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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1942)
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Mtsnitt 0lCd8Ou(tr7II Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry Old Sol mad a valiant effort to shin several timer tha part week, but was (oiled by cloudr. Tot several weeks it has rained like everybody had hay down and there were cherries to pick Farmers hop nothing preclpl tates mora precipitation. Royal, Frank and Bill of the Eagle Pt. Browns, A -carded to town Thurs. The Jo Fllegel, Jo, got 100 in spelling Wed., and won the right to go to a movie on a school night. Good work, Jose ph uil Only IS more days as th flies, until Christmas. - Tha government advised the people during th week, nobody would miss any meals th com ing year, but hinted several might b couple of days lata. Colds are th order of th day, and are being enjoyed by many. Dock Dlppel and Tom Reta king, th law limb, each won half a hog at th Elks party, and feel like a subsidiary of wlft & Co. Th plutocrats! Th F. Perl boy. Bill, and 87 other kids ar In training for th execution of Yul carols. They all sing like th larks think they sing. Horses ar cavorting over the last Side lawns, with no eques trians aboard. Teen-ag boys In New York City have made teaching school dangerous occupation, and sev eral teachers have had their eyes blacked by th rowdies. They should be In th army, where they won't whip any sergeants. Farmers ar all busy working questionnaires, and cussing them more and worse than they ever did the taxes. "The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour." Japa nese proverb) Proven by the Pearl Harbor treachery. Em Brltt of J'vllle towned Wed. Side pork and hominy, country sausage, and pig backbones com prise some of the frugal fare rural residents dine upon these das. The silence of E. Pt. was bro ken by a charivari last week. American irmv l..Hera In Africa hobnobbing with Adm. uanan or France was vocally protested locally by home-grown diplomats. Even if Harlan I. ST different kinds of scallawag, the results justified the expediency, and, incidentally, the admiral Is Only savins hut hide. Then are more ways than on to win a war, out tooling around with so cial etiquette is not one of them. The generals in charge might even take a drink with P. Laval, If it offered a chance to catch A. Hitler. Due to gas rationing and dis tance to skiing, the Outdoor Girls are not outdoors as much as in former years. An old-fashioned 4d with an old-fashioned Christmas tree lashed to its fenders flitted down tha main stem FrL The Republicans named a new national chairman last week. The choice failed to pleas th Democrats, and war too bad. Th Utah U. 8. Ordnance De pot has posted a larva man wlth push pins showing homes of wure.cn wno nave car-sharing w avanaoi . What Does Khaki Mean? Khaki comes into its own as hundreds of thousands of soldiers fight in the deserts and on the dry plateaus of north Africa. What is khaki? It's a color, says a National Geographic Society bulletin. The name comes from the Hindustani and Persian word khak, meaning earth, or dust British soldiers in India during the wars with the Silkhs, 1845-49, felt too conspicuous for comfort in their campaign whites. They needed camouflage. By dipping their uniforms in muddy water they changed from white to the Sikhs had a word for it khaki. . THEREAFTER khaki promptly became standard for East Indian campaigning. The name attached itself to the closely twilled cotton cloth of the uni forms and stuck without regard for the shade. Since 1900, however, it has gradually regained its correct meaning and has been applied to drab shades of grey, brown and green, regardless of the material. The various nations employing khaki shades have their individual standards for the color. The United States quartermaster general, now buying scores of millions of yards of khaki cloth, specifies a khaki dye that results from blending many dye shades,, including brilliant orange and blue. Britain's wool industry achieves khaki color in wool not by dyeing the cloth but by blending together threads of blue, yellow, brown, red and mauve in making the cloth. The gay-colored threads in the fabric add up to khaki. In the South African (Boer) War, 1899-1902, the word khaki was applied to the British administration responsible for the outfitting its army in khaki. There were khaki bonds to finance the war, khaki loans, khaki elections and khaki policies. Can 't Produce Too Much Much has been happening both nationally and lo cally on the farm front in the past week. Nationally perhaps the