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PAGE FOUR' MedfordTreune vrroB ta Soulhm Oi'efoa . " lud Mm IUU TiibaM" Daily BiMpt Set sirdar PabHihecl b? MCDFORO PRINTINO CO. tt-n Worth rtr fc. t . Phoae IMI ROBERT W RUHU Editor RNEST R OfUTRAP. M a nicer. i ' ' ladapandeoi Newapeper. intirtd aa lard, Oregon, eeeoad ilm trial tar at Uad- on, under Act of March L 1171 'SUBSCRIPTION' RATES 99 Mall I a Advaaoai . palljr and Sundair ooe yaar ff.le Dally aad Sunder u mootba... 4.01 Dally and Bundar-hraa month Lie Pally and Sunday-na month . T ty Carrier Is Adrtnce Wedford. Aab- gftd. Caotral Point J aok ton villa. Oold 111. Phaanli, valem. aad on motor ' roateei V Daily and Sunderon fW .a , Dally and dun day ona month.. .Tl All Wftni aaab Is ad vane. Offlrtal Paper mt Official Papw the City mt Had for if Jarkeoa County Pal tad Pre Full Lamaad (fir ..- KKunnit or audit burbad Or CIRCULATIONS ' Advertising Repreeentatlra WE0THOLLI DA T COMPANT INC. OTfloaa I Now Tork. Chicago. Da troll, as rranclaco, Loa Angeles, Seattle, PerUexd. AH. ken la, Atlanta. Vaaoauver, B 01 , ... : OUtWyifAtr. P B L S Hi E HX 4 5 0 Ye Smudge Pot . By Arthur Parry The Old Year makes Its exit, and the New Year -makes Its debut late today. Vociferous whoopee will mark the depar ture of, 1943, and the arrival of 1944. The latter starts o!f with shortage of calendars. The public for some reason , did not become, aware of the deficit un til It was too late for any plain and fancy hoarding of cal endars. ' It is a different kind of shortage than the alleged beef shortage. One may gaze upon a rolling pasture and be hold no end the fnttcd calf and steer. But calendars are scarce, Jike hen's teeth. It amounts to what Len Carpenter of the ranch Set calls a poignant lack. Jt is no way to wind up a ipeeding , twelvemonth or start toddling one. .Like every thing else it is probably due to the war. ..... Among the local highlights of what will soon be the late 1943 were: ' John C. Mann became a Grandpaw. . He was the most exuberant Grandpaw ever to toam the valley. . . - Judge BUI Coleman' produced three mustaches and the usual tonnage of pioneer tales. It was on a New Yeiir's eve soma TO-odd years ago, he first made the welkin ring on Coleman Creek near Phoenix. Hum from the "fair Islands of the Carrlbean" was Inflicted upon the thirsty. It was the Widespread belief, this Demon (and how?) Rum was distilled by the fellows,-who In the late SO's, became enamored of the tiotlon they could make home- ,;-t I Coldi were rampant. Never theless, the theory of F. Brown of the E. Pt, Browns, the first three days of December rule the winter months panned out. They were fair and pleasant. They were afternoons so balmy Older Girls could be seen carrying their coats or the man with them. Horticulturists eus and some were prosper of the more brazen flagrantly admitted it. Cheering news came from the war fronts of the Allies. The Russians, though be-whlsk- ed, wece beloved for their thorough and valiant thumping 01 tne Hitler Hordes. .. . The new-born year, besides the usual high hopes, holds promise of many stemwlndlng anu Historic events, viz.: There will be the usual ouota of New Year's resolutions that will be broken forthwith by the parties of the first part. . Everybody will be dreaming oi peace ana a new auto. an micijunuary the sauer kraut put down by Peoria Bill Gates will be ready for the ulti mate consumer and its author, If it tastes as good as described by its producer, It should be called La Sauerkraut, that whispers more! February 2 will ba Ground Hog day with the usual tame dispute whether or not the critter aaw his shadow. October has the only Friday the 13th The political fur will fly and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will be the republican nominee tot pre sident. The voters will got lougn witn coddiers of John L, von Lewis et al. So a Happy, Prosperous New Year to all, and as the almanac says: "And so farewell as we again turn the page to another year God ba good to you and bless you always. CVmns Um for Sunday Too Ut to Clnwify. I SO Saturday alt.moou ruuk rsawmoer. Happy New Year! VES, Happy New Year, everyone! " And we have a strong conviction it WILL be happier, for this weather-beaten world and all the peop'e on it, than the last one. r It coutd, ok the law of chances and probabilities, hardly be less so. : Moreover, unless practically everyone In the know is mistaken, this