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CHABZ4S A. SPRAGUZ; Editor and Publisher ' I V'
Member of tht Associated Press I -
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
A Faster War 1
There is m good deal to Indicate that the plan
of campaign in the Pacific area has been con
siderably stepped up. Not only have blows been
harder and longer, but they have been closer
together, more sustained even than six months
ago. The present broad outlines of the struggle .
there, in fact, seem to indicate that the whole
Pacific time table has been altered to fit a vast
ly harder striking force of naval and military
components working together, j t ;
On the map, in terms of enemy area actually '
recaptured since the first hesitating offensive "
against the Jap in Guadalcanal in August, 1942,
the results are a little disappointing.
We have taken back most jof the Solomons,
but at Bougainville the progress of the marine
corps has not been marked j'jfor many weeks;
and if the action is purely holding, the enemy
seems to have a good deal more holding pow
er thanj was at first thought.'
On New Britain our forcesjare also in com- :
bat along a considerable line at the south and
east of the island. Rabaul, however, although
under constant air and sea assault, is, still in
the hands of the tenacious Japanese, and will
probably remain there for at least a little while
longer. - . -1
Kavierig, on the tip of New Ireland,, is also
beset by the navy and air forces, but it. too is
firmly in the enemy grip. Its usefulness, like
that of Rabaul, is seriously diminished; but it
is not yet the positive advantage it will be to
us after capture. ; " j i .
Elsewhere on New Guinea proper the recent
progress of the army at Hollandia is encour
aging. Yet along the coast of this island, and in '
the inconceivably rugged interior serious pock-s-ets
of Japanese infestation remain to be cleared
out. , ! i ' . - v: v -
The answer to all of this is, of course, that
although the Japanese now appear to have a
, long-held advantage in position and strategic
deployment, their superiority is more real than
apparent, since they are actually surrounded
not only on New Guinea but by means of the
occupation of Manus islands, the Admiralty is
lands, and others skirting the Bismarck sea.
; This fact, plus superior American land Austral
ian sea and air power makes the ultimate Jap
anese strangulation inevitable: but only slow
ly so. . '
All this Is, generally speaking, on the debit
side of the ledger fori the jnoment There is a
brighter side. ( 1
Our task forces to the north, skirting through
and around the Carolines have dealt blow af
ter blow already at Truk, the chief Jap naval
base in those islands, and have struck Palau, :
on the western edge of the Carolines where the
Japanese also have a great naval installation.
They have pulverized the j airfields at Saipan
north of Guam, and at Rota! close by. They have
shown an amazing freedom of action in the en
tire area, and the air attacks from American
carriers . have been unsurpassed for self -assuredness,
elan, and, best of all, results, as
witness the 23 or so smoking hulks and spots
of debris on the waters of Truk harbor a few
weeks ago.
Perhaps even more significant, however, is
the recent meeting, for the first time, of Ad
miral Nimitz; the navy commander in the Pa
cific, and General MacArthur of the south Pa
cific area. According to the published announce
ments, they met to plan joint strategy; and a
little later Nimitz ships did assist at a Mac-
Arthur landing operation. V
This is excellent news, for it foretells the
drafting of the final lunge which will, one day,
carry naval and army ground forces into the
Philippines, and, not long. afterwards, one hopes,
onto the Chinese mainland. Then, when 2000
bombers a day can rendezvous over Tokyo and
the highly concentrated heavy industry of Jap
an, we can expect to see the beginning of the
. real end. Meanwhile, we can expect more fire- .
works from the south Pacific. ' - -
interpreting
Tho War Neivo'
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Copyright 1M4 by the Associated Prats -
Return of allied bombers to the attack on Ro-
manian and Hungarian communications hubs sag-
gests that the first major blow of the integrated "
Russian-allied campaign on the continent may fall
t against the-Danube delta Galati gap. There could
be' good reason both military and political to the
minds of Russian and allied leadership alike in
making a break-through drive by joint ground-air
operations at that point, a preliminary for the main
east-west assault planned at. Teheran.
