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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORGEON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1942 Q I! MEDFORiv&jkTiraura "Btiijwi hi IUathT Ores Beads th Mall Trikaa. Dall, Be litOTiar MEDFORD PltlNTINO CO. IT- North rir II. Phone 1141 ROBERT W RTTHL, CltW. BRNB8T R. OILATRAP. Wtnafer. An Iitdepentfent Newapaper. Bntr4 a ctfteontf dm tnitter at Wswl ford. Oroa. uiuttr t f March i. tITI UBSCRTPTION RATES Wall Tn Arlvanesl! Dally and Sunday n year, ....t Dally and flaiidar ! meat ha... Za1lr and Sunrlay thra mantha t.M Da Mr and Sonrtar ena month... .11 Carrierla Adnaca Htdford. A eh land. Contra I Point. J ark eon villa. Oald Ritl. Revaa Rlw. FboaatS, Talent, and motor rootae: Za1W aad BaaJar n yur Tajl aad 8ondy monlh.. .Tl All terme caah la advaaca. DftVtal Pa pot of th CHy a Mfta omrtal raper ear tfararaaai " United Prtw foil Leuetf Win MEMBER OP AUDIT BTTREAD OP CIRCULATIONS Adartli1n RepreaentettTa Dfflnaa la Naw York. Chlcato, Datrolt. Ban rranrinco. worn Portland. St. IsOtite. Atlanta, Vancouver, B. C rVMaW - f tllSjCltStTU Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Parry The esteemed Oregnnian edi torially warns defense workers who are spending prodigious war time wages, with both hands, ably assisted by "the little woman," to start imitating the ant, instead of the grasshop per and be prepared for the economic stormy weather fore cast for the coming of peace, as it will be called. They again may be singing that popular ballad of the late depression: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime!" without even a Cham' pagne cork as a memento of their career as playboys. Unrestrained public sneezes are now the order of the day. Some rattle the rafters and lave the listener uncertain whether to look for a tire blow out or an air raid warden. . The Low Countries (Holland, Belgium and Denmark), dis patches state are making con siderable trouble for the Lowest Country (Germany). . The N. Y. Yankees crushed the St. Louis Cardinals and H. Fredette, former St Louislte in the first game of the World Series yes. . , FARMER IN A HUFFI ' (Mackqpurg (Kan.) Enterprise) "To you and you. There is to be no fishing or hunting on any of my places. We can't build fences every Monday morning. This means you." Herr Hitler promised his peo ple "Stalingrad will be cap tured you can rest assured of that." A year ago he told them Russia "is crushed never to rise again." He glossed over the failures of his legions, and boasted of victory for the Nazis in the end. In 1918, six weeks before the Kaiser's hordes start ed to bawl "Kamerad" and hit for home, that war-lord declared "The British will eat granite." Adolf's promise ranks with the great ones of history like "kept us out of war" and "free electric lights for the people." A bill has been introduced In Congress giving the President power to keep men at work, where they would be the most useful In prosecution of the war. It will be interesting to note what happens when this meas ure collides with John L. Lewis. miners' union boss, who this week refused to permit the ex tension of the mine work week from 33 to 48 hours, to end a threatened fuel shortage. PROGRESS! (Buffalo (N. Y.) News) "The American air force In ' Iceland has brought down its first German plane, and we hear of it four weeks later whereas in the days of Leif Ericsson It might have taken five." The food supply prospects for next year are painted by gloomy economists as black as mid night, the ace of spades and a colored gentleman's heel. No body will miss any meals but several will be a day or two late, it is predicted. There will be no more Grange dinners with three wa.htubs full of fried chicken and 14 different kinds of pie. Judging by the letter writing column the next time an Ameri can Good Neighbor emissary, loaded with good will goes to Argentina, he should make a detour and spill some of It in this vicinity. If a movie beauty could make Rio De Janlero feel neighborly by a plane visit the same thing could happen here. The marksmanship In the Bal kans continues poor. A pot shot at a Nazi puppet In Ru mania went wild and so did the target. Vm sUU Tribune Want sda. If You Haven 't Registered, Register! Here is a last-minute reminder. Registrations for the November elections will close this Saturday, Oc tober 3rd I If you have lived in this you may vote November 6rd It you register at once at the county clerk's office in the Jackson County courthouse. If you have moved to another precinct you should also register; even if you have changed your address in the same precinct it is wise to register again otherwise the records will not be correct ana you will not receive the regular voter s pamphlet IT IS natural that there should be a greater apprecia tion of the privileges of most in jeopardy. That is estly hoped that one of the UUUD citizenship the right to vote will De recog nized. It is futile to fight safeguard this priceless home by our own indifference. It is a sorry commentary government that a woefully small percentage of eligible voters