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All the amateur St. Nicks
came out of the ordeal, without
incident or accident, though
their own progeny, quickly de
tected their true Identity, but
were foxy enough not' to reg
ister complete bamboozlement.
Several report the cotton-batten
whiskers caused them to per
spire like a hay-hand, and wish
they were.
The term "New Deal" has lost
its appeal, and high moguls, in
eluding the President, want a
' more modern name, Washington,
D. C, reports. It's all right to
swap monickers, but not horses,
in the middle of a stream. The
idea is to have a new deck, with
the same old dealers. The for
gotten "Forgotten Man" Is now
classified 4-F.
THE RETORT COURTEOUSI
. . (Astoria Astorlan-Budget)
"Mr, Winchester's communi
cation was at first rejected
for publication and was only
printed at his insistence. The
reason that it was originally
rejected was that we were
ashamed for him. Now that
he has! read his own expressed
sentiments in cold print, we
hope that he will have the
grace to be ashamed for him
self." .
In prosperity, Granges and
N other organizations hold "Hard
Times" dances, and in depres
sions, "Prosperity Balls." With
all the talk about a lack of grub
throughout the natioq It's about
time somebody staged a No
Beef -or Beans shindig and, then
served both for the midnight
upper,.
The frets or the people
flourish. Along with the cur
rent worries and the war comes
. the prediction the fishing next
kprlng will be poor and the golf
course turf needs fixing.
.
Names of distinguished citi
zens now adorn the list of prob
able and possible opponents of
Sen. Rufus Holmon in the May
primary. Even at this early
date a sufficient number of high
type names have been men
tioned to assure the nomination
of the wrong man.
aaa
TWAS EVER THUSI
: (Oregon Voter)
"The more prudent among
the property-ownors in the
little PUD can assume the re
sponsibility of being the
court of final resort to decide
whether the tax liability Is
theirs to risk. They may not
have enough votes, for prud
ence makes a poor campaign
showing against anything that
is fantastic enough to appeal
to the age-old human desire
to get tomethtng for nothing
and wind up with nothing for
something."
This is the last woek of the
year. Quite a few will devote
it to finding a New Year's re
solution they can keep and a
1944 calendar, f
a
The first draft of a plan for
the establishment of an Interna
tional court to try A. Hitler and
other war criminals has been
completed. The court will have
US Jude.es, and 62 different
things can huppen to the de
fendants if found guilty. The
Russian system, as exhibited at
Kharkov, U not so complicated.
They have one judge and one
hangman. This does away with
a lot of legal tomfoolery,
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"Please tell rewrlters to
watch in boiling down our stuff.
In 40 words in a shotgun story
they hurt .the boy worse than
the shotgun did, moved him
from Hyrum to Logan, mlspell
ed his name, and brought into
the cote the Logan police, who
never had heard of It." (Notice
in Salt Lake Tribune.) Why
editors have tantrums.
Has Mtl Tribune Waal ae,
A Great Loss
Four days have passed
expected death of President Donald Erb of the Uni
versity of Oregon, but the sense of incredulity and
shock is as poignant as it-was the day the news came.
And this condition will undoubtedly continue for
a long time it takes more than four days to become
adjusted to such a loss to the state, as this tracredv in
volved.
And by "state" we don't mean the State Univer
sity alone, which he served so well although in that
particular field the blow will be devastating but
throughout the state as a whole, where Dr. Erb was so
well and favorably known.
FOR unlike many university heads, Donald Erb did
not seclude himself in his ivory tower and breathe
only the rarified air of a higher culture. Since the en
trance of this country into the war. what amounted to
an educational revolution has necessitated his keeping
close to Eugene. But during the years before the war,
President Erb travelled considerably throuehout the
state, gave talks here and there, and familiarized
himself with many state problems.
VND there was this invaluable quality which Presi
dent Erb possessed among MANY others. He
liked people, and people liked him. He was sincerely
interested in individuals and their problems, and the
individuals were as a result, interested in him.
As far as we can recall he only visited here in
Southern Oregon once, fot any length of time. But
those who met him then have never forgotten him.
