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From First Statesman, March 28, 1831
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
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Revolution in Logging
In the space of 10 years, says The Timberman,
the logging industry of the west has been revo
lutionized. The twin tools which have accom
plished this revolution are the motor logging
truck and the tractor.
The tractor, equipped wth bulldozer blade in
front makes roads into the woods over which
logs may be hauled out y4ogging truck. The
same power machine, equipped with an arch
behind, can lift and dragheavy logs from the
woods to the loading platform. Trucks, of
course, have largely replaced rails in transport
ing logs, except for the long haul.
We have seen this transformation in logging,
almost without realizing it. The North Santiam
basin at Mill City and Detroit was a type of the
old operation 15 years ago. The Hammond com
pany had a big mill at Mill City, had logging
camps above Detroit in the Breitenbush and
French creek districts, moved logs by rail. The
company closed down its operations and the
communities that had depended on it seemed
doomed. Local interests at Mill City started a
mill, however. Trucks and tractors came into
use to provide it with logs. Later other logging
camps using the same tools were opened. Small
mills were started as far up as Idanha. And
probably as many men have been employed in
the region and as many board feet of logs and
lumber turned out of the North Santiam basin
as during the days when Hammond was running
full blast. J
This has indeed been a revolution, the extent
of which is hardly appreciated by those outside
of logging. Now another invention is reported:
a "skyhook" a machine for high-lead logging.
The skyhook travels on cables across canyons.
It holds logs in a firm grip, instead of letting
them swing as was the case with the old pulley --
cable arrangement. This should prove of great
value for logging the places difficult of access.
The effect of these modern inventions is to
increase greatly the volume of merchantable
timber. "Where formerly it was not practical to
log isolated pockets by railroad, now they can
be reached by tractor-built road, and logs
hauled out by truck. These new tools are sam
ples of modern technology, the application of
power in new types of operation.
Strike at Iwo Jima
Marines seem to have drawn some of the very
toughest assignments of this war: Guadalcanal,
Tarawa, Saipan and now Iwo Jima. This vol
canic islet, like Corregidor shaped like a tad
pole, has been made into a bristling fortress by
the Japs, as was Tarawa. With the overwhelm
ing strength of the Americans the conquest of
the island is certain, for the Japs can get no re
enforcements, but its rock soil will be reddened
with much blood in the process, and not all of
it Japanese blood, either.
Capture of Iwo island, however, will give us
an airbase only 750 miles from Tokyo. That
is close enough so that fighter planes can go as
escorts to our bombers. The high command
makes its calculation that the' ultimate saving
in life and in time is worth the initial cost.
Old Age Maximum
The house has passed Representative Har-
vey's hill, HB 52, which removes the $40 maxi
mum limit from grants for old age assistance,
i Four years ago when the writer recommended
removal of any limitation (the maximum was
then $30) the pensioners would have none of
that but insisted on inserting the $40 figure,
i With maximum now being eliminated grants
i can be made on the basis of need, with regard
of course to funds available. Since the federal
maximum is one-half of $40, the latter figure
r will remain for all practicalpurposes the maxi
i. mum, except for certain necessitous cases.
This fact has been learned from experience
that the more is paid, the greater the demand
: and the more people endeavor to get on the as-
Editorial Comment
NO GUESSWORK HERE
Coos county's agricultural leaders have no inten
tion of allowing any veteran of World war II to fail
in the pursuit farming. They decided this some
time ago and in recent months they have made
plans that are almost certain to prevent any such
disasters.
Stories of careless treatment of returning veter
ans may be heard almost any day now in any lo
cality: Unless one has the direct testimony of a
veteran who has been mistreated it is wrong to
place too much credence in these reports.
At any rate, it is highly unlikely that any such
stories will come out of the agricultural areas of
this county.
The plan proposed by Coos county farmers is sim
ple, and looks to be foolproof. In the first place,
the capabilities of a veteran who intends to be a
farmer will be thoroughly investigated. It will be
determined how much work he is physically capa
' ble of doing and to what extent he is able to operate
a farm without outside advice.
