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Since the attack on Pearl
Wnrhnr and the bombings Of
Manila, there is practically no
bragging by racinc toast resi
dents, of the weather caused by
the Japanese Current
The campaign to prevent
wasting paper should mciuae
Ittr.writers to the Portland
press, scolding the editors for
not waging a stiller ugm
against the private power trust,
seeking to get the upper-hand
over Bonneville dam. That was
old stuff, when the politicians
were chasing "the money
changers out of the temple," and
everybody was, going to get
three electric lights In his wood
shed. One of the freak happenings
of this year, was the dislocation
of her hip by a dancer doing
the hula-hula no doubt a re
fined presentation. The general
opinion holds this should hap
pen oftener.
A shortage of male hats
looms, due to the strife. Even
those who have worn none for
years, may find themselves
bareheaded.
CANDID JOURNALISM
(S.F. Examiner)
"Hollywood.-J-Milton Berle,
the radio and screen come
dian, and Joyce Mathews,
Mew York showgirl, were on
their wedding trip today.
They were married at a quiet
ceremony yesterday, attended
only by a few loose friends
and relatives."
All reports Indicate the voice
of the Portland air raid sirens
Is weak, and not capable of be
ing heard In the entire precinct,
let alone In the wilderness,
bringing forth protests from the
press and people. They made
less noise than a tnad taxpayer,
or a full-throated soprano, be
fore a large and appreciative
audience. An air raid siren, it
Is argued, should be able to
scare the population worse than
the bombs of the Invaders, to
be effective.
"A scarcity of horseshoes is
expected to curtail the activities
of dude ranches In '42. As there
may be too, a scarcity of dudes.
It should come out fairly even."
(Los Angeles Times). Things
balance up.
There will soon be sufficient
irrigation snow piled up in the
hills to cauw a shortage of early
February farm fretting, about
how heavy the June rains
will be.
Tomorrow Is the day to rip
the Inst leaf off the 1941 cnlvn
dar, if it hasn't been done
already.
Hermy Offenbarher of the
Applcgnte butchered hogs Mon
day, also Ray Offenbacher and
Willis Scott.
"We were wondering the
other day where our newspaper
got its rules for punctuation so
we a.k our printer to enlighten
us. His answer was. "I set tyre
as long as I can hold my breath,
and then I put In a comma;
when I yawn I Insert a semi
colon; and when I want smoke
I make a paragraph'." (Drum
right, Okla., Banner). How to
punctuate.
t HOE Al F.RTNMS
Hew Tor IUP Uke srery em.
ploy "aahotage-conwious.' Special
Agent R. H. Simons of the rut re
cently told a meeting of tlx Rl He.
search Initiluu. "No better pro
gram could be instituted In any of
the manufacturing or oonautKUun
enterprises'" M declare. j
Is Singapore Doomed?
DAUL Mallon doesn't pull his punches.
He believes Mr. Winston Churchill's recent
warning against optimism was based upon the likeli
hood that everything west of Hawaii, except Austra
"r, will be lost, the Philippines, Singapore and the
iyutch East Indies.
In our judgment Mallon is taking in too much
territory.
1E grant his sources of information are far better
than ours.
On the other hand the first of this month the
skipper of this department was in Washington, D. C.
The subject of Japan and the Far East was frequent
ly discussed with army and navy officers, a former
member of the army general staff talked for two
hours on the subject.
w w w w w
N one point everyone was agreed. .
As long as Britain held Singapore she couldn't
be beaten (at least in the Far East) with Singapore
lost, however, she could not win.
We grant no real research was made, all our
information came in the course of more or less casual
conversation.
Therefore we grant the conclusion regarding the
vital importance of Singapore MAY be wrong.
e e e e e
MEVERTHELESS, this department's belief is Sing-
apore will NOT fall, or at least, not without an
all-out effort on the part of this country and Britain
to prevent it. And by "all out" we mean, a combined
air and fleet defense just as soon as the necessary pre
parations have been made. In fact we shall not be
greatly surprised to see the first blow by allied forces
struck at, or near, Singapore, rather than the Philip
pines. For again granting the importance of Singapore
may have been exaggerated, a look at the map cer
tainly leaves no doubt, that Singapore is the corner
rtone of Great Britain's Far East empire, and its loss
would be a serious blow if not necessarily a decisive
one.
X7E don't doubt Prime Minister Churchill has given
up Guam, Wake, Midway and the Philippines.
And such a concession would certainly justify,
when addressing the people of THIS country, a cer
tain absence of optimism.
