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'TCIT! TOTTRTFTT MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1941. MEDFORDvlTRIBUMI 011 hxrvi lhilyr4Mr. fubiirid by HIUVUHD PRINTING CO. K-Sf-it North rir 1L fhoM 1141 RUHKRT W BUHL, .iltjr. A AN SAT R OIUITRAK Manacr. Am i1podBl Nwapapr. Bator) a Moond claa tniiir at tr4. Orfo. uu.1t Aot of Mrch , 1J y Mali Id Artvaoeo: Oallr aad tfuortaf on raar. . Daily aai) uodi' ii man'tii. .. Dally and ubif hra mouth. !.) Daily ao4 Muf1r ona montti . . It f Carrtar la A4vsac Mad ford. Ath land, Contra! point, Jack win villa, Uild Hill. Etofua Riar. Httoanla. TaJonL and aa motor routaa: Dally and Sunday on yaar I. Dally and Buortay -on mootti.ee .la AH tarma eaah in art aot a. Official Pap? al tha Uy al Madlaro Ofrictal Papa al Jikua Lut lMHItMO I Hfc AiVMM I A I ft.U fH LM aUoaivlaa rvll lauN Baralea. Tha Aaaoeiatad rra aMiai aatitiad to iha uaa for publioatioa ol an Mat dtapatenaa craditad to it or ntar WIN tradltad to ihia papar. and al u Vfca looaJ naa pubithl hoi-ola. Ail right rv publication M apooiav Alapatc na haralo ar aiao raaarvad wauBBU or iiniiuu fhKta aiCHUkiH U AIJDII b'iRBAU or circulation AdrartialD Raprtntatlva WBtTUOLUUA V COM PAN INC. Oftloa is Now fork. Cntcaao. Uatrc.it. ao rraaclaoa, Loo a Saaitia, Fartlaad, C Ueoia, AUaoia. Vaacouvar. n b i MSspkr ta OjCI AT I 0 Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry A San Francisco inventor haa filed for a patent on a motor-driven whecl-b arrow. It leaves the operator nothing to do but pull the switch, hang onto the handles, and steer. Thus much of the rugged indi viduality is knocked out of the wheelbarrow. However, It still remains the most diabolical thing on earth, to fall over in the dark. Bulgaria announces she will not enter the war against Rus sia. The time was not ripe, re ports from Sofia indlcute, to infringe upon Italy's copyright ed trick of stabbing in the back. ... A survey of the Older Girls shows the citizen who wrote a criticism of their auto driving, better not get in the path of their fly-swatters. .... It's about time some fauna and flora, supposed to bloom only in the early spring, defied Maw Nature and did. ... A California sports writer sur mises, a victory for the Uni versity of Oregon Saturday, "would give Stanford pause." If this should come to pass, the daring scribe better not pause. Even now, he is a marked man for thinking of such a thing in the first place. ... SPEAK UP. HENRYI (Toll City, Ark., News) "What's wrong with Henry Spradley? Can't he get around any more? We never see hiin around the News office now. Must be girl trouble." ... Eighteen Republicans In a statement criticize the voting records of Sen. Rufus Holman, jjand Reps. Mott and Angell, iwhile praising Sen. McNnry. On the first bounce many Republi cans are on the fence, and vac illating on the distribution of both the criticism and the praise. ... The "Beloved Bums" of Brooklyn have finally won the National league rnce, after much extemporaneous sweating by their supporters, as fur back in the hills as Dewey Mill, the Prospect hired man. The Infer nal Bums of Europe are still riding high, and at large. ... August sales of gasoline in Oregon set an all-time, all high record. In fair times or foul, it is no trick at all for the masses and the classes to srnre up the cash for John Barley corn or Jim Gasoline. ... "And don't forget that a bath ing suit with a flared skirt will hide a tendency toward hap piness." (Washington Times Herald). Something besides ig noranee and one ear should be concealed. ... ROYALTY ACTS UP "In case you're ever -kcd to dine with tlie Duke and Puchc of Windsor, just remember (a) on never ask. the dnko a di rect question; (hi one alwny, leaves it to him to rlioo.e the topic and change the subject. Carefully Instructed in these points. Miss St. Johns quaked as she sat down with them, cer tain she'd be a prize-idiot din ner guest. Then the duchess dis played her brilliant talent for putting people at ease. "Darl ing." she cried to her husband, "you are going to have the most wonderful evening. Mis. St. Johns knows Mickey Rooney!" (Ladies' Home J: 'ir nal). ClaetUff tim. tut C!lflrri Ad, S a m. Too &te io citu 1J.30 p OMalorfpJ A G. 0. P. Bomb Is Exploded wager the Democratic party in Oregon is smiling behind its well-shaken hand. WHAT a break! Here are 18 well known Republican stalwarts head ed by Harry Corbett and Judge Sawyer of Bend, publicly denouncing Messrs. Angell, Mott and Hol man, for their recent votes on important war measures and suggesting that Senator McNary make his pro war votes stronger, or they may gang up against him. According to "column left" on Page 1 of the Ore gonian, these insurgent 18, will be at the Roseburg Republican convention today and tomorrow and pre sent the following resolution : "In this hour of crisis let us make It clear to Senator McNary that we will support him in a stronger leadership and to Hulman, Mott and Angell that we will not endure