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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1942. MdforivI&Tribune "Iiwhi la ftovthani Of HKDPORD rmiKTiNa CO. tT-H Ksrth rir t- Pbon till KOflEBT W BUHL, Btmar. RNEST R. OILflTRAP. Hatfr. Voter! M Meond claw matter at M4 (orC Oraaam. ntter Aet f March t, 1IT UB8CRIPTTON HATHA By Hall I Ad vane! Dtll? and un'ter M raar lift pally and So tut a r ! maatha... I.I tallr and Sunday thraa moatha I Oally ao4 Sunday ona month... .TS By Carrlar la Advaaea Mad ford. At tend, Caatral Point. Jaehaanrtlla, OolS IftIL Rou Rlvar. Paaaala, TalaaL and aa mo'ar roataa: tally ad Suaday n yaar If tally and Sunday ona month.. .T All tar mi eaah la adaaea. Official Paper af.tfw nty 4f MMfarS Offlc-laJ Papar af Jarkaa Caaaty MEMBRK OP THE ASSOCIATE! PRESS Rx-atrial Pall Lcaaad Wlra BarvlM Tha Aaaoclatad Praaa la axeloatvaly aatttlad ta tha aa for publteattoa of all dlapatrbaa cradltad ta It ar thar wtaa ertdltad ta ttita papar, and alaa ta taa lacal nawa poontnaa naraia. an rivttia far niibl1ratloa of Slapatehaa harafa ara alaa raaarvad. WEuncs or pwited press MEMBER OP AUDIT Pl'SEAO OP CIRCULATIONS AdrartUfnv Rapraaantattva WEST-HOLLI DAT COM PA NT, INC Offteaa la Naw York. Chleata. Patrol. San Franrtaea, toa Aniralaa, Saattla. parttasd. SL Lent Atlanta. Vaaeouvar, B. C. f 1 1 1 1 s i t w 4-ts tb TIM Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry Some troop arrived from Texas the past week, with none of them tinging, "Deep in the Heart Thereof." Sheriff Brown wi iho' glad to tea iuch a men of folk! from hii home ttate. . E. Ulrich, the Proipect mt. wm., towned FrL Ha quit hay ing to enjoy the cool of a den tist's chair. Jim Owen, the ex-tlmberman, waa 77 the 13th. Ha used to aaw wood and whlatle, but now he Just whittles. Plums political and horticul tural are ripening, and Attjr. G. Codding picked one of the former the first of the week. Members of tha Woodpeckers Helpy-Selfy society met Frl. and urged all members to start whet ting their beaks for the fall cup board making. Prof. Marvin Woodpecker, Pli.D.S., warned tha young stroplng their beaks on cement corners to aava time would give them pains In the neck, and urged them to use tha oaks of their forefathers, as this it war. Tha Democratic candidate for Governor, still charges the Re publicans are trying to beat him. Ha has something there and howl The Dick Phalr girl wrapped her Paw around her litUe finger Thurs. and then unwrapped him. She does the same trick with the Jack Walker boy J. Tanm hill. Andrew Jackson Simpson, of tha hills, reports the first roast ing ears. Instead of butter ha slicks them up with cold bacon grease. e Bill: Perl and folks have rtd from a trip to California, where he saw his Grandpaw, some movie queens, and the Pacific ocean. Several peace plans have been hatched locally. One plan would shoot peace Into Germany before she can start the next war. Tha Older Girls report there ara not many flies this summer, and if there were they would get swatted. a a Coordinator F. Van Dyke of Ashland has been busier than a combination ant, bee and bird dog. He sure is "activated", and fears are felt he will be "Indoc trinated". He ts still running around with "Cannonball" Jack son, who is old-fashioned and Just "dynamic." a Churk Clay III it learning to walk, but unable to proceed straight. Under his own steam, he veers off to the left and tits down with a resounding thud. The Joe Fliegt-l boy It up to Scout ramp, and wishes every body else waa there. His expect ed homesickness failed to ma terialize. a a The local political pot boiled last wiek, with the newt bene fits to dependents of soldiers would be paid the day before election. There Is no political significance to this, just a hap py happenstance. It started the local democracy grunting and groaning over the dehorning of the Wilsonian L. of N., score and more of ears ago, as the cause of the current war. Raymond Fish of Phoenix has a beautiful tin on the op of his head, that is tha envy of the fair sex, who with It was on their forearms. ' What s the Big Idea? Why should the navy delay reporting what hap pened at Dutch Harbor for six weeks? Tokyo certainly knew all about it, and reported the news from the Japanese side, at once. So by this long delay no important