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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, . OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1942. MEDFORDyjWTRIBimX PabMaTi4 hw HCnrORD PHIKTIHO CO. tT-tt North Ftr St. Phm 1141 ROBERT W HHHU Kdltor. RNE8T OrUTKAP. KuiftT. Am Iidtptidrat HiwifiTr. ntrd as Meond clat matttr at M4 ford. Ort on. t-BfUr At f Uareb . HTt SUBSCRIPTION RATES T Mall la Advaneat , Datr and Sunday a paar Pal It and Snndar als meattia... DtllT aad Suad7 Ibraa montha I Dally and Saadap na tn6nta... .fa Sy CUrrUr fa Adrmnca WadforO. Aah land. Cantral Point. Jacktonrllla. Oold Hill Kagvm RlTtr, Pbaanls. Talanb and oa motor reataat - Dally aad SuaJar ona paar failr aad Sunday" month.. .Tl All tarma eaab la ad y iota. OffW-lal Pa par af th CKy af Mr4tw4 Official Paper af Jackaas Caaaty MPMBFR OP THE ASSOriATPO PRESS RarelTlas Pull Laaaad Wlra torrif Tha AaaoclaUd Praoa la aaclualvalp antltUd to tha oaa for publleatloa af all dlapatebaa eradltod ta II or athar wlaa aradltad ta thli pa par. And Ala ta tha looal nawa pnbllihad haralm. All rlshta far publication of apaewl Slapatehaa harata ara alao raaarad. MEMBER OP UNITED PRESS MCMBER OP AUDIT BtTRSJAU OP CIRCUL.ATIONS Advartlalnf Rapraaatatl WST-BOI,LIDAT COMPANY. ' Off!aa tit Naw Tork. Chleat, D""". a.ft avani-laco. L-oa Anaalaa. Saattla. Portland. St. L-ot. Atlanta. Vaaoourar. Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur PorTy This li Father'! Day, to all the gmall fry will treat him extra nice, with one eye on the clrcuj, a week from tomorrow Many of the Older Glrli ara now in the orchard! thinning the pean and themselvei. Dewey Hill, the Prospect hired man, wai down Wed. evng to get some teeth pulled and aee the ball game. Ai a player and atudent of the game, he said the way the Medforda played hurt him ai much as the dentist, and saw nothing that his Prospect Ferfectos could not do worse. The state is confronted with "power bill Issue". The only nice thing about a "power bill" Is that it's not another Rogue river fish bill. Andrew Jackson Simpson, of the hills, reports some of the things happening, due to the war, have knocked him galley east. The Ev Brayton boy Bill passed the Htl. milepost Wed. The O. Cleveland Corum twin boys were do.ntown the first of the week They ara now talk ing and will soon be able to tell all about the bright things their Paw does and says. Shearing of the sheep of the valley Is about finished. Farm ers report the clip wai of good quality, and, in many cases, as thick ai the wool over their own eyes. Tomorrow is tha longest day of the year some claim today. There have been several over jength ones the past two years; for Instance, the day France fainted and fell. F. Luy, the Antelope dude rancher am" cowhand, now has no ranch to drqos up on, fit to kill or woui.J. The state hgwy. com. Is fixing up the street!. They generally do this when the sun is hotter than the stuff they spread. They have discommoded a number of Impetuous speeders, by making them pay attention to the "step" signs. A number of lovers of goose berry pie, are not so afiectlon ale. Unaer sugar rationing they can't get enough sugar. The fauna and flora in front of the H. Flewher bakery addi tion is coming along fine. Mature and Mr. Flewher collab orating and doing a good Job. The cucumbers in victory gar dens have started to "wart, and country corn Is up to the third fence rail. Chuck Clay's grandson has decided to slnke the dust of California from his brogans and settle down here with his folki. Outdoor Girls returning from the hills, report the mosquitoes have never been hungrier, and their bite la worse than their buzz. Dock Green was re-elected to the school board, the voters pouring out with more gusto than in a normal outpouring. An upstate Democratic candi date for congress has come out fearlessly for limiting incomes to $2S,OU0 per 'ear- There are not many, if any 2S,000 per year votes in his district. Sacramento, June 20 (P) Butter First grada wHic, ec tjfid irtdd J8V4C What s Wrong It was the late Rufus Choate who declared "a com placent sense of superiority When the history of the present war is written we believe this malady will be largely blamed for the poor showing made by Britain in the first two and three-quarter years. In fact the London press in condemning the Churchill government ior aualn underestimating the strength of the German army in Africa, as well as its recuperative powers. To quote the London