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PAGE FOUR MZDFORDiJTRIBCNI LWd U Mail Tribu DcUlr Kirvfrt stotr4a.j Pkilah4 fey MBDroRU fRlNTlNO CO. IT-f North FW St. Phu 111 ROBERT W RUHU C4llor. SUN EST II OIUTRAP. UuBT. Am alpBlt Npr. JEntortxl mm Im at it tor al M4 for4, Oro, itdr Ami ( Harsh L ltTl UBiCniPTlON HATES 7 Mall la AH Boat DH? and auRdcr ana rar M Dally mo6 tumdmr maniha... t.lo Daily and Sun'lay thraa month I 0 Dally and uai.tf ana manta... Tl My Oarrlar la Adaaea Mart for 4, Ah land. Caatrai Potnt, Jaekaonvllla. Oald HiIL Rua Rlvar. PkaaelB, Talaab and aa motar routaat Dally aad Sunday aaa yaar tf.M Daily aad Suniy ana month. .It All tarma (a advaaaa. OffW-laJ Papar a4 Iba CHy af Mrdfard OrrlHal Papar mi rhm Oaaly MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Baattn Pall I ad Wira Saralra Tha Aaaoelaiad Praaa t aaeiaalvaiy aatltlad ta tha uaa for pool tea Uoa af all aawa diapatrhas oradliad ta II or atnar wiaa araditad ta tint papar, and alaa to tha local naa publisher, haraia. A it rMs for publication of apaclai dtapatahaa haraia ara alaa raaarvad- WKUUKR OP UNITED PRE MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advartlalns lUpraaantatlwa WEST-HOI. 1. 1 DAT COMPANT. IMC. Otfioas la New fork. Chicafo, Detroit. Saa Franc lac, Lao Angola. Soallia. Part land. St. Laola. Atlanta. Vncar. Ml tiseV$)A4iciTiii Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry JaDanese bombers hurl death and destruction upon Manila, a declared "open city " in defiance and disregard of International law, while aping the ruthless nesa of the axis power. Tokyo, in nights to come, when an Oriental moon is shining bright, will make a beautiful target for the low sweeping planes of the allies. Then the palaca of the Mikado will be no sacred ground. The senator from Il linois proposed Japan be rend ered "impotent for 1,000 years." It's an excellent idea, but not long enough. It should be for ever and, then eternity. NIOKT Or THE BIO WIND (Pendleton East Oregonlan) The Hotel Pendleton chick en house was demolished Tuesday night by the fearful wind storm which raged In Pendleton. The hotel boys, together with guests who were kindly disponed went out In the wind on a grand hunt for the chickens, the landlord furnishing a lantern and the steward a bottle of liquid, presumably to revive the fowls when captured. It was an eventful night." (50 Yr. Ago Col.) The Oregon Jackrabblt (Lepus Callfornlacus Wallawalla) is de tired by the OPM for defense purposes. Heretofore, Lepus Callfornlacus Wallawalla has in terested only autolsts, (Speedicus Idiot Galootus), and magicians and politicians as something to yank out of a plug-hat. Two great fears now shiver tha timbers of some comments ton In their dissertations on the war. They fear, (a), Herr Hit- ler will commit suicide, and (b), Russian armies will overrun Germany, "to face the western hemisphere across the Atlantic." Either one or both of these dim and prospective events are noth- ing for the people to arise and call upon Heaven to forbid. "Hidden hunger" Is listed by nutrition experts as a danger of the day. The trouble with "hid- den hunger ' is, it won't stay hid. It is always coming out of hiding, and demanding ham and eggs. This is anti-profanity week. It comes at a time In history when there never were so many things, worthy an. In need of. a good, thorough three-cornered cussing. MEAN OLD THING! fBucklln (Kan.) Banner) "The second play was a comedy entitled 'Sparkln.' In this play a bashful boy went calling on his best girl for the first time and ran into a lot of trouble on account of her old grandmother who refused to go to bed while he courted his girl. In spite of all his troubles he finally wins his girl and the grandmother's ap proval." Peoria Bill Gates, who started off 1941 by switching from cig arettes to pipes and never switched back, has announced his 1942 resolution. He will do more walking, r. Scheffcl. supt. of sts. reports the sidewalks are In good shape, to stand any miffing he will give them, but he will have to keep off the paved runways at the airport Dear Dorothy Dm My ruber. 