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People have started to wish
the precipitation would cease
with great precipitation.
Friends of Mr. Hoover, former
president, urge his appointment
aa "ration czar." The "friends"
forget millions are still mad at
Mr. Hoover for putting bran in
their bread during the last war.
"SOLDIER DECORATED
FOR BRAVERY RETURNING
HOME" (Pendleton East Ore
gonian headline) What's coura
geous about that?
In polite circles. It Is regarded
as "highly offensive" to Hitler
to call him "Mr. Schickelgru
ber." Impolite circles have a
name for him, Just as offensive,
and accurate besides.
The senator from Nevada calls
upon congress "to about face,"
and "assume the dignity and pre
rogatives that by law belong to
it." This will Involve great stif
fening of the knees and back
bones, and no more acting as one
rubber stamp.
"I'm ye ur man," said Margaret
Mary Smalley." - (Press dis
patch) So what?
The vegetable shortage coming
up will be terrible. It now looks
like there will be nothing to put
In the carrots and peas, but car
rots. FAIR ENOUQHI
(Newcastle (Eng.) News)
"In the case of theft of blan
kets, a bed-cover and an alarm
clock from a house In Hall
street, she was Jointly charged
with her daughter, who plead
ed not quilty."
The "world federation" plan,
as announced by Vice-President
Wallace, is an attempt to revive
the defunct, and when It was
trying to operate, pathetic
League of Nations. It would also
be "a return to the Ideals of
Wood row Wilson." The ideals
and their author were noble, but
they collided with human nature
and politics, and, besides, lacked
the strength to stand on Its own
foundation. If its ideals to return
to. Is what the world is looking
for, they have the Oolden Rule,
and the Ten Commandments.
Neither concerns politics or
money, and both are within the
mental grasp of all the peoples.
Farmers now report they need
portfolios, like lawyers tote, to
carry the half a mile of govern
mental questionnaires they have
to fill out. They fear they will
have to start plowing, before
they are through preaching
against the additional chores.
The capture of the "Terrible
Tommy" Touhy gang of escaped
felons by the FBI was a circus
affair, with searchlights, loud
speakers, cameras, etc. Practical
ly everything but a brass band
was on hand.
ALSO, THE LAST DITCH
"For the farmers are fighting
mad. Not all of them, it is true,
for In that 'out of the hat' draw
ing some got even more gasoline
than they had asked for. But
vhen an Indian woman from
Warm Springs Is given 14.000
miles for 'personal transport
tlon' while a wheat grower or
cherry orchardl.it was not allot
ted enough even for the most es-
rentlal use well, that's about
the last straw." (The Dalles
Chronicle.)
ORDER CAS RATE COT
San Francisco, Dec. 30 (U.FB
The California railroad com
mission today ordered the Paci
fic Gas and Electric company to
reduce natural gas rates by
Jl.328.700. The state-wide re
ductions will apply to 92 cities
and will be effective on meter
readings on and after February
IS, 1944.
How About the Weather?
Speaking of climate which is such a vital factor in '
war, and bo much a subject or conversation in south
ern Oregon at the moment
According to the following summary by the always
reliable National Geographical Society, normal
weather in Tunisia is almost identical with normal
weather here in the Rogue River Valley but in
Africa as over here that does not necessarily mean
the weather will be normal either in 1942 or 1943.
We quote:
"Tunisia, land of sun and sand to the average
reader of war news, has a soggy season of rain and
mud quite as characteristic as the clear, dry months.
In winter, the dusty roads become ribbons of mud
slowing the progress of man and beast alike. Current
interest in the weather is heightened by reports that
air and ground operations in the battle areas have
been checked by the mucky condition of the terrain.
Wedged between Algeria and the hot Libian des
ert, Tunisia is slightly larger than the State of Penn
sylvania, has more than 700 miles of coastline ex
posed to the Mediterranean. Like other lands that
face this sea, it has a true Mediterranean climate.
