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JlsCZIGOII STATUS L1II Cdrra.-Ortsau TTtsSae-fclaj T'sszs, Hay 13, i;i3 - V'v' v t 3 v s-XL THE STATESRIAN PUBUHING CO. ; . CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher . . i Member of The Associated Press .The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la this newspaper. State Highway . To the state highway should go the credit, la -our opinion, for the greatest benefit to Oregon during the present century. .Before its organ ization Oregon was definitely a backward state. Its two main lines of railroad failed to cover the state adequately. There were great areas distant from railheads, dependent on boat trans portation or wagon-train- or horsedrawn stage. The advent of the automobile 'which broke up power transportation into small units within, reach of individual ownership forced building of highways for them to rim on and this opened ' up the remote sections of the state, lifted towns . - and rural communities out of the mud, admitted visitors and resulted in a rapid and continuing development of the state. t ? v fv Oregon has been fortunate in that its highway department was well planned initially (after the short interval in which the state board of control served as the highway commission), and has had a continuity rarely interrupted.' The . department has been primarily one. of service, free from polities' and free from any scandal of corruption. The organization has attracted and held men of capacity, "especially in its engineer- ing division, and the fine job they have done in r this state has drawn national and even inter " national attention. rX : . z it,- '. ; j h : These comments are prompted in scanning the April issue of "American Highways' and studying its table of statistics. The comparison with Washington is of interest. In this state, out of total road mileage of 49,291 there are J 7,197 - miles in the state .system of which 6,833 miles are improved. Washington, a smaller but more . populous' state, ' has. out of its total mileage of '. Americans as fairly as they strive to depict other 49,699 miles 6,304 miles in the state system and peoples. 6,238 improved. The cost figures are not' shown ' but we know that our neighbors to the' north have had a great deal more money to spend on roads than we have. , " ! In this state the initial problem was to build surfaced roads as fast as possible to all sections, so our highway department went in for ma cadamroads with oil surfacing. We now) have 4,237 miles of this road of which only 937. are yet untreated. Washington, with more money to spend - and heavier traffic especially between cities in the Puget Sound district went in more for cement concrete roads, building 1,517 -miles with this material against 398 in Oregon. In the bituminous macadam class Oregon has 1,221 miles to Washington's 2,430, and in the bitum inous concrete class we have 667 miles to Wash ington's 1,517. Strong influences led to great use of concrete in Washington in preference to road oil. Oregon did a lot of pioneer work in ; application ; of road oil, which gave us good roads within the limit of funds at an earlier date. .. Hl . ' S.. i : - ! ; :; : ; The state of Washington did not issue bonds. Oregon did and is still paying on the bonds, but the investment was worth the interest cost, measured by results. Now we can take our road work more in stride, without the necessity of borrowing to build; J. , r The engineers could not have built the roads and bridges 'they ..did 'without having back of them able and ' far-sighted commissioners, al though improvements in motor vehicles far out ran the early imaginings. And the commission ers could not have developed the road program if they had not had public confidence, the back ing of broad-minded state leaders who' could look at the state as a whole rather than by fa vorite sections. Now the department is laying plans to resume its work of building and rebuilding when condi tions permit. . Community appeals are being re ceived and weighed; but decisions must be in the scale of values for the state as a whole. : And more attention will undoubtedly be. given to road