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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1943)
- T .. V .... " f : t tTba Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all paws dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this newspaper. legislative Costs . . The costv pf nmnlng the state : legislature ; jumped froni $13270. in 1941 to. $164,869 In 1943. Come June , when the new laws go Into effect the pufeUc can decide whether the game was worth the money..- Part of the, increase was due to upping legis lative salaries, of members from $3 a day for ' 40 days to $8 a day for 50, or from $120 for the . session o $400? also increases of $1 a day, for' clerks and stenographers. i : In spite of all public criticism and newspaper nagging legislative costs are rarely pared. Only once or twice, thariTln the bottom of the depres sion, was this accomplished. 'Extra clerks, sten ographers who can't stenog, excess 'postage", "editing the journals", all these unnecessary or ; .exorbitant charges go on from session to ses . aion. . 1 Legislators are quick to denounce excess pending in state departments, and properly so; but they turn shut eyes and deaf ears to legis lative extravagances. " i Part of this is due to the fact that a legisla ture is i law unto itself and realizes the fact. No legislature can bind another. The executive ' and judicial departments must keep hands off. The legislature always has in its number am bitious, politicians who are quite willing to grease, their wheels, with public patronage and . a certain number of cheapskates who are ready to chisel. off the state. i L i r Then; there are many new hands at each ses sion. They are green, afraid to upset any apple carts,' and eager in the brief time of the meeting to get what perquisites in fame or showing the session affords. So they easily accept the pat tern which the continuing staff of holdover members, -regular employes, et al. prescribe. : The 1943. session cost more than 1941; and it is a safe bet that 1945 will cost more than 1943. Fortunately we rarely hold extra sessions in this state so the splurge Is limited to once in two years. v .3. Mt .-II )- Restored, Italy Then tendency has been to give the Italians the raspberry as fighters. The Germans used them as'1 foils and. rear guardists, saving their own bioodecT fighters for more critical battles. The Italians, were left behind at El Alamein; they. surrendered in droves. In Tunisia though they acquitted themselves honorably, and the commariding general, Marshal Giovanni Messe, insisted ,)n'i surrendering to the British Eighth army, the outfit .which has punished the axis dear across Africa. Perhaps" we discredit the Italians unduly as fighters. Their hearts were not in this warand' they came to see they were mere pawns of the nazi overlords. Given a more worthy cause and better leadership they might have done much better. ' But it remains true that the modern Italian has had other interests than warfare. The spirit which made the Roman legions the conquerors of Parthia, from the Libyan desert to the Rhine and from the Danube to the Scottish border, seems to have burned out long ago. Mussolini's appeals to revive the glories of ancient Rome drew applause but not the energy and the will to execute the task; t ' , Italy itself is a'burned-out" country. It lacks coal and metals; firewood is scarce? with house wives hoarding bundles of sticks. Its population is too large for the local resources of subsistence. The meagre agriculture must be supplemented with heavy imports. ; But the Italian people do have a place in the world, if not in its fighting4 lines. They; have developed the arts. -Music, painting, sulpture, architecture, handicrafts, for these Italy is world-famous. In the" finer manufactures Italy has also' excelled. So Italy defeated , will not . mean Italy destroyed. It should mean Italy re stored to its rightful spot on the cultural map