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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1943. UEDFCli)v&&fTBIBUNB Fabita,. In P-M Mtrth fflr M. FfcM 1141 KORSRT W. ROHL. B4'.tr. BRN&aT JJL OIUTRAV, IUdiim A U4Mdt Xtvtptpff. Url u Mos4 Im attr t 114 far 4. Owm. asdw Act f Harcb I, MTt, SUBSCRIPTION BATES BY Ib AdvuMi Dally and StmUr pMr.....ff.ll Dally anil artneUjr l month,.. 4.09 THUr na fluBdaj thr month. $.19 uaiiy ana luadar on month... .Tl WT Carnar r Advaaea Uadfard. Aih land. Central Point Jaahaoarllla, Oeld Hilt, Pboonli, TtvIoat. and an motor root mi Dally and Sunday aa year 11.01 Dally and Sunday . month.. .Tl ah Mrmi oaia la advance. Official Pari af (ha City mt HadfarS Official Papar af Jackaoa Caaatp Daitad Pi -BnO taaiid Win? MEMBER OP AUDIT BURBAO Or CIRCULATIONS Advartlalni RtproaonUtlra WKST-HOLLIDAT COMPANT. INC. Offloaa la Now Torn. Chlesio. Detroit Saa Praaelaea, Laa Anyolaa, Svatlla, Portland. Sb Loala. Atlaata, Vanaauvor, B. O. fnu$siti44jeJ)iiTiM Ye Smudge Pot Br Aftbur Perry The charming and gracious First Lady, fittingly designated last winter by a Maine tribe of Indians as "Princess of Many Trails," now In the Antipodes, announces she would be de lighted as a friendly gesture to entertain Josef V. Stalin, Rus sian premier in the White House, This is conditional, 01 course, on J. V, being able to catch her home. Both the metropolitan and up state press have launched gentle criticism of the persistent warn ing, not to rejoice at the swift turn of victorious events in the war zones for the Allies. Con stant twanging on a pessimistic string, liberally sprinkled with propaganda, is becoming weari some to the public. Secretary of the Navy Knox, whose sour notes, timely and untimely, has almost made New Dealers out of rock-ribbed Republicans, Is a leader of this school. The policy Is to neither laugh at, or get gay with your trouble. Come peace, if the current lick is maintained, and Washington will warn: Don't lot your opti mism be optimistic. . . PRACTICALLY ON RELIED (Independence Enterprise) "Talked to Mrs. Weaver Bowler Monday evening and asked her how she was doing picking hops. She said, 'Not very well, I am only making $13 a day. Hardly worth whllef " ... Vice President Wallace, the eminent plower-under of every third row and little pig execu tioner of "the dark days of 1933," has come out for seven new freedoms, all stemming from Freedom from Want Two mora freedom are needed, vis.: Freedom from wanting a fourth term and freedom from Wal lace. e The armistice terms Imposed upon Italy, as the price of hav ing peace rage within that na tion, are . rougher and tougher than the Axis cooked up for France when she was stabbed-In-the-back, wherein nothing humiliating for a proud land was overlooked. It is a mild blue print of what Germany will knuckle down to. The Italian terms call for everything but B. Mussolini making a bal cony speech with 300,000 Fas cists booing him. S. Ganton Sherwood, former P.O. clerk, now a "mall special ist" in the navy, home on a fur lough, is seasick from whirling in the social whirl. . THE UNBRIDLED 1880's "A few days ago, in Mountain valley, a pleasure party of young people went out picnicking. On the return two young gentle men, each with a young lady and single rig, engaged in a lively race, which ended In dis aster to one of the contestants. The horse ran away and the cart upset, spilling its occupants, who were Pike Robinson and Miss Edith Owens, upon the sur face of the earth, which seemed very hard and unyielding at that particular spot. Miss Owens was very badly bruised about the head, shoulders and face, and Mr. Robinson was uncon scious for four or five hours, al though he escaped serious in jury. The other young man seemed to lose presence of mind under the moment's excitement and drove on after the fugitive horse until admonished by his girl that it would be a good plan to see how the sufferers ware taring. Then he threw the lines down. Jumped out and walked back, leaving his own com panion alone. She got out 'o and followed, leading the horse to the place where the accl to the place where the accident dent occurred. The unfortunate couple was then existed home. (63 Year Col. In Pendleton East Oregonianj What Medfordites Can Do Inflation is more dangerous to the American way of life to the orderly every-day life we know in this country than war. for 11 Amena wins tne war and loses its victory by a devastating period of inflation, what can we