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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1942 MedfomJ2Tbibunb Im h Man Tilkmm. Pu.i, hgw1 ftr MEnroRD primtino so. t?-T North Plr St PttMM RMHRRT If RPHU B4ttr. BRNKftT R OTUmtAP Kiufff, a tar imn4 iIih mtlr t 114 ford. Oro. mnAt Act of Mftrcb . tlTt uMTRirTtoK bates Sr Hall la Artvaitcat Pill? Buartar a faar M pally and Sunday afa anaalha... l it Dill? an4 Bunilav thro month I Dtt and lanrtay ana month... .11 Sly Tarrlar tm A 4 MtflfoM. A ah land. Central Point, Jaehaonvtlla. Ool4 , Rill. Rnioo Rtvar. ptiaaalav TalanL . anl aa motor rata: ; Dalt and ftua.iar aa faar It.M Dailr Bamlay ana moata.., .Tt All ttrmi caat ta advaara. Official Papar at Ifca CH a Mafrl OffMal Pap elarkaas CaH MKUBFP. OP AUDIT R1TRBA0 OP CIRCITI.AT10NA AdvartlalBB lupraaantatlva WEST-HULL! DAT COMPANY. ttfC. Offlfoa la Naar Tor a. Chteaco, Detroit Baa Pranrlaca, boa Angwlaa. Baattla, rartlaaC . Laota. Atlanta. Tawir, B C. . .TlVnft f mn4tii4tttiJiTiM Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Party fivral Htluina hava written Santa Claui asking him to (lip sentence 10 tno legislature in their atockings. e e A valley patriot avers "bar falsehoods" are told about the weather. The current climate Is not fit for even fully clothed falsehood. The nation is running out of mall change aa well as the bet ter sited bills, and, In Idaho scrip is Issued. Many who have neither, would lust as soon have scrip as money. e Natives of New Guinea were alarmed by the sight of horse. flown to their Jungles In an air Diane. They had never seen one before. What use a lone horse would be on the New Guinea front is a military secret, but sounds interesting. - UNZINDEST CTJTI (Eugene Register-Guard) ' "Eddie Rickenbacker says that if soma of the boys from the front were put In the fac tories and some of the workers sent to the front production would be doubled. Eddie bet ter be careful. Mr. R. will send him an iron cross for f duell ing administration friends." The Germans are taking a beating and retreating in North Africa and Russia, while the Nipponese are feeling first Al lied offensive blows In Burma and the South Pacific. . These are signs of a crumbling Axis power and the love of war is fading from the Teutonlo souls. Last year there was a quaint military theory, the more the Axis was thumped, the stronger they became. At such times, high London circles wondered where the new offensive would be launched, and "England fear ed Invasion." The Nazis are not running to loosen up their leg muscles and keep warm. A commentator doubts Ameri ca will ever have a dictatorship, but if such comes to pass "it will Just be," through no plan. This sounds a lot like "Topsy" of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The nation might peep Into, the fence comer of its democracy, and find a strange and flourish ing new weed, Gentlemen who know report "the 40-hour week won't win the war." There is no chance If a battle lasts overtime, to picket the General's tent and have Madame Perkins certify the dispute to the mediation board. Hnrr Hitler has snubbed both B. Mussolini of Italy and P. Laval of France. Even In the worst of men there is some good. "I put out some crumbs for the birds and they came flying as fast as their legs would carry them." (Extract from a letter from a little boy who does a bit of nature faking by accident), e e e REASSURING TOKYOI "So, with apologies to Mr. Curtln for venturing to amend his words, we wish to make It clear to the honorable Japanese high command that we are un der no positive obligation, either to Hitler or to our Allies or to ourselves, to beat Germany first. We are quite ready to take ad vantage. In the Pacific, of any good opening that may present itself. We would like to beat Germany first, but if at any moment It became preferable to beat Japan first, there would certainly be no objection from Americans, either In or out of the armed forces. So w hop the Jspancse won't be too much hurt at being relegated to sec ond place on our list. They can always be promoted on short notice." (Chicago Daily News). . P Mai) TTUrun Waal Ma, . Are Russian WE CONFESS TO a considerable scepticism where Russian war reports are concerned. And the record to date will sustain this scepticism. A year ago, for example, were very similar to those defeats were beine inflicted