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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. . OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1942. lteDFORDJftTUBUNI Utjate ite Mall Wkm." Dally Eicp aalaray Published by MCDfURD PRINTING CO. IT-St Nonh Pir St. Phon tl1 ROBERT W RUHU Editor. ERNEST H OILSTRAP. Mafr. Ab In4pndBt NapPr. Unfni mcor4 lui matter at lord. Ortion, indM Al f March t. lilt SUBSCRIPTION RATES y Malt la Alane: Datlf and Sunday ana jaar .M Pally and Sunday -all moatha... I M Daily ana Sunday i aiontha... I SO Dally and Sunday ihraa month I Dally and Sunday na month... Tl By Carrlar la Advanea Madford, Aah land, C.ntral Point, Jaekaonrllla. Oold Hill. Rngua Rlr. PboaalE, Talaat. and oa motor routan Dally and Sunday ona yaar II. Dally and Sunday ona month... .Ta All tarma caab la advanea. Offlrtal Pa par at tha City Mrdfara ornrlal Papar mt .ItM-aaoa Cay at y MFMHKR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rarrtvlaa Pall .-wd Wlra 4Wrla Tna aAiatod Praaa ta aselualvaiy antHlad to tha uaa for publication of all aawa dlapatchaa oradtiod to It or othar wlaa eradilad ta Ihta papar, and alaa ta tba local nawo publlahad haratn. All rlfhta for publication of opaelAl Slopatehoa harala ara alaa roaarad. MEMBER OP UNITED PRESS MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS Advartlatng Ropraoantatla WEST-HOI.LI DAT COMPANY. IKC. Offleaa IB Naw Torh. Chteato. Dotrolt. San rranrlaco. Loa Analaa. Baaitla, Portland, SL Loo la. Atlanta. Vaocouw. H. r.. fonts an aa Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Party Tha following poem is a proud prixe of Fletcher Stout, drug gist. For ZS yean he hai pack ed it in the inner recesses of his billfold. What with the war and army expansion and every thing, Fletch opines now is a time to reprint it. The poem was written by Ben Hur Lampman, In the late fall of 1919, when the nationally known editorial writer of the Oregonlan was editor of the Gold Hill News. At the time, Mr. Stout was the Gold Hill pharmacist The poem: The Last Crusade By Bn Hur Lampman You take a year and you toss her up. She's sped, and she won't come back She dwindles away Ilk a brlndle pup Gone wild on a rabbit-track. Spring, with a garland over her ear. Fall, with a tear In her eye. Are only the stuff o" dreams, old dear. Shimmering, glimmering by. Why, a year ago, by any chance Who'd bet, when the hand was played, That you would stand on the field of France To tight In the Last Crusade? O, you were always the lucky luck to you now, old scout. For I mind the white foam slip ping by Where you hooked the rain bow trout! You fought him over and past the fall Belt-deep where the ' eddy swirled. And France was only a name, that's all, Flame-ringed in another world. Here's luck like the luck you had that day, To bide with you, undismayed Luck and a prayer from the U. S. A. To Jim of the Last Crusade, I jammed thru the crowd to watch you go. When the boys came down the street And into my blood there pounded so The rhythm of tramDln feet Then cheer on cheer, till the old town shook. As the lines swung blithely ty. Just like a page from a picture DOOR You grinned as you caught my eye. But none of us really guessed, I'll bet The worth of the gift you mane, When you bore a rine and bayonet Away to the Last Crusade. You take a year and you watch ner smoke. one s gone, and she won't return She flickers away like last year's Joke And only the memories burn Our hearts are full with the gift you tossed. The haze is stripped from our eyes; We know you strike, lest the world be lost. For honor and high emprise. You who were Jimmy, or Bob, or Slim Are paladins undismayed. Knights of the faith no longer dim. Who fight In the Last Crusade! Closing time for Clanufied ! a. m Too Lata to Claealfj 1340 p. sa. "Passing Strange! " What has become of that protest from Southern Oregon to the Interstate Commerce Commission, against taking off the one through train we have to California? This query, by a subscriber, is what the Mail Tri bune would like to know, too. For two days now we have been keeping the wires rather warm between here and Washington, in an effort to get the low-down, but for some