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t7 V WMHUl . MM - No ravor Sxoayt Us; No Fear Shell Awe From First Statesman, March 23, 1851 -" THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher I - ' ' Member f 'the Associated Press ' The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for pub II cation of an newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. ; Homecoming of Children j . ; ; British papas and mammas were shocked when their children who had been shipped to .America during th bliti returned home j and 'started talking Amerkanese. As one British paper put urn a neaaune: -zuuu ra n h-EnglishV Relearn it indeed!" You jolly know they will have to learn to drop Yi talk and Yankee pronunciation and learn "to speak the, king's Hinglish, doncher ! None of this Yankee "hi ya, pop", but Mcto f aather." -;,. What barbarians ther must aooear to i tives who have not seen them in three-four years. And what manners! Pon my word they ' will all have to be taught English mannera to iToake them civilized. H But what will Americans expect when ifour learn TTeU uucee I! how know. eerio. , lela- or five million American soldiers have been domiciled in the British' isles years come home. Will they bring British slang and British inflection, or if they have beenmv- !l ing on Scotch porridge the while will they speak with the usual Scottish burr? Just think what this war is doing to It's mixing them all up. Yankees in At in Iceland: British children in America: in Italywill the world ever be set bacic to frights again? Nothing 'like it has happened since the crusades. 8 the Who for pelple. tstrilia, Poles The Women's Vote Before elections one hears a great deal about ' the women's vote. But when' you study elec tion returns you are almost certain to conclude ! that 'there ain't no such animal." Not that wo ! men do not vote; they do. But they split their votes as do the men,, so it is almost impossible .to find iii the results a trace of sex. f , Take the recent primary election. Not a wo ' man was chosen for delegate to the national convention. Mrs Ruth Rose Richardson, vice - chairman of the state committee, who, had : worked long and hard for the party, did not get a place among . the. seven chosen, nor did any of the women running for district delegate. In Marion county one woman, Mrs. Ora F. Melntyre, was a candidate for state represen- tative with 12 men also in the field. Yet she . did not win one of the four spots. If the women had concentrated at all on Mrs. Melntyre she - would have won nomination. In the Coos-Curry district Mrs. Stella Cutlip was defeated for .' renomination by a man. Mrs. Anna Ellis, pre : sent representative, is the only woman to win ia renomination for a legislative position. Politics still appears to be a man's game. The US Steel subsidiary which was accused vof furnishing inferior steel plates for shipbuild ing has been exonerated after a three weeks' " trial in Pittsburgh. Anaconda Copper didn't fare so well in its trial on charges of furnishing de fective electric wire. As a general rule the big . ; ger the company the more anxious it is to com ply with the law because it is a shining mark ff or adverse publicity and legal penalty. But .whether large or small the company supplying war materials should deliver only stuff that meets specifications. We can't win the war with .'weapons that crack up in our hands. j 1 The toboggan which ! the price for mercury has hit will work for a lot of 'other commodi ; ties now in abnormal production. Mercury has 'dropped in price from $208 a flask to $116. ; There's a year's supply on hand now. At the j present rate of production stocks pile up fast ' when demand eases off. OPA may have to : change back to NRA overnight one of these ! times. - " . ' "" recommends K.' G. Wells. BritUh author. that Hitler be not executed if captured alive, but confined in an asylum for criminal luna .tics. This discussion may be academic. Who expects he will be alive when captured? Dnterarefting The War Neiv! By KIRKE U SIMPSON CMHHM-BM by Of Associated The foreshadowed nazi retreat in Italy to escape-yawning allied traps is In full swing