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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MATL TRTBUNT, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. 1940. MEDFORDwfTRIBUNK tnmi .tasittliera lUMlft Ik Mall frtl.ua.- MlOruHO PHINTINO Ot 98-97-39 Norm Fir St. Pbon 3141. AOHIRT W HliHU CiUOt. RNRT a OIIJTKAP. UBfr. Cat atx) on4-tBa matter i U4 Imo, Or. Bod' Act l are a, U7 UHJM.HIPIIUN fcUTC j Hail la artvaocat Dally arid undr oa raar ....fOI Hal if aa4 Sunday ail moatha... fit Daily aat ualy hra motuha. 1 Daily att uuiy ona morula... fa y Carrtar la A-1aoc Mfoi4. la ad. Caatral Point, JarkMntllit. Odd HHL n u Rir. Pboaala, TaiaaL aod aa moioi routaa Daily aad tfunday ooa ...!- Dally aad tinrtar ana aionlh... .11 All lirmi eaah la advaaca. Official Papar at Iba 4 tip at Mnlford UlfWial I'apaf af Jarkaua Caualy MKMHKH Or IHfc AfcMtH IAI ! PMLj wd lag Pall Iur4 Hire aVrvlra. Taa Aaanolaiad Preaa i arlaiaiy ailtlad ta le aa for publication ar ah aaa tflapatehaa craditad la II at alher wtaa cradtiad ta thia papar. and alaa la aka laaai aaa pubitnd haralfi. All rtcnta for puaiicatjaa af apaalai Itapatehaa barata ara aiaa reaarvad. atCMBKR Ur UNITCU CHICHI HCHRLH U AUDIT HHIICAU OP CIRCULATION AdvartlUuf Rapt aaanlailvaa WBKT-HUI LlDAf CuNPANV, 1NO. Offlaaa ia N fork. Chicaa Dalroil aa Praneiaca Lot Ancla. lUaitia. fartlaal St Lauia, Atlanta. Vancouver H C u$nlt3'Hio;iTiii it Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. The army base pay for gold leri Is (21 per month, as now provided. This is baser than WPA. base pay for leaf raking. Een. Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia, a Republican when con venient, is accused by the Pres ident of not being a liberal or Progressive democrat. Hiram retorts the President is using "the same old stiletto" on his political ribs. We sympathize with neither. The senator rec ommended the appointment of H. Ickes, as secretary of inter ior, and F.D.R. did so. "Halph McPheron came to Roy Manlcy'i Sunday evening and began to put on some of his money shines. Roy's dog grabbed him by the hind leg I mean behind on the leg and Ralph was good after that." (Summerflcld Courier). The "life of the party" fails to bite backl Two mora mountain climbers have been rescued, after spend ing the night on a ledge 8000-ft. up. The more experienced "hu man flies" shin up the tallest building in town and take up a collection four times, before the ascension. Thus they remain close to the fire department's extension ladders, the ambu lance, the doctors, and the cor oner. The type never get strand ed all night on a third-story window ledge. The Pendleton East Oregon Ian unearths a comment upon the Chicago convention that tells it all. It quotes, "The nom ination of Roosevelt for a third term was a shotgun wedding, with the bridegroom holding the shotgun at his own back." Milam L. (Mike) Jacobs, a former hi school yell leader of years ago, who originated the idea locally of making acrobatic leaps with a snow-white shirt tail unfurled and fluttering, be fore the multitude, is back for a visit. He now lives at San Mateo, Cat., where he is a Coca Cola mogul. . THE CIRCLE "War begets poverty, Poverty peace; Peace begets plenty, Then riches increase; Riches bring pride, And pride is war's ground. War begets poverty. So goes the round." (Book of Knowledge rhyme). Sen. Pepper of Florida, who has thrown many an oratorical fit in his d:iy, in a senate speech brands Col. Lindbergh, once the Idol of the nation, as "the chief of the fifth columnists In this country." This is a brtitnl and bitter chnrgi-. Sen. Pepper should throw hiimclf in his own face to calm the vitriol boiling in his soul. "Elderly lady wishes practi cal nurse, not under middle Hue Trustworthy or religious." (Portland Spectator want ad finding). Something like ladies and gentlemen and lawyers. "Gel" is one of the basic words of the American lung tiage, according to an article from Chicago. "Get along." "Get Around." "Get Together' art quoted as samples. The Grandpaw of all the Gels is not mentioned. It is ' (let. while the Getting is Good." The war term "frane-tlreur" refers to a guerrla fighter with out legal standing under the laws of war, liable to execu tion on capture. Beware of Over Confidence MOW confidence is a