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By Arthur Prry
Mention of the weather under
censor regulations Is forbidden.
Suffice to say if it could be,
the mention would be uncompli
mentary, and resembles winter.
...
A number of autos have near
new tires. Some of the owneri
are so proud, they think they
re wearing them themselves.
...
The hs. bb. team Journeyed to
Ashland Fri. eve, and was de
feated, but not disgraced or con
quered. The Art Hess boy, Billy, went
to the country wearing his red,
red Jacket, and was chased by
one of his Grandpaw's cows.
Rumors the past week fell off
to normal, and the supply was
below par.
Enough mud now prevails In
, the rural areas to last through
' both" the May and the November
oletdoflf. ; j..: ': ;; . :: .
v Sen. Truman '(D-Mo.) revealed
In the national capital during,
the week, the Sl-a-yr. men are
making enough on the side, to
give the dollar back to the govt.
The Roosevelt school football
team ate turkey Frl. night, for
their good work during the sea
son. a
A number of upstate points
report a wood shortage, due to a
shortage of woodcutters other
than the run of the mill citizens.
The Ogn was late Sat. am.
Irking old subscribers no end.
Some would eat no breakfast,
and others went back to bed.
Several are entertaining colds,
while waging war on same.
There has been no Klondike
rush of Older Girls to sign up
as harvest hands next summer.
Handling a pitchfork all day
would leave their hands In bet
ter shape than sticking them In
dishwater.
liermy Offenbacher of the j
Applcgate went to Salem with :
the sheriff last week, and came
bark with him. I
I
There Is some talk of bringing i
bark prohibition, because of the
war. Many recall when brer re
turned, and youth would drink
a glass, and use It as an excuse
to yell all night. :
Some spading has been notrd !
on the sunny side of houses In
the residential districts, prepare-1
tory to planting geraniums, etc. i
... j
The Espce took off two trains I
last wok, and was editorially
scolded for the trick, from Duns-
muir to G. Pass. I
... I
All the ecstacy over Oregon
State beating Duke, has evap
orated from Frederick Strang,
and he is no longer mad at the '
radio announcer. i
... I
Dewey Hill, the Prospect
hired man, raced to town in j
mid-week to get a haircut, be
fore he was shot for bear, he j
said. When his present set of :
tires plays out, he will fall back ,
on his own scissors, he further
explained, j
BECK JAPANESE SLAYERS
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 17. i
(T) Police throughout British
Columbia's lower mainland to- I
day pressed an Intensive hunt
for three holdup men who last j
night fatally shot a young Jap-'
anse as they held up a small
confectionery store operated by
his parents. I
What Use Is
Hasn't the Interstate Commerce Commission out
lived its usefulness?
If the regulatory body, has no authority, (or re
fuses to assume any) in the direction of giving South
ern Oregon decent train service to California, what
IS its function anyway?
Does its authority extend only to freight and
freight rates? That is the implication of the only
I.C.C. "explanation" this . paper has been able to
secure.
In other words, if we understand the I.C.C. position
correctly, the Southern Pacific, or any other railroad,
can supply passenger service or not supply it; do
what it wishes with it, to the extent of abandoning it
entirely, or compelling the travelling public to ride
in coal cars, unheated busses, or trucks; the S. P. has
complete and uncontrolled authority in this field of
its passenger transportation, and if the people of this
community, or any other, don't like it, well they
can lump it as far as any relief from the Commission
is concerned 1
IT is because such an interpretation doesn't make
sense, and from what we have always supposed the
function of the I.C.C. to be, is downright INCRED
IBLE, that the Mail Tribune has gone to such pains
to secure official confirmation of this position, before
commenting upon it
AT long last, however, we have telegrams from
Clyde B. Aitchison, chairman of the I.C.C, and
Joseph B. Eastman, federal coordinator of transpor
tation and former member of the I.C.C, that appear
to remove all reasonable doubt that such an assump
tion IS correct According to Mr. Aitchison at least
the Interstate Commerce Commission has no power
to order restoration of passenger service", in South
ern Oregon or anywhere else; while Mr. Eastman
says the same thing in a different way, to-wit:
"The Interstate Commerce Commission has no Juris
diction over passenger service because the 'Transportation
act' defines car service as transportation of PROPERTY."
