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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1943)
The OZEGOXI STATES! tWT. Caleia. Oregon. Thursday Mornlag. February 23. 1S13 PAGS THTJE Howard Avers Colleges Add lX" . I 10 ieieiise Discussing the relationship of colleges to the war, Dr. Charles A. Howard, president of Oregon College of Education, told the Salem ; Rotary club Wednesday .- that schools can not be sacrificed . safely when a nation is at war. Dr. Howard declared that, since ; the first World war, American - colleges have given a type of edu cation valuable, to those who . would defend democracy. The speaker stated that the average education of American soldiers has raised from slightly below the sixth grade during the . first World war to above the . ninth grade in this one. How ard said six times as many col lege men are in uniform now as ' were in the first conflict, About the same number of men were high school graduates then as are college trained today. Howard, introduced by Presi dent G. Herbert Smith of Wil- ' technical subjects of immediate ' value to soldiers and liberal arts courses needed to uphold the cul- ture of the nation. He stated that legislative action should be taken regarding aid to service men wish- - Ing tQj-eceive college training aft-? er the war. - ' . " Catherine Thomas, a Willamette university sophomore, talked in .'approbation of the Red Cross "war fCrnd campaign to begin- Monday. First Class of Flying Nurses V v V r - i 1 1 1 y"l V lM,-Tl"tJl-r This Is the first class of nurses, graduated at Bowman field army air base a Louisville, Xy., whe will fly to battle zones to remove weanded In ambalance planes. ; Brig. Gen. Fred S. Borum pre sents diplomas. Above him on the reviewing stand are Brig. Gen. David N. Grant (left) and Br!gt Gen. E. Gary Chapman. Other Bowman field classes will graduate at the rate of one each month. Associated Press Telemat Where They Are What They Are Doing Johnson Head, 2nd Air Force - FORT GEORGE- WRIGHT, Wash., Feb. 2AiJPf Maj. Gen. Davenport Johnson, former direc tor of military requirements, head quarters of the-army air forces, Washington, DC, will succeed Maj. Gen. Robert Olds as commanding ' officer of the second air force, headquarters here announced - Wednesday night. Earlier Wednesday headquarters had announced General Olds, suf- fering from an affliction similar to arthritis, had been retired tem porarily because of the illness. General Olds, under whose lead- ership the second air force became the training unit for all United States heavy bombardment crews, will go to an army hospital at Mi ami, JTJa., for treatment and when fully recovered "will be given a new command commensurate with his outstanding ability, the an nouncement said. He is now at Tucson, Ariz. - - More Lumber -Military Need PORTLAND, Feb. 24-;P)-L.t. Col. Charles W. Kerwood, arriv ing here on a speaking tour that will take him to Pacific northwest lumber "camps, warned Wednes day night "our every living effort will have -to be devoted to war production." The air forces liaison officer of the war department public rela tions industrial division urged greater production of logs for lum ber sorely needed at home and py ine armea iorces overseas. "We use timber in almost every thing needed in the war effort," he said in an interview, "and we are not getting it fast enough. So, I'm going into the logging camps to urge greater production on the basis that this war has only really started." - DAYTON : Lt Cmdr. John Alderman, a Dayton man who has been in navy combat duty in the Solomon island area of the Pacific, is on a ten-day leave which he is spending with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Al derman. He will report soon for duty l somewhere along the coast. Fourteen relatives met for a fam ily reunion honoring him during his stay. Adm. Chester Nimitz praised Alderman for bringing his de stroyer, the McFarland, to Pearl Harbor after it was badly dam aged during a Guadalcanal battle in which it sank a Japanese sub marine and downed four enemy dive bombers. Jack R. Heidinger, son of Mrs. Lillian Heidinger of Mc Minnvile, formerly of Salem, graduated Monday from the naval training school at Farra gut Ida., and is now a seaman second class. Heidinger gradu ated from Salem high school in 1942. Bob McNeil, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. McNeil, 610 North Com mercial street, will leave today for Seattle to take pre-light training at University of Wash ington. McNeil graduated from Salem high school last June. Sgt Charles B. Pomeroy, son of Mrs. Charles D. Pomeroy, is stationed in the clinic of Harmon general hospital, Longview, Tex. A black and white collie, the pet of Miss Joyce Sampson, 1095 North 15th street, has been in ducted into the army canine di vision. The dog. Sergeant, has been shipped to Pennsylvania. BETHEL Fred Pfennig, 17, student at the Salem high school, volunteered for service in the navy and went to Portland on Monday. Fred is son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Pfennig and brother to Henry and Emma Pfennig. ZENA Mr. and Mrs. Milton Stephens received word recently from Robert York, who 'is at Wil liamsburg, Va. He is in naval con structions and enjoys it very much. He said that the marines teach fighting and the