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VuMinr, B C . fltiiSfu4tsti;iTii Ye Smudge Pot Br Aiihui rnr At this season of "peac and good-will," with neither much in evidence, the Allies ara mak ing progres In knocking Herr Hitler off the Chrlstmaa tree. . Mr. Leon Henderson, head of the OPA, resigned. Like Mr. Herbert Hoover, In the White House, ha was the goat for everything that happened, even If it didn't happen. A timber wolf, with a limp his tracks indicate, Is reported from Lake county. The limp Is probably due to falling off the running board of a new auto during the lata depression. The Alaska winter is now do ing to the Japs In the Aleutians, what the Russian winter Is do ing to the Nazis, In the elbow of the Don, and the knee of the Volga. There Is something about a chilled Nipponese that arouses sympathy even In war, due to looking colder than they really are. v e e "Be Kind To Your Doctor" week was a success. No patient rammed a piece of kindling down his throat, with orders to say: "Ann . MEDIUM ftOAITI (Butchers' Journal) These new Instructions prove only one thing. And that Is, that not one person In the OPA has aver been in the meat business or knows anything about it "The 23-page book evident ly was prepared by economic theorists or college professors whose only practical knowl edge of meat is limited to eat ing It" e The President presents Nad "Iron Cross," as a rebuke to a correspondent who wrote an article about a friend ha did not like. No labor leader calling strike In a war production plant will ever get one. A British statesman as one condition of the peace terms, that Germany be deprived of commodities used In the mak ing of munitions. The Teutonic love of war, coupled with their scientific efficiency, would enable them to make bombs out of turnips, first using the turn ips in soup, . The meat shortage Is so ter rific in the metropolis, reports Indicate, a steak formerly smoth ered In mushrooms, Is used to smother the mushrooms. BUT THERE Is'aMERICAI (Red Bluff (Calif.) News) "Parents who have sons In the army or navy, seldom know where they are. It's military secret. And parents whose sons and daughters are not In the army or navy, like wise seldom know where they are. That alas, Is also a see ret." Field Marshal Rommel's Afrl kan Korps, In their flight from the British aie beginning to re semble an apple there h'aint going to be any korps. "It's 'London Bridge Is falling down!' The children sang In London town. Thst game they'll play, that song they'll sing In London streets for many a spring For though the Nazis roam the sky. The bridge still stands, the brave go by. I think that Hitler must be filled With fears about the folks he's killed; Perhaps, when ha lies down to sleep, He dreams that nine big Rus sians creep Around him, with their guns and knives And Hitler hasn't got nine lives!" Adin Ballou In N. Y. Herald Tribune, Pinkley & Rickenbacker Virgil Pinkley, the United Press war correspondent was here Saturday. Captain Rickenbacker over the air Sunday. Two very different talks. Pinkley young, fresh, forceful, very much alive. Captain Rickenbacker, just rescued miraculously from the "valley of the shadow" shaken, devout, solemnly and profoundly impressive. Yes, two very different talks, two very different men. But they brought the same lesson back from the war front IF "we the people" could only spend a few days in North Africa, or on Guadalcanal, with the home boys who are fighting and dying, how -differently we would feel, and how differently we would behave. No doubt of it That truth has been emphasized in this column many, many times since the war began. VES, great as the misfortune would be if the Japs 1 WERE fighting the other side of the Siskiyous, or the Germans invading Long Island, there is no doubt of one great compensation: No one would be complaining about this war reg ulation or that this minor sacrifice or some other! Everyone would be on his or her toes asking "what can I do don't care what it is, at the front or behind it but put me where I will do the most good!" And that is where they should be as they are in England and Russia yes, even in China, with the enemy hammering relentlessly at the city gates. DUT with the fighting 6000 miles away on one side, and even farther on the other, it is difficult, if not impossible, to visualize what is really going on the sacrifices and the suffering, day in day, out yes and even more vital the dangers, not only to our own flesh and blood over THERE, but the dangers to us safe and secure HERE at home, if they fail. Some people have the needed imagination. But far more don't And the genus homo in the mass never does. s CO there is nothing to do but do the best we can. For in arousing the fighting spirit there is no sub stitute for danger not remote or possible danger, but certain danger here, now, immediate. THE next best thing, of course, is what is being done having men like Pinkley and Ricken backer, just returned from the war zone, meet the Eeople face to face or talk to them over the air and ring the TRUE situation home to them as far as that can he done. We are certain those who heard Pinkley Saturday night and