The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 8, 194S
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Month of Decision Is Here; ?
April Has Played lre Part V
As Historic Time for America
By Bob Price';' '- - -AP
Newsfeatures Writer t r-v ; ; -
April has ever been a month of decision in American history!
Z? -f ADn-1iSa, maior wars hav started in April, an April saw
a1?111!,? "Csh colonization on this "continent, and it .was
In April that 13 coUmies began their united career as a nation. Mys
tically, tne month has become a complex thread in the fabric of the
nauonai siory, a toreaa of victory, i
of defeat, of achievement, of tra
gedy... r-: -w,;. ..,"!
April, 1945, promises to hold the
.' pace. One date already assured
of commemoration Is a rainbow
for the future of yet unfathomed
brightness: April 25, when - the
United Nations meet at San Fran
cisco to create the machinery for
World security. ' V" 7
It Is ironic, in view of this pro
mise for peace, that the potent
force of April In the past has been
most noticeable . in association
with war. ,
Yet it was April 19, 1775, when
a belligerent row of militiamen on
Lexington's village green started
the American Revolution. It was
April 12, 1861, when a cannonball
hissed into Fort Sumter to start
the Civil war (that conflict also
ended in April with Lee's surren
der in 1865). And two declarations
Of war have come in April: against
Spain in 1898 and ' against Ger
many in 19 17.: "
In this war, too, April has not
lacked dates of import Hitler in
vaded Denmark and Norway in
April, 1940, and turned his wehr
macht against Greece and Yugo
slavia in April, 1941. In all, nine
declarations of war and seven
breaks in relations have come in
this month. - Russia ' and j Japan
Signed their , neutrality, pact in
April, 1941--and there may be
another chapter to that story this
month with the date of decision
on whether the pact shall live or
. die. --:'-
Since the United States' entry
into the conflict, April's dates have
brought the. fall of- Bataan and
the Doolittle raid on Tokyo, both
In the same eventful year of 1942,
ana tne Houanaia landings on
New Guinea in 1944.
Aside from war, April has had
its dates of significance too. There
was April 14, 1865,, when tht
course of US history was changed
to a degree which no man, even
today, dare try to measure. On
that grim day, Abraham Lincoln
was assassinated.
April 28, -1907 the beginning
of the beginning. Then, three
ships nosed into Hampton Roads
on the way to Jamestown' and the
first permanent English settle,
ment in this wilderness empire.
April 30, 1789 George Wash
ington took office as the first pres
ident of the United States and
new nation was born. Four, Other
presidents were born in April and
three of them played major; roles
In shaping the nation sf destinies
, Thomas Jefferson, Jam Monroe
and Ulysses S. Grant,' ; -
LOS ANGELES, April
Debating teams from University
of Southern California and Whit
man college, Walla Walla Wash
won in the finals today of the an
nual public speaking tournament
sponsored by Pi Kappa Delta, na
tional forensics fraternity, at Pep-
perdine college. ,
The . men's title was won by
USC, with five teams tied for sec
ond place: University of Arizona,
two teams -from Pepperdine,
UCLA, and Utah State agricul
tural college. '
Whitman college . won . in -the
women's division, with UCLA and
Pacific University of Forest Grove,
Ore., tied for second place.
Other results:
Oratory men's division: Wil
lamette university, Salem, Ore.,
first; College of Pacific, Stockton,
Calif- and Pepperdine. second
tie). Women's division: Pasadena
Junior college, first: Occidental
college,' second; UCLA, third.
Impromptu contest men: Pep
perdine, first and third; USC sec
ond. Women: Pepperdine, first;
USC,. second; Linfield college of
McMinn villa, Ore., and USC, third
(tie).
: Book review contest Willam
ette, first and third; Pepperdine,
second.
Twenty colleges representing
five states participated in the
tourney. -
Whem you are admiring .nar
cisusses .and 'daffodils in other
people's .garden .this spring :and
wondering ,wh y
yours are not as
good, it might be
well to think the
matter over a lit
tle deeply at
east as deep
the roots go..
I recall the late
Mr. W. C. Dibble
told me some
years ago that
the roots of 'the
narcisusses go as
far below -the
surface of ? the , -LUlie Madsen
soil as the foliage goes above it
That would mean, he . said, that
the soil should be worked well
to that depth. Nothing, he added,
responds more to cultivation than
do narcisusses. ... zl - "
Commercially, the bulbs are
Six New Apartments
Contingent on Getting
Permits for Heating
Addition of six apartments to
tne live-unit structure now oper
ated at South Commercial and
Bellevue is contemplated for the
immediate future if heating facili
ties can be arranged, Or. David B
Hill said Saturday. There was no
assurance yet that such arrange
ments would be possible, however,
it was declared.