of the world, rather than sprawling over geog raphy with a tinsel and braid empire. . HoyttoOWI j " Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the Oregonian, will take Gardner Cowle's place as domestic direc tor in the office of war information. There is. no question of Hoyt V capacity. He has made his newspaper aggressively loyal so far as the war is concerned. And it is probably a good thing to bring' to the Washington scene and es pecially 'to the of f ice of war information new minds and new faces who can bring a fresher report on what the public is thinking about, and what the public wants in the way of prompt and . truthful news on the war. The Oregonian was an early critic of the gov ernment policy of "delayed action" news bombs. .This complaint from over the country led to the appointment of Elmer Davis who has fought a good fight, and on the whole a successful one, for early and accurate reporting., Hoyt will sup port this policy. He will also be in a position to express J the sentiment of the west, which is anxious to have the war in the Pacific pressed f with all speed possible, without of course neg- J lecting the job of polishing off Hitler. - During the counterattack near Wadi Akarit by the 8th Army, the Nazis tried to trick . Brit ish infantry from ; their newly won positions. (Vnmini wha iymiH erwnV ovr-olTont PnnlicVi . called to one another hoping the British troops facing them would unsuspectingly move in the direction of their voices into carefully prepared traps. The trick failed because the 'troops in that; sector were Scottish Highlanders, and the Voices coming out of the darkness had no trace of a Scottish accent. British Information; Serv-, Ices, n ; Vv . iV.Hv" . ;-;:i -J ? ,'-1; f It is estimated it takes eight tons of shipping ; jto get one soldier abroad and one ton each frionth to keep him supplied. Figure that on k Dme runs only three round trips a year can be ' made. Allow for losses by, submarine. I Then ; you get some idea of the need for ships in win ; jiing this "war. - ; ".I t . mNo Favor Sways Ut; No Fear-Shall Awa" " ' From First Statesman, March 23, 1851 .V THE! STATESMAN PUBUSfflNG CX r - CHARLES A. SPRAGU1 Editor and Publisher Member of The Associated Press Unity of Command . M Paml Mane 'v , , Compulsory military training often has been dis cussed in the United States, but never attempted. We never have thought we needed such a large ar my. ' . - The new dealers around the president, however, think his terse remark widely misunderstood. .They do not believe he has any idea of forced military . training, but is thinking along the same old lines he has followed on this subject in the past. The orthodox new deal textbook on youth and youth training by the state apparently is an essay on peace by the Victorian Harvard philosopher, William James. ' i His idea was to inject pacifism into youth. He i thought war could be ended if an outlet could be : found for the pugnacious exuberance of youth and If a physical substitute in farming, for instance, ; could be developed In them. At least this Is the way the new deal philosophers tell it. A minor experiment along that line was tried in 1941 under government auspices. Some Harvard and Dartmouth graduates were brought, under the leadership of Professor Rosenstock-Huessy, into experimental farming work at Camp William James, Sharon, Vermont. ; There was much political ado about the matter when Representative Engel (republican-Michigan) dug out of Who's Who the fact that Professor Rosenstock-Huessy was not thai (1941) an American citizen and had instituted the German labor camps from 1925 to 1933. : I !; ' The especially enthusiastic columnist Dorothy , . Thompson was identified with the experiment, . which apparently is still going on in some trivial . aftermath. At least. Dr. Rosenstock-Huessy Js still around and interested, and some Harvard men are supposed to be working on several farms in New