on the Germans, huge slices of territory were being recaptured, the Germans were ill-clad, ill-fed and generally demoralized, with huge Muscovite pincers soon to close on hundreds of thousands of the poor devils! But when the winter campaign was over, the net gains for Stalin were not only slight but in a short time the Germans had closed them out and advanced to the Volga, pretty thoroughly nullifying any ad vantages the winter campaign had obtained. . SO we have been taking the Soviet reports of this 1942 offensive with several grains of salt, and un til the past few days have had no doubts of the wis dom of such caution. But now we have "dou'ts" in the other direction. For Henry Shapiro, the U. P.'s crack war corre spondent in Russia where he has been ever since the war started has come safely out of that country and is writing copyright dispatches giving the low down regarding Russia. There can be no doubt therefore of the truth and accuracy of these reports. Shapiro is a trained re porter, reliable and experienced, he can't have been infected with the Kremlin propaganda bureaus virus. The truth of what he writes now can't be questioned. And Shapiro in effect confirms all the Russian claims as to their second winter offensive. To date, Shapiro declares, the Red army HAS accomplished more in a few weeks than they accom plished last year in the same number of months. Russian morale is extremely high. The Russian gen eral staff is confident the Germans this winter will suffer a crushing defeat and may even be driven out of Russia entirely. The Rumanian army has been practically deci mated, and for all practical purposes Rumania is now out of the war. Shapiro talked with hundreds of Rumanian prisoners and universally they hated the Germans, their own ruler Antonescue, and only wanted a chance to return to their homes. WTE grant all this SOUNDS like more Russian pro paganda. But coming from Shapiro writing OUTSIDE Russia, it can't be. It must be true there can be no doubt of it So perhaps the Soviet propaganda bureau has turned over a new leaf for this winter's offensive, and is giving out facts instead of fiction. THIS much at least seems certain. The Russians have really hit their offensive stride this time, have dealt Hitler a succession of terrific blows, and with five or six months to go in this second winter campaign, may well deliver a punch to the somewhat rusty Nazi war machine from which with similar allied blows in the west, the Third Reich may never recover I It is altogether most cheery news. And coming from an American reporter who has been an eye witness on the ground there can be no doubt of the truth of it Still "What Next? Still that question hasn't been answered to wit: "What will HlUer do next!" Has he really shot his bolt and is he doomed to fight hopelessly on the defensive until he meets the inevitable "coup-de-grace?" Mebbe so but we doubt it At any rate it would be foolish to bank on it True or false, now is the time to put on more heat not less. . 1MEANTIME it might be well once more to keep an eye on Spain. There was an Axis meeting in Germany yesterday. Mussolini couldn't make it but Ciano was there to represent Italy and Laval to represent Vichy France. No intimation as yet as to what transpired, but no doubt of this: Messrs. Hitler, Ciana and Laval did NOT talk over the Rose Bowl game or the chances of the Brooklyn Dodgers for next season ! No. An Axis meeting in Germany has never yet failed to be followed by something startling in the Axis war game, this time may be the exception but again our advice would be not to be too sure of it Moreover simultaneously with this meeting in Germany, Spain and Portugal got together and issued anotherTieutrality pact Again Franco followed this suspiciously specific pronouncement with a radio blast, expressing his devotion to totalitarianism and uncompromising detestation of communism. May be just another cry of "wolf" Heaven knows, since this war started there have been plenty of them from the Iberian peninsula. But then again may be NOT. At any rate a e e e e 'THIS much seems certain. 