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lng and boundless faith in
rumors the wilder the better.
There is grim business at hand,
and gossip and hysterics is apt
to make the national trigger
finger nervous. If all the dis
asters rumor-mongers have re
ported as befalling the Japanese
military set since Sunday came
to pass, there would not be
enough left of them or the Land
of Rising Sun to pack off in
horse-trough. Rumors should
be allowed to go in one ear, and
out the other, or the same ear.
Nothing la so busy as an Idle
rumor, as they are called, and
there never was a cheerful one.
So hushl
"Washington, Dec. 9. U.R)
The United States government
has put special guards In the
Japanese Embassy to prevent
any suicide attempts among
members of the Japanese dip
lomatic corps." (Press D 1 e
patch). Over which the SLkiyou
Dally News puts the pert head
line: "SOMEBODY LOAN HIM
A KNIFE."
A citizen complains his off
hand auto headlight, that has
not burned since the Fourth of
July, suddenly burst Into the
brilliance of the noon day sun,
right In the middle of the Tues
day night black-out.
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In the excitement occasioned
by the opening of hostilities,
no attention has been paid to
the weather, by Its former
prophets. Nevertheless, It con
tinues to prevail, and Is doing
the best It can.
YOU'VE SAID SOMETHING!
(Exchange)
"He spoke on different
things, but not on the most
important to a farming com
munity, that Is a reduction of
taxation and cutting down the
extravagance of the present
administration. All this elo
quence regarding climate,
homes and loyalty Is all right
In Its place, but it does not
aid the farmer or anyone rise
keeping clear of the delin
quent tax list."
The city of San Francisco,
for failure to observe complete
ly blackout orders, was given
a neat "dressing down" by a
general. The next time they
won't get oft so easy. A top
sergeant will do It.
V
"Remember Pearl Harbor"
looms as the American war
slogan. There are a lot of things
to remember when the y of
reckoning comes for Messrs.
Hitler and Mussolini and their
puppets. The democracies don't
want to forget to make the
peace terms tough, with an In
ternational army to Insure the
world Germany Is not misled
again, by her leaders. The
masses mislead too easy. And
there is France, whose leaders
betrayed that nation's friends.
In the big fold-up, there was
also something suspicious about
Belgium. There are other lands,
waiting to collaborate with
Americans loans and beans,
with the same enthusiasm they
collaborated with nazl aims.
"Don't go near Pendleton
field unless you have business
there. Is the request of the com
mander. You can see the planes
as they fly overhead." (Pen
dleton East Oregonian). And,
the 2nd loots when they walk
down the street.
Closing um let Clsaeiflee Ads
a. m "do tat to ciawllj JJJO P
War Declared on Hitler
IF any proof were needed this country has been at
war with Germany for nearly a year, today's
declaration of war supplies it
For the situation is not changed one iota. Germany
declares war on us. We declare war on Germany.
But there isn't a single ship added to the U. S.
naval forces in the Atlantic, nor a soldier added to
the armed forces scattered from Greenland to
Trinidad.
The war that has been going on since "the shoot
on sight" command from the White House, will
continue, that's all.
It doesn't change the situation. It merely-at long
last officially recognizes it.
Axis Spy System Out
IN one important non-combat particular, however,
1 the declaration of war will handicap the Axis
powers.
Ever since World War No. 2 started, Germany and
Italy have maintained in this country, what has
amounted to a lawful espionage system.
Their respective embassies in Washington and
consulships elsewhere have been little more than
sanctuaries for spies and secret agents, a source of
invaluable information regarding American military
and naval preparations, and the exact character of
public opinion and the nature of our land and sea
defenses.
With the war declaration diplomatic immunity will
cease, the hide-outs will be closed, from here out the
Axis forces will be compelled to fight pretty much
in the dark.
A Bad Start, but-
Kirk L. Simpson, one of the several expert military
commentators of the Associated Press, expresses the
present situation in the war with Japan, clearly and
(we believe) accurately, when he compares it with
a baseball game.
We quote :
'The Japanese have rolled up a lop-sided first Inning
score In the battle of the Pacific, but it la the score in
the last Inning that counts."
That is true.
There is no point in denying that Nippon got in
the first blow, rather like
enemy in the jaw, before the latter could get his
hands up.
DUT it was the element of surprise, that accounted
for this advantage, rather than any superior fight
ing power, or skill in tactics.