good thing. But overconfi- ' dence isn't And that overconfidence in evidence at Philadelphia, we regret to state, is still prevalent in the Republican ranks today. In fact, at the present time we should say that this is one of the most serious obstacles to Republican success in the fall, the feeling that it's all over but the shouting, that this year F.D.R., no matter what is or isn't done, ISN'T going to win. Now he may not, of course. But wishful thinking isn't going to beat him. IN fact President Roosevelt, as we see it, can only be beaten by the hardest kind of work, from now until the 5th of November. For he is not only by all odds the most skillful PRACTICAL politician in the country today, but he is unequalled as an experienced and resourceful campaigner. pVEN more important, from the standpoint of prac " tical results, however, are some of these important facts, seemingly forgotten by too many leaders of the G.O.P.: Before Mr. Willkie gets an electoral vote, his op ponent will have over 100 probably 115 in the bag (the solid South). In addition, the greatest free-wheeling and ef ficient political machine ever constructed in this country, is that owned and controlled today by the Roosevelt administration. In work-relief, farm-relief, and numerous other forms of relief the practical politicians in the Demo cratic party, and there are several! have a politi cal leverage and practical vote-procuring mechanism the like of which has never been seen in the entire his tory of this, or any other, democracy. Finally, the balance of political power in practi cally every Btate, is held in the larger cities. In the pivotal states like New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Missouri, these cities and their votes are in the control of Tammany-like machines, run by such dreamy-eyed idealists as Messrs. Haig-Kelly-Nash, et al., of Jersey City and Chicago! They get out a winning vote, or ELSE. CO one might go on, as to the head-start enjoyed by the Roosevelt ticket in this campaign, and the un avoidable handicap at the outset suffered by the Re publican opposition. Instead of the situation warranting over-confidence, it warrants precisely the reverse. It calls, in fact, for a realization that Roosevelt, in spite of the third-term handicap, and it is a real one, starts out at the crack of the gun with literally millions of votes nailed down, sewed-up and sealed, which no one can take away from him. a a a TTHIS is no reason for a defeatist attitude. On the contrary, thanks to the fact the Republican party did not follow the prevailing psychology of the Phila delphia convention, but selected the strongest candi date that could be found, it has a good chance to win. But the point we wish to make is that the best way in which to throw away that chance is to fail to throw off the feeling of over-confidence that in too many Republican quarters now prevails. The Selective Draft IF your motor car breaks down you don't go to a landscape architect to have it put in order. Conversely if you want your lawn and shrubs re arranged more to your heart's desire, you don't con sult the head mechanic in a garage. In each case, and all down the line, you go to an expert in that particular department. This is only efficiency and common sense. a a a a DUT for some strange reason when war enters the picture, this should not be done, at least not in the opinion of certain very articulate gentlemen. When a nation fears war and therefore prepares for it, experts should not be consulted. Those who know most about war from actual experience should not be heard. That would be yielding to militarism and disre garding one of democracy's most cherished traditions, the privilege of "muddling through" where the most serious and exacting of human activities is concerned. In other words, the volunteer system of military preparation should be retained, and the selective draft should not be. X7HY? Don't ask us. We have searched the argu- ments of the opposition to a selective draft, and still fail to understand. . Under the volunteer system, the most inexperi enced and the least informed determine the composi tion and disposition of our fighting forces, i. e.: the individual citizen in approximately the twenties, for he decides whether he is or isn't best