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The Kharkov killers three
German brutes end Russian
traitor who .plead guilty to
atrocities that make a Holly
wood horror movie seem tame
and pale, have been doomed to
die on the gallows. They will
not die of old age in the death
house waiting for Justice to
untangle Hself from legal tech
nicalities and quibbling lawy
ers. The three Nail rats be
longed to the Gestapo and the
SS. Elite Guards. They were
light-hearted murderers of old
men, women Bnd children who
prided themselves on their effi
ciency and gloried in their ruth
lessness. Their victims were
defenseless, so they took no
chances. The Russian traitor
was Just a dlm-wlt who fell In
with bad companions. None
were worth the space they will
occupy in Hell. (Later: Sunday
they were hanged.)
"If the manpower shortage Is
real, you'd think the air net
works could get along without
an announcer to introduce
the announcer." (Mllwaukle
Journal.) More monkey-business
at the cross-roads.
One reason Gov. Dewey of
New York shies at the GOP
nomination for president next
year is he wants to find out
more about "the mechanics of
government." The current crop
of mecnanics only know some
thing is wrong and that it will
cost 10 billion dollars.
. '. .
The coming week will bring
the shortest day of the year, the
annual reprinting of the famed
New York Sun editorial, "Yes,
Virginia, There Is , Santa
Clausl" and Christmas.
Y WHAT GOES ON HERE
(Allbene (Tex.) Reporter)
"ONI ROOM furnished apart
ment to soldier's wife
whose husband comes in
' only on week-ends if will
ing to stay with lady nights,
801 Butternut."
"DOCTORS SAY FLU EPI
DEMIC ARRESTED." (Hdllne
Del Norte (Cal.) Triplicate.)
It's about time.
The thwarting by the Gover
nor of a special session of the
legislature Is winning wide
praise. It was supposed to
ponder post-war problems and
be the main one themselves,
i
Some of the horticulturists
and farmers have started their
1944 fretting. They fear no
rain in June and shortage of
nay-nands.
PIONEER JOURNALISM!
(The Dalles Chronicle)
The' Harney Times reaches
our table with Its usual week
ly quota of local news, con
sisting of 24 lines of reading
matter in type the size of
brickbats. It Is one of the
most readable papers In that
section, being, we believe, the
only one." (80 Yr. Ago Col.)
mere is a social rumor
afloat a soldier received
slappe In front of a beauty
anoppe oy a macule blonde.
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The p re-Yule social season
was opened on the Applegate
yes. witn "marking: and
branding" at Ed Kubll's, with
59 cowhands, neighbors and
kids on hand. The Kubll cats
judiciously remained In see u
Flon under the barn while the
Kubll dogs played host to coun
try dogs from miles around,
iignung ana visiting and show.
ing off. A pleasant time was
had by all. Cures for the flu
and wisecracks about the al
leged beef shortage were ex
changed by guests.
Sand dunes are classified as
living or dead, according to
whether they art in motion or
stationary, ' -
The Statehouse Week
Slaughter Report Show DecreaM
Bank Superintendent Job Unfilled
Community Property Filing Grow
Br Jrrr Hannifin
(United Prei Correspondent)
Salem, Ore. (U.B The
laughter of Oregon cattle and
calves, sheep, goats and hogs
has decreased progressively
since 1940, a summary of re
ports of state-licensed grade A
meat dealers showed today.
Federal Inspection reports
were not Included in the sum
mary, which comes from State
Department of Agriculture re
ports. Livestock slaughtered in
Oregon plants under federal
inspection decreased In 1943
only, the 1942 federal report
being somewhat above the 1941
total.
Purchases Decline
State licensed slaughters pur
chased 17 per cent fewer cattle
and calves In 1942 than in
1940, SO per cent fewer hogs
in 1942 than in 1940 and 33 per
Period
First 9 mts. 1943 ,
Year, 1942 u..,
Year, 1941
Year, 1940
The four-year term of State
Superintendent of Banks A. A.
