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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942. MEDFORDi&TRIBUN! "Rtimw la thm Hall TrlbaM.' PubltV4 fey WDFOItn PHIKTIWa CO. ff-t Nrlk rtr rttM tl4t RrtREBT W RTTHU kT1.tor. ItNKST It OlUTRAP, MnaTjr. An Indpndnt Nwpapr. Entr4 u Mon4 elaw mttr at M4 trt, , Ur A af Marat) I. It It UnSTftlPTfON RATCI By Mali I A1vanc: Pallf Buiflar rr M-M Dally and un'iay l rnawtha... I I Dailr a4 uh4t thraa matiClw I Dally an4 StiBcUr na mmth... .fi Br Carrlar la A 1 ? Mafr, Art land. Car.tr. Flt. Ji'taaanvHia. la) Hill. Retua lar. PhoaMl Talaal and a motor reutaai Dallr aal iall.Ur o M' DaJlr and Pandar am mojittti.. ." All larma ea la Advaaea. OffWUI Paar mt 111 Of f H4fa4 Official Papa af JaWkaatj Oamfr vnnpR or Tim amociatbi prrm RaratTlas rail LaaM Wlra tarvlta Tha Aaalaiad 9r la aaelaa)alf aatlflad ta I ha aaa for aoatleaHoa af all aa dlaaatrhaa aradlta la H af attiar wtaa aradAad ta IMa pa par, and al ! i mtmM BHkiihi4 start tri. dlapatchra liaraia ara alaa raaaryad. MEMBER OP UWITRD PRIM MBHBRR OP AUDIT BURBA0 or CIRCULATION AdrartUInf Raaraaanntla WliT-HOLLlDAT COMPAWT. Ilfft Ofiwaa la Naw Torte. Chl"ao, ftaa rranrlaeo, baa AngaiM. ""la, Portland. 8L fcoota. Atlanta, VtMMW Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur. Perry The people aro now in a firm and sacrificial mood, due to the grimness of the Russian situa tion. They want action on a "Second Front" and less apple sauce from the political side lines. They feel the time has come to strike, not in tha auto plants of Michigan and the coal mines of Pennsylvania, but at Germany's backdoor. It won't matter much how the New York State election In November, or the jurisdictional diipute In an Indiana pickleworks come out as long as the hordes of Hitler run wild, fighting where they choose, instead of where they don't want to. Dlmout orders for Coast areas prohibit the use of auto lights of more than 250 candlepower. This will put a stop to racing down to the beach In the event of a U-boat raid and blind Its captain and crew with glaring headlights. . HORRIBLE POSSIBILITY! (Pendleton East Oregonian) "It Is reported the army will need 446,000 typewriters, machines, not stenographers. That would mean a typewriter for every 10 soldiers if we have an army of four million. We hope we are not planning to defeat the enemy by writ ing more reports than they do." Mussolini of Italy threatens to "apply the law" to the Yugoslav guerillas before they apply it to him. The fiercest fighters bar none in the current war will do no official cringing when the world's great "loud mouth" pops off. Roasting ears are now big enough to be purloined from fields abutting on the river, and. become the main Item of what was socially intended as a welner roast. The "Invisible greenback" problem has been deferred to a later day, Washington dispatches state, when they will be just as "invisible." The powers should Increase their getablllty and take a chance on the possessor being able to see them. These be the "dog days," with many citizens reporting they are emotionally In the "doghouse" over the blue news from all al lied fronts. IT'S (CENSORED) (McGregor (Tex.) Mirror) "We have been Informed that (censored) electricians left the llluebunnet ordnance job this week because they didn't get enough (censored) per hour. Personally, we don't know whether they sit around In the (censored) all day or work like (censored), but Just as soon as we ran find out what the cause was we'll let you know. Don't worry a (cen sored) bit." Bicyclists are charged with ore recklessness than autolsts None as yet have been caught going around a corner on their only hind-wheel. Herr Hitler has ordered the deportation of 3.000.000 peoples of the conquered lands. The eight Nazi saboteurs, whose fate is oeing ponnereo, ener a three veeks' trial like American comic strlus. and are ffainlnc weiaht in ! jail. "I highly favor women wear ing nothing but cotton stockings for the duration of the wear." (Fashion page hint.) Tine weather for It, as of even date. Cloeln time for Cllfied AOs a. m. Too lata to ClaMiij 13.30 p. m. Has the Red Worm Turned? Well there is one ray of sunshine in the war gloom today, and the more rays we can gather the better for the allied morale in these parlous times. That "ray" is the announcement from Moscow that at long last the long-heralded "Red army re serves are marching in, and except in the extreme south all German advances have been thrown back." A Moscow paper follows this up by the encour aging declaration that the Red army counterattacks now in progress