navy construc tion. Other young men with whom they correspond are Ted Horton, who is in the navy stationed at Battle Creek, Mich., and Cy Harris who is with the marines and sent word that he had landed safely overseas. " All three have resided here. ; Ted Horton operated the R. A. Looney farm at one" time. Ray mond Stephens, youngest son of the Stephens, is in the fleet force of the marines at San Diego. Nelson Reorganizes Forestry Divisions Reorganization of the protec tion and inspection division of the state forestry department, to gether with a program of adminis trative procedure in field' work connected with the Oregon For est Conservation act, has been effected by State Forester Nels Rogers, he announced Wednes day. Rogers said the order Is de signed to bring closer relationship between field operatives and the main forestry office. Chastain Buys US Dry Foods ., Wayne Chastain, former, 'ship-, ping point supervisor for v yje state agricultural department and son of Elmer Chastain of Milton, has been placed .in charge of the purchase of all dehydrated vege tables ; for the government, -W. L. Close, : supervisor of the federal state shipping point service, an nounced Wednesday. i Chastain,' now ttatioo e d in Washington, DC, ' resigned - his Oregon post in the fall of 1939 to join the United States depart ment of agriculture news service at Chicago, x, ' Another former Oregon man, John Dodds, who was a chemist for the Eugene Fruit Growers as sociation before Joining the fed eral t agricultural division, . has charge of the processed fruit and vegetable section under the war time : setup. 3rd Damage Suit Hits Boat Firm PORTLAND, Feb. 24-(ff-A survivor pf the ferry tug May, which capsized in the Columbia river February 10 with a loss of nine lives, Wednesday filed the third damage suit against the craft's owner, the Russel Towboat and Moorage company, v The action filed in circuit court by Madge ' Stewart asked $6000 damages. Two "$10,000 suits had been filed previously for the deaths of two shipyard workers aboard the tug. Charges of negligence , have been filed in federal court against Lewis Russel, Jr., the company's vice president and general man ager, and Clarence E. Harvey, pilot of the tug. :. -By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Wldo World War Analyst for The Statesman Si ' Even beforethe full scope or contributing causes of an air harried nazi retreat in central Tunisia becomes clear, there is reason to believe that it marks a major axis defeat f rought with mounting potentialities of disaster. , t , - Overnight the trends in Tunisia altered incalculably in allied favor. RommeL the nazi desert toxl bids fair now to be caught in a trap of his own making, as suming he still is in command in south and south-central Tunisia. He risked and lost much to achieve little. . - ' - That. he must retreat, once his desperate surprise move to deal the thinly , held allied center a crippling blow had stalled against Anglo-American resistance, was obvidus even before his backward race to Kasserine gap started. His only f hope lay in a quick, com plete break-through to the Tebes sa junction key, which threatened to unhinge the whole northern end of the allieS front In Tunisia. . The thrust Jailed of that by a perilously close margin. The high water level of the axis attack was reached three miles short of Thala junction and less than 40- miles from Tebessa itself. It was that close to splitting allied armies in north a n d. central Tunisia and probably compelling a hasty Brit ish retirement in the north be hind the Algerian border. It Is In the nature of bold and risky military coups such as the nasi commander attempted, however, that if they fail, the last case of the attacker is like ly to be worse than the first from which be sought escape. RommeP staked moch, perhaps . the fate of the whole axis army - In - Tunisia and control of the Tunisian - tjp, on that massed tank effort to break-through to Tebessa or beyond. To him as to every aggressor lost Initiative is a tost battle. . First impressions of his retreat suggest .Kasserine gap as the line where he hopes to stand on the defensive. Yet there seems . no logical reason to expect that, Once the British - Eighth army strikes all-out against the axis rear guard holding the Mareth line front . to the south, the heaviest armor, and most seasoned crews available to the a x I s , commander would be urgently needed there, not badly extended in central Tunisia. : There has been a . portentious silence at allied headquarters as to Eighth army developments. It crossed from Tripolitania. into Tunisia to pass under command of General Eisenhower. Even its publicity functions have now been shifted from Cairo, to allied su preme headquarters in French Africa. Mrs. Porter Dies PORTLAND, Feb. Johnson Porter, 66, lo-CflVMrs. daughter . of Arraignment Delayed, Linn ' ALBANY, Ore, Feb. 24F) Linn County , Dist Atty. Harlow poned indefinitely the arraignment-of Robert E. Lee Folkes, 20, Negro dining car cook, charged with first degree murder in. the "lower 13" knife slaying of Mrs. Martha Virginia James. Weinrick announced the post ponement in a long-distance call to his office here but gave no reason. The arraignment had been scheduled for Friday4 Wein rick's secretary said he did not disclose