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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1942. Medford&Teibunb Rw tb Han THbm Daily Rvpt fUrvrtlsr PubMh4 by ' MnroRr print mo oo. tr-ft Nrth rtr St. Phoa 1141 BAnr.RT W RT'HU C'lttar. FINEST R GTUSTRAP. U Am IMepon deist Napapr. Enter arnl elis matter at MJ forsl. Orcoa. nrler Aet af March I. SITBSCRrPTION KATES By 111 1 Advat Dally and ua1T na par ff.lt T)lty an Su!ar me.nttw.ee t.l DUr . Sundiy thra mllte I . Dilly anA Sunday na msnth... .fl By Carrier In Ailvanca Hertford. Ann tine!. Central Point, Jeltftfit11a, Oflta HHL, Roku River, Phoanls, TalaaL ni motor rotiiaa: Datly aa4 BuaJay r' PaJly m6 ?wndy cm month. All (rmi cti la dveavr. Offlrlat Pair af lh City af MM far Official Papff af Jarfcaa Caaaty MKMItPII OP THK AMOfHTM) PRESS Rcrctrla Full V"4 Wl rlr Tr.a AMOtiadd Praaa la clttalatp atlllad ta the in fir pobtleatla af all hwi 4apatrhaa credited to II or ttiar lM credited to thl- paoar. anfl alae to tha loril new- ptiMinh. haratn. AH rifhU for publlPatlen of apaelaJ oVapatch harala ara alao raaarrad. MEMBRR OP UNITD PRESS MBUBRR OP AUDIT REREAD OP CIRCULATIONS AdvartlalRS Raprantalla WEST-HOI.MDAT COMFAMT. INC maa ta Maw York. Cbleefw, Dttrtft, lu rraariaea. boa Aatalaa. Saattlo. Partl&ad. St. Loan. AtUata. Vasconvar. P. C. Ye Smudge Pot . Br Arthur Parry An 89 -year -old Willamette valley lady ia working on a hay- baling outfit. If she was 75 years ' younger the suspicion would arise she was trying to get out of washing the supper dishes. A number of local Democrats who have never been farther east than the golf links, are Irked no end by the renomlna tion of Cong. Ham Fish of New York in the Tuesday primary. He won the victory without any superintendent of sewers con cealed In the basement yelling through a microphone, "We want Fish!" The OPM 'warns the cost of living, as It is called, will go up 1.5 per cent by September 15. If not sooner. The government has let a contract for the building of the world's worst roads, afterwards to keep them in atrocious condi tion, for testing tanks and other war equipment. The way to ac complish this nefarious purpose Is to -build a perfect road and then turn logging trucks loose i on It. A London dispatch reports Nazi Propaganda Minister Goeb bels was saddened by the ruins of Cologne on a visit two months after the RAF had bombed It. This is nothing. A professional wrestler here last June shed bona fide tears whenever his foe had him in the throes of an exemciating toe hold. WHY GRANDMAWI (Chlco (Calif.) Enterprise) "Grandmothers In spare time are titivating, in order to look young when they are cir culating, which may include the card game, the movie, the Red Cross work room, the fil ter centre, tha cm-Mail party, the luncheon and dinner party and maybe a club meeting or two thrown in for good measure." It now comes to light there was, and is, considerable poli tics in the Oregon Milk Control law, resulting In the federal charge of "conspiring to create a monopoly." There Is no use crying over spilt polities milk. The Portland baseball team Is now making a poorer showing than the Russians claim they are, and look worse than the homeliest wrestler in the world. "Writing home to his wife, he said: "I have taken my first step In promotion. But do not move to a larger house yet, and speak to the neighbors as usual." (Humboldt (Calif.) Standard.) The big brute! Astronomers report "shooting stars" in the northeastern skies about 10 p. m. (PWT.) The stars might as well be doing it as everything else is. Tax experts in Washington, D. C, arc now talking about a "holding tax." Rumor says this means four bureaucrats to hold the victim, while the fifth turns his pants pockets Inside out. Australian whip-poor-wills In these parts have received word from klnfolks "down under" stating the military situation has Improved so much they have something to sing about. "FAST RULES GIVEN TO FEMALE ARMY." (Charleston (S. C.) News.) Lift your eye brows in firm military man ner. Motor fuel taxation normally yields more state revenue than any other single type of state tax measure. "Medford's Own?" No engagement in the present war, has aroused the keen local interest of the Solomon Islands of fensive. And there's good reason. For while the fact can't h KNOWN there is reason to believe Medford's own national guard contingent has been taking part b it, going through its "baptism of fire." And that certainly brings the battle close to many homes here in the valley, a life and death struggle for scores of our own boys. IT is particularly gratifying