The Italy-based allied air attack hammering
repeatedly at Budapest, Bucharest and Ploestl
makes it doubtful that the nazi war machine even
now is drawing any substantial flow of high-test
aviation fuel and lubricants from Romania. It is
even possible that the reluctance of nazi fighter
planes to take to the air In the west against Anglo
American bombing fleets from Britain is traceable
In some degree ot dwindling reserves In both cate
gories. "-
- If the nazis have discovered a satisfactory syn
thetic lubricant, there has been' no suggestion of
It from allied experts. Lacking that, rigid Conserva
tion of high-test plane engine oil may be an added
factor In keeping nazi fighters grounded so fre
quently while allied bomber fleets roam contin
. ental skies at will. O'-v "
: It Is not to be doubted that the Germans long
.ago foresaw the necessity of storing up oil and
gasoline from Romanian fields against the possibil
ity that now faces them. That Is the loss of the
wliole Danube -and Siret valleys, on the slopes of
which tie wells lie, to the Russian or anied air.
ihaiierlrl of pipe lines and the il-barga traffic
on the Danube. .... ;-
X7ll$ there may be considerable stocks of all
czlczrlzt in storage in Germany, actual loss of the .
: 'j r rvcrlhcless, would be a heavy blow. Sooner
cr 1
i i r.uriaa bands some
-- t t ack to serve allied
'3 the final attack la the south' and
o r.-iUr what demolition the Germans
1 r.::;.-ria in preparation for their evac-
Fawr Stoay$ Us; No fear ShaZ'Aw"
From first Statesman, Uarca 13, 1831
cl the wells could
war machines, and
fllaterial and' Materiel
The French word "materiel', although In lim
ited use after World war I, ;ls now heard fre
quently. Yet there is considerable confusion
between this word and the English word "ma
terial." . . i . .
The point of . distinction between the two)
words has been explained in a bulletin issued
by the western procurement district of the army
air forces materiel command. -
Essentially it is this: The physical elements:
of war may be divided into.two classes, "per
sonnel and materiel". The French word "rna
terieT is used- to coferj. finished products
completed assemblies .ready, for battle while
"material is intended to mean raw products
which go intothe makeup of materiel.
Thus, rubber, steel, aluminum, copper, cot
ton, plastics, and wood are classified as "ma
terials'. But when such materials, through fab
rication, become parachutes, planes, propel
lors, orV ammunition. It is then referred to as
"materiel" the word being plural. :
Editorial Comment"
From Other Papers
FEAST NOW, FAMINl! LATER? :
Virtual 'abandonment of meat rationing, aside
from beef roasts and steaks, finally recognizes a
fact that the packing trade has known for a long
time. This is that the nation has ""plenty of meat
on the hoof;" so muchj in fact, disposal of live
stock has been difficult? at times, even at reduced
market quotations. If f
Ironically, however, relaxation of rationing at
this time may presage a! severe meat shortage later ,
In the year; P. O. Wilscin, general , manager of . the
National Livestock ProducersJ association, yester
day declared: ' '' .. ' f .if..- .
"This is merely a culmination of me orders
issued by the office of: price adrninistration and '
the war food administration that j have led the
livestock and meat industry ; into almost com
plete chaos. . The livestock 'Coming to market
ahead of schedule haul found a bottleneck in
processing and storage facilities. Much of this
livestock should havefbeen held longer on the
farms and have been made available for late
spring and summer, if . . T ;l '-"'.V'
"This new rationing order by the OPA de
lays still further the date when extreme meat
- shortages will confront the consumers of 'the
country. Government regulations have forced an
over-supply for the moment, which can be fol
lowed only by severe shortages."
What Wilson apparently means by this asser
tion is that bureaucratic muddling has so confused
the livestock picture that producers are rushing
their nimif to market rather than sink more
money in .them for additional feed and fattening.
Hog raisers especially are said to be disgusted. They
are marketing their porkers and, In many Instances,
are "going out of business." h
This tendency to "unload has glutted killing
plants and storage faculties, and the charge that
large quantities of meat have been allowed to spoil
never has been refuted. Elimination of ration points
naturally will increase Consumption and avert fur
ther spoilage. But the entire price ceiling and feed
setup, as .operated by the OPA and the WFA, will
" discourage livestock producers from , expanding
their operations, or even continuing on the pres-'
. ent seale.-'., . ;-- ' ; , . f v'-jVV. : " -i -'-'K,
At least this is our -interpretation of Wilson's
remarks and he certainly should be in a position
to know whereof he speaks. The Dalles Chron-
- Ide. . . - (1 -- . ...7
FINLAND'S CHOICE j 1
The Finnish government has made a bad choice.