As President Roosevelt has pointed out, while the
blow below the belt was a painful one, this country,
with British aid, still has naval superiority in the
Pacific, and it won't be long now before this superi
ority will tell, in effective, and eventually, in conclu
sive fashion.
Miss Rankin s Protest
Jeanette Rankin, congresswoman from Montana,
will go down in history as the only American to vote
against two world wars, in which her country par
ticipated. We admire the woman's courage, but deplore her
judgment Not so much for
war.
For there may be a certain moral justification for
the sincere and fanatical pacifist, voting against
bloodshed, when her, or his, own country is NOT
attacked.
War is a terrible and criminal madness, seldom
settles anything that could not be settled better and
more permanently by peaceful mediation, so an argu
ment can be MADE, at least for any nation unmolest
ed, to keep out of it.
BUT the picture completely changes when a nation
is ATTACKED. .Not only attacked, as was the
case on Sunday last, but criminally and treacherous
ly, betrayed.
We can see no more reason or justification for Miss
Rankin's negative vote, on Monday, than if she
should favor inaction by the police force in the
District of Columbia, if Al Capone and his gorillas,
should suddenly attack the U. S. Treasury or the
White House.
Does the Congresswoman from Montana favor
lawlessness, rapine and assault non-resistance in
the face of unprovoked and criminal attack?
W
HAT sort of a world,
would we have, if that doctrine were followed
out?
There would be nothing to do, but hand the coun
try, and the world, over to the international gang
sters, perverts and pirates !
No, we fail to see the point of view of those who
express sympathy for Miss Rankin, even though we
grant, the woman's consistency and fearlessness.
I ET these fine qualities be devoted to a better
" cause I
In opposing vigorous and immediate defense
against Japan's treacherous attack, the Montana con
gresswoman is in reality not only handing over her
country to organized forces, of ruthless force and
criminality, but is refusing to carry out her solemn
oath of office, to uphold and DEFEND her country,
and the constitution of the United States.
a gangster clouting his
opposing the first world
what sort of a country,
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters pertaining to pertonsJ health and hygiene, not to dlteaa
dtagnoeU or treatment, will bo answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped rlf
addreued enrelopa la enclosed. Letters should bo brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the large n amber of letters received only a few can ho answered
here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instrnctlona.
address Or. Hill lam Brady, Z65 El Caralno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
THE HEART
It would please me very much
Dr. if you would come to j
or for a few days when
you return home a well man
then you would have something
interesting to
write about
(writes a read
er whose re
turn envelope
is addre s s e d
thus: Dr. Rich
ard Roe, M. D.)
From the
business card
the specialist
incloses it is
evident he has
offices in more
than one city, and he calls him
self ' heart specialist" and pur
ports to give "free consultation,"
and "treatment for nerves, high
and low blood pressure, pains
around the heart sugar diabetes,
arthritis, neuritis, sleeplessness,
and spinal conditions" or what
have you.
The specialist assures me, and
for .all I know he believes, that
he has dicovered "how to bring
low blood pressure up or high
blood pressure down." Inciden
tally he informs me that "14
out of 13 Nervous People are
suffering from Sugar Diabetis"
and he has discovered how to
cure diabetes without Insulin.
So if I will come to one of his
offices he will bring my low
blood pressure right up to nor
mal and send me home a well
man with something interesting
to write about.
It is true enough that my
blood pressure, last I heard of
it, was pretty low, as blood
pressures go. Whatever it may
be now, I enjoy such fine health
that sometimes I'm a little
ashamed of it and often at a
loss for something to say about
It when the subject of poor
health ' is featured in conver
sation. It is scandalous In the first
place, that a person who writes
such a letter . as this quack
writes can carry on his wretched
business without fear of the law
or public opinion. Aside from
the utter bombast of the fellow's
"discoveries" it is a sad reflec
tion on the lax enforcement of
educational qualifications for
license to practice medicine. A
10-year-old school child would
write a better letter.
I would neither take my own
temperature nor measure my
own blood pressure of my own
volition. Taking the tempera
lure s as a rule a bit of mis
chief unless it Is specifically
ordered by the physician in
attendance. It doesn't take the
curse off from the Salreygamp
business and it doesn't indicate
that a mother or doting aunt
takes meticulous care of her
Communications
Who Was Asleep?
To the editor How could It
happen that, with all the knowl
edge that the high command at
our largest and best equipped
outpost in the Pacific claims to
have had a week's advance
notice or suspicion that the
Japs would go to war, how
could It happen that they were
caught napping?
