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Rnrtna nild hurried visit to
the valley Wed. followed by
high wind, which lor a wonder,
with 11 the exaggeration that la
going on, waa not called a tem
pest. ,
F. Luy, the Antelope cowhand
towned Thurs. wearing overalla,
a sign that he la mad at the
taxes.
Everything that could be dona
for the army cantonment pro
ject has been done, except elect
ing a queen.
A week from tomorrow Is
Ground Hog day. If the varmint
sees his shadow, there will be
six weeks of weather, the enemy
must not know about.
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Colds are prevalent. Due to
the attack several had to stay
.lU'et CbutTOcUouVnt"r!
attacked promptly, and la him
self. The Eagle Pt, Orange stages
Its annual turkey dinner today.
Many will go out for the feast,
and to see I. Ross Kline dish up
the gravy, while wearing an
apron.
S. Ganton Sherwood of the
po. was 40 yrs. old Thurs. From
now on he won't be so rolllcky,
C. Wig Ashpole predicts.
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Ginger Rogers of tha movies
will be up here soon from Holly
wood to look over her smiling
acres, and do some of It herself.
The snow has all melted
around E. Ulrich, the Prospect
mt.-wm., and he Is busy pitching
hay at steers.
Mose LaFayette Alford wore
a cane all week, due to hurting
a foot.
a a a
Plowing started on the Apple
gate last week. A number of
local robins flew over and en
Joyed a fish worm teed while
following the Jim O'Brien plow.
It was quite a treat after eating
oak leaves and bread crumbs
since October.
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G. Green, the Ashland scribe.
Is accused by A. Moore Hamll
ton, a local scribbler, of trying
to fool the Ashland Democrats,
the objective being the post
ollice. Mr. Green is showing
considerable originality In try
ing to fool the Democrats, after
they have fooled themselves
and everybody else for the last
ten years.
The Gus
poodle, due
V..h., Vmm.Ii
v h..iand his ceneral staff, there can be no doubt what-
changi his nationality to one
not undrr the thumb of the Axis j checked decisively, Hitler is certainly due for a win
powers. He won t even bark in ) . . . a 1.. .t..A K v,.
French any more.
Flctch Stout, the pllllst, has
three kodak pictures of Ben Hur
ltto
gonian editorial staff, taken
when he was struggling at Q.
Hill. Two of them are with his
eyes shut, holding a fish.
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The Peoria Bill Gates pipe is
now at Its peak of Its rugged
virility, and can walk farther
than either one or both ot the
G. Coram twins.
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The air raid sirens war test
ed, and could be heard satisfac
torily, as Herm Purucker was
not guffawing at the time. If
both let loose at tha same time,
there would be confusion.
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Somewhat Premature
"Sorry please!"
Have to take back that bouquet we pinned on the
Roosevelt administration for its victory in South
America.
Instead of a victory Uncle Sam has suffered a
rather humiliating diplomatic defeat
Argentine, not the U. S. A., wears the laurel
wreath on its beady brow, which its gigantic son,
Firpo, plucked from Jack Dempsey in Madison
Square Garden several years ago, and then lost when
Jack climbed back in the ring, and annihilated the
Pampas colossus.
PERHAPS that pugilistic encounter will prove sym
bolic. This may merely be a dive into the press
seats for Honorable Sumner Welles, and he like Jack
will stage a sensational comeback.
But it doesn't look that way at the present writing.
Instead of agreeing to break off relations with the
Axis powers, the assembled South American coun
tries agreed to recommend such action at some future
time, should such action appear to be in conformity
with the laws and national interests of the country
concerned at the particular time.
Which, considering the circumstances and the
South American tradition of. diplomatic evasion, cir
cumlocution and indirection, means precisely
NOTHING AT ALL!
HOWEVER, while this is a wallop in the jaw for
President Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor" and
foreign policy, we doubt very much if it can be classi
fied as an Axis triumph.
Far more likely the motivation behind this surpris
ing repudiation of the North American demand, pro
ceeded from concern over internal politics and future
trade relations, rather than any real sympathy for
Germany or other members of the Axis.
Only the future can tell of course.
But as the war goes on, and the situation becomes
clearer, our belief is North and South America eventu
ally will join together, presenting a solid front,
against the Axis, looking both to the East and West.