by Ber lin's admission although the exact line upon which the German commanders hope to halt is not yet Indicated. .; - Unopposed junction across the Pontine plains by American elements of the fifth army, linking' the Anrio beachhead and the southern front, fol lowed a German night time flight from the whole -coastal area, Canadian occupation of Pontecorvo near the head of the lower Liri valley and unof ficial nazi reports that Aquino and Piedimonte, Inshore anchors of the collapsed Hitler line above Cassino, also have been evacuated tend to con firm me Impression that the whole German front is being pulled back. There is yet no indication that the foe Intends to abandon Home for allied occupation, however. : On the contrary, allied ' air scouts have reported heavy nazi reinforcements filling the roads north of Rome and moving southward. Seven of the re puted 25 nazi divisions in Italy have been reported held in reserve to the north and deployed to curb Italian anti-nazi operations in aid of the advancing allied armies. - German accounts indicate that the retreat from the Pontine plain was ordered to set tip a tempor ary covering front along the lower side of the Sae co valley route to Rome from the south. Canadians and French on the right flank of the fifth army are knocking at the southern entrance to that val i -ley..' 'V;;'---"i-z :;'''t::-': It the nazi grip on Aquino and Piedimonte onjhe southern slopes of , Mount Cairo, 6000 foot peak north and sliitly west of Cassino, has also been re laxed it indicates a line-shortening German , re-adjustr.r-t cf the entire trans-peninsular front la in process. Mount Cairo dominates N the lower Liri vc!!: frcn the north. Its loss would mean nazi retirement to the'inassive ridges of the Appenines east cf r.c8 to cover both the upper liri valley tnd flar.Ic the Eacco route to Rome with a minimum trocp d -rnt while main forces were concen trated in the Cat lands of the Rome region itself f;r the final tattle for the city. National Anthem The Medford Mail-Tribune puts In a plea for a new national anthern," That is a standing or-, der, for the Star Spangled Banner Is terrible music and its verse is quite inappropriate as a national anthem. Irving Berlin's God Bless America is more tuneful, but tt Is just a popu lar song, lacking the sweep and majesty of a national anthem. Wooing the muse Is often vain, and though the need has been seen for decades no poet or composer has come forward with a national anthem that registers. We will have to wait until some songwriter : gets a real inspiration, for you can't hammer a song out on an black smith's anviL a ' s Behind The News By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, May 23 What purported to be Mr. Roosevelt s world peace plan, and the time table for developing it, appeared recently In a ; leading weekly magazine' un der the title "What Really Hap pened at Teheran." The writer, Forrest Davis, : was not at Teheran. He has the 1 reputation of a ghost-writer in : reverse, what might be called a front-writer. In this instance ' . he quoted the most -intimate ' exchanges of conversation be : tween . Roosevelt, Churchill, i and Stalin and said his source Paul Maiion ; was "the highest authorities." Inasmuch as no one from here was present ex cept Mr. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins, and Hop kins has been too ill to see anyone since then, the information could hardly; have been accepted by such a reputable writer or such a reputable mag azine unless It came from the highest authority of all Mr. Roosevelt himself. Indeed, a credible story: Is In circulation that the magazine noted pencil corrections on the manu script In the president's 'own handwriting. . At any measure, no one else got the news of Mr. Davis article, which was, in brief: First major military steps in Europe will be in stituted "this summer, perhaps in July," or a mili tary situation in Europe fwill have been estab lished by July," so that Mr. Roosevelt can there after call "a general assembly of the United Na tions to agree on the broad outline of the world assembly." : , . The Roosevelt outline, Mr. Davis sets forth as the