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Thm OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morning. February 21 1913
Milk Control's
Change Signed;
Plan Unsolved
Fastest Flying Boat Built for Combat and Cargo Duty
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duration" as is proposed inRep,
John Steelhammer's bill upon
which no action has been taken
a headache. : - i
Associated with the depart
meat there Is a state beard of
agriculture, each ef its seven
members representing some disj
unct branch of rural industry
including dairying. This board
is however by, statute purely
-advisory" and in the past its
, chief concern has been the
sUte fair. Unless by some
means this board is accorded a
more active role, determination
of milk control policy and so
lution of its problems will fall
upon the shoulders ef the di
rector of agriculture.
." Incumbent of this office is J,
D. Mickle, who entered state ser
vice in 1913 as dairy and food
commissioner. When this and oth-
i er separate agencies were con
t solidated to form the agriculture
. department in 1931, he remained
as chief of. the division of foods
and dairies, and has headed the
department since 1938. He is past
age 70, and not anxious to con
tinue in office.
Though active speculation as to
gubernatorial appointments is for
i the most part in abeyance until
u the legislators go home, it is quite
generally agreed that there will
be a change in this office. The
salary, by the way, is $5000 a
year.
- For months past there has been
talk. : There was talk of Ray. Gill,
former state grange master, but it
has largely died out.
There has been talk of Ernest
Fatland, 1939 speaker of the
house, now a member of the
liquor control romm i s s i o n..
Though in private life a dis
tributor at Condon of gasoline,
motor oils and similar products,
Fatland has been a dairyman
and is sufficiently in touch with
agriculture to. qualify for (his.
executive office. His qualifica
tions, in fact, for the sort of job,
it soon is going to be, are such
that his selection would meet.'
with quite general approval.'.
The fly in the ointment is that
he is understood not to be In
terested in full-time public ser
vice. In the case of Robert H. War
rens of Gales Creek, Washington
.county, there is more than talk."
A considerable volume of support
for his candidacy has been built
up. He is state chairman of the
state soil commission and has
held offices in several agricultural
organizations. He is a graduate
f Oregon State college, and a
"dirt" farmer. Under ordinary
circumstances he would by now
have the inside track.
But now there are two new.
factors. One is the jostling of
rival dairy industry factions. The
other is Gov. Snell's natural de
sire to select as head of this de
partment someone able to handle
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mic pruoiems inai wui arise so
they are not dumped back in his
lap. That is not to say that War
I tens is by this test disqualified.
The point is, that the selection
will be made with somewhat more
than the usual caution.
one other bill which Gov.
Snell signed Saturday Is calcu
lated to have a more serious ef
fect upon state government than
was anticipated when it was
passed. This is the bill provid
ing for quarterly payment of
corporate excise taxes. These
taxes and income taxes, con
eeming which a similar bill has
been passed, have in the" past
- been paid 1st April and October,
the major pertlen in April.
Now payments will be made in
April, July, October and the fol
lowing January; only the first in
stallment failling in the current
nacal year. Thus the balance in
the treasury will be smaller than
m tne past at the fiscal year's
close, and smaller at most other
times. The last legislature cre
ated deficit, counting on year
end balances to offset it; this leg
tt i ...
juaimc n neauing in tne same
direction. Though, balances may
do sufficient to cover the deficit
which is in the- wnirtg the legis
lature will have to look again at
tta hole-card.
! FDR ; Approves
Albany Child
Nursery -Fund
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20
Presidential approval of 88 war
nurseries and child care " centers
for children of - working mothers
was announced Saturday by Mai
Gen. Philip . B. Fleming, federal
works , administrator. ;
It was the largest number of
projects approved at one time un
der the FWA's childcare pro
gram, F leming said. '
Establishment of the centers. he
added will make it possible for
the mothers of 4400 , school and
pre-school age children to accept
work in war industries or to con
tinue' In such employment. ;
Federal contributions will cov
er approximately half of the op
erating costs, with fees collected
front parents, and the applicants'
funds making up the other half.
