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BIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE . Sunday. J"" . 1944 MedfordTribune 1 Itwdi Ui Mali Tribune" Dally Kicapt Haturdar Published br WEDFORD PBINTINO CO. tt-n North Fir 8L Pboo till ROBERT W. RUHU, Editor. ERNEST R. OIUiTKAP, Uaocr. Aa lndpandDt Nawipapar. Eatartd cond tliu matter at ford Orfon, under Act of March t, bLDiCItlPTION RATES B7 Malt In Advaacat - Daily and 8undr om yaar.... Dally and flundiy months,,, Dally and Sunday thr months, Dally and Sunday on month... By Carrier la Advanca -Mclford. jand. Central Point. Jacksonville, Bill. Pboanlx. Talent, tad on i ronton Dally and Sunday one yaar Med 1179. ,T.H , 4.40 , 1.10 .71 Aih Ooid no tor II. 0 Daily and Sunday -on month. All term caab In advance. .11 Offtrlnl Paprr of (he City of afftdfurd Official Paper of Jarkaoft County -Full Leased H ire UEMHER OP AUDIT BUHHAO OF CIRCULATION'S AdvartUlns Repreientatlve WEST-HOLM DA Y COM PAN V, INC. Offlota In New York. Chicago, Detroit, San Franc leco, Loa Anftlti, Beat tie, Portland, 6U Loula, Atlanta. Vancouver, D. C Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry Washington, D. C, warned the people all week not to be over-eonficlent, and they were more so than ever. ... Jim Farley, the guiding geni us of the democratic party, who steered them right for efght years, quit his political post Thurs. and left them to their fate. This was tantamount, as the lawyers say, to V. (Shotgun) Canon, a fellow-democrat, go ing . republican without warn ing. ... Despite the gasoline ration ing there Is considerable motor vehicular skedaddling hither and yon and away. The source of supply Is anonymous. ... Ten days of June have passed, and the four rare June days so far, have been much appreclat er by the populace. ... The Les Taylor boy Bob, 4, of Phoenix has been busy all week haying and fearing rain, like his elders. ... Packing plants have started sweeping out and greasing up for the opening of the pear sea son. Dock Winkle of Salem has been visiting here alt week. He Is an ex-local native. ... Four cthse yard robins ate something the first of the week they did agree with, and will not so iouth next winli-r. ... John Day of the "Blue Moon" ranch reports a crop of vetch, the likes of which one will not see In a "Blue Moon." ... Frank Simpson, the pioneer fiddler of Lake Crk. towned Frl. It was his 80th birthday. ... Herr Hitler of the "master race" Is having troubles In France and Italy. He Is Inter ested in another race, viz: Will the Russians beat the Allies to Berlin? The Invasion started Tucs. with 11,000 planes, 4,000 ships, and a steady flow of men, muni tions and material. The might of United Nations was unleach ed, not to mention the greatest outpouring of words from radio commentators In history. ... The corn Is now up to the sec. ond rail of the Applcgate dis trict fences. . t Some of the presidential canv pa'gn will be waged with the battlefields of Europe as a back ground. With the thunder of the artillery and the politicians going at tlic same time, human suffering will reach a new peak. .... Rural turkeys are now big enough to wander into gardens and have the Chinese pheasants blamed for their depredations. ... Piscatorial enthusiasts report the fishing in the Rogue runs from poor to awful, and In spots horrible. . . Some of the outdoor girls are now staying indoors, due to a combination of sun-burn and poison oak. ... "Nation's Business" reports Russia wants the German mili tary clique crushed, and Ger many r"lverizcd. "Britain wants Germany reduced, but not as a customer," it Is further explained. It looks like busi ness will still be business, "in the brave new world, In the post-war period." ... Hale Wheeler passed the cigar shortage the past week, duo to the arrival of a six pound namesake at his house. ... Moft of the weediest vacant loU of the burg are now being put to some good use other than a service station. Tho male Juvenile element Is play ing "Commando" In them. Closing time for Claaaifinl ids P t. m. T) Lata to Utwlt;, 13.30 p. m. Bond "D-Day" Tomorrow TOMORROW Monday will be the "D-DAY" for the 5th War Loan drive. Oregon's share of the nation's 16 billion dollar goal will be $123 million; Jackson County's quota is $2,262,000. Upon the opening of this drive it may be stated that war bonds are the best and safest investment in the world. f We might