fitted for active service at the front in time of war. lie also decides for what sort of service, if not active, he IS best fitted. a a a IN' the days of the small professional army, that method wasn't so bad. though it was never good. But in this day of not armies but entire nations at war it is terrible, and probably in any conflict be tween nations of equal strength would be fatal. For it produces a fighting force, on air, land and sea, which is not based upon individual fitness, but individual desire, imagine how long the U. S. Steel would endure if its working personnel was similarly selected. No. if we must prepare for war, and we must, then let's not discard the procedure which has made us so successful in peace, but retain it. That means putting the matter of preparedness for war in the hands of those who know most about it and are best prepared to do it. Personal Health Service Br WUlUa 1 tried letter pertaining to personal health and b relent, not ta tfUtnosu or treatment, will bo antwvretl by Dr. Brady If a stamped aif add retted envelop ta eneloaad. Let tart should b brief and written la Ink. Ontnf ta tha large n ambers of letters recalled only a few ran ha answered. So reply ran b made to quert. not conformtnf to Instructions. Add rasa Dr. HUllam Brady. 25 CI amino. Beverly Hills. Calif. QUININE FOR MENIERE'S DI8EABE Meniere's disease or syndrome i (syn-drome, . accented on first syllable, means group of symp-l toms that occur together) is the name by which w e recognize c h araeter istie spells of dizziness o r vertigo. ac companied in many cases with nausea and vomiting. pallor, cold sweat I n g. s ometlmes h e adaehe. s ometlmes nystagrpus (rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs), sometimes diarrhea. Interesting syndrome. Had a spell of it myself one morning not long ago due, I believe, to arsenic poisoning, from too much lead arsenite residue left on lettuce, cabbage and other green salad vegetables from spraying In a dry time. Had just rolled my morning somer saults but don't try to make me admit that had anything to do with it and was heading for. you know, the other room, when, whoops honestly it was worse than any earthquake I have encountered. Had to lie flat, limbs sprawled wide, and hang onto the floor to keep from falling off into space. On ly because I skipped breakfast an unheard of thing t our house did my first wife ring in a doctor. Out of considera tion for my status as patient we did not discuss Meniere's dis ease, but that's my story and I'm going to stick to it. There is no mystery about Meniere's syndrome let's not call it a disease, for in reality it is no more a definite or speci fic disease than is the familiar combination of headache and malaise. In some instances physicians believe Meniere's syndrome is due to bleeding into the internal ear, the semicircular canals. These semicircular canals, two of which, in each ear, are verti cal and at right angles to each other, one horizontal, are the seat of the sense of equilibrium and also of the sense by which one perceives from which di rection a sound comes. Disturb ance of the function of the ca Washington. D. C, Aug. 6. The lonn discussed Columbia Valley Authority is a;ain re crivintT attention and something may be done either at this session of congress or in the new session which begins Jan uary 3, 1941. The original idea was to combine Grand Coulee and Bonneville in a second Ten nessee Valley Authority, with three directors who would be untrammeled and free to run the show without congressional interference, as Is the cae with TV A. That plan is "out". Grind Ciule it a rclamntion pro )t"tt, intendfrt to IrrUntt I aoo.OOP rr of th Columbia bu.in thrmttfh ovvpr atnrriitct m the highest rtum in th world. Bonmvi!1 n navi tion ptvjvvt with powfT tiipkifnul. Tli rirlnit1on bvirrnu of th de partment of th interior l in rhve of Omrtd Coulee. Hie r depart ment, vi the rmy eniner, h chirne of Bonneville dam nvl th fenemtinaj of powrr. but the po1"" j la taken at the bin bar and bandied bT an afimiputrator, Pr. Paul J. Rav. er. ho . like the reclamation hu- i prau, under !ei-retarv of the Interior ! Irfcrv CHuinallr th admlnUtrator a liiilejvndent St'i m uv h for b a o It rmi r d j SFNAPOW Homr T B-p, Waihlrtft- j Ion. ho power-minded. It j CiMiMtiertnaT iiitroducinat hill. ! or an amendment to the Bonneville t.