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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOTTT? MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 29. 1940. Medford&Tbibunx tWw Mm Mali frit. rotia by MIDVUHU PKIMT1NO CO. AOUKRT W RI.HL. Cdltor. - OIUITKAP. UiBifW. A lpvnln Nwap per. Cr. Oroo, under Act mt k arch a, Itlt HUH4k.'HITIUN RAlft IUII la Adnatti 011 jr and lundii ei faat .... Dany an lluada rMs anoatha... I II tny aad Mjoday thraa mootba. I-M Dally ao4 Suudar oa month.. ft By Carnai Ja Atv Miror4. land. Central Potnt. JtI.Ma-.a. 0I4 Hill. Ru Rir, Fheaata. Taiaat. aa4 ao motor routaat Pally and Hun da one yaar. . ...t.tt Daily aad Sunday n manth... .la All larma.caah la a1ane. Official1 fmmt $ Iba llty mt Mdfar4 OlftrtaJ Vmprt ml Jarluo Cwaty HKUHRHUy ril AMM4M lAtr.l fKftJkft Raaattiac rail Ira Sarfhw. Tna Aaeiaiad fraaa a aelaaliy aitUad ta the aee for pwaliaatlM ef all diaaicnaa aradlied ia II or ether viae aradlied ta thia aapar. and aiea Id tae local aawa aubHahed herein. All rich ia (or tuhlicatloe ef upauhea here .a are aiea re earned. MBHBKR UK UNITED fHICHA AdarUaias Rapteeeotatlaa WEdT-HULLIUAT CUM PA NT. IMC. Offieea la Haw for. i:hieaio. fMlrcrtt. Ill rranelaeav Loo Angeloa. Seattle, FenlAsd. Loaia. Atlanta, Vaaeoueer it O. On Mi us tit O0IATIM -?P Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur ferry. The Pan-America conference t Havana has reached an agree ment, on a trustee plan for the western hemisphere. The (cneral Idea ii to Pan America less and the dictators more. The Hitler Invasion of Great Britain, scheduled to start "any day." after the folding of France, has encountered so many postponements since that tragic event, it Is apt to be launched any decade now. Young Democrats will be schooled In campaign technique, 'so they can answer naively perplexing questions and argu ments when they arise." Take mentioning the Chicago conven tion, that dog-like, did the bid ding of the Kelly-Nash ma chine, the most vicious and cor rupt In political history. Juve nile Democrats should argue Mr. Kelly makes good tires, and Mr. Nash fine autos, and thus have no time to be low down nd tricky. At long last, an order has been Issued placing restrictions upon the shipment of scrapiron to Japan, it being that nation's source of supply for iron for munitions. If worst comes to worst. It Is still possible for an American to be shot in the vest, by a bit of his own stove lid. A Washington congressman fears Candidate Willkie will turn the nation over to Wall St., and Is campaigning accord ingly. The way things are going this would not be a bad idea, and excels, as some propose, giving it back to the Indians. In being seized by Wall St. "economic royalists," the pur sued should only run far enough and fast enough to be polite. Huckleberries are now ripe In the hills. The best way to pick huckleberries Is to lay a dollar on a stump, and whistle three times. Sen. McNnry will be official ly notified August 28, at Salem, that he Is the GOP. vice presi dential nominee. He's been hearing reports of his selection for the post, no doubt, and should come as no surprise. WHYT MY FRIENDSI "My friend, why do you think you should? When this republic wobbly stood In Its uncertain babyhood. The question put to Washington Was answered: It should not be done. And even stronger. Jefferson Said, "let It be a precedent That no twice-serving president Should seek or take another one." My friend, why do you think you should? Monroe, nut great, but mostly good. Stood firm and third demands withstood. And Jackson, bottle tried and true. Felt single 0-ycar terms should do. And Grant, whom onre the question vexed. Was told for him there'd be no next. McKinlcy's second, scarce be gun, Brought forth there be no other one. My friend, why do you think you should? . More recently, a silent one Laconic did not choose to run. No one believes thst Lincoln would, i Had he escaped hi martyrhood I My friend, why do you think J you should?" K. C. Star. Editorial Correspondence Lake Louise, Alberta, July 26th: Here ' the answer to a heat victim's prayer! It was 113 In the shade when we left the Dakotas, and here (at 8 a.m.) it is believe it or not 391 Did you ever happen to think what marvelous thermostat the human body is or hast From 115 to 39, a change of 76 de grees, in 48 hours and yet the clinical thermometer would no donbt show nothing much higher or lower than 98.6, as far as oral temperature is concerned. Some adjustable mechanism that I CAME over this same route from Portal, in the fall of 1914, stopping; at Banff and Lake Louise. Profited by that trip not to let the stage lines hook us