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TO THE SOLDIERS IN THE
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THE SEAS, PARTICULARLY
THOSE IN COMBAT ZONES.
WHOSE COMRADES IN THE
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FRONTS PERFORMING WITH
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TASKS OF WAR. TO EVERY
BODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A SPEEDY RETURN TO
THE WAYS OF PEACE AMD
ITS BLESSINGS.
Letters To Santa Claus
Dear Santy:
I am nearly four yean and a
very good boy, like my Daddy
ay he used to be. Please put
me In the Navy with my Uncle
inq i t -' - y ...... 'j
Bob. I already have the unl-
form.
Jay Tannehlll Walker.
Mr. S. Claus, Dear Sir;
When you come Frl. pleaae
don't look so much like Grand
paw Bert or Jerry Jerome as
you did last year.
Your friend,
Gregg Orr.
Sin
Last year you brought me
some Chinese sacred Illy bulbs.
They did not bloom. Try and
do better this time or bring an
African violet.
Minnie Older Girl.
...
Dear Santa Claus:
The Medford CofC thanks you
for the bountiful supply of com
mittees you sent us. They all,
worked like horses and some
like mules.
F. Hull, Sec'y.
P.S. The box under the rear
seat of your sleigh is full of
pears for you and Mrs. Claus.
...
Hon. S. Claus:
Turn off the rain and send us
all the hired men on hand. It's
so muddy we can't get to town
If we had gasoline. We are
wearing out our rubber boots
faster than our tires.
Jackson Co. Farmer.
...
Old Friend:
It has been a long time since
I asked you for anything. But
us grocers have lots of govern
ment reports to make out and
would appreciate a mathemati
cal genius like Prof. Einstein to
help us out He can tell how
much the moon weighs but we
don't know how many prunes
our customers ate last year.
Peoria Bill Gates.
...
Dear Santa Claus:
We are three good boys. We
are too busy taking piano les
sons to write you. Whatever
you leave will be all right as
long aa It la not more music
lessons.
Your friends,
Billy Hess,
Billy Perl,
Joe Flicgel, Jr,
.
Hon. St. Nick:
There la nothing we really
need, but the Main Stem could
stand a new set of street lights.
Mr. & Mrs. Martin K. Medford.
...
Dear Tanty Taws:
I am too young to know much
about you. I will be In next
Christmas and 1 want an elec
tric train for Grandpaw and
Daddy to play with them.
Chuck Clay I1L
...
Messrs. Hitler, Hlrohlto &
Mussolini:
You have been very bad boys
and spoiled two Yuletides for
millions of folks. Nevertheless,
you have something coming that
will b delivered sooner than
generally exoected.
Kris Kringle (North Pole).
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The War and Christmas
After three years of war it would be rather too
trite to moralize on the shocking: incongruity of
Christmas and this murderous and ghastly conflict
"Peace on earth, good will to men," and this
mechanized, organized murder I
Yet there is a moral factor involved which is more
noticeable this Christmas, perhaps, than at any time
since the war started.
And that is .this: that when all is said and done
Christmas, and the spiritual principles and aspira
tions it symbolizes, does represent more accurately
and comprehensively perhaps than anything else just
what the United Nations are fighting for.
"Peace on earth, good will to men 1"
Not one of the allied nations wanted this war all
of them tried desperately to avoid it And all did
want, and now want, to restore peace, to restore good
will, and make this world again a decent happy
HUMAN place in which to live.
THE entire spirit and psychology of the Axis idealo-
ogy on the other hand, is a complete and callus
denial of the Christmas spirit of peace, of good will,
of honor, honesty and human dignity.
So while it IS incongruous entirely inconsistent
form one standpoint for a Christian nation to cele
brate this Christmas or any other by killing as
many citizens of another nation as possible, from an
other standpoint there is a
for just such a non-Christian employment
For as a practical and obvious fact unless the
pagan ENEMIES of this and other Christian countries
are crushed, COMPLETELY PUT DOWN the
fundamental principles of Christianity will perish.
