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The preu mlld'.y complains
tha newt from Crete is "not con
erete." Nevertheless, what news
the London censor permits,
seems to have less accent on the
'con" than in former invasion
battle reports. .
A Christian order, with faith
remedy for the economic ills
and wars of the world, is recom
mended by a church conclave
In the Mid-west. The thought is
noble but in- the present messed
up state of Man's thinking, is
not apt to get results. In these
parts once there was a crusade
launched against , the "Pagan
Dime," and there was much
quoting of Scripture. Daily a
crusader showed up at the court
house toting a 50-pound Bible.
This was camouflage. He after
wards admitted he never got a
good chance to drop the ponder
ous volume on the sheriff's sore
foot. The world situation is now
similar.
The recent heat wave was of
short duration, bringing to a
close widespread maligning of
tha weatherman.
A favorable word for Coi.
Lindbergh hereabouts these days
is no business around the young
er members of the fair sex.
It makes them aa mad as alleg
ing their favorite actor wears
false whiskers on his chest in
he-man scenes of the movies.
There is some editorial rejoic
ing over the outlook for the June
graduate, now blooming. For
ten years, he has been pictured
in cartoons, with a diploma in
his hand, bravely marching off
a cliff into an ocean marked
"Unemployment." Now there is
plenty for him to do from pick
ing cherries to riveting a battle
ship. The German battleship Bis
marck lies at the bottom of the
Atlantic, where with a "lucky
hit" her guns sent the British
battleship Hot-?, last Saturday
This is the most cheering news
for friends of Britain In many
a weary moon.' The Nail chal
lenge to the Empire's rule of the
sea was met with swill ven
geance. There will be no re
joicing in Berlin or Rome now.
It may be the amazing luck that
has blessed every Axis power
move for months will beam upon
the democracies awhile and the
Right, which always wins but
takes Its time in the doing, will
prevail over the ruthlessness of
Der Hoodlum Hitler.
.
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patron aire.
"Both lots referred to are Mr
tualle In the bualneee district.
Both are easily accessable. In
neither Is a time limit In effect.
Both are free. The fact that they
are arallable hat been frequently
publicised."
e e e
Junior Robin, row of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Cochran Robin, fell out
of his nest In a cthse lawn oak
yes. The frenzied Mrs. Robin
beat two cats and a boy to
Junior. Mr. Robin was not at
home, as usual.
see
The law does not know what
to do with a speed Idiot, who
explains 80 mph. on a residential
street with the alibi: "I guess I
didn't have my head with me."
The next time he should leave
his car behind, and take his
head along.
You can live comfortably In
Santiago. Chile, for as little as
1.73 a day.
Tea Msil Tnbun cant so.
Is Air Power Supreme?
VESTERDAY afternoon the Mail-Tribune pre-
dieted the "Bismarck's" number was up.
This morning the "Bismarck," with Swastika flag
flying and guns firing went down with all on board.
So the score in the north Atlantic is evened up,
the Bismarck for the Hood, and Britannia again rules
the waves! ("We told you so !")
ee.ee
WELL, Britannia rules in theory at least.
But when one goes across the map to Crete the
picture isn't so reassuring. For apparently consider
ing the victory over the Bismarck a proper time to re
lease some bad news, the British Admiralty admits:
"The loss of two cruisers, the Gloucester and FIJI; four
destroyers, the Juno, Greyhound, Kelly and Kashmir; the'
damaging of two battleships and several mora cruisers."
Not so hot for Britannia's rule off the coast of
Greece, and an outstanding
air force.
BUT equally significant is
But for the planes ( American made, by the way)
on the British fleet's airplane carrier the Bismarck
would have escaped, for
British naval planes spotted the Nazi dreadnaught
and a torpedo plane inflicted the first mortal wound,
then executed the "coup de grace."
Which adds up to whatf
Just to this:
AIRPOWER IN MODERN WAR IS SUPREME,
NOT ONLY ON LAND, BUT ON THE SEA.
The nation, or group of nations, that gain a
permanent control of the air will win this war, and
as long as such control endures will control the world.
Every victory Germany has gained thus far has
been primarily due to superior airpower.
Every defeat Britain has suffered has been pri
marily due to the lack of it
Britain's greatest war achievement, the successful
embarkation at Dunkirk, was directly due to her tem
porary control of the air above the English channel.
r " e e
SO at least to this department the lesson is so plain
hat avon tVinso whn nin mav fPArl.
Yet "we the people" are today rushing the con
struction of a two-ocean navy, spending as much as
$100,000,000 on a single battleship which this de
struction of the Bismarck shows, can be sunk by a
single torpedo plane costing about one-tenth of one
per cent as much !
