rnrrz :iTltatfiew5K Timber 22. 1243 x ? omen in Study Defense SI By MAXINE BUREX Tramp, tramp, tramp the girls are marching. Those worn e a In natty Suntan lacks, regulation officer shirt and orerseas caps are members of the National Serrlce League Motor corps, learniag to drill, drlre ambulances and send short ware radio messages. They will be in Uncle Sam's first line of defense, "If and when" a first line is needed. There are 23 members of the Motor corps in Salem, with Cap tain Bertha Ray and First Lieu tenant Nelle Cox in command. The National Service League Motor corps was originated by Harriet Virginia of Santa Monica, Calif., an ambnlanee drlrer of mrtolToTmT" ther are- 3 5 -more women who hare made applica tion for membership and will be fitted with uniforms soon after the first of the year." she stated. . - The Salem unit of the National Serrlce League Motor corps hong iU'certlflcate of charter In the chamber of commerce rooms. HoWrDofes Liars Club Secretary Runs True Telling Tall Talc About 'Reading Hole in Specs Previewing 1940 Contest Entries By D. L. Brannon BURLINGTON, Wis- Dee. 11-(P)-If the secretary's glasses hold up. the Burlington Liars' clnb will crown n new world champion perraricator on New Tear's ere. Those spectacles are important because Secretary L. J. 8 tang does mneh of the preliminary judging of the year's crop of tall tales. Stangls working orertime after a brief layoff occasioned by the necessity of shopping tor new glasses. He said that he had read so many lies he wore holes In his old ones. 1949 passes, Stang. Presi dent O. C Hnlett and other clnb officers will make a choice from tbe SSOO stories entered Im the contest. - Censors Pass Lie Entries Few of the entries are based in the war In Europe, bnt yarn Dinners In territory dominated br belligerents are represented. successfully passing through Ger man or British censorship. The He market is bullish. Hu lett says, offerlnc these samples: Frank Adams kr of Derolt. tell ing of the accident which aereu his and la North Dakota, said the small town doctor made a couole of surgical mistake. "He sewed Uncle's big toe on where his nose should hare gone and then, haying the nose left over, he sewed it on where the blr too came off." Adamsky re late "Well, he sure did a good job of sewlag, for both took root and grew, but Uncle complained that he haa chilblains something awful from having to take, off his shoe ail tnrougn tnese eoia uaxoin winters every time he wants to blow his nose." This One's Bunyanesque Walter Post of Everett. Wash., wrote of his father's persistence "Once while he was crossing Arizona, he stumbled Into what he thought was a ralaable gold deposit. Water for sluicing was his problem, so hs decided to tap a lake and bring water in by the simple expedient of plowing n fur row and letting the water ran down It. By some accident he missed every body of water nntll he hit Yellowstone lake in northwestern Wyoming. He started to plow down through Colorado, New Mexico and finally, two years later. Dad came Into camp late one afternoon, his buckskin team pulling hard, his old breaking plow bitting n deep furrow and tor miles behind there was wster following him down the furrow or Mas Bibber Tired "Despite the fact he had been on the road for two years, and that it was late in the afternoon D&d wanted to start right in to see how rich was his gold find Then came the shock thst killed hlm-TOn see, the wgter wasn like Dad, and It had traveled so far that It was too cockeyed tired to wash gold!" The Safety Valve "BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS" This Is the time when our spirits are softened to give; "Bay Christmas seals that others msy lire. The appeal is mow sounding, and calling to you. Each one has a pa"ct, this fight to renew. They ask mot for cheeks of the four-figure style. Yet each eeal helps bring some one a smile. A penny may seem neeless in win ning a fight: Remember the widow who gave her mite. The great white plague Is steal thy as a thief at night; The Tictlm Is not nware of his menacing plight. One must take a test to be ab solutely sure. Take a long time rest to affect a euro. Let your pennies help In this hu manitarian need. It costs so little to do this good deed. There will bo many more victims : near and far; Join h- this crusade in a relent less war. EDGAR H. HARPER. AumsrUle, Ore. - THE HOOVER PLAIT To the Editor: Ex-President Hoover and four or more relief organisations haTe a plan for preventing wholesale starvation this winter In Norway. Holland, Belgium and Poland. Of these people 10 million are chil dren. These people are not asking for contributions but for a chance to use their "froxen assets" (of cash) in this eonntry to