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PAGE FOUR MEDroRDj&WriIBUNI "EfnM to mmmthmrm Orra atosta lb Mall TrltaM." Daily Bicwo fclvntoy pttbiiahad toy M CD FORD miWTlWO CO. IT.lt North rtr It. raoaa 1141 ROBERT W RUHU C4IMr. IRNIIT II OIUTRAP. Maaafar. A Ia4aaalaat Napapr. Bntr4 aeons) flM mattaf at MJ. foro, Oraaoa. aadar Aal f March I. II' UBKRimON BATKS By Mall Ib Adwancai Dally ana Sunday yaar M Dally and Sunday-li months... 1. 1 Daily Bunday throo month I Dally and unday na month... T Br rimtill 4k-lladford. Art land. CaairaJ Point. Jackaoavtlia. 0ld HitL Rofua Rlvar. Phaaala, Talaat and an motor rontoat Dally aed Ruaday aa yaar. Daily and Sunday on month... .! All tirmi cart ta daaca. OftVtai Papar at tb City af MrdfarS Official Pp 1 JMfcMi Co a a y MKMHKR OF THB ASSOCIATED PRKM JfM-attla Pall laad Wira Sarvlca Tna Aaooelatod Proaa la aaelualiy aatttlad to tha uoo far pubilaatloa of all vi dtapatthaa eraditod ta H f othar wlaa aradnad ta thia pa par, and alea la tha local nawa publlihad harala. AH r'vhia for publication of apaciaj lapatchM harala ara alaa raaarad. MBMBICR OP UNITED PRBSS MBURGR OP AUDIT IIIIRBAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advarttalni Rapraaantatlva W1IT HOLI.IDAT COUPANT. INC. Officaa la Ni York. Chicago. San Pranelaco. Loa Anialoa. Saattlo. Portias 4, St. Lou la. Atlanta. Vanaooar. hi i ati aa Ye Smudge Pot Br Aithuf Petty ni.Vnnta tha cast week In Oregon towni were successful, except in many caei, "the warning siren was Inadequate." This can be remedied by re storing to -civic graces, the shlv aree, now frowned upon, or legally banned in many com munities. As a noisemaker, such events would wake up 88 per cent of the community, and scare the enemy raiders away. Of course, dynamiUng of the newlyweds, as happened in Willamette valley city year or so back, would be barred. ... n Due Mussolini arises to eall upon the Italian people "to form a solid block." Counting the one in tha middle of II Duce'i shoulders, they will have two. Demand for pig backbones, a January luxury, now exceed the supply. This is due chiefly to Nature Installing only one back bone in a pig. e Educators estimate the men tal age In the present World war is around 17, while in the last one it was 13 years. If the world gets into another one af ter getting out of this one, the average mental age can be de termined by subtracting 12 from 17. e . The rubber situation has changed criminal methods. They now steal the tires and leave the car. In Virginia, a man stole a tire and wrote a poem about it. He was given year for the stealing. Cigarette smokers, on and af ter tomorrow, in this state pay a 2c tax for the privilege, while snuff-users, tobacco chewers. and pipe smokers are exempted. In upstate circles. It is hinted the sudden rush to apply the tax is a political move. In the long run, some candidates may find out which addicts of the weed have the most votes. ... Uncle Sam now prohibits weather reports. The weather, however, continues to prevail, and Is getting along as well as could be expected without any publicity. CRISIS is'si'detracked (Siskiyou News) "Our thsnks to Ralph Mc Murry, the county's efficient shorthand reporter, and Cor oner Jess Treadway for help ing the News "cover" the Hol land Inquest In Hornbrook Friday. We weren't able to send anybody to this particu lar clambake, being on the shorthanded side, but Ralph and Jess returned with a play-by-play report, doing their bit toward keeping the pub lic Informed." . The order deporting H. Bridges, No. 1 Pacific Coast alien nuisance, to his native Australia, has been reversed There may he a couple of reas ons for this. Australia has enough trouble waging war on two fronts, and, besides Mr. Bridges the past six months. while waiting to learn his fate. has been behaving as wrll, and. in some Instances better than the average native-born Amerl ran. ... School opened Monday with many students heroically walk ing the entire distance from home to classrooms. In several cases, new shoes Instead of a hind wheel squeaked. "Pltrhlng peanuts was the contest we participated in after our business meeting. Doris Ann Carlon and Jean Harris won the priies." (Pine Creek News). Rampant revelry. The Cantonement Problem Well, apparently ONE battle is over, and the victory won. That is the local battle for an army cantonment in the Medford area. The war department at Washington at least has OFFICIALLY announced the start of construction. We can't believe, there will be any "presto-changeo" disappearance act THIS time 1 THE Mail Tribune has favored the construction of a cantonment here, for one specific reason, and ONLY one. Because we believe ita benefit will EXCEED its