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Tli OHEGCN STATESMAN. Salexa, Oregon. Sunday Morning, June 23. 1313
Australian
Poet Writes
War Epitaph
By AMY PORTER
NEW YORK-CA5)- Poet .K
Thwaites. 27. lieutenant i
British navy, and winner xf the
Kick's medal for poetry in 1939,
suggests as an epitaph lor a new
army:
'" "No drains they wished.
-: 'whose th our his were tied
To rirls and Jobs and mother.
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killed and died
Because they saw no other,
Who died without the hero's
throb
And if they trembled.' hid K,
s Who did not fancy mach their
Job.
But theaght it best, and did
it."
Thwaites, a gentle, modest
seeming Australian, won the
King's medal with his lone poem,
"Milton Blind,'! written while he
was at Oxford on a Rhodes schol
arship.
He joined the navy immediately
after England declarer war; and
has been under fire often in the
'course ox convoy duty in every
clanger zone in the Atlantic. He
knows how men feel about war,
and he said, "I try to translate
these feelings into poetry.
" The "epitaph" is one of a group
of short ' pieces included in his
book ?The "Jervis Bay and Other
Poems,' published In New York,
but the outstanding work in the
collection is the title poem, which
tells of ; the stout fight the con
verted merchant ship "Jervis Bay"
put up before she was mortally
wounded, and sunk, early in the
war. ' - " ' ;
"- Religion Is mentioned rather
frequently in Thwaites' work.
"I think the ' war has opened
we way ior a -return to reli
gion, be said, "it has. made us
realize our shortcomings.'
Thwaiies wife, an Australian
girl, lives near Chester, England,
with their infant son Roland,
whom Thwaites has never seen.
Another son died shortly after
birth. ' - r
Mrs. Zeller
Will Attend
Convention
"i,s- euer. xiv putni
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Church street, Salem, Oregon, will
attend the War Service conference
of the American Osteopathic asso
ciation to be neld July 16 to 20
in Detroit. Michigan. V
' The conference will discuss new
and increased public health prob
lems of wartime, including civil-
lan rehabilitation and physical fit-1
ne .for ' eort. Industrial
w UWv wge ana i
so on.
The sessions will also include
refresher courses for doctors in
such things as war and tropical
medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics
ana wartime and industrial sur
gery. Several osteopathic allied
societies and specialists' boards
wil meet during and just prior to
xne mam assembly.
Northern Oil
Fields Open
WASHINGTON. June la
BcKael
in the
An oil field less than iM 'X'P.a
belbw the arctic circle in north
west territory will help supply
gasoline and fuel oil needs of the
army and navy and Alaska and
Canada.
The war department disclosed
this Saturday, breaking a silence
niuui wis lurrounaea. wmtr'ftn
fillip - . a .
the field since its incentior, .
ago., " j
The department said a pipeline
wiu move tne ou from the Nor
man Wells field near Fort Norman
some 600 miles westward to a re
finery at Whitehorse on the Alas
ka rughway. There it will be con
Verted Into gasoline of high octane
content lor airplanes operating out
ox Aiasaan oases and Into fuel oil
for naval craft in the Alaskan
irea.
Eyangelist Speaks
UNIONVAIJE Rev. W. C.
Graves of :; Las Angeles, Calu
evangelist who has been on a sea
son tour, ehroute home was guest
speaxer at the Union vale mid
week services here Wednesday.
His subject - was "Christians and
Mountain Climbing." Next week
he will go east to start his annual
circuit holding revival meetings.
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Distress
Tike need If yea, llxe oo many
women nd girls, lure m or any on
or thma symptoms: Do you on mwAk
fUys suffer cramps, headaches, back
aciin, weak, nervous feelings. (Ustrecs
of lrrrrularUe". pericxls of tbo
fchies -out V Xunc Usual soonthlr
linun mzt mt owes tiy Zdls K.
