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MEMBER OF UNITED PRESS MEMBER OF AUDIT B1BEAU OP CIRCULATIONS A4artla1ng Rapraaanta WI8T-HOLL1DAT COMPANY. ft Off. In Nw Tork. Chleaao. Patratt. Ban rranelaco. Lo Anaalaa. Saattla rartlaad. SI Loula, Allaata, Vaaeooai. n. c. 1 1 1 1 1 1 it w dj itim Ye Smudge Pot ! Br Arthur Parrf Through the development of telepathy the radio may be dis placed, and every man may be Ilia own broadcasting and receiv ing station, the esteemed Salem Capital-Journal editorially -speculates. , The great number of people, receiving news of things that never happen, and battles that are never fought, tends to prove there is more telepathy going on than generally realized. . Counsel for the eight German spies, argued before the - Su preme Court, if Hitler and seven members of his unholy crew, landed from a submarine, In full uniform, they, too would be en titled to a civil trial, the same as sought by the defendants, through a writ of habeas corpus. Der Fuehrer, et al, are not apt to take the chance, but tt sure would be a stemwinding event, and stir up the lawyers. Nor way, acting for conquered lands, would petition America to ap point Great Britain, guardian. ad litem, over the entire ca boodle. It would take years to whack through the legal red tape. When hope had all but faded, the ace in the hole would be played. A writ of Non Hang 'Em would be filed, on thej grounds, while deserved, such a procedure would i hurt the necks of defendants, en toto, and caused them great pain and men tal anguish. t It Is now planned to officially limit auto travel to 40 mph. At this snail's pace a defense work er would feel like a Fifth Col umnist delivering a monkey wrench to the armed forces. A celling on meat prices looms, as prices threaten to Jump over the moon, unaccompanied by the old cow. In tamo Mid West cities, butchers have been caught weighing their meat-axe along with their hand. There is talk of readjusting the ceil ing. Some favor lowering the floor and another srhool of ex perts say the same result can be obtained by sawing the legs off the meat block. ... The Russians are now battling at the great bend of the Don." Military sharps predict they will soon stop doing more bending than the Don. ' "The Klamath Is a graveyard of autns, whose qtiondam drivers lost either control of themselves or control of their cars." (Sis kiyou News.) The two sides of every question briefly and neat' ly put. ... The abolishment of the "mother-in-law Joke," on the grounds it was cruel and in human, was a mistake, a Lon don press dispatch indicates The Idea originated In Texas, you may remember, and swept the nation, and professional do wellcrs off their fret and back up again to make a speech re gretting the way mnther-ln-laws had been treated. The dispatch reads and Illuminates a non Joking situation: "They also reprimanded mothers-in-law who start off their letters saying they didn't want them to work, but they thought they ought to know, and then followed this har rowing statement up with col orful descriptions of what fun , their wives are having." In rural areas this Is known as "making poison bullets." One type of machine gun be ing manufactured Involves more than 1,800 separate machining operations, of which 6 are re quired on the bolt alone. El Salvador wrote emancipa tion into its constitution 40 years before the United States freed ill (laves. U. 5. Superority in the Air The most cheering feature of the war at present, is U. S. superiority in the air. This is particularly noticeable in the Pacific area, and has been generally true from the outset Yesterday in what General MacArthur's headquar ters termed the "biggest outburst of aerial warfare in the Australian area since the Coral Sea battle," U. S. airmen shot down nine Jap raiding planes, set a Jap transport afire, shot up its destroyer escort, downed a couple of Jap fighting planes, and all with the loss of only one American plane, the pilot of which parachuted to safety. WE have no official statistics at hand, but that certainly has been more or less the consistent aerial pattern since December 7th last. And as Amer ican plane production increases and fighting skill as well, the superiority of the 'Yanks" should become even more outstanding. In fact if this war is to be finally determined in the air, and that has been the contention of most military experts from the outset, we fail to see how a decisive allied victory can be avoided. Certainly war news today is bad only from the Russian front, where German airmen apparently still hold an edge, a superiority which is difficult to overcome only because of