reason for this set-back in Libya : , ; ."Quite simply and bluntly the reason is that from the beginning we have underestimated the strength, cunning, resources and recuperative powers of the enemy. We could not believe he had better tank! than ours, but he did. "We did not believe he could have a deadlier anti-tank gun. The volume of our transport was fantastic, but we did not calculate Rommel's would be even more fantastlcit is a bitter lesson!" IT is! 1 But there is one thing he never QUITS. He has often been knocked down, but neither in this war, nor any other, has . AND perhaps even more ant-h tha VioicvuinV hat. too proud to learn ; to admit his mistakes, and as he makes a fresh start, profit by them. For over a year now the has been that while England has been licked she doesn't KNOW it. As Hitler remarked in infrequent lucid intervals), always made England a very UNsatisfactory antagonist! Even Stimson Doesn 't Know As confirmation of a recent contention in this col lumn that all reports of ENEMY losses should be taken with a large grain of salt, particularly those at sea, the following comment by Secretary of War Stimson on the Midway engagement is very pertinent. We quote : "Inevitab! , when the reports come In there Is Immense confusion. At Midway, where the weather was clear, the information available gave us a good general picture of the outcome but there was much confusion as to just what ships were hit. "I spent three or four days studying the army and navy reports as they came in, and didn't know at the end Juii what ships were hit." And undoubtedly Secretary Stimson doesn't KNOW now! The Japanese know, just as this government knows the American losses in ships and men. But for certain military and naval reasons, the Japs won't tell and neither will we, so the exact re sults remain in doubt. What was true in World War No. 1 will probably be even more true in this conflict: EXACTLY what has happened on land, at sea and in the air will not be known until many years AFTER "the last shot." Must WeBeCoddled? Pursuing the "We-told-you-so" theme further, (with appropriate apologies) Mr. Ernest Lindley, well known Washington colvmnist, in his comments on the appointment of Elmer Davis as supreme war news chier, oacKs up tne very gratifying fashion. He not only aerees Mr. SQUARE peg for a SQUARE hole but he also be lieves the "sugar pill" technique, so dear to the Roose velt administration should of withholding facts which could be of no conceiv able value to the enemy should also be abandoned. Again we quote: Propaganda-mlndedness has appeared also In other activ ities of the OFF and other government agencies. It reflects a belief that the American people have to be "sold" on the war, that they must be coddled, cajoled and warned, that they cannot take the facts, for better or for worse. Or, In some cases. It may be the feeling that the oversights or mistakes of the government must be shielded from public view, Davis has a definite propaganda assignment: The general direction of the dissemination of our propaganda abroad, outside Latin America. But here, too, the truth is, I believe, the best form of propaganda. The general policies adopted and advocated by this government in the international field are founded on high principles. We have nothing to conceal. It would be unfortunate, if the new office of war Infor mation should permit itself to become within the United Slates an agency of propaganda, in the sense of special pleading for this policy or that. It is doubtful whether any war Information service can win confidence in this country until it gets more authority over the Information services of the army and navy. As a rule information of value to the enemy should be withheld. But this formula is easily stretched. There has been some Improvement gradually. But there Is need for more. At tempts are still being made to withhold facts of no conceiv able value to the enemy. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued from Page One craft carriers gone, there seems nothing for them to do except to sink their teeth deeper into China and try a land attack on the reds. a a a nriiE war production board has done its work so well. It Is working itself out of business. Another reorganization Is in the making. In about 30 days, Chair man Nelson will issue a direct ive whlih will take cognizance oi tlia dumied (uocUouj, com- With England? is a British malady." today is practically a unit Daily News, as it gives the about John Bull Esquire, he STAYED down. important, the old boy nnrl siHo whiskers, is never chief complaint in Berlin "Mem Kampf , (among his this strange quality has luau inoune posiuon in Davis is that rare prize, a be dropped, and the policy lng about gradually now as i plants have been completed, changed over, contracts let, etc. Both the production and pur chasing divisions have men working In the army and navy departments already and their functions will be gradually shifted over. The Industrial op erations division will be shaken down as there seems to be no need now for refrigerator, wash ing machine committee, and the like. The whole organiration will assume the character of an ad visory agency rather than an administrative bureau. Mr. Nelson, the man who did the Job, apparently Intends to remain in control, although it has never been officially agreed by the war and navy depart ments that his executive order ! gave him power over them. I The single-headed centralized iuUioiily certainly iirsigbtcued Personal Health Service Br William (Bed letters pertaining v personal nsaltb SM kyglena, aot to dlsaaa 4Uml or treatment, will answered by Or. Brad If a stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should M brier aod written la Ink Owing ta tne largo number af letters rseelied ante a few can Da answered hers. Ka reply can be mada ta queries oat conforming ta Instinct to no address Of. HUUam Brady, 1st tl Caralno. Bowl mils, calif. WHY CO Competent dentists Install plates, not temporary plates, but the plates the patient will wear per manently. immedi a t e 1 y after extrac tion of the teeth. So I said In this column. This simply Is not the truth and is going to be responsible for a great deal of trouble arising be- Dr. Brady tween dentists and their patients to Immediate denture service. So said tha secretary of the Chicago Dental society in a let ter to a newspaper editor, which was published shortly after ward. In a recent Issue of the Jour nal of the American Dental as sociation a dentist, reporting on the Increasing use of what dent ists call "immediate denture service" that is, plates, etc., made in advance and installed immediately after extraction of teeth, before the patient leaves the office makes this observa tion: "There is not the slightest doubt In my mind that the most successful denture cases are those In which the patient has never experienced the in convenience of going without teeth, and there is always danger in permitting the patient to acquire the bad habits which are so notice able in the toothless victim. To allow a patient to go with out teeth and acquire unna tural habits which can only result in facial distortion is, in my judgment, a question able practice." No doubt some of the sweet old draft-dodging and unfailing ly conventional gentlemen who rate as "medical commentators" think and advise that it is better to wait three months or six months, after the loss of teeth, for the plate or other denture which is to carry on the func tion of the missing teeth. I don't think so. I think every tooth Is worth at least a thousand dollars, and if your own tooth can no longer function, then the sooner you get an artificial one installed In its place the better for your health, good looks, longevity and Joy of living. I out the mess In production with such outstanding success as to invite the adoption of a similar system for the rubber and gas mess, possibly under Mr. Nelson. e e e CONGRESSMEN, always try ing to read political trends, are having some difficulty in terpreting the primaries thus far. A strong supporter of FDR'i foreign policy (Luther Patrick) was defeated by Democrats in Alabama, while a Maine Repub lican isolationist (Rep. James Oliver) was defeated by Repub licans there. Iowa Republicans defeated a Willke man, and Illinois Repub licans renominated an Isolation ist ("Curley" Brooks) who wise ly said "til foreign policy con troversy is dead since Pearl Harbor." But an overwhelming major ity of those who have faced the primaries so far have been re nominated. a a a DETROLEUM Coordinator and Interior Secretary Ickes has begun in a modest way to straighten out his career. In a speech to the Motor Freight as sociation, June 11, he recalled with horror that he had made a speech to the American Auto mobile association in 1939, say ing: "I have promised some day to give myself the pleasure of driv ing down a truck-infested road in the biggest armored tank that I can find and bumping those pests off the road." He apologized, saying he did not know how he could have been so wrong as to underesti mate the value of motor trans port. Earlier he even made a speech defending congress. Mr. Ickes is apparently work ing his way back to correct every speech he ever made up to these last two. If he goes through with It he will wind up on the right side of every ques tion. HE WILL OBLIGE London. June 20 (-TI The Germans hsve urgently request ed Pierre Laval to cede them l.onp.000 tons cf French mer chant ships In the Mediterra nean, Reuters news agency re ported today under a French Rontier dateline. BAR EXAMINATIONS Salem. June "0 i.