EIGHT MEDFORD (OREQOlf)
Threat of War
Residents1 Characteristics, Habits Told
: (Edltor'a notet The follow
ing U another article written
by Leonard Carpenter, Vaiitai
orchard. Madford, who with
' Mm. Carpaniar la now in
Europe). .
By LEONARD CARPENTER
Stockholm, Sweden Just how
it happened that Sweden re
mained neutral in the last war
is beyond my, comprehension
That it did so remain was a
great boon to the Swedes and
to thousands of hunted fugitives
who fled from surrounding coun
tries. But even the demands of
war and the quick profits to be
made from war materials did not
upset to any great degree the
economy of the people. There
are more growing trees today
and more lumber being harvest
ed than before or during the war.
Expansion In the manufacture of
engines, ball bearings or other
scarce things was not inflated
enough to need deflation.
One hour by plane, or at most
80 minutes, Is Russia. Just across
the Baltic what six years ago
were independent countries is
Russia. The U.S. Is far away.
We are very alone here. Under
the big rock hill with all those
cooperative apartments over
there is a bomb shelter for 10
000 people. "We hope we won't
need it or all the other ones."
Never Grows Dark
It never quite grows dark
these nights, and so when I woke
up at S a.m. and looked from my
hotel window and saw the "big
rock hill" and the thought came
Who Is to count the people en
tering in alarm and to tell the
ten thousandth one that she can
enter but her husband Is barred
out? And who, far back In the
blackness, will be the last to
emerge into a ruined city or
after an alert or a false alarm,
be behind nine thousand nine
hundred and ninety-nine others?
And will he or she ever-wlllingly
fo back into that awful rocky
prison again?
To bring you up to date statis
tically I must quote my friend
the taxi driver who had worked
somewhere In England and who
firmly tells me that there are
more than half a million bicycles
In Stockholm Itself and another
half million ridden in and out of
the city each day. I will take his
word for It as I did not try to
count them.
Engineers Bought-After -
Swedish engineers are very
much sought-after In all coun
tries and here is an interesting
story told me one night when
we dined with him and his wife
at their apartment.
"I worked for four years for
an American construction com
pany, mostly In southern Cali
fornia, on bridges, buildings and
dams. Finally, I was put in
charge of preparing the way for
the building of a great air base
In Greenland. I was given my
data by the Army and with the
help of the FBI, I assembled
8,000 workers who were merely
told that they were to work at
their trades outside the country
upon a 40-hour week with usual
overtime and double-time pay.
We embarked, everyone from
higher up to lowest down, with
not mora than half a dozen
knowing where we were going
because It was top secret. So
away we go to be joined by
5,000 soldiers, who Immediately
told all my workers exactly
where we were going and what
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we were going to do. Nice wasn't
it? But listen.
Couldn't Land
"Owing to some miscalcula
tlon we found that we could not
land at our destination because
of ice so for seven whole weeks
we remained on board, paying
union wages, plus bonuses, plus
overtime and double-time. And
in the end the Senate committee
charged my company with waste
and extravagance to the tune of
over $3,000,000. Private busi
ness in America Is so efficient
that it Is the despair of all other
business and manufacturing na
tions, but as for the Army!
nothing in the whole world is
more inefficient. The part of
Greenland that I know best Is
almost a desert. Less than half
an inch of precipitation per year.
No snow except what is blown
off the snow fields and the Ice
cap. Almost dark all day In the
winter and With equally long
hours of light In summer."
Swedes are tall and slender,
seldom fat, with serious faces,
and purposeful mien. Even when
loitering on a bridge watching
the fishermen they seem full of
purpose. Although one does not
see beautiful women, he does
see many nice-looking and
charming ones. The horse tail
style of hair-do Is quite popular
but "poodle cuts are a rarity.
The Hollywood "all like one and
one like all" style of face make
up Is entirely absent and every
girl wears her own face, and we
are all for that.
Men's Looks Average
- As a whole, the men are above
average In masculine looks. Here
again each man does nothing to
bring himself into a type. Many
Swedish men and women who
are going to hold executive posi
tions are sent to England or the
U.S.A. to learn our language
and our methods. In one large de
partment store where I had to
buy some razor parts I was es
corted by a very attractive and
efficient girl Interpreter who con
ducted me to the proper coun
ter, made out a bill to show our
custom officials, helped me pay
for them and later when we
bought other things, arranged
for them to be sent by mall to
Medford. She was training an
other girl who had just come
back from America where she
had worked for more than a year
in a department store In Detroit
and New York.
"Well, how about skiing? Did
you do some of that in America?"
"Oh, yes, but It is our national
sport here. It Is very different.
In one place where the lift broke
down none of the Americans
knew how to climb up the slopes,
while with us that is just as
much a part of the fun of coming
down. It was funny, I thought.