The federal housing authority has
given its approval contingent upon
such facilities.. Equipment, constir
tutes no major problem,-, but peri
misMan toiuse additional oil' would
have to be granted from Los Ani
geles, or if electricity is used for
heating purposes the permission
must come from Washington, DC
In the natkn expansion, too,
April has its . niche. Sam Houston
won the battle of San Jacinto and
assured the Americanism of -Texas
in April, -1836, end the US senate
ratified the treaty for the purch
ase of Alaska in April of 1867.
There has been tragedy,' too, in
April: the San Francisco earth
quake and fire in 1909 and the Ti
tanic sinking hi 1912. ; ' .
One other April date, perhaps
.should have a place In the, rec
ord; not a bright place, to be sure,
but one of portent to these United
States. That was April . 20, 1889,
the birthday of Adolf Hitler.;
Atoka, Okla., and J. N. King of
Bakersfield, Calif.
Funeral sendees will be held
Tuesday., from the Howell-Ed
wards, chapel Tuesday at 1:30.
p. m. with the Rev, S. Raynor
Smith officiating. . , , .-
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planted in rows three feet apart
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Plan Theme
ForCi'ofC;
Taking' is ? Its theme the long-
range planning for city develop
ment, the Salem chamber of com
merce will hold its annual dinner
meeting at 6:30 p. m. Monday
with reservations already sold out
Clay Cochran, chamber man
ager, said Saturday mat had there
been available a meeting place
sufficiently large it was possible
1000 persons would have attended.
The maximum number to be han
dled at the dinner is 250, but it
was stressed that others would be
welcome to attend the program,
to start around 7:30 p. m.
The meeting will be called to
order by Loyal A. Warner, cham
ber president who will review the
part the chamber is', playing in
community life, its accomplish
ments thus far, and its plans for.
the future, and then turn over
the gavel to Carl Hogg, past presi
dent and chairman of the cham
ber's planning commission com
mittee. .
Hogg will introduce the mem
bers' of the - planning committee,
including:
George Putnam and Charles A.
Sprague, who -will discuss a gen
eral transportation plan involv
in rails, highways, water and
air;
Paul Wallace, who will talk on
parks, playgrounds, fringe areas
and tiie civic: center;
William M, Hamilton, who will
discuss comprehensive plans for
public services sueh as water,
power, 'phones and sewers;
W. W. Chad wfckwhcf will' talk
on public buildings;
J. N. Chambers, who will dis
cuss a survey of industrial possl
bilities in the light of a published
report. "
Other members of the planning
commission, including Mayor I
M. Dough ton, C. B. McCullough,
chairman and Cochran, vice chair
man, will be called on to answer
questions. Capt Douglas McKay,
a commission member now in the
armed forces, also is expected to
be present..''
nmm$ i km ajffijfffi
with' from three tor, six Inches of
soil over" the -tops? The depth de
pends somewhat on the size of the
bulbs. Larger bulbs should be cov
ered a littl more? deeply than
should .the smaller bulbed varie
ties. If planted in rows, commer
cial growers' plant 50,000 bulbs to
an acre. Cultivation, stops Just be
fore the buds begin to bloom. No
cultivation is carried on ' during
the blooming season. . .
Nearly any good . well drained
soil is suitable. Bone meal added
in fall when the bulbs are plant
ed or spread, over the bed. early
in the spring" is about the only
fertilization , daffodils need. After
growth has Jstarted dp not culti
vate deeply or you will destroy
the feeder roots. Do' not dig for
transplanting until the foliage is
almost yellow, usually in late
June or early July. i ;
As to the matter of selection.
visit daffodil gardens while they
are in bloom. The Grant E. Mitsch
gardens at i Lebanon, the Cooley
gardens at Silverton, the Pearmine
gardens at Salem are among the
most widely; known. I have been
unable to learn whether many of
the gardens will have special "op
enings? to the. public this spring.
Rholin Cooley at Silverton report
ed lua gardens, so far as daffodils
are concerned, will be at their best
starting today and lasting a few
days, depending upon the weather.
Likely bloom will be advanced
about the same in the other gar
dens, if " i !
In visiting the gardens, it is
rather fun to have some , special
varieties in mind. For instance, I
will look for the Beersheba,' one
of (in my mind) the finest whites,
which sells for a little over. $12
dozen in most gardens. Or the
FiretaiL a good sized white bloom
of . nice , form with brilliant red
eyes. It grows on tall slender
stems and sells for less than $2 a
dozen. Or Fortune, one of the
earlier blooming ones with a deep
golden yellow perianth, and a red
dish orange crown. .The stems are
very tall. It sells for around $2 a
bulb (a little less now perhaps).
