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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1942. MEDFORDSJi&TRIBUNE "Bfwytii to iMlhfTi Otifii Bm lata at II THtaw." tolly ktirvfj Batvrdap Put.ll.hM by HEDPORD PlNTINO CO. M il Narta rir SI. fhoaa 1141 ROBERT W RI'HU B1IIM-. CRN BIT ft. OIUTRAP. Manaaer. As tadapandaat Nawapapar. Bntr4 mm aaef4 claaa matter- at M4 fare. Ortfoi, ajaitar Act March I. ai'BBTRIPTIOM KATES Br MIl In A4var: Daily ana" Bun-ltr m raar ft 4t PaJlf and Ihiaday 1 tnaaiha... II Dally an Sunday lhr month! I Dally and Suaday Mi month... -T By Can-tar la AtWeara 114 for4, Aah land. Central PaIM. Jarkamvllla. OaI Ht II, Rofoa Rlvar. Fheanlt, Talant. and a mcmr rout: Pallif aj4 Saa.lay 7ar M Le.lly and Sqnday -ana month... All tarma eaah la adaita, Official faiMv f tha City f MMfarS OHIHaJ rapav af Jarh Canty IfFMRKR OF TRK ARWfUTM PRBM KswaUlav Fall Lal Wlra Srvlra Tha Awlatad Praaa la claa!aly ntlllad la tha vaa for eublleatloa af all mwi dtapatrhaa eradllad ta It ar athar wlea aradttad ta thla papar. and slaa ta tha local nawa pt.Bl.ahe4 harain. All rlrhta for publlratlaa af apaeiaj tjlapatchaa harala ara alae raaarad. MEMBER OF UNITED PRESS MEMBRA OP AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS Advartlatni Rapraaantatlaa WKftT-HOLMDAT COM FA NT. INC Offl"M Ntw Tark. Chleaia. Patrelf. - t At'" FoKlaadC SU Laola. Atlanta, Vaaeaoar. B. C. oitdoOiursu fmiiMUytjuTui Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry There is came for rejoicing over the American naval victory at Midway last week though there li warning from Washing ton, for the people not to feel too gay, and maintain digni fied pessimism. The crafty Nipponese sent the bulk of their ream fleet crafts out for what they thought would be an easy victory, and are now skedad dling for home bases, with 13 to IS crafts sunk, and considerable craftiness shot out of them. The Hoe was out-thought and out fought. It is officially and cau tiously admitted the "enemy has not been defeated yet. They have withdrawn. They have only run away, to try and fight another day. Members of the Women's Auxiliary army don't like the hats they are issued. It is pre sumed the complaints are based on the grounds, they look like a hat. 'Brave Finland, has to be brave some more. Herr Hitler is In their midst on a visit When hard luck starts on nation or a man, it never stops. Farmers report cheat weeds are plentiful, and they have taken steps to hornswoggle them. e a a An expert writing In a na tional megazlne declares most of the walking Is 'unscientific and incorrect', and 'ignores the center of gravity in the body'. It looks like people would be able to do what little walking they do properly. Instead they put one foot in front of the other, like they drive an auto. Accord ing to the article, the average walker does nothing right, ex cept as a rule he Is generally headed, in the general direction of where he Is going. NAZI MIND AT WORK (Press Dispatch) "It takes several days for visitors from Coloana to loosen up and talk. The first day they say nothing at all. A day or two later, in re sponse to curious prodding, they declare that all the bombs were duds and did not damage. Then, a few days later, they admit that they never want to experience an other such night. ... DIRE THREAT Dear Mr. Headquarters: My husband was induced into the surface long month ago and I ain't received no pay from him since he was gone. Please send me elopement as I have a four-month-old baby and he is my only support and I need it every day to buy food and keep us en closed. I am a poor woman and all thst I have is at the front. Both sides of my parents are very old and I ran't suspect anything from them as my mo ther has been In bed 13 years with one doctor and she won't fake another. My husband is in charge of a spittoon. Do I get anymore than I'm going to get? Please, send me a wife form to fill out. I have already written to Mr. Roosevelt and got no answer and if I do not hear from you I will write to Uncle Sain about him and you. Very Truly, Mrs. . P. S. My husband says he sits In the YMCA every night with the piano playing in his uni form. I think you can find him ' lhr llllvmim iWnkl Olvm-' pian). Canada recently released 72 million whitefish fry into the waters of the eastern end of Lake Eri' I Editorial Correspondence Washington, D. C, June changed in another direction, le: The active press la no longer the source of the low-down on what is REALLY happening