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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1942. MeDFORDvVTRIBUNS BtmTm la Bsithmi Ormgam In tb Hall MbaM." Dallr Kttp V.tvrtSar Publisher fey wanmito priktinq eo. tf-i North Fir St. Phen tll HORKRT W RI'HU E4ltor. SltNEST OTLSTRAP. Hint ft. ntr4 Bcen4 cIim fnattw a M4 ford. OrK. siMcr Aet f March I. Hit URflCRIPTION RATES 7 Mall In Advanc: Pallr and unrtajr yar II Pally anJ Bunrtay ! month... Lit Dally and Aundajr ttirt month !. Dally and Monday -am month... .Tl Bty Carrtar la A d - Mart ford. Aah land. Cantral Folate JaekaontlIa. 0T1 HHL IWu RWar. Phoanli, Taltnt and aa motor routaa: Dally and Bua.lar Far taJly and Sunday n month... .Tl All larma ah la aflyaaca. OfTMtl PapaV af lh CUT af Med far 4 Offlrial Ppe a Ja-baaai Caaaty MFMRt-R OP TNR AMOCIftTEn PREM R-llns Pall faa4 Wlra aVrvtra Tha Aaaoclatad Praaa la acloatatf antltlad ta tha uaa for publication of all Bwa dlapathaa eradltad ta It or othar wlaa aradltad ta Ihli paper, and alaa t tha local nawa publlahad haraln. All rlshla for publication of apaelal dlapatehaa harala ara alaa ra rvd. MEMBER OP UNITED PRESS MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advartlalng Rapraaonlatlva WMT-HOtXIDAT COMPANT. HfC. Offlca In Na Torb. Chleaa-a. Patraft, San Franrleco. La Analaa. eWttIa. Portland. SL Loo I a. Atlanta. VutMvar. B. C.. OlECjoOfu(srTEI fliuututijaiiii Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry The hordes ol Herr Hitler are threatening Russia with a mil lion troops and all the equip ment the mechanical ingenuity of a land whose national sport and Industry Is war can create. The Soviet needs the promised Second Front, and the thousand planes a night over Germany. Even a second-hand front would be welcome. It would take the pressure off the brave and stub born ally, worry the Hun at home and attract the peoples of the conquered lands to join the fray. It s time for the United Nations to start dishing out the misery. The Fourth of July on the Pacific coast, with firecrackers tabooed, showed the night be fore Christmas, how to be quiet, all reports indicate. The warm sun of the past few days, cured the hay, and several of pitching it. HORNS OF PLENTY (Baltimore Sun) "Ainu land is a profitable territory for the Japanese and affords an earnest of the fate In store for their new con quests, if they are able to maintain them. While the Ainu remain poverty stricken tha overlords grow fat on the cheese, butter, paper, horses and fish oil which they extract from the islanders." At long last the government has taken steps to crimp the German-American Bund, many of whose leaders have been pes tiferously arrogant and engaged in felonious monkey-business detrimental to the war effort People hope no pains are spared to halt their plotting and there is no official solicitude for fear their feelings and civil rights of which they have none are Impaired. In New York state, after the war started, bunds kept their activities, including dues collecting as "singing societies." An eastern college professor predicts "people will do more thinking after the war." Flip citizens will observe: "He hopes." In the ladies army drive for privates in the rear ranks nine showed up in Los Angeles and two in Portland, willing to thus serve, in contrast to a previous grand rush to be officers. There Is no way to do it, but the brave eleven should be made generals and the surplus of fem inine "brass-hats" made "dough girls." Premature signs of fall ap pear. A henhouse In the sister rily to the south was raided and IS chickens stolen and autumn millinery styles "reflect the war effort." The Italians report "the back bone of the Soviet army has been broken." This has hap pened a couple of times before, but. It was their own. SKIMPY VIRTUE FLAYED "R. R. Henderson of Lone Pine in announcing his candl dacy for congressman from our district lists as his one qualifi cation the fact that he is not a politician and has never before even considered politics. Why his lack of experience should be considered such an asset I can not see. Thousands of men in this district could say the same thing. He gives no good reason why he should be elected but in stead tells us of the terrible rec ord our Congressman Harry Englebright has made by not agreeing with all the wild new deal legislation." (Bill Minch in Red Bluii (Cal.) News). , Our Army Camp Responsibility Major General Charles H. Gerhardt, has arrived here to take charge of Camp White soldiering, and in a few weeks now the cantonment (pronounce it any way you like) will be a going concern, with between 30 and 35 thousand men in training. It