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PACF PTX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. AUGUST 18. 1940. MedforoJTribuni Pi( tiff eater. fti IftAt fry MKItnmu PMINTINO OIL 23-27-2W Nortb Fir 6t. Pbon SU1 11" Mb, HI W HliHU SMltot UN HT II UN THAI. U Catered e mma4-iim matter at M4 ter. Urca. ntot Al ! S ere . iste lJKCKirTIUN MTU Bf SU1I U ltiMi Dsiif tii4 utlr FMr ....tit Dllf o4 uolar i mottht. .. I II Diif ! unip"-KrM man the. I ft Dally aa4 uu1f mentis.. II Bp Carrier In A4MCM4rof 4. . UnC Central PoUtf, JachanfivlllC QeH UllL -u mer. PhoMiB. TeteaL ad iKwtor routeei Dsn end uhrtu ftw M Deiir end iMir ! .. II Alt Ittmi ftdftnc. Official ftpw ! lb lily at Mr4fatf Offlrlal "? af Jerk Vmttmtf SJfcUKbM III 1MB, A MM IAIKI CHim BtoaJvln fall Mire trW. fne Atetiet frM la eiaatai a ill l) la ina in for pvtnoatloe af all awa dispatch r1ild ta II ar ether via radii ta thi pa par. and alee la Iba iaaai pabiiahad herel. AU rifhte for ur.Hcatloa W epeelei dupateh hrie ara aiaa raaarvad. II Bat UK H OF UNITKO IICUHKH Of AUUIJ BUREAU OF 'l RCULATlUNfl Advertising Rp.atamee WBdT-HUI JUAV COMPANY. 1NO. Offlaaa ta N Far a. Chieae. Dalratt tea rranataea, Laa Angaiaa. Miiltt, rartlaad. ML Leeia, Atlanta. Vnaaar b c I.TIM Ye Smudge Pot By Art bar Perry. Onlv 118 dayi till the only Fri. the 13th of thli year. Peoria Bill Gates U getting readv for his annual invasion of the Mid-West early in Sept. Vern (Shotgun) Canon, the In defatigable young Democrat, an nounces if Willkie is elected he will never laugh again, any louder than Con DeVore, the cow surgeon. The days are favorable for the Hob Deuel ice business, and when the taxpayers wake up in the middle of the night, it s cold enough to remind him he will have to see Hobias about a wood pile soon. John Anderson of C. Pt. has sold his ranch, and plans to do some gadding. Deke Buckingham was 80 years old Tues., causing the Salem Capital-Journal to remark playfully: "Deke used to be candy maker hereabouts, past exalted ruler of the Elks and otherwise a No. 1 citizen. His mind softened about 20 years ago and he moved to Medford." Deke retorts he don't know what made him stay so long in Salem the first time, and it he ever goes again, it will be with the sheriff. School opens Sept. 9, and the kids will soon be getting pre school haircuts. t J. Wesley Bates, the chin- whacker, reports his radio has wore him out. The radio says if J. Wesley had hung on another ten minutes, he would have won. A little girl living on Peach street received a cat Frl. that came all the way from Nebraska by express, and both were glad to see each other. ... Coaches of Old Oregon were here Tues. and shut their eyes when a bevy of 190 pd. athletes came up to shake hands. ... Three councllmen were caught at the wrestling matches last Alon. night. Picking and packing of the Bartletts is keeping pickers and packers on the well-known Jump more so than usual. The British announce they have a secret weapon more dan- gerous than a Model A hauling a row-boat behind, either direc tion on a mountain road. J. W. Dressier of Los A., a former real estatist and alder man here is visiting here. One of the Rockefeller hoys has gone to work for Uncle Sam for $1 per year. If pinched, he can fall back on something be sides his pay. The Canadian thistles In the Lake Creek country are a record-breaking crop litis year. Klamath Falls is stewing over parking meters. The country folks will probably kick about dropping a nickel in a hitching post, when they come to town. Miscue Portland, Aug. n. (.71 Near ly 99 tons of canned goods were dumped Into the Willamette river near Terminal 4 yesterday by a barbe that listed sharply as it was being pushed. Parachutes Found London, Aug. 17. HVy Fif teen parachutes believed to have been released from a German plane were picked up today in the northeast coastal area. Thrre was no evidence that they had been manned. Mr. Willkie Accepts THE outstanding characteristics of Wendell Will tria'p inonnlinM ansspVi u-pre ifcn simnliritv. its ni o uvLk.ui.vv - - - - - - - j i candor and its refreshing originality. If anyone doubted the nonpartisan and nonpoliti cal character of the Republican candidate, this non declamatory and politically unorthodox address must have removed it. As the "Gentleman from