In this man's war. The last thing the government thinks of doing is tion to the newspapers. No. there are two wars going One is the war one reads about In the newspapers. The other Is the real war. which no one reads about except a few of the higher-ups, and particularly the Secretary of State's office. We happen to have an old friend in the latter department, so we became wise to this important change in the news picture. Even men like Mallon and the MERRY GO 'ROUND BOYS, he claims, are now on the outside looking in, being known, all over the place, they are the last to have an Inside track, or be allowed to get near the secret sources, bo they are greatly disgruntled and have to do the best they can from their old news stands, which are today no news sources at all, for like the old "Behind the News" lads they are marked men, spot. Our friend claims he could make a banner on the front page every hour of the day, If he only cared to, and didn't mind losing his Job, but he happens to be not only a very conscientious person but a very ambitious one. We nature out of him, didn't try very hard, in fact, when we saw what the situation was. But there Is no doubt the general staff and the state department are fighting the politicians ANOTHER. We asked our friend one of our favorite questions: "Where is the U. S. Asiatic fleet?" He looked very mysterious and replied "Just wait a bit, perhaps three One of the Oregon delegation fairs committee said much the "Jutland" is brewing In the Pacific. Who knows? Yes, and another thing happened while we were at Richmond, John Barrymore died. He departed for parts unknown at a com- paratively early age, as longevity goes in these super-hygenic times, only 60, yet certainly from an artistic standpoint he lived too long. The last five or six years marked a shocking decline, and it must have grieved those who really loved him (and undoubtedly many did) to see him lose his skill, He was truly a great actor for a as long as he kept his physical health and his spiritual integrity. We have become more convinced than ever before on this trip that the highest physical development In this democracy will be reached on the Pacific coast, tlutt had Columbus landed on the Pacific rather than the Atlantic coast, we would long since have become a race of supermen. When we travel through the tenement districts of the national capital, yes and New York and Chicago at this time of year, we wonder the contrast between the Atlantic and Pacific death rate isn't even more startling than it Is. Of course there is another side to the picture. Those who do reach maturity in this climate have to be tough. After walking out to the Wash ington monument and back today, the best thing we can Imagine In this man's town Is a roomette on the Liberty Limited heading into the setting sunt There are not only two wars being fought here, but there are two political games being played, consumption. Since the 7th of last hill is 100 for this war in PUBLIC, but if the truth could be known (It CAN'T be) the world many members of the congress are privately as strongly against this war as they ever were, and are convinced the time Is coming eventually when opposition to the war will bring them votes, not lose them. No one who has been here a week, with their eyes and ears reasonably open, would deny this assertion for an instant, there is one war attitude on the stage, quite another one behind the scenes. Very few people understand ports are received by the government. They come to the three main departments, war, navy and that the government believes the and for six months now, large given out. Then there are the censored ques from all the world powers at placed on any of these, except where bad news is concerned. That Is, when Germany, Italy or Japan tured by the enemy, the news can port victories on the other hand, the reports MAY be true, they are or grossly exaggerted. The same is true of all other States. In modern warfare, publicity is an important part of mili tary strategy, a nation that started out to tell the truth about the progress of the war, would soon to abandon such a course. In other words the true history ed In the various departments of rosa, probably not more than a dozen high officials knowing the record exactly as it exists. Those dozen must know it, the war might be lost in six months if they didn't. But the people don't. While Washington has changed in several directions since Feb ruary as before noted. In one direction there unfortunately has been little change. There Is still a strong belief In government circles not only that all the facts can't be told (which is correct) but that the American people are so constituted that they must be given a sugar-coated version of the war (which Isn't correct). We still be lieve there will be a rude awakening on the part of the American rank and file one of these days, which may seriously Impair na tional morale, and those who have directed and determined our war publicity (and ONLY they) will be to blame for it. R.W.R. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued From Page One) ial acquisitions for friends. If the" first reasonable request Is granted a dangerous and embar rassing course would be opened up. Whatever diplomatic repre sentations were made bv Rus sia can dt'finltely be assumed to have been rejected. a a a IT Is not thought likely that poison gas will ever be used In this war. except In sue.) lim ited circumstances as already re ported in China and on the Rus sian front. It would Just not be worth while from a military stand point for anyone to use gas' bombs against citlrs like Wash- Ingtnn. London. Tokyo or Her lin. To create any effect, a ire-1 3. (Delayed) Washington has war news. to send its confidential informa on. ' trusted foreign affairs group In the and can't get near the news hot were able to get utue oi a aeiiniie ONE war, the news boys and more days and you may find out! who is a member of the naval af same thing. So perhaps another his self-esteem and his dignity. time, but only for a time, only one for private, one for public December everyone on capitol would be shocked to find out how that the only uncensored war re state. Only the portions of them people should hear are given out sections of them have never been . reports, the official war communi war. Very little reliance can be report ships sunk or places cap be relied upon. When they re they can't be relied upon, for while far more likely to be either false belligerents. Including the United be forced by military necessity of this war is now being record this government, but entirely sub mendotis amount of gas would be required. Hundreds of planes would be necessary for any Important raid. No military advantages would accrue because civilians alone would suffer. Why carry gas against civilians when the same number of planes can Inflict real military damage with Incendi aries and explosives? Use of gas against seaside mil itary objectives like Midway. Pearl Harbor. Dutch Harbor, etc., is even more improbable, constant sea brrrzes would keep it from being effective. Gas is a wholly Ineffective weapon In a war of movement which this war has turned out to be In Europe and the Far Kast. It was usable In the first World War. because then fight ing was limited to trenches and positions were stabilized. About the only real use for It now (aside from possible at tempts at terrorization) Is at points where the enemy must hold or advance through narrow places, especially low marshy ground. A rrtreatintt force es pecially, under these conditions, could effectively use gas to de lay an enemy advance. Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining t" rereanal heallb ens ntglene. noc ta dliea se ilagnuei ar tm'wil, mil ka answered as rr uradi if a scamped self addressed envelope la enclosed Lellsre mould ka brief and written la Ins Owing ta the large number af letters recalled anil a tea ran be answered bera. ha reply can be made ta querlea not conforming to Instruction, address Of. Milium Bradf. 164 CI Camlno. Bevarlf Hills. Calif. VITAMINS ARE HARMLESS Every little while one runs across an odd remark like this in current medical literature: " "Carefully controlled o b -servations o n the use of vita mins A and D" (for preven tion of com mon respira tions., "colds," as this author calls them) "a r e disap pointing, and in a recent re- Dr. Brady port Clausen suggested that too much vitamin A may pre-dispose a child to res piratory tract infection." Clausen "iigetd" that too much vitamin A "may" do harm. In other words, Clausen merely indulged in speculation about that, and evidently had no scientific evidence upon which to base his vague suspicion. Entirely too much of that sort of thing in medical literature, both current medical magazines and standard or classic works. I hae been badly deceived by It more than once In my profes sional life, at a time when I took medical authorities at