buy food to be carried over," probably in their own ships. ' About the only Talid objection we hare read Is the danger of the Germans taking the food for themselves. Bnt after neelng the restrictions that Hoover insists eh and knowing his character and his proven ability in the lino of child feeding, it really looks worthwhile to give the plan a fair trlar at least. If food was taken by the Germans shipments would atop nnd Hitler beheld responsible. - Hero in Oregon If one child is lost In the woods or one hoy lost In the snow of 1ft. Hood, hundreds at nani will rash to the rescue. Are. we to become no eaUouaed to war suffering that wo will "pans, by on the other aide- when mil lions of youth and children are Involved instead of only oneT - If this sentiment 'does not ap peal to our national conscience there are other snore selfish rea- mii h nirht rerlster in our thinking. If no help Is furnished. MiUcnie f eontanious disease la likel- la develon. which shows no rerard for national boundary lines and might sweep over our country worse than the fin in the last war. It the frosen assets of these countries are held here they are likely to become a source of trou ble sooner or later. To this writer, it looks worth hlle to trv some plaa to turn our surplus crops into cash. While t ravelins: la Iowa last August noticed most towns had numerous steel cribs of shelled corn, held br the srovernment in an effort to keep the price up to the coat of nrodnetlon. At tnat time uu corn was being treated with chemicals to nrevent destruction by weevus Mora cribs are now Doing ouui and more corn being accumulated -to bo used, "dumped" or spoil ed. There is also plenty of other grain, pork, etc., to spare without robbing our own people. Oregon farmers would no aouuc approve of this outlet for some of the surplus prunes. If no food is sent from tne ua many people in these small coun tries msy feel forced to cooper ate with Hitler In order to live. P There are quite a number of nur citizens with conscientious scruples against the slaughter and destrnctlon of war, wno wouia oe glad to aid in this plaa. FRANK. W. nmJMnan.n.. Sal ate! Members of the National Service league appearing at left in uniform are, left to right, Carmelite Weddle, Krnu Coop er, Ermel Klein, Barbara Cross, Jean Gardner, Raehaei Gardner and Leone Teske. The uniforms are of sonta gabardine Statesman photo. 4 y. i 'i -5---'- '.I -lavK;;4 the World war. if Is voluntary and open to any woman over IS. Women of the Salem eqrps meet every Friday night In the chamber of commerce rooms, to learn the Intricacies of short-wave radio under . the . direction of D wight Mulkey. first aid from Dr. v. j. uattiui, igMiii uwv , t i ii r Jess McNeil and drill from Ser-j -on i iarry uraoreua ix geant Prank Jirak. You're in Uniform. Is w . . m. S uater tney wui stuay auto me- in Doubt Salute, Advice Word to Draftee chanles. Not only do these women ex pect to become an Important fac tor In home defense tn case of I rh i 4mm estate. bo ready Thr the mMt and those of you who have ico some of the littlo things thst you set out in spring or shortly after the holidays. Ill mention first the care for hose about which I have re ceived special re- queats lor inter- By MAX BOTD WASHINGTON, Dec war, bat also they will be ready That's the advice of veteran in any emergency or disaster. I army officers to the rookie woad- They will know how to man f erlng when ho should, snake this trucks and ambulaaces, give aid I gesture of respect and courtesy, to injured, repair motors, will J and to whom it should be direct- lim m wnt-VTn m Wa1il fit I U. short-wave radio and know howJ . Tn "f to fight fires. the Vi n4 . m hat krla - Im aba 4f One of Ue greatest features of ,ounU -stoma with which se tae organization is tnat its mem-ictiTe aervlee trainees will have bers will be ready when needed. Kto become f mr during their The official uniform Includes I year of military learning, suntan cabardlne slacks, a far! Old Boanan Csustssn? cry from the long skirts of wo-j Many different stories are told nmniT.tinn. nf tholas to how this particular custom mta w iM, originated. One ia that it de- :r. .;r.r:r i veioped among Romans who r- V.. . " :7' r ouired subordinates coming Into coats ana omciai uiri ncouis tneIr preseBC to raise the hand shoes complete the uniforms. and Baow that It did not conceal "Considering that tne Idea otla darcer. women actually training for home j Generally speaking, officers and defense Is so new, our member- men are required to salute each ship of 23 is quite good for this other whenever they meet or Sired city," said Captain Ray. J pass out-of-doors or in rooiea Beside these 11 who are already 1 structures usee ior iroop tnui. Tne