cast their ballots in important elec tions. Continued lack of interest and action in this regard is decidedly a threat to the very life of a gov ernment "of the people, by the people, for the people." CO LET US not accept too lightly the responsibility of proper registration at this time the necessary requisite of voting next month. The county clerk s office o'clock Saturday evening eligible to vote November Needed; a Single Command According to a dispatch from Washington, con gressional leaders have demanded an immediate end of all semblance of jealousy or feuds between the U. S. army and navy. . We have a pious idea that most of the "folks back home" will rerrard this action as only more evidence of the tendency in the congress to waste time in triv ial shadow-boxing "while Rome burns." "Jealousy of any serious ent forces on land and sea THE present writer after a recent trip to Southern f California, however, and particularly San Diego, can't take this problem so lightly. We don't refer to the perfectly natural and whole some rivalry between the doughboys and the middies ; but to a most curious and the officers and especially sea: and land arm. In less than a 48 hours' into several examples of this spirit of rivalry, a rival ry so intense and really hostile, that we commented upon its dangers at the time. The idea seemed to be that the "other service" was trying to grab all the credit for the victories in the war, whereas the service represented by the SPEAKER, was responsible for the major portion. We remarked at the time active combat service and ONE command over army and navy and air would go far toward correcting the situation. That is still our belief, with particular emphasis upon the second. Is Lobbying a Sin? One of the best definitions of lobbying we have ever heard was delivered by Edward O'Neal of the A.F.B.F., in Washington yesterday. Asked if he, and other members of the American Farm Bureau Federation had been lobbying in favor of higher parities in the anti-inflation bill Mr. O'Neal registered surprise and said : "Lobbying? Gosh no! We've Just been talking with our friends!" " JUST been talking with our friends 1" EXACTLY, and that is all lobbying is, has been, or ever will be. In fact there is and always has been a great deal of confusion regarding this long-established practice in our democracy. In certain quarters the term is almost always used as one of opprobrium. As a matter of fact proper lobbying is not only per fectly legitimate but for the proper functioning of democratic government it might be termed ESSEN TIAL. For in no other way can or could our legislators be properly informed on ANY important issue, in the phort space of time available. Only: when lobbyists abandon argument, persu asion and more important than all, the transmission of information, regarding the exact meaning of any political action, and the effect upon the body politic, and revert to such reprehensible forms of political pressure as bribery, blackmail, or kindred acta of a criminal nature, does lobbying deserve the censure so generally bestowed upon it. "Lobbying? . Gosh no, Just been talking with our friends!" IT IS quite obvious that Mr. Edward O'Neal was eith 1 er entirely facetious in that remark, unbelievably naive or, from a too extensive and intensive experience as a lobbyist in Washington, believes that when lob bying is mentioned there is only ONE kind the speaker has in mind I state for at least six months citizenship when they are true today. It is to be earn gravest responsibilities of on distant battlefields to heritage, then imperil it at upon the American way of will remain open until o so that ALL who will be 3rd may do so. H. G. nature between our gai- absurd I v surprising teeiing between the higher officers, of the stay in San Diego we ran Personal Health Service By WUUrn 8 lined lettara pertaining to perwinal health and hygiene, to dlwaa magnum or treatment, ft ill b a nattered b? ur. Brady u a 'Stamped aelf add retard tnvelupe la enrluaed Letter should bo brief and urttUa In Ink Owing to tha large number of letter recelted only a few eaa b answered Here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. a oar ess ur. wiuiam untoy. zm ei (.annuo, oefcriy hi us, cam. WHATI NO SO Once more I want to thank you for having put me on the road to a happier old age (writes a medical col league). Seven years ago when I first wrote you, I was any- thing but a good insurance risk. I con tinue t a k i ng vitamin B com plex, the io- d i n e ration and practice belly breath' Dr. Brady lng daily. 