those who listened to Rickenbacker yester day, have a clearer realization of the real war situa tion than they ever had before. Yes and they are im bued with a firmer determination than ever before, to uncomplainingly and resolutely do whatever lies within their power to do, to not only win the war, but win it in the quickest possible time. Certainly such stirring and inspiring talks are in valuable in stimulating the national morale, and all right-thinking people feel grateful for what such men are doing for the cause, without reward or remunera tion. DUT the fact remains the extreme distances of the fighting fronts do present a serious obstacle to. arousing the maximum fighting effort, and the more clearly we realize this fact and never overlook it the harder we work to overcome it the less serious the handicap of distance will prove to be. Revival of Religion? The experience of Captain Rickenbacker, as far as the religious implications are concerned, is not un usual in this war. In fact one of the most striking features of the conflict thus far as far as the American forces are concerned, is the surprising spiritual awakening. As one of the army chaplains remarked during the Bataan campaign: "There ara no atheists In fox-holes!" A ND there were none. Facing death, brought down to the grim realities of a struggle for survival, these husky young chaps, to a man, decided there was a divine power after all they had never recognized before the one thing that might save them, or if not that would support them in their extremity and carry them through to the end like men! Declared Rickenbacker: "Not I nor any of the men on that life raft will ever lose faith In God." THE story of that other life-raft earlier in the war, ' and innumerable experiences of danger and res cue on land, have all pointed to the same spiritual conclusion. Whatever else may come out of this war, there is little doubt a new religion or perhaps better, a revival and reimplementation of the old will be a by-product Perhaps the one great outstanding con tribution, of this second World War. Books For the Army We are asked to put in a good word for the next "Victory Book Campaign" and are glad to do it Next to letters from home and the best girl the boys in the army appreciate good books. This is par ticularly true of those wounded or on sick leave. Books, especially exciting and well written ones are at a tremendous premium in the service. This movement is sponsored by the American Li brary Association, the Red Cross and the United Service Organizations. We can imagine no one being opposed to it, all should be for it MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Personal Health Service Br WUllaaa Slfne Htbei acrUInlag U peraoMl kesitk aa hrglea, aot to Slaeea SUfnoaii off treatment, mil be aniware ay Or. BrMj If a Mamsed Ml mri anlope Is snclosca. Utttrs tbouM be arte an written In Ink. O wln to tlx bus number at letters recall ealy a tew can be unwel her. No rfpl; can M mad to oner lee not ewrormlag to Instruction. Atfdree Dr. William Brady, tea El Canilne. Hurl; aula. Callt EYE Is the dally use of a home made solution of boric acid in rain water as an eye wash harm ful to the eyes? M y daughter wears glasses for nearsight- ewtnsMU- and it P ' .- j 1 worries me to I V J I i i.-. .... this eye wash so frequently. (Mrs. L. J.) Probably the girl has acquir ed the belief that her eyes Dr. Brady are "weak" myopia or nearsightedness if often regarded aa "weakness" of the eyes and Imagines that the regular use of an eye wash will "strenghten" her -eyes. There Is no foundation In fact for such belief. If anything the prolonged or habitual use of this or any other eye wash or drops would tend to make the eyes sppear "weaker" or less clear and bright, tho of course it would have no appreciable in fluence on the eyesight or vision. Boric (formerly called boraclc) acid may be had in colorless or pearly scales or in whit pow der. It is very cheap. It la not a germicide, but has mild antisep tic effect when used in powder, ointment or solution. Even the antiseptic value (that is, power to prevent or retard multiplication of germs) of boric acid solution applied as drops or as a wash for the eyes, as spray or irrigation In throat or nose, as mouthwash, bladder wash, bowel wash or enema, is feeble at best, for the boric solution Is not only not germicidal but when so applied It Is In contact with the surface only for a brief moment. While boric acid solu tion, if freely applied as a wash. Is an excellent detergent or cleanser to rinse or wash away mucus, abnormal secretions and such germs as may be on the surface for this purpose it Is probably even better than "nor mal salt solution" because the boric acid solution is tasteless It cannot penetrate the musous membranes to reach disease germs which may have Invaded the tissues. And we must re member. It Is not the germs on the surface, where spray, gargle or irritation can reach them, but germs that have already invaded the tissues and are beyond reach of any such antiseptic, that cause the Inflammation, infec tion or disease. If I had a sore throat or any threat of one and you offered (Conunued from Pg