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We m): ... . : Gentlemen are assured by tailors, the Victory suit with mffa on the oants will not make the bird think they are care-crows, strayed irom a strawberry patch. mm EVERYBODY A GENERAL! (N.Y. Herald-Tribune) "If all these little people who want to reorganize the world after the war, each one according to hi own precon ceived Idea, would devote thufr mercies and active In tellect to the war effort, what an army we would have fighting for the preservation of the American Republic! a a The primary campaign has reached the complimentary stage. An upstate candidate keeps referring to "the Intelli gent electorate," (voters to you), aaa King Boris, of Bulgaria, whose whiskers would make 200 Hitler mustaches, and leave plenty for a good hand-hold for an aggressor, has gone to Ber lin to confer with Adolf. Com mentators attach great signifi cance to the pow-wow. Outside of Jim Bates, the tonsoriallst. nobody here will lose any sleep over it. aaa Next Wednesday will be All Footed Day, but not as much so, a previously, a a e Farmers complain bent grass, that bends the wrong way, Is bothering them. aaa MELTING POT DONT MELT (Siskiyou News) "One home, for Instance, had a father who supported Mussolini pitted against one son in the army and another trying to enlist to get a whack at the Axis. Our guess is they will make a Christian of the old man yet." aaa For stealing two truck tires, worth $180, an upstate Judge Imposed a six years state prison sentence upon the defendant, who plead guilty. The Salem Statesman editorially notes. But the offense was undoubt edly a cold-blooded affair," "Un questionably was grand lar ceny," and "Involved taking ad vantage of the national crisis to profiteer." On the first two counts, It all adds up to weak minded orneryness. When It comes to "taking advantage of the national crisis to profiteer. Congress yesterday received new huge war graft evidence As a "profiteer." the tire taker is and was, definitely small po tatoes. ' CUTTER ACACIA SUNK Washington, March 26 (At The navy announced today that the coast guard cutter Acacia was recently (helled and sunk In the Caribbean area, presum ably by an enemy submarine, and that all aboard weia res cued. Is Labor Control Unpatriotic? Messrs, Green and Murray, commanders-in-chief of organized labor, oppose the passage of any labor legislation now on the basis of patriotism. "Thi I no time to divide thl nation into group fight ing each other instead of our common axis enemies. We can not afford In the nation' crisis to fight another and undeclared war among ourselves her in America. Quite true. But WHY should the abandonment of the closed shop drive, and double pay for overtime, during the present crisis, cause any such internal conflict? The statute books are crowded with legislation controlling capital, must there be none controlling labor? Why not point out wherein the proposed legislation is wrong, from the standpoint of war time production and national welfare and then decide final action on that basis, rather than seek to stop it arbitrarily by a veiled threat of a labor rebellion? THERE are two sides to every question, and cer- tainly there are two sides to this one. No right-thinking person denies the vital import ance of labor in this war effort, the need of the un compromising loyalty of labor, the necessity of coop erating with and assuring absolutely fair treatment for labor. On the other hand, should organized labor be under no obligations on ITS side, submit to no re straints, make no sacrifices, but be given a free hand to demand extra and (or) double pay, for every hour worked over 40, and through demands for the closed shop, place American industry permanently under the complete and autocratic control of the labor bosses 7 IF organized labor should abandon the closed shop working week, eliminate double-pay, there certainly would be no effort to pass legislation to force such action. But there has, to date, been no sign of any such concession. And the people of the country who are sending their sons off to fight and die for $21 a month, feel that such concessions should be made. If not willingly and voluntarily, then the law should compel it If the people are wrong in this, let Messrs. Green and Murray point out WHERE they are wrong; not try to defeat the effort on the ground those favoring such action are either enemies of organized labor or unpatriotic ! "Psychological" Was Right According to our special operative in Washington, D. C, this department's second guess was better than the first Our first was that President Roosevelt had actually ordered Generals McArthur and Stilwell, to assume the offensive in the Far East Our second was that the word "offensive" was used in a figurative rather than a literal sense. In other words the New Deal pro nouncement was largely psychological. The grapevine now sustains the latter diagnosis, mm THE allied forces in China and Australia, we are told, are not in a position as yet to abandon de fensive tactics, and for the Arthur s strategy in Australia, will be similar to that he maintained