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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, 'OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1942. MEDFORDtft&tTBIBUNB "Ktii;mi t ftoathni Orgom 4 thm Mali TtIMib.- PufeHari. by mvdpord rniNTiNa co. tf-tt Korth Fir Be phn 1141 fHBHT W Rt'HU Bell sr. HNriT R. OIL8TRAF, Hinifif, TmfrmS ta MCon4 (Iin matter mt Mt ford. OragM, nnlr Ael f Marel. I. ltTt URSTRTPTtOM BATES 9r Mall In Advaneai gaily and Sunday on par l My and Sunday alt manthi... I.I Dally and Sunday thraa tnantha t Ditly and Sundty n month,,. .Tl By Carrfar In Adyanea Hadrard. Aah land, Cantral Paint. Jataannvflla, Oo'd H!IL Racu Rlvar, Phoanll, Tatant and on motor routaa: ttatly and Sun.Iay ona fmr Dally and Sundny na mwith. .71 All tarma carti la advanca. 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The strategy of the brave but bearded Russians Is still a deep, dark military secret. They may plan on running around the world tending to Nippon en- route and hit the Nazis In the rear when not looking. The old fashioned loda pop bottle Is coming back, the kind that had a combination wire rubber cork, and was opened by smacking same with hand or hammer. It was a Job for a fullgrown man. When the drinker finally succeeded he was generally christened by a geyser of red and carbonated water, strong enough to eat the buttons off his vest. The climate has finally capi tulated to a drum-fire of cussing and moderated moderately. The homeliest wrestler on earth grunted here last night and has no competition locally worth mentioning. No wonder Hon. Japs don't want to lose face. ' a ROMANCE BOUND-UP (Klamath River News) "Dan Cupid has been work ing overtime this week shoot ing arrows, and the week-end will find three new brides in Klamath, one a very charm ing blonde who thought she could fool Klamath folks, for getting that we see Grants rasa licenses in Oregon papers. The other Is a popu lar matron and the other a very young blonde. You guess who and look for news of the weddings next week." Two of the eight Nazi sa boteurs landed in this country from a submarine have chal lenged the right of the President to deny them the right to access to the civil courts. They want a habeas corpus and a special session of the supreme court has been summoned. This is rec ord breaking legal quibbling and splitting of hairs and no monkey business for war times. There will probably be a big argument over whether the hairs to be split should be yanked from the heads of the defendants, their counsel or In nocent bystanders. The state highway commis sion has Issued an order that motorists, whether or not they feci like it, come to a full halt i t .11 .;!... 1 : . . j an emergency measure "that should leave a permanent thought with the reckless driver is: Nothing is so perman ent as death. Tom (Blackic) Crow has re turned from a trip to the Wil lamette valley where on the way home he was mistaken for an enemy parachute by a hay hand. A resident of the Coos Bay area by the name of Sea gull inadvertently looked like one but also escaped. "I was skeered white,"' Mrs. Crow quoted her husband as saying. A British air raid left Ham burg, a leading port and sub marine hangout of Germany a mass of -flames and resembling hamburger. The Allied world hopes there is a speedy return ot the raiders to make the re semblance mere to. A Welcomed Invitation THERE are number of reasons why the people of southern Oregon will be generally pleased with the invitation extended to them to attend an "open house" at Camp White August 15th and wit ness the ceremonies attending the activation of the new 91st infantry division. First of all, civilians here have a personal interest and pride in Camp White, named in honor of one of Oregon's most distinguished citizens, the late Major General George A, White. This is OUR camp, and the enthusiastic "okay" given to the entire es'.blishment by military men who KNOW has been most gratifying to all of us who have watched the great cantonment grow from the first blue-print and surveyor's peg. FURTHERMORE, this "open house" will provide r local people an opportunity to see the men of the new 91st in action, using the latest weapons of warfare and the newest General Charles uerhardt this outfit an alert, tough, hard-hitting fighting force has the whole-hearted approval of most citizens here. AJ1 "extra-curricular" activities will be out, as far as Camp White is concerned. That is nghtl