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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 81, 1941 MEDFOROtTBlBUNI (viiah4xJ f HSDrURD PRINT. NO CO. H-tf-!t Nertk rir PHom tll ROBERT W RUHU BHIttT. NSST R. OILHTRAP. yaaaf. tr4 m Moatt aiattor t M- I.BtfCRIPTION lATU Dai If aotl tiBrtir M fif DaJly nd odr n month... I Dtlly ort Sunrtar hrM moatba. JVM Pally aart nl month... .11 Bw Camarla ArtaaeaMartftrd. -taad, CtraJ Point. Jaekaoavllia. GolJ Hi II. Rocua Rivar. Phaaala, IJMl and M motor rwilaat Pany an4 Sunday na yaar Daily and artay na mootb,. .ft All unni aasb la advance. ftViai rtw ! lh City 4 Hadlard orriatai Paper of iut V KM HEM U I Hit AMUMJI ATbU CHta Kacolflag rl. laaad Harvlea. Tha AwMjiaiad Praia la ateluaivaiy wtltlad It tha um tor publiaattoa or ail wi rtlapotehaa aradltod to ll or other via aradltort to thia papor, and Ala U Utn leeal now pubiiahad horala. All risbta for pubMcatla of pola tftapatahaa horola aro alao roaartad. MaUBBH UP UNITBD PRICb IftBUBKR UP AUDIT B'JRBAU OP ClRCI'UATIUNl Advartiaing Rapraaontatl WtlT-HUtU DA T CUHPANT. WO. Offloao i Na fork. Chicago. Detroit. rraaelaea, Lorn Ancelea. ftaattta. rarilaad. lb Uoata. Atlanta, V B C Oil Mil CIATIII Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry Nippy morm the paat week caused woodshed operator! and (all with fur coata to rejoice, aleeperi to reach for blanket that weren't there, and the Bates Bovs to light the oil itove in their tonsorial parlor, an unfail ing lign that winter is coming. . Local jumping at conclusions about the proposed army canton ment, and missing them, contin ues the favorite indoor and out door sport here. There has not been so much off-hand surmising since the Trigonia oil well was down 1,811 feet. Messrs. Hitler and Mussolini held a secret meeting most of the week, at the front, within ound of the cannon's roar. Un fortunately, they did not get far enough up front. see Marion county farmers are imploring Salem clerks to come out and pick beans on their days off. To date the counter Jumpers have not responded as one man. If they don't, the agriculturists will not help them out during the Christmas rush. e e Tha sister city to the south sat down on bond Issue 4 to 1 Thurs. The Russians blew up the mighty dam at Dnieperope trovsk Wed. and now that it is early fall in Russia, nobody wants to be at Dnleperopctrovsk, as they say of England in the spring. F. Brown of the Eagle Pt. Browns, towned in the middle of the week. Mose Alford of the city gov ernment, showed up in mid week in a new suit of clothes, lie reported It made him feel like he was going to start to school a week from tomorrow. . The auto driving continues wild on country lanes and city streets. It's too much to expect people to always drive like they were going by the state police station. Another leaf is ready to fall off the calendars, and the Older uuio us autiicu wondering j wners uie year nas gone. ... Owing to the metal shortage the bootlt-gging of scrap iron Is rampant throughout the nation. Nobody has been caught around here trying to get over the hill with a load of illicit stove-lids. ... Among the nimrods greasing up their trigger fingers and trusty rifles for the deer hunting season Is Elm Chllders, thei Dulldcr, who when he bears down on cervus alces leaves them as dead as the door nails he never misses. . e The Joe Fliegel boy Joe. is till bark in Wisconsin, but won't stay still long rnounh to take pen in hand and write his Paw. e e e Golf gripped golfers all week, as the So. Ore. No. Calif, tourna ment got underway. They went out to the links early, and stayed late, as if it was election day. and their votes were needed to get a complete expression of public sentiment on a burning issue. Teter Clark, the Ins. ait.. was ablaze with enthusiasm, and ut ma eaiiie, two Woodpeckers, and a bluejay. . e e e The G rover Cleveland Corum twins now have toddle-cars, and any day now they will knock Papa's feet out from under him, fo.' the first time. iion p tm Don 't Miss the Golf Tourney fHARITY is not the only thing that should begin at home. There is the matter of civic loyalty, as well. There is a golf tournament, the annual Southern Oregon championship, going on at the Medford golf club today and tomorrow. The fact has been printed many times in this paper, and has been an established institution for over a decade. Yet judging by the support of the local golfers, there are more golfers outside of this community aware of the fact than in it. Never before have there been so many visiting golfers participating, they have come from all over the place, as far south as San Francisco and as far north as Seattle, But never before have there been so few local divot-diggers, the total establishing a new record low. It's too late to rectify this sad demonstration of local indifference as far concerned. But ISN'T too late, as community as a whole is TODAY and tomorrow, probably the best brand of Q m nfnii rTvirmf ltiirA nrs-tll Airar erknr in fViIa csisttitm HIIIUI.VUI VUlilJ-'l.UHlC t,-1- VTCl OCCI1 111 UUO DLL tiJl 1 of the state, will be on display at the Medford eolf club. Admission is free. Men, women and children, --everyone but the UNLEASHED family dog are welcome. With decent behaviour on the part of the Weather Man, those