71 years old. Uvea with m-. He chews rum from 7 la the morning until to oust. I endure It su oar or keep. Itif out or earshot at miK-h t pot alble, but my nuexena and tons rant tear It In the errntnt. Bo ea toon ee they have had dinner they to out. la Ultra anrthina I ean do to itop him of Una babltt Mrs. 1. (Atony Ool.) Wherein. Pop bercmee loo much to. Pop hua In the popperl Better Late Than Never Major Al Williams, experienced army aviator and author of a newspaper feature called "Airpower" deserves some serious attention these days. We com mend his column comment of the past year or two to the general army and navy staffs in Washington, particularly. For example: May 19, 1940: 'The major lesson of this war to date la tha preponderantly vital role being played by airpower . . . It has upset the naval architect who, during the past 20-odd years had plenty of time to design and build to offset airpower attack. But they wouldn't believe airpower could stop sea power. 4) Oct. 8, 1940: "How then ean our fleet hope to operate In Asiatic waters without encountering some kind of air . attack and run the gauntlet of Japanese air patrols operat ing from air base islands along the way? The only true defense against airpower is the possession of long-range bombers that can bomb Japan." Oct 12. 1940: "Isn't it about time that we built our selves enough Flying Fortress type, long-range bombing planes say about 500 or 1000 of them? The mere posses . slon of such deadly aircraft would give any seapower pause . . . The new five billion dollar sea navy we are going to build or have 'on order' won't be ready until 1948 at the earliest and we could get the Flying Fortresses in Jig time." , Jan. 28, 1941: "Every time airpower has engaged in combat with seapower during this war, seapower has suf fered grievous defeat . . . Admirals still believe that the battleship dominates the sea and will countenance no quali fication of that all-inclusive claim. It does rule the sea but only that part of the sea beyond the range of dive bombers and heavy bombardment planes." Sept 9, 1941: "Is It safe to assume that the bitter lessons of the Skaggerak have been entirely lost upon the Japs? And if they haven't how do we propose to protect our warships operating in the Japanese zone of naval in fluence from air attacks?" The objection to Major Williams, from the powers-that-be has always been, he is an air crank, an extremist who only sees one side of the picture. That may be. But in view of his predictions and their present fulfillment in the Far East, hasn't the time come when there should be a few MORE air cranks in the higher councils, and a few LESS museum pieces who are still fighting the ancient sea battles of Trafalgar 1 Keeping Up That "Morale" Not in all directions, but certainly in one, this country could well profit by Britain's example. That one direction is in the department of humor and recreation. As Britain's famous humorous weekly "Punch", and the crowds attending cricket matches, football games and horse racing, testify, While John Bull is in there all the time with both fists swinging, when a breathing spell does come, he knows how to relax, to joke and to play. And when Tommy Atkins gets back home on leave, he isn't greeted by a lot of sentimental sob-sisters and crepe hangers, but by the village band, which, like as not, escorts him to the nearest cricket field, or presents him with a grandstand seat at Epsom Downs. a a a IT is this department's considered opinion, that Bri- 1 tain's ingrained ability to take things, even the most tragic things, in its stride so to speak, and always with a smile, is chiefly responsible for the fact that Britain not only enjoys the highest war morale in the world, but a morale, which, no matter how tough the going may be, has never been broken. T is to be hoped that from the first stunning stunning hits HIS stride, he will be course. Not in the direction of that is a British habit it is direction of relaxation and relief from the ternfic strain, in various forms of wholesome recreation, so when the lads return to the firing line, in the air, on land or at sea, they may be MORE effective, rather than less so. Smiles in It is customary to observe out regret, and greet the new one with unbridled joy. we (ion i supgest a different technique this year, but in noting the strange things that happened in 1911. we wonder if as enviable a record will be made in 1942. Listen to the record on phone: I Two St. Bernard dogs get lost In snow storm In Buffalo. 2. Hula dancer dislocates hip In Honolulu. 3. A murder trial in San Francisco was Interrupted by a telegraph messenger who arrived to sing "Happy Birth day" to the court clerk. 