strange reason none has been forthcoming. TWICE it has been reported to this paper the Interstate Commerce Commission never received the protest; three times that while the protest was received it was not presented in the proper form and therefore disregarded, and a few moments ago -for the fourth time, we are informed that whether the protest was received or wasn't, the Interstate Com merce Commission has no jurisdiction. WHY hasn't it jurisdiction? The answer to that is, the I.C.C. has no jurisdic tion regarding railroad service unless BOTH passen ger and freight services are involved. Does that mean the S. P., or any other railroad, can do AS IT PLEASES with its PASSENGER serv ice, and the travelling public has no protection, for all agree that if the I.C.C. refuses to give relief no other judicial body can. That question has been put up directly to the Inter state Commerce Commission but still no answer. It is "PASSING STRANGE !" Dr. Goebbels Is Right There IS something new under the sun. Yesterday Dr. Goebbels told the German people the truth. We quote: "If Germany wins this war she wins everything. If she loses the war she loses alll" That isn't the whole truth, but it is true. The whole truth would add this solemn warning: "But Germany CAN'T win; therefore, the sooner Ger many kicks out Hitler, and sues for peace, the better for Germany and the better for the world and all concerned." ee.ee TTHERE is the true situation, at least as this de- partment views it Germany CAN'T win ! She may be able to keep with two-thirds of the man of the world, against her, impossible. And a knock-out victory to any real victory FOR Germany. Truman Committee Is Too There was also some truth-telling in Washington yesterday by the Truman wasn t pleasant reading, it failed to receive the prom inence it deserved. We quote one of the least discouraging paragraphs: "Carelessness and inefficiency have already cost us a great deal and, if continued, can cost us much more, even though in the long run we will win the war because of the sheer extent of our resources. : . "Prospects for future airplane production are not too good and radical changes In methods must be made to meet the ' military demand. "Apparently, there never has been and Is not now any real I planned and coordinated program for the production of aircraft I . "Our services (the army and navy) have merely pur- i chased what the manufacturers had to offer Instead of planning to use available facilities to produce what they needed at maximum capacity. "Always extremely reluctant to accept and develop new Ideas, the army and navy have been tardy In adopting multiple machine guns, bullet proof gasoline tanks, modern gun turrets and other war-time aviation developments." This fits in very well with what has been remarked previously in this column, mate victory is as curiam us cuiyiuiug m una un certain world CAN be; the less we indulge in wishful thinking and the less we refuse to tell the truth and face it, the quicker that victory will be obtained, and the less it will cost in money and in lives. Seeing Only One Side Here is another brief exhibit along the wishful thinking line: "The flaming muzzles of McArthur's guns, shouting grim defiance at Japanese invaders of Luzon, are sounding a mes sage for American ears, as thrilling as the defense of Wake Island. In the otherwise sombre war symphony in the Pacific." And the composer, Mr. Kirk L. Simpson, A.P. mili tary expert, goes on to paint a picture of a modern Horatio at the bridge, gallantly and courageously holding back the pagan foe so the allies may save Singapore and the Dutch East Indies. Now that is true enough, and General Mac Arthur's stand undoubtedly will go down in Ameri can history as one of the most courageous and inspir ing episodes of this war or any other war, BUT, The point we make, is the danger lurking in thus painting ONLY ONE side of the picture, and that the pleasing one. On the other side, here is a gallant but outnum bered American force, without air support, with no way of getting material aid or reinforcements, (or apparently even a rescue like Dunkirk) and because of these facta doomed, barring a miracle, to defeat. By all means let us lose sight of no silver linings, but let us also not overlook the clouds that make them I going for some time, but power and the resources a knock-out victory is ' by Germany is essential committee, but because it namely : that while ulti Personal Health Service By William Signed letter. pertaining. In personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment. ertu be answered by Dr. Brady If a .tamped self addressed entelope la enckMid. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of letter, melted ante few caa he aniwered hero, ho reply can he made to qoerlee not conforming to Instruction Addreaa Dr. V lUUm Brady, tu El Camlno, Beterly Hllla. Calif. NORMAL AND ABNORMAL DIZZINESS A correspondent says he is subject to dizziness upon rising quickly from bed or upon straightening up from a stooped position. He asks whether he needs a physi cal examina tion by the physician and says he is o t h e rwise in perfect health so far as he knows. The corre spondent omits some es'emial facts and so it Is more diffi cult to offer guest about it. Dr. Brady even a good He omits to mention his age, height and weight. He omits to mention whether the dizziness has occurred only recently or more or loss always. Ho omits to tell anything about his nabits, his occupation, whether he uses any kind of medicine. If he were a patient consult ing me one of the first things I'd want to know is whether he could roll a somersault on the floor without becoming unduly llustered. Any one this side of 75 who can't roll a somersault or two on the floor at any time without getting visibly upset is a molly coddle and as such, I suppose, naturally entitled to have a col lection of symptoms always on tap when there is a doctor around. A standard textbook on Diag nosis mentions about 85 disease conditions in which dizziness occurs more or less frequently. But this is a health col iinn and we'll leave the consideration of abnormal or pathological dizzi ness to physicians. Our concern Is merely with what we may call normal vertigo or dizziness which any healthy person may nave. In the first place a good many individuals who have good health, or as good as they ever have had or ever will have, Dut who are of "asthenic" or weak build, constitution, type: or a bit flabby and soft, not in fit physical condition poor "tone," are especially subject to such dizziness as the correspondent describes. Usually such Indi viduals owe their general lack of fitness, resiliency or vlte In part to nutritional deficiency and in par; to neglect of physi cal education or training. Many individuals become dizzy or have a sudden vertigo from irritation of the inner ear struc ture, the labyrinth, by an ac cumulation of hardened ceru men or wax In the outer ear canal, or by syringing -the ear Kelly's Comment From Washington, D. C. Tax Problem May Mean Extra Meet Higher Payroll Tax For Employer By John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, Jan. 16. Developments in the tax prob lems may cause the legislatures of northwest states to meet In extraordinary session. Policies of price fixing administration. the office of transportation, of OPM, SPAB and other govern ment agencies are certain to re duce revenues of the states in 1942 and also next year prob ably even more next year. In the first place, the cur tailment of new passenger auto mobiles will gradually decrease the traffic. This will cut down the Income received from an nual registration of vehicles. In turn, this will reduce the sale of gasoline and thereby cause loss of revenue from gas taxes. Commercial trucks will grad ually decrease (no new trucks permitted after March) and as the old trucks go to pieces they will no longer be a license asset to states, which will also lose gasoline taxes. Boose To Rise Sixty percent of the capacity of all distilleries will this month :be devoted to the manufacture 'of industrial alcohol (190 proof). 'This leaves approximately 40 percent to provide for the wants of the thirsty, plus reserves on hand. With such a reduction in supplies the state liquor com IS YOUR CHILD A NOSE PICKER? Cfet Flrtr- OttMT elf tn M Meetlof I r-. ) l '.ie. r'.ai i.ew Biaj B - I if fV t ! w -r-n l( sr.: aVf "'-'t ,eaiuTe (t Jtt i f.f -ti J'"- It .