They wanted to see him again, they became interested
in the University as they never had been before. And
when the tragic news came over the wire last Thurs
day, they felt not only that the University had lost a
great leader, but that they had lost a personal friend.
That is a rare qualify particularly among col
lege presidents.
- And it emphasizes a factor which makes President
Erbs' sudden death, so peculiarly tragic so difficult
in any sense to become RECONCILED to.
For splendid as his record at Eugene has been,
where in a few brief years he had literally brought
order out of chaos, "made a new university in a new
world" overnight as it were, what he had done there
was nothing compared to what he gave promise of
doing for the university and state in the future.
And again we do not refer solely to his adminis
trative work at the university, nor even his services
in the general field of higher, education, important as
tnose are. But to the part we believe he was destined
to play because of the rare rjersonai nunlitira ha nna.
sessed in stimulating the intelligent development and
vicYowiig wiu invigorating me lAUHiKStilr of this
state. . '
Yes, if ever a young man for in public life these
days to be anywhere in the 40's is to be a youth
was cruelly cut down in midfliclir whan ha hoA
everything to live for, when his career of greatest use
fulness and greatest brilliance all lay before him,
that man was the "youngest president the University
of Oregon ever had"-who in the prime of life and
robust nea th was taken down with pneumonia ONE
n ai J a erw m biJa.JJA1. a. a.
uojr, who ueaa o nours later!
WHY? Why?
" Ah, there is the eternal and heart-breaking query
of suffering humanity through the ages.
Answer that satisfactorily and the riddle of life
is solved.
We envy those who CAN answer it (Or THINK
they can).
We only know these tragic things DO happen,
and to get through life without complete ship-wreck
one must be prepared somehow to meet them when
they come.
WHY President Erb, a great outdoors man, and
always apparently in fine physical condition,
should not have been saved from pneumonia by
prompt hospitalization and the use of sulfa drugs,
wf?v"la"y thousands of others HAVE been
WHY he should be the one to go, when miracles
or recovery are being performed every day, for those
who unlike him have COMPLETED their jobs, are
really not NEEDED by their communities, their fam
ilies or themselves any longer.
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WfHY all these things should go on why aside
from the anguish and heart-breaks caused, there
should be such a wanton WASTE of superior human
material when the need for such material in this mad
and sad world will be needed as never before
We say, why all this should BE should be al
lowed by the intelligence that presumably controls,
is beyond the comprehension of this department
There are those who find the answer in a fine system
of omniseence and omnipotence "God's in His
Heaven, all's well in the world."
Well, whatever the answer may be, there the
FACT is. Let those who can answer the eternal query
satisfactorily do so. We can't
The death of President Erb, when his real work
had barely started represents, as we see it, unrepara
.traic LSS. It can be endured of course, it
CAN'T be understood!
BULGARIA WARNED TO
QUIT GERMANY QUICK
Moscow, Dec. 37. (U.R)
Georgl Dlmitrov, Bulgarian com
munist leader, warned Bulgaria
In an article in the newspaper
Pravda today to break away
from Germany at once or face
stern consequences.
"To be or not to be Is the
question history Is asking of the
Bulgarian people and leaden,"
To the State
since the sudden and un
Dlmitrov
not wait"
wrote. Time does
QIVES S VOTE REASONS
Toledo. O. 0J.PJ Sgt George
R. Else, Toledo soldier stationed
at Camp Blending, Fla., gave
three good reasons to the Lucas
county board of elections for his
desire to vote In the November
election: "Hitler, Mlssollnl and
Tojo," Else stated in his request
tor an absentee ballot.
Your Health and Its Care
BY Dr. WILLIAM BRADY. M. D.
Readers should address Inquiries tot Dr. William Brady.
265 El Camlno, Beverly Hills. Calif.
SPOlTTAlfEOUS HEALING Of RUPTURE
A rupture, breach or hernia is
not a tear or wound or puncture
in the common sense, but Just a
bulge or pro
tuberance at
at some point
in the wall of
a body cavity,
where the nor
mal muscle
and facial lay'
era of the cav
ity wall give
enough under
pressure from
within to per
mit bulging.