But we can't believe the Dutch East Indies and
Singapore have been handed over, theoretically, as
well.
Such wholesale generosity to the foe, would, in
our judgment, conform neither to the known facts,
nor to the demonstrated gallantry and pugnacity of
the British character.
The Churchill Policy
IN rebuttal for the opposition there is this to be said.
If Mr. Churchill were convinced the chances of
holding Singapore and the Dutch East Indies to be
extremely slim, a warning against optimism and pre
paration for bad tidings
his established policy.
In fact that attitude
than anything else, places Mr. Churchill head and
shoulders above any other national leader today, in
this war-torn world.
XHAT has been the result?
' Placing absolute confidence in the intelligence
and fortitude of his people, they have had, and still
have, the utmost confidence in him. Prepared at all
times for the rough seas ahead of them, when those
seas came, the rank and file have been ready to un
complainingly combat them,
been the case, the storm
ialized, and subsequent events were more cheering
than expected, there has
of rejoicing and a marked
e e e
SO, we have today the
DlUI.'il (lliVI VU 1 IIKIM 1 1 1 1' 1 UlVi
Fed on the truth, without sugar coating, the Bri
tish people having demonstrated their ability to take
it like men, in fair weather or in foul, are raring to
go, as the dark skies grow brighter, are in perfect
fighting form,
While the Germans, never told the truth, fed on
Nazi propaganda and sugar coated lies, have suffered
one shattered illusion after the other, until now, while
they still hold nearly all of Europe, only the fear of a
more cruel and frightful doom, keeps them fighting
at all ; the national temper, according to all impartial
neutral reports, is one of increasing discouragement
and despair.
f N short the Churchill policy is not only the demo
cratic and the honorable policv, it is the enduring
and the SMART policy.
They Don ' Beat the Dutch!
DURELY as a matter of
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imuvi it iiwl ic v ir-c,
second-hand battleships, destroyers or submarines,
not engaged in pursuing his fleeing Jap armada, that
he,
Turn them over to the Dutch commodore, who
judging by all reports, not only has found the enemv
but,
Has a record of sinking ait average of one Nip
pon gun boat a day!
Almost 00 000 000 pounds of' Portsmouth. N. H., navy yard
.'resh vegetables will be led en-
listed men of the navy in 1842. I
MEDFORD MAIL
would be characteristic of
of complete honesty more
and when, as has often
warnings have not mater
been a consequent period
boost in morale.
e e
marked contrast between
comic relief.
:t c, l-.. .. i .
u orii i-iu J rvnt.t. tuts tuj ,
is the navy s oldest, having beeti i
acquired April 20, 1798. j
TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters pertaining l personal health and hygiene, not to disease
dial notli or treatment. wtU he antnered by Dr. Bride If a stamped eelf
ddreued eneelope I enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the large number of letters received onry a few can he answered
here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions,
address lr. William Brady, XU El Camtoo, Beverly Hills. Calif.
VITAMIN A
In his book on "Vitamins and
Other Dietary Essentials"
(Hcinemann, London) Aykroyd
says he has "sometimes given
Newfoundland fishermen, vic
tims of night-
b 1 1 n dness, a
a i n g le table
s p o o n ful of
cod - liver oil,
with the grati
fying result
that were able
to see on the
s u b s e q uent
night." Then
the English
authority adds
that there are
few other
remedies In medicine so rapid
and reliable referring, of
course, to natural vitamin A for
night-blindness (sometimes call
ed hemeralopia, sometimes nyc
talopia). Perhaps the diet of
Newfoundland fishermen is pret
ty restricted in the winter
months, especially in fresh
greens and yellow vegetables
and fruits which are the main
sources of pro-vitamin A (caro
tene) the presursor of natural
vitamin A, that Is, the substance
in foods which is converted into
natural vitamin A by metabo
lism. In this country, even if
such green and yellow vege
tables and fruits or fruit juices
containing carotene are not so
abundant or available in the
wintertime in some sections,
fairly good dietary sources of
the pro-vitamin, such as canned
tomato and tomato Juice, ba
nanas, orange or orange Juice,
carrots, spinach, butter, cream,
fresh whole milk, cheese (any
kind), egg yolk, liver, canned
condensed milk, evaporated
milk, dried milk, are available.
The white inner leaves of cab
bage or lettuce contain only
about one-tenth as much vita
min A as the outer green leaves
which are often discarded.
