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Ihm OHEGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Wecbiasday Morning, Aprils 1942
A Correspondent's Wife Looks at War '
A InmBe Luce Back in America,
TelU Story Since Fall of 1939
" AP Writer Daniel De Luce Was There
.-". - ,. . ... , . .... ....
; In Poland, Yugoslavia and Greece;
:' Now Covers the Burmese Front Vf
Editor's note: Few women hare knows the world as mtimatel
as Ainu De Loco, wife of Daniel De Lace, Associated Press and
Wide World correspondent now covering the Burmese front. She
was with hint in Budapest in September list, when he rushed
to Warsaw to help report Germany's conquest of Poland. Then
he covered fighting tn Yugoslavia, Bessarabia and Bucevine.
Later, Mrs. Do Lace followed him to Greece. They escaped from
.there to Turkey. Then went to Iran alter the British and Rus
sians moved in, then went to India and when Mr. De Luce left
to cover the Burmese front, he tent his wife back to America.
She has Just, arrived after a voyage which lasted 51 days. This
is the first of three daily stories by her.)
By ALMA DE LUCE
NEW YORK, April 14-(Wide World)-Up to that moment, in
September, 1939, our lives had had an Arabian nights texture.
We had thought about the possibility of war, yes, but war-
especially in the magic city of Budapest was one of those vague,
far-away things that could never
It was like a thunderclap
office that afternoon.
Tack some things into my
brief case, he said hurriedly.
"No bag. Just a couple of shirts.
( I've rot taxi waiting down
, stairs."
, "But where are yea coins;?
"Warsaw."
In Poland the German panzer
divisions, paced by dive bombers,
were throttling the life from a
treaty-created nation of World
War L
Shirts, a razor, socks and soap
I put those things in. European
hotels never furnish soap to their
guests.
I caught snatches of the situa
tion from my husband as he hrew
his things together.
I never know what I am going
to get away with, with Dan, but
now I took a chance.
"I'm (oinf to." 1 said, tack
ing my toothbrush tn with his.
"It's dangerous and I want to
be there with yon."
He put the toothbrush back.
- "You cant go," he was quiet
i. but definite.
He held me tightly for a mo
ment, picked up his bulging brief
case and ran down the stairs.
Prom the window I watched him
Jump into the taxi which carried
him north along the back of the
Danube. He didn't look back.
Children were playing in the
little green park below me, and
the flowers on Margaret island,
which lay like a green jewel on
the mirror-like surface of the
Danube, were riotous in the sun
set
.' . But for me the war was on.
" I dJdnt worry. I didnt sim
ply because I dldnt know what
was going on in Poland. That,
coupled with the fact that 1 had
a sublime confidence in Dan.
. It was a dangerous assignment,
" but I never have known a man
as wholly without fear as Dan.
Of course, I reasoned, he would
make an awfully big target for
Final Day's
Registration, books for the May
primary elections were closed at
. the Marion county courthouse at
S o'clock Tuesday night after a
day that appeared to bring in
more voters than the same day
two years ago. Acting County
Clerk Leo Ohmart said.
Registrations, and mailing of
election notices to precinct judges,
occupied attention of nearly all
members of the clerk's force
throughout the day.
j Registration totals may not be
available for several days.
Philippine
Troops Raid
yi - (Continued from Page 1)
were captured in three months of
fighting.
Of the prisoners, were
' Americans. It said and the re
am inder FTltpt . The Japs also
claimed as booty: 19C guns, in
. eluding heavy artillery; 120 ma
.chine guns, SQf automatic rifles,
.11,009 rifles, 124 tanks and arm
.ored cars, Z20 , ears. and other
.arms and ammunition.
, The 'army's communique an
nounced the reestablishment of
communications with Cebu, where
the Japanese, fresh from their
Bataan triumph, landed . troops
some 12,000 in all last Friday,
r Effective resistance . took the
form of the sinking of a cruiser,
one of several warship whose
guns covered the landing, and
Pghting ashore which kept the in
vaders within a few miles of the
coast. ' ;:;!
