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HOPE FOR 1942:
A SLAP-HAPPY NEW
YEARS TOR THE DICTATOR
NATIONS. MAY THEY SOON
BE SLAPPED INTO A COCK
ED HAT, OR BETTER STILL,
INTO ONE OF THE FUNNY
KIND LIKE THE FAIR SEX
WEAR. THE SOONER THE
HAPPIER THE REST OF THE
WORLD WILL BE.
REVIEW OF 1941:
Thlngi look bad. . . . Much
local fretting, over lack of mow
In hills for Irrigation water, and
A. Hitler1! pledge to bring the
German people victory before
end of year . . . (Where Is It?)
. . . Pussywillow! burst forth
along Bear Creek. . . . Ginger
Rogers, movie queen, may buy
valley itock ranch. . . . Italy
starts out to conquer Greece,
yelli for help from Berlin. . . .
High school bb. team chalks up
wins. . . . FR. starts 3rd term.
Piscatorial enthusiasts fear
proposed dami In Rogue River
will ruin fishing. . . . First shlv
aree In 90 days shakes Main
Stem and residential areas,
breaks down In front of hos
pital. . , . City Park board of
military strategy figures Lon
don bombings mean Britain Is
a goner. . . . Hs. bb. team keeps
up winning ways. . . . Sunniest
February In many a year. . . .
Matsuoka, an "Old Oregon"
boy, and Hitler meet In Berlin.
. . . Ground hog saw his sha
dow. First March wind blows down
last Christmas decoration. . . .
Ginger Rogers of the films,
buys Shady Cove district ranch.
. . . Spring flowers and rumors
plentiful. . . . People start get
ting mad at Col. Lindbergh, one
time national idol. . . Epidemic
kills off local cats. . . . Dande
lions show up on local lawns.
. . . Nazis save Mussolini from
licking by Greeks. . . . Hs. bb.
team loses out.
Marriage license desk at coun
ty cthse does best business In
years. . . . Ginger Rogers, the
movie star, visits ranch. , . .
Everybody humming "My Sister
and I" . . . Germans sink Amer
ican ship . . . unlimited emer
gency declared. . . . Rain hits
first cutting of alfalfa, as usual.
Housewives contribute alum
inum pans for defense. . . . Val
ley will get an army canton
ment .... valley won't get a
cantonment. . . . Cool anc rainy
. . . Valley will get a canton
ment . . . valley won't get a
rantonment. . , . More rain. . . .
Much oratory. . . , Heaviest pro
duction of rumors in history.
. . . Local plutocrats start show
ing up In new autos.
Gen. Lear disciplines soldiers
for yoo-hooing at gals In slacks.
... No more scrap Iron and
gasoline for Tokyo. . . . The
valley will get a cantonment . . .
the valley won't get a canton
ment . . . Ball club gets a new
pitcher, (what was his name
. . . ). Gasoline shortage fear
ed. .. . Duke of Windsor and
wife visit U.S. . . . Soldier boys
visit ... air squadron camps on
Roruc. . . . Gasoline shortage
past.
Shooting starts In North At
lantic. . . . Der Fuehrei mad.
. . . British airplane carrier
sank by Axis for tenth and last
time. . . Black Tornado looms
as champions. . . . John L. Lewis
decided to take over manage
ment of country. , . . People be
come allergic to strikes. , . .
Ashland triumphs over B. Tor
nado. . . . Russians gets the Hit
ler hordes on the run. . . . Japan
attacks Hawaii, . . . Blackouts.
. . . Snow piles up In the hills.
. . . Dame Rumor takes a vaca
lion. ... '41 was no fun ... In
42 don't be blue . . . HAPPY
NEW YEARS TO VOUI
Only One Resolution
Only those Americans who were living in the Civil
War period have ever experienced a New Year's Eve
like this one.
There have been two wars since then, the Span
ish and World War No. I, but neither one really
endangered this country, or even came near it
.
THE Spanish war was over, almost before it started,
with a smashing victory on land and sea, for the
superior U. S. forces.
The World War ended, only a few months after we
became actively engaged, along the western front,
with a similar triumph.
Compared with this war, the two previous conflicts
were little more than breathers. Uncle Sam has in
short escaped an all-out test of strength for eighty
years.
LIAS the old boy gone soft?
"We the people" know he hasn't But it is now
quite clear, it took him too long, FAR too long,
to wake up to the dangers threatening him.