susorainaxe saiutes um. but the officers has an eanal obli- At left, sergeaat Frank: Jlrak. ration to salute in return. drill master for toe corps talks I This xeneral rule does not with MHuatsatag officer. Cnp-lanDir mr.en either the of fleer or Bertha Bay. fltstr iss) I th, ... . narticinatinj; actively In a nni 1 at snenln. in n nb- SpeiUag ont the Initials of their Uc rehlcle, at an assembly for below, are left to amasement. leading an animal, right. Rattb Haurter. Gladys or driving n vehicle in motion. Howe. Krelyn Hetwl MeOe . : 1 , 7TT3 d ; a 5f , xt". n 43. . V. 5 r J V . "... IT : i i 5 ,v V Objectors' History Given Leave for Calif oraia WEST SALEM Mrs. Roy N. Anain and daughter. Marguerite, are leaving for California. Mar guerite has been a student In the fifth grade. This is the third in the series of articles on the position of the conscientious objector to war. It will deal with the Mennonites and the Brethren, who with the Friends compose the organisation called the three pacifist churches. The Mennonites take their name from Menno Simons who was born In Prists ia 1492 and died in 1559. As a church ths Mennonites date from 1550. They here a long record of persecution by the state churehes of Holland. Germany, Switzerland, and Rus- When William Penn received Pennsylvania from the English king, as payment tor n debt owed by the king to his father. Admir al Penn, he travelled up and down the Rhine valley inviting various dissenting religious grcups to settle In his colony in the new world. Penn offered both religious freedom end good land. Among the groups who accepted his offer were the Mennonites. Under their leader Pastor! us, 13 families set tled st Germantown, six miles northwest of Philadelphia, but now a part of that city, in It 81. In more recent years other Men nonites here come to the United States from Russia. These are the descendants of the German Men nonites whom Cstherlne the Great of Russia had invited to Russia under promise of freedom from taxes and military service and freedom of worship. Since all these promisee were broken by the recent Czars and the Soviets. another migration of Mennonites to the United States set in. Botbr the Pennsyivanian and the Rus sian groups are well represented In Oregon. The following quotation is tak en from the Constitution of the Conference of Defenseless Men nonlte Brethren in Christ in Am erica: "Concerning revenge, defease lessness. and love of enemy we believe and profess according to the words of the Lord Jesus: 'Yon have heard, that it has been said, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, but I say auto you. resist not him that Is evil, etc Love your enemy, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. Pray for them that In suit you and persecute you, that ye may become sons of your Fa ther who is In heaven (Matt. ; 34-35); that oae may wreak no rengence on his enemies, . . (Deut. 31:35) "Vengeance is mine, (salth Jehovah) But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink, for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.' (Ro- FDEs Plan "Ho: mey 99 WASHINGTON, Dec. Jl.-(ff-Just s In homes from Maine to California, the president and Mrs. Roosevelt are In that last luute dither getting ready for Christ- The White House, redecorated this summer, was nemg out la holly, mistletoe and poln settaa. A tall all-waits Christmas treewith whMn lights, white streamers and artificial snow was set up ia the east room. Lady Peamors Ouupprasj Iene Gaily wrapped packages were stacking up under the less formal family . Christmas . tree (It has multicolored lights) on the sec ond floor. Mra. Roosevelt is an early shopper. This year she had most of It done right after the election. . Christmas mora lag la the Roosevelt family belong to the children. Grownups have to wait until after the mid-day turkey dinners-carved by the presiden tial hand "to see what Santy brought thent. Tt.. rferiatmas eve there will be but two smalt stockings hung a the White House maatle. One will be that of Franklin, the 3rd. two-year-old son oi irsam Roosevelt, jr., and his wife, the former Ethel DuPouL The other stocking will belong to Diana Hopkina, t, daughter of Harry L. Hopkins, former secre tary of commerce and close friends of the president. Hop kins and the Junior Rooseveits will be guests over Christmas. Yes. indeed, the president's mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roose velt, will be down from Hyde Pnrk. A matter of being S7-years-old wonldn't atop that world tra veler who went to China ia a clip per ship as a child and haa lived to see clipper planes fly the seas. Other guests will be Mrs. J. R. Roosevelt, of New. York, widow of the president's half-brother, and