economies:! planning the engineering and the location in terms of use-requirements rea sonably to be expected. The present interval affords an opportunity to do. planning on this basis, and not just on the urgency of appeasing clamorous communities. The Movies and the New World "For many; years," remarks Will H. Hays in one of the concluding paragraphs of his annual report to the Motion Picture Producers and Dis tributors of America. Ine, the work of this as sociation has earnestly concerned itself with the content of American films from the point of view of their world acceptance. We have sought to make certain that the films accurately and effectively portray the American ideal and spir it; and that, in" dealing with ; foreign peoples,' they shall fairly; portray the history, institu tions and citizenry of other lands." . By "we? Hays meant the association his of ficeand there is no disposition to question the statement. As for the product, the movies, it is known though not widely enough that the pro ducers have for the most part tried to live tip to the standard Hays sets, at least in the item of "dealing with foreign peoples,' but they have a bad reputation in that respect to. live down, and living down a reputation is always a strug : gle. On those occasions when they fail, as in the" series of Latin-America. : comedies which featured . Carmen Miranda,- the . bad publicity uw4c uuut lanvcu uicu autcs&IlU CIIOXTS. . When last there was peace, the movies de rived 35 Or 40' per cent of their total revenue from 'countries' outside the United States and Canada, though.70 per cent of this "foreign rev enue came from the British empire. So it paid, you see, to treat foreign peoples fairly- not to 'mention gently.' X- ?XX .J; ';Xr X c :;X . I ; - J'; f ; .. As for the movies' success In "mmW mnA effectively portraying the American ideal and spirit," it must have been considerable, regard less of anyone's private doubts. For Hays points out that "the German government declared war on the American film industry long before Sep tember, 1939. From the beginning of totalitar ianism in Europe, the dictatorships sought to . eliminate, first at home and- then elsewhere, the American film precisely because it was so potent a force operating a gainst the inhuman system they were willing to use force to im pose. -" -X Xl V'' X "'r. '"J -.-,":'fJ-. XXX The dictators' war against the American film "No Favor Sway Ut; No Fear Shall Awe, rrom JTnt SUtesnuO, March 28, 183 X wascarried on through the medium of the In ternational Film Chamber,. which operates in. : most continental European countries and Japan : and is controlled by Germany both through ma . jority vote and a monopoly on certain supplies i and equipment. This powerful agency has con stantly endeavored to freeze American movies out, but without complete success except in the ' . axis and occupied countries, occupied France ; and until recently, French North Africa-HHow-ever, shipment of films to Switzerland has been impossible. 'I Upon reflection, one doesn't quarrel with the notion that American movies portray the spirit ! of a free people. One does quarrel occasionally or of tener with the results. From the films, for eigners get the notion that we are indolent, ir responsible and immoral. This flaw, probably, is inherent in a more fundamental flaw the rather low standard of story material. Writers "gone Hollywood" prefer, or find it easier, to portray that sort of characters and that phase of American life. But Hays reports that pictures of a higher type- he lists more than thirty which were current last year are gaining in box office - appeal. . - -- - .. y :i-X - ' ; ;'. fi; e; So Hollywood may be encouraged to turn out a type of pictures which will reflect American life accurately and fairly. For the sake of inter national good will, as well as for the sake of the long-suffering domestic movie-goer let's hope so. As Wendell . Willkie learned in his globe girdling tour, American films have made a deep ;.. impression everywhere. Deliberately: striving for propaganda effect would ruin them But it does seem reasonable to 'hope, they'll depict - The government, which built 