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The proposed ten billion dol
lar boost in federal taxes to
drain off "inflationary excess
spending money" in the hands of
the public. Is now offset by a
proposed ten per cent fed
eral sales tax. The public, it is
hinted, is awkward in its spend
ing. There Is a surplus of bu-
reaucrats to do a neat, artistic
end expert job of getting rid of
It for them. John Q. Public,
sometimes known as Joe Pungle,
upends his war boom cash for
$9 whiskey, T-bone steaks, fur
coats for the Missus. He only
gets rid of it by the fist-full, and
lasts quick. The Hon. Sam Bu
reaucrat spends it in box-car
lots for votes, repainting Utopi
an rainbows, and a quart of milk
per diem for the Hottentots. The
governmental spendthrifts are
limited by neither time nor
space, nor the alleged gasoline
shortage. They stray far to per
form humanitarian squandering
Mr. Public, alias Pungle, is re
stricted to his own home town.
Now a federal sales is something
else. It is viewed with horror
by politicians both clever and
clumsy. It is sane, sensible, and
nobody can get out of paying it
' Valley pioneers meet tomor
row at J'ville for their annual
reunion. Great Grandpaws will
tell how they hewed the mighty
oak, and fought Indians across
the plains. Great grandmaws wiU
tell how they did the same, with
the additional hardships of hoop
skirts and bustles.
-
The control of noxious weeds
the past summer got minor re
sults, but more weeds, the de
partment of agriculture admits.
A more comprehensive program
Is planned for next year. What
the country needs is an adminis
trator of Hoe Handles.
drouth as yet has started no
cider mills. Here is a beverage,
when aged, that smiles in your
face, and cuts your throat. Its
potency will knock off a lay
man's hat at ten paces.
GET ON WITH THE WAR
(Federal Register)
"13. In section 20, Table A,
the name of Schedule No. 27
is amended by deleting the
words "(Oncorhynchus tschaw
tyscha)" and inserting in
their place the words "(On
corhynchus tschawtscha)3."
14. In section 20, Table A,
the name of Schedule No. 28
is amended by deleting the
words "(Oncorhynchus kl
sutch)" and inserting in their
place the words "(Oncorhyn
chus kisutch)S."-
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Safety commandments for
hunters include, "Never climb
a tree with a loaded gun". Fur
thermore, if you do another
will shoot you for a bear.
The Pacific Coast states are
due for a cut in their gasoline
rations, Washington announces.
This should make slight differ
ence to motorists able to drive
700 miles on four gallons per
week.
LEAD PENCIL EXPERT
'Take the respective years in
which Roosevelt, Churchill
Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler was
born. In each case add the year
they came into power, then in
each cac add the number of
years in power and to that add
each of their ages. The results
re as follows: Roosevelt, 3886;
Churchill, 3886; Stnlln, 388S;
Mussolini, 3886 and Hitler, 3888.
Quite a coincidence. But there's
still a bigger coincidence. In
each case divide the flaura bv
two and In each case the result
is 1943. "And that year," says
the editor "we'll whip H out
of the axis." (Olney (IU.) Advo
cate.)
California has twelve moun
tain peaks with an altitude of
more than 14,000 feet.
MEDFC!
How Strong Is Germany?
Major General George V. Strong, Chief of U. S.
Army Intelligence recently declared the German
army and air force are stronger today than four years
ago, wnen f oiand was invaded.
Naturally from such a source, the statement caused
a tremendous sensation
ana cnucism.
The General has been
Nazi, through a dope fiend, to a damned and unmiti
gated liar.
THE surprising thing is
to these accusations,
able to determine, made any explanations, or pre
sented any supporting evidence.
Which, as we see it, is unfortunate.
For one does not have to be in the confidence of
U. S. Intelligence to have
the statement was made; HOW it might well be liter
ally true: and still not in any sense mean what 99 out
oi lou people have taken
,
AS Paul Mallon pointed
campaign to counteract
confidence regarding the
following the surrender of
this statement from the head of U. S. Intelligence was
a part or tnat campaign. Therefore to take the state
ment, with a certain pinch of salt, is justifiable.
On the other hand, there is no reason to doubt the
statement is FACTUALLY
wen De stronger on the land and in the air today than
she was when Poland was invaded.
This would not mean Germany is so strong today,
but comparatively speaking, was so weak in actual
military effectives when the war began.