Y Membership
Drive Begins
A membership drive, scheduled
i9 last OXM month, was begun
Tuesday Bight by the Satan
Y1ICA junior board of directors,
ecccrdlrj to AncU H. Payne, boys
jvorit ft eretary. v
'- Ilert'a Ztay and Don Yocom will
a;tla tilts tn the drive for 50
r tvr cmiers. Each member of
tl3 rcrpjctlre sides has pledged
f : "t ccr-iars for this period.
' lj tdnilsg side will 'be bon
er:! tt a lniuefc at the end of
Sign
Heavy
touch us.
when Dan raced home from 'his
a bullet, but he seemed immune
to injury.
I didnt know what war was.
It was not until later that I
learned the whole Polish nation
was afire. I couldn't read the
newspapers, printed in Hungarian,
and I rigorously avoided asking
anyone to read a paper to me.
Deliberately keeping from know
ing what was going on-, with my
husband In the middle of it, was
my private defense against going
to pieces.
I suppose that was where my
southern California provincialism
asserted itself. Dan and I had
lived almost all our. lives amid
the palms and make-believe of
Los Angeles and Hollywood. Eu
rope , was only a name, until the
spring of 1939, and the Corso,
the promenade along the bank of
the Danube under the horse chest
nut trees, was only something wo
saw in the geographic magazines.
We had gone to London in
April on Dan's first foreign as
signment The trip had been be
wildering. New York was a blur
of lights and tall buildings. And
then London, Easter services at
Westminster Abbey, hours of
sightseeing, Sundays devoted to
walking over the whole of Lon
don, exploring streets and build
ings since destroyed by bombs.
Rents and food were high in
London. After the warmth of
California, the fog in the streets
and the chill of the houses made
us welcome the announcement
that we were to be moved to
Budapest
Then Dan got the measles.
We worried. The office might
And out about it If we admit
ted he was coming out in spots,
someone else might be sent in
his place. So I Just said he had
the flu. London was full of it
He had the measles before. This
was a light attack, and we left
County Salvage
Committee Named
Appointment of C. W. Paulus,
Salem, as chairman of the Marion
county salvage committee was an
nounced Tuesday by Gov. Charles
A. Sprague. Salem' members of
the committee working in the
campaign to salvage rubber,
metals, paper and any essential
war materials include also War
ren Pohle, Claude Steu&loff, Vir
gil E. Golden, Charles McEShinney,
Joe Kester, Claude McKenney,
Preston Dough ton, Milo Rasmus
sen and Mrs. Walter Spaulding.
Jefferson Delmar Davidson. M. H.
Bal. Ed GlMson, R. U Chester. Mrs.
Robert Terhun. Arthur Harris. Rev.
R. W. gamer.
Brooks R. C. White, chairman, Na
than Kurth. Salem, Mrs. Jar Bar
tholomew, Mrs. Homer Egan. Mrs.
Charles Beckner. Salem. B. C. BeU. W.
P. Collard. Salem.
Mt. Angel R. J. Berning. Miss Ther
esa Dehler, Dr. K. J. Corcoran. R. J.
Welton. Walter Peopplng.
Gervaia Earl Dunn. Zcna Schwab,
Gordon Jones, Ross Cutsforth. B. J. J.
Miller. Chris Jorgenaen, Mrs. lium
Cutsforth. Mrs. Vera Harper, Mrs. NeU
Seeley.
Aurora Mrs. P. J. Hunt. Mrs. E. A.
Brandu, Mrs. W. O. Fry. Mrs. Ellen
Sims, Mrs. Lsatar Wampole. Mrs. Har
vey Thompson, Donald. Mrs. George
Clark. Mrs. W. O. Lindcnrist.
Wood bum MUton Gralap. Mrs. Mary
E. Austin. Herbert Hoyt, Dr. Ira Rich,
Bert WiUeford, Louts Koenig. Clarence
Aline. Robert W. Haberly, Mrs. Law
rence Scholl.
Stayton Robert J. Wood. Mrs. Era
Humphreys. Mrs. Rose Bell, Ward A.
IngUs, Joseph Pleaer. Paul Klrsch.