.....
"A NGELS and Ministers of Grace defend us!"
" And this in the year 1942 under a Democratic
administration that has maintained for half a century
that the comer stone of its doctrine has been the
placing of HUMAN rights above PROPERTY rights.
Yet, here in Southern Oregon in such a vital thing
as railroad transportation, and in the face of vigorous
public protest BY EVERY COMMUNITY IN
VOLVED, the Interstate Commerce Commission goes
officially on record as having no concern with, or
legal influence, over human rights at all! ONLY
property rights !
What if the people of Southern Oregon ARE de
prived of all train service to and from California,
What if the Southern Pacific DOES take a million
dollars hard cash out of this valley in freight revenue,
and refuses to spend a nickel on passenger service.
What if, because of cantonment construction Med
ford's population DOES increase two fold or three
fold, and the need of better passenger train service
becomes imperative, not only from the standpoint of
public convenience and necessity but from the
STANDPOINT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE !
UNLESS, .the Southern Pacific abandons its pres
ent policy toward this community, nothing will be
done, for the simple and sufficient reason the South
ern Pacific doesn't CARE to DO anything, and there
is no authority on earth that can compel it to, the
Interstate Commerce Commission, the State Public
Service Commission or the courts.
Well all we can say is, if that IS the law, and that
is the official stand of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, then not only the people of Southern Oregon
but of the entire country should demand a change in
BOTH!
Everyone In This Army
MEARLY 1000 men and women will set aside their
labors next Tuesday and begin a systematic
canvass of every Jackson County home, armed with
Defense Savings bond and stamp pledges for YOU
to sign.
Every man, woman and child who has an income,
regardless of its size, will be asked to sign one of
these pledges, indicating a willingness to "buy a
share in America" to buy Defense Savings stamps
and bonds regularly for the duration. No citizen, we
feel sure, who can possibly afford this most important
and safest of all investments, will hesitate to sign.
.....
QREGON is the first state to launch the pledge
card plan, an entirely new phase in the war
financing program. Obviously, results here will be
watched with interested eyes. It is because this state
leads the nation in per capita purchases of defense
securities, that Oregon will pace the entire country
in this new, more comprehensive selling effort
.....
CINCE the very inception of the Defense Savings
program it has been a major objective to give to
ALL citizens a sense of their own direct and in
escapable responsibility in the nv'hty struggle for
the defense and life of their nation. ALL must be
come aware of the dangers confronting thorn. There
can be no compromise when freedom is at stake.
Total war demands total effort
It is apparent that everything we are, everything
we have, all of our resources and reserves, must be
pledged to one single objective the "inevitable
triumph." We can't pull our punches! j
.....
rEFENSE saving has suddenly expanded into war
financing. We can no longer be content with
passive defense; there must be the tanks and ships
the I. C. CP
and guns and planes for OFFENSE if we are to
achieve victory. America's 56 billion dollar war chest
must be filled at once and every man, woman and
child must have a sense of direct participation in an
all-out victory effort Defense Savings bonds and
stamps provide the answer.
The job can be done it WILL be done. The
bombs that fell at Pearl Harbor, the gallant Btruggle
at Wake and Midway Islands, the heroic defense of
the Philippines these have torn away our compla
cency. We now face the task ahead with clearer
vision and deeper understanding.
. .
VES, we've been rudely awakened to the realization
that war CAN come to our land, that great
oceans are not enough to keep from America's shores
the ruthless brutality of Axis aggressors. We've been
shocked by the plain fact that bombs do not always
strike at "military objectives" and that women and
children are now on the front lines.
...
A MERICA today faces her greatest test An Amer
" ica united and aroused has the power to win.
Not only is it the hope of democracy but it is our
only salvation against savage and brutal forces seek
ing to subjugate the world.