therefore to read in today's wire report that U. S. troops are con solidating their positions in three islands, and the Japanese have lost control of them all As previously stated, there is no more difficult operation in modern warfare than an operation of this kind, making a landing In force from tne sea on hostile and fortified territory, and consolidating the positions taken. IF the Australian report is correct, and there is no reason to doubt it, then here is the outstand ing achievement of Uncle Sam's combat forces, since the war began, excelling even the Coral Sea and Midway victories, and the boys of Medford and Jack son County in all likelihood took an active part in it. Well at any rate here's three rousing cheers and a tiger for them, and the prayerful hope that if tnis was their initiation a maximum number came through, fit as so many fiddles and "rarin' to go again 1 Tokio Radio Lies In view of this keen local interest,' it might be well to reassure those who heard last night's short wave broadcast from Tokio, that it's about a ten to one shot, there was not a word of truth in it, or at the outset two or three words. The Japanese announcer in fact sounded like the same one who, from the same station, has categori cally announced: The destruction of the U. S. Atlantic fleet. The great Japanese victory of the Coral Sea. The Nippon triumph of Midway. e e e e CO to the initiated it was not surprising, and the reverse of alarming, to hear from the same source that congratulations aid been extended Admiral Yamamoto for his over whelming victory in the Solomons, and the destruc tion of what was left of fleet in those waters! That is at least the third, and may be the fifth or sixth time this same Tokio Btation has claimed the destruction of U. S. naval power in the Far East and by the aid of the nearest script writer turned a Japanese defeat into a record-breaking Japanese VKtory. Last nieht the Ninnon chausen even outdid his former acrobatic feats when not content with pure fiction, he took a central truth and turned it upside down, the Japanese who were surprised by this sudden allied offensive, but the allies themselves and partic ularly the Americans. In fact it was a trap, the crafty and resourceful Yamamoto was in ambush all the thne, waiting for the unsuspecting Anglo-Saxons to walk in I WELL now, OF COURSE, the situation at the nvnaanf wriHnor ia cflll anmou'llQt nlnnrlv Thprp is as yet no justification July 4th celebration, or even claiming a DEFINITE allied victory. For what has been taken and is now being held may have to be abandoned later. That is always possible. But this much is CERTAIN : The tokio shortwave the TRUTH about the Solomon Islands last night, did not tell the TRUTH about the Midway, Coral Sea and Pearl Harbor engagements before, and has not told the TRUTH, or anything approximating the truth at any time, nor has it any regard for the TRUTH at all. Of all purely propaganda-stations, and dumb propaganda at that, this Tokio set-up for sheer mendacity, wins the sweepstakes prize millions of li ht-vears ahead of its nearest axis rival, and that is GOING some! This is a FACT. With the situation in the South Pacific so close to home, and information from there so vital, this f;ict should be borne in mind, particularly by those of us who may be listening in on Tokio for the first time ! An Electric Shock From the outset this has been a war of surprise, so one or two more, particularly in the non-combatant fiMrl, make little or no impression. Nevertheless it does come as something of a shock, to learn that even with the tremendous light and power development in the Pacific northwest the past few years, Seattle may not have power enough ti keep the electric ranges in the Puget Sound area going next year! A ND it seems only yesterday the great problem in this area, was not an electric power shortage, but electric power surplus, what to do with the power already generated! Of course but for the war there would have been a huge surplus. But the war is here, and at the moment it doesn't look as though it would be over very soon either. Which is only another way of saying we fear surprises, and shocking ones, in this non-combatant field, have only just BEGUN 1 from the Japanese Diet the "reconstructed" U. S. eauivalent of Baron Mun declared it was NU1 for staging a second radio station did not tell Personal Health Service Br Willam Signed letters pertaining ta personal health and hygiene, not to disease dlagnoele or treatment will be aaiwered by Dr. Brad If a stamped eell