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Chicago. ft a rraneiaca Uoa BaaHia rrUwt " Aiiani. Vimmmi OlEdoOlLWSrTrEI "CP?" Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry Tk Unit la asoe over the uncovering of evidence an econ hv the Board of Economic Warfare, is an advo cate of world-wide wuaism, ann, furthermore has written a book about it. Inasmuch, as many have lost their shirts through taxes, they probably figure they might as well go the rest of the way, of their own free will and accord. March went out neither like a Hon, nor a lamb, but more like March day than any other of the month. "We can afford to lose Madam Ferklns, but we can't afford to lose the war. Let's put a man In a man's Job." (Gov. Ratner of Kansas). So say, we all. a a a Today is April 1, and All Fooled Day. Lew Ayres, movie star en route to a conscientious objectors camp, flowered out with a practical Joke on him self, that probably cooks his goose as a Hollywood actor. With a surplus of $2,900,000 In the state Income tax fund, citi zens go forth to pay again. In the usual cheerful way they are supposed to disgorge spondul icks. It Is also the birthday of I. Ross Kline, E.Pt district farm er, and engineer of Grange din ners. a "NOW IS THE TIME to have that suit dyed. Our dying will please yo u." (Sand City Times). It wouldn't either. Candidates are now In the field, a-hold of the farmers' coat label, Instead of his plowhan dles. a a a NATURE OBSERVATION (Condon (Ore.) News) "With robins, kites and marbles pulling a fast one on spring here this year, one lad declares there are three har bingers which never fail angleworms, ticks and stink bugs. He found all three re cently." The rumor epidemic Is subsid ing hereabouts. Citizens now speak of sums of money In less than 100.000 lots, and SO men is no longer Inflated to 50.000 Three trailers coming over the Siskiyotis Is no more an "unend ing caravan." The government has decreed the seat of the male pants shall be reduced, and the slack there in, traditionally used by bounc ers to cast the britches occu pant hence, Is to be no more. This edict, a fashion expert reports, "leaves the male in a quan dary." That's not the half of it. He'll be afraid to sit down. TSKI TSKI TSKI "Louise Livingston, 27 Wing street, this morning in municl pal court charged Fred Feaks. 59 Wallace street, with "larceny of household goods." She told the court the defendant took her bedroom suite without her per mission after trying to purchase It. Judge Frank A. Bolton said he would tiike the case under advisement, and at the same time suggested that both the plaintiff and defendant "get to getiier" In the matter. (Newark (Ohio) Advance). Fall Rivtr, Mass., April 1 P) Apprux Imitcly 3.600 workers in three mills of the Berkshire Fine Spinning com pany remained idle today be cause loom fixers and other key workers stayed out In protest against the employment of one worker who belonged to the CJ.O. Med ford To Observe Army Day Monday, April 6 the day set aside as Army day for national observance will mark the 25th anniver sary of America's entry into the first World war. That this present struggle IS a new phase in an unfinished fight is clearly indicated by this statement by the late German General von Fritsch, made in a discussion of Germany's great army at the outbreak of hostilities in Europe : "We have been working on this machine of ours for 20 years. The victories that we will win and we must win them will be no miracles. They will be the results of two decades of unceasing work by the best military minds devel oped by the last war. Hitler didn't start this, you know. General von Seeckt began rebuilding, reforming and planning on the day that the treaty of Versailles was signed." Yes, it is the same war, only now more violent and terrible than ever before. The armistice of 1918 wa3 exactly what the word means a temporary ces sation of hostilities a truce. a A GAIN, America has been plunged into the strug-gle-r-and the American army has gbne into ac tion. And again, through the work of appeasers and peace-mongers, some of whom were honest in their convictions, this new crisis found us woefully lacking in trained men and equipment. General von Fritsch also made this statement: "You Americans are very clever people, probably cleverer than we. But even you cannot learn in two or three years what took us twenty." THERE is admittedly a measure of truth in the gen ral's pronouncement. It will take almost a miracle to build a powerful army, versed in the complex technique of present-day warfare, in a short time. But, with dogged deter mination, America has set herself to perform this miracle to show that von Fritsch was sadly mis taken. Again, as in 1918, America's military might will become th. force that will turn the tide. The heroic defense of Wake island, the courage of Bataan's valiant defenders, the daily deeds of America's fighting men on world fronts all prove that our soldiers and marines are more than a match for anything "that moves on feet or wheels or wings" if given anywhere near an even break in aerial sup port and mechanized equipment A ND so, upon the occasion of Army day, we salute " these men of America's armed forces these fighting free men. We salute MacArthur, Wain