-;- t V-t ITS,-! f- (!'? , w--a me-t.etr. fct'l t ft iti f-r t f t f. t )-. . -t ,. umt 1 nw DtMe4 a.M i miiirtai PS Brady. M. D. canal with water a little cold, or by the entrance of cold water into the ear when bathing or swimming. This may occur whether there is a perforation of the ear drum or not. Prob ably it accounts for certain otherwise inexplicable drown ings of good swimmers drown ings commonly ascribed to "cramps." Good rule, by the way, to plug ear canals loosely with greasy cotton or with lamb's wool before going in iwlmmlng. Aside from correcting the nutritional deficiency by sup plementing the diet with the essential vitamins and minerals, and building resiliency or tone by regular daily exercbe, there Is nothing to do about normal dizziness. It Is part of the con stitutional make-up. QIFSTIONS AND ANSWERS Cloudy Turning to Clear When I drink beer, not when I arinK other alcoholic beverage., I notice a milky cloudlneaa of the urine. (B. A. p.) Answer if the urine become, clear on heating, it la probably from urate, and baa no significance. If the cloudlneaa clean up on adding a drop or two of nitric acid. It ta probably from phosphate, and baa no significance, if tha cloudlneaa agglutlnatea Into long string or rope, on adding a few drop, of caustic potash solution and twirling tha teat tube. It la probably from pua and careful urologlcal exami nation la necessary to determine the eourca of the pus. Care of the Feet The foot powder for which you glee the formula In tha booklet "Care of the Feet" proved highly efflcacloua In curing and prevenUng foot Itch. But on standing a while tha powder cake., no matter how tightly stoppered. (H. R. C4 Answer Try making a . solution Instead of the powder one ounce of photographer's "hypo" sodium thlosulfate, sometimes .till called hyposulflte of soda) In the pint of water, and bathe feet with thla dally or frequently aa needed. Eend 10c and stamped envelope bearing your addresa for booklet "Care of the Feet." Water Drinking Can a person drink too much water for hla phyaleal or mental good? Some authority long ago stat ed that too much water habitually taken tends to produce a water logged condition In the brain. (J. P.) Answer No. in extremely warm weather or when overheated by work or play and sweating freely, It la wise to take a good pinch of aalt with each drink of water. But ordi narily thirst alone la the beat guide. If excessive quantities of water are demanded .constantly, It would be well to have the physician make a teat for dlabetea. (Copyright 1943, John F. DUX Co.) Ed. Note! Penona wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should eend letter direct to Dr William Brady., M. D. tftj U Camlno, Beverly Hllla, Calif. missions will have difficulty keeping their shelves full and they may decide to increase prices to balance the lost busi ness. In Oregon, for instance, profits of the liquor board are devoted to relief, so there will be less money available for that purpose. Some of this reduction In revenue will come swiftly, others more leisurely. Gas taxes will drop off noticably next fall and truck and passenger car registration fees next ' year. the decrease starting by the coming summer. Change In the liquor business comes because of the great demand for alco hol for war purposes, and the alky will be distilled from corn, rye, sugar and molasses. There is no shortage of sugar, but the distilleries will require thous ands of tons. The prohibition agent in the house office build ing at the national capital con siders It a victory, but the ad ministration does not intend an other period of national prohi bition with all the crime that went with it. (Maryland boot leggers are operating stills with in sight of the capitol dome), a a a EMPLOYERS can brace themselves for new and higher payroll taxes and the workers too must pay their share. Soc ial security, unemployment in surance, hospitalization, rehabil itation an expanded and ex pansive program Is to be car ried by tapping payrolls. Farm, help, domestics, seamen, em ployes of Institutions now ex empt are all to be Included. There Is an army of this