will develop into "a counter offensive to regain the territories lost." WE have often commented upon the highly imag tnaHva mialirv tt Mnvnni war ronnrts nffon less factual, we believe, these reports have more a certain confirmation is casts from Germany. After recounting gams following German admission is made, we quote: "In tha big bend of tha Don our troop are engaged "In fierce DEFENSIVE fighting!" ' Mark that "DEFENSIVE," please! When Berlin admits Nazi legions are on the DEfensive it is pretty safe has started an OFfensive AT any rate here is a crumb of comfort that may rrrnw irirn a lnaf Ar turn Vtofnro tho woolr ia nvor Russia has lost much has never claimed any rout of prisoners taken. ' In short the huge Red a territory almost as large which to maneuver. From the start of the present offensive there have been grapevine reports that Stalin was busy prepar ing huge armies behind the battle lines for a sudden onslaught against the Germans when off their guard and badly extended. This may, or may not reports, but at least, the situation today looks better than it has at any time since the fall of Rostov. So let sufficient unto the day be the good tidings thereof 1 War Isn 't a Gtfeman 's Sport Two news dispatches bring into sharp relief a very serious problem, particularly as far as the British in the Far East are concerned. No. 1 is the story of a from Batan who describes by the attacking Japanese, so a certain assault could be successfully made, these Japanese went to a certain death so the attack of their comrades might succeed. That emphasized the narrator was the SPIRIT of the Japanese army. CONTRAST that report with this one from "an allied military spokesman" in Australia answer ing criticism of the allied failure to prevent the ! Japanese landing in New "The new Japanese foothold In New Guinea offers no special threat. It was Impossible to defend the Buna-Gona area "without sacrificing the troops involved." Without SACRIFICING the troops involved 1 Does that mean if the troons HAD been sacrificed the Bona-Gona area COULD have been saved? If so it is a damaging admission. DERHAPS the allied withdrawal there was justi- fied, i. e. not worth the sacrifice. We would have to have more facts to claim the reverse. BUT, our point is that fice" at Bataan is all too Japanese army; and this fied alibi from some allied spokesman all too characteristic of the British army, as it has operated in the Pacific area since December 7th. IT seems only yesterday, UIC iUOb Ul KHH J (.HI bsC4b O ASi IbjOli Ol llljf Pj'UHri)- man in Singapore, declared an inspection of the British troops had been made, and they (particularly the New Zealanders) were a tough and hardy lot, certain to give an excellent account of themselves, if the Japs tried any "funny business." Well no doubt the Anzacs, and all the British troops for that matter, DID fight bravely and well. But only a short time later Singapore fell, and British might and prestige in the Far East, fell with it. a MOW in this same dispatch today from Australia i General Sir Thomas Blarney, commander of allied forces in the "Southwest Pacific," after in specting an advanced Australian base is quoted as saying: 'The troops look extraordinarily fit and will be a tough proposition for anyone taking them on." Tough no doubt and fit as well. But in view of the past record, isn't even a peat admirer of Britain's traditional pluck and stamina justified in inquiring if they will prove tough ENOUGH? AT any rat we would like to see in the British "High Command" to the west a little more spirit of the "HUMAN BRIDGE" and a little less of the self-satisfied and self-confident spirit of the sporting gent, who as he casually inspects his thoroughbred stable is so sure he CAN'T lose a race, because to date he never HAS lost an important one! Talent Boy Given . Another Chance An 18yesr-old Talent youth, rharued with forgery by ma tonal alteration, was granted a six month suspended sentence than those of Berlin, but importance than most, for found in the radio broad In many fields today the to assume the opposition of no mean proportions. territory. But even Berlin or even any large number Army is still intact, and has as the United States in be, confirmation of those U. S. army officer escaped the "human bridge" made Guinea: "human bridge of sacri CHARACTERISTIC of the complacent and self-satis it was we believe around and paroled to his father by Cir cuit Judge H. K. Hanna yejtcr day. The boy a.wrtedly raised a $7.50 check to $17.30. A minor boy, said to have alo been Involved, awaits Juvenile court action. Personal