One) Hons as they need, the same as the army, navy, Interior depart ment, etc. There is another congressional group 'ghich sus pects that Herbert H. Lehman, In his capacity of director of re lief and rehabilitation for all the world, would be financed through executive order on RFC and congress would be kept in the dark as to what Lehman was doing or how much money ha was spending. No one has yet announced where Lehman will obtain money for his global relief and reconstruc tion; that the project will re quire several billion dollars is acknowledged. (Vice President Wallace now explains that when he said the United States would provide quart of milk to everyone In the world, In speech last May, he was using a figure of speech and that this off-hand observation has been misinterpreted. At the time It was supposed that Wallace was an administration spokesman). DESPITE the secrecy of RrC funds, it is possible to show where some of the money is go ing. For Instance, the United State has paid $1,488,600 to train several hundred young , men from Latin-America as fliers and technicians. Of these 40 per cent have completed training and returned horn or j ara waiting transportation. None of this expense will be recov- j ered. To eliminate Axis-con UNDERWEIGHT uTO0" Try Tea Hlf Street Vhaasj 0 Mart Rsr-D Tesit Tablets are made by e eluilee process watch IrraSlalee reast (rlrhest knew eoarce ef Vitamins B and at te sdi h'sa eill count of Vllasaia IX t-lsessnt tatting, bwipraslT M Tablet sac. nearer Tar t. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1942 Bisdy. M. D. WASH me some trick gargle with In structions to gargle with it every so often, I'd lay back my head and gargle Just once, mak ing a noise Ilk a hearty Bronx cheer. Right strength of boric add solution for eye drops, eye wash, mouth wash, gargle, nasal spray, etc., is a heaping teaspoonful of boric acid (scales or powder) in the pint of BOILED water tap water, well water, rain or snow water or distilled water. It Is cheap, and therefore should be freshly prepared when needed. It is best applies comfortably warm. Mora about eye wash tomorrow. QflSTIOXg AMtWEM Ton j years or It Mr husband has suffered tram tllerty (or forty years. 8 sent for jour pamphlet "Relief for Allergy" ho has bad relief from the Tory first dote and now can eat anything he went, and sleep nights with now and then a doee or two . . . we are to happy about this and grateful- to you for the help you have f LTn ue. (Mr. R. Mcl.) Answer Forty yers ago. Ma'am. I, for one, had new heard of "allergy." I really wonder whether the condi tion ha become common In icoent year or whether we Just did not recognise It then. On request, If ac companied with talf-addreeeed stamp, ed envelope, the pamphlet "Relief for Allergy" will be mailed any cor respondent who la allergic In the Reg IS the wheat they hare in bags at the feed store nt for human con. umptton, or can It be treated so a to make It suitable for human con sumption? (Q. b.) Answer I haio consumed a good deal of It, but then, rm not human about such thins. Send a stamped envelope bearing your addre, for pamphlet "Wheat to gat." Mala dif ficulty t hare encountered In buying wheat from the f ed nor la making tli man undentand my language I ask for a pack, and he keeps chang ing the subject until I glr up and say m take 15 pounds. stemoTlng Hstr from teg Pleese recommend what you con sider the beat means of remonng hair from the leg. (Mies R. D.) Answer Mis two teaapoonfull of fresh barium sulfide with three tea spoonfuls of atno oxide and three tea spoon fulls of cornstarch. Moisten this with water to make a pasta. Ap ply to hairy surface and allow to re main for ten minute a or lea time If any burning sensation. Scrap off past and hair with smooth wooden blade, and wash akin with several rinsings of warm water. Some women prefer simple shsrtng with safety rasor. tery girl to her tost. (Copyright 1943, John F. DU1 Co.) I. Notet reraons wishing ta commanlrat with Dr. Bndy thorn send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D. M Ed Camlno. Bererly Hills, Calif. ' trolled air lines In South Ameri ca $8,000,000 was earmarked. These lines were In Bolivia. Ecuador, Peru and Brazil and the Italian line from Brazil to Italy. To Russia $100,000,000 has been given for which metals are to be received. This is in addition to all the planes, tanks, guns, ammunition and shiploads of food which are being sent, gratis, to the Soviets. Canada has been given $10,000,000 to develop copper, lead, zinc and other ores, and as the ore Is mined the United State will buy It at cost of production plus transportation. (A better -arrangement than any western state has been able to make with th government). Wool has been bought from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa to the tune of f.187,900, 000. A small Jag of 8,000,000 pounds has been bought from South America. China, Mexico, Central and South America are furnishing antimony. Ten coun tries are providing manganese, which will cost $150,000,000. Mexico, Canada and South America are sending mercury, while little attention is given to expanding mercury mines of Washington, Oregon and Neva