As we see it, the action has been delayed, not aban
doned. GeorgraphicaJ facts and certain economic necessi
ties will unite the western hemisphere politically,
whether all the participants like the idea or do not
Picking a Winner
As a postscript to the diplomatic set-back at Rio,
this fact should not be overlooked :
Hitler has a better propaganda organization oper
ating south of the Rio Grande, than anywnere else,
outside of the Third Reich
For nearly two years and
supplemented by small but militant groups of Fifth
Columnists, has preached the doctrine day in and
day out, that Hitler is invincible, and the British
Empire all through and washed up.
The sudden collapse of this myth of German in
vincibility, before smashes of Stalin's steel fist, has
thrown several monkey-wrenches into this popular
assumption, but it takes time to eradicate such a
deeply indoctrinated concept, particularly when for
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two iuu years, an me military evidence BUDstanu-
ated it
Yes ideas like this die
that the persistence of this myth, played a major role,
in the decision of Argentine and Chile to avoid any
binding commitments, with the anti-Axis forces.
It is true in this selfish
South America, that getting
smart!
Russia - Best Hope for Peace
The most cheering war news continues to come
from Russia. Instead of stopping its onward rush and
consolidating positions at Mozhaisk, the Red Army
fully equipped for winter warfare, has smashed on,
until Moscow claims Rzhev has been completely
encircled and Smolensk nearly so, an advance,
which if true, is of truly sensational proportions.
As frequently remarked in this column, the Rus
sian war reports must always be taken with several
grains of H.C. The temperamental directors of the
Soviet propaganda department, are highly imagina
tive and incurably optimistic.
Nevertheless, while it would be unwise to celebrate
the fall of Smolensk which has, until very recently
Vioon tha winter honrlnnnt -
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j ever, that unless the Russians are soon checked and
ter trimming, second only to that suffered by Napo
leon himself. (And as far as current reports go includ
ing those from Berlin, there
'tort German war machine, highly touted as it has
j been, has the power to call such a halt, until spring
at least.)
MOREOVER this favorable situation on the Rus
o!on f,rf ta nnnf ii-nioH hv Sir Stnffnrrl frhina
retiring British Ambassador just returned to London,
who incidentally enjoys the confidence of Stalin and
is a hind-minded and thorough going Liberal whose
reliability can not be questioned.
Says Sir Stafford:
"Rula plans to complete the conquest of Germany
next fall and winter, and make it absolutely thorough and
complete. Russia has a larger and better equipped army than
it had at the start of the war. while its Industrial production
east of the Urals has become tremendous, and is steadily
Increasing. Russia and Japan have difficulties of long stand-
ing wh
will be
which can only be decided by force. Eventually they
at each other throats."
itself.
a half this organization,
hard. There is little doubt
world, but particularly in
involved with a loser isn't
tnrQ nf Dor RpIrhsfiipVirfr
.
is no indication whatever
We wish that "eventually" might be dropped and
"shortly" substituted. It has been the belief of this
department from the first, and still is, that Russia
holds the key to Japan's def eat, and the longer this
aid is withheld, the more difficult it will be ever to
dislodge Nippop from naval and military control in
the Far East. . .
However "eventually" is better than "never", and
if Russia's present victories do continue against Ger
many, the time for that aid from Stalin, may be
materially advanced.
IN which case Wall Street MAY be. right. World
War No. 2 instead of dragging on for three or four
years more, may be over
Aye, verily, a consummation devoutly to be wished I
IMAGINE, what a different world this would be, and
what a different prospect for every individual in it,
if this insane planet SHOULD suddenly snap out of
its suicidal madness, and return to the ways of peace I
Personal Health Service
By William
Slfned letters pertaining tn personal Health and nTflene, not to disease
dlsinosU or treatment, will be answered by Pr. Brady II a stamped self
addressed envelope la enclosed. Letter should be brief and written In Ink.
owing to the larea number of letters received only a few can be answered
here. No reply ran be made ta queries not conforming to Instructions.
Address Dr. William Brady, 266 CI Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif.
HELLO.
Bad posture Is easier to recog
nize when you have a clear con
ception of what constitutes good
posture. Many
definitiona of
good posture
have been pro
posed, but a
simple stand
ard developed
by Dr. Lloyd
T. Brown of
Harvard and
generally dis
tributed by the
federal Chil
dren's Bureau
has come Into
widest use. Al
t h o attention
to cultivating
most important
VI. Brady
good posture Is
in childhood and
In the early
'teens, better knowledge of what
it is and an effort to retain or
acquire It would improve the
henlth and efficiency, to say no
thing of the personal appear
ance or beauty, of millions oi
adults.