The FORM of tJie Christmas festival may survive for
a few years but the Christmas SPIRIT will be dead,
and remain dead, just as long as the powers of dark
ness prevail I ,
"Stop, Look and Listen "
Over a year ago in this department we warned the
big shots of Organized Labor to steer clear of the
"Public Be Damned" policy.
It was declared at that time, that while the going
was very soft at the moment, there was a limit be
yond which it would not be advisable to go.
And the time would soon come, we feared, if it had
not already arrived, when the better part of labor
wisdom would be to take bearings, "Stop, look &
listen" and be a trifle backward about going forward,
as far as demanding more advantages and privileges
for labor were concerned.
"IX7E still believe that was true.
"As further evidence we would present the fol
lowing recommendations for the new labor program,
which will be submitted at the national congress to
convene, January 3rd: ,
1. Suspension- of the hour provision of the wage-hour
law. Overtime payment for more than 40 hours when
greed upon In collective bargaining negotiations, but to be
paid In war bonds.
2. Creation by statute of a new war labor board with
limited authority and a congressional injunction against
assumption of any power not conferred by law. The present
board was created by executive order. Members of the
new board to be representatives of the American Federation
of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Manufacturers
Association, and representatives of the general public to be
selected by the labor and employer members.
3. Outlawing in war Industries of the closed shop and
maintenance of membership clauses in employer-employ
contracts.
4. Revival of the "no strike" bill by Rep. Howard W.
Smith, D., Va., which passed the House by a substantial
margin shortly before the war but died in the Senate.
8. A renewed effort to make labor organizations subject
to prosecution for abuses under the 1933 anti-racketeering
law and under federal anti-trust laws.
6. Amendment of the corrupt practices act barring po
litical contributions by the unions. Corporations are pro
hibited from making such contributions.
. . . .
MOTHING so very drastic about that But it does
1 ' demonstrate, we believe, that the worm will soon
start to turn, if it has not already done so.
Such' a program certainly would not have been sug
gested a few years ago the tide was running then so
strongly the other way.
But today there is a growing popular feeling
even a resentment not against organized labor not
at all but against the idea of PRIVILEGED labor
of labor that like capital a couple of generations ago,
has let success go to its head, and is rapidly becoming
to believe this isn't a government of the people, by
the people, for the people, but a government of organ
ized labor, for organized labor and by organized
labor 1
THE people of this country believe in organized
labor. They believe labor has certain definite
rights and they should be assured.
But they DON'T believe never have and never
will believe in organized labor or organized capi
tal or any other organization regarding itself as a
privileged class and setting out to dominate the gov
ernment by dictating through pressure political
groups, what the people of this country must do
or else!
That is what the Big Business Titans tried to do
half a century ago and see how their pride preceded
their destruction.
ES
London, Dec. 24. (U.R) Pope
Plus denounced Godless authori
tarian government and "Marxist
socialism" today In a Christmas
mwage to the world,
lie condemned racial and na
certain moral justification
tional discrimination, deplored
the bombing of civilians, and
called for a new world In which
all men would have free choice
of government and rellalen.
"We are tied Impartially to
all people and are willing to
collaborate in any new order
which will bring a lust peace,
he said in a eo-mtnuw speech
Broadcast from Vatican City.
fter the mrjrnge he gave his
"Urbt and Orbi" blessing to the
world.
Personal Health Service
By William
aifnta ittm. penalalag U peraonal bealtk an kygMn. not to dlseas
eiaraods r treatment, alll a eamra ty p. Bntj tf a stamped self
sddrmil .nr. lop. U urloss. LMUrs sbouM be brief ani wrtttea la Ink.
Owing (a lb larg. a amber ef lettera received only a few caa fee mimi
km. Ne reply caa kt madt to aeries aot co-forming to tostraetlona,
Address Or. William Brady, tu CI Carom. Bawl mils, calif.
VITAMIN B-COMPLEZ
A tonic Is anything that re
stores tone, power to function
as in health.
Altho some physicians still
regard digital
Is as a heart
tonic there is
a tendency on
the part of
physicians to
day to restrict
use of digitalis
to a few spe
cial conditions
which occur in
perhaps 10 or
15 per cent of
all cases of
Dr. Brady heart disease.