face val ue, and I resent It and feel it my duty to expose It whenever I can, for the benefit of young doctors who may be similarly deceived by It. and indirectly for the welfare of the public. In my files are abstracts of more than ten thousand scien tific articles on vitamins, and not one authenticated report of any report of harm or injury to child or adult by a vitamin. There Is one instance of sui cide of man who came to Amer ica from Europe about eight vears ago. and it was assumed the man had taken for several davs enormous amounts of vita min D many millions of units whether with suicidal Intent or not. Anyway, the scientific or pathological evidence on which the fatality was ascribed to vitamin D was extremely questionable. Then there is or was a vague rumor afloat sev eral years ago concerning an In fant whose mother, by mistake, administered a daily teaspoon ful of vlosterol (solution of vita min D In oil), or as much vita min D as the infant would get in several ounces of cod liver oil. The infant died and some areas of calcification were found "pHE Japs need not deny that a thpv hnvA iir1 n nn ?n nr more occasions In their war In China. A place where they re lied heavily on this hated wea pon was at Ichang at the head of the Yangtze river. The Japs had taken that town and the Chinese were counter attacking. The Japs stopped the counter-attack by laying down a gas barrage. Again, In recent weeks, the Jnps used gas around Kinhwa. The Chinese held the city for seven days against Jap attacks until heavy barrages of gas shells were fired Into the town. On most of the other occa sions the use was limited and in some, experimental. a e IT is strange, but true, to learn about prospective gas tcrriza tlon in this war. that few ad vances in its demoniacal effici "a Tiger, Lady, and Generalissmo !. T 11 Br. a. im) t: A- U '. " a !"-' .' v'i U . . - a. IT Brig. Can. Claire L. Chennault daft), commander of thai American volunteer group, the lamed "Flying Tigers." chats with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at Kurr -iij. China. 1 during a visit thata by the generalissimo and his wife. The build I ing in Back oi tnero Dears camouflage paint. I Brady. M. D. in the lungs. Even If the story is true it by no means indicates that too much vitamin D would cause calcification or deposits of calcium salts in any part of the body. Such areas of calcifica tion occur naturally in thous ands of persons who have never taken vitamin D, other than that in food. It is time for physicians, at least, to cease indulging in fancy and try to digest the facts. 'Too much" vitamin or vita mins may be wasteful and of no benefit in a given Insance but never can do any harm. qi'ESTIONS ANSWERS Adrenalin Daughter. 14. has been lulu adren alin spray for about rive years. Tears ago front teeth became diiwvior-d Dentist can do nothing. Physicians ay It li from the adrenalin. What can be dona to remove tha stain? Answer Sorry. I have no Idea never before heard of such untoward effect. You do not mention the trouble fcr which daughter uses ad renalln spray. 8end stamped envel ope bearing your address, for pamph let -Relief for Allergy." Tall Bona What can be done for a stiff coc cyx? (W. J. H.) Answer The coccyx ta tha tip of the spine. It U normally Immovable or only slightly movable. Rust Would appreciate Information con cerning r-vrmful effects exposure to rust would have on a person, work ing wtth air gun and stiff wire brush removlrwr rust from ship the air Is constantly full of fine dust. The respirator supplied by the company Isn't 100 effective. It. H.) Answer Aside from mild chronic "catarrhal" condition of nose, throat and bronchial tubes It la not likely to cause aerlous trouble. Night Blind new Row much and what kind of vita to take for night blindness. Have tried riboflavin but It has no apparent ef fect. No physical trouble with eyes, doctor said. (Mrs. C. M.) Answer 100.000 units natural vita min A (not carotene) dally for a week. If no evident Improvement tn that time It la ueeleaa to continue It longer. Tellow Skin Rave been taking lodln ration for several years, feeling fine, only hands, soles and sides of face have become yellow. (J. M.) Answer Iodine haa nothing to do with It. Possibly the yellow stain In skin Is from eating too much carrot. (Copyright 1943, John P. Dllle Co.) Ed Note: reman wishing to rnmmiintmte with Dr. Brady should iflMl lettet direct to Dr William Brady. M O. tIS EJ ramlnn. Beverly mils, Calif. ency