also point out that, by buying war bonds now, we can keep prices down now and help win the peace by increasing purchasing power after the war. We could suggest war bonds as assurance of your future security, as promise of a new home or car after victory is won, or education for your children. But arguments such as these seem hardly necessary in the lieht of recent events. The invasion is on the showdown is at hand. We are now embarked upon the greatest and most daring military adventure in the history of the world. There can be no turning back from this crusade ... "we will accept nothing less than full victory". Here is the coup-de-grace for which freedom-loving people of the world have long waited. a v DUT let us have no illusions that "full victory" will be quick and easy. We face a stubborn, well eauipped and desperate foe. The invasion is but the start of the most violent phase of this war. When the Nazi beast has both fists will be freed for the struggle with the equally dangerous and desperate Japanese. They will need more than fanaticism to meet our blows in the Pacific. Yes, "full victory" will be and lives and money. THE courage and irresistible determination of our, tlerUlinrv man viiiof Va mofAViorl nn tVtn Vinmo front Any slackening in war production will reduce the power of attack. Failure to meet the cost of all-out war in this 5th War Loan would be certain to slow our drive to victory and prove a damaging blow to the morale of those who are doing the real fighting. It was Napoleon who once success of an army comes at home will help to shape forces. CO, our job for the next few daya is unmistakably clear. Our quota in this 6t.fi War Loan must be raised surely and speedily. Since a third of our share is allocated to "E" bonds the k!.nd small investors buy this drive must reach into every home and every pocketbook. The Granges in Jackson County's effort as the fanner must carry much of the load of this particular bond drive. Jackson County hasn t failed to meet a bond quota or a drive deadline yet. Uncle Sam needing the money today for the biggest job ever tackled! HG Where Will It Stop? Some time ago we wrote about the scandalous waste of white paper by the Roosevelt administration, when newspapers can't get enough to give their sub scribers what the subscribers have paid for. We are now indebted observer" who maintains we Not only does the present administration waste tons of white paper on needless pamphlets, bro chures and questionnaires, etc., but he declares as a result of the government's example, the business world, particularly in the higher brackets, has adopt ed the same technique, thus piling Pelion on Ossa as it were, in the direction of needless paper waste. To substantiate this indictment our observing com municant sends us the following editorial from a recent "Nation" : We've never been run over by a Gallup poll. We've never been stopped by an Inquiring reporter. We've never been chosen as "the man in the street." Nobody, you might sny, ever asks us anything. We've sometimes felt slighted by this neglect. But we're just as glad we weren't caught by the questioners for the John B. Pierce Foundation which has recently published Volume IV of "Family Living as the Basis for Dwelling Design." "The ultimate objective of the housing reseai .V we are told, "is to design dwellings on the basis of specif leal ions arrived at as a result of scientific investigation." And one section of Volume IV, understandably enough, is devoted to The Bedroom. Most of the findings, and the questions they reflect, leave us relatively calm. We would certainly agree, for Instance, that "the most Important item in connection with sleep is the bed" (Page 26). We were mildlv interested In knowing that "stumbling over bedroom furniture occurs among 23 per cent of the wives and 29 per cent of the husbands" the awkward brutes. We were slightly alarmed to discover that 14 per cent of the wives reported that they had slept with their head at the foot of the bed within the pnst week." "At the time this was done," adds the report with cold imperturability, "we do not know whether the husband reversed his position too, or continued sleeping with his head at the head of the bed." But what really made us resolve never to be a "sample" were two questions which even the Pierce Foundation, in our opinion, has no right to ask. The first was "Have you