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though treacherous part In
the Japanese attack on Hawaii.
Only In Norway waa their be
trayal more complete, Secretary
of the Navy Knox reports. And
for years, America has been
sending misslonariea and scrap
iron to the Land of the Rising
Sun.
Folsora prison In California
plans a public speaking class
for Inmates, who will hold de
bates with outside teams. First
they will learn to say, "Ladles
and Gentlemen," Instead of
"Gentlemen of the Jury.'
Fire chiefs of the Northwest
have started issuing the annual
warning against lighting the
Christmas tree candles too close
to Santa Claus' wmsners.
Retention of the 40-hour
week for defens workers dur
ing the war, brought forth
crisp, curt comment from edi
torial typewriters. They note
soldiers, sailors, and marines In
the Far Pacific are fighting on a
188-hour week, and no overtime
pay.
Ona of tha Older Girla an
nounces a house-fly showed up
In her kitchen Mon. It looked
so lonesome, she did not have
the heart to swat It.
Members of tha Kodlak, Alas
ka, Rotary club have made
vows to let their beards grow
until Nippon is defeated. This
Is a fine, rugged, rigorous out
burst of patriotism, but it looks
like the home-folks would suf
fer more than the foe.
SPIRIT Or THE TIMES
(Pendleton East Oregonlan)
TOR SALE Nails Place.
The best little business in
town. Yours for $7,000.00
going after a Jap."
Snow, alleged by poets to be
"beautiful," came this am. ap
parently in answer to tha pleas
of the Older Girls for a "white
Christmas." An Inch of tha stuff
in these parts Is worse than all
that fell, that tough winter at
Valley Forge in Revolution
ary days. It should only
fall In the hills and In Russia,
where It Is appreciated, end can
do some good.
From many cities come word
America's entry Into the war is
dimming interest in Santa
Claus, and the public is thinking
more of Hitler than the good
St Nick. There will always be
a Santa Claus, and tha way
things are shaping up on many
fronts, the No. 1 enemy of man
kind won't last until mid-summer,
let alone until Christmas
1942. Der Fuehrer is not even
worth the hate that is wasted
on him.
Autolsts are now permitted
to put new license plates on
their new cars, or their old
ones.
Old Marshal retain of the
Vlrhy regime of France Is again
reported out of patience with
the Nazis. Tills Is a first-class
sign the Marshal Is going to do
what they tell him to do, and
blame England for It.
L. C. Taylor sported a birth
day Sun. He Is 20 years older,
or 10 years younger than he
claims to be. And, besides, it's
none of your business.
Eugene, Ore., Dec. 18. (IP)
Struck by a snapped cable, Roy
Withrow Cheshire was killed at
the Brown logging company
west of bexa yesterday.
"It's the
TXELL, well, history DOES repeat itself 1
The present scribe well remembers a couple of
decades ago, when Medford awoke to a new world,
a world of ice and snow, as it did today.
An unusual and a beautiful world, but at that
time, there were certain serious flies in the amber.
IN the first place the telephone and telegraph wires
broke down, which not only cut off the housewife,
but the Mail Tribune from all outside communication.
(Yes, that was a pretty slim paper, 20 years
ago!)
Then all the power lines crashed, causing cross
circuit fires, putting out lights and cutting off a large
share of the residence heat of that day.
As a result many houses, particularly in the val
ley and suburbs were closed up and the shivering oc
cupants hied themselves to the nearest functioning
hostelry.
THE next night it cleared and the mercury did a
nose dive, unprecedented in all southern Oregon
history. How many degrees below zero we don't re
call, but enough to freeze unprotected car radiators
and house pipes solid.
The plumbers had a field day but no one else
didl
IT doesn't look, at the present writing, as though
there would be such a heavy snowfall this time, but
it certainly comes next to that of the famous blizzard
of the long, long ago.
It is to be hoped, however, our respected public
utilities are in better shape to stand a white Christmas
this year than they were the year following the first
World War.
Some progress should have been made, in two
decades!
The U. S. A.
THE general sigh of relief following the announce-
ment of U. S. losses in the sneak attack on Hawaii,
clearly demonstrates the value of giving the people
the truth, in this man's war, (Modified, of course, by
military expediency and transmission of valuable in
formation to the enemy.)
The first official U.
the losses had been severe, but only the capsizing of
one ancient warship was acknowledged, with many
other ships damaged, and the total death list was
placed at 1500.