his whereabouts, but said he would return Thursday. Mrs. James, 21, member of a prominent Norfolk, Va, family and for four months a bride of Naval Ensign Richard James, wm slashed fatally in the throat as she lay . in her berth . aboard a southbound passenger train in Linn county early January 23. - v Two Bodies Found, : Seattle Wreckage SEATTLE, Feb. 2i-(P)-Two more bodies were . found ;: Wednesday amid wreckage of the Frye and Company packing plant which was destroyed by fire Thursday when a large plane crashed and explodecLj The two were the last of those . missing or unaccounted for after the fire, bringing the death toll to Sl.'They were iden tified as Harry Fargin and John Huddles ton, ' both plant workers living in Seattle. A joint funeral service for eight of the Frye em ployes was held tonight - the late US senator Joseph Norton Dolph, died here Wednesday fol lowing a long illness. . SUNNYSIDE CpL June Mealy, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Mealy, is home on a furlough. Cpl. Mealy is in the medical corps and is sta tioned in Alaska. SILVERTON Bob Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alf O. Nelson, transferred from the coast artil lery to the air corps and is now awaiting his call. Young Nelson has been with the coast artillery since the fall 6f 1940. Stirrup Pumps To Be on Sale SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2l-VPi Stirrup pumps, described . as the Boost ' effective domestic i weapon yet devised in the fighting of fire bombs, will go on general sale March 1 throughout , the Pacific coast military - zones, the . office of civilian defense, said Tuesday. Ceiling retail price is $3.i- . Tsa - miininn - vuivKasMa T4 become the property, of house Orders " may be - placed with civilian defense councils or retail tores. Heretofore,1 such pumps have been - sold only in selected cities within target areas. . - (Several have been sold at the Marion county civilian defense offices.) Port Transferred To Instruct Crews Lee Port, who has been inspec tor and assistant district warden for the Lincoln county fire patrol association, has been transferred to the Salem headquarters of the state forestry department it was announced Wednesday, : Port will instruct applicants for jobs in fire fighting crews dur ing the 1943 fire season. ' ; PEP Statistics Heard PORTLAND, Feb. 24-iT)-The securities and exchange commis- . . . 1 A . 1- 9 aion . nearuig uxvo me ; proposed reorganization of the Portland Electric Power company was con fined Wednesday to statistical testimony of W. H. Miller, New York utilities valuation expert, regarding earnings of the Port land Traction - Company, a subsidiary.- ' " DEL, MONTE, Calif. Merlin LeRoy Drake of Lyons, Ore., is included in the group of avia tion cadets that reported at the navy pre-flight school here last week for three months of rigor ous physical training as their first step toward becoming pil ots.. ' After successful completion of his course here, Cadet Drake will be graduated to a primary train ing base for additional ground school work and flight training Pvt FJdon Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Foster, 1045 North Fifth street, who was inducted herer February 5, has now been transferred to Kessler Field, Mis sissippi, as a member of the quar termasters corps in the air force. The Fosters, have two more sons now in service also. Addison is a radio' technician for the navy and stationed at College Station, Tex4 while !T. J. William is an air force cadet in pre-flight work at Santa Ana, Calif., aif base. Paratroops A As 1 , - " i r i . I ft V " Commissions as first lieutenants in the army of the United States await 68 sanitary engineers who meet the liberal qualifications governing age and physical condi tion for such appointments, it was announced at the headquarters of Maj. Gen. Kenyon A. Joyce, com manding general of the Ninth service command, Fort . Douglas, Utah. Applicants must have comple ted a four-year college course and received a bachelor's degree in civil, sanitary or chemical engin eering, and must have had at least four years experience in sanitary and public health engineering, in eluding two of the following activ ities: mosquito control, rodent con trol, water supply and sewage treatment. A master's degree in sanitary engineering may be substituted for one and one-half years exper ience and qualification. Applicants must be not more than 45 years old. Men in limited service will be acceptable. Since a quota of two candidates has been set for each district, prospective candidates in Oregon are urged to submit applications immediately to the field office of the Portland officer procurement district, 316 United States Nation al Bank building, Portland. - Parachates open with a shock. It Is this shock that the "torture : " device" simulates. Marine Sgt Ted BrodelL planting down with legs trussed, baa just been ; dropped from the control tower. He is "bronght ap suddenly, as when the parachute firms. His arms are held in position - to carry weapons and equip ment used in actual jumps. ; The paratroops training school is at Camp Gillespie. Calif. UN .Pfcoiawv-.w, Union Election Called Illegal PORTLAND, Feb. 24-(F- In cumbent officers of the Portland Boilermakers union ; charged to day that last December's election was