We are 1942-model warfare there social niceties, no room Under the training plan immediately instituted by Major General Gerhardt and his able staff, the new 91st will be physically and mentally fit to carry on the most cherished and honored traditions of the Pine Tree division of 1918. We look for the same strength, courage and gallantry shown by this "Wild West division at Meuse-Argonne and Ypres-Lys. WHEREVER this outfit may see action in the days to come in the South Seas, on the fields of France and Germany, on the African desert or on the Isle of Japan it is our confident prediction that the battle cry: "Powder River, Let er Buck" will carry the new 91st to glorious achievement. Yes indeed! Southern fully follow the fortunes Now it is OUR division! rESPITE arduous training at Camp White there has been, and will continue to be, opportunities for pleasant contacts between the soldiers and the people of this valley. Already associations with officers and men have been a delightful experience for many southern Oregon people. These men have taken a friendly interest and active part in the life ol this community. There has been a spirit of coop eration between the civilian and military populace which has gone a long way toward solving countless mutual problems. A ND so, we welcome this opportunity to attend the activation ceremonies of the 91st division and renew brief but pleasant contacts with Camp White personnel. It is a safe bit that few will overlook Major General Gerhardt's thoughtful j and gracious invitation. COLLEGE FACULTY MAY GET PAY HIKE Portland. July 28. (JP) The State board of Higher Educa tion today considered a pro posal to raise the pay of 1.000 State college faculty members and secretaries. The raises, which would amount from five to 10 per cent for those receiving $173 a month or less, were recommended yes terday by the board's finance committee after college presi dents said they were losing em ployes to schools offering higher pay. An allocation of $34,000 from the state emergency fund would be needed to put the Increases into effect. The committee also recommended asking for an ad ditional $11,670 for war damage Insurance on college buildings. Communications Chip On Shoulder To the editor: The "chip on the shoulder" attitude ot Medford toward the Influx of new population seems to be growing pains. From the dally complaints in letters to the editor. It appears the upset to a smug, salt-satisfied community Is too great to be borne with complacency. Now the good people of Med ford don't like California and the editor (from special obser vation of past editorials) has no 'i'ciul love for California, but' as one who resided there a number of years. I must say that California can take it. Crowing. I mMn 1 uur a aitlitirKnn mm. miiuity of Los Angeles growl from a small group of forty fam illrs to a thriving city of four teen thousand In the space of three years. And brother, they may hove looked like tho Grnfi'i of Wrath when they came In. but the good citizen spirit dis played was wonderful. Yes, they lived In tents, tar paper shacks and temporary dwellings for a while but that little community Is now a city j of tree lined avenues, flower garden and neat bungalows. ' battle technique. Major s determination to make at war, and In violent is no place for unnecessary for panty-waist soldiers. Oregon people will pride- of the 91st southern Oregon people H. G. When our cantonment was started a professional man re marked to me that Medford sure needed something to wake it up. That something seems to be here and Medford ran no longer roll up it's sidewalks at eight o'clock and tuck the covers of forgetfulness around It's sleepy head. Let's not be so snooty to the stranger in our midst. He may be the potential leading citizen, providing he isn't shooed away by our unhi.spitable actions. Our government has designated Med ford as a needed unit in the war work to be carried on, so why not keep faith with our democracy. Arc we going to walk up to the cantonment workers, the army personnel, our soldier boys, when this is over and say, "Move on, brother; you've done your stint for Uncle Sam. but Medford doesn't want you hang ing around now'.' Carma McCarty, Trail, Ore gon. L LURKING U-EOATS Washington. July 28. n To avoid the submarine menace in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, six central American republics will cooperate with the I'nited States In building an emergency overland