the obstacles in U. S. trans Dort. Undoubtedly when the Red Army DOES gain air superiority, and eventually ' it should, there, too, we will read a very different story. In Africa even the Axis admits the allies nave control in the air, during German and Italian planes, skies, entirely. OF course no war can be won by air fighting ALONE. But if that combat-arm IS the most important fac tor in successful modern warfare, then the worm which has been turning with monotonous regularity against the United Nations of late, should soon be turning back again. There is little to stage a But there is definite cause "encouragement" is needed to give the allied reading world more nearly a balanced war news diet, these trying mid-Summer days. A Great War Movie If the aim of creative art is to hold a mirror up to nature then M-G-M's "Mrs. Miniver" is a thoroughly artistic moving picture, and considering its source a great one. tor its source is Hollywood. And Hollywood except in rare moments of inspira tion, makes no effort to hold a mirror up to nature, but only up to artificial eye-lashes, osculatory fade- outs, and naval battles in a MOT so with "Mrs. Miniver." 11 Here is a mirror held up to embattled England .s it is, or was around the time of Dunkirk, a sincere artistic and as a result, extremely convincing job of putting typiaal British upper-class war psychol ogy on the silver screen. And, as we see it at least, it IS typical, from re sourceful and competent Mrs. Miniver through the obsequious, hat-tipping station master, to the haughty and arrogant Lady Beklen, who doesn t need a lorg nette or a pearl dog-collar to make her the perfect up-stage "DUCHESS". COME may feel the absence of "blood and sweat" in " this film, There is neither, nothing so crude. But that we feel is after all highly characteristic of the upper middle-class England which is depicted. They endure bombings and they DIE, but all with a certain detachment and decorum and good taste, the "blood and sweat" are observed in other, and more thickly populated, also less conventional, quarters. DUT plenty of "tears". " And the more copious for the restraint observed in both action and direction. One of the most natural and sweetest young girls ever to "make good" in Hollywood, has to die; but there are no melo dramatics, not even DRAMATICS in the conven tional theatrical sense of the term, it is all done in the best possible manner, and those who feel the trag edy most keenly, rise above the immediate heart break and in true BRITISH FASHION cany onl Such restraint may appear to some not typical of what is generally termed a "people's" war, but cer tainly lb typical of the people in Lngland at the time of Dunkirk, who could, as these people could afford new convertible motor cars, prize rose gar dens, and a "nice little place" in the country. In fact it is literally holding up a minor to that section of England, as we see it, holding it with steady hand and a keen eye, that has resulted in (i.M.G. producing the best war film of the season thus far. AS for the cast, only superlatives are here in order. " Walter Pigeon and Miss Greer G arson take the leads, and they are excellent as usual, but youth and old age steal the show, Lady Belden for the latter, her daughter and Young Miniver just out of Oxford, the former. In fact these CHILDREN are so good, and so UN-Hollywoodish, that one is only troubled by the fear, that their simplicity and naturalness and charm will not last, if they are acclaimed for their work in this film as they deserve to be, and remain in the t nervating and effete atmosphere of the movie Mecca of Southern California very long. MEDFORD MAIL certain periods recently, have been swept from the celebration about as yet. for encouragement. And wash tub. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Personal Health Service By WlHam Slfnetf letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to dlteane diagnosis or treatment, will to. answered by lr. Brady If a atamped lelf addrewed enfelop. la enclosed. Letter should be brief and written In Ink Owing to th. large number of letters received only a few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, t5 Kl Canilno, Beverly Hills, Calif. STAGES Of NARCOTIZATION Alcohol, In beverage or liquor is a narcotic and the narco.ic action accounts for every real or i m a g ined ef fect any one gets from alco holic b e v e r ages or liquor. Without de bating the question of the meaning of intoxication and "under tle i n f I u ence of 1 i q u or" if there is' any clear dividing line between them we may give the following stages of nar cotization by alcohol, taken from "A Scale of Toxic Symptoms" in the book "Alcohol and Man", edited by Haven Emerson, M.D. and associates 'The Macmillan Co., "35): Amount of Alcohol in the Blood Effects on Behavior and Feelings of Subject. 