general assembly to be an unofficial interna- i tional legislature with delegates from all United Nations to meet only occasionally and at different places around the world; a small executive com mittee to do the real Job of directing' United Na tions post-war action; no international police force; maintenance of the national integrity of all the countries; plebiscites to be held in questionable countries under international auspices with the in ternational organization to count the .votes; a new system of international mandates, maintenance of naval and airbases in such mandated territories for mutual United Nations' use without acquisition of the territories. ) The technique of such a presentation of official viewpoint in an unofficial way allows Mr. Roose velt to deny any or all of the points and thus rob. it of its official character. But the formula generally follows the peace out line suggested in this column after State Secre tary Hull's speech a few Weeks ago. The time table likewise fits general expectations, although these have not been printed before to my know ledge. It especially carries ominous political fore' bodings.; , -Sii;L " The republican convention Is to meet In Chi cago June 26. Generally' the administration has taken the edge off such gatherings by breaking news as big as it could. Last time, the surprising appointments of Stim aon and Knox to the cabinet were announced on the eve of toe Philadelphia gathering, but this was a minor annoyance compared to what the repub licans could suffer In the way of news competition if toe military: situation develops as Mr. Davis forecasts "from the highest authorities." Furthermore, his prophesied general assembly of toe United Nations might well similarly blanket the whole election campaign, especially if it took Mr. Roosevelt to Europe, along about August, or even If it drew all the United Nations here. ; In any i event, Mr. Roosevelt could disregard the campaign and maintain right up to election day, as he has already maintained, that the "fourth term considerations are picayune." Also, he could present his long- delayed world solution in the; middle of the-campaign and. thus avoid the embarrassment ? of defending toe past domestic defects of his administration, its known failure and troubles. - . , ; - An appeal for national unity behind the proposal could be used to stifle opposition if the republicans chose to resist toe generalized features of the pro gram. Certainly no Charles Michelson would be needed in such a case or even a Hannegan. Indeed, Mr. Davis makes no secrets of political considerations involved, for he says: "The president moreover had certain personal reasons for .keeping toe session exploratory (and not conclusive at Teheran) . . . He (Mr. Roose velt) is alone of toe three facing a general election within the year . . . And was unable to bespeak his government's actions for more than a year ahead." (This, however, would seem to imply no peace committment could be made by Mr. R. until after ' election.). . -"kK :'- I' These matters havebeen talked conversation ally as vague prospects far the campaign for some time, but they have never before been put under ' authoritative auspices. Such a time table would in volve grave dangers, in my opinion, both to peace -itself, and Mr. Roosevelt's four term cause. . - In toe first place, to offer a privately negotiated peace plan in the midst of a campaign would in vite opposition to it Furthermore if negotiations were conducted in toe t midst of campaigning, Messrs. Stalin and Churchill would easily recog- nize toe power such a position would give 1 them .over the president, whose fate would be largely In their hands, and they might more readily press him for concessions Or would they hesitate to nego-' tiate a peace with a president whose position was iat all insecure?v::;:-:m i On toe other hand if Mr;" Roosevelt concludes the peace before election day, will not the main Justification for. his reelection" have been elimin ated and his work done? 1 In such considerations Is the campaign getting down to its most essential elements and for the first time. Y 'ramie c? tfOTrEittAM DcSiroVcD, WARSAW BLASTED. COUltmcV BUT2EB. wV'!0 Mft 1 IV. - " - l,X. - . vj-v 111" a . "Block Busters" Gadio IPirosirainnis KSTM-itnis rwnAT use k. soZt's the Truth. ', f :4S News, j .. . - '. - . t:lS farm sad Horn Program. 