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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED FORD. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1940. Medfordwtribunk IwJI Kir p talartaUf. fuHrid hy MKI)i(HU MHINTINO SS-37-29 North Fir St. phoiM 3141 KotibKI W HI i Hi- fc-litot fr Orw. tr 4t f fc rl I. U1I IJHMt. KII'l luN RATM y Hall U 4itDMi Dliy sod uuni (! rr 0uy ji'lr moath. . it Dttujr nd un1r ttir month I Doily tod un1F on month. . f y Crnr Jm A4tace--M4ll'cHt land. CotrJ Point, Js,?kawnrtii. 0"l Mill. ue River. Photnls. TftH - a a 4 m moiM rouivfl' Dally and a"uKly aa rr ..,.94 Dally and gnrti'-n mnh... ft Ail Urmi advanca. Ofttrtal raiwr ml (tea tlty at tnlfew4 OffMal taawt al Jarkaw Cavaly HKMHfcH lr Ml ft AWMH A l f MfeJift ftaealtlNa- rll UmhI Hlr rtra Tna aaviaaf fra sciwiy autlad ta ie un foi puaiioatioa r alt 4iataicna aiatnad ta II ar MKr iaa ra1iti1 ta tnia papa and laa la laa leai gbnnri hiitm. Alt riiii for puMiaatioa dlapdiahaa haraia ara aiaa raaarvad UEUHIR Of UNIIKU fHICM Adartla(o Haa, aaatatlaa WMT-Mul ,llAV CullfaNf INC. Omaaa IB Nw Far a. (Thicaia. Dotrolt al rranoiaoa. Laa An !. Haaifia. far tlaad. it baata. Atlanta, Vanaouvar R C II Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry. "Boy Government" week at Portland was a nieces. Else where throughout the world government ranged from a sub lime fizzle to just tolerable. ' A former UofO. co-ed, now the wife of a Nazi propaganda aide, writes home to kin, "all is well In Berlin, and as far as we are concerned, nothing to worry bout." Then remarks: "As a rule it takes from two weeks to more than a month. Just to get a new heel tip on a shoe." . ' AFTERTHOUGHT (Heppner (Ore.) News) ' "A picnic lunch was served at noon and the day was spent climbing the mountain and digging for the colorful opal ' nodules. Or something." Spain, long a moth-eaten land, reports through one of its ram bunctious editors, is "physically on the verge of battle against Great Britain," and is now a "moral belligerent." Anybody who has been, to Spain in the last 23 years, with their eyes open, will be glad to know Spain alleges she is moral about some thing. Two Democratic senators wapped insults during a debate on the draft law. This is worse than wasting them on Adolf Hit ler. The Espeo switch engine is having quite a time keeping from getting knocked off the crossing by speed idiots, now that the fruit season has started. The en gineer can't hear the auto horn of the approaching potential sui cide, who blats a minor key to both the locomotive bell and whistle. THE WEAKER SEX (Pendleton East Oregonlan) "A Canyon City report to the East Oregonian today said that Mrs. Taylor, a slender, 110-pound woman, hit the rob ber with her fist, which did not feaze him: then she tried a bottle over his head and that also failed to convince him she meant business, so she reached for her pistol. Official Bermuda society will "curtsy" to the Duke of Wind sor. but not to the Duchess, s former Baltimore girl. It will be a week or ten days before the effects of this momentous de- clsion can be no'.ed on the cur rent battle of the British Em pire for its life. ... A sub-slogan of the New Deal candidate's campaign will be "Humanity before Dollars." It will be the cousin of the "For gotten Man" slogan, and Is wide open to attack. There Is evidence the interest in humanity became pronounced after seven years of raking in the cash. STATESMANSHIP "I had the senator from In diana blow his breath In my face. There was no liquor on his breath. I never saw him take a drink. That sort of thing is said In the heat of anger and might result in unfair Interpre tation." Holt, who had previously fin ished his principal speech in the controversy. Jumped up and said only that he was "glad the sen ator from Oklahoma is an ex pert on halitosis." (Press Dis patch.) U. S. Proteus. Washington. Aug. 9. iPi The Union Pacific railroad com pany protested to the tax ap peals board today against a tresrury claim It owed $164 1 31 in Income taxes for 1 933. Closing tun lor Too Lata to Claa au Ada la 130 p. m.' Fight Fire With THE government had $400,000,000 to Bpend on air- planes in June. Since that time contracts have been placed for only 33. That's the shocking story told by Secretary Stim son to explain why the U. S. program to aid England in the air has fallen down. And who is to blame? Mr. Secretary isn't so