PVERYONE knew the government was withholding
" the truth.
As a result the public imagination was allowed
full rein, and before the official statement by Secre
tary Knox yesterday, nine out of ten citizens believed
the U. S. Pacific fleet had really been knocked out,
and as a result, a Jap invasion along the Pacific coast
might be expected at any moment.
IN other words, withholding the facts, instead of pre-
venting alarm and boosting morale, had exactly
the opposite result, increased the former and im
paired the latter, which in the opinion of this depart
ment it will do nine times out of ten, with a democ
racy like this where literacy and intelligence are high.
The secretary's frankness in granting somebody
erred, for the U. S. command was not "on the alert",
is also highly commendable.
THAT is the way to run a war in a country like this,
just as it is the way the war in England is conduct
ed. The Roosevelt administration has started out in
the shooting phase of world war No. 2, on the right
foot.
Here is honing, that regardless of what the fu
ture may contain, this realistic, honest and courag
eous policy is continued !
How
portion of Secretary Knox's statement, how-
ever is somewhat puzzling.
"The entire Pacific fleet", he declared, "with its
battleships, aircraft carriers, its light cruisrs, destroy
ers and submarines are uninjured and are all at sea
seeking contact with the enemy."
If that is correct, then why are the U. S. bases
and possessions left unprotected as far as the fleet
is concerned?
If the Philippines, Wake, Midway and Guam,
were worth holding and fortifying, aren't they worth
defending, with every resource at the government's
command?
BUT if the current wire reports are correct, the Pa
cific fleet is making no effort to reinforce or re
lieve any of these vital posts in our Pacific defense
set up.
These points are all left to defend themselves,
against Jap invaders, which with the exception of the
Philippines, outnumber the U. S. defenders from two
to one to ten to one.
There must be some good reason for this. But we
have an idea, this department's incomprehension
is shared by a large majority of the American people,
and it might be wise for the navy department to en
lighten them.
VAVES BATTER JHIP
Astoria, Dec. 18. (P) Wives
battered the wrecked .it.on
steamer Mauna Ala into the
sands of Clatsop spit today. The
bow and stern had been washed
73 feet apart Hundreds of i
if
Can "Take" It
S. announcement admitted
Come?
beachcombers carried away car
go and parts of wreckage.
Among the prizes were hun
dreds of Christmas trees.
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Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters pertaining to personal healtb and hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Bred? If a stamped eelf
eddreued envelope Is enelosed. Letters shoold be brief and written la Ink.
Owing to the Urge n amber of letters received on It a few can he answered
her. No reply ean be made to queries not conforming to Instructions.
Address Dr. William Brady, gu El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
SO THERE IS AN ANTI -
In nutritional research and,
animal experimentation it hasj
been recognized for a long I
time that some entity or factor'
in the vitamin
B complex pre
vents the hair
of animals
from turning
gray prema
turely. Wheth
er this anti
gray factor is
essential for
the same pur
pose in human
nutrition has;
been left in j
the field ' of i
conjecture
until
the present
time.
Now the Identity of the anti-gray-hair
factor has been estab
lished. It is para-amlno-benzoic
acid. This has been used for
many years as a base for mak
ing the local anesthetic novo
caine and for making toluene
for the manufacture of the ex
plosive TNT (tri-ni-tro-toluene).
Altho chemically Identified, it
is not yet available in a form
pure enough for safe use for
restoring the original normal
color to hair that is turning or
has turned gray.
Para-amlno-benzoic acid is a
synthetic, that is, it is artificially
produced by the manufacturing
chemist. Like other synthetic
vitamins, such as thiamin (arti
ficial Bl) and carotent (synthetic
or artificial vitamin A), it is
probably less effective in human
nutrition than the natural vita
min is. At any rate, in my Judg
ment, it is always better to take
the entire natural vitamin B
complex than It is to take Just
synthetic pure thiamin (Bl), for
Instance, no matter what the
indication for the Isolated Bl
may be. It Is well recognized
today that natural vitamin A is
more effective than synthetic
carotene in any circumstance.
So If your hair Is turning
gray, Maggie, the advice of Or
Doc Brady who wouldn't mind
having a mop of gray hair on
top or any other shade, for
that matter is that you treat
yourself to, say, a couple of
vitamin B complex capsules
daily, or about six vitamin B
complex tables daily all at one
gulp or divided Into two or three
daily feedings with meals, as
you prefer to supplement your
diet. You, too, John.
