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By Arthur Perre
Come Thursday it will be
be Thanksgiving day. Thanks
should be given the mess the
world Is in is no worse, though
how it could be, lew if any
know.
rnl TmiVelle of .Tvllle hired
boy to clean the leaves off
his lawn Thursd. but a fresh
breeze beat the lad to it.
Apple cider Is on tap In some
of the rural areas, and violates
the late Volstead act, it is said.
JS. TJlrlch, W. Dlnkens, and
Dewey Hill of Prospect attend
ed the 6-man game at J'ville
Tues. and wished they hadn't
T. Luy, the Antelope dude
farmer, reports he has been
plowing all week. It's hi story
and he sticks to same.
One of the Older Girls felt
so good Fri. she fretted all day
fearing it would not last.
A copious rain came the end
of the week, after several new
ear drivers had washed them
gainst their better judgment.
A large percent of the alumni
of Old Oregon and OSC, have
to go to Portland next week
on business, and If they get
through in time will take In
the football game between their
alma maters on the 29th Inst.
A number of the more original
sports writers have already
started calling It, the annual
civil war.
Boy bicyclists have start
ed riding with both hands
off the handle-bars, successfully
scaring the dickens out of both
motorists and pedestrians. Noth
ing serious has happened yet.
The local masses are fed-up
and put-out no end about the
strike situation in defense plants
of the land, and think it is high
time to halt the tom-foolery.
Turkey shoots are the order
of the day among the trigger
men, and are very popular with
all concerned, not counting the
turkeys.
Ed Kelly of Portland m-as
here the first of the week. He
won't say yes, and he won't
say no, about running for con
gress on tha democratic ticket
in the spring, from this region.
The Armistice day parade was
the best and longest and big
gest that ever marched down
the Main Stem, and marched
back again. Also the bands play
ed more, and the marchers
marched with more gusto than
ever before.
The B. Tornado blowed for
the last time this reason at
home Fri. night, taking Salem
part in the fog. Ashland bit
the dust at Astoria valiantly.
About 35,000 inventions and
suggestions pertaining to na
tional defense have been re
ceived by the National Invent
ors Council, department of com
merce. The United Kinurtom pro
duces from 50.000 to SS.000 pi
not annually during normal
peace times, according to de
partment of commerce.
Tha Hindu population of Cal
cutta Increased from 800.000 to
1, 800.000 In ten yean and the
Moslem from 300.000 to 500.
000, according to census figures
Tha flrat enclosed cabin air
plane was built In 1912 by
Bleriot, and waj flown by Leg-gneux.
Does R D. R. Defy John L?
Better late than never !
For the first time in his three administrations Pre
sident Roosevelt on Friday, took direct issue with or
ganized labor, at least the radical portion thereof.
Said the President to the United Mine Workers:
"1 tell you frankly that the government of the United States
will not order, nor will congress pass, legislation ordering a so
called closed shop."
The aim of the C.I.O. branch, and a very formid
able branch of organized labor is to secure just that,
the closed shop.
They regard the present critical period, moreover,
as the psychological time to get it.
CO the issue is joined. Either John L. Lewis will
have to back down or the President will.
And we are quite certain it won't be the latter.
For if the President weren't convinced he would
have the people of theountry solidly behind him, on
any challenge of this sort, he would never have aban
doned his policy of always playing in with, or at least
never directly opposing, powerful labor groups.
And as usual on political problems, Franklin De
lano Roosevelt is entirely right.
ifl 3fc tfa
CO unless all signs fail John L. Lewi3 is in for a beat-
ing this time. Of course he will never admit it,
men with jaws and eye-brows like John L.'s never do.
,He will probably claim a closed shop never has
been labor's aim, and proceed to take what he can
get, 6hort of that.
But this will only be a strategic retreat to save
face. When the immediate crisis quiets down, John
L. and C.I.O. will resume the same offensive, only no
doubt in another place.
The die has been cast. The war between John L.
and Franklin D. is to the death, politically at least.
Tough Job in Race-Saving
Speaking of "face-saving" that is Saburo Kurusu's
great problem, and incidently from the photogenetic
angle, he has a face quite worth it.
Yes, how to save Nippon's face, that is the prob
lem, of Japan's special envoy, who after being up in
the air for nearly a week has finally alighted on the
steps of the White House.
If the handsome and dapper Saburo can accom
plish the task he has set out to accomplish, then he is
some plastic surgeon.
For as this department views it, it just CAN'T be
done I
.
