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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Prrr
Fean ar. felt In Berlin of a
German rmy coup to over
throw the Nzl regime of which
A. Hitler Is the mainspring and
' other Important works. Ma
chine guns have been set up
In the streets of many cities
to prevent It Fears that Dei
Fuehrer and crew will be over
thrown is the xero of fearing.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Campbell Soup
Tomato, 3 can
.10c
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Campbell Chicken 11 a
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Peanut, fresh
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Braxil Nut
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