information was being kept from the enemy. Moreover casualties from Dutch Harbor, on their arrival in Seattle gave detailed accounts of the hostil ities, many weeks ago, censorship had no objections. The official naval report therefore wag rather tame and certainly stale by contrast. X7E can see no rhyme procedure. Nor can we the reports of U-boat ship anywhere from one to three weeks. A strict air-tight censorship we could understand. But a censorship which gives out no official reports, until long after unofficial and enemy sources have told the story, so long in interest in the event described has ceased to exist, simply doesn t make sense. The U. S. navy is giving an excellent account or itself in action. But in opinion its press department is a mess. No Sense to It Along the same line as the people given the detailed story of General Doo little's daring air attack on Tokyo, BEFORE the medals were passed around, rather than AFTER? Unless we are mistaken no account of this courage our exploit in any detail, has ever been given pub licity, except by individuals who participated, the official press bureau throughout maintaining a dis creet silence. This does not make sense either as we see it. m m "N Friday last in Seattle, Major Charles Greening, pilot of a plane in that memorable attack speak ing before the Young Men's Business Club in that city, gave a vivid and thrilling account of what trans pired. The U. S. planes, he said, flew in from the sea at TEN feet ALTITUDE, a stunt they had practiced in Florida for more than a month, much to the conster nation of home owners ! Two of Japan's main airplane factories, occupying more territory than the Seattle, were destroyed as was a Japanese airplane carrier at a dock, an oil tanker, a huge ammunition dock, a warehouse and an oil refinery. There is news, good news, and heartening ! 11HY then delay it all this time and instead of broadcasting to the country officially as a whole, with the proper preliminary build-up, allow one member of the squadron unofficially to tell a small club, far-off on the Pacific coast, about it? You wouldn't catch the Axis fumbling a publicity chance like that Nor would the new war news chief Elmer Davis, if he had anything to say about it But it becomes increasingly apparent, that Mr. Davis HASN'T. Obviously under the present set-up he can only give out what the army and navy will let him have, which is like putting a man in com mand of a ship and not letting him enter the pilot house. What's Wrong in Egypt? The above remarks, we admit, proceed from a I purely layman source, and newspaper standpoint ! We claim no special training in, or knowledge of, military or naval science. Bdt we do know something about publicity and its importance in all human relations, including war. ; And as no less an authority than Marshal Foch said : there was nothing to military tactics but engineering and common sense the average layman might even be entitled to a few words there. At any rate, we can't understand British strategy in North Africa, and haven't from the first. Allied air superiority is admitted, heavy allied reinforce ments since Tobruk and superior communications are net denied. Yet from this distance it are merely treading water only 70 miles from Alex andria, making no effort whatever at an all-out of fensive, thus allowing Kommel invaluable time to reform and reinforce his inevitable second smash to It again seems to a man something seriously wrong in North Africa with Brit ish military leadership. Who Isn 7 a Bit Crazy? Mrs. Man Slater, 68 years old, old enough to know better, shot and killed Lucien Doyen, who occupied the flat below her, because of the noise made by the Doyen children. It is a far cry from this grotesque domestic tragedy in peaceful San Francisco with Voronezh as the apex, in war-torn Russia, yet we have an idea, a competent psychiatrist would find a certain connection. Few of us may realize it, affected by what is going ticularly when, as at present, cheering. All tempers Bre as on hair-trigger. MOREOVER, when nations T1of restraint and go to it w and apparently the naval or reason to such" dilatory see any point in delaying - sinkings in the Atlantic most instances that public this departments humble the above why were not huge Boeing