-t union would be a tubstitute ftr ttie proposed Columbia Vallrv Au thority He mi it place the Bonne. iHe administrator In charce of a!l ' the powrr Bnerated at the to gov ernment rnterrriea A. Orand Cou le i et.ttal! for revlamticn Bone think the lrtva'ton and the power at the ajiuatitlc project aoutd ! be erpflraieri and the rerUmatiou ' w"-Me onnflpf itssrlf to the caralt dltc and mter for tVe 1 JiKUVO aire. and te po'r of Orar.d Cru:ee ' be t'imed over to the BnneTll ad- mtntitrator for diipogjat Bt th! arrangement, eip'aina iVn aor Bone control over all the poer of the two p:tn't wvnt'd be ited in one rn-T "t'. ! logical ha . maintain. ii.tmich a trar,n:ion , llnt c-nne't Grand Coule and B-inT':'e and the Ih'.'.'-t rtoavtn 1 to draw co the former (or power 1 81 Brady. ftC O. nals accounts for dizziness or vertigo. I am totally deaf in the left ear, presumably from injury in a fall from a tree when I was a kid limb, bird's nest, eggs and all. The most annoying feature of my kind of deafness, next to the imbecile who shouts at you. is precisely the inability to per ceive from what direction a sound comes, say when one amonga group of people speaks to you or when some one on the street yells "Look out!" Still I do not believe my labyrinthine (nerve or Internal ear) deafness had anything to do with my lit tle bout, altho In Meniere's syn drome there. Is usually such deaf ness in the corresponding ear and persistent tinnitus as well. The great Prof. Charcot, fam ous French neurologist, recom mended six grains of quinine, twice daily, at meal time, for fifteen days, as a remedy for Meniere's syndrome. After the fifteen days course the quinine should be discontinued for eight days, and then another fifteen days course taken. Four or five periods of such alternate or on-and-off quii.ine treatment gen erally resulted in cure, in the experience of Charcot. The head noises and the vertigo may seem aggravated at first, but this ef fect presently subsides and gra tifying relief follows. Convenient way to take six grains of quinine twice daily for fifteen days would be in the form of two-grain capsules of quinine sulfate or two-grain tab lets of quinine sulphate three capsules or three tablets for each dose. The fifteen-days course would require 00 such tablets or capsules. QUESTION ANBWr.Ri Arthritis Our thanks for your practical and understandable column. Husband hid arthritis for years, many treatments with llttl. result. Persuaded him to take the vitamin D treatment as you suggested. Benefit has been almnat unbelievable whole weeka go by without any sign of stiffness or pain. Our doctor waa much Interested and urged lis to keep on with It. (K.M.W.) Answer Thank you. Pamphlet on Arthritis gives details of the treat ment. For copy send stamped enve lop, bearing your address. (Protected by John P. Dill Co.) Ed. Note. Persons wishing to communicate lth Dr. Brady should send letter direct tn Pr. William Brady, M. D.. 5J CI Camlnn. Beverly Hills Calif. to meet li.creaa.ng demand t. There la very little market for Grand Cou lee power In lt own area, and Ora.nd Coulee will be generating energy be fore the acre to be reclatmed are ready for aettlera. e SENATOR Bone and Senator Mc Nary, who wrote the Bonneville organic ct. have had at least one Informal conference, what in diplo matic circlet would be called "initial con versa tlona They ant in accord to the extent that neither bellevea a triumvirate thould be created to make a aecond TV' A. It U the tuggettlon of fhenator Bone that leigtalatlon may be offered at the current teas ton, if there It no tine die adjournment before Jan uary S (McNary tayt the Republi can do not want to adjourn be cauae of the emergency), otherwite something could be prepared and In troduced neit January. a PRIVATl irtduatry cannot afford to train mechanic and the gov ernment will have to ataume the tuk. official ar told by representa tive! of Oreeon and Washington con cern seeking defense contract, tn one Oregon plant where about 300 men are emploved the average age of th mechanic it 5o year. Green handt. youn men. con not be hired because) it would tie up one machine for an apprentice and require the time of a 11 10 an hour man to tach