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PAGE ETGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1942. MedfordU3Tribuni TtiTTMH la Bantbm Of - - la Mall Trlkaa." Dallr Xie tr47 Publlahae ucnroRD PRINTINO oo. JT.M Norib r St. Phon SKI ROBERT W. R1IHU EUtor. BRNEST . OILSTRAP. Manager. A Indpnat Nwappr. EtrS sa MtMri class msttar at M frd. Oracea, sn4r Aet of March I. IT SUBSCRIPTION RATE! Br Mall la Aiaat: Pallr and Sundar B rr riallr and Sunday ls miihi..i Dallr and Sundar l month... I.M Dallr and Sunday Ihr month! I.M Dallr and Sunday on month... .Ta By Carrlar In Adrane Wadford, Aeh land. Ontral Point. Jaeksonyllla. Oold Hill. Ro Rlr. Phonls. Talant. and OB motor rout: . Dally and Sunday on yar S1.SB Dally and Sunday on month... .Ti All trm eaah la adaae. Offk-lal Papor th. 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Reports from over the state say boys who received air guns for Christmas are taking high toll of bird life, and wounding the smaller domestic members of the animal kingdom. One of the weaknesses of small boys is a desire to hit something besides a tin-can when armed. A BURNING PATRIOT (Heppner, Ore., News) "Mr. and Mrs. Jasper V. Crawford returned home Monday from Portland where they spent a few days. Mr. Crawford all his life has been cheerily known as "Jap" Crawford but now with war as It stands he objects long and loud at the nickname and Insists on being called any thing else." Exiled and ex-klng Carol of Rumania now shows up In Mex ico, and plans a "free Rumania" movement, after an extended disappearance from the news. If Carol had thought of this before he was chased out of Rumania, that land might not be In the fix It is today. Middle West points report be low zero temperatures. They are modestly low, and In Rus sia would be regarded as the first signs of spring next June. The cigarette tax went Into effect yesterday, and all fag smokers pungled up two cents extra cheerfully, dealers al leged. The C. Wig Ashpole corn ached yes., thus predicting rain, without permission of the army. a SUCH SWEET PARTING (Ogden, (Utah) Examiner) "I enlisted in the navy yes terday. I probably will be dead within two months. BUT . . . after looking over your copy for the past year or so, I realize that some things are worse than death! Sincerely, , State Editor." The Chinese troops are chas ing the Nipponese in the Chang sha area, and have trapped a large contingent. The Chinese also seem able to hold some thing, beside their breath. Some of the Older Girls have started planning spring back yard garden spading for the Little Man, on the first sunny Sunday. a "The bride was beautifully attired in a soldier blue street length dress with black acces sories, the bridesmaid wore a flag blue street length dress. The groom and best man wore soldier blue suits." (Goff. Kit Advance). The military touch HOSE FROZE, LEGS BARE London (UP) More women are walking around bare-legged in Britain today than ever be fore, but according to a trade expert's survey, most of them need not for 8,000,000 pairs of (ilk stockings were "frozen" in storage by the board of trade a year ago and never have been released. Cm MU JrUmo adtv "Southern Oregon Be Damned" Let it be stated in advance the Mail Tribune has never joined in the very popular indoor sport, of cursing out the Southern Pacific. And there is no animus or "ancient grudge" in the few remarks we are about to make. DUT this present episode, involving the abandon ment of the one train we have had between south ern Oregon and San Francisco, and particularly the persistence in that action, in spite of the fact that Medford will soon have a cantonment and be one of the important military training centers in the west; DOES convince this department, that the place for the S. P. supreme command, is not in San Francisco, but the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D. C. I Yes that is really where such an ante-diluvian out fit belongs, along with the model of Fulton's first steamboat, and the ossified egg of the Mongolian dinosaur! IMAGINE it, if you will! Here is supposed to be a modern railroad, in fact the most extensive in the world, which soberly main tains, not only that one of its most profitable freight and express districts, can have no TRAIN service to and from California NOW, but assuming its popula tion IS increased by 25 or 30 thousand people, it CAN HAVE NONE THEN!! WHY? Because taking one day coach, one second-hand locomotive, and one antiquated post-bellum Pullman off this "whistle-stop" line, is a military necessity, while taking off any one of four up-to-date, expens ively equipped. 