Hampshire or Vermont. ; The experiment, however, was never satiifactory, to anyone involved, and publicity about it has van ished as well as any known government connection with it "- But Mr. Roosevelt is supposed to have been a close follower of James, who was very popular with students around the time of Mr. Roosevelt's grad uation from Harvard inv1904. So many students ' attended James lectures that ; they packed out through the doors into the hallway. It is therefore likely that the line of youth serv ice to be proposed here in post-war may run Into a yet unsuspected direction. It is more likely to seek to utilize the facilities of the federal govern ment to give non-military training or something In the way of a substitute for military training, from which the physical benefits of the James philosophy may be derived. - Any columnist will certainly be over his depth wading into such unmeasured and bottomless ideals. But anyone can join the argument as apparently - many people already have. '; cK.- :.:?. 7 i The importance of the James ideal in the post war world would seem to me to rest entirely upon ' the question of whether Mr. Stalin, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, Mr. Churchill and others would inject their youth with the same ' anti-toxin serum. Its success In bringing peace to the future world would depend more on what other nations did than what we do. Indeed the idea might itself lead inevitably to war again if we practiced peace and others did not, because the military weakness of our Ideals would invite a challenge by whoever wanted to conquer Wars do not spring from the pugnacious exuber ance of youth as Mr. James supposed. Certainly this one did not. It sprang from a challenge to our civ ilization by ruthless aggressors who stole the march on us while we studied ways of appeasement and peace...-. - Mr.' James did not have the advantage of know ing the ways of fascism and communism, In my opinion, he would hare written a very different essay on peace today. Unity of command is elemental for military success. .We have had divided command In the south and southwest Pacific areas, the dividing line at one time crossing Guadalcanal island. The division of command evidently continues, although statements from army and navy head quarters are conflicting. Maybe the command era themselves do not know. If they don't there's no wonder others are confused. ' First there was a dispatch from headquarters of Admiral Halsey quoting a "spokesman" as saying that the Southwest and South Pacific naval force remained a part of the Pacific fleet under Admiral Nimitz. Later the same corres pondent filed another dispatch from the same headquarters, quoting a "spokesman" as saying that General MacArthur "has been and Will be responsible for the South and Southwest Paci fic theatre in joint operations." And now come a dispatch from army head quarters in Australia quoting a "spokesman" for General MacArthur as saying the command re mains divided, "but in a spirit of perfect coor dination" between Admiral Halsey and General MacArthur. All we can make out of this is that each is boss, but when they are traveling in the same direction MacArthur Is, or else they "work to gether." Considering that experience has dem onstrated that the kind of war we are up against in the Pacific (and elsewhere for that matter) requires close teamwork on the part of navy, army and air force, it would seem that com mand and operations should be integrated so a powerful striking force may seen start rolling back the Japs. News Behind The News By PAUL MALLON (Distribution by Kins Features Syndicate. Inc. Repro duction tn whole or la part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON, May 15 Mr. Roosevelt said, after his southern camp inspection trip, he thought It might be a good idea for every young man to give a year of his life to the service of the state aft er the war. Most of his hearers concluded that he had in mind something like the various European sys tems of military training. In most democracies before the war, youths were required to serve a year in the army. This was done, not because it improv ed the young man, but because the nations could not otherwise muster formidable military forc es from their small populations. 