is hardly necessary to remark that the people of Medford through their Chamber of Commerce not only invited these officers and men to make Medford their headquarters "for the duration", but worked hard for many months to get them. COME fortunately a small minority, seem 1 concluded that WITH the getting of them, was done, with nothing more to do but let nature take its course and bring in the benefits. The people of Medford as a whole, however, have realized that with construction assured, their real job only Btarted. And they realize today that this job will continue, until the war is done ! "THAT job, in general terms, consists of, NOT alone 1 the Chamber of Commerce or any particular set of individuals or civilian organizations, but ALL the people of this community doing EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER to make Camp White an outstand ing success in every way. And this success can best be attained not only by supplying housing and recreational facilities, as well as other services that, in any community close to a large army post, might be termed routine; but in the attitude of the people, where these officers and men, who are our invited guests, are concerned. By that we don e mean back-slapping or flag waving, or even the public demonstrations, which naturally will come up from time to time. But merely the rank-and-file, of ALL far as these officers and particularly the private soldiers, are concerned. TXE are not suggesting any particular "ATTI- TUDE". in any formal or artificial sense of the term, but merely what heading of local hospitality, courtesy, kindliness and consideration, r AKTIG U Li AKL i consideration. COR, as has frequently been emphasized in this F column, this sudden plopping down of a canton ment in our midst, with a population over twice the population of Medford itself, unavoidably creates, both from the standpoint of the army and this com munity, some serious, very serious, problems. Army ways art not civilian ways. Civilian ways are not army ways. The job of a peaceful democracy, transforming itself almost overnight into an ef fective fighting nation, is an herculean one. The big problem of course is military, turning out the best army possible in the shortest possible time, and can only be done by military men. But. the success and rapidity of that job, can be, and always is, affected by the quality of public sup port, by public opinion, in short by the proper national MORALE and that is where "WE THE PEOPLE of Medford and Southern Oregon come in, as far as Camp White is concerned. We mean by this, among Not imDatientlv flvine to thing that may not be pleasant or convenient happens. We mean, neither regarding the soldiers as heroes or as "hellions", but for what they ARE, just aver age American boys from all walks of life, represent ing all types and conditions, in no important way unlike the bovs we have here at home, some better and some worse, but the average JUST THE SAME. IT is not too early to think about this NOW. After all these officers and men will come here on a very necessary and serious mission, probably the most necessary and serious in the country's history. "We the people" who are not going to fight, to defend this country, but for various and sundry reasons must remain at home, have no such important, but no less necessary, duty to perform, and that is to give these men, the support and assistance and courteous, kindly treatment they deserve. That's all. It sounds easy. But experience in similar situations throughout the country, have indicated it isn't 1 Mrs. Gilmore's Kin Among Doctors Held By Japs in Balaan Mrs. W. S. Gilmore of 40 North Peach street was in formed today that her nephew. Dr James C. Rlnaman, major In the medical corps in Balaan, had stayed with his patients when the island surrendered to the Japanese, April 8 last. Mrs. Dorothea Daley, second lieutenant nurse, gave a person al Interview to Major Rinaman's brother-in-law at the time of her arrival at Letterman hos pital In San Francisco. She stated that she had talked with Major Kinaman the day of the surrender at 10 p. m. and the surrender was about an hour later. All guns had ceased to fire as some sort of an armis tice had been arranged. Mrs. Daley stated that all the other doctors also had stayed with the several thousand patients and so all were cap tured. Mrs. Daley praised the conduct of all and stated that the Americans were only al lowed one meal a Hny hut that it was feneruu one. Sha to have the job any hip-hip-hooraying or the day-to-day behavior of of us in this community, as soldiers, and we mean naturally comes under the other