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Tli OEEGOIl STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, January 23. IS 13
Yoaak Parachute
Troopers Take Up
Art d Farming
zle3isz -I'VE . j..-.
"Wo raror Sways ls; No Fear Shall Awe
From First Statesman, March 28, 1891 ' i
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AT THE FftOHT!
TITE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
" CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
. Member of the Associated. Press;, ,
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
"War Maps - ,
People are learning; more geography than
5they : have since they left grade, school. If
nothing else, locating the spots where their
ewn hoys are drives them to atlases and war
Cause for VD Increase
So it is true, as we expected, that the big
increase ' in number of venereal disease cases
is due to a relaxation of law enforcement A
report to the Portland City club reveals that
snaps. Airplane operation has instructed them - in - Portland houses of prostitution have re-
in the global shape of the earth, so they have
aid more attention to globes and great-circre
air routes. Maps in newspapers and news mag-
azines are a constant accompaniment to the text
descriptive of battle zones. .
How are these "maps produced so quickly
and so accurately? That is a trade in itself,
but not in any sense a military secret. Most
of the maps now used by daily papers are pro
duced in the principal offices of the press as
sociations and then distributed by wirephoto
or telemat service. Thus the, illustrations keep
pace with the text of dispatches. A few of the
big papers have their own map-drawing de
partment furnishing them with exclusive maps.
take the Associated Press map service which
The Statesman uses. The AP has on file base
maps of all the strategic areas of the world.
From these base maps an average of six maps
a day are made and . wired to members. Our
own delivery is by airmail of maps in mat form
from San Francisco. ; 4 :
The technique of map-making is virtually
the same as in the last war. Using the base
map ; a sheet of tissue is laid over the portion
designations marked on the tissue. This is
then transferred to an acetate or celluloid sheet
and sent to the. engraving room. Map-makers
keep in close touch with the cable desk so-that
the very latest changes in position may be
made ' on the maps. , ,
i It takes from ten minutes to an hour as a "
rule to turn out a fresh niiap bulletin. The map
makers try to keep well-head with their work.
Anticipating probable spots for action: they
assemble material so it is ready at hand if
news breaks. Much of this effort may be lost,
but occasionally they are right "on target"
with their guessing. Their tools are standard
ized of course, with about five types of ruling
pens with weight varying from fine tir $eavy '
lines and a double pointed-pen to indicate roads
or railroads. Wirephoto . requires somewhat
heavier marking than for direct reproduction.
Newspapers, because of their time limitations,
have to confine their maps to plain drawings.
Time magazine 'features maps that are made up
more vividly, R. M. Chapin being the principal
sumed business without apparent interference
from city officials. A similar check in some
of the smaller cities of th state would probably
bring a similar report, f - ,
Back in 1941 and 1942; the government was
pressing vigorously for suppression of com-,
mercial vice. Most of the cities applied ft com
plete blackout, like Astoria for example, where
the policy of toleration had prevailed for years. -Portland
had at least a fbrownout" under the
prodding of army; officers and federal investi
gators under the social security agency. With
the pressures from goverpment sources relaxed
somewhat due to the evacuation of most of the
troops, the old practices were resumed, with
resulting quick rise in vejriereal disease rates. '
Experience shows that suppression of com
mercialized vice is the quickest and best way to
reduce the incidence of venereal disease. The
other theories of segregation and periodic
roundup for examination; have proven failures.
Police officers whoare alert can easily apply
the orders for suppression of brothels. Too of
ten they are held back by higher ups in the
city government, i .
We shall see what the; City club's report ac
complishes. These houses operate on "the ac
cordion plan open and f shut. They may fold
for a time, confident that under a tolerant city
administration they will be permitted to start
up again when the backs of the reformers are
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Magic Carpet
Memorials to Congress i
In many respects these memorials to congress
on public questions get little attention from the
legislature and much less from the congress.
Unless some one wants to start a fight against
some fellow-legislator's brain child the me
morials slide through; and when they . get to
congress they, get two or three lines in the Con
gressional Record in notation 'of their receipt
and reference, which is the last that is heard
of them. '. ; . R
What time is spent on -these questions in the
legislature is generally Wasted, because the
subjects are not j germane to state business.
