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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1941. MEDroRDU3$WTRIBUNI "RftrjoM la owthrw Orvgca ft9Mt lb la.ll TribMM. (tally Ettwt (talvrday MEDFORD PRINTING CO. tf-S North rir St. Phon HUBERT W RUHU Editor. ERNEST R OIUTRAf. M.vnarr. As lndpBdBt Nppr. Catrd Mcoad aiftHar at M4- lord, Oratfon, undor Aet ( Urc . lt?l SUBSCRIPTION RATE! Matt In Aiboi Pklly and Sunday fr Dally and Sunday all montha... I l Dally and Sunday ihraa tnontba 1.0 Dally and Sunday month... 11 Sty Carrlar Id Adanca Madford, Aah land. CaniraJ Point, Jtckaonvill. Oold Hill ftogua Rlvr. Pboaals. Talantv and rroior rautaat Daily and Sunday ooa rr I0 Daily and Sunday on month.. .11 All tarma caak ta advanea. Ofrlrtal Paper lb City af Mrdfanl Official rapar aw wmh MKMHPR OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IK! mil 1 amaeo mm avri Tna Aaaoeiaiad praaa ! aicloatvaiy antltlad ts tha oaa for publlcatloa of all dlapatrhaa eradttad ta It or othar wtaa arodHad ta thla pa par. and alaa U tba local nawa publtahod haraln. AH rlfhta for publication of apaelaj MEMBER OP UNITED PRESS MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advartttlns Rapraaantatlva WBIT-HObUDAT COMPANT. WC Otfieoa lb Naw fork. Chlcaio. Dotrolt San Pranelaco. Loa Anialaa. Saaltia, Portland, St. loaa. Atlanta, Vtncouvar. Ml f 01 ati aa Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry Thm lnrianindent (they seem ... h. tnn mnrh so) welderi. who hav been at loggerheads with the BollermaKers union, so threaten nationwide stop work strike In shipyards and other defense works voted to establish picket lines In the Bay Area. Thus they find them selves at loggerheads also with the army, who announce they will move In and keep the plants open. In these kind of times, the public feels, things should be run by constituted authority, not from a union hall. The recalcitrants won't like welding at soldier's pay. , Premier Mussolini of Italy, a dispatch from Switzerland states, has "resumed demonstra tions of his physical stamina." ( That rascal marched at the head of the infantry. The ability of II Duce to put one foot In front of the other is largely due to the bum shooting of a well meaning assassin early last fall. "Myrtle Remington is slowly g a 1 n 1 n g." (Fennimore (Wis.) Times) Dieting note. Mr. Willkle, the lata GOP. presidential nominee, in a broadcast Saturday urged sac rifice by one and all, and re marked in the past nine years much money had been spent that could have been devoted to battleships and planes. He also aid "new political experimen tation must be eliminated for this emergency." For, saving things like that before the dis tinguished citizen was a moving target for waste-basketa and hen-fruit. YC CD. TEARS HAIR (Tulsa (Okla.) World) 'Through a typographical error the World stated that Mrs. , pioneer Tulsa church worker, killed In an f automobile accident recently, was compelled to borrow from short-time loan com panies to procure money on which to 'love.' The word should have been 'live'." Der fuehrer scored a great victory for the Allies Sunday. He named himself commander in chief of the Nazi armies, and better luck than that could not be. A solo, "Gesu Bambino," will be sunk by Mrs. ... (This paper) Submarine warfare on a new front. The Older Girls hava com pleted their Yule package wrap ping and mailing, and many have not been so tired since they papered the parlor, all by themsrlves. SO POLITE ONCCI (K. C. Star) "You do not have to be polite to an enemy In war, so those U. S. copyreadrrs who hava had to use tha full word, Japanese, to give the touchy oriental the full dig nity of his name, now can make their headlines fit and say more by shortening It to Japs." "Judas Personified! Onre more our turn-coat competitor has re versed himself, a fact which has happened so often it is no long er news ... so much bush waughl" (Del Norte (Calif.) Triplicate) Merry and vitriolic Christmas, you JudasI Clones ume tut Cleaeitled Ads a m. Too ut to ciaaairr 13 JO p On Stan xtlBuue ul arts. Not So How "we the people" do love extremes. It is our strength and our weakness. At the present time, with a war on two fronts, it is definitely the latter. For from the Bhock and depression caused by the sudden devastating attack on Honolulu two weeks ago, we have proceeded to rush to the other extreme, and judging by the local reports coming to this office, this mans' war will probably be over by Christmas. It is really too bad and might become serious. THE war in Europe does look better, definitely so. In fact the situation over there justifies the happiest and most hopeful Christmas in this country, since World