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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1943. MEDF0RIU3kTRIBUNl "Every mm im fctHwn Oftmm Daily fec-apl Watmrdtf Public bf MCUroBO PKIMTIMO 00k ROHKRT W BUHL, St.Mr rfSJTT aiUTRAP A tMWH4l NltiHHT- Brupm) u imm4 matter ( !! fswA, Ortcon. snitri Act ml Mvrb I, lilt UBKCRIPTIOW RATS . By Utl In AdviBMi Dally u4 ttumUr o rur ....IT.lt Dally and funday g moat ha,. .H Dally and Sunday Kbr naniha ft.1t Dalty ao4 t)n1ay ana monlk .Tl T Carrlar In Advaaaa IfadfarC Aan laixt Caatrai Palat. JMktvrnvlti, 01f BlIL raata. TalaaC aa ( raataat . Dally aa iuaday aaa raar .,..fl.N DaJlf and munAmr anaath.. .H All Ufw aaah tm aavanaa. OfAHal rQm ml laa CH a KaaVa OffVlai paa af Smrkmm OMrty MEUHBR or AUDIT BURSAS ' OF CIRCULATIONS Aararllalni RapraMatadra WBiT-HOLLIDAT COM PA NT 10. Orfloaa la Na Tat. Chleata, Detroit aa rraaelaaa. l-m Angalaa. Saatttft r art land. M. Laata, AtlaaU. Yaaaaavar, a OiiErisfr tti inn Ye Smudge Pot By Artbui Inr The shortest dayi of the year Tues. ft Wed.) com thU week, alter which it will only be six month! to the longest one. - B. Ulricb, the Prospect Mt. IVm,, journeyed to the big Shas ta Valley In Siskiyou Co. Tues., where he saw. hundred of line, at steers, Impersonating the al leged meat shortage. : Paul (Suspicion Points) Jen nings came home Frl. from New foundland, where he fs with the eiavy, on furlough. He re marked it was cold here. One power pole and street sign on the Main 8tem were overpowered and flattened by motor vehicles the past week. Fog and Icy pavements caused many accidents and Sam Colton had one in a bank. Peoria BUI Gates cam out last week with puff far Ida ho potatoes, while no one from Klamath county was listening. Five or six of the Older Girls upbraided themselves ' all week for getting their hair braided up. They regarded the coiffure as cruel blow from fate, Instead of something they ordered them selves. . , Flu 1 rampant In our midst, and most everybody has It, or the equivalent thereof. ' . A bevy of damsels congregat ed at Clay's Thurs. and swapped letters to read from boy-friends on the far-flung battlefronta. There would be no giggling If they thought the regiment or the ship's crew read the letters they wrote. ' , ' Due to the war bo suet wu put out for bird during the lata cold spell. Anyway, the bluejays would have gobbled the lion's share. x . 1 The Dubb Watson boy Edd, who is a naval flier, I back to spend the Yule season with the home team. The Bate Boys' chln-whack-ery is the oldest business part nership In this burg. Long be fore the Munich appeasement, they established the policy of the customer always being wrong. The first rumor in a long time was In circulation the tall-end ol the week and not caring who circulated It. The first amateur and prema ture S2a Claus has Ignited his cotton-batting whiskers on a Christmas tree candle. . The public are not buying canned and candled carrots, the OPA reports. They were not worth wasting tin and sugar on In the first place. The local flaming youth are still singing "Pistol Packtn' Ma ma." It is not as bad as a few years back, when they Inflicted "The Music Goes In Here, and Comes Out There." , . , .... r The Lei Taylor boy Bob.-of Phoenix, Is rejoicing In. the ar rival of a red calf, ln'mld-week. He Is still having arguments with his grand paw, and losing them. ' Fireplaces were fired up the past week and happy groups gathered round, and listened to each other and the crackling ol the logs. The plot to Inflict a spe cial session of the legislature. quashed by the governor, still shows signs of life. The Idea Is to ponder post-war problems, and monkey with the state in come tax money. The sheiitf reports the tax. payers pungled up as never be fore last Nov. Dog license lees are due after Jan. 1. Share Your Christmas TTHE usual gaiety of the Yuletide season is gome . what quieted this year by the absence of many loved ones, and by the sobering realization that the road to victory will be a long and bitter one. We are, however, heartened by the fact that this Christmas marks another milestone on that road, and peace is one year nearer. ""TODAY, the strains of Christmas carols, the heart- wanning tinkle of bells at the Salvation Army street corner kettles, the fuss and flurry of shopping, lighted trees and sparkling tinsel these turn our thoughts to the true spirit of Christmas the Christ mas with the great Yule log, Tiny Tim and "Silent Night" America's sons are gallantly fighting