properties in would appear the British shattered forces for the conquer Egypt. up a tree there must be to the "bloody triangle ' but we are all emotionally on today in Europe, par the reports are far from a result more or less set s throw down all bars llll toOUl and Claw, the ilt primitive instincts of all individuals within those nations, are to a greater or less extent, affected. Mrs. Slater will undoubtedly plead insanity in defense. But we doubt if any impartial judge say from Mars, would rule her any more insane than the majority of the genus homo, now scattered over the surface of this blood-drenched earth 1 Personal Health Service By William Iltaed letters pertaining to aareeaal health aa atttena, not to Slina tlarnoet. ar treatment, will ke answers hy Dr. artsy it a stamp self etdraeete antelope Is melts letters ahoola he brief en written In ma Owing the large nanhtt ef letters raeeln eoly a tew can be answer here. He reply can he ssnee tn eaenee net eenformlns te ln traction Idtreas Dr. William Bra;, MS gj Carols, twrarl; Hills. Calif. HEALTH INSURANCE A good many people who pur port to be fairly well educated and really ought to know better believe one can enjoy good health in spite of decay . or loss of one or mora teeth, es pecially back teeth which do not show. These people have not been well educated at aU. Their element a r y Dr. Brady education has not Included physiology and hy glene. If they had an elementary knowledge of physiology and hygiene they would not neglect their teeth as they do. They would not put off necessary den tal treatment on any of the fa miliar pretexts fear that It will hurt, unwillingness or Inability to pay for it, or, most deplorable of all, the Idea that loss or decay of back teeth will not show if you are careful in talking, laughing, etc. One reader described her plight here tome time ago, When the suffered carles (cav ity, decay) of a tooth the free clinics and dispensaries refused to treat it she had to wait until the tooth was hopelessly damaged and then the free clinic or dispensary would ex tract it. This threatened to dis qualify her to hold a job that paid her living, for loss of teeth, especially front teeth, made a woman look like an old hag. and employers would not hire them to represent the firm in contact with the public. On the face of it the unfortunate wom an might have some justifica tion for complaining about the shortsighted policy of the clinics or dispensaries If their pur pose is to prevent as well as to relieve disability from sickness. They might logically offer the public necessary dental services as well as medical and turgical and social service. Why couldn't I, with the great Influence of my health column, start tome agitation which might lead to such reform in the service provided by clinlct or dispensaries or hospitals that have charity wardt, asked the correspondent? I thought a good deal about that. I'm afraid my column has little influence with the big shots who control such things. But certainly the correspondent la right in feeling that the serv ices of a dentist should be as News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continue from Pag Oriel sents a general compromise all the way through. THe top tax-makers Jn con- annual tax revenue about SZ3.-I The tube makers are still do gress. like Committee Chslr- 000 000 000 ,nd leave about Ing business but are working on man Doughton. were determln- ed that business should not be ! driven down by these taxes to the point of impoverishment, They did not want that last five j Hon. It merely Increases to an per cent Increase In corporation extreme point the old orthodox tax. methods of new deal taxation, It meant the government I "N"' no new ones would take nearly half (45 perl It will be necessary to main cent) of all business profits and tain some such scale to carry 87 .k ..,. W . 1 i the hllff U.-nr .