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"THE summers are hot, dry, and cloudless. Temper
1 atures in the interior soar to 120 degrees, but
coastal readings for the year average about 64. The
winters, because of the penetrating dampness, are
uncomfortably cold. Parching spring winds from the
Sahara, singeing vegetation and rolling great clouds
of dust in their path, streak across the country toward
the Mediterranean. Tunis wilts under the hot breath
of this wind, but it also shivers in the winter blasts
that sweep down from the snow-chilled heights of the
Atlas Mountains. Little snow falls locally, but the
railway line linking Algiers with Tunis was once
blocked for several days by a snowfall nine feet deep
in places.
Most of the fighting has taken place in the northern
part of Tunisia. It is in this section, along the wind
ing roads and rolling lands linking such points as Te
bourba, Bizerte, and Tunis, that recent rains have
halted air and ground action of all forces. Most of
the country's cold rainy weather develops in this re
gion. The average rainfall in Tunis is 18 inches a
year.
(Continued from Ptc On.)
marine. They will accommodate
round 33 fighter planes. These
are smaller than the Lexington
and similar types of carrier, but
they will be faster and more mo
bile than the larger flat tops.
Like other Kaiser boats, these
will be pre-fabrlcated and will
not have a rivet in them.
see
SPONGE Iron so pure that.
after It Is made. It must be kept
in vacuum to prevent oxidiza
tion Is now being manufactured
at pilot plant in the mld-Co-
lumbla region. Native iron ore
is used, there being deposits on
both sides of the Columbia river.
The location of the plant Is per
fect; there is water, rail and high
way transportation and an abun
dance of cheap electric energy
from transmission lines from
Bonneville generators. This is an
Industry which starts from
scratch; has no government cap
ital in it and is what the north
west has been asking for years
a steel Industry.
Part of the Iron ore comes
from Scappoose on the lower Co
lumbia. This deposit, starting
from the river in Columbia coun
ty, runs up the Willamette val
ley In the form of a rough horse
shoe, through Chehalem hills,
Buena Vista, Liberty and Waldo
hills. The deposit on the Wash
ington side has not been so care
fully traced, but the river cuts
through the ore body.
Sponge Iron Is a simple meth
od of extracting the iron and si-
through the big steel companies
have been trying to block devel
opment of sponge Iron through
out the country, there is prospect
of a sponge Iron plant at the
mouth of every mine of Iron ore
In the not too distant future.
JANUARY 12. designated as
farm mobilization day, will find
farmers meeting with state and
federal farm officials to discuss
1943 production. It is understood
that many groups of farmers will
demand that cost of labor be In
cluded In parity prices despite
the president's opposition. There
will also be resolutions telling
the administration what farmers
must have if they are to produce
what the administration asks.
Among these items will be more
farm machinery and spare parts;
they will ask that local boards
do not draft farm boys and that
farm labor be provided by the
manpower commission. When
the meetings have been conclud
ed leaders In the big farm or
ganiratinns will meet with sen
ate farm leaders to work out a
program.
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TO keep the record stra'ght.
remember that the victory tax
MEDFORD MAIL
will be levied on all pay checks
starting January 1. The rate is
five per cent on all Incomes
above $13 a week. The victory
tax Is In addition to the income
tax and all other taxes some
thing new has been added.
Communications
Gifts For Soldiers
To the editor: ' It has been
brought to my attention by a
number of the boys in the armed
forces, that gifts received are of
a type not needed by the boys,
such as cookies, cakes, Jams,
etc. As whole, the boys are
well fed, and the added food is
not needed or greatly appreciat
ed. A package of assorted cookies
and jam may cost $1.30 or $2,
and is not of aa much value to
a soldier as one pair of hose for
23c. Most people are under the
false Idea that we get all of our
clothing free. We do receive a
certain amount, but this falls
very short of our actual needs.
For example we are issued
four sets of underwear, but this!
is far short of the amount we
can use. I had to buy eight extra
sets to do, while waiting tor the
dirty laundry to be returned
from the laundry.