IN all likelihood Germany
On4 n... 1 CiOCi 1
"u " iw Biute aoa, um uie an impurtani iact
from the United Nations standpoint, and a fact
which in the press report of General Strong's state
ment at least was not mentioned, was the obvious
fact that the strength of the allied nations has in
creased in that period a hundred fold.
Where the German strength has increased perhaps
2 or 3 percent, in the past four years the allied
oirengtn, on land, sea and in the air, has increased
from practically nothing, to probably the greatest
military force the world has ever seen.
JN other words while General Strong's statement may
well be literally true, and in view, of the over-
sanguine state of the public
as corrective propaganda;
truth, and its implications
ior out oi iuu people who read the statement un
doubtedly took it to mean, that Germany would be
more difficult to defeat now than would have been
the case Li 1939.
, This obviously is completely false I
In 1939 Germany had "the world bv the tail with a
down-hill pull," not because
ingly strong according to present military standards,
but because the democratic world was so weak and so
completely unprepared.
IN the ensuing four years
i wucucu uuii cacicu; revei seu. xne united
Nations now enjoy the superiority Germanv once
enjoyed, and while Germany
and even of her air fleet may well be stronger than
when she marched into Poland, she is today out
classed in actual power practically everywhere.
If this were not true certainly Hitler would never
have abandoned the offensive, and gone everywhere
vii uie ueiensive. ror ne must know as well as his
military leaders that under modern war conditions,
the former is the only road to victory; the latter
can only end ultimately in defeat
IT is too bad General Strong did not make this point
vitai hi wc uugiuai outucuieiiu u. ne xiau uie iorce
of his remarks as far as debunking propaganda is
concerned might have been lessened ; but he would
have escaped a great deal of unwarranted abuse, and
would have given a complete picture of the war situa
tion (at least as we see it) instead of an incomplete,
ami uiereioie a misleading
A Willkk Postscript
Well as a postscript to the Willkie problem, a
certain group of Missouri Republicans sent their
titular leader a communication recently asking him
if not renominated would he support the Republican
i:cket?
It is to the credit of Mr. Willkie that he did not
try to hedge in any way, but came back promptly
and straight from the shoulder as follows:
"I shall support my party ONLY If my party supports
my countryl"
But from a POLITICAL standpoint, what will
be the result? Those who signed that communica
tion, and many other Republicans will resent the
clear implication that the
urant might during this war fail to support their
country, and their opposition to Willkie, ex-Democrat,
will be stronger and more bitter than ever.
bo again why lead with your chin Wendell?
Why go out of your way to antagonize a definite
Republican group the support of which you must
have to get the nomination? Would not the same
idea have been expressed without any political in
jury and without any self-stultification if the an
swer had been slightly changed as follows:
"I shall certainly support the Republican party as long
as It continues to loyally support my country, whether I am
its standard bearer or not."
and raised a storm of protest
called everythine from cro-
'
the General has not replied
or. as far as we have been
a pretty good idea of WHY
it to mean.
out a few days-ago, the
ihe strong feeling of over-
war that swept the country.
Italy, There is little doubt
correct, Germany may
has increased her army
L Xl. . 1 1 .1 i P L
temper, entirely justified
it did not tell ALL the
were completely wrong;
, : v
she was so overwhelm
that condition has not only
in the size of her armies
one. .
party of Lincoln and
Personal Health Service
By WUUam
line lettan parUlolBf to ptnonai
ettfnoot or trMtmtnt, wlU b answer
addrsMed toTtlop u wKlowtt. tetter
Owing to trie Urea number of letter received only a few can re utweretf
here, ho tapir can be made to querlea not conforming to Inatructlon.
Addrea Or. nuilam Bradr. I6S CI Camlno. Henri? HIM. Calif.
HOW TO LIVE A
Since some professor made the
front page by reporting his con
clusion that vitamin C tends to
prevent hard
ening of the
arte ries, we
have had no
confirmation of
the professor'
conclusion and
we can only
stagger along
believing that
a fair daily in
take of vitamin
C as much as
vou Bet in an
Dr. Brady , orange, the
Juice of half a lemon, a peach
or a dish of almost any raw
green leafy salad or relish, or a
half glassful of commercial
canned tomato juice or canned
tomato, or half of a fresh tomato.