explicit regarding that In fact, he absolves each and every party to the contract, categorically, and then concludes: "The causa of this failure has been due to the absence of a satisfactory amortization program." "THERE you are, ladies and gentlemen ! Of course, we all abhor the totalitarian form of government But there is no point in kidding our selves. In fact, for more reasons than one, the time has come to face the truth. And the truth is: If you are going to fight a totali tarian government, you will have to adopt the totali tarian principle yourself! France recognized that fact. So did England. It remains to be seen whether only one, or both, recog nized it too late. IMAGINE what condition this country would be in today if it were at war with any nation or group of nations of approximately equal strength. The occasion, let us say, demanded a production of 2,000 fighting planes a month, the same were or dered, and at the end of that month 33 were pro duced ! A result like that might well mean complete dis aster, overwhelming defeat. Such inefficiency can be absorbed by a rich coun try like this in time of peace. It can't be in time of war. And it's high time we the people and our repre sentatives recognized the fact. . VES, the more one delves into this modern war busi- ness the more evident it is that the first law of life, the instinct of self-preservation, demands that this country keep out of actual war until it is willing to pay the price. And the first item in that price is the abandon ment of democracy just as long as that war may exist the setting up of a one-man, or an oligarchic WAR dictatorship. 70R under such a system fizzle in production of else, because ot the absence of a satisfactory amorti zation plan, OR anything else. Industry would be told what it has to do, in a cer tain time. Industry would do it, or ELSE! And, needless to say, under such a system it would be done. DUT that would be adopting the very form of gov ernment we are seeking to destroy! Quite true. Experience, however, has shown that under cer tain circumstances unless one fights fire with fire one must perish. And whether we like it or don't, and no one DOES,' half the world is on fire, and the flames are coming closer and closer to the other half. The sooner the democracies of the world, what there are left, recognize that much as they abhor war, and the totalitarian principle, if a nation is to successfully wage the first, it must, for the period of the war, at least, adopt the SECOND, the fetter for all concerned, and the better the chance of de mocracy emerging successfully from the present tragic mess. Not a Pretty Picture CO the airplane production program falls down be K cause of the absence of a satisfactory amortization plan ! How Old Man Mais and the "three graces," Messrs. Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, will chortle when they read that. For what is a satisfactory amortization plan? It's a guarantee to the airplane manufacturer that the new plant and the new equipment which he must a :t l. : - i ; i iuiimi ui-i u ins uuipui is 10 oe Drought up to a proper war-time basis, will be paid for out of profits, that the manufacturer will not go to that extra expense and then find, when the war is over, he and stock holders are holding the sack! Not an unreasonable demand, as such things go, not under the profit system and in times of peace. DUT there is a war on, waged by two of Europe's most powerful dictatorships, which mav at anv time be joined by two more, one in the Orient and one in the Near East. And throughout that hostile realm there are no amortization plans, there are no profits, in the generally accepted sense, when the boss says he wants 2,000 planes, or 50.000, those planes are produced. He doesn't demand the impossible. He does de mand the maximum under maximum effort. And that maximum is put out. So what? TUST this. You have on one side a group that is able to utilize to the utmoi-t every resource it possesses; and on the other side a group that can't. you have immediate action and complete freedom of action on one side; you have delayed ac:ion, action bound around hopelessly by political forms and endless red tape on the other. Other things being at all equal, what is the inevit able result? Not a pretty picture, but whoever said total war WAS! ! there would be no such war planes, or anything i , . . Fire - Or Else! Personal Health Service By William lfDt1 Ultr partAloIng to ptnonal hamlth and h)jjtrn. not to dIaMto dlatnoalfl or trratmant. wtll b an smart 4 by lr. Brady If a tUmped wit ado retard nvlooo la anrlotod. Letters abould bo brief and nrltten In Ink. Owing to the Urge number of letters received only few ran be antnered. So repW can bo made to queries not conforming to I nt ruction. Addreaa Dr. William Brad;. 