If a young man has all the qualifications' but ex
perience he will be given a chance to work on a
farm for a year, at a living wage. At the end of
that time he will be moved to productive acreage
which he can either rent or purchase
Farmers believe one of the greatest dangers is
that veterans may, without consulting anyone, put
money into acreage that could not under any cir
' cumstances provide a living for a man and his fam
ily. For this reason a committee has been appoint
ed to thoroughly survey the entire county in order
that the agricultural possibilities of all acreage may
be determined. The farm leaders will see to it
that no veteran moves onto land that is economic
ally unfit for farming.
The farmers are determining, too, what consti
tutes an economic unit In other words, how many
sheep, or how many cows, or how many chickens,
or how many hogs, or how many turkeys must a
veteran have to make a living?
All of this indicates that the farmers in this
county want to take all the guesswork out of farm
fhg for returning veterims, They want to be sure
that when a veteran goes to farming he will have
at least an even change of being successful if he is
willing to work and also is willing to call upon ex
perienced farmers or the county agent for advice
when he meets problems which he cannot solve.
Coos Bay Tunes.
sistance rolls. . The more public welfare Is dom
inated by politics the greater thejjsums that
must go to finance it. I
Moral Discipline? j
While the request (order) of Jimmy Byrnes,
director of the office of war mobilization, to
close places of entertainment at 12 midnight is
for the announced purpose of consefving fuel
one cannot help but wonder if the prackdown
isn't also for the "moral discipline" of the peo
ple. It has no doubt seemed unfaii and incon
gruous to men fighting in tough batiles to know
that folks at home are indulging in extravagant
pleasures. Crowds at Palm Beach and crowds
at city hot spots of entertainment seem out of
keeping with the sober tones of wartune. So it
may be that Director Byrnes is serving as social i
monitor for the nation to bring it to its senses
that after all "there's a war on." i .
The order will cause a minimum pf change in
a community like Salem. Few places of resort
hold open after midnight. Those jthat do ean
advance their closing hour, although here the
factor of saving coal is not involved because
little coal is used for fuel. Portland, which has
blossomed out somewhat flamboyantly with
night lift in that formerly sedate metropolis,
will be vexed to hive to pull down the blinds
and lock the doors when the hour of midnight
strikes. Once again pleas jmay be put in for
the swing shift workers who miht wantto
dance from midnight to davjrn. '"
It would be a mistake however to suspend all
entertainment, theatres, eatng places etc. The
strains of wartime call for spme diversion. Peo
ple ought not to live all the time jengrossed in
their work and theil worries The offense comes
in the over-indulgence, the reckless jspending.the
gross sensuality marked by) heavy consumption
of liquors. Whether or not 3irectof Byrnes had
any moral purpose? mixed in with his desire to
save fuel, his order will serve that end, sobering
the people at home. And that isn't bad. And
this is Lent too, which is arf appropriate period
for holidays from indulgence. I I k
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Doctors AccomplUh,
Miracles Every Day
Market at Hand
Henry Haag, a successful dair farmer of
Reedville, Washington cour ty, advanced soma
very sensible and worthwhile suggestions in a
talk at the Kiwanis club jTuesday noon. He
urged that agriculture be considered as full
working partner of industry and business. And
he pointed out the huge market which agricul
ture provides for city-made merchandise. - Huge
quantities of Duilding material and farm ma
chinery and household furnishing can be ab
sorbed by farmers IF they nave the purchasing
power. ;i
That is a thought worth
We can very well cultivate
ket and not letimrselves be
by the will-o'-ihe-wisp of
costly illusion of made-work by government to
provide jobs.
paying attention to.
his vast farm mar-
swept? off our feet
oreign itrade or the
One of the Moscow papers
ing China's government at
sidering that Russia has
China, the curtain lecture
in ill grace. j
The meeting of the "big
sea is said to be "amphib
agreements do not prove
has been lectur-
Chungking. Con
done little to help
from Moscow comes
three" n the Black
ous." Must so the
t&o "fibibus."
Interpreting j
The War News
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR ANALYST
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Savage as is Japanese resistance on doomed Iwo
Jima, the dominant factor is that a huge armada of
American warships, transports and supply craft is
riding it out around the tiny Islet 70Q miles or less
off japan's home coasts unchallenged by sea and
virtually immune even from air attack:.