4. A Schenectady, N. V.. man. arrested for swearing, explained he'd been gardening and had gotten ants in his pants. 8. An absent minded professor In Saw Mills. S. C-. demonstrating how not to sneeie violently, sneezed so violently be blew out his false teeth. 6. The Merchant Tailors' association announced that the sartorial raite would be brilliant linings for suits, to that men could Indulge their passion for color invisibly. 7. A Irani in Mobile. Ala., killed a cow, and the farmer wrote the railroad that it was the cow's own fault. 8. A Huntington, Ind., golfer made the longest shot in history his ball landed in a coal car of a passing freight train bound for West Virginia. 800 miles away. 9. The government announced that to protect the coats of some Wyoming sheep from the weather, it would outfit them with cotton overcoats. 10. A man In Terrytown. N. Y.. made a down payment on a car with three $M bills, which turned out to be not only confederate money but counterfeit to boot. KILLED ON ROAD Oregon City, Dec. !9 .! Richard W. Crawford, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crawford, died at the Oregon City hospital yesterday of automobile acci dent Injuries. Merrill G. Brass field, Lyons, said the Crawford boy ran across the highway in MEDFORD MAIL when Uncle Sam shock of sudden recovers shock of sudden war, and able to follow a similar just "muddling along", well to avoid. But in the when opportunity offers, 1941 the old year depart with old Father Time's trrama- front of Molalta. his automobile near LISBON SHOCKED Lisbon, Dec. 29. AP A vio lent earthquake shook Lisbon at 6 23 p. m. (10 23 p. m. EST' Sunday sending the frightened populace Into the streets. Vie Mall Trioune want ada. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD.. Personal Health Service By William Sitae letters pertaining ta perianal health and hygiene, not to tflsr. dlagnoala f treatment, will be answered by Or. Brady If a stamped self- aaaressee en re lo pa la enclosed. Lei Owing to the large n amber of letters receired only a few can he answered here. No reply can be made ta queries not conforming to Instructions. address or. William Brady, ten El Camlno, Bertrly Hint, Calif. SUGAR Sucrose, saccharose, beet sugar, cane sugar, maple sugar or maple syrup, sorghum syrup and palm sap or its sugar are identical; that Is, the su gar la the tame, what ever Its source X.' Molasses and moaf of the mixed syrups today contain not only suc rose but also more or less glucose and levulose. Glucose, grape sugar, dex trose, corn sugar or syrup and starch sugar are Identical. Glu cose is the sugar naturally pre sent in the blood of man and animals, and it also occurs nat urally In fruits and plant juices. where it Is usually associated with sucrose and fructose (fruit sugar). Levulose, fructose, fruit sugar occurs, as already mentioned. In the juices of plants and fruits, and in honey levulose consti tutes about half of the sugar in honey, the remainder being chiefly glucose, with a little suc rose (pure, unadulterated honey). Maltose, malt sugar, malt ex tract or malt syrup, is the type of sugar produced by fermenta tion or the action of the fer ment or enzyme diastase, devel oped by germination, on the starch in grain such as barley. Malt sugar is also produced by the action of the ferment or enzyme ptyalin in the saliva on starch, or the enzyme amylop sin in the pancreatic juice on starch, the maltose being an In termediate product in digestion, to be converted later Into glu cose (dextrose). Glucose (dextrose) Is not so sweet as sucrose (beet sugar, cane sugar), but levulose (fruit sugar, fructose) is sweeter than cane sugar. The levulose In honey accounts for the extreme sweetness of honey. Many fanciful or theoretical Ideas concerning the compara tive nutritive value, digestibility or remedial value of the differ ent kinds of siiRar are preval ent Without citing such ideas News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued Prom Pega One) planes we could spare last sum mer in Libya for a victory that is now being won. QUESTION being asked in the streets of Washington (not only by outsiders but by some government officials) is: "Where is the fleet?" If precise informa tion was available, itshould not be published. It Is no military secret, how ever, that it has not been around the Philippines. When SO to 100 Jap transports can anchor off shore, with only minor losses be ing reported, you