to up hold this spirit of Christmas and to. hasten the return of more joyous Yuletides. THE people of this community are fortunate in hav-' ing an opportunity to spread a little real Christ mas cheer this year where it is most needed. Next Saturday we will sit down to the traditional Christ mas dinner. There is always room for one or two more and among our Camp White guests are those who long for a real home-cooked dinner and the at mosphere of family life. Let's invite them I rF COURSE, a fine Christmas dinner will be served at Camp White, but the best of food simply doesn't taste quite right in a mess hall on Christmas day.' Mom is not thero to baste the turkey and pre pare favorite dishes wih loving care. Dad is not at the head of the table, wielding the carving knife and serving with kindly care the morsels most enjoyed by each. The faces of loved ones and their homey chatter will be missing. The people of Medford, and thejr homes on Christmas day, can give these men a reasonable facsimile of their own homes on a day when family ties are first in mind. It is a small gesture, indeed, to men who have already sacrificed much and may soon be called to give up a great deal more. Rjf ANY warm friendships have been established " between civilians here and the personnel of Camp White. Already pleasant contacts have been made with the men of the 96th Infantry Division, recently-assigned to training at this camp acfluaint- ances made through church recreation centers. . . To those who know service men we offer this friendly suggestion: Invite YOUR soldier friend to share your Christmas dinner and holiday festivities. If you have any difficulty in reaching him the Hos pitality committee of the Jackson County Recreation Committee will be glad to offer a helping hand. Just telephone the Riverside USO 7131 and your guest win De coniaciea ior you. ur course, ration points will suffer, but it will be in a good cause. This com mittee is not arranging "blind dates," but is simply assisting in getting friends together. WE HOPE that "Share Your Christmas" enthusi- T asm will spill out into every corner of the Rogue River Valley-r-that homes will be opened, plates added at the holiday feast, and that the spirit of Christmas will be felt at every fireside. H.G. REVENUE BUREAU TO EYE WHISKY Washington. Dec. 18 fll.R) The internal revenue bureau, the only government Instrumental ity which was able to bring such prohibition era public enemies as Al Capone to Justice, declared war tonight on the war-time black market in whisky. Grand strategy for the cam paign was mapped and detailed tactical plans were made at a meeting her of district super visors of the bureau's alcohol tax unit. The bureau's campaign, it was learned, calls for closest cooper atlon with the Office of Price Administration and with the le gitimate liquor industry The su pervisors were told to use every facility available to them to de tect and prosecute any violation either of revenue laws or price regulations. . Bureau officials said they would help the distilling Indus try to police Itself by supplying It with Information about black markets. Heretofore, the bureau ODer- aiea on me meory that black market operations were largely me concern of the OPA inas much aa most black market liquor Is tax paid. Today's dec laration 01 war (cramwd that theory. TURKEY IN JAIL " Cheyenne. Wyo. (U R Law abiding citizens of Cheyenne who had a hard time getting nirxey tor tneir traditional Thanksgiving dinner are won. dertng after all, is "honesty the best policy"? The Jail cook Charles Leasure, - prepared for the jail's Thanksgiving Day feast SO pounds of turkey with all the trimmings, complete with cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Dm Mail trtbuM Want aaa. - by opening their hearts gatherings and at various IS TIME TO-PLAN Washington. Dec. 18. (U.PJ Government leaders tonight hailed as "constructive" Henrv J. Kaiser's demand for co operative planning now by lab or, management, agriculture and government for the gigantic task of shifting the nation's vast industrial plant, back to peace time economy. There was considerable dis agreement, however, with other points in the plan presented by Kaiser, in an exclusive inter view with the United Press to day, for reconversion to a peacetime economy of efficl ency in production. He urged that a start be made now on that task. Several senators disagreed particularly with Kaiser's 'pro posal that questionnaires be sent to all men at the fighting fronts to ascertain what they want to do when the war is over what they want to do and where they want to go. There also was some disagreement with his assertion that the na tion has reached its war produc tion peak in almost arvery cate gory. Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, D Colo., a member of the senate military affairs committee, said "it seems to me we ve got to win the war before we can be gin to think about doing any reconverting." ' "I think the Idea ol sending questionnaires to servicemen to find out whether they want to work on farms or in machine shops and in setting up local committees to help carry out their wishes Is a line idea," he said. -; . ; , Tests show a lower average fuel-consumption in a ceramic heater than In an ordinary coal stove, and the ceramic heater retain heat longer than metal on. Your Health and Its Care BY Dr. WILLIAM BRADY. M. D. Readers should address Inquiries tot Dr. William Brady. 265 El C amino. Beverly Hill. Calif. fm. - A DISTINGUISHED - Dear Mr. Brady: I m just 18 and am man with a very rare distinction in this school I'm the only one in my. class who's never smoked. But of late I rather feel I'll have to break this record. At school parties girl and boys alike do their share and I'm afraid I stand out slightly in this sense. I've Ur Oiu heard a pipe Is milder than cigarettes. - I m anxious to know what you have to say concerning the pipe. Have been wondering If I should be a "good fellow" and loin the crowd in smoking, but smoking a pipe. (. .1 Well, son, you have only three or four years to go before you'll be grown up, practically fully developed, old enough to vote and to have enough sense or judgment if not enough man hood to take care of yourself. You have managed to worry along fairly well so far, evi dently. Why weaken now and bein smoking just because nit wits do it? After all, It Is contemptible for a boy or girl who is still depending on parents or others for his or her support, educa tion and care, to squander good money for such indulgences, especially these days when chil dren in many parts of the world are suffering and dying for want of food. If you begin smoking now. son, it may not do any great harm, that Is, if your physical and moral development Is more advanced than It Is with most youths in their 'teens. But it will be no pleasure getting ac customed to it, and if you can muster enough strength of char- COMMUNICATIONS Letteri to the Editor musl beat the name and address ol the wrltei llthougb the use of a pan name a Initials for publication la per (nlsslble The Mall Tribune r lerves the right to edit all letter. lth a view to olarlty and con tenaatton S. P. Policy Du to Bus Control To the editor: While agreeing with you 100 per cent regarding the Southern Pacific's "public be damned" at titude, and their ancient "Harding-Cool Idge days' old guard'' at titude which brought on the so- called social revolution, their coldest indifference to public welfare has not been mentioned. At Camp White near Medford. are stationed thousands of Amer ican boys preparing to fight lor the riqht of the Southern Pacific to exist In a system of free en terprise to which that organiza tion owes it existence. The serv ice given to them is shameful to the extreme. Some time ago the S. P. glori fied the stage service from Med ford to Dunsmulr in a booklet prepared solely to justify their treatment of the servicemen. which booklet was but an indi rect apology and a very poor one. It would have made glori ous reading to a man in New York, but to folks who see the servicemen herded like cattle In to the Greyhound staves the book failed to register, other than to disgust any reader who lives here and knows how little the S. P. seems to care for the com fort and convenience of service men, or anyone else. Some serv icemen have given up their fur- louihs rather thar, endure the S. P. service. I happen to have attended all of the meetings incidental to the discontinuance of this train serv ice. The sole reason given before the war was loss of money. The S. P. couldn't afford to lose money while business was so poor, but that If the business warrants the train would run again. Now that business is greater than In all history the lark of service Is quickly attributed to other causes. It is easy to put your finger on the real reason. Just so long as the S. P owns or controls the stages and they get the money anyway, we can expect no serv ice. If there Is a way to break this