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By Arthur Parry
Press dispatches siy, 'Ger
mtn Stuk planes shot down in
Hawaii had German and Japan
ese pilots Japanese boys who
were raised in Honolulu and
trained by the United States.
Then they went back to tight
or Japan." Treachery, plus
Ingratitude. Again, the melting
pot failed to melt
The Rose Bowl game, be
tween OSC and Duke, because
of military necessity, has been
moved to Durham, N. C. They
can now call it the "Bull Pen."
a a a
rietch Fish, the boom-day
tenor of Phoenix, has returned
home from the hospital, fully
recovered from his mishap, and
able to stand up under one of
his own puns.
GOOD WILL CURDLES
(Sheridan, Ore., Sun)
"Now Is the time to trans
plant and plant shade and
fruit trees. It seems tha 800
home locust trees Petersen
gave away to our neighbors
are not doing well. If our
friends had paid for them
they might have been better
cared for. Our school board
cannot or will not take hold
and improve the school yard.
I have tried it alone but It
will not do without a patri
otic school board." (M. Pet
ersen's Writings).
a
Bandit Hitler Is now suffer
ing from a nervous breakdown,
and his doctor has ordered him
to take rest at his hide-out
In tha German hills, say press
reports. The situation on the
Russian front has something to
do with Adolf's illness. If It gets
any worse he will probably
sneak into Switzerland, the only
little nation In Europe, aside
from Sweden, his legions have
not trampled, for refuge. This
time the Teutonie cause of It
all will have to pay. Der
Fuehrer won't be able to spend
the remainder of his days, after
tha big fold-up, peacefully saw
ing wood, a la Kaiser.
a a a
The fair sex running around
In tha nsow in open-toed shoes,
met the situation bravely, by
wearing galoshes, with no aper
ture for the big toe.
Chuck Clay III, accompanied
by Chuck Clay II, is here from
Calif, visiting Chuck Clay I,
who will borrow Mel Hogan's
cotton-batten whiskers and en
act tha rote of S. Claua for the
distinguished little visitor, who
will be three (3) months old.
come next Sunday, the shortest
day of the year.
The esteemed Klamath Falls
Evening Herald has dug up
some significant data on Amer
ican generosity. In 1923 Japan,
now an enemy, was swept by
an earthquake. Death and ruin
laid low that nation.
For relief of the stricken Nip
pon America gave 123,806,-
744 83.
The gangster pals of today
did not strain their pocket
books. Italy contributed $13,000
In rash and $40,000 In supplies.
Germany let loose of 16.270.
This, in the light of the Hono
lulu attack. Is biting a helping
hand with a vengeance.
LIGHTNING LENDS HAND
Whltcford. M d. jP That
"Let George do It" attitude
even goes for lightning. A bolt
sagged down among crew of
men working at quany, and
exploded a dynamite charge In
a truck. One man suffered slight
arm injuries.
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Hitler Is in a Spot
Stalin's propaganda office is so incorrigibly ro
mantic, it took us a long time, to take the reports of
decisive Soviet victories over the Germans as
authentic.
We still keep a barrel of salt handy, but in view of
the recent admissions from Berlin, there is no doubt,
that for the first time since he invaded Poland, Hitler
has at last met with a far reaching, and, PERHAPS
a decisive defeat
VES, discounting the Moscow reports by at least
40, and still there is no denial, the myth of Nazi
invincibility, has at last been completely exploded,
and Hitler is definitely and ignominiously on the run,
along a thousand mile front
Berlin claims that with the abandonment of the
offensive against Leningrad and Moscow for the
winter, their lines have merely been shortened to
better repel fierce Red army attacks.
But in this man's war, no army abandons thousands
of square miles of enemy territory, gained at such
costly sacrifices of blood and treasure, unless com
pelled by superior force to do so.
"THAT familiar alibi just doesn't work.
It is probably true, the Germans were forced to
abandon their offensive because of the weather con
ditions, and tried to dig in for the winter, but it is
equally true, Comrade Stalin, wouldn't let them do it.