Thus, one medical authority
says the Indications for digitalis
are two: One is heart failure
with congestion and the other is
a group of disorders of rhythm,
such as auricular fibrillation.
auricular flutter, and paroxys
mal tachycardia. If these are
alarming terms, never mind
what they mean say they are
irregularities of heart action.
Remember, now, I'm Just Ol
Doc Brady, no authority on any
thing, a plodding door-to-door
practitioner, and nothing to set
the world afire at that. It is my
notion that digitalis isn't worth
a hoot in any circumstance. 1
wouldn t take it on my own, no
matter what my condition might
be. I regard digitalis as an ab
surdity overrated medicine and
I think it would be no loss to
American medicine if it were
given back to the old' woman
of Shropshire who gave it to Dr.
Withering who in turn gave it
to the medical profession in
1779. The old woman told Dr.
Withering it was good for the
dropsy, and as a remedy for
dropsy Withering Introduced
digitalis to medical practice.
But If J take away your digi
talis I mean to leave you some
thing better in place of it. At
least I'll offer you something
I believe is better. ,
I refer to vitamin B-Complex.
In view of the fact that digi
talis was used as a remedy for
dropsy by the Inhabitants of
England for five centuries or
more before it was adopted bv
the physicians, and has been
used by physicians now for
nearly two centuries, I am not
naive enough to expect that my
notion about it will be taken
seriously by many physicians
or their patients.
(Continued from Pag One)
about 25 cents. And there are
innumerable tires that have no
serial numbers.
Fuel rationing, to apply na
tionally, is already breaking
down In the east. This applies
to oil. Government says change
from oil burners to coal, but
equipment to burn coal Is not
available. Dealers are so regu
lated that they cannot handle
the business and are not per
mitted to fill a tank. No de
livery can be made unless some
one is home to give out coupons
and cooperate with the driver In
filling out a form. The north
west can take warning from
what is developing in the east.
Residents of the northwest can
thank their stars that there Is
still wood although the price is
high, and the piles of wood
stacked along the curb in front
of homes, which easterners
sneered at, are something for
which they would now give
their eye-teeth.
WHAT Is imposed upon one
part of the country can be ap
plied to the rest of It. Today
there are only two excuses ac
cepted for selling a can of con
densed or evaporated milk in
New York city it Is for an In
fant or it is for the sick. In
cither case It is necessary to
present a physician's prescrip
tion to the grocer. How much
the doctor charges for his pre
scription is a professional sec
ret The V. S. government Is
now subsidizing the milk bust
ness In New York, which you
and you and you are paying the
subsidy to save the New York
consumer from paying a higher
price than the OPA celling.
Milk plants are having their
own particular troubles (tin
shortaxes, etc.) but it la calcul
ated that enough canned milk
will continue tot be available
unless there Is a "run." With
out suggestion from OPA.
grocery chains are allocating
i canned milk casa week to
r - v
!
Brady. M. D.
AND dR DIGITALIS
But there it is take It or
leave it. I believe the nearest
approach we have to such
remedy as a "heart tonic" is an
optimal dally ration of vitamin
B-complex and an adequate
daily intake of sunshine vitamin
D.
Of course I don't know any
thing about it, but I know this:
It can do no heart disease vic
tim any harm to boop his daily
Intake of B-complex and D up
at least twice the amount or
dinarily required for good nu
trition. QUESTIONS AND ANSWEBS
Medical Latin
Wnen ttMT twted my ajes for
glasM they uud the terms O. D.
and O. a. to Indicate tha strengtfi
of mr TM KlDdly UU m. wbat
Umm terms mean. ( Airarome.)
Answer Ooulus dexter, right y.
Oeulus UnliWr, left eye. You
Private, we doctor nan to keep peo
ple tram tblnklng they know u much
aa we dov
Grapefruit
Is grapefruit likely to cause super'
addltyt Tour teacblngs and adrlee
hare been Instrumental In keeping
our family In excellent health for
many years. (Mrs. r. O. w.)
Answer No, grapefruit. Ilka the
other citrus fruits end Indeed nearly
ill "add" fruits, tends to rnerease
the alkalinity of the blood and tissues
and decrees acidity of the urine.