Rogers expired Dec. 1, and the
banking board has neither re
appointed him nor named a suc
cessor. The Salem Capital Journal
said Rogers would be reappoint
ed. State Senator Frederick K.
Lamport of Salem had been
mentioned as a possible succes
sor to Rogers, but he says he Is
not interested in the job.
There has been steady In
Storekeepers Control
Postwar Employment
Babion Urges Them to Walt Up
Baltimore, Md., Dee. 17 (Special Correspondence) Commit
tees are being formed by industrialists all over the country, to
insure employment tor returning soldiers and war-plant work
ers, These committees will be found in Washington and in ev
ery state and In many cities. Paul G. Hoffman, president of the
Studebaker Corporation; T. C. Crawford, president of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers, and Eric A. Johnston,
president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, are leaders In
this Important work. We also read in magazines how the Gener
al Electric and other large companies are now drawing blue
prints to provide for post-war unemployment. These committees,
however, are composed annua
Merchants Minimis
Own Important" .
w hear little from storekeep
ers, big or small, Independents or
chains. These people seem to
feel that their hands are tied and
that they must take whatever
comes from the manufacturers,
In the form of goods to sell, or
from the public in the form of
goods to buy.. This is very
wrani attitude for merchants to
take. Storekeeper are really sit
ting In the . driver s seat. They
ahould wake up and realise It
Manufacturers after sending
out few samplesmake their
goods only an orders. Even the
great national Industries are de
pendent upon their salesmen,
and their advertising campaigns
and finally upon the storekeep
ers. The future of these big na
tionally known companies is 100
per cent in the hands of shop
keepers, .large and small. I feel
so strongly about this that I be
lieve merchants should receive
some special tax considerations
by cities, states and the federal
government In the post-war
struggle for employment
Chain Store Heads
Also Have Obligation
In addition to the merchants'
responsibility for national em
ployment, chain stores have a
pedal local responsibility. When
was a boy, Gloucester, Mass.,
had a real Main street where
most of the stores are located
and it Is still known as "Main
street" Forty years aoo the
stores were all "independents"
nwned by local people who were
the leaders in the churches and
civic organizations of the com
munity. These former independ
ent stores have since nearly all
vanished; both sides of Mam
street are now lined with "for
eign" chains.
Chain stores have come to
stay. They are as necessary and
as important a part of the dis
tributing system as are depart
ment stores, mall order houses
and Independents. States or cities
which are handicapping the
chains by special taxes or oth-
f1"-.? m,kln nuK mis-
take. Th chains are rendering
real service to consumers nd
producer by providing fresher
goods end Better styles and all
at lower prices. After World War
II, when people may again be
obliged to count their pennies,
these chain will b godsend.
But I do appeal to the managers
of these chain stores to make
more friend with th people of
their communities by becoming
mor tctiv In their churches.
civic organization and welfare
movements.
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In th final analysis, th own-
rt of big department itorw, mall
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
cent fewer sheep.
During the first nine months
of this year the number of ani
mals marketed for meat showed
a greater drop than in 1942.
The stiff decline from 1940 to
1943 could be due to failure of
the state licensee to file a com
plete monthly report, or to gov
ernment quotas and price regu
lations. But it isn't due to a
lack of farm livestock, for fed
eral statistics show the greatest
livestock populations of record
this year.
A Department of Agriculture
summary showed 40 per cent
fewer cattle slaughtered in the
first nine months of this
year than in the same period
In 1942. Sheep slaughtering
dropped 46 per cent, hogs were
down 37 per cent
The department's monthly
record showed:
Cattle Sheep
Calves Hogs Goats
39,805 82,239 12,113
62,835 77,084 15,070
,64,239 90,789 20,092
75,517 108,777 22,489
crease In the number of applica
tions to file under the state's
community property law, Elec
tions Division Administrator
David O'Hara said today.
