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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY," NOVEMBER 14, 1941. MedfordTrisuni Dally lLv I UUUmjHU .HINTING CO. tt-lt t. North r l fkoM tll KOUKHl W UIJHU Ctiior UN St.. R QIU.TKAP UnaSf. Kaurad e MMDd mattai at M4 Card. Orasoa. tiix.! 4ol of Utrab . Ult UO;HtKTIUN R4TU J Hilll AdtiCi: Dally od Mundar oao yaar Daily an 4 undar mowtha... i Daily tad Sunday thraa moot hi Dallf aort jrlr ona lontri., la a -mr la 1ajc Hartford. Aah UBl Cantral Pomu iackannvllia. Uold HIIL Rnw HJvar rnoonis, .aA mm fflutM rota (a a: DH aod duoday m tt. . .. Duy u4 Sundar ta moot a.,, .la All unni la ad v a oca. Offlrlai Papat ol In City of df OrrtdHJ Papat of 4rkaua) CHiOl M1MIHKH U IHaaNMMilAl lilll'HbW lUeaJvlaa rvll lwf Wlra arla. 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One peace (when and 10 ex pert advocates the division of Germany among the Scandanav Ian land and Holland, with mandates to govern the Teu-j tons. They have done nothing j to deserve such punishment. Due to the boom In farm pro ducts, the cost of living con tinues to soar. In no time, the nation will be back in the good old days, when a ham sandwich costs more than a hog. LIVE ALONE ITEM (Bath, Me., Times) 1 hereby warn all persons In the city of Bath against harboring or letting Henry Adams, Jr., of 4 McKay Park, Bath, stay all night with any one. .. Signed: Beatrice Adams, His Mother." Automobile engineers have perfected a new "parking brake." that Is hailed as the greatest thing since the self starter for women drivers. In order to park, the lady driver no longer needs a strong left arm, and a long reach. They press a button and step on an other, and that's all. People who have worked It. say the inven tion Is wonderful, when they finally found a place to park. The Corvallis ski club is call ed the Helonskls. Charles Rising has again been named Its. presi dent. "There Is no finer, better drilled contingent of uninform ed youth in this country than the Aggie cadet corps." (Fort Worth, Tex., Star-Telegram). A compliment back-fires. Every other editor In the land is asking, and pausing for reply. What ails the American people? They are talking about the widespread indifference to war, and the lark of enthusiasm about rushing into It. There are several things that makes them the way they are. They are urged to unite and stay that way. Before their unity can Jell, they hear and read, union work ers getting more pay per ritem than a drafted man gets in a month, have blithely gone on a strike to preserve their Juris dictional Integrity, and for the hell of It. Constituted authority beseeches, implores, begs, and prays labor leaders to order the strikers back to their defense Jobs. The people are told a showdown Is at hand, for "the discordant element in our midst." The whitewash and the soft-soap is applied, all is for given, the strike Is called off in New Jersey today and breaks out In Michigan tomorrow. No wonder the people expect any thing to happen, and feel that It will. They want the home front to stay In the same place long enough for them to unite They feel the firm cease fight lng demands sent to Finland, should have been sent in dupli cate to all major labor leaders by special delivery, A Referendum on War? ' This department has always questioned the wis dom of a referendum on war. Not because in a democracy, the theory isn't en tirely sound. But because in practice the proposal, we fear, just wouldn't work out. There would be too great a risk of delay, when delay might mean unnecessary loss of human life and perhaps defeat. Time is the essence in modem war. And by the very nature cf things no government can, in advance, tell the people ALL the facts that might at anyigiven time render war probable. In other words, a country, prevented by its con stitution from declaring war without a favorable referendum by the people, would be at a tremendous disadvantage in this war against totalitarianism. In war, democracy has enough inherent handi caps without adding any unnecessary ones. DUT we WOULD favor a war referendum at the present time. Because none of the objections, above noted, are valid. As this column has been insisting for nearly a year, the country is at war NOW, regardless of how many people in Washington, or out of it, refuse to believe it. But if the people of this country as a whole do not favor war, and if the country is in, then want the country to get out, the sooner the government learns of this, the better for all concerned. For we live in a democracy where the people rule. And nothing could be more fatal in a democracy, than to engage in a war which hasn't popular sup port. Such a course, as we see it, if persisted in, could only lead to one of two outcomes, both tragic v Either the end of democratic government in the United States, or military defeat. CO under the circumstances which today exist, we favor a national referendum on a war declaration against the totalitarian powers, and wish the congress would call for one. There is, in our judgment, no doubt of the result. Not that any sane American WANTS war. But we are convinced the American people, AS A WHOLE, approve of President Roosevelt's foreiem policy, endorse the measures already taken to defeat Hitler, and if in the opinion of their government, a war declaration would help in that direction, they would gladly, by their votes, -sanction it. The question would have to be properly phrased, of course, but that could easily be accomplished. The time expended would not delay the present war effort IN ANY WAY, while the cost, well the cost wouldn't be more than a fly speck on the current budget. 