-leHt u'hinh will ed excess prof'ts. In addition to . . r social security taxes, state, lo- cal and other taxes. Certainly no corporation now could possibly make any more than 8 or 8 per cent, if that, even if it has been running a deficit for many years And even if it makes 8 per cent, this amount is distributed to individuals who must pay terrific Income taxes, that Ih. c.v-emm.nt em i. .wi. .,,hi. .,..... makes in one form or another. TTHe suspicion naturally evolv- a es that tome of the extreme new dealers want to impoverish business thus. In order that it mav he ra.irr taken over for so- ciaiistic operation. No proof of this contention exists. , The new dealers expect prl- vate enterprise to continue to exist and private Initiative to be mainttin-d. under this blll.i but no oi e can deny this much: ; If anvrv wants a socialistic svstem. t. (ion Is the wav to 'J ? .-cnt cannot pes- cannot pay for successful pri- Brady D. AMD JOB INSURANCE freely available to the poor aa are the services of physicians, surgeons and specialists in pub lic hospitals, clinics, dispensar ies. That it it not available is a sad commentary on the profes sional pretensions of the dental profession in the first place, and on the narrowmindedness of the medical profession as a whole in refusing to recr- Jze dentist ry as a branch medicine and surgery and ' . failing to make dentists lv cordially welcome to returr jo the medical profes sion r jper. 4CESTIO.g and ANSWERS Tannle Ad Paste for Bruin I ant a retired nurse. Can you tell ma how to make the tannic acid Jelly aa recommended for burns by the defense authorities. Drugstores have It In only small tubes. I'd like make It up in quantity for our neighborhood emergency center. (Mrs. 8. H. M.) Answer rj 8 P. directions for mak ing tannic acid ointment: Dissolve 30 grama of tannic acid In 20 grams of glycerin with the aid of gentle heat. Melt S grams of yellow wax with 3 grams of wool fat and 64 grams of petrolatum on a water bath, and gradually Incorporate this warm 11- quid with the tannic acid solution, j expect to oe inducted Dy L.nrist This makea 100 grama of tannic acid . mas. Group 4 are men with ointment. Approximately 4 grams tn teaapoonful, 30 grama In ounce. The ointment must not come In contact with Iron, which blackens K. Ordi narily a tube of tannlpaate. available at drugstore. Is sufficient for the home first aid kit. No Substitute Tried to purcnaee quinine to take for Meniere's r .idrotne, but several drugstores said they could supply It only on prescription and that only as long as their present supply lasts. Is there any substitute you can recom mend? (J P.) Answer I'm sorry, I know of no substitute. Cat Like Mrmher of Family Male house cat Is tame, but like other cats goes visiting. People feed the eat from regular dinner plates that they use: I worry about getting some disease. What precaution may I take for my own protection and the protection of my expected child? (Mr. H. W ) Arawer Don't handle or pet the cat unless you wash hands with soap and water Immediately afterward. Ordinary washing of plates tn hot soapy water will prevent any possible Infection from them. The cat would probably appreciate the deference shown him Just aa much If a dish were kept tor his exclusive use. Send ten cents and stamped envelope bear ing your address, for booklet "Pre paring for Maternity". If you would like slao "The Brady Baby Book" In close ten cents additional. Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should sen letter direct to Or. William Brady. M. O, tSS El Camlno. Beverly Hill. Calif. vate enterprises. It has Insuffi cient resources to acquire by purchase, but it can easily con trol, manage and even take over business which is sick or weak. This bill edges up to the line or impoverishment, and up i will be requested to permit the against the question of whe h- manufacture of tubes temporar er Individual ambitions to makeily. Vrom the Jtart it wa, r money can be maintained which nized tnat Jome ,latlons might of course is the root of the profit be affect.d ,nd , pooling',,, sstem. , , . spares was suggested. This fail ed to work, as stations with DUt from the standpoint of extra equipment declined to treasury necessity, the bill 1 share with stations less equip Is still Insufficient. It will make 1 ped. JU U" UUU uuu ' De rlsed by floating bonds. Of Itself, therefore, it will not prevent or greatly hinder infla- $130.000 000.000 at the end t it e oi ine next iiscai year ana pef - I haps two or three times that 'much by the time the war is I over. M0st peCull"r "P6 ot tht 1VI situation Is that the CIO and other labor groups do not think these corporation taxes are huh enough, althouiih