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and cake, than normal.
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tion of a woman'! army to do
farm work. Thli will put a itop
,n hlprl men nltchlna hay with
thir shirt-tails unfurled to
whatever breeze that chancel to
blow.
Upstate report! soy the peo
ple are complacent about getting
in next winter"! wood now, to
avoid a possible shortage then.
This complacency may be due
to the yen of the people to work
harder catching a fish, than
chopping down a tree.
Mahatma Oandhl, the philo
sophical leader of India, seems
alia to be a Dhllosonhlcal nui
sance, In maintaining his "pas
sive resistance" stand againai
the British, In particular, and
the United Nations In general.
In their efforts to thwart the
Nipponese diplomatically, ere
doing it militarily. Mahatma
wears a sheet, and so, Is ready
for bed, any time It falls off.
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The esteemed Oregonlan has
editorially grabbed the bull by
the horns, and tackled tha ques
tion, can a mule bray, when
Its tall Is restrained. Suffice, be
it to say, at this time, a mule
with Its tail restrained, has a
kick coming.
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LADY ON WARPATH
(Eugene Newt)
"One of my friends Is as
fiery woman as It has ever
been my lot to know. Ordin
arily a sweet and tender per.
son, wrath turns her into a
virago and she can spray acid
denunciations with the rapid
ity of machine gun fire. Few
there are brave enough to
face her vitrollc outbursts and
when they see one coming,
they usually scuttle to safety.
I suppose the only reason
someone has not long since
laced her coffee with cyanide
Is because her wrath is in
variably a righteous one and
they know they deserve what
they get." (O live Barber
Writings)
A South Dakntan charged
with the sale of 89 mortgaged
chickens, has been ordered re
turned there for trial. Justice
in this case was firm, adamant,
unyielding, and what have you
South Dakota refused to drop
the charge, even though funds
to cover the value of the mort
gaged chickens was posted. In
the light of hectic, but futile
efforts to send H. Bridges, the
Pacific Coast alien hellralaer.
now delightfully dormant, back
to Australia, the case is some
thing for the books.
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No short and snappy word
defining the war has as yet
been unearthed. It would not
be nice to calt it, the Great
crap.
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The Germans are mad at
France for sympathy with the
U. S., and Vichy Is mad at the
I'. 8. for sympathizing with the
Free French. All concerned,
however, are not mad enough
to refuse American grub, If and
when, available.
Until 1752 the New Year com
menced with March, when Eng
land changed the beginning of
the legal New Year to January
1.
The shorthand system of writ
ing has been traced back to the
year 61 B.C.
Are the "Yanks Coming" !
Again?
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The big news of today is the arrival of General
Marshall, U. S. chief-of-staff in London.
He has gone there, declares Washington, to consult
with the British regarding problems of military
strategy.
In similar fashion a few months after the United
States declared war on Germany a quarter of a cen
tury ago, General Pershing arrived in London.
He also went there to talk over military strategy.
And a few months later the "Yanks", with General
Pershing at their head, moved into the front-line
trenches in France !
THERE is every reason
Viicfrn-v vanaotinrr
marks the first move in an allied attack on Germany
in the west.
It is certainly doubtful if any other proposal of a
strategic nature, could be vital enough to justify the
American Chief-of-Staff taking the perilous air trip
to London, and being away from Washington at such
a critical time as this.
fX the other hand it is rather surprising, that on
such a mission he should be accompanied by
Harry Hopkins, and even more so that his arrival,
and the arrival of his party on the other side should
be so promptly announced.
If an allied attack in force through France or
Norway WERE contemplated in the near future, the
surprise element woulud be so important, one would
suppose there would be every effort made to keep the
plan a military secret, instead of arranging at once
for a world-wide broadcast.
So there IS a bare chance, this is a bluff, as far as
any real effort to establish a western front in the near
future is concerned.
IN our judgment, however, this chance is a very
slim one.
Not because such an allied invasion will not be
extremely hazardous, it will be, but because the
allies simply can't AFFORD to give Hitler a free
hand against Russia and the Near East, for
ANOTHER six months.
And the one and only way to force a division of
his forces, and materially weaken his eastern drive,
is the establishment of a western front
For months Stalin has pleaded for such action, and
this arrival of General Marshall, in London, with the
known fact that there' are between two and three
million allied troops idle in England and Ireland
(probably ten divisions of Yanks) is strong evidence
that the Kremlin's prayers are to be answered at last.
a a a a a
LIERE'S hoping at any rate. For the one chance, the
military expert of this department see3 for beat
ing Hitler within any reasonable time at least, is to
beat him to the punch.