1M0RE0VER, as we view it, great good would come from such a plebiscite, particularly at the present time. For then all doubt would be dispelled, as to just where this country is AT. If there should be a majority vote AGAINST war, of course this undeclared war would have to stop. But we are as certain, as we can be of ANY THING in this uncertain would be an overwhelming an essential part of the program of the President. And then, just as the minority would acquiesce in the verdict of the majority, in case of a negative vote; there would be a similar acquiescence in case of an affirmative vote. And there, verily brethern, would be a consum mation devoutly to be wished ! For the great outstanding need in this country today is national unity, and a war referendum (and perhaps only a war referendum) would give it! It Might Help A war referendum would have a particularly salutary effect upon the congress. That surprisingly large vote against revision of the neutrality law yesterday, can't be brushed away on tne ground or partisanship, isolationism, obscur antism, or even the blind perversity of a "group of willful men." No, congressmen are just as anxious to hold their jobs, as other men on the public payroll, per haps more so. And if those 194 members of congress who voted against revision had not believed that a majority of their constituents favored such action, or would favor it by the time the next election comes around, they would have voted otherwise. (Oh there may have been some exceptions. There usually are. But by and large, members of the Lower House, don't vote their convictions when they know the people back home don't like them, and as long as we live in a REPRESENTATIVE democracy they SHOULDN'T). CQ-O-O I h"' A national referendum would not only clear the ! national atmosphere desireably but the congressional j atmosphere as well. I Then Congressmen Mott and Angell would not ' be on one side of the fence and Congressman Pierce alone on the other, they would be where the Oregon .delegation should be on a clear-cut war issue like I this, in the same bailiwick. The modern battleship of the U. S. navy compares in sire and completeness to the Waldorf Astoria hotel. Set it upriiiht and its bow would top the tnllrst skyscraper In Chicago. Phila delphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati. I Detroit or Baltimore! world, that the referendum endorsement OF war, as I Sailors In Uncle Sam's navy i have their own language for ! certain things. Candy bars, pop corn balls, nuts and similar sweets arc called "porgy bait." ice cream, soda water, sundaes, ainuer ale and soda pop are ' termed "gedunk." Personal Health Service By Wiliiam Signed letters pertaining to pertonsi nealth and tiyglena, not to dtteaw dtagnofelt or treatment, mi ha answered by Or. Brady If a tamped aelf addresaed envelope Is encloted. Letters should be brief and written Id Ink. Owing to tha large number of letters received only a few an ba answered here. No reply can be made to queries nut conforming to Instructions. Addras Dr. William Brady, !63 El Camtno, Beverly Hills. Calif. HI, THERE. HAG Alma, as we called her for publication purposes, who told us the other day how financial depress ion compelled her to "join one of the three letter a s s o ciations" drew a sad but true picture of the tragedy of the loss of teeth by ex tract ion be cause prompt repair of cav ity by the den tist was be yond her reach. Alma said "old age" contributed to her plight, being now forty-five. We could smile at that with Alma were it not for the fact that she has only seven lower front teeth left and any day now she must march stoically to the "chair," as she puts it, and have one more tooth removed, this time an upper front tooth. A woman minus an upper front tooth looks like a hag, an old hag, as Alma ob serves. Gone glimmering the prospect of many a Job a woman of pleasing personal appearance might creditably fill. I read somewhere the other day that Uncle Sam is beginning to do something sensible in re gard to the disgracefully large number of young men who have been deferred on account of de fective teeth. Uncle proposes to have .them treated by their den tists at home, necessary dentures installed, and then assign them to military or other service. When I say "disgracefully large number" I am not think ing about the number of young men who do or do not brush their teeth regularly. That is immaterial. I am thinking about the widespread popular igno rance of the care of the teeth in this country. Brush or no brush, the only way any one can preserve his teeUi fs by hav ing regular periodic inspection and treatment by his dentist. And in my opinion, the funda mental soundness, perfection and beauty of the teeth is deter mined by the state of nutrition he mother's nutrition before the child