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The war effort Is considerably
Jumbled, reports indicate. Too
many are "getting their's" be
fore the Axis Powers "gets
theirs."
An upstate scribe rises to ask,
"Where Is Col. Lindbergh?"
And, where might one Inquire
are "Sistie" and "Buzzy," form'
erly much In the White House
news.
The Nazi spies have taken to
legal technicalities and fine
points of law to save their hides.
They landed from a Nazi U-boat
' on a traitorous mission, wearing
an enemy uniform, subject un
der International and military
law to death if caught. They
are now willing to plead guilty
to trespass and leaving the farm
er's gate open.
A quartet Is held In Seattle
for slaying a woman. This is
worse than if they tried to sing.
NO GOOD TIME BY ALL
(Lakevlew (Ore.) Examiner
"Butcher Gus Allen's dog
took a neat steak out of the
calf of the leg of the Exam
iner's society editor, Mildred
Burchman, last week."
Many of the Older Girls have
summer colds and are unknow
ingly sneezing the names of Rus
sian towns along the River Don.
The state highway commission
ruling requiring autolsts to stop
at railroad crossings, even if no
train Is in sight to beat across,
is being obeyed by the majority.
The minority are still striving to
force the coroner to hurry
down and pick up enough pieces
out of the cow-catcher for a
funeral.
There are now gentle hints,
tha alleged meat shortage, al
ways some place else, is a "bum
steer."
There is not enough trouble
in the world. This year's crop
of eastern Oregon spuds is men
aced by fleas, a county agent
reports.
DEUCED DULL READING.
(Writers Mag.)
"Young America, 32 E. 87th
St., N...Y. C, Is interested only
In short stories of around 1,
200 words, to appeal to boys
and girls between the ages of
eight and 18. Stories should
be strongly plotted. No blood
shed, no gangsters, no love In
terest, no crime."
The United Nations, London
reports, are now In a position
to "scourge the Third Reich" no
end with aerial bombings, un
less the German people over
throw Nazism, and ask for
peace. Such being the case, the
natural question is: What In the
world are they waiting for?
...
Things are coming to a pretty
pass in America among the
stronger sex, who to be stylish,
will have their hair rut In the
future in the following manner,
a press dispatch reveals:
"Eventually you emerge with
a pompadour In front and a
straight part down the back of
your head after the fashion of a
woman's updo. Then the side
hairs are swept in towards the
part and finger-curled over."
Since the discovery of placer
platinum in the Goodnews Day
district of Alaska in 1828, that
area has rapidly developed until
It Is now the leading producer of
platinum metals in the United
States.
Jamaica, Mexico, Honduras
and Guatemala normally export
more than 10 million stems of
bananas annually.
Rubber, Oil and Quinine
Tokyo, over the short wave, boasts of having all
the rubber, all the quinine and half the oil of the
world, safely in its hands.
Well that comes nearer the truth than most Axis
claims. There is very little natural rubber and quinine
outside of the East Indies which are now in the pos
session of Japan.
Oil is another matter, but there is no doubt Japan
has a vast surplus, or will have when the captured
wells are reconditioned. This total, however, does not
come within miles of half the World's supply. Japan's
problem in this department is one of distribution.
Hitler, needless to say, would like some of that oil,
but how is he going to get it?
. . ...
"THIS oil-quinine-rubber cloud, however, like most
clouds, has a silver lining. In Central and
South America rubber trees have already been plant
ed, as have huge areas to yield hemp, quinine, palm
oil and other tropical products.
The United Nations have
will be, seriously inconvenienced by the loss of natur
al rubber, quinine and oil the latter being felt
particularly in Australia.
But it is a prettv safe prediction that before many
years have passed along,
have its own supply and
ducts are concerned will
East forever.
Japan Can 7 Compete
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Here is some more bad news for Tokyo. Last week
the "U.S.S. Champlin", largest and most up-to-date
of the super-destroyers, was launched with appropri
ate ceremonies at Quincy, Massachusetts.
At Newport News the latest in aircraft carriers,
first to be completed since Japan declared war,
the U.S.S. Essex was launched a few days later.
This is only the beginning of what will be a
veritable deluge, before another year rolls around,
the production of the greatest fighting navy this
nation, or any nation, has ever seen.
A ND in this field the United States stands supreme,
with nothing that could be called competition
except in the snip yards of her chief ally, Great
Britain.