route from this country to the Panama canal. The state department an nounced lost nisht flint Guate mala. El Salvador, Honduras. Nicaragua. Costa Rica and i'ana ma have agreed to aid in con structing about 23 miles of pio neer roads connecting segments of the inter-American highway between the Mexican - Gnat malun border and Panama City wroncTpujo Nahunta, Ga July 28 &) C H. Calhoun, high school vo eational teacher, replaced his automobile with a horse which he named "Hatum." Making his round of farms in the neighbor hood, he pulled up at one dur Ing a heavy rainstorm and . stopped by the garage. A low-1 hanging light bulb caught the horse's fancy and he bit into it He was clecUbcuteU. Personal Health Service By Wlllam Brady. M. D. Siloed tetters pertalnlnf to parsons! health and aniens. Dot ta disease oiainutu or treatment, win oe answered or ur, Brady 11 a aiampea self addreewd envelope e enclosed, tetters should bt brief snd written In Ink. Owing lo tho large nam Iter of letters here. No reply can be made to a u Address lr. William Brady, tbS El IMMUNITY OR Recently, a medical colleague informs me, there appeared in this column a statement by me to the effect that "the great majority of these developed suf- ficient Immunity to prevent the tuberculo sis from be coming ac tive." Presum ably I referred to school chil dren or per sons in the 'teens who re act positively to tuberculin test altho I can't for the life of me dig up the article Dr. Brady which the cor respondent quotes, fvowever I acknowledge authorship of that idea, or rather I accept it as the finding and teaching of competent authorities on tuber culosis. When a schoolboy or schoolgirl reacts positively to the skin test (Mantoux reaction) it indicates that the young per son has some tuberculosis, per haps latent or smouldering, in some lymph node or "gland perhaps even active enough to show some slight symptoms or signs the significance of which is apparent only to the physi cian who can study and observe the child for a reasonable time It means that such young per son must be more carefully watched lest he or she develop active tuberculosis. It means that his or her general hygiene and nutrition must be more strictly maintained. It means that he or she must undergo periodic health or medical ex amination (preferably by the same physician) regular at least every three months thruout youth. It means that tha child may have a fair chance to de velop enough immunity in the course of youth to protect bim or her against the flaring up of that smouldering childhood infection into acUve pulmonary tuberculosis. The medical colleague fears my use of the term "immunity" will be misunderstood by lay men. The doctor believes lay men would not misunderstand if I used the term "resistance" instead of the term "immunity." Without saying so the doctor Implies that laymen can't com prehend that immunity may be absolute or only relative, com plete or only partial. To the News Behind The News by Paul Mailon (Continued from Pagi Ona) the cost of living haa gone up 13 percent since that date, end therefore wages should be 13 percent higher. In the case of Little Steel, the unions had already received a 10 percent Increase last April (when Ernest Weir bolted the steel manufacturers and ordered a hike without warning). There fore, the board gave Little Steel an additional 3 percent increase this time, or 44 cents a day, to bring the total since Janu ary 1941 up to IS percent. .The War Labor Board has suggested to the U. S. Concilia tion Service. John R. Steelman. director, that it try to settle all wage issues on the same basis. If a union has had 13 percent increase, it Is to get.no more. If It has had 8 percent, presumably it is to have an other 7 percent. e e A BOUT halt of the eight mil Hon organized workers in the country are tupposed to w have received their 13 percent ; bor Board, will not be consld Increase already. Nearly all the ; ered by him as a Justification others have received some in- for price Increases. crease. This program is meat for Ma Perkins, Murray and Green, the WLB and other laborites in the government, but has Mr. Hen derson tearing off his clothes and tossing them out the win dow. No greater evidence that "parity wages" will not stop Inflation, but will help to bring it about, could possibly be found than the fact Henderson is against it, and trying to stop it. DAKUX AUts is notning 1 but a nice excusing'phrase for wage Increases, which