After two months of renegotiations with Russia
negotiations marked by generous peace terms and
a great deal of patience on Russia's part Finland
has decided to gamble: on 'a German victory or,
at worst, a separate German-Russian peace.'
Stockholm reports that conservatives 1 in the
Finnish government are impressed by Germany's
"unbroken" military strength great stamina, and
firm faim ra victory. Where these qualities have
carried the nazis since Stalingrad seem to leave
the conservatives unimpressed.-They feel, accord
ing to the Swedish story, that time Is working in
" Finland's favor. ;
. But this Is a long -gamble and the cards are
running the other way. Time can also bring to
Finland the mighty weight of a full Russian as
sault It can bring devastation to her "cities, enor
mous casualties, occupation, dictated peace. All
this may be some time in coming, but it can come
. If Russia chooses, and the Finnish government will -have
Invited it . - .
There Is little doubt that Finland has also suf
fered a loss of international prestige by this deci
sion. Here In America' the public and diplomatic'
attitude toward Finland has been anomalous. The
sinns had our sympathy In their "winter war"
with Russia. And when they went in with Ger
many, the United States did not declare war, . .
The unofficial consensus then seemed to be that
the course was Inevitable. Finland hoped to regain
lost territory. And if she did not ally herself with
Germany, Germany would probably invade, use,
and nazify the country anyway.:; ;'
. So Finland and Germany ire fighting their war
with Russia, and they are losing it
- Finland had the chance of a reasonable and
honorable-peace. Russia did not ask a change of.
Finnish government Russia ) would exchange the
naval base Of Hangko on the Gulf of Finland for :
the Arctic port of Petsamo, Russia asked repara
tions that were not exorbitant and which would
. have ended in five years. And the Soviet govern
: meat offered to help drive out the Germans, but
only if the Finns desired it ,
Finland could have started rebuilding a peace
time, prosperity while the rest , of Europe still
fought Instead, her government chose to let her
fall with faHicj Germany, - it; 'v v '2
' Unless the Finns choose; other leaders,! more
representative at ' their admirable national . quxli
ties which the world ' has -so long; admired, they
must take the consequence of' thdr prent lead-'
ers decision. -LaGrande Observer.
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Dragon's Teeth
KSUt MBS SATVKOAT UM Kc
saa-Ifs tharTmth.
S 45 News, t
j 10 Ncwa. I "
! 7:15 Farm aad Hoom ProfTm.
; T30 Freedoa on th LmbO.
' 1 :4S Charles Mignante.
t$0 Good Ship Grace.
8 JO Good Melshbor Salute.
3 Music.
tflO-Boake Carter.
:lS-Pastor's Call. ' . r
J30 Ncwm. I -
1:43 Art Dickson.
100 Glen Hardy. News.
10:1S Al WUUams.
1030 Luncheon With Lopes,
llsoe US Marines.
11 :1S Laal-Mdatyre.
1130 George 7 Hamiltoa Orchestra..
laao-Orsanalities.
13:15 New, j
H-JO HillbiUy Serenade.
U:4S Music.
106 John Klrby.
1:19 Jamaica Races.
3:00 New, i
3 j05 US Army.
Sas Rubs Morgan.
145 Tour Bells.
30 New, -j
.. SJtS Concert.
, 40S Hcwa. i' -.
430 ruing mgtu
Si Bert Hlrsch and Violin.
.S:1S Senttanenul Muaic
S JO TwillrM TuSea.
S.-4S Gordon j Burke.
M Chicago Theatre of Air.
70 Gunnison. .
1:15 CommentarT.
330 Interlude.
130-Kvanffeneal Hour.
S. DO Downbeat Derby.
SXO New. ;
S:15 Orchestra.
030-News. i
:45 Ganlean Hour.
lt0 Waits Time.
10:15 Henry King.
10:30 News. S
10:45 Gim Amheini.
