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s (-ion. will show ud in cer-
on Thurs. per schedule. Alder
man Tom Bradley had the
mayor out to the Elks doing! on
the 18th, and expect! to find a
load of wood In hii stocking.
The hordes of Hitler are run
ning from the Russian hosts.
There has not been so much
local interest in running since
Racln' Ray Johnson of the H. S.
broke the state record for the
440.
The Older Girls are all sure
glad the holiday rush is about
over. They have been so busy
they had no time to swat stray
housef lies between Thanksgiving
and Christmas.
Ginger Rogers, the film queen,
shipped near an express car full
of valley pears to friends
throughout the nation the past
week.
Air raid patrol shelters have
been set up. In case of an
emergency a pedestrian can duck
into one of them without per
mission, if he is fleeing from a
speed Idiot.
A dab of snow fell Tues. but
vanished before It developed in
to a civic aggravation. Most of
the bald-headed peak. are wear
ing a mantle of white. The first
of the wk. the wind whistled
merrily, but no particular tune.
Chuck Clay of some place in
Calif, is up visiting his boy's
grandpaw, who is hive of
pride.
There was some fog last week.
One day it was as thick as forest
fire smoko In August
U, Flewhor the demon baker,
and liol Hogan have their cotton-batten
whiskers all combed
and curled for their YuleUde Im
personations of Kris Kringla.
TTnrr nitler of Germany and
Slgnor Mussolini of Italy are still
the targets of much cordial hat
ing hereabouts. Several have
relaxed and eased their haters
by getting mad at Satan and the
power barons, like they use to.
Hogkllllng Is scheduled to
start on the Applegate right af
ter the Yuletide when the moon
will be right. Several have their
faces fixed for pig backbones.
This Is the shortest day of the
year, and the birthday of Atty.
G. Codding. Learned counsel
refused to divulge his age, on
the ground It was lrrevelant. Im
material, and might give away
a military secret to the enemy.
The state is getting ready to
collect a tax on cigarettes. An
other little tax is Just another
little tax and won't do any harm
to chewers and pipe smokers.
Common colds are quite com
mon and not popular.
The H. S. bb. team cavorted
In a Jamboree Fri. night and
have prospects.
PORTLAND LEADS NATION
Washington, Dec. 20. W)
The navy said today its recruit
ing station at Portland. Ore , led
the nation In its ratio of enlist
ments since July 1.
NAZFSHIPPINO HIT
Moscow, Dec. 20. - The
Moscow tadlo announced today
that a Russian submarine had
sunk three German transports,
totaling 25,500 tons, in the
Arctic.
San Francisco, Dec. 20. (AP-USDAV-
Butter, 82 score 36c
91 score 35c; 00 score 33 Vic;
89 score 32Hc.
On llau rrioune ftut Ma. .
Will it Be a Long War?
For the first time since World War No. 2 started,
the Allies and the Axis are agreed on an important
point, namely: - - -
This will be a long war. -
With Dr, Goebbels declaring blitzes are over,
reverses are to be expected, and victory is not yet
in sight, the verdict becomes UNANIMOUS.
Only a few days ago President Roosevelt told
his press conference, there was no reasonable
chance of a quick triumph. This has been the view
of England and Russia for many months.
CO but for one fact, everyone might relax, and pro-
ceed to become permanently adjusted to the
inevitability of a protracted drawn-out conflict '
That one fact is this:
From the first, this war has been one of upsets.
Not a single prediction concerning it, particularly
from the Bo-called experts, has been borne out by
subsequent events. It has been a war of surprises
from first to last.
'THE unanimity of this "long war" opinion, there-
fore, is suspicious. It suggests ANOTHER ex
pert pronouncement may be due for a swift kick in
the seat of the pants. . ;.
Moreover, certain elements in the world situation
support such a hypothesis. .
And element No. I, is the undeniable fact that
the admission of a long war from Germany, is far
more damaging to the Axis cause, than a similar pro
nouncement coming from the Allies.
TOR from the first, as everyone knows, the allies
have been the underdogs.
From the outset they could see. nothing ahead
but a long hard struggle, with any sort of decisive
victory often in doubt.
In fact at the time of Dunkirk, it looked to the
hard pressed rank and file of Britain,. that nothing
but a miracle could stave off a crushing allied defeat.
For the allies to grant NOW, that it will be a long
war, but that ultimately victory is certain, represents
therefore to the allied cause; a tremendous change
for the better, a REAL boost in morale.