strangle monopoly we would get service In a hurry. The old S. P. wouldn't want to see oth ers get the money from that source. Setting aside all other excuses it would seem that any patriotic American would want to do ev erything possible to Improve the morale of the men who are fighting for us. The first thing to do is to show the boys thai our country Is really worth fight ing for. Big business once nearly convinced the people that It wasn't Thank God there are but few of such left. Let's hope these few will forget the al mighty dollar for the duration, at least, thus contributing to. rather than retarding the war effort. W. A. Gates, Medford, Dec. 17, MAlf Or EIGHTEEN acter to continue your own way regardless of what some others may do or ay,-you will find a good -deal of satisfaction rto say nothing of health in com ing of age free of such habits. I am not a crank about smok ing I enjoy a smoke alter din ner, after the day' work is done. I'm ' merely giving my honest conviction about the question. 11 Why not ask . your parents, your spiritual adviser, your family doctor,- your school prin cipal or head, your physical education instructor lor their views on the question? QUESTIONS AND ANSWER 'Crt-rree Home Think to ths 1 Ine advice nd . In struction In your column sad In your pamphlet we were cn-iree su iv winter and so far thl winter health record we bad not attauwo without your help. (B. M. O.) Answer A little practical knowl edga of the way respiratory Infec tion iDread. It aoDlled In everyday life, may prevent many a minor and many a major uineaa in ne imuj. You may get that knowledge trom the bokolet "Call It Crl" tor copy eend 260 and 3c-atamped envelope bearing your address. Saccharin Please comment on clipping In closed. The health department seems to disapprove of the uae of saccharin (Mrs. J. c.) Answer I doubt that the news paper item reflecta the health de partment opinion or advice. In any case I'd not hesitate to use up to five grains of saccharin a day. aa a substitute for sugar, for sweeten ing beverages, etc. Outstanding Ears Please advise whether anything can be dona to correct outstanding ears, and If ao, what would It cost? ( ) . Answer Usualy a plastlo operation will correct the appearance. 1 am unable to aay what It would cost. Ask the surgeon about that. Any surgeon of standing will take care of It or refer you to a reliable one who doea such work. Beware of aelf- commended "plastic aurgeona." (Copyright 1843. John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Nojet Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady ahtiulri ernd letter dlrerf to Ur. . William Hradv M ll. 2M El Ca nilno. Beverly Hills. Calif. PRESIDENT SETS NEW RULES FOR Washington, Dec. 18 (U.PJ President Rooseevlt, deploring the fact that American newspap ers and broadcasters were left holding the bag in connection with recent major news stories, ruled today that war news here after will be given out at the earliest moment "consistent with national security" but not in advance ol established release times. No news "having a security value" will henceforth be made available to newspapers, news agencies or broadcasters in ad vance, for release at some future time, as has been done In the past, he ruled. Mr. Roosevelt said his new order was an outgrowth of "the regrettable confusion" attendant upon news of his conferences at Cairo and Tehranwith other Al lied leaders. Foreign sources re leased news of both those meet ings prematurely, while Amer ican newspapers and radio sta tions which were In possession of the same information held to the release time which had been fixed. TO BIBLE Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 18 OJ.R) Alfred Norberg, 31-year-old la borer was held at the county Jail here today, calmly reading his Bible, after admitting to sheriff's .officers that he slit the throat of his screaming 55-year-old tu- oercuiar mother front ear to ear with a knife yesterday "be cause the Bible told me to." and men attempted to commit sui cide by driving his car over a lao-foot embankment. Deputies said Norbers? tolrl them he approached his mother. mrs. Mary Norberg, while she was working in the yard of their noma near Alber, Wash., about 30 miles southeast of here. He pinioned her arms behind her, they said, and slashed her throat despite her pleas for her life. WAIT ON PRIVATES Denver, Colo. (U.R) Like housewives, soldiers can enjoy tr.eir meals more if they don't have to peel potatoes before hand or wash dishes behind