class in the Pacific northwest; mil- ! lions in the nation. For new employers struggling with the Skilsaw U-lnch ELECTRIC DRILL Jacobs Chuck $22.50 IIAIiSEII 35 N. BaMlett new taxes wilt be headache. Of course, back of these pay roll taxes is the intention of reducing the income of Individ ;uals; mustn't give the people too much money to spend In war time. From the president down there has been opposition to a sales tax on a national scope, but congress may decide that a sales tax is required as war emergency and not as a permanent policy. It will be, In a manner, double taxation in Washington and Idaho where a sales tax is now imposed, but Oregon has defeated every pro posal for such an impost. How ever, both federal and state governments have placed a tax on gasoline and no one worried about it As the talk now goes. instead of a blanket sales tax it may be selective, the prospect ive act specifying what shall be taxed and how much. The pres ident is inclined to favor some thing like that for the duration and a few months thereafter. If a sales tax is not approved, it is a certainty that a manu facturers' tax wiU be applied, possibly one where the con sumer pays the tax but the manufacturer collects it Map New Taxes THIS week the ways and means committee started hold ing its sessions to work out a tax program. No one at this moment knows what the ulti mate bill will be like, but all members of congress are posi tive on one point: a bill will be drafted that wiU bring in nine billion dollars of new money. Of this amount there is prospect of a sales tax of five percent bringing in one billion dollars. Administration officials ad mit that the current income tax, to be applied on 1941 income, will fall hardest on the man who has been in debt during i the long depression and is now trying to pull himself out. The present tax will also discourage private money from being used as what is known as "venture capital" where a chance Is taken on a good return, or a flop (like investing in a gold mine). Without exception, the warning is given that no one should take on obligations now that can not be met with cash; no running in debt, for it will take a long time to pay with the restrictions imposed by gov ernment and the general mess of the usual economics. The tax on 1841 income will be mild compared to the tax the people must face in 1943 on this year's income. News Behind The News by Paul Mallon (Continued Prom Page One) leaders have made it clear they j will not arbitrate the closed ; shop issue. They will surrender their plants first. I The Kearny shipbuilding case, 1 unsettled by the old board, will j be one of the first cases to con- front the new board, now that the navy has turned that plant j back to private management. Labor, on the other hand, ex- i pects arbitration. It notes the wording of Mr. Roosevelt's ex ecutive order, stating the board can fix its own rules for com pulsory arbitration, and inter-1 prets this to mean the closed shop or anything else can be submitted to arbitration by a majority vote of the board. Obviously someone is going to be disappointed. a e a THE tall tale that the army has discovered an enemy spy ring among the troops apparent ly is an imaginative outgrowth of the official disclosure that counter-espionage system exists. Army has only picked up a few stray soldiers who did not look , or sound right. e a a I 1UAVY Secretary Knox Implied j ' the country would be agree- ; ably surprised when the navy felt free to make public its sink ings of Nazi subs. Talk among navy personnel not by any i means official) is that about 100 ! axis subs have thus far hit the bottom for good, 30 in the At lantic before the war actually began. a a a THE Dutch dropped nltrogly- cerlne In the oil wells around I Tarakan and the British have made a practice of arming civil ians with axes to cut down rub ber trees in front of the Jap 1 advance, but no one here is con fident that needy Japan will be , HARDWARE Phone 1370 denied these essential war re sources for very long. Many Dutch oil wells are expected to be out of commission six months at least, and it takes five years to grow a rubber tree. Yet assur ances as to the extent of the