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The Associated
news dispatches
One Department, Not Three
Almost certainly a contributing factor, be
yond any doubt an item admitting reproach,
to connection with the Pearl Harbor disaster
was the officially disclosed failure of army and
aavy commanders on Oahu to consult together
n security measures in the ten days preceding
Ihe attack of December 7, 1941. The president's
Investigating committee reported that Adm.
Kimmel and Gen. Short did meet four times
In that period "in an effort to compose certain
differences of view" as to a proposal that ma
rines be withdrawn from Wake and Midway is
lands and replaced by army units. But, says the
report, on and after November 27 the two
commanders "independently took such action
as each deemed appropriate to the existing sit
uation. Neither informed the other specifically
of the action he was taking, and neither in
quired of the other whether or not any action
had been taken, nor did they consult as to the
appropriateness of the actions taken by them
respectively i"
Better teamwork, judging from results, has
since then been achieved. Yet it has been the im
pression of most civilians that the services did
not get along well in peacetime; that generals
and admirals were involved, in rivalry no less
keen, though more polite, than sometimes ex
isted when groups of enlisted men of the two
services met off duty. Rivalry between the ser
vices in peacetime is indeed inevitable, since
the war and navy departments are entirely sep
arate and answerable only to the president.
Also, dating back to the Billy Mitchell affair,
there was a feeling that infantry-minded gen
erals and battleship-minded admirals were
throttling the development of aviation; i and
though wartime experience and necessity have
brought about improvement, there has been con
tinued demand for such organizational reforms
as would insure the air forces due considera
tion. The solution most often proposed has been
a separate air branch, such as Great Britain has.
- It does not seem logical to assume that there
would be better teamwork among three wholly
separate services than existed in peacetime be
tween two. Therefore there appears to be good
logic in the proposal of Adm. H. E. Yarnell,
retired, that instead of three branches there
be only one a war department with three sub
departments of army, navy and air, under one
secretary of war. Most likely it sounds ; like
heresy to army and navy men "of the old
school," but it makes sense to the public! The
national defense is just one single problem;
there should be just one agency, not two or
three rival agencies, entrusted! with that prob
lem's solution.
"Coldest weather of winter grips east and
midwest," says the headline, and we're almost
willing to risk gloating a bit over the contrast
herei. Trouble is, it looked a bit like snow wea
ther only a few days ago and the time when any
thing can happen isn't past. So far knock,
knock it has been a mild winter compared
to the last two.
Another of those estimates showing Marion
county's population down almost 3000 from the
1940 census figure has come out of Washing
ton, DC. It should be kept handy to show to
house-hunters. If the county has lost that many
people, surely there must be a lot of vacant
Z residences. 1 :
" Driterpreting
The War News
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Copyright 144 by tha Associated Press
The Pskov gate on the Russian-Estonian border
through which nazi forces' broke more than two
- years ago to lay siege to Leningrad bids fair to re
verse its war role and slam shut behind the largest
k segment of the German army in the east yet caught
in a Russian trap. . .
That main transportation hub between Russia
and the Baltic states is the sole supply or escape
route still open to all nazi troops holding the Lovat
front from Staraya Russia southeastward to Novo
sokolniki, a stretch of 150 miles or so.
Half a dozen railroads spoke out east and west
of the Pskov hub, just south of the Peipus lake
chain to make it the most important and critical
transportation center in Russia still in German
hands. And the cutting edge of a fact-paced drive
by the Hessian-Lesungrad army down the Nasrva
Pskov rail and highway system east of Lake Peipus
is less than 40 miles away. !