for the motor trip from Banff, at $.") per head. It's a drive of only around 35 miles, and parallels the C.P.R. right of way, so there is nothing in the scenic line one isn't get better and more comfortably on the railroad's sight seeing ears. So we arrived at 9 :15, took the drive up to the Banff hotel, for a two hour stay, looked around then caught the 11 -AO for thia place. Of course we missed the deer and bear en route, suspect they drive them across the highway at stage time for the bene fit of the tourists, but we saw both at Banff in' the same state of innocuous desuetude, the tame fsuna, fenced in. that is. THE young man who has spent most of his life in the non mountainous Middle West is properly impressed by this country, which has the most gorpeous scenery on the North American continent. "Super-Super" is hfs favorite expression for the spectacles, from the "super-super" hotels, in the most solidly magnificent CPR style, to the "super-super" mountains and lakes. When we registered for rooms at the desk here at the Chateau, the clerk, broadcasted the price, (of which we had been informed in advance), but the young man hadn't. When we got out of earshot the Y. M. remarked in a stage whisper he didn't know we were point to stay here a week I a a e e e BEING cool once more, with a desire to eat something with out ice on it, and capable of taking a deep breath now and then and liking it, ia worth a lot. HAVE seen more signs of war preparation in 24 hours on this trip than the 2 weeks sojourn in Canada last fall. At Cal gary thia morning, large corps of fliers were drilling on the parade ground at setting up exercises, and a short distance far. (her on, some raw recruits in various costumes, were being whipped into shape by a couple of smart looking officers. At every station there have been soldiers in evidence, and several Scotch kilties with gals on their arms looking as cocky as so many turkey gobblers. Judging by the papers we have seen, and the two Canadians we have-talked with, there is certainly no alarm over the war in this province quite the contrary, in fact. "Oh we've got the Heinies on the run quite definitely" one of the men remarked "and it's our Canadian air force that is doing it. Canadians are born fliers and Englishmen are far better than the Huns. An officer who just returned from the other side told me, our air casuslties are not more than ten or fifteen percent of the Nazis let us get anywhere near an equal footing numerically and Hitler won't he offering peace terms; he will be having them crammed down his blasted throat I" IT HAS been raining most of the time since we entered Canada winch isn t very propitiou for sight seeing, but has been one big factor no doubt in the lowered temperature. The young man in fact, thinks it fsr too cold, and walking up to tlie end of the lake last night shivered at the sight of the snow cliffs. It is hard to realize that only 2 days ago, the St. Paul Dis patch had a picture on the front page of two bathing beauties frying eggs on a cement sidewalk. SOME notea in the Calgary "Albertan" may interest our clients in Southern Oregon. We quote: "Several young men comprised the motor party. Their car was covered with dust and mud from Alberta hiihwavs and their rear end had to be washed before the Willkie placard could be seen." The caption of same was, "Willkie Drive reaches Calgarv". " WE TRUST U. S. Senators Nye, Clark, Lundeen. et al. high powered isolationists don t have tha folio,,.;.,.. .. from the Albertan leading editorial called to their attention: 'Someone has recently suggested the United Ststes should become a member of the British Commonwealth. Whether the change comes that way, or Britain and the Dominions become states of the Union, or some other machinery is adopted, closer association must be made, if our civilization is to endure!" IJAVENT seen copy of "Punch' for a long time but there A was a file of recent ones on the C.P.R. "Mountainer". The way Punch laughs at Hitler and the war is verv sporting and in sharp contrast we imagine with the funny faceless men in Ber lin, comic paper circles. The least admirable example of its humor for some reason is the only item we can recall at the present time- "N'wi it"n: It is reported 45.000 hogs have been shipped from Denmark to Germany since the occupation." The caption was "Sending coals to Newcastle" A BIG dance in the ball room last night, American tunes, American dance tcn anrl limi. i ..: .: 0 . . ...... .... i . ,,m urnii inrui-iniil. Something new in beauty hints to the agricultural editor at least, not only eve brows pencilled in but similar dark linos about half an