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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
The secretary of the treasury
pointed with pardonable pride
and tha proper amount of or
ficial glee on Monday his agents
had uncovered 10 million In
cash belonging to a central
figure in the famous Teapot
pome oil scandal. Tuesday, the
House military committee . an
nounced it had uncovered "a
sordid picture" of war graft and
extravagant waste in the war
department Comparisons are
odious, but gents with petards
are apt to get hoisted by them
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The sea-serpent vacationists
always see from Oregon and
Washington beaches from now
until snow flies, is apt to be an
enemy submarine, even it was
a sea-serpent
A movie magazine wonders
in a headline, "How Will Bing
Crosby Live on 125,000 a Year."
Barring misfortune Inspired by
his crooning, he will undoubted
ly make it, if he really tries.
.
"Mercy was what that kid
was entitled to. Justice would
do as much for him as the Duke
of Windsor is doing to win the
war for Britain." (Chlco (Cat.)
Enterprise.) Or, a British gen
eral with a title.
,
The watermelon crop of the
valley Is beginning to shape up
but are still too small for profit
able stealing.
Bob Hammond, Sr., O. Nell
son and Joe Fliegel observed
wedding anniversaries this
week. It Is 34 years since the
first named looked a preacher
in the eye, 28 for the second and
14 for the last named.
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Even the CofC. endorses the
lowest opinion of a Californlan
on the valley weather as now
perpretrated.
THE MUFFLED KNOCK
(Chicago Tribune)
"I have Just had a most
heartening view of democracy
In action. I worked on the
sugar registration for two
days. Our clientele ranged
from ladles of the Gold Coast
to the humblest kind of illiter
ate, including one well-known
movie star."
e
Plans for a state fair this year
ara indefinite. This event was
always a sure-fire guarantee for
a sod-soaking rain to put the
forests in safe condition for
deer hunting.
A commentator reports M.
Laval of France "would stab
littler in the bark, in a fla.ih
If he had a chance." This is the
first time since 1914 anything
nice has been said about M
Laval and there is some good
In the worst of men.
e
At the ball game last night It
was colder than the Russian
front last winter, and Herb
Strang's dinky mustache had to
crawl up his nose to keep warm.
The republican party will
now get some place. It's nation
al bigwigs are fighting among
themselves, in a democratic
manner, like democrats.
IRATE CITIZEN
"It happened at a mid-city In
tersection when the unknown
citizen saw blaring headlines in
Philadelphia newspapers an
nouncing the Jap raid on Alaska
"He bought every aper on
the news stand, tore each one
into shreds and cast the pieces
angrily into a waste receptacle.
"Brushing his hands, he con
tinued down the street, buying
all newspapers In sight, rippir.g
them up In a frenzy and casting
them away." iPr ess Ditpatch). ,
Oregon Wins Rubber Drive
Three rousing cheers for Oregon 1
In this scrap-rubber drive the West beats the East,
and in the "Winning West" the Webfoot State leads
them all.
On a per capita basis which, of course, is the only
way to figure the winners Oregon leads with nearly
6 pounds per person. In the western states, Arizona
is second to Oregon with an average of 5.15 pounds,
Idaho next with 4.95 ; Washington third with 4.65 and
California fourth, with 3.33. The national average
to date is slightly over one pound and one half.
Not bad.
In fact very good. Only added evidence that in
this war business Oregon takes second place to no
American commonwealth.
Just Another Query
In looking over the M. T. files yesterday we ran
across this editorial comment of nearly a year ago:
"Why spend 40 or 80 million dollars on a super-dread-naught
when one dive-bomber can sink is, and the same
amount of money will produce a fleet of them?"
Well the question has been pretty emphatically
answered in the latest super-navy bill.
Not a battleship in the entire carload practically
every cent of the 8 billion sent on airplane carriers,
and naval protection for them.
Which arouses another inquiry namely:
"With the airplane carrier so vulnerable to air attack,
how about developing a tvpe of fighter plane that can
protect a long-distance bomoer to its distant objective and
back."
