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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1942 MEDF0Rlv5WrBIBUNE IUds ils Mall TritaM. Daily Brpt aatwraay VRDPORn PRINTIKO AO. T. Nrth Fir t. Pfcoa. tilt ROPERT W PT'HU aMtttw. ERNE.'T It. GlLPTRAP Mtnife. Aa ndaft-tMit NPIH'- I b tared Men4 eUM matter at Waul fortl. Oragoa. uadar Art af March I. lITf stmnnupTioii rate r Mail-in tti: taliy and Bu-1tr ana Tr Dally ana iinfUr irionih... I fiailj Burt BJiKlar (b'a monthi t Daily anfl tundar ! ainta... .Tl 9f CirTttr - fa A"1aac Mtrtford. Aah land. Ctra! Point. Ja-kamUI. Oolo HtlU ItriJ Rlw. P1aal. TU. and aa motor roa'M- tiir nl Hin Jar ona rar allr an Bun rt f no month... " All terms riah is 4anca. OffVtel Papar af tfc CUT 1 Mf4tf4 Off I rial Pap 1 aachaaa Caaaty UDltfd rmt-Full Uil W MEMRKR OP AUDIT VUTKBAO OP CIRCULATION! j4rtU1nt RapraaaniatlT WtST-HOl.LIDAT COMPANT. IMC. Offteaa la N To-fc, CHcm Oatratt Can rranfiaca, Loa iaaitla. rartlaaa. It. Lenta. AtlABta. Vaear. Mutt OH f nut tl Oil ITIII Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry REVIEW Or 1942 Al years go, 1942 did not go fast enough and at 1U itart many people doubted it would ever make the finish due at 12 M. tonight. They now regard its successful termination as its most noteworthy achievement. Next year promises to be better, as all next years promise. In this valley of the Rogue, the year was something of stemwinder. At the start there was a record flow of rumors, with the circulation of same, giving fishing a hard race, as the favorite outdoor . sport. At one stage it was nothing for citizen to start a rumor in front of the bank and have the rumor beat him home for supper. The rumor epidemic finally subsided Into a whisper and a few are still whispered. ... The spring came, and the flowers bloomed, and the birds sang, and the weeds flourished, and experts feared there would be a water shortage. In May and June it rained so much and often there was no use hauling the first - cutting of alfalfa to the barn. Came summer and the harvest time and there was a surplus of grasshoppers and a shortage of hired men. The Manpower had drifted away to drive nails at $17 a day, toil In the shipyards at $97.90 per week and shoot bullets at the foes of Democracy at $98 per month and no overtime pay. The 80th annual dinner of the Pioneer society was called off as everybody was too busy har vesting to do any cooking. Through all this the tempera tures were torrid and the weather was cussed freely and hotly. Autumn came along and the trees started shedding leaves as usual, and the 91st Infantry di vision was activated. Citizens liked the sound of activated and used it oftener than a lawyer says whereas. About this time the demobilization of canton ment committees ntarted and has progressed until there can't be more than 800 or 800 left. The tide of battle In the Paci fic turned In favor of the United Nations and despite gloom dis pensed from high Washington, D. C, circles, the people shook off the Jitters caused by the war. Everybody then wond ered "where is the fleet." They were left in the dark and the Japs found out first. ... November was the rainiest month In local history and J. Pluvlus was still busy In Decem ber. There was some talk of changing th? name of this sec tion to the Rnguemette valley, and, if the legislature is not watched, it might be. Farmers will not plow up dust in Febru ary, it Is predicted. ... In the field of local science some chefs were able to cut the ham thinner Ihsn thought pos sible without the aid of a ma chine costing more than an atom-smasher. In a few in stances the hamburger in a ham burger became so minute it could nsltz on the head of a pin. In this period the nation started running out of every thing It always had too much of. ... The general male public eeaed making fun of the wom en's hats but aimed their heavy humor at their slacks. ... In the field of sports, for the first time in 29 years, the Klam ath Falls football team handed the Black Tornado a decisive walloping. This is now the ten outstanding events of the past year In Klamath county. ... So Happy New Years, with Victory for the Allies and bombs upon the home nests of Axis vipers. . Vn Halt Tribune want Ada. Home Front Heroes The American people of this continent have not learned the meaning of total war the hard way. We have been spared the horror and agony of ruthless bombing and that may be wny some citizens still consider the civilian defense program as just another dodge to create a war psychology throughout the nation. It is