If ISO or 150 Jap planes could
fly in over the hills and bomb
our ships and airfields while the
sailors and airmen were off
duty or not In their assigned
places and on the alert, some
one should be made to suffer
for It, regardless of the fact that
we had not declared war, the
crime is even greater.
There Is some excuse for
tired and weary soldier, but for
a man whose days for over 20
years, comparatively speaking,
have all been week-ends and
days ashore there is no excuse.
Hundreds of planes were
massed In hangars; why were
they not In the air? Are they or
are they not the eyes of the
army and navy?
Why were the destroyers not
out scouring and scouting the
coasts and seas for Just such a
move?
To my way of thinking this
first scrap with the "monkey
men" could have been a clean
cut victory for our boys if some
one had not been so sound
asleep, at his post.
I'pon that man or those 'men
lies the needless sacrifice of the
greater part of the 1500 lives
lost and the injuries sustained
by the 1500 who pay the pen
alty for the Incompetence of
some one in Hawaii.
Whoever he was, let him pay
the penalty in full.
H. WHEELER HUNT
Medford. Ore , Dec. 10.
Are Oregonians Mossbacksf
To the editor: How often
have you heard the following
, statements?
j "Oregonians are mowbacks."
"Oregon Is backwoods
IsUte."
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Brsdy. M. D.
SPECIALIST
charges. It Is Just bit of mis
chief and that's all.
The layman's preoccupation
with blood pressure measure
ment is even sillier, because so
often it keeps the poor goof
trying this and that fake rem
edy for high blood pressure,
when. If he were better in
formed, he wouldn't care par
ticularly whether his blood pres
sure were 100 or 200. I say I
believe my own blood pressure
is low aside from life Insur
ance tests (which I never both
ered to watch) I haven't had It
measured for many years and
I never will of my own volition.
What do I care about blood
pressure so long as I enjoy
perfect health?
0,1'F.STIOSH AND ANSWERS
Hair, Now
What treatment do you recommend
and what foods do you advise to help
make the hair grow? (Miss c. A.)
Aniwer You wouldn't be kidding
me. would you. Mlas At There la
some experimental evidence that In
creased Intake of vitamin B complex
tends to make the hair grow better
and even to prevent hair from turn
ing prematurely gray, possibly to
restore natural color after hair has
begun to turn gray In some cases.
Msny readers have assured me that
more or less natural color has been
restored to their graying hair after
they have taken an iodine ration for
a while. Send stamped envelope bear
ing your address, for pamphlet "Csre
of the Hair," which gives further
Information.
Epilepsy In Family
Great-grandfather (paternal) had
epileptic fits. His two daughters
normal. Elder daughter had six chil
dren, two epileptic, one of them
mentally deranged as well, the other
has not had a seizure In over 10
years. Children of th. latter are
normal as yet. (8. B. 8.)
Answer All 1 can say la that
epilepsy la not necessarily directly
heritable. Offspring of an epileptic
parent may be feeble-minded. In
sane, neurotic, easy victims of alco
holism or dmg addiction. Offspring
of an alcoholic or feeble-minded par
ent may be epileptic. If such person
with trsnsmlsssble defect marries a
normal person without such heri
table taint, the chances of normal
offspring are better.
Allergic Asthma
Son had asthma which would start
with violent sneering spells, turn
Into what appeared to be a (ah-ah.
naughty, don't say it. say crl) and
then Into asthma. We have spent
thousands of dollars . . . since glvliw
him the soluble potassium as you
suggest In your pamphlet we are
happy to say he has not had one
attack. (Mrs. J. B. D.)
Answer Thank you. Olad to send
any reader who provides etamoed
envelope bearing his address conies
of pamphlets on "Asthma" and "Re
lief for Allergy."
(Copyright 1041. John F. Wile Co.)
Ed. Vote; Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
hrmlfl send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D, JUS El
Csnilno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
"Oregon business men lack
initiative."
I hold the reverse is true and
submit as evidence the current
issue of House & Garden maga
zine. As you know this publica
tion sells for 35c and conse
quently draws its 211,000 sub
scribers from the better than
average Income groups.
'In this one issue there are
10 advertisements from Oregon
firms offering for sale every
thing from "Oregon Mountain
Meadow Preserves" to "Oregon
English Holly." These ads rep
resent l-18th of the total ad
vertising space found in the
first section. California has onlv
three firms advertising.