wright and Stilwell and their fellow officers who will lead them to victory. In gaining eternal glory they are giving to America the inspiration for mightier effort and the courage for greater sacrifices. A RMY day will also be "Total War" day, for that is the theme of the forthcoming observance. That is, indeed, fitting for truly this IS a total war. Everyone must have a part to play in the factories, in the shipyards, in vital civilian defense, in the all important war financing effort, and in furthering the highly necessary work of war relief and welfare agencies. Appropriately, Medford will hold an Army day parade next Monday evening; this will be followed by an enlightening demonstration of civilian defense work. It is high time that every man, woman and child in this community realiaes the grim realities of this grave crisis. Observance of Army day should im press upon everyone the present glorious role of America's army and inspire each to greater sacrifice and service. H.G. Statins A Close Second Last October Herr Hitler, with a huge fanfare of trumpets broadcasted the startling announcement all over Europe that Russia had been defeated, the Soviet armies knocked out as far as further effective resistance was concerned. Since then Hitler has done nothing but try to escape annihilation at the hands of these Russian armies he claimed were all washed up and put on the shelf. This is the outstanding example of official and wholesale lieing since World war No. II. started. OUT when the day to day average is considered, we are not sure that Hitler's publicity bureau, ma terially surpasses Joe Stalin's, in the direction of un abashed mendacity. A review of the Soviet reports for the past 90 days at least show that the German casualties claimed, if placed end to end, would reach from Riga to the English channel, including every man, woman and child in the Third Reich. As to the villages retaken by the Red army in these communiques and unnamed, the total during the same period now stands at 5li430, greatly in excess of all the villages in existence, Russian Pole, Polock and what have you from Vladivostok to the North Cape. A ND now, if London reports are to be believed, Hit " lor is moving 100 fresh German divisions, or over 1,500,000 men, to blast the Russians out of the Cri- i inea, as the first step in his fensive. Where did these fresh troops come from? Mos cow claimed last February that Germany had been bled white and had called on Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria for reinforcements. We still award the Baron Munchausen Double Cross of the First Class to Der Reichsfeuhrer, but think at the same time that in any race for the grand perjury prize, Jumping Joe should at least be given second place! MEDFORD MAIL lung-heralded spring of TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Personal Health Service By WlUUm tjcnd Irlfrn pertaining t prrtoiial health and tajglen. not C tfUeair dtofiMwl or treatment, vlll b anaerd by Dr. Brad if stamped elf- j adil reaped entrhip la tnrloard- Ltd era ahoald a tortet and writ ten la tnk Owing to the large number al let t era received on I a few ran be anmered : here. Na replv ran be made ta ajtierlea not confurmlng to Instruction Add tea Ur. Ullliam Brad, tea CI C ami no. Beverly BUI. Calif. WHAT TO DO ABOUT Inflammation of little roller bearing structure or lubricating pad Just under the tip of the shoulder, a pad called the sub acromial bur sa, is one of the commonest causes of pain ful, stiff or 'frozen' shoul der. The subacro mial bursa Is one of several such cushions or pulley rol ler bear ings about the shoulder between muscle tendons and bony corn ers or prominences over which the muscle tendons work. A fairly familiar condition com muniy known as "housemaid's knee" is prepatellar bursitis in flammation of a bursa under the tendon attached to kneecap, or sometimes a bursa Just under the loose movable skin over the knee-cap. Another is "tennis elbow," bursitis under a tendon sliding over the Joint. ' First thing to eliminate from the mind is the senseless idea that any such trouble is due to "rheumatism" or can be rem edied or helped by medicines purporting to be good for "rheu matism," whatever that may be. It's your shoulder, of course, and this is a free country, so I shall not lose a day on the bowl ing green even if you insist your trouble is "rheumatism." A medical work published in 1941 ("Arthritis and Allied Dis orders" by Dr. H. M. Margolis) cites a survey of the nation by U. S. Public Health Service in 1935-36, which indicated that no less than 6,850,000 of our popu lation at that time (127,000,000) had "some form of rheumatism." A most unfortunate statement for either the U. S. Public Health Service experts or a textbook purporting to be authoritative to make. After all, neither the U. S. Public Health Service nor Dr. Magolis, nor any one with the slightest pretension to medical knowledge today, can or does describe or define "rheumatism" as a pathological entity. Both the U.