addreaeed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the lerge o amber of letters reeelfed only a few can be answered here. No reply ran be made to Queries not conforming to InsUnrUesu. Address Dr. William Brady. taa El Cainlno, Beverly Hills. Calif. A LADY I am In my 09th year and I. have always maintained that any old gal that dyes her hair f- m-jr'v'jm when she gets to be my age is a fool. Welt, my locks were rapidly becom ing a nice grey when I began taking the I o d 1 n Ration as directed In your p a m phlet. When I had been tak ing it for about Dr. Brady a year, lo and behold, the grey hair began to get back some of its original copper shade. So now I have an old wrinkled face or a face of my age, with what everybody believes to be dyed hair. So what? I feel fine, take care of SOO cases a month in my profes sional work, but the "dyed" hair I blame that on Ol' Doc Brady. Thanking you so much. (Mrs ) I swan. For 28 years heh-heh-heh readers have been telling me stories like that For 28 years I have been hoping to see for myself a case in which actual restoration of the orig inal natural color to hair that has already turned grey occurs when the individual takes a suitable daily or weekly ration of iodine. From personal experience and observation I do believe that an adequate intake of iodine in one form or another, year in and year out, retards or postpones greying of the hair. But restoration of the natural color to hair that has really turned grey, is not so easy to believe. One who Is feeling chronically weary, stale and rather melan cholic as mature adults with iodine deficiency often do feel is likely to see more grey In his or her own hair than he or she sees when the general con dition is Improved by a few weeks of the Iodin Ration. Then he or she sees rather the amount of hair that still retains more or less pristine or youthful ap pearance. I know a suitable daily or weekly intake of iodine does dis pel the pensive or gloomy spirit commonly shown by children, particularly girls In their teens and by adults of mature age who are deficient in iodine, whether they show signs ofi goitre or not News Behind The News by Paul Mallon (Continued from Page One) nounced It is Investigating their authenticity, and has promised appropriate action against the culprits. These photographs were pre pared months ago by our own forces to illustrate what army aviators might expect from Nazi saboteurs, not what the sabo teurs had done. They were In tended to warn our fliers as to what to look for, while flying around the country. Authorities at a certain east ern airfield discovered these old pictures, after the trial of the eight saboteurs here, and pre sumably somehow reached the erroneous conclusion that they represented actual sabotage work, already done. The photos were released to the press as such Headquarters here, discovering the mistake. Lined its tight-lipped doubts and promised inquiry Such a scare-blunder may be expected once in the colossal business of conducting war but not again. e e e WHEN officers are serving overseas, the official text af their commissions for promo tion is sent to their families, one such Florida family was imaredly proud the other day to see notice that a son had been commissioned a brigadier gen eral r?peclally as he was only a second looey They could not believe It. In fact, they were so mared. they sought confirma tion. Only then was It discovered lhat a commission for their son to be promoted to a first lieu tenant had been sent to the Iowa family of the brigadier general who had the firtt and last names (Harold M McClelland) and they had received the brigadier generalship through a mistake The correction left them only slightly less proud e e fllE Admiral King statement, ' telling the first news of our attack on the Solomons, has been rightly heralded by com mentators as a gratifying Inno vation In official news policy. While it told little, it did to M. D. NEVER LIES The nutrition authorities at present estimate that every per son over one year of age re quires not less than one-tenth of one milligram of iodine daily. I dare not say to what amount of tincture of iodine that ia equivalent, but it is approxi mately 1S00th of a grain of iodine, perhaps as much as you would get in a drop of the tincture two or three times a week. On request, accompanied with stamped envelope bearing your address, I will mail "Instruc tions for Taking an Iodin Ration." QUESTION ANHWCItS OlAM Blowing Daughter Is a glass blower. Will such, work effect her health In any wsyf (Mrs. O. J.) A oiwer Practically the only dan ger Is Injury to