damage are lacking. e e e IT seems to be unanimous that 1 Nathan Straus should resign as head of U. S. housing. His office force circulated a petition expressing some more or less affectionate regards in that di rection. Straus had criticized other federal housing units so severely the USHA cannot get money from congress or cooper ation from anyone in the gov ernment. But, even In resignation, Mr. Straus x may have been too strong. He submitted his resig nation to the president in such critical terms as to have delayed Its acceptance.' His office force hears arrangements are under way for Mr. Straus to resign in much milder language. a e e TTIE brown cover handbook for air raid wardens from the office of civilian defense, January S, said: Fill your bath tubs with water before an air raid. But the mim eographed instructions from the local OCD for the metropolitan area advised (Jan. 2): Don't fill your bath tubs. Local OCD says it fears a water shortage if everyone fills his tub while national OCD fears you would not have water if the main is cut. Perplexed air raid wardens may fear there has been more confusion In OCD than La Guar dia cared to admit. Flight o Time Mcdford and Jackson Comity History from the file, of tha Mall Tribune 10 and to yeara ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January 16, 1932 (It was Sunday) National thrift week opens as prosperity return looms. Winter weather prevails over entire Pacific coast. Rain or snow again predicted for valley with a high of 29, and a low BOYD'S G3 r DIAL 3681 108 N. Ivy Street Prompt, Convenient, Courteous I Delivery Service -4 Time Daily 8:30 A. M 10 A.M. 2 P.M. 4 P.M. S. k H. GREEN STAMPS SPECIALS FOR JAN. 17 AND 19 Economy Coffee Fresh Ground, lb. 23c Folger't Coffee Drip or pere., lb.. 2 pounds 31c ..60e Raisins, seedless 1Q 41b. pkg at JIG Societe Gum 10a Drops, 2 lbs I9C Societe Chocclato 1QA Drops, 2 lbs - IwG Societe Mixed 10a Candy, 2 lbs I9C Peanuts, 4Ca 2 1b, IPC Brazil Nut OK a 2 pounds OwC M.D. Sanitary 4Q. Napkins, 2 pkgs 376 M.D. Toilet Af a Paper, 12 rolls 9lC Teitex Toilet 7- Paper, 3 rolls 1 1 G Tenderleaf BLACK TEA 14 lb. 23c Vi lb. 43c Nucoa 2 pounds " I U RS c.r.-.-..14c P.&G. Laundry AF. Soap, 6 ban aeUG Palmolive 17 Soap, 3 ban 1 1 C Oxydol Large pkg I v Rinso 01a Urge pkg. aalC PAY CASH 29 degrees. Heavy snow falls in Crater Lake park augur against early opening. High school basketball team defeats Klamath Falls and Chil oquin on week-end trip. Carpenter work to open soon on new court house. Republicans charge democrats are using depression as a cam paign issue. Slush covers streets following a light snow; West Main street flooded. Japanese retaliation t a k e high toll in Manchuria. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 16, 1922 (It was Monday) John L. Lewis of the miners' union threatens wage war, if pay cut. Rainfall .18 of an Inch. Snow predicted. High 42, low 32. Snow falls in Portland. Icy roads in the Siskiyous. Skating dangerous on city reservoir, boys are warned. Charles Chaplin in "The Idle Class" at the Page. Ben C. Sheldon throws hat in ring for state senator. E. C. Faber store at Central Point is robbed for second time in two months. Bob Galligan, the Canadian war hero and newsboy, refuses to go to hospital with the flu. id nuua i 3M2 If your rtc In to chapped, yon vfll be dollnhted with the effect of Men thola turn applied to the sting Ing.red.BWollen parts. Mentholatum quickly cools and soothes the Irrita tion, assisting Nature to more quick ly heal the Injury. Mentholatum la also a most soothing and effective application for ottwr minor akin Irritations. Jars or tubes. 30c, Pt. Kraft American Cheese, 2 lb. box.. Kraft Dinners Package Salted Wafers -I Sta-Crisp, 2-lb. box IVC Jello, all flavors 4 pkgs Swift Evaporated Milk, 4 tall cans.. Grapenutt or Grapenut Wheat meal r7 2 pkgs aW C CRISCO lbs. 67c ,t S1.33 GLO COAT POLISH Pt 59c Qt 98e Flagstaff Hardwheat 49-lb. sack Kitchen Queen 49-lb. tack. Drifted Snow 49-lb. tack... AND SAVE MIRACLE WHIP ....24e Qr 39c 69c 9c I! Graham Crackers 10,. Illl Sta-Crisp, 2-lb. box 135 Noodles, made with ft 1 1 eggs, lb. pkg. 2 for eWC 25c on III (303 mill FLOUR 51.69 $1.79 S2.09
