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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1942 MEDFORIVWrRIBUNE 'Iiwim hi fltst-ni O EMih tli Hall TritaM." Dally Bit-- flatardsr HVDroRD r HINT I NO CO. IT.tt Nor tli Fir St. Phoa I HI nnncftT w utthu ratter. CRN EST H, OILATRAP. W.B.fwT. A Independent Nw.ptt Enter--! a aaon4 IM i-netter at Med tor-. Ortron. Hr Act f Maret) t. lITt SUBSCRIPTION BATES ata VatM .! AdTtneii Daily and iuBrtty fetr II. txily ana Sun1y 1 month.... IHHf an4 jniie-.-r three months I-" Dal It anS Bgn-le-f -one month., . .Tl Br farrlar In Idnlc-UadforA. AlTl land. Central Point. Jaeateen-rtllt. Ool4 HUt Roo Rlw. Pheeals. Talent, Dallv and BunJey-on pr f t Dal It and Sandar n month.. TI All Utmi eeh In a . M-flf-lei Pa Mr f the Tiff erf MedfarS Official Papw of Jaha Cen.tr Cd I tad pins mil tested Win MEMBER OP AUDIT RITREAU OP CIRCULATIONS nnti.inif rnUPANT. INC. Orfleaa la Hew Tork. Chle-ato. Franrlecfk Lee Anfelee. Seattle, Portland, It. Lania. Atlanta, VaBfiouw, OlCdo(OlLrfSr7EI Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry An admirer of Henry J. Kaiser the shipbuilding genius advo- ntci hiii nomination for Presl dent. In the meantime, he should be sentenced to the Legislature. There his ability to build a ship In 10 days, would have the aug ust body adjourned, and half way home before noon of the opening day of the session. In recent years the statesmen have never been able to find out what they are going to do. and not do it, In the 40 days allotted by law. The Governor has established "rumor clinic", for the purpose of "spiking" enemy propaganda, ugly and Idle rumors, and tak ing them apart. This is apt to start a rumor, the rumormong ers will be taken apart, without due process of law. 'If you're so damn smart, why ain't you rich?" See new ship ment humorous and sentimental mottoes at Bushnell Studio." (Ashland Tidings). Remember where you are, and stop cussing. ONLY NATURE MEDDLING (Salem Statesman) "Shelburn One of Jesse "Nichols cows gave birth to three calves this week. She is evidently trying to help on the meat shortage." After the street by street, house by house, alley by alley still raging battle for Stalingrad, "the heroic defense of Singa pore", as it was called, at the time, smells of whitewash. Starting Thursday, the speed limit for autoes in the nation will be 35 miles before hours, and will be strictly enforced, it Is announced. The maximum penalty is only two years in state prison, and a fine up to $10,000. This is apt to halt even amiable speed idiots addicted to leaving home 10 minutes late, and try ing to get to work on time. A group of upstate democrats, led by their candidate for gover nor haye launched a campaign to force the secretary of state, and republican candidate for governor to Insert the picture of the president in the Voter's pam phlet. The law holds only por traiU of candidates for office can be Included. The Multnomah county aspirant for office by the name of Mehoney, has not re quested the picture of the ex boy mayor of Klamath Falls be printed, because they both bear the same last name. A com promise shoud be reached, via a drawing of the presidential coat tails, with dozens of hands clutching them. It has long been a magic carpet for officeseekars of the New Deal faith. Solomon Squirrel, represent ing the Almnlgamated Chip munk, Grey, Diggers, and Com mon Squirrell association, and Reginald P. Woodpecker of the Woodpecker Cupboard Eating council conferred over the end of the week on the problem of the acorn shortage. They is sued a Joint statement saying In effect, if there are no acorns there are no acorns, and a con certed drive should be made to put what do exist away, before the hogs eat them all. They warned that an acorn shortage, did not mean as preached, it would be a mild winter. B. C. (Before Coddling) "Here In California the gov ernor lifts the ban oi boys IS to 18 so they can work eight hours the day helping save the tomato and other crops. And the gnarl ed old limer, who as a boy worked IS hours the day and began when he was 10 years old, he is now 80 and hearty, won ders why all this monkey-doodle business trying to save the boys from doiijg an honest day's work. And the ladies are taking over, regardless of age." (Red Bluff (Calif.) News.) I Hail To theH Show! Youngsters on Rogue River Valley farms have been busy these past few days, preparing their cat tle, sheep and hogs for the annual Four-H livestock show. Tomorrow and Wednesday are the big days at the fairgrounds, and every animal will be scrubbed and curried for the big occasion. It will be a thrill to see them; it will be an even greater thrill to ob serve their owners stalwart, self-reliant young Americans, full of pride and satisfaction in their achievements. No jive crazy zoot-suit juveniles in this lot! These youthful farmers and farmerettes renew faith in the generation whose responsibilities will be heavy and many in days to come. THE Four-H movements offers the finest type of training for realistic living in an increasingly realistic world. It provides opportunities for young folk to absorb and use practical and fundamental knowledge