in Bataan. There will be offensive but in the main, the operation will be a HOLDING, rather than an OFFENSIVE one. When the allied forces power, particularly air power, the order for a con centrated smash upon Japan will be given, but not until then. The problem then essentially is one of supply. This information if correct, and merely emphasizes once ance of maximum production in this country, and sufficient ships for prompt tation. Can 7 Lose, Unless, - - As usual Prime Minister Churchill hits the nail on the head. "The allies can't lose this war except through our own failure to use our combined overwhelming strength and to use our multiplying opportunities that will present them selves." In amplification he compares Britain's situation at this time with what it was was alone, fighting with her back to the wall. Today Britain has not only the passive, but the active, comba. aid of the three greatest nations in the world, China, Russia and the United States. a a a a a CERTAINLY with material and manpower re sources literally UNLIMITED World War No. 2, from a spoiling standpoint, would appear at this time, about as one-sided, as the fistic contest tomor row night between Joe Louis and Abe Simon. The allies on any long time schedule basis, appear unbeatable, and only some colossal blundering on the part of the allied command would seem to render defeat conceivable. IN one direction, however, Mr. Churchill's picture 1 should be retouched a bit. While a year ago the United States was not actually fighting at Britain's side, Uncle Sam was even then, definitely committed to the allied cause, and doing everything he could do, in view of his lack of preparedness, to defeat the Axis and bolster British defense. However on the whole the Churchill diagnosis is correct It should be cause for encouragement on one hand, and united, unwavering determination to avoid errors of judgment on the other. MEDFORD MAIL agree for the duration to drive, extend the normal time being General Mac- 1 sorties, particularly by air, have the necessary men and we have no doubt it is, more the supreme import and continuous transpor a year ago. Then Britain TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Personal Health Service By WUUarn Koad arttars aartaialni V panonal iUfniari. ar traalmant. will ba an warrS a? Or. Brady If a aumpaa) stU. addrraartf anvalopa la snrloara). 11 lar aooald aa artel and arrmra la Ins Owing la in large aambat of arturt rrceltaa) only a fa caa ba amatrrd bars. Na reply caa ba mad ta queries aa conforming to tastmctleo Addma Dr. WUllam Brady. tU CI CaaUno. Bararlj HUla, Calif. HYGIENE FO R The other day I said that if I had cataract I would not "try" any other alleged remedy, treat ment or cur except opera tion. But, op eration or no opera tion, I would make sure to get an optimal dally ration of na rural vitamin A (not caro tene), ribofla vin (otherwise known as vita mln G and vi tamin B2) and best taken in the form of vitamin B complex, and vitamin C (ascorbic or cevitam ic acid) best taken In the form of a liberal amount of fresh fruit or fresh fruit juice or. if fresh fruit is not available, then factory canned tomato or to mato Juice. Home canned toma to or tomato juice loses most of the vitamin C in the fresh toma to by destruction by oxidation during the canning process. The vacuum process used In the can ning factory prevents oxidation of vitamin C. Remember, please, I do not imply that vitamins or any other remedy will cure cat aract but I do believe deficiency In intake of one or more of these vitamins sometimes favors more rapid advance of the change from clearness to cloud iness in the crystalline lens re member this change in the lens in the interior of the eyeball (not on the front surface) consti tutes the impairment of vision known as cataract. Remember also that this change, in mod erate degree, is more or less uni versal in persons past sixty, and only when it makes seeing so difficult that an oculist (eye physician) is consulted, can the trouble be discovered external appearance of the eyes gives no indication of the opacity or clouding of the lens. Remember what we have al ready said about vitamin G (otherwise called B2 or ribofla vin), and the tendency for cata ract to develop in experimental animals whose diet is adequate in other respects but lacking in vitamin G. In an early talk we 11 consider vitamin G In further detail. Every one with beginning cat aract or a tendency thereto should remember that In good many Instances the lens be comes merely a bit hazy around the edges and never much more opaque for many years or for the remaining lifetime, indeed, a good many elderly persons with cataract never learn what News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued Prom Page one) Paul Revere from Berlin: "Don ald Nelson, not content with your present production speed, demands you work 24 hours a day." (Imagine this palpable canard addressed to workers who are now involved In nation al discussion of overtime on the 8-hour-day, 5-day-week.) Rome: "The spirit of the American people reminds us of the spirit of France In the win ter of '39 