Dictator of Greece
Nazi Tfiiiical
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General uLittle John" Me I ax as Dies
Whispering Hopes for Victory;
. New Premier Is Appointed" .
! ATHENS, Jan. 29 (AP) General John Metaxas, the
"Little John'! who dictated to Greece in peace and directed
het aggressive defense in war, died Wednesday, whispering;
It Is not .for myself that I mind, butl j?lace my hope in the
Greeks." . , , " -A ... - - . ... .
, . i vPriemier f dr. life,", he died of a throat infection in his
Athens suburban home, Kiphissia, at 6:20 a.m. (8:20 p.m.
PST Tuesday) while his soldiers were fighting in .Albania,
ob stbe i snow-covered soli ol the
Italian who- invaded them.
'Mfctaxast 70, short, chesty, do
lorous of visage, had been secret
ly 111 for three .weeks.
.To-his countrymen he was a
modern . Miliades, - the- spiritual
counterpart of the , hero who led
the Athenians to Tictory against
the invading - Persians- at the
battle of Marathon.
, King George II, -with whose
approval Metaxas obtained dic
tatorial powers by a coup d'etat
- August 4, 193d. quickly named
a, - tall and studious banker,
.Alexandros Korixis. to be pre-
mier.. - ." " ;
Korixia, S5, a close colleague
of Metaxaa bat lacking any ex-
- tensive army or political . ex
' perience, also will bold Metax
as other portf olios.
, Moreover, he is pledged to carry
out to the letter Metaxas own
program of "victory over the ene
my r and afterwards, serving and
promoting the welfare of the
working classes, which constitute
the; productive power of the na
tion." "With the Italians, aided by the
Germans at least with planee, ap
parently ready to start a new of
fensive 1 a gainst the Greeks,
Metaxas' death was viewed else
where . in the, Balkans as the
heaviest rtlow Greece could suf
fer, in Belgrade, political circles
termed him almost Irreplaceable.
i It appeared that, since the new
premier , lacks military knowl
edge, it will be' largely up to
Generalissimo Alexanders Papa-
' gos, the Greek military commander-in-chief,
to, fight off the IU1
ians, ti with .British, counsel and
aid. - A i iV f:-':srr:
King Exorta Soldiers .:
to Ooatiaae Struggle
King George, in proclamations
Issued almost simultaneously
with the announcement of Metax
as i death, exhorted Greek sol-
- dlers to- continue to the utmost
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Paul Hauser$ Column
We see where Ely Culbertson,
-the' bridge builder.! has come out
with a whole flock of new rules
tnd reelnes f orrr-rrjr?
a mud slim!
m-.,'
doubled
epades.
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layman or aum-: i
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the last
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ions than a Ju-
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diu It will An"
tha most good. : MB.Biwt.li.
One good thing about the burro
or J kicking system of bridge Is
tluU you don't have to -worry
about -who Is vulnerable.: As " any
. ol alley fighter can CteU you,
xtearly 1 everybody4 Is ' "- vulnerable
uromnd the shlna."- -'
Wo don't know why we're even
I bothering to write this, as there
are more things in Mr. Culbert
eon's mles than Horatio dreamed
of or we're interested in.
Anyway we play straight Cum
bersome t MILITARY NOTE-
Capt. Cecil Edwards of the nn
moanted infantry arrived back In
town the other day and imme
diately started dictating letter! to
his favorite horses. ;
FHATLIj they think of
"next dept.
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to sU Utti feailnMB. usllks
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a-oriTMaa tlrla. HAVB FAITH v
: AND DO HOI BREAK IHB
CHAIW. 'Oaa aas broke taa
ckaia aa4 gat Us awa wtta kack.
i .WiaacBiacca Xv.) Kavs.
Things are ; 1 o w I n g down
around the legislature. : A sore
' sign of this, observers point out
Is that Dick Neuberger has run
ut of resolutions.
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; The commander of the Wheat
land Ferry stood staunchly : by
Major General George A. White's
' recomendation that Oregon needs
no ' state gu r2 Immediately.