Along with your dally ration
of natural vitamin B complex
you had better take the Iodin
Ration too. Long before the
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the navy was caught flatfooted;
found the air force grounded
and the pilots asleep. And con
gress wants to know why.
e e e
FROM Dutch Harbor, in the
Aleutian Islands, the navy drew
a line to Honolulu; said It would
be impossible for an enemy to
reach the northwest coast
through that barrier. This was
one of the reasons the navy
fought development of Tongue
Point, declared It unnecessary;
neglected entrance to Puget
sound. The Pacific fleet expect
ed the Japanese to strike at the
Philippines as one of the first
acts of war; could not conceive
of the little brown men having
the effontery to bomb the great
Pearl Harbor base.
From the dissatisfaction of
western congressmen, It appears
that a court martial will be
held, unless pressure Is exerted
to prevent It. The criticism also
Includes the navy Intelligence
system. Congressmen are Inquir
ing how the Japanese consumed
a week in traversing the sea to
Hawaii on their mission of de
struction without some agent of
navy Intelligence learning of the
undercover plan and relaying
the information to those In com
mand at Prarl Harbor.
a e
NO senator from Washington
and only one from Oregon voted
for the declaration of war
against Japan, Senator Bone is
In Florida and did not attempt
to return. Senator Wallgren was
on the west coast, as was Sena
tor Holman of Oregon, and they
raced to Washington as fast as
weather conditions would per
mit. From Chicago they tele
graphed Senator McNary to
hold up the vote until they
could arrive. A poiice escort
waited at the airport for them,
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CRAY - HAIR VITAMIN?
anti-gray-halr factor was heard
of, correspondents taking the
Iodln Ration (to keep from go
ing stale or from losing Interest
and capacity to enjoy life) re
ported now and then that their
gray or graying hair seemed to
regain its natural color. As I
said, all I know .about this is
what these correspondents tell
me. But in any case the Iodin
Ration can do no harm, and on
request, if you inclose stamped
envelope bearing your address.
I'll send Instructions for Taking
an Iodin Ration right out of
the same vial from which you
pour tincture of iodine on
scratch, abrasion or wound as
first aid disinfection, and with
complete nonchalance In regard
to that POISON label the droll
drug law requires on every vial
of tincture of iodine sold by
the druggist. It seems that some
eminent medical man long ago
pronounced iodine poisonous,
and altho no one is ever fatally
poisoned by Iodine, the author
ities are strict about labelling
It "POISON" the same author
ities who indulgently permit
indiscriminate sale and even
Indiscriminate distribution in
samples of concoctions contain
ing such deadly poison as strych
nine and the like without a
word or hint on the label In
regard to the peril to children
who may get hold of the "medi
cine." QUESTIONS 4, ANMVFKS
What, Consult a Physlclanf
la It advisable to are a doctor when
there Is pua coming from one breast?
(L. E. O.)
Answer Yes.
sh-h-h-th! The Preacher Mar
Heat
What la a good cure for yawning?
It annoya me most when coming out
from church eernce and driving home
after a aermon. I Just can't control
my desire to yawn. (Mrs. W. A. A.)
Answer Frpxh mr mil .var.tM w
ho, for once the Toung Snip, who
amy inn is my laionw cure-au, can t
find fault with the prescription. Try
walklne home instead rr ,Min,
walk to church, shop, sc tool, office
or ciud instcaa or tiding.
Small Order
Please tell me thru your column
how to doctor arthritis. Havo It In
my hands and arms. (Mrs. E. M. p.
Answer Sei.d StamnMl .nwlnn.
hearing yo- addreu, and ask for
uiiimiB loiaer. ur inclose ten
cents with your stamped aflf
addresaed envelope, for booklet "The
Ills Called Rheumatism."
(Copyright 1841, John P. Wile Co.)
M. Note: Persons wishing fo
rommunlrate with Dr. Brady
honld send letter direct to nr.
William Brady. M. D, ?.m El
Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
but by the time they reached
the capitol the senate had voted
and adjourned; the senate was
anxious to beat the house to
passage of the declaration. Also
too late to answer roll call In
the house was Representative
Jackson of Washington and Rep
resentative White of Idaho. Sen
ator John Thomas of Idaho tele
graphed McNary that he could
not leave his home: he was
heading a group of men trying
to find the body of a relative
who had drowned.