biggest news has been the designation of Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard as the so-called food czar for the a single man to direct the tribution activities of the government has been fore cast for many weeks and has been widely advocated as a means of bringing greater order into the nation wide effort to keep food production at a maximum level. No announcements of new policies have been re ceived since Wickard's appointment, but some idea of his general views may be had from his address at the recent western regional meeting on 1943 food goals, held at Denver, Colorado. Oregon was repre sented at that regional meeting by delegates from the state war board, the O.S.C. Extension Service, the state department of agriculture, the Farm Security administration, and several other agencies. IN that address Secretary Wickard pointed out that, in this war, food is as necessary as bullets. He added that most Americans are becoming as inter ested in food production schedules as in production schedules for munitions. Farm production, he said, is war production. Here are a few more quotes from Secretary Wackard's speech : ' "Next year, and in the years that follow, we just can't produce too much of the essential farm products. In fact, we can't produce enough to meet all of the demands for American food. On the credit side we have our reserves in the ever-normal granary. We have fertility, which has been stored in the land through several years of soil conservation. On the liability side we have the growing shortages of farm manpower, of equipment, and materials, and short age of transportation and of processing facilities. Next year's farm production goals take shortages of resources into account, but they also assume that farmers will be given help and materials to produce products." bull quoting Secretary went a long way in converting agricultural to a war basis. 1 his year we are completing that conversion. Every acre of land, every hour of labor, every ton of fertilizer, and every piece of equipment must be used to turn out the products we must have." AMERICA TOLD OF Washington. Dec. 13 (U P) Former French Aviation Minis ter Plerr Cot today warned the United States not to repeat France's fatal mistake of drain ing war plants of manpower in order to build up an ill-equtpped and unwieldy mass army. Cot, who held the air portfolio In Leon Blum's popular front government from 1930 to 1938. told a Joint meeting of congres sional committees studying problems of technological mobil ization that France's fall could be attributed chiefly to "general Industrial weakness" and an "ar chaic" concept of war. California Cuayule Acreage Increased Sacramento, Dee. 11 U.R Plans for participation In the nation's $50,000,000 emergency rubber program by planting guayul on 500 acres of land owned by the California Institu tion for men at Chlno were re vealed her today. George A. Brlggs, Los Angeles MEDFORD MAIL country. The selection of food production and dis in getting enough labor enough of the essential Wickard: "Last year we member of th slate board of prison directors, and Kenyon Scudder, executive superintend ent of the institution, said a lease of the property to the U. S. department of agriculture may be executed within a week or 10 days. babediein.fi Portland, Ore., Dec. 12 (U.R) Two persons died here today from burns suffered when fire converted their two-story homo into a flaming pyre. Mrs. Katherine Stodola, 82 and her six-months-old grand daughter, Katherine Ann Mor mance, were trapped In th' dwelling when fire broke oti in the basement and quickb burst through to the first anr second floors. Jerry Stodola, 13. son of Mrs. Stodola, escaped serious Injury by leaping from a second-story window. San Francisco, Dec. 12 (UJ9 Lengthening America's work week "to a basis equivalent to those of our allies" was urged tonight by the California Cat tlemen's association. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Personal Health Service By William Signed UUftW pertaining to personal beaJtn and hygiene, not ta disease dlagDMU or treatment, mil be answered by Dr. Brad; If a stamped self addressed antelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to tn. larga number of letters received only a few can bo answered, hers. No reply caa be made to queries not conforming ta Instructions. Address Dr. William Bradj, res Bl Camino, Bernl Bills, Calif. THEY STILL From a quaint newspaper of large circulation published in a great Metropolis, I learn that a prof essor of pediatrics and head of a hos pital still be lieves that: "Chilling of the body or a 'portion of the body is