5386 row houses for war workers in Vancouver, now finds it has to furnish the houses. The workers, who come by train, bus, or private car without much more than a toothbrush, if any, can't furnish the houses allotted to them. Now they will get to move into quarters furnished with coal ranges with hot water" coils, coal heaters, ice boxes, beds, springs, mattresses, ' chests, lamps, studio couches, occasional chairs, desks, dinette sets, mirrors and wastebaskets. The tenants have to supply their own dishes, cooking utensils, linen and rugs: but this they should be able to do on . the wages they draw. A good many of these families will find it hard to endure so much prosperity acquired so suddenly. News Behind The News By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, May 25 The existence of a pop ular following eagerly intent on electing Mr. Wen "dell Willkie president next year has been disclosed to me in reader mail reaction to my critical com ' - n 1 mm i m i i m mim scanm -. enthusiasm matched only by new dealers in denouncing their adversaries. . It is anti-Roosevelt, but apparently espouses the Roosevelt courses In general on the primary Inter national issues of the day, the issues which are likely to continue to be foremost on the next elec tion day. " : " v-- - ' :; h- ' From these anomalies, it is evident that it is a purely personal movement Mr. Willkie is a some-, what dramatic figure who gets more attention in , the press and elsewhere than any other, political figure except Mr. Roosevelt. X V '"'"u M The idea behind it is that Mr, Willkie be pro Roosevelt internationally- and anti-Roosevelt do mestically, and thus set out to beat Roosevelt for the fourth term. - .-s -. But the scope of other republicans whom they de nounce cast serious practical doubts upon their ability to nominate Mr. Willkie in any truly repub lican gathering. They are against everyone else except possibly Governor Stassen, of Minnesota, and they are not so sure of Stassen since his criti cal review of "One World" In the New York times. They are against most all the republican senators and representatives .and governors elected in the republican victory last November because they are against Willkie. :" v; ' This has caused a split In the party which no longer can be hidden, but the split can hardly be said to be in Wfllkie's favor. The other leaders frankly suggest Willkie is not a republican, and should run on the democratic ticket. One even has said he is "Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt put together." The obvious gainer is Mr. Roosevelt, whom the WOJkie following most dislikes. The president is thus able to cut into the republican party on the leading issues of the day (domestic issues are hard- ly being mentioned by anyone.) - - Although Mr. Willkie's nomination as a republic can candidate thus seems impossible in view of bis opposition within, the situation seems' to present possibilities of a third party a Willkie party which would split the anti-Roosevelt vote. Some republi can leaders already profess to expect it -They' are pointing to an answer he made in a Look magazine questionnaire recently in which he seemed to place men and ideas above party. But his friends have passed word around in the middle westunofficially, of course that he will support whomever is nominated at the next republican con- ' vention. '::V :y " fv-; ?r.;v . This, then, is the practical political basis of a -. peculiar situation, which already has begun to surge upon 1944 prospects. It is much too early to go into the ideological angles, because neither Mr. Roose velt nor Mr. Willkie has taken a positive stand about post-war, but both have merely been playing around with hinted suggestions or generalities for --public debate. .,? - : : ' . - v-, -r - Neither, has proposed a plan. When they do, the policy lines may be more clearly drawn. - But the sum total of the situation to date suggests Mr. Wmkie's exceptionally earnest followers stand very little chance even to nominate, much less to elect him, but that they might aid materially in re electing Mr. Roosevelt for a fourth term. rafea man ments concerning his "one world" Ideas. ... :l ry iy--'. ' It seems particularly strong in New England and the east, is somewhat "young republican, and considerably feminine. The political basis upon which It rests is interesting and signifi cant to our confused times. : It Is republican, but it denounces practically all the other leaders of the republican party with an KSLM-.WEDNESDAT-4.Slt MM, T: fw la Brif t5 Ria V- fcbia . 