war No. 2 started. But there is nothing as yet in the Far East to cheer about And from any realistic standpoint, no such exaggerated optimism, as reports to this office indi cate, is justified from across the Atlantic. IN fact far from it. As stated in this department, during the past week-end; on the Russian front Germany has un doubtedly suffered the most serious reverse of the present war, a reverse that MIGHT result in the long prayed-for break in German resistance. But we said "MIGHT." We stressed the point it was a possible, NOT a probable outcome. Vet we are in receipt of a communication, apparently in spired by our remarks, which assumes effective Ger man resistance is over, and Hitler is as good as dead and cremated. Such childish exuberance, if at all prevalent, could not fail but retard and impair, this country's war ef fort CAR be it from this department to discount the reality and far-reaching benefits of the recent victories in Russia and North Africa or waste a drop of the needed stimulus to allied morale. ' Everything does look better, we the people are justified in lighting up our Christmas trees and allow ing the eagle to emit a lusty scream. BUT celebrating far-reaching allied victories is one siting noauiiiitig 1,1 iiicwijr io ucaicu ui v ci fatally wounded, is quite another. From the outbreak of the war wishful thinking and an irrepressible optimism, have been the allies besetting sins. Had the strength and the resource fulness of the German war machine been OVER ESTIMATED rather than UNDERESTIMATED, it is exceedingly doubtful, Hitler would ever have over run the Balkans, captured Crete, or driven the British out of Libya. A SPIRIT of pessimism' or defeatism would be equally injurious, and entirely unwarranted at the present time. But why waste our energies in go ing to either extreme? Why not avoid both, stick to the middle of the road where the truth almost invariably lies, keep our powder dry and not shoot in any direction until we see the whites of their eyes. Will Hilter Lead the Army? As a postscript to the above, Hitler's discharge of Field Marshal Von Brauchitsch, and assumption of supreme military control himself is very generally in terpreted as an indication of imminent German col lapse. . It IS good news. It does remove all doubt of the gravity of the German reverses on the Eastern front But as this department views the situation, any assumption this means a radical and far-reaching change in Germany's internal set-up, is far from the truth. THERE HAD to be a sacrificial goat for this Rus sian debacle, of course. Von Brauchitsch drew the blackball, and obediently placed his neck, and his impressive collection of war medals, on the block. That's all there is to it That Hitler, COULD THEN, assume supreme command, without getting at least one bomb in the back of the neck, is pretty convincing evidence there is no widespread or radical impairment of the hold Der Feuhrer still has on the rank and file of the Ger man people. At least that is the way we see it 1UIORE than that There is nothing really new in Der Reichsfeuhrer's latest pronouncement He took practically the same action before the present war even started, proceeding to carry out a far-reaching army readjustment, which came close to being an other purge, and placed himself definitely in the driver's seat That Hitler could get away with it a second time, instead of demonstrating his weakness, demonstrates the exact reverse, the strange and potent power he exerts over the German people, and their suscepti bility to what can only be described as his baffling hypnotic influence. MOREOVER this department will be greatly sur " prised if this means Hitler will assume actual command of the army, any more of a command at least than he exercised from the start of the war. Von Brauchitsch will disappear as chief command that's all. After a decent interval we predict some other trained army officer will quietly tike his place. Hitler will in all likelihood retain his place in the driver's seat until the final crash. Fast! Personal Health Service By WillUm Stgnad letters ptrtaJnini ta personal health and hjKlena, not ta dlaeaat dlaffnoaia or treatments will be answered by- Or. Brady If a taraped wlf addrefied en re lope to eneloeed. Letters ah oold be brief and written ta Ink. Owing to the larga number of letter reeelred only a few can ha antwered here. No reply ran be mad to qoerle ooc oonformlnc to Instruction. Andrew or. William Brady, t65 El Carol no, Beverly Hllla, Calif. CALCIUM FOR V Several years ago the Medical Research Council of Great Brit ain cited Leitch as authority for the statement that the cal cium (lime) re quirement i s greater