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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX Medford!&,Tribune "BaarraaMi to ealhara n i n aa Mail Trikaa" Dalla bitH lilwAtf PaallahaS monno miNTixa ea It-tt nii rt st, rtaw ROBERT W HUffU Kdltar. RNCST B. OILSTRAF Maaasar. Am MipMtnl Naw.pp.r. Catara4 M aacand alaaa matter at lafd, Oraaoa. aadei Act af Uarth I, SUBSCRIPTION RATER Br Mall la advaacai Dalla aa4 Rwaday mmm raar...., Pally aaA auaaar ala maatba... Ially aad Suadar thraa maalha. Daily and Suadar ana monili . Wf Carrlarwfa Advaaeaatadferd. laad. Caalral Pataf. Jaaaaaaallla. HIIL Paaaala. Tajaat ul mm I roataai Had 1111 Ml a.aa IIS .11 aah. Oeld aatar ally and Stiadar aa monii'.'. II.H .11 " wrmi utl la advanoa. O'fh-bl fanar af tba C1I, at Hadrar OKIolal Papal af Jarkaaa Caaaty Caltad rn -run I aand Win MEUHER OP AUDIT BUP.EAD OP OIRCULATIONR Adaartlalnf Rtpraaaatallva niT.HOI.UDAI COHPtNT IHC. Orflcaa la N. Tark. Chlcaaa, Datralt Baa Pranolaaa, Laa Anaalaa. aaatlla, ranlaad. It, Lam,, Atlanta. Vaaaaavar, a a MmmU, PtiutHlf 4sstj)iRrio -35 Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Prry Moat of supposed food short ages are self-made and not due to a lack of food, dealers de clare. Unlike the self-made man there Is no wife handy to take credit or the blame. " From Washington, D. C, up state and way points comes word the democratic party Is having troubles. They will have to do ilka the orchard run of folks laugh at them, but don't get gay with them. The Vice President, visiting the South, where the natives are sore beset by malaria, quite fittingly dressed-down the "quin ine trust," one of the principal cures for the ailment. Some critics hold the demagogic ap peal of some of his speeches are reason enough to take quinine. a THE FOXIER BEXI (Ladles' Home Journal) -"Even ' a foolish woman knows enough to laugh at a man's Joke,- but it's a diplomat who knows enough to hang on to his coat lapel and beg him to 'tell it again!' " Through the action of the governor, this state has averted and been spared a proposed special session of tba legislature. The excuse offered was the con sideration of post-war legisla tion. The action of the chief executive la ' the first gift in the Christmas stocking of the people. The cold weather of the past (aw days haa caused English sparrows hereabouts, to puff up Ilka they had been appointed to minor federal Job. Toasts drank at banquets at tendant to the conferences of the Big Three in Egypt and Teheran numbered between 39 and SO. This Is a lot of two fisted, wholesouled drinking. at The Nazis are still boasting about their alleged "secret weapon" they will fire at the Allies unless they cease bomb ing Berlin and way points. This is a Teutonic bluffblitx. It resembles the prohibition want ads that ran: "Party who took gallon of moonshine off back porch is known. If re turned at once no questions will be asked; otherwise district at torney will be Informed." a a GOOD NEIGHBOR STUFF1 (Wichita (Kan.) Eagle) "A western Kansas rancher who was extremely forbear 1 Ing suspected a neighbor oT foul play. When he could stand it no longer, he sent the following message across to the suspc-ct: "Dear Sir: Please don't leave your red-hot branding irons around any more so my cows can He down on them." An Oregon astronomer asks "How far away is the moon?" It is too far away to get any of the unratloned green cheese of which it Is composed, but close enough for the price of sirloin steaks in the original package to Jump over it m m m Russia and Czechoslovakia have signed a pact and asked Poland to Join a "cordon soli tatre." Diplomats can think up the fanciest names for their monkey-business that seldom turn out as pleasing as they sound. a ALIBI FOR EVERYTHING! "A widow of our acquaint ance, with two sons In service, doing all her own housework, who has a very large lawn and rarden, and no gardener, does all her repair work herself, does war work and all the other things a good citizen finds time for sees red when smug per sons, to cover up their lack of efficiency say 'Don't you know there's a war onl" " Editorial Correspondence San Francisco, Dec. 10: The show windows here are blossom ing with Christmas displays and the stores are crowded with Christmas shoppers, but little Christmas spirit Is apparent. Perhaps it is a little early for that, but there