da. Through assistance of RFC there are 100,000 tons of fine tin in stockpile; yet tin Is so scarce that canneries, milk eon denserles and packers are being rationed. The entire sugar crop of Cuba has already been pur chased and only awaits cargo space to be brought Into th United State. ZERO CLUB CAFE Declared Out of Bounds by Army Civilian enfy will b idmitt), at it It our policy, at II tint, to fully coop rat with tho military officials. Com out no? onoy our ddkiout ' ireak, chicken and nam dinners Opon dairy oicopt Sunday 7 P. M. to 3 A. M. Phono 9101 or 5300 What's the Matter With The aockMarket? bMfi Rvlw Volum, Trie and DrWoW Wilmington, Dela. In the year that has passed since Pearl Harbor w have seen the lowest volum of stock market trading sine 1914. It amounted to only 108,863.000 share. This Is 33 under th corresponding period of year ago. During the past year rail averages went up about 0.33 while Industrials were down approximately T.89. And this during a period when Lon don, .Berlin and Amsterdam mar ket moved consistently upward under a heavy volume of buy ing. Sea Explanations Why Stocks Lew It, therefore, may not be pos sible' to obtain many good stocks during th coming 13 months at prices which have prevailed during the past 13 months. A preponderance of bad news, Government financing, tax un certainties, the normal shocks snd mental stagnation of war have all had their effects on the stock market. Even though the belief haa been current, that in view of inflation, equities are better to hold than cash, there has been but little buying for hedging. Lack of ready cash by well-to-do investors has also helped to slow down market activity. Ex cept in a real stock market boom, such as in 1928 and 1929, the public has never participated much In the purchase of listed securities. Usually this group get in during the last few months of sustained rise. They contribute little except "small change" to rising volume and prices. Wealthy individuals, es tates. Insurance companies and Institutions formerly heavy buyers of securities are now obliged to use their available funds for Income taxes and the purchase of government bonds. Hence, these groups are no long er an Important factor in the stock market. Buslnea. Dividend At Oanereu Levels For' nearly all types of busi nesses represented by New York Stock Exchange Issues, volume has been at record heights. Amusement, copper, steel, util ity, rubber, airplane, and mall order companies have all en joyed an extremely heavy gross business. Furthermore, in spite of allowances for high excess corporation taxes, dividends have been generous with many companies declaring year-end extras. However, aggregate div idends for 1943 will not be as large as they were in 1941. Un like th case In recent past years, a fair share of regular dividends and most of the extra dividends will not go back into th market for th purchase of additional shares. In all probability many com panies hav passed, or are pass ing, their peak volume of busi ness for the war period. Neces sary capacities for war produc tion are nearly, If not entirely, reached. If and when some critical materials ar released or higher priorities are available to certain concerns, as In the cas of rail equipment com panies, they maw do better In 1943. This can also be true of companies selling equipment to municipalities. Dividends, too. may have passed the honeymoon stage. While they may continue in Individual instances, the total for 1943 msy not rise above that of this year. I am, however, gen erally bullish on th price of good stocks. RIs and rn to Follow War Rumor At th recent Annual Business Conference In Babson Park, Massachusetts, I mad th state ment that stocks which suffered most during the war would prosper most after th war. These include most of th so called "peace Issues". From sow on w shall probably face a wav of peac rumors. Peace stocks will rise and fall with them. Or these I will treat fur ther In my Annual Review. If it turns out to be a long war there is probably still some gravy in th war stocks. But Investors and management alike are wor ried over the re-negotiatlon of contracts. Until this question is definitely settled it will hav a bearish Influence. Opportunltiea Ahead rr Speculation T balance unforeseen losses, the investor is Justified in seek ing at times speculative profits. Income alone from securities will rarely compensate for de clining profits caused by events beyond the control of the cau tious Investor or outside the scop of ordinary commonsense buying. Hence, the wide awake investor must be continually on the lookout for special oppor tunities through which to main tain his principal. "Special sit uations", however, require care ful study and selections should MndilW h made. Bv these I do not mean the entirely new fields of manufacturing ana pro motion which some "smart" lman mav Mm around with aa an "after the war certainty". New use for old products, new techniques In production, th rreatlon nf avnthetics and the chances for investment in thoroughly deflated situations may offer the best opportunities j for profits. Real estate equities j iinhammrod bv mortgages are a case in