110 RoU Up the Rug.
U30-Slga Ott. - ;
" KrZ BN SATCKOAT 1190 BU.
S0 Muical Clock.
0:15 National Farm Si Horn Hour.
030 Victory Gardens.
0:45-Ptpe ot Melody.
. 030 Pipes of Melody.
30 Yankee Doodle Quiz.
S.-00 breakfast Club.
SAO Reading Is Tun. .
0:15 Novatlme.
035 News. ! i
0:30-Breakfast at Sardi'S.
10:15 Ben Sweetland.
1030 Music i
11 :00 Metropolitan Opera Co.
830 Tea and Crumpets.
3:45 Hello Sweetheart.
30 Musie. t
3:15 Story land Theater.
330 Ink Spots.
3:45 Leon Henderson.
40 Those Good Old Days.
4 JO Music i -
SO Ambassador Hotel Orchestra. .
805 Zd Tomlmson.
30 Boston ' Symphony.
030 Spotlight Bands.
035 Quick Quia.
30 Musical Autographs.
930 Red Rylar.
SD MUSIC. :
0:15 Edw.
' S JO Rnytna
00 Cowboy Hit Review.
1 30 News Headlines and' High
lights. '
05 Study to Blues, .
100 News. ' . . . . - -
10:15 Sports.! '
1030 Builders of faKh.
110 This Moving World. -11:15
Claremont Hotel Orch
11:45 Organ Concert. . t '
KOW NBC SATCKOAT 42t E0.
40 Dawn Patrol.
00 Musics
030 News Parade.
T:1S News i Headlines and . High
light 730 Bruce Raebura, Singer.
- Tj45 am Hayes
80-Hook and Ladder roDlea.
S30-Ughted . Windows.
Today's Garden
By LILLIE tJADSPI
Mrs. ZJDI asks me to name
some good varieties of seeds.
She is referring to the dealer's
label and not to r particular
flower or vegetable seed. I am
, sorry, but I cannot name these
in . this ; column. - However, , she
might watch the advertisements
. In the paper for ; the names of
commercial ; firms selling: seeds.
And remember the- seed men's
own motto Is a good one to fol
low: ""Good seed ; comes : from
, good seedsmen. It will pay you
to be discriminating when you
select your dealer. Seedmen
who represent known firms, or
who themselves have been In
business a long lime have a
reputation to rnt4atn
usually be relied upon to furn
ish good seed;' . v
Mrs; (LIW. asks- where she
can obtain old-fashjoned roses.
It she wQ send me a self-addressed
postal card. III send her
. the name cf a dealer.
Tpday
ys tadlfo IPirogfrainnis
.OO-Pet Parade. !
tJS Coesumar" Time.
30 Atlantte Spouieht
100 Here's to Youth.
1030 The Baxtets. -10MS
War Telescope.
110 Stars of Tomorrow.
12 0 Chicago Symphony Orch.
UJO Smilin" Ed McConneU.
10 Rupert Hughes.
:15 Races. -30
Doctors at War.,
30 Your America.
330 Story Behind Headlines.
3:45 Air Wac Setenade. I
9 0 Vegetables tor Victory. . ,
S:15 Wings. !,,
, 330 Curt Massey A Co. !
' 3:45-Beligioa in the News.
00 American Story.
430 Noah Webster Says 1
S0 Thernaa Peluso Orchestra.
yn Mmv
Si45 Imiia P. Lochner.' .
S0 National Bam Daneev -
30,-Can Yea Top. TtstMl .
7:00 Bsiry Wood.
730 Grand OT Opry. . i
80 Truth or Csnsequeaest
J38-Abies fa-iah Raeev
t0 News.
:1S Thomas Peluso Orchestra,
030 Three Suns Trio. i
035 Music. : f ' h '1 v'"
100Newr . 1 :
10:15 Pasadena Auditnrtum Orch
1030 Hotel St Praacia OrcJw.
1035 News .
110 Hotel Blltxnore Orchestra.
1130 War News Roundup.:
120-3 A. M Swuig Shift.
KOm-CBS SATTJsU)AT7- Ka.
00 Northwest Farm Reporter.
SOS Breakfast Bullattn.