will cause price Increases ana even- i tually more wage Increases. Jt has an old political ring. The farmers concocted the ; phrase "parity farm prices" In j order to keep prices continually 1 going up. And when some ot their prices finally reached par i ity a few months back, they moved their goal up to 110 per- cent of parity. So it will be j with such a wage program. Mr Henderson warned Sun day that food prices were going received only a few can be answered rnrs not conforming to Instructions. Cemlno. Bererly Hills, Calif. RESISTANCE use of the term "resistance' there Is the serious objection that it is altogether too vague and Inexact and especially when the term is employed by physicians. You never know what they mean when they sug gest or imply that exposure to wet or draft or chilling "lowers resistance" certainly they do not mean immunity. At least there is no scientific evidence that such "exposure" has any appreciable influence on the individual's susceptibility to any specmc aiseasa. But I do abate a Jot or tittle on the other statement the doc- tor quotes from the article I can't find. If I said "everybody has a little tuberculosis" I was a little too poetic. I meant most of us have a little tuberculosis in childhood and, fortunately, develop enough immunity to survive. Ql-RRTIONS at ANSWER Reading In Bed u n injurious to ehiidr.. . ecnooi age to read In bed after they retire for tha niehtf la. r. hi Answer Vas. When the child goat w oea it snouia Do to sleep, OoM rilling Dentin says a silver filling, auch as I have In other teeth, will turn black If he puts it In a cavity In a front tooth, and that I should have gold there. (Mrs. K. C. D.) Answer Tho dentist ought to know. Why not a white or porcelain facing over tha filling? Allergte Headacha Must report tha excellent results X have had from following Instruc tion! in the pamphlet "Relief for Allergy", for headacha. It haa cer tainly stopped the headache. (Mre. H. W.) Answer Asthma, hay fever, eczema, recurring hives, sometimes headache, may be allergic. On request I am glad to send tho pamphlet "Belief for Allergy" Inclose stamped envelope bearing your address. Sugar Magic Read that an experiment station had a way to make sugar go twice aa far ona pound sugar, aeven ouncea water and one-fourth tea spoonful tartaric add, boiled gently for. 30 mlnutee. cool, and a cup la equal to one cup sugar for uaa In baking, canning or wherever augar la ueed. IK. C.) Answer It la harmlese enough to try, tho I can't see how It would work the magic. (Copyright 1943, John F.OUle Co.) Ed. Note: Persona wishing to rommmunlrate with rr. Brady should tend letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. n MS El Camlno, Beverly Hills Calif. up, meaning the cost ot living is now on the way to higher levels. When this happens, labor will come back again and ask for another increase, and the farm ers will have to have a similar increase, and the whole vicious spiral of one helping the other to force both wages and prices into high inflationary levels, will Inevitably proceed. e e e ILJENWHILE the other 42,000,- 000 workers in the country whose economic welfare seems to be ignored in this govern ment's managed war economy, will find all values of every thing Ihey own and earn shrink ing as the spiral ot ambitions of the unions and farmers forces prices into ever higher ground. Mr. Henderson is right, but there seems no prospect that he will win. His demand for the arbitrary freezing of all wages and prices at existing levels can gain little sympathy in congress, which must face an election in November, or in the adminis tration where the labor and farm groups are most highly respected. Mr. Henderson has been try ing to keep wages from forcing prices up by warning business men In private phone calls, correspondence and through the press, that any wage increases undertaken by employers with out an order from the War La- Henderson's attitude is complicating Mr. Steelman's Conciliation Service efforts to avoid strikes. Obviously em ployers are not going to enter Mr. Steelman's voluntary set tlements, calling for any wage increases, until ordered by the War Labor Board, so they can increase prices. So far in this war. the Con ciliation Service has handled S.000 cases, of which only 300 t.