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i DeWitt MacKemie Recalls Tragedy Of U-Boat Warfare In World War I . . . Ry DeWITT MacKENZIE AP Foreign Affaire Analyst Today's reminiscence has to do with a tragedy which has haunted me these many years a nightmare of mass-death and calls for help which had to be ignored, The German submarine campalgr of early 1917 wan at the awful peak which all but brought ship from the Far East, filled with diers enroute to the western front, came steaming into a wintry Mediterranean which was boiling Everything was game for the fnwSHiSfolSind!81"" ve plenty of women but L"?'6,1?,!!1. p?i25 A, they need men. Save the men Human jtJ-c - uuci oicni uiuio the British admiralty all trinspo t and cargo vessels were forbidden to attempt any rescue work for sinking ships. Instructions were to turn tail and run like the devil, lest the submarine also get you. This was the period which pro duced one of the strange tales of the war not the one I set out to tell you, but one which fits into our picture. Australian transports, loaded with troops and nurses, were heading for the western front under Japanese naval con voy. A submarine struck a torpedo into one ot tne transports wnicn carried both soldiers and women nurses, and the stricken steamer , ,was sinking last, ine order: "Save the men first, and then the women." A young Japanese officer, thinking his superior had con fused the order, said to him: "Pardon, sir, but you mean save the women first and then the men, didn't you?" "No," replied the admiral. "The SERVICE PROMPT, EFFICIENT Men's, Women's Children's . . . Alterations Remodeling Open Daily 9-5 Mrs. Lorene Ashman Valley Tailors 129 N. Jackson (Over Rexall Drug) Qfiick'Frte'Kffy- -, U nited Prompt Metered Service , of Superior Stove and Diesel Oils PHONE SERVICE -i KINDNESS Jlie (Chapel oj? lite loAcA Roseburg Funeral Home Oak and Kane Street Funerals ' Tel 600 the allies to their knees. Our Australian and New Zealand sol with U-boats. - fjrsf ti , Well, they saved both women ana men. However, under tne Jap anese code the admiral had dis honored his emperor in losing snip, mere was only one way in which he could wipe out the stain. He turned the convoy over to his second in command and shot himself. But to net back to mv ship Our skipper almost never left the bridge. I recall one stretch of 48 hours of duty which he did with out rest. All the passengers were atsigned to the submarine watch in pairs. It was no time for slack ness, for thirteen ships were sunk near us as wo plowed on towards England. It was on a black midnight, as I was standing watch on deck with a ships officer, that we encoun tered tne trageay wun wnicn mis account is concerned, we were, of course, running without lights. Not even the glow of a cigarette was permitted. It was an eerie business, for we couldn't see much as we leaned against the rail. Suddenly a steamer loomed up only a comparatively -short dis tance from us and she had all her lights blazing. I don't know why we hadn't spotted them be fore. Perhaps they had just been turned on, or a belt of fog may have been between us. Anyway, there they were, turning her Into a suicide ship. "The damned, crazy fools," ex claimed my officer. "They're ask ing for It! They're sure to get it!" He had hardly got the wo. Is out of his mouth when i torpedo hit them. It was a mortal blow, and their wireless began to beg for help. Word spread throu-h our ship. Men gathered by the rail ana mere wasn t a motner s son who didn't want to go to the res cue. And the stricken ship was so near! Still, that Iron-clad admiralty order hung over us. And we knew that there wasn't a chance in the world of our escaping a torpedo ourselves if we didn't clear out. So we steamed away as fast as we could go. The pity of having to do it! No wonder that call for help still haunts a fellow after all these years. . Kills Three Relatives Then Dies Under Truck TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 6 OP) Police have closed their books on the case of Anthony Slechta and the three relatives he killed before dying under the wheels of a heavy truck. Detective sgt. B. J. Kooerts said the friendly New York bank clerk "just broke under the strain" of worrying for months about the health of his wife and her father. Slechta was 53. The wife. Ann, 47, was found stabbed to death Saturday in her parents home here. Also dead, and battered terribly, were her mother, Mrs. Peter Ruziak, about TO, and sister, Ellen Ruziak, 45. Peace Justice J. G. Splcola, acting coroner, said "there is no question" Slechta killed the wo men ana tnen lumped in iront of the truck a block away. i 1 Imntfi i Petroleum Fuel oils burn CLEAN HOT With a minimum waste 1666 United petroleum co. North Umpqua Rood Roseburg, Oregon . Ambulance Service 0s ELECTRIC CO-OP BOARD This group will head the Douglas Electric Cooperative, Inc., during the coming year, following their election to the board of directors Monday at the tenth annual meeting of the association. Headed by President Arnold Cheever, seated, they are, from left, Jack Parrott, D. C. Wilson, J. E. Young, vice-president; Neal Meyer, secretary; Harry Nor ton, treasurer; Art Rychard, and Harold Backen Jr., managers. (Staff photo). - Gov.Lanqlie Calls Statement On Foreign Policy WASHINGTON .W A Western governor said Monday Republicans should include in their 1950 policy statement a declaration that the GOP will be forced to take its own foreign policy stand unless the ad ministration changes course. The views of Gov. Arthur a. Langlie of Washington were drop ped into the party pool of ideas for a statement of Republican prin ciples for use in the coming con gressional elections. House Republicans approved with minor changes the declara tion of party policy drafted by the 21-man policy committee. Republican leader Martin oi Massachusetts told newsmen the changes were "minor." Approvtd At Conference He said the statement was ap proved at a party conference with mice VI luui uiaacuiuiA Spnarp Jlenuhlicans met to dis cuss the same statement but failed to reach final agreement in a two hour closed session. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) saia were was disagreement only over "mat ters of secondary importance.' Senator Lodge (R-Mass) indicat ed that he was far from satisfied with the draft as it stood wnen tne meeting broke up. ,. Lodge told reporters he would "have to weigh the good against the bad" in the declaration before he decides whether to support it or not. Langlie's views Decame Known Columbia Basin Plans Opposed By CVA Backers SEATTLE. Feb. 7. (IP) The army engineers' bureau of recla mation Dlan for Columbia basin development was branded here as an "illegitimate CVA" which doesn't have the backing of the northwest's "great farm and la bor organizations." A letter stating that view was sent to President Truman over the signatures of E. M. Weston, State Federation of Labor presi dent; Henry P. Carstensen, State Grange master, and Roy W. At kinson, regional CIO director. All are officers in the league for CVA. The trio contended that the reclamation bureau engineers plan contains no provisions for an integrated flood control sys tem, forest and soil management or fish propagation. "We want you to know," the letter said, "that the great farm and labor organizations of the northwest, representing the ma jority of our region's population, are determined not to take any substitute for CVA." ST. LOUIS. Feb. 7. (IP) A call for an all-out fight against pro posed river basin authorities such as the existing Tennessee valley authority was made today at the Mississippi Valley associa tion convention. Tchlan MacLeav. president of the association, said in a speech at the opening session of a two day meeting: The assoc ation s ngni aeainsi regional authorities "is in the ul timate analysis a ngnt against so cialism and totalitarinism in this country." McLeay expressed the belief that his organization's efforts to defeat proposed regional authori ties can be won. mm f - V MRS. L. L. POWERS Lady Attendant For GOP as a Republican national commit- tee subcommittee went over in so cret session Sunday a tentative draft of the policy statement ap proved Saturday by Senate and House drafting committees. Draft Approved The tentative draft was approved by the subcommittee. National chairman Guy Gabriel son said the statement would not only be "critical" of the Demo cratic administration but also would offer it some "constructive suggestions. Langlie's proposed draft said that "secret arrangements and partisan action are destroying our foreign policy and the great in vestment of life and money made by the American people in trying to preserve a freedom throughout the world. "The Republican party has coop erated on a bi-partisan foreign pol icy which is no longer bi-partisan." "Fair Deal" Ey.d "Unless the party in power is fair and square with the American people in its foreign commitments, we will be forced to oppose the present policy and enunciate a new and fairer one." On other subjects, the Washing ton governor made these sugges tions: 1. The Brannan farm plan "is based on political favor and the granting of special considerations to one segment of the nation." Farm organization leaders seek "equity of opportunity, not advant age" for farmers and they shall be the Republican party's coun selors. 2. The Taft-Hartley act should be modified "to make it a truly fair and workable act." 3. State and local governments must be reestablished closer to the people and strengthened in thei. service. "The magic formula, 'fed eral aid,' is a deceptive opiate and must never be the prescrip tion of the Republican party." 4. The national debt and high taxes must be checked; "econo my must apply to all things, even those things which affect us per sonally." 5. The greatest challenge to all in America today "is tfie necessity for a resurgence of morality in government." NAM Cited For Helping Physically Handicapped WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 UP) The National Association o Man ufacturers was cited by a presi dential committee today for help ing to una jobs lor tne pnysi cally handicapped. NAM President Claude A. Put nam accepted a distinguished w vice certificate from Adm. Koss Mclntire, chairman of the pro sldent's committee on national employ the handicapped wee!: Putnam said the NAM is con tinuing its six-year-old campaign to insure employment for those Don't look for just any kind of doors, windows or sash. Add distinction to your home with custom made goods. The beauty is high, the cost low. Remember custom made goods are made just for your home and your comfort. Come In and discuss your problem with us today. Frames Sash Doors Custom Planed Lumber Windows Cabinets NELSON AND PYLE WOODWORKING CO. Phon 1242 J Mill and Moihor Whin Prices Art Mors Than Reasonable Machinists Try Again To Enter Fold Of AF Of L MIAMI BEACH. Fla.. Feb. 7. UP) Leaders of the now Inde pendent machinists' union are trying anew to get back into the American Federation of Labor. A