A sudden transformation from hopelessness to
supreme self-confidence.
QUITE the reverse for the Axis, particularly for
Hitler and his Nazi gangsters. Many years
ahead of the world in war preparations, knocking
over their unprepared opponents like so many nine
pins, one devastating blitzkrieg after another, this
Nazi admission that their dreams of sudden conquest
have been knocked into a cocked hat really represents
a terrific smash in the solar plexus.
So terrific that one wonders, if, considering the
circumstances, it might not prove to be a fatal one.
WE grant a sudden German collapse doesn't look
probable at this writing. But we are CERTAIN
it is POSSIBLE.
For as has been often stated in this department,
the Nazis, like all other gangsters are formidable
warriors when everything goes their way, but let the
tide set in against them, and watch the sudden
emergence of the well known yellow-streak. They
are great at handing it out, but not worth a tinker's
damn when they have to TAKE it
Now this turn-about squawk by Dr. Goebbels re
moves any doubt that may have existed, that the war
worm in Europe has REALLY turned, that the Rus
sian victories on the eastern front and the British
Italian rout in Libya, are not press agent yarns, but
the straight objective, brass-tack dope,
COR the first time, In other words, since he marched
into Poland Herr Hitler has to stand up; hold his
ground, and show he can really take it or LLSE, ... I
If the experts are correct about the duration of
the war, he will do just that
And there is some ground to believe he will. Even
a rat when cornered, will fight for his life.
But it is not going to greatly surprise this depart
ment at least if the table-thumping, platform-strutting
boastful-blustering Reichsfeuhrer, when the go
ing gets REALLY tough, DOESN'T, " .
That, no longer puffed up by the specious cour
age, that a vast superiority in numbers and equip
ment give, the ex-paper hanger, will show his true
colors at last and quit And with him Nazi Germany.
1E repeat, that isn't PROBABLE.' But it is POS
" SIBLE. And if it does come to pass it will con
form EXACTLY to the pattern World war No. 2 has
followed from the outset, a war in which nothing that
was supposed to happen, ever did.
NAZI SPIES EYED
IN LATIN LANDS
Washington, Dec. 20. A
congressional report told today
of axis infiltration in Latin
America, leading Secretary of
State Hull to comment that the
American republics were united
ly on the guard against sub
versive activity.
The report came from a spec
ial house group headed by Rep
resentative Nichols (D., Okla ).
It said after a survey of 18
nations to the south that seven
of them, according to "authori
tative sources, were plagued
with German, Italian or Japan
est spy and propaganda work.
Hull told his press conference
that the state department would
be glad to cooperate fully with
congress in clarifying the situa
tion. A t various . Inter-American
conferences, the secretary add
ed, questions involving trans
portation throughout the Amer
ican republics and subversive
acts and their eradication, as
well as all phases of cooperative
hemispheric defense, had been
discussed and acted upon.
BLACKOUT SUCCESS
Mllton-Freewater, Dec. 20.
(AV-Observers on hills above
the valley reported the whole
area completely blacked out
within two minutes of an alarm
it. a test blackout here recently
Canada's total forested area
exceeds 1.220,000 square miles
and occupies 35 per cent of the
land area of tha Dominion.
Personal Health Service
By William
Slfaed letters pertaining to personal health an hysleaa, hot to aim at
alafnoalt mr treatment, will ha eniwerra ky Or. Brad? It a stamps self
addressed envelop, la enclosed. Letters should ha hrlrf sod vrtllra la Ink.
Owing to tha targe number of letter, recalled only a tew can no antwrrrd
here. No reply can ha mad to queries not conforming to Instructions.
Address Dr. H lUlara Brady, s El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
ABSORPTION FRO
quote from Wright's "Ap
plied Physiology :
"There is no evidence that the
constituents of
the digestive
secretions o r
the products
of normal di'
gestion pro
duce poisonous
effects: nor is
tein diet is
harmful ... no experimental
evidence that a high protein diet
damages the kidneys. . . . The
fecal bacteria are extremely
numerous, forming 48 per cent
ot the total nitrogen of the feces.
