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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1941. MDFORDJkTBIBinfl IUU lb Mall TrlbQM." Dally Kip$ ftatar4aj Published by MEDrORD PRINTINO CO. tl-tt North Fir St. Pbn J141 ROBERT W. RI!HU Editor. CRN EST R. OllJTRAP. Uuifir, AB lBdpiidnt Nwipapr, Etttorad Meond cits nitur at M4 ford, Oregon. uodr Act of Marcb , SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dally and Sunday en rar Dally and Sunday montha... I.M Daily and Sunday thraa months Daily and Sunday on month... .7b By Carrlar In Advaaco Madford. Aah land. Cantral Point. Jaekaonvllla, Oold HUL Roaua Rlvar. Phoanla, TalaaC and en motor routes: Dally and Sunday ona yaar Dally and Sunday ona month... .71 AH tar ma aaab la advance. Of flrlal Paper ef the City f Med ford Official Paper ef JmtkM Cooaly liKMHER Or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HerelrtBR mi) i-auaro ire awrrir The Aaaoetated Preaa la aiclualvely eatttlad to the uae for publication of all nowa dlapatchaa oradlted to It or other wtae eradMed to thta paper, and also t the local newa published herein. All rlarhte for publication of special dlepatehea herein are alao reaerved. USURER OP UNITED PRESS USURER Or AUDIT OUREAO Or CIRCULATIONS Adrertlalna Reprcaentatlra WEST HOLLI DA T COMPANY. INC. Offices In New fork, Chicago, Detroit. San Pranclaeo. Los An falsa, Seattle. Portland, St. Louie, Atlanta, Vanoouw. n c. - Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry The law hereabouti If hot on the trail of a pair of youth, who with malice aforethought, bamboozled plnball machines in the Bister city to the south, and the one to the north. If and when caught, they will be pun ished, as by statutes provided, instead of receiving medals for outstanding and meritorious achievement. Henry Ford, the billionaire auto maker, envisions after the war a "World Federation" of all nations, with no racial lines and knee-deep In peace and prosper ity. This would be a Model T Utopia, bordering upon the mll lenium. All that Is required to attain this happy state would be the discovery of a process whereby human nature could j be made human. F. Zimmerman of the Salem Capital-Journal sports page wants to know "why In tarna tion continue to bore homecom ing football crowds with a cere mony that Includes the Introduc tion of politicians." Mr. Z should know the politician never lets go of the political football Economists report the depres- slon after-the-war, as they pre dict, will not be as rough and tough as the one from which the land thinks it has emerged. They even argue the 1933-37 de pression, as depressions go, was not so bad. For only five years, the seat of the average man's pants were so thin, he could sit down on a dime, and tell whether it was heads or tails. YELLOW PERIL (Heppner, Ore., News) "Bill Morgan, one of Heppner's amiable policemen, was busily engaged In paint ing yellow safety lines here and there on Main street Sat urday when he happened to notice a "lady" driver com ing directly at him. At first he thought she would cer tainly turn but no; Morgan Jumped, the lady driver struck the yellow paint bucket knocking it In the air and all over . the cop who looked more like a "safety lane" when she got through than the street. She disappear ed so rapidly that her num ber was not taken." The Russians have chased the Germans out of Rostov-On-The-Don, and then some. This Is good news In Medford-On-The- Bear. "A big bunch of red noses was brought In by a group of friends and presented to Mrs. Jones on her natal anniversary." (Alibene, Texas, Reporter). Anyway, the friends were not called fiends. The Serbian guerillas are raising merry hell with their nazi invaders, and are keeping three devlsions more than busy trying to suppress them. Of ail the conquered lands, they havt shown the most contempt with bullets for the foe. Furthermore, they get results. Upon all the fighting Finns, the brave Bel gians, the foolish French, the nonchalant Norwegians, the dur able Danes, and the poor Poles, America has poured sympathy and dollars. The handouts for the savage Serbs to date, have consisted of nothing more sub stantial than a few rousing cheer. O. Averill of the B. Falls area, towned Thurs. He claims to have produced turnip that measured 14 inches around the waist, and nearly choked the family cow to death. Editorial Correspondence New York City, Dec. 1 December opens with perfect winter weather, sunny, cool and crisp a sharp contrast to Washington, where summer is languidly lingering in the lap of winter, thus creating a climatic mesalliance. Came up here for the week-end, via Philadelphia and the famous Army-Navy game, where the youngest, no, next to the youngest! .member of the family met us after considerable maneuvering, which might deserve the hackneyed term of hectic. It reminded us both of the last time we gathered in the City of Brotherly Love, when the G.O.P. convention was In full blast. Philadelphia has a venerable reputation of being a sleepy metro polis, but certainly nothing in the young lady'i experience to indicate as much, a week at the Willkle "CONVULSION," and the day of the Army and Navy conflict, would make a week-end on the slopes of Vesuvius