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SPAB is outlining a program
by which during the next two
years there will be spent four
billion dollars a month. It Is
proposed to double the present
appropriations of 67 billion dol
lars and speed all production
on a 24-hour basis. Believing
that strikes will be suspended
by labor leaders now that war
actually exists, the senate will
pass a very mild anti-strike
measure. If it does not shelve
the matter.
Under SPAB plan many sacri
fices will be called for from civ
ilians. The restrictions on mater
ials for heavy consumer goods
will be Increased, and a propos
al to save small Industries by
making an allocation of two per
cent of supplies (supposed to be
sufficient to keep them opera
ting) is receiving attention. Reg
ulations for the acquisition of
property, such as machinery,
raw materials and other facili
ties, have been drawn up and
submitted to SPAB. By this
means SPAB expects to increase
production of war goods to at
least 50 per cent sometime In
1942. This would double present
productive capacity on war sup
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Portable Field Is Seen As
Way To Keep Air Force
Up With Motorized Units.
By Jack Stinnett
Washington It takes weeks
to build an ordinary all-weather
airport, even working large
crews night and day. But army
air corps officers in Washington,
on the basis of experiments they
have just witnessed in North
Carolina, are talking about
building all-weather ports in
two days that will take every
thing from a 65 horsepower
grasshopper to a 5,000 horse
power B-24.
This Is not an accomplished
fact yet but it's on its way. In
North Carolina, the army avia
tion engineers recently put down
their first portable landing field
in 11 days.
It was the so-called Marston
mat more than a thousand tons
of perforated steel plates, 10
feet long, 15 inches wide, and
an eighth of an inch thick, that
lock together into a solid run
way, 150 feet wide and 3,000
feet long.
Land Everything
In the following days and
nights, in rain, shine and inky
darkness, army pilots took off
and landed practically every
type of plane the army uses on
that runway and walked off
singing its praises.
The same engineers that laid
that runway are saying now
that in time they will have one
of equal strength and size that
will weigh less than 400 tons
and can be laid on fairly level
terrain In two days.
Is it any wonder that MaJ.
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of
the army air force, finished his
inspection with the enthusiastic
declaration that it is "the year's
greatest achievement in avia
tion." Praise by Pilots
The pilots who took off and
landed on the mat had this to
say: that it was less slippery in
wet weather than the surfacing
used on permanent airport run
ways; that because of the 2V4
inch perforations, the brakes
took hold much more quickly;
and that there is less wear on
rubber tires.
The advantages of such a port
able, rapid-construction airfield
hardly need explaining. The
conception of an air force oper-
' ating In all kinds of weather
is as new as this war. That
means solid surface landing
areas. It is no trouble for a
plane to keep up with mechan
ized divisions operating at great
speed but until the portable
landing field appeared, there
was no solution to the problem
of keeping all-weather airfields
close enough to the rapidly
moving lines to operate with
maximum effect against enemy
air operations from established
ports.
One air observer here says
that If the Nazis had had such
movable airfields in Russia, the
story of their advance might
i have been far different. He
I points to the report that even
though they captured one air
port after another in Holland,
Belgium and France, their need
for others to keep up with the
rapid advance led them to try
roping off strips of highway and
using these for emergency land
ing fields. This plan had to be
abandoned as unsuccessful but
it demonstrated one flaw in an
almost perfect military machine.
Hunt R. G. A. F. Plane
After Plunge in Bay
Nanalmo, B. C, Dec. 16.
(CP) Royal Canadian air force
officials and provincial police
today resumed an intensive
search of Nanoose bay, about
15 miles north of Nanaimo, In
the hopes of finding some trace
of an R.C.A.F. plane which
crashed and sank there last
night after developing engine
trouble.
The machine was seen by res
idents along the shore of the
bay as It attempted to land on
the rough water. They raid it
touched the water once but gave
three hops and rose again. Then
It settled back into the water
and a few minutes later turned
over and sank.
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GIRL WORKERS IN
DEFENSE PROGRAM
Des Moines, la. (U.f? Girls
can tear down an automobile
engine, handle a lathe or spot
welder with the best of men and
there should be a place for them
In America's booming defense
industries.
