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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1941)
FAGS SIX Tne OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, December 25, 1941 FDR,Wi Join to Eat Yule Dinner WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-IFj-Whlle President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill worked Wednesday night on their strate gic blueprints for the axis down fall, It was not unlikely that now and then they paused to sniff the j air with the comment that "some thinf's cooking that smells mighty good." Down In the White House kitchens the staff was working to spread before the prime minister and members of bis party a typical American Christmas day dinner that will make the president beam with pride as he carves the first pieces of turkey. That dinner will lead off with oysters on the half shell, reach its peak with roast turkey, chestnut dressing, gravy and cranberry jelly and taper off with plum pudding and ice cream. It will be served after the president, Mrs, Roosevelt and Churchill return from church. This Is America's first Christ mas in World war II, and it is truly a different Christmas for the Koosevelts, for whom the holidays In years past have meant a gathering of the family. None of the Roosevelt's five children (the four boys are in active service) or any of the 11 grandchildren will be present. The president's mother, always a Christinas guest, died In Sep tember. A motherless 8-year-old gir and a black and gray scottie have the responsibility of adding merry note. Diana Hopkins, who with her father, Harry Hopkins an executive assistant to the president, lives at the White House, will be the only youngster on hand at the family Christmas tree in the morning. There are presents waiting for her. 'Twas a Real Merry Christmas for These Children " "- Sinister Threats Mar Christmas But Brave Wake Defense Proves American Ideals, Says Writer By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Wide World War Analyst For The Statesman American eyes turn anxiously to peer beyond the sunset this Christmas day, sinister with a war that mocks at the season of peace and good will on earth. That western sky is darkened by grave portents from far away war zones where Americans and gallant comrades in - arms are giving battle to a treacherous and powerful foe. It was a real "Merry Christmas" for hundreds of children who received dolls, toys, candy and clothing at the Salem Elks club Wednesday and a merry day as much for the committee members who made the distribution, an annual activity of the Elks lodge here. Picture shows a few of the children look lug over the toys in the Elks club basement, decorated for the occasion. Hundreds of provision bas kets also were prepared this week by the Elks Christmas committee and other charitable agencies. Statesman photo. W tni yu nncr m4 hearty grtMingi, fall CJiriMaM! ckrr for Mcfc, i ytm. And w 4A good with for HappiMW mm4 pref trity duriag tk t twelve months. HOGG BROS. APPLIANCE STORE 2S0 Stat Street Death Takes Foreman of Salem Plant Harry W. Ross, 65, employeof the Salem Iron Works for 40 years and foreman of the plant for the last 30, died at his resi dence, 233 North 24th street, early Wednesday. He had been ill and away from his position for a month and a half. Born in Sheridan county, Mis souri, Ross came to Salem in 1891 and had since been engaged in the foundry business. He serv ed with United States forces in the Spanish-American war. His membership in Knight Memorial Congregational church here ex tended back for 26 years. Surviving are the widow, Myr tle Ross, and a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, of Salem; a sister, Mrs. Kate Smith, Roseburg; a brother, Walter Ross, Gold Hill. Funeral services will be . held from the Clough-Barrick chapel at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with Rev. H. C. Stover, pastor of Knight church, officiating. Interment will be in City View cemetery. Chinese Mail Sorter Finds Own Notice DENVER, Dec. 24-()-Willie Chin, 24, Chinese extra postef fice worker, was feeding letters and cards to a canceling ma chine Wednesday. A card flattered from the ma chine's mouth to the floor. Mall Superintendent Tom mil picked it up, read the addressee's name and said, "It's all yours, Wil lie." It was a selective service no tice to Willie Chin to report for physical examination. Army to Consult With Defense Council on Protection Here Protection of vital facilities, including telephone, telegraph and power systems, bridges, railroads, airports and highways, will be considered at a meeting here Friday to be attended by Capt. Chester Ott, Fort Lewis, representing the army, and rep resentatives of the state civilian defense, highway, public utilities, police and military departments. Captain Ott is being sent to Sa- j lem by Maj. Gen. Kenyon A. Joyce, Fort Lewis, commanding general of the 9th corps. Officials said responsibility of guarding these facilities rests primarily with the industries, counties, eities and the states, but the army will provide men for guarding airports and rail rods which are not properly guarded at the present time. General Joyce has requested ev eryone to be on guard against sab otage over the holidays. He said the Japanese would be most likely to sabotage these facilities during the holiday season when Ameri cans might be off guard. Big Program Canceled MT. ANGEL The annual scnooi ennstmas program was dispensed with this year. In stead each of the nine rooms of St. Mary's school held its own program Monday and Tuesday to which the parents of the pupils of that room were invited. ir (t 11 I p - - . ' f SL Xl;M U ,.t- , - ftX .PCs KAyj f " If fS 1 t&. : : t& Stayton Man's Funeral Set Game Given Needy For Christmas BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 24.