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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.
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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
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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.
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! 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
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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
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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
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