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PAGE STX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER SO, 1941. "liwjl te Saatavra Or) I th Mall Trlbaaa." Dallr hMfl Sarardar Publlalid br MEDFORD rUlMTlNO CO. IT-IS Monk fir t- rhon 1141 ROBERT W. Rt'HU Editor. ERNEST R. OIITRAP. Maaasar. Aa lndpr.dnt Nwsppr. Ktrt avnnd ela mattar at Mad lord, Orogoa, nodor Aet of March I. 171 SUBSCRIPTION BATES aw U 1 1 T n Aifvanea, Dallr and Sunday en r I. Dally and Sunday at month.. . I.ao Daily and Sunday ihraa month 1.00 Dally and Sunday an month... .71 By Crrlr la Adraac Mdford. Aah land. Cantral Point. Jaoltaonrllla. Oold Bill. Rosa Rlvar. Phoaals. Tal.nt and an molor rouloa: Dally and Sunday ona yaar It " Daily and Sunday ona month. .11 All tiral caab la advanea. Offlrlal Papar af (ha City af Mdl4 uilinai rapar ' MXMBEB Or THE ASSOCIATED PBKSS KaraflTIDS mil t rmmrm " - Th. Aaocltd Praal la ieially antltlad to th ua for publication or all Bw dlapatrh eradltad ta It or othr wla oradltad t thla papar. and alaa ta th local nw publlahad hrln. All rlyht lor publication of jpaclal dlapatchaa br.ln ara alao rarvd. MEMBER OP UNITED PRESS MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Adrartlslnr F.aprnttlr WEST-HOI. LID AT COMPANY, IMC. Offlcaa In N.w Torn, Chlca.c DatraU. Ban Franclaco. Lo Anyalaa saattl. Portland. St. Loula. Atl.nla. Vancouver. nitit!i$' MR ftTIII Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perrr a rtiinnnV wind came up n w....." Frt. breaking the bacKtxme 01 the cold spell, and scattering ne dead leaves of autumn, willy nilly. ..." The chief topic of conversa tion all week was the Oregon OSC football game at Eugene, which Is now history, and the alumni of both Institutions will have the same thing to go through next year. a F. Luy, the Antelope vaquero rode back on the range last week, to see how hli cows were standing the winter, on their four legs, as usual. The old-fashioned s q u a r e danceri are organized and prac ticing throughout the county. The square dance resembles a dance, compared to the modern steps, which leaves the partici pants winded, like a basket ball center. e e . Sheriff Syd Drown attended the sheriff's convention at Port land lat week and had his pic ture In the Porttand papers, with his S-gal. hat on straight, and smiling pretty. . Common colds are reported quite common, and several have been out of commission with what they identified as mild flu. a rietch Fish, the boom day tenor of Phoenix, who was hit by an auto, is on the road to recovery, and will be out soon. Hockey players are drilling at the ice arena, and getting ready for contests on the silver blades. It Is a game of skill, grace, speed, and don't get your shins cracked. The sister county of Klamath is mad because they have not been Invited to Join the 49th state In state of formation, and named after Jeiferson, a great American statesman, who was booed at the last democratic convention in Chicago. There are lots of things more worth while to get mad about a a a The first hog killing of the winter was staged last week in several rural areas, and several pig-backbone feasts have been held. A number of the Older Girls report they were disgusted with Hitler, and the way some . people play bridge, Tues. to Thurs. Santa Claua showed up Wed evng. and many were so glad to see the old boy they nearly tipped over his randy cart a The current year Is speeding to its logical conclusion, and. as usual, several don't know where it's gone. a The B. Tornado bit the dust Fri. evng at The Dalles, to end their grid season on a dismal note. The power to whiz and whirl to touchdowns they once possessed became a zephyr, and they have not been themselves or anybody else for six weeks. They were not the only good football team that met the same fate, E. Ulrlch, the Prospect mt. wm. towned Fri. King Winter has not hit him yet. a The Dubb Watson boy Edd. sports another birthday today. Portland! Nov. 29. AP) Oregon's penal institutions are "overcrowded, understaffed and underpaid," a legislative interim committee said yesterday. Editorial Correspondence Washington, D. C, Nov. 26. "There ain't no sich anlmule!" We grant that Is a chestnut, but it is the only phrase we can recall to adequately describe Washington, at the present time. For there "ain't." It never happened before and we doubt If It ever happens again. In the first world war Washington was pretty messed up but In this one the