obstructionist tactics that play into Hitler's hands." As readers of thi3 column realize, similar advice was recently given Senator McNary, by this paper, regarding his statement on arrival in Oregon, and the Mail Tribune has advocated all the measures, the Republican delegation from Oregon has opposed. Nevertheless we think it unfortunate that this action has been taken by these 18 distinguished Re publicans, particularly at this time, when the matter might have been brought up before the party conven tion and threshed out there, without hanging the G.O.P.'s dirty linen so conspicuously and directly on the party line. llE grant this is an unusual position for the Mail Tribune to take. For the paper's record through the years, has been radically non-partisan. It still is. But as long as we have parties, we think there should be a certain consideration for the party welfare, particularly by those who, as is true of these 18, are so loyal and regular in their fealty to the organization. Coming out thus publicly, Messrs. Angell, Mott and Holman are certainly put on the spot, and in all likelihood will have to repudiate their voting records, or have a very influential section of the Oregon G.O.P., oppose them for re-election. We are not so sure about Mott and Angell, but we venture to say Senator Holman won't back-track, regardless of the impressive character of the opposi tion, "Rufus" may be a number of things to a num ber of people, but he has never yet lacked the courage of his convictions, and we don't expect him to quit under fire in this crisis. Oregon's junior senator may be wrong, in this instance we believe he is, but the harder the going, the more disposed he is to stick to his guns. To those who know "Rufus" his honesty or his courage have never been questioned. But regardless of how this tempest in the Republi can tea pot is finally settled, it is a great break for the Democratic organization in Oregon. Whether the insurgent IS win, lose or draw, the net result can't fail to give the Democratic opposition delight, encouragement and valuable ammunition for the coming congressional campaign. The "Willkie Issue" rF course the above incident is not a local problem. As far as the Republican party is concerned it is nation-wide. In fact, we would not be greatly surprised to learn that a certain Wendell Willkie, has either inspired, or sanctioned, this Oregon insurgent movement, against the isolationist element in the Grand Old Party. THE Republican party's defeated candidate and titular leader is convinced that if the party is ever maneuvered into the position of direct and partisan opposition to President Roosevelt's foreign policy, it will disappear as the Whig party disappeared in 1SG1. The Republican "Old Guard" is just as firmly con vinced that the people of this country oppose war, the Roosevelt program is certain to involve the coun try IN war, and that the post-war reaction will put a Republican President in the White House, as cer tainly, as it did in l'J-0, if the party only continues to stand firm against it. CO there is the old problem of what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable body. The only certain thing in this instance, is that the resulting impact will jolt the G.O.P. band wagon to its innermost bolts, unless some compromise is effect ed, behind closed doors so to speak. And that is what this Oregon bloc should have attempted, as we see it, before they handed the T.N.T. in a neat little package over to the press. For they are practically all Kepubliean regulars, and to spill the beans before the convention, from the regular angle certainly wasn't exactly "cricket." ' ANY satisfactory agreement mav be impossible. I (Our own opinion is. it IS.) Hut, at least it i should have been tried. From a strictly party stand i point we are quite sure, the Committee of IS, will j evcntuallv concede the truth of that statement. Portland Rentals in Upward Swing Portland. Ore , Srpt :1 i V' I'nrtliiKl house rental o:oeii from an average of M;I 7S a month en Aug. 20 to l'47 on Sept. 211. William II liars re porte,i Itnlay. The Fortla'id ri, fcpe houi"a committee5 director mi th.it the average for apartment m't.V' v ent up only 5.1 cents ti to ; and flats advanced IS cents t Soti.TJ. 1 HOP MART riRMER Portland. Sept. 26 41 Ore-I i:on hup markets were firmer for j the week ending Sept. 24 and Miine iiu iea-rd selling activity I tii Hoped. Trade sources esti-l mated that O rs in growers sold I .irou'id 2 000 hales of regular .rcdrd toe 1941 hops at prices i.irts'T'g (rem 33 to 35 cents a jmhiikI net to growers. Small s ,les ef seedless types ranged i'tnutid 42-4.1 cents a pound net t growers. ao aUil jLiUULj) tut saa. Personal Health Service By William S!gnr4 tetters pertaining to personal health and hjctene, not to disease Otatnoett or treatment, still be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped sell addressed enrelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to ths large number of