usual' ly responsible for th cold. What follows depends on the presence or ab- . Pr. Brady sence of strep tococci, pneumococct or other pathogens (anything that stimu lates disease). In a household one member of a family after another may develop a cold. But there must be some other factor than the mere presence of these organisms to explain 'catching cold'. Actually, the cause is a sudden change of body temperature. The common cold Is probably the rarest type of infection encountered in in fectious disease hospitals where the patients are guarded from sudden changes In tempera tures." In the same article another doctor on the faculty of a medi can school gently dashes cold water on the observations of his competitor colleague, I mean by observing: "Most doctors and medical scientists" there's the sub tle distinction here "agree that common colds are caused by a virus. They are spread by contact between the sick and the well. The most com mon way of spreading a cold is a sneeze or a cough. The disease laden droplets of sali va can be blown 30 feet by a healthy cough or sneeze. Some of the droplets dry and ride for several days on min ute particles of dust. Those who breathe that dust may catch cold depending on their resistance." The professor of pediatrics is warm when he taiKs aoout cough or sneeze spray. But he shies away from the unpleasant truth about the common way of spreading respiratory Infections, call 'em what you will. The droplet or moisture spray given off with a polite conversation, Invisibly and impalpably fine, perhaps, but demonstrable in any circumstance, has a range of only two or three feet, never more than five feet, and that's Y CHIEF III OF NAZI TERRORISM Cairo, Dec. 12 (U.R) Colonel Mary Booth of the Salvation Ar my, recently released by the Nazis after two and a half years in German prison camps, said today she was convinced she had the narrowest escape " from death before a firing squad. Col Booth was captured near a Belgian battlefield during the German Invasion of the Low Countries. She was taken to Germany and tried on charges of espionage. "You could hardly call It a trial," Col. Booth said, "as I had no one to defend me. They refused my request to call In the United States ambassador. Dur ing the so-called trial they just accused me and bullied and shouted and thumped on the ta ble In an effort to scare me. They succeeded." Col. Booth said the Nazis were experts at "mental torture." She said she was thrown In a dark cell alone after being led from the courtroom past 12 armed soldiers who. sh was told, composed her firing squad. Zipper Brief Cases Ring Binders & Portfolios Billfolds Key tamers Blotter Pads World Maps & Globes .aaaaBBBBBa) 0. OFFICE STATIONERY & SUPPLY CO. OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER J3, 1942 Brady, M. O. FIGHT DRAFTS just far enough to get the un wary dupe who takes professors of pediatrics too seriously. But when the building-up-to- be-emlnent specialist conject ures that 'chilling ' Is respon sible for a "cold" (whatever he means by that) and that "there must be some other factor than the mere presence of these or ganisms (organisms being professor's way of saying germs) he is not thinking of diphtheria, scarlet fever, meas les or any other specific disease, but of some hypothetical, un identified, unknown ailment. and therefore nobody can take Issue with him. The professor himself doesn t know or will not define what he is talking about Resistance? Nobody knows what that means, either. QUESTIONS ANSWERS 1-Year Itch Cored In 7 Honrs Soma eighteen persona in our min ing camp suffered badly with what wo called the "seven year Itch." We had some medicines from the doctor, but these gave no relief. X found set of your "Little Lessons" In the library and cams across tha article on Itch. We followed the advice there. in. and overnight every affected per son got relief and the trouble cleared up completely In a few days, f J. V.) Answer Thank you, sir. Scabies (pronounced ska-bl-ease) la an Itch due to a mite burrowing In tha skin. highly contagion. Every one In the family or group must undergo treat ment at the same time and sll cloth. In, bedclothes and toilet articles likely to harbor the mites must be sterilised or laundered at the same time. The Flzztrlan Sounds Off Drugstore clerk tells me that the bitter taste tn grapefruit Is due to the presence of quinine and that grapefruit cut up, rind and all, and steeped to extract the quinine Is a good remedy tor the common cold. (W. C. O.) Answer All of which Is nonsense. I regret t know of no substitute for quinine. Constant Reader Aa a constant reader please send me your pamphlet "It la Stupid to Suffer from Piles." (A. L. O.) Answer But I am not a constant reader I sometimes take time out to do a little housework, wash the dishes and the like and catch up on my bowling. But I am glad to send the pamphlet on request If you pro vide a stamped envelope bearing your address. (Copyright 193, John F. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brtdy should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D.. J63 Ed Camino. Beverly Hills. Calif. "I had been given to under stand there was little hope of my escaping death and I was con vinced I had the narrowest es cape," she said. "However, I resigned myself to death and prayed to God; not so much to prevent their killing me as to give me the courage to face death." OF TESTS AHEAD Birmingham, Eng., Dec. 12 (U.R) Hugh Dalton, president of the British Board of Trade, said tonight that England faced an even greater withdrawal of manpower fr,om civilian indus tries to further expand the armed forces and war industries. In a prepared speech, Dalton warned that there were "great sacrifices ahead, much heavy la bor, much suffering before the end." "But," he added, "there are great things at stake." CARD Or THANKS W wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their beautiful floral offering and their many kind expressions of tympathy during the lost of our brother and father. Mr. J. Wesley Kelso. Urs. Darrel Bayn Wm. p. Kelaoo T. Fred Kelso. "YOUR OFFICE BOY" AT ATHE. (Continued from Page One) 1S00 cows at Caldwell, Ida. The sale continued all day and far into the night and out of the herd all but one cow and three calves went to the butchers. Similar sales, but smaller, are being held all over Oregon and Washington. From nearer points groups of dairymen have come to the national capital and asked that they be permitted a higher price for their milk; the fixed price being lower than the cost of production. These delegation have been told that the matter will be studied. Meanwhile, everywhere, dairy cattle are be ing sold off; dairymen ftve thrown ap their hands and quit; they could not obtain workers. Recently, OPA announced that the state director can set the price of milk in all towns of less than 100,000. a INCLUDING the cost of labor (and that of the farmer and members of his family) as part of parity has been agreed to by the house without a dissenting vote, although the president ob jected strongly to such inclusion a few months ago. The farm wage is now higher than ever before and may go higher. Now the farmers, not the so- called "farm bloc", are voicing objection to giving the president power to suspend tariff Ihws. Administration leaders assert that abolition of these customs duties will not cause competi tion, but farmers, dairymen and cattlemen do not believe in these assurances. There are, say the administration spokesmen, no refrigerator ships available to bring beef to the United States from Argentina and con sequently the cattlemen need not be alarmed. Senator McNary says he will ask for a full and complete hear ing when the bill is in the sen ate, and Senator George of Georgia, chairman of the finance Oregon senator a hearing which will permit interested groups to come to the federal city from any part of the country; there will be no lick-and-a-promise hearing. - ' Another concession has been made Washington, Oregon and California by OPA. A new price on potatoes has been established, as previous prices were so un profitable that potato growers said they would not plant in 1943. The netted gem variety is grown in Oregon and Wash ington but someone in OPA did not know it, imagined that Idaho was the only netted gem state. Potatoes of the Klamath basin were selling for $3 per 100 pounds in September; the OPA new ceiling is $2.05, and after cost of sacks is deducted the Klamath grower receives $1-85 for No. 1 potatoes. RACING N Orleans. La.. Dec. 12 (U.R) Warren Wright's Whirl- away, closer to the pace than usual for the first six turiongs, moved up with a rush on the stretch turn today and drove to a length and one-half victory in the initial running of the sio.uuu Louisiana handicap before a crowd of 13,000 at the fair grounds. TO HEAD ATLANTA Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12 (U.R) Al Leitz, for four years manager nf the Wavarosa team of the Georgia-Florida league, tonight was named manager 01 tne At lanta Club, southern association. Boston, Dec. 12 (U.R) Bos ton's Bruins took over the Nat ional Hockey league leadership late today by halting the Mon treal Les Canadiens 3-2 before 4860 spectators on Boston's Gar den's soft Ice. Flight 'o Time Metier a a .aeaaoa Ceoaty Mary treat the fllee at the HaU Trlbnaa IS aad t yeara ago. TEW TEARS AGO TODAY December 13. 