Take" the memorial endorsing national service
it
eraru
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GUIDEPOST
News Behind the News
fighting which has been waged
on - this front ever since Von
Rundstedt's breakthrough, a few
S parachute troopers of the 82nd
i airborne division have"" found
time to do a little farming.
Their motives have not been
entirely unselfish, but even so
I guys like Sgt Charles E. Heyser,
S Gettysburg, Pa can turn their
! badges right side up as far as
1 vnvl turns are concerned. !
, ! Charlie loves -
farms' end r
1 farming, but in 'w
v the last two i
i vran . thre'
asnt beenj. )
- I much time r f or lj
-such Interests "
as t his 540th
parachute in-1
f antr ndmpnt i
fought through lUli:XJU
;four invasions KwMwth Kjtmm
In six areas.
" There were plenty of farms in
Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and
L ; Holland but they usually were
well tended by their owners or
else too ravaged by war. But here
; in Belgium, it's been different.
Many f arms well stocked with
cows, chickens and sheep have
been left unattended as civilians
t ! fled, before the German panzer
wpush. Charile found such a farm
land it at least will be in good
I order when its Belgian owner
1 returns. " ' ' '
It's stille dark and cold these
'mornings when Charlie gets out
of his bedroll and goes over to
: his farm. Before the sun peeks
;over the western front, the Bel-
' gian cows have been muxea,
i chickens i fed and the ' barns
i cleaned out The stock is watered
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(Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction in whoU
f or In part strictly prohibited.) r t
laoiclaiinn s fan a fh fotrislatur in pnnrpmfd
designer lllustrations of srupsiand planend:: n just prvokes controversy; likewise the me
gunsare. spotted- uv and sometimes relief -oru.,,. nrr .-MnBfB. ,mfr,iiitarv trln-
global maps are designed to give a better im
pression of the scene. The artist has small cut
outsalready made, as of battleships, destroyers,
etc. which he pastes on his map and thus speeds
up its production. ' -, '
; The maps we get are remarkably accurate as
one may see if he makes comparison with maps
In standard atlases. They contribute greatly to
our understanding of war news. They will
continue to figure in the hews when the fight
ing ends, for then there will be .determinations
of boundary lines, which calls for more maps.
Many will recall that in the-last war many
homes and offices displayed maps ofthe "west
ern front" and had it marked ;with colored
headed pins to indicate the opposing armies.
We see very, very few of such maps now. The
reason may be that our newspapers are print
ing more maps tdtfay, made possible by wire
photo and airmail service. Another, reason may
be that there are too many . battlef ronts to be
displayed on office walls. Atsmy rate the peo
ple are getting to, see plenty of maps and
learning war and geography as they study them.
A "suggestion to country schools: provide
sheds or lean-tos for bicycles. More country
boys and girls are riding bicycles to school. Un
less cover is provided the bicycles are exposed
to weather. We noticed one rainy dav recentlv
many bicycles parked on the ground and at the
side of a schoolhouse, getting drenched with
rain. A bicycle rack; with roof would be a good
project for the manual training class.
Editorial Comment
DISCRIMINATION?
Eastern Oregon sports fishermen are wondering
if the state game commission is playing fair with
this section of the state by opening the trout season
a month later than the dates set for western Ore
gon, j - . r. : i
True, the Deschutes river season in Wasco coun
ty opens April 28, instead of May 12- the date
set for other streams. Yet western Oregon's trout
season opening has been set for April 12.
Wasco county sportsmen do not want to appear
unreasonable, but they do not see the logic in the
game' commission's ruling. If the mild winter has
resulted in light snowfall in the mountains, with
anticipated low runoff during the summer months,
how will that affect the spring fishing? Under
such a condition many streams might be so low
in June or July that trout fishing would be con
fuTeji to the "pot holes," which soon would be
fished out. Only in the spring would the water
be high enough to produce good fishing.