I might try to avoid looking at
Wild Rose, beautiful small pure
white perianth ' with a medium
sized crown heavily flushed with
pink. " My reason for not spend
ing too much time gazing at it
would be that where daffodils are
concerned my admirationjs strong,
my spirit weak and my pocket
book even weaker. : You wouldn't
get many more than four of these
for $101 ; In - almost the 'same
class are the Rose of Tralee, Lily
Ronald, Sulvia O'Neill and Port
mamock. And if you wanted-to
spend a little real money on daf
fodils you, might look - up i the
Broughshane which in 1944 was
selling or $250.00 a bulb in at
least onf Oregon bulb garden, or
the Bantam; which was bringing
a mere $60 a bulb.
Answers to Questions: -.
Mrs. W. L. R. wants to - know
dis-
what to do tq keep mildew from
one of here old fashioned climbing
Jv Ans.r Seel spedai rose article jn
Spring Garden' edition published
on Easter Day. " - :-?K
Mrs.;A. Diehl describes a
ease- on. her rose canes which to
me sounds very much like canker.
This ; causes small, curcular red
dish spots with white centers on
the young canes. In late winter
and early springs the spots grow
larger, ; frequently glrd the
canes and causing death of all por
tions' above it " Infection takes
place through wounds. ,
Prompt pruning out of all can
kered canes in early spring
first step.' Spraying or dusting for
black spot as recommended in h
Easter Garden editicm, will keep
rdown canker diseases. ' Avoid mt-
ting 1 the- canes with cultivation
implements, -or causing other in
Jury to them. , -! ,. -s
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Farm Of f ice
Places 321
During Week
Although agricultural work; was
plagued with three days of rain
the past week 321 work place
ments were made through the em
ergency farm office, Mrs. Gladys
Turnbull, farm labor assistant
said Saturday. "The boys and girls
saved the day on the one really
good day of the week, Monday,"
she said, "when 88 of them report
ed for work on their one Faster
holiday." i , . - - -rW- I
f Growers were set Monday to
start actively on their crop " pro
grams and despite our appeals for
farm workers few men and wom-
ea reported, she said, "and the
three good days would have been
lost had the; boys and girls not re
ported.- r .j!
During the week 80 men, $3
women and 88 youths were sept
to the' farms,. Four permanent
placements were made, two -men,-
one, woman, and one youth. One
of the men jwht-was placed in an
all-year Job was a discharged vet
eran of the; present war.
' Monday, the weather being fav
orable, will see the need for ! a
host of workers, Mrs. Turnbull
said, because the . strawberry I
growers and hop ranches are all
ready to begin work in earnest
on crops. "
"Every pair of hands that can
grasp a hot will be needed next
week," she; said.
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Danes Slndio
1995 Noi Capitol St.
Wiesner Rites
Set Tuesday,
Dies Sal
turdav
Funeral services . ' for "-. Ernest
Wiesner,- 74, who died Saturday at
his home, 650 Belmont at, will be
held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from
the Clough Barrick chapel. Wies
ner, a native of Oregon and a Sa
lem resident for the past IS years,
had been in ill health for the past
year,; , .s ' . . .
Born at Howell Prairie, Sept 28,
1871. ha was the. son? of B. and
Louisa' Wiesner, Oregon pioneers.
He married Lena Pagenkops of Al
bany in September, 19Q3, ana en
craped in farming ta Howell Prai
rie until his retirement In 1930.
He was a member of the grange
and the Jason Lee Methodist
church. ,
Survivintf are the widow; a son,
Tiarvl Wiesner of Portland; two j
itM Miss Bertha Wiesner of
i Portland and Mrs. Opha Gray "of
Jefferson; two brothers, Epnraun
Wiesner of Mt Angel and Archie
Wiesner of Silverton, and a num
ber of nieces, nephews, and cou
sins in this vicinity.
The Rev S-: Raynor Smith will
Officiate at the services and inter
ment will be In Belcrest Memorial
park."': - ' v
Leiia McGuire
Dies Saturday
Lena Rivers McGuire, 61, 2580
mn t rAsidaat of Salem for
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the past 27 years; died Saturday
at av jsaiens noBiiM. i
(tlnaia Sh WSI a ffieiB-
ber of the Jason Lee Methodist
' church. .. ''J.'f -. '-' . ;
. o..,-r :nriu,l the -widower, ;
: fcJWi. Tv
C. DMcGuir of Salem; a sister,
Mrs. r Dae Bundy ; of Indiahoma,
Okla two fcroUiers, L. E. King of
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