year will actually see peace in Europe and what a grand and glorious feeling that will be ! And what a transformed beneficent world we will have, with peace over HALF of it at least, instead of engulfing it all. MO one in authority seems to think Japan will fol- " low Germany's example within the next 12 months. But there is a limit even to what this fanati cal war-minded nation can "take," when the rest of the world really unites and gangs up against her. So it is hard to visualize war, on anytning dui a police duty scale, continuing much beyond 1944 at least. For which let us all be thankful 1 ' The S. R ConvicTs Itself A YEAR AGO we hoped Medford and Southern Oregon would have through passenger service to San Francisco restored, to greet the new year 1944, It looked fairly hopeful then. And for 12 months The Mail 'Tribune has done everything it could do to bring it about. But the "best laid plans of mice and men !" it has not worked! The Drosnects in fact do not loo!c df bright today as they did For the last official word The Mall Tnoune naa from this great "FRIENDLY" railroad was That their service to this nrobablv eret worse before we regret to state, there was regret in the announcement, be a certain note of pleasant ible. - - -". - k' 00 What? -' Well, just keep plugging along, fighting on the same line if it takes all summer, and winter, too. Who can tell? Perhaps O.D.T, will awaken to the fact it was not created to serve the interests of the railroads, but the interests of the country and the people. And when that awak ening comes all will be well, for the Office of Defense Transportation is the one agency in the country that can tell the S. P. what to do, and the S. P. can't crawl out of it JJOWEVER, as the year ends there is one ray of sunshine. tiie S. P. stands convicted by its own actions. It never had much, it did have it destroyed in 1943. For as everyone will recall the S. P. official de fense, for refusing to give this section of the state even ONE through passenger train south a day, was NOT the greates expense, nto it! It was merely the tra cars and particularly required if such a service were not available to purchase or rent; they could not be OBTAINED! THAT was the argument. them look up the record, the Southern Pacific GHQ critics the answer was: going on.?". ..... .. ... But on December 10th, discovered it COULD secure a train! Yes. the cars, the entrines (""helDer" and other wise) that were not available suddenly BECAME available 1 And a DAILY mail-and-express train was made up and run from Medford and Ashland to Duns muir, California! WAS the Southern Pacific's VITAL war effort im- IDENTICAL service (identical that is with the addi tion of one Pullman cut) impair it NOW, or would have impaired it BEFORE? 1 he obvious answer, WOULD NOT! And the S. P. by its own actions has given abso lute proof it would not VES, the S. P. stands convicted by its own actions. Because it cost too much to haul holiday ex press and mail north to Eugene for a lay-over there, then south tO'Dunsmuir and a lay-over there (for any northern California destinations) and so on to San Francisco; the engines and cars that could NOT oe found that were not WLRb found ; and the great was certain to be impaired if any such service were rendered, was NOT impaired. . VES, brethern and sistern, where is the Southern a Pn.iTIrt Anas. ha,9 if M x nvnii, taoo iiuw i ii, is Deen, m the soup, it HAS no case ! The S. P. could secure one through passenger train (or one through Pullman car) to San Francisco ANY DAY IT WISHED TO (as this action proves) and without impairing its essential war service in any way whatever. 'And this would be done if the S. P. could not make MORE money by not doing so! And if it did not, and has not always followed one consistent principle, that whore its service to the PUBLIC conflicts with its own SELF-interest the latter is scrupulously served, the former "can be damned." as far as the S. P. is con- icerned.l . , MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, on December 31st, 1942. section or tne coast wouia it would get better, and not the slightest hint of in fact, what we took to satisfaction was discern ' one of these days the of a case, but what little the month of December, no I Expense did not enter lack of equipment, the ex the extra "helper" engines were established, they '.' ., . If anyone doubts it let written and verbal, from in San Francisco. To all "Don't you know a war is . 