It is not unlikely that some German mechanized
and air forces have even been withdrawn from the
Eastern front to strike elsewhere; but that doesn't
alter the fact, that the net result of Hitler's Russian
campaign to date is a defeat, and a defeat that even
the resourceful Dr. Goebbels can't camouflage, or
rub out by deceit
1XHAT the final reckoning may be as far as Russia
""is concerned only the future can disclose.
In this department's view, the Moscow claim the
Germans are not only about to be driven out of Rus
sia, but the Red army will soon be storming the
defenses of Berlin, is as fantastic, as the Nazi alibi,
that the debacle on the eastern front has been nothing
but a strategic retreat
VET, there is no question of this:
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ill Vl V-I liHO Jil V UVb t Wlv UOv ieeVJJJWla CtiiU
his prestige reached a lower ebb, than at any time,
during the 26 months of
tional Soviet recrudescence.
And neither Hitler, nor any other dictator, can
stand for long, a decline like that
So-o-o-
Unless Der Reichsfuehrer pulls another sensational
victory out of the hat and hurries up about it, it's
about a ten to one wager, his goose is cooked.
From fear of the consequences, the German people
might continue to fight But they would certainly
insist upon a change in leadership.
A Revival of Religion?
"God moves In a mysterious way
His wonders to perform."
A little noticed item, in a correspondent's dispatch
from the European conflict, may prove to be of great
significance.
This report was to the effect that there has been a
great and surprising revival of religion, among the
soldiers at the front
When given leave, they are more disposed to
hasten to their churches rather than the brothels,
as was the case in the first
And what is true of the
according to the same sourse, of the civilian rank and
file, there has been a tremendous increase in church
attendance.
This is not only true in England and France, but,
it is claimed, in the Scandinavian countries, and
even, to some extent in Germany and Russia.
.
A CERTAIN skepticism is natural and perhaps
justified, regarding such a sensational transfor
mation, yet if this ghastly war should mark a revival
of religious faith it would conform with a certain
well-established tradition regarding the spiritual de
velopment of the human race.
TOR this development has followed the well known
movement of the pendulum, forward and back,
but always a little farther in advance than retreat
The rise of totalitarianism was accompanied by a
general and extreme reaction against the church, all
kinds and forms of religious worship, as hostile to the
supreme authority of the state. This pagan revolution
moreover was a direct product of the first World war.
.
1THAT more natural then that with the second
World war, the pendulum should start to swing
back again, in the opposite direction, particularly in
view of the incalculable suffering and desperation
and desolation, caused not only in the physical but
the spiritual world, by this second plunge into such a
murderously destructive and widespread conflict?
A FTER all there is a limit to what the genus homo
can endure without help from some force. some
power, outside of and greater, than, himself.
Call that force, that power what one will, it
does, we believe, represent a fundamental craving
and necessity of the human spirit which increases in
direct proportion to the discomfort and undesirability
of his environment
Nearly 8.000 oil-production i In Sweden both employers
workers attended vocational and workers are nationally or
classes In tha 1940-41 icholas- ganlied to bargain collectively
tie year. on a nationwide scale.
war preceding this sensa
World war.
soldiers, is even more true,
Personal Health Service
By William
Sitae, letters pertaining ta personal aealtn ana bvglene. not ta disease
alatnoela ar treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brad; If a stamped eelf
addresaed envelop. Is eneloard. Letters should b. brier and written In Ink.
Owing to tha large number of letters reorlred only a few cao he eniaered
here. N. reply can be made ta eaerlea not conforming to Infraction,
address Dr. WUllara Brad?, tSS El Caroloo. Beverly Hills. Calif.
THE NEWS
A reader sends a clipping
which he says la entirely con
trary to my views. The clipping
is as follows: President Spoke
Hatlass and
Has Cold as
Result Wash
ington Nov. 12
Spl. Pres
ident Roose
velt's refusal
to make a
speech in a hat
yesterday caus
ed his confine
ment in the
White House
today with a
cold. He wore
formal morning attire to the Ar
mistice Day ceremonies at Ar
lington National Cemetary. He
stood bareheaded before the
grave of the Unknown Soldier
and despite the chill autumnal
wind, did not put on his silk
i hat during his speech in the
1 amphitheatre, or until he was
I driving back to the White House.