-()-The Idaho fish and game department announced Wednesday conserva tion officers, aided by war vet erans and civic organizations, have distributed 1450 pounds of STAYTON Funeral services for Charles R. Lee who died Tues day at bis home on West Stayton road, where he had lived for 29 years, are to be held Friday at 2 p. m. from the Weddle Funeral home in Stayton. Born in Dawson, Iowa, April 28, 1875, he moved to Nebraska while a small child. He was the youngest of eight children. In 1899 he married Margaret Miesel in Barkley, Nebraska, and in 1911 settled in Stayton. He is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Elizabeth Prichard and Mrs. Cora Prichard, both of Stay ton; two sons, Roy of Klamath Falls and Charles of Seattle; i sister, Mrs. Nellie Foust, Los An geles, Calif., and 10 grandchil dren. Salem School Teacher Dies In Portland William Amos Remington, 44, who died at the Veterans hospital in Portland Tuesday was well known in Salem, having been on the staff of the senior high school. teaching manual training for na tional defense classes. Remington was born in Ingle- wood, Calif., and came to Oregon in 1927, and settled in Salem. He was a member of the American Legion and a member of the Sa lem Evangelistic Tabernacle, for the last 14 years. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Doris Drake Remington, and five children, Rosellen, William Randolph, Edward, George and David, also one brother, C. A. Remington of San Francisco, Calif. Funeral services are to be held Saturday at 10 a. m. from the fu neral parlors of Hol'man and Lutz at 14th and Bumside, Portland. Rev. E. M. Johnson of the Salem Evangelistic Tabernacle will offi ciate. deer and elk meat to provide Christmas dinners for needy southwestern Idaho families. J Joyous QJuletide May every one of your fondest wishes descend from The stags of dreams and become actual realities and may the New Year bring you an increased measure of . . . HEALTH. HAPPINESS and PROSPERITY Salem State Guard Unit Exams Slated Physical examination for mem bers of Company K. Oregon state guard, will be completed at 8 o'clock Monday night at the Sa lem armory, Capt. Charles L. Unruh, company commander, an nounced Wednesday. Capt Uuruh said outcomes of the physical tests would deter mine whether or not more enlist ments would be called for. Seventy nine men are signed up at present in addition to the company's three commissioned officers. man weighing about 160 pounds eats 1625 pounds of food a year. The figures are those of CoL A. D. Turtle, former head of the Aviation School of Medicine at Randolph Field, Tex. He said the average man will consume about 160 pounds of potatoes; 10 pounds of legumes and nuts; 100 pounds of tomatoes and citrus fruits; 160 pounds of meat, poultry or fish and 65 pounds of sugar, among other things. 'Biscuit Gets Bomb Shelter Yet already the defenders af freedom all about the China sea American, British, Dutch, FilipfaM and Chinese have riv en the enemy pavse e many frants. And ut ia mid-raeifie a handful of American marines have written an epic tale f valor, holdinr tiny Wake Island acainst all attacks far 14 days. Wake is all but valueless in the strategy of the Pacific. It was a peace-time ocean stepping stone for air traffic between the United States and the far east Yet it cost Japan 14 days, many lives and four ships of her war fleet to take it. The price paid is out of all pro portion to its value to the enemy. But to Americans and their com rades-in-arms that valorous stand on Wake, like the bitter-end Brit ish defense of Hongkong against all odds, is an unforgettable in cident of the war; a sure symbol of what the future holds in store for the foe. Wherever Americans rather in Christmas cheer-maklnr. a salute to the defenders of Wake is ia arder. They have bravely pointed the way to victory for their countrymen, kept the cov enant of their "Always Faith ful" motto to the death. What men could do, they did. They deserve the "well done" that food and faithful servants of the flar merit of the nation, and neither that nor venceance will be denied them. By their heroism Wake already goes down in the books of this war as an American victory, not a defeat. Ultimate Japanese capture was certain. The odds were too great for it to be otherwise. It is a puzzling facet of Japanese stra tegy that so much effort and blood was spent upon so small an ob jective, unless it was to save face. 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