Raid Precautions
Classes Slated
Here This Week
. First classes in air raid precau
tions open to persons ncjt active
ly enrolled in civilian defense
activities have not been as largely
attended as requests for such in
structkm bad indicated they might
be, workers at the county defense
office declared Tuesday night as
they urged larger, groups to take
advantage of the courses opening
in various ports of the city, this
week.
Rome protection, a demonstra
tion of a protective pumping de
vice and methods of protection
against incendiary bombs are on
the schedule for , tonight's ' class
scheduled for 7 JO at the city hall
council chambers with L. F. Le
Garie as instructor. ' ' ,
A similar class is to be held Fri
day night at the North Salem fire
station, with lira. Hazel Marshall
in charge.
-f The courses are - open without
charge to. interested residents of
for Budapest a few days later.
So now I sat at the window,
and Dan had gone off to cover a
war, and incongruously the little
white ferry boat which plied be
tween the shore and Margaret, is
land was tilting precariously at
the wharf' as it discharged Us
laughing passengers.
Poland was in agony. And here
in Budapest people were ferrying
to the island for afternoon tea and
gypsy music. ... t-f'X
Word didnt come for 15 days. :
I called the office. No, they had
heard nothing from Dan. They
had heard nothing from any
Associated Press newspaper
man in Poland. The country, so
far as the Budapest b u r e a a
knew, had swallowed them up.
But presently they began cross
ing the Rumanian border, return
ing, one by one. None had seen
Dan.
Dan would come back, of
course. I bought a two-pound
goose liver and made fresh pate
de fois gras for him. I practiced
making crepes suzettes. He liked
them for breakfast with his tea.
We drank tea because it was only
six dollars a pound, as against $11
a pound for American coffee. I
read aU the books in our little li
brary. I went swimming. I went
to teas. There wasnt much said
about the war at the tea. I was
glad. Instead, we discussed the
newest fall creations, just arrived
from Paris.
Dan did come back. He had lost
15 pounds. He was infinitely tired,
ready to drop. I cried, of course.
Dan never talks a great deal,
and when he does ho doesn't
dramatize anything. As I
poured champagne for hint, he
told me the story. New, for the
first time, I began to realise ta
what danror he had been.
Bombs had rained around him
while he wrote his stories. His
clothes were filthy. He hadn't
had a bath. His only food had
been occasional sandwiches. He
had dysentery.
But he had done a good job.
Henry L. Mencken, the Baltimore
magazine editor and newspaper
man, wrote him personally, com
mending him on his stories.
So Dan was back. Tho little
white ferry boat still ran to Mar
garet island at tea time, and at
night the smooth Danube still re
flected the lights of the bridges
and of the palace on the hill. This
had .been our first separation
since our marriage nearly three
years before." Other and longer
and more anxious separations
were to come Poland merely had
been the fuse that set off the con
flagration of a second World war.
Poland was crushed. But my
husband was safe. Dan finished
his narrative, of characteristic
brevity. Now I knew what he
had been through. '
I suppose it sounds silly, but I
was ill for two days.
WU Choir
Returns
Forty three members of the
Willamette university a cappella
choir, accompanied by Dean Med
vin H. Geist, director, and Mrs.
Geist, arrived in Salem at 1 a. m.
Wednesday after a ten-day tour
of eastern Oregon and western
Idaho, They were originally ached
uled to arrive earlier Tuesday
night but were delayed .by tire
trouble between here and Eugene
The choir gave two or three
concerts daily for schools, radio
stations, churches and civic gath
erings in a total of 18 communi
ties. They traveled in a chartered
bus.
Last concert of tho series was
at Bend Tuesday.
Buying Put
With BEW
(Continued from Page 1)
Nelson" meaning that the au
thority over foreign economic re
lations conferred on Wallace was
equivalent to the vast domestic
powers vested in the chairman
the war production board.
The board of economic warfare
will' continue to work mainlv
through "RFC and its lending and
spending, subsidiaries headed br
Secretary of Commerce Jesse
Jones,' this official said, but can
issue mandatory directives to carry
out plant financing, stockpile buy
ing and other functioning in T-"t
Amenca and elsewhere.
, The presidential action also
gave BEW sole control oVer the
"preclusive baying program.