unconstitutional. The charge was made in affida vits accompanying a defense de murrer to a suit in equity brought by the new officers seeking to oust the incumbents. Prior to the election, it was charged, an unconstitutional mea sure was passed that prohibited members from voting unless they could produce card cases stamped by the election board as well as paid-up dues receipts. ;! : The affidavits further asserted that J. A. Franklin,' international president, has declared the elec tion void and has appointed gov erning board to handle the union's affairs until the suit is settled and a constitutional election held. - AND I'M GOING TO DO IT THE PATRIOTIC WAY! Lebanon Alan Jailed-. PORTLAND, Feb. 24-(P-RaIph Dekuyper,- 25, Lebanon, was sent enced to three years in a federal penitentiary Wednesday , by . Fed eral Judge Claude McColloch for failing to report for . induction. The court denied Dekuyper's re quest that he be allowed to enter a work camp or join the armed forces as a noncombatant - That's the spirit America needs right now. Even more than you know! Very soon, you're coming right up against a problem that directly affects your family's welfare and the Nation's strength. Youll soon find you can't buy nearly as many canned fruits and vege tables as you'd like. Yet our government says everyone must have plenty of fruits and Vegetables every single day. You must feed your family well to keep America strong. . Just because you can't get all you need the easy way, does that mean you're go ing to give up? Not a bit of it I If we know Americans, we think you'll say, "Well, I've still got my brains and my own two hands. "Til do my part. Let's .o to work!" , , Yihy the ntd Is to crat " As the world's largest banner of fruits and --vegetables, Del Monte has - gladly undertaken to save every pound of - fruits and vegetables possible, and still main tain Del Monte Quality., . ' ' , , Last year's; Del Monte pack was - the largest in our; history. But our ' armed . forces needed about a third of it. ' - We hope to preserve even more . foods this year. Buf well over half of them is already spoken for by the Government. Dividing the rest among., the homefolks doesn't leave the plenty i you're used to. '; That's why, it's up to you this year if you want all the vege - tables and fruits your family win You can raise vegetables we can't grow and can for you. You can put up the fruit from the single tree or small orchard we can't reach. We don't like to ask you to do this job. It's Del Monte's business to save you work. Bur this is an emergency I That's why Del Monte advertising this spring and summer will urge American housewives to plant Victory Gardens. It will point out the need for putting up fruits at home. It will urge every Ameri can housewife to join in a cooperative nation-wide program to "Save the Sur plus in 1943," ' ' Here's how you can join: -.1. Pvt lit m Vsief bla Crd Use every bit . of surplus ground. Grow fresh vegetables to sup plement the canned vegetable yoa buy. ' ' X. Plan te sjst f frwlt .tWs Swiwiiier Every jar of fmit yoa put up at home. wQl stretch your : iamUyr -ration nd keep surplus -fruit from go- ing to waat. '. ; - ' 1- ii -- Of coarse, yoa cant draw on just the finest crops, as Del Mont does. Yo can't do yoor V' fdg- where each trait grows best Yoa can't always be sure of the -oniform quality you find in any Del Monte Product But the job-mast be done and yoa can do it well. .-:-" maaraaaawawammtammm- ' 'Ski mmvM, ubsd One caution, though. Fruits, because of their acidic nature, are relatively easy to can at bom. But all classes of non-acid foods, including most vegetables, require special cart and special equip ment for sterilisation. DoaV can say product unless you follow approved methods exactly. For offVl instructions send 10 to Supt of Docu ments, Washington, D. C and get USDA Home Canning Bulletin No. 1762, or consult your State University or County Extension Service, i. Swy ftUw feeds with del cere Choose the Del lfonte Fruits and Vegetables you bay with your "points" so that their quality and variety will count most in serving attractive war time meals. If any of these fine products are in terchangeable ia use andbealth values. You can select the varieties with lower "point" values, and know their quality will please you. Three other suggestions: 4 It's more important now to get the brands you know. If you prefer Del Monte, look for it. Make your, ponts buy just as much; real quality as they do quantity. Also it's-especially , important to plan meals ahead nd shop ahead. Youll hare to do it to make your "points" go round. And your grocer, more than ever, needs your utmost cooperation. Added to all his other wartime difficulties, be now has the double job of supplying you and banking your ration "points' as well. Only with your understanding help, van he give you the best possible service. So, shop early ia the week early in the dayand only as often as you must. Well be ready to save you this , bother again- when the war is won. But until it is, what Amer ican woman will hesitate to do her part if it's needed , to' keep ,her . family better fed, and strong 1 i i OF COURSE YOU CAN STILL GET MANY TAKI THE VARIETIES .YOU2 G20CT.3 HAS TU1-IN WITH THE FOODS YOU - C20W AND CAM AT HOW . toeeeeeed 0mai - uu"kwrfc 4s4
