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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1942. MEDFORDdftT&ISUra 4ala t HU rHWaW (Daily ' alr4ay tu)hf fry MCliruHD HHINTIHO 0& f-tft N.. Kit Bl fhom RoHtCRI W RUHU B1itr BHNBK1 ft Oil.. TRAP Hftnssav. Am In4pn4m Nwappr. fcataaraM aa aannnlt all a) at nallM Bt U4 tort Urtft, anlat A at March UTt ub:riptiow Kates mm Mali It i4nnMi Pally an Hurnia M rw-. Daily tad unlay all moo i ha... ril and lunlir-ls ft.tw.iha. . . 1M Daily t.sd tuntay - thra montha I 0 Dally and Ignrtar-month.. H By rarnar la Alnna fofd. Ah land Central Point. Jaenanlli. 0id Hill fUiffua Rir. phoanla, Taiaat ani aa wmr rooiaai Dally and lunrtay oo yaar Dailp And Sunday- ona month... .la All term aaah Advaac. Offh-tal Papa a tfc CM? 1 4tmr4 urrirtai rapt w AJKMIIKH 1IP fMlWIMMriCIlHt ftWetvlaa till Win rrU Tna Aawiattd Praaa aaomai-ai Mtillad tha vaa fot poMtoatio ! all awa diaoaiehae aral"a4 tt ariaa aradtiad ta ihia pa par. And aw U tna meat nawa dlapaiehaa harala ara a I f rad. MIMHCR 0 UHIIBD PUB UCVHCft OP AUOI1 BI'UBAO OF ClBCUhATlONi AdwttatDt RapraaaoiatJ WBA-T HOIX1DA CUMP.HI IWa OffloM Chicaia. Dalrolt San PranelacA Loa Angaiaa. aft Paruand. Bt to- Attain. Vi-.yw faVMiaH OlEdoOfLtfSrTrEI Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur imiMi "Flvlnst Fortresses" nd other wtrplinei have bombed Japanese held alrbases nd other position! near Manila, within sight of Corregidor. The brave, beseiged soldiers there, could hear the hum of the giant engines and the thunder of the TNT they dropped upon the foe. It was balm for their souls, and music to their ears. It was a message of hope and good cheer, alike to them and their home land. ' It was ominous news for the Land of the Rising Sun. Aerial forces that fly to Manila can fly to Tokyo, Yokohama, Osake and spread havoc In their Industrial centers. It Is the dawn of tha day of reckoning for Pearl Harbor dark day of treachery, the military leaders of Japan will remember longer than America. Buttons on new clothes will be made of wood. They won't sound as much like a quarter when dropped in the collection plate. The Vichy regime of France, with "Black Peter" Laval the top ace, charges they were "in sulted" by the United States Due to the depths of depravity, to which Vichy has sank, this was not thought possible. THE ?'NUDE DEAL" (Oregon G.O.P. Bulletin) "Oregon taxpayers don't mind being stripped to pay for national defense, but they do object, and strenuously so, to the hiring of dancers to "build morale.' Yes, our tax payers dislike being teased while they are being strip ped." A subscriber to the Anderson, Ind., weekly quit the paper with the following plaint to the edi tor: "There isn't enough paper In It to wrap lunches for my kids In school." a a a The purported nuttlness of Signor Mussolini of Italy Is an other case of retribution behind time, though his aboriginal cus sedness finally caught up with him. There is a decided sus picion Herr Hitler of Germany will soon become the answer to. a squirrel's prayer. e Harvard astronomers report a comet approached within a mil lion miles of the earth ere it turned away. This is the closest a comet has ever come, and, considering the general mess on earth, used good Judgment In retreating. The society pages of metro politan papers are now discuss ing the feminine problems of the "Peeping Slip" or Lapsus Lingerie, Eddie Rickenbacher, a World war filer predicts the war will last five years, the president says three and the editor of Col liers announces its conclusion soon after America takes the of fensive. These prophets have nothing on J. Wesley Bates, the tonsoriallst, who cheerfully opines it never will end. He is inclined to look on the dark side. BRACE UP, CAL8I "Moreover, they are kind of slumping In their looks. They wear rags over their hair when they go out instead of hats. They seem to be dressing a little less spiffily than we have a right to expect of them. Some of them are beginning to look like the horrors of war themselves, In antebellum clothing and In run over shoes and hats that look like the wrath of heaven." (Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.) Pes Mall rriDun eaat ads. Let s Not Overdo It DeWitt McKenzie, expert war analyst of the Associated Press, hails the spectacular raid of the Philippines by a U. S. bombing fleet from Australia, as the start of the American air offensive, and an exhibition of the strategy upon which we are "likely to depend" to crush the Japanese from the air. We quote : "Our leader (McArthur) has given Nippon a pre-vlew of the day when the sun over Pagan Tokyo will be obscured by an armada of American warplanea, for that la the way we ultimately shall exact retribution. When the Japs stuck a knife in Uncle Sam's back at Pearl Harbor they asked for trouble and they are going to get their bellies full