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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Parry.
Rumors were so plentiful the
middle of the week, a bit of gos
sip didn't have a chance to get
In edgewise, tvery nay is now
"Story Hour".
Rain fell Frl. It Thurs. upon
the just, and the unjust, and V.
Beall's of C. Pt. hay. The show
ers also caused horticulturists to
fear hailstones as big as goose
eggs. Wm. Hohenzollern, former
Kaiser of Germany, from 1014
to 1018 an international nuis
ance, who plunged the world in
to war, died in exile in Holland
last week. He could have return
ed to the Vaterland any time,
but the Nazis were more than
he could stand, so lingered In
Holland and chopped wood, it
was said with a wink.
Sam Jordan of Ashland was
called on the Jury last week,
and had his name parted In the
middle as J. Samuel Jordan.
.
The county is again waging
war on weeds, and so far, the
weeds have a little bit the best
of the combat.
Herb Carlton of Flounce Rk.
towned Wed. He doesn't make
it as often as busy agrarians like
T. Luy and S. (Farm-Fresh)
Morris, the former of the Ante
lope, the latter of T. Rk.
Next Frl. is the 13th If noth
ing happens, to avert It.
O. Averlll of B. Falls, who
wears a cane B. Harder likes.
Is back from the metropolis, and
himself.
The corn Is up to the first
rail of the fences In many rural
sections, and Is in the midst of
the first hoeing.
John Nealon passed the 25th
mile post on the matrimonial
road iast week. John lives In
the shsdow of Table Rock, and
was a June groom.
.
The Elks old tom-cat was
caught robbing his own catnip
patch Tues. Afterwards the in
ebriated feline cut-up on the
Baptist ch. lawn.
...
H. Flewher the demon baker
relaxed at the Elks picnic Thurs.
eve. and was rougher than a
professional wrestler. He ate a
piece of Mike Beck's bread, and
said It needed a mite more salt.
...
Col. TouVclle of J'Vllle has
1830 sweet potato plants grow
ing at his hacienda on the
Rogue. In early days sweet po
tatoes were a good crop here.
but required too much hoeing.
...
The majority around here are
getting tired of defense plant
strikes, and favor a few sharp
words and a frown from the
White House to stop it.
The Fourth of July Is around
the corner, and jurt outside the
city limits. Juveniles are get
ting ready to lay a thumb on the
shrine of patriotism.
...
Peoria Bill Gates announce
this department's blaita againM
the Main Stem speeders yield
ro results. Peoria is right. They
go faster. It Is doubtful if a
speech by the first named would
slow them any.
Heads Woman Clubs
Corvallts. June 7 Ti The
Oregon Federation of Women's
clubs elected Mrs. Oliver C. San
ford of Coqullle president as
the 34th annual convention
closed Friday.
Tokyo. June 1 (P) The
Japanese government decided
today to recognize Croatia. Nazi
created state born of the disso
lution of conquered Yugoslavia.
A Glorious Example
I ISTEN to this, from a prominent statesman in a
belligerent country:
"Wa suffer defeat after defeat, and alwaya for the
same reason lack of appreciation, lack of preparations
and imperfect execution of the project. Each reverse is
glossed over by the same series of Incompatible explana
tions, and the narcotic of false confidence In the future
is invariably applied . . ."
And one need hardly ask from which country.
Certainly not from Germany, Italy, Japan or
Russia, one pronouncement half as strong as that,
and the pronouncer would" find himself before a fir
ing squad, "toot-sweet"
THE speaker is Mr. Hore-Belisha, former war secre-
tary in the British government, who was forced
to resign, when the Germans broke through the Magi
not line.
And according to press reports, the gentleman
with the hyphenated name, speaking in Scotland, was
not even booed for his scathing indictment of the
Churchill government.
CAY what you will, one has to hand it to the British
government, not only for its physical, but for its
MORAL, courage.
Under the most disheartening and painful cir
cumstances, with scarcely any relief for a year and
nine months, old beef-eating "John" hasn't let out a
whimper once, or compromised for an instant, with
his fundamental democratic principles.
It is a glorious and tragic spectacle to watch,
a high mark indeed for more fortunate democracies
in this war-torn world to shoot atl
Both Are Right
IN commenting upon President Roosevelt's "accusa-
tion" that all talk of Britain being ready for peace,
is German propaganda, an official spokesman in
Berlin, declares:
"President Roosevelt has been misinformed. The re
port that Britain is on its last legs, and will go down
unless American aid In greater volume is Immediately
forthcoming, has come not from German but from British
and United States sources, in a plain effort to get Amer
ica to declare war on Germany."