Under the 1943 state act,
Oregon married couples were
permitted to file separate fed
eral Income tax returns even
though their incomes came from
the same source. Separate fed
eral returns had been valid only
if wife and husband had in
comes from separate sources.
wnouy oi nwnuiaciurers.
order house and chains are the
stockholders who read my col
umn, Therefore, the final respon
sibility rests upon us. Let us not
be Indifferent and rely upon the
great advantages which rherchan-
dlse securities always have had.
It Is true that the chains have
no conversion problem, no trou
blesome bond Issues. and are not
tied down on one location. Mer
chants do not require skilled
help and hence will have low
post-war labor cost. They are
not tied down to on kind of
goods, Ilk manufacturer: but
they can purchase th best goods
wherever they are manufactured
and they can sell them at the
lowest prices.
No One Can Profit
From Inflation
No one, In the long-run, can
profit from Inflation; but far
sighted merchants should surely
be able to profit bx It for a few.
years. While railroads and pub
lic utilities may suffer greatly
from inflation, the merchandise
in stores is slowly rising in value.
Hence, along with good farms;
certain oil stocks, etc.. merchan
dise securities ought to be the
beat Inflation hedge. Storekeep
ers, after the war, should have
another great advantage, name
ly, through the ending of price
controls, rationing, etc., wnich
Is inevitable. Considering how
well the chains and Independ
ents have got on during the war.
with all these regulations and
other handicaps, you may Quick
ly visualize what they can ac
complish when these handicaps
are removed.
One more thought: The pessi
mists today claim that America
no longer has frontiers of unde
veloped land which have taken
care of the unemployed after
previous wars. This may be true
of new land, but it is not true
of new discoveries. The end of
the war may find your city one
of the great frontiers of America
due to the development of new
products, new methods and new
Ideas. I hope that every city in
whicn this column is printed will
remember the famous story by
Dr. Russell H. Conwell. "Acres
of Diamonds." This is story of
man who traveled all over the
world seeking diamonds and fi
nally found on of the largest
deposits In his own backyard.
Every store whether an Inde
pendent or member of chain
can become an acre of diamonds
It th owners will keep awake
and observe the Golden Kule.
t. S. OTIS SKINNER
Richmond, Cal., Dec. 20 (UP)
' liv J V ... iPnii.ii. , .-.-
. for th famous American actor,
rode at anchor today, the 39th
Liberty ship launched at the
I Kaiser toipyud nr
Your Health, and Its Care
BY Dr. WILLIAM BRADY. M. D.
Readers should address inquiries tot Dr. William Brady.
28 El Camlno. Bevexlr Hills, Calif.
NO CREAM TONia
Some medical authorities still ,
advise patients with acne (exces
sively oily skin, blackheads and
pimples) to
avoid greasy
foods, pastries,
sweets and
sweet drinks,
butter, lard
gravy and I
don't know
all.
. I never have
been able to
learn why the
old-timers are
so "agin" such
Or Brady foods for
young people with oily skin or
acne. I used to think that per
haps my medical education had
been neglected or maybe I had
been enjoying brief snooze
when the professor of dermatol
ogy explained it to our class.
But after I had practiced for six
or eight years I conducted exten
sive research in regard to acne,
digitalis, crl, rabies, gout, neu
rasthenia and other fond medical
traditions, and arrived at the
only conclusion the facts war
rant, namely, that there Is no sci
entific basis and no clinical ba
sis for the notion that a person
with oily skin or acne cannot
thrive as well on fats, oils or
sweets as one who has no acne;
No wonder the old-timers were
and are so reticent about it. All
they knew is that some old-timer
away back conceived the notion
out of his Inner consciousness,
and somehow it got into the
medical textbooks, as such things
will, and all the old-timer away
back knew about it was that it
seemed plausible notion and
patients seemed to like It, too.