Back In the Victorian era chil
dren were taught to throw the
shoulders back and to stand and
walk with the feet at an angle
of 4S degrees,, "in blissful ig
norance of the fact", as the disj
tinguished Portland child spe
cialist Dr. C. Ulysses Moore ex
presed it (A. J. Diseases of Chil
dren, Mar., '34) "that this pro
duced swaybacks, pot bellies,
pelvic distortion, lumbar pain
and flat feet. Today the prev
alent debutante slouch Indicates
an equal lack of knowledge of
the fundamentals of proper pos
ture". Up to the time of World War,
Part 1, even the military author
ities in this country harbored
some such comic opera concep
tion ot good posture as that, and
in many quasi-military institu
tions and organizations It atill
prevails. Tin soldier snap Is as
easily faked as chorus girl viva
city.
By the Brown standard refer
red to there are four grades of
profile posture, A or excellent,
B or good, C or poor and D for
bad. To measure profile posture,
view the individual from one
side; the profile Is grade A or
excellent if a plumb line or per
pendicular passes through the
external auditory meatus (ear
opening), tip of acromial pro
cess (tip of shoulder), greater
trochanter (bony prominence of
hip about where ball of thumb
rests against hip) and the ex
ternal malleolus (outer bony
prominence of ankle). Profile
posture is grade D or bad If the
head is markedly forward, chest
By Frank Jenkins
UEAVY news again today (Frl-
day) after the recent com
parative lull.
Most ot it Is bad
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CEA-BORNE Japanese troops
land In New Guinea, the
Solomon islands and probably
New Britain.
(Get out your map. The signi
ficance of these mox-es in the
South Pacific simply CAN'T be
understood without constant re
ference to the map.)
Your map (if it is a good one)
will show you that New Guinea
is only 100 miles across the
Torres strait from Cape York,
the northernmost tip of Aus
tralia. Australia's response to these
moves is prompt. Blackouts are
ordered in all cities. Militia
units are equipped with full
battle kit. The war cabinet la
called into special session.
0
In The
Day's
News;-. .
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in a year or nine months.
Brady. M. D.
SLOUCH!
sunken, belly relaxed, or the
back curves exaggerated. In
grade A posture the breastbone
is the part of the body farthest
forward.
To measure anterior posture,
view the individual from In
front. Tha anterior posture is
grade I or excellent if kneea,
ankles and great toes touch eas
ily, with a narrow crescent of
space visible between the feet
at insteps, shoulders are ot equal
height, body straight with cur
ves at waistline even, hips ot
equal height. Anterior posture
is grade 4 or bad if knees touch
when ankles are apart, or
if ankles touch when knees are
apart, one shoulder is higher
than the other or curves at
waisUlne are uneven, one hip
higher than the other. If anter
ior posture is good, a plumb line
or perpendicular dropped from
the nose falls thru the supra
ternal (top of breast bone) notch,
navel, and the narrow crescent
of space between the insteps.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Sparerlbs and Sauerkraut
Our Jlve-year-old boy, until a year
go subject to allergy, now ha fin
health and seems thriving. Re begs
tor eparenb and sauerkraut when
we have It. We have not given him
any, as we thought the ylnegar might
oe naa tor mm. (Mn. a. T.)
Anewer Omit the vinegar, or, If
you need any better sauce or condi
ment than the natural lactic acid
(urn add as In hour milk or but
termilk) use lemon utce Instead of
vinegar, and the aparertba and sauer
kraut will be fine for the boy and
not bad for his mom and pop either.
rooat containing Phosphorus
I am trying to find out what foods
contain phosphorus, but such books
as I hava consulted give no infor
mation. (R. R. 0.) r
Answer Beef. milk, cheese, esita.
wheat, potatoes, beans, apples, dried
prunes, carrots, oatmeal are good
sources of phosphorus. For Informa
tion concerning essential minerals
and vitamins In foods consult "Feed
ers Digest" BO-page booklet mailed
on request It you Inclose twenty-five
cents and stamped envelope bearing
your address.
Vitamin B Complex
When can I get tha new vitamin
called paba, which keeps hair from
turning grayf (M. N.)
Answer It Is not new. It Is on
of the component of the natural
vitamin B complex. Crude para-
smlno-bensolc acid has been used
for years In manufacture of explo
sives. Chemically pure preparation of
It may be available, but I would not
use It myself as long as natural
vitamin B cos-iplex la available.