appear soporific in contrast. The young lady left from Bennington, Vt., and the "editorial we" from Washington, planning to meet at the Bellevue-Stratford, at 11 a. m. Saturday. At that hour the young lady was there, but ye editor was on a B. 4c O. football special, stalled on a bridge somewhere in the Philadelphia industrial outkslrts. It then de veloped the special did not enter Philadelphia at all but was to be ,shunfed directly to the Civic Stadium, about six miles from the Bellevue. Ergo, what is sometimes termed in high diplomatic circles a contretemps, developed. The special finally reached the stadium, however, with Ye Editor alighting with three pieces of luggage, no red caps and a severe case of the Jitters. After spending a priceless half hour trying to get the Bellevue via a temporary pay station, without even getting central, hailed a decrepit taxi and ordered the yegg on the front seat to step on it, until Broad street was In sight. Yes, we would pay the costs If a highway cop should be called in to adjudicate. It was one of these unofficial taxis, a large, decrepit Packard, with a taximeter hooked on which did not work. Well, Army-Navy football games only come once a year, and Republican conventions only once In four, so we didn't begrudge the driver's Insistence upon charging all the traffic would bear. We got where we wanted to go, and only had to run the final two blocks of it. Yes, we reached the Bellevue only 49 minutes late and not only met the young lady, but Eleanor Roosevelt alias "Lady Luck." For we had been able to get only one ticket to the game, the plan being to let the member of the family who had never seen an Army-Navy game before use it, while the other member stayed In the hotel lobby and listened to the broadcast, and perhaps part of the Oregon-O.S.C. game,' which was really far more important. But Eleanor Roosevelt, surrounded by bluecoats, sailed through the 'lobby and dropping from the wake was a gentleman with a football ticket In one first, whose wife had disappointed him and who proceeded to ask the clerk if the hotel wouldn't buy It. (The game wouldn't start for nearly two hours.) The clerk in his best and most frigid manner, replied that football tickets could only be sold In pairs, single tickets were "OUT." Tableau! Ye editor grabbing the ornately Illuminated pasteboard with one hand, while he produced the price of the ticket, and not the speculator's price with the other. So there was the family all fixed up miraculously, and believe it or not, out of approximately 98,000 tickets available, the one thus vicariously purchased, was for the same gate entrance and section, as the one we had obtained, after three days manipulation and duress from Senator Holman's office! . Yes, God bless Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt! at least that Is the way we feel about it. She always brings good luck, look what she has brought her husband, and Madame Perkins! And as if that were not enough Eleanor sat in the Army section directly In front of us, with Jim Farley next to us, on the left, chewing gum when he wasn't chewing a hot-dog well plastered with mustard, and talking as If we had been buddies for years, down on Mulberry street. (It was really very amusing, Jim knew he had seen your correspondent SOMEWHERE before, to our knowledge only twice, but he couldn't, in spite of his reputation, recall where or think of the name, and we refused to help him out. Meanwhile with a certain malicious satisfaction, we called him "Jim" throughout!) Yes, Eleanor was there and biv.'ght us luck, for with the odds four to one in favor of the Navy we were strong for the Army it's the inescapable under-dog complex, and for two quarters, the biggest upset of the year loomed, with the Army making monkeys out of the middles and scoring a neat six points, to a zero for the lads from Annapolis. Of course the football experts have it all figured out, the Navy had too many reserves, the strategy was completely changed during the Intermission, it was the brilliant tactics of a reserve middy quarterback, etc., etc. But as usual the experts KNEW NOTHING about it, and know nothing now the only reason for that complete change In the "sltooatlon", was the fact that Mrs. Roosevelt, again with her police escort, left her seat on the Army side and went over to the Navy cohorts, the roles of victor and vanquished were accordingly reversed. The Army could beat the Navy, but not the Navy AND Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt! R.W.R. U. S. NAVY RECRUITING APPLICANT WITH NEW V COMMANDER F. K. O'BUIEN, of the U. S. Navy Recruiting Service, is shown hero placing the new Navy "Ratine of Honor" on the lapel of an applicant for enlistment in the Navy. (Bailga shown above at right.) All ambitious young men who apply for sen-ice in Uncle Sam's "Two-ocean" Navy, whether accepted or not, are given this new badge as a mark of their patriotism. To learn of the many opportunities the Navy and the Naval Reserve offer, local men of 17 years and over can get the official Illustrated free booklet, "life in the Navy," from this news paper's Navy EdiJiJ. OFFICER PRESENTS "BADGE OF HONOR" Sf? It; Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, wlU