In other words how about extending the distance
that a LAND-BASED bomber can cover effectively,
instead of compelling the navy to rely too much upon
sea bases that can easily be sunk, i. e. : upon airplane
earners
We admit it's easy to ask questions, not so easy to
find the answers. However, query No. 1 was answered
very satisfactorily, perhaps query No. 2 eventually
will.be.
Victory In Defeat
In the military record-book the battle of Bataan
has been set down as the most crushing defeat ever
suffered by an American army.
I echnically that is true. I he U. b. army was forced
to lay down its arms and hand over the Philippines to
the Japs entirely and unconditionally.
DUT the more one learns of the details of that
conflict, the stronger the belief becomes that in
every sense but the purely military, that battle was
an American triumph.
For it demonstrated, without any question of
doubt, that the alleged soft, pleasure-loving and
peace-inclined United States, when it comes to a
show-down in war HAS what it takes.
VES, the soldiers on that island against overwhelm-
iner nrlrlo onA with nrt RP.AT. Vinno nf vintnrv
from the outset; gave a demonstration of courage,
resourcefulness and utter disregard for death, which
been surpassed bv no combination in the nresent
world-wide conflict.
In fact we have a pious idea that when a historical
pre3pective IS ultimately obtained, only the peasant
soldiers of Russia will be able to challenge the show
ing of the comparatively untrained U. S. doughboys
of Bataan, even though with the Muscovites as well,
the technical and initial result MAY be defeat
IN the current Readers Digest the details of this
unequal conflict are brought out in an 18-page
feature, by Lieut Colonel W. J. Clear, who escaped
by submarine from the Philippines with important
U. S. army documents, when surrender became imminent
Certainly if any doubt of the American morale and
fighting heart existed this intensely interesting narra
tive should remove it Some may be surprised at
the large sprinkling of typical Yankee humor run
ning through all the incidents, but as the late Admiral
Sims once remarked, the one sure sign or high
morale with the Anglo-Saxon is a sense of humor,
"as long as he keeps that he keeps his head and
swings with both fists, when he loses it watch out,
his head may go with it I
THE entire article is not only worth reading but
For no better evidence could be supplied not only
to elevate our somewhat flagging spirits, but remove I
all doubt as to what the result will be when Uncle
Sam really starts to fight gets to a place where he is
on something approaching even terms, instead of be
ing hog-tied and thrown into a fox hole as he was
st Corregidor and on the Rattan peninsula.
When that time comes Messrs. Hitler, Mussolini
and Hirihoto will discover that in another direction
their pre-war dope was all wetl
Personal Health Service
y William Brady. M. D.
SlgneS tetters pertaining S" personal health aaa hygiene, aot Ce alt r
dtsgnuat or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady It a stamped eelf
sddreued eneelupe is eneioerd. Letters sltoold he brier sad written la inh
Owing to the large number ef letters received only a few can be aneejered
hers, ho reply can be made to queries aot conforming to Instructions
address Dr. Wlllism Uridy. tU El Camlno, (Mnrly Kills. Calif.
SAFE AND SOUND REDUCING
Don't Meddle With Tyrold of the physician.
Besides hypopituitary obesity,
described earlier, and everyday
nutritional obesity, which is the
familiar insid
ious accumula
tion of slacker
flesh which so
many adults
show In the
late thirties
and early for-
ties when
CVD begins,
there Is a third
type of obesity
which is neith
e r due to
Dr. Brady wrong eating
nor amendable to right eating.
Z'.:'.. Is hypothyroidism.
The thyroid gland is a duct
less gland, supplying an Internal
secretion, endocrine or hormone
to the blood but having no ordi
nary secretion. The endocrine
or hormone it produces and sup
plies to the blood regulates
metobolism. Metabolism is the
oxidation process, the combus
tion of fuel, body tissue or fod,
to yield the energy or heat con
stantly required by the Involun
tary muscles of the body (as of
the heart blood vessels, stomach.
intestine etc.) to perform the
vital functions and by the vol
untary muscles to do their work.