WE are not contending a two-ocean navy isn't de
sirable. Nor a large and well-trained army
with guns, tanks, parachute troops and what not.
But we are contending this World War No. 2 has
clearly demonstrated that all arms, both on land and
oea, are supplementary to
If this war is to be won, the democracies of the
world must gain control of
"Mr. X"Bobs Up Again!
AGAIN our old friend Mr. X is jubilant. The smk
inrr nt tha Rismnrplf Hostrnvn 2.t of th Gprman
naw. while the British navy is nearly as strong nu
merically as it was when
Which means (thinks our wishful-thinking ex
pert) that the Axis powers will soon be swept from
the Seven Seas, the blockade against Germany tight
ened, and Hitler beaten before snow flies if it does
fly in this dislocated cosmos in 1942.
WELL, Hitler MAY be beaten before snow flies,
anything in this mad world CAN happen, -but
we opine it won't be through any blockade, or through
dominant sea power. With all Europe in his grasp,
and with Russia cooperating as far as raw materials
are concerned, Hitler is right when he says there will
be no repetition of 1918, as far as Germany is concerned.
There won't be.
In fact, if Hitler is beaten In 1941, it will be from
behind, not on any of the
He murht be shot by some fanatical zealot for ex
ample, or an internal revolt
army leaders might- get him.
But until a major defeat is suffered, and Germany
awakens to the fact she CAN'T win, anything of this
sort isn t likely to happen.
lOREOVER one important point should not be
overlooked by Mr. X in all his calculations,
or by others similarly inclined.
Let him remember that Hitler opened World War
No. 2 with a defensive alliance with Soviet Russia.
Before he will risk defeat, won't he try to end the
war, with Russia's red army fighting beside him?
e e e
1E aren't maintaining an offensive alliance with
Stalin is certain.
We are maintaining that Herr Hitler would rather
have Stalin in Berlin than Winston Churchill.
And rather than risk another 1918, if the going
DOES get tough, won't he join hands with the
Kremlin?
""THIS possibility, at least, has been bothering this
department ever since September 1st, 1939.
We have never believed Hitler could WIN. But it
has been equally difficult to see how Germany, with
Russia as an ace in the hole, could ever be forced to
surrender 1 The best bet, ns stated above, is to secure
dominance in the air ;r.d bomb Hitler into submis
sion from the skies.
MEDFORD MAIL
triumph for the German
this fact concerning the
air power.
it.
the war started.
fronts he is maintaining.
engineered by disgruntled
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Personal Health Service
By William
lined letters pertalnlns, to personal health and hyftens, aot Co dlaeaae
elacnosla ee treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a temped self
addressed antelope Is enclosed Letter should be brief and written la Ink
Owing to the lart number of letters recelted only a few can be answered
here. No reply can bo made to queries not conforming to Instructions,
address VVUIIam Brady, tat CI Csmloo, Beterly Hills. Calif.
STRAIN IN
The bowling green being too
wet after the rain to play, I was
Juggling some bookcases full of
books the
other day
when a med
ical friend
dropr-ed la. "I
wouldn't take
a chance like
that if you
gave me the
books," he re
marked. "What
c h a n c e?" I
asked. "Why.
man, you
might easily
rupture your
self lifting such heavy things as
those medical books by the
case," he opined. So I opened
one of the tomes and read him
a paragraph. It was the latest
and best work on the subject
"Hernia," by Leigh F. Wat
son, M. D.. second ed., Mosby
Company, St. Louis, 1938, and
this is what I read for the bene
fit of my medical friend I quote
it here for the benefit of thou
sands of readers who have evinc
ed a similar misunderstanding
in letters concerning nernia:
'Nothing Is more erroneous
than the general belief among
some physicians and the laity
that muscular effort is the cause
of hernia." (Other terms for
hernia perhaps more familiar '.o
the laity are rupture and
breach.) 'The popular idea of
the modus operandi is that a sud
den or long-continued muscular
effort, in some unexplainable
manner, causes a pressure on the
abdominal contents and this is
turn forces, a knuckle or loop of
intestine to m a k e a passage
through the solid abdominal
wall, regardless of the intricate
network of muscles and fascia
effectively arranged to prevent
just such an accident.
"How anyone can seriously be
lieve that a soft, velvety, col
lapsed coil of intestine can sud
denly assume the hardess of a
cold chisel and accomplish some
thing the human finger cannot
do is beyond my comprehension.