things: conclusions, when some said she was happy to be able to give some good news as she had been giving out plenty of sad news. Nurse Daley Is a married woman, her wedding having oc curred in Batnan and her hits hand is also a prisoner there She was very sweet and gracl ous In her desire to Impart news to relatives of those who were captured, Mrs. Gilmore said. Dr. Rmaman has never visited in Medford bvit Is on the staff at Balaan with Dr. Merkel of Medford. The Jnps are treating prison ers well, especially doctors and chaplains, Mrs. Daley was quoted as saying. The Grange Griffin Creek Grange H E. club ladies of Griffin reported here. Creek Grange will hold their) ' annual picnic Thursda at 7jT"E house tax-makers already p. m. at the home of Myrtle have chanced their minds Wilson on Orchard Home drive about one thini; Joint taxation for all Grance members and of husband and wife. The com friends. It will be a ocnnv i dinner. Please bring your own service. tee stall Tribune want ada. Personal Health Service By William Slf nd letter pertaining t personal health and rjjflene, not ta disease dlafnuel or treatment, will be answered by Or Brad; If a stamped self addreued envelope u enclosed. Letter should be brief and written la Ink Owing to the tare number of letter melted only a lew can im amwered here. Mo reply ean be made to address Or. William Brady, Ml CI Camlno. Beverly Bills. Calif. RESISTANCE Everybody has some idea of what immunity means. It is the protection against diptheria con ferred upon your child, preferably be fore the child is ZVs years old, certainly before the child is old enough to at tend nursery school or kin dergarten The i m m u nity is con f erred by Dr. Brady an injection of toxoid by the family physician, and it requires perhaps two to three months to develop, follow ing administration of the single dose of toxoid. Then there is the immunity against typhoid fever corferred by two or three weekly injec tions of typho-bacterin by the physician. This immunity, too, requires two months or more to develop fully, so that it is neces sary to have the "shots" two months before the exposure oc curs, in order to enjoy the full protection against typhoid fever. The immunity conferred by one or more hypodermic injec tions of antitoxin is probably developed within a few days after the antitoxin is adminis tered, whether it be diphtheria antitoxin or tetanus antitoxin but this type of immunity is of short duration, only sufficient to aid or protect for the duration of the attack or for the few weeks in which :he attack of diph'heria or lockjaw may oc cur it does not necessarily last mucn longer. In all known types of 'mmu- nity, certainly in all natural acquired immunity the develop ment of the immunity takes many weeks or even months. And so far as we know It takes many weeks or months to lose naturally acquired Immunity. once it has developed. Natural immunity is the type of immu nity acquired bv having an at tack of the disease it accounts for the well known non-susccpt- ibility to a second attack of the same disease be it smallpox or whooping-cough. Wnen we speak of "resist ance instead of Immunity, then we never know Just what we are talking about. No one, so far as I can learn, has defined "resistance" so tnat it may be distinguished from immunity. And neither has any scientific authority shown how anybody can determine in any instance whether an individual has "re sistance" against illness in gen eral or a specific Illness in par News Behind Tlie News By Paul Mallon (Continued From Paf On) was expected, has had many puzzling aspects, but seems sub ject to only one interpretation The nazis apparently have been hammering the tackle and guard positions there in preparation for a run around the end where the ploy was expected in the first place. The line north of Kharkov was not as strongly defended by the reds as their position around Rostov. The Germans, there fore, were able to hit it hard enough to break through and, in fact, cause some withdrawal of troops from the southern front Also these tactics served to pro tect them in the future from any northern flanking move if they go forward with the Rostov drive, as expected. Consequently, both this un expected northern breakthrough and the expected rapture of Se vastopol, apparently were only nazi preparations for a bigger drive to come In between these two points. At least that is the only Interpretation which squares with the known facts Future events will tell. pHE Russ mitted lans lately have per to get up a little closer to the front lines than formerly, but mostly In quiet sectors. No special military missions