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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1942. MEDF0RIv2tTEIBUS da Hi Hall TritwuM." ptitHtil tor wvnroRD PR! NT mo 00. r-H Norih rir M. PhaM 1141 ItOBRRT W RUHU E41tr. PRNBST It OIUTRAF. Wanafvr. Efttr4 m Meond mttsr t M4 fsrd. Orf o. . Aet f Hardb t. 117 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Pally and SuMmr Mt. Dally sits Svndar tnentlil... Dally u Sunday thr inAntha t Dally an Sunday ana month... .Tl By Carrlar la Adanea Madfnrd, Aah land. Caatral P!fil, Jarkaonrllla. OalS Rllk R6fui Rlvar. phaaals Talaak and an motor rnataat Dally and Ruii.lar om Taa' DaJIy aad Bandar on month... .Tl All tarma la advanea. Offtrlal Paftar t iha ly af tfadfarSl MIXBKI OF TRI ABKOriATRD PR MS tectrta Pull Lad Wlra Scrrla Ta Aaaorlatad Praaa 1a ei.1? a titled ta Iba aaa (or publication af all aava dlapatirhaa crrditad la tt or atnar wlaa aradltad ta ihia papor, and alaa ta tha lata) pablUhad haralti. All rlH(a for publication of apaciai ilapatehaa baraln ara alaa raaarrad. MEMBER OP UNITED PRESS MEMFRR Or AUDIT prREAU Or CIRCULATIONS AdrartlUns lUptwntatlw WEST-HOM-IDAT COMPANY. Offloaa In Naw Torn. Chlcafo. Itt Ban rranclaca, Loa Anaalaa. Baattla. rwtlaod. SL Levi. Atlanta. Vaneonrar. OiEdoOlu(srTEt fniuijtu44tiiTm Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthut Pertr The arm chair, employed by military strategists and tacti- coani In long-distance fighting of the war. is now being used extensively in the mining of chrome and other metals, vital to the war effort. It is amazing how much blood can be shed, and earth moved by this process. ... The Italians did noble last week. Firing point blank from Borne with a typewriter they sank an American air carrier in the Mediterranean; that was not even in the Mediterranean. They are getting so unreliable, they cannot be trusted to He for themselves, let alone Japan. Steps have been taken to rem edy the expectant fuel shortage on the Coast. There is a good chance residents of timbered areas will not have to coma to town to get warm next winter. ... PUZZLE DEPT. Grants Pass Bulletin) "J. H. Everett, formerly re siding at Hugo, but now locat ed on the Wlnetrout place, was Thursday business visi tor. Mr. Everett claimed he was quite surprised by the bustle and vim in our little city. (Note: with reference to above item, we have not yet been able to learn who was the owner of the bustle.)" ... Objections have been duly registered In Prohibition circles asdin.'t people riding on tires made of alcohol, as proposed. There should be a rule the tires contain no more alcohol, than the driver. ... E. J. Kaiser, the shipbuilder with a plan to build plane cargo carriers, holds high appeal for Oregomans. It is felt he could run for Congress in eastern Ore gon and beat Walter Pierce. A fashion editor say "women Were brave when they adopted slacks for street wear. They are downright heroic like Wash ington's soldiers at Valley Korge when they roll them up to the knees, and start down Main street in a high lope for a head of lettuce. ... The American offensive In the Pacific may turn out to be the Second Krnnt, the British report and, probably hope. School will be opened Sep tember 14. Kids and their Maws will be brave, and bear with Spartan fortitude the fortnight delay from last year, in the spirit of war time sacrifice. AUGUST "Bring me a fan, Some lemonade, Find me a brook, A sheltered shade! Find me a spring Thats' cold and deep, Find me a place Where I may sleepl Let fall some rain, A cooling spi Inkle! Bring me some Ice, Enough to tinkle! Bring me a lake. An ocean breeze, A wind to stir The breath of trees! August has put Me in a stcwl Winter I long To welcome you! Exchanged Portland, Aug 17 iT") Cor vallls has agreed tentatively to build a sewage treatment plant for protectinn of the Camp Adair water supply, Harold F. Wendel. Oregon sanitary authority chair man, said today Churchill IT IS reassuring to learn that Prime Minister Chur- chill and W. Averill Harriman, representing Presi dent Roosevelt, have recently concluded a three-day conference in Moscow with Premier Stalin. There had been unconfirmed rumors to this effect for some time. But now the meeting is officially an nounced by the Soviet government with the comment that unspecified decisions were reached in an atmos phere of cordiality and complete sincerity. ..... THERE Is no doubt of the sincerity. The allies SIN CERE desire to aid Russia, Stalin's SINCERE deside to be aided. The cordiality, however, particularly on Stalin's part might be open to some question. The "Man of Steel" has never