7 30-Shady Valley Tolks. 7:45 Today Top Trades. So Dr. Talbot. SO News, i ... . 1 AS Orchestra. S.-OOBoake Carter. 8:15 Pastorl Call. 9 :30 Midland USA. 9:45 Amazias Jennifer Logan. 10:00 Hardy, Mews. 10:15-Jack Berch. 100 Luncheon with Lopes. 10:45 Bation News. 11 AO Cedrle Foster. 11:15 Waltz Time. 11 30 Skyline Serenade. 11:45 Around Town. 12 0 OrganaUtlea. 11:1 News. IS 30 Hillbilly Serenade. 11:35 Nash vine Varieties. 1.-00 News, i : 1 :05 Spotlieht on Rhythm. 1 :15 Lum 'n' Abner. 130 Music for Remembrance. SAO News. 2 AS Broadway Band Wagon. J:15 Don Lee NewsreeL 2:45 Radio Tours. 8.-00 New. 8:05 Concert Hour. i v s. , 35 Johnson Family. . ; 4 AO Fulton Lewis. i 4 as Care and Feeding of a Husband 430 Lullaby in Rhythm, v j 4:45 Roundup Revelers. SAO News. 8:15 Superman. 1 530 Strings of Melody. ! 5:45 Gordon Burke. SAO Gabriel Heatter. S:15 Nick Carter. 6 30 Double or Nothing. 7 AO Commentary. 7 A5 Interlude. 7:15 Lowell Thomas. 730 Lone Ranger. SAO Arthur Wilson. 8:15 Evelyn: Tyner Orchestra. 5 30 What's the Name of that Song? SAO News. :15 Cecil Brown. 1 30 Fulton Lewis. t:45 Music hv Swingtime. lOAO-Sinfonetta. 1030 News. . M:45 Henry King. 11 AO Sign Off. 1 S:45 Captain MldnlgbL j, i0-Now Take My Caae. 30 Spotlight Bands, v ... . 1 35 The Story Teller, i s ; 1 AO Music. T ."" 7:15 Top of the Evening. 7.30 Nero Wolfe. ; SAO News. i S:15 The Parker Family.' .: e . 830 Gang Busters. ' ' AO-Meet Your Navy. 830 News Headlines t HlghBghta :4S Art Baker, News. . . 10 AO Fights. 10:45 Ambassador Hotel Music. 11 AO Concert Hour. KC. BN rUDAT 1IM e:i Musical Clock. 8:15 National Farm and Home ( .-45 Western Agriculture, t AO Home Harmonies. 75 Top the Morning. 1:15 News. I 730 James Abbe Observes. 7:45 The Listening Post. AO Breakfast Club. AO Noonday Meditation. as Voice of experience. 30 Breakfast at Sardi's. II AO News. I 10:15 Sweet River. 1030 My True Story. 1035 Polly Patterson. 11 AO Baukhage Talking, lias The Mystery Chef, liesLadles.: Be Seated, ujw sonaa By Morton 11:15 Hollywood star Time W 30 News Headlines Js Highlights. 1 AO News. 1 as Radio Parade. -130 Blue Newsroom. t AO What's Doing. Ladles. 830 Baby Institute 1:43 Labor News. 2:50 Music JA0 Hollywood News Flashes. - SOS News, 830 Rollie Traltt Time. 85 Music. . 4 AO The Great Melody. 30 Hop Ham gan. 45 The Sec Hound. ' 8 AO Terry and the Pirates. :1S Dick Tracy. 30 Jack Armstrong. SOW-NBC FRIDAY 42$ Kc. 4 AO Dawn PatroL i S35 Labor News. :00 Mirth and -Madness. ' 8:30 News Parade. AS Labor News. 17A0 Journal of Uvlng. 70S News Headlines s Hlghughta. : 730-ReveUle Roundup. 7:45 Sara Hayes. 1 . SAO Stars of Today. :15 James Abbe Covers the News. 30 Music of Vienna. S. -45 David Harum. - j i AO Personality Hour. ! 10. AO Benny Walker's Kitchen. 10 J5 Ruth Forbes , 1030 Glenn Howard. . 10A5 Art - Bakers Notebook. 11 AO The Guiding Light, i s lias-Today's ChUdren. 1130 Ugh t of the World. J 11:45 Betty Crocker. 12 AO Women of America. : 12a5-Ma Perkins 1230 Peuper Young's Family. 12:45 Right to Happine 1 AO Backstage Wife. las Stella Dallas. 130 Lorenzo Jones. 1:45 Young Widder Brown. SAO When A Girl Marries, . 2:15 We Love and Learn. ! S3 Just Plain BUL 8:45 Front Pag FarrelL SAO Road of Life. 3-J5 Vic and Sad. ,-830 B.- Boy n ton. 3:45 Rambling Reader. AO Dr. Kate as-News of the World, ! 430 Vote of A Nation. I 4:45 H. V. Kaltenborn. SAO OK for Release, as Arthur Godfrey Show. 30 Day Foster, Commentator 5:45 Louis P Lechner. AO Walts Time: V 30 People are Funny. 7A0 Amos and Andy. ! 730 Bin Stern Kpurts NewsreeL AO Fred Waring m Pleasure Time :15 Fleetwood Lawson. 430-Your Ail -Time Hit Parade. 8:00 Furlough Fun. : 30 Music. 0:45 Music 35 Music. 10 AO-News riashcs. I 10:15 Your Home Town News. 1035 Labor News. . 10 30 Thomas Peluso Orchestra. H AO Hotel Biltmore Orchestra. 1130 War News Roundup. 12AS-2 CAv Swing Shift. ! Kont-CBS rsUDAT m ke. " AC Gardening with Bouquet. -We Northwest Farm Reporter. JS nrm fart Bulletin. 