Conservation? Well, why not include western
Oregon in any conservation program, if such is
the idea? Again there would be no complaint over a
shortened season If the entire state were involved.
Western Oregon, with its greater density of popula
tion, has thousands of fishermen compared to hun-
dreds In this area.;,-; " v
Many fishermen, on cleaning their catches, have"
observed that trout In mountain streams have not
XinisEed spawning during the opening days of the
season. This is true of the area east of the Cas
cades, but It is equally true west of the mountains.
If natural propagation is desired, in view of the
fact that the game commission is short : handed
and may be experiencing difficulty in stocking
streams, why not delay opening of the trout season
ell over Oregon until May 12? "": !t, - -.Wasco,
Jefferson and Deschutes county sports
men already have registered protest, we are in-;
formed, over the game commission's proposed dis-
mg. Maybe the discussion nas some good i in
clarifying ideas on these Isubjects, like an open
forum; but only rarely is this true. t-
The only virtue; we can see in most of these
memorials is to' start an argument and give
the third house 6ome return for" their time
spent in listening to transaction of routine
biisiness. . j : : It: . Sir
: Manufacturers are talking about rationing
be better off if they did some self -rationing.!
cigarette supplies. A lot of present users would
Interpreting
The War News
By KIRKE Li SIMPSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR ANALYST
Stiffening Nazi resistance in the Poznan sector,
last defensive redoubt oh (Polish soil in German
hands, appeared to be slowing the Russian ad
vance on Berlin along the shortest route but else
where on the eastern front there were, ominous
new developments for the foe. H-
Three primary objectives of over-all Russian
strategy that has guided the massive Red army
sweep across the frozen Polish plains have been
achieved. . if '.
I In the light of. this dark and incomplete picture
of Germany's plight in the; east, it is crystal clear
that opportunity is knocking for the United Nations
Allies. The chance that organized resistance in
Germany can be brought to an end within weeks
instead of months cannot be ruled out by caution,
nor is it possible that Allied supreme headquarters
in the west is not straining every nerve to start
rolling eastward to meet the Russian flood tide
attack or at least aid its advance by pinning down
Nazi armies in the -west.' f(& -'-X.. ' j .('--..
I Neutral press reports from Berlin say Nazi mili
tary; staffs expect it and withdrawal of the Ameri
can Seventh army in the Karlsruhe corner under
Nazi pressure tendi to confirm that expectation.
I With the Saar basin phase of the Anglo-Ameri
can winter offensive abandoned when the' Third
"ONCE IN VIENNA . . " y Vlckl
Maum (Dldier; S2.M).
"Maria stood before him, nak
er, slender, s&very" . . . "Quite
'naked, she stood tall and slen
der" ; . , "She stood naked- be-,
fore the mirror" ; . "She was
naked,' brown .
I These quotations make this
book on the movies could cos
tume easily, if they cared, to
take it up, and they give it a
back-to-nature appearance
4 which practically all the rest of
the book belies." Undergarments
are strewn over floors, girls sigh -in
the moonlight under, the
hero's window, valets " are" dis
creet, kisses jare pondered, ar-"
gued, debated, discussed, . de
scribed, anticipated with, relish,
delivered with abandon and re
gretted with pearly tears, r
This novel was written While
Miss Baum was still In Europe
Though undated, it seems to
precede "Grand otel" by about
75 years, as if perhaps it were
written by Miss f Ba urn's great
aunt. . I '
Hannes Rassiem, the tenor, is
what used to be known as a cad
and a bounder. Fearing he "has
lost his wife's We, he finds con
solation in the embraces of prac
tically all the young sopranos
, studying with f him.
Of the two girls figuring most
prominently; .one : goes on to
fame and the ether commits sui
cide . . ; a ong line of her, an
cestors had dpne likewise . . .
while "Tritain jand Isolde"; is be
ing performedj She takes poison
with just the words you; would
expect: "UghE Coward! Down
with itT Bitter-Bitter Bitter'
4 This novel is like one found in
the .attic of a 1 house rented for
the summer. It goes way back
beyond the era of lavender and
Old lace, it's done in purple and
magenta, scented with jasmine
and tied up with faded ribbons.