burdens. That does not mean we haven't been aware all along, there will be burdens, at times extremely serious and even painful ones. B UT, after all we still Judging the effect of World War No. 2, by World War No. 1, this community without a single war bene fit of any kind, and at the present rate of business decline, has been headed for a major economic catas trophe, and the break not very far away. The construction and operation of this cantonment, should, and we believe WILL, avert such a col lapse and tide the community successfully over a VERY critical time.. THERE is another point Because there was a strong local effort to secure this cantonment, and all political pressure avail able was brought to bear there will be a feeling in certain quarters, that it was this high-powered tech nique that finally won the day. That just ISN'T true 1 In fact those best informed regarding what really happened, could make out a case that such pressure really delayed, rather than accelerated the final de cision. MO, boys and girls, the war department, like any " other branch of a true democracy, can't ENTIRE LY ignore the political factor, and doesn't, but it also doesn't build army cantonments, in that way. (And thank Heaven it doesn't, for a war conducted on a political pressure, pork-barrel basis, would not only be a shameful war, but a LOSING one!) JEDFORD was selected for an army cantonment, AT1 in other words, for just one reason, because in the OPINION OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT, it became the best site for one at this particular time. That's all. We don't wish to take any credit away from the local Chamber of Commerce or any of its officials. Ihey have done a swell job, especially in the direc tion of preparing this community, materially and morally, for the time when and IF the cantonment should come. And there was nothing improper in the exertion of what political pressure was exerted, on the ground that while it might do no good, it could do no harm. It isn't Medford's way to leave any stone unturned 1 DUT the fact remains, the political pressure exert- ed did little if any good; the war department decided upon Medford, not because of it, only because the exigencies of the war situ ation demanded an extension of army training on this coast, and Medford was the best site for such tiaining. not fiom the standpoint of wjiat this com munity wanted but from what the government and the war department NEEDED. WHICH brings us to our final point: the inevitable headaches inevitable, Bear this m mind Mr. and Mrs. Citizen: We are in an all-out war, a war to the FINISH. To win that war we MUST have the best trained soldien,, we can secure in the shortest possible time. lhe war department suited for this groat purpose, Medford happens to be among them. Isn't there a certain obligation, both from the stand point of good citizenship and of patriotism, to un complainingly acquiesce in that decision, even though the burdens may be many, and certain by-products even extremely irksome? We believe there is. And as time goes on, we believe this important fact should NEVER be forgotten! "Who Is Nervous Now?" That was a rousing fighting speech delivered by President Roosevelt yesterday. And a very effective one. For it marked a complete reversal in this "war of nerves." For over two years the Axis, particularly Hitler, at the head of his "INVINCIBLE WAR MACHINE", rang all the changes on this pararlyzing and horrific theme. 1ITH the gory scalps of crushed victims at his belt, the great Nazi war-lord, was going to do this and that to those who dared oppose him. It is no exaggeration to say, that scores of nations only a year ago, trembled as the crazed Reichs fuehrer, banged the rostrum and threatened dire things to certain enemies unnamed. AXHERE was the All-Highest going to strike next? Everyone wondered. The allied world quailed at the prospect It was the highest development of the live under a profit system. follow, and they ARE has selected the sites best "war of nerves", a modern military leader ever ' attained. ! But January 6th, 1942 marked the end. I President Roosevelt in masterly style then took over command of the "war of nerves." The enemies ! of the Nazi war lord took over the initiative. j The boot suddenly encased another foot Now it was the Axis turn to listen to a few verbal ' bursts from another High Command. A burst, that without the slightest doubt, caused apoplectic shivers of fear and apprehension to crawl up the totalitarian, i and particularly the Hitler, spine. Listen, Adolf! i 185,000 new plane! 120.000 tanks! 