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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEPFORD OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1941.
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The Lleutenant-General who
ordered 330 soldiers to hike IS
mtlei for yelling "HI, Babe!" t
elrli clad In ahorta on a Ten
nessee golf course has been
under the oratorical bombard
ment of congressmen. Soldiers
have more votes than generals.
The feet of the troopers who
did the hiking have started to
cool, and all will recover. But
the cause of It all remains un
punished, and at large in shorts
and slacks. Some hold this is
an uneven distribution of disci
pline in the emergency. They
feel the shorts clad gals should
be commanded to walk 19 miles,
and listen to a Congressman's
speech while doing it. Such pun
ishment would be fit, and fit
much better than the shorts.
To many the Incident is the first
near-horror of the near-war.
"Good things to eat Red rhu
barb 3 cents lb.; lumber, flZ.'
(Milwaukle Journal ad) Just
a thin slice of that 2x4.
The British air force Is again
up to its old trick of ruthlessly
dropping propaganda leaflets on
Berlin, Informing the natives
"the Battle of the Atlantic Is
lost." If they can hit the home
roost of the Nazis with the print
ed word, they can hit it with
dynamite, the latter being the
most convincing argument.
JOURNALISTIC CANDOR
(Eugene Register-Guard)
"For our Monday's editorial,
the one in which we suggested
a change of attitude in both
our city council and our civil
service commission relative to
the police department, the
one which brought indignant
protest out of the civil service
commission, we offer no apolo
gies either to the civil service
commission or the city coun
cil. We did not Intend to be
polite to either one of these
bodies."
The President plans to send a
minister to Iceland, where naval
forces landed this week. It would
be an ideal place for Secy. Ickes.
as the climate is so cold his firry
speeches would freeze In his
face, before he could unleash
them.
"LOAFING JACKETS STOL
EN AT LAWN FETE" (Sis
kiyou News Headline) Some
loafer did it.
"... They are edited to com
ply with rules of the Forum as
to length and topic, and at least
to approach respectable stand
ards of spelling and grammer."
(Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette)
Yure ritel
The Ford company In signing
a union contract boasts. "The
Ford company never goes half
way." Many of their earlier pro
ducts wouldn t make it that far,
or make a noise like going any
where.
THINGS BALANCE UP
Notes of a hillside farm: Men
may propose but animals dis
pose: or the farmer sows but
the beasts of the field and the
birds of the air reap. Word it
either way and we'll place our
sign and seal upon the state
ment. A weasel has eaten most
of the chickens, but not until the
chickens had eaten most of the
rabbage. Worms have dined on
the kale while the birds were
busy on the cherries. Rabbits
at the lettuce, moles the pota
toes." (Olive Barber In the Eu
gene News.)
Fremont, Neb. (U.PJ The Eu
ropean war has made life more
peaceful for Fremont dogs. Be
cause of the defense program,
manufacturers have been unable
to supply the city with brass for
dog licenses. Hence, unlicensed
dogs are undisturbed.
A Great Lying Contest
llELL, at least, there IS something new under the
sun.
For if the German reports are to be believed, then
the only way to hold up a Nazi Blitzkrieg is to retreat
from it in complete rout and disorder.
Yes, according to Berlin, that is what the Russian
forces have done. The disorder has been SO com
plete, the chaos so profound, the debris so deep and
extended, that the German advance has been held up
for five days now, while the Nais have been trying
desperately to clear a right of way!
When all the Soviet prisoners, tanks, guns and
wrecked planes have been gathered up, then the
march on Moscow and Leningrad will resume "on
schedule," but not until then.
WHAT a SHAME that Norway, Holland, France,
Viiomslavia. Orepoft and Crete didn't know the
solution of the blitzkrieg
outside of Russia was conquered.
In all these countries the greater the disorder and
chaos in the defending armies, the faster the Nazi
blitzkrieg advanced. In fact, it was precisely this
complete chaos and disorganization that resulted in
the surrender of the Belgian and French armies.
Bl
UT it is all different
bulletins are to be relied
Soviet resistance and resourcefulness are not hold
ing up Hitler's mechanized forces, mercy no ! nor
the acknowledged trickeries and strategems of
Stalin's legions (those unsportsmanlike red forces
shooting the high and mighty blitzkrieg "when its
panzers are down I")
MOT at all. In fact, precisely the reverse.
' Had the Russian army not been such a soft touch,
littering the highways from
doned corpses and assorted hardware, the bwastika
would now be flying from the Kremlin.
As it is Der Reichsfuehrer's great need is not
more men, tanks and planes,
better STREET-CLEANING
When he gets that organized, the war in Russia
WILL be over!
WELL, why not?