1932 Ot Was Tuesday) High wind routs cold spell over valley, and th mercury goes to 39 degrees. Four days of freezing weather ends. Stores of city to close at regu lar e 1 o s 1 n g hours, Christmas shoppers warned. - Move launched Blue Ledge Mine. to re-open Resolution to Impeach Presi dent Hoover overwhelmingly de feated In Congress. Attack open ed on Secretary of Treasury Mellon. Special session of th legisla ture to consider sales tax and jobless aid. Flu fires keep th fir de partment busy. Ludo Grieve of Prospect who slipped on an icy pavement, and fell down a 12-foot embankment improving. Five bicycles stolen last night. police report TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 13, 1922 at Was Wednesday) Fifteen safes dug out of ruins of Astoria fire. Franc decides to go it alone in Germany, and asks for free hand in compelling war debt payments. Fair. High 49 degrees, low 37. New York ministers enva "Klan as a passing graft." Snow In Greemrorine-s fall tn nan daily stage to Klamath rails. City advised to better It- fir. eauiDment following vit -t state fire marshal. Phoenix hieh arhnnl in knl another Dad and Son banquet. Cold SnaO In minim ilnmln breaking up. Communications A Vary Indignant Landlord To the editor: I am reading with much Interest the various articles on what landlords in other places are doing about rent control. You need not think for one moment that the Medford land lords are any less mad, indig nant or angry than thev in fact those terms do not ade quately express the local feel ing; One landlord said, "George, I am so mad I could kill some body." I think he had it about right. I have been trying to find out and determine what we could do about it and the general opinion is that the only place we can do any good is to write and petition our congressmen for an investigation and relief. To those who do not know the facts let me state that the rent control fixed a large share of our rentals at the same price as three or four years ago when we had to take what we could get and all repairs or replace ments were dirt cheap. They have also taken away our right of eviction which was a club we had to hold undesirable tenants in place. I What we landlords want Is1 for modification of rent control i so that they could be adjusted from both ends, where rents are too high, they should be low- I ered, and if found to be too low we could get them raised; we must also have our eviction rights to bargain with the ten- Loans I On 1 V Homes J Funds ar avaiUbl to finsne purchas of horn properties. Loan costs includ appraisal, tltl search and recording no commission. Loans ar repaid on lonj-tim, monthly payments at low Interest charges. Consult ut about our loan sarvic. JACKSOH COUNTY FEDERAL Savings & loan association 126 East Main ant, not all tenants wanting th same service on the same house. So I am appealing to the land lords to writ all our own sena tors aad congressmen In their own handwriting and their owm words whatever they wish these are Senators Chas. L. Mo Nary and Rufus Holman, and Congressmen James W. Mott, and Harris Ellsworth Just ad dress Washington, D. C, and they will get them. Those landlords I have talked to feel that the time is now rip for us to call a meeting for tha purpose of discussion the situa tion and to collectively pet, tion Congress for relief, so I am going to find a place to meet and arrange for some short talks, so watch for an announce ment of a meeting very soon. Thank you, GEO. IVERSON, a very In dignant Medford landlord. Medford. Dec. 12. EAST-WEST EVENT San Francisco, Dec. 12 01.(9 Three University of Missouri players tonight were added to th western team for tha Shrine's collegiate all-star Ease West football classic her New Year's Day. Coach Babe Holllngbery an nounced Halfback Bob Steuber, Fullback Don Reese and Guard Mike Fitzgerald of Missouri had accepted invitations to play in the annual charity contest. - Closing time for Classified ede a. m. To lata to Claastfj 1230 OLD SOUTH tfiematu 3Bo Whimsical Bridal Scene on cover. Oldj Fashioned marriage certificate lasid cover. Filled with devices to further modern romance Large Decanter Jug) of Cologne, Sugar-Shaker Talc, Sachet? Guest Soap. Either Plantation Gardasj or Woodland Spice bouquet $2.00.' Gay dancing couples encircle this boa by Qld South. Three adorable Guesf Decanter Jmi of Cologne one of each) fragrance Woodland Spice, Plantation Garden and Cotton Blossom. tl.OoV HEATH DRUG STORE, Inc. Medford Center Bldg. Phona 3551