letters recelted only a few can be answered here. No rerjy can be made to queries not conforming .to Instructions. Addrss Or. William Brady, tsl El Camlno, Utterly Hills, Calif. ANTIDOTE FOR Webster says anhedonia Is in sensitiveness to pleasure or in capacity for happiness, and lets " it go at that. The mother of the tired college girl, whose report we included tn the article "When They Go Stale in Their Thir ties," described anhedonia more graph I c a 1 1 y than Webster does. The girl, said her mother, "was so tired that she couldn't enjoy life as other young people do." Then after a few months on the Iodin Ration (for Instruc tions send stamped envelope bearing your address) "now she's bubbling over most of the time." That is a good descrip tion of the normal state of grow ing children bubbling over most of the time. That is the way growing children are, if their nutrition and health Is good. Even In youth and adult life capacity for happiness depend, largely on the state of health. For instance a grandmother writes: My new grandson is being brought u p according to "Brady." (Inquiry about feed ing the baby wheat germ this is described in the Brady Baby Book, mailed on request if you inclose ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your address). Baby's grandmaw has been taking the vitamin B complex and D tablets daily for three years, and although she was an old lady at forty she is full of vite at fifty, has lost all desire for sweets and she can roll 'em! This is no testimon ial but the simple truth. The best of everything to you. At forty she was so old she was afraid she might break her neck trying to roll somersaults. Maybe she got her idea of som ersaults from Webster. Webster is obstinate about it, insisting that you must turn heels over head without touching the ground with any portion of the body. I would not advise you to try that if you haven't done any airsprings lately. Nor will I be responsible for what may happen to any poor geek who tries a Websterian somersault in the belief that I recommend it. My kind you never lose con tact with the ground or floor, but you turn end over or heels over head, all right, and come up smiling. That is, after you get the hang of it and turn half Kelly's Comment rrom Washington New Bill Will Rouse Taxpayeri Little Fellow Given Hard Jolt McNary Stave. Off Fish Death Br John W. Kelly Washington. D. C Sept. 26. So monumental is the tax bill just completed and to take effect October 1 that the Amer ican taxpayers will soon be aroused. The taxpayer is willing to go along with expenditures for national defense, but he wants congress to cut out all non-defense items In appropria tion bills. Considering the peo ple of Washington and Oregon, they will be substantial con tributors both on income taxes and the so-called nuisance taxes. The revenue from miscellaneous taxes for the year ending June .10, 1941. in Washington was $17,128,012 and In Oreaon 4. 210.(194. In this classification will be the new taxes on elec tric light globes, radios, play ing cards, etc. Not generally known Is the fact that congress will start im mediately working on another tax bill, to be ready next spring, and which will make the im pending new taxes look as mild as milk. However, there is a provision in the bill about to take effect calling for the ap pointment by Vice President Henry A. Wallace of a congres sional committee to investigate all non-essential appropriations and to eliminate them if pos sible. This Is the first break the American taxpayer has had. and while defense taxes will soar a billion dollars or more may bo lapped from the non-essentials, ess TO get tlie t ::re straight 'he ma tor v-'- ' r..l tve taxes must be paid by the little fel Brady. M. D. ANHEDONIA a dozen or so as routine morn ing and evening practice. If you would like further details send stamped envelope bearing your address, for Invitation to the Somcrsaultaqua. Did the improvement in nu trition make this grandmaw keen ahotit trvlnff somersaults. or did somersaults improve her j circulation and indirectly im i prove digestion and other func tions have it as you like. Something has served as an antidote for anhedonia in her case. It was iodine in the case of the tired college girl. It is good coffee in the cases of a lot of misguided folk who have been persuaded that coffee is bad for the stomach, liver, nerves or heart, when, as likely as not, it is precisely what they need to enable them to get a little Joy out of life. By good coffee I mean well made coffee, and that means no boiling. QUESTION ANSWERS Mtalnl of Nkln Working In arsenal with tetryl powder. Face and hands stained yel low. What will remove the stains? (Miss A. D.I Answer The yellow stain Is more likely from picric acid. Tetryl la very potsonoua IX Inhaled. Suction fans remove any fumeo from the room. Ammonia water Is the best agent 1 can suggest to remove the yellow stain. Dipsomania I have a daughter who la the mother of a 14-months old baby. Last