fortunate, however, that we have had the wis dom and foresight to learn the lessons from those who have endured shattering air raids. We now have a remarkable volunteer home front defense comprising more than ten million trained workers. They may yet be called upon for war service. At least, we are, in a measure, prepared for the worst . THIS has simply been a practical wartime precau f iVn But already this foresight has paid dividends. The civilian defense program has demonstrated its worth in no uncertain terms. This first big test came with the tragic fire in Boston recently. How did it meet this emergency? Let us look at the record of the Cocoanut Grove holocaust: Seventy ambulances from outlying cities and towns were at the scene of the disaster six minutes after being called. Hospital beds were made available outside the city and auxiliary police managed the huge crowd that assem bled near the scene of the disaster. The Emergency Medical Division of the Boston Civilian Defense Council Joined with the Red Cross in furnishing more than 1,000 unite of blood plasma for injured persona in hospitals. Civilian defense workers undertook the diffi cult task of identifying hundreds of victims and kept staffs on 24-hour duty for two daya In Boston mortuaries. They also "manned" telephone lines, courteously and efficiently answering all questions that flooded hospitals and mor tuaries. HERE is the tribute paid to Boston's civilian rescue workers by the Boston Post: "Shining above the b'ackened ruins of Cocoanut Grove is the service of the men and women trained for disaster." Right now, trained volunteers are working with energy and efficiency in areas ravaged by floods. These home front heroes won't be decoratd for gal lantry in action but many HAD there been similar mobilization of trained other great disasters, such as Chicago's Iroquois thea tre fire and the school explosion at New London, Texas, the loss of life and suffering would undoubt edly have been less severe. INDEED, the great lesson of the Cocoanut Grove tragedy stands out Whether we are bombed or not, there is need at all times for an organization which can so speedily and efficiently care for vic tims of disaster. When the war is over continue on a peace-time abandoned. H.G. (Continued from Page One) there Is such a shortage aa to require rationing. Rationing in the east has been carried to such an extreme that many householders are without heat in the coldest weather experi enced In December for many years. . THERE is much confusion over the army and navy plan for college education and it will not be clarified until Paul Mc Nutt, manpower commissioner, gives his report to the press after consulting school heads. (Members of congress have been notified that they will learn of i the program after the press has 1 been advised In short, they can read it in the papers.) Only 200 schools are to be used (tenta tively) and In this limited num ber will be University of Wash ington, Washington State at Pullman, University of Oregon at Eugene, and Oregon State at Corvallis. The many smaller colleges in the northwest, ac cording to grapevine informa tion, will not be used. Under the army-navy pro gram only the largest schools will have their facilities con tracted for. Throughout the northwest and the nation are hundreds of small colleges which have never attempted to compete with Harvard or Princeton in number of students but whose standards of scholar ship are high. They are not en dowed, have existed on the tuition paid. These are the schools which will be caught in the squeeze. Their students are in the 18-19 age, subject to se lective service. What with los ing students to the draft and army and navy declining to ac cept their facilities to train ap proximately 230,000 teen-agers, the future of the small eollrge. for the duration, is dark. The brass hats admit that their plan will disrupt the course of edu cation for several years. Out of the available trainees army and navy will select the best for physicians, engineer. scientists, and provide for their education. It will cost students nothing. Students now taking of them should be. machinery for the rapid volunteers at the time of this work should certainly basis. It should never be 1 these professional courses will continue under the army-navy plan. And while these pre parations are being made the army is full of university gradu ates who have been pressed In to service as privates and given no opportunity to try for offi cers' training schools. ... EARLY In the coming year trie administration if preparing to submit to congress an over all social security program cal culated to provide security for everyone from the cradle to the grave, as the measure has been explained. It would start with the opportunity being given the individual to insure a child from the time it is born until it reaches the working ago. It would provide unemployment Insurance, insurance for occu pational diseases, insurance for medical treatment, etc.