been a very "cordial" person.under the most favorable circumstance. And while his armies have again demonstrated their ability to "take it" as well as "dish it out," the failure of the allies to stage an all-out sea and land offensive in the West, can hardly have increased the amiability of the All-Highest in the Kremlin. In fact our own belief is, the allied representatives were treated to some very blunt and non-cordial conversation, with something in the nature of an ul timatum to the effect that there better be allied action and plenty of it, or the Soviet chief will not answer for the consequencs. . For of course there IS a limit to what a national leader in Stalin's place and of his type WILL "take." Stalin cares nothing for Atlantic charters, high moral aspirations, so-called democratic ideals, or demo cratic "alibis." He cares a great DEAL for the security of his own country, and his own skin. And if at any time he be lieves his best interests and the best interests of his country will be best served by making a deal any kind of a deal no moral scruples will prevent him. . . THERE is little doubt this fact was made perfectly clear to Messrs. Churchill and Hariman, for it is Soviet Russia's interest that it should be. And there is even less doubt that whatever can be done by the Anglo-American forces to aid Russia at this critical time will now be done, and will be done QUICKLY. Whether this means an immediate and all-out at tack by the United Nations in the west only the future can disclose. But that it does mean doing all the allied command believes CAN be done, under circumstances now ex isting, is CERTAIN. " War Is HeULbut, To the editor: I didn't go to the Camp White celebration but my daughter did. She came home saying the command ing general said he was making those boys into the best killers he could and everybody cheered. Today I took my daughter to church and we read in the Bible it is wicked to kill, and it is right to turn the other cheek to those that would smlta you. My little girl asked me who Is right, and I didn't know what to say. I don't know now. Perhaps you do Mr. Editor? Mrs. A. H. D., Medford, August 16th. (Name on file) Perhaps. And as a starter let us answer this question by ask ing one. If our correspondent s daughter were asleep in her room, and what Hollywood in human form should break into the house and swinging a club aloft start for that room, and the mother sitting nearby should be lucky enough to have a loaded shot-gun in her hand, what would SHE do? Would she call up her minister or read an extract from the Bible to the marauder? Or would she use that gun where it would do the most good, and thank the good Lord she had one 1 . . 1XE doubt if any mother or father or any sane human being would waste much time in answer ing THAT one. Well that hypothetical picture represents world war situation with reasonable accuracy, as far as this country and the moral problem is concerned. This war was certainly not of our seeking. We did all in our power to prevent it, and to keep out of it But is was forced upon us, in a direct and excep ti nallv treacherous fashion. What should we do what is the RIGHT thing to do? NOTHING? Sit quietly in the rocking chair, and let nature take its course to the inevitable and tragic conclusion? fR SHOUD we defend our home and our own in the most effective fashion possible? We feel there isn't much room for debate on that question either. War is a horrible, filthy, thing, every sane person detests it, and is eager to do everything possible to prevent it But as G rover Cleveland once remarked we face a condition, not a theory and that condition is war war forced on us an attack on this country, and on everything that we hold dear and makes life worth living. And the only way to win that war is to KILL! It isn't a pleasant idea, nor a pleasant prospect But it MUST be done. If our world goes down we go down with it. And the only way to prevent it is to get together the strongest and most effective army we can muster, and make the members of that army the most competent killers that can be made. For the more competent killers they are the shorter the war will be, the more secure this country, and the more permanent the peace that follows. There can be no half way measures in this game Mrs. A.H.D.half way measures would be worse than none. Once in a war it is a question of KILLING or being killed. General Gerhardt was entirely right in em phasizing the necessity of the FIRST 1 Sees Stalin sometimes terms a "beast Personal Health Service By WUism ftltnctj letters partalolng ts personal health and