fallen out of bed within the past year?" the second, "Did you wear bedroom slippers last night?" Only the Marx Brothers could answer those questions without Incriminat ing themselves. "Most Unintelligent of Crimes" The law calls it fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the government, but in these times, when the nation is bending every energy for victory, it smells of treason. The FBI has completed its investigations at the Bethlchcm-Hingham shipyard in Boston, and the counters and welders who are said to have shared the plunder of wages that wore not earned, now are under arrest Such a crime is grave enough, criminal enough, in time of peace. In time of war it is of such i eprehensibility as alw.st to be inconceivable. What manner of American workingnien are these? Don't they read the papers, wherein it is told that Amer ican boys some of whom they know, some of whom may even be their kin are dying for them in battle? Can it be that we pass in the street, all unknown to us, citizens of such twisted morality, such dearth of true patriotism, that they are potential criminals of been beaten to his knees, won, but it will take time said that nine-cenths of the from it3 spirit. Our faith the spirit of our invading will play an important role We cannot this time, with to b.P.J., an interested don't know the half of it. this sort? Here !s the species of decay that 'corrupts nations. In this sort of thing are the seeds of the death of democracy. Portland Oregonian. Your Health and Its Care BY DR. WILLIAM BRADY. M. D. Readers should address inquiries tot Dr. William Brady 265 1 Camlno. Beverly Hill. Calif. SO IT IS JUST NER In the green book (Nerves and Nutrition, twenty-five cents and stamped envelope bearing- your S"jS"""l address) I cias sify neurotics in two cate gorles Class A Neurotics who are really 111, though us ually the trou ble is not in the ner v o u s system, and Class B Neu rotics who use their "bad nerves" as an a means of escape from the trials and tribulations of life, shoving everything onto the shoulders of their relatives, friends, practicing nervous Im position on the world and mak ing it soft for themselves. The unhappy young woman (only 27) mentioned here the other day who, on the arbitrary advice of some quack, had all her teeth pulled, and THEN, as she failed to improve (she did not say what ailed her original ly), had a thorough physical ex amination (which should havv; been the first step, before the teeth were ruthlessly sacrificed) and finally, to make "extra sure" as she naively expresses it, went through the best adver tised "clinic", came home at last with the morbid, demoralizing, scientifically unfounded notion deeply imbued that, as the racketeers at the ."clinic" assur e her, there was "no organic trouble" but "just a case of ner vous exhaustion' which they ad vised her to go home and fight herself in other words, don't fool with the piker practitioners in your neck of the woods, but take a little trip for yourself and come up here to us when ever you need expert medical advice. I say the notion of "nervous exhaustion" Is scientifically un founded. That Is, there is no such thing as nerve or nervous energy, apart from ordinary muscular energy such as every body uses when exercising, working, playing, moving about. ARMY DOG TO BE T L Benlcla, Cal., June 10 A).R Sgt. Tuffy. a part Terrier and part Spitz dog soldier, will be court-martialed June 14 on charges of violating articles of war by biting messenger girls at the Benlcla arsenal. The messenger girls who filed the complaint charged that Sgt. Tuffy had enmmitted assault witli Intent to commit mayhem, conducted himself in a manner unbecoming to the uniform of his country, used disrespectful language In speaking to his su perior officers, and used con? temptuous words against the sec retary of war. Col. Paul Rutten, commanding officer at Benlcia arsenal, or dered a court consisting of com missioned officers, to try Sgt. Tuffy on the ground that the acts charged constituted viola tions of articles of war 9.1. 