who attend can not only be assured of seeing some thril ling contests, and getting some beneficial outdoor exercise, but doing their bit to make this annual event what it should ALWAYS INCREASING success! Square Pegs In TX7HILE Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, greatly appreciates the aid the United States is giving England, he says it is not enough. He joins with Lord Beaverbrook, therefore, in urg ing renewed efforts on America's part to increase and speed up production. President Roosevelt s answer to this appeal is to order a sweeping reorganization of the national de fense set-up, naming a seven-man board, with Vice President Wallace, chairman, and Harry Hopkins as the special "speeder-up." MOW there are no better citizens in this country A than Henry Wallace, and Harry Hopkins, both fine products of that great state of Iowa, high-mind ed, earnest, unselfish, fanatically devoted to the betterment of the human race. On the other hand, if any fair minded and impar tial judge of American ability and character, were called upon to select the two men in the country, best qualified for the task at industrial production in Messrs. Wallace and Hopkins, would be far down, if not at the extreme bottom, of the list. MEITHER of these men has had the slightest practi cal business experience; either enjoys the confi dence of the manufacturing or business element in the country, or faced with a woum Know tne nest way to And yet there they are, White House, highest in command, in the one most important task now confronting the United States. Donald Nelson, third in experienced and capable business man may be able to get the desired results, but why start him out under such a handicap! . "No Comment!" A CALLER remarks he wi-ljcw mil-lib j i uillllll-lll Ull Uie I1111L'1-1UUC.U11111 meeting on the eastern front. I LU&LiKb iu disappoint comment, not this morning at any rate. Why comment? No matter what agreement the Axis partners mav reach, or what promises they may make, none of it is worth the paper it is written on. Moreover there is something unusually childish and synthetic about this gathering "somewhere in Russia" so plainly in imitation of the recent Atlantic rendez vous between Roosevelt and Churchill. THAT latter incident will mark one of the important turning point in human history; the former we venture to say will be forgotten even bv Tenito and Adolf, before the present conflict is over. The only possible importance w ronld ntt.nrh tn the conference would be based upon the official photographs wired by the A.P. from Berlin showing Mussolini's sad and dejected profile, and the absence of any representatives from Finland, Hungary, Rumania. Vichy or Japan ! MASS ESCAPE OF TEXAS JUVENILES Gatesville. Tex.. Aug. 30. iJI Bloodhound. and men search ed heavily wooded central Texas today for 38 young fugitive who fled the state boys reform school in a mass break which Supt. E. II. Nesbitt said "I've Deen looking for.' Forty-seven inmates bloke from a group of :mi who had been marched from the football, as the golf PLAYERS are far as the golf fans and the concerned. BE, a complete and an Round Holes hand, that of increasing this country. certainly tough production problem go about it special favorites of the command, a hard-headed will be interested in this him but there will be no baeball and basketball recrea tion field Into the big boys yard Just before last niuht's supper hour. They scrambled over a three! and a half foot picket fence and! tied into the Leon river bottoms! a half mile away, where, offic- j lals of the institution said, i search would be difficult. j The fence was their only bar-1 rier. The Juvenile training school has no hish walls and, guards are not allowed fire arms. n,e church China Itelirf SI.(K v .ti on China in tlx Committee for 'prut more thai j nl if s -k in ; last three years. Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining, to personal health and hygiene, not to disease dlsgnosls or treatment, will be answered by Pr. Brady If a stamped self addressed envelop, is enclosed. Letters thonld ht brief and written la Ink. Owing to tha large number of letters received only a few can he answered here. No reply can be made to queries aot conforming to Instructions. Addraa Dr. William Brady, HJ El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. PROTECTING From an isolated northwest ern village where there is ap parently n o physician t he mother of a 14 year - old boy writes to protest against what she re gards as perse cution by the school and health author ities, who, she suspects, are n a z 1 s or in sympathy with nazi p r I n c 1 ples. The boy. says mother, is "such a good example of undoped boy" that it seems a crime to "fill him with dope and poison." The boy has won various awards for scholarship, athletic accomp lishments in school field meets and character. Now mother doesn't want him "filled with heaven knows what." To prove there is good ground for her anxiety she incloses a blank sent by the county health authorities to all parents in the school dis trict. The health department blank asks whether the child has been vaccinated for protection against smallpox, or whether tne child has had smallpox whether the child ha hron Im munized against diphtheria, or