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PAGE ETGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD OREGON'. THURSDAY, JUNE S, 1941. MDFORDw&TRIBUNI "RtrfMM t mil hra OrriM MrtJi lb Hall trl !. " fuilahl ftp HICOruHU PHINTINa CO. tt-ff ! North fit L fion tll RUUUHT W HUHL, 1Uor A la.panrlnt Wppr. Btitr4 Meen4 UM matter at Mod lord. Orosoft. wortor Act of llarcll i. Illl tfllBlU.'HiKTION IUTK Uf Mali la Advanca: Daily aod tunday oao rr..., f PAliy and Sunday i fnoaiha... l it Daily aod unday throo mouth. I u Pally a ml Sunday n month.. . .71 By Carrlor la Advaoca Hartford, Aih land. Cantral Point. Jackaoo villa, UoM HUL Roguo Rivor. PnooniB. ralaau and oo moior routaa; Dally aad Sunday on y oar $9.9 Daily od Sunday on muoth... .11 All urmt h la advanea. Orriftal Papr l lb City mt Mod ford Official fa par al Jacks Coaaty UKMItKM Ofr rMa, 4M4M IAIKO CMUt Rarllat mil Imw4 Mlra Sarvlra. Tho Aaooeiatod rro ieluaiiy ntltlod to tb iim (or publication f ail aowo diopotehoo sroditad t It or oth wia rdnod to thi paper, and at t Ih looai now aubuahod harola. All nchr for publicatloa of opooiaj 4lpthoa horoia ara aloo rooorvod. U KM BUM Or UNI TED PRESS MEMI1CR Ot UDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advartiaiai Rproaoatatlaa EST-HUUl.lDAf COM HAN f . IK a ortiao is Mo Tor It. rhioa Datiolt rraoelaoot Lorn Angoloa, Soattia, Portland, SU Loaia, Atlanta, 'noouvor. R C Ye Smudge Pot By Arlbut Perry. "Gasless Sundays" for rrytor- uu, io conserve gasoline xor de fense work during the national emergency, will atart in July, it is hinted. Here is ruthless New Deal economy grimly deter mined to save everything but money. The local rumor situation Is seething again. Surveying stakes for a fou. lane express highway to Agate turned cut to be guides for a l' rban farmer, getting ready to plant his late corn. Foreign Minister Matsuoka of Japan has been requested by an anti-smoking league of his native land to refrain from appearing In public, or posing for pictures with his pipe, lest it have an un healthy influence on Japanese youth. Otherwise, everything is okay in the land of the cherry blossoms. BEEN MIGHTY HANDY (Coos Bay Times) "Why, these hands had washed enough overalls to reach fi-m here to Europe, were they all strung on a line at once. They've planted po tatoes in spring, dug the re sultant harvest in fall. They've mixed bread, tcnd.d babies; made soap." -(Olive Barber's writings). What Crest Britain needs Is a squad of mountaineer sharp shooters to put a crimp in trie Nazi use of parachutes in land ing invasion troops. In the Crete campaign they were wafted down from the skies with the ease of the man on the well known trapeze. They were hail ed as "irresistable," and no re ports Indicated they were utilized as admirable targets by the de fenders. There are 40 men In these parts, residing at the far end of the canyons in the deep timber, who could render 1.000 parachutists unfit for further service when they landed. All they would need would be a high-power big game rifle, plenty of cartridges, and a bucket of water to cool off the barrel occasionally. A Boy Scout squad with airRiins could cause more aggravation for Hitler's air-borne forces than they have encountered to date. "The World After the War" Is a topic used by a lecturer touring eastern Oregon. The topic should be: The World (If Any) After the War. . The problem of getting rid of Madame Perkins is wrinkling the editorial brows of the land I.Ike sin. and the undrportablc Harry Bridges, the alien hell raiser, the lady will also be with us. "Miss Viola Block was at Camp Korrest. Tenn., the last week and visited with all but two of the Flanagan boys and reports them all well and hap pv." (Pontiac (III ) Leader) The social snub and slight. ... It will soon be time for cigar ettcs, wearing hnb-nailrd shoes and parking a bottle of kerosene. to start In starting forest fires. ... IN THE ARMY NOW "At 8 o'clock we put on our light parks and start walking to the mountains. The light pack Is not to be confused with the heavy pack. The light pack In eludes a gun, bayonet, canteen fork, knife, spoon, meat ran, cup shaving kit. pup tent, raincoat, cartridge belt, first aid kit. fire extinguisher, ten pins and a few other negligible items. The heavy pack also has a blanket. Carry irg my light pack, I weigh 235 pounds." (From a letter in Coos Bay Timcs. Ciutltig tioit for roo La -4 to cut 1!) 