But this, is not a song about
vitamins. I want to haro on
something else today. I was re
minded of it over on the bowl
ing green. A dentist who was
drawn to play against me an
nounced that he did not mind,
for he had intended to sneak '. ,
me that day anyway.
i sincerely believe that the
average adult can add a good
five years to his or her life,
active, enjoyable life, not just
existence. Dy investing In nm
nrst class dentistry.
r rom the corresnondenpe . I
have had with dentists and from
clippings and other items per
taining to the subject, I gather
mat my opinion of the useless
ness of brushing the teeth in
the effort to save them is much
better known than is my opinion
of the essentiality of good den
tistry for preservation of health
and vite and promotion of
longevity. For this odd state of
affairs I blame the dental pro
fession the profession as a
whole is too easily misinformed
by proprietary Interests' that
would be happier if I were
silenced.
May I quote what I say about
this in the booklet "The Seven
Keys To Vite" (for copy sent
twenty-five cents and stamped
envelope bearing your address)
Every tooth lost by disease,
accident- or design substracts
a year or two from the in
- dlvidual's life expectation un-
News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallon
(Continued tram Page One)
line and might cause the Nazis
to withdraw not only from Melit
opol, but aU the way back be
yond the mouth of the Dnieper
river. This would leave the Ger
mans practically crowded out of
their Black sea shore positions.
The prospects that the Rus
sians could smash the line at
Kiev has been widely analyzed.
But there Is a third opportunity
northward around Smolensk
which has not drawn much at
tention. There they could force the
Germans . back against the im
penetrable Pripet marshes and
divide the German army north
and south of that vast swamp,
thus hindering their communi
cations and weakening their
ability to resist.
Any one of these three Rus
sian successes would break the
propaganda front which Goeb-
bels has erected at home and
should cause panic among the
German people.
.
'THE German retreat strategy
S- In Ttfllv mnA 19nla haa artftn-
sored some notion that Hitler
Is holding back the best portions
of his large army for counter
attacks as soon as Allied lines
are advanced too far to be easily
maintained.
Some authorities suspect him
of claylne the Rommel game of
North Africa. There the Axis
retreated until the British were
beyond their best supply radius
before launching his major force
This Is possible but not prob
able. The plain explanation of
German weakness Is that our
constant threat of direct inva
slon from England has pinned
down a heaw Quantity of Ger
man strength for the defense of
that area.
Furthermore, our line of stip-
olles can be lust as easily main
talned In northern Italy as in
the boot. Also It Is hardly like
ly that the Russians will get
bevond their dCDth.
Military men write of fluid
rlpfpnmv mpnninff mobile resist
ance. Our attack since the final
stages of the North African drive
have developed an even more
sparkling strategy of war fluid
offense.
e
rXTR armies have shifted post-
1A-
lu, tions no less Intricately than
Brady. M. D.
bwJth mat briten doc t limn
4 bf Or. Bndi If a lUaaM m
thould fee brief and written ta ink.
LITTLE LONGER
less its function is carried on
by a suitable denture.
This applies particularly to
the back teeth loss of which
some misguided individuals be
lieve is unimportant, since, they
londiy imagine. It doesn t show,
They are wrong even about that
Indeed, one of the advantages
of immediate denture service
(preparation of whatever artifi
cial tooth or teeth will be neces
sary to replace the extracted
teeth, in advance of extraction,
and installation before the
patient leaves the office) is that
this modern practice saves face
the patient's face from droop
ing, sagging, taking on the ap
pearance of advanced age a
change which inevitably occurs
when the patient elects to limp
along minus one or more teeth.
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
Burnlnc Sulfur
Is burnina- sulfur for cold of ant
help or la It Injurious' to a person?
K. n. A.)
Answer No help. Irrtt&tlns. injuri
ous If the person get a good whiff
or the fumes.
Barefoot Kids
X know vou have advlaed that It la
an right for children to go barefoot
In the rammer. But how about thee
autumn day when It begin to. oe
cold? (Mrs. a. A. J.)
Anawer If they were my kid the
question would never arise. That Is.
whenever the klda wlahed to go bare
foot or bare naked for that matter,
they'd go that way unless they were
Idiots and didn't know enough to
come in out or the eold if the cold
were uncomfortable.
Seventeen
Doc-oor who examined me when I
applied for Job found I bad leaking
heart, i told him no when he asked
If it bothered me. as T feared 1
wouldn't get the Job, but I do often
have patna around the heart. Should
consult my doctor? I am 17 and
have felt this way over a year but
couldn't see a doctor because I dldnt
want to alarm my parent. (S. K.)