tneh under the eves. gives the gal a devilish look, but the one displaying same was the best dancer on the floor. Something more thst was ncw-a monocled gentleman chewing gum at a great rate! R. W. R. DEATH PREDICTION PROVES ACCURATE Dunn, N. C. July 29 OIR) For 23 years. Carson C. Surles hsd been telling his friends that he was going to die during the month of July, 1940. A year ago he hired an under taker and bought a cemetery lot. Three months ago he told the preacher of his choice to get the funeral oration ready. Last Mon day he started the rounds of relsllves and friends, telling them goodbye. Last Thursday he weeded his grave. Saturday morning he told his employer that he wanted to go nome Decs use this was the day he was dying. He went home, became lit suddenly without ap parent cause, and died at 2 30 p. m. He was buried yesterday Dr. J. R. Johnson, his physi cian, had not yet determined the cause of his desth, but said that suicide was "Impossible." One seventh of all the Indians in the United Ststes live in Ari zona, where one of every ten persons Is an Indian. 2,300 EVACUEES ' I Canadian Port. An Eastern July 29 tU R Two ships, carry Ing more than 2.300 evacuees from Great Britain, arrived here today. Officials said that most of the evacuees were children going to homes In Canada and the Unit-1 ed States the war. for the duration of Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time is Pscilic Standard) Tonight: Europe subject to change CBS 4 SS; B 30 east; WJZ-NBC 6; MBS ; NBC 8. WJZ NBC 3 4J J. C. Rovenskv on "What is the future for our! foreign trsrte?" 4.30 Pearson Ac j Allen; 3:30 mllltsry training! csmp program. MBS 7 13 Rep.l Thomas Henningt on "war refu-l tees." I Tuesday Furope suMect to change NBC 4 sm. 9 4 pm; CBS 4 a m , 2 43 p m. Personal Health Service Br William Signed letters pertaining to pereonal health an hygiene, aot to Ikaa diagonals er treatment, alll ha answered by Dr. Brady tr a tramped artf addressed arclaps te enclosed. Let! era should ha brief an written la Ink Owing to the burs aombers ef letters received enly a tea eaa ha answered. he reply eaa he ande to queries aot Dr. Hllltam Bradj. tea El Camloa, ASSORTED BITES AMD 8TIN G8 FURNISHED FREE WITH YOUR VACATION If mosquitoes went about their work silently mosquito bites would not be so madden ing. But that cnecriul song they sing as they come up on a Juicy morsel is so de moralizing that even if the at tacker escapes your furious blows to hum again later in the evening. you suiter as much from frustration as you would from half a dozen bites. Male mosquitoes are vegetar ians. The females only bite men or animals, requiring animal blood for the full development of their eggs. Mosquitoes lay their eggs on the surface of quiet or stagnant water anywhere in the weedy edges of brooks, lakes or ponds, in water standing more than a week in barrel, water trough, discarded tins or crockery, ob structed eave trough, cow track, fountain or fish pool, un screened cistern or well. The eggs of some species float sep arately (Anopheles m a 1 a r I a carrying species); the eggs of other species (Culcx, common domestic mosquito, not a car rier of disease) adhere in raft '.ike masses. In a day or two the eggs hatch into larvae, com monly called "wiggle-tails." The larvae has to remain at the surface or come to the surface frequently for air; if a film of kerosense or crude oil is sprsy ed on the surface of the water, the larvae die from suffocation. After about a week in the wiggletail stage the mosquito undergoes another transforma tion, into the pupa. The pupa lies quietly at the surface of the water breathing through a pair of trumpet shaped tubes. In two or three days, or longer I In cold weather, the pupal stage terminates in the emergence from the pupal case of the adult winged mosquito, through a rent near the breathing tubes. This is the natural develop ment of mosquitoes. They never "breed" in shady places or un der weeds or tall grass or bushes, as too many people im agine. They must have standing water to breed in. The time from laying of eggs to full fledged adult mosquitoes of the next generation is about nine days In warm weather, per- THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT K1NTNEP Released by the North American Nawspapei Alliance. Inc. Washington. July 29. Mr. Bullitt's explanatibn of the mys tery of Mr. Bullitt appears to be more confusing than explana tory. So far as can bg learned from those who have talked with the returned ambassador to France, Bullitt's main argu-! mont. supporting his stand in favor of the retain government, is that Petain, Laval, Weygand and company have