Health Service By Wlllam Brady. M. O. atfntd Isttars pertaining ta emonal health and h.fl.nt. not to dlmw duuu.l. or treatment, will be answered by Dr.' Brady u a stamped self. addreued enrelope is enclosed. Letters snanld be brief and written In Ink. owing u the large n amber of letters received only s few can be anered here. Nn reply can be made ta queries not conforming to Inftroctlons. AddreM Dr. Hllllam Brady, 283 el Cainlne. Beterly Hills, Calif. ASEPSIS AND According to recent investiga tions the frequency of occurence of tuberculosis of tha lung among medical student has shown an en couraging de cline in the past five years. In 1938 a com mittee investi gating medical student health in the United States estimat ed a tubercul osis rate of 7 per cent in all Dr. Brady medical schools, altho In some medical schools where well es tablished student health pro grams are in effect the rate is as low as 0.2 to 0.4 per cent. Among the precautions taken to prevent tuberculosis among students of medicine most of these would apply of course to college students in general) are (1) supervision of the student's living and eating conditions; (2) provision for regular exercise and wholesome recreation; (3) critical Investigation of the san itary atmosphere of restaurant or lunchroom or boarding house and periodic medical, examina tion of waiters or food handlers or those who prepare the food In such places, to make certain no potential source of Infection is overlooked; (4) tuberculin test ing of all students as routine, when they enter college, and X ray of chest in every Instance if the tuberculin test is positive. It is a familiar observation that college students, who may have more knowledge than oth ers of their age have but too often lack wisdom, take lore, chances with their health at a period of growth and develop ment when lifelong health habit Is being acquired. That is. the habit of keeping well, of giving reasonable and sensible consid eration to hygiene without be coming at all cranky or morbid about it. In that, as college life goes, students of medicine are not exceptional they are as reckless or as foolish as college students in general. Some additional precautions are necesary to protect medical students, as well as interns, hos pital staff physicians, nurses, at tendants, laboratory technicians and others of the hospital, clinic. News Behind The News by Paul Mallon (Continued from Page One) ask them for their individual plans of attack not a compro mise reached by the general staff. I would back the plans which had the element of daring and a corresponding chance of success. a a I MIGHT decide, for instance, 4 that two spots Were the places to hit, the Aleutians in the the Pacific for Invasion of Japan and the North African continent for Invasion of Europe through Italy. I would In that case call In forces from every other spot and throw everything I had into these two. And I would get a man to lead those attacks who was enthusiastic and confident that they would win. I would not care whether Ar gentina liked me, or Britain nr Russia. I would stop diplomacy, and go out to win the war. I would fire any official who speaks of post-war problems, and would put my thinkers to the single Job of generating new Ideas as to how to win first. I would emply a group of my own technical experts on wesp. ons and satisfy myself that the Jarmy and navy are providing the best possible. I would send Representative Lyndon Johnson over to the air 'corps with his charges that many of our planes were ineffi cient in the Pacific and I would Insist on getting the matter threshed out at onee. e e e 1 WOULD put fight Into civilian activity by every means I could command, including bands and bunting. I would take every ccaM-wlse ship away from sugar trade and bananas, and use these ships In aggressive war action to support an attack. I would ex pect the people to go entirely without sugar tf it was neces sary. But I would make speeches to them regularly and take them Into my confidence on my prob lems and on what I expected from them. 1 would consider cloudy weather reduced the flow thrm my willing aides, but I of nectar In flreweed, causing would appeal to them In a dem- j western Oregon honey produc ocratlc way, rather than pursue tlon to drop about fifty per cent, the Hitler tactics of regimenta-' President H. J. Moulton of the .!on. I would practice democracy to , CONTAGION disnensarv nr unatnrlum nr. Isonnel. For instance physicians. students, interns and nurses should invariably wear suitable masks when examining, treating or attending patients who have