1 7 i. , UtUe Brown Jug!9 Today's CSadD IProgirainnis. K8LM SUNDAY 13M Ke. 8,00 Lan twortli Foursome. , v 8 JO Gospel Broadcast. - 9:00 News in Brief. 9.-05 Spiritual Interlude. 9:20 Organ. Harp. Violia Trte. ' 9:30 Popular Salute. 10 .-00 World in Review. 10:15 Moonbeam Trio. - i 10:30 Hit Tunes of Tomorrow. 11:00 American Lutheran. Church. 12:00 Sunset Trio. 12:15 War Commentary. 12:30 Golden Melody. 1 :00 Young People s Church. 1 JO Orchestra, v 2:00 Isle l Paradise. 2:15 Voice of RestoraUon. S 30 Vocal Varieties. S:0 KBS Sunday Symphony. - 330 "Boys' Town." 4 DO Skipper Henderson and Crew. 4:15 Modern Melody Trio. 430 Alex KirUloff Russian Orch. 80 Old Fashioned Revival Hour. 6:00 Tonight's Headlines. 9:15 Anita Boyer and Tomboy era. 930 Langworth Gypsy Orchestra. 7:00 Bob Hamilton's Quintones. 730 Langworth Novelty and Saloa Group. - S.-Ou First Presbyterian Church. 830 Westminster Players. 9:00 New Summary. 9 :15 Organalities. 930 Back Home Hour. 10:00 News. 10:15 Dream Time. KALE MBS SUNDAY 1JJS Ke. 8 00 Wesley Radio League. 830 Central Church of Christ. 8:45 Rev. V. W. McCain. 9.-00 Detroit Bible Class. 930 News. 9:45 Sunny Days. 10:00 News. 19:15 Romance of the Hl-Waya 1930 Canary Chorus. 10:45 News. 11 KX) Pilgrim Hour. 12.00 This , Is Fort Dix. 1230 News. 1 ."OO Lutheran Hour. 130 Young People's Church. 2:00 Temple Baptist Church. 830 Portland Bible Classes. 80 Murder Clinic. 330 Upton Close. 3.-45 Voice of the Dairy Fanner. 4300 Dr. Johnson. 430 Melodies. 4-45 News. SAO American Forum.-. 8:45 Gabriel Heatter. 9. -00 Old Fasoned Revival Hour. 7:00 John B Hughes. 7:15 Music of the Masters. -- 7 :45 Rocking Horse Rhythm. 8.-00 Hinson Memorial Church, 90 News, i 9:15 Voice of Prophecy. 9:45 Sunday Serenade. 10:00 Old Fashioned Revival JXonr. 11:00 Answering You. 1139 Bulldog Druromond. KEX BN SUNDAY 119 Ke, 8 rOO Soldiers of Productkm. 830 Ralph Walker. 8:45 African Trek. - 9:00 The Quiet Hour. 930 Stars from the Blue. 1030 The Kidoodlers. 10:45 News. , 11. -00 Coast to Coast on a Bus. 11 :4S Speaking . of Glamour. 12:15 Wake Up. America. . l.-OO National Vespers. 1 :45 Voice of the Farmer. y 3:00 Remember. 230 Musical Steelmakers. 30 News. - 35 Here's to Romance, - 330 Free World Theatre. - 49 Chaplain Jim, USA. 430 Serenade. - 50 Christian Science Program. ' 8:15 Neighbors. 5:30 Edw Tomlinsoa, Commentator 5 .-4 5 Drew Pearson. 80 The Green Hornet. 430 Inner Sanctum Mysteries. 70 Good Will Hour. . 80 News. 8:15 Jimmle Ftdler. -. 830 Quiz Kids. . 90 Dorothy Thompson, i 930 News Headlines. - 9:45 Music 935 News. 100 University Explorer. " 10:15 Organ Reveries. - 1030 The Quiet Hour. 110 Symphony of Melody. 11:30 War News Roundup. KOIN CBS SUNDAY 959 K, 60 News of the World. . 6:45 English Melodies. 70 Church of the Air. . 730 Wings Over Jordan. -80 Warren Sweeney. News. -85 West Coast Church. . 830 Invitation to Ianunf, 90 News. 930 San Lake Tabernacle, 190 Church of the Air. 1030 Trans-Atlantie CalL 110 Those We Love. 1130 World News Today. 11 :55 Muffet Show. 130 Columbia Symphony. v 130 The Pause that Refreshes SSI the Air. 30 The Family Hour. -; 2.-44 William Shb-er. News. ' 30 Edward R. Murrow, News, : 3:15 Dear John." 330 Sgt Gene Autry. 4 0 Commandos. ' 430 News. , 80 Corliss Archer. 830 wuitatm Whiter. News. ' 95 Music i - - 935 Eric Severeld. 60 Radio Readers' Digest. . 930 Fred Allen. . 70 Take It or Leave It. - 730 Man Behind the Gun. . 89 Crime Doctor. . 830 Ken Murray. ' 90 WUliam Winter. News. - 930 Million Dollar Club. 190 Five Star rtnaL 10:19 Wartime Women. 1930 Air-Flo of the Air. . 1030 Orchestra. . 