An all-out attack on Germany from the west would
be just that. Risky? Yes. But ever since the start of
World War No. 2 Hitler has been taking risks. It is
time the allies took some !
Hit the Heart of Japan
As a Dostserint to the above, there is reason to
believe that if, and when, the Anglo-American forces
DO strike Germany in the west, Stalin will, at least
turn over the Vladivostok area to allied air fields
and planes. He might even feel disposed to attack
Japan in Mongolia, with Hitler hard-pressed on
TWO fronts.
At any rate, as this department has frequently
pointed out, the Siberian coast only a few hundred
miles from Tokio, represents Japan's Achilles heel.
Station a fleet of U. S. bombers there, and Japan
would be attacked at her heart and her WEAKEST
point, instead of at her far flung extremities, and
(with her air and sea superiority), her strongest ones!
How About Vacations
President Roosevelt has oked golf for the duration.
Formerly he oked baseball, in both instances
both the professional and amateur varieties.
This is good sense. In England, only 20 miles from
German guns, professional and amateur sports have
continued, and in a modified form will continue, as
long as the war lasts. It promotes national health and
morale.
THE Roosevelt administration has also approved
the U. S. Forest Service dictum that travel to the
national parks this summer and the free recreational
areas of the national forests, be encouraged, that
all work and no plav, not only makes Jack a dull boy
in peace, but in war. While tire and gas restrictions
are necessary, by careful management, there should
be sufficient of both, for short vacations, not too far
from home.
LIEKE in Oregon the parks and forests, the Colum-
bia and Coast highways are to be open as usual,
with the minimum of military restrictions, unless
home unexpected emergency should arise. Precau
tions against forest fires and preparations for com
batting them will be more stringent than usual, but
even so the law-abiding and considerate vacationist
will not be seriously inconvenienced, when travelling
through parks or woods, seeking rest and recreation.
This is probably a good time, therefore, for those
who CAN take vacations this summer to make plans
for them.
Long motor trips will be out, of course, but being
in the very heart of the greatest outdoor land in the
west, ideal spots for camping out, a week or two, can
be found, by the fortunate people of southern Oregon
only a few hours motor trip from home.
to believe, therefore, that
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Personal Health Service
By William
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MAKE BELIE
Once an error becomes estab
lished with the public it be
comes extremely difficult to
correct In-
stances are the
convention I
practice of say
ing "the frac
ture was re
duced by Dr.
So and so"
whether it was
"set" immedi
ately after the
a c c i d a nt or
not. Reducing
that is, bring
ing the frag
m
ments of broken bone into as
nearly perfect position as possi
blerequires days in many
cases. Another instance is tha
misapplication of the term
"aphasia". For many years that
term was applied to loss of
memory. Most people now know
amnesia is the proper word for
it. "Aphasia" means loss of
speech or the power of articula
tion). Another common error is
the confusion of the term anti
septic and asceptic.
Antiseptic means the use of
chemicals which prevent or les
sen the multiplication of germs.
Antiseptics do not destroy dis
ease germs as a rule exceot
certain germicides (germ killers)
which would be too destructive
to body tissues to use medicin
ally or surgically.
Aseptic means without germs,
germ-free, sterile.
The antiseptic era In surgery
began when Lord Lister, Eng
lish surgeon, introduced the use
of a constant spray of solution
of carbolic acid in the air of the
operating-room, as well as the
use of such antiseptic solutions
for instruments, dressings and
the wound and the surgeon's
and his assistants' hands in the
latter part of the nineteenth
century. The practice of keeping
the atmosphere sprayed with
carbolic acid proved so danger
ous to every one in the operat
ing room that it was soon aban
doned. But the use of carbolic
acid, corrosive sublimate and
other poisonous chemicals in so
lutions for skin, wound imple
ments and dressings became
routine and was the practice in
"antiseptic" surgery for many
years. On this practice was
based the idea that a good dash
of some such "strong" antisep
tic is adequate treatment for
wounds in general this notion
has been entertained by too
many physician! who should
know better. Rarerly does a lay
man comprehend the distinction
between antiseptic and aseptic
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
(Continued Prom Page One)
an idea that if they can get on
top of It they have it at their
mercy. But getting on top is
difficult in view of the loftier
range of the fortresses.