Now read these advertise
ments. You'll find them on
pages 6. 8, 9, 14, 19, 21. 30.
32, and 35 of the first section
and on page 28 of the second.
If they don't show Ingenuity
and initiative I don't know
what does.
It seems to me that the ef
forts of these brave advertisers
of Oregon's native products de
serve an editorial pat on the
back.
Carvel Nelson.
Portland, Dec. 10th.
Those Jap Christmas Lights
To the editor: We Americans
must occupy a paradoxical posi
tion in the minds of the puzzled
Chinese. We send medicines,
food and money to aid their
stricken brethren in areas blast
ed by Japanese bombs and mili
tary aggressors.
Then we turn around and buy
Japanese Christmas tree lights,
paying out good American dol
lars which Japs turn into more
bombs to destroy the medicines,
foods and other good works we
have sent the Chinese.
Cannot we bar Japanese goods
and end this vicious circle on a
grand scale. If we cannot, we
have little room to mention "the
devious Chinaman!"
MRS. C. A. WEIL.
403 Congress, Bend. Ore.
t will not be responsible for bills
contracted by anyone otber than my
self. Harry P. OvetOeek.
Cloalm time e Claasllled Ads
a a. Too Lai so Classify 1240
Kelly's
Comment
From Washlagtoa
Jesse H. Jonea
IckeV Pet Peeve
Private Utilities
Given Warning;
Chloride Plant
Northwest Need
Br John W. KellT
Washington, D. C, Dec. II.
The national capital knows that
a pet peeve of Harold Ickes. sec
retary of the interior, is his fel
low cabineteer, Jesse H. Jones,
secretary of commerce, who also
holds the Job of federal loan
administrator. Mr. Ickes has
criticized Mr. Jones for signing
a contract with Aluminum Com
pany of America by which the
latter builds government plants
at Spokane, Tacoma and Trout
dale to produce aluminum in
gots. Mr. Ickes has been quite
vicious on the subject and his
denunciations have been echoed
by the so-called power bloc In
the house. A few months ago
Mr. Ickes, refused to make a
contract permitting Alcoa to
have kilowatts at its Vancouver
plant, insisting Alcoa is a mo
nopoly (a charge denied by fed-
leral court after a trial of three
years). So much for the back
ground. Someone did some plain talk
ing to Mr. Jones, as head of
RFC, and the other day he
appeared before the house com
mittee on banking and currency
and asked for approval of a bill
sponsored by the chairman of
that committee. Representative
Steagall. This measure author
izes RFC to loan $150,000,000
for the acquisition of private
utilities in the Pacific north
west, Mr. Jones said he favored
the measure because Mr. Ickes
wants the money to buy up the
private companies and meld
them into the government
owned system whose keystones
are Grand Coulee and Bonne
ville. Mr. Jones did not tell the
committee that within the mat
ter of months since summer
he has repeatedly refused to
make loans to permit various
PUDs to acquire the private
companies. Under the Steagall
bill Mr. Jones will have to make
the loans and every private
utility from the Pacific ocean
to the continental divide, in the
Columbia watershed, is put on
notice that the government is
after them.
The banking and currency
committee will. In due time,
make a favorable report on the
measure and, perhaps (but this
Is uncertain) the house will pass
it and later the senate may pass
it. First to be taken over, when
RFC furnishes the money, will
be Puget Sound Light & Power;
later Northwestern and Port
land General Electric.
THERE is another angle to
the northwest power situation.
It was revealed In a speech on
the floor by Rep. Thomas D.
Winter. Republican, of Girard,
Kan. The new deal, said Winter,
borrowed the word "yardstick"
and "power authority" from an
article 14 years ago by a
'professing socialist-communist,
'who outlined the technique
later adopted by the new deal
as a means of planting socialism
on the American economy."
Thls'author is Stephen Raushen-
bush, last year with the bitu
minous coal commission and
now chief of the planning and
research section of the electric
power division of the depart
ment of the Interior, under
Ickes Mr. Winter says that
Raushenbush's associates are
capitalizing the national defense
as a means of socializing the
electric power industry, and
points to Paul J Raver, Bonne
"Hie administrator, who made a
rpeech on the subject in Seattle
ast August.
Said Raver, the generating
capacities of private power sys
tems could be expanded under
federal ownership, but private
utilities have neither the credit
available nor could they obtain
the necessary priorities.