30 Texas Rangers. 38 KOIN JOoek. ! 7:15 HeadUn News. sas-Wewspaper of the Air. 2:45 American Women, SAO -News. .. . j MS Lyn Murray Show. 830 Stars of Today. 25 Tb World Today. 235 News. . i 4 AO Lady of the Press. . ' 4 .-IS Bob Anderson. 430 Friday on Broadway. AO Galen Drake, j 8:15 Red's Gang. 1 (30 Harry riannery. News. 1 85 News. T 35 Bill Henry. 6 AO Sports Views and Interviews. .-19 citizens' Sewage Disposal Plan ao inat Brewster i Boy. i 7 AO Jimmy Durante At Garry saoore i 730 Stage Door Canteen. AO-I Love A Mystery. :15 Press Club. 30 It Pays to Be Ignorant. AO Kate Smith. 9:55 What's Become of f 10 A0-rive Star Final. 10 as Wartime Women. 1030 Short. Short Stories. 1030 Jan Garber Orchestra. 10:45 Voice of the Army. 11 AO Ada Leonard Orchestra. iiau Air-rio of the Air, 11 .-45 Orchestra. 1135 News 12 AO Music. ' Midnight to A0 caM-Music Si News KOAC FRIDAY $ Kc. 10 AO News. I 11 AO Trade Winds Calling, lias America Marches. 11:15 Keyboard Classics. 1130 Concert Hall. MAO News. i 12 a5 Noon Farm Hour. 1A0 Ridin' the Range. 1 as Names In the News. 130-Variety Time. ! 2 AO Club Women's Half Hour. 230 Memory Book of Music SAO News. 3:15 Musie of the Masters. 4 AO Music by Cugat 4:15 Listen to Leibert. 430 Dance Band of the Week 4:45 Science News of the Week sao on the Upbeat 30 Story Time. i S5 It's Oregon's War. OS News. . i 30 evening Farm Hour. 730 Music of Czechoslovakia. AC Wake Up America. 30 Music That Endures. 30 News. - ' .45 Evening Meditations. 10 AO Sign Off. ! OtP UP) UBS I " (Continued from Page 1) -' Warren of California seems to be the favorite, but there Is no telling what final deal will be cooked up. The delegates will ratify what the traders agree on. Usually there Is something exciting about a national con vention. In 1935 there was real enthusiasm f for ' Roosevelt ; st Philadelphia. In 1924 there was a Kilkenny cat affair at Madison Square Garden. - In f, 1940 st Philadelphia the Willkie drama excited, the country and finally stirred the delegates. This year the democratic renomination of Roosevelt will be a managed affair, and so will the : Dewey nomination; The speeches will besta ted because there is little enthusiasm for. cither Roosevelt or Dewey. : - -- At the moment there appears to be little reason for the public even to turn on their radios. 7s4S Nelson Pringle, AO Consum r News. OS-Valiant Ledy: 830 Stories America Lovea. S 5 Aunt Jenny. AO Kale Smith Speaks. :1S Big Sister 30 Romance of Helen Trent ' Our Gal Sunday. 10 AO Life Can Be Beautiful 10 as Ma Perkins. 10 30 Bernadine Flynn. 10945 The Goldbergs. 11 AO Portia Faces Ufc 11:15 Joyce Jordan. 1130 Young Dr. Malone. j j 115 Perry Mason. 12 AO News. 12.-15 Neighbors. ' ' .1230 Bright Horizons. 12:45 Bachelor's Children. . 1A0 Broadway Matinee. v ' i - 135 Dorothy Fisher. ! . 130 Mary Marhn. ! - 1 5 Mid-Afternoon Melodies. 2A0-Open Door. ' - Today Gordon ; By LJLLXE MADSEN """" """" "" A. T. G. asks about a suitable fertilizer" for her azaleas. Says she is hew at growing azaleas but finds them one of the "most startling flowers we have seen in the west" Seed stores carry a special commercial fertilizer for azaleas, kalmias and and other add lov . log shrubs. However, well-decayed barnyard fertilizer and . leaf mold are also good. Azaleas should definitely have a mulch beneath them at all times. The ground must not be permitted to dry up. Peat moss has, in for mer years, always been a stand- by for the - azalea grove r. It . ' makes a neat ground covering and seems to furnish some of the acid quality that the azaleas like. Old sawdust is also beneXkiaL - Oak leaf mulches seem to - do very well." . . McNary Indiat Bill Passed by Senate WASHINGTON, DC, May j 25 CAP)-Legislation regulating mar riage and ' divorce by Klamath reservation -Indians introduced by the late Senator McNary, was passed by the senate today, j The bill; affecting Klamath, Modoc, Snake and Yahooekin In dians, provides that from six months, after its enactment no Indian marriage will be valid un less performed according to slate laws,, and that bona! fide Indian custom marriages performed prior to that date will be j valid if re corded with the