More than 48 hours after jfirst echelons of vet
eran marines poured ashore, bo effective help had
come to the besieged enemy jgarrisoiW I '
Eyewitness accounts told j of Anjserican naval
planes by the hundred swarming the skies. There
was only passing and uncertain mention of any
land-based enemy planes putting ii appearance.
Tokyo broadcasts intimated that hafily-escorted
U.S. plane carriers! were moving ir ven, closer,
hardly 600 miles off the enemy's home coast, to
renew the smothering air attack'. tht lideared the
air and kept it clear of Japanese fighters and in
terceptors while the first Iwo Jima beachheads
were established and extended. The Japanese press
and radio renewed warnings &at evel an American
invasion attack on the hom island smight be ex
pected at any moment. ":
Had other evidence of absolute American control
of the sea established beyond the Pacific in the na
val battles in Philippine wafers beeit lacking, the
bold move to seize Iwo Jima would have proved
it It pointedly confirms tht terse declaration of
highest ranking American haval luthorities in
Washington and in the Pacific theatre that the
world's widest ocean has been complply bridged;
that the way is open new, fori landing in China or
in .Japan itself at any time the men and equipment
are available or at, any point American judgment
may select ' " j ,t .
In point of fact however, seizure of Iwo Jima is
but another of many probable moves to consoli
date effectively the naval victories already won
that have reduced Japanese sea powe4 even in Japa
nese waters to little more than: potential nuisance
values. If it comes lout at all; it can rome out only
to certain complete destruction, ,
It still is to the European; theatre that the ob
server must look for some answer as to when the
final step in the long leap across the Pacific can
betaken. s ' ! f
Renewed assurances were given a the Crimean
meeting by Churchill that he whole weight of
British sea, air and ground power wobld be in time
thrown against Japan. : !
Even in the offidal Washington Version of ithe
latest Roosevelt -Churchill Pacific strategy talks,
however, it was emphasized that no ti until the war
in Europe has been virtually ended can Britain turn
fully to that task. , Not until then, also, can the
American fpes adequate foi the Jo!j be available.
Words With a Familiar Ring
THe!
Safety Valvo
LETTERS FROM STATESMAN ,
REAPERS
WOULD BUT PARK
To the Editor:
Please permit, me to again
break hi on you with an offer
which to some may sound pe
culiar, especially coming from a
new j citizen. According to the
vpte tecently cast we lost the op
portunity of securing a vacant
piec4 of property large enough
for a City Park. Just because a
few (stay at homes) who have
no civic! pride who are so dila
tory in their, habits that they
don't seem to care, or are too
contented within themselves to
think enough of Salem to help
pronjote Salem's growth.
I think we should get together
and, form a Syndicate or some
such! body, to promote the pur
chase of this piece of property
to be used by the live people not
Zompies or Crepe Hangers, or
thesej people who strip the gears
from the wheels of progress. For
Shame! j T
I eonsider it a disgrace and a
shanie for these Zombies, Mum
mies! Crepe Hangers, eta, to be
permitted to take part in our
civiq welfare, because; they are
the very same who want all the
benefits of progress, but will do
everything with their (small po
tato pdeas) to stop the wheels of
progress.
Ciic pride they know nothing
about, and now is the time to
assent ourselves. Having been a
Government Structural E n g i -neeri
I have been in Europe and
most of the United States, build
ing highways, dams, flood con
trols! laying out war production
jetties! etc., and 'have moved to these taxes.
wis Deauurui city to mate mr
home here.
I must say that X am cha
grin tied and ashamed when I
fully realize that there are those
living in our midst who think
1945 is 1845, coal oil lamps,
swa; bade horses and are will
ing o stay in the mire of anti
dihr rian periods to say nothing
of oic-cart days.
Bing instrumental in having
a large financial corporation
erec ; a 20 story apartment hotel
and jmedical dental building here
in Salem, I say this: I personally
-will pledge $100 toward the
purchase of Bush's pasture
whih leaves 2 109. other people
who voted for Salem's City
Park. I firmly believe a park
to aj city is as essential as our
streets, ; highways or airports.