This as the eTre jffs effort
so Interfere with trade teUOoao
between neutrals and the axis
by baying -p' everything the
neutrals have to trade with. So
far such efforts have been
centered mainly on Latin
An additional provision ; gives
BEW whose actual operating boss
hi Milo Perkins, executive direct
orcontrol over reciprocal aid,"
oxner than arms . and munitions.
received from the United Nations
as part repayment for lend-lease
deliveries. Such control formerly
was exercised by the office of
Jittery Nazis
Alter Vichy
Laval Given Position;
Coast Is Built Up
Against Invasion
(Continued from Page 1) ;
Hitler something unpleasant to
think about . . .. ..
: While the nasi high command
was laying elalus to tho casta
of "large number of 10011000"
n the central front, Stockholm
dispatches reported t h a t the
Bussiaa forces of the Ukraine
had made major break
through In the German line Just
north of the great steel city of
Kharkov.- -; -
This thrust was said to have
occurred below Belgorod, a rail
way Junction 45 miles northeast
or Knarkov, and was apparently
an enveloping movement . ,
DOVER, England, April 14.-&P)
-The Germans have put thous
ands of laborers to the task of
building new gun emplacements
and strengthening already for
midable defenses along the
French coast as an added precau
tion against allied invasion.
The laborers. were seen plainly
Tuesday, through ..field . glasses,
some 20 miles across the channel.
: Military Informants said that
nasi guns massed . along the
channel coast have a total fire
power equal to that of a fleet
f battleships and form a con
centrated mass of artillery more
powerful than in any sector of
the German front facing the
The new works include, in ad
dition to gun bases, a series of
new concrete - fortifications and
tank barriers extending back sev
era! miles from the shores.
The work was greatly intensi
fied immediately after the com
mando raid of March 27-28 on the
German submarine base at St
Nazaire.
Ex-Newberg
Editor Dies
RICHMOND. Ind Aoril 14.-
WVDr. Walter C. Woodward. 64
nationally known Quaker leader,
died here Tuesday several weeks
after suffering a stroke of paral
ysis.
Dr. Woodward was a former in
structor of history and political
science at Earlham and Pacific
college, Newberg. Ore and once
was co-publisher of the Newberg
Graphic. He was author of "His
tory of the Political Parties of
Oregon."
Tammany Elects
NEW YORK, April 14 -UP)
Rep. Michael Joseph Kennedy
was elected leader of Tammany
hall Tuesday, succeeding Chris
topher D. Sullivan, who was oust
ed February 6.
There's satisfaction in knowing
that the 6Va revenue tax you pay
on every pack of twenty cigarettes
is doing its bit for Uncle Sam
And Chesterfield's superior blend
of the world's best ciga
rette tobaccos has every
thing it takes to satisfy
a smoker. It gives you a
smoke that is definitely
milder, far cooler and lots
BETTER-TASTING. Get VOUX-
self a pack of Chesterfields
today. Smoke the cigarette
that SATISFIES.
i-r
WITH MEN Ot STEQ. bwtldinfl ear skips
Evorybody who smokes the Ekes (beak
On 7Me jfA7iorf$FnorjT
Salem Alan Named
To Lodge Office
PORTLAND, Ore, April 14-(AV
Lot L. Snodgrass, La Grande, was
elected grand master of the Royal
council. Royal and Select Master,
AT. & AM- Tuesday.
Other oficers? Otto W. Zimmer
man, Baker; deputy grand master;
Bay G. - Hoffman, conductor : of
work; Lyman C Palmer, Eugene,
conductor of the council; C P.
Davis, Salens, steward; Andrew
McCaQum, Ashland, sentinel.
Schools' Use
Required to.
Be Doubled
Grade school buildings over the
city may be used for first aid
classes if such meetings are held
the same night as air raid warden
meetings, the Salem school board
decided at its Tuesday night se
sion. War-time economy, mem
bers pointed out, make it imprac
tical and almost impossible to pro
vide lights, heat and janitor serv
ice for more nights than the build
ings are now in use.
A year's' leave of absence was
granted to Mrs. Ruth Brandon
Stoebig, .Parrish Junior high school
home economics teacher, and Mrs.