and "40 . . . congress refused to modify the law limit ing the work week to 40 hours." (Notice this Is exactly opposite what Berlin broadcast and er roneously claims work is limit ed to 40-hour week). Jap commentator: "Y our country would have done better to have followed Hoover: There was security In his policy of moderation." Paul Revere: 'There Is yet an eleventh-hour chance to tear the five-pointed star of Moscow from the dome of the capitol and to purge our splendid land of its traducers." (Hokum, there are still 48 stars in the flag on the capitol dome.) The only thing significant In all this is that It would not fool a two-day-old movy and Its im port is altogether different from the domestic objections you hear from critics of this government in this country. aaa 1ljORE serious than this type of axis propaganda, to the success of our production war effort, is the better-intended misinformation circulated by some of our own hair tngnered zealots. The following Is an ex ample from the New York news paper P M, in an article signed John A. Rice: "The revolution Is on now Donald Nelson began It when he announced that in defense in diutries the boss-worker rela tirr.hip was over, that It would no longer be one bossing and 0 OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942. Brady M. D. Malta as arflf oa. aot tm ataaaa CATARACT cause their poor eyesight be cause they never have enough difficulty in seeing to compel there to consult (ey physician) and of course only an eye phy sician (oculist, ophthalmologist) is qualified to diagnose such eye disease. Besides the universal haziness or mild cataractous change in the crystalline lens In persons past sixty, other causes or pre disposing cause of cataract are heredity; various constitutional factors such as diabetes. Bright' disease and CVD (cardiovascu lar or heart-artery degeneration or wearing out), and nutritional deficiency; exposure of the eyes to the intense light and heat of molten metals or glowing coals, or flashes of great brilliancy from short circuiting; injuries of the eyeball and disease with in the eye (such as choroiditis and retinitis); prolonged eye strain from doing fine or close work with improperly fitted glasses or under poor illumina tion (glare, source of light with in worker's field of vision.) QI ESTIO.NS ANSWERS Nlltl I take the lodln Ration, evaporate water to keep sir bumldlfled, UK your always superior loUon for keep ing akin wblu and soft, prevent crl with quinine, never uae laxaUvea chew raw wheat, take a daUy vitamin supplement, and when the "Last Brady Symphony" arrlvea I suppose I'll begin turning somersaults. My neighbors consider ma rather queer already I limply can't convince them an alleged "cold" la not caused by cold. They nave them. I don't. (M. M ) Answer Thank you. Ma'am. "The Last Brady Symphony". Is a act of keep-fit exerclsea, deacrtbed and Il lustrated, aent on request If you In close ten oenta and a tamped envelope bearing your address. Sulfanilamide Is a person taking sulfanilamide ever so affected that ba cannot drive an angina with safety? (PA H.) Answer yea. the drug often Im pairs Judgment, and competent phy sician warn patient taking It that they cannot carry on such duUes aa piloting a plane, driving an engine. driving a car or other skilled mechan ical work for at least three daya after taking sulfanilamide. Neither should they sign any papers or make any contracts or commltmenta while tak ing aulfanllamlde. Terpln H.vdrete t took two down capsules of ter- pin hvdrata (S grains), one after each meal, and got the greatest re. Uef from chronic winter cough have bad In years. (Mrs. H E.G.) Answer Thank you, ma'am. (Copyright 1943, John T. DlUe Co.) t. Noiet Pvnmna winning to communicate with Dr. Brady ahnuld send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. O. tss El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. the other bossed, but both work ing together as equals." If there is one thing which could tear down our war effort faster than any other, it is the acceptance of thi unfounded doctrine. Nelson never said any thing like It. He said the oppo site. He has repeated at least three times in speeches and elsewhere that his labor-management com mittees are not designed to let labor invade the management field or the management invade labor's, but were solely design ed to promote cooperation for production. Extreme caution has been practiced by Nelson to keep this erroneous Impression from en couraging the suspicions of some managers that they might be losing control of their busi nesses by following his program. If such contrary statements i inspired workers to try to be-1 come bosses Instead of produc- j er and teased our soldiers of production into trying to be- j come generals, they would cause , more trouble on the production ; battleline than the axis has ! been able to do yet. ! DAIRY HELP LURED 1 BY Portland. March 26. fr The lure of higher wages In in dustry has attracted so many workers that some Portland area dairymen have considered going out of business. S. B. Hall, Multnomah county agri , cultural agent, asserted yester day. He