may know the Japs are confident of their security on the sea. The truth probably Is that our naval command has decided not to risk heavy ships in waters where the enemy has air superi ority, especially after what hap pened to the Prince of Wales and Repulse It Is also probable a third of the fleet was In the Atlantic when the blow tell. A redistribution of naval forces Is obviously necessary. The British should have enough of their own capital ships to take care of the Atlantic even if the French fleet is betrayed into Nazi hands Perhaps this Is a primary sub ject of the Roosevelt-Churchill gathering. Certain It is, that the day after Wake fell and at time when Jap transports were rid ing securely off Luzon, "an ad miral In command of combat force of U. S. -varshlps" was giv ing an interview to the A. P. at Pearl Harbor aboard his flag ship. In any event the answer to the fleet question is the same as that of Singapore and the Phil ippines. The lesson it clear. Wherever we go hereafter we must have superiority in the air. roir nnar. ni... mnA iMh.r ! ..-!..-: j .l . ,m i or when this bad newt continues to pile up the next few months, our people will get restless More congressional inquiries and courtmartialt may be de mended. Confusion may result i nai .nougnt oi course, is in- suiting. If thit country has such weak knees that It cannot stand ! reverses, then we do not deserve I mi WA I yfy I OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1941. Brady. M. D. ten should be brier and written In Ink IS SUGAR suffice to say that for all practi cal purposes it doesn't matter which kind of sugar one uses: aside from the difference in sweetness or taste, one kind of sugar will serve the purpose as weU as another. This holds true whether the question concerns the duet of a diabetic or the pre vention of exhaustion or col lapse in a marathon race or the feeding of a baby or prevention or treatment of obesity. Trouble with too many of the rank and file, of the medical profession Is that they blindly accept the arbitrary dicta of cer tain highly subsidized "author! ties" who sanction the assump tion .that this or that kind of sugar is somehow superior to other and less expensive kinds of sugar. Then there's still another kind of sugar, which I have not for gotten but have purposely left for consideration in another article milk sugar. There are a number of things about milk sugar that I will get off my chest presently. OUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Vitamin A Persons having dry eyes, goosefleBh kin. and night blindness wishes to try Tltamln A capsules containing 3V00O unite each, la It advisable to take more than one such capsule day? Mrs. O. B. Answer Id take two or three tueh capsules dally for a week or ao. after then one a day for at least a month. A Secret? You can never know tha benefits 1 have received from your teachings. r. . b. Answer Then I can never divulge the secret, can It Piles I find that tha ln;?ct:on treatment for hemorrhoids, which you recom mend, takes from six months to a year and costs at least S1O0. g. N. Answer In tha average caao It re quires three or four treatments, each taking perhapa five or ten mlnutee. and tha cost la moderate In the opin ion of the satisfied patient. Perhapa you have chosen soma quack. Send stamped envelope bearing your ad dress, for pamphlet "It Is Stupid to Suffer from Pllea." (Copyright 1841, John F. BUla Oo.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to rommunlrate with Dr. Brady should send letter dlrert to Dr. nllltam Brady, M. .. l5 El . Camlno, Beverly Hills, Cant. to win. If we have become so I soft and decadent that we can ' not survive defeats, and come out of them fighting better, we ! might as well know it at the start. a a a : DEMEMBER this war broke 1 over us under the most in auspicious circumstances. We are fighting halfway around the world from the homeland. We are defending Inadequate out posts that most military authori ties, knew could not be made impregnable. (Some folks are grunting now at congressmen who voted against Guam appro priations, whereas, if we had built a Gibraltar there, it now is evident we would have built it for the Japs. Worse than that the fall of the far east may yet bring the Japs back in force upon Hawaii during the coming year. If the Japs once get their hands on Dutch oil and raw materials they are going to be more for midable. It will