Japan will try, of course. And is no doubt doing
all she can do. But here Nippon is hopelessly out
classed, in fact is beaten before she starts in this and
every other contest m production.
Undue Pessimism
The above, we grant, is looking at.the brighter
side of the present war picture.
But that should be done from time to time. For
there is a brighter side and to dwell on the darker side
only, results in a distorted and therefore an untrue
picture, which at all times should be avoided.
A FRIEND, who has just returned from Washing
ton t-onm-ta tViat trio npaQimism in iha nntinnnl
,UII , VJ'VI W t l.O V i ...' . . 11 v. vi V .
capitol today is as thick and depressing as the opti
mism only three or four .months ago.
That s the way with Washington, and with the
American people, for that matter. We refuse to do
anything by halves, running from one extreme to the
opposite with the greatest enthusiasm and regularity.
THERE is even a brighter side to the Russian pic-f-ut-a
rVtminrVi it ?o nrattlnnr laca ovtoiiciva all tlia timo
VV.1V. bUVUgll . V. .J V V V.,l
Voronezh, the anchor
still in Soviet hands and
ened, this southern pivot
If it IS, there will still
indirect, communication between the Russian north
ern and southern armies, and the possibility of a sharp
counter-attack in force such as resulted in the recap
ture of Rostov at the start of the last winter's campaign.
Not likely, we grant, but still in the cards.
FVEN more cheering is the patent fact that while
the Russian armies have been falling back pretty
rtendily now for over a month, and still are, there
has been no approach to a rout. In fact, it would ap
pear from this distance the bovict High Command is
conducting much the same type of defense as that
practiced by the German High Command during the
winter.
Considerable territory has been lost, but retire
ment has been voluntary and in good order, with
apparently a minimum loss in prisoners and equip
ment, while the losses on the offensive have been,
as they always are, far greater.
As long as btalin can
reasonably well intact, an ULTIMATE Russian vic
tory is possible, at least, whereas Hitler must crush
Russia this year, or his goose is cooked to a dark
brown crisp.
"THERE is no denying the Russian situation is ex
1 tremely serious. But for the reasons mentioned
above, it is far from hopeless.
The present wave of extreme pessimism, as we
view it. is no more justified NOW, than the extreme
wave of optimism WAS ,at the opening of the Spring
campaign!
Gary Upshaw Winner
Of .30 Calibre Toga
Portland, July 29 7P Gary
L'p'haw, Eugene, won the Ore
gon Slate Rifle association s 30
cnliber rhnmptonshlp. results an
nounced today revealed.
la tlia week-end shoot here
been, and for some time
the western hemisphere will
as far as these tropical pro
be independent of tne lar
.V k.U V. .1 VV. 1 1 V-l Ml. HIV Villi..
of the mid-Russian line is
while Stalingrad is threat
may be similarly held.
be a line of permanent, if
thus keen his armed forces
the Eugenran piled up an aggre
gate of 240 points to lead G
Stephenson, Portland, with 2:18
L'pshaw won these events: 10
shots standing at 200 yards: 101
shots rapid fire at 300 yards and 1
20 shots at 600 yards. (
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The rubber In four pairs of
men's overshoes would make
a single, pair of axuiy galoshe. J
Personal Health Service
By WIHam Brady P-
Slrnrt letters pertaining to persona health and nvflene, not to disease
aiaino.it or treiimeoi, ami M answered br or. Brady it a stamped wit
addressed envelop U enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink
Owing to tha large number or letters
hera. No reply can be made to
Aourrw nr. nuiiam nraov, zoa E.I
LEST WE BE MISUNDERSTOOD
Medical colleague connected
with the National Tuberculosis
association says "this associa
tion would be
among the first
to agree with
you that the
reader should
not get an X-
ray picture
without the
doctor's ad'
vice. We are
somewhat con
cerned, h o w
ever, lest your
article of May
Dr. Brady 8 be interpret
ed by some careless readers as
a condemnation of mass X-ray
ing projects. Not only the
armed forces but also many in
dustries, colleges and univer
sities now carry out the prac
tice of making X-ray examina
tions 01 groups, it is never
done, of course, except under
medical supervision.
I wish my colleague had told
me how I could make it any
clearer to the newspaper reader
than 1 did when I said "It is
foolish to have an X-ray pic
ture made, unless the doctor
considers it necessary." Of
course if the last six words
were omitted for lack of space
or something, the reader might
misunderstand what I said.