730 New - t as Morning Moods. S.-OO Stn Kenton's Orchestra 01 News Brevities SS Tango Time ; ' " Pastor's Call . 15 Uncle Sam. - 9 JSO Popular Musi - t :45 Round-up. 10:00 World tn Berlew : J8s A Song and a Dance . 10:3 Music . lias WUtemette XJ Chapel - 1S.-00 Orsanalittes 1J:15 New Jlo HOibilly Serenade US Matinee. l.-OO Orcaestra. - 1 :15 Ml HaUrfa Orchestra . , lao MOadya Melodiea. , J as Spotlight on Rhytonv I a Isle of Paradise BUS US Marines , S as Broadway Band Wagon S.-O0 KSLM Concert Hour - " 40 The Aristocrats 4a$ News ; 430 Tea tune Tunes S.-00 FeliprGU St loss Karsrrs . ta Let's Reminisce -' S:30 Melodies. i .-00 Tonight's Headlines 4:15 War News Commentary . - do Evening Serenade . as Popular Must : f 0 News T3 . Ja Burnett. Kerstone Kara van. T:4S Governor SneU.' AO War Fronts la Rcriew S:10 Interlude SUS Hollywood Round-up. , S0 Treasury Star Parade -. sas Three Sleepy Heads. - AO News SUS Russian Belief. S -JO South American Salute. 100 Serenade. 10 JO News , KALC MBS WEDNESOAT I Jit K. as Uncle Sam. - 1 AO Around the Clock.' - 7:1 J Texas Bangers. ... tao Memory Timekeeper - :: Cheer Up Gang. - . 30 News . - -' ' ' as What's New SAO Boake Carter :15 The Woman's Side mt the News JO Navy School of Music 10AO News , : ' 10:15 Curtain Calls 10-J0 This and That ' . '11 AO Buyer's Parade: " 11:15 Bill Hay Reads tn Bible , mo Concert Gems 12 AO Concert. 12:30 News. 12:45 On th Farm Front. ' 1 AO New. 1 JO Music. : SAO Sheelah Carter 2:15 Texas Rangers ' , ; S 30 AU Star Dance Parade. : 3:45 Pat Neal & the Newt : 3:00 Phillip Keyne-Gordon . 3 US WarUm Womea ; 320 Hello Again 3:45 Stars of Today ; " 4 AO Fulton Lewis. 4:15 Swing. 4JO Johnson Family. 4:45 News. SAO Concert, 5:15 Superman ' 530 Hi-way PatroL :45 Norman Nesbitt AO Gabriel Heatter 4:15 Movie Parade 30 Soldiers With Wings. -T AO John B. Hughes - . 7:15 Music for Moderns r -70 Lone Banger AO Take A Card. ' ' - s ' 30 Sherlock Holmes. V A , AO News 9:15 Today's Top Tunes v 930 General Barrows. 9:45 Fulton lwis. -10 AO Merle Pitt. - . - - -10:15 Treasury Star Pared -1030 News . . The Safety Valve - Letters from Statesman Readers FIERCE OK JAPS of land ownership to any other aay iiear nor. Junior ana t'uaw Ex-Governor: , , " I read-with interest your col umn about my ' speech, before Salem Rotary, ,on the Japanese. I. thank you for the opportunity to place my reply before those -who have read - your ; column. Discussion of this subject of dis posal of the Japanese after the " war is most timely. It Is a mat . ter of deep concern to the thoughtful citizens of the whole .nation, and Is of transcendent Importance to the Pacific north west and the coast, which faces Japan. This is the most serious threat in .our history f and, lt comes from an aggressive, mili taristic nation. Arguing before the supreme court, recently, US Solicitor-General Fahey said "Japan . . . intended to conquer the United States. There is no doubt about that and Japan still intends to conquer us," He told the court that Japanese on the Pacific coast lived in colonies and had not been assimilated; that ten thousand youths had been sent to Japan for education a proportion not, reached by any other racial group. The let ter from the gentle young Jap anese girl was appealing, but she - can have no influence on her na tion, which, under its doctrine of dual citizenship, will always claim her fealty. They are ene mies in our midst; this war Is just a dress rehearsal, a sortie for supplies.. We are now up against the question as to which race will dominate this beautiful section. If you would talk with the best citizens of Hood River county, where they know this situation. Intimately, you would learn that it Is not the "rabbled which Is roused. That designation rab- -ble rouser" which you give me