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Ba rrABfllaaa Loo An !, Baotti. rartlaad. BL UMia. AUaaia. B C- fnusijilg44$fcuTm Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry Th. Im Arena opened Satur day and citizens of both sexes nd aU ages cut fancy dldoei on tha iilver blades, froien surface and their own anatomy, tht last named being In the minority. Refugees from the mlddlewest were the nimblest and most graceful. Many of tha natives had not been on ice. Bear creek frore over tha winter of 1890. . 8. (Farm-rresh) Morris, the R-Rk. tiller, is over his pneu monia, and In better shapa than ever to whistle Wall St. and the international bankers. . November continues here abouts Just like May, except it only has 30 days. The pussy willow buds are swelling on Butte creek, whclh is their own business and their own lookout. . . E. Ulrich, the Prospect Mt. Wm. brought a load of cows, and Herb Carlton and Dewey Hill to town Wednesday to see a six-boy football game. . . The youngln's of the Roosevelt school gave an operetta Thurs 1 day evening. There were 120 kids in the cast, and they war bled like the lark, the robin and tha chlck-a-dee think they can sing. Armistice day will be ob served here Tuesday. It marks the end of the war that was go ing to end all wars. . . A number of gas silos in the biz area have been revamped and repainted and turned around to face another direction. ... The Older Girls have started making mince-meat. A farmer reports he nearly met the same fate when he tipped over a gal lon of it. . The people are getting stirred up about the European and labor situation. They want Brit ain to start an offensive in the west, lest Russia at finish say: 'We did all your fighting, so we'll do your talking at the peace table." It is also felt. John L. Lewis needs a talklng too, more than brave and far away Tinland, to end the strike mess. ... The bird shooting season ended Wednesday but rain kept farmers out of the orchards. ... The police are on the trail of a bear that stole a steer and left auto tire tracks behind. ... Not a democratic candidate for governor has showed up un expectedly for more than a fortnight. ... B. Walker, the Golden West coffee drummer entertained 175 grocers Wednesday evening at a dinner, plus a radio show, and other trimmings. He forgot to invite his grandson. J. Tanne- hill Walker, who has not yet found it out. ... Real Indian summer weather prevails, so far unmarred by a single poem about It. ... "Wash your face In the morn ing and neck at night." (Chi cago Tribune, beauty hint). 10 O'CLOCK SCHOLAR Hagcrstown, Md. (") Mak ing a routine physical examina tion of a draft registrant, a phy sician sought a line on the lad's education and asked: "How far did you go to school?" "Oh, about a half mile," the youth replied Football Upset Explained X7HAT is that strange rumbling noise one hears, rather like a heavy surf off Cypress Point, or perhaps the Pacific fleet at target practice? Why that is the famous Quarterback Club, still in session, giving an incredulous public the low-down on JUST what happened at the High School football field Friday night ! So if you want all the answers just listen. It was this, it was that, it was something else, and yet it was the other thing, ! ? ! Perfectly simple if you happen to be a football expert, and the morning after two nights before, WHO ISN'T 1 "THE best to date, as far as this department is con- cerned is the charge delivered in all seriousness and with considerable heat mind you, that the cause of this upset of upsets by the Gas House Gang from the Granite City was, and still is, the Medford Mail Tribune! Yep, straight from the feed boxl The local boys got the swelled head because of what they read in this newspaper, so what else could one expect? The moment things stalled to break against them, they just fell to pieces like the one-horse shay, be came infected with the prima-donna jitters of the coaching staff and failed to pull themselves together, until the game ended 20 to 13 against them, thus bringing about the greatest seismic shock, the local sporting world has suffered since the San Francisco earthquake ! fF course the Mail Tribune feels flattered, by the thought that what it says, or doesn't say, about the local football team, could have such a far-reaching and devastating effect. But REALLY, what a gratuitous insult to these husky kids on the M.H.S. football squad ! As if what they might, or might not read in the local press, could so turn the heads on their sturdy shoulders, that what looked like a certain victory could be turned into a decisive and ignomin ous defeat y Yet this "alibi" is no more absurd than scores of others, that have been bandied about all over the town-site, during the 36 hours that have transpired since the "tigers" not only had their tails badly twist ed by the underdogs from Ashland, but just about torn off. A ND they all come under the well known heading of phooey and whamg-doodle 1 For, as has been carefully pointed out heretofore in this column, and particularly after the OTHER great 1941 upset in Oregon football, the defeat of the champion Stanfords at Corvallis by Oregon State, there was only one reason for that shattering blow to Palo Alto, jus as there is only one reason for this: The BEST TEAM WON, brethern, that's ALL there is to it! THAT doesn't prevent the ainatcui aim ocii-ajpuiiiicut it Mill CAfJiailllllg just what happened, in far more complicated and technical language, to their course. Nor does it prevent the present writer, donning his canvas-vest and hard-rubber nose-guard, carved (as some readers may recall) "R.H.S. 1898" from promptly pontificating they are all as wet as the bot tom of Crater Lake. For these things CAN'T be explained! Ashland WAS the best team the "on" team Friday, Novem ber 7th. For the same reason Oregon State was the better team in Corvallis October 11th. How would OSC and Stanford come out today? Or how would Medford and Ashland come out in a post-season game? (Not a bad idea THAT, the box office sale would be tremendous!) Perhaps the same result, perhaps quite the reverse. It would all depend upon which team happened to click and which didn't VES, boys and girls it is just as simple as that If it weren't tine, then those who claim they know all the answers, would also know why Joe DiMaggio can get six hits against one pitcher on Tuesday and the next Tuesday, against the SAME pitcher, get none. Or why Cravat (just a "sure thing" we lost $2 on once), can outrun the field in 1.32 three days before the Futurity and in the big race with practically the same field, and under identical weather conditions be blowed out in tenth place with the time 9 seconds worse. Or take Glenn Cunningham, the miler, but why go on, it's all as plain as the red paint on Charley McCarthy's cheeks! INDIVIDUALS physically, mentally and spiritually 1 have their ON days and their OFF. No one knows why. Teams, on the football field or anywhere else are merely collections of individuals so they suffer the same malady. Therefore and to-w it, unless you can afford to lose, don't wager on what this team or that one will do on any particular date. It all depends upon certain imponderables which can't be known in advance, and therefore can't be doped. Which incidentally is good reason, for the remain der of the football season, not to sell Medford or Stanford SHOUT! Salisbury. Md. T City Engineer Clarke Gardner fig ures mrbbe he should have ask- ed folks to waste water. Because when he urged them to Suva, "experts", professional, complete satisfaction, of water for two dayi while the water system was being re paired, consumption jumped up more than 300,000 gallons extra each day. Personal Health Service By William aimed tetters pertaining to perianal Health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will bo answered by nr. Brady ir a stamped self addresaed eneelopo Is enclosed. Letters should bo brief and written In Ink. Owing to the laria number of letters received only a few can bo answered here. No reply caa bo mad. to qnertes not conforming to Instructions, addrs Or. William Brady. ZW CI Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. WHY IS . Among the emotions with which men look at women is amazement or wonder how they tj can stand wearing furs and things when the at mospheric con dition is so warm and hu mid that it keeps a man fairly smoth ered. On the other hand men who regard women with a detach ed scientific eye that's what I said are often at a loss to un derstand how tha Inscrutable sex can keep so comfortable or apparently comfortable in the coldest weather with so many square, or rather rounded Inches of skin exposed to the rude ele ments. Heretofore the only logical or physiological explanation for the latter peculiarity, that is, the ability of women to stand exposure to cold, has been the panniculus adiposus blanket of fat to you which everybody wears Just under the skin, but which is always thicker and hence a better insulator in wo men than in men, even in skin ny women. This layer of fat tends to Insulate the body against escape of beat or pene tration of cold If you prefer to think of it in that way; inci dentally It serves to pad or round off angles or corners and so contributes to feminine curves. So far as I know there never has been a satisfactory explan ation advanced to account for the calm indifference to weather or temperature conditions with which a woman flaunts her furs whenever or wherever she thinks there may be other wo men who haven't any to wear. Not until C. P. Yaglou, M. S. and