1943, the S. P. suddenly such equipment for such the only answer, Is II PROCURABLE, in fact, patriotic war service that - ...1, Sl 1, iiii(, vwicio lb jiao aiwajs the engines and cars for Your Health and Its Care BY Or. WILLIAM BRADY. M.D. Readers should address Inquiries tot Dr. William Brady 26S El Camino. Beverly Kills. Calif. - CHILD SUCCUMBS Through what may seem an odd association of Ideas when ever I hear a radio wheedler art- dressing i n e great American moron wltn tne stere o t y p e d ". . . helps . helps . , . and see how much better you'll feel ..." I am reminded o the child I saw die of poison ing while the parents . p r e- Brady vented me from administering the antidote. And when I think of the "doctor' the parents insisted upon calling up on my demand for an umpire, so to speak the doctor had never bad any experience In practice and his obvious uncertainty what to do or not to do confirmed the parents in their attitude I am reminded of the federal bureau that sanctions the radio wheed ler's effective weasllng of the word "helps." The child did not - die of strychnine poisoning from eat ing "candy" pills left about the house, nor from acetanllide poi soning from swallowing some of the nostrum that the federal bu reau permits the radio wheeler to prescribe to "help" whatever alls you. The child died from diphtheria poisoning, . Diphtheria rarely chokes a pa tient to death. Instead it juvt subjects the patient to lethal poi soning with diphtheria toxin. At no time did this child suffer from obstruction or difficulty of breathing. The poison Just worked unopposed upon the heart and the vital nerve cen ters, wherefore the child became weaker and weaker hour after hour until death came in two or threadays. Diphtheria toxin, nroduced bv diphtheria germs, permeates the blood and all the tissues and or gans. It is rendered harmless, neutralized, by antitoxin, which nature produces in the patient's body If the patient is not over whelmed by the sevrlty of the disease. Antitoxin is produced In ine Diood of a horse If the horse Is injected with successively in- News Behind The News . By Paul Mallon ; (Continued from Page One) doubtful age, and terms in the guardhouse were provided, the practice would soon lose its cur rent trend. ' THE experts on this subject of juvenile delinquency, even Including Mrs. Roosevelt, all think in social grooves appar ently, proposing only that more and more money be spent for boys' clubs, playgrounds, social workers, psychiatrists In police courts, etc. After they get all those things, they will still need the answer discipline. The home Is still the cradle of our culture. Discipline should be re-established there on mod ern psychiatric lines. If the home Is broken up by Darental delinauency (which also Is wide spread) or by ihe war. or for whatever cause, discipline will have to be exerted somewhere else. We could start by resorting It to the school. Nowadays teach ers are afraid to touch the poor little dears. I know one school teacher In whose four Junior high i ihool classes only 80 per cent are up in ineir work today, the remain ing half being delinquent. She cannot make them work. Her hands are tied by modern mis conceptions of science .against just punishment in any effective form. e IF THE restoration of home and school discipline is not enough, the churches are the next power mat might be able to use some. By all means, use of such power, and in fact all youth leadership, must be kept away from the state, particularly the federal government. Now is the best time In the world to judge what state disci pline will do, with fresh evi dence of what Hitler and Mus solini did In brutalizing their little nazis and fascists. Wa will have none of that here. Nor can you get discipline by expansion of social work or ex- post facto punishment in juve nile courts. The place to start is in the beginning, and someone will have to do It parents. schools, churches, perhaps all three. "New York, Dec. 31 0J.O The Metropolitan Opera associa tion has gained first perform ance rights outside of the Soviet Union 1o a new Russian opera by Sergei Prokofleff. a setting' of Leon ToUtoy a "War and i Poaoa." . I S 4f m Or. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1943 TO POISONING creasing doses of toxin. The clear blood serum from a hcrse that has been so treated contains enough antitoxin to neutralize a tremendous amount of diphtheria toxin. That is the source of the antidote for diphtheria poison ing. The child in this instance did receive one small dose of anti toxin 3000 units, all the doctor could obtain when he first saw the paUent. The minimum first dose should be 10,000 units, for probably at least 10,000 units of toxin in the blood must be neu tralized to prevent serious dam age by the poison. QUEsnoNS a a.vbwem Berate Doctors In our neighborhood there tre fc least four doctors who havo come here In the. put two or three yean from Europe. Can you tell us .nytlilng about their professional quaUfieatlons how tbey compare with our own doctors, now perhaps In serrlce? (Mrs. L. J. 8.) Answer Such' refugee physicians may take the regular examinations for license in New York state and In Massachusetts; then some of them may get a license to practice (reci procity or recognition of the Euro pean medical school) In Pennsylva nia, Virginia, Illinois and one or two other states. 5068 came to the United Statea from Europe between 1933 and iBo. in lBti ooo rerugee doctors ar rived here. Prom 'correspondence with doctors I gather that these refugees sre everywhere moving In on practices left by doctors who went Into service ana i wonaer wnat tne sixuation will be when and If the absent doc tors return home after the war. Horn Serum for HemophUfa Son, - 7, Is a bleeder, and haa had several narrow calls. Neighbor says you recently ' stated hemophUlaca should be ;lven human or horse serum Injections at - regular intervals. (McO. J. C.) Answer Yes, one with the bleeder state should be given an lnjeotlon of pure serum (horse or humau serum) every two months. This prevents ex cessive oozing or bleeding from mi nor wounds, etc. No Tracts - Kindly send a supply of your traots on "The SUvery Scale Disease." We often have cases of psoriasis that come in for treatment and I feel these traots would be of real help to them. , ( Beauty aalon.) Answer On reouest. accomDanled with stamped eddreased envelope. I'm glad to send any reader the pamphlet. ine euvery scale uisease." l cannot supply material for distribution. (Copyright, 1943, John P. Dllle Co.) Ed. Notet Persona wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. l. D., 28s El Ca. mlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to -the Editor mustbeai the name aud address of the writer ilthougb the use of a pen name ir Initials for publication Is per missible The Mall Tribune re terves the right to edit all letters with a .view tq clarity and con lenaatlon. Housing Thwarted by O.P.A. To the editor: , A tremendous effort Is beine made to locate housing facilities In this locality. The good inten tions of the local people are off set and In many cases compete- Iy obliterated by the rental sec tion of the local O.P.A. There are houses In this town which could be made available if the O.P.A. would permit rents com- paraoie to tne Drice now re ceived for rooms In some of our homes. Owners in some cases. have been forced to reduce the rents to such a degree that-the nouses are no longer rented, These places are either vacant or have been sold to people who were forced to buy even thoush their stay here is temporary. It is a tragedy that the housing in our community should be handled In such an inefficient manner. If we are to be govern ed by bureaus, we should at least demand that ignorance be discarded and humanity, inject ed with a certain amount of in telligence, be the guiding motive. J. C. Collins Copper Pennies to Start With Year Philadelphia, Dec. 31. fJ.FS A die stamping press in the Philadelphia mint will clank to a halt at midnight, a circular bit oi metal will slide down a metal chute into a big box, and the last white penny for the dura Uon will have been minted. A few minutes later thin strips of copper will start Jolt ins: throush the machine, and once more pennies that look like pennies will be made. More than 700,000,000 of the pennies that look like dimes were minted In the . past year, Mint officials said. Elks Will Enjoy Party Tomorrow Following a custom of many years, the Elks Lodge will hold the annual "Tom and Jerry party tomorrow, new years day. The party will be for Elks and their ladles only. The traditional Auld Lang Syne gathering is to be between the hours of 10 a. m. to 8 p. m., officer announce. DESOTO PARTS HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 So. RrvanWa Dial 4980 