830 Texas Rangers. .
8:45 KOIN Kloek. i
730 Bob Greene. News.
1:45 Consumer News.
80 Warren Sweeney, Newv
85 JjtV Pretend.
830 Fashions in Rations. !
80 Theatre Of Today.
- 830 Fantasy - !
845 Kid Critics.
100 Grand Central Station.
1035 Air-Flo of the Air. .
1030 Country Journal.
110 Mary Lee Taylor. :
11 30 Hal Mclntyre Orchestra.
1145 News
130 Victory
13:30 Ted Hmtng.
Sunday's Radio Programs
KSLM MBS SUNDAY 1330 Kc.
730 Sunday Prelude.
80 Wesley League.
8 JO Voice of Prophecy.
80 Radio Bible Class.
030 Lutheran Hour.
10.-00 Glen Hardy. News.
lOOS Voices from Southland.
1030 Bobby Hookey,
li o American Lutheran Church.
130 Wax Commentary. i
12:15 Voice of the Fanner.
1230 Dr. Floyd Johnson,
i 1 0 Symphonic Swine. - ' ;
1 JO Young People's church. .
30 Voice of Restoration.
, 3 30-Local Young People
30-Wings ef Healing.
iS 30 Foursquare Church i
40 Old rashioned Revival.
- S0 Mediation Board.
3:45 Gabriel Heatter.
80 News. , 1
835 Orchestra of Mexico. i
T0 Cedrte Foster. !
17:15 Tommy Tucker Time. ' r .
1 730 Langworth Gypsy Orchestra.
80 First Presbyterian Church, i.
; 830 lack Benny. - .. -, :
; 80 News.
1 1 :15 Anson Weeks,
j 830-Newe.
845 Back Home Hour. '
100 Old Fashioned Revival.
110 Rev. Percy B. Crawford. :
1 i - 7 v I ,n 1 ... 1 '"t .T;7'V;'.7.;. O
KCXRN SUNDAY 1138 Ka.
j 8 00 Your War Job.
1830 Dr. Ralph Walker.
! 845 Seagle and Trinity Choir. ,
180 Builders of Feith. ,
; JO Mease fe of Israel. - '
100 John B. Kennedy. ,
10:15 News. - ' vV:'': '
1830 Muate ' 7-j
110 Chaplain Jtm. CSA.
11 30 Serenade . Tropicale.
130 Life of Ruey.
1330 Hot Copy. ,
110 Al Pearce't Fua VaDey.
130 World ot Song. - .
i 20 Mary Small Revue. .
'330 Musical Steelmakers.
i30 Radio Hall of Fame. ,
i 40 Music
4:15 Be Alert. ;-:
445 Dorothy Thompson.'
1 50 Christian -acienee Pragnnv-.
1 5:15 Serenade.
; 8 30-Walter Doranty..
; 545 Drew Pearson.
; 80 Walter WochsIL " - '
8:15-Basln fit Chamber Uasta.
; S45-Jimnae FkUer. .
7 0 Us ten. the Women.
; 73b Look to the Future. .
I Y45 Music
' ; 80 Greenfield Village Choir. ,
'. 8:15 Hotel Shermen Orchestra.
r 830 Jan Gerber 'Orchestra.
vLs0 I Was .There.
8. News Hesdanes and IHiKghts
8:45 For JU1 Kumenity.'.
' 300 Gey Lomberde,
J030 iioolders -of ? faith. ,
IIXO Concert Hour. .
, GW-C rCWDAYC28K.j
1 ; S8 Down PatroL "-
; 80 World News Stoundusv
' 0:i Coasstnda Mary. ;'"v' '''
-t8C tiring Qjertet- -
-7 x ) 7 stiunal I adio Pulpit
'-7-S9 V ords and Music
S Tie- Church In. Your Home.
i'OiiJ Visitsug Nurse at tae ex.
10-Heathmaa Melodies. .
1U5 Kentucky Derby Previews.
130 Newspaper ot tho Air.
30 Corliss Archer. i -
330 Mother' and Dad.
30 Kentucky Derby. !
330-Newa. i - j ' i
34SWorld "dayJ j
3 35 Bob Trout. News.