96, 68 and 62. "Sgt. Tuffy Is fully convers ant with the articles of war." the Benicia arsenal public rela tions officer said. "The court martial will be conducted exact ly as it would be if the defend ant were a human being. "He Is subject to all military rules, regulations and procedure. Just because he happens to be a canine doesn't mean he will be granted any special treatment." Sgt. Tuffy, a member of the military police detachment at Benicia arsenal, enlisted "volun tarily from motives of pure pa triotism" on June 14, 1943. the public relations office said. E LISTED WOUNDED Washington. June 10 UP i The war department tonitht an nounced the names of 1144 Unit ed States soldiers wounded in action. Included were: Oreson Amick. Pfc. William F.. Sa lem; Archer, Pfc. Frederick L., Monmouth: Bennett, Pfc. Ray mond W Eugene: Braiille. Pfc. John L Huso: Foster.. 1st Lt. William R , Willnmina; Rusliing Capt. Robert H, Portland; Stretcher, Capt. John R., Port land; Seim, Pfc. John S. Lyons: Watkins. 2nd Lt. Charles ., East La Grande. Or. Brad alibi VOUS EXHAUSTION? , This is physiology, and I chal lenge any medical authority to refute it or even question it. Now I am aware that unpleas ont emotions such as fear, worry (which is diluted fear), anxiety (milder degree of fear), hatred, Jealousy, envy, may have injuri ous effects upon health. I know, for instance, the important part fear plays in causing shock. These emotions have a good deal to do with health, of course, and they produce their effects main ly through the autonomic, sym pathetic nervous system. But that has nothing to. do with so called "nerva energy" or "nerv ous exhaustion" and unless you are an ignoramous or a quack you will entertain no doubts about it. This unfortunate young wom an comes home from the big "clinic" with the discouraging, blighting conviction that .her nu tritional deficiency I'm sure she has nutritional deficiency be cause she doesn't or cannot wear her dentures), is something she must "fight herself" in other words these charlatans would have their customers be lieve that by Just the right twist of the wrist and the way you hold your tongue a person whose "nerves are all shot" or who has "nervous exhaustion" can control ' her nerves. Of course that Is all balderdash The portion of the nervous sys tem concerned in emotional, be havior or personality states is as involuntary, as far beyond any control by the will or conscious ness as is the beating of the heart or the excretion of sweat. QIESTIONB & ANSWERS ThoruURli I'liysleal Examination Recently I had a serious Illness. Now I need a thorough physical ex amination. Plrata state an the steps and procedure, of auch an exam ination. Borne doctora aro very alack about the whole thing and others give only part of tha tests. (Mlsa A. S. P.) Answer Beat advice I can offer you la to choose a doctor, then leave It to the doctor to apply what ever examinations or testa he deems necessary. A thorough examination may be anything from an ordinary life insurance examination at ten bucks or so to a searching exam ination requiring hours of the doc tor', time and many laboratory tests, costing perhaps $300. (Copyright, 1944, John F. DUle Co.) Or, REFUSES 10 L Santa Ana, Cal., June 10 U.R) Still cool and collected. Capt. Morrison J. Wilkinson today de feated efforts of an angry prose cution to make him deny he was Secretary of War Robert Pat terson's flying chauffeur at one time. I The first week of the hand some young officer's court mar- nui on cnttrges oi rape. Durgiary and various sex offenses, ended in an hours-long duel which left Major James D. Garibaldi, chief prosecuting attorney, fuming with exasperation. "If any statements I made to Major Garibaldi under examina tion before the trial do not agree with statements I am making now In court, the previous state ments were Incorrect because of emotional strain," Wilkinson said. Major Garibaldi asked Wilkin son Whether his statement In yesterday's testimony that he had made four flights with Sec retary Patterson, was true. The defendant answered, It was. "If the records at Boiling field (In Washington) show only one flight, that of June 28, 1943, then they are wrong?" Garibaldi asked. Wilkinson coolly refused to be committed. Garibaldi, visibly angry, tinned to other aspects of Wil kinson's testimony. Wilkinson coolly parried Gari baldi's next thrust, directed at the defendant's statement that many fellow officers had boast ea that they, too, had entered the air corps with fake college credentials. Wilkinson, who admitted yes terday that he had used his un cle's college documents, said he did not remember the names of the oth.