11 0 Music, 1155 News. Midnight to 6 aJn. Musle and News KG W NBC SUNDAY 429 KS. 40 Dawn Patrol. . -00 News. 6:15 Commando Mary, 10 NaUonai Radio Pulpit, "; , telp 1 :- eowu Next day's programs appear comics page. . 730 Words and Mustek 80 The Church in Your Home, 8:30 News. 9:45 The Dinning Sister. 9 0 Commentator. 930 That They Might Live. 100 Rupert Hughes. 10:15 Labor for Victory. 1 1030 We Believe. 110 Chicago Round Table. 1130 John Charles Thomas. 120 Washington Reports oa Ra tionlng. - - 12:15 Upton Close, Commentator. 1230 The Army Hour. 130 Garden Talks. - 1:45 Symphonic Swing. 2 0 Symphony Orchestra. 30 News Headlines and Highlights 3 :15 Catboinr -Hour. 3 :45 Newsmakers. 40 Jack Benny.., '. 430 Band Wagon. 8.-00 Charlie McCarthy., 830 One Man's Family. . 60 Manhattan Merry -Go-Round. 630 American Album Familiar Music ' 70 Hour of Charm. 730 Walter Wincheil. 7:45 Music. 80 The Greet Gildersleeve. 100 News Flashes , - , 10:15 We're In. -10 JO Unlimited Horizonh. 110 St. Francis Hotel. Orchestra. 1130 War News Roundup. 120-3 aJBt Swing Shift.- KSLM MONDAY 1399 Ke. 79 News in Brief.. 79 Rise n' . Shine. 130 News. 7:45 Morning Moods. 80 Freddy Nagel'a Orchestra. 830 News Brevities. : 8:35 Tango Time. ' 9-00 Pastor's Call. 9:15 Uncle Sam. 930 Popular Music 9:45 Round-up Time. 100 World in Review. 105 A Song and a Dance, 1030 Ace Trio. 1 1 0 Orchestra. 1130 Hits of Yesteryear. 12 Organalities. 12:15 News. 1239 Hillbilly Serenade, 1235 Matinee. 19 Lura and Abner. 1:15 Will Bradley's. 1:45 Spotlight on Rhythm. 20 Isle of Paradise. 2:15 BUI Roberts. 3-30 Langworth String Quartet, 3:45 Broadway Band Wagon. 30 KSLM Concert Hour. 40 Guadalajara Trio. 4:15 News. ' 4:30 Teatime Tunes. 80 Music 8:15 Records of Reminiscence. 5:0 Music. 60 Tonight's Headlines. 9:15 War News Commentary. 630 Evening - Serenade. 6:45 Popular Music c - ' 10 News -in Brief. 7 :05 Music. 90 War Fronts in Review. 930 Treasury Star Parade. -i 8:45 Herb Jeffrey and Symphonic Strings.-'- 90 News. ;;: l-'-v 9:15 Neighborhood Can. 930 Szath Myri Presents. , . v 100 Let's Dance. 1030 News. KALE MBS MONDAY 1139 KC J f 6:45 Uncle Sam. ' - ! i 70 Around the Clock. 7:15 Texas Rangers. -, . . 7 :30 Memory Timekeeper. 90 Cheer Up Gang. ! . 930 4ews. - . ,.,.-..,H'. .. 9:45 What's New. " 90 Boake Carter. 9:15 Woman's Side of the News. ' 930 Buyer's Parade. , V 9:45 Curtain Calls. 100 News. 10:15 Knox. 1030 This and That, f 110 Cedrie Foster. - i 11:15 Bill Hay Reads the Bible. 1130 Concert Gems. . 11 :45 Rose Room, . 120 Concert. 1230 News. 13:45 On the Farm Front. 10 Wayne Taylor. - -' 1 30Nobodys ? Children. 20 Sheelah Carter. 2:15 Texas Rangers. 3:45 News. v. 3:15 Wartime Women, - 3 :45 Stars of Today, - - 40 Fulton Lewis. 4:19 Salon Swing. , 430 Johnson Family. , . 4.-45 News 5:15 Superman. 8:45 Norman Nesbltt 69 Gabriel Heatter. r 6:15 Movie Parade 630 Flying High. , 70 Paul Sullivan. 7:15 Accordion and Gutter. 730 Lone Ranger. 80 This is Our Enemy. 830 Double or. Nothing, 90 News. 9:15 Sal ate to Heroes. -930 General Barrows. , 9-45 Fulton Lewis, Jr. - 109 Wings Over the West Coast. M 30 News. 105 Music- . 110 Shady VMF Folks. KEX BN MONDAY 1199 Ke, 69 We're TJpToo. ' 6:15 NsUonal Farm and Hosae, - 6-45 Western Agriculture 70 Smilin Ed McConneU. 7 AS Home Denonstratton Agent 7J5 Music of Vienna, . 730 News. ' - 80 Breakfast Club 90 Meet Your Neighbor. . 930 Breakfast at Sardl'a. 100 Baukhage TaJcing-. , 10:15 Gospel Sinrer. 1030 Andy end. Virginia. 10:45 Funny Money Man. 11 0 Woman's World. H AS Great Moments in History. Am A 1130 Music 11:45 Your Hollywood News. 120 Songs by Morton Downey. 12:19 News Headlines and Highlights 13:45 News. . ' i 10 Blue Newsroom Review. 20 What's Doing. Ladies, 230 Uncle Sam. 3:45 NovaUme. 235 Labor News. 30 Steve MerrUL 3:15 Kneass with the News. 330 Club MaUnee. 40 My True Story. 430 News. 4:45 The Sea Hound. . , 80 Terry and the Pirates. 8:15 Dick Tracy. 830 Jack Armstrong. 5:45 Captain Midnight 60 Hop Harrigan. 6:15 News 935 Victor Borge. 