There Is a week's wait for
laundry. Now do you think that
in this week of waiting for laun
dry, we can get by and be clean
on four sets? The same holds'
true on socks, sewing kits,
towels and ties. This is the first
time I have ever written any
such type of letter, but so many
of the boys have expressed the
same opinion to me, that I
thought I would take the time
to inform the public of these
facts, through the courtesy of
your paper.
SGT. LOUIS SHANFELD
Med Det SCU 1913, Station
Hospital .Camp White, Oregon.
nevilFhenderson
passes in sleep
London, Dec. 30 (U.R) Sir
Nevile Henderson, 80, last Brit
ish ambassador to Germany,
died last night in his sleep at his
residence in the fashionable west
end, it was announced today.
nenaerson went to Berlin as
ambassador In 1937 and was the
the scene during the Nevlle
Chamberlaln mn.Bf.m.ni ... .4
the final dramatic wefts when
Britain elected to stand by
Poland.
On his return tn Britain nh.r,
war broke out. Henderson wrote
r auure of a Mission." his apolo
gia for hlS own ar-lhaarlnr.kln
in which he discussed the Nazis
witn uncomplimentary frank
ness. In a speech at Oxford two
years ago Henderson put Adolf
Hitler third on the list of Nazis
he would liquidate if he could.
"If I .ere given a gun and
told to take two shots," he said.
"I would shoot Himmler. then
Rlbbentrop, and brain HiUer
with the butt of the rifle,"
TRIBUNE, MEDFORD.
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed let tel.. pertaining U personal heal Ik and hygiene, sot to 1"tiii
dlscnosls or treatment, eui to inisirrt by Of. Brady u sump sHf
addressed envelop la enclose. Letters should aa brier and an I ten la Ink.
Owlnf la I ha bug ansaber at letters receive anly a ftw can ba answered
bare. Ma reply caa ba made ca queries ant carormtfii la Instructions.
Address Dr. William Brady. (6 at Csmlno. Beverlr Hills, Calif.
WHEN FOOD S
Boiling for thirty minutes Is
necessary to make certain or de
struction of any botulinus toxin
in food. It is
always best to
J discard any
canned food
which looks,
smells or tastes
"queer" when
the can is open
ed. Prevention
of botulism de
mands careful
h a n d 1 lng of
fresh fruits
and vegetables
Dr. Brady to bo canned,
avoiding any unnecessary hand
ling. As for ground meat, sau
sage, and the like, it is always
best to have meat freshly
ground, not to buy any such
meat which has stood exposed
for any length of time after
grinding or cutting.
So many correspondents men
tion that they are taking "shots"
for this or that, and evidently
they think I will understand
what the "shots" are. That
means little more than it would
mean to say a doctor gave you
something for your trouble. A
good many physicians, I fear, ex
ploit the gullibility of patients
by administering this, that and
the other medicine by injections
when the same medicine taken
in the ordinary way would be
quite as efficacious. For instance.
ii is rareiy necessary or advan
tageous to give such "shots" of
vitamin B, (thiamine) except in
circumstances which preclude
administration by mouth. This
holds true in most instances
when iron, calcium, iodine,
arsenic or one of scores of other
medicines is given in "shots."
However, the Wiseacres are gen
erally much Impressed by
"shots" and sometimes submit
to such medication when they
profess to have litUe or no faith
in "pills and potions."
It Is evident that people are
still more concerned and better
informed about good nutrition
for their livestock than for them
selves. In this country this has
been encouraged for many years
by the agriculture department
of the government. Only in the
past few years has the federal
government ventured to hand
out any information or advice
to the people about their own
nutrition and even now the
government stuff seems pretty
carefully censored by the In
terests, Just as the propaganda
of commercial interests is, tech
nically speaking, censored by
the federal authorities. Thus
ignorance and misinformation
about nutrition flourish and pre-
TOWNSEND URGES
Washington, Dec. SO U.H
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, leader
of the pension movement which
bears his name, said today that
the United States can afford a
social insurance program that
will pay $30 to $70 a month to
retired workers, the physically
lncapaclated, and widowed
mothers.