When the thyroid gland fails to
supply enough of this internal
secretion the entire vital ma
chinery slows down, metabol
ism rate is low, and various
characteristic signs and symp
toms develop, which need not
concern us here, except the one
we are discussing, obesity.
Hypothroid (hypo means
under or less than normal) obes
ity presents peculiar features,
such as pads of fat over the
collar bones, and the firm, re
sistant fat pads do not pit on
pressure, dullness of mind ana
tendency to fall asleep, sensitive
ness to cold even when the at
mosphere seems comfortable or
too warm for others and ten
dency to wear mo.e clothing
than normal persoru. do in or
der to keep warm, loss of ex
pression of face, gloomy spirit or
temperament, wax-like complex
ion, tendency to become blue or
cyanotic on exposure to cold
slow pulse, subnormal body
temperature. These are common
manifestations of hypothyroid
ism. No amount of dieting alone
ran brina about reduction of
hypothyroid obesity. The suc
cessful treatment of this con
dition demands administration
of the proper amount of thyroid
endocrine, and even if the lay
man can purchase thyroid ex
tract without a prescription It is
far too dangerous for an Intelli
gent person to meddle with.
Thyroid as a medicine may be
safely taken only under the
constant observation and control
Communications
Objects to Sugar Program
To the editor: I agree with
Mrs. Doran's letter in Monday's
Tribune. We. In the Trail district
at i on the Crater Lake highway
must drive fifty to seventy miles,
only to find that sugar ration
blanks for canning are in minus
quantity. When we are urged to
save tires and gasoline, this
seems like an unnecessary bur
den put upon us. It is doubly
Important that farmers and th
ers living so far from markets
should conserve and can fruit
and vegetables and save In every
way. Since the highway in to
Veil ford has been changed for
us of this district and we must
travel so much farther on a road
that Is none too good, why can
not we have some other method
of obtaining our canning sugar?
MRS. CARMA McCARTY
Box 38, Trail.
Belters Mallon's Not Sound
To the editor: Would It be pre
sumptions for me to suggest that
Paul Mallon's logic Is not sound
In his letter to Private Holloman.
He'ls merely surrendering before
the battle.
There ara no arguments now
against a world federation, that
were not used in 177S against
the federation of the thirteen
states, and no greater obstacles
to be overcome than at that
time, considering conditions
then, and now. Even Washington
did not believe it could be ac
complished, but as it was the
only hope, it WAS accomplished.
And it stands before the world
today as the best hope. If not the
only one. There Is no more sense
in asking who would run the
police force than there is in ask
ing, which one of our forty-eight
states should control our federal
power.
The fundamental principles on
which our federation was found
ed are as sound today as ever,
the protection of the individual
in his tights to "life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness." When
the Individual la protected all
are protected.
We need have no fear of India
or China, dominating tha world;
they have no desire in that direc
tion, but if they did it would be
a lot better than it is now. At
the end of this war the United
States will be the strongest pow
er on earth (unless Hitler wins)
and on its shoulders will rest
tht greatest responsibility, and
we hope we will not repeat the
shameless way of shirking that
responsibility we did after the
first war.
Man has made wonderful pro
gress in science and mechanics,
but has made no progress, in
fellow man. It is time now to
take the first step. As a world
power we have reasonably good
organization for preventing
crime in county, city, state and
nation. Go one step higher and
make it cover kings, emperors,
and dictators. That is all that is
necessary. Jail the robbers, and
h the murderers. That re
quires a world police force and a
world court.
The one great caution to be
exercised is "organized selfish
ness." That is the cause of all
w--s. and all governmental
trouble, that must be nipped In
the bud before it ever gets a
start, then the matter is simple
A Farmer's Son
Medford. June 23d.
(Name on file)
The effects
of a single dose may not be per
ceived until 24 or 48 hours and
may last a week or ten days.
Some authorities even claim ef
fects of a single dose may con
tinue for as long as ten weeks.
So it is clear that regulation of
the dosage of thyroid in any
circumstance is a question that
demands the expert knowledge
and experience of the physician.