RIGHT NOW is the time for all of America to
line up as 130 million united people, using their dol
lars to support and sustain their fighting men. Now
is the time for 35,000 Jackson county citizens to
pledge their dollars and their dimes.
.....
CO, give these "minute-men" neighbors who call
upon you Tuesday a friendly welcome. But don't
forget. You are not giving you are INVESTING
in your nation's future and your own. H. G.
Personal Health Service
By William
signed letters pertaining tn personal health anil hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brad; If a stamped self
addressed envelops Is enelosrd. Letters should be brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered
here. No reply ran be made to queries not conforming to Instructions.
Address Dr. William Brady, ts.1 El Csmlno. Beverly Hills, Calif.
THE LITTLE YEL
Newspaper commentator, pre
senting an assay of Japanese
military power, remarks that
the av e r a g e
height of Jap
anese sailors is
9 feet 3V4 in
ches, weight
126 pounds,
and the aver
age chest mea
surement is 33
,41 inches. This
W I chest measure-
II jk f I mept, the com
.Afti mentator ex-
D;.7r.V glf'TV
the little ' yel
low "undermen" or "trained
monkeys", as Hitler and his
Nazi pals call them, great stay
ing power for long marches or
other hard physical tasks. How
the commentator draws this In
ference from the comparatively
normal chest measurement of
the "gelben Geschmeisse" (yel
low vermin) as the Germans call
them, the "yellow Aryans" as
the propogandists now Identify
them, is probably a scientific
mystery beyond the comprehen
sion of ordinary minds.
Neither the relationship of
height or status and chest meas
urement nor the number of
inches the individual can ex
pand the chest has any particu
lar bearing on strength, endur
ance or staying power. Nor has
it any particular bearing on vi
tality or longevity. That is to
say, the big-chested Individual
is not likely to outlast the indi
vidual with Just an average or
even a little less than average
chest measurement compared
with age and stature, other
things being equal. This notion
that a large chest or a larger
than average chest expansion
indicates physical strength or
staying power or anything of
the kind is current today only
in the comic supplement.
If the Japanese have any spe
cial capacity for endurance or
any special staying powers, It
failed to appear in the contests
of the last Olympic games held
In this country. Japanese en
trants In numerous events made
a (air showing but certainly did
not outstrip Americans in any
notable way.
The newspaper commentator
quotes a physician (with a Teu
tonic name) who practiced medi
cine In Japan for eight years.
This physician found the Japa
nese more tolerant of pain and
less apt to be depressed and de
spondent in illness than the
European.
That may be as the Teuton
found it, but he was comparing
i the Japanese spirit or tempera
! ment with the European. A char
j acteristic of the Teutonic tern
i perament, if not of that of other
I Europeans, is the tendency to
' become depressed over such set
backs as obstinate Illness or a
succession of misfortunes or fail-
ures of any kind. Most of the
j stilndes or suicidal attempt
; that have occurred In my own
' prRct ice. have been of that eate
I gory. So, to my mind, it Is not
j saying a great deal for Japanese
temperament to say the "yellow
I Aryans" can stand adversity
better than the blond barbarians
on.
In America, the melting pot,
j we have all kinds of people, but
i i
Brady. M. D.
LOW VNDERMEN
knowing what we do of the
physical condition and the mo
rale of the men and women of
America, we must set it down as
due to their insular position that
the people of Japan can believe
America has gone "soft" with
luxurious living and will not
arouse herself.
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Dental Put
Is the UN of dental plat adhesive
harmful to health? (P-F4.)
Answer No. But why put up with
lifelong discomfort from poorly fit
ting plates? Let a good dentist make
Plato that fit.
John's Dog
Pleas comment oa this Item. (R,
O.)
Answer Clipping tells how John
G" dog knocked oeer a bottle of
Tltamln tablet and ate .46 of the
tablet, containing ISO, (XX unite of
Tltamln Bl. No comment. Perhaps
the dog won't Use around so much
I for a few days, that all. Why should
any on take vitamin Bt anyway?
Vitamin B complex la the thing to
: take, if you an going to take Bl at
all.