of farm production and farm problems. Food is vital in peace and war. too, and it is espe cially important at this time when America must be the larder as well as the arsenal of democracy. And so, the Four-H clubbers are making a direct and highly important contribution to the war effort it is just another reason year should be given every possible encouragement. "THE Medford Rotary club has, for several years, extended this encouragement to Four-H clubs. This interest and support is commendable. It has been the means of lifting the annual livestock show and auction into the public limelight where it be longs. In stimulating the this annual occasion, Rotarians show farsighted rec ognition of the growing importance of agriculture in the economic well being of this area. They see in this project, too, an avenue of fostering closer co operation and better understanding between city and farm areas. rTHE Four-H "market steer project" is especially practical, for here youngsters learn how to keep accurate production cost records while raising top- Suality stock for market lan winning blue ribbons oiks will be facing when farmers. pERTAINLY, the Four-H v able and useful citizens. have emphasized the need ucation the kind of training that will equip young men and women to meet the harsh and uncom promising problems of life. The Four-H movement s a step in me ngni direction i No greater encouragement can be given to a thor oughly practical and much needed youth movement such as this, than to attend the livestock show to morrow, and join the bidders in the fat stock auction the following day. H. G. Mr. Willkie s 2nd Fron t "London, Sept 27th: Wendell L. Winkle's forthright call for the opening of a second front, this year not next, produced prompt political repercussions in Britain today with demands upon the Churchill war cabinet for an authoritative answer without delay." There is a perfect example of unintentional mis representation. Mr. Willkie did issue a that he believed the establishment of ? real second front at the earliest possible moment, would help Russia and the allied cause out ne added this extremely vital qualification a qualification that has been left out of far too many reports to wit: THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MOMENT OUR MILITARY LEADERS APPROVE 1" a THERE is the milk in this particular cocoanut. It makes all the difference between speaking out of turn, and taking a stand which is entirely justifi able. Wendell Willkie is not a military expert, nor a military man. It is not for him, as the official repre sentative of the President, to tell the allied war coun cil WHEN to attack Germany in the west, and when NOT to. To have made the unqualified statement that to day is the time to strike, not tomorrow when it may be too late, would have been pretty close to insubor dination on Wendell's part and would have justified the recall of our roving ambassador of good will without portfolio. But to declare, after a survey of the Russian situ ation, and speaking only for himself, that he, Wen dell Willkie, has become convinced : "We can best help by establishing a real second front in Europe with Britain at the earliest possible moment OUR MILITARY LEADERS WILL APPROVE, and perhaps some of them will need some public prodding, as next summer might be too late." Why, that's ok. There is nothing in it new in fact except that ref erence to "public prodding", and public prodding has been going on at home and abroad for two or three months anyway. t AS HAS been remarked in this department re "peatedly no one denies the DESIRABILITY, nor for that matter the imperative NEED, of estab lishing an all-out second front. But precisely WHEN it should be done, is not a political question, nor an emotional one, nor a question for laymen like Mr. Willkie to decide, but solely a matter for the most competent and most experienced military ex- pens we nave, to determine. And for a very simple reason. For they alone I know all the facts. They alone know the probabili-! why their program this interest of "city folks" in This is more important it's the job these young they become iull-iledeed training IS a builder of Events of recent months of this PRACTICAL ed statement from Moscow more than anything else, ties and the practical possibilities. They alone know when the united nations are prepared for such an all out attack and when they are not. And nothing absolutely nothing could injure the allied cause more could indeed make an Axis triumph in 1942 more likely than to attempt to- es tablish a second front without the proper prepara tion; to attempt to relieve POLITICAL pressure by doing something that from a naval and military standpoint, would be entirely uniustified. For let such an attempt result in another Dunkirk and the fat WOULD be in the fire! pERTAINLY the DESIRE to establish a second front could nowhere be stronger than in the al lied High Command. There can be no doubt WHATEVER that ever since the war started, mili tary and naval leaders both in this country and in England, have been straining every effort to be pre pared to smash Hitler in the west while Russia is fighting so