1 If Hitler is ever going to strike back at his en circling enemies, the time has come to do it or for ever hold his peace. If within the next week or ten days nothing start ling happens from the Axis direction it will be pretty convincing evidence that Mussolini had a REASON for not accepting Der Reichsfeuhrer's invitation to bis army headquarters. For instead of a conference to determine where to strike next it then must certainly have been a confer ence to determine how best to save SOMETHING from the inevitable Axis collapse. And Mussolini wouldn't like a party like that II ,l)uc$ can dish it out, but he certainly canJAKE it X Reports True? the Russian war reports issued now tremendous if Personal Health Service By William aimed letus.. pertaining te aereanal aealth an kyfteaa. aet la IImn dlssnaele or treatment, mil ke anewercd fcr Dr. Brady If a stampe aelf. addreeaed envelope u encloeee. Letter, eheuld be krlef and written la ink. Owing la the tars nnmber let tore received enlj a few can ke sarwered ken. No reply ran be made I oerlee not eWorMng to loetraetlens. Addrees Dr. William Brady. te El Camine, Beverly Hill. Calif. USE AND ABUS The practical reason for the common use of boric acid solu tion (in the strength of a heap- 1 n g teaspoon- fill of boric acid scales or powder In the pint of boiled water) as eye drops or eye wash, as ex p 1 a I n ed yes terday, is NOT that boric acid solution can destroy disease germs it is Dr. Brady only a feeble antiseptic (tending to retard mul tiplication of germs) and at that It can have little antiseptic ac tion In the brief moment it Is In contact with germs which hap pen to be on the surface, none at all on the germs which have already Invaded the tissues and are causing the inflammation or disease, since these germs are beyond the reach of any such antiseptic or germicide. The reason physicians use and pre scribe boric acid solution for eye drops or eye wash Is because it is a non-irritating, isotonic clean er and has the advantage over physiological or so-called "nor mal" salt solution (heaping tea spoonful of common table salt to the pint of BOILED water) of being tasteless. Isotonic means that the solu tion has about the same strength as the tears have every one knows tears are salty. Tears are non irritating to the eyes, and so is "normal" salt solution and boric acid so'ution; whereas pure water smarts and irritates the eyes and so does strong salt water. One of the best medical text books. May's Manual of the Dis eases of the Eye (Wood, '41) says: "Patients often find It refresh ing and useful to wash out the conjunctive sac" (inside or un der the Ids) "upon arising or when retiring, or after exposure to wind or dust . . . for prepar ing the eye-wash at home take a moderately heaped teaspoon ful each of bicarbonate of soda, borax and table salt, dissolve these In one quart of boiled wat er, add a teaspoonful of glycerin and filter." This solution, freshly pre pared as needed, is preferable to eye-drops or eye-washes often used by Ill-advised persons, be cause such eye-washes are like ly to contain adrenalin or local anesthetics or astringents which may have injurious effects after (ConUnued from Page One) west, but he hints that If a vol untary basis does not work it may be necessary to draft this labor and ship It where most needed. It is with this latter program that trouble can be ex pected, e ONE year hence the United States is expected to have a military force of between 0, 000,000 and 10,000,000 In the various branches. Most of these men are supposed to be sent overseas (there is In excess of 1,000,000 abroad now.) It Is asserted by typewriter experts, congressmen, etc., that It will be Impossible to send SO per cent of these soldiers and sail ors to the eight or more theaters of war. Movement of troops Is limited to transportation ac commodations, and as most of the destinations are many thousands of miles from the Pa cific or Atlantic coast more ac commodations will be required than If an expedition were sent direct to Europe. The current shipping program will not pro vide enough tonnage to move the men and equipment. On this mathematical base, congressmen are proposing that the brass hats get down to earth and tell how many troops can be used. It is one thing to build up an immense army and another to move that army to the four winds of the earth. At this moment the higher-ups are proceeding on the plan for some 10,000,000 men and are order ing supplies for that number, (mm shoestrings and neckties to rifles Argue congressmen, 5, 000,000 men are not required for defense of oar shores, and there would be