They grow chiefly in the term
inal ileum (that is the lowest
portion of the small intestine)
and in the ascending colon (the
cecum or first portion of large
intestine), where the feces are
liquid enough to form a suitable
culture medium, but in the dis
tal colon, owing to drying up of
the feces, most of the organisms
die. The intestinal flora are
fairly constant in make-up, and
are probably useful to the host
In keeping out harmful bacteria
which would otherwise gain a
foothold. , None of the organ
isms found in the alimentary
tract forms any toxins; few of
them undergo dissolution to lib
erate endotoxins. Furthermore,
toxic absorption can occur much
morereadily from fluid feces
than from dried. hard material.
It seems probable that excessive
purgation, by keeping the feces
fluid, may be more harmful than
the constipation for which it
serves as treatment."
A pointed out in earlier arti
cles, mineral oil, so much used
as an "Intestinal lubricant" actu
ally has no such effect but pre
vents absorption ot water from
the feces in the first portion of
the large intestine and hence
keeps the feces fluid or liquid,
instead of semi-solid or formed.
According to Starling's "Hum
an Physiology" (1936):
"As an absorbing organ the
large Intestine of man is of
little importance. ... In some
cases after the introduction of
large enemata into the large
intestine, a certain amount
may escape backwards into
the ileum (lowest portion of
small Intestine) and may there
undergo absorption. The iso
lated large intestine of man is
able to absorb only about six
grammes (heaping teaspoon-
News Behind
The News
By Paid Mallon
. (Oootlnusd rraa rat Oosl
merit for their air experience.
Gen. Emmons, who la to be
in charge, has an army reputa
tion for silent aggressiveness.
He never relied on written re
ports, visited aU the air fields in
his old combat command and
talked to squad leaders. After
the greatest of mass bombing
nights, the hop ot 21 flying
fortresses to Hawaii last May,
he wired back: "Flight unevent
ful. All arrived."
Especially colorful is the new
Hawaiian air force commander.
General Tinker, who sports long
side-burns and should be known
as "Side-whiskers" although his
accepted nick-name is "Tink. "
He is part Osage and was among
the best flyers of the army.
(Formerly he was pilot for Major
General Bland Ing of the Nation
al Guard). Never known to
raise his voice, he Is pleasant,
impatient with routine. He did
a bang-up job with the inter
ceptor squad.
The appointments ara warn
ings to Jap flyers.
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TT'llE new Pacific fleet com-
mander. Admiral Nlmlti is a
seagoer, too, although ho is
also considered an expert at
personnel and administration.
Exceptionally vigorous for his
SA years, he customarily plays
three seta of tennis before seek
ing the showers. Dignified,
forceful, tmperturable is the way
his associates characterize him.
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fNE reason Mr. Roosevelt
stepped so fast Into censor
ship Is that war department has
POISON OAK?
Try a bottls of ZEMACOL
Van mul be atlefirw yonr money
today al Tt'STtHN limit T.
thetrfullv refundro- uet a bottle
'2k'
Brady. M. D.
M THE INTSTINE
ful) of glucose and 80 cc. about
two and one-half ounces) of
water per hour. If egg al
bumin or easeinogen (chief
protein of milk) solutions be
introduced by the rectum, no
absorption can be detected af
ter several hours. Feeding by
nutrient enemata is thus of
little value."
After hemorrhage, and in the
state of shock (which is similar
to if not identical with the con
dition of circulation and vitality
or metabolism in shock) absorp
tion of water from the colon is
rapid and one or two quarts of
so-called normal salt solution or
normal saline (approximately a
rounded teaspoonful ot common
table salt to the pint of boiled
water) may be given by enema
and retained, and the most of it
will be absorbed to restore vol
ume to the blood.
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Nervous Breakdown
Young woman suffered nervous
breakdown three years ago. Physical
examination then revealed no organic
trouble. But she baa never felt really
well since. Occasionally has attacks of
migraine. She finds It difficult to tell
her trouble, even to members of her
family . . . Would It bo wlaa for her
to marry? 8ba is twenty-six. Her
prospective husband la 28 and quite
well. Could aha bear healthy, normal
chUdren? (?. B. P.)
Answer "Nervous breakdown" has
no specific meaning tha term may
cover Innumerable physical Impair
ments and perhapa aomeUmes mental
disease. Wisest course, for future hap
piness of both, would be for the pros
pective husband to go with his pros
pective wife to a good physician one
or both may know and ask his ad
vice about marriage. This Is the solu
tion ot tha quesUon ot fitness for
marriage and raising a family In
very case. A physician who knows
something of the family history Is
always bettor qualified to advise
about tha question of heredity.