Just how many nazi divisions are in the vast and
. dangerous Lovat bulge is not indicated. There has
been no military activity on the; Lovat front for
months although a powerful Russian army is known
to have been deployed there biding its time. -
Staraya Russia, just south of Lake ILman and
west of the lower Lovat, lies 150 miles east -of Pskov
or the Riga rail lateral connecting with the Moscow-Leningrad
main line above the Valdai hills. 1
To the northwest the Germans still hold the lowi
V er rim of lake llmen through Shimsk junction and
m. curving irregular front from there to south of
Russian captured Polnav 49-odd miles above Pskov
and near the eastern shores, of Lake Peipus. That
front obviously is named, however, by battered
-remnants of German armies routed from Lenin
grad and the Volkhov and Luga river fronts V -It.
seems clear that the Russian Leningrad and
.Volkhov armies' now have linked arms south of :
:the Lugariver and the town of that name for a
converging 'drive on Pskov. ;'-. ' : . ;r ; 'j
Its fall before the nazi garrison on the Lovat
flank from Staraya Russia south to Novosokolnfki .
. can make its escape would mean possible Russian .
entrapment of hundreds' of thousands of German
To heighten the threat, Russian forces centering
in the Novosokolniki-Nevel area appear to be push- -ing
northwestward to cut southern approaches to '
rskov. Advance elements of that Russian' army ;
were last reported about 80 . miles southeast of '
Pskov. . -
V Very likely, the final nazi' crisis in Russia Is
. coming to a head in the north and south simul
taneously with dangerous major Russian entrap- '
rr.ent vzzzvi vers now taking shape. The bulk of
German amies still in Russia on both flanks appear
to be in a precarious position ? ,
I . "No Favor Sways 17; No Fear Shall Atce"
i j From First Statesman, March 28, 1831
THE STATES3IAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUX, Editor and Publisher
Member of the Associated Press ;
Press is exclusively entitled to the use
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
News
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Victory Gardens in 44
- Victory gardeners had sd much fun, and got
such a thrill out of growing things, and saved
so much on their food bills, and felt so much
better both on account of the outdoor exer-,
cise and because they ate more vegetables and
less of other things harder to digest, that it may
be taken for granted all who had this, exper
ience in 1943 will need no urging to do it again.
Leaders in the Victory i garden movement
from six western states, holding conference in
Portland the last few days, agreed that the
need for home gardening would be' greater this
year than last. For one thing, unless crops are
of last year's "bumper" volume, which cannot
be expected every year, food will be a more
vital problem in 1944. For another, the com
mercial truck gardeners have learned, some
what to their amazement, that amateurs not
only can raise vegetables in great quantities,
but will if properly encouraged. So truck gar
deners in the Willamette Valley aren't going
to produce vegetables tothe extent that they
did last year. Therefore the Victory gardeners
will have to raise their own. Don't be alarmed
about the truck gardeners' livelihood. They
will shift to other salable crops; neither they
nor their land will be idle.
The Victory garden conferees set as a goal,
an increase of 10 per cent In the number not
necessarily the total acreage of gardens-for-home-consumption
this year. In Salem where
virtually every back yard and some front yards
and parking strips, and most vacant lots, were
cultivated as Victory gardens last year, such
an increase may seem difficult. The solution
for such conditions suggested at the conference,
was the development of more community plots.
That, as a number of Salem gardeners can
testify, is an especially enjoyable program.
For all of gardening's joys,: it can be in some
instances a bit lonely when practiced in the
back yard, if the neighbors aren't doing the
same; but the community plot gardeners us
ually have a lot of company and frequent dis
cussions in which ideas and knowledge are
shared. !
It may be trusted that Victory gardeners in
Salem and vicinity will profit by last year's ex
perience in many ways among them, avoid
ance of that over-enthusiasm in the early spring
which caused many to start too early and lose
the value of their first plowing and planting
due to heavy rains. Yes, ihost gardeners will
be veterans this year, and will know just how
to do it. (I
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News
MALLON
(Distribution by King Features Syndicate. Inc. Repro
duction tn whole or to part strictly prohibited.)