Harry Hooker oY New Torn, a long time friend of the presi dent's. None ot the other Roosevelt children or grandchildren are ex pected. James, the Rooseveits oldest son. is in training with the naval reserves on the west coast. Elliott is on daty in the aviation corps. John can't come down be cause ho has oaly one day off from his Boston department store job. Anna is la Seattle. Christmas The festivities will hegia Mon day morning when the president and Mrs. Roosevelt receive the White House office force boring about lit in the presi dent's office. Christmas eve wCl start early tor Mrs. Roosevelt. Two child ren's candy and toy distributions, two charity Christmas basket par ties, and visits to Christmas trees la the alley settlements were on her schedule as well as the annu al big party for the household staff in the afternoon. A big tree on the ellipse the park midway between the White House and Washington motini Is already up and Just at dusk Christmas are the president will touch a battoa bringing its lights to life. He wIU speak at that cer esaonr nt 3:11 P. m. FST. . Dinner on Christmas eve will be a family affair. -Afterward the president, as is his custom, wn read aloud , Dick en's Christmas caroL Then early to bed to be out of Saatv's way. The presidential family will go to the First Congressional church Christmas day for services under the auspices of ths Washington Federation ot Churches. In a military form snow, tne enlisted man or trainee does not salute unless he Is In command of the formation. In ranks, he cornea to attention when ad dressed directly by an officer, but does not aiaute. A soldier sitting down out-of- doors is rea aired ordinarily to rise upon the nppronch of na of fleer, stand at attention and salute. Wo Saaase at Work Soldiers at work do not have to salute an officer unless he ad dresses them. Indoors, salutes are not erallv err ban red between offi cers nnd men. Among the many other cus toms which selective service trainees win encounter tn the army are these: One knock before entering room Is the signal for everyone within to come to attention. It la considered nnmlUtary tor an offleer or a soldier In nmiloi to nee an nmamlla. In some regiments it is custo mary, when a child is bora to a member of the regiment, to aead flower to the mother, n letter of congratulations from the reel mental eonimander, and a stiver mug from the regiment to the child. To nvold being conspicuous, officers are supposed not to wear military aaifot-sts when on leave, yiaiting nearby dries, or off duty among efriHaas la public rook I promised to give o angegstlons on the care gift plants. I hope you i lot vidrtUV;'. 4 This usually censes first la all Christmas collection, ran wonder ing if nay ot yon received the white or the pale pink ones this They are rather pretty, a tittle mmusuaLj The potn- settlas wfll do heat at an even nrperntare of around S with S degree drop at night. They win stand it up around 7 dur ing, the day. bat any higher and they win be finished. It you keen your house at around ? nt night, remove the poinnettln to n cooler place for the! night, Bnt do be careful not to chill it. Keep the soU moist, and ft' may be to give the plant Utile water twice a day to do thin. In about eight weeks the plant is over Us best period. Then start reducing the water until the plant Is quite dry. If yon wish to earrr It over, place It tn eooL dark basement I until April. then prune It nnd repot It. When you are sure frost is past set it out of doors, sinking the pot In some shady spot la the garden. Christmas begonias are popu lar and easily cared for. They will continue to bloom Indefin itely and may be kept over until r rv- ens son bat they will be as pretty as the tl you received it from the Corist. Its temperature range is much like that of the poinxettla, but It will take it a Utile cooler. Hu midity is even store Important. I notice some places that fiber mat Is kept beneath It to keep the humidity constant. Ki the soU wet. but if it has ca from a coed florist yon need i worry about sogglnens na tne aoU wCl be that type which drains nlekly. Also it win need m freak air each day hot do not niaoa It is s draft. J many of yoo wOl receive azal eas. I am sure. There la no gut plant mack lovelier at thia i son of the year. I nope they are all of the hardy variety which may bo given a permanent place tn the garden when the ho winter frost (which i I nope hare no more of this season) is ever. When the plants are in fan bloom, cfve then a Ilnt .win dow. Try to keep the tempera ture under Tt degrees with some what cooler at night and giro the plants plenty ot water, tt the roots become dry. even for a little while; your foliage wilt begin to drop. j