Anne Messer, A. B., of Har vard School of Public Health, determined by precise scientific measurements that in a room where air and walls were at 72 degrees F. and relative hum idity 30 and air movement about 20 feet per minute, a number of women wearing their customary winter clothing had a mean skin temperature (aver age of temperatures of 17 dif ferent points on the skin) two degrees F. lower than the mean skin temperature of a number of men wearing their custom ary winter clothing in the same room. The hands and feet of the women were about five de- By Frank Jenkins FROM Berlin this (Friday) comes confirmation that the German drive on Moscow has been checked. A nazl military commentator quoted by the AP says: "Weather on the Moscow front has become such that any large scale operations, particu larly a direct attack against the capital, are not feasible. It Is unnecessary to undertake any thing under such circumstances, and wa aren't doing It." THERE wera reports yester day that the bulk of German air strength had been with drawn from tha Moscow and Leningrad fronts. The Russians claim today to be launching powerful counter attacks northeast of Moscow and driving the Germans back. Their purpose, of course, is to clear the Moscow-Leningrad railroad and re-establish direct communication between the two cities. It may be that a winter stale mate is developing on the northern front. THAT would mean that Hitler has failed (for the present) to take Moscow and Leningrad. It would be his FIRST failure. For that reason, it would be psychologically important. (If you doubt the Importance of psychological Influence In warfare, consider the vast sums and the vast effort that are be ing expended by both sides on propaganda). IF the state of your morale is such that you feel you MUST do some wishful thinking, try this: Today's dispatches carry hints that Hitler's drive on Moscow failed because his bombers were unable to smash the Rus sian defenses in advanca of in- In The ' " ' :'' Day's ; News i 11 i 1 mm Brady. M. O. A VESTT I grees Fahrenheit cooler than the hands and feet of the men. Most of the men felt comfort able under these conditions, but the women were generally cold. To make the women comfort able it was necessary to raise the room temperature to 78 de grees F., but the men complain ed that this was too warm. And so, far into the winter . . . These investigators conclude that if women would dress in winter clothes comparable in warmth to those of men, they would be comfortable at a tem perature of 72 degrees F. in stead of demanding a tempera ture of 76. There would be less discord over the room temper ature and regulation of the air conditioning equipment, if any. Not that I know women at all, but I'd like to wager that the women will not take this suggestion seriously. On the other hand, the Har vard investigators offer a sug gestion to the men, and this one, I believe, will find general fa vor in fact it comes a little late for a good many men. .They say that If men would take off their vests, coats and collars in hot weather, buildings would not have to be cooled below 83 degrees F. (they have to be cooled down to 76 to 80 degrees F. at present). - After all, vests merely clut ter up a man's clothes closet anyway they're as necessary as bustles. QUESTIONS ANSWERS Relaxation I have found toe belly breathing exercise a great boon It never faUs to help mo to unwind after a mean, trying day. Formerly I bad difficulty In getting relaxed and solng to Bleep, but since I began doing the B. B. exercise I can drift off Into refresh ing sleep with an eaae that makes bed a heavenly refuge. (Miss E. H.) Answer Thank you. "It appears to hsve a calming, soothing Influ ence and helps restless folk to get pleasantly relaxed and fall asleep" (Quoted from pamphlet "Belly Breathing" for copy send stamped envelope bearing your address. Essential Hypertension X understand you recently told of medical treatment of high blood pres sure with -ery targe doses of vitamin A. My physician says I have essential hypertension and he knows of noth ing for It but would like to get any Information. (H. T.) Answer On the doctor's request I'll be glad to refer him to the re port In the medical literature, (Copyright 1941. John P. DUle Co.) Ed. Notet Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. VUlllnm Brady, M. D. tS El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. fantry and tank attack. They failed, the story goes, because the lines of communication BE HIND them were too long far adequate supply in the way of fuel, bombs and repairs. As Hitler moves on (probably into the Caucasus next) his lines of communication and supply will grow continually LONGER. ALONG this line, Ankara (silent for weeks) is heard from todav. From Turkey's capital come reports that Britain is heavily Increasing her military forces I in Iran, Iraq, etc. (American supplies have been reported to be pouring Into Egypt and into Iraq by way of the Persian gulf). Ankara reports also fresh word of German military prep aration In Bulgaria, which l SEPARATED BY TURKEY from these British preparations in the Middle East- AT this point, take a look at your map. It will show you that use of Turkey as an In vasion route would shorten German lines of communication greatly. The spot Turkey Is sitting on Is getting hotter day by day. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT to- day authorizes a billion dol lar credit to Russia under the lend-lease act. He directs deliveries to com mence Immediately and to be fulfilled in the largest possible amounts until the "huge stores" of munitions represented by the credit are in Soviet hands. TTHEY are not stores of mu- nltions. They art Just HOPES for stores. The munitions have to be MADE yet And ships have to be made to transport them. Production and still more production is America's No. 1 job. PVFRY day's delay of produc i tion decreases the possibil ity that by arming and supply ing them adequately we may enable the British and the Rus sians to defeat Hitler. Silver foxes are raised by about 1.000 farmers in the Pro vince of Ontario. Canada, the department of commerce re pel ted. Kelly's Comment From Washington RFC Rapped For Mining Neglect Ignore Northwest Magnesium Pleat Oregon Farmers Aided by Boom Br John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, Nov. 8. Chairman Henderson of Recon struction Finance corporation let down his hair and told the sen ate committee on public lands that while Abe corporation can make loans to develop mines and for their operation it has done practically nothing along this line. Washington has received two development loans, one for $15,000 for a gold proposition, and one for $20,000 for gold-silver development. Oregon re ceived two loans for $401,000 for gold mining; one to develop a gold mine, and $15,000 for two mercury mines. No loans were made for alum ina, chromite, manganese, plat inum or any other of the strate gic ores of the northwest. The statement failed to make a hit witft the senators. They pointed out that gold Is of no conse quence inasmuch as all that is produced is purchased by the federal government and then hoarded in a hole In the ground In Kentucky, under strong guard. Loans to gold-dredging companies they did not approve under any circumstances, as such operations destroy the land forever, take it from the tax rolls and leave an unsightly mess of gravel. e e e SPOKANE is praying for a magnesium industry and has the raw material, but to date the government has not cooperated with funds. However, explained Mr. Henderson, RFC has actu ally put out money for the pro duction of this light and very valuable metal by locating three plants in Texas, home of Jesse H. Jones, the boss of RFC; an other in Ohio, and another in Louisiana, and also loaned $9, 250,000 to Henry Kaiser for a plant at Permanente, Calif., which has had three explosions already. So far, however, there is no loan for Spokane, nor As toria, where an investigation has been made and excellent pros pects reported. Chromite has not been over looked, said Mr. Henderson (ig noring deposits in the two north west states), for Metals Reserve Co., a subsidiary of RFC, has arranged to obtain it in Still water county, Montana, and the stuff will be handled by the Anaconda Copper Co. under a contract. This is the only do mestic chrome development in teresting Metals Reserve Co., and the rest is being imported from the four corners of the world. Chromite supply this year will be 765,000 long tons, provided 50,000 tons are pro duced in the United States, 715, 000 tons coming from foreign countries. Two reasons were given by Mr. Henderson for RFC passing up the strategic ores of the far west. First, is the theory that it is better to utilize the mineral resources of other lands and con serve the domestic supply. Sec ond, few of the domestic strate gic ores come up to government standards and, therefore, it is essential to import high grade ores. If it becomes necessary to use the domestic ores they could be mixed with the high grade Imported article. e e WHAT the war boom Is doing for the farmers of Oregon is shown by figures released by the department of agriculture. The income from farms, plus govern ment payments, for the first nine months of 1941 was $83,997,000. For the same period in 1940 the income was $65,543,000. This is an Increase of $18,543,000, ano three months to go before thi year's income is compiled. It L the highest income Oregon farm ers have had in many years, ac cording to the records. In these first nine months government payments in Oregon amounted to $32,387,000 ana from livestock $47,345,000. Foi the same period last year cash crops brought $23,718,000, or $8,669,000 less than this year, and livestock rolled up $37,097. 