that number, at least, left over If another 8.000, 000 could be used on foreign battlefields. Getting down to brass tacks, congressmen suggest keeping the Brady. M. D. B OF EYE WASH prolonged use. Boric acid or borax, there Is little difference between them, when used In this way. . In my opinion if you have been exposed to wind and dust and feel the need of some eye wash a gentle application of a solution of heaping teaspoonful of common table salt in a pint of BOILED water agreeably warm will accomplish everything that boric acid solution or the eye wash above described can ac complish. ' I do not advise the habitual use of any sort of eye drops or eye wash. QUESTIONS e A.HSWIB lodlem For twe nam bar been Iodine aa you advised and altbo X am 10 tbe few sraf hairs I had at the temples bar turned to the original color. But for the pert few months X hare taken two dro; s of Iodine every day, and for three wake hare had red lump and email pinhead blisters which enlarge until they are aa inch In diameter. (Mrs. R. A.) Answer The rash may possibly be due to lodutm too much Iodine. I never advised two drops of Iodine a day. Better stop It altogether for a month or two, then. If you wish, re- ume taking Just one drop of the mild tincture of Iodine In a glaas of water every day In each third month of the year that la, If you take It. y. In January, you win take none In February or March, but resume It In April, etc. Readers whose hair Is beginning to turn gray aend stamped self-addreaaed envelope for pemphlet 'Care of Hair and Control of Dand ruff. Sometimes an Iodine rial on long standing permits evaporation of alcohol and this makes the strength of iodine (renter, so that each drop contains mora Iodine that It contain ed when freshly pre na red. Comfort You are naive In regard to school- gins going with bare legs. They do not go without stockings for comfort. of course. No kid's legs era comfort able when they are blue from tbe cold and covered with goose pimples. It Is Just Imitation, follow the leader, at tract attention, shock people, show- off, contrariness, exhibition Um. I am astonished that you could he taken In by such foolishness. (Mrs. P. . M.) Answer I etui believe It la a ques tion tbe Individual fman, woman or ehUd) should settle for hlmaelf. If be or she prefers to go without stock ings, shoes, hat or any other Item of clothing, blue, goose pimples or not. It Is hygienic to do so, regardlees of eeaaon or weather. I grant that psy chologically you know what you're talking about. Ma'am. But I'm advis ing about health and hygiene. (Copyright 1M3, John P. DM Co.) Kd. Note: persons wishing te eommnnlrate with Dr. Bndy should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D. tSS Ed Caeilno, Beverly Hills, Calif. armed forces within reason all the men that can .be used, but no surplus, and thereby con serve many food articles that are now rationed (and others to be rationed in 1943.) One of the reasons for shortages Is the practice of army and . navy In Duying warehouses full of com modities; and they can buy with out regard to price ceilings of UFA the ceilings not applying to armed forces or lend-lease. . COMES no complaint from here and them In th nnrlhwMt that the rubber salvage drive aia not worn out as expected. Thousands of tires which looked pretty good and were suooosed to be worth several dollars brought the motorist less than one dollar. The complaint comes chiefly from remote sec tions where farmers had to drive to the railroad possibly 10. 20 or SO milea inv nnr! deliver tires to the express com pany, wnicn was tne official re ceiver of all old tires. The farmers could, otherwriaai.. hiva shipped the Urea by parcel poet irom meir own man dox at tne side of the road without under taking such a long and bootless trip. The regulations, devised in the national capital, did not take Into account the distances In the far west an oft repeated tale and the consequent wear on rubber retained by the farmer for use In carrying on his own operations. Communications Pacific Coast Appointments To the editor Under date of September 28. I called to your attention the fact that on the Supreme Court of the United States and In the pol icy making positions of the ex ecutive department . of the fed eral government, the great area of the country west of the Mis sissippi river was practically without representation. This