And when war finally broke he got off to a bad
start, a very bad one.
IN short, thid is the first New Year's within the mem
1 ory of 99of the American people, when their
country has been in real danger, engaged up to the
hilt in a fight to the finish, a struggle that must be,
and WILL be won ; but one which is going to demand
sacrifices in blood nd treasure, unapproached in
the history of this nation, and we fear, undreamed
of, in the imagination of most of us.
Can we "take" it?
"We the people" KNOW we can.
But it is to be no naval parade as it was in '98: and
no mopping up exercise, as was the case, a couple of
decades later.
This is a fight to the FINISH, with a war on two
fronts, against two of the most powerful, ruthless and
crafty nations, the world has ever seen, and who up
to the present writing, have had all the best of it.
AS a result the various and sundry activities that
have marked New Year's celebrations in the past,
appear completely out of place and inexcusably triv
ial, at this one.
Not that we should all don hair-shirts tonight, and
wallow in wormwood and ashes. But beneath the
hilarity and exuberance, which properly marks the
end of the old year and the start of the new, there
should be, and undoubtedly will be, a sober ap
preciation of the fact, that an epoch in the history
of this country, and the world has ENDED, and
a new one, and a completely DIFFERENT one NOW
begins 1
This is to be no brief excursion in the realm of
force.
This is all-out war, a supreme and final test as to
whether this country and all it stands for is to survive
or perish.
AS was stated in this column over a year ago, unless
we the people ARE willing, if need be to DIE
for democracy, we won't be able long to LIVE in it
There is no turning back now. Here is the test,
this country and all freedom-loving, right-thinking
peoples, face.
Confronting such a crisis how all our petty New
Year resolutions of the past fade into vacuity and
nothingness !
THERE is only ONE resolution this New Year's
Eve, the resolution to go into this fight with
every resource at our command, be ready all of us
for any sacrifice, ultimate victory may demand, and
never quit, until the foes that have set out deliberate
ly to destroy this country, and all its stands for, are
CRUSHED 1
Its Up to Russia
As the war is now developing, Russia really holds
the key to victory, at least a reasonably quick one,
ns the skipper of this department views it
If Comrade Stalin is as whole-hearted in his sup
port of the allied cause, as reports from Moscow,
and London, maintain; and if his continued suc
cesses over the Nazis along the eastern front, are as
decisive and indicative of superior Russian strength
as he claims them to be, THEN,
There is no further excuse for Stalin to withhold
the Siberian coast from IMMEDIATE construction
of allied air bases, and with such air bases and
probably only with them, can Japan be effectively
attacked in her most vulnerable point, from the air
on Nippon's large metropolitan and industrial dis
tricts. IXOULDN'T such an attack result in the collapse
of Japan, more quickly and completely than
uttack from any other conceivable source?
And if Red array strength is what the Kremlin
says it is, with nearly a million well-armed and well
equipped troops permanently stationed in Siberia,
how could hard-pressed Japan effectively retaliate?
We claim no expert knowledge on the subject, of
course, but we doubt if such is needed to make the
fact quite plain, that allied progress in the war
against Nippon depends, almost entirely upon what
Russia does do, or DOESN'T!
Municipal employes of Sacra
mento, Calif., have been class!
fied for civilian defense on the
belief that they would be more
valuable for emergency service
than privately employed volunteers.
Saitormen of the navy will
use nine million pounds of but
ter this year.
In the tenth century the Scots
borrowed a linensmoothrr of
black glass from the Vikings to
do their ironing.
Personal Health Service
Br William
Stfiwtf letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to dlaeaae
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sddreased envelope Is enclosed. Letters shoald be brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the large number of letters received only a few cao be answered
here. No reply ran he made ta qoertea not conforming ta tnk traction a.
Address Dr. William Brady. 265 El Caralno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
THE SUGAR
A familiar and, plausible as
sertion of nutrition quacks and
food specialists or self-constitut
ed diet author
ities is that It
is wrong to
combine carbo
hydrate (sugar
or starch) with
protein. Some
of them imply
that a reaction
between these
different kinds
of food mater
ial In the stom
ach produces
1 n ) u rious or
even poisonous effects. Yet
many of the most essential na
tural foods of man contain pro
tein and carbohydrate, such as
peas, beans, wheat, oats, potato,
milk, cheese.