when the United States if fully armed there is nothing on earth can stop it!" That is a rousing clarion call and good to hear, in the midst of dire "alarums" from all points of the compass, as to the sad progress of the United Nations cause. But we wonder if DeWitt McKenzie isn't allowing his enthusiasm over an exploit that warrants enthusi asm but is in no military sense decisive, to run away with his objective judgment just a bit i THIS department has repeatedly emphasized the tremendous value of air power. But on the other hand, we have never believed that this war, or any other, can be won by air power ALONE. It certainly can't be won by air bombers operating from bases 2000 miles away from their objectives, however destructive they may be. That in general describes this gallant U. S. dash from Australia to Manila and return. A LL hail to the valor of General Royce and his " men, they did a grand job and deserve all the medals and cheers they are receiving. But let's not overdo the celebration, and then have nothing but a headache for the morrow. Above all, let's not even by implication, give the impression that this foray from Australia marks any RADICAL change in the serious war situation; or that, s a result a coast-down-hill to victory is ours merely for the asking, i.e.: don't worry, just wait until Uncle Sam gets fully armed nothing can stop him 1 MO, we would put a soft pedal upon that particular ' brand of eagle-screaming if we were Mr. McKen zie. For as we see it such emotional extravagance does no good, and if his sanguine predictions month after month should fail to materialize, can only do harm as far as national morale is concerned. a By all means let us greet this daring air attack for what it was, an outstanding feat of arms and a genuine Yankee victory, the sort of dash and chance-taking that, we believe, WILL bring ultimate allied victory. But AT THE SAME TIME, let it NOT be forgot ten, that before Japan or any other country can be crushed from the air, we must have not only that armada that will "obscure the Nippon sun", but we must have NEARBY landing fields, and we mus have tanks and troops and guns, not in the air, but advancing, ON THE GROUND I IF this war could be won by air smash alone, London would have been occupied by Hitler a year ago. At least equality in the air is vital. Superiority is far better. But superiority in the air alone is not enough. It must be coordinated with superior force on land be fore any decisive victory can be won. This, we think, should be the background of such exuberance as Mr. DeWitt McKenzie today displays. Just An Idea We grant it is only an idea. But ideas are not only important in peace, they are also important in war, might well be ALL-important. And after reading Mr. McKenzie's poetic paean of triumph in today's wire we happened to run into the following brief, and unexciting dispatch : Dayton, Ohio: Goodyear Tlra & Rubber Co., Is testing automobile tires made without rubber. "We now have test cars on the road which ara running on tires without rubber" said an announcement. "We can make no further comment on tha development at this time." Tires without rubber! And who knows? perhaps when the war ends, and we have all the raw rubber we want, and more, rubber will be a drug on the market, for, The new synthetic rubber will be cheaper and better. CTRANGER things, in the realm of American ex- periment, research and invention have happened.. What reason is there to doubt they may happen again. More than that Isn't this the department where the United States with its system of free enterprise, industrial develop ment and resourcefulness, really IS supreme, with no nation in all the world coming within hailing dis tance? XE think so. Granted that in time America WILL have the strongest army, air fleet and navy in the world. Isn't there a possibility, at least, that the final knock-out blow will come before then and not from any military department but from some obscure laboratory, where a young chap in overalls, has been using noth ing but test tubes, strange gadgets and his BRAINS, since the Japs attacked Pearl harbor? We repeat it is only.an idea. But we venture to say if any secret "knockout" weapon is perfected, Ameri can ingenuity will perfect it Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining f personal beelta IM Dsgtena, aoc U Sleaaje aiagiiuei. or treatment, will a lumri by Di Brad II a stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Lltcrt should be brief and written la Ink Owing to lh large number of letters received only a lew ran be enssered here. No reply can be made to querlea doc conforming to tnktrnetlona addreas Dr. Mllllaro Brad', tit EJ Camloo. BeeertT UIIU, CaJlt. YOUR It Is unfortunate that the word 'nervous" has so many different meanings. Some of the mean ings are not at all what you and I are thinking