dilated blood vessels. Some misguided per sons with hemangioma make the mistake of submitting to the efforts of unqualified oper ators to remove or obliterate the blemisn. In any case such a mark may be safely treated only by a doctor of medicine and surgery. Hemangioma is usually red dish or purplish, from pinhead to many square inches in area fiat or slightly elevated above normal skin level (so-called "portwlne stain") or in some instances having a nodular or lobulated surface, soft, compres sible, perhaps becoming larger or more tense and congested during exertion. The earlier in life anv birth mark is treated the more satis factory the result will be. Treatment should begin before the child is three months old. or at any rate before the end of the first year. Radium treatment shows its THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNEP Rlasd by th North American Nwipapr Alliance. Inc. Washington. July 12. With respect to certain kinds of vital equipment, the army is still suf fering from the indecision which always seems to afflict our mil itary men when they are asked to place big orders for Immed iate delivery. Confronted with huge appropriations and carte blanche to spend them the American army is rather in the position of a poor woman, used to scrimping and saving, who is taken into Cartier's and told to choose her own memento. The officers can't make up their minds. But after causing some serious delays la tha defens prof ram. this problem of dacldlnc what to order now appears to b nearlng a solution. Mean hi la th record to date de- eerve. Inspection, particularly tn view ot the dire prediction of tbe prophela and wieacre vho (oreaaw that tha detena council would sabotaged or destroyed. Mrsar. William Kmidsen. Edward R. Stettlnlu. Ralph Budd. Sidney Hlllman and their compeer hre Ire sdr let tl.OOOOOOOOO In conlmcU. They eipect to let at least l POO. 0O00O0 mora In the next I daya. Meanwhile, they hav formed n organlsauon o flestble and et ao well-knit aa to arouse eqjally warm admlrauon iroong th businessmen a ho must deal with It and th new dealera who hare com tn contact with it on tha government end. Every sector of th ortvnlaaUon haa tanclbl achievement to It j credit. rVc esample, despite th tact that industry knows him aa one ot the ablest and wlaeet labor leaders. Sidney Hlllman' Appointment a a mrmbrr of the defense council aa greeted atth cries of horror from pro fessional Tleaera-wlth-alarm. Since the council started operations, four trikre of the utmost seriousness hse ( threatenedin motor. In ahlpp'ng. i in aluminum rd in txvper-mimni i Anv ii, etf lhH aitFiat fj-nillfl Any one of these ttrikea would 1 have stopped an Important part of the aelenss program dead in Ha trtvka. rVr ea-h of them. Hlllman, tot tvathei witft Rcudaen and tt. tlnlus. Aiter reach'ng a common 1 cuaciuslon, Uic in? aat into tsca Brady. M. D BIRTHMARK most marked effect in the first two months after application of the radium. Then for four to six months more progressive fading of the mark follows. A single treatment has proved sufficient for nearly a third of the hemangiomas; two and even three treatments have been re quired for the other two thirds. In perhaps a third of the cases of hemangioma radium alone does not entirely oblit erate the blemish. In such cases the Judgment of the surgeon should decide on further treat ment. Methods in greatest favor are solid carbon dioxide for smaller nodules, electro-desiccation and electro-coagulation (diathermy) when the angioma is deep, surgical excision and skin-grafting where the mark is In a situation favorable for such procedure. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Health Monographs Pleas (It a Hat of your health monographa available to reader. C. H. K ) An. Any on of th following mailed free on request If you enclose atamped envelop bearing your ad dreaa. For more than one, lncloee 10 cent coin for each thre you want. Asthma. Hay never. Relief for Al lergy. Htgh Calcium Diet, Vitamins Everybody Needs. Eczema, Silvery Scale Disease ( psoriasis 1, Pruritus (Itchtrm without skin rashl. Varicose Vein and Ulcere. Hemorrhoids. Ar thritis. Care of Hair and Control of Dandruff Bed Wetting. Tobacco Habit, Menopause, Foot Itch, Iodln Ration. Ttnnltua (head nolsesl and Deafness. Wheat to Eat. Quinine In Modern Medicine, Acne tblackheada and plm plesi, Why Have Headache?, Prostatic Obstruction. How to Qaln Weight. Menstruation. Leucorrhea. Displace ment, Tumor. Cancer, Hemorrhoids, Hernia, Ivy Poisoning. Boll. Warts. Sweating, Insomnia. Muscular Rheu matism, Sciatica. Hives. Pocket First Aid Kit. Bread and Milk Club. Somer sauttauqua. Vitamin D Lecture I paid to hear Informed me that a long list of disease may be caused by too much vitamin D. (O. W. C.) Ans. In the fertile lms1natlon of the uninitiated. For two yenrs I took 10.000 untta of D dally, without only excellent effecta on health. There is no actual basla for the notion thnt too much of this or that vitamin doea any harm. (Protected by John T. Dllle Co l td. Note: rersiins wishing lu communicate with Dr. Brady should end letter dlrvct to lr. William Hrady. SI O. tS