Allergy
Two year ago I wrot for your
pamphlet on allergy. Son aged 34
had long suffered vlth a kind of hay
fever and asthma. All kinds of serum
t treatment by specialist and no
lasting benefit. August. S0, he began
following the high calcium diet and
, calcium feeding a outlined In your
' pamphlet. He had no hay fever at all
' and no asthma and none for a full
year after that. (Mr, wil l
1 Answer Thank you. On request, If
. you provide stamped nvlope bear
: Int your address, I will send pamph
let on "Th Calcium Shortage",
"Relief for Allergy" and "Asthma".
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. brady
should tend letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D tl Et
Camlne. Beverly Hills, Calif.
Communications
How Could You Rosay?
To the editor: This Is Just
to congratulate you on the
stand you have taken for the
people of Jackson county and
: other affected localities against
,the unprecedented action of the
; Southern Pacific railroad.
To bad Oregon hasn't a Hiram
Johnson to make this "Jerk
water" road come to time as
;he did for "California.
I Having traveled the S. P. for
several years, eating their ex
pensive CHEAP food and almost
being brained at night in our
! berths by the starting and stop
iplng of the train by inefficient
engineers, and now to be ma
rooned so to speak In Duns
muir to await the pleasure of
the S. P. bus. is Just too thrill
ing for anything! And to think
, Rosy, our old friend, we
thought, was on the same train
jwith u coming down here and
i never peeped about this change
in trains, is almost too much to
bear.
I Here Is hoping th I.C.C. will
see its duty to the Rogue River
i valley and do It, for we have
our return ticket and don't
fancy this bus trip. If we are
: young and agile.
J. B. Andrews.
! Hotel Clark. Los Angeles. Cal.
BAKER GETS MEET
Portland. Jan. 17. An
executive committee yesterday
voted the annual convention of
the Oregon Bankers' association,
June 6-9, to Baker.
Kelly's
Comment
From Washington. D. C
Politics Seen In
Removal of Plant
. Bonneville Chief
Has Power Grudge
Br John W. Kallr
Washington, D. C, Jan. 17.
More than a suspicion exists
that the proposed removal of
an aluminum rolling mill, ten
tatively located at Troutdale,
Ore., to Spokane is saturated
with politics. While the strategy
board of the war department
has been said to have backed
the removal because of fear
that Japanese bombers might
drop a payload of explosives on
the rolling mill, it has been dif
ficult to pin down the sponsors
of this policy within the de
partment. Two underlings, col
onels, are reputed to be respon
sible and while mid-west army
officers are declaring there will
never be a new industry or
plant expansion on the west
side of the mountains, the com
mandants on the Pacific coast
are quoted as saying they can
defend that area against the en
emy. Among the Items which have
created suspicion that there is
politics in the affair Is cited
I the votes of Sen. Homer i . oone
and Sen. Mon C. Wallgren on
price control legislation. Of all
i the senators In the Rocky moun
tain and Pacific coast states the
only two who voted against
control of farm commodities by
Secretary of Agriculture Wick
ard were the two Washington
senators. Senators Bone and
Wallgren supported President
Roosevelt's plea that all control
be vested in Leon Henderson.
Senators who are more ardent
new dealers and administration
followers than Bone and Wall
gren opposed the president and
voted for the Bankhead amend
ment giving Wickard a voice In
fixing the price of farm pro
ducts. For a year Senator Bone has
opposed the Bonneville-Grand
Coulee set-up and introduced a
bill creating a Columbia power
authority with the area repre
sented on the board of directors
and severing any connection
with the national capital. He has
been furious at Secretary of the
Interior Ickes for making a
speech in Tacoma in which
Ickes said Bone's directors
would be stooges of the private
power companies. Kind friends
read into the speech an attack
on Bone and so advised the sen
ator. The senator has not al
ways gone along with the ad
ministratlon, although nominal
ly a democrat and originally
elected on the Roosevelt tidal
wave, and has been on the op
posite side of the fence on var
ious Important items.
Now Senator Bone has soften
ed toward Ickes; explains that
with the president's power to
shift and change departments
there is not as much need for
the CPA measure as there was
a few weeks ago.