saved their country from the communists. It la reported that Bullitt la ex tremely eloquent on the power of the communiate In Parla during the daja of terror, on the elaborate or ganlratlon of their activities, and on the aerloua threat which they con- I Itltuu-d. Bullitt la an able observer j A large underground communist movement still exlited In Prance until ihe very end of the war. No doubt BiiMiu u right that the com- munl.ta hopefully came out from their holes durins the time when France bessn to disintegrate. would a communist threat Impre-vs any man mere than Bullitt, who:" ha been one of the moat violently anll-communlt ruMIc men In the world ever unce his bitter diatlluMon- ment in Ruasta On the other hand. It la s'.so re ported that Bullitt la even more eloq-.wnt on the present threat of the nssls to the world than on the past threat of the communtsta to France His antt-fssclsm la as nobly Intense aa ever. It is difficult to imagine thst a communist uprising In Pant or elsewhere in France would not have been cleaned up n the German armv ann crstapo tn double quick time And thus Bullltt'a plea on behalf .'f the P-tain foverrment la not evp'alned K-wlcal'.r. at least. I by his talk of the cvTimuniit threat. Although the Petaln government j mar have prevented a communist j uprising which the Germane would eertatnlv have put (lewn antaav. the 1 -TOmd around Petaln are tnemelvee 'inder th. guvest s-iaplclon of Oer J msn d.-mlna'lon I The plan to moe toe teat of gov. Brady. M. D. conformtnc to Uutraetlom. address Beverly HUla. CaUf. haD several times lonaer In very cold - weather. Mosquito eggs and larvae will develop even after they have been frozen. Some mosquito eggs out live the winter. Some mosqui toes hibernate in sheltered cel. Iars or other out-of-the-way places. Application to exposed skin of a "dope" consisting of one ounce (about two tablespoon- fuls) of spirits of camphor, the same amount of oil of citronella and one-half ounce (one table- spoonful) of oil of cedar repels mosquitoes. Better to apply a little of this "dope" frequently, than much at longer intervals. The Itching or irritation of mosquito bites may be relieved by touching the spot with com mon tincture of Iodine, or by rubbing some wet soap on the spot, or by touching the spot with peroxide, or by applying glycerin, or by bathing the bites with a tablespoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia In four or five tablespoonfuls of water, or by applying saleratus (baking soda) either in dry powder or as a solution (teaspoonful in half cup of water) on muslin or other cloths. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Coal Gaa. Our flat la right over a water heat er burning coal. It cauaea a strong odor or coal gaa each time the Jan itor puta coal on. Ia thia dangeroua to health? Somettmea It aeema to make me dizzy ami weak at tht kneee P. A. W. Answer It la an Intolerable n nu ance. Inexcusable, poaalbly danger oua to health and life. Not the odor, but odorlesa carbon monozlde may be given off to the air of the house. Either the Janitor doea not under stand properly adjusting the damper or dratt. or perhapa there la a leak age in the atove pipe connecting with the flue, which could be readily cor rected with a new a tore pipe. X-Ray and Fertility. Could a woman who haa had deep X-ray therapy become pregnant? Mra. P. a. C. Anawer X-ray cauaea aterlllty for aome time. Not neceaaarlly perma nently. save Your skin. If you have a pamphlet or booklet on complexion and lta care. I'd like to obtain a copy. E. M. A. Answer Send twenty-fire centa coin and stamped envelope bearing your addreaa. Aak for booklet "Save Tour flkln." (Protected by John P. Ollle Co.) Ed. Nnte. Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should lend letter direct to Or. William Brady, M. D.. 25 El Camlno. Beverly tl Ilia Calif. eminent to Paris, now in the hands of the gaatapo, should be Indication enough of the grm.nda for this eue plrion. If It ta not, there Is the known character of Pierre Laval, long claised aa a virtual ai;ent of the Italian government and regarded by all Informed obeervera aa no better than Oeorgee Bonnet. There Is the reputation of Adrlen Marquet. a aort of French eraata-fuehrer. There la the policy followed by the govern ment with regard to the navy, whoee Independent officers were being re placed by more biddable ones, when the English acted In fear of the new men taking the ahlpa into French porta for Oerman use. Three Itcme of evidence, olua the mere shape of the general altuatton In Prance, make It perfectly tncred Ible that the Petaln government can be Independent In any true eenet. Pcetlbly