Or. Brady In most ta'
stances hem la Is Inguinal, that
is, in the groin. The bulging oc
curs through or close to the
natural opening, called Inguinal
canal, through which the testical
has descended, Just before birth,
from its normal situation before
birth (deep in abdomen behind
abdominal cavity near primitive
kidney) into the scrotal sac. In
women the bulge occurs Just
below the groin on the thigh
through the natural opening that
gives passage to. the great
femoral artery, vein, nerve and
lymphatic channels.
Hernia may occur in various
other situations, and post-opera
tive hernia occurs wherever the
abdominal wall happens to be
weakened by faulty repair of the
surgical wound.
In all cases, of course, the
bulging is covered by skin and
the blanket of fatty tissue that
lies under the skin, and by more
or less fascia or tough fibrous
supporting tissue layers, depend
ing on the type of hemla.
Just as post-operative hernia
may occur in any case weeks or
months after abdominal opera
tion, so traumatic or accidental
hernia may occur in any one as
a consequence of injury or some
sudden violent strain. But in the
great majority of cases hernia,
whether it first appears In In
fancy, childhood, youth or adult
life, is congenital, that is to say,
the individual is born with It or
with the type of construction
that permits it to occur.
Hernia may be cured in any
of four ways.
Choice of Second
Forced By Stalin;
i
Discarded Is Unrevealed Story
By Lyle C. Wilson
United Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, Dec. 27. (U.R)
Premier Josef Stalin was authori
tatively credited here today with
forcing at the Tehran conference
a decision on a leader tor the al
lied expeditionary force in a
"second front" Invasion of Eu
rope.
The Russian premier also
promised that when the western
front becomes tough and bloody.
the allies can be sure that the red
army will keep a large part of
the German army busy inia slug
ging match on the eastern front.
President Roosevelt announced
In his Christmas eve message to
the armed services that the west
ern front leader would be Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
' Marshall Assured
The story of the selection of
a second front leader begins at
last August's Quebec conference
when Gen. George C. Marshall,
chief of staff, was Informed that
he would be given that command
in due course.
By Sept. 8 the story had leaked
and appeared here. On the fol
lowing day Mr. Roosevelt was
asked at his news conference
whether Marshall was to have
the invasion command. He re
plied that he had not the fog
giest notion about that report.
By Sept. 20, Washington was
teeming with disturbing charges
that powerful forces were trying
to oust Marshall. Ill concealed
was the implication that Mar
shall's firm manner had aroused
the British to press for his re
moval from the post of chief of
staff where he has much to say
about allocation of American
men and material.
Conflict Stan
These implications were under
lined Sept. 20 by an editorial in
the well Informed Army and
Navy Journal. It said:
' 1 limning only of winning the
war in the shortest time and of
saving every American life pos
sible, General Marshall, of
course, has come into conflict
with powerful forces which
would like to eliminate him from
the Washington picture and place
In his stead an officer more
amenable to their will."
The Journal said it did not
believe Mr. Roosevelt would
move nim.
A logical explanation la that
Marshall, who had been demand
ing a land invasion of western
Europe for months, so annoyed
the British by his Insistence that
their top people finally said: "All
right. If Marshall knows how to
do it, let him come over and
lead the show."
It is no secret here that the
British steadily resisted our
western European Invasion argu
ments over a period of months
First, spontaneous cure. This
happens in a good many cases
in tha first months or years of
infancy, in only an occasional
ease in youth or adult life.
Second, cure by proper sup
port by wearing a truss selected
by the physician, not by a sales
man, inventor, mechanic or sen-
styled specialist. This is import
ant if not essential, for spon
taneous cure.
Third, by plastic or recon
structive surgery.
Fourth, by office ambulant in
jection treatment.