TViio'tviqw tint Vin tVio
history, as the wise boys claim, but it is certainly the
greatest contest in plain
heyday of the late and lamented Baron Munchaussen.
And while this latest sortie by D.N.B. puts the
Nazi bureau of mendacity considerably in the lead,
the Soviet press bureau previously has not been very
far behind, with half the German manpower de
stroyed in the first ten days, while panzer divisions
are wiped out regularly between reveille and
Undoubtedly SOMETHING is doing on the
eastern front, but what it is, the respective war office
reports for nearly a week now have carefully con
cealed. The only CERTAIN thing is that what both
sides claim has happened during that period most
certainly HASN'T!
Listen to the War
WHICH reminds us of a story credited to William
Allen White.
There was a certain blow-hard, show-off and
egotistical jackass in general in Emporia, Kansas,
who became so acutely unpopular that some of the
boys decided to ride him on a rail, and politely
suggest he seek another habitat
There was no desire to hurt him. He was harmless
enough. But there was a desire to impair the man's
impenetrable and stupid egotism, and show him by
some direct and unambiguous action that, if he de
cided to leave town no one would be particularly
i heart broken about it.
SO the rail ride was staged
vic.ui uiii auu icouaini. it ucii tiic vnjr lilllivo ticic
reached the village pest was invited to keep on going
and not be in any particular hurry to come back.
Whereupon the guest
feathers only slightly rumpled, brushed himself off
and remarked that,
"But for the honor of the thing I would have preferred
to have wrlked!"
JLIOWEVER, that isn't the reminiscent point exactly.
11 It seems the aforesaid Mr. X DID return, only
slightly chastened by the experience, regarding it ail
in all as a prankish action of an immature and jealous
minority, which only contributed to the man's sense
of self-importance.
Several months afterward, with the attempt to
get Mr. X practically abandoned, one of Bill White's
most enterprising and athletic cub reporters came
running into the Gazette's composing room where
the city editor was conferring with the foreman and
proclaimed there was a terrible fight on the corner
of Commercial Street and Front, between the same
Mr. X and another prominent citizen, who for the
moment will be known as Mr. Y.
Mr. Y, it seems, was not far behind Mr. X in
general popularity and blow-hard reputation.
thereupon me insn loreman leaned forward
on the stone in his most ingratiating manner and
gravely remarked :
"Say, brother, I would like to LISTEN to that fight:"
Yes, there is the point, this Russo-German war is
also worth LISTENING to, for in certain directions
it too, at the moment, is chiefly a TALKING match!
problem before all Europe
in Russia if the D.N.B.
upon.
fence to fence with aban
but merely a bigger and
department!
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with more than the usual
of the evenine, his tail
Personal Health Service
By William
IfMtf letters pertaining le personal health and hvflene, aot ta dtieaM
dlainosls or treatment, will be aniwered k; Dr. Brad 7 if a stamped self
addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters shoo Id be brief and written la Ink.
Owing to tbo largo number of letters recelred only a few can bo answered
here, ho reply e a bo made to queries not eonfoamlng to Instructions.
Addreaa Dr. tVUllam Brad;, MS CI Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif.
MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND HEALTH
A man aged 58 years writes:
"I had six natural teeth all
In row in the lower front of
mouth, and
well fitting
plates for the
balance." ,
A sad com
mentary on
medicine, den
tistry and per
sonal h e a i t h
education that
a man only 98
years old has
only six teeth
left in his low
er Jaw.
'Tor the past 10 years have
had constantly recurring symp
toms of lumbago. I was able
to get about only with constant
heat treatments.
"In March of last year the
trouble was supplemented with
an aggravated case of sciatica.
The doctor advised me to see
a dentist."
A sad commentary on the re
lation of medicine to dentistry
that the doctor simply advised
the patient to see a dentist when
it was the doctor's duty to con
sult with the dentist and give
the patient the benefit of their
decision.
"An X-ray showed that two
sockets were badly infected."
A sad commentary on the
credulity of the general laity
that the patient and the other
dentist imagined an X-ray film
gives unmistakable evidence of
infection or that it outweighs
the opinion of physician or
dentist.
"The next day the dentist
extracted the six teeth."
A sad commentary on the
medical and surgical training of
dentists in America that this one
thought it necessary to sacrifice
six teeth merely because of
questionable evidence of infec
tion of two of them.
. "He did a careful Job of ex
tracting and followed it with
thorough cleaning of the sockets
and finally put in eight stitches
to complete the Job. He also
advised me how to take care of
my mouth."
At any rate the dentist em
ployed skillful technique.
