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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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