I Forced today to cancel all en
' gagements. he worked upon pa
pers in his oval studio.
"1 wish the President would-
n't expose himself by doing
! such things," remarked William
D. Hassett, his secretary,
Expose himself to what,
Grandma I mean, Mr. Hassett?
If the President is going to
catch anything he is far more
likely to catch it from one of
his visitors in the White House
ithan he is out In Arlington Cem
etary, Especially from a visitor
who harbors the notion that
chill autumnal winds on the
bared head or a bit of slush on
the shoes will cause any illness,
for the bird with such ideas is
not likely to follow the golden
rule of hygiene when he has a
little. He keeps right on expos
ing everybody unlucky enough
! to come within his conversa
tional spray range until he is
I compelled to give up and go to
bed.
I have never witnessed one
of those interviews the President
has with the press representa
tives from time to time, but if
this item of news fairly repre
sents the attitude of gentlemen
of the press I should advise the
President to require all the cor
respondents who gather round
his desk for such interviews to
wear suitable masks, or else to
wear one himself, or at least
to have a suitable screen set up
to protect him from their con
versational spray. From pictures
(Ooutinued prom Page one)
"it can happen" and that an
air raid by the enemy is a vivid
possibility in that region, for,
it is argued, if the battleships,
bombers and other crnft in
Pearl Harbor were defied by the
Japanese fliers, there would be
less resistance to an assault on
Washington or Oregon.
Statement is made that Ta
coma and Seattle, the Puget
sound region, offers a tempting
objective for enemy bombers,
with all of the shipyards, the
Bremerton navy yard, the air
craft factories as targets. There
has not been a single anti-aircraft
gun available In Seattle,
although there may be a few
with the troops at Fort Lewis,
adjacent to Tacoma.
More than dropping a "token"
bomb In Portland or an egg at
one of the shipyards, the enemy
would probably pass that city,
but the bombers would head up
the Columbia river in an effort
to put the Bonneville dam and
the power facilities out of com
mission; they might attempt to
reach Grand Coulee and wreck
it. Destruction of one or both
of these government-owned pro
jects would cripple the produc
tion of aluminum In plants at
Tacoma, Longview, Vancouver
and Troutdale; would make In
effective the substations at Cov
ington. Chehalis. Longview. Sa
lem. Walla Walla and Astoria
Protection against the In
vaders would come from the in
terceptor group of the army air
corps at Portland. Pendleton.
Spokane and Boise and. pos
sibly, from McChord field,
see
SUCH are the possibilities of
the picture in the racllic north
west as viewed from the na
tional capital, a picture which
has materialized In tha past
week, and It has brought some
I repercussions.
I Thera is talk enlnff around
rt)il
AT 4THE
I that "because of the exposed,
Brady. M. D.
IS FUNNY
of the interviews published in
magazines I infer that some of
the boys are near enough to the
President to pepper him effect
ively if they happen to be com
ing down with anything com
municable. If, as or when the President
gets pneumonia, flu or any other
respiratory infection it wiU not
be on a visit to Arlington, no
matter what the state of the
weather.
QUESTIONS Jr ANSWER
Mouth Breathing
On Just one point t wish to dis
agree with your fins teachings about
breathing. There ara times when It
la necessary to exhale thru the nose,
for In i ta nee in backward movements
In water ballet figures, or In a back
dive, otherwise t heartily egret that
one should always breathe thru the
mouth when In the water.
(Swimming Ooach)
Anawer t do not know why you
make the exception, but there can be
no question that It la a good health
rule to wear a nose dip or gently
plug the noetnis with lamb's wool or
cotton batting (not absorbent or
"medicated" jot ton) before entering
the water, and to breathe entirely
thru the mouth while In the water.
One normally breatbea thru the
mouth and nose during extraordinary
i physical effort, In order to get more
oxygen than Is normally required.