-Ti Sixty law students will take state bar examinations at the rapitol here Monday and Tuesday, the lowest number in many years, tha sucreiut court iud today. Brady. M. D. TOOTHLESS QUESTIONS ANSWERS Anti-Gray Hair Factors Much Interested In your article telling of tha anti-gray hair factors, rjara-emlno-bonsorle add and panto thenic add. but I And these are too expensive. Csn you state what roods It any contain the anti-gray balr r actors? (Mrs. O. A.) Answer Thrr are components of tha vitamin B complex, and one or tha best rood sources of vitamin B complex In plain wheat, or wheat bran, or wheat germ. Bend stamped envelopo bearing your address, far pamphlet -Wheat to Eat. Prostatic Obstruction Cystoscopy and X-rays showed moderate degree of benign prostatic hypertrophy with partial urinary re tention. Transurethral prostatic re section was dona. Four days follow ing this procedure the patient was discharged and is now completely recovered. f- -M. D.) Answer Thank you. Doctor. What a vast difference from tha reports I receive en such eases twenty yesrs ago. Then the patient was confined to bod In trie hospital, under ex ceedingly trying conditions, for two or three weeks or longer. Men with bladder trouble from prostatic ob structions may have tha pamphlet giving tue necessary Information if they ask for It and Inclose stamped sell -addressed envelope. Peptln Dicer Husband had stomach ulcers last year. No operation, but careful diet brought him around pretty well. He wants to ride horseback. Would that affect his stomach ulcers? (Mrs. J. McC.) Answer No. Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad dress for booklet "So You Have In digestion?" It Includes suggestions about diet for peptic uloer patients and for the other members or the family. Asthma A year ago I "rote ,or your pamphlet ou asthma. My daughter began taking the calcium and vita min D. Also I started her taking wheat germ, as suggested In your pamphlet "Wheat to Eat." Her asth ma gradually disappeared and ahe bad no sign of hsy fever last sum mer. She hasn't required a drop of laxative since aha began the wheat germ she had been taking oil and magnesia every night before. (Mrs. S. A.) Answer Thank you for the report. On request I am glad to send copies of the pamphlets "Asthma and Wheat to Eat" please inclose stamped envelope bearing your ad dress. (Copyright 1943, John T. Dllle Co.) Ed. Not! Persons wishing to rommunlrate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to nr. William Brady. M. D.. 163 El Camlno, Beverly Hills. Call'. Kelly's Comment From Washington. D. C Copper Pooling By Power Firms Mine Priorities Of Small Help Plane Building Outstrips Pilot Br John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, June 20 To assembled heads of the power lndurtry in New York last week J. A. Krug. at head of the power division of war pro duction board, declared that be cause of scarcity copper espe cially the only thing for the companies to do would be to pool their supplies of materials and draw upon these instead of expecting help from WPS. The private companies of the Pacific northwest anticipated this months ago and entered into an agreement by which copper wire, steel for towers, insulators and the thousand and one items of the electric business were tossed into a common stockpile. Incidentally, Krug has been talking about having WPB issue an order compelling the new shipyard on Swan Island to take its power from Bonneville. This yard, now in process of con struction, has contracts for 50 ood oil tankers for the federal maritime commission. Portland General Electric has transmis sion lines running to the island and Is furnishing the power but Paul J. Raver, administrator for Bonneville, wants the contract for his government owned oper- atlon. The power comes from ! Bonneville generators and the price to the shipyard is the same ' as Raver would have to charge, j Rumor in the national capital i is that Raver wishes to build a transmission line to the island, or through WPB compel Port land General Electric to "wheel" the power over its own facii itles; object is, of course, to de prive the private company of a customer that the government, wants. Administrator R a v e r j dare not discontinue the Bonne-! ville power now flowing overj PGE lines for he and the gov- i ernmet-t (Kru,'-WPB would, then be held reponsible for In- i ter.