Nails Improved
Several months ago began taking
B complex and D to supplement my
diet as you recommended, for thin.
putting, ridged nails that seemed to
grow poorly and gave mo much an
noyance and embarsssment. Now,
about seven months later, 1 write to
express my gratitude for your ad
vice. My nails ara perfect, and my
general health has Improved remark
ably too. (Mrs. B. L.)
Answer Mrs. L. supplemented her
regular diet with a dally ration of B
complex (300 units of Bl etc.) and
1600 units of D. Insufficient dally In
take of these essential vitamins Is a
common cause of rdged, brittle,
spooned, thn. poorly growing nails
malnutrlUon.
(Copyright 1841. John F. D'.lte Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons alanine to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. O, IfiJ El
Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
been angry at other government
bureaus (agriculture, commerce)
for giving out statistics on raw
materials, lend-lease shipments,
etc., and wanted overall depart
mental control to force suppres
sion of such information. . . To
show you how unified congress
Is. the anti-Roosvelt isolationists
ara leading tooai of the war leg
islation (Vaa Nuya and aimnnny
the war power bill; Senator
Reynold tha dract act; Senator
Walsh, tha naval bills). Spirit
was never batter on everything
except price ' control. . . Of the
coming new 8,000,000 army, 1,
000,000 will probably be in the
air corps. Immediately we will
have 270,000 more in that main
defense branch and 100,000 will
be pilots."
Only official pleased that war
came are the senate labor com
mittee, because it enabled them
to duck anti-strike legislation,
iliey frankly say so. . . One
thing to remember about F. D.
R.'s demand for a seven-day
week, 24 hour day, is that time
and a halt will be paid for all
over 40 hours, thus upping labor
costs to the government . . It
has now been established the
Jap aircraft carriers came In
from the blank spot of the Pa
cific north of Hawaii. They
sailed northeast from Japan
nearly to the Aleutians, dropped
straight south.
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fAILY suggestion of what you
can do to help win this war
Don't try to buy new tires, get
your old ones re treaded. Don't
slam on your brakes suddenly or
tear around corners. Drive
moderately to conserve your
automobile and fuel. This Is a
war of resources. Stop all
waste.
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Comment
Tram Washington
Northwest Facing
Fuel Shortage
Much Oil Going
To Philippine
Lloyd' Refuses
Bombing Policy
n By Joha W. rally
Washington, D. C, Dec. 20.
A serious fuel oil shortage
threatens the Pacific northwest.
There is not fuel oil enough on
hand, according to government
survey, to provide for the wants
ot any one of several industries
for one month. Illuminating
and cooking gas, manufactured
from fuel oil, will be affected
unless relief comes, and thou
sands of homes are dependent
upon gas ranges.
With the seizure or destruc
tion by Japan of three tankers
off the coast (presumed to be
carrying fuel oil to" Vladivos
tok) all tankers have been
ordered to remain in port. In
asmuch as most of the fuel oil
supply for Oregon and Wash
ington is delivered by tankers
from California fields and
trucked inland to interior com
munities, stoppage of these ves
sels is a serious matter. Unless
the tankers are permitted to re
sume operations within a very
short time fuel oil will be
rationed. There are railroad
tank cars, but of the 148,000
in the United States relatively
few are used on the Pacific
coast, and if all the tank cars
available were used on the west
coast they could not meet the
demands for fuel oil in the
northwestern states.
Already the president, by
executive order, has established
rigid control of non-military
navigation on Fuget sound, the
Straits of Juan de Fuca and the
Columbia river and by this
order, naturally, the oil tankers
are included.
. . .
AVERAGE consumption of
petroleum groducts in the
northwest amounts to 17 quarts
a day for a family of four a
little more than one gallon a
day for every man, woman and
child in Washington and Ore
gon. Although oil is produced
in 23 states, California has a
monopoly ot the business in Its
northern neighbors, very little
coming by tank cars from Mon
tana. Aside from the need of
barrels of fuel oil (42 gallons
to the barrel) for logging en
gines, farm tractors, highway
equipment, logging railroads,
sawmills and plywood plants,
there are 18,000 motorboats on
Puget sound requiring the oil
and 7,800 in Columbia river.
There are also the heating
plants in homes, office build
ings and industries depending
upon an uninterrupted flow of
fuel oil.