Seventy of the war nurseries
are located in two populous war
industry centers. 40 in Seattle
Wash., and 30 in Portland, Ore.
The remainder are in six other
widely separated 'industrial' cities
in four states.
Hailed by the navy as the fastest flying beat ever built in America, if not the world, la Consolidated UtnnVwT 3,, ? aii05ate1
Aircraft corporation's model 31. prototype of the P4T-1. which is doe to ge Into prodactioa at the i Z:,Z'-1 , T " u war
tuuBcuca m . ruruana, . VJtt lor
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By ' KIR KE L. SIMPSON '
Wlda World War Analyst, for Tho SUtesmaa
ONtheHOMEFRONT
By ISABEL CHILDS
new Consolidated plani at New Orleans, aeeordlng to an announcement by Bear Adm. Kalph E.
Dsvtson. assistant chief of the huresa of aeronautics. Tho new patrol plant has been flgntd -for
combat and cargo duty, will be powered with two 2049 horsepower, motors. Is 74 feet long aad 25
feet high and weighs about 25 tons. Like the famous Consolidated Liberator B-24 bomber, the model
31 has a wingspread of lit feet. The new P4Y-1 will go Into mass production as speedily as tooling ef
the New Orleans plant is completed. UN Photo. -
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$215,000.
The remaining allotments In
cluded:
School district No. 5. Albanv.
Ore, $4070, two nurseries for 60
children for the period February
13 -June 30; applicants', funds 13.-
530, which will be realized from
fees.
School district No. 4. Eusene.
Kre fzzo, one nursery for 40
children for period February 15-
June 30; applicants' funds $2052,
maae up of fees and local contri
buttons.
Munitions and supplies are being carried out of reach of flames which envelop a depot established
by allied troops near Souk el Arba, Tunisia. This photo is from US army signal corps film Asse-
ciaiea tress Teiemat.
Some Trucks
To Be Speeded
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-UP)-
Motor carriers making emergen
cy deliveries for the army, navy,
maritime commission and war
shipping administration will be
permitted to exceed the 35-mile-an-hour
speed limit for a 60-day
trial period beginning March 1.
In announcing this Saturday
night, Joseph B. Eastman, de
fense transportation director, said
he had been advised by the war
department and the other agen
cies that the 35-mile limit had de
layed some shipments of vital war
supplies.
Trucks must carry certificates
of exemption and display pen
nants indicating they are enga
ged in emergency service.
War Casualty Nears Hospital
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One first, two seconds and
third place came home from the
Linfield invitational speech tour
nament Saturday night with Wil
lamette ' university's participants.
First place In Junior men's ex
temporaneous: speaking was taken
i by Leroy Long. -
Ray Short, Junior, placed second
in after-dinner speaking; Barbara
Hathaway, second In junior wo
men's oratory, and Darlene Dick
son, third in senior women's ore
. toryl r. x .
" Finalists from Willamette in the
three-day annual competition on
the campus of - the ' MeMInnvffie
college, were also Catherine Tho
fnas, junior "women's extempor
aneous : speaking; Darlene Dick
son, individual r debate; Barbara
Hathaway, afters-dinner speaking;
Leroy Long;' junior, men's oratory;
rnd the men's debate team, sen
ior division, comprised by Richard
'.'icks, Don Burton, and Long.
Missing Transport
Found; All Alive
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -)-
I An army transport plane with 20
persons aboard, missing since Feb
ruary 4, has been located in "a
Canadian wilderness area withJ
all passengers and crew members
alive and well, the war depart
ment reported Saturday.
The department said the pilot
made a successful forced landing
due to bad weather. The only dam
age was to one of the plane's wing
tips.
Since location of the missing
ship from the air, food and equip
ment including . ski landing gear
have been dropped to the crew
which plans to drag a runway and
fly the ship out under its own pow
er.
The names of the 15 passengers
and five civilian orew members
were not disclosed, v-
Bad news from Tunisia underscored the bast week for Amer
icans but a war balance struck on events there and in Russia for
those seven day yields a heavy credit showing in allied favor.