have been allowed to come in. Only our men on the ground have been allowed to go forward. The Russians believe in run ning the war their own way. No Moscow interest in opening up a Siberian front has been mittee snipped that treasury- provision out of the tax bill af tor first adopting it. sujinosedly due to t'le ardent workings of Speaker Rayburn, who hails Brady. M. D. queries not conforming to Instructions. OR IMMUNITY ticular. On the other hand, any physician can determine posi tively, by the Schick test whether an individual has im munity against dipntheria. So, unless I am bewildered by scientific literature bearing on the question it seems to me that I am within my proper pro vince when I indulge in a hearty chuckle at the solemn geezer who declares with such fervor that his "resistance" is certainly lowered when he gets iU feet wet, sits in a draft, or under goes exposure to a sudden change of weather, for he near ly always takes "cold" under such circumstances. QUESTIONS AND ANSWER.! Obesity Like Immunity I simply must reduce about 30 pounds before the fifteenth of seit month. It meana a great deal to me. (Mlu C. W.) Answer Obesity, like Immunity, can neither be Rained nor lost in a few weeks. Of course It means a great deal to you your health and life. In the first place, and Incident ally, and only Incidentally your peace of mind, personal comfort and good looks, when your dream of slender tell? over night la over, young wom an, you might care to send 35 cents and, stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet "Rules for Re ducing." Te reducing regimen de scribed In the booklet la designed primarily to protect and Improve health of vlt and secondarily to take off superfluous flesh. I hate to shatter your dream but after all we must take obealty seriously, for It Is no trifling matter. Flaxseed Since X adopted the practice of using whole raw flaxseeds as In structed In your pamphlet on Con- stloatlon. I have had no occasion to resort to medicinal nhysle or enema for several years. When I tell you that I had habitually employed strong physics or enemas dally for many years prior thereto, you may realize how erateful I feel. (A. L. H.) Answer Thsnk you. sir. On re quest, accompanied with stamped addressed envelope. I am lad to mall a copy of the pamphlet on Constipation. Tuberculosis Daughter, IB. has been anemic for some time, now has what doctor calls pleurisy In left aide of back. X-ray of chest shows at least 80 senrs. none active, no fluid, no sign of T. B. (Mrs. C. O. P.) Answer Tuberculosis of lung Is the only explanation that would fit the description you give, altho other conditions mieht account tor the slens. I would not rely on X-ray alone to rule out tuberculosis. One oosslble cause of such signs would be coccidioidomycosis a kind of fungus Infection, the fungus being Inhaled In dust from Infested soil. (Copyright 1943, John F. Dtlle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M D 265 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. - I from Texas, a community prop erty state. There has also been ' some talk in committee that the ; White House Intervened, but this has in no wise been sub- , stantiated. 'THE grand old liberal of the ! senate, George Norris of Ne braska, decided several months ago he would not run for re election, but he has since bec-r told by President Roosevelt that it is "just as honorable for him to die in the senate as on the battlefield." Not only from this but from other evidence, the politicos as sume Norris will probably an nounce as an independent after the August 11 primary. He did that before. This time the president's en treaty might be strengthened by the fact that the favorite in the democratic primary race is Rep resentative Harry Coffee, who has not been strictly a new dealer. Communications THANKS FOR FREE PAPERS To the editor: My thanks to you for comply ing with my request for addi tional Mail Tribunes for the USO and Red Cross clipping files. The writer Is aware that a newspaper is often called upon for more than its share In such times as these, and when re quests are met so unhesitatingly and generously it merits more public attention than it usually gets. It will gratify those of us who are conscious of this fact if you can bring yourselves to blush ingly publish our thanks, for we feel that you are far too modest when it comes to calling to notice your own large contribu tions to the collective cause. Lucile Perry Ames, Chairman. Clipping Committee. ISO. 423 Park Ave.. Medford. Bones of dogs, uncovered In Ventana cave, on the Papago Indian reservation of Arizona, are said to provide evidence of