Gladys Jensen, formerly Salem
high school home economics in
structor and more recently a sub
stitute in the system here, was
named to fill the place.
Warned that there is little likeli
hood of securing federal funds for
school library work, directors de
clared they would take the prob
lem of providing the extra library
help into consideration in drawing
their new budget this spring.
Signup Set
By Teamsters
leamsiers 01 uus area were
asked Tuesday night by theft un
ion secretary, Lewis C Harkins,
and by Civilian Defense Coordi
nator Bryan H. Conley to regis
ter at Harkins' office,' 259 Court
street, for the driving corps they
have volunteered to organize.
For emergency duty in case of
air raid, drivers are to make prep
aration necessary to avoid confu
sion, Harkins said, pointing out
that teamsters unions all along
the Pacific coast are loaning in
the movement
Volunteers will be divided into
sectional groups, subdivided ac
cording to the type of transporta
tion involved and will receive as
signments in first aid, casualty
station, messenger center and of
fice work. Instruction will be giv
en in driving during blackout and
other air raid conditions, Conley
said.
0h
CHESTEkTIZLDS follow the
flog. On every front you'd
find them ejfving ewr fight
In9 ssoo ssoco ploosofe with
their milder, bettor taste.
Four Lost in ,
Two Sinkings
Eight More Aliasing ' -From
Torpedoed
Merchant Ships
((-..'.. - .
(Continued from Page 1)
early Saturday morning. Two
crewmen Third mate Marlon
Feathers 'of - Houston Tex, and
Radio r Operator Posnan Tiers,
were known to have died in this
attack. Eight other men were
missing when the . 27 survivors
were brought to Morehead City.
The ship in Thursday's attack
was struck first on the starboard
side in the pumproom. The crew
abandoned ship within ten min
utes. From .the lifeboats they saw
a second torpedo, hit . amidship,
also on the starboard side. This
torpedo started fires aft and amid
ship which quickly enveloped the
entire vesseL
AAUW Ends
Latin America
Study Class
Concluding class in the Latin
American course of study spon
sored by Salem branch, Ameri
can Association of University
Women, held Tuesday night at
the YWCA featured Salem's ob
servance of Pan America day.
Mrs. C A. Ratcliff, the branch's
international affairs chairman and
director of the course, reviewed
two Spanish novels by Mexican
authors, and Mrs. R. D. Woodrow
told of her experiences on a three
months tour of Mexico. Memories
of a two-years residence in that
country were recalled by Mrs.
James B. Manning.
The classes, held twice each
month since September, have
heard personal observation and
experiences as tourists or rest'
dents in the countries studied
from Miss Dorothea Steusloff,
Miss Esthel Gulley, Mrs. B. B
AverilL Mrs. Paul V. Barden, Mrs
Woodrow and Mrs. Manning.
Other contributions in form of
special reports have been pre
sented by Mrs. Herbert E. Rahe,
Dr. and Mrs. L, L. Hockett, Mrs,
Elmer O. Berg, Mrs. Carl Weigel,
Mrs. Esther Little, Mrs. Victor
N. Phelps of Independence, Mrs,
John Ficklin, Mrs. Amie Mills,
W. J. McReynolds, Miss Marguer
ite Clock; Mrs. S. J. Butler, Mrs.
J. A. Jelderks, Mrs. Chester F.
Luther, Mrs. Milo Rasmussen and
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ratcliff.
Gahlsdorf Is
New Officer
PORTLAND, April 14-P-A.
L. Morland, superintendent of
Emanuel hospital, Portland, was
elected president of the Oregon
r
Urn
Association of Hospitals Tuesday.
'' WCUam Gahisaorj, snsn
of Salem General hospital, was
named vice '.president,
A.Mn4.ttM k 'Portland "hos
pitals of a plan for pre-paid hos
pital care was announced by
Ralph W. Nelson of Portland san
itarium. He said that member
cV.fr.. . mtU he eold. entitling
holders'to II days free" hospital
care annually The pnysiaan s tec
would not be included.
Gov. Sprague
Opens Drive
' A ,
(Continued from Page 1)
ly," Gov. Sprague predicted. -C
My opponent is a. very -thor
ough gentleman, he explained.