At any rate, very few of our
prize battle wagons of the
clouds have been lost in the far
eastern skies. Most of those
wrecked have been caught on
the ground. The only things
these ships respect are weather
and engine trouble.
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HITLER has a new tank. At
least he is selling it as new
to his adversaries. Fact is, he
has merely made a few additions
or corrections In his old medium
model, without changing the
model.
Three of the Improvements
are Important. The firepower
has been stepped up from 37
mm to 80 mm. A flame thrower
has been added to the equip
ment, no doubt to catch those
Russian guerillas who are al
ways prowling around at night,
tossing vials of explosives. Also
he has added armor In front, so
the tank can take greater blows
from straight ahead.
Gone Is tha day. when Hit
ler's new weapons cast fear. He
conceived this war and secretly
built slightly better weapons
than he thought he would have
to encounter at the outset.
But now everybody knows his
rcrets, and In the course of con
flict, his opposition has im
proved its weapons constantly
beyond his. What we have ad
ded to the flying fortress, for In
stance, is what has made It su
perior to any long range bomb
er.
No one can change mcdels
radically now. without throw
ing his production line out of
gear. The day of surprises is
waning. The mechanical basis
of the war has been set.
From now on it will be a war
of mass production and improve
ments. No nation has ever been
Brady. M. D.
VE MASKS
the layman suspects It is just
a dii 01 meaicai ungo calculated
to confuse the uninitiated. At
least that's the way it seems to
me when layman aescrirjes
how ha or she has used "anti
septic'" precautions.
ine aseptic era Degan wneu
nhvilalan. anrl aiirffona am llir-
f-j -
ed more knowledge of bacteri
ology and realized that it is
infinitely better to exclude
germs from the wound or from
the environment or dressings or
instruments or hands or cloth
ing or the air than It is to try to
kill or check development of
germs already present. I say
the aseptic era began with that
realization. It was ten or twenty
years in developing into any
thing resembling a practical
working plan or method. The
aseptic technique now univer
sally used was acquired by a
long process of scientifically
checked tests of various proced
ures, sort of a trial and error
system. In its present form it
can be learned, not in a month,
but only by years of training.
QUESTIONS ANSWER!
Belmtirie Netiect
Tmntj month, old child .Imply
will not empty bladder when on
toilet aeat. One or twice cnna oia
and when I pralaed it child looked
frightened but laughed at ama time.
This ra only after holding It a long
time. Older child was trained at age
of 16 months. Our doctor U at a loaa.
(E. D.)
Answer Many normal infanta do
not acquire control of bladder before
and of second Tear. Pay no attention
or anyway do not rnaaa such a fuse
about It, and presently tha child will
be all right.
Near aiihtrd
I am fifteen yeara of age and bav.
worn glaases for the past five year..
for nearalghtedneae. la thar. any cure
for nearsightedness or some way to
strengthen tha eye so I will not
hare to wear glasses? (J. B.)
Answer You should wear your
glasses as tha eye doctor advises
Spend as much time a. you can In
tha open air, and avoid all near or
cloae um of the ayea aa much a.
possible. Looking at distant scenery
or objects ts beet exercise. Trying to
go without glaaaea now la likely to
Increase the nearalghtedneae later.
Acid Ash. Alkalln Ash
Please give llsta of foods that leave
acid ash and foods that leave alka
line ash. (J. P.)
Answer Send twenty-five cent,
and .tamped envelops bearing your
address, for booklet "Feeders Digest,
which gives such llsta. t would not
recommend choosing foods on that
basis.
(Copyright 1841. John F. DUle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persona wishing to
rommnnlrate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D. tSS El
Camlno, Beverly Hills. Calif.
! better than the United States at
that game.
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THE sensational Jap raid on
Ceylon has been over-Inter
preted sometimes as prellmin
ary to invasion of India. Its
limited objective was somewhat
i like that of Pearl Harbor,
i When the Japs took Java, the
I British and Dutch sent their
' ships to Ceylon, a military
secret the Japs were not long
discovering. We sent ours on to
Australia, as they also well
knew.
The 75 Jap planes went into
Colombo from two or three air
craft carriers which had sneak
ed up southward of Ceylon.
They were seeking the British
and Dutch naval fighting ships
from Java.