(Copyright 143, John F. Dtlle Co.)
tH. Nofsi Persons wishing ta
eotnmnnh-ate with Or. Brady
should send letter direct tn Dr.
William ' Brady. M. D, tea W
Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif.
Australia Is preparing to re
sist INVASION.
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MAYBE the Japs are preparing
" to invade Australia In force
now. It is more or less an axiom
you never can tell what a Jap
will do.
This writer (who is only
cracker-box strategist) guesses
their Immediate purpose is to
close the Torres strait route to
the East Indies (and Singapore)
thus compelling American rein
forcements to take the 8,000
mile detour around the southern
tip of Australia.
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A "HIGH government official"
in Washington lifted the
corner of the censorship curtain
enough yesterday (Thursday) to
reveal that a "stream of rein
forcements" has been started to
the "southwest Pacific."
It was yesterday the Japs be
gan landing troops on New
Guinea and elsewhere in the
neighborhood of the narrow
Torres strait
Only simple guessing Is re
quired to arrive at the conclu
sion that they are moving to de
lay arrival of these reinforce
ments by compelling them to
take the loniier route.
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THE map has suggested from
the beginning that major
Japanese strategy in the South
Pacific aims at closing all out
side routes to the East Indies
and Singapore (largely by means
frt air bases), thus shutting out
American and British reinforce
ments and leaving to the Japa
the short inside route through
the South China sea.
With outside entrances cJoead
to reinforcements and this short
inside route available to them,
the Japs (one guesses) hope to
pound the East Indies and Sin
gapore into submission.
After that. If aU goes well,
they will go after India via
Burma.
a a
TTHEVRE pounding at tha
gates of Burma already.
A Rangoon dispatch says:
"British troops, faced with su
perior Jap forces, are being with
drawn from the mountain areas
east of Moulmein."
Moulmein is across the narrow
gulf of Martaban from Rangoon,
the southern terminus of the
Burma road, China's life line for
supplies. The mountain areas
from which the British are with
drawing are on the border be
tween Thailand and Burma.
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FN Africa, axis forces striking
1 from El Agbella capture Age
debia, 90 miles along the back
track. Cairo says it is apparent
General Rommel has begun a
full - fledged counter - offensive.
London military "quarters" sug
gest that heavy aerial reinforce
ments must have reached the
Germans and Italians.
(Or the British may have been
weakened by withdrawal of air
forces to be sent to Singapore.
Or maybe BOTH.)
ONLY from Russia Is there
favnrahli r.wi InHsv
The Germans have been driven
23 miles westward from Moz
haisk and farther to the north
the Russians are smacking the
Germans in what is described as
the most violent' fighting of the
year. Their purpose is to out
flank the German positions
around Leningrad and compel a
German withdrawal.
Southward from Moscow the
Germans are being hammered
hard. . -r
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IN Washington an urgent re-
quest by army officials for
12 Vi billion dollars "in prepara
tion for our offensive knockout
blow" Is sent to the house
(where all appropriations must
originate) and its speedy ap
proval is taken for granted.
General Arnold, deputy cniel
of staff for air, says the pro
gram "is necessary to build up
an air force both for the United
States and for its allies."
He makes clear that it is the
preliminary step toward FDR's
goal of 60,000 planes this year
and 125,000 next and adds that
STILL MORE huge sums of
money will have to be allocated,
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CORGET dollars: .
r They're out-of-date useful
only as counters, like chips in a
poker game.
Dollars won t matter 11 tne
ENEMY LICKS US.
When we've licked the enemy
we can TACKLE AND SOLVE
the problems arising out of the
debt (expressed in dollars) we're
piling up.
Today's Job is to lick the
enemy.
(Continued Prom Pis One)
and very few of the industries
have received an order, after
working on educational orders.
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THERE were shadows east of
coming events, but the full
significance of what the future
held was rarely recognized.
There was a tightening up en
Installments sales, curtailment
of vacuum cleaners and refrig
erators, reduced output of slot
machines and Juke boxes, arti
cles containing metals that could
be used for more essential pur
poses. With the declaration of
war against Japan sugar became
important, but there has been
no rationing, yet. Production of
rum was forbidden to save mo
lasses. Distillers of rye and
bourbon whiskeys were directed
to confine their output to 40
percent and devote 60 percent
to the distilling of alcohol. This
also to conserve sugar and
produce Industrial alcohol, with
out which there can be no
smokeless powder. The best
known soft drink In America
has begun rationing Its dealers
because it contains sugar; sev
eral other soft drinks will fol
low this program of allotments.