told a meeting called by L. C. Stoll. state V. S. employ ment service- director, that 50 percent of the county's dairy men might sell their herds to the stockyard. Ray W. Gill, state Grange master, assailed as "slackers." i men for quit farm Job and : wait in Idleness for Industrial Jobs to open up. He admitted that Industrial wages were re sponsible for the farm labor shortage but s-vcl "most of the i talk about high wage 1 just , talk." Jap Officer's Summary of Position In Pacific Accurate Says Analyst By DsWltt MacKaniU (Wide World War Analyit) Captain Hideo Hiraide, Japanese naval spokesman, has put before his people a noteworthy summary of Nippon' position in the battle of the Pacific, and one suspects he was im pelled in part by the Mac Arthur spirit of Initiative and such blood-stirring American naval adventure as the bombing raids on Wake and Marcus islands, which took the Yank almost into the Mikado's back Hiraide lays down three fund- amental points, to this effect 1. Japan must seize Australia and dominate the Indian ocean in order to provide security for future operation. 2. The belief held by some Japanese that Nippon has be come invincible because she ha her hands on the vast resources of Indoensia is wholly wrong, because only when she is able to make practical use of these resources will she become self sufficient. 3. Since the occupation of Java there has been a let-down in Japan's offensive and she is now on the defensive. She must keep on the offensive If she is to win. Australia Is Kay To Consolidation Now that's calling your shot. as the bllllardists say. And lest some charge me with naivetey In accepting the word of a Jap, it may be said that the cap tain describes the military posi tion quite accurately and it's in teresting to see the thing through his eyes. Japan s gains will profit her nothing if she cannot consoli date them, and she can t do that until she has knocked out Australia as a base. That means beating MacfVrthur's combined American and Australian forces on a battlefield covering a mil lion square miles and guarded by some of nature's strongest bulwarks. Hiraide' purpose in putting his cards on the table (well. some of 'em) Is to prevent his public from becoming over-con fident and slackening In the war effort. His idea is sound. but if he's as smart as he talks, he will know that the defeat of Australia is going to mean one of the greatest military op erations man could conceive. It will make the rest of Japan's conquests look silly. Glance At Map Will Tell Tale A glance at your map tells the tale well enough. Japan's present plan appears to be to strike from New Guinea and Indonesia against northern Aus tralia. Note the vastness of this continent, the size of our own America. See the great Barrier reef which guards some two fifths of its coast along the northeast section. Look at those huge deserts swung across much of the northern half a mighty barrier against wholesale in vasion In themselves. It's a giant's Job, and it is hard to believe the Nipponese have the stature to carry it through. MacArthur Isn't ready yet to stage a major offensive,, but so long as the steadily growing American-Australian base exists, the allied air and naval forces will prey with Increasing inten sity upon the long Japanese communications between the homeland and the conquered territories. Unless those com munications can be maintained, the new possessions will become white elephants on Japan's hands. Kelly's -Comment From Washington. D. C. Plywood Plane On Army Order Furniture TPlanU Will Hare Role Citizenship Proof To Be Simplified Br Jena W. Kelly Washington. D. C. March 26 Contract have been let by the war department for several hun dred training planes, additional hundred of two-engine light bombers for training, a couple of hundred cargo carriers as large as the Douglas ADC -3, and a vast armada of gliders all tc be made of wood, plywood or plastlces. The exact number of these various items ordered cannot be mentioned, but the army is preparing to go to town using wood for all but combat planes. And almost every slick for this aerial program must QUINTUPLETS CHEST COLDS yard. come from the forests of the Pacific northwest Two years ago the army de cided to look for substitutes for metal in planes, figuring there might be a shortage of alumi num and magnesium which there is However, England has been taking one million feet a month of spruce out of tht northwest forests, or approxi mately 30,000,000 feet since England declared war on Ger many, and now there Is a ques tion about shortage of spruce. Under order from war pro duction board a party cf five practical logger are now In Alaska looking for spruce. If 'hings get tough WPB plans hav ing spruce logs taken out of Alaska to Puget sound where they can be milled. At the mo ment both Oregon and Washing ton are being inspected by other government agents studying the possibility of expanding spruce logging operations. Eventually an order may be Issued prohibit ing the use of spruce for butter paddles, butter tubs and sound ing boards for pianos, just as civilian use of aluminum has been curtailed