Well we have to admit the Berlin spokesman is
correct, as far as he goes. As the files of this paper
will show, particularly the excellent Alsop & Kintner
column, this theme of "hurry, hurry America, or it
will be too late" has been
several weeks.
BUT the President wasn't talking about British
v; jl w ic t.Litii iy at iiv. 14 vi ,x-ii.j lie no
talking about the report that Ambassador Winant,
made his special plane trip to the United States to
present British peace terms to this country, in short
that John Bull was ready
JOHN Bull ISN'T. According to every trustworthy
authority, as long as the Churchill government
stands, Britain will fight on, fight to the very death.
The only peace Churchill will consider will be a vic
torious peace. "
On the other hand, no trustworthy authority de
nies, there is a limit to what the people of England,
or any nation, can endure, and if U. S. aid in greater
volume is not extended in the next six months the
Churchill government can not endure, and its succes
sor undoubtedly will sue for peace.
IN other words President Roosevelt was right in de
nying Winant brought British peace terms to Wash
ington. The German official spokesman was right in de
claring the plea for greater U. S. aid because of the
critical situation in Britain, has come from allied rath
er than Nazi, sources.
The situation is worthy of comment because to
have both sides telling the truth, on any given topic,
in World War No. 2, is indeed a very rare occurrence.
Doesn 't Beat the Dutch
IT is a cheering sight to see little Holland, exiled in
London and confined territorially to the sparse
Dutch East Indies, calling Japan's bluff.
Militant Nippon, talked very big about what would
happen if Holland didn't comply with Japan's maxi
mum demands for rubber, oil and tin.
But Holland refused, and all Mr. Kenkichi Yo
shizawa can think up as a snappy comeback is. such
refusal "is very disappointing."
rF course H. J. Van Mook, the Dutch representa
tivp knows, th.it in tnkino- thin strnH hp Via trip
-
allies, and particularly the
oemnn mm.
Even so, presumably the U. S. fleet is far from
East Inrlips watprs. whilp .Taruin's fWt isn't r n it Hiri
take considerable nerve to
mutt, knowing ne, and his island, might be blown out
of the water as a rejoinder.
DUT unless practically every Far Eastern expert in
Washington is mistaken. Japan IS bluffing. and
as far as risking war with the United States is con
cerned, has been bluffing from the outlet
Nippon will talk big, and continue to valiantly
drop "eggs" on the defenseless Chinese masses, but
she won't risk a war with the United States and for
one very excellent reason.
She knows if she docs, she will get a terrific
beating.
So in defying the Japanese ultimatum Mr. Van !
Mook not only did the courageous thing, but the
SMART thing.
Being conciliatory with a bluffer gets one no
sounded, repeatedly, for
to quit !
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American Asiatic fleet.
stand up to the Japanese
where, it is always interpreted as a sign of weak
ness, being tough gets the bluff in the open where
it quickly collapses.
Personal Health Service
By William
aifM totters pertaining te personal health ana h;t1M, aot 1 auesw
eisgnotls r treatment, will be sniw.rd b; Dr. Brady If a stamped Mil
mtinttmt enitlop Is taclonte. Letters snouM he brief and rlttaa la Ink
Owing to tbs large number of totters rercltod only a re can bo answered
bere. No reply can bo made to queries aot conforming U Instructions,
address 0-. William Brady, tU El Con loo, Ueterly Hula. Calif.
EXERCISE AND REDUCING
Exercise Is essential for the
control of body weight and bulk,
but exercise alone will not re
duce oversize or overweight ef
fectively. Any
r e d u ction in
bulk or size
one may ac
hieve by means
of exercise,
lone is gen-
erally of short
duration, even
If the exercise
usually lncrea
ses a p p e 1 1 te
and so makes
adherence to
to a mainten
ance diet more difficult.
This Increase of appetite with
increased exercise may not be a
physiological reaction at all.
From our newer knowledge of
nutrition a different interpreta
tion can be put on it. It is well
known that persons who exer
cise vigorously or do consider
able muscular work or play re
quire a larger daily intake of
vitamin B than do sedentary
persons. So we may fairly as
sume that the increased appetite
that so commonly occurs with
Increased exercise is an tnstind
tive effort to get more vitamin
B. If ten thousand good stout
readers will kindly put this
theory to the test maybe we
can learn whether it is sound.