"H Nippon can save her face, if' she is willing to
pay the price for it. . i
But the price would come high, CERTAINLY re
fusing to quit Germany and probably war with Brit
ain and the United States in the Pacific '
Or she can have eace and lose face, by aban
doning the Axis and all her dreams of conquest and
hegemony in China and the Near East.
But she can't DO BOTH!
JAPAN can't have face, and have what undoubt-
edly she desperately needs, peace in the Pacific.
And she can't have peace, without, from the
oriential point of view, entirely losing face.
And in the Japanese code, individually at least,
that means hari-kari.
IT certainly is a tough spot M. Kurusu has moved in
on, and we don't envy his American wife observ
ing his course from among the cherry blossoms and
patiently awaiting his return.
For if ever a foreign envoy were between the devil
and the deep blue sea, that envoy is the" gentleman
from Japan.
The one way out (this department can see at
least) would be for Mr. Kurusu to agree to terms
which WOULD mean loss of face in this country, but
NOT mean the same loss, at least not at once, in
far-off Japan.
That would take great finesse and adroitness,
yes and considerable guile; but unless we don't
know half as much about faces as we think we do,
Mr. Saburo Kurusu is quite proficient in all these di
rections! Into the Third Year
It was always under the delusion that the end will
be achieved swiftly and with a minimum of loss that
leaders throw their countries into war. The World
War was to have been a punitive expedition of Aus
trian forces into Serbia to teach the Serbs a lesson
! and, perhaps, steal a little
four years and cost 10,000,000 lives.
Japan's invasion of China had a time allowance
of six months. Hut more than four years have passed
and Japan, although deep in China, economically
banknipt and blirdeiicd tlown by COUlltless probleniS,
is far from its obieetive of eonmiest of the Chinese,
Arul nnw tho hlmv it tlio inrionnnilpnfP of Pol-mil
ATUl now tlie DIOW atllie lnctcpt tUieiKC OI lOiana
has broadened OUt to become another World War.
I Covering Kurope, reaching OUt to the Far East and tO
'Africa carrvintr its nerils even to the Western Hemis-
iia, iui llii us ptl us t tn lO uie i. uui lit mis-
: phere and now entering upon its third year.
yilE war to date may logically be divided into two
major phases, each occupying about a year of
time and each holding its own significance and effect
,l .ij Tl, ,, i, ;,. i, r
upon the world. Theie was that first phase of umn-
I in 1 uj'ii'u iwwi it tujiit'ii,
Went Under and the Conviction grew, with adequate
.r .u 4 i f i.-
'.justification, that the (,erman military machine was
invincible, that Hitler's ailliy had de eloped an of -
territory. Instead, it lasted
v iicu iuiui'ii tm i uani'u
fensive power that could not be resisted, and that
even England would fall.
In fact, even in high quarters there was discussion
of the removal of the British fleet and of the govern
ment to Canada as the bombings grew more terrible
and plans for invasion advanced. In this period of
successive disasters and deepening gloom among the
friends of democracy everywhere, there was only one
gleam of hope. It was found in the spirit of the Eng
lish people, who were not dismayed.
Since then there has been a consistent, slight but
clearly perceptible improvement It is reflected in
Britain's increasing air power, in the resistance of
Russia and in the growing restiveness of subjugated
nations, whose boldness increases as they seem to
detect signs of weaknesses in Hitler's regime of blood
and iron.
Personal Health Service
By William
Slfned Mtura pertaining to personal health and hjitfne. not to diseaM
dtBKnoftls or trntment. will bo answtred by Dr. Brady If a tamped Mlf
addreued envelops Is eneloied. Lettora should bo brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the largo number of letters received onlv a few can bo answered
here. No reply can bo made to queries not conforming to Instructions,
Addris Dr. William Brady. 295 el Csmlno. Bererlj Hills, Calif.
SPOTTING SPOTTED FEVER
Recently you mentioned Rocky
mountain spotted fever and
vaccine that protects against it.
In New Jersey
there have
been few
deaths due to
bite of tick
Infested with
Rocky moun
tain spotted
fever, and the
state has Issued
educational no
tices about
care In avoid
ing tick bites.
When bitten by
a tick a year ago I asked my
doctor about vaccine and he said
he knew of none. He referred
to his medical reference book
and found nothing about vac
cine. He said he had always
understood there was no preven
tive serum. A few years ago
the newspapers told of seven
deaths In New Jersey from
Rocky mountain spotted fever.
So I'd like to know more about
the vaccine you mentioned, Just
in case. (J. D. F.)