week she came to me crylng Mothe. she anld. "help me llrfht this craving. My baby haa such a hurt look when I am Intoxicated." rar the first time I became aware that she was a secret drinker. (R. L. A.) Answer Bend a stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet. "Dipsomania." Habit Several years ago I sent 10 cents for your booklet "The Constipation Hab it." I followed the advice therein, and obtained complete cure of life long constipation and physic taking. My health has been greatly Improved since I stopped taking physic. Now my daughter has piles and I ask for any advice you can give for that. (K. E. M.) Answer Send stamped envelope bearing your address, for pamphlet, "It Is Stupid to Suffer From Piles." Mioe Clerk Pathologist For about a year I have had foot trouble such aa your recent article described as metatarsalla. Recently a shoe clerk In 's told me It was caused by acid In the system and ad vised me to take . (B. B. 8.) Answer So that's where they get all that "acid." eh? Send 10 cents and stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet "Care of the Feet." (Copyright, 1841. John F. Dtlle Co.) Ed. Notet Persons wishing to communicate with Dr.. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. niliiam Brady. M. D. I6S El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. lows, the average wage-earner. The wealthy in the top bracket are now paying about 75 per cent of their income to the fed eral government, plus state and other taxes. There are a fair number with $100,000 incomes, I but if Uncle Sam took every dollar the revenues needed , would not be affected substan , tially. It simmers down to the ! white-collar worker, the indus trial worker, to raise the $13, ! 000.000.000 federal taxes in the j coming year. And when they pay state and local taxes, 25 per cent of every dollar earned will i go to federal and local govern- ments. a I ANYTHING that will relieve i this pressure will be welcomed, and the special committee to In vestigate non-essential appropri ations can perform a fine serv ice. The law provides that six senators, six representatives. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau and Budget Direc tor Smith shall do the investi gating. Three of the senators will come from the appropria tions committee and three from the finance committee. Of rep resentatives three will be ap pointed from ways and means and three from appropriations. If Vice President Wallace and Sneaker Sam Rayburn follow the usual procedure of appoint ing two from the Democratic side and one from the Republi can side, it will place on the committee of investigators some of the most ardent advocates of economy. None of the ap pointees hail from the Pacific northwest, or the Pacific coast, but they will prove satisfactory to all western taxpayers as they begin lopping off appropriations not strictly for defense. Aside from the contemplated effect on taxes, people of the northwest will follow the delib erations of Mus committee close ly. The committee will, in all probability, determine whether construction of power dams n Columbia. Klickitat. Snoqual nue. Stilaquamish. Santiam and other streams, as suggested by the reclamation service and In dian bureau, are needed for de tense vurpees; may inquire whether :oO, 000,000 wanted by interior departnpnt to pur chase private utilities is essen tial to national defense. It is certain that the committee will reduce funds for CCC. WPA and NYA, possibly several other agencies which are not as im portant now as they were. e e WITH the Columbia river teeming with the greatest sal mon run in 30 years, the com mandant at Fort Stevens re ceived orders to explode sub marine mines this week. The first intimation of the situation came when fishermen were ordered to keep out of the estuary. Protests of fishermen and canneries were ignored by the commandant; he had army orders to blow up the mines, orders coming from ninth corps area at the Presidio. No one in army intelligence appeared to know there were fish in the river, or care if there were. Army engineers spent millions at the request of the Washing ton and Oregon state fish com missions for fish ladders and elevators at Bonneville to pre serve salmon runs, but the army was prepared to annihilate an untold number of salmon to test out the mines. Protests reached Senator Mc Nary, Republican leader, and he had to work fast. Gen George Marshall, chief of staff, was called on the phone. Hav ing been stationed at Vancou ver barracks when appointed chief of staff and being fam iliar with the salmon industry, the general personally had to countermand the order and di rect that no mines be exploded until November, when salmon will be out of the river. Had General Marshall not been I available, McNary was arrang ing to appeal to President Roosevelt to save the fish. Hugh Johnson Eyes Men and Issues of Day (Continued Prom Para One) only with the exception, where changed conditions or changed policies have created a special