' American defeat in the first clash with Rommel's veterans in
central Tunisia takes on a less
ominous cast on more complete
information. It becomes- virtually
cenain, xor example, that the nazi
attack was purely a limited local
operation. It - wideneaVfte"tTunI-
sian communication corridor for
the foe and so crippled Franco-
Amerivan forces thrown back 60
miles or more that a considerable
tune must elapse before the flank
mg tnreat can be renewed..
It also is now clear by delayed
eye-witness reports of the four-
day battle that it was in no sense
an American rout but an ordered
and orderly retreat. That is high
ly important. It means that in its
first major battle test an untried
American army proved its mettle.
Outmatched to weight and armor
as well as numbers, it fell back
sullenly and unwillingly under
orders intended to conserve its
personnel and equipment to fight
again under more favorable cir
cumstances. ;
That represents both unshaken
morale in the ranks and effect
ive staff work. It promises well
for the future of the American
forces mustering in western north
Africa not only to help oust the
enemy irom the south shore of
the Mediterranean; but to poise
an invasion spear thrust at the
European continent itself.
Knsslan recapture of Kharkov
was the dominant event of the
week on the eastern front. Even
more startling soviet successes
seem in the making all the way
from Orel In the north to Tag
anrog" in the south as well as
deep in enemy, lines west of
Kharkov. Nevertheless, the
Russian Kharkov victory ap
pears to the best Informed
American and British official
observers as the highlight of
the current Russian campaign
for definite reasons.
President Roosevelt and Secre-
Itary Stimson concurred that loss
of that powerful bastion and oth
ers like Rostov stripped Hitler of
the springboards essential to a
summer renewal .of his attack on
Russia.
Authorized British official com
ment placed the same significance
on the Kharkov recapture but
from a somewhat different anele.
General Sew ell, who does a daily
analytical review for the British
information service, was particu
larly impressed by the fact that
nazi SS units were reported met
ana overcome in the final actions
at Kharkov. Recently he expressed
aouDt that Hitler had yet been
forced to tap his general reserve.
the behind - the - lines manpower
pool upon which he relied to
mount a new offensive in Russia
next summer. Kharkov changed
his mind.
The frittering away of that re
serve in defensive operations in
Russia would end all apprehen
sion of a new nazi attack: It would
nan tne nazis to the defensive fnr
keeps not only in Russia but on
au ironts except at sea.
Ruddiman Quits
As Scout Headv
Pvt. Alphonse Kwasnleskl ef Evanotoa. HU Is tho first war casualty to be takem from a fc
Guinea aad Australia were tak
Associated Frees Teiemat.
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Resignation of Ronald A. Rud
diman, Boy Scout executive for
the Cascade area council for the
general hospital I past three years, to become as
sistant executive In the Seattle
area council, was announced Sat
urday. -
In a message to scouts and their
leaders included in his news let
ters, Ruddiman revealed his plans.
The resignatioa becomes effective
next Sunday, February 2.
No successor has yet been se
lected. ;
Missionary Speaks
Here 3 p.m. Today
Dr. E. Stanley Jones, Methodist
missionary in India, will speak in
the Salem senior high school au
ditorium at 3 o'clock this after
noon. Doors will open at 2:30
p. m. At 2:45 John Schmidt of the
First Christian church will lead a
A song service.
The author of 11 books, includ
ing the "Christ of the Indian
Road," Dr. Jones has been a mis
sionary in China, India, Korea
and Malaya. His writings have
been translated into 20 different
languages. The meeting here is
sponsored by the Salem Minister
ial association, i
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WhOo on war patrol In South PMiflt wu. dirior whih ih uk V liuuu dir.'.
laden transport, two carge carriers and a tanker- whole ceavey ef fear ships the United' States
submarine Wahoo came across this small fishing boat la mid-racLIc, becalmed. Three ef; the - suae
persons aboard had died of exhaastloa and starvation. They were without feed or water. Caaaera
maa aboard ths Wahoo pictured her crewmen handing containers of water aad food to the distressed
fishermen. - A few days later the prowling Wahoo seat the Jap destroyer to the bottom as she sought
to escape ires wewa naroer. north New GuSaes oast,: aad 1 hours Uter sank the whole
convoy 215 miles northshore UN rhoto. . -;: ; " .