18 and 20 solid Pullman car trains from the Klamath Falls route ISN'T! GENERAL DeWitt, army commander in the S. P. district knows nothing about this, and frankly states he never ordered it. But the military experts and high powered combat strategists of the S. P. High Command did, and in the face of this community's unanimous and violent protest they are going to persist in it, no matter what happens to this district or the army cantonment. CHADES of Jay Gould and Commodore Vander bilt! This "public be damned policy", isn't, or shouldn't be exhibit No. 1 before any contemporary transportation tribunal ; it is as antiquated as old King Tut, as out of date as the blunderbuss and should be exhibited as a museum piece. Certainty the s. P. advertising department was right in the first place: "In this!" Thank the Lord there isn't There may be a railroad non-competitive section, sight to cultivate good will and give good service, but none other in the land, policy of taking every opportunity to DESTROY it. Which is true of the S. P. in this community at least There is no point in being amiable and trying to laueh it off. under the general heading of "Don't shoot the Professor, times best he ;an !" The S. P. professor ISN'T. Nor is it hard times. The S. P. today is enjoying approximately nine times only a year ago. What is too deep for this department WE do know it's a policy that would nun any other nuViliV sprvi.-e rnrnnrntinn in the lanrl. nnrl if X' " " - ' i - - ' there were any other competing service available in Southern Oregon it would ruin the S. P. here. But there being none, apparently all we can do is protest and "TAKE it", meanwhile praying that somehow, someway, someday, either the S. P. will come under the control of a group that realizes the Civil War is over, that cultivating good service and good will is a matter of plain self-interest and sound business management, OK That competing service SOMEHOW be provided! What Is theS.P. Policy? In reading over the latest Southern Pacific pro nouncement, regarding what service that organiza t'on proposes to give when (and or if!) the cantonment is built ; wo find ouselves wondering why the S. P. doesn't entirely abandon railroading and go over completely to the bus. Such a policy at least would be consistent The bus, it soems, is good enough for Southern Oregon and Northern California: why, the S. P. asks, should there be any FROTEST against abandoning through train service? Is train service more comfortable and more effici ent? Is through train service preferable, to changing bag and baggage from bus to train, and train to bus again? The S. P. doesn't concede the point. At least it refuses to admit, having a mixed interrupted train-and-bus service south, and a mixed interrupted freight and passenger service north, justifies any public resentment, whatever. In fact the plain and reiterated intimation, from all authorized sources is that Medford and Southern Oregon instead of complaining should be thankful its transportation service is as good as it is! COLDIERS coming in for training, camp followers, workers, flocking in from all points by the thou sands, the population increasing perhaps over 200'"o in eight or ten weeks! Shouldn't the S. P. make some provision for that? "No, not at all is the all the world no road like or two, in some isolated, without the business fore dedicated to the definite are hard, he is doing the the paying business it was it then? Don't ask us, it's so sorely needed, will authorized rejoinder, Jura over all that traffic to the busses, the private motor cars and jallopies, oh a special S. P. train now and then perhaps, but no augmented service, just one train a day each way, part train and part bus. CO, Why does the S. P. waste its time in the rail road business, why doesn't it trade in its anti quated rolling stock for a fleet of new motor busses? It seems not only content but actually EAGER to turn over any possible increased business that might develop, to its chief competitor. AN it be its minor interest (generally estimated at 30), in Greyhound Bus, can account for that? We dcubt it We believe after extended and careful thought it is really the S. P.'s considered conception of its public responsibility, grabbing everything it can, only giving what it MUST! Where s the Navy and Its Planes? According to yesterday's official U. S. report of the "Battle of Manila" the hard-pressed forces of the valiant General MacArthur are taking a terrific beating from the air. We quote the Associated Press summary: "Americans and Filipinos hanging on grimly In their back-to-the-wall stand for a corner of Luzon Island north and west of Manila were repeatedly machine gunned and pounded