tuberculosis. U n f o r t u nately, however, this precaution is more honored in the breach than the observance. Again, something akin to surgical asepsis should be required of all laboratory workers, students, physicians and attendants dealing with tu berculous pathological material. This rule, too, is violated in too many pretentious institutions. . Tuberculosis may be spread not only in the droplet spray from the coughing paUent but also in the droplet spray of the talking patient. It is ignorance of this fact that accounts for the long chances some physicians, interns and poorly trained nurses take when attending pa tients without masks. Qt ESTIONS 4 ANSWERS Vitamin B. Complex My father has benefited so much from wheat germ that his deafnees of years haa practically disappeared Thanks for the tip. He eats all to eight rounded tablFspoonruls a day ana likes it. (B. w.) Answer Thank you. Wheat germ Is on of the richest food sources of vitamin B complex. On request I am glad to aend any correspondent who provide stamped addressed envelope a copy of pamphlet on -Deafneaa and Head Noises". Dlcltalls Digitalis does not cure, of course. but there must be a great many with heart trouble who would testify that It has prolonged their lives. Its ben efit lies tn slowing down too rapid heart and eo resting It. (Mrs. L.8.D.) Answer Thank you. Ma'am. Digi talis does indeed slow the heartbeat. Aithmatlo Child Tour booklet "Tha Calcium Short age" has proved very helpful in the case of an aithmatlo chile:. thank you sincerely for tt. Enclosed find stamped envelope bearing my ad dress, and twenty-five cents In coin, for tha booklet "Sava Tour Skin". (Mrs. H. H.) Answer On request accompanied with stamped addressed envelope I am (lad to send a pamphlet on "Asthma". If you want also the pamphlet "Tha Calcium Shortage" Inclose six cents additional. (Copyright IB43, John T. Dllle Co.) r.d. Note: Persons wishing to commmanlrate with Pr. Brady shaold send letter direct to Itr. William Brady, M. D., tat fJ Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. the fullest possible extent. I 1 would expect patriotic coopera , tion on a voluntary basis and take nothing else. I would let citizens themselves make Sun j day drivers or wasters at the I dining table or tn business life, (very unpopular, i I would cut down or out, all i these cards for rationing and get more conservation by demo cratic enthusiasm. I would choose man to handle the rub ber and gas situations who be lieves rubber tires and gas can be produce: I would not countenance neg ative leadership anywhere in my government, I would have froz en prices and wages six months ago. In short. I would get tough. I would put some fight into this thing everywhere by active stimulation and assertive demo cratic leadership. I would get off the defensive. In Washing ton, in the country, on the high seas, everywhere, and stay that way. Yours sincerely, PAUL MALLON. Married Men Advised Draft Will Gel Them If Work Unessential Portland. Aug. 6 (AP MaJ. George Sandy told Oregon mar ried men yesterday to get Into war production or the army would draft them. Young, single men are getting essential industrial Jobs and thus are getting deferments, while married men are sitting back smugly In non-essential Jobs, he said. If married men. including those with children, are drafted before young bachelors, "it will be because the youngsters are beating them to war production Jobs," he told the state man power advisory committee. Sandy, field Inspector of the state selective service board, added, "there is a great deal of talk about cooperation for the nation's good and about willing ness to help, but I have found Just the opposite. Too often I have found complacency, smug ness and refusal to make sacri fices particularly on the part of married men." HONEY CROPHIT Portland. Aug. t (AP) Cool. Oregon Beekeepers' association I reported yesterday. Kelly's Comment From Washington. D. C. Siberia Barrier Seen in AleuU Litvinoff Beg For Second Front Kaiter Proposal Worries Magnate - y John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, Aug. 6 Any day word may come that the Japanese have invaded Si beria, and the United States will be helpless to go to Russia's as sistance because the enemy is creating a barrier in the Aleu tian islands to keep back the Americana. This is the statement made by Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet ambassador, to a group of United States senators in a hide away chamber in the national capitol building. Litvinoff was worried, depressed, and was ap pealing to the senators to see