-rs, but Insisted that "there were, sir." MASONS WILL ATTEND GRANTS PASS RITUAL A delegation of officers and members of Table Rock Council No. 15, Royal and Select Mas ters, will Journey to Grants Pass jTuesdny e.ening for a meeting at 8 o'clock In the Masonic tern- pie at which the Royal and Se lect Master degree will be con ferred on a class of about twenty candidates. All desiring trans jportation should contact Vernon .A. ' iirpin, illustrious master of (Table Rock Council No. 15. JAPS STRIVE TO SPLIT CHINA IN CUANGSJAJATTLE City Prepares For Ordeal; Streets Barricaded Repel Enemy. Chungking, June 10 (U.R) The defenders of Changsha, or dered by their generalissimo to fight to the death, battled des perately today to hold back a column of 80,000 Japanese troops trying to split China in two and prevent a possible Join ing of American amphibious and Chinese land forces. The enemy attacked in force against both Changsha and Liu yang, 38 miles to the east, but Chinese troops strung along the Laotao river between the two cities absorbed the first shock of the Japanese assault and were reported standing fast to day. It was ,the fourth battle of Changsha. , Japanese reached the very environs of the Hunan province capital. Front line dis patches told of fighting along the Liuyang river, Just outside Changsha's north gate, and con ceded that enemy forces had breached the Laotao line at one point only five miles north of thecity. Changsha itself was grimly prepared for the ordeal ahead. The pillboxes which were erected in Changsha's streets five years ago have been manned again. Communica tion lanes have been created throughout- the city by digging holes through houses leading to alleys. The principal streets have been barricaded in antici pation of hand to hand fighting. Surrounding hills have been fortified. Chinese battling for Chang sha and what is left of the Canton-Hankow railway take cour age and encouragement from the first, second and third bat tles of Chansha in 1939, 1941 and 1942. Three times the Jap anese stormed Changsha from the east and north, and three times the Chinese pinched off the enemy supply Unas and threw the Japanese. DRAFTEES AFTER 1 L Washington, June 10-U.R) Selective service headquarters tonight ordered local boards to cease specifying men for navy or army duty, announcing that after July 1 both services will draw from a common pool of general service men. At the same time Ma. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey announced that future inductions of limited service men will be carried out only on specific orders from state draft directors. Registrants currently are ear marked at pre-induction stations for army service or navy service but after July 1. Hershey an nounced, registrants found phys ically fit for military services may be taken by either of the two branches. The move Is expected to help the navy complete its expansion to a desired strength of 3,650 000 men by Sept. 1. The army al ready has reached its planned strength of 7.700.000 and Is drawing from draft boards only for replacements. CARRY THE MAILS Pawtucket, R. I. (U.R) The Kennedys really got together on this cne. T'Sgt. Thomas J. Kennedy of Pawtucket, sta tioned with the Army In Italy, sent an Easier card to his sis ter, Miss Mary Kennedy, also of Pawtucket. The Army cen sor who passed the card was Lt. J. F. Kennedy. And the Pawtucket mailman who de livered it was James F. Ken nedy. LIFE SPAN UP New York OI.R) The Ameri can people have gained 15V4 years in length of life since 1900. the highest figure of 64.82 years having been recorded In 1942. More than two-thirds of persons 25-35 will reach 65 and almost three-quarters of 45-year-olds and four-fifths of the 55s will live to that age. Metro politan Life Insurance Co. sta tisticians said. Cm mil Tribune Want Ada. Complete Factory Approved SAFETY SERVICE ! Chrytlar Fas tory Engineer d and Inspect tc Parts for I Chr filer Dodge PLYMOUTH ! Dodga Trucks L. C. TAYLOR CO. j DQIGEJWa&TRIJrit: 1 112 So, Aivuaide Pbom 2965 , DECISIVE ALLIED iiiu ill ninn ii ill mum. MAY M NAZIS First Five Days of Invasion Disappoint Germany, Beattie Says. By Edward W. Beaitie United Press War Correspondent London, June 10 (U.R) The Allies are working under a spe cific plan in their invasion of the Norman coast and that plan has two limits maximum success and minimum success. Military observers here believe that as of tonight the following are the outstanding accomplished and potential developments of the battle of Normandy: 1. The Allies achieved a meas ure of tactical surprise, threw the Germans off balance tempo rarily on Tuesday morning and secured beachheads before a strong counter-attack could be started. 