"The sciatic pain remained
about the same severity for 12
days, and then suddenly became
worse than ever for a few days,
and then came the first relief
from pain for a month. Each
day thereafter the pain de
Kelly's
Comment
From Washington
General Marshall
Gains Headache
Mushroom Army
Lack Equipment
Uniform Truck
Regulations Aim
By John W. Kelly !
Washington, D. C, July 11.
When Gen. George Marshall
was peacefully settled at Van
couver barracks he did not
realize the headache in store
for him as chief of staff. There
was not much of an army when
he took the No. 1 Job in the
national crpltal, but now he Is
rapidly finding a war-size army
on his hands and, worse luck,
not enough equipment. The gen
eral is very dissatisfied with the
way things are going and he is
striving to overcome the ob
stacles which grow up with a
mushrooming army.
First on the list of mistakes.
contends the general, is the one
year military training for sel
ectees. He wants that changed.
The first year will soon be up
for the original draftees and
the chief of staff knows that
very few have more than a pass
ing acquaintance with meeh
anized army. In brief, they will
be back in civil life after what
might be designated a year's va
cation in the open air and hav
ing little more than the rudi
ments of a modern soldiers' ed
ucation. When the law was en
acted for selective service a
year looked like a long time,
or at least sufficient for train
ing. Now the officers are tell
ing congress that a soldier can
not be Instructed in the various
gadgets (tanks, anti-aircraft, bal
loons, cannon, etc.) in 13
months. Things might have been
better with the first selectees tf
they had been properly equip
ped, but the troops have had
to use makeshifts, or do with
out. Phoney howitzers, assem
bled from odds and ends, had
to be substituted for the real
thing.
TO get the picture: There was
a woeful shortage of everything
when General Marshall became
the nvv would have recmired
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Brady M. O.
creased and finally left alto
gether. The numbness gradu
ally left the leg. The lumbago
symptoms disappeared about
two weeks before the sciatica
was cured.
"The past winter was the first
winter in 10 years I have been
free from all the above troubles
and I seem as strong as ever.
General health much improved.
Had new plates made and can
masticate very well."
The course of the trouble
described by the correspondent
is familiar in many cases of
focal infection the general symp
toms seem to grow worse for
a while after destruction or
removal of the septic focus and
then follows marked improve
ment. In any case chronic iU
ness of such nature improves
only several weeks after eradi
cation of the septic focus. The
most urgent need is professional
co-operation of the physician
and dentist in every such case.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Nervous Indigestion
For your Information storehouse:
I have obtained the moat remarkable
relief from nervous Indigestion and
apaatle colon of years standing after
adopting your suggestton of supple
menting my diet with 1300 units
d&lly of vitamin B complex. In fact
I believe Z am cured. Oddly enough,
tvro years ago a physician gave me
dally Injections of syntheUo Bl
(thiamin) for several weeks, with
no apparent benefit. X certainly feel
grateful. (W. R. H.)
Answer In any case where a single
Isolated entity of the natural B com
plex may seem Indicated It Is better
to use the natural B complex, physi
cians with experience In this field
find. If the diet has failed to pro
vide enough Bl (thiamin) It la almost
certain that It has failed to provide
enough B3 (riboflavin), nicotinic
acid, growth factor, weight factor,
anti-gray hair factor, etc., as Veil.
8" the deficient diet should be sup
plemented with not Just on but all
o." the factors of the B complex.
Poor Dogs
Could you give me some advice on
aching feet? I am troubled with
bunions. (Mrs. C. ft.)
Please tell me what to do for
swollen, tender, aching feet. (T. L.)
Answer Have your physician strap
your feet, for elaatlc mobile support,
and go barefoot aa much as possible.
Probably your Intake of vitamin D
Is deficient. Every on should walk
toeing In, at least not toeing out.
(Protected by John r. DUle Oo.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D 265 El
Camlno. Beverl Bills. Calif.
more ammunition than was pro
duced in a day. There was
some old equipment from the
first world war. Slowly produc
tion began, but most of the ma
terial was shipped to the Brit
ish, this being especially true of
airplanes. The new light tanks
were just beginning to be de
livered when the British began
taking their toll of these. Ditto
anti-aircraft guns. If all goes
well mass production of all the
engines of war will be coming
in the latter part of 1942, and
there will be enough to provide
for national defense, arming
American troops as well as the
British, Australians or any other
battlers who are on Uncle Sam's
preferred list. That is the time
General Marshall is hoping for;
then the selectees may be suit
ably trained.
This is one of the reasons
given by the general to mem
bers of congress why he wants
the draftees kept in uniform for
more than one year; this first
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year has given the men little
more than a lick and a promise
of military training. And there
are thousands of new commis
sioned officers who know as lit
tle of the arts of war as do men
sent to tha ranks by local
boards.