have been made by any na tion since the last war. The im provements are nothing like those in the use of aviation, tanks and artillery. Chlorine and mustard types of the World War are still the main ones. The stuff we heard about the Germans having a nerve gas which temporarily froze adver saries on the Belgian and Dutch border was Just that stuff. Both in Russia and in Japan, the enemy has used gas mostly In mortar shelU at a range of 300 or 400 yards. Occasionally a withdrawing force has left gas mines behind. If anyone starts anything we are well supplied for that meth od of warfare. Gas can be pro duced easily and in great quan tities. The shells are easily made. Mr. Roosevelt's waring there fore will no doubt be effective. iaT--l Kelly's Comment Froaa Washington. D. & Tariff Barrier Go By Wayside Hero Cavalcade To Pep Morale Olympia Oysters Victim of Drill By John W. rally Washington, D. C. June ft Tariff barriers have crumbled under a presidential order on any commodity purchased abroad by the secretary of agri culture and Imported for war purposes. This also extends to foreign purchases by reconstruc tion finance corporation or its various subsidiaries, the war de partment and the navy. Farm ers, naturally, are most con cemed with what Claud Wick- ard, secretary of agriculture, may do and the possibility of the secretary bringing m quan tities of commodities which will compete with domestic pro ducts. For the time being, at least, the farmers need not be alarmed. Jesse H. Jones, secretary of commerce and head of RFC, has for a year dodged payment of duty on shipments which he was causing brought to stockpiles on Puget sound and Columbia river. Mr. Jones said there was no sense in the government pay ing duty on materials brought in for national defense. He said it was simply taking money out of one pocket and putting it in an other, so Mr. Jones did some bookkeeping which solved the problem insofar as he was con cerned. This applied to a num ber of articles, such as copper, etc., which are so badly needed. Agriculture is something else. The materials imported by RFC are scarce In the United states. A birdseye view of agriculture indicates that there is no scar city of any commodity wheat, com, cattle or anything else from the farm. (Could use more wool, but submarines interfere). Explanation of the executive or der to the secretary of agricul ture is that the president is looking ahead to the time when it may be essential to bring In certain agricultural products. The order applies to lumber and shingles from British Col umbia and the theory that trees are a crop the same as grain. . e BEING contemplated is a "cavalcade of heroes" to make a tour of the country to streng then morale and pep the people in the war fever. At the head of the cavalcade is to be Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, who led the bombing attack on Tokyo. As headliner, he will be supported by an all-star cast of outstand ing aces who have been devel oped in the war in the past six months. One of the purposes of the tour would be the sale of war bonds as the heroes would be a bigger drawing card than the recent cavalcade of movie stars. Although Jimmy's group prac ticed in eastern Washington and Oregon, working out of Pendle ton air field, and there were a number of boys from the north west Jimmy is the only one who will be in the cavalcade, his associates still being, presum ably, at Shangri-La. Wherever Shangri-La may be (it is an of ficial secret) the Japanese sus pect that it is somewhere in China and this is the explana tion given for the Kips now making a drive to push the Chi nese further inland and controll ing the China coast so it cannot be used as a Jumping off place 1 when Jimmy bombs Tokyo again. a a THE Japanese "drill," which may be considered as boring from within, has become so destructive to the high priced Olympia oysters that extinction of this native bivalve Is threat ened, according to a statement made to the senate committee on appropriations. This "drill" was imported along with the seed oysters from Japan. Plea for a federal investigation to overcome the Japanese "drill" was declared Justified because of the high nutritive value of the Pacific coast oyster, which is higher in glycogen and other solids than eastern oysters; the necessity of increasing this type of sea food to compensation for the decrease in high-seas fisher ies, and because the largest portion of the oysters produced on the coast Is used for canning. The Investigation has been re quested by the department of iisheiies of the state of Wash ington and by a similar organi zation in Oregon, as both states have an oyster Industry, a ABOUT 250.000 meat dealers are to be pressed into war work. They will display posters where housewives can see them readily when they come to buy soup bone or porterhouse. Housewiv es of the northwest will soon be requested to save the fats and oils left over from cooking and give these materials to the meat shops. Behind this newest drive Is tha need for glycerin and the I At Tank Show For Yanks r ! w " - V ex o .