(S. P. health service ex perts and Dr. Magolis used the quaint, misleading term "rheu matic" to cover all sorts of Joint diseases, the causes of some be ing known such as tuberculous arthritis, gonococcal arthritis, the causes of others being not specifically known such as ar thritis deformans, atrophic ar thritis. To classify all these dis eases as "chronic rheumatism" is as senseless and as misleading CGC Enrollment Data Sought by Author of ' Bill for Abolition Washington, April 1. UP) Senator McKcllar (D.-Tenn.) di rected James J. McEntce, direc tor of the Civilian Conservation corps, today to check with his field offices and supply the sen ate education and labor commit tee with data on how many young men had applied for CCC enrollment since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Colonel Topples Into Water ill ill sa sasaa Putting too much weight on on lid of his eeo car as It was baing hoisted across a atraam. Colonel Edgar DeMuth. cot"- '.snd- , Ing oflicer of the 129th anti tank unit, top; !r-t into the water I during recent maneuvers at Tort Mead. Md. Associated Press photo from Paramount News, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, Brady. M. O. FROZEN SHOULDER as it is to classify all diseases of the respiratory organs as colds." This Is no quibble about terms. It is a protest against en couraging sufferers from Joint disease in the delusion that the trouble is "rheumatic" and that any help can be expected from climate, or from avoiding this and that food which some char latan or some eminent old time doctor has Imagined to make the system "acid" or to cause de posit of "uric acid" in the Joints or elsewhere. When a physician tells a patient with chronic Joint trouble that the trouble is "rheumatism" the physician it simply stringing the credulous patient along, and that's that. If the doctor goes scientific and calls the trouble "arthritis" that may impress the unsophisticated patient but it actually means no more than calling it "Joint trouble." Now don't go away mad. Eventually we'll get to th-; treat, ment of "frozen" shoulder. QU ESTIONS ANSWERS The Gfrm-Kllllnf Obsrtslon Please advise me whether dally uae of la necessary for feminine hygiene, as suggested In clipping In closed. (Urt. O. W.) Answer The nostrum la a mixture of carbolic acid and liquid soap. Car bolic add la unaafa and unnecessary for any personal or household use. Hygiene la Mia aclence of preservation of health, haa no gender, altho Hygeta waa the mythical daughter of Aescul apius, god of medicine. Anyway. It doesn't matter whether a given medi cine or chemical "mile germs" nc germ-killer can be taken Internally or used locally without risk of In juring or deatroylng normal tissues. Trichinosis Child age three haa what looks like trichinosis to me. Please advise what to do for It. (Mrs. LET.) Answer It would be regrettable to attempt to treat the child for tri chinosis that la a aerloua condition, and It la most unlikely that you could recognlee It even If the child haa It. Trichlnoaia la Infestation with a para site the larvae of which are taken Into the body In underdone pork, ham or sausage It Is extremely pain ful, too. Thoro cooking of pork, ham. sausage la the best preventive meas ure against trichinosis. Protruding Shoulder Blade What la the cause and Is there any help for protruding shoulder blade. The right shoulder blade protrudes and the left la flat aa it should be. ' (Mrs. L. A. O.) Answer The Individual should be examined by physician for lateral spinal curvature. (Copyright 1943. John P. Dllle Co.) Cd. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady ehnuld aend letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. D. tR5 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. McEntee, testifying against McKellar's bill to abolish the National Youth administration and the CCC, had said he could not supply information on en rollments without checking the field offices after McKellar had brought out that there were 5, 498 enrollees in the CCC 21 years old or older. McEntee said the western camps were situated as follows: California, 32; Oregon, ?3; Washington, 18; Idaho, 19; Mon tana, 15; Wyoming, 11; Utah, 14; Nevada, 11; Arizona, 9; New Mexico, 16. s I 11)11 1 aaiai ii aiaasis APRIL 1, 1942. Kelly's Comment i"rora Washington. D. C CCC Will Keep Watch in Forest House Balk Curb On Thimbleriggers Wheat Farmer Write For Aid , Br Joha W. Kelly Washington, D. C, April 1. Into the CCC camps . of the Douglas fir and pine region of the northwest, extending from the coast across the mountains into Idaho and western Mon tana, will soon be thousands of lads whose principal occupation will be guarding against forest fires incendiary, lightning or campers. Aside from the forest fire work and some labor on military reservations, the once great army of CCC enrollees which was more than a half million a few years ago, is a thing of the past. Throughout the country there are now 600 camps and these will be re duced on July 1 when the new fiscal year begins. But for the hazard of forest fire practically every camp in the far west would be closed and boards battened over the windows. Timber owners, the forest service and military of ficials stepped in to save the CCC out in the timber lands. All recognize that the greatest menace to the region is forest fire. This qualifies CCC as do ing war work. No new camps will be established, for there are in existence sufficient for the purpose, located where they can do the