Hum-m-m. Now why did
omit mention of exercise? Well,
we'll discuss exercise another
day:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chronic Bunnlnf Ear
You one gave a recipe for drops
(or ehronto running ear. My ion used
It and obtained a cure Having nan
running ear for several yean. Now
a neighbor wants It. (Mrs. a. U)
Answer For chronic running ear
Ml cease plugging ear with cotton,
but Instead leave It always open lor
free ventilation; (2) drop In ear two
or three drops of a solution of ten
grains boric acid In one nuldounce
Dure grain alcohol nlgnt ana morn
ing for many months. Use blunt
medicine dropper snd always warm
solution by letting vial stand in
warm water for while before putting
In ear. If druggist cannot sell you
the solution without prescription.
msybo your family doctor wui au
thorize It for you. Z can't.
Dropped Stomach
Specialist said X have dropped
stomach, and prescribed a corset. I
have worn It for nearly a year now.
Must I wear It forever? (Mrs. W,H. C.)
Answer Neither the "specialist"
nor the constant wearing of corset
sounds Kosher, if "dropped stomach'
Is all that alls you, young woman.
Millions of healthy people have
"dropped stomach" but taey never
Know it unless tney ran into the
hands uf some fake "specialist."
Adult Tetany .
Mother. 72, suffers frequently from
cramps Us legs at night. (Mrs. M.
is. a.)
Answer It can do no harm, may
bring relief. If she takes 15 grains
calcium (gluconate and dl-calclum
phosphate) and 750 units vitamin O
In wafer or capsules twice dally after
food for a week or so In each month.
(Copyright 1943. John F. DUle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D. 2ft5 El Ca .
mlno, Beverly Hills. Calif.
Front Leader
Why Marshall
and in June of 1942 vetoed Mr.
Roosevelt's commitment to the
Russians that the invasion would
begin in that year. Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill had to
hurry off to visit Stalin in Mos
cow to explain why the British
would not approve an invasion
in 1942. The alternative Invasion
actually undertaken was in
North Africa a strategy dear to
Churchill.
. Stalin Insistent
But by the time Mr. Roosevelt
and Churchill met Stalin this
month at. Tehran, western Eu
ropean invasion plans were all
set, except in one respect, and
the entire program was laid on
the table before the Russian
leader. He listened and evident
ly liked the arrangements as far
aa they went. But he bluntly in
quired who was to command.
Neither Mr. Roosevelt nor Chur
chill could tell him. They sought
to put the question aside. Stalin
would not budge. He said that
plans meant little without the
name of the responsible man.
That was why the president
and the prime minister on return
ing to Cairo had to make an im
mediate decision. Why it was
Eisenhower instead of Marshall,
who had been told at Quebec
that ha would get the job, is a
question awaiting the publication
of somebody's memoirs.
ACTIVITY NOTED
London, Dec. 27 (U.R) A
sharp upswing in underground
resistance In France, possibly
prompted by allied second front
preparations, was indicated to
day in a Vichy radio announce
ment that 2,083 "agitators" were
arrested in France last week.
Of this number 150 were ac
cused of "banditism" and 10 were
jailed as "communists," the
broadcast said.
Despatches from Zurich report
ed, meanwhile, that martial law
had been declared and 100 resi
dents arrested In the French
town of Annemasse following the
assassination of three German oc
cupation officers and seven sol
dier. Cloalnt Unw In Claaslflatf ads
am. Toe lata to Classify 1SJO
p. av
Dr. A. A. Soul
Announce Phone
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Ret'ttry 2.S7
News Behind
The News
By Pad Mallon
(Ooeunued from Pate One)
but $1,500,000,000 would have
been saved anyway through the
excess protits tax.
He estimated 72 per cent of
renegotiations savings would go
into the treasury in taxes
which this congressional bill is
now upping from 90 to 95 per
cent so the tax recapture on
profits henceforth would be
even greater.
With a 95 tier cent excess
profits tax, the government fix
ing the price of every standard
article and making the contracts
iueu, u must De evident that if
"war nrofiteers are ceitine
away with billions," many con
tracting officials in the adminis
tration nave not done their dntv.
regardless of contract renegotla
tion. A lot must be responsible
for making bad or even crooked
contracts.