4ds la 130 p f A Cheering Note From Norway DRYNJ0LF BJ0RSET, a very natural, amiable and interesting Norwegian, delivered an address on his war experiences, under the auspices of the League of Women Voters, last night. All in all a most refreshing performance 1 For in the midst of war news that is persistently depressing, this ex-artilleryman fairly exudes good nature and optimism, even maintaining that Britain (presumably assisted by the United States) will win the war within a year, and Germany will probably blow up before Hitler does. DEFRESHING in another direction, for most war lecturers these days have been disposed to take themselves very seriously, pontificate portentiously and frankly indulge in the arts and wiles of the paid war propagandist. Nothing of the sort from this "Nordic" visitor, who fought for his homeland as long as resistance was possible and then escaped on a New York bound ship. Bjorset made no pretense at speech making, but rambled along in a boyish, informal fashion, as full of his subject as a sunkissed orange of juice, remarkably free from rancor, intolerance or hate, and yet gradually building up a case against Nazi Germany, which in a sort of conversationally cumulative fashion became a powerful indictment when he finished. have no doubt Mr. Bjorset is a victim of over optimism, at least we can't believe in his prediction of a British victory in a twelve-month, I A Al ... . ... ' dui mere was one point ne made which was emphasized in this column early in the war, but of late has been overlooked, and deserves to be brought out again and dusted off. Namely: that every country Hitler conquers strengthens, by that much, hostile resistance to him eventually; and the further from Berlin his conquests extend, the nearer comes his day of reckoning, for his lines are lengthened and thinned out, the lines of the opposition are shortened and thpir pvpntnnl striking power increased. ihe speaker made this very clear regarding Norway. and what is true thpre must Up tn tn a greater or less extent, all CO, rightly understood, hasn't Der Reichsfuehrer assumed the hopeless task of a modem Sisyphus, who in ancient days was consigned to the nether regions where he was compelled to roll a bitr stone up a steep hill, but just it, iap luneu uuwn tne niu again i In other words, to date the Nazi "All Highest" has experienced little difficulty in knocking over another small nation, or small island, thus adding another scalp to his belt. But the larger that scalp belt grows the more certain it is eventually to become a noose around Herr Hitler's throat. For to conauer a nation in this day and age is only to add another implacable enemy to an increasing list, an aroused and sullen nation, only waiting for the first opening, when it may seize the weapon nearest at hand and strike back! les, the tank of Sisyphus is Herr Hitler's and to clinch the argument, from the standpoint of mythology, also the fate of that unfortunate ch.iraetpr who sewed the dragon's teeth ! F. D. R s. CTRANGE, STRANGE, how things sometimes work In this department's view the most serious mistake ever made by Franklin Roosevelt was his attempt to pack the Supreme Court, and, in effect, destroy it .M. .1.'. . 1 1 .a a . . as an euecuve cnecK on tne clner executive in our American government. Not onlv was the motive rpnrphpnsihle hut tVio method adopted undignified ro, n me political drama were a morality play, which it isn't. President Roosevelt would never have gained his end in this direction, and suffered considerably, at least politically, as a result of his effort. DUT this has been far from the case. Not only was F.D.R. re-elected by a greater plurality than ever at the national referendum following "this grave offense, but his particular goal has been reached in far more complete and effective fashion than would ever have been possible if his original attempt had been successful. For with the resignation of Chief Justice Hughes, to take effect in July and another vacancy yet to fill, caused by the retirement of Justice McRevnolds, President Roosevelt sets a new record for all time in this country's history, as far as executive control over the judiciary branch of this tri-partate government is concerned. Not only has he been given the opportunity to remove by executive appointment the last vestige of that ultra-conservative element in the court that irked him so acutely; but he will now have a supreme Court the majority of which will be his own men. named by him. and sharing his political, social and economic beliefs, until death. Certainly an unprecedented happenstance, a