do, we ordinary Oregonians, to ward off inflation? There are seven simple things we may do. The life insurance companies of America, in the most com prehensive co-operative effort in their history, are inaugurating a nationwide campaign to aid in the country's fight to hold down prices and the cost of living by encouraging thrift. Announcement of the R lan is made by George L. Harrison, president of the ew York Life Insurance company and chairman of the policy committee of the Institute of Life Insur PROCEEDING on the well founded assumption that iTAvanimani optinn alnnA in nnf. tha flnnu70rthar. the f izht can be won "only co-operation of the American people as a whole," the insurance companies have drawn up a list of "seven practical things" that the making his own contribution 1. Buy and hold war the money it needs to fight 2. Pay -willingly your share or taxes including increased taxes that our country needs. 3. Provide for your own and your family's future by adequate life insurance and savings. '4. Reduce your debts as much as possible and avoid making needless new 5. Buy only what you have last longer. 6. Live faithfully by serve those goods of which 7. Co-operate with our wage stabilization program. COMMENTING on this program, the New York Herald-Tribune, a staunch Republican paper, de clares that there "is nothing that is difficult to under stand about this program, and it asks little that any American should not be willing and -proud to do. Yet, it is the sort of thing that needs to be kept con stantly before the people of taking that task the insurance companies are render ing a genuinely patriotic service." W.A.W. The Wonderful Coconut Coconut trees can supply practically all needs of natives on the thousands of coral islands dotting the South Seas war zone, and almost alone make the islands habitable, says the National Geographic Soci ety. For centuries coconut 1 J..' 1. j iuuu, uniiK, ciuuung, ana Th prlihlfi nnrr. ctf tha merce, is well Known. Natives also eat the green nut. its meat is like the .white pulp of young coconuts is fed native babies. QUT of unopened leaves in the crown of the coco- nut palm islanders make a salad. Early New England whalers called it De ootainea only by killing the tree, and is now known as "Millionaire's salad" because trees now are valued at $25 and up. Native fowls and pigs in coconut meat In the United States, where thousands of tons of the meat are used in making oil, the residue is fed to cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry. Coral islanders also use coconut meat as fish bait. From the fiber of the coconut husk they make the cord for fish, nets. The fiber also goes into baskets and mats. A FTER coconuts have attained full size, and long before they are ripe, they often contain a pint or more of cool, refreshing liquid. The sap from severed uower siams or. tne paim is sweet. When fermented, it makes an intoxicating drink. Palms also catch drinking water. In a bend of the tree the islanders wedge the butt end of coconut leaves, which collect and funnel rainwater into receptacles. Water bottles and drinkintr puns nm mnrin fVnm the shells of the ripe nut scooping the meat out through the "eye1 end of the nut Shell cups are polished with the hut oil and become ebony-colored with use. Shells also make combs and other articles. THE sheath at the base of the palm leaf is used to, wrap grated coconut meat which is pressed for oil, a native hairdressing and skin lotion. nuts oi islanders often are thatched coconut palm leaves. The nalrn trunk snnnli'ps nnsta nnH rnftm-a tio together by ropes of coconut fiber. from tne trunks of the their dugout canoes. The a stone adz. Submarine Chiefs In Pacific Honored U. S. Submarine Base, New London. Conn.. Rent. 1.1 nipi Three submarine officers, heroes or me Pacific warfare against the Japanese, were decorated to day by Rear Admiral F. A. Dnu bin, commander submarines, At lantic fleet, at tho base theater here. Com.' Barton E. Bacon, Jr. San Diego, Calif., received the navy cross "for extraordinary heroism." On ono of five patrols, he "aggressively attacked a Jap anese supply ship and t troop transport, sinking both vowels.' Com. Bacon also was credited with the understanding citizen can do by way oi to the ef f ort. These are : bonds to lend our country the war to victory. ones. need, and make what you the rationing rules to con there are shortages. government s price and the nation; and in under palms have provided native