be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped aeir adrirewd envelops Is enclosed. Letters shoald be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered here. Na reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions, Address Dr. William Brady, 184 El Cam I no. Beverly Hills, Calif. NO THANKS TO - Since I was about sixteen (writes a medical colleague who is prominent in public health) I have had attacks of paroxysmal tachycardia (to the layman this Is spells of heart hurry or very rapid heart action), about one ev ery three months, the at- HVi jfA lacti lasting - j I from five mln m "tea to two J I hours. None of I If t I the recognized ksavsaawswswsaaaaf remedial meas ures ever did the least bit of good except rest in a quiet room with all clothing loosened. Electrocardiograms taken dur ing the attack showed a rate of 220 with no abnormality of waves. All examinations other wise revealed nothing abnormal. About two years ago I noticed that the attacks came on Just after an intemperance of any kind, especially after alcoholic indulgence. Each attack was pre ceded by several hours of extra systoles (extra heartbeats) which warned me of what was coming. I have found that by lying down for fifteen minutes and practic ing your Belly Breathing I can avert the attack altogether. I found this out before reading your column. Now If you want to look up at that portrait of old John J. Coincidence you have above your desk it is all right with me. Many of us are as well satisfied with our own opinions as you seem to be with some of your rather unethical and unwar ranted statements. I am Just one of the medical brethren who read your column occasionally, not so much for enlightment but to see what weird idea it will offer next. Yours very truly .. M. D. You are right. Doctor, I didn't discover Belly Breathing but ev en so, I would be grateful If you can refer me to any medical or health instructor, writer or au thority who called it Belly Breathing before I did. This natural type of breathing is a physiological aid to the cir culation, whereas the artificial or unnatural type of breathing advocated and taught by old time physical trainers and self styled experts retards circula tion. The artificial or unnatur al type of breathing has been advocated and taught by many poorly educated physical instruc- News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued From Pags Ona) is to be accumulated under pro posed appropriations (including the new $7,000,000,000 bill). But the additional men above 2,000,000 are not likely to be brought in unless all-out war starts. a THE house merchant marine committee, In executive ses sion, has run into evidence that the British are crowding our ship-handlers out of a share in lend-lease business. The lend lease act gives the British title at the docks to the war mate rials we are advancing. They have designated their Cunard line as handlers in this country excludnlg American firms from our own docks. As a result the stock of the British Cunard line has gone up 400 per cent since the war started, according to the yet unpublished commit tee evidence. e a THE agriculture depratment is having unreported trou ble with food stamp violations. Numerous recipients of this form of government relief are buying cigarettes and liquor, and even swapping stamps for cajh in mall stores. No official figures have been released, but the departmental docket shows 6919 violations serious enough to require dis ciplinary action. This covers about 3 per cent of the total of 220.000 stores handling the stamps. Several hundred cases have gone into the courts un- If you plan to buy or sell 1st us finance the transaction. s JACKSON AVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION Brady. M. D. THIS COLUMN , tors in the schools and by the military authorities, even it seems, up to the present day in some instances. Any one who teaches that an individual should "draw up" or "draw In" the belly or, as the Ignorant say, the "sto mach", "abdomen" or "dia phragm" and push out the chest when taking a deep breath is a bad teacher and should not be permitted to exercise such auth ority. The belly does not con tract or draw in during inspira tion (taking in air) if the individ ua' breathes normally, naturally, efficiently. On the contrary the belly expands or bulges or in flates when one inspires or takes in air indeed, this is the right way to think of your breathing if you think of it at all, that is, think of the belly as a bellows (that's the derivation of the word belly), and breathing as infla tion of the bellows, which being elastic, expels air after infaltion, without effort on your part. QUESTIONS ANSWERS Figures Can Frighten My husband la taking vitamin B complex capsules four a day, contain' ing isoo units of thiamin chloride (Bl). It has greatly helped his it thrltls. His slater haa the same trou ble. but aha la afraid 1600 unlta of Bl la too much to take In a day. (Mra. J. r. C.) Answer After all, a child four or five yeara old requires about SCO unite of Bl dally merely to main' tain good nutrition. Your sister's fear la unfounded. Allergy Have had much relief from a akin rash from taking potassium chloride aa Instructed .n your "Relief for Al lergy". I can now eat naerly all the foods that formerly caused the re action. (Mrs. B. A. B.) Answer For copy of "Reuef for Allergy" send stamped envelope bear ing your address. When Doctors Agree t was so Interested In your book lets "CVD" and "How to Breathe" that I took them to my doctor. He read what you aay about angina and nitroglycerin and then agreed that It would be worth trying. X want to thank you now for the Inestimable relief I have had. My doctor agreee that you know what you are talking about. (T. M. H.) Answer Thank you. Sometimes, tho, I narrowly escape a collision with myself coming or going. On request the booklet "CVD" deallng-wlth heart disease or cardiovascular dlsesse will be mailed Inclose ten cents. For the booklet "How to Breathe" Inclose twenty-five cents.- . .. (Copyright 1941, John F. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. O. 65 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. I noticed, for punishment. More j thousands of complaints have ; been made but evidence could I not be obtained. I Casual Infractions are pun ished by the compliance division of the federal surplus marketing ; administration. They generally refuse to honor the stamps turned In by a violator and ' eject him from the program. a a THE government is to spend $110,000,000 In Its food stamp bounty this fiscal year (ending June 30, 1942) in a time of unprecedented boom employ ment. Last year the govern ment gave away $80,000,000. Yet strangely, the house econo my committee has not consid ered abandoning this Increasing appropriation. It is backed by the farm bloc, not on the grounds of relief but to boost prices of surplus products. About 10,000,000 people In families are now receiving fed eral, state or local relief of some sort, according to the FSMA (the figure includes all members of the family, although only one member may be receiving re lief). This Is a drop of about 50 per cent in the past few years! But federal economists say the number will never get be low seven or eight millions. They figure government support for at least 7 per cent of the population will always be nec essary, a a IAPANS weakest point Is her air force. Behind aU the big talk, she has only about 4.500 nrmy and navy pilots. We have about 20.800, They have around 2,000 naval planes we have 4.500. They have 1.667 army planes, a comparison which can not be followed through as our army planes figures are secret, but our superiority Is 4 or 5-to-1 and climbing. COUNTY FEDERAL 126 EAST MAIN i jr Loans en I V Homes J Kelly's Comment From Washington Britain Seeking . Tugs and Barges Small Shipyard Unable to Share ROTC to Supply 50,000 Officer By John W. rally- Washington, D. C, Dec. 4. Wanted, at once, 30 tugs and 150 barges for the new Ameri can army at Basra, on the gulf of Persia, near the old home stead of Adam and Eve and the snake. On this contract north west wood shipbuilders have been figuring and representa tives of Puget sound and Co lumbia river concerns have been 'negotiating with federal officials thus far without result. The British purchasing mis sion, headquarters in Washing ton, D. C, is asking for the tugs and barges, to be paid for from the lend-lease appropriation, although the flotilla Is intended for lightering tanks, guns, air planes and other supplies from the United States to be laid down at Basra and then trans ported to the Russians. . A deal was practically closed for the barge contract with northwestern interests until army engineers objected. These were to be 300-ton wood barges. It was proposed by the western ers to build them In sections, telescoping one section into an other like a nest of blocks, and stowing them on the decks of freighters. It was estimated that three or four could be transport ed on a single ship. Army engi neers, however, decided that the sections could not be held to gether; that they would break apart in weather rougher than a dead calm, and the Persian gulf can kick up a disturbance. Next, the British purchasing mission abandoned the idea of a 300-ton barge and proposed a 100-ton barge. Two suggestions have been made on these, one to build the barges knock-down; the other .to tow them to their destination. There are establish ments in the northwest capable of manufacturing the knock down barges, which can be as sembled by number, after the fashion of prefabricated houses. A freighter can handle several barges in this fashion and a few key men of the factory can go along with the timber and put the pieces together in jig time off Iran. Second proposal, under con sideration, is building the barges in the northwest and towing them to their destination. There is the danger of losing some of the barges at sea on the long Journey, for they would not be sea-going boats. Neither would the 50 tugs be built for sea going, but they are designed to be reasonably safe to make the Journey. This la the first time that the government has even considered the use of wood in shipbuilding in the present emergency. Even tually wood barges, at least, must be built for operations on the west African coast as well as for the Persian gulf. Negotia tions thus far have been con fined to agent of the northwest. a