The sugar situation has not
affected the confectioners, but
they can expect a reduction of
their candy output. Acording
to authorities, there Is no sugar
shortage (there Is a celling on
the price), but the need for
industrial alcohol is imperative
I
- NEW automobiles are off the
AT THE .
market (dlrecUy affecting 1,800,
000 people) and new trucks will
be off after March. New tires
arc rationed by counties, and
certain counties have a quota
that would not equip a milk
wagon. Only retreads are avail
able for tha average automobile
and a ceiling bad to be placed
on them to save the public from
being gouged. Now there is
threat ot a shortage of old tires
owing to the quantity of new
rubber required in retreading
or capping.
Woolen mills in Washington
and Oregon have been advised
to Teduce the wool content in
their product; less wool in
blankets and clothing. Wool of
the northwest is no longer sup
plemented by shipments from
Australia and New Zealand that
the British government was
sending to the United States:
the Pacific Is no longer an open
trade route. Sheepmen of Idaho,
Oregon and Washington will
expand their flocks this year
and bless the ewes with triplets
Thousands of farmers on small
acreage raise a few sheep and
in the aggregate the number is
a substantial contribution.
INNUMERABLE small things
will disappear from the shelves
of groceries and drug stores.
Bristles for tooth brushes and
paint brushes are hard to get
It is predicted that in a couple
of months there will be no more
silk stockings; and nylon and
rayon contain chemicals which
later may be required for war
purposes. Celophane is no long
er wrapped around razot blades.
cigarets, cigars and the like; its
use has already been discon
tinued. Compacts ot metal and
lipstick holders are going the
way of the zipper, no longer
manufactured but still a few ob
tainable If the customer searches
around. Linen thread for shoes
is now being replaced by cotton,
ana the quartermaster depart
ment discovered this last vear
Leather used by the cobbler is
another hard-to-get. When the
lew fancy dog collars still in
stock have been sold there will
be no more until after the
duration.
PASSES AGED 92
Nichblas Blerma, a resident of
this community for the past two
years passed away early Friday
evening at the age of 82.
Mr. Bierma was born In Hol
land on May 25, 1849, and came
to the United States when 21
years old. He is survived by
four children, J. R. Blerma of
Medford; A. G. Blerma, San
Francisco; F. R. Bierma, Los An
geles, and Mrs. Fred Jarvis, San
Diego.
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History rron) the files of the Mall
Trlbana 10 and ta years ago.
TEN TEARS AGO TODAY
January 25, 1932
at was Saturday)
Drive ta onen Monday to in
stall "Muncie plan" to provide
work tor joDiess.
Genrsa A. Coddlne Is elected
vice-president of Oregon District
Attorneys society.
Gov. Roosevelt of New York
now a full-fledged candidate for
tha Democratic presidential
nomination.
Depression has caused a de
cline in attendance at country
dances and Saturday night
whoopee, sheriff reports.
More candidates here' throw
hats In ring. Many eye legisla
tive posts.
Still no trace of missing Dead
Indian couple, caught In a blir
zard January 11, while en route
from visiting neighbor. Search
ers will wait until snow melts in
spring.
Cloudy and unsettled.
47 low 24 degrees.
High
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
January 25, 1922
(It was Wednesday)
Senator Borah of Idaho de
clares allies could pay their war
debts to America if they cut
down their armies.
Packing house workers threat
en guerilla war if their demand
for more wages denied.
Lower house to have soldiers
bonus bill ready in two weeks. '
Three local Chinamen cele
brate Chinese New Year's.
Mrs. F. K. Deuel and daugh
ter Catherine return from trip
to San Francisco.
Gold Hill and this city excited
over wresUing match at Gold
Hill Friday between Ralph Hand
of Gold Hill and Ben Rueben,
at Gold Hill.
Women told by church lead
ers "it is dishonest to powder
nose."
Julius Meier, Portland merch
ant, to tour world and boost
1925 world's fair at Portland.
Showery with a high oi 46,
and low of 33 degrees.
HIGHWAY CLOSED
Porltand, Ore, Jan. 24. (JP,
The state highway association
announced that the Columbia
river highway at Multnomah
Falls, about 30 miles east ot here,
was closed to traffic this morn
ing. Probable length of the clos
ure was not given.
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