What do they need a state guard
a' national guard of even boy
scouts for, when we're here," the
commander f the guardian : of
the Willamette river and Kick-
real creek eaij.
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GEN. JOHN METAXAS
Bend Attorney
Seen as Judge
Succeed T. E. J. Duffy;
Governor Silent
Though neither Governor
Charles A. Sprague nor the pros
pective appointee would discuss
the matter, it was the consensus of
opinion about the capitol on Wed
nesday, that Ralph S. Hamilton,
Bend attorney, would be appoint
ed circuit Judge of the 18th Judi
cial , district to succeed Judge T.
E. J. Duffy who died last week.
Hamilton, now serving aa le
gal advisor to the governor dar
ing the legislative session, was
a Bend attorney from 1018 to
1931 and served aa a Deschutes
county representative for sev
eral, sessions, was speaker of
the honse In 1929 and as such
served as acting governor on
several occasions.
He practiced law in Portland
from 1931 until 1938 and in that
period served as president of the
Portland chamber of commerce
and of the state chamber of com
merce, one term each. In 1938 he
returned to Bend.
It. was expected that Governor
Sprague would announce the ap
pointment following Judge Duffy's
funeral which Is scheduled for to
day in Bend.
Raver to Confer
With Governor
Dr. Paul J. Raver, Bonneville
administrator, and a group of his
associates, will arrive in Salem
today to confer with Governor
Charles A. Sprague.
The conference. will center on
proposed amendments designed to
clarify the people's utility district
law enacted at the 1939 legisla
tive session. ,
Two More Bills
? Congress District for State
A second nrocosal to create a
fourth congressional district hit
the house floor Wednesday and
another twill be Introduced today.
The measure Introduced Wed
nesday by the Lane county dele
gation and the proposal which
southern Oregon legislators will
submit today both would make a
fourth district by dividing the
first (western Oregon) district
and leaving the third (Multno
mah county) and second (eastern
Oregon) districts unchanged,
v The . Lane county delegation
bUl would put Benton, Coos,
Carry, Douglas, Jackson, Jose
phine, Laar, Lincoln and Linn
counties In the fourth district.
The first district would retain
Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia,
Marlon, Polk, Tillamook, Wash
lngton and Yamhill counties.
Only Jackson, Josephine, Coos,"
Curry, Douglas and Lane county
would be included in the fourth
district.! proposed by v the south
ern Oregon , delegates. : i
"The Lane county proposal- Is
the most logical Rep. James A
WiAfrica
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Germ. Jombers' Attack
Ground Forces, Ships
in Mediterranean
First Night Raid in Ten
Days Hits London; j
Hitler Speaks
LONDON, Jan. 2-Jff-A
British military authority sag-
gested U'edaesday that the ex- -pected
early attempt of the!
Germau to. 1 a v a d e nglaad r
might be abandoned because of
the necessity of giving large
scale help to the Italians and
. the. exigencies of nazi military
adventnres in the Balkans. 1 .
' If the Germans do la fact try :
the thrust across the channel,
he udded. they will time it to
begin bef ore American aid be
comes too pronounced. j
(By The Associated Press)
; An Italian prisoner at Tor
bruk, Libya; said late Wed
nesday, night that 'approxi
mately 1000 German techni
cians and airmen were now in
Libya to aid i the Italian de
fense against the British!.
He said the majority were
technicians but that the air
men already were engaged in
raids on the British ground forces
and Mediterranean fleet. Previous
reports have indicated the inazl
airmen were doing their raiding
from island bases in Italian Sicily,
Thousands of captured Italians
were being Loaded on British
transports at Tobruk for ship
meat to internment camps in
Egypt.
Dispatches reaching the later
national cone of Tangier from
French Algiera reported that at
BERLIN, Jan. 30-(Thursday)-
(JPAdolf Hitler today will ad
dress the German people at 4:30
p.m. (6:30 a.m. PST) on his
eighth anniversary of "der tag"
when the nails rose to complete
power in the reich.