the eyes, by exces sive heat and by light rays, plus loea of salt In exceaslre perspiration. Tour daughter should wear glasses or gog' glea to protect the eyes, and ahe should take a large pinch, say five to ten grains, of salt with each good drink of water when at work. Camouflage Netter I am K. working as at netter on a camouflage net. For some reason I do not know they make ua wear masks when at work. Rave heard peo ple say you set tuberculosis. Sereral months ago. In school, I had a posi tive reaction to a tuberculosis test. !C. M ) Answer I do not know why you have to wear gauze mask over noae and mouth unless It Is Just a pre caution against apread of everyday desplratory Infection from one work er to another. Any boy or girl fho has shown a positive reaction to a skin tuberculin teat should undergo a careful examination by the doctor every three months to make sure no lung tuberculoels is oeveioping. n possible such examination ahould In clude X-ray of chest. Iodine Even slightest taste of Iodine Is repugnant to me. but I'd like to take your Iodin Ration, snd I re call you mentioned a candy tablet for children. (Mrs. . B. B.) Answer A drop of standard tinc ture of Iodine In a glassful of water la practically tastelesa. Candy or chocolate coated tableta of an Iodine compound are available, but com paratively expensive. One auch tablet dally or three tlmea a week Is the usual ration for children or adults. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, for pamphlet "Instructions for Taking an Iodin Ration". (Copyright J04J. John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Pereone wishing ta eommmnnlrate with Pr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D- O Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. promptly, which Is an improve ment. But it seemed to me also to represent a characteristic defen rive type of ofticlal publicity hat has gone on too long. A defensive statement in my mind is one which is responsive to ac cusation in character, or carries an apologetic or defensive un dertone. It is not self-assertive, firm, confident Admiral King said we at tacked, but did not say how. However, he said the Japs counter-attacked "with rapidity and vigor." Furthermore, he strong ly stressed the point that the action was very dangerous and "considerable losses" must be expected "for the hard-won ex perience." The statement was con cocted in response to the grand 'ose Jap claims and thus have assumed a defensive nature, or perhaps was intended as a fore cast of bad news In any event too many of our officials feel they must be defensive in their statements, even when announ cing offensive action. The public must know it is in a war by now and that wars mean casualties. The heaviness of them Is not as important as whether we won or lost. From a humane standpoint it If regrettable anyone should die In war, but common sense tells veryone that victories bring the war to an earlier conclusion and thereby really save lives In the long run, no matter the Imme diate cost. That we are fighting aggressively to gain them, there fore, is the best possible news. Bible School Program al Foursquare Friday ! The program for the Daily Va cation Bible school which has neen conducted for the past two ; weeks at the Foursquare Gospel Church, will be given Friday I evening at 7:43 p. m. j Mrs. Nellie Jennings has been I 'he Instructor, teaching the I Bible stories by use of tha Flan- nel graph method. The children will display 1 their accomplishments and the : program will include illustrated songs, recitations, and stones. The public is Invited. JAMES WAS THERE Washington. Aug. 13 i The navy confirmed today that Major James Roosevelt of the i marines. President Roosevelt's fldrst son. was at Midway Island j during the battle of Midway I early in Jur.e. No further infor mation was given out Brady. Kelly's Comment Front WasUagtem. D. C. Western Solon Place Jap First . Coast Residents Gripe At Censor Soupfin Industry Of Top Import s-a Mr Jcha W. Kelrf Washington, D. C, Aug. 13 If the United States had a gen eral staff of professional fight ers instead of amateurs it ia be lieved that such a staff would recognize that Japan is the ma jor enemy, the one on our door step, and not Herr Ritler, across the Atlantic. There is dissatis faction with the present leader ship which places stress on liquidating the Germans and gives secondary consideration to disposing of the Japanese. Con gress does not mske the foreign policy, that is the responsibility cf the president: otherwise con gress would listen to the de mands of the 11 