8S.00O anti-aircraft guns! 18,000,000 tons of shipping! And all on hand and ready to shoot in 24 months time! Personal Health Service Br Willism Signed lettsrs pertalntni t penonal health sod hygiene, not to dlsesM dlafnoali or treatment, will be anawered by Dr. Brady If a alsmped self adtlreued envelop Is encloaed. Letter should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of letter received only s few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instruction, Addreea Dr. William Brady, 26A El Cam I no, Beverly Hlllt, Calif. CHEMOTHERA Since the development of drugs of tha sulfanilamide group interest in chemotherapy (treatment o f disease with chemical sub stances) has increased more than a t any other time since Ehrlich int r o d u c c d salvarsan ("606") which, old timers will recall, at first pur ported to Dr. Brady cure syphilis with one dose. As It became evident that salvarsan would not cure syphilis in one dose, in six doses, in 40 doses, al though It was and is a useful remedy In the treatment of syphilis, medical Interest in chemotherapy cooled down, perhaps too much. A serious drawback about the administration of sulfanilamide, sulfapyradine and sulfathiazole in sufficient doses to subdue or stop infection is the tendency of these chemicals to destroy red corpuscles and produce alarming anemia. Notwithstand ing this risk, physicians find that the judicious use of these drugs, with the patient under constant observation and prep arations at hand for transfusion of blood if necessary to combat the grave anemia, seems to bring recovery in cases that un-' der ordinary treatment would I probably terminate fatally. The blood of a flu patient during the acute illness has no protective power against flu, but blood or blood serum taken after convalescence from the acute illness has such remedial or protective power. As yet, however, no vaccine, serum or antitoxin against the flu has been found of practical benefit. At University of Pennsyl vania research workers have succeeded in photographing flu virus by means of the electron microscope. Whether this step in advance will lead to develop ment of an effective vaccine or serum it is Impossible to fore see. The best prophylactic and the 1 best remedy we have against flu and grip at present is qui nine, in my opinion. As a time tried and universally accepted prophylactic against Influenza, grip and crl ("colds" to the un teachable), the proper dose Is one grain of quinine sulfate (In pill, tablet, capsule or other form) three times a day to a Communications Ouch Newspaper Men, Tool To the editor: I have Just returned from the armory, after viewing the men in the civilian defense group drilling. These men and their commanders are doing a fine piece of work .and should be commended for taking time out, once each week, to train them selves In the event our country needs them. Their form is a bit ranged, but give them a little time and they will whip into shape. This group is made up of the rank and file of Ameri cans, the kind who are AL WAYS ready to come to the aid of their country, when duty calls. The kind who are ready 1 something is to be done. Conspicuous br their absence, however, were the professional j and business men of the city lawyers, dentists, doctors, op tometrists. Jewelers, photograph ers, merchants, restauranteurs. newspaper men. growers, pack ers, etc. In fact, nearly all the ! prominent figures of our com i munlty. Let s not depend on a scattered few of our more loyal citizens, men for whom it is probably more difficult to take time out to devote to this prac tice than many of the profession al men. These same civilians may be called upon to help protect the Brsdf. M. D. PY OF THE FLU child weighing SO pounds, two grains three times a day for a person weighing 100 pounds, three grains three times a day for a person weighing 190 pounds, for the duration of the epidemic, whether the disease Is epidemic in the community for days or weeks. Hitherto we have been com pletely at a loss to account for the action of quinine as a pro phylactic and a remedy for such illnesses. Since the efficacy of the sulfanilamide group of drugs against such diseases as meningitis, pneumonia and types of hemolytic streptococcus infections has been established it seems reasonable to ascribe the protective and curative value of quinine to similar ac tion that is, quinine probably renders blood and tissues un favorable for the growth of the virus or germs of the respira tory infections, although it is not antiseptic or germicidal. In other words quinine prophylaxis and treatment is a form of chemotherapy that has held world wide popularity for many years. QUESTIONS A ANSWERS Two Near-sighted parents If two near-sighted people mint ara their children likely to Inherit near-sightedness? (M.R.W.) Answer