hand. So officers In the Tenth School Squadron at Lowry Field decided to give the enlisted men one day's vacation from the pots and pans. "Thanksgiving uay dinner was served by com missioned officers while soldiers ate In luxurious Idleness. But they're back at KP duty now. CRIME ALF LANDON RAPS NEW DEAL WASTE IN LATIN LANDS saiiaeBaeBaeBBiBaaw , Lavish Lend-Lease . Spend ing Disapproved by Peo ple, Kansan States. , Topeka, Kan., Dec. 18. (U.R) Alf M. Landon joined forces tonight with Sen. Hugh Butler, R., Neb., in his attack on the ad ministration's "good, neighbor" lend-lease spending In Latin America with a declaration that the Republican party objects to the - new dealish tendency to squander two" or . three dollars where one would do the job bet ter." Back in Topeka after an 'ex tended eastern trip during which he tapped the sentiments of all classes of men and women, the 1936 Remibucan Dresidential candidate, in an interview, said it was an entirely normal reac tion for many eyebrows to arch in wonderment at the lavish expenditures and the extreme reluctance of the administration to discuss, in business-like man ner, the bookkeeping on some of those mysterious ventures." "Plain, extravagant, unbridled waste can help neither us nor the Latin Americans in the long run," Landon said. "Nobodj with whom I have discussed this matter regardless of his politi cal interests, or a complete lack of them has voiced the mildest objection to a good neighbor pol icy." Landon declared that it was the Republican party during the Hoover administration which initiated the policy of treating the great nations of South and Central America with due re spect as friends and equals. "The GOP father has never shown the slightest inclination to disclaim, or disown, that child, Landon said. "As a matter oi fact, President Roosevelt has en joyed no more consistent sup port on anything than the Re publican support for every move intelligently designed to bettei permanently our economic,, cul tural and political relations with our neighbors to the south." Landon said the Republican party and to a large extent the man in the street questions "the propriety, the good sense, or even the ultimate possibility of success in any program which goes out ol its way deliberately to spend twice or three times as much as is necessary.'- "They are critical ol nothing except the domestic administra tion ol an international under taking which is ol itself wholly popular among our think ing citizens ol every rank and party," he added. Turning to the upswing in the GOP fortunes in national poli tics, Landon said he believed the real source of the new strength of the party was in the total loss of a defeatist attitude which bad hung like a millstone about the neck of so many loyal members of the party. FRENCH UNIT IN IT With French Forces In Italy, Dec. 18 (U.R) French troops spearheaded by native Moroc cans who reluctantly donned steel helmet over their turbans, and Supported by Annamites from Indo-China, advanced three quarters ol a mile on the Fifth army front today, capturing two more mountain peaks and small town. The Germans had held tena ciously to their half of one saddle-shaped peak and counter-at tacked several times, but the French held their positions and during the night stormed forward and dislodged the Germans from the entire hill feature. At several points the Germans I attempted to break contact be-! fore the French attacked, and : the new Allied troops broke in- to heavily entrenched positions,! including pillboxes and dugouts i reinforced with railway ties. I and found them undefended. Native Spahis from Morocco, led by French and Moroccan of-' ficers, have borne the brunt of the French action. Oaa alaU maun Want Ada. CORN REMOVER 04va tasuat renal trees ala sad peat ttvelr wise at eeras. sell eeras eelw.ea aae ajea. esllw a. wsrts. aspUleesss. eta Mils, ft awlsiae see. etal dUferea Us east aeltaa. Isssia sad dees oat esase tea BTrluOeaj aa a stroaej sd4 aUfttwiae. Waaa all adMta kit auto err Ola aaa. aM Exeluttvtrf at - WESTERN THRIFT Fl AS EARLY AS 73 Feared Axis Alliance and War With Italy, Memo to Stimson Shows. Washington. Dec. 18 U.R France as early a 1929 foresaw notential danger in the exist ence of Fascism in Italy and an ticipated an alliance between Mussolini, and German leaders. even, tnougn Aaoir niuer naa not yet risen to power, newly published state department pa pers' revealed tonight. France apprehension was set out in a memorandum handed