If you are ignorant of physi
ology it may seem reasonable to
suppose that too much fat, oil
or grease in the diet would just
exude through the "pores," and
that's about the size of the no
tion of the old-time dermatolo
gists. But If you have have ever
studied physiology you know
that (1) the fat, oil or grease tak
en as food is as different from
the oil excreted by the sebaceous
(oil) glands of the skin as It Is
from any other bodily excre
tion; and (2) that the activity of
the sebaceous gland and the
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
(Continued from Pago One)
words that Russia will not at
tempt to communize or domin
ate the little nations it proposes
to re-establish by extension of
this treaty through Europe yet
somehow, the document strange
ly lost and omitted provision No.
o or the Anglo-Russian agree
ment upon which it was found
ed, provision pledging no terri
torial aggrandizement,
accidentally or purposefully,
that provision was forgotten.
treaties are only treaties and
words only words, the fact of
this matter being that Czecho
slovakia and smaller nations
will not dare resist their great
and dominant new friend after
making such an agreement,
see
TTHE very act of the treaty
itself establishes eastern Eur
ope as the Russian sphere of in
fluence, although, literally, the
treaty is aimed at mutual pro
tection against a future Ger
many in which Russia will Insist
upon a similar "non-aggressive
government."
Russia then evidently wants
lots of little states In Europe, not
with sociallst-collectivist govern-
ments, but within a Russian
sphere of influence. Weak demo
cratic .governments might serve
her purposes, because a strong
soclalist-collectlvist government
in Germany, for instance, might
soon be a government working
tor another war and redemption.
A LREADY some great author
"I ties are Interpreting this and
other current portents as mean
ing Russia already has become
the world a greatest power. The
Czech treaty on Its face, forecast
what she expects to get In Eur
ope, up to the Rhine, at least,
and, In view of the Russian sym
pathies of the quarreling French
governments In exile, what she
may get there also.
Likewise, she already has
been promised sympathetic rep
resentation In whatever Italian
government is formed. Marshal
Smut has Inferred as much pub
licly, saying the United States
will b th second world power
and Britain third
Realists In diplomacy are be
coming resigned to this inevit
able consequence of the war.
They can sea that Russia also is
an Asiatic power, close to the
Chinese and through them to
India, with certain Oriental ties
of religion and race.
Planning must be on that
basis apparently, and, as tar as
Smut and certain British diplo
matist ax concerned, they se
1
OREGON, MONDAY,
HT. YOUNG LADY
quantity of skin oil they excrete
bears no relation whatever to the
quantity or character of the oils,
fats or greases taken In food or
as oil.
Young persons and you say
whether you are young or old
generally have active sebaceous
glands and an ample supply of
natural skin oil or often an ex
cess of it. So it is unwise for
them to apply oils, creams or.
greases to the skin for cosmetic
purposes.
It is only when you begin to
grow old or say older if you
prefer that the sebaceous
glands begin to decline In func
tion, your skin becomes dry, sal
low. Irritable and needs regular
applications of oils, creams or
greases to keep it reasonably
soft, clear and comfortable.
But old or young, remember
this: The amount of oil, fat or
grease In your food has nothing
to do with the condition of your
skin.
QUESTIONS 4 ANSWERS
Tuberculous Cattle
What effect would It have on a per
son's health to eat meat from tuber
cular oowa, or cows with Bang's dis
ease, or Is It the same thing?
(R. A. H.)
Answer The meat Is perfectly safe
to eat If thoroughly oopked, no mat
ter whether the animal had tuber
culosa or brucellosis (Bang'a dis
ease, contagious abortion).
Capule
Tou occasionally speak of "cap
utes" what Is the meaning and deri
vation of the word? I can find no
mention of It In Webster's.
(H. McN. J.)
Answer A capule Is a pill resem
bling a capsule In that It has a hard
shell of gelatin, but Is more firmly
packed and less bulky than It would
be In the ordinary form. Let's not be
Impatient Webster will have that,
and also "Crl" and "vlte," I hope,
when the next edition U published.