DESIROUS of , curbing criti cism that big business has been favored at the sacrifice of small business, navy officials have of fered to place orders for half a dozen small craft in the north west. All these overtures have been rejected because the navy will not advance money for facilities. Navy has assisted In large yards but has no money to help a small yard get started. Different men from Washing ton and Oregon say the price to be paid for each boat would give them a profit, but if they must install equipment to do the Job and no additional orders are promised, they would be out of pocket and working for the gov- IN FAMILY SIZE HALF BOXES 40 to SO select Pears expressed to any 4tl peini in ine u. s. Fnene your list new. M aaa Here's the price, per box. plus express m0 I sssf Also Cull Cornice Pears and Newtown Applet for Local Consumption RETER FRUIT CO. 323 SO. rtR ST. n worm VWr-fft ISTttf TWfORALL Buy Chris fstmAS Seals eminent for nothing. Navy men take the position that they will neither aid in providing facili ties nor make a commitment that other orders will follow. There Is the stalemate for small business. a a CHARGE is made that private utility companies are cramping REA by building so-called spite lines while REA cannot get cop per wire to string its poles. Each has the same priority rating but private utilities bought wire im mediately while REA waited. A complete survey of the copper wire situation has been ordered to determine whether private companies have cornered the market to squeeze out REA. . a a THE army high command is looking to ROTC to furnish part of the 50,000 Junior officers re quired if Uncle Sam goes into the war with a land force in a big way. It will require that number of junior officers if con gress authorizes increase of the army to 100 divisions (there are now 33 divisions of all types), and every ROTC on the campus can rest assured he will receive a commission. To officer the new divisions 100 competent major generals can be promoted and 500 colonels, but the junior officer Is the problem. Some talk of establishing 90 day schools to turn out second lieutenants, as was done in world war No. 1, and of recall ing to service captains who have been retired because they had not risen higher at their age. Certain reserve officers in the northwest have written Chief of Staff Marshall protesting against waiting 12 years in the reserve before they can qualify for a major commission. General Mar shall says that while it may work a hardship in individual cases, he thinks the regulation is a good one. Scalp Story Fishy To the editor The st-ry from Spokane, Wn., of the death of John Walker Lloyd, 82, who said he saw scalps hanging on poles along the road in the early days. sounded a little fishy. The In dians didn't take white peo ple's scalps to hang on poles along the road. A white man s scalp was a great prize among the Indians and they took the best of cars, of them. They tanned them as a piece of fur. I seen a young Indian lady In Walla Walla, Wn., years ago who had eight white man scalps all different color hair, nicely tanned, neatly trimmed and dolled up quite a bit and money could not buy tnem. They were not for sale. They were on a small wooden hoop and she carried it on her arm, perhaps in honor of some warrior -father, brother or sweetheart. So I am afraid if Mr. Lloyd seen scalps hanging on poles along the roads the scalps were not taken by the Indians. Barney Cody, Jacksonville, Ore. COMPOSER DIES Oslo, Occupied Norwav. Dee. 4. (IP) The Norwegian com poser. Christian SindlnB. 85. died last night Forty years ago, according to census records, tuberculosis took 200 lives each year out of each 100,000 people. But it now takes less than 48. a n "w i mm Communications BIG LUSCIOUS ROGUE RIVER VALLEY comes PEARS PHONE I70J Flight o Time Mtdrom and Jackson ConntJ History from the Ills of the Mall Trlbnne 10 and 20 years aao. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 4. 1931 (It was Friday) Friends of prohibition urged to fight repeal. Democrats look ing for presidential candidate who will favor it. Governor leaves on vacation trip to California. "Spiritual rejuvenation" Is held need of this nation and the world. J. C. Barnes speaks at Lake Creek on behalf of proposed sales tax bill. Prospect rum vendor Jolted In court. Hattie Logan is named noble grand of Jacksonville Rebekahs. Cloudy and unsettled; high 50, low 32 degrees. A. C. Mittelsteadt is named a master of the Eagle Point W Grange. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 4, 1921 (It was Sunday) Roy Gardner, mail bandit and prison escape, captured in Ari zona, claims he is crazy from blow received on head when boy. Peace overtures in fall. Ireland Babe Ruth is suspended by Judge Landis because home run king went on barnstorming trip contrary to orders. Loses his world series share. Rainfall In November amount ed to 1.34 inches. Burglar enters George L. Treichler's garage and steals 37 cents from till. President Harding to deliver message to congress Tuesday. Fair with a high of 56 and a low of 26.5 degrees. Closing tuw tot ClaMiIled Ads a. m. Too Law to Classify 1330 p. 1 Iwrrtrm11 "In, m I a premium I I J I for YOU' jl ; ; j 1 enioYment'-y -M ri (9
