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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOED, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1942. ft Ik MaU TrtbetW Dally tturmpt tUtwtimf Publish) ay MBUrXiHD PMINTINO CO. If.H Nvik rif St. fhw KNBT A OIIJITHAP ln !. A iwlpfi1nt Nwappr. frl Urifnt. unrtM AC March . Hit tlHCHtPI IOM KATES Br MH-I A1"C: Pliy r Aunlcy n r.r 9 Dally ! ! inniM... I M Daily nA uAt month. .. (II DM " luflif - thr month I Daily wt Sgnrf frih,, 1 By rrr1r la Atca M1ftir1. Una. Caalral P'L Jcllifc 0m HML Au r. pMoanlt. T't anf . rout D1y And am" rf Daily an or. month... . All tarm - Art! OffWal Pap al 4mrko Qia. MKMHfcH l 1MB HM lURM I'HWMp R..t rail I - ' Th ao'i" ,B '' atlllaO to th mm fw . .. 4ipirh erartt.art la H ar Aihtr via rarttit ta tiie pa par. and th lcal na phtthrt a.io. Ail rlhi Cor puPilcallon f spMUM ilatha haraia ara a" yKUMKR OF UN I I BP PHKM HIHHKR OP AUOH HI'BA0 or c-RC.ji.at.uni WBIT-HUI.MDAV cM'ANt IHC Of". Ch.a Da.ro t K.a rr.ne.-ca. l-a Ani.iaa, Swtlla. Oi!tfoOtrf$Xli : pfr Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perrf a JIH..m.nt nf noil tlCS for the duration of the war is advo cated by the White House. In the rush to adjourn no politician hu been trampled to death. It was master stroke to adjourn politics and keep right on with the lesser evil. Spring around here, Is also too late and too little,' an Anx ious Subscriber sends word. "HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY MARRIES LIEUTENANT" (Long Beach (Wash.) Observer) No chance to withdraw to a more favorable position, and reform. The Tokyo press can blow up its victory brags bigger and better than Rome, once the fountain head and center for colossal lying. The Nipponese will hold a grand naval review off New York, on the same day, Gen. Yamashita marches Into London. The next day the Mi kado will skin the cat, from a lower limb of a epanese cherry tree on the banks of the Poto mac near Washington, D. C. EXCUSE ITI (Corvallis Gazette-Times) The Oregonian says "Dr. Ra ver and more than a thousand employes of Bonneville should be electrified by the fact that Donald M. Nelson has desig nated them as a basic produc tion agency." Typographical errors will occur. The word should be "electrocuted." No 'two-fisted candidates' the kind, that repulses the foe with one hand, while cutting taxes in two with the other have as yet appeared on the horizon. The Black Tornado, Bengals Pearpickers, or Tigers quint returned from the state tourna ment yes. where they wound up in sixth place. They were sup- posted to be home late last Wed. in the cellar. "A Methodist conference-wide youth session will be held Feb ruary 13 to 15 in Centenary Wilbur Methodist church.. Lol lapalooza. (Portland Journal) Amen and whoopet! Joe DiMagglo, baseball star agrees to accept $42,000 fnr performing in the outfield for the New York Yankees all next rummer. It was nice of Joe to do this. By the time he puniiles up for all the taxes, or sprains his big toe chasing a line drive, he will still be getting more than $21. per month a soldier's pay. GLAMOUR OF GREATNESS "The first and next to last Governor we ever met was "Sunny Jim" Rolph. We were young and Impressionable then and hadn't realized the truism that big shots are human too. and put on their pants one leg at a time, ust like all the rest of us. So we fumbled and mumbled with Governor Rolph despite the fact he was easier to get acquainted with than a blonde in a blackout. (Siskl you Newa) enm Hrnn in navy San Diego. March 18. (ll-i- Ray Frankowski, University of Washington s all-coast football guard in 1940 and 1941, today completed Indoctrination at the naval training station and was appointed to the navy aviation machinist mate's school at Chi cago. Closing time ior Cla-sltled Aril a. m. Too law to ClaMiIt la JO P. m. Wake Up Now and then we run into an editorial which we wish we might have written ourselves. Not so often, for newspapers like individuals, like to express their beliefs in their own particular way, and seldom are such beliefs identical. But now and then such a "natural" comes along, and when this happens we are glad to give over and let our journalistic "Gunga Din" occupy the pulpit We are indebted to E. W. Carlton of Table Rock for sending us such an editorial, printed in the New York World Telegram of March 5th. Not only does it stress a point, we have been ham mering on ever since we presses it so much MORE fully and effectively than We have been able to do, that we are glad to reprint it IN FULL as follows: ' "The nation needs to awaken to the full gravity of the peril that confronts it. It needs to appreciate how badly we have been defeated in three months of war. It needs to understand that it is possible for the United Nations and the United States to lose this war and suffer the fate of France and1 that this possibility may become a probability if the present tide does not change. It needs to realize that there is grave chance of the Japanese pushing through India and the Germans driving through the Near East, to join their armies and resources in an almost unbeat able combination. . It needs to get away, once and for all, from the comforting feeling that while we may lose at me siari we are Douncl to win in the end. PRODUCTION Director Donald Nelson ap peals for vastly increased industrial output on a 24-hour, seven-day basis 168 hours a week. Maximum production, in short. Can we get it? Not on the present basis not under the psy chology of recent years. Not until we quit thinking in terms of less work for more money. Not while there is greater concern about over time pay than overtime production. Not while farmer-politicians are more inter ested in higher prices than raising more essen tials. Not while government bureaus created to meet a depression emergency that is ended continue to grab for themselves money needed for armaments. Not while an army of federal press agents clamors to promote and perpetuate activities that have no present need or value. Not while Congressmen try to put over useless canals and river schemes and take up the time of defense officials clamoring for factories and contracts as if war were a great gravy train. Not while WPA, despite a shortage of labor, .seeks to carry on projects which it doesn't have the men to perform or the need for performing. Not while CCC and NYA stretch greedy hands for funds to pamper young men who ought to be in the armed forces or the war plants. Not while strikes hamper war production, despite a solemn promise that they would stop. Not while the life-and death need for uninter rupted production is used as a weapon to put over the closed shop. Not while double time is demanded for Sun day work which is only part of a 40-hour week. Not while a man can't be employed on an army project or in a war plant until he pays $20 to $50 or more to a labor racketeer. Not while criminal gangs control employment and allocation of men to work on the Normandie and the other ships along New York's vast water front. Not while fifth columnists are pampered and enemy aliens move freely in defense areas. Not while the grim job of preparing our home communities against air raids and sabotage is gummed up with a lot of highfalutin, boon doggling, social service activity. Not while pressure blocs clamor for higher benefits, bounties and pensions. WE will not get maximum production, in short, unless, first, we fully realize our awful peril; and, second, get over the gimmes of recent years. Gimme shorter hours, gimme higher wages, gimme bigger profits, gimme more overtime, gimme less work, gimme more pensions, gimme greater crop benefits, gimme more appropri ations and patronage, gimme plants for my con . gressional district, gimme fees and dues to work for Uncle Sam, gimme ham'n' eggs, gimme share-the-wealth, gimme $30 every Thursday. Fiance had the gimmes, too had them till the Germans were close to Fans. Then everybody went frantically to work "TOO LATE!" France has no gimmes today except gimme food for my baby, gimme a place to lay my head, gimme death !" SPORTSMEN Klamath Falls. March 16 (A The Klamath Sportsmen association waived their hote of hunting and fishing last night and, in effect, told I'nrle Sam that if forest protection calls for suspension t-f seasons It will be all right with them. The first paper mill In the United States was built in 1680 at Grrmantown,' Pa, America!' entered the war, but it ex- FOR SODA POP Camp Edwards. Mass. (UP1 Whether it's hot or cold. xia iv. p Is a favorite drink of sol i diers at this Cape Cod army t. On one of the coldest days o the winter, the men guUx-d 1 down 17 300 bottles of soft I drinks. General Yamashita, of Japan. j conqueror of Singapore, studied military tactics In Germany, Personal Health Service Br William Signed letttn afrtalnlns. t penonal health an h;iem. not to tfimtr Slainiwi. or treatment, will t anixerrt) D? lr Bradr if a sump) aril addrvurd antelope la enrloaed. Lattars shoold be brief and written In Ink Owing to the large number of letters reeeited only a few ran tea answered hrre. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Inatructlons address Or. William Brady, tSS CI Camlno. Beverly Hllla, Calif. THE MODEL HEALTH DIET The rejuvenation diet referred to her recently la simply an outline or pattern, a model health diet on which to base your own ev eryday diet to suit your indi vidual require ments. Aa it stands it would be a reducing diet for the average adult. a la maintenance fl I diet for the I adult who sits abed all the time, gets no no muscular or exercise, does physical work. It yields only about 2,100 calories. Average daily caloric requirement of adults doing light work or play ing a little every day is 2,500 to 2,800 calories. A normal woman doing all her own house- work may need 3,000 to 3,300 calories just to keep her trim and fit, at normal weight. Inci dentally, If the experience of many of our correspondents in the past 20 years means any thing, the most effective course a woman can follow to keep trim and fit is just that doing all her own housework. Reasons why it is a health diet, rejuvenation diet, regener ation diet, corrective protective diet are, first, because it is well balanced, that is, supplies the normal proportions of fat, pro tein and carbohydrate. The us ual everyday diet of most peo ple is vnbalanced because it supplies an excessive propor tion of carbohydrate (sugar and starch). Second, the model diet supplies nearly if not quite all the vitamins one requires as long as one follows such a diet. It does not supply enough vita mins if the diet is supplemented with additional items made of refined sugars or flours. Third, it supplies probably un adequate amount of the essentia, min erals, as long as one follows the diet. Third, the diet supplies a fair proportirn of the essential minerals. In recent years certain foods have been generally called "pro tective" foods, because they are rich in the essential minerals and vitamins. These foods are milk and -airy products, eggs, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, salad or greens. Other foods which deserve to be included in the group but for some ob scure reason usually are not mentioned, are nuts (including News Behind The News by Paul Mallon :Con.tnuad From Page One) of it, they can squeeze the Nazis out. e a e THe Nazis have been concen trating their own forces in the Ukraine for some weeks, and placing Italian, Hungarian and Rumanian troops in the Balkans (for police duty to re lieve their own men for the front?) Their natural first objective is the Caspian sea, to cut the mouth of the Volga, to seize Baku, and thus throttle the Russian source of oil. Encouraging claims of great Russian victories you have been reading through the winter, re late to the northern front. The reds have driven the Germans back an average of only 40 miles In the south. Apparently they used their available rein forcements wholly in the north Consequently what they had In the south was insufficient to follow through their initial sue- cesses at Rostov and in tne Crimea. The weather should allow the Nazis to start their southern offensive In about a month, if the reds do not disrupt their organization first. The mushy period of thaw ordinarily does not last there beyond April la. a a e NO one here or elsewhere knows what the reds have on their front. They do not al low outside military observers I to accompany their troops. Con sequently any effort to gauge their chances in this fateful spring is largely guesswork. They are certainly better off in many respects than when fac ing the initial onslaught last fall. They have destroyed one factor conclusively the idea that the Nari army is "invinci ble". They have lost a lot of men. probably several times what the Germans have lost. But still they have greater manpower today than the Ger mans. Their factories In the n 1 Brady M. D. peanuts) and plain wheat, oats or other cereal not "purified" or "refined" by artificial means. Havs another look at the cor rective, protective, rejuvenation, regeneration diet, or call it THE MODEL HEALTH DIET Breakfast Oiaas of orange Juice 100 calories Two eggr lag M Preah fruit SO " Olaaa of milk. ISO " Lunrh Ona-thlrd head of lettuce- 16 calorlea Tableipoonful of oil dressing OS Two frean Tegetablea. 80 " Pat of butter i " Two glasses of mlllt... ., 320 " rrean fruit SO " Dinner Meat 190 calorlea One-third bead of lettuoa. 16 French dressing or maronnatse , OS Two fresu vegetable. 