It is a well-known fact that the
finger cannot be forced through
the internal inguinal ring if there
is no empty sac opening into the
abdominal cavity."
My medical accomplice, who
has done many hernia operations
but, I fear, has never mastered
the technique of the ambulant
treatment, agreed at once that
such an effort as lifting a case
of heavy medical books sudden
ly brings great pressure upon
the abdominal contents and that,
THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
By JOSEPH ALSOP and
ROBERT KINTNER
fOontlnueC Prom Psge One)
According to a member of
this group, the Tuesday address
"will be more the president's
own than any other." To save
time and clarify his own think
ing, the president's practice in
writing speeches has always
been to gather together a large
number of memoranda and
much factual data and re-dic
tate from this information ac
cording to his own ideas. The
White House, of course, has
been flooded with suggestions
and as usual the president has
requested a few friends to as
sist him. But, again according
to this official, the president
this time has made a point of
developing his ideas independ
ently from the views of his lead
ing subordinates.
Then too, it is difficult to
feel sure about the president's
attitude because of the rapidity
with which events are happen
ing abroad. The president prev
iously postponed his report to
the nation partly becnuse he did
not feel well, but also because
he was not certain on the ex
tent of the collaboration be
tween France and Germany.
And it is a safe guess that
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LIFTING
he argued, would be sufficient
to cause nernia if there were
congenital weakness of muscles
and fasciae In the hernial region
Frankly, I thought that last con
dition a quibble or equivocation,
although it is the sort of argu
ment or reasoning one must con
done in what we insist is med
ical science.
For that matter such a weak
ness or developmental defect
congenital (that is, present al
birth) is the fundamental cause
of all hernias, in the opinion
of most anatomists and surgeons.
In litfing the books I had no
thought of hernia. What I took
care to avoid was sacro-iliac
strain or sprain, and with that
purpose in mind I did not lean
down to lift the books I held
my back straight and bent my
knees or squatted. This is a
precaution everyone should take
when lifting a weight from
ground or floor use your legs
and not your back for the effort.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Hate a Hahy Book.
Our baby Is healthy and strong and
haa no Indigestion. She la three
months old and the only thing that
woriiea us la that the posterior fon
tanels Is entirely closed and the
anterior fontanella la still soft, about
!t Inch In diameter. We are told
this Is a serious condition. '(Mrs.
O. L.)
Answer The posterior fontanelle
or soft spot at back of head Is
usually -llterated (filled with bone)
at the end of the second month.
The anterior fontanelle usually re
mains open or soft until the baby
la about 18 montha old. Varlatlona
from the average are of no partic
ular significance, as a rule. Tour
question reminds me I omitted this
subject from the last edition of the
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chanees In his address are a
probability even at this late
time.
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THE best evidence on the
speech rests on two facts.
Late last week when the presi
dent began to work on a final
draft, he gave the impression to
visitors of a principal desire to
clarify the war issue in the
minds of the people. They came
away from the White House em
phasizing "clarification" in con
trast to the reports of an an
nouncement of more active aid
in behalf of the British.
Since then, however, the pres-
ident has been subjected to
m t am a m rt nWlla M1 ! 1 1 1 1 a 11 V
from well Informed army nd!FROMJthe Germuan l!,h com"
navy people, who empnasizea
the seriousness of the time fac
tor. Their point was simple but
the most significant one, for it
is generally conceded among
military strategists that if this
country is to offer really effect
ive aid to the. British, it must
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come soon. Their plea was for
"clarification" accompanied by
action.
see
EVEN with this background of
uncertainty over the presi
dent's decision, it is still im
portant to know, of a report
recently made by one of his
most Intimate advisers on for
eign policy. After a tour of all
sections of the country, includ
ing the traditionally isolationist
Middle West, this man returned
to Washington recently with
very definite conclusions on the
state of public opinion which
may well have an effect on the
president. His conclusions were
approximately as follows:
One, that the president now
has a stronger hold on the
country than at any time dur
ing the last eight years. The
great majority of the people
are both willing and anxious to
follow his leadership, and in
general they have confidence in
his judgment on foreign af
fairs. Two, that in all sections of
the country, the average citi
zen is confused and uncertain.
He has no authoritative and ac
curate conception of the dan
gerous war position of the Brit
ish: he is not sure of the ef
fectiveness of any steps that this
country can take to change the
balance of the war; and he is
ignorant of the dangers to this
country If these steps are not
taken.
Three, that if the country Is
fully informed on the world
situation, it will be ready for
prompt and decisive action. But
if the situation is not explained
with boldness and an alternate
program suggested, then the
disunion will growi each day
that this is delayed.