40 Diaan Gaylci
430 Tratttc Safety.
;4.-4-Music J -
S0 Youth en Parade.
5 JO Three-Quarter Time.
8:45 News, a : j
835 Ned Calmer. 1 News. ;
00 Music i I - ' ,
8:15 Riley for Mayor.
030 Beauty Talk.
8:45-Saturday Night Serenade. 1
fa Mayor of the Town. ,
7:45 Armchair Cruises. i
8-00 Thanks to the Yanks, j
S Jo Inner Sanctum.
835 Dave Vaile. i
8 0-Your Hit Panda.
8.45 Don t Yea Believe IV
100 Tive Star rtnaL 1
10U5 Soldiers id me-Press.' ! I
1030 Music j . j i I '
110 Talk. , . . f L
11:15 atustc ri ,';".!
1130Orehestra. ""7 i,
1145 Orchestra. .-' '
1138 News, i '
1330 to 80 a. m-Murle at Hews.
KOAC SATCKOAT 530 Ka.
1030 News, j i '- i -l
raJS The Homemakera Hour.
110 Co-ed Half Hour.
. 1130 Concert HalL
130 News, r -13:15
Noon Farm Hour.
10 RkUn tbe-Rance.
1:15 Treasury Salute.
130 Variety Time.
30 i Books and Authors. -
3J5 America Marches.
330 Memory Book of Muate.
'. 30 News, i ' ' ( i -)
335 Music of the Masters, i
40 Vincent Lopex.
4:15 Dick Jurgens.
-430 Studio Party.
S0-Oa the Upbeat.
830-Jestmg With the Jesters
845 It's Oregon's War. i ;
8:15 News, i I
830 Evening Farm Hour, t
730 Grand .Opera Tonight I
830 Mews, s . ; -. - t
. 845 Evening Meditations. I i
100 Junior Prom. 1 i
8:45 The Carol Sisters. '
80 Canrtth Wells. Comaeatator.
8:15 News in Advertising, , v
830 Stradivari ' ' "
100 A Layman Views the News. 7
ie-.l5-Labor for VUrtory.
1030 Chicago aottad Tabic -
118 Those We Lore. ;
1130 John Charles Thomas..
13-00 World i Mews.
1330 The Army Hour. ! . 7
130-Garden Talk. i
145-Uemory Kassel' 1
80--NBC Symphony Orchestra ' '
30 Mews Headline and Highlights.
3:15 Catholic Hour
, 3:45 Between the Lines.
40 -Jack- Benny. - -430
Band Wagon.
4-55 Tom Beddyj Mewsv
. 88 Charlie McCarthy.
S 30 One Kan's Family.
- 80-a(anhattan Merry-Ce-Round.
830 American Album, of f Familiar
MUSIC.: '"
700 Hour of Charm.
730 Bob Crosby St Co
8.0 The Great Gilderaleee
a -jo symphony Hour. -830
Lands 1 of the Free.
835-Musical Interlude. .
Il 0-News Flashes.
1035 Pre-Inductiea PaneL,
1030 Symptoonette. " ! ": "i -
Uo St. Francis Hotel Orchestra.
1130 War News Roundup '
130-30 aj& Swing' Shift J--
KOD4 CBS SCNOAT-aso! Ka. ;"
" 8.00 News of ttte World.! v
. 035 Mustew . . ; . 1 . . ' . !t
845 Mustek - -: I ;.-i
70TChurch of the Air.
730 Wings Orer Jordan, i .
80 Warren. Sweeney. News.
85 Blue Jackets Choir.
: 8 30 Invitation to Learning ; .
80-6alt Lake Tabernacle.' ,
ae,aM . . aw. i . "
i 8:45 News, f -i- "i-h'U
100 Church ef the Air.
1030 Trans Atlantic CalL.
110 CeillnB Unlimited.
11 30 World j News Today.
11 35 Songs of ' America.
130 Phlihannonte Orch Concert .
130 The Pause-That. Refreshes
30 The Family Hour, i -
3.-45 Woman from Nowhere.
. 30 Sireer Theatre.-
330 i America tn the Air.
. 40 WUUam fihirer. Hewa,
4:15 News. - j
. 430 The Whistler.