Answer- you got the lob It Is
fairly evident that the doctor was
Just trying to protect hie own lob
The pains you mention would not
ocour from leaking heart. In any
event, It Is far better to run the
risk of alarming your parent, young
lady, than It Is to drift along with
that morbid notion cramping your
style. I advise you to choose a com
petent doctor, nave him examine you,
and be guided thereafter by hi In
structions. (Copyright, 1943. Jobn F. Dllle Co.)
ta. Notei Person wishing ta '
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D tea El
Camlno, Beverly Hill. Calif.
a Notre Dame backfleld. General
Clark's army, for instance, land.
ed south of Salerno and wound
up in central Italy, while the
British armies from the heel and
toe likewise have criss-crossed
and fitted Into positions behind
and around him like vast puzzle
pieces. ,
The same swift moving of ar
mies in bewilderina fashion was
evident in Sicily and earUer in
mnisia. where the Americans
who were fighting on the right
suddenly appeared on the left.
The deception of these shifts has
been heightened by amphibious
flanking movements around to
the German rear by sea, the lat
est having developed at Ter
moli on the Adriatic.
It is just nossible wa mnv nut.
flank the coming Gaeta line and
perhaps even Rome by landine
at Civatavecchia and circling in
irom we coast to the German
rear.
TJSO HEAD ON VACATION
Ashland. Oct. 6 (Sol.) Mrs.
Bayonne Glenn, director of Ash
land TJSO, left October 1, for a
month's vacation. She will
spend- the first week in San
Francisco visiting ' her mother.
The remainder of the time she
will visit friends In Los An
geles. Mrs. Jewell Lockhart, as
sistant, director, has charge of
Ashland TJSO during the ab
sence of Mrs. Glenn. She is as
sisted by Mesdames Frances
Silver, Clare Smith, Florence
Orkin, and Frances Hunter.
GIVE
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CHILD
this celd-rtll.f aiedwhan
QUINTUPLETS
CATCH GOLD
It promptly rHtm CMiMnf
and maksii breathing aMttr
Wbenmr th Otonn Qulstupltts catch
eold tMr chant, throat and bacVrjajt
Immediately rubbed with Muitcrole.
Wuterol'jfiveaiuchwondertulraulta
becftuse if MORE than just aft ordi
nary "aalT," It'a what ao many Doctors
and Nurada call a modem covrtirr-irritant.
It actuary helps break up local coturaa.
tioo in upper bronchial tract, make
breath) of easier, promptly re lie vat cough
tag, am throat and aching cheat muaclaa
duo to colds, GetMuatarole todaut
tS h STRENGTHS i Children i MILL
Regular and Extra Strong,
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Washington Letter
Analysis and Comment
fcr '
HARRIS ELLSWORTH
Congressman, Fourth Oregon District
Washington, D. C. Oct ft
(Special Correspondence) Ore
gon, Washington, California and
Idaho members of congress are
uniting In protest to the War
Production board and the Man
power Commission over the re
cent direction from Donald
Nelson's office declaring that
no new contracts for war ma
terials are to be awarded on the
Pacific Coast because of the
manpower shortage there. Fig
ures we have indicate the man
power shortage is In spots and
not universal.
- This order goes even deeper
than just new contracts. I have
lately talked with representa
tives of several small manufac
turing concerns in Oregon who
are back here for renewal of
contracts. These men have been
informed that the order applies
to ALL contracts. As a result,
several concerns that have been
in business for many years will
be liquidated.
The plight of small business
all over the United States is sad.
The only difference between
the troubles of Oregon small
business concerns and such busi
nesses in other sections is that
we have Nelson's manpower di
rective as a sort ot coup de
grace. Our little business is go
ing to be put to death quickly
rather than go through the lin
gering death period being suf
fered by those in the other
states.
e
LAST Saturday members of
the house from Oregon and
Washington met in Homer
Angell's office to develop a plan
and basis for protest against
the Nelson directive and to
ask exception at least for the
establishment of an alumlna-
from-clay plant in the northwest.
A committee of three was
named to confer with the War
Production Board and plead our
case. Yesterday I was requested
to serve with a committee of
California Congressmen which
is also going to discuss the Pa
cific Coast manpower directive
and perhaps make a formal pro
test to Nelson. Pacific Coast
members of congress are pretty
much wrought up over the sit
uation as the above outline of
activities indicates. Fact is,
some of us suspect that the di
rective is actually not necessary
and that it Is an indirect method
of putting the brakes on west
ern industrial production. The
Pacific Coast is showing defi
nite signs of becoming industry
minded, thereby threatening the
former manufacturing domi
nance enjoyed by the East and
Midwest.