THAT contracts should be re-
negotiated, evervnnp aprp
even if only to save a dime, or to
waiun oho contracts, me prob
lem is to save the people as
much War cost as nnosihlf, hiil
to do it efficiently and Justly.
The administration has been let
ting minor or presumably some
incompetent officials tin it irM.
trarily, without right of protest
or appeal for the contractor.
Even: New Deal Wheelhorse
Senator Guffef has risen to pro
test government action in the
case of the E. G. Budd Manufac
turing COrriDanV Of Phllnrlnlnhln
in which he said a war depart
ment omciai naa tnreatened to
"break" the company if it did
not acceDt the ffnvpmmmi re
negotiation proposition. This is
piuuuoiy unconstitutional, Hit
leresque. and certainlv not H.
sired by anyone. . ..
The proposed congressional
remedy basically is to allow the
contractor to sue the govern
ment for the differenr in h
court of claims, if he believes he
nas Deen treated unjustly by
some ar.inv marionette and ran
prove it. This certainly could
not iet -war profiteers get away
with millions" unless the court
of claims is either stUDid or cor
rupt.
A NOTHER proposal Is to give
"renegotiation to a competent
official like War Mobillzer
Byrnes, which also might pror
vide efficient management.
evidently the matter has been
exaggerated, and has become a
political, football, thus obscuring
the fact that there is a real job
yet to be done in the public in
terest. Italy Front.
5'h0 the slowly rnovin,
front line sUnri. iv.Z.1
Italian
bova anrl Tv.
Douah.
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The Amort Vere ot rrov.U
Hiram Andrew Hooton, 1 89,
known to all his friends as
"Andy." passed away at the
home of his nephew, Ernest Ly
man, Gold Hill, Sunday. He had
lived on the same farm for 74
years.
He was born In Indiana on
August 20, 1854. At the age of
12, with his mother, a Civil war
widow, and his brother and two
sisters, he went to New York
City where they took a boat for
Portland. For the next two years
they made their home in Browns
ville, Oregon. Two years later,
with his mother and step-father,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Douden, they
moved to Sams Valley. A year
lpter, 1869, they moved to what
is now known as the "Douden
place" and here he resided for
the rest of his life. He was a
farmer and a placer miner, hav
ing mined for many years around
Gold Hill. In the early 80's he
helped survey the railroad from
Grants Pass to the other side of
th. Siskiyou mountains. In 1912
he joined the IOOF lodge. In Gold
Hill and was a member there at
his death. , -
He leaves four nephews and
three nieces; Ernest Lyman and
Earl Pankey of Gold Hill; Joe
and Theron Pankey of Anchor
age, Alaska; Mrs. Katie Shearer,
Forks, Wn., Mrs. Earl Ham, Med
ford, and Mrs. Ernest Hartman.
The Dalles, Oregon.
iuuf services will be held at
the graveside in Gold Hill ceme
tery Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. Ar
rangements are in care of the
Conger Funeral Parlors.
THOMAS J. PULLEN
EAGLE POINT, DIES
Thomas Jeffersnn Trillion nf
Eagle Point, passed away In a
local hospital Saturday. He was
born In Norway, Coos County,
Oregon, November 26, 1890. On
Mav 15. 191Q. ha WM tinito, In
marriage to Mary Robertson and
tney maae tneir nome for several
years in California. In 1Q2X thev
returned to Eaela Point and rs.
a:aea mere since.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Mary A.
Pullen, he leaves a daughter,
Ruby: a brother. W. J Puller,
Bandon; a sister, Mrs. Eva Zim-
dlars, Idaho; and two half-brothers
and a half-sister; C. H. Pul
len. California? R. UV Pullon T.
G,ande, and Mrs. Dora Mlnton,
iano.
He had been ill for manv vmn
bU'took an active part in the
union worn at tne Reese Creek
Sunday school. WM1 o n.mi.
of the Brethern Church In Ash
land, he was unable to attend
mere Decause or nis health. His
loss will be felt bv sit in th.
community.
Services will be In the Conger
Phanal 1I7 J 1 . n- -
wi HCTiHwuajr at i:au p. m.,
with the Rev. John Stelle offic
iatina. Interment will ha in r-
tral Point cemetery.