"Where do you ski, close to
your home?" I ask. "Oh, it
doesn t matter. We go where
skiing Is good. Last year my wife
and I went north. When we left
the train we skiied 35 miles
over the hills to the slope we
wanted where there is a little
ski hotel." "Thirty-five milesl In
one day?" "No, in IVi days. We
knew of a shed part way up. We
had to carry all of our own food
and blankets and clothing. For
tunately, there is fire wood and
pots and pans at the hotellet.
They have two children and are
not young fry.
Sightseeing Different
Sightseeing here, as also In
Denmark, is very different from
the same thing in France or
Italy, what is most enjoyable
is the very beautiful countryside,
especially with all ' the new
greens of spring trees and
fields, fat red cattle, pigs and a
deep earthy red paint on prac
tically all farm buildings. The
towns are picturesque rather
than beautiful and the churches
and castles Interesting and in
presslva and not artistic or
lovely.
From the point of view of hu
manity and of the people who
live here or there the odds are
all for these. Here one feels no
strain of severe competition. One
delightful guide we had gave up
the job of managing a big city
transportation company because,
he said, he was too old to work
that hard any more. He enjoyed
guiding and had plenty of jobs
doing so and meeting nice travel
ing foreigners. He talked perfect
Oxford English and had been for
several years In Hollywood In
executive positions In the movies
and an assistant director In some
movies made In Italy. I suppose
he Is about SS years old.
Appreciate Own Country
People are very conscious of
the beauties of their country.
Whenever any excuse offers they
get into buses or little cars or
on bicycles and go to the coun
try. Every day, on every road,
and In every place we have been
we see school children being es
corted to castle, manorhouse,
museum or other places of Inter
est. Yesterday on a half-hour
boat trip to an island where there
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16-year-old girls. They sucked
peppermint sticks, giggled and
sang songs and they all ate a
hearty lunch, but I don't know
if they saw any churches.
The Swedes are very clean and
healthy, and when they laugh
the chandeliers tremble. They
are hardworking, honest and
glad to help, and they are indi
vidualists. You can not help lik
ing them and why should you
try not to? I take my beret off
to them.
Long Meals
It is seldom possible to order,
be served and finally pay for the
simple lunch under an hour,
while for dinner from two to
two and a half hours I are re
quired. We have solved the mys
tery but few others have. If you
order fish, a fresh one is caught
and cooked. If veal, a calf must
be obtained and prepared. If
soup, a consultation by the keep
er of the ice box, the vegetable
man and the chef is called and
the order Is made to specifica
tions. The results are worth the
time spent in watching the other
guests waiting for their soup.
Only In the department of eggs
for breakfast Is speed used. Here
all eggs are cooked for a various
number of minutes, very soft,
medium, hard or stoney hard,
and placed in a common basket.
Upon receiving an order for medium-boiled,
the special breakfast-egg-cook
picks up an egg,
eyes it carefully and then places
it In a pan of comfortably warm
water just for the number of sec
onds needed to warm the shell
and so fool or satisfy, the cus
tomer.
Well, after all what Is the use
of travel except to show us for
eign customs and broaden our
points of view and even, in
some cases, make one more con
tented with home?
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a brighter white are already in
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NEGRO HONORED
Newbury, Mass. (U.PJ Julian
D. Steele of West Newbury ll
the first Negro ever elected mod
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Steel was moderator of the 123rd
annual meting of the Essex
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As We Live
CHECK-UP IS IN ORDER 1
IF YOU ARE ALWAYS TENSE
Do things get on your nerves
to the point where you feel like
screaming? And does everyone
and everything
irritate you?
If so, beware.
You will soon
v sHr' "3 be nervous
wreck.
f I How did you
I get that way?
v I Is your work
'j 1 I a source of con-
-afc""""! stant irritation
Dt. Huriock ? y,u?JD,? yu
find it dull and
boring or are your fellow-workers
responsible for letting your
job get on your nerves?
And what about your home
life? Is there too much monotony
in it or do the other members
of the family, especially the chil
dren, Irritate you when you come
home after a hard day of work?
Once the ball gets rolling, it's
hard to stop it. Thats' why you
must find out what is at the
basis of this vicious circle of irri
tations and stop it Immediately.
First, have a complete medical
check-up. There may be a cal
cium deficiency in your system
that can be corrected if you fol
low your doctor's orders. Or you
may not be getting the right type
of food or enough sleep for the
kind of work you are doing.
Are You Happy in Job? .
Then analyze your job. ' Are
you really happy in it or do you
keep it just because you are
afraid to make a change? If so,
start looking for another job at
once. There are plenty of jobs
available now and If one doesn't
suit you, try another. It has a
very bad psychological effect on
anyone f.o spend the major part
of the day in an environment
that gets on his nerves.