"Following the news reports
t6fc ajidresa will be ' tepeatedr at
8:10 p.m." (10:30 a.m. PT)4
least six persons were killed in
riots involving soldiers in Algiers,
the capital. The cause of the re
ported outbreak was not learned
German raiders attacking Lon
don after dark, for the first time
in ten nights loosed high explosive
and incendiary bombs on the Brit
ish capital during a four-hour
raid last night while Big Berthas
on French coast shelled the Dover
area.
People Machine -Gunned
Running for Raid Shelters
The Germans also spread over
western and northern England,
East Anglia, central Scotland and
the northeast coast. People run
nlng; to air raid shelters at i
northeast coastal town were re
ported machine-gunned.
The royal air force used its ma
chine-guns too ground-strafing
retreating Italian troops' in Libya
between the-port of Derna, next
on Britain's attack list, and the
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Lawyer Endorsed
For Capital Job
A young Tillamook attorney!
Robert Y. Thornton, h a s been
unanimously endorsed by the Til
lamook county democratic central
committee for appointment as
successor to Rep. Jack R. Can
field, according to word received
here Wednesday. Union and busi
ness men's groups were also said
to have recommended him.
Caufield last week announced
his resignation from the legisla
ture as of today to assume the
Tillamook postmastersblp. i i
A democrat, Caufield has served
the third legislative district since
1935. .
His successor will be appointed
by the Tillamook county court to
day.
Propose New
Rodman (R-Laae) said, "because
it Is the most even distribution
of population. There . would be
274,000 persons in the new i first
district, and 241,000 in the new
fourth district. Also, both the
university and f the state i college
would be In the same district.
wnicn la as It should be."! i -Rep.
William U McAllister
(R-Jackson) i said, ' however,
that the southern Oregon pro
posal would "give southern' Ore
gon the representation It de
serves. For too long we' have
been the tail end of the kite
to the Willamette valley. ;
There would be 339,000 persons
in the new first district and 184,
000 in the proposed fourth district
under the southern Oregon plan.
Rep. Richard L- Neuberger (D
Multnomah) - -has already ; Intro
duced a redisricting plan which
would make the city of. Portland
a district by Itself, putting the
rest of Multnomah county :, Into
the. fourth district along with
coastal counties ' sliced from the
present first- district. '-! :
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Temblor Hits
Los Angeles
! Late in Day
I LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29-,
The metropolitan Los Angelea
area was Jolted late Wednesday
by a sharp earthquake lasting
about lO seconds, but there was
ne property damage or loss of
life reported. . t ' - t
: The shock began at 5:34 p.m.
and waa felt in Alhambra. Ban
Gabriel, Monrovia, Gleadale '
Monterey park. Temple City
Santa Monica, Pasadena, Holly:
wood, Arcadia and on the Los
Angeles county coastline.
j The earthquake was localised,
however.
Downtown Los Angeles ex
perienced a severe Jolt. Many
residents in Alhambra, San Ga
briel and Monterey park ran
Into the streets.
NLRB Hearing
Slated Here
First Meeting of Board
: Held in Salem Set
on Mill Dispute
Patrick II. Walker, Seattle, tri
al examiner for the National La
bor Relations board, will hold the
nrst mlrh hearing ever con
ducted in Salem today when he
conducts a representation hearing
In the law courtroom of the Mar
ion county courthouse.
Principals in the case, which
involves no labor dispute in the
ordinary sense between employer
and employes, are the Miles Lin
en; mill and 10 of their workers
ho are members of the local
number 2090 of the Textile Work
ers' union.
The hearing Is to; -determlna
whether the 10 workers, a minor
ity o those in the plant but all
employed as net machine opera
tors, constitute a representative
group for collective bargaining
with their employer under the
terms of the labor relations act.
Petition for the hearing was filed
November 26. 1940, by C. W.
Crary, business agent of the union
local.