be difficult to fight our way back ("in 1943") as Churchill says.) But the next time we go, it will be with superiority in air and on the sea. a a e TODAY'S suggestion of how you can personally help to win this war: Remind any mourning dolts that worthwhile nations grow stronger In adversity. Softness which comes with success is what ruins them. Or, If he Is not worth wasting time in argu ment. Just tell him to go buy a defense bond. Motor Transportation Plan Drawn for Vest San Francisco, Dec. 29 liiv A civilian motor transportation plan, designed to speed move ment of military supplies and equipment, has been adopted for the eight states comprising the army's western theater of operations. These states are California. Arizona. Nevada, Utah. Mon tana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Under the new set up, the irinv can call upon a simile cen- trsl aitthnritv ti-t nmvM n---- I sary non-mnuary transport ta cilities. ... prntc,. MOTHER PERISHES Oneida. Wis., Dec. 27. (APV I A mother and her iimr siuaii , children burned to death Sunday ln y,,,, three room frame House noRr nere. The fath,r .nd two oUier children suffered severe burns. Kelly's Comment From Washington World War No. 2 Closer To West Banker, Lawyer Dub Metal Plan Foreign Supplies Lost to Country By Jeha W. Kelly Washington, D. C. Dec 29. For the first time in 24 years Christmas found the United States at war, and for the first time the Pacific northwest pre paring to defend Itself against the enemy Japanese, war seemed academic 24 years ago, although with young men being inducted into the 91st and other divisions at Fort Lewis, women serving at canteens and shipyard workers buying Liberty bonds and silk shirts, there was more excite ment in the northwest than at present - Today, with Japanese submarines attacking off-shore shipping and Washington and Oregon cities practicing black outs in preparation for an aerial attack, the people of that region are not scared they are mad, If letters and wires received by the delegations are correct The peo ple are angry at the effrontery of the enemy in bringing the war to their doorstep. In the first world war princi pal disturbance was with the I. W. W., and the troubles they caused in the forests and saw mills with acts of sabotage. President W o o d r o w Wilson soothed the differences between the timbermen and sawmill oper ators and the agitating groups of labor by sending Felix Frankfur ter to the northwest, where Frankfurter ordered all lumber men to meet him In a Seattle hotel, read them the riot act and, in the name of the president, de manded that there be peace be tween them and labor. This Is the same Frankfurter who is now associate justice of the supreme court and a man of tremendous power In the national capital who has the ear of President and Mrs. Roosevelt and has placed many of his law students in key positions in the adminis tration. a a a OUT of this arrangement came the 4-L (Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen) where oper ators and workers sat down and discussed their problems,- Ironed out their differences. The 4-L continued until the national la bor relations board, then com posed of radicals, declared it a company union and it was dis solved. All was safe and secure on the western front. Japan was an ally of the United States, fighting side by side with American troops in Siberia. Hindus plotted in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle for a native uprising In India; were captured, thrown In Jail, tried, war for the northwest meant high wages and high cost of living. A whistle punk In a logging camp drew SS a day. Some of the boys who marched away from Fort Lewis were cas ualties on Europe's battlefields. but still the war was some 8.000 ml'es away. More people died in he northwest from Influenza than boys from that region who leu on Flanders field. Now President Roosevelt has established defense sea areas at the entrance of Columbia river. straits of Juan de Fuca and Puget sound with a declaration that a vessel navigating those waters so at its own risk, only in the daytime, and must stop when or dered by naval authorities. There were no such regulations in the other war; no blackouts, no dan ger of bombing, no air raids, no inreat to non-combatant civilian population, ine northwest is now up against an all-out war with all that Implies. see TOO many bankers and law yers In the