entire place is incredible, It's a madhouse with no padded cells. Imagine one cat chasing Its toil. Then add a million cats doing the same thing, and you might have some faint idea of the national capital in the throes of being both in a war and not In it. At least that is your correspondent's Initial Impression, after taxiing from one hotel to another to find a place to sleep. And after talking with various and sundry gentlemen, who admit Uncle Sam is on his way, but don't know where he is going, or where they are going either. Perhaps there will be some clearer outlines discernible before we depart, but to date everything Is in a fog, within a merrv-eo- round, with the engineer fast aown. 11 mere Isn't a collision in interstellar space soon, it will be a miracle, and If there is one, we don't know that there will be very much more confusion and much less rhyme or reason, than is the case at present. Iff Bedlam with a capital "B". a a a a On the other hand there are no signs of war, in the conven tional sense at least. One doesn't see as many soldiers in uniform as CCC's in Medford, practically none in fact. There are a few officers here and there looking pretty smart in their highly pol ished ton boots and trench coats, but somehow they don't impress one as being of any martial significance, they are usually either Just going into a cocktail bar or coming out of one. There are no more flags flying, nor bands marching and as the Senate is not in session and won't be until next week, there are no speeches, patriotic or otherwise to listen to. In fact if the present writer did not know this country was in the war, and had been for nne months, he would never suspect it. On the other hand he would know there was something most unusual afoot, for every where one goes it is confusion worse confounded, and in trying to find out what's what, one makes about as rapid progress, as a white mouse in a bucket of wall paper paste. a a a At the army munitions building a policeman greets you at the door and directs you to a desk, behind which a corps of young people are busily engaged, with files. Indexes, telephones, and what we took to be optician eyeglass cabinets, but proved to be cabinets for identification tags, some with photos attached like passports, some not. The young man with a pale face and light blue eyes, inquired as to our business, we told him we wished to see Colonels A and B, and had an appointment arranged by Senator McNary for four o'clock. It was then five of four. About 15 after four the young man found the proper phones were no longer busy and confirmed the fact, the appointment had been arranged. We were then questioned as to home address, Washington address, nature of business, occupation, Identification papers, and about everything except nature of dental work and finger prints. Anotner young man came forward as a guide and we were able to make our way through the milling crowds (it was letting out time) to the third lloor and after walking about the distance from the Medford post office to Roxy Ann, we were ushered into the august presence of Colonel A, who had nicely burnished pink cheeks, a head devoid of hair rather than bald, and a nicely seasoned briar pipe, which he held at a dangling angle In the center of his mouth. He greeted us with something like the same enthusiasm exhibited by the maitns d'hotel of the Mayflower, who in morning coat and carnation informed us on our arrival, that there were no rooms either at his particular hostelry, or at any other respectable hotel this "Sorry, sir, but we wired LAHST1" (That protocolish explanation a wire for reservations had been sent from San Francisco three days before. As Guy Cordon remarked, Washington is the only piece on earth a May FLOWER ICEBERG.) However to return to the Colonel. We don't wish to create the Impression he was discourteous. Quite the contrary he was the very epitome of propriety, but he Just wasn't enthusiastic, that's all, and like the Mayflower major demo, was not looking tor new business, nor an enlarged acquaintance. However, after thumbing over his files and discovering that Medford, Oregon, was not south of the Presidio, the Colonel did give us all we expected and we went on our way the performance. And at the present writing around and around, in and out, Uncle Sam never has to actually paring for it. The Senate finally decided to meet at the regular hour this noon, so after lunching briefly (and as usual not spotlessly) at the Senate restaurant, the Medford delegation procured the neces sary tickets and with considerable anticipation entered the Senate gallery, Just as one of the more venerable factotums informed us the Senate had adjourned until Monday (This is Thursday!) will that is characteristic of the general situation also. There were only a half dozen senators on the floor, but we did see Senator McNary conversing with Senator Taft, Senator Connelly of Texas, with his hair nicely curled and a shiny black tie nestling In a fresh white shirt, surveying the gallery with considerable Interest, and Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania who looked rather more like the bloated bondholder In public life, than usual with the accent on the adjective. Also Senator George, and Senator Lucas of Illinois, the latter coming over in the monorail subway car with us, we have seen loud haberdash ery on the Senator from Illinois before, but nothing before quite like this new red brown and ton double-breasted suit. Can it be Mr. Lucas is going to try to keep up the reputation of his late colleague In that direction, J. Ham Lewis if so ha has some thing to shoot at! The weather continues gorgeous, perfect Indian summer, but it is the only satisfactory feature of the national capital seine to date! R.W.R. In 'The ;Sv News By Frank Jenkins CAIRO hints guardedly today iFrirtavl that In lh hatfle rf Libya the tide is beginning to turn in Britain's favor. The Tobruk garrison has asleep and the safety valve tied side of Alexandria, Virginia: you our REGRETS on Sunday was In reply to the remark that grows and flourishes in an to see Colonel B, who repeated the process Is still continuing, up and down, here is hoping fight a war, the way he is pre Joined the British encircling col umn coming up from the east and south. The British say for midable axis "pockets" still re main in the encircled area, how ever, and must be cleared out before the navy can land troops and supplies at Tobruk. That would be Important, for it would shorten and speed up British supply lines. a a a THE British Broadcasting cor- po ration reports today: "The British Mediterranean fleet, sweeping the waters be tween Libya and Crete, has so effectively blocked the axis that since the beginning of the great tank battle in Libya NOT ONE TON of supplies has reached the Personal Health Service By William aimed wturs pertaining te personal haalta and sot te euaaa eiasnoal or treatment, anil be anawareo by nr. Brady It a stamps) sail addressed envelop u tneloaM. Letter sboela be brief and written la tnk. Owlnf to th large number of totters received only a few eaa be ejiiwared here. Mo reply ens bo made to queries not conforming to taetraetlOBB addrss Dr. William Brady, sea El Camlno. Beyer!; aula, Calif. BO EVERY DOCTOR SHOULD BE A DENTIST? Harvard university and tha self-effacing conductor of this column are now in Dutch with the majority of dental prac titioners ana no mistake. H a r v ard be cause she has had the cour age, or the foresight, to be among the first schools to take the. step which all schools will have to take presently, the scrapping of the old course for students of den tistry and the setting up of the modern, logical course which requires the student to obtain the degree Doctor of Medicine first, and then, and then only, enter upon the special course of study which will make a qualified medical specialist of him a dentist who is a doctor in more than the name. The conductor because aw, be cause he suggested that dentists who are not physicians relin quish trade use of the title "Doctor" to practicing physic ians. That might not have been so dreadful, but the egregious conductor went so far as to sug gest that a better trademark for the practicing dentist would be "Dentor." Better for the con venience of the public, I mean. You know how misleading the indiscriminate use of the title of "Doctor" is I could tell you some pretty sad stories about it. but suffice to say that it Is ex asperating when several den tists, an eyeglass merchant, a chiropodist and an assortment of shoe salesmen, food special ists and agents for hearing aids spring into action when in an emergency a doctor is called for. On a letterhead printed let's says. Dr. Richard Roe, a reader writes: "Sometimes when I have nothing else to do and have read everything else in the paper I take a shot at your column Just to see if you