In these days of machinery
and gadgets in lieu of art or skill
in diagnosis, there is a notice
able disposition to disregard the
physical examination of the in
dividual by his physician and
rely on the tuberculin test and
the X-ray picture to answer the
question "Has this patient pul
monary tuberculosis?" In view
of this deplorable fact I believe
an occasional reminder to the
public that, after all, the prac
tice of medicine is still a per
sonal service and the most in
genious and Impressive mach
inery can hardly replace the
knowledge and skill of a phy
sician in the making of a diag
nosis. If circumstances preclude em
ploying a private physician then
the next best bet Is a clinic or
dispensary, but in any case it
Is unsafe to rely on X-ray evid
ence alone to show whether an
individual has lung tuberculosis.
Kelly's
Comment
From Washington. D. C
Aid Fcr Resorts
Comet as Manna
Small Packer
Alto Needt Aid
New Navy Station
Due Along Coast
Br John W. r-"r
Washington. D. C, July 29.
Like manna from heaven will be
the bill authorizing Reconstruc
tion Finance corporation to
make loans to pleasure resorts
that are now slowly starving to
death for want of patronage.
Although Introduced by Senator
McNary at the instance of the
Oregon Resort association, re
sorts from all parts of the
United States are swinging be
hind the measure as they recog
nize the bill as a Ufesaver.
It is roughly estimated that
$40,000,000 has been invested
in resorts along the beaches of
Washington and Oregon and pos
sibly as much more in the moun
tains of the northwest. The life
savings of many people have
gone into resorts at warm
springs, dude ranches, fishing
resorts, beach hotels and Into
stores catering to vacationists.
Most of these enterprises can
only be reached by automobile,
private conveyances not com
mon carriers and with the
shortage of tires the visitors are
not coming In. It Is bad this
year, and it is known that con
ditions for these resorts will be
worse next year when the real
pinch of tires develops.
Today most of the resorts re
port that their business has
dropped SO per cent of the dol
lar value of 1941; many report
an even greater reduction: none
of them look forward to im
provrd conditions in 1943. or
possibly two or three years
thereafter. Along the coast It
is said occupancy Is 10 to 15
per cent, compared to 70 to 80
per cent last year. The struggle
is so tough that a few resort
managers have locked up and
moved to the cities. Where
there Is bus service, or places
reached by railroad, conditions
are belter, hut not much.
HARM THI TRUTH ABOUT
BOWEL WORMS
NoVl la far to itrtit. And rosarntaf rui
ran fg iwj raal tnxiMa Inahta yoti or r-jt
chi4- Hatch for Ua atrnlni tutrrit: un
aaay tTtoma.-h. Mr , itch no- or
a. ;t J7T"t rmifisra rlfht ttr
alAYNL 5 It Amarlia'a toadint proprietary
w-m rraV'tv rta ; tipJ by rniliifni fr ovr a
fsvu-y. A.-ta gfonil. t r1r4a trjl rv
Awaia, itoMihi JAVNK 4 LKMUL0W
received only a few ran be answered
ouerles not conforming to Instructions.
camino, Beverly riius, cam.
and not even X-ray evidence
plus a positive tuberculin test
warrants a conclusion unless
and until the physician has
made a complete physical ex
amination and study of the
patient.
No one can misunderstand
me when say that the essen
tials for an accurate or reliable
diagnosis of active lung tuber
culosis are, in the order of their
importance, (1) examination by
your physician, (2) X-ray, (3)
tuberculin test, (4) microscopic
examination or sputum.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Tha Damp Boom
Extra room built on bouse.
body who has slept In that room ha
gotten a cold. No cellar under It
Tha room stems damp. Would It
help to dig a cellar uuder It? (Mrs.
B. B.)
Answer No tllnesa I know of could
be caused by dampneaa In the room.
If walla aeem damp, line room with
wall board or similar material, with
air space between old walls and
lining. That will correct dampneaa.
See that ground water doaa not drain
under tha floor.
, The Old Feud
My denttat la one who doesn't be
lieve doctors know anything about
tha teeth. He Inslsta that thoro
brushing Is the moat Important thing
to prevent cavities and keep the
teeth aound, and will not listen
when t tell him what you teach.
(Mrs. K. C. .)
Answer Ask him to read ''Nutri
tion and Physical Degeneration. by
Weston A. Price. D. D. 8.. and give
ma hla name and address and I'll
aend him with my compliments tha
booklet "Save Your Teeth." Between
ua we may drum a little sense Into
hla head. Tour dentist la right, tho.
that doctors know little about the
teeth. But Dr. Prtce ta a dentist
and ha knows something about prea
ervatlon of the teeth which all
dentists should know.