"One of the greatest gifts we
could grant the American people
In the new year of 1943 would
be a truly adequate system of
social insurance," he said.
"We can afford such a system
without burdening anyone in the
nation, and certainly we do not
have to take a back seat to the
British. Neither should be take
the attitude that we have to
coddle Americans, or give them
something for nothing."
Ship Captain Taken
Prisoner on U-boat
A Gulf Coast Port, Dec. 30 !
(U.R) The captain of. a medium
sized British merchantman tor-1
pedoed In the Atlantic was made
prisoner by the attacking enemy
submarine, survivors reported
today.
The captain, whose name was
not revealed, dumped overboard
from a lifeboat all the material
he had which might have been
of use to the enemy. The sink
ing occurred in late November
off the north coast of South
America.
Cae Nail Tribune Want Ada.
HEMORRHOIDS?
It you are troubled with
HEMORRHOIDS (PILES)
gel bottle of SE LIP today
You must be absolutely sat
itfied or your money will be
refunded.
WESTERN THRIFT
OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
Brady. M. D.
EEMS "QUEER"
Judice continues to control the
physical welfare of the nation.
Samuel Johnson, the Wiseaore
of his time, said oata was gen
erally fed to horses in England
but supported the people of
Scotland, and some canny Scot
clinched it by asking where
would you find finer horses or
finer men.
In regard to human nutrition,
the cost of living and general
economy one wonders whether
there are anywhere else in the
world so many Wiseacres or so
many plain (mustn't say it) fools
as in these Benighted States.
Qiesnosg a ANSWEBS
Kleptomania
Son. IS, always looks for something
to steal, whether la anybody's home,
stores, school. Ws have been unable
to break him of this. Mo apparent
reason ha just seems to like to
steal. Plesae recommend a good place
to send him. Hi is the fourth of
seven children. The other sis never
showed such Inclination. (Mrs. W. A.)
Anwar Don't send him any
where. Take bun to a physician who
la a specialist In mental ailments.
Tour family doctor will recommend
one, or send stamped envelope bear
ing your address snd I will recom
mend one for you.
CVD
Thank you for the great help we
have received from your CVD book
let, since reading It we can under
stand the Instructions of our doctor
so much better, and he Is so busy
now taking of his regular practice
and much work left by other doctors
who hava left for military service.
(Mrs. H. H. P.)
Answer The booklet "CVD" deals
with Card lo-Vascular Degeneration
(or Diseases of Heart and Arteries).
Any reader may have a copy If he
sends ten cents and stamped envelope
bearing his address.
Report of A Colnrldenea
In the pamphlet -Relief for Al
lergy" you say: "If you feel no defi
nite relief from the remedy In a
week, It Is a failure In your ease.' X
noticed no relief and was much dis
appointed after suffering for over
two years. Then two weeks after I
stopped It I resitted my head was
clearing up. 1 no longer sneesed ex
cessively, etc.. so I resumed taking
one dose a day, sometimes every al
ternate day only, and now I am per
fectly normal . . Certainly grateful.
(Mrs. O. L. O.)
ANSWER All I know Is that the
remedy suggested In the pamphlet
can do no harm. Whether It had any
thing to do with your Improvement,
or whether you should gtva credit to
Old A. J. Coincidence, who can sayT
On request X am glad to send any
correspondent who provides stamped
envelope bearing his address a copy
of the pamphlet "Relief for Allergy."
(Copyright 1643. John P. Dllle Co.)
gd. Note: tenons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Bndy
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D tss Ed
Csmlno, Beverly Hills. Calif.
Douglas, Ariz., Dee. 30 U.R)
Douglas air base officials said
today the wreckage of an AT-17
army plane, missing since Christ
mas day, had been found in the
mountains near Bakersfleld, Cal.
The plane was first reported
missing Christmas day. Men
aboard the plane, all killed,
were:
Lt. Col. Charles M.Harootun
ian, Los Angeles. Cal., executive
officer of the Douglas air base.
First Lt Halbert E. Blng,
Douglas.