Indiana" remarked some weeks ago, when it comes to speeches "he rolls his own." None of the time-honored cliches, and pompous generalities of the usual acceptance speech in this one. None of the moss-covered traditions of the grand "old army game," the first commandment of which is : "If you can't view the opposition with alarm, don't view it at all!" MR. WILLKIE not only expressed his respect for the President of the United States, his acknowl edgement that the difficulties surrounding the posi tion in the present critical state of the world are many; but he went out of his way to uphold the Presi dent where he believes him right, i.e., the principle of the selective draft; giving aid to the defenders of democracy against totalitarian aggression in Europe, extending assistance short of war to Great Britain, while a long list of the social and economic aims of the New Deal were frankly approved by this extraor dinary G. 0. P. nominee. We are quite sure if former Senator Jim Watson of Indiana attended his fellow statesman's "coming out" party, the Old Guard veteran had some ex tremely uncomfortable moments, as he listened to what he could only regard as the rankest political heresy. DUT that's Wendell Willkie. He says what he be lieves and believes what he says. Where the New Deal administration is right he commends it. Where it is wrong he condemns it. He accepts ready-made and vote-catching policies or phrases from no one. He thinks things out for himself, he goes straight to the point, he "rolls his own." TTHE speech certainly was not what could be called an eloquent one. Nor a great one, but it did, in the judgment of this department, reveal an ex tremely honest, fearless and intensely sincere man, genuinely consecrated to what he regards as a sacred task, the return of this country to fundamental democratic principles, and the unity of this country, and the continued progress and prosperity of this country upon the foundation of those principles. UERE was no narrow partisan opposition to the Roosevelt administration, but an opposition based on principle. Whatever the Democratic party may think of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, here was plainly a TRUE Democrat, who opposes not the aims, but the methods and spirit of the President and his program, and definitely and clearly shows precisely why he is in vigorous and uncompromising opposition. IN this portion of the address, in fact, it seemed to us, the speaker rose to true greatness, as he did in the closing portions where, with impressive earnest ness, he kicked every tradition of the orthodox party acceptance speech in the face, and instead singing the old partisan refrain of "vote for me and happy days are here again," he told his auditors the cold, hard truth : "Before us there Is no easy road. It Is a road of hard ship, of sacrifice, of service, a road where we need be hard of muscle, clear of head, brave of heart, a hard working and a UNITED people!" Yes, any candidate for the presidency who could sound a note like that in a routine acceptance speech, has a quality of true greatness about him. It would be so much easier, and cheaper, just to "view with pride, point with alarm," ignore the fact that the democracies of the world are in peril as never before, that this country faces not only de structive forces from without, but from within, and that the task of maintaining peace with the world in flames, and restoring prosperity with a tax load that is literally back-breaking, is truly herculean in its proportions, Yes. that would have been the easy way, but Wendell Willkie refused to take the easy way, and we repeat, thereby proved his greatness, his courage and his integrity. THE big popular hit of the speech, of course, was 1 the challenge to the President for a country-wide debate upon the outstanding issues of the campaign. This was the fighting, partisan note the crowd had been waiting for and the first real, whole-hearted enthusiasm of the day burst out in all its glory. W! ELL, why not? Abraham Lincoln had time to debate with Senator President, who asks that he be granted what no other American President has ever been granted, a third term, have time to debate with the opposition can didate? This would be in accord with the democratic tra dition, and we can think of