Also the British apparently
were building some ship facili
ties there on the inner shore of
Ceylon, more than 100 miles
away from their established but
more exposed naval base at
Trincomalee.
In one respect the attack was
different from Pearl Harbor.
The British picked up news of
the Japs coming by scouting or
dectectors and were ready for
them.
LOCATE BODY OF
AVIATOR CRITES
Roseburg. Ore., April 8. .-
The bodv of Eugene Crites. 26,
of Roseburg. one of five fliers
I lost in a training flight from
;Minter field. Bakersfield, Calif.,
I March 18, was found two miles
jeast of Lebec, Calif., Monday, ac
l cording to an official arnout.ee
i ment received by friends here
last rutin. The five fliers dis
appeared while on a training
j mission at night over the Tha
Irhapi mountains. The death of
Crites occurred three days be
fore he was scheduled for gra
duation fpim flight training with
a commission as second lieuten
ant in the army air corps.
I The announcement stated that
Crites apparently was instar.Hy
killed in the crash. The body
iwas not burned.
I Cloalnt lime fcr Classified Ms
a m roe late to Classify 11 SO
p m.
Kelly's
Comment
Item Washington. D. C.
Little Induitry
To Get Chance
Blame Placed in
Airplane Slowup
Mining Induitry
May Get Loant
. Br John W. Kelly
Washington, D. C, April 8
A few days ago one of the
dollar-a-year men of WPB Boss
Donald Nelson announced that
small business should close up
shop and not waste the eco
nomic strength of the nation;
the war effort should be in the
hands of big business. Origin
ally, Nelson had some such idea
but he has changed with his
discovery that production must
be Increased. The United States
senate has now attempted to
solve the problem by setting up
a corporation (within WPB) de
voted exclusively to small busi
ness and authorizing $100,000,-
000. If it works many little in
dustries In the northwest will
be saved from extinction.
Unlike RFC, which expects
loans to be repaid and Jesse
Jones, who asks for good se
curity, the terms for small busi
ness will be more liberal. It Is
conceded by the senators that
many loans will never find
their way back to the treasury.
Considering the waste and ex
cessive profits now going on in
the war effort, the small losses
to be incurred will be negli
gible, and hasn't Nelson said to
produce and forget the cost?
The new corporation will act
as a prime contractor and let
sub-contracts to little industry
and these small shops will be
given the same attention as the
big corporations; the corpora
tion can buy land, expand
plants, provide equipment
THIS new set-up will be a
benefit to hundreds of garages
in the northwest and save them
from going out of business be
cause of the tire shortage. A
survey discloses that there are
many garages with welding
units, lathes, shapers and grind
ing machines, all tools that are
needed and can be used. Many
of the major lumber operators
have their own railroad equip
ment and their mechanics are
qualified and equipped to turn
out innumerable articles re
quiring steel and other metals
and they can make gondolas
and freight cars now badly
needed.
Scores of metal working shops
scattered from "one end to the
other of the three states are
capable of manufacturing some
thing for an airplane, if only
bolts and screws. The small
foundries, stove works, plywood
plants and some of the pulp
mills can do war work. All of
these industries have been ig
nored in the past, for procure
ment officers of army and navy
preferred to do business with
some 100 of the largest corpora
tions in the United States,
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TRUMAN senatorial commit
tee Investigating the war effort,
after a study of the bomber and
interceptor factories of the west
coast, charged that delay in pro
duction of these badly needed
airships is the fault or failure
of responsible government to
give sub-contracts to several
hundred small shops which
make the thousand-odd neces
sary parts entering into con
struction: the government pro
curement has been more anx
ious to expand the assembly
plants and overlook the shops
that make the gadgets. Senator
Mon C. Wallgren of Washing
ton signed this report.
For months a northwest little
factory, employing 600 work
ers, begged for a loan of $500,-
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Oregon Cities
In Assessed
University of Oregon, Eugene,
April 8. (Spl.) Both assessed
valuations and property tax
levies have Increased In the
cities of Oregon for the first six
months of 1942 it Is revealed in
a detailed study of tax rates in
195 Oregon cities for that period
which has just been released by
the bureau of municipal research
at the University of Oregon.
The 1941 Oregon legislature
changed the fiscal year for all
units of government to a year
beginning July 1 and ending
June 30. This has made M neces
sary for cities to prepare bud
gets for the six-month period
and these are the basis oi the
study made by the bureau.