superintendent of the Klamath agency. j 1; It provides also that divorces may be obtained only by action oi the state courts. Epidemiologist I Need Of Health System PORTLAND. MSy 25-flVDr. Frederick D. Strieker, state health officer, today placed (employment of an epidemiologist tp study epi demic control as the most, im portant need of Oregon's public health system. j . .': ; Strieker told the annual meet ing of health officers, public health nurses and sanitariams that a survey of Oregon's system jalso indicated s need for expanded nmmisn-anve sacuities, more laboratories, and division of coun ty healt unit services. ToastmistresS Qub Names Cnimittee Yahlts utNaples Simtching O.D.'a for Summer Khaltis , s By KENNETH L. DIXON WITH THE AEF IN ITALY, May 15 -(Delayed)-(nfVAfter liv- I ing with soldiers for a long time you come to look on them as j the same sort of Individuals they were in civilian life and almost forget that the army and its" regulations control their every I movement.' - f ( t , , Then something happens to remind you of regimentation. . f Yesterday the Naples streets swarmed with the. winter's wool en olive drab uniforms;- Today, I as though a giant hand had . re versed every wardrobe, the same thousands of. soldiers appeared In their, summer cotton khakis. Up on the combat line, however, the OD -still reigns supreme.-for one thing, they; stand up much better ' under, wear and tear. But the main reason is that they're better camouflage. The switchover In uniforms was not exactly unexpected. The army publie relationa official Issued an announcement about , It a couple of days ago. It was sent over from Algiers and has become the most hilarious handout of the week. Whoever - wrote it must have been either an advertising man in prewar life or else bitten by the testimonial bug in bygone! days. Tint, ne said mat tne swapping of uniforms was about due because hot weather was upon us. Then he obviously went out on the streets and snagged some luck less private whom he -quoted as saying "I prefer the khakis he- e . V. .- cause ineyre mucn cooler. However, he suddenly must have realized that some of the guys wouldn't like to change to khaki. what with being up there in the line and having to fight the war, so he scurried back out on the street and nipped him another en listed man just back from the front ".' : ? !'.' . . . . - It wasn't enough to point out that the OD's were better camou flage. This unfortunate GL who probably just wanted to be left alone, anyhow, was described as giving the uniform situation a good serious think, whereupon he was quoted as solemnly saying: I prefer the woolen OD's be cause in the long run they're more cool man the khaki. By now the .handout had the whole headquarters press gang in the aisles, but its enterprising au thor took no -chances on his point not being driven home to the most stupid scribe. He located a third luckless lad who was quoted (all of them with full name and home town) as agreeing wholeheartedly with the army's regulation because some times i he considered the khaki cooler, but in a judicious after thought he, added: "Other times I; prefer woolens. And that was that 9 Japs Held At Tulelake TULELAKE, Calif- May , 25.- (AVNine; men were being held tonight in the isolation area of the Tule Lake segregation cen ter on charges of intimidating sev eral families who refused to send their children to! Japanese langu age schools in the camp, the war relocation authority announced tonight i The WRA's announcement came shortly, after Shiochl James Oko- moto, 30, a resident of the segre gation center for Japanese re garded as disloyal to United States, ' had died from a bullet wound inflicted by a military po lice sentry. The nine men sent to the Isola tion area had demanded that at least two families move from a block in which they were living because their children were at tending the center's schools In stead of the .Japanese language school, the WRA said. Layton Execution DateSet July 7 DALLAS, May j 25-OPV-Richard Harry Leyton, ex-Monnouth po lice official convicted of first de gree murder, in f the slaying of 17-year-old Ruth Hildebrand. to day was ordered to die in the state's lethal gas chamber July 7. The execution 1 date was reset following the state supreme court's denial of Layton's appeal for a rehearing. The slaying took place last June, i NEWARK, NJr.