1 '5th of one per cent Slight fulness, mild throbbing at back of head. Slight dizziness. Sense of warmth and well-being. Minor aches or pains or fatigue re lieved. Not worried about personal ap pearance. Feeling pleasant, willing to talk with anybody. 2 '5th of one per cent . Talks much and somewhat louder. Hands tremble slight ly, reaching and other move ments a bit clumsy. Feeling full of energy for whatever subject wants to do. Laughs loudly at minor jokes. Unem barrassed by mishaps. "You don't think I'm drunk, do you? Why, I haven't taken anything yet.' Glib or flippant remarks. One-half of one per cent Sitting on top of the world. Normal inhibitions practically cut off. Takes personal or so cial liberties of all sorts as Impulse prompts. Becomes long-winded and expansive concerning past exploits. "Can lick anybody in the house" but has noticeable difficulty lighting a match. Seven tenths of one per cent Has rapid, bounding pulse. Likely to, upset chair on ris ing. Amused at own clumsi ness or rather at what he takes to be the perversity of things around him. Asks oth News Behind The News by Paul Mallon (Continued from Pag. One) plicated traffic problems of put ting as mnny as a thousand ships Into the air over a single city at different levels and in consecutive attacking squadrons. When you figure that the Germans have hundreds of in dustrial cities spread all through Europe, over a much wider area than the industry of England, and face all other practical limi tations, you will see fully the difficulty of wiping out Ger many by this means. It is easy to talk of mustering the 5.000 bombers necessary for sustained super bombing at tacks, but quite another thing to get a thousand of them In the air half the time. . . THERE is no question about the damage done when they hit. The British have accurate reports of damage done, these hovina seeDed out through Swit zerland from the accounts of neutral consuls (largely Latin American) in the German cities which have been attacked, and from travelers and German newspapers reaching neutral ground. No neutral report is necessary, however. Everyone knows the damage the Germans did in Britain and they never put into the air more than 300 planes at night. The nazis leveled Coventry in a few nights, never using a third as many bombers as the British can occasionally put into the air now. Thus while this aerial battle ground, sometimes called the second front (first in this col umn) can be accounted a sub stantial success so far. there are few who believe It will be able to take the place of a second front by land invasion, ni. mat ter how greatly it is expanded. British losses have averaged slightly less than five per cent, which makes raiding entirely successful from that standpoint, but it Is difficult to believe super bombing can do more than soften Germany frr invasion. e . THE new 4 0001b. bombs. sur ( posed to destroy an rriire ;i-itv blix-k, were firt u.l ex i (' 't.V'.y at r.M'burg. July 1 1314, with such success they OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1942. Brady. M, D. ers to do things for him. Feels remote. Feels odd sensation on rubbing hands together or on touching face. One per cent Staggers perceptibly. Talks to himself. Has difficulty in find ing and putting on overcoat. Fumbles long with keys in unlocking or starting car. Drowsy, sings loudly, com plains that other drivers do not keep on their side of the road. Two per cent Nauseated, has poor control of emunctories, easily angered, cannot remember where he spent evening, needs help to walk or undress. In short he is now "stinking" drunk. Three per cent In stupor, breathing heavily, still fights wildly at any one trying to help him. Over three per cent Deep anesthesia, maybe fatal narcotization. QUESTIONS ANSWERS Bladder Obstruction What will reduce or dissolve stone In th. bladder? Have frequency and difficulty. I mean something besides the knife. U S. P.) Answer The symptoms you men tion more likely Indicate obstruction about the neck of bladder by en larged prostate you should be exam ined for that by your physician. 