WASHINGTON, February 4 No lives were
lost in the senate contest over banning Mr. Roose
velt! food subsidies. . '
The administration senators, who were supposed
to exude anger in defense of the president, took
their continuous setbacks with a
yawn. The voting likewise
showed a surprisingly strong
and daring anti - White House
lineup. W
The reason was that some in
ner fixing: has been done which,
in effect : postpones the issue.
Farm Bloc Sen. Bankhead
agreed to include in his bill an
extension! of the time limit on
subsidies until June 30, saying
Pant MaOaa they could not reasonably be
stopped before. The.admin!sation expects, there
fore, to continue to pay themiddle-man a bonus
for holding down, prices for lour months more. It
is getting its money out of the RFC revolving grab
bag, so it does not require f congressional" appro
priations. I '
On that very date, the president's whole price
regulation power also will expire. He will have to
seek its renewal from congress, after his forthcom
ing, action on Phillip Murray's steel wage increase
appeal, which will spread the whole wage-price
question again wide open. : Jg
Therefore, this current subsidy fight is: a sham
battle, or at least a field maneuver in preparation
for the real struggle. If, as expected, Mr. Roosevelt
vetoes the current ban and the house sustains his
veto, the farm bloc will re-enact the struggle on
the OPA legislation, and the whole fight will be
staged over again within 60 to 90 days. I
Only polities could justify a presidential veto
of the tax bill. Two of Mr M Roosevelt's own top
associates quietly made it . clear that the contract ,
renegotiation provisions the bill's central idea he ;
had originally criticized so severely were satis
factory and workable, before- the president had a
chance totake action an the measure. : "-
Adm. Land, tnaiirnan of the maritime commis
sioav fat a side remark to a senate committee, said
the government agencies gotit per cent of what
they wanted from congress. pTar Under Secretary
Patterson publicly congratulated congress on doing
a constructive Jobx ; :-'-5 .: Jf ' ' 4. . -i h -:,
5 The new dealing crowd inWeTtheless. seemed to
want the president to go ahead and kill the bill. One
pane repieseiiUtrve (Johnson of Texas) re-
song that it would make a lot of war
despite the testimony of Patterson
?
Politics has guided the final considerations on '
, the soldier vote bin. Some of theadministratfon sen
ators are acting as if they thought a greater ad
vantage might be gained by dragging out the fight
over methods as long as possible, rather than ac
cepting a compromise solution. They know1 Mr.
Roosevelt has obtained more favorable publicity
on this than any other pending subject, and
therefore do not want, to hurry the final enactment.
Also Mjv Roosevelt's endorsement of the civil
ian draft bill (Austin-Wadsworth), which seemed
mystifying to me at first in view of thesatisfae-
tory manpower situation, now also can be clearly
recognized as a political move. The endorsement
of such a stringent action (which congress will not
take) will thus safely add to Mr. Roosevelt's pop
ularity among the soldiers and sailors who already
have been drafted for military duty.
In , short, if there is any Washington news you
do not understand these days, the law of averages
w2I Justify your interpretation of it as politics. No
other motive for doing anything exists here In a.
campaign year. . f
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Right Up Hitler'a Alley
Today's Cacfloo Prapgrainnis
KSLM TTJBSDAT ISM Be.
TM News
7 J)5 Marion Farm St Home.
7 as Hum a' Shin..
Taa Mews.
7:4 Morn ins Moods.
80 Cherry City News.
S s05 Program Parade.
Sao Music.
8:30 Tango Time
9-00 Pastor's CaU
t:l Its the Truth.
1 30 Cliff Edwards.
9 5 Orchestra.
9:30 Musitt.
10-oo-News
10 :05 Sang and Dane.
10 JO Music.
11 -00 Nws.
1135 KSLM Presents
1130 HiU of Yesteryear
12.-00 Orfansli ties.
11:15 News
12 JO Hillbilly Serenade.
13 35 Matinee.
1 too Lum n Aboer.
1:15 Music.