Because of the greater avail
ability of foods containing caro
tene people in this country are
less likely to have such striking
or full-fledged manifestations of
vitamin A deficiency, but there
is no question that a great many
persons suffer from milder man
ifestations and In most instances
the nature of the trouble is not
recognized.
For instance awkwardness or
difficulty in getting about in
dim light or after dusk, and un
usual sensitiveness to the glare
of opposing traffic when driving
(Continued From Fsg One)
should be In Portland or Seattle.
Within a 700 mile radius of
either city is 42 per cent of all
Ihe forests the Douglas fir
pine, spruce ai.d hemlock. Wash
ington and Oregon have 37 per
cent of the forests, and with Ida
ho 42 per cent. The south has
loblolly pine: Pennsylvania and
Maine some forests, largely han
dled by the states. Major part
of the work cf the forest service
is In Washlnnton, Idaho, Mon
tana. Oregon and northern Call
fnrnia. It is In this zone that
the forest service looks after fire
prevention; it is where most of
the money of the service Is
spent. Senator McNary de
clares the natural headquarters
for the forest service is In the
northwest and he considers Port
land the logical place.
e e e
FISH and wildlife service, to
be sent to Chicago, where the old
Congress hotel will be taken
over, shnuld go to Seattle In
stead. The Alaska country
principal field for big game and
the salmon runs, the seal fish
erles off Pribiloff island, make
Seattle ideal as an operating
base 'r this service. There are
37S in this service to be shifted
(Ebert K. Burlew. assistant see
retary of the interior, protested
employment of predatory ani
mal hunters; suggested that the
marines be sent out to shoot the
coyotes.)
Rpolamation service has all its
activities in the 11 western
states, handling such projects as
Yakima. Orand Coulee. Ander
son ranch dam, Owyhee Shasta
dam. Boulder etc. Most of the
field force Is In the west. Re
clamation service cou'd settle
down at Spokane. Boise or Den
ver, where it has an office for
tngineers.
Federal maritime commission
lus no reason for being In the
WJ
AT ATHE
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OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1941
Brady. M. D.
FOR BLACKOUT
at night, as well as Inability to
detect or see dim or feeble dis
tant lights in a darkened field,
are common manifestations of
moderate vitamin A deficiency,
in the majority of cases; some
times, of course, such symptoms
may be due to one or another
eye disease which is not due to
vitamin deficiency. In any case
it is perfectly harmless, indeed
generally beneficial to general
health, to try upping the dally
intake of vitamin A and see for
oneself whether it will not bring
improvement or relief. One may
make this test by taking a cap
sule after food twice daily for
a week or two a capsule con
taining 25,000 units of natural
vitamin A. Natural vitamin A is
the finished product of metabo
lism of carotene concentrated
from fish liver oil. If the pre
cursor, carotene, is taken, it has
to be converted into natural vi
tamin A in the body. Perhaps in
some individuals there is a low
capacity to convert carotene in
to natural vitamin A even when
the intake of carotene is high
enough.
qiEVrlONS AM) ANSWERS
'o, No, Mrs. Wiseacre
A formula discovered and patented
by an old army surgeon, contained
something violently and speedily
lethal to colon bacilli, as well aa
something with a miraculous heal
ing effect. Mrs! D. M. T.
Answer Tho old army game I
raesn the old army surgeon may have
imagined the formula bad such ef
fects, -but don't take It seriously.
Colon bacilli normally Inhabit the In
testine and probably aid digestion.
Colon bacilli and other harmless or
beneficial bacteria constitute about
50 per cent by weight of the feces.
X-ftays for Adenoids
Daughter. 11. had tonsils removed
by operauon five years ago. The ad
enoid tissue haa enlarged again and
ehe has to breathe through her
mouth. Doctor here advisee X-ray
treatment for the adenoids. Mrs. B.
B.
Answer It la good treatment fn
many cases of obstruction of throat
or naapharynx by tonsils or adenolda,
esprclslly when the obstruction
causes ear trouble.
Cross Ankles, Not Knees
I am a girl 18 and have been told
If I continually croes my kneea when
sitting I will be Injured Internally.
Miss M. O.
Answer No. but It tends to Im
pair good posture snd obstructe cir
culation In lege. Better cross only
the ankles.
(Copyright 1941, John T. Dtlle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to nr.
tvllllam nraclr. M. O, 265 El
Cemlno. Beverly Hills, Calif.
national capital and could give
us adequate service if moved to
Seattle or Son Francisco or Bos
ton. Indian affairs bureau deals
with Indians of the west and
southwest and has no particular
excuse for being located in
Washington, D. C. The national
park service, with Rainier, Crat
er lake, Olympic, Yellowstone,
Glacier, Yosemite, Grand can
yon, Carlsbad and other parks,
belongs in the west along with
the Indian bureau, forest service
and reclamation service.