of. Webster says nervous means Sinewy, strong, vigorous. Pos sessing or man ifesting vigor of mind: char acterized b y strength of thought, feel ing or style; forcible; spirit ed. Full of or abounding In nerves, as the nervous parts. Pertaining to or having the quality of nerves Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited. Hence, timid; fearful, apprehensive. That la bad enough, but the loose or uncertain significance of the term in Webster's sixth sense Is worse. Who can tell what anybody means when he says he is nervous? If it means the Individual is easily excited, timid, fearful or apprehensive, then far be it from me to quarrel with any one about it. I'm too nervous. Not even Webster can explain what "having the nerves weak" means. Mere physiologists have never recognized "nerve ener gy" or "strong nerves" or "weak nerves' or "nervous exhaus tion," but evidently Noah Web ster knew better too bad Noah carried his secret to the grave with him. No matter, definition 'having the nerves weak" still stands, and what can a mere phsysiologlst, much less a pny sician do about it? If Webster omitted the traditional concep tion other dictionaries might play it up all the more, and competition Is the life of the dictionary business too. Let no sophomore rebuke me for teaching that the complaints ailments or disabilities of people who purport to have "weak nerves," "nervous exhaustion," "neurasthenia." are imaginary, for I know only too well that in the majority of such cases the condition so readily attributed to "weak nerves' or "nervous breakdown" or "nervous pros tratlon" is as real as appendicitis or tuberculosis. The term "neurotic," too, means (Continued Prom Page One) air corps are being made con stantly but the main pattern is still followed. The objection to having group bases too chb together was waived when a base was authorized for Walla Valla, not IS minutes flying lime from the base at Pendle ton, about 40 miles away. Othet group bases In as close proxim ity are being planned and may be expected. On the norm snore oi me Columbia, opposite The Dalles, an Important development Is in the blueprint stage. The air field c RHmnnri la belns! tremen dously expanded. The Salem airport is growing far Deyono any landing field. Klamath. Medford. Coos Bay, Ontario, Hlllsboro and a mess of com munities In northern Washing ton are having air facilities ex nanrlpd. From the Rocky moun tains to the Pacific w-.ll even tually be established the great est and strongest aerial defense ir. ih United States and it will extend from Alaska to the Mexican border. e e a IT Is a military secret, the number of flying fortresses be ing produced each week and ninnth hv the Boetnl nlants. but these assembly plants are up to schedule and will turn out their ov.ota of 60,000 planes President Rnnvlt asked for this vtar. IThe Booing outfit Is also work ing on orders for the British A hint ran be given In what air production now means in build ng up air power. The British announced that about 25 Dlanrs are ferned across the north At Itnhc eery day, say one an hour. This ta about 730 Dlanes of the Urgest type delivered in Ennlanrl everv month. These giants of the air are made on the Pacific coast and flown to 'heir destination. The north At Ikntic flight ia made in an aver. cge of 12 hours and every bit ul space not utilized by the ciew ATjjyrHE Brady. M. D. NERVES almost anything you like. As an adjective it means affected with neurosis; as a noun it means an individual with neurosis. A neurosis is a functional disorder of the nervous system without demonstrable organic or struc tural lesion or change whereby the diagnosis can be made by the medical examiner or pathol ogist. For example, epilepsy, hysteria, writer's cramp. Noth ing imaginary about an epi leptic seizure or a hysterical aphonia (loss of voice), let us say, but either condition may be feigned. Keep in mind the fundamen tal fact that, so far as physiology goes, there is no energy pro duced by the nerves or nervous system and practically none used or expended in the func tioning of the nerves or the brain. Brain or nerve centers and nerves merely receive and carry Impulses, and this func tion exhausts or wears the r.erves out no more than carry ing impulses exhausts or wears out telephone or telegraph wires QUESTIONS ANSWERS Wheat Germ Wheat germ, aapacially tba kind aold by 1 torts here, beau all tha puis and capaulea and U appe tising to eat at breakfaat or any other time. (J. w. B.) Aniwer Tea, I hare found tt good to eat. Brery one abould keep on hand a supply of plain wheat, or at least aome wheat germ, and uao It tn the everyday dietary, suggestions given In pamphlet "Wheat to Eat" mailed on request, If you provide eumped envelope bearing your ad dreas. Apology to Dentist Dentist aomewhera will receive no reply to hta courteous letter, because Or