That's the opinion of foremen
and supervisors in the national
youth administration's metal
and wood-working shops here,
where more than 500 girls have
laid aside dresses and aprons
for coveralls and slacks to work
with machines instead of dish
pans. Girls have been pouring into
shops in Iowa so fast since the
program of mechanical training
for girls was launched eight
months ago, that NYA statistic
ians haven't been able to keep
count.
In the Des Moines and Clin
ton shops, each of which have
nearly $60,000 worth of drills,
presses, shapers, welders and
pattern-making equipment, the
girls haven't been the least
queasy about grease and grime,
foremen report. The fact that
fingcr-nall polish won't stay on
in a machine shop doesn't seem
to bother them at all.
They are working right along
side the boys in overhauling
state automobiles, making street
and road signs, steel lockers and
ornamental ironwork for state
parks.
MOTHER REJOICES
Seattle, Dec. 16. P) Mrs.
Herbert Ross Hein rejoiced to
day over the kind of telegram
for which every "Pearl Harbor
mother" had prayed. She had
been notified officially of the
death of her son, Ensign Doug
las Hein, in the Japanese bomb
ing of Hawaii December 7. She
was notified yesterday that he
was only wounded in action.
THE PERFECT MAN
Seattle, Dec. 16. (IP) The
marines laid claim today to "the
perfect man". Donald Daniels,
25, handsome Seattle truck driv
er, was to be Inducted after an
examination that failed to show
a physical defect, not even so
much as a filled tooth.
Watchman Forgets
Mattoon, III. UP William
Sparks, watchman at a railroad
crossing here, for years, posted
a sign "No Watchman on Duty"
as his last official act before
leaving for home at the end of
the day. Late one night f car
moved Into the path of a slow
moving locomotive at the cross
ing and suffered considerable
damage. Sparks was the driver
of the car.
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Tribune 10 and to yeara ato.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 16. 1931
(It was Wednesday)
Republican leaders in senate
declare "the only brain throb
possessed by Democratic heads
is to put the country on a dole,"
and "their only program criti
cism of President Hoover."
Continued cold with rain or
sn. w predicted. High 40, low 23
degrees.
Crops value this year far be
low 1931, statistics show.
Early hearing for Fehl libel
suit seen.
Another candidate for sheriff
shows up, bringing the grand
total to 13.
Medford high football team is
awarded title trophy.
Heavy snow falls at Fish Lake,
cheering irrlgatlonists.
Council holds final meeting of
year.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 16, 1921
(It was Friday)
Secretary of War Weeks pro
posed in event war comes again,
money and industry be drafted,
as well as men.
College students return home
for the Yule holidays. Christmas
mail shows big increase.
Man arrested in Warsaw,
Poland, as man who financed
Wall Street bomb plot.
The scent of gas was strong
at the Trigonia oil well today,
when drilling was resumed.
France desires "only to protect
her prestige and honor" in firm
stand against Germany's plea for
financial aid. j
Pitched battle rages in Belfast
over peace agreement with England.
MONE ON TROOP TRAIN
INJURED IN SMASHUP
Napavine, Wash., Dec. 16.
UP) A Northern Pacific express
train that ploughed into an
army troop train north of here
yesterday afternoon rlerallod
two carloads of troops without
injuring anyone and only slight
ly damaged the locomotive and
cars.
The army train was leaving a
siding as it was hit by the ex
press which was Just picking up
speed, the chief dispatcher's of
fice in Tacoma reported.
MILK BOARD PONDERS
Salem, Dec. 16. (P) The
state milk control board, after
holding a hearing here yester-
day, said it would announce
about January 1 Its decision
whether to grant dairymen's
pleas for a milk price Increase
in the Salem area from 12 to
14 cents a quart.
CRASH KILLS TWO
Lebanon, Ore., Dec. 16. UP)
Head-on collision of an auto
mobile and a logging truck kill
ed two persons on the South
Santiam highway near here y.es
terday. They were Wallace Pet
erson, 21, and Mrs. Vera Ed
wards, 37, passengers In the au
tomobile. Both resided in Lebanon.
CRASH KILLS CLERIC
American Falls, Idaho, Dec.
16. (P) I n J u r I e s received
when his automobile overturn
ed here yesterday resulted in
the death of the Rt. Rev. Fred- i' i
erick D. Bartlett of Boise, bishop s
of the Episcopal church mis
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