Airline Official Explains How "Short Snorters" Began New York U.B The "Short Snorters" represent a venerable Institution in American flying and are not a product of this war despite war-born public'ty, according to William Van Dusen of Fan American Airways. " At least 11 theories on tne on- r gin of the ocean-hopping auto graphers of dollar have seen print. Van Dusen - said, and they're all wrong. He offered no irrefutable theory himself, but told twor and take your choice. Clyde Panghorn told Van Dusen the order began in 192S when the Gates Flying Circus, playing in Syracuse, N. Y., ex traordinarily took in more cash than it paid out for gasoline. A pilot performer volunteered to fly to a nearby town for a case of champaign for celebration. When he returned "both he and the plane were well loaded." "He rushed up to me and, In a belligerent tone of voice de manded to know whether or .not I was a 'short snorter'," Pang horn said. Panghorn produced a dollar bill, which the pilot signed with a flourish and handed back to him. 'From there on it Just grew," Panghorn said. Van Dusen s second "author ity," E. W. Cleveland, claims the order began in 1928 at the Los Angeles air races. Bob Garland was happy to' have a "short snort" with any of the fliers or dering drinks, but when his turn oame round he d puu out a thousand dollar bill which no bartender could change. To get this 'ninexpendable out of cir culation, the boys started put ting their signatures on it soon they were autographing the dol lar bills they had left over after buying Garland's drinks, for one another. However it started, the order flourished among pilots until the depression came, Van Dusen said, but by 1930 hundreds of the membership bills had found their ways into grocery stores. Old-timers doubt that a dozen members remained in good standing by 1932. The arrival of Wiley R Wright (now Lt. Col.. USAAF) In Alaska in 1930 gave new life to the old order. Wright went to the cleaners at the hands of the territory's tall tale tellers until he discovered he could clean up for himself by way of the short snorter initiation. Old sour doughs still refer to Wrights haul as the second Alaskan gold rush, Van Dusen said, and Wright can . still " display his original bill, which bears signa tures of nearly all the Arctic's pioneer aviators. will Rogers was the first non- pilot member. He paid out $23 to attending members when he was inducted "by acclamation" during his and Wiley Post's ill fated trip. When Fan American lured some of the old Alaskan pilots to the States to learn "new fan- glad" methods of flying, Van Dusen said, they opened shop in Miami, initiating pilots from the Latin-American routes. Soon a loop-hole was discovered in the by-laws, formally drawn up. In Alaska. They said "flier not 'pilot," and in a short time any one who'd ever set foot in a plane was eligible. When the airline pioneered its route to the Orient, pilots found the order flourishing in China, where it had been introduced by Russian and Japanese pilots initiated in Alaska. It soon was carried to all Asiatic and East Indian airline stopping points. "Then came the war," said Van Dusen, and "some impecu nious pilot, probably" started taking money off "women and children and diplomats" who took sleeping pills to lull their nerves In exchange for the mem bershlp distinction. The short snorters became 200,000 over night, and Van Dusen said North African veterans claim the cam paign would have been over a week sooner if generals hadn't wasted so much time collect! nj and signing dollar bills. Limited by tacit consent today to aerial hoppers, the organize lion's members Include heads of state, multi-starred and multi striped military men, and thou sands of Army and Navy avia tors. The Alaskan by-laws insist they must be "good guys ' all. SINATRA SAD Hollywood, Dec. 31 AJJ9 Swoon-Crooner Frank Sinatra was back In Hollywood today, a sad and dejected man. His train was 45 minutes late ir arriving yesterday, reached tha station in a driving rain, noboby swooned when he stepped onto the plat form, and Sinatra had lost at gin rummy all the way across the country. Use Uall Tribune Want Ads. Wanted 1 Men and Women Who Are Hard of Hearing To malt this staple, ee risk aaating test If tow ax temporarily deafened, bothered by rioting baxsiof bead noises doe to hard ened or coajru lated wx ( carumen ), try tha Onriae Home Metbod teat that so many may has