may be another reason sev eral in fact. In the first place while the stores look normal enough on the outside, there is nothing normal within. Normal conditions in fact re exactly reversed. Instead of the clerks trying to sell Christmas things to the customers, the customers are trying to buy Christmas things which they can't get. As a result the shoppers look worried and frustrated and the clerks look worried and bored there is none of the old Yuletlda abandon and good cheer apparent. Per haps there will be an Improvement as the 25th approaches, but we doubt It. For say what we will important thing, the American certain things, and when he or she can't find them, he or she doesn't like it. That not liking it reaction Is the dominant Christ mas note thus far. a Then too, this warm sunny visitor is not exactly In keeping for the "big wind" of yesterday, the past ten days have been more like May than December. Not unusual for the Bay district perhaps yet a bit more sparkle and dash help stimulate the Yuletlde note. Finally we Imagine the war absence of the old-time punch and Theoretical y of course Christmas is essentially a cnuarens festival, (and It IS.) But when fighting 8000 miles away and the across the country in the Wacs or graders about hardly compensate instances of course there are no So, all in all this is neither Christmas to date at least. Little time for movies on this iiaoers few movies here worth can be recommended. It is a British film up at the Clay Street theatre entitled ''jeannie," and like so many pre-war British films it is delightful. It is the comedy-farce type, but unlike the Amer ican genus in the same field, it is entirely free from slap-stick and phooey. There are a few weak points but only a few all in all it is true to character, amusing and convincing. a a a The story is of a hard-working Scotch lass, who had spent all her youth up to 27 years, being a slavey for her hard-fisted and dour father, suddenly left alone when he dies and leaves her his entire fortune consisting of 297 pounds cr something less than $1500 at the present rate of exchange. Instead of continuing her life of drudgery and self-sacrifice she decides to have a bust, take a trip to Vienna, a spot In Europe which had always represented gayety and romance, see the sights and do as the Viennese do until the money is gone. Then she will return, with memories to last her a life time and renting the old cottage, she will go Into service. Well, she takes her dog "Bobbie" along, meets a very per sonable and amusing Inventor of a washing machine en route, and a real Austrian Count when she gets there and through the persistence of the inventor, secures a luxurious suite at the Hotel Splendlde in the Austrian capital. The Count proves to be the conventional type as far as matri mony is concerned, but far from the conventional type as far as manners and acting go one of the neatest bits of characterization In fact we have seen on the "cinema" screen for a very long time. It is not the plot of the comedy however, so much as the way it is DONE that makes "Jeannie" a movie worth going miles to see, and as far as we are concerned worth seeing not only once, but several times. We feel entirely free in boosting "Jeannie"' lib rally and without charging advertising rates for unfortunately foreign films never are shown outside of the larger cities R.W.R. Letter From Washington ' By HARRIS ELLSWORTH Member of Congress From Oregon Washington, D. C, Dec. 11 (Special Correspondence) The mild Influenza epidemic that has hit Washington is heavier in point of numbers Involved than the tragic 1918 flu contagion. (90,000 cases reported.) Several schools are closed and numerous government offices are almost out of business. I have heard of no deaths directly traceable to the current wave of infection. Bad colds or mild flu cases last ing but a few dayi with appar ently no serious after-effects seem to be the extent of it. All of my own office help came down but fortunately only after I had spent most of last week In bed and was about again. The office has been kept open but not, as you might guess at its highest efficiency. A COUPLE of weeks ago a new book, closely Imitating the external appearance, including type, Ink and colors, of Wendell Wlllkle's book, "One World." but bearing the title, "One Man Wendell Willkle," made Its