gallantly in the east But what is desired is one thing, what can be DONE, without too great a risk of complete disaster is quite another. And this risk should be who know the facts and know war, not by those who know nothing of either! Personal Health Service By Willam Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hytlene, not to disease dlssnotit or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brady If a tumped self addressed envelope ! enclosed Letter should be brief and written in Ink o l m to the large numher of letters ere. no repiy can oe maae to ouenes not eonforntlni to Instructions. Address Ur. William Brady. Mi El Camlna. Beverly Hills. Calif. LET US HAVE MORE HUMIDITY Cold and damp is unpleasant because It Is cold, not because It is wet; and hot and humid is oppressive be cause it is hu mid and not because it Isi hot. O r d inary a mid summer temperature of 90 degrees or higher is pret- t y oppressive up north or back east, yet a temperature Dr. Brady of 93 or more is not at all oppressive in the southwest, because the air Is comparatively dry. As every body had heard many times, it is not the heat but the humidity. Because the amount of mois ture vapor in the air is the fac tor that makes hot weather hard to endure, we are often inclined to believe that it is the excess of moisture or water vapor in the air that makes cold weather un pleasant. Until we experience clear cold weather, that is, an atmosphere containing relatively little moisture when the temper ature is low enough to be called cold in any language, this preju dice against dampness is always uppermost in mind. From the time when artificial heating begins in the fall until artificial heating is no longer needed in the summer, most peo ple suffer from excessively dry atmosphere. The air may con tain enough moisture out of doors, but when it is heated up to 70 degrees F. or higher, as it is in most homes in the winter time, then the air becomes as dry as the air of the driest des ert, and this dryness of heated air in homes, offices, shops etc., in the winter time is the main cause of dryness, cracking, irri tation, chapping and roughness of the skin, as it is of furniture coming unstuck and woodwork shrinking and warping and dis- J positions getting cranky and sour. A practical consideration which should Interest every householder is the fact, which many have learned through ex perience, that an atmosphere heated not above 68 degrees F. Is comfortable enough for most children and adults if the hu midity is fairly maintained by News Behind the News by Paul Mallon (Continued from Page One) said this is why the second front had been delayed. These sudden, if still feeble, wisps of news are interesting, tut appear to be more in the nature of diplomatic soundouts than sincere peace floaters. No doubt exists Hitler and Mussolini want a pease based on our existing unfavorable mili tary situation. Von Ribbentrop is supposed to be worklng-on it. But any separate peace by Moscow could only mean extinc tion of the Russian Communist state in the end (look at France.) Moscow may be drawing the Naiis out on that subject, but cannot be planning suicide. We are in the same boat as the Russians. You cannot make peace with an enemy who chal lenges your national civlliiai tlon. Peace can come for us only through victory or defeat. B ill Green and Phil Murray have been fraternizing ltkebe effected. determined onlv bv men Brady.' M. D. tecelved onlj a few can be answered constant evaporation of water in the air, more comfortable than a temperature several degreesJ higher with no provision for maintaining humidity. Here is the way to keep fuel bill low and at the same enjoy something like an ideal Indoor climate all winter. If you can't have built in hu mldificatlon in connection with your heating plant, you can al ways use simple tanks of water on raditor or register, with loops of absorbent wicklng suspended over and trailing in the water to promote evaporation. Further information and advice on hu midification in a pamphlet avail able to readers who write Dr. Brady, care of this paper, in close three-cent-stamped enve lope bearing your address and ask for the pamphlet on Humi dification. Do not send clippings I know what I offer, but I don't know what you want. QUESTIONS ANSWERS Training tor Diabetes Have you any pamphlet or booklet dealing with the prevention of dia betes, where there have been aeTeral cases in the family If there Is any thing one can do to avoid getting it I'd like to know about It. (Mrs. B. O.) Answer Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad dress .for booklet "Training for tMa- beter." Trlehldrethylene Kindly tell me where I can pur chase trlchlorethylene for tie doulour eux. (J. T. D.) Answer I believe tt can be pur chased from a druggist but only on your physician's prescription, In am poules or sealed glass tubes contain ing 1 oe (about 1ft drops), the amount usually Inhaled to give relief to the pain of tie d. or Intractable facial neuralgia. The same anesthetic ta sometimes used to relieve the pain of angina pectoris. Your Gnmi and Teeth Please give some of yjur always practical advice on keeping