hygiene, not to dlsraw dlsgnwals or treatment, b sntwered by Dr. Brady if s a tamped seJf addrrtaed entelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink Owing to the Isrge number of letters received only s few eat. be answered here. No reply can be msde to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, tftft CI Cam I no, Beverly Hllit, Calif. POISON Waist-deep In summer Is poison ivy time the time when mort vacationists have a go at it. No harm to remind those who have not already learn ed the hard way what a nlppo-nazi plant it is. Poison Ivy and poison oak are woody perennial vines or shrubs or low erect Dr. Brady plants. Their leaves are divided Into three leaflets on a stalk, two of the leaflets opposite and with short stems, the third leaflet in the middle on a larger stem. The leaves are two or three inches long, dark green on the upper surface, lighter green and vel vety with a fine hairy covering on the under surface. The leaf lets tend to be smooth on one margin and notched with one or more indentations on the other margin. Poison Ivy and poison oak have inconspicuous small yel lowish green flowers in loose branching clusters in early sum mer, and these flowers turn into small smooth round green fruits or berries in the autumn, be coming white or ivory in late autumn. A casual glance should enable anyone to distinguish the harm less Virginia creeper from pdt son ivy or poison oak. Virginia creeper, often confused with poison ivy, has five leaflets to the stalk and its fruits are blue in color with red stems, and contain two or three seeds each, whereas the fruit or berry of poison Ivy or poison oak con tains a single seed. This article deals with, preven tion of ivy poisoning. On re quest, accompanied with stamp ed envelope bearing your ad dress, I'll send a pamphlet In structing you how to treat ivy poisoning. Then there Is poison sumac, sometimes known by other names such as" poison elder, polsonwood, poison ash, poison dogwood or thunderwood, grow ing as a shrub with several slender clustered stems or as a tree 10 to 20 feet high with trunk several inches thick. Its leaves are a foot or so long, having from 7 to 13 leaflets on a stalk, each leaflet an inch News Behind The News by Paul Malloo (Continued from Page One) of the Rankin movement, which corresponded to what he want ed to do In the first place with the original law He came bark from his vacation. (Incidentally his Job, handling army legisla tion, has been among the most onerous In congress, and en titled him to one.) May went to the war depart ment and argued .also in the navy trying to get the official topper withdrawn. The army weakened only slightly, but enough. The navy wholeheart edly endorsed the correction. In a letter to acting speaker Bulwinkle, dated August 5, the acting navy Secretary, James Forrestal, wrote: 'The making of these pay ments at once will have a decid ed effect on morale. The navy recommends enactment of the proposed legislation." That did the Job. e e IT Is a remarkable matter when the government openly cor rects a mistake, and all who had part In this correction deserve resounding cheers. The easier pattern of official behavior In such matters Is to insist that there was no mistake and to roncoct all the excuses and argu ments which lawyers can devise to lustify a blunder. Acting Secretary of war Pat terson, a brilliant New York ludge and attorney, for exam ple, wrote a letter, also dated August 5 to the house speaker, making two pleas, which con tradicted ric-h other in substan tiation of te position which Col Hi'gnes had led him Into. Mr Patterson said it would be discrimination analnst our ol--Hrrs oveseas. who cannot get he necessary blanks quickly. " he paid the dependents of sol diers In this country first. This, of course, is a matter .if hunger and rent paying Judre Patterson's argument would have you believe that, when faced with hundreds of thousands of hunfry women and children, it Is a "discrimlratlon" to feed any of (hem first. In a h.isr'tal. Jiut:-e Tatter son, If faced with hundred 7 Brsdy, M. P. IVY TIME wide and three or four Inches long. Leaflets dark green on upper surface (bright orange when they first unfold In early spring), lighter green and, in the spring, having a velvety covering of fine hairs on under surface (like poison ivy leaflets). Harmless sumacs have more leaflets to the stalk (9 to 21 and 31). Their flowers occur in densely covered upright ter minal spikes of a deep red shade. The flowers of poison sumac resemble rather the flow ers of poison Ivy yellowish green in color In narrow clus ters .growing out of the angles of leaf stems, and are followed by waxy or ivory fruits. QUESTIONS J, ANSWERS Cheese and Milk Group of dairy workers ranking ben on the answer to this and leering It up to you. Which has more nourish ment or food value In It, milk or cheesef Also, what proportion of milk 1 water. (A. J.) Answer Cottage cheese has a food value of about 000 calories per pound; Swiss cheese. 