Consult Physician
Terribly worried. Man X am to mar
ry has young daughter who la ex
tremely nervous will she oontlnue
mentally unsound throughout life?
The grandmother and the man's sla
ter and brother are off at times.
(8. D.)
Answer Tou will get the best ad
vice by consulting a physician, pref
erably having the man along with
you, for of course he, too, will want
to know what la best.
(Copyright, 1043, John F. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Notet Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D., ZBS El Ca
mlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
what the Russian, plan may re
quire them to do. Smuts spoke
of a counter alliance composed
of northwestern European de
mocracies outside the commun
ist influence, meaning Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Holland, and
Belgium.
Fundamentally, this Is why
Hull and the others here are op
posed to Stalin's action. Such
alliances necessitate counter
alliances, conflict, and eventual
ly war.
Unquestionably they are go
ing to continue to work here
toward united post-war action.
At any rate, the true size of the
problem ahead Is at last becom
ing evident to all.
Foresters Pass, at an eleva-
Eitherjtion of 13,200 feet, is the highest
pass on the John Muir trail in
the Sierra Nevada.
Daily
Meteorological Report
Forecasts
Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with
oooaslonal light rains tonight. Tues
day partly oloudy with occasional
showera. utile change in tempera
ture.
Orecon: Cloudy with light rain to-
nlaht. Tuesday partly cloudy with
occasional showers or snow flurries.
Little change In temperature.
Local Iiata
Temperature a year ago. today
Hlahest. as: lowest. 33.
Total monthly precipitation, .03
Inch. Deficiency tor the month, 1.18
inches.
Total precipitation since 8eptem.
ber 1, 1943, a.61 inches. Deficiency
for the season, m inch.
Relative humidity at A p. m. yester
day, 83; s a. m. today, luu.
Tomorrow
Sunrise S:33 a. m., sunset u:3a p. m
Observations taken at ft a. m., 130
meridian time:
Boise - S SO
Boston 3 3S
Chicago , 43 30
Denver , n 3 1
Eureka - S3
Helena 34 7
Los Angeles 80 SS
Medford 43 as
New Turk 44 33
Omaha , . 43 13
Phoenll 70 43
Portland 43 S3
Reno 43 3
Roeeburg 43 37
Salt Lake 40 S3
San Francisco M
1.07
Seattle 48 33
Spokane 17 33
Wuhion, D c. ... 33
Taklma 10 3
Tou braethe freer al
most Instutly as just
3 drop Penetro Nose
Drops open your cold
clogged nose to five
your
Csutl
head cold air.
m: I'M onlv ai
directed. 33c, It, times
as much for SOc. Oet
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DECEMBER 20, 1943.
Rita Is Mascot to Yanks
IsJBJi -J . m
Tiny Rita is an English lassie erphaned by war. She's been adopted
by yank quartermaster battalion la England. Now aha has her own
. mesa kit and la "as af the ha
BIG ROAD FUND
Salem, Ore., Dee. 20 (U.B
A semi-annual apportionment
from the state highway fund to
Oregon counties this month to
taled $1,200,000, half again as
much as the July payment, fig
ures released by the secretary of
state's office showed Friday.
The apportioned amount were
based on the number of motor
vehicles registered from each
county in 1942. The July pay
ment totaled $800,000.
December payment by coun
ties Included: Jackson, $45,744
.97; Josephine, $18,246.80; Kla
math, $48,806.98; Lake, $8,
090.17. Tarawa Invasion
Films Rushed To
City For Showing
Proving of exceptional inter
est to Craterian show-goers this
week are the outstanding news-
reel photos of the American in
vasion of the Japanese held isl
and, Tarawa. Showing with
amazing clarity the initial land
ings' and battle scenes of what
has been termed the bloodiest
battle In the history of the war
In the south Pacific, the film
was rushed to this country in
record time and released the
same week of the spirited battle.