The carbohydrate In milk and
cheese is milk sugar, lactose. In
a quart of milk there is approxi
mately 1V4 ounces (three round
ed tablespoonfuls) of this sugar.
Woman's milk contains a larger
proportion of milk sugar than
cow's milk, approximately two
ounces in the quart. In modify,
lng cow's milk for an infant,
therefore. It Is a common prac
tice to add some milk sugar or
other sugar.
Milk sugar (lactose) Is less
sweet and less soluble than su
crose (beet or cane sugar). On
the assumption that milk sugar
is less subject to fermentation In
stomach or Intestine than other
sugars it was formerly preferred
to other sugars for modifying
milk for infants, but today,
there Is no advantage in using
fancy sugars for this purpose
in actual practice infants thrive
as well If their milk Is sweet
ened with beet or cane sugar,
corn syrup or glucose as they do
if a more expensive kind of
sugar is used.
By the fermentation of the
lactose or sugar in milk lactic
acid is produced. This is the nor
mal process of souring of milk.
It is due to the action of bac
teria always present in milk,
called lactic bacilli. Warmth
favors the multiplication of lac
tic bacilli and hastens souring
of milk; cold retards growth of
the bacteria and souring. Par
boiling, as In the process called
pasteurizing (heating the milk
to 145 degrees F. for half an
hour) destroys some of the lactic
bacilli but not all; hence pas
teurized milk sours slowly.
The action of the lactic bacilli
continues in the alimentary
tract as long as there is lactose
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
(Contlnuad Prom Page Ona)
be done with the fleet If Leahy
left Vichy.
Mr. Roosevelt, apparently,
thought Leahy even more valu
able as a military leader. At
the very least he will be head
of some top military strategy
board, or will have one of the
coordinated new allied com
mands. a
SOME folks are grumbling
that Churchill talked Roose
velt into forgetting about the
Japs and concentrating on Hit
ler. That idea is axis grease.
The broader view of this war,
the world view, clearly shows
Hitler Is the formidable foe. If
he is defeated, anyone can
brush the Japs over with the
back of their hand. They may
conquer the Far East down to
Australia (no Information here
suggests they want that contin
ent) but they cannot dominate
the world. They cannot Invade
this hemisphere as long as our
fleet Is above water, and alert.
It is true their characteristic
sneaky viciousness. demon
strated at Manila and Pearl
harbor, has made them the most
hated foe. Even some high of
ficials here are crying out for J
air bases at Vladivostok, so our
bombers can avenge Manila
among the crackerbox wooden
shacks of the Japanese Indus
trial centers. That will no doubt
be done in turn, but It is only
wise to understand the Red
viewpoint. If they can take Hit
ler, they can get Japan any
time. They do not wish to be
distracted, from their main en-1
terprise. j
C VENTS seem to have made.
our decision. Our air de
ficiency In the Far East permit
ted early Jap successes. To re
trieve ground lost there will re
quire a long time. Meanwhile,
alert defenses on our side of
the Pacific should make an at
tack on us as difficult for the
m
'W
Bradr. M. D.
IN MILK
(or other sugars or starches) for
the bacilli to ferment, and the
lactic acid produced In the intes
tine favors a healthy condition,
keeps the environment unfavor
able for the growth of disease
germs or putrefactive bacteriar.
While the carbohydrate (lactose,
milk sugar) in milk Is probably
the best medium or pabulum to
promote and maintain a vigor
ous and healthy preponderance
of lactic bacilli In the intestine,
it is well to remember that other
carbohydrate materials, notably
raw starch, may serve the pur
pose nearly if not quite as well
as lactose does. For this reason
it is generally healthful to eat
some raw or only slightly cook
ed starch every day raw pota
to, plain wheat, oatmeal raw or
slightly cooked, raw cornstarch,
raw vegetables whatever you
like.
One reason why I personally
prefer grade A raw milk from
tuberculin tested and Bang test
ed cows to par-boiled or pasteur
ized milk is because I like to
maintain a healthy growth of
lactic bacilli, and I believe
drinking pure raw milk does
this more effectively than any
means one can use for that pur
pose. QUESTIONS ANSWERS ,
What, No Half
Should a hat be worn during the
winter season? I m 31. preler to
go hatlese as much as possible, but
Ilnd my ears are beginning to ache
occasionally and my hair It begin
ning to fall more than formerly.