In broad outline, this is also
the view of the best informed
and most important officials in
Washington. While they recog
nize the dangers to the presi
dent's leadership if he embarks
on new policies without the
country united behind, they also
are even more convinced that
if a frank appraisal of war is
made, the president will be in
a position to direct the nation
into a genuinely effective pro
gram of active aid to the Brit
ish. By Frank Jenkins
TO realistic thinker will at
' ' tempt to deny that over the
week-end the war news is all
bad.
e
IN Crete (guessing Monday
from confused dispatches) the
Germans appear to have ex
tended their hold on the west
ern part of the island.
Rome says German troops
have been landed from ships
protected by the Italian navy
and convoyed through the area
the British navy "had guarded."
The British acknowledge some
sea-borne reinforcements may
have landed, but contend they
are insignificant. They concede
air-borne German tanks have
arrived.
King George of Greece has
left Crete and arrived in Cairo.
I -
mand comes the claim that
11 British cruisers, eight de
stroyers, one submarine and
five torpedo boats have been
sunk and several more cruisers
and destroyers damaged in the
In The
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eastern Mediterranean since last
Tuesday.
CeVman "spokesmen" in Ber
lin assert the Germans and
Italians have virtually wiped
out the cruiser section of the
British navy's eastern Mediter
ranean fleet. Of 12 cruisers
based at Alexandria, they say.
11 have been sunk. j
THESE, of course, are German
renorta. which never under
state German achievements.
They may be wide of the truth,
as often they have been. As
these words are written, the
German claims are undenied by
the British, but the British may
have military reasons for keep
ing quiet.
It is too early to draw defin
ite conclusions. We can only
guess from confusing dis
patches. INTEREST iq the eastern Med
iterranean sea fighting arises
from the NATURE of It What
we want to know is how the
British fleet stood up against
German air attack.
THE battleship Hood, the pride
of the British navy, wai sunk
bv a German battleship. That
might have been the result, as
the British claim, of a lucky
shot. Such things do happen in
naval warfare.
If the British navy in the east
ern Mediterranean has been dis
astrously battered from the
AIR, it will be something else
entirely.
IN Berlin, German Grand Ad
miral Raeder, speaking of
convoying American supplies to
Britain, says: "I can only echo
the view of President Roosevelt
that convoys mean shooting."
Elaborating, he says:
"Since the nature of cargoes
of convoyed ships, according to
American admissions, would be
established from the very be
ginning as contraband, resort to
this type of convoy system
would not be neutral in the
sense of international or Amer
ican treaties, but an OPEN
WAR ACT and a bare, unpro
voked attack.
"German naval forces there
fore would be justified in tak
ing measures against these con
voyed carriers according to the
law of sea warfare and would
by exercise of these rights have
to REPULSE WITH ARMS if
necessary any hindrance even
against American warships.
(Admiral Raeder's bellicose
statement, it is interesting to
note, is contained in an inter
view granted to Domei, the
JAPANESE news agency. By
indirection, he is aiming to tell
the Japs what will be expected
of them).
D EFERRING to R a e d e r's
statement. Secretary of
State Hull accuses Germany of
seeking by threats to induce the
United States and the Western
Hemisphere nations to refrain 1
from making any real efforts at 1
self-defense. What he means is
that Germany is trying to bluff
us as we have been trying to
bluff Germany.
The poker game that concerns
us directly is getting hot
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History from the file of tha
Mall Tribune 10 and 20 yean
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
May 27, 1931
at was' Saturday)
City and nation pay tribute
to war dead. President Hoover
in address compares "present
times to those at Valley Forge."
Man goes over Niagara falls
in a barrel, but is marooned in
a whirlpool.
Reno courts issue
vorces in a month.
331
dl-
Oregon City youth is killed
in crash when car plunges over
embankment.
Pessimism on wane here as
spring work starts. Merchants
report county purse strings not
held as tight as month ago.
Class of 20 to graduate from
Central Point high school to-
night.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Mar 27. 1921
(It was Monday)
President Harding in Decor
ation day address at Washing
ton, D. C., says "America shall
lead the way to lofty peace."
Tommy Milton wins annual
Indianapolis auto race classic.
"Sacramento," a well known
local Chinaman, is suffering
from an ulcerated tooth and is
in a serious condition.
Heavy rain catches much hay
down throughout the valley.
Superintendent
construction of
school building is
Smith says
new high
"imperative."
The urban population of tha
United States is older, on the
average, than the rural popula
tion, the 1940 census discloses.
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