Dismiss Chames
Against W. T. Poff
fVinrtTOer flrlnlnai TXT m ti.
842 Blaine street, 'Ashland, ar
rested Inst Mdu ii
v snugging
fish, were dismissed In Justice
tuuri last weeK. Brought to a
iurV trial lnr enmn.. ,
.7-- "wiuiidi, me jury
disagreed on the case. Rather
than retry it, District Attorney
George W, Neilson dismissed
cnarges.
PUGILIST HELD
San Franeispn no. ? Aim
Poli tnrtnw halA Tl. T ' 1
Joseph Chase, state middle
weight champion, for the "acci
dental" shooting of 'Tiger"
Aaron Wade, negro pugilist, in
a restaurant shortly before mid
night last night. Chase was
held In lieu of $1,000 bail for
assault With Intent tr
murder, possession of a deadly
weapon and filing the serial
numbers off his .32 caliher
pistol.
on lend or woter. Detloned, engird end bum fer ft. Army, Nov,
Flight o Time
Madford and Jacksor Co. His
tory from the tiles oi the Mai
Tribune 10 and 20 year ago
TEN TEARS AGO TODAY
ueceroMr 27, 1SJ
at was Wednesday)
Government deficit n hiiii.- " 4
ws ar .. nt irj ss
dollars fail to worry President '
nooseveu.
Unsettled with occasional
rains. High 42, low 35 degrees,
Llauor ordinance is Hranm w.
city council.
' Robert K. Nnrrla nt4
i . - W, b VH
shipment of pears by sea.
Auto Is ta warned to get their
1934 license plates at once.
William J Warn.. l
. . iuum
after 30 years In the postal serv
ice. Hleh school nuint tn nlair lil
u -m. wv y -.r - I
All-Star team.
Many auto accidents in
over Christmas holiday.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
vecember 27, 1823
(It was Thursday)
Attemrit tn AssnaainntA fVnwn
Prince Hirohito of Japan fails.
Nation in an unrnar Khrtt l,.l
while prince was riding in an
auto.
Burglar saws his way out of
city jail.
Rain predicted. High 42, low
25 degrees.
Former Secretarv nf Tnla-i'n-
Albert B. Fall eives full riotnii.
of New Mexico ranch deal.
Bill to bar Japanese immi
grants before congress, '
County Clerk Chauncev "i
Florey will not seek re-election i
in primaries. '
County taxes to be less next
year.
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Editor must near
the name ai,d address of to a writer
altnougn ttaa use of a pan -name
n initials for publication la per
missible The Mall Tribune ra
terves the right to edit all letters
Kltb a view to clarity aad eon
lensaUon. SEES WHITEWASH
To the editor, How about
General Patton? was a question
in your paper of Dec. 5 that
you tried" to answer,- and it
seems to me that you got your
self all balled up. But as IX.
understand you, you want to "
put on the whitewash now,
while the "higher ups" are
afraid whitewash wouldn't stick
at the present.
I think Patton is an over
bearing coward and not fit to
hold any job that the people .
have to pay him for. If that
soldier had struck Patton he
would have been shot, but Pat
ton can slap the soldier and get
away with it What I say
makes no difference oi course,
but I say Patton Is not fit to
have command over anybody
and should be put out of the
army or reduced to rank of '
private.
E. P. BROOKS,
843 E. Main St.
JAP BRUTALITY TOLD
IN CHANGTEH FIGHTING
San Francisco. Dec 97 (U.Pl .
The Chinese consulate eeneral to
day released a Chinese ministry
of foreign affairs statement as
serting Japanese killed 2300 civ
ilians ana raped more than 8000
women at Changteh, Hunan pro
vince.
The statement said IRA woman
died as a result of rape, and that
iuu men, iho women and 320
children were captured by Jap
anese at Changteh.
NEW POST
Ottawa Q7 mo v -
Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, Tyho
reunquisnea command of the Ca
nadian army dwkam hamxiM
illness, may be assigned to a new
war post, it was indicated here
today.
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