130 Miladies Melodies.
1:45 Spotlight on Rhythir
- 3 SM llm of Paradise.
3 a 5 US Navy.
330 Four Novelettes.
3915-i-Broadway Band Wagoa
XiOO Concert Hour.
4 AO Mexican Marimba.
4:15 News.
4 -JO Tea time Tune.
50 Homespun Trie.
5:15 Todd Grant.
930 Russian Balalaika.
6;00Tahignrs Headlines.
8:15 War News Commentary.
30 Evening Serenade.
:45 Muaic.
70 New.
7 5 Texas Jim Lewis.
730 Keystone
5 30 War Fronts In Review.
:1ft Music. -
JO Mustangs
S:4S Excursions In Science.
loaNews.
9:15 Castles in Air.
9r45 Arthur Wilson.
10 AO Serenade.
10:
KGW NBC TUESDAT-
4s09 Dawn Patrot
5:55 La not News
8-00 Mirth and Madness.
30 News Parade.
35 Labor News.
Taoo Journal of LJvlng.
T as Mew nrtitn a HiartiHgtn.
7 JO Music.
T:45am Bayes
10-Stanof Todir.
:15 James Abbe Covers the Newe.
tat Special Assignment.
IM-Did Ha rum
9 AO Personality Hour.'
10:00 Music
10:l-Rutn rorbes.
1030 Glenn Howard.
10.45 Art Bnfcer-s Notebook.
11:00 The Guiding Light.
11 US Today s Children.
1130 Light of the World.
115 Hymns of All Churoltes.
1330 Women of America.
13:15 Ma Perkins
18 30 Pepper Young's raaaUr.
, 13:45 Right to Haptifcn sea,
1 30 Sackstaae Wise.
1:15 Stella Dallas.
130 Lorenzo Jones.
1 :45 Young Widder Browa.
330 When a Girl Marriea .
3:15 Portia Faces Life.
S 0 Just Plata Bill i "
3:4a Front Page Farren
. 330 Road of Life.
S'15-ViCandSada.
330 B.- Boy n ton. ,
3:45 Rambling Readet.
430 Or Kate.
4US News of the WernL
430 Muaic.
4. 40 Golden Gate Quartet
4:45 H V - Kaitenbora,
530 OK for Release, t " '
S35 How Do You Do It? '
30 A Date with Judy.
330 Mystery Theatre. .,
30 Fibber McGee and MoDy.
730 Bob Hope
; 730 Red Skelton. ' '
so Fred waring la Pleasure
. 8 :1 i Commentator.
30 Johnny Presents. .' . .
930 Salute to Youth. '
930 Hollywood Theatre.
130 News Flashes
10:15 Hometown News.
135 Labor News.
1030 Ronny Mansfield.
10.-45 Voice a A NaOoa. V
1130 Music
1130 War News Roundup.
115 News.
13 30-3 a. nv wtng Shift ' -
KIX BN TUESDAY 134) Km. ' i
' 30 Musical Clock.
. :1S National Farm and Home.
5 Western AgTtcCturo. . .
f. 730 Musie
735 Top of the Morning. ;
7:13 Ntws. , .
T30 News.
75 The Humoard FamOx.
830 Breakfast Club.
OO My True Story.' "V
. 9 Ja Breakfast at Sardra, . '
K W38 News. . ,r
10:15 Sweet River. --
1130 Ed Jorgenson.
7 105 Baby Institute."
1 11 30 Bankhage reiki ng.
11:15 The Mystery Chef.
1130 Ladies Be Seated.
- 1330 Songs. - , , . .
13:15 News. - , . -
- 13 JO Livestock Beporter.
' 13 J5 Organ Oeveries. -
- 135 News.
T . 1 30 Sam Hays. .
1:15 Blue Newsroom Revue.
t too What's Doing, Ladies, . ,
330 Kfusic. - ., ,
- 30 Labor New. .