aome light may be cast on Bullltt'a attitude by the peculiar character of hla position In Prance. He Is a romantldet. duhlng. brilliant. excitable, given to magnificent hew- pltaltty. passionately fond of the stirring going and comlnga of Inter national politics. Being ao colorful a future, and known aa one of the president's closest Intimates, he was accorded a standing In Parte quite unlike that of any other embaawdor. Both in the Blum and In the Dsi.dier eo-meo.n, h. orficiai member of the cabinet Min Ittera constantly asked his advice He waa gl-en almost aa large a voice In the proceed l naa of the French foreign office aa in the debates of the state department. Naturally a lover of good food, toed living and all things French, he could not help but grow more "n ever uncer tne in- """" of h, 'ry apeclal relation- , ship with the French - ' - rn-in ,or,mnvcni . ! Occasions-, his Franco-phiitsm car- rted him Into Indlacretlona. For ax ample, in the period before the war broke out. he waa sometime, given to telling French officials what the president waned to do for France The preeldert. of course, wanted to do everythlr.i possible, except actually g .Inl to war. And the French officials frequentlv failed to under stand the difference between what the president wan- to do. and whet the senate. American publk opinion and all the other factor controlllrg poi'cv would permit him to do Thia same Franco-phiiiam un doubtedly influences Bullitt now for unless the Amerlcsn people sir will ing lo .xtenrt a helping hand. France like al- E-.irope. win have the most dreadful winter tlnce the thirty rears' war r It ia still a question, however wnetner natural American ; eenerosw. or s hard-headed constd . era p.ro-neeoea ronsia- " ,n" wnrg' th. French we s-isll be extending : indirect ak to Germany ahould frol our denial on. Poaatbly aome Ugbt assy alaa be' cast on Bullitt's attitude by the conditions which prevailed in Prance during the last days. Tale, that would be Incredible u they did not come from such good sources have begun to trickle out, One. for example. Is that In tht last four days before hla fall. Pre mier Reynaud was really out of touch' with Prime Minister Church Ul because, trusting; no one else, he confided hla telegrams for the Eng. nan prime minister to lime. Dee ortea. who l aecretlr an appeaeer and did not send them. In an atmosphere where such thlnra could happen. It does not eeem unreasonable that the head of the French arm lea. General wey. gand. now a leading member of the Petaln government, ahould have fal len victim to a tranaport of myatl clam. Apparently . he combined the conviction that Prance must now suf fer to expurgate her great alna, wttl, a strong trace of defeatism and a violent fear of the communist men ace. Bullitt la said, perhaps wrong ly, to have been much Influenced by Weyganrt'a views Bullitt la a responsible official, with much that la excellent In hla record, and certainly cannot be con demned out of hand. Hla stand la puzzling. But unless he la not ready to defend it in detail, it must be filed calmly In the "fuller explana tion" department until be does so defend It. By Frank Jenkins A FRIEND said to this writer " the other day: "As to this problem of nation al defense that's filling the newspapers and the air, you can put me down as being impa TIENT. I want less talk and MORE GUNS." UIS statement is probably a fair cross section of Amer ican public opinion today. Most people realize that if the pinch comes and we HAVE to fight we can't do much fighting with con gressional appropriations of bor rowed money. . If we're com pelled to defend ourselves, we must have guns, and ships and tanks and planes actual WEA PONS; not paper plans. Much of what has happened in Europe is due to the fact that while the leaders of Britain and France were talking rearma ment Hitler was building weap ons of war. Realization of this is the cause of American impatience for ac tion. EFFECTIVE action, however, J requires preparation. PREP ARATION TAKES TIME! For example: Suppose you had a big ranch on whose rich soil you had been growing grass and grazing cat tle. Suppose then your govern ment came to you and said: "We must HAVE WHEAT. We must have as much as you csn grow and as soon as possible. So get busy!" No matter how smart you were, no matter how efficient you were, no matter how eager you might be to supply your government's pressing needs, you couldn't produce wheat right away. You'd have to have time. VOU'D have to have plows for breaking the ground, har- I rows and rollers for preparing a seed bed and seeders for ac tual planting. When the time came for harvest, you'd