enabled them to bear well again. Yoc must bear battar after mabi&c this limpta tact or jroo get year money back st ones. 4sk aboat OnrtM Bar Draa today st Walnscott't Cast Slda Pharmacy Hobart Bosworth, Veteran of Films, Succumbs to Flu Hollywood. Dec. 31. (U.B The motion picture industry to day mourned the death of Ho bart Bosworth, a movie actor ever since the first picture was filmed in Hollywood. Bosworth, 76, died yesterday after a sudden attack of lnflu enza. With a stage career already behind him, he went before the movie cameras for the first time in-1809. in the first com plete movie ever made here. It was a one-reeler, "The Power of the Sultan," made in the yard of a Chinese laundry. Bosworth finished the job in two days and drew $125.. Daily Meteorological Report Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Rftln tonight and Saturday. Little change In tern- neratura. ' Oregon: Kain veai oi uaocaaw w- nlEht and Saturday except snow above 5,000 feet. Cloudy east of Cas cade1 with rain tonight and Saturday In lower levels and enow in nigtier elevations. Uttle change In temper ature. . Local Data Temperature a - year ago today: Highest, 3: lowest. 47. Total montniy precipitation, i.ii Inches. Deficiency . for the - month. 1.63 inches. Total precipitation since Sept. 1043, 6:16 Inches. Deficiency for the season, l.uo incnes. Relative humidity at 6 p. m. yes terday, 62; 5 a. m. today,. 98. Tomorrow Sunrise, 8:80 a.m.; sunset, 5:61 p.m. (Observations taken at 4:30 a. m., 120 Meridian Time.) II ae-g ESS Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear CT'ar Clear . Clear Cloudy . Clear Foggy Snow Clear Clear Roseburg . Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle Spokane Wash., D. C. Yakima Cloudy Clear Cloudy Closing time for Sundav Tod Late to Classify, 6:90 Saturday afternoon riewe reroemoer. aO our Boise- M Boston Chicago' r - Denver ..'MM Eureka Havre Los Angeles Medford , New York. Omaha - Phoenix Portland -Reno WELCOME ; J JLry lp 'Year Greeting" and a sin cere hope that 1944 will be mighty good to you, one and all! We are indeed grateful for your good-will and the generous patronage you have accorded our store through out 1943 . . . and we plcdgo to you the finest, the most friendly service we can pos sibly render during the com ing year! O ANDERSON'S THRf LViARIC MEDFORD'S POPULAR TWO-FRONT STORE Flight o' Tune Medford and Jockior Co. Hla tory from the tile of the Mai Tribune 10 and 20 run ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Dacambw 81. 1933 at Was Sunday) j iiauuii greet New Year with hopes for return et A prosperity. Autolsts must disnlw plates or temporary license stick, ers on cars after today. Red Cross orjena nnnin a.- funs for northwest floodvicttaii. Chicago women nui h. j from drinking spots. Chancellor Hitler of Germany to address people tomorrow on prospects for the coming yeir. Columbia- coach Stanford defeat in Rose Bowl game tomorrow. Half million pounds nt h,rv. shipped from valley during holt day season. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 31, 1923 " at Was Monday) : Increase in local nhone . Is held up for sixty days. Snow predicted. Hiah 41. lnm 29 degrees. Cold to continue. Ashland plans to move elk from park area. Freezing-weather marks end of year in coast area. Wages increase and cost of llvw lng throughout the land. New Year will be welcomed in with many home parties and watch meetings. NEWSPAPER READING ' IS BOOMED BY WAR New York, Dec. 31 (U.R) ThV circulation of- American daily newspapers increased 2.6 per cent to record levels in the six months ending Sept. 80 mainly because of war news, a survey s by Editor and Publisher, trade journal, disclosed today. '.- Evening newspapers gained a per cent, morning newspapers, 2.18 per cent, and Sunday! pa pers, 8.1, per cent, the survey, based on publishers' reports to the Audit Bureau of Circulation, showed. .... RED CROSS TO SHIP FOOD FOR INDIANS Washington, Dec. 81 The American Red Cross Is prepar ing to ship very shortly 500,000 pounds nt evaporated milk an almoffi 2,000,000- multi-vitamfcj tablets for the victims of tha famine in India, it was an nounced today. ..... The shipment of milk repre sents the" equivalent of a million quarts, and the vitamin tablet! are sufficient for ten thousand children for three months, Red Cross officials said. Uk Mall Tribune Want Ada. many custom- - ers and friends we extend hearty "New FT ET