3:45 Ted Malone. '
30 Grace Flliott ReDOrta. '
OS Cssn Howard.
i., i I . " " " . :, .;: . . , :
330 Ozark Ramblers.
4:O0 Awake at the Switch.
4:30-t-Hop Harrigan. -
4:45 The Sea Hound
:0O Terry and the Pirates.
5:15 Dick Tracy.
530Jack Armstrong.
5:45 CapUin Midnight
8)0 Three Romeos.
:15 New.
8:30 SpotUght Rands
5 Sports.
730 Swing.
7:15 News.
7-0 Red Ryder
7:45-KFood and Prices.
S304-News.
8:15 Lum and Abner.
30 rjulfys
9:00 Music.
:1k Say It With Flowers.
9 JO News.
9:45 Art Baker
18 Down Memory's Lane.
130 Orchestra
11 3H-Concert Hour.
KOIN CBS TCESDAT 7 SXe
.-OO North wet Farm Reporter
C IS Breakfast Bulletin.
30 - Texas Hangers
45 KOIN Klock, ,
T:l 5 Headline News. ' '
T-J0 News.
7:45 Nelson Pringle. News.
no 'Consumer Nei
8:14 Valiant Lady.
(Continuad rrotn Page 1)
this program to Salem for the
bond, wind-up. People have lit
tle conception of the work, and
expense involved in transferring
a whole program from one point
to another, or how reluctant t
radio station is to shift a pre
sentation from its own studios.
The expense alone runs into the
thousands of dollars, just for this
change. Technicians, have to
work well in advance of the pro
gram to secure the proper pick
up of voices . and Instruments.
Everything must be laid out with
minute accuracy so the program
will move along without a hitch.
The performers must be brought
to Salem, instructed in; the pro
gram lay-out, and then returned
to their Portland homes. KOIN
is doing all this at its own cost,
as one of its public service offer
ings to the constituency it
Principal owner of KOIN is
C W. Meyers, one of . the pio-
, neers in radio in Portland. The
Portland Journal holds a minor
ity interest, but the station Is di
rectly managed by Mr. Meyers
with the assistance Of a very ca
pable staff which he has select
ed: Henry Swartwood, . program
manager, Luke, Roberts educa
tional programs, also those who
are coming to run off this pro-
. gram, "Johnny Carpenter and
ChetJ Duncan, and don't forget
Art Kirkhanv veteran announ
cer. 1, . , - , : r '
. The "Million Dollar club" was
a KOIN idea to help boost the
sale of war bonds. ' Those who
have; sold a million dollars worth
of bonds are inducted as mem
bers." But the program itself is a
snappy radio presentation which
has become quite popular. Those
who can't get to the high school
tonight should - listen . in over
KOIN for the program. .
The fourth war loan. Is going
through to a smashing" success in
. Marion county, thanks to the
fine 1 organization headed by
Jesse Card, Arthur Smither, Roy
Wee; Mrs. Winnie Pettijohh,
Mrs. David Wright and scores of
others. But in . the last analysis
the real credit goes to the people
themselves who have bought the
bonds. They have backed the at
tack with their dollars. .
OtP
SEEEDE53S
mPODDCrj
30 Stories America Lores.
85 Aunt Jenny.
9 AO Kate Smith Speaka.
9:15 Big Sister.
9 JO Romance of Helen Treat
9:45 Our Gal Sunday.
10 30 Life Can Be Beautiful : '
10:15 Ma Perkins
1030 Bernadine Flyna, f
10-49 The Goldbergs
1130 Young Dr Malone.
11 :15 Joyce Jordan.
1130 We Love and Learn.
115 News
1330 Neighbors.
13:15 Open- Door,
tl JO William Winter. New. ;
135 Bachelor's Chiklren.
130 Broadway Matinee.
135 Air-Flo of the Air.!
' 130 Musiev n-'
330 Mary Merlin.
3:15 Newspaper of the Air.