During ordinary quiet breathing and
during sleep one normally wreathes
entirely thru the nose.
Better Food for Better Nutrition
We make hot cakes with 1 cups
whole wheat (ground in our kitchen
mill), handful of coarse yellow com
mean, soybean flour and wheat germ,
and they are much better than white
cakes, we think. (Mrs. W. P. w.)
Answer And much better for nu
trition, I think. On request, if you
Inclose stamped envelope bearing
your address. I'll send a pamphlet
"Wheat to Eat" which glvee prac
tical suggestions and recipes for the
dslly use of plain wheat in tha fam
ily dietary.
End of stupidity
Thanks a lot for recommending Dr.
. A few palnleea treatments and
my piles, of 30 years' standtib. are
gone. Treatments caused no discom
fort and no loss of time from work
It la Indeed stupid to suffer from
piles but I Just didn't know there
waa any alternative for operation
and confinement In hospital.
(N. A. B.)
Answer On request, if you provide
a stamped envelope bearing your ad
dress. Ill send the pamohlet "It Is
Stupid to Suffer Prom Plies".
(Copyright 1941, John F. nolle Co.)
Cd. Note: Persona wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D- 265 El
Camlno, Beverly Ifllte, Calif.
position of that part of the
country" it may be advisable
to discontinue the contemplated
construction of aluminum plants
at Tacoma, Troutdale and Spo
kane, although the Spokane lo
cation is considered safest.
The board of strategy has a
rule (applied, so far as known,
only In the Columbia river area)
that no industry making war
supplies shall be located nearer
than 200 miles from the Pacific
or Atlantic oceans or gulf of
Mexico; nor nearer than 200
miles from the British Colum
bia or Mexican border. This
rule has been disregarded. It
does not apply to Seattle, San
Francisco, Los Angeles or San
Diego, nor to gulf cities In
Texas, nor to the Atlantic coast,
where the big powder plants,
the synthetic rubber plants and
shell-loading plants are located.
As the "talk" continues, the
several agencies interested in fi
nancing governmen t-owned
plants in the Columbia area are
discussing whether it is wise to
proceed with plans approved be
fore the Pearl Harbor attack
because of the enemy may
sweep in and blow Bonneville
dam out of the river. Cheap and
abundant power Is required for
the making of aluminum ingots.
An additional dam for TVA at
Douglas has been refused an ap
propriation. This dam would
generate 70.000 kilowktts. or
only 10,000 more than Reynolds
Metals company Is using at the
Longview installation alone.
The proposed aluminum plants
may not be upset, but they are
the subject of conversation.
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
(VP) Soldiers with a practical
turn of mind have developed a
new sport at Fort Leonard
Wood. Instructed to smash emp
ty tin cans to eliminate breeding
places for mosquitoes, the troop
ers are decorating the cans with
pictures of Hitler and smashing
them with glee.
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In The
Day's
News
By FRANK JENKINS
PORTLAND. Late Tuesday
evening. Pouring rain.
This writer has sat all day In
a meeting of the state defense
council and county defense co
ordinators. One of the subjects
discussed was the havoc Jap air
men may be able to work next
summer in the forests of the
Pacific coast with incendiary
bombs and what to do about it.
With this topic before us, the
rain slanting steadily against
the windows was by no means
unpleasant.
"VTHER subjects considered
were air raids, blackouts, in
cendiary and demolition bombs
dropped on cities and how to
handle them, evacuations and
the consequent jamming of
highways and how to avoid it,
civilian disaster relief, etc.
Not a pleasant list. Anyone
suggesting two weeks ago that
a meeting be held to consider
what Oregon people should do
in the fact of such things would
have been called up before a
board of sanity examiners.
Such is the world we live in
today.
"TPHERE was no hysteria. No
excitement. No evidence
whatever of fear. Just quiet, de
termined, intelligent planning to
meet an emergency that has
arisen.