80 Pat of butter 5 Olaaa of milk 10 fresh fruit ,80 Handful of nuta. 140 Chee . so meat but Notice It Includes not dessert. At first I waa downhearted about the dessert myself, for I'd sell out any time for a two-hand slab of hot mince or lemon chiffon pie. But we'll explain about that later. Qt ESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fertility Recent survey showed Oregon and Washington are the very lowest of all the atatea In fertility, number of bablea born yearly In proportion to population. Might low Iodine con tent of soil, water and food In those sections account for the low fertility? X understand low fertility la charac teristic of live etock In thst area too. Would Increased use of wheat germ (for vitamin E) Improve fertility? (W. C. R.) Answer In my opinion both of your suggestions would be worth trying, for human or animal Infer tility. Sun Lamp Do you approve of the use of aun lamps? I have In mind buying a aun lamp for S30. (V. H.) Answer Hurmleae enough. Next best thing to eapoaure to sunlight Itaelf. Flertrocoagiilatlon I am thinking of having my ton alls removed by electro urvery. Is this method positive and permanent? Would removal by thla method elimi nate the tonsils aa a source of poisons which may damage other organa In the body? (J. J. F.) Answer In competent handa It Is aa effective aa ordinary surgery Safer. Doea not require hospitaliza tion. (Ccpyrlfcht 1B41. John T. tMlle Co.) 11. Note: Persona wishing to rommilDlrate with Or. Brady should send letter direct to Or. William Brady. M. D- MS El Camlno, Beterly Hills, Calif. I Urals are increasing production I They are getting equipment. I Consequently, the prevailing i authoritative impression is their army Is at least likely to survive destruction. It may have to give ground, but it should not be annihilated. 1 Of course, If the rumored at 1 tack south of Kharkov is suc cessful, if they can edge up to the Crimean peninsula and cut it off, if Dnepropetrovsk is re captured and a blow straight south to the Bli.ck sea develops, their visible chances will im prove immeasurably. Their morale-building victories in the north have relieved Leningrad and Moscow, but the supposition here is that Hitler will not strike again along that line to capture two empty cities. All eyes here are on the south of Russia and will remain fixed there. Fern Valley Fern Valley, March 18 (Spl.) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swingle were pleasantly surprised with a house warming March 6 in their new house. They were presented a linoleum rug. Chi nese checkers, cards and various I contests made up the evening's t n . r r tainment. Refreshments j w(,re scrVed by Mrs. Wm. Ferns and Mrs. Archie Ferns who were hostesses. Tne school children and teacher enJoed a hike and welner roast Frt dsy. They went up on the Payne Cllfts. An epidemic of mumpa has started in the community. Thoee atillcted are Twila and Leonard Ferns. Joae- prune Kantor and Phylia Wheeler ! others that hare been lit the past week are Marlon Ferna. Patr1r:a and Joyce alarnhsll Mm I . H. Hughes la recovering from quite a serious cut on her hard. Among tluwe leaving to serve their country Sunday were John Kantor and Elmer Barnes. It waa not known by this correspondent until Just re cently ao perhaps others do not know that Louis Msrshsll is with M'Arth ur'a forces In the Philippines. Louis waa a former renMrnt of o-ir com- mvmitr and his parente b.w reside jn the United States and it is atPh.wmt. t thought an army of 1,500,000 There will be a 4-H meeting and , . , . . , a community gathering and program ; m'-h gathered. M.rrh jo. I A military mission Is now on Hrrv weagant of Vsiiev view waa ' th coast to discuss with Gen in the community on buaineaa Mon-1 eral DeWitt the Japanese situa "ev tion. the aliens and American oeorge nauher of rv.it lak o-y, born. Orders evacuating these Vaa Mall Tri-une want aa- Kelly's Comment From Washington. D. C Canada Reluctant On Alaska Road Sign of Nickel In Jackson County Northwest Aliens May Form Army , Br John W. Kelly Washington, D. C. March 16. Notwithstanding that Ameri can troops are defending British Columbia, that the bars have been let down by the United States to permit free passage of goods which ordinarily would have to pay duty, and that Unci; Sam is a full brother in arms with Canada in this war, the Canadians have finally and reluctantly granted permission for this country to build a mili tary highway to Alaska across British Columbia province. The Canadian war council has agreed to this road as a military necessity, but there is still dis agreement as to where the high way should strike off from the United States. Pacific northwest has always