Never give the question of acidity or
alkalinity a thought when selecting
food unless the diet Is restricted by
freak obsessions or prejudices, the
add-aah Items generally balance the
alkall-ash Items better than th bai
ano can b effected by choosing or
excluding this or that In your diet.
Whet! Sympathy
I wish to thank you for th really
fin. and enlightening work you are
dolus Tour ability, honesty ana
sympathy sr. evident. (L. T.)
Answer I must b slipping. Borne
other Trader observes that I have
mellowed lately. Mayb It's the cli
mate.
Esrarole
What food value has escarolet
(Miss K. K. A.)
Answers-It Is also celled sndlves.
French endives and chicory greens.
It Is onf of the richest sources of
carotene pro-vitamin A) which Is
th vegetable form of th substance
th animal body convert into vita
mln A. Iscarol Is also a good source
of vitamin O, calcium and Iron. Be
sides, It Is appetizing as a salad.
(Copyright 1843. John F. DUIe Co.)
Ed. Note: reraone wlihlni to
communicate with Dr. Brtdy
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D. tS Ed,
Camino. Beverly Hills. Calif.
each unit and limiting sales to
one can. Next look for an
order prohibiting the manufac
ture of cottage and cream
cheese. Ice cream, which OPA
stated last month would not be
rationed, has reached the point
where stores are not selling it
for off-the-premises consump
tion. There are exceptions, of
course. Suggestion has been
made to the quartermaster de
partment that army cooks use
dried milk to save the fluid, but
no action has been taken. In
such a rich dairy country as
west of the Cascades this re
duction In Ice cream, cottage
cheese and cream cheese no
longer sounds fantastic. Ration
ing constantly grows tighter.
SNOWBALL-llke. the wroth
of the neonle crow. Amnnfl
the certainties is that the new
congress will have something to
say about rationing and ques
tionnaires. There is an much
criticism that ready credence
was given earliest reports of the
resignation of Leon Henderson.
Reduced to its simplest terms,
no one objects to being rationed
If that will aid in winning the
war. . The upsurge of anger is
due to the innumerable foolish
and unnecessary questions
which, instead of assisting a
person to be rationed, makes it
almost impossible to obtain the
rationed commodity. The aver
age American is patriotic, but
the makers of these question
naires treat them as though
they were saboteurs.
Communications
SERGEANT PROTESTS LAND
LORD MEETING
To the editor
Regarding the meeting to peti
tion congress for relief from un
fair rent control, please let me
remind you. In all fairness, that
we renters stationed at Camp
White and living in Medford
are all on fixed monthly or an
nual salaries.
So much money will go Just
so far; if we spend more money
for rent, we will have to spend
less on groceries, clothing, war
bonds, entertainment, medical
attention and your own Com
munity Chest.
It was this writer's fortune to
spend some months In Medford
during the middle thirties. You
were petitioning congress then,
too. Only it was for a different
sort of relief. WPA, remember.
Many of we army people have
Influential friends and relatives
in tha high place of tha govern
ment; many of us will pass on
to bigger and mora influential
positions in the war department
and In public affairs as the war
progresses and victorious
peace again blesses our land.
We are fighting against ag
gression over seas, and finding
aggression in our daily dealings
with the mercenary Medford
merchants and landlords.
We at Camp White are about
to band together for the purpose
of obtaining a little rent relief
ourselves. We'll seek to have
rents pegged at 1938-1940 levels.
In closing, don't you think it
was unsportsmanlike and most
un-American to bar soldiers
from attendance at your meet
ing last night? After all, we
were. American citizens when
we Joined the army and we pre
sume ourselves to still retain
full rights of citizenship, such
as sitting in on public meetings,
held in public places. In which
we are directly concerned.
SGT. DON WALLACE.
Camp White, Ore., Dec 19.
Ed. note: The meeting referred
to was a private one arranged
by Mr. Geo. Iverson who states
neither soldiers nor anyone else
were barred.
