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Dot roll aa rraaeiaoa, baa Anaata Soaitia, rortlaao, L boaia. AUaatA, Vaaaauvnr. B C. riii4M4i4JreiT,M Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry Wire-photos of Marshall Se- meon Budycnny In command of the Russian Army In the South weft have been received and printed in this country, and re veal the military dignitary (porta muitache of no mean propor tion, if not the meanest propor tion!, on any front. From tip to tip on paper it measurea one inch and a hair and maintains a quarter inch depth throughout Its course. It's coal black, and comes under the head of the wal rus type. It has the rugged Im penetrability of a wild black berry bush, untouched and un- curried by the hand of a barber. It is a rather imposing facial adornment, and makes the C. Chaplin affair affected by A. Hitler of Germany, appear more insignificant than it really Is. "The bride has selected for her costume an attractive bridal bou quet made up of sweet peas and baby breath." (Morrison (111.) Sentinel) Nice weather for ltl Yesterday was the day your corr. advised all good citizens to wait for last January, when the frost was on the windshield, and remember tenderly. We now ad vise all to remember yesterday next January. The Treasury department re ports on June 30 everybody In the land should have had $72.30 in his Jeans, personally or by proxy. The British premier In a speech yesterday announced the time has come for Germany "to suffer in their own home land and cities soma of the terrors" they have twice In 20 years loosed upon their neighbors and the world. Brit ain plans to launch the fury of her rising aerial might upon a nation whose god has been war, and loved the sound of soldiers' feet marching to con quest. And, at the same time, bombs should fall upon Italian soil, to remind that nation they are still a member of the axis, and must take the consequences thereof. There were 29 candidates for VS. senator In the late election In Texas. This is two better than this county trotted out for sheriff In a crisis. JUST LOOKING TOR SOME (Cong. Record) "On pane 5027 of the con gressional Record, at the end of the talk I made yesterday, appears the word 'applause.' There was no applause, and I ask that the word be stricken out." "Hatt was shocked and so was his wheat. So he returned home and started burning the entire crop, bundle by bundle." (Press Dispatch) His anger also burned, Next week the county rest dents will start taking pot shots at the dictators by giving their aluminum pans to Uncle Sam. The secretary of state has rec ommended auto licence fees be reduced from S3 to $2 a year This Is viewed by the upstate press as the opening gun of run ning for something next spring The "Sunshine club members met Friday at the home of Mrs. Frank Parr to tie a comforter which will be given to a needy family." (Turner Items In Sa lem Capital-Journal) Eternal fitness note. The variance In the war news from Moscow and Berlin Indi cates the respective press de partments, U they really put themselves to It, could turn out fish story. Has ED.R. Broken Faith? To the Editor What sort of honor is It when a candidate before election promises he won't send any American boys to fight in any foreign land and then without asking anyone's permission does send theml What tort of honor is It when a country promises to conscript boys for only one year, and then, with out asking their permission, tells them when that year is up they were really conscripted for "the duration." I am not so much against war If it-has to be to save our country, but I am certainly against backing Into it like a crab, and all the time telling the people we are keeping out of it. I don't know what you think about the Roosevelt record In his third term but I think it's a disgracel T. W. W. AS before stated in this department, as conditions Vinniro in Hn nhllVntinns We irrant it was reirrettable that the President of the United States, during the 1940 campaign, made that promise not to send troops to fight In any foreign land. But, as Wendell Willkie, the President's opponent, remarked about HIS campaign pledges, that was a "political campaign." And statements during the heat of a political conflict, even by Presidents, should not be taken too seriously, or too literally. It's a part of the democratic process. THE important thing today is what is best for this country and its defense. Should we do everything in our power to keep Britain from going down, and defeating Hitler s pro gram of world conquest? Or should we only go half-way, give Britain a token assistance, and let nature take its course? MOREOVER, how about that lease-lend measure? That bill was debated thoroughly, all its extra ordinary grants of power to the President revealed, and yet it passed by a large majority in both houses, and became the law of the land. Should those powers thus legally granted in the democratic way be withdrawn or abridged, because of some remarks made during a political campaign, six months before the measure was passed? That doesn't seem reasonable. " And