their Wales must com from ror,ra. tlnn inmm. Th. i.T ... , wae increases from Increased corporate earnings. It is a priie example of short sightedness of labor leadership a typical sign of the times that labor advocates further government confiscation of the pot from which its earn-i mgs are oerivea crma-rao. nrTtrnw ... "-,". ' ; " ? - str'k,n employes of the) American Magnesium corpor-1 voted today to return to; work tomorrow midnight after JfWJ- that tha waUtout be ended. Kelly's Comment From Washington. D. C. Draft ReahuffU Well Under War Radio Station Facing Silence Copper Salvage Dme Looms Soon By Jaha W. HaThf . Washington, D. C, July 18. The selective service is busy taking registrant from "class! Ilcation" to "categories' In a general reshuffle. They are not shouting it from the housetops, but three of the four categories will be put In uniform before December 31 and the fourth will be sifted over for war material in January. For reasons of policy, not much will be said about the plans until after the election in November. Repre sentatives and senators have nothing to do with the selective service and as this is not a presi dential year, so on the surface there appears to be little excuse for waiting until after the elec tion. Category 1 includes all those who have no dependents and who are able to pass the army doctors. This is a large group, arid don't be surprised if lads 18 and 19 of age are included. Category 1 will be in service by December 1. Category 2 com prises men who have depend ents other than a wife or chil dren. This group Is to be in uniform early in December. Category 3 comprises men with a wife, a regular domestic life, who were married before De- cemDer , 1H1. inis group can wife and children, and If they are called it will be early in the next year. In this group indi vidual cases will be determined on their merits, such as whether the wi(e and children can get along on the monthly allow ance contributed by the soldier and the government; whether the wife has a job or is qualified for one; whether the children are adopted, etc. Of course, this order of selec tion rests with the local board. The board is informed how many men must be produced and fills the order, and if there are not enough in category 1 it will dip Into category 2, arid so on. Goal of the army for this year is 4,500,000 by December 31. There will be 1,000,000 men in the navy. If, as may be, the army is doubled in 1943 the United States will have 10.000, 000 men under arms. Men up to 44 years will be scarce in the northwest in 1943, other than those engaged in shipbuilding and airplane fac tories and those physically dis qualified for uniformed service. They will begin to disappear rapidly the end of this year. . a SOMETIME In the next 12 months the number of radio broadcast stations will be re duced to 338 because of a short age of tubes for transmitters. There are at present 906 stations and of these 370 will be forced off the air, estimates the TCC. Board of war communications has sent a questionnaire to sta tions to ascertain how they are situated with respect to tubes and when the answers are re turned war production board army orders, it ts possible that some Uibes, which do not come 'UP y requirements, may be obtained by stations, but thlt would be only a stop-gap. A tube for a transmitter is very expensive and is guaranteed for a limited number of hours (ap proximately 1.000) but the sta tions, by using care and nursing them along, manage to obtain "bou five ,,m" the """f ?' tint IP fFiiaranf w4 til tearful In ' ! , ,. . t I "e, ,h" ,ub requires a , "s n d und, f InZZZJZ , ' " f, ! "n ,tr,nsm,i'?'on, lln ilfVaZ LZ. M,.ti ? ,h 906 '?S W0.u Ukt 1?" n. h.alf ,ton 0 ?pr' ! Ch.'' ll'ieu"' U ta ,bt'nln , fu,'lorl,y fr ne manufacturers , ,0 PfPdUCe tubes for Commercial broadcast stations. AND. speaking of copper, a ' drive to collect odds and ends : of this metal will be launched CORN REMOVER Oivm assiaat rail! salt) eat eeat nvalT ! aart earn, sen na kmu o an. , ! n. ns. sttpUleaMe. dak aslla. H eaataaas Ml aitMtaal alls as Sanaa, linn at teas eat esaaa fee Imwftaa as a saa set ssMtuiaa. Waa el eers aa tauaa trr eua aaa. Salt aa Mr eaca sraarsaiaa. Exclusively tt WESTERN THRIFT within short time. More cop per can be collected than the