Second Lt Edgar T. Harder,
Taft, Cal.
Staff Sgt. Robert Lee Jack,
DeQueen, Arfc. -
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NOTICE! DANCERS
The ORIENTAL GARDENS
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Finals Tonight
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Oriental Cardans . . . The same fine party! ... The
same crowdl The same musicl $25 Wat Bond prise In
contest.
DANCE and ENJOY THESE FINALS
Weakly contest winners will compete, then new con
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monthly finals prise of $25. ENTER NOW or come to
dance and boost for your favorite. Pianist furnished
amateur contestants but bring your own Instruments.
DECEMBER 30, 1942
"Sweetheart of
Also Captivates
By Jsunassa
; a. j an4
a WO Klliea, ciwtnuus - , -
of Chaplain and Mrs. Eldon W. Borrell. are entertaining service
men and eivillana here thia week with a full schedule of eon
. i- ,i-4 Mi AH.- Ktwlrman. violinist and
cert appearances, int ... " ,
Miss Mildred Tummonds. are being presented by Chaplain Bor-
. . . . J- . lfn-ft, mnA Tutranarlea
roll, wno neara mem at rorn --
them to visit Camp White. Known at the more northern post
.. in. sureetheart of Fort Lewis," Camp White Is welcoming
the seventeen-year-old Alice with
TWInnlna with six
etiapei
services last Sunday, a concert
was given at Service Club No. 1
Monday evening, un iucwsj
thr annMirerl hefora the Rotary
club and last evening in concert
at the army post chapel. No. 6.
This evening they will entertain
members of the Lions club and
their guests at six o'clock ban
quet, afterward appearing tn
concert beginning at r.av.
Service Club No. 3. Thursday
evening they will intermission
at the service men's dance at
Club 2 and Friday evening again
concertiie. this time at Service
Club No. 1. Saturday evening
they appear at the officers ran.
The concluding engagement will
k. a Chanel service at Chapel No.
8. They will leave for the north
Sunday, on the evening train.
The artists have appeared be
fore the royalty of Norway and
Belgium. Both are excellent mu
sicians and are perfectly at home
before an audience. The lovely
little violinist expresses musical
maturity far beyond her calen
dar years and Miss Tummonds.
an accomplished and highly
trained vocalist, also lifts the
often unappreciated art of ac
comDanying to an exceptionally
high level. It was a delight to
hear her as the supporting artist
as well as soprano soloist.
Thi writer recalls a review of
a concert by the late James Ste
vens, when the editor oi mis pa
per, Mr. Robert Ruhl, WTOte of
the event somewhat as follows:
"This was not a concert in the
usual sense. Jim just sang for
t.i. svianria" That was the ease
last evening. These two girls Just
sang and played for tne Doys, ana
what a Joy It must have been, on
k4K .ihm nf the charjel plat
form. They sang and played from
the- classics, DUl lovea ana i
Mtiia numhaet were heard, too.
There were repeats by request
and a specially requested encore
at the ena. tune pnvaio -
heard to remark, concerning the
little violinist, "She could play
the 'Irish Washerwoman' and lt
would stilt me. all rigttt. ) Ana
k.. 4nn anil teehnlaue would
probably have elevated the gay
little tune to sometning not oi
the ordinary, at that.
tTMinnrinff th formal concert
the service men Joined in sing-
ing a group oi curreni popular
hits, including the phenomenally
popular "White Christmas
(650,000 copies sola to aaiej. bh
toau.uuu copies som u u,.
about the Spanish girl who mar-
rled O'Toole, the doughboy who
found his rose in ireiano ana permitted production of
(this with the most enthusiasm) grateg lor , llmited period
"Praise the Lord and Pass tne,,
fit rtrnvlrllne; mnnlM
Ammunition." .
Accompanist, we must cer
tainly not forget to mention, for
Miss Tummond s vocal numDers,
was Private First Class Newton
H. Pashley. A modest young man,
indeed. Not from him we learn
later that he had won a mas
ter's degree in pipe organ and
composition at the Eastman
School of Music at Rochester,
New York.