El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. J ur1k iltuatlon, Kn-Jdstn and Stet I tiniua appealing to th managenu'UU , and Hlltmao to labor. Three of. the i strike have been aettled without an; stoppage of production. In the case of tha fourth, tn th aluminum i Industry, negotiations hare Just been resumed and a settlement la ex ; pected. v Hlllmana achievements are of In terest because they reverse the gloomy forecasters. Interesting In the same way ta the president's and the treas ury's quick cooperation with the defense council in loosening tax amortlratlon requirements on plants built by Industry for defense pur poses. Messrs. Knudsen and Stit tlnius Informed the president and tha treasury on Monday that the present amortisation sstera consti tuted a "near bottleneck." The treas ury conducted s brief investigation. There wer a couple of friendly conferences. And 4S hours later the president announced that the chanties suggested by Knudsen and Stettin! us would be recommended to be Incorporated 1n the new tax law. Again, aviation production has cs used m uch d reary conce rn . Yet the representatives of the army and navy agreed on a final program early last week. Preparations for the program are going full blat Despite the attitude of Henry Ford, the only production gap will probably be filled by the Packard Motor com pany's of an in -line engine plant. (Reports that Packard had decided to turn the )ob down were mislead ing: mvouattons are still tn progress nd coin venr vell.t Ororce J. , vjr.d wA captain Sidney Kraus tl ,wo ,Ipru on ,i.tion production, , t now coulldent that all the de- mands of the army and navy will be met on echedule. In firt. ytcrpt for th dr.avs and Indrclsions irf tha aenic depart mants Ihrmstlves. tbs Grn? pro gram It making aa ood pnrtva aa could b hoped It la now predicted that virtually complet' equipment for an army of 400 000 will be radv within four monthi. which ia s trem?iy apelr work conllfring th bins dticltnclea in rquipmrnt the army tartd with. Tha common atory, that th new dealrra would 1ntrrfera and ikm( it all. na no foundation. As the tirw dfalwra were at no time conauited by the pre idenl on the defens program or on auy matter relatir. to foreign pwllcy, this wan anttvi. pat4d bv those who tonkthe trouble to discover the tme itatua of thfe , iuppoediy evil (tovr nimctit Influ I ences The real jokr on the n dealer, however, ta tbat tf tie buinesmen ha ha .wiled in con. tinut to do auch a food Job f.v , wd,n, , ma, , ul, I r r awsy on of the Republican a b.-e?: iMuea in tha oncoming flection. You 11 nWT the re.h V rVv from HoUvslSS a S xth . . Cat ais4 rt;boca a sot sat. Cowboy Topper for Willkie Like all presidential candidates who vi:it the west. Wendell Willkie. Republican nomine, accepted a 10-gallon cowboy hat when he arrived in Colorado Springs. Colo., to enjoy a three-week vacation before jumping into the presidential campaign. Willkie clasps in his left hand an embossed fishing license, an invitation from Governor Ralph L. Caxr (lett) oi Colorado to bag his trout limit. He WA-4 f ? tv " t TvC ; ! . - iJ. "f & rl ALMOST ONE OF A K I N D-Mary Virginia Rink, 26-year-old I'niversity of Colorado graduate, is (he only woman to win a master's degree at the Chrysler institute ot engineering. Detroit. She's busy, above, viewing spectroscope pictures of vari ous metals, readily explains her unusual for s w oman I interests She likes enrlnecrine because "it puts all the sciences tuccther." : V,!-... i h't: GRADUATES TO A JOB -Future looks bright for Porter Vaughan. University of Richmond (Va.) senior and southpaw who's agreed to sien with the Athletics for S8.000. At other end of handshake is F. W. Boatwright. university president. In The Das News By Frank Jenkins 'T'HREE hundred Italian planes were engaged in the naval battle in the Mediterranean. The Associated Press says today (Thursday): "Dispatches from Home acknowledged that a large part of the Italian attacking force re turned with damage and with wounded crewmen hit by ter rific drumfire from surface ships. Three Italian planes were lost. "By contract. Sir Andrew Cun ningham ithe British admiral), reported that his ships suffered not a single casualty." IF true, this passage in the news is intensely interesting because it indicates that warships can ti'.ke care of themselves against attack from the air. Here in America. c are bet ting billions that modern navies can t be destroyed by modern airplanes when conditions of at tack and defense are reasonably cnuaL Much more than the billions u at staXe. COLLOWIN(J'thT Rome d.s patches acknowledging dain- -s.. ;y It I 1 age to the Italian attacking force. the Assoc:ated Press savs the Italian high command in a "be lated'' cominunioue insisted that the Italian bombing planes set fire to the 42 000-ton British bat- tie cruiser Hood, the world's : largest warship, scored two i bomb hits on the aircraft carrier ! Ark Knyal and two on another British battleship. ! The British admiralty Issued a forma! denial of this statement. Time win tell where the truth really is. A SIDELIGHT on these claims anH nMinlapl.m.. 1. u the British are using pretty heavy naval strength in the I