believed in and advocated a road to Alaska which would be an extension of U. S, route No. 99, the Pacific Highway. That has never met with the views of the Canadians,' most of whom, apparently, want the road to start in the vicinity of Chicago and meander across the prairies of Saskatchewan, Alberta and then northwest across British Columbia. If, it is argued, the United States is so anxious to build a road to Alaska then it may as well construct it through a large part of the provinces, hence the Chicago terminal. The route Prime Minister Mackenzie King favors is one connecting the army air bases which have been constructed on Canadian soil by the United States to break the Jump to Fairbanks. Whil, this military highway is an essential to de fense of British Columbia, as it is to Pacific northwest states, the Canadians will contribute nothing toward it other than the right-of-way, and there is no as surance that Canada will not insist on payment for this. IT required a world war to put steam behind the Alaska highway. The idea has been popular in Washington and Oregon for many years, but the Canadians were not interested. Nor were the neighbors across the border willing to yield until the Japanese threat to the North American continent via the Aleutians and Alaska. Now the Canadians are willing that the road be built as rapidly as possible. .- The Alaska highway is plan ned to get munitions into the territory, to provide a strong defense on the ground and to build up supplies for the great offensive now being worked out by the war strategists. In the national capital it is a ques tion whether Alaska can be pre pared for defense and the burn ing of Tokyo before the Jap anese turn attention to the northwest and strike the first blow. a a THE metals division of war production board has had scien tists in the northwest in the past few weeks looking for nickel. All the nickel used in this coun try comes from Canada and, so far as known, none has been dis covered in the United States. However, the specialists have found three "signs", one near Riddle, Douglas county and a small deposit in Jackson county, Oregon; the third in an un named section of Washington. If these properties are reason ably good and sufficiently ex tensive, regardless of the cost of production. WPB will see that they are financed. The metals division is in different hands than the dollar-a-year men who served with OPM and who re fused to see any new possible rivals to going concerns after the war. WPB is ready to do anything to acquire metals, e e a THERE are a few thousand aliens in the northwest who may find themselves in uniform and fighting for the United States before many months. The idea is now being mapped out by military authorities. The first suggestion of using this bloc of aliens came when Fili pinos requested permission to get up a Filipino outfit. There are probably enough Filipino boys on the Pacific coast to complete several regiments. The proposal inspired someone with the thouRht of launching a sort of foreign legion which many nationalities could Join. There are 3,000.000 registered aliens , potential enemies have brought I a problem in some of the orch- Glamor Girl ; tr rfrw " S ' hL' l'rr v CM Lal In a eity filled by pretty girls from all over the world. Bette Jane Greer (above) was chosen the "Nation's Caoital Glamor Girl" by a committee of beauty and fashion exoerts in Washing ton. She'll tour the country to display war fashions. ard districts. For example, there are 98 orchards in famed Hood River valley which are owned or leased by American-born or alien Japanese. This month spring work must start in the orchards. The American orch ardists wish to know when an alien property custodian will be appointed as they wish to make a recommendation. For this job the Americans say, the custodian must understand orchards as well as finance, otherwise the orchards will not be properly tended and will become a men ace to other orchards. By FRANK JENKINS THE Japs slacken temporarily their attack on the eastern tip of the island of New Guinea, and today's (Friday's) dispatches report that considerable Japan ese forces have been sighted well to the eastward, in the neighborhood of the Solomon islands. This might mean: 1. That they are-attempting a fake play, hoping to draw U. S. and Australian forces away from New Guinea and northern Australia. 