' It seem? ; unfortunate to tar-
. nish Miss; Baum's slick, polished
reputation by ! disinterring and
publishing this. "Once in Vien-
- na" may be the ; title, but the
fact is, neveri In Vienna and
never anywhere else. ;
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 Be
hind the Bowles-K r u g project
to curb; garment prices Is a
chaotic condition which" every
woman 'knows. ' j
Dress seekers in one depart
ment store here
lately have I
been standing
around ;waiting
In the ! morn
ings for .. the
daily stock al
lotments; to
come In and
, then have work
ed on them as
?fa the old days'
.of. bargain
store rushes.!
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gone down and rents held stable.
s 'This will be difficult for any
consumer in my neighborhood to
understand, when he measures
the similar declines in size and
quality of many, goods, "where
standard quality has ' dlsap- cows were left locked In stalls,
peared (food, j cigarettes, liquor, ! milk souring in pails, and chick -
land turned out to pasture .
i Once in a while combat duties
. get . too I heavy and Charliesy
; chores are delayed, but as soon as
: possible he tushes back to see
that everything Is taken care of
I just as it would be back on his
little Pennsylvania farm. j "
Charlie's Isn't the only farm
ion these Belgian hillsides where
Paal.
MmUea .
. .
Messrs, Krug ;nd Bowles,, an-
nouiiced they proposedt0 "start
cutting prices 6 or 7 per jCent
but In a situation like this one
prices, seem j to j be "unimportant
to eithe)? 'consumer or seller.
Money swells the ladies pocket
books oh the one hand and an
. efficient, effective standard of
' dress prices is difficult to fix tr
enforce on the other. ,
The announcement said the
trouble Is cheaper garments are
no longer being " produced, i but
from the standpoint of the shop
per in the. stores it looks more
like the cheaper dresses are just
being "Isold ! as higher-priced
dresses, while the top standard
is the one which has disap
peared, ij ... ; ' . '. -
But here for the first import
ant occasion, the OPA is moving
Into the aspect of correcting the
gradual ' but' deep decline in
quality ;bf goods, which has
been protested so frequently In
this column the past few weeks.
The OPA -figures (bureaui of
labor statistics) In this instance
show the price of clothing; has
Increased only 11 per cent In ,
the last 18 months. j
Most ' shoppers will contend
that when the decline in quality
- of material j offered is . consid-j
ered, as! a price Increase (which
it really is) then the price of
clothing jumped ; several times ;
Til per cent j . ......... ,
i'- Also the general cost, of i liv
ing, according to OPA statistics
has risen only : one per cent In
the same 13 months. Food
prices . are supposed to have
etc.) standard measures have
been lost (in restaurants for ex
ample where the soup cup may
be only half or three quarters
filled and one smaller cup of
coffee given for the prices for
merly charged for a full: bowl
and as .many large cups as you.
want) . ' ..... i.. -: Ji
Now to. meet this nsame con
dition In clothing, OPA proposes
to- get first a hand . on the riw (
materials.' . outlets : . through ? the
war production board, and thus
force the manufacturer to make
tiie cheaper dress goods, then to -check
directly on deterioration
In quality of garments and also
move to reduce actual price in
creases.;' i ' i! ' i
This much was announced, but
more specifically also In the
next few months OPA expects
to introduce these following re
lated steps: -. ;
Textiles will be channeled into
various lines and types of manu
facturing, manufacturers will be
required to return to the' same
standard of goods they were
producing two years ago most
clothing will carry tags; giving
OPA legal ceiling prices; and a
firmer control; of prices will be
taken at all points in manufac
turing from the raw material
to the retail sale. "
OPA thinks this program 'will
at least prevent an expected 13
per cent increase in prices dur
ing 1945. They expect ' industry
profits may be reduced: some
what by the innovations but
will still remain higher titan in
peacetime and consumers will
save at least $600,000,000 a year.