County Cuts Debt
ST. HELENS, Jan. 29-AVThe
Columbia county clerk disclosed
Wednesday that the county's bond
ed debt had been wiped out and
warrant obligations cut to S7684
Willkie "Moved to Tears"
After Visits
LONDON, Jan. 29-iPV-Wendell
L.1 Willkie visited five sprawling
alt raid shelters Wednesday night
inj the midst of a German attack
and said he was moved to- tears
at; the sight of the public's pluck.
i I am m pretty tough fellow,
he said, bnt I had to turn my
head away from these people
to keep from downright bnb
bling over."
iwillkie, who is curtailing his
visit to England and starting for
home next . week, declared he
uld be "delighted" to appear
before the senate committee hear
ing on the lease-lend bill In
Washington when told that Sena
tor Nye had said- he should ne
heard.
j Willkie was recognized easily
and cheered wildly when be ap
peared at the ministry of home
security again without a helmet.
j"He'a the big one In the white
hat," the people called to one an
other.
I German nlahes were overhead
aa the republican leader emerged
from two shelters.
1 At one place a yonag. woman
edged her way through a mra
Of people around WUlkJe and
said 4cme see nay baby. .
Political. Writer
Stricken at Work
nalnh Watson, dean of legisla
tive correspondents and political
writer for the Oregon Journal for
many years, was reported "rest
ing Quite well" Wednesday night
from the effects of an attack of
acute Indigestion that caused him
to collapse while on duty at the
capitol earlier in the day. His
physician advised him to remain
la his room at the Marion hotel
for a few days. - ;- --
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Searcher, for Bomber :
Report "No SuccettV
! MEDFORD, Ore., Jan. 29-(H-Army
fliers reported no develop
ments Wednesday In their search
of northern California and sou
thern Oregon areas for a McChord
Field bomber missing since Jan
uary IS. .
Seven members, under the com
mand of Capt. John 1L O Hara,
carried ' on : the search ' for the
third day from this Meld. !
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cts
Naval Convoy
.Ban Proposal
Committee Okehs Four
Amendments to Bill
- for British Aid '
Stimson 'Tells Senate
US Might Salvage.
British Ships I
WASHINGTON, Jan.' 29
(AP)- A proposal to place
an outright ban on the use of
United States naval vessels to
convoy supplies to Britain
was rejected by the house for
eien affairs committee Wed
nesday as it neared the end
of its consideration of the
lease-lend program for aiding
countries battling the axis.
' The committee did, however,
approve an amendment stating
that the measure neither author
izes nor permits the use of Amer
ican vessels aa convoys. '
This action was taken with the
approval of administration mem
bers, and Chairman Bloom . (D
New York) later explained that
if the constitution or any existing
statute authorizes the president
to order the navy to escort duty,
this power would not be affected
by the language agreed upon.
Rep. Mundt (R-South Dakota)
unsuccessfully offered the amend
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Hospitals Total
; Iijdigent Losses
"Twenty four hospitals in Oregon
which ' answered a questionnaire
sent out by the Oregon state hos
pital association lost S 12,30 7 in
1940 In unpaid bills of indigent
accident patients, William Gahls-
dorf, manager of the Salem Gen
eral hospital, told the house com
raittee on medicine, dentistry and
pharmacy at a meeting Wednes
day.
jnie committee kas before It
measure sponsored by the hospital
association which would create
fund to compensate hospitals for
the care of indigent accident vie
tims by putting a B0 cent tax on
two-year motor vehicle operators'
licenses.
to Air Shelters
'The baby mast not have
been over a week old, Willkie
said later.
In another shelter he talked
with a man over 70 years old.-
"He told me." declared Willkie.
that he would sleep in a shelter
forever if it would help win the
war."
In all the places he visited the
people shouted such things aa:
We are not down.
They won't get as down.
Willkie declared he found
things better than he had expect
ed.
"Some fellow gave me a drink
of his coffee, and I must say It
was better than some in the fancy
hotels."
There were many cheers .for
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US Troop Train Wrecked
8 ANDERS YI LLE, Miss., Jan.
IS-iPy-Eight cars and the engine
of '. an Indiana ' national guard
train, one of 33 specials bearing
troops to Camp Selby, overturned
today, killing the fireman and in
jaring 27 soldiers, three of them
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House neie
Lobby Hobriobber 5
Tha 'flu bug caught Sen. Doug
las McKay of Salem "Wednesday,
and he was -reported confined to
bed at his home. He may not be
able to return to the capitol be
fore Monday, hla family indicated.