i ii 1 eneiier. - - fnennnr.. tha mnra nf mm. of a soft-boiled eze. The "sailor's cabbage." It can the South Seas thrive on Bottles are m-odueed hv palm the natives also make wood is hollowed out with ' with "inflicting heavy damage on an Important amount of Jap anese shipping." The silver star was presented to Lieut. Com. Eric L; Barr. Jr., Eastern Point. Conn., and to Lieut. George E. Everly, Black Point, Conn. IDENTIFY CRASH VICTIM San Francisco, Sept. 13,-U.RX tne izth naval district an nounced today that Lt (JG) J, L. Morelle, 24, Georgetown, Tex., was the flyer killed yes terday when his plane fell flam ing Into San Francisco bay after crashing Into the San Francisco- Oakland bridge. DM Uil rrteuaf wui ads. Personal Health Service By William (lined Itum pertalnlai to personal acaltb and DjtWD. eat to dl dlMBMi. or treatment, will bo anawore by Dr. Braey If a euaapec' eell addressed emelopa u ucloatd. Letters should bo brtof and wrIUoo la Ink. Owing to tb. largo nambor of letter, received oalj e ftw cu to sottmod brr. ho reply coo bo mod. to queries oot conforming to uutrocUoao. Address Dr. William Brodj. ids CI Camlno, Beverly Bill, Calif. NADINE MAY WE I am 14 years of age and I am only 4 ft. 11 in. tall (writes Na dine or maybe that isn't her name). Is there anything I can do that will make m reach five ft. 2 in. at least? If Nadine's parents, grand parents, uncles, aunts average less than average stature, she and her broth- Di. Brady ers, sisters and cousins are likely to tend the same way. This is no "law", but just a matter of reasonable ex pectation. Boys generally continue to grow until they are 18 and in some Instances they gain anoth er inch or so even after that. Girls, in 100,000 observations In public and private schools in the United States, generally gain two Inches in height between the thirteenth and 14th years of age, l'i Inches from age 14 to age IS, SA inch from age 15 to age 16, VS inch from 16 to 17, one-fifth inch from age 17 to age 18. These, too, are the aver ages of the growth in stature as measured in the 100,000 girls. In some instances of retarded growth prolonged ductless gland treatment by the physician gives happy results. Do not ask me for more detailed information about this. Ask your family physician. Such treatment can be given only by your own physician any way. In the absence of any recent Inquiries about humbug mail order remedies, treatments or gadgets purporting to increase stature I infer that these snides have petered out or perhaps the federal authorities have over taken them. Even if one is short In stature one need not be short in brains. Now I have one suggestion to offer every boy or girl under eighteen who is below average stature. I believe It can do no News Behind The News by Paul Mallon (Continued from Pag. On.) it. This was true in Tunisia and In Sicily where we had trstop to reorganize after victories in order to meet a new and differ ent situation. As a result, the men who know military affairs here have been less enthusiastic than the gen eral public in expectation of a swift conclusion In Italy. THE military result of the RnHnolln irmltllM worn llkr- wise restricted. Probably the main result was the undetect able effect it had on the Ger man people and their conquered nations. The news could not be concealed that our breath wns now hot on the Nazi back. It should be the final German dis couragement. So conclusive was the action in this respect that you would expect the German army imme diately to shoot Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, et al, and ask tor terms, but the Pruss'an military system is Just as near the gal lows now as Is Hitler. The Ger man army will be gone (the of riccrs will all lose their Job) as soon as they surrender. Aside from the controlling Nazi and the army groups, there Is no political organization avail able in Germany except the un derground Communists who are not strong enough to force in ternal German affairs to the gun point. This peculiar situation Is ap parently the only thing that hR3 kept Germany in the war in the face of an obviously lost cause. The only direct military ef feet of Italian surrender was to give us air bases closer to Ger many, and establish a position whereby we may cross the Adri atic and take the Balkans. e "THE mysterious delay of five days In announcing and en forcing the Italian armistice Is easily explained. It was worked that way In an effort to trap the four or flw German divisions in