The test is simple enough and
likely to do good even if it
prove inconclusive: You observe
first how much you want to eat
as you are, then how much you
want to eat when you are taking
the exercise every day, and fin
ally how much you want to eat
when you are taking the exer
cise every day and supplement
ing your diet with, say three
vitamin B complex capsules
daily each capsule containing
400 international units of Bl and
comparative amounts of the
other desirable entities or fac
tors of the B complex.
Just as a reasonable amount
of exercise daily, say from two
to six miles of walking, or what
ever other general exercise you
prefer or can get. Is essential
for the control of body bulk and
weight, that is, to keep the
weight and bulk within normal
limits for age-sex-height, so is
a reasonable amount of exercise
a valuable aid in reducing, tho
of course regulation of the diet
is the chief factor in reducing.
For emphasis let me repeat
that a pound or two a week Is
as much as one should reduce
in any circumstance. Reduction
of more than two pounds a
THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
By JOSEPH ALSOP and
ROBERT KINTNER
(Continue Prom Page One)
green light for quick action.
But the government lawyers at
the State Department and else
where, got the problem Into
their hands, and chewed It over,
lovingly rolling on their tongues
every trivial difficulty, until
many months had passed. Be
fore they could be satisfied, a
new, ostensibly civilian branch
of the RAF had to be establish
ed, In order to receive American
technicians recruited as civilian
experts. They might never have
been satisfied at all. if assistant
Secretary of State Dean G.
Acheson had not Intervened.
But now the radio men are to
be offered their chances to
serve . . . some months too late.
Again, the first SAO RAF re
cruits to get their preliminary
air training In this country are
now gathered in Canada, wait
ing to be assigned to American
flying schools. Here too. a de
cision was reached In the end.
But it was reached approximate
ly ten months after the British
first intimated they would like
to train some of their young
aviators here, and about three
months after the go signal was
given at the White House. Again,
the lawyers and bureaucrats got
the matter Into their clutches,
and simply refused to let it go
until they had had their bit of
fun.
e e e
10 be sure the State Depart-
ment is not the only home of
bureaucratic obstructionism. A
wonderfully complex and em
bittered argXitnent has been rag
Ing since last fall, between the
War and Navy departments.
Federal Works Admmistrstor
Paul V. McNutt. and severe'
other officials sni rtjtcncirs. ov
er tlie qur'.r:i of nu -s'e snd
home defense. M)or Fiorcllo
Bradr M. D.
week is likely to leave unsight
ly flsbbiness, for it takes some
time and faithful daily exercise
to take up the slack as you
dwindle and keep firm and fit
in feeling aa wejl as personal
appearance.
Most people, even If they
would like to enjoy the boon
of a daily walk, live where
walking is hazardous owing to
the automobile traffic at corn'
ers or crossings. If walking Is
out of the question, such setting
up exercises as mentioned con
stitute a fair substitute. Like
walking, such exercises improve
the tone of the muscles and all
the other tissues, prevent or re
move flabbiness, which is in
compatible with well being and
good looks.
l rsTIONS AND ANSWERS
psddlng on the ftharp Corners
. . . tho doctor was surprised to see
mo not so nervous and with IS
pounds of padding on the sharp
corners since 1 Tisited him last, two
month! before. He saya I can thank
tho Tltamln B complex for It and
I owe that to you. for you recom
mended It In your pamphlet on
"How to Oaln Weight." (Mrs. M. T.)
Answer Thank you. Any under
weight reader may have a copy of
the pamphlet "How to Oaln Weight"
on request inclose a stamped en
velope bearing your address. t
The Outer Leavea
Kindly express your opinion of the
Item Inclosed, for tho benefit of
many readers. (J. A. P.)
Answer The item Is a newspaper
report quoting Dr. Margeurtte Mai
Ion and Florence Urey of U. C. 1. A.,
to tho effect that tho outer tlmp
leaves of lettuce so often discarded
contain most of the calcium In let
tuce. And OI Doe Brady would add
that tho outer leaves of lettuce and'
cabbage contain most of tho vitamins
In those foods too.
Neurotics Classified
Please explain tho distinction you
make between Class A and Class B
neurotics. I was Impressed by the
common sense. (Mrs. A. W.)
Answer Details given In booklet
"Nerves and Nutrition" for copy
send 25c and stamped envelops bear
ing your address.