630 Spotlight Bands. . . . 635 Little Known Facta. 70 Raymond Gram Swing.' 7:15 Grade Fields. 730 Music 80 News. 8:15 Lum and Abner. 830 For AU Humanity. . . . 8:45 Your Mayor Speaks. 90 True or Talae. . 930-r-News Headlines Ac Highlights. 9:45 Down Memory Lena. . 10:15 Music. 1030 The Fighting Coast Guard, i 19:45 Joseph James. Singer. 119 This Moving World. 11:15 Organ Concert. f 1130 War News Roundup. . KOIN CBS MONDAY 979 Ke, 90 Northwest Farm Reporter. 6:19 Breakfast Bulletin. 930 Texas Rangei 6H5 KOIN Klock. 7:15 Wake Up News. 730 Dick Joy. News. 7:45 Nelson Pringle. News. 80 Consumer News. 8:15 Valiant Lady. 830 Stories America Loves. 8:45 Aunt Jenny. . - 90 Kate Smith Speaks. . 9:15 Big Sister. 930 Romance of Helen Trent 9:45 Our Gal Sunday. 100 Life Can Be Beautiful, ' 10:15 Ma Perkins. 1930 Vie and Sad. 19:45 The Goldbergs. 110 Young Dr. Malonc 11:15 Joyce Jordan. 1130 We Love and Learn. . 11:45 News. 12:15 News. Bob Anderson. .1230 William Winter. News. 12:45 Bachelor's Children. 10 Home Front Reporter. 130 Uncle Sam. 30 Newspaper of the Air. 330 This Life Is Mine. 30 Milton Charles. 3:15 Today at The Duncans. ' 3:45 News. , . 49 Raffles. 4:15 Sam Hayes: 430 Dorothy Allen. 90 Concert. - 9:15 Melody Matinee. " 930 Harry Flannery. . 845 News. - 835 CecU Brown. News. . 60 Radio Theatre. 70 Screen Guild Players. 730 Bkmdie '901 Love A Mystery. 9:15 Ceiling Unlimited. - 8:30 Gsy Nineties. 835 News. - : 90 John B Kennedy. 930 Vox Pop. 100 Five Star FlnaL 10:15 Wartime Women. . 1030 The World Today. ; . 1030 Air-Flo of the Air. 19.-45 Facts About the WAACs. 110 Music -: 1135 News, - I'-, Midnight to 6 am. Music and News. KGW NBC MONDAY 429 Ke. 40 Dawn PatroL , 835 Ibor News. ' 80 Everything Goes. 930 News. 9.55 Labor News. : 1 70 News. 7:15 News Headlines. 130 Reveille 1:45 Sam Hayes. : 90 Stars of Today. 9:15 News. - 9:45 David Ha rum. . 90 The CNeilla. V 9:19 Robert Arden. 9.-45 Kneass With the News. 100 Mirth and Madness, 190 Everything Goes. 10:45 Homekeeper's Calendar. 110 Light ot the World. 11:15 Lonely Women. - -1130 The Guiding Light. 115 Hymns of AD. Churchea. 120 Story of Mary Maxliaw . 12:15 Ma -Perkins, 1230 Pepper Young's Family. 11:45 Right to Happlneaa. 10 Backstage Wife. 1:15 Stella Dallas. 130 Lorenzo Jones. 1 IMS Young Widder Brown. 20 When a Girl Marries. 2:15 Portia Faces Life. . 230 Just Plain Bill. 3.45 Front Paiee FarrelL 30 Road f Life - 3:15 Vie and Sade. 330 snow vuiage. s -as Ind and 40 Dr. Kate. - ' 4:15 News of the World. - : 430 Frank Hemingway. - 4:45 The Personality Hour. . ; . 8:15 H. V. Kaltenborn. , 90 Eyea Aloft. 930 Dr. L-Q - ' 7 -00 Contented Hour. ; 730 Information Please, -90 Fred Waring In Pleasure Tune 9:19 Let's Be Frank. 9:30 Cavalcade of America. - 90 The Telephone Hour. 930 Hawthorne House. ' 100 News Flashes. .! ; 10:15 Your Home Town News. 1035 Labor News. 1030 Gardening lor Food. 110 Uncle Sana. 11:15 Hotel Biltmore Orchestra, i 1130 War News Koutxrup. 130-1 By FRANK MELONEY Chapter .1 Con tinned - Thir boy's eyes goggled as the pump clicked up to thirty gal lons. "Where you going, vthe North Pole?" vy...... . "Boston," Oulstopher auiswer- . ed. He started forward, and made a wide and complete turn, heading back, in the same direc tion from which he'd come. Hey!" the boy called after him, "that aint the way to Boston!" Some time later, he drove up to the Tru-Frend Tourist Cottages and Kennels. The giri was not . in sight, but Paul came out from one of the bungalows and start ed toward him, bis round face wreathed in smiles. "Boy, am I glad to see you . back!" he announced with can dor, "Havent changed your mind, have you?" be added with misgiving. "You've got a swell show prospect in GreteL" "I know it, m put her la the puppy sweepstakes, to see If she's got what it takes, and then hold her back until the big Paul nodded, satisfied. "Which will be about the first d e cent, break I've - had. - What do you ' want to do, take her along, or .do you want me to drop her off at your place?" "I came back for her." They .walked out to the ken nels together, and stood eying the gangling . tumbling mass of puppies. fYou had another faun here this morning -smaller than the; rest," Christopher observed. "That was . R o w e n a . She's gone." , ... ., ." v,.