"We have no personal animosities-
.-" C
FxpUlnlng his candidacy for
reelection, the governor said
that "times are sach that X have
honestly ' felt that It was my
daty to remain in the office if
the voters so willed, because of
the war emergency : rganlsa
. Uons I have undertaken to set
np and because of my many
contacts with' the army the
navy and federal officials.
Gov. ; Sprague said he believed
Oregon was laying "foundations
In agricultural, industrial and for
estry lines that will make for the
permanent economic stability of
the state of Oregon."
Music for the rally was pro
vided by the McDowell sextet, by
Westty McWain, -pianst, and by
Joan Orchard, ff, who led the aud
ience in singing "God Bless Amer
ica." Irl S. McSherry, Willamette
valley campaign manager for the
governor, presided.
8 Slowdowns
Revealed
(Continued from Page 1)
situation, but did not elaborate
on the possibility of an executive
order.
Knox advised the committee
against suspending tho 40-hour
week, and setting a percentage
limitation on war profits, argu
ing that both moves weald
harm rather than aid war pro
duction. As the last witness before the
committee begins actual consid
eration of what, if any, labor-
profits legislation it will send to
the house floor, Knox declared
mat he was "in favor of arbitrary
legislation only as a last resort.'
"In dealing with a democracy
in a war, he said, "you don't
say: Tfou do this or else.' The
less you resort to compulsion, the
better." f
Democrat Meet Set
EUGENE, April 14-(ff)-Young
Democratic clubs of Oregon will
hold their state convention: here
May 8-9, the state executive com'
mittee announced Tuesday.
a-
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In Rally Here
I 0 Pa Keren
Band Concert
- . . . -. v -
By Army on
Blossom rete
"'mmwrt tif' n United States
arm, regimental band in Willson
park wu added t7
Tifesdav to their pro
gram for Blossom day; to oe oo
served next Sunday, Hunt Clark,
niihlieitv chairman.' reported,
- The concert wm ne piayea uwu
the state capital steps at J p. m. J
; Sight-seers' routes for this Blos
som day will be shortened, to save
motorists tires, Clark said.. They
will be outlined. In detail later
this week.
Blossom week will close on
Saturday night, April 25, with
the Cherrians annual Blossom
tanr at fha Salem armory. Pro-
ceeds rrom tne oance bus year wu
be devoted to entertainment of
soldiers stationed in the Salem vi
cinity-Tickets are to be on sale at
Busicks Court Street market.
Perry's drugstore. The spa ana
The Quelle.
Army Plans
NW School,
Civilians
An army school, to be located
either in Oregon or Washington,
for training of key men and wo
men in civilian protection will be
set ud some time late in May. ac
cording to announcement made
Tuesday by Jerroid Owen, state
defense coordinator.
Plans for this school were dis
cussed at a conference between
Owen and CoL George J. B. Fish
er, United States army, who is at
tached to the office of civilian de
fense in Washington, DC, and
Thomas Coakley, assistant regional
civilian defense director in charge
of protection from San Francisco.
Final plans for the school. In
cluding its location, mast be de
cided by Colonel Fisher. Ses
sions of the school will extendi
for II days bat the school will
continue throughout the year.
Army instructors will be furn
ished as well as all material used
will be provided by ' the govern
ment. .
Only key men and women of
civilian defense will be enrolled.
Men may be assigned to the school
who are on the staffs of state in
stitutions. It was expected that a' number
of state guard officers would be
sent to the school. " .
DA Joins Army ,
SPOKANE, April l-PAc-claimed
a little over a year ago as
the youngest United States district
attorney in the nation when he
was sworn into office at 33, Lyle
D. Keith resigned Tuesday to Join
the army, as a captain in the
judge advocate general's office.
KUTH HAYUAiOond SUSAN
CLUXt, of rhe Wesson flyers
of Aaserice. With the alert
yoong women Irfars of America,
who ere doing their port bi It
National Do fonts picture .!ri
OtostorfioldTiieySansry.
the areas.
CaflKl.laajnelirsMlsaaonC i .
cuu mbsc aamuusirauon.