The - Jerusalem cherry will simply mot stand heat; so keep It in a place that scarcely ever ranges above SO degrees. It Is quite temperamental in spite of the fact that our grandmothers Jisd such : good success with it. But they didn't have gas. ana ther didn't over heat their rooms nnd they did let the house coot off at might, altbougn tney aiun t usually let it freeze up. All tnis suited the Jerusalem cherry. Ia the spring, nlong about May. re pot It and sank: tne pot ouisiae unto late In summer. To the inanlrer nbout controlr Ing the mites which attack her crclamea: Sprinkle camphor flakes In the saucer under the C This win help. Dsaoc nr o nalnuto let the cyclamen dry out. If it does it isr leux. ujvo It a cupful of fJeuld plant food possible la a winter-healed banes. ' M. O. - Keep your cnetaa de cidedly en the dry aide. The should ho soaked tn warm wucer for na hour after you receive-, ft. Trim the roots back and place It la the sand. Yoa may nave to ant a couple of little ataman around It to held tt la place until its roots take mold. Water , tar a couple or three days and thorn do mot orerwater thereafter. maas 12:17-21) Wa ahaR imitate our Savior who whom ho was reviled, reviled not again, wneal g ,.. he suffered, threatened mot. bt5rVlCe SOCieiy judges righteously.' (I Peter Sleets, Jefferson zsi upon Lais aaeis we awe nso no sword, weapon or arms against I tctTXRSON -The do mot war according to the flenm.1 mi church tor tne weapons ot our wnrrnro i a'.wfr isarheon at are mot or ue nana, eni uugncy before God. (II Cor. 3:3-4) And I MsmVhere answered to roll eaJJ since the Lord Jesus commanded I . rkrfsmas aaotstHms Mrs. Peter to pat his sword tn tto I nn TnsHutesi led the devotions sheath. (John 1S-11) wo may notl. sr-. r n. Fontaine was ta go out agaiast the enemy to proHekeree of the Christmas teet ourselves, or to employ force 1 wnr n ad wis I nave a rend- s gainst force.- 1.-- m Other Wise men." mra. Another group atmllsr to Mennonites that accepted Pi InviUUoa to settle tn Us colony was the Church of K CL Al- of the the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers) Ha QepcVted formerly known as the German m . Baptist Brethren church. Conner- At Uinrtatlale rsttve. They date from about 17fg and they likewise came from 1 CXOVsTBUSI.k the Rhine valley and nettled toldesnie Is cliimisg Germantown in lTlt. Their po-1 ta this community. sitlon on wsr Is as follows:! Some of those "Nonreslstanee is tausrht. and all I are Mrs. Arthur communicants are asked to be noncombatanta, not because ot personal fear, not out of a desire to be disloyal citizens, but because war is outlawed by the teaching and example of Jesus. During the World war, the Friends and Mennonites cooper ated in relief and reconstruction work In- France. Since the World War the Friends, Mennonites. nnd Breth ren have tree neatly met tea-ether as the Conference of the Pacifist churches. At the preseat time, these three pacifist churches with the Fel lowship of Receexciatsen ta Christian Pacifist organization formed daring the World War) have appointed Pan! French, a Quaker as their official repre sentative la Washington. has been asked by Dr. Dykstm. director of selective eerviee, to act la aa advisory capacity to him la developing the entire pro gram for conscientious! ohp actors. Royal Nemhbora Elect, Woodbmri WOODBURK The Royal Neigh bers of America elected as officers for 1 Ml Carrie Tnyier. oracle: Emily Dow, vice oracle; alary Gibson, recorder: Edna By- era, receiver; Josepntne xranteu. chancellor; Hazel Harrison, mar nhall: - Irene Harrison; r inner sentinel: May Harrison, outer sentinel; Jean Brachman. man ager; Betty Breehmun. .musician; Jean Brachman, assistant mar shan. -. New members given the ebUgn tioa were Hasel Harrison. Irene Harrison nnd Betty Brachi The fin oj many victims suffering fin Kunke, Mrs. Walter Miller. Waldo Tlmm. Mr. nnd Mrs. Karl Wlpper, Mrs. Ever ett Vlckers, Mr. and Mrs. Cy Barker, Shirley Hennies and Mrs. Albert Hennies. Mrs. Barker is a Turner teacher, but is unable to teach. rJeeting Changed ? By Birthday Club WEST STAYTON The West Stayton Birthday dab held Its an nual Christmas party nnd covered dish luncheon nt the Mrs. Henry Snoddy home aad exchanged giftu. At the business meeting St was decided to have, the meat naeet mig on second Wedmeeday after mono In J senary inatead of the first Wednesday of the month as their regular meeting date fell em New Year's day. Mrs. Jennie McClailam wfU be tne mext hostess for tho dub. - Fourteea meexhers and the fal lowing guest were prenemt. Mrs. Virginia Crane. Mrs. Venule. Pet ers nnd children Carrol and Pnsl and Mrs. Agnes Sandners of Stayton. 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