the earliest domestication of the animal on this continent. Mm Mall Tribune want ada. Kelly'i Comment From Washington. D. C Knox Says Navy Watching Coast Japt Acquainted With West Coast OPA Aide Admits Sugar Mistake By John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, July 8. The navy is "alive to the situ ation", states Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, replying to criticism that the Pacific north west is being neglected. This criticism is mounting in volume and, as one public body official telegraphed to his senator, 'This government should consider local protection at least equal to that given foreign agencies. The story of the shelling of Fort Stevens and Vancouver island by a Japanese submarine; the sinking of an American merchant vessel near Neah bay; the crippling of a Canadian freighter off Vancouver island, which ship managed to limp to port these and other occur ences have been but sketchily told. The inside story is still being withheld. Navy communiques have avoided revealing the death- dealing attack on Dutch Harbor and subsequent events. Until wounded were disembarked at Puget sound (as shown in news reels) there was a disposition to treat the sneak attack as an at tempt that was beaten off in short order and with almost no damage inflicted. Because of developments in Alaska and the Aleutians, patrol planes and bombers which could have searched for the submarine (or submarines)) were absent from Tongue Point and other fields "on a mission." No offi cial reports on the outcome of this mission have yet been made. ONE apparent fact recognized by civilians in the northwest is that the Japanese invaders in the Aleutians and the comman ders of the submarines which are ranging from the north to at least the Oregon-California line have a thorough under standing of what they are doing. That entire shore line has long been studied by officers of the Japanese navy posing as fisher men. They know the carrying capacity of the guns at the for tifications and can stand outside that range and shell the shore and the forts even in the dark. How many submarines are browsing on the northwest coast is not known, but those wno have seen at least one of. tne undersea craft say that 11 is large, about 375 feet in lengtn. A submarine of that size re quires no mother ship; it can cruise from Japan to the west coast and back. One such sub surfaced near a pleasure speed boat off the coast, almost in the tuna fish area, whereupon the sDeedboat headed for Astoria but was not disturbed. Captains of merchant ships report discov ering submarines at night sur faced to charge their batteries. As explained on the floor of the house last month, the United States is starting to build a new submarine program calculated to sink many a "Mara, ' but the construction requires time, e SUGGESTION (congressmen these days do no more than to suggest) has been made to Secre tary Knox that some of the air planes, surface ships and tanks being delivered to the British, Russians and Chinese be divert ed to protect the northwest. Much of this equipment was captured by Rommel in Lybia: some in Russia, These materials came from the lend-lease money. Of this date, the United States has appropriated $32,170,000. 000 for lend-lease and originally it was stated that from three to five billion dollars would be all the lend-lease money required, e e DESPITE the vote of Vice President Wallace, breaking a tie and temporarily saving CCC, this organization has been wiped out and Is given one year to liquidate. This is the death knell for IS camps in Washington, 13 In Oregon, seven each in Idaho, Montana and Utah, five In Wy oming and 28 in California. The ramps were to have been used in fighting forest fires. Incendi ary and otherwise, and each would have sheltered a com pany of 200 boys from 17 years up. There were certain western senators who preferred to take a chance on a Japanese aviator WARNING! BEWARE OF BOWEL WORMS Inside) You or Your Child rn nu'i r dlttrvMf AM WowmdT. tVuriji hav this fistutT aiU irsMit w.thfHit rn know in whit wronf. w!h (or wucH warn rai titrn tu: pirlvfsf. "flnickr" rP.iW. nvrvtxw Vm 3WST. 9 WKMIFVCB tr 4r ut tvurrdwwma brf.r the- raa "ft a" n4 maU lrt"t.;. J.WNL S , Atrtrfra'g ladir prvr-itrr wrrm mdir'- : nei. t. n,-aUjj t?d vrd Bd hf mi'in tor prT ft wr.ttiry. It ftrt rf ftntly. Tt 4rt out t ihSnrn worm. W Nen no wormt thr. J AVNE' A n i-t fid !;. fit Man r s JAM .JiavOa.t dropping Incendiary bombs in the timberland rather than con tinue the CCC organization. e IN the office of senator of the far west an official of the office of price administration admitted that there