Is a compliment, as it was ap plied to Sam Adams and Patrick Hemyt 1 and to scores of others who have aroused citizens by their appeals to Americans when they had fears for their country. ; It is a privilege. In my old age, to endeavor to stir men to action In the face of Japanese penetra- -tion of the United States during the past 40 years, and the state ' ments of .their government as to future plans. " - - While we rejoice over our ' costly victory on Attu, we must mourn over our defeat in Mal heur county, Oregon. In the midst of this bloody war, Japa- ' nese agents have bought ten thousand acres, so it Is estimat ed, of most fertile sugar-beet land which was Irrigated by our overnment at a cost of 18 million dollars, on the plea that Ameri can farmers needed more land. Was any other government, at any other time. ; so criminal! v- negligent as to allow the sale of its very soil ta people of an ene my nation, set out to conquer them and killing its youth? Ja pan does not give the privilege Qfiu'anuDO . Next Cay's programs appear mm comics page,--,--.- 18:45 Music. 11 AO Shady Valley Folks. KEX BN WEDNESDAY. Ill K . SAO We're Up Too. . US National Farm and Horns 1 as Western Agriculture -- 7 AO SmUia' Ed M'.ConneU T AS Home Demonstrstioa Agc&t . 7J5 Music -of Vienna. -' 730 News.. - 7:45 Gen and Glenn. , AO Breakfast Club AO Meet Your Neighbor. :15 Music. 30 Breakfast at Sardl's 1SA0 Baukhage Talkins 14:15 Tit Gospel Slncer. . ' 1030 Andy and -Virginia. 10 a Funny Money Man. .11 AO Woman's World. . ' llOS Selene Byways . j 1 1 as Your Hollywood News. " 1 1 30 Lawson's Knights. ' : 12:15 News. - -- - 1330 JUvestock Reporter. , , isas News v , 1 AO Blu Newsroom. r S AO What's Doing, Ladles. i S 30 Unci Sam. ' 1:55 Labor News , - SAO Music. 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AO Kate Smith Speaks :15 Big Sister 930 Romance of Relea Trent 9:45 Our Gal Sunday 19 AO Lit Can B Beautiful -leas Ma Perkins 1030 Vie and Sade .10 .-45 Th Gotdbers ' 11 AO Young Dr. Makme ' 11:15 Joyc Jordan . 1130 w Love and Learn lias News . , 12:15 News - ' -'-: ? - v-----1230 William Winter. News 12:45 Bachelor's Children -1A0 Horn Front Reporter. ' 130 Unci Sam. SAO Newspaper of the Ait 330 This Life Is Mine. ' 3.00 Treasury House. . 330 Keep Working. Keep Singing. America : 3:45 News -. I 4 AO Raffles. -- 4:15 Sam Hayes 430 Easy Aces - 4 :45 Tracer of Lost Persons 530 Harry F tannery , 5:45 News - 35 CecU som nationals. Australia -and .New Zealand forbid residence to the Japanese and they are willing to light to keep their country free, just, as our army is doing. Why should 'citizens iag behind the lines? The man who makes the first sale to Japanese is foully unpatriotic, as he creates a Japa nese settlement in which Amer icans cannot live and rear fami lies. The first sale imperils oth er land-holders and they have no alternative but to selL The: neighborhood sinks '. to the Japa nese level and becomes an out post for penetration. It Is not true that white labor cannot raise sugar Deets. ll is a ques tion of fair division of the huge profits between the sugar-barons and the producers. We brought negroes to America for - cheap labor and we have one difficult race problem. Greed should nev er again be allowed to saddle our 1 country with undesirables be--cause they furnish cheap labor. Oriental and Occidental cannot live together. Shall we surren der to Asiatics the country which has been won with so much sac- -rifice and is the finest flower of white civilization? In 20 years, the Japanese have , acquired 40 pef cent of the best ' pear ancLappIe lands of the Hood River valley, largely through evasion of our land laws. Thirty c five per cent of the profits this ' year are credited to the Bank of Yokohama, to be paid, after the war, to those we are now sup- porting in concentration centers. I am told that they own 60 per cent of the best Wen a tehee fruit land, and it Is not being sold. . - . You point to Japanese accom plishment - at ' Tbish. When I ; was governor, this was called "Little Tokyo ! White farmers : from the south would' 1 do ' the 1 same and leave no problem. The ' white -' race has pioneered this land,' leveling