Unfavorable; comment, ; how
ever, is coming from .industry
where restrictions already in ef
fect are considered excessive,
allowing much profit to some
and little profit to others, under
the burdens of heavy wajr tax
. ation. :';;V!"y . if:; .
. My own opinion Is that the
( ens abandoned to their fate by
fleeing owners. A military polite
j platoon set up a prisoner of war
j cage in just such a site. But be
I fore the prisoners could be herded
into the barn," a bunch of cows
Shad to be herded out and they
5 didn't cooperate too. much! j ,
I , A rush call went out for ;a
cyclist arrived. He sized up the
situation. TThese cows need to
be milked," said Tom. "Then If
we are' going to keep them
around we'll have to clean up
a place for them.
: Tom t got Steve DeBrow,
Bridgeport P to help with the .
milking, but other tasks f eU on -the
shoulders of some boys whose
. previous I farming connections
consisted solely of seeing news-;
" reel shots of political candidates
pitching hay. ; ' 1
Pfc. George Apen of Brooklyn,'
drew wnai roign o ueu
as Bovine latrine detail. Pfc.
Louis MIkrut of Chicago, was
assigned the job of driving the
i cows 200 yards down .the road
to a water trough every day.
Not taking any chances, Louie
hearded them along - with his
sub-machinegun. Also, he ''and "
George kept the cows covered
7 each morning while Archie Trln
Iger, Hauma, La., let them out of
their stalls. . ' ;:.
' At firsi barnyard details were
not very popular. But when fresh
milk and eggs began to show up
in the chow, even city-born par
atroooers beean to decide that "
farm life had Its good points. .
Pat Otis Will
Head WU Club"
Pat Otis will preside over. Wil
lamette's, newly-formed honorary
for sophomore women. : .
The group, nominateo by Cap
and Gown,! the faculty and the
student council and selected by
student body vote, includes Mary
East, vice, president; Betty Sin
kola, secretary - treasurer; Lorah
Kate Griffith, Nancy . Merki, Pat
Mansfield, tforothy Robinson, Eve
lyn Deal, 1 Evelyn Chapman and
Phyllis Nelson. ,f
Purposes of the honorary are
three-fold. It Is to act as an in
centive for freshmen women, a
reward for outstanding sophomore
women, and as a service organi
zation. Nomination to the organ!
zation was made' on -the basis of
leadership, scholarship, character
and service." ' 'Z '.' . ! ' "
lYdiirtfFeaeral Income tTax ;
lANNUNTIES ANtf 7 ' '. i - :.
PENSIONS DISTINGUISHED
f As explained In article No. 18
in this series, ah annuity, geneir-
ally speaking, Is a form of ift-;
vestment-wherein you purchase
the right to receive a monthly
or annual income for life. A por- .
Uion of each annuity payment re
fceived represents a gradual non
j taxable return of the principal
or purchase price, and the bal-.
i ance of each payment represents ,
taxable income. ;
I The original Idea of a pension
appears to have been a 'gift'
for gratuity "made to a. former
employee on account of past ser
I vices which had been fully paid .
for when rendered, but it deveW
loped into a deferred compensa
tion for serviced as an induce-;
ment to secure continued service
jfrom employees. Accordingly, a
'pension or a retirement allowance .
s paid entirely by the employer
represents, for Federal income
tax purposes, amounts paid sole
ly because of services. They are
regarded as additional compeh
; sation for services and the entire
amount of each payment is sub-
ject to income tax unless express
ly exempted t from taxr by law.
.These amounts may be entered '
in your income tax return as
;"wagesn (line I or 2 of Withhold- .
ing Receipt or item 2, page 1 of
Form 1040). However, if you file
!your return on Form 1040 and
prefer to enter your pension In
; jthe annuity schedule (Schedule
thel strategic significance and
cal j importance. Strasbourg, the only Allied foot
hold -on the German Rhine, except near the' Swiss
border, lies now at the blunt apex of an Allied
salient A German! trans Rhine pincer; attack
threatens it closely) from north and south. :
j To meet that threat the Seventh army has been
pulled back to shortened and more easily defended
positions out of the tip of : the Dormer Karlsruhe
corner.; There is no; indication that it has: been
reinforced in any considerable strength by Ameri
can troops released from the Belgian bulge theater.