by the virtually unchallenged Japanese air force." If that is true and of course it must be, that isn't war, it's MURDER! SECRETARY Knox in a recent statement, declared Vio TT Q notrtr ViQa a fr,yna rtf K OHO finrViflrifr nlonaa and a unit of airplane carriers that can carry 500. If this is true, and again, the formal statement of the Secretary of the Navy factually can hardly be challenged, THEN WHERE ARE THESE AIRPLANE CAR RIERS AND MORE IMPORTANT WHERE ARE THE 500 PLANES, WITH 4,500 IN RESERVE? OAS it been necessary for strategic reasons, to abandon General MacArthur to his fate, as far as supplying any air defense whatever is concerned? Or is the" Asiatic fleet, which OVER A MONTH ago was officially reported steaming full speed ahead to engage the fleeing enemy, still on its way? OUR British cousins across the sea are repeatedly asking such pertinent questions in parliament, and almost always get frank and satisfying answers. They regard clearing up such perplexities, a part of sound public policy and a properly sustained morale. We have the same idea. We believe the question should be asked Secretary Knox, and unless an an swer would plainly be against public and military policy, it should be frankly and explicitly given. , TOR unless we are greatly mistaken the spectacle of General MacArthur and his small force of American soldiers, holding off the pick of the Jap anese army, without a single U. S. fighting plane in the air, or battleship off shore, is getting decidedly under the American skin. There is no doubt a good reason. But if we judge the American temper aright, and the desirability of properly maintaining national confidence in air and naval administration, the time to give out that reason is now HERE! Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining tn personal health and hygiene, aot to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self addressed envrlupe Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written tn Ink. Oalng to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. Wllllsm Brady, ssa El Carolno, Beverly Hills, Calif. SPEAKING OF PR I said the other day that vtte means, among other things, an adequate fund of reserve power to tide over emergencies and strains, the re siliency of the untamed ani mal or the primitive sav age. What do I know about primitive sav agesT Only what I read In books, news papers, scien tific Imirnals Or. Brady Bn(j the like. One thing I know is that the primitive savage or the human being who has never been taught by an "expert" how to breathe, breathes more efficiently than the individual who has been in structed or trained in such mat ters. The untutored individual breathes as a race horse or a drsft horse or a greyhound or a deer breathes, mainly with the belly. The Individual who has received Instruction In breathing, from a music master, say, or from an uneducated physical trainer, breathes main ly with the chest and generally handicaps his or her breathing efficiency by voluntarily oppos ing or restraining the natural function of the breathing mus cle, the diaphragm. Moreover savages or members of races less cultured than our ! own. races or peoples to whom I our "refinements" have not been i introduced, generally have bet , ter posture and better carriage than we have. They certainly have better teeth, jawt and fac- Brady. M. D. IMITIVE SAVAGES ial development than we have, and less disease and suffering with dental caries, pyorrhea, nose and throat disorders, sinus troubles. If this seems at all in credible to you, read "Nutri tion and Physical Degeneration" (Hoeber) by Weston A. Price, D. D. S. A kind of hackneyed reply to the teaching that we should re store natural food to its popu lar place in our everyday diet is the sniffling observation that of course we are too ladylike to eat the crude, coarse foods our early ancestors had to eat. This is the bunk. Whatever our early I ancestors had to eat scarcely ; matters. What all good nutrition authorities say Is that the whole ; wheat flour and the crude un ; refined brown or raw sugar and I molasses which together yielded I more than half of the calories of the diet of Americans a hundred : years ago and Incidentally about 600 international units of thia min (B-l) and proportionate amounts of the other entities of vitamin B complex, should re ' place, at least part of the refin ed white flour and refined white sugar and syrups which togeth er yield more than half of the calories of the modern Ameri can diet but only about SO inter national units of thiamin (B-l) ! and proportionate deficiencies ' of the other entitles of the B I complex. I The nutrition authorities of : tire day are all In accord In urg 1 ing further that the diet of men, ; women and children today la nearly always deficient in cal cium (and phosphorus, which oc curs with calcium in most foods containing much calcium) and sunshine vitamin D which Is es sential for the assimilation, re tention and utilization of calci um and phosphorus in the body. In a later talk we'll suggest how to correct these fundamental faults of modern diet without reverting to any monkey business. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS crand Shouldered I am 17, allghtlj round shouldered. I try to cornet It by standing up straight but my clothes never seem to show that I am. Would It be too Late to correct It with one of these shoulder braces they sell for a dollar? (H. M.) Answer Of course bo brace or ar tificial appliance will correct It. Proper physical training, under the physical education teacher at school, or under the physical instructor at the T would probably correct It. if you follow It eonaclentloualy and do as the Instructor tells you. Every hour by the clock brace yourself, standing with crown of head high as though supporting a heavy weight, chin tn as though inside high collar, fingers clasped together st your back In a stirrup, then thumbs turned down, under the back and bold this for a minute or so It pulls the shoulders back Into orercorrected or exaggerated correction. Allergic Hash Broken out with rash resembling quickly heat, but It lasted many months. Bent for your pamphlet -Relief for Allergy" and three days after beginning p c. Improvement was evi dent, and Inside of a week the trouble cleared up and has not returned-! Had tried numerous Internal and external remedies but obtained no relief until I got the suggestion from your column. (Mrs. 8. A. C.) Answer Thanks. Copy of the pam phlet available on request Inclose stamped envelope bearing your ad dress. (Copyright. 1943, by John T. Dllle Co.) . Ed. Note: Persons wishing to com m u nlrate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D tss El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. Kelly's Comment From Washington, D. C Alphabet Boy Delay Aluminum Private Plant Now Producing Steel Secondary In Plane Output By John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, Jan. 9. Destined to play an Important role in the war Is the Pacific northwest with its aluminum In dustry, but it will be late this year before the plants buckle down to peak production. Mean while, because of delays by OPM, by Jesse H. Jones of RFC, and other factors valuable time has been wasted and pro duction of pig aluminum in the northwest area has been held back almost a year. Because of procrastination, enough kilo watts will have been wasted by June to produce 57 medium bombers. Decision was made last spring that aluminum must be pro duced as never before and the northwest was selected for three plants to be owned by the gov ernment to supplement the pri vate plants at Vancouver and Longvlew. Months were wasted fiddling on "proper" sites (se lected by Aluminum Company of Amerjca) with a suspicion that Alcoa was not entirely dis interested In where the govern ment plants should be. Paul J. Raver, administrator of Grand Coulee and Bonneville, waited until the exact sites were select ed before preparing to serve the plants with electric energy, al though much of the construction work could have been perform ed because, in a general way, it was known where the three government plants would be sit uated. Came then the matter of pri orities; what strategic metals could be used for transmission lines, substations, insulators. Came the problem of priorities on material required for the fac tory buildings and equipment. The government agencies, even in war time, could not cut red tape. There were the contracts to be drawn for operation of the government plants by private interests resulting in further de lay. There were objections by Secretary Ickes, who did not want Alcoa, at Vancouver, to i obtain additional kilowatt to ' increase its production of alum ' inum ingots. There was the slow 1 process of acquiring sites from private owners; titles to be ex l amined, price of land to be de i termined. The entire program of ! government ownership has drag I ged with the speed of cold mo ' lasses. Optimistic people had I supposed that by January, 1942. these plants would be on the verge of production. None are; one hasn't been started. e e PRIVATE enterprise. Alcoa at j Vancouver and Reynolds Metals I Co., at Longvlew, are tn produc . tion. They would like contract ! tor more power beyond their ! present agreement with Admln- istrator Raver. Work had begun i at Tacoma, some