all barriers In Its. 3000 mile path, lib md with ; schools, churches, hospitals 'and ! ., American homes.; Our dviliza-. tion has developed alone - lines which wCl always be foreign to the Japanese. Our people are not ' the kind who sink hospital ships and execute prisoners of war. The Oregonion editorially called ' them" "debased . barbarians, just 'yesterday. It Is not only the yel- : low skin and the slant eyes, but -It is the ruthless nature, the cruel v heart,' their traditions which take the place of religion, their meth : ods of .living, dual citizenship, : and their aggressive nation nil these factors point to the desira bility of carrying out the mis sionary enterprise among them -in their own land, if they will al low it. , - ; You speak of after-war busi ness 'with Japan. Business will ' be possible without the shameful appeasement which kept scrap- !ul p- to iron moving from Portland Japan right up to December T, business Was prof- 1941. That AO Winner of thsTowaw . S3 Milton Berl. 7 AO Great Moments In Musi 730 Timber. , . AO 1 Love e Mystery. ' - :1S Harry James Orchestra 30 Dr. Christian 835 New - ' - : ... AO Sammy Kay Orchestra 30 Northwest Neighbors' s 10 AO Five Star Final 10:15 WartJm Womea 100 The World Today. . 1030 Air-Flo of th Air. 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' : Was Riant to Happiness ' - 1A0 Backstag Wif .... 1:15 Stella Dallas 130 Lorenzo Jones 1:45 Young Widder Brown : 2 AO When a Girl Marries -2:15 Portia Faces Life . 230 Just Plain Bill -2:45 Front Page FarrH 3 AO Road ot Ufa . 3:15 Vie and Sad 330 Snow Village 3:45 Judy and Jane 4:00 Dr. Kate. - - . 4:15 New of the World 430 Frank Hemingway. - . 4 :45 Th Personality Hour..' 8:15 H. V. Kaltenbora . 5 30 Allan Sbeppard. as By the Way . - " AO Eddie Cantor S30 Mr. District Attorney 7 AO Kay Kyser's Kolleg ' AO Fred Waring In Pleasure Time :15 Fleetwood Lswton 30 Tommy Dorsey Orchestra AO Point Sublime 30 Scramby Amby. 10A0 News Flashes. 19:15 Your Home Town News. 1030 Gardening for Food 10aS Uncle Sam 11:15 Biltmor Hotel Orchestra 1130 War News Roundup- 12 AO-3 Swing Shift KOAC WEDNESDAY 559 Ks. 10. W News - 10:15 The Home makers Hour. 11 AO School of th Air -1130 Music of th Masters 12 AO News 12:15 Noon Farm Hour , 1 AO Artists in Recital. . 1:15 Today's War Commentary 120 Variety Tim 2 AO Red Cross. 230 Memory Book of Musis SAO News ... m . . 3:15 Concert HalL 4 AO Book of th Week. 4:15 Plantation Revival ' 430 Stories for Boys and Girls SAO Swing 5 as On th Campuses 530 Evening Vespers ; , 5:45 It's Oregon War " :15 News 5 30 Evening Farm Hour 730 Music 30 News 9:45 Unci Sam itable, but it exacted a fearful toll from American youth. There are things more important than business, as ' our business men and farmers have conceded, In their cooperation to win the ' wan Other nations have learned how to do business with the v Orient without granting insolent demands. I would preserve the flow of trade and International .relations, . while keeping . our country free from colonization. The alien Japanese must : go I back to Japan. If necessary, we must amend our constitution so that the accident of . birth will not give American citizenship to those whose parents are not eli gible to - citizenship through na turalization. . WALTER M. PIERCE. Editor's Note Former Gover nor Pierce confuses indiscrimin ately Japanese living in 'Japan under its political system, its military caste, and its , culture with "Japanese-Americans living in the United State, educated in American schpols, reading Amer ican papers and books, listening to the American radio and seeing American movies. These people are in - process of becoming as rapidly and thoroughly Ameri- . canized as other immigrant with divergent race or language roots. Jap cruelty and rapacity are not genetic. There Is no need to visit on Japanese-Americans of assured loyalty to this country the ' punishment which " surely must be meted out to the war lords of Japan. To invoke It Is to deal in blind prejudice and unwarranted hatred. The most recent raster f j i9 released ty tie Treasury Depart ment is the work ef John AtLcrtcn, notes! painter and ilhrstrator whose earlier "Boy a Share ia America.' u a tHt inn i- ,, New Yrk Ilasenm of Modern Art's rosier competition. His latest postsr, shown shove, depicts Bxricl Chester French's faraens sUtaa cf tie r.Iiia Kan cf Concord arJL Leriartra. rw Alicrtca'a CLillacJIsa ia t cih ccxoacrciil Castratlag and surrealist PXtlS;, ' " . V.S.Trnrytef.rtmt n By FRANK I.IELOITEY Chapter It Continued . Ann nodded. -I think 111 call her Rowdy for short It fits her, I wonder what she thinks she sees?" .;, -:,.': , ;v For answer Rowdy gave a low growl, and "a moment later gray kitten dashed out from the shrubbery followed by a snarling shepherd mongreL In two bounds the stray dog had the kitten with in Its grasp, and a thin needle like scream pierced the air. Stop! X You .brut ej." Ann shrieked. : .-. The 1 mongrel stopped, but- It was not Ann's call that caused her to drop the kitten; It was Rowdy's, menacing approach, , with Gretel close behind her. The kitten scurried back into , the bushes, limping? m little. The : mongrel, no longer interested, let it go. Ruff bristling, ears back, she stood ready for the Danes. But they remained motionless, controlled by some ancient dog law .that commanded : them to wait for the intruder to declare, his postion and call the game. "I don't like the looks of that tableau," Christopher remarked. "Here Rowdy! Here Gretel! Come ? back!" - . - ..... ,- - - - e ... . The Danes did not move, seem- - ing to indicate that they would - behave themselves, but it was too much to ask them to turn their backs on . a marauder. Growling the mongrel circled toward them, fangs bared. Christopher waited no long er. "That type of shepherd's a bad customer," he announced. "We better get the pups out of this. It has the makings ot a fight" I r.-;.; . Before he could reach them, - however, the mongrel had cir cled to Gretel's flank. But even -nine months of Great Dane rep- ; resents a mass of bone and flesh not easily bowled over. Gret el leaped ( sideways In defense, a livid crimson line appearing on her shoulder. She. uttered a cry of surprise, for this was her first fight The cry acted as a., trigger of release to Rowdy. She charged In. At once the three an imals were a whirling mass pjt hide and fur and gleaming teeth, , and the sound-of battle , broke across the peaceful valley. ; ; Ann's mind spun in panic. A . broom! A pail of water! Am- ; mania! But who ever had all those things at hand when a dog fight started? She raced forward. "Stay where you are!" Chris topher snapped, putting out an ' arm to hold her. TJo you think Tm going to let my dog be chewed to pieces?" she shouted. ' ' ; ; '.; ";. He didn't bother to answer ' but thrust a foot before her, and pushed her. 'She came Into ab- . rupt contact with the ground. She scrambled to her feet again . but by this time there was a long gray-flanneled figure In the Today's Garden By UXXJE L. MADSEN Mrs. H. D. O. asks about the blanket flower. Says she saw one in her neighbor's garden last year and would like a little more information concerning it ' Answer; The blanket flower Is the gaOlardia. There are both ' annual and perennial varieties.' They are excellent for beds and borders and serve very nicely as cutting Cowers. They should be sowed , where they are to . bloom this refers to the annual varieties.! They range in color ; from yellow to deep red flowers. Mrs. C, M. wants Information ' concerning a plant which she de- scribes in some detail. Answer: I am of .the opinion - that she 1 refers to the Chinese lantern plant (Physalis). It is an interesting and , rather odd plant It grows about two feet tail, has inconspicuous white flowers, followed by large bright orange - ' scarlet lantern - like fruits which are good for winter bouquets. It likes a sunny po sition and a well drained gar den soil. Does not need an over ly rich son. - T i wj y w whirling blur of odgs. She saw him grasp Rowdy by th legs . ana xung ner. xnea ne scparaiea Gretel and the : mongreL The " fight was over. .' Ann's knees gaveway with re lief. He's got all the nerve in the world,, she thought " And then the next "Instant the shepherd sliDDed from his' grasp, and sprang at him. He tried to -ward off the attack