"S.-ee The Star and the Story :
30 Kadassah Program.),
7 S 5 Stars ot Today. J '
-7;' 835 Ned Calmer. -'-1.K 1
0 0 Paolo. -Keeoerr Digest
: 8-.Fred Alien, - .-7 . , '- 'i..S
t5-Tak ft ee Leave It
7 3-A srrenru rea ef the Tblrr Man
. 8-ve Crime. Doctor.
825-Sonf of the Week. !
830-a Time to Come.!' - -'
, 1 S'as. These. 4.
830 We Work for Warn
105-Fvre XUrTinal.
le-lS-tVartJiBe Women i
19::-1 J-orace Heidt. . i - .
.10 J Crrchettra., . - - '
. 11 tc :estra.i .'''
Hi -Orchestra.L ' ! - 'V i
.llr CTxh. i . 1- -,--. '
lis f m : . v-
Ux-xi ajn afuste and Mews.
Besh9 Colonel Goeo to Front '
And Shoots Himself a Gentian
. By KENNETH L. DIXON. "', ' r:
- ttTTH THE AET IN ITALY, April 37-(Delayed)-Crr-Every-body
around these rjaxU wonderfarf who Uie
really Is, but anny; rnlet about unauthorized activitief being
what they are, probably nobody will find out-ofXiciallj that is.
It wax the 45th. Divisions News which told the story about
the "old colonel" who had squatted behind the rear echelon
desk "through 39 years of- army
life and two world wars" and
who was about to be retired and
sent home. -
He'd never had any front line
action so when his time was about
up he pestered everybody to
death 1 to transfer him to a line
outfit for a while. Instead,, when
they (ot tired of hearing j him
squawk, they shifted hhn to an
ordinance battalion still far in the
rear. -'. -
The old colonel cannlly bided
his time, rwhen. a new sniper's
rifle was being tested by his out
fit, craf he asked permission
to take It up to me Anzio beach
head to let same of the boys try
it out under combat conditions.
Hhe ordinance men didn't know
his record so they innocently let
him go up on Anzio. He tried the
new rifle on the target range and
didnt like it, so he swapped it
for a Springfield 03, flgiring he
could go back and, report on the
faults of the sniper's rifle after
he'd taken, care of his business.
; It was raining and. ft was mud
dy when i he finished tryingout
the '03 on the rifle, range but he
never stopped.: He hitched a ride
to a front '- line battalion' com
mand post and then headed down
to a i line company. When ( they
tried to talk him out of his plan,
he pulled his; rank on them so
they ; grinned, shrugged - their
shoulders and let him go. 1 ' -
Inrough f the ' darkness ! and
storm, he followed the guide up
the combat line. There he got a
foxhole with a sergeant All night
they f stayed there, soaking wet,
half standing, half sitting in the
mud. The : , colonel " must have
done - a lot of reminiscing that
night, just to himself. It bad
taken him two wars to get where
he wasvso he waited eagerly for
the dawn.
It was about 6 JO in the morn
ing when the rising sun flashed
for a minute on a helmet that
appeared on the other side of no
man's land. . Then it was ( dark
again. It reappeared for a quick
look 1 around, then it was gone
aeain. -1
The old colonel carefully
creaked his old bones into a sitting
position in the foxhole. The 03
laid across the parapet in front of
him, he laid the stock against his
grizzled cheek and threw; a bead
on the spot where the! helmet
kept popping up, and waned.
.. linallyr the - careless Kraut
reared up half out of his' place
of concealment The colonel cen
tered the sights and squeezed the
trigger. : !.- f
The sergeant said "scratch one
Kraut- ::;;-iY:
How the old colonel is willing
Tho
Safety Valvo
Letters from- Stas
To the Editor;
. You may hear of different
underground leaders in Europe,
. but no others come anywhere
near comparing .with the in
credible Tito"; of Yugoslavia,
the hard-bitten Croatian : who
has almost done the impossible
organizing the rebellious popu
lace of his country into firmly-'
; welded, rugged partisan group.