(Mlsj 8. P.)
Answer Prom the Tlewpolnt of
health ona ahould wear a hat only
when comfort or custom requires It.
Whether you wear a hat or not can
have nothing to do with earache.
Send stamped envelope bearing your
address, for pamphlet "Care of the
Hair".
Sassafras '
What medicinal effect If any la
derived from use of eassafras tea In
stead of tea or coffee? (V. L. D.)
Answer None. Old ttmers Imag
ined aaaaafras was alterative mean
ing It changed or .crrected what
ever ailed them. It la harmless If
you prefer It to tea or coffee.
Destruction of Vitamins
Lecturer from state department
said If one wished to destroy all the
vitamins In food cooking In pressure
cooker would certainly do It. Now
we hava used a pressure cooker.
(Mrs. C. R.)
Answer Ordinary cooking destroys
less vitamin B than pressure cook
ing does, so the lecturer was nearer
right.
(Copyright 1941. John P. Wile Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. 0, 2BS El
Cam 1 no. Beverly Hills, Calif.
Japs as It would be for us now
to attack the Jap mainland.
The bigger, If slightly less
loathsome foe. Hitler, has been
put on the run by the Reds and
British. By next fall, perhaps
much sooner, an allied expedi
tionary force up through Italy
is certainly called for. Even if
the Reds are driven back in the
spring, the hope of victory will
be in the air there.
The defense of this country
comes first, then Hitler, then
the Japs.
a
PLAMING anger against the
Japs has brought friendship
to the sharp enemies of the
American maritime unions. It
would have done your heart
good to see Harry Lundeberg
of the Pacific Sailors Union and
his enemy, Frederick Myers of
the Maritime union go off, arm
In arm, for a drink after the
first meeting of the new mari
time war emergency board.
These two competitive union
leaders had never spoken to one
another before.
Apparently M r. Roosevelt
forgot to announce the appoint
ment of the board, although It
has been functioning two weeks.
It is composed of U. S. Labor
Conciliation Chief John R.
Steelman, Edward Macauley of
the maritime commission and
Frank Graham, president of
North Carolina university.
It is the only board to make
decisions the first day of its op
eration (about seamen's bonuses
and zones). It Is likewise the
first Industry-wide council to
reach a wartime cooperation
basis for the duration.
British, Chinese
Officers Escape
Chungking. China, Dec. 28.
( Delayed V(APV A party of Brit
ish and Chinese officers, led by
the famous one-legged Canton
ese admiral, Chan Chak. es
caped from Hongkong Christ
mas day In motor torpedo boats,
fighting their way through the
Japanese blockade. It was dis
closed today.
' One of the five motor torpedo
boats was sunk and 16 persons
were lost.
If the wjrld were considered
to be just a year old. man would
have been In existence for only
the last six hours.
Kelly's
Comment
From Washington
Northwest Urges
Armed Protection
Anti-Aircraft
Guns Scarce
Plywood Planes
May Be Tried
r Br Jena W Kelly
Washington, D. C, Dec. 31
Requests were coming by long
distance telephone, by wire and
by air mail from the Pacific
northwest Insisting that anti
aircraft guns and bombers be
jsent Immediately. Mayors, civic
; bodies, individuals all are bear
I ing down on senators and cong
ressmen In addition to sending
their plea to war and navy de
partments. From Walport to Ab
i erdeen .and al! points between
j coast communities want anti
aircraft guns. Mayor of one
small village telephoned for
I four anti-aircraft guns and six
; bombing planes to guard against
I enemy fliers and submarines.
There are not In the United
States at this date enough anti
aircraft guns to protect the na
tional capital, to say nothing of
Seattle, Portland, Spokane or
Salem. Four of these guns have
been dug up for Washington,
D. C, two being on the roof of
the department of commerce
building; two on the roof of the
senate office building. Anti
aircraft guns Is one of the items
that has been shipped to Eng
land, where there has been
wholesale aerial bombing. It
will be approximately a year be
fore the towns of the northwest
are suitably supplied with this
war machine. As the guns are
built they first will be shipped
to the Pacific and Atlantic
coasts before interior places
such as Chicago and Buffalo are
equipped.
e a a
TOWNS around Bonneville,
on the upper Columbia river
want anti-aircraft guns. Protec
tion is wanted for the army
ammunition base at Hermiston.