25 American Women,
330 News. ,
3:15 Collins Calling.
330 Kate Smith. Bond Drive.
3:45 The World Today.
335 Chef Huntley.
430 Stars of Today.
4ns News.
. 4 JO American Melody Hoar. '
530 Galen Drake.
S:15 Red s Gang. ,: ' .
S 30 Harry Flannery.
' 55 News. , t -
35 BUI Henry.
30 Burns At Allen.
JO Report to the Mattoa.
730 Romance; - .
7 JO Congress Speaks. !
75 HeUo Soldier. i
: 8301 Love A Mystery, i
S:15 Harry lamts Orchestra
8 JO Big Town - --
' ' 930 Judy Canova. i j
".. 935 News. . 1 '
30 Million Dollar Club.
1030 Five Star Final. i
10 :1S Wartime-Women.
: 1030 Horace Heldt Orchestra.
1030 Edwin C. HIO.
10:45 Orchestra.
: 1130 Al Donahue Orchestra.
1130 Manny Strand.
115 Dale Jones Orchestra.
1135 News. -
13 30 Serenade.
13 JO-830 a-mv Musie and N
KAXJC MBS TCESDAT IXM Ke
-45 Dave West
130 News
7:18 T
TM-M
0 Haven
30 News.
t'45-W3X Shop.
35 Strictly Personal.
:0O Banket Carter.
:1S Woman-i Skte of Be N
JO Buyer's Parade.
:49 Learn to Dance.
10.00 News.
10:15 Stars ef Today.
1J Tbie and That.
11 .OS Cedrie Foster.
11:15 Marketing.
11 30 Concert Gems.
11 :45 Melody Rendezvous.
1330 News.
13:15 Concert.
135 On the Farm Front ,
13 -in Melody Time.
1 200 Walter Comptonv
1:15 All-Star Parade.
130 Full Speed Ahead. S
330 Ray Dady.
3:15 Texas Rangers. -330
Yours for A Song.
SS Wartime Wnmia.
330 .News.
330 Radio Tour. '
3:15 Treasury ?- rade. V
330-s-Leaa Bac' '.tea.
35 Johnson 1 v -430
Fulton Le
4:15 Shady Va i f
430 Better B -- eu.
435 Music.
4:45 News.
S 301 earn -to Danve .
30 Show Time. . :
95 Gordon Burke.
30 Gabriel H carter.
:15 BeUev It or Not
30 American Forum.
70S Peoples - Reporter. '
730 San Quentin.
30 Gus I Amheim Orchestra.
30 Hasten the Day. ; i
8:45 Let's Waltz. -
'.-930 News:-' A-'-iil,,'-"- i
9.-15 Rex Miner.
38 Manhatters. --,''
,95 Fulton Lewis. i
1030 Orchestra. .
10:15 Orchestra.
1030 News,
1 0 :43 EducaUon for Freedom.
1130 Yankee House Party.
11 30 Simfonietta.
KOAC-TUESDAY-59 Kg.
1030 News
It J 5 The i nonisinsketa - Hour
1130 School of Air.
. 11:15 WalU Time. f
11 :J0 Concert HaU.
1330 News, i
. 13:15 Noon Farm Hoar. f
130 Ridin- the Range.
1:15 Treesuyr Salute.
; 130 Variety Time. - .i i '.
. 330 Whose World ? . F
; 330 Memory Book of aluste
330 News
3-15 Musie of the ' Masters, -
430 Southland Singing.
4:15 Voice nt the Army.
430 NovaUme f v ;
4 .-45 Adventures tn Research
530 On the Upbeat ; -
5 JO Story Time. ' t .
5s It's Oregon's War.
4:15 News .