8end stamped envelope bearing your ad dress, for pamphlet -Prostatic Ob struction". Pronated Feet Daughter, fifteen, turns her ank les, even walking on a level floor Some say she Inherits the tendency from her aunt. Will medicine help? (Mrs. H.) Answer- Probably pronated feet (weak anklesl. which. If not cor retted, tends to develop into flat feet. Send stamped envelope bear ing your address, and Inclose ten cents for "Care of the Feet". This will give you practical suggestion for correcting the trouble. Wen Operated on for sebaceous cyst on right cheek. Doctor said he removed bag and all. Now another cyst Just like It Is growing under the acar. (Mrs. D. L.I Answer Only remedy is removal, sao and contents. Meat or other external applications can have no effect on sebaceous cysts called wens on scalp. (Copydlght 1042, Pohn P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to commmunlrate with Pr. Brady should send letter direct to Or. William Brady, M. !.. Mi El Camlno, Beverly Hills. Calif. will be employed on an Increas ingly large scale a? the plan of attack expands this fall. Americans participating so far, are not fighting as units. They merely fill in British squadrons. Six or eight parti cipated in the first daylight raid on Holland last week and an other similar size group this week helped out in an attack on France. Further investigation reveals they flew British Boston Doug las bombers only because the necessity for coherent squadron maneuvering required them to use ships of the same type as the British. BEGINNING SATURDAY NITE AT ORIENTAL GARDENS rin 1 MODERN MUSIC IN ONE! Old Time Music In the Other! MI JV To tha music you like best in cither on of these fin hall. Best Floors Best Music Best Crowds Com SATURDAY NIGHT for GRAND TIME! POPULAR Kelly's Comment From Washington. D. C Congressmen Face Question Flood Japs Continue Aleut Landings Northwest Has Dandelion Soil By John W. g.lly Washington, D. C. July 31 There Is welling up in the country a series of questions, which congressmen report as they go home and return to the national capital, and which are coming with increasing persist ence in congressional mail. Sam ples: What has been done with the billions of dollars that have been appropriated? Why are American soldiers and mater ial being scattered broadcast over the face of the earth and the United States being neglect ed? The Aleutians and Alaska are our possessions; the Japa nese have gained a foothold the first enemy to invade our land why doesn't the army or navy, or both, send a force to eject them instead of mobilizing an army in England and north ern Ireland to invade Europe? Why does the United States give so much attention to Hitler when the Japanese are our im mediate enemy? Why do we have to wait a month or more before a communique is issued on an engagement, and this never gives the whole story? Senators and representatives either dodge the questions or admit that they are as much in the dark as the general pub lic. All that a member of con gress knows is what appears in the press, and what between army and navy Information bu reaus and the office of the cen sor, press reports are sketchy. There are restrictions on pub lishing the casualty lists and if the list is a long one it Is cut up into "takes," released on different dates in different parts of the country, apparently on the theory that these grim re minders of war will have a bad effect on the morale of the peo ple. All the facts of Pearl Har bor have never been revealed. United Nations forces have consistently been taking a beat ing, with the exception of the Coral sea and the Midway en gagements. The United States has been given the task of fighting the battle of the Paci fic alone without having a large body of troops anywhere and with most of the fleet in the Atlantic convoying troops and material to the allies. People want to know why high ad ministration officials are an nouncing plans for remaking the world when there is no prospect in sight of an early peace and things are not going too well for the allies. AS these inquiries are pro pounded, the hobnail shoes of Japanese invaders are crushing violets, buttercups, larkspur and anemones on at least three islands of the Aleutians as they prepare bases and flying fields and transports disembark more of the armed little people. They keep Inching toward the main land and their zero fighters are PRICES! MM a: las active as the PYB Catalina ! flying boats of the Americans. In the rainiest spot on earth, in a temperature of 50 degrees the Japanese are establishing them selves, apparently permanently. The climate is better for sur face craft than for airplanes and the enemy continues send ing transports, cruisers and de stroyers: Nor are Kiska and Attu the desolate rocks de scribed by navy spokesman; they have food. Blackberries, whortle-berries, cow parsnip which can be eaten like celery. The "sarana" lily, with a bulb like garlic cloves, makes a good