The pictures show the pre
paratory bombing of th Jap-
held territory, American sol
diers making the tint landing
from invasion oarges ana tne
fight during th height of, th
battl.
Filmed under direct fire dur
ing th Invasion, th scenes also
present a sweeping survey of
damage done th island during
th heaviest shelling by the
Yankee force.
WELLES HAS FLO
New York, Dec. 20 (U.B
Orsen Welles, actor and produc
er, was confined to his apartment
today with an attack of Influ
enza.
. . . Conger's urge
you to solve YOUR
gift problems this
Christmas with
WAR BONDS
gifts with future.
Help to raak
NEXT Christmas a
merry and PEACE
FUL ChrUtmaal
CONGER
FUNERAL '
PARLORS
SIXTH AND WEST MAIN
PHONE 9147
Offlc of th
County Coroner -
9-3 - ... f V i
Flight o' Time
Medlord and Jacksor Co. His
tary from th tllw oi th Mat
Trlbua 10 and 20 Tara ago
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 20, 1933
(It was Wednesday)
Re-emnlovment code is re-
in move to balk work let-down
during dull months.
Premier Mussolini to greet
mothers of 92 largest families in
Italy.
Occasional rain. High B0, de
greers, low 41 degrees. .
Liquor control problems aired
at council meeting.
Christmas mall floods the post
office. ' Fred (Red) McDonald, former
Tornado basketball player, is a
regular forward on the O. S. C.
basketball team.
Pear shipments from valley to
tal 1656 cars, apples 93 cars.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 20, 1923 -(It
was Thursday)
Soviet movement to overthrow
American form of government
revealed In senate debate, after
disclosures by Secretary of State
Hughes.
New building at Main and
Bartlett streets is occupied and
discovery Is made it has no chim
neys for heating. They are being
put in.
Fair and cool. High 45, low 26
degrees. .
Mike Yokel, world champion,
to wrestle Gus Schneldau at
armory tomorrow night.
Gates and Lydiard give $100
to Red Cross Christmas fund.
Fop appeals for aid for starv
ing people In Europe. - -
Copco employees' to give kid
dles a Christmas tree.
Northwestern university pro
fessor Invents device by which
deaf may hear.
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THIS Is th season of the year whan
we welcome, the opportunity to re
new friendship! and to wish every
one Very Marry Christmas.
W era sobered by th sacrifice this
Nation Is maklnj to achieve th "ulti
mata triumph" over those who would
challenge our right to live as free men.
May Christmas, 1944. find th world
again at peace, yat our ion so crushed
that they will never again threaten men
and woman who wish to worship as they
pleas, to say what they want, to assem
ble whenever they se fit and to live in
unity and peace.
MEN IN SERVICE
TAKE INSURANCE
Washington, Dec. 20. (U.R
Veterans Administrator Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines announced
today that servicemen in th
present war have applied for
nearly 8100,000,000,000 worth
of National Service Life insur
ance. This sum, he said. Is equal to
more than 70 per cent of th
total amount of life insurance
now outstanding in private
companies in the United States.
Closing time for Classiried ada
a- m. 'too la:a to Classify 13 30
p- m.
Saffimom seafy
sannay
Around the base of toilet, back of .
6xturea,in the shower.. .that's where
(terms lurk. Fight these germs with
Hexol, the modern household disin
fectant you have been searching for.lt
Is a pleasant germicide, disinfectant -and
deodorant. Get. an economically
lized botle today and... take thes
3 steps to bathroom freshness
h Put a Utile Hexol in scrub WMtry
clea walls, floor, tiling.
2. Pour a little in the toilet bowl
and allow to remain for a few mimita
before flushing. ,
3. Plate a Utile Hexol on tbt wash
RESULT e A bathroom that is
clean and smells clean because Hexol
leaves a delightful odor.
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