Metals Reserve cor poration, and it Is due for a shake-up. There will not be suf ficient chromite produced in 1942 to meet SO per cent of the re quirements. Magnesium will be almost as short. If all goes well 300.000 tons will be produced in Alaska and shipped to Seattle and Portland for stockpiles. Met als Reserve corporation, organ ized by Jesse H. Jones, secretary of commerce, is accused of pro crastination in building up stock piles; of underestimating re quirements of chromite, and now the war with Japan has cut off the last foreign source of this ma terial so necessary for the steel Industry. Best chromite came from Tur key, with high grade from Greece and Czechoslovakia ,-. eliminated those sources. Metals Reserve corporation contracted for chromite in the Philippines a little from China, obtained some from New Caledonia . Small island off the rva, rl A... ...I , n It;, l. , mi Japanese raiders operating, no ships can bring in ;"e cn or concentrates from those countries. I Montana is rrodurlne low .raae cnromite. snnn k. ! in production is a chromite min. in southern Alaska. Every cent ior opening th is Drorjertv h.. been paid by a resident of Port land. OPM wants every ton. For year or more Metals Reserve has been urged to have RFC ad-1 vance funds to build roads to J chromlte deposits in southwest- era Oregon. Attitude or tne cor 'poration was that whatever chromite exists in the United ! States should be saved and not i exploited, and the better plan ) was to import the material from abroad. Now they can not im port any. Close second to chro mite for defense needs is mag nesium. Olympic peninsula has thousands of tons: a lltUe diffi cult to reduce, which makes It more expensive. Metals Reserve Corp. has ignored this as well as other domestic deposits: hoped to build from Importations. ; s rye News By Frank Jenkins ""PHE Japs bomb Manila, after it has been declared an open city and its defenders have moved out Bomb It methodi cally, killing and wounding civi lians. Setting great fires that are burning as these words are written. a a a SAVE your anger. Blind, tin rsamnlnff artvee nve hair. cd any fighter to win and this is a fight to the finish. Permit yourself only the cold. calculating fury that looks for ward to VICTORY, no matter what the cost This Is war. Modern war. In modern war. chivalry Is OUT. a a a DEMEMBER that In bombing Manila after it has been de clared an open city the Japs are INVITING the bombing of their own crowded cities. That will come In time as and when we can get around to It a a a INSTEAD of shaking your fists in futile anger, WORK HARD AND EFFICIENTLY at your Job, no matter what It may be. We lack ships. We lack planes. We lack guns. Only by working harder and more efficiently than we ever worked before can we provide these vitally necessary weapons in sufficient quantity and IN TIME to win. And win we must : a a a IN today's (Saturday's) dls- patches, these sentences stand out Japanese planes roar over Manila WITHOUT ANY OP POSITION." "The enemy Is being CON TINUALLY REINFORCED from fleets of troopships In Llngayen gulf and off Atimonan." Remember: The Philippines are far from the supporting mainland of the United States. They are CLOSE to Japan. The problems of transportation and supply are difficult for us, relatively easy for the Japanese. It is not Improbable that the Philippines may be lost But it Is as true now as ever that it Is the LAST battle that counts. Our Job is to win the last battle. a a THE Japs, for all their advant- ages of nearness and ad vance preparation, aren't com ing off unhurt. . U, S. and Dutch army,, navy and air reports for the first three weeks of the war in the Pacific list 28 Japanese merchant ves sels sunk or seriously damaged by submarine or air attack In Philippines Borneo and Malay an waters. The Dutch alone have ac counted for 18 Jap ships sunk and five damaged, including one cruiser, two destroyers, four troop transports, three freight- - I ers, four supply transport ships and two lighters. Their average has been one a day since they went into action. Don't discount the fighting Dutch. t TODAYS dispatches report German armies counter-attacking i gain In Russia, which is significant Either they have reached the positions they are electing to rlefenrl nr lh.u n -. defend or they don't DARE re tire further without fight ine Russians continue to pound them. If they can keep pounaing inera an