He la chairman of tha senate roads
and highways committee.-
One of the outstanding pub
lic hearines of the session will
be conducted by the senate mil
ltary affairs committee la the.
big basement auditorium room
of the capitol at 8 o'clock to
night. Two bills by Sen. Hex
tills (R-Umatnia) wDl be con
sidered. One la aimed at curb
ing sabotage, particularly aa to
military establishments. The
other would prevent placing oa
the ballot the name of any per-,
son affiliated with aa organisa
tion designed to overthrow the
United States' government by
force, or .violence. Most legia
: lators accept the latter aa aimed
' at the communist party.
Rep. Gil ea French Insisted on
the letter ef the honse rules Wed
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NILILIL
Heart A ttack
Fatal to Major Babcock
State Representative From' Pendleton ! Succumbs
Despite Efforts of Salem First Aid j Crew;
Wife Notified at Office in Capitol
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Mayor Omar L. Babcock, 66, servinir his first term as
state representative from. Umatilla county, died Wednesday
about 4:15 p.m. of a heart attack in the lobby" of the Salem
postoffice. The city-first aid crew was called, land he was
pronounced dead by Deputy Coroner Virgil T. Golden.
Babcock, superintendent of the Umatilla Indian airencv
ior aooat is years prior to nia
retirement three years ago, was j
troubled with a heart ailment for
some years.
Mrs. Babcock, who was serving 1
as his secretary during the legis
lative session, received word of
his death in the house chamber.
Rep. Carl EngdabJ. Ba brock's
colleafrae front Umatilla conat
ty, said last night that the body
woak probably be taken to
Pendleton today on a train. The
Clonjrh-Barrick company la
makiag local arrangements.
Omar Babcock was born Octo
ber 7. 1874, at Wilson. Neb.,
where he attended schools and
did farm work. He later taught
school in Nebraska, Iowa and Mis
souri. In Government Insnlar
Service as Islands Tear her
He entered the government in
sular civil service in 1904 as a
teacher in the Philippine islands.
He transferred to the civil service
and was , employed as teacher,
property clerk, land clerk and
principal at Standing 'Rock In
dian reservation in North Dakota.
Following this he was succes
sively superintendent at Colorado
River. Winnebago. Warm Springs,
Spokane and Umatilla reserva
tions. Rep. Eagdahl last night ex
pressed his regret at his col
league's death -and mentioned es
pecially Babeoclfn interest Anay
thing in which Indians were in
volved. About three year ago Babcock
retired and made his home- in
Pendleton, near where the Uma
tilla agency is situated.
Last November he was elect
ed from the 23rd district, as a
repnbllcan, te the lrgisUtnre
withont opposition. HI stand
in: committee a alignments were
Tlce chairman of nssessment
and taxation, federal relations,
riftherlea, land nse and live
stock. Major ' Babcock was a member
of the Methodist church. Masonic
lodge. Kiwanta club, grange and
president of his local writers
club. He, had been secretary of
the grange PUD committee in
Umatilla couaty and waa a mem
ber of the Pacific northwest ad
visory committee on weed con
trol. Lato Sports
SAN rRANCISCO. Jan. 29-WJ7
-Ray Partee, 22. catcher for Salt
Lake City la the Pioneer baseball
league last year, sent in his
signed contract Wednesday to
play with the San Francisco Seals
in the Pacific Coast league this
year.
SEATTLE, Jan. 29VP-Seat-tle'a
Pacific Coast league base
ball management has made Its
decision on a new manager, the
Post-Intelllgeneer said Wednes
day aight, bat hla identity will
be concealed until he has a
chance to come from the east to
confer on the post. '
President Emil Sick and his
aides have been seeking a big
name' manager to succeed Jack
Lelivelt, who died suddenly of a
heart attack last week.