000, or $10,000,000 less than thi year. Prediction of the depart ment of agriculture is that the 1942 income will be an all-time record. see REASONS for this prediction are that at last the American farmer will have the American market, with a few exceptions. This is because there will be few importations of agricultural commodities, no more cheese, pork, corn from the Argentine for example. The business re vival, or boom, is Increasing the purchKing power and this is translated Into greater domestic demand for farm products. The .merriment purchases of at least on billion dollars of food for I the British will be a factor, and I there will be continuation of tha food stamp program, al though this is not expected to be as heavy as last year as food stamps will be only used for surpluses. The sour note in these antici patory profits is that farmers will be paying more than before for farm labor and for agricul tural implements, as well as for everything else they buy. Pro duction costs will be up, but the net income will be better than this year despite these in creased expenses. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Cootlnued From pic 0) lem will defeat the nazl leader before spring comes. e e MOT many congressman Ilk Mr. Morgenthau's glib talk about increasing taxation. His argument is that heavy taxes will stop inflation but the argu ment would go bigger in con gressional quarters if the ad ministration had taken hold of the chief threat of inflation, rising prices. The congressmen have reach ed the conclusion that Mr. Mor genthau's real motive is "to tax and spend," a motive with which they are not in sympathy. Treasury tax proposals there fore will have to be modified sharply when the legislation is considered. TTHE fact that Stalin took Llt- vinoff out of the moth balls to be ambassador to the United States was greatly encouraging to officials here. Litvinoff was an old League of Nations advo cate with more friends in Gen eva and Washington than in Moscow. No more acceptable person could have been chosen. "JDDS are dropping on the Langer case. Certain Re publican leaders who know what is coming are laying 2 to 1 that the new deal will get its selected man. Communications Mail Tribune Is Thanked To the Editor: The officers and members of the Medford Lions club extend to you their warmest apprecia tion for your assistance in mak ing the Poultry and Rabbit Show an outstanding success. The 4-H work is a worthy community enterprise, and your splendid publicity helped these young folks to the conclusion of a successful year. MEDFORD LIONS CLUB Leland Knox. Secretary. Medford, Nov. 7. A gorgeous bevy of beauties in America's favorite "hot spot"!! TODAY FOR 3 DAYS! IT mil r L- -m . ssJMlt -tjt MATIMt Doors Opea at 141 -e-lle Inc. las e .v l. s i v -sT: s roxy Flight o Time Medford and Jacksoa Coasts History from the flies of the Mall Tribune 10 and to years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 9. 1931 V It was Friday) Contract for building new court house let to L. H. Hoffman, Portland, local contractors to be awarded subsidiary work. Voters of the Tiller-Trail dis trict vote down road levy. Boy Scouts to assist in drive to locate work for local needy. Merchants vote to close stores Armistice day. Democrats in congress plan bills "to meet the situation" and presidential booms start to blos som. Farm bureau not to have tur key pool this season. Cloudy and unsettled. 82, low 38 degrees. High TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November. 9. 1921 Ot was Wednesday) Democrats sweep state elec tions throughout the nation. Tammany carries New York. Soldier bonus wins by huge ma jority in Ohio. U. S. marines to guard all mail trains due to epidemic of hold-ups. France willing to reduce its army; Japan to cut her navy. Fair and cool. High 65, low 25.5 degrees. Body of Unknown Soldier ar rives from Europe on board Ad miral Dewey's old flagship. Past year hits low record for forest fires. Beautification of Medford dis- , cussed at C. of C. forum meeting. AGE-OLD RULE NOWHERE, does the old Ft Oman law of "Buyer beware!" apply more vitally than In purchase of realty. Particularly, a borne I In ancient times, the risk was the buyer's. To day. Title Insurance, obtainable at nominal cost, pennlta him to pass tbe risk on to us. SOUTHERN OREGON TITLE CO. Branch of COMMONWEALTH, Ino, of Portland. 13? W. Main. Phone 4450 2-nni. i urn hp DCTTV PDiDir 1 1 aniOLC Robert CUMMINGS r 11111 WIBDWOOI - .IIUIJ Cobini Wrirtt, Jr. Shows Today J OO-I SO-7 00-9 0 attMNO Doors opea at :43 t5e-lle Inc. tai 7