PUUUiam's Vesretat0 CompounaV
Ui best tnoa medietas yon can
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riot only to relieve monthly pala
-Ut x aofnpannr weak, netw
jous tCr.- cr this nature. This laJ
ftecUM cx it soothing- select on
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Present Boy Scoots are helping an
the home front; former acoats
are la the armed services. Many
of the boys who manned the
Sea Scent Ship 'Willamette
'here fear years ago are now la
the navy and others are headed
that way. They obtained excel
lent training through Sea Scant
activities. Those In the closenp
are, from the left, Don Brlggs,
Bob Bartges aad':--BIiltonAfe-
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Boys in short vtants disannearinp a rrns th m nt tiiii
I daily-good -deed youths helping a
cross a busy street such, are the
hj mention of Boy Scoots. There fe a newer, more timely picture:
Boy Scouts as Junior war-winners doin
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Scouts of Salem have salva?ed
everythlxig from rubber boot
stratis in Aluminum en-nftmAntai
and nave gathered so much scran
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paper with the rest of their Am
erican Boy Scouts that the WPH
begged them to call a halt to their
magnificent job. The job done by
the scouts gave more paper, to
government' agencies for neces
sary .communications, and to the
newspapers which build morale
with -facts.
According to statistics sent ! to
national scout headquarters from
the scout I executive's office here
in satem. thousands of scrvip.
men have borrowed books cath
ered by Salem scouts from ships
libraries. Others have lain in slit
trendhea- In New Guinea or north
Africa, reading late novels thnt
might have been stored in Salem
attics were it not for the scouts.
&tui others are browsing through
SUCh books in USO lihnriM
Boston -and. Iceland. All of iw
means more books for better sol
dier morale.
Accurate statistics on other eat
vage work done by scouts of this
-UK-1?? at to national scout
00,000 pounds: tin cans. 20nfl
pounds, and scrap rubber, 5000
Pounds. : This ' aalvaffnT
combined with an equal part Of
new products will make five jeeps,
60 caterpillar treads or General
Grant tanks and enouirh
pack voyage supplies for a ten-
j. . . .
V aestroyer cruise. Scouts are
winning the war by salvaging the
was u: xor me T'ght.
In the. Salem district sa
neoat VKtorv cardena r f.
prodncUaa. 15 emerrenev nntt
for the office of civilian defense
nave feeea establiahedV 7t mes
sengers are distribatinr nwi
Posters and 25 airplane spotters
are seeptar wlllamett
skies friendly. ;
uiuoaii or in nffiM
information have had the Bov
wh ox America recnsterei
omaai government messmnm
wno wul tils tribute vital war
posters to business stablishmnt
Alter their first official act
government messen?enL
the Salem district received a let
ter Of tnanW from OWT imkHm
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Residents of Salem nHii rmani.
bee, the cooDeratlon ; rt mi iwi
patriotic organizations on . Taf
nay oy the scouts who gave a
Frcra
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oecaKs. Taltea regTilmrly flnkiiam's
Compound belps build up resistance :
aalast soch symptoms. Thousands
upoa thoussads of women bay rs-'
ported bwieflt. " - t
Lydia riakHam's Compound Is al
so a. Cm atomacblo tonic I Oet a
bottle ri"fct away from your drug- -gist.
Fouawnabat tLrccUons.
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blind man or an elderly woman
rjfe4irr
. o ""' j uu.a.j , uuc
two minute review of the lives
of men who set up a provisional
government for Oregon at Cham
poeg in . 1843. Scouts have also
taken part in the Memorial day
parade and the Oregon Trail Cen
tennial" program, j;
Activities of the scouts whether
they are the morale building type,
such as the Flag day program, or
the real war whining kind, such
as, salvage campaigns, are always
more good to the Salem district
than they seem at a glance.
When scouts are performing
their war duties they aid their
country, cost the district i6.$ for
their year's activities and have
99 chances out of a 100 to become
good citizens. Boys in the Wood-burn-
training school burdening
society with. their correction cost
taxpayers $450 and have only 11
chances out of 100 to ; become
honest citizens.'
Thus scout training is valuable
at any time and helps to curb ju
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venile delinquency in time of
peace, but even more in time of
war the scouts' training is neces
sary for a nation whose future
soldiers must have the scout qual
ities of self reliance and respect
Even here, statistics prove the
point. More than 65 per cent of
the West Point cadets were for
merly Boy Scouts and more than
70 per cent of 411 distinguished
service medals awarded to fighters
in this war went to former Boy
Scouts. .
Boy Scouts of America through
their chapter in Salem are heining
to win the war through their civic
work and building up the quali
ties that win make, them good ci
tizens in time of peace.
Coquille 'Fourth'
Program Slated
COQUHJJE, June 19-CAV-Plans
for Coquule's largest Fourth- of
July celebration were completed
Saturday: The three-day program,
beginning July 3, Included a Vic
tory girl, coronation, a river barge
parade and water sports, contests
and a float parade.' '
iays c! this
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. State and Liberty Streets
..Salem, Ore.