City
. Assessed ValueCity Tax Amount of Per Capita
$305,949 085
Portland
Astoria
8,528,249
3.629,360
13,196.696
0,652,575
9.842,609
13.734,435
Bend
Eugene
Klamath Fall!
Medford ..........
Salem
000 to expand. This factory has
been offered $1,000,000 of
orders for a certain airplane
part; other airplane corpora
tions offered additional orders.
Nothing happened, although no
fighting plane can go into the
air and drop a bomb without
this item the little industry can
produce. Another northwest
concern, ready to turn out small
boats for the navy or make ma
chinery, could get nowhere
when its president came to the
national capital and offered his
services. The maker of those
heavy logging trucks which can
go anywhere in the forests and
emerge on the highway with
tons of plywood logs, offered to
build these trucks to carry
guns. He was turned down and
a big eastern corporation which
never made a logging truck was
given the contract.
The small business corpora
tion, authorized by the senate,
will stop this sort of attitude
on the part of the government.
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INDUSTRY Is being appealed
to "to do more," but the un
ending line of business men
whb come to Washington return
home empty handed and many
are compelled to close their
shops for want of material to
produce for civilian use. All this
the senate hopes to cure.
The mining industry, dormant
in Washington, Oregon and
Idaho, will be eligible for loans
from the $100,000,000. There is
a shortage of copper, line, lead,
tungsten, chrome and other
metals now buried in the ground
of the northwest. Red tape
hitherto has made it impossible
to obtain a government loan to
open ore deposits or work It.
For more than a year the old
OPM refused to clear any of
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R T U R N-prrftly tre
mendous" spirit among Ameri
cans and Filipinos battling Jspt
on Bataaa peninsula was re
ported by Francis B. Sam
(above), returned Philippine,
commissioner.
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See Increase
Values, Levies
Property tax levies of Oregon
cities for the period front Janu
ary I to June SO, 1842, aggre
gate $5,471,252 which is more
than one-half of any previous
total city levy for single year.
The 1941 levy was $10.38j,8J7.
The 1941 assessed valuation,
which serves as the base for the
six months levy of 1942, totals
$479,919,078 which is an in
crease of $49,179,780 over 1940.
Of the 195 cities reporting, there
was an increase in assessed
valuation in 138, a decrease In
52 and five remained the same.
The following table show
comparable tax data for cities in
Oregon of over 10,000 population
for the six-month period ending
June 30. 1942:
Levy
City Tax City Tax
(Mills)
11.8
$3,549,009
76,844
21,779
149.123
157,337
88,583
132.624
$11 62
7.40
2.1T
7.18
9 54
7.83
4 94
13 9
6.0
11.3
18.3
90
9.7
these mining properties, the dollar-a-year
men In charge not
wishing to sanction a develop,
ment that might come Into com
petition with the large oper
ators; at least that Is one report
current here.
Flight o Time
Medrord and Jack mm Coonty
HUtury from the rilri or lb Mall
Trlhun 10 and to jrrara au.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
April , 1932
(It was Friday)
Gov. Rnorvlt aaln. In .1...
for Democratic nnminaHnn enw
president, and hopes of many
lavorue sons flattened.
Fair with frost nredlrt
High 56. low 28 Hair... N
damage from frost last night.
, Revival of mining interest
hits county.
State police to round up auto
ists who have no 1932 lireno
plates.
Veterans start March to Wash
ington to plead for bonus. -
Highway commission vetoes
f u r t her emergency highway
work for Jobless.
Heavy snowfall past winter,
delays opening of Crater Lake
Tax collections so far better
in county,
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
April 8. 1922
(It was Sat t day)
Light fall of snow in Port,
land, and California has a cold
spell. Rain in the valley. High
65, low 32 degrees.
A. L. Parkhust to have charge
of Crater Lake lodge coming
Portland at bottom of Coast
league race.
Fear revolt in Ireland coming
week as tension grows.
Many injured in blizzard in
Missouri.
Secretary of Interior
leaves on coast trip.
Fall
America announces war
claims against Germany at
$415,000,000.
During the Civil war the naval
academy was moved from An
napolis to Newport, R. I.
Private motor vehicle owner
ship in the United States has
risen 20 per cent In the past dec
ade while government owner
ship of motor vehicles has In
creased 146 per cent.
Fur seals are mammals adapt
ed to an aquatic life.