Rent Preese Lamented
To the editor One of the sad
things that la developing from
the Rent Control is that the
landlords are prevented from
treating the army officers with
their wives as we would like
to treat them and as they de
serve. On March 1st the homes were
largely rented to civilians who
had their own living equipment
such as bedding, dishes, silver
ware, cooking utensils, etc.
Today the officers' wives are
arriving with only a grip or two
with personal clothing, only to
be with their husbands for a
very few weeks or months at
most, then to return alone to
where they came from. They
are willing and able to pay, and
landlords want to treat them
royally, going all the way to
make their stay as pleasant as
possible.
But "no", everything Is frozen
as of March 1st the loss on that
sort of equipment is terrific and
must be paid for.
Every other business is al
lowed to operate as it sees fit,
(only price control and lack of
goods preventing) why should
not the rental business be al
lowed to operate as freely.
Resp.,
GEO. IVERSON, .
Medford, Dec. 24.
1ST
Chicago, Dec. 24 (U.R) Mrs.
Iola Taylor Warren, whose in
curable malady turned her legs
to stone 16 years ago, found hap
piness today in marriage.
She rose from her wheel chair
and leaned against her groom,
Theron V. Warren, 42, shipyard
worker, to take the marriage
vows last night in the little
neighborhood Baptist church
where Warren is the organist
and where they first met a
month ago. ,
The dark-haired, 39-year-old
bride, who is a seamstress, wore
a white taffeta dress she made
herself. Tears filled her eyes,
but they were happy tears. Her
friends knew the lonely years
she had spent since 192S when
she was seized with the strange
affliction, myositis ossificans.
The disease caused the muscles
of her legs to harden and the
Joints to take on stonelike char
acteristics. She spent 11 years
in hospitals and physicians suc
ceeded in stopping the spread of
the malady.
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LONG, LONG LETTEI FROM HOME This soldier Is all wrap,
ped op n hi mail while he reads a It-foot letter from bis forma
eo-w:rkr la aa electric company ia Schenectady, N. T. H la Private
Kenneth Mlchoa, of Troy. N. Y, new assigned to Headquarters, Fount
Service CommiTrrl In Atlanta. Ga. Cheerful letters from home are
regarded as the At Ming aya's best tonic Bare loa julUa too
goldjerJL'
NEED OF WIVES
IN WM EFFORT
Communal Plan Endorsed
by Woman's Bureau Chief
Staggered Hours Asked
Washington (U.R) To con
serve the time and energy of
married women in war industry
and to preserve the family cus
tom of eating at home. Miss
Mary Anderson, chief as wo
men's bureau of the department
of labor, has endorsed communal
kitchens.
Miss Anderson said they were
necessary in areas where wo
men are steadily being taKen out
of their kitchens to factory as
sembly lines, and whero it is im
possible to get servants to help
with the meals, housework and
laundry.
She suggests communal kitch
ens be set up near the home or
plant where women can obtain
cooked food to bring home for
their families in the evening.
Give Other Ideas
As other courses she suggest
ed the following ideas to em
ployers and women employes
in war industry:
Staggered hours in the middle
of the day or hours off for wo
men to do their shopping.
Placement of written grocery
orders at the factory.
Special laundry facilities at
the factory to make this service
available at low cost.
"Altogether, the employed
wife carried a heavy burden In
her double Job of tending ma
chine and caring for a family,
said Miss Anderson, "and every
thing possible should be done to
lighten her load, or her health
will be seriously affected.
Sees Rise la Absenteeism
Miss Anderson said too many
women war workers are now
doing their marketing after
hours, do their own laundry and
housecleaning usually on their
day off and the majority have
children to which they wish to
give attention. Absenteeism is
bound to rise in war industry if
an increasing number of women
are bound both to factory and to
home.
Britain has had to meet the
same problem, Miss Anderson
said, nd has partially solved it
already. Communal kitchens are
established in many parts- of
England to relieve housewives of
the preparation of meals in the
home. Low - cost restaurants,
which sell food at cost, are be
coming increasingly popular be
cause they assure the economi
cal use of food, cooking facilities
and equipment
Investigation into the records
of the food administration of the
last war reveal that the com
munal Kitchen idea was
thoroughly explored at that
time, but little was done to pro
ject it into industry. Many na
tional leaders. Including Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, believe
communal kitcnena soon will be
come necessary If thousands of
women go into war Industry.