Logical place for ICC Is the
railroad center of the world
Chicago; SEC should be shipped
to Wall Street. Federal power
commission is another agency
that belong geographically to .
the far west any town on the
coast. Federal trade commission ;
can do Its work anywhere and i
not necessarily in the national
rapital. Farm security adminis-!
'.ration could go to Iowa. Kansas'
or Nebraska, and neither wage-1
hour administration nor old-age
pensions needs be In Washing-1
ton, D. C.
PACIFIC wool growers (Idaho,
Oregon. Washington. California
Nevadal are writing that they
want no ceiling on the 1942 clip
unless consideration is given cost i
of production over the 1941 clip.
They estimate these increases
next year over the 1941 costs-,
Shearing 20 per cent higher,
wages 20 to 2.1 per cent higher,
all camp supplies 15 to 20 per'
cent higher, and further In-'
creases in sight: feed higher and
wool bags much higher. Wool
nags are made of burlap and
OPM has arranged to take all
'he burlap In the country for
military purposes camouflage
except a little for actual neces
sities, and wool bags are pre
sumed to be in the latter cate
gory. Sheepmen object to bas
ing prices on the 1909 1914
parity, explaining that parity
price then was only 20 7 per
rent higher than the lowest price
for any six years In the past 50
whereas parity price for wheat
was 65.5 per cent higher.
LIVESTOCK
Portland
Portland. Ore, Dec 80 ..4-it'8DAI
Hoes TOO: msrxet steady to 10 huh
er, sood-cholce 170-313 lb. $13 00
60. mMluro grad's $11 75 dovn; 3.10
350 If. 11 33-50: Uft-llxhts 1:0 75
1160; peeking sows $8509JO: I ced
ar p-St $1100.
! Cattle 100: calves U; market led re.
' steady with Monday's best cm; few
modlum-food steers tll.loa) 11 K;
1 common-medium heifers 7-80a 10.00;
cutlery betters down to So .50; beat
ted netfers Monday SI US; Conner
and cutter cows mostly SS-00 8-23;
fat dairy cowa Sfl 75 ej 7 25; medium
good beef cowa aeoo-76; good bulls
salable $9.00-50; good-cnoleo vealera
13 501340: selects to $14-00.
Sheep 850; market medium nom
inal; few common-medium lambs
9.00-50: good .choice trucked -In
lambs salable around $1100: oarioadt
quoted to $1140: fat ewes $5.50e oo.
(Portland livestock market will be
closed New Tear's day.)
gouth nan Francisco
South San Francisco, Dee. SO-P)
(Fed.-State Mkt. Newt) Hogs S0O;
mostly steady: bulk good ISA-235 lb.
barrows and gilts SI 1 95 12.05. lat
ter extreme top; packagea good 480
lb. sows $9.50.
Cattle 80; unevenly higher mark
et; Monday around 60 up on eteers:
on load 1038 lb. good steers $13 25:
three care medium 908 lb. $1100:
good cow top $9 35: bulk dairy cows
$740: medium sausage bulls $8.35
75, firm. Calve aalable none. Nom
inal; few good to choice vealers quo
ted 1J 00 14 00.
Hoga none; nominal: wooled lambs
scarce, quoted $11.503 13.00: wooled
ewea, medium to choice 94 50 $ 5 50.
Chicago
Chicago. Dee. 80. (V Hogs 37.000:
moatly 10-30 lower; top 11.35: good
360-500 lb. sows largely 9.53-10.15;
lighter weights 1013-40.
Cattle 7.500. calves 1.000: early tup
14.36 on yearlings but 14.50 bid: most
weighty steers 13.35-13.35; fed heifers
scarce, firm; practical top good grade
fed heifers 13 00; moat fat cowa 8 00
75: odd-head 9 00-50: cutters 7.S5
down; canners 6.76 down: weighty
sausage bull offerings to 10.00; vealers
35-50 higher at 1340-14.60; stock
cattle mostly 13.00 down to 9 60 on
stocker yearlings and light feeders.
Sheep 7.000. Fat lamb market not
established, early bids for choice kinds
around 13.35; fully 35 lowen asking
steady or upward to 13.50 for best
klnde.