-; , - ' . .v "Say, you're not doing so bad ly. I'd count it a red letter day if my kennel ever sold two dogs within a couple of hours of each other.." ; ;; : .--,v .- -,.1. "; "I'm only selling one. I gave . the other pup away." '.; "You didn't have to do that She was. better than average." . "I didn't give- her away to be rid of her. I wanted to give her away." 'f . ;e He made no further explana tion. Christopher suggested that they go over to the house so he could write out a check. "Who was that girl who was here this morning?" he asked. - "That was Miss Ann Rivers." Christopher Wain gave undue attention to the date of his check. "What's today?' "The seventeenth.' "Known her long?"-,- "Who?" . r ' "Miss Rivers "Never saw her until last ' night" Paul lit a cigarette. "Her car got stuck In the storm down the road. ''And when she walked in here, she walked into plenty.; ' "Yes, I know,". Christopher, in- terrupted. "CongratuUtiofis! "If It hadn't been for. the way she jumped - in to help,". Paul ' continued, "the Doc says he'd have never pulled Carol through. I gave the dog to Miss . Rivers. She just happened to take a shine to the pup." Christopher repressed a smile. "She certainly did. We almost came to blows over the relative merits of her choice and mine." "She doesn't know beans about , Danes," Paul declared. ,'I found that out," said Chris topher. "By the way," he queried nonchalantly, "is she upstairs now?" - "No, she Just left" ,- Christopher had t ludden sense of let-down. He had count ed on .finding this Miss Rivers, seeing her, and talking to - her. V He gave the check to Paul, who f blew on it to dry M, and then 'laughed.:;!.. -'?; ; ' y "Look,' maybe you'd better sign The Safety Letters from Statesman Readers ABOUT PLNBALLS - J .To the Editor; ;. . So the ' pinball party, wasnt much of a success as far as the :; Ministerial association was con cerned. : Why sneer at the min- fsters , of ; Salem? , They are not . responsible for the good of Sa lem any more than are we, the other 'citizens No one of aver age intelligence needed to go to that meeting to know any more about pinball machines. The cit izens have already learned about these mechanical robbers. ' They could not be dignified by calling them gambling devices. " Here we are in the most dreadful war in world history: Drafting our men into the armed forces, asking them to lay down their lives if need be and then fixing these "recreational de vices" to rob' them of the Ujtle money we pay them for these .tremendous services, by putting these devices . in every p i ace these boys go for. diversion while on leave. Patriotic, isn't it? KOAC atONDAY SM Ke. 160 News. 19:18 The Horn en-iakers Hour. 110 School of the Air. 1130 Musae of Gilbert and Sullivan 130 News. -... ... . . . 13:15 Noon Tana Hour. 1 0 Muaic. - ' US War Commentary. 130 Variety Tune.- ' - 30 The Home Front - 330 Music, 30 News.-. 3:15 Treasury Star Parade. 330 Concert Ball. 40 Monitor News Roundup. 1 4:15 Walts Time. 430 Stories for Boys and Girls. 90 Oregon State Review. 90 It's Oregon's War. 9:15 News. . , '930 Evening Fsrm Hour. V ' 130 4H Clubs. --l 80 Music of the Masters. 8 30 Education. -" - . . 