30 Evening Farm Hour.
730 Postwar. Forum.
75 College Songs. - a
735 BasketbaU.
, 930 News
95 Fvenine Ueditattooa. : .
IS 30 Sign Cf-
Three Tune
Loser on Luch
Tough lack' eemes by threes,
sense people insist That may be
only superstition bat " It has
worked oat that way for Gene
vTJalleyr deputy warden at the
-state peidteniiary.',"-:':::::-
He and Mrsv nailer went ie
Oakland. Calif to bring .back
Mrs, , Myrtle t Garner, wanted
here to complete ; serving , her
four - year sentence for cattle
theft ExtradiUon wag granted;
but Mrs. Garner Invoked habeas
corpus ' proceedings and Tlalley
Is still there awaiting the hear
.lags en that issne.
Since he left for ihe south,
it has been discovered that burg
lars entered nailer's beach heme
north of Oceanlake and stole an
electric range, fear radio and
ether valuable household equip
ment ; ;V ':,4''.':5-:-;;;;
To top It off, Halley's pet dog
diesl last week at the prison.
165 Tons
Waste Paper
Is Cibllected
Though some shipments to the
paper ! mills j already had ' been
made, the loading dock at the
Reid Murdoch I plant , was heaped
with an imposing array of waste
paper late Sunday when final col
lection in the! Salem vicinity' had
been completed. Gardner Knapp,
Marion county salvage committee
chairman, estimated that for the
county as a whole 165 tons had
been collected, j The waste paper
campaign closed Sunday night ,
Persons who still have waste
paper on hand are advised to hold
it until the next drive, probably
in October.; ' ! j
Trucks participating In the col
lection Sunday; had 125 calls to
make In response to householders'
telephone calls to the civilian de
fense . office, and more than 100
persons made; their own deliver
ies, so the loading dock was a
busy place until late Sunday.
Floyd BowerS, Salem salvage
committee chairman, had made
arrangements tor the collection.
Knapp said; i salvage operations
in general would be aided fftlv
if a warehouse! convenient to rail
transportation- could be provided.
He pointed out that six Uns of
tin cans which have been i hand ,
for some time; have had to be
moved once and may have to be
transported again before they can
be shipped out
v; ::-:; i . . i
TodayfG Garden
By LDXIE MADSEN
S. A. H. asks ; for the name
of the "flat little yellow flow
er which is! jnow in bloom.
happened to; see some at a tea
I attended this past week. The
flowers, single ones, grew up and
down reed-like stems. I could
n't make out; whether they were
hothouse plants or not I am a
stranger here! and am not ac
quainted with Oregon gardening
but I am very interested. We
came from a Section of the coun
try where we! grew a few vege
tables, geraniums as houseplants
and only a few : flowers out of
doors in the! summer. Usually
we set out asters, petunias, clark-
ias and a few other plants which
we started indoors during our
, 'winter in March and stretch
ing even up 'to April. I think I
am coins; to enjoy your country
here where gardening seems to
be a year around venture. 1
Answer: While X cannot be
sure, I would venture that she
was referring to the yellow as
: mine which is now in bloom, and
has been in bloom since-late De
cember, Mine! Is almost finished
blooming. This is one of our win
ter blooming j vines. The flowers
are attractive but it is a vine
which is difficult to keep look,
ing neat Not: because it .grows
too rapidly, but because it seems
- to be unable to make up its mind
Just how it does want to grow.
If one trains it as a vine, it
may refuse to grow and will
stand still with wires, trellis or
strings reaching' nakedly above.
If one decides to try to make a
sort of tall, slim shrub out of it
by staking It up then - it may
decide to vine -and throw out
huge, long runners. I frequent
ly go out to look at mine In per
fect despair. Finally I tack it up
against a back wall and let it
decide its own: method of growth
without much! help from me. Be
cause of its ! winter - bloom, I
cant quite spare it
ALL JEWELRY
WORK DONE ON
TIIS rgXMISES
Col. Llaicon - -Rep
oris 41st
Iii Fine Shape
Veteranj of two campaigns la
New Guinea, the Buna and Sala
Biaua conquests, LjL- CoL H. G.