southern Italy. Tho agreed time for Its disclosure was the moment our troops lnnded at Naples. They took longer at sea than expected and the news was broken a few hours earlier, but the arrange ment and its purpose remained the same. It tha news had been an nounced at once the Nazis would have been free to withdraw the southern troops, destroying cities, railroads and airfields on their way back. Brady. M. O. LL TAKE THOUGHT harm In any case and that It will do good in most Instances, re gardless of the effect on growth in stature. I suggest that you keep on hand at all times a sup ply of vitamin D and vitamin B complex and supplement your diet with 8 or 10 of the tablets daily chew all of the day's ration of D and B complex along with breakfast, or take a few of the tablets as tablets after food two or three times a day. Every day the year around. It is well recognized that shortage In the intake of vitamin D (sunshine vitamin) In early childhood Is the main cause of rickets, and retarded or defici ent growth In the length of the long bones (especially the leg bones) is more or less character istic of mild rickets perhaps so mild that it is not definitely diagnosed as rickets. QUESTIONS ANSWERS Life After CholecyBtectomy Four yeara ago bad gallstones and appendls removed gall-bladder out. too. Prlenda aay you can live only 16 years after removal of gall bladder. Wo have one child age 6, and would like another. Would childbirth be too great a risk now? - (Mrs. B. R. C.) Answer Not friends, but unpleas ant busybodles say you can live only 15 years alter removal of gall-bladder. No reason why you may not live as long' as tho next person of your age. No reason why you should hesltato to raise your family, either. A Doctor's Religion Kindly recommend a good psychi atrist In who Is a Catholic. (Miss E. McN.) Answer I have no way of know-' lns whether a doctor Is of a partic ular creed or faith or whether he Is a good Democrat. I can't see what difference lt would make In any cir cumstance. What to Eat and Why Wo waited a long while -for Ifr, but the new booklet, "What to Eat and Why." Is worth waiting for. It la a notable achievement In the way of condensed. sclenUflc and highly prac tical Information on a aubject of paramount Importance. (J. McC.) Answer Oollyl I hope you're not kidding me. Copy of booklet to any one who sends twenty-five cents and stamped seif-aoaressed envelope. (Copyright, 1043, John F. Dllle Co.) Ed. Notei Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. ' William Brady. M. D.. 289 El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. U-BOAT SKIPPER ARK ROYAL. SAVED Washington, Sept. 13. (U.R) The U-boet -commander who was decorated by the German gov ernment for sinking the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal has been taken prisoner, the navy announced today. The prisoner, Kapltanleuten ant Freidrich Guggenberger was taken when his submarine was sunk recently by a U. S. navy Martin Mariner patrol bomber off the eoast of Brazil. Five other Germans also were rescued and taken prisoner. Axis radio reports said that Guggenberger was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by Germany in December, 1941, for sinking the Ark Royal, and he was awarded the oak leaves to the Knight's Cross early this year. These reports also said he was decorated by the Italian govern ment for his attack on the Ark Royal In the Mediterranean in November, 1941. In the German communique announcing the sinking of the Ark Royal, the Nazis credited two U-boats, one of them com manded by Guggenberger, with sinking the carrier. As far as is known, however, Guggenberger is tho only submarine comman der to be decorated for this ac tion, and German press reports repeatedly have referred to him as the skipper who actually sank the carrier. The British have estimated that only one torpedo struck the vessel. Guggenberger chose to stay on tha surface and fight it out Instead of diving to cover when his submarine was spotted by the navy plane. The Mariner sank the U-boat on the first try. Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Claaslfy, 5:S0 Saturday afternoon Please remember. DARKEN HITLER'S SKY Hitler laughed wh.n Go.r ing's Luftwaffe rode rough shod over Coventry, Warsaw and Rott.rdam, but now that our plants are turning out more than 300 pianos dally the Germans are learning the bitter experience ot aerial war. Fighter pianos cost about 50.0CO oachi bombers from $200,000 up. Tho more planes we buy the leas life we lotei the sooner the Nasi will cry "enoughl TROWBRIDGE Ct FLYNN Electric Co. - 2 1 4 West Main Phone 522 1 PE1 DEPOT FIRE Philadelphia, Sept 13 U.B Workmen began tearing apart the ruin of the Pennsylvania railroad's Broad street station train shed and baggage room to day and train traffic returned to near normal after a $230,000 fire which destroyed a city length block of track and In jured 300 persons. None of the Injured was in a serious condiUon and most were treated for minor lacerations or smoke Inhalation at the scene. The fire, which broke out yes terday morning In an engine room and spread to the train shed, for several hour threat ened the 62-year-old main sta tion. Sixteen tracks running over the baggage room were reduced to a mass of twisted rteel and six passenger cars standing on the train 'level were destroyed. About 100 passengers escaped without injury from a New York-bound train standing in the station. The baggage office, operated Jointly by the railroad and the Railway Express company, estl mated that 1,500 pieces of bag gage were destroyed. Firemen, who were aided by about 800 servicemen and more than 1,000 civilian defense workers, res cued 900 pieces of luggage from the pffice. ER DPA AIDE AVERS OFFICIAL San Francisco, Sept. 13. (U.R) John T. McTernan, former re gional OPA enforcement attor ney, charged today that Frank Marsh, regional administrator and other officials, deliberately stymied effective price control enforcement. McTernan, asserting he had been discharged on orders of Marsh, issued a 700 word state ment describing Marsh as a "wil ful wrecker." He claimed Marsh prevented working arrangements with other OPA divisions, liberal ized regulations in the midst of an enforcement drive and pre vented enforcement officers from carrying out their duties "by se cretive and star chamber Investi gations, prying into personal be liefs and union affiliations and raising anti-Semitism." Leo Gentner, acting adminis trator while Marsh is in Wash ington as special assistant to the OPA general manager, declared McTernan's dismissal "was in the interests of better enforcement, among other reasons." CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM REVIVED Washington, Sept. 13 (U.R) Sen. Scott W. Lucas, D., 111., said today that he would introduce, when the senate reconvenes to morrow, legislation to appropri ate $7,818,748 for the federal crop Insurance program, which congress restricted last session. Lucas said his proposal would restore to the original budget estimate the insurance appro priation, which congress cut to $3,300,000, and also would elim inate a proviso .that no funds should be used in connection with insurance on wheat and cotton crops planted subsequent to July 31. In Illinois. Lucas said, "farm ers were bitter In their denun ciation of those who had de stroyed this program." LEWIS CALLS MEETING Washington, Sept. 13 (U.R) President John L. Lewi of the United Mine Workers today summoned members of the UMW's international policy com mittee to a meeting here next Thursday to discuss -current ne gotiations with soft coal oper ators over portal-to-portal pay and proposed . lengthening of working hours. 33 Oli ive Barber'. Observations He left for hi home last Itu-ht the old gentleman now to hi 84th year who 1 my father. Tbi morning when Frank went to start the fire In the heater, he found he had only to strike a match to It, for Dad's last act had been to place pitch kindling and wood In the stove ready tor tha morning fir he'd not be here to enjoy. I understood my husband's re luctance to set it going. That carefully laid fire might so eas ily be the last our father would ever build for us. When a man has passed his 83rd year he' so very near Heaven everything he does, each word he says, takes on special significance. We feel we are running in competition with the angels for his favors, and treasure each hour he re mains with us for the precious gift it is. He brought Frank a book to read which he himself had en Joyed; a tale of adventure and deeds of derring do. But first he had blacked out all the "damns" in the book. Since the author was Zane Gray, the pages looked like they had broken out with the black measles. This expurga tion of naughty language seemed, to my logger husband, a rather futile effort to keep his vocabu lary uncontamlnated. Yet my husband says that when he took Dad to visit his logging camp the most profane man on the job used no single term which