McMINNVILLE. Ore.. Jan. 29
-OP) - MeMinnvtlle led Eugene
throughout a No Name league
game here Wednesday night to
annex a 33-to-24 wla.
Quips, Angles'
and Pcrsonalltice
the Capital
nesday morning whea Rep. Frank
Loaergaa, deaa of tke kease, pre
pared to preside as substitute for
Speaker Robert 8- Farrell, who
was 111 Tuesday. He pointed eat
that the rales caU for elecUoa of
a speaker pro tern la sack a case.
Loaergaa was promptly unan
imously fleeted, oa motion of
Reps. William M. McAllister and
J. F. Hooch, - .
Farrell returned to tke rostrum
in the afternoon, smlllag and ap
parently fully recovered.
' SJgtrid , Unander, pleasant '
mannered executive assistant to
Gov. Sprague, has received word '
that be will be called Into active
military daty aa soon aa the
legislature adjourns. An officer '
la the field artillery reserve, be
Is expecting an assignment to
Camp Murray, Wash.
telegram . from ' President
Roosevelt expressing his apprecia
tion for the legislature's recent
well-wishing memorial was read
Wednesday. At about tke same
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.Report
inPosiqffice
OMAR L. BABCOCK
Joust Renewed
At "Fish" Meet
Sport ami Commercial
AngleraFeud. at
' Senate Hearing
Sport and commercial fisher
men took ap their biennial legis
lative Jousting anew Wednesday
night at a senate hearing called
i a bill to close the coastal
streams sostk of the Columbia
rirer to set acta and to establish
uniform, shorter season.
Nenriy SOO vigoronaly opin
kmed cltisens 1 fattened, heckled
and debated aa the hearing pro
ceeded before the senate game
committee, headed by (ten. Lew
Wallace, Portland, whose com
mittee In trod need the biU In
volved, and the senate fishing
industries committee headed
by Hen. Frank M. Fraacisco
vlch, ef Astoria.
The sportsmen argued that
closing all streams to glunetters
from April 1 to June 1 and from
December 1 to April 1 would
take from them only 194.481
pounds offish, or ,3.7 per. cent
of a year'a take. .
BUI Anther Explain
Reasons fee Passage
Anther of the bill. William J.
Smith, Portland., president of the
Oregon WUdlife federation, as
serted this poundage loss would
be offset in part by a 89,009
pound catch of stselhead. Adop-
tioa of this proposal, he said,
would tend to discourage sport
fishermen from pushing a meas
ure to have the steel head trout
declared a game fish, as It now
is in California, Idaho and Waah
iagtoa. Charts compiled from fiaa
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Daily Data
On Federal
. Income Tax
INCOME TAX DO NTS.
DONT prepare year laeome
tax return natil yoa earefally
read and anderstand the in
stmctloas accompaaying the
forma. Malta oat a work-sheet
and check It with tha Instruc
tions before miing la the
forma. j
DONT delay in makiag oat .
your income tax return. Tax
problems deserve careful study,
and the early assembling of
your data expedites this.
DONT destroy the data from
which yoar return, la compiled.
Ton will need them . tor pos
sible reehecklng aad verifying
tha return.
DONT overlook any Item or
ached ale on the form which
yoa axe required: to mi oat.
They are all necessary to the
exact computation of your In
come tax. - ' '
- DONT omit any explaaatma .
or information that is essential
to a complete - audit of your
return. An ounce ef care may
save you a. pound of unneces
sary expense,' and time, and
annoyance both te yoa and to
your government.'
The Second Lesson en
now to avoid common errors
in "Tour Federal Income Tax" .,
series will be found oa TO
DAY'S editorial page. .
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Inmate Shifts
Are Advocated
Fee eral Survey Requested
by Board of Control ;
I . for Legislature-- "
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Patients Left Unattended
Too Long, Meals Good
I but -Monotonous
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(Debused Reconttnendationa, .