Financing this wiH be easy. We
thenj can dedicate it i to Salem
Beaatlfol Salem, the criterion of
residential cities of America, so
let us pull together and watch
Salem growl S , . . ; -I
Thank you :
I Very Respectfully
J J. LEE J -
Your Federal
ncome
. jNe. tt, ;
Tax Deductions
Taxes are,! in general, a deduc
' tfble item in arriving at net in
come for Federal normal tax and :
surtax purposes. Whether you
should deduct taxes in your re
turn for 1944 depends in part on
tie method you use in making '
your return, and In part on spe
cific provisions of law,
A. Special Deductions
By special provisions of law
you may deduct in computing
your adjusted gross Income to
which the tax in the tax - table
iji the return applies, taxes
chargeable against rental or roy
alty property (in schedule B page
S, of Form j 1040) and taxes on
business property (in Schedule
C, page S, Form 1040).
B. Other Deductions
I Taxes which are not allowable
ifi computing your adjusted gross
Income may represent taxes on
investment' property or; taxes on
other nonbusiness property per- j
spnally owned. j
f If you use your Withholding :
Receipt Form W-2 (Rev.) as a
return, or if you file Form 1040
and use either -tax table or the
standard deduction then you may
rjot deduct any; taxes referred to
in the preceding paragraph, be
cause you will receive an allow
ance in lieu of such deductions.
If, howeveri you file Form 1040
and itemize! your deductions on
page 4,: then you may deduct;
taxes.; J -
In general deductible taxes in
clude State and local taxes, per-j
sjonal property taxes, real estate;
taxes, and certain sates taxes,!
subject to the following general;
lmitations:j f.-
f (1) Taxes are generally deduc
tible only by the person upon!
whom they are, by law, imposed;;
(2) Taxes for local benefits,
such as assessments for street!
sidewalk, sewage and other local
improvements which tend to en-
The Literary
Guidcpost
j By W. G. Rogers
ENGLAND IN THK EIGBTEKN-
EIGHT1ES." fey Betea MerteU Lyn
(Oxfora; M-M).
The state should not interfere
with the people "even for the
preservation of life, health and
education." If the laboring class
es are "poor, squalid and. depen
dent it is because they have no ;
efficient desire to be anything,
flse." Any governmental regu
lation of wages or hours "would
be a ridiculous and unthinkable
invasion of individual freedom."
Public works . "strated for the -relief
of the- unemployed . . .
are. in the long run an injury
Instead of a" benefit to the com
munity." An employers' liabil-
ity act "would interfere with
freedom of contract and the right
Of property and would discourage
investment of capital in indus
try." All this reminds us of the more
f xtreme statements of opposition
to federal measures, labeled
loosely the New Deal, to end
Unemployment in the 1930s. But
these quotations come; , . . and
Mrs. Lynd has done well to as
semble them . , . froni England's
i9th century "economic liberals,"
who in their day opposed any
Governmental interference with
what were regarded as the "na-
ural" hardships thrust by a de-
ression upon a people in a highly
mpetitive society.
Mrs. Lynd, who with her hus-
nd's help tackled Middletown,
taken on England alone . . .
th a word of thanks to Mr.
nd and .others for assistance.
The hullaballoo of war may have
inade many of us forget our own
slump, which came just half a
Century after the one about which
f he writes. We can be glad she
did not forget
j She does not belabor the com
parison; indeed, she makes less
pi it than this review; does. But
it is immediately plain, from a
Reading of her absorbing book,
that she though the i lesson of
England would be pertinent and
Salutary. !'
tThe old liberalism, failed, she
arges, saying: "It left men free
live without the material basis
jf life, free to speak but with
nothing of their own to say, free
to believe but with nothing posi-
Tinnr th vain nt th nrnnertv
taxes, are not deductible except ive to believe in, free to worship
amounts allocable to maintenance Put with nothing in ; which to
of Interest charges;
i (3) The tax must be a tax for
public purposes. Charges for gov-;
ernmental services such as muni
cipal water; bills, parking meter
charges, service fees,' and the
like are not deductible as taxes,
but are deucttble as expenses if
incurred in a trade or business.'
place their faith."