Grnulne Antique
Letter carrier, varicose vein tn leg.
Aurgeon advlaea hospital, the vein
high up near groin. (C. H. T.)
Answer In your place I'd have
ambulant (Injection) treatment only.
This win not detain you from your
regular work. Tho radical operation
tho aurgeon proposes Is aa out of
dato aa gold teeth. Send stamped
envelope bearing your address, for
moragraph on Varicose Veins.
(Protected by John P. Dtllo Co.)
Ed Nolo: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
nilllam Rradf, M. D tS El
Camlno. Bererly Hills. Calif.
H. LaGuardia of New York has
at last been put in charge of the
home defense program. But the
equally important organization
to build morale remains to be
set up for the simple reason that
too many people want to run it.
The State Department can
give all competitors cards and
spades, however, and still win
the game. The economic war-1
fare agency which has been dis-j
cussed at the White House since
before Christmas still exists on
ly on paper, because the State
Department feared It would hurt
the feelings of Japan and Rus-I
sia. When It was finally and j
completely demonstrated that
Japan as an open member of the
axis, and Russia as a silent part-
I ner, were beyond conciliation. !
agreement in principle on an
economic warfare agency was
attained.
A memorandum on the sub
ject was signed by Secretary of
Mate tordell Hull. Secretary of
( the Treasury Morgenthau and :
j Attorney General Robert H !
i Jackson. An executive order set-j
l ting up the agency was drafted !
in the bureau of the budget. But '
the inter-dcpartmental rivalry
t is so Intense that no agreement
,has been reached on the crucial
question of the man to head the
j nr ot-iit-y.
THE will to obstruct manifests
Itself equally in little things
and big The frenzied efforts of
assistant Secretary of State!
Breckenndge Long to keep it 1
as difficult as possible for Brit
ish children to enter this roun-'
try was a minor manifestation I
A major manifestation Is the
department's firm refusal to
consider sending home all the
German and Italian diplomats,
who are using their official po
rtions as screens for propagan
da. espionage and similar activ
ities.
In the case of the German
consul general in New York, it
is public knowledge that he im
properly assisted the German
aviator. Baron Von Werra. to
escaoe from this country. Yet
even when the offense was so
flagrant, no action was taken ,
Fortunately, when this country I
does make its final decision, the!
mere pre --vr of public opinion!
will put a stop to such going; :
on. i
Kelly's
Comment
from Washington
41 (t Division
Lack Weapons
Ships and Planes
Take Much Coin
Congress Stingy
In Small Affairs
By John W. Kelly
Washington. D. C, June 7.
Neither workmen nor employers
are anxious to rush a national
defense or aid to Britain con
tract when they have no assur
rances that another contract will
be given. This is an explanation
given by John Biggers as a reas
on why production is so far be
hind schedule. But it does not
explain why the administration
Is so slow in giving contracts.
At this time scarcely 50 per cent
of the money voted to carry on
the defense program has been
contracted by either army or
navy. It would appear that there
has been more talk than pro
duction going on.
THIS same uncertainty as to
additional contracts is cited why
major contractors are reluctant
to farm out part of an order to
subcontractors. There are, of
course a few factories working
24 hours a day and seven days
a week, but these are the excep
tion, not the rule. By putting on
a third shift production is expe
dited and the order filled at an
earlier date, and this means to
the contractor an empty plant
and to the workmen idleness
again. In a short time OPM will
do more than talk; It will let
contracts which can be carried
on when current orders are
filled.
Three shipyards on Columbia
river and at Coos Bay have, in
addition to current orders, been
signed for more ships when their
present contracts are completed
and not even the keels have
been laid for the first vessels.
This policy of duplicating orders
has not been generally observed,
but the high command is catch
ing on; It recognizes that only
by dangling additional orders in
the face of a contractor will pro
duction be rushed and part of
the work be sub-let.
e e
WHEN Oregon's Brigadier
General George A. White leads
his 41st division Into war man
euvers, the preliminary to the
greatest peace maneuver ever
held In this country, troops will
be using phony weapons. Of
only one article will the soldiers
have sufficient the rifle. There
is a great shortage of anti-tank
guns, anti-aircraft guns, field
artillery 105s and 155s, motor
cycles and larger trucks. There
are only a handful of medium
tanks, but more are being pro
duced monthly. And the less
said about combat planes the
better, for twe-thlrds of the
production is flying to England.