the gums and teeth In healthy condition. (Mrs. B. L ) Answer Send twenty.flve cents and stamped envelops bearing your address, for booklet "Save Tour Teeth" and pamphlet "All That Gin givitis Is Not Pyorrhea (Copyright t43. John r. DUle Co.) Ed. Note i reranne wishing ta eommmnntrnte with rT Brady should tend letter dlrert to Dr. William Brady. M. D. tea El Camlne, Beverly Hills Calif. two long lost cousins, but don't hold your breath until that peace arrives either. The peculiar make-up of the peace committee Is causing labor wisemen to lay heavy odds that CIO and AFL will be apart for a long time to come. Not a single representative of a union In competition is on the com mittee. The Art. committee Is made up of Harry Bates, of the Brick layers Dan Tobin of the Team sters, and Bill Hutchenson of the Canjenters. all In the build ing trades, and all free of CIO competition since the effort of John Lewis' brother to invade that field. On the CIO side are Philip Murray, president. R. J. Thomas of the Auto Workers. Julius Err.spak of the Electrical Work ers, whose unions are equally safe from AFL competition. Absent from the peace com mittee are the aircraft workers, machinists, moulders, sheet metal workers and the smaller lines in which jurisdictional competition Is most active. Anyway, the committee wiU not meet until November 1, after the conventions, and if it finds a formula for jurisdictional dis putes, these will have to be rati- I fied by the other unions In both 'major bodies before peace can KellyV Comment From Washington. O. C, . Rubber Hope in Baruch Report Jeffera Known A Strong Man Population Shift Sugar Headache -as By Jha W. Kelty Washington, D. C, Sept. 28 Mistakes were made, ye; but It is not too lata to correct many of them. Proper officials should have invited the Russians to show our experts how the Soviet government makes synthetic rubber from grain alcohol, but they did not do it and it is now too late to undertake a strong remedial course. Paid techni cians of the most competent or der should have been employed, rather than have one lightly in formed man guide the program with the assistance of experts from the interested industries. In substance, this Is the Bar uch report on the synthetic rub ber program. It is generally held as a remarkable document. It recommends certain changes in procedure. A thoroughly con trolled administration, devoting its full time to the rubber pro gram Is requested Instead of a division or section of WPA. In sistence Is made that the great est remedy for America's rubber situation is to be found in re duced speed for automobiles, sharper gasoline rationing in or. der to curtail civilian driving, and generally corrective meas ures that affect the rank and file of the public. Observers here have been praying ardently for an im proved order of production and have so often considered Baruch as a mastermind In this field that the document is given broad praise. Perhaps there is deep element of patriotism in this at titude. With so many mistakes in the production program over the past two and a half years, with so many shortcomings now developing, it is felt by a large number of people that any im provement should be accepted with praise of pronounced char acter. Of the various kinds of rubber being manufactured al most all is from petroleum prod ucts, and the following is the recommended quantity of pro duction: Buna Extended from 709,000 tons to 845,000 tons annually, Neophrene Up to 69,000 tons. Thiokol 60,000 tons. Butyl 132,000 tons. xotai irom these sources 1,106,000 tons. It is estimated that the annual demand for military and lend- lease exports will go above 800.- 000 tons. This does not leave a substantial margin for what is termed general civilian require ments otner tnan war workers It is also recommended that 30,- uuu ions or ruDDer be made from grain alcohol, but that this pro duction should not be started un til late next year in order to safe guard against using strategic materials until the peak of the aemana is passed, In addition to the rubber au thorization, 1t is recommended that this administration provide for increased production of 100, 000,000 gallons of alcohol from grain products. While this alco hol is available for rubber, no recommendation is made that steps De taken to convert it into rubber, but rather provision for this Increased production be a reserve for the explosives, solv ents or rubber requirements of ine nation. It is assumed that arrangements for production -jf additional alcohol from grain win do started within a reason able time, e THE new rubber administra tor, William Jewwers, president of the Union Pacific railroad, is known as a strong executive. Those who know him believe his ability is such that it will more than offsett his lack of technical knowledge or past experience with rubber. A prayer may be heard around the national cap ital that this capable man will insist on independent latitude of action so far as political influ ence fro mthe administration is concerned. e e e POPULATION shifts, particu larly those which have occurred since the May registration for war ration book No. 1. are caus ing plenty