ap pearance here. I bought a copy and read it. It Is apparently sup posed to smear Winkle so badly that he will not be nominated by the Republican convention. Many Republican congressmen are opposed to Willkle, and so greeted this book with great glee. One Washington by-product of the flurry caused by the book was a speaking Invitation ex tended by the member In charge of this week's 78 Club program to C. Nelson Sparks, former mayor of Akron, Ohio, and au thor of the book. The 78 Club is an ontanlzatlon of the Repub lican frshman members of the house, and each member of the club has charge of one program during the year and may select his speaker. Sparks apparently wanted to get some publicity for his publishing venture. Our pro grams being off the record, the oubliclty value was nil. The Sparks speaking data was can celled. The fact that many of the regular Republicans here are openly battling against Willkle does not spell doom for his chances of being nominated, but It doea forecast formidable oppo sition. Right now Tom Dewey seems to be leading the field. The strange thing about Dew ey's "candidacy" is that he is not a candldatel It will be recalled that in order to get solid Repub lican organization support for his race to be governor of New York, Dewey foreswore any fur ther interest In the presidency during his term as governor. The binding of this promise was eased little when New York MEDFORD MAIL about the thought being the only Christmas shopper wants to Duy weather while delightful to the with the Christmas spirit. Save in the ozone would undoubtedly has a gooa oeai 10 ao wun me plum pudding atmosphere. the young men of the family arc young women may be somewhere Waves, even some of the primary for their absence. Ana in many primary graders present. a white nor a very hilarious trip and Judging by the news- seeing, but we did find one which nuant1u .l.nlul DMM..uit.. lieutenant-governor, but for all practical purposes it still stands. Dewey is not a candidate. However, if the Republican convention were to nominate Dewey without any personal ac tivity on hlfl nart nn nnm nit even hardened New York poli tician coma reasonably deny his right to accept it. So, on that basis. Dewev mnv atlll h Mn. sidered a candidate. The Brlcker boom has not started vet. Rut It la nnin. They are endeavoring to give it exactly me proper timing. SO MUCH for high political gossip. Meanwhile the congress Is ffettlnff 1nmmA4 n i " " up nKHIII ucui adjournment time. All legislative bodies seem to do that. The ma jority leader announced today that this session would likely continue on until after Christ mas. That may prove to be ab solutely necessary. It is reported, however, thot McCormlck, the majority leader, is nettled at the activities of th Rannklln committee for action group (cuiDDPcl trie commandos ) and plana to let the session 'run un necessarily lnnff Hnwavar thp Democrats are Just as anxious to go home for the Christmas holi days as the Republicans are. THE four days of debate In the senate on the soldier vote bill had some terrific repercus sions. Democrat senators divided sharply and bitterly on the is sue. Earlv this week they had a bitter verbal set-to on the senate floor with threats of an outrlcht break-up the southern senators threatening to pull away from the present Democratic party and make a third party of their own. Yesterday Speaker Sam Ray bum took the house floor to plead for national unity. It was generally assumed on the hill." however, that " hat he was do ing was indirectly asking Demo crat members of the house to pull together and not break out against one another as they did in the senate. HERO SAVES $2 New York, Dec. 14 U.R Col. Hubert Julian, 47, known as the "Black Eafie" of Ethiopia, took his scrapbook of clippings into court when he appeared on a parking charge. The magis trate was impressed enough to make the fine $2 Instead of the usual $4. WEATHER Northern California, Sacra mento valley Fair today, to night and Wednesday; little change in temperature. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Your Health and Its Care BY Dr. WILLIAM BRADY. M. D. Readers should address inquiries toi Dr. William Brady. 