yet that is what "T.W.W." really asks. AS to extension of the year army service, we don't like it and doubt if anyone else does. If we had anything to do about it we would terminate that service as originally agreed, let the draftees go home and then call for volunteers. But we have nothing to do about it, and it s probably fortunate for the country that we haven't For according to the highest military experts, such a procedure would throw a monkey wrench into the entire defense program, and might result in very serious consequences indeed. So-o-o-o What can a poor man do? As we see it the only thing to do is follow the leadership and recommendation of General Marshall, U. S. chief of staff, whose ability and devotion are unquestioned and who knows more about the exact military situation facing this country than anyone else. He says we must keep this army of drafted men intact. The President of the country, who is equally well informed, supports him. Well, as far as this department is concerned, when all the world is on fire, we don't feel disposed to stage a debate on what was said in a political campaign of the past, or what is the precise nature of the contract with the draftees, from a legalistic standpoint. AS before stated, as conditions change, so do AT THE PRESENT TIME, and an obligation which was legally and morally assumed when the lease-lend measure was passed, is to do EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY'S POWER to defeat Hitler, and see that his conquering legions never reach the shores of the western hemisphere. When the President of the United States and his army chief-of-staff solemnly declare the occupation of Iceland, and the extension of the one-year training service are necessary TOWARD THIS END; then the only sensible and the only patriotic thing to do, as we see it, is to whole-heartedly follow such leadership. A Very Big "If" VES, the democratic way is the only decent way of life, but it has its drawbacks in a critical time like the present Take the discussion above, for example. If we had a totalitarian form of government there would be no discussion. This country would have been in the war long ago, and the war would probably be over by now. More than that If we had gone totalitarian when Germany did, probably there would have been no war at all. For President Roosevelt was one of the few leaders in the world, who from the first saw the danger of the post-war "counter revolution," which first struck in Manchuria and then in Middle Europe. Had he had the absolute power of a Mussolini or Hitler, he could have started war preparations in 1933 instead of 1939, and telling Japan Italy and Germany where to head in, there would probably have been no Chinese war, certainly no smash into Ethiopia or Poland. fF course, from a realistic standpoint, this is all rather academic and even foolish. It is rather like faying in fact that IF we had had no democracy there would now be no serious threat against it Personal Health Service Br William Brady M. D. 81cm letters ertalnln ta serseael Lealth in bjflene. swt to disease Uacooels or treatment. wlU a answered bj tor. Bra4 It a ilwprt eelf sddreesed envelop la enclose. Letters sheule brief aad written la Ink. Owing to tht Urgs aambar at tottera racelnd anlj a lew caa a umn hrr. ho reply caa ba aud to aaerles aat eonfomlni to InitroctloM. Address Dr. William Brady, MS El C amino. Befcrly Hill. Call. EASY OH THE PIE For several years now (writes work or play, T. H.) my boss haa been feeding me strictly according to your teachings. I have endured it nobly, in the Interest of peace and amity, but now what have you gone and done? My boss is the best pie baker in this neck of the woods. Her cherry pies would break down the mor ale of even OT Doc Brady, who hasn't any use at all for such superfluous car bohydrates. Well, you printed that blast against the delectable carbohydrates about the middle of June and the boss cut it out and framed it neatly and hands it to me when I utter moans of anguish over the sinister scarc ity of cherry pie in this once happy home, right in the season too. Have you no compassion at all? Or are you perhaps allergic to pie In any way, shape or man ner? (T. H.) I In that very article I said quite frankly that "it pains me more than it does you to men tion that most of us take our daily excess of the highly nutri tious carbohydrates after we have been filled to repletion by a square meal. We call the over dose dessert." Then, lest critics as carping as T. H. pretends to be accuse me of just such bias, I took pains to remind readers that "with In creased activity, work, play, ex ercise, the proportion of carbo hydrates material required to maintain normal weight and to yield the energy used in such activity increases . . . and this Is the reason why dessert is all right for those who play or work hard. They need more car bohydrate. These delectable carbohy drates are not only the easiest food to eat even when you are not particularly hungry but, darn it, they pack a heavy charge of calories. Dessert is the course that builds