1 will soon be 63 and with a few exceptions feel as well as I did at SO. But I cannot turn your somersaults. I have a blood pressure of 00160 and it makes me very dizzy to "turn heels over head" as Webster defines it. (Signed M.D.) Hold It, Doctor. Let's see about somersaults. Some people don't turn 'em because they re afraid to. Some people don't turn 'em because they are Just plain awk ward and can't. Some people don't turn 'em because they think it is too silly. And probably some people don't turn 'em because the;- don't know how or why. ' turn em iirst nuns cvciy morning to get the stagnant blood out of the splanchnic pool and back into circulation again. Regardless of age, sex or pre vious conditions of decrepitude your ability to somersault or the lack of It best answers the ques tion "How old are you?" Ten or fifteen years ago many complacent people laughed at the agitation for the use of whole wheat Instead of refined white flour. They were wrong, of course, as everybody now ac knowledges, but they still think they know what's what about medicine, hygiene and health. The same people laugh at the Idea of grown-ups rolling somer saults. In this, too, they are wrong, in my opinion, and thou sands of old timers who roll 'em will gladly give their testimony In support of my teaching about this. What any old stiff may think or say about it doesn't concern us much. For many years I have found that whenever I become er Medford Minority Only Ai Fault To the editor: The spirit that prompted me to write a letter of complaint is exactly the same spirit with which you publish such letters, namely to let the unpatriotic, selfish, money grabbing minor ity in our midst know that they aren't pulling the wool over anyone's eyes and that we resent the reflection their methods cast on the whole community. If I had realized the reading public would see my letter, with the libel part omitted, I would have made my views plainer. Thus this second letter: Now, I know that Medford Is not one bit worse than any other town despite these com plaints but the idea is to clamp down, so to speak, on the small number who are responsible. One of my first observations was the unusual selection and variety of merchandise offered here and far surpassing some places of much larger size. Let me also say that It is a pleasure to shop In most of the Medford stores because the real brand of western friendliness is prevalent among the salespeople. There is a tendency toward narrow mindedness on the part of many people, no matter where one goes. Have you ever heard such remarks as: "Oh. teachers are this and that; I knew a teacher once who did such and such!" People have been known to make similar rnarks about nurses, doctors, or almost any organization you can mention. In other words, this unwelcome minority cast a bad reflection on the innocent as well as themselves in the minds of some. Now, some people In Medford may be taking this same narrow minded view toward our sol diers. If a few soldiers over indulge in liquor or in some other form of offense which the army didn't teach them. Is that any reason why every soldier at Camp White should be judged likewise and put under the same abel? And Just where cfb so many civilians get the idea that armv people are rich? While in the West I have never deemed it necessary to either count my change or ex pect anything but a square business deal The policy has I always been to trust every stranger until he proves him self unworthy of our trust and then treat him accordingly. Just why the presence of a new army camp thnuld change that policy with this minority I complain Communications Brady, M, D. MERSAULTS t say vexed or irked or peeved about anything while frittering away good bowling time here In my playroom, and that is often er than you may think if I get up and roll a dozen somersaults on the floor beside my desk, I can return to the snag that both' ered me and tear through or get around it or laugh it off and forget it. Somersaults are the best sub stitute for exercise, the easiest way to let off steam, the most convenient balance or control for emotion and the best prophy' lactic against high blood pres sure I can prescribe or take my self. On request, if you provide stamped envelope bearing your address,-1 11 send you an "Invi tation to the Somersaultauqua" Hold one in your own home. QUESTIONS ANSWERS Have a Nip with Me We certainly enjoy your column. Aside from the sound health adrlee we get from tt there Is Just enough humor In It to keep reader on the alert . . . Please send the Instructions fur Taking an lodtn Ration in the stamped addressed envelops Inclosed. (W. H. R.) Answer Thank you. The -humor" Is sometimes pretty weak, I'm afraid, but still, the general effect Is not so had when you compare It with ths funereal atmosphere of some "health" columns. Isaacs Plesss tell me ths food Talus of dark molassea, number of calories m a tesspoonful, what vitamins It con- tuns. (P. A. H.) Answer Molasses Is a fair source of Iron, contains only an Insignifi cant amount of vitamins, yields ap proximately 1300 calories per pound as compsred with cornstarch which 7lelds 1075 calories per pound, and whits sugsr which-yields 1850 calor ies per pound. A tesspoonful Is not an exact quantity sometimes six, some times eight tesapoonfuls In an ounce. Call It Crt I cant see what good It would do to call a cold "crt. as you constantly urge. What difference. (M. A. C.) Answer Send twenty-five cents snd stamped envelops bearing your address, ask for booklet "Call It Crt." If after resdlng It you still can't see why. return ths booklet and 111 re imburse you for