Fod" Maison is home on leave
following a special; tour of duty
in Hawaii as an instructor. He ex-
f pects to return shortly to join his
outfit, the old 41st division, where
he Is executive officer in one of
the regiments. Thin and , bronzed
and fit as a fiddle, Col. Maison
Is thoroughly enjoying a brief
stay in the homeland, the first in
nearly iwoj years. The plan for
rotating furloughs for men long
overseas was announced after ; he
left the southwest Pacific, but he
hopes that the other men will get
an early opportunity for a visit
hOme. ; " j ' ' j ' : :
The 41st, which left the states
nearly two years ago for the
southwest Pacific, is now at a rest
camp following the victories in
the Salamaua area ion New Gui
nea. They are in fine; shape and
In good j spirits. They undergo
uiuiuu.ut auuuk tu. Airue uau
for the Job ahead, Maison says.
After a short stay in a rest area
the men become anxious to move
forward again, they know what
the job ahead of them is, and
they want to finish: it up so they
can come j home, he reported. -
Maison had high j praise for the
41st troops as soldiers. In spite
oi me terriDie climate and jun
gle terrain on New Guinea, the
men fought well, and their losses
have been lieht. Thev have not
found the J apt super-soldiers,
and often! noted , that the Japs
didn't exploit jtheir ; defensive sit
uations as well as! they might
have. The! division is under com
mand of Ma J. Gen Fuller. Brig.
Gen. Thomas E. Rilea is no longer
with the division but has a very
responsible , assignment in the
service of supply at base head
quarters. J
Soldiers of the 41st have gained
a fine reputation forj their con
d u c t as L men in the Australian
sectors where they have been sta
tioned, and are in high favor with
the local populations. j j'f
Col. Maison saw p a r t of the
massing o the armada which
moved Into the central Pacific
and . was much impressed by its
magnitude. He also 'got to see his
son. Mack, who was graduated
iron Annapolis last June, lie is '
now on- duty on an aircraft car
rier in the Pacific Mrs. Maison
met Col. Maison in California and
accompanied ; him ; to Salem. Be
fore leaving for military service
with the national guard In 1940, ,
Col. Maison was assistant super
intendent of the state police.
Portland! ,
Hospitals Get
PORTLAND, Feb.l4-(iiP-Port-
land was assured of long-delayed
war production board (WPB) pri
orities today i to . complete : Provi
dence and the isolation hospitals
but the burse shortage' still re
mained acute. I
The lack of hospital beds
brought sharply home Saturday by
the death I of a 14-vear-old bor
whose treatment fort severe burns
was delayed by faUure to find a
hospital which could admit him
stems partly from a 'lack of nur
ses, Mrs. L. M. Laird said.; I
The executive secretary of the
Oregon State Nurses association
said an entire floor of 40 beds at
Hahnemann hospital; could be op
ened Immediately if ' six 'nurses
could be obtained, j !Most other
hospitals are faced with the same
critical shortage," she said, ad
ding that .100 nurses are urgently
needed .here. ! ... j '
R. W. Nelson, president of the
Portland council of Hosbitals. ear
lier criticized the WPB for failin
to give priorities to exnand Port
land hospitals. He said Providence
hospital had been waiting months
for WPB approval. Portland Sani
torium, which tried to circumvent
the bed shortage by ; placing beds
in the halls, was threatened with
revolution! of its license by the
state board of health, he said.
Plans and specifications for the
completion of Providence hospital
will bo submitted to contractors
tomorrow. ' The government will
furnish $134300 and the hospital
$22700- -;-'r ' :' ,'? ; ":,' j -r
Specifications for a $43,000 re
modelling job in Isolation hospi
tal will be released tomorrow. ,
Only si Stevens
DinnoriD
t ' : :
la gs Good as
Tfca Stevens
Guarantee
I Creilt U
I Desired
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