265 CI Co ml no. Beterly Hill. Calif. A LITTLE MORE A young woman who wears a uniform and makes a noise like a nurse; though obviously she has net had the education and training of a nurse, is employed as a nurse in a nose and throat spe cialist's office She typifies a humbug and a scandal perpe trated on the public by a great many physic ians. specialists and dental practitioners. Perhaps the best way to protect the pub lic is by enlightenment. That is the purpose of this column in all circumstances. This young woman suffered one "cold" after another, as her busy employer called it. Through most of these attacks she man aged to remain at work. Part of her work was applying med icaments to the throats of cer tain patients, under the special ist's direction. Oddly enough, when the young woman suffered an attack rather more severe than usual, she consulted her family physician. The family doctor donned his mask and headljmp and care fully examined the patient's throat. He found some suspici ous spots, took a culture, dis covered she had streptococcus throat septic sore throat. That's as far as we need go with the case so far as the young wom an is concerned. But please go back to the first line of his para graph and underscore the first six words: "The family- doctor donn.d his mask." That is the picture to associate In your mind with the word "asepsis. The young woman expressed Interest in the doctor's mask. (It was a home-made one. a piece of washed x-ray film fastened to a headband by snap fasten ers, covering face, not interfer ing with ventilation and vision.) She was astonished when the doctor said he always wore his mask when examining mouth, nose, throat or chest. "You should wear a mask when you are giving treatments in the office," the doctor said. "We can't patients who do not understand would resent it," said the office girl, reflect ing the idea of her employer. Perhaps patients who go di- f.miisvilli Kv.. Auc. 9. The Willkie - McNary ticket hasn't a Chinaman's chance in the Blue Grass jtatc. There may be some question as to Roosevelt Wallace sweeping the south, but Kentucky's 1 1 electoral votes are in the bag. It is old fashioned politics that prevails.1 the kind where individual ma chines are built up and every one who gets on the payroll (federal or state must deliver at election time. Kentucky was one of the states where WPA scandals attracted national attention in 1938. Reliefers were shaken down for campaign funds in addition to being compelled to vote 'right." IRVLNO COBB. Illustrious literary son of Kentuckv, hss left the Democratic party snd publicly sup port Winkle sud McNsrr. but hit example will not be generally fol lowed Kentucky colonels eiplain tnli lapse from the ttraht traditions ol th ute on the part of Cobb by sttrlbutlnj it to his long association with Yankee A soniewhst different report comes ! from Isoutstar! This Is tb year Huev Loi4 planned to be a presl : deuttal randidat. but this year show- his political machine crushed and most of his lieutenant behind prison bars or fined, or on the way to both fine and imprisonment Huey. himself, rest under bronre replica of himself on the '.awn of the skyscraper etatehous at Bston Reuse In a t:me of depression unrest snd dissatisfsction H jey w-as s real menace, for he was a rabble rouser and promised even thing "erery man a kinf " IT Is not po'.ttlc that msy p aos I 1 louisisna in the dousiful column. ! but a ma'ter of economics, louisisra 1 raises sugar cane and this U the most i raiusbl crop As ervretarr of seri culture. Henrv A Wsl.s.