be tween the ages of 10 and 18 years than at any other time in life. In this col umn I have endeavored to impress upon the reader s mind the fact that calcium Is no less important a constituent of nerve, blood and gland tissue than it is of bones and teeth, and that even tho the diet sup plies enough calcium (many authorities think the average American diet does not) the body cannot assimilate or utilize enough unless an adequate daily ration of sunshine vitamin D is supplied at the same time. Foods that are particularly rich In calcium are milk, cheese, egg yolk, peas, beans, greens, nuts, peanuts, many fresh vege tables, some fruits and fruit juices. Few foods universally available supply much vitamin D fresh milk and cream and butter, egg yolk, fresh or canned salmon, oysters, canned sardines and of course milk or other foods to which vitamin D has been added. Few infants or children can consume enough of these foods to insure an ade quate Intake of sunshine vita min D. In the summer time or in climates where exposure is practicable, exposing as much of the naked skin as possible to sunlight, short of sunburn, enables the body to manufac ture its own vitamin D, tho seldom enough to meet the op timal requirement. Heretofore It has been esti mated by nutrition authorities that the growing child (10 to 18 years of age) requires at least 19 grains of calcium daily, which Is approximately the amount present In a quart of milk. More recent studies indi cate that only a part of the calcium in milk is assimilated under the most favorable condi tions, altho probably the cal cium of milk, cheese and egg yolk Is more readily assimilated than the calcium of vegetables, nuts etc. So the present con sensus seems to be that the growing child should have at least as much calcium daily as is present in three pints of milk. One of the physiological func tions of calcium in the body is to prevent neuro-muscular irri I 7 T " (Continued Prom Psga One) magnesium plant proposed for Spokane and which has been hanging fire and almost aban doned, may have to be initiated as a government enterprise, us ing the method evolved by Washington State college at Pull man, Instead of the Permanente method experimented with near San Francisco. With the doubled demand for steel to carry out the war pro gram, the navy and the mari time commission are expected to lower the bars and give con tracts for vessels made of wood. Navy has done something In that direction but maritime commis sion has refused all, except a New Orleans contractor, who is building boats from plywood which he buys in factories of the northwest. a a MEN and ships, planes and guns. These are the elements which SPAB knows must win the war, and SPAB is figuring how much of each will be neces sary. Present capacity of Boe ing plants is Insufficient to turn out the required number of fly ing fortresses. Further expan sion will be financed by the government; the government de clines to place airplane orders with new firms, although there Is on the drafting board of a Portland concern a bomber larger than the flying fortress and it can be used for transport ing troops. Airports are to be doubled, and the 52 air corps groups In the nation will be recruited to full strength, and then to 82 groups. Army strategists actu ally want ISO of these groups if they can get them. Light and V" iaL AT fjTHE Brady. M. D. IGOROUS YOUTH tability, and In popular terms this means it prevent "nervous ness" and undue excitability. Calcium tends to prevent vari ous spasmodic states such as asthma, spastic constipation, so called "mucous colitis" (colon derangement), tetany, migraine, painful cramps In the legs at night (sometimes called "grow ing pains" in children, but often occurring In mature adults). Here the Importance of an adequate intake of calcium for keeping the teeth sound and free from caries (decay) need not be mentioned altho the growing child who gets plenty of calcium Is far more likely to have sound, even teeth In adult life than is the one whose childhood intake of calcium is deficient. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Colt-hleum A year or so ago you prescribed wine of oolchlcum for gout. My aged fath er evidently surfers from gout. Our druggist cannot supp:v win of col. chlcum. From my botany days X remember eolchlcum baa a tuberous root. Ia It sold under aome other name? H. A. J. Answer wine of eolchlcum was formerly official In the V. 8. P. It was made from eolchlcum seed but has been dropped, probably because physlclana are gradually coming to realize that It isn't worth a hoot for gout, because there la no such a dis ease aa "gout," that la. no disease caused by deposits of una add or salts of uric add In the Joints or other tissues, and no medicine that will prevent or remove depoalta of mono-sodium urate (which occur In consequence of some disease condi tions, not as a cause) in any circum stance. If wine of eolchlcum was mentioned at all In this column It certainly waa not auggested or ad vised as a remedy for hypothetical- gout." Whatever your father's trou ble may be, give him a break, hava a physlclan'a sttenuon. Spina Trouble Bave you a pamphlet on arthritis? My husband has had spina trouble for several monthe a eocene brought It on. Mrs. 8. X. w. Answer 8end stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for pamphlet on "Arthritis. It does not seem likely that the trouble can be arthritis more likely sprain or sub luxation. Child's Read Out or Bhape Daughter, elx months old. baa mis aha pen head running to peak at crown, flat at back, flatter on one side than the other. (D. R. R.) Answer Baby's head often flatten ed at back, during first year, from lying too much on back, and oblique from lying too much on one side. These deformities gradually disappear by the third or fourth year. (Copyright 1841, John P. DUle Co.) Ed. Note! Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brartv, M. D, iS El Cam I no. Beverly Hills. Calif. medium bombers and . Intercept ors are planned for a half dozen places in Oregon, Washington and Idaho as soon as equipment is available, and that includes cannon and ammunition for the aerial forces. Whether the northwest will be allocated a powder plant, bag loading plant or other munitions industry has not been decided. Strategists prefer building the new plants in the midwest, but owing to the threat to the Paci fic coast a plant may be estab lished east of the Cascades to have the ammunition readily available. At present the idea ts to make the propellents in the east and store them in the igloos at Hermiston for the army; navy has a small stock on Puget sound and Its principal de pot in California. a a IF information available In the national capital is correct the increase In the merchant fleet will mean at least SO more freighters assigned to the Col umbia river and the same num ber, or more, to the Tacoma Seattle area. This, naturally will mean employment for thous ands of additional shipyard workers and a housing problem. Government housing, despite its extent, will not benefit particu larly the lumber industry, and lumberjacks and sawmill mech anics will be drifting to the ship yards; they are generally too old to work in airplane factories, where the deadline has been at 30 years. And, with tha possibility of enemy bombers dropping token SCOOTERS We hava large assortment in Several Different Sizes S1.95 HANSEN HARDWARE 35 North Bartlett bombs, or a more energetic at tack, on the northwest tha War Insurance corporation (an RFC subsidiary) Is prepared to Insure property against damage by the Japanese forces, fixing the esti mated damage and the premium rate after the destruction. I ..II III. vll 11.11 . Ml JIMIIJ -News X , r ' ' ' Br Frank Jenkins WITH tha entire world at war. " there Is no dearth of news these days. There will be no dearth of news for months possibly years to come, a a a "-TODAY'S (Saturday's) imme- diate hot spot la Hongkong, where a greatly outnumbered British garrison Is still holding out against a determined Jap anese attack. Domei (Jap news agency) says today: "The ex pected Imminent fall of Hong kong has been staved off by the garrison's stubborn defense." a a HONGKONG la an Island, separated from the Chinese mainland by a narrow channel. The Japs are attacking from the mainland and have made a land ing on the island. Some 20 miles in the rear, the Chinese are attacking them, hoping to lessen their pressure on Hongkong. Thus the situation rests today, a a THE Japanese objective Is clearly the oil, rubber, tin, etc., of Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, which are guarded by Singapore. If you will get out your map. you will be able to see clearly that the British naval base at Hongkong and the American naval base at Manila are threats to the Jap communication and supply lines. Hongkong Is being heavily attacked first. If Hongkong falls, the attack on Manila will become fiercer. a a a THE Netherlands news agency rnnrt from Batavia todav that Japanese planes bombed and sank the RUSSIAN freight er Perekop on her run between Vladivostok and Surabaya, Java. The Russian flag on the ship is said to have been clearly visible from the air. There has been some doubt as to Russia's attitude toward Japan. If this bombing of a Russian ship was deliberate, it indicates Japanese belief that war with Russia