Rocky mountain spotted fever
is caused by microscopic one-cell
protozoa or bacterium-like min
ute animals called rickettsia (af
ter the pathologist Ricketts who
discovered the cause of spotted
fever) transmitted by the bite of
a tick. The disease is similar to
typhus fever though not identi
cal with tt; typhus fever is also
called spotted fever (a rash like
that of Rocky mountain fever
commonly occurs in typhus
fever) and typhus is caused by
another species of rickettsia
transmitted by the bite of rat
flea or the louse that Infests
people crowded toegther under
poor sanitary conditions.
Rocky mountain spotted fever
was first recognized as occur
ring in the Bitter Root valley in
Montana and the Snake river
valley in Idaho west of Yellow
stone park in the nineties and
the cause was found by Drs.
Wolbach, Ricketts, Frlck and
other investigators in 1006. In
the past few years it has been
shown to be widely dispersed,
cases having been found in more
than half of the states, on the
Atlantic seaboard, in the Med
iterranean littoral, around Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
Mortality rate varies In Ida
do about five per cent of cases
terminated fatally. In the east
ern part of the United States
about 25 per cent, and In Mon
tana and Brazil the death rate
Is much higher, 80 per cent or
more.
Kelly's
Comment
From Washington
Navy in Scramble
For Gun Crew
Ships Armed
Before Ordered
Plan Heavy Tax
For Pay Checks
Br Joh W. Kallf ;
Washington t C Nov 13
The navy, which turned up Its
draft, is now staging an lnten-i have thought about arming1
sive campaign for "gobs." The;merchant vessels, there was no,
navy nera sailormen for its doubt in the minds of naval of-
ripU1lv tncr.lng fltfX ,nd to.ficers. For several months the
provide gun crews for merchant admirals have had ordnance
ships. Next year there will be,
heavy production In the private,
,hjrsn1, pf ,e norlhwest.
both in freighters and drstrov.
ers, and these must have skip-
pers and seamen. Federal mart-
time commission estimates that
40.000 seafarers will be re-
i"'" for the cargo carriers m'
1942. Navy plans on Installing a
gun crewV( 10 to 12 men on
rncn nirrcnnni nip tnm 11 rm-
td- "n1 ,hl lone requir.
about 4 00U wno nave oeen mercnani smos cn-arind ur hit
,r,ir i in ,ne blI.ln, ct .im.,wir tone it month wr-iie the
'lug and firing guns and anti-: armament question was In con
Brady. M. D.
A vaccine, administered in
two hypodermic injections at in
tervals of five days, gives full
protection against the milder
type of Rocky mountain spotted
fever, and partial protection,
enough to insure recovery from
the more virulent type. This
vaccine is procurable from the
Rocky Mountain Laboratory,
National Institute of Health,
Hamilton, Montana, of course
only by physicians or health of
ficers. The National Institute of
Health is part of the Public
Health Service of the federal
government. The vaccine must
be repeated each year.
Ql ESTIONS A ANSWERS
InianltT In the Family
If as you say Mongolian idiocy oc
curs now and then in any family and
no one la Immune from toeing their
mind. Just what Is Inherited Inaan
Ity and how can two persona marry
ing escape this problem?
(C. a. R.)
Answei- No reason to believe it Is
hereditary or that It indicates any
hereditary detect or taint. Actually
the cause la unknown. Talk on "In
sanity In the Family" will appear in
tr - column presently.
Lighter and Happier
On my 39th birthday I weighed
175 pounds (64 Inches tall), had two
fine children three and all. and a
husband and was unhappy. I sent for
your booklet -Rulea for Reducing"
followed the advice therein. Now.
eight months later. I weigh 13S. have
two ftno children, a loving husband,
and am the happiest woman in the
world. (Mrs. H. N. K.)
AnswerThank you. Any adult
who la overweight may reduce safe
ly, sanely and with benefit to health
by following a physiological regimen.
For copy of the booklet "Rulea for
Reducing" send twenty-fire cents and
s'amped envelope bearing your ad
drra. Graft In Licensing
PollUclana control the state Board
and the examinations given quali
fied physician or dentist who desires
to cross the state line to practice
forty miles from hla present place are
a schoolboy test a trick by which
the politicians keep registration and
annual renewal fees rolling Into their
pockets. (L.J.H., DJ8.)
Answer You said It, Doctor. Of
course It Is graft and nothing else
that keeps up the racket of licensing
physicians, dentists, etc., not once
for all. but sepsratoly In each and
every little stato or province whew
the grafters hold the reins of govern
ment. Hemorrhoids
Can vou advise me what to do for
hemorrhoids whom which I suffer a
grrst deal? IM. W. 8.)