265 El CrtoIoo. Beverly Hills. Calif. NOWADAYS IN CERTAIN AND BETTER The mortality rate from tuber culosis was cut In .half In the first twenty years of this cen tury, ana ine 1920 rata was again lowered one half by 1940. The mor tality statistics show lng re duction in the tube r culosis death r ate from 200 per hundred thous- a r d popula tion in 1900 m. oioay to 45 per hun dred thousand population in 1940, give good reason to believe that tuberculosis is disappearing and its eradication is not Just a beautiful dream but an achieve ment now within sight. Why do only 45 persons die of tuberculosis now, as com pared with 200 the same num ber of persons forty-odd years ago? Well, we don't know all of the reasons or factors respon sible for the ImDrovpmpnt- Tin more than we know why clo- i sis line green sickness) is rare ly seen In young women today whereas fortv-odd veara nan it vas a common typt of anemia: or wny spasmodic croup, so com mon in children fnrtv-nrlrl ago. Is now comparatively rare. i-rooaDiy all physicians or health experts will agree that the discovery of the cause of tuberculosa rfiar-illiia hihara,,. losis by Koch sixty-odd years ago ioia in foundation for pre vention. The Increasing popular ac ceptance of tuberculin tests for early detection of latent tuber culosis and increasing use of chest X-rays In the routine ex amination of school children, college students and other large groups of youths or young adults, and the newer knowledge and greater skill of nh.Man. in examining or ulnilvina patients for signs of incipient or uemnnmg iuoer?uiosis, all con tribute toward the nrfvantfnn n the disease. J Disheartening slow but steady News Behind The News By-Pad Mallon (Continued from Psga Ona) tlun camnnfffn oItmAv ho. .t..4. ed in the minds of the politicos. inaeea, Mr. Kayburn himself Is Considered a Vina nroaJHontlol possibility, although his state of Texas Is reported to be one of ino tour most critical of the New Deal in all the south. Only a few days before he spoke for unity, his own adminis tration whpAl.hnreA fi n a t m Guffey, was at work bitterlv yr.iiiiuuuK aisu.-my in tne party with Dersonal attnrk nn smith. erners In the senate. a a a THIS peculiar situation is pre sented almost dailv In a cer tain newspaper In New York, which howls for unity on odd numbered pages and openly pro motes disunity on the even num bered ones, with such hate fllleri headlines as: "Representative Rankin sneers at war heroes." and "Cotton Ed Smith backs lynch law." This Is the orevailine state of the whole administration itself calling for unity and good feel ing alternately "with Inflamma tory attacks upon adversaries.' Or consldp, the inner back ground of Mr. Wilson's words. He Is certainly non-political. His warning that the country may go too far In Its swing toward the rli'ht was certainly sound. But. In submitting his warn ings of disunity, he also offered war production figures indicat ing industry is doing an excel lent jot) an evidence of con Idcrnble unity. He put forward no suggestion that production Is fi iim otf. Indeed, his figures led the American Federation of Labor Weekly to carry a banner line "War Production Over the Top" (citing shipyards and war plane records to December 1). Mr. Wilson also spoke of "men who preach disunity" (not nam ing any), "plunging us into dis astrous internal strife." If there are any such, unquestionably they should be named, tried Jailed or subdued. The adminis tration has great powers to pun ish them outside the courts if they exist In business, and if they are an important factor. a a DUT I read the papers and magazines probably as fully as anyone, and I see little real PLYMOUTH PARTS HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 So. Riverside Dial 4980 w OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1943. WAYS WE ARE BETTER enllghtment of the general pub lic regarding the usual mode of infection of tuberculosis and other communicable respiratory diseases and regarding the harm lessness of fresh air, night air, dampness, inclement weather, not to say more and frighten timid souls, contribute much to the prevention of tuberculosis. Whether improvement in diet and nutrition Is a factor one can only surmise. All the advice and instruction the public has had In the past twenty or thirty years regarding diet and nutri tion must have improved the v'te of a -good many. Vite means higher average level of positive health. QUESTIONS ANSWERS Parkinson's Tremor My father hu what the doctor calls Parkinson's