with his hand. The vicious- teeth closed down on ft White skin became red; the world turned black before Ann's eyes. She grabbed a stick from the ground, and somehow .her legs carried her toward him. But a blur of brindle lightning ; passed her. There' was no' sound from Rowdy, no threats, no declara tion of intention simply a hun dred pounds of dog became an- " imate projectile. The art of ca nine warfare was suddenly hers, and some primitive instinct pointed out her adversary's vul nerable spot Rowdy's teeth closed on the mongrel's throat There followed a single mo ment when all action seemed to have been frozen In time. The mongrel loosed . Christopher's hand and there was fear and ag ony in its yelping. Rowdy clung ' pitilessly, to her victim until the shepherd fell writhing to the .ground and lay still, utterly still. The Dane stepped back and. ' looked at the two human be ings who had entered her life. She seemed to know that she had committed a breach of dog's contract with man Thou Shalt Not Kill. Her tail drooped be tween her legs and she crawled at their feet as if awaiting sen- . tence. ; , . ' - : Ann shuddered, at the lifeless form of the mongrel, but the sight of Christopher standing be side her filled her heart with gratitude as she patted the dog's head. "All right girl." f ' (To be continued) (Continued from Page 1) report of a committee of the As- sociation of American Colleges, ' just published. It points out that & men and women returning to college from the ; war . will be of varying aes, varying ex periences and varying emotional attitudes. . It recommends changed standards of admission, based on aptitude and achieve- i ment tests. It also recommends radical change in the methods of -X- instruction, away from the f or- ; mal lecture, slavery to textbooks, ;' and- conventional examinations and cbmnrehensive examination. ' and recommends , a large meas- " ure of individual counselling of these students to assist them in X readjustment to civilian life and ; proper vocational placement . - Here then is something which ' calls for immediate attention by . each institution: How can this Institution adapt its procedures . and-its instruction to render the best service; to students when the war ends? Third, reexamination of the fundamentals of college educa- tion. Now surely Is a good time to do an "engineering" job on the college curriculum, culling , out the deadwood, framing the whole course of study for the proper intellectual and moral equipment of the educated man and woman of tomorrow. - ' Perhaps -as never before is there recognition ot the value of IiKamI 4 4-fiSt siiiiiniitii i in and women "to live together In families, in communities and in nations In reasonable comfort. ' and happiness. Education In spe- ; !' cialized techniques for the me- ' ; chanics of living must be supple mented by the broader Intellec tual training which attends to the problems of human relation ships. . It i pertinent to quote -here a recent statement from the Corporation of Yale university: "The Corporation wishes to impress upon Yale graduates -and upon the general public the danger of the impoverishment of the nation's mind and soul, should the less tangible values of our culture be a 1 1 o w e d to shrivel while our energies are devoted to the task of winning a war to maintain them. Of what worth is freedom from want if our minds be on a lower intellec tual level; or freedom from fear if we have a less cultured life to : defend; or freedom of speech if we have poorer thoughts to ex press; or freedom of religion if we bring a less enlightened faith to the worship of God?" When war -ends, the states men and the politicians, the jour nalists and the teachers, the cler gy, the philosophers and the art ists will take over where the ad mirals and generals leave off. And the duty of equipping these men and women for political and social leadership will fall largely on the colleges. Now is the time for their preparation. If college heads think only In terms of re suming "business as usual" they : Will forfeit a truly great oppor tunity for playing a part in na tional and world reconstruction. fflr fflJLfflEDS TJtD ijTh