-uiah ones have been sent un to the War Labor Board. Now the War Labor Board Is likely to be swamped unless Hender- ,on jves up the ghost The injustices, inanities and conflicts in both wage and price policies since the war began are obviously leading up to arbitrary freezing (as Bernard Daruch told them would be necessary from the start), and there seems some question now as to whether this Inevitable consequence can successfully be i delayed until after the elections November 3, for the sake of .politics. "STItlCTLY PRIVATE Til Saeiir Sajlil P. a rUal OSke r juu nr MAIL v. I- 5- THE NEXT TWE ALWT TESSlE UWMrs "O 150 HEt? 8iT Fog 7P6 WAfc? EFFORT PLEASE ASK HC(? TO DO IT WlTri UNITED STATES WAR BONOS... mt, w..ii ,., v.s. Kelly's Comment From Washington, D. C. Aleutian Loate Heavy For U. S. Lot Of Plane Not Announced Weather ' Hatnper Ousting Efforts a Br John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, July 28 Losses in men and material in the fog-wreather battle of the Aleutians have been heavy and the destruction ot some 18 ships of the Japanese has been paid for dearly by American lives and in long-range fighting planes, such as the PBY of the navy and the flying fortress of the army. American soldiers have been machine gunned, bombed and drowned. The Jap anese with Zero planes and anti aircraft guns have taken their toll. The Japanese Invasion is a genuine menace to the Pacific northwest; they are landing thousands ot troops from trans ports, establishing themselves and bringing with them the Kawanishl flying boats, their version of the PBY: building runways for land-based planes and establishing radio stations. Communiques on the Aleutian situation tell, from time to time, of the destruction of subma rines, destroyers, cruisers, car riers and transports, but of American losses there is com plete silence. The first attack by the Jap anese was at Dutch Harbor June 8, but the enemy had already "taken" Attu (in the Near island group) and Klska (Rat island group) before send ing planes over Dutch Harbor in Unalaska. Oil reserves, ware houses, etc., at Dutch Harbor were strafed: a PBY was de- stoyed while trying to take the air, half the crew killed by a machine gun blest from a Zero. The attack was dismissed rather casually in a communique. The fog closed down and go did the censor. A week later American flying boats discovered that Kiska was occupied, the magnificent har bor having a dozen Japanese warships at anchor near the base of the Kiska volcanic mountain. Bombs were dropped, disposing of some of the fleet. July 11 American fliers saw the busy Japanese at Attu, with hundreds of soldiers established and machine gunned a detach ment. Scattered along the Aleutians were a number of weather re porting stations such as at Kango, Atka. Kiska. The fliers evacuated all but those at Kis ka. These weather observation points forecast what the weath er would be in the Pacific northwest. The cold air coming down from the Arctic and Ber ing sea. striking the warm Jap anese current, results in fog, snow and rain. In August and September the weather is at "Its best." At Attu and Kiska the Japanese now have the advan tage of knowing the weather first a fact which is considered serious by the congressional delegations of Washington and Oregon and a number of eastern congressmen who are studying me situation. UNTIL the high command releases the facts of the battle of the mist it will be Impossible to announce the number of PBY and fortress bombers that have been lost bv navv and 'army. It may be a dozen; may i be 20 or more On. .hAi down at L'nimak eat of Dutch , Harbor, In the direction of the ' mainland; another off Egg is-j Hand went down In flames; an-1 n US. ARMY CAMP Ail You SOW -Courtesy Wide World Features. other at Unalaska, with all hands killed; another was blown to nothing when an anti-aircraft shell hits its bomb load; another flew away in the fog and that was the last ever heard of them, probably landing in the icy waters ot Bering sea or the north Pacific. Jap fliers ma chine gunned survivors on life rafts. The flying fortress bombers and the PBY have returned to base so riddled with bullet holes that they sank on landing or were worthless. Engines have been shot away, wings crippled and crewmen killed at their post. Despite the damage to the Japanese (all their Kiwanishi flying boats were destroyed one afternoon at Kiska), the Amer ican fliers have taken a terrible beating. Only the army and navy commands in Alaska know how many of the bombers have disappeared in the fog forever or have piled up against some rugged mountain peak in mist or a snow storm. e