tremor, and the doctor says there is nothing to do for It. Please Inform me. (O. W.) Answer Perhaps you misunder stood what the doctor says about It. There may be no specuio cure, out there are several things to do for Parkinson's syndrome (paralysis agl' tans, shaking palsy). Send stamped envelope bearing your address for pamphlet on "Parkinson's Disease." Little Green Book Cousin, formerly a great sufferer irom nervous uoume, nas undergone a remarkable change for the better. In fact, she Is now perfectly normal and weu, and she tens me it is au from what she learned in Or. Brady's "little green book" about nerves. X am not quite a nervous wreck, but that la not to deny I am Inclined. (Miss M. F.) Answer Im afraid you won't find the psychological hokum about con trolling your "nerves" In the booklet, but If you really want to know, send twenty-five cents and stamped en velope bearing your address for copy of "Nerves and Nutrition." Sweaty Feet Three members of the famllv have sweaty feet, and soma unpleasant oaor wereirom. (M. T. R.i AnswerSend stamped envelope oearmg your aaareas lor pamphlet "Excessive Sweating." Spraying a few drops of standard Liquor Formalde hyde diluted with six times its vol ume of water In insoles of shoes. let-. I ung snoes stand drying 24 hours be fore wearing, controls the trouble If done once or twice a week. (copyright, 1943. John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Peranns wlnhlng to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Ur. William Rradv. M. n.. CflS EI Ca mlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. hate and no campaigns of dis unity only good production figures.' I see also a confusing contest of various political and economic groups contriving campaigns and wallowing dazedly In their own confused and conflicting advice, or striving to promote their own welfare primarily. This Is not disunity, only typical American politics. It is not good, wise, or benefi cial, but it exists. Not confined to one side, it is not likely to be cured by one-sided campaigns. If all administration spokesmen were Rayburns, Wilsons and Byrnes, it might die down con siderably, but this cannot even be hoped for. Disunity? No. No public spokesman favors giving in to the axis, or abandoning Britain or Russia. All want extermina tion of our enemies. No riots or open demonstrations of protests have occurred, such as have characterized previous wars of this country. For victory, for production for Utmost fishtina effort thie nation has been unified as prob aoiy never before the war. Politically, economically. It has not been, and.nrnhnhlv nwar will be. STEEL MAN DIES Pasadena, Cal. Dec. 14 (U.R) Howard Madison Davis, 82. retired director of the National Steel Co., died today at Hunt ington Memorial hospital. WINDFALL . New York, Dec. 14 ttJ.R) Ralph D. Puett, a merchant sea man from Orange, Tex., had "charged up to profit and loss" the $1163 64 he left In a tavern Sept. 1. When his ship docked again, he was directed to police, who gave him the $1163.64 the tavern proprietor and bartender had turned over to them. Beautiful New 1944 Calendars ARE NOW HERE FOR OUR SOUTHERN OREGON FRIENDS CONGER v FUNERAL PARLORS SIXTH AND WEST MAIN OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CORONER IS PROSPECT FOR Lack of Supplies, Rationing. High Taxes Put Damper on Usual Buying Rush. By Dudley Ann Harmon (United Press Correspondent) London, Dec. 14. (U.R) The government announced today thaf it will release within the next few days 1,000,000 tur keys, geese and chickens im ported from Eire. This means that most of Brit ain's 40,000,000 persons will have to celebrate their fifth war Christmas without the tra ditional bird. Stories from America about the rush buying of mink coats, diamonds and other luxuries find shoppers here willing to settle for a good book. That's about all you can buy without ration coupons. Few In Stores A tour of London's largest department store showed this situation: Clothing department De serted except for the scarf counter; everything else takes a coupon. Toys China dolls are selling for as much as $40 it you can find one. Frustrated mothers face a sign reading: "Why not cheer up the old doll by get ting her a new dress." Stores ration toys to two or three to the purchaser. The government has fixed top price of $5 on toys. - Accessories