Eat When Too Eat
Please advise whether it ta health
ful to drink water or other fluid
while eating a meal? (O. P. M.)
Answer A glass of water before
a meal snd snother after a meal la
healthful, but no beverag-e ahould
be used to wash down Incompletely
masticated food.
(Copyrtght 194a. John P. Dills Co.)
Ed. Note: Persona wishing to
eommmnnlrate with Pr. Brady
should aend letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D., IBS El
Camino, Beverly Hills. Calif.
This relief bill permits RFC
to make loans to wipe out mort-1
gages up to 75 per cent of the j
valuation of the property. The 1
loan would run for two years
beyond the duration, with no :
payments due or payable during
such period. With the RFC
loan the borrower must wipe
out the mortgage on the place
and must keep up taxes, keep
property In repair and carry
war damage Insurance. RFC is i
protected in every way and the
owner of the resort is relieved
of his mortgage and given a
chance to live. In a fashion,
the Idea is somewhat similar to
the HOLC, which loaned three
billion dollars to save home
owners from losing their prop
erty by foreclosure. (HOLC
says that its clients in Washing-
ton, Oregon and California lead
the country in repayments on
loans: that fewer foreclosures
have been made in those states
than elsewhere).
a a a
AS this bill is intended to
throw out a lifeline to distressed
pleasure resorts the office of
I
production management and the
department of agriculture are
studying how to save the small
packer from extinction. There
is no ceiling on livestock but
there Is on processed meat. . The
man caught in this squeeze is
the small packer who, unlike
the large packers, has no con
tract with the federal govern
ment to sell meat for the lend-
lease program. Retail prices
are said to be several per cent
higher than a year ago. The
small packers have been ap
pealing for help, and while they
have been asking for relief a
meat shortage has developed al
most over night. (Not adver
tised, but certain packers have
been rationing the retailers, de
livering so much a day).
OPA and agriculture depart
ment are studying two methods
of aiding the small packers. One
is for the government to buy
the livestock, pay the packer a
fee for processing it and then
take the meat. ' The other pro
posal under consideration is for
the government to buy 75 per
cent of the product of the small
packers at the same price paid
the big packers for lend-lease
goods. Each plan is, essentially,
a subsidy. If the latter is
adopted the government will re
sell the meat at lend-lease prices
to retailers who sell to civilians,
the government absorbing the
loss.
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TWO new naval aviation sta
tions will be located, one each
in Washington and Oregon, and
another for Alaska, according to
provisions of a bill now In the
senate. This is part of a pro
gram so secretive that not a
scrap of testimony on the sub
ject was published in the house
naval affairs committee hear
ings, nor was even a memoran
dum retained for the confiden
tial files. House members voted
for the appropriation without
question and strictly on faith.
It is part of the program for use
of a "secret weapon" against
the Japanese. The senate will
pass the bill, as did the house,
with a "hear nothing, see noth
ing, say nothing" gesture,
a
DESIGN for a rationing stamp
somewhat similar to that for
sugar, has been prepared by
WPB for woolen clothing and
shoes. No rationing of clothing
will come for some time, but
when the moment arrives the
announcement will come with
shocking suddenness. Uppers of
shoes will be good leathet, but
soles will be thin, all better
grades of sole leather going in
to shoes for soldiers, while civi
lian shoes will have to be re
soled repeatedly.
News Behind
The News
by Paul MaJIon
(Conttnued from Psge One)
the full facts, without express
ing arbitrary judgment. The
other side of Mr. Johnson's
story, as I gather it here, is this:
The Jap Zero is superior to
our navy fighters in climbing
ability and speed, but it is very
vulnerable. An Associated Press
dispatch recently claimed new
Jan models are sarrifirinff thir
i speed to put on more armor.
ine ero has no armor now.
and does not carry self-sealingl
gas tanits. one hit and it is
gone.
In combat, so far, our planes
have proved more than a match
for the Japs, due DerhaDs In
some part to our superiority in
armor, fire power and self-sealing
tanks, but most of all be
cause our pilot efficiency is
greatly superior to the Japs.