Doc Brady absent-mindedly drop ped the dentist's letter, with aeveral Items of Intrinsic value. Into the Incinerator, where they were consum ed by flamea before be could snatch them back. I'm sorry and hope the dentist may forgive me. Quinine Wa have found quinine not only tha beat prophylactlo against crt and grip but also a real help In overcom ing the tobacco habit. (8. C ) Answer Tell me more about It. On request I am glad to send "Quinine in Modern Medicine" to any reader who provides stamped envelope bearing bla address. (Copyright 1943. John P. Dllle Co.) Ed Note: Peruana wtahlns to roinmunlrate with Dr. Brady should send letlei direct to Or William Brady, M D. C6S El Canilno. Beverly Hills, Calif. is filled with medical and other supplies. Other planes are being flown to Australia to reinforce Mac Arthur; still others fly from the west coast to South America cross the Atlantic to Africa, cross Africa to the Red son destined for the RAF Single sealers are crated and sent by steamer to Suez, to Murmansk for Russia. A stream has been flying to China. a a THE planes sent abroad are not Included in the president's order for 80,000 this year and 123,000 next year In the 185, 000 to be comDleted bv Decern. bcr 1943, not all will be combat planes: there will be thmisanrie of trainers for the 70.000 pilots to d educated this year and next. As rapidly as they can be spared from elsewhere, armv and navy planes are now going to me oases in Alaska and the Aleutian peninsula, from which points there ia a belief the United States will strike at Japan some day when the grand offensive is ready. a LATEST proposal from cer tain automobile dealers of Wash ington and Oregon, and possibly speaking for tha trade, is tnat RFC make loans to them with the frozen autos and trucks aa security. They state that mar.y dealers are. now busted and others will have to go through bankruptcy unless then can find financial assistance somewhere. One auto factory has offered lo take back its frozen cars In the hands of dealers but the offer has been made to only a limited number. Congress is advised that there are, in the country, 500,000 passenger cars and ISO, 000 trucks, none of which can be sold except to a very fw individuals and have been grant ed exceptions by office of price administration. With each pass ing month the plight of the northwest auto dealers becomes more acute, with overhead pil ing up and no way of meeting It Leon Henderson is about to freeze retail prices of almost everything from shoes to hats This Is the plsn which Ban.ey Baruch has been proposing for he past two years, but as Ute as three months s HnH..n objected. As cost of living goes up ne is oi a different opinion If Inflation is to be curbed. Red lights are far more diffi cult for enemy airmen to see than blue lights, according to the wax department. LEADERDISCLOSES American Machines Brought Back 44 Passengers From Philippines, Also Revealed. Surprise For Japs United States Army Head quarters in Australia, April 16 (P) Consternation as well as made-in-the-U.S.A. bombs hit the Japanese when the aerial task force of Briga dier General Ralph Royce smashed at the Philippines, its leader related today. "The raids obviously threw the Japanese into terrific panic," Royce said. "You can imagine their bewilderment when, suddenly out of the sky, appeared a big bunch of bombers which let loose everything on them. 'They didn't know where the bombers came from and the radio used up all the ether for the whole of Sun day trying to find out where we were coming from and means for stopping us." By C. Yates McDsnlal United States Army Head quarters in Australia, April 16 iJP) Brig. Gen. Ralph Royce, volunteer leader of the bomber squadron which delivered the United States' first long distance smash in the Philippines, dis closed today that the raiders used a . base hidden in the islands, protected by fighter planes, and provisioned it for future use. Twelve planes of the 13 which for two days wrought de struction and dismay among the enemy at the start of the week ferried 44 passengers on their return trip to Australia 10 crewmen from a fortress bomb er lost on the foray and 34 army men and civilians from Bataan, Corregidor and other island points. Mostly Airmen Most of the evacuees were air men, indicating that while, the Americans still have fighting planes in the Islands, as Royce said, they have a surfeit of men to fly. them. Royce said that the morale of the men left behind was excel lent, especially now that they have plenty of food. The Amer ican fighter planes cooperated with the Australia-based bomb ers, shooting down two Japa nese planes that tried to attack the bomber squadron. The hidden field served the 10 medium and three fortress bombers as a forward base on their 4,000-mile roundtrlp at tack. The fortress craft lost on the flight was grounded