the tyro. Where there It keen com petition, plant cannot affo-d to to the uee of a, machine and also pay a hi(th-prlced mechanic to teach a green hand Thu condition. It appam. ta prev alent in other part of th country, j nd private Induttry 1 not educating ', replacement! for the mechanic who re growing older every day. One J tustfrstion It to have fhia training ' dirrvted and financed bt the federal 1 government under a nation-wide pro- ' arrtm. auch a la called "non-combat I service '. The National Defence A 4 fiaory Cemmtaaion ha alreadv d- covered thai horta?e of killed mech antra la one of the problemt to 1 be met. a thi ahorrage u devHep. I in ith th placing of orders for all aorta of material. The thortage j ill become more acute at production , grU under way within a few month , W5HIMOTON S T.NS When pres ident Rooarvelt a!d he wanted , WOOO plane a year fo national de fen he did not ay how many mm would be required for thla ar j mad Offtciait aav that a r p'ane ' tpreema tbout 30 men. pilot, ob- tervera and ground crew T V 000 ! plan, would reoitre 1.W0O0 men ! a a-ibantlal trmv m ltje'.f . . , Cantonmenta built dumg the world war were demojlahed. ewert and wa ter tupplr torn up trd acid for junfc "Vnw " commrt an arrrr officer, "million of dollar mutt be apent , to rr'aoe them: but th Amerun ' peop mould not har approved the pending of 1100 to keep them i tVnktrat ro la-je army would ever j again be moblUiwd ' THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALBOP and ROBERT KINTNER tCooUnuod from Pmie One.) of Sears, Roebuck and company guarantees broad experience in the entire industrial field. Nel son was well aware of the troubles ahead when he took his job. He made an elaborate study of the entire question, and presented findings and rec ommendations to Knudson. Stet tinius and their colleagues. Af ter careful consultation among themselves and with the presi dent, the commission members decided to try the easier way first. e e e SPECIFICALLY, th commit! on de cided to give a trlftt to th "pref erence" system of procurement. Un der thtt tyttem, to take a alraple example, the army and nary decide they want a certain Item of equip ment, to build which a certain kind of machine tool It needed. The de fense commission plac the order with the manufacturer. The manu facturer report that he cannot get necetury machine toll becauae a re frigerator company, preparing to put out a new model, ha signed up the machine tool plant' full produc tion. The defence commits ion then com to th refrigerator company, atkt that presentation of the new model be deferred in th Interests of na tional defense, and obtain voluntary preference for the armament order, HBKRT Ford la th only Import ant InduatrlalUt who has so far, refuted cooperation to the commis sion. Order totalling Sl.800.000.000 have been placed with comparative ease. Th commission member real It, of course, that trouble may come when they atari apendlng what Knudaen affectlonally call "my M. 000.000 000." Knudsen ute the potihMslve phrase because he was the chief Influence in persuading the president to go the whole way with the big appropriations requeat. It may be Imagined that If trouble does arise, he will not hesitate long to deal with It firmly. The system of procurement by "legal priori tie' It being kept In reserve, in fact, for Juat uch an emergency. Under this system, the defense commission will simply assert the priority of war order over private orders, without troubling to seek co operation by negotiation. The exper ience of Bernard M. Baruch and Charlee a. Diwi in, the last war demonstrated that auch a aystem cannot be operated merely in teg menta of the Industrial structure. All of tndustry mutt be placed under fairly close structure. Prices mutt be carefully watched, since the threat of an assertion of priority In every field make for an inflationary ruah to build up inventories of consum ers' goods. Generally speaking the commis sion chose to try the preference sys tem because th other was too cum bersome and complex. It may be stated quite unequivocally, however, that th commission' choice was not dictated by any desire on the part of th president or the commis sion member to glv induttry or the public an easy time at the expense of the national