western states. Personally Interested in giv ing Japan first place are 22 members of the senate and 43 members of the house. This is the strength of the 11 western states In congress, those regard ed as under the guns of the Nip ponese. Many of the outstand ing members of the senate are listed in the 22 snd some of the best qualified house members come from the war west. It is seldom that all these senators and representatives work to gether and take identical posi tion upon any point, but they are in agreement that the Jap anese should be put in their place before a great army is sent across the seas to rescue Euro pean countries from the Nazis. Japan is regarded as the home front, the immediate enemy, the actual threat All the lawmakers from the west have received many letters from the man in the street from mothers, from farmers, from bankers, from widows who have given their last son to the army. The tenor of these letters, scrawled in longhand or type written, Is the same; they want to know what is being done with the billions of dollars appropri ated and authorized; why the United Nations are steadily los ing; why President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill do not give young, active strategists an opportunity; why it is consid ered advisable to throw every thing the United States has at Hitler and wait until his scalp has been taken before going aft er the Japanese hammer and tongs. see THE mail runs to a pattern, whether it comes from Yakima or Roseburg, and frequently the writer wishes to know why "the facts" are not published in the newspapers or "the whole truth." instead of accounts of en gagements from one to two months old and rarely any In formation about American losses. While Japanese broad casts should always be taken with a grain of salt, more data on the Japanese In the Aleutians have been received from their radio than from government communiques, or at least the Japanese have been first to an nounce their activities in invad ing American territory. The en emy, of course, also minimizes Its losses of men, ships and corn- feat planes, as do the communi ques. There Is nothing members of congress can do except gripe: he war Is not in their hands: they 'have voted every dollar that has been requested and vot ed it blindly, not even being told what the money Is for. The few members of the appropriation committee who have been ad vised of certain objects to be ob- thined with the money are sworn to secrecy; other mem bers of congress are told noth ing. Congress knows Just as much and no more of what Is doing with the "grand strategy" as any newspaper reader. Orders for a dimout of all west coast towns as long as the war shall last have renewed agi tation for giving primary atten tion to the Japanese, and the suggestion has been made that the thousands of soldiers being trained at Helena Mont.. (Cana dians as well as Americans) as air borne units be used against the invaders on the Islands of the Aleutians. This mixed com mand are paratroops, drilled in mountain fighting and marine landing and are to be carried by air transports with equipment Including artillery However. In stead of being sent to the Aleu tians this brigade of specialists will probably be shipped to Eur ope. e e e AN Idea of the Importance of the soupfin shark industry In the northwest which was practi cally suppressed by war produc tion board (order L-401 because "it is necessary In the public In terest to promote the defense of the United States." can be gained by statistics of the "take" in Seattle. In 1940 taking livers from sharks was new and only 11,798 pounds were brought to Seattle. Last year the livers' weighed 111.314. snd in the first three months of this year 190, 722 pounds were delivered. The halibut fleet of 200 boats dis covered that dogfish liver also was high in vitamin A and they unloaded 309,136 pounds of dog 'ish between January 1 and April 13 this year. Fish and wildlife service sup plied these figures; has not com pleted statistic for the Oregon roast where soupfin sharks were first caught at Port Orford and livers rushed to San Francisco by truck. Price of shark livers jumped from 20 cents a pound to $6 and $9. Some individual earnings ran to $1000 for one week. Price ws $8 a pound when WPB and CPA stepped in and scuttled the industry. Men Wbo Lead The 91st Division (Editor's note: Following Is anoXher in the series of brief sketches of officers of the 91st In fantry Division at Camp White.) Lieutenant Colonel Jesse G. Faes, commanding officer of the 347th Field Artillery Battalion 'of the 91st Infantry Division, was born in Harvel, III., in 1894, and with his family moved to Nebraska four years later. Following his graduation from Nebraska public schools he en listed in the Nebraska National Guard in 1914, and was com missioned a second lieutenant of infantry while in federal serv ice on the Mexican border dur ing the Pancho Villa trouble in 1916. The Nebraska National Guard was again called Into federal service In 1917 and his regiment was converted from the infantry to a medium field artillery regi ment of the 34th division in Sep tember. 