President Roosevelt and get some action. From personal sources of in formation Litvinoff said he knew that the Japanese are moving troops toward the Siber ian border preparatory to an at tack while Russia is battling Hitler's army. Possession of At tu, Kiska, Agattu In the Aleu tians and possibly the Pribiloff islands by the Japanese prevents America sending an expedition ary force to Siberia. American aid is blocked until the Japs are kicked out of the Aleutians. With Japs In control of the Si berian situation, there would be even more need of opening a second front in Europe, and this is urgent, said Litvinoff. The Reds can not hold out indefinite ly against Hitier and they are fighting now in the hope that German pressure will be re lieved through a second front. Foreign Commissar Molotov (Mr. Brown to people who met him In the grounds of the White House) conferred with President Roosevelt and with Winston Churchill, but nothing has hap pened. The President and Chur chill talked and talked but there is no action. e e UNITED States has been and is sending tanks and other ma terial to Russia via Archangel and Murmansk (with heavy losses from submarine and plane attacks), where unloading facil ities are limited. Discontinue shipments to Russia, said the ambassador, and use the vessels to move trops from England into Belgium and to carry supplies to American troops, all under heavy convoy. (Not a single American soldier has been lost on the transports to Northern Ireland and England). This would break the shipping bottle necks so far as transports to Europe is concerned. These things must be done without delay (the second front) If done at all, said Litvinoff, who begged for less conversa tion and more action. There is now in England and Northern Ireland X thousands of American soldiers. These X thousands are fully equipped with another X thousands of tanks, trucks, airplanes. Eng land has 2.S00.000 troops at home, 500.000 trained essential ly for home defense. The 2.000,- 000 British troops plus the X thousands of Americans should be shipped across the English channel and landed in Belgium for an invasion of Germany. Hitler cannot afford to Ignore a threatened Invasion and would withdraw a substantial part of his army In R'usia to defend the homeland, argued Litvinoff. e e Senators who listened to the Impassioned plea of the ambas sador gained the impression that Russia Is In a very bad way: that unless a second front Is opened up within a few weeks Stalin ma y consider terms of peace with Hitler. And that would be a mess. The British, whose command ing officers have not scored on any battlefront. are insisting that a British officer be general issimo of the Anglo-American force when Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill decide they are ready to invade Europe. e e THAT talk of Henry J. Kaiser, proposing the building of im mense sky transports for troops and supplies, ha affected the money market and has started owner of stock In hlp com panies and railroads worrying. One of (he largest of the Ameri can flagthlp lines has been un- WHYBEFATN? Its Easy to Raduca Vi lAAtivf. Nodrutt Ni. r'-f. Win lha AY PS pln yoq 1-m t ojt evt nr nc... rcht. twi"t. nutf ac beuer. res Mir!, CUl tftr-V do1l It vn mbr tlfn:nfmlifiedAVDS r-r ta b -r-! tee aroum lost is is. a i Me m tan epw AYPS Mevth tirMttM L'r. I c a Tm h. iMn (e . A"w'ytrtT hr ,Vl VVTf J Trv t 'rr Kc ef A YDS. AW.ir r:ptly ao'v 11 1 Monty bet u rrodcat u rtu:w Jafteaaae 2440 Corner Main and Riv. WAINSCOTT S PHARMACY aBle to raise a dollar since the Kaiser suggestion. There is so much talk of flying boxcars that steamship operators are con cerned for their business after the war. On freight transport, built for the army, crossed the Atlan tic in nine hours on a test flight lea than half the time re quired by passenger planes to fly from Washington, D. C, to the northwest. These transport plane are now In mass produc tion. Railroad stocks also took a dive, for if planes can carry material overseas, they can also carry freight from one end of the continent to the other, dig ging into the profitable end of railroad operation freight traf fic. THE reason that the price of Jams and Jellie has skyrocketed through the ceiling set by OPA is because of the refusal of con gress to authorize that agency to subsidize the canneries. It was planned to have canneries pay grower an increased price and the canneries then sell the prod uct at the prices for the 1941 pack, OPA to pay the difference. With no subsidy the increased cost Is now being passed on to consumers, who were to have been protected