Answer Send a stamped envelope
bearing your address, for pamphlet
"It Is Stupid to Suffer From Piles
Copyright 1941. John F. Wile Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
rommnnlrate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
nilllnm Brsdv. M. D, tS El
Caniina. Beverly Hills, Calif.
! aircraft weapons. For month war supplies direct to British
I classes have been conducted, and Russian ports.
! teaching navy sailors the tech-1 The vote is 212 for to 194
nlque and as rapidly as one against margin enough to en
' class "graduates" another Is act the amendment Into law but
I started. These gun crews are not enough to provide any dis-
famlllar with their weapons be-, play of enthusiasm.
! fore they set foot on a vessel j
and have been Instructed In all FOREIGN reactions vary ae
; kinds of weather. jT cording to the Interests of
I With wages in war Industries tn, capital Involved.
steadily mounting, it has been; Berlin is bitter, and declares
difficult for the navy to find bluntlv that the next few days
the men It needs. Wages fonwtn show what a dangerous
1 crews on the "ugly ducklings" 1 path the American congress has
and C type of freighter will be taken. Rome harps on the same
attractive, with Insurance, spe- j jtring. (When the master speaks.
cial bonuses and other induce-'the slave must Jump.
ments to sign up for vessels London Is jubilant, acclalm
, entering the war zone which j ng tha vote as a step toward
means everyinina dui cvajirr.
'
works revamping old guns and
rushing anti-aircraft equipment
While congress was debating
the issue the navy was going
ahead with the plans and break-
ing in pin crews to handle the
weapons.
i The officers had been assured
long ago that it '
proceed and be ready to Install
the guns without delay when
inv uiu nu vwu eni.icu, .iu
one said anything of American
troversy. These vessels were!
left port, the guns being draped ! another step along the road
with canvas. Members of con-; leading to war and realizing that
gress who knew these things ', in view of nil that has gone
were tight lipped. j before it is a step that can
no longer be avoided.
SECRETARY of the treasury
is preparing to have employers , THE aircraft carrier Ark Roy
check off IS percent of each I al. one of the British navy s
worker's pay and turn it over i newest and best, Is sunk by a
to the government so that each ; torpedo (presumed to be Italian)
worker will have an accumu- somewhere in the Mediterra
lated fund with which to pay nean east of Gibraltar.
Income taxes. The new tax bill, We read the other day of the
which Is .calculated to raise i sinking by the British of a con
three nd a half billion dollars, voy of axis supply ships along
Is in addition to 9.4 billions the with escorting Italian warships
government was collecting be-! somewhere in the Mediterra
fore the new tax. and the treas-: nean between the Italian and
ury is planning additional new
taxes which will raise still an
other five to six billion dollars.
The treasury realizes that the
van n m Mm r.o.a rn.r ran nol
shuck out $100 or $200 on the
day taxes are due, and that one
way of assuring payment is to
Srf th- w7rV-. at the
tap the workers wage at the.
source at the payroll
Secretary Morgenthau e x-
plains mat oy a cnec.
tern, plus increased employment
ana social eccuniy
government will mop up a few
billion dollars which otherwise
would lead to Inflation. Having
this cnecK-oti ana nigner taxes , reachlng dowll , thr0,lgh the Med
in view is one reason that the . llerranean and into Italian Libya
administration does not favor iand )he other pusning dowrl
placing a celling on wages, the ; througn the Caucasus, Iran,
trips beine that the hieher the c- , i u- .
wages the larger the chunk that
can oe Bwa "!'; after mopping up Russian, Per-
money will be used to assist !sjan and Arabian oU fieids.
in defraying .the cost of the: Hitler hopes to squeeze Egypt
i Dniween tnese pmcer jaws.
As one congressman express- j
ed it, if the check-off takes a poR months Britain has been
considerable part of the payiT doing reiativelv little fight
check, workers will be striking ; In A. and ,hel, the5e mincer
rtor more wages. The check-off
system is now applied in several south, this situation will change
industries where every employe abruptly.
is a member of a union. It com-1 There will be PLENTY of
pels the employer to collect the : fighting for the British then,
dues, Instead of the union treas-1 e
urer. Secretary Morgenthau in- ' rHERE has been much yelling
ends taking a leaf from the un-1 1 for ,he BrU,sh ,o
ions and applying the same another front There havFe bcen
principle. , , ! Jokes about ways and means to
! get Britain into the war.