-uptmg the construction of I tha badly needed oil tankers.) Medford Marine Outstanding r ; - ' A.'-';..-.4 ., (J I Be; - -Wsfser O Sath M. Bullls of Medford has just been granted the honor badge for efficiency in Marina Corps training by Lieut. CoL Gsorge T. Hall in ceremonies at San Diego. Bullis was chosen outstanding mamber of his training platoon of mora than sixty man. On the other hand, Krug says WPB will not order war indus tries on Puget sound to take Bonneville-Grand Coulee pow er. -Seattle has City Light (mu nicipally owned). e e GOLD and silver mines In Washington and Oregon have priorities on materials, but that is all the good It does them. Gold mine operators write to Washington, D. C, about their priorities, and the answer comes back that they can have them, but please specify particulars for the need for this or that. Gold mine operator writes back stating reason, receives another letterfrom Washington asking for additional details. The ex change of letters continues in definitely, or until the gold mine operators reilize that he is being given the run-around and that while he has a "prior ity" it isn't worth a hoot. The Washington officials try to be diplomatic, but the atti tude they take is that operating a gold mine, or silver mine, in these piping times of war is just so much wasted effort and the materials called for by the pri ority are needed for more useful purposes. A zinc, or copper, or chrome mine would be differ ent. a e a At long last the Douglas fir and pine are moving into the war picture and soon will be on an elaborate scale, being used in the air, on the sea and on land. Being built now are landing boats (for invasion by troops), navy patrol boats, mosquito tor pedo boats, cargo boats for coas tal shipping, barges for the Red sea and the Mississippi valley. Large cargo carrying air planes are in process of manu facture, using wood wherever possible. Gliders are under con tract and will be of wood, and there are wooden training planes. Hangars at airdromes are going to wood construction instead of steel. Government is building large warehouses oi wood to conserve steel. Plywood Is used for the gliders, trainers, aeria. freighters . and the mos quito torpedo-boats. The ply wood is fabricated at the numer ous factories in Oregon and Washington and shipped to east ern plants where the contracts have been let Recognition of wood has come to high officials of army and navy within the past half year. a e AT present rate of production there will be more interceptors and bombers than trained per sonnel to har.dle them. Navy and war departments recognize this and July 1 civil aeronautics administration will start classes to supplement the regular flow of pilots, bombardiers, naviga tors and observers being turned out at the three army training fields. Under the new arrange ment CAA will take over for the army course any men be tween 18 and 37 who are quail fied for flight but not combat flying. The new students will be assigned to inactive duty In the air force reserve. Applicants may choose between four serv icesglider service, ferrying and transport commands, and as instructors. For the navy CAA will train 20.000, of these 1.S00 being for special duty and the remaindei for combat pilots. In addition. training for ground crews will be expedited, and more than one million men are required for this service. Thousands of men in ground crews are being mo bilized in England now to care for the American air force which is being assembled to at tack Germany. Vm Mall Tribune want ads. SETH M. BULLIS E Stamping himself as outstand ing among 60 recruits in his platoon, Seth M. Bullis, husband of Mrs. Ruby Bullis, IS Florence Ave., and son of Seth M. Bullis of "Copco", this city was award ed the "Honor Badge for Effici ency" at recent ceremonies at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego, Calif., it was learned here today. The medal, awarded half