May Shoes Exempt
WASHINGTON, Feb. HHP)
Some play shoes and other foot
wear, including; Mexican - huar-
aches, will be exempted from ra
tioning next week, the office of
price administration announced
Saturday. The order will exempt
from rationing play shoes made
largely of fabrics or types of
leather not on the shortage list
well as other . non-street wear
shoes.- -
NevrBpririt Cut Delayed
WASHINGTON, Feb. , ZD
Spokesmen for the Bewspaper in
dustry received official word Saturday-of
a reprieve in the addi
tional ; . newsprint curtailment
scheduled for April 1 and recom
mended to the WPB that if and
when a future cut is made,
'graduated
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Nazi Radios Quiet
NEW YORK Feb, 20
Deutschlandsender, the main Ger
man' radio station, and the Kal-
undborg transmitter In nazi-oc-cupied
Denmark went off the air
Saturday night, the FCC report
ed. This usually indicates .Euro
pean attacks by the RAF. -
Liberty Launched
PORTLAND, Feb. 0-i,-The
..Weekends I get back to my old
love, the police beat.
On this day Just preceding
Washington's birthday I think the
story of the truthful defendant
should be told, Just as it came to
me fresh from municipal court
some days agot . V
The charge was drunken driv
ing. The defendant was, and is,
young, s A good employe and the
father of a family, he deserved a
better . than average chance, his
boss- said, so the boss hired an at
torney who has made a good trial
record.
And the attorney thought he
had everything well in hand. Came
time to discuss the tests adminis
tered by the police to see whether
or not the young driver was in
toxicated. Try shaking your head
rather strenuously from aide to
side for a moment and then walk
a straight line. The lawyer thought
it next to impossible and believed
the jury might agree.
So said he to, his client after the
head-shaking had been described,
"And could you walk straight?" :
"No," said the spiritual descend
ant (in at. least this one phase of
his character) of Georee Wash
ington, "I couldn't have done it
if I'd been sober!
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Elsewhere in this paper we read
that the city Jail had a Little fire
last night.
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"Sure," says the desk man,' and.
when Uncle starts rationing
cheese, we'll Just use some such
statement as that last to bait
mousetraps.
Poultry Price
Ceiling Rises
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.-P)
Maxmium1' wholesale prices of
locally-produced broilers and fry
ers in the eighth region (includ
ing Oregon) 6f the "office of price
administration, went up Saturday.
A new OPA order said it had
been determined the former price
did not permit profitable production.
The prices for broilers, under
three pounds, were announced as
follows (showing old 'and new
pound price in that order): live,
28 He, 34c; dressed 32 c, 38c;
drawn, 49c, 54 Vkcx eviscerated,
quick-frozen, 53c, 57c.
The prices for fryers, between
three and four pounds: live, 30c,
34c; dressed 34c, 38c; drawn.
49c, 54c; eviscerated, quick
frozen, 53 c, 57c.
The new order is temporary
and will expire on or before
March 13.
JaarBurning
Attempted Ty
Gity Prisoner
Caught on the run, as he and
his luggage were taxi-bound for
the depot Saturday night, Gordon
Sayre Little, who city police de-
state penitentiary sentences . in
his record and a number of forg
ed checks on his person, is in the
Salem city jail today if be hasn't
burned it down. : - ' v
' Less than two hours after he
was lodged alone in a cell there,
Little started a fire with papers
under blankets, officers said. ,
The charge police placed after
his name on the blotter was forg
ery, but they believe that, back
of the alleged forgery episode is
a burglary. : i
For Little,' alias Thorman. E.
Smith, is accused of having cash
ed in Salem a number of checks
written in denomination of $68.21,
which in their blank form had
been taken from the offices of
the B St C Lumber company at
1020 North Commercial street in
a Thursdav nnrht burvlarv.