- has suthar tred quoas iftu-h Louisisra resrds a unfair and diarri minatory. ftenator tl'ender. consistent follow er of the new a,, hss attempted In tsia to obtain relief, evro b 1 Brady. M. D. ASEPSIS PLEASE . recti y to "specialisti in the smug belief that a "specialist" knows more or has greater skill than an "ordinary doctor," would resent such aseptic tech nique, but intelligent laymen nowadays understand that it is for their own protection as well as for the protection of the doctor or nurse. Does anybody resent the masks worn by all hands in the operating room? If you can't make a neat mask in the manner suggested, the more familiar mask of sur gical gauze (cheesecloth) will serve as effectively if not as comfortably or as becomingly it must be made of not less than 10 layers of gauze or washed cheesecloth having not less than 32 threads to the inch mesh, about 8 by 8 inches, with tapes sewed on each corner to tie over ears and back of heck to hold the mask In place. Every one should use such a mask when ill of aoy respira tory infection or when taking care of or within conversational range of any one who has signs or symptoms of such infection. 'qlESTIONS ANI ANSWERS It Happen! In Ohio Bm in thirri eride bss hi. ears pulle1 lnd twisted frequently by his teocher because ot his writing. We have warned th. teacher, because the boy complains of earacrw a good deal, but ah. still does It. (Mrs. C. W.) Answer The teacher should be ar rested and prosecuted for assault, or th. child's mother should visit the school and twist the teacher's ears by way of emphasizing her objection to th. practice. Poison Ivy Would that your article on poison Ivy had appeared earlter. I had a moat unpleasant experience with It. . . . Finally tried applying table spoonful of ordinary household am monia in teacupful of warm water, on soft cloths, and this gav. great relief. Ivy poison Is add and perhaps th. alkali neutralises or destroys It. Anyway, It Is a mighty gratelul remedy when you can't find better relief. (C. O.) Answer Thsnk you. Another good home remedy Is Keeping the Irritated skin covrred with clothe wet with soapy water. Foot lU-tl Pleas, give some advice on preven tion and cure of athlete's foot or ringworm. (Mrs. L. O. R-l Answer Bend stamped envelope bearing your address and aek for pamphlet on the subject. (Protected by John P. Dtile Co.) Ed. Note. Persons wishing to roimnunlcat. with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M U.. Z6S Cl Camlno. Beverly Hills Calif. offering amendments as riders to other measures. Louisiana would have accepted any running mate Mr. Roosevelt selected other thsn Wal lace, for h la regarded as an enemy of the state's prlnctpsl resource. The people are quit bitter sbout th'.s. Objection Is not to Mr. Roosevelt but to bis choice for vice-president. Th brand of democracy In Loulstana differs from that found In most of the other southern states. They do not take party so seriously. THERE is no Jarring note In Mis sissippi. There was a coolness between Mr. Roosevelt and Senator Pat Harrison, but that was when the president threw his Influence seatnst Harrison to mske "Dear Alben" Bark ley Democratic leader of the senate. But Harrison Is a southern Democrat piecing party sbor self and he Is. with Jimmy Byrnes and Barkley. running th president's show in the senate. For core of years Harrison and Oregon's McNary have paired their votes. This -ha been a splendid arrangement when Pat wanted to play golf at th Burning Tree club. During the Coolldg administration Senator LaFollett (the eldert offered a resolution opposing a third term Voting condemnstlon of a third term ass Mississippi's Harrison snd. among others. Kentucky's Barkley, who was chairman of the convention when Mr. Roosevelt accepted a third nomi nation. a f H th deep south Mrs. Roosevelt Is 1 less populsr than her husband Th southerner knows how to deal , with colored people, and the colored people draw distinction between a southerner and a northern white I man. being deferential to the former and independent to the latter. There , is no little word -of -mouth criticism of Mrs. Roosevelt for "catering" to the colored. It ts known ren-wher I Id th south thst when the klrsr ' and queen of Earland aere enter tained at the WMt House It was t almost an etc!uMc colored lr?w ! It Is known that Mrs. Roosevelt resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution becaus thst orgs nlrat Ion refused to rent it Con I stitution hall for a concert br a ; famous colored sxnistres Mrs Roos evelt does net draw th color line in any of her activities Th south hss numerous editors calling attention to what they regard i as faults of the new deal. In the j I lt35 campe'spi a few pspers dealt j lth Mrs. Rocwu-velt and her aoc:a : tlon with colored people, but not a southern stare a loet