Our P By flying boats (long
range patrol bombers), however,
is one type of ship that has been
no match for the Jap Zeros, but
our Flying Fortresses are su
preme. e s
THE army started off with
planes similar to the light
fire power and protection of the
Zeros, as did the British, but
these were soon abandoned.
Earlier models of our P-40
proved greatly inferior to both
the British and Japs. But a
British communique Sunday
paid high tribute to the new P
51, our latest North American
pursuit ship.
The old P-40s have been used j
mainly by our air force In China i
and Libya, but new models in !
use elsewhere carry superior;
fire power, armor, etc., although i
they are not as maneuverable as I
the Zeros.
Our new P-47 high-altitude In
terceptor is supposed to fight
higher and harder than anything
flying today. Republic is build
ing this new army ship and de
liveries) are being made but not
in quantity yet.
It has a 2.000-horsepower air
cooled engine, and has tested at
680 miles an hour In a power
dive, flying level at 400 miles
an hour. It will outshoot the
Zero and has greater protection.
a
AS for the Americans flying
British ships in their first
raid, it is said that British pro
duction has concentrated on pur
suit ships which they cannot
easily get from us, as these must
be crated and shipped overseas,
while our production has placed
emphasis on big bombers which
can be flown over. The British
are supposed to fly our bombers
in England, while we use their
pursuits.
For these reasons, little offi
cial notice was taken of the
Johnson charges or other criti
cal murmurlngs. The men in
authority seem to concede, by
. i : , . . ...
meir explanations cited above,
that all our ships are not the
best in the world, that much re
mains to be done, although they,
at least, seem to be satisfied
that they are doing it.
Communications
The Other Half
To the editor: The proverbial
two sides of everything gener
ally come to the fore sooner
or later, as in the case of Mr.
Cole. If he paid the $4 on that
"cold March night" without
looking further,- he shouldn't
have, for that is an exorbitant
price for a private dwelling.
Had he strolled down North
Holly way or innumerable other
places he would have been able
to share a non-shabby room with
twin beds at 50c a bed, with
lenient parlor privileges.
We've had cantonment work
ers, making from $75 to $100
weekly, give out their hard luck
story about not being able "to
pay you this week, but next
week for sure." I've seen these
same fellows try to drink the
beer fountain dry.
Half our front porch has been
utilized as an emergency bed
room with two cots. One dirty
dressed worker, upon looking in
said, "I wouldn't sleep there; it
ain't good "nough." Now I only
own the house, but by golly I'M
not too good. I sleep out there
ORVILLE BURNETTE.
Medford, July 29.
IvTnr. 1 an .
Egypt s land owners derive
their entire living from an acre
or less of land.
starts FRIDAY- One Big Week!
NOW YOU CAN SEE IT al
OUR REGULAR PRICES
For laughs, for thrills, for excitement . . no picture
ver filmed has approached this amazing Technicolor
cartoon featu-'
tjir'-t
HAPPY British sailor J.
Shanahan of the submarine Up
most, looks happy after being
honored in royal palace, London.
Flight o Time
Med ford and Jackson Count
Hl'tory from the file of th Mill
Trlhuno 10 and 20 yeara ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
July 29. 1932
(It was Friday)
Arrests follow bonus march
er riots in Washington, D. C,
and radical leaders arrested.
Nine electric motors stolen
from Pinnacle plant last night.
Medford has a total of 3,914
structures, assessor reports.
Sen. Borah proposes world fi
nancial parley.
Election in Germany Sunday,
with Adolf Hitler as a candi
date claims world attention, and
revival of war threat in Europe.
Autoists rush for license tags
as moratorium nears end.
First forest fire in Rogue for
est reported near Lodge Pole.
Fair and warmer. High 80,
low 42. First hint of fall in air.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
July 29, 1922
(It was Saturday)
President Harding takes firm
stand and both coal and rail
strike due to end next week.
Debate over tariff bill results
in ugly word being hurled in
Senate.
Oswald West, former gov
ernor, here next week for
speech.
Vernon Vawter home is rob
bed of several dollars and a
clock.
Still fair and warm,
low 48 degrees.
High 92,
Crater Lake highway opened
to through travel, after month of
construction work.
Floods cause extensive dam
age in Nebraska and Colorado.
The "Goosenecks of San
Juan" are among the most uni
que scenic attractions in south
eastern Utah. The "Goose
necks" are formed by the little.
San Juan river as it winds be
tween 1,200-foot cliffs, makin?
three complete loops and travel
ing seven miles to make an air
line distance of a quarter of a
mile.
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