Mr. Winter raised two ques
tions on this statement. Speak
ing for the administration, does
Dr. Raver mean that RFC can
not or will not finance private
companies seeking to expand
power production in the Interest
of national defense? If this is
the case, let It be known quickly
and understood thoroughly with
all the Implications that the
statement Involves. Second ques
tion: Does Dr. Raver, speaking
for the administration, mean
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ lsden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw. tender. In
named bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding vou must like the way It
quickly allara the cough or you are
to have Tour monev back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughi, Chtst Colds, Bronchitis
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that the administration will
deny priorities to private In
dustry seeking to expand plant
production in the interest of
national defense, thus using na
tional defense as an additional
lever to enforce socialistic doc
trines in the name of patriotism
and national defense?
Answer to Mr. Winter's first
question addressed to the house
is the Steagal bill, now support
ed by Jesse Jones and desired
by Harold Ickes and his sub
ordinates, including Raushen
bush and Dr. Raver,
WITH such a lack of chloride
that the paper mills have been
ordered to reduce the quantity
used (resulting in a sickly color
instead of white paper), there
is a movement to bring a new
Chloride plant to the Pacific
northwest. It may be located
at Tacoma or at Portland, ac
cording to report. Another aid
to the pulp industry is the pros
pect of a zinc plant in the area,
using the sulphur byproduct for
the mills. Freighters bringing
sulphur from Texas have been
mostly diverted by the maritime
commission. The chloride plant
will require salt In large quan
tities, available In California
and shipped north.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
(Continued from Page One)
after the Initial discouraging re
sults of their hopeful campaign.
Their slogan is to "give Rommel
to Churchill as a Christmas
present." As the slogan implies,
they hope for decisive action
within the next two weeks.
Their new scheme contem
plates the full help of the navy,
in coordination with land at
tack. The Mediterranean fleet
is being thrown in fully upon
Rommel's line of supplies along
coastal roads back to Bengazi
and even Tripoli.
If the British get Rommel,
Hitler will feel decidedly un
comfortable in those French
African bases, protected largely
by Ill-armed natives and the ex
ceptionally speedly Italians.
e
fNE tax which possibly may
not be collected Is the levy
aimed at more American citi
zens than any other the $5
yearly use tax on autos. It
would hit 30,000,000 car owners
.three times as many people as
pay income taxes.)
The treasury has been (catch
ing Its head, wondering how to
collect such a cumbersome levy.
It has turned over to a private
statistical organization the oner
ous duty of mailing out 30,000,
000 demands, and announced
that certified checks (no others)
will be accepted in payment,
although income taxes may be
paid with any kind of check ex
cept a rubber one.
But the house deficiency sub
committee has been deliberately
looking the other way, every
time the treasury and the bud
get director has demanded a
$4,500,000 appropriation to pay
the cost of collection. The bud
get request was sent up weeks
ago and no action has been
taken. Time is short. First pay
ments for 5-12ths of the year are
due February 1.
Meanwhile a repeal movement
has been started by Rep. Jed
Johnson of Oklahoma. In both
the treasury and congress, there
are apparently a growing num
ber of officials who think this
nuisance tax outstrips all other
now prevailing nuisances in an
noyance value.
Gee aial) mouM want aia
Flight o Time
Medford and Jackson Caanly
History from the fUes of the Mall
Tribune 10 and 20 years ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 11. 1931
(It was Friday)
Senate democrats want to
lower tariff as means to restore
prosperity. President Hoover
urges "non-party plan to speed
return of confidence." Charge
made democratic party plans to
"capitalize depression for polit
ical ends."
Three Leavenworth convicts
escape and barricade selves in
Kansas farm house.
Adolf Hitler, nazl leader.
writes 8,000 word letter to
Chancellor Bruening, taking
him to task for recent attack on
Nazi ism.
Delinquent tax list in state
grows.
Twenty-three high school
football players will receive
letters.
Winter term at Ashland nor
mal to open January 4.
Rain or snow forecast: high
36, low 26 degrees.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 11. 1921
Isle of Yap question settled
with Japan retaining control in
agreement reached with Amer
ica. More rain forecast; high 48.
low 32 degrees.
Election to be held Wednes
day to vote bonds for fairground
buildings.
Valley is again shrouded in
thick mantle of fog.
Ament dam in Rogue river
to be dynamited this week. It
has long been a thorn to fish
ermen. Kansas women maul and beat
miners on strike.
State bonus and loan bill for
soldiers declared valid sup
reme court.
Christmas vacation of city
schools to start next week.
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