City Shows Profit
On Crime Ledger
Yuma, Ariz. (U.R) Crime
may not pay for some people,
but for the city of Yuma it meant
a profit of $1,726.29 for the first
four months of the fiscal year
1942-1943, the recorder's office
reported.
The cost of feeding prisoners
during the four months amount
ed to $1,017.86. while the police
courts took in $2,744.19 in fines,
showing a net profit of more
than $1,700.
HELD AT
Fort Lewis"
Camp White
Bulla
Innklna VM WOmCa. gUeStg
much enthusiasm.
FIRST STEEL MILL
rnntana Pal.. Dee. SO (U.r5
The Pacific coast's first iron and
steel mill starts oroduction to
day. Just eight months after
ground was broken for the huge
Henry J. Kaiser project
A 1200-ton blast furnace will
ha hlniam In hv Mrs. Kaiser, wife
of the miracle builder and within
38 hours the first of 432.000 tons
of pig iron expected the first
year will be drawn off.
Full capacity has been set at
679.000 tons of ingot oroduction
yearly, with a rolling- mill to
handle 300,000 tons of ship
plates.
Thus, nine months from the
time the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. authorized an $83,000,000
Inan tnv Ite eAn.tnttlftn th
first integrated steel mill west
of the Rocky mountains began
turning out the vital material,
all from local sources. Such a
construction job normally re
quires three years.
PLOT BY CAPITAL
New York, Dee. 30 (U.P5
Sen. George W. Norris. Ind..
Neb., denounced the national as
sociation Of manufacturers last
nignt ana cnargea mat represen
tnrlvM a' 14. -i
ready were planning to dominate
me government wnen tne war is
over.
"The representatives of special
interests are already attempting
to frame the future so that, when
the war is won and peace is
made, they vlll be in control of
a great part, if not all of our
governmental structure," h e
said.
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Washington, Dec. 30 Oi.fO
xj,. War Production Board ruled
today that fireplace dampers or
gntes weighing 30 nounds or
gntet weighing 30 pounds or
less may be without prefer.
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TrtbsDS IS and te years age.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 30. 1932
at was Friday)
President and Mrs. Hoover la
Florida on short vacation.
Democratic congressmen toy
big with "tinker - with - the .
money" plans, including Infla
tion.
Chief deputies in county of
fices to get wage reductions.
Business failures growing less
as old year fades.
President-elect Roosevelt and A
Democratic leaders to confer "
next week on plana.
Rain predicted in valley, with
snow tn the hills.
Fruit men seek Immerltafa. in
duction in freight rate to east
coast.
Marriage licenses lnuel laat
year in count? total sot. Thia
was 33 lees than during the pre
vious year, county clerk records
show.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 30, 1922
(It was Saturday)
New Mexico senator (nlrn.
duces a bill to loan Germany a
billion dollars to buy food.
Storms sweep nation from ft
coast to coast.
Near East peace confab on
brink of failure.
Four cases of diphtheria re
ported in city.
More rain. High 49, low 34
degrees, precipitation .09 of an
inch.
Eddie Durno, high school
coach is spending the Yule holi
days with his folks in Eugene.
Scandinavian society to hold
feast in Central Point, New
Year's Day.
Legislator Furlough
Referred For Study O
Washington, Dec. 30 U.
President Roosevelt told hit
press conference today he had
referred to the war department
for comment and recommenda
tion a suggestion by Gov. Coke
Stephenson of Texas that state
legislators now in the armed
forces be furloughed to attend
legislature sessions.
In sending the governor's sug
gestion to the war department,
Mr. Roosevelt said he called at
tention to the fact that under
the federal constitution and
some state constitutions a person
could not hold public post and
serve in the armed forces at the
same time.
Washington, Dec. 30 (U.R)
The War Production Board to- 0
day ordered construction stopped
on a theatre building begun last
summer In Richmond, Cal. The
order charges the owners with
beginning the construction of
the theatre without WPB author
ization.