there, having an engine changed, when a Japanese bombhit destroyed it in flames. The advance base may figure prominently in future attacks, for the assaults of last Sunday and Monday were acclaimed here as only a sample of heav ier blows still to be delivered in A NEW TASTE THRILL FOR OREGON 1 (GriOT 1M ( ftyv nun Here is t whiskey (although not a bood and bottled at 86 proof instead of 100 proof) that has every thing1 you'll find in the finest 4-year-old bonded bourbons. It's mellow, rich and M-I-L-D ! It has what it takes for full-bodied highballs and rich, mixed drinks, and yet yon can really enjoy it straight Best of all it's priced M per cent less than the aver age of thebottled-in-bond bourbons sold in S7 U G&W Bonded Stock OOP D I HAM 1 an effort to turn the tide of bat tle in the southwest Pacific. Shows Tide Turn Indeed, Australia's prime min ister, John Curt in. declared to day that the Royce exploit show ed that the tide of war was turning against Japan. He added that it was but the first drive into the heart of Japanese military positions and in time would be followed by the operations of vast air fields. United States Army Head quarters in Australia, April 16 () General MacArthur's headquarters announced today the names of 25 service men and civilians who were brought to Australia yesterday by the American bomber squadron re turning from the attack on Jap anese bases in the Philippine islands. Among them was Cap tain Jesus Villamor, the Filipino flying ace. Others among the first names Issued were: Frank Hewlett, United Press correspondent, Pocatello, Idaho. Nat Floyd, Manila Bulletin, New York Times correspondent. Lleut.-Col. Chi Wang, Chinese liaison officer with the Bataan forces. Also listed with Capt. Villa mor, were these air corps offi cers: ' Col. Charles Backes, Capt. Joseph Moore, Capt. Henry Thorne, Capt. Harvey Whitfield and Lieutenants Wienart, Thom as Gerrity and Conley; Col. Fisher, U. S. army and Lieut. Col. W. B. Kinnard, U. S. army The party also included 12 others whose names were not immediately announced. They were four enlisted men in the signal corps, three bombardiers and five navigators enlisted men and non-commissioned officers. E Staff Sergeant Walter L. Clemens of the United States marine corps will be in the Post Office building from 10 a. m. to S p. m. the remainder of the week for the purpose of inter viewing those interested in en listing in the corps. The ages are from 17 to 30 years for the regulars and the duration of the war, and from 30 to 50 "years of age for those enlisting in the class four reserves. Ex-service men who served in the last war are urged to investigate the ad vantages offered in enlisting in the reserves. ARE SOUGHT HERE NOTICE DANCERS In compliance with the state law all Saturday night dances will close at 1:00 a. m. Midweek dances will close at 12 o'clock, midnight. The following prices will be effective starting Saturday. April IB. MIDWEEK DANCES: Men. 69c: Ladles, lie. Including tax SATURDAY NITE DANCESt Men $1.10, including tax Ladies FREE OASIS Eagle Point ORIENTAL GARDENS Medford DREAMLAND Medford TOWNSEND CLUB DANCES These popular dancing places will feature UNION BANDS Pl I (Ti MM . (fcaiafit efts' a IjliJ II WOITS, LIMITED DETROIT, MICHIOAN Flight o Time Mrdfnrd and JarksoD Coanty History from tba ruea af toe stall Tribune I and ta fear age- TEN YEARS AGO TODAY April IS, 1932 (It was Saturday) Optimism again features search for Col. Lindbergh's kidnapped Cloudy with showers. High 63, low 41 degrees. Democrats of nation split b Al Smith's split with Roosevelt Kitten ball schedule to start Monday evening. County Democrats center Iff terest In race for sheriff. Regis tration totals 16.305, highest in history. Ashland couple confess string cf burglaries here. Telephone call- to Col. Lind bergh says kidnaped son is la A Detroit. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAT April 16, 1922 (It was Sunday) Senate urged to maintain army at Panama Canal. Tornado in Illinois kills eight, with high property loss. Films of Fatty Arbuckle r cently acquitted of manslaughter charge do big business in south. Champion Jack Dempsey may appear in two fights in London. More frost predicted. High 48, low 29 degrees. Modoc or chards first to light pots Sun day morning. Methodists hold sunrise lerv ices on Pierce hill in a snow-Q storm. Dim auto lights or pay flnsj is official edict. Pool hall at Phoenix burns! loss $5,000. STATE GUARDS BARRED FROM CIVIL DEFENSE Salem. April lo (JPh-Thm state civilian defense council warned today that members of the state guard or any guerilla group may not hold key posi tions In the citizens defense) corps. The council explained that ia an emergency, there might be a "conflict of duty which could lead only to confusion and in efficiency." Closing time for Classified Ada a. m. too lata to Classify 13 30 o