is born .the infant's nu trition, the nutrition in child hood, youth and early adult life. It is by no means financial de pression or poverty or lack of wherewithal to pay that causes a good many Individuals to limp along minus teeth. It is sheer ignorance, ignorance of the vital importance of maintaining nor mal mastication and salivary di gestion. Like too many others. Alma seems more concerned about the loss of a front tooth than she is about the loss of many back teeth. As far as the immediate effect on personal appearance is concerned perhaps loss of a front tooth is unfortunate. But the more remote effect on per sonal appearance will be much worse from the loss of one or more back teeth. That Inevit f -"iii- itti rr t- ( . rut Sk staaaai tfariTfcfiiMi)iifc.'i nJliiaii Haitsssri jtw'ii I fi THE DAY S S C A L E S Though planes and lonr-rance gu- : - t'ifred nvlhV.i of battle, r .rnt waits sr.- s '! lo be fauj.u ... i ' I ..-ins this ,'..-, tlint prsetUe b) mem veil of the Inip-iul raiment la Iokjo, Jspsn. Brady. M. D. ably brings change In facial con tour and permits premature sag ging and adds years- to the age the individual looks. But these effects on personal appearance are far less deplor able than are the effects of loss of teeth or health. Here, too, loss of back teeth is much more harmful because it is during grinding of the food by the back by the back teeth that salivary digestion occurs. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS! The Idiot Satant Please explain what an -Idiot savant- la. Psychology teacher says a certain child prodigy of natural his tory is no doubt an instance. (D. L. J.) I . Answer Idiot aaTant means teamed idiot, one with extraordinary talent In some one with extraordinary defec tive In all other directions. Idiot savants are often noted musicians, artists or mathematicians or have phenomenal memories. I doubt the child to whom you refer Is In any way defective. Hay Fever Happy to report my experience. Followed Instructions In -Relief for Allergy," obtained 100 per cent cure of my hay fever at least I went through the aeason without a single sneeze, for the first time In many years. Have passed It on to others, two of whom tell me they obtained the samo complete relief. (P. p.i Answer In the pamphlet. "Relief for Allenry." which I am glad to send on request If you provide stamped envelope bearing your address, I ex plain how potassium complements or supplements the action of adrenalin medicinal adrenalin or the adrena lin your own adrenal glands secrete I do not believe potassium cures any thing. It does, however, bring extra ordinary relief In many cases of al lergy, and when It gives any relief It Is harmless to use In any case, as a symptomatic remedy In the emerg ency, regardless of any treatment di rected at tbe cause of the condition. I.odln Ration In Arthritis On p. 4 of your "Arthritis" pam phlet you say It Is generally well to make sure of getting an adequate lodln ration. May one take an lodln ration at the same time one Is taking vitamin D and vitamin B complex? (Mrs. E. W.) Answer Yes. Send 10 cent and stamped envelope bearing your ad dress, for booklet "The Ills Called Rheumatism" and pamphlet "Instruc tions for Taking an lodln Ration." (Copyright, 1941, John P. Dllle Co.) Fd- Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should arnd letter direct to Dr. Wllllnm Brady. SI D.. tft.1 EI ramlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. IDAHO THANKS DAY Bouse. Nov. 14. (JP) Gover nor Clark yesterday officially proclaimed Nov. 20 Thanksgiv- ! ing day in Idaho and called upon "the free men and women of Idaho to Join in relaxation from work, that htis day rrtay be given over in spirit of thankfulness to the creator "who holds in the hollow of His hand the fate of nations, yet marks the sparrow's fall." Our navy at sea moves com pletely blacked out after dark ness. M- Kejly's Comment From Washington Federal Auto Tax - Call Due Soon Flight Strip For Army Only No Ceiling For Advertising Br Joha W. KTslly Washington, D. C, Nov. 14. There is a concern in a Chi cago office building that is working day and night tabulat ing, in alphabetical order, the name and address of every owner of a motor vehicle in the United States. These are broken down by states, and the owners In Washington and Oregon can look for their for mal notification to pay $5 for the privilege of owning a motor vehicle in about seven weeks. For once the treasury is exper imenting with tax collecting by private parties and will not have to employ 2,500 extra hands to do the tabulating and indexing in the national capital. Out of the pockets of own ers of passenger cars, commer cial trucks, buses, taxicabs, etc;. Secretary Morgenthau estimates that he can make them produce between $2,873,000 and $3,000, 000 all new. clean tax money. For the entire nation it is be lieved there are in excess of 33.000,000 owners of motor ve hicles and from this source the treasury should receive $165, 000.000. There are a couple of points that must be ironed out. One Is the 5 tax on motor boats. This is quite important to the Puget sound and Columbia river areas and at coast points where fishermen operate. It is under stood that the fishermen will have to pay the $5 tax on their, motor driven fishing boats the same as the owner of a pleasure yacht. e e IN Washington state there are 13,756 publicly owned cars in addition to 670 trailers and semi-trailers. Of the cars 5,600 belong to some federal agency and 7,762 are owned by the state, counties or municipalities. In Oregon there are 7.750 ve hicles which are exempt from paying a state license, and of those 3.344 are federal trucks and trailers. From the slick limousine carting cabinet mem bers around (thrifty secretary of the interior peddles eggs to grocers in his official car) to the Jalopy used by the forest, ranger or the fruit inspectors Uncle Sam has 143,500 cars on I the deadhead list. They will probably continue tax exempt, j The exempt vehicles of the; state, county and municipality ; is a stickler. It is assumed that these cars will be exempt from j state licenses but not from the $5 use tax. Collectors of Inter-1 nal revenue will check from ' their index cards and enforce the law. e e THOSE flight strips to be built along federal aid high ways in the northwest will be the first of 300 to 400 scattered throughout the United States. The appropriation of $10,000, 000 Is insignificant, but It is recognized as making a start. The highway rights-of-way where these strips are to be constructed will be expanded to 450 feet, at least, and where possible from 800 feet to a mile or more in length'. An estimate places the cost of the average strip at $50,000. Wherever possible short grass will be used for the runways instead of paving. These flight strips will be limited to military purposes and. If necessary, the adjoining highway will be roped off and no one permitted to enter ex cept the service trucks with aviation gasoline. There will be no financial advantage accruing to any community to have a flight strip nearby; free from this pulling and hauling, tha army air corps will designate the sites they regard as of stra tegic advantage, especially for cross-country flying. As these strips are a war development, the government will negotiate for the right-of-way and super vise construction. They will not cost the state a nickel. e e THERE is one thing In the price fixing bill which the ways and means committee reported; the administrator of the act can not tamper with the advertising rates of newspapers. Advertis ing being the life blood of the press, the committee finally eliminated proposals to place a ceiling on this source of rev enue. This decision Interfered with a plan by some new deal ers who wished to prevent ad vertising by, for example, the gasoline companies through compelling all the companies to pool their resources. Naturally, if a gas company could not mention Its product It would not advertise In the papers. The committee was not impressed with this idea. e A CIVIL engineer who hsn-1 died much of the original lay jout for the Bonneville dam has i been called into service as a reserve officer and as a captain has built two large projects for the air corps. He is wanted now to build a $23,000,000 air corps project in the south, but here is the difficulty: He is only a captain and therefore can not have majors working under I him. i Three times his superiors : have recommended him for a ! commission as lieutenant col jonel, but the adjutant general's i office refuses to act; thinks that is too much of a jump; says it would not be fair to hundreds of majors, despite the fact that the captain has a record of building faster than any other man in the army. But this fact does not interest the adjutant general. By FRANK JENKINS ON Monday, Churchill made this blunt statement in London. ' Britain will declare war on Japan within an hour if Japan goes to war with the United States." He added that Britain now has plenty of naval power avail able for the job. ryi Tuesday, U. S. Navy Sec- retary Knox, speaking at the dedication of a big new naval air base in Rhode Island, said in reference to the Jap anese situation: . "Grave questions are about to be decided the hour of de cision is here. Further Amer ican forbearance toward Japan would be misunderstood." He meant obviously to make it plain that the United States is ready to fight. fN Wednesday Jap Foreign Minister Togo discussed the Churchill and Knox staiements before the plenary session of the Japanese privy council. This writer isn't intimately familiar with all the ramifica tions of the Japanese govern mental system, which has been changing rapidly, but the dic tionary defines plenary as "full, entire, complete, absolute, un qualified; having full powers." In other words, Togo talked to the real works. He probably talked brass tacks. e DUTTING the Churchill and the Knox statements togeth er leaves little doubt that Japan is being told to put up or shut up. What she will do remains to be seen. It must be remembered that Japan is ruled by a military clique that lives by war and might PERISH by peace. e PINLAND today (Wednesday) turns down the American warning to withdraw from the war with Russia or lose Amer ican friendship. The Finnish note says:' ' "Finland doesn't want to fight any longer than her vital secur ity demands, but can't expose herself to future peril by arti ficially Interrupting military op erations before their