slacker flesh in America When It comes to appreciation of sour cherry pie, hot mince, apple pie such as mother used to make, lemon pie or almost any other variety custard and berry pie I defer to no trencher man. Nevertheless we must re member breads, cakes and pas try of every description are chock-full of calories and only one who earns 'em, by active can profitably consume' them over and above an ordinary meal. This I can state from personal experience as well as from thousands of reports sent in by readers: the least painful part of a reducing regimen is push ing away from the table Just be fore the dessert hoves in sight. After all, when one has eaten a square meal it is overeating to crowd in an additional 300 or 400 calories Just because it is customary in the country to do so. Average piece ot pie yields 300 calories. Average chocolate ice cream soda yields 450 cal ories. Average serving of rice or tapioca pudding yields 225 calories. For the plethoric over weight, if something in the way of dessert must be taken, it had better be fresh fruit in season without sugar or cream. Once more let me repeat that for the active young person, child or adult, dessert is all right one who works, plays or exercises enough every day needs plenty of carbohydrate as muscle fuel or energy. QUESTIONS ANSWERS Vitamins In Foods Can you please repeat the name of the government pamphlet which tells the amount of the different Tltamlna In ordinary fooda. C. R. Answer U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture Mlacellaneoua Publication No. 375, Vitamin Content of Poods, ror a copy send to the Superintendent of Docu ments. Government Printing Office, Washington. D. C fifteen cents. At the same time you had better en- Kace a Philadelphia lawyer to give you half his time for a montn to Interpret the caballstle language of the report. I have pored over It for many weary hours and got for my pains only what might pass for head. acne If I bad a bead. The moat In telligible and reliable Information on the YlU.rr.ln content of common foods Is given In Prof. Borsook'a book on "Vitamins", published In i oy the Viking Press. Altitude Will living at higher altitude raise the blood pressure? (Mrs. A. T.) Answer As a rule there Is slight lowering of blood pressure at higher altitude. Maternity I am nearly 84 years old, have two children IS and 16. Would It be dan gerous for me to have another child? (Mrs. L. s. ) Answer No. Send ten cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your address for booklet "Preparing for Maternity." Inclose ten cents add! ttonal If you want also "The Brady Baby Book." (Protected by John P. Dill Co.) Ed. Nole: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D- 2U5 El Camlns, Beverl Hills, Calif. Kelly's Comment From Washington Cantonment Coin Yet to Come McNary Fightt For Coast Ships Extended Service Hat Opposition By Joho W. Kelly Washington, D. C, July IS. Although the war department received an appropriation of $11,000,000,000 a few days ago, not a penny of that amount is available for additional canton ments. The fund for new can tonments, two if not three to be in Oregon, will be carried in a military deficiency bill. De partment chiefs explain that the 11 billion dollar appropria tion, largest ever voted in the history of the United States, was earmarked for other things than cantonments or airports and that a deficiency bill will be necessary for these latter de velopments. SENATOR Charles L. Mc Nary has been making a one- man fight against the U. S. mar itime commission to save the coastal and intercoastal ships from being put out of business diverted to other routes and purposes. As the senior senator from Oregon views the situa tion, what this country needs and what the administration t urging is unity, for without unity the country is a house divided against itself; but unity can not be had If the govern ment destroys the livelihood of thousands of people and gives all to a foreign nation at the expense of the home. The maritime commission Is about to take control of every American ship and operate line was the first taken away and the steamers operated to Latin America from the east coast; the Grace line was pulled out of the Pacific coast trade, etc. Small lines have been milked The sulphur boats bringing car go to the pulp mills of Oregon and Washington; the steamers which have handled lumber from Puget sound, Columbia river and Los Angeles have gone or are going. Thousand: of people who depend upon shipping longshoremen, truck men, warehousemen, ship oper ators and their office staffs- are feeling the pinch as the mar itime commission gouges deeper into the coastal and intercoastal steamers. With thousands threatened with loss of Jobs or diminished income. Senator Mc Nary is striving to save as much of the Pacific coast fleet as pos sible, and doing it alone. CALIFORNIA Is being crip pled, for practically every ves se' on the coast or offshore has made some harbor In California a port of call. California sen ators are doing nothing. Junior Senator Downey (elected by the ham-and-eggers) is