2. The Germans are attempt ing desperately to cling to their stronghold of Caen and to pro tect the big port of .Cherbourg through which the Allies could funnel reinforcements and heavy equipment. 3. The enemy now has 10 di visions deployed for front-line action Willi & few more held in close reserve. ' 4. The showdown battle Is still to come. When it comes, in the opinion of some military experts, the Allies may be able, by win ning decisively, to knock Ger many out of the war before any Allied soldier seta foot on the soil of the Reich. It's safe to say that the five days have been a big disappoint ment to the German high com mand, which counted on the beach defenses to cut the invad ing force to shreds or at the very worsts upon quick, heavy counter-attacks to obliterate it on chosen battlegrounds behind the beaches. The Germans failed at both stages and with Allied sea and air power behind it, the invad ing army should be able to hold what it has won. That much I am permitted to tell you after soliciting the as sistance of the most authentic sources of information on the progress of the Normandy cam paign at General Eisenhower's headquarters. The tactics of Marshal Erwln Rommel show what he thinks our Initial effort- threatens: His dispositions indicate he believes that we threaten firstly the port of Cherbourg, second Rouen, on the road to Paris. NEW PAY PROPOSALS Portland, Ore., June 10 (U.R) New contract proposals for pay increases for night workers and added vacation allnum were presented today to em ployes oi ojo Pacific coast pulp and paper mills. V-T " Iw unaay too mm to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon Pleas remember. ALUS-CHALMERS TRACTORS - LOGGING and ROAD BUILDING MACHINERY FARM TRACTORS-HARVESTERS All Kinds of FARM MACHINERY and IMPLEMENTS "Careo", Isaacson, Baker, Gar Wood and other Makes of ROAD AND LOGGING MACHINERY A large stock of GENUINE PARTS for all ALUS-CHALMERS Machines EXPERIENCED MECHANICS McCOY MACHINERY COMPANY 311 No. Fir. Phone 3415 Medford CLEAN FACTORY- Id) IS) THE EFFICIENT FUEL! 200 Cu. Ft. Load DIAL 2123 Timber P MtD'a Flight o' Time Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory from the files oi tha Mall Tribune 10 and 20 yean ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June II. 1934 (It' Was Monday) Longshoremen's strike over the Pacific Coast remains un changed. Fair and continued warm. High 97, low 57 degrees. Medford shots finish fourth in state shoot at Portland. Rex. G. Tugwell, of "brain trust" creates disorder in senate with defense of AAA. National Guardsmen entrain tonight for two weeks at Camp Clatsop. Talent experiment station re ceives shipment of parasites by express to fight codling moths here. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 11. 1924 (It Was Wednesday) Pussyfoot Johnson, famed temperance worker speaks at Ashiand. Oregon Klan is mad at tha Grand Cyclops of the realm. Oregon National Guard now encamped at Fcrt Lewis. Cloudy. High 76, law 46 de grees. Precipitation .13. Medford Legion puts in bid for state convention here next year. Deadlock in republican party over vice presidential nomina tion. Herbert Hoover refuses to accept. Portland Rose show opens with large attendance. T COMMISSION JOB Portland, Ore., June 10 (U.R) Political circles here today be lieved that either Maurice Hud son, Portland attorney, or A. C. Cammack, formerly of the Equit able Savings and Loan assocla. tion, will be appointed state cor poration commissioner, to suc ceed the late Lloyd R. Smith. Hudson was an agent for the department of justice from 1917 24, and served as assistant U. S. attorney general in San Fran Cisco In 1924. He has been in Portland since. Cammack retired several years ago. Poyer Dairv Barn I J? Am. A .Lt ' I Mourns y-ii nsruana Ashland, June 10 Fire de stroyed the huge barn of the Poyer Dairy at midnight Thurs day with loss totaling several thousand dollars. All contents, including much equipment, two small grade calves, and recently stored hay were destroyed. A small barn and other adjacent buildings were saved by tho Ashland fire department. Origin of the fire was unde termined. DIAL 2123 Company oataoN 6.75