Henry. L. Stimson, then secre tary, of state, who now is Presi dent Roosevelt's, secretary of war, in September, 1929, setting forth her position on interna tional relations. ; On the side of Italy," the memorandum said, "France may have serious fears due to the fact that the government of that country la constitutionally irre sponsible and depends entirely on the will of a single man . History shows that an act of madness is always possible when national feelings have been sys tematically raised to a certain pitch. . An alliance between Italv and Germany is not inconceiv able and in that case France, obliged to fight on two fronts. would be put in a dangerous sit uation," the memorandum said. The memorandum exDressed doubt of the extent to which France could depend on aid from Britain or the United States In such a contingency it noted that this country, while holding that a nation which causes war is "criminal," still seemed to insist on a rieht to furnish supplies Indiscriminate ly to either side in a conflict. T, GAINS ON COAST (By United Press) Schools remained closed and output of war plants continued to be curtailed because of the spread of influenza through the nation this past week, but health authorities indicated generally that the disease has reached its peak. Colder weather and Christmas holidays will tend to brin aDout an abatement, doctors re ported. The influenza is of a mild type, they said, and many of them classified it as only a "res piratory- infection." However, they warned that everyone should use the utmost precau tion to ward ott the possibility of pneumonia. The disease had about run its course in tne north central re gion, where it was most severe, reports indicated, but was spreading westward and south Los Angeles and San Francisco had sharp increases. MANY GLAMOR TITLES Hollywood, Dec. 18. (U.R) Blond Gloria Dehaven, Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer starlet, today could lay claim to 68 glamor titles bestowed upon her by servicemen during the past three months. The old movie, "Hell Divers," is said to be the source on which the Japs have based all their dive-bombing technique, accord ing to Flying magazine. c iitiii.jTMa.tkij CONTINUOUS TODAY! DOORS OPEN AT 1:45 TODAY ft MON. NITE JOHN GARFIELD EDW. G. ROBINSON in SEA WOLF plut LATEST NEWS and Short Subject Flight o Time Medford and Jacksor Co. Hi tory from the tils ot the Mai Tribune 10 and 20 years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 19. 1933 (It was Tuesday) Fresh gales pound the north- west coast, and floods threaten. ' Reconstruction Finance -Corporation is extended for another year. , . ' - -, Unsettled. High 57, low 43 de grees. State sales . tax . fight underway in state. gets Elks' lodge will stage a New Year's party. City and valley is swept by a high wind. Christmas cheer seized at Salem. whiskey la TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 19. 1923 (It was Wednesday) Henry Ford comes out for President Coolidge for re-election, and will not be a candidate against him under any circum stances. Fair. High 53, low 36. Pre clpitation .07 of an inch. City to lease its auto camp to Merrick's Inn. Robert Hammond is 'named councilman ward. . from the Fourth Pavlova, world's greatest dan cer, to perform here January 14. City Christmas tree celebra tion to be held Monday evening. Up-valley youths nabbed for fighting at dance. Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 18. (U.R) A federal district court jury late today convicted two of five defendants in a war frauds case growing out of an alleged conspiracy to defraud the government of $1,000,000 in the handling of contracts for canvas shelters for the army air forces at Wright field. Those convicted: Cornelius G. Loose, formerly principal administrative officer of the contract section, general procurement center, U. S. armyV air forces, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Dahne W. Winebrenner, Gal loway, O., former general sales manager- for the Baker-Lock-wood Manufacturing company of North Kansas City. SAFETY RECORD ENDED Wilmington, Cal Dec. 18. (U.R) First fatal accident in more than five months of build tog Liberty cargo ships and tankers at California Shipbuild ing Corp. today took the life of Harry Elmer Baker, 57, . a hook tender leadman. . California residents, compris ing 5.2 per cent of the United States population, received 7.8 per cent of the national income in 1942. 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