Several thousand of these wea
pons should be placed to advan
tage from Bellingham to Med
ford. The demands are enor
mous; the supply Infinitesimal
for months to come.
Another item demanded by
the northwest are the listening
devices which can record the
direction, speed and height of
an enemy plane. Shortage of
these, too. England has hired
hundreds of Americans to op
erate these "ears," the Ameri
cans not being in the army but
as a uniformed civilian group.
a
RUMORED In the national
capital that, to take advantage
of the cheap power at Grand
Coulee and Bonneville, certain
new Industries are to be located
cast of the mountains, about as
far Inland as the transmission
lines can be built and distri
bute electricity. If new Indus
tries are to be established, the
strategy board wants them as
far from the coast line as possi
ble. No Indication of the charac
ter -of the new industries, but
presumably they would have
something to do with war orders.
War department Is not so happy
now over congesting so many
aircraft factories on the beach
In California and Puget Sound;
wishes they were farther inland;
considers them a temptation to
enemy fliers.
-a
.'.ITER studying the question
fot -.onths, it is intimated that
the war department Is now won
over to the proposal to make
airplanes of plywood almost.
The British have been using
spruce and Douglas fir for fight
ing planes, but the war depart
ment has up to now Insisted that
onlv aluminum h MmiHrarf
I One principal objection of, thr
i ncpanmeni was mat an airplane
; of wood in a crackup would not
I provide as much safety for the
pilot and that It would he quick
ly destroyed bf fire. This point
has been overcome by demon
strating how difficult It Is to
burn plywood, whereas an alum
inum plane (some simple kit
chen utensils were used In this
experiment) becomes at once
hotter than a roasting oven.
With the need of every plane
that can be produced, the hint
I dropped that war department
can be expected to give an order
for a few plywood planes to de
termine how they act. If the
planes are not made In the
northwest at least the plywood
will come from factories in that
section.
ANTICIPATING that the ser
vice of women in the days ahead
i when several million will be re
quired to work In munition
i plants, the office of education
i wartime commision Is consider
i Ing the possibilities. The agency,
ja collection of college profess
;ors and other educators, is of the
j belief that in addition to single
I women, young mothers may be
j registered to do their bit. This
brings up the question of nur
I series for the small children of
these mothers that the children
may receive proper care while
i their mothers are operating
i machines. Tentatively, the
thought la for the federal gov
ernment to maintain these nur
series with a staff of experien
'eed nurses. The agency thinks
i these nurseries should be estab
j lished in every industrial center.
! Except In a matter of weeks,
I tariff repeal on most of the ar
ticles entering the United States
from British Columbia, and vice
; versa. Mr. Roosevelt and Mac-
Kenzie King have an under
standing on this subject, first
broached at their Hyde Park
conference. These materials may
include linen, crockery, the odds
and ends which tourists must
declare to customs officers on
the borders.
Iii The
News
Br Frank Janklns
PRESIDENT Roosevelt, In a
personal message to the Fili
pino people today (Monday)
pledges that their freedom will
be REDEEMED and their Inde
pendence established and pro
tected. He adds:
"The entire resources, In men
and material, of the United
States stand behind that
pledge."
MOTE FDR's use of the word
' "redeemed." Then consult
your dictionary, which will tell
you that which la redeemed has
first been LOST.
CHURCHILL, speaking in the
senate of the United States
last Thursday said:
"There may be much ground
LOST that will be difficult to
regain."
rvlSPATCHES from Washing
ton today tell us General
MacArthur has "shortened his
lines and consolidated his
troops" in the area north of
Manila to face HEAVILY AUG
MENTED enemy infantry, cav
alry and tank regiments com
posed of veteran soldiers with
modern equipment.
Two years' reading of war
news leaves us in no doubt as
to the meaning of shortening
of lines and consolidation of
troops.
They are sound military man
euvers, but they are resorted to
in the face of SUPERIOR EN
EMY FORCE.
TPHE British today acknow-
ledge that Japanese forces
have swept south of Ipoh, tin
and communications center 290
miles north of Singapore.
The real fighting began 400
miles north of Singapore.
Today's dispatches tells us
Kuching, capital of Sarawak,
on the island of Borneo has fal
len to the Japs, who have also
landed parachute troops on the
eastern end of the island of
Sumatra, across the straits from
Singapore.
WHAT does it all add up to?