Yes. The normal wife of a near-sighted husband may have some myoptic (near-sighted) sons, but no near-sighted daughters, but the daughters may transmit near sightedness to their sons, not to their daughters. At least this Is the observ ation of geneticists. Bursitis Please let me know Just what bur sitis is. There Is great pain In the shoulder. (A.L.O.I Answer You put It mildly. A bursa Is a pad or aac. perhaps between a tendon and a bony prominence. Such pads or aaca are found In various places for Instance on. under the knee cap becomes Inflamed and swol len In tha condition called "house maid's knee". One Just under tip of shoulder ts often affected and causes painful, stiff ahoulder. Excel lent treatment In many cases Is punc ture or double puncture of tha bursa and drainage or Irrigation. Best re Uef for the pain la dally appllcauon of diathermy. Characteristic disability patient can't button collar or get hand to back of neck or raise arm above level of ahoulder without leaning over and touching floor with hand, then raising up with help of another person when the arm may go well above head. This maneuver prevents leverage eompresalng the bursa. (Copyright 1943. John P. Dills Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing te) communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. nilllam Brady. M. I, !3 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. very businesses and homes of those places now unrepresented. Possibly, they will never be I called upon and we hope that I It won't be necessary, but what If they should be? True, it may i take a lot of effort on the indl i vidual's part, it may take time 1 away from something which seems just now more important concerning our own Interests or i gains, time from a dinner en- gagement or a bridge game. But, j Isn't it worthwhile to give some of our time now to our country, I which has already given us so much, so that if need be. we will be fully organized and ready? I And, after all, isn't protecting ! our country, protecting ourselves 1 and our property, and our neigh , bor and his property? I Perhaps there are a great ! many of us who do not Intend to be lax. but Just haven't real ized that It CAN HAPPEN to i us here In America in Ore ! gon in Medford. j Bombs make no distinction, and if it comes to that, let's ALL be prepared to do Ol'R part. (Mrs.) Frances E. Btilkin. Medford. TO TALK OIL CEILING " Corvallis. Jan. 7 JV L. R. Breithaupt, Oregon State col lege extension economist, will attend conference of produc er, Visumert and dealers at WaaC-kjton. D. C. Jan. IS to constttar a price ceiling for pep perroirrl ' oil. Oregon is one of five if sjs) producing tha oiL Kelly': Comment From Washington, D. C Tokyo Bombing Word Awaited Navy Protection For North Fishing Dry. May Make ' Wartime Drive Br John W. Kelly Washington, D. C. Jan. 7. No one in the national capital will be surprised if one of these days it is announced that a naval base has been established within 1000 miles of Tokyo and that preparations are under way to bomb the Japanese capital and set fire to the teeming metropolitan areas of Nippon. The bombing may be the first Intimation that an American base has been located on Siber ian soil not Vladivostok, but on Kamchatka, only a few hun dred miles from the air and sub marine bases now under con struction in the Aleutian islands which string out in a southwest erly direction from Alaska. Every ton of material for bar racks and food for men; equip ment for forecasting weather, anti-aircraft guns, bomber planes, troopers, mechanics and laborers, will be shipped out of Columbia river and Puget sound. Prior to December 7 it was in tended to send supplies for Rus sia out of these ports and unload them at Vladivostok. Maxime Litvenoff, Soviet ambassador (he landed in Washington, D. C, almost at the hour Japanese were attacking Pearl Harbor) has not been discussing the weather at his frequent White House conferences. From a base on Kamchatka a flying fortress could reach cities in Japan ia three or four hours and return in the same length of time; a day's work, the time a bomber now takes in crossing the Atlan tic for delivery in England. Getting the materials to the Asia base will be hazardous. Enemy submarines are operat ing off the southeastern Alaska coast, roughly about 2,000 miles east of Kamchatka, and through this area patrolled by the enemy the fishing fleet must pass in early spring to enter Bristol bay where the chief salmon catches are made. The fishing fleet, (carrying tin, cannery workers and food supplies) goes from San Francisco, Astoria, Seattle and passes Unalaska upon which is the great Dutch Harbor base, already costing the United States $15,000,000. The cannery workers have been Chinese, Jap anese and Filipinos. This year, if the fleet can get warship pro tection, there will be no Jap anese engaged for the fishing season. CHIEF of fish and wildlife service, Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, former resident of Oregon, has taken up the matter of naval protection with his boss. Secre tary of the Interior Ickes; to gether they are discussing the situation with navy officers. Lending support are the lease lend administrators, who want canned salmon for the British, and Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, also Interested in sending food abroad. If the Japanese submarines continue active from Kodiak island to the Juneau area the Alaska fishing season may be abandoned. Kodiak is another great air and navy base now under construction where labor ers are paid gold-rush wages. Dr. Ales Hrdlika, world famous scientist of Smithsonian insti tute, who has been excavating on Kodiak island for several years, says the earliest Immi grants to the North American continent had one of their first settlements there; probably 6000 years ago. a e a ONLY way of reaching Alas ka from the Pacific northwest is by steamer or airplane. Some ten years ago Senator McTtary of Oregon Introduced a resolu tion for a highway, resulting in an international highway com mission of which Representative Magnuson of Washington is the chairman. Nothing has been done to build the road, despite repeated requests of the com mission, indorsement of the pro ject by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and a proposal by Magnuson that $23,000,000 be appropriated for the work. In the meantime, and very recent ly, many millions have been ap propriated to building highways in Central and South America. Last week OPM arranged to purchase the output of one of the largest known chromite de posits in the western hemi sphere. It is located in Alaska and operated by residents of the northwest. The ore, after it is concentrated at Juneau having been shipped 1000 miles to reach the smelter will be sent to Seattle and Portland, where stockpiles are being arranged. To protect these shipments OPM requires the assistance of the navy. The chromiU must be brought in, for it is now among tha scarcest ores required in the steel industry. (Stockpile for Oregon chromite being estab lished at Coos Bay). . . THERE is such demand for alcohol for war purposes that prohibitionist think the time i about right for slapping another dry era on the United States. They have set up headquarters in the old house office building and are sending out mimeo graphed appeals. No member of the house has yet received a pro test against the invasion. First objective of the prohibitionists is enactment of law forbidding sale of liquor to men in uniform, later to the public By FRANK JENKINS MACARTHUR'S tough little American - Filipino army, fighting a delaying action to give more time for organizing the defense of Singapore, stops the Japs northwest of Manila, killing 700 of them. Corregidor beats off its fourth successive air attack, shooting down (with anti-aircraft fire alone) four out of the 52 Jap bomberc engaged. That is nearly 8 per cent of the flight. Many a duck hunter has done worse. TPIME means everything in the world to the Japs, who are putting all they have into a supreme effort for a quick knockout in the South Pacific. Every day of delay hurts them. ORITISH sources in London to day (Monday) report that veteran Chinese troops are be lieved to be on their way to Malaya to help block the Japa nese drive on Singapore. Reports from British Burma relate that LARGE allied forces are concentrating there, with intensive allied air activity in which the Japs are coming off decidedly second best. ET out here your well-thumb-ed map. Take a look at Burma. As an amateur strategist (which we now ALL are) you will note at once that Burma, reached from China by the Bur ma road, is a threat on the flank and in the rear of the Japs in Thailand and French Indo-China. IT is to gain time for counter ed tmATmn . U ... 