JUST as OPM had announced , Go back in your memory
a shortage of sodium chlorate ! ome two years to the time
and restrictions on the use of j when the wise guys were talk
thls article in, order to assist; ing about this being a phoney
farmers who receive weed kill- j war. You know NOW it wasn't
ers and other users of the chem-: a phoney.
ical, the Penn Salt company, You will know before the
which had considered active : winter is over that the British
operation In either the Puget . are fighting,
sound or the Columbia river j
area, received its first power
from Bonneville at a point be
tween Vancouver and Portland.
Part of the delay in the com
pany arriving at a decision was
because it was waiting to learn
what would happen to a bill
in congress providing for a gov
ernment plant to manufacture
sodium chlorate which had been
sponsored by Rep. Walter M.
Pierce of Oregon. Finally con
vinced that the measure would
not pass (it had some support
from the department of agricul
ture), Penn Salt company pro
ceeded with construction of Its
plant. Cities on the sound had
a tug-of-war with Portland in
the behind the scenes maneuver
ing for location of this new in
dustry. By FRANK JENKINS
TTHE house of representatives.
whose members are elected
every two years, votes to amend
the neutrality act to permit
armed American ships to carry
-tuner American couaoorauon
I he Mnini actual
TOKYO acts as well as talks.
' the cabinet submitting to
the diet (stooge parliament) an
extraordinary war fund of ;
3 800 000.000 yen (about S840.-I
00000O and the war office!
announcing dratlc revision of,
Japans conscription reguiauons
designed to bring older men and
men hitherto rejected for minor
physical disabilities Into sen-ice.
; Japan Is preparing for trouble
For an extra outlet or a
complete wiring ob call
OLSON ELECTRIC
Plal iSIA. I M. Central
In The
Day's
News
L . .i.j
"THE American people say lit-;
the African coasts.
These blows and counter
blows give us a hint of what
is happening in the Mediter-
'""toil
right now. The axis is
moving heaven and earth to
strengthen its forces in Africa
and the British are striving
desperately to prevent them
h fl-,i..w
I WINTER is coming on. As
winter tightens its grip on
, th(. nQrth he var wm move
i . y,A -rtl.fu
The Germaris are ,ssurned to
u ,..., ir. mm-o.
: ment 8gainst Egypti one jaw
; grip Egvp, from the east
; jnws begin t0 thrust to the
Flight o' Time
Med ford and Jack-on County
History rrom the filet of the Mall
Trlhune 10 and 20 years aeo
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
November 16, 1931
(It was Monday)
Crescent City is swept by big
fire Sunday morning.
Oregon and Oregon State bat
tle to scoreless tie on muddy
A BRAND NEW SERIAL!
j.v jtT'il f Sri
am. m a w wm vm "
BEGINS TUESDAY
NOV. 18 In the
MAIL TRIBUNE
field in annual home-coming
Federal sales tax gains favor
in senate.
Plan to widen Pacific high
way In county with relief work.
Rain still predicted without '
any. High 42, low 27 degrees.
Heaviest snowstorm of season
raging in Crater Lake national
Pffk-
Chest drive near completion
with nearly $20,000 donated.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
November 16, 1921
(It was Wednesday)
Dr. R. M. Brumfield, in Sa
lem death house for murder.
writes letter to prisoner in
j Roseburg Jail.
Roy Gardner, escaped mall
robber, is captured while try-
ling to rob a train in Arizona.
; Refuse, to shoot mail clerk, who
icalls UDon him to surrender.
Selection of
slaughter trial
buckle at San
work.
J ury in man
of Fatty Ar
Francisco slow
Martial law in Colorado al
ter mine wages cut.
Occasional rain predicted.
High 51, low 33.5 degrees.
America decides to advocate
no cut in airplanes at arms
parley.
Thanksgiving turkeys to sell
! between 35 cents and 40 cents
Der pound
Great Britain has about on
billion dollars invested in Ger
many and German-occupied
countries, the department of
commerce reported.
Trees from which cork is ob
tained grow only in areas bor
dering the Mediterranean.
THANKSGIVING!
a ..W who live tn America hav
so much for which to be thank
ful. Here we have freedom I Let ua
face the trying days to come with
the courage of the Pilgrims Let ua
resolve to guard our prectou liberty
from all aggression. Let ua keep
America the "Land of the Pree and
the Home of the Brave.
SOUTHERN OREGON
TITLE CO.
Branch ef COMMON EAI.TH, Ine,
of Portland.
2:7 W. Main. Phone 44M
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