e NORMALLY, In the Aleu tians the ceiling is approximate ly 500 feet, which is very low for aerial operations, and if there is a break in the clouds and the Americans attempt to taKe advantage of it. they are met with incessant anti-aircraft fire, for all the Japanese have to do is to "cover" any break in the clouds and blaze away at any planes that aDoear in the clear spot. If there appears to De a paucity or flying patrol boats and bombers at the air fields of Washington and Ore gon their absence may be ac counted for by the reinforce ments which have been dis patched to Kodiak and Dutch Harbor to replace the lost planes. It all sums up that the Jap anese are still on American territory, and the way they are increasing their invading man power it will require real force by the United States to rout them out and destroy them. With all of the preliminaries for a second front in Enron Secretary ot the Navy Frank Knox has said that the Jap anese can wait until Herr Hitler is disposed of. IN THEFT OF AUTO Clayton S. Roland, charged with taking and using an auto belonging to another without p mission, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to sc.ve not less than 18 months in state prison by Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna yesterday. When arraigned in justice cturt, charged with reckless driv ing. Roland entered a plea of guilty and was fined $23 and costs. In the lower court he waived preliminary e .dmination. and went immediately to the higher court to plead anj be sen tenced. Testimony showed he was driving a stolen car when ar rested for reckless driving. Roland, a former auto sales i an. was returned from Coquille Sunday. HIGHER-UPS BLAMED IN ALASKA FAILURE San Francisco. July 28 (AP) Senator Monrad C. W. llRrn (D-Wash.) says that "higher-ups in Washington" are responsible for the failure of American forces to drive the Japanese in vaders out of the Aleutian islands. "I can't especially find any criticism of the army and navv on the coast," Wallgrcn told newsmen. Night pasturing of farm horses during the neavr work season enables them to do more work than they otherwise could Flight o Time Medford and Jackson County rllatory from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and 20 yeara aco. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY July 28. 1932 Ot was Thursday)' Adolf Hitler, fiery socialist leader of Germany, in final speech of presidential campaign declares "democracy near end in Fatherland." Blood flows as bonus army battles police in Washington. Officers open fire yhen eviction is resisted. Medford man fined In justice court for smoking in national forest. Fruit tonnage ot valley esti mated at 3,000 cars this season. Fair and cooler. High 78, low 47 degrees. Local help for pear picking Is fruitmen's plan. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 28. 1922 (It was Friday) Sheriff faces accusers In Ash land meeting and denies charges. Other speakers declare "Ash land ministers being made cats paw of the Klan." Colored vic time of local "hanging" fails to appear before special grand jury when called. Fair and warmer. High 92.5, low 49.5 degrees. Mall-Tribune is broken Into by night prowler. Special recall election tomor row arouses county and interest Is high. Plans started for county fair in September. Wheat threshing starts in the Willow Springs district. L Camp White rull soon pos sess one of the. largest and best equipped mil.tary hospitals in the state, it vas revealed today by Color el C. G. Hunter, chief surgeon of the camp. The new two story brick struc ture will house a general hos nital enmnlptplv atnffprl hv rnm. petent professional and adminis trative personnel. The hospital is expected to be ready for occupancy on or about August 15, according to Colonel Hutter. A temporary hospital has been set, up by the' medical de partment and is already func tioning for the enlisted person nel. VISITOR STAYS Los Angeles. July 28. (P) . Mrs. Hattie Stern visited the county jail to take her brother, in-law a pair of new shoes. But she remained as a resident be cause. Chief Jailer William J. Bright said today, a pair of hack saw blades were found con. cealed between the soles. Closing time for dunned Ada . m. Too late to Claaally 13 JO p- m. ADRIENNE'S Hot Weather SPECIALS 300 Summer DRESSES Shears, Prints. Nelly Dons, Voilas. Pleated Sheers and Wash Silks. Sisas 9 to 17 12 to 44. 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