wintae Hitler's big Job of getting ready ior next spring will be made naraer. a a a A ND keep your eye on Spain and Turkey. Hitler has to hit somewhere or lose critically needed prestige. Spain and Turkey are the likeliest spots. Vi ikii.H.nn 1 1 - aKai rcono- I my mittee recommends to !f"fest a cut of 11.131.075.000 jln non-defense spending It 'says: "There is BO room far nnn. essenuais in a eovernment 'stripped for action" Nothing could be truer. Clcln time for Classified Ads a. m Too late to ClaaaUy 1J so p. n. Flight o Time Med ford and Jackson Conniy History from tha (Ilea af tha MaU Trtttane IS and to years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 29, 1931 (It was Tuesday) Japan orders Chinese out of Manchuria. Flurries of snow fell over the Rogue River valley, with rain predicted. High 36, low 32 de grees. High wind sweeps city. Trojans and Tulana to play Rose Bowl game, and both hop for dry field. Legion announces It will hold Washington Birthday ball. Sheriff Jennings leaves for Colorado to bring back Albert W. Reed, held as suspect In slay ing of Ashland policeman. Work of clearing snow from Crater Park roads continues. Sen. Wheeler of Montana says "Governor Roosevelt of New York Is best man to meet threat of third party." Sen. Dill pro claims governor as "great lib eral." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 29, 1921 at was Thursday) Fall wheat acreage below last year by half million acres. War Minister Trotsky an nounces Russia Is ready and has 1,300,000 under arms. There was a trace of rain and more predicted. High 42, low 31 degrees. Gov. Small of Illinois goes on trial for fraud. City policeman discovers Front street poker game, while chasing boy caught smoking cig arette in alley. During past week four car loads of furniture belonging to employes of the head offices of Copco arrive from south. Teachers ask that course In auto mechanics be placed In schools. Communications How About the "HIgher-Ups?" To the editor Your issue of the 24th ot December shows a picture of the president and his war cabinet posing, while our bovs are dying. I can't put all the blame on the commanding officers at Pearl Harbor. As I understand It, they get their orders from their superiors. And If their su periors should happen to be basking in the sunshine of their own importance, what could you expect? I would like to know this: What were the qualifications of the following officers: secretary of the navy, secretary of war and numerous other appointees? Is it true, they were appointed for political reasons rather than their ability to direct their dif ferent offices? We were led to beheve all along our navy and army, and especially the navy was second to none, and was ready for any emergency. I remember having one high official make this statement that Mr. Roosevelt knew months be fore a shot was fired, there would be war in Europe. How much better would It have been. If he had known something about the conditions that con fronted this country. But wtut can you expect when one of their number makes a statement like this, "HeU, I don't want to hurt any one, I want to kill them. Sounds like a line from Gang Busters. This is the greatest nation on this earth, and our boys second to none in Intelligence a,id abil ity. And the people of this na tion should demand that this administration get off their u.i a-- uicii show boat and give our bovs the best eauioment and all the nro. tection possible. And not make neroes ol them after they are gone, when with proper pro tection and leadership, they could be our live heroes Mr. Churchill in a speech to day, said the BNtish government was giving their people the truth about the war, the bad news as well as the good. I wonder if this administration will try and '..u . . . ... . .. follow the good advice in that statement JESS ELDRIDGE. Medford, Dec. 28. Clotlne time for Classified Ads a. m. Too late to Classify It JO p. ra. Cat Mall Tribune want ada. How To Relieve Bronchitis Creorrtulslon relieves promptly be cause It goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel rami laden phlegm, and aid nature so soothe and heal raw, tender, in flamed bronchial mucout mem branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle ef Creomultton with the un derstanding you must like the way It quickly allays the couth or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Couths, Chtit Colds, Bronchitis