2. That they are moving east ward along the line of islands dotting the South Pacific to threaten the supply line from America to Australia. IT must be accepted from the start that Australia will be unable to defend herself with out aid and the United States is the only place effective help can come irom. If we are to help Australia, the sea lanes must be kept open. THE Japs probably got some- thing of a jolt in their latest New Guinea attack, finding combined American and Austra lian air strength tougher than they expected. Admiral Hart, former com mander of the U. S. Asiatic fleet told us bluntly the other day that we lost the first round against Japan because the Japs had complete command of the air. Maybe we are making pro gress toward building air strength in Australia. THE Japs have already spread themselves reasonably thin. If they undertake the conquest of Australia, they will spread themselves thinner still. If. s i m u 1 1 a n e ou?lv, they TACKLE INDIA, the spreading process, will be carried much iurther. We know from Britain's ex perience what getting spread too far and too thin may mean. Because Britain was already spread too far and too thin, sue was unable to do anything about Hongkong and Smsnpore. IF we can spread tot keep from getting too thin, we can gnon- In The Day's News BIG FINES LUMBER CO. 6th and FIR STS. er or later niaaa uui i . ONE POINT for an effective counter-blow at japan. MEANWHILE, on the other side of the world, the Rus sians unleash a new counter offensive, using, today's dis patches tell us, from a million and a quarter to a million and a half men, with 90 armored divi sions. The German line is re ported to be bending under the blow. Red Star, the Russian army newspaper, says: "The offensive this spring will be RUSSIAN not Ger man." Red Star insists that the Nazi war machine is wearing out as a result of its costly fall drive and the battering it has received during the winter. 11ISHFUL thinking leads usf " to believe this statement. CAUTION points out that there have been no reports as yet of Germans SURRENDERING in large numbers. On the contrary, there have been repeated reports of sur rounded Germans fighting stub bornly and bitterly as the Rus sians fought when they were being driven back last fall. When we get authenticated reports of Germans surrender ing in large numbers we can be gin to believe the Nazi war ma chine is wearing out. Until then, we'd better keep our fingers crossed. NOTE that the Russians are striking NOW not retiring behind the barrier of mud thut will be created by the melting of the winter snows. The Germans are masters oi mechanized warfare. The Rus sians have demonstrated their ability to use cavalry effectively in spite of the idea that cav alry is an outmoded arm. Cavalry can move more effec tively in the mud than trucks and heavy tanks. The Russians are evidently hitting hard at the beginning of the spring thaw in order to make full use of this advantage. They seem to be intelligent as well as tough fighters. Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the fllra of the Mall Trltuine 10 and to yeare ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY March 16, 1932 (It was Wednesday) Dick Grean is father of baby boy born last Sunday, March 13. Bulldozer used to crack crust. of snow in Crater Lake park Medford defeats University high of Eugene, 30 to 26, in opening game of state meet at Salem. Democratic candidate for U. S. senate comes out for "booze and bonus". France lifts embargo on Pa cific coast pears. Suitcase with baby's clothing found near Canadian border is clue to Lindbergh kidnapers. Police believe it was "one-man job." Survey ordered for regrading of Pacific highway over Siski yous. Moderate temperature, with rain forecast. High 57, low 44 degrees. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY March 16, 1922 - (It was Wednesday) William von der Hellen given contract for digging 18 miles of Talent ditch. Fifteen million dollar fire rages in Chicago loop district. Senate fight over four-power treaty continues with third amendment beaten. Guests in best Reno hotel flee in nishtgown from ear!y morn ing fire. Council takes steps to protect Medford water supply. Ashland plays Salem Friday night in state tournament meet. Paul's Electric store installs a radio set. Forest service asks for bids on hotel at Diamond lake to be completed by July 1, 1923. Still it rains. High 56. low 32 degrees. Precipitation .15 of an inch. BOMB COLOGNE London. March 16. (.-PI British royal air force bombers dropped "a great weight" of high explosives on the Rhine land city of Cologne last night in a continuation of the new pre-spring aerial offensive, the air ministry announced today. PHONE 3D30 ij