complete reversal of one of America's favorite moral traditions, and in all likelihood the most striking example of the proverbial Roosevelt luck in all the three "unprecedented" terms. Gather Aluminum of production management to- Portland, June 5. ,r Al d-v- Warehouse facilities will be Portland business men', club be- K rending establishment of an OFM agrncv to handle the gen collection rf srrap ahimi- nu.tai, needed in plane and oth num for disposal by the office! er manufacture. over Europe. before it reached the top Lucky Star and devious. Personal Health Service Br William 1 i Ifned letters pertaining to personal health antfj hygiene, aot to disease dlst-noala or treatment, will be answered by Ur. Brsd? If a stamped sell- ! addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should bs brief and srrlttsa to Ink Owing to the large number of (attars received only a lew can bs answered hers. Xo reply can bs made to queries not conforming to Instructions Address D-. HUllam Brady, tea CI Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. OATMEAL IS Forty or fifty years ago oat meal was so highly regarded as a food for diabetic patients that many physicians prescribed quite liberal use of it by their diabetic patients, one or two days a week, when patients were advised to take as much as half a pound of oat meal cooked thoroly In wa ter for two hours, and when It was cooked half a I pound of but ter and the whites of six eggs were stirred in, salt and pepper added if desired, and the dish eaten as gruet, mush or fried mush, divided into 7 parts, one part to be eaten every two hours, on oatmeal days. Along with this the patient was al lowed coffee or tea. I don't know why the yolks of the six eggs were not allowed there is nothing in egg yolk that a dia betes sufferer cannot take with advantage. Some of the great diet authorities of the old days believed that diabetics assimi lated oatmeal well in spite of the 67 of carbohydrate it con tains. Long years later vitamins were discovered. In the opinion of some nutrition authorities vitamin B complex, especially the thiamin (Bl) entity of it is essential for the normal meta bolism or utilization of carbo hydrate. This is the action of vitamin B I have in mind when I call it "poor man's Insulin " In many instances diabetes pa tients who require a certain daily dose of insulin find that they can get along with less In sulin after they have supple mented their diet with an op timal daily ration of vitamin B complex for a few months say 1200 units of Bl and the pro portionate amounts of the other entities of the complex in one or two capsules daily. It is luy belief take it or leave it that the deficiency of our modern diet in vitamin B complex has a good deal to do with the abnormal craving for carbohydrate food which scorns to account for most obesity. The experience of a great many per sons on a reducing diet supports this belief, for they notice and report, without suggestion, that when they regularly supplement their reducing diet with a daily ration of vitamins they neither THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER (Continue Prom Pnge Onel to undertake active shipping protection in the Atlantic, Brit ish shipping will continue to be sunk in appalling quantities, and that if the rate of loss is not soon diminished there will be no ships next spring to car ry supplies for an offensive. They know also how threaten ing is the situation In the Med iterranean, and how the bal ance there can probably be turned only by American inter vention. In short, they know that Britain's only hope is from this country. Wlnant's warning may he ex pressed, therefore, in terms of a single blunt question. Under these circumstances, knowing these things, what would ord inary politicians be likely to do? The answer is that sooner or later, ordinary politicians would be inclined to get out their personal surf-boards and make a shot at riding what Mrs. Lindbergh calls the wave of the future. That is the ulti mate, basic reason why delay may mean disaster to us. "PME crucial Importance of the I - time-factor is the essence of Winant's report, rossibly It may seem over-pessimistic, at this time, after the British showing in the last year, to sneak of a sudden weakening of the British will-to-resist. But unless this conn try acts very promptly, the British people may soon have to stand up under the worst blow they have rtveived to date the loss of the Mediterran ean, the cutting of the historic life-line of their