point Of this latter, I hope some week to write in de tail. Yes, for the imaginative and courageous Investor there ar many opportunities to turn losses Into profits. I care not for the circumstances. Even under the worst conditions someone is always making money. Communications ONLY THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST To the editor, Your Thursday editorial. "Win the War First," waa sure fine. Formulating and broadcasting Utopian peac treaties now, is NOT helping us win this war, ignoring, as they do, what our allies may wish, or demand. In the hearts of Stalin, Churchill, Kiang Kl Check and D Gaulle there must be grow ing a deep contempt for these half-baked American peace the ories. The first demand of each nation will be for what they consider JUSTICE. If, later, any of those nations wish to show kindness to their neigh bors, it will be THEIR business, not ours. Is It our business to remodel the political structures of our allies? Churchill recently told the world that he Is not fighting this war for the purpose of dis-, membering the empire. Ameri can orators who now denounce empires are weakening Eng American friendship. Again, if the allies win, there will be no peace table till the last Axis soldier Is kicked out of Esthonla, Latvia, Lithuania, East Poland and Bessarabia. Just who will then demand that Stalin restore Independence to those lands? Why not take our heads out of the sand and face the grim realities? Supposedly the wisest braini est men of th nations sat at th Versailles peace table, and botched their Job. Is the world better now? Will Stalin, Churchill, Roosvelt, Kiang Ki Check, or their delegates, be more altruistic? Has the Gol den Rule now become the guide book of the nations? If not why should we expect the peace table to be governed by It? Around that peace table will sit the keenest diplomats, the shrewdest politicians these gov ernments can send, each ln structed as to what to get and NOWI BUY YOUR A1P1P1LES FOR CHRISTMAS AND WINTER MONTHS TO COME C0NVt.NIL.NT SIZE HOME PACK Choice of Red Delicious or Newtowns Framruatte Walnuts grown en Wing's orchards e)M. Pound sUJC Ripe. Juicy COMICeTpEARS in gift boext or loos ready to eet for sale retail now. W. Still Hav A Limited Number of FAMILY SIZE GIFT BOXES Comic Peart or Red Deliciout t 41 A Appl.t D.liv,rd Any Usee In U. S. A. )4.ZU WING ORCHARDS Inc, RETAIL STORE Nxt to Luman Irot. 3 Doors tart of U S O Telephone 4809 doing his best to get it About f aa selfish and suspicious a ' group as th on at Versailles. Making fin speeches but driv. ing shrewd bargains. That doesn't make a pleasant picture. But neither does our own glar ing neglect of th world's deep spiritual need make a pleasant picture. W will reap what w have sown. When the day comes that the Golden Rule be comes the policy of all nations, peace tables will be out of data; just museum relics. For war will have ceased. 8 words and spears will hav become plow shares and pruning hooks. But that day Is not yet Neither will it be ushered in by politi cal or economic wisdom. Only the Spirit of Christ can bring It in. EDWIN DEACON, C Talent Ore, Dec. 19, 1943. THE HIGH PRICE OF MEAT To th editors According to "Pathfinder" dogs and cats are valuable in Belgium. Cats are worth from $2 to $2.50. Dog meat is worjh $1 per pound. When they ar worth that much in this coun try, we won't hav to many. WM. D. ROBERTS, Medford, Ore., Dee. 19. Flight 'o Time Medford aad Jacfcaoa Coaaty History from the file of th Mall Trlbon 16 and te years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 31, 1933 at Was Thursday) Grand Jury recommends all Justice courts in county save Medford and Ashland b abolished. Gold Hill seeks federal finances. Rain predicted. High 38, low 31 degrees. Bond holders of Medford Irri gation to forego, all Interest for next four years. Stores to remain open until nine o'clock Saturday night for Christmas shoppers. President-Elect Roosevelt de clines to cooperate in President f Hoover's plan for settlement of European debt payments. Oregon coast is hit by worst storm of winter. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 31, 1933 at Was Wednesday) World peace drive by churches of nation to start Sunday. Believe robbery of Denver mint truck of $200,000 was work of amateurs. Four more days to shop for Christmas brings rush. Ten thousand cars of Washing ton apples dumped into Colum bia river when growers protest -low price. Showery with unsettled con- ditions. High 0, low 32 degrees. URGE COWS AND RABBITS Martinez, Cal. (U.R) To help overcome th meat shortage. Contra Costa county has launch ed a drive which it hope will become nation-wide with the slo gan of "A Cow on Every Vacant Lot and a Rabbit Every Vacant Hole" AMBULANCES PICKED ON San Francisco (U.R) City Health Officer Dr. Geiger has made an appeal to all motorists In the city "to lay off our am bulances." He said that in a single month, seven out of nine accidents to city owned ambul- ances had been caused by other drivers crashing into them, re suiting In damages of $2,000. f t n - Ho: For Home Use Standard sis box most tatty Medford grown ap Rle Red Delicious or ewtewna. Boa $1.25 lo $3.25