Senator Wallgren, when a
member of the house, was urged
to run for the senate by the ad
ministration with the promise
that if he was defeated in the
race he would be taken care
of with a $10,000 federal Job.
In Washington state the
Grange (head of the national
Grange is Albert Goss, former
ly of Spokane) as in Oregon and
other state Granges of the west,
and the National Farm Bureau,
all worked hard to have the
secretary of agriculture look af
ter price control for farm pro
ducts. In all these states, with
the exception of Washington,
the senators supported this
proposition. Back of the votes
of Bone and Wallgren was a
desire not to offend the presi
dent and thereby prevent Spo
kane from taking the rolling
mill from Oregon.
PAUL J. RAVER, of Bonneville-Grand
Coulee administra
tion, is anxious to have a great
industrial center at or near
Spokane, using power from
Grand Coulee. Mr. Raver has i
attempted to force government
ownership on Spokane and, to
date, has failed. Kimsey Rob
ertson, execuUve of Washington
Water Power company, has suc
ceeded In circumventing the
plans of Raver in a municipal
election. Raver's grudge against
Robertson would be largely ap
peased If the rolling mill goes
into that territory. Secretary
Ickes, who has advocated the
Troutdale location, telephoned
Raver :ast week and inquired
if he was taking a hand in the
shift to Spokane. Mr. Raver said
jhe was not
Someone has informed OPM
j that Bonneville does not have
! sufficient power to provide 33.
1 000 kilowatts for the fabricating
I plant, and within OPM there
has been talk of sending the
rolling mill to North Carolina.
There will bt approximately
20O.OC0 kilowatts running to
I waste in the first six months i
'of this year from the govern
ment grid in the northwest; the
amount needed for a plant at
Troutdale is insignificant How
ever, Raver might, if asked, say
there is plenty of power at
Grand Coulee when all the
Iwaterwheels on order ara in
stalled, and by this indirection
boost Spokane.
! Although the rolling mill Is
I the big prize (costing many,
I many millions of dollars and
' employing thousands perman
ently) it is a question whether,
if the shift is political, the war
department will continue to in
sist that no new plants or ex
pansions be permitted. Some
say that when the rolling mill
is disposed of there will be no
further talk of enemy bombers.
By Frank Jenkins
pHE story told by today's
(Thursday's) dispatches sug
gests inevitably these well-quot-ted
lines from "Maud Muller":
"Of all sad words of tongue or
pen,
'The saddest are these: It might
have been."
HTHE British, outnumbered and
lacking adequate air sup
port, are being pushed back on
Singapore. Japanese air attacks
on the city are increasing In
strength, indicating the possi
bility that an all-out drive on
the great South Seas base may
be in the making.
In the past year the British
might have been strengthening
Singapore more adequately
rather than telling the world
how impregnable it had already
been made.
POR years Americans have
been hearing and to some
extent BELIEVING tales about
the poor, inefficient Japs who
can't shoot and can't fly and
can't bomb and who are so
nearly broke for money and
materials they'll collapse at the
first blockade.
Instead of leaning toward be
lief of these tales, we miffht
nrofitnhlv hnv hMn mnrm in. I
telligently skeptical of them.
TTHE senate defense investigat-
ing committee charges in a
report made public today that
"American war production has
been hampered seriously by
months of official bungling,
labor selfishness and manage
ment greed."
We might have been eliminat
ing all that during this past
critical year.
OUT the British DIDN'T ade
quately protect Singapore.
We DIDN'T sense the very real
menace of Japan. We D1DNT
organize our production as effi
ciently as we might have done.
It will do us no good to waste
time crying over the milk thus
spilled.
What Is important Is what
we're DOING NOW.
WE'VE named a production
T czar (Nelson) and today he
defines his new Job as 'making
enough war material to lick
Hitler and the Japs and doing
it In the shortest possible time."
We're more than tripling the
size of our army AT ONCE.
We've devoted our entire vast
automobile Industry to arms
oroductlon and are preparing to
do without cars when our pres
ent ones wear out.