1917. Lieutenant Colonel Faes was ordered to the School of Fire as a student in May, 1918, and aft er his graduation he served on the Instructor's staff of the rchool, located at Ft Sill, Okla., until April, 1919. He was assigned to ROTC duty at the University of Ne braska as an instructor and was there until his honorable dis charge from the army in August, 1919, after which he became a reserve officer. Again called to active duty February 3, 1941, he was as signed to the field artillery re placement center at Camp Rob erts, Calif., where he served un til his assignment to the 91st Infantry Division at Camp White to command the 347th Field Artillery Battalion. Lieutenant Colonel Faes' civilian occupation from 1919 to 1941 was in the retail merchan dising field of office equipment end supplies. MAY OSETROOPS Washington, Aug. 13 MP) Chairman William H. Davis of the war labor board Indicated after a White House conference today that troops might be sent to the strike-closed General Cable Company plant at Bay- onne, w. J., unless the strikers quickly end their defiance of a board order refusing them a wage Increase. Asked what the next step wouia De it no settlement were obtained. Davis said it would be to "send somebody In to re move the picket line and invite the boys back to work." FREEZE ARGENTINA BEEF WITH NEW, FAST METHOD Buenos Aires (U.R) Argen tina's famed beef exports are Demg frozen by a new quick freeze method that takes al hours instead of the several days required at present, and will save 33 per cent on shipping space, according to local packers. By the new process, the meat is sucked into hollow metal tubes by a vacuum, equivalent to half a ton of air pressure: the meat in the tube is then frozen under a brine spray which is later removed by exterior heat ing. SEEK RAIDER Rio de Janeiro, Brazel, Aug. 13 iP Several vessels, which informed sources said may in clude ont or more cruisers, were reported today to be en gaged in a search for surface axis raider In the South Atlantic, but no word has been received here of contact with the enemy ship. One of every three employ ables in the city of Panama is engaged in defense work. MMMewaawawaa I BALING I TIES HUBBARD BROS. Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Coanrt History from the fllea af the MaH Tribune 10 and tu years aa TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 13, 1932 at Was Saturday) Sympathy racketeers rob homes, gardens and back porches of rural areas, while one member of gang tells hard luck story at front door to housewife. Police mop up wet spots in city. Census of California fruit workers in valley to be taken. Mr. and Mrs A. S. V. Car penter return from trip to Port land. Jack Swem is given a birth day day party by friends. Jacksonville busy preparing for Golden Jubilee celebration next week. James H. Owen returns from trip east and reports prosperity talk is gaining headway. Unsettled and moderate, with a high of 80, and a low of 48 degrees. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Vugust 13, 1922 (It Was Sunday) Espee embargo on shipments of perishable goods frets orchard ists for fear they will be unable to ship' Bartletts until strike is settled. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Carpen ter return from a trip around the world. Charles L. Loomis boomed for mayor of Ashland. "kickers Forum" to be held next week by Chamber of Com merce. Deer hunting season to open August 20, and hunters make ready for trips. Continued fair with some cloudiness. High 78, low 49 de grees. The central span of the fa mous Quebec bridge is' the long est and heaviest in the world. Its length is 640 feet and the distance between bridge piers is 1,800 feet. HATFIELD To Mr. and Mrs Frank, general delivery. Aug gust 8, a boy, 6 lbs., at Osteo pathic clinic. McKEEN To Mr. and Mrs. V. L., Gold Hill, August 8, a girl, 3 lbs., at Osteopathic clin ic. LOWELL To Mr. and Mrs. Blackford. Central Point, Aug ust 7, a boy, 8 lbs., at Osteo pathic clinic. PARK4TIIF0RD RESERVE -av . ; in- 1 Births