- When and if the program is adopted it will be held forth to all the United Nations aa a model for them. The proposal goes far be yond anything that has yet been undertaken in the United States. Taxes, of course, are expected to take care of the cost Communications Thanks for Help To the editor: I saw a communication In your paper regarding my trouble and need of help. I want to thank you and the club and Salvation Army for help In making It a nice Christmas for my 3 chil dren. My injury still bothers me but as soon as I can I will stand on my own. I want to thank Mrs. Bower, an unknown friend. I do not know where my husband is.. I want to thank you all tor help I got Mrs. Anna Setteu, 321 Ashland ave., Medford, Ore. Why Tin Cans Needed To the editor: The question of why It Is now desirable for people In this re gion to collect tin cans is an In terestlng one. Apparently the fundamental reason is that the people did too good a Job of col lecting Iron and steel scrap which was delivered to the steel mills. This robbed soma copper mines and to a lesser extent the copper smelters of scrap iron which Is used In the production of copper. The order of deficiency In raw materials needed for muni tions Is now. No. 1 rubber, No. 2 steel, No. 3 copper, and so en down through a long list of com modities. Iron in some form Is needed for the recovery of cop per at the mines containing ccr- Personal Health Service Br William f lined letun. pertaining to perseaal feealia and briMae, aot to dltnae dlataoele ar treatment. lll ke umiH by Dr. Brad? tr e stamped self. addressed earelope la eawlaeed. Uturs eheuld be brief and written la Ink. Owing te (be tan number at letters rant? enly a few can be answered bare. No reply can be made U queries not eo forming t instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, Is II Canine. Barer!; BUI. Calif. BETTER TEETH IN In the IBIS draft bad teeth ac counted for the rejection of 102.83 per 1000 men In Vermont only 3.80 per 1000 men In Arkansas. I n the 1040-42 draft the south' ern and south' western states have the low est rates of re jection for bad teeth. U. S. Public Health 8 er v ice conducted a survey o f Dr. Brady children's teeth in 1834. Among 1,300,000 children examined, thirteen-year-old boys showed an average of 3.09 permanent teeth damaged in Florida, 9.69 in Mas sachusetts. On the west coast 43.5 of the school children were found to have cavities or fillings in San Diego, compared with 77.5 of the school chil dren with cavities or fillings In Portland. This certainly does not Imply that Arkansas people brush their teeth more religiously than New England people do. Nor does It Imply that Florida school chil dren receive more intelligent dental care or treatment than Massachusetts children do. Nor that the I. Q. of San Diego par ents la higher than that of Port land parents. A pertinent observation which we must bear in mind when con sidering why teeth decay and how to save the teeth is the fact that the people of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic thousand miles west of Good Hope and a thousand miles south of St. Helena, old and young alike, none of whom ever use toothbrushes or dentifrice of any kind, hava the finest teeth of any civilized people, although not such good teeth as savages have. You d never suspect it, but doctors, dentists and nutrition In vestigators are far from agreed as to the nature or cause of dent al carles, decay, cavity forma tion. Hence anybody who has a plausible Idea about it and can marshal any evidence to support his view is entitled to a hearing. various conjectures or theo ries, no proofs, have been ad vanced to explain carles, decay, cavity formation. Oldest and, In my opinion, least plausible, Is the theory of fermentation of depos its of food, particularly starch or sugar, on Irregular surfaces, pro duction of lactic add, eating or corrosion of enamel by the lactic acid. Theoretically this would be tain types of copper ore and as a flux for smelting other copper ores. Now a tin can Is made of steel with a very thin coating of tin. In the east, .plants have been erected for the recovery of the tin