Flashes of Life
LOS ANGELES-W-Three po
lice officers found out today how
t feels to be inside a cell look
ing OUt ", ' v :
i The three, J. H.' Connolly, P.
D. Fisher and H. Peters, failed to
"THE YOUNG IDEA" By Mossier &VV
til- ' t !;'. ' .... ..t . .: , . T..J. - Vrink
issued bench warrants for them.
They appeared, only to hear
jthe Judge order the ; bailiff to
take their revolvers ; and lock
them up until the case ' was
called.
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Couli I help it if the bos was later
INDEPENDENCE, Kas.
hit's legal," bulked the judge, so
jthe deputy made out another
marriage license for Lt R. E.
' Bowles of Washington, D. C, and
hls bride of a year, the former
Ruth Ellen Dodge of St Paul,
v; Minn. - - -
. 1 The lieutenant, now stationed
at Coffeyville army: air field,
jexplained: "Our first marriage
: beremony, which took place in
. Baltimore in 1943, was so much
fun we vowed we'd have a cere-
mony every year we are to
gether." , -
HELENA, MonMP)-Rep
Larry W. Busch of Baker, Mont,
fhas found, a new use. for, big
jfeet
I Today-he planked his number
il3s on his desk in the Montana
jhouse of representatives - with
ithis note inscribed- on the soles
;in white chalk: '
"Vote for house bill 110.",
" It passed. k ;
I By A: L Goldberg
(Substituting for Kenneth I
i Dixon)
WITH THE U.S. SEVENTH
ARMY I IN ALSACE-Pr-There
Was the whistle of a German
88 -millimeter shell. A slim Ar-,
xansas youth cringed in a shal
low ditch at the edge of the
woods and shouted a warning to
his captain to duck. The shell
exploded.
Twenty-four hours later the
soldier was in a hospital behind
the lines, shaking and twitching,
unable sta remember what had
happened. He was a fairly typi
cal case of combat shock and
battle exhaustion.
In less than a half-hour a
doctor using a combination of
psychiatry and neuro-therapy
had dug into the youth's sub
consicous and cajoled out of him
the tale stored in the recesses of
his mind.
;The twitching is gone and his
exhaustion is being remedied.
Another man has been salvaged
for army duty by neuro-psychl-atric
doctors who accomplish
similar j feats dozens of times
daily. '
The figures on the number of
men thus reclaimed are neces
sarily secret but the doctors say
amazing success is being at
tained in refitting men for front
line duty.
Jin two recent weeks 40 per
cent of the patients who reached
one hospital were returned to
duty. And this was after
"screening through two forward
field stations.
1 As the boy from Arkansas re
lived his hours of terror and his
mind yielded to the doctor's
coaxing questions, he unwitting
ly disclosed his own story of de
votion to duty and to his fellow
soldiers;
f f The doctor was Capt Barlett
Stone of White River Junction,
Vt, the head of the department
is Capt William Magee of
Grantwood, NJ.
The patient was given an in- -tra
venous injection of sodium
pentothoV which relaxed him
into a dream world while the
doctor searched for facts.
1 Lying on a cot the . youth
stirred j uneasily as Captain
Stone imitated the whistle of a
shel) and then banged the wall
near the soldier's head.
"Get down! Watch out Cap
tain," the youth muttered.
Alternately by whistling and
slapping the cot to simulate
hells, then reenacting the roles
of various soldiers on the pa
trol, Stone slowly drew from the
deep recesses of his memory all
the pertinent incidents that the
young soldier had been unable
to remember.
You could see the patrol try
ing to get from foxholes to the
cover of the woods, then being
forced to dig a hasty ditch for
shelter and finally making their :
way back to an aid station.
Each time : Stone's whistle
sounded the youth shouted,
"Look out Captauv .Get, down,
sir, or, "are you all right Cap
tain?" - i
You got the idea that he was
a pretty good captain, but you
got the idea also that here was
a pretty good soldier.'
"It looks like they got us
zeroed in here," he went on.
"No, sir. Captain, I'm all right;
I want to stay here andfight
All my friends are out here.