Salem merchants who sold
goods to a man answering Little's
uescxipuon, giving mm consider
able cash in change, had reported
to police throughout Saturday,
they said. ,
Little, about 30, who is said
to have nd a nnmhvr rf Hm
had on his person when captur
ed a number of checks similar
to those already cashed, police de
tectives who made an arrest at
8:30 p. nx, declared. On him also,
they said, they found several sets
of varying identifications, and in
his possessions was merchandise
described as purchased with the
checks.1'
US Employes
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Hospital Head Quits v
GRANTS PASS, Feb. 20-UPW.
E. Moore, superintendent of Jose-
pnine general nospitai, has re
signed, effective March 15, to be
come assistant director of the Ev
ans ton hospital, Evanston,' IH. The
resignation followed a controver
sy involving the county medical
association and Dr. Blaine B.
Pruitt, osteopath, who sought to
be allowed use of the hospital. TheJ
county court declined to act on
Pruitt's petition.
Liberty ship Hall J. Kelly, named
after an early-day colonizer of the
Oregon country, was launched by
Oregon Shipbuilding corporation
Saturday.
College
Training
Setup
To Produce Naval Officers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2V-(JPhA new college training pro
gram designed to produce naval officers on a wholesale basis will
be started about July l, tne navy announced Saturday. Selec
tion of candidates will begin April 2.
There will be no objection, the
navy said, to its uniformed stu
dents participating in athletics or
any other kind of college activ
ity, : including fraternities, "pro
vided such activities do not inter
fere with their prescribed hours
ot courses of study" v
A total of 334 colleges and uni
versities have been designated by
joint, army-navy action for serv
ice classes. The exact manner of
naval classes to be organized, a
spokesman said, will depend on
the number of officer candidates.
Schools tor these classes ,will be
chosen from the 334 as need arises
and that overall total may be in
creased if it is not sufficient.
Rated as apprentice seamen, the
students will be , in uniform and
draw the pay of seamen; they will
be subject to n a v a 1 discipline.
Those who do not make the grade
academically will be assigned to ;
other duty, probably at sea. - J
Entrance examinations may, be
taken by high or prep school
graduates 17 to 20 years old as
ferment requests for a strictly
limited number of key positions.:
These requests would be subject
to periodic review by a supervi
sory group named by the chair
man of the war manpower ' com
mission.
A list of criteria was presented
to govern the agencies' selection
of such key nositions. Rut th
committee said that even if the
employe satisfies one or more of
these criteria "this is no reason
for deferment unless ft ran K
clearly established that the loss
of the civilian's services wmM
seriously impair the war effort,"
After reporting that federal' de
partments have been slow to plan
for substituting women and others
for draft age employes,' the com
mittee said a "rigorous applica
tion or tne new procedure "will
result in the release of additional
thousands" of workers to the
fightjng forces, without specifying
the exact number.
The committee found that less
than 2 per cent of the government
employes have thus far been de
ferred on occupational grounds
while 26 per cent of the male em
ployes of draft age have entered
the armed forces.
Schools Here
Close Early
Elementary schools of Salem
close at 2 p. m. each day this week
and junior and senior high schools
at the end of the fourth neHvi
daUy so that teachers may handle
registration for war ration Kir
No. 2 from 3 to 9 p. m. daily at
elementary school buildings.
School directors meet Tuesday
night, but most out-of-class ac
tivities of the schools orooer hav ,
been cut to a minimum, the cal
endar Issued Saturday by Supt. '
Frank B. Bennett reveals.
Elementary , principals are to
meet at 9 a. m. Monday in the ad
ministration office: McKlnlev
school is to have an assembly
Thursday at 9 a. m with Ifn.
Jean Woodard's room in charge;
Washington has an assembly at 1 '
p. m. Friday, tiie first grade In!
charge.-.- . '-
a high school diploma.;
? Many students also will be
drawn 'from the present enlisted
ranks of the navy, marine corps
and coast guard.
Students may choose the branch
of service they would like to be
in and also the college they would
like to attend. The navy will hon
or these choices where possible
but will not be bound by them. ,
in the same age group who do not
meet the technical requirements of
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