are still in the same old rut, and sure enough you are." Uh-huh, and It isn't so com fortable here in the rut, in fact it seems a bit crowded since Harvard fell In. The correspon dent gets off a few neat but irrelevant remarks about the "Doctor" thing and then de livers his wallup: "It Is a well known fact that the average physician is sadly lacking in knowledge of dental science. If the aver age physician knew as much about the teeth as the average dentist knows about the rest of the body I am sure we hard-pressed German and Italian armies by sea." KEEPING fighting forces SUP PLIED has always been es sential to their success. In these days of mechanized warfare, it la more necessary than ever be fore. IN Russia, the nazis appear to be battering steadily nearer to Moscow, and the reds admit the situation there is grave. Before giving Moscow up for lost, remember that months ago Leningrad was as gravely men aced as Moscow la now but is still holding out. a IN the dispatches, you read re peatedly that the fighting in northern Africa may affect the whole future of the world. If you want to know why, get out your globe. You will note that while Hit ler has overrun practically all of Europe, including much of European Russia, the area he has conquered is RELATIVELY small. On tha entire globe. It occupies a space not much larger than a postage stamp on an apple. THEN get our your history books. You will read In their pages that NAPOLEON conquered an area roughly comparable with that conquered so far by Hitler somewhat smaller, of course, but still comparable. Napoleon was STOPPED. He tried to break into Africa, but failed. He cast longing eyes at India, but never could muster the If you plan te buy or sell let us finance the transaction. s (A JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL AVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION Brady. M. D. would be one happy family and so would the public. There would be better co-operation from both groups. As it is we can expect little co operation from the physicians because of their lack of know ledge of dentistry. And so I claim that every doctor should have a D. D. S. degree before being allowed to practice medicine. . Yours very truly, Richard Roe, D.D.S. At that it was over a hundred years ago (1S39) that the first dental school was opened (Balt imore). Prior to that dentists were either physicians who pulled teeth and gave whatever treatment they could or Itiner ant charlatans without any training at all. No doubt Aesop included in his collection a fable of a bird who cut loose from the flock and then com plained because the flock did not co-operate. Qt'ESTTONS AS ANSWERS goftenlnf Hard Toe Malls One I saw In your column some thing to apply to very hard toe nails to soften them to permit trimming. Mother, 86, has such hard nalli thai Just eoaklng In hot water and Map makes no Impression and they are impossible to trim or cut. (Mrs. 8 L.) Answer -Apply to th nails only a Uttle liquor potasaa (6 solution of causUe potash In water), by means of a bit of cotton wrapped on end o: toothpick. Keep this off from akin. It softens the nau and permit th ceHlT thickness to be clipped or filed away. Doe Bit Locally they quarantine th dog fourteen day and inoculate me per son bitten seven times, even though there Is doubt whether the dog la mad. (Miss J. D.) Answer They do all sorts of odd things under th drlv of lyaeophobla (morbid fear of acquiring rsoies) San physicians and health authori ties generally agree that th aafast course Is to confln th suipectid animal under obaerrstlon of a com petent veterinary for two weeks. If In that tlm th snlmal manlfMta no signs of rabies there Is no need to worry about the safety of the person bitten. Body Temperature I am high school senior. Weight 130 pound, height S feet IV, inches, age 17 years. Body temperature la 918 Instead of th normal ass; rieaa ex plain th reason for this.' (T. P.) Answer Th average body temper ature is perhapa 98.1 aad.lt normally fall s degree or so in the riy morn ing and rise a degree or so late after noon. So anything between 97 and 99 degreea P. may be within normal lim it. Except for scientific study it Is unwise to keep a clinical thermome ter or to take temperatures in any circumstances unless your physician directs you to do so. (Copyright 1941. John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Notei Parson wishing ta eommanlcat with Dr. Brady should