-rV-The nrlce of yo-yos may soar for all the office of price' administration cares.' ... .. - The Newark district office an nounced today it considered them lelatively unimportant items in the cost of living. : - Also freed from regulation were wood hair-curlers, artificial stem flowers, novelty glass ice balls. cat and dog beds and bee feeders. : Toastmlstresses, who discussed . subjects ranging from UncleSam I Is a Hltch-HikerT to "Biography," named their nomination commit tee tor the coming year and set next Sunday as date for the clos ing of their charter. f ! Mrs.) Martin EHe, Mrs.' Lewis O. Arens and Mrs. Howard Shu bert were , elected to the nomin ating committee. Miss Grace Bot tler and Mrs. Elle are to represent the club at the regional confer ence of ' Toastmistress : Interna tional in Seattle the Weekend of June 3 and 4 should their plans to be in the city at that time ma terialize. L 1 . -: Table' topic was "Negro Bights' and Mrs. Vernlce Boehm was chairman. ! L : ' , ' . Mrs. Alvin Crose was toastmis tress. Mrs. Winnie Pettyjohn, dealing with the, "hitch-hiker subject spoke of the federal hold ings which are tax free yet re quire services for which private property holders must pay with their tax monies. Mrs. Harryette Masonic, making her maiden ad dress before the club, spoke on her own biography. Mrs, Walter L. . Spaulding presented a story in verse. Mrs. Estffl Brunk described the common characteristics which mark Americans. .-. Over Million In War Relief Dispe Relief valued at $1,252,000 was dispensed by the British War Re lief society during the first three months of 1944, according to Charles A. Sprague, president of me crregcHi , war. iciest,, xrom in formation sent him by the Na-. tional War Fund, which finances the war relief projects of the so ciety, r This work Is aided by the Mar lon county war - chest which has allotted part of. its subscriptions to the; National. War Fund through the. Oregon War Chest Of this amount $50,000 paid for 10,000 cases of evaporated milk for undernourished . infants in India, and $20,000 worth of miscellaneous , supplies were sent to the island of Malta. Australia and New Zealand also received , material aid. . Among 2 the largest ' disburse ments, were the following: American ambulance (maintenanace of 300 vehicles) $210.000 I Children's homes and allied activities ". 118.000 Aid to war workers (sponsored by Ameri can labor) 120.000 Servicemen's clubs (in i U. S. and Canada) 100.000 Aid to hospitals "UJL 72,000 Other inmortant: relief projects included homes tor the aged and the blind, war, orphanages,' nur sery schools, .aid to United Na tions refugees In Britain, and the maintenance of mobile kitchens and food convoys. Hoover Says xmnt Him Out NEW YORK. May Z5.HEAV-Her- bert Hoover announced today he would take no part in the selec tion of the republican presidential nominee and referred to efforts Tbr Ill-informed people to link my name with various possible nominees. r'..ft. '- The former president issued this statement from his suite in ., the Waldorf-Astoria hotel: ! "Unta now, I have lenored the continuous efforts by ill-informed people to link my name with var ious possible nominees for nres- ident including Governor' Brick- er. Governor Dewey and General UacArthur. "I am taking, and expect to take, no part in the selection of the republican nominee. The peo ple and their duly-elected dele gates will take tare of that them selves.'- Ynmfiill fWntv T7.ll Need More Farm Help McMINNVILLE, May 2S-(JP) Yamhill '. county will i want more farm workers after the war than at" any time over thW last ;f our years, a survey , showed today. A r questionnaire - prepared by the county land use committee showed that 117 farmers, j who employed . 145 men in 1940 j and 161 last year, planned to ensnlov hi m peacetune. ' i Stevens wvuuwui 11911 lUvUliUU 1 will enhance and faring out -the brilliance and beauty of the stone. Diamonds Es-csi 7129 Yon-7cil 'i i .V