They're depending on me. Why
don't you go back, sir? Ill hold
them off until you get out"
The fact that the soldier was
unable to remember what had
happened to him complicated his
combat shock because it wor
ried him. When the youngster
came out of the narcotic sleep,
Stone filled him In on the miss
ing details, ') then told him to' go
to a ward wherp-'he would get
a complete-rest lure.
"Captain, I. can't stay in a
hospital," he protested. "They
need me up on the line. That's
where I , belong. That's where
my buddies are."
. Stone, led him off still protest
ing, i.
"We wont send him back to
the line," Magee said. "This is
the second time he has been In,
so well send him to i job in
thej. rear." . r r
Maj. Harold Golden of Her
kimer, NY, head of .'this base
hospital, said the frontline men
thus transferred do excellent
work.' . . '''
tThey are motivated by loy
alty to the men up front They
work their heads off in supply
jobs, for instance, to make sure
their pals aren't let down.
They know how it was," he said.
Air Force VeteraniRelates
Saga of High Adventure :
1 With CJtehault in China
By Irwin Harris
News Editor. The Statesman
Jv. saga of high adventure and
danger, first as a member of the
famous American Volunteer
Group (Flying Tigers) in China;
later as a pilot of transports,
fighter planes and Superfortresses
for the 14th U. S. air force; and
finally capture by Japanese and
escape from a Nip prison camp,
was related hy cape bieven
(Rusty) Curnmings at the Tues
day noon luncheon meeting of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
the Golden Pheasant - ; '
The young captain, "recently
honorably discharged because of
wounds received in action, joined
the KSLM radio staff last month
and is now located in Salem. His
home town is San Francisco.
At the time the AVG was or
ganized in China in 1941, by the
thin Col. Clair Chenault, Curn
mings was serving as an instruc
tor hi the Chinese air force under
the employment of the Chinese
government He resigned his posi
tion to enlist with the Flying Ti
gers, and helped fly supplies to
China over the hump. j
Becomes 14th Air Force
"We eventually became the 14th
air force under General Chenault
in i China. Our airfields were con
structed mainly by 'Chinese coo
lies. At Kweilin where I was sta
tioned, 78,000 coolies worked on
our field. Gas was still our big
gest problem. It cost $50 a gallon
to get gas to the planes in China
and I never took enough higheif
mathematics to figure how much
one bomber mission cost" the
captain explained.
As pilot of a B-29 bomber,
Curnmings took part in the first
Superfort raid against , Paramu
shiro, June 15, 1944. On his sec
ond Superfort raid the tail of
Curnmings plane was severed by
a Jap fighter pilot who crashed
into the big fort, but the captain
and his crew parachuted to
safety in friendly territory. i
"It was on our third-- mission
thati we. really got into trouble,"
Curnmings recalled. "Two of our
motors were shot out and rather
than; let the still secret B-29 fall
into; Jap hands we decided to let
the ship crash with Its bomb load
still) in place and bailed out over
enemy ground. We were captured
by Jap troops and taken to a
prison camp where the command
ing officer was a colonel who
spoke perfect English and claim
ed to be a graduate of Columbia
university. ' .' , ; .j
Treatment Bad
"At first we were treated fairly ;
decently, but when we refused to
answer questions, the Japs started
to torture us. We were beaten
constantly and suffered all kinds
of indignities. Finally on the 87th
day in prison camp we were told
to bend over so the Japs could
beat the backs of our legs. The
men refused. As ranking officer
of the Americans, I was told to
order them to bend over. I re
fused and was slashed across the .
forehead with a Jap saber. This
touched things off. A little master
sergeant from Brooklyn grabbed
a sub-machine gun from a Jap
guard who had become engrossed
in the show, and started to mow
down the Japs. During the ensu
ing ; confusion 27 of us escaped
into; the nearby jungle.
"After days of walking in
which eight of our group died
from dysentery and other jungle
ills, we reached the Irrawaddy
river in Burma. Here we built
raft and floated more than 300
miles down the river until we
again neared Jap-held territory.
We left the raft and split up into
small parties to head for friendly
lines. Of the four in our party,
my : navigator, - Lt Dick Creegen,
and myself finally reached the
Chinese lines and General Che
nault personally came after us."
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