In order to get Into the meetr
ing, we had to identify ourselves
and get passes to be presented
at the door to a grim-looking
state policeman. And turned in
to him when we left the idea
being to keep out enemy snoop
ers. Someway this writer couldn't
get away from the thought that
if an accurate report of that
meeting in Oregon's capitol
building, with its calm, matter-of-fact
consideration of the
emergency that has arisen so
suddenly, could be carried to
Hitler and Mussolini and the
Japanese militarists, good rather
than harm might come of it.
People who are able to go
about meeting threatened ter
rors in that quiet, unfrightened
way are going to be a tough
breed to deal with.
4
ANOTHER thought kept
thrusting itself into this
writer's mind.
Most of these men and women
have sons or nephews or other
close relatives in the armed
forces of the United States.
They are secretly GLAD to be
SHARING the dangers of war,
rather than staying safely be
hind, as was once the case.
These modern gangsters who
seek by dropping hell from the
skies upon the non-combatant
populations are POOR PSY
CHOLOGISTS. Instead of break
ing the morale of the people at
home by air raids they forge
in their minds and hearts the
grim purpose to fight on FOR
EVER if need be, to rid the
world of such monsters.
ROSS Mclntyre, of Portland,
chairman 6f the state de
fense council, put the purpose
of today's meeting admirably.
"When you go on shipboard,"
he said, "and are given a life
belt and told how to put it on
and are assigned to your life
boat, you don't get panicky and
expect the ship to sink. You are
merely preparing intelligently
for something that MIGHT hap
pen. "We hope these things we are
planning to meet and handle
may not come to Oregon and the
Pacific coast, but if they do we
must be READY to meet them."
THESE Oregon men and wom
en spoke calmly of mass
evacuation of towns and citiei
and what to do with the evacu
ated people. They listened to
plans for designation of MILI
TARY highways for the move
ment of troops and talked of
ways to keep civilians OFF
these highways so that vital
troop movements might not be
fatally impeded, as happened in
France. They talked of black
outs and how to make them
complete without loss of time.
And aU the other grim topics
that have been listed here.
In modern war, the job of the
civilian Is as definite and as
necessary as the job of the
soldier. And nearly as danger-ous.
ALWAYS 0LT IX MOM!
CVirlonf plaTT filh(. saVtr(. fc'ftftfs.ntnf-
n dm but (her n kautl on drirait aim. CHut
kiir)'iaw.tK eir. foldcn. qrArli drrtn letton
ew4t artt voa ttt krtnf tlm toft, MnootK mnJi
lodaf, frt ChautibrrUtn I
But it at n
Lamler
ains
litis
ettea.
Every civilian present today I
accepted that fact without
flinching.
CARL RILEY, mayor of Port- .
" land, put the immediate need
clearly and well.
"Our job right now." he said,
"is to get business back into it
normal channels and to get peo
ple back to living their normal
lives with this exception that
they are prepared and ready on
ten minutes notice for ANY
THING THAT MAY HAPPEN."
The civilian's job Is to see to
it that the life of the nation goes
on, no matter what happens.
Only thus can we give adequate
backing to the men of the armed
services.
That was the theme of today's
meeting, and the quiet, courage
ous, whole-hearted acceptance
of it was a heartening thing to
see.
The people of this country
have what it takes.
RAZED BY QUAKE
Tokyo, Dec. 17. (Official Ra
dio received by AP) One hun
dred and ninety persons were
killed and 164 injured this
morning In an earthquake in
southern Formosa, the overseas
affairs ministry announced to
day. A total of 612 houses were
razed and there was some dam
age to railways and other com
munications, the ministry added.
It said the principal damage to
communications was expected to
be repaired during the day.
New York. Dec. 17. (JP) "A
major earthquake is again re-
norted from Atrn Ttirlr.v '
said the Paris radio in a dis
patch heard today by NBC.
"Considerable rinmncra ( mnlA in
have been caused but details are
not as yet on hand."
PSYCHOLOGY VETOED
Mount Hollv. Pa ftTPl At
a board meeting to discuss
means oi slowing traffic and re
ducing accidents in Burlington
county. Freeholder LeRoy
Church tossed off a bit of real,
aged-in-the-wood, down-to-earth
psychology. Church recommend
ed the posting of signs reading
"Free Beer, Stop Here" at dan
gerous intersections. An unap
preclative board settled for the
usual "Dangerous Crossing"
legend.