is Inevitable. For that reason, this report from Batavia is extremely in teresting. Russia is In a position to do Japan a lot of damage. m w THE Russians continue to ru-u.nrl the) Hermans from Leningrad to the Black Sea. In the face of this pounding, the Germans continue to RETIRE. Goebbels, Nazi propaganda minister, makes an Interesting statement today. In his weekly front page article in the news paper Das Reich, he says the "changed world picture" makes it necessary to realize that the war will be long and hard, and Implies that the chances of further lightning marches are ended. One looks for the Joker, of course. It doesn't sound reason able for the Germans to be moaning that their offensive power is slipping. Unless the situation Is much worse than anybody believes, there will be other German offensives. And they will have plenty of steam behind them, a a a OTILL Napoleon was a blltzer in his time. His amazing success was based largely on hitting FIRST and hitting where the other fellow wasn't looking for it. Napoleon's blitzes ended after his retreat from Moscow, a a e PROM Cairo comes this dig- patch today: The axis retreat In Libya has turned into a ROUT, with Im perial (British) forces CHASING General Erwin Rommel's bat tered army and British air blows taking a staggering new toll of his remaining strength." The axis Is trying desperately to rush reinforcements across the Mediterranean to Africa and so far the British fleet seems to be STOPPING them. Phone 2370 IT we are to keep tha picture clear in our minds, we must remember above all else that this Is a WORLD war. Its strategy ia world-wide. What happens on one front la im portant to all other fronts. For example: If the Japa succeed In their drive against Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, etc, the way will be open for them to push on to India and ultimately to take the British in the rear in the Middle East Flight o' Time Medford and Jar sow Co only History from tha files af the Mall Tribune IS and M years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 22. 1931 It was Tuesday) Blizzard raging south of the Siskiyous with high wind at Weed. Wave of Christmas shopping sweeps nation. First heavy Christmas mall received at post office. Unsettled with rain. High 50, low 40 degrees. Frank Coleman and family of Portland are visiting kin here. Heavy snow and ice at Lake of The Woods. Pears and apples bring low Christmas comes but once a rear. For tha well known cheer let us suggest a few items of importance: Fruit Cake An important part of Christmas. Ten kinds of finest fruits and nuts with pure rum and brandy. An ideal gift .... and be sure to have plenty for your own enjoyment . . . . 69e lbj 2 lbs. $1 M, 3 lbs. 91.79 Aged one year. 95e lb., and up Christmas Cookies Chocolate coated wafers . . . many others. Genuine Panatonl A delicious sweet bread mads with lots of butter and eggs, and loaded with sev eral kinds of choice candied fruits. Large round loaf ... Special price S9c a a. For Goodnesa Sakel Cakes Christmas candy cake, chocolate, white, angel food, and a dosen ethers. Pies Tom and Jerry, pumpkin and minca and tarts ... Douqhnuts cake, potato, maple bars, sugared and plain. Christmas pastries and cookies. Come in and see our large variety of specialties! Last, but not Least Dinner Rolls! ... We will have a large assortment ... Parkarhouse, clover leaf, butteries and almost every other kind. 10c dos. and up Fluhrer's entire staff wish each and every one of our customers A Very Merry Christmas! for Holiday Don't Mitt Fluhrer's Christmas Gift of Song and Story, KMED, 12:45 Daily O FOR USE MAIL TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED ADS! est prices in years on eastern markets. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 22. 1921 (It was Thursday) Christmas turkeys moving slowly at .60 cents per pound. ( ) Icy glare on streets and walks cause many falls and skids by man and cars. Rain or snow forecast High 40, low 20 de grees. John P. Sousa's band giva concert at tha Page. Permit given for opening of cafeteria here. The annual hog weight guess ing contest of the Nichols and Ashpole butcher shop la in full swing. Ralph Hand to wrestle Prof. Kan the at Gold Hill tomorrow night Dry commissioner announces there will be a Merry Christmas but a dry one. WINS CHEVRONS Camp Berkeley, Abilene, Tex. (U.fO Meet Butch, the youngest A master sergeant In tha country. ' Butch is a five-months-old span iel pup and he won his rating at the age of one month. His headquarters are with the serv ice company of the 158th infan try, 45th division. Closing tts ioi Classified Ada . nv Too Lata to Classify MrM p. Specialties! ULT o o