A shoddy imita tion suede bag costing $1 in America Is priced at $16. An oiled silk umbrella costs $6 and bears a tag: "Not guaranteed. High Luxury Tax Cosmetics 100 per cent lux ury tax on paint and powder; lipstick costs si. 3 2. Costume Jewelry Also taxed 100 per cent. A cheap gilt neck lace is tagged $3. - Man are the big problem for givers. Gold clgaret cases aren't being made, and pipes that sold for $1 in peacetime now sell when obtainable for $5. , , Britons are hardest hit by the shortage of suet, , spices, eggs and fruit for the beloved Christ mas pudding. TOLD TO APPLY I Food retailers were reminded today by the local war price and ration board that applications for their supply of the new ra tion tokens are to be made through their lecal banker not later than tomorrow, Dec. 15 The new tokens are to.be dis tributed to the food dealers about Feb. 32. Application blanks are to be obtained from wholesalers. The tokens, to be somewhat smaller than a dime In size, are to be red for meots and fats and of blue for processed foods. After the tokens go Into use, the stamps in ration books will each be valued at 10 points and will be validated on a horizontal or across-the-book basis instead of a vertical basis as at present A schedule of validity dates win De established with a total of five processed food stamps worth 50 points for each con sumer at the start of each month ana three meat-fats stamos worth a total of 30 points,- will Decome vaia every two weeks. For the first assault of the North African campaign 110 ions or maps were required, and 400 tons more were needed in me later phases of the cam paign. Flight o Time M Milord and Jacksor Co. HU lory t the files oi tba Msi Tribune 10 and 20 rera ago TEN YBARS AGO TODAY .December 14. 1933 - (It was Thursday) War propaganda magazine nrlnted in Jarjan Is seized in Honolulu. Autoists can display their 1934 licenses on cars tomorrow. Cloudy. High 53, low 38 de grees. Portland cafe loses its Blue Eagle. . Medford high to play Weed here next Wednesday in first basketball game of season. Labor and Granges of state unite to defeat sales tax. McKenzle pus is closed for winter. Postofflce to stay open Satur day afternoon until after Christ mas. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 14, 1923 (It was Friday) Huge Panama oil swindle re vealed in Chicago. Ten die in New Mexico bliz zard. ' Fair. High 46, low 34 degrees. Elks annual Christmas tree to be held next Thursday. Central Point radio fans get music from Los Angeles. Hear canary sing. Campbell barn near Phoenix burns down. Tillamook county calves can be purchased through county agent. . Flying Fortresses at cruising speed use 250 gallons of gaso line an hour, and at full throttle the rate is almost doubled. -4 .. h ' ' 'i : cLjijJ ' ' 'I I .'::!- DRASTIC 4 y?vr;i;J Regular 9.98 and 10.98 Suits Now ' - Good nawsl Handsome suits reduced for clenrance. Plaids . . tweeds . . part wool . . even some all wood Hurry I Sites 12 to 20 in the group. Regular 12.98 Suit... Priced to Clearl g75 Unusually well tailored suits I Smart and sturdy . . and amazingly low prlcsdl All wool solids, wool ond rayon mixtures ond tweeds. Sizes 12 to 20 Included. M ontgomery 117 South Central. BLONDE FREED IN Chicago Dec. 14 (U.R) Rosa lie Walsh, a slim, 21-year-old . blonde, embraced her fiance and wept last night when a jury ac quitted her of the murder of her rival in love. When the Jury of seven wom en and five men found her in nocent of the slaying of Miss Al berta Morrow, 28, Rosalie cried, "Thank God," and threw herself into the arms of her lawyer. Then she hugged and kissed her fiance, Anthony Van Arkel, 27, In whose apartment the slay ing occurred. , , Closing time tor Sunday Too Ute to Classify. 6 -SO Saturday afternoon Please remember- ' MISERIES OF Baby's Cold Relieved As lie Sleeps Now . . . here's wonderful home- proved medication that works 2 ways at one to relieve distress of child's cold-avait while ha sleapa! Just rub throat, chest and bacK with Vicks VapoRub at bed time. Instantly VapoRub starts to relieve coughing spasms, ease muscular soreness or tightness, and invite restful, contorting sleep. Often by morning, most of the misery is gone. For baby's sake, try VapoRub tonight. It must be good, because when colds strike, most mothers use Vicks VapoRub. MONTGOMERY WARD mmi Ward Phone 3930.