have to have combines. After harvest, you would require trucks for hauling the wheat to the rail road or the ship side. All the way along, you d have to have power draft horses or tractors. Cow ponies wouldn't do any more than your hay outfit would do for growing wheat. You wouldn't have these i things. You'd have to go out and -.:jr.i mem. ine getting would take time, no matter how hard you worked. CO IT is with America's indus trial machine, which Is con ceded to be the greatest and the most efficient on earth. It is geared to produce PEACE TIME equipment automobiles, radios, washing machines, etc. It takes times to mske it over to produce pins and tanks and ships and planes of war. Just as it would take time to change over a great and rich cattle ranch into a productive wheat farm. IT'S all right for us to be im-i 4 patient. CONSTRUCTIVE im-i patience and Intelligent Intoler ance with delay are necessary if quick action is to be ecured. But we MUST REALIZE that arming a peaceful nation can't oe done bv waving a wand It DOES take time. The famous Lucin cnt-off. car rving the track, of th. Ro,i, ing t Pacific railroad across Great I Salt Lake In Utah, is th. long- lest railroad bridge structure the United States. trest e construction i. and is 19 i. ano is i miles In length Fo, I rang ; bargatne tn srajs see Copco. a. VVW . j-In The ; v Day's; r ; -News-' AT THX National Capitol WITH John W. Kelly COrrnNUBD PROM PAOl otn to Spain during the civil w'.r. England Is now requesting Sim ilar consideration. Collecting centers will be es tablished throughout the coun try. Instead of whole blood, plasma will be preserved. Whole blood must be typed and cross matched before It can be used; it must also be kept at low tem peratures or It deteriorates. Plasma is the colorless part of human blood with the red cor puscles removed. Transfusions can be made with plasma re gardless of the blood type of the patient. Experiments are now In prog ress in four cities (with 1300 volunteers) to perfect methods of collecting, storing and ad ministering plasma under con ditions comparable to war emergencies. The army med ical corps is cooperating with the American Red Cross in the studies. ... THERE waa a howl of "propaganda" when a newareel showing German tanks In action In France was ex hibited In the caucua room of the house office building. Admittedly, the film waa a Oerman product, but It gave an Idea or s mechanized army and much Interested army officers who were Invited. On the other hand local cinemas have been displaying antl-nazi fume and there la no men tion of propaganda. Lady Eleanor will appear in a film of this tort within a few weeks. Canadian government la producing a propaganda film every two m-eeka. In charge of thia work la John Grlerson. who is spending consider able time in the national capital. He has Just released "The Undefended Frontier," which Is the border be tween the United States and Canada. These films are called, politely, "doc umentary pictures." ' Speaking of the border, state de partment la receiving comptamtt be cause so sets of artificial teeth have been literally taken from the mouths of Americans who have been vlaltlng In Canada. American dentists are said to be back of these confisca tion.; they object to Americana buy ing crockery In Canada, believing the good neighbor policy ahould not go that far. It Isn't safe for a returning American with clean teeth to amlle at a cu-toms officer. ... WAShlNOTON Scene: An average of 16 lettera a day are received by Representative Walter M. Pierce from skilled mechanlca. who have Jobs, asking what they can do In the defense program. Moat of them say they have employment paying them from S2000 to S2.4C0 a year but are willing to go anywhere the govern ment may be able to use their aerv tces. . . . Thurman Arnold, hired aa a government trust-buater (no aoap yet). Is writing a book out of office hours, presumsbly on "Bottlenecks of Business." Racketeers are trying to work on the fears of aliens who must be reg istered end fingerprinted soon. The schemers offer, tor a fee. to furnish fingerprints. No fingerprints will be accepted, however, unless they are made In the postofflce serving the neighborhood where an alien pre sides, and there Is no fee for this registration. . . . Sketch of the mural to be used In Burns postofflce ahows vaqueros branding cattle. Aaked for criticism an Oregon visitor observed: Well, the hats look all right." The sketch will be submitted to a com mittee of Hamey county stockmen. Washington correspondents usually give a cabinet officer the razz berry but they chipped In and presented Postmaster General Jamea