empire, and the resultant destruction of a considerable part of their Med iterranean fleet. If that blow is allowed to be stuu'k at r,n:;-.in. no one t-n tell what the re action may be- Brady M. O. FINE FOOD get so very hungry nor so low, depressed and miserable as they have become when they tried to follow other reducing regimens in which no provision for main taining a good intake of vita mins was made. This scientific Improvement of the reducing diet has enabled a great many overweight individuals to re duce satisfactorily, and with ob vious benefit to health and vite, despite repeated failures in pre vious attempts failures due to inability to endure the let-down caused by the sudden withdraw al of most of the daily vitamin supply which, as a rule, has been barely sufficient to pre vent deficiency symptoms all along. It should be remembered that the ordinary diet of the av erage person is poor in vitairtins, and so, when this diet is sudden ly restricted for a period of weeks or months the Individ ual's vitamin intake becomes dangerously low unless the diet is supplemented with a suitable ration of the essential vitamins. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS No Fsst Tour fast of 12 to 34 hours do fist. Just appetizer.. Many times 1 have fasted six to nine days. It stops flu every time and no after effects. (C. A.) Answer It may be all right for a well nourished Individual who re mains In bed or at rest to fast for 12 to 24 hours, but It Is a mistake for anyone who keeps up and about to attempt to fast. fare of the Hair At 27 years of age a young man Is losing hla hair at the temples. He has been told whlt Iodine la a hair restorer. (A. 8. M.) Answer "White" or "colorless" Io dine isn't Iodine at all. There Is no ground for the notion that Io dine applied to the acalp can re store hair. Sometimes taking an lo dln Ration seema to make the hair grow more vigorously. Send stamped envelope beating your addreas. and ask for "Care of the Hair" and "In structlons for Taking an lodln Ra tion." Dreaming I dreamed that when I reach the age of 17 I will die. I have heard that some dreams come true. (L. M. P.) Answer-Dreams have no definite significance. Puny conscious I may Idly think, say, that I am fated to have a aerlous accident next time X drive somewhere but I dismiss the thought when I reason that I'll take care to avoid danger. If I dream ed the same thing I could not reason or exercise good Judgment about It because these higher faculties are asleep, not functioning. (Protected by John p. Dllle Co.) Ed Note: Persona wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. nilllam Brady. M D 263 El Camlno Beverly Hills. Calif. ' Naturally, there Is more to Winanf report than his warn ing of the possible consequences of delay in Britain. He would be extremely obtuse if he did not also point out that even if British resistance does not fal ter, the price of delay will be very great. For besides under mining British morale, every day's delay makes more certain the destruction of such vast strategic assets as the British Mediterranean position. And even if this country becomes I Britain's fighting partner in time to prevent an internal col lapse, the task of the allies will be infinitely more difficult if every strategic asset has mean while been tossed away. THE lesson of the land war in Europe, in which many nations that could have destroy ed Germany together were themselves destroyed because they would not combine, should be enough to teach the unwis dom of further delay. If the les son of experience is not suf ficicnt, the president also has I the personal warnings of Win ston Churchill. It is understood, I on excellent authority, that Churchill has already told the 1 president, in the plainest terms, j approximately what Winant has come to tell him. 1 Possibly the president will I disregard Winant's warning, j Possibly the White House and Winant himself will Join in : denying that the warning has i been given. Yet the fact is un j doubted, and if the warning is disregarded, it will be time to I prepare to pay the price of weakness. The price of weak ness in a nazi-dominated world , has already been learned by the nations paying the price of weakness in a nazi-dominated Europe. i Cockroaches ' Here's a inicl safe M"rls wsv t VI yon krep Tour fcnw fre If." the pet simply sprirslf Bl II t rt, their traas aad la cratss aoa HlTl At II f.f owf Srt year ! ene o( ihe bt proteftirtna acainst t-e-e nnstT l.alh--me pts. In lland sifter tan a. bt