delegation representing the 600,000 members of the Interna tional Association of - Machinists arrived for peace meetings with the AFL's executive council. The council, opening the sec ond week of Its winter meeting, had high hopes for a settlement in the long-standing controversy betwen the IAM and the AFL's Carpenters union. A fight over the right to rep resent machinery installation workers claimed by each of the two promptea tne iam to quit the AFL five years ago. Some council members were hoping that Al Hayes, new IAM president, and William Hutche son, veteran head of the carpen ters' union, could work out an agreement. But others, remem bering how many other such peace meetings have failed, had their fingers crossed. Even though outside the AFL fold the macninists nave con tinued for some time to cooperate closely witn tne leaeration politi cally and in manv other fields. It has always been understood that the IAM would rejoin the AFL In a matter of time as soon as the jurisdictional scrap was settled. Over the weekend the AFL council accused Russia of trying to do away with Jews in the So viet Union and her satellites. Urging quick Senate approval of the pending treaty to outlaw genocide or destruction of na tional, racial or religious groups the council's statement Raid Sta lin is treating Jews as outcasts. "Such cultural programs against intellectuals and their fol lowers mean virtually the sen tencing of these human beings to death by ostracizing them and depriving them of all means of livelihood," the council said. Another council statement strongly opposed extending full diplomatic recognition to franco Spain. It said Franco Is a dicta tor put in power by Hitler and the world reputation of this country as a defender of democracy would only suffer from any help we gave Franco. The state department Indicated recently that If the United States changes Its policy toward Spain, this country will again send an ambassador to Madrid. The Unit pd States has had no ambassdor there since the U. N. in 194G urged diplomtic Isolation of Franco. who are physically Impared. He said the problem calls for "sound employment procedures, which match the skills of the handicapped with the demands of the job." HAVE IT MADE FOR YOUR HOME! Gl Insurance Benefits Outside Community Act WASHINGTON. Feb. T-UP-The supreme court decided Monday that state community property laws do not apply to GI insur ance benefits. Under community orooertv laws husband and wife are equal own era of all property they acquire. The Justice -department said 12 states and Hawaii have such laws. The high court overturned a de cision by California courts that community property laws there en title the widow of an army major to half the proceeds of his national service life insurance. The major had named his mother as the bene ficiary of a $10,000 policy, Justice Clark delivered the 5-3 decision. Justice Minton wrote a dissent, joined by Justices Frank furter and Jackson. Justice Doug las did not take part. Clark's majority opinion said the decision of the California courts "nullifies the soldier's choice (of beneficiary) and frustrates the do liberate purpose of Congress" in specifying that insurance benefits may not be affected by any legal process. No matter what the rights of the widow to the proceeds of non-governmental insurance may be under uaiuorma law, "that rule, (or right) cannot apply to this insur ance," Clark said. Dirty Ricords Taboo In another decision, the court de cided that shipment of "dirty" pho nograph records across state lines is against the law. The tribunal split 5-3 in rullns that the U.S. circuit court of San Francisco was wrong in throwinK out the conviction of Alexander Lawrence Alpers. Alpers had oeen fined $200 for shipping obscene records by express. Justice Minton wrote today's ma. jority opinion. Justice Black wrote a dissent in which Justices Frank furter and Jackson concurred. Jus tice Douglas took no part. ine ta insurance case decided specifically applied to insuranco taken by Dr. Leonard O. Wissner, who died in India in 1945 while in Army service. His mother, Mrs Louise N. Wissner. has been re ceiving monthly insurance bene fits of 576.70, Dr. Wissner s widow, Mrs. Mar garet Wissner, sued in California courts and won a ruling that she entitled to half the monthly payments. She and Dr. Wissnev were married in Glendnle, Calif., in 1930. The mother appealed to the su preme court to set aside the rul ing. The Justice department sup ported the mother's position. In addition to California and Ha waii, other states having commu- Justice Minton wrote today s m-a ington. MANAGER PLAN GROWS NEW YORK (IP) Seventv-nlne American municipalities adopted ine council-manager lorm of gov ernment during 1949. It Is renort- ed by the National Municipal League, clearing house of Infor mation lor local civic groups. This brings the total number of places in which the city mana ger plan Is In effect to 958. The league predicted that, at the present rate, the council manager plan will become the prevailing form of local govern ment within the next decade. Attention, G. ls Any G, I. interested In schooling under the G. I. Bill of Rights at the Grant Busi ness College, contact . Grant Business College Ola Grant Phone 1S3S-R or 1287-J A list la being taken for the spring enrollment. on all 1950 passenger IN FACTOR DELIVERED PRICES Sensationally lower prices now give you the benefit of Studebakers all-time peak production ! Cotne in now ! 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