on that account. This vear. however, the revolt ta more pronounced THE Trias aitusVon hss not shsped up. but then Items ar known Jack Oarr.er vice-prrsM-nt foe et-.t Ta-i, with Mr Rooeerflt. Is "'thro'.vS' ih the squire of Kyd Psrk. Tie refusal of th president to s'op the 'sit-doa strikes tud ttfO U coujt- consented to American aalekoeplac pacatinsf bill lad to their break Mr. Caroer baa many followers In Texas. Jesse Jones wsa rejected In favor of Henry Wallace as running mat for Mr- Roosevelt, and Jones is a financial power In Texas. Most of the wealthy men in Texas are Demo crats, snd they msy cot eon tribute funds as liberally as formerly because of Garner and Jones. THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT XINTNER iContlDiwJ from Pag. On..) for their countries asset. The fall of Franc, howsvar. raised th ques tion In a decidedly different form. Th French hav signed an armuuee with Germany. Th French govern ment Is ostensibly Independent and still ha direct relations with th American government. If th French did not wish their assets to b Im pounded also. It was difficult to find a pretext on which their wishes could be Ignored. Nevertheless, th wishes of the French have been Ignored. The French ambassador. Count Ren D Saint Quenttn. visited Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. at his office to discuss th question. Secretary Morgenthau was polit but non-committal, to th point of changing the conversation to the topic of the weather whenever th ambassador became pressing. Secretary Morgenthau hardened hi heart. With the president's approval. It was decided that th French asset would be kept under lock and key. If England goes under, further more, the vast English asset remain- ! Ing here will be Impounded Ilk the French: and the signs are that no pressure win induce Morgenthau to I change his mind about them either. , Morgenthau Is known to feel, in fact. ; that he la wholly committed to the j present policy, that complete German i victory will afford no more ground ; for changing the policy than partial German victory, and that if be ts asked to choose between releasing the asset and resigning his post, resig nation will be the only course open to htm. Th president's attitude Is equally firm. s BOTH the president and Morgen thau will nee" to be firm, for a victorious Germany will use every propa$ajr3Rt weapon available to persuade American businessmen that once the assets have been released trade will boom with Europe. It wtll be argued, of course, that Germany does not plsn to loot the conquered nations, and every effort will be made to counteract the Judgment of the president, Morgenthau and others who sgree with them ihat keeping the loot of Europe out of German hand will best serve the interests of this country. The plea thst the loot will not find Its way to Germany is. of course, patently thin. The German military governor of Paris this week Installed a German official on the board of th Banque De France, bluntly order ing the bank to pay his salary snd his staff's fee. The powerful Banque Des Pays Bas has already bten forced to yield up to Germany It shares in the Rumanian oil wells. Other French banks and Industrial corporations are being rapidly absorbed in the German cnomlc structure. If th assets wer released, they would undoubt edly r v Ue same fate. IV the opinion of th treasury, moreover, they would be used to counteract this country's only real advantage in International affairs It richness In liquid capital. Hun dreds of millions, for example, could be spent in buying up the South American economies whose Independ ence la vital to th United States. For purposes of argument, fortu nately, the treasury can always say Test it yourself for Taste! LONDON D 4 5 Quart PINT S,35 85c itn rp lil SIM sos sf ML ft r II m safe M"m. s mi T i that tbM. billions la assets an on4 io tb. L'nlttd 6ttM. And tbousn in. argument bu by now worn 1 rmther t'n th. treasury ima likely to sUcfc to it grimly. In The DayV Newish " By Frank Jenkins BRITAIN promises India "free anrl aartnal ra t-4 n srl" i fi'' In the British commonwealth ! AFTER THE. WAR, with the people of India themselves, when that time comes, devising the irameworK oi a new con stitution. Britain herself, the official government statement says, is unwilling to ur.aertake funda mental constitutional issues at this time) meaning she is too busy fighting