by a de-tinning process, but In this region there is only one such plant and that of very small capacity. Therefore, here, we are not collecting- tin cans for the value of their tin eon tent, but for their steel, and that steel will be used mainly for the production of copper. At some copper mines, notably In Arizona, the ore Is not smelt ed but the copper is recovered by leaching with a weak solution of sulphuric acid. Sulphur has a much greater affinity for Iron than for copper, and for this rea son, the leach water with its bur den of copped is passed through vats and troughs filled with scrap Iron, where the acid drops the copper In a nearly pure form and eats up the iron. The water from copper mines also contains much copper, which Is taken out In the same way. In the past, a good deal of scrap iron has been used for this purpose, but not many tin cans, tha reason being that it takes much more labor to dis tribute a ton of bulky tin cans In a vat than a ton of coarser Iron scrap. In collecting so much scrap Iron for the steel mills, there fore, we have simply "robbed Peter to pay Paul." Some natural springs having their sources In bodies of copper ore also yield a little copper In the same way and I could tell you of an old man who made a living for twenty years out of such a spring while holding his copper claims that he finally sold for one and a half million dollars but that is another story. Albert Burch. About Neighbor Church To the editor It may interest some of your readers to know there Is a man living In Medford who Is a close relative of the editor that wrote the famous 'Virginia" letter about Santa Claus. Mr. Willard E. Church, of 307 South Central avenue, la a first cousin of Francis Pharrellus Church who was the editorial writer of the New York Sun that answered the letter of eight year old Virginia O'Hanlon, who m Brady. M. D. THE SOUTHWEST prevented (1) by eternal brushing to remove every particle of such food remaining after every meal or nibble or (2) by excluding from the diet au starches, all sug ars, and milk, buttermilk and the like, which supply the lactic bacillus responsible for such acid fermentation of food. This latter measure seems to me absurd, but then, I think the whole concept of decay of the teeth from such fermentation Is absurd. The other conjecture or the ory, which seems to me far more tenable, ascribes dental caries or decay of the teeth to nutritional deficiencies, mainly deficiency of calcium and phosphorus, vita min D, vitamin A and vitamin C. In another talk we'll consider the Influence of sunshine and exercise of teeth, gums and Jaws on the teeth. QUESTIONS Jr ANSWERS Dehydration Does drying the molatura out of foods affect thtlr food value In any wsj? For Instance, making dry toeet from bread, potato chips from pota toes, etc. (K. r O.) AnswerIf the Item eontalns any vitamins the heat of such prepara tion destroya some of the ntamlna. Toasting eonverts some starch Into more soluble sugar. For many per sons the food so prepared la more ap petizing and hence more digestible than the food In the ordinary state; bealdea It stimulates more thorough chewing, and that Improves salivary digestion, which. It should be remem bered, eontlnuea for half an hour or mora after the food has entered the stomach. Runbaths Pleaee advise me how to go about taking sunbathe. (Mrs. D. O. J.) Answer First, frnd your sunshine. Then begin a clockwork schedule of exposures, twice dally, about 10 a. m. and 9 p. m., exposing front surfaces of forearms only for five minutes first day, earn for ten minutes second day plus five minutes exposure of front of legs, aame for fifteen minutes exposure front of arms, ten minutes front surface of legs, five minutes front of thighs, on third day. and ao on. gradually Increasing area and du ration of exposure until you can stand an hour or more of exposure of entire skin surface without getting burned. Child Psychology Tou know hygiene but you dont know children, evidently. Xf parents allow young daughtera to decide for themselves whether to wear socks or stockings or go with bare knees or legs, the girls will do what other gins are doing what Is "smart" to do. and not what Is comfortable. (Mrs. F. M. C.) Answer They're like men and wom en in that respect. Id. Note: peruana wishing to communicate with Dr. Brsdy ahnnld send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. P.. tss Ed Camlno, Beverly Rills, Calif. wrote asking "is there really a Santa Claus?" It Is well known that this ed itor's reply has become a classic. It has been translated Into