2.000 calories per pound; American cheese, 3.000 calories per pound; milk, 320 ealoroes per pound. Cottage cheese la over two-thirds water; American and Swiss or Swiss type cheese slightly less than one third water; milk Is nearly nlne tentha water (87). For my commis sion may t have a dipper of Orade A raw milk from tuberculin tested cow, before It cools? Roh Following suggeeUon In booklet "CVD" I took vitamin B complex three times a day for about a month and then had small pimples break out on my neck In back of scalp. So T stopped. (F. C. M.) Answer Vitamin B complex would hardly account for the raan. No Halt Have not used any table salt for several months. In consequence have lost my appetite. Only est now to live. Can you sugeest any harmless substitute for salt? (D. A. M.) Answer1 Every one needs a reason able amount of salt dally at least fifteen or twenty grains. I know of no substitute for salt. Particularly In hot weather or when sweating freely from work or play In the heat or sun. one should consume plenty of salt to replace the Increased everetlon In the sweat. A good pinch of salt with every drink of water. Is more refreshing, better prevention against sun-stroke or heat exhaus tion or heat cramps, than plain water or other unsalted beverage. (Copyright 193. John F. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persona wlehlng to rnmmmnnlrau with Pr Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D. ?3 EI Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. 'dying men, would refuse to treat any until he could get ! enough doctors to treat all at i once and the day before elec- i tion, presumably. His other point denied his first one. It was that "a large ! force of reasonably well-trained j person, many typewriters, and the necessary desks and filing equipment and forms are re quired perhaps 3.000 persons to look over 1,000.000 forms. He said It would, therefore, be physically Impossible to get out all the checks even on No vember 1, so he intended to practice some of the "discrim ination" he decrees. He only thinks it a sin to do so before November 1. e (TT course this Is no excuse for delaying everyone, but he used it and thereby unintention ally suggested that If the second front Is to be opened on the same basis, perhaps this country needs a swifter assistant secre tary of war as well as a swifter army financial department. But the - prettiest of all ex cuses was advanced by Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Utah (he is not up for re-election this year), who blocked the Rankin correction in the senate Thurs day, because, he said. It was dishonest to hold out hopes to dependents that they might be paid before November 1. because it could not be done. Apparently he wanted a hu mane argument to support his Inhumane position, but he even strained nis own credulity with that one. for a few minutes 'ater he lold Senator Tydinss, the November 1 date had been adopted for all payments because they did not want the checks which would be ready before that date to go out until all were ready That put him on both sides of the argument the checks both would and could not be pre oared before Nov 1 within the span of a single long breath, also he was apparently unaware of the Roirestal navy letter, read earlier that same day In the house, saying the navy wanted the restriction removed. The boys certainly got balled up in their alibis coldwintefTseem Portland. Aug 17 .-P Dr. Blair Stewart. Oregon OPA price officer, said today he doubted that Portland would get ample fuel for winter despite an au thorization for an increase in the p ice of wood. Css Mau Tribune wast ads. Kelly's Comment From Washington. D. G Something Wrong With Production PlanU Close For Lack of Material To Base Blimps Near Tillamook Br John W. tell Washington, D. C, Aug. 17 Even the official office of war information frankly admits that something is wrong with the war production; that production is slipping and is not keeping up to schedule, with the possible ex ception of merchant ships. Elmer Davis, who gave up an $80,000 job to head O'.VI, is really trying to inform the public and answer the incessant question; "Why don't they tell us the facts?" Alexander MacLeish, a very minor