a war. IN Tokyo, dispatches Inform us, 126 of the Japanese diet's 466 members adopt a resolution urging the govern ment to take "all available and effective measures to drive British influence from east Asia." , This, of course, Is window dressing. The Japanese govern ment will do as it pleases regardless of the diet (parlia ment.) It merely looks better when it comes from the alleged representatives of the people. ITALY is driving hard at British control of the Suez canal, hoping to cut Britain's lines of communication with her Asiatic empire. pUT all these dispatches to- gether. and they will pro vide for you an understandable picture. Threatened on every hand. Britain is seeking to ENLIST MORE WAR AID from India. rvON'T be too cynical about its being done under pres sure. Under the same circum stances, you would do likewise. Human nature works the same, whether in high or low places. B RITAIX will do everything in h?r power to bring the United States into the war for which don't blame her. PUT THE BLAME ON US (where it will belong) If we permit ourselves to be dragged into a war we had no hand in starting, in which we have everything to lose and little if anything to gain and for which we are as yet totally unpre pared. A Jap fishing fleet In its near vicinity brings St. Law rence island. U. S. owned, up in Bering sea, into the news. The natives of St. Lawrence island, mostly Eskimos, have unusually large incomes, de rived from white and blue fox and seal furs. They live in frame houses (rather than ig loos) and most of the houses have overstuffed furniture which their owners seldom use but like to have around. They buy electric washing machines, although no electric current is available, and although the sun seldom shines they wear sun glasses. In other words, they're good raw material for American citi zens. RY Now you may enjoy the greater with the finest gin mode by America'i favorite gin distiller. Hiram Walker! method of flavor control insures uniform flavor from bottle to bottle. Taste for yourself how "harmo nized" .flavor improves gin drink. Try a bottle of Hiram Walker's Ninety-Proof London Dry Gin todayl Hiram Walker & Sons Inc, Peoria, Illinois. Flight (T Time Metfford and Jatfcioa County History from th. lines ot tb. NM.U Tribune IS and ta )ars ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 9. 1930 at was Saturday) rrlv action on Dark on top of Roxy Ann predicted. New heat wave sweeps over nation. "There U no depression in this city," reports William A. Gates. Henry Ford comes out for a "ten months work year." Unemployment sweeps Eur ope and doles given to million. Long drought in mid-west re duces Mississippi river to a trickle. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 9. 1920 (It was Monday) Franklin D. Roosevelt is for mally notified he Is the Demo cratic nominee for vice-presi dent in ceremonies at Hyde Park. Roosevelt endorsed the League of Nations as "a prac tical solution of a practical sit uation. It is not anti-nation; it is anti-war. There is but one way out. It is to redeem Amer ica's word to the world." A. E. Powell, who has been living in the Sacramento valley, returns to this city to live. Owing to the rain and light ning storm last night the union services in the city park were called off. Hunters warned deer season does not open until September 1 and all violators will be pun ished. Ye Poets Corner Baby Shoes. A pair of Baby Shoes I own, A treasure dear to me; I get them out when I'm alona. To gaze at thoughtfully. I travel back In memory. Which time cannot erase I see my baby in those shoes. With happy, smiling face. Damp curly hair and petaled skin And tiny dimpled hands. Which somehow gripped around my heart Like giant Iron bands. I see in fancied vision, those First faltering steps he took. A he turned to me for guid ance Nor gave a doubtful look. Placing his clinging hand In mine. He stepped confidently Dear Master, take my hand in Thine Thus, let me walk with Theel Frances Webb Stevens. CARBIDE PRODUCTION TO START OCTOBER 1 Portland. Aug. 9. (A Tha new $250,000 Pacific Carbida and Alloys company here will begin producing calcium car bide by October 1. General Sup erintendent J. G. McCallum said today. The Stuart Oxygen company of California subsidary, using Bonneville power, will add other units for various steel al loys, McCallum added. m GEEB (301133 01331 imoo!hnes of drinki mixed