no better way in which to clarify the complicated issues which confront this country in one of the most critical periods in its history. Nevertheless, this department is going to be greatly surprised if this challenge is accepted. Mrs. Roosevelt wouldn't miss such an opportunity, but we think it about a hundred to one wager Franklin Delano Roosevelt will ! THE real kernel of the speech, however, was not contained in this challenge, but in that pledge that Douglas, whv shouldn't the if he is elected President, the war upon legitimate and honest business will cease, the arraying of class against class will end, and in the soundest tradition of genuine democracy, all classes, all races, all types will be persuaded to join together in united action to establish that material well-being and spiritual ascendancy which will make the "American way of life" not only secure, but the hope and the salvation of the civilized world! Personal Health Service By WillUm totters pertaining to personal health antf B'gleiM. not to tflieaaa dlagnoele ar treatment, mill b a nana red Dr. Brady If m atampad eell sddreaaed envelop la enclosed. Letter a ahoold ba brief and written la Ink. Owing ta the large numbers of letters received only a few can ba anawered. So reply can ba made to queries not conforming to Instructions, address Dr. William Brady, M5 CI Cam I no. Bererly Kills. Calif. WHAT DID ! Every summer at the height of tha vacation season a flock of Inquiries from readers turn up, most of them from individ uals who want to lose a trifle of twenty or thirty pounds of slacker flesh any time between now and Sunday aft ernoon no hurry about It, take our time, but be sure to at tend to the matter when we get around to It. Perhaps ten per cent of these vacation time requests come from individuals who are on the skinny side and while they are packing for the trip to the country it occurs to them that it might brighten the at tractions of the resort if they put on say ten or fifteen pounds flesh while waiting for the train, so to speak. These are commendable aspir ations, my dear children, and if it were possible to work the miracles by means of a pleas ant letter or an encouraging pat on the back 01' Doc Brady would even be late for the first game of bowls of an afternoon in order to comply with your re quest. But life is real, life is earnest, and again I ray that ideally the time to reduce Is generally five years before you have to "go on a diet". In other words, it is a great deal easier and more satisfactory in every respect to keep ten per cent su perfluous flesh off than it is to get it off after you have toted it around for some time. Mind, I do not bar such re quests. Indeed I answer them as promptly as possible regard less of consequences. But Just between ourselves I hope you will understand clearly that any regimen or any change In your way of living that you may adopt now, at my suggestion, will bring the Implied result, If at all, only after some months of application. Certainly I have never given you the slightest hint that I can impart a magic secret method of "slenderizing" while you sleep. Life is real, life Portland, Ore., Aug. 17. An other stop in the new deal pol icy of running private industry out of business is disclosed in the announcement that the Re construction Finance Corpora tion will furnish funds with which 13 PUDs in Washington state can purchase the proper ties of the Puget Sound Power & Light Company, which had operating revenue of $14.61 693 in 1939. Official announcement b y RFC in confirmation of the statement made by this column many months ago that the gov ernment was preparing to sup ply taxpayer money to PUDs to finance acquisition of utilities and thereby dispense with PUDs paying a commission to sell revenue securities and raise money by this method. If the Washington program is culmin ated similar financial aid can be expected for PUDs in Ore gon. RFC has a long sack. When and if thts loan is made, the government will have as security a mortgage on the property and may, eventually, have to foreclose, install a re ceiver and operate the system in 19 counties which are within a radius of 150 miles of Seattle, and which also includes Seattle. RfC tata that it La willing to couaidrr an application for a loan, provldfd U la approwl by Bonna villa admtnltirauun, aiao an tncy of tha pernment. In this inaianc "conaldrrmtlon" can ba lntarprtd aa apprmad."' for an aarliar appli cation at on tha rrry of approral whn tha corporation rwflvM nottor that inn- ttrtf r'iinwt thro-ui pttt f TV initial application and tha lUtnina of Brady. M. D. TELL YOUT Is earnest. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Ditto to the skinnies. Frank ly, tho, tha skinny ones are more reasonable or sensible about it, as a rule. They are de lighted and grateful if they can put on a bare five or ten pounds weight or, more to the point, an inch or two of circum ference. They are happy to achieve this in the course of sev eral months of endeavor. Where as your average overnourished, underworked individual train ing for obesity scarcely bothers to report a loss of only five or ten pounds or a mere Inch or two in girth. qi ESTIONS AND ANSWERS Monotrapht on Health Pleas. Inform u what pamphlet or monograph, on health and hygiene you hava available for. reader. We have teen several of your monographs and we consider them Invaluable to keep on file for reference when occa sion arlaea. (8. A. U. Librarian I. Answer The following are avail able. Tot any one, send stamped Sc envelope bearing your address. If you ask for more than one. Inclose 10c for each three you want of course together with tamped Sc and addressed envelope. Relief for Allergy: The Calcium Shortage: Hay Fever. Asthma: Re serve Power: Quinine in Modem Medicine; Tlnnttua and Deafness: Prostatic Obstruction: Bed Wetting: todln Ration: Ivy FoUonlng: Home Sanitation: Tobacco Habit: Belly Breathing: Foot Itch: Why Have Headache?: stuttering: Nail Biting and Thumb Sucking: Psoriasis: Ecae ma: Acne (Blackbeada and Plmplee): Car. of Hair and Control of Dand ruff; Hygiene for Otrls: Leucorrhea: Tumor and Displacement; Meno pause: How to Oaln Weight: Pocket Emergency Kit: Arthritis; Varlcoee Velna and Ulcers; Hernia; Pruritus: Styes: Bolls; Hives, Sucking. Rlupld to Have Piles For heaven'a sake If you can sug gest a remedy for piles do so. I am almost an Invalid from the suffering. (Mrs. R. T. L Answer Send a atamped envelope bearing your address and I'll glv. you the name of a physician skilled In ambulant treatment. It Is pslnless snd efficacious. Stupid to suffer with such trouble today. (Protected by John F. Dili. Co.) Cd. Not.. Persons wishing t. communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D tSS El Camlno. Beverly Hills Calif. RFC to maka a loan forecast a policy which can ba pursued in rrp part of the country where public utility ! district li organised. Two dlstrlcta In in-egon and four In Washington along the Columbia river submitted to Administrator Raver a proposal that RFC finance them aa a combination and Raver laid the matter before offlclaJa In the national capital aftr which nothing developed. Howerer, the Puget 0ound Pomer A Light Co. deal haa White House connections, and a nod from the chief executive to nta appointee on RFC is potent. tt la not Improbable that Puget Sound Power A Light may be merged with Seat tie "a municipal adventure In the power buslneaa. otherwise government financed utility dlstrlcta would be competing with the mu nicipal plant, RFC ta tha lending agency of the government. It makes loan to China to purchase munitions to use) aglnst the Japaneae invaders: It haa made loan to the Scandinavian countries; to Beveral South American countries, and the president wanta RFC to atd the Export-Import bank to make loans for hundreds of millions to other Latin-American countries un der the good neighbor policy, a THOMAS O RAH AM CORCORAN (Tommy the Cork, White Houae Jester, was so occupied In entertain ing the 1.300 guest at Bohemian Orore that he neglected his ml Ml on to that annual fun-feat, which wae to talk Louis Johnson tnto returning to the national capital and not walk out on Mr. Rooeerelt during the campaign. Johnson we kicked out aa assistant secretary of war b? Henry L. Stlmaon. Republican secre tary of that department. Miffed. Johnson flew to California, with Tommy taking the next plane. Johnson la almost the onlv In stance where a higher up official ha been urged to stick with the administration after being ousted and haa been offered a job "just a good ' Once In the heart of the red wood