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US Austrian
Battalion
! Being Trained
' CAMP ATTERBURY. Ind-GW
The Austrian battalion, organized
as a. United States army unit In
December at the urging of Arch
duke Otto, is eettinff basic combat
training at this midwestern can-
tonment. ' ;
Privates In company A' are:
Otto's three brothers Felix,
-Charles Xonis and- Rndolph
Hapsbnrg. v ,
Lieut.- Colonel Vincent J. Con
rad, commanding the battalion,
aescriDes wem as gooa soldiers,
making their own friends on their
own merits,"
Activation of the unit last De
cember 15' drew congressional
criticism. Officers of the rroun
make no comment on the policy
that led to its formation, but they
emphasize that its identity will be
maintained. Those now In the bat
talion who are not Austrian are to
be transferred to other units.
Nearly all members of the bat
talion are native Austrians, end
most of them have applied for
United States citizenship.
Vacancies are being filled 'by
volunteers who transfer from
other army anlts. ( v
The religious make-up of the
battalion is 48 per cent Catholic,
8 per cent Protestant and 42 per
cent Jewish, most of the latter
group oemg refugees from the
nazi regime.
Lieut. CoL Conrad believes
there has been a lot of misinfor
mation given the public concern
ing his group. He said some of It
may spring from letters written by
newcomers on the day they arrive.
"Some of the new arrivals,"
he said, "think they are coming
to seme form of concentration
camp for Austrians. When they
are here for a few days they
find oat differently.
The battalion is not attached to
any army division. Over the door
of its ' headquarters is the sign:
"101st infanrty battalion (sepa
rate)." .
18th Large
Tanker Set
PORTLAND. June " 19 -ifJPV-
Henry J. Kaiser's Swan Island
shipyard will launch its 18th
large tanker, the SJS. York, here
Sunday. The vessel will be named
for a battle in which Americans
captured Fort Toronto from the
British during the war of 1812.
i uuion wno are noi Austrian are to I . ' : .. ym
V.J beransferred to other units. 't '"' A0 ' ' ' I
..... i talion are native Austrians. and
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Methodists
Evolve Plan
For Peace
PORTLAND, June 19 ; -(iP)-The
Oregon Methodist conference
turned Saturday to a study of
post-war problems, delegates em
erging with a program for peace.
Resolutions urged:
Recognition of the four free
doms; lifting of the blockade of
central Europe to provide food for
children; a transitional period or
armistice when hostilities end so
that ' long-view problems can be
considered before final adoption
at the peace table; establishment
of a 'world conference of religious
leaders to consider moral and eth
ical problems; . stablisbment of a
united . Nauons commodity cor
poration to assure - freedom from
want; establishment of .commit
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set jw nW)
tees In local churches to study
bases of a lasting peace.
The conference also endorsed
a resolation passed earlier by
the Women's Society of Chris
tian Service urging repeal of
the oriental Immigration ex
clusion act.
Delegates ' also voted to hold a
"Willamette University" day in
each local church in . the coming
year to provide financial support
for the school. President G. Her
bert Smith told delegates Wil
lamette's enrollment has dropped
from 800 to 450 because of the
war.
Rev. Edward Terry, Albany,
was re-elected - conference secre
tary and Rev. Orval Whitman
Rainier, was named statistician. .
. Delegates also scheduled an
evangelistic mission In all Port
land and Salem churches Sept,
1J-23.
Bishsop Bruce R. Baxter, gen
eral superintendent of the Port
land area, declared that personal!
Orcgonian Fire -Is
Extinguished -
PORTLAND, June 19 Hxy
Mailing room employes used a
building fire hose to extinguish
flames which towered three stor
ies high In the Oregonian build
ing Saturday. Negligible damage
was caused by the fire believed
to have been caused by friction
of a newspaper conveyor on pa-
per dust.- .
Visit Union Hill
UNION HILL Miss Patricia ;
TTaita iytia I arnrlrfn fnf ILfrnL
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Douglas Heaterauring the sum
mer, was home over the weekend.
Mrs. 'Jessie Pendleton of White '
Salmon. Wash- Is visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Verny Scott .
and family.
evangelism is needed to halt the
decline in church membership.
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