necessity to change a particular price upward or downward. But, under piecemeal price fixing of each price group sev erally, you have to deal with millions of separate cases. While you are dealing with each regu-1 lated group, the unregulated I groups continue their advance I and all are elements of cost (and i price) of the regulated groups. It is a ridiculous impossibility. I You must adjust again, continu ously upward. It is like a great I lion opposing a swarm of locusts. ' He roars at them, catches a few in his mouth, bats down a few j wtih his paw, but ten times as many stick in his mane and a million times as many soar over i his helpless head. It is like try-1 ing to poke smoke down a rat hole with a brad-awl, or to pick fleas off a dog with boxing gloves on. IJARM parity is not an inflex-j ible price. It goes up in di rect ratio with prices the farmer j has to pay. The principle of tying wage increases to in- j creases in the cost of living is exactly the same sort of thing. , If farmers and workers are as- j sured of this they have no right to insist on more certainly not to an absolute freedom to them alone to increase prices. The case will simply not bear argu ment and that for over all price control is devastating. Devastating, yes all but for one thing. The mid-term con gressional elections are ap proaching. Mr. Henderson, as a very unconvincing advocate of ; piecemeal price-fixing, has inti mated in his testimony that he , is taking orders from higher up. Some members of the house banking and currency commit tee have made it equally clear in their hearings that their judg ments are swayed by similar considerations. e ""PHIS weak-kneed complacency ' may go down in history as the "crime of 1941." If inflation, meaning unconscionably high costs of living, is not controlled : now, which is Just about the last 1 chance, no future generations are going to arise to call these gentlemen blessed. We are told continuously on ' the one hand that this isn't a political war. News dispatches must convince us. on the other , that that is exactly what It is. 1 It is a hell of a note. NOSE PICKING May be a Sign of injms IVft yw,t rhlMI It VoVi TV jrut , nsrt- hatit, tit It may vtn that ur fawljnc rrrjrrJwrTt " annMinc ftv " ei ! fh 'fj ?ht fa. ! trtl -t -: -ri-fc" irt-, ?. 601 inf. -n. If t-j . re-jf child r-t J ' rrf r-cSt j It Ait?r-i Usui -f rrVi-r wfT ! fc. :K'n for c-fr ft cer.turjr. i "' ti. if ro -.rrr -. tt U j a r4 UASUt. Waii4 .Jtjact raiiu. I Flight o Time Medford and Jackson County History from tha files of the Mall Tribune I and 10 years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY September 26, 1S31 (It was Saturday) County swept by waves of rumors and agitation, and con siderable petty stealing in rural sections. Auto driven by Attorney W. E. Phlpps is hit by freight train at Main street crossing. Glendale hunter, mistaken for a deer, is wounded. Football season starts through out the nation, with Medford high playing Crescent City in first game. Cloudy with rain predicted for next week. High 87, low 45. Starving Chinese force Col. Lindbergh to beat retreat, when plane is landed near Hingk-Kai. The hungry thought it brought a food supply. Dr. Inskeep now has a desk made of yew wood gathered in the southern Oregon hills. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY September 26. 1921 (It was Monday) Illinois chief of police is a bandit by night, arrest reveals. Crater lake to close officially for season next Friday. City of Medford files for wa ter rights on Big Butte springs Many valley people leave to attend state fair at Salem. Elks annual picnic is attend ed by 500 people. U. S. submarine R-6 sinks at dock in San Pedro harbor. Two lose lives. Fair with a maximum tem perature of 84, low 42. Unemploy m e n t conference finds plenty of jobs, but not at high wages. INDIANS TO MEET Depoe Bay, Ore., Sept. 26. MP) The second annual Oregon Indian homecoming festival in north Lincoln's resort area Is MONTGOMERY WARD- ife0 ly J. 117 S. Central Held In Slaying Fourteen-year-old Charlsi McCoin (above), was being hti4 at Alturas. Cal.. in the death of his father. R. C. McCoin, who was fatally shot. Sheriff John C. Sharp said the boy told hih he had shot his father because he was continually telling him to do household chores. The lad's mother also was shot in the leg when she attempted to interfere, tha sheriff said. to be held at Rocky Point state park by Whnle cove this week end. Indians from the Rogue River, Warm Springs, Umatilla, Grande Ronde and Siletz reser vition centers plan to attend. MRS. ROBAR FUNERAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Robar will be conducted from the Perl funeral home Sat urday afternoon at 2:30 o'cloclj. Dr. Sherman L. Divine officist ing. Interment will take place) in Siskiyou Memorial Park. m .a. as h jk .ai Keueve misery, as most, momers do. Rub the af if 4f throat, chest B I. 14. and back with 1 . , V? time-tested V VAPORUB ... .rtW I Telephone 3930