DAVID ECCLES QUITS
WAR INDUSTRY BOARD
Salem, Ore., Dee. 24 (U.R)
David C. Eccles, who represents
Oregon as the governor's assist
ant on the northwest war indus
tries board, today tendered his
resignation to be effective Dec.
29, Governor Charles Sprague
announced.
Eccles asked to be released to
enter private employment, the
governor said.
Flight 'o Time
Medford aat Jacks Ceaatj
letory (rem toe files eg tbs Mall
Tribe I sad t rears sg.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 14. 1931
at was Tuesday)
Better times seen for farmers
of nation coming year.
Federal sales taxes Issue bobs
up again.
Cool and cloudy. High 42. low
39 degrees.
Bernard Baruch seen as man
behind throne in administration
ol President-elect Roosevelt.
New county officials ready to a
take office next week. Hubbub
at courthouse in office.
Series of wrecks mark Tula
observances In this area.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 24, 1S22
at was Sunday)
Edward Kelly returns from
the University of Oregon to
spend Christmas at home.
Central Point Odd Fallows at
hold old-time dance.
Wlmer stockmen shin cattle tn
California for winter feeding.
Gold Hill Ladles Aid ancierv
takes on new life.
The Rev. D. E. Millard to re-
tire from the ministry tempo- 9
rarlly.
Ashland adopts new milk or
dinance.
Rain. High 38, low 33 degrees.
Head of steel trust Is opposed
to a 12-hour day.
Employers, Soldiers
Most Initiate Move
For Army Dicharge
Portland (Spl.) Employers
and soldiers themselves must
initiate action to obtain honor
able discharges from the army
of over-38 soldiers to return to
essential Jobs in war industries, y
the office of war Information re
ported today.
The army regulation specifies
that "certain enlisted men now
in the army who by reason of
age (38 years and over), are un
able to satisfactorily perform
military .service but who are
qualified to assist the national
war effort, may be honorably
discharged in accordance with
the following provisions:
"A. The soldier has voluntar
ily requested discharge in writ
ing to his immediate command
ing officer.
"B. The soldier Is handicap
ped by advanced age, 38 years
and over to such an extent that
his usefulness to the army Is
secondary to that of industry.
"C. The soldier hat presented
satisfactory evidence that ha fi
will be employed in an essential
war industry, including agricul
ture, if he ia discharged from
the army.
Each application for discharge
under the above conditions will
be considered on its individual
merits and no soldier will be
discharged unless a suitable
trained replacement is present
and available."
San Francisco, Dec. 24 (U.R) fa
Approximately 20,000 German
aliens on the Pacific Coast, re
stricted to their homes from 8
p. m. to 6 a. m., since last March,
may celebrate Christmas eve In
public tonight with American
citizens.
Lt. Gen. John L. DeWltt, head
of the Western Defense Com
mand, lifted the alien curfew
proclamation and abolished more
than 1,000 zones designated aa
prohibited to enemy aliens.
'The need for the curfew no
longer exists since other secur
ity measures have now been pro
vided," DeWltt said. "Among
these measures is the Individual
exclusions procedure under
which persons who have been
found, after hearing,' to be dan
geroua or potentially dangerous sfg,
to the military security of th V
west coast are excluded."
NEW CONGRESS LEANS
TOWARD SAVING SIDE
Washington, Dec. ,24. (UJ
House leaders have agreed on a
proposal to provide the new con
gress with a staff of experts who
wlU subject all 1043 approprta
tion requests to rigid scrutiny,
it was learned today.
Details of the plan. Intended
to bring the governmental bud
get under stricter Investigation
than ever before were disclosed
by an authoritative congression
al spokesman.
RUNAWAY MARRIAGE
New York, Dec. 24. (U P)
Sam Feldman, 85. and Mrs. Mal
ka Lavlnthal, 87, a widow, dis
appeared three days ago from
the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and CM
Hospital for the Aged. They
turned up yesterday married.