Simply this:
That we must prepare our
minds for the possibility of loss
to the Japs of the Philippines,
Singapore and the Dutch East
Indies.
OUCH a statement isn't defeat-
Ism. It Is plain, common,
everyday REALISM.
Our military (including nav
al) policy in the past has been
based upon defense of the West
ern Hemisphere. We have never
expected to hold the Philippines
against a major attack by a ma
jor power.
Holding the Philippines was
not necessary for defense of the
Western Hemisphere.
CUDDENLY. however, we are
catapulted into a world war.
Japan, a major power, delivers
a major attack on the Philip
pines. Because we are in a WORLD
war, and not merely defending
the Western Hemisphere, we
must hold the Philippines as
long as we can with what we
have there.
What we have there Is Inade-
MILK IS HOT "JUST MILK"
Contrary to the belief ef many homemakers, milk Is
not just milk. Thar is as much difference In the quality
of milks as there is in the quality of ethar foods . . . Milks
may differ In Food Value. Richness. Flavor, and Color
and the differences tell tha Quality.
1. A deep cream Una.
2. Richness below tha cream line for tha minerals
necessary ta tha human body.
3. Appeti xing flavor tha mora appetizing, tha mora
X easily digested.
The sctual food value Is Important. From Milk we set
many food substances needed by the human body . . . You
ee. milk is very far from being "just milk."
Wing's Cloverhill Golden Guernsey Dairy
Dial 4109
,, . Producers-Distributors
Medford s Premium Grade "A" Whole Raw Milk and Craam
quate for the job, and reinforce
ment and supply ara difficult
because the Philippines are
FAR from us and CLOSE to
Japan.
But we must do the best wa
can. That Is war.
IN the news today there are
hints of naval relief for the
hard-pressed Philippines.
Don't expect the U. S. navy
to stake everything on an all
out battle with the Jap navy
until It has at least EQUALITY
In the air. That would be folly.
Up to now everything Indi
cates that Japan has complete
command of the air in tha
whole South China Sea.
THE Philippines, of course,
may be held. Only our high
command knows whether the
situation on all fronts is such
that an effort must be road to
bold them at any cost.
But don't lose your nerve If
the islands fall. We aren't play
ing with children's blocks. Wa
are fighting a world war. Every
move on EVERY front must be
determined by the WORLD sit
uation. It is the LAST battle that
MUST be won.
Flight or Time
Mrdford and Jackson Comity
History from the files of tha Mall
Trlbona 10 and SO years ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 31, 1931
at was Thursday)
Stores of city to close tomor
row in honor of New Year's
day. Many parties planned, and
hilarious adieu to dismal year
assured.
Yule decorations are removed
from business district.
Workmen blast snow ava
lanche in Crater Lake park to
keep road open.
Adolf Hitler, Nazi leader,
preaches "brawn not brains" for
young Germans.
Cloudy with a high of 81 and
a low of 39 degrees.
Albert W. Reed, arrested as
suspect in slaying of Ashland
policeman, leaves for this city in
charge of sheriff.
County budget hearing closes
without expected fireworks but
plenty of oratory. Earl H. Fehl
calls the audience "a mob" and
is rebuked by other speakers.
Resolution thanking the budget
committee is voted.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 31, 1921
(It was Saturday)
City makes ready to welcome
New Year with watch parties in
churches and home parties.
Scarcity of liquor reported as
bootlegger fails to arrive from
south.
Six-power treaty for world
disarmament being prepared.
Rain again. High 42, low 34.
trace of rain.
Elks to hold open house. New
Year's Day.
California wonder team and
Washington-Jefferson to play at
Pasadena Monday. Ralph G.
Bardwell leaves to see it.
Sheriff announces autolsts
who have no 1922 license will
be arrested.
Motorcyclists to race New
New Year's Day, from Eugene
to Medford.
FORD WORKERS RESUME
AFTER RULE DISPUTE
Detroit, Dec. 31. (yP The
Ford Motor company's tool and
die department resumed opera,
Hons this afternoon after 1.000
workers had been idle for hours
in a dispute over rest periods
and a company complaint that
employes smoked on the Job.
Basis of settlement of the dif
ficulty, which a company
spokesman termed a "spontan
eous" protest by workmen, was
not disclosed.
Portland, Dec 31. OP) Pac
ific northwest power company
executives planned yesterday to
fill growing wartime demands
for electricity by pooling resources.