at Drnf MOHOVNaet WHACI Kelly's Comment From Washington Official Dispute Slow Aluminum Ickes Disagrees On Power Plants No Berry Surplus Seen in Oregon Br John W. Kallf Washington, D. C, June S. Within the inner circle of the officials concerned with produc tion of aluminum there Is a red hot dispute and until the argu ment is settled there will be no government-owned plant manu facturing aluminum pigs on the transmission lines of Grand Cou-lee-Bonneville. which means anywhere in the Pacific north west. One school of thought argues that inasmuch as the govern ment would be in business only for the emergency, and after the emergency it would fold up its plant, the best place for locating the proposed aluminum opera tion is at Grand Coulee. This location, they maintain, would save the government several million dollars in building trans mission lines, which would be necessary if the plant is else where. Another group Is arguing that the government put in a plant on the lower Columbia river, some where in the Longview area, where power could be provided from Grand Coulee direct via the substation at Covington and additional line equipment would not be great. The Longview pro posal, it is said, meets with the favor of Jesse Jones, who will finance the government plant with Reconstruction Finance cor poration funds. Cabineteer Jones has friends who are interested in the continued progress of Longview. SECRETARY of the Interior Harold Ickes. who must never be overlooked when it romps to ' disposal of power, disagrees with the advocates of a plant at Grand coulee ana tne group promoting the lower Columbia. What Sec retary Ickes is after is the Alum inum company of America. He I cans it a monopoly and is deter mined to have the government break It by furnishing competi tion, not merely for the emerg ency but for all time. He doesn't think that the government fin anced Reynolds company (set up to break the monopoly) can do the job as well as Uncle Sam; he is willing to give more kilo watts to Reynolds, but the prin cipal task of running Alcoa out of business, he thinks, is up to the federal government, with himself as the principal crusader. It is Secretary Ickes who is insisting on a permanent alum inum industry, not a fly-by-night emergency plant. He is more interested in winning this point than in location of the plant temporary or permanent. With the backing of President Roose velt, which Ickes says he has, he will probably overcome the ad vocates of the Grand Coulee plan. In a time like this, when money doesn't count where re sults must be achieved, an alum inum plant at Grand Coulee of fers no difficulties. The ore can be taken to a plant adjacent to the monster dam and reduced. The dwellings of workmen on the dam would be available for employes of the aluminum in dustry. When times return to normal, however, it is said, the cost of rail transportation for the alumina or alunite would make operation of a plant so far removed from tidewater uneco nomical. The proposal is to use 100.000 kilowatts from Grand Coulee at Grand Coulee. WAR or no war. the Britisher likes his Jam. Milo Perkins, head of the Surplus Marketing administration, is accumulating Everybody FLY AIRPLANE RIDES . . OVER MEDFORD FRIDAY - SATURDAY and SUNDAY 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. Moonlight Night Flight In All American Airways 12 Passenger TRI-M0T0R AIRLINER MEDFORD AIRPORT food for the British as rapidly as he can. He inquired of Sena tor McNary what the situation in Oregon was with regard to blackberries, loganberries and youngberries, as he was pre pared to take any surplus in sight. McNary telegraphed to the packers of Oregon and was promptly advised that the can- j neri need every pound of berries : they can buy to fill their orders ! Many of these orders are de ; stined for England where the berries will be made Into pre serves. e MARITIME commission is to have a vacancy, with the possi bility it may be filled from the Pacific coast. Commissioner Dempsey, who doesn't like the work, has been headed for ap pointment as assistant secretary of the interior, filling the place of Assistant Secretary Wirtz, who has charge of power pro jects in the northwest and told utilities what the government would do to them. Owing to the shipbuilding on the west coast and the operation of all American flag ships in the Paci fic ocean bringing strategic ma terials to the United States, the Pacific northwest Is entitled to representation on the commis sion by someone familiar