I discuss hypothroid obesity
here for two good reasons. First,
because so many sufferers from
it are not receiving the treat
ment they require. Second, be
cause so many misguided per
sons are unwittingly risking
health and maybe life itself by
meddling with thyroid extract
on their own.
qcEsnoNS answers
Rod
Hive been told baking soda, used
to retain green color when cooking
Tegetables, destroys eltamlns. say In
tomatoes. (Mrs. B. J.)
It hastens or faeors oxidation
wblcb Is destructive particularly to
vitamin C, less so to vitamin A and
B complex in tomatoes or green veg
etable!. It u a aad errbr to put soda
(ealertus. baking soda, sodium blear
Donate) in tomato Juice. The acid
of tomatoes and frulta Is healthful
and wholesome for any one and. far
from causing "acidity" helps to
maintain normal alkalinity in blood
and tissues. This applies especially
to lemons, oranges, grapefruit and
their Juices.
Movies
. Would the eyealgbt of a child four
years old be affected by attendance
at the movies occasionally? (Mrs. J.
U T.)
Answer No.
I'nln of Vitamins
Please atate relative value of Sher
man. DSP and International units of
vitamin B (thiamin). (A. W. P.)
Answer USP and International
have same value. International or
DSP unit Is equivalent to 3V4 Sher
man units.
(Copyright 1S34. John F. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
' communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to l)r'
William Brady. M. D. tea EI
Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. '
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
(Continued Prom Page One)
These go far beyond the limits
of FDR's cost of living yard
stick for wages, and probably
beyond what the union leaders
may expect to get. '
The union demanded $1 a day
increase for everyone, $1 per
hour minimum for all workers,
and $1.50 an hour minimum for
maintenance workers on a re
troactive basis a long way back,
together with other concessions.
Many other cases seeking tl
a day increases are piling up
in WPB. . The Little Steel cases
have been there undecided since
February. Also a General Mo
tor case has rested there since
April 27. WPB has received in
all around 200 cases and about
125 are still on hand.
Each labor member of nego
tiating committees is apparently
trying to outdo all others in
making demands for the men.
Their mass demands are thus
being dumped into the lap of
WPB, which is now piled high
with what might be called po
litical labor demands.
No wage pattern has yet been
laid down by WPB. Recently it
granted 10 cents an hour in
crease (80 cents a day) in the
Ryan Aeronautical case, but
WPB members indicated this
was not to be used as a pattern.
On closed shop, however, it
has established a loose policy
for various forms of the "union
maintenance shop" which is, in
practical effect, a closed one. In
customary form, it allows mem
bers to resign from unions at
the start of the contract, but
not thereafter, and new em
ployees must join the union,
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THE British probably did not
intend to hold(Tobruk this
time. The best troops they had
there on surrender day were
a brigade of Indians and a divi
sion of South Africans, along
with anti-aircraft units and sup
plies men. Apparently they in
tended to blow up their ammu
nition and escape on the boats.
The port could not be used
as a plane and sea base for
defense of Malta with so much
I German aircraft around, and the
1 cost of siege this time would
: have been dear.
I But tha Germans took them
by surprise. The crafty Marshal
I Rommel changed tactics from
the last campaign.
Then he had by-passed Tobruk
and pursued the British into
Egypt with the main part of his
force, coming back later to lay
siege. That gave tha Tobruk
forces time to get ready.
Last Saturday he gave them
no time. , His dive bombing
planes took their small alrforce
by surprise and he pierced their
outer lines and captured the city
before they had time to carry
out their mission of destroying
their ammunition.
It was another case of inferior
British generalship in keeping
with the rest of the Libyan
campaign.
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MUD-SLINGING always fol
" lows a lost campaign. Sev
eral military interpreters are
throwing some at our tanks.
They assume that the big Nazi
88 mm guns were in German
tanks and that these blasted our
"General Grants" out of the
desert.
If this was true, and our tank
Is inferior to the Nazis, the
implications would be terrific
upon our war effort, particu
larly as to establishing of a
second front in Europe, and as
to the length of the war (it might
take perhaps a year to change
our tank and get a new model
Into action in great quantities).