by the subsidy arrangement. Look for other punctures of the price ceiling within a few months. Communications Patriotism vs. Greed To the editor: When Camp White became a reality, the housing situation in Medford be came a big issue. Much planning had been " done by local civic authorities to house the con struction workers, and the re- I suits of this planning were very gratifying. The local authorities !are to be commended on the ef ficient manner in which thou sands of workmen and their families were housed. Very few towns the size of Medford have been able to handle such a situa tion efficiently. Congratulations are in order, Medfordites! Now, that the camp is hear ing completion, the picture be gin to change. The workmen are moving on to another Job and the soldiers are moving in. Officers are bringing their fam ilies, so the demand for housing again increases. Rents again have an upward trend because of the demand. The landlord has a gleam in his eye and an Itchy palm. The little green devil in the Almighty dollar rears Its head. Patriotism and foresight are warped by the little green devil. Old timers are being asked to "vacate" In order to make room for the army. This is the reason used, but the rent is doubled, so what is the reason? Certainly not patriotism! Certainly not at the request of the army I It js not the intent of the army that civilians be "ousted" from their houses to make room for offi cers. Why was Camp White built? To house the officers and enlisted men! This is warl Civil ians and soldier are tn it alike. All are urged to do their part. All must do their part. So! Landlords! Don't forget that "you can't take It with you" and if the Japanazi win this war you won't even have it to Ton Can Help Make Telephone Service Meet Demands oi War By keeping eonrertation BRIEF. By being sure of your number beore you eaO. By utint Long Distance for eitential meage By mind tlalion-totlation terrier trhererer pouihle for loll ealU. Your cooperation will aid in this national emergmrr be cause the demands of war have loaded our long distance line and many of our local facilities to capacity and beyond. Materials reeruinrd to Increase circuits and switchboards cannot be obtained ther must go into the making of weapon and munitions. It is not now possible to build more plant Therefore, we all are confronted with the neces.ity of getting the most out of what we have. In following' the above suggestions, you can save yourself time and expend and ou will help us keep the way clear for War .lJsate, That .Uiul Go Through. 6 We appreciate your splendid response in helping to meet these problems which uivolvethesaiftyandsecurityofus!!. mt PACIFIC TIIIFHONI US North Bartlett. Phone 2101. take with you. Think tt overt , C. M. W Medford, Aug. 5. Q (Name on file furnished on request.) Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Coonty HUtory from tha files of tha Mail Tribune 1 and to years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August t, 1932 at Was Saturday Dr. Henry Hartman tell val ley frultmen advertising is only hope of industry. v Entire state hit by heat wave. Mercury hot 103, low 88 de grees. New county courthouse to be dedicated September 1 , with program and speeches. Valley pear crop is hit by sud den high wind near sundown. Loss is high. Auto license buying continue brisk in county. Al G. Barnes clrcu to (how here August 17. Northwest furniture dealers elect Bert Orr a vice president. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 6, 1922 at Was Sunday) President Harding again or ders railroad strikers to return to work. Fair and warm. SO degrees. High S3, low Pussyfoot Johnson, temper ance leader creates uproar In England with talk for prohibi tion. Elks clubs dines on steelhead caught by P. C. Bigham. Move for new hotel at Ash land again on tapis. Medford payroll b now larg est in history of city. Ye Poets Corner "TO THE WAR AWAY" OUR BOY "And now, goodbye! this time I'm on my way, Remember too, I'm coming back some day." And then, we saw him get on board the train When shall we ever see him back again? And later came a package, par cel post, Containing things that broke our hearts almost; A suit of clothes, that was his very best, His shoes, white hirt, blue tie and all the rest. From our north he has been sent to the south, Marching under hot sun see that firm mouth Set grimly for the task that must be done, To fight the battles till our war is won. Dad. POISON OAK? Try a bottle of ZEMACOL Too moat be aatlined at year money cheerfully refunded. Oct bettM today at WESTERN THRIFT. AND TIltBAPH COMPART 3