By ApL W. HAlRVEY, JR.:
Oregon's mental hoDitaJa
at Salekn and Pendleton -were
said! Wday by the United
States public health service
to bi inadequately staffed, to
be .serving monotonous meals,
andjto be usin? too many me
chanical restraints on- their
patients.
The iheaith service made the
survey at the request of - Gov.
Cbarlea A. Sprague and the board
of control, who said the wanted it
for 8e legislate re. i
Its .most urgent! recommea--datidna
were that there be. more
ward, attendants, shorter s hours
for attendants, more physicians
and indrses, less mechanical re
straint,! more physical activity for
Oregon's official' are well lav.
foi as 4 as the needs Tor tm- '
proelns; tne Salem and Prndle-;
toaj state box pit is, says the
United States public bcaltlk1
si ike report issned W ed nee
da ji. It cosnment: i ;
Thbee who are cloMest to t
tbej prablesn In Oregon are very
frann in their statensewr about
the! needs o natlents. mmd ef
things; that sboald j be " done to
bring he pregnane- of the hos
pitals o n propr standard.
JAay reeoannsendatlona made
here, therefore, will la anoM re
gnrds "eche what has already
been Ba-ged npoa the state as
theHUes. - t-- j i
I i ! L
patients; and expansion of the
dental facilities, particularly at
Pendleteu where there is tao real-
dent dentist. 1 ; -
Other; "recommendation , wem
that; th4 number oC patieats be
increased at . Pendleton so tha
number nt Salem may be reduced.
employes he given a retirement
system, land that the hospitals;
train physicians.
The Increasing number of those
cltisens j of Oregon who! ander
stand the needs of the mentally.
Ul should Insist on lerislalWe ap-
proprlatAcns that wUl liutt
proper provisions for treatment,
the report said, adding: t
To Offer tha lowest posalbla
appropriations that will keep the.
instltstions going seta ss : intol
erable standard." . ? .
Kalem Hospital Shosjd i
Havt Xw Bnildinx ; i
The Salem hosDltal. the renort-
saldj should have a new reception.
building of ie to 120 beds, and.
two j one-story buildings .to care .
for 300 elderly patients, i i .
ii'recpramenaea a y v-oea recep
tion hospital be constructed at
Pendleton. . larger , exercise
gronsdav and repair of the sewage
disposal plant to protect the health,
or tae neighborhood ; i ;
Because of the shortage of at
teadaats. the patients at both hof.
pltala ate left aaattended too loag.
and toot many have to be fastened
to their beds. The practice of lock
ing Several paUeata ,in one. rooti
wltaone attendance ns perilotl -
aad j already has led: to fatal tir
tastropie, it added; i
Tbere Is eeavslderahle noso4.
ewT in the nsenla, K said. sn
aa jssew fear days: a week at -rVndleten,
hat the food is Mgo4
It said th4
clothing- Ss geed. hni
ef the male i natlenta me
leaa attractive. . j ! h 1
There are If It patients at Ba-
lem 'aad 1112 at Pendleton. i
WhUa u AxaeHean Paychla. .
trie !aoclatioa recommends
doctor lo each lie patients, thei
is eie to 111 at Salem, and ona Ji
221 j at, Pendleton. The ? ratio tt
Waahlngtoa state mental hospital
Is oaa te 134. . ,
Ta 1 aaaociatloa recemmes?!
ona nurse to eight patients, hut U
ratios at Salem aad Pendleton f )
oaettojli. and oaa ta 22, respty.
Uvely.i. j i . . i j
Oregon spends 1174 a year 1?
maintain each of Its mental J J
Uenta, compared with 1234 i
Waahisgtoa and $211 j averait
throughout the United St tee. - ,
Trajniporl. Sarvivors
" KETCHIKAN. AUsa.Ja3. y
(-fForty-eeven survivors f i :
armir'ai wrecked 101 9-ton trtt
port, Kvichak were landed tai.
here today and told;of a n!xht
horror; during which, three 2Sf ,
weri drowned and several r -eae4
b7 erewmea with flathllt
who; pleked them cut ' as u ;
struggled la the storm tossed
ten- alt the Canadixa coait.
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