I That is a significant circumstance. It implies that
General Eisenhower was marshalling his; forces
elsewhere for major1 Offensive operations even be
forf the Russian steam-roll er started across Poland.
He was prepared to give ground at need in the'
Rhine-Saar salient rather than be diverted from his
offensive purposes somewhere else, presumably in
thej north where British elimination of the enemy
from the Roer-Maas triangle was paving the way
; forlgreater events. ; ''.. 1 1 , 1 y-yf; g
4 If that was true even before the Russian attack in
Poland, it is doubly important now that Eisen
hower's armies strike without delay to exploit
deepening Nazi disasters .in the east Weather
conditions in the west impede troop movements
over snow clogged roads, but do not forbid mass
transfer The chance to put an end to organized
resistance ixl Germany and reduce the heavy cas
ualties pitched battle involves Is too certain to
doubt that Eisenhower's orders and the directives
flowing to that front front the Anelo-American
crimination against Eastern Oregon in the matter Joint chief of staff committee is Washington are
of trout season dates. It still Isn't too late for the centered on putting the final breaking strain on
commission to change its mind. The Dalles Chron- Germany and doing it nov not at some? future
icle. time. . s ; ,.w .
army was rushed northward to aid First army - , -i '
comrades, operations in the. Karlsruhe comer lost MTUK iiYOTTNlw Ilrl,F.A,v ": Kv MnSQIfr;
I much of their tacti- f ' , .
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; changes will not restore anything
I like pre-war quality or price,
but mar stop the downhill run ?
I which has gone on unattended '
to since the war started. What
cheers me Is that OPA even In
tends to do something -about this
'angle.'
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For instance, an employe works .
for many years for a civilian
manufacturer and "then retires
because of disability or advanced
age. His 'employer continues to .
i pay him a salary or "penston"' .
1 t m . .
i treating the payments as current -.
expenses for compensation." This
pension is compensation subject
- irk inMme v V- ..K4a:
: to the withholding of income tax'
-; by the employer. ,
After the employe's death, the
S employer may continue the pay
ment of, the pension to the em
ploye's widow. Two types of cases
wvur. in one, were was no pre--vious
agreement that any pay
ment would be made to the
widow, but the employer made
such payments voluntarily for a
limited period after the employe's '
death, in recognition of the ser-i
vices which he had rendered. In
' such circumstances, the payments
: to the widow are gifts and are
hot subject to income tax In her
hands, although they may be de
v ductable jby the employer as
business 'expenses. In the other
type of case,, there was a con
l tract a corporate by-law, .' or
, other understanding between em
ploye and employer that after
the former's death the payments
jof salary or pension should b
made to j the widow, or other
beneficiary. Since legal obliga- -tion
was created under which the
Widow could recover from the
employer any unpaid amount
due, the pension received by her
is ; treated, for income tax pur
poses," as having the same tax-,
able character as At At A i
hands of- her husband, that is.
represenu salary or xvaoe
it
, subject to the withholding of Income-tax.
;
j . (Continued tomorrow)
Next time TU get my dance before I put la say nickel:
i (Continued from page 11 .
15 or even 40 pupils. It cannot
provide laboratories, gymnasiums
and specially trained teachers? To
confine , such , a small band of
boys and girls '-to a tiny, high
school isn't giving them a "fair
break.
' Up at Eugene a survey of the
- school conditions in the suburban
areas reveals the need f orf eon
"solidatioQ or : federation. Indi
vidual schools are bulging" with
pupils, but? the Individual dis
trict valuation 1 puts a limit on
new building. 'Wise consolidation
is "viewed as the economical solu
tion. .-.""
The legislature can veryj well
accompany any! grant of the state
funds for schools with a mandate
for drastic district reorganization.
IX the latter is ' completed less
state money will be required and
better educational opportunity
provided." And the opportunities
in the teaching profession would
be improved making .it more
attractive.
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