GET REPORT CARDS
Fort Dix, N. J. (UP) Par
ents of the 393 enlisted men of
the 44th division's new anti-tank
battalion are receiving "report
cards" concerning the activities
of their sons. Lieut.-Col. John
Lemp, battalion commander, has
disclosed that he dispatches let
ters to his men's next of kin,
reporting on their "promising"
or "satisfactory" performances.
HIGH CLASS JALOPPY
Denton, Md. (P) Two high
school brothers took an old
washing machine motor and
turned it into transnnrtatlnn
l.i style. Daniel and Oscar
Wuerstlln built a miniature
automobile, seven feet long, and
complete even to horn, rear
view mirror, and license plates.
They say the bus will da l.s
miles an hour, and get 60 miles
to a quart of gas the tank's
capacity.
MORE PASSEKCERS.
Washington Bns companies
reporting in 1840 to the inter
state commerce commission
showed an increase of i7 per
cent over 1939 In the number of
passengers carried.
Cat elan Tribune want aM.
3 tor 2 SPECIAL
POSITIVELY ENDS
Saturday Night, Dec. 20!
Three Plain Dresses . . $2.00
Three Suits $2.00
Three Overcoats . . $2.00
or mix them up in any combi
nation, as: One Dress, one
Suit, and one Overcoat, $2.00
S3 Dry Cleaning Value S2
Medford Domestic Laundry
and
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Phone 2166 or 2167
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackfon Comity
HUtory from the files of the Mall
Tribune 10 and to years ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 17. 1931
Ot Was Thursday)
Financial record of F. H. Roo
sevelt, Democratic Presidential
possibility, as Governor of New
York under fire.
Local "big shot' chicken thief
Is bound over to grand jury.
Charges made in congress Ger
many is hiding her reserves to
get world debt moratorium.
T)i-v affnt ..ta lnarl nt ViiIm
cheer on Pacific highway near
Central Point.
Cooler weather Is predicted.
High 42, Low 3 2 -degrees.
First 1932 auto licenses ap
pear in city. Many declare they
are too poor to buy them, due
to depression.
Wind and rain sweep upstate.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 17. 1921
Ot Was Thursday)
Civil war threatened in Ire
land.'
Four Inches of snow fall at
Salem.
Special session of the legis
lature called to consider enact
ment of a bill to levy $3,000,
000 for world's fair in Portland
in 192S.
Probable snow predicted. A
trace fell in the city early today.
France will accept America's
plan for naval reduction.
Present cold spell not doing
the fruit trees any harm or
chard ista say.
Mayor Gates leaves to attend
special session of legislation at
Salem.
Communications
Thanks From Community Chest
To the editor: May we extend
to you and your valuable paper
our sincere thanks for the gen
erous space donated in your
paper for publicity purposes
during the recent Community
Chest campaign. The space given
aided greatly In bringing the
chest needs to the attention of
the public, and again we thank
you.
Medford Community Chest,
By R. E. Sweeney, sec.
Dec. 16th.
Denies Reservoir Lights On
To the editor:
Mrs. L. S. Lehman, Rt 4.
Box 58B saying the city reser
voirs were lit up like Christ
mas trees during blackouts.
That's not true. I happen to be
the wife of the caretaker here
and if every one was as honest
as he is, things would go better.
He has been here for over 30
years working for the city and
we stayed up 'till 12:30 and
turned out the reservoir lights
at 11:30 and 12:30 and no lights
were turned on after that be
cause we turn them off inside
the house and they cannot be
tampered with after we turn
them out.
Mrs. Lehman, I was good and
mad at you.
Mrs. John Peterson,
City Reservoir,
1321 Capital Ave,
Medford, Ore.
P. S.: She must of saw Jap
mirage.
Play centers, equipped with
occupational and constructional
toys and nursery furniture, have
been installed in London's air
raid shelters.
CLEANERS
30 No. Riverside
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