with the shipping problems. SIX Portland machinery firms have been requested to submit bids for dock equipment on the ugly ducklings now on order in the Oregon Shipbuilding Co. yard. . . W. L. Thompson of As toria has- notified the govern ment that his company is pre pared to build 160-foot wooden boats for the navy. . . Another $10,000 is included in the agri cultural bill for experimenting with flax pulling machinery for Oregon tiax farmers; this item was inserted in conference. . . War department has allocated $266,500 to maintain equipment of the light mechanical equip ment company at Fort Lewis. There will be two shops, oil house, garage, etc. Communications Denies Arnold a Friend of Labor To the editor: It has been my pleasure to read and enjoy your editorials over a period of several years; and even though I have not always been in accord with your expressed opinion, I have felt and believe that you were truly sincere. In your editorial of June 3, 1941, under the heading "A Friend of Labor Speaks," it is apparent that you have been outrageously misinformed. Mr. Thurman Arnold is not "A Friend of Labor" and never was. In support of this state ment I refer vnn to th rlaiu.a. ed opinion of the United States supreme court; united States of America, Appelant vs. William L. Hutcheson, George Casper Ottcns, John A. Callahan, and Joseph August Klein. The treatment which Thur man Arnold's novel theories of law and misennrpntinne nf er.t have recently received at the nanus oi me judiciary, consti tute a Well HpSfrvri Knl. to his reckless and irresponsible labor smearing campaign. In the case above cited it has again been illustrated that where is sues are decided on the basis of facts and logic, rather than by newsDaDer headline. Am. old's most potent weapon Is wind. Mr. Editor. I anneal to vnr reason, vour sinmro one t Justice and right. In the future when you wish to nlare hofnr the public, statements either gooa or Dad concerning organ ised iaDor, rjase them on facts. riarold A. Bither, 1020 N. Central St. Ed note: Ax hear! r,t thn anti-trust department of the at torney general's office, Mr. Arnold has taken legal action against certain union-labor prac tices he regards as violations of the law, but as a professor at Yale, author of "Folklore of California," and as respected member of President Roose velt's "brain trust." has always, according to our information, been regarded as a sincere and outspoken friend of labor. Flight (V Time Madlord and Jackson County History from th files ot the Mail Tribune 10 and 20 Tars ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June S. 1931. at was Friday) Raiders nab two men oper ating big still in Butte Falls dis trict. Officers hunting for cattle rustlers make the discovery. New doe tax law becomes effective in state tomorrow. German DO-X arrives safely at Natal, Brazil, after crossing Atlantic. Al Capone, Chicago gangster, indicted by federal grand Jury for income tax evasion. George Gates is elected presi dent of the Medford Auto Deal ers association. Roseburg and Eugene In hot controversy over location of Veterans hospital. Both towns seek it. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 5, 1921 (It was Sunday) Pueblo, Colo., devastated by cloudburst flood, to rebuild. Philippines not wanted by Japan, or aims are in another direction, expert declares. , Trigonia oil well now down 1,200 feet. Basanta Singh to wrestle Ralph Hand at Gold Hill Fri day. Evangelist Bulgin closes re- , vival here with a $1,600 collec tion, and a demand the sheriff be recalled. War breaks out between Jacksonville street car line and jitneys, with fares cut to a dime for round trip. COOS BAY LAUNDRY DRIVERS ON STRIKE Marshficld, Ore., June S. UP) The Teamsters' Union called a strike at five Coos Bay laun dries and cleaning plants yes terday in a wage increase dis pute. Bakers here recently signed a contract calling for increased pay for drivers and followed it with a one-cent boost In the price of bread. JAP BOMBER SCATTERS DEATH AT OWN FIELD Hong Kong, Thursday, June 9. m The Chinese Central News agency reported that a Japanese bomber taking off last Friday from Sinsiang, in North Honan province, crashed amid 50 planes on the ground, destioy ing most of them and killing or wounding 10 Japanese when the bombs exploded. Old Oscar Pepper SOUtSON WHISKEY HEW 86 proof. 49o HAND grain ruutrat spir its. Frankjorl Dis tilleries, Inc., Louis t ill & Baltimore. M.00IM.95 i SIM Urn Old, V DEI w I 1 Short I I Rides WW Longer Rides 75c i