more con cerned in a government pension for the elder citizens than In preserving an Industry which would contribute toward the pension. The tragic ship situa tion is passed up by Downey. Senator Hiram Johnson, once a fire brand in the senate, hat slowed down. Washington's Homer T. Bone Is occupied with Columbia valley legislation, and his colleague. Mon Wallgren has been away during these try ing times and is reportedly studying a highway to Alaska. Senator Rufus Holman is at his Oregon home. Not one of the other senators from Pacific coast states Is giving a helping hand although the shipping In dustry In both California and Washington Is greatly in exces of the operations out of the Columbia river. be sent home at the end of their year (September) as pro mised by the president and the war department when they were mobilizd. After the guardsmen have been returned to their homes, then If they wish to enlist, and have an understanding of what the enlistment means for the duration and service anywhere they can sign on, but they will do so without any misun derstanding and with their eyes open. This should apply, also, to the draftees. As a majority of the members of the national guard are more than 20 years old (new minimum for' selective; service) there would probably be few who would Join up for Indefinite soldiering in the fed eral forces. see THE national highway users conference figures that Oregon wlU receive $1,647,906 for im provements on the strategic highway network. This Is about $8,000,000 short of the sum necessary to remove the bottle neck in U. S. 99 between Grants Pass and Eugene. The bill car ries $23,000,000 to reimburse states for roads damaged by the army. Oregon might receive a small slice of this. quent beauty and because he has never yet kidded the British people along. He has never hesitated to tell them ALL the terrible andbloody truth. When he tells them now that Britain's war effort is on a ris ing tide, his words carry conviction. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued Prom Page One) Flight 0 Time Med ford and Jackson Con at y BUtory from lbs files ef lae Mail Tribune to and ! years ago. experience. Long training Is re quired even to handle the new automatic rifles. e e AT the beginning of this war, the training situation was something like this: Regs. In The . ' . -.. Day's t : News '. By Frank Jenkins TODAY'S (Monday's) dope sheet: The Berlin press says the Russian armies are "falling apart." The' Holland radio (Ger man-controlled) says the fall of Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, Is expected "any moment." An kara (under German influence) hears the Soviet government is preparing to flee Moscow. The Russians assert that no significant changes in the situ ation have taken place. OEMEMBER that both sides, in putting out these reports, are primarily concerned with the morale of their people at home. Neither is concerned in the least with giving the world an accurate day-to-day picture of what is happening. And there are NO FREE CORRESPONDENTS. It is dic tator war. RUT somebody is mistaken. A' It nn, hfl ie 0,10.. th safest guess is that German reports of progress are more nearly accurate than the Rus sian reports of resistance. THE big question isn't wheth- k a t rr nnl flarnianv will win In Russia. Ultimate German victory has been taken for granted by nearly everybody from the beginning. The Important point Is the PRICE Germany will pay. On that supremely significant point, there is as yet little or no light. LET'S turn now to London, other speech today. He tells civil defense workers first at a great review in Hyde Park arid again at luncheon that "RAF warplanes are now bombing the enemy at a HEAVIER rate than he has In ANY MONTHLY PE RIOD bombed us." He adds: "In the PAST FEW WEEKS we have thrown on Germany about half the tonnage of bombs Germany has thrown on our cities during the WHOLE COURSE OF THE WAR." Reserves 2,250,000 1,130,000 T ? ? 213.000 240,000 TEN YEARS AOO TODAY July 1, Ot was Thursday) Harvesting of valley Bart letts to start August 3. Hungarian fliers land in Bu dapest on flight across Atlantic. Nation to deport 20,000 aliens this year. Germany banks failing by dozens as people withdraw money. Allies to confer at Paris on providing aid. Milk war in city averted when truce is reached between producers and creameries. Abolishment of office of coun ty engineer is urged on county ' court by rural residents who claim they can build better roads at less cost. Germany 756,000 France 630,000 Russia 862,000 Britain , 175,000 U. S. 165,000 National guard. You can see the French were not so far away from the nazis in total numbers, but they were miles behind in training. The French conscripts spent a year or a year and a half (the time varied) and got it over quicniy. They did not expect a war. The nazia knew there would De a war. because they were after their nlace in the sun. and thelr troops were consequently twice as well trained. Frankly ours had not then been trained at all in the most modern sense, largely because of lack of money and equipment, w