-d nn o UN J. IfU W 1 fS-a. General Richard K. Sutherland (left), of the U. S. army, and Colonel W. D. Watson, Austral! an army tank designer, stood be. fore one of the heavy Australian-built cruiser tanks at a display of equipment given by the Australians for newly arrived Amor lean soldiers. fact that the packing plants, which have been directed to slice off all fats from meats, cannot produce enough. Before Dec. 7, 1941, bulk of the gly cerin supplies came in the form of oils (copra) from the south western Pacific and these oils were a worry to farmers for cer tain of the vegetable oils were used in the manufacture of gly cerin. The collecting will start as soon as the posters are ready for distribution to butcher shops throughout the country. DR. CmSSERWILL L Southern Oregon Medical soc iety will hold its 51st annual meeting Saturday at Chalker's In on the Rogue river with a dentists of Jackson and Klam ath counties invited as special guests. Several noted speakers have been obtained for the meet ing, which is sponsored by the oldest medical society in the state of Oregon. Dr. Leo Oleosser, professor of clinical surgery, Stanford uni versity, who spent considerable time in Spain during the revo lution, will talk on "Treatment of Compound Fractures in War '.ime." Dr. Henry Cline Fixott, pro f e s s o r radiography, Jurispru dence, and economics at North Pacific Dental college, Portland, will discuss "Planigraphy of the Teeth and Head." The program will follow a business session at 2 p. m. and at 7 p. m. a banquet will be served. The society was organized In 1892 with 15 members, none of whom are living. Dr. E. P. Geary of this city was first president and Dr. E. B. Pickel, also of this city, was first secreta.-y-treas-urer. In the first years of the society members were known to travel by horseback for several d:ys to attend the session. Charter members were the Drs. Bernard Daly, Lakeview: George O B. DeBar. Jackson ville; A. A. DePuy, W. H. Flan- ST OThe peace that our departed know cannot be felt here . . . What we CAN contribute to the peace of mind ef those who are grieved is the assur ance of dignity and good taste, and as reasonable an expanse as is possible. May we help YOU in your own hour ef sorrow? CONGER FUNERAL HOME Phone 3147 715 W. Main St BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS TO ... o u ff, W a. - -i-a' -m. agan, W. F. Kremer, F. W. Van Dyke, T. E. Beard of Grants Pass; W. F. Maggard, Linkville, (Klamath Falls); J. W. Robinson, Jacksonville; S. T. Songer, Ashv, land; E. P. Geary, E. B. Pickel.W Roland Pryce and J B. Wait of Medford. Flight o Time Mrdfurd and Jackson Connty History from the riles of tha MaU Tribune 10 and to veare ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June 8, 1932 (It was Wednesday) Bonus seekers at Washington, D. C. face hunger after today, as relief fund runs low. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. faw ors prohibition repeal and is criticized by drys for switch la views. Moderately warm, high 77, low 48 degrees. Diamond Lake hotel now open. First barefoot boy of summer shows up on Main street. Police round up trio armed with gun and liquor. Liquor question to be vital issue at both big political con ventions. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 8. 1922 (It was Thursday) Council acts for better fire protection to city. Bonus bill presented fo senate, and would cost three billion dol lars. Great Northern railroad to be electrified. Oregon Grange goes on rer ora against Japanese. Mav 31 was the hnllo.t Maw day in local records with a tem perature ot 7. Fifty special trains bearing Shriners to pass through city. Helen Reddy and Everett Brayton are wedded at the home of the groom's parents at the Hollywood orchards. Both are well known locally. Cosing lime ror Classified Ads m. ioo lata to Classify 13 50 of MIND o