90 Calling All Teachers. '- 930-News. - i " t:45 Uncle - your name to this if you don't jnind- " j'! ; Christopher laughed, too. "Sor ry, I forgot! Say, where does Miss Rivers live?" lie was still holding the fountain pen, ready to write down the address of Ann when Paul looked suddenly blank. ;.. "Search me," said PauL T for got to ask her, and she forgot to tell ma. She said she was on her way to New York. . Christopher closed the foun tain pen and put it down on the :- table as a figure appeared in the doorway. Some legend swept into Chris " tophers mind an old blind woman. Otto tYeund's widow, knowing more about Danes than anyone in America ... There was a quality about her that brought him to his feet in de ference to something more com pelling than the accident of -' years., v . "It's Mr. Wain, Mom," Paul explained. , ,7. "My son was worried that you would . not come back," the old lady said. "My son worries too much," she added gently. "Last night he was afraid his wife would die. Today she just now asks me for her best lace night . gown "... . . Paul's feet carried him half way to the door, before he re membered his guest "Go on up to her,". Christopher encouraged him good naturedly. "IVe got : to be getting along anyway." But he had an absurd desire to linger, to make friends with this old lady.. It had seemed to him in that fleeting moment when her sightless eyes had rested up- on him, that she had stripped him of all the feverish impedi menta of his material being ... 1 Speed, gaiety, hobbies they were one and all escapes from a future which held for him no thing but loneliness. He was poor compared to Paul Freund, who at this moment probably didn't have enough money in the bank . to pay for bis wife's confine ment He took out his check book again. A hundred dollars payable to Baby Freund. He slipped It into the old lady's pocket;;- "This Is for the dog?" she queried gratefully. "Thank you. I will give it to my son." "No," said Christopher, "that's for the new granddaughter." He pressed her hand and was gone before she could thank him. It was Rowena's first trip In . a car and almost anything could have happened - but didn't Eventually, to Ann'e . profound relief, the Great Dane pup de cided to take a nap and made dogdom's three memorial circles . of the narrow space allotted her, widening her. orbit and crowding Ann- over against the window with each turn. Then she settled herself, stretching her big head comfortably across Ann's lap. Her jowls fluttered under the exhaling impetus of a great sigh. Her eyes closed. "That just makes it perfect for the driver,- Ann remarked, "If . I'd have known J. was going in for Danes I'd have bought me a trucks : She had already begun to have serious reservations about the whole thing. She tried to envi sion Rowena in her one room apartment and found herself faced with a constant procession of lamps, small tables and mis cellaneous pottery commuting to the repair shop. .. (To be continued) Valvei These boys need to buy insur- ' ance and our country needs war . bonds.- No money should be di verted to the pockets of pinball , racketeers, thus prolonging this war. When ; you . read ,in this morning's Statesman what has happened to the men who fought on Guadalcanal you will do any thing you can to have this war' over and done. When do the pinball people get metal' to make these ma chines? We do not have enough metal for defense so we are not making typewriters, alarm clocks, electrical household ap pliances and telephones any more. Were the pinball machines and metals stored instead of be ing put into scrap piles? Surely no citizen of this country would be so small and mean. Or would they? - Is It true that children accom panied by adults can play these machines, provided the adults pay for the fun? ( , One of the sponsors of the pin ball ordinance has established himself in residence in Portland. He has been coming back to Sa lem to council meetings for sev eral months. Is he still a mem- i ber of the Salem city council? ' How about his vote on this or dnance? - Many citizens would like to knowl the name of the man who wrote the ordinance nd the name of the pinball spe cialists who are panting to place . these machines. .. Let's keep such things out of mis or any other part of our country while we work on other far more Important problems. ' - - ELLEN PALT.IER, , M. 14th St, Salem, Oregon, t