WHEN Senator Homer T.
Bone, his colleague Senator
Mon C. Wallgren and house
members from Washington state
went to Philadelphia last month
and saw the U. S. S. Washington
commissioned, they looked over
a battleship that cost between
$70,000,000 and $118,000,000,
depending on what is included.
It bristles with heavy guns, and
whenever a 14-inch gun Is fired
it represents the price of a Ford
super deluxe sedan. At the mo
ment there are 125 such guns in
the one-ocean navy, which will
probably be doubled with a two
ocean navy. A single shot from
all of these 124 weapons repre
sents $111,600. But the navy has
some lfl-lnch guns, and these
take $1,600 from the taxpayer
each time one is discharged.
Just to keep the record
straight, because there has
been so much confusion about
airships: A four-engine bomber
costs practically $500,000 equip
ped with armament. The gov
ernment can buy 140 of these
bombers for the minimum cost
of the U. S. S. Washington, and
a single bomb from a bomber
can put the battleship out of
commission, if not send it to
the bottom. Right now the war
department Is arranging for de
livery of 500 bombers each
month, or S.000 a year. These
are in addition to the fighting
and the training planes.
FOR llcht tanks It costs the
army S27.000 each. A medium
tank rings up the cash register
for $87,000 while a heavy tank
costs $114 000. without includ
ing the guns.- The light tanks
(13 ton babiesl are being pro
duced at the rate of four a day
or 150 a month. Medium tanks
weighing 26 tons, will not be
produced in quantity until Sep
tember or October. Designs for
these tanks had to be revised,
based on the experience of the
panzer brigades in France. The
medium tanks would have trou
ble with many of the bridges on
POISON OAK?
Try a bottle el ZEMACOL
toe moot bo satisfied se yon money
rheeifalls refunded Oet a OMlllr
leeaj at BaSIsJL tuairt. J
the Oregon highway system and
there is probably not a bridge
that can Uke the heavy tank
and survive. Scout cars , the
small combat vehicles, are com
ing off the assembly line at al
most 400 a month and sometime
in August, the army will have a
fair supply.
a e e
AFTER appropriating billions
of dollars, congress had to be
fought by the Oregon senators
to obtain $2,400 for the experi
ment station in Sherman county;
not the price of two blasts from
a navy gun nor the salary of a
third-class press agent in the
new deal set-up. Congress be
comes economical only when the
sum requested Is microscopic . . .
Astoria is in line for federal as
sistance to provide schools for
children of families moving into
that area In connection with
Tongue Point naval base and
army activities at Fort Stevens.
Parley Continues
Portland, June 7 (rP Con-
I ference called by Mayor Earl
Kiley in an attempt to settle the
2-weck-old bakery strike con
tinued today.
Flight 0' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of the
Mall Tribune 10 and 20 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
June 8, 1931.
fit was Monday)
District of Columbia negro
preacher flays Satan for 12
hours In record sermon.
Fifty-eighth annual state con
vention of Grange opens here.
Forty-five army planes to stop
here Wednesday, en route to
California.
National guards leave for
Camp Clatsop for two weeks
training.
Large crowd visits Lake O'
Woods yesterday.
Six killed in accidents In
state over week-end.
Old age pension petitions cir
culated in city, and freely
THE "BOOM TOWN"
STARS...ina LAUGH
and LOVE RIOT!
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signed. Petitioners seek $1. per
day for all over 60. Matter will
come to a vote next year.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
June 8. 1921.
(It was Wednesday)
As special state election yes
terday, soldiers aid bill is
passed by three to one vote.
Secretary of War Weeks In
speech, declares "it would be
folly for America to disarm
first," and sees danger of war.
Former Senator Chamberlain
of Oregon is named to shipping
board post.
Lyda Southard, accused of
murdering four husbands re
turned from Hawaii to standi
trial in Idaho.
Crater Lake highway scraped
all the way from Prospect to
Government Camp.
Ashland will
Fourth of July.
celebrate the
Text Book Test Off
Portland, June 7 (tP) Spon
sors of the referendum against
free text books for all Oregon
elementary schools dropped
plans for a 1942 ballot test.
"Ve. srioulrj Kave
had TITLE
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NO BITTER WORDS.
fto man, willingly, would expose
his family to losa-of-homo for lack
of Title Insurance. Title Insurance
are seemingly mere words. But!
"Loss of Home' 'are words closely ro
tared! Talk with us today!
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