is plenty of sugar in the United States, ware houses overflowing and no place to dispose of it. "We admit," said the official, "that we un derestimated the available sugar supply, but we dare not make that admission publicly or it will cast discredit on any other rationing we may order." This is confirmation of an item in this space that sugar is abund ant but that OPA does not want to lose face by modifying its rules on rationing. Some small bakeries in war industry cities are reported closing for lack of sugar and housewives are still worrying about sugar for pre serving fruit. I Ye Poets Corner Trailer-Made Let me live in a house by the side of the road Where the cars go whizzing by. I hey are big, they are small, they are new and old Traveling onward, so am I. Let me live in a house by the side of the road Mid the din of automobiles If I tire of one place I'll move somewhere else in my house that is built on wheels. So it's Ho! for the wide open spaces From the mountains down to the sea, For the pioneer looking for some new place Had nothing at all on me. Carma McCarty. Summer Storm Lightning licks a forked tongue In grim anticipation Storm clouds growl a warning stern And thunderous detonation Goes echoing down the canyon walls Behind mute rocks is muffled. A whispering in the sycamores With vagrant breezes ruffled Furred creatures pause a mo ment Their nostrils quivering, scent The first great, splattering rain drops Before the sky is rent As if a mighty organ Crashed in melodic glee With rhythmic patter of the rain Beating the major key. Each flower lifts it's chalice Each tree the moisture quaffs With clinging gown drenched to the skin A sated Nature laughs. Carma McCarty. The rising sun Will suon be setting In the silk-worm ridden east When our Wolves of War are gathered For that final great big feast. They'll be begging for the mercy They did not have to spare When they bombed old Manila That "Open City" fair. The slant eyed yellow devils Will seek ancestral shade For the way they hit Pearl Har bor While "peace talk" was being made. Some folks said we couldn't lick 'em We're sure trying it by heck Ain't no yellow heathen devils Can come jumping down our neck. We are slow to wrath and anger We're freedom loving folk But we go right out and get 'em vi hen they start their f lghtin talk. The Stars and Stripes forever Will fly the seven seas For we never will "take water" From the heathen Japanese. G. A. Crosby. Four hundred Jalopies found rusting In a Wisconsin "grave yard" yielded enough scrap to make 240 75-mm. howitzers and 480 one-ton aerial bombs. Chinese books begin on wnat would be the last page of Amer ican books. III FOR RESULTS 11 USE-HI PI II MAIL TRIBUNE 1 CLASSIFIED !f jii III I ADS! Flight o' Time Medrurd and Jackson Coantf History from the riles of the stall Tribune 10 and to rears aeu. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY July 8. 1932 (It was Friday) College merger bill to be on November ballot. Repeal of prohibition laws predicted, if Roosevelt elected president. British premier announces United States must trim its war debt claims before Britain will pay. Man by name of Will Rogers elected congressman when Ok lahoma voters thought they were voting for famed humorist of same name. Hail storms were feature of June weather, weather bureau reports. A trace of rain fell. High 88, low 58 degrees. Lindbergh kidnap hoaxer given year in Jail. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY July 8. 1322 (It was Saturday) Homes In Willow Springs dis trict menaced by grass fire. Railroad strike moves into deadlock. Allies plan to help Germany get on her feet. Phlnn near nw i , -i 1 or,, rw Sun busy and battle with Cheri 1UUI113. Fair and warm. High 99, low 49 degrees. Merchants plan $7,000 build ing at county fair. Entire Vallov in hmnnll Klan issue and recall of sheriff mreai. M m G. ii Grants Pass, July 8. (Spl.) HoDes for a new wintf fn. , . Josephine General hospital wero aoanaonea nere Monday when a letter was received from the commanding officer of Camp White savins constmrtinn such a wing "was not considered leasioie. - J. E. Moore. aimerintpnHene of the hospital, received the let ter irom colonel Owen R. Mere dith, whose annrnval warn hmm. sary before funds could be ob tained from PWA to erect the wing. Col. Meredith added Th. general matter of defense areas which affects such construction as you have in mind is one which has been given, and no doubt will continue to be given attention from time to time by higher authorities." Suear is the Durest form nf enegy known. 8 - :-r ::jw I iwisiseiaji ill ill si I il I II u I III bLs 1,1 aea' IB