wnetner the child has had diph theria: and whether tha nhllH has had a tuberculin test. X of chest, and complete physical examination. Finally it asks that the parent answer the questions and return the blank to the teacher. From the incidental observa tions in the letter concerning the attitude and methods of the teacher, I Infer that this is the tactical error in the health de partments program. After all, school teachers are rarely qual ified to administer health or even to teach hygene, except the lew who have had social training in physical or health education. The health department's blank inquires for the name of the family physician. It might be more in order to instruct par ents to return such information to the family physician but unfortunately in many commun ities the local health depart ment feels its oats, so to speak, and fails to cooperate with the family physician, tends to treat the family physician rather as an incompetent and very likely untrustworthy individual who Just doesn't understand the News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued From Page One) highest paid big army in the world. You get $21 the first four months, then $30 for the next eight, then $40 thereafter. The average, furnished me by the war department, is $35 now. The British Tommy gets $23.53 on the average; the Italian 65 cents a month minimum, the conscript French did get $1.05 a month minimum, but they get nothing now since they lost. Hitler's famed soldier gets an average of So a month; Russia's $11.77; the Japanese $4.65, an average of less than half what you get. Only nation which pays its soldiers more is Canada aver age about $38 (considering de preciation of their currency against ours) with allowances for wives and dependents. But Canada has to support an army only a fraction the size of ours. "IVE had assurances the time limit would not be extend ed." Until somebody gives assur ances that the current state of the world will not continue, it would be treasonable tor this government to disband its army. No soldier able to find his way j to tiie canteen really believes otherwise. It may be tough on i you as an individual, but it's true. e a e 'COME of the officers are in-i competent. They give foolish orders, offer no explanations.'' If you think some of your looies and captains arc incompe tent, you should see some of the j generals around V. ashington. A few can hardly use from then j chairs. But that's not the whole army. We had a navy at the I start of this emergency. The1 army had to be built nearly : from scratch, ot no-red as well; as manned. The incompetents will be weeded out. as situations di5:Ye their i"i i e to! Uie men highir up, not all of. Brady. M. D. CHILDREN highly altruistic object of local health administration. This mother asks for my view or opinion, and in the hope that she really wants it and accepts it as sincere I give it here. If I had a child or children of any age in school I would want to be sure they were vac cinated against smallpox, Schick-tested and if the test shoved susceptibility, immun ized against diphtheria. I would want them to have the boon of tuberculin test and. If this gave a positive reaction I would want them to have both the chest X ray and the physical examina tion. It is astonishing It Is astonishing to find the strange views expressed by this mother in a letter so well writ ten, worded, spelled and punc tuated. I suppose the good soul has been misled by anti-vaccin-ationists and other propagan dists who have no use for the medical profession or any of its works. For the benefit of other par ents who have young children, I advise vaccination preferably within the first six months and immunization against diphtheria before the child is three years old. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Are Florldans Myotonic Florldlsns. at least many I hive met, appear to be susceptible to a disease known as myotonia. Is It particularly prevalent In the souta or In Florida? (L. c. L.) Answer Myotonia, to my know ledge, 1 not particularly prevalent 1- any localized area or among any class of people. It la a condition, usually congenital (present at blrthl, or excessive muscle tension or SUII- peas, a port of "muscle bound" con dition. Best palliative remedy I know la quinine sulfate, four grains after rood three Umea dally for adult; one grain after food three tlmea dally for young child, regularly and unlnfrruptedly for at least three months. Cross Eyes Olrl has tendency to cross eyes. It ahows only occaalonally. Would this be transmitted to her children? (T. M.l Answer No. Farsightedness often causes such squint, strablamua a crovseyee. She should have eyea ex amined by eye physician and follow hta advice about prevention of further trouble. Coat's Milk Is goat's milk more nutritious than cows milk? (O. c.) Answer-Approximately the same tn nutritive value. (Copyright 1MI, John F. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: rersons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct lo Dr. William Brady, M. D- !65 El Camlno, Beverly Hills. Calif. them perhaps, but there will be enough good officers around to make this the usual superior American army. It Just takes time. see WITHE soldier feels mistreated socially, looked down upon, denied his higher free place in life." Maybe you cannot p it nnw but later on you will find that your army experience has deliv ered the leadership of your com munity, the country into your hands for the future. Look at the American Legion. Some bluenoses looked down at them 20 years ago. You are m king friends who will be valuable to you in business as well as social life afterward. When this is over you will be the one who will be able to get the Jobs, and the unskilled worker who is clean ing up today, will be looking for one. e e s "THE British are not worth 4 fiKhtillK for attain " $;,. say yes, some say no, but nobody seems to iiKe Hitler. There is a provision in the draft law whih says no troops will be sent out of mis nemispnere, and they will not be sent, until that amend ment Is repealed by congress after open debate, in which your folks can Join too. "No weapons!" Everybody knows that. The army leaders frankly decided to get larger numbers In than could be fur nished weapons for some time. They decided to throw you a yit vi oungarees and a shovel and get you ready Dhvsicallv because they knew American! production could furnish the weapons. That was their decis ion, and they are running the army, and while It may be dis couraging, and may work hard ships for a time, it will be all ng.it. if and as they produce the weapons. If not. you will see some courtmartials higher up e "THE Roosevelt sons get earv officers Jobs with gold braid while we are privates." That's a gripe. Did you ever hear of a spot in this world, in all the history of it. nhere the boss' son did not get a good Job. What do you want? The 19J9 production of silk stockings was 640,488,000 pairs. Kelly's Comment From Washington Army Morale Not What It Was Oregon Shipyard To Get Contracts New Tax Bill Is More Drastic By Joha W. rally (Note: During the absence of Mr. Kelly on vacation his dally column will be written by Mr Paul Dunham, member of our Washington, D. C, staff). By Paul Dunham ARMY morale is not what it should be in the mimic war maneuvers In the Pacific north west, according to reports. Mo rale is, simply, discipline. Sol diers on duty in the vicinity of Olympia have nonchalantly hitch-hiked into Tacoma and Seattle to buy cigarets when supposed to be guarding the highways against the invaders. Soldiers say they want to go home because they have learned all they can be taught with the inadequate equipment; if they had full equipment they would not mind remaining in the army until they were familiar with it and then go home and become part of a reserve pool of trained men. The men fail to enthuse over sham fighting and it is regarded more as play acting than any thing else, although of course, it is excellent training for the officers in the disposition of their men. Troops, by and large, do not expect to do any real fighting, for they were drafted for a defense army, not as an expeditionary force, and they are Of th helief that nn Inralim invasion will be attempted. For this reason the average selectee and guardsman is not inclined to take the maneuvers seriously and they are more interested in the outside amusements than in the business of soldiering. In the first world war the men were drafted snrl acpmhiwi t Fort Lewis where they were given preliminary training with bayonet drilla; they realized that it would be only a matter of months When thev wnnM ka actually fighting for their lives, and to the hardened veteran of the AEF the present army is considered a bunch of sissies. With the extra $10 a month the army will soon be the highest via Duncn of soldiers in the world, yet they wisli to get back to civilian lifA and thBA tional defense Jobs in industry. ALTHOUGH not inMnrid ln the initial order for "r" ships, insiders assert that the maritime commission will place contracts for some of theQA sels with the yards on Columbia ana Willamette rivers and in the Tacoma-Seattle area r hir,. the up-to-date cargo carriers de sisnea Dy the maritime commis sion, are now under construc tion in Pueet the vessels launched there have Deen so satisfactory that, with the labor resources svnil:ihi the yards will be given addi tional contracts to keep them occupied for the next two years at least. In Portland the Oreuon Shlr building comDanv. a Ilenrv Ki. ser outfit, is envagpH nn u-t score "Ugly duckling" type and wncn tnese nave Deen completed the better and faster C type will be ordered. Meanwhile, how ever, the priorities are becoming a nuisance with the shipyards, particularly with regard to the engines. see THE new tax bill hv the. senate is more drastic than the measure which was rushed through the house of represent atives under the i mla TV. lowered base, which was avoid ed by the house, has been con sidered favorably bv the ..ni committee and this will prove one of tne bones of contention when the measure goes to con ference which it must tin Itn. der the senate proposal many people who have never filed an income tax statement u-m K brought into the fold and made to pay substantially on their income. As now written ih. senate proposal will hook thou sands of married and single individuals in Pacific northwest states, esnecialtv thnss whn arm employed in the shipyards and aircrait factories who are draw infl enouch nav tn nnnlifv Ih.m as contributors