SECRETARY of the Interior
Ickes, whose oil scare in the
east recently blew up when it
was suspected the scare was to
promote a pipeline that required
enough steel to build a dozen
warships, has dumped the oil
problem in the 'lap of his ad
visory committee and iliwlii l
off bis hands. Toe oil ttt
ies have agreed .to pool their
resources to meet the situation
In the northwest and the further
threatened shortage of. high oc
tane. War and navy depart
ments are demanding for bomb
ers, interceptors, amphibians,
tanks and motorized equipment
more high octane than the com
bined resources ot the 560 re
fineries of the nation can pro
duce unless the standard tor
gasoline for private cars, trucks
and buses is lowered.
It Is assumed that suspension
of state standards would require
legislative action and could not
be dealt with by governor's
proclamation. If the government
requisitions all the capacity of
high octane and state standards
are not abrogated there will be
little or no gasoline for private
use. In fact, the companies say
they cannot produce enough of
the high test gasoline for gov
ernment demands ' without an
increase in their capacity to re
fine crude oil.
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DESPITE the activity of the
Japanese on the Pacific the gov
ernment is preparing to send
millions of gallons of oil and
gasoline to the Philippines from
the west coast. It is expected
that the enemy will sink or cap
ture a substantial percentage
of the tankers, but the deliveries
must be made; the Philippine
military establishments must
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FUEL CO.
1122 H. CENTRAL.
Christmas
Seals
have fuel oil and gasoline for
the fliers. It is a voyage of some
7,000 miles. Much nearer the
Philippines are the Dutch East
Indies with their oil supplies,
but the navy says it would be
as hazardous to deliver oil from
there as from the United States.
With the 467 tanks of this
country now servicing Iceland
and bases In the Atlantic and
Caribbean, sending a flotilla to
the Philippines will reduce the
number available to supply the
northwest.
LLOYD'S of London, which
is willing to insure the Pendle
ton Roundup against loss by
rain, a shipyard against fire or
bet that a yard will launch
every freighter on contract
time, now refuses to make any
insurance rate against bombs
being dropped in any town from
Port Angeles, Wash., to Gold
Beach, Ore., or from Gray's
Harbor, Wash., to Lewiston,
Idaho. Lloyd's, ready to take a
chance on almost anything,
wants no part of any bombing
gamble and refuses to risk a
nickel that no enemy air raider
will not lay an egg in any part
of the northwest. Marine insur
ance for freighters on the Pa
cific has jumped to $4 per
$100, an all-time high.
ITALIAN REBELS
London, Dec. 20. VP) The
Russian embassy announced to
day that a group of militant
Italian anti-fascists and com
munists have formed a secret
"committee of action" aimed
at overthrowing Mussolini and
concluding a separate Italian
peace.
The announcement, which
was issued in the embassy's
publication, "Soviet War News,"
recalled the recent Italian dis
closure of a revolutionary move
ment, including an attempt
against the life of Mussolini
and extensive sabotage in Italy.
(A trial of suspected spies and
saboteurs was held at Trieste,
Italy, this month).
Washington ranks first, and
New York second, among the
states in apple production. '
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Tribune I and to years ato.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 21. 1931
Will Rogers, famed humorist
In Sunday article in most of the
leading papers ot the land, says
"Everybody I met in Medford
told me about their wonderful
pears, but nobody offered me
any."
Medford High defeats Chilo
quln 34 to 13 in first basketball
game ot season.
Valley turkeys shipped to San
Francisco markets.
Rain and slightly cooler pre
dicted. High 45, low 38 degrees.
Statistics show Jackson coun
ty has most autos per capita in
the state.
Sen. Johnson in senate ad
dress declares: "If you want
future peace in Europe give back
all the spoils of the Versailles
treaty."
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 21. 1921
(It was Wednesday)
Fairground Improvement pro
ject carried by 356 majority,
though only four rural precincts
voted for it.
Elmer Wilson is elected Legion
commander.
Ellis Beeson of Talent aids an
itinerant and is robbed ot his
Sunday suit.
Rain or snow forecast. High
42, low 27, precipitation .04 inch.
Special session of legislature
still wrangling over bill to pro
vide tax money for Portland
World fair in 1925.
President Harding calls econo
my conference for early next
year.
J. A. Perry, president of the
Medford irrigation district, an
nounces water will be available
to farmers next spring.
Closing time fut Cl..sai!!ed Ada 0
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