your outlsy. (Copyright 1843. John P. Dine do.) Ed. Nolei retwns wlahlnaj to rommrmintrate with Pr Brady -Mould send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. O- tftS El Csmlnn. Beverly Hills Calif. about, I can't understand. Do they consider this of all times the opportunity to "get rich quickly; soldiers have so much money, here's my chance to grab off some extra cash for myself!" In peace times a town near an army post is the most reasonable priced place for mer chandise. (Fewer soldiers of course.) Just why all this glut tonous, selfish, unfairness at a time like this when our country is at war; or do these certain individuals realize that? Not only in Medford, mind you, but any place that is guilty of the same offense against a commu nity or a nation that in times like these should be united as one people for one worthy cause: Victory against Just such oppressors in other countries! Just why some people should consider war time the time to get richer for their own per sonal benefit at the expense of the soldiers who are defending their Interests for them is some thing that is difficult to under stand. Could this type of per son acually consider himself a good American? I'd say he be longs with his fellow breed, the Nazis or the sneaky Japs. Too bad their names can't be printed. We'd clean them up In a hurry. Keep up the good work, Mr. Editor. More power to you! Let's make this town set a good example. Mrs. Richard H. Sneed 911 W. 11th St.. Oct. 1 Medford. Swat That RumorT To the editor: The war is here! sitting on our doorsteps, leering In our win dows, seeping Into our homes! An obvious fact? To our eyes and ears perhaps, but it is not yet obvious to our minds and personal convictions at least not to mine until very recently. Rumor is that vague some thing that you hear about rear lng its ugly head in Boston or Washington. D. C, or Podunk mil never In Medford! Well, I've discovered that for months I've been hearing rumors, and pass ing some of them on, and neg lecting to discourage my friends from doing the same. Moreover, these Medford ru mors are far from insipid little things. They contain the seeds of distrust, racial hatred, dissen sion, doubt, disunity, indecision and loss of confidence In our army and government. Whe you read the following list of stories that I have heard (the gory details deleted), recall some of your bridge or poker table conversations and see if you can add to them. Look at them with new eyes as I did and see their danger. Here's the list: U) My brother-in-law returned from Crescent City with the story that scores of our ships are being sunk right off the Oregon coast and we are not being told. (2) Two Medford women are rumored to have been killed by some negro soldiers from Camp White. (The newi was supposed to have been squelched for fear of a lynching.) (3) Countless stories of extrav agant waste of materials and labor In the building of Camp White are perhaps most popular. (Starting in 'fact, these stories become ogres of exaggeration upon repetition.) (4) An unbelievable number of vicious rumors concerning high officers of Camp White are making the rounds of beauty parlor, factory, and pool hall, (These are so surprisingly thor ough that they appear to be created intentionally by enemy agents.) (9) Even the exaggerated dis satisfaction of army wives with Medford, and of Medford with army wives must give axis sym pathizers a comfortable feeling. I confess to having listened to these things. I confess to having added a little to a story now and then to make it Juicier in the telling. Even after becom ing conscious of the dangers of such talk, I have often hesitated when it was in my power to squelch a rumor. (I was afraid to embarrass close friends with lectures on patriotism.) I hope I am alone in my sin BUT AM I? I ask this ques tion of each one of you that reads this letter. Sit down and make a list of every possible rumor you have hear (including things you know to be true but dangerous when swimming free ly in the stream of conversa tion), and I promise you will be surprised. Then resolve to be a rumor- squelcher for the duration. Catherine Le Gault West MacAndrews Road. Oct. 1 - Citv. Kelly's Comment From Washington. D. C, Power Authority. Bill Will Sleep Kindred Measure May Be Offered Magnesium Delay Raise Question Sr John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, Oct. 1 The Columbia power authority Bill has been tucked into bed and the indications are that it will repose there for some time, per haps until congress ends this session in early January. A joint committee of com merce and rivers and harbors from the senate and house, re spectively, voted that this was not the time to take up a power auhority measure. Revenue de mands, in uncounted billions. must come at once, and the presi dents ultimatum for price con- trai, with the assurance that he would thereafter take ud some form of wage stabilization, are high on the agenda for con gressional consideration. In the light of this urgent work, and perhaps other very important measures, the Join committee decided not to resume hearings on Senator Bone's power author ity Dill. When and if further hearings are opened on the controversial power measure, it is likely that some portion of the joint sub committee will be asked to go to me racific northwest for this purpose. There has been strong demand for such procedure. Op ponents declare that a host of WvTl You'll enjoy this Ke$$Ur blend, 1 j To like it, all you have to dot P -.