lack of balance, of course, Is violative of the very funda mental principles of represent ative government. I am now gratified to be able to advise you that In response to a very constructive presenta tion of the r.flftter by Congress man Clarence F. Lea, on behalf of the California delegation In the house of representatives, President Roosevelt has recog nized the situation In the follow ing language: "I received your letter of November twelfth and read It with a great deal of Interest "The existing situation should, I frankly admit, be rec tified. "I have had this matter very seriously In mind and will cer tainly be Influenced by it In future appointments." In view of the clearly ex pressed attitude of the chief ex ecutive, I feel confident the ex isting regrettable situation can be remedied gradually if west ern communities and representa tives are sufficiently alert as va cancies arise or new positions are created. No fair-minded person will question the fact that a number of blunders in policy and admin istration would have been avoid ed had we. had a balanced rep resentation during the last two years. . May I suggest that In the In terest of national unity and un derstanding, which are so nec essary at this time, you main tain a continuing Interest In this matter. ' John Francis Neylan, Crocker Bldg., San Francisco. Dec. 21, How to Help Our Fighting Boys To the editor How often these dava have we heard it said "Oh. yes. I am buying bonds, worklna- at the U. S. O.; I am helping out at the Red Cross, etc., but oh how I wish I could do more, some thing more personal for all those grand boys in the Service!" Well, friends, I can tell you how you Can do SOmethine mnr nunnnnl and you can do it right here at home 'at our own Cimn Whit and Airport, something that wUl mane a lot or Doys not only hap py ana grateful, but downright comfortable and rprtalnlv hlr them through a long, hard, day your own boy or our nelsh. bor's boy may not be nmnnv them because if he's in the serv ice, he's perhaps in some other distant camp or foreign land wishing for a little of this comfort, but your boy and the other millions of boys surely are being cared for by other big hearted. Datrlotic souls living In these other communities. In comrjanv with Mr T a Laux. field director nf tho lm..! lean Red Cross for Southern Ore gon, l nad the good fortune tn personally inspect a few of the 100 recreational play and loung ing rOOmS built for tha enMUr. at Camp White. These rooms are usro oy tne Doys during the day and evenings while enoying those precious few hours when tneyre not on duty working, sweatina and training M.n these rooms are, of course, al most bare of furniture save for a bench or two. Now the boys, themselves, are nnf i.vina . charity or any of the comforts uiose nomes they so willingly left not by a long shot they re alize they are in a WAR, but iranKiy, mends, these rooms couia De better furnished and certainly made able and useful. Cash donations alone won't do it because you simply cannot buy In this limited lrwalltw n ,. essential furniture needed fnr these rooms. Our local stores Just don't have in otu-v n t.. - v.. m,v things needed so what few rooms nave already been furnished have been marl u.. tWCKW! nieces of rtirnihir Hm.11 i homes in this and adjacent com munities i ne duik of the homes in the Roaua River' Volt., k.... some niece of fnmittm u. ing used and which can be of unioia use In these rooms. The tyne of furniture. and difficult to obtain are pieces eucn as raoios, aavenports.floor and table lamps, smoking stands, ping pong tables, card tables, all types of Indoor games. Gordon R. Green, Mcdford. Dec 14. raoeffif tuna for Classified ads k m. Too late to Ciaaalty ll:tO A May your Christmas season be a Joy one, and the spirit of "Peace oa Earth. Good Will Toward Man" soon be come world-wide, with triumph for our just cause. CONGER FUNERAL HOME Phone 8147 Tit W. Mala tt AVIATORS PRAISE Men Work In Mud and Dust to Keep 'Em Flying on Guadalcanal Says Pilot. By 2d M. Herbert L. Merillai Marine Corps Public Relations Officer (Distributed by the United Press) Guadalcanal, Nov. 18 (De layed) (U.R) Marine corps ground crews on Henderson field, working In mud and dust. under shelllngs and bombings. to keep the planes flying, have made possible the brilliant suc cesses of our aviators here. Their tools are few, and