objective is wholly realized." The note adds: "If Finland had had sufficient strength during the 1939-40 win ter war she would have done the same and surely nobody would have doubted the Justice of Fin nish operations." THAT Is a crack at Britain, which failed to come to Fin land's aid in the winter war of 1939-40, and by indirection is a crack at the United States. It seems to indicate that Fin land is too much under the German thumb to quit fighting if she wanted to. pHURCHILL says today: "We learned through Hess that Hitler originally counted more on starvation of the Brit ish than on invasion. "Starvation having failed, he may be forced Into invasion as soon as he can screw up his courage and make arrange ments to take the plunge." e AS to starvation prospects, he " says: "In the four months ending in October. Britain's shipping losses DROPPED AL MOST TWO-THIRDS." He then tells of carrying the shipping war into the enemy's territory. "Britain and her al- nes. he says, "have sunk or seriously damaged nearly a mil lion tons of axis shipping In the four months ending in October and destruction of axis shipping Is proceeding with greater vio lence than before." e LIE then adds: "In 1943, we snail have sufficient ship ping to undertake OVERSEAS operations." ! That sounds like an indirect answer to those who are clam oring for a British Invasion of Europe NOW. In Hie Day's News ?; a ' i "mm Flight o Time Medfoid and Jackson County History from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and SO jeara ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 14. IS31 ' (It was aSturday) First heavy snow of year falls in Klamath Falls. President Hoover'i annual message to congress will stress need of relief. Democratic sen ate bloc plans to sidetrack aid measures. President launcnei plan for home financing. Threatening skies with a high of 42 and a low of 23 degrees. Rain predicted. Valley growers holding tur keys for price boost. Oregon Frosh defeat Rooks 40 to 20 in mud. OSC Armament truce for 10 years is signed by 120 nations at L. of N. Japan-Chinese war rages fiercely. Sheriff Jennings to seek re election. Nine Republicans hint . they will seek same office. I County court takes steps to curb epidemic of small boys with guns. TWENTY YEARSAGO TODAY Norember 14. 1921 (It was Monday) Great powers of world agree to accept naval holiday. V'ce President Cooiidge urges arms cut for good of world. Farmers plan the elimination of all middlemen with launch ing of producer - to consumer movement in Portland. There was a trace of rain fell. High 63, low 33.5. Mild interest shown at opening of trial of Fatty Arbuckle, actor charged with manslaughter. First ourchase of medicinal beer made in Milwaukee. President Harding tells Meth odists, "They must strive for world peace." Communications From the American Legion To the editor: In behalf of Medford Post No. 15 of the American Legion. I wish to express our thanks for your kind cooperation in publi cizing the 23rd annual observ ance of Armistice day, held in this city on Nov. 11th. I also wish to take this opportunity to extend our sincere appreciation to the many patriotic, civic and fraternal organizations, as well as to all other groups and indi viduals who assisted in making the celebration a success. Yours Very Truly, EKNBST W. WINKLE, Post Commander, Medford Post No. 15. Is John Lewis' Man Honest? To the editor: The late Jack Gilmer of the firm of Salisbury and Gilmer, who operated many stage lines in the Rocky mountain states almost three-quarters of a cen tury ago, was wont, in hi squeaky voice, to deliver many whimsical epigrams, some of which were probably not orig inal. As an example, he used to say: "When thieves fall out, honest men get a chance to steal." Another saying: "Honesty Isi the best policy. I know I'va tried 'era both." His cynical definition of an honest man was: "One who stays bought." Many people are now won dering whether a public official who was bought and paid for a few years ago by John L. Lewis Is an "honest man." Albert Burch. Medford, Nov. 13, 1941. IT WORKED Fairbury, Neb., Nov. 14. (AP) Art Bitter, Jr., takes more in terest in his high school chem istry now. He filled a toy bal loon with hydrogen, using a for mula used in class, and attached his name. He released the bal loon October 18, and Mrs. John Wicks at Miami, Fla. about 1.400 miles away recovered it nine days later. MURDER CHARGE . Canyon City, Ore., Nov. 14. (AP) The grand Jury indicted John Edmunson yesterday on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the slaving of D. Walter Fisk at Prairie City a month ago. Oaa Mall rrlBune want ads. NOTICP Tn rnrntTADfl In the County Court of the State of Orepon for Jackson County. In the Mitter of the Estate of Myrtle K. Standefcr. deceased. The undersigned has been appointed and qualified bv the County Court of the State of Oregon for Jaikson County as Administrator with the will an nexed of the estate cf Mvrtle K. Standefer, deceased. All per sons having claims asalnst said es'ate are notified to present them, duly verified, with proper i-jui-nr . to me at my office, Cooley Theatre Building. Med- iuru, uregon. wunin six months from November 14. 1941, the date of this notice RAWLES MOORK