drive for aluminum produced, which was a fiasco. The waste paper drive was so successful that it had to be called off. The rubber drive, successful in the far western states, proved a dis appointment in the east, with hints that four junk dealers with coast to coast connections will make a killing. These con cerns are reported to receive a commission on all rubber turned in regardless of who collects it and they then assort the rubber and sell It by classification to the plants which do the reclaim ing. For example, the crepe rub ber soles on shoes is said to be worth more than $400 a ton. The grease drive, now on, will continue indefinitely. Copper ashtrays, door knobs and knock ers, candlesticks, etc., will be invited when the copper drive is inaugurated on a nation-wide scale. KILLER'S THREATS TOLD BY FATHER OF SLAIN MAID San Leandro, Calif., July 16 W) A complaint charging mur der was filed today against Leslie B. Gireth, 42, wealthy Glendale jewel expert and civic leader accusing him of slaying 20-year-old Miss Dorena Ham mer during a tryst in a cottage here. The girl's father. Ernest G Hammer of Glendale signed the complaint, and the Histrirt t. torney said that Gireth married and father of two sons, had previously threatened Dorena. District Attornev Ralnh Hnvt said Hammer told him that at taster time Dorena disclosed she was trying to break off her friendship with Gireth and indi cated she feared him. Hoyt said "she said that Gireth told her the father stated that if she ever did break off with him there mlsht be serlnua rnnw. OUences for her." Dorena anH Gireth had been intimate for a year. She was shot to death Thursday. L. E. Dayton, assistant dis trict attorney, said Gireth free ly admitted the killing and con fessed "I wa afrairi that nur Interest In each other might lead to scandal that would ruin her life." SOUP PRICE UP Washington, July 18 (IP) An Increase In the price ceiling on canned soup was ordered by the office of price administra tion today to compensate can- ners and dealers for the larger cans and more highly concen trated soup they are now ' re quired to sell. Now! Thru Thursday! Records Smashed! Two Grand Stars and What a Picture!! DIME. I VVSif I Ullhih lAMARR With BASIL RATKBOKE Clare Trevor Sig Ruman Continuous Showi Matt (til ) 40c-25c-llc Including Tax Flight o' Time Medfprd an Jackson Connty History from the rue of the Mali Tribune 10 an tt rears ato. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY July 19. 1932 (It was Tuesday) Salem to seek relief funds for new water system. Jackson county leads state as gold producer. Bonus marchers plan to move on White House. Leslie M. Scott resigns at state highway commissioner. Gasoline thefts continue in this area. Groceries and tires are also stolen. Slightly warmer, low 41 degrees. High 81, Dakota farmers plan to hold wheat for $1 per bushel. Cattle market shows improvement. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY July 19. 1922 (It was Wednesday) AF of L issues call for all unions to support coal miners strike. Forest fires race alone Oreenn side of Columbia river. Progressives win in Nebraska primary election. Ransom Webster leaves for Klamath county, where he will haul lumber the rest of the sum mer. Woodmen plan big celebra tion Labor day. Local armory is now assured when council acts for sale of city lots. Injunction sought against sheriff's recall election. Hcppner. July 18 OP . Frank Anderson insured hi farm July 3 and that niaht a small tornado destroyed his barn, damaged his combine and a hayrake. ' But he was blue because he thought he had only taken out fire insurance. Today, however, all was well, for he learned that he had coverage including wind storm and would be reimbursed for his loss. SPANIARDS CELEBRATE Madrid. July 18 (IP) Span iards celebrated in flas-bedeck- ed streets today the nation's an nual "day of national rlsine." which marks the outbreak of the Spanish revolution six years ago. Closing time for Classified Ads' m. Too lata to Classify 12 JO p. m. The most exciting picture you'll ever tee ... we defy you to keep in i your seats! Was hat husband diiticjviihad . . . honored ... or did he bear the stain oi killer . . . thi.l . . . gang star? Today! Eve- (after 6) i0c-2Sclle tkiluding Tax 9. Tv 1:1 NAiitvA I IK ! I