sev eral languages and some news papers reprint It each Christmas- tide. It Is also true that this ed itor became famous while asso ciated with the noted Charles A. Dana. Editor Church and our neighbor, Willard E. Church, be long to a famous pioneer family, many of whose members be came noted for various achieve ments. In 1913 a book of 334 pages was published entitled, "The Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Mass." This Rich ard Church came to Plymouth from England In 1630. He mar ried Elizabeth Warren, whose father arrived on the Mayflower. Elizabeth arriving three years later. The book mentioned lists over 2600 descendants of this couple. There are many Inter esting accounts of the careers of prominent members of the family. Several were noted preachers, lawyers, soldiers, sail ors and' public officials of vari ous kinds. The father of Willard E. J3LJP HALL New and Old Time Music Fun for Old and Yotinf O I 4 I POPULAR PRICES ! Church was a captain in the Civil war and witnessed the sur- I render of Lee at Appomattox j He was also successful plo- i neer farmer in Michigan and an ! ordained Baptist minister. This writer considers it an honor and privilege to have known and en- Joyed the friendship of a mem ber of such a famous family and such a fine type of citizen as Mr. Willard E. Church, who is well known in Medford and has a host of friends. A. W. Shepherd, RFD 4, Box 327. GOERING CLAIMS Berlin, Dec. 31 (German Broadcast Recorded by . P. In New York) -Reichsmarshal Her mann Goering today told the Luftwaffe, "We don't know yet what the future has In store, but we enter the new year with the same confidence in victory which we have had since the first day of this tremendous fight for the freedom and great ness of our Reich.' ' Goering declared those who made a stand at Narvik, wrested Crete from the enemy, and then threw the Russians back to the Volga and the Caucasus, also will score further victories. Whispers from Camp White L hi ( About Facts and Faeas On the Reservation. Cpl. Pat Downey as Irish as they come getting along great with the station hospital's splen did Latin American group of en tertainers. Interesting Sight: Tough Drill master Sergeant Heebner pa tiently teaching DEML's pet pooch "Butch" to do tricks. "He's easier to teach than the rook ies," says Heebner. Sergeant Spauldlng, who keeps the wheels running smoothly at the QM Motor Pool, trying to catch a few winks of "shut-eye" during Monday night's vigil while sitting in a chair. He admitted to the OD that it Just couldn't be done. Chaplain Borrel being very en thusiastic about the concert at Chapel No. 6 Tuesday night, fea turing Alice Stockton and Mil dred Tummonds, Sergeants Voeller and Allin back from a brief sojourn at Grays Harbor. They report a shortage of men In that territory. M-m-m-m . . . Soldier's Paradise! Roy Wyant, Field Artillery's gift to Camp White's entertain ers, really wowing 'em with his impersonations at a recent Serv ice Club show. "But Very Good." It's Goodbye to 1942. Ye "Whispers" editor wishes you all the "Bestus of the Best" in '43. We'll be back to see you Next Year! HUMAN HAIR DUDS London, Dec. 31. (U.R) Ger man civilians are wearing over coats and shoes made from human hair in an effort to keep Nazi troops in warm winter clothing, the British Ministry of Economic Warfare reported today. A GRAND NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE A funsome frolie to ring out the old year and usher la the New Yearl .... ' ajvr-c , - AFRICAN TROUBLE SEEN UNLESS U. S. SPEEMPPLIES Elsenhower's Brother Re turns With Story of Pov ertyPeople Hungry. Washington, Dec. 31. Milton S. Eisenhower, associate director of the Office of War Information, Just returned from North Africa, predicted today that there will be serious trouble there unless substantial quantities of food and clothing arrive before February I. He said at a Joint press con ference with OWI Director El mer Davis that he had spent two weeks with his brother, Lieut. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, commander of United Nations forces In North Africa, and found him in "grand health." He refused, however, to dis cuss specific military develop ments in Tunisia or to predict when the campaign would end. Africa Stripped Elsenhower emphasized the dire poverty of the African peo ple. Germany had stripped oc cupied France bare of provisions and clothing, he said, and Vichy had done likewise in North Africa, "There will be serious trouble IX we do not get huge quantities of food and clothing, to North Africa by February I," he said. "Some of the food earmarked for that area by the ilend-lease administration has arrived. But much more Is needed. "We simply must ship wheat, meat and sugar in addition to clothing right away. Money is worthless to the farmers be cause they can't buy anything with it. The stores have been stripped clean. You see naked people, hungry people. They've been that way for a long time." Elsenhower said he . under stood that all former French political prisoners have been re leased in Africa and that some 400 pro-Axis Frenchmen have been arrested there. He refused to discuss the re cent assassination of Admiral Jean Darlan, French high com missioner for North Africa, or to say what implications it had in connection with the United Nations. Washington, Dec 31 (U.B The White House today an nounced appointment of Francis B. Sayre, former high commis sioner to the Philippines, as dep uty director of foreign relief and rehabilitation operations. Sayre, who made a dramatic escape from the Philippines aft er they were occupied by the Japanese, will serve as a special assistant to Secretary of State Cordell Hull aa well as deputy director of foreign relief under former Gov. Herbert H. Leh man of New York. Sayre resigned as high com missioner to the Philippines last March and his resignation was accepted by President Roosevelt in June. TRAVEL DISCOURAGING EFFECTIVE IN HOLIDAYS Washington. Dec. 31. 0J.PJ The Office of Defense Transpor tation renorted todav that t- forts to discourage non-essential civilian travel over the Christ mas holidays were "widely ef fective." Railroad traffic was reported below that of the Labor day week-end, although heavier than last Christmas. SAYRE APPOINTED HULL'S ASSISTANT LCaWje.sr at Walker's DREAMLAND Plenty of noise makers A swell crowd- good music smooth m A aeaw a- Bi n j aa av i a J Flight o Time Medford III Jaeksaa Ceaaty Jtstary from the files af the Stall Trlbane IS and tS rears ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 31. 1331 (It was Saturday) Emmett Nealon, Table Rock rMiH.nl named eountv mmmia- sioner to fill vacancy due to res ignation. Despite depression nation will greet New Year tonight with car nival spirit. Normal school at Ashland de feats Oregon barnstormers, 33 to 33. Many residents of valley hava flu. Medford airport shows in crease in traffic during past year. Rain predicted. High 48, low 34 degrees. Allied Relief Association re ports "heavy effort made her for relief of needy in county." Four killed in Germany In brawls between Hitler support ers and police. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 31. 1922 (It was Sunday) Farmers' week to open Janu ary 9. A s h 1 k n d Granite Company opens retail business. Gold Hill votes three to one for new water system. Many house parties and pub lic gatherings to watch old year out tonight. City of Astoria thanks Med ford for donation to fire victims. Still It rains. High 37, low 84 degrees; precipitation, .19 of an inch. Local youths arrested for hi jacking booze auto of cargo. Only war in Europe can't halt wave of prosperity for America. RELATES TROUBLE T In a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Atkins of Route 1, Box 187, Pvt. Claude Earl Atkins described his ex perience aboard a troopship which, when 200 miles off the east coast, developed motor trou ble and was forced to drop out of an England-bound convoy and return to port. Pvt. Atkins, an aviation me chanic who enlisted in the U. S. army a year ago and received his training at Ft. Lewis, Wash., and Jefferson City, Mo., wrote: "We left port and got about 200 miles out when the motors went haywire. The rest of the convoy went on, leaving us toss ing and drifting in the storm. "Some of the cargo in the bot tom of the boat shifted to the left side. I was on the bottom deck and could see water was coming in a little. Finally they got one boiler working and we came back to port at the rate of four miles an hour. "We had only two meals a day and they weren't worth eating. I was kind of sick the first day and a half. Some of the boys made it pretty messy around there. "When we got back to port we had about 13 tons of water In the bottom and she was listing badly. Two destroyers came out to meet us. We were on the boat three and a half days and it sure felt good to put your feet on solid ground." Pvt. Atkins wrote his parents that he didn't know when he would be ordered overseas agatn.-l RING OUT THE OLD YEAR RING IN THE NEW! A grand elimax to 1942 Join your frienda In a glorious fun Jrollcl IIE17 YEAR'S EVE floor popular prices!