send Utter direct to Dr. Wininm Brady. M. D. ta El Camlno, Bmrty Rills. Calif. strength to make the attempt to seize it. In time, the hatreds and the stresses he had set up In the countries he conquered COM BINED to overthrow him. IF Hitler can be stopped In European Russia, If he can be held at the Caucasus, if he can be thrown out of Africa and pre vented from getting back, there is a very fair chance that the record written by Napoleon may be REPEATED in the case of Hitler. IT is British SEA POWER that Is opening up tha possibility that Hitler may be stopped as Napoleon was stopped. Hitler realizes it. So he Is reaching for sea power with which to combat that of Britain, now aided by the United States. LET no doubts enter your mind that it is Hitler who is firing up Japan to go to war with the United States. Japan ha powerful navy. It Is Hitler who Is tightening the screws on beaten and humili ated France, seeking to compel her to come over on his side. France has a considerable rem nant of a once-powerful navy. French possessions sprawl all over northwestern Africa. LITTLER can not fail to see the ring of encirclement that is beginning to threaten to close on him. He Is trying desperately to BREAK It before it is too late. Loans j an ' V Homes 126 IAST MAIN F. SPECIAL SESSION Portland, Nov. 29. (JP) Ger ard MacNamara wrote Gover nor Sprague today that 24 leg islators favored a special ses sion to consider property tax changes. MacNamara, who Instituted the recent appeal against the state tax board's ruling that Multnomah county's variable ration assessment system must be discarded, said he had poll ed 41 legislators. Only nine of the members are definitely opposed while eight of the members are more or less non-committal," he said. All counties now are bound by the tax board ruling to make assessments on an equal basis. The Multnomah system granted differentials to residen tial property. NAVAL BATTLE OFF DOVER REPORTED T.nnrlnn Mnv ?(1 .T V.val vessels battled last night in Dover strait near thj Kanfich cliffs, and the gleam of their tracer bullets and the thud of their heavy guns marked . the closest approach of German sur face craft to England reported in me war. Machine-ffune wnrn firA4 i-an. idly from decks shrouded in a tnicx mist. Cliff watchers said they be lieved both units were made up of light vessels. British planes flew to the scene soon' after tfi chnnfina started but observers were un- ame to distinguish between the opponents in the darkness and midst and took no action. HAISIE and RED TOGETHER 1 m ! ,H THE SAME PICTURE I j AJjfc' J BROTHER WE'VE GOT SOMETHING HEREf I hVr? f. sesiv II " . ' TODAY 3 DAYS! J v - 1 ;. 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Protests filed with county court on cost of operating coun ty library. Break in cold spell over state predicted. Forty-five given road relief work until end of week. Many Jobless in county. Talent and Phoenix to open basketball season December 11, at Christmas opening. Fire siren will call children to see toy display in local stores. School budget is passed by voters overwhelmingly at dis trict election. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 30, 1821 (It was Wednesday) Marshal Foch of France, guiding genius of World war, to stop in city for five minutes Friday at 8:30 a. m. Legion posts of valley to greet him. Legal steps prevent hanging of two slayers of Sheriff Til Taylor of Umatilla county in state prison Friday. President Harding accused of being "indifferent to prohibi tion by dry leaders." Two held for Gold Hill poker game robbery. Fair and colder after week of rain; high 49.3, low 34,5, pre cipitation .40. Frequent and heavy rainfalls in Cuba causes an active market for windshield wipers. K. A. --eTeaaaT- . V W. it T f0PPAfr SCHOOL BOARD BALKS Silverton, Ore., Nov. 29 The Silverton Teachers' asso ciation said today it might ap peal direct to voters in the dis trict for increases in salaries. The school board refused raises recently, pleading inability to boaYjt pay without endangering the district's financial position. 2 ! A 6T FOX 0 Christmas li Seals AM Q WOTeCTEU BY TITLt NO MERE WORDS Families who speak of thelt residences as, "Our home," can do so assuredly IF the home is protected by our Title Insur ance. This matchless protection costs so little. And it means so much to you and yours! SOUTHERN OREGON TITLE CO. Branch of COMMONWEALTH, IlM of Portland. m W. Main. Phone 44.M r