4V.I- ll..t muitiiiviiH ,uvn wa mho ,iiab MacArthur and his Americans and Filipinos are fighting their battle against seemingly hope less odds in Luzon. "VN the other side of the fence today, the Japs are reported to be drifting down the west coast of Malaya, having effected a landing with considerable forces at the mouth of the Perak river, nearer to Singapore. For the landinff. thpv ar uM to have used small boats picked up alone the Burma and Thai land coasts and their numerous islands. DACK, for the moment, to our own side of the fence: Chungking reports that Ja pan's third major attempt to capture Changsha has dissolved Into a CATASTROPHIC DE BACLE with the Japs in disord ered retreat after suffering 52.000 casualties in three days. The Chinese high command says 30,000 Japs were killed or wounded in fighting around Changsha yesterday (Sunday.) Two of the four Jap divisions sent against Changsha are re ported to have been wiped out by Chinese artillery, with sev eral high Japanese officers killed. Changsha Is about halfway between Shangha! and Chung king, on a tributary of the Yangtze. TTHE Japs claim to have com pleted occupation of Chang sha:Sunday.) The add, however that they may not occupy it permanently, as their drive on it was merely to "crush Chinese resistance." If Chinese reports are accur ate, the crushed got crushed. QN the other side of the world, the Russians are steadily driving the Germans back from Moscow, and a Soviet air au thority says today Russia will soon hurl a new and mightier-than-evcr air force at the Nazis. A Helsinki newspaper, quoted by Reuters (British news agen cy) says today: The present time seems a suitable opportunity to BREAK OFF military operations against Russia." That might mean that Ger many has been so weakened that the Finns think they can get out from under her thumb. IN France, the chief secretary 1 to the Vichy minister of the In Hie Day's News. ; Interior, a staunch collaboration ist, is found dead along a rail road track some 80 miles from Paris. A German restaurant In Paris is bombed and in retaliation the Germans put all Paris cafes and public places under a 5 p. m. curfew. There are vague reports of aa Incident at Brest that causes suspension (by the Germans) of the entire city council and the mayor. Stockholm hears that French German relations are at their worst since the armistice. FT this connection, remember that Napoleon's downfall was started by DEFECTION c na tions he had conquered and forced to be his allies. The defection began IMMEDI ATELY AFTER his disastrous adventure into Russia. Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Connty History from the flies of tha Stall Tribune 10 and 20 years ago- TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January 7, 1932 (It was Thursday) Governor Franklin D. Roose velt of New York to launch campaign for Democratic nomi nation for presidency soon. Cloudy with light rains. High 40, low 33 degrees. Wickersham committee re ports to senate laws violated to put Tom Mooney in prison. . Japanese emperor endangered by bomb, when assassination at tempted. Grants Pass and Medford to play first conference basketball game at high school tonight- Lake of the Woods area blank eted by deep snows. Sams Valley road designated as a market road. Democrats pick Chicago as convention city. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 7. 1-922 (It was Saturday) Table Rock district irrigation dtich near completion. Butte Falls quint defeats Rogue River, 20 to 15. Ireland ratifies treaty of peace with Britain. Gas in warfare is condemned in resolutions adopted by five powers. Farmers Week to open next Monday with woman's program. President Harding invites congress leaders to dinner to discuss soldiers' bonus bill. Berrydale district, near this city is booming, with many new buildings in course of construc tion. Probable rain forecast. High 32, low 22 degrees. MEDFORD FIFTH IN TRAFFJCSAFETY Salem, Jan. 7. (JP Having no traffic fatalities, the city of Bend held first place during the first 11 months of 1941 in tha state department's traffic safety contest for cities of more than 10.000 population. Secretary of State Earl Snell said today. Klamath Falls was second, followed by Salem, Portland, Medford, Astoria and Eugene. Standings are based on im provement from each city's pre vious three-year average. La Grande was in first place among second division cities (5.000 to 10,000 population), with Marshfield and Oregon City in second and thirri nlare Burns, Ashland and Roseburg topped the third division, while Myrtle Point. Unl on anri Miltaf headed the fourth division. Townsend Club No. I Meets Friday Nigh! (Contributed) This weeks' meeting at Town send hall. 123 '4 West Main, is that of Club No 1 run W4i4nv evening. Special features is the annual report of officers nnH tees and Installation of officers. An old time dance will fol low the refreshments, for which the ladies are asked to bring a pie. The hall will be thoroughly heated and everyone Is wel come. HEMORRHOIDS (Piles) HERNIA-FISSURE-FISTULA "aterailatyleaeet. roe Si reus ha. m- SSSSa eesslell n.ateal KtnU. f HuUtndUuliwdm ksUl ntemtaaapiultueie.1. ILt rittea. Sai toda tat riii I V7- f CradH ransvs A raVI.e Dr. C.J. DEAN CLINIC SArefclaa ae) Sarfeee) .-"'I. i:S a ni Ave. ''vaee IA.I MIS fu..J, Onnm