Portland Produce
Portland, Ore., Dec. SO. Pota
toes White locals, 3 00 cental: Des
chutes gems. 3.60-3.75 cental: Yaki
ma No. 1 gems. 3.50-3.76 cental;
Klamath, 3 60-3.75 cental.
All other produce prices steady, un
changed, f
Portland Wheat
Portland, Ore., Dec. 30 (P) Grain:
Wheat: Open High Low Close
May 1.01 1.03 1.01 1.03
Caah Oraln: oats No. 3-38 lb. white
$37.00: barley No. 3-45 lb. b.w. $37X10:
Corn No. 3-e.y. shipment, $3340; No.
1 flax $3.03.
Cash wheat (bid): soft whit 97c:
soft whit excluding rex 98t)C: white
club $1.00: western red 98 '4 c.
Hard red winter ordinary 98c; 10
per cent 99c: 11 per cent $1.08; 13
per cent $1.13.
Hard whlte-baart ordinary $1.10'4:
10 per cent $1.13',: 11 per cent
$1.19",; 13 per cent $1.22.
Today's car receipts: wheat 11;
barley 0; flour 3; com 3; oata 4; hay
0; mllltecd 7; flaxseed 0.
Chicago Wheat
Chicago, Dec. 30. iAi
Wheat: Open High Low Close
May 1 37i l-37i 1 30', 1.30'-,
July 1.38i, 1-38', 1.37S 1.27',
Sept. ., 1.28",
Wall St. Report
New York. Dec. 30. (;P The
long hoped for but sometimes
doubted year-end rally hit the
stock market today with a buy
ing wave that swept recently
weak leaders to the best up
swing since late 1940.
Early irregularity caused by
heavy tax selling soon gave way
to strong reinvestment demand
which made the ticker tape hum
and lifted favorites 1 to 4 points
generally and scattered "blue
ihlps" as much as 9 or so.
While top marks were reduced
in many instances at the close,
sizable advances were wide
spread. Dealings were exceptionally
fast at intervals although slow
downs cropped up after mid-day.
Transfers, however, were around
2.600.000 shares, one of the
largest turnovers since May a
year ago.
American Telephone was far
away the stellar performer of
the day, climbing by leaps and
bounds to around 9 points above
its final price of Monday. At its
peak of the session the stock was
about 15 points over its low quo
tation of last week.
Today's closing prices for 84 se
lected atocks follow :
Al. Chem. at Dye
Ara. Can .
A. T. T.
Anaconda ..
Atch. T. & 8. F
IVndlx Avla.
Beth. Steel
.143',
5,
137",
. 2
"1
ru,
86 S
.. 38H
- !',
- 8,
. ,
.145
- 21',
.. 38
.. Sit,
Caterpillar Tract.
Chrysler - ..
Curt lee- Wright
tvnslss Acft.
DiiPort ,
Oen. Wee
Oen. Foods
o-n Mot. .
Int. Harvest
.tohn-Man. ,
Kenneeoft
M.Ml'v Ward .
Ko. Amn. Av'n
Nwth Amer.
Penney iJ. C.)
Penna, R. R.
Phtl'.lps Pet
Radio
Sou. Pac
Std. Bm ,
St. Oil Cl
st on n i
Traua. Amer.
.171,
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9-,
78
18
43',
3S
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San Francises) Batter
San Francisco. Deo. so (jPMUSDA)
Butter, 93 aeon S7c: tl-see: 90
J5c; sa-SSc.
Sacramento. Dec $0 V-Churning
cream butterfat: Fust grade
40 He; second grade SSa.
Pear Market
Yesterday
Chicago. Deo. 39 (JV(CSDA)
Feara: One oar Oregon, one Wash
ington arrived: tl ears on track:
Oregon Golden Boeo 730 boxes fancy
$145-86, average $1.79; Anjoua 730
boxes extra fancy $3-30-8.00, average
$347. -
Kew fork. Dee. 39. vP)-(TJSDA)
Fears: 19 cars arrived: on ear Cali
fornia. 8 Oregon. 9 Washington un
loaded; 38 cars on track: Oregon
Boec 380 boxes extra fancy $1.75
840. average $3.68: 3860 boxes No.
1 $1.60-1.40. average $344; 595 botes
unclassified. $1.60-3 60, average $1.80;
Anjous 910 boxes ftxtra fancy $3.46
835. average $368: 190 boxes fancy
$3.45-3.10: average $387; Cornice
440 boxes extra fancy $340-8.08; av
erage $3.76: 656 boxes fancy $3.60-66;
average $347: 60 half boxes extra
fancy $3 85-60; average $349.