And what are your ambitions?
Are you aiming too high for your
abilities? Nothing will cause dis
appointment and disillusion more
quickly than to feel that you are
constantly getting nowhere.
Examine Family Life
Finally, examine your family
life. Are you disillusioned about
the person you selected as your
mate? Does family life seem like
a terrific let-down from the ex
citement of your courtship days?
Or are you expecting your chil
dren to act like adults Instead of
children? If you can take things
In your stride, accept the bad
with the good, and add a touch
of humor, you will be surprised
at how quickly you will get over
your Irritations.
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Plck-upsi "Does a man over
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ward a girl whom he meets
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be that she is an easy mark and
this will not encourage a real
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Spring Fever: "Is there such
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(A) There is no physical dis
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state of mind or a "psychological
state" of a person which consists
of restlessness, boredom, and a
desire for a change. Because of
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state, it is hard for a person to do
good ' work. The best cure for
"spring fever" is a change. That
does not necessarily mean going
off on a trip. A change can be
obtained from getting some new
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fixing up the home in Its summer
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ful week-end trip in the country.
The important think is to break
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when a daughter was born and
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City Summer Theater
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be In Falrmount Park under a
tent which will hold about 1,000
seats.
Theron Bamberger, who runs
the Bucks County Playhouse In
the summers at New Hope, Pa.,
will be managing director and
producer of the new enterprise,
Attractions will be changed
weekly.
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Around Hollywood
Hollywood (U.PJ A crisis oc-l
curred in the juke box world
only the bobby-soxers didn't
know It.
Frankie, Laine
almost lost his
voice for keeps
he r e v e aled
last week. -
Laine strug
gled for 17
years to reach
the top. But
his Cinderella s
story nearly
turned to
Aline Mosby
tragedy.
At the peak of his career, his
voice conked out from overwork
and laryngitis.
For six weeks he couldn't
speak or even whisper, under a
doctor's orders. It wasn't until
the singer opened his mouth at
the end of 42 days that he found
out he still sang like Frankie
Laine, after all.
"Sure, I was worried," he
said.
"I already was figurln' other
ways to earn a livin.' I would
have written songs, gone into
personal management, stayed in
show business some way."
Voice Began to Fail
Frankie's voice began to fail
last September after he'd recu
perated for seven weeks follow
ing an operation.
"I went on a tour, and you
can't do five shows a day after
laying off that long. I strained
my voice.
"In Buffalo I could feel the
hoarseness coming on. I worked
Pittsburgh on Friday and Sun
day I couldn't talk.
"I tried to get out of the en
gagements, but the theaters
would not let me. I somehow
did the shows. When you push
hard enough you can force it.
A doctor got me through one
show by oiling my vocal chords.
It's like when you break a leg.
The doctor tells you not to walk,
but if you have to, you do, any
way." Contact Ulcers Found
Finally he got to a throat spe
cialist to discover he had "con
tact ulcers" on his vocal chords
from straining them.
"One doctor wanted to op
erate. I might have come out like
Ezlo Pinza or Baby LeRoy," he
grinned. "Another doctor de
cided to treat the wounds with
silver nitrate and I couldn't talk
for six weeks.
"It was a strain on my wife.
She'd say, 'I'm lonesome.' I had
to write everything down. We
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The voice chords healed, and
Frankie took breathing lessons
so he wouldn't strain his voice
again. It was a tense moment
when ho arrived at a recording
studio to sing with his retreated
pipes.
"Everybody was waitin' to
hear what would come out," he
said. "I hit that E right on the
nose, nice and round and flat."
Laine is back on his regular
singing schedule, and opens at
the Cocoanut Grove here Thurs
day. "I have a wider tone range
now," he beamed. "That teacher
said if she'd .gotten me when I
was 15 or 16 I'd be In opera."
New I00F Officers
Visit Encampment
Two newly elected officers of
the grand encampment of the
IOOF were visitors at the Table
Rock encampment No. 10 at the
Medford IOOF hall Thursday
evening. They were Hugh Lewis,
Yamhill, Ore., grand patriarch,
and H. M. Munsell, Klamath
Falls, grand senior warden.
The officers spoke at the well
attended meeting, reporting that
a number of special meetings
have been planned for the en
campment this summer.
The encampment at Eugene
will hold a Beersheba meeting
early in August, and a meeting
for all encampments will be
held at Klamath Falls in Sep
tember. Kostelanetz Returns
From Tour of England
New York Andre Kostelan
etz has returned from England,
where he conducted the Royal
Philharmonic Symphony Orches
tra on a tour of the British Isles
and in London.
In programs of works by Mo
zart, Rossini, Debussy, Ravel and
Prokofieff, Kostelanetz found
that the British reception to
Gershwin's "An American in
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