SUPPORTING these decisive
and important and tremendous
ly necessary moves and accept
ing cheerfully whatever per
sonal sacrifices may be involved
will get us all a lot farther
now than crying over what we
MIGHT HAVE DONE.
"JHE Russians today are deliv
ering a direct, frontal attack
against Mozhaisk, the point
where the Germans are still
within 57 miles of Moscow. At
the same time they are pushing
their pincers around it on two
sides, seeking to pinch it off
and trap 100.000 Germane
Watch this battle. Its success
or failure will be important
pIANO (Julian foreign minis
ter) and Ribbentrop (Nazi
foreign minister) are in Buda
pest today. Diplomats In Tur
key say their purpose is to
"obtain greater Hungarian par
ticipation in the war against
Russia."
War isn't all shooting.
Getting allies, keeping allies
and taking allies away from the
other fellow have alwars been
vital in warfare.
Getting more allies is an
Important Job for German dip
lomats rignt now.
(Turkey Is one ally Hitler
would give his right eye to
possess at this moment, and you
may be sure his diplomats at
Ankara are leaving no stone
unturned In their efforts to
bring Turkey over to tha Ger
man sidej
In The :
Day's
News.
Flight o Time
Medrorfl and Jarkaoa Conn I y
History from th tiles of tha Mall
Trtbon It and to years aco.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
January 18, 1933
(It was Monday)
Upstate streams rise rapidly
as result of melting snow and
heavy rains.
Raymond Rtter tells Klwanls
club of pear advertising plan.
"Alfalfa Bill" Murray of Ok
lahoma, in speech gives low
down on Democratic presiden
tial candidates. Describes Gov.
Roosevelt as "one who would
not have the courage not to
blow with the wind."
Unemployment tn Oregon
growing, highway commission
report shows.
Unsettled weather with rain
comes to valley. More snow pre
dicted. Oregon delegation In congress
opposes any cut in Crater Lake
funds.
Hearings in the Crescent City
harbor improvement case con
tinued. Democrats trim 60 million
dollars off farm bill. ,
Roland Smith sprains back
while coasting in the Siskiyous.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
January 18. 1322
(It was Wednesday)
Early passage of Soldiers'
Bonus by congress seen.
France and Japan only na
tions holding out against open
door In China.
Secretary Hoover plans heavy
construction program in land, to
create more prosperity.
A trace of rain and snow fell
In the valley, and a hard freeze
is feared. High 38, low 17.S de
grees. Grants Pass speaker at C. of
C. forum lunch urges strong
support of railroad to the coast
Local rancher bilked out of
$700 in a want ad marriage, is
stung second time on visit to
Portland, to find his departed
betrothed.
wnoiesaie prices in general
21 per cent lower than last year.
E
OF AUJLPLANTS
Washington, Jan. 17. OPh
President Roosevelt's appoint
ment of William S. Knudsen as
a lieutenant general in the army
was regarded in the capital to
day as having finally solved the
grave problem of putting the en
tire automobile industry to work
on war production.
As Donald M. Nelson formally
took over the chairmanship of
the new war production board,
with the broadest powers to ex
pedite the production of war ma
terial for this nation and the
other anti-axis powers, com
mendation of Knudsen's surprise
appointment rolled in from high
officials.
Secretary of War Stimson wel
comed "his great and unique
talent as a master of produc
tion." General George C. Mar
shall, army chief of staff, de
clared "his experience will ex
pedite the delivery of guns and
equipment." The president him.
self termed Knudsen "one of
the great production men of the
world."
Armed with the production
knowledge which had made him
president of General Motors and
with the military authority to
get tilings done, Knudsen was
expected to have America's auto
mobile factories turning out
planes, guns and tanks far
quicker than could have been
achieved through the confer
ences and committees which
were developing under the old
setup.
Detroit, Jan. 17. -P Edsel
Ford, president of the Ford
Motor company, was reported
in "satisfactory" condition fol
lowing an operation for a stom
ach ulcer this morning at Henry
Ford hospital here.
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