would have been offensive to the eld gentleman's ear. Which goes to prove that swearing is not as unconscious as some think it to be. While here, I cooked for him the things I knew he liked best corn bread, potatoes with their Jacket on, crisply fried bacon and pumpkin pie. Each night before we retired, we had family worship. . I wished our president - and military leaders could have seen the old saint kneeling there, seen the bowed head with Its halo of white down as he prayed for them; prfyed they might be given wisdom In leadership and military tactics to the end that "the foe be con founded and the powers of evil overcome." He stayed one night with our bachelor son, and I understand there were frantic forays to neighboring apartments for the Bible the son should have had but didn't. Our son would have found it as unthinkable as Dad. that the two retire without the nightly period of devotion; the son out of courtesy to his grand father. Dad because family wor ship has been a sacred rite he has not missed in fifty years. Dad helped me wash the dishes, since my badly scalded hand has made of this task a veritable hardship. Coming to a kettle with a sooty bottom, he chuckled and said, " 'Pears to me Olive, this kettle got used In the dark of the moon." A man of God, my dad, but a great guy, too. - Willkie h Chamoion Phone Bond Peddler New York. Sept. 13 (U.R) Wendell Willkie was champion salesman amonff thn i.!Hvn vni. unteers who campaigned by ra dio yesterday tor the Third War Loan. . He accepted 233 telephone pledges in 80 minutes for sub scriptions estimated between $40,000 and $50,000. Prior to picking up tha telephone he had made a 2o-secAnr1 annitiin. ment that bond buyers could communicate with him at radio station WABC. ALWAYS HERE TO SERVE YOU CONGER FUNERAL PARLORS SIXTH AND WEST MAIN PHONE $147 Flight cV Time Modioid ad Jackson Co. HI lory beta tho ftlaa ot tha Mai. Tiibuaa 10 sad 34 years ago TEH TEARS AGO TODAY toptsmbor 13, 18JJ ft, (It was Wednesday) w Bose pear packing to be re duced to aid market, President Roosevelt plan to boost farm price. Medford National bank I re organized. CCC camp at Lak o' Wood to remain open all winter. Robert W. Frame ot Phoenix is elected head ot gleemen. County old age applicant must await arrival ot new blanks. Barney Ross of Chicago da feats Tony Canzoneri for welter weight title. Fair. High 84, low 47 degree. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY September 13, 1923 (It was Thursday) Revolution, backed by army, V break out in Spain. ' Winter comes to mid west and east with snow and frost. Fair and warm. High 95, low 64 degrees. .General Perching, American commander in France observes 63rd birthday. To retire next year. Mail Tribune to broadcast Dempsey-Flrpo fight tomorrow night in New York. Pear shipments now1 total 1350 cars. Rains peril upstate crops. FOR SLEEPY LADY0 .LITEST Chicago, Sept 13 (U.R) Hair-do experts came forth to day with a combless coiffure for sleepy women war workers. The style 1 designed to save the time of workers who fail to heed the alarm clock. It dis penses with the necessity of a comb. As one authority at the Amer ican Cosmeticians' convention explained it, "all the worker has to do when she gets up in the a morning is to run her hand V through her hair and 'presto' her crown of glory is properly ar ranged." The new style is streamlined with scissors and brush before the wearer abandons her comb Its length varies from 1V4 inches at the neckline to four Inches over the crown. "Upswept from the face, the hair is thinned and tapered to conform to the head's contour," one expert explained. IN NORTH ITALY London, Sept. 13. (U.R) Strikes were reported spreading rapidly through Nazi-occupied northern and central Italy today. Increasing numbers of work ers in Milan, Turin and Genoa, as well as Rome itself, have taken to the surrounding hills after striking in defiance of a Nazi threat of execution for all striers, saboteurs, political dem onstrators and persons attempt ing to communicate with Badog lio or the allies. W son people have found lt so con venient to eeataet C o n i". whenever the hour et need is at band. Mr. and Mrs. Conger maintain their apartment In their modern, well-appointed funeral parlors and are ready at all times to offer experienced, friendly advice to those who are be reaved and to those who tee the wisdom of planning ahead. There is. et course, na obligation en the pert ef those who seek this kindly advice. O (t