Secretary of War Henry Stim
son, who has been wanting to
fight since before the president
offered him the secretarial post
(he has a hunting lodge for the
grouse season in Scotland) has
been asking Republican senators
to change the neutrality act and
permit American troops to be
sent outstSe the western hemis
phere. He has lobbied Republi
cans because he has been a
member of that party and was
In Herbert Hoover's cabinet.
The senators with whom he has
discussed the subject are op
posed to the plan, as is Mr. Hoo
ver. see
LATEST Columbia power
proposal of Washington's Sena
tor Bone provides for a board
of three directors, appointed by
the president, from anywhere in
the United States (not limited
to the Pacific northwest) and
retains the army engineer corps
to operate generating facilities
at Bonneville and the reclama
tion service at Grand Coulee.
This is more like the TVA set
up than his earlier version,
which specified the engineers
should be out and the directors
must come from Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho. Senator Bone
still does not want Secretary of
the Interior Ickes in charge.
OREGON legislature indefin
itely postponed last winter a
bill which would place Oregon
truck regulations on the same
footing as Washington and Cal
ifornia. The neighboring states
permit a larger load. This has
handicapped the truck oper
ators. A measure has been in
troduced in congress to have
the senate commerce committee
make an investigation of the
size and weight of trucks with
a view to having uniform fed
eral truck regulation.
This would have a tendency
to induce Oregon to confonn
with the regulations of other
states, or have the other states
conform to the Oregon system.
The Oregon limitations are said
to have prevented trucks from
hauling airplane and bomber
engines through that state to
factories in California and
Washington. They can take a
load, but not as many as is de
sired in the interest of economy.
The senate committee on com
merce may not complete the in
vestigation for a year or two
perhaps longer.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
(Continued From ptgj On)
the first draft expiration period
in December.
There will be no trouble
about it.
e e e
a-R. ROOSEVELT says he has
1TI given Up trying to decide
where the western hemisphere
ends. A year or so ago when
he took over Greenland, he said
a reasonable limit would be
furnished by a line midway be
tween the bulges of Africa and
South America. This would put
Iceland and the Azores in Eu
rope. The state department
geographer, S. W. Boggs, pro
claimed June 8, 1940 (in a let
ter to Congresswoman Rogers
of Massachusetts) that 20 de
grees west was the limit accept
ed by most geographers. This
leaves out two-thirds of Iceland, I
but comfortably takes in the
Azores and Cape Verdes. (Mr.
Boggs called the inclusion "a
minor disadvantage" at the
time, on the ground that these
islands were customarily associ
ated with the old world). But
Mr. Boggs left the matter com
fortably indefinite in 2,000
words.
The 20 degree limit probably
will become the accepted one
diplomatically as well as geo
graphically. Occupation of the
two-thirds of Iceland extending
beyond this limit can be put on
necessary military rather than
geographical grounds.
11AR dangers Involved in the
" Iceland venture apparently
are Mrnnlnff ennffrMtmvn en
tirely. The prevailing impres
sion on me nui is mat uie nazis
will not attack Iceland and
therefore the trooDS there will
never see action. This is reas
onable, but the overlooked im
portant part of the move Is our
assumption of the obligation to
keep the waters free between
here and spot within 500
miles of Scotland.
Most of the deep, far-offshore
Atlantic sub sinkings of British
cargo ships have developed
Just south of Iceland. The con
voy lanes run both to the north
and south. Many sinkings have
been reported far west of Ice
land. The battle between the
Bismarck and Hood started west
of tt.
The first results are, there
fore, likely to develop from our
naval efforts to keep an open
sea lane through a German pro
claimed war zone. Only the Ger
mans can accurately predict
what these results are to be.
Flight 0' Tune
Medford and Jackson County
History from the flies of the Mall
tribune 10 and to years ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
July 11, 1931
(It was Monday)
Great banks of Europe form
pocl to loan Germany 60.000,
000 pounds to save nation from
economic ruin.
Mayor George L. Baker of
BOYD'S
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Poitland returns from trip to
EufVipe and is hailed as "a good
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Court rules Rogue river Is not
a navigable stream, and there
fore placer mining is not per
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African big game hunter
wounds a lion that attacked
him. He report he grabbed the
lion by the tongue and held It
until shot by a friend.
Burglars enter four Gold Hill
stores and steal food, clothing
and tobacco.
Fair and cooler forecast. High
93, low 58.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
July 11. 1921
(It was Wednesday)
Grand Jury adjourns without
returning any indictments on
charges of reform forces against
the sheriff.
German labor leaders declare
they vainly opposed U-boat war
fare and fought to save the rest
of the world from Russian en
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Great Britain reported favor
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Lurid Stillman divorce suit in
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