poet and librarian of the congressional library, as head of office of facts and figures "kidded" the public, said every thing was rosey and not a cloud upon the horizon. OFF has been abolished and with it dozens of men who were drawing 8000 each. Organized labor (AFL) and CIO) are protesting the closing of hundreds of plants because they have no material. Repre sentative Tolman of California hits the nail on the head by charging that there is no official with final say; no one authorized to assume responsibility. In a metropolis full of coordinators there is none to knit the armed services, the civilians and the lend-lease into one comprehen sive picture. Maritime commission says it needs so many tons of sheet steel for shipyards of the northwest; army orders tanks and a variety of aircraft; navy orders steel for its warships; housing orders hardware for its building pro gram; Donald Nelson says he will see that civilian needs are taken care of; Harry Hopkins or ders lend-lease supplies. There is no one Individual or agency that these groups make report to; no person who knows how much aluminum, copper, steel or magnesium is or will be avail able and who can apportion these metals so that each will receive something. WPB does not follow up the material from the mine to the finished product. There are too many high priori ties and not enough allotments. With some industries hoarding materials (shipyards are not ex ception) others are struggling to obtain enough to continue oper ations and those which cannot are closing or slowing down. There is no balanced producton; it is every man for himself the army, the navy, maritime com mission, lend-lease. Now it is admitted that President Roose velt's demand for 60.000 ail planes this year will not be met; that the three ships a day pro gram will fall short; that tanks will not roll off the assembly line as was predicted. This confusion will continue until someone) it doesn't matter who is appointed by the presi dent to supervise and correlate production and distribution, see MEN are flocking to the northwest to work in war indus tries and for the first time there is talk of limiting the number of employes in the yards of Pugct sound and Columbia river and freezing the number of workers at Boeing plants, at tank plants, etc. This situation is brought about by two angles: The "tight" condition of ma terials and the housing shortage. The matter of materials (ex plained above) is the first con sideration and governs, of course, the number of workers required. Now housing is curbed by the shortage of building ma terials and in a land of saw mills. If transportation was available workers couldd com mute from 30 to 30 miles, re lieving the pressure on centers where war industries are lo cated. e e e THOSE blimps which ara to be based on Tillamook coast (es tablishment to cost about $12. 000.0C0) and patrol the entire Pacific northwest looking for submarines, cost estimated at $323,000 each, will place a num ber in the air. They have a speed of about 12 miles an hour, or two miles faster than the Lib erty ships which are rated at 10 knots. With helium gas. the small lighter than air machines are unsinkable. War department received $100,000 to experiment with autogyros, also to be used for spotting submarines, but no report on progress of the experi ment has been made public. GOVERNMENT is gradually adopting the 24-hour clock and more and more reports are car rying the new all-day style. The count starts with midnight at zero and time is reckoned from one to 24 the next midnight. Thus 3:13 p. m. is 13:13 and 9 p. m. is 21 o'clock. A report dated August 13. 1942. 3:13 p. m., is written thus: 8.1342; 13.13. SENATOR "o Mahoney oi Wy oming is not excited over the shortage of strategic metals. He says that no effort is being made to recover the minerals in his own state and the Pacific north west, although his special com mittee has held hearings off and on for a year, with witnesses ex plaining the extent of many de posits. Government agencies, he says, gave assurances that these minerals would be developed, hut thv have done nothing al though they have had time to bring some mining properties In to production. OFF DOVER SUNK London. Aug. 17 (AP A light German patrol boat was sunk and three others were severely damaged in a spirited clash with British light coastal craft in the Straits of Dover last night, the admiralty announced today. All the British craft engaged In the clash returned to their base, but there were a few casu alties aboard, the admiralty said. The German force consisted of "five or six R-boats," the com