a. Tommy was furnished with aa ac cordion and he played In the various camps until the guest iSO percent being Republican and probably M percent suffering from legislation the Cork drafted with Benny Cohan and lobbied through congress) forgot Johnson and even Herbert Hoover. j for the Cork la an entertainer who would make good with a musical I and tingle act In vaudeville. He 1 made a biggr hit than Charley 1 Mcc::hv and P-lgr Bergn. or een Bergna other dummy, Ophelia, the old maid. Tonus topped Jobs Cbarlea Thorn, th only man who ha transposed The Star Spangled Banner" to a key enabling anyone to sing tho national anthem. Between a lection oa the atomach Sieinway, Corcoran confided that January 1 ha and Benny will pull up aiakee In th national capital and open law office in Hew York whether tha November election 1 win. lose or draw for th new deal. Th Cork la smart: Bohemian Orove wa full of prospective client for a Wail Street lawyer and a little advertising helps bring buslneaa. Unlike Raymond Moley, Corcoran will not writ bis memoirs of the new deal until th principal char acters bev paased into the beyond Tommy la the youngest of the White House Intimates and can afford to wait to male hi oonfeaslons. All AUG t:te. Iff 2 "Ti: sauii Imf m i rr nisVi i I Br Frank J.nkins DROBABLY the most slgnifl- cant question that is being answers In Britain in these hec tic days is this: Can air power ALONE win a warT CLSE WHERE smashing at " tacks by motorized armored land forces have ACCOMPAN IED the terrifying displays of German air might: in Britain, a stubborn, courageous people's power to resist must be paral yzed before it will be feasible to follow up with land attack. That creates a different sit uation. DON'T believe much you will read fnr . f.w Have Aroiir. ate reporting of such a battle as is raging over Britain would be difficult even without the handicaps of censorship. When censorship and propaganda are added to the physical difficul ties involved, accuracy becomes impossible. If you will be patient, vou will get in time a fairly depend able picture of what has hap pened. -THE British today are claim- ing a "secret" weapon some kind of plane trap that is said to have entangled and wrecked at least one German bomber. British reports say it is "efficient and formidable." It is quite possible that it is an American-invented device that trails wire from anti-aircraft shells which, when they explode, drop a small parachute that holds the wires temporarily in the air where they will foul the motors and wings of attack ing planes. Brief notice of such a device was given in American newspa pers several months ago. It sounds as if the British may be trying it out. (German reports today refer to it sneeringly as nothing more than a silly plaything. The, Ger mans, of course, fear the effect of reports of such a weapon on the morale of their flyers.) "THERE'S a hen on again in the Balkans. The Greek destroyers are bombed by "unknown" air planes. (Officers of the Grek ships watched the planes through glasses and are said to have reported flatly to the Greek admiralty that they were Italian.) The Turkish press says an Italian attack on Greece will bring Turkey into the war. riRGINIO Gayda, the Italian editor who is supposed to speak for Mussolini, says, the sinking of the Greek cruiser Helle on Thursday is a "British maneuver aimed at rupturing relations between Italy and Greece." If you have been able to be lieve a lot of the propaganda lommyrot peddled since the war began, there is no reason why you shouldn't try to believe this. NAB GANGSTER FOR Hollywood. Aug. 17. U.P Benny (Bugs) Siege), described by New York police as one of the "most dangerous gangsters" in the country, was dragged from the attic of his Holmby Hills mansion today and arrest ed on a charge of murdering Harry Greenberg. alias Harry Schaohter, former member of the Lepke gang. Greenberg, or Schachter. was ambushed and shot to death in his outomobile on a Hollywood street last November. Heads Washington Legion Aberdeen. Aug. 17. () Rudy Nichols, of Monroe, was elected commander of the Wash ington American Legion for next year, and Yakima was chosen 1941 convention city, as the twenty second annual con clave came to a close in Aber deen today. . .'Ja Sr . , .1 - THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT XINTMER iConUmwd from Pag. One. I congressional monopoly commit tee and who is noted for his at tacks on business' price meth ods. He urged that the suits be postponed pending study of their effect on the defense com mission's negotiations with the oil companies. He particularly urged study of the effect on ob taining new facilities. His view, seconded by labor's representative. Sidney Hillman. carried unanimously. When Ar nold learned of the defense com mission's attitude and Hender son's heresy, he feared long postponement or abandonment of his beloved suits, and be blew up. In effect, he told the defense commission that it misjudged the oil business if it thought concessions were needed for co operation in the defense pro gram; he charged the commis sion with fostering price-fixing of the worst type and costing consumers at least $73,000,000 a year. Arnold refused to delay the proceedings. However, Bob Jackson did not approve of Arnold's belligerence and over ruled him to agree that the com mission be given as much time for "study" as was needed. There was a brief rift between Jackson and Arnold which now appears to be patched up, but the feeling between Henderson and Arnold has not disappeared. ... DOTH Arnold and Henderson advance their theories with great emphasis. Arnold is under stood to believe that much of the trouble in France and Eng land was caused by rigid prices. He argued that in emergency periods the government must function even more vigorously to prevent rigid price systems. He is naturally against postpon ing anti-trust suits, and instead advocates direct subsidies to essential defense industries. If industry should refuse to coop erate, he would invoke emer gency laws to force coordina tion. Henderson denies that he has abandoned his antipathy to price fixing and restrictive business practices. He makes the premise that the country's most import ant task is re-armament. And he urges that the anti-trust suits may conceivably prevent the de velopment of the increased fa cilities which are vitally needed in the oil business. He believes the problem must be carefully studied. Henderson's view is shared by all members of the defense commission. That is where the matter now rests. It may take several months for Henderson's staff to study the oil cases and decide whether they will interfere with national defense preparations. Even when a decision is made, it is a good bet that the presi dent probably will have to inter- Mr. & Mrs. Public: We belter our admissions, sp.clallr with th Det.ni. Tax sdd.d. hsr. been going up to point where they ar working hardship on our fsmily trad, which has always been th foundation of shew business. 1 EFFECTIVE TODAY . . . w ar making th following Chang In prices at th Crater ian and Roxy Theatres and. with your help, fe.l that w can mak it. Craterian Theatre Malt: ret. Prre-t;r. Tas r. Tolal-snr Eet: T.. mre-SSr, Tas 4e. Total-tnc rtilldren U t. I.vt'ie Kiddles (under l3)-iv Roxy Theatre Matinees: (at. Sun. Onl) tor na tas Etea: Et. Price-tie. Tat St. Total-JV Children It t. 15-!ne Kiddies (under i:-lur ro. A. vene to dispose finally of th conflicts. Flight (T Tune Mrdfor. an. JarkM Canty Htrtore from I he files of I he Mall Tribune IS snd SO jeara at. TEK YEARS AGO TODAY August 18. 1830 (It was Monday) Mid-west drouth areas pelted by heavy rains. Tl.trii- amelter at TolO to be in operation by first for year. riar. Row in "Love Among the Millionaires" at the Crater isn attracts big crowds. Start nicking Howells in local orchards. Aimee McPherson and her mother battle, and mother emerges with a broken nose. Democrats switch "smear cam paign" from Secy Mellon to President Hoover. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 18, 1920 (It was Tuesday) Owing to so many members kaini, nn trnratinns. the band concert in the city park is called off for tonight. Georgia Minstrels to appear here next week. Work to start soon on Crater Lake Highway between this city and Trail. "Burning Daylight" at the Rialto; "The Great Secret" at the Liberty. Tennessee becomes the 36th state to ratify the women's suf frage amendment. French troops fire upon riot ing Germans in Silesia. ORIENTAL GARDENS HI NT THF TRF. INC. DANCING 9:30 to 1:30 Ku Admliston (1.00 , u per person, plus tas U