NOTHING much doing on the
floor this week. House: Cox re
signed from special FCC Inves
tigating committee under fire.
Senate: Wheeler has been ar
guing for his bill to prohibit the
drafting of fathers which In
due to fall. Nothing much in
prospect for- next week.
Meanwhile, the house rules
committee is sitting on ths Ful
mer bill (counterpart of the Jen
kins bill drafted by the food
study committee), which would
consolidate the conflicting and
confusing administration of food
and place it under one head in
the Department of Agriculture.
The bill was reported out fa
vorably by the committee on
agriculture. If we can get that
bill out of the rules committee
onto the flocr of the house, It
will pass. The senate would
doubtless pass it also but the
president would probably veto
It . . . though I hope not, for
considerable study of the whole
situation by the food committee
indicates that legislation as one
great step toward improving the
entive food situation.
.
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sation around congressional
halls now is the subsidy plan
proposed by the administration
as a means of holding down
prices particularly of food.
Olive
Barber's
Observations
Fall bird migration la well un
der way. Indeed some species
have already disappeared.
inougn there stui remain strag
glers of many, the main body of
which has left.
Several species remain with
us permanently and of these, the
song sparrow rates highest in
my esteem and affection. Streak
ed little throat palpitating,
brown tie in place In the center
cf the small round breast, the
song sparrow sends forth his jus
tification for existence.
I do not know what type of
music we would call his song in
our own musical terms, but it
would have to be something
which could make vocal the
glory of the sun, the gentleness
oi laming aew, soft movement
of wind across grasses and the
color of summer blooms. For all
of these are in the song coming
from the throat of the song spar
row. . v
A few minutes ago I opened
the kitchen door just as lilting
notes of fairy proportions came
from the peak of the woodshed.
It was the pianissimo prelude he
always gives before launching
into the main theme of his song.
His finales are always given
fortissimo, giving a dramatic
finish to his performance like
any true artist.
But first that prelude; a gen
tle blur of sound, as soft as a
baby's breath. By some divine
alchemy which it is not given
me to understand he ran change
his diet of weed seeds and weev
ils into such a song as must set
the angels envying.
Birds are said to behave in an
entirely instinctive manner and
scientists further claim that they
have a very limited intelligence.
One scientist says this is because
"There is no corpus callosum;
the pons varolii is poorly pre
sented. The corpora striata dif
fer in construction and func
tion." "Well, that's that.
Yet I confess to a lively Inter-1
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est In the whole matter and as
time goes on and my observa
tion and reading give me more
insight into bird ways, I know
an increasing awe for the mighty
works of the creator. I would
prefer that it be told in nine
short words but since scientists
seem unable to do this, I will
progress as best I may.
Winter brings them closer to
me than any other time of the
year by way of the feeding ta
bles. And If I beggar the fam
ily pantry in my intemperate
feeding of them, I will not be the
first who has denied the body
for the benefit of the soul.
Flight o' Time
Madiord and Jackson Co. His
tory from the Hies ot the Mali
Tribune 10 and 20 year ago
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
October . 1933
Ot Was Friday)
Northwest fruit code for
marketing under NRA reported
signed.
New York wins fourth game
of world series, 4 to 1.
Fair and slightly cooler. High
91, low 45 degrees. California
sizzles in Indian summer heat.
Medford Shrine hears discus
sion of proposed Bonneville Dam
project.
Fall flower show of Medford
Garden club opens with large
and varied displays.
George Gates named auto
dealers' chairman for handling
NBA code.
Fat steer beef roasts eelllng
for nine cents per pound in local
stores. Three patties of farm
style sausage given with each
purchase in many shops.
NRA parade at Portland sees
80,000 marchers.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
October 6, 1923
Ot Was Friday)
Premi&r Lloyd George of Eng
land on arrivel In America Is
hooted by New York Irish.
More rain predicted. High 61,
low 41 degrees. Precipitation
light.
' Bobbed hair Is more popular
than ever on U of O. campus.
City council calls off Its tree
trimming campaign when South
Central avenue residents file
protests.
Money for Japanese quake re
lief fund continues to come in.
Union labor condemns U.s
supreme court wage decision.
Central Point to vote tomor
row on building of high school
gymnasium. ,
Sams Valley stockmen start
bringing their cattle down from
high hills.
Dae KaU Tribune want Mm.
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