for the airplane program. (The government Is still trying to leam what became of the pots and pans of alumi num that were gathered through out the country; very little found its way to the refineries.) aaa THE forest laboratory in Wis consin is busy gathering infor nation on airplane propellors. on kiln drying, on glues for plywood General Arnold, head of army air corps, has requested the forest people to have a new manua' ready in 90 days, giving information on stresses and othet particulars, as t guide for manufacturers of wooden planes. Furniture factories are to Dlav an important role In the .irnHnc Ion of the transports. Eliders and trainers because the work men are experienced with wood. Until the fall of Crete the army high command had no time for gliders, but the way the Ger mans were transported in glid ers, as many as 10 in tandom tied to a plane, caused an awak ening. A congressional commit le has in its files a letter from the assistant secretary of war in which he throws cold witer on the proposal that the air corps experiment with gliders. While a few gliders are now being experimented with, the army, not wishing to waste time, has placed an order for a sufficient number to carry thousands of soldiers at one time. aaa THE cargo carrying planes, which will be wooden duplicates of the Douglas ADC-3, the type used by commercial airlines, will have a capacity of 21 men, or can be used to rush supplies to a given point. There is a big order for these, about 25 percent of the size of the glider order. Another change in the war de partment is that there is now more sympathy for wooden trainers than formerly as the Importance of conserving metal develops. The program a'so olans for practice light bombers of plywood, two-engine .'obs. On one thing the army Is positive (at this time) and that !s it wants no wooden planes for combat duty. The Brit'sh are using them the best, aooar- lently. being the Mosquito, and lor the time being the air corps prefers observing their opera lion. Army wants It known that it is willing to give the wooden ships a real tryout but adds that up to a couple of years ago its experience with wood was un fortunate. PUBLIC law 671. June. 1940. declares that none but bonafioe citizens of the United S'ates cjn work on national defense proj ects. It was intended to kerp aliens off the Job and avert sabo tage. Here is what happened: There are 20.000.000 men and women in the United States who cannot prove that they are na tive born: some assert that It is .SO percent of the adult popula tion. Thirty years ago many of the towns in the northwest did not bother with vital statis'.h-s. Most people over 45 years, un less they were born in one of the few large cities, have no JOKNS-MANYILLE ROCX WOOL HOME INSULATOIN Tot winter and summer comfort that pays for itself. DIG PINES LUMBER CO. th and FIR 8TS. PHONE 3030 proof of their citizenship or place of birth. Naturalized citi zens and their children are pro vided with proof; but none i available for many native-born. There is such a mess in war industries were native Ameri cans are kicked off the Job because they cannot produce a birth certificate that congress 1 now trying to work out a simple method of attesting citizenship. Flight o' Tune Medhird an Jackson Coanty History from I he flics of the MaU Tribune 10 and to years atu TEN YEARS AGO TODAY March 26. 1932 (It was Saturday) Southern Pacific train "The Lark" passengers robbed by bandits. Rum runner, tells Identity of two likely kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby as search take on new vigor. Trouble-torn world make ready for observance of Easter tomorrow. Sheriff report brisk tax pay ments. Tennis activity high school. renewed at Occasional showers. High 67, low 46 degrees. Speaker Garner of nous warns nation of need of bal anced budget. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY March 26. 1922 (It was Sunday) Pair found guilty on booze charge given 30 days in county jail. Violence sweeps spite peace parley. Ireland de- Allies issue ultimatum to Turkey and Greece to cease war-like moves. Rain again predicted. High 61, low 27 degrees. Two members of Ku Klux Klan, in their nightgowns, ride down Main street on way to present $25 to a widow woman. Jackson county road bond amounting to $350,000 sold. Delegation of local and Ash land citizens leave for Horn brook to meet Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador to u- s- and brin him to Medford 'n Ben Sheldon s auto. BEAVERBROOK ARRIVES TO COORDINATE SUPPLY Washington, March 26 (Pi Lord Beaverbrook. former Brit ish minister of production, ar rived by plane today from Miami to assist in creating an inter national organization to coordi nate Angle American suppliea and production , Closing time for Classified Ada a. m. Too lata to Classify 13:30 Do you covet a superbly flavorful whiskey, Sahib 7 Then, 0 My Weary One, remembeu "The very best buy is the whiskey that's dry Paul Jonesl" From ti dry iiylnjt of tfis Paul Jonas Carnal Paul Jones 5135 A PINT I '2 55 A OT. OURION O I in A bltnd mf atiifht uhiikia-90 prmmj. franhton Diadlma, fa, LmmtlU & Ballimort.