scratching at I Troutdale, and noth ng at all at Spokane. Taxpayers will fi nance th Tacoma, Spokane and Troutdale plant. On present and future opera tions the northwest will produce 430,000,000 pounds of aluminum ingots. There is a possibility that this may be increased to 500,000,000 pounds, or even more. Alcoa at Vancouver ha ca pacity of 182,000,003 pounds a year, Reynolds Metal Co. at Longvlew 60,000,000 pounds. Capacity at Tacoroa Is expected to be at least 42,000,000 pounds; Troutdale a minimum of 97, 900,000 pounds, and according to rumor difficulties In the east will cause expansion of the Troutdale plant. Spokane Is ra ted at 65,000,000 pounds, and this too may be upped. The esti mate of 450,000,000 pounds for these five plants is consVvative. e e e EXACT figures on the amount of aluminum used in a plane are not obtainable, the content vary ing with the type of plane, fighter-interceptor, medium bomber, and heavy flying for tress) bomber. A swift Intercep tor, such as are stationed at Everett, McChord field, Port land, Pendleton, Spokane, Boise and later at Walla Walla re quires from 7,000 to 9,000 pounds of aluminum. Some Idea of the production capacity of the plants in the northwest may be gained by assuming 9,000 pounds as the average In an in terceptor. On this basis there is a capac ity to furnish the light metal for 50,000 of these planes. Average amount of aluminum In a two engine bomber (medium type) is 33,000 pounds, or 17 tons. The five northwest plants are cap able of manufacturing enough aluminum for 12,872 bombers a year; a smaller number of the Boeing flying fortress. a a BEFORE steel, comes alumi num in the program to take the offensive against the Japanese. Without aluminum, the bombers will not be built, and the heart beat of the aluminum industry nestles in the northwest; eastern plants are providing for the At lantic. Very Interested in the aluminum situation is Winston Churchill, British prime minis ter, and Lord Beaverbrook, min ister of supply. Their visit to BOYD'S Mfl E. DIAL 3681 108 N. Ivy Street Prompt, Convenient, Courteous Delivery Service 4 Timet Daily 8:30 A. M. 10 A. M. 2 P. M. 4 P. M. S. It H. GREEN STAMPS SPECIALS FOR JAN. 10 AND 12 Economy Coffee Fresh ground a you buy it. lb. 23c Hill Red Can Coffee Lb 31 e 2 lbs 60c FLOUR Flagstaff Hardwhear 49-lb. sack. $1.69 Kitchen Queen Cf 7Q 49-lb. lack Vl.lU Drifted Snow 49-lb. sack Milk, Swift' 4 cans $2.09 33c SPRY SHORTENING 3 lbs. 67c 6 lbs. $1.33 Salted Wafer Sta-Crisp, 2-lb. box 16c Graham Crackers 4QA Sta-Crisp, 2-lb. box lJG Noodle, made with 4 4 . tggs, lb. pkg IOC Lux or Camay Soap, 3 for 17c ...9c Kraft Dinner Pkg SOCIETC Chocolate Drops Gum Drops . . Hard Mixed. . PAY CASH the United States came after Pearl Harbor when the govern ment was appropriating hund reds of planes already painted with the British Insignia. Churchill and Beaverbrook in sisted they must have bombers, or else. Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the flies of the Mall Tribune 10 and to years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January 9. 1932 (It was Saturday) County budget Is finally ap proved with salaries of all work ers, except those receiving less than S100 per month cut. Medford defeats Mt. Shasta, 59 to 12. Cloudy weather. High 43, low 37 degrees. State police start roundup of autos with old license plates. Army airplane crashes after hitting power line near Talent. Pilot escapes injury. Rogue and Illinois rivers to) remain open to trout fishing. Move In congress to legalize sale of beer, brings hot debate. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 9. 1922 (It was Monday) Dry enforcement in Jackson county last year cost $3795.60. Japanese split with China la averted over Shantung settle ment. Oregon dog license tax is de clared valid. Talent irrigation bond sell for 86 cents on the dollar. Mayor C. E. Gates come strong in Salem speech for Port land world fair plan. Trace of rain falls. High 41, low 28 degrees. Patches of snow left in the valley. Irrigation to be main topic at Farmers Week meeting tomor row. Drive to establish a golf and country club here resumed. I' FORMAY Pur Vegetable CI a Shortening, 3 lbs. QIC Pea, Corn or String Bean, Standard 40a 303 size, 3 can WV UPTON BLACK TEA Vi lb 49c lb,....89c Campbell Soup Tomato, 3 can .10c Except Chicken or Mushroom Campbell Chicken 11 a or Mushroom, can I Iv Peanut, fresh roasted, 2 lb.., Braxil Nut 2 lb 25c 35c Walnuts, large 4Aa Franquetts, local, Ib.aaUG Prrr-. . j, Corn Flake on. Kellogg, 3 Ig. pkg. 4.UW Post Toastiet 2 lg. pkg.... .15c Starch, com or 17 gloss, 2 pkg 1 1 G . . 2 lbs. 19c . . 2 lbs. 19c . . 2 lbs. 19c AND SAVE 25c