of headaches. One Pacific northwest county with a large Increase in population is exceedingly short of sugar for industrial purposes and is find ing it difficult to correct the sit uation in spite of recent changes in sugar rationing orders de signed to correct faulty distribu tion. Under the amended rationing order, the May registration for ration books is to be used as a WATER WELL DRILLING NEW 41. L STKKL MM HIM MOIIKHATE PKIC'tS ROBT BURNS Telephone 143 L St. s. Bui SSI. O rants Pass. Paelflt Bithway basis for distribution formula in place of the 1940 census figures. According to OPA officials, this county registered 26.3 per cent less civilians in May than were listed in the 1940 census. It has had a huge increase in popula tion due to the arrival of mili tary personnel, but for purposes of rationing OPA only credits a county with one increase in pop ulation for each three soldiers or sailors stationed there. Hence, under the formula followed by OPA, this county's increase in population over the 1940 census is only 6.0 per cent and is not eligible for additional sugar. Of ficials of this county and busi ness men contend they have a civilian increase in population of more than 39 per cent. Flight o' Time Medford and Jane ton County History from the files of the Mali Tribune 10 and 20 yeare ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY September 28, 1932 at Was Wednesday) Valley pioneers to hold annu al meeting at Jacksonville to morrow. Yankees defeat Cubs in first game of world series 12 to 6. Views on milk ordinance giv en Mayor Wilson. Pair arrested for possession of homemade beer. Revolt in Manchuria looms. Fair and cooler. High 81, low 47 degrees. Supreme court affirms sen tence of Albert W. Reed to life term. Medford to play Yreka Satur day. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY September 28, 1922 (It Was Thursday) Earl C. Gaddls to run for mayor. ' London reports war In Near East certain; U. S. fleet ordered there. Upstate democrats at special session nominate Judge Tou Velle of Jacksonville to run for state treasurer. First snow of season appears on Mt. Ashland. Fair and warmer, low 33 degrees. High 63, Oregon labor unions in favor of firing attorney general. Willian Von Der Hellen is given contract for constructing Eagle Point Irrigation district ditches. Communications COMPLAINS OF BUSINESS METHODS To the editor: Your printing of the letters of Private J. W. and Mrs. B. H. indicates that you are doing your part in overcoming the complaints against this beautiful Western town. However, it would appear that a BETTER BUSINES3 BUREAU is needed here as well as a good newspaper. We have been here such a short time that we cannot com plain so far about the friendli ness of the people we've met al though there has been little time to become intimate or form an opinion, with the exception of one particular grocery store. It would appear from our ex perience that J. W. hit the nail right squarely on the head when he mentioned higher prices for man in ARMY UNIFORM. My husband stopped to get a quart of milk in a certain store on his way home from camp and that quart cost him exactly thirty six cents. He was told it was eighteen cents for the milk and deposit of eighteen cents on the bottle. Naturally, we thought the price ridiculous so I made sure not to wash off their label Official U.S. Army Air Corps Squadron Insignia FREE when you buy War Stamps from Shell nit w..k- 19th BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON ihlll Oil COMPANY, INC. when I cleaned the bottle. When I returned it they told m rny husband made a mistake but we both knew otherwise. The price should have been thirteen cents for the milk and ten cents for the bottle. The evidence proves one thing: one price for civilians and a HIGHER ONE FOR ONE IN ARMY UNIFORM. We came here recently from the friendly, hospitable South, where our only complaint was the climate. We welcomed with great Joy the opportunity to come back to our own part of the country which we fondly call "God's country". Therefore, it grieves us more than words can tell to have one little town in this beautiful, friendly North west, deliberately spoil the grand reputation this section has enjoyed for so long. I just hope that Mrs. B. H. doesn't speak with a Southern accent and may be unconsciously still fighting the Civil War as some Southerners are still doing, but at least they have the de cency, courtesy, and good man ners to be friendly, hospitable and FAIR IN BUSINESS DEAL INGS so far as we know to tht soldiers who have pledged their lives for the well being of all. P. S. Naturally it's not the money but the PRINCIPLE in volved. MRS. R. H. SNEED, 911 West Uth. Medford. Mount McKinley, in south cen tral Alaska, is the highest moun tain in North America. Service Stations or Shell Dealers In color on elolh, these irAignia axe great fbf sewing on youngsters sweaters, shirts or jackets. Start s collection. While they last, you get one of these regulation Air Corps Squadron Insignia the utid' actually on fighters and bomb en FREE every time you buy Tu Sump from your Shell Dealer or Shell Service Station. A new insigne out each week