most good. Approx imately 150 camps will be main tained and as each camp has a company of 200 men this makes a force of some 30,000 watch ing for the red wolf of the for est. In money it will represent $30,000,000 for one year's main tenance, a small sum compared with the damage that could be occasioned by a forest conflagra tion. Originally it was the Inten tion to give the enrollees a touch of military training (that was when the camps started) but Harry Woodring, then as sistant secretary of war, brought down the wrath of peace lov ing Americans when he made the announcement and, in view of this overwhelming resent ment, the plan was abandoned. Several million young men now in the ranks or to be inducted would have had a modicum of experience had the training taken place. Young men are now being sought for enrollment for the northwest camps to be ready when the fire season opens. e e e BY seven votes the house of representatives, in the commit tee of the whole house, rejected an amendment which would prevent any funds for Bonneville-Grand Coulee administra tion from being used directly or indirectly to influence pub lic utility elections. The author was Representative Jones of Ohio, who was opposed by Rep resentatives Leavy and Hill of Washington and Pierce -of Ore gon. In offering his amendment Jones said: "I am interested in seeing that the federal govern ment does not spend money to thimblcrig elections in Wash ington and Oregon. I believe the figures of the bureau of the budeet show some 245 part-time i employes of Bonneville power administration for this kind of work. "It is damnable that money should be spent in that way when it is claimed in behalf of these appropriations that they are all for national defense." Jones said the payroll of the field men was $57,698 and with other expenses made a total of $103,000 "for t h i m b 1 e-rigging elections." e e a OFFICE of price administra tion is writing to the canneries of the northwest asking for in formation that is not available OPA wants to know what the canneries will pay for the raw product from the farms this year and what they expect to charge for the finished product. CaniH-rs come back with the explanation that no one, at this time, knows what it will cost to harvest the fruit, berries and vegetables, for it is impossible to forecast what wages must be paid. There is a labor shortage and this will play a part in prices. Then there la the mat ter of tin for containers, etc. The canncrs are as anxious as OPA to know the answers, e e e WHEAT farmers are writing from the three northwestern states for assistance. They re quire storage for grain. The galvanized iron which was made available to farmers last year is now off the list. Prin cipal difficulty Is obtaining adc quale priority ratings. Spokane Bank for Cooperatives suggests making warehouses of wood or concrete, but nails, ircn. roof ing and pipe are in the hard-to-crt category. Says A. C. Adams 'of tht Spokane bank, "Wheat stands relatively low on the lad-1 der of necessity for war pur-1 poses at the present time, and , therefor no matter what the nrinrilv rating mav be. it must I be expected that actual supplies of critical materials will not be enough to go around." N. E. Dodd. director western division of Triple A, says that bulk facilities are contemnlated in Washington, Idaho and Ore gon and that he is trying to convince WPB of the import ance of these storage bins. If. explains the Triple A man, the WPB can issue a directive re quiring manufacturers of nails to divert their facilities to that production the situation will be eased for the wheat man. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued "Torn P" One) imn nr and some other mater ials. It is true this limits him to his pre-war share, but that seems to be enough. Some see military advantage for him In the strengthening of hi Finnish and Norwegian po sitions, if he takes Sweden, but this would not be worth the el- fort involved. Sweden is just another easy victory lying around loose at a time when nazi victories are getting fewer and harder. a a THE thaw is now on at the Ukrainian front in south Russia. Within a week or two, the roads will be good for tanks. In fact. Hitler could have started before this if he intend ed to keep his old military pace. If the weather has not delay ed him, what has? Is he hold ing back the leash on the great forces he has amassed at the southern Russian front in order to time that drive with some thing else? Just about this time every year, der fuehrer disgorges what he likes to call a surprise. In 1940 it was Norway; last year, Yugoslavia and Greece. It is inconceivable that he has been consulting the muses all winter without indulging his penchant for surprises. The south Russian drive might bear more world weight if coupled with occupation of Sweden, but particularly if timed with a Jap attack on Vladivostok. e a e TTHE Japs have not reinforced their south Pacific armies lately No more steaming trans ports have been discerned mov ing toward Java or New Guinea. In fact, the New Guinea drive has bogged down in a flood in the jungles halfway to Port Moresby from Lae and Sala maua (on the north shore of the Peninsula). The Japs there have barely enough forces to take Port Moresby (which they no doubt will do eventually), but not enough to go ahead from there into Australia. It is doubtful also whether they have enough In Java, for further conquests Consequently a question is arising as to when or whether the Japs intend to move at Dar win, From bases at Timor and elsewhere they can continue bombing so General MacArthur will be unable to maintain form idable airfields along the north shore for attacks on them. They may figure this is enough and not even attempt landing on Australian soil. Suspicious Jap troop move ments have been noted north of Nanking, indicating rein forcemcnt of the northern front It is just possible these troops are destined for Manchtikuo and spring action against Vlad ivostok. a e THAWS should start in about two weeks on the Moscow cen tral front, but the muddy per iod generally last much longer there than in the south. It may be six to eight weeks yet be fore the fighting terrain is good , in mat area. But no one here can see the possibility that Hitler's annual spring sensation will break there. He needs oil. It lies a few ! miles ahead of him on the i Ukrainian front Unless he gets lit this summer, he will have a I hard time going through another winter. Importance of oil to the nazis ! has been stressed so often, and Hitler has so frequently found a way out, that the subject has ! lost its vital significance to many people. He seized supplies ; in Holland. Belgium anH rmnn and then acquired the Ruman ian fields, to skip the oily grave S which so many experts had dug ,for him. But there are no more! supplies to be confiscated, and j the Rumanian fields cannot sup port indefinitely the extended ' i ninci oi war he had been forced j to in Russia. Therefore, the near east must be his main ob jective, or he must find a ma gician who can make oil out of i lost hopes. I There are more than 5 000 miles of streets tn New York .city. Flight o' ti une alrdtord and Jarksoa Counlj History from the Hire al the Mall Tribune lu and ta irara ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY April 1, 1932 (It was Friday) City ordinance requiring dogs to be kept during months of April, May and June goes into effect. Prices of Chevrolet frtim $10 to $55. drop First farm loan in Jackson county, amounting to $400, is granted. Cloudy with rain predicted. High 75, low 39 degrees. Italian town sinks into ancient caverns dug by the Romans and undermined by water. Thous ands flee. Literary Digest shows Kansas last of the dry states voting wet. William R. Coleman files fo justice of the peace. Snow crushes nine lummer homes at Diamond Lake. State census shows 2,300 job. less in county. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY April 1, 1922 (It was Saturday) Charles, former emperor of Austria dies. r onnlh.r imri.lng In Ire land tomorrow. Film folks take stand in man. slaughter trial of Fatty Ar buckle, comedian, to tell of gay parties. Trace of rain. 38 degrees. High 61, low Ethel Barrymore in 'Declassed at the Page next Monday nightV Marshall Joffre of France, World war hero of the Marne, to visit city next Wednesday, Free seed cut from appropria tion bill by senate. W. M. (Moose) Muirhead, man ager of the Gold Hill cement plant, instrumental in capture of armed bandit on San Fran cisco street. CUPS m NAILS EARLY IS ADVICE The attention of all berr growers, vegetable s rowers and fruit growers who expect" to pacK an or pan oi ineir crop Ik . . . . 1 . I... . - the problems involved in obtain ing box shook, berry cups and nails by Assistant County Agent C. B. Cordy. At present box shook can be obtained from local mills only in carload lots, Cordy explained. Small orders will not be ac accepted. Less than carload lots can be obtained from mills in neighboring districts, but the price is higher, it was further explained. In order to be cer tain of having needs supplied, growers are advised to see their dealer at once and place a de finite order for shook and cups to avoid last minute rushes and possible disappointments. The nail dealers figure thelja needs and ordered their suppl.V several weeks ago, Cordy stated. The nails will not be delivered to them until actually needed. Ordering nails now will not af fect the supply available, bu. will assure the supply will not be depleted by some less essen tial use. The present informa'ion is there will be enough nails for everybody, but as they are de fense material growers should order only enough to meet this year's needs. Washington, April 1. (T)- President Roosevelt disclosed to day that the $65,000,000 wa 31 u fund sought by the Americr.n1 Red Cross had been over-sub scribed and contributions dill were coming in. He said he had received letter from Norman Davis. Red Cross chairman, which recalled a presidential proclamation of December 7 asking for a $50, 000.000 war fund. This sum was on hand by February 7. Davis said, and the Red Cross then asked that the objective be raised by $15,000,000. The attainment of this higher goal. Davis said, was proof of the vitality of the Red Cross and the willingness of the American people to sacrifice. Uneasy Stomach? ,0hu.T WORMS fc" -IT, T" f-r-l.-r,.! r-,. f .... ..' f"r..f. n -t f !' it . iV. -. ' w ii-.i i-.i : ..; , v..i., ,. 'Vt?. j W sen r,i. Dmuoj 1 tisUUlioi