way through the recruit-training course, is a coveted award for which every marine recruit competes. The man who re ceives the medal is selected by the training instructors to be outstanding in aptitude for duty and military operations. Lt. Colonel George T. Hall, commanding officer of Recruit Depot at the base, personally presented the medal to Bullis, while training platoons lined the parade ground at a formal inspection. Private Bullis is now training at the rifle range. Upon comple tion of this instruction, he will be a full-fledged leatherneck, eligible for duty with the wide ly scattered Marine Corps units. Y AND SCOUTS GET Summer camping experience for fifty or sixty more boys and girls in Medford plus more bul- lets and bombs for Uncle Sam Is the final result of Medford's ; MacArthur day salvage cam- i palgn which was conducted here on May 18. Kenneth Wells, local chairman for the one day drive, reports that all the metal and rubber collected on that day has now been disposed of and is on its way to the smelters and re claiming plants. The campaign was conducted by a sub-committee of the Jack son county salvage committee and received the help of ten lo cal firms who provided trucks and drivers for the occasion. Local Boy Scouts did all of the work of loading and collecting the material which local citizens placed out on their curbings on the morning of the drive. Local salvage dealers paid top prices for all material donated by Medford citizens and a net profit from the campaign amounting to $310.01 was rea lized. This sum will be divided equtily between the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and the Salvation Army for "campships," thus en abling a sizeable number of lo cal boys and girls to attend camp at Lake o' Woods "or a week this summer who might not otherwise have been able to participate. The salvage committee again extends its thanks to the truck ing companies who helped so materially and to all the citi zens who contributed their Junk CARD or THANKS We kH to dank our many frvnds and nelghbora or their beau tiful floral offerings snd kind evpres- ;mu or sTmpa'.ny aunnc our ber eavement In the loss of our Mother KM r. nloa W. J. K-isoo 1 Fred Ke I Flight o' Time Mrdfsrd and Jackson Cooiit; History from the riles of the Mall TMbana 10 and to fears sku. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June 21. 1932 at was Tuesday) John N. Garner of Texas. Democratic presidential candi date, advocates repeal of dry law; Gov. Roosevelt of New York hook-up with Klan in last election charged in letter. Pro hibition to be main campaign issue. Washington police plan to evacuate "bonus army. Partly cloudy and cooler. High 91, low 57 degrees. Relief program Is adopted for city's jobless. Dr. R. E. Green and M. B. Jarmin re-elected to school board In light school election vote. I isning gooa in jjiamona laits. Tourist travel to Crater Laka gains; big fish caught at Diam ond lake. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 21. 1922 v (It was Wednesday) Medford praised as tourist center by travel magazine. Food dropped from airplane on flooded section of Texas. Bartlett cannery prices to ba $73 for No. I s, and $43 for No. 2 grade. Price of sugar still going up. Propose $200 per day license for carnivals appearing here. Inmlw, nn prniinfi for COn struction of fair buildings. Field Marshal Wilson of Brit ish army slain by assassins over Irish dispute. E TO POPPY SELLER Sacramento, June 20. (APV Because he sold 1,000 Buddy popples last Decoration day but neglected to turn In the pro ceeds, Julian Lester Wood was scheduled for a return trip to Portland, Ore., today. Governor Olson signed extra dition papers submitted by Gov. Charles Sprague of Oregon, charging Wood with larceny by embezzlement. T I -U.... 11T.nJ ...AS 1 iicvuiua biiuv, iwuu moo w- sued 1,000 silk poppies by Over the Top Post No. 81, Veteran! of Foreign Wars, to sell last Decoration day. The poppies cost the post $53 and were to be sold at not less than 10 cents each, records show. "Wood sold the poppies and appropriated the money to himself and left the city," extrav dition papers charge. Wood is now in custody in San Francisco, the governor'! of fice said. War Bonds for Sale Day It Night ROXY Adults 22C-23C - Kiddles lie Inc. Tax Shows Today 1:15-3:30-6:15-9:20 TWO LAUGH HITS! A LAUGH-LOADED COMEDY.. OF WIDE OPEN FACES! JOEL BROWN SEA HAM TUBNS fjS j, WW u ADI11 I, tfji VICTOR IMP I TODAY MONDAY " aiO? riki I BAWKSl?lvi r