some primitive. They have no elab orate machine shops or weather proof buildings. They have little rest. Many of the uttered planes which they put back Into the air would discourage less deter mined repair gangs. Throw Book Away "The book" on proper organi zation and methods for maintain ing planes has long since been discarded. The men have Impro vised repairs, patches, stop-gaps that would make the book writ ers groan. They've worked miracles of repair which have spelled success for the others who defend this American toehold in the Solo mons. "We salvage everything but the bullet holes," said 2d Lieut. George Cole, 41, San Diego, Cal., who since mid-October has been In charge of heavy repair work on Henderson field. "Take, for example. Number 117," he said. "She needs an en gine change, both elevators, both stabilizers, the right auxiliary gas tank, the right and center section flaps, the right aileron, windshield, rudder, both wheels. and brake assembly will have to be replaced by parts from other ships. 'Then after some quick figur ing she'll be In the air in six days. What we used to do In six months we do here In six days. Mere a motor Is changed In two and a half to three hours. Back home we considered three days a fast change. Hard Work Does It "Experience went all to hell In favor of hard work. We have taken kids who don't know any- tning atout the work and after a little while they can nroduce. ceiore we uiought they bad to nave long training. "What makes it so enjoyable iwnai a word to describe work under such conditions) is the willingness of everyone to chip in and work in the midst of shells, bombs and everything eise. - New York, Dee. 22 U.B In une wun a demand from ODT Director Joseph Eastman for less unessential travel In 1943, the Brooklyn Dodgers today became the first-MaJor League ball club to formulate nlana fnv nHM training close to home. xJrooKlyn President Branch Rickey announced yesterday that the club, "after full consid eration of present conditions," had given up plans to train tn Florida In the snrine. Th rwl. era were to have trained at West faun Beach, Fla. The cancella tion also affected their Montreal farm club of the International League which was to have condi tioned at Lake Worth, Fla. Our . 7 T 1 Sincere Wish Flight 'o Time Medford ! Jeefcsoa Cmuty aietary (ram tne Mee nf the Mall Trtkaae IS and te yean aa. TEN YEARS AGO TODAT December 22, 1932 at Was Friday) Senate postpones vote ea re turn of beer bill. Postoffice to be open all day Saturday for Yule mailing. France launches direct nego tiations for war debt payments. Occasional rains. High 81, low 34 degrees. Central Oregon is hit by blizzard. Community Christmas Tree to be held at Armory. Sheriff recount race check up delayed by trip of sheriff-elect to California. First snow of season falls in city, but melts fast. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 22. 1822 at Was Thursday) Return of Fatty Arbuckle, film comedian to movies an nounced, after discrediting. Loan by America to Germany to pay war debts held unlikely. Germans told they realize their obligations, and deflate notions of own importance. State militia disrjatched to quell Klau uprising In Louisiana. Man found under Jackson street bridge suffering from self inflicted wounds. Carl Y. Tengwald named new leader of Legion. Phoenix Christmas tree to ba held tomorrow. Permits issued to build many new structures here, Rain predicted. No change In temperatures. rooseItTaces E Washington, Dec. 22. (U.R) President Roosevelt looked for ward today to a lot of hard work during the holiday sea son. Like millions of his country men, Mr. Roosevelt and his wife will observe the tradition of Christmas. But like many oth ers, he will spend most of the holidays hard at work and, be cause they are with the armed forces, will not have his sons with htm. The president was expected to devote much time preparing the budget for the next fiscal year a budget that may ap proach an all-time record of 8100,000,000,000. He also will work on his state of the union message which he probably will deliver In person to the new congress on January 7. Hey Kiddies! GET SET FOR THE BIG ANNUAL FREE KIDDIES XMAS MATINEE Friday Morning at 9:33 a. m. al the MATERIA.! THEATRE Sponsored By The GEORGE A. HUNT THEATRES, ING. And The BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