(:? tim ft Jt taste it and compare.J tssitsrs emvart Ktanj, Ti Oral Nssfrsl SsMra, S3 rssf. , fw JBri Ken! OiitiHii Ce . amawiW. SsMwrs. WaU Uwrsmskarf . hM)lsaa. KM RACING DATS OVER The famous old square rigger "Joseph Con. rad.". famed racing-fisherman of pre-war days, plays new role above as Coast Guard Training Ship for merchant nam sal U. tV Navy Photo.) opposing witnesses cannot be financed by state or federal funds but would like to be heard. Friends of the measure took up most of the time so far given to the hearings but they insist that if hearings are held in the affected area they want a lot more time for champions of leaerai puDiic ownersnip. Senator Bone's bill was de clared by Secretary of the In terior Ickes to be a "grassroot" measure. He saw it springing from the very soil of the Pacific northwest with an army of natives standing around in a paternal attitude. Others, not so intense as the fiery secretary, have witnessed draft after draft of the measure emanating from the power division of the inter ior department and suspect that its very soul was harbored there. Wherever may rest pa-! temity responsibility, the child is apparently sleeping. The cur rent congress expires the first days of January next, when all bills presented to It and not en acted pass from the slumber stage into eternity. Should the joint committee feel that here are more urgent war measures pending for he remainder of 1942 the Bone bill will exis Into the mortuary. s OTHER kindred or altered bills are eligible in the next con gress. Three major needs for such legislation were offered in recent testimony by Bonneville staff men. First, there should be congressional authority for time contracts in selling power from the Grand Coulee project, rath er than presidential order alone. Third, a more complete devel opment of the national resources of the Pacific northwest could be attained through full owner ship and operation of power there. QUESTIONS are being raised as to why manufacturers of magnesium are proceeding so slowly In the Pacific northwest. where some excellent deposits of magnesite, dolomite, ets., are known to exist. Magnesium met al will soon become one of the most important strategic ele ments in the war program. It is expected that with completed plants and those being construct ed there will be an annual ca pacity of 640,000,000 pounds. trior to this war production program magnesium metal had attained a total annual volume of 13,000,000 pounds. When this was doubled by the sole manu facturer, Dow Chemical Co. of Midlands, Mich., experts thought maximum needs' would be served. Then, after we got into real war production, the figures began climbing steadily but at several stages those experts still insisted that all requirements were then fully covered. Now, with an assured production 80 per cent higher than that of aluminum prior to the war pro gram, no one seems to want to risk a statement as to ultirnatesav demands. Magnesium, 30 persaf cent lighter than aluminum and with metal properties quite dif ferent, is going most heavily into airplanes, incendiary bomb flares, tracer bullets and other uses. It is a relatively new metal, still wallowing through priml time stages of alloying. It Is be ing developed so rapidly, how ever, that it Is quite possible in creased manufacture of this metal may develop in the Pacific northwest. Flight o' Time Medford and Saeitaon County History from ihs rile of ths Mall Tribune 10 and to years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY 4 October 1, 1S32 (It was Saturday) County republicans to open headquarters in city. Pop Gates, independent candidate for county judge, declares "1 will leave "mudslinging to others." Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig both blast homers to win third game of World series from Cubs. 7 to 5. . University of Oregon upsets dope to defeat Santa Clara, 7 to 0 in football game. Fair and moderate. High 87, low SO degrees. Community Chest drive to open October 24. Miss Blanche Fried and Howft ard LeClerc are wed. w Federal court to open Tues day for long term. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY October 1. 1922 (It was Sunday) James W. Mott, candidate for the state legislature from Clat sop county charges Klan forces are threatening him. Armistice agreed upon for Near East. American destroyer fleet sails for area. Rear Admiral Edgar Clark, commander of the battleship Oregon during 1898 war, dies In Long Beach, Calif. . Fair and Cool. High 78, low 37 degrees. San Francisco leads Coasw) league race by one game mar- ( gin. Pears shipped from valley to ' date total 1,085 cars. Showers halt picking. Ose UaU Tribune Want ads. 1