defense. If the neces sity arises, the lstfal priorities system will be resorted to at once. E Rom, Auc. fl. (U.Ri The Japanese navy soon will put into operation a new kind of midget submarine .built of a secxrt alloy, which is superior in many respects to standard sire submarines, the newspaper La Stampa of Turin said to day. The submarines, which have passed all tests, ore armed with three torpedo tubes although thry are only 16 feet long and of 10 tons di5placcment. La Stampa added. Capable of steaming 36 knots, the tiny craft also can submerge to a depth of more than 1.800 feet which, the news paper said. Is about 375 feet deeper than ordinary subma rines may go safely. FEW RESERVED SEAIS AT M'NARY CEREMONY Tortland. Aug. 6. T" The only reserved seats at notifica tion ceremonies for Senator Charles McNary. Republican j i, i ,iu, in ih i immuif. ml Salem. August 27. will be oc cupied by precinct committee men and women. Kern Crandall. slate com mittee chairman, said plans be ing worked out with Ralph H Cake, national committe'-"in would provide a large block of jests available only to those with official committee badies on a first come, first-served basis. Six preidents cf the United States are buried in Virginia five in New York, and four in Ohio. I r. i-mrr- ' By Frank Jtnklns I!f WASHINGTON a federal state conference on law-enforcement problems arising out of the defense program is In session. It is designed to pro mote closer co-operation in guarding against spies, sabo teurs and "fifth column' activi ties. DEMAREE Bess, in an Interest ing and quite convincing article in the Saturday Evening Post, says the REAL DANGER to this country (which Hitler re lies on to keep us from bother ing him) is from native Ameri can demagogues who are seek ing power for themselves re gardless of the nation's welfare. This writer is inclined to agree with him. "LASS hatreds, Bess says, are the raw material out of which revolution has been man ufactured In Europe. .Hitler's. Mussolini's and Stalin's dictator governments are revolution on an immense scale.) More than any other one thing, capitalization of class ha treds, race hatreds, etc., has been responsible for Hitler's Mussolini's and Stalin'i suc cesses. LASS hatreds, which arise out of the instinctive human suspicions that all of us feel for those who have more than we have, are as old as organized society. They existed, full grown, in Jesus' time, as may be seen from His statement that "it is easier for the camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heav en." Human nature being what it is, they are UNAVOIDABLE. THE dictionary defines a dem- agogue as "one who plays an insincere role in public life for the sake of gaining political influence or office; a poser in politics, especially one who pan ders to popular prejudice or seeks to inflame reasonless pas sions in the advancement of his PERSONAL interests." The demagogue seeks invari ably a SHORT CUT TO PERS ONAL POWER. He is too shal low to understand the real prob lems of government for all the people and too lazy to do the hard work required to become a real leader. For all such, capitalization of class hatred offers the easy way. IF IN this generation there should be violent revolution in this country (which this writ er is optimist enough to doubt) it will come as th rnlt f capitalization of class hatred by aemagogues who are seeking a short cut to power FOR THEM SELVES. The demagogue, as Bess says, is the real fifth columnist we need to watch. U. S. FOR MATERIALS Canberra. Australia. Aug. 6. (UR) Prime Minister R. G. Menzies said today that Aus tralia was turning to the United States for vital war materials no longer obtainable from Great Britain. Menzies said a member of the aircraft production com mission now was in New York negotiating the purchase of raw materials and equipment and that the Australian government had been encouraged to be lieve the mi'erials would be forthcoming. Sleeping Sickness Attacks Horses Itermiston. Ore.. Aug. 6. ,T Sleeping sickness among horses has broken out on the west sid of the Hermiston Irrigation pro ject, with about 30 animals ill and half of them already dead. A state veterinarian is here giv ing treatment and vaccinations Little of the disease hks been reported outside the irrigation district. NAZI ENVOY TO PARIS 1 IS ONCE-OUSTED ABETz' Berlin. Aug. 6 Adolf Hitler has appointed Otto Abetr. fnnnf rly of the Berlin foreign office, ambassador to nari-conquered France Ahrtr. expelled from France m 1939 as an unwelcome nazi asent. and whose wife I, French, was given his walklrg papers bv the government of, former Premier Paladier. June 30. that year, following dis-' covery of a widespread Ger-i man esnonaa mtu n,k i Flight (V Time Mrtfford an Jaskion County History from tht fines of tha NMaU Irlbuns 10 and to )eara sio. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 6. 1930 (It was Friday) Elmer Childen gets ready to raze ruins of old Page theater. Trrisation in Oregon for this year near end, as drouth causes water to ebb fast. Work on Pacific Highway south to cease between 1 p. m. and 4 a. m. to permit pear haul ing. All packing plants to ba in operation by end of week. City council adopts new building code for city. Hunters fear deer season will be delayed owing to drouth conditions. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 6. 1920 (It was Wednesday) Oregon now has 75.044 pri vately owned autos, sufficient to take everybody in the stats for a ride at the same time... Babe Ruth hits hisOth and 41st homeruns of theffeason. ' ' Wl.il Russia's reply to QrkaC Brit ain's demand ahAiK paaeaj with Poland hrmild. i'if.'Kiq Mr. and Mrs. ,A1 Hagca and son Billy leave by - auto for Portland. . . , -" " Union church services to ba held in City park Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Oris Crawford are on a motoring trip through California. Communications Favors Selective Draft To the editor: We are appropriating billions of dollars to put this country in a state of impregnable de fense. Millions will go Into equipment of every kind, but for that equipment to be of any value we must have trained men to use it, and we haven't got them. Experience of tha world war, and the statements of the general staff today, show very clearly that we cannot get them by voluntary enlistment in time to be ready. General Pershing pointed all this out very clearly in his address over the radio yesterday. The only fair and efficient way of doing this is by selective draft. While all the details of the present bill, the Wadsworth bill, have not yet been settled, it is obvious that many of our people do not understand tha meaning of this bill at all. It is not proposed by anybody to call out all men between 21 and 31 years, or whatever the age limit specified probably not more than one in 25. These, as in the world war, will come out by lot, and then those men who have key positions in in dustry, those with dependents, etc., will be excused and an other name will be drawn from the hat. Sometime Bfter the armistica in 1919, I had occasion to check the casualties in my regiment. That check revealed a remark able fact. After the first phase of the Argonne. our division re ceived replacements of about 25 percent to cover our losses. I We then moved up to Belgium land engaged in two offensives there. The record shows that 80 percent, or more, of the cas ualties In that whole division occurred among this 25 percent of replacements, some of whom had never fired a rifle. And that was a year and a half after we had declared war! 1 speak of this because it shows so clearly how costly it is to put troops into action that have not been properly trained. And I think it would be a crim inal thing to delay the passage of the selective draft act, which is the only method by which we can obtain the men in time to meet a possible emergency in the event of a German victory over Europe. Gordon Voorhies, Voorhies Crossing. Aug. 5. Trio Die in Vain Rescue Attempt Briston. N II., Aug. 6. iP Four men died in a gas-filled well today as they descended 50 feet, one by one. to aid each other. Firemen, who tried unsuccess fully to revive the men. said they died from the fumes of a gasoline pump. Alaskans Drown. Juneau. Alaska. Aug. 6. f) Alvan Jones. 16. 8P(j Albert Chenard. 44. both of Juneau, drowned Sunday in Turner lake. 25 milrs from here, when their small bo.it swamped while they were fishing t'" Hsu Tr:tun. ,rt sr-.s POISON OAK? Try a botlla ot ZEMACOL too must b. aall.r4 or tour monw rr.rfult. r.foi.a. r,.l Mm ; a tst it mailt.