substitute for breath, according to the report of Capt. James Cook, who ate ' the sarana when he pushed along the northwest coast of the Aleu tians about 164 years ago. And despite bombs from the slow moving Catalina boats the Nips industriously improve their po sitions, preparatory to further moves eastward, as they broad cast their activities from Tokyo. Like a brush salesman, they have one foot within the door. ... FOR the proposed electrotech nlcal laboratory the bureau of mines states it will require five nf lanri and electric nowef of 5000 kilowatts, a good high way and a railroad siding near by. Grand Coulee-Bonneville power is available in that quan tity. Latest candidate for the inhnmtnrv ia Oreeon State col lege at Corvallis, which offers J to donate a building site. Line other aspirants, the OAC pro posal is under c onsideration, says Oscar L. Chapman, assist ant secretary of the interior de partment. ... A LARGE part of Washington east of the Cascades, part of Puget sound area and the east ern Oregon Ontario and Klam ath districts are ideally suited for cultivation of the Russian dandelion from which rubber is extracted. In fact, wherever sugar beets can be grown from the roots. Seed furnished by Ambastador Litvinoff have been sent to the three northwest states, Alaska. California, Colo rado tnd Nevada. Whatever the results of the synthetic rubber ; program from grain or petrol- lion is expected to contribute its share toward meeting the tire situation, a contribution which will be limited only by the acreage planted. Boy Scouts Enroll In Green Guard to Help Save Forests . Salem, July 31 (Spl.) Ninety six Boy Scouts of the Crater Lake Area have Just enrolled in the Oregon Green Guard as an added measure to exhibit their skills in woodsmanship during their outing at Camp McLough lin, located in the Lake of the Woods area. According to word received at state Keep Oregon Green head quarters, the Boy Scouts, undei the direction of K. A. Wells. r EXTRA! EXTRA! at DREAMLAND SATURDAY NIGHT ADDED FEATURE HEAR MERRIAM WORTHINGTON on the Clarinet and Saxaphone Don't miss this big tlm. star! KPO, KGO and KFRC RADIO ENTERTAINER . . . Ftatured star of Meridith Wilson's. Sid Hoff's and tha lata Jimmi. Walsh's famous bands! Popular Prices Gen Men in Uniform Admitted HOSPITALITY - In the HEART of PORTLAND Comfort Contraleac. Counts? Mr, 1c. attracts The Newly Remodeled BlSlV PARK AVENUE HOTEL B M 023 5. W. Park. Portland ;JJji rmarbt bath 1143 so S2 so. fJ-J-if itiiii ! ta ( moo. BEN C. CRIMSON Manager t scout executive, received train ing in fire fighting methods; from local forest service offi cials. The scouts organized a camp fire guard, had a two hour demonstration on the use of the one lick method of fire control and received instruction in the use of forestry equipment. Later, upon enrolling as Green Guard members, the boys re ceived their emblems, badges, and fire manuals. The entire group pledged themselves to act in the protection of farm, field and forest from devastation from fire. Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Connty Hlstorv from the file of the .MaU Tribune 10 and 20 ear ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY July 31, 1932 (It was Sunday) Day of grace granted autoists to buy license tags. Adolf Hitler's push for power in Germany stopped as national socialist party beaten in elec tions. Gov. Roosevelt of New York, democratic presidential nom inee, launches campaign with declaration relief is main issue, and he will ask congress to legalize beer. Lyda Southard, escaped Idaho murderess, is recaptured in Kan- Fruit men agree to hire only local and county help during, fruit season. Midwest farmers plan strike to raise prices. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY July 31, 1922 (It was Monday) Grand jury probe of local Klan activities to end today. France serves notice she will act unless Germany continues payments on war debts. Chicago tied up by street ear striRe. Fair and warm, 68 degrees. High 98, low "Citizens committee" asks "two strangers who have sown so much rancor in the valley to leave." Helium takes its name from the Greek word for the sun because it was discovered in th sun's spectrum. ' Use MaU Tribune want ads. Delicious Home Cooked CHICKEN DINNERS Served as you like Ttr them. Family style B ' Best Place in Jacksonville to get a cold bottle of Beer AMY'S CAFE Under nw management of Merle Guchet Jacksonville laVs Vmnc for 7Sc tax included tax HOTEL CORNELIUS Hi 8. W. Park. Portland rwtarht bath Sl ot M tt.M With hath tiM u 13 VI Both hotels locate la (tit nrj HEART Of PORTLAND dose U shopa an tbratm c