to the income tax office. The house Is more moderate, and this matter will be ironed out in the series of conferences before the bill is finally sent to the president. s s DAIRYMEN of the Pacific northwest are now said to be receiving the highest price for their milk that has been paid in 13 years. Practically every milk factory is working on a 24-hour basis, three shifts. Milk canners have already been told how many thousand cases they must produce for the armed forces of the United States and for the lend-lease program. They were told what they must pro duce; they were not asked how much. For the first time since the depression the dairymen have a market for every pound of butterfat they can take to the factories. The cheese fac tories are in the same position as the canneries, bidding for the dairymen's milk and operating around the clock. Principal fly in the ointment for the dairymen is the diffi culty in obtaining skilled milk ers. The young men, brought up on dairies, are leaving for the shipyards and the airplane factories and other industries having defense or war orders, and the dairy operators are on a constant search for men to fill the places of their sons and hired hands who have left. The War Today By By Dewitt MacKenxia Special Writer The American-Japanese nego tiations which are getting under way in Washington look like a long-delayed showdown between the two countries. Maybe It will be the big show down upon which will turn the question of peace or war. The position is extremely serious, though far from hopeless. There is one fundamental point which we must not over look in sizing up this situation. Washington has hardened tre mendously in recent weeks to wards the Japanese operations in the orient. Uncle Sam is in no mood fcr tea-table talk, but looks like a man who is pre pared to meet any eventualities. The indications are that the Nipponese finally have reached the point where they want to square themselves with Uncle Sam and unload the disastrous Chinese "incident" which is breaking their backs. It will take much to achieve agree ment with Washington at this late date, and what isn't clear is how far Tokyo is prepared to recant, for it certainly must back water. From information which has come to me from a private source I should say that the Japanese very , recently have come to the conclusion that the United States has decided to pursue a much more far-reaching and forceful policy in the far east. That policy, as Tokyo sees It, would set the clock back on Japan's program for control of Asia and vastly extended Amer: ican influence in the orient. For one thing Tokyo un doubtedly believes America has determined on such an extensive all-out aid for China as will render it impossible for Japan either to complete her conquest or to hold the territory which she already has taken. On top of that Washington is going ahead with material assistance for Russia in the war against Hitler and Japan is desperate ly worried lest these supplies be turned against her in event Go Gay! Down Argentine Complete Shoos Tndav at tHi-J:9e.7:-:ll Mtrivrg Deora orea at 1:43 tne and lee ROXY of Russo-Japanese trouble. But back of that grim vteT Tokyo sees on the far horizon the smoke from the funnels of the United States navy and is afraid we are setting set for action. Flight o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of the Mali Tribune 10 and 20 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 31, 1931 (It was Monday) Bootlegger who sold his wares to boys at Jacksonville dance given 30 days in county jail. Many from here attend dedi cation of Pacific highway bridge near Yreka. County Grangers to demand lower telephone rates. Picking of Cornice peari o start next week. The weather: Fair and warm. High 82, low 54. Democratic senators accused of blocking President Hoover's effort to balance budget. . Mail Tribune to print first edition on new press tomorrow. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 31. 1921 (It was Wednesday) Twelve killed in fighting in Belfast, Ireland. Contract for widening the Pa cific highway between Ashland and Talent let. Tokyo declares Yap issue be tween Japan and America has been settled. r, v. . . . i . ... l t : Crater Lake park to inclu?4 Diamond lake. Pioneer memorial at Ashland nears completion. Bombing planes leave for West Virginia coal mines as labor war breaks out. Predictions of probable rain fail. High 87, low 47. Townsend Club No. 5 Council of Townsend club No. 5 will meet at the home of Martha Miller, 848 Taylor street, 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, Sept. 3rd. A moving picture of the Townsend Plan, sound film, together with the transcribed speech of Rep. James O'Connor, chairman of Townsend steering committee in behalf of H. R. ln.Trt Tnwncnrl Kill ...111 K- given at the K. P. hall Sunri.iv afternoon, Sept. 7, at 2 p. m. Public invited; no charge. Jacksonville Townsend club will hear convention report on Thursday at 8 o'clock, Sept. 4th, at U. S. hall. Public invited. Contributed, Martha S. Selkirk. Convention Delegate. Glamorous Rio Comes to Life . . . With Its Tropical Romance . . . Samba Rhythms . . and Torrid Songs ... and It's All in breath-taking TECHNICOLOR - r v . Cr,!tt U EtEMSO Poors Open at e 45 tJe Ine. tat Id