A. Farley with a wrlstwatch that will run even If he forgeta to take it off in a bath. It waa a precedent-breaking tribute. . . . Carl Rynerson. executive manager of the Oregon Pacific High way association, told Ralph Budd. In charge of transportation for the na tional defense, that neither Pacific highway nor the Southern Paclfle railroad (tunnels) can handle the anti-aircraft guna and other large and heavy equipment. Argument was lor a mllrtary highway. IB. DECLINES, BUT STILL KILLS MANY New York. July 29 iUB The National Tuberculosis asso ciation announced today that the disease killed 61.184 persons during 1939. a 4.7 per cent de cline from 1938. Dr. Faul P. McCain, president of the association, said thst altho the death rate per 100.000 popu lation last year was 46 6 as com pared with 48.9 In 1938. "we are still challenged by figures which indicate that tuberculosis is a widely prevalent disease." ADOLF CONGRATULATES IL DUCE ON BIRTHDAY Berlin. July 29 UP Aotr j Hitler, felicitating Benito Mus jsolini by telegram today on : Mussolini's 37th birthdsv, said- "tn OniMPael.l.. i . . ' " . .""nasnip I heart, .r.tiV.. tht the Lrrr!Ti i,.ml''U 'nd .iiicii iu vnti ii 7 . V nf' u In .-our leader.hin .k- . . your leadership of the stste and a victorious ending of our com eiectnc mon struggle for the freedom of I our peoples." Flight 0' Time Medford aad Jacasoa County History from the tuae of the Mail Tribune 10 and 10 years ago- TEN YEARS AGO TODAY July 29, 1930 at was Tuesday) Local boy, 11, starts sitting in a tree at his home on West Main street and attracts large crowd. Seven story building is talked for Deuel corner. Main and Bart lett streets. Local Bartlett crop may ba stored to boost price. Pacific highway widening to be completed by August 16. Gates Auto company employes to hold picnic at Lake o' the Woods next Sunday. Medford couple lost at Crater Lake for 31 hours are found ex hausted. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY July 29, 1920 (It was Thursday) Posse pursuing two Pendleton jail escapes, after slaying Sher iff Til Taylor reported trapped. Sky to be limit of Democratic campaign chest. County sprinkles highway five miles both sides of Prospect to keep down the dust. Tent theater opens and draws big crowds. "Economic blockade" de clared greatest need of League of Nations. Communications The European Way To the editor: There's a bright side to any crisis such as our present one. It stimulates nationwide, sober stocktaking. Even with immi gration for the years 1930-38 at a minimum, taxpayers have carried a load of unemployed that had a large element of what Britain calls unemployables, really social Inadcquates. Before me is the report of a California health officer who boldly asks, "Are we creating a class of professional indigents Will not this eventually bank rupt our nation?" Eight European nations, be fore the second world war com menced, had enacted legislation to correct this. Its theory was: Sterilize the undesirables, and simultaneously, accelerate the birth rate of highpowers. Should not every patriotic American read up on eugenics? Very earnestly, C. M. Goethe, Sacramento, Calif. SEX SLAYER PAYS Raiford, Fla., July 29 P Herbert Goddard. who lnreH 17. year-old Frances Ruth Dunn of Miami to her death by promising to get her Into the movies, was executed in Florida's electric chair at state prison here at 8:33 a. m. today. Sheriff W. H. Lawrence of Palm Beach county, in which .lie crime was committed, threw the switch at 8:32 a. m.. and the current coursed through God dard's body for 5S seconds. Jean Bolton, of Miami, a friend of Miss Dunn, also was lured on the motor trip during which Miss Dunn was attacked and killed. Miss Bolton later was able to telephone relatives in Miami and was found on the highway north of Miami in Palm Beach county. DEPUTIES CAN'T FIND LOVE PIRATE GHOST Los Angeles. July 29 (P) Two deputy sheriffs appeared in Judge Clement V,o. , , - . WUH IV- day to report that they have unaoie to serve a subpena upon Shelanri Chai.j uiuiiu, anas ono Sna. a ghost. The apparition is wanted to testify in the contested divorce case of Mrs. Lillian Boyce Her husband. Dr. William A. Boyce. a wealthy eve sn-iaii. s.. named the ghost as co-respondent and says he has stolen his wife s love. MOTHER-IN-LAW TROUBLE TRIPLE TRAGEDY CAUSE Harrisonburg. Va.. Juv 29 oiH w rence Rhodes- "-year-old Harrisonburg !hoe shop em P'oye. shot anr" ki!!ed hl, estranged uir. ui. ... . l. . j . "ls motner-in- law and himself todav bUrn'.?"1 hl,ode PP.ntly mb,rt' 39. for his paratlon from his wife. Why stand over a hot cook store ewH''OU Cn bJT ' moned " " " twenty do. st Copco.