Fortunately all this is not
true and the experts who are
making such assertions are in
advertently doing damage to our
cause. Every reporter in the
field In Libya says the American
"General Grant" tank stood up
-.veil, some saying the British
conceded it was "the best in the
field."
The only complaint heard
from the front was that it has
a limited traverse (a defect cor
rected in subsequent models).
The trouble was only 30 per
cent of the tanks In action were
ours, 70 percent were British.
Furthermore those Nazi 88's
were not in German tanks, but
were towed or self-propelled
field pieces (artillery). That gun
seems to be about the only
superiority the Germans had.
and its effectiveness could have
been offset by more careful use
of American and British tanks
(they ran into artillery traps).
It is officially correct that the
British themselves believed they
had more tanks, more planes
and more troops than the Ger
mans t the beginning of tha
battle. They requested nothing
more from us.
All tha mud-slinging in the
world cannot obliterate the fact
that our side would have won
If we had a general capable of
smartly handling what be had.
Flight o' Tune
Mrdrord and Jackson .County
History from the rilee of the Mall
Trlbone to and to rears ego.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
Juno 25, 1923
at Was Saturday)
A. W. Pipes comes out for
County Judge on Independent
ticket.
Moratorium for auto license
buying held impossible.
Fair. High 90, low 50 de-grees.
Illinois delegation comes out
for Roosevelt for president on
Democratic ticket.
Dissension hits bonus arm la
Washington. D. C.
Medford guardsmen enjoy
pranks at Clatsop Bivouac.
Harvesting of apricots to start
July 10.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
June 25. 1922
(It Was Sunday)
Wife of governor of Illinois
dies of excitement following ac
quittal of husband of charges of
conspiracy to defraud.
Mt. Everest again defeats ef.
forts of man to climb it.
Hottest day of the year with
high of 102.5 degrees, low 53.
Continued hot weather pre
dicted.
Navy crew defeats Washing
ton at Poughkeepsie.
Mayor Pop Gates returns from
a political meeting at Port
land, where he was mentioned
as an independent candidate for
governor.
W. O. Webster of the Assoc!
ated Oil Company leaves for
Montague, Calif., where he will
arrange for gasoline for six air
planes to land there this week.
Fish good on Rogue River
now. Toggery Bill Isaacs reports.
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we are useful tips on
Cmnwg Fkesh Fruits
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prick each cherry to prevent
shrinkage. Save the juice from
your cherries to make syrup
aflf22J'rPkv
jrv In making syrup for canning
v .rw I rMsches, put in one cracked peach
pit for each quart of syrup adds
flavor. Strain out the peach pit
when ready to use the syrup
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Apples may be baked before can
ning; add sugar to taste and water
it necessary. 1 hey may also be
boiled whole in syrup
To prevent discoloration in pears,
place pared fruit in solution of 2
. tablespoons each of salt and vine
gar to a gallon of water
Canned fruit in glass jars is protected from losing
color by storing in dark, cool, dry place until served
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Get your extra sugar for
canninghelp U. S. conserve
health-giving fruits
For every four quarts of fruit put up this
rummer you can buy an extra pound of sugar.
Information on this new sugar-for-canning
allotment is now available through your local
ration board.
Home canning is thrifty, easy to do. And it
helps the U. S. war effort by conserving fruit.
With the new sugar allotment you'll be able to
hold pleasing sweetness in canned fruits be
sure of good keeping quality, too.
For the duration of this war sugar is precious.
We are getting no sugar at all from the Phil
ippines, less than formerly from other Pacific
'From V. S. Drpi. eAgrkultur. Farmtrt Built tin fl7b2
areas. Sugar must be shared with our allies and
distilled to make ammunition. No good
American will waste sugar!
But there's no likelihood of this country
ever going without sugar. For we have, in
growing supply, the good beet sugar of the
West. This home-grown sugar is one reason
whyyoull have sugar foryoursummer canning.
Pure beet sugar looks and tastes exactly the
same as any other quality sugar. It's just as pure
and wholesome. It acts the same
in cooking and in all canning!
The top-quality
sugar home-grown
in the JJest