Communications
IS WITH THE ADMIRALS
To the editor: In view of
these findings by our news
analysts Paul Mallon and John
W. Kelly, and editorials by our
local authorities while the gen
eral public may never know the
whole truth, two plus two still
equals four. The strings are
pulled at Washington, D. C, so,
under a spoil system what incen
tive has any individual to use
his own initiative.
Bob Sparks wrote December
S from a battleship somewhere
in the Pacific of the strenuous
maneuvers they were enduring
with four-hour rest (if you could)
periods, around the clock. A day
or two before they had sight of
what was believed to be a peri
scope from an enemy submarine.
Other boys have written of like
alertness.
So, until those two admirals
with years of navy experience
are found, guilty of high treason
my sympathies are with them.
. Most of us appreciate construc
tive criticism and are not stub
bornly vindictive yet when one
has made a serious mistake and
realizes it his remorse is torture
enough without unjust dismis
sal without proof of guilt.
Just between you and me,
Mrs. P. T. Tracy,
Central Point, Ore.
Ye Poets Cornei
The Dsy After Christmas
'Twas the day after Christmas,
and o'er everything.
Were boxes and ribbon and
paper and string;
There were letters and cards
from Heaven's knows who.
From folks you forgot, who had
sent them to you.
It will take me year to get
even. I guess,
Tha washing's not done, the
house is a mess;
The company's all gone, Tve
cooked 'till I'm weak.
Talked, laughed and shouted,
'till my voice 1$ a "squeak."
But, say it was worth it, and
soon I'll forget.
About the work and the worry,
the fuss and the fret;
And will be just as happy, to
greet with a cheer.
All the folks, and old Santa,
when It's Christmas next
year.
Goldle V. Johnson.
Trail, Ore.
Harms of Tha Pacific
The laurel-leaf will encircle for
ever the brow of the soldiers,
who faced thru the fight.
The fierce thrusts of an enemy
alien who cared not a straw
for the true and the right.
But forever and ever their
praises will echo thru-out the
land where-in Liberty dwells.
And forever and ever their
names are exalted; with
heroes long vanished their
number will swell.
Long were the hours and hot
was the fighting, but none
were so gallant as those men
tn blue.
They fought the good fight, they
neld up the banner, the flag
of the free and the brave and
the true.
The mighty waves of the
boundless Pacific pounds the
white sands of a faraway isle.
But still unafraid, neath the flag
of their country', the Heroes
of America gallantly smile.
E. E. Arthur.
8ENIORrIGINEEn .
Washington, Dee. 30. .i.-T")
Interior Secretary Ickes an
nounced today the appointment
of Charles E. Carey, formerly
of the Bonneville administration,
to be senior engineer In the
Bureau of Reclamation in charge
of arrangements for marketing
power from the 450.000 kilowatt
hydro development of the Cen
tral valley reclamation project
In California.
Union Carb.
Unit. Aircraft .
United Airline
U. S. Steel
Flight o Time
Medford and Jackson Comity
History from the filet of the Mall
Tribune 10 and to years ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 30, 1931.
(It was Wednesday)
Chinese flee before advance
of Japanese troops In Man
churia. All who care may voice their
views on budget at hearing to
morrow. Order will be main
tained, sheriff says.
Hope for early work on Pa
cific Highway improvement to
aid jobless.
Rain predicted with snow
flurries. High 44, low 31 de
grees. Heavy rains soak Oregon
coast. Portland boasts surplus
of moisture.
High school defeats St. Mary's
48 to 10 in basketball tilt.
Big drifts of snow in Wimer
districts keep residents home.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 30, 1921.
(It was Friday)
State speed cops round up
highway speeders, who tell sad
tales in city police court to no
avail.
Lane county court limits
weight of trucks as they "are
cutting up the roads".
France backs up from stand
on disarmament, on "grounds
we are regarded with suspicion
by the rest of the world".
First sunny day in two weeks.
High 48, low 36, trace of rain.
City auto camp to be closed
until next tourist season opens.
Local residents found living in
John Dennison's Buick des
troyed by fire at Seven Oaks.
OI'FICEKS INCONVENIENCED
Camden. 8. C. (UP)--Add war dis
comforts: Lieutenant J. H. Allison
of the Thirty-fourth Infantry cap
tured two "enemy" trucks. They
were carrying the bed roll of thirty
officers of the Twenty-ninth Infantry.
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