Mediterranean, indicating that inry are out to deal Italy as hard a blow as possible s soon as possible. "TALK, rather than action, is the order of today in the news. A "spokesman'' for Russia says the Soviets have no inten tion of making a demand on Tur key for possession of the Darda nelles. He adds: "There are no reasons for the USSR (Union of Soeial st Soviet Republics) to set con'rol of the Dardanelles. Our relations with Turkey are good, and the straits are open to us." T'vs statement is probably hors-efeatiiers. but at leat if Rui s'a gr.is the Dardanelles without- oriivnition from Germany it w.11 add weight to the conclusion thit Stalin and Hitler are still working together according to program. At the n-.?rrc"it. what Kussia thinks of Gem-any. and vice vera. is t!e vnA iulcful subject in the world. Flight 0' Time MMlfor and Jarkaoa Counts Hletury from th file M In MaU Tribune sn ta tear ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY July 12. 1930 Ot was Saturday) Portland at 93 degrees wai hottest day of year. The mer cury rose to 99 here. Principal prosecution witness in Tom Mooney trial now ad mits he lied. President Hoover defers de cision upon trip through west Fnur oaanline comrjanies sell ing at 254 cents per gallon; three at it'i cenis. People will vote on antl-clg-arette bill In November. Forest fire burns In Hiatt Prairie section. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY July 12. 1920 (It was Monday) Union labor Joins third party forces. Bolshevikis recapture Minsk from the Poles. President Wilson calls nom inee Cox to White House to iron out stand on League of Nations. ' Rain threatens valley and tourists call off trip to Crater lake. R. L. Polk & company to take census of city. Democratic senators open firs on Senator Harding, G.O.P. nominee. AT THE National Capitol WITH John W. Kelly CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE caravan of rolling forts. As the two senators, McNary and Hayden, view the situation, it would be Impossible to move tanks from Fort Lewis, Wash., to the Presidio, San Francisco. Because ot roads and bridges, the tanks would be stymied. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has been given a blank check for 200. 000 000. There are no strings on thl money. He can us It for any pur pose hft Interprets as essential to national defense. If he so elects, Mr. Roosevelt can take any part of this fund snd devota It to the construction of military highway. Th task Hayden and McNary hav set tor themselves la to convince the president the importance of hav ing highways and brldgea capable of sustaining tr&ffle of super-tanks, howltera snd similar heavy rolling stock of the new-day army. They will contend that real military high wars are an essential part of army mechanization. Lugs alone on tanks, after a dozen passed, would make the blacktop pavement resemble a plowed field, or concrete pavement pulverlied. Th bottleneck between Eugene and Grant Pass . cannot han"le th present light equipment of th army, becaus of curves, grade and con struction. The tentative military highway map includes the east-west route, approximating the Columbia river highway and Old Oregon TralL This route Is no more abl to aup port tank traffic and antiaircraft equipment (which 1 mobile), than the Pacific highway. e OT announced vet is a plan foe ' making current federal taxes look like nothing. Sine congress voted ftv billion dollars for national defense and worked out a tB ! schedule to amortize thl aum In ' nv year, another five billion dol lars haa been added, and poeslbly two billion more will be requested by Prealdent Roosevelt. Thl spell I taxes, th greatest load that th t people of th United SUte have ever J ""n required to pay. In th treasury 1 department tM expert hav pre I pared a bin completely revising th ; 1st structure and It will be given to the house committee on wy and I means later thl rer. As drifted, th bill provide, for depreciation ot : plant expansion where ucn cxpan ! slon ha been made to Increase facilities for nillng ordera for na tlonal defense. It it absence of such provision now that 1 causing man. ufacturers to bold back such ex pansion. as WASHINGTON- Scene Just as the ! army la trying to Increase en I llstment. some officer mot yet Iden tified) ta becoming finicky about ; tattocmark on applicant for Ih , uniform. Tgnnj men will not b '-") into th army If they have I tattoo on them which la "not i nice Preaumably th recruiting rryeant Is to be the art critic, I After great effort 60 underprivi leged children of th national capital a r to be sent to a T. B. camp foe two weeks. At the same tlm a society haa been omniaed within the shadow of Washlngton a monu mr nt to proi Me hom-s for several hundred British refuge children. One wealthy society woman la r ranging to domicll 300 In her sum mer estate. There will be direct wire from the convention hall t Chlcsgo to th Whit House and Mr. RooHvelt will b tn constant touch with hi sretnlMtinj, ... . . .v... noiej in inicaco I compla-.n that reservations ar light. ' "'jh ina to a general belief that th convention will b tame and therefore peop. as not I Unnieg. to t:tui. But