munique said. Jane's lists two types of R boats, one displacing 43 tons and another 90 tons. Another enemy boat was ram med and so seriously damaged it was believed to have failed to reach base. Two more "R-boats" were se verely damaged by gunfire, the admiralty added. Coastal batteries engaged In the action, the admiralty siaJ, explaining the mystery of gun fire heard in the channel and the cross-channel duels of German and British heavy artillery last night. SECRET VISIT OF. DOOLITTLE TOLD London, Aug. 17 (AP) The presence here of Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle, who led the United States army air force bombers in the attack on Japan last April 18, was disclosed for publication today. He has been here ten days, and is expected to return to the United States soon. Doolittle, it was Indicated authoritatively, will not be at tached permanently to the American air command In the European theater. Doolittle's arrival was a tight ly guarded secret until after he had conferred with Mai. Gen. Carl Carl Spaatz, commander in chief of the United States air forces in the European theater, and his second in command, Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker. He also made a three-day tour oi American air bases in Britain. NAZISlXECUTE London. Aug. 17 (JP) A number of Greek patriots on the island of Crete who mistook German parachute practice for a nriTisn invasion and tried to help by seizing Candia airdrome have paid with their lives, ac cording to reports reaching the Greek government In exile here today. Three hundred were said to have been arrested, and an undisclosed number shot. These reports said that fisher men's stories of large ship hove ments off Crete prompted ru mor that a British invasion flotilla was approaching the island and when the patriots saw German parachutists making practice Jumps they assumed that the hour of liberation had come. """FAIRMONT; fiti y ik TT-1 1 1 L 1 whiea mate a etsra retBembet thai Tt-.t TArRMOST oat ererrrfi: SO i linn . . . ii se ioiih I 4 f I I HOTEL FAIRMONT Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Connty HUtory from (he files of the Mall Tribune 10 and ta years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 17. 1932 (It was Wednesday) An infant son comes to the home of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. Circuit Judge recall petition circulators get cold shoulder in rural areas. Italy reduces naval strength 130,000 tons. Joe Thomas of this city nom inated for U. S. senator on the Socialist ticket Transient arrested stealing rancher's horse. One killed, four hurt In Four Comers auto crash. Pacific Highway travel shows decline past month. Fair, high 86, low 53 degree. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 17. 1922 (It was Thursday) All Southern Pacific lines now open to traffic, as strike situ ation clears, in face of firm gov ernment action. Independent league of Amer ican voters of Jackson county is formed and will oppose can didates endorsed by the klan. Stayton. Ore., swept by fire. loss $100,000. William Hammett has been granted a special permit to build a summer cabin on union Creek. Squirrels in county badly In fected this year county agent reports. City water supply situation Is discused at C. of C. forum. Fair and warmer. High 90, low 55 degrees. TO RECEIVE PINS Volunteer workers who have been watching the skies over Oregon, night and day, ever since December 7, will receive recognition for their faithful service tonight when they are presented with service pins by representatives of the IV Fight er Command in ceremonies to be held in several towns and cities of western Oregon. The pins are being given volunteers in observation posts and filter and control centers who have accumulated a total of 500 or more hours of sen-ice in the work. The two volunteers who have been invited to attend a special presentation ceremony at San Francisco are Mrs. Mildred Fien berg, of the Portland informa tion center and Mrs. Faye Mc Kay, who serves at an observa tion post near North Bend. The ceremony will be broad cast over the Red network from 6 to 6:30 p. m. today. Bend. Aug. 17 (P) Insur ance company representatives es timated today that fire that de stroyed the M. G. Hitchcock pine mill near Sisters Thursday night caused damage of more than $40,000. NOTICE Effective Tuesday, Aug. 18 we will discontinue all hot lunches and dinners. We will feature fountain serv ice, sandwiches, salads and bom made pies. Closed each Wednesday. Huson's GonfecSisnery I i the snogeiBenrs deem to qm plennrulrr ot iboae things SAN FRANCISCO ftfMIt ffl , MtMllMlttl