Xate . reports show where un
derground movements of other
Balkan countries .h a v e sought
hist as their' leader also, j f
, Catholics, republicans, com
munists alike, all men who low
a free life, gather under cover
of darkness to burn, dynamitej
shoot and fight back that nazi
plague which threatens to engulf
them.-1. .- -
In America when we fought
. for our,, independence we had
our i . George '; Washington; in
Yugoslavia. , it's Josip "HUT
Bros who Is laying plans for an
independent - government free
from fascist domination.
Many a- lone guerrilla fighter
who stands alone -with his. task
of sabotage looks with hopeful
eyes toward America to the day
when the western front opens; '
then all his heroic efforts- will
make him more hopeful than
ever of final victory.
Hitler's downfall will come
about , not 1 only because . of a
l strong, 1 powerful allied offen
sive, but also of the, small and
rugged partisans, who are more
than a thorn in the side of fas
cism's bloody rule in Europe.
; PVT. MICHAEL. DuPOR,
, Camp Adair, Ore.
Stevens
FOR
BABY!
, K t
; A sterling silver cup in' '
a siinpla tmaIectd do- :
- ci ct lif3tima 7Keep.
sake.'
; sCsse 9 J es Xnl Cwlsf
to go borne- except first he wants
to go on just one bombing mis
sion. """;;--fci -.-;. : 7,7
1 have a son In the airforce,"
he said, "and I dont intend to
listen to his stories the rest of
my, life.' . ' ' . r
OregonMother
To Be Named
HereMonddy
Announcement of Oregon's can
didate in the national contest for
"American War Mother of 7 1944
will be made here Monday, Doug
las MuHarky, private secretary to
Governor Earl SneH, declared Fri-
Names of these Oregon mothers
of service men and women will
be received up to midnight Sun--'
day. j :: i -:
Three' mothers continued In a
tie for firsT place in the Oregon
contest Friday, Mrs. Ella Garner,
Oregon City, Mrs. Edward Shan
non, Corvallis, and Mrs. ' Chuck
Wing MoyPortland. Each of these
mothers ' has eight children in
mflitaryuniform. - ?,
Mrs., Frank Stout, Cottage
Grovov was the sixth mother re
ported with seven children - in
service. Mrs. Myrtle Croner, Ore
gon City, was reported as the
mother jof five sons, 7 a grand
daughter ; and grandson ' in uni
form. Mrs, Croner has been em
ployed as a shipyard welder , for
19 months.
Honor of being the tiniest of
Oregon's outstanding war moth
ers probably belongs to Mrs. Ed
Jerrariesv Gresham, who has six
sons and a son-in-law in the war.
Mrs. Jerraries weighs only 98
pounds,
it was reported j by a
friend. 1
r -
Mrs. O. A. Holmes, Portland, re
ported having five sons and four
sons-in-law in service. i
First reports from . central Ore
gon listed Mrs. Delia McLean,
Prinevflle, and Mrs. Joseph F.
Egg. Bend, as mothers of six chil
dren in service. Nine other moth
ers of ; six children in uniform
previously were reported, j .
- The "American War Mother of
1944" will be selected by the Na
tional .War Mothers organization.
She will receive appropriate hon
ors on Mothers day. May 14.
librarians Attend
Work Show Here
,. County librarians from many
sections of Oregon gathered here
Friday to attend a "work! show"
arranged' by Miss Eleanor Ste
phens, state librarian. The an
nual convention of the Oregon
State library association win be
held here Saturday. " j t
Miss Stephens predicted that
more than 100 librarians would
attend Saturday's sessions.
. Mrs. Helen Hedrick, Medford
authoress, will be Saturday's,
luncheon, speaker while Mrs.
Gretchen Xneif Schenk. Washing
ton state librarian, will give the
principal convention address.
. (Continued from Page 1)
indiscreet and perhaps i ill-informed.
All too often military
men are lacking in political un
derstanding and thisseems to
be true with Patton. -
There was, a rule that officers
making- speeches were required
to submit the manuscript for re
view in advance of the delivery
date. Gen. Patton may have
talked f extemporaneously, 1 be
cause it does not seem probable
that any competent reader would
fail to delete the offending re
marks. Maybe the rule will be
revived with -a vengeance now.
Censorship is abhorrent to most
people, but a great organization
like the army cant have its officers-spouting
personal views in
wartime which might be con
strued as the official opinion of
the war department j
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