OBVIOUSLY something must be done. We are on the wrons! track. Everyone can see that. Even so, not more than half our military experts want to break our civilian army tradi tion. It could be done by boost- e the nav. and otherwise rec ognizing the ancient nobility of the profession of arms, inis would cost no more money than raking leaves and unemploy ment relief have cost the past few years, without general pub lic benefit. Yet somehow most govern ment authorities cling to the spirit which makes it a sin for anyone to mention to the CCC boys, for instance, the subject of how to defend their country The needs test was abandoned months ago by CCC, but the gov. ernment nevertheless shies away from mentioning the primary fact of life, self-preservation, to the boys it is housing. Somehow officialdom has not yet worked itself completely out of the fal lacy that the way to keep a na tion secure and peaceful is not to have an army, or to have an inefficient one. THEREFORE, it seems likely that inmi halfwav m ,a,rM (politically more desirable) will be taken, such as extension of the time of service of draftees in order to give some of them slightly more training in one form or another. It would be cruel and inhuman (not to say disastrous) to put men with 10 months training up against any army in the world today, ex cept possibly the backward far eastern armies. From the stand point of the boys themselves, it would be unfair, but from the standpoint of the nation it would be the most colossal folly of all history. The mother of Aimee Sample McPherson, recently wed, sues for annulment on grounds hub by is already married. Fair and cool. High 82, low SI. TWENTY YEARS AOO TODAY July 15. 1921 (It was Saturday) . Farm bureau to hold big pic nic at Ashland June 23. Thomas J. Fuson returns from trip to Denver where he shook hands with Champion Jack Dempsey. Dr. Richard M. Brumfield, Roseburg, planned death ot her mit and leave Impression body was his own to collect insur ance, evidence shows. Three candidates for post- mastership at Jacksonville. Crater Lake lodge full to capacity and no room available until first of week, tourists advised. Pacific highway paving be tween Grants Pass and Gold Hill completed and open for traffic. Continued fair, no change probable. High 91, low 47. Life of Lou Gehrig Will Be Film Story Hollywood, July 15. (Pi Mrs. Lou Gehrig, widow of the famous New York Yankee first baseman, and his manager, Christy Walsh, have signed a contract with Producer Samuel Goldwyn covering the filming of the story of Gehrig s life. Pro duction Is expected to start by November. 2 Killed, 7 Injured In Portland Traffic Portland, July 15. VP) Two traffic accidents killed two per sons and injured seven in Port land last night. The victims were C. A. Whit man, 55, a pedestrian, and Leslie Kinney, Jr., 16, a passenger in one of two cars which collided, injuring all but three of the ten occupants. DONAUGH NOMINATION HAS COMMITTEE OKEH Washington, July 15. ) Nomination of Carl C. Donaugh to continue as U. S. attorney for Oregon was approved by the senate judiciary committee yes terday. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads la 1 :S0 p. m. TWOTE particularly his state- ' ment that Germany is now being bombed at a heavier rate than Germany has bombed in ANY MONTHLY PERIOD. CHURCHILL continues: W Kalian.' It in hm In ntir power to keep this process go ing on a STEADILY RISING , TIDE month after month, year after year, until the Nazi regime , is either extirpated by us or. 1 better still, torn to pieces by ; the German people themselves." , Then he adds this striking Churchill note: "We shall not turn from our j purpose however somber the road, however, grievous the cost, because we know that out , of this time of trial and tribu lation mill be born a new free dom and glory for all mankind." fia Rar Watson, Director SEE AND HEAR "OUR MOTHER'S GOD' 3 Act Sacred Drama at The CHURCH OF CHRIST Jackson and N. Central Wed. Night. S O'Clock Also THEIR LAST WARNING" At The SALVATION ARMY Thurs. Night, O'Cloek Admission Free Collection CPEECHES don't win wars. But Churchill's speeches are peculiarly worth while be cause of their force and elo- Is your child a NOSE PICKER? TTimr U rrowln f nr T wf tfM JW maty 1 t.Mt trade to the proposal of Chirf of Staff I n-r rr&m-Tm w eh w) otwr the federalized 1 """'' " niatinr, -ptfiy mw- be kept in erv- j RWrrr .! -) ti-tr:M ! T' -r-r, tr rtsrrM -m ! Jar' w 4Tt (.,- ih tsissljal a-4 rl si t SMlliMtana fns It active In stripping the porta . cific northwest, and this means . .5. t?V... ifr. Z ,... of their sfamer. and the end Orrjon. Vhtrctm. Vortana is 'r e